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Ttt ICON OSOROii Ttuetifa 'jJj] .&.&!> 3a From the N- O. Commercial Bullttin April 23 TEXAS.. Substance of information brought by Captain- Thorutou and Jackson, who left the mouth ol tho Brasos river ou the 16ih inst. O u tho 13th iustant Captain Thornton left GoDornl Houston’s army at Croce’s. 21) miles a- bove Sau Felipe. On the evening of the same day Genera! Houston took up a line of inarch to attack n division of tho Mexican army, then rc g irted to be crossing tho Brasos, 30 miles below au Felipe, making their way towards Harris burg and Galve-ton: Gen. Houston had with him 1200 effective men, the number of the enemy estimated at from 3 to 5000 men, mid thought to bo marching in three divi.ions on its way to Har risburg estimated at from 12 to 1500 ineu. Captain Thornton desceuded the river on board the steam boat Yellow Stone: ou passing Sau Felipe he saw a number of tho enemy; aud from tho numbers of animals there, supposed their number* might bo 400 men. On the 15th tho steam boat arrived at Fort Beud—the point where tho enemy were crossing, in number aboui 1200 men ; they were strewed along the bank of tho river for somo distance. The euemy endea vored to stop the boat, fired upou her from a piece of artillery, but missed the boat. They kept up a continued fire from small arms, but dono no in jury either to the crew or boat; her cargo of cot ton had been so placed as to protect all ou hoard. Captain Thornton is of opiuiou that General Houston had a fight whith tho enemy on the 17th or 18; his men were ardent aud coufideut of vic tory. Captniu Thornton saw som-* aud heard of uiiiny families, who had taken refuge iu the c ane brakes of the Brasos bottom, and were in great distress, being entirely destitute of male protectors; those he saw entreated him to make known their situation in this country: husbands aud brothers had taken the field agaiust the ene my, and the women and children sent their pray ers and eutrearies for aid and for voluuteers to go to their rescue. Cap'ain Thornton confirms the account already received of tho massacre of Fannin’* meu, at Goliad, some five or six men !r. m another divi sion had made their escape aud arrived iu the Brasos. Tho follow ing, which we have received from a friend on whose veracity we can placo tho ful lest reliance, places the question ns to the fall of Fatiuiu and his men ou the right footing.— llcnce it appoars, that so far as tho .Mexican state ment went, iu representing the treaty as faith fully kept, up to its date, it was perfectly correct. It appears, however, that tho treaty hitherto * kept without violation, was ou the 8th day of coufinemeui brutally violated, when the whole captured force, amounting, w ith other prisoners, to 407 men, were nsrehed fiora Goliad. Scar cely hr- ’ they roc ed d > r than an horn -<nd a half, avowedi, o !i rout, t,. Copano, when they were startled by afire in Got. F.tuum's direction; on alarm arose amongst the men that the work of slaughter had commenced, aud scarcely had they come to that conclusion, when their own guard, amounting to a large force, suddenly formed and commenced firing by platoons ou the unhappy meu, with such dreadful effect, that iu a short time the whole were cut oil', with the exception of y ung Hadden aud three others, who escaped. For tho remainder of the news conveyed, we refer the reader to the letter itself, which he will .find remarkably interesting. Harrisburg. 7tb April, 1836. Dear Sir This place is now the Seat of Gov ernment of Texas. These are exciting times; every wan now walks with a full heart—mois tened eyes, and compressed lips—indicating his commingled feeliugs of grief and auger. Young Hadden is here; he alone escaped, of all tho forces which were with Col. Fannin. On the J9th alt.. Col. Fannin, who had weakened his force by sending parties ou various expeditions, -commenced bis retreat from Goliad, haviug with him about three hundred men. Two or three leagues on his road be was attacked by a .Mexi can army of near three limes bis numbers—infan try, cavalry and artillery. It was two hours be- fore night, and the Texians defended themselves with the most uudauuted resolution agaiu-a the repeated charges aud most vigorous efforts of the enemy, until dark, when they drew their forres— haviug lost in killed and wounded 160 men.— The Toxians had teu men killed and several wounded—among tho intter was Col. Fannin himself. During tho night the Texians entren ched themselves in their position on the prairie Tho next morniug they found themsevessurroun ded by the Mexican army who sent an officor with a white flag, aud he was met by anothei from the Texiuus and a capitulation was eutered into, by which it was stipulated that the Texians should surrender as prisoners of war—that they should retain their private properly, and that they should be sent to New Orleans and released upon their parole of honor not to serve again a- gainst tho Mexicans during the war. Tho reasons wbirh induced the surrender without making further defence was the waut of water, and a belief that tho Mexicans would com ply with tho articles of capitulation, according to the custom of all civilized nations. The prisoners were all marched back to Guli ad, and were.joined by other parties of prisoners, amounting iu all to 407 men. They were kept eight days iu confinement—being- allowed only u small piece of beef to each man once a day, and no bread; on the 9th day at sunrise, th y were marched out under prctenco of taking them to Copano to embark for New Orleaus. Tho piis- oners rejoiced at tho prospect of a speedy release, hut when they found iheinselves divided into four parties each with a guard of overwhelming strength, and that Th 'se parties were marched by different routes—they began to havo gloomy forebodiugs. When they had inarched about a quarter or half a mile, young Hadden’s compa nions heard a firing in the direction of Col. Fan nin s party. A murmur arose that they were killing Uto prisoners, at that moment the guard which wero in two iiucs—ono upon each side of the prisoners, passed all to one side, and cora- . meneed a fir* by platoons at the prisoners, young lfadden and three othersyetunhurt, started aud fled. Tho Cavalry armed with lances, pursued them; they plunged into the river aud swam;— oue was killed in the water, ono upou the bank, and the fato of tho third is unknown. Young Haddon secreted himselfuulil night—from bis hi ding placo bo heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded and dying moil,—the cries of yO Lord! O Lord have mercy!” aud*the most affecting e- • jaculations-ofdistress woro mingled with the noise of guns wicb gradually subsided towards midday, when the horrid work was finished. Tho neigh bours who have known young Hadden from his ■ childhood say, that his statement maybe relied upon with implicit confidence ; no man cab hear him tell his story and doubt its truth, nnd n blac ker picture of perfidy and blood, is not on record in tho annals of history. .The Mexicans havo not. In this case, as at ■Tampico;.any legal grounds to justify . this cruel butchery. Texas hud declared - herself an inde pendent nation; and every man fighting iu her cause was a citizen, nnd not a pirate and out law. Miller, tho Tennessean, Ward, the Georgian, a son of Gen. Harrison of Ohio, and many of our old neighbours have fallen victims to tho dtaholi- . calmcssacre. Tho widow weeps,nnd the - tender infant stares fn wonder at the mother's grief .— Tho whole population to the wost have fled. In .<«oatip iher sat was vacant—the prattle of the little chn dren was unheard—the luruiture was there—the milk pan was upon tho shelf—the tiuugh luy i- the kneading trough—the bacon bung in the tneal house—the door of tho corn-crib vibrated upon its hinges to ihe flaws of the breeze, the cows led in ’he field—tho pigs rooted iu the garden—the chicken to her tend -r brood, unconscious that their protectors were goue, and that they were iu danger from the birds ami tbe beasts of prey, but enmity of tbe hawk, the owl, a«d the wolf is cha ity. when compared to the tender merriesof the tyrant who hasdriveu funn their homes die aged, matron and belph-a child, who now flee for safety without a shelter io protect them—the cold ground their bed—the canopy «f Heaven their covering— -behind them ouly despair, and before them ouly hope. ' \\ ill the chants of the fair daughters of the United Siatessuffer these to per- ri*h with hunger? Will the sons, proud oftlieir descent from sires who have shed their blood to protect the helpless and oppressed, afford no re lief to the innocent and helpless, against savnge ferocity, aud remorseless cruelty ? Texas will triumph! The proud tyrant will he liuml»l**d and will perish; innocence .util virtue will here find peace, security, aud happiness. From the Nttc Orleans bulletin Ws;/ 3. Late and Important from Texas. We have been politely favored with tbe follow ing extract written to a gentlemen of this city, from Natchitoches which goes sull farther to corroborate the account received by tbe Levant which we publish to-day. The substance ol which is, that an express has arrived here, via Natchitoches, from Texas, and is confirmed by General Gaines, that Gener al Houston, of Texas, has conquered Santa Anna and his army—Santa Anna himself, and his sol diers all prisoners. The forces of Santa Anna were estimated at 1100; and those of Houston at 600. The express further states that Hous ton’s army, destroyed half of the Mexicans, and tbe loss ou his side was 6 killed aud 20 woun ded Tho Saddle of Santa Anna was taken aud brought in, aud is ofa costly order, being estima ted ns worth between 6 or 800 dollars, and the express, who brought in the news, rode ou the horse of Santa Anua. All this is indeed cheering nows, calculated to rouse all tbe better feelings, which aro implan ted iu the hoarts of those who can rejoice at the Dear Sir: This momiugilio nrmy reached this point, aud was attacked at half past 11 A. M. by the army of Santa Anna, which continued until 3o’clock, when he withdrew his forces from tho field. Our men were few who engaged the en- cuiv, the balaure remaining courealed lor the purpose of hicliug our numbers. re * ported at 80.), ours does uot exceed /o0- disposed to think that the enemy intend another attack to night by a chauge position-^ W e had but oue man wounded. Tho enemy s loss is es timated at from 16 m 20. There would be no difficulty in securing the rights ol the people, and the lib-rues of Texas, if men would march to their duty, aud not fly liko recieants frotn.d mger. Texas must he defeuded and liberty inainained. Sam. Houston, Comauder-iu-Uhiof. P. S. Sauta Ahua was iu the field, 'I he offi cers aud soldiers acted well. Col. llusk was iu tho action and fully met my wishes From the Alabama Argus. For the satisfaction of those who wish to know something of the slate of affairs in Texas, 1 give you a brief sketch of so much of the last cam paign as came within my knowledge, and of my i stay there. We landed at the mouth of the | Brasses about the middle of December last, and j wre immediately organized. Wo remained at | Camp ludepeudence three or four weeks aud sail ed thence to Copauo Bay—thence we marched to the Mission Hcfiigm, where we remaiued eight or teu days, alter which, we marched to Goliad nnd fortified it—here we remaiued until the 13tlt of March last. Capt. King’s company bad been ordered to the Mission aud was cut off by the enemy. Colonel Ward with a pail of bis battaliou, consisting ol betwreu uincty and one hundred men, tvero or dered to his relief, ai-d marched at 3 o’clock on the morniug of the 13th ult. and reached the Mis sion the same day. hen we came in sight the enemy was formed ou the opposite side of the Missiou river. A few shots were exchanged iu the evening between detached parties, but uoth- iug important was effected. After night about fifty meu volunteered, surprised the enemy’s camp aud killed eight men. The euemy fled from their tires without returning a shot—wc then retired to the church. In the moraiug the battal ion marched to Lopeg lianche. about two miles from tbe chuich. The enemy funned on us but gave way as we advanced—we burned the houses and returned about 9 o’clock. iu the mean time ihe enemy received a large , „ u, i where the shiD arrived in safety under the charge North aud West support them ; the N„ nir rbe returns ol members to the S|V,- 0 f tho 3d male as suited above—Three of the the South claim the victories U | c , m a . s ^ ea t ,nC nf S ?hfif6fi r mmnbers' ivh^voted 1 crew were killed on tbe deck nobly defending tben^tetones; yet Granger is an aboli, iouist mmiafrv. Of the ob memoera wuu > . upon the ticket to'Sfccure ibo auti-masonsand'K oiitiouists. Wc ouuicnances their I f. g. a • a f *11 Wlv Illt'U II IIIII — Allv WIIV III V I VWI I VW W — -— * ft — iriumpli or freemen over tbe:r evil and sav.ge rein , orcelDUI|t> and surroulld i„g us with twelve oppressors. The intelligence received early yes- Qr thirleeI| hundrcd cav alry and infaotrv, atlvauc- terday morning and which is also published, will ^ U9 w ^ fro f n every dire£tion-tbe be seen to be confirmed by the ueivs brought by the !.evant, with the difference only that the numbers of the enemy killed and taken by Gen. oral Houston, vary in amount. Head Quatters, Army, April 23, 1836. To the Peoplt towards Nacogdoches: We met Jjauta Anua ou the2!tb ; we attack ed him with600 men ; be had 1100 tufaiitry two howitzers—we entirely routed bis whole force, kilted half of bis meu, and took the rest prison ers. Santa Anna himself, aud all his principal officers are our prisoners. I he history of war does not furnish a parallel to the battle. We had 6 killed and 20 wounded. I have not time or I would send ou a full report. 1 will do that in the conrse of to-morrow. I again call on u,y fellow citizens to come to the field ; let us fall on ami conquer the remaining troops, aud our coun try is free turn out at once, there is no ex cuse now ; let us do the yvnrk at once. rilOri. J. RUSK Soc. at War. I certify the above to be a true copy of the ex press just received from the Secretary of War, who was himself in the battle. A. HOUSTON. To J. R. Dunn. San Augustine, April 25. The following is the infotmation that came to band early yesterday morniug. A gentleman of this city who arrived this mor niug from Attakapas in the S. B. Velocipe de. states, that on the eveuiug previous to his depar ture two persons arrived at St. .Maitinsvilledirect fiom ’Texas. That these pe-sons who appeared to be ineu of respectability, related as a positive fact, that au engagement had takeu place bet ween th* Texiau forces uuder Gen. Houston, and the Mexican army, iu which the latter were totally routed. The A.exican»i«»st700mcu iu killed and woun ded. and 50!) prisoners, among whom wasUeu. Cos. ’The loss of the Texians is said to bo in considerable. The circumstances as related by tbeso geu'le- men. were that Mexican army had from «uim* cause or other been separated into two bodies, divided by the River Brazos, that (he sudden rise of tho river prevented two bodies from effecting a junction—ih*t Houston marched against tbe largerbody amounting to 1300 or 140U meu, that the latter retreated, and in their.retreat set fire to tbe town of Harrisburgh. Houston succeeded in over-taking them about seven miles from that town and a sodden and vigorous attack ou them, and after some severe fighting, tbe Mexicans were totally defeated, with the loss above men tioned. The gentlemen stated that they wero a short distauce from Harrisburgh aud could dis tinctly bear the firing, and that|llio result was well known before their departure—that Houston had marched in pursuit of the other body wich it was supposed could uot possibly escape him battle became general and a constant aud hreavy firing was kept up until 4 o’clock iu the evening. The euemy then left the field—they hail one piece of caouoa, we had none, but had greatly the advantage in position. Capt. King's com pany had, coulrary to Col. Waid’sorders, march ed to a ranche (plantation) eight miies off, aud was'cut off—alt wero killed and takeu, bur one mau, who afterwa ds joiued us. Wo lost iu the general eugagement, three men wounded, aud the enemy had 153 men kilted, aud 170 wounded.— We bad now remaining ouly tin or twelve rounds of ammunition to each mau, aud begau our re treat at lOo’cluck at night—we succeeded in pas sing the enemy’s fire undiscovered, we were also out of provisions, aud almost famished for want of water- a part of the men were barefooted, yet we marched day and night uulil the 16tb-— That evening the men becoming exhauitcd. Col. Ward permitted us to go in search of water—8 men were sent who got lost, of which 1 was one Si-veu of us reaeded the Sau Antonio riverduriug the nigfit. Next day we Io-*t two of the squad by accident, in the swamp, and the next morning the remaining five were surrounded by the eue my, we m de our escape by swimming a lake, and bud nothing to eat for six days. We beard while in tho Warloopa swamp a bat tle. which we supposed was taking placo between Co', Ward’s men and tbe enemY< and I fear they were all killed. We never heard of them after we left them, although we sought information with dilligeuce for seven or eight days, Texas, or its ^iiizeiis, have comparatively shed uo blood during the campaign The 'volunteers from the United States have doue all the fighting, iud have suffered privations of uo ordinary kiud. Houston's army, consisting from eight to fifteen hundred men was lying near Groce's, in the fork of the Brassos river aud Mill creek. The people of Toxas are taking what we cnlj the Sabine shoot—they evinced, I thought, a plentiful lack of courage. - Some of them are uot worthy of freedom, yet I. hope they will be eventually vic torious, over their cruel, cowardly aud relentless cnomtes- .4^ The Mexican forces consisted of fiom b to 10.* 000 men—dhat of Texas never has been fifteen hundred. R. RUTLEDGE. The show 3 - — baT* miuistry. Of the 66 members with him on the question which led to tho dtssolti lion of the late cortes, 47 have been re-elected, wh ilo of the 71 who voted agaiust him, only one is returned. . ., , Cabrera, the Carlist brigand, is said to have shot cightceu ladies of the Queen’s party, in re- veuge for the death of his mother, who it appears was shot, not because she was his mother, but because she was a very active aud skiHulspy- In the British House of Commons, March .-out, Mr. T. Duucombe gave notice of his iutentiou to move “that an humble address be presented to His Majesty, to submit to Ills Majesty the pro- nrietv of His Majesty using his good offices with his ally, the King of the French for the libera tion of the Prince de Poliguac, aud Messrs, de Peyronpet, Chantelauze, aud Guernou de Kan- ville.” ... . The new naval armaments were still in pro gress at Toulon, but their destination was as much as ever matter of conjecture. Accordiug to oue version tho expedition was to proceed against Tangier, with orders to set fire to that town, by way of reprisal for the powerful assistance, iu men and arms, secretly afforded by the Emperor to Morocco to Abdtl Kader. “Liverpool, March 2o. “At the commcDcemeut of the week there was only a limited demand, since then the inquiry has revived, aud tbo total sales amount to 22.370 bags. The better qualities of American command full prices, anil the lower aud middling qualities are Id higher; Brazil have also advanced Jd per 111. 4600 bales of American, 200 Bahias. 1150 Egyptians, and 550 of Surat, have been taken by speculators; and370 of Americau,60 Surat, and 150 Bengal, by oxposters.” Liverpool, March 28. Our Cotton Market continues in a very healthy state with a good extent of business doing, aud at hardening prices; Apiericap have gone^ off freely to the extreme quotation of last week, Bra zil {d to £d, aud Egyptian £d to $d higher. 'The Deraararors at anctiou, brought extravagant pri ces, say Id to l$d higher than previous sales Jiy private contract. Speculators have taken 4500 American, 550 Surat, 200 Bahia, and 1150 E- gyptiou, and exporters 370 American, ,60 Surat, aud 150 BeugaL The importers are 12,00 from the United States, 2877 from the Brazils,65 from Demerara, 210 from Carthageua, 2462 from Bombay, and 827 from Calcutta—total 18,585 bags. The sales are 22,348 bales, namely— 190 Sea Islauds, 24 to 31, 50 Stained do 10$ to 13, 6370 Uplands 10 to 11$. 3260 Alabama, 8 5 8to 11<$ 4660 Orleans, 8 5-8 to 12$ 1300 Pernatns, 11£ to 14^, 1200 Marubams, 16 5-8 to 14 2330 Egyptians, 13$ to 15j) 70 Lagutras, 10$ to 16$ 1361 Surats, 6$ to 8$ ' 170 Bengals, 6 to 6$ , ■ 410 Babias, 10 to 12$ themselves. NU1.LIFIERS CONVENTION. The delegates of this convention assembled iu the State-house in Milledgeville, ou Monday, the 2d inst. Only twenty-seveu counties were repre sented iu it, being less than one third of the w hole uurnber. Of these twenty-seven, twelve are U- niou counties, sending uot one nullifier (except oue member from Jasper,) to the Legislature ; viz; Baldwin, Butts. Coweta, Crawford, Hous- tou, Jasper, Jones, Richmond, Talbot, Twiggs and Washington. We understand that the dele gates were all chosen by Nullifiers.. Among them, wc recoguize three individuals, wno, we believe, are not regarded as Nuilifiers: Allen Cochran, of Monroe, Howell Cobb, of Houston, and David Shelton of Talbot HoweU Cobb lias attached himself to the Nuilifiers, and acted zealously with them, siuce the refusal of the Union party to c- lert him to a seat ou the bench. David Shelton is supposed to be influenced by the same malady, tho Union party of Talbot rctused to elect bin to- the Legislature. Alien Cochran, we doubt not, is goviroc4 by an honest preference for Judge White; aud, notwithstanding cue injudicious s ep. we do uot believe him to have identified himself with a party which he has so loug detested. This feeble convention, representing hut a small fraction of the people of the State, deter mined to support Whi|.e for the Presidency, anti Tyler for the Vice-Presidency; and they concoct ed tile following electoral ticket: Dr. Ambrose Baber, of Bibb. Col. John W. Campbell, of Muscogee. Col. Gibson Clark, of Henry. Col. Howell Cobh, of Houstoq. George K. Gilnter, Esq. of Oglethprpe. Dr. Thomas Hamilton; of Cass. Charlton Hines. Esq. of Liberty. Wm. W. Holt, Esq. of Itichmoud. Rev. Jesse Mercer, of Wilkes. David Meriwether, Esq. of Jasper. Gen. Ezekiel Wimberly, of Twiggs. Here is a palpable attempt made liy the old enemies of General Clark to wheedle the friends of his fi.miiy, by placing his brother aud his son- in-law ou this ticket. But the shallow artifice will fail. Those who were Clark men from prin ciple are Union men from principle; nnd they will not be sedncod iuto the ranks of a party whose principles are diametrically opposed to their own, by a simulated respect for this revered and houored name. We are coufideut that this mongrel ticket will uot receive more Union votes, than it will lose Nullifying vo Its it will suffer a complete and overwhelmuing .iefeat.—Federal Union. g up wo stopped at the worthy old Capt. No welcome groeted our arrival—the house was open—the chair where the aged grand- mo- B New Orleans, May 2. The following information maybe relied upon a< correct: tho loss of the Montezuma at Ma- '.ninoras, the Captains of the American ves-els in port wero required by tbe Mexican General to sign a document stating, that ihe Invincible was a pirate, aud (hat she fired upon the Montezuma under American colour*, and were also told if they did not sign it they would be imprisoned and their vessels rotifisealed, Capt Williams ol the brig Jane, refused to sign so barefaced a falsehood; he was immediately thrown into pri ■ou. all the sail* taken from bis vessel, the vessel condemned as a prize, and bo was still iu con finement when our informant left. Mr. Living was shot on the 16th, mid 21 more who ha-l been taken prisoner* at tbe Mission of Refugio, were to be shot tho next dat. The General at .Mata- iworashad refused to execute them, until express ly ordered to do so by Sauta Anua. The expedition from Matamoras were bound so Copauo. It consisted of i wo American ves ted pressed in’o service;—theJ. M. Braudel aud tha Newcastle, mounting together five guns and 100 men. aud convoying a vessel loaded with provisions. ^ The following are the names of a part of the Texians who were taken prisoners at the battle of San Patricio, and shot by the Mexicans at Ma-. lamoras. Messrs S. S. Oarlia, 8. McCauley, H. ill. Betniau, J. W. Bryan, J. J. Mitchell, Richard Brown. G. Copeland, W. Lauginhuin, K. Jeuks, Marknm, S. Francis. N. Jones, Wm. Hall, l. 11. Ben and W. Bennsou. W. 1,evens, lale Lieut, of the Texian armed schr lnvincibbo at the cug.-.gement wi.h the M n tozuma, was captured iu a boat and shot in the Brasos St. Jago on the 14th ult. New Orleans, May 4. Tho following which wo copy from the Nat chitoches Herald, must havo been written a day or more previous to tjie battle which took p'ace on or about the 20th, rm account of which has already been published. By the kindness of a gentleman who arrived from Texas tips morning, wo have putin posses sion of the following letter. Camp Sajely. San Jacinto. Linch's Crossing, AprilHOth, bln. Presjujent— Very late from Europe. New York, April 30. At a very late hour this morning, the packet ship Goorgo Washington, Cap:, lloldregc, .arriv ed from Liverpool, whouce sho sailed ou Mon day, Maich 28. By this arrival wc have Liver pool papers of the 28th of March, and London of Saturday the 26ih. The Franco Chamber of Deputies, oddly c- uough, have adopted the recommendation of.the Committee to which was referred, tho proposition of the 5 pei cents; that is, to postpone the con sideration of the w hole matter for a year. Thus agreeing to the very thing, tbeir refusal to do which caused the resignation of tho former min istry. Au absurd article -has appeared in |iio Journal du Commerce, and attracted much attention ; it states very circumstantially that our Government is iu treaty with the Emperor of Morocco for a point within his doiniuious whereon to establish a place of reiiige for our shipping, in the eveut of a sudden war. The bay of Angera, three miles from Ceuta, is mentioned as the point propused. Wh*u will European politicians learn that our foreign policy isdistiuci and different from that of Russia and France aud England. The cabiuets of France and England are said to have remonstrated against the military occu pation of Cracow. Advices Itorn Spain are to the 16th of March. — I he ifueeu’s forces wero about opeuing the c nipaigu with vigor; three large columns were concentrating upon Durango, where Don Carlos bad bis head quarters. Gen. Miua bad left Bar celona and arrived atTarragoua. The ncgro-apprenticesliip system in mo Wc»t ludies, lias beeu before Parliament again, on :t motion by Mr. Bruxtbu, for a committee ol inqui ry iuto its oporatious and effects. A protracted- debate ensued, in tbe course of which .Mr. Brax ton made heavy charges against the planters.— The moiiou was finally agreed to. Mr. O'Cen- iicil was of course, among tiio speakers, but we did.notsee that ho availed himself of this occa sion to revile aud slauder tho pcoplu of the Uni ted ritates—for a wonder. It seems to lie expected, with much coufidcnco, that Mr. O’Comicll will be unseated as member from Dublin. Ho has published a note in the pn- prrs, contradicting the idle story of bis being, in that eveut, nominated and returned from West minster. ; . The Carlistsconespondeutsof tho London pa pers continue to assure their readers that Don Carlos must inevitablyjmahn his triumphal entry into Madrid in a very 3hort time. They have been making tho same predictions for tho last two years. l'riuco Ferdinand of Portugal (ifco Queen’s husband) was.in Loudon with his brother, going thro’a round of iovrI gaieties aqd .cpretnonjes, Theso princes are brothers of the dtftchess* of jKent- The sales in our Cottou market on Saturday were upwards of 3000 bales at the extreme pri ces of day before, aud iu some cases au advauce of }d ner lb. with a very steady market, namely, 100 Marauhams, 13d, 100Bahias 10 to 13d, 220 Peruams, 13 to 13|d, 120 Egyptian 13 to 15Jd, 50 Surat 7$ to 8$d, remainder American, from 10$ to 11 )d. Taken on speculation this year, 68.300 hales. Same in 1835, 40,000 Decrease of import this year, com pared with tlie same date last year, 7,000 hales. Increase of stock, .14,800 lucreasu of quantity taken for con sumption, 14,400 Increase of quantity taken for ex port, 3,820 Comparative view of the imparts and exports of Cottou iuto aud from the whole Kingdom, from the 1st of Jauuary to tbe 19th of March, aud of the Imports and Exports for the same pe riod last year. Imports in 1836. American, hags South American, 26,788 West ludies, Demerara, See. 1,177 East Indies, -.31,152 Egypt, &c. 4,317 Total of all descriptions, 255,201 Imports in 1835. American, bags 208,688 South American, 34,513 West Indies, Demerara, &c. 1,690 East Indies, 14,252 Egypt, &•. 1,745 2p2.02a Decrease of Imports as compared with 1835, 6.827 Exports in 1836. American 3292—Brazil 664—East India 11,756 .West India 5—other kinds 20. Total in 1836, bags 115,737 Same period iu 1835, 9,614 Stock. March 25, 1835, hags 145,220 Same lime 1836. 154,280 New York, April £6. Massacre at the Fejee I .lands.—The New Bed ford Mercury of yesterday, furnishes the, follow ing particulars of a massacre which took place on board the .whale ship Awashonks, of Fal- inoutb, at tho Fejee Islands, by which Prince Coffin of Nantucket, master. Alexander Coffin and Mr. Swain mates, and three seamen, whose names are not given, lost their lives. The date of the massacre is not given: Tlie Atvashonks, while iu the vicinity of the Fejee Isianos, rau near the shore, when a huge number of natives came on board in the most friendly manner, bringing bread fruit, yams. &«.. which they presented to the Captain aud Officers. They showed immediately on coming on deck a /Treat curiosity to inspect every thing they saw, particularly the hnrpoons, lances and spades in the boats, and without the least auspiciou of their intentiou, Capt. Coffin took these instruments out of mse of the quarter boats nud showed tho chief who canto on hoard, the manner in which they were used in killing the whales, and while he was employed in doing this, ho had occasiou to step forward a moment, aud iu the instant his face was turned, u savage, who had tho boat spade in his baud, aimed n blow at tile uiisuspectiug Cap tain which instantly severed bis head from his body. A general rush was made by the savages to overcome the crew, somo of whom fled below, others aloft, and a part prepared themselves to sell their lives as dearly as possible. The mate, after a desperate struggle, wrested tho spado from ;ho native who had killed the Captniu, aud laid him dead on the deck; whou ho (tho mate,) went below for a moment, but returned on deck and fought until overpowered by numbers and killed. The 2d mate jumped ovetbourd and was killed while in tho water. Tho savages had now entire possession of the ship, and tho chief took tbo helm and steered fur the shore, u hero sho would undoubtedly havo grounded in a short tiino had it not been-for the presence of mind of a young lad by tho name of Wood, belonging to Nantucket, who was wounded ami had fled to tho cabin .at the commencement of tho massacre.— He judged by the known character of tho South Sea Islanders, that if ho could succeed in des troying their chief, (who was at the helm) his fol lowers would flee. The plan was no sooner formed than executed, by discharging a pistol thiough the sky-light, which instantly killed the chief: at the sight of which tho ship was imtantly deserted by the savages. -Those of the crew who had hid themselves, now camo on deck and im mediately made sail lor the Sandwich Islands, Thr article copied into another colnpm from the Georgia Telegraph, addressed to the Troup Nuilifiers of Georgia, expresses some truth which might suit as well some quondam Union men of Alabama. At least it ought to teach such of them, as are uot quite Nuilifiers in sentiment yet, to examine with suinethiug of a kindred watch fulness, .the motives of those fo whom they are aciiug subsiduary in tho present warfare agaiust Mr. Van Buren. They find themselves a small fraction aiding all the old Nuilifiers in their at tacks upon tin ad uinistratiou, and acquiescing in if uot encouraging the broadest condemnation of every principle aud measure to which thty have for years been attached. The White leaders iu Congress, aud tbe W’hite party In the south are now the moat violent indiscriminate and unreleut- iug enemies ol the administration of Geu. Jack son—and glory iu it. How Union men or Jack- son men, as they were in 1834, can he of that party and profess to staud where they did, passes our ability to comprehend, and sadly bothers ev ery oue of them whom wo have over heard un dertake to explain the pradox—Mobile Register. From the Montgomery Advertiser. THE APPROACHING CAMPA*GN. The Nuilifiers are preparing for a desperate struggle iu this Siato, during the summer. A Senator in Congress (perhaps two) is to be elec ted, and they look upon the success of Judge White, as iudispensihle to the restoration of their party to power. Sinarliug as they have beeu, uuoer the lash of public reprobation, they have staked their all upon (he result of au experiment, upon popular credulity, which they are'perform cessful. Texas has uot gained much l>y officiil- ing witu the Tennessee Apostate. They speak of iy announcing the uames of the mctnbeij of litr mg witu the Tennessee Apostate. They speak the hundred thousand office holders, embracing in this class, the soldiers and seamen iu public em ploy, the carpenters aud hands engaged iu public works, aud the voicrau pensioners, w ho .ire hour ly. oue by oue, sinking iuto their graves, as regu larly sent out to carry on the work of election eering. They speak of the magnanimity and want of proscription of the ‘test oath pa-ty,” a party guilty of the execrable enormity of attemp ting to make a possession of iheir principles, the sole coudiliou of iioldiug office. W’o cannot permit this sect, merely because they put forth au iinbeciio old mau as their dim- didate, to escape from the true grounds upon which »his contest is carried on. The attempt in the South, is to restore the lost popularity of John C. Calhoun; to create a party for him to 1-tad; to smooth the way for those men to obtain pow er, whose daugerous principles and want of pa triotism, has.put them under the displeasure o*' the people. To accomplish this end they have come to us with the language of Uteola Wo are tired of strife say they; let us do no more fighting; let us befriends. We will support one ol your own men : Judge White supported the “bloody bilj,” which wc have sworn not to for give ; ho swallowed the protest, aud advocated the.removal of tho deposiles, and he has never flinched from doing wltat General Jackson wish ed. This we are niIJing to forget for the sake of peace. They know that Judge White is a traitor in the camp. They could uot conceal their' delight w hen they found that he had swallowed their Unit. Says the Charleston Mercury, "If Judge li hile should be elected, the Union party would be dead and buried. The Nultifers would not only have the ascendancy at home, but in the I edertil Gov ernment to boot," and says the Richmond Whig, another favorite organ, “Judge If hiti, if elected by U, hig votes, will naturally and necessari.y se lect his counsellors from their ranks, and modify his measures according to their views." They did not know their mau. He is too weak to couceat lus own treachery. He cannot pul a decent disguise upon bis own tergiversation.- lie supports to-day what he condemned poster- day, and gives reasons for his conduit to-day, distinctly at variauce with those given yesterday. \ et wo aro told that he is pure aud upright. Yes. wo who for years have contended lor the principles of General Jnceson, and have never shrunk from their support, “in majorities or mi norities,” aro asked to follow the deserter." '1 he game the Nuilifiers play is a desperate oue. 'I heir measures are marked with the same reck less character. Finding all other schemes uu successful, they resort to the darkest calumnies agaiust Mr. Vail Buren. and are guilty of agita- tiug a question, that ought to bo approached with rials and refuses a vote to reject the bra°' er of the petitions Tit once nud without deba? thereby to annihilate aud forever blast a!lih • hopes. eir The administration parly every where is nm gainst them. Maine passes resolutions «i- 3 l Calh'outi says is right. In New York, lch Beardsley and other active frieudsof Van i>u ’ have, in the most decisive maimer, ur°eii ,h°-' suppression. The administration leaders in C * gress. in a body stand pledged for the restoratm" of the confidence of tbe Southern people. Ti 11 President has called upon Congress to passa la * to prevent the circulation of incendiary pub!! * tions, and lastly, Mr. Van Buren himself sar “1 prefer that uot ouly you, hut ail ;h e people f the United States shall now understand, tfiailf the desire of that portion of them which is fato able to my elevation to the chief magistracy gratified, I must go into the Presidential'Cfa? the inflexible and uncompromising opponent of D J attempt to abolish slavery in the District of Colum bia against the tcishts of the non-slattholdir* Stales." S In 1833, the American Quarterly Review, Pu [,, fished in Philadelphia, edited hv Robert \Val,|' who wc believe is a Director of the fiauk of i[,i’ United States, a man who is called aud kmm n as the Bank editor-whose press is at the com mand of, and under the coutrol of the instit ul , cn commenced an article iu these words, "Ihe et. istence of slavery in any part of the United Slet, ', is a subjtci of frequent and bitter rejection to teen patriot and philanthropist.” The article closes by discussing how slavery in the Oiotriciof Cc- lunihia should be abolished, and tbe means that should be taken to accomplish that object.!. “Those (says Mr. Walsh,) who are desirous of a- bolisfiing slavery in the Distiictof Columbia must unite themselves together, and use the common means of diffusing information through the coun try. Newspapers and other periodical Journals and tracts can be made to exert a widely uttndtd influence. Public meetings should be held and os many petitions as possible sent to Cong,tsspray ing for the d;sired object. An expressionojopin. ion on the (subject might, probably, by active ex. crtions, be obtained by some of the Stute Lcgislu- tuns." Can any oue doubt hut this is a settled con spiracy between Clay, Webster aud Cnlbouu to defeat the administration and dissolve the Union. The Richmond Whjg threatens 50.000 bayuaeti if Van Buren should lie elected. Agitate, apiiato is the watchword. Dowu wi.h the it.cei.d,pr;es should lie tlie reply. From the Correspondent of the Charleston Cornier “ Washington, April 26. “Gen. Glasscock offered a resolution, railin' for the reading of a letter from the faculty of ‘Bristol College, addressed to Mr. Henry A Wise, denying illa.t'that body hail sigucu a remonstrance against the admission of Arkansas to the Union in these States. The resolution, on motion of Mr Sevier of Arkansas, was laid on the table. “Air. ‘ W'addy Thompson, of South t'aroliua, asked leave to offer a resolution calling ou the President .of the United States, in the usual way, for such information ns he might posscsss iu rela tion to Texas aud (he Missionaries iu that coun try. Objection being made. Air. Thompson usk* f r a suspension of (ho rules, which wesiiot gran ted, ami Mr Thompson gave notice that he would reuew his motion to-morrow.” g -\\ . smsGTos, April 27. “The trial of Crandall, the «hedged Abolition Incendiary, was closed last night, aud tbe mr.a Wits acquitted. The decision of the Jury has gi ven much dissatisfaction to many, atnl is highly applauded by others. There are many Aboli tionists in the District of Columbia—so says the Editor of the U- S. Telegraph, aud I do uot doubt him. “The morning hour was exhausted on (notion, to suspend the rules of. the House; after w inch the army appropriation hill was taken up and discussed in Committee of tlie Whole, till tbs Moure adjourned. This hill will be ntuth modi fied anti amended before it is passed. “Air. W'addy Thompson made another effort |o gel up his call on the President for information iu relation to the affairs of Texas, but was uiMr- (Jabinct. Tho uaiiie of Robert Potter is loo ieS known and recollected at Washington, top- duce a very salutary effect; nnd yet we are ia- formed that the man is now Secretary of the iei- ian Navy. Texas sho.ild afford a Cabiuct of bet ter material. The feeJiug that has been aw*k»’ ed iu her behalf, cannot be kept up by au* aso- elation with Robert Potter. Col. Johnson's bill, to add two Rrgimcmsof Dragoons to the A tiny iu do feu re of the Ire"- tier Settlers, passed last night, to the great joy of the Col. and to the satisfaetton of his Trieuds." Cotton Thread—Very few of the thousaud,if our fair country-women w ho are iu tlie daily w 1 constant habit of using the needle are probablya- waic that they are itulehied Cor the iuwuliou "> that important article in the various works of do mestic manufacture, cotton thread, to one of thuf ow n sex—tho wife of the patriarch of AnteriraR manufacturers, Samunl Slater. A writer Woonsocket Patriot, states that in 17M- spinning a quantity of sea island cotton, ih c £V ' enuess and tieauiy of the yarn attracted the at ' tcutiou of Airs. Slater, and the question arose whether if doubled and twisted, it wotM make good sewing thread. Tnc cxpcnrnrp*"" tried, itiidin order to be fully sati-fied.' , ‘ , “ result, a sheet w as made o.ue'half withlh ,e "' ^ the other half with cottou thread; and '‘ nn '. e |,! ately put into use. The cottou wore w® c ‘ and the linen was the first that was rent. * ^ i this period, Air. Slater commenced the lactiire of cotton thread, and it soon spread 1 England, France, aud all other European tries, where it is generally supposed to be ol ^ lisii origin—though the credit of inventin' 1 long's almost entirely to an American matron- caution and calmness by every Southern man. H bile ^Webster and Harrison have ou their ticket on anti-mason (the ouly party that supports the Abolitionists as a party, as Air. Pinckney tolls us,) for Vice President, and oue who is an abolition ist, and while the only hope the Nuilifiers have is to carry tho eleciiou out of tlie bands of tho peo ple. into the House of Reoreseutatives. they say that Air. Van Buren ought not to ho elected be cause ho is not a slave holder. They are acting iu concert with Webster and Granger, and with Harrison ami. Granger. Tho Nuilifiers at tho Catching moles in the neck of a bro .cn tie.—Take two common beer bottle liec ' s „ r . them iuthc burrow with their wide ends ou- most facing the hole both ways; make > firm with a couple of sticks to each, cr0 .- r each other over the bottle necks close to' widest ends; exclude light and air by a P 1 turf, and the trap is set. The ®° e ^ ing to the bottle necks, finds the wav p»j> . squeezes himself in. She would get 1 7^ were site able to Hold her Ijjn.d feet on to push her head and forelegs throug >j here she fails, and is generally mund so hard that a stick is wanted t0 .v^ CC -r u5 t in- This mode of snaring was practised, t ^ vented, by a farmer in Raufishire, in ' ^ part of the 17th century, and it ' sas ,,..{now® though it might then have been generally there, it lias since been lost sight ol m . nJrt u. tion of less simple though more porta e „. By this means tho poorest cottager ° snare this unwelcome guest in his gn 1 e , ’ he might not be able to share either to Buy, or his time to make Jt is stated that the Texian U° nira ‘H j era bI**' effected a loan iu New-Yoik toffWf^ s y mount, bed. J iwan in nu»> * -n oaa On tbo first day $l00f ■ sub**