Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1846-01-03

OF the Great Western, and the nature Of
her dispatches had an emollient effect on
the national pulse, which now beats again
with comparative GOODNESS 1t was then
found that the article in the official paper
was not understood by those on the spot TO
have on official characier-that Mr.. Polk
had not yet thrown away the scabbard-
that the Wings. with their three P's--"peace,
prosperity and progression" were inimcal
10 war. and that Mr.. Webster, at Boston,
had made speech of pacific and elevated
character, in which an appeal to physical
force on the Oregon question was de.
nounced as folly and madness.
We have before stated, and the repetition
at the present time is almost superhuous,
that, as regards England, people here care
little in what way the Oregon dispute may
be patched up; the value of the territory
is hardly rated beyond pin's-fee, and right
glad would the thinking, intelligent portion
of the country be. if the 49th parallel OF
latitude would hit the views and the tastes
of the American Government and people.
The annoyance, the irritation, arises out OF
what is conceived to be the bullying spirit
with which the United States claim is ad-
vanced, which naturally wounds our ma
tional pride, and creates a frame of mind
little calculated to produce amity or end in
forbearance. The refusal of the Presden,
to refer the dispute TO arbitration, looks like
"foregone conclusion" and is pointed to
as a proof that the worst may still be ap-
pretended from obstinate councils.
1t has transpired during the last day or
two, that Mr.. Polk has repeated to the Eng.
I,h roI;not tho r4a Oh ttox, kox,
jected two or three times during the last
quarter of century, namely, to divide the
territory by the 49th parallel of north ati.
tude, and that they still adhere to making
the Columbia the boundary, each nation
being free TO lis waters. Ii is our curse to
have monopoly of some kind or other
always to fight for or to defend--some
"ves,ed interest about which the people
in the aggregate know and care as much as
cow does for astronomy. The nation, il
noses had been counted, would have &C.
cepted this offer by an overwhelming ma.
jorty, but then the interests of the people
and the interests of powerful incorpora.
ted company diverge, and the Government
like harsh step-mother, pets the favorite
and plumbers the family.
| IL is PalnIul 10 speak OF Warnke prepara'
tons in the same breath that we refer to
misunderstanding with friendly country
as it savors somewhat of the Milesian mode
of settling a controversy with uplifted shi
lelah. But the fuss and pother--the activ-
ity and incessant energy which prevail in
the English dock-yards, the surveying Of
the coast and the steam navy,--all indicates
a "black cloud" somewhere; it may be ir
the west or in the south, but the "powers
that be" seem to be firmly impressed with
belief that events are transparent enough
to make this activity and outlay necessary
Captain Austin visited Liverpool last week
by orders of the Admiralty, to guage the
capacity of the first class steamers as re.
CARDS the carrying of heavy metal. The
British and North American, the West In.
dian, and other vessels have undergone sim.
liar inspections.