The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-04-27

versy may be finally adjusted in such not
to disturb the peace, interrupt the harmony
happily subsistng between the two nations.o He
cherishes this hope although he is not afraid Of any
consequences winch the firm maintenance Of the rights
and honor OF the country may demand The same hope
10 cherished by every American citizen. Under this
deep mpr s.ion.dsssmined on our part at this i'm,
amicable say little as possible to
ember and irraie the feelings OF the English people,
ing and conciliaory the tone Of the English prints
will permit us to be. We would in fact, almost pro-
sus 70 thew wi thought they
wait for the action OF the respective ens and
we would makela similar suggestion to the wing
our own part we would cheerfuly leave the question:
now at this crisis of the notice. in the hands Of the adj
so
serve al honorable peace, have every confidence.
We confess our inability to form even a con-
lecture from the above extracts, Of what the pro-
babe course of the President will be. II is, empha-
ucally, the quintescence Of magniloquence and
non-committalism, and appears to be most guard
eddy worded for fear any opinion Of the course of
the President might be formed. We are, there
fore, In the dark, as much as ever
There is one result, however, which we can
foresee; and that is, the total disruption and annhi-
lalion of the administration party throughout the
country.
The partial breach which the vacillating and
laundering conduct Of the President, in his nego-
tiations with the British Minister, made in that
party, will now be widened by the discretionary
use of this moral weapon, which he was SO anxious
to be in possession Of He has it now; and what
ever way be may use t-whether it be to compro.
mise on 40, or maintain our rights to 54-he
will still further widen the breach, and still
further distract the party. If Mr. Polk had been
consistent in the first place-i he had been either
40 or 81 mantle passage of the notice would
have accomplished all that was desired, and have
brought the question to settlement Immediately,
one way or the other. He would have been in
position to have used it effectually and advan-
tageously, and if unsuccessfuly, the party and
the country would have rallied and supported
him. But he is in the m barrassing posi- ton
now that he could possibly be in. He has not the
confidence of either the 81 or 40 men; and what
ever course he may pursue, he is sure to give dis.
satisfaction one or the other, and will lose the
confidence Of both.
MIR. Folks administration came into office Under
the most favorable circumstances All that he
needed to give popularity to his administration,
was to pursue one direct, plain, and consistent line
of behavior, and he would have given satisfaction
vaclllation, his administration is now at as low a
almost, as that Of Tyler. He has GER
tainly cut stick to break his own back WITH"
and thrown away the opportunity he had, IN the
early part Of his career, Of making his adminisra-
ton one Of the most popular that ruled the des
TIMES Of this great country. Polk and Pakenham
have done their best to get the two countries into
difficulty. Who will save them? The American
people, well as the British people, belong to the
same brave, generous, noble race of men, who will
yet rule the whole world. They want nothing of
each other, in the Oregon territory, but what is
slstent with honor justice, and rght-but their ne
gotiators-Mr. Polk on one side, and Mr.. Paken-
ham on the other-have pursued this business in
small, narrow vaciIating pettitogging SPIRIT which
is unworthy of both nations or Of the noble race of
men they represent.
The AGE OF MIRACLES We are certainly in the
of the age Of miracles, or in the dawn of
the millennium. During the last twenty-i years
the world has experienced greater changes than in
the last twenty-five centuries. These wonderful
changes impress everything in human life-govem-
ment, religion, law, mechanics, medicine-every-
thing. Another instance of one of these changes.
approaching miracle, we give in to-day's paper in
the shape Of medical report of another singular
case of surgery effected through the aid of magnet
ism, and performed by the celebrated young sur
geon, Dr. Bostwick. The first successful miracle Of
this description was performed two years ago, by
French surgeon, and the truth of the miracle then
performed has been verified and corroborated by
the cases performed in by DR.. Bostwick. Another
is in preparation, we believe, by DR.. Keamey
Rodgers
These extraordinary facts in surgery reveal the
existence of new agency in human nature. Some
times, indeed, we think it is merely the discovery,
in scientific form, Of the same secret principle by
which miracles have been performed in all ages of
society, by those who have been supposed to be D-
vlnely empowered for the purpose. They 90 to
prove that there is an agent in existence which per-
vades all things and all nature, which is the princ-
pie of life, vitality, and notion in animate and in
animate beings. This principle is called by differ
ent names, according to its different operations-as
lightning, thunder, steam, electricity, magnetism,
meemerism, life in animals, life in plants, and also
the secret principle which regulates the tides, the
seasons. and the motion Of the planets In fact, the
same principle pervades everything, from the
smallest animal substance up to the mighty ma
chinery of the solar system.
Inc application OF this mysterious principle,
which goes by so many names, has, within the last
twenty-five years, made the world what it is Its
developments, however, are only In the bud
Steam and magnetism are only beginning to civil
llze and change the world, as well as to become
wonderful agent in all the important concerns of
life-surgery and medicine not the least.
De MEYER IN NEW ORLRANs.-We have start
ling accounts of De Meyers first concert in New
Orleans, given on the 18th instant 1t was a tre-
mendous hit. The saloon, holding 1900 persons,
was full-and 500 more going away that could not
find room. One Of the papers speaks thus 1--WE
unaectedly declare, that he transcends all we had
previously conceived of excellence atainable on the
piano forte. His touch is really magical, uniting
the utmost strength with the finest delicacy-th the
great attributes OF expression. His Instrumentation