The Albany patriot. (Albany, Ga.) 1845-1866, May 14, 1845, Image 2

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ftrtMwjyi ... ■ |nn -trade.— Sngitpore waa -next YisitedrU -WHfr 1 P A^R AfPT" — ^ ~ ” - whence they departed on the M Fcbruarv-I 1UEi * A ** work is attracting' greal attention, | r~!^w a p^ 0, HmL 8 nSH 61 ^HeVnn l «nS in Europe os in fit w country. On! Ca P c ® f ?«“ Hope nndSt.Holena, and of thS volumes had been tamed al F ew Yorkon ,ho 9rtl of June - ton at lastaccount, and the remain* | ; - This oa welt ly four of the in London at ing one was impatiently expected. In thiscountry two editions have already been sold, and a third is nearly through the press of tho publishers, Messrs. Lea and Blanchard, and in a few days will be ready to meet the demands of those who have not yet been able to procure copies. Too work, was originally issued in fire splendid imperial 8vo volumesfwilh an At-, las) consisting of over twenty-live hundred pagcs,iUustrated with sixty-eight large steel engravings forty-six exquisite steel vignettes worked among the letter press; over three hundred finely executed wood cuts, and thirteen large and spiall maps and charts. A cheaper edition now publishiug, contains precisely the same type, page and reading matter, os the one in Imperial Octavo,— the difference between them being in the quality and size of the paper; the substitu tion of forty-seven wood cuts for that num ber of steel vignettes in the other tbe oniis- ion of the sixty four plates, and the use of ten of the fourteen mapsgihrec of which arc on a reduced scale. There are nearly) three hundred wood illustrations in this edi tion. The first volume is just issued, and a volume will be published about every WEDNESDAY, MAY M, 5848. —; —«— er for $25. 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 ^ -OjiltVi iucuod vi* hu-Tsvi ->uj nv / a; -'uou rjjj£l stij loooos cj aa os ,cwD*