[ From (he V. O. Delia, June vMJ.J
IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING
FROM MEXICO.
We arc indebted to the Patria for an
extra, issued by it yesterday evening, containing
the following important intclli
gcnco from Mexico, which we proceed to '
translate:
We received yesterday the Dien Publico,
published at J/ata moras, of the 18th i
instant, the following documents came to
hand, which we have translated from the
English, and althoug it appears to have
been printed in this city, (Matamoras) we
have good reason*- o believe it was prin- j
ted on the other side of the river (i. e., on
the American side^ :
?I
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE j
June 1G, 1840.
Unanimous Declaration of ths Seven j
Northern States of the Sierra
Mad re of Mexico.
When, in the course of human events, !
it becomes necessary for one nation to dis- I
solve the political bonds which unite it to !
another, and to assume soperatcly among
tho powers of the earth the position to
which the laws of nature, and nature's
God, entitle it, a decent respect for the
opinion of mankind requires that it should
state the causes which impel it to the separation.
The history of the present and past
government of Mexico is a history of repeated
injuries and usurpation, all having
frtr tW rU-o,,* 4l.~ ?,
?uv?i uiivvv uujWb llll> Ub Wt Ullbilllieill
of a?i absolute tyranny over these States.
To prove this, we present the following
fiicf.s to an impartial world :
First.?Wearied with political changes,
which have boon heretofore nothing more
than continued oppression, exercised by
new hands, we declarc ourselves free.
tSccond?Wearied with the exactions of
the government, which have been made
solely for the purpose oi' perpetuating
the power of the usurpers of the liberties
of the people, we declare ourselves free.
Third?Weaned with the armies which ,
have been collected solely to oppress and \
annihilate the "industry of all, except that
of the oppressors, we declare ourselves
free.
Fourth?Wearied that our beloved
religion, constantly threatened by bayonets,
is fettered in its design of benevolence
and public instruction, we declare
ourselves free.
Fifth?Wearied that the people, in the
midst of their vast domains, are denied
the right of individual nossession. wr iln.
clare ourselves free.
Sixth?Wearied with tho promises
which have, been made to our children,
who anxiously .await in vain of their rulers
the right of education, we declare ourselves
free.
Seventh?Wearied that our aged fathers
are sinking gradually into the grave,
like tho brutes, without any alleviation,
we declare ourselves free.
Eighth?Wearied that whilst misery
and poverty prevail everv whnrn ili*>
urpcrs amass purple and gold, we declare j
ourselves free.
Ninth?wearied with the national declaration
that slavery should not be tol- [
crated on our soil, wnilo the domestic
service is an odious, horrible and cruel
system, and prevails without alleviation
and without parallel, we dcclarc ourselves
free.
Wherefore we, the people of the Seven
Northern States of il/exico, appealing
to the Supreme Judge of the Universe
for the rectitude of our intentions, now
solemnly proclaim and declare "that these |
United States are free and independent!" '
That they are absolved from nil allegi- !
ance towards the jl/exiean government
and that all connexion between them has j
ceased, is and ought to be entirely dissol- !
vcd. And consequently as free and in- ;
dependent States, we have the right to 1
icvy iroops 01 war, nuike pence, form alliances,
establish commerce, and perform
any other act or thin# which appertains
of right to free and independent States.
And to sustain this declaration, with a
firm reliance upon Divine Providence, we
mutually pledge to each other our lives,
our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
We have drawn the sword and thrown '
away the scabbard. Now's the day. '
Death to tyrants.
Hon. Wm, 0. Preston, of Sniith-fJnrn. i
lina, accompanied by his lady, passed :
through this place on Sunday last, on his
way to the Virginia Springs. Disease '
has made such rapid inroads upon his constitution,
that his person presents but a
sad wreck of its wonted vigor; though
we sincerely trust the wholesome mountain
air and the life giving properties of
the Springs may entirely restore his
health, and that his valuable life mav vet
*/ / I
be spared to his country for many years.
[Dan ille Jteyistcr.
Fire in Georgetown, S. C\, Attended
with Loss ok Lifk.?We leamfroin
n gentleman, who arrived yesterday l'rom
Georgetown, that a lire oceurrcd at that
place about one o'clock yesterday morning.
All the stores from the Market to J
Dumtrf.d Hn(?l r\n ' ?
? ? ..vnvi) vi? vuv MUU OI TI1C f
street, have been destroyed. The stores I
burned are about one-half of nil in the <
town. Our informant was not able to <
k'ivc us the prdbflble amount of k>*s, noi i
? 4k '*** ?
the amount of insurance. Mr. Thomas
Burden, a citizen of the place, we regret
to learn, was unfortunately killed in attempt
in^ to blow up a house.?Char.
Courier.
Nkw-Oui.kans, June, 3?0, a.m. |
Accounts fron. Mcridu to the 18th |
June, stale that there had been a tight ;
between the Yucntans and the Indians,
near Tilne. The former were routed with
great slaughter. The Indians were closely
besieging Tehosaca.
ine cuy is very healthy. The deaths
last week from Cholera were 20 ; other
diseases 81. Total 113.
New-Orleans, July 4?9, a. m.
Col. Duncan, Inspector General of the
Army, died yesterday in Mobile.
The cotton, com and sugar crops were
quite promising throughout Texas.
The cholera, it was reported, had broke
out among the Caniftnche Indians, and |
mcy were tlying in every direction, panic
stricken.?Char. Courier.
KEOWKIO COOK! K R .
Saturday, July 14, 1840.'
With a view of accommodating our Sub.
fscribcra who live at a distance, the following
gentlemen arc authorized and requested to
act as agents in receiving and forwarding Sub !
ecriptions to the ICeovtee Courier, viz:
Maj. W. S. Or.ian.vM, at West Union.
Edward Hvohes, Esq., " Horse Shoe.
E. P. Verner, Esq., " Bachelor's Rotrcat.
M. F. Mitchell, Esq.. " Piekensville.
J. E. IIagood, " Twelve Mile.
T. J. Webb, for Anderson District.
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEIT MONEY.
It will he recollectcd by our readers that on
the 28th of April Inst, two travellers, calling
themselves William Young and John Bishop,
stopped at Col. J. Norton's, three miles above
this village, for the night. That on the next
morning, each passed to him a twenty dollar
oill on the State Lank of South Carolina; Col.
Norton coming to the villago, it was discovered I
that the money was counterfeit. A warrant
was obtained, and the Sheriff accompanied bv
iwo or inrc'c outer# liiiulo pursuit, and came
u]) with them at West Uenion. An attempt
was made to arrest Young and Bishop, but
both fled, pursued by the Sherift and lus company.
During the pursuit, Young and Bishop
were observed to throw away several bundles
of paper, which was then supposed to be money;
and one of the party remarked, "Look at the
money how it flies." The citizens of the neighborhood
wore informed of this fact, and requited
to search for tlio parcels. One of them,
ltev. Jeremiah Compton, gave to the Sheriff
the next day, two one hundred dollar bills on
the Bank of Mobile, Alrt., wliich ho said his
son had found near whore Young wa-j arrested.
.Shortly after this Coinpton left the District
to get a legacy, as he said, from his father-in
law's estate. The next we hear of him he has
passed two one hundred dollar bills on the
Hank of Mobile to Maj. Cooper, President of
the Mint at Dahlonega. Tlie bills were well
executed on good paper ; and when c;cnt to
Augusta the brokers were willing to exchange
for it. But on some account they wore sent to
\fr,, A1 1? ? ?
Auuai^viiivi j, ivia., vi uuiu nicy were detected,
and return eel to Muj. Cooper ? ? Kpurious.?
Esquire Russell then, as the agent of Maj. 0.,
followed Compton to t!iii> District, and on the
4th inst. accompanied by Maj. Oris ham went
to Compton, who took back the bills and made
the following statement:
That on the morning after the arrest of
Young lie had found a large amount of money
himself, 81900 00 in one hundred dollar bills,
near where Young was arrested, and that he
ri|,.uuii-u irum me Diiiuae two ot them and
placod them near the same place, and then
sent his little son to aearcli for them, who found
them?that he had delivered these to ascertain
if they were counterfeit, and thought himself
entitled to the remainder. Hnt his panning the
money clearly bhows that his intentions were
not good, as lie must have known that the
money was counterfeit, lie then delivered to
Maj. Grisham the forty-nine hundred dollar**,
which was by him given to the Sheriff.
AVe have Been the bills, (hey arc all on the
Bank of Mobile, Ala. Ami, as far as we arc
competent to judge, well calculated io deceive.
The t-ignaturos arc well executed, but the
dates and numbers badly filled np. 'Hicy arc
all made payable to J. E. Watson, letter A,
and dated 29 Nov., 1815. The word "the" in
small letters on these bills is placed before the
word "Bank," and wc ure informed that In the
genuine bil'.* it is placcd immediately over the
word "Bunk." Ksquire Russell pointed out
several other inaccuracies in the cxecutiuVi to
..... ....u.nmiu, who is unaoic 10 point thom out
certainly.
We have been thus minute in giving all the
particulars, ns they occurred, that the public
may be on their guard, as it is confidently believed
that a large amount is ntill out, which
was thrown away by Young and Tlwhop their
pursuit, some of which may find its way into
circulation.
We arc informed that Comptonhav left the 1
district.
Wc publish to-day the rocommcndution of
lYenident Taylor, that the first Friday in Aufiwt
next be observed "a* a day of Fasting,
liuniliation, and Prayer," that Divinu l'rovilenoumtiy
nrrest the foil disease with which
>ur country i?* Meotirgetl, anil "ntuy the tl<wrowing
linii'l wliivb i-1 now lifted :i?iun-t uv."
SOWS OK TEMPERANC&
The following arc thu OllicerH elect of Pickens
Division, for (he present quarter:
M. M. Norton, IT.
\V. 1). Steele, \\r. a.
W. II. Tuimmikh, l{. 8.
u. 1%. ijaktcw, vi. 1(. fi.
I). F. Hill, <S>.
Joseph Burnett, T.
j. k. earli:, c.
M. O. Anderson, A. C.
(jIeo. C. Matiison, J. 8.
0. A. Taylor, O. '.
Tlio iir.Jt three and the Inst were regularly
instailed in Oflice on Monday evening last, by
Rkv. Jos. Orisiiam, J). (?. IK. P., J. J. 1Ioward>
of Hamburg, acting as If. G. C.
SAY, WHAT HK DESERVES?
Swift Retribution. On Tuesday
last the 'Greenspot' was made doleful by
the tolling of bells for the death of James
iv. l'olk, late President of the Locofoco
party. The news of his decease wa?
received by telegraph. The disease un j
der which he laboured was chronic diar- I
rhoca; not cholera, as stated in our last.?
Thus has this ambitious and wicked j
man been called early to his final account. |
We would, in charity, lmve wished him i
a life of ten thousand years in which to |
'bring forth fruits meet for repentance.'? j
"We are taught in th\r Book of Books i
that for National sins there shall be National
afflictions. Does it not, however, j
seem a little singular, just contemporaneous
with the doath of the author of the
most shameful iniquities in which our
country ever engaged, that the conscquence
of those iniquities should be so
full \ipon us?that the scourge of disease
should be sweeping the length and
breadth of our land! Verily the ways
of Providence are inscrutable."
The above wo find in one of our exchange ]
pujjcin, um who 11 was tliat ho far disgraced )
himself as a mail, and so flagrantly violated all i
principles of humanity and common decency, !
wo are not imformed; nor arc we desirous to 1
know. The man who is so wofully blinded by !
party prejudice, as to express liimsolf in such j
style, only (shows the baseness of his heart?
and the littleness of his sonl. We trust that
he will meet with no favor from any of the
press, either whig or democrat, but that the rebuke
for which it so just calls will not be spared,
untill tho perpetrator tliallbc willing to leave
"the ranks of u profession, -which he has dia.
honored, nnd attempted to degrade to the level
of his own baseness."
ATCHISON v.M. BENTON.
Senator Atchison, who Is the colleague of
Mr. Benton, has sent to press, it i.s said, a manifesto
against the doctrines of Mr. B. It nhould
be a source of gratification, that Senator B. is
thus eschewed by men from his own State.?
Mi?Konri linu 1<m<* .??*.! ?i? ? ' 1 * 1
*,?.8 n tumgiy ucKiiowieagcu
him n.s licr leader; but since ho has turned
traitor to the doctrines, which ehe has advocated
and recognised a* orthodox, she cast him
off, proving that she has more regard for principles
and consistency than for any man. The
Democratic press throughout the Union, so far
as we arc informed, have denounced Senator
H., and the only alternative which he now lias,
is to throw himself into the arms of Northern
Wliigs and Free toilers, for whom he is a
worthy associate.
If M SPHATrtD
w. .^1 uuimiV/U.
The Governor of Illinois, it is statod, will call
an extra session of the Legislature to elect a
Senator in place of Gen. Shields, who 1 as been
declared ineligible to his seat. Seve td of the
Democratic pnpars have hoisted the name of
J. A. Mcdemand. Judge Breese who opposed
Gen. Sliields is eaid also to be a candidate.
SIGNIFICANT.
The citizens of Orangeburg on flic celebration
of tlio fourth of July, dispensed with the
reading of the Declaration of Independence!
and substituted the Southern Address. Let
the North look to it.
THE CHOLERA.
This dread disease lias made its appearance
on the Savannah ltivor. Seven eases arc reported
on the plantation of Dr. Daniels, and
18 or 20 on that of Dr. Striven. There were
some few other caw. Some of the first named
eases have died. The cases generally arc said
to be of a mild form, and yield readily to medical
treatment.
It is extending rapidly ft* the North and
West.
Col. Duncan, Adjt nnd Inspector General of
U. S. Army, died nt Mobile on the yd inst.
NEW ORLEANS.
\j[fi arc happy to learn that tho crevassc at
Sauvo's, which was (he principal one, has boon
entirely stopped, and (ho works made secure.
MAJ. GENERAL WORTH.
Arrangements Imvc lu??n r'?
^ uw?ii ihmuu uy litu VUHI* 1
mon Council of Now York, to convoy the re !
mains of thin distinguished officer to his native l
State for Interment.
GENERAL HCOTT.
The N. Y. Courier A Enquirer denies the reported
dangerous illness of this distinguished
officer, and says hin health has not been as good
as it is now, for xome lime past.
But the Charleston Mercury (7th inst.) *uyn 1
it has private tulviecs, which rcpr?Ncnt him in
a rriti< stl -ritua'i'W; aivl hi" rcc^'orv a- ihnihtr.ii.
father mattiikw.
This grout Apostle of Tom pot-unco lisw at ;
length arrived in the United Stutea. lie came I
nvnr In il.? A . I. > '
~ . v.* ... |j.v C1II|/ iX.^nuui lUll, UI1U U19 rt'Ul'JJUUJl |
at Castle Garden, bv the city authorities of
, . /. I
New Yerk, was all that his friends couhl desire.
We take the following from the N. Y!
Herald.
"Futhew Matthew enjoyed excellent |
j health all the way, and his spirits were
1 remarkably good. He was only sea
sick for the first day or two. lie looks
right well, though, when going on shore,
he appeared a little nervous and ex- i
cited.
j lie ottered Mass and addressed the
| people every Sunday during the voyage;
and on the Sunday before last lie adI
dressed the passengers on the subject of
I temperance, when he administered the
j pledge to 150. lie conciliated the alfec- '
| tion and good will of all on board?even
of those who did not adopt the teetotal '
| principles.
I Wo take the following from the Abbeville
Banner:
"Look Our.?We have been requested to
warn the public against two persons who are
travelling through the District selling Linen
Table Clothes anil other articles. Their conduct
has been such as to excite the suspicion of
all with whom they have hail any dealings, in j
consequence of their familiarity with servants |
where they stop, and tho impertinent questions |
they ask them as to the treatment they re- j
reive at the hnmln of flioir h't
JlllUJf |
arc after no good, let us keep an eye on them. j
The same persons, we understand, were at
this place some time since. They went to a
house to stay ail night and wore directed to the
tavern. They said they had Linen for sale and ;
the next morning denied having any. They '
went from this place to "West Union, where '
they sold some of their articles. It is time that ]
we shonlil Innlt u-^.11 -.1.-. ? i
.vwa. ? v*ft vu niuav u iiu urc travel- |
ling through our country?men on honest busi- j
Hess will not regard it, others have no right to
complain.
Judge Woodbury hns consented deliver an
Kulogy on Ex-President Polk at Boston, in |
August next. I
Muj. Ocn. John A. Quitman hns been noini- |
nuted by the Democratic State Convention o^ |
Missouri tor Governor. I
Correspondence of the "Keowcc Courier." !
Aikkn, S. C.f 2d July, 1849. I
Gentlemen: By the good providcncc '
of a merciful God, I am now here, in the !
enjoyment of a reasonable portion of
health, after a fatiguing journey i.i my
own conveyance to Marietta: where the.
gathering of the temperance people of
Georgia took place on the 27th of last
month?a proud day for the friends of
the cause. The different organizations
were well represented. Only four delegates
from our State: Rico Dulin, of
Charleston Col. Allen, of Abboville, Col.
Edwards, of Spartanburg, and myself.
The proc .sion nml Annual Address j
took place on Thursday ; the procession
supposed to have been half a mile long;
about 1000 Sons of Temperance, one
hundred Daughters of Temperance, and
at least one hundred Cadets and Cold
water boys, with banners spread io the
breeze,?of all the banners, that of the
Daughters greatly surpassed in size and
beauty.
Col. Wigfield, of Madison, delivered
the Annual Address, an excellent production,
but too long for his physical
strength. After him about a half dozen
C?di:U> and Cold Waters boys did great
cicdit in advocating the cause. The
T?- ? ? * *
jrresmeni, judge Luinkin, then addressed '
the audience, about 10,000 persons, in a
speech of which it would he impossible to '
give you a description. I have heard him
often, but in this last effort he surpassed
any thing I have ever heard on the subject.
He mentioned modestly his labors
for manv vonr*. ?1 " - 1 1
j , ..i.u llltllillCU VfOll
and took new courage in this good?this
great cause.
I have, us you both know, been in the j
habit of attending temperance, religious, j ,
and political meetings, and the meeting
at Marietta exceeded anv thir.fr T I
r> - v
ever witnessed. Harmonious find unanimous
in their deliberation?no noise or
disturbance of any kind.
The next Annual meeting is to be at
Atlanta in August, 1850. It was resolved
if Father Matthew comes this
winter, the President is to eall a meeting
in Augusta.
If our people go to Columbia as the I
good people of Georgia went to Marietta,
1 shall be pleased to give you Bomo account
of our doings.
Timo has been when Georgia was
looked upon our inferior, but she is
now going ahead, Wot only in Tcmpcrance, ; i
but in Manufacture*, Hail Roads nnd Ag- i
rictilfui*p t ri
m. m\/| f\> un" JI?L V OUR I Kit
will give an impetus to industry, morals
nn<l information?the j>??r?plc to read, .
-? N y
I
as=5qji8!s^^ 9
?to think. And that you may do good,
and reap a rich reward, I will continue ^
to pray.
Your old friend,
juoiirrt u K mil AM.
Messrs. Norris &, Keith.
Correspondence of the "Kcowcc Courier."
Pontotoc, Miss., Juno 10, 1819.
The most important of these enactments at
least 0110 that meets with most, i'.use, is ?
the "Petticoat J jaw" as it is sometime "
styled, the intention of which istosecure
to the wife the enjoyment of her seperatc
property, a subject that lias engaged the
attention of the South Carolina Legislature.
But whatever may be the true
policy, in regard to the chattels of the wife,
vesting in the husband by tho wanted
lights, of one thing there is no doubt, and
that is that Iho civil law system as it operates
here opens the door for fraud, destroys
the confidence of one man in another,
embarrasses the commercial transactions
of the community and has introduced
the cost system to a considerable extent,
in a country that has very little of
that needful article. And the law here,
to which there is perhaps as much odium
attached, as to tlmt above mentioned, is
one which excepts from lew and sale un
der execution fifteen hundred dollars
worth of land, besides a considerable
amount of other property. The tendency
of this law, like the other, is to relieve
debtors from the payment of their just
debts. They obtain credit upon the faith
of the prosperity arround them and when
pay-day comes, they complaisantly inform
the creditor that they have' got
wliat the law allows them and thus under
this cloak of rascality, they get rid of discharging
an obligation which was perhaps
contracted for the necessaries of life. Add
to these specimens of the wisdom of Mississippi
Legislators, another, which
makes two years the shortest possible
timft in wIuaIi n L~
v hii uu tunuuiuu uy
process of law, when the debtor chooses
to make a denefce, even when lie has no
plea that will sustain him, and Mississippi
presents a code than which 110 other could
offer more ample protection to rascally
debtors. The financial condition of the
country is truly deplorabe. The currcn- l
cy is principally specie, the bank at Holly
Springs being the only ooe in the State.
And although there is a considerable amount
of Mobile, New-Orleans, and Tennessee
money in circulation, yet it does
not nav flic invno urV>:?i. ?s
x"V """ "5" ii isiuu uiviiupu.'icil
on the people. sSpeeie bc:ag required
fur that purpose nnd often collcctcd, taken
to Jackson and then vailed up in tho
public treasury. The treasury is at this ?
time overflowing, nnd yet the country is
embarrassed?some say that tho distressed
condition of the country is owing to
the great drain of specie in payment of
taxes and its a ftcrwards being withdrawn
from circulation. It is certainly bad policy
to withdraw so much money from
circulation and lot it remain idle, being
employed by the state, neiilier for banking
or other purposes or scattered again
among the people. If tho money that is
paid for taxes is to be boxed up and tomain
barren, the taxes ought to be reduced
to (he minimum point, consistent with
the expenditures of the government. The
of this would be to leave a great
deal more money in the country for the
payment of debts and very greatly relieve
the good people. Owing to the cm
uurntssmum oi the country in monoy
matters, the legal craft flourish here;
though but few of them undergo the
"viginti lucubrationis annorum" of my
Lord Coke in as much as politics run high
und the profession is made the stepping
stone to politieal promotion. The political
history of this country is nothing but
the history of conventions, cuucuscs, nom
million*, wire-working, stump-spo$#hifyi
ing and corruption, candidates f$r clerk,
sheriff, legislature, congros*, must be
nominated by some caucus or convention
of more or lesst pretension to dignity,
And even candidates for the when
honesty and ability are most wanted, are
elected oftenor with regard to their political
tenet than their cjualiflcaf ions for the
dignified station, an instructing eomiuentary
that upon the policy of pan elective
judiciary by the people. iv ,,u^,
A Convention assembled IfoN: } tester
uuy iu nominate a uomooratj^ candl&nto
for Congress. The nomination was tendered
to Roger Burton, of Holly .Springs,
who is u great lawyor ai'.d a greater desn?
00rot, mid has long been a thorn in *he
side of the whigs, Mr, lhtrloWj?fc*Qid
to he a great lecturer on dcmocrifi^vNWid
remai kablo for the aptness of hkwn(gft?i>
(ions, and the force and truthfulness <#his
wit. !n .speaking of the wftklmot
Proviso on ?.'nc occusion, he is vnitl to