The Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 26, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 30, 1853 Page: 1 of 4
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OTT* BANNER
Miff.
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CIA UK 8 V I L Lfe, ttJED RIVER fcol'NTT,
TEX AS, SATURDAY, APRIL #0;
ftli
THK FITtST VOYAGE CP THK HUDSON
[from the new Ili«tury of New York, by
H. Carpenter and T. 8. Arthur, just pub-
liibctl by Uppineott, Grauibo & Co., wo tiki- a
chapter descriptive of Hudson's first voyage up
ths river (but bears his name ]
About the same time that Chaplain was oh hi*
(uat expedition againattbe Iroquois, Henry
1 ladwu, au Kugiisli uiariucr in the ouiploy of
Iho Dutch Kaat India Company, was penetra-
ting 'be Arctic regions in the vaiu search for a
northern pOsaapito India. With n small yacht,
or fly-boat, called the Crescent, manned by a
•pjiedcruwof Knuliahmcu und Hollanders, he
attempted to reacli Nova Zeiu'da; bui being
impeded by masses of ice, he chauged (lie course
SchweoUdea, iiowcaltodK Uar W, aad nok i.iafarge piece Of ground.)
Albany, aboat mo« Ut jmtives immaditrtety+Tbe Indians were surprised at their superior wit,
on board, bringing with them ou| did nut contend with tbeiu for a little tmuuid,
ppes and pumpkins, together with otter and ' * ' -
beaver akiui, which they exchaugtd f ir hatch-
ets, beads, kuives, aud other trifle*.
Desirous of testing if any of the chiefs were
disponed to be trencln rnui, II tf<Lson resorted to
HKMARKS OF MIL BCTUKH,
or soctu CarouKa,
CM 'Ac Atiumjiliom trf tk* Ikht <\f lW«.
Is THK ScN^fc, MAttCIt 1, WJW.
|a pw
of hi* vessel to the south-west, ^ui down the
^oaatof Acadia,and on the 17th of July.lGUU,
anchored off the Bay of Penobscot. Finding a j brought
•cod harbor near by, ho entered it the follow-
fa> day, and remained (here a week, preparing
■'« new foremast und mending the talk-red sails.
While be wus thus engaged, a large concourse
of .natives arrived in two French shallops and
iu canoes, and propused to' traffic furs for such
Kuropcun coiinnoditiesas he might havcOn board.
as they had enough. They lived eon ten tod ly
together for a long time, but tho new comers
from time to-time asked for more laud, which
was readily obtained. Aud (bus they gradual-
.< ■ , , ,. -—-> , ly proceeded up tho Mahiccunithvk.or llue
tho singular expedient of plying them freely , Hirer, until they began to beliave they would {
with wrno aiul Mrtnig liquors. 1 ——«% * . c ... -* .. I •
cnec of these strange polations
exceedingly worry', and one
toxica hid. On beholding hiiu sta^r and fall, • qui*, of their earliest interviews with tho whites, I W primarily to the creditors of Texas,and 1Im -
tic native* become dumb Ib>m utter astonish-: and the incidents which rendered those uiec- j United States arc twin no obligation to
ulu1ut1. 1 "e-v "'j hurried ashore in their canoes, | ting* memorable. thoao creditor*, unless they have assumed that
and did not again re.turn to tho ship until uum I AfW having passed several day* in friendly ) liability Ly (ho Vunitsry act. What « propt*-
of the next day, when, linding their < l-i-'f pet- j intercourse and profitable trade with the natives, i "ilia#! Hire thcC nited States become under-
frttlv resloryd, they wore highly gintifi.d,— j Hudson, finding lie could proceed no higher «d ! writors ,to pay lisliilitie* aftor thev wer^ itteur-
! a*< «f tho pruviact uf the
' wf ♦*"> Untand Statwto arbitrate alter,
j br« rales, m little •• H ta in «h# cnopetcney
>of tlu) United StAt«a to «xkm«i a creditor of TVvjt-
laa to accept the •ewlom.nt thus tcud.i-jd to him
T . I ndcr thi* iuflu-. wautall tj .'n wmutry, which proved eventually j P'"' propwutlona, and I shall wake them as dis-
tions they all grew j the case." j tiuctly *s I can. Ill honorable Soiultw frtun
o of then bocamo in- j Such is the interesting tradition of the tro-! Dolawaro **y the Unitod Stateji were toot lia-
- !(imo .t wl7h t , r 1 ",ia* ^eW.OOO,OOoJS«^0>uladin fffiS
«•? ; c "°* r . It r"' Xtrt ih* uUon,'"u "f !,w 1 «7 of-tbo Unitod States. The truth %,||WK
,ml « ♦« <*« «r three aim-, State# has nothing to do with tv It is a duty
• which belongs to Texas,, Tl* WsOOtl.OtMt -io
lecciy resiorv.1, tt.ey were highly gi^uf.od — J Hudson, finding ho could prococd no higher up
Houuwmg thtof vwit hi the afictiimm, th.?y ^ rho rirrr in his yrss.d, wi out un his wturn.—-
bnutjjht with theui presents of tobacco and lli^ (Jiip agiiu grounding opposite the spot
hoadn, and tuMnlin^ for a f l:itt«>r of vt'uison^caiiv | where tlie eit vof litulnon now and Mao
cd Hudson to cat with thsm. When In bad | suffering detention for anmodaya bv resort of nt
done so, they all dc|iarU'd except thcvld chief, ' terse winds, he went silriro snil cxplorisl the
who still reuiRiutsI ou bonrd, in the hope of at-1 western bank of ibo river, where he found a
faiuing another draught of thst attractive but j rich soil, covered with go*«lly oak, waluut, ebes-
poisonous fire water, the knowledge ol which ' nut, and cedar trees, with abundance of slate
was thus lirst introduced to the Indians uf New I f r houses, "and other g>«xl stones.'
^ nr's . ! On the 2'itli, he was visited by two ennons.
Hie tradition of this secno of intoxication,on ' in one of which canto the old chief who hul
the arrival of tho lir«t ship, exists among the ! been intoxicatovl at AlUny. Ht< had descended
lriS|U(iis Indians uutii this day. ()no relation | th« ri\er thirty miles t. Until) his love, bring-
transfer* the h>cu!ity froui AU«ny to New York,' ing with him another old untu U'aring 'strings
and is as follow*: "A long timo ago, Ixfoie of Imj«Is as « present. Hudson oinscd them,
men with while skitts had ever Immmi sctn, aoui<i and tho four Women by whoui they wore aceom-
Indiuns fishing at a place where the wa widens, t pauied, to diuo with him. Two of the latter
they con- I espied somcting n' u distanin- m -viog upon thc
| watoi1, Tlicy hurried ssliorc, ol.lecb-4 tln-'r
were young ^'irls, some n«xut>n or seventeen
veat s ut' ugi>, who behaved themselves ••very
Something or other soon occurring lo cdict sus
nivion of their intentions, Jludsjll ordered a
gtrict watch to l e kept. Tho day bcf. ro he l<?ft-
tho harbor, having refiited his yacht, he sent
out a boat with six men to cuplure one of t1io
shallops, while twelve men,armed with muskets
and light field-piece*, went ashore iu a second
boat, and driving tho savages from their lints,
plundered th. ut of ull the valuables
lamed. j - .i .......... , i, M , i u,,i
fjeavitig ut oncc the immediate scene of this , neighbors, who together rcturnel and viewed in- ! ntoileslly.V l)ro]
ontrugc., lludstiti glided out to lh.0 mouth of the , tensely this ustonishitig pSiomeutj|i. Wh it j 27th. he imchorc
harbor, from whence he «i-t sail on tho following it could be, Wiiltod nil ciijeeti:® Some suu-i NewLurch, of which ho took, parlioulnr noiicc
day. lit!lining down the const, he Rmndod tho (swell it h huge tish, or niiiin.il; other*, that it) ns a >sp]ciuunt place; to Iwilda town in. " Here
promontory of (,'tipe Cod, and itecring a aouth-{ was a_ycry big hous-i floating ot the m>n I'ei ■ i he reniaiuml bartering with tho natives, until
triy direction, reachcd the Capes of Virginia on i cciving it uioyihg lowjid land, the spectator* the nfu moon of October 1st, When ho sailed
.tho lHth of August. Hciug driven out to sea1 concluded it would he proper to send runners in . with ii fair wind through the Highlands, and t f
for eight day* by n succession of severe gales, i different directions to carry the news to their j tcr descending the nVur seven leagues, the wind
ho did notlund utul visit the colony of his coun- j scattered chiefs,''that they might send off fir the failing, ho anchored at tho mouth of Havers-
try men, Which he kii'>w Ui have been settled on I immediate attendance nf their warrior*. These
the James River two years before; but turfliUg j arriving in numbers to behold the sight, and
northward, jiiscovcrcd tho Delaware liny, exam- j pOrccivitlg that it was actually moving townnl
iued its cujrrcuts, soundings, and the aspect of, tliotn, th.-y conjectured that it nut *1 be it renin
the laud; nnd then, without goiug on shore,con-! kiihly large house, iu which the M.iuitto, or
his course northwardlv until the 2d ol 1 Cireat Spirit, was coining to \ i-it them. Tli
11 title ■
liey
September, when became in sight of the hijlt-1 were much afraid, and yet under no uppraiictt-
landB of Scvcrsihk, arid entering the next day1
the southern Waters of New York, anchored
during the name attent ion within the harbor of
8midyHov|c(, „.
/ He wa^4.ui,"ediately visited by the natives,
some of whohiWcre cfttd loosely in pliant deer-
skins while otWirs were drosscd iu •furs, und
tpuv |lav.
The Indians of the Highlands, itIi<uh< chief
village was in tho vicinity uf Anthony's No*n—
a name which has Ikssh giv«n tosn clevatedjpoak
ou the east side of the North or Hudson lliver.
—soon e.'itiie clo.vding on b.iaiil in gnsit num-
ber,- One i f tliein, ilissatislhxl with the trifloa
sioti that "ho (it-eat Spnit would injure them he had ns rivt'd in payment for his furs,an I ije-
They worsh'tpjied linn. The chiefs u nv assmn si roils of doiplayiiig'Ui his friends something of
bleif at \ ork Island,und consulted in what man j a diH rent cliaracti r, lurked in iiis cnuc' •, about
tier they shuu.U rvceive their Manitto. Meat j the «t rn of the ship, for the f>u.r|Kim of cijrry-
was prepared for | su ritiee. The wotneti w< le ; ing off some nrtielo or other from this wonder,
dirftctod-to prepH,i tlie l st «Jf victuals Idols : fw tl wiiug slrtti^ttre.
red, whim thry wore nnmri .'-ultY t bl<J? Uo6s
any hodr believe any su -ti thiugf
flli1. llAVAHti. 1 did not state that the Uni-
ted Status were liiuind nmler the boundary aci.
On the contrary, I said their only obligation in
reference to the debt existod under the botihtla*
ry act. I endeavored Ui define what tlwt was
but I did not contend that it waa an obligation
to jua v thn debts. •« V .
Mr. htrrLim. I understood my friend from
l>elaware diatinctl.V to have laid (town tho prop-
osition I hnvo attributed to bim; Imt, inudifiod
as it even is by hia explanation, itdoesnot tueml
csjetitialiy tho erroneous postulate that tbeUnk
ted Status Wat rtrigitully, or are now, liable for
the public debt of Texas ovw under thn boun-
dary act. All thai she i* re#possible for is to
pay the amount to Tqxm of the pnreha*e-mo<tey
for the territory ceded to the United States un-
■oppiug down the river oh the t'',"1' riuit act, on the condition of the creditors of
I'd on the '!!)th in the vicinity 0f Tom signing their rebiUM} nnd this amount
1 ' w® are bound lo pajr to Texas, and not to Tier
ero |itors.
Wa the land, t■ «>, putvlnvfod to |ay a debt for
wjiieh the I'nited States wijs originally liable?"1
Was there ever a )twpn«itwn involving tho same
amount of absurdity? No, the land #n* purchas-
ed in a crisis t,if great public excitement, to bny
the peace of the eouutry. In the opinion of ma-
ny, and tlioa<! of good opportunity of judging,the
land was wholly Worthiest to us Sir, tile |>ay
lite TWtsurV of the Ceiled States la aumtended
4 S,. ,m •• '
t
under « tpost extrnOfdiuary and tinsonml mm-
the Secretary of the TrcMn-
the batitidftixaet That net
provider '« lml «ot morti than W.OOO.OOO. of
at ruction placed b
ry on tbe iiro -Ito
the **took of tlw fltt.OfltV.finO shall bedamnd to
TVssta until the croditora of Tutas, whoM oer
titieiites of atwck are eecored by a plodmt of the
rin;c«iw«, ttliaTI file at tbo Tronaiwy df the Uni-
ted States releases of all claims aguitut the Go -
erumenl of the t'uit.-l Statoa," ....j
The jMroyiso doee not aay «U tW creditors,bnt
nU the elaiuw wbieh a crclditir' might hold.-~
Tlio whole power of C«atgresit is exhausted when
a creditor signs'his ob *e, and when he dote
aign ho ia entitled to th > money 'IVxaa hu ap-
propriated for hi* jmytoeijt.
There are, by a schedule rel umed to tho Treait-
ury, sixteen hundred ercdit.jrs .rtf the Htato of
inuturv or tho.Uultcvl State* have boon appro-
priated by the liegtsJbture of ^Vxas, pot one of
or image) were exatiiined and *futt in ordi r A
wore mantles of feathers. They brouglit Oft j mad Hiuce th'-y 'thought would be plcaaing.and
bltard small supplies of uui/e and green toliaci-o, iu addition to the >acrifi«.v, might uppv. gi.' him
which they exchanged for'(rifles i if angry.
While rcuiaiuingWt n Kihi r [n thi* harbor, lie j "The conjurors were also set to Worl< to <!>•
sent boat with five men to s. Und through the i teruiine what this phenmneri in p rt. ruled, and
Narrows, nnd examine the nature of the country I what the reMilt would be. lo thesv, melt, Wo-
beyond They found a n rtile s. tl,c ivcre I with men, aiijchihlreti hs.ktsl tij. for adiiuti and po
luxuriant grass and gotsllv tree-, au I siloritetl teetion. I Itcrly at a lots what to do, and dts-
with such a profiiKioh of flowers that the air was : trtu*fod alternately h\ hopi; and fc.ir, in their
As the Isutt, how-? conlusion a grand d.tiicc eoiuin need. M-nn.
crew was sudden- ', time fresh runner,-' arriuiL dcqWintr it to
Colors, and full of living j bitiai?,and
\\ atehing his ojjjiui(unity, he clambered up
tlie judder, and enu ring the cabin window,stole
j pillow and a few sriido* of wearing apparel.
Vor this net, so v, uial in a poor ignoraut *.wa y,
in■ t as ir hatch shot down bv thn brutal
. * , "" " "*
men! of tho puhlic del 4 of Toxnn Iih«? no mora
to (lit with it than christianising tlie Hut tan tots.
II was to avert a collision which -might have led
to t-bloody civd war, ei it was alleged ami be-
licved by others.
I deity positively and uneqniroonlly that the
(to vent itirnt uf the United States is liable for the
Texas debt. The sovereignty of thu State o£
Tcxa* was not nicrgcd into Uie *over< ignt v of the
I -nUed, States by tlto act of iitlituxst'iou. Hint was
left in possession Of nil the attribute# of a sover-
eign State, saving and excepting the cimt^lse of
some Of its faculties she had delegated to the TIni>
' t"d States. She retaiucil her public domaiti;—
She retained tho jsiwcr of direct or Intornal tax--
Texas, to tfhose payment the IA,000,000 in tlie
' "■ • ■
f T
whom, howewt willing to t-elrttso the I-nlted
Stole*, can wieivo his money until all reloaap,*-
la It within the mngc of human possibility that
all the CttsliMr* can agrett to accept the settle-
maul Texan tenders? llut if this assent could
l>o obiaitied, before it could bu cotttntmmntod
death might intervene to prevent it. A* htf
bien well put. Congre% l tsno «t)i rnlternstiv«
but to modify the iuvmn'so, anil a) low such of the
Sulitors as are willing to sign their releases to
«■) atvl roeeire theit money.
Thie fund has already brcn hung up for two
years and a half in tho Treasury, snd if the ntro-
viso is not modified HOW may Isi hong up fhr two
yearn end a half inure, to iho manifest Injury
and ruin of those who are willing to take the set-
tlement wliioli Texas aeeenls to theit.}
Hut It seems that the creditor* who have been
filled with their frtif
ever, was returning,
ri i
and fear, iu
irattce. As the tsuit, how-f coniusion n gi-aiei daiiuc
its smiill crew was siuldcu-(Hno frt ^h runner.' arri
]y H-sautlcd by a ntiiiibcr of Indians in two I great house ol various
large canoes, and John Column, one of Ilud-1 creatures. It now apj-j-ai rd c. rtain that ii iva>
son's veteran seaman, iliui with mi arrow in the j their Manuto, probably hriitging s -ine ne^- kind
neck. Two others were also wour.dc«l, but not! of game, fttlurrs, arriving, declared it positiv
mortally. This sad accident i* supfsnci to l)ovc ' '.v £" ,M' f"". F"!'10 different color an
iii-ite. His coni)i.itiicr, ponictstricken, took to es abundantly nnd moro than sufficient to |iay
ftiuhl. In nil ctl..rt to recover tho articles, an-
other I' dian Ifatl one of Ins bunds cut tiff, and
was dr-iw icd.
leaving the scene of this disaster, Hudson ' | "wer of levying iui|Ht ts or in lirea-t taxes at heir
continued on his way, stopped for tho night oil <* i«t.mi-b"it ''. She had a right to select one .of
her puhlicdolit. As a sovereign, shelud atixhl
to come Into tl^s Uniod on the tcrnt* of thn ciaii-
j pact, which mane it necessary for her to code the
I f,. .. . 1 ...
tho United
tiueut'.l mono? ui
moo'!t to rervfi
thw. The gent
ling ib>wii the creditors
j * |o fifty cent* Iu the
*he Km seeled
m' "
m
I
' '
St thirty (
same leVol. A vetiy t
" ly! 7".
l will my hut one
eorUlulyt |
tlokyof this f'td aire i
Sir,
pwr |
jra rd tp ti t ,
ufte for u* I „
tilde sultorilinftT
crinut)iits,«ml takesu I It
ess'igatea State ihtol
humbly soys U not
sajii e State etinuotbo i
hete reached * n«w truth it
, that she tM
bcr, sndSKK
pmayum* Sway —One of our
0U, (which, we will net asy,) wm
her down want trip to N. Oit
standing near a uonvsnkml
tho fitftial signal to round to ertd
singer, -The beet
kkAiiM A IkA 'i.t . ,1m -** ki i f
mo cnjpiiQ Bioppru,
out, and the anuient maiden,
of trepidation, to^ored aboard.
Tliis sad accident is suppose I have ' h
the Indians, having been suddenly i "
uri.-cn from
surprised at the ttppeiininW! of strait
in their waters, and not from any preconcert on ;
their part; for as soon as they had discharged j
their arrows, they fhsl with great speed. Two j
rd the traffic with the nallv
day* afterward tint;traffic with tlie nadjfca was r
resumed. Hilt llitd>on, n strict, stern,'rauti..tl*
man, was no longer willing to hunardthe safety
of his vessel and crew among a people nf whose
pacific intentions he began to entertain serious
doubts, Weighing anchor,nnd passing through
the Narrows ou the llthof September, lie en-
tered N -t* York llay, ''an excellent harbor for
all winds," where he remained until the next af-
ternoon. Having deier.nined to avoid all iuUir-
coiirsc, as far as it was jkissible. with the sava-
ges who resided on tbti island ol .Manhattan, ho
sailctl up the groat North lliver twoleagncs-nnd
on the lJitli, proceeded with a Ijghl wind and
fltnsl tide tm 1st a* HiiUrpsUwg. - llere ho an-
chored for the night. Tho following day Ik- con
tinucd his voyage, having on his left the 1'ali-
Mdc rocks, presenting through a distance ofthir
ress fnc.i the. is, a lid :ii at one in particular up-
men with j peered cioihed alto|fcth r in red. This th n
I must hi the Maniitn fltey were loet in admi-
ration, and could nut iniigiiie what the vess.d
was, whence iteiiun:, oi w liatjll this portended.
"They air now hailed from (lie ve«sel in
milca, unbroken save by iho vallej ...
MM?
' *'y. . . _
tiiudu from tlireo to seven hundred feet; while
t
>ack, a lofty perpendicular front,vary ing V. al
on his right he beheld the river bounded by
low undulating Imrdcr, fringril with noble trees,
whose foliage was just beginning to be tinted
with the rich colors of sutumu. Sailing onward
he bt«w tho river gradually expand itno u bay,
contract ugaiu, and-again expand, until in the
distance before him II appeared In be abruptly
shut in by n barrier of mountains. The bold
heart of the mariner sank within him as ho saw
what seemed to liitu the termination of his voy-
Sgc. At length ho discovered a deep, narrow.
Won ling river, tip which he saihd until he came
to West I'oWt, where be dropped irnchor. and
wmted until daylight for the further proseen-
tion of his discovery. As soon ss the mist of
(he morning had cleared away, he continued his
a
language jfcefiwutd nntunderstand: Tli-v sti-
swer by a sliout, or yell, h their way. The,
large canoes stops A Miialh r canoe rtuncs on
shore with the red in oi oi ,t; some stas by iii ca
not' to guard it.. Tlie eh..!'« and wisn men form
a t itvli", into which tin- r -d mm an I two rift«■ n-.
dnnts approach. -He gMltc# tlieiti wilh africtid
ly countenntiec, and they return the salute after
their manner. Tlicy are amazed at their color
and dress, particularly with liiui, who, glitter-
ing in red, wore srjiiielhiiig—perhaps lace and
huttous—ihey could Hot comprehend, lie nilmt
lie tho Ureat Maui'to tlicy thought; but why
;houl<l he have-a while~hiii
"A large, elegant bottle is brought by one of
the supposed Manitto's servants, from which a
liuuid !• poured into a small cup or glass, and
I handed to (lie Manitto. l!c driuks, has the
?lass refilled, and bsmled lotlic clilotnear uihi.
Ic takes it, smells it, and pam's it to the next,
who docs the same'. Tho glass in this manner is
passed round the circle, and is almut to be return-
ed to thercl clothed man, when one of them,a
great warrior harangue# them on the improprie-
ty of returning the clip Uiicnlptl&l. 'It was
handed to them,' hu said, to dritlk out of as he
bad. To follow Ills example would please him;
to rej ot it. might provoke his wraih; and, if uo
one else would, he would driuk it himsolf, let
whst would follow; for it was lietter for one even
to die, than that a whole nation should W dc -
troyetl."
He then took the glass, smelled at it, again
addressed them, liiddiug them adbm, and dnnrii
its contents. All eye* were now fixed u)on bim.
He soon bognu to stagger. The women cried,'
__ m lit nt in At* IIa stcil Iai) ah t lia fswinn'i!
the mouth of Crol-m lliver, sailed again at day-
•wending the river tWeuty-ona miles
ciime t.i nn anchor near the upper end of the is-
land of Maiihaltun. .
Previous lo exploring the great river which
now Iw.-nrs his liaiue, Hudson, perhaps iu retali-
ation for the ihriuh of Column, had made pris-
oners of two Manhattan Indians, designing to
held lhcm cither as hostages for the future pa-
citie behavior ■'f their trilio, ot wilh a t'ie* of
arrying them to KuropO. < tpposile Wiwr Point,
1
owing
with (be luUivt?*, •Wcrv^ioviag people,
?<p< ke tlie of the Going
who
with them on shore in ouo of their qinoos, ho
Was conducted to a boose made of the hark of
trees, exceedingly sm's>th,and well finished both
within and without. Near the house he sajfr a
quantity nf corn and beans drying in the sun,
sufficient to have freighted three ships.- The
Indians received their visitors with great hospi-
tality, spread luats for them to seat themselves
upon, and brought them some food in wooden
bowls painted red, wliilo two men were despatch-
ed iu search of game, who speedily returned
wilh a brace Of wild pigeons. A fat dog was
aim killed, 4ml skinned with shells taken from
the walef. The-ve preparations were made in ex-
pectation of Hudson and his companions remain-
ing during, the night; but they determined to
return on boards their ship. Apprebonsive't.hal
thfty bad been influcnecfl to this course thjnwgb
teir of their bows snd arrows, the noble hearted
savagca immediately broke tbein into picces,aui^
threw tbcm into tho fire.^. Ilul the prudeneoof
Hudson was prt* f against even this act of friend
Uneasy and he permuted in taking his lout*.—
Soon after,he proceeded up the rr*er two ieagnes,
when inecting with shoal water,he ancKorea off
tho fiats «t)ipo*iu> to wukh the city of BwMti
now •Undit. , Ciraiinuifig <<6 hi^owrto bj short
stretches, durtnjj the three
reirtthwf, «• tho llithof Sm
of Aitoantj where Isa tee«i£iili"#W''1Wi,
trafficking with « n^Te.^^W«
fura, while tUb mato with fruriaon
river in a !«* , and .sounded the depth of 1
channel far ut w> the junction of the fU
•«h th«, Mudten. 4t the |W*eat
•d Launngbwgh. ;*> . ,
1J:
the sources of her public revenue as the abiding
and available source slie hsd pledged-for the p.iy-
munl ofher public debt, to wit, her revenue ari-
sing from the sale of her public land. She eon-
firmed this selection in tho treaty of onnexstioit
and tutored into a solemn stipulation that this
debt should hii paid out of tho proceeds nf their
sale, and thst flio t'nited Stales shouldnever be
called on for tho payment of her debt, Thft esse
cited by tlie gent oman from Maryland, Of tho
_ rr„ t .issuinption by liWerick of Prussia of the nub-
us b" went up the river, these prisoners had e*- he debt of Sifesia, has not the-remoteit aualogv
mfprai,and*mnking their way back with alfapcd ;!° -11 taaue boforo us. Silwda WM tfOOHtptCTBd
1 " 1 ii . i • province. Ky^(he aci of hei; foreibieiiloorpora-
lion ittto (lie kingdom i f Prussia she was bereft
of every attribute of sovereign ty. She hid no
IS'Wur to hfxy taxes, raise revenue,or to tlisbursK
imlcpciidently of the pledge of her public faltlt,
which covers every resource fur paying her debt
Texas had ail snd every one of her revenues left
save one, and that sh;> hail to stirreniler in be-
coming a member of the Confrderory. Sir, the
c uditora of Texas must look to these aourcet of
revenue which Texas has left for their payment.
To ctt Mo her to do this we huvo paid ton mil-
lions. llcsides a norliou nf laud, and tiic worse
portion, too, thny hare, I loitrit,onu hundred sud
twenty millions of acres left to pay the residue
of Iho debt. In the face of those facts, a elan*
of her public creditors, Whottf she happens to
think are not entitled to tbu Mine measure of
justice that the restore, come forward hsjre tfltli
clamorous and vociferous avaricc, and ask us to
pay tbreo millions and a. half more, On tho ox-
eocdingly modoat plea that by paying Taxas ten
millions for soire millions of acres nf worthless
land you hays acknowledged jrour liability for
her whole debt. Sir, I shall think the mtslost
assurance of a speculator, or a oOnfederatlon of
brokers, is finite on a par with their known a-
cutcuesa and power of oombilling when other poo-
pic sleep. I assure you tbat there is nothing in
the uclelirateii farce of "Raising tbu Wiud" o-
(|ual to tbl*;
It must, moreovsr, be recolloctod tbat this ap-
t
cd. lie awpke, jumped up,and declared he ne-
ver felt mere happy. He asked fur mere; and
tke whole assembly imitating him. became in-
toxicated.
"While this iotoxieati"*, lastol, the whiles
ennfined themselv'-s to iiw'ir vessel; but when i>
ecawd, the man with red c'.otrte* returned, and
distributed beads, axes, hoes, and stocking?.—
ThCy soon hacomo tamiliar, and conversed by
signs. The white* made them nnderstaml that
they wonld noW return heme, but the next yeir
tbej would visit thein again with presettts, nnd
stay with them a while; but that as they could
not live without eating, they should thon want
a little land to sow meeds, in order to .raiae herbs
to put in their broth. -
"Accordingly, a vessel returned the wesson
following, when thev were much reioieed to see
each other, but tho whites laughed wbeci .they
saw the axes and the hoes hanging as ornaments
to their breast*,*rid the ^
eo pouches. The whites now put haudku lo.the
axcSiwad cut down trees boforr «heir eyw, and
TP- n.Uowv<l tbcw lb*?
thevueof these things, and hwl borne ao long
Mlaefa bullock, t^twdbrfwe mmmm « •'
r or ewMMvpaas. They
the® took a
! to lln ir frieiiiK. collected n large party of arm
cd warriors, who lay in wnil for the return of
thn vessel iii Iho neighborhood of lliu inlet of
Harlem lliver.
Near to this inlet the ship was now hove to.—
pin' of the savages who bad e*ca|ted,uccompan-
jed by many others, canio out ill two rauot^s;
but not being suffered to approach tho vessel,
they fell back near tlie storu, and discharged a
volley of arrows nt tho crew. A tire was im-
mediately returned from the vessel, by Which
two or three of the savages were killed. Find-
! ing tho numbers on shore iucreasing, the ship
] was lit once got under way. As it moved along,
' the main body of Indians ran to the point upon
which fort Washington was stilwtc<|ueiitly erec-
ted, und continued the assault by another volley
•rf arrows. The discbarge from a cannon kill-
lug two uf tho ai, the rest fled iuto tho woous:
bnt a doxen of the boldest speedily re.urnod,and
entering a caniic, advanced resolutely agnin.lt
tho ship. Tlie cannon was fired s ssemtd time,
nn J the ball, passing entirely through the ca-
ms?, killed one of the warriors, A .tlie from
the dock ab nit tho sanic time, killihg Several
others, the tight terminated,*ith the loss of nine
Indian'. Ilmtain, soon afier, deseendod to the
mouth of (he river, and on the 4th of October
put to sea, shaping his course south-east by east.
Sin Jon* FnAJiKMX.—We have only onO^
other column neat ion to notice, and that is of so
It is a letter from Tromsoe, dated the 18th of
Scptemherjast,stating that the abipa from Spita
bergeti havo brought home a great number of
reindeer tluit* #ith etiW ptftte) la their ear*.--
To account for this peculiarity, it Is conjectured
tltat the *Uta were made by Frankliii't party,
who caugh t the detflr to the nort h of Spitxhergeu,
and liberated tbeui thus markcl, for the pur-
pose of creating a chain of communication with
parties to tlie south. We oonfosathat this ex-
pltnation apjswrs to us more ingctiious than pro
iahle. ~AUn-i«tnm.
.... — f —
,"A ST«*i.!i<M'rFfe«w^i%efi TIri#IMnnj.
que advertisement appears in a late number of-
the Lebanon f ; v:
I AM in jail, and Very unjustly., I thinkjand
I am lonely and desolate, and bavc nothing to
while away the hours- I solieit a share of pat-
ronage in my line, via: T AIIX? RI NO. Iwlll
work very low—balf prioe rather than bo Idle.
A gfttUKO.
Lebanon Jail, Feb. 23, l<IS8.
" A Ctwt& Wtttrr-u.—We recuflaet reading an
anecdote of a young gentleman of o gin-and-wa
toe and Ilrr.>at« turn or mind mli cottar who
determined, in bi.admlfcOon of Xe intol-
lectuid, tiot jo wed unlSsio the objeet of bia ado-
ration was on accomplished woman and a goad
writ t A practWI old ftiend ofhla, who at;
tachad a veW literal meaning to expressions, told
bnt heknew* Jtmug lady who would jwt suit
him. _ . . -:i
{Ohm
n Uok US Xf,
.IttinS
The introduction took place, i
ueotlcmsn irent directly to the
. s.."wh> be,"va you «
dis.ui, (i<i ~ "■
thur ,"*he na «tly
Texas ha* rati^l nn the high clss^oa signing their
release and ri'wiviiig their^niiutttyi KtfdthHy wdl
oil tfee United Ktutes, vrlthout a shadow of an*
thitrity, toukl them In thlssehemeof tle |vdi*m
by wlileb this claa<t of tuediturs may ba cts-reed
tu enter into a oonfedemiinii yirith them to corn-
tiel the Cuited Mtafcs to pay litem all at per.-s*
Vos.'air, this ptVffs-^ang la to kimck tlowu aud
imixuiud those who ure not uilliug to hobl out,
Is1! mo cTio a caso, What would be thmigirt
iu private life of a fmiplraeyTHnong a hand of
ereditora to ptuvent tltose who wore willing to
comptund with their debtor at eyentWunty eeitt*
ou lite dollar in doing so? What court of ju£
lice would sustaiu au iiijustlrHv ao flagrant and
oppressive! "N^-.'"V;
If there is a jcnrmni under this sotllcinont,
Tuias teiidciii in bis luiod and iiece*«ith s,l# wlp
ling to uko even, fifteen ejuita on the doWsr.Cou
gress bus iut rij^lti ta'aiil a coitibinotiiui of IlidM
vidvials, 'fer tiielir ewu selil'sli pnrpoacs.io prevent
his taking the sum Taxas baa uppmpriatod for
^hat'inert at daspitUm iatiiat wlucli enabloi
ouo man ,to say to Hi 0lher, it ta rfn', yovt
shall not roeeivB.vo#r mvmjf beoaueo 1 am not
willing to take nii nf
Hesides J here tire many eredlton who have'
assigned their ceriitieato* of the stork uf Texaa
to thuir own creditors. Texas ha*, alltiee the 1st
of July, 1«f 0, sotpixsl thn interest mi her nnlw
lie debt, while on tbe debts of these -creditor*
tho itiUtrestis ruuuiug By certainly a most'
tuipropilious sinking fund,tile ctuise<jtniiiecs will
Ui tbat the fund of the poor debtor wilt be ab-
sorbed, nnd his diibis n it paid.
\ But the rjuestlott We* be asked, What Injury
can possibly Inure to tlioao creditorsaflid refuse
to sign their mleaaoa and receive tho money In
tho Treasury of tho United Hiatus Texaa has ap>
projiriateii for their ntiymeull' Tluj samo amount
will abide jim rttln in the Troasuiy of tb« iThb
ted Mtates, with the accumulation of tho acrrit-
ing interest, and they will lie. ai* freu then aft
thev ure now to nroMeute. tbmc ttlwttir I cIhIw n-
gainst tlw tlnitod ittufe* for pai. Or their wells
fouudni one Against tlie Htntu of Texaa,with the
far fiiirer rhalich of sueemss, as el titer Oown-
maut would have smaller dtifieit to provide
Much has been said of the injustice of allow- L.
|ng Hie large ered (tore who lent par
p r. T ask where we derive our power to
Texas frotup4\Uig fiivtuhtn at leasts '
llut I throw those large creditonflnt ol
tton. I will tako thn ensn of u -snRWug
who is wilting to take wbut Tcaaa bas ap
atod Tor her. Hut then comes nn .
kcr from I1iila«lctphts. Baltimore, or New
who says to this pw jromait, fan shall -
eelve ytwrif money because Tetta# does i
me sevebty eenU tfti tho dollar. Hir, t
great hardship and no Juatfcm iu all Uns.
||^|i g|^|| , |
ry wea, "You haint none un n m
<> the tap'to" tctiad here, bavo
| eap'n" was pointed ottl to bar.
bbriT wp tnwards Will, f
cniiAl Irndt mrw tk-> r
epoe^aolos, and the tolli
"lie you the eap'n oftbol
am." "Beyou gwlnederwu ta I
ia our preeont in tentiou madam,"
praduoeing a small bundle fro*
•bawl.) "herB's . leving cggs, abd t
trade'em off tor mb HjOHeahsand fit fee «m
qmot uf thread, one akeln uf tilk, and the tart
In beeswaxr And oap'n wouldbe kind Mtoach
to widt a Icotle minnto- You see tho old ben
is on the neat n«mr; and I. went tirfully to got
,fmatkae:«lH|4 'tM«l 9 upthodoien." ♦ •«
■ia
There la only one
sueing iieoplu, and t!
tbom.
i|i*«siiiisii.savtfi«t«
000
the very yoar after these $10,000,-
votod. Texas now has In her treasu-
ry, andNjo that of the l.'nited Mtatos, about |H,-
\to pay her debts, and about mto bun-
drod aud twenty millions of land, Said to,|i«of
The finest (|ihtlity in IhO Wortd--ttnd ihfr, too;
to pay a debt of |H,800,0001 Might we dot,
with all lieeoinihg humility, ask these kind gen.
(lemon, before tMy make this terrible onslaught
oh our patience, to toy that of Texas? Mo, air,
they sre sfraid of ^mllng a tough etutomer their,
and by a most luminot^ cxcgcaii) of finding an
eaiiy one here: _Boitdc*y be tore preferring this
most extraordinary application on tho g<«'l na-
ttttl ej Congress, ought thot not to have shown
us that, by the same u osnpiaci^fod organbwd cou-
federation, they had appoareit Vefortt tlfs* "
lot tire of Texaa? It ia Intotbat
ia made under the arithmetical WcBsuiy,
Itf,800,0I>0 of prinstpal to rodeem>
ration of fourtoeu yean are only eqi
000,000.
Vat ttowe is ope set of justice which
is bound to do nil creditors oi Texaa. *a
dance With tho aamudiaeal (if -
Virginia, (Hr. Maso*.) Iteaanakbewith!
wiifcwtt aa imMaetfantbo
facliug, which is, to allow s«h of the emlitom
■a sre willing to take the settlement Ten* of-
fer* them Jto ralMMtha 8tutmii«d take
their uooay. T"" ''
Tens, la the (htMcise of her newer aa i «*•
ereign, hsaHto^ht arsper, In iring aad de«
niaglwr 4eht, tU daWmoht Wtam to aath
eiass of tfcf heMam of he* debt ifca a aa l
«h eaeb eert ifioate st stock,
'IgiilMgfiia^. ...
*><OM
• , * , , , , If we deny thia privilege, let us illustrate the
Ifcm. tuvact«iw<l by R Ittucb d'mdenea. ||lUiimil f,|(h ,„d ji|ril lf l y " """
nations! naintiug, ombloiutttie of Jnsth'e, In a
nicbe In the rotunda, of one of vKsop's fable*—
Tlie iXig in the Manger. Ob, for the genlna
of Hogarth, to vrnresent a rich hull-ting, with a
gold chain round niaiti]ek,gri wling off the bun-
gry^llcatrtuto,HshiI-jRB^ttouferr--y^==^=^^
Wr. If Congrexs dhl dtsot in Ibo proviso •"
ab*|irdtty so impracticable as to cull on slxtoea
hundred men differently niid to U*
wirlcb I t*ontentl they dkf not do, then 1 Say W
sre iKtunil to My, iu the emphatio langaage of
t%« aiwwrfmmtt of the SanaU* from Vl^pab,
* ii it __ltajljL tlaiM Vsllilliltr -
W9 wwt ltttw iliw W1WW«W' , r
Tbe hour ffor it b p«t mMulgbtt admonish,
e* rue no longw toWWW «I^> yourpatlenej^
but I eannot take my seoi,,fitbmit one remark,
aael hOhfrr in ' wrww thart Wit8*. i ft* r*rfd
strides which ore making toward* an imperial
eonnlidatlon of thU flwemment by redumtg
the Htatoa Into
i4.
deino. aii'l pay h« public
tions as sre.ane fit, totally If
I eoaaider this the most i
' (nty of Btatc in this
„ of this Confedetwey
reaertad to
A "geni" la _
fourth walking-#!
and lialr.'
- " ,-sdfStSU.
i . profit khla thair
going aoourity tor
. . td.iUjp*
*••<^*1(1 gl«nri
t(nth tkoas worn tsavsa tbs esrolass lufeat plays,
Must he the tlitils. Tkvrsln thy dim eyas •
Wilt Nasi a chairing llghti and tUsat word* i
Oftutr-r. hrasthsd turn Heaven, will ha sxhaM
fnm the blwtpai* into thy wttKsrad hssrt.
' iila IWIii.
'1
There wilt thou Isara What to thy ahaat adU
wnimaks thUw^i
TarsgleuBOfdeHghtti .
With all Its varied tanaellaf assMtlaa,
•tut aa the tralatngef a waywfrdakM
To manly assetlsast yaa, tlalUiiisMf
Hut as a palsfsl bWth ta Mfl uuaadbtg.
[/•saai JM Mk
■ ' i immiJmtiirAi • ' ••
the priest-Hka fether rsads the
_ H«w.Abr iii ttt« M«aijf
Witt. Aaialsk's ungrseleu* ]
Or haw the Rnjrst fts*d dtd
^ Iteussth ti ah^'||ii|rA
Or Job's patbettB plaint and wailing sryj
Or apt srraphh >
Or athar haly sasrs that tuaatha samad lyti,
.ftritapa
How He wha here
Bad
-tup,,,
a sail tiWMMs^aailA'aa^m a i«ai1
Km U k6 laaa hi Vala
w-'f n ■ an. W , •
aklk, if—a - 'm
WWW#
Aad heard gtaat Bahj-ton'ti
: -0
Wb#oc«( b«4
In several agas bore, la
Weave sush atreabtg
Mould all eoftsplra ta
t'nasfcsd iMlt-paWt,
Btarving thair «ala. aad
KftiMHSSS
Ito ksa tills
T tl*«b>con<
Candid ami taara'd.
free fermtbe
frow Amsy's
inctly our power to
■MMitMntf
assault On
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