BHMHM mod tted iu??r{ several boats
f CPfw?-?ity it the mm mm time vettirted,
had ? race all the* way, and were forilftite
enough to beat all of our friends,
ohhoughatthmrisk of being blown to the
Yltsi* ?n Uid31a? we. arrived at Alexandria*
v jlp stopped, severals hours. It Is a pleasent
little village in our own State, con*
^taUdnghOd inhabitants, a church, tavern,
ferry, a t plenty -of tajukty stokes, and
' wear commeetiblea much as usually adore
a*country town. We left. Alexandria on
the same evening, and'continued up the
Jted River, which very much resembles
' the Ohio, only differing inthe color of
its water. Along the'' banks may be seen
tbe neat bosses ' of the planters standing
in the middle of fifty nesro cabins, all
beautifully laid out and looking like a
miniature city, and then hardby, you will
seethe <poor? neighbor ? who:perhaps will,
with one or two old negroes, raise enough
cotton to buy bis groceries with, and a
few eapes for his pretty daughters, while
his rich friend lives in all the luxuries
that, poor mortals can enjoy. The land
is auite level on the borders of this river
witn the exception of. now and then, a
sand bluff. It is atonishmg to a stranger
to see the vast quantity of land in this
region, and which possesses the most
luxurious soil < in* the world, that still remains
untouched by-the implements of
the farmer^ indeed, you would think by
the looks, that civilized man had never
walked through It. When this nnmense
and fertile district' Is- under cultivation
New Orleans must be the greatest commercial
city in the world, it is impossible
for it to lie otherwise.
On Tuesday, the 1st August, we arrived
at Nn(r.Kit<i4>lipa. onit rn?n<1 ? ??
an agreeable country town, whose inhabitants
feel disposed to pick the pockets i
of every stranger, by their exorbitant I
charges. - We find but one tavern or ?
hotel in the place; we have just taken
supper and got nothing to eat but cold i
ham and dry bread, without milk for our I
tea and cofiee, or butter to grease our
throats with* aiid^or this we pay $2 50
per day. If you have any dyspeptic
friend, he can soon get cured in Natchitoches,
for lie will nave to go it on the
Graham system while he lives here.
We shall probably leave for Shreeveport
to-morrow, or next day. I shall
write you irom. mat place.
From the Texas Telegraph, July 8.
All letters and papers from the United
States intended for Texas, should Be post
paid and directed to the care of T. Brent
Clark of New Orleans, who has been apfointed
general Agent for the Texian
'ostOffice Department.
"Hang out the banner on the outward wall'*
Peculiarly circumstanced as our country
has been and continues to be, we ha?e
not only cordially co-operated with the
present administration in every measure
which appeared to be intended for the general
welfare of the country, but also restrained
our dissatisfaction and passed over
in silence those measures which we thought
might be productive of unfortunate circumstances;
measures which under any
other circumstances ??ur duty would have
imperatively required us to condemn, and
to hold up to public reprobation. We
have done this because we scorned to discover
any weakness to the enemy, and i
because we considered every genuine pa- i
triot bound by honor, duty and principle i
to sacrifice every selfish consideration to
the desire of promoting the public welfare
In times like the present, when the country
is yet menaced from abroad,, and vi- i
gilant-enemies are watching every -public <
movement, each citizen should cheerfully i
willingly bury in silenee his private <
wrongs, however deep they may be, and i
like the illustrious Arislides if necssary, i
publicly-sustain and enfeonrage with a i
magnanimous cordiality, men who in pri- i
vate be detests. <
It was conduct like this which secured 1
to Greece an unanimty in her councils,
that gave to them an energy and decision i
of,Character which rendered them invin-?L1
?J i ... -
civic,.?uu insured to ncr armies thentost
complete and memorable victories which <
Diamine the pages of history.
. Oar rulers base committed errors, and
lift some instances have neglected to discharge'thsird
uties;*?granted; bat most
they.necessarily be peiricer because all
Others , are not, and shall -their failings
wjiich do not endanger the^ safety of-the i
country be trumpeted . forth **in Oath/* i
and-"published Tn ibe.strcet* of Aacsfon," i
that our. enemies may triumph over, oar t
71 e s.s? ?1_.?- i -r
innrmiuov) wine a few (elfish, illiberal j
men are mtiByhn* their pique or magicf i
Never! Never! The erisis calls , upon .1
every genuine/patriot to show at once his i
colors; to Uke a firm, decided*, in depen- I
dent stand In support of the conitiiatiea <
and laws. ?' il
The voice of dissension has been rais* s
aod*. A tew ttah and reckless individuals i
STIKMMI I kTO? 1iU^.TuS^l*Th?P<>
lo hind weeolnfls tiilit avanrJefibrt > to
feringand Iai1lmdi>e (be blood of hf rod*.
The virtueuaand good, throughout the
land will oppose them, and promptly obedient
to the call of freedom* justice and duty
will rally around the constitution and
around, the officers of CtoaeHnneoft, 'constitutionally
elected and appointed, and
sustain them during their ' constitutional
term of service; induing this they will present
to the view of an admiring world
the most sublime of moral "spectacles:**-*
mighty phalanx of .enlightened freemen
I standing shoulder to shoolder around the
glorious altar of their country's liberty.
Against this invulnerable guard, party spirit
and envy and malice and base ambition
may do their uttermost, each successive
attack shall only serve to display more
fully their impotence, until disheartened
they retire from the vain and ruthless con*
test, marked with inglorious wounds*
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, >
City of Houston, July 4th, 1837. $
Frequent inquiries having been made at
this department, by letters and otherwise
why certain county officers have not been
commissioned, and manifesting in some
instances evident dissatisfaction on the
subject, I have deemed it proper, for the
purpose of speedy and general information,
and as the earliest manner of effect
ing the objects contemplated by the law
to publish the statements below.
Complete returns have been~received
from Brazoria, San Augustine, Austin,
Colorado and Mina counties. Imperfect
returns from Sabine,' Milam, Jackson,
Washington, Harrisburg, * Jasper - and
Shelby counties; and no returns have been
received from Bexar, Ganzales, Goliad,
Jefferson, Liberty, Matagorda, Nacogdoches,.Red
River, Victoria, Refugio and
San Patricio.
The above will show that full returns
have only been received from 5 counties,
imnerfect return* fmm 7? ?nH n? mhi-h.
havo been received from the remaining 11.
How is it possible under these circum
stances, for all the commissions to issue? <
So far as the returns have been received i
commissions for the justices of the peace <
have been- forwarded by mail; or private 1
conveyance. Home may not have reached <
their destination, and in like manner re* i
turns may have miscarried; in either even 1
the chief justice of those eotmlieB will inform
this department thereof, and when
returns have not been made, will forward
them in order that said officers may be
commissioned.
R. A. IRION, Secretary of State.
Canada.?We perceive by the last pa- j
pers that the 11 ball of revolution" is rolling
onward in Canada, and it is . the i
general impression that a collision will |
soon occur between his majesty's adhe- <
rents and the revolutionists. In that event ,
they flatter themselves with certain sue- ^
cess, and allege they would commence |
the war with fairer prospects than the <
American colonies did when they first ]
resisted the aggressions of the mother \
country. They say their people are uni- |
ted almost to a man in Lower Canada J |
while the American colonies wereseridbs-1.
Iy injured by a formidable tory faction.
The population in Massachusetts in V770
was 340,000?that of Lower Canada is
now 600,000. This number united with I
the population of the upper province will ]
form a compact million to oppose the forces
of England. They will look to this
country for assistance in case of rebel- <
lion, with a view of ultimately annexing ?<
themselves u> the union. With all duel*
sympathy for them in their sufferings, If j
any they have, (which we very much j
doubt,) there is no inducement whatever i
to us, either as a government or a people 1
to render them that assistance upon which I
they seem to calculate. They have no land k
to offer us?they cannot appeal to us sa
countrymen?they cannot point us to any I
services rendered us during our revolutionary
struggle?they possess not a desi- i
rable population, a bleak and dreary clime,
with a barren unproductive coil, and in i
fine, would be a dead weight upon our i
shoulders. A government covering a vast
extent of Territory, with a people whose
Interests are as varied as the climate of
their ^respective sections, is apt to siiffc
under the convulsions necessary resulting
from those conflicting interests. Where
a government has already too great an
extent of country, if she consents to add
still more, it must be for some benefit, that
more than counterbalances the evil that
may result from it. .Our trovernment th?n
could not be benefitted by making a corrupt
and valueless.province and integral|
part of her own. We of the 8outh can
see in this scheme nothing but danger,
eminent danger to our domestic institutions*
We can view it in no other light,
than m a nest of foul and- filthy abolitionists,
about, to be armed with tne rights
ind privileges of American citizens, to
issaii our rights and to co-operate the
<k* 1 "
WW#> > IUO. niuviicail SOOI1*
tionislt, in their trahallowed and unholy
?n tor prize. With what feeling* would a
domhermman listen to the denunciations
if an-insolent-Canadian foreigner, stigma- <
\iiing hio as ? murderer end robber^ouJIj
8n&iarfctSS?,r?'
fcfcMrth, wo aid liiBllil afireeh, and force
Utelnto cahiBSSbe nhM of the union,
idiliffVtflin&if of regret then they
harcdoue. *They here protected the ,
ele^e t|)et )t*ye;feec*ped from tbcir mac{
Dial ?jpf|ta MUdlire tad a? together,
f^eSSleliSrtiie roaUestartfaterfrom
ihe planner and treachery of: Canadian a,
and wtLpremome that the for one d eat res
op cpMgactton with them. The majority
of heir population are as ignorant as the
hhMta of the field. It i? Oomposed principaily;
oToankrnpt merchants, who nave
emiflg^jd there To cderuit their broken
foiioheKrrOf coftvicted felonsand wretched
paupers,transported from Europe, and
of fugitive or kidnapped slaves, who hare
worked half their lives on the sugar and
cotton plantations of the South. 'That
anv one should mrinaalv' Ant?rt>in an irloa
of making American citizens of such creature*
is revolting.?Orelousa* Gas.
FROM FLORIDA.
By the steamer Camden, Capt. Mills,
we afa Indebted to sur correspondent for
the following information.
Capt. Gilleland. who was supposed to
have been murdered by the Indians, it in
now ascertained, was murdered by certain
runaway negroes. They have been apprehended
frnd have confessed the murder.
John Hicks was at Fort King a few days
since, he says the friendly intentions of
the Indians still continue. No hostilities
have been committed.
Gen. Jessup was at Jacksonville on
M6nday inspecting that post. He goes
immediately to the Suwannee to inspect
that section of the Territory. Active
preparations are every where making under
hfs instructions, for an early and efficient
campaign.
The following are extracts of letters,
for which we are indebted to the politeness
of a friend.
Fort Kino, July 25, 1937.
Runners sent to Fort Mellon have returned
with an answer from Coacoochee,
(Wild Cat) assigning as a reason for their
going to St. Augustine, the capture by
Capt. Hanson of three Semi <o)es, that
they were ready to start as the fourth
came back and reported what had occurred."
Foht Kino, Aug. 1, 1637.
The runners from the Chiefs have not <
TIHllo tHd*- .nn-. ? C 1 * ?
vMv?? appealauuu ycu ocvcrm AH* 1
lians have come in from Fort Mellon, 1
vilhin a day or two, having been hunting <
>n the way, and state that they expected i
,o find some of the chiefs here, as Coacoo-chee
sent oflf41 my talk** to them immediately.
The runners account for the
delay of the chiefs to come in, to the scattered
position of the chiefs?none of them
appear to doubt but that they will be here
soon*.
You may depend upon reeeivmg the
earliest intelligence of the movements of (
the Indians. To-morrow I shall send a
party to their Camp on a friendly visit to
see what they are doing.
With regard to the Seminoles leaving
their Cainp near Tampa Bay, you must
know that as early as December *36, th?>
General commanding was informed that J
certain white men intended to play a deep
;ame with the Indians, and induce them
to continue in their hostility to the Gorernment.
Those individuals (not be-'1
longing to- Florida) did subsequently visit
the neighborhood of Tampa and no doubt, j
bad a great agency in causing the hostiles 1
hat had surrendered to prove faithless.** \
?Sav. Geor.
TO- - - ?
"b copy the following from tl?e Express
slip of the New York Gazette.
Extract of a letter dated Guatimala, June
25, 1837.
We have to regret to inform you the
Cholera has appeared in the city, and province,
in its most destructive form in this
city over ?200'have fallen victims, and in
province alone we have lost nearly 3,300
inhabitants. In San Salvador, it has manifested
great virulence and is now ranging
with unabated fury, over 4,600 have fallen
in that city ana province.
The President Morazan, with his most
generous and characteristic benevolence,
has caused to be distributed through the
various small towns in St. Salvador, an
abundance of Medicines, &c. for the relief
of the poor and needy? This step,
although done from the most pure and
noble views had been perverted, and a report
spread through the vagrant and lower
classes, that his Excellency had distributed
poison, and several towns of Indians
had given credence, and risen in arms
against the Government. A force has
been sent from St. Salvador, who had
restored order, and suppressed the insurrection.
Such, however, was the alarm created,
that thousands of the inhabitants had left
their farms, dec. and fled to the mountains
and great injury would unquestionably
be- sustained in the ensuing crops of Indiffo
and naal Ca. ?
w wv*i?Biv?i iva vfmil VI I1HI1UB OJ*
laborers.
Piratical.?The ship. Rhode Island,
late Capt. Hchroedor, put into this port in
distress, reports' hating on the 20th ult.
in lat. 26, long. 71, spoke the schr. Tantivy,
from New York for Mobile, and supplied
her with bread and-water. The
Tantivy '8 or 10 days pretious had been
boarded by a piratical brig painted, black
with about 160 men who robbed ber of <
til her provisions, water, 4tc. even taking!
Ike ?lpthes off the backs of tbojpeoof \
. ~. ' i ' ' . m .
* * v' /i" . \
v k - \
1 < : t> ? * *V.
th? Twit* ?d .w*i?* ?Jw
the head, and woundfof twjbtber men.
The Rhooe liip^d rtmrlA hrther, that
on the 3d inet. do Itk 3l 3t, nag. T0 W.
spoke brlf Montkttxeht, of fw New
York, and requested Jier.to keep feompehy
with her until she got to 'Oapa Uttlaru.
which the Capt, ofthe M.refuaed.tedo?
cod bore awav.lea vine the Rhadsldud
with the unto* do#fl, the ship on ber beem
ends wOh 0 feet water in oer bold end
lliier hands at the pomp. In the hope
that hprtknation was misunderstood, the
weather being boisterous, a beerd was exhibited
on whfith wls written in Urge
letters, 0 feet water inthehold. Notwithstanding
all .efforts, the Monument
bore away without rendering any assist^
anne, .leaving the Rhode Island and crew
to their fate.?Sat. Geo.
1 'WtOemmonicaUoni,
tor the courier.
Mr. Editor?
I must again claim the indulgence of
your columns, to reply to ** An Old
Farmer.** The skill this writer evinces
in exDosinir the felaov nf mv Mtrvnmoni.
r 9 ? ? J
is commensurate with his high-toned honorable
feeling. 1 am alike sorry to
differ so widely" with an . intelligent
man, on questions so vital to the country.
He stys in reference to the importation
of coin, "Now I positively deny our
government importing ahy specie directly
from England, or that it was in debt to
that nation" "if I aba mistaken in this
assertion, adduced facts to the contrary
will shew it; but they must be facts and
not guess work, dec." "An Old Farmer"
has admitted the importation of the five
millions from France, (the indemnity)
but is very positive, the government has
imported none from England. ' I am willing
to waive this and also, waive several
other grounds and rest my position, main-|
iy, on the removal of the deposiles, the
destruction of the United States Bank,
and the specie circular. As to our indebtedness
to England, I meant the People,
and not the United States Government.
Again he says, "he hete alludes to me;
my memory is bad, but I certainly think,
I never heard any thing of the four millions
before, or how it was invested in
unhallowed speculations in the West.*' I
said, or intended forty millions, instead of
4 millions, and I think it was so written
in the manuscript?hence it must have
been a Typographical error. Which 1
deemed it unnecessary to correct, presuming
the allusion might be understood,
the forty millions having been so often
used in the discussion.
He further says, "nor did I think he
would have quoted Mr. Wise as authority,
to establish that there was something rot
ten in Denmark. I consider that Mr.
Wise's prejudices has destroyed the chart
of his understanding, or that he never had
read the sixth Article of the amendment
to the Coitstitutioir of the United States,"
And &UKRE, may not the "Young Planter"
and the "Old Farmer" have their
quantum, of prejudice, in their turn.
With regard to myself I acknowledge the
possibility, that I may be under its influence
to some extent?but I am willing to
surrender it, in a spirit of compromise,
upon the altar of our hitherto prosperous
and hannr PonnKli/. in antr
p rj Ull J 0VUVIVUO
effort to relieve the country from so great
q calamity. And it would be gratifying
in the sequel, to lose sight of the difference
of opinion, touching the cause of
the distress, in a concurrence as to the
Remedy.
But again. "If the Banks encouraged
adventurous speculations, that is no reason
that the government had any thing to do
with it." Here we differ, I do contend
that the government is blameable (0 a certain
extent, as I will endeavor to make
appear And the first reason that I must
assign, is the removal of the Deposites,
after Congress had decided by a majority,
that th* public funds were safe in tnej
United States Bank, which institution was
perfectly solvent and under their control.
The President determined otherwise, and
in the interval, removed and parceled
out the depositee, among some twenty or
thirty Banks in the Western States, which
Banks were not subject to the control of
Congress or the President, onlv as creditor
and debtor. By this act, the government
certaily gave these Baaks the power
to encourage "adventurous speculations."
Now I maintain, that if the public money
had been suffered to remain in the United
States Bank, and even been disbursed by
this Bank or its Branches, their never
would have accumulated such a prodigious
surplus revenue, which in my humble
opinion is at the bottom of all this mischief.
When the National Bank was the
depository of the public fnnds, the amount
was never considerable at any time. And
we find from the various reports of the
Secretary of the Treasury that the surplus
money has arisen chiefly from the sales
of the Public Lands. And in support
of this view, I refer to~ the Treasury report,
for the year prior to the reception
of the money by the favored Banks in the
West, and it appears that the amount of
sales, was three or four millions?whereas
it seems that the net revenue arising from
Land Sales, from the year 1833 to 1835,
averaged about ten millions annually,
which in the year '30, made an accumulation
more than thirty millions of dollars,.
from this source. It is reasonable
to assume then, that this increase was
created by the Banks, fostering the speeu*
lative excitement. This iftoney was loaned
cut tad multiplied and
*ithoqt adding tn theotigmelanin beja??d *
the aftiount of actum t aulas. And this
treraemlcos aurplus'Remanoa* which these
Bank* kept afioat, acea^nta io my mind
fur the extravagance had mino*" speenlntions."
we have witneaeed for the two lest
yeatft. h Was the disbursement by the
jamts Bank a (to dron the 'J "gig nation
I' Pet.) in the first instance, that crntte^ ?o
mat a earn to be leaned out.
And >0*in ??A? HW ??
,w?* *?i uioi| HJIf
k<let ii lay our distress at the tight door,
and not be banting excuses for our own '
imprudence* and packing It on our government,
when ourselves are entirely to
blame.*' I am willing here to meet naif
way* and blame both the People and the
Government. The government first for
holding out;-.the temptation. to extravagance
through' tlie Indirect medium of
Bank fecilitiea: And etcondly, the people
for yielding to the fosetnatiag allurement.
And again; as long as we anticipate
high pjrieea for our stanle articles of prodace,
are seem destined to run into profusion
and reckless speculations; and when
the produce foils $ we will always he in
peconisry difficulties; this has always v
been the case."
I concur generally in the -above, but
this instance furnishes an exception; the
present ?reat and sudden decline, was not
?auam uy fiver production; there wee
every prospect for the high prices to be
sustained for a .time ; when the sudden
revulsion and pressure was brought upon
us by the derangement in the monetary
system. When the nation is at peace
generally with the European Powers,
with a sound currency at home, cotton
must command a lively price. Our staple
commodity, can only be grown by Slave
labor, and Europe has an immense capital
invested in machinery; as such, they
must have our great staple to give employment
and suppoit to their vast surplus
population. But the high price for cotton
did not justify the extravagance of the
country. I do not think.we averaged
more than 14 cts. the last three years.
And fifteen or twenty years back, when
cotton sold for 26 and 30 cts. Real and
personal property'did not sell as high as
it did last winter, by 26 per ct. Twentyfive
cents for our staple would not more
than warrant such prices. Hence, 1 know
not how else to account for such "reckless
speculations," if it was not engendered
by the fictitious capital afloat, in
turnintr nvitr iK? ivnln. :- iL
0 .... |/>uo 1VIUUUO III IIIB
Western Banks. Make a qnan's parse fall
of money* and you invariably fill bis head
with schemes.
But again, "An Old Farmer*' says, let
the States make rag money, but let the
General Government stick close to a constitutional
currency. When our government
is involved in a public debt, it may
be expedient, but not constitutional, to
creates United States Bank for a limi*
| ted time, and when the debt is paid
and the charter expires, then let the government
fall back to the lawful currency."
It does seem to me, that the system of local
Banking has been sufficiently tried to
show its inexpediency. But I am glad the
writer here admits the propriety of a U.
States Bank, in a certain contingency?
and if he could concur in believing it expedient,
now, it would bring us together,
as to the remedy, which would afford me
much pleasure. Now it appears to me,
that the State Bank system could never
answer unleas every man was restricted
to his native sod, and prohibited from
travelling or speculating In a commercial
sense, beyond the limits of his own State.
But situated as we are, in a social, politi*
cal, and commercial point of view, with
so man) different States and all Banking;
they will be continually liable to the extreme
of over issues, in the absence of a
national agency to regulate and control
them. And consequently, we will be in
continual danger of a depreciated curren?
cy, which is the greatest curse that ever
scourged any people?what a deplorable
state of things when the poor laborer is
not to know the value of his labor. And
1 will here illustrate another inconvenience
by supposing a Carolinian, travelling at
the North, who we will assume to be taton
sint ?" -
?vi> mvn iu uvvtvui iici us suppose him
so far recovered within two months, as
to make arrangements, preparatory for
his departure homewards. Aud he calls
on his physician for his medical bill;
which is one hundred dollars. The sick
man tenders him his money, in bills on a
Bank in South Carolina. The Doctor
says to him, sir; I cannot receive it; I
know nothing of the Banks in your State,
they may be solvent, but its at a great
distance, and such moncv will not pass
here. The man is perplexed, and makes
application to a Broker; and he is told
that he can have Bank nni?B
... W ?VU) VU1 1 CUli III
town, at 20 per cent, for his money. Hie
embarrassment is increased?but while revolving
in his mind the unpleasaut picI
dicament, it accurs to him, that he may
i have a United ?*?'
umin I1UIQ UI flWi
he makes the search and it so happens?
he now goes and presents the bill, and it^
is received promptly, which discharges*1
him in full from the debt, without any
discount whatever. Hete 1s so mucn
saved (forsooth) of his hard earnings, besides
the convenience of the transaction.
I could point out other strong objections
to the local currency, if it were not for
the hazard of becoming tedious, as I propose
making some further observations, on
a National Bank.
And first, I consider a. United States
Bank indispensible to regulate and control
the expansion of the State Banks,
and make the currency nniforro, and likewise
as a medium of Exchange, And ex