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We copy from the United States Gazette
the following outline of the voyage, which
including a period of absence of three
years and ten months:—
The squadron consisted of six vessels,
the Vincennes, Peacock, Porpoise, Sea Gull,
Flying fish, and the storeship Relief. They
soiled on the 18th August, 1838, from Nor
folk, for Madeira, where thev made mnnv
observations; thence to the Cape de Verdi
nnd Riode Jandiro, looking out for shoals
and rocks, supposed toexisi, and observing
the general character of winds and currents.
From the latter port they passed round
Cape Horn, and anchored in Grange Har
bor. Two of the vessels were dispatched
from here towards the “ nc plus ultra” of
Cooke, while two others explored the An
tarctic Sea, between Powell’s Group nnd
Palmer’s Land. On their return to Orange
Harbor, the squadron sailed for Valparaiso,
where they all arrived but the Sea Gull,
which vessel never having been afterwards
heard from, was supposed to have been
lost in a gale off Cape Horn. From Val
paraiso thev proceeded to Callao. On the
15th of July, the squadron having sent the
Relief home, sailed for the Pnumnton
Group, or Lower Archipelago, where sur
veys and many observations were made on
Winds, tides, &c. Navigator’s Group was
next examined very carefully, and surveys
made of the harbors, reefs, &c., of these
numerous islands. From thcnc s passing
• west of the Fejce Islands, they reached
Sydney on the 28th November. Here
they were received with great kindness and
ottention by the Governor, and every as
sistance offered to refit for the nrduousduty
of encountering the Polar ice. On the
33d of the following month, they left, that
harbor to cruise in the Antarctic Sea, the
instructions being to attain ns high a south
ern latitude as possible, between the longi
tudes of 160 deg. and and 45 deg. east.—
Two of the four vessels made the icy bar
rier on the 11th Jnnuarv, 184'», and on the
15th. 16th and 17th, in longitude 160 east,
and latitudc^S6° CO south, they saw land,
making, in fact, the grand discovery of the
"Jtnlarclic Continent,” ibis portion of which
'night to bear the name of “ Wilke't Land.”
From ike N. O. $*icatfunr,'1intk olt.
“Now, by St. Paul! the work goer bravely on.”
How infinatelv diminutive do tbe —
and his French l
to be visible at an m ua amn u>
that now waxes asa prairie fire ban uiLiuuuiuu.
to the Sabine. Ten days ago Mr. Ealigny asserted
that “ Texas shall not be annexed,” Stronger words
never came off weaker stomach; hat had a giant
spoken them, thqy would have sounded like a penny
whistle’s squeak amid the sublime fury of a volcano
in eruption. The people of Texas are thoroughly
aroused—the spirit of liberty is completely awaken
ed—and Cspt Elliott and his man Friday- might as
well try to chain tbe minds as subdue the resolutions
of a free people, acting under the impulses of a no.
Me enthusiasm excited in the accomplishment of a
loltv purpose.
There are indications of opposition to the national
will yet manifest in the official proceedings of the
Texan government. The day appointed for the
meeting of Congress to consider the Resolutions
passed by our National Legislature fat remote enough
to give Ashbel Smith time to reach England and ns
turn with the vltrmatum of the British Government
We might here also mention that Mr. Saligny has
been heard to say that President Jones'would not
sanction Annexation; that he would throw himself
upon his constitutional prerogative and veto any
such measure, and in case a revolution should follow,
call upon the Governments In amity with Texas to
uphold his dynasty, just as the elder Bourbons enga
ged tbe legitimacy of Europe to defend them against
the people of France. But what infinitesimal pota
toes—or as Mr. Saligny would more classically call
them, pommes de tern— are the machinations of ca
binets or the intrigues of diplomstists w hon brought
in contact with an avalanche of tho popnlar mind.—
It is just possible that the flattery of foreign repre
sentatives may have inflated tho Texan Exccntivo to
the pinnacle of imagining himself capable of defying
the surges of public emotion which, should lie at
tempt it, will ns assuredly overwhelm him and his
satellites as the dclugb, swallowed up them that tho
land repented that he lad made
notice.
.tie eneriH* ~ ‘
herca!tc
April 30th, 1845.'
Popifar Lectures
disgraced a nation.-*Be-mtewpted, through drove hitherto tejewed her npplimlo—Onfe.
a decrce of the General Council, lo obtain “taiitnA isinnr Union - Inn now. «n—
a repeal of the lajvs of the last Congress, &.
faring in this, he proceeded to dissolve them,
in Violation of the Constitution nnd threaten
ed them with!force if they did riot retire.—
jbui now, after
independence,
’cr the usurp
jai American will i
dent, or that w«
One of the vessels being much injured by
ice, had to return: The Vincennes, and
Porpoiso. continued along the icy barrier to
the longitude of 978 cast, seeing the land,
■;nd frequently approaching to it when the
icc would permit. Finding it impossible to
get further south, the season being advanc
ed and stormy, Capt Wilkes on the 22d of
February, bore tip for New Zealand. The
perils and dangers which the vessels en
countered in the icc, may be understood by
the fact, that the stem of the Peacock was
worn off within an inch and a half pf the
wood ends.
The squadron then rendezvoused at the
Ray of Islands,. New Zealand, whence
they sailed for the Friendly Islands. The
Fcjcc Group were next visited, and here
surveys ana observations were made to a
S eat extent. Among all these groups,
ere has been much uncertainty as to the
exact position of the numerous islands,
reefs, shoals, harbors, &c. These were
carefully observed, and the most important
cervices to our commerce rendered in nid-
ing trading ships and whalers. In ail the
islands visited by the squadron, where Mis
sionaries arc established, the Expedition
rendered the most essential services. On
the 11th of Angust, their duties being fin
ished among these various groups of islands
they stood north for the Sandwich Islands,
where they were received with great kind
ness by the King. These Islands were
well explored, harbors surveyed, numerous
and complete sets of observations made in
astronomy, physic, Ac. On tho 6th of A-
priL 1841, they sailed for Columbia River,
and arrived on the 27th. Here the Pea
cock waaloat in the terrible surf of the bar.
The coast and a considerable, portion of the
’Oregon territory, were carefully-examined,
much information obtained, ana admirable ~ ~— ■■■—» never insi-
mape and charts executed. Sailing from e “* ra,er throughout t bar journeys.—Ro-
iL “ * — - - Sandwich Is- 4 Easttm Trhtd. f,
Turning aside from snch small sear tw tbe muxB-
vres of functionaries who are ro “loose of son! that
they mutter their affiurs,” it is gratifying to perceive
that the English people begin to see, what their Gov
ernment long since saw, that tbe United States pay
ns little regard to the menaces of crowned heads a*
aji’iilosopher docs to the grimaecs.of a painted devil.
The London Morning Chronicle, of the 28th nit.,
pithily remarks that'the British Lion, IS the mutter
under consideration, has been treated ss s poppy dog.
Tbe comparison is appusite foam its justness, ss well
x* trenchant in sarcasm.—When Annexation was
first broached, the royal beast roared as though bait
ed in its lair; but not being able to frighten anybody,
it la now as tame as one of Van Araimrgh’s pets, and
only shows its daws and bellows its breath to make
pctqde wonder how it wss domesticated. The m-
■“*iof the London press, and the explosions of Bri-
— politicians, are tricks of tbe menagerie, upon the
model of the exercises at Vanxhall. We begin to
think that certain antics that kavo been played across
the Sabine are nothing more than the pleasantry of
the smaller Zoological specimens sent thither by Eu-
toamuse ns republicans by cutting rustics.
. . r o find ourselves constrained, from want of space
to bring our remarks to a close long before the sub
ject is exhausted. Wo rejoice, however, in the be
lief that the misrepresentations of the English Cabi
net will have just as much weight in preventing the
consummation of the great measure of the day, as
their threats ,hhd in chi'ckinff its incipient stages.—
Both are ro heavy that all Europe cannot give them
projectile force to reach the object at which they are
aimed; they fall to the earth straightway, and arc
not so much as stumbliug-blocks in tho way of Amer
ican progress.
•Arab Horses.—These arc noble animals,
nnd arc no less remarkable for their chival
rous dispositions than for their strength and
endurance; gallant, ^ct docile—fiery, yet
gentle—full of mettle, yet patient as a
caincl. They nrc very ferocious lo ench
other, but suffer little children lo pull about
and play with them. There bcauiv is not
remarkable, at least to an English*eye.
They seldom exceed fourteen and n half,
or at most fifteen hands in height; they
have not good barrels, their chest is narrow-,
the pastern too much bent, and their quar
ters arc seldom well turned. I only speak
of these as defects in what would lie con
sidered symmetry in Europe, experience
has proved to me that they argue no defect
in Asia. The head is beautiful; the ex
pansive forehead, the brilliant, prominent
eye, and the dclicatclv-shapcd car, would
testify to nobleness in any animal; (he
high withers, and the shoulder well thrown
back, the fiuc clean limbs, with their bran
ches of storting muscle, nnd the silken
skin, beneath which all the vitals arc visi-
persuasive influence of an armed soldiery,
Poptgftr Lecture* who were stationed at the various places of
On Science and Art, delivered in the chief election, to give the desired direction to the
sins/ lUelitA .C/nlst hts vnfM nf tliA nt’nnlt' 'Tilt* f?nnorn««4 niBf
cu ihcro \i*nn.force if thejr (lid not retire.-— sar mat sne^js incompetent, or Hint yy
A Congress Was now elected*under the have notthd'ri^ht, t<A:ot?sununatc a treat.
tuAu-u /,r.. »—J of perpetual Union, under conditions saot-
tioned by the interests and wishes of belli
countries!
Cities and Toxins of the (failed .
Diontsiou's'Lardner, Doetor of
Law, Fellow of the Royal Societies of
London add Edinffare, and formerly Pro-
r - e v *- Ji -'- l ‘ “S-—and Astron-
v ton, fyc. 4-e.
published by Greely and
McElrath, in numbers at 25 cents. We
have examined the two first' numbers, and
find them filled with useful information on
rnrinus interesting subjects nnd and well
adapted for general reading. Wc have
made an interesting extract relative to spots
on the sue.
Mexico, Texas, and the United
States.
Whilst Mexico hesitates, or awaits the
command of her imperial mistress, to cont
inence hostilities against the United States,
it will not be uninteresting to review the
relative position of Mexico, Texas and the
United Slates.
Mexico charges Texas with rebellion
against her just authority, and the United
States with bad faith, difplicity, injustice,
nnd an attempt to rob her of her territory,
in the admission, of Texas into the Ameri
can Union. Tho monarchies of Europe
repeat the charges with all the apparent
feeling and indignation of interested parti
sans, and even some of our own citizens
have been so blinded by parly zeal ns to
join in the denunciations of our traduccrs,
and thus cheer them on to renewed insults,
or hostile aggression.
Let us now examine the claim of Mexico
to the government of Texas,
In 1819 the Spanish Government, for
the purpose of encouraging colonization in
Texas, made large grants of Innd, one of
which was to Stephen Austin, upon condi
tion that he would procure the emigration
of three hundred families to the country.
In 1824, Mexico having dcilarcd her in
dependence of Spain—met in Convention,
and formed a federal Constitution similar
to the United States, which guaranteed the
separate existence, sovereignty and rights
of the States, and the protection of their
citizens.
The Constitution provided that Texas
should be temporarily joined to Coalitialt
but should be erected into n separate Slnte
ns soon us she possessed the necessary ele
ments. The grants of Spain to the Texan
colonists were confirmed, and colonization
laws were passed, guaranteeing the rights
of citizens under the Constitution, nnd in
other respects well calculated lo induce
emmigration from the United States and
other countries.
Up to 1829, when Gen. Guerero was ille
gally made President by the military ser
vices and influence of Santa Anna, the
Texans bad been left to the enjoyment of
their constitutional rights,notwithstanding
the intestine convulsions which rent other
parts of the Confederation. In this year
the Spaniards again invaded Mexico, and
Guerero was invested with dictatorial pow
ers lo repel the invasion. This was accom
plished, but instead of resigning the' power
which had been conferred for a definite ob
ject, be issued a decree ab.ilishing slavery
throughout tbe confederation, and thus, at
one fell swoop, upturning the foundations
of society, 'robbing citizens of an immense
, _ «ut viiuis ore visi- . -7 ' => " — "
me, show proofs of blood that never can properly in slaves, and by attempting to
deceive. The choicest horses conic from place them upon an equality with the
iJroidTha^Jri«. C a,‘Sng bmTc ,a ' v, ' ich . na ' urc had interposedan
direst necessity wul induce (heir owners to msu P crab,c barrier, the wholo tendency
part With ihcm. was not, to benefit the negro, but to dc-
There arc throb great classes recognised grade the great mass of citizens to their
—the Kochfoni. lhb KAdliehi.'and ifid At- level, and thus fit them all to become po-
fcschi. The first arc said to derive their ’ • * ■ ^
blood from Solomon's stables, the second
are a mixed race, and the third have no
claim to gentle breeding. The Kochloni
arc, as tnay be supposed, extremely scarce;
but a great deal of their blood is distribute*!
among the nameless breeds; and 1 never
saw on exception to docility, high spirit,
and endurance, even among the hacks of
Bcyrout and Jerusalem. A friend of mine
rode his hone from Cairo lo Suez, eight*
five miles, m twelve hours, atid restin
twelve more, returned within the following
twelve; during these joumievthe horse
bad no refreshment, except a gulp of water
once to cool the bit. I have been on the
flame horse fori twenty-four hours on one
occasion, and for upwards of thirty on an
other, without any rest or refreshment, ex-
ccpt once, for half an hour, when a few
hnndsful of barley was the only food. In
both these instances the horses never fast.
IWIMIV from
thence, they returned to the Sandwich Is
lands, to supply, th"-— : —
on the 27th wwe
tun homewards, ay way ot cite Chinese crcnnnauite ought to be pwltUied to thn ■7«tiT
The Ladiones were made on the Bible on sJieh Mr.Fotk took tboFiwfldmti
29th of December, thence for Manilla.— hurfrooiely bound for thejmiposc,
The Soloo Sea wa, carefully examined, TV. ft :
corrected J in existing ,*T d
yqty important to the Clu-, Bull,«the Bmw rf •***”
votes of the people. This Congress met
in 1835 and registered the decrees of the
usurper. The Constitution of 1824, .the
bond of union between the Mexican Stales
was abolished—ihe State governments nnd
authorities were annihilated—a large
force quartered in ench State under the
flbnininnd of new Governors .appointed by
the President—the laws, granting tolera
tion of all religious sects were repealed, and
every vestige of Republicanism was swal
lowed up in a Central Despotism. The
State of Zacatecas alone, made a shew of
resistance to this high handed usurpation
of ,tlie righis of the Confederation. They
raised an army of five thousand men, who,
by the basest treachery were betrayed into
the hands of Santa Anna, nnd more than
one half of their numbers slain. For sev
eral days the city of Zacatecas was the
scene of indiscriminate butchery, and pill
age, until the victor having extinguished
the last ray of liberty, and glutted liitvsclf
with the blood of the unresisting, received
theirimcondiiionalsubmission,andrctunivd
to the capital. Every part of Mexico now
submitted tamely to the military despotism
of Santa Anna, with the single exception
of Texas, nnd he now determined to con
quer or exterminate her inhabitants. He
entered her borders with a select army of
near ten thousand men, and marked his
course with crimes and inhumanities which
would have made a Nero weep. The scene
of butchery at Goliad is too horrid for reci
tation. Treachery and murder, conflagra
tion and robery were to him mere pastime,
and were never unemployed but for want
of victims. Eut the hour of the tyrant’s
downfall was now come—Texans met
them on the banks of the San Jacinto, nnd
struck for their country, their homes, their
altars, their wives and their children, and
they struck not in vain. Though few in
number, relying upon the justice of their
cnttsc, and choosing rather to die freemen
than to live slaves, they overthrew the in
vader, completed the downfall of tyranny,
nnd established the liberty and indepen
dence of Texas.
Santa Anna being taken prisoner, now
humbles himself in the dust, and craves his
life from the companions of those whom
lie had treacherously slain. The boon is
granted, and though justice is cheated of
her victim, and the manes ot murdered
brethren still ciy for revenge, the angel of
mercy smiles an approval of the generous
nnd noble act. Santa Anna, as the repre
sentative of Mexico, acknowledges the in
dependence of Texes—General Cos, at the
head of several thousand troops, ratifies and
confirms the act—she lakes her position in
the family of independent nations, is recog
nized by them, nnd has now maintained
that position without interruption for a pe
riod of nine years, during m hich she has
been steadily advancing to wealth, stability
anti power.
Let us here pause, and ask if Texas hak
not been more tlinn justified in every step
which she has taken? Couldltcr citizens
have done less for the downtrodden Consti
tution—the expiring liberties of the Re
public, nnd their nnturnl and guaranteed
right of self-government, nnd received the
approbation of American Freemen f No,
she has nobly done her duty to herself and
the world—justice was with her, the Ged
of battles directed her armies; .and victory
perched upon her standard.
Mexico, so far front liqving any just claim
to tho government at Texas, has forfeutd
nil right to it, by the abolition of the Con
stitution of the Federal Republic—bv the
abolition of lire State Governments,'and
the substitution ot a Central. Military Dqs-
litical slaves,
The next act which it is necessary to
notice, is that of the usurper and tyrant,
Bustnmente, who repealed the colonization { ........„ ^ v „„ U i m,niiry ucs
laws, and sent several bodies of troops «o j pottsm—by repeated acts of injustice and
Texas, where they they erected forts which | cruelly—and finally, by the fortune of war
were used for the oppression and illegal i She has been the usurper and the acres**
imprisonment of her citizens. He abolish- —she has arrayed might against right, the
ed or dtsTegarded the civil, nnd established powerful againsuhe weak, nhd deserves
roarual law^-and in short, made war upon the reprobation cf the world, initcad of its
all the rights secured to tbrm under the
constitution of the country. The Texans,
with a spirit worthy of the best days of their
ancestors, rose up against their dppressom,
sympathies. , ..
*1 he invariable course and policy of the
United States has bech peace, and qon-in-
terfcrcnce, with the affairs of other nations;
Aflfl) I Ilia ttnliitu J L‘ 1 s ••
demolished theirforts, disarmed their ene".
, wj|h gteat magnanimity, dismiss- J the struggle of Texas for independent -
cd then, to dtspose'of themselves as they So long as .lie struggle was a, S doubtful,
religious creeds, friakm.g uron^ other who were ohee herowntitlzefis?
Indepen-
saWiK.sSE
i:robkmj oi tibia ni nm ,. .1 / •vif'iru -'er.'wr ’-Tsmltli mc’W
Legend of the Crcelt lUnr.
Near the road leading from Albany to
Blakely, in a solitary place about two mi!r*
from the Chicknsnhafehee Swamp, statuU
a dilapidated house, vvhich is now unin.
habited, and has a very- desolate appear,
ance. To'a believcr in gluvris, it would
present a favorable spot for their nocturnal
visits. A traveller approaching ,il in Uic
twilight would almost expect to see some,
thing frightful start up before him. Tliij
spot was the scene of a bloody, tragedy in
the last Creek war. "it was lhe»inhabiird
by a-man and hjs wife, with several ’cltif.
dren and servants. A former' resident of
the place had offended the. Creeks, nnd
they, with that unrelenting spirit peculiar
to their race, had determined to have re
venge. A party of them in their flight front
Alabama lo-Floridn, passed near this place.
They believed the object of their hatted
was within their reach—the demon ol re-
venge stirred within them, nnd they deter
mined to sacrifice their victim and hisv. ho’c
family to their fury. ■ Concealed byihfc
forest, they approached tho liou;e, u l,ik
the unsuspecting family and several neigh
bors were assembled at breakfast. Alarm-
ed by the shouts of the savages, they at-
tempted lo escape—a horrid massacre en
sued—the bloodof father, mother, children,
neighbors and servants was mingled fogrth-
cr. A party of whites next day visited
the spot. They found sonic dend, some
dyii.'g, and some, though shockingly man
gled, still survived. In ,their blind rage,
the savages had missed the object of tluir
vengeance, nnd brought destruction unoa
an innocent family.
The appearance of the place U in keep,
ing with its history ; the woods look dark
and gloomy, long moss hangs in curtains
from the trees, ns if nature; in sympathy fir
tlte murdered family had clothed bcrsclfin
I he habiliments of woe.
The Southern Cultivator.
We have received the May number of
this work, nnd made some extracts from it
in ibis weeks paper. We do not hesitate
to advise every Southern Planter to sub
scribe to the work. Tlie number before 1:3
is filled with valuable practical information,
which would he worth to the agriculiurist
the price of his years suliscriplion. Wc
have neglected too long the informal ion
and improvements, which may be learned
from the experience of others. Proprr in
formation is ns necessary to success in agri
culture, an in any other pursuit.’ :
The Difficnllyirilh Brazil Set
tled.
The Brig Castio, arrived at Philadelphia
on the 28ili nil. bringing intelligence from
Rio Janeiro, to the IDih Of March.
The difficulty between the United States
and the Frnzilian governments, relative (0
the insult offered to our flng on board the
U. S. Brig Porpoise, had bccn'nmicably ad
justed. through the interposition of otir
Minister, Mr. IV ise. The government wa*
tranquil, and Commerce active. •'■' V
KJ* A negro girl, belonging to Jamc*
Hays Esq., of Thomas County, convicted
of the murder.of his infant son, is senten
ced fo be hung at Thomnsrville Ga., oh the
3' th ins!. ' ‘ii.- « » it *'
^3” Messrs. Bltrir & Rives, closed their
taliors ns Editdra, of tlie “Globfl;” en the
an< ? * bc P l 'rchnsers, ’Messrs.
RitchTe & Heiss, are now. ismting “the
Government Organ," entitled the ‘‘Union.”
We .have not yct scen it.
Uirgioia Election.
Democratic principles are triumphant in
Virginia. The VVhlg parfy have sustained
an overwhelming nnd irrctrijevable defeat.
The land of Jefferson, is true to. hi* prin
ciples, and now bears the Democratic ban
ner foremost in the Republican ranks.
W c have swept; the State, electing 14
ontof 15 members to Congress.
.! “ In the Senate, last Settsion the Detco-
craitc mojority was 8—now 10.
In the House, last Session the Whigs had
12 majority, tho Democratic majority this
year will probably bo lO—a majority of 23
on joint ballot.”
» The following welcome tribute to our
friends and our chuse.isfrom jhVRichmond
Whig, one of the most inveterate and bit-
■ter. opponents of D^oo^y; ,pitr ifiiends
must have done their duly nobly, ,to call
forth from their cneinie8; so flattering an
admission. - • - T
we
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a; -'uou rjjj£l stij loooos cj aa os ,cwD*