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A* From the Smith Carolinian. c MR. BUCHANAN AXD .MR. CAJ.IIOUN. 1 Some one or two Democratic papers in the J South-West, which seem to prefer .Mr. Buchnn- \ ;j an, have spoken unkindly of .Mr. Calhoun, with 1 a manifest disposition lodio up old and buried prejudices. We regret lo see this, not mora for the sake of .Mr. Calhoun, than of Mr. Buchanan j himself; but still more for the sake of their and ; our common principles, liian e:tlicr. For Mr. Buchanan we entertain ^'rcat respect .and rojrard in common with the friends of Mr. Calhoun ' en- i 1 I erally, so far .is we nave ncara weir khhiuuk., expressed. His admirable speeches, elevated, statesman.like coarse, anJ apparent devotion to principle, have made a deep impress ion in Ids favor in this region, and we should deeply regret to see unkind feelings produced between hen and Mr. Calhoun, or their friends, by {lie indiscreet remarks or prejudices of some one or two of the : latter. That we ourselves, shot)!:! prefer Mr. | Calhoun?or that his friends .generally should' prefer him?need not be surprising to any one.' This preference may be felt, and even "urged,; without disparagement to any one c!.- o: .mil, considering the deeply affectionate regard entertained for him by his iriends, especially in this State, it has been a source of pride and pleasure to us, to notice with what forbearance and delicacy, tha^prcference has been held in South Carolina without detracting, in the slightest degree, from the utmost courtesy, kindness, and justice, to all others?without the slightest interference . with the preferences of others?yea, without a single newspaper expression of it, so far as we . have seen: nor would such expression of it he Eg - now made by us, but to guard those who hold it, f&V-7- from suffering the indiscreet remarks in ques Vty tion to affect in the slightest degree, their fce1ings toward Mr. Buchanan. Surprise has been again and again expressed to us, by the friends of Mr. Calhoun in other States, that we, and tiic nonnle of our State, did not speak out openly rw~r and zealously, the (.'reference tlicy knew we ten for him. Our reply has uniformly been, that this preference could not lie mistaken, anywhere; and where was the use oi' speaking out what every one knew already.'?that our people looked with deep interest to what others said and | d d, and were deeply gratified to see the growing feelings in his favor; but they loved him too deeply and sincerely to subject hint to the possible suspicion of influencing them to press him forward, and estimated him too highly to believe that his happiness or fame could he enhanced by his elevation to any office, however high, especially if it were to be attained through electioneering, or the importunities o! unme ha'o friends, rather than the voluntary ; .!! oi ? c-; ncple, sensible of his great m?v. s, r i that :?c'i elevation would be no loss beneficial : ?the country, than honorable to him. If any one can ho so '-'.ind as to rn's'ake the feelings of our people toward li.rn, let kmm mark the numerous sentiments in his favor, (and especially the tone and character of them,) in all the published proceedings of the Into celebration. We believe no people ever entertained a higher respect and regard for any man, than they do for him. But there is no mere man-worship in it? nothing that teaches them to forget, what is duo to themselves, or to others, to justice, to their country, or even to their opponents; and, high aud unlimited as is their confidence m him, ihey would discard him, as they have done others whom they regarded but little less, were he, like _T " them, to betray confidence, and discard their country?the whole country; but not for his sake, or that of the country, would they stoop to any electioneering arts or importunities degrading to themselves. They wouid not. be mere ofiiceeeekers themselves, nor sec him. or any o her o! their public servants, place himself before the 1 country in any such light; nor wouid they, to i make him President, do injustice to any one of' his competitors, .Mr. Buchanan, .Mr. Van Huron, Mr. Benton, or Mr. Clay. If 'hoy erred, it would i be in too acute a sensiveness of that injustice to him, which they would scorn to do tootherand , from this, we would guard them?at least from visiting upon Mr. Buchanan, the indiscretions of his friends. It is hard, even to us, to speak j calmly and without resentment, of the remarks; referred to. But that Mr Calhoun will not be; injured by them, we feci assured; and we should be sorry that Mr. Buchanan should be?but especially that the great common cause should be, to the success of which, thru' the final Candida-1 cy of either, or any other, general harmony and unanimity are so deeply essential. As already remarked, wc believe Mr. Buchanan stands very high in the confidence, respect,1 and regard of our people. We believe this, not i only from what we have heard of their sentiments ' 1~..4 .? /* I.aIIaua l?A ilow'OWOO ?SwLl CSV flli/1 UUl UfL.liiSU v\t" UCIiUVC IJV iv u" .. ... . th.it any public man who deserves to do so, will do so. Next to Mr. Calhoun himself, he would probably be their choice, as well as ours; and would certainly bo a candidate highly honorable J to the common cause, and auspicious to its success. He is a gentleman of h:gh and irreproachable character, boili in public and private life, and every way worthy to lead in such a cause. In this humble tribute to him, we mean no dis- I parngemeut to others?more than to him, in our preference of Mr. Calhoun; and will cordially support anyone now spoken of, who may finally receive the nomination of the party. \Ve might say more, but have already said far more than we designed?desiring as we do to take as lit tic part in the matter as possible, and defer all discussion of it to tbe latest possible moment?and have been betrayed into saying thus much, bv the desire of shewing how ungenerous, mistaken, impolitic, and indiscreet, are the assaults referred to,?how unlikely to advance the interests of Mr. Buchanan. It is nonsense to talk of the cause, and its great principles, if we must bs gin to quarrel thus early about men; or if we are not prepared to sacrifice all our preferences for or prejudices against men?Mr. Calhoun, Mr.' Buchanan, Mr. Van Duron, or Mr. Benton; and i our individual judgment of who is best calculated j to advance the common cause?to our far higher and nobler devotion to the cause itself. Let us but make that cause the object, and men the means only, and our success?our most triumphant and glorious success!?is beyond all reason-: able doubt. But reverse lliom?make 7nert the object, and the cause the means?and our defeat, our disgraceful and most humiliating defeat, will; i._ r .ii.. ... i " .... UtJ IUli)r ???* uniiiin, .1(111 : :*.vc*s JIS (iq.-:ur\ UtlIV j odious i:i the sight of both 0<.! and rnuu! Cor-irnonJiss Act-?r" '=: sv-r-ation wis produced '!:' S ? on 'i it irsday, \v ic i! Mr. Cajiuiun read soie. i;* piedgje ot .jt-u. liar- i rison, that, he would respect the Compromise1 Act. This great healing measure is now regarded by one party as a mere 'Ordinary act- of legislation, which may ho flefiealt; ! n: pleasure. I derives its obligation from extrinsic cj'rrnuistanccs; tlie dangers vvlii;:.'; it prevented, tlie-coii- 1 troveray which it settled, and tire understanding; ' - v r. )f the parties at the time. Mr. Clay declared ed hat lie consented to it to save the manufactu- wh ers from greater inevitable loss. Wc will not nsult liirn by the supposition that he accepted onl its terms with a mental reservation that thoy the were to he abandoned when convenient. We on will no! permit ourselves to accuse him of such a duplicity, and deem it more charitable to suppose ne that Ills sentiments arc misrepresented or misun- ho dcrslood by his subordinates. As to the pledges , tci of (General Harrison, they have very little weight | tin - : I with the party, WtiiCIl, aucr treating mm iui u...nv years with neglect and contempt, merely lie adopted his name as a popular standard. lli Spectator. tii ro TIIE LUCAS FAMILY. n< A SHOCKING HISTOUY. lli A gentleman of veracity and respectability in j L Montgomery county, connnunicates tlie follow-1 cc ing uiivarnisiied account ol the Lucus family, one j a oft lie most wicked and abandoned that ever c: I lived. j ni , It is noccsrary to say this, as the account! ' would bo discredited if it cams from any oilier i w than undoubted authority, so shocking are its de- si lails. w : To the Editors of the Richmond Compiler: a' Ciirisliansburg, July 4,1812. o Gentlemen: myself, as well as many others a! i (no doubt) feel some interest (in consequence of F ! our knowledge of the man and the facts) in the a notice in your last paper, headed "The l'cuilen- g : tiary." I ailuded to Lucas, llis family and their Ji crimes are well known to us all. Tliey are no- ri toriously worthy to be grouped with the Harpers, li j the Murrels, or any others desperadoes that have i | flourished lor the last century. You say in jd j your notice of Lucas that his case is a strong, n j argument that crime runs in the blood, llow , w i far this rule will carry out, taking, the human j is ; family en masse is not for me to say; but how far ' o : it lias been illustrated in this family of Lucas, j t; stands conspicuous in our criminal record, and I c ! marked with blood. I will give you an epitome ! tj j of this family and their crimes, which, if inade fi : out by a competent historian, would make a i 'I " T >?"? !n hv correcting a i L I MIJ'IJI \WiUlilO. X ?? II* 0 . ! amill error you make in your statement, you lo- a cate the Lucases in Grayson county; that county j c is spared the disgraced'nurturing such inonsters. s The scene of their lives and depredations is in p t he county of Giles, on Doe Greek, a small -I I branch of Mew Iliver, which heads in the cole- g hraleii Salt l'ond Mountain, and from its ohscu- n riiy and loneliness, and the character of its in- h habitants, has always been avoided by civilized ti man. But to the tale:? j I The father of the Lucases is now about 93 i w ye.irs of age, and is no doubt a hoary headed vil- I imi, although he lias during his long life been h adroit euojjfii to commit no crimes of which tJie ti law couid lake cognizance, I will give you one t! trait in the vharaacter of this old sinner, which '< will suliice to sliow what kind of a man lie is.? ri On the recenttrial of his son "Dave" when Ins 'I life was in jeopardy, this old man 011 being asked t< wiiat was the character of his son David, res- j tl ponded that he believed "Dace would l;ill any L man Jar twenty fire cents." The lirst in this family of blood, perhaps tin- p paralleled in civil society, was the lirst son of h "Old Ran" as lie is universally called. (His w 1 name, perhaps is Randolph, but I presume he has , never seen or heard of the baptismal fount.)? i* : Well, this first born of "Old Kan," named "Jar- r_ ry" as long ago as the late war, became crimi-! k i II.IIIji 1 !" 1 1 11 ' 1,1 Ml 1 In mini TT man, and in one week alter the man's return | h home, after having encountered all the dangers ; i' o! war, "Jeriy Lucas," at the earnest solicitation oi the fiendish woman, pert ended much friend- u ship for the husband, invited him home with him w Iroin tlie muster ground, ana tno man was lounn n i afterwards murJered behind a log, with about j In JOU weight ot' stone upon his body. Lucas con- j J' lessed iliat the evening they Iclt. the muster i ti ground, lie beat his victim over the head with a ' J{ club until he supposed lie was dead, and went to j j)( his house and staid all night with his wife. To ni make assurance doubly sure, he returned in the tii morning to see if the man was dead, lie found h, him silting, leaning against a tree and covered bt with gore. The poor fellow begged for his liie, hi told Lucas to lake his wife and he would leave ai the country as soon as lie was able, and would th never say anything about what he had done to cc nun. Tlie savage Lucas was inexorable, mur- R dered him out right, and concealed liim as I have re stated. For this murder he was apprehended, tried, convicted and hung at Giles Court House, j of in the fall oi the year lil4. "Old Ran," his fa- tr tlicr, sat under the gallows when lie was hang- j tvi ing, and amused himself by eating gingerbread, j w The woman or wife of the murdered man, es-: ut capcd punishment for want of testimony to con- J he vict her. <r( Next in the list of this family of criminals is vt "Dave," or David the second son of "Oid Ran," I he and the lion of the family, if exceeding all the I ty rest in the number and magnitude of his crimes i <n; will make a villain a lion. "Dave" commenced I his career of crime about twenty years ago, when I ?.( he was nineteen years of age, bv stealing a horse, | Kn fur which he was convicted and sent to the penitenliary for live years?during which time, lie t a and another convict contrived to make their es- C|] cape Dave came on home, was captured taken m( back, and served out his term. ?. But not long after his return home from this, .0 his lirst probation, the incorrigible Dave contriv- *_ cd to rob a small dealing pedlar of nearly all his stock in trade, for which crime lie was again ^ sent to the penitentiary for three years. Im At the time of this last conviction, a cousin of su Dave's, a lad sixteen or seventeen years of age, was convicted of some crime, and also sent to the penitentiary for three years; of comsc they were s:ii discharged at the same time, and left, the penitoutiary together. The boy has never been "r< heard of since; and Lucas, in someofiiis drunken frolics, has boasted that as they came on ;l( home, he killed the boy, and threw his body into SV! the river; and he told the "boy's father, that when lie ran his knife into him lie bawled like a calf.? If Dave tells the truth in this matter, he must t'rc have murJered the poor bov for the wretched i>r pittance that was given him when he left the ins penitentiary, to defray his expenses on his way sic home. On the night Dave came home from the in penitentiary the last time, a large stack-yard, as ui< also a valuable barn, full of grain, were burnt in ari Lucas' immediate neighborhood, belonging to I tin persons who were witnesses on behalf oi the! tin Commonwealth, in his several convictions.? | it i From cogent circumstances, and t lie character of bo Lucas, he was universally believed to bo the in- ' tei condnry, and since his last conviction, he has se< admitted the fact. Lucas' next exploit in the I ho way of crime, was at a muster in September j ho last. He had a quarrel and fight with his own of sister's son, and in the fight he struck a blow dri with bis list, which instantly killed bis nephew, j lai For tIds murder be was arraigned, tried and ac-isi quilted. Since his recent confinement, lie savs he iie ought to iiave been punished lor this murder, ?1 as he acknowledged he had a jiound of lead roll-1 ifcv r - - ' .. svrV '"V-. * up and concealed in the hollow of his hand en he struck the blow that killed his nephew. The next crime of which Lucas is accused, is !y founded on strong circumstances, which are b >se:?Some years ago, a man who had been v with a drove of cattle to the north, merely as s driver, was returning home through Lucas t ighborhood on foot. Jle was seen to pass a 1 use in the morning and almost immediately af- i , Lucas was seen by the same man who saw 1 / .villi tiis rifln rrnn ( c driver, to go on auer imu, " * - his shoulder, and directly after the same man ' iard the report of a gun down the road, the way ' cy had gone. Lucas soon afier returned and < ere was seen a large quantity of blood in the 1 ad. But as the driver was an entire stranger, 1 ) investigation was had. lie never arrived at s home, nor has he since been heard of, and ucas, if guilty of this murder, if a murder was nnmitted, escaped punishment. Very recently, man's dog, in the vicinity of this transaction ime to his master, with a human skull in his loutli. Lucas' last crime, and for the perpetrat ion of liicli the world has been freed from such a moner, was the murder-in'-John Pot]', a poor laborer, ho had licen working at the saltworks on Kanivha a few months, and who,* with the proceeds f his labor in a wallet, was travelling on foot and lone to his family and home in the county of 'loyd. Lucas fell in with him on the highway, lid as it was late in the evening, enticed him to o home with him, as he said lie could entertain im Ibr the night, as wed as any one. In an evil lomont poor Poll'consented, and soon after met is fate. Dave' killed him within less than two hunred yards of his cabin, and so obscure is Lucas' isidence, that the murdered man lay nearly a eek above ground without discovery; and what : certainly a very strange infatuation on the part f the murderer, apparently, no pains or care was ikon to conceal the foul deed. This wretched riniiiif)! was anurehnnded. tried, and found guil ^ol'tliis murder liy the jury in fifteen minutes om tlioir retirement from the court room.? "here were seventeen witnesses on behalf of the /'uiiimonwcaltli: tlie criminal had no witness, nd refused to employ counsel. The court, of ourso, assigned liiiu counsel, but his case was o plain and flagrant that the learned counsel (I resume) thought it unnecessary to make any efonce, and submitted it to the jury without aruuieiit. Sentence of death was therefore proounccd upon him, and in accordance, he was ung on Friday, the 24th of June, at (xiles C. If., io day you saw his brother in the Penitentiary, 'lie spectators, male and female, black and liite, would number perhaps 50(10. The wretched man died as he had lived, reckiss, and without any outward sign of compuncoa?made no particular confession when under be gallows: on the contrary, made use of prome language when in this awful situation, in espouse to something said to him by sonic ot be attending r.'ergy, and finally made an attempt a bite the sheriffs car whilst lie was adjusting lie rope round his necki So lived, and thus died lavid Lucas, the wretdftbd murderer.* The Hon. Judge brown's address to Lucas on assing his sentence, has been published in the lichmoiid Whig. If you have not seen it, it is ell worthy of reading. The next in the list of this family of criminals i John Lucas, thowne you saw in the Peniumtialie is old ltin's, third son. He, also, ha-< illed his man, and his full cousin, too; for it penis tbey arc like olfl Cain, their hands appear '? c.?.usm engaged in a fight, caused by the cousi's jibeing, In saying. 'lour brother Dave is in the Penitentiary,' Inch so enraged John that lie struck hima blow it.a his heavv rifle ?nin with all his force, den v. >g his.-kuli to the very teeth, breakingstock and irrel o(F in the middle, and causing instant lalh. Dave Lucas being, in part, the cause of lis quarrel, a id its disastrous consequences to dm, perhaps acconuts lor the recklessness of his diaviour on hearing of Dave's final fate, and ay have been strong in his mind when he made 10 observation you mention. 'That it would ive hcen to the credit of the family if Dave had ;cn hung many years ago.' John was tried for s life, hut as the murder occurred in a fight, id under very aggravating circumstances on ic part of the murdered man, John's life was nnproinised for a 11 years residence in the enitentiary. I never heard of any other dep. 'dation:; on society committed by this criminal, ou have seen him; he is a very good ftc simile Litis depraved family of Lucas. They, are. illy, a savage looking race. There are yet to brothers younger than llio.se already named, ho have not rendered themselves so conspic jus 111 liic annals ot crime: wnat their rates will ; time only can toll. They promise fair to be ; jnuine chips of the oid block, and although , .ung, arc already the terror of the neighbored. Vou can hardly believe such a coinmuiiiof savages could be produced in one family, in ir civilized country. ' Old Ran' has also daughters, for these ill ceds are very proline; but they are worse than ns, (save the mark) and thereby hangs a tale, it it is a tale not meet to be told among chrisms, and I will pass over it. I have written lough to weary your patience, and perhaps onopolize too much of your time to read it ? :t the tale is true, and such as it is, I send it to 11. R. G. 1 The Lynchburg Virginian has the following noe of the execution of Lucas: "David Lucas was rig rot Gib s Court Douse on the 21th ult. in purance of his sentence, for the murder of John Foil', t 11 died as he had lived, defying God and inan. ( j i denied, however, thai he had murdered Fofl", but ( id. lie lield him, while another individual, a ic- I i?n of Iris, roniniitled the bloody act. Hcendoav-!' d to kill every person that came in reach of him;1 * il (says the Fincnstlo Wftnocral) met death with ; 0 rh a doin.tni.ir- .irin nn,,n liis: i-nnnlenrnee. lh.it i - *re vv,s ijdI i (ei;r of Mirrow shod lor him, or a iiipalliclic fccIiniT manifested bv any present. t " 'J Convict Escaped?James Taylor, a convict s mi Mob ile county, made his escape from the t mitentiary at this place, on the night of the 7th , c itant. He had for sonic time complained of; 1 liiicss, and was finally placed in the hospital,! c company with another sick convict. On the h (lit in question ho succeeded in forcing his b n (which must have been very slender) g rough the bars of the door, after cutting away .e 3 wood-work with a shoe knife so as to admit nore readily, and reaching down withdrew the i It on the outside, l ie was now in the Peni- 3 uiary yard, and availing himself of a frow he 1 Julously applied himself to work and dug a d !o undoriieath the west gateway and made good t ? escape. His sleeping partner knew nothing L his exit till next morning. Taylor having a Jgged .him over night pretty copiously with t idanum, as a remedy for some ailment. He i said to have been an old offender, and lias bro- v n jail before in other 'counties. A reward of [ ,00 is olicred for his (fenvery. a Welumpka (Ala.) Argus, 2Qlh ult. t 2 mpz&R. . Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. R WASHINGTON; JULY 25. 1 I learn that the administration and many of ioth parties are well pleased with the Treaty o i'ith Gre.it Britain. The Treaty embraces and n ettles numerous points in controversy: and ti nany very important concessions are made to us. r !f the settlement of the North Eastern Bounda- s y lias been liberal towards Great Britain, she a ias, in other things, been liberal to us; and con- t seded to us points of more difficulty, and of ivhich wc were much more tenacious. Taking die Treaty as a whole, it is a triumph for this administration; and, for that reason, it will be a denounced and even defeated by the opponents a of this administration. It is unfortunate, but unavoidable, that these great questions should i become mixed up with the Presidential question. - V.I The House, to-day, disposed of the amend- ( ments of the Senate to the Army bill by reject- ] ing them all in the Committee and in the House \ too, by majorities of two to one. By this decis- \ ion, the Army is placed in some jeopardy. It s will be reduced and discouraged, if the House < prevail; and, if the Senate prove constant, as | generally they do, to their decisions, it will fol ? low that the Army will have no appropriations made for it this year. ( The Navy Appropriation bill is in the same situation. The Senate propose a conference up- ] on the disagreeing votes. i Mr. Adams spoke, to-day, in favor of redo- i ring the Army, and said it was unnecessary to i keep up such a force, because there was no danger of any foreign or Indian wars. But he was, he said, in favor of reducing the Army because there was no prospect of keeping up any revenues. He passed them to the orders of the President for collecting duties after the JJOth of June, and declared that (hey were unsupported by any law. He said the edict of the President was as the levy of shiptnoney by Charles 1st, and intimated that it would be punished by the people in the same way. He next attacked, with great bitterness, the Attorney General for j h's opinion in favor of the circular to the Col-I lectors, pronouncing that the Attorney General; was no lawyer. The House had not a chance for a flare up on : the Maine Boundary question. Mr. Holmes replied to Mr. Adams and vindicated Mr. Legarc from his animadversions.? The debate lasted till one o'clock, when the bill was reported under the previous question. Towards evening, Mr. Arnold-got up his resolution to reduce the pay and mileage of members of Congress. The motion to lay it on the table was lost. But the House, nevertheless, evaded the question. Tim SJonfito ivna phipflv pnnrarrprl on the Reve nuc bill from the House. Mr. Evans made his expose of the subject, in an able manner. Mr. Archer spoke in favor of the bill and Mr. Berrien in opposition to some parts of it. The opj)onent.s of the measure will move to strike out the distribution clause, and, if that motion fail, they will let the bill go. WASHINGTON, JULY 27. The house, today, was exclusively occupied with the bill introduced by Mr. Arnold, of Tennessee, to ^ reduce the pay of members of Congress to six dol- j lars a day and their mileage in proportion. The j sumo bill also reduces the compensation of all offi- j ccrs ofilio government twenty per cent. Amotion to reject the bill was lost, 55 to 107. Mr. Arnold was anxious to refer it to a Select Committee. But long debate ensued, in which A was warmly advocated by those who have but litlle interest in that emolument. Air Fillmore stated I that he had no objection to a reduction of the pay, j but, if the mileage were much reduced, it would not j be long before the scat of Government would be removed to the West. In fact, the mileage has long been looked upon I here as necessary to the very existence of the Union. I Wboii it shall cease to he the interest of the rncin- J bers from the great and predominating West, to come hither to the outskirts of the Union as the scat of the I central government, they will proposo and carry a j 1U1IIUVUI* < Various arguments were urged for and against a reduction of tlie per diem of members. It was said that distress pervaded tlio country; that llio Treasury was empty; that Congress was reducing other ex. ^ penses; and that, therefore, it was proper that their own p iy should be reduced. \ At length the previous question was ordered and | the bill was passed to a third reading?yeas 89, I navs 79. Mr. Marshall then rose, and in an animated and 1 truly excellent speech, gave his reasons for voting against the bill. In the course of his remarks, he t stated that he should never come to Congress again. J The House finally adjourned, amidst cries in favor af passing the bill and clamors against it. In the Senate, the Revenue Tariff bill was taken 1 up, and Mr. Woodbury made an elaborate and able ' lrgumcnt against the bill. He opposed it chiefly for f lie reason I hat it was exclusively protcctivo in its ] character, and that it w .s intended to yield twenty (even millions, whereas only twenty would bo neces- n iary, after the restoration of the land revenue to the h Sovcrnmcnt. 8 c From the Alexandria Index. GREAT BRITAIN AND TEXAS. 1 By the last arrival from England, we learn } hat the ratilications of the long pending trea- 11 ies between Great Britain and Texas were re- P :ently exchanged by the Earl of Aberdeen, 11 denipotentiary of Groat Britain, and the lion, i s \shbel Smith, plenipotentiary of the Republicjt( if Texas. These treaties are three in number: i ?a treaty of amity, navigation, and commerce ! a( ?a treaty undertaking mediation by Great Bri- l| a in between tiie Republics of Mexico and l! Texas?and a treaty granting reciprocal right or '{ earch for the suppression of the African slave " rade. They were negotiated in 1S40, and con- n luded in November of that year by Viscount 'almcrston and General Hamilton. The pow- 111 ts to ratify the two first have been a considera- P' ilc time in England, but their completion has v< ieen delayed until the ratifications of the treaty ranting the right of search could be simultan-! iously exchanged. Art. 1. The Republic of Texas agrees that i j\; f, by means of the mediation of her Britnnioiai Majesty, and an iinliinited truce shall he estab- G ishcd between Mexico and Texas within thirty ! ai lays after this present convention shall havej ni leen communicated <o the Mexican government ta ly her Britanic Majesty's mission at Mexico, V nd if within six months froin the day on which si hat communication shall have been so made, A tlexico shall have concluded a treaty of peace ce vith Texas, then and in such a case the Re- hi mblicof Texas will take upon itself a portion, sc imounting to one million pounds sterling, of dt lie capital of the foreign debt contracted by the G * mL. .epublic of Mexico before the-lst of Febraar Art. 2. The manner in which the capital* ne million pounds sterling of foreign febfy* , ." lentioned in the preceding article, shall be ransferred f^om the republic of Mexico to the. epublic of Texas, shall be settled hereafter by pecial agreement between the republic of Texs and the republic of Mexico, under the mediaion of her Britanic Majesty. -? LATER FROM ENGLAND. The Acadia left Liverpool on the 5th inst., .nd arrived at Boston on Thursday morning at ibout 1 o clock. y_ > * " * The news brought by the Acadia possesses ather more interest than usual. The former accounts of the great .distress anongthe manufacturing and laboring classes is jonfirmed, and resolutions have been offered in Parliament that that body ought not to adjourn vithout inquiring into the cause of the distress, rs extent and the best mode of relief. A proposition lias been made for empowering the Crown luring the recess of Parliament, to open the aorta to a free importation of-6b*rn should the necessities of the people demand it. The markets remained without any important changes in cotton, sugar, teas, or coffee. The convict Francis, wlfo fired at the Queen, lias been reprieved, and ordered to be trai sported; and another similar attempt has bepn made upon her Majesty's life, by a young man named Oxnard. The Queen is in delicate health. Mr. Everett, our Minister to St. James, attended the annual dinner of the members of the British Association, at Manchester. Lord Francis Egerton, after some complimentary remarks, gave the health of the American'Minister, to which Mr. Everett made a replfif which was of course, happy and eloquent A discovery has been made" lately, in the northern part of Australia, of a new river. The inhabitants were stated to be neither numerous nor troublesome. France.?The Paris papers are devoted almost exclusively to the elections. Telegraphic despatches continue to communicate success in the provinces adjoining Algiers. The last is dated June^Efeh. A royal ordinancechafr^begn published, imposing an ad valorem du^.%29 per cent on all linen yarn imported mto^the kingdom. This measure lias produced 'great stir with English manufacturers, but it is expected that the French Government will submit to an amelioration. 3$ The judgment which has recently excited so ; much interest in the mercantile world, on ac couui oi uie r rencn post onice, wnicn attempted to suppress the forwarding of expresses by couriers 011 horseback, and for which the courier of the Morning Herald was a short time since condemned by the court of Boulogne to pay a fine or 150 francs and cost9, has been reversed by the court of St. Omer, to which superior court an appeal was-,-made. The latter court has acquitted the courier, Vivien, without costs. p India and China-?The Indian Mail arrived at Marseilles on the 29th of June. The following telegraphic despatch reached London on Friday: Gen. Pollock had joined Sir R. Sale at Jellala- jy-j* bad, re-establishing on his march the authority oEpfv Thomas Khan Sullpoora. He was to march, oni^, " Cabul as soon as he was joined by Col. BoultorGen. England had reunited his troops, forced the passes, and joined Gen. Nott at Catidahar. Capt. McKenzie, had arrived at JallafrAjd,^vfth^ -afforpfiwm Akhax, Kli.m to prifeonentfj&i. ' 911 conditions. The answer was not knownA~fS& Gen. Elphinstone died 23d of April. India itself remained in the most profou't^ tranquility The destruction of the garrison tif Churznae -*' is confirmed. Col. Palmer left the ci'alekwjfe 2Gth of March, and took up his quarters in'a portion of l he town. There, as in the case of Cabul, the Ghoznees, apparently without orders, attacked the troops, and a frightful slaughter ensued. The leader of the insurgents, Shumshoodeen, interfered, and took the officers under his protection, and they are described as now living as prisoners in the citadel. .About one hundred only of the Sepoys are suppessd to have escaped. The accounts from China are interesting- 1 in "'b' "* the 18th of March, the Chinese, 10,000 strong, iried lolietake Ningpo, while another force attacked Chinghre. Jn both instances they were repulsed, \vith considerable loss The Chinese were allowed to enter Ningpo, without opposition, but upon reaching the market place were attacked on all sides by the British roops, and instantly routed. When they got within one hundred yards of the British guns a errific fire of grape and cannister was poured lown upon thein. They fled in confusion,deavng about 250 dead. The 49th regimeht -was hen sent in pursuit, but up to the last accounts lad not returned. A simultaneous attack was made upon Chingur. The enemy were again routed. The Britsh did not suffer a single casualty at either dace. This appears to have been only part of a conerted attack, as at tbe same time fireboats were aunched against the ships. The mandarins also contemplated an attempt ipon Chusan, for which purpose they had colected a considerable force on the island of Taiam. Their intentions were, however, frustratd, by the Nemesis having been sent to reconloitre, and ascertain the extent of their nrenara i?r?~ ion?, A boat having been despatched from this easel, itwas fired on by theChlnese; When puling into a creek. The steamer's erew were im- icdiately landed. They succeeded, after killig many of the enemy, in capturing 30 junks, ^ upposed to liave been intended to convey troops ) Chusan. By a notification from the plenipotentiary, it ppears that the Chinese will be suffered to use leir own discretion in fortifying the banks of * * lor-ex between Wharopoa and Canton; but jat if they venture to erect new works below le former place, hostilities will be immediately 2 ;sumed. The state of trade in Canton had improved, . ; lany sales having been effected during the latter irt of the mouth of March. Opium was sold at jry low rates. v _ TALLAHASSEE, July 23. vj More of the Indians.?We learn that on londay evening last, about 9 o'clock, the Indiis attacked a dwelling a few miles from Camp ' ^ amble, tired into the house, killing one man id wounding two others. Information was im- ; edialely communicated to the camD. and a de diluent of thirty men were sent in pursuit? ,rc have not heard of their return. We premie, as usual, the Indians cannot be found.? day or two since a traveller between Monti;llo and Madison, had an arrow discharged at tn by an Indian, supposed to be a spy upon the ittlemcnts. There is a rumor also in town i;J 4,, ipredation having been recently committed in adeden county .-^Floridian. -?*