Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-02-14

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GIVE are indebted to the Hon. Lewis Cass, for
his speech on the Oregon question. To the Hon.
Simon Cameron for public documents To the
Hon James Pollock for his Oregon speech, and
to F. Y. Bright, Esq, of the Legislature for pub
lie documents.
n5- In another column, our readers will find
an interesting account of battle between the
allied forces of England and France, and the
troops Of President Rosas, of the Argentine Re-
| public in South America The account should
be received with some grains of allowance. La
ter accounts say that if the Republicans had been
supplied with more cannon and of larger calbre,
the allied fleets would have found it extremely
difficult TO effect passage. As IT is, they will
have TO fgh, for every inch of ground in their
progress mp the river
u The notice TO ENGLAND on the Oregon
question, passed the House on Monday last. by a
vote of lG3 TO 5a In the Senate its fate is doubt
fu.
0y- In the Legislature, the Senate tariff reso.
uions have passed the House, by vote of SO TO 4
| q McNulty, the late defaulting clerk Of the
| u S House of Representatives, who was recent.
| ly tried al Washington for embezelling the pub.
!ic funds, was on his return home, il is said tr.
umphantly escorted into town We can hardly
believe that any responsible or respectable ror.
tlon of the community had any part in the pro.
ceedngs. McNulty was guilty, 10 say the least,
Of gross, if not a criminal violation of his duty,
and only escaped conviction on account of a de.
feet in the law. We regret that any portion of
the press should speak approvingly Of the mat
ter, as some have done.
70 DEFINING THE LlMlTs-There has been some
difficulty heretofore, in defining the limit. when
slavery should cease. According to the Albany
Evening Journal, the matter has been settled in
the New York Legislature, by Col Young, a few
days since, on the Texas debate, who, while ar.
gning that it was necessary to drive slavery as
far South as possible, expressed his doubt wheth.
er any climate North OF "h-l was hot enough
for itn
O. THE OREGON DEBATE.-The debate on
this intermnable question, we are happy to say
will soon cease. The country has become COM
petely nauseated and sickened with the speech
es Of members of Congress, on this subject no,
one in twenty of whom advance single new
idea on the great question. How men of sense
can get UP day after day, and nfict upon Congress
long speeches in discussing a subject that has
been already thoroughly discussed by the mas.
ter-minds of the nation, seems somewhat incom.
prehensble Mr.. Buchanan's letter to the Bri.
tish minister, contains more powerful and con.
elusive argument, than all the speeches we have
seen on the subject put together, The New York
Mirror contains the following, in which we fully
concur:
"CAcoE1HEs LoouENDI Among the weary
duties of an editors life is none more wearisome
than the perusal ne is forced 10 undergo of the
debates of our legislative assemblies. For in.
stance, the Oregon question has been before the
House for many weeks Has any member pre-
sented the ella m of the United States more forci-
bly, than Mr.. Buchanan Is il probable that any
one will? Why then should gentlemen insist
on parading speeches, which only satisfy the
country that their abilities are fourth and their
Nanties first rate Washington and Franklin
were men but little if at all inferior in intelec.
tual capacity 10 any Of the members Of the pre-
sent house; they rarely occupied the floor more
than ten minutes"
u3- The Washington Correspondent of the
New York Mirror, frequently furnishes some Gu.
rious information in relation to the dgnitaries at
/ ashngton.-Speaking Of Dixon II. Lewis,
who weighs 400 pounds, he says;
, "Among other rumors is one that the Hon.
Dixon II Lewis has agreed TO wak lor the next
Presidency As for so large a gentleman run.
ming for that office il would be out of the cues.
5 ton He never ram in his life but once, and
that was when his sweetheart told him if he could
not catch her he could not have her.
MIR Sawyer who spoke yesterday in the House,
was once blacksmith and with him Mr., Ken
necy OF Indiana learnt his trade. They are both
str KING proofs OF what can be effected by pre-
severance. Messrs Westcott. Cameron, and
Niles Of the Senate, were once printers, one
of the members of the House, from Tennesse,
once sat on the board as a journeynan tailor
What glorious institutions have we, where all
grades can swim 10 the surface.
: II iss curious fact that about one-fhird OF The
, present House are either wholly bald or have
. small patches ofbaldness on their crowns. What
!. can be the Teason'
CO There is . counter revolution going on in
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