Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-16
IL appears by late advices from the Pacific

CIRCULATION, OF ANY PAPER m wa EELING.
Il appears by late advices from the Pacific
that the everlasting Oregon Boundary question
is again to be.revived. 1t is generally thought
however, that the news of actual hostiiities hav-
ing been commenced by one of Her Brittanic
Majesty's steamers, is not true. Be this as it
may, difficulties with Great Britain, in regard to
the Oregon Boundary line, are confidently anti
cipated.
The manner in which the difficulty presents
itselfis as follows: By the treaty of June 10,
1876, negotiated by Louis McLane, under in
structiOns from Mr.. Buchanan, then Secretary
of State, it was stipulated: that the dividing
line should run along the 49th parallel of North
latitude "to the middle Of the channel" which
separates Vancouyers Island from the continent
and thence southerly through the middle of
said channel and Of Africa Straits to the Pacific.
1t appears now, however, that there are taco
channels, between the Island and the continent,
both of which lead into the Pacific. By one of
these the Island of San Juan will fall to us, and
by the other it will go to Great Britain. The
British claim that the line should run down the
strait of Rosario, as it is the nearest to the
main land. The q. S. claim that it should run
through what is called the "Do Haro channel"
upon the ground, we presume that such line
would include all of Yancouyers Island-the
Island of San Juan not having been mentioned
in the treaty of settlement. Such would seem
to be very fruitful source of difficulty The
Island of San Juan is not very extensive one,
though considerable Importance is attached to
it owing to its proximity to the Frazer river
gold mines, and to lts'nne naruoIs
As our readers will well remember, the
Oregon question was, during Mr.. Folks i'd
ministrntion, one of the most exciting of that
day. With Buchanan at the head Of the State
department, and upon whose shoulders the ro-
sponsibility Of settling the question rested, the
cry was-"The whole of Oregon or none" The
cry of the whole administration party, indeed,
was ''54, 4oor fight" But it is we'll known
how this extensive claim was surrendered and
the line of4g degrees accepted.
Tho claim Of Great Britain VIC believe to be
unjust and it now remains to be seen whether
Mr.. Buchanan will make any further conces-
sions TO the demands of our arrogant neighbors
We trust that this time there will be no back.
ing down from positions. With the firm deter
mtnation upon our part to adhere to the letter
- s#'"'"--r7---t p";t.ir- ."~"ld hard.
ly press her claims so far as to go into war
with US.
ETHERlDGF, of Tenn, member of Congress
elect from the 4th district Liberalst in poll
tics, occupies position down there not unlike
that which Senator Cald~ ell occupies up here.
He is sort of lone star-or, perhaps, we
should sag, a black sheep among the politicians
and the party hacks and party organs. Failing
to defeat him by harping on his Republic
can vote9 and affiliations when he was in Con-
gress, they now proclaim him an alien, de.
nounce him as hereto in the face of the fact
that the people of his district, (and no doubt
of mony more districts. down there,) are with
him in sentiment. The organs, true, have
not got to- the pass of making silly suggestions
about an "ejectment," but in other respects,
they are quite as frothy at the mouth as the
two Ajax, organs. here. Etheridge's having
been invited by his friends at:Memphis to come
among them and let them congratulate him,
gives occasion to the organs there to let into
him. The editor of the ADalanche, for in
stance, says that tthe citizens of Memphis are
drunk and infatuated with the desire of obtniu-
ing the character of an alien Freesoil commune.
ty," stigmatizes them as "a giddy, blinded, and
infatuated people" says that Memphis has
''made herself house of refuge for every
broken down party. hack, !" aud finally styles her
"the Botany Bay in which all the political in.
fidelity. aud corruption of the Union concen-
trates''
How very like the talk which the right and left
bowers here give us. 1t is almost plagiarism
on their harangues after the meeting out the
pike, the other night. Memphis, like Wheeling,
is in danger of becoming an alien 10 the Com.
monwealth of Israel. If she ventures to do her
own thinking much longer, we presume that,
like this heretical city OF ours, she will run a
great risk of losing any legislative attention,
save in the matter of taxes.
PARK GoDwIS, who made speech at the N.
7. Republican State Convention, is reported in
the Syracuse Journal to HAYES aid that ..the
other night, while sitting in the door of his
home, he saw CLEAN of white pure light shoot.
up like sunbeam from the horizon to the ze
NTH, and soon the. whole heavens were covered
with the ruddy glow of the most brilliant and