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T H E C(> U RIK R,
By J . G. M'W bor ter .
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TO THE CITIZENS OF THE U. STATES OF
THE NORTH.
The General Council of all Texas, by
resolution unanimously adoped, have de- ’
termined to address you in behalf of suf
fering Texas, to invoke your assistance.
A few plain facts will suffice to explain
to yon the political condition in which we
are placed, and to satisfy you that we are
engaged in a contest just and honorable,
and one which should command univer
sal admiration nd sympathy.
Our citizens were invited to settle Tex
as by a government of a republican feder
al character, having for its model, that of
the government of the United St les of the
North. Under that invitation, and the
promise of protection to our lives, per
sons, and property, thousands emigrated
here, and have subdued a vast extended
wilderness to the purposes ofagneuiture;
and in place of a solitary region hitherto in
habited only by the savage and the beast.it
now presents a country prosrerous in the
highest degree with a population varying
between sixty and one hundred thousand
inhabitants, and having on its whole face
inscribed one universal assurance of its
future greatness and prosperity.
Under this form of government, and
this invitation, thousands have brought
their property to this country, and invest
ed thousands upon thousands of dollars in
land. They ha ve expatriated themselves
from their native c uintry, torn themselves
from connexions dear, given up the con
veniencesand luxuries of life, and encount
ered for ye rs buck toi sand dangers, and
privations of every sort.
They have given security to the Mex
ican frontiers from Indian depredations,
and made the mountains the boundary of
the savage. And now when we had
accomplished all this, when we had just
fairly established ourselves in peace, and
plenty, just brought around us our famil
ies and friends, the form of government
under which we had been born and edu
cated, and the only one, to which weever
would have sworn allegiance, is destroy
ed by the usurper, Santa Anna, and a mil
itary central government about to be estab
lished in its stead.
To this new form of government the
people of Texas’have refused to submit.
They ground their opposition upon the
facts, that they h ive sworn to support the
Republican Federative Government of
Mexico, and that their duty requires them
to stand out in opposition.
Texas was one of the units that com
posed the government by the national con
stituent congress of 1834. She was ac
knowledged a sovereign and independent
member of the confederacy. Asa sover
eign member,she voluntarily united in the
confederacy that forms the government,
and upon the breaking up of that govern
ment, she has unquestionably the right to
accede or to reject the new one that may
be proposed
The one proposed is in opposition to her
wishes, interests, and the education of
her people. Lt protects only the interests
of the military and clergy, securing priv
ileges to the one, and intolerance of reli
gion to the other. Such being its char
acter, and our right undoubted, the people
of Texas, with one united voice, have re
jected the new form o! government, and
have resolved to abide by their oaths to
sustain the constitution. Public sonti
ment has already declared that Texas
should be organized as a State govern
ment under the constitution.of 1834, or
such other form of government as circum
stances may require.
Members to a convention have already
been elected, and were to have met on
the 1 5th of the present month. The in
vasion of the country by Gen. Cos, has
however, thus far prevented their meet
ing, as nearly every member is now in
the field of war. At this time our army
is besieging Gen. Cos in San Antonio,
but he is hourly expecting a large rein
forcement, and the people ot Texas want
aid of their once fellow-citizens, friends,
and relations in the Unit<d States of the
North.
What number of mercenary soldiers
will invade ourcountry we know not, but
this much we do know, that the whole
force of the nation that can possibly be
spared will be sent to Texas, and we be
lieve we have to fight superior numbers.
But we believe, victory in the end win be
ours. But one sentiment animates every
bosom, and all. every one, is determined
on “Victory or death.”
Citizens of the United States of the
North, we are but one people! Our fath
ers, side by side, fought the battles of
the revolution. We, side by side,
fought the battles of the war of 1812 and
1815. We were born under the same
government, taught the same political
creed, and we have wandered where dan
ger and tyranny threatens us. You are
united to us by all the sacred ties that
can bind one people to another. You
are many of you, our fathersand brothers
—among you dwell our sisters and moth
ers—we are aliens to you only in country,
—our principles, both moral and political
are the same— our interest is one, and we
require and ask your aid, and we earnest-
appeal to your patriotism and generosi
ty. We invite you to our country: we have
lard in abundance, an I it shall be liberal
ly bestowed on you. We have the finest
country on the face of the globe AN e invite
you to enjoy it with us, and we pledge to
you, as we are authorized to do, the lands
of Texas, and the honor and faith of the
people, that every volunteer in our cause
shall not only justly but generously here
warded.
The cause of Texas is plainly marked
out. She will drive every Mexican soil
dier beyond her limits, or the people of
Texas will leave, before San Antonio the
bones of their bodies. We will secure on
a firm and solid basis our constitutional
rights and privileges, or we will leave
Texas a howling wilderness.
We know that right is on our side, and
we are now marching to the field of battle,
reiterating our father’s motto, “live free
or die.” And to the people of the United
States of the North we send this assur
ance, that though numbers, may over
whelm us, no other feeling than that of
the genuine American glowed in our
bosoms, and though danger and destruc
tion awaits us, no friend of theirs proved
recreant to his country.
Done in the Council Hall on the 25th
day of Oct. 1 835.
(Signed) R. R. ROYAL, Prest.
A. Houston Sec’ry,
LATER FROM ENGLAND.
The packet ship Sampson, at Neiv-
York, brings London dates to the evening
of toe 10th October.
The intelligence they all contain is of
very little importance in a political
The English papers represent lhe access
ion of M. Mendizabal to the Cabinet o the
Queen, as productive of the most favora
ble results to the Constitutional cause.
Many of the juntas established in opposi
tion to the measures of the former minis
ter, M Torreno, had now expressed a de
sire to act in concert with the Queen. As
a means of pacifying the Basque Provin
ces and Navarre, it is said the peculiar pri
vileges hitherto possessed by them, will
not be infringed; still we fear it will be
difficult to induce the peasantry, who have
now so long been accusiomed to predatory
warfare, to return to their former peaceful
avocations.
It will be seen that some instances of
disaffection have been discovered in the
French army. We do not believe, how
ever, that they are of any great extent.—
Louis Phillippe was about again to devote
himselftothe general affairs of the coun
try, from which he seems to have been di
verted by the attempt of Fieschi, and the
late laws against the press We do not
find a word in relation to our indemnity.
The Paris papers are of the Bth. A
telegraphic despatch from Bayonne, an
nounces that accounts hid been received
at St. Sebastian, ofa victory being obtain
ed over the Carlists at Vallariigo, in
which they suffered great loss. Las Na
vas, who was marching on Madrid, had
given up his intention, and submitted to
the government.
The trial of Fieschi was postponed un
til next spring.
It is reported that Louis Phillippe is in
clined to set at liberty Prince Polignac
and his fellow prisoners in Ham Castle.
Lt was stated that M. Chauielause, one ol
these unfortunate individuals, had lost his
reason.
Sir R. Plaskett is to go out governor
ofSt. Helena, in the Wanderer, 18, which,
on returning, will stop at Rio to bring
Henry S. Fox, Esq, the new English Am
bassador to the United States.
The Bank of England refuses to dis
count anjr paper bearing the accredited en
dorsement of joint stock companies, that
circulate their own notes without the name
of any known merchant in addition. This
has caused much excitement among the
joint stock companies of the manufactu
ring districts.
There is a talk of the fitting out of an
expedition nt Genoa, by the King of Sar
dinia. to take Don Miguel back to Portu
gal.
The Autocrat, while surrounded with
the military potnp at Kalish, forgot the
cries of suffering Poland. He was deaf
to all their supplications, and to the dis
credit of the female sex, it is averred that
the Empress has shown herself particular
ly hostile to every application made to the
throne.
The. monument on the field of Culm,
was laid by the Potentates, and their
courts and priests assembled at Toplitz,
with great pomp and ceremony. The
Emperors of Russia and Austria, and
King of I’russia, and Prince Metternich
in the first rank. Princes and Princesses
in the second and the whole uncovered.
The Emperors and Empresses embra
ced and kissed.
It is affirmed that 40,000 peasants have
perished with cholera in the deserts ot
Mecca, being previous 1 }’ worn down with
fatigue and hunger.
Rieta, one ol the richest men in Spain,
raised to the rank of Marquis de Cassa
Hiera, has retired to Bordeaux.
Marshal Girard has been appointed to
thelucarative post of Chanceilortothe Le
gion of Honor, made vacant by the death
Marshal Mortier.
Seven out of twelve of the Jury, being
a sufficient number, according to the pres
ent law. to convict, have condemned M.
Jaffrenon to three months imprisonment,
and 240/ tine, for saying in the Reforma
tour of the Honse of Peers:
One trust despair of a society which
allows itself to be governed by such a pow-
An opinion has been given by the Cir
cuit Court of the United States for the
southern district of New York, in answer
to an inquiry by the Grand Jury, that it
is not n violation of the sixth section ofthe
act of Congress of the 20th April, 1818,
to hold meetings in the ci’y of New York,
and appointcommiltees “to provide means
and make collections for the purpose of
enabling the inhabitants of Texas to en
gage in a civil war with the sovereignty of
Mexico, now at peace with the United
States.” This section, the Court says, ap
plies only to military expeditions and en
terprises to be carried on from the United
States against any foreign Power with
which we are at peace. Donations in
money, or any thing else, to the inhabi
tants of Texas, to enable them to engage
in a civil war with the sovereignty of Mex
ico (says the Court) is in no sense begin
ning or setting on foot, or providing the
means for a military expedition from the
United States or their territory.— 'Nation
al Intelligencer.
Gen. Bernard.--An article which ap
peared in yesterday’s Gazette, relative to
Gen. Bernard has induced an intelli
gent French gentleman to mention to us
an anecdote which is authentic, and!
which shows an error in the statement I
there made.
Gen. Bernard was not an exile in this
country. Whilst Mr. Crawford was
Minister to France he became acquainted
with the talents of Gen. Bernard, then
in Paris, and our country being in want I
of able engineers, he took the General to '
Court,and applied to Louis XVIII. fora
relinquishment of his services in order
that he might be employed by the Ameri
can Government. Louis replied that l
“ such an officer he could lend to a friend- :
ly foreign power like the United States, I
but he could not give him up.” "Jepuis l
perter tin tel officer aux Etas-Uais, mats;
non le leur donner." It was, then, on this )
condition that Gen. Bernard came over;
to this country and was employed by our |
government. He never took the oath of
allegiance, and of course only considered
himselftemporarilyengaged fora particu
lar service,— Alx. Gazette.
Remark\ble Escape.—As three ne
groes, belonging to the Hon. J M. White,
were passing across the wood, near Mon
ticello, one being a little in advance ofthe
other two, was attacked bv a large Pan
ther and hurled to the ground—his com
panions coming up, one of whom seized
the panther by the hind legs, and immedi
ately the other collared the huge monster,
but from the severe treatment he received,
was forced to release his hold. At this
critical juncture, the one who had been
attacked, seized a stick and despatched
him, and bore his body off in triumph.
The above facts can be substantiated by
six respectable citizens, who saw the ani
mal after the negroes returned uninjured
from the scene of slaughter.— Floridian.
INSURANCE.
We.publish in our paper to-day a char
terms proposed)fcr a new Insurance Com
pany to be located in our city. If the
charter be granted on the terms proposed,
the institution will commend itself to the
good opinion and patronage of our citi
zens. The capital will be large, the stock
much scattered, and what is still belter,
the Company will be authorized to make
insurance upon lives.— a privilege not
gianted to our other State institutions in
the city, nor exercised, so far as we know,
by any agencies—(unless we except the
Charleston Agency.) Another insurance
office is now needed here—and if we, as
is contemplated, get the trade of the Wes’,
it will be highly necessary. Large sums
of money which are annually paid at the
North and to foreign agencies, by our
merchants, will doubtless be paid to onr
own officers; and if, as we suppose, the
individuals named as commissioners, have
any thing to do with the management of
this company, the stockholders and the
public may rely on their conducting its
business in a liberal, accommodating,
profitable and satisfactory manner.
[Sentinel.
Good Advice.— ln once of the squire
courtsof New York, a blacksmith, who
hud the gift of stammering to perfection,
was called into court as a witness between
two journeymen of his in a lawsuit, the a
mount in question beingabout seventy-five
cents. The judge, hearing his testimony,
asked him why he had not advised his
workmen to settle, the cost being five
times the amount of the disputed sum. In
| reply, the witness observed—“l t-t-t-told
I the foo-o-o-Js to s s-s-settle : I s-s s-said the
1 c-c-c-constable would t-t-t-take their c-c-c
--j coats, the 1-1-1-lawyers their s-s-s shirts,
I and if they got into your Honor’s c-c-c
--1 court, you’d s-s-s-skin em.”
TAe Comet has Disappeared. It was
no great things, after all; and brought
more harm than good in its train. It
drunk up our wells, dried up our rivers,
burnt up our fields, destroyed our turnip
patches, and set the woods a fire. It
nearly starred our cattle,madepork scarce,
and gave our horses the distemper. Be
sides all this, it turned the world nearly
upside down—droye the Abolitionist’s
stark mad, turned White men blue, used
up the Nullifiers nnd played the devil
with the Banks! It has given the mulli
grubs to politicians, and the fidgets to old
maids! We are glad it is gone.— Macon
Messenger.
John B. Childers for whose pardon a
bill recently passed both Houses of the Le
gislature, was set at liberty on the day on
which he was to have been executed at
Greenesborough. He was not awareofthe
passage of the bill until the pardon was
read to him by the Sheriff between nine
and ten o’clock on that day, and the sud
den change from death to life, as it were,
produced so powerful an impression up
on him that he almost sank under it.—A
thens Whig.
-1 sober Pun. Why are temperance
societies a bar to friendship? Because
they prevent shaking hands.
AUGUSTA,
WEDNESDAY, NOV EMBEK2S.
The late rains have provided us with an ex
cellent river for our boating interest, and the
clouds promise us a continuance of the flood.
The swell has started old and new—the new
steamboat Cherokee first reached our wharf
yesterday. She belongs to the Steamboat Com
pany-
Mr. T. E. Lehfe, an associate Editor of the
Neio York Spirit of the Times is here, and would
we presume, have no objections to enlarge his
subscription list in this city. He may be seen
at the Eagle 4’- Phoenix Hotel, and we will take
the liberty of recommending the Spirit of the
Times to the members of the Augusta Jockey
Club and all gentlemen interested in either the
sports of the Turf or of the Field. The paper
may be seen al any time at this Office.
The Editor ot the Milledgeville Journal eu
logises the object of Mr. Chandler's bill to call
a Convention to reduce the number of Membe: S
of the Legislature. Why did not the Editor of
the JbwrnaZ sustain the plan of reduction pro
posed by the late Convention? Does he ex
pect toget a better'! We fear he will bedisap
pointed.
Mr. Ridge’s letter, published in our last, states
that that Cherokees had appointed Delegates to
goagain to Washington to make a Treaty. But
Col. Curry, the Indian Agent who is now at
Milledgeville states, that the President will not
bear any more talk—they must treat at home
with the United States Commissioners.
At a meeting of the Stock Holders of the Far*
rners’ Bank of Chattahoochie on the first Mon
day in this month, the following gentlemen
were elected Directors for the ensuing year:
Alfred Iverson, S. R. Bonner,
J. M. Gucrry, B. V. Iverson, and
John Schley. Jr.
Wiley B. Ector, has been elected Cashier.
Dr. Hugh L. Hodge, has been elected Profess
ot Midwifery, and of the diseases of women
and children, in the University of Pennsylva
nia, in place of Dr. Dewees, whtr resigned on
account of ill health.
The General Assembly of the State of North
Carolina, convened at Raleigh on the 16th inst.
Wm. D. Mosely was re-elected Speaker of the
Senate, and W.m. H. Haywood, Jr. Speaker of
the House of Commons.
SOMETHING NEW.
The Philadelphia U. S. Gazette, of the 17th
inst. has the following piece of information :
“ A friend brought us yesterday, a pod of cot
ton, raised by Mr. Berwick at Kaigan’s Point,
New Jersey. Mr. B. planted the seed much
later than is customary, but the plants attained
a proper growth, and the pods are well supplied
with cotton ofa long, delicate staple.”
George Thompson has left the United States,
no more to return. He has sailed f <>m Boston
for the British Province of New Brunswick.
Good bye.
The bill incorporating the Central Rail Road
Company, with banking privileges, passed the
House of Representatives on the 21st, 89 yeas,
against 65 nays.
Is it true, that there is squabbling between
the Central and Georgia Rail Road Companies
in the Legislature? We expected it—predict
ed it. We foresaw it a year ago and depreca
ted its evils ; but we will not say, how much of
this jealousy is fostered for political purposes.
We foresaw such an evil, and last year pointed
out the danger, when wc witnessed the efforts
of our friends here to prevent the State taking
an interest in the Central Rail Road. We
then thought, and still think, the State is the
common parent of all, and should not be par
tial, encouraging one enterprise to the injury
of others. The certain consequence of the
State, as a State, commencing operations of
this kind in any one quarter, particularly, where
the effect might afterwards be made to be gen
eral, would be to bring all enterpi izes, began or
contemplated, on individual credit and means,
toa pause. But we do not perceive how the
State’s granting individuals the ordinary priv
ileges they seek, can have the partial bearing
we condemn. Cannot the Central Rail Road
people build their road without unjust prejudice
to the Georgia Rail Road? Is not Savannah
to be benefitted by both enterprizes? This ap
pears to us cert ain, particularly if the Steamboat
Company of Georgia will complete lhe promis
ed improvement from this city to Heshman
Lake. If the result of the survey to be made
for the route ofthe Cincinnati Rail Road thro’
Georgia, should be more favorable to the Cen
tral Rail Road Company, in the name of justice,
let them have the advantage. Nature intend
ed it for them. If not, we are entitled to it for
the same reason. Its natural route being more
favorable for o ir opponents cannot injure us as
much as imagined, if we push an intersecting
branch westwardly. And this very intersection
is now in agitation. The President ofthe Ath
ens Road, if we are correctly informed, was
lately iu Montgomery, to ascertain, where the
projected road from that place would most prob
ably strike the Chattahoochee, at West Point,
or Columbus. Why, then, ought these two
Companies to be such irreconcileable opponents?
It is not true, that their interests necessarilj
clash, and that one cannot succeed without the
destruction of the other. Their present collision
will onlj' prevent both from obtaining what,
we think, maj r be safely granted to each, and
with the success of both the interests of the
State are closely connected. The effects of
continued opposition will be to throw the whole
benefit of the Cincinnati enterprize into the
hands of South Caiolina, who already has in
telligent men exploring the Mountain passes,
which shall give the contemplated road an easy
ingress to that State.
The Central Rail Road Bill with banking
privileges, which passed the House of Repre
sentatives, was so amended as to exclude For
eigners irom holding anj- stock in the Bank
whose capital was also increased to 5,000,0u0
dollars. No doubt seems now to exist as to the
final passage of that bill, or the one extending
and modifying the charter of the Union Rail
Road. The squabbling about these two bills
was almost a matter of course— we are sorry to
see so much said in disparagement of Mr. McAl
lister's course on this subject. Those, who are
guiltless in this matter, are certainly entitled
to throw the first stone; but we are sure the
stone has been thrown without the proper ax
emption. Let both parties, then, stand as
the boys say. Neither could have been insen
sible of the great importance of both enterprises
to the interest of the State. We do not entire
ly approve of the banking privileges attached
to the charter of the one; but the evils predict
ed may never be realized; and we will take
this occasion to say, that we fear the Legislating
may errin creatingtoo many banks. We dislike
overgrown monopolies of any kind as much as
any body, but are clearl}’’ convinced, that we
had better have a few good large Banks, than
a great many little ones, flooding the coun
; with a currency which is very apt to turnout
worthless. Banks are intended for commercial
communities, and their location, where there
is not more than a pocket-full ot trade, is pre
posterous. A few good Banks, with undoubted
ability to pay all demands in specie, is ourcreed
on this subject. Georgia, of all the States in
the Union, has most reason to guard againgt
mere shaving shops.
The bill to reduce the lees on grants in the
Cherokee country— the Land Lots to five dol
lars, and’ihe Gold to three, has passed the House
of Representatives.
The Legislature has given us nothing fur
ther to report, since our last.
The following are the yeas and nays in the
Senate on the passage of the bill for the estab
lishment ofa Court of Errors:
Yeas 59—Messrs. Alford, Avery, Baker, Bog
gess, Burkhalter, Chastain, Clayton, Cooper,
Crowell, Dawson,Echols of Coweta, Floyd,Gib
son, Gonder, Graham, Harden, Harris, Heard,
Heininingway, Hemphill,Hepburn, Hines, Hol
loway, Holmes, Hutchins, King of Fayette,
King ofGlynn, Lamar, Lawson, Little, Mays,
Me A flee, McDaniel, Mitchell,
Mosely, Murray, Nelms,.Newnan, Nesbit, O
baj’r, Patterson, Powell, Resse, Bobinson,
Rogers, Sa fib Id, Sellers, Seniell, Smith, Steel
man, Taylor, Walter, Walthall, Waldauer,
White, Willis, Wood of Heard, and Wood cf
Mclntosh.
Nays 26—Messrs. Barker,Blackmon, Brown.
Cochran, Cone, Cowart, Dunagan, Faris, Free
man, Kellum, Lawhorn, Liddle, Leggitt, Mc-
Call, McConnell, Me '‘onnell, McClennan,
Paulk, Pike, Polk,Powers, Rivers, Rutherford,
Stapleton, Surrency, and Swain.
Dr. M’Whorter;—
At jour request, I furnish you an account of
the chemical examination in the criminal
case reported in your paper last week.
The body of Mrs. M. was exhumed by Dr.
Dugas and myself, on the 13th inst. —three
months after interment. The stomach and
bowels were firm, in a good state of preserva
tion—as roe re also the other parts of the body, with
the exception of the parenchymatous organs.—
It was our impression decidedly, that no satis
factory opinion of the pathological state of the
stomach, al the time of death, could be form
ed. The stomach and bowels were removed
separately and transferred to rhe Laboratory of
the College and subjected to the following ope
rations :
On opening the stomach, there was nothing
in it—its surface scarcely moist.
No. 1. About three fourths of the mucous
coat of the stomach was removed, placed in a
inattrass with 10 ounces of waler, and boiled
one hour, and filtered:—this solution evapo
rated to 5 drachms, and again filtered. The re
sulting solution transparent, but of a dark
brown color, exhaling the odor of foetid glue.
2. The remaining portions ot the stomach,
with the solid remains of No. 1, boiled tor one
hour and a half in 20oz. of water and filtered:—
this evaporated to 6 drachm -,but so much encum
bered with animal matter that it could not pass
through a filter.
3. The fluid thus strained from the bowels
during 18 hours, about 3 drachms, filtered :—co
lor, slightly- yellow, but transparent.
4. The small intestines opened and boiled
in 24 oz. of water for one hour; filtered and
evaporated to 4 oz.
5. White particles (magnesia) strongly ad
herent to the surface of the intestines scraped
oil and boiled in 2 drachms of water, in a test
tube, and filtered; this solution nearly white.
6. 2 drachms of No. 1 boiled in a test-tube,
with 8 drops of nitric acid, to destroy the animal
matter; the free nitric acid neutralized with pot
ash and filtered: —the result was a perfectly
transparent fluid, of an amber color.
7. The filter and tube used in operation No.
6, washed with 2 drachm -of water; this' wash
ing filtered:—a transparent solution of a light
amber color.
8. 1J oz. of No. 4 placed in a mattrass and
boiled with 1 drachm of nitric acid for 30 min
utes; the free acid neutralized with potash,and
the mass filtered : —transparent, but of a dark
brownish yellow color.
9. 4 oz. of No. 1 evaporated in a glass cap
sule, on a sand bath, to dryness ; j diachm ot
boiling water turned upon it, and agitated for a |
moment, gently, so as to dissolve as little of the |
animal matter as possible, and filtered:--a
straw-colored transparent solution.
10. No. 2 treated, as in No. 6, with 60 drops
of nitric acid, neutralized, &c., and rendered
sufficiently limped tobe filtered.
A. A few drops of No. 1 placed in a glass
capsule, upon white paper and lime-water ad- i
ded:—the addition of the first few drops did not |
disturb the transparency, but as the quantitj’ of I
lime-water increased, there appeared a light
precipitate floating in the mass—arsenite of
lime.
B. A few drops of No. I placed as above ; j
onedropof the transparent atnmoniacal solution I
of sulphate of copper added, changed the color
to a light grass-green ; on the addition of more
of this test , the color deepened and a distinct
green precipitate appeared—arsenite of copper,
or Scheele’s greenj.
C. The same results occurred with portions
of the solution No. 2.
D. One half of No. 3 placedin a test-tube: a
stream of sulphuretted-hydrogen gas passed j
through it: the yellow color was deepened, but
on heating the tube, there was a copious coagu
lation of albumen, which involved the precipi
tate.
E. The other half of No. 3 heated to coagu
late the albumen, which was separated by fil
tering: the transparent yellowish solution re
ceived a perceptible green tinge on the addition
of the anunoniacal copper, but no precipitate.
F. 1 drachin of No. 7. in a test-tube, was acid
ulated with muriatic acid: a stream of sulphu
retted-hydrogen gas passed through it; the
solution lost its transpatency on heating the
tube to expel the free sulphuretted-hydrogen,
the turbidness increased, and on cooling, de
posited a yellow precipitate:—the superincum
bent clear fluid was removed with a pipette,
except a few drops—on agitation the mass be
came turbid and of a dull yellow color:—J
drachin of liquid ammoniac was added, and *
clear yellow colored solution resulted. .«
G. A few drops of No. 6, on a glass capsule,
treated with the atnmoniacal copper, gave a
light grass-green precipitate.
H. No’s 6 and 7 added together in a test-tube
acidulated with muriatic acid— treated with
sulphurelted-hydrogen gas: the lesult was the
j loss of transparency—ou heating the tube, the
' precipitate was gathered into flocculi and re
cognized as the yellow sulphuret of arsenic.
I. A few drops of No. 8, placed in a glass
capsule over white paper:—the ammoniacal
copper gave a grass-green precipitate.
K. No. 8, treated as described in C ; the re
sult a precipitate, as in the other case, but from
the deeper color of the fluid, the precipitate was
not so distinctly yellow.
L. 1 drachm of No. 10 in a glass capsule over
whitepaper: the poles of a Galvanic pile of
24 elements, 1$ inch in diameter, introduced
into the solution —the poles of polished copper ;
small bubbles of gas (hydrogen) accumulated
around the negative pole, the solution became
of a grass-green color, and a green powder ac
cumulated around the positive pole—arsenite
of copper.
M. No. 9, treated with the Galvanic pile,
with lhe same result as in L.
The nitrate of silver was not used at all, as
under the circumstances no satislactory result
could be expected from it.
I have just given you the most satisfactory
results, which we have yet obtained.
With respect, your ob’t serv't,
LEWIS D. FORD.
Nov. 25th, 1835.
Gray’s elegy in a count rvchuichyard has pro
bably been more read and admired than any
piece of composition in the English language.
It was seven years fioin the time the author be
gan this excellent morecau until it was finished
It has had thousand imitators, but it will not be
contended that any one has reached the touch
ing simplicity of the original. It has been more
successfully approached bj- an American wii
terthanbj’ anj’ other person. Several years
since an anonymous author published in a Rhede
Island paper the presented amendment, think
ing “that Gray had not given the subjects of his
muse enough of a religious character to make
the charm complete.” It was suggested that
it should follow the stanza beginning—
‘Far from the maddening crowd’signoble strife.*
There is piety and poetry in every line of it.
N. y. Star.
No airy dreams their simble fancies fired,
No thirst for wealth nor pantingafter fame —
But truth divine sublimer hopes inspired,
And urged them onward to a nobler aim.
From every cottage, with the clay arose,
The hallowed voice of spirit breathing pray
er;
And artless anthems at the peaceful close,
Like holy incense, charmed the evening air
Though they, each tone of human lure un
known,
The brilliant path of science never trod,
The sacred volume claimed their heart alone
Which taught the way to glorj' and to God.
Hope they from Truth’s eternal fountain drew
The pure nnd gladdening waters day by day;
Learnt, since our days are evil, fleet and few
To walk in wisdom’s bright and peaceful
way.
In yon pile o’er which has sternly passed,
The heavy hand of all destroying time.
Through whose low mouldering aisles now
signs the blast,
And round whose altars grass and ivy climb.
They gladly thronged their graceful hymns to
raise,
Oft as the calm and holj' sabbath shone,
The mingled tribute of their prayers and praise
In sweet communion rose before the throne.
Here, Irom those honor’d lips which sacred
fire,
From Heaven’s high chancery, have touch
ed, they hear
Truth which their zealinflames, their hopes in
spire,
Give wings to faith and check affliction’s tear.
When life flowed by, and like an angel, Death
Came to release them from the world on high,
Praise trembled still on each expiring breath.
And holy tiiumph beamed from every eye.
Then gentle hands their “dust to dust” consign;
With quiet tears their simple rites are said ;
And here they sleep, till at the trump divine.
The earth and ocean render up their dead'
The Texas address to the people of this
country, appears in our columns this eve
ning. It was adopted unanimously on
the 26th October, as the act of the Gener
al council—which in the present emer
gency assumes the functions of govern
ment in Texas.
The General Consultation, appointed
for the 15th ult, convened accordingly;
Thirty one Representatives present. But
on the evening of that day, intelligence
was laid before them, of the hostile march
of the Mexican troops, and a majority of
i lhe delegates proceeded to join the army,
■ and, it was considered advisable to ad
journ the Consultation, as such, until the
Ist of Nov. The remaining members
were attached by common consent of their
associates, and ofthe army, to the existing 1
Council of Texas, that had been formed at
the moment of invasion, consisting ofone
delegate for each muniepaility.
The whole was termed the General
Council, of Texas, —with full powers to
act, until the meeting of the Consultation.
Royal, is President ofthe Council. At
their first meeting, the address below re
ported by A. G. Perry, was accepted and
ordered, to be printed for distribution. A
circular letter was also issued, in which
the resources of Texas are said to be suf
ficient for the present, and to pay and pro
vide for troops, and information is given
to Volunteers, that provision w 11 be made
to receive those who come by sea at the
mouth ofthe Brassos and paj’ their past
age from New Orleans—and that those
who go by land are requested to form
themselves into companies, and their
commanders are authorised to draw upon
the Council for expences.— Mobile Regis,
ter.