The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, February 02, 1842, Image 2
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From the Charleston Mercury, |
TWENTY FOUR DAYS LATER FROM;
EUROPE.
We are indebted to the New York Herald and 1 a
Sun for Extras containing tho following sum- a
inary of new? by the Btitannia. ! t
"Lord Ashburton was appointed on a ppecial l r
mission to settle the Boundary Question, also : j
to arrange the important question of the right of j r
6earch. We understand that this distinguished | f
statesman, formerly Alexander Baring, of the j r
great house of Baring &.Co., and has a vital t
? :?tK? twtarahle relations of 11
jmerest m ..... r.
Great Britain and the United States. He has j <
also a vital interest in the preservation of the I
credit of iho States?and raising the depressed : j
American securities to the former elevated i
condition, I
? We conceive thia news highly important.? j
The efforts of England to preserve the peace of
the country, and to settle amicably all dilferon- i
. ces, are praiseworthy in the extreme. ( 1
The news to our cotton dealers aud flour (
merchants, is also favorable. i
There was some improvement in the general
6tatc of the Money Market, although gre-1 excitement
existed in relation to the state of afFairs
on this side of the water. The house of
Nicholson & Co. had failed, the leading houses
however still stood firm. Lord Ashburton'f. intended
vipit to this country is to look after the
interests of those interested in American property,
himself and house being among the most
deeply involved in American securities upon
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London 'change. He is said to be cnarguu >viu?
a proposition by which an arrangement may be
made to relieve the stock market from its present
embarrassed position, and consequently
to lighten up the markets generally. Notwithstanding
recent transactions here, the best feeling
seems to exist on that side.
Mr. Motley, Jr. is the bearer of despatches
to our government, from Mr. Everett, American
Minister at London.
From the London Morning Chronicle.
SPECIAL MISSION TO TIIE UNITED
STATES.
Lord Ashburton's appointment has been favorably
received in commercial circles, and
given a tone of confidence to the holders of
6tate stocks. His lordship's appointment will be
acceptable to the Americans, as the Messrs.
> Baring have been for many years most extensively
engaged in Aineican affairs, and in fact,
the agents of the American government in
monetary operations. His lordship is besides
a citizen of the great republic, and one of the
largest landed proprietors, too, in the State of
Pennsylvania. His talents as a man of busi
?
iiess arc wcji auuniu
From the Times.
It gives us ranch pleasure to announce,
that the Right Hon. Lord Ashburton, at the request
of her Majesty's government, is about to
proceed to the United States on a special mis- ,
- sion, with the object of settling all existing dif- .
ferences between that country and our own.? .
His Lorship, who will sail iu a few weeks, had ]
'* been asked to undertake tliia ooh-ico nnd had ,
consented to do so before the President's Mes- (
* sage had been received, so that the mission in j
. ? question, whatever be its character or results, i
has been had recourse to, wholly 'rre5?ec^p^f
I "y'h'TiT rnntii"J that document. ,
much as the introduction of new elements of irritation
contingent upon further delay, might ^
eventually render an amicable adjustment unat- ,
tainable, and involve both -countries in all the '
horrors of war.
He is one of the largest householders in the
United States, and Lady Ashburton, (late Miss "c
Bingham,) is an American by birth. Well versed
in the history and value of state bonds, and ^
of the peculiar structure of the American Constitution,
he will be able to press upon the attentioa
of the Americans the necessity of punctual
prevision for the public engagements. The
Americans themselves are the greatest sufferers
by the distrust with which their securities
are looked upon, for they are thereby deprived r
of one of their priucipal means of supporting s
their own prosperity, and until their credit be ^
restored, their trade and manufactures must be ^
in a rlnnroccn/l condition. Bllt a SatisfaCtOrV ^
arrangement of their differences with this coun- 11
try is, in the first place, absolutely necessary, n
as a prelude to the future happiness and welfare P
of the Union; and this important object, we v'
trust, will now be accomplished. "
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A Heavy Failure in New York.?The New 1
York Courier says:?"A leading house at the 1
Stock Board, Messrs. McAllister &, Stebbins l|
declared their inability to comply with their en- ^
gagements, to which unfortunate circumstance P
the heavy fall in the stocks of the Western s
States may be attributed. These gentlemen 1
had paid the interest due here on the State debt
of Illinois, which fell due last July, amounting 8
to 8300,000, upon receiving as security from "
the Commissioner in that State, Mr. White- "
sides' Bonds of the State to the amount of 81,- *
500,000, due in 1833, he agreeing to refund the
money advanced upon the 17th inst Failing to n
do this, Messrs. McAllister &. Stebbins became 81
the sacrifice. Mr. Whitesides has exerted him- 8
self to the utmost to prevent this result, but "
unfortunately there was some legal defect in "
thr> nnwers nndpr which he acted, and we need ^
Bcarcely say, that with the experience of the ri
last few weeks before them, capitalists closely P
scrutinize the validity of the powers under P
which Statc_Conimissioncrs act This defect "
cannot be remedied, in less than sixty days, "
otherwise to our certain knowledge, one large
and influential banker stood ready to advance
half the amount required, and the other half "
would have been obtained without difficulty on 8
the Securities held by Mr. Whitesides. Mes- 8
srs. McA. & S. were prevented by an injunction ?
from selling the stock hypothecated with them, "
and they were thus prevented meeting the engagements
they had contacted to preserve the w
faiSx and credit of the State. 4
tl
A Mormon Move.?The "Times and Seasons,' ^
the Mormon paper, published at Nauvo, Illinois, jj
of January 1,1842, contains a proclamation signo/t
uTncnnh Smith. T.ifiiifpnnnt (Innornl nf the
ou ~ ; ? ? ?- u
Nauvoo Legion," directing the Mormons of this tj
State to vote for A. W. Snyder and John Moore, ?
for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, in August
next y
n
Home League.?One has been formed at s
Wheeling. The members swear they will not g
wear an article of foreign monufactures. They
go in for cotton jeans and linsey woolsey. a
'I have been to the tailor's shop, mamma.? tl
What dreadful smart fellows them tailors must b
bo." t;
'What makes you think 60, child!" ( i
"Oh! because they have worked the tope off c
their thimbles all off." *
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Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. t<
Washington, Jan. 22. a
The Committee on the Currency, of the Scnte,
have agreed, it is said, to make a report of v
new project, based upon the plan referred to i
hem. They retain nothing but the Treasury ii
iotes, and these are to be issued on actual de- 1
>osites, to an amount, not exceeding fifteen t
nillions. The control of the board is taken
rom tlio President, by a provision requiring the r
issent of the Senate to any removal of a mem- e
tor of the board. This, however, rests on runor.
The provisions may be somewhat differ- (
:nt from those here stated. t
There is now little probability that the bank* t
rupt bill will be repealed in the Senate, ft is ]
.. \fr. ruth JI
tveu aecenaiiiuu mat, ? ?.
jert, of Geo.. arrive in time to vote lor the re-1 <
peal, it will be lost bv a tic vote.
Mr. Walker, in the Senate, to-day. urged i
the necessity of acting on the repeal bill before i
the 1st of Febriiray, in order to avoid tlie legal '
difficulties which would arise in case the law
should be repealed, after processes were com- J
menced under it But nothing further was done
than to read the bill a second time, no day has
been assigned for talcing it up.
The Treasury Note bill was discussed on its
third reading and finally passed, *21 to 20. Mr.
Calhoun spoke two hours, very correctly, in
favor of retrenching the expenditures of the
government, which had, as he shewed, increased,
in twenty years, three fold?from nine millions
to twenty-six millions, while our'population
had increased only 7.3 per cent. lie underrated
many subjects of reduction and upon the
whigs, who, he said, had come into power on
the faith of promises of retrenchment, to fulfil
their pledges. He made statements shewing
that the navy cost us one-third as much as the
whole expence of maintaining the British navy,
and said, that unless the expense could be so reduced
as to enable us to keep the navy on the
same rate of expense with that of Great Britain,
it would be useless to rely on that source for
defence. He estimated the necessary expenses
of the government at seventeen millions, but
said they could be reduced to fifteen.
Mr. Evans replied, at length, explaining the
manner in which the present expenditures were
forced on the country by the two last adminisr
t rations.
In the House the Select Commtttee, on the
apportionment representatives of reported in favor
of fixing the ratio of representation at
giving 224 members. No one seemed to like
that ratio, end there is 110 prospect that the
House will agree to it. They will not go beyond
60,000. The report was committed to the
Committee of the whole on the. state of the
Union. It will not be finally acted on for at least
three months.
Washington', Jan. 25.
This has been an extraordinary day in the
House. The disorders of the last two or three
days have been succeeded by profound gravity
ind attention. Mr. Adams, by his course, had
almost provoked the House to a state of phrenzy.
He had succeeded in creating much confusion
ind excitement His petition for the dissolution
)f the Union and proposition, for the considcra- |
ion of the subject by a Select Committee, 1
House to some reflection. As Mr.
at wtf&.2 la. rcniarked, they had come to a
contemplate their position. JA
meeting of Southern and Western members, i
from slave holding states, took place last night f
ind this morning, and the result was seen in the
iroceodings of to-day Mr. Thomas T. Marshall 1
)f Ky. was deputed by them to ofTer a resolution ]
jetting forth the views of the House as to the 1
iharacter of Mr. Adams's proposition, pronounling
that he ought to be expelled as a member, I
iut, as an act of grace, commuting his punish- I
nent into the severest censure that the House 1
:ould pass upon him.
A motion was made to lay the whole subject '
in the table, but it failed by a vote of 94 to 112. <
Mr. Marshall then submitted his preamble and (
esolutions, and spoke at 6ome length in their ,
upport. He expressed his personal respect and
iincmcss ior mr. .'laams auu rcgrta ai ms wj-jhu,
>ut condemned this act as treason to the Union. c
f any one could be found out of this House so
nischeviousand wicked as to plot the disemberaent
of the Union, certainly itcouid not be suposed
that one could be found in this House who f
;as capable of seconding the design. Some a
ave thought it best to pass over the outrage in 1
ilence; but he did not. Traason must be no- a
iced and crushed in its bud. It might be said t
bat the instructions proposed by Mr. Adams were c
fiat the committee should report against dissolu- c
ion. But if it should be admitted here, that the ?
roposition could be made the subject of con- e
ideration and debate, it was also admitted that s
he committee could report as they pleased. r
Mr. Adams was heard, at length, in reply. lie o
aid he should not go fully into the subject of v
lis extraordinary proposition until he found 1
hether the House was disposed to entertain it. o
le ridiculed Mr. Marshall's idea that he had t
een guilty of treason. It is not. for the puny v
lind of that gentleman, said he, to define trca- )'
an. The Constitution of the U. S. defines what s
hall be treason. I present this petition and de- b
land its consideration under the fundamental g
iw of the land. I will shew you my authority
>r it, said he. He called upon the Clerk to
sad the first clauses of the Declaration of Inde- c
endence. It is the right and duty of the peo- v
le, said Mr. A., to change their form of govern- a
tent whenever it may promote their interests to b
o so. His own attachment to the Union and a
le Constitution he had shown in his endeavors v
3 preserve and defend the rights guaranteed to a
tie people by the Constitution. The Southern
laveholding interest, he would, at a proper time f<
how, had sought to abo'ish all the landmarks of ti
ivil liberty in free states. They did not con- h
ne themselves to the enjoyment of their insti- 1
jtions within their own limits. They made v
raron the right of petition, on the trial by jury, t
:c. More, he would prove before the nation a
lat they now sought to smuggle us into a war r
rith England for the preservation of the foreign h
nd domestic slave trade. For himself, though d
e had no doubt the petitioners wished to dissolve b
Union, and that thousands had come to the 6
ame opinion, and though they a right to make P
le proposition according to the principles of the h
)eclaration of Independence, yet he doubted the ti
fnrvtiintt? nf rlioonli'inrr if nnur rfMin f Imn iv iinf fl
et come, said he, in which it is necessary, and ^
iy object is to shew these people that there are s
till left to us resources and remedies against the g
rievances under which we labor. t
Mr. Everett of Vt. followed and contended fl
gainst the principles assumed by Mr. Marshall 11
-that it was moral or political treason to dissolve
he Union. When the Union becomes intolerale
to one portion of the people, what were they c
o do? According to the gentleman's notions, v
here could be no dissolution but by a long t
ourae of bloody war. He held on the contrary t
hat it coald be peaceably dissolved. He moved o
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i> postpone the consideration of the resolutions
nd print them.
Mr. Wise then took the floor and spoke very
ehfcmcntly in favor of the resolutions, shewing
n the course of his remarks, that Mr. Adams was
Jentified with British ' party that had always
lated our institutions and would be ever ready
o join England in overthrowing them.
Before Mr. Wise concluded, he gave way to a
notion to adjourn. The subject will occupy
:ome days,
Mr. Adams is in his glory. Ho has now an
jpjjortunity to let oft" all his spleen. The House
vhether they pass the resolutions of censure or
10', will be bound to litar him?and that Is the
x>int which he has long desired to aim. You can
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orin no idea ot ins vioJenceanc uuieni.-ss. no
jppcars to bo fronted with rage, but still preserves
much self possession and great force and
ingenuity of argument. The resolutions, of
course, will probably pass, as they undoubtedly
should do.
TlnsTmorning, Mr. Fillmore reported his appropriation
bills?navy, army, civil and diplomatic,
&c/
The Treasury note bill was taken np in the
Houso and a motion was made to lay it on the table,
which failed. The House will probably concur
in the amendment of the Senate striking out
the proviso, and thus the bill will pass.
Mr. Berrien made a most able argument in the
Senate against the repeal of the bankrupt act?
The Senate was, however, almost empty?nearly
all the Senators were attracted to the House."
From the New York Herald.
IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTONUNION
OF THE WHIGS AND THE
PRESIDENT?A NEW, BANKRUPT
LAW.
Wc have private information from Washington
of a very important nature?and from the
sources from which it emanates, we have very
good reason to put confidence in its accurracy.
It is now believed that the great body of the
whig party, fatigued and chagrined at the consequences
of disunion among themselves, and
estrangement from the patriotic Chief Magistrate,
have come to the resolution to unite with
the Executive and the Cabinet: in all, or in the
most, of the public measures now pending before
Congress: *
For this purpose it is intended to introduce a
new Bankrupt Law into the House of Reprc'
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sentatives, ami aire.iay iw uuihiuhi.cc v.:. .....
Judiciary have been instructed on that point.?
This law will embrace banks and corporations
?modify the compulsory restrospcctive operations
of the existing law?and avoid the principle
nf Repudiation, by a just but merciful adherence
to the "sacred obligation of contracts."
It is expected that this "uniform law on the
subject of bankruptcies" will pass the House
while the repeal of the present law will pass the
Senate. The President, in such a contingency,
will then sign the repeal of the present law, as
soon as, or about thejime the new law shall
have passed both houses of Congress, which is
intended to go into operation next August! Ily
this measure, all parties will be satisfied?the
honest debtors and the merciful creditors?the
mercantile as well as the agricultural classes.
In connection ji'it.h this healing measure,
there arc also hopes that a national system of
rmrriw.-Vu il'ufc-. -U'1) icL- i?. .car,-.
State banks, and the surprcssion of all broken
and suspended ones under the operation of the
Bankrupt. Law, will be the means of restoring
arderto the present derangement of public and
private affairs, that will cause joy to spread
Jiroughout the land.
These important and cheering views are
founded on good and sufficient reasons?and if
.hey should be carried into effect, it is highly
>robab!e that the whig party, united with"the
President, will yet maintain their ascendancy in
Congress, and regain it m tJie states, at tne next
ilectione, on a bettor and firmer ground than
:ver.
Let us watch each day's proceedings at
Washington, and see whether the whigs have
sense enough, moderation enough, patriotism
mough to accomplish this desirable union.
From (he New York Tribune.
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TriAL of- John* C. Colt.?The trial of Colt
or the murder of Samuel Adams is attended
villi a deeper and more intense excitement than
ihs been awakened by any other since the trill
of Robinson. Every day, for hours before
he opening of the Court, thousands are gatherid
together to obtain admission, or pprchanccto
atch a glimpse at the prisoner. As will he
een by our extended report of the trial, the
impaimeling of the jury was completed very
0011 after the opening of the Court, yesterday
norning. The case for the prosecution was
pened by John M. Smith, Jr. Esq., and three
vitnofsses, Messrs. Wheeler, Seignette and
)elnocc were examined before the adjournment
f the Court in the evening. The testimony
bus far is remarkably explicit, and strongly aderse
to tiic prisoner. The witnesses are all
oung men of intelligence, and give their an
i n,?i
\trUia in cL uiUiii diiu suuniai/tui v iijaiiuci. j/m?- i
ey Selden, Esq., conducts tlic defence with I
roat candor, and with distinguished ability.
In regard to tlie prisoner, the Tribune says: \
As on former days of this trial, at a very'
arlv hour this morning, every avenue to the
yourt iloom was thronged; the same admirable
rrangemonts, however, which liave all along
eon made were enforced by the Deputy Sheriff,
ided by a strong body of special constables, and
,-ere completely successful in preserving order
nd quiet.
The jurors cam e in at about five minutes beire
10 o'clock. The prisoner had then been in
be room for some two hours engaged as usual
i reading the newspaper reports of his trial.?
le seemed more intently curious to hear what
ras said about the matter than at any previous
hue, and there can be detected in his features
nd general manner much more anxiety and
cstlessness as to the result than he lias maniistcd
heretofore. Still, he preserves a greater
egree of coolness and self possession than we
lave over seen in any other persou arraigned on
o weighty a charge and placed in so fearful a
osition. During the hearing of testimony he
;eeps a fixed gaze upon 1 he witness, interiniting
it only occasionally to suggest some point
r to ask some question of his counsel. lie
eeps up a continual chewing with his inouth
hut, and it is tot difficult to believe, from reading
attentively his manner and features,
hat his appearent coolness and confident indifsrenc
are only assumed to hide feelings of the
lost intense and bitter agony.
T1 o,?nrn,/\n.~.. ~ ? ***** ?f?T A VlrtU o *
X Xl?. OUf C-IVIUUil i Of UCuVli.'. II* livu UJIOIUU
ollector of the revenue, once asked a poor but
vitty person, ifhehatfand idea what kind of a
hing opulence was. "It is a thing," replied
he man, "which can give a rogue the advantage
iver an honest man."3
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WEDNESDAY MORMXGt FEBRUARY 1 1842. {
Daguekretvp'e MinatckEs.?Our citizens j
will be pleased to learn that the Messrs. CniL- 'j
ton, who have been engaged for some time in- !
Charleston, intend paying U3 a visitshortly, when
all who desire it can hare their portraits taken 1
without the loss of time, ami at a trifling expense. ;
The great advantage of this mode of taking min- 1
ialures is the short lime it requires, (not more
than two minute?,) and their beauty consists in |
i the perfection cf the resemblance, and distinctness
of every outline and feature. A specimen
of the style in which they execute orders in their '
profession, has been left at our office, which our
friends arc invited to call and examine.
SPURIOUS BILLS.
We have been shown (says the Augusta Chronicle)
a Ten Dollar Bill, purporting to be on the
Commercial Bank of Columbia, S. C. which has
been so ingeniously altered as to be well calculated
to deceive the unsuspecting. The plate
appears to have been originally the plate of some
other Commercial Bank, (located/probably in
Mississippi,) but wherever the original place of;
, the location of the Bank occurs in the face of the |
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Din, it nas Dcen erasuu, unu v/uiuiuui?, ...sorted
with a pen, but done in such a handsome
style as to impose even upon the more cautious.
Thej,signature of A. Blanding is very badly done,
and'the name of J. Ewartis signed as the cashier,
altho' the bank never had such a cashier.
CONGRESS.
At our latest dates dates from Washington, the
Senate were still discussing the bill to repeal
the Bankrupt Law. A large number of petitions
both for and against its repeal are daily presented.
It is'pretty generally believed that the Law
will not be repealed, and it is asserted by those
who pretend to know, that if Congress should repeal
it, the President will not sanction the bill.
Many of the whigs who denounced the veto power
when applied to the U. S. Bank and Fiscal
Corporation Bills, when there is a prospect of its
being exercised in their favor, have fallen desperately
in love with the veto, and exhort the
President to use, once more, this "conservative
power, in support of our free institutions."
On the 24th Mr. Clay, after taking two or
three weeks to "cock and prime" himself, delivered
a speech on his resolutions to limit the
powers of the President, by amending the Con-1
stitution, which some of the Washington letter
writers, who listened to it, represent it as powerful
and convincing, while others state that it
was long-winded and uninteresting, fie was
successfully replied toby Col. Preston, who arose
consideration of the resolutions was postponed
till Monday last.
Ill the House there has been a great deal of
excitement, caused by the presentation of a potion
by Mr. Adams, for the Dissolution of the
Union. After a consultation among the Southern
members, Mr. Marshall of Ky. introduced
the following Preamble and Resolutions which
were under discussion at our latest advices:?
Whereas the Federal Constitution is a permanent
form of Government and-pf perpetual obligation,
until altered or modified in the mode pointed
out by that instrument, and the members of
this House, deriving their political character and
powers from the same, are sworn to support it,
and the dissolution of the Union necessarily implies
the destruction of that instrument; the i
overthrow of the American Republic, and the ex- (
linction of our national existence: A proposition, (
therefore, to the" Representatives of the people to i
| dissolve the organic law framed by their consti-1
tucnts, to be sworn, before they can enter upon . ]
the execution of the political powers created by j|
if. nrwl piitvnstpd to fbom. is a hirrb Viroarh <,('!.
privilege, a contempt offered to this House, a j
direct proposition to the Legislature and each p
member of it, to commit perjury; ami involves,!'
necessarily, i h its execution and its cousequen-! j
res, the destruction of our country and the ! j
crime of high treason. |,
Resolved, therefore, That the lion. John Q,. t
Aflame, a member from Massachusetts, in pre- J;
senting for the consideration of the House of ;1
Representatives of the United States, a petition i j
praying the dissolution of the Union, has offer- j j
ed the deepest indignity to the House of which ! (
he is a member; an insult to the people of the 1 j
United States, of which that House is the Lc- -c
gislative organ; and will, if this outrage be
permitted to pn?s unrebuked and unpunished,
have disgraced his country, through their Representatives,
in the eyes of the whole world. f
Resolved further, That the aforesaid John Q, ,
Adams, for this insult, the lirst of the kind ev- j
eroli'erod to the Government, and for the wound : t
which ho has permitted to be aimed, through: <.
his instrumentality, at the Constitution and ex- j c
istonceof his country, the peace, the security, I c
and the libcrtv of the people of these States.
might well be held to merit expulsion from the; ^
national councils; and the House deem it an act r
of grace and mercy, when they only inflict on I e
him their severest censure for conduct so utter- . a
jy unworthy of his past relations to the State, ,
and his present position. This they hereby do a
for the maintenance of their own purity and t
dignity; for the rest, they turn him over to his c
own conscience and the indignation of all true \
American citizens.
Georgia Election.?Messrs. Colquitt, Coop- ^
or and Black, the Democratic candidates have j,
been elected members ot Congress by a majority a
of about 2,(J00 votes. ^
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Whig sat Fisticuffs.?We learn from the 1
Alexandria Index, that the Hon. Mr. Campbell
of Tennessee, and the Hon. Mr. Boardmaa of
Connecticut, members of Congress, had a personal
rencontre. The particulars are not stated, t
1
"Does vour mother know vou arn out?" en
quired a student of College, of a little rag- 1
cred urchin, whom he met in the street. Yes, 5
she does," quickly replied the boy, "and ehc gave t
me ten-pence to buy a Monkey. Are you for p
salc,6ir? ' > ? . t
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V' J. A.
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rHE AMERICANS TAKEN' WITH THE
TEXAN9 AT SANTA FE. .
Mr. Webster has addressed an earnest and >
messing letter to our Minister at Mexico, inteirtosing
in behalf of Mr. Combs, (son of Gem
Combs of Kentucky,)-and George Kekbalb,
(Editor of the New Oleans Picayune,) and
such other AtnericanB as like them may have
joined the Texian expedition from mere adventurous
curiosity, or purposes r of traffic. Mr,
Dal ie Bey ton, District-Attorney, NewOrleans, iltf
luthorized to employ a special agent to proceed
to Mexico to co-operate with our Minister there,
Wf think thp iunfnncoc r>f nnw ?.?* ?
.. ?? v* (jwcwiiucm wm?
Santa Anna will be effectual. We believe he
owesTiis own life to the suggestions made in hie
behalf by General Jackson to General Houston.
The massecre at Goliad would probably have
sealed his fate-with the Texans, notwithstanding
Houston's known magnanimity, but for the
support found by the latter in the coinicdence of
General Jackson's opinion. Mr. Ellis, otrr Minister
at Mexico, has given to the Department the
foliowing intelligence concerning the captives;
Legation of the Unitfd States,
Mexico, December IB, 1841. ' ' ^
Sir: Trusting that the New York packet may
not leave Vera Cruz before this communication
reaches that place, I avail myself of the occasion
to inform you that Brigadier General McLeod,
who commanded the Texan expedition to Sama
Fe, Mr. Van Ness, his Secretary, Dr. Falconer,.
Mr. Navarro, thirty officers, and one hundred and
thirty-one soldiers, prisoners of war, entered Chihuahua,
on their way to this capital, on the 22 J
of November. They were escorted by a guard
of two hundred and five men.
In looking over one of the daily paper* pointed
here, I was shocked at seeing the painful intelligence-announced
of the fate of three of.those
young men, whose names I have not been able
to ascertain, the following is the substanpeof
the publication alluded to by me: v_ :
From the Singlo XIX, of the 14th December .
"We have the pain to announce to the-public ..
an act of barbarism, committed by. Captain D. r'
Damaso Salazar, who escorted the Texian prisoners
to Chihuahua. Captain Salazar had the
iniquity to kill three of. .these prisoners ib cold
blood, because they had become wearied. It
was reserved'for Salaiar to eclipse the triumphs
of Senor Armijo by this cruel' and.brutal action.
Everyone is indignant at such an atrocious- act,
peculiar only to a cannibal. Don Jose Maria
Elias, colonel of the army, and commandant of
Peso, del Norte,' is-jireferring charges, against
this barbarous captain; and Senor Conde, Governor
of the Department, is very much morli^pd
by such an event, which does so little honor to.
Mexicans, whose humanity is their, principal
device.
"We hope that such a scandalous act will be
punished with all the seventy of the law.1-'
This cold-blooded and barbarous-act meets
with that reprobation and indignation which its
atrocity is so well calculated to,excite ih-the
minds of all honorable and humane men. Theunfortunate
Texan prisoners will be here in" the
course of two or three weeks. I cannot imagine
what punishment this Government will inflict oft
them. - a
The uniform practice of this legation has been
not officially to interfere in behalf of persons who ,
liave placed themselves beyond the protection of
our Government, by entering into the service of
iiuuiui.uic nu? i?u i tjui proceep, in my *r&prt3sentative
character, to serve the Texan prisoners.
"
I have the honor to be, sir, your most obedient
servant, '-U-' POWHATAN ELLIS.
To the Hon. Daniel Websiieb, "/ -?
Secretary. ofStateibf thfr United States^
WONDERS. .V "
While the Rev. Mr. Miller is preaching the
immediate dawning of the millennial morning,
in Boston, Dr. Dionysius Lardner, accompanied
by Mrs. Heavysidc, is foretelling in New York
the approach of a Comet, with a tail;-five millions
of miles long, which is to use up this would
with as little ceremony as a railroad car under
full speed would a wandering pismire on the
track; and yet Miller is speculating in real estate,
and Lardner is laying his head in the lap t?
of Delilah. . This nation, we verily believe, is
doomed to be imposed upon for the balance of
time. We have no patience with our citizens
for listening to such wiseacres, much more for
believing them, just as though he who created
the solar system, and set the hosts of Heaven a
rolling, could not keep the planets from knocking
each other into atoms'? We believe that
man, by searching, cannot find out God.?
The gudgeons of the earth never want oiling, and
:he heavenly bodies move without friction. And
iow, in conclusion, we ask the people, of this
feneration how the millennium can come upon
his; fiflrf.Ii. if fhp finrfh ic tn ho non/1
irrives! Come, brother Miller, and take tea
vith the Doctor and his woman of Samaria, and
econcile your theory to his, before you preach
my more. Dr. Lardner once proved that the
Decan could not be navigated by steam: and yet, *
f we mistake not, the Doctor and his suite come,k
>ver in the Acadia.?Alexandria Index- *
TIIE ENGLISH PARTY.
Whatever may have been said, that was un- "1
rue, iu relation to the distribution of English
rold during the last Presidential contest, the fact
s now proven beyond tho shadow of a doubt, that
here is an English party now in the United
States, whose highest aim is the dissolution of
iur blessed Union, and whose daily acta are disirganizing.
It is a melancholy fact, and the anrel
of truth as she bears it up to Heaven's high
:hancery, veils her face with her snowy wings;
tnd weeps as she gives it in. The eon of the
dder Adams appears on the floor of Congress
s the High Priest at the shine of Moloch, and
ne irost or ages melts Delore the fire of phrenzyf
ud the tongue that should be lisping prayers at
he threshold of time, hurls withering cursers upin
the heads of every lover of his native land.?
,Ve weep over the sad spectacle. We mourn
s Washington mourned when the Newburg
etlers were found in the American camp.?
rVhen West Point was basely sold to the Britsh,
and the mercenary Arnold became a traitor
nd a British General in a day. How long will
he people of this glorious Republic 6uffer the
ing loaders of faction to go unpunished? How
ong will the spirit of party shelter the spirit of
lell and glory in National dishonor??Ih.
GOING AHEAD.
Particular attention is invoked to the action of
he Whig Senate upon the Treasury Note Bill,
I'he reason given for a resort to Treasury Notes
s that about 86,5000,000 of the twelve million
nin r?ir 4
uuii uu?.v*4?.WM yj U1C- LiAlia UCDOIUJl CUUiiUl UC
legotiatcd. On motion of Mr. Gilmer, in the
fouea of Representativep, the bill authorizing
he issue of ?5,000,000 in Treasury Notee, wag
tut into such a form as to make these notee, as
ssued, a substitute for 60 much of the loan, stiji