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.SOUT RN I iST CONVENTION;
June 15.
'Rev. J W. D Creath, of Nottoway,
adr ssed the Convention with- much
e neliess, settin that he had
c eiire tped with reflec
tions upon the spilitual wants of T'exas,
nad in 'inquiry, whether or not his duty
n id.not-point hin to thatfeld:. He had
n aitth sabject of prayerful reflec
uobt aid hIe.had at last decided that if
the dway pe opne I to hirn he would
taa t noiw State, and devote his
eors thre to the cause of Chriat.
R . Mr., Jeter stated that lie. had
b ee consulted by his brother Creath as
ta wheiherihe should or should not go
to-Texas,andihad advised him. not to
go. II (Mr. C.) occujpied a tnost in
teresfiig- 6flil in Virginia, where, by
his owexertions, the ''Ianrch had estab
lislied a foothold, and-he did ,not think
ie could be well spared. Nevertheless,
as his mind was so seriously bent upon
it, lie would now advise-him to go, and
felt :assured, tha', under the cirenmstan
;.; ces, others would be.. found to takek lie
place he would vacate. - -
Rev. Jsse Witt, of Poew hratau' sIiad
tt of lis 'private concern's
; Viirgiia would occupy hiin -about a
ear; and be now req:ested his' brother
-ninisters, who were going to Teas, to
tell his brethren there he was coning.
Messrs. Hinton and Hluckenindul
ged fervid. ?ongratulations, upon the
spirit which had been.evinced.
Rev. R. Jones, of. Nansemond, inti
mated that he too had thought seriously
of.bbaoming:. a aissionary to Tex'
and that his detcroaination with that
view was well nigh made up..
Mr. - John D. McGill, of Mot(s X,
knew .not whether to mouro-ir rejoice
over .the annovuncemetpihey had just
heard, of tife dt 6iination of their
brother Witt/ ,-6e wotild be loth to
part with who had done 's) much
good - ore. But, whenever brother
w should go to Texas, nn the errand
-named, -he.desired the :Board of Do
mestic Missiorrs to put him down for
$50 per anti tr, as. long as he continued
'Mr.H., mwei mad6e a few remiarks
upon. the idea that all this fervor and
ze-41 for the 11 'me Mtissions had been
in. answer to earniest prayer on that sub
R '.i~r. .Gale,- of Tennessee, rae
a few riem-ukq relative to thme impor,
~tance of M:ssionairy labors, not- onlyr ini
T'exas, but in A rkansais and Lomuisinna.
-Afthaeconchtston of his rermarks, the
resolutions of Mrl. Huocs were unao
inmousty'adopted. -
T scenes pending the discussion
oftthess resolutionas were extremely sol
--emoaed pathetic, and called forth a re
umarkable degree of fervor and religious
zeal..'
Onanotion of Mr'. W. C..Crane,
Resolved, That it be. recomimended
to Soiithern Chut ches to luster and sus
tdie tho se Southern Institutions of learn
ing 'which are established for the edu
cation of young men who have the gos
pel ministry ~in view.
Mr.' Guno poinied out an inconsis
-tency, as ho deemed it, between the ac
b,. tion of the Convention on the subjeci
,of ,colpiortage and the resolut ion ad apt.
,ed at ;the close of-the, report of' the
,commsittee on the establishment of a
Bible and Publication Board. This res
olu'ion declared that the Convenlion
woulil not eqpbarrass itself with the pub.
lication.' and sale of books; and this
Convention, deetming that this would
prohibit the s-tde of books through: a
system~uf colportage, rejecied the pro.
position for such a system. HXe did nol
believe the-re would have ewen any suet
inconsisgeniy,; but if the Conventior
still Qhought so, he would now move.
.rieconsideratiori of-the vote on the reso.
ltion, with.~a view-to its amendment.
Messrs. Stocks, Crane Jeier antish
ers remonstrated against anj sigino
* *.on Te-qestin ba ben setle
many of tho members, who felt a deep
,interest in it, were abue'it, and ii ought
not again to be opened by this Conven
tion.
The0 President gave as his opinion
that the resolution could operate as no
prohibition upon the Domestic Board
against the.appropriation of moneys con
fided to them for the purchase and dis
position of bibles through colporteurs or
by any other means. The resolution
was simply that the Convention would
not "embarrass" itself with the publi
cation and sale of books ;and this would
be no embarrassment to the Conven
tion; for in it they. would incur no pe
cuniary or other liability. He. begged
as this could be done without the action
.If the Convention,that his brotaer Gunn
would desist, and that there would be
no effort to disturb what had been so
harmoniously settled.
Mr. Gunn yielded to the remon
strance of the President, and the sub
jecl was dropped.
The thanks of the Convention were
voted to those editors and reporters who
had -nitended upon and reported the
iproceedings of the Convention.
Mr. Stocks, of Georgia, now moved
that the Convention adjourn till the 1st
Wednesday in Miii, 1849, at N.ashville,
which motion was agreed to.
The Rev, Di Johnson, befo.o ad
journing the Convention, made a nost
appropriate and feeling valedictory ad
dres. lie said he was deeply impress
ed wish the presence and sowcial iiflu
ence of God's spirit in the meeting last
year at Augusta ; butt his impression of
the presence and influence ofthe spirit of
God in this meeting was much deeper.
Owing to. the circurmstances tinder
which the Convention last year. met, it
was tp b expected that there would be
unanimity of feeling and action. in its
deliberations. But when .we came to
asseible here, we had grounds to ap
pre hend great difficulty in bringing the
wholeh body to unite on soreuf the tt
eis -J bii fo~wtjld tau sifr.alteitigni
vt~ased se
Is:- - ,p1
eraiot by t hnumatdisturb tie harmony
of our proceedings. For himself he
had not apprehended such divisions;
believing th rt they would be tivoided by
God's special interposition. Ani we had
cause to be grateful, that through God's
I special iterferetce,we had indeed avoi
ded those divisions. If God had in
deed been with them, and had brought
their minds and heatts to such a hariiy
conclusion of compromise, and a sur
rpnder of points at difference,shoul' we
not bo deeply impressed .with it, and
urged to put our hands with increased
zeal -and energy to the work before us,
'in order to bring about still further ef
fective results ? If by God's grace, we
wer - so united, if we were made to go
together by grace and not bythe pre
sur e of force-we should f,-el not only a
deep sense of gratitude, but should feel
a dieper sonse of our obligations, and
should not permit ourselves to relin
quish or neglect any po tion of our dii
ties. -
- The time was come, lie said, to make
great sacrifices-sacrifices of in lividual
comfort and( worldly aud ancemtent-a
sacrilice of memtbers of our families to
go to these new fields in our own land
and in outr foreign hands. It wvas our
iiiperious duty to pracuico economy,
and not to beltooking forward to great
investments of pechniary means to mrrike
large fortunes to leave 10 oar farmilies.
He was se-iously and anxion'sly impress
ed with the cobviction, that Christians
often made a great mistake in making
large efforts to leave largo estates to
their faimiles. Ho e.ntioned a acsenin
Georgia, of a piotus -dncle leaving his
estate to) two nephews. In had nort con,
tributed to their comtfort or wvebare; btin
had. made them more wicked,. more
reckless in their actions. He could npi
but believe that if th'e. dear saint had
invested a portion of his weahth ini hrea
venly treasures and left those nephtews
less, they ainuld have been better. The
reverend speaker here alluded to the
divine injunrctions against being absorb
ed in. a desire-for. worldly gain-not thai
it was wrong, he said, to increase our
earthly snore, nor that there was any
sin in money. There was no sin ii
mioney, but in the love of it-the ilar
of it is the root of all evil. Dt. J. ear
nestly urged it upon all professors oi
religion, as their duty, to give thei,
meatns liberally .to the promotion 01
Christianity. When Nirhaniel CobI
determined to give a certain portion o.
his arinnual gains to thte Church, he wva
not ihe lss. prosperous-nay, he was
more so.. Let us give freely and de
vote our-selves fait'bfully to rho advance
ament of the kingdomn of God..
What he liadheard to-day, continu
ed - Dr. Johnson, convinced him- tha
we should look out'for locations, -as the
*vann rf nurerjioisih resneet to
sacrifice of our personal" comforts. -Hie
was much struck with a remark in -e-ne
of the triennial Conventions in Phila
delphia a f(w years :since, upon the
diff.. ence between the piety of the early
christians and those of the present day.
This remark was that the rule rith the
christian ministers in the primitive ages
was to go, the Fxceprion to stay; with as
us the rule is to stay, the exception togo.
He.thouylht we ought all to be.readyand
willing to go--that some of the best and
ablest amongst us, that had youth on
their side, ought to go. We should not
select those who could be spared ;but
those who cmndd not be spared ought, to
go to Tex:Is and Canton, and wherever
esl the field was open to them. Gladlys
would ho be able to.say that soine of oor
most distinguished ministers, with youth
on their side, had added themselves to
the list of missionaries, 'ad were ready
to go. Look at William Cary and
Adonitram Judson wlo went to their Ia
bors in foreign lands young aisd full df
energy. God prospered their Wri in
Hindostan and Burmah, and oh, may it
be rontinued, ro the glory and honor of
his Kingdom
O1 thoughts and labors should he'di.
rected to carrying the gospel to the hea.
then. He [Dr. J.) migh' be called on
to make the sacrifice, ie had a dear
son at college, whom he had. educared
for the ministry, and who, it was pi-ab
able, would i epome a mis.ionary. to.
China, or some ,oher far distant land.
When the' idea was first suggested .to
him, it ef'fected him very much.; for it
was a severe trial to part witif a aear
son to go on such a distant errand, but
he was ready to make the.sacrifice,. if
it pleased- (god to send .him there. He
had yet anot her son-, whose feelings and
whose education tended to the ministry.
lie 'iighc have to give up boih. W'e
was ready ;todo so wh'en it-pleased God
he should. f zonnection with the do:
mestc feeli ngs:invol 'edj in this. auttge.,
hesaid none should regret.- the cnnse
cratta to"I- scns Q b'm . " .:
itlin ile1i e' iine or Kings, or to fill
any.oithvr:Estaton oi earth. Hi had
endeavored to shipe their. education to
tliese results, andthanked God that bbtlr
those to whomi Vie- d .alluded were
anxious and willing' to fit themselves.
early for the .dinistrV. .He begged
those who were. called on to make the
sacrifice of Fending a dear son to preach
the gospel,;to think what an honor it
was to lift the. standard of the Cross
where it had tiot been raised before,
and that it they were not again to meet
in this wor"ld, they would meet in that
better world, where they would be shi
ning stats in thli,~rmament..
It was with exceeding pleasure, con
tinued-the reverend and venerable spea
ker, thai he would take the parting hand
after such a Week-after such harmony
anI sweattosmunion a's ie had enjoy
ed with his dear brethren in their delib,
e atibns, in te social intercourse, and
in their' devotional exercises. ' It was
wi:h pe'culiar delight he partook of the
Lord's Supper yosterday-ho would not
soai forget the joy he felt on the occa,
siun.':. Tr. Johnson alluded to some of
thie incidents o1f the scene which would
impress it on his memory-among them,
he 'said,; hie're was 'ii his ar brother
Shuick, who had come back from his
missiont0China, bringing his shea (with
him. Subli a season of' joy, he said,
wasgvorthl a journey from South Caro'.
lina-shch a coming together wds wo-hh
a voyage across 'the ocean ! 'All that
wats painful was itr leaving these' derr
brethrcda of Richmond, with whom tte
have just spent these hapy days. He
hopid they had done 'them no injdiry,
nnd had been guilty of no lightness of
conduct, not of speech, nor ofany un,.
becoming deportment. He truste'd their
birthren of Richmaond would rememb'er
tliem with thetsame. affectignate regald
we carry awvay withi us -for theni, and
that they may. long look back with plea'
sure~npoas these scenes. He bade thern
an affectionate farewell, Might :God
be with them, -ana their. churches and
their ministers. May the.-blessisd gas
peI be to them not as waters iilt-.on
the grouod, w~hich -cannot be .gatheied
again, but as 'the waters of life ! The
venerable.Pgesident closed his valedic
tory with a fervent and liappy reference
to the final meeting .in the Grand Con
venion in Heaven. which would never
adjoom n, and where there would he no
m'ore parting!.
An appropriate and devout- prayer
was then. addressed to the throne 101
grace by the President. This'wais fol
lowed by the thrilling missionary hym
"Blessed be the tie tha' binds
Our glowing hearts tn one. &ce
-The scence was concluded, by a gen,
eral shaking of hanids-that token ol
t fellowship'and Cliistianr resignation.- r
the Church-and-ipe: Convention~ad.
6 jonsmed at 1 o'cloek, ta-meaain -tiu
fits dbeaday in May, in 1849, in
Nas~ii1 ennessee.
TOTE IENDS OF*THE IBLE
'P JHOUT THE U. STATES.
p EErnaar -The City. Bile
Sodii4v 't e ity of New.York, auxilia
to.tlie& can and Foreigi Bible Socie
ty, our attention. to the folowing
comm tion.
* .'1b~ dt~of the pity Bible ?ociety, is
the.disititioq of tie roid of od among
the, poor-anil destitute, .irrespective of lo
pality;. 4s.lts name imports, this.Soclety
islocted inth~ecity of.New York, and is
depesldeat1o a great extent, for its eflici
Eneon4er[ulness, upon the friends of
Bible dissrttjon.in.that partieular section
of the Umon.
Tb. lisc'y of our country shows. that
tiose poition which are newly settled, or
thioly popuated4 most require the.aid of
the;benevolent, intfarnishing the means of
raligaito bpowiedge and.,improvement:
This peculjtir feature of our populaiton
has, for gev years, engrossed the atten
lion of thiseciety.. The City Bible So
eiety has d 1 sought; and is now seeking,
to reach this.: Who are destitute of reli
iotis p.ri.tiJeps, rhereer such destitution
has been kbw 1 to exist. While Provi
dence ba smjdted propitiously on our ef
forts, and. bletsed them even beyond our
expectatiop, 4t has also furnished still
greater inctintives to activity and enter
prise. Trigty we can say,. the dispensa
tion of eharitv is oftentimes its own re
ward. While the City Bible Society has
,ts aought to, supply.Lhe destitute with
the.Word of (od, its own usefulness has
apparently, greased its resources, as tho'
a proinite ofljoicitg was returned even
to ithe nknowi giver. The City Bible
Society has he on hand, a supply of Bi
biles and restaments adapted to general
circulationt wjjich it is proposed to furnish.
to ministee.s jprte.rs and .otberse to be
sold for a reastable price, or, in their dis=
eretion, at tilaii nominal value, or even to
bo circulated gratuitously among those
who are.u'nabiliherwise to purchase them.
While" 1te . Bible.Socioty, under the
blessing ofi Aa4llea)Jpon the genprosity
ofa public lut' fore of aproved lihorah
?yfor .i sof: xtribution, i. also
a. 't d titt twill y id
Societ, ev rn rhe present time. one treat
obstacle to the constmmnatioo of this.en:
terprise, hias een the want oftis ritzht.
kind of.information :espectin" pariiculgr
sections of the country. . It is true iht the
Society has often heard complaints of
great destitution prevalent in snine..sp
cified county or section o a Stare, bat a
the same tirie, no definite inforniation
concerning the benevolent and religious
men who are. rsideuts of that immediate
vicinity; is in iis posession. -Similar state
ments have altioeemanared from the,rol
igious press. Doubtless, if-we knew .the
names, residences and post offices of such
men, they would readity -.cooperate with
us, and communicate all the information
requisite, and- slo fully reciproc'ne. our
wishes and eficits. But as yet, we must
unwillingly say, that to many such we are
still strangers. 'The City Bible Society.
desirous of sendingihe Bible wheresoever
the wants and etigency of the peoplo may
require, invites iil who are willing to give
'beir counienamoe and supgqspIli this groat
and good cause; to conmmunica'e the names
of-ministers and others who will cooperate
with us, and also to furniph information as
to the destiution of particlar sections and
localities. with which they are acquainted.
The Bible is enanhatically the Book of
the world. It speaks a language and
breathes a -eutimetnt. c~insonact td. every
hbuman .bosom, an'd .wliile .it cheers and
gladdeds ibe p-athway; ,of . the child ,of
camity and minfortune, i ~also.ityparts to
thoentba consetations' and-blessings of a
holy reljioi. "We ask all who love anid
rsvere the. Bible, to think, feel and act
stitih iu. ..
'~Mintsds, edhors, 'agentsh~dio'rtebrs,
clerks of religious bodies, and others wvho
possess the informnation desired, iill confer
p great' favor by cotimnnitg with us
and sendrug usibe- mentos and proceed
ings of differe6t roliion bodies with which
they are conneeted.
.Tbis communication is adrese indis
Edimins1l1y4Oeall who appreciate the Bi
bled. Thiesgl2inii and efforts of felhiw
lhbore who also rejoicein the tjirits of a
r-isen Savior~ would.,greatly adeelgrate
the triumphs of the Christian religion.
In behalf ofitLCity Bible Socety,
I' ~MEltY.TOWNSEND,,:
Chairman of tAh Cor. of Circuldtlion.
New Yoirk, Juine, 1846.
N. B. Editors of newspapers. through
.ut the country, jvho fire friendly to the
Bible, are:reqiuesre.4..to gi-ve this commu
.fichtion an insertion.
All .com munica tiona to'be addressed to
E year ToWNsL!D, 64 John-street, New
York city.
A.felancho.ly Occurenc.-We regret to
learn, says the Charleston Courier of the
7th inst., that a frtal, accident occurred in
Christ Churche farish, near/ Hobeaw,
which. resulted ira tbe death of 'Thonpau
Rivers, Esq., of James lalandl. i.'ap
pears thai Mr. R, was jo a bli'ggy'wiih a
friend,.eturnfinghoi2r aailitary parade,
and ongtigdg f~eei~~b
residenceof a.frien~d; he-tookhord' of the
muzsleof a oul~aree gun., to drag
it out, when from~ soii as, it ient off,
and a ballasudjotsa.bnel shot, Iith abie
it was chaiged, *ntered: bia..idptiad
'tiooi'gh his bodj-isalore tb 4-lelik' of bit
WRM .TIE ARR,.
Fvo tie N. 0. Tro,'' Jung 25.
CEREMONIES O ' HE0SURL.EN
OER OF MATAMOROS.
.On the 7th of *ay, eightd yeay afei he
defeat of the Mezipens, beneral Taylor
made his preparatioge to eross. tie river
above the ton; atihe sape.time, .Lieut.
Col. Wilgo& *as to advance from the side
of arit4. - "fqer verf given to Colonel
Twigg-'crosss, leti Gsen. Taylor was
waited on -y the Mezican General R.egu
sna, empowered by %eneral Arista, Com
gander-in.Chipf ofthb *)egiean, fgrees, )o
treat .for an arbtistice, until the two do.
vernments fritly settled. the difficulties
pending. This cnning. on the part of the
Mekit.u.nShief, was,too apparent to Gene
ral Tayto; .be wha atare .that M atamo
ros was filled;with. the* munitions of war,
and time was only wanted to move them
off. General Taylor replied promptly to
General Reguena, that an armistice could
pot begranted';,he.cspitulated the circum
stances of the ptegcdisg.month, .when he
bad himself proposed an armistice, i:,
General Am udia had declined., He stat
ed~tligt.ba was receiying.tlarge reinforce
ments, that he would dot th.en suepeed
hostilities which he had not invited or pro
voke4; he also saiq.that the possession of
Matamoros, Was..a0"sine qua non,". and
that the ,Americar troops,would occupy
theVciy,t she,strtie tpe ,giving,to Gen
eral.Arista and his forces. leave to with
draw from the town, leaving behind .the
public property of every description. Gen.
Taylpr reiarked ipat-'.Generale Ampudia
and Aria, "had,.projuised that the war
should be condncted. agreeably to the usage
of civilized gatiqan, apd. yet, the Nexican,
forces had in the bpttles pf the.8th-and 9th;
stripped our dead, and mutilated their !?o
dies." General Reguea replied, ',that
the women (,')and Rancheros, did it,:ad
that iteycould not.be cioniolled." Gen
eral 'Ttyl'r said he would come ove- to
Matanoros, and control.sch people for
them.,. . ..i\ , ~.W t
Th answer prmise-iby Reguena .to
be deliverod to Geqeral.Taylor, positively
at jhree o'clock, did not come.. It after
'ads yppep9d ,hat,wile,the del~egaJipn
Was tra pgi !il 4. Or . "y, fen.
-x p rf ta . wirer-at ..E
wvas s ay e t ;erfug.-, Gen. Ariii
ink advantaget the: delay, ,eucceede4 in
moviag-yin bof-th miler stores; -ec
ing tw: onri egpiecesp aoldoa,'wi i
the fragmest of-$isartm,' th a vqrygi
qbatdoongd..Matamorps .and fle4:prc
tately, toward it Monter~ey,. At ,sando;wn
Gen. Taylor perceiving that, no werd.was
to be sent to .him,. lie repaired, from Fort
Brown, to join the army two miles above
the Fort, in position.for erossingithe. Rio
Grande... t . , -
-.Early.on the mornidg- of the 18'h, the
East bant was defended b1 two 18 poun
ders, and ihe ,ibreebatteries of ourartille
ry ; and ;tps drossidg comtnencpd,, Cql.
'Tiggs orderin& the hapds to. 'strikq .tp
Yankee Doodle... The light companies of
the battaliops, irst went over, followed by
the volunteer aed .regular cavajry....
Lieutenant Hays, of the.4th jnI'antrj,
and ten select men, ritbCaptain Walker
of 'ie Rangers, irat crossed the river with
rdersto 'asgertain- pd t-eport .the- .ndmber
and- position of theenemyif ear t ie..i
.ver. Immediately after Lieutenant Hays
tiad cpwsed; the Banjk companies of the 3d,
.4th and 6tly h fsntri, were.aiirdwn peross.,
commanded by. Oaptamr'Buchanan,. and
Captain Larned.. After these commands
had crossed, Capt. Smithof the Artillery
battalion, erosed ''with t&Od companies,
followed bf Oaft.,Ker's sntiadrdn'.of ii
goons. A fter this force had crossed..Ridge
ly's artillefy, as. dismounted. pAd taken
overti par.,:la ie mean tpme,. the In
fantry already 'over,,,had, advanced, and
ocupied a b eesc ca4ting tbhe cross
in ; after caupiing 'his , jpositijon some
-tzed hours, a civil de pntation from Mata
romos presested;.itielf, ~requeyting to see
General' Tiftor. 'The dopptuation was
sent over the river, in charge of'an o~iUder,
to meet the Genegil, awho had not 'thon
drossed. Th''j'a of th'e'deputation,
was to.inf'orm~ die comrinning General of
~th.Anericanf' rees~ that General Arista
and the plexjan troops, had neindone,d
Matamoros, together with his sick, and
*vunded, and wishing to know. from pen.
Tav..pr, vhat treatnye5nt .tbe esyn~h .ext
pect ;frpm' him.' Genet at Tayl[or tlnding
onp jaciiry, .that this report was true, or
dered'that portiedsi the American forces
tihail pot cro.ssed ihe river, 'to return to
Fhbi Byown and cross there. Gen. Taylor
imodiate~y despatched a stall' officer -to
the prefect to d'ensi a surrendet, and.to
comei to him to' confer on the subject.
General Taylor informed the prefect that
the ucivil and religions rights of the citizens,
would be sacredly respected. While~ bis
w as going forward, the.Dragoonsiser
Captain Ker, passed below whiere :they
had landed, aud raised -upon the wall.. of
Fort Paredes, 'Te.Star Spangled perti
ner.'
The different reginients already on.te
Wst~siII5 oftthe RioGr nde, were miarch.
ed' to, th'eir riespeitlv placees of enc ampi
mnt,-without noise pr disorder, save when
the flag of our cotantry. was .mexpiecedly
ses. w vidg frotgr ort ?areies ; diesi
IinWilfen gave wsy .to fielmng, .and amne
hearty cheers rent thie'air, and announced
thei occupation of M1alamoros by Ame'
cstroopr. - -m
.'That-evening s sal'IPN (
'ihd in-Matamoros,' tkee'aho :esce,
I 4trooN -ezdpt une :condinnhet
tihte 'i.itd tt, The civil and ruligiont
rights of the citisens were gpgranted,.nd
the Matamorians..alept..seoire nipr the
proteCtion of' .the'Amerea'' QO's0 ,onet
.a Loon ever denied.to ihem.by theirpw.w
A gloom was thrown over'the brilliang
events qo ikis,. day by a mos P forinte
accident Lieut. George Stean.. a glad=
uate of West,Pqjnt, i'r I4%.qmttr pSpm
ising ofne, in the second DragoquA was
swept-by the swift current from h esrse
while crossing the.river.at.th.thqad o( his
:cognatand, 'Ie had distingui1qd.$ eif
on; the hrilliant ' day. of the 8 9t,
and his untimely. d~eth..w.qse un ver' Ily
'amested.. 1s. friends, tw'q4ayaftbe
as drtd.d la the.; melencholy dabs
faction of recovering his body and' givin
it the ceremoqips of a soldier's bura(.
From the Worfo1l:'jIerald, Julj
LATEi AND N'ItFRBSTIN FSQ
- ., ,, TAMPJCO. .* .-,
We.have been pplitejy fasvoredw tA-the
following extract of.a letter ipgely e' by a
gentleman in this city, dated .
. , L. . S. Snip* ST. MAar's,.
Off Tm'rnico, June 13, x846,.
The wargro'a ace. Qn thie,8; j.
we discovered'he eneipy e.retipg another
fort on, the Nor.rii i ef.thqLsranc .p Ote
,river, and at ,'.'cck .' 1., W,.' ot t e
.ship syn4erweig l udder topsail, as jn
and shagu wthl j .. nile of,.li91 and
gunboats, the latter three an numbir .'nd
tonnage abou.t ope.hqndred, oqppd p.Ore
uipon both-e Beingona lee sphor 2q. in
shoal wiater, we were not ableio Ore more
tia.eight shdt,.berdre ii. .ocamesebpsa
-7.to.claw oF, whieh we.didbnt.,t3
o'elock,. returned. apsl pqitge ' ang
inotil we, hal fired 70 shelf d s'pad
srlid.shot .Jal.last rancootaetheeae
my.. re~trned; our fia:, ;with abput. tea a't
frum. 1-pound guns, fepqp pf.WJaic ud
geae us, ,tp. jll. i r~y - ors
~oi;r nate pis l'-etween e Pre and
main-top-masts..aqd oneoover.sle iorp the
others fell at a distance.. . ;.
The fr~t allell ahe oursI ve ort.
Hood, thbe whole of theg#.tgjui ate:,
lj tob wod.. ;One sfoy . b p -
.between.one of the 'sthooner's- ad
lgded'beyond her, A
k the' wepriat nd
ex*pa ip ei:a he ,a. te
fort on gua,.by'"ihebrnqj4 jier
.s d.excebsig.his rdaket. ',
.tp ugn his'v abhle prson n.g
.ei:the party, from their embiy .trt, we
W t d oge to a h --;Aht past
three ..- - c
-ie .aere not satised,;. er wit
this epga nepett. for, yeut pda wepr
jqcted aplan lor.cuttigpuz unboats
goo, accordingly, ai.da ,' hjistd out alt
boats, ri6i ed .le9e thei. j84c'aing a
nine-pounder i6 th. },@ ato 10 .2 a
clopci, P. M., got underwei~K .ria brought.' -
;he.ship nearer the.shore, 'one and i
i . it, taes a lodger timeo'
4escni'e the mnutja..o biia affair than 1
can devote to it nowr , |1h.a:desired to
,pake the a eck before ife moon rose, but
.could no. .. .'it I o'lockale as lifting
her head 'above. the bepizoq, hn our Ave
boats left theship, eWrj tbz havin'gbeer
previpusly arrangedb llr gant capt..
Mind you,.we not oPly 11h6 ahdifcilc
of capiurig three heavy gunboats, with
thirty Qr mora gen.in each. nod to quell a
.frt. of: whctb we lad to passarithin fit'j - -
yards. but there was a dangerous bar to be
crossed, but, fratto be fpm We pulled
into the shore with u A ed - re, literally
feedng our way,.-for .t.-oie time we would
be quite .n the ,lropIcert, .an then too'fa
sea-ward, with a st'n-ite .ath sai a
bright moon abey.ps, everj thing iseeinin
to conspire against ou'r daritig expedition.
In seeking our wyY tp .the month ofth
river, we were pbjigedFG -liss near the
shore fora 4lt sc f2O-yards, ad 'he
noise consequent q4Pon ih'dilicukt o 6
findiug our way tthro ghi 'asaagof whid
- n ea to the sen
mumtca .,te .~icen glent,.aqd it
that, un paswatching
- aesr~ 'iseer t about
qbtraniceto1he n~fof . the rive,. and
were pullig tn hpg jiithin two 'hun
di-ed gards of the (org, nbar 'which we had
to pass,'muchto orspfs.~ as you'may.
imagine, bang ! Went a, dozen muskets,
and tlag batlspe:ed ,Notu our eai's. We
laid on our oars, and, in fAve m'inu~tesafe
the firing of muskets comm'itced, the-pa
in, the latyneb as raiar'-ad "let drive."
A gun rathhe eJjddrane of the gu
bosta suceedd is th b
elear Mosf iid ',ta--j the launc was
Icoaded and, Grqd pii when the firing
aishore ceased, .Ter 1e also find froC
Awethot time d-e hassea-ch
aned after gettin 'we .should a ve
beqen oblig '.g tleast 300 yards
beore c~oftheupeditlon.:
9 ene, ,,4dig on the alet
and with supagor ( tR would hiave boea.
almost mae ff.4 1.d Nad she objoi
wold; nu e~q pbited for ihezc see
paopaswa
not wii . eotto idfhehoag
un snlejflie so thi at egu tinsw
q.erahedu i forea a ftforejv
carte e lb~I- ia~. shi
with us, am.g t.w~i rab~bs