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©rorataw. POETRY. THE SCOTTISH WIDOW'S LAMENT. Afore the Ureme’e tide tleddee'd the Wtfcen iw, tea'oar water aid*. Kh wife was birat likr tar; A hied gudsraaa, and twa But they're »' u’n aaa Sin* the fix' o' the year. Bair trooble cam* oar (id, And mode me, when U cam. A blrl without ornate, An awa without a lamb. Out bay waayattowaw, And our earn waa to shear, Whan they a* dwiaed awa Inti* (a'o'tho yrat. I downalook a field, For ayal trow I are Tho form that waa a birld To my waa balmaand na J But wind, and wrvtanri aoaw, They never nrtlr can fear. Sin' they a' got tha e»' In tho fe'o' tha year. Aft on tha hill at e'etie. I aaa hjm *mang tba fern*, Tha lover o' my trana, Tha feltbar o’ my bairn*; For tbarahU pleM I *aw As gloomin' aye draw near— Butmya'a now awa 81a' tha fe' o’ tha year. Ourbenny rigs tbalr ael', Rtca’ my waa* to mind. Our pair dambbaostiaa laU f? a* that I baa tynad t Farwhaa our wheat will saw. And wbaa out abaap will shear, 8la* my a* goad awa la the fa' o' tha year T My hearth is growing eauld, And will bacaulder still And salr ( aalr lathe feaU Will be the winter's chiM t Far peats were yet reca' Our sheep they were to smear, Whan my a' dwlnrd awa la tha fa'o'tba year. Lottie whiles to spin, But war, area patterin' feet. Coma rinnla' oot and in, And then I Just maun great j I baa It's fancy a', And faster rows tha tsar, That my a' d*lnod awa la tho fe'o'tha year. Be hind, o’ beav’o abuna I To one sat waa and lane, ^ And tab' her hamewarda suna, la pity o'her mane s Long art tha March winds Maw, May she, far far free hare, Meat them a’ that'* awa Bin* tha fa* o’ tha year. Scottman Nttpspttptr. THE ORIGINAL TIPPLER, at ntovusom gwaxn*. Oh arattr for me, bright water for me! Give wine to tba tramulous debauchra I It «—Uth tba brow. U cootetl^tha twain, Itnubatb tha feint one strong again t It cornea o’er the rente Hha a brorxe from tba sta, An Nihasis, like Infant parity. Oh wttar, bright water, fer ma.fer me i Give wine, gha wine to the debauchee. FBI, fiU to the brim—fill, fill to tlie brim, . fiat tho fluwiag crystal kiss tba rim: My bond la atrady, my eya Is true, Fer I, liba the fi jwers, drinh nothing but dew. Oh watar,bright watnr'e a mine of wealth. And tha orea It yialdoth are vigor ami health 5 80 watar, pure water, for nw, for me ! Give wine to tha tremulous debauchee. FBI again te the brim, again to tho brim. Far water etrcngtheiwth life and limb 1 To tho daya of the aged it addeth length. To tha might of tha strong it addeth strength; It Craahaas tha head, it brightens tho sight, ll la Hha quaffing a goblet of morning light! 80 arattr, I will drinh nothing but thee. Then panaar of health and energy. Whan e'er the hills, Uba an Eastern bridge, Meraiag walha forth la her beauty's pride, leading abend of laughing hours, A ad bctuhlag tba daw from tha aodding flowers, OMbertly then ray voice ia heard, MaglhC with that of tha soring bird, Whaffiagcth abroad Mt matins loud, A»hc frashetb his wing la the cold grey cloud. Bat whra evening has quitted her chittaring yew, tkoorety lying and weaving anew Her deahy meshes o'er land and aaa, Hoar gaotiy, ah. sleep! fell tbe poppies on ms; fori drinh watar, para, clear and bright, Aad my dreams are of Heaven thq lire long night. Sefaemh for thee,water! bomb, hurrah! Thai Mt silver and geld, than ait riba ad aad star Honrah fer bright water, hurrah, hurrah! From At Providence Journal.. A DECLARATION OF LOVE. M ! am for plain, simple love, without any em* broidery."—BeanaanJ and Fletcher. M A felrfeee will wither; a full eya wiD wan hol lows bat a good heart is tba sun and moon; for it •Mara bright and never changes."—Skaksptari. I Java thee! but I do not thiah Tfty fens ia perfect grere. Her that the charms of Veaos dwell Ia tha features of iby feoa: I lava rime! bat I thiah I've seen A amaHw feat thaa thlae. . I aim thiah I've aaaa bafera Ae ankle machinate fine. ' I lava thaa! bat a brighter eye, A rwddior cheek I*va known, A whiter forehead, aad a moath J,f. Mach prettier then thine own; I love thaa! boil know I've seen A whiter arch aad bead. Awlgremcsthatmora lightly wnved. Wbaa by the breezes Canoed. IbHlh.! btoldoBotncra Te Sauer thee, aad swear v . Thee thoa art perfect end divine, Wbaa T don't Uriah 700 eras ' Ilaveibee! Betiftlmamj love Post oeere, I—rer do latoad M plan aad die fer thaa; Aad yet I love than too. From the Southern Patriot. !7fA inst. HEALTH OK THE C1TV. Tha occurrence of a few cases i f yellow fever In our dorks Uil. season, announced without those os. planations which tho circumstaores accompanyng them would noata to have required, has given rise to so much esaggaiation and unfounded alarm, that waooa It to ourselves to investigate the origin of this local aul limited epidemic. If the sourer* art such, arising from tl* m«nn**r our wharves havo been filled up, or from the condition of the drains feeding into tho docks, a* may admit of pro ducing estrnsive sickness at other seasons more propitious for the production of malaria, let na clear* ly understand, il po.sible, the csu-e»«f this local malady. If toe drain* nrrumulate the mrrrials of putrescence at their out rt», which readily ferment under n hot suu, or if the whatves *iro ociarionnlly filled up whh tlie offal of the strrrt*. containing large quantities *.f vegetable remains in a state of decomposition, it i« readily to Iv* r mreived that the furinaiion generally ol our streets, in the same manner, and tli*: state of the drains, il they lend to tbe same rood*, in varimi* pan ion* of the ri*y must produce fatal consequence. to its health, in proper- tion to the d-greeol.olarheiit and the other circuit)- stai.ct.-s that favor tire decotnpo.it i oi nnd pul refac tion id vegeinule ni illur, In seeking tho souices, therefore, nl this 1 >c il fever, wn ure, «<n principles of anslorirnl inquiry, discovering tho nrgin of ilioie more ckioiu.ve epidemics who It have in past pe riod* vi.ned our city. We havo noticed io a previous nmuh'-r of diis pa lter that it is no loss nnpliilnsopliicul thou filse to .•urselves and the interests of humanity, to fold our arms in apathy, and say lint iho origin ofe| I forni- cnl fevor iii Chnil.Mloo, win-tlier l»oil 01 general 111 (T-ctr, is uinnng tlm nrenna of nature, and im- peimtnb o to inquiry. We sio hound to inw.tigntu all iho rireumsiances mnnir.ied wills this apparent mystery, tint we may know in what d/ednm to ainploy our unergj. s, mi l mu wu*in 1I1- tieamre of thn city in seeking to improve it. health. Wc are satisfied that lint great souine# of epidemics ill Charleston are within and ahont ng, nod ti nt they e coeval miiIi wiiat is mucalit-d its improvement. IVhen we trace hirtorira ly the presence in Charleston of the fat .1 epidemic of yellow fever, we find that its appnarun 0 d 11 let from thu period that tho margin* of tho creek* and marshes by w hich it was luu-i secieil becalm* places of pnrmi* trent resiJonco—in oilier words, from tlm jm-iod almost that it wa* fiiuinlod. Wo liml tho interval ofits absence to correspond, niter iho greater purl of these had been filled up, must exactly with thusu pet bids that suspended what was called its improve- raouu—namely, tho civsti m of new land un its dif ferent hot dew, particuluily East ami West, with tlm extension of,in wharves and the sudden influx of n new population of strangers. from 1700 to 1748 this epidemic appeared in Charleston at lunger and shorter innrvafe, lor there can Ire no doubt that the disorder described *® * pestilence in 1700, nnd subsequently by thn early Mudical hisiornn., wa. il.uyeliuw fever. In 1781 a new ora asiti* callnd, commnncrd of this disoidor. It appeared with fewer annual inlermi*- limn in ihe first period ofits occurrence. it occurred eleven limes ueiween 1702 nnd l«i)7, in firuien yeais, while it appeared uniy five limes in tho first period. This d IT renew is no doubt attri butable to the causes ju\t indicated-—to wit, the rapid extension of city improvements, by the forma- tion of new laud in an impriqiur manner, und thn ioflax or a new population fur Urn purposes of com- trustee, tlm federal constitution having ji.»t been adopted. This rapid formaiioii of new land, re quired lor purpo.es of trade, and to arcomm ala r an Increasing population, within lis t no less rapid augmentation of that population, wi-10 circum stances of imultaiieons occui rrme. In tho mine m inner, if wo irucudownhistorieilly to later times, the periods of iis occurrence mill ces sation, we will find ilium connoc rd with eras of what is callnd improvement ami the introduction of largo numbers ul stringers. Thus, but ween IH07 and 1817, a period of stagnation in unde, from our restrictive measures nod the war, there were no in ducements presented for tho visits of strangers,mil no sufficient motive* to prosocu q th ree improve. inent«. llut on the return of peace 1 he epidemic re appeared with another influx of strangers, necoin- paniud, of court*, with tho enlargement of the sour ces of epidemical tliscusu in the extension ol oui ini- prove moots. Now, if we had made our city improvements in a due manner, it ia iinjimsilrlM, wo tlunU, that we should have had th--s» repeated periodical visits ot disease notwithstanding ill 1 presence ol n great number of stranger* at different periods,ns subject* of it. If we added to the soil of Charleston, ami constiucted uur wharves by thn use of pnqa-r malt- rials, it is Inconceivable that the souiees of this di*- • ase could have b cn engendered. Uni tve buvo futmerl our ducks of urge qn unities of alluvion, .ml our street* of still Irrger qiimtilios of pine wood, combined with putril) ing ego ablo iim'erials, while we have constructed uur c liar* in such a manner that we have constantly exposed to tba uoii.in of those causes which invariable produce muphit c ex halation*, a ntoistnud dump surface. Tiuvec.iu-e-, united, arc suilicinut to rt-ndor any city inlicoltby largtdy subject, ns ouis is, to the united influ nee ol heat a id moisture. Tli- qmmtity of those gases, combined with moisture, most ib-sn active to life, extricated from a moist and damp stirfi.ee, ami core centrat-ni near it during the night, for during th-dav they are diffused by the solar hunt, is, of course, in proportion te that surfu- e. Tho number of imfloor- ed cellnrs in Chnrluston is vory great, and those wlm perceive the benefits of covering such a moist and wet surface a* our streets presented,by paving litem, mu«t be sensible how extensive a cause of miasma- tic exhallntiinu >s nil'oiled by ourrel'or*. 11 v par ity of reasoning, die inure wo diminish the quantity of moisture in our street* and on all low land-, either by draining them nr filling them up with pen. per materials, tho more certainly will wo diminish he causes of our faiai lover-, licre, therefore, lie thegreai lesourccsofourepid.-tnx. ; hry uro with in and about us. They are daily nourished by our manner of constiucting om whirves, in reclaiming or making land, by exposing a new surface of dorav- ed and decaying mrerials, composed of wood and vegetable matur, 10 the ii.flucn«o of thorn cause whirh have been found in a l countries, under «dm : Ur circumstances, to be prolific of dis-nse. Tliesc view* w iii be enlarged upon and . xtended. NEW ORLEANS, July 16. Faon Texas.—Tbe arrival of the steamer Co lumbia, last night, puts us in prstession ol’ news from Texas to the IOth inst., of which the following a principal ailed in Houston. 1 items. IImM 6cImiin OwiTiV. DMU liW, Stw,l6U| r-wiW wlrii Uw [Hu Of. mm mi mUt ml*i i nM6.l6SMM.ni AUWWrSPBcZIsTTtOS. Ft/riftlsflfr may be considered the Some sickness prevail. It was reported that an army of 4000 Mexicans had advanced to Mataworas.' This intelligence madolittlo impression on the minds of the Texians, whose attention was principally turned to the Indi- an frontier. A largo body of Texiuu*, regular vo|- unb-ers, and militia, had inarched to the Northern frontW, where it was under-to«><l Indian parties front 20 tribes were about to meo; them. The 1 suh was expected anxiously. The Tcxinns, it w -* !J were determined to compel the Indian, to on tho Northern counties, and it was thought ute savages would give battle rather >han consent. « e shall not know the rc.uit of ibis muetiiu; fur some weeks. M«>ra than one thousand persons nre suid to have already squatted on the site of tho new capital of Texas on thn Colorado; und it was thought the competition would be very great at the approaching sale of the lots. “ 6 The eititens of Houston appear to have had a very serious brush with tho gamblers. It is said the cotton crop of Kuuem Texas will this year fall little short of 2d,fell) bales. Besidos the marauding parties of Comancbcs .... Ute Western fron ior. tho trade between Texas and the country feyond Rio Grando del Norte is now satdjo suffer from the depredations offend pirates, or armed binds of white men, who plunder alike Tp ‘ ,4n »» w ben tho oprrortunity offers. The Houston Star of the 10th stoat, say,; M Colonel Karnes arrived in this city oo Saturday, .the lQih inst, from San Antoni. He bring* no news of particular importance. I’arties of Indians ocourouxlly make their appearance in the neighbor hood of Bexar; but do comparatively little damage except nt tbe way of plunder. It seems that the white ‘fend pirates” are much more troubfesomo than aay of oar enemfes. One of the worst features us their robberies is that Urey are principally con- need to Mexican traderi, between whom and our ekitoma. Congress, at its last session, attempted to rnctmngo trade. They are by no means particu lar, however—anything in the way uf plunder is ac- eeptobfe. We leera that a company is about bring raised lo proceed to the West, to preserve the cill- sene and traders from further violence.” Correependtnct 0/ the V. 8. date tie. V. 8. Frigate Const! tut ion, near Vera Crux, ) MEXICO, June IDih, 1880. \ My Dear fir—What e discovery the erf of wri ting! the pee, the ink, the paper, and the min i mol* capable ut 1tea them! svbst • g lor feu* blessing, that mao m a distant lend oao onr, as I lkv« do, in great storerfty—I take pleasure in saving to yeu, hat we art feed here *ei the Hthiest. ail writ, ftaJ* hm were earisnegod hetneM thfe *Mf, nnd the city of Vera Crux; a customary thing with oatiuua holding fiiendly fetercoursa with each other. The lion. Mr. Ellia waa landed this morning, with the national hunura u.ual on such occasions— a salute of 17 gun*, and manning thu yard*, jriih the crew nicely dressed in white, and standing up on thayarrj*, supported bv the life lines, while the salute is being fired. He was accompanied on there hy Commodai* CUxtnn, and live uf the Lieutenants as Ids aids, or suite. There were three boats fitted up in the In st man-of-war style} the first with Judge Kldt, Commodore Cfextoii, and the Klug Liv-uienan 5 the seoond, lour Lieutemrnts of the ship; Urn third two of tho '• young gentle men,” (this is thu man of war title for tin.- midship men ) Oh landing at the quay, they were received by the American Consul and the American mer chants, from whence we passt-d sip *rs tho residence ol* Mr. A. and received his hiwpMuliiy in a gins* of Wine. At this place, unr nimbler was waited on by the Aid of tho Governor, and was tendered n guard rfhonor, for the protection of tua person and property, und to escoit him to the city of Mexico. Tlih is one of thuso civil things -vliicii tend to give evidence of the friund y feeli ig* that ;r • entertain ed f rushy tho Mexicnn govermnen , for, rluuti- less, Genernl Virturialiad Ins ins ructions from hi* government, and corning from a m»n liku General Victoria, who, it will ho remembered, wm* tlie first I'rcshh m ni itie .Mexican Republic, and the only one that ins served out his lull term, it is hut rea sonable to lo-fi -vo there was ni'ieli sinceriiy in If. Hv i« *nid to have been placed in Ills pre-oat por tion, lor bis low, knowledge, nnd siHtesmnnliko qiiuldirntious, as well 11- fir bis gallant bearing ns a sold.fr. I wn< present ill the nlfin.nl interview ofniir .Minister mid Cutroiiodoro with the Gioeruor, nml can theiei'oto tell y.iii lint I was lavniuhly im pressed with tlm various nmiino* of the iiimii}. he is about5 fed 9 or JO inches liigli, with 11 stu»p ins walk.(i -.rusiuio d by lameness in one leg, -omc fel *o (JO years ol age, *j |i a fiunln-n-l, w<-|| cover ed a ilh richioiling locks of Idio-lt lini-*. -o newbut blein bed l»y the Uiui y sonny day* of 11 irop cul eli- male, and iho lii'iguosofwnr mid diplomacy. ’J’hcs romhiiiaiiuii* are enough to produce the knitted hrow nnd wrinkled front on any man, who bus liv ed to the age of 00 years o; more. The inti rvimv between Judge Kills, C'nuinio loro Claxton, und Gon. Victoriu, wot vory graidying, leaving nn im pression on my uiiodthat.Mexico was nu Inmoiuhle debtor, and (bat »he would pay to uur cili/ens, (lirnugh thu Gov,-rntnanl, all ju*t claims tit y have against her. When fully satisfiud uf tin* jusiice of lllff claim*, i «J -ul*t not hut thm speedy arnruge- mentt w.|| bo maJo for lists liquij.oion of ihnm, and the adjustment of nil d. (Terences. Then will come a renewal of all those friendly relation* which should ex H hot ween lliotwo Repuhlies, and wliicb Wouol tend *0 much to thu interests ol built coun tries. After tlm interview wo returned to tit- lodgings nfJudgo Klli-, took our leave of Idm, and returned lutlni ship. Judge K. • xpresxed himself m mo in wat tn let in* mt tit.* pleasures of tho passage from New York, and the continu 'd kinlnosses nml at tenlion lie hud roceivid. 1 cannot but any to you, that 1 wa* veiy niucli plen-ed with the judge—a gentlem in of eh-g.mt manners, ami agreeable in cunvorsaliun—just sticli a minister ns i« evmy way •‘•riled to make a passage in a iniin-of-w ur pleasant lo Idin-elf, nnd agrerul.je to*ail. [From the VttuviUe Pioneer,] Our readers will recoil, ct tliot in the Pioneer of tho22d Ko'.riiHry last, wo puhlidr d tile quiirteily report of 1 ho President of ih.. linurd of Cormni*- sinner* of die Western und Atlantic Radio ids for the fourth qo liter ofilie year Inst past, iq wltieh the piobaMItly is suggested, tliut the grading of the lust division of the road would ho uflero.i to IdJders jt« early as the month of May of the present year. Tlw remotest time mentioned in this repori buy. ing elapsed, and no advert aenteut* lor nroposn's ba» ing appeared, n spirit of enquiry into the cutises of failure, uttemleJ with fro mgs of dbtippniutnt -nt, lit* keen awakened: ami regarding it us a duty in- eidnitto tlio KJitorial rc!a ion, to serk und distem- innte oxp'a mil ions calculated to satisfy 11 ruiiomil timl riglnful curiosity, we hnve tuk-n tho proper slept in this case In obtain the infot mill ton, which wo now lay lailhro our readers, ami which, vvotruvt, w 11 remove nil d>.ubl and suspense in relation to this subject. At the date ofihut report, the rum- misdoiiers wore nnl omdtled to foresee tho extraor dinary fuvnritldennss of thu eaily momhs nl'tin. present year, for operations on thu road, nnd tha consequent muiunted rnto o r execution und expeit- dituret nor were they aide to are an far iutoiltuef- I'eclsoflho poeuniitry di-tres* of tho eoiimry it* to ex|iect tho Central Hank to prove uiuiblo, as it has doit -, to muku such collect ions n* would enable it to nt.'ot any do minds which might ho in idn siji.hi it under pr-ivi-imi* of the low foi this liruneli tlio public service. Il is llicu lo ovcula unlhivsr nml lieyoiid tho control of tlio ominii-d u'er* iliut we miKt truce the disappointtn -n*. Tlio Ci Hunk having offenled thorn lur le*s niil than was expected, ilieir piincqial reliance is upon tho sole of Slate scrip, which, with u trifling exeetuion Ims not yet lieon olfo -ted. Yet, by vigilance ami ac tivity in tho rxeiciio of all their disen-tiou—by doing nil thut they rouhl on this side tin* All mt'c, nml on the other they have so far prevented, nml will, wo trust, lina'ly prevent any suspeudon nftlie work ontliui p 111 of the line already under con rucl. Admonished by these etuliurrii*sineiil«, (ho Com- mi«sioners determinud, n* appear* front lit • f.illow- ing letter from Dr. Ilamilioit to Maj. Crawford, to incur no more liuhilities by n.Uruional letting* ■ r otherwise, until they shall he inuctmd possession *.f ad quutofun Is f..r iho felll m 111 of their contract. Such a detenniuntion appear* to necotd with the dictates of common prudence aul to he abtolutuly necessary 10 tlie pro ervntiou of harmony on the line. This letter also discloses to some extent Iho road beyond the limits of our own territory; ami what ever may be tho effect offals argument*upon nth r* wo at least are prepared to admit that it must ho a wa«te of treasure to incur the cost when out end. can be answered vv idtont it C*3SVtt.t.x, Fehuary 26. I83f>. Svir—As soon as I become nrqualn’ted with tlm lattti'ti,<rovidencu oft he |.-gi*| tiure a* it appears in the exhausted state of the Central Bank ami of thu Ire.isury 5 and which is likely to embarrass the Comm:*, one,.ofthe Western and Atlont c Rad Hoad. I determined to invite tlio attention of tho B.ixrd in good iim* to the expediency of deferring o"rc uitemplate i lotting* until weehull have eeitain. O’ owr control ample fends for udditiu mlcuit- tr ict»: and of applying our remaining means with the utmost economy and energy to tho prosecution of the work un iho one hundred miles of tho lino now under conti act. I was therefore glad tape- coive in your* of tho 21st that you w- ro prep .te.l to approve «uch a moa-uro. Indeed I concur with you felly in the conviction that •• it is bettor to do a little c rtniniy and reputably than to attempt too much.” It inoruovur appears tn mo that if only thu* much of tho nad were coiupletoduiid uur cars were in motion, the Stato wouW liave secured ova ry e ject of primary importance—* hut .ho would have loft uniouo-hu would huvo created irro.isii- bin motives in uthms to do. Before il l>o •am.* tny duly to give my attention to tho Siotu’s in: crest in tho consiruetion of rite Wrotorn and Atlantic Rn I road, and before nty Into tour to Tenn -skoe, I had termed no very lUlioito conception of Mat economy which would do neith er more nor loss thou would nccnmplLh the obi ct of this enterprise. I wa* therefore uupicpatvd pi- ther to call in quostion any part ofits p liry or to apptv.vo any nviuure that did not looktoavigoians prosecuiimt’of tho whole work without rogatd cost. But having now formed more cornet vim.. •*f iho geographical tclathms and the ueccssiiie* of he West and of the pltysical feutuies of that psrri- cuhr region into winch tlie Legislature content- plsie* extending the roa I, 1 am ready to confess that l cannot very clearly see the necessity ofextend- ing this road, by State means, beyond tho limits of our own territory. Thore are companies already incut pirated lorconsiruotingu Rail Road from Ros-' Landing the extreme west and from Knoxville thu extreme ea.t, to unite with ours , and if th->se com- pstiies should determine the construction ofthe-e roads it to be a proli'ablo investment of capital, they will certainly construct tltoin. If unprofitable Georgia baa no uto for them. It appears to bo pro bable that the profits on Uto main trunk will bo a direct ratio to the number of branches or substitute* for them, and in an inverse ratio to tho length of the lute carried on to an extent that commands brandies. Then the proportion of profit to cost being gruutor on tlio •liorter road than the longer ono, it would •own to be needless fur the State to spoud upward* uf eight hundred thousand dollars in a prolongation that can only have the effect of a brand, eetxiciaJly wlten the shorter lino secures to Iter tho benefit u( Atlantic Kailrofti were to bn completed na farther forth than some point in tynrrsy county suitable for the converging of the above contemplat'd branch roads, and these broiirhns wrre ncvrrcnustiuctrd, their office would of necessity be |ierfnrmed by wagons, carts, pleasure carriage* and stag*.**, and onr r.mil so for as this Suite Is concerned would an swer all iboends proposed—It would attract afeiut the some travel nnd tramp'Tint Ion without a pro longation or brunches a* with them; and this mur ium t conceive tube just a* tiuo as it is that mo tives of intarest regulate tbe conduct of men nnd determine tli.-m In » elinice of way* tn adopt that which is ebi-upcit, shortest end best. If a merchant of Tennu»s*e now seos hi* interest in tinn*n‘*rting gieel* from thn ms'keis below, throush theCJe .rgia Railirnd to the derHit nt Cmwf»rdviUe and thence by wagon* homo, lie would doubtless avuil himself of a continuous line nf Ibiilroiid thut would carry his goods two hundred and forty mile* nearer home and shorten the distance of transportation hv so- guns, by thn name number of miles; und this he rould certainly rlo if tho Georgia Railroad were completed 10 onr terminus in DeKalb, and ours eompl ted to tho northern end of our lute letting in Murny. Reqveilullv, THOMAS HAMILTON. Jor.L CHAWrnttO, E*q. I'res’t. Board Comm'r* W. it A. R. R. CENTRAL HAIL ROAD. We havo jmt fond the pleasure »f riding over firt miles of this splendid ro*d, on n short trip to the iincfom riiy nft tgleihorpc. We were hiehlv plei.se I with tho iippeaiuuca nf the work—lliu Road is firm nnd durable, und l < Loc-.motives and Cars are of the mn«i approved const ruction- Tlm Comp my ur.- progressing steadily nml rv pidlv i»i their wiv to llii* city. Hundred* u! Iidiureis are bincly employiil along on 'he line, 1 hr-twin? up emhr’ik-nem* tir in iking excavation*, is tli* until.* o' lliec*tuiiity.lein:in«ls.—Many other* mo enga *td in th- «*ip.*r.trii**tnre. I« v.-IUiijj tho timbers, nil I laving du.vn the rail*. S.iventl miles above tlm present <1* pot are already completed. Tlio Company expects to have soma 25 or 30 mile* furth- r « f the Ifoul in operation by the 20th of l)i-i-i*riihi*i next—and that in *wo yen is 1 here after, tbo whole linn I will bi*c>Miiplet**d to .Macon! Till* Ro'ul i« ulieiirly recniviug a e*m-M**mb|o pt.riioo of tint Northern nnd S tillborn travel— t*nve|lrr« going fron Alabama to N. York or Charleston, call gt» as expeditiously, und at a smaller expense, by way of M trim nnd Suronimli, tliun hy Greene.Iior-t, and Augusta.—Many of oar merrhtots a*c urdorbig their goals this summer, by Savannah nnd iheConuul Rail Hood.—Macon Telegraph, 23rJ inti. O" Thu following moil aurpiising intellipoiicn will tuunni-h our r»nders .— [ Cor re/fioiiJ<-nee of the Char. Courier.] Washington. July IH, 1839. After a protruded silonce—poll tonga inlerval/o —I resume nty |h>u to give y.»i* the suosinncu uf n leporl which bn* for some dnys ngiia'od niiru-ually atoienl rommuniiy. A doep mystery bus b therm involved tin* fare of iho Hornet, which was siippoH- ed to havo foundered, joais ago, in n gale} nnd eve-, ry circurn*iui>c*', h-iwover Im,.reliable, wlifoh relat ed to her position, when I i«t scan, lias b en ferret ed out nnd narrated, wirii a degree of mi aiteiiuss which evincu tin- deep I’ ul.ng which, lo iliisday, exisis in relation to Iter line. A new nml startling light lint h. on suddenly east upon the my-tery, by th>* oflei of an individual to exhibit pro..Is that tliis ill-lat* d vessel outlived the gale, in which il wasbe- lieved timl rim perished, und met her du-triiciiou from ruuniie* inoro cruel than me eleinunts. Tlm tiumo of 1 m* individual it w.m.d huolivi.ni*ly inipro- per to publi-h until his story shall have a-*um.*d u in.iro deli'iin* and aitihnniie foiui.aiid tli.* testimony, by which it is to b • established, *b i.lhuve been oh- mined. The amount of tlm iti*cl-i*uio l.ute nude is that, ufinr passing through the g *>e, in * tfoiy her mugazine was fired by conspirator*, 1-r l*c l to . Heel this dinlmliral purpose by tlie bond of a foreign go- vernn.ctit, and that-1HU bravn men weio ihhs in- Htaiiiiiticoiisly billried intoetetnity, in a moment of 1 ni ire seli-.ecuriiy, mid wbtlu tlio intoiclmngn of cougrniulutioiis fur their preservation fr.ni tin* prey of wind and wave was yet iinliuish d. Ilu who v - iuntitrilyeontetforwurdtu make this disclosure sl.ites lit :t liu was 110 himself present ut tho caiiislroplin; bin that a f ienJ was there; it.nl fm tlti irioud no re- i|..iro* pardon in the estiililfolmiout ot ilia truth of in* s uem-nt. lieulsoasks for u pecuniary reward f*ir liiinndl'. The evulonre on w hich Im proposes to *****nbltslltoteliicls 1* iho pr.alllOlloliol the ship's logdv.uk up to do* moment of the eiitasiru.dt*, mid ul*.iof 1 tin private 1-lhT* of tin* oificur*. with oilier testimony ul n eiirroborativa* canraclei. Tho sab- ject i.« now bolbre thn Navy Btnr.l, and bit- I il in iVq'im t ural long .lo ibeitt ion. Iim they will not lie aide to come lit any oo .c.ii ion us to the condi tions required by tlm 1t1f.11 ni mt. Iud>*e I thov li tve tm aiiilio itv vested 111 tlintii to m ikuslipoluti ns of it pecuniary nature. It is said Hint tli- President im* been written toon thu subject,ami that tho til- pi codings in the ca*«i -HI depend on his irmly. Toe ma.nher. oftlm B mid are i.,eli.. 0 l to uti.ieh ini.ioriun.i* to lh i siaieincni of this mu ems q*n*tiee of some private cominuaieution wit ch ho has nude concerning t ie tno ive lo thn iustiga- thill of this .Iwfil .Oiirnge, which motive limy deem s iiisfnclory .rod surtwiei.t. For the .ake of human- itv and t r the sa-t*. I ourc.iuaiiy, it j. t.r.eIj .iw.I rim: nuelfi.t will he sp ro.l lo elucid ilo the whole of tiiia atiati} aad. Im the con*eqii‘*nen- wit it thov may, to work retribution in those hy whom lid’ sclio.ne wa* planned, and by whoso lull nonce il rnrri d into effect. Fiat jut!ilia, pereat mundut. many company branches as thn longer one t and im ion the profiublctMi** of Railroad .Stocks does rvil xpjwar to bn sufficiently eswMlshod io justify "" J*’ *)' ^n-owing cspiul to conslroct these wofe ‘'te demands of the gate’s own con The dtat« of Oeorgia emild imt refuse a eour- 22 Z".7 , L rv0m W *'"""l l **nily ( the tight of granted to th# shave com* pwK eMMfelJy a* the hue of Tvewssee is under. SK2 ^ Nriner in esrh to tl M .mount of half •ere .foully ui fell ihort, end i| M WerierR xrJ Accidents in Potion Ihrbor.—We havo fre quently had 11 r c-n.l accident* of u fetal character w hich havo occurred in Bust n Harbor, by the cap suing nf pail boats, &c.nn Sunday; and on tunny avc uinis it is to be wish d tit t tbe reprehensible habit n| boat sailing on the Sabbath would become nhodetu. \ o*tcr l iy was n day unusually prolific in accident-—same of a mol uich'.ly characier. Tlti- wa* principally owing 10 tlteri-ing ufa Itouvy squad from th*< S .iithwest, about 2 ochi- k, P..M-, which mged fora sh"rt time with great vi.. unco. Wo co py tit** fnll.iwiiigfr.ini th" Arias: " Af tri'ijf qo tiled and seven lives saved ^ Yes* t**rday m..ruing, Cupt. Sturgis, of the revenuo cuifor Hamilton, wi* e dlcd upon to go down to Nantuskct rends, and quell a mutiny on hoard the brig Argali, which duty he attended to with the 111 moat promptness nnd the crow of the brig, hy ills iutcrierviice were persuaded to peifoim their dmy. Un th« return of tlm l.febont in the afternoon, 11 after she had passed the fort, there cunte up u violent sipinll o| wind nn.l rain, and th 10 was a peifi-ct tempo-t upun tho water. Imhu midst nl tlm tompoit, a amnli hunt was seen ut a distance entirely unmanageable, the sails being dishevelled, and sin* filling with water, ami the eitc# ol those on hoard were very |.. u l fin assistance. Captain Suirgi* immediately ..r lered hi* life-bnut tube piil.od lor the sinkiii;.fomi, xml sevott lmy» wore tuken from her, and ihussawd form a watery gtave. 7 Tit- irnarnus are Nicl.nlns Bulger, aged 7; I’a trick Mulkuy, aged H; Patrick Su Itvitn, m*rd Id; JjhoRyaa, aged lljGao. Driscoll, aged Id; G.o. Lynn, age*| i2; und Joan Lynch, agud 11. They stated that they hr, | hired the boat nf a man 111 Brood street fora pleasure sail,-and thut the u*m,»e»t ea-ne upon timm so suddenly thatthoy had no control of tho •»* *ut. Capi. Sturgis has olien been mnutinned for his s. rxi ms to our m rraiitilc cominuititv, bur his phi- I anthropic aciion in saving tho lives of so many per- son.. Will entitle him to the notice of tho Hum tno Society. Soon after the occurrence detailed almvo, Capt. Sturgis r. reived infot*-nation that n sail boat be longing to tho navy yard had bcenc.ip«i«.*d in Black Hock channel, and several of the moil drowned. W1 th that uhu ruy io rend, r asristance to his follow man in distress, whvlii* charucteristic of that uc- live officer, he ordered tlm life boat to bo manned; and proceedtol down the Itariior. u distance of six miles, to the Great Brewster, near which place the accident happened. It seem* that tlm boat hud on board six men, five of whoit lielunged to the now yard—including John McNelly, tha boatswain of Uw yard. Mr. McNelly and three men werediown- rd—two only of the men escaped from a waterv grave. The body of Mr. McNally wt« afterwards picked up, and ennveyrd to the navy yard alnnit onuu'.’liHsk last nigbt by Cspt Sturgis Mr. McNelly was 57 years of age. The other three person* drowned were James B. Doming and John Siing.*r,8etmrn, and Sylvester Blond, a brotltei-iii-law of Mr. Me- Nolly, belonging to Windsor, Vt. age I 45. Mr. llluud* has I ft a wife and tun children tu mourn over this unfortunate eveat. W* learn alsu that the pleasure boat Teaser, with six mrn tut board, was oaminnl in a squall yestsr- day aftvrnojn, near Apple Island. One man, named Wing, atiempllng to swim ashore, was drowned— the others were picket! up while clin|ing*to the bust, hy a fishing sehmmer belonging to Gloucester, /lotion Hi non'Us Journal, It U mM the Cotton crop of Kasurn Texas will tills yrat fall Ilu Is short or 30,000 bsU<« POST OFFICES IN GEORGIA. The following post office* Lave jieen discontinu ed : Line Level, Crawford County. Bruomtown Vulfey, Floyd County. Chs|ie| Hill, Twigs County. Tbe following post masters have been appointed: Wm. Stafford, Florence, Stow aul County Wm.S. Underwood, Cross Plains, Murray Coun ty- Hawkins F. Price, fylijjqy, Gilmar County. From Ike ffrdford F.nqnirer. NARRATIVE OF THE ESCAPE OF CAPT. JOHN HOLLIDAY. nr Tlie KKV. 1MYNARD H. HAM- Tlio fulliiwiug narrative was given tu (be writer, at bis request, by Capt. John Holliday of the Tcxian army, during Iris' recent visit to bis relatives ui Bed ford. Tho Hccouiil,u*pociully of his own purilou- ad- v- ntures ought not. in the opinion of mni.y ostimablo person*, to iio confined within the circle of the Cap tain's friends and connexions; il is therefore, now placed before thu public, affording unotherillustm- timt of a frequent remark, "that nothing is of tin more unlike the truth, than the truth itself ■" Un the first day uf tho year 1830, after the sur render of the Mexican General Cut at Alamo, a di vision "f tho Texian troops under Colonel Grant and Maj. Morris, inarched down the Sail Antonio and ••ms <mped ul Goliad. Remaining here one work for orders, they set out lot the main object of the expedition—die *i--go of Muiamoras 0:1 the Rio Grand*:; but informed that Col. Funuin would land ut Coiutnu B iy with valuable reinforcements they halted it tbe Mission Reftyi • 011 tho Mission River. Hero in ii*o un unhappy dispute, u leading cause of ull tlm dis <stors that followed. One party with Col. JiiIiiivoi and Cnl. Giant ut their bead w ished to proceed to .Matuntorus without uuy reinfoicements, whilst niiotimr party wished tn awnit the urrivul of Fannin; *0 that finding themselves tin >ble to agree, the fuircs were nh.111! equally divided, half setting off for the Rio Grando Mill the "liter half remaining at (lie Mi*sion Refugio. Capt. Holliday, then u private, belonged to the fetter number. At tin* arrival of Fnuuili be was elected Colonel nf the eoinhinud diri-ion, now- iiinminting to about •I5i) moil. But his troop* were lint dustined to mar- h to tho siege of Muiuinorus; for wh -11 Johnson und G111 nt arrived nt St. Putricunii tiio Ncue.es Ri ver, they feiiml the niiviny upproueltiiig in so great force, that they deemed it prudent to request Col. Fannin that he should send u detai-lunent to guard the U'tillery back to hi* post. Among the thrvo companies that performod tlti* service was youqlp Holliday. Tho siege of Matimnras was now nbaiuloned; and Col. Fnnniii returned to Goliad, where he strengthened tho fort nnd won by reinforcements a life* t" muster about COO soldiers. Ilu received or ders, however, on t 0 15th of Murcli from GJm. Iloj.tonto retreat to Victoria; hut as his instruc tions left hint at liberty to obey or not, It - believed under nil tho circumstances thut it wus belter to uwait the Mexic ms at Goliad. A limit litis time, too, he had sent Captain King wiiii 28 men to rescue an unfortunate filmily of lVxiaus left at the Missouri River, and although in cnmmquciifo of fresh orders from Houston, ho fell inclined to retreat to Viet rin| ho would not commence that rcireut until the re turn of the r- selling party. This il- lay was fatal. The Mexicans, having killed thu tvnulo party under Grant und Johnson, with thu exception of Cui. Johnson himself und three nrivutos, were now advancing upon Goliad flu*hod with repented victories, uud with continually uugenteii forces. Cupt. K ng was immediately at tacked at the Mission und driven into tho churrh; when lie was besieged with his small hand by a large body of tltu t-tt -my. Col. Fannin ni this in formation, dertermined on retreating, would not leave the fo.i until lie bad brought oil' apt. King, lie accordingly despatched Lt. Colonel Ward w.tlt thoG.urgia Battalion to rescue King; giving or ders not to risk 11 battle with the ortumy. Them) or ders however, were imvt impropery disobeyed; nnd in consequence, Ward with l()il men. were taken prisoners, ull of whom perished io the subse quent iniissncree ut Goliad, w'iiilst King and ill* puny were captured ubinil tw. Iv • miles dmvn the river, being tied elbow to elbow were* buiclic cd 011 tlio spot. The situation of Cui. Fannin became then ex- ccotliagly critical, bis numbers being grently I ssen- ed, and the Mexican cavalry having now rail lied his imm.-diuie vicinity. With those Capt. Morion of tho Texian cavalry hud a slight skirin «h on the lltihnf Mnvs-lt: hut no was uu...|.i.||.ut u witri* Hy thu superior force of the enemy. On tho same day im uns'iceessful attempt was made by (.’nl. Fannin to cross the Sun Jancinto; which iiowo«erhi* effect- oil un tho morning oftho 19th with mt any mohretu- tinu, tin* enemy not th-'ti being even in sight. lie hail marched about night miles towards the river Colatln, when tho small division of the cav alry, constituting the rear guard, gave notice of the nnprourli of tlm e.mtny; who, nt the same time, wore* s.i'it by tlio infantry a Ivaiieing, with rapidity; their fmeo a man nt ing to noa.ly 1009, whilst that of tlie Tcxinns amounting to only 850. Tlio Colonel now attempted to reach n small strip of oak timber iifoiut two miles to hi* I li; bur .* on found from tlio trad iness of the nxen baroessed to tlio nrtillery that if be expected to reunlt ihe timber, it ireist bo with the ■«« of his camion. It being th n resolved to fight in the prairie, tbe sma:i •md gallant bund was formed into a hollow square; the baggage in the centre*, and tho cannon so dis posed us lo do the greatest execution. Tho ouotny having surrounded tho Texian* and having fired several discharges of mu*kct*y nt (HJO yard* distance, at length rushed onward' at full sp.-ed, with their cavalry nn tho south, nad their in fantry and Itidiuns on tlio three other «id s, ns if to crush tho diminution company by a single onset; but in this expectation they weroeffecunlly baulked hy a simnliu.teoiis nnd ntnreleroux fire* ffon'i all sides of the squire poured forth with u fair aim and at a httle more ilmu 100 yards. In tho same way every successive attack w M . checked; till about sunset, thn battle having com- ■noticed at 1 o'clock in thn afternoon, tlte Mexican.* rodred; having lost in killed and wounded about 500 men, whilst the others h id Inst only 6 killed nnd 50 wounded. Throwing up .sumo hasty entren-.-hutents thn Tex- inns prepared for an attack in the morning, al though they would have retreated all night, had it not been from the oarnc*t supplication of their wounded; und yot, it is quostu:nublo whether ut this juncture any regular retreat could have been continued, os the enemy during the night were so jreatly reinforced us tomako their effective number nearly 2000. It appeared, too, that the enemy had received some cannon, as tho first salutation upon tho morning of tho 20th, wus tha roar of tho artillery und whistling of balls over the Texian on- •rmi' hment. And to this no suitable answer could be mndo by the artillery of tho lutter, us all tho water accessary to swab the pieces had been pre viously exhausted, and, indeed, their ammunition neuriy expended. In these circuinst.in'*es tho enemy hung out a flag of trace; and us tho foxians despaired oven of any opportunity to cut a way with their woup-ms, or to sell 'hofo lives nt a high price because of the cau.i n of the foe, it was, in cuuucil of war, agreed to sari-ondor upon honorable conditions A parly was therefore held; and at length n treaty wus wriuen both in Spanish und English, was signed hy Col. Fannin, und by Urroaiho Mexican General; according to which, among ■ tit- r matters, the Tex- inns upon -urrendering as prisoners of war, were to retain their side arms, nnd to bo either ro eased or exchanged. This surrender was on Sunday morn ing tho 20th of March. The prisoners were guarded back to Goliad. And hero commenced a treatment designed un doubtedly, to crush the spirits and debilitate the bodies uf the victim-, that there might bo no re sist ince in tho execution of thu tragedy already militated Contrary tn express stipulation, tho prisoners wore required to sirronder their rido arms and threatened with d*»ath in case any knife should, upon searching be found tu have Iwcn conrcalod; they were then all forced, at tho point of the bay- nnot, to engugo in severe and incessant labor; au l even compollod to oat raw, the only sustenance, n scanty portion nf bad beef. They continued until the Saturday closing the week of their imprison- moot. On this day 110 food whatever was allowed, and tho misenthlo victims of buriiarian cruelty, without any susnirion of treachery, actuallycniploy- ed in cleaning their own muskets und bayonets, to bo used tlte next morning in tho butchery. Sunday morning, tho 27th of March, camo;-— a day written in letters of indelible blood on the mommy 01* thn very few who almost miraculously yet survive to look buck on the horror* of Goliad Uu'tug tho previous night, two cannon were secret- Iv p aced, ono on each «ido tho main ontrauce of the fort, so a* to intimidate the prisoners, if they liio'ild. suspecting foul play, eudenvor Ut resist J ami then thn whole company, with tho exception nf the wounded in the hospital, who wore separately destroyed, the whole company comprising those captured with Col. Ward and amounting to about T.l) men were all drawn un in double fifes, extend* ing across tho yard of tho fort, from the cannon at the main gala t„ the opposite wall. Here they were subdivided intu litre* nearly equal divisions, an I then un being ordered to march, thay ware in* formed that tbrir service was necessary to drivo a large herd of cattle into the town; whilst tho pri- (oners little dreamed that they themselves were like cattie, only proceeding to a spot more conve nient for slaughter. The first division as it passed the gato marched directly onward, but tho middle division as it passed, was made tn wheel tu the right, and tbo rear divi sion to the left, nn linos at right angle* with tho Hue ufiho first division; whilst tho Mexican infunuy with loaded muskets, a* each division came out from the fort, fell in on different sides of it in sin gle files, and at tho same time dismounted horse men with sword* drawn, fell in parall-l wjlh cueh line of musketeers. Holliday, wh * was In tho right division, und somewhat surprised at the previous ur- r ingeui -tits, began to fee! greutiv alarmed, us the party suddenly halted aud the Mexicans commen ced fixing huyrnift*} but before he had time to rx- change a word or scarce a look with his dearest comrades, a peal of fire nrms followed by 1 *ud and horrific shrieks from the primmer* in the middle di vision, revonlcd too plainly, the d**ep perfidy of their captors and thu bloody death to he endured. A* if waiting Ibrtlie signal, the Mexicuii noMinr.t on one side passing by it su-t* or two through tli" hit- rval-of t >e foxians to iim other, brought t;.eir gnu* tu tuuc!i tho points ahtM*t grutin4 iho Innlfe* of iho prisoner*; und ulaiost us soon Holliday, in an indescribable nml ulvios; inconccivnhln tigony would close hi* eyes iijiolt the terrifying scon", thu groans umi .brick* of the dcvoied vicriin* were nnsweriiii to th<* fire of the musket* and thrust* of the bayo net*. He opewdlm oyo.q the.dend and tho dying m.*t bis view. Sick and feint, yet di I ho netful; lie wa* even uuhiumed. A single 111*011 mt lie In’sha'ed whether Iw bud better sink to lb" ground nnd Colin leifeil dentil, the next ho wus flying whh instinctive InV" of life und en.*rtty *>f despair inwards tin* hunk ofSa 1 Airuulo. \V 11 rite Ins h *pe .•foHCitpu.about 50 o. 60 affrighted w retches, sun* with, nnd ••lliers well ui w iim I*, whore rushin; towards dilforenl poiiiis of the sain** river pur-ued by tin* infuriated soldiery, by whom nt my were ovnriukun und mur d**red, winLi tho vain crio- nnd plea* for qu trier* wer*drowned in iim veil of the b trhaiinns. Iloiliiiay ui h 10 -t 20 m no dropp ng n« they run their kuupsncks (provioudy urdeied to he car- rie.l, iloohilcss tod day any flight,) und such uliHhul a* could he ili m got oil’, in spite of tliuir eager pur- suets reaelied tin* Sun Antonio in-afaty.and iustun ly pioogiai mio its stromn. Ali did noqliowever nr- rivo ut theoppositn hank »**v. r.ii being killed with hul s us they swum, a* that nut of the wltoli* num ber that entered the water tsitli ilolliday, himself and 0 util ts only lived to conconl ihems '.u** in ihe narrow strip ofbuslies und t.mbcr there skirling ihe r ver. But even this smad number wus in u few •inenislu hecoiuo loss. Sumo c •mpuuioi of tlie Mexican cavalry lind liecn p >sied across tlie riverobnva litis party ulu ford, 10 intercept any who might escape the slaughter,ut iho for:, u* il was must likely the, won! I seok lo ciins*ur this point; accordingly w hen Ilulliiluj nnd his men h"ard the erics uf tin: tnoa murdered in ih .t qiiuilcr, lli-y liicl it* well us tlieycomd ill the cage ol the large prairie heyund tlio wood thm Ita-I ul lir.*i nff.riled thorn .slieitur. Four oftho liitlo put ty* being 100 fir mivitnced beyond the buslm* were espied by thu troopers; who riding up, put them to death before lire eye* of the throe others, better eon- ce iled -n h od in the birdies, but siippo ing 1 lint all bad b*cii discovered and f>r awhile nwuiling tho sumo destruedou. They were not however seen, h"i'*g, Iw.i of them ut least, de-lincd hy Providence lo b Im d once more their far di-lant and native ho oes 1 ho M 'X'Cuim linviii" passed .in to tniurccpt oth er fugitives crossing :lio river *till furihor below,the thr *e survivors, John Holliday, of Holhd ivsbtirg, 1 uniiryl.' .nia.J dm C. Duval, *if Bairdstowu, K**u- lucky, nii l u Mr. Brown,of M icon, Georgia, dives ted ol nil e| *lli:s I'X.mpt shin nml pimtuluous. with* oui either hats »i hIious, run lor ninny miles into the prairie, und then sinking exhausted und •ilBirlued into ili-i grass they lenmiiied w it'iout moving or con versing the ivnia.ml**r of the day. J lint night, however, they mlvontiiivd to trivnlj lying hy 1I10 next diy: and s*» for several successive ■itgli'S and d ry*, subsisting 011 toots nnd laid-; hill us tl*u night* were rainy and dark from cloud*, nt the end oi tin* third and fourth night insi-ad of In-ine fur on thu* way towanls V.ctoriu nr the Gnmli lnp-*, they having wamfore*l in m *re circles, were yet in sound III the reveliu ut Goliad. Greatly alarmed und dispirited at (Ids di-n very, rV r r7: , "y* C ' rd ” W aodstlli Iim strik ing lie u Hiilel *tipe, they determined lo travel by day, hut nit mcitl n.t sum, taught ilium llm d umr mid per..up4 lmp.»*il.ility„f .|,a| course. Just as 1 bey Icli 1 heir concealmeut 4 Mexican iroopera weri discovered riding moug ti.o road aliom 5011 va d* t. thou ,c:t. ih»* party fo I instantly down imo rite 4$rua*} wli.lst iho iro .pm * g,Hoping by wore n.ei i. v aiiiUi.cr, eoiijactnivd to bo mi express fr.*m Vj.*t ,ria to u tJi-iiI ihu wh ile then ba led, nnd duringili.-ir to vers-itiun looked so oft 11 in din diroclion of t o poor wretches in ihe grass,that moreih*.i gave ihomsclves up a* lust, esp. Ii*>r-i*mi*n, ilivro ancciliey hy, us with iho f '• •mall d"g. by wh* •noy I cared being scented mid ferreti.nl out. Bui the Mexican* lifter a "bile, separated without nuv se.nn*ng suspicions, iho four liking towur.ls Go- It nl; yel th< ilir*.e Texian* wore luo th..roiuh- iy uhinned 10 move from iho.r poiture for many lioors About this time I hey succeed".! in liiklinr a few small fishes in a kind of puddle n id devoured tli nt wuh gieui engerno**, haviui* until now rivon imih- 1 F 1,1,1 fi"d* nnd mm,; and indeed, so fmnisliod bad Iboylwiom * lint lli -y fein would havo dev..,.rod even 11 rattlesnake, which I liny sit >rtly after mad.* a v"t» •'•b’mpl to ca.cb. 'i'ho.r Itopos too of better Miiteniinc.! were greatly r.ii-ud on ..no occasion he- fore lhoy re 0*ho I the G nid.-fopi*. I.v n cow ihai ..no duy passed their placo.of eoncealm -nt,followed by a very young calt. Dii* calf ilioy pursued for semn tun.: but it a isily di-tanced it* followers, nnd ih y, lor h ai of being discovered by die Mexicans, wore ob.igcd to ub.iudon the pursuit. Ai Inst on iho morning of tho 8th d iy they roach- ltd Ihu Gaodeliipo just above Vicoriu, having been so long a ti.no in travelling only 25 miles, tln-ir bo- dies Mug feeble, t hoi r foot swoll.-n, a-id ilici. mind* bewildered. Here they remained all duy in great terror, hearing nt interval* th.* d urn* aud fife* of 1 heir enoinio*, now in Vicori 1. Just however, as •light canto aud ihoy o ore thinking uf I avingiiteir concealment to swim the river,a feast of a novel and most revolting nature revived their spirits and strengthened thorn for their labor; a sow with a lit ter of pig* only a few hour* old, came ij»eon*ciati« by, near lhe starving comrad* s, i.y whom four of the broad wore forimiiit. |y .. feed mid instantly devour ed unco iked and even tu tlio lion-** and e.'ir .il*. Nothing occi|. red to interrupt tlm painful mono- tony nt tli** sufferer's lives until after the passngeor the Lu Bus 1. Ou leaving, one evening, thu narrow wood skirting its b ird r, in order to cress u s nail- pin.ne hom.do J on its other side al-ol.y wamllaud, the parly perceived ut a short distauc" several hor ses npparaody so tamo us to induce •» faint hope ih a they con'd he caught u ni rode; but upon com mg sufficiently near whm were iho poor follow.’ urpruo and alarm In fu.<| the harre* tied 10 a tree •y b ur rope*, indicating Mexic urownoi*. The par- i) lus 1 unity crept away through the grass ami con- ce.lud thomsplv"* in tlio prair.o, Brown and Duval m iho .grass, hot II.d Hay, fortunately in tlie hush>*s. In a low nt nmes an old Mexican, upon coming to his h >nu*(, nnd discovering a trail, followed its di rection till Iio came su id nly, and lo th.* surprise of (.Uil. [I Ull..,, U|,... Uru.vi. and Duval. Thn Mvxi- can lit dptmsii dema td.*d who thev wore, und in- siantly accused lim n of a design to'steal his horses. UKt Whilst Duval, who could speak the sumo Inn- gunge, wns trying'° give a snti-factmy account of tbeni-elves, the old man seized Brown who was nearest to h m. und raised a most (iorril.lt* yell.-— Lp >n this Duval ran hack towards tho 1,1 Baca; whdst in answer to the cry, a young and athletic •Mexican armed with a gun and swoidcame tu iho i»‘*i«tanco nl tho old one: and then both going off wi h thu unfortunate Biown, lol l Holliday half doud #*•*' terror undiscovered in iho bushes. *• 1 In ibis dread nil situation ha remain'd^ about hour, sc-irnoly dating to breathe, when the noise being m tillered, the c.iomy was searching for liim. Hu hva* if ilosiitum of lif**. Nearer and nonrer, hut yet as if at'riid nf discovoriog himself, soma one approached the hiding place, aud then a timid voice whispered a low cull. It uttere I his name. Hs vcmuied tu stir—hi* nain.* wa* again called— it was tho voice of Brown. Hdlidiy answered, und two of the comraJe* were onoj more united, when uacb had supposed they should moot no mure. Brown’s account of hi* escape or rather release is briefly this. Hewasuarr.ou by hi*cantor* to a place where ituy hud kindled a fire to cook a part of lh**lr provision* plundered from some deserted hou«o, and there lie waa tied to a tree, prepara tion* lining apparently made to kill him. Butaf- tar soma conversation between themtalvc*, they ro- ImquUhod their purpose, and then eating a heatty Without, howaver, offering any thing to •Wl |.rl..)iH.r, Ihuy Rim from Iho Im, «™ him «fl.r ih-in (ar.ro* l.u.i,|n.| j, •ta. i» Tdnl, fmi.i, iha P rl.. nfr !)„, m ,j, fur Win 111 Wiom. II. Rurri.nl .... .raar.ii.Jl, •« r,.i U hi. Kotii.iiiM waull (Juui, luj an l ,l l 1 — 1 ."!*. |.l.cv»b,™^hrflra.,.. . found lokl. ,mt jay foura.,. ih.t tw I wilird by the Mrnlrnni. Two of thu •till burning that had beenover-* t„—. --n < of these ha instant- te-; 01 "* .»o tortfi-ib hi. starylag comrade* in case lie should succeed In ro- joinmg tham. Hullld.y accordingly (Wd £ Z egg immediately, and when the twocomndN felled ilther f * CnrCb ° f DUYk ’ t,lty U * tfn fi " Ubwl «!»• Greatly umnclated and more than over dispirited Ity ilu loss ot DiivjI, the two reached tbe Colorado. This liver much swollen by recent rains, and run ning lime with a rap'd current, rendered the attempt tn swim on the pnrt uf Brown, who was sirk with n pluri.y, haxurdous in any way, but extrumnly perilous encumbered with even f.-w remiiuing rlothe*. It was, therefore agreed that Holliday, who much stronger und a very cxprrt switrm. r,’ should cio** Aral with his own clothes, and return for Brown's; wIiimi it wna thought, being freed from ad incumbronco'Aiid occasionally assisted, he might land in safety. So rapid, however, was the river tint Holiday was evnied down neatly a quarter of a mild before hugainod the oppuritu bank, upon which iho magninimons and .ill-fund Brown doul.l not allow him t. return, fearing Ids strength should be exhausted and his friend should perish in tbo -lna.il. In this dilemma, repartition or iho qliniiRu of death, they decided on gofer up thr Cvjfc "nrmlu till, p- rhaps, they .hoiild find still'w«fl£ |...r Aflvorai hburs the two thus repnrnlod, condn- .nd in sight of one unother, till nt length a forest nl impel vmiis roito fo.crd Holliday away from tho hank, and w cn after the lapse nf two or three hour* Im again arrived at' the river, his unfortu- nu'i* friend wo*.to where 10 ho see,.. ,nd responded ton. call. WXil.cr drowned in nn attempt to swim the river, 01 dead from dnease nnd famine, nr whether ri.iin I.y ih- Muxleatm, nr plnfeg yet in captivity, front 1 hat hour to the prnsonl he has nuv. r hern sum 01 hi ard from. Alone now, mill io n half frenzied state. Holli day won. towards the river St. Bernard. He now lout, I wild ..iii.iiM in great plenty; but his feet were su •w..llen and Inc. rated, timt fe a whole night’s travelling;fei often advanced no farther than half ,n ' le ‘ 0 ,0 n.oriiing ubnut down us ho wat look ing for moire dim nt ft.itr largo femrs passing In thn mun diateviufehy, •«, terrified him, that ho mndo for an op m space in the timber, where ho found a house which liku ull others pievinnsly entered, hr supposed was destitute of inhabitant*. Into this ho cautiously, after long deliberation, ventured, when the first thing that mnthU ey*s, was a consid- pi able stum of baron, loft by the Texian family in tho hurry of flight. Of 1 his bucon he devoured raw, a quantity sufficient for several persons, nnd then unu do to ied»t tho temptation lo repose offered by the miserable remnant* or a bed in nn adjoining ro.un, lie forgot his tlungnrs and sank into a deep s eop. Hi* sleep was at length most alarmingly broken I.y person* at the b.'d*id<*,Tor upon opening hi* e)os, two negroes un old nml young one wore staring in ids face, encli armed will) a formidable club.—.1 heso were American or Teximi runownys, who addressed him in good English, and told him ’** wni °" M *hat had escaped front Golfed; that n Mexican nriny uf 5,(100 uoro encamped within two mifes; that themselves and others had r* coivodnr- dors* un pain.>f dentil, either to kill or deliver tn ilu: Mexican army any of Funuin'* company with whom they should m et, and that now*, income, qticiice of these oulcr.*, nnd lu revenge the cru elties ufthuii former inasters, llrey intended either to kill him orcurry him to tho camp. A violt-m and hi tody .loath s'-em nmv inovitnbl.; hut <iii| hs u lust hope, poor llollidny hogged most earnestly for mercy. For a long time, however he begged in vain, till ul 1 ngili, in nit agony Iio threw his arm* around the old negro’s neek, and so effec tually i.y Ids tears nii-i earnest cries opomied on his kinder feel mg*, ihnt he consented to let the prisoner escape, provided ho would pay each fivo do I tr*. This hu could nut do, hul he off r d willing ly the tutim'd remnant* of his shirt and trowsrrs, which howov.tr wore 1 erased. A' length ho was rulcasid 011 oil', ring voluntarily to give each $ I0U in case he should over meet with them in more pm-pcnnis circ.um*iacc*; nit agreement tu which Capt llnili.l.y wi l yel gladly stand. At the de p:ir.muot tlio iicgro. s who curried with them nil- the bacon, li.» h.istonml from the hi.u*e and cun- c.enl'd hioiscllin thu woods for several d.ys, in cioi- tmnni drc.ul of lioing discovered by any Mexicait belonging to • lie army. This army, u* ho stile. S'-qneutiy fen run. I wore snldi.ir- fleeing aflei th" dc- feut ot riuu|Jnui"tn. Al.lcup’b ho veimtr.'d one cron- u.g to cross a pari oftlie prairie in wldcli these sol* iluirs had h *011 encamped;hui ii wus a un immln.'iit pcrilut losing hi* lif--. Ju«t u* lie was entering u «malJ wood on 1 III* margin of what seemed to he it lake, a Alex can trooper appeared about CUO yards 10 ihe fell, galloping towards lorn. - B th pim'scd a moment; when Holliday summoning nil hisenergi 1, ran towards tho ivuti-r, happily only h lew yads nff, whilst the Mcxira11K.uk 11 diug.'iial direction Jo iu'erc. pt him; bm ife* pursuer "’waa too Uie, :il hough when ho rouehed the lake lie fired , .l T , y‘ ,, !" ut off «», however, ns it whs nearly durk, nml In. iiiteudcd victim wus almost wholly mini, r-ed in rim water. Tho pursuer now kiudi. d a me within a few rods of tho wr. te.liod Holiilij;' who, oh.iged losii.nd with merely hi. fore out uf iho wm r *or nearly Hit hour, was'roduecd-Xo so greet despair, that once or twice he was mhlio p' lniul uiiowiug himself to he suffncateil; but at utst he contrived to find n aon of relief and better concealment hy clinging to tlm routs of a cypress ticitr bun on 11 srunji Islunil.-In this posture he remained quiet all that night, and tor several hour* me next d iy; when venturing at last to laud, iho . Icxicuii had disappeared, slippering him to -be drowned, or to procure ui<| in .cu.ching f..r him. A mr this narrow escane his skin ,moled from I'D body, which was, inefeed, lit.lo better than a mass ot sores and bruises; whilst his mind beenmo so disordered that he was bewildered a whole day in a swamp near tho river St. Barnard, crossing in tlio afternoon tho very track he had made in the in ruing. i n the swamp ho spent tno, a whole night in the trunk of a fallen tree, almost Hid with grape vines, nnd here, for thu first time, he prayed. n*.t indeed us could havo been wished, for the par* a *n ol his sms, but in tho horror and distraction of his thoughts for immediate quiet death. At la-t, after groat sufferings he crossed the Si. Barnard,, and in a descried house, the first into which he had ventured since his escapn from the nc groc*. he found not indeed fond, of which ho wash search, but an old almanac, thntevonfe Itisdoplora- bio circumstances ho kept for some titno, as ho said, to amuse his mind. Wh m he reached, finally, the river Brazos, ndt for from Columbia his sufferings would soon havo been ended, hid he known the country was pos sessed by his friends, but tho account of the two ne groes, induced him tn fodievc all was in the power of the enemy. Hence when he hcnl the martial music of thu Tcxinns, ho still concealed himself, de termined to ntako every exertion to gt;t into thn United States. Having, therefore, ono evening swnm the Brazos a little below Marion, he saw per sons nr a distance, friends in renlity. but taken for onemios ; upon which ho turned iirft rror down a path on tlte river, almost stumbling in Ids haste over a mo3t Inuthv.mo object, tho putrifyfeg corn* of u Mexican sold or. ... J' The next day lie came to a ro id leading tnwardx Marion. Here he abandoned ull hopes of ever reaching ihe U. State*, wo n to n skeleton, end in short, weary of his mn-t miserable oxistenee, he thought that he would lie in the bushes and surren der to tlio first Mexicnn that passed, trusting for nii.tr or and almost ready 10 moot even a vfolont dcnih. He waited not long b-fora he heard with a hunting heart the appro .r.h of horses. And then ca.rn—v..uld it he possible—the sound of a well known song of his father’s land, and then changing the song to n merry whistling. This Texian was followed at a little distance by another rider similar ly armed and dressed. It would scarcely be possi- Me that those were friend* so unexpected and joyous wus iho deliverance; nnd b.*ce poor Holiday, half afraid that after nil theso rid*rs were only Mexican spies ui disgust) h I lowed iho first man to pxssun- Imi ed; but a* the second one approached, mustering •us resolution tn meet any fata rather than longer en - present life, ho oalled to the rider, and then Mvo m h 7li T* , t .' ,WnrJ< l '. U topping from his hiding place looking .0 li^/ pit* c, made him boliove that hit c .mra lus being! ghastly spectre from the grave, a* togive a moiMh ury fright tu the soldier- ° When mounted at length behiad tha horseman and assured ro.ioau dly and kindly that thev were going to csrry kirn in snfety to his countrymen at Marin 1, his fonlingino longer tube controlled,burst Into tears and cries of tumultous joy; and he waa K«ice abie to answer one of the thousand question*, of his friend, Ho soon reached the town, and thus JdrelhfiLm ,IU 1 rha h “d heard of hour, ty death from the enemy ami savage animals, and other causes from the 27th of March tba morning or iha massacre, until tlm 14th nf May, having boon out more than 40 da s and night*. Among Umfirst to congratulate If nlliday upun his wonderful oscepe rad'J J . l ! V .'i 'J h °u ft#r ‘‘‘5 HU oom- redo* at the La Usoa.and after many hsrdiblpe and •fengors arrived safe at Columbia, many days be fore, and wa« note noarly recovered Irem bia fern- oickly condition. Holliday after being discharged for hie 11 monihe rervico, at the restoration of hi* health entered the •rmy again to serve during the wer ( he waopr* muted at once tu e Captaincy,*n office te eh ch hg