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The people We willing
be nee#*
for-their
protect
thought
in 5^
t for frontier protection,
the defence of Galves-
employmeut of a
to keep the ari
all ^hat is
fighting, should, any
never asked a regular force
iobabla by gentlemen from Washing-
sealing the duly on sugar, coffee,
Siteel, did not receive the signature of the Presi-
aiid therefore did not become a law. We hope
indi is the casé. The manufacture of sugar lias
been commenced on a respectable scale in the coun-
try and the,naturalfacilities fur its production
as well as the low
out the qecessity
cane. Coffee is n
garded as
terior.t Th
claims to be
cines for ii
pears to be
tinctioii. S
used in the co
or complained of.
a luxur
ich i
and the July has never I
ce of cotton, would seem to
ncouragirf£ the cultivation
indispensable, and ¡seven yet re-
by mnu Of our citizens in the in-
other anieles which have4lrouger
on the free list, (drugs and medi-
now pay duty, and there ap.
e is
n>,sfelt
Iron has much higher claims, both
became it is an article, for (lie use of which there is a
wider necessity, and because the burthen falls uppn the
industrious classes. In addition, is thefact that there
ara large quantities of ore in the country. It is too
early, however, to expect to derive from the mines
here any thing like a sufficient supplj.
The Telegraph pays that it is a lamentable fact,
that the American Minister in Mexico and the Ameri-
can Consul at Vera Crux paid over $7,000 to enable
the Santa Pe pilsoners to return to Texas, and cen-
sures President Houston for having made no men-
tion of this circumstance to Congress, in order that
an appropriation might be made to reimburse these
gentlemen. The Telegraph is not fully informed up-
on this subject. Nearly all those engaged in the Son;
ta Fe Expedition were men originally from the Uni-
ted States, and although they had fjrfeited the right
to claim the direct aid of their Government in order
to effect their release, that Goverment and its agents
did not withdraw all sympathy from them. After
having been released their wants were supplied, and
a vessel (chartered to take them, not to Texas, bul
New Orleans. Prom tome cause the vessel stopped
at Galveston, and they nearly all chose to come a-
shore here instead of proceeding with her to N. Or-
leans. An appropriation of six thousand dollars was
made by the United Slates Congress to meet these
expenses. Inadditipn
ed by Gen. M'Leod that
benefit of the prisoners, from Gen. Lamar, a draft
for $3,000, which was appropriated towards paying
the charter of the vessel that brought them up. This
circumstance is the more creditable to Gen. Lamar
inasmuch as we learn that he made great sacrifices
in order to obtain this draft, and has never made
the. circumstance of his having sent it public.
We believe that none of these claims have ever
been presented to this Government Tor liquidation.
"i"r I* % ^• 1 .r
tormined to make the movement at all hazards, he very
properly recognized them as acting under the sanction
of the Government, in order that, in case they were
captured, they might stand upon the Tooting of priion-
war. If, a. the Telegraph tells us. the Preaj-
isasterous result for the expedi-
to has come to pass, and it will
than either of the two journals in
have yet manifested to prove that he is
in any way answerablo for the result.
The Str< Vesta, has returned from the Trinity with
a full cargo of cotton. There is enough of that arti-
cle on the river to keep both the Vesta and Ellen
Frankland employed in bringing it down until sum-
mer.
In the Brassos also the Mustang is kept busy, with
a prospect that she will scarcely be able to accom-
he work before her.
Col. Andrew Niel), ofGuadaloupe, Texas, captur-
ed at San Antonio by the forces under Gen. Woll,
returned by the last arrival of the New York at lilis
city. The following accout of his adventures and es-
cape, he furnished to. the editor of the Bulletin on his
arrival at New Orleans.
oners amounting in number to about lif-
!ne,'w0rema.de to march under a strong guard
on the way to the city of Mexico~-changing the num-
ber and character of the guard as they came to this
and other military posts. When withit. fifteen leagues
of Mexico the route was changed arid the prisoners
diverged into the Puebla road oh their way to Peroie,
in the castle of which about a half a mile from the
town, they are now in manacles and confined. On
1 he evening of the 14th December, Col. Neil bade
hie captain farewell with very little ceremony, and
on the next morning at 8 o'clock, be had walked for-
ty five miles, and was in the'heart of the city of Mexi-
co. Having money enough to last him three or four
days, he stopped at a hotel-—demanded a private
room—received no company, 'and attending to' rer-
lieve himself Of his fatigue and juring his feet, theri
weary and sore.
In a day or two he walked out—-found a certain
street and returned to his quarters. He searched
the next night for the uumber in that street which he
desired—entered—was embraced by his friend, and
concealed in bis house two weeks. He then boldly
took a seat in the stage (under an assummed name,)
which runs from Vera Cruz, and even stopped one
night at Perote, within rifle shot, almost of the prison-
ers in (he Castle/ Here he heard of his own escape,
and cautiously made his safety known to those in the
Cubile. ' Arrived ut Vera Cruz, he was concealed
on board one vessel unt'l another craft was ready to
lake him to Havana, wheie he ariived, and thence
came to this city via Key West.
He mentions thai fifty-live captives still remain, and
that they aie treated in no gentlemanly or honorable
mariner. Judge Hutchinson, (whose wife is now in
'this city,) was the only person allowed to go about
withoul being chained by the legs. Col.- Neill has
not yet recovered the healthy use of his feet, but
purposes returning to Texas immediately, and join-
ing the "Army of the west," on ihe other sit)e of the
Rio Grande. He states that the Mexican soldiers
are few and far between in that region, and antido-
to this sum, we were inforrt <s_pale8 a glorious result from the reported advance of
hat he had received forthe the Texiu
The Apaches seem to abate none of their hostility
towards their ancient enemies, thé Mexicans, and lose
none of their cunning in making war. One of the
Mexican journals) in detailing their late depredations
in Chiahuahua and Durango says that these Indians
dressed themselves in the uniform worn by tho sol-
diers of Durango, and thus disguised entered, unsus-
pected, several viljages and haciendas in open day,
committing the most fearful ravages,—killing and
scalping all they met, and carrying offevory thing of! Qen, Woll, who with blunt candor declared to Gen.
value. - Reyes that there was no cause for rejoicing- in this
It is the habit of Mexico to'boosther numerous poD ! instance, for they had gained uo credit iu,the campaign
ulation as an evidence of her strength, but it should Texas- Mr. Jones saw the Texian prisoners after
. exiau army.
The Presidio.—We have recently conversed with
Mr. Jones, who escaped from San Fernandez about
two months since." X his gentleman states that he was
at San Fernando about six mouths pievious to the pe
riod that Gen. Woll started with his army against
Bexar, and remained in thal town several weeks after
his return. He sayis that the whole force which mar-
ched from the Presidio, under Gen. Woll into Texas,
was 1500 men, and he lost 302 meu during the expe
ditiou. Previous to his departure from the Presidio,
he pressed a large number of carts, wagous, &c., to
convey corn and other aitides for his troops; and he
did -not bring a single baggage wagon back; all these
were left on the road in the retreat or rather flight
from the .Texian army. When Gen. Woll approach
ed the Presidio, Gen. Reyes induced the citizens tó
form a procession and go out and meet him with hon-
ors as a victor:Gen. Reyes in a spledid cariiage, deck
ed with garlands, &c., lode iu advance of the proces-
sion; but what was their disappointment to find the
troops all worn down with fatigue and completely
dispirited—a faint exclamation of joy arose to greel
the returning soldiers; but this was soon silenced by
be remembéred that more thau three - fourths of the
people are Indians, who do not rccognizo the Gov-
ernment, and many of whom are in absolute and per-
petual war against it. li is well known that of late
yeaissome of these tribes, especially the Apaches and
Comanches, are encroaching upon the Mexican terri-
Ntory, and have depopulttcd many settlements, for a
long time wealthy and prosperous.
We are not surprised to see An attempt, ou the part
of the opposition ptiuts, ti attribute the capture of
the men under Col. Fisher to the Executive. He is
about as much to blame for the circumstance as for
most of the otjier evils laid to his charge—bad crops,
• bad roads, and badwealher included. If, contrary to
the orders of Gen. Somervell and of the Exocutive,
Col. Fisher with less than three hundred men, choso
to remain in Mexico two vtteeks, and until all the reg-
ular forces at Matamoros and within a hundred and
fifty miles of the scene of hit operations could be con-
centrated and brought against him, the fault is that
of the Executive—certainly. Let his opponents be
consistent.
Seriously—this expedition beyond the Rio Grande,
whatever may have been the advantages expected
from it, or the disasters which have resulted, is one
with which the Executive has claimed no connection.
He did not propose or encourage it—nor did he op-
pose it. When he found that those engaged were de-
flj 4 r M: ■ i£F, Jf it
contribution, and out apry could have marched hack
to Bexar before any Mexican army could have been
collected capable of opposing it. 'I he Santa Fe
prisoners, Van Ness, Háucock and Fitzgerald could
i1so, "to all probability have been released. These
« _ 4. U* ** •■« nn/lov Ulttail Mr -TitftftJA
St!
I
ners w.;re at San Fernandez when Mr. Jones
'that place. He says .the report that Gen. Woll
gone to Mexico is false, he was at ihe Presido on
the 28th of October list.— Telegraph.
The San- Antonio prisoners have arrived at the
Castle oí Peroie, where with the single exception of
Judge Hutchinson, all are In chains. They #e said
to be in good heallb and spirits, although ihe)' enter-
taiu little hope of being liberated. They are chain-
ed in pairs, and the report was thot they were to be
set at work on the 2d inst; One of the unfortunate
prisoners, named Glenn, was left sick at San L uis Po-
tosí, and another named Nor vail at Queretaro. The
health of Judge Hutchinson is" represented as ex-
tremely good, as was also that of D. C- Ogden, Col—
quhoun, Maveric, Bradley, Johnston, Jones and oth-
ers who are well known here. Tbey news of the
capture of California, combined with the account of
the invasion of Mexico by Gen. 'Somervell, which had
reached the city, had tended to render the Mexicans
more exasperated than ever against the prisoners,
and induced them to treat the poor fellows with ex-
treme rigor. The utmost severity the Mexicans can
exercise toward these men, according to the nsuages
of civilized nations, is to treat them as prisoners of
war; and we doubt whether they can be long held
even as prisoners.
Instead of this, we find judges, lawyers, physicians,
merchants and others—elderly men many of them and
with families—thrown into a prison in one of the cold-
est and rpost uncomfortable places itrtbe country;
chained in pairs like common criminals, and what is
more, compelled to labor in their manacles. We
doubt.not that foreign governments will look into this
matter, and we cannot but believe that Santa Anna
will be informed tbsl other thau humane treatment will
not be tolerated lowttijs these men.—Picayune.
AN ACT
To repeal in part an act approved July 23d, 1842.
entitled "an act to legüíatA the collection of Im-
post duties."
Beit enacfed by the Senate-and House of Repre-
sentatives of , the Répbblic of Texas in Congress as-
sembled, That from and after the passage of this act,
the act approved the 23d July, 1842, entitled "an act
to regulate the collection of impost duties," be arid
the same is hereby repealed, so far a3 ihe provisions
of the same in any wise relate to. the direct tax and
postage.
N H, DARNELL,
Speakor of the House of Representatives.
J. A. GREER,
President pro tem. of the Senate.
Approved January 17, 1843,
. 1 SAM HOUSTON.
tw#en four and e millions.
and has about 30,000 inhabitants. At tW'6
ding lot? in that town only,a fe>v raon
sum of $100 per foot was bbtkined in s<
the other land sold at the rate of $160,00*^
The original lots'ón whi<;h Sydney is huflnW® S'v"
to the early convicts, in the hope of inducing toen "
become industrious and independent. Soligliity were
they regarded by the mojority, however, that one
more far-seeing thap the rest, purchased the
from his companions for two puncheons of rum. J 113
man eventually died worth about $300,000 per annum
although twenty or thiity years before he had been
transported for stealing g« ese from a common m
England! Among those who depended upou his
bounty was a cleigyrnari, who said giace at Ids la-
table,' and who l.ad been transported for theciime of
forgery! . '
The Fashions.—The editor of the Portland Bulle-
tin sayS that it is marvellous that a few rowdy fops
and blacklegs in Paris, Loudon and New York, or a
few ladies of very quebtiohable character, in thnse
great emporiums, should be ubi® to dictate to tho
world what they shall wear, or how their.clothiug shall
be shaped and put on—what they shall eat, drink,
how they shall ride, in what mannei they shall be
merry—and yet such is the fact. Now it is of little
consequence to us how absurdly people dress; all the
interest we have in the matter is to see them dress
according to the season. The ladies may wear Vgo,
flaring "coal hod" bonnets, or diminutive heaií-gear;
they may ensconce their pretty countenances hi Jen-
ny Demises, or they may wear close hoods—they may
wear don jacket, sleeves or flowing bishops—for
aught We care; but it is to be deprecated that they
should allow fashion to set at defiance all the rigors
of winter, all sources of comfort and all forms of mod-
esty. We like to see ladies dressed in lich ijjateri—
al—dressed with taste; we think it would be well for
them to study the effect of dress, not only as a twana
of adorning the person but as a source of econbipy—''
for it is well know that some ladies appear dresijed to
better advantage with a small iucome than others jvbp
have almost unbounded resources—but we pul^
have them study nature: rather than fashion. We
abotlld like to know what thermos so much to be ad-
mired in a fjot jambed out of proportion by a d)ni^
utive slipper, in a waist contracted into the diiien-
sion of a spider's by stays and lacing, or in a farm
thrown out of all symmetry by petting and wr^
Do the ladies expect to attract the attention
other sex by these follies?—We never yet saw
tlemau to whom they were not-the source a'f ún
ded ridicule.
V
The Isle of Pine.—Since the exciting develop-
ments made in relation'to the contemplated mutiny on
board the Somers, and the tragical end of that afluir,
public attention has turned with 110 little interest to
the Isle of Pines. The young would-be pirates, as
the story i une, upon becoming masters of the Somers,
were 'to sail and meet a confederate at the Isle of
Pines," and it" is this passage in the statement that
has awakened a high ^degree ofcuiiosity in the pub-
lic mind regarding that spot.
In 1828-9, Admiral Laborde, having called the at-
tention of Gov. Vives, of Cuba, to the necessity that
existed of preventing the congregation ofpiiatesat
that Island, so favorable for all their purposes, an
offer was made to.all such soldiers of the garrison of
Havana as were married, or would marry, to go and
settle at that pluce. They wore to get a full dis-
charge from the service, and have a house built for
them, besides being furnished with supplies of every
thing necessary for tbeii maintenance for one year,
together with requisites for their establishment in the
cultivation of cocoa. Upon these proposals being
laid before them thirty men of the regiment of Cata-
Ionio immediately entered into the spirit of the en-
terprise, and were followed by memibers of other regi-
ments, all of whom Were forthwith sent over to set-
tle oti the Island, and protect it from becoming the
nest of roving freebooters of the seas.
We have never heard of this arrangement bein6
from any cause discontinued, and if still carried on it
can hardly seem that the Isle of pines furnishes any
harbor for pirates.
Joe Smith.—By our late St. Louis papers we,
that Joe Smith had ariived at Springfield, III., ac
panied by a number of his followers, and qurrend
himself to the sheriff of Spngamo county. Heig l
on a warrant issued by the-Governor of lllinois'uiij
the requisition ol the Governor of Missouri,
charge of being accessory before the the fact oi
tempted assassination of ex-Gi'vernor Boggs.
his arrest by the sheriff, a writ of habeas cotjju,
sued out by his counsel, Justin Butteriield, Ei
Chicago, and he was brought before the Circuit
«oí th«j United States for the District of Illinoi.
Hon. Nathaniel Pope preeiding. The Attorney
eral of the Slate was to appear against bim, bu
thought that 0!d Joe will be discharged.
they arrived at Sau Fernando; he says they were all
ingood spirits and enjoyed good health. He was pre-
sent when they had an interview with Col. Carrasco
after his return. They eagerly euquired about the
campaign. He told them that the Texians at the Sa-
lado, completely repulsed the Mexican ai my—that
they were the best marksmen ha ever met. He said
very few of their shots missed, and that there was a
smaller proportion of Mexicans wouuded in this bat-
tle than iu any other that took place, and a laiger por.
tion were killed. He said most of the Mexican sol-
diers in this battle were shot in the head or breast.—
When speaking of the skirmish at the Hondo, Car-
rasco observed, "the men who fought us at the Hon-
do were not worthy to wear the old shoes of those
who' fought us at tho Salado." He further observed
that, if the Texians had charged upon their ranks at
the Hondo, the Moxicán army would havo been de«
feated at once.
Mr. Jones says, that while Gen. Woll was at Bex-
ar, he sent an express to Gen. Reyes at the Presido
for reinforcements; but a though every exertion was
made, only forty or fifty men could be raised, and
there were not arms sufficient in the town for even
these, and they were disbanded. He says, also, that
the whole force at the Presido and Snn Fernandez,
on the 28 h of October, when he left that place, did
not exceed 1100 regular troops, and there were four
generals in command, viz: Gen. Vasquez, Gen. Woll,
and Gen. Saler. He says, also, ti at if the army
under Gen. Somervell had marched to the Presido,
they could easily have defeated these, troops, who
are so much dispirited by their late campaign, that
they tremble at the name of a lifle: and the thriving
towns of the Presido, San Fernando, Morelos, and
Navarre, couhj have been captured and laid under
Still another cause for a Hubbub.—From several let-
ters which appear iu late Mexican papers, it appears
that tho citizens of ihat Republic have other ground
of complaint than the demonstrations at Monterey
made by Commodore Jones. Itra recent number of
El Siglo Diez y Nueve we find three or four letters
from the new Governor of California, Manuel Michel-'
torena, in which the particulars of what is termed an
outrage at the port of San Diego are given. To cut
a long story shoil, it appeals that during the month of
November the poriof Sail Diego was entered and eight
cannon, five of brass and tlirée of iron, were dismoun-
ted and spiked by some party supposed to be Arneri
cans. The charge was laid at the door of the officers
of the brig Alert, sailing under United States colors,
as she was seen lying off'and on near the *p«j;t for some
hours before the act was committed, and two or three
boat loads of men were seen passing between the ves
sel and shore about the time the cannon were spiked.
The new Governor culls upon the Supreme Govern-
ment foi1 iu action in this affair. The probability is
that the whole business grew out of some smuggling
operation, for there is not a little of that game carried
on upon the coast of California. We shall probably
hear further upon the subject by the next arrivals.—
Picayune.
* ■ ' ■ ■ «
England's Penal Colony.—Oí all the colonies up-
which the' litm of England has evei "clapped his
paw," soys the.Boston Evening Transcript, the his-
tory of the rise and progress of the penal one at Aus-
tralia is the most wondei ful and extraordinary. This
colony is situated on the largest island 2700 mile§
long and 2000 wide-—in the world, and was visited
by the great ciicumnavigator, Captain Cook, (who
called it Botany Bay,) in 1770. It was colonized by
the English in 1778, and a poition of the settlements
is made use of as a penal colony for convicts. In
1838 no fewer than 336 ships arrived at New South
Wales, nearly all from Great Biitain; while in 1S39
the imports into Sydney amounted to between five
and six millions of dollurs, and the exports to be-
Important Invention.—During the course of a brief
tour in West Baton Rouge this week, we called on
V. Leblanc, Esq.r" who, we had been informed, was .
greparing a Machine of his own invention, for cutting
sugar cane. Mr. L. cheerfully exhibited a rough spe-
cimen ot his idea, in the shape of a wooden sled With
steel sythes projecting from each runner, and request-,
ed our opinion of its feasibility. It had not yet been
tried, and as experience ever affords the surest evi*
dence in such matters, we requested him to "hitch on
his horses and go out." No sooner said than done.—
In a few minutes, the Cane Cutter was in the field1 arid
at work, laying down two rows of cane at once, as
fast us a man could walk. It took the cane off close
to the ground, evenly and cleat}, neither splitting tbft
stump or disturbing the roots. After testing fully tha
efficiency of the design, we again left the field. Mjw
Leblanc determined to carry out his oiigin^l idea tJ
the utmost perfection imaginable, and we amply sat-1
isfied of the practicability and great utility of tlíífinT
veniion. As a labor saving machine, we feel confident
this is the most important introduced into Louisiana,
since the invention of the cotton-gin: It can be easi-
ly made to perform the work of twenty-five or thirty
negroes in a day. Windrovving and matlnssing after
this, will be mere pastime, and an inconceivable a-
jnount of anxiety for the master and drudgery for the
slaves, will be at an end, when the Cane Cutter shall
have been generally introduced on sugar plantations.
• Baton llouge Gazette.
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The Guard fund.—Stephen Girard bequeathed
two millions of dollars for the maintenance ot the Gi%
rai d College—-one of the most noble charaties evs
devised. Of this large bequest there h^ve been ejj
pended since his death, now more than ten years ago
only $631,899. and the balance which should ainouni
to upwards ofihineein hundred thousand dol|a
ing invested in United States Bank Stock arid
securities, is now worth not more $475,000
half million appropriated by Mr. Gi«
piovemént of tne Eastern front of the
delphia at least one hall has disappeared by the
improvident investment. Jf.i'S
Speaking of the habit the Northern ladiéB^
of wearing immense muffs the Lowell (Mass.) Court-
ier, says—"If it takes the fur of five dead foxes
warm the fingers of our ladies, it takes the cunningof'
ten live foxes to get money to pay for them son . .
times." ?—-T" X ''««i" ;? i
i-
The recent mutiny on board tbe Somera has awa?
kened the attention to the importance of the marine
corps. It is stated that in no mutiny known in this
country or in England have the marines ever joined
the sailors. Theie is a fixed antipathy between the
two classes which enables au adroit commander to
keep both of them in check.
iÜ
AwJuL—There is said to be two scripture proofs
iat females do not go to heaven! First, (Rév. xlL 1)
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven;
a womin!'' Second, ib. viii. 1) "There was silence
iu heaven about the space of a half au b/aui!" •
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