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MISCELLANY.
IU • 01 :u. TUB -STRIKER”
(A sioutli*Western .■'ketch.) (
I. T WILL WlllfPLt.”
Two year* ago wp were at I lir liule town es Colum-
In*, un the hanks of the M i**t>ippi, at that nine u
| I,ire ol some local interval, tram the tact of a ruthin
lmig imprisoned there pievioua to his trial lor mur
dering u poor laUirtng man. *l*ue victim of this fe
rocious rnurJer had called al MlPWift f hou o alter
onset and begged a lodging for the night, wit ch was
granted; hut aler the nun had nought lire resting
jdace pointed out to him, Stew art, in a spirit of bru
tal sport, upon him, uiid u ged them on
until the poor fellow, alter vamiy attempting to de
fend him* It from thair attacks, wa literally loin to
piece* ; and theft flung out of doors to die.
The circumstances ol this humble tuu.der may atill
ha fieah in the naemory ol mail), hut (he details of the
rapture of the murderer have never, we b dieve, been
nude public. —And tin- personage* concerned mi the
aireat, together vsiiti the in >tle in which it was per
formed. affml a fins opportunity lor exemplifying
soma of the peculiarities of feouth- Western character,
ve shall give the relation mwe heard it from the i
tnouth of one of the actors, indeed the principal in the
affair.—Hutto begin at the beginning.
A boat two weeks after leaving ('olttnibia, we were
standing at lhed*or of a small house ui the little town
of Jonesboro', on die Washita, and consisting of five
>r six log dwellings and a cotton shed ot (he same pri-
mitive architecture. Met? where we stood were two
Arkaruawyeitf, as they call themselves, in earnest
roll versat ion, in the course of which one of them used
a phrase, which, though common at the South, was
at least hew to us. It was— Ah he“s a slriktr .
.Now, although curiosity is said to he me peculiar
prerogative of woman, wc must confess ihit man
likewise has no sm id share of ihe same ticklish pro
(> Daily ; at least we felt it on that otcasi ni, and step
ping for ward s nd :
• My r lend, whit do you mean by * striker V*
The min eyed us iorr a moment, and then repli
ed—
• Why you aee, strauger—but stop a hit, till I take
a V irgmny fra#.‘*
•*A Virginia feast,” ihought we; “what is that t ”
We s*k>i knew, for after diving mm me rrcesses
of his ctpariuua pockets* lie drew for.h a la*ge piece
id chewing tobacco, and after uflonng it to us with
• Have a chaw?” he bit oil sudi lent to poison a
torse, and rolling it to the a.de of tin check, commen
ced his explanation afresh
“Why, you >ee, stranger—Moses and Aaron war
s’r kr rs. George Washington war a striker, Gineral
Jackvoa war a striker, and (hit man bar,” pointing
to an individual at a short distance off, “he's a sinker,
aud no mistake. He ami fell hia oj.s lor nothin', 1
leli ye.”
The definition puzzled us a li tie, hut we nude oul
enough of it to understand th l all (xnsons who per
form deeds of prow# • are ••atriker*.’
“The man thar,” indicated is asuikcr,was a short,
lean. niU'Cular mm, dressed in the while blanket
roit, w ith black stripes round the skirt and over the
shoulders. so conirmu< lo the booth, lie bore in the
tanJ of his arm a long rifl aud at his side a stained
and greasy leather pouch for bullets, from which also
depended a long bunting knife in us sheath.
After taking this survey, we turned to our new ac
quaintance and said
- VVuat baa he done, to have that title given
him V*
“Done—what, Ru’ Bell ? LhJ’nt be capture Dick
Htcwart!
• Th‘s then was the man who performed that ex
ploit,” thought Wf-, looking ar him with still more in
terest. for the fame of the deed spread far and wide
through those punitive regions, aud we inwardly
wished we could hear him relate the manner in which
it was achieved. A few days afterwards we were grat
itied.
“Vouaef,"’ said he, to a knot of auditors on board
a alesmbojt. going lo Ecoro Fabre. “You see, thar
was a reward ofl red to any body who would take
Dick Stewart, and so I thought 1 might as well have
it as n >t. n
••Hut, were you not aniioti* !>out the result!
This Clewtrt was, by nil accounts, a depurate cber
oclet, and 1 heard a man say— If Dick Stevart told
him to swim the Mestsappi he would have to do
it I ’
• I know, stranger, but that was the best of it, 1
■aid to nivaelt : Ilu’ U 11, you amt liada leariu’-dowu
fight for a *erv Iona; lime, and hue's a chance to
wake you up. but I l|,*u somebody to go i
to ate fair (day like- B*l l ca'led upon Gineral Plum
mer, and ses he, ‘as I amt got nothin to do jest now, <
1 don t csre if 1 joid^ou’—and then I knocked up I
Kale Morgan, and he as id us Ikov though he hud the *
agur nattier tall, lie reckoned he could see the fun’ !
’iwixt the sbakins.’ 8o we got our plunder and j
pul It in a dug out, ands ailed foi the b.o Her
tholernee, • 1 beam tell Hlewsrl was in that swamp !
up that way. When ?got to the swamp, we hruck
(trough the cane, makin’ a bee-line fir the niggar hut, (
whar 1 moic'n spotted Stewart ‘arthed. I know J I
ail them diggnw’ well, warn'l‘(i trail I hadn't
toileted from the Mississippi to or many I
a time I’d a hunted bar and sick like varmin from Bio j
Mason right across to the Bio Uertholemee. campin’ (
out o’ nights aud suitin’ fresh nett mornin’.”
••but were yon nut afraid of the wulvea !”
••Well I warn’thiiss! Wolves can’t skeur me, r nor
painieis nuther. The hare is wuss nor all the miter 1
varmin pul together—they’ve got a inigbay nasty hug,
tell ye.”
••Then vou have been scared by the heirs ? *
••Well, stranger I do contest that roin—once’t—a
few. B*t as 1 was a savin’, ue sliuck a bee-line
through the cane, and lumeby we come in sight of the
little fig house, then sea I to the Gineral, ‘Gineral,’
sea 1, yuu go one aide other, and don’t
you two do nothin’ unless Hick tries to make ‘tracks
for the swamp.” ♦ y j
• Well, we won't, Hu,’ sea the Gineral.
■When I see'il him stand well oil'. 1 edges myself
to s big cotton-wood tree, at goud shuotm’ distance,
and boilera out s
•Hello honors,’ and himehv I sc and the door open a
feetle—jest a lertle, and then Hick Stewart put his
bead rouud the corner of the door jnsat. As soon as
Ire seed me, he sen i
• Wlut do you want here, Ivu’ I’
• I want you Hick.’ aes I.
• \ ou aint come to lake me!’ tea Ire, lookin’ as
black as thunder.
■Well, I sin, ho-o,’ sas I, t sort o’ quiet, like :
•and here's Giuersl I'himmer ami Kale Morgan enure
to see fair play.’
•You'd a hi—dv sight heller clear nm while yon
mi.’ so. he. -fm I'm ml g*ine lo he taken alive, 1
tell ye.’
•I dai say,’ aes I; •! spertfd as much, and I told
tilt Gineral so ; hut I'm the in in what's gwme to take
you, Hick—the Gineral and Kate won't do nothin',
jest to obleege me, onless you try lo streak it,’
•(So ‘way, Ilu', i don't want lo hurt you,’ sea lie;
look here, you see I’m not onprepaicd.’
•That'* a fact.’ ses 1 ; ‘you’vo gut two rifles, a dou
ble bui relied shot gun, twe pistols and a bowie knife ;
but it sint mvtise, hots—you ntutl coiuc.’
•Muslcorne !’ sea he. gripping his rifle and gibin’
euiJecioulf savage. ‘Must come ! look here, Hu’
Bell, ‘lairil five men can take mo, nor ten nutber,
snd you knotv it ■, so you'd h Iter make tracks for the
Bio nilglny quick, or i’ll blow my rifle through you.’
•That's all c’rcct enough. Hick,’ sea I, lookin’ right
into his rye all the time, for I seen he was a gitiin’
ratawampous. ‘That’s all c'recl enough, Dick, hut I
•Ird’nt paddle all the way up the Bio-for nothin', aud
it wouldn't look well for me to go home without you.
Xnetdea,’ ays I -wlut woulJ the G nervl and Krfe ssy
—1 promised ’em a fight and It would he oofair lo din
appinl ’em, it would.’
• tVell, aea he, lookin’ as savage ns a she bar what
has cubs. *lf you will have it, blare away then.’
‘No, Hick,’ “ft 1, •fin made up my mind to capti
vate you ; but it's again the laws lor me to flee shire
voti'-e made anv resistance, so shoot on at onee’t or
rise a’render—it aint no uee Hikin’ so much about it,
for you mmt come.’
•Stranger, you •hould have besrn him rip and cun,
when f said that; he stomp’d and he swore, and call
ed me all manner o'naorea until lit chinned himself
up into a froth bui it warn’t nn use—he couldn't
skear lire, not yit put me iw a passion and make me
forget what ( war doin'— I*o fit the logins too much
lot that. ks all *< o*c*’i he guv a ekteek, and ldncd
%!
‘ubt aviv. I seed vhai) war roinoi.’ aud I dft<l ti
ed l*whind the cotton- wood tree. 1 warjeal in time,
lor the bulhsi ploughed along the bark aod took off n
-pi filer right a*m my mouth, and the wind of tt tuck
away my breath. *o *■ to mike me Ugfr o one side
a leetle, when crack ! comes another bullet and rips
iny hit right off mv head,
•Ho>ray!’ sea Stewart; *that’a twico't I’ve hit you,
Ru'; go home now like a good boy—you can t taka
me.’
•I didn’t say nothin.’ hut I dropi quietly down be
hind the tree, and curlin’ my riflj round it, blazes a
way at him, and hit him in the aides, ar.d when 1
seed him fill back 1 ’crawls to iho other eend of a big
gum what laid on the ground a rottenin’ and tuns on
iny back and loads my rifle again in double quick
time, and then I peepa the leellcit mite through a
crook of the hoih to aee for Stewart. Thir he was in
the door-way, with hia lips tight clinched and his eyes
a dishing. and lookin’ all about after me with a kinder
snort. Hi* (ace was a leetle pale, and the hlo and wu*
oozin’ out from hia side. Well, we waited j**at so f*r
a good while—he a watebin’ for rue, and 1 a pecpin
lor a chance at him ; lor he kep himself covered pret
ty much by the door post, and it warn’t no use in me
to fling away a shot, At last I got tired and thought
I’d a better d'aw him out. So I lifted my hiir on my
head till it atood straight up like, and then showed it
I above the log.—(‘rack ! went his rifle again, and I
fell the bullet sculp me ; but I did’ul care fur tha*.
but up I jumps and fires right into him. I know’d 1
hit him, for he gu a queer sort o’ screw to his mouth
and fed bock behind the dooj post again.
•Well* arter this, we wasted a good deal of time a
watchin’ for one another; but at last I cotch'd his eye
a shinin’ between the logs, and then I thought 1 wouid
try a trick on him what I had practysed on the in
gins once't afore. So I wobbled along on my belly like
a serpent, till 1 reached the cotton-wood tree, anil
then cltdgm’ with my left hand to the tree, I swung
uiysell suddenly right tound it. aud as he fired I jum
ped away up with a thteck aud then fell kerthump
right flat on the ’arth. The moment I did so he
sprung out all a bleeding’, and struck for the cam*
brake ; but Rife Morgan dashed for’ard, and ketcbin
him in his arms, flung him down, and th ir they
wrjstled. fust one up and then t’other, rill Stewart
got Rile undermost ; aud then 1 aecj him fumble at
hia aide for somethin', and presently Utneral Plum
mer calls to me qtek—
‘Took out Ru’ ! look out ! Shoot Stewart, the
scoundrel,’ ses ho. ‘See ! see! he's a gwine lo knife
tutw
•And sure enough the bowie knife was about to
make a plunge when 1 fired. Well, I fillers said
Dick was a is al roarer—what d’ye think he did 1
W hy, he dropped his kutle and flung Rife uppermost,
jest in lime for my I ullel to perfote him through and
through.
*VV hat, Morgan—your friend V
• Truo a- Gospel, stranger. It was a clean hole, in
at the shoulder and out at toth r side. Well, it made
me in ad to see Rate turn over on hia back, so 1 sprung
or’ard, and afore Stewart could use his knife agin, 1
pinned him to the ground,
‘S’render!’ acs l.
•I’ll see you d—d fust,’ ses he, and then he turned
all aorta o'colors and fainted.
•Well, the Gineral and 1 staunched the blood both
of Rafe and Dick, and then we carried ’em to the dug
out, aud paddled down the Bio, ruakin’ the nearest
tracts for Columby. After 1 had left Raf at home
and got a Doctor for Stewart —
•But Ralph, did he recover ?*
•Recover, to be sure he did. Bullet boles aim
gwine to hurt him*
•And Stewart, what became of him V
‘Well, he stood his trial, and got off for want of
white evidence. Thar war nigger* enough seed the
thing, but they aint legal witnesses.
•You hd better take caie, now Stewart’s out a
gain.’
• rake care what ? It war a fair fight.—l shot him
twice’t—took him down the Bio in my dug out —got
a doctor and dressed bis wounds, and put him in Co
lumby jail myself. Thai’s all right enough. Whit
more could 1 a done, stranger 1 Dick loves me like
a brother — he\does
DOMESTIC.
GAMP NEAR MONTEREY, o
October 23d, 1846. 5
TO OUR FRIENDS IN GEORGIA.
We the undersigned, deem it due to ouiselves and
those we command, and you, to make a fair and can
did statement of the unfortunate affair between our
companies, on the dial of August last, near Hurita.—-
j We have deferred making any statement, up lo this
| time, in older that the decision of the Court might he
{ tirst made known.
That decision having been made known, we deem
, the present a proper moment. In the confusion cun
j sequent upon the removal uftroops on an hour's nulled,’
j tor it was not longer than that after the arrival of the
boat, before li e men were moving on buaid, and in
t consequence of a Sutler's violation of orders, in refer
, ence to selling spirits, some half dozen of our men be
| came intoxicated and ciealed a distuibance ou shore,
j (he principal number of each company being on tho
| boat. Each of us immediately repaired lo the scene of
’ disorder, and iri a tew moments succeeded in seperal
-1 ing the combatants, who were engaged at frst-icufls.—
, v\ e then immediately formed our respective commands
I one on the whore, end the other on the bout, lo prevent
1 the excitement from spreading among those who had
not liecn engaged in the affray. At this juncture, Col.
Baker, of the Illinois Regiment, came up with a de
tachment of troops (who were uu their way from the
t buiijt of one of their comrades) and without announce
1 mg himself or his purpose, went on board of the boat
I and engaged Captain McMahon and bis men, w hich
we deeply regret to say, resulted in the loss of some
three live- - , and some six or seven wounded, Col. Ba
| ker amongst them. ‘Wmgive Col. Baker and his men,
duo credit for the njgnves that brought them to
1 ** le eeen e of disorder, hut consider it unfortunate,
I lhat they arrived at the opportune time they did, .
as the cmaWents wete sepeiated, and guards front
each Company post'd to prevent any further’disorder. j
and the uflray that load taken place on shore, was of
| no moment, or sucti a character, as is not without pat- ;
alicl among the most orderly troops, and we deem it
still more unfortunate, that Col. Hiker should have
failed lo announce hunaelt or h ( s purpose for had he
have done eiiher, he certainly would not hove met with
any thing like res atance. But when it is recollected j
lhat it was dark, and that a body of men led by a man |
with a drawn sword, were ordered to charge on those
who did not leeogiiizo them or Ihtir leader, and weie
j 11 >t aware of their purpose, wc hope it will be auliic
| rent palliation, although it cannot repair the untimely 1
J loss of the gallant men who fell. No one can regret j
, the whole occurrence mote than we do, and in express
mg oar own feelings, we aie Confident we express those
of the men we have the honor to command. This
would he unnecessary after the decision of the Court
Martial, but Kir the various erioueous siateiueuts, wre
have seen from the Stale*; for instance, that the Col
onel of the Geor-ia Regiment had shut some two or
three men, when Col. Jackson had left with the Aral
six Companies some three days previous, for Cunjirgo,
and we deem R but justice to bun to ssv, that, in our
humble opinion, had he have been present, the unfor
tunate interference of the Illinois troops would have
been prevented. With this view of the matter and
wiih a determination ever lo act in such a manner as
not to dishonor our country, or Rs esuse, we will con
tinue in the discherge of our duty.
Respectfully your obedient servants,
A. NELSON,
Captain, Comd'g Com. H. Ceo. YoK
JOHN MeMAHON.
Captain, Comd'g Com. F. Geo. Vol.
[ l r o m the Philadelphia Fhirlh American, Nov, 7.]
THE WHIG PARTY AND THE
MEXICAN WAR.
Th's Washington Union has hern, for some lime
past, endeavoring to fix upon the National Intelligen
cer the reproach of being opposed to the country in the
present Mexican war, Os course, there hot been a
bold resort to most unblushing misrepresentations 1 !
and of course, also, the attempt has wtiully failed.—
The moderation of the Intelligencer is the gentleness ‘
of conscious power. A roused against the ruffianism of
the Union, it has struck harder ihsn it is generally
willing to strike ; and the tonea of the organ are heard
rising from a lower depth in the mire w hich it inhabits
The last cflirt of the Union is the repuhUcation of the
nohttp ailb les of the Intelfigr nrer during the last war:
<t thus proves the pitnntum l the Intajligencrr, but
i how dot-ii it e*ubti*h tiut of Talk ? It demon*'rate*.
I ihat the Intelligencer is first urn ng the I >rem*t in tb“
; advocacy ot ajut war, a war of defence again-it an ar
rognrii and poweiful foe; but how does it prove that it
| is bound in duty, lo vindicate the President fr mak
ing war without authority, a war of conquest, yet a
war even m <re Hgatni our ngh s than again,l our eu
(Miiies ? F<r our own part, we cannot understand this
logic. But the Union, in the sweep of it* resentment,
pauses ri"t to exempt uny of the opponents ol the ad*
ministration from its denucciatiuft.
Its great revenge tns stomach for them all ;
And ill are denounced ns Mrx.c in Whigl* Dem
ocrats and Wnigs are brothers fa common aud kindly
cOmrniimty : w II Democrats sanction the slander, base
aod f ulti mlike, which denounces their friends and
neighbors as Mexicans'? Duiing the French Revolu
tion, like denunciations were ma h agiinst all oppo
nents, arid followed, hot foot, hy the guillotine ; but !
until now these wholesale denunciation* of the people
have not been head, or if heard, not lojeruied, in this |
country. It needs not that we should pronounce the [
| epithet false and (oul; ho who c*uld utter, tnd be who |
would believe, such charge* against the majority, ol the ,
Americtu people, must be fitted only for the hospital
or pillory. It is u needless and a stupid insult—a
wrong personally sate, though politically rash, when
used against masses; twit one which no well-governed
tongue would ventu e lo utter to an individual.
“he journalist who alledge that any considerable
portion of our people are other ll an faithful to the
country in all issues, not only utter conscious falsehood,
and h! tnder the object of their resentment, but they do
l *ul wrong to the nation in the eye* of the world.—
Such is not the fact ; those who utter the charge lessen
themselves, at the prjftiptingaof ar> unworthy malice,
in the respect of friends and foea* The lite ns ills
woulJ cure, if instinct could be altered, the proclivity
ol the “ Union” to this paltry and unprofitable vice.
VY iih all due deference to our opponents, We ns?ume
the position that, as a party, the Whigs are the only
true champions of the country in her war against Mex
ico. It is true that they have not rushed into it, like
the administration, over a violated and discarded con
stitution; and it is also true, that they have not sanc
tioned the assumption by the President of the unau
thoriz and right to conquer and occupy, to erect States
undei a government solely based upon Ins rescript, and
to make arrangements for such a modification of our
country in limits, inhabitants, institutions, and States,
that our people will be un.dde to lecognizeit as their
own. This power would be conceded to no king, by
no people, in Christendom ; aud we take the modest
liberty ol protesting against it. Will! is the YV'hig par
ty the ordy one that champions the country in the
war. ‘J he Whigs in Congress only asked, how many
million*, how tuany men are needed? All that was
rcquii>d, was promptly granted. Such was the con- I
duct of our representatives ; and the people have noblv
seconded them. The Wbigs have crowded our armies;
and led on hy a gallant Whig, they have overcome,
shoulder to shoulder with their political opponents, ap
parent impossibilities. The administration asked two
millions to he given to Santa Anna to arm a Mexican
army against us: the Whig Senate refused it. The
administration gave Santa Anna and a large body of
officers a passport into Mexico, to head its armies and
slaughter our people. The Whig press and Whig
party rebuked it, as akin to treason. The administra
tion, at the commencement of the war left General
I'ayloi and his little band exposed, without relief, to
what would have been, to any other man or any other
army, certain destruction. The YVhigs denounced it
as a careless rashness or a criminal neglect. The ad
ministration left the army for months and months—a
whole season—without the means of transportation, or
the power of acting. ‘Hie Whigs urged that energet
ic measures should be adopted to enable them at once
to advance. The administration collected an inade
quate fleet in the Gulf, which it opened for Santa An
na and closed against our own people—a fleet too
small for any effective service, and which has been idly
watching ports which it snould have been authorized
and enabled to capture. The YVhigs have besought
the government to send the Pennsylvania and other
vessels of heavy mettle to the Gulf, and to do some
thing which, while prudent, would be worthy the A
merican arms. The Administration has, at every step
of the war, maintained an army inadequate iu numbers,
and crippled by the inefficiency of the Government iu
furnishing supplies: the Whigs have ever urged the
use of all the means and all the men necessary for a
quick, decisive blow. The Administration would pro
long the war, in the hope of exciting a war fever in its
own behoof; the YVhigs would urge it with energy,
close it with glory, aud stay the vast expenditure by
which the Government hopes to buy up the people it
beggars. Even now, the Administration refuses, in
relation to the army, so to succour it-as to rentier it
s ife, so to re-inforce it as to make it efficient lor a fur
ther advance. It exposes it to four limes its numbers,
in a hostile country and with every disadvantage ; vet
orders it at all hazards, to advance. And this is done in
face of the fact, that all which has been accomplished,
hi* been won by a feaiful and unnecessary expense of
human life, and hy combination of almost supernatu
ral courage with miraculous fortune.
Jhe Whigs urge a re-inforcement of the army, a
more vigerou- proeecaiion of the war—un entire aban
| deficient of the policy of attempting great deeds with
j small means, and! exposing a gallant arfioy to deatruc
i and our country to disgrace, while airtpl • power
| is given to the administration to avert every clanger
j and avoid every doubt. We have heard from afl quar
ters, of a future requisition for men from the North :
why does it not come ? Why is this slow and hesi
lating policy udopted, aod the war lengthened out,
when all parties demand the fullest exertion of our un
bounded enetgics to close it ot once and forever!
Why, the Wtiig party asks, is this tameness and in
efficiency betrayed ? Is it lack of courage, want of a
bility. a disposition lo try conclusions how much it re
quires to sacrifice ail American army, or a desire 10
roll this war under the royal tongue as a sweet morsel
|te he leseived lor the Presidential canvass? We re-
I peat that the Whig party alone champions thecoun
j tr V ill fbia war I and while they urge an energetic I
, P'A’CUtion of it, they chaige the administration, be
, lord the country, utfa criminal backwardness both 8t
sea aud on land. Tie Organ boasts of ordeis to Gen.
| I’avior to a not a man has been added
to his little army. It is true that his immediate com- i
mand has been somewhat increased by a transfi r of
| troops from one point lo another; bat the army con- j
foeedly inadequate to the task required from it, has
not been reinforced. We doubt not that General Tay
lor will, as heretofore, struggle through disadvantages
seemingly impracticable ; hut why should he he requir
ed thus lo miik Ilia track with unnecessary aacrifices,-
and work his bloody way slowly onward ; when all
[ the power of the republic is in the hands of the Ad
j miuirtration, and all hearts pant to aid him ? The ot
j lion demands Irom the administration, a more energet
j ‘C prosecution of the war; and it will hold Us rulers to !
a rigid account not meiely for wlial has been done, hut
for what has been I rft undone. If the people fi| in
this demand, and find the war prolonged, whether for
trick or lor treason, with ample means lo close it with
glory—they will enquire which is ihe real anti-Amer
ican and anti-War peily, sod determine up in Folk's
patrioti.-m and Santa Annua passpotf at the same time, j
Correspondence if the Ckas. Courier.
Washington.nov. is.
So the government hve at length called out nine
regiments of voluulers, and two-thirds of them from
the South. Iha plans of the government as to the war, j
appear certainly to have undergone frequent changes,!
| Pile President, as earl* as August last, said that more
troops would lie call- and out if tho war should continue,
A month ago, he informed a Henator that an addition
al force would be required , but thia design was aban
doned, and the Secretary, jn an official letter recently
published, stated that no further force was neeesaary.
Jhe plan too of sending (Jen. Taylor to San I.uis
forthwith, was certainly abandoned, probably for the
reason that General Taylor would not lake the re'sp m
mbility of proceeding, without additional fotee. The
plan has been changed, no doubt, in confotmity with
’ hit advice.
If the expedition to Tampico was to take place this
winter, it seems to he unfoifunate that the volunteers
hud not been called out when it was Grst proposed.
. It has been suggested that the pause in the move*
1 menu of the government was owing to the want of
means, which the loan has secured, and a lingering
hope that tho Mexicans, afier what wo had done would
ho willing to make peace on fair terms. But whales
er in ay have been the reason, the Government j now
determined to preas the war with the grcitcat energy.
ArraO’CDienl* hive lice:; m ><l ■ to encourage Itie rr
cruiting service, and Congress w I . po doubt, bcaO , 'd
U|>UM I'l raise (he pay of(he regu lor soldiers from ‘ igh
to ten dollars a month, ami poss b y also |o g ant them
bounties of land in (lie terriio'y which we may so, uire
It is supposed, however, that the wa 1 will he a ong
and on roua one, It ia too late to do much this win
ter, unJer the new plan of ihe war. The spring t ltd
summer are unfavorable lor opirations in the tienas,
citlcntas nest fall, It ia now said that the war will be
gin in earnest.
A lew more members rs Congress have arrived here,
and among them Senator Hit. nf New Vork.
Mi. V\ ilium K. King, late Minister to France, is a
bout to leave the city for Alabama. Mr, I‘uChanan. it
is n iw said, will certainly remain in the Slate depart
ment, notwithstanding his oppoailion to their policy
on the Tariff question. In this case, it is supposed
that Mr. Charles J. Ingersol will be appoinled to that
1 mission.
Further experiments are soon to be made in the guu
I rollon, s prepared alter Professor Schonbein’s mode,
i “hi< h in Europe is found to be far superior to any
’ rather.
I be m ‘Je of preparation adopled by Professor Sch
| on be in is a secret, but Mr. Robertson, llie agent here,
his divulged it to Capt. Mordecai and to Mr. Pago,of
the patent office, both of w hom pronounce it to be the
most wonderful discovery of the age.
A rasa has been brought before our Circuit Court,
winch involves the inquiry huw furihe Judiciary nlay
conirol the Executive in Ihe exercise of his functions.
It is an application by Incut. Shamhary, for a rule up
on ihe President and Adjutanl-General, to show cause
why his name should not be replaced on the Army
Register.
The famous Van Ness case comes up to-day for trial
Monterey anti its Defences,
The follow ing ia an account of .Monterey and its de
fences :
Ist. A stiong redoubt of maaonry of four faces, with
an open gorge of ten feet, prepared for four guna, over
looked and commanded by a large stone house in the
rear ; prepared with sand lug, and loop holes for in
fantry.
2d. Strong redoubt of four faces, open gorge of twen
ty feet; prepned for three guns.
3d. Fl cties of masonry lor infantry.
4 th. ‘Pete de pout in fiontnllhe bridge of the Puiia
ina, a eirong work of masonry lor three guns.
sth. Strong redoubt for one guu, not oecupid by the
eoemy.
title. A strong redoubt of masonry for three guns
overlooking the approaches from Cadaieyla. and com
manding the gorge of No 2.
7th. A strong redoubt of masonry for three guns
overlooked and commanded by a large stone house pre
pared lor infantry with loop-holes and sand hags.—
Nos. 3,3, 4,5, 6 and 7 were connected by breast
works of earth and brush for infantry, thus forming a
complete line of uefenco from 4to 7. barricades ol j
masonry, twelve feet thick, with embrasures for guns, I
were met with in every direction. The house tops and
garden walls, (the reader will remember the peculiar
construction of the houses) weie loop-holed through
out the city, and prepared with siud bags for infantry
defence.
Bih. Fort Independence, or citadel.—A large rectan
| gular s.oiic building, walls only standing, surrounded
I by an enclosed work of solid masonry, oh four bastion
id fronts, and prepared for thirty-one guns. A coii
| linued lire ot artillery front this place was kept updur
| irtg the 20th, 21st. 22d and 23d. From No. 7 along
the southern edge of the town a stone wall four feet
thick, and prepared with embrasures for guns and ban
quette for infantry, extended beyond the plaza.
9th. Cathedral in main plaza, principal magazine of
the enemy.
The Call for Troops,— The Washington Inion
says that the lollowing are the places of rendizvous (or
the nine regiments called for in the orders by the Sec
retary of War:
States. Rendezvous.
One regiment front Louisiana, New Orleans,
■* Mississippi, Vicksburg.
“ South Carolina Charleston.
“ North Carolina, Wilmington.
•• Virginia, (Jnyandotte.
“ Pennsy Ivania Pittsburg.
” New York, CjtyofN.Y,
“ Massachsetts, Boston.
Texas. The governor is authoriz
ed to designate the place of tendezvous, and to repoit
the same to Uen. Taylor.
The troops are to servo during the war, and are es
timated to amount to from 6,500 to 7,090 troops.
A wiiler in the New Orlenns Tropic of the 9th inst,’
“tales that he has visited and examined thoroughly the
j entire ‘Territory of Mexico; that he is well acquainted :
| with its institutions, its people, its resources, policy, |
| and topography ; and therefore he considers himself,
I qualified to oner to the Government some useful advice
i ai to the proper mode of prosecuting the war with
j Mexico. The conquest of Mexico, (which he seems
J to take for granted to be the object of the Admimstra
{ tion,) through an invasion by land, he says, may be
; deemed extremely problematical. He then makes the ,
following suggestions:
“ That, to take the city of Mexico in virtue of Ins
. arrangements, the President will require an army of (
j 50,000 men, and $50,000,000 if cash. That afer tak
ing the city of Mexico, he will be somewhat startled j
J to find that Ire has not yet begun to conquer the coun- ‘
I Uy ‘ I
-In the event of his wishing to save at least two- :
thirds olthe aforesaid JfrO.OOO.OUO, and half of the a
bove 50,000 men, and if Ire really entertains a serious
dtsire to effectually conquer the country, he is advised
lo put the Navy forthwith into motion ; take posses- |
sioit of, garrison, and hold all the Mexican Atlantic
porta, as well as those of Yucatan. In this way he will |
not only speedily conquer the country, but at once |
! throw open to our commerce the gates of a benighted
territory, the resources of which have been hilheito
| undeveloped.
I -As to the ports on the Pacific they have nothing
’ tod* with the conquest of Mexico ; (hey are outof the
question. Uur ships-nf-nar had better be recalled from
mere, to act on the Atlantic board, where they would
be ol some service. A garrison left in California would
| be sufficient to maintain it in possession of the tinned j
Stales.”
rite letter of (Jen. Scott to Gen. La VEGA and his I
companions, informing them that they had been ex- [
! changed for Capt. Carpendcr and the crew of the U. *
1 S, brig Truilon, tendered them a conveyance from *
Pensacola to Vera Ciuz on buaid a U, Stales vessel,
but letl it discrelionaty wPh iliem as to whether thev j
would return homo m the manner uidu ated, or by way I
of llavaua.
SWORD FOK GENERAL TAYLOR-
A supeib ewoid, ordered by the Stale ol Louisiana,
as a l alimony of the high opinion entertained of his
conduct during his whole military life, and especially
in the battles of the Bth and Dili of May, has been
completed by Mr. A. I*. Ames, of Spriuglield, Mass.
The scsbbard is made of the finest metal, with richly I
engraved and wrought ornaments. On two divisions
of the front side are scenes of the battles of l’ah Alto
nnd Hesses do la Palma. The shield presents the tot*
1 lowing inscription;
“Presented by the Slate of Louisiana to Gen. Toy- ,
lor, in testimony of the high opinion held by tbe peo
| pie of tins State of the skill, conduct and judgment
! shown by him during his militaiy life, hut parlicu ar
ly during the battles of Palo Attn on the fitli, and of
Kcsaca do la Palma on the Hth of May, 1840.”
Surmounting the battle scenes appears the coat of
arms of Louisiana, and in the centre of tbn scabbard
the A-merican Eagle, richly engraved. The g-asp is
composed of alternate mother of pearl and gold facets,
richly engraved and studded, and protected tiy a mas
sive gold chain. The head represents a revolutionary
rap and plume, surmounted by a precious ealrngootui
stone.
NEW MEXICO. __ ,
“A TERRTTOKT OE THE V. STAfrV*
Tbe last mail from the West brought Us in the j
newspapers the following authentic copy of the veiv
extraoidmary rescript issued by General Kunxtr,
under instructions from the President of the United
State", for the establishment of a Teniiorial Govern
ment of the United Stales in the Mexican Province
of New Mexico ;
NOTICE.
, Being duly gulboneed by tha President of the U.
jSj'et of America. I It teby nuke the following ep-
I |'ointments tor the Government ol New Mexico, a
Territory of ihe I'niled Slates.
Tho r.ilicers thus appointed will be obeyed end re
spect'd accordingly.
Cmeuis Bit tsx, to be Governor,
DoXaCiano Vigil, to be Secretary of Territory.
Richakb Dallam, to be Marshal,
Fiia.ncis P. If lai it, L'. S. District Attorney.
Chaulus Plumxsii, to he Treasurer.
Eeutxt LeiTiesitooFEn, to be Auditor Public
Accounts.
Jo aft ILuoutox, A xtonio Jos* Oteiio, arid
CuANi.cs Bnl'lits, to be Judges of the “Superiori
Court.” |
Civeri at Santa Fe, the capital of the Territory of|
New Mexico, this 22d day of September, 1846. and
in the 71st year of the Independence of the United
Stales. S. W. KEARNEY,
Brigadier General, U. S. Army.
-BE TT E It STI l,li I.Tpe NNSYI.VA NIA
Under this appropriate caption the Philadelphia In
quirer states, that not only have the Whigs of Penn- j
sylvania, at Ihe lab- election, secureJ a majority in
the .Slate Legislature but they have, besides, secured a
mnjorily ( ,f Wings in the State Senate fur three I/ears
to come. Tins the Inquirer shows by a statement of
facts and moral certainties which lead directly to this
conclusion.
“It will hence be perceived,” says the Inquirer,
“that. Undei the most adverse circumstantes, (the an
ticipation of winch is far from being reasonable,) we
havesecureda Conservative Senate fur ihe next three
sessions, and thus obtained an etfeclual check upon
incorrect legislation, should any be attempted. We
are certainly not in error in rega ding this state of af
farsaa a matter of the highest gratification to the Whig
party throughout Pennsylvania,” ‘
The Legislature of North Carolina convened at
Raleigh on Monday last. Col. Aniibkw Join tit, of
Halifax, was elected Speaker of the Senate, and Hon.
Eiiwakii Scamlt, of Beaufort, (Speaker of the House
ot Representatives— both whigs.
The Dinner to the Hon. Daniel VVnbsteb, at Phil
adelphia, is to be given on the 2d December.
From Santa Fe. —The St. Louts Republican of the
9th instant, announces the arrival of Capt. W. S. Mur
phy on Ihe Bih, from Santa Fe, which place he left j
on the 9th of October. The intelligence he brings is j
ol but little importance.
Uen. Kearney marched to California on tile fiOth ‘
ult. with 300 dragoons, to be hallowed by (.'apt. Hud- j
son in command of his company, and the Mormon 1
batallion tinder Capt. Cooke, as soon as transportation
could he obtained. Col. Donophon’s regiment were
under marching orde s for Chihuahua. The last of j
Col. Pierce’s regiment a-rived at Santa Feon the 11th ;
• b loiter, in good condition ; also the Mormons.
The Pawnese were very troublesome, having rob-1
bed several wagoners and fired on some of the govern
ment wagons.
Provisions were beginning to arrive at Santa Fe.
‘The health of the troops was very good.
The Palmetto Regiment. —llls Excellency, the
j Governor, has ruceivej a requisition this mom mg from
| the Secretary rtf War, for one regiment ol infantry to
!be rendezvoused at Charleston immediately. We un
derstand iliat Di. B. B. St robe i has been appointed
Surgeon of the Regiment. The Palmetto boys will
yet have a chance of and stingmelimg ihemat Ives. ,
Charleston Evrt'g. Ecus, 19 ih inst. I
North Carolina Senator. —lt is said that ihe Hon,
George Badger, former Secrelary of the Navy, will
be elected United States Senator Irom North Carolina,
iu the place of Mr. Haywood.
Reported Surrender if Chihuahua, — The Lcxing ■
ton Monitor says—“A gentleman of this city informs
us that he received a letter a day oi two since, which !
had been received in Camden, giving the particulars
of the surrender of Chihuahua to the forces under
Gen. Wool. The army, it seems, entered life city j
witbsut resistance. ‘] he Mexican Hag was saluted by
theciuz ns, and after a f, w bouts had elapsed, tile 1
American officers were invited to partake of u splcn- j
did dinner, wdlieh had been prepared lor them by the ( !
Chibuahuans.”—That we should aay was ratbera
new mode of capturing r. enemy’* town.”
Bombardment of tobasco.
The Picayune has been furnished by an officer nf
the navy, who arrived at New Orleans on Teesday
morning, in the bug Abasia, from Vera Cruz, with !
i the annexed summury and sketch of the proceedings
ol Commodore Perry, with the detachment of vessels
sent under him against Tobasco. ‘The enterprise was
altogether succeaslul. The object of the expedition
wis cut out certain prizes anchored in the river.—
These were all taken. W hen the city was summon
ed lo surrender, the pe-'plo were all in favor of yield
ing at once. The Governor and soldiery opposed it,
| T une was given fjr ell peaceable persons, women aud 1
j children, to gel out of harm's nay ; but Ihe Governor
| would not allow any to leave, so that it is leared most
| ol those killed during the bombardment were not sol
diers. Some of the regulars wire killed. Had it not
i been that the execution was principally done upon in- ‘
j offensive persons, the city would have been dcinolish
j ed, with the exception of the residences of foreign
consuls ahd the hospitals.
Squadron consisting of the Mississippi, Commodore
Perry; V ixen, Com. sands; Uoinlo, Lietil. Comd’g; j
Bonham; Keefer, Lieut. Sierret; Nonna, Lieut, Haz
ard; revenue steamer M Lane; Capt. Howard; teve
| nue cutter Forward, Capt. Nones; 200 seamen and
! marines from the Hainan and Cumheiland, under cont
. mand of Capt. Forrest, Lteuts. Ueat, Winslow, Walsh,
Edson aud Lieut. Adams, of the Marines.
Left Auton'Lizardo on tbe 16 h October, and anived
utFrontera on the 23d, Captured steamers Petrita
and Taßusyueno, and sc A.,l small vessels. 24th and
25th, ascended the river 72 miles tp Tabasecg the
current very rapid—towed by the Petrita and Vixen— ‘
passed Devil's Turn t 2, P. M. landed and spikedM
24 pounJers. Anived off Tobasco at C, P. M, and
anchored in line ahead distant 150 yards from the
shore. Summoned tbe cty to surrender. Goveraof
: refused. Fried three shot f,urn the Vixen—one cut
tbe flag-stall of the fort, and as the color fell we tliu’t
, that they had surrendered. An officer came off with
a request that we Would spare iheif hospitals, which
was granted. At 5 o’elocK, landed 200 seamen and
| marines, but as it was too lute to allack the fort, they
were ordeied on board. Some skirmishing ensued,
but nene of us were hurt. Tins was Sunday, and the
] CuirtmOdOre was somewhat reluctant to commence the i
attack on that day. Captured one brig, three schoo
ners, and one large sloop; also captured ono schooner j
before we anived at Fionlcra, and another on our pas- !
sage up the rivet—making hi all, one brig, 5 sclirs. ,
i 2 steamers, 1 sloop, and many smart craft and light
ers. Monday, 96th, at day light, a sharp fire of mils- I
k fry limn shore, which tvs, returned by our gisat
guns wheneirer we luwrd a report, Firing continued
for some tune at intervals, when a white flag Was j
shown by the civilians on shore, no doubt with the I
Consent of the Governor. Bent off a petition to the-
Commodore to spate the town, winch lie granted, ad
ding that he only desiied tofi.lit the soldiery. Gol the
prizes under weigh and made every preparation for
returning, while (Jag flying ill the while. Lieut. W,
A. I’aiker got on shore with his prize vessel, near the
city, and wi- attacked by about eighty soldiers, whom
he beat off with eighteen men, losing only one, and |
having but two wounded. This affair lasted 3-0 min
utes. Iceut. C. W. Morrs w,s tie-patched to him
wiib aiders, and passing Hie heavy fixe of the enemy,
was wounded in the nick by a musket ball.
Lieut. Morris stood up in the boat and Cheered the
men most gallantly until he (ell in the arms of Mid
shipman Cheever, who was with hitn. Tbe Com
modore then commented cannonading in earnest from
the Vixen, Unnito, Nunitajpd Kurw.it!, and in the
spare of half or three-IdUrths ot an bun’ almost de
molished thr (fity-spaimg the bouses of the foreign
ConSulXenJ such as appeared lo be inhabited by utaoc
luf citizens. ,
At about midday the licet loft Tubasco. and as it
passed the different streets at right angles with the wa
ter, fired musketry anil great guns, arid swept them
completely of every living thing. All the prizes were
saved with the exception of one. which was burnt by
the Commodore’s order, it having been found impos
sible ‘.o get her clear of the -Devil's Turn,’ a ispid ‘ (
pats fn the river. • .
Arrived et l- rantera on Sunday itmidnifhi-*-inhb- j
fa nf.v off peiceafuf—fiavirrg l>orr, in awe doling oß r
at.-nee by Lieuiao.nl W.Uh and hia command*
J lie revenue aie.mer McLane struck while attempt
mg to pass the bar. ond did not succeed in geiunr
over until the affair at Tobasco and the return of ,|‘
vessels. Her marines, undet Lieut. Brown, were o n
r a'.VIl!, . riU [formerly the steamboat Champion
nl Mobile) during the 25th and 26ih. All the prize.’
were duly despatched Ac arrived at Anlo Lixardo l The
Pitrita, on her return under command nf Lieut <lest
captured the American brig <Plymouth: Capt. Parker-’
i l " ,n ’ •’"gaged m dis barging cotton at Alvarado her
Lieut. Morris dted on the Ist foot., on b0a,, 1 the Cum
i b * ,l * nJ * <> J buried with the honor of war at Li
j Zti'ilo,
It will be. seen by reading this cursory report that
the Commodore spared Hie city out of feelings of hu
manity. ‘i’ho mhalmania could not leave u. the Go
vernor would not permit Ihem ; hence they sought re’
fug* in cellars during ihe cannonading, a,,d (buses
caped deal ruction, H„d it not hern ihat w were ne
cesaarily obliged 10 kill many innocent persons before
taking the city, Tobasco at this moment would ha>e
| been our '’- As “ have paid then, dearly for the
shot that deprived ns ol Lieut. Morns—long will they
remember our visit and dread Ihe return of the Amer
lean*.
The Mexican force was 350 regular troops niffi
four pieces nl cannon, besides an unknown number
of armed peasants; all ol whom weie posted m strong
military works, or in ihe occupation of stone or h fir k
houses; hence we could only reach (hem wuh uur
great guns and at every disadvantage.
The following vessels were at Anton Lizard nn the
Bih of November: Flag ship Cumberland. Ingaie
Raritan and Potomac, steamers Mississippi & frince
lon, together with ibe gunboats and six prize vessels.
S*t. Maiy’s and Somers blockading Vera Cruz, Por.
poise a*. Tampico, the McLane inside the lar at To
basco, the Forward blonkadmg Tooasco. The Me-
Lane will gel out on high tide,
Lieut. lienshaW como up from the squadron under
orders to Pensacola Navy Yard.
Hralth of the squadron perfectly good.
There is a Mexican force of Irom live to six thous
and men at Alvaradn. They have placed across llie
mouth ol the river three strong chain cables, arid sunk
veasals on the bar. It Would be entirely usele-s lo at
tempt the place again by a naval lorce.
FOREIGN.
t run the liultimore American .
j ELEVEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE,
AH NIVAL Os THIS
STEAMER GREAT WESTERN.
, an early hour thia morning our correspondent
at New York forwarded us. throdgh Magnetic Telc-
I graph, the following synopsis of European inlelli
gence, brought by the Steam Ship Great Western,
which arrived atthatpoit lest night. *’
BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
(TH A MOII rie FOH Til £ AMS RICAN ]
NEW YORK, Nov. it— 14 A. M.
The Great Western, ('apt. Matthews, uriivej Nov.
IC, from Liverpool, with dates lo the 31st ult.
FOOD RIOTS IN IREUND.
bind appeals to lie in a most deplorable situation.
Coe. f ipperary is almost in a state of inkurrerimu.
A few u.. since it was our painful duiy to notice
the murder ot .1 man named Gleesotl, in that county.
Another tpan, named \t ifliams, shared the same fata,
j ‘J’lie town i t Tenij femore was tio scene ol three
I food riot 9on Monday, by a mob varying in numbers
> from one to five hundred men. Tne worst feature in
this transaction is lhat several of the per.-ous rngng. and
in it might have had employment, though lo a very
limited extent, on public works, but they were pre
i r vpnle< l from availing themselve of it by pitimidatior.
The rage lor tho possession of fire arms is increasing
; daily. An attack upon the Very Rev. Dean Holmes,
. while fishing on Saturday last, by an armed gang,
j c ght i” number, was in some measure successful.—
On the same evening the house of a farmer in ihe Pe
rish Oriiglass was burglariously enteied by three ruffi
ans armed with piso’s, who cmel oil jCI'J 16s.—
Nor have the depredators spared even their own eler
| gv. The residence of the Be*. Thomas MeyLn, Pa
j rih Priest of Castledown, Aira, was visited on Fri-
I l ‘ l b ‘ sl by a lawless parly, which deliherulely forced
hi* keys from his pocket, unlocked his desk, and re:z
td on £7l. with which they decamped
In the Southern Division Lorj Donoughmor’s a
gent was robbed of £7OO in the open day, on ihe
mail CoaCh road, anil within less than a mile of the
! populous town of Clonnell.
By far tho greatest portion of Mnnsler presents at
this moment the appearance of a sltfinbeiing sol
-1 eano.
THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE BRITISH MIN-
ISTKY.
Lord John Russell and Lord Tottenham, at ihe
Cabinet Council, at Windsor, on Wednesday, mged
! earnestly the constitutional necessity tor an early ses
sion of Parliament before Christmas, not ndyto ob
j in “n act of indemnity sos Lord Bleesburougb, ex
tension of the Labor Kale Act, bill also to obtain a-
Parliamentary sanction lor the reduction of the 4 shil.
lioga duty on the import of grain. The Council
j broke up without coming lo anjr definitive resolution.
| At the meeting of the Ministry on Thursday, the sub
ject was resumed, and on the latter occasion the oppo
nents of an coily session had the advantage of Mr
U incrolt’a arrival Low Iho United States, with intel
ligence that the supplies of grain collected m the A
ine,ican poits for exportation is so ample as to render
want extremely improbable, thus removing a princt-
I pal motive for an early session and relieving the Pie
mier from the obligation to lake another step which lie
is said to call the administration of u despotism. ‘The
i objections lo an early session hav# been raised and
must anxiously pressed by the Irish Secreta-y and the
: other Minister connected with the Government of Ire
land ; and with aome show of reason, they will al
lege that an early session must embroil them with Mr,
O Connell and his adherents, thus depriving the Cab
inet of its principal support. It is not only on the
side of Ireland, however, that there are such diffisui
lies rtireuienrnS the Adhi nistratioh at the assembling
: of Parliament, whether early of late, we have the
testimony of tha MiH-owm-i’s Journal u> the fact, thst
a lueliug.ol tile necessity of reducing,ifie produce and
WBges between 3 I aqji 40 per cent, for such must be
the cfleet of working nut four day” instead of six. is
rapidly spreading, and becoming almost umtcrssl.—-
i hie serious reduction in the amount of wages coti
temporascoUH with a steady advance in the prices of
all the principal necedstirirs of lile is not calculated to
infuse an agieeable temper into the popular tirench of
| the Legialttarre. A third objection to an earlv Session
may come from Lord Palmerston, who cannot be de
| sitousol explaining the process by which lie has man
- aged to give the French Government and people, e
I triumph.
The fetes in Faris in honor of the matrimonial con
i quest of Louis Pbillippe :ind Ins son have been post
-1 poned tor some time, in consequence as is alleged, of
| the inundations in certain pails of France, caused by
i heavy rams and storms.
It is a good and a convenient, but not the real ex
! cuse. Theie it a storm brewing which the prudent
hut avaricious constitutions! King ol the Ficneh for
sees, It is not his interest to quarrel with Englandi
aud yet he has deliberately aud with malice prepense
provoked. It would not have looked well to bsto
teles m honor of his eon's marriage with a helplr s ”
unprotected infinta ol -Spain, sold by e worthless nio
* her ; at which fetes the British Arnlmssail r, >
No -ismiy. lor political reasons; would not be P' f *”
cut; in would effect the funds, agitate the money
markets, a. I derange the good King “ private
ests, nsa luiiil,holder, a tradei. alio a manufacturer-
VEKY DESTRUCTIVE FLOOD* IN FUANt L.
From France we have iikj.l disastrous ami imlm
choly accounts of the consequence of e flood w |IC 1
had occurred in the INver Lone, the wateis of whic
have very suddonly risen lo u height exceeding * n y
thing known for a eenyjiy back. Th Lone end
hove been the principal theatre* of tin* phenomenon,
and have prodeced Inundations exceeding *ny know”
to iho olifssl citizen* of the department* of Allien Lee
ir end Elctiiere. In a single night the waters of t lfl
Loire itself rose twenty Frmch feet. ,
ANOTHER INSURRECTION AT rORTUOAI--’
*J he latest news from I'orlugsl, received si Mai > •
announce that a revolutionary movement had bro ‘
out at Oporlu. The report of the arrest of the 0
of Tereeira wax confirmed. Thst statesman is Pf
lon at Oporto. The Kegency k was ssiJ wss proe si
Uil.tn in,, name of Belbree 111. It was said *t *
1 tbit CiMtftt Cabal, end Dm Zilas Bravo were to