The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, June 04, 1836, Image 2
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From the Mobile Mercantile A dr. May 13. _
Direct from the field of Glory.
Two or three gentlemen who fought
touder General Houston in the recenLjpo
rioya victory over Santa Anna, Iravc arrived
in Mobile. One of them Mr. Joseph*
Andrehrs; who resides pear Memweather
Springs in Georgia* has in his
possession vorions documents from officers
high m.command, in evidence of-tba
estimation in which be is held on aecodnt
of his manly deportment during the fight
between Colonel Ward'# command ana;
the Mexicans, as-Well as in the recent bst~
tie between Gen. Hiwsioa't aytny and
that of Santa- Anna. From thia gentle-]
roan we learn the-following particulars of;
the engagement, which are confirmed in'
owery particular by the statement* toade
by the others:
On the ?l$l of ApriVlbe Texians, under
Houston, and 600 strong, had -tnabeeu red
so as to get above and within some
two mites and in sight of the Mexicans,
- - Anna, who were twclrchun^
drciTbtfd. seventy strong;, w?<i near down
to the fork of the two rivers?the-Braasos
and Sabine. Houston, ha ring the enemy
liros soilgly hemmed in, had bis h'ulc army
drawn up for the purpose of addressing it
in person.' Soldiers," said -he, u thvre"
Is the etiemy-?do-"yW want to CglitT'
aY<?r wti the animni shoot." '* Well,
then,** said he,* f? Jet us eat oar-dinnor,
and their ( will lead yon Iruto the battle!"
They obeyed the order to eat, and ironic
diately i Be re after at about o'clock, P. M.
were icardied.to the attack. They bore
down upon the. Mexicans at the top of
their speed, referring their 6re until near
enough to have every shot tell. A hot
engagement was kept up forabout twenty
minutes when the Mexicans began inbreak
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aihi. remit in great aisomer om? cumu-.
ion. - The Tcsiana . carried all before
them* Although they, had hot Jialf the
Bomber of the Mexicans, and but two
pieces of cannon of four- pound cafh,
tvhile the enemy had a six and a nine
ponodctv yet ia fifteen minutes after Wie;
engagement commenced, many of the
Mexicans called JowMyfor quarter. * After
the route of the Mexicans, Houson's men
continued to-follow op and poor in opon
there for about two hours. Upward* of
fix hundred end fifty Mexicans were lulled,
and shoot six bundled tab en - prtsofjera.?
There were six or seven Texians killed,
and about txnmty wounded. General Cos,
tad Almonte were among the prisoners
int taken. The former sta* pale ami
greatly agRaled, but-the latter displayed,
ae hc had during the fights great coolness
STHI -courage.
- Santa Anna flod among the earlicat who j
retreated. He ?u ncen by two boy <j. one
tbooi lB. and Uie other ab??ut IT yabof
age, logo into a thicket of wood. They
kept watch of the place during the night?
and the next morning a man oot dreoced
lite a common Mexican eoldicr. Not,
suspecting' him lobe tsmieAnna, they
took him prisoner. He offered no resistance,
but a wish to be taken to Gennral
Houston, lie ??j comiuftfd to that offi.
ecr ?hcn, be made hhnsrif known ?
Santa Anna,' asked the respect due officers
of rank, and made tfu ufibr* for hi*
liberty which bare, beon published,. Santa
Anna, Mi. Andrews says, is apparently
about 45 years o( age, of rather small
stature, dark complexion, black hair,
bferk bright eyes, and altogether a good
looking man. '.
When questioned as to tho murder of
Cols. Fannin and Ward, and the men undue
their command, be stated that, In the
battle of the crrrtiag previous to their
Surrender, about 1000 of the Mexicans
were killed, while not more titan 90
Texiann had fallen-?that the Texians bad
exhausted their amunition and were without
water, thai they surrendered upon
the terms of capitulation, since published,
but Out. he had been induced to
TtOIIU) |nON Uima I or iwu reuuni.?uim
bMxvtt the day tfter the rarrmlcr of
Col. Ward and those trader his commanc,
the core her of prisoners became so greet
in consequence Uui be had sot provisions
sufficient tor them and his own army; eod,
secondly, he had not men cnoogh to keep
them securely. Consequently, Colonel
Werd and almost all his soldiers were
shot with Col. Fannin.
When questioned respecting the fight
near tha Mission, between the Mcxirons
^ sod Col. Ward's company, he stated that
about 400 of the Mexican* were killed,
but tint Col. Ward and his men were proteeted
by thu walls of the Church, in
which they had Mati-med themselves.
The following named persons under
ffce command of Cols* Fannin ami warn,
uisule their escape?Joseph Andrew*,
(oar informant) David Holt, Lotrls Washington,
' ? Dickinson. Horace Dulled,
Hamucl Hards ft *}'? end Benjamin Mjrdecai,
ail Georgians. Dr. Hhaekicford.
of Alabama* ban bis life spared, and is
now in attendance . upon the wounded
Mexicans.
The Mexicans, ant! ibe Texians winfnade
their cacepc, agree in staling thai
when Co!. Ward was about lobe shot, he
waa ordered to kneel, hut rotrfd not be!
made to do so either by thm:ls or promise*.
IDs gallant spirit nothing could
subdue. Ho proudly bid ibem defiance
and died like an American Soldier!
la the battle between Houston and Santa
Anna, Col. MirabeJiu Lamar, of Georgia,
greatly distinguished himself for his
ralor and intrepidity, and gained (he applause
of all.
It is said there were not fifty Trxians
in the battle; that the Texian army was
composed almost cntirly of Tolontccrs.
tl'. '.j- *" J* r -i . ^ .. i.' - _ .v
Santa Anna ic.a prisoner on an armed
vessel, near Galveston Island, while the
Mexican "pfikoec.-s, who are able to labor;
are engaged in building breast works
on the Island.
TOEflEWa .
I* The New Orleans Post contains the fillti.win?
translation of a-totter of Got. Her
notuhz to hie wHi*. * Ai tbi* account of a
Mczirap officer, in the division of Gm.
Urrea, corfums, in every particular. tin
tntrJUgecr e received (hrnugh tho- Tcxhin
statement, nc presume there can no longer
be a doubt that Santa Anna ~ had deli*
bcratc))~in traduced. the exterminating system
inio Texas. It wiH be -seen by a
acrap froth the Lounriana Advertise/of the
I lib, (hat the' news of the capture rtf
?anla Aona. receirCd bj-so utanv atrivah*
from the interior, bv steamboat* coming
down the rivet1, n condriced by on arrival
from sea. fie is sectrrcd on board .of the
Texiau armed schooner Independence, in
GaJvcston Bay. *
' Goliad, March 25, IS35.
; Immediately alteric*rir>g Matamur as I
began to Witness disorders of considerable
magnitude committed by M and
hts-euldiersolud a rap loin frytti Guanajeauto.
named Dr.' R. P? ?p and becoming
completely disgusted, 1 obtained permission
to proceed fo';advance of that body
and Incorporate myself witli General
Prroa's division. 1 did fo, and joined tbc
latter in 8an Patricio. Before I reached
Agha Dulcc, the dead bodies of foreigners,
already mangled by wild brjusi, appeared
by the war, and in 8an Patricio I
savr the graves of the fallen^ both of Americans
and Mexicans, On marching to the
ruins of the Mission. del Refirgin, we
found the enemy in possession of the
Chnrch. Wc commenced l?ia. assault at
six In the morning, and the action c<*mV
uad ontil midnight, when they fleet- They
fought with an enthusiastic valor equal (a
that of our own men. Several of our
troops were shot within four parrs of lh<
wall, the enemy being invincible.and then
station only Jtnowa (ram the volurotnovviiidi
ittiiFil from the hnildix?'?
Our loss that-day,; in killed and woundrt
amounted tp 46; and i?f tin* cwmr, 2o 30,
who fclfinto our hands, as also sum
others wfu-w? wolkuud in thr eho>rh.?.
But whet-en awful arctic did the fielrr* pre
! sent when these prisoners were rsertitc*'
l and fell dcad in heaps; and what sp'.cta
1 lor could view if without horror! 'fh'ei
wcroatl young?the oldest n?H {port* than.
30?and of hue florid complexions. WliV
these unfortunate youihji were brought t??
the place of dra:h, their htinrittations, ate1
(lie appeals which they uttered to heaven
! in their own .angoagc, with extended arm*
! kneeling or pustratc on the earth, u er
| such as might have caused the vcrj atone*
to cry out with compassion.
VI e passed through* this town, where,
except tin- fortifications and cannon, w?found
nothing bbi ashes, rhhkisb, and
wounded men. The dumber of the laitramounts
to one hundred and sixteen Jtlcx
??~ ? ?.?( f".l Airni?tw>r* tn hkrlll* nl:r
| nana jmMM IVMw *%> w.
f detl thai it siohcued mo to rotor what suffering
hod been cwitH If tho ombiuon of
thai ungrateful Austin, Predonsly ti?
-this, eighty-two prisoners load Itrrjilokrr
at ihrTcputio, without firing a gun, as 1
hare already informed you?these arc all n
Alii liberty.
Tlicoe arc now in this place two ban
drod and fifty prisoners awaiting lbt*i?
deaths as pirates, and incendiaries, ihrrr
being only two who did noi?partietpafe tithe
latter crime. The images and saint*
in the chnTch serred them for fuel. There
arc in Uuadaloupr one hundred other pri|
softer* who wore taken at La Vacs. Thcr?*
i is. a* yet, bo intelligence from the di*?sions'which
inarched from tho towns nf
Austin and Nacngduchrc, hut I will send
you the first news that may come from ibat
quarter.
You vil! perceive, that neither the rtlU*
nor the double barrelled guns with which
the enemy were armed, ear the pistol*
that they carried about them in such number*,
nor the sure aim with which they
strike a dollar at so great a distance, nor
yet their artillery, hive been of any trail
against tbe intrepid Mexican*. Such the)
J certainly arc. florae and fool have ricd
I with each other, and all have vied with
I each other, and alt hare fought with or|
dor and enthusiasm* It is ?aid that in Bejar
seven hundred of tho enemy were hii|
led. Of litis I cannot speak with ccrtsinty,
but it is known that in c*erv pljcc they
haee oeronied. numbers of their brave
" ' I ? hare
fallen.
P. H. This day, Pahn Sunday, M,.rrii
*?7. hat been to irw nnrAt.ni of ?no?t heart
fall rorror.-. At aix In the morning the
execution of four hundred and twelve Ainert
can prisoners was cotntncnecil, and
continued till eight, whrn (be last of the
number nm shot. Ai eleven began lite
operation of burning tho bodies. Who
enn tell when they trill be consumed!? I
insure yoti that (he uunibcr of foreigners
who bare fell in Texas during this earn
paign tnual cxrccil sixteen Iitnidicci. W v
hate still eighty of them liring.
* Tbov wrrr tnkfii ?rn? league from Cue town,
and llitm ?hot. (I'nralf jcitrr)
Tlic following lettrr wan addressed to n
highly respectable mercantile house in this
city. ? iV. O. IiuHttiii
GaivEstOn B\v, April 20th, I8:W?.
'Sinco my last, our polmcai stiuatrori has
changed. Uur .army under General Ileuston
attacked a dimkw of tbo Mexican* under
tlic command of Santa Anna m pursnn,
which resulted in tho complete destruction of
it alter killing about 50>h and taking the
same number prisoners, together with Santa
* \ v>.c'Anna,
ah his officer?, and his Secreiary (AM
jtnonte,) <Stc j! Oar Ion was but sis killed
' and filtecD wounded '(one since dead.).? j
This appears almost impossible, but it is true.
Santa Anna offers to acknowledge our indo>
pendrnoe, and lot nur western limits -be the'
Rio Grand. This .1 had from his own moath
in o conversation I'fcad with- him. He Is rtf?
liter uneasy in bfs'|frescnt situation, and will!
make any promises to. get off; but we will
bold hitn fast until we have him secure; and j
we intend to give another kuock in the head:
to another division -in a day or t w o, and you;
may'look for another, victory as proud as this!
one, as wc have more men,'for id lue defeat;
of Santa Anna's division we had but 7SU
in? n in the engagement?but such a butchery
1 do not want to see again. Our riflemen i
charged on thejitollcrj, and Jul led every-]
man that was scfmg at the cannon. We;
lode severer mule loads of money, and aj
great quantity of goodS; baggage, 6t,c. |
T hare Dot yctf reeeircaufe draft for the.
good# jold the <3a*er omcnt?a part of the j
Cabinet was in (he fight; but will h rc it ad?(
justed in^e few days and send it t& you. i'
wjiTatab visit your c^> wma'aod-jiiU-bQ abfc1
toserflcaH. In case that I want any.tbhig.
sent'down, I mil write you when turd where. 1
With due respect, ~ " I
V * 1 resnoit'yours, &c. .
JOHN L LINN. A
?- - ? - -? _ -t- n .. r<j !
CAtnciDi a loncnrom to? ricaaooi to u?. i
Rob'-rt Triplet!, dated
Port Galveston, April 20, 1^30. .
Dear sir: Yen will doubtless huac heard
of a spletzdid tod decisive victory gained on
the 2ist.by Genera) Houston orir Santo*
Anna and his force?; ttanta Anna, General
' Almonte,'General Cos and some others prisoners
The epemj had above five .or six.
huhired made prisoners and 600 killed;j
about fllirfv \jtficrro 'were killed on the field !
odr.loss'scren killed, elcren uroonded* Our
home baa "barn plundered aud rifled of -every
ihrnjq wc are without any article o??*?rj
"to house keeping. J*put my family in a tent
\<A Galrcston-i>ay.^' In haste.*
- (Swacd,).
: ^ DAVID G. BURNET.
President Republic Teyas.
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Extract of another letter from the Chiif
jt lerk" of Secretary of ^Ute's office, 'to El
* Hall, of this city, dated
- Galvestox Ivat, April 27.
Thar* jttst had the pleasure of Seeing the
w>yaf prfMHMw General Santa Anna, General
Cos, Colon**I Almonte, 'lbo l>otile tvas
fought on the Slat, above Lynch's Fern;
. ? r*_ i 1?e<..'
uou1 mx i1uuuixu tluu uiij fllcalmuii miiiu,
and a like number taken prisoners. Seven
hundred and fifty was the it hole .of the
Trxian Circa General Houston was ?lightly
trom-ilcd.
Tkxas.?By the arrival of ftic schooner
Flash, Captain Iiosrd, from Gahcaton bay,
yowctduy ?c jctra-lldt Geo. Atula -Autia
vrw in charge ol Captain llau kin*, of the
Trxian armed ecltooncr Independence, thfrx
lying in ilic bay Letters from the most rarpccuUo
sources were-also received by !)?
agency, confirming the reported capuire*bf
Santa Anna, and tarnishing some additional
particular*~uf the battle gained by General
lloustuo. (a? published in our paper of Mon'
day last.) 11 Santa Anna U really a prisoner,
in all accounts go to show, a cessation of
iKiaulitica must bo consequent 0n it, and the
/lesrana can dictate their own terms to ihc|
enemy.?Louisiana Advertiser.
We tee are authorised to state that by orJer
of the Tcxito gorcrnincntt their agents
tn this city hare paid (o the owners of the
bri- Pocket the value of tho rood, her
fieihgt, passage money, and damage, the un?
settled slate of the country not permitting an
luttoedtalc adjudication in the case.?American.
Trot* Uu JUiftrUt Com. Rt&ultr.
The schooner* Eagle and Magellan arrived
lie re yesterday from Taolpa Bay io 5 days.
Th?y*bricg Uie Fayette and Pickens compa*
ntcsof Alabama volunteers.
Thr intelligence they bring is inlerestIrtg.
We publish below a letter, with
which we lure been politely favored, giving
an account of a severe baulc which
took plaec with a largo body of Indiana,
on the 27th of April, about twelve mile*
from Tampa Bay. The Indians wrcro com
putcd at about 400; Uie engagement was
short, and ended in their rout with a heart
loss.
r.\*r Crajib, Tampa. May 2.
"We icfi thin pUrrfor Fort Alnbalna on
the ?Gih inst under con-mnntl of Col.
Chitholm. with the Ainhamn volunterr*.
100 in number, and Col. Fetter's command
of 4Ui infantry, (regular#) and one'
MX pounder, and a low artillerists; in nil
' - ? flni\ ?A.. on. I.
wo numorrru wv? nun. wi ?u? ?um ,?v
rrarchcd rapidly, and reached Fort Ala-1
l>ama without interruption. About
o'clock on that day, howcrcr. 18 mile*1
from this place, we dincorcred large Intllan
trail*, apparently concentrating in!
a Urge hammock nt that place, near Clo
I nnto Ln?se creek nn<l In Hp, ami near trie
j *ame spot ws fo-.?n?! one of (ten. Ilnsiis's
jiurn, who had died ?i Ihi? place recently
disinterred bv the In?linns. which conj
*inc? (I us that they were preparing l? give
j lis battle in some place niiapte 1 t?> their
mode of nttack. On thc27lh deleft Fort
Alabama, uftcr Inning taken in the until*
nilion and provisions nt nine o'clock, A.
M. Before leaving anil abandoning this
post, however, we fixed n keg of powder,
and a musket with a spring trigger concealed
in the magazine, with the expectation
nf giving the dastardly Indians, who
were lurking around, a small touch of the 1
awfully sublime, believing that they would
enter the fort soon after we left it. In this 1
- ? ? . " V Vwc
were not disappointed, for we had cot
proceeded more th*n a mitej before a tremendous
explosion took place, and avenged
fhcdcath of'Brahhnm end others, who
hpd fallen at that place.
We proceeded^*on our march without!
interruption, until the advanced guard!
came within thirtypt forty paces of Clo-I
noto Lasse creek, ami the main hotly of
the army* particuioriy the right flank of
regulars were lDKnruuueiy opposite a
thick hnmn'ock, on ihc right, within from
30 tobO paces* the left column was also
in open ground, with a hammock on their,
left, wrthuilgun shot, and the rear gOard
just passed into the open prairieor plain*
leavirlg the pine woods, Reruns and small
hammock in lltcir rear and flanks.
About ibis time I was riding in company
with some of the staff, in advance of the Artillery,
and between that and the advanced
guard, my attention u aa called to a crowd
on the left, when I immediately galloped my
horse, and' found a regular soldier, who had
1?J -J J-*- I*- / ki>mcr intnvL
lOilCTBU Ut'lllliu uiu u?> wkiiv, yuciu^ iiiivaicated,)
moat wantonly buichertc, mutilated,
and extended naked at fullicngih, for tlw purpose
of attracting onr-attcnuon. 1 had-just
made the discovery, iv heir the Indians opened
the fire by surpr;se from ihe hammock, first
on ibca'daancod guard, then on those of us
near rhe dead body, on lite Artillery, then
Regulars,. and rear guard, making near half
a raih?.jn extent The first fire -from the
enemy for a few moments, produced' some
con fit? ton. killing a lew brave men, some 15'
or 2B- horses, and. made.almost every* train
run away with the. wagons. .The fire, was
howcv r returned on all sides, the sut j.onndcr.ran
up to the edge of the hammock, and
poured, in (he /hot well indeed. After the
first moment of stitpri-c, both Volunteers
no regulars behaved with great calmness'
bravetr, and courage. 1 he particular, disposition
ol the troops, and the part they
took in the battle. 1 leave to official.reports.
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ouuicr 11 lor mc 10 .say, uie pimnjociu-wcm
charged in evijy directum, with cheering
and Uutzjs, and after a conte.-t o! one hour,
thr vicidr'y dearly and decisively won; ihe
Indians retreating precipiiateiy in all directions,
bcandg off their dead and wounded,
and so completely defeated io their expectations,
IftsT although we marched lhai afternoon
through another large harmnooJc, and
encamped wulim live antra, and wafted for
them tdl late next morning they never fired
another gun. < -of. F?>ster of the 4tb Infantry
tvho baa breji in servtc- 24 years, was
one of the severest baulcs fought during the
war, and the n ost decisive fietoty yet gamed
over the enemy. *
TILK MOB SPIRIT \T BAT A VI A.
CorrupDnttcncaj the Albany Ketning Jotirnul.
Bvtxvu, May 11. 1836-4 P.M.
l a f _ .1 . 1 / .L "
mooiaw i* Dtcounng ineoracroi inc uaj.
Bat am* since one o'clock this morning has
boot? in conM 'Qt tuinuJt and uproar, such as I
nenrrr uiinoved before?a: that Umc me.*scngits
came from the south p-?rt id*the country,
announcing tin- conccntraiing of a large
mob at Alexander '.o the number of some
thousands, who were about in march upon
Baiana for the purpose of destroying the
Land office and Jail. All ihc bells were
ru.:g at that dead hour .and the peaceful repose
of the village was changed to tumult, uproar
and alarm Citizen* wore armed to the number
of some hundred* and stationed at different
points and village^ at (he jail land office
aitd bridge across which it was supposed the
mobjtrould pass, the planks of which were
taken up.
The mob came in sight of the tillage
about six o'clock in the rooming. In meantime
the land office had been barricaded,
and arms and ammunition bad been removed
from the arsenal in sufficent quantities to
KUmdr I ho citizen* who were irmoil in
the land office and at the jail. The agent
of the Ifoilaud Land Company, Mr. Owens,
was in the office. The mob numbered about
three hundred, and mostly armed with rides
and muskets, aud headed by desperadoes lor
leaders. They marched and paraded in
front of the land office, which was another
Trojan House fall ol armed men, whose
bayonets gleamed from the windows, ready
to defend j mate property from ?n rrmed
mob. Their courage oozed out nt tlwir dm
gem, and after remaining a abort time in
front of the office, they mnred on to tlx? went,
ami affer a short council ihojr separated*
com'* leaving the Tillage, ami many remain
ing in the village.
These were arrested and are now in Jail
?one of i hem was a ringleader. Tin* rumor
ia cm rent now that they arc concentrating
in Allies, and intend to conic on
agaiu wnh cannon The citizens hate organized
themselves into volunteer companies
; the militia of the country, and our spirited
neighbours of Lo Roy. hare promptly
answered to the c >11 of our commanding
military officers. Our village now is lull of
aimed men, and look? more like a camp
than a peaceful village It the -nob should
return blood will be spilt, but the laws of our
country will triumph.
At the la.M term of the circuit court, some
individual* were indicted for a conspiracy
ami loreibly entry and detainer. The slierifT
with hi* [iovsu had mvnc difficulty in arresting
the offender*, but had lodged xomc of
them in jail, who for some 'imc refused to
he ha-.lcd. They were, ho were, bailed < ti t .1
low tiay* since. i ?o years since uic Holland
Land ( ompanv had some ejectment
5Ut:s brought to trial in tlx* 1". S. circuit
court, nnd rccovernd j>osscs?i<)i? of sonic
lands in ihe town (I Ontngrullo in this
cotniirv, and ejected the oulor? therefrom.?
The settlers put the-occupants again into
po^obum and rn: red into a conspiracy to
sustain tliein. This is the immediate causei
of the inoh Other causes, similar to those j
which actuated the Ma)svillc rioters, have;
rerved to increase the excite ncnt. '
r '-from At h'azain^tcn -Glcli.
| - 'O^rOSITlON TACTICS.
f 'lIl'j '
Wc think it right la call the attention of
the country, in a very ernpatbic manner, to
thc-new tactics brought intopldy this aesatpu '
by the Presidential candidates in Congress
; and their partisans, to defeat and frustrate
; the business of the session and to evade the
penalty oi public responsibility. This new
! system consist of prolonged opposition m
t speechep, motives and questions of order,
! as rhry are railed, (bu? *hich, in reality, are
i disorderly, questions,) and Ja multiplyingl
d,4 ca**s ,or years and days on questions
101 aojourmeni, or oiner imuguincaut points,
by which contrivances the vote is staved off
from-day to day, from week to week and
from mouih to month; and when at last, the
' time comes for voting then these heroes of
t opposition either sit still in their chairs
and.refuse to vote, or dodge behind the col;
onnades, or betake themselves to walks and
visits through the city T has after tb?*
! most cmbiiicred and prolonged opposition to
' some measure for the service of the country,
. they escape responsibility; for their names
' not appearing iqtbe list of nays, there is nothing
to convict i hem, for the report of Oieir
speeches is dcQted and treated as a newspaper
calumny. During the whle session, this
novel anp degrading, system has been acted
upon by the opposition? and many-fiogrnt instant
ies bare from time to time been pointed
! oat to the public; but the mosC unjustifiable
and scandalous instance of the .kind which
has ever yet occurred, took place on Saturday
fast In the Senate?in that body once ao
grave and decorous, now and lor the tor
years that the Presidential candidates have
convened that body into an eleciiuuftCimg
club, the thea're of senses which would discredit
a cross-road tavern , It was on the.
- fomfiraiion bid,, that which was detected
fast year, and ;or the loss of which a debate
| of so much crimination and* recrimination
| occapied nfro months or the Session. Bot
\ there wiH be no longer room for farther de
k?V?? Ati (lift# fw%inl 1'kn kilf? Im
I III if % puilftt. A UV VIII9 K/l vuiiiUMr
i .iona, (for there are now two bills depending,
i one iu each House,) are just as foriotttlj op!
posed, and by the same identical tneo, as
the three million appropriation was at the
last session: and now at the end neatly of
the si* month of the scsioo, not a dollar is
yet appropriated for lor ificatioos!'and the
I season is so lar advanced, that the year may
' be considrrd as lost! and thos two year* witt
pass by without being able to get money far
fonficati ns, and the Treasury itself aO tbo
while brim full of money! But the Presides*
ttal candidates in tbe Senate must bare the
' influe nce of that mouey themselves, for tbeif
cargaining adherents in the States, to lay .oiki.
to the best politic! advantage, during the impending
' election. This being tbe state of
fortifications, nothing appropriated, and the
unfinished works falling to rain for want of
progress, strcnous efforts bate been making
for weeks to bring lbc bills to a final cooehision.
On Saturday last, the friend* of tho
billun?lenook;to shit ret,and hatingcaliednp
ihe bill at one o'clock* the Presidential candidates
and their adherents commenced an
obstinate ami determined resistance, which
lasted about five hours, when the friends of
the bill hating proved thai it was a question
between DEFENCE and DISTRIBUTION,?between
the FORTIFIt ATION
BILL ami the LAND BILL,?and that the
! whole struggle was to CREATE a SUR|
PLCS by PREVENTING APPROPRIATIONS,?having
proved tbw. they ceased
?pr?king tnd commenced voting. Bat
scarcely was the voting commenced, before
the motions to adjourn succeeded, and these
being voted down several times, tbe/qgittee
for/in, the (lying manmnvre, was resorted
to! and in counting up the rotes, it was
: (bund that no quorum had voted! that twen!
ly-firc Senators were not present! Repealed
nud vain efforts were made to recall the fiigilives
to their duty. Gono they had I gotoo
they were! and come hack they would not!
A rvport of thi-? da)'s debate, and of tbo
yeas and nays, wtli verify this mortifying de?
lail nil/I ?Knw lllfl pjuh. m ukft it ?tV.?
w??v? wv^?ii ij n??u |% WU U9 ^
opposed the bill iu debate and evaporate at
|the call of yeas and nays; and who, like
Pan him*, fled to conquer, and defeated bj
mining what they could no longer oppose bf
stsliding. Persons at a distance may sop*
i pose that such a scene as this is impoaiblo
in the American Senate; bat the report of
, the debates, the journals of tbe votes, and
: the presence of many spectators, will be abfe
11. vindicate the truth, and to show that wo
have imperfectly and faintly sketched a picture
which ought to be drawn to tbe life, and
exhibited to every citizen. Tbe (act ia. that
since a desperate wretched, broken down set
of bargaining, trading, factions, intriguing,
venal, malignant, disappointed, rctengcfal
candidates for the Presidency, the attornies,
imnxinnprs and debtors of ilw? Hanlr of tlw>
United : tate*. have got into the Senate, and
clubbed together,though cordially detesting
each other, to RULE.thc country or to
RUiN it?since this has happened?and
thai is for four years past?the Senate of thn
United States has r? alizcd the most degrading
pt< turos which ancient or modern history
has crer presented. Happily this session
is the last of their miserable machinations;
and a few months more will so completely reveal
to thrm the state of their own insignificance,
that shame and despair, and the power
of public sentiment, will expel them from
their seats, or reduce them to the nullitv of
v
nn oppositin as insignificant in numbars as it
u ill he impotent in power, and malignant in
spirit.
1 n
A Fact.?There is a piece of ground in
Chicago, which cost, in 1830, sixty /wo del'
; /ars, which has risen in value at the rate of
one hundrcft per rent per day on the original
cost ever since, embracing a period of Jfrc
years and a half.