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Copy of * Uierftom kii Excellency John Cinyie. to tiie
ttob&swi* Cam, Secretary of War.
Exrcunvr Department, )
Tuscaloosa, 27il» May* 1835. .$ ‘
Sir •—Al'Jliis time, n state of. tfiinga exist*
part* of the* conn try ceded hy the Creek Indiana
(Millie Urtitpd.Bmtcs, tlmt require* the Immediate
Ittreaeniwof n respectable military (bree. In Inc
h'tftniitet of Macon and Russell, tile Jiidiati |Kij>n-
greatly larger than that of the Nvhitcs, and
4 <:6fhltfingin *nnerior numbers, they have Haccd
tthe^aws and civil magisiratca at deHniice. 1 hey
iera in the daily habit of committing the most lnw-
Iless depredations on the property of the settlers.
*nnd within n fow weeks past, have murdered and
robbed several innocent travellers on the highway
leading from Columbus, Oh. to Montgomery—
»n,i. uiliiiA ItilmliiinriiR nri* nlurmcd to 'such a tie-
JVomtk. ItalcUloclira B.r.14, M*JSI \OS.
TEXAS- .. ,. -.-i
At lhe'reHue.1 pf * gentlem»n, *
Tetaii of high character and known ablhtWa; and
upon whose al*le«i*oU we place implicit tetiapee,
w« publish tho following letter from Col. Peter
Elli. Bean-to Gov. -Can, Secretary'of W»r of t he
United Sutra, dated Feb. 24,1833,.tbgMber with
the intelligence which accompanies it.
A. O. Bulletin.
Nacoodocrks, Texas, 24th Feb. J333.
Gov. Lewis Cass, Secretary of YVar; ■ '
Sir A, military commander ■ of the North
Eastern frontier of the Unilcd'Mcxican Slates, it
has bccotncn necessary and painful duty devolving
DU of ft
The while inhabitants nre nlurmed to such a dc
pree. that they offer no resistance, and the civil;
Jlficers for want of assistance themselves, will
neither issue nor execute process for their appre
hension. An agent whom I 'despatched several
days sco, to enquire into the cause niid; extent of
these difficulties, lias just relumed, end lie ropre
Bents, that the country is much'excited-; that the
Indians arc exceedingly insolent, and are to be
men generally with their rifles. lie elates film,
that many Indian families ate dcB'itutc of the
means of subsistence and will inevitably starve if
provision he not mode for llieip. Whether their
present situation and die disturbances complained
of, arc to be ascribed to tho improper treatment of
the whites, it is certain that order ciirinolbe main
tained, und the laws executed, unless a military
force be at hand, to afliiril prompt assistance to the
civil authorities. ( therefore, respectfully request
, that a detachment of the troops of the United
Elates be ordered to Fort Mitchell with all conve
nient despatch, mid llim the olliccr .in whose
charge lltey may be placed,' when.-,ever called on
by the proper authority, they Wdircclcd to aid in
the arrest of offenders. A company of infantry
and a troop cf cavalry or mounted nlleiiYen would
besuflieient. Tho Jailer would lie the niost use-
' I'ul and efficient doscripliou of troops, ns they could
move with greater celerity to whatever point their
upon me to apprise you or facts, which are hot in
accordance with the Treaties, and the very amica
ble relations existing between tho two sister repub
lics of the'Uniled States of America, and the Uni
ted Mexican Slates. Which facts 1 trust you will
feel bound to present to the President that he may
be enabled to interpose his antliorily with the a-
gents under his control, and redeem this govern-'
merit from an evil, which is not only nn encroach
ment upoii its leVrit jry, but must endanger its .citi
zens in their property, as well ns tlitir lives.
In the treaty concluded nt tho. city of Mexico,
on llie-'■'.Vi of April, 1831, provision was made in
theXXXI lid Article, that annoyances mid intru
sions of gll kinds by the Indians within the two
republics should reciprocally bo prevented. By
’ will
services might be wattled, I should riot hesitate
so call outtlie'riiihtraof thoBtateto; perform this
service, if it was hot ihnt all classes of our citizens
are busily engaged at tills season of tlio year,and
would necessarily experience much inionvcni-
ence nail great pccuniury loss by being tnkcti, for
any'Considerable timo from their usual avoca'
tions.
I beg lenvo to call your allcnlion to the frninls,
the infamous and unprincipled frauds which or
ganized hands of speculators have practised and
tire still practising on tho Indians, in first obtain-
ing their liuids, nnd then, the small and inconsid
erable sums they may have paid as a consilient
. lion for their purchases. These impositions have
acquired gicut notoriety, nnd are subjects of uni
versal cdmnlaint. 1 entertain no doubt,• that the
outrages winch have been committed by tho Indi
ans, upon tho Innocent settlers, nnd the Innnecnt
travellers, Imvo been provoked by-the injuries
they liavo received from the speculators, and if
they niuno could lie sclecicd as tlt’o victims of re
venge, they would meet hut liulo sympathy from
rheTionest part of llie eonimunily. Hut (lioy aro
si. Ingcuious uud as successful in diverting Iroin
rhcnjsclvcs the hostility nml indignation of tho In
dians, a. they have been in defrauding ilium of
titc-ir properly.
Ilifotmallim hasbeon received here, I fihnW nol
on what guiliorlly, that the President had refused
to ratify arty of these contracts. It was hailed
ed wiiti great satisfaction, by alL.nartics and a rig-,
id scrutiny info each caso, * wootiVifonbiioss result.
In restoring to these miserable people, property of
which they ltave been wrongfully deprived, and
iu vindicating the administration against imputa
tions under which it 1ms unjustly labored.
I have the honor to be, Sir,
Very respectfully your ob't'serv’t.
JOHN GAYLE.
Hon. Lewis Cass, See. of Wari >
reference to the treuty, anil articlo cited, you wi
perceive that “hotli parties hind themselves ex
pressly to restrain by force nil hostilities anil in
cursions on tho part of the Indian Nations, living
within their respective boundaries,” &c. It can
not be doubled but the object of this atlicle was to
prevent, not only tho evils which might result to
the inhabitants of tho two countries, hut, also to
prevent the incursions or location of any of the
tribes,'or nations resitling wi'Jrin the hounds ofonc
of the contracting parts, upon lands claimed and
owned by the other. -
Incursions' must necessarily precede location,
nnd if the letter of llie Treaty were compliedwith
and preserved from infraction, tbo'grounds of this
communication would bo obviated. ?‘.r
Within nuhorllimo past,several hundred Choc
taw Indians have passed from Natchitoches in tho
United Stales, nnd located themselves in the midst
of tnn settlements within this municipality,'and
not moro than twoniy-flvo miles distant from this:
place, and bring with them tho assurance that ma
ny nioro of their tribe contemplated a similar lo,-,
cation. J have satisfactory ussurauco that not
Icssihan'soven'luin.drcd Imvo loented thotnsclvcs
in Toxns within die preseni inonflt. - Nor is this
the only just ground of serious nntl unpleasant ap
prehensions to 1)6 anticipated’by the citizens of
the United Stales of Mexico. A slibrt timo since
several chiefs of Cosharta Indians, accompanied
duuhtlfsi receive from them $100,000, amt) llie
Indians get- noUiing ip-returo from it. .
“Blipuld the Indians attempt to take possession
VC the epuptry described,the President of the Uni
ted States, Vg think Would be compelled to res
train them in n incursion into-the territory of
Mexico, and if he sltoobl not, we are- assured that
the people of Texas will consider it an apt of in
vasion by the Indians, and put to instant death
'their lenders. As to the' fate of Hotchkiss and
Hawkins, t ime will developc. It has been sugges
ted, that it is looked upon by the people end -au
thorities of Texas ss an-act of treasoD, and should
they return, it is possible they may be sent on to
the scat o(. government fir trial; but it is most
probable that they will be tried in Texas’ by an
extra-judicial tribunal, attd receive in sentence.—
They are certainly guilty of an attempt to violate
a treaty, which is the.“supreme law oftheland,”
nnd conacqiieatly.it* violation must be treason.—
How far tiie honest gentlemen referred to may be
enabled to impose on the merchants of New York,
delies conjecture. Their return to Texas will be
awaitcd'wilh some anxiety, where nn adjustment
of all the matters will: promptly take place, and
measures be adopted to. exclude from its.bordcrs a t
cast 24,000 Creek InrtiqtaMHMMBjHKBBE
“What lias the Secretary of War done in rela
tion to Col. Bean's’letter f It is strango it lias
never been published. And now what will the
President of tito United States order to he dono 1
We hope that he will order justice to be. done, in
relation to the peoploof Texas, for they n’rq bone
of our bone and flesh'of our flesh; and that lie
will preserve tiie national faith, by insuring Ihri
execution of all trehty stipulations with' Mexico,
cannot be doubted.
“Ilissnitl, that the. chiefs of (lie Old Nation
nre so confident of llie successful issue of the pro
ject, ghat thtjv have -sent runners to their CJreck
friends on Arkansas river to join them during the
approaching autumn, in the country designated ;
doubtless expecting to maintain thcmscivcst.hy
force. It is tiie only right they can acquire,• and
so soon as they can be expelled, they, may be" as
sured it will bo done by tito people of-Texas, not-
,,Withstanding tito assurances which they may - re
ceive ft'om Hotchkiss and Hawkins, wiio.uro en
gaged in ill# infamous project of swindling the In-,
dians, and annoying for u while Ilia ppbplo of.Tcx-
ftiq rust of American population to ttyd codh-
try has alarmed the authorities bf Mexico, and this
is, but llie com mencement of petty hostilities upon
die citizens of Texas, add their friends and neigh
bors going there from the United -States, nnless
they (i mean onr own- citizens :and. commerce.)
are protected by oar flag. The truth ia,.thsl by
the best informed at -Mexico. Texas is considered
as lost to them now,'and it is only by harrassinjj
them and those moving there that this object can
for a while be delayed. In connexion with, this
object, a report has been recently made. to : Con
gress at Mexico, to revive the Law of the 6th A-
pril, 1732, which is to prevent nit North Ameri
cans froth domiciliating in the country—but un
less they act will) extreme caution, they will bur-;
ry tilts crisis they are endeavoring to avert.
H. J. HARWELL.
Montgomery, 15th June, 1833. .
Hm
POLITICAL.
The proprietors of Apalachicola having accom
plished the object of their mission left us last week
in die Steamer Southron. The citizens generally
are much disappointed and dissatisfied with their-
course. ' Satisfactory arrangements have been
made with some few property holders with'regard
to their Improvements,'while the rights and inter
ests or the great mass of tiie people imvo boon ut
terly disregarded, and if we should judge, from the
appearances, something more titan quiet submis
sion may be anticipated. Many however, have
determined to remove their buildings to St; Jo
seph’s Bay, and before another season expires
there will l>c some fifteen or twenty largo w are
Houses erected at that place, some eight or ten
frames for dwellings are also in readiness fur ship
ment, and will be put up immediately, ' nr so soon
ns workmen can Tie procured to accomplish it. O-
liters.of tho ngrieveu. are determined to bo dispos
sessed,-by tho law. only, unless -the proprietors
should extend to them ihq same liberality that
they have to others. • ’ '' .
Apalachicola Advertiser.
by two wliito men from Eapl Florida, passed thro’
this * Mb ' """ ” ■'
Copy oft Letter fi-oni Ills l-lxeelk-iiey Joint .(inylo to <Icn.
< t * < ■ A. Abcrcrotnbio end others. . '.
:Z ■' Kxrcirnvi. l)F.rARTHKXT, >
* , TtiscaliKma; May 28, 1339. j
Gxxti.f.uf.,1.—On my .ojrivnt from. Mobile,
. several days ago, 1. received your communication
oflhd Slh inst; coveting-tho proceedings of a pub
lic meeting, hold at die Chqr) hpust) of lltiuoll
county,on tho same day. J lost ,,po_ lime. in. do-
spMchlng on agenl to llie scene of the disturbances
complained of, who returned fri III* singe on Tues
day nl^ht. lie- confirms the itifgWnifirin you.
hsv6cprnnuutieated it) relatiiio, as nlran ,l)te de-
(uejUUdfie of thV lndisns as 16.their, : starving sod
destitute condition; leaving no ddtlbt ss.io’ ths ne-’
cetatty of stjbrdieg pmtuctirm to the' cilntbtts Aha 1
s restoring older to tbe.country. ijffttfill'tlre' ftflec-
' tioa I liavo ado|iteii the course whlflli appears., to
rue the best calculated to secure these objects in llie
most'ipeedy nttd oflcctunl manuer. "I liaVe fusdo
a requisition upon llie Secretary of \Var for aide-;
tacliment fro'm our regular army, to: .consist of a.
compntw of infantry and a troop of cavalry or
mourntd riflemen; and ' scud you a copy of 'my
communication to that officer. 1 Imd previously
received undoubted assurance, that any request 1
might make fur aid front that .quarter .yould be
|irotiip(ly complied with, end our citizens wig)
M-rtli now to be overawed by (lie insolent outrages
-of tiie Indians, may rest assured, lliUt tltc trootis
eequircd will be with theiri, for their protectiiin, in
itwcoty-'five or thirty days. They will bo.siutlun-
<'d;at or near Fun Mitchell, for uo other -purttose
than to givo confidence nnd security to the settlers,
and to aid tho civil officers in bringing ollcudcr* to
" justice, -1 at first, determined lu.citlb piU a iitir :
(ion.of llio Militia, but was convinced by subse
quent reflection, tlmt a sufficient futree cuuld not ba
organized and broughs into the field,' prepared fot
several months service, sooner titan the troops of
•fie Uuited Stotcscould be murclied to the'country.
The inconvenience, Its), 'to whk-lf oilr citizens
would bo subjected, by' being cullt-d from, their
J tomes at this, the most busy season' of tile year,
Attidjtlie total want tif erinip equipage, and all otii-
,cr means necessary Ur. tlicif coiulbil. ovcu for a
sltaB oaat|taign, lull tq>on my umiil no doubt of
ithy propriety of (lie course Whitdi has been finally
'/he evils ito witloh otir- chizons' in ilia -.Creek
Natiou nre subjected, are of a.‘character to excite
the regret of all persons who desire the Settlement
of (ho country, tile establishment of.hnfiuony, end
she jtaprcinucy of tlie luwt. Whatever umiibcr
<tf ttpiops may be statioued there, tho disbrdors tlitit
icsitlt from flic presence of tito Indians w ill, to
, some extent, continue'jo aimuy ll|6 white* and to
rendet,their timatiau' insecure. T||cy ute ..starv
ing ntul must of ucccssity prey upou tli'oi )>ro|icrty
“I their neighbors. Nothing short of tltcir remov-
. Ml to the country which lies bretl jiFuviiicd 1’ur,Itictu
will render a residence in lliat purl of the Sijile
tolerable. 1 believe that- a strict and rigorous ex
ecution oftho laws w iil induce them to emigrate.
So soon us it can bo effectually dune. 1 ahull di
rect all civil officers,'where thoy.rcside, id publish
.-und enfurcc our laws.uguiust vagrancy. Having
.deprived thcuisclvcs of tho nlcuils of Itoucsl sub
sistence, and rejectiug ns they ap|>ear to do, the
ItuuiuiiQund liberal provisions' which tho Govern
ment lias wado lbr their future rcsidcuco und cotn-
lort, llicy will not be comilenuanccd iu their de-
prcdtiuutis on the picas of indigenco ,uud ncces-
-tty,
I bog len vo to call your attention, gcmlcmcu, to
that part of my letter to the Scerelury nt War, in
vvlitcb I ml veil to the inqiosiliuut which huvo beeu
practiced ou the Indians. T u you, uud In tlio.se
occupying, as you do, the highest standing in the
tout ninthly in which you live, the holiest, but less
influential part oftlie community must tank lbr u
correction of this cry ing evil. The grog shops loo
which I understand is tito most coiumuu cstahlish-
littiuicnts throughout the country, should receive
your'prompt ami decided reprehension. They
me gcuerally cstabliblicd usl learn lbr the nc..oi:T-
modatioa ol the Indian., and cut, uuy one doubt,
that to those (buntuins of erituo unit immurtuliiy
are to bo ascribed many of tho - trifficulttes whicli
otircilizcnslinvctocucuuiitcr. I® *
1 have the honor lube, Gentlemen,
Very respectfully your.ub't set v*r.
’ JOHN GAYLE. .
Abercpjt!!l‘tg,pr..Sieplieu fiiclpg-.
ereotl, Maj. Juu. G. Vtorshani, Thus. S. Muttin,
L»'|- Col. Shuim-I h. teuton, Mr. Julm Godwin.
placo from an inettrsitm ns fur s'uulii ns tile
Brassos, and tlaclarcd (he intention of the cliicfs 1
to remove to litis provinco within tito present
spring, bringing soverui tribes of Indiahs witlt
them from (lie Creek nation lacntcd in ■ -Florida,
williin tho Untied Stntos of*America.
Tiie niutiial faitli of the two republics being
pledged upon llie subjects of .this address certainly
renders it a matter of much delicacy, and I should
bo wanting in respect for.nly own government,' if
‘I could oven suspect that the President, or tho itn-
medium functionaries of the United States,-could
have oitltor pormlncd or connived at tho tresspass
which lias taken plnco upon .tlio territory of the
republic of Mexico. It is nevertheless true, flint
these Indians passed hy it military post of-tho
United Stales .(Fort Jessup) on tlibir. wny jo' tho
Sabine, where tlioy entered Texas. Tlte /outo
pursued by 'llio Choetawe from Natcldtoclics- was
most manifestly difleront from that' which' (liey
must Imvo pursued in reaching (lie country assign
ed to them on the east side of the Red river, and
within, llie territory of your government; ’ By
this.early, and sincere' application to tho’United
States government, it is requested that such meas
ures nitty be adopted |>y tlmt government, in. its
characteristic good fititit, as will not'only tVfcvoni
all future “ incursions," but also to orilc’r. dial’
those already.within ibis province should bo-pres-'
ently removed lo llio lunds assigned to them 'by
tito United. States. I flatter myself, with the
f tresetit existing treaties, and tho otherwise friend.'
y rotations subsisting between ' the two govern
ments nnd their citizens, tlmt the President of the
United States will foci bound, from'Itis 'cIoVated
political as well as moral character, to afreet and
prevent the Intentions Of iUe'irthe or tribes of ills
Greek Indians, from any and all con'tbfnpWled
“incursions” into the territories of Mexico, and
particularly oftlilr provinee.The eoneeqoerice*
io its white inhabitants-tnay prove 6f S : >hftV«ci*r'
ly diinslroui'to tliom, blit sticiriid’AfqujtF
will at once perceive, from the"tialure of - non '» ,tle . I'? 1 "." ->f «ha.'«Uempted lo.ap-
ation, that my immediate duty .will’ ba'.tb OMmnbm? hawoe, m.wc afterwatt!,.
nty government of'the facts, (hat it maybe . carne i’ manned and-forbid alt interepuse With
:hol opL — . I-
elairii tha consideration of every liumanattm hen-
vrable breast,
You
my aituation, .
apprise nty government of-.the facie, that it maybe
enabled to understand the exigencies of my cotn-
ntttnd. • . • .-si
God preserve yon many years,
I liave the honor ts be f
your most obedient serv’t, ' •.
Colonel ofCavaiiy oftho Mexican Ilf public.
" Some'thno'within'the.course of Inst winter,
tome five or six chiefs from the old Creek Nation
in Oeorgia, headed by ApolMtyttfioln, and Under
tito conduct of a white roan by the natne . of-Du-
bois, visited Nacogdoohcs,. the chief, town-of tho
Eastern Department of Texas. Aflcr- Hpbntltn'g
a fow days,' they wore joined by Benjamin' Haw
kins, a qupdrnott Creek, who had recently turn-
grated from the C.etk' natiou, oil (ho. Arkansas
river, to Texas. ’ . ••. ,
" From Naeogdocltcs they commenced a trip of
exploration, towards the sources of tito Sabine'and'
Trinity rivers, where it seems they were uflich
R leased with (liecountry, and concluded to-posscSs
, if possible. Tho lands which' they selbfcled,
were onco Included In a grant tnudo to Gca- Fp.l-
nsoln, by the Mexican Government on prftaiu
.’conditions, uou'o of which have been cotpiiHctl
With on his pmt, nnd of course it is now void,
. “ The Gram wits to commence lifleen letlgtibs,
or forty five inilbs north, of Nacogdoeltes; and
would run north und west for conipIcmeui.V., On
the return of tho Chiefs .to Nueogdoehc*;-' they
through Hawkins, communicated to Col. Bean n
wish to settle in Texas, when they were pMihpljy
assured that it could unt be done, as it wa* con
trary to llie relations nnd treaties existing between
tho two republics.' Not-sdtiificd with tha assuran
ces of Col. Bean to tho contrary of their AviliioV.
by the commander, the collector, his lady, Acer—
In.the meantime we saw Mr. McKinney’s lighter
approaching .the *clmon6r -Columbia from 1 the'
allure, himself and family on hoard;.ths Csptgjp
of tha'Montekuma'itnniedistely prepared-Kia can,
llicy by means of llawkins opened n negotiation
wlifraMila ‘
iiTt a certain captain Arcltibald 11 itoliktss, Agent
of llie Now York Company,-wiio are engaged: in
colonising llie grants made to lioraott; Veililou
.anil Zavala, under tho uama.nhd title;.of,tbo
“Gnlvostou liny und Texas land Company." . It
appears that ('apt. Hotchkiss nnd llnwkios agreed
to meet tho cliiul's (who in tho nicnn timo were .to
return homo,) ut New tlrlenos, ill the mouth of
April now passed, nnd there to rcccivo from thorn
$20,000, uml from thence they were to proceed to
Mexico and purchase from Gen. Fclasolu, his tillo
.to tho grunt, and transfer the same to tho ludians,
who ate to remove there this, ensuing full. And
in the event of obtaining Fclnsoln's right to tha
grant, the Chiefs nro to pay to Hotchkiss und
llawkins, tito additional sum of $30,000, out of
tho funds of tho Creek Nation. Tito patties met,
nt New Orleans, agreeably to appointment, when
'the first instalment wuspnid by llie Chiefs. Hotch
kiss then changed Iris ronto io New Yotk (us is
believed) tor the purpose of seeing tho agent of
Gen. Fclnsota, anti purchasing tho gram, that he
tnuy complete the imposition upon (lie Indians.—
Hawkins 1ms been guilty, wo understand, of ma
ny frauds upon his tribe lieforc lie separated frum
them in Arkansas, and lull litem without leave.—
A few days previous to his setting out iur New Or
leans, lie was in Nacogdoches, and passed coun
terfeit notes mi the United States llait.k, .to tho a-
mountnr $400, anil was arrested by tho authori
ties of iho-tawu. Thera being no law iu Texas
defining the punishment of. the crime, he agreed
to identity tiie person to whom he lmd passed the
notes, and paid u line to the Court, lather.than
confess from whom he received the notes.
“It is thought that llawkins has accompanied
Hotchkiss to New York,.and wiii bo used bv him
as ucatspaw in this nefarious iransaoil.in. " Gan.
l etaaolu Iras no right to tho gram, the Indians
can acquire none; Hotchkiss mpl Hawkins will
1-Vom the Montgomery Juuriiiil,
THE MEXICAN t Al'TUllES,.
To correct public report anil regulate pubiib
excitement in this quarterns well as; elsewhere,
(the.Columbus 'Enquirer having mentioned my
capture,) I submit a short statement or facts
through yonr papor ip relation ip tlio recent cap
tures oR Galveston and- Brazos,' Texas. It were
almost impossible to get froth rumor a Iran state
ment of facts'nt tito distnneo of n .llioiisand miles,
and npon n subject so well calculated to excitotho
American public ; nnd yet It is ohej being iikly to
excito tlioin, that they should utidorstuhd truly
from d proper possession' of the facts—this, tu-
gelher with a request, from various miarlcrs, will
ho my npology, fiir this cotmntinicatioh. 6n tha
7th of Muy last the schooner Columbia, Captain
Silk, under Mexican colors, owned Und consigncd
to Thos, F/McKinfiey m the tiioulh of Ilia Bra
zos, with n cargo worth sixty or seventy-thousand
dollars, with thirteen passengers, ull of its citizens
afGcargia,’Alubama und Tennessee, and tlio wilb
and child of the collector oftiio Ports of Galveston,
Brazos, &c. sailed from New, Orleans, bound to
the mouth of tlio river Brazos. On tho night pf
IhoTOlh, otir captain haying cried'in tits reckon
ing, tyo lay olI Gulvcston Bay, sup|iosing it to be
our pari; but in tlio morning ml discovering his
error, lie weighed anchor mid oboul2 P. M. we
ancliorcd about a mile from tho mouth of the Hirer
Brazos, -it being impracticable to, get nearer-, tho
liore. - Hero we were boarded by the Pilot, in
.whose boat Mr, McKinney went on shore for'-a
lighter;—nlmut an hour afterwards. We were boar-
ded by the Mfintczuinn, a Mexican Reveniic Gujf-
ter, ns it was'fcprcseittud toils by its officcrsr.and
our Captain ordered on board with Inspnpor*. A
delay of nearly an hour,-after our Cuptain,went
on-board ihtervened, when tho Captain in com
mand, (tlio Captain being sick-at -Matamorasj)
with his interpreter and tlio Collector (a Mexican)
catne on board our vessel and demanded our pass
ports—Seven of onr. number who had them,deliv
ered ihcm up, and the remaining six of us were,
requested to give our names, which having, dptio/
he informed ns wc must go on board the Montez*
(Their no mam without thmlrpttrmimmhw i
7. Ill wef.ds obow apace.—Tltere aro-100 anti-
slavery -societies, it is oflirmed, now. existing in,
this cimiito'; nnd at a. late meeting of theso aboli-
Wiil not'mention; a, they have not yet returned.) “^hkSa f ” irt W 9l ^
We wont in n small boat, nnd wereioon followcti Zta iimr SSf, CSS
ItV lll«onmH,anil«|t tlsn xnlUolnr Itia ladtr. UlClf tlRIlECrOU# OOClrilJCSa 11)0 IIWilber OI HICITl-
her. Fortunately a small boat despatched by (lfe
captain reached the.lighter in time to prevent tii'6
bloodshed , that miist imre .-followed.. Of this,!
was ancyo witness." In the mean timo wc wore
ordered into tiie hold, anti told we would have'to
go to Vera Cruz; Some of our,company, having
been very sen-sick, and being feeble and,much
exhausted, pnlitcly.rcquestcd permission to remain
on deck ; but in a manner cvincitig the most vto;-;
lent passion it was denied, and wc Were ordcrpil
below, where we remained, nearly .nn hour, it
will not-bo necessary to dcscribo llie confined di-<
niensions oftho lmltl of n scliooncr-of70 Ions.—-
There wo found four American citizens, in a small,
dungeon,, where no nif could reach them except
through (lie hatchway, and.it was as filthy as tlio
habits of the most vngranl looking Mexican In-,
titans and negroes could make it, than wltom no
class of iitin’tu beings call .be more disgustingly
oflensivo jn their perions. With severnf of these
whether sick or‘well-(I did not enquire,) lyittg-
round. them ; tito hold too small fir them to standf
or sit-up; not allowed to go on deck but liqlf nn
.hour cacli day; fed with food oftlie coarsest kihtf-
prepared in tho worst manner; and added' to this
llicy had already been’’confined there ten days,
nntf nnd not tail the spot where lltey wore captur-’.
tnl. nnd w :ro' told titat it would lie a munth aud it
half before (hey readied Vera . Cruz, when they ,
were to bo put upon trinl for what was said to-bei
resistance to llioir authority, whicli was said to be
proven hy n negro who nlono had given informqf
lion to the coplain—jn airnocoufincd anil impure,
tjteir dangerous doctrines.
liera if computed nt 75,000. The Golbnizniiou'
Society, at its laio me'etrhgi procure'd oniy $0000,
it it deeply to'bo regretted ilint thq only judlciout, the "malaria WU» be
rational, ami -humane prospect that presents itself,’
of gradually diminishing and ultimately disencum
bering oursejves of q negro population, while. U'.
also diet* the cheeriDg hope of restoring miserable.
Africa to civilization.and freodom, sltould not.be
Governor of tlmt state, ono: front Alabama, nnd
nne Train Tcnncsseo. Tlteir names linvo already
been given to tlio public, nnd I will not mention
them. To show tiie rigour with Winch' ihoy'wcre
treated, I will mention n single circuraiiatioe :—
Olio of otir omnptiny was rot old acqu aintance Df
ono of tlio prisoners! aitd when tho prisoner recog
nized liim, and ollercd him his liaudiliroiigh the
hold, tv8iibaltcrti rushed to w'hcrc lie was and me,
nqccil him dot’ll, nnd by gestures (being unable
to speak our language,) oommaudud all commu
nication to cease. The Martha, the scliooncr on
Which they sailed was an American vcssol, an t
its passcugers nil soy they were robbed of not only
side nrm», besides' many, other
their baggage uml side arms besides maiiy-
nrtieies bill money to n considerable a mount. Af
ter detaining our company n short litno Wo were
released, but most of our passengers lost some part
of their baggage, together, with their. passports,
nono of winch were returned ; nur vessel, tlio Co
lumbia, being taken ufl' immediately for Vera
Cruz. In Now-Oricnns ns I returiied through
there, I found it wnsstntod in tho m-.v,papers and
private circles every wlierc, iliat tlio captain com
manding die Montezuma had been onco (tied for
piracy in that placo nntl narrowly escaped hang
ing ; nnd 1 sco by n published statement of ono of
the passengers in die Murthu, that ho 'acknowl
edged it, and seemed to bo taking vcngcunco for
die indignity. When .the report reached New-
,Orlegn* die officers of tlio custom-house despatch
ed two of our Revenue,Cutters in pursuit of tho
.Montezuma,- but. I. fear they will not overtake
then). ■ Th*y aiicJged ns a reason for seizing these
vessels, dial they had contraband goods on board
and that they .were lawful prizes; hut die immu
nity which tha citizens of Texas havo enjoyed
hcrctofqre fratu a Turifl'lnw amounting to prohi
bition, is plain proof dial something moro than
the mere act ofbavit-.g an article cf contraband, (a
cask of Tobucio or n uos of siloes,) is the cause of
their seizure.
Many of die citizens of'this place, have dins,
early lmd violent nnd Serious attacks Of fever.—
This disease is of no uncommon occurrence in this
place during tlio Summer anil fait months, yet its
appearance at eb early- a period creates great alarm,
and surprise. Numerous persons tinvo luft on this
account, others itijcnil doing BO Ihe’cnsning week,
days tlio town will be
pnd in the course of n few days
nearly destitute of inhabitants.-
Tho" fevers of Apalachicola nro .more dreaded
than Cholera, mid unless something is dono to add
to the hc'atlhfulncss of dio place it must cease to
flourish. Wc are compelled'td-abandon it fur n(
least live tnohtlis in the ydir,' whjch necessarily
subjects us to heavy cxtfa expenses,' or else incur
the risk ofdisoaso, lor sickness is morally certain'
to itll that remain. ; ' •- . '"
•- Tiie rear of die town is wholly occupied'by
swamps and ponds of stagnant water, wliilo in'
front diero is n largo and cxlonsive.tracl of marsir,
with its decayed -vegetable.-iriattcr, all pf wliiclt
contribute largely to tho diseases of .the place-—
We cannot Imagino hnwlhcso ditlieUlties nro to
he remedied, unless tlio ponds und. ^wmnps nro
tlinrougly drained, and the marshes banked inj
dilclictla
and' cultivated, all of which,. jt is moro
titan probable will remain undone fur many years
to pome, •"
YVehoVo bcon informed that n'nutnbcr ofgcntlo-
tncti from the North intend visiting this place du
ring (He summer, in order (a prepare for the Tail
businesstherefore,^ns conductor of a public jour
nal, wo feekit ati incumbent duty to appraise nil
of tlicir danger, nnd more especially those of the
North anil East who nre Unaccustomed to a South
ern cliinnto,' j‘.. . ■
To avoid nil danger, we, in company with ma-
ny of our ncighborsi intend v,tailing during' the
Sickly season the doligbtful Beach of St. Joseph's
Bttyj a location .where sickness is not known, nnd
■ ft jiSiiiiM' '
invite those of other places, Who like us, nro driv-;
on from their hotries at tliiis. season of the year,
to join us in partaking of tho luxuriant and .invig
orating sea breezes of St. Joseph's in lieu of the
malignant rind poisonous, atmosphere of-their
homes. '-*■ [[ ' ■; ' ' .' ; " ;. ;
' Amusements (liero are-more riunicrous than nt
atiy other place we know of in the whole territory.
Oyster and fish of tlio finest kind, are to be had;
in groat ptaMy, and'game abounds iti tho stir-,
rounding, forests. Apa. Ailv.
From the Southern Christian Herald.
SLAVERY.—(COHTIUUED.)
lit our. lost-number we proved* we . tliiak, be
yond dispute, that Slavery bas, in every respect,
bettered tbts condition of the negroes.. Wo will
-flow undertake to Show,' that the slaves in the South
are, in every respect, better off than the greater ma
jority of the laborers in Europe. We shall com
mence with die Italian laborers, taking them up
as they are to be found in tho London Benny Ma
gazine. To this work we would, refer our readers,
because the articles which it contains on this sub-,
ject, are’written without uuy reference to tile sub
ject of slavery. • They must be admitted by rill to
be impartial.
“ The condition ol the Italian laborers varies in
die ditterent slates. ■ The following accorinls are
Ifom’ the best au'horiiics:—
“ The laborers in Lombardy (die most-fruitful
region ia Italy, have.remaiiied, throughout all the
changes of government, what they were heforo'17-
90, die servants of thoso-whose lands lltey work j
none ltave become proprietors. Bcibre the revolu-
Uori of 1790 die greater part of the-land was in the
bands oftho high nobility nnd the clergy. Now
it is partly in tlio possession of a'small number, of
shrewd .speculators who have known Ijo'w.to take
advantages of political changes to enrich .them
selves. Biiltho peasants have not been benefited
by thc-changc. Theyare still, not by law but by
necessity, bound’to the soil, in a state of dcgrada-,
lioif,; rill' their food consisting of U 'sort of bread
mado oflndian corn flour, ol' hcaus and weak sour
wine ; lltey seldom taste meat. Those who are
employed .on the riccigrounds, arc stiil tnorc
wretched. They aro obliged to remain for hours
with tneir.legs in marshy water, and litre engend
ers n cotnueuus discase known hy the name o(pel
lagra,’which they generally neglect until they lose
the tiso ol'tltcir limbs and. iife obliged at last lo go'
tp the hospital whore tnany-of them die.”
“ In tito ‘ Letters lrom the Nortl) of Italy,’ by
Mr. S. Rose, the writer describes the'-following
scone of misery,-rone out pf a thousand :—‘ A
few days ago'i saw a poor infant lying under a
sack in tho convulsion of an ague fit, and the next
morning meeting another child Whom I knew lo be
his brother, Inskedjtim ‘ How does your brother
do 7’ to which ho answered; ‘Which- brother,
Sir V—‘Your.brother dial has the fever. . * There
qre five of us.wiih ibn fever sir. 1 —‘-Where do you
sleep V * In nn empty stnblo sir.’ • Where are
your father nnd mqther V ‘Our mether is dead
and our futher begs or docs such little chance jobs
aselTorimtho hotel.’ ‘And-whnldo you dpi’ ‘1
get up die trees here and pick vine'leaves for tiie
waiters to'stop die decanters with, nnd-ihey give
us .our panndn.’ This is bread boiled in water
with an infusion of oil or butter.”
Manydark pictures have been drawn of slavery
on dio rice pldntations in .tho low .countries; hut
wo challenge any man'to find'nny place, oven in
the low countries, where the'eondidon of the slaves
is.uot infinitely better titan that oftho Italian labo-
rers nigivon above. Yet-it must bo admillod that
dicse.lalter, with all thoir wretchedness, ore in a
much bettor condition than the native Africans.—
Now it would be no nrgutnem in justification of
Slavery, to show that thousihids are worse off than
the slaves, if their previous condition was better
than their prcscriUcondiliun or if it could be shown
(hat tlicir present condidun would bo better than
it notv is, had Slavery never lind any existence,—
But tlio force oftlie argument is this; Slavery has
not only rendered their condition better than tlmt
of tha nativo Airmans, (which Would Imvo been
their cbpdidpn. if Slavery never lmd existed,) hilt
it has rendered their condition bettbr than that of
thousands, whoso condition, compared with tlic-np-
livo Africans, is greatly (p be envied.' Tito second
numbor on die Laborers of Europe, (p. 106,) gives
on account of die laborers iri die Marcmmo, a tract
of country extending about 700 miles along the
M’.dLlcrrancan, The lands are liekl by wealthy
tenants, who employ laborers from tho Appcmncs.
They come dawn in bands of about 100, and
receive about Ion or fifteen pence a day.' They
Ifvo on polenta, or Indian cqrn'flour, boiled, with
water and suit, and sleep, on life bare ground. M.
Clmtauviex, who visited the country about harvest
time, alter describing the largo' Holds filled with
' flic great‘mass 6? the lultprcfs ia Spain, uL-'
though possessing a character iri almost evety res- A r-
pect the reverse of the'negra character, do not ap-'- ‘ " s -
pear to be In a more happy condition than the
slaves of the South. 'Books are few. Thera is '
scarcely a newspaper in the whole lond deserving " ^
nfthe'name. " One half of the people are load--'
holders, and the other half.servants, “Nearly 1 " '
one half of the produce goes in the shape, of taxes.);'
and tithes, and nut ofute other half the tenant
must pay his . rent and support himself.” Itis-
“ lire wants hnve beeu so reduced by frugal"* 1 1 ■
lmbits,. that the fear of destitution seldom disturbs) •
his repose or effects his humor.” This, however; -
is • equally true of the slaves in the South. Thu * :
condition of the Spanish laborers difler,' however, -
in different parts. But we doriot believe that a-’* ;
riy one well acquainted with the condition of the'
slaves in the South, Will-venture to affirm that'’
they are less happy than the laborers of Spain’:
considering candidly what upon the whole consti
tutes tho happiness of both. ! Did our limits per
mit, we should go more fully into a comparison of' :
their conditions. In -regard lo religion we consid
er the Southern slaves infinitely belter offi ’
The laborers of Portugal very much resemble '
those - of tlicir neighbors, the Spaniards, except"
that lltey aro rather lower in tho scale of being.:-*"
YVo therefore pass hy these without commeMv -./t ,
The laborers in those countries wliiclt wc have'
selected, may, we think, be considered a farc-rivo-.
rage specimen of (lie laborers of Europe. . in some
few countries the laborers may bo in a belter-con
dition,.but in agront many, they aro in a much
worse condition. Tltrougliout Asia with few, if
any cxeeplioris—tltrougliout tito YVcstcrn 1 tybrid).
die United Staten excepted, the great tna«sof matt 1
kind is,-in .every respect in a worse romllitonlhan*
the slaves of the South. In point of happiness ia.
more encpnraged.V Colonization is our only, i
source, and there is no nioro' speedy had whole-
some reniedy against tho inflammatory and vio
lent proceedings of the abolitionists liian to make
proselytes and. branches of tjio parent colonization
society in ovory part ofihb'coumry.rind thus build
up nnd substitute tcttiples'ofconcord.and harmony
in placo.of those subterranean mines which, clam
dcstincly Inirronghing their way beneatli.the sub
stratum of society, will, if pot extinguished,by a.
more liberal course of policy, ono day ; explode, arid
shake die foundations of our government to its
centre. . -Ni I.' Star. ’
■' A most painful accident occurred last Monday
at tho Military Academy ai'YYcsf Point. Two
of die cadets were aniasing Ihcmselvcs af fencing,
when, in the heat of play, the foil pf ono was thrust
into tho eyo of the other, and penet'rajing to the
brain, inflicted a Wound of which the unfortunate
cadet (a son of Captain Carter, of Virginia) died
in nfew hours. . The'anguish of mind experien
ced by die sirtvlvoris, wo understand, so intense
that tlio liveliest a pprcliensions rirej 'entertained
dint grief will wholly overthrew bit reason-' The
two cadots were intimate friends, and were prac,
rising at their .foils for, mere .sport, befbrp a num
bor bf ihcir companion's. The class-mates of the
deceased entered into a subscription to erect a suit
able. monument to the memory of their ill-fated
associate. , 1 .-" '
Small Pox.—YVc'have the satisfaction of be
ing authorized to announce that all fare on this
ilillgreater security slio _
few days longer in tho' hospital; and from' thd
length vf time whicli has elapsed, il is now- hard
ly iioeeilile—probably it would be moro correct to
say, medically impossible, there can bo any new,
cafe .unlcss.it comes.to us from some otberqunrtcr.
: '■ ! . . Georgia Journal.
Coxvextion or. Judges.—ThoJudgcs of the
Superior Courtswcro to have convened hcro'on-
Monday, the 8th inSt. but' tli d.not maRo a quorum
wo think till YY'ednesdav.' Present . Judges, An
drews, Hatris, Hooper, King, J. G. l’olbill and
Phomns. They sal dll Saturday and then ad
journed ; but as wc understand witbout getting
throuah tlio business before diem." ' "
J . Georgia Journal.
Our distinguished fellow townsman,, the Hon,
R. H-;YY r iLOE, sailed for Europe from N. York in.
tho first of-Juno packet YVcstministcr. for Lon
don.—Aug. Sentinel.
RoauKRY or tub Darien Bank.—An exten
sive, robbery was perpetrated on tho Branch oftlie
Darien Bank in Savannah, onllie uiglitol'iho 7th
insi. Tlio vault wa3 entered with false keys,
and bills and specie takcu to tha araouut or about
onq hundred thousand dollars. Tho Bank has of
fered a reward of $5,000, for proof to convicdon of
tho robber and recoveiy of die amount. YVcil
founded suspicious uflhe robber are said to bo on-
tertained, ainl'it is hoped die money mtly bo re
covered.- .
Tiie Baltimore Patriot alleges dint a differ
ence has taken place between Gen. Juckson and
Major Lewis, und that the latter has been banish
ed from the confidence and councils of the Presi
dent."
YVho, of his old friends, remains now with the
President 1 A few only in Tennessee. Miserit-
blo man! who outlives the cstccin of all who were
his original and firm advocates.
time, and prospects for eternity, how very small a-
portion of .the human family may not truly envy;
the slaves':ofthe South. In our next wc shall’.
examine what is, the real condition of opr slaves,;;
that if mayibcscen hmv few of the human family'
are as happily situated. %
' Froaitbo N. V. Star,
OUT AT LAST.
' For two or three years wo iiave constandy char- ;
god Mr, Ritchie, oi tlio Richmond Enquirer, with
covert attempts to bring Virginia iiito tlie suppore
of Mr. Van Buren.'lci lntdi.that old'und patriotie
State to tbo car. of dip-.Albany Regency. This,
charge has been uniformly and flatly denied. Mr.
Ritcbie pretested to the people of Virginia that lie ■
had no intercourse, rib correspondence .with Mr-
Van Burcn—that ho was not his.candidate—that
ho was free anil unpledged, YVith these decep
tive declarations, lie contrived step hy step to in- . ...
duce Virginia to fall into Van Burcn’s artns, un-
der.lhe specious object^of sustaining Gen, : JacU0v , -.
and now the packed Convention nt Baltimore hnv- _.
irig played its part, Mr.-Ritchie runs up the Vari
Bnren f’lng—but feeling the forlorn bopo to wliicU .
he is attached, ho givesup Johnson in Uopesof sav
ing Ihe magician. liprir hitrii .
THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION; -
■ YVp concur with most oftlie leading sendmenta
in -tho following communication from tine of thff -.
most respectable delegates oftho convcntinn.^-^"-"'
For ourselves, Wo Shall go for Martin Van Huron, •
reapers, urged an by tbeir drivers, observes,, dial
their bread is brought’ to diem '
v — in carts, and eaten'
-insoino shade. Ho.thus speakspflhera,; •-i,
!,r “.At n : . signal given, the- reapers quitlod their.'
work, and tiie wholo troop defiled before'us.—
.There were' as riiany men as women, all natives
: of .the Abruzzi. The former' were good figorcs,’
bot jlio women were frightful. They were bathed
inj sweat,-for, dip. heat'ya»-terrible.- Tbaugh.it
w0» only, a few days since they lcftthe mountains,
the ‘riraiaria Was begidning to dflcct them. Two'
only had Os yet been attacked by the fever, bul l
was-told that the number would.incrcaso dpily,-
*t»nd that by the cud of the harvest, scarce half the
-.troop, would bo left. “ YVhat becomes of these
poor Wretches V.. inquired I. .* YVe give'them a
S iece of-brend and send tlietn away.’ - ‘Biit where
o they go V ‘They return towards the 'moun
tains : some of them dio on the way,’ and the oth
ers reach homo exhausted wjtli illness and fatigue
to.rccamtriencc the same.attempt next year.’. ”
. “.Thus for about one pound sterling, to which
the wages of a reaper during the harvest fortnight
amount, ’ thousands of these' poor men' walk fifty
br sixty miles and back again;-' to-work in-tlie pcs-
tilenrial flats of the Marcmtna, with die prospects
of catching tho fever,' and either dying away from
home v or returning sickly and debilitated for die
rest of tho year; Such is, and has been "for'ages
past, the conditioriofloborers.in some'of thb'niosl
celebrated regions of Italy, In the time of-the
Ancient Romans.tbe country was cultivated chief
ly by'slaves, who were considered no-better.thon
cattle, find over whoso persons the owners had un-
limitc-d powcr, beating them, mutilating diem, or
puttipg-dienrto death at their will,' Christianity
•effected a great change.:, tho slaves became first
,of all serfs attached to the soil; and bound to per-
formri certain measure of work for tlicir masters!
but tlicir persons'were placed underthe protection
oftlie laws,' By degrees the serfs became eman
cipated'over the- greatest part of Eurppo, and .al
though- mostof them continued pdor, Utoy were en-
ablod to dispose of tlicir own Tabor nnd carry-it to
die best market. Tins is as much as human jus
tice jind benevolence have been nblo. to offcqt as
yet "'for die laborers of Euro|>e in the-course of
ciglitcen'ccnturics.' Any further improvement iji
flieir. condition .must- be the result of -a slow pro-,
gress in. the general condition of society, to. be ac
celerated by the diffusion of sound knowledge.”-
"YVeltopo-onr Emancipators will pay particular
attention to the latter pert bf dio last - quotation.—
'Aftclr-eighteen ccnfarics, theso laborers arc in a
worle condition than the slaves of tho -South.—
YVotild. the negroes, a race in all respects difleront
iroiudii whites, if flberated, .be iri a belter -condi--
tionjf ighteqn. Centuries hence than they now aro.?
if “Jinpipyemont” in the condition of tho Euro
pean laborers, a people naturally superior to tho
African race, “must bo the result-of a slow pro
gress in tho general condition of society, to boac-;
celcrated by tho diffusion Of-sound 'knowledge,”
how extravagant must dio folly, of the Emancipa*
torsIjp! .- r.
Th? following extract relates io dio inhabitantsof
Campania, ono of- the' most ferdto nud delightful
countries in tho World.
t “Their cabins exhibit' iq many instances the
appoaranccof slovenliness, but seldom that of indi
genco- Tito farmers reut is paid sometimes in
money, sometimes in kind, such as grain,.oil, &c.
Tho leases are generally renewed from generation
to generation. The farmer'is a peasant, with Do
capital :‘ho works his farm chiefly With tho ns-
sisanco of liia family. Theso people have some
domestic comforts, good beds, coarse, but good lin
en, a table, a few chairs and a large chest for their
clothes. Thoyeat with tbeir.finders out of oao
dish, and all tito family drink out of dio same-
glass. Tlioy are hospitable, however, in their
way, but they aro coarse and uniformed,'having
not, lilto the Tuscan peasants, an opportunity .of
intercourse with the educated classes. Few kiiow
how to rcaa or write, or cast accounts ; ihev some
times hardly know tiie na no of tltcir landlord.—
Tlio women dress very showily .on holidays^ and
they generally lravo gold ear-rings, necklace and
a cross.”
YVith all the advantages of a most fruitful coun
try, we ate uuable to perceive any respect in
.which die condition of these pcoplo is superior to
that of the slaves in the . South,
as President of the United States, hilt net for KV j
** ’ ’ Vine President. With ullonr res;'' '•
M. Johnson, ris I
poet for this gentleman, we. cannot snppbrt.hitn for
that offico. But-wo earnestly recommend it to
our correspondents, to avoid till illiberal and irrita-
dngdiscussion upon tho snbject. Let us “ extaa*
uate nothing” ol'tho services of Colonel Johnson,j
ahd above’all, “ lot us nol so 1 down' a word in -
malice.” -YVe-reeomniend the same caution to our
republican brethren ctscwhere. Passion, impel- *■
uqsity; violence, may essentially injure onr cause. ■-J
A liwie discretion may save us from the artsof-'';'
otir enemies at liojne, and the dissentions of.onr
friondS at Baltimore.”. ■ • ..e-.ft--
Virginia is lostto Van Buren—no obe can nils-
Understand T. Ritchie’s Jesuitical mod- '- 1 '
mode of exfiri* '.-^
eating himself from Ji difficulty. He giVe» up. .
Jolmsonjnnil must shortly give up Van Rurenn-
he declares for him note, but the movements qfthe,
.South will compel litm'to change his' ground:^? ^
The pjof bf Ritchie, however, is to try aud secbro
tho yqtc of VIrginia for Van Buren, bv placing | '
Barbour orl the ticketwithhim for Vice President.^ H
The.ijEabdomnent 'cf Johnson i»'an- understocki
affuirmptween him qud.Van Buren, hut it.will|^ ? ^
- Sltali wo then surrender in despair when evofy^'
thing 1 Iboks bright and cheering for the country I ','
Virginia, goes for White, and no State it niore urir' *'
bateable Utah Pennsylvania. The uncomprorai-
iing ttfid fierce strife between Wolf iiod MuK(a<l* ? .
burg, loses Pennsylvania to Van Buren. TakV ,
tiie following from a strong Jackson paperfriWatr'
State,imd‘-after reading it, let us ask oursblvba'
whether Wolf and Muhlenberg can be reconcired’ j”
•—whetlier two electoral tickets cari succeed: The
Amirittm tickcl must prevail in Pennsylvania, »•'■
the office holders-run two distinct sets tifinan. -' - ;
- From the Harrisburgh Chronicle bf Mehftay,'
J.atkson paper. ■ . . ' . -fry* *
. National Convention,—Tito proetedinga qfjfiiS '
body,- os for ns wo haver roonq ore giyetf itr hv . .
day’s paper. 1 In oar next we shall, give all this' .
proceedings.. Tlio resolutionoflcred by Mr. Satin-
ders of North Cnrolino, relative to the formaliqu of
Electoral tickets, will only make “confusion worse •.
confound^,” as fur as Pennsylvania is concerned.
Must there be another Electoral ticket 7' Is nqw
the qncstion. If intermeddling politicians’(6 ptls-
or State's, siippioso.tlmt Pennsylvania move at “a,".,
word,'’ they may find themselves mistaken in tho
men. YVb shaft stick to our ticket—it is-the regu
larly formed one,-and if another is formed against’
it cfaimiug .to be democratic,, neither will be else-** t
ted. . ‘ V. '
’•! YVliy -did the Lowislown delegates to the Na
tional Convention call up the question of tlicir os-
elusive'right to a seat. 7 YVere tlioy afraid 7 1 Tire-
regolar delegates called ihe question bf their right- ,
got• an opportunity, buf-’tlw Coari.j.'
nut rlpciilw. r '* V' '■
veution would nut decide.
• A Statement of facts.—At a meeting of th* .
citizens of Hanover county,' at! Negrofoot, lo ap
point delegates, to the" Baltimore Convention/' ..
eight persons,, attended : only six; of them-.’wore .
owhereof land, nnd tlic othcr two wenj boute-/..
keepers! arid paid a small revenue tax. One of .
the gentlemen iti attendance .was appointed a del- r,
egate! so that he could only have received tevett. .,.-.
votes (unless he voted for himself,) r.td bnly. fivef- . ■
of theiri land holders. Is this as it ouglil’to' bo f ,
.Doubtful, at least, we mast confess. -Rut if otfiv
worlby corrcspouilent had to finger as many news
papers of (/morning as we do, ho would rind thia,,
little qffai'r, jvhich strikes him a* not being Strictly .
according to Gunter, to.be only.a priming to wHirt"
might bejtold. Take for instance, the specimens..
of “fresh,-from tlio people,V which came iri the last.. -
mail. aud-now lie-before us,, “thick aq autumnal , ,
leaves: in ynlombross,” to say nothingofwhat wb
“bad thrown upde'f tlm' table before our friends' fo- ....
vorcamo-toliand. Hero-we are'.informed, that /
delegates were appointed,in Campbell, by forty out.
of eleven hundred; in Rockbridge, by twenty-fivq ,
out of. a. still .greater number; in Fluvannaj by’.'.,
twenty out of five-hundred; in Culpeper, by
some twenty five or thirty ;,in Brooko by a select .
and private meeting. Now', oar eye catche&a pit-' r
ragraph ictnindingus that in Richmond “the pirop
I do” consisted of sixteen individuals, andinChur-J
ottc, from- twenty-five to thirty ; and iinon an
exclamation point mnrks tho nstonishment of some
weight of tho scissors living at a distance fromlbV
daily mail routes, who lias for tiie first tunc,
lcarut that the Louisiana Delegates were all" ap
pointed by thirty members of tlio Legislature in-
secret caucus; or ihatihosb from Tennessee were
out elected at all, buluitendcd Convention on their
own hook- iNqne of these things move our won-rfV-
der. YVe said it would bo a packed jury.—Etch- ■
moni Whig, . , • • . “•
Our information from various parts of the State,
rcs|>cctiiigdie jirospccts of Judge YViiite, is oftho.
most cheering character. lie is rapidly gnmiag
‘ u! ’ * "the
strength in every quarter. Tho friends of the Ad
ministration, disappointed and ehagrinetj at,lh,e.
nomination of Col. Johnson by tiie BaltimoreCon-r
vention, are becotuieg ashamed orthat miserable
humbug, nndgoingovopto YVhite.- and North Car
olina, like Tennessee,; is ^‘.growing JFAiter and'
Whiter every day.” Let tho friends of the Con
stitution do their duty, nud alt will be well.