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MACON GEORGIA TE1EGRAPB,
^OSEION.
h Tom the New ibt ic Jour al of Commerce-
THREE DAYS LATER FRO in ENGLAND;
ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE LOUIS
PHILIPPE.
By the ship Republic, Cnptaiu Williams, from
Liverpool, which was boarded yesterday lying to
12 miles outside Saudy Hook, we are indebted to
Capt. \V. for London papers to the 28th, and
Liverpool to the 29th June.
It will be aeeu below that an attempt has a-
gaiu hpcu made to assassinate Louis Phillippe.—
The Paris press justly condemns the assassin,
excepting the Le Rational, which is silcut upon
the occurrence. The King was on his way to
Neuilly, and instead of stopping at the Tuilleries.
after the attempt on his lifo, proceeded ou his
journey, where his family were waiting to receive
him, ignorant of the danger he bad escaped-—
An affecting interview took place, and from his
arrival, till miduight. his palace was thronged
w ith foreign ministers and Peers, &c., anxious
to rongraiulate him ou his safety.
The Chamber of Peers was immediately con
voked to receive a communication froiu the' Gov
ernment, and tho Dukes of Orleans and Nem
ours were summoned to Paris by telegiapli ou
their return from their tour in Lombardy.
The House of Lords had taken into considera
tion the amendments of the Qommous to their
amendments in the Irish Municipal Bill, and were
rejected by n vote of 78 to 142. Lords Mel
bourne aud Lyndhurst, and Earl Grey, were the
the principal speakers ou the occasion. The
Lords have appointed a committee to draw upi:
statement of their reusous for disagreeing with
the Commons.
There is nothiug important from Spain.
From the Courier Francois of Sunday.
"Last evening, about 6 o'clock, a new attempt
was made upon the King’s life.which fortunate
ly proved as unsuccessful as the former. Just as
His Majesty had entered his carriage, to return
to Neuilly, aud was passiug under the gateway
leadiug to Quay, a young man who had placed
himself ou the side opposite to that of the post of
the National Guard, lifted up a cane, in which
a pistol barrel had been fixed, placed it oil the
carriage door, and fired it at the King.
"Louis Philippe was that moment bowing to
the National Guards through the other window.
Whether the assassin felt agitated, or, as is stated
was pushed white engaged in taking ain, the bull
did not touch the King, who, immediately after
the explosion, made a sign that he was not
wounded, aud ordered the coach to he driven ou
to Neuilly. The Kiug was with the Queen, aud
hissistir Madaine Adelaide, and a dctachmcntof
dragoons escorted the carriage.
"On hearing the explosion the National Guards
rushed on the man. who still held the weapon in
his hand. He was at first ill treated, but ibe of
ficers interfered, and having represented I he im
portance of his being put into the hands of justice
the prisoner was brought to a room above the
ground floor, where he was suretc cd ou a bed
and searched, in order to ascertain if he had no
arms concealed. A poignard was found in his
side pocket. M. Gisquet, who was then in the
Tuillerie;. with several other public functionaries
immediately repaired to the guard* house, and
f iroceedcd to examine the individual arrested.—
I is refused to tell his name, and w lien recogni
sed hy several persons who kuew him, and said
he was a commercial traveller, and that his name
was Alibcnu. He pretcndei? that Aliheau was
an nssymed name, and refused to give his teal
one from regard to his family, lie was then as
hed if he had been agitated while aiming at the
Kiug; n..d if it was uot agitation that had de
ranged the direction of the arm ? lie replied with
much composure, that lie fell no emotion ; and
that if lie had missed his aun, it was owing to his
Imviug experienced a shock or push for which lie
could not account. He was fiually asked, if he
lepcnted his crime; he answered iu the negative,
and added, that if it was to be done over again he
should not hesitate to do it; that he had no fur
ther explanation to give, because in this age of
egotism, in which any thing like conviction nr
devotion was oo longer to be found, uoouo could
appreciate or understand his motives.
"During his examination active inquiries were
made, and it was discovered that this young inan
had entered the Place du Garoussel about 4 o’
clock. hy tho gate of the Triumphal Arch ; that
ho had conversed some time with a National
Guard ou indifiereot matters, and left him when
he saw the King’s carriages proceeding from the
•table* to the pali.ee. saying. J think the person I
am waiting for will not come,’ aud went off in
tho direction of the Court. He repaired from
thence to the gale of the Palace next to the quay.
“Jly a strange ’chance one of those National
Guards whs a gun-maker,'of then,a me ofDevis-
ine, living in the Kuedu Helder, who immediate
ly recognized the prisoner as an iudividua), to
whom, some two or three months before, ho had
sold the weapon he had just discharged, aud
w hich the prisoner, a traveller for a silk ware
houseman, pretended he wanted ns a pattern or
specimen for the purpose of making sales for the
manufacturer and iuveutor, M. Devisme. The
prisouer admitted that fact, as well as that his
name (a fictitious one, probably) was Alibeau.
aud that he had lived iu the Rue Valois. The
prisoner <s of a dark complexion, with a groat
beard, which surrounds his chin. His costume
w as apparently decent aud clean, but it concea
led a very much soiled shirt, which he avowed
he had woro for three weeks.
"There were fouud upon him two very short
elay tobacco pipes, twenty-two sous, a calico
pocket handkerchief, which bad never been hem
med. and which was disgustingly filthy; a board
comb.aud.4n fine, a couteau-poignard, (dagger,)
open, with & silver handle, aud some paper wrap
ped rouuii the blade ; with which weapon
lie declared he intended to have killed himself,
aud he did, iu fact, attempt to stab himself, but
was prevented. He displayed vast assurauco
and effrontery. He refused to give any satisfac
tory nnswei'to the questions put to him. Lying on
the guard bed, he looked round with audacity aud
said to those present: ‘If 1 were free I would do
the same thing.’
The Attorney General and the Perfect ofPo
lice arrived at the first intelligence of tho crime
ami proceeded to examine him, after which he
was brought to the prison of the Couciergiere uu
der a stroug military escort.”
New-York, August 4.
LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE
By the ship Republic from Liveipuo], whcuco
she sailed on the 29th June, the Courier and En
quirer obtained London papers to lbe2Slb, aud
Liverpool to the 29th
Two items of intelligence are found io these
papers, of considerable iuterest and importance
another attempt upou the life of Kiug Louis Phil
lippe, ar.d the adhcreuce o( the British House of
Lords to their amendnieuts proposed and adopt
ed l»y the House of Commons, to the amend
incuts of the Lords, were rejected by a vote of
143 to 78. Lord Melbourne, Lord Lyndhurst
and Earl Grey, were the promiueut speakers on
the occasion. The amendment of the Commons
being negatived genet ally, the Lords appoiuted a
committee to draw up a statemeut of the rea
sous for their disagreement wilh the other house
LATER FROM EUROPE.
New-York, Aug. 6.
By the packet St. James, Capt Schor, sailed
from Portsmouth on the 1st July, and arrived yes
terday, w e have our files of Loudon papers to
on.i. ..r r.—- They bring us no uews
MEXICO AND TJEXA&.
1 aud passages, east of it, that now are, or here- I
7777" T 7T7 ■ ■ ,, .• 7.—: rzT—T 1 after may be, in possession of Mexico, are, from J
The New-Orleansi Bulletin, ol tho 27th ult- J .nd after the dale^f this prodamatiou, in a state
contains the following paragraph :-"A letter of utua| and abs0 , ute Blocka(le , by the armed
from a highly respectable source, dated at Mata- 1 vcs8e]s of thisnation .
ict And for the purpose of carrying this procla
INDIAN WARS.
30th of June inclusive,
of impoitnuce, the most fruitful topic being the
recent attempt upon tho life of the French King
Aliheau the assassin, had made no disclosure
and persisted iu declaring that be bad no accom
plices. A number of young men had been ar
rested, and the police had been active in visiting
the gun smith’s shops, seizing prohibited weapons
In the shop of the man from w hom Aliheau ob
laiued his guu, or pistol, fourtceu like unto it were
seized.
The following paragraph throws some light up
ou the motives of the assassin:
When Alibeau was taken to his cell at the
Gonciergeric, he amused himself with readiug
the inscriptions which Fieschi had scratched on
the walls during his detention there, and which
have been suffered to remain on account of their
inoral teudeocy. Aliheau soon began to sm ile,
aud said, "How silly this inau irrade himself!—
Yet he and 1 shall go down to posterity. You
will find however, that 1 shall conduct inyseif ve
ry differently from him ; for he was a great bab
bler, and fancied he produced a great effect hy his
oily words and aflertatiuns.”
When conversing with his townfoiks M. and
Madame Mercier, though he declared he bad no
accomplices, and that he dared not confide his
project, ou account of the egotism of the age;
ho asserted that there were at least 20.000 per
sons in France who were as determined as him
self.
It is stated, among fifty other stories, that Ali
bcnu, when a soldier, received a wound in the
head, the effect of which, aggravated by a life of
dissipation, had been an occasional ahera:ioti
of iutellsct. One of the accounts gravely says
that he is particularly fond of wine and good liv
ing. He had been for some time in a state of ab
ject poverty, living ou bread and water,
Hu trial was brought on with all possible des
and there remained in a group of people who {>a>cli, aud one account states that the act of ac-
wero waiting fir tho King’s departure. His up- j cusation will be simply of an attempt to kill,
pearuucc, it seems, did not awaken any suspi
cion, nod no one observed the cane he earned in
bis liaml, ami winch contained ihe deadly wea
pon. This'instrument led* to the discovery of
Alibeau. By an extraordinary chance the guu-
makor who maonfacturcd it (a seijeant in the
National Guard) happened to be on duty at the
Tlmilleries, ami felt if incumbent on him to give
tho Magistrates every information m Ins power.
Ile stated that the weapon seized on the assassin
had been made in his establishment, with many
Others of the same kind; that he was aw are of its
being a violation of the laws to have made ami
snldjsurli a weapon; but ilia; as the affair was ol so
serious a nature, lie did not hesitate to confess it.
The lodging of the individual arrested was then
discovered, ai d the . owner of the house having
been sent for. recognized the prisoner to lie Ali
beau. Ile 'said he had bulged in his house, hut
that lie had gone off w ithout paying him; leaving
iu pludga lus passport, which had been delivered
him iu Lyons, ami mentioned his having been
burn in that city.
"On being confronted with the sentinel of the
National Guard he had conversed with at the gate
without reference to the fact that the attempt was
against the life of tho King.
STILL LAI ER.
By the packet ship Polaud. from Havre, airiv
ed this morning, we have received our Paris jour
nals to the 1st ofJuly, from which we extract the
following:
The King had been urged, since the attempt of
Alibeau, to establish a body-guard, hut would not
listen to it. saying that bayonets had not been
wanting, aud that he would rather expose his life
than submit in such servitude.
Alibeau had attempted suicide. Galiguani’s
Messenger gives the following account of it:
One of his keepers having goue out for a mo
iiieui to get some tobacco to chew, he requested
the other who was wilh'him to go and hasten his
return. The latter had scarcely turned his hack.
whcMi the prisoner endeavored twice to dash out
his brains ugHihst the wall, hut the keeper was too
quick for him, and seized lum hy the clothes, say-
lug “Ah ! my fine fellow! You wish to play me
a trick which would have bceu the ruin of me!”
Alibeau at first endeavored to turn it off as a joke
but afterwards acknowledged his real intention,
asseniug that it was not for w ant of courage that
of tho Carrousscl, he coolly nsked him ‘Did you
observe that 1 betrayed tho least emotion while I lie attempted his life, but that he had become dig.
speaking with you?’ After this confrontation, gusted with his present state of existence, and
Aliheau was placed ill a hackuoy coach and con
veyed uutler n large escort to the Conceirgerie.
where ho no doubt underwent auothcr examina
tion. lie ,vas lodged in the room formerly oc
cupied hy Fieschi. Ho was drossed in a neat
frock coat, but his shirt was dirty and in rags,
ami was without stocking*. About 12 o’clock
last night the Attorney Geucral and the Perfect
of Police woro still at the Conceirgerie interroga
ting him. It is M. Martin du Nurd who has
commenced tho proceedings. Aliheau or the in
dividual known by that name, is tall and slight;
his hair Idack, and his complexion pale. Ouly
22 gnus (I Id) were found iu his pockets.
"In the evening, all the Ministers, the Peers,
and the Deputies present at Paris, went out to
Neuilly to congrc'.luaic tho Kiug on his escape.
His Majesty was to receive a deputation of both
Chambers on Sunday, in the Palace of the Toil-
1 cries. It is said that the Queen took out of the
Kilim’s hair some of tho waddiug that had been
lodged therein. It was also reported that a cou
rier had been despatched to the Dukes of Orleans
anil Nemours, to invite them to return in ail haste
to Paris."
From the Journal Dts Debuts,
"Yesterday evening, at a quarter past six o’
clock, at the moment when the King was pas
sing through the Guichct of the Tuilleries, in front
of tho Pont Royal, to return to Neuilly. a young
man, aged 28 or 30 years, fired upon his Majesty,
dose to his person, with a weapon of a now in
vention, which, although a species of firn arms,
li.id the form of a walking cane. Arrested at
tho same instant hy the National Guards, who
were under arms with their colors in compliment
present
wished to save himself from eight more weari
some days, lie is at times prodigal of his ex
pressions, One of them is—"My name begius
with the first letter of the alphabet, aud the
King has yet to fear all the rest of the letters.
Another is—"Whatever may be my fate, uiy
name will be known through al) Europe, and my
devotion of myself liouored by all true patriot*.”
Tho affair betweeu Lord Mclhourno and the
(Ion. Mrs. Norton attracts great attention in Lou
don. A Loudon correspondent of the Journal
of Commerce says, that Lord Graut.’cy, the bro
ther of the honorable Mrs. Norton, is determined
that the trial shall proceed, though he has been
implored t>y some influential personages not to
force the plaintiff to go into court. As the head
of the noble bouse of Gruutley, his wishes are
laws, aud Mr. Norton, whatever bis private feel
ings may he, is compelled to succumb to his lord-
ship. Airs. Norton’s friends state, that tho whole
affair has originated out cf revenge, and that the
principal evidence is uot that of a discarded ser
vant, whose statement is at least four years old.
They also declare, that the lady has been sub-
ccled to a loug scries of ill treatment and provo-
cn'iousthat had more than once compelled her to
leave hci husband’s house, and claim the protec
tion of her relations—that tho cvidcure sought to
be established was uf tho most suspicious and
questionable character—and, moreover, that the
parties themselves were conscious of their inno
cence.”
Tho cause is set down for trial ou the 19th of
June. A special jury had been struck for the
, trial, though not yet reduced, and it is rather a cu-
t° irte Kiug.jthe assn-sin w as dragged into tho rious coincidence, that iho namo of his Lordship’s
guardhouse, and with difficulty saved from boing great rival, the ex-Preraier Sir Robert Peel, is ou
'am to pieces. ■ ' jbe lizf.
moras the 29th nit. says "It is an undoubted fact
that this Government (the Mexican) have mad e.
or are making a treaty to engage eight thousand
Indians to join them. 7'he Cherokeesare already
engaged.—There are fourteen or fifteen Chiefs of
different tribes within a few miles here, who have
daily communications with the officers. The
commissioners were this morning turned into the
common prison with criminals. It is nut im
probable we shall be invited to take French leave
of this country soon." The New-Orleans Bee of
ihe same dale says that letters from the same
quarter state "that six American Indian chiefs
of the Chemkee tribe, with forty runners, are
iu close negotiation with Gen. Urea at Mata-
moras. The letter have been sent to Washing
ton, and copies to Gen Gaines. These letters
came via Tampico.
From the N. O. Bulletin, August 4.
TEXAS.
By a resident of Texas, who caroo passenger
in the Texian schooner of war Independence,
we arc informed that tho political affairs of this
country were in a very tranquil state, and a
strong evidence bad been given by the people of
their determination to support the executive gov
ernment. The order or writ for the election of
President, Vice President, Senators and Repre
sentatives, bad been issued by the executive Cab
inet, and will take place on the first Monday in
September, and Congress will convene the third
Monday in October. It was proposed to the ci-
tiztiis of Texas by the Government, that they
should invest the members of Congress with con
ventional powers to alter and amend the Consti
tution, made by tho late Convention, inasmuch
as the disarranged state of the country had pre
vented its being printed and circulated amongst
the inhabitants. Gen. Stephen F. Anstin is a
candidate for the Presidential chair. Dr B. T.
Archer having decliucd. aud declared his deter
mination of supporting Geu. Austin for that of
fice. It was understood that Dr. Archer would
be voted for as Senator.
The spies which ht.d been sent hy the Texian
army to the banks of the Rio Grande, reported
the Mexicau army inactive at Matnmoras.—
There was no expectation of any movement to-
ward Texas, as the extreme drought and want of
water render such step impracticable: and be
sides, it is well understood that the Mexicans who
have once visited Texas, have lost all taste for
the couutry, and are not likely to relish a return
The army, by the official reports, from 23 to 2700
strong, and the government would form an array
of reserve on the Brassos or Trinity of 2000
men
We further learn by the arrival of the Iude
pen deuce, that the port of Matnmoras is blncka
ded hy three armed Texian schooners, and that
large land force is in preparation to inarch upon
it, nod co-operate with the fl»et. All the inhnbi
tanta of Matamoras, without distinction of alien
age, were subjected to contributions for the sup
port of the place.
The Mexican schooner, commanded hy Tbotnp-
son (of San Felippe memory.) was lost on her
passage from Matamoras to Vera Cruz, and all
perished, saving the cnptaiu and two marines
The Mexicau brig Venceder Del Alamo, ou a
cruize from Vera Cruz to Matamoras, was for
ced to return in consequence of having too many
guns. Upon the whole, the horizon of Mexican
affairs is more and more clouded, while tho star
of Toxarf is greatly in the ascendant.
From the same. August 5.
The following letter from Fairfax Catelet, Esq
late of this city, gives us some interesting iufor
matiou from Texas:
Velasco, July 20, 183G.
Our army is still at Victoria, upon the river w,uter
Guadeloupe, Lamar had arrived there agreea
lily to the last accounts, aud presented himself as
Commander-in-Chief of the Texian forces, but
ith all his popularity, was unable to obtain the
concurrence of tho army with tho wishes of the
cabiuet. The questiou was put to vote whether
he should enjoy the chi f command, or Rusk con-
tiuue in his former capacity until the arrival of
Gen. Houston. The matter was decided hy an
overwhelmning majority iu favor of the two lat
ter gentlemen; so that Rusk remains Brigadier
General Commanding, and the authority of Ma
jor General Houston will bo recognised as soon
as he arrives iu camp. Lamar is said to have
behaved iujhis usual disinterested and patriotic
manner.
The army iu the field at this time is two thou
sand strong. Col. Wilson’s regiment will soon
be io marching order. The whole country is up
and moving on to camp. The old settlers are
determined to redeem their injured credit—unde
servedly injured, ns the great majority of them
could not have acted differently, nml secured their
families from the blood-thirsty violence of a ruth
less and semi-barbarous foe,—aod they are uow
flocking onwards, to prove to an invidious world
that their arms are as strong, and the spirit of li
berty burning as brightly in their hearts as it ever
did in the olden time, when the independence of
their mother country was iu its cradle, and rock
ing amid the elements of iuternal discord and for
eign recklessness.
Felix Houston has been promoted to the rank
of Brigadier General by brevet. Green still en
joys the commission which he appeared to prize
so highly iu New Orleans.—They are both iu
camp. Santa Anna, the ill fated and fallen des
pot is now at Columbia, and has tho pleasing an
ticipation of being shortly escorted to the army,
and there receiving his sentence—a detachment
has been ordeied in for the purpose. You may
hear of a catastrophe before many weeks have c-
lapsed, 1 anticipate it with positive certainty.—
Miserable indecision in not having inflicted upon
him "death or worso punishment” immediately
after his capture, when the act would have been
upheld nnd justified by the whole civilized world.
Gen. Rusk has ordered the Mexicau families
on the Guadnloupe and La Baca, and all* those
who were likely to afford information to the en
emy to retire upon the Rio Grande, or take them
selves off to the Colorado. Carbaja! De Leon,
and some others, intend making a summer sojourn
in New Orleans. Health to them!
There are said to be no Mexican troops on this
side of tho Rio Grande. They are preparing ,'o
make a desperate effort to heal the wounded ho
nor, aud recover tho possession uf this paradise
—a garden, iu which such descendants of Cain
wero never intended by nature or nature’s God to
live, unless to be expelled again, with renewed
ignominy ; the Hon Ex President John Quincy
Adams to the contrary, notwithstanding. That
they arc calling up all their resources and at this
moment straining every nerve for the purpose of
making a sudden and formidable descent upon us,
is too apparent to need substantiation. I am
strongly inclined to believe that their present in
tention is to make a continued and simultaneous
nltnck by land and sea.
At all events we should bo prepared for the cri
sis, aud surely our friends in the United States
will nidus in obtaiuiug a sloop of war, oral lenst
nil eighteen gun brig. 1 am obliged to break off
here, ns the vessel is just getting underway.
A PROCLAMATION OF BLOCKADE
Of the port of Matamoras, tfc. by the President
oj the Republic of Texas.
To all to whom these presents shall come,
Kuow ye, that I, David G. Burnet, President
of the Republic of Texas, by and with the ad
vice and consent of ihe Cabinet, do order, de-
crco and proclaim the Port of Matamoras, in the
state of Tamaulipas, and Republic of Alexico,
comprising the mouth of the Rio Grande, and the
Brasos Santiago; and also the inlets, estuaies
mation into complete effect, an armed naval force
now is. and will continue to be kept, at or near
the said Port, inlets and passes, entirely sufficient
to enforce this decree.
For *>uy breach, or effort at breach, of this
Blockade, the offending vessel and cargo, will be
liable to confiscation, and the officers and mari
ners of such vessel, will be subject to all the pen
alties attached to a breach of blockade.
This decree shall take e ect as to vessels sail
ing from New-Orleans, within three days after
its publication in that city. and within five days
as to vessels from any other neutral port within
the Gulf of Mexico ; within twenty days, as to
any port of the Uuiled States, north of the Gulf
of Mexico; aud in forty-five days as to vessels
sailing from any of the ports of Europe.
Done at Velasco, on the 21st day of July, A. D.
1836, and tho first of the Independence of the
Republic of Texas.
DAVID G. BURNET.
VVm. A. Jack, Sec’y of State.
, New-Orleans, Angust, 6.
Latest Fr om Texas.
Capt Watts of the schr. William aud Frances,
in four days from Matagorda, says that the day
previous to sailiug Capt. O’Neal of the Texian
artilleiy had arrived there on business connected
with governmaut matters: he was ouly one day
from the army, and stated that the Texian forces
had increased since last accounts, to 3,500 men
that a further augmentation of from 5 to 700 was
daily looked for, (beiug on their march for head
quarters,) and he confidently asserted, that, be
fore the lapse of many days, tho troops would
have further increased to upwards of 5.000. The
intended march and invasion ol Matamoras was
much talked of—the project was rapidly maturing,
aDd would, ere long be carried into effect—f
.vhich case, but little apprehension as to the result,
was entertained; indeed, the Texians were al
most sanguine of certain success. The primary
obstacles to its prevention at the present period
(as reported by the spys just returned,) being the
great scarcity of water, and thecoutagious mala
dies peculiar to the season, ou those arid wastes
over which they would uecessarily have to pass
La Adv.
Extract of a private letter received yesterday hy
a commercial bouse in this city :—ib.
Matagorda, July 22
Dear Sir—The army is at present eucamped
on the Bastrof river, near Victoria, and is in good
health and spirits. Amounting to, from 2500 to
3000 men ; and daily increasing. Several hun
dred arc now ou their way to camp from the
east. We received intelligence from there two
days ago that the Spies had returned, and repor-
ted that uo enemy was on this side (he Rio Grau
de : the cabinet is going to he removed from
Velasco to this place, and we are daily looking
for them. Santa Anna and Almon'e are atpre
sent a: Columbia; the remainder of the prisoners
are at Galveston Island.
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From the Columbus Sentinel Aug. 12.
The following letter from Maj. Alfoid to the
Editors of the Enquirer, is the latest accounts we
have from below. Maj. Hoxey. with the Artil
lery and Cadet Riflemen, of this city, returned
on Tuesday last. Maj. Hoxey has been in active
service for the last two or thiee weeks, scouring
the swamps in Baker, but without meeting the
enemy. Gen. Sanford and the Guards are ex
pected here in a few days.
Camp Hoxey, 5th August, 1836.
Gentlemen—After a forced march I joined my
battalion in Randolph, determined, if God would,
to have revenge for the events of the fatal Sun
day when my men fought without their com
mander. I found upon my arrival that Gen.
Sanford was pursuing tho Indians with great en
ergy. and after exhausting himself with person
al fatigue, he took a single day to rest, sending
me in the swamp with my battalion and Capt.
Bostwick’s company of Pulaski County, to drive . „„„ ln „ , ...J
for the Indians. We had also a few of the Ba- aod massacred) whhia
ker County boys, under Capt. House : among „r n„i l, *o or th„.;r
them are some men that can trail equal to blood-
We had not proceeded far before the
Extract of a letter from Major General Gaines
dated
Camp Sabine, July 18,1836.
The troops here enjoy as much health as
have ever witnessed in any part of iho United
States. We are uow in tents—have good water
from several springs—excellent subsistence and
other supplies, and in abundance. VVe expect
to hear of some hard fighting in Texas soon—I
am still convinced that nothing but force, and
that of a number and description renderiug it
disposable and imposing, will preserve this frou
tier and the disputed territory from assault. We
will make something of the Sabine next fall aud
We can render it navigable for small
steam boats to this place7 or 8months in the year
for 5 or 6 thousand dollars. It has been navigable
for large boats here siuce the middle of April.—
There is but one raft below of any importance.—
Our exeelleut Admiral Shreeve will take that
out in a week or teu days. Thero is ouo pass
from the sea into the hay, as 1 am assured,.which
aflords from six to seven feet water at low tides.
New-Orleans. Aug. 10.
Letters have been received in town from the
American Consul at Matamoras, stating that that
port has been opened to vessels of every nation,
for the introduction of provisions, by paying an
ad valoren duty of 40 per cent.—Bulletin.
LATEST FROM MEXICO.
We learn from tho captain of the snhr. Hal
cyon, from Matamoras, that every thing was
quiet at that place, a. the time of his departure,
the 1st. inst. About 3000 troops were there, 1500
of wbotn wero well disciplined. They were wai
ting for rcci uits. The money for payiug them
off was daily expected. As scon as this was done
and the reinforcements had arrived, it was ex
pected they would commeuce operations. The
army was healthy. The Texian vessels of war
Brutus, and Uuion, had ..ppwmed.off the bar, but
had again left. A short lirtoe rf'.er their depar
ture, two Mexican vessels came into port.
John Quincy Adams’* speech in Congress in
regard to the affairs of Mexico and Texas was
highly extoIlecMWllatamorns. It had been trans
lated and puBMUd iu Spbi*isli,^iud had gained
for him the appellation of the ..Demosthenes of
America. ;
rile ouly thing contained iu "the Matamoras
papers are the reasons assigned hy Filasoln for
obeying the orders of Santa Aua, iu withdrawing
the troops, &c.
Tho Halcyon brings §105,000 in.specie, which
we thiuk goes to show that the commercial re
lations betweeu the two countries will not be in
terrupted, as many have imagined, by the deten
tion of Santa Aua.*— Cour. of Yesterday.
Texas.—Capt Parmly of the brig St. John,
arrived ou Suuday cveuing last irom Porto Rica
states that on tbe fkl inst. in lat 26, 36 long 87
armed schr. Brutus (Capt. Hurd) who solicited
some provisions being somewhat straitened him
self, could spare but little but even of that he ge
nerously shared. He learned from the officer that
the B. had been out a considerable time on a
cruize ; and that a few days provious she had
taken a valuable prize having on boat S40.000
in specie’which they had mauued ana se-t iuto
Galvestion.—Lou. Adv.
hounds.
sign became certain. About 2 o’clock on yester
day we came upon their camp, they were entren
ched behind some large pine logs, and received
us with a hrisk fire. I was struck with the se
cond ball that was fired; a large dirk kuife saved
me from a dangerous if not a fatal wound ; the
ball struck the knife iu my pantaloons pocket,
and thus was prevented from penetrating deeply
iuto my thigh. The bruise is considerable, but
will soon be well. Finding that the enemy had
the vantage ground; 1 determined at onco to storm
the camp ; the order to charge with loaded guns,
was obeyed promptly; and thus commenced the
most brilliant and impotuous charge: the enemy
made a faint effort to rally,* but a fire was o-
pened upon them as we went, which they could
not bear; they fled, leaving all their plunder and
a fine dinner behind them; the traces of blood
were considerable, but they left no dead or woun
ded behiud them. Io the pursuit we fouud parts
of litters very bloody, upon which they carried
their dead or wounded. The swamp was a com
plete covert to them, aud they made good their
retreat. Iu pursuing them my men and officers
would mire in the mud, and the march after their
trail before the fignt was so long and fatigueiug.
and we were so much exhausted, we were com
pelted to desist. The battalion unanimously
voted me the present of a flue riflle, taken on
the field loaded. We took up the line of march
for camp, and just as night came on, made our
escape from the most extensive and dismal
provisions, I deemed it prudent
:rs I had left the hn
left the ho^^toui,
place, whe
sassJS. h »:fi55ss£?'»
Respectfully, Sir,
Your obedient servant
JOSEPHB^OffiJsoj,
_P. S. We numbered 22 in5l a f£M
reinforced by seven men from Will,','
there were, as the boy states aK’""L ,c ®iiiitt^
To Hi, Excellency. R.clS j
nor of Florida. ' ''**L,
Sir—I have the honor to renn
progress of the enemy at this n 0 ;t •
of May. A bout twelve or nJofc ’*•
(16) one of my men, <vho tvasL, k ° fthjl 3
Fort Dabney to Fort Miller (the
I then had command in person) was7 .° f ^
swamp 1 ever saw. My officers and men fought
with great aud unflinching firmness, aud all dis
tinguished themselves, especially in the execution
of the order tocharge. The Indians raised tho
toar whoop, but the sound was lost in the tremen
dous shouts of the charge. We had no certain
means of ascertaiug the strength of the Indians:
from the size of their camp aod the amount
their victuals cooked for dinuer, we could easily
say they were a hundred strong, but 1 am of o
pinion that there was not quite that number from
all I could see.
Very respectfully,
JULIUS C. ALFORD.
From Florida.
Tallahassee, August 6,
Light-House Burnt.—We learn from Colonel
Fitzpatrick, who has just arrived from K®y Wes
that th9 Light-house on Cape Florida had beeu
burnt by the Indiaus. One man was killed, aud
another badly wounded. A large number of In
dians are assembled in the country extending from
Cape Roniain to Cape Florida. It is necessary
that strong military posts should be established iu
that quarter, and furnished with boats of very
light draft, to overawe the enemy who now pass
at their pleasure among the numerous islands.
Suwannee Old Toicn.—We are happy to learn
that this post has proved quite healthy since its
occupation by Major Fosters commatid. Much
of the sickness which has heretofore prevailed
there, is undoubtedly owing to the absence of the
necessary police, which can only be remedied by
the strictest discipline.
Major Howard left »his place on the 3d inst.
with two companies'of mounted men for Hamil
ton county. The object of this expedition is to
intercept any party of Creeks who may escape
from the Georgia troops.
Duncanville, August 2, 18:16.
To hts Excellency Gov. Call:
Sir—Your letter enclosing an Express from G
H. Crossman. A. Q M. U. S. Army, was handed
to me by Mr. Max Yandy about It o’clock. A
M. on Saturday last. The expr.ns being indefinite
as to the position of the Indians, and the force in
pursuit of them, it was deemed best to gain far
ther information before we proceeded. Messrs.
Fabiau Adams aod William Brinson very gener
ously voluuteered their services, to go to Flint ri
ver and gam the latest aud most desirable infor
mation.
Upon their arrival there, thev met with Major
Hoxey, who gave them the following intelligence.
The number of Indians were supposed to be a-
bout 150 warriors, an.I the like uuraber of women
and children. The whites had had four engage
ments with them, with the following results. On
Sunday 9 Indians killed, on .Monday 2 whites, the
number of Indians not known ; on Tuesday two
whites killed, the number of ludians not known;
ou Wednesday 14 Indiaus killed, 20 horses taken
and the Indians completely routed. In the four
fights between 50 and 60 Indians aro supposed to
have been killed, and 11 white me’ '' battles
were fought in Stewart and the oppei >f Lee
county. Major Hoxey had receiver .ntelli
gence of them since Wednesday last, then Major
General Sanford was in pursuit of them. Major
Hoxey has 5 companies statioued between Fliut
River and tho Chickasahatcheo, for the purposo
of intercepting the Indiaus, and preventing their
escape to Florida. Hn will stay there until that
party are destroyed. Should they evade him and
pass the river, upor the information of the fact
he will immediately pursue them. I will imme-
speedily as possible, and at ibe Jf .
enemy were reinforced by ab° ut in [llS i
dial ly communicate to your Excellency all the
intelligence I rer
You,
shots of Fort Dabney :-p roi ^ , h »
horse company came, under thecomn, ?“ ti|,l >e
jor Cuthbert, their signs could
seen. After the arrival of which th/ ^ b
themselves so as uot to be found a
after they (the horse company) l e f,' fcw *y»
seen more frequent and plain until It .r"^***
On that evening, on the ^'l^^V
Miller's negroes, from Fort Dabuev h 0 ^*
Early on the morning or the 17th J un . ,
to Captain Willis to send me some of hi''' **
pursue the enemy, informing him 0 f L*
l tneu tooK se\en of my men, wentnm « j *
their trail with fifteen men in line I parent
a distance of near one and a half nij| e ,, J
at the point of penetrating the hammock » 1 ^
ed on by a party of some 30 or 40 Indians,,,
I ordered my men to take trees oa my ri £ b, '^
was done with promptness. I a U v orders
a gun to he fired until the Indians' emereea
the hammock. In this position we lav and
ceived two rouuds from them—when ther a!
a charge to come out of the hammock \V '
them approach within 20 yards, when we flu
begin to see them. We then opened a h, av ,. fir
on them: we fought in nearly the same position ft!
near teu minutes, when 1 found we weteabout-
he surrounded, i then made an effort to draw
their fire, which I did in part, and ordered are
treat across a small prairie, intending to |, n5 ,
them into open ground, but before we reached the
timber; they had got into the timber on onr ri-^bt
and were approaching it on our left. I then fouud
it necessary to pursue the retreat, and did so, by
retreating one half of my company alternately fur
a distance of one mile, under a cross fire, nearlr
all the time from the enemy. When i reachedii
open high hill, bound on the north and east bru
opan prairie, where we had the advantage, id
could not be surrounded, without their coming
into the prairie.—we fought iu this position fo
near ten minutes, when the enemy beganioijis
confusion, aud left the field; we remainedontbe
field, until they had all disappeared, aud we then
took up our march for quarters.
The engagement lasted for uear one bear with
fury, on both sides. Out of my small number,
one was w ounded early in the action, and lived
ouly 20 hours. There is much praise doe ihs
few men who were in ihe fight, for their calm and
cool deliberation. Their brave and noble ids
mav he equalled, hut uot surpassed by auy.
The number of Indians were supposed, by tie
men, to be not less than 40. Their killed' and
wounded is uot known, but supposed not tn is
less than from etght to twelve. I saw four fall
early in the actiou, and have suite seen the signs
of several others. The day after the fight, tter
set fire to the houses of .Messrs. IVaismr nacI Jen-
ings. Nothing further occurred in ihe line ol tbs
euemy till our departure from this place.
J am. very respectfully.
Your obeiiient servaur,
WILLIAM T. TOWNSEND.
C. 31 and 11.31
Floridian.
Latest from Fort Drone.—We have seen a
letter from Fort Drane, dated 3d inst. whichstates
thit the train which, under the escort of Ceptam
Ashby was ret eiitlv attacked on its way from
FortDraue to Micnnopy. returned on ibe If.inst.
with au escort composed of regulars and a rein-
fori'ement of forty-five (mounted) Florida Volun
teers. No Indians were seen by them. Aw-
iher train, with ail escort raider the comtnann o:
Capt. Merchaut. proceeded oil the 2d from Fort
Draue to Micauopy aud returned next day wA-
out meeting the enemy. t
Lieut. Spalding has, at present, command oi
Capt. Ashby’s company of Dragoon;.
M»pr Gardner rv.is daily exposed at For
Drane with two companies.—Georgian.
From the St. Augustine Heraid.JnlyW-
ANOTHER BATTLE.
A brilliant and gallant action.—Yesterday
ternoon an express arrived iu towu with w®*'
gence that a battle had taken place iu the 00™'
ing at 6 o'clock, at Ridgeiey’s Mill,nearthemow
of Black Creek, between a detachme.itof l* -•
troops, 15 in uuinher, under Lieut. Herbert, st
party of 35 Indians. ^
Lieut Herbert left here on Wednesday •
...escort 40 led hoises to Gareys Ferry* ^
reached that place in safety the next day- ^
was on his return iu the steamboat Lssau-c^
Picolata, when the boat arrived opposite'
he landed in a small boat with 9 of his w* 0,
view of going to Mr Travers’ plentais’u "
house had been burned '.be day p rev i° us * ,
making ati examination, on londiug ***j“ 15CU ' fc
fresb inockasin tracks, and took up P -
He soon fell in with a party of fifteen or '
Indians, whom he immediately attar •*? •
joined by the remainder of bis com
More Emigrants for Texas.—A compai ,f
fifty-three fine looking young men,under the com
mand of Cnpt. Fraly arrived at this port last
evening iu tho brig Harriet, from Baltimore,
and will, depart for tho land of. “Milk aud-Ho-
ney,” in the first vessel which sails for Texas.
Bulletin.
Charlestatu—A test vote for a salaried inten
dancy, was taken in Charleston, on last Mouday.
Tho result was a majorty of 363 votes for sala
ried intendency—637 votes in favor of the ques
tion, and 294 against, it. We believe that { iho
citizens of Charleston have adopted a wise plau.
and that an additional expense of a few thou-
saud dollars will be nothing in comparison with
the benefits that will result from an olficor who
will have to devote all his time aud talents to the
duties of his office.
The New-York Erie and Champlain canal,
which was completed in 1825, at a cost of
$7,737,770, has extinguished this debt,pad hence
forth its immense revenue will flow into the Stt te
Treasury, to be appropriated either to tho ordi
nary expenditures of the Government, or the con
struction of other improvements, which, in their
turn, will ul»o contribute to tbe geueral fund.
pcctfully,
TflviMAS E. BLACKSHEAR.
Coker’s Plantation, July 29, 1836
To His Excellency, R. K. Call. Governor of
Florida.
Sir : This morning we left early from San Pe
dro, on our way to Camp Carter. When about
one mile from this place we discovered a fire a-
head of us, we prepared ourselves aud divided iu
parties, 26 men and officers, myself at tbe head
of ono division aud Sergeant Meigs the other, we
separated and proceeded about a quarter of a mile
when the trail was discovered uear tho houses
then on firo and joined Sergeant Meigs: aud pur
sued tho tiai! of the Indians about 300yards below
the house when we dismounted, and every man
took hi? tree, we were fired upou by about 16 or
20 whose fire our men promptly returned, wo saw
a little boy coming towards as, a son of Mr. Coker
who had been taken by the Indians as prisoner
aud had been left on oursuddeuly surprising them,
they left every thing they had taken from the
houses of the 2 Mr. Cokers, Mr. Vagle, &c. As far
as we can learn, they killed only two young men,
one sou of Mr. Coker and one of Mr. Vagle,
whose dead bodies we have in camp with us.
We attacked them a second time in a large ham
mock near this place on foot, and got within 30
or 40 yards of them, and fired directly, we.havo
discovered as yet no signs of having killed any
excepting one whose dress the principal part of
which, together with his rifle and moccasins ho
dropped as 1 fired, I have sent the rifle to Talla
hassee by Mr. Simmons, the mail-rider. I would
have continued to pursue them, but having no
beaten back, aud after a warm action,« ^
ed au hour and twenty miuutes, 'he cnc .
driven into a hammock, from which they . j
shew themselves until the detachment ^
on board the steamboat ami wasundcrx tW
they came to the river hank anil fi ff
boat. After driving them into the ham^ [_j etlt .
the ammunition having nearly exha , U5 - 05 ition rf
Herbert, from the superior force ana P
the euemy did not think it prudent to
Five of his men were wounded—i )0U e;Jfni j
dangeronsly. It is thought that six 0 ^
were killed and wounded, as they « ^
fall, and a uegro who acted 03 h ea rd
understood the 1 ntlian tongue, snui ,,e e0 car-
repeatedly call during the action, f° r
ry off their wcuudea. _ /Toiis thatk as
This is one of the most brilliant a ^
occurred during the war. and we 10 j^ ve |jidt*
current of disasters with which we suCC e»ses
contend hitherto, is about to turn: a
follow in the places of misfortune- it-
Col. Crane of the army, commauaw*
gular troops in East Florida, upon p uon inett s
above intelligence here, ordered /i1 P j jj e ut. I f ’
company of mounted Vcsliintecrs- - 1, |0 m* 1 "
win’s company of mounted U. »• tr °Pj j, e »)•
to Picolata where they probably c will “
Johns last night: and it b
able to fall iu with this band of - 1 tl ' e v icinity 01
supposed have been lurking 111
Black Creek for some days. mnin iesre^
We bavo just learned that tbe comp ^sl
ed Picolata, and finished r |' ass ' n £ .. jet#^
o'clock this morniug. Lt. Her ei »
have just arrived with'tbeir xroo
