America sends us news upon the whole pacific ; for
Mexico proves to be helpless, and the expectation of a war about Texas had subsided. There was the more leisure for a little domestic
contest ; and the worthy Republicans were amusing themselves With a sweeping perseaution of tbasailly sea ,called Mormon.% tin Illinois State,—a kink of Wholeattle fLyncl Raw. In .the mean time, a new turn had been give= to *the Oregon question : pro- bably alarmed at the. express deaire of the Starner-leans to prevent all colonization by the 'European Monarchical Governments in the North American continent, and construing that to mean uni- versal "annexation," Russia had made a naval demonstration for the protection of her territory on the North-west coast. The Federal Government had taken steps to caution its citizens against violating the Russian territory—for the present : it might be inconvenient to them if Russia supposed her interest to lie in backing the rights of England as a shield.for her awn.
