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The Value OF OReGoN.-At the
dinner of the st. Georges Society.
III baltimore, on the 23rd ult,, Mr..
Barclay, the British Consul at n.
York, made the following state
ment of the intrinsic value of the
territory, about which two great
nations have been upon the eve
| OF q war.
Gentlemen, it was my honorable
task, after five years of exposed
service about the upper great
lakes and above them, to superin-
tend the establishment of the now
much talked Of 10th parallel of
north latitude, at the Lake of the
Woods, in the year 1925, and there
to erect monument. tell YOU,
as fact, that for a distance of one
thousand miles before | reached
that point-though | visited nu-
merous posts and forts. as they are
called, of the fur traders, between
the months of May and October,
which are the most favorable to
vegetation, l never could obtain
one single vegctable-a potatoe,
carrot, turnip, or even a salad
to check the stringent thirst which
our salted meat produced, or to
allay the apprehensions of scurvy.
| leave it for you TO examine what
luxuries are to be expected by
going further.
The Consul concluded by an
admirable sentiment from which
we imagine few Americans or Eng
lishmen will dissent. "Anglo-Sax-
ou blood-too good to be split"
The MoRMoNs.-We learn from
the Nauvoo Eagle that all the
mormon publications have been
discontinued. The archives and
trappings of the church have been
removed, and are now on the way
to California. The church (says
the Eagle) has ceased to exist, the
"Twelve" have gone, and with
them the acting spirit of Mormon
ism. Camp of Israe' the name
which the advance .. company of
Mormons have assumed. The
latest accounts from them state
that they had crossed the head
waters Of the Charlton. They
were travelling very slow, and
their stock was much reduced for
want of food. The trustees of the
temple offer to lease it to any re-
liglous society or literary institu-
ton. A wealthy gentleman from
the South, bachelor, far advanced
in life, has gone to Nauvoo, to
purchase the temple, if it can be
bought for a reasonable price.
and convert it into an Asylum for
destitute widows and females, and
to purchase lands and town lots, an
endow it out of the results of the
sales Of them.
The NAvY.-It appears by the
Naval Register for 1916, that the
naval force Of the United States
consists of eleven ship-ofthe-line.
one razee, twelve first class fri
gates, two second class frigates.
twcnty-thrcc sloop of-war, eight
briggs, six frIgates, nine war steam
ers, and four store ships.
There are 81 captains, 81 CON-
manders, 326 lieutenants, 1874 sur
geons and assistant surgeons, Sd
pursers, % chaplains, and 4s4
midshipmen, passed midshipmen,
masters and masters mates, be-
sides petty officers. There is CO.
lionel of marines, l lieutenant colo
mel, 4 majors, l2 captains, and 40
lieutenants. There are also 81
engineers and assistant engineers,
naval constructors, eight store
keepers, and Is navy agents.
SUPPRESSION OF HRosE-RAcrNG.---
A bill for the suppression of horse
racino, ttr0tfino and nacinn, nd
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w. c.. & J. B. MORAGNE,
Attorneys at LaW-Have formed a Part
nership for the practice of LAW, in
Abbeville District. Stf
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~ (FoR THE BANNER.)
" TEMPERANCE MEETING.

N1 (FOR THE BANNER.)
" TEMPERANCE MEETING.
The Sd. Quarterly meeting, of the
Abbeville District Temperance Society,
met this day at Greenville Presbyterian
church, in this district, agreeable to ad-
iournment.
DR.. F. G. THOMAS, the President,
took the chair, and called on the Rev.
Mr.. GAINS, of the Baptist church, to
open the meeting with prayer, who per-
formed the duty in an appropriate man.
ner.
The proceedings Of the last meeting,
were then read by the Secretary, after
which call was made for Delegates.
AS the day was lowering but few of the
local societies were represented.
The President then read note he
had just received from the Broad Mouth
Temperance Society, setting forth that
they numbered ia members and NO
BACKsLIDERs, which was truly en-
couraging and was ordered to be filed.
The President then introduced Mr..
w. A. LEE, Law student from the
G. H., and a delegate from the Hope
we'll Temperance Society, to the NEE
ting, who arose and delivered most ex-
cellent address, which occupied about
an hour. The Secretary was then called
on, who spoke about half an hour.
DR.. THOMAS, made a few remarks
and at this moment Mr.. LEsLy, arrived
who added few remarks to what DR..
THOMAS had said.
On motion of the Secretary it was, Re-
soloed, that the anniversary meeting of
the District Society be celebrated at Alb
beviIIe G. H., on I'd Wednesday in Ju-
~, with 2 or 3 public speeches, and on
notice of the same, the Rev. Mr.. TUR-
NER, S. L. HELLER, Esq, and Thomas
THOMSON, Esq, were unanimously ap-
pointed to discharge this duty.
The President appointed the follow
ing committees
Committee Of orrGngements.- ISAAC
BRANCH, H. A. JONES, DAVID LEsLY,
JAMES FAIR, JOHN BRowNLEE, J. c..
CALDWELL, B. F. GILBERT, LEWIS SMITH,
DR.. JOSEPH MARSHALL, G. w. HoDGEs,
L. BARMoRE, S. DONALD, N. r. REEVES,
WM. EDDlNs, J. r. WILSON, N. M.
STRICKLAND, DR.. E. r. CALHOUN, JOHN
WiDEMAN, JOEL SMITH and DR.. N. Nor
RIs.
Committee on Repo1t-H. A. JONES,
r. H. WARDLAw and Isaac BRANCH.
Committee Of Iuvitotson.-D. LEsLy,
r. H. WARDLAw, ISAAC BRANCH, H. A.
JONES and JOHN McILwAlN.
On motion of the Secretary, it was
Resolued, That the President of the Dis
trict Society, appoint meetings of the
several local societies, and detail spea.
kers for each meeting and publish these
appointments in the Temperance Abvo-
cate and AbbeuiNe Banner.
ISAAC BRANCH, sec'y.
April "a, l846.
The above communication, will in
form your correspondent "The Coun-
try" as 10 the "whereaboutV of some of
those persons for whom he appears to be
SO solicitous, and we presume the ba-
lance have just stopped to breathe little
that they are still clothed in the ha-
biliments of temperance, and will soon
grasp its banner, and "once again."
spread it to the breeze. I.B. -
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WOOL CARDING
Continued at fuckers Mills, on RockV

O"''te""etc 0t IWChCIS 5 WttIS, Oh ItOChy
Rarcr, AT Low RATES.
The Machines of this establishment have
recently gone through a thorough course
of repairs, and are now prepared to exc
cute CARDING with neatness and dis
patch. Those expecting to patron,ze US,
will please handle their wool carefully at
home, and we promise good work.
Rates for carding into Rolls, 8 cts per ID.
Batting for Ha,tcrs, 81"
Rolls can be had at the Factory at 40 cts
per ID. Terms Cash.
JNO. NJ. HAMILTON.
JORDAN HOOD.
Alay6 [printer's bill $l.S7J1 lO4t
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PcndlctOn Female Academy.

This Institution, which has for several
years sustained n high reputation, still
continues under the charge Of Mr.. J. F.
GOULD and daughters, and receives the
confidence and patronage Of our commu-
nifty.
The qualifications of Mr.. GOULD as an
Instructor. are of a high order, and his un-
divided and unrcmitted attention to the
interests of the School, together with his
long experience as Teacher, place him
in the foremost rank in his profession, and
entitle him to the warmest commentator
of his patrons. His examinations have
exhibited in his pupils scholarship and
proficiency not surpassed, and seldom
cqualled. Parents who wish their children
correctly and thoroughly taught, and who
are not content with the flimsy and super.
ficiol education of mere fashionable Board.
ing Schools, would do well to place them
at this Institution. The system Of in
struction is thorough and complete, en-
bracing all the studies taught in Acade-
mics Of the highest grade, uniting the So
lid and substantial branches with the Or
namental, and blending in agreeable har.
mony, the cultivation of the mind and the
manners.
There is Boarding House connected
with the Academy in the family of the
Teacher, besides in several genteel fami.
lies in the Village.
The Terms Of Tuition and Board are
reasonable, and as heretofore published.
BY order Of the Board of Trustees.
April29 [Pr's bill $3.374] 9 2w.
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NOTICE..
All persons indebted to the Estate of the
late THOMAS w. WILLIAMS. decd.
are requested to call and mako payment;
and creditors will hand in their claims du.
ly atteeted, by the 25th Of December next.
MAT: J. WILLIAMS, Ex'or. i
April 8, 1876. 6l3w
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-04-08
The Peace Party,

There has ever been in our country, a
class Of politicians arrogating to them
selves pre-eminent wisdom and peculiar
devotion to lis honor und interests, who
have styled themselves the Peace Party
That party existed anterior TO, and during
the late war with Great Britain. When
the rights of our country were Invaded,
her citizens captured on the ocean, her COM
merce interrupted and her flag insulted,
then language was
"--- IT'S better to bear the ills we have,
Than hy 10 Others that we know not ofn
When, a few years since, France refused
to pay our claim against her Of twenty
five millions, fur her spoliations on our
commerce. und the heroic jackson, in
terms that could not be misunderstood,
demanded that the Justice so long delayed
should BIO rendered, this same party, panic
struck, declared that war would be the in
evitable result, and in doleful strains, be-
walled what they termed "the needless,
reckless, laundering mal-adminisiration"
Of the Federal Government.
When, subsequently, the controversy
arose with England about the Northeastern
boundary, and some Of the purest and
wsost patriots OF the land urged, thai
standing upon our rights, no sacrifice
should be made Of any portion Of our ter
ritory, that same party, taking counsel Of
fear rather than of patriotism, arose in its
strength, and again predicted that war was
inevitable. Their voice pervaded the
land, and its clamor was not hushed Till
one Of lis leaders concluded the celebrated
Ashburtion Treaty--a treaty that owes to
them its origin--that il a reproach to The
nation and a beacon.light 10 English di-
plomacy 10 its future aggressions upon
our soil.
Within tho last two years the voice OF
that party has again and again been heard,
and ia its loudest notes, Il il now borne 10
as on every breeze. When tho annexa.
lion Of Texas was proposed, their re-
spoasc was, war. war;! They told US
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-04-08
Confessional SummarY.


In the House of Representatives, on
the 18th March, (omilted in our last,l the
bill making appropriations for certain Har.
bors and Rivers being under debate
Mr., STEPHEN ADAMS, Of MI, expressed
the reluctance which he felt to address the
committee, feeling, as he did, that upon
a party question he was in very hopeless
minority IN this House, He considered
this a proposition for general internal i'm
provements, and rot for special improve
ments. He was opposed to The whole
system, and so he conceived were the
whole democratic party proper in the Uni
ted States--a system which was repudia-
ted by the Baltimore convention, whose
resolutions had been so often referred to.
lie took a general view of the consttu-
tIonal question, denying utterly the pow
er of Congress to make any of these i'm.
provements, and arguing that if the Mis-.
sissIPpl were admitted to be within the
pale Of the Constitution, no dividing line
could be drawn, and the same power must
90 conceded over ever other minor liver,
creek and stream, lie also replied, par.
licuIarly, to the argument Of Mr.. Consta-
Bile, which deduced the power from The oe-
neral powes Of Congress 10 "regulale''
commerce, and contended that the true
meaning and the authority conveyed un-
der The term regulate" was to pass laws
and rules upon which that commerce shall
be conducted, and not 10 create commerce
or create Improvements 10 facilitate it, BY
the establishment Of roads and canals, and
the opening Of harbors. He dwelt upon
The oppression Of this system ia its opera.
,ion, and the bankruptcy and ruin to which
Il must lead, if adopted by the Genera
Government. All that could Be wrune
from the people by way Of taxation, he
said, would not be sufficient to oefray the
expenses Of the system of internal i'm
provemenls proposed BY this bill to be
commenced; and he avowed himself in
favor Of nipping il in the bud by the sum.
mary and unqualified condemnation ana
rejection of this measure. Mr.. Adams
spoke with much earnestness and ability
SENATE March II. When The Ore.
gon resolutions came up, Mr.. Berrien ad.
dressed the Senate, combining his speech
10 the argument that our title 10 the whole
OF Oregon was not clear and unquesiiona-
Bile, and tina, our offers to compromise de-
stroyed any such claim.
The House was 10 session until late
hour At night; the debate on the River
and Harhor bill was brought 10 close,
and the vote taken Oh several OF The bro.
posed amendments. We will note he 4.
nal action on the bill.
SENATE. March 49, When The Ore.
gcn resolution came Up, Mr.. Archer made
a bret speech in favor Of Cancellation
and compromise.
HOUSE,. Many amendments 10 the ri.
yer and Harbor bill were offered and Wi.
ed On; some Insulting personal remarks
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-04-08

1HE FBBLTc LANDS tFhe price ~
which ihe public lands should be sold i a
1 lmpprtant question to the whole country
htsf especially 10 the people Of ihe new
Sidsoss living mostly remote from the sea.
board, and who have scarcely fell ~
presence Of the government in local ex.
penditures, but chiefly in The exhaustion
Of their means for purchases Or public
lands and for customs. The public lands
are NOT % the same value vet thew are
all fixed at one unyarying price, which j
far above the value Of large portion "A
these lands. The quantity now subject d
entry at the minimum price Of 81 25p.r
acre is l33,307, 457 acres, and l09,035..
345 in addition, 10 which The Indian tIls
has been extinguished-- being an aggre-
gate of 242,342,s02 acres, and requiring
century and quarter to complete Tia
sales at the rate they have progressed
heretofore, without including any Of the
unsold lands Of Texas or Oregon, Or of
the vast region besides, to which the In
dian title is not yet extinguished. It's
clear, then, that there is a vast and annu-
ally-increasing surplus Of public lands,
very little OF which will be sold within
any reasonable period a: the presentprice,
and in regard to which the public intores.
would be promoted, and the revenue aug
mented, by reducing the price. The re-
ductien Of the price Of the public lands IN
favor oil settlers and cultivators, would en-
nance the wages Of labor Il is an argu.
ment urged in favor Of the tariff, that we
ought to protect our labor against what is
called the pauper labor Of Europe. But
whilst the tariff does not enhance the wa
ges Of labor, the sales Of The public lands
at low prices, and in limited quantities, TO
settlers and culliyators, would accomplish
this object. If those who live BY the wa
ges of labor could purchase 800 acres Of
land for $50, or 100 acres for $40, Or 80
acres for $40. or 40 acre lot for Sl0,the
power of the manufacturing capitalist in
reducing the wages of labor would be
greatly diminished; because, when these
lands were thus reduced il price, those
who live by the wages Of labor could pnr.
chase farms at these low rates, and culli-
sdtc ttlt sui iVt tlCliSelFeS anu ldUilllts,
instead Of working for others twelve hours
day in the manufactures. Reduce the
price which the aborer must pay for lhe
public domain; bring thus the means Of
purchase within his power; prevent al! \
speculation and monopoly in the public
lands; confne the sales to settlers and
cultivators, in limited quantities; preserve
these hundreds Of millions Of acres, for
ages to come, as homes for the poor and
reduce the taxes, by reducing
the tariff, and bring down the prices which
the poor are thus compelled 10 pay for all
the necessaries and comforts Of life, and
more Will be done for the benefit Of Anne
rican labor than if millions were added to
the profits Of manufacturing capital by
the enactment Of protective Tariff
[Seeretary Walkers Treasury RY0n.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-04-08

| that d conflict #ith The merciless Mexicans
must bc The Inevitable result. They de-
clared, moreover, that the measure woulC
bring down upon Us the wrath Of England
that France would not be an idle spectator
ia short, that all the powers % the Holy
alliance would'be arrayed against Us, ant
that we would have 10 meet the "world in
arms" But the measure was carried, the
Lone Starr now glilters in the American
constellation, and no revulelon has taker
place, except 1t be, that not few who
most loudly condemned annexation now
deny il, and nodesily prefer their claims
to portion OF the honor Of the achieve
ment When Mr. Polk IN his Inaugural
address, in substance, declared what Mr.
Clay had said before him in 1927, that
England had not even the color OF title
TO any part of Oregon" this peace party
were again aroused so action; when his
message re.asseried that position, and re-
commended that the notice to dissolve the
joint occupancy should be given, they
sent forth their loudest lamentations, and
now that he has rejected the proilered ar.
biirament, they have made the welkin
ring with their clamor.
What, il may be asked, viii be the con.
sequence Of all this hue aud cry abont
war; In this country, its motives are un-
derslood, and therefore, to certain extent,
il is hlrmIess. They who have raised it.,
have heretofore made similar predictions,
oil of which having been falsifed by hisio-
ry, they have ceased 10 have any effect
upon the public mind. II is known while
The few are honest in their declarations,
the many are controlled by mere partlzan
feeling; denounce the measures OF the
administration, merely because they are
the measures of their political opponents,
and use against them the arguments of
the enemies of their country, for the un-
holy purpose Of subscribing thereby the in
terest of their own party. But what is
the legitimate effect Of this patty strife
upon the counsels of our enemies2 Itsi-
mulates them to increase their exactions
Believing that we have a viper in our DO.
som, pleading their cause, urging their ar
guments, and whose sting may ultimately
be felt, they expect and have right to ex,
pect distraction in our councils, and an &C.
quiescence in claims, winch otherwise
would not have been preferred. There is no
warparty III the Union. We believe it,
we know it. There is no fragment of any
party that does not prefer peace, if peace
can be secured on honorable terms. We
do believe, however, and rejoice in the
conviction, that the spirit of rs is not YET
extinct, and there is party, a large party,
whopreler war with ali its horrors 10 a
peace purchased by national dishonor.--
We believe, moreover, that if our country
is driven to this alternative, that the fault
will not be chargeable TO any bungling
Of the administration, but 10
the timd tame and upairlotic policy of men
who style theseves, par excellence, the
friends of peace. Federal (Ga) Union.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-04-08

There will be partial eclipse Of the Sun
on Saturday, 25th day Of this month. We
make up the following particulars from the
Vickaburg Almanac, and an item in an ex-
change paperi--
This eclipse will be visible throughout
the United States, with the exception of IA
small portion Of Oregon. Beginning 90
min. before IL NJ; Middle 10 min. past
IL; Emo ia min. past !. Tho degree Of
observation will be about five digits in H..
linois, nearly seven in Boston, and eleven
in Florida, gradually increasing as we APP
proach the island OF Cuba, near the mid
die Of which il will be central and total.
This will be the last large eclipse of the sun
that will be visible 10 US until Nay 26lh,
1854, and Tor many years the only one
that will be total in our vicinity Indeed,
only twice during this century (yiz. Au.
gus, 7, 1869, and May %, 1907 will the
people Of the Atlantic States see a total
eclipse, and on both of these occasions
tho path of the moons shadow will be
confined to a very small Of Virginia and
North Carolina.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-04-08
Foreign News by steamship lEIBERNIA.

The Hibernia arrived at Boston on the
18th March, bringing dates TO the 4lh.
| Sir Robert Peel has been sustained in
his free trade movement by majority oil
81 in the House of Commons.
Cotton, up to the arrival Of the packet
Patrick Henry, on the LIST, had been de.
pressed in price, but the news brought by
her being considered of a somewhat hos
tile character, the prices rallied, and the
market became frmer.
| Provisions and Flour were dull, and the
money market, in consequences of the Is
millions pounds sterling locked up in rail-
road speculations, was very tight.
The article of Maize or Indian corn,
was becoming very popular among the
people.
The refusal to arbitrate the Oregon con
troversy has excited hostile feelings in
England and American questions have
largely occupied the debates Of the French
Chambers.
Free Trade principles are becoming po.
pular ia France.
Louis Philippe is said to be in favor of
referring the Oregon question to the arbi-
tration Of three English and three Ameri-
can gentlemen.
A great battle has been fought in the
East Indies between the British and the
native Silks, in which the latter were de-
leated with loss Of between 25 and 80
thousand. British loss between and 4
thousand--50 officers, among them Sir
Rob't Sale and Gen. M'Caskell, we're slam.
The cholera is raging furiously in Per-
STA, and i is feared il will again make the
circuit Of the world.
The Westminster canvass between Lord
Ronse, the candidate Of the ministry, and
General Evans, an ultra free trader and
radical, resulted ii the election Of the lat
Ter, whose success is regarded as the tri-
umph Of 'the democratic principles The
defeat Of Lord Lincoln, son Of the Duke
Of Newcastle, BY Mr.. Hildyard, is a no
less striking indication of progress.
O'Connel Is 10 Parliament, and his
health is said to be falling.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert will,
after her approaching ACCOMPLISHMENT, visit
France.
The French Chambers have voted an
appropriation for a line Of steamers from
llavre 10 New York.
There is considerable excitement on
account of a supposed conspiracy among
the Poles for a general rising against
Russia, with the hope Of securing the
emancipation of Poland.