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Plomire and UtliCT drivon *»y g ; m | anin .
rp'«a°rr«."C)^'" *" d lu ' rnin B * puMy
"•"’"EXurf fiflv llwioaaml dollar., Inch.-
ST^CC Mill.,” ba, excluding pain
„rk The profit of 185J I. .aid ioLve
t divided
nmrhod sixty thousand dollar*, which w
E^ 0 nli^ nH >mi»',’”» which alla.ion
has been made, la attached to the “ Winter Ir.m
Wo-kn,” bat controlled and jjoverncl i-y different
interest, at least in part, which is under the hu-
perintondence of our fellow-citizen, L. B Moody.
If any thing nan excel the “ Iron Works it is
these MW*. It lacks nothing in either skill, contri
vance or system-every thing is weighed " in and
oot” with the greatest nccurncy atwl faci ity.—
When a customer sends grain In, it is weighed in
and his meal weighed out, ami a ticket handed to
wagoner, stating the weight of each, the hour
laws of Spain give to a nativo born subject of
tho»o laws?
Mr. Polk. It seems difficult for the gentleman
to comprehend me.
Mr. Brooks. If I had time to submit to these
interruptions, I would show less impatience in
submitting to them. I certainly have no objection
to uny correction of a misstatement of facts, if
any such I have made, and as I go along, will
chot rfully submit to corrections of them. Tho
point which the gentleman made was, that these
prisoner*, though guilty of gross violations of law,
os he sdniits, w re not tried according to treaty.
The ieply which 1 make is, that under the treaty,
these persons Imd exactly the same trial in Cuba
which a Spanish subject had ; and I may add, that
exactly those proceedings ,which we oursclyes
submit to in the United BtatfS underour lawJL—
These American-*, who had abandoned their coun
try, broken its laws, and the laws of God as well
as ol man, nevertheless were examined, tried, and
convicted, just exactly as Spanish subjects would
havo been tried under the treaty of 1TQ5,
a wagonor, stating me vveig.n o. —* - ’, V , ’ ,
of the arrival and departure of the gram and meal other things than treason to Spain they had been
I* Ki,en on the llokd, .« tlml the m»wr can do- good, obedrenl American cilizciiu. Whet more
termin'* whether either ha, been disponed ofen could he a.ked for ilmin ? Nay, could we jitetljr
mute—end el«o, whether there hae he™ any time Imve cimpliliied, taken thermae, tlicy were, it
Icat on the roed. Tlie detention at the Mill la lltcy had boon aummorily executed on tire apot of
•eldom more then an hour for a wagonjoed of thoir capture 7 Tltietnililery comtltlaaion, bolore
fitly hueheieof gtein. There la no "hurry end which they were tried, conaleteoT aoure of tli.
. . .. *-• - * ■' -rntiro irrniiiti! 13.000 barrels D
head
of flour ond 80,000 bushels of meal in one year,
besides many thousand bushels of “feed.” 'I hose
Mills turn out a bbl. ol flour on an average to 4
bushels snd twelve pound* of whe.it—and for
hundreds of miles around,\ th*te Mult have no
rival.
CUBAN AFFAIRS.
Reply of Mr. Brooks, of How York,
To C/irtrge* again*1 ihe Administration, made, by
Mr. Polk, »f Twnnsee, in the House of Repre
sentative* United States, January 4, 1843.
Nothing, Mr. Chairman, w»s.furlher from my
intention on entering the House (his morning than
todetain it with any rornirks ; but a portion oftho
speooh of Cite gentleman from Tennessee seems
to me to require aottto reply. I do nut design to
enter into a discussion of tho propriety of confer
ring the lieutenant generalship upon General
Scott, further than to say, that nothing, in my
opinion, is more unkind, moro unjust and unpa* j ecU j„ Florida, violating the laws of
triotic, when a proposition lor that purpose has
been introduced by a member from the other side
oftho House, than to assail us on this (the Whig
aide) for such an introduction. The proposition
has not emanated from us, but it has proceeded
from the frionda of tho gentleman from Tennessee,
[Mr. Polk*,] and though wo have no doubt that
the honor ladeaerved, untUhall, in all probability,
all vote for conferring it, yet we think tho respon
sibility of its introduction |upon them, and not in
the Icaat degree upon us.
Tho main purpose, however, of my rising, was
to correct sonio remarks which fell from the gen
tleman from Tennessee, with regard to Cuba arid
Jho Cuban prisoners, and to answer the indictment
he haw framed against thu existing Administration,
nmlfir.an.lWnf three or
four counts or charts, urged as faots by him, to
bo aiich as havo disgraced that Administration,
and dishonored the country. Tho chaigos are ns
follows : First, a* to the fifty Lopez prisoners put
to death by the Hpanisli authorities in Cuba.—
Hocord, as to tho arrest of Mr. Thrasher. Third,
m* to tho affair of the Crescent City ; and fourth
aa to tho publication of tho correspondence res
pecting tho purchase of Culm. Am I right in tho
rceitslof tho counts 7 Tho gentleman nods his
hand, and I take it for granted. then, that 1 cor
rectly understand him.
I shall now, Mr<Cfmlrniun,although 1 have had
no timo to prepare myself, or to collect document
for reference or authority, to reply us briefly us I
can to this indictment, nnd show the House that
tho charges are both unjust and groundless.
First, as to tho Lopez prisoners, who sailed from
New Orleans. They siurtod with a bold violation
<jf tiie laws of tho land, or a most solemn treaty,
and oftho law of nations—aaMrined men invad
ing a friendly territory. They began with vio
lating the cuatom-house laws of thoir own coun
try, in sailing from the port of New Orleans with
out the requisite clearance demanded of all ves
sel* on leaving for a foreign port. In tho second
plant*they violalrd the Neutrality lawa of 1818,
which have all along been tho laws of this coun
try, approved of by all Administrations preceding,
and reinforced by all part lea during tho adminis
tration of Mr. Van liuren. And in the third
place, thoy violated the most holy and respected
of the lawa of nations, In setting out from those
United Staten in deflanco of treaties, under tho
protection of no flag, ami without a country, for
they abandoned their country and their homo, to
Invade a pcoplo with whom we were in profound
peaco.and with whom wo had sacred pledges of
amity and concord.
Mr. Folk. I acknowledge they violated a por
tion of the laws alluded to by the gentleman ; hut
I stated that the magnitude of the guilt could not
justify tho Government in ita refusal to extend to
wards them tho protection nti; ulated by treaty, ob
ligations* If wo observe the treaty, I require that
Nfmin also shall observe it. Thai is my position.
Mr. Brooka. I understand the gentleman. Tho
S round I will tako is, that tlm prisoners, though
iey had expatriated themselves, nevertheless
were tried according to til# frosty. 1 Imve before
mo the wordaof tho treaty, which 1 Imve just had
timo to find sinoel came hero into the House.—
Tho treaty was made tho B7th day of October,
1795. Tho naventh article, to which tiro gentle
man refers, runs thus:
“ And in all cases of duuuillun ami arrests for debts
-contracted or offences committed by nny riUun, of oiio
of the contraotin* parties within the jurisdiction of the
other, tire same shall be prosecuted by order and autho
rity of law only, and accenting to the rrgulur courts of
proceedings usual in such crises.”
The only question is, whether these fifty pris
oners were tried, in the language of that treaty
■“according to the regular course of proceedings
usual in auch coses.” Now, for all casoa of con
spiracy or treason, under the lawa of Spain, there
oxists throughout all ihe Indies, 1 beiiove, espe-
ciirtly there exists in Cuba, what i» called “a mil
itary commission,” a common and ordinary tribu-
«*', instituted since the year 1816, tor tho trial of
«nch oritnes as may ho committed against the
State. Any one, ho ho Bnani&rd, Englishman,
or American, who is accused of conspiracy against
the Government, or who ia guilty of treason, is
tried before Unit military commiision. These
were taken with arms in their hand)-, flagrante
hello, and never disguised, but on examination, all
confessed the facts, and they suffered with him-
ne-ra the consequences of their crimes.
Mr. Folk. Will tiie gentleman allow tno to in
terrupt hitu? Will the gentleman from New
York atato that tiie fitly prisoners taken under the
operation of that provision of (lie treaty never had
an opportunity to communicate with counsel, nev-
, «r Imd an opportunity to see a friend, never imd
opportunity of defense* uud then answer me if they
were not fried upon ex parte testimony ?
Mr. Brooks. 1 will answer. One oftho first
rules »»r ordinances in this military tribunal is,
that tho party alleged to be guilty of treason or
conspiracy shall bo allowed to havo tho privilege
of selecting an orator ordeiotnler, which privilege
these prisoners had and exercised. They were
regularly tried before this tribunal, enjoying all
the rights and privileges of a Spanish subject m
like condition. Their orator or defender was se
lected. A minute and careful investigation took
place In the case of each and every one of the
whole fifty—their answers,as wePanother facts,
were all carefully taken down ill pub ic, record,
which any body .who has tiie curiosity can see.
either iu the Stale Department, or in the judicial
reports of Cuba.
Mr. Folk. Will tho gentleman from New
York tell me whether tiie person appointed to de
fend them was an American or Bpamaid ?
Mr. Brooks. | H „, mu able to a ns wer.
Mr. Folk, llowas a Spaniard. Cm ii a n Amer
ica it hope tor justice, battling against *» Spanish
court, with a Spanish advocate t li <> mockery.
Mr. Brooka. Of course he must have been a
Spaniard. To address* Spii^i tribunal, a Span
ish defender was indispensably necessary. But,
he thia as it may, they were all tried »• according
to the regular course of pr. creding usual in such
cases,” and h id just such a trial, just m»c!i h de
fense, and such a protection .in the highest
Spanish subject in the kingdom would have'had.
Tiie point then, 1 make is this: mat t-.ose per-
sons had exactly the same privileges ot tual that a
Spanish subject would have had under i ie Span,
•ah Government, and thus had all tiie benefit* ol
the seventh article of tiie treaty of 17115. And
does the gemlemin, under tiie law of nations, m-
dependent of treaty, ex|xct any thing more lor an
Amoricao citizen, in a Spanish country, than tho
brigadier general of the regular army. It
is not a inert* military courtmartial, hut it is a re
gularly instituted tribunal, not improvised for this
Immediate occasion, but a court recognised by tiie
laws of Npain—as old, I stated before, as the year
1 bib—and it is subject, I mn informed, to a rever
sal of its proceedings by ilio Real Audimcia Pic
torial, tiie royal court of judicature, anil the high
est judicial court in Cuba. It was tho only au
thority in Cuba competent, under the civil law, to
piss judgment upon these prisoners who stood ac
cused of treason, and they could not havo been
tried by any other tribunal without manifest vio
lation of tho laws ol Hpain*
But it ill becomes the U. States, Mr. Chairman
which iu parallel cases have executed like sum
mary laws apon the subjects of oilier governments,
to complain of a parallel execution of laws in this
Cuba case. What was the conduct of General
Jackson iu Florida, with regard to Arhuthnut and
Ambnster ? When lie found those British sub-
there stirring up sedition or rebellion, did ho sub-
| joct them to any other trial, except that of a drum-
! hoad court-martial ? Did he subject them to any
; long established military tribunal, recognised by
! the civil law?—to any Audit 1 aria Pretoria l?—
; Did iio give* thorn any civil examination what so-
lever? IJid ho not, under tiie drum-head court-
J martial, and execute them In a most Nummary
i nmnt or, maintaining, us lie said, (lie laws of na
tions, ail in defiance of l|iu power ami authority of
1 Great Britain 7 When we have thus exercised
tho power of life and death over British subjects,
and by u more drum-head court mariinl,shall wo
complain when like jurisdiction is exercised
our citizens more fearfully violating tho law of
nations, with arms in their li miD, slaying,
| <Urin„ ,i nonnli* with wiimn we are at octree,
ami havo a treaty covenant lor peace neaiae*
i Mr. Folk. They were exec tiled for tho
j reason that General Washington executed Andre,
I ami nery Whig of revolutionary standing appruv
etl the execution.
Mr. Brooks. Whom was llioscnsibiliiy ofgen
tleineii during tho administration of Gen. Jackson,
! when those summary and bloody proceedings took
| place in Texas—ui Goliad, if I recollect aright—
at tho Alamo, and|elsewhere, when tho blood of
; American citizens was shed profusely, cuoly,
> oily—in a mode uml manner dial made men start
I ami shiver as they road. If General Jackson and
those at the head oi his administrationjdid.not
i think that tlior.o people wore legally executed un-
I der tho laws of nations, when they wore violating
the rights, privileges, and laws of a people with
whom we wore ut peace, by invading a then fo
reign country, why did they not then declare war ?
If such sensibility then existed, ns now exists,
hy was not summary vengeance instituted for
tiie murder of American citizens in cold blood,
without thu benefit of trial at all? Whore was
like sensibility in the case of tho steamer (3sro-
lino, during Mr. Van Duron's administration taken
by a British foree in American wat'-rs, conducted
over to British torritory, and burnt, as is alleged,
with human beings, Auisru-au citizens, on hoard ?
What wax done to those American citizens who
wont across Lake Ontario and were captured with
arms in thoir hands, or with those who wore taken
in flight upon tho ice on lake Brie—it may havo
been on American torritory? They w* ro tent to tho
eastern criminal depots of Great Britain, with
thieves, robbers, murderers, Convicts of sll classes
to associate with, without any remonstrances upon
our part, and we not only submitted to that, but
we submitted to all the proceedings arising in the
caso of tiie capture of the Caroline upon our own
soil, without uny violent remonstrances upon our
part, or certainly not any remonstrances amount
ing to uuy thing Itko u proposed declaration oi
And yet these gentlemen, who were thus sub
missive against the high and powerful authority
of Great Britain, because she had power uml au
thority to maintain her dignity ami positions, uow
" us, wo arc a dishonored and disgraced nation,
itisc wo iiavu permitted Spain, in her weak-
, to do f&r less than Great Britain has done
in her might. What am l to oncluc? That
lltoy are consistent ? Tint they are more patri
otic now than they were then? Am l not rather
to conclude that tlicuo outcries are made against
the second rate power of Spain, in order to create
some pretense to seize upon the island of Culm,
notwithstanding gentlemen tell us in one breath
(hat they would never take it, hut according to
Fie laws of nation*, it) peace, uml by the consent
of tiie Spanish Government; while in another,
they atari up these (also pretences lor w \r ? Ca-
passed over in silence with Great Britain are
to bo seized upon now us a pretense for tho pur-
of invading Cuba, though wn have submit
ted under preceding Democratic Administrations,
like cases of injury ovar and over again, where
eat Britain was our assailant, because she was
too strong to be plundered.f
•Tho proofmling* of thu tribunal which finininod
iliesa prisoiif r» are long nod luinuto. Fun Pedro Pablo
C.'rure«, Colonel of Cavalry, wan the Fiscal of ih» Trib
unal, (August 16,1851.) Francisco (•r**m»riu »ie Val-
Isriimno \vu Interpreter. WlUlewi were examined,
■latin^ at lenctk the capture of th<*»e invadooi, and ull
die other well known facts. Then < u«urd a
of the who.’o party (50) in detail.
Now, Mr. Chairman, let me pass to another
count in tiie indictment, and that is the case of
Thrasher, lie had been in the Island of Cuba
some seventeen years, I believe—a inng time, .t is
certain,anitno mancruli, as tiie lawyers say—and
sine auimn revertendi, and to all intents and pur
poses he become subject to jhc domiciliary and
other laws of Spain. Spain, in Cuba, recognises
three classes of foreigners—transient, domiciled,
J naturalized. Thrashe.’s case was not that
a trant ent foreigner. He was a domieiled fo
reigner, declaring his intention ofesUblishing^hiin-
seif on tho island, and apparently intending here
after to become naturalized. What did he do in
order to become a domiciled foreigner ? He took
two oaths which put it without tiie power of our
Goverimtulit to protect him ; and if 1 had the roy
al cedilla* of the Indies before me, which are ac
cessible in a Department library at the other end
of the Capitol, I should iu Spanish quote exactly
fiat those oath* were, so ns to havo no mi .tako
iinv statement of them." Tiie first was in sub-
ance an abjuration of the Protestant religion, and
to adoption of tiie Roman Catholic Religion —
(he abjuration of the religion in which lie was
born, the religion of his fathers. The next was
abjuration of allegiance to his own country, nud
submission to the allegiance to Hpain, I mint do
him tiie justice tossy that hq was, under tho laws
of Spam, compelled to take these oaths, in order
L’tiable! to acquire -Loperty with an exemption
taxes and excise duties, an ’ to hi* enabled to
exercise certain callings. But these were the two
os ills which Thrasher took, and in them he re
nounced his country, the religioa of his childhood,
ml hh homo. And yet (he honorable gentleman
>rm Tennessee (Mr. Folk) rises upon this floor
and claims for this selfexpalriated person all the
privileges, nil the rights of American citjeens,
and almost insists upon a declaration of war in
his bfi alf.
Mr. Folk. Ceriainly I do.
Mr. Brooks. Well, then, Ie*. us we—<»elf'*xpa-
triated as he was—if he has not had all the rights
and privileges of our citizenship, I have no time
to expand an argument upon this point in the brief
period allotted me, but nevertheless let us see.—
Thrasher was tried before tho military nibuiul I
have spoken of before. Ho selected, of his own
free will, an officer oftho army to conduct Ins de
fence, who conferred with his client ut the trial of
case, and read on the occasion a largo muni-
pt in defence. Tho consul of the United States
* present, and an immense concoitrsaof people.
The consul of tho United Stales having remon
strated in his behalf, that in time of peace he ought
not to he tried before a military tribunal, tho Gov
ernor General (Concha) re-submitted the whole
rase, and lue law of tho case, with the treaty ot
1795, to the bights! court of judicature in Cuba,
(Real Audi'•net a Pretoria!,) and that tribunal,
(October 29,1861,) upon careful and solemn ex-
*iinitiation, Hint lined all the procecriuj against
him as according to tin* laws of Spam, and as ac
cording to the treaty of 1795, supposing him to bo
an American citizen. (Signed by tho President,
Csrbxnell, Honors Birett.i, K-eohuM, Ochnr,(.).ses,
Antonio Faria del Rio,) No mm in n foreirgn
country ever had his case more elaborately exam-
i 1 -Mid liber-', il. us Mr Thrasher has been by
■ lie generosity of %St»ain, lie It ih hut very lime rca-
oti to complain. Every right that under the trea
ty could b«* given to n real buna fide American
citizen, he had; notwithstanding In* oath of ubjn*
ration of ids religion, and of hi* own native land,
and his solemn pledge of fealty mid submission to
tiie Spanish crown ?
I now approach, Mr. Chairman, the third count
of this indictment, and that is, the case of Mr.
Furser Smith mid the steamer (Crescent City.—
Time and preparation are needed properly to dis
cuss tho latter branch of this eount—time to resd
tho Publicist* who have written on such subjects,
and preparation to digest thoir learning; hut de
bate in thi* House invst Ih> imd when opportunity
offers, or tiie time for reply is lo-t forever. It is
ry "npr
have *
Stale
course
(more regret a
for granted, In
gentleman Iroi
spoke
ell a
prope
, gtinernl
translated.
IV*. ?- Crittenden, boro in K
the Fnited Hltne* army, in the Iiiih of the Infantry, hav
ing resigned two year* •ince, sworn, and upon being
Interrogated. Mkid : lMr. Cnlintulen here went on, uml
at couii.lerahle length, gave nil tliu cireumstntirea <>l
hiaMil.ng from New Orleans in the Pampero, Iwi laud
ing m H nit is Honda, hi* ag«*. 80 year*. Ac.; and thru
signed Ida name to wiml lie said, in presence of Pedro
P. Cruces and Francisco Gregorio de Vahlerniano.)
J. It. VVuiytold tiie some story, made the same con
fessions. signed liia name, in preaem'e of tiie officials.
.Vi;*>fron Collins, l'm\i v Mnm, told about tlm tame
story, had no profession, born in Philadelphia, signed
NthUt, of I
Jamrx Brandt, of New Orleans, I'roi,
profession, aged 28 years, told ultonl the
signed.
Alfred Rover, New York, Ac., do. do.
U'lltiam II. Little, bom in Ireland, It,.man Catholic,
euuni*<'d to commerce, same story.
l)ilto, ditto, the whole fitly.
These prisoners left nothing iu contest by n trial.—
Taken /h^ranfi- aelicto, they all oonfe *ed their crime.
They nil signed their names to tlteir confessions. All
their tonus the military tribunal has mode nutter of
minute record, and with great c
tin September, 1848. Junes Bergen,* native of Con-
ncclicut.ai.d Richard Kyan, an Irish born, blit natural*
ised American cilisen, were incarcerated iu tiie New*
gale pv.son, Dublin, under an arrest lor treason. They
*rre there during the last attempted Irish rein "
Mr. lUm-ruA wnrmty remonstrated. Mr Ih
h «> reiary of Mate,) tint itislrucie«t Mr. I
tOi'.olwr 23, 1848.) that *’ Unason . aniKU be cmumiircd
by a ntiaen ot |tl,e Fuite.1 SlUea against a foreign gov
ernment Imt (October 88)laher reading Black,
lommot.ta, IWtCrawn Law, At., be writes: “ I w.u
nasty Inw)Hating ’’ aim! recalls this iwnofim
‘I Ryan were kept in .Newgate
'UMratucs, till I.onl lVtlm.T»i.>n
l.onl l’aliuersion writes,
Re!
pile of
was ready bo lei them fi „,
(tJcideluber SO:)
*• Her Mujoty's troven.n
ing >lr. Bergen and .Mr. Ry
ng Mr.
Lord Palm,
inder which lltew
** Her Majesty's C-
(under such instra
• a*. -)
»pieaof Police instrm
Med.an.t coolly said :
jsponslbie for all act*,
*0 and have n
uuA or
Rymn (September Divnus from Nexvgsie p
.me* K. Polk, President, Ac :
Mai.) Aiuern-aiu have been arrvt*ied on men
>ii, and are tenants of dilfcrent pnsons in ths <
<rv. / am sots a rtsidrnl of a cell ta Anayafe " * *
" I had tbe pie a* ore of railing on you at NV a»l.ingl<>u in
June last, and Hon. J. J. Faran, of Ohio. Senai-.r !li
"cash, ul Ini.ana. and olhor.members of your legisla:
'.alt will let you know who 1 am. I a.u allowed lot
fining t
i in our foreign inter-
r understanding of the taws
*; mi«i. therefore, I Urn
if preparation i takt it
.n the confessions <>f the
sippi, (Mr. Brown,j who
yostenlay,that it ra now ailmilted on all
f tlif House that Purser Htinlb, against the
laws,order*, and injunctions of Spain, had no
right to Hit'l on tho Island of Cuba—the principle
being gratUed, unlependeni of treaty, that an, Inde*
peitdeiit nation can exclude from her territory
whom she will. That l understand to lie admit
ted, and therefore ! pass over that point. There
is no question iu the law of nations, perhaps rn .ru
difficult, or perhaps more discus-ed among k’urtied
publicists, than the question, where end* I lie ju
risdiction of n country from whence a vessel
sails, and where begins the jurisdiction of that
country whence that vessel has gone/ Within
the marine league of its coast, undoubtedly, (lie
sovereignty of a nation i* complete; but the flag
floating over a foreign vessel there has not alto
gether lost the authority Of the nation whence it
Tho sovereignty ol Spain was undmihlud-
ly extended over the Crescent (hty when within a
marine loatige of Cubs, and all on hoard were
ubjccl to Iter laws. But sot
comity of nations. Aw. ruin
warnings, it is true; hut it is a serious thing to
dale the comity of nations iu excluding a *hip
cause of uti obnoxious person on board. What
that comity of nations de nait.led of Spain is iu far
better hands than ininn to discuss—in tho hands
of tin* Secretary id State ami of our Minister in
Hpain*
I shall not here under! iko an impromptu argu
ment upon so complicated a subject. I'ab radon it
to such writer* as Iltilvru* nnd HcrtiUs, an I to
tho Administration which Ins it in charge. All I
have to say now is that when the correspondence
between our Government and that of Sprin on this
subject comes to be published, i have no doubt llut
this Government will have Wen U.utu! m tint•mting
to the fullest extent, all the laws, privileges, and
rights, which we can claim a* a nation against
the authorities of Spain.
Ouo point, however, I wish to be instructed up.
on p.trt.culurly, by the gentleman frmu Mississip
pi,! Mr. Huown.I the gentleman from Tennessee,
[Mr. Polk,) ami other honorable gentlemen from
that quarter of the country, ami that is this* If
Arthur Tanpan and hi* people, whites, not blacks,
from New York, go ofTlho | ort of Charleston, out
into the Gulf of Mex.c >, or olF tho city of Memphis,
with printing presses, to spread abroad incendiary,
violent, and insurrectionary publications among
the people there, are (hey or are they not, within
the jurisdiction of the Hiatt’s <>tf which tliev moor ?
Arc they or are they not, at Memphis, within the
jurisdiction of Tennessee? Are they or arc
they • ol within the jurisdiction of South Carolina ?
If they have tiie right, iu point of fact, to go there
with all tho freedom clinging to them of tho soil
whence they came, the right of free discussion,
the right of printing and publshing, speak out, and
lot us know. The gentleman from Ohio, before
me, [Mr. Gidlmnus,} will bo right glad to kn«»w
it, it lie has tiie right to go down the Ohio, or to sail
front the port of New York under our Tree laws
there, and under tiie protection of uur custom house
clearance, to taken..*' him itu'emli try publica
tions, inching the people to wlisl lie calls freedom,
' 'it you call murder, arson, insurrection,
and io spread them before flic negroes of
the South, upon the Atlantic harbors of the South,
from tiie porta of the Ohio and Mississippi riv-
j. Pause, then, it is well to pause, and let us
be instructed before we take that leap, upon a
principle, into the dark.
Mr. Polk. I will say to the gentleman, that
they would undoubtedly be under the jurisdiction
u( the States which he has named. But it is not
an established fact, as Parser Smith has himself
shown, that the Cuban authorises were acting up
on mere anspicionr without any reasonable ground
for the suspicion, more for bravado than the realiza
tion af any oatatushed or national right ? And
the Government submitted to the indignity, and
left the honor of the nation in the hands of individ
ual patriotism and individual energy and enter-
pris.
a are e*mbli»li*
atli.ilic religion. W'itlu
hlo requisite they will not he permitted to doum-il them-
reive*, (except Spaniard*, from tin* proof ol ilieir reli
gious prufereion.)
Ast. a. To iliuse •tranynr* who may he admitted iu
ae.-ordanto with the preceding article, the governor will
auk.-JCQ (literal traiwli
to comply with iIm law
die* to which Spaniards are autiject.
This oath Thrasher look ; and he etcure* himrelffor
it at length in a letter to |K*n J«»e de la Concha, (gov.
erncr, A.-,,) dated Madrid, March 88, If52, 1 qume a
in Cuba, by which strange
•hhft.-d to pr».f*v« the Roman Catholic faith, and, hy j
■ulernn act, *uhmit to the aulhont-e*. tnhonal*,and laws
of the country, to the utter etclurion of all idher ulle*i-
anre und rights.”
The above iismeJ (J. S. Thrasher) made oath under
which lie |>rom ised fide lily to the Catholic religion, to
her .Majesty, and to her laws, renouncing all privileges,
right, and protection ol •irangerslup, offering to maintain
no dependence, relation or civil auhj*ciion tot’ e cnun-
iry ot lira nativity, it being explained lo him that this
d.«* ikH rotupn** the domestic relations of iaraily or
kindred, nor the economy of gooJs and interests which
lie tuay preserve ; ajol he signed, " 1 give faith.’’
(Signature of notary.]
(Signature of applicant,]
tThrasher tlioug 1 . residing reveteen year* in Cuba,
and taking the oath of douticil, it i* said twice returned
to the (hnted Stales, however, with the asimo revrrf-
rsdttuCuba. But (Story, Conflict of Law*, p. 48,) “ t a
mere return to hw native country without sn intent »o
ahaiidou in* foreign domicil, does not work any ckun •
Mr. Brooks. Alt! you will never convict any
of our Now Yorkers, who may go into tho portol
Charleston, upon arylhing but suspicion. They
will spread tiieir^neendiaty publications at night,
and not in the broad glare of d ty. You will nev
er find anything against them hut suspicion. The
honor of a nation.it* true glory, is in doing just as
it would Ire done by, and iu applying to the Purser
timith case, and to the port of Havana, the same
test of principle it would apply to Charleston or
Havannah ; no less, i.o more.
I turn now, Mr. Chairman, to the other count
of the indiemem against die Administration, tiie
last of the formidable counts, and that is the pub
lication of the rorrepondenceiii reference to Cubs.
Now, if there be any one principle of the Ameri
can system of Government which is the basis and
root of all our institutions, it is the rigid of the
American people to know everything that has been
done by their servants; and if there be any or
thing more amazing or astounding thin a noth'
in the whole 'usipry of tins country, ii is that nny
Administration should have dared,
thority of Congress, the disbursing pj.ver of the
Government, to promise to give a foreign nati
$100,900,000 lor tho purchase of an i-land on our
cna-t, and then tho long concealment of that fact
from tho American people. When fust the fact
that such an offer had been made, carne before the
public, it hurst upon me, inspiring something like
indignation in my bosom. 1 felt for one us a citi
zen of tliu United Stale*, that l hud be* n deprived
of highly important information which 1 had a
right to poHkoca long ago, and h* a member of the
American Congfeas, I felt that a previous Kxecu
Ifve inui been commiring ns all i" « proposition for
the disbursement of i>H 09,000.000 out of the Treas
ury, without any nntiu riiy, whatsoever, from tiie
body U which I belong. I saw alie.d a Ire ty to
be made, which the whole power of the party
leaking it would be rallied to ratify, and before
we knew of it, make it a matter of party.fealty
to endorse, to approve. I fell that a serious inju
ry had been perpetrated upon American citizens
slid American Congresses, in concealing from
them all information of such transcendent impor
tance, when in Ibo public servant* of tlm country
hud tried to involve them ill gigantic expeditions,
and more togs otic consequences, without their
knowledge orcmtsein.
But sir, if itwas w mug to publish tiie correspond
ence, why not isy the charge in tin. ii dictmeni
against the Hou-e of'Rapresentaiiv a ? Why not
impeach tin* body of which (lie gentleman from
Tennessee himself i« an honorable member? Sir,
for thirty or sixty days—I cannot say precise I
how long, fori have nut the means of ref- icnro-
that very correspondence lay upon the Speaker
table of this House, ready for the House nj R»*pr»
eenUtlvpK to have it read or not read, publUhed c
not published, as it willed Tiie whole C' rro
pondence, upon the call of die House, was subject
to our disposal, and we are responsible for
consequences—not ti e Hxecntive, who obeyed
call. I Imve no doubt that tho Presidont of
United States, when lie submitted that correspr
cnee ut our call—for this House made thedemi
for it—thought it would be paid the respect, at
least, of being opened, and if not read, referred lo
the Committee on Foreign A flairs for their exami
nation But for the want of that proper respect
winch indue to the Excretive, who** ever ho tnny
lie, it was taken from the table of tho House only
in tli edialing scenes of tho session, ami hurried,
without examination, into the official prilling house
It whs wholly compatible with the public interests,
und its publication will do great public good, it
opens to tho world a page of secret history that
will make it pause and think.
Now, Mr. Chairman, I think I have thus briefly
and summarily, though too hastily, responded
the indictment which the honorable gentlein
from Tennessee has prepared ami laid before tho
country, against the retiring Administration.
But I mull snv it was not generous, it was i
right. I would almost *ay it was not manly, if
(lull would be proper language upon the fl
tho House to tree towards hi» associate member,
thus to triumph over us who havo been defeated,
and are now going out of power. Sir, we chal
lenge the coming general ton, we challenge po*.
teritv, we challenge) all future time—not the p:
ty fanaticism of the hour—for an examination
am) a trial of the foreign policy of thin Admin
istration. It speaks now for itself, in letters of
Gpld, in the universal poace ami prosperity all
about us; audit will speak more and
louder and louder, in painful contrmi
hereafter. You who are coming into power, if
you reverse to policy of this Administration, if
you turn the wheel* of tiie government back
if you overthrow what Ims been done, and
lute any new schemes, of propragandism nnd
pluuJcr, will be only preparing tho way for out
rapid return to power, hy inspiring the people
with thu confidence of our conservative spirit,
tho belter to administer tho foreign ofiairs of the
country.
1 will not believe, however, that the gentl
from Tennessee, (Mr. Folk,) or the gentleman
rom Missouri, (Mr. Brown,) speaks the policy
of the great party to w ich they belong. I
cling to the belief, that F ere ia a large and
trolling section ol that pariv who. like the gt
man from North C*»n '
that the policy ftf tin
d the extension of our principles ' coufowou.
. Fr» tn an Interesting '■ History of the Jackson
Bqiieatri ii Hiat'.te,” in the Washington Union
we take the following paragraph, describing how
Mr. Mills designed his noble horse :
Now lie commenced hia noble work. On a va
cant lot of government ground, near the Presi
dent's horse, at the corner of Fifteenth street a^id
Pennsylvania avenue, he erected a small frame
building for a workshop and a residence. He
bought a hoase in Virginia, known in the Turf
Register as Olympus. This he trained to pre
sent the attitude lie wanted. This horse is well
ktuiwu[iu Washington now as the “ model horse.”
He dissected horses. He studied the breed and
character of different kinds of horses, lie selec
ted the various points of beamy and strength"from
them all, to pri>duce the splendid .bronze, one lie
ha* made. As the various points of female beau
ty, never found in any one female, yet all perfect
ly natural, are found in the Venus de Medic* s;
so lie resolved to make his horse, yet it is a perfect
war horse. 11: studied the character of Jackson,
nnd the best likenesses that could he found, so as
to give a faithful representation of him. He took
from the military dress of Gen. Jackson, deposit
ed iu the Patent Office, the model by which lie
clothed the hero. The very sword he wore, and
every minutiai of the saddle, Iio Inters, bridle, and
even buckle*, is faithful to history. Yet there i*
nothing stiff or awkward in the entire group—all
is true, natural and easy.
COLUMBUS ENQUIRED.
L CONSTITUTION •
COUJJI Ill's—GEORGIA:
TFE8DAY MORNING, FEBRUARY •. 1851
ilJ* Mr. T. J. Htephiui* is authorized to receive
subscriptious for the Colpmhu* Enquirer at Vicksburg,
Muwiasivippi, and any where iu that vicinity.
Mexico and the United States.
Tin-re ie no couuiry in Ihe fane of the earth so
retrhfdly misguverued a* our unfortunate neighbor.
Willi a constitution which, iu its main fcdturee, bear*
iiih'auce to that of our own country, the
people «<-em incapable of appreciating any of the
blessings which their form of government might su-
ore constantly engaged iu revolutionary
efforts of every kind and character. Scarcely an
office, elected under the forms of the con
stitutiou, is permitted to serve out his regulnr term.
Some disappointed tupiraut, chafing under defeat, or
tome military chieftain lliind'Og for power, stirs up
the spirit of civil strife and the contag'oa catching
from one section to another, soon becomes too strong
for the feel-le bold which the roolers have ou the
affix-lions of an ignorant people.
We are uot very certain whether this condition of
things npr.ug* more from the inbecilily of the rulers
thau from ihe vices of the people ; the fact is the
same, and so probably may be the consequences, Id
it ariso from what cause it may. Our own opuiioo
is, that there is up ul-uient in the Mexican character
which will ever lead them lo the enjoyment of na
tional freedom. A small portion of the people are
weulthy, aristocratic nnd uvurheariog. The great
majority, iu fact the almost entire moss, are ineau,
ignorant, servile and destitute of any of the high
feelings uud redeeming principles which can alonn
make meu free and keep thorn so* This great mass
are entirely dependent ou their proud masters and are,
to ull *t.tents and pursues, more degraded thau the
slave on the woial managed plantation in the South.
And yt-l the theory of their constitution makes them
all the same, and lhe«>t? miserable wretches, having
no mterest in the stability of the government or in
ternal poacn of the country, are always ready to join
the starderd of ady adventurous leader that will
promi.f lo reward tin in with tho plunder of the people.
Tine is their condition iu a national ns well as social
poiut of view.
It may Ira that the people there are not so much to
blaine fof auch couduct as at first thought they would
seem lo Ira The most of them kuow little else
mail io wogw war agat.m Mia jranee oi tneir country
They have been taught to believe that they have a
right, whenever they have thoj opportunity, to over
ture the C'V.I uuthority by the strong arm of military
power. Aad ull their eiperiei.ee leads them to be-
lievi that there is no conditiou of things so desirable
os anarchy, civil alrife, and social disorganization
Such teachings will make had chizeus auy where.
Even iu our own country there are doctriues propa
gated and habits of thiuking sought to be implautad
in the minds of the people, a Inch if ever carried into
practice, w II load to result# very near akin to those
exhibited in Mexico. All that will save us, if auy
thing does, from the ruinous coasoqueuces of these
doctrines, is the intelligence of the p-oplo and their
revereuca for the govermneut of tlteir choice. With
this iulrlligei.ee and love of social ord' r whicli can
•lotto secure them from snarchy and civil strife, we
might, by following the lead of some modem progres
sive*, soon find our country in a cmiduitu as little to
be ruvied as the one that stands first at ths head of
this urticle. We aro ourselves the frieuda of pro
gress, but not of that kiud which iu us hurried march
would overthrow the institutions of our couutry,
trampin down the barrier* erected by our father*
around the liberltesof the ;raople, and cut aaauuder the
cord which binds the mighty inass to the coimtitutioQ
and the Uuiou.
to anarchy, auJ promises lo embroil the gjverumeut
in uselm wars aud the people in civil aud social con
flict, wo have uo sort of use for. We hav« s-eo it
el eWht-rc iu the world's put hi dory, aud ita effects
lost ... l.tary reputation, as well a* a desire to gratify
hie feeling* of revenge towards this country, will urge
him to a course of hostility aud induce him to seek a
pretext for a national difficulty.
But should he not be recalled and the spirit of au-
archy should still prevail there, theu what may be
the consequences ? Distracted, divided, weakeued
and virtually destroyed by intestine feuds, the coun
try, it seed’s to us must become a prey to tho first
Power that will seize upon iL Who wants it 7 The
doctrine has been proclaimed that no European power
shall colonize any portiou of this continent. The ques
tion theu recurs, shall the United States step in and in
volve herself in another difficulty by contending for
the right of appropriating the vast domain of her neigh
bor to the ose and benefit of this government ? This is
a questiou that, to all appearance, must be shortly an
swered. Mexico caonot much longer exist as nu in-
depstideul nation. Theaeed of rum has been scatter
ed broadcast over that unhappy c wintry,'aud a harvest
tf poverty, dependence, aud wretchedness has been
reaped.
We hear a great deal about the acquisition of Cu
ba and the difficulties couuected with that subject.—
These difficulties are small and trivial, when com
pared with tlioee which lie before us iu reference to
Mexico. Taken together, if we are not mistaken,
there will be such trouble* iu the approaching few
years as this country and this people have rarely wit
nessed. We can only hope, and it is a bare nuked
> hope, that the iucomiug administration may so manage
these delicate and important matters as lo preserve the
peace, the honor, and the uuruliied uatioual reputation
of thia great couuiry.
Important Negotiations.
It i* stnted that important despatches have here re-
ceived by the British Minister in Washington, from
Lord Johu Rusm( Minister of Foreign Affairs ; and
a let'er iu the New York Courier says that the Stea
mer Africa brought a letter from Mr. Iugersol, our
Minister iu Eogisud, containing information that nego
tiations are far advanced towards fraiuiug a treaty by
which all matters of disngraem' Ut, between Euglsnd
anil the United S'ates, will be definitely uad satisfac
torily settled.
The reformation will bo fouud sinbodi d io the ex
tract that follows:
“ Tfinre is reason for believing that special in
struction- have been sent to the British Minister
authorizing him to conclude an arrangement of
the points more recently mooted upon terms here
tofore agreed upon with Mr. F/VF.RBTT, who scents
to b<* reaping honors rapidly by his administration
of his Department. We are advised that it is
first proposed that a joint commission shall be
lied for the settlement of auch mutual claims
of American citizens and British suhjetrs upon
those Governments renpectively as have an*en
*ince 1815. In the next place, it is suggested
that a commercial convention shall consider and
arrange the subject* reciprocal of trade, tire free
uaviutaion nl the St. Lawrence and the Hi. Jolin’i
together with the partial throwing open of the
American coasting trade to provincial British
vessels, (granting them for this purpose Ameri
can register*,) and the inaten ri ex tension of the
list oi American manufactures and produce to pass
free into (lie British provinces.
••It isdes>gned al*<» that thia convention shall
determine the fishery question, which her Majes
ty's Government is quire willing should he placed
on m ba»ts very favorable to litis country The
negotiation includes al*o the affair* oi LViitra!
America; but theso aro very properly to bo com
mitted to tho consideration of a »oparate conven
tion. Ho mature it the form which the project
has now assumed, that the dispatches received
warrant the expectation that it will be entirely
accomplished under tlm present Administration.
Ihe Tetnperonee Mooting
To appoint delogatea to the Convention tc bo
Atlanta ou lb* 88d iust. was adjoututd uutil thu
ning, but as the Hall is eugsged for other purpo«*
ha* beeu thought advisable to further adjourn th,
meeting until next Tuesday night, Die 15th ia» Uol
S. M. Hewlett, the renowned Lecturer, will ih fn ^
press nt, and address the assembly on the subject cox.
nected with the objects for which the meeting bu
beeu called.
La tar from Europe.
Arrival of the Canada.
Baltimore, February 4, 8. F. M The British
Steam ship Canada, Capt. Stone, has arrived at
Halifax from Liverpool, which port she left on th*
•23d ult. The United States Mail Hteam ship
Atlantic Captain West, arrived at Liverpool f rw# '
New York, on the morning of the 20th ult.
Tke Liverpool Markets.—'The*Aiiuatic'i^J
vices had a favorable effect upon'the (’ottonMirk.
et. Throughout the week Fair quaiities bad »j.
vanced a farthing, and Middling an eighth cf»
penny. The sales during the week compruN I
58,000 bales, of which speculators took ii,ooo ;
and exporters 6,700. The sales on Saturday.;!*
22d ult. the day the Canada sailed, amounted
5,600 biles.
The quotations were as follows Fair Orton,
6 I-2d., Middling-Orleans, 5 3-4d.; Fair 51 .
Gd., Middling Mobile, 6 5 8-1. ; Fair Upli. s.j'
3-8d., and Middling Uplands, 5 l-2d. Tbeiuxi
of Cotton at Liverpool consisted of 600,000 U*
of whicli 400,000 were American.
Carolina Rice was worth from 21s Gdto22i :*•
cwt. Flour was unchanged. Gram hadal »k.
)y declined.
Havre Cotton Market.—The hale* du’*#
the week comprised 9500 bales at lulfafrt*
advance.
Great Britain.—Fears are entertained ;•
England of a coup de main by Napoleon. N 4;
tiie English Ship Builder, had received order* fn*
Napoleon lo build sixteen Frigates for In n. Ttu
British Admiralty, howover, cancelled the or.c,
and instructed Napier to build the same nuui*
ol Frigates for tho British Government. Tm
Government are also instituting enquiries .>• n
Rail Road Companies as to how many men,honed
and munitions of war they could carry tu »p?cumi
points iu case of emergency. A large M i
station is to be formed near Birnimgaam. Y
more regular troops ure to be sent home, and gr*«
activity prevails in the different Navy Yard#
Franck.—l>ouis Napoleon was to have twi
married to Madame Montigoon tho 30th ult. Ti
dowry demanded for the Bride was five ni j
francs. Twenty lino of battle ship*, oig' >
frigates, fifteen smaller vessels are being bu ; ;
the French navy yards.
MaaMchuseUs U. 8. Senator.
The Senate of Massachusetts have c.»n^"a*
tho election by the House of Roprwon uin••
tho Hon. Edward Everett, asU. S. Sen* /
Ths Vico-PrMidsnt Elect.
New Orleans February 3.—Tito Black
nor was ouly fifty hours on her paaage (rue.
vana to Mobile. She reports that the U. S.t
mer Fulton loft Havana on the 31 at ult. for
West in order to convey Mr. Kino to I lav.
; out !—The Charleston Huai
Ths Infant Drummer
Is Irerr, aud will of course create his share of excite-
met. which we predict will be something unusual.
We judge to from the fact that into whatever city lie
enters, he 'takes it by storm,' ere he leaves. Ju Mil-
ledgeville, week before lost, hie Excellency the Gover
nor, iu tsstimouy of hie spprecialicu of the Iuiaut’e
•Witt *>***« it ted Innj with a richly chased silver cup,
accompanied with h certificate wgnea uy me a rate
House officers and many protniaeut citiztns, that the
Infant Drummer '• may justly be regarded os the
Eighth Wouder of the world” Iu Macon alco, the
(dace of his uativity, the citizeus and the military com
parers alike testified their apprecintiou of his perform
ances by the presentation of costly tributes, and the
endorsement of all that Ins heretofore beeu said in
hia praise. The tame was tho case iu Savanuah, aud
among costly preseuts which the Infant received from
tho people of that place, was a splendid gold huuliug
lever Watch, soul by mail to this city, by tho Chat
ham Artillery Company, of Savannah. It was truly
a rich aud costly tribute.
We learn that to-morrow night, by ooiicitalion, the
drum-major of this place, (Mr. J. H. Harris,) will
make, will) the Iufaui a trial of skill iu handling
the drum-elick, aud thus give all s good opportunity
of determining for themselves os to the real merits of
this youthful prodigy.
uow vuuLle in the political movements of the
I will , uatiruis of the earth. Wo go for au upward progress.
rave remarks have been suggested by the
, (Mr. Veil Ruble,* 11 rink j P r,M * lU melancholy couditiou of Mexico. The whole
country is pear , order, I country .hour broad scene of revolution, anarchy aud
xteiisiou of
Testimonials to tho Infant Drummer.
Our readers will bo pleased to know that they can
have au opportunity to witness mauy of tho valuable
present* made to this unparalleled musical wonder,
in the wredow of cue of our Jewelry Stores, o;i Broad
street; among which is a vory tasty Gold Seal,
1 Ire progress that moves downward 1 j,resented lo the Infant Drummer by the late Hon.
IIensv Clat. Th e valuable aud appropriate gem
represents this distinguished Btatesinau »? he appeared
at Avhiand, under the shade of a tree with hw favorite
dog U-side him. We nr* gratified in looking on these
teatimoaiais, as they give evidence of our triumph iu
musical prodig.es, as thu Iufaui Drummer uudoubicb-
ly stands pre-eminent, as tho nuwt distinguished a list
that has ever appeared before the public si so early
of go
nt t.y
example, and i
terror of our arms. There are those a
who have ever maintained that if \vc w
a great and gnoJ prurplc, and stand hi.
records of the world, ti must be by the' inairmti
of peace—in ig
by Ihe pretences, the
. eud to the other, under i
ego.
ilitary lenders have riseu up and put
U us | down the civil aulhor.ly. The President has been
' U,rue ^ oUl ° r °ffi° e ■( (he point of the bayonet.
Almost every dratrict has been the witness of scenes
where brothers mingled the:r blood io fraternal strife,
uufacturcs—and not upon our 1 And what fi.r ? Why thia overthrowing of the gov- '
upon the bloody fluids nf war. Why, j eminent! If it *aa to secure abetter form or re-
b° utissii.n • fit's, we ntav be pr ;>pa- j suit in tbeelevstiou of patriots instead of tyrauts, there j
wight Ira some excuse fur it. But this was uot the I
purpose. It was to indulge the natioual spirit of!
Ihttt ftre bxalung our people »mou« ihe iwiioiu u f I 'oufuimu. It »» io pull d»» „ oi» .d-
the earth. Every ragged dirtv letter (ruin Jtn miuritralloo, which had probably exhibited some few
Irishman or u German, sent t »*the b-nks of the symptoms ol doing right, that soother might come |
Shannon, the LitVey, the Rhine, the Danube, tho into power, flushed with success and ready to grind I
Libe, or tho NVomt, setting t.-rtli the rates ‘ fjdown the people with a heavier hand aud a harder j
wiges, the deinarel for nuploy merit the abun- It was iu short, that Arista should b» hurled!
dunce of bread, the happiness of himself, his
Dentist*, i.<s
»rd, of the 4th, says :
A person was last week arrested in t.ei
on a requisition from the Governor of Vir
and has been taken to the latter State, to be ira^
lor falsely selling the right to use there, theu
proved inetlicd of inserting teeth, as practise
Messrs. AuLKfaoN &. Futnam, of thia Cilv.
From the Savannah Courier.
Tb* Timut ♦« * -
It seems hy the subjoined letter from T. It
Fur low. Esq., which we find in the Ogle
Democrat, that the amount of stock requird ’
the South-Western Road has been raised, andtk
theextenaion of the road from Oglethorpe to Aa*
icus haa been resolved upon :
AxtF.nicua, Ga., Jan. 2(>, 1551
F. L. J. Mat, Eaq.
Dear Sir:—I am pleased to inform VfJ
through your paper, the public, that the tcr
live thousand dollars, required of the ciliz
this place and county, bv the Board of Dir
of the South-Western Railroad Coinpanv.
condition precedent to extending said Road.:
place, hua been subscribed, and the firstinsAi
of twenty-five per cent all paid in.
I shall leave in the morning for Macon, l«
purpose of turning over the subscription I d <
Company, und paying over the lirat mstalocflL ■
Witii us, the extension is iio lougci
doubt. We have complied with our
contract, und have no tears but the Director**
comply with their*.
Very respectfully yours,
T. M. FURL0W
fe, his children, or ii»o genera I glory, pe
prosperity of tit » our great country, is inure of a
proiagandist, more of n n issionary fur convert
ing the other natiuua of the world, than an ar
my of liv Inmdrvd tiiuu»ani men, with great
pailNof artillery.
If we aro to convert other nations and lead tiiem
to the adoption of our iiistituliotis, it will i.nt bi» by
war, by tiie clangor of arms—brlla luirrida bella —
but it will bo by a.;* ol peace, by the force of our
example,,by demonstrating to all mankind the pow
er ot self-government and of self-restraint within
the l« wa of nations, and m obedience to the laws
of our own ceatren We a ie solving the ptoblcm
M*!\e* ; dial if we cnuijuuo for a century t« be a>
aucce<w]u) as wc have been, tiie world veil! f ll.»w
our precedent, and acknowledge the civic supre
macy of our Republic.
Bounty Lands to the Widows and Orphans.
—A communication ol Judge Hillyer, of Georgia,
to the Athens Banner, slates litat tiie Conrans
stoiier of Fensiotia lias receded from the construc
tion of the act of 1$51, which excluded from the
benefits of the act the widows and minor children
of such persons aa had died before the taasage ot
the act,and wtio would li «v» been entitled to boun
ty land under its provisioua. That act is now
construed hy the Department to include tbe wid
ows and minor ciiiljran of docened officers or sol
diers, as under tbe act ofS.'pi. 28, 1850.
from (he Presidency, aud that prince of all political
villains, Santa Anna, placed on tha throne of the
Dictator. Such was tbe object re view, aud we
will pledge our rrputaliou, aa prophets that the ob
ject is accomplished iu two moths fruin to-day.
(rat us sup|Mwe that we are correct in the belief
that Santa At. iim will be race lied from his exile aud
piaoed at the Lead of affairs in Mexico—what will
be in* probable course towards tbe United Slates?
He i* the implacable enemy of this country : made
eo, first, by the part takeu in the Texas rerolutiou by
a portiou of our citizeus, and douK’y so by the disas
trous battles winch exiled him aud humbled tha pride
of iua couutry iu the Mexican war. Wdl he, if he
returns to power, be disposed to keep tiie peace *
Or will he seek lu make his hold on that power the
more firm and secure by seekreg a difficulty with this
govermneut? He has had, to be tare, some experi
ence of the military prowess of our people, be has seen
au army of a few '.housaud march from the seaboard
to tbe Capitol of Ins couutry and plant the stars and
stripe* over the Hall of the Moulezumas,—but has
ex, ericuca ever taught him auy thiug ? Never.
Ambition lisa hurried him ever ouwaru- The love
of (rawer and tbe hope of plunder have always car
ried him farther than every other pnucipie and mo
tive combined. Fear has sometime* beeu a power
ful motive to his hasty action ; but this has always
Happened after tiavreg baeo I adly whipped. Such
a feeling rarely influences him when danger is at a
distance. Fiide, ambition, the bojra of regaining bia
Dramatical.
We have beeu notified that a compauyof excell#i.|
performers uuder lire direction of Mr. W. II. Csisr,
are toon to pay us a short visit, for the purpose of en-
lertsiuing our citizens with a tew of their drsmalto
exhibitions. Mr. C. and his lady have been perform
ing for some lime in the city at Montgomery, and
havo woo tho admiration and applause of the large
audteucee that nightly crowded their Hail in that
place. Ouo of our cotemporariee saya that their de
lineations exhibit all the " force and beauty of the
drama without ita objectionable features," aud ara
executed by Mr. C. “ with the care of a laborious stu
dent, and with the delicacy aod taste of a ripe scholar.”
This » am; Ie teetimeuy as lo the professional ability
and accomplishments of the mauager of the corps re
ferred to, and will have it* uue weight iu this, aud iu
every other eulighleued commuuity.
Aud what is # better, we have aaeuraucea Rom an
intelligent friend, who, iu writing to us from Mont
gomery says, that “ in the pnvato relations of life, Mr.
and Mrs. Caisr occupy a worthy position, aud are
fully euLlled to the esteem aud confidence of auy
community.” With auch endorsements we cau but
bespeak for th* parties a favorable reception in Uira
city, whenever they choose to vwil u*—which we are
informed will be about the lOlli or 14lh of the pret
erit month.
01a Bull,
The great master of the Violin, is to be here on Mon
day cveoiug uext, aud will at that lime give one of
his inimitable Couoerts—which will probably be hie
laot appctraace here, as this » hia "farewell tour”
through this country. Go and hear him.
Eobinscn and Eldred'a Circa*,
Combined with an exleaaive Menagerie of Wild
Animals, will arrive in this city, on Monday the
21*t, aud remare open three days. As this a deci
dedly ike most favorite of all Circuses, every body aud
hia family will be tknrt. Seethe announcement of
Mr Tsimarah, tbe agent, re another column, aud
“wait for the wagaa.”
Cdf' For a statement of tbe success of “ Winter
Iron Works,”see first page.
^Iso au article upon tbdtpplication of Guano.
The Railroad Auain !—We feel ►> n>«d
elated nt tlio idea of a railroad to our town, *- r
the La Grange Reporter, that we cant h'v,
keep from *• spouting” in regard to it a'! >!>•' 1 *
It now run* wttlun two miles of here, • 1
days wo think the work will be co np'pt' 1 11
point. Our Citizens are trying to g-‘t upt f
iwrbecuo and jubilee on the day, and wc
ry hope that »t will be effected. All hand* 1
wheel and we will make * demonstration w®
the character tho people of Troup county br-
a spirit of enterprise, industry an-i improve*
Tjie Wild Turrets.—Wild turkeyv *'<
most useful of the birds of Flnrid:t D*’
found in large Hocks near the margin ofh»;a»
not olfn visited and do not wander Gr into
pine barren, fer, unable to ntietaia any cro
of flight, their retreat would be cut off. tw
fe btenets on the wing is well atond
su o i wi’h which they run. In tho barreo*.
a horse sink* some distance in the “.iml a: *
plunge, the turkey will outstrip him »'• f* 11
most speod in a fair race; but he has n«t «
bottom, and to the course of a mile will
so weniad as to be compelled to fly U P >r> -‘
on it tiee. This, however, seldom happen*- ^
in an unknown part of the woods, V° u
, flock of turkey,, yuu on »!*''*)* , '* r .,
course of a hammock from you, lor m lw
lion they will certainly turn and unless ?‘
on horseback, and have a dog, it *«
ing ct»aae, (or they will per-cvere in the ^
a tmndre.1 yards ahead of you, until the*
their retreat.
It require* n very expert hunter lo » urpr '’
of these bird*. If you are a novice, the j f *
mat'on you will Ireveot their pre-race «'
sight of a fl >ck as far off' as the eye ran £
through tho ranges of the pines, running •
»peed to their retreat. One of tne best s* v
taking the tuikey is by answering B*e ra
liens. In the stillness of the Florida
call may be heard a mile off. A m«"i^' ri ^ .
alter ,t is heard, the hunter answers it by
or by inhaling the breath strongly*
hollow wing bone of a turkey or crane. ^
and the huuier both advance, answering (
er alternately. When the distance bet*
two is such that the bird ought to be in
hunter halt* behind a tree or stump
of the number comer the cock, with a «
more consequential than hi
call must be exact, or the bird will detect <° ^
eat iiarohueas of sound. I remember on ^
sion, when with a good hunter, the tau t ,
. fine bird ur f-2 The dock
up within , Ion* rifle silo!, when Ihe c *
treste or some fault, uttered a fa|*« n0,e ',
etanily the whole flock took to flight, a» -
when auddeoly alarmed.— laterary
Coal for Aumhaua.—A »•
ed at Richmond, Fa., with coal for Au-
This re tbe first shipment of the K «
oi Pennsylvania to that far off l*nd <>• r
prqtr.i^e.