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invy of J;
JpooiDtad hopoyif misdirect d 1^ , or 'i', i
tV ed preempts, oSwastod yeut.'i, wi! Vc(ju'
their due proporticSfc to all, fu:r or uu , m |
pid or brilliant ; tut to the bniUnt w,d e :
fair will be a^peradded the a.terna ion o. ? ;
sumptuous wooing ar:d outran ous ?
But what is this to yen and to m ?, Ueowu.l -
Batter we the head a' the spear.
So shall i^e ever; for chang? Merc is
none. I was at Croydon a short space past,
and there I saw Peter the Monk writing
upon parchment what he called a chronic.e , j
and he read from his parchment what he had j
written. It was all about battles and ih<- :
doings of kings. And I asked him how .e >
knew that what he said in his parchment u as ,
true ; and he answered that he had it an upon
good warrant. But when he read to me or
the affray, which happened here und^r our ;
own eyes in the monastery of Thome}, 1 :
knew be was wrong in every word, for I j
witnessed the thing." He was angry when I |
said so; but I comforted his soul by telling j
him that in future days no one could know i
the difference, and that his name would ;
flourish as a .historian whos; statements,
would guide the pen of all writers to come ; ;
and that they-, too, would write as he, most j
of them bring the greatest fools of their gen- j
eration. But I told him not ? for being a man 1
of learning, he is not a man of sense ? that
were every word as true as the Gospel, what
he wrote was no chronicle of what was doing
in his days. The marshalling of armies, and
the- of courts, are but incidents of
human life* aa*d not the greatest or most im
portant accidents ; and he who thinks upon
the elements Of our existence, must look upon !
the craft of soldier or courtier as nothing i
more in itself than the craft of Fletcher or j
Smith. So I laughed within myself at the ;
toil of Peter the Monk. And when he ? for ;
Jie is a man of flowing tongue ? spoke to me i
with many words of what was to be done in
other days, when more people could read ,
clerlkv, and write wisely, and of the spread**
ing knowledge, and the outstretching of
mind, I laughed ont aloud. For there is new
in the world as much knowledge as there
will be a thousand years hen^e, and the mind i
cannot be outstretched. The prating talker i
may fancy that what he speaks most about i
i# the most important of things ; but those i
things of which no man talks are the first i
matter. By and by, it may be that soft-hand
ed men will from mimic forges, and by the
application of tools favored with learned
names, bring forth things much renowned ;
and they will be railed philosophers ? and
proud men wiH they be. Happy be their
dole! Bat the spear will be fashioned, the
horse will be shod, the bar will be wrought,
the -knife will be sharpened as now. And
those who first taught us to do those things
" will be called rude and ignorant ; while they
who produce what is nothing more -to what
was done in the beginning than is the hem to
the garment will be men of fame ; and the
jabberer will think himself wiser than our head .
and master, who in the Scripture is called j
Tubalcain. So will it be in all things else,
fiat what is this to you and to me, Beowulf]
Batter we the head of the spear.
"v :And the time may come when tins forest of
Thorney will be lopped down by the axe, and
trace of it be none. Where it now stands, may
' lilt magnificent abbeys, proud buildings, houses )
- ' <?f WHtenagemotte, wide streets, lofty man
sions; and they who dwell therein will think
themselves far better than you and me, and
the times 10 which they live far superior to
ears.' Load will be the prattle in the meets
ings, and each man will deem himself sage.
But ifTcottld burst f?om my grave, I shou'd
tell them tftat we, without asking why, were
as 6ee they ? that we managed our laws as
we&as they ? and that the denizen of the for
est was neither more nor less than the deniz
~ett of the street, both being men. And I
should tell them, beside, that we are housed,
and fed, and clothed ; and they can be no more.
^We hunger and we thirst, we feel and we see
> we are agitated by passions of love and hate,
of fear and madness, of honor and shame. each
? in our. degree; and so will be they. Much
windy wordwerk will possibly be spoken on
this ground ; and many a knave and fool shall
win fame, such as it is. And people may shout
and applaud, and talk of freedom and right won
for then>? they all the while remaining as be
fore, but glorifying themselves on their ad
vancing wisdom. But advance there will be
none.- TLaw will have still to contend with
cruae; %nd fraud will predominate in law. ?
The doctor of future days may talk in phrase
more set than does our leech, Florence, hard^
by the wood-; but he will not extend the life of
man one boor longer than the appointed time.
And the fool or the traitor will obtain the hon
ors^oe to the wise and the loyal? the usurer,
sitting in quiet, win the produce of the toil of
brat who labors ? and the bustling and impu^
debt thrust themselves into high places. And
the crowd will rbe galled, and those who gull
them will fill their own pockets. And there
? will be fighting and feasting, and weeping and
laughter, and deaths and marriages, and good
foftor.e, and bad fortune, to . the end of the
. ?; 'world; aad nothing shall be new under the sun.
* But what is this to you or to me, Beowulf]
Batter we the head of the spear.
Intense Darkness!. ? The streets of London,
on the 16th of January, were wrapped in thick
?darkness, at one o'clock, P. M. it was dilfi
calt to see one's hand. A thief met a gen
tleman walking in the streets, snatched his
hat from his head, and in a moment was lost
in the surrounding obscuritv. The Standard !
O *
says that this darknes did not rise from fog, t
which is usually the case but was in every |
respect similar to that of midnight. ...Naviga- i
tTon upon the Thames was almost suspended,
and the drivers of the different vehicles were '
exceedingly slow and cautious in passing i
through the streets, The various public es* I
tablishments n the city were as completely !
lighted as when the pressure of business !
requires night attendance. A thick drizzling ;
rain fell during the whole time.
? i
The Boston Patriot furnishes ac'vices from ,
Smyrna to January 27. The whole of Syria
had been thrown into consternation by an i
earthquake on January 1st, which destroyed
several towns and villages. On the evening
of the New Year, a little before sunset, the
towns of Tiberias, Japhet, and several neigh
boring villages, were entirely overthrown by j
this dreadful calamity. The shock extended i
many leagues. The town3 were a heap of j
ruins; and awful to relate, nine-tenths of the ;
iiihabilanls perished! Nothing had been heard
from Jerusalem or Jaffa All the new buildings
at Acre were destroyed. At Seide the French
Consul's wife was dragged from the ruins with
her leg crushed.
RAIL ROAD ACCIDENT.
Yesterday, at 11 o'clock, we were startled
by a rumor that the Cars had broken down i
and a number of persons were killed. The j
story lost its exaggerations gradually, and was I
finally authenticated as we give it belo-.v by j
a gentleman 'who was among the passengers. ;
The woods had been set on fire by sparks [
roni the Locom'jlive some days before, the >
rlri; had communicated to t!;u K ;i . ! iload a:: u
burnt awav the wood work of it for sonic 70
feet. The Engineer it is said had been cau
tioned of the probability of this ; if so, he d d
not b Hove ir ; the train was moving on at a
rapid rate when rhry came upon tiie burnt spot,
about S mi Ils from Use City. The Engine
crushed tiie unsupported rails and capsized, ? -
the engineer (Cummings,) jumped from his
seat, but unfortunately the wrong way, the
Engine fell on him and literally crushed his
head to atoms. The Uvel of the track at the
scene of the accident, is about 1*2 feet from
t lie ground. The Servant's Car plunged
after the Engine, and the first Passenger Car,
full of ladies, followed, and the Cars lay a heap
of ruins together.. Out of this wreck, most
strange to say, the Passengers were taken
unhurt. The second Engineer was some
what bruised, and a black man much injured.
The second Passenger Gar paused upon the
brink, and ifs inmate? had only a moderate
share of fright for their adventure. Consider
ing all the circumstances, it is indeed a mat
ter of gratulation that this accident resulted
so harmlessly, whilst we dcrply regret that
even one should be the victim of it. But the
dashing, running, steaming spirit of the age,
has turned men's heads and hardened their
hearts ; it is no use to look sage and moralize
nver a broken boiler, so we have only to' say,
when the Cars do next break down, we hope
we shall be as now, safe at home. ? Mercury.
LOUISVILLE, CINCINNATI AND CHARLES
TON RAIL ROAD.
Capt. W. G. Williams, the Associate
Engineer in eharge of the work, arrived here
on Tuesday last, in the steam boat from Nor
folk, and a sup >ly of instruments for the use
of the Engineers, have also arrived. Capt.
Williams will leave here immediately for the
mountains, under instructions from the Presi
dent and Directors to proceed forthwitn to
organize Brigades of Engineers, and to set
them to work at the mountain passes ; from
thence, pushing the surveys by the best routes
towards the low country. Major M'Neil,
the Chief Engineer, is expected here as soon
asj additional supplies of instruments can be
procured, and the necessary arrangements
can be made, when operations will be com
menced, and prosecuted on a scale commen
surate with the magnitude of the work. ?
Mercury.
Turkish Legislature. ? We find, in a recent
number of the Progresso , a scientific and lite
rary journal published at Naples, the following
list of Turkish publications, which have lately
appeared at Constantinople : ?
1st. Musnevi , a poem of moral and contem
plative sjience, in rhymed couplets, by Mev
lana Djelaleddin Rusni; followed by Musnevi
Cherchi, or comments and notes on the above
poem by Sheik Chakir effendi.
2d. Behoristan or Co> lection of Perfumes, a
poem of Mevlana Djami effendi, with notes by
Chakir; dedicated to t"he Sultan, and printed
at his expense, at the imperial press.
3rd. A medical treatise by Chomel, a French
physician, translated from the French into
Turkish, by. Osman Siib effendi. professor in
the medical, surgical and anatomical college;
printed in like manner at the expense of the
Sultan.,.
4th. Feruk, an essay on synonymes, by the
late Ismail Hakki effendi.
5th. Emsele Sekerchi , a grammatical trea
tise by E-skidji Zade.
6th. Netaidj ul efkear or the end of thought ,
a work on literary composition, in great re
quest among students, with notes by Adaii
Ali effendi. It is also called Izhar el Cherchi.
7th. HaUi esrar el Akhiar Ali Arab lzhar
el Exra ;"that is, an explanation of the good
thoughts contained in the Arabic treatise,
entitled Declaration of Mysteries. It is a spe
cies of dictionary, compiled by Zeju Zade
effendi.
8th. Tcohje Cherchi , or explanation of
beauty, by Sumbul Zade Nehbi effendi.
From the Londm Herald.
The Unile'd Stales at law. ? The rolls Court
was occupied on Wednesday with a case in
which the Government of the United States
appeared a plaintiff, versus Drummond. The
case was as follows ; ?
The bill was filed on behalf of the Presi
dent of the United IStates, claiming some
very considerable sums of money, amounting
to about j?i00, 000, which was bequeathed to
the United States. It appeared that Mr.
Smithson, who had amassed a considerable
fortune at Genoa, which he invested in vari
ous British securities, made his will, by which '
he bequeathed the bulk of his fortune to his
nephew, ilenry James Hungerford, for life,
and after his decease to all and every child
and children of the said nephew, whether le
gitimate or illegitimate, and in case he should
depart this life without leaving any person
who should be entitled to the fund, he be
queathed the whole of his fortune to the
United States, to enable them to found a
college t%for the increase and diffusion of
useful knowledge among men."
It was alledged, that the said Henry Hun
gerford had died without leaving any person
who was entitled to the property in question.
These circumstances, it seems, were com
municated to the President of the United
States, who obtained an act of Congress, au
thorising and empowering him to sue for the
same in England, and under this act he exe
cuted a power of attorney to Mr. Rush,
authorising him to adopt such proceedings in
England for obtaining payment of the lega
cies as should be requisite, in consequence
of which the present bill was filed. Mr.
Pemberton Offith whom was Mr. Sbadwell)
stated the case and claimed payment of the
legacies.
Mr. Twiss (with whom was Mr. Stewart)
submitted that there weie several questions to
be considered before the fund could be part
ed with, even assuming that the bequest to
the children, legitimate and illegitimate, of
his nephew, H. J. Hungerford, had failed.
In the first place, the bill purported to be
filed by the President of the United States,
but no name was ment.oned by which it was
possible to ascertain the correctness of that
fact. In the next place, Mr. Smithson had
resided and died in Genoa, and it was a
question of considerable doubt whether he
intended the funds to be distributed by the
courts of this country, or by the courts of
the country in which he died.
Mr. VVray, who appeared for the Attorney
Gjnera], observed that the Crown was inter
ested in the event of the bequest being de
clared void ; should, however, the Court be
of opinion that the intention of the testator,
could, and ought to be carried into exeeu.
tion, then the only duty the Crown had to
perform was to see that there was a proper
hand to receive the legacies.
Lord Langdale observed, that he would not
allow any matter of form to prevent the pro
gress of "the proceedings, but would allow
the plaintiff to amend his bill, for the purpose ;
of making the record perfect. He certainly |
considered the title used by the President, in
proceedings of the Courts of the United
States, would bo the correct one to be used j
in ail proceedings in this country; but as Mr. 1
Rush was present, perhaps ho could set the
Court ri^iit with regard to the form used.
! Mr. Rush as we understood him, stated
that the form used was, the President on be
1 half of the people of the United States; but
| added, that the present claim was made un
| der an act of Congress, which authorised the
i President to sue individuals, and that he con
; si lered was the proper description to be
| used in the suit.
Mr. Stuart observed that there was nothing
which gave them any intimation of the act
of Congress, and thought it would be neces
I sary to set it out on the pleadings.
! Lord Langdale thought it would be necessa
ry to amend the bill, so as to state precsely
who it was that claimed the funds, and so
enable him to decide that he was acting in
strict accordance with the intention of the
testator. After that amendment the parties
might take a reference to the master to as
certain whether the children of the testator's
nephew had failed.
MESSRS. CALUOUN AND PRESTON.
! The conduct of these two distinguished Sen
ators in relation to the effort now making to
destroy the 'compromise bill" is worthy of
all praise. Though opposed to the tariff as
operating preducicially to Southern inter
ests, these high-toned and honorable states
men repudiate with a disdain worthy of the
salves and the chivalrous State they represent,
the disgusting lure held out by the new Presi
dent and his menials to bribe the South from
its allegiance to the constitution and its un
compromisingopposition to the present govern
ment. "Thecompromise bilP'was a compact ?
a sacred compact entered into between the
North and the South, upon the most delicate
and important question that ever divided two
sections of the same country The statesmen
that conciliated these opposing interests, and
brought peace and harmony out of the fearful
and jarring elements which were ther dark-,
ening the horrizon, and carrying fear to the
hearts of all who regarded the integritj of the
Union as the firmest bond of national pros^
perity and strength, was hailed by nen of
all jaarties as the " Great Pacificator The
South participated in the general joy. Mr.
Calhoun was among the first to recognise the
claims of Mr Clay to the noble title which
his conduct upon that occasion had earned for
him. He accepted the mediation of the Wes
tern Statesman, on the part of the State
whose opposition to the tariff was the imme
diate cause of its reduction. He put lis seal
to the bond which expires in 1842, aid until
then the highest honors in a monarch's power
to bestow could not shake the pfigbied faith
of the Southern statesman.
The eloquent and intrepid Preston views
the act of compromise in the ssme light. ?
Following in the fool-steps ofhis more expe
rienced colleague, and hallowing with the light
of his genius the noble pathway lie has cho
sen for the attainment of eminence and
distinction, this high-minded and incorruptible
patriot sustains Mr. Calhoun in bis opposition
to the repeal of the tariff. The menials of
power are astonished at this- act of self
devotion on the part of the Carolina Senators.
Reckless of principle or honoi themselves,
they cannot reconcile it with the maxims upon
which they have ever acted, of recognizing
no rule of action which wars with their inter
ests. They reverse the sentiment of Sheridan,
and show by their conduct, that, "being con
scious of the baseness of their own hearts,
they are ever slow to suspect integrity in
others." An honest action or an honest man'
are terms long since exploded from their vo
cabulary. Such time-worn ideas are stricken
out of the decalogue in which they have stu
died the commandments of their master. To
violate faith, to destroy existing contracts,
to break down any section of the country
where their dicta are not received as the
" law and the gospel" ? these are substitutes
which our present rulers have accpeted and
recognised as the doctrines of the political
economist. Hence it is, that Mr. Bedford
Brown, and others of that stamp, are surprised
at the magnanimous conduct of Messrs. Cal
houn and Preston.
But there is still, thank God, enough of
virtue and purity among us to appreciate the
motives of those distinguished men. There
is yet a party in this Union who will view the
actions of the patriot by another light than
that which is shed fiom the lamp of the po
litical freebooter. There is still a party in
this Union, who appreciate principle, and ad
herence to plighted faith as the truest policy
upon which the statesman can act. In the
opinion this of latter and more honest
class, Messrs. Calhoun and Preston will re
ceive that highest reward that awaits the
patriot ? the respect and esteem of the virtu
ous and reflecting. ? Louisville Journal.
i State of Parties. ? The Whig and Radical
parties in the House of Commons who may
or may not act together, are in number from
330 to 350. The Tories who will act togeth
er, amount from 300 to 319. The ministerial
majority, therefore, on questions in which the
liberal parties agree, will range from eleven
to forty. In no case can Ministers be outvo
ted, unless the Tories act with the Radicals,
or the Radicals remain on any question neu
ter, neither of which cases is at all probable.
These suppositions stand on divisions of the
whole house. The vacancies are Tory, and
[ the chances of absence are more Tory than
Whig; so that the supposed majorities may
| be greatly increased on important occasions. ?
Atlas.
? -
From the New York Daily Express.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
The Packet ship Utica ,Capt. Pell, arrived
this morning, bringing Paris papers of the
evening of the 24th Feb. and Havre of the
25th, and later from the Continent. By this
arrival the Editors of the Daily Express have
received the following items of news.
Letters received from Liverpool at Paris
announce it to have been the intention of some
of the leading merchants to hold a meeting
there, to take into consideration the expediency
of applying to Government for the loan of
I ?1,000 000 as a means of relieving them from
i the necessity of sacrificing certain articles of
i produce of which they a/e holders, at the
I present reduced prices. It is proposed to
i send a deputation to town for this purpose.
It is also scHd that very larg<; amounts
! of gold are beginning to find their way into
j the coffers of the Liverpool banking-houses
! from Ireland. From the considerable sums
i that were sent to Dublin during the late run
i on the Agricultural and other banks in that
quarter, this is no more than was to be expect
ed.
SPAIN.
Letters from Bayonne state that the Carlist
General (iuibelalde has apprized the French
General Harispe, that the Carlists will be
obliged to return the fire of the Christino's
Artillery from the fort of Behobia. The
same correspondence adds that Don Carlos
has loudly protested against the authorisation
granted io the Christines artillery to pass
through a portion of the French territory.
The Espagnol says: ? " It is positively star
ted that the greater part of the Carlist Ibrccs
arc now conscent rated towards Los Arcos in
Navarre, and that not more than six of their
Battalions remain before Bilboa. It appears
almost ceriain that the sums for which Gomez
has been unable to account to the Pretender,
amount to several millions. The Carlist em
ployes are said to have been shot for having
forged the signature of Don Carlos. The
Pretender is at Ascortia, apprehensive, no
doubt, of a visit from Espartcre at Durango.
Meanwhile, till the projected movements a<
gainst the Carlists take place, the inhabitants
of Vittoria are afraid to venture any distance
from the gates of the city.'' ? The Eco del
Commercw says, ''The Carlist General Villa
real has been set at liberty by the Pretender,
and the Infante Don Sebastian is stated to
be on the point of marching into Castile,
with 17 battallions. His troops are only wait
ing for some uniforms which have been or
dered in France. Villareal makes no scruple
of avowing his inveterate resentment against
several of the Pretender's advisers, and de
clares his intentiori of killing them with his
own hand."
FRANCE.
On Monday, the anniversary of the execu
tion of Fieschi, Morey, and Pepin, three indi
viduals were arrested in the act of placing
chaplets on the tomb of Pepin in the ceme
tery of Mont Parnate. They were immedi
ately handed over to the civil power. This
manifestation of feeling acquires a degree of
seriousness from a circumstance which took
place the day before. A funeral ceremony in
honor of Pepin had been demanded at the
French Church of the Abbe Auzon. The
authorities were informed of the circumstance
in time, and the ceremony was not allowed to
take place.
On Monday five London missionaries, from
the Foreign Mission Society, left for differ
ent parts of Asia. Three of them are destined
to Siam, and two for China. They wil em
bark at Havre. Two others from the con
gregation of St. Lazare, have also left for
China.
A Bank is to be formed by several mer
chants at Havre on the plan of those establish
ed at Bordeaux, Nantes, Marsehes, Rouen,
and Lyons. . The capital of two millions, re
quired/or the estaplishment, has already been
conpleted.
PROJECTED ATTEMPT UPON THE LIFE OF
THE KING OF FRANCE.
From the Gazette des Tribuna ux, Feb, 21
About 5 o'clock on Saturday morning, M
Vassal, the commissary of police, attended by
his brother, a peace officer, and several assis
tants, went to the lodgings of Champion, at
No. 138, rue de l'Hotel de Ville, to make a
search in obedience to a warrant from the Pre
fect of Police. On seeing the Commissary
aud his assistants, Champion was siezed with
a violent nervous trembling, and was so com
pletely overcome, that he was for some time
unable to answer the qnestions put to him. M.
Vassal immediately commenced his search.
Finding nothing in Champion's apartment, he
went np to the rooms and garrets above, and
there found concealed in a dark -corner, the
half- constructed machine. It was in the shape
of a child's r.ommode or chest of drawers, abon*
7 or eight inches wide, and three or four in
ches deep. Instead of three drawers, it had
three compartments, which extended the whole
length of the commode. ? In the first compart
ment were places for seven small pistol bar
rels, to be ranged horizontally; the second was
calculated to hold six barrels in a direction
inclining to the right ; and the third was to
hold the same number, inclining to the left.
The following is the manner in which the
machine was to be discharged. A battery to
be attached, would by means of a string ignite
all the barrels, begining with the first rank, and
then in succession passing to tile two others
by a train of gunpowder, which was so calcu
lated that all the barrels should not go off at
once, but one after the other, so that those in
clining to the right and left might have a wid
er range, and thus strike the victim should he
escape trom the horizontal range. This ex
planation is said to have been given by
Champion himself, who aflerwards stated the
manner jn which he had proposed to employ
the machine. He was to obtain a handcart,
and fill it with furniture, as if he was removing
from his lodgings. The machine was to be
placed at the height of five or six feet, and
concealed by a mattrass. A porter, hired at
chance, was to draw the hand-cart on the road
to Neuilly, near the spot where the King would
pass in his cajrige, and at the proper moment,
Champion was to pull the string and fire the
machine. Champion has already been impri
soned for three or four months for being engag
ed in the the riots at the time of the trial of the
minister of Charles X. His mistriss, whose
name is Saget, has been arrested, and is in
close confinement. ? It is said that she had
frequently declared, when talking of Champion,
that if she wished to be revenged on him, she
could tell many things to his disadvantage. A
fencing master named Janvier, living in the
Rue de Versailles, was arrested yesterday. ?
The po,;ce are actively engaged in prosecuting
further enquires."
Suicide oe Champion, ? Another of our
French papers give the following.
The following particulars relative to the
suicide of Champion, will not be uninteresting.
Immediately after his arrest on Sunday morn
ing, he was conveyed to the Prefecture of Pol
ice, and placed in a separate cell, under the
care of a special keeper. During the whole
morning, he manifested the greatest excite^
ment, and loudly and repeatedly expressed his
regret that he had failed in his design. His
jailor, who frequently entered the cell, and at
other times watched him narrowly through the
wicket, endeavored to calm his irritation. ?
Champion exclaimcd : ? "Leave me alone, I
shall go to the Place Saint Jacques ; but, had
they not arrested me, I should not have missed
my blow; 1 should have managed the affair
better than Fieschi, and I should have suc
ceeded."
It was then six o'clock : shoitly afterwards,
the jailor went out, but was absent only a few
minutes : on his return he found Champion
suspended by his cravat to the bar of the win
dow. In order to accomplish his purpose of
self-destruction, he had got on his bed, which
he had af erwards pushed away with his feet,
so that the weight of his body might immedi
ately produce strangulation. ? The jailor has
tened to cut him down, and called for assis
tance : but notwitstanding all the efforts of tin?
assstants, and the surgeon who arrived imme
diately aflerwards, th<? vital spark was extinct.
GREAT BRITAIN.
We regreat to learn the fever is still on the
increase at Glasgow. The number of appli>
cants ore now so numerous, that a temporary
hospital is required.
Ope hundred persons havo died in Norwich
during the week, fifty of wnom were buried on
Sunday.
No less than 450 deaths have taken place
within the borough of Frome during the last
three weeks from tiie effects of influenza
alone.
The influenza is prevailing to a tearful ex
tent in the Isle of Man. There is not one
family free from the disease, which has proved
mo rial m several instances.
During the last three weeks a great number
of horses sheep, and Cows, have died in the
Taunton neighborhood of the influenza.
SANTA ANNA'S LETTER.
Your Excel'cnrjj ? I addressed you in Tex^
as on the 22d of November last, an official
communication requesting you to make known
to his exc llency the President ad interim that
having obtained my liberty I was about to vis
it the United States, and should embark at
Baltimore after having visited the capitol,
(Washington.)
I accomplished this long and painful voy
age, following the steps of those by whom I
was accompanied, and I have arrived at this
port to-day in an U. States national vessel,
which the President, General Jackson, had the
kindness to place at my disposal in order that
1 might make the passage safely and commo
diously.
I leave to morrow for my country residence,
at Manjo de Clavo. where I expect to be uni
ted to my family, of wiiose situation I have
been entirely ignorant for the year past. In
that peaceful retreat, which 1 have determined
never again to quit, I ask you to give me a
detailed account of the event, by which I was
placed at the disposition of tbe enemy, and that
has transpired during my captivity, and which
has been the means of procuring for me so
much calumny and vengeance. 1 shall send
you all the documents upon that subject,
through the medium of Col. Juaw N. Almonte,
in order that the President, ad interim, may
have knowledge of them.
In the interval I shall devote my time in
compiling ajid publishing. a document detail
ing clearly the circumstances of the unfortun-?
ate campaign to Texas. This step is neces
sary to the public man, desirous of preserving
his reputation ; and he should be ever ready
to give the people an account of his conduct,
and place it in a veritable point of view; more
especially, should he do this, when passion is
enlisted against him. I shall also lay before
Congress what I conceive the most efficacious
means to terminate the war, leaving them to
adopt such measui as they may judge neces
sary.
The unfortunatr situation in which the pris
soners of St. Jacinto find themselves, calls for
the compassion of the government, and 1 im
plore that compassion for them, in the most
ardent manner. The fittle pecuniary assis
tance which is afforded them by the way of
New Orleans enables them to subsist, and
procures the vestments which are indispenablc.
Those unfortunate men have lost their liberty,
and if we do not come to their aid when they
are in such great distress, it will result in
discouraging the most ardent defenders of our
country's cause.
On my departure from Texas I was in
formed by Mr. Samuel Houston, to whose kind
proceedings I am indebted for my life and lib
erty, that it was his intention to place all the
prisoners at the disposition of the Mexican
Consul in New Orleans in order that he might
send them to Vera Cruz. But, as another ex
pedition has been spoken of since that time,
under the Command of his excellency the gen
crn . of division, Don Nicholas Bravo, it is
probable that Houston has changed his mind ;
and that, I myself, would not have been placed
at liberty had I deferred six days longer my
departure, for the lower classes in that coun
try are very violent.
The pleasure I feel in again treading upon
my native land, after the many outrages and
tribulation I have endured, that pleasure, I
say, was considerably diminished when I was
informed that there wero -individuals; believ
ing my disgrace was so much the greater be
cause 1 had betrayed my country and compro
mised her independence. What, betray an
object bo dear to my heart I I who have so
often fought to preserve her inviolable! Would
it not be better that 1 should perish in the
midst of my enemies, than that I should be
the mark of so serious and unjust an accusa
tion coining from my couutrymen! In this case
well as in many others I have been the
victim of calumny, and in order to place myself
beyond the power of those charges, 1 should
protest to your excellency, and in the face of
the entire world, that 1 obtained my liberty
without subscribing to any conditions what
ever; that either or since that co' juncture, i
have not made with any one, let him be who
he may, any contract that might bring reproach
upon the national independence or honor, or
place in jeopardy the integrity of the territory;
that accordingly, could have given no guaran
tees whatever to any individual or government
relative to those pretended stipulations: and
before consenting, either willingly or through
force to any such conditions, 1 would have
suffered a thousand deaths before subscribing
to such terms.
Your excellency will be pleased to make
known all these facts to the President ad inter
im, and to felicitate him on account of the
peace which reigns throughout the republic
and the auspices of the new fundamental laws
which the nation has enacted through the me
dium of their representatives.
I pray you your excellency, to accept the
assurance of my high .considerate and pro
found esteem: ? God & Liberty! Vera Cruz
Feb 20ih, 1837.
ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA.
At the conclusion of this letter another foK
lows addressed to the President ad interim
himself, Don Jose Corro. It ia but a repeti
tion of the forgoing. He reiterates in it in the
same positive manner that he lias contracted
no en^orement to further the recognition of
O O o
Texas independence.
j A letter from Tampico, under date of the
j 4th instant, addressed to the editors of the New
York Courier and Enquirer, gives the follow
ing particulars attending Santa Anna's arrival
in Mexico :
"At last Santa Anna is among us. He ar
rived at Vera Cruz on the 20ih lilt, in an
American frigate,and was received by the civil
and military authorities with all the honors
j due to the rank of General, bet no mote. ?
? However, he was enthusiastically welcomed
, by, and received the serv ile embraces of his
j numerous friends and partisans, who, m spite
j of the lukewarmness of the partisans of the
present Administration, flooded to his resi
dence, and escorted him to his country seat of
Manga do Clavo. The principal officers of
Government showed a remarkable coolness to
the prisoner of Texas. During his short stay
at Vera Cruz his conduct was very reserved,
and he seemed to be laboring under fear of
sickness. Previously to leaving Vera Cruz,
J he despatched an express to the capital, who
i it is stated, was the bearer of a well-written
manifesto, in which he endeavors to justify his
conduct since he left the city of Mexico for the
army, und exposes plainly all the intrigues and
calumnies of his enemies during his captivity
and his visit to Washington. As a particular j
' favor, he distributed three or four copies of this
manifesto among his friends ; but as yet none
have reached Tampico. This document is,
no doubt, the aiant courrier of his ulterior
plans, which will be, as ustial, digested tt
Manga de Clave, and experience has demon*
strated that Santa Auna knows as well how to
piny with his fickle countryman, as he docs
to tight cooks, of which he was so fond. A !
little more time, and we shall hear from the
celebrated Manga de Clavo.
"The present Administraiion has been gain*
ing ground so much that they are on the point
of thanking Tornel for his distinguished sef?
vices, especially in the financial branch nf hii
ministry. He will be superceded by a staunch
Bustamentino. The federal, or liberal pafty
is much divided, without resources or leaders,
discouraged with so many defeats ; in short, bro?
ken down. The Santa Anmtesare every where
i at work, confident of success ; but it must be
acknowledged that their leader has lost much
of his former popularity, as also the- support
of the clergy, and of a great portion of the ar*
my in activity ; and from tne preparatory
measures for the new Presidential election, it
is clear that the aristocratic party is determin
ed to get rid of him."
NEW ORLEANS, March 20.
Extract of a letter addressed to Wm. Kidd,
Esq. of the Merchants' Exchange, New Or*
leans.
TAMP1CO, Feb. 28th, 1837.
Dear Sir: ? Notwithstanding the ronsen*
sical rant in the American papers, concerning'
this country, and the expeditions destined to
operate against the Texians, you should know
that the Mexicans and their government are
resolved to make Texas enter into its dntyjand
they will do so. Every thing is now ready
for the march of the tioops, which are composed
of GOOD infantry, and 1200 cavalry, with their
corresponding artillery ; and the command is
confided to Gen. Bustamente, well known for
his valor and patriotism.
Although with great trouble, there have been
equippped three brigs,6ix schooners, and twelve
gun boats, ^ind there are expected from Jama
ica two good steam boats, and one brig, under
the command of Wm. McKenzie, who served
with Com. Porter, in the War of Indepen*
dence.
A s soon as these vessels arrive, about 1000
men will be embarked to operate by sea against
Galveston, and the other troops will go by
land to unite with them, under the command
of Bustamente.
And believe, &c.
To Wm. Kidd, Esq.
Merchants' Exchange, N. Orleans.
P. S. The arrival of Santa Anna, will not
change in the least degree ,the aspect of the
thing3 of Texas, because, be has agreed with.
Bustamente and our government; and 1 repeat
that the expedition will start about the middlft
of March, if not sooner.
From the Savannah Georgian.
FROM FLORIDA.
The prospect of the war being closed be
comes brighter and brighter. It appears that
Micanopy has come in, and we learn verbally
that Philip has said, that he would not zeoain
out, if Micanopy surrendered*
The steamer Duncan MacRae, Capt Pwj&?
rrick, from BlackCreek* brings us a cheering
letter, which we give below ? alsoa slip^fron*
our correspondence of the Iktrien Telegraph*
with ihe Jackson vile Courier of Thursday last
: from the Editors. ?
We congratulate them, and the -Coutltry ^
large, on the prospect of a speedy teroftinatiott
of a war which has cost the Country so?e of
her best blood, and expended so much of the
treasure of her citizens.
Foot Hsilekak, i
March, 2& ? 12 M. ?
To the Editor ?
Dear Sir: An express arrived a few mo^
ments ago from Gen. Jesqup, who states that
Micanopy in conformity with the treaty cam?
in on the 16th. Of course you '^rrow befofg
this, that he is to be retamedas a hostage* uu
til the whole tribe is removed. On the iStl^a
talk was held between the offices*
-nole Chiefs. In the course of the tooven**
tiou, Alligator said that if the army had gone:
a little further than Lake Topopopkaligft they
would hive taken what they considered as cat
tle?that the 1200 Gen. Jesnp had already
taken were no more to these than cow hides.
However, what these red skins say,. is not to
be depended upon. Also Ya HoUhftr Powel,
- has not yet shown his face. Some of bis pre
sent tribe, the Micasukies have. I have oeea
told by one of the officers, that Powel has
recently been elected Chief of this tribe, the
two former chiefs having been acknowledge tod
have b ;en killed, in Col. Pierce's battle at Fort
Drane. This ingelligence is received here by
two Creek Indians, who started fiom Fort
Dade, on the 20th ihst. at 9 o'clock, A. M.
Tigertal, with his squad of 112 men, wo
men and children, badgonofor Tampa flay.
The tenor of the imformation received Jast
week, led us to suppose that Micanopy had
come in. He had not on the 15th. The 16th
was the day fixed for that purpose. Micanopy*
is the head chief, and until he surrendered
himself we cannot in our opinion, count with
eertainty on peace. For what reliance can
we place on their "talks" what, on. their trea
ties? What faith can we have in their marks
set upon paper? In our last we said " War
at an end," and grounded the assertion on the
information given us that all the chiefs but.
Oseola had come in. We still hope to hear
most favorable news from the army, and ex
pect it by the next express. The construct
tion of military works at Black Crfcek, for a
time suspended in consequence of the belief"
of the war being over, has been resumed, and
oth' r preparation are in progress so as to be
prepared for the worst. ? Courier.
The following article was prepared for last
weeks No. but was mislaid, and consequently
was omitted.
On Sunday the 5th inst. the bodies of two
men were found on the b ach, three or four
miles south of the St. John's Bar. The bodies;
\yere* identified. One was that of CapU
Kimmev, and the other that|of Lt. Mc&oy..
The latter was indentified by the gold watchi
still in his pocket. It will be recollected that
these were two of 15 persons lost at the blow**
mg up of the Steamer Dolphin. The high
wind on Friday the 3d inst. blew over a portion
of the Dolphin's wreck. It is supposed these
two bodies must have been all this time some
how attached to the wreck. The clothes-were
still on, and the bodies were found soon after
their having been washed upon the beach.?
The bodv of Capt. Kimmey was found by CoL
Warren," and that of Lt. McKey by Maj. Tay
lor. The body of the latter was interred at
St Augustine with military honors. ? Ibid.
Office of the Telegraph, >
Darien, March 27. J
LATEST FROM FLORIDA.
Micanopy corning in with all his Warriors!!*
We 1 arn by the Captain of the steamer Dmw
can MacRae, which arrived here early on
Monday morning, that Micanopy has at length
come in, with all his warriors. He entered
Gen. Jessup's Camp on the 15th inst The
number he brought with him was not ascer
tained by our informant; and there was noth
ing known of Phillip or Oseola.
? JACKSONVILLE, MARCH 23,? We
have nothing from Gen. Jessup since the 15tU
inst.? lie was then at Fort Armstrong,!)*!^
; battle ground.
Lale from Jacksonville. ? Th(i. echoooer
George <.f Mary, Captain Wil"L*y, arrived
last evening from Jacksonville, but brought nq