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From the London Metropolitan, for May.
A GOVKttNKM WANTED.
BT sins- ABUT.
“ Our govcnlCßS left us, dear brother,
Last night in a strange fit of pique,
Will jou kindly seek out another ?
We want her at latest next week.
But I'll give you a few plain credentials,
The bargain with speed to complete;
Take a pen, Just act down the essentials,
And begin at the top of the sheet!
With easy and modest decision,
She ever must move, act, and speak ;
She must understand French with precision,
Italian, and Latin, and Greek:
She must play the piano divinely,
Excel an the harp and the lute,
Do all aorta of needle work finely,
And make feather-dowers and wax-fruit
She must answer all queries directly,
And all sciences well understand,
Paint in oils, sketch from nature correctly,
And write Gcrman-lcxl and short hand:
She must sing with power, science, and sweetness,
Yet for concerts must not sigh at all;
f he must dance with ethereal flectncss,
Yet never roust go to atoll.
She must not have needy relations,
Her dress must ho tasteful, yet plain,
Her discourse must abound in quotations,
Her memory all dales must retain :
Phe must point out each author's chief beauties,
She must manage dull natures with skill,
Her pleasures must lie in her duties,
She must never be nrevous nr ill!
If she write essays, odes, themes, and sonnets,
Yet be not pedantic or pert,
If she wear none but deep collage bonnets,
K she deem it high treason to flirt;
If to mildness she add sense and spirit,
Engage her nt once without fear,
I love to reward modest merit,
And I give—forty guineas a year!"
“ I accept, my good sister, your mission,
To-morrow my search I’ll begin,
In all circles, in every condition,
I’ll strive such a treasure to win,
And if, after years of probation,
My eyes on the wonder should real,
I’ll engage her without hesitation,
But not on the terms you suggest.
Os a hrido I have ne'er made selection, .
For my bachelor thoughts would still dwell
On an object so near to perfection,
That 1 blushed half my fancies to toll. ,
Now this list that you kindly have grunted,
I'll quote and ruler to through life,
But just hint out ‘‘A Governess Wanted,"
And head it with “Wanted a Wife!”’
from the ,V. Y, Com. -Idverliter, .tug, 15.
LATE FROM ENGLAND.
The packet ship Sheffield, Capt. Al
len, arrived yesterday morning from Li
verpool, whence she sailed on (he mor
ning of the‘Jilt July. We have rccei
veil our regular files of London papers
to the morning of (he Bth, inclusive.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Among our extracts is an interesting
sketch of a debate which took place in
the Commons on (he 4th of July, when
in consideFntion of the Irish Tithe bill:
the clause then under consideration in
volved fire principle of appropriation.
The debate, it will be seen, ended in fa
vor of ministers by a majority of twenty
six.
The accounts of the revenue for (he
quarter ending on (he sth of July had :
been published, anil show a very*satis
factory state of affairs :
The increase in the customs is £l,-
169,402 upon the year, and £381,960
upon (he quarter ; and in the excise of
£834,912 for (he year, and £713,021
upon the quarter—which gives, in round
numbers, an advantage under these two
heads over the former year of full two
millions. Stamps also had proved more
productive by £229,874 upon (he year,
and £l 10,096 upon the quarter than the
last returns; and the same is tube said
«l the post office, which shows an increase
of £69,000 upon the year, and 0f£34,000
upon (lie quarter. The assessed (axes
have decreased by £196,611, upon a com
parison of the two years, but show an
improvement uppn the quarter of £70.-
ro7.
The (axes classed .Is “ miscellaneous**
have increased upon (he year to (lie a
mount of £B7O, but fallen off (or the
quarter by £2,815. The increase for
the whole year ascomparcd with the last,
is £2,045,456, and upon (he quarter,
£l ,306,648. The amount of exchequer
bills which will probably be wanted for
, the service of the current year, is fixed
at £6,412,877.
Parliament was to be prorogued on the
Ist of August.
Sir John Franklin, U. K.was In sail on
the last of July for Van Dieman’s Land,
to assume the government, in the room
of Sir Arthur.
The Duke of Wellington had been
thrown from his horse and severely in
jured, but was recovering.
Mr. Patterson, the American consul
gcneial in Belgium, died nt Antwerp on
>te 4th of July, at the age of 68 years.
He had resided many years at Antwerp,
and was much respected by the commer
cial classes of this city. The Antwerp
journals say, it was remarked as a curi
ous coincidence that he died on the very
day ob which his countrymen were cele
brating the anniversary of the indepen
dence of the American‘Union.
Steam ciniseis arc now employed by
the British government for the protection
of the revenue.
His Excellency Andrew Stevenson
minister to the Court of St. James, had
arrived at London.
The farm of the late William Cobhett,
called Normandy, in Surrey, has been
sold for £265,
(House of Commons, July 30.
Irish Iteform Bill—result of confer
ence, Q-c. —In the Commons after (he
presentation of many petitions, (here was
a'Cpnlerence with the lords. The 'Rea
sons,' having been presented and read to
the house.
Lord J. Russel said that as these rea
sons held out no prospect of any settle- 1
ment between the commons and the lords,
as to what ought to be the provisions of
the Irish corporations bill—as the com
mons were for retaining, while the lords
were for abolishing the corporation in
Ireland—he woultl not propose (hat the
reasons be taken into consideration. On
the contrary, lie moved that they be taken ;
into consideration that day three months. I
His lordship observed that there were ob
servations in (lie lords’ reasons, which'in
duccd him to cherish a hope that at no
distant period—perhaps within a few I
months—their lordships would co-operate I
in the devising of measures for the im
provement of local government in Ire,
land.
Sir U. Peel condemned (he proposi
tion now made, and thought that tliev
ought to lake in consideration the Lords’
reasons.
After some discussion, in which Mr.
Hume, Mr. O’Connell, &c. took part,
the motion was carried without any divis
ion, by which decision the Commons have
terminated the matter for the present ses
sion.
Bell’s Weekly Messenger makes the
following remarks upon (his result:—
“Thus, therefore, the collision has
terminated for the present, and we think
may add, as regards any peril to the con
stitutional joints and framework of our
government, has terminated altogether.—
There can exist, indeed, no manner of
doubt, that the radical and democratic
party in flic state, and all its ramifica
tions in England anil Ireland, arc dispos
ed to take (lie part of (lie ministers, anil
to denounce the conduct of the Lords as
a harsh and violent stoppage of the course
of government. But, as was said by Sir
Robert Peel, it is equally certain that
the very great majority ol the property
& intelligence of the empire adheres most
warmly to the Lords, and will support
(hem in (he fearless discharge o( their
constitutional duty.”
Hors* of Commons —July 4.
The, Irish Church Bill. —Lord Mon
purs moved the order of the day for the
committee on (he Irish Church Bill.
The House then resolved itself into
committee.
The fiftieth clause was agreed to, with
a provise added to it, on the motion of
Lord Morpeth.
The appropriation clause having been
read.
Lord M aiion rose to move that it be
struck out of the bill, contending that the
question of (he inalienability of church
property admitted of no compromise and
of no concession.—(Hear, hear.)
A debate, which lasted the remainder
of the evening ensued, but ns (he ques
tion has already been before the public
usque ud nauseam, we do not think it
necessary to enter into it at any length.
Mr. Poultkr contended that the bill
did not in reality alienate any portion of
church property, and observed that not a
syllable had been heard from the o her
side about reforming the many and griev
ous abuses of (he church until the appro
priation of a part of its revenues was de
manded.—(Hear, hear,)
E. Ten-sent spoke at great length
in opposition to the clause, and conten
tied that the question of appropriation
was now much less popular than it was
two years ago.
Mr. M. j. O’Connell supported (he
clause, and showed that whatever the o
pinions of the people might he, a great
change had taken place in those of the lion
member for Belfast, (Mr. Tennent,) who,
about the time mentioned, had sneered
at the lords ns the “tenth transmitters”
of a foolish race.
Sir. F. Thekoii contended that the
measures now taken tended to nothing
but (he destruction of the established
church,and that ministere were the mere
creatures of Mr. O’Connell.
Dr. Baj •nwiN supported the clause,
and disclaimed any wish to see the catho
lic clergy connected with the state.
Lord Morpeth spoke at some length,
principally in refutation of certain char
ges advanced by Mr. Sergeant Jackson
against the commissioners of public in
struction. In reference to the compar
ative income of clergymen in England,
Scotland and Ireland, his lordship made
a statement to the following effect. “In
England and Wales the number of bene
fices were 10,718, the average income
£285, and the population (church of En
gland) 1014, and the number of acres
3460. In Scotland the number of bene
fices and the income lor each £240, the
population 2000, the number of acres
2148, and the square miles 231. ' In Ire
land the number ot Benefices belonging
to the Established Church, were 1250?
the average income £294, the population
681, and the number of square miles 25.”
Ho was prepared to maintain that this
measure would have the effect of much
more nearly apportioning ecclesiastical
revenues and duties; and, in addition to
tins advantage, it had this sovereign and
crowning recommendation, that, in the
present perverse and lamentable state ex
hibited by the church in that country, the
clergy of which might be well-said to be
composed ot militants, or litigants,—of
men who arc either starving or enduring
the worst privations, or who were draw
ing down upon their heads the curses of
those who were supposed to be their
Hocks.—(Cheers from the Ministerial,
and faint cries of “ Oh !” from the Oppo
sition benches.) 1 don't (said the noble
lord) say that this is a right state of things.
I don t say that it is either proper or
Christian that it should so continue. I
only lament that such is the fact. (Re
newed cheers.) Much better would it
be, in my opinion, if instead of sanction
ing a system by which the clergy of the
Established Church are either compelled
to eat the hitter crust of want and depen
dence, or to spill (he blood of those en
trusted to their spiritual care, as well as
to endeavor to hush (he cries of their fami
lies for bread—the committee were to ac
cede to the present bill, unshorn and un
divested of that principle, which, perhaps
for the last time, may now be made avail
able towards affecting an immediate set
tlement ot this question, and supplying
an assured provision to the existing clcr-
K.Y- Coupling, then, (he other provisions
ol this measure with (hat which has, I
am led to believe, the sanction of public
opinion, without which no adjustment
can be real and satisfactory, we hope and
think that there is sufficient advantage
resulting from it to (he bulk of the peo
ple to induce them to give it their cor
dial acquiescence. • j
Mr. Jackson contended that the state- i
ments he hud made were correct.
Mr. Sheil made a long and brilliant i
speech in support of the measure. He t
did not agree with those who thought it j
useless to carry the bill through the re- J
maining stages, and send it for the pur- \
nose of abrupt repudiation to the House of i
i Lords, (Cheers.) “I do not think,” said i
! lie, “ that ibis bill will suffer by the con- 1
| denination of those to whom every oppor- '
j (unity ought to bo afforded of confirming I
j the impression which they have taken so |
; much pains to produce in their own re- ;
gard, II (hey will not do justice to Ire- i
! land, let ns give them means enough to
j perform another act ot justice, of which ]
Iceland will not be the object. (Hear,
hear.) For my part, notwithstanding the
temporary obstacles in the way of this ]
measure, ol its ultimate success I have no I
i doubt.”—(Hear.) He then contended
that a ma jority of the people of England,
as well as ol the Feel parliament, were
in l.tfor of (he settlement of the question,
and that (he principle on which this bill
was founded, was (he only basis on which
such a settlement could rest. (Cheers.)
Lord Stanley contended that the true
aim ol Mr. O’Connell and his supporters
was to abolish (lie church establishment
in Ireland, and that (he principle on
which the appropriation clause was found
ed, was a most dangerous one, inasmuch
as it gave (lie stale an interest in reilu
dug church property as much as possi
ble, and (hereby tended to disturb that
harmony which ought to subsist between
them. He said that his noble friend at
(he bead of his majesty’s government
had, witli the rashness which belonged to
a younger man, admitted in the House
ol Parliament that the bill would indict
a heavy blow on the Protestant interest
in Ireland,and proceeded tocontend that
ministers were driven on by others to (be
adoption of measures which, as men act
ing on their own individual judgment,
they would have been desirous to avoid.
In the course of his speech the noble
lord read Mr. O’Connell’s letter to the
people of England, commenting on it as
lie proceeded ; and having made some
assertion relative to Mr. O’Connell,
which that gentleman said “was un
true,” his lordship protested against the
interruption in most indignant terms.
Several members rose to order, and a
scene ol indescribable confusion, which
lasted for some time, ensued. Among
those who rose to order was
Lord J. Russell, who said that the
interruption of (lie honorable and learn
ed member for Kilkenny was most dis
orderly, but appealed to the chairman to
say whether he would allow the noble
• lord (Stanley) to make charges against
members, imputing to them that they
: were not acting on their own opinions,
I but were driven on by others to adopt a
course which they did not in their hearts
| approve. Flic noble lord had attributed
C motives to them of a most scandalous
i nature.
The Chairman decided against Mr.
O’Connell, and in reference to the com
plaint of Lord J. Russell, said that a dis
tinction must be made in the application
ot particular terms to individuals and to
builies of men. He had not expected
that the charge made by the noble lord
(Stanley) would be objected to as disor
i derly, but that it would be refuted in the
course oi the debate by some of the no
ble lords orhonorablegentlemcn who sat
on (he right of the chair.—(Hear, hear.)
Lord Stanley then proceeded to con
tend that it was a perfect illusion to say
that this measure could be either final or
satisfactory; that by it government would '
introduce a dangerous principle, carried
into effect by a dangerous machinery,and
guarded by no provisions of a proper !
kind ; that it would lend to the destine- 1
(ion of (he Protestant church in Ireland ; '
anil that he (rusted before long the gov-
eminent would sec that by their diinin- 1
ishing majority in that house that they 1
had the people of England against them, 1
and against (heir plan of dealing with
the property of the church in Ireland, in 1
the same way as he was satisfied that plain
sense and plain reason were against it; 1
(cheers) —and that they would never be '
permitted, under the. fallacious hope of 1
effecting a compromise, to sacrifice the
Irish Protestant church, and the Protes- 1
dant religion in Ireland, to arguments '
which, if they meant any thing at all, led (
to this'necessary conclusion, that for the (
Protestant there should be instituted a '
Catholic ascendency in Ireland.—(Loud 1
cheers.)
Mr. O’Connell defended his own let- 1
ter, and justified the arguments drawn
front' the statement of facts contained
(herein. IV liilsl such things were allow
ed to continue, who was it that gave the
blow to Protcstanism ?—(Cheers) —Was s
it he who insisted on (he plunder of 9990 ’
Roman Catholics to supply the spiritual 1
wants of 77 Protestants, who never saw 1
their clergymen ? Or was it he who said
that this state of things which brought •
scandal upon the Protestant Church, in- '
Hided an injury upon the Catholic peo- 1
pie, and ought, therefore, to be discon- i
tinned?—(Cheers.) He maintained that
the noble Lord Stanley was Hie bitterest I
enemy to protcstanism. (Hear, hoar!) \
Ihe noble lord’s disposition towards Ire- ;
land was very well known—(hear, |
hear!)—and when bespoke of the con- I
diiion of that country, it was with plea- t
sure, with animation—nay, for once,
there was a smile upon liis“countenance, t
which reminded him, as Curran happily a
said of another man, of a silver plate up- i
on a coffin.—(Loud cheers.) After at- ‘
luding to various measures brought for- \
ward on this subject, including "that of t
Sir Henry Hardings, during the Peel ad- j
ministration, —each less favorable to the t
clergy than its predecessor. The honor- ,
able and learned gentleman then said i
“ 1 tell the noble lord that a compromise \
he may get this year. He may not get ,
it next year. (Hear, hear.) ‘I had Til- ,
most said he shall not get it next year, s
(Very great cheering from the minisfe- t
rial side of the House, responded to by i
ironical cheers from the Opposition "side.) t
Every hour is diminishing the value, and
increasing the price. That was the style i
in which the noble lord gave protection s
to the Church of Ireland. to j
the House of Lords, he asked whatliad 1
been the effect ol the accumulated ma- c
jorities in this House in favor of a mea- r
sure of justice to Ireland? Did they
make one single allusion to it r What
hope then was there, that bv whatever
numerical majority a measure favorable 1
to Ireland might be carried in this House "
it would be more favorably received by ■
the House of Lords. *'
Why, (hey were treated with as much 8
contempt as if the majority were but a a
unit; as if the measures this house had'
passed were carried by a solitary vote.
But they would bear it: they would ne-j
ver be wearied in persevering for their
rights. (Loud cheers.) This bill, if
passed, might conciliate the people ot
Ireland. It contained a principle which
was valued—the principle of appropria
tion, which, if honestly and justly ap
plied, might put an end to that spirit of
ascendency which was originated in
crime, & maintained in blood. (Cheers)
Vet it might have that effect; but he des
paired of its being allowed to pass. He
was ready now to give his utmost aid in
carrying it into effect; but he would not
promise to do so another year. (Hear,
hear, and loud cheers.)
Lord John Russell, in reference to
the charge that ministers were acting on
opinions not their own, showed that when
in 1832 a measure on the subject of the
Irish church was submitted to the then
cabinet, of which lord Stanley was a
member, be (Lord J. Russell) objected
to it, because it contained no appropria
tion for (he benefit of the great mass of
(he people of Ireland ; that lie reduced
liis reasons into writing, and intended
them to accompany the oiler of his re
signation to Earl Grey, but was induced
not to resign lest he should be the means
ot breaking up the cabinet; (hat the no
ble lord (Stanley) had heard fiom him,
as his colleague, sentiments asdecided, if
possible more decided, on the subject than
any which had fallen from him in that
house; and yet the noble lord now charged
him with being driven into this opionion;
with basely endeavoring by such means
to retain office. (Cheers.) It might he
repeated as a useful cry by some of the
retainers of the party of which the right
lion, member for Tamworlh was the
head, along with other calumnies and im
putations; but lie asked, with all solem
nity, alter this explanation, whether the
noble Lord (he member for North Lan
cashire, ought to be the person to use it?
(Loud cheers.) The lion, and learned
member for Kilkenny had undoubtedly
given the government strong, and he
must say, very fair and honorable sup
port; but there had been no compromise
ol principle or opinion on cither side.
His lordship showed (hat according to
the proposed arrangement the average
nett incomes of the clergy in Ireland
would be as follows:—each archbishop
£BB9O, each bishop £4358, each incum
bent£27B, & each curate £2OO. He then
observed that though the sum to be appro
priated to general purposes was small in
amount, it would be gratefully accepted,
as a token that the British Parliament
took an interest in (he people of Ireland ;
that it would, at all events, be favorably
contrasted with the views of the noble
lord opposite, and others!) oth in and out
of that house, which breathed nothing but
insult and defiance to the great portion
of the Irish people—(hat, let the noble
lord opposite use what force and violence
he would to subdue (he resistance to tithe
in Ireland, it would all be unavailing; that
no system which had not kindness and
moderation for its ingredients would ever
succeed ; and that he (lord J. Russell)
would always oppose any vote which the
noble lord might propose for the purpose
ol carrying on expensive and sanguinary
campaigns in fi’elaml. (Cheers.)
On a division, the numbers were—For
(he qlsuse 290; against it 264 —majority
for ministers 20. The clause was ac
cordingly agreed to.
Mouse of Commons, July 5.
The Slave 1 railc, —Lord Palmerston
said that he had great satisfaction in in
forming the House that the negotiations
for a new and ample treaty with Portugal
for the suppression of the slave trade had
been brought to such a point that there
remained only one', and that a collateral
question between the two governments.
Irish Affairs. —The remaining clauses
of the Irish Church bill were agreed to.
On the motion of (he Attorney Gener
al, the Lords’ amendment to the Munici
cal Corporation Amendment Act were
agreed to.
The House then went into committee
on the Paper Duties hill, when the Chan
cellor of the Exchequer explained the
course which he meant to take in regard
to the allowance on tflfc stock of paper on
hand when the reduction in the duty
should be carried into effect.
The Grand Juries (Ireland) bill passed
through a committee.
FROM FRANCE.
The packet ship Albany, Capt. John
son, arrived this morning from Havre,
whence she sailed on the Oth of July. Bv
this arrival we have received our Paris
papers to the 7th inclusive.
Louis Philippe has received a congra
tulatory letter from the kind of England,
which was handed to him at a private au
dience on the 6th, by Lord Granville, the
British minister;
Letters from Perpignan state that Ali
heau’s father and mother, as well as se
veral other persons, had undergone a long
and strict examination. One letter states
that a respectable citizen of Perpignan
had been arrested under the following
circumstances.—As soon as die report of
Alibcau’s attempt reached Perpignan,
the gentleman referred to, (M. M.) in
announcing the news to three persons of
undoubted loyality, remarked to them,
“ 1 know who did it; it was one Alibcau,
whose family lives here. This was sta
ted yesterday eveningat a meeting of le
gitim,atists, and perhaps at the very hour
that the crime was committed.” This
circumstance was not believed bv his
hearers, but what was their astonishment
when they shortly after learned the name
of the assassin. It is added that M. M.
does not deny the fact, but’ declares he
said nothing repeating a meeting of legi
timatists, and adds thatheheard Alibeau’s
name mentioned by some workmen in
the street.
The Paris Quotediemte, notwithstand
ing the denial of the Madrid Gazette, in
sists upon it that the queen’s government
had proposed to negotiate with Don Car
los. The negotiation, it says, was carried
on between Generals Cordova and Villa
real, at the head quarters of the former.
——*« & a*—
_ A gentleman who arrived on Thuisday from
Key West, intelligence that a vessel com
manded by a Spaniard, and nn American, recent
ly touched at Indian Key. full of negroes, suppos
ed to havtf been purchased from the Semioolos In
exchange for ammunition.—The people at the
Key, had not force enough to arrest the miscre
ants.— Tallahassee Floridian, 13 thinol,
•
! VERY LATE FROM EUROPE.
, New York, Aug. 16.
•j The fast sailing packet ship New Jer
sey, Capt. Barstow, arrived in this city
f lliis morning from left
’ that port on the 20lh ult. We are indebt
i ed to Messrs. Topliffs for files of English
papers, from which we are aide to glean
.! the "following items of intelligence:
t The Sultan of Turkey, in consequence
ij of the representations of the English Am
, bassador in the aftiiirol’Mr. Churchill, has
- dismissed the Reis Effendi—and thus re
; moved all apprehension of difficulty be
i tween Great Britain and Turkey,
t The third reading of the established
, Church Bill was to come on in the House
j of Commons on the night of the 18th ult.
J when two important amendments were to
, jbe moved, audit was thought the bill would
i P“ ss
e I A tremendous storm, attended with hail,
! I thunder and lightning, passed over the
j| eastern part of England, on the 13th nit,
I j doing immense damage to property. Had
j stones (ell of immense size destroying ma-
C ny thousand acres of grain, green bouses;
I j young trees received much injury, and
I many birds were killed. Some of the hail
stones measured five inches in circumfei-
I once. Several personswere killed by the
s lightning.
The news from Paris is unimportant.
Another official notice bad appeared in
the Monitcur, forbiding the transmission
of military stores into Spain.
t Great preparations are making for (be
I celebration of the “ three days.” The
. King bus signified his determination to bo
’ present, notwitlistanding4be rcmonstances
( , of his ministers.
~ Alibeau, who attempted to assassinate
I Louis Phillippi, was cxected on the Guil
u lotinc on (he 11th of July. He bore his
fate with much firmness. His last words
arc reported to have been as follows : “ I
B die for the Republic. I repeat that I had
no accomplices. lam as pure as Brutus
-, and Saflet, and like them wished fur the
I liberty of my country.”
Much excitement was caused in Paris,
L , by trial and conviction of (ho Editor of the
Gazette do France who was sentenced to
six months imprisonment and a fine of
4000 francs for publishing an objectiona
ble article, or, as the Gazette says, for
u defending a principle diametrically oppos
ed to that for which on (he morning of the
I same day Alibeau suffered death. The
P editor maintained that the celebration of
the anniversary of the Revolution of July,
II was “an act of deep hypocrisy—an attack
upon the good sense of the public, and a
n provocation to moral anarchy, which sup
’ ports anarchy tie facto.”
1 King Louis Phillippe, had at length
> consented to advance King Leopold of
)’ Belgium, the 40,000/. sterling agreed upon
e as the marriage portion of the Princess
| Louise of Orleans, now the consort of the
I King of the Belgians.
II Advices from Spain show that the
c Queen’s troops have met with some re
e verse. On the 11th July, General Evans
e at the head ofSOOO troops attacked Fon
j tarabia, which was stoutly defended by the
Carlists, who numbered 4000. After
*’ meeting with partial success the British
) troops were compelled to retreat with con
s sidcrable loss. Several women wore seen
c during the engagement, fighting bravely
) on the side ol the Carlists. The accounts
from the Austrians were on the whole un
favorable to the cause of the Queen.
Advices from Athens state that Greece
is more traquil, and the government has
issued an amnesty to such persons ns took
part in the disturbances of Area mania.
The cholera has again made itsappear
■ unco in Austrian Lombardy.
A dreadful calamity occurred in flic
town ofGrosswardein, in Hungary, on
I the June. A fire broke out in the
■ house of a clergyman, which extended ra
-1 pidly, and continued burning for throe
. days, destroying 1500 houses, four dnn
t dies, and many public edifices, as well as
the fortress of the town.
From the Nashville Republican, Jlugiist 6.
3 GEN. GAINES’ REQUISITION.
We delay (ho publication of our paper
to a later hour than usual for the purpose
• of laying before the public the following
3 documents with which we have this mor
ning been furnished by the Governor.
| ' From the letter of the President it will
he seen that the patriotic and noble spirit
ed Volunteers, many of whom are now
' on their march to the place of rendezvous,
are agian subjected to a severe and morti
fying disappointment.
War Department, J
„ ' May 4th, 1836, £
Sir. —Major General Gaines, to whom
, the command of the Western border of
■ Louisiana has been assigned, lias,notified
i this Department that he has called upon
your Excellency for a Brigade of militia,
the whole, or as many of them as practi
, cable, to bo mounted.
I am instructed by the President to re
■ quest your Excellency to call into the ser
vice of the United States, the number of
, militia which have been or may be re
, quired by Gen. Gaines, to servo not l6ss
. than three months after their arrival at
i their place of rendezvous, unless sooner
discharged.
Very respectfully, your ob’t servant,
LEWIS CASS.
. His Excellency, N. Cannon, Gov. of
Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee.
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War Department, ?
July 33th, J 836. \
Sir,, ’Major General Gaines has ap
prized this Department, (hat he has made
a requisition upon your Excellency for a
regiment ol mounted gun-men for the ser
vice of the United States.
( Copies of the depatches received from
General Gaines have been transmitted to
the President of the United States, who
will issue such orders upon them as ho
may think the circumstances require.—
Meantime 1 have the honor to inform you,
that in order to prevent any inconvenience
or delay, in the event of (he confirmation
of General Gaines’ requisition by the Pres
ident, a Disbursing Officer will be order
ed to proceed to the State of Tennessee
with (lie necessary funds.
cry respectfully, your most ob’t serv’t. :
TT . C. A. Harris, i
His Excellency, N Cannon, i
Gov. of Tennessee, Nashville. T«t
The above letters from tfcjr
partment having bee'n enclosed to the £
I resident by the Governor, the following S
was received m answer. c J
Hermitage. August G, 1836. n,
‘ hI J V ,? roceivecl your letters of the ;h
~ 111 ult ‘ dncl t!,c ,J l‘t Hist, accompanied by w
(he copies of communications which were
addressed to me on the 4th ot May, and
tluvSOih July, by the Secretary of War,
and also accompanied by your Proclama
l (ion of the 20th, founded on the requisi
tion made bv Gen. Gaines, bearing date
the 20th of June last The documents re
ferred to in the communication to you of
the 25th ult. from the War Department,
have not yet been received. The obliga
tions of our treaty with Mexico, as well ns
the general principles which govern our
intercourse with foreign powers, requires
us to maintain a strict neutrality in the con
test which now agitates a portion of that
Republic. So long as Mexico fulfils her
duties to us as they are defined by the trea
ty, and violates none oflhc rights which
are secured by it to our citizens, any net
on the part of the government of the Uni
ted Slates, which would lend to foster a
spirit of resistance to the government and
laws, whatever may he their character or
form, when administered within her own
limits and jurisdiction, would be unauthor
ised and highly improper. A scrupulous
sense of these obligations has prevented
|me thus far from doing any thing which
can authorise the suspicion that our gov
ernment is unmindful of (hem, and I hope
to he equally cautious and circumspect in
all my future conduct. It is in reference
to these ohliga'tions that the requisition of
Gen. Gaines in the present instance must
be considered, and unless there is a strong
necessity for it, it should not he sanction
ed. Should this necessity not be mani
fest, when it is well known that the dis
position to befriend the Texans is a com
mon feeling with (he citizens of the Uni
ted States, as it is obvious that that requi
sition may furnish a reason to Mexico,
for supposing that the government of the
U. S. may he induced by inadequate
causes, to overstep the lines of the neu
trality, which it professes to maintain.
Before I left Washington, Gen. Gaines
intimated to tiro Department of War,
that some indications of hostilities from
the Indians on our western frontier had
been made, and that if it became necessa
ry, he would make a call for the militia.—
lie had also informed the Department qI
his ill health, & asked for a furlough to ena
ble him to visit the White Sulphur Springs.
I directed the Secretary of War to grant
him the furlough, and to inform him of (he
apportionment which had been made
of the 10,000 militia under the recent vol
unteer act; and if the emergency should
arise which would make it necessary to
increase the force under his command,
that a thousand volunteers in Arkansas,
and another in Missouri, raised agreea
bly to this act, would bo enrolled and held
ready for the service. This force aided by
the portions of the Dragoon regiments
i that would be stationed in that quarter, am
those ofthe regular army already there
i were deemed amply sufficient for the pro
tection ofthe frontier near to the Indian?
i referred to. There are no reasons set
forth in the requisition which the Genera
i has since made upon you, to justify the
belief that (ho force above enumerated will
i be insufficient, and I cannot therefore
■ sanction it at the present time. To sanc
tion that requisition for the reasons which
accompany it, would warrant the beliel
that it was done to aid Texas, and not from
a desire to prevent an infringement of our
territorial or national rights.
I deeply regret that the Tennessee Vol
unteers, whose prowess and patriotism arc
displayed so promptly on all occasions that
threaten the peace or safety of their belov
ed country, have been called out on this
occasion without proper consideration—
I'liey can for the present only be mustered
into the service and discharged. If there
are funds appropriated out of which they
can be paid, an order to this effect will be
given.
The ton thousand volunteers authorised
under the late act of Congress are intend
ed for one years service, and must be em
ployed to meet all necessary calls for the
defence of our frontier borders.—Should
the occasion arise for a greater number on
the western frontier, the call would be
made on Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana any
There is, however, no informa
tion to justify (he apprehonson of hostili
ties, to any serious extent, from the wes
tern Indians. Should a necessity arise,
the volunteer Brigade from East Tennes
sec will be ordered to the Western frontier
as soon as their service can bo dispensed
with where they now are employed.
I would barely add further, that the au
thority given you by the order of the 4th
of May having been satisfied by yielding
to the requisition ofGeneral Gaines, anew
authority from (he Department of War was
necessary to authorize you to comply with
■ that ofthe 23th of June.—The Govern
ment ofthe United States having adopted
in regard to Mexico and Texas the same
rule of Neutrality which had been observ
ed in all similar cases before, it was not
to have been expected that General Gaines
should have based this requisition for ad
ditional military force on reasons plainly
inconsistent with the obligation of that
rule.
Should Mexico insult our national flag,
invade our Territory, or interrupt ourciti
zeus, i n the lawtul pursuits which are guar
anteed to them by the treaty, then (he go
vernment will promptly repel the insult and
take speedy reparation for the injury. But
it docs not seem that offences of this char
acter have been committed by Mexico, or
wore believed to have been, by General
Gaines. lam very respectfully, your ob’t
servant.
ANDREW JACKSON.
His Excellency N. Cannon, Gov. of
Tennessee.
X‘. S. Before closing this letter, the doc
uments referred to by the acting Secreta
ry of War as having been transmitted to
me, have been received. A. J.
V rom the .A*, T. Evening Slfir, 9//i inst.
The Prospects of Georgia.— The Sa
vannah Georgian urges the citizens of
that state to bestir themselves in the
march ol internal improvement, or they
will be left behind.. The Editor recom
mends the. Rail Road which will soon be
completed from Savannah to Columbus,
to be extended by the co-operation of Al
abama and Mississippi to Natchez, mak •
mg a direct shortcut from the father of
rivers J Z**' A .W|~ ,
doner SavmnaMKH^iVmr’ 1 '
j£-sed of a harbor like Norfolk’ ouitffi ‘
Ufa great commercial emporium ?„ n *
f;«th. Hov,/.d,nirablyGoorliais
t g SK poS p° | n ,0 c “ n sum mate »
-a Atlantiifso far ns concerns her fine {
ax .gable t fers leading either estu J
— - -
ary,—with a rich fertile level country so
practicable for rail road routes she ‘ne
cessarily commands at Savannah, sis she
will.) the trade of all that coast to the
Utilize, and all the lower portion ofthe
Mississippi river. All west Florida, At
abama and Louisiana must, in time, makd
Savannah their depot lor all produce in ■
tended iq be shipped north, whether for
our country „r Europe. Will not Geor
gia look to this prize which is better than
her gold mines, (or its wealth is as inex
haustible as it is easily attainable by «
proper feeling o( state pride. J
’“♦ft ® ft
rr°,li the Montgomery Ala. Journal. 1 7<A
Geo. Jesup and Capt. Page have sue
cceding m effecting a contract for the re
moval of the whole of the Creeks west
of the Mississippi. The Indians are all
| to start between (lie 20th and 25th of this
month. So that “ the place that now
knows them will shortly know them no
1 more forever.” The comtemplalion of
' this subject is somewhat serious. A na
j tion once powerful, and extended in ter
ritory, bidding defiance to every foe, and
‘ reigning without fear, lords ofthe forest;
, ' s brought by “ the changes which time'
j lias wrought,” to such weakness as to’,
abandon their country at the command of
die white man almost without a murmur.
t N')t many years have elapsed since this
‘ tribe were owners of the soil from the O
■ conee river to the Mississippi. Where ai‘e
they now? Echo answers where! Count
less & intolerable have been the cruelties
and impositions endured by them at the
j hands of the white man for many years.
And far distant will be the day before
their cruelties and impositions shall be'
g erased from the memtiry of the red men.
c There is no form of injustice that lias not
been practised upon the Indians in this 1
country. They have been, cheated and
5 swindled by the government in making
treaties that they did not
and even these treaties have been viola
j ted by the whites with impunity, and by
, the Government itself without Hesitation
_ or" the slightest remorse. Not content
,f ' v »th this, a shameful stealing parly, a
L . knot of thieves have systematically’ rid
) t' ie suffering Indian and his wretched
,t imploring wife and children of the last
e IiO P e > flie last dependence for a crumb of
e , itself in the feloniously stealing
|. lands upon which they subsisted’
d As to the contract for removing the In*
0 el'ans we incline to think the best is made
| ( that could under the circumstances have
s * ,jeen done. There were lower bids than
[. that accepted by Jesup and Page for car
d pring off these people to their intended
y homes, but other things were to be con
s sidered besides the mere price, or sum to
d he given for their removal. The ability
3) of the contractors to perform their under
"’as an important item to be con
ib sidered by Gen. Jesup and Capt. Pagein
it deciding who should have the contract
il tor emigrating the Indians. There arc
e some complaints we are aware already
q lodged against Jesup and Page, but they
e aie unjust. 1 hey have selected a strong
:- company of respectable, responsible men
h f" can T off the Indians. A company
;f that can raise the funds necessary to etu
n bark with, no matter how much it may
r be - rhe 7 l |ave selected a company that
will cause no delay in starting for want
. of money or means, and composed of
e mcn with whom the Indians are willing
it tu emigrate. No political bias nor fa
vontism can be laid to the door of Gen.
s d esu P or Capt. Page in selecting the com
_ pany they have, for the company itself
cl is a perfect mixture of all sorts of politics.
c “»*©# ft<M—
Fi am the Columbus Enquirer, inst,
u . THE TROOPS.
j M ehave received no intelligence of
a actual lighting below, since our last pub
lication. The Indians have been so
roughly handled in (hat section, (hat they
1 seem disposed to fight shy and do their
hiding. We have been informed that a
U portion of Major Alford’s command on
j Tuesday of last week, trailed a company
i ot Indians down the Kichafoona Swamp.
; to where they crossed the Flint River.--
Ihe Indians, from the fresh signs, had
just passed the river. Their tracks were
> Plain and thick on the West bank and
their rails were lying on the other side,
apparently just drawn up and not yet
bry. Ihe pursuers were but little be
hind, but were unable to pass the river.
- without gomgupsome 10 or twelve miles.
, I hey immediately made for the crossing
= I llacuaa ve, and expected still to he able
to overtake the Hying party of savages, as
t If was about slxt J miles to a swamp,
through an open pine woods. Nothin.'
■ since has been heard from them
j, . According to (he order of Gen. San
! rV V ! llc V V 0 see published. Captain
Hantzia charged with “the reduction
s a . nd , destruction,” of a party of Indians
) hat \ av ® been 'o'Ue.l from the Chickasa
hatclue Swamp, and taken their course
down the Flint River. Major Alford is
ordered to post one company of his com
mand at Fort McCreary, and with the
remainder, to form flying camps, (he
wont be apt to fly, except after the eiie
my,) so disposed as to secure supplies,
j afford protection to the inhabitants and
exterminate the enemy. Capls. Ken
-1 tfi’ick and Calhoun, will, until further
orders, occupy their present position near
I Uawhoivs in Lee county. Capt. Bost
. ) v . "'• ll j°m Ctipt. Jernigan at Lump-
Kin, and act under his orders. The Co--
lambus Guards have been ordered up to
this place, and arrived on Sunday last, ‘
vexed to death at their “inglorious ser
vme and ittle disposed to be sent again
to battle with “the fleas.”
j
rJ^Z‘ b n'~ A , few I,ays sincc - a P ar ‘y ofLownJ.
corn, y Ga. volunteers, fell in with a party of
Creeks near the Florida line, and killed ten war
nors, and took eight women and children prison
era who were taken to a house under guard. In
the evening one of the squaws was olscrved to
‘ give her children drink from a coffee-pot.—Short
y a U r, she obtained leave of absence, and not re
turning, search was made for her, but she had
, ™ !U ‘ e , her escape.—Her children were all found
(lead, from poison administered by their unnatur
al Wednesday the 2d‘inst. Col.
Wood, of Randolph Ga. with only thirty-eight
men under his command, discovered a large party
of Indiana in ■ , ~ *.
' ■ - ina.nationtWe are .iu.. c l . a , cn ,f c(
ftttfho'cy,,' ‘T a ]lfnip—-The savagr- fey
swam P f ? r “'I!
boldly char n ®b' 8 inferiority in numbers
eng«eme n r < h’ Aftcr a
diratUons han(, > thc sava S es fled ‘ n al ]
deal on tho f , Mi■>even warriors were found
supposed to have 'fic!
fore then flight they strangled their children by
stuffing their mouths and nostrils with mud moss .
the children were found in that condition after
,ho battle was over —Tallahassee Floridian.
L Sth mtlailt.