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V * ymJ ibjoo^h the eritts of tKe fioii deadly attack which a Coo could anticipate or Treason with, and we have been porMil 4p a sound and pristine hfailh*' bv the operation of the very disease which assailed us* There is a vitality in our institutions; which will preserve them thro' all the dangers to which the eissltudes ' of time and chance may expose their safety. 'Hone is thn f>A?t nmnn etf Mmnrlatilr. We fondly believe thai our, jcouatry is reseverd for a peculiar deatiftjr. She has 'led the van in the march of da lions. Her ' eagle is the herald, as well as tfio emblem of Liberty. Her dawn of promise is unclouded?There is scarcely a shadow to -flit over the beaming light of prosperity* and how bright; how transcendanlly bright, must be ihe meridian of her fame! That Star of Empire whose westward course has been prophetic of her destiny, must culminate over the promised land of freedom and of men. The possible destiny of the United Slates of America,?as a nation of a hundred millions of freemen,?stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific, living under the laws of Alfred, aud speaking the language of Shakspear and Milton,?is an j august conception. It is a consumation' almost too boundless for human thought; but its sublimity chiefly consists in the concomitant extensions and example of liberty. When the tide of population/ shall hare swept beyond the mighty mountains of the Pacific, and lined its fruitful shores with with the tumultuous throngs of commerce,?when the gardens of nature, the boundless prairies oif the Weal, shall rejoice in the smile of universal cultivation,?and the noble rivers that water their luxurient soil be freighted with 'the golden products of industry,?imagination can compass the glory, the majesty of Freedom* And when w?? rem??r?i b'rr that such anticipations arc deducted from sober calculation,?that perchance within the space of a single century these immense results will, in the course of nature, be accomplished,?who can doubt the heaven-directed das'iny of this country?? Miscellaneous. Extract from a letter by Puofessor Smith of the N. York Medical College. Vjeqetablk Diet.?"It has been maintained by some men, distinguished for learning and reasearch that vegetable diet J is most conducive to health It seems < singular that such men should advocate a I doctrine of this kind in these enlightened t ?those Christian days. That such prin- ? ciplcs should have been tought in the ol- t den times by a Braminical priest or a Py- ? thogoras, is not so wonderful, considering i that the first belonered to a nunpraiitiAne O |.w. I priesthood, whoso doctrines were founded in error; nnd that the latter, although wise} in the wisdom of his day, was evidently a wild theorist, who thought, by pervert-1 ing the laws of nature, he might change man from a blood-thirsty animal to a lover of peace. . Hence he taught, "That man should over bo the friend of man; Should view with tenderness all living forms? His brother remmcts and his sister worm." "That such a doctrine should gain proselytes at the present time, when expe- 1 rience is the basis on which philosophers ' build systems of Hygiene, is strange indeed. Does not the experience of every physician prove that nothing would dele- , riorate the human constitution more than an exclusive adherence to vegetable -iiet? what physician is there that does not inow the necessity of rich animal f?od for the feeble and cachectic patient?? i Examine our medical journals, nnd see the experience of those attached to or- i phan assylumns, and institutions of charity. Do they not tell you that the prevalence Of scrofulous diseases could only he checked by the introduction of a larger , allowance of animal food and nourishing i drinks? I have myself known numerous * instances of large families of badly-fed < yiegroes swept oil' by a prevailing epidim- t ic, while their neighbors, who were well i minnlioil Willi maul >?a?M -' - - " su|,|?... ...... mivhii nvuiu UIIIIOSI cniirejy I ] escape; and it is well known to many in-|t telligcnt planters in the South, thai thej> best method of preventing that horrible || malady, Chachexia Africana, is to feed I ( the negroes with nutritious fo.?d. I have' { sent several consumptive persons to the* | Rocky Mountains, where they were compelled to live entirely on animal food, t and they have been returned well, not- i withstanding the low temperature of the i climate. Take from the Laplander or i the Esquimaux his oil and his blubber, } /md feed him upon roots, and he is no j longer able to endure the chilling blast of his native clime." INDIAN FOOD. ' "I have been to the Indian wigwam, ] and asked the old chief why his race, who were once the nriiln <* ?? ?1 1 j v* mt. iui u?V| nuu died of naught but old age, and the bat- 1 tlc-axe, had now dwindled to a handful of 1 poor, sickly basket makers, lie has told 1 me of the white man^s axe, and said these 1 fields were once covered with forests that | sheltered the bear, the deer, artd the buf-|' falo. He pointed to his patch of maiie, whose cultivation required the sordid mind of the pale faces. "Give me back my forest and Jmy bow* and my children shall no moredie of a cough." A Paris Journal has the following interesting account of an event which befel M. Desckainps, a wealthy inhabitant of Lyons: "II# fell into such a state of lethargy ? orvFriday, the 27tli Nov. that his ?r ends - fceUVrfd'hfth to bf dead and proceeded, . ^ w to the pAlimiRitiek tor fi?? The eoifin >v?# bought, and hl? body pUr ced is it. The funeral was tu take place op the 3atuiday; the cortege ww assembled, and the undertaker was on the point of placing on the lid, and screwing it dowu when the supposed defunct suddenly roused from a mere lethargy into which he had fallen, rose up, ana expressed a dej sire for something to eat. A sudden pan'lc for a lime paralysed all present but the : sound of his voice dissipated their fears, and every attention was immediately paid him. He declared that he had been conscious of all that was going on, but wss unable to make the least movement. He was soon so far recovered as to give assurance of many years of renewed life and activity." Gov. Cass at Jerusalem.?A letter from Jerusalem, dated August 14tb, mentions a visit from Gen. Cass, (our Minister to France) family and suite. They arrived at Jaffa in the frigate Constitution, and wete accompanied to Jerusalem by Com. Elliot and several of his officers. Gen. Cass, and family staid with Mr. and Mrs. Whiting, (Missionaries of the American Board, the latter of whom is from this city;) and the remainder of the party, 8 in number, besides servants, with theRev. Mr. Landeau, Mrs. Cass and her daughters were in feeble health. A close torque not always the sign of a wise head. ColeHge tcjls & story of meeting a stranger whoso silence during dinner time, and his attention to what others said, without interrupting them, gave him a favorable impression or his understanding till, unfortunately, on the appearance of some apple dumplings towurds the close of the repast, the delusion was dissipated by the stranger suddenly exclaiming?"Them's the jockies for me." , Epigram.?An old gentleman Of the name of Gould married a girl of nineteen. He wrote a letter to a friend, informing him of the happy event, with this couplet: 'So you gee, my dear friend, tho' eighty years old A girl ot nineteen falls in love wiln old Gould.' Ho received a reply in these terms: 'A girl of nineteen may love Gould, it is true, Hut believe me, dear sit, it is Gold without U.' Original Anecdote of Matkias.?It is not generally known, wo presume, that this notorious imposter passed through the Easternr part of this State sometime since. While at Newbury, a large nutn!>er being present, some one in rather a aunting manner asked him lo exhibit a niraclc. Without the least embariassncnt, he replied, "1 have bean exhibiting jvery day, for the last ten years, the greatest miracle ever shown to the world'. / have been telling the truth without being mobbed."-?Burlington Sentinel. i An Iron Horse.?A mechanic named David Rittcr, of New Haven, has invented an iron horse, that is propelled by springs by the turning of a crank which the rider does with the greatest ease; the liorse is a fac-simile of a live one, and will go at the rate of twenty miles an * lour. *He thinks there will be no use 1 or rail roads, as it will be much cheaper, 1 is the horse will not eat one bushel of I jits in fifty years, only a little oiling < three or four times a year. Great Mail Robbery.? It has re- | cenlly been discovered that the Express ( Mail between Nashville, Tenn. and Louis- < vilie, Ky. has been robbed, by certain of j the carriers, of letters containing checks i and daafts loan amount exceeding $70,- i 000!?perhrps much more, as this amount < lias been taken from the culprits, besides , S3,000 in Bank Notes. The discovery j was made by the robbers and their con- | federates sending a bank draft of $1,500 | to this city to be cashed. Lacking the en- < dorsement,, it was sent back to Cincinna- < Li, to Mr. Jartics Hicks, jr. in whose fa- | vor it was drawn, and by him at once rcfc cognized as one sent to him from New \ Orleans but not received. The facts | Yere immediately communicated to the \ Postmaster; the xpiess rider who sent { ;he drafts was arrested, and, after an eximinnlion before the Mayor, committed. His njimp is M Plirv S X Ir/ifllTrnu o rP.. I ? .* w,??6. V.V. A nu Sonfednrates named George W. Marsh, ( [another Express rider) and Peter Van- 1 liaden, have also been arrested. 1 People must be careful of sending mo- ' iey in this Fxpiess Mail. It is not in- s tended for remittances, and is carried al- 1 together by yoon& boys, wholly exposed, j ind the riders, if not positively dishonest, ire liable to be made the dupes of expcrienccd scoundrels. 1 From Africa.?We learn frorti Capt. Hornsby, ot the brig Elizabeth, arrived | this morning from the river Gambia, , West Coast of Africa, that a malignant i fever lies buen quite fatal among the Eii- < ropean? iher?" vt the settlement of St. ! Mary'- upwards of thirty had died. The i fever was raging at Goree and Senegul.? Captain li.unsby also stages that while lying at anchor in the Harbor of I Goree, in October last, he was hoarded < by a Lieutenant and boat's crew from the i French corvette Trntnphant, Captain of Pcronr.e, who impressed two scnmeiii (Frenchmen) who were shipped at New v?_i,. .1 .1 .L- i . awi>\> aim si^neti wit* articles io perform' the voyage. The Collector the port'i refused to clear the vessel, or give up her , paper*, until these ineo were delivered! up to the Commandant of ihe corvette, which whs M'lused, when they were ta-1 ken out t>y force, and were consequently detained until ne.u day aid wero unable, to procure men 111 their stead. ; i ? V* Bjin i J . UII r 1 - : F^tetry. . - , l k POPULAR SONG. \ By the Editor of the (Pa.) Mbmttoineer. ), ? Tune?"Royal Charlie." Hard times!?hud times!?is now the ciy, The country** in eoofoaioa t The Banka here stopped! and etill they t?y To miettfydelusion t They give us trash, and keep the cash, To send adrosfc the water* To pay for things, they bought from 'Kings To quia our sons and daughters! onoaus Then to the Poil* !?ye noble souls! The B^nhs may cry for quarters! But hear their doom?they shall resume, ' Or forfeit all their charter?! Shall Corporations rtile tho soil, That Washington defended 7 Must honest people sweat and toil, And see their rights "suspended 7" Must we be slaves, to pamper knaves, J Shall Bankers be our masters 7 I Must all our pay from day to day, t Be nothing but shin-plasters 7 Then to the polls?4*c j Bravo Jackson strove to keep us free: ' He loved his country doaiiy, 1 His "sound metalie currency" Was not a "Promise" merely; 1 If " little Van's an honest man, He'll imitate the Hero, 1 And send the whigs, to dance their jigs, At loost?as low as Zero !! 8 m... j. j* it | i ntU cv inc poU& As Congress is about to meet, f Upon a great occasion, I Muy no unholy scheme defoat r The common expectation. C If Martin will be honest 'dtill, t The scenes which now are tragic, a Must disappear before a year, L For honesty is "Magic!!" s Then to the polls !?$c. Tho "Empire State" may play her pranks, And e'en the "Old Dominion," May white.wosh all hor broken Banks, Regardless of opinion; tu., it???? a,.*. \? aiiv lvojoiuav; ^iaiv} WUU I ilUHlltllt') Tho' ills fall thick upon hor, To elill maintain without a stain, Hor high and "sacred honor." Then to the polls !?eye. \Vo duly understand our rights, I The rights of Law and Nature, (I We'll vote no more for paper kites, ^ To fill our Legislature; (( For just Reform we'll brave tlio stdrin, Bold as Columbia's seamen, We'll do or die?for Liberty ! , j And .prove that we are Freemen!! Then to the polls!?ft. ' Agricultural. 1 From the Southern Agriculturist. '' ON SELECTING COTTON SEED. J. Beaufort, Dec. 14. w Mr. Editor.?The time is approaching p vhen we shall be busily engaged pr?pu- b ing for another crop?suffer me therefore a] 0 submit for your consideration, and (if m 1 1 . -1 " nougiu wormy 01 a place in your register) to planters generally a few ideas. ai In looking over my cotton-seed since r< ginning, I have been led to think, whether, w fiom the quantity of unmatured seed I il discovered, it was not worth the planter's tl while to ascertain from experiment, the ei injury he sustained from the idiscriminate p use of the sc.'d as it came from the cotIon. Owing to the gales of the last ti season, much, very much is premature?; tl jf course much of the seed is seriously 8 injured in those essentials which would h render it good. If these seed are allowed rr to be sown, the) will germinate?but " on 11 Ko rooc nn? l?lir onrvnAAAil ?!-?!.! ,? uu viiooiiiiuij nu|'|'<>nGU HIC yiUIll would be as great as from the fully ai matured ? B Again, Mr. Editor, would it not be worth s< .he nttcntion of all, to lay aside froin the product of a fully matured crop, seed for tl future use, to remedy the evil effects of ri storm's and other causes.?A friend to as Agriculture. * th It appears to us an axiom, thai with w luc preparation of the soil, "good seed c< will produce good fruit." We think the juggestiops of our correspondent good, v< and would advise their being acted on, for ifter all our labor in putting land in the ' finest order for a crop, no safe calculation ^ can be made, if the seed be not j;ood.? The necessity of replanting, might be the least cvil resulting from the use of inferior seed.?[Ed. 1 _ ' T Extraordinary Plant.?There is a plant inhabiting the v^st prairies of North m Amcric, the ends of the leaves being arm- pi cd with teeth, which have the power of ra closing up on being irritated by any sub- w stance, as for instance, a fly; indeed, these y< seem to be the natural food of the plant, yi A French philosopher engaged in the in- c< vesication of its properties, put many of these plants in situations where they in could not get ahy insects, and they gra- tc dually fa led. He also fed some of them ol Wit h beef scrapings and these plants throve c< well. " c3 ' ol Hang, or Dried bekf'Tnkc eighi. mimes of commun salt, two ounces ofjtc saltpeter, made into a brine. This qnan-1 H tilt to be applied to ten pounds of beef. J D It should lay in the brine four weeks; and B then be hug up in the kitchen or some \varm ttpuriirw. nt to become dry. In order to preserve it from insects in summer, it, G should be tied up in a linen cloth. \ * vr * v 1 i nd th. h?ef cur* by it ? of the fi est description. - H."C. Salt o* Co*nbs> Bbsv.?One peck of ooarie salt, tour ounces of saltpeter, one ud H half pound of eoiiM brown sugar. Add to the above ingredients four 'galIons of spring water; boil and shin it until it h quite clear; when cold it is lit for use. The neat, either beef or pork, should be raited a few hours befoire it is put in pickle.' Hams and tongues are very fine cured with the same pickle.?New York Farmer. MSM?S??? From Wew Orleans. PROCLAMATION. Republic or Texas?Executive Depaxtuknt, ) 41 Aiaatnn n.. on 1 co?* c UUH9?UM| V?V> WV| 1UUI> J "Whereas there are Various Reasons ' iii-' Jucing me, as the Executive of this Republic, to Isdlie the following procltitaalioii: Be it known, that I Sam Housfbif, President of the Republic aforesaid, by thfe'authority in mcvcdtcd, do hereby orlain and decree, that nil Agents bf this Republic authorised to itell Land Scrip, rfe hereby recalled, and their powers rerdketl: that hereafter no Land Scrip is to re sold fdr less than one dollar and 'fifty :ents per acre; ahd that when such scrip re sold, the money is to be placed in spc;ie paying banks, subject to the order of he Secretary of the Treasury, and the tale attested by the cashier of such banks; 1 hat hereafter no money will be received or any debts or dues payable to this Re- ' rublic, either for customs or taxes,-except : 'romissory Notes of the Government, ' ;old or silver; that all Land Scrip sold on iredit heretofore, must be returned, and heland relinquished and Cancelled, as no igcntsare ever authorized to sell oh credit, >ut positively and expressly limited to el! only fnr cash. Done at the City of Hoifclon, this twenty-fifth day of Dec. i (sUAX.) 1837. and in the year of the Independence of the Republic, the second. i SAM HOUSTON. i\. a. irion, JScc'ry of State. ' 1 Correspondence of the Bulletin. { Houston; Dec. 30, 1837 1 Sir?Since my last, we have been in a 1 tatc of confusion and excitement, caused y the intcligence received from Bexar, 1 hat post had been attacked and was sur- * 9und(fd when the express started; it has t irned out however to be an attack made < n that post by the Mexican robbers, six- t r or a hundred in number. They killed * ic odt sentinel and captured one of the : a aldicrs, stole the horses belonging to ihe f avalry and immediately thereafter re- J eated. Cols. Karnes and Wells immedi-j t tcly started in pursuit of them, recap- t tired the prisoner, but from the fact of t ^ie enemy having stolo their horses, I ould not engage them- It has happened t 'ell for us, as it has had a tendency to ut us on our guard. The militia will now t e organised, and a special message has < Iready been despatched to purchase am- t tuniiions. 1 This citv alone. muster?r four bnnrlr*>?1 i nd ninety fire men fit for military duty, \ iady and willing at any moment. The s hole country is 011 the alert, and should ie cowardly minions of Bustamente show temselvcs upon our soil, but few will l scape to give account of their cam- ( aign. P It seems to be tbe settled determina- a on of all to spare not, to meet thorn on ieir own terms and abide the result.? a hould any thing of interest occur, I will C astcn to give you an account. In the I lean time, I am, your obedient, c Texas.?By an arrival last evening, we re politely furnished with a Matagorda j ulletin, of December 20, from which we t dect the subjoined articles. ? W m. P. Pan fnrmnflif I ? - - .... ?. , Wv My w IMWI a J tltin VI I io district court of the county of Brazo- t a, has succeded Gen. M'Kinstry, dee'd., v ? Chief Justice of that county. From t: ic acquaintance we have with Mr. Scott, f e judge him to be a highly fitted and S xnpeient incumbent. v The Land Bill has become a law by a d ate of two-thirds of the members of Con- o ress, thereby passing it over thd Presi- tl ent's head; giving the old General a se- A ?rc rebuke. This makes the third time r e has voted the Land Bill. ,e City of Houston, > December 31, 1837. ) 'o Gen. M. B. Lamar : f, Dear Sir?In ouiv anxiety to select the a lost suitable person to fill the office of ii resident of this republic, after the expi- b ilion of the term of Gen. Sam Houston, ti e are satisfied from a knowledge of a our character, civil and military, that tl ou will be the most appropriate sue- I issdr. a We respectfully request that you would p iform us if you will permit your name p > be Used as a candidate for that high tl Bicc. In making this request, we are p fiiltirif n ml L*1*^ -1 / luvut uiiu naji|i| 111 iiic UCIICI IIIUI WC J) cpTess the wishes of a large majority of 1 ur fellow citizens. o 8. fl. Everett, J. S. Lester, I. W. Bur- c >ti, W. H. Whorton, E. Rains, A. C. si [orton, John Dunn, 8. C. Robertson, p Rowlett, G. W. Burnett, Edward T. a ranch. t< p Houston, 7th Dec. 1837. t< entlemcn:? l? 1 have received yoar very polite note, I of the 1st tfrttaftt, inwjH^h yon desired to know if ? will per^t#n?|r name to beplaced before the people as candidate for the next President ot this Republic.? 1 cannot be ineensible, gentlemen, ta the high compliment which this kind exjpression of your confidence conveys;, and I fdel more grateful because it p^&ceeds, froqo those over whom it has bepn my duty as a Yice President, to preside, and to whom, of consequence, I am intimately known. I cao only say in answer, that as I dame to this country, for tl^e sole purpose of subserving the great objects ?f the Evolution, until these objects are fully achieved, 1 do not feel myself at liberty to decline the duties of any station, however- high and honorable, to which the voic? nf ?r.n ? v,j iviiow. citizens may call me. With' the be_st wishes for ihe welfare of all* Your obedient feervant, MIRABEAU B. LAMAR. To S. il. Everett, A. C. Morton, &,c. TEXAS-?THE MEXICANS AfiVANCING ! We find in the New Orleans slips a letter from Captain Mcrvine, of the U. S. Natcheze, dated offS, W. Pass, Mississippi, Dec. 16, which states on the authority of creditable information communicated at Brassosde Santiago, that between Nov. 22d and ?7lh, tho Mexican Trqops crossed the llio Grande in considerable forces, consisting of two pieces of artillery, a battullion of cavalry, and one of sappers, there were 1200 men stationed 4ie^r the bait Colorado, 20 miles east 'of MctamOra?, iu the limits of Texas. On the 22d 100 men entered Matamoras from the interior. The division in that place consists of 3000 men. It is supposed that the first movements of the Mexicans is to take possession of the Aransa inlet, which leads to Copano. The American squadron was expected up in a few days from Vera Cruz. , . The New Orleans Courier in inks it probable the Cumanclie Indians, who are in considerable force in that quarter, arc the objects -of this expedition. General Felix Houston, who is at New Orleans, informs the editor of the True American that the Mexicans have had for sonie<timc~ 3 to 10,000 men on the ttio Grande at different points?all within five days march of the river. lie sa) s this invasion was foreseen, and the Tcxnns warned of it ill vain. Filisola commands: > "It is the opinion of Gen. F. Houston, .hut Filisola will advance on the lower owie by 6an Petrico, on the Neticos? hence to I?a llahia and San Antonio to Jopano?and thus divide the country in wo, and keep up his communications vith Mexico, l?y rebuilding the fortresses it those places. That thispropositfon is easible, appears in the know fact, that filisola couuselled Santa Anna to take has route, and not on any account to diride his forces; the result of his neglect >1 that advice is kuown, and is more likey to make Filasola adhere pertinaciously o his original plan/' This route, is thought, will consurhc so nuch tiine that the Tekns will have an ipportunity to arm themselves and give heir enemies a warm reception. Gen. ?. Houston thinks tlicre will be plenty of roops to llock to the Texan standard vithout llie necessity of calling on the ettlers. From Mexico.?By the brig Peru, in he short passage of 19 days from Vera >uz, files of the Censor, are received to lov. 20th". The country was unsettled ...1 ~ 1-.'! ? - ? tin u ii-vwiuiioii uuny expected. The U. S. ship Concord, from a cruise, rrived at Vera Cruz Nov. 28th last, from >ampeachy, and was to sail in 8 days lot >ensacola. All well. A shock of an arthquake "was fell at Mexico, on the light of the 22d. Don Carlos Maria Bnstamenle, is ap>ointcd by the Mcxicun Congress, to till he vacancy occasioned by the death of lignor Mangino. Gen. Don Louis Quinaua was buried Nov. 18. The whole of lie sea shore at Vera Cruz is covered r it'll dead lish, the putrefaction of which uints the air, but does not produce any ever as yet. The shore at Sacrigcios, Ian Juan de IJlvn, <&c., is also str'eved nth dead fish, and they extend for some istance out to sea. May not this extrardinary phenomenon be connected with li'e?volcanic formation of that" part of the Lmerican Continent, producing subtcranenn, or rather submarine eruptions or Xplosions which hav"c caused the death f Vhe animals in question ? Mr. Crosse's New Insects.?A letter rpm Mr. Crosse to a friend in London, ccompanying thirty of his newly*formed nsects, preserved in spirits of wine, has oen published. From this letter we exract the following passages:?"I am quite s much surprised and quite as much in he dark about this affair as I was at first, have had lately, several families of them, nd have tliem at this time growing on a i I-?- i , . .. .< ivm ui irun wire piungea 11110 siucnic 01 otash, and a quarter of an inch under ic surface of the fluid, at the positive ole of a battery consisting of twenty airs of small zinc and copper cylinders, likewise have them constantly forming n the surface of electrified sulphate of oppcr, at the edge of the fluid, and trangely mixed lip with crystals of snlhate of copper. In fact, I have them in II stages, from their earliest formation, j their full perfection, and crawling about retty nimbly. Most of their formations >ok place in the dark. The access of fht is very prejudicial to ihem, as far as iavc observed. I have had hundreds of