Farmers' gazette, and Cheraw advertiser. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1839-1843, January 26, 1842, Image 3
iitQtl i/?e counter to aemat the clerks in .taking
i? their paper. *
A large nu?n!?er of citizens Irave vo?pnt*ered
V U guard the city to night. Several of the
rm 'tenders of the mob :r.ive been arreted, j
. ani we hope there w li be no d sturbance 0
durng the nigut. h
P. d.?Since writing ihe *b>ve we hear n
there were upwards of of money in <|
^the vault of the Afanii Bank #218,(HK) of
/ ihis was in tlnrir ownucttes?51,261 in specie,
and tho balance in paper of ether banks, a I of
' which was taken. Four persons have been
arrowed, upon whom were found ^4,000, l
, tome of which wn in bankable paper, the ^
balance io their own paper.
.From the tunic Paper. "
Tat Mom.?Thtt w Jd spirit of disorder <j
< Which prevails uw?re or less over our ccun.
try must be stayed. It is idle to palter 4]
with it longer. It is worse than idle to ^
*.?*? !i ft* mnv r>tn?e It must be re.
VT"'" " ?v 7 ' i. | a
' v. baked?crushed?even {if human blood ;
be abed to edict it. Better tlial than
anarchy. ..
The bite outrage must Ke humiliating "
iocv^ry good citizen. In broad sun light *
y*nd tn the very thickest throng of buntftss, 11
- a bbob wot allowed to ride, supreme for a *
tcholt day ! Havoc wis made ??T property p
before our eyes, good citizens rudely ueiz*
; eci nod threatened, and yet the civil an- c
jthortily was not strong enough o arrest ^
. .'it* progress ! That authority was silent, v
stout-hearted ahlc-bdtlied men looked k
as if they were palsied. fi
'File re are citizens who excuse this .
H itiuh. "Look, say they, at thejascalitv )}
of those money shavers ; see how they [
'have swindled the community: they
Ijfeitthis punishment." Beit so. No 0
think less of this ciass than we ?
<i<H and none have labored harder than ?
1 U*tn dnwrr. Kul. hntl ns thnv
nmi mischievous, nay, ruinous as [j
ffbe traction has Ix-on to hundreds and ^
?-'?<indreds of honest men, ovon this doos . '
justify this outbreak. It '
< ianflotker foul i?!ot u;hvi tbo city's char- j
*' ac'ef that it- was toleratcul. ,
^Where, besides, in this to end f ; What is j ^
, to ch?ck thfofoob tewUncy among us? The . tl
itetigHoi spirit which se^ka to gratify Jt^el f by ' r,
Violating the 1**' for a justifiable cause, -'S thi* I OJ
. J is termed, to day. may tlnso for an unjustifiable
to tmrrroir. It iathe .ir?k step wlucii
' atifotf. if we tolerate that others * ill l?c taken,
y and the gutted appearance of the i leg al shav^* I
ers shop ? now,-will *i:np.'y servo to shadow :l
forth what is to S? J he ?>*i I;ti >n h-rraflir of J ill
r?Ur fogaitzed institutions and private dve I- ' j,
.trigs. VVem s' e.ruah dnt spirit ? oat it out ; f.
?- "** . t/J i ! n. , uiKitnv if ufrt - W):j|J-i*
1"^. mw rw c ?VIIUI\i UK. I llfvt'^1 T ??% ? * - ?
. .piweeife hfeor properly-tro>n ir? <yra*o. |ul
r^^Dnt it ta c!e?r, ouiwr from ttr.nt of p uver nl
gk". or i-tfi leucy t r werhAps th ?.t rh? c?v?I
^^^Rtarltor ty i? nut Kirotig en-vii^h te cpitM popn>?
"t hi" morn iug^*0/1he IT.h 'instaM.l \ r'
crowd coiti ot^d and !>r?kc into the office
Joi! Lo:ig.-*c & On. in tho latter oit\. which
I .gutted, and proceeding to demolish, ?,j
when Mr. Turner, the cay marshal, urnv. 1 I
i- ' ed, w<?i mil) the room, nad, with the aid I
i>f:i lew citizens, soon cleared it, and re- Hl
.- elided s*>me degree of quwt. It is sup- |jl
'posed that the ir&^.cannot tve groat, n* j I
morning been removed from the ? n
v J?niliUng, whirl) probably w.?u)d not have I "
ns.?w?lf(i it'it had iwon opened at the c
Uauai hour for b?w?iie.<?. n
11
.' - - -,"? " -?* , '_ .??? '
WAIVK. J
We have received the mesvngo of(?Wrrnor
Fmrrteij, (ran .-..'if i n:i the 7:/? ' ()j
ifisf. It is fommemlably brief, equal to j pi
-tfhrmt a column and a half; and in- : c'
no variety of topics. Fust '
the Governor touchy upon- the debt *fj,n
, |he fit.tte, wh ch amounts, not including;1*
ihe fndrnn and school funds to $1,700,. ^
<HK); a considerable portion of which has Uj
arisen from the neglect, for several years w
to foy a tax for the sup}?0rt of the Govern- ^
wwnt, under the idea that enough would y,
i>e realized from the sale of public lands, ; ii
Other causes have beon the large sum* i
}>aid as bounty for raising wheat, and the j J.
heavy expense attending the boundary "" a<
The Governor recommends 'J1
economy and vigorous measures to pay
' 0e expressf* a hope that the distrihu- u
h'ea act will not long he permitted to |
mflEHOSlu llta atutdtA kniit ?* nri PPPIIin .
P o?mmv uv-r| mhw vw?r- t
etions to the Maine Sena. )'
Nw?? to vote for its repeal, ^
>e jfte*n time the state re. t*
te her portion of the mon. ru
(arther restrictions on the ^
fe prohibition of small hills ??j
revisions to prevent frauds ai
^r'
^~ ^H^ii ti' <UA 5K fT i^ ~ ~ |^
WEDNlSSiMY, January '88, 1S42. \'y<
! ((
The countenance given mo generally
y the Democratic press to the repudiation P'
t her debts by Mississippi, seems to have
ad little or no effect upon the great hody ?
f the party;?particularly in the old sr
it t^s, where the doctrine of repudiation
neets with little favor from any party. . ^
... ! cr
A meeting of the Democratic members of
K?? Ifiricln r?irp of Kentucky, which was j j*'
"v ' i y%
itended also by oilier Democrat?, have nom.
lated Col. R. AL Jam?3ont late Vice Presi.
ent, as a candidate for the Presidency. g
Rkodb Inland.?The suffrage" Conren- .
ion of Rhode Island met again at Providence
n the 12th instant, to count the votes on the
uestion of adopting or rejecting the cmistitu. P
ion lately proposed by the same convention d
a the people of the state. A majority of the
tale inhabitants of the state ov.er 21 years of p
ge (hut how large a majority is not stated p
n the recount before us) voted for the consti- c
ution. The convention adopted the following 11
ireamble arid resolutions: 11
* Whereas, it satisfactorily appears that the
itizens of this slute, in their original and
overeign capacity, have ratified and adopted
aid constitution, by a large majority; and
lie will of the people, thus decisively inade
nown, ought to bo implicitly obeyed, and f,
ii.lifully exi cu'ed ; and we do tlierefo'd 0
Resolve and Declare, That said Constitil- fl.
on rightfully ought to b? and i# the paramount '
i\v and Constitution ot the State of Rhode ?
daiid and Providence Plantations. Vl
And we do further Resolve and Declare, for ?
urselves, and in behalf of the People whom ir
re represent, that we wilfestablisn such Con- $
titu'.ion, and sustain and defend the same by
il necessary means." - V . >.
The convention also determined upon issu- p<
>g a proclamation for the election of delegates in
y popular vote, to meet on the 10th February it
>r the purpose of nominating candidates lor a
ie offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor >c
w. the election for these officers to take
lacc in April. It does not yet appear whether
ie present organic government under the (j
?yal clurt'er will acquiesce in this proceeding
ruoL< ' " cf
KKiTfCTS OF UUACKRUY,
Wo, some months since, publislved ^
u evlruct from statistical reports con.
cusod f?y by Or. Cnrtwriglit of New Or.
:a:is, shewing the great increase of nrior.
iJ.iy <** trial city caused ny ttieex tension <
[\pi ickery. especially I)/ Thf?r?.}isi?ni;tn l(J
until docU)rs. Dr. Thomas-Al.-Logan, ()
T Charleston, published an address last fri
par, delivered in May,to (he "Charleston o|
iVrcntiecs .Society," Which embraces iw
\uyr inslfuciivo statistics she vying a }>e
uidnr result. ' Or-, Logan jiaif published r>'
? a. paper in the SmiUifefli t?itcrn- <:<1
Joui-ml, shewing the health fulness of >Vi
hi^rteston, and boasting of the Amnllness
f tbenujnHer of deaths in the city com
ifetj with other c?ttes. Sultsoq.ieutly to
lat time the State Legislature modified '
in law of IS 17 to prohibit q tankers, by tj,
'pealing the clause which punished M}|
flacks by fine and iniprisornent Tor re. |?
firing fees. Although they can rait yet rrj
scovi'f tees by law, rectivihg a fee is or
ot now an oifence.punishable by iiidurt- w
lenr. Tne consequence has been, ac q'
ording to the statement of Dr. Logan, l',1
great, increase of quackery among the ^
udtifarious population of Charleston,.
'lie result, we let l>r. L. state ui Ins own j ^
ortls, a> follows . j 1
* U was in 1836, jnsl before Uie nppmranoe pj
f tile cl?i;l> ra,?n disease which forms an im- j y
>rtmit page in i bo history of the world, not *. j
in mortality by the Black Do it h of the v
lib century,?I say, it wu? just b fore the op- |
tunnce of the cholera in Clinrlfhton, tliat we { tu
t ide known two results ol o ir observations, at. { ^](
s'.ing the salubrity of our city, and its rank in r
lint e^ inort&lit/ with the healthiest oitiea In
1*3 wiitl t; Our calculations were then brought
p to 1836, when 1172 douths, 39s of which''-ec
em bv cholera, yielding a proportion of nrurty j)f
in 23 inhibit nits, ocoured. This unprece- .
uited mortality ought to ronib r 1836 an isolated *"
ar, apart fi oiualJ connected c ui .? of calcula. in
onf alld C donated reasoning;; anil VW ihftil
utref.irc pass i} by with one rdmniki 'there- ' ija
>ro?er? commenced their operations from, this "
tlo.' Four years have elapsed since then, o|
id we iuve now some d,.ta on which to. base ec
i?f computations. The aggregite number of
iaths wnich have occured since empirics div?.
id the practice of medicine with the r? got#r '
In*?iici;us in the last fun vears. '1637. '33 '39
' ?<> A~ i ' J " V(
0, amomt to 3100; giving an average rtnuutl i ,
lortnliiy of 825, or I in 36 iuhaVitant* per T"
nam While the aggregate number tor' the "i
ur preceding yearn, (orautmg tb36, the Cholera Im
;ar,) ytz ; 1835, '3>i, '33, '32, ia only 2453 VJ
rath* yielding a proportion 614 jwr annum, or. " ?
to 49. Tint* |f we deduct the aggregate num.
>r of death* previous to l?36, tint year memo. d<
hie for the invasion of the Botanicals, from the U|
rgrcgnito number since tliut period, we will find
idt the reformation in the practice of medicine ??
is reformed in four years no teas than 428 pi
iui* out of existence, or 2104 0,1 "I average per {f,
mum. And let it be remarked hero, too, that V
is t* but a very moderate estimate of die in- *
cased amount- of proportionate mortality for vi
iB. f?#t four yeafs, inasmuch as the imputation j):
'Charlestmt 1pm h'mn sensibly diminishing for
ftm?l years pant,* the last comms allows a popn.
'.ion of buf 29,963, vvhflst our c? euhtinna are . d
*ed up.ii the uid compulation pf 3V&9 in- in
The average number of 4catha for four ii;
- ? " - ' - ? ...i - 1 l.v ..in.r.tmrir eiMtO ?/
HJP9M yenrsf wHiic , ^
unishuble by tine and imprisonment was ir
ftly f m ; vvherons, during foqr yu#rs At
^ck^ur^U was ?300^ bo trig nnin create .?
Bar/ waging to woe ??Jter 'mVllg; I;
&hMHI
jsult: During the for ner ppri/kf of four br<
mr* the nvehig&fruniher of ijoathsper ire
par was 348; but during the latter peri- ati
1, it was '373, being uh iocrea?e of all
24, or*just one thud. <>f?
nt, an end to steaming rtndjrcd pepper
leiaata in tlits part of tbe*cuiuitry.-- ati
s , " . r 't. % ,
fatuties like the above must dp the wc
r r i
ime thmg in ofher places." * ^^ . cn
: ?-?? ; ' ph
The New York Sun states a* a rdttior that
le steamer Mississippi, which the GoVeVn* j)0
lentio now hullding for the navy ir about to
rove.a failure froin some error iu the ship Mh,
* ^ 1 f *^ ? /j i *? i >* ?
ngbt. . de
' " ' - i - ** ~ '?"|1 I " * jj /
Mr. Lien Banks, late 4 members/ jCbit-- ,,y
rt*? from Virginia, was thrown fffca^hi* > orseaod
drowned, oil the 14th whilst ?!? ?* fQj
ig Conway river. . c >:
? - ~ ' * r : >(hi>
The Washington;correspondent of; 4n?* "J
Ie*v Y*?rK Courier ?fc Enquirer, pndcf
?te of Jan, 10th? writes n$ folldws: . .
" A few weeks, si nee; the President eXr
rawed to Mr. Pendleton* (recently ap... **
ninscd Charge d' VfTaires to Chiii,^ his |<M
unviction that he was in possession of 30
he greatest personal .popularity of.any M
ode virtual that has lived in this country m!
ince. the day* of Gen. Washington* e
CONGRESS. t?
Senate. tw
The debate on the motion of Mr. Tall* sej
inlge to refer the report ?>' the Secretary uu'
fc the Treasury on the Exchequer,- 10 a ah
H-cial committee was brought co'ti bMe cr<
n the l?3th January, and the motion*p.^-^
ailed by a unanimous vote. The fob ^
iwing are tlie committee: Messrs. Tail* ^
ladge, Preston, Bates Walker, Evuns,
lemck, Young, White and Rives. 11
Much of* the time of the Senate, has
sen spent in.receiving and disposing of ex*
etition*on the subject of the Bankrupt c?'
;W ; the greater number of them against pri
s repeal, a few in favor of its repeal, and dej
few others in favoi of so amending it as- for
> embrace corporations. A number of ]
rivate and unimportant bills have been 0J
:ted on. On motion of Mr. Clay,, his ,lH (
solutions proposing amendments to .the re;
onstitution were postponed to the *24jh- ?
On (lie 19th. Mr, Evans, of Maine, ? .
v * oil I
tiled up tue Treasury note bill from tbe
[on*Yand made a speech in its favor,
he debate was to be continued the next ,
.* % y i
'-V- ' : <fe
flou^k of Representatives.. ,
In the House altera most violent itnt^* j**
ie a bill was passed on the 17:h t??;epal ,c
o Bankrupt iM?t, by ?i vote of 121/tothl. !
a lite 14th a petition was presented ^
am Kentucky praying an amendment
tiie Bankrupt act to include corpora- j of
ms, and Mr. Briggs jnoved to refer the ; eiti
tition to th$ committee on the Jadiciu- J wo
with instructions to report a hill in j livi
mformity with its prayer. This motion j dor
is hwt, (in the lTifii, by a vote ??t* IOT tc?' (j0
I. A petition was then presented pray- [ cnf
g for the rcpe.il of the Bankrupt act. .
id Mr. "iJhvd moved to refer it to the ?
. ." .ms
me'eorrtirHltee with instructions to fe- r
>rta hill that-day at 12 o'clock to repeal ^
e /Bankrupt act. The motion was
piin amended by substituting insfantrr Jtl,e
r 12. oY.ibek ; and after much debute,
.?ch e\( itcinent, and a great deal ofdis. ^
dcr and confusion, it was linalfy passed
i the 16th, with the aid of the previous gnn
lestion. A bill , was reported in con- . *
rmity with the instructions which phased the
ie next'day ns stated above. _
Many of those who voted for the B?f
the extra session voted against it now.
he reason assigned by them fof the tJie
lange is that thev Voted for it undertfl^10
orniso of their Whig friend* from the** '|
orth and Bast to offer such amendments :lha
the* beginning of the present session r**P
i should, change its objectionable feif
iresj ;but inasmuch as this was not
>he% they now vo;cd for the repeal of (\
' ' ' r A > - . .
e feel
Oil the 18th. Mr. J._R, Ingcrsoll offer*
IS* petition against the repeal of the,n v?,
ifikrupt law, and moved to refer it to the 'L, ^
idiciary Committee with instructions to
iqutre into the. expediency of reporting ;'f pf
bill to establish a uniform sysfenf dffj
irikruolcv. correcting the imperfection^.
' ilio act of 1841. T?8 nation.prevail-' ?* !j
I by a vote of 83 to .50;* . * ^
' ~ r " . jr?
REPUDIATION IN PENNSYLVANIA. ffV<
In the-Senate of this State, Mr. Mc rP0Q
anahan reported an able document gn ^
e subject of repudiation, accompanied the
f the following resolutions, which were I me
lanimou iy adopted. -Mf*
Resolved, That the Senate reject the
ctrihe of repudiating the State debt, as
^constitution, Jmtnoral, and subversive of
'the fundamental principles of ^>ur- re-/ nei
iblican system of Iiovernment; anyd]?^
lat they will maintain the credit of the I
j u.. i.; I ._
mic misumt n? (iv matting auetjuuiv p?'?* Ry
sion to meet all hep. engagemonts with"
(Mii|>titiule and punctuality. ita
Resolved, That we sHlertain the fullest
jn.idence in tho citizens of this Com- ,
onwealth, that they will honestly and
ithfilily discharge all the liabilities of
10 Government -r and that they will pro.
irys the credit of the State inviolate and RfIi
iviol?b|o. ; , ha'
J ft the Il^we of Representative? of the ,bt
mi ! Sfalej^r. ^Vrtjrht reported thefol- -wing
rcsolutwhich wore zhoyrA p
tVA he v\fn l ?X?\/\rl> < fxi': v
:ns is legitimately the subject
on- for the firli ami entire pavmeui^f
just demands, orr the TrcbisuVy'thtire-' " '
- "" >';> '*{' /1
.
Resolved, That the ilhClrine of repudioiiof
tl>e liabilities of-the Coinmoninllh
is obnoxious in its tendencies, nmf
Iculated to be destructive nf the free
inci pies'on which the Government is.
aed; and that every good citizen h
und by all moral as well as legal con.
Iterations to cheferfutlycootriliute his
fire towards the liquidation of the State
bt.
REPUDIATION IJf EKNTUCK*.
Thb'voije ol Kentucky is heard in the
lowing preamble resolutions which I
tr? offered in the Senate of that State
rMcr.|jtight*. , K/?ry ' meinlMr who
is in his place voted for them.' In this
te? the jioint of union betwe-Vn Ken.
cky Whigs and Kentucky Democrats is
t forth in liold relief. It is a tnitftial
re n? justice, of honor, and fair dealing
twoen mun and man. It is the univerI
prevalence of this principle that has
tde Kentucky what/elk* is, and that will
cp hei no.?Commonwealth.
VVhnrnaa the question of the repudiain
of State debts has recently been en.
rtnined, to some extent, in different
stions of the (Jnion, and has become a
bject of discussion in the public journ.
i ; and whereat, by reason thereof, the
idit of Stale*, even those in which the
sa if tho repudiation of debt* is, itself,
.countenanced and repudiated, may
ior unjustly in the estimation of tho
izeus of foreign nations With which
s country" holds relations of amity and
ensive commercial 'inferchftrsn-wfiose
itinued cdutidence it should be. our.
da, as it is our duty, as a free aud i"jciident
Stale to maintain j 'ttmreL,
Resolved by the General Assembly
the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Tbut ii
[he highland sacred duty of a sorfegn
Stale to observe the obligations of
xl fuith in all hpr engagement^ not
ly. with her own citizens, but equally
I alike with tlioso of o her States an.!
intries.
Resolved, That the desperate ex pent
of throwing ofF State obligations in
y cas by failing ?o provide, as far as
Nilrie, Cr>r the prompt payment of puba-Ut
r.,,i h' it?'!ni#?^ ractcd ?irulm
?ififthorsty "flaw, is abhorrent Ixith
; tiovermnenl and the People of Hit*
inmonwralth, a id can never, directly
indirectly, receive the countenanceot
her : that such conduct would he -un.
rthy the enlightened age in which wo
?, shocking to the sense of' christenri,"
a lasting reproach to Republican
vcrmni'iit, and a stain on 'the Ainori.
i name.
I. Resolved, Teat copies of the forego;
praambkr and resolutions Ik? transmittied
bv the Governor to tho President
the United Stales, the Executives o}'
( several States, and our Senators and
preventative!* in Congress.
lepudiotinn.?-The January numbei ofthe
mocrattc Review bold* the following Jan*
[ge with reference to r'isidi ?'ion;
The Af.jwJssippi Bonds muhtbe paid? To
la^t dollar, the l-mi cent, the U?t mi'l,
ry pledge of the public hmh, whether by
collective whole of our ginriops Uifisi, or
a ?y one of i?8 constituent parts, must be
lorahJy redeemed, be tho consequence, be
Coat, what they miy. Re juvu'co done,
r.n ?
"X" lilt: in lunicnk ixm.
I'liat aounds well; especially, considering !
t attempt! have been made to place the .
udiating n??tion8ofMississippi oh*-ratlter
ter foundation than thorn* or some other
ijd bo di*hoin?t States. Bui now we
I the Democratic Review holding thi? hind,
anguage. we tnay hope for a belter euie of '
mgs?V. 8. Ga%.
CuAKLitrros Jan 17.
Vereceived by the Br. brig Czar, Capt.
ver, the Dumarara Qnzette of 3t)tb uir.
n which we extract the following:
um the Georgetown (Dein irara) <5 xette.}
imAica papers to the 10;h instant, have
ched us by the arrival yeaterday morning
(;e Steamer Firefly. .
Die account! given in these journal! of the
met* which atprefent ravage# that island,
. moat melancholy. Scaret and yellow
>ri? carrying offyoinrg and old, rich and
r, throughout ail part! of the land, with an
rulfearfultieM. The Gazette of the'doth,
rrtti, says;?ft i? heart rending to wi ne#!l-j
_* a. 1 ,kA
nunioer 01 iuut?r?ti protcMiww, ?nu mc
lancholy appearance which is manifest in
face "of almost every person whom we
et in the streets, who, with very few very
options, has either lost some near and dear
alive, or has some one then on the verge
death. The - mortality of this year has
rer been cqtui'ed, it is taid, in the memory
die oldest inhabitants.
Before^tte revolution in Spnin, the
mber of ecclesiastics there was nearly
pillion, or about one to every ten inhab.
nfr: i
?
Loxo tlFK OS UU4KKBS.
Of one hundred Quaker* burled Jb
lester, England, the average nge was
while one hundred of various dehorn,
itrons buried at the snme place, and
t remnrkable for anv svstert of rcsutfr
?
l)iC a?er;jg?d only 25 year? and two
of the vessel* of ^Exploring Expedf..
fton, was lost off* ihfc fimuth ?ft!he Coltimr
hii rtver on the ISlii of July fast. Gef
officers and orev. the chronometer
charts, <kc. wAre all saved. ft-was diu
peeled that the hrijf Thwas H' Ppfhmi
would either be bought or chaffered for:
the conveyance home of the crew of the
Peacock.
On thedfh of October hut the Representatives
appointed by General Santa
Anna, two from each Department of the
ItejHibltc, mot a nd chose him President of
the Mexican ICfpii fi . 'Pli^.nn^t day he
took the oath of office in the Hall of the
Chamber of Deputies.
The Provisional President had. by'
prpchmatioti. convoked the Constituent
Assembly for the first of June next.
The Diario del Gobiernbsjf the l6tlfof
October contains an official letter, da ed
Atonelisco. 221 of'September., from Gfti
ncral Manuel Armijo, the Co.nman laut
General of Near- Mexico, giving an account
of Jhe capture of the vanguard of
the Texian expedition to Santa Ft% j??
Gejternl states that intelligence of the
approach ;>f the Texian* wh* communj.
cated to him by an Italian and a Nhw
Mexican, who were with the expeditf8p?
hut "who. fled from rt in advance for thai
purpose. That on the 17th of-Scpiemhee
the party of one hundred dragoon* utictet'
Cook surrendered at discretion, and,
were deprived uf their arms and clothing,
which Gen. Annljo distributed among hi*
own companions in arms. That tho intcrpreter
had been net at liberty on account
of his good behavior, but that the
other prisoners were on their way towards
Mexico under an escort.
The sartie paper of tlte iSthLof October
publishes President Lamar's Prodh
mation Jo tiie citizens of Santa Fe, one*};
th* papers found upbnther Tcxian prisoners.
The proclamation is accom pariied
by a culnmeiitary front the Editor of the
paper.
Subsequent nutnhers of the same jour,
mil contain tho other documents foun,d
upon the T xians.
The number for the 2t'li v?f? Oetohcj
stales that President Ui ;t Aomi ha.i
directed a Cross of |>erM?!iaf -distinctiveto
he umpired at tiie puidie expanse; fvA
ml i/i. tvilh tli;r frt'lflttillft 'Ui,
urciitsftf* *? r r ?^ .
ncription; ??H * <nved in .N w M. vico
Ittie integrity <d th? national te rnary "
|\? the c n-1^ officer-., and troops wh?
;),iriook in the capture of the Te-.:a i v^n.
guard was also .1,vTin!e.i thd privilege <y
wearing upon their teli ?rrn a shield, i;:
which, on .1 green ground* *as-to he see:":
.1 national eagle w;ih outstretched
wings, bound with gold <:<>ni lor tin
chiefs and officers, and with yellhw^ilf
for the o her tr?>o|M, the J??HoWio? inscription
appearing on theground v( tn^
shields ol" bojti: f'ltrepidity aT?d valor
mi defence of the Mexican territory."
An official letter to the Secretary of
War from Fmticiaco (Jr. Co tide, Com.
natidnnt ftwteral'of the Department of
Chihuahua, dated at that place on on t^e*26
h of October, announces the nrrittif
of 90 Texiau prisoners there the day be.
fore, and that, for want of means to rnip-.
port them, they w*uld rest thr re o ;lv two
days* when thry would bo coidu ted to
the border of tiic Department of Duran.
go.
Another letter to ti e same from the
same person, dated the 5th of November,
give* an account of the capture of th?
rest of the IVxiun expedition at Lnk
Colorado by Luuit. Col. Don Juan A'tires
Archuleta, at the hendoj' 2-iO men.
A report of the Secretary of AVap, dated
the 11th of Xoveiiiher, *is published,
recommending at or ma I campaign agaifugt
Texas, and stating the quota* of tronpwhich
thcaevr.ral Department* were Co
contribute for the purpose of recruiting;
thenrmv.
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Robbery ofihe Western Mail.? -The
great Western Mail, which loft Pbilaifj.
phia o >Saturday night 8ih inst , at 12
o'el.H k. carrying the m?iU for Laneniter,
Harrisburj, Ctambersburg, Putabiir^
&c. was robbed in the car while on* the.
Viray between lliat city and Lancaster.
The Harrishurg mail wns the only one
that escaped. The mail was a large one,
and it is feared contained valuable remittances.
The robbery was effected
loy wrencning.ine ioc? irotn iue ooof ?r
the car in which the mail wa?
carried, ami culling open (he bng*. ft is
supposed I he robbery wna camrmfterf
after (he departure of the latin from the
head of the Inclined Plane.
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