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to The akened ted upon -n them. -I-- in all pt o ur pacific exico. Although the U. undant cause of war with _,apart from the indignity inflicted r national honor, in the captuze subsequent cruelties indulged by San ta Anna, towards our citizens travelling uder the safe escort of a contiguous friend ly power, yet in as mu as the duty of this Government requirev it to secure a speedy ternination of the sufferings, priva tions and miseries of the captives now to chains, it is likely that hostilities will be gin with the failure of negntiations on the subject. In consideration of this proha bility, we lay before our readers other do cuments in reference to the prisoner.". which may serve to dispel any doubts that linger in the public mind as to the justice or the demand of Itis Governnent for the relenaa of Kendall and his companions. Wer. it our duty to throw all the ighi ile upon the immediate point at issue, ienever the political horizon ex hibits a loitering and belligerent aspect. Dear Sir:-A loter appears to have been published in New Orleans by Senr. Salvador Prats. lately rcting as Vice Con sul of tiie Republic of Mexico, itt that city. in which t i 1s stated that during the mouth of Mv, 1811, ur at the time of the date of a piansport, lately its the possession of Mr. Kendall, no vich passport was issued at his @lce ; or- to put the most liberal con 5s:rueion on the siatement, that the books of the Consulate do tot contain an entry of a passpoit, and that, thearefore, no such passport was issued. Surely Mr. Pratt must know, that his books are no evidence in contradiction of an atleged fact, upon accout of their omis sion. If thuy do not-contain an entry of a passport, which it is affirmed was issued, they are io evidence whatever in tne pro sent case. *I the month of February. 1841, 1 received a pama;ort for Mexico from Scur. Pats, and saw hin subscribe his name to it. The passport is still in my possesion. I compared tt with the pass. port in the possession of Mr. Kendall, while on our route to Santa Fe. They were both engraved from the same printed - plaWp, and the name of "Salvador Prats" wat Written on the passport of Mr. Ken. dall Wthe same hand %riting, and in the same tanher as was writtees on mine. Vis passport was seen by many persons, and was delivered by him at Pagus, to Gen. Armigo. the Governor of New Alex - ico, jn the presence of 3lessrs Van Ness, G. T,. Howard, and A. Fitzgerald. The date of it was in the monith of May, 1841. or about that time ; cenainly within the period in which Senr. Prats declares that no such passport was granted. I tbanL ttat, st ttu ,ba uu e, , ---e of the Consulate can be accounted for by so-ne negligeuce that I witnessed when I obtained my passport, it was made out by a clerk on one side of the rooim. and then taken by him to the other side, to Mr. IPrats to be signed. No entry of its parti culars was made while I was present, and nuch an entry, if inade, wtas from a paper on which I wrote my name and profession. &c. in order to enable the clerk to fill up the passport correctly. But Mr. Prats cannot affirm that any copy of what I wrote, agrees with my passport, or with any entry in his books, for while I was with htm he did not compare them, antl after I went away, it was not in his power lo ascertain if they agreed. If the statement of air. Prats has aided to delay the release of your friend, I mtost sincerely regret tt. I was so long with Mir. Kendall upon the- best terms, and be acted with so much honor attd liberality, tinder circumstnce~s very trying to the character of us all, thajt I should be indif ferent to his many excellencies, if I did not lament the publication of any statetment calculated to prolotng his confinemetnt, or at thtis time, to injure him, and especially one, however positive and express in its terms, is erroneous, and is justfieal upon ground whtch my experience satissies mne do not authorise :. The law of M1exico, I understand, as applied to the ease is, that atty persotn comning into Mexico over the Texas fron tier with a passport, shall be sent back. It imposes no other pettalty. If any punish mnent is to be inflicted upon Mir. Kendall. it ought to be a legal oine, and lior some dle finable offence ; otherwise, without accu * sets and without accusation, without being * ~ heard in his defence or knowitng his crime. he nasy be subject to the severest formali ties anid spend his life in cheerless espec tation and a lon:' lingering imprisonment. I remain very sincerely yours. ThO0MAS FA LCONE R. Mr. Falconer has furnished us with a copy of the memorial of the merchants cganected with the E xpedition, to Mr. El Jis, which places thenm in an entirml~y dif feretnt attitude than that assumed for thema by the Mexicans. and some of our Ameri - can presses which have imbibed a won ttigator of the Gjoliad massacre. The me morial is in these words : "An expedition to open a trade with Santa Fe left A ustin int the mouth of June, .We, the undersigned, merchants, -,need to join the expedition and to us goods to a very large uch value. We were as - xpedititon was a peace ould be peaceably ro ta of New Mexico, to trade our terruption. ot any in t sustaiti, ems, General' the expedition. of any hostile intro at of Texas against y instructiouns by it. for area acompanying tis to ion of Santa Fe. The in ions given li the Comnmissioners who ecompanied us, and who, we were in formed, were with us upon the invitation of the people of New Mexico, to treat upon matters of trade, were concealed from us, mud were in it) particular communicated to us. On the 5th of October, 1841, we were taken prisoners near the Lagune Col orado, by a Mexican military force. our goods were taken from us, and since that time we have been detained as prisoners. We also submit to your consideration the following facts: 1. That no hostilities have for a long pe riod been carried on between Texas and .Mexico-peace haviig, for some years, virtually existed between the two coun tries, 2. That Mexican merchants, in large parties, have long beeu permitted pea coably to enter Saw.Antonio do Bexar, and to carry otn a trade thero without any hindratice. and we were informed that a similar permission would be granted to us at Santa Fe. 3. That the military forte which ac companied us was not so large as that which accompani.-d the early expeditions uf the Missouri trailers to Santa E e. 4. That the milit ary force was not larg r than was requisite to protect us from the aIt - tacks of Iridians; our loss, in various ways, in this expedition. befrre our capture, hav ir amounted to nearly thirty men. 5. That no intention of any hostility to Mexico, on this expedition, was commu nicated to us-npon the contrary-we re ceived frotn the P'resid,-it or Texas, Gen. Lamar, assuranres of its peaceful charac ter, and never should have embaked our goos to Sinta Fe under circumistanets which, if hostilities had been intended, voull have made the sale of our goods im possible. We inclose a statement of Gneral M'Leod, the commander of the military force, in confirmation of the above. As we entered Mexico without any hos tile intentions, we believe ourselves to he entitled to your interveution in our behalf. Signed by merchants-by Alessrs.Snive ly, of Preeble, Ohio; Buchannan. Tennessee; Thompson Robinson, late of Memphtis; Peter Gallaher. late of New Orleans;- H oughtaling, &r. The above is transmitted for pubhlicaiiotn at the request of the parties signing it. The names attached to the original were. by mistake, omitted to be copied at the same time with the statement. The name' of the other merchants were, Messrs. G. T. Howard, late of Washington, district of Columbia; Archibald Fitzgerald, of Dils. lin, Ireland; -- Torrey; F. Sully, bro " er of Capt. Sully, of the American nav.:; and- Laundress: but some of these were not present % hen this address wa signed. Mes-rs. Robinson. John H.,ward and Sully are in chains, in the Conveta ,f Satn Jago in the city of Mexico; %Iesars. G. T. Howard, Buchanan. Houghtaling and Snively are in chains with Mexican criniials. iu the city of Puebla; and Fitz::erald was left sick at Guanajuato. hbut the last accounts represent him to he con valece-nt-bas since been liberated Capt ain Cald well, of the Gonizales com pany. who was takent by the Mexicants with an advance party of seven men, ntear the town of San Miguel, anid who was re ported to have die'd in the hospital at Guatnajuto, has recovered from his illtness; and letners of a late dat e have been received from him. His son, a more boy, who was Itft sick at Celava, has also recovered. and has been permitted to join his father at Gu anjuto. Ge-n. Hlamilton concludes a very hiting letter to Santa Anna. with the hope "that he may hear the ueighting of his war steed on the banks of the Rio Bravo." If the iference from this is, that the General de signs joining; the Texian forces, we rejoice to hear it. H~e is essenitially a military mati. and itt htis leading characteristics, ac tivity. ;-romtptitude anti undaunted cour age, resembles, if we have formted a just coception of his character, the immortal Marion. the bes partisan officer th at hau ever lived. llamilton at the head of the army, or in commtandl of a division, wotuld be a tower of strength to the sacredl cause, anid a thousand mn froma Mississippi woultl follow his batnner. WVe speatk of coure on supposition itat the onae starred stndard is to be planited 'in the ns alls of Mexico. If the war is to be confined to a mere re'si-stance of inviasiotn, it is child's pav. and will excite little enthusiasm. liot if the contest is for Empire-for the extension of Saxon liberty. lasws andI in stitutiots-for glory-and for the redrews of wrongs inflictedl on our sons anal lbrothers -then-we speak from strong assurances -a thonsatnd heavy armed dlragoonis can be equippeitd in Mississippi in t wo months. Natchec: Frece Trader. Mr'. Giddings and Mr, A dams,-A cor respondent of the lBoston Post, writing from Mr. Giddings' Di-trict In Ohio. makes a rather awkward disclosure as to the Chairtman of the Foreign Relations in the House. But Mr. Adams' last speechgives full credit to the statement. T he country is represented by traitors in Congress. Mr. Giddings addhreused the inhabitants of this vil'age last evening. He ofecourse fully vindicates his right to introduce his reslutionis, but makes out but a lame er-se as to the propriety or the act. He wuys that previous to presenting the resiluitous, he consulted seine of the oldest members of the House of Representatives in relation to the matter, and received thetr appr-oba tion; and intima:ed that mntthing to the same purport would have been inatroduced by Mr. Adams, had he not occupied the po sition of Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Arairs. lHe also intimated that air. Adams. as Chairman of that Commit tee, would have reported ere this against the psition assumed by our Government inth Creole afair,ad he not been over by the majoriyo he Committee. State of Rhode Island is quite e people bad grown restiZe ia! charter- which al lows only the land holders, adie eldest sons of landholders, either to i or to he accepted as bail, and have bjn making some efrorts to have a writien Cnatitution. They do not seein to agree very well as to the details, and their legislature and Gov eniur have undertaken tiom peithem to do what they think proper. Feaing 'hat the opartition may be too satriig it ta said they have applied to the genera*govern ment for help. If the Govt"-nt does wisely, it will be very a taking sides w th this corporatia Z g under King Charles the Seconudl.,harter, against the people, conenting:for an ex tension of the right ofsuffirag.-The latter will, eventually, succeed. let theGovern mont itterfere or not.- Pendkls MeNen ger. CoLUMIatA, April20. The Late Fire.-The awful etlamity that visited us last week, and laid in ruins that beautiful portion of the 'o-wn which had been the pride and boast or our citi zens, cast, for a short time, a sombre gloom over every countenance. We are happy to say, however, that these clouds have been partially dissipated, by the determin of the sufferers not to lie cast down by their misfortunes, but to find relief in renewed exertions to repair their injurd fortunes and the desolation of the town' The fam ilies that had been turned houseless into the streets have secured themselves sbel ters, either under the hospitable roofs of their friends or in vacant buildings; and the merchunts have made temporary ar raugements in a similar way. Already have laborers commenced to clear up the ruins;and we hope soon to see the shape. less mass rise in beautiful proportion& again. We omitted to mer.tion the lossrsof sev oral individuals last week, a we had n tmeans of abeertaining whether they were inasured or not. Among them are Mrs. Black, who last two three story brick buildngs, upon which there was no insu rance; A. W. Roach, not insured, who was owner of the entensive stables in the rear of licnry Davis; James Steen, a high ly deserving youni man. who'owned the Blackmith aud Wagou-maker's shops on the rear of Col, Pemberton's lost, no insu rance; Mrs. J. E. Weaver, Milliuer, who lost a considerable part of her furniture, together with a quauity of valuable goods. and an insurance; Thomas E, Baker, no insurance, and almost a total loss; Mr. N. Emanual, a very severe loss and no inso ratnce; Antwerp & Frank have also lost censtderable; so has J. C. Thoraton, and N. S. Cumings & Co.; Mr. Henry Davis, on whose premises the fire commenced, will also be a severe sufferer, as we learn his insurance will not cover his loss by ,everal thousand dollars; Mr. I. D. Afor deei is placed in a similar situation. It is supposed by sine persons that the fire was the work of an incendiary, and the Intendant has accordingly offered a reward tof $1.000 for information and prosecution t-, conviction of the villain.-Chronicle. Conviction and Sentence.-The trial of Geo. W. Crowder and Nelson Bullard. the individuals apprehended in this city on the 20th ut. in the aCt of taking away the ne groes of Rhodan A. Grene, ., came on larceny, and sentenced to confinement and hard labor in the penitentiary-Crowder foreight and Bullard foor six years. The rematrks of Judge Wellborn to the prison. erg, introductory to their sentence, were not only appropriate but eloquent.-Co Iumbtss Enquarer. Another Thief caught and properfy re ecurred.-lBy letter from our f'riend J. E (age. Esq.,'we are happy to learn, that the scoundrel Leur, with the negroes stolen by himt, and for somec time advertised in this paper, have beetn apprehended and safe ly lodged in the Calabuose at New Or leans. A messenger, with the proper pa. pens fronm the Governor of Georgia, has beett despeatched for their recovery. We wish them a safo journey back to old Troup, where we have no hesitation in saying they will receive s appropriate and long to be remembered welcome. We behpeak for Leur in advance, 'the ex tent o? the law"-and he'll be sure to get it.-Ibidl. A ccIENrAr. DEAi.-A youth named llenry 31eKntight, who has -frotm infancy been afflicted with fits, was drowned at the Boat Yard near this plac on Wednes daiy last. isi body was foind the follow itng day, and interred in aur grave yard. lHe had imprudently goa to the river alone, for the purpos" of fahing, and it is supposedl must have had ait, and during the paroxysm fell into thte iver. A Cur otter's ingnettst was held ove the bodly, and a verdict returned in accoartnce with tis su pposiion.-amden Jotala. Tue SIAttLs !-lf we arosot behitnd the times, we should like to blow when the mails are to be regulated. NJo longer than last week, one of our subiribers in New York itformed us, that he lid not received the Journal for three weeki Now we do know thatthe Journal is mailed in time, and at thefirthest calcn lation six days is a longstreach for the mail from Hamburg to NewYork. barring accidentcs. The fault resusiyith the Post masters and Contractors ogite way ; and we request the Postmasibt General to have these folks at tend beta to their busi ness. Where are the Agentso the Depart mewnl, and what are they ekng?7 Hmanny Journal. It is a standing rtule with iditors, which we sulpposed nas generall) understood, not to take unpaid letters fem the Post office. Some of our correatodeots have recently neglected this imprtant regula tiona and we have been "tied the cost" In future, such documents mil be left in the Post Office, in order thet they may be sent to Washington "a' ik end of the quarter." By this means sae of Uncle sam's thick-skulled servantmnay be edifi ad and enlightened, and ou own pocket none the lighter by the -ansacion. Gen eMountain~eer. HAIL.STOR.--We were sited on Sat urday last, between one ancwo o'clock, wi.h a ..vere torm of Hait ind and rain. The hail, especiaUy inPthe the town, f611 in very large pi instances breaking the glss in the dows, and doing considerable injury th gardens. The trees were stripped of a lqrge portion oa 1beir foliage by its vio lence. We noticed on Sunday, in the woods adjacent to the town, the ground Jiterally coveredwith green leaves. the efect of the storni. In the lower part of the town Mr. Shannon had a cotton house. and Major McWillie a stable blown down. The latter had a horse killed by tie falling of the stable. We have not heard whether the storm was very extensive in its range. or what other damage has been done in its course.-Camden Journal. *@ RD~crt(ztr. EDGEFIELD C. I. W DSDIUAir. APaIL 27, 1842. 117 We return our thanks to the lon. J. C. Calhoun, Hon. F. W. Pickens, and lon. 51r. Butler, for various public documents, and news papers. 37We call the attention of our readers to the Preamble and Constitution of the Greenwood Lyceum, which appears in our columns to-day. We would recommend those who may have Mineral., Natural Curiosities, or in fact any articles of the nature of those which are gene rally sought after, in the formation ofa Cabinet, worth preserving. to present them to this young, and we no doubt, will be, useful Society. 'The Loan BilL.-The Senate on the 13th inst.. after a lengthy debate, passed the Loan Bill, by a vote of 26 to 18. It is thought the money will be hard to raise. Mr. Calhoun, it is said, stated that the Rothchilds had declared, in an swer to an enquiry on this subject, that "Amer ica cannot get one dollar in Europe." Texas.-Tho Columbus Inquirer of the 7th inst. says: "On Friday bast a party of aboul forty, among whom were several of our mosi respectable youth, left this city for Texas, via Apalachicola, on a hunting excursinn-ta.king with them good implements and munitions." Eleains.-Robert M1. Morris, (Dem.) is re elected Mayor of the City of New York. Soy about 200) majority. The Whigs succeeded in electing a majority of the Common Council, the Democrats having in three or four of the wards run two tickets. In the city of Brooklyn, the Dewocrats car ried their Mayor, and a majority of the Cum. mon Council, which is a complete Democratc victory. The Democrats has abo broken down the Whig party in Albany, and have elected their candidate for Mayor of that ci:y by a handsome majority. A osther Whig Defaulter -The Spirit of tie Times, states that Joseph Plinkinton, who wad elected Treasurer of Philade:phia county. Pa , last fall by the Whigs, has become a defaulter to the tune of $80,000. The Treasurer says, he has - been sacrificed by his Whig friends." The leaders of the Whig patty in the vicihty, beanutut-tbe nublic monies of him, no doubt. loctors. and of course, when pay day arrived, they were lire the Frenchman's flea,* not there.' The Times says - The county has been made safe by his securities, but the date-gone to the devil we suppose." CONG RtESS. The corespondent of the Charleston Courier, under date of the 13th inst , says "a most ex traordinary and exciting debate has arisen in the Ilouse on a motion of the abolitionists, to strike out the appropriation for the outfit aiid salary of Waddy Thompson. as minister to Mexico. It was evidently a concerted move ment, and is to be supported by tho whole abo litionist in the coutntry. Mr. Linn, of New York, made the motion, accomtpanyinsg it with a speech. Mr. 8lade. of Vermnont, followed him, on the same side. The argunment in favor of the motion was based on the assertion, made by Mr. Linn and others, that President Tyler is intriguing with a view to effect the anneration of Teras to the United States. TIs, they ints mated, was the main object of Gen. Thomp son's mission; and they insisted that Gen. T. h.-u been sent instructions to this end. They also alluded to the fact that General Thompson, when in Congress, was an ardent friend tol Texas, and in favor of the annexation; anid is, therefore, an unsuitable per.on to represent thiii country in Mexico, unless our object be to ac quire Texas. They said that thie South might possibly succeed in this policy, but that it would be at the exipense of the Union of these States. They declared that the great majority of the free States woumld separate, at once, from the Union, in case Texas eshould be admitted into it; and that it would also bring upon us a war with England. It was also urged that the trade of the United States with Mexicn was not of sufficient extent to justify the maintainance of a mission there." The followiung brief sketch of the remarks of the Hon. F. WV. Pickens, in replty to Mr. Linne. we copy from the National Intelligen cer of'the 15th inst. Mr. Pickents said be should nut have said a word but for the remarks of the gentleman from New York, (Mlr. Linn.) The gentleman had moved to strike nut the aprpropriat ion for the mission :o .Mcxi co, and bad put his motion on the gravest and most important ground. ile had said that his reasons for it were, that the prin cia betof that mission was the annex aso ofhexas to this Union. Ont this point the gentleman from New York was well aware that there was great and deep interest felt, not only in this countrv, but throughout the difl'erent portions of thie civ ilized globe. The gentleman had put our foreign missions on the principle of corn niercial importance. Ithe (Mr. P.) was at all acquainted with the policy ofihis coun try, that was a secondary consideration en tirely. True, the commercial relations be tween this country and Mexico were not very important; but the importance of mis slon. to different countries rested entirely on their political positions and the politi al relations which we bear to taan.. c... or o Mexi three claim was a matter country. Theaw 000. When they look relations witti Mexico, they pressed with the vast importl mission. it was said that very important s ment, had taken placein that quarter the world with regard to California-that Great Britain had her eye on that country with a view to the establishment of a na val possession at California; and was it not. then, of vast importance that wesbould have a minister there I Were we not all interrmrd in the movements of Great Bri tai uot only, but Mexico, in irt-erene to California I He put it to the gentleman from New York, if the city of New York berself was not more interested in this mission Iihac atty portion of the Union ? The gentleman had alluded to the mis sion to Spain. ie (Mr. P.) took occasion to say that perhaps Spain and Mexico, in a political point of view, were the most im portant nations to us at present. If it was true that Great Britain had made large ad vances to the imbecile power of Spain, and the final lien was the possession of Cu 'a, was it not a matter of vital importance to have a first-rate mission to both these ports to inform us on these points? The gentleman, in his narrow and contracted feelings as to the annexation of Texas to the Union, struck. and -truck a vital blow, at the interest of every portion of this Re public. lie (Mr. P.) would not put this missou on the narrow and contemptible ground at local interest. When he looked at the interests of the country, at the great and delicate questions inuolved in that quarter, he felt pity and contempt for that narrow economy which would strike at these interests with such purposes. When the gentleima spoke of Texas in the political bearing of the question, he (.1r. P.) confessed it was impossible for him tt suppreb-s a deep interest. Where as the harm (said Mr. P.) of sympathy for Texas 1 Some yeairs ago we expresseti without fear our feelhtigs for Greece. %V hen that people, frui a glorious ancen try, were struggling to assert their liberty amd independence amongst the nations of the earth, we holdly and freely expressed in one united voice our attachment and sympathy for their cause. When we felt this for a people four thousand miles from uis, is it unnatural for us to feel fo thse who are on our very borders? Sir, can we fold our arms in inglorious indif'erence and see our breit re--bone of our bone, and flesh of our flesh"-brethren from our very hearthstooes, cloven down in blood and niurder by our sides ? Before we can look upon these things with indifference, we must first taer from the heart every emotion-every sentioent-everv tie that can bid tian to his fellow-man. No! No sir! I glory in the cause and the tri umphs of Texas, and feel for her suffer ings4 and distress; and I envy not the feel tugs or patriotisti of that man who can smother every honorable emotion in that tessness upon-moo wrutogs Uume'so *' own race, whilst every tenderness and emotion are felt for the imaginary wrongs o, time tlark race. Mr. P. did not believe it was atny part of the mission to Mexico to procure the atnnexatiun of Texas-the suggestion was new tu him ; but if it were. it would be no reason with him for redu cing or striking out the mission. 'Thbis is no ime (satd he) to strike at this mission, when our citizens are now wearing chains in Mexico, and ihrced to work upon their streets in ignlominious bondage. The re sources of this Republic should ho pledged to avenge the wrongs and vindicate the rights oflthe humnblest citizetn. It is notori 'rus that 'we have at least one in that city at present, worn down by chains of barba rian oppression, and there may be many others in the same condition. We can not prass them withI cold neglect, and show inadilference by withdrawing our mission to Mexico at present. But it is thought by the geutlemtatn front New York (Mir. Lion) that thts mission may have a tendency to annex Texas to this Utnion, with all the sins arid irmmtorabrmy of slavery upon us. .Mr. P. would not go imito this matter at present, and its cotnsequences. otily to say thtat the commitercial antd navigrating inter ests of this Conlederacy had as great a stake and iritercst in the annexation of Texus as any other portions of the country. It was to them of tar more interest thani even to the South. lBut .Mr. P. would say that there could be no event which would produce a greater tmoral antd political bles sing to the whole country, either North or Stouth, than such annexation upon liberal anti fair princip~les. lIe hoped yet to see t he day when that lone star, which has led a gallant and a brave people to victory and independence, may stand out in its hright beams to adl new lustre to that con stellation which tnow blazes over the broad folds of our own national banner. T'he cost of our whole foreign relations amounted to something under $80.000. Hie agreed that there might ha alterations in rehetion to some parts, particularly in reference to Austria; but on that subjet he was willing to do as our ancestors had dons-leave it to the Department having charge of the subject. uyntil that Depart ment intimated that these services could Ire dispensed with, he was disposed to sue tain these missiotis. He would take oc casion to say, in reference to China, that although, heretofore, we had had only a consul there, in this particular juncture we ought to raise our diplomatic agent there to a higher grade, tnot only in refer once to her commercial, but her political relations. The navigating and commer cial interests of the North were deeply terested in the sufficiency ofour diplo agency to China, antd those inte whole country. When theg posed the mission to M might look to the annex the Union, he (Mr. P. ings with scorn a~ Theeo iibierlof tls U S. n Vexuco, inw Slbahe is diredsi 760 th Pmiden eisett to offer a sum of minjn a sgeuer bSt to ske the he 1e U. S. and Mexico the g ge4 oup d e errasuan a ith Mbayace1SC insa Mfexico aid us, &c. ie said a war would do ur mu Texas and annex it to eniable us to put down the aboliti lie believed too thata majority of the people were in favor, a: this mosent. o. quiring Tex.us-and'of making war upon Mfex ico and Great Britain." The same correspondent unde- date of the 14th inst. states that in the House the general appropriation bill, was again under discus'ion, and he had never listened to a debate which seemed to excite more interest. The question was on the motion to strike out the appropria tion for a Minister to Mexico. The following is a brief sketel of the remarks of the Han, Win. Butler, on that iestion. as reported ia the Globe. 31r. Butler of South Carolina said he had no intention to enter into this debate, but it appeared to him that he was requir ed to do so iu defence of the character of his predecess.ar on that door. [Mr. Waddy Thompson, now Minister to Mexico, which had been wantonly and unjustly as sailed by the gentleman from Vermont. A proposition had been made to strike out the pro%,is6on for a Minister to Alexico at a time the least suited to it ihat could possi bly occur. 'rho gentleman, in his expanded views, had admitted the possibility of the anuen tion of Texas to the United States, as a consequence gron iug out of that mission and although we had claims against Mexi co for a large amount due to our citizens, and tlougbanany of our fellow-citizens were held in chains by that power, yet he would abandon these important subjects of negotiation. and withdraw our minivter for fear miiat Texas might be annexed to the Union. This was the time that die gentleman firomn New York [Mr. Lion] came forward wish his motion to abolish this mission. If ever there was a time when sectional feelings and party spirit shoa!d be quelled, when all good citizens slypuld look with a single eye to the honor and interest of their country, this was the time, and yet the gentleman from Ver mont, [Mr. Slade.) who never neglected any occasion to indulge his bitter and ma lignant feelings towards a certain portion of the country. had seized upon it for the purpose orassailing an absent individual, who was known to be ipposed to his fanat ical designs. At a time when it was im portant thin negoriations should he entered 1ties; " cnefQ lgjur - and also fw obtaining the liberation on tos e tImo w.cg in chains, and subject in the streets of A - egang mreament . ico--at a tie: to when it was so imp., me, toouc oer cial interest. that wea Itooucmer ter there to watch and gjid have a minis as to the rumored session us iuformatiojn Enuglatnd-the gentleman fr~alifornia to proposed to withldraw the miassKew York annexation of Texas might be tlest the qence of it. Whatever might bethanse psathiesof a certaini class of gentleme~m this floor fosr the Mexirvau tyrant, he ac, knowledged that his sympatbics were for our brethren in 'Texas who had so gallant ly resisted t yrannty and oppression, aid sue cessfully maintained their independence. The gentleman from Virginia had so well answered the argumnet of the gentleman fromn New York that lie would not take up the time of the committee in noticing it. His object in rising had been principally to reply to the gentleman frism Vermont, [Mr. Slade.) who had so unjustly and so untnecessarily attacked his predecessor, [M r. Thom pson.] lay charging that heo was unfit to represent this country at Mexico, beccause lie was ins favor of the annexation of Tex.as,and because of his want of tem per. Now he t hought ifthie gentleman had any private griefs against his predecessor -if he had ever received any castigation at his hands while they were both members here together. he ought to have made his aittatck whetn they were face to face, and n hen his predecessor had the power to de fends hiself. It was surely not consis tent with magnanimity to make an aitack on this genstlemsan ins Isis absence, and when he had not the powrer to defend hinmself For the .ldrertiser. Ma. EnsTom.-Permit me to call the atten :ion of the psublic to the followt mg notice by the Chtarleston 3Mercury. of Sir. hierbert's Stilitary and Scientific School. recently established at Aiken. At tthis school, Instructiona by the best Teacher", will be given ini uhe Languages. the Sciences, aud io Geofgraphy, liistory and Gramn mar. as well as in Military Tactics. The high charac ter of .str, Hierbert affords a safe guaram ty, that whilst their intellects are impro h mnoral enltare of the youngms charge, will not be neglec flltBULtT'S M The succ Academy .is advanta mul 1~ - 4