Democratic Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 2

A BRIGHT IDSA JOTH15O inngum ts gu 70 i 01351 3 and President 57G175 ward with an unfaltering step in this great work of I der whose command he serve i army is encumbered with wpmep and childten that ington correspondence of the Cn At the publicans 3 whig and one tie at: (Signed) on tide waler interior as well as to other st with one of1 with 420 sup rO i ve 1 a tn the city of Albany the electien of 10 re barry thing for the 1 Heaton 00108 106 0 2 1" 15 tne observations thing of the ene 17840249 8043 113 230000 200000 3300')U 1050000 1740000 The shock of an earthquake was sensibly felt at Knoxville Tenn on the 7th instant It was accom panied with a noise resembling diitant thunder LotnsvjLbE Ky April 21 About forty Texian volunteers under the com mand of Capt Wigginton all armed with trusty ri fles left the city wharf for the place of destination on Tuesday We know many of them personally and can safely predict that they will sustain most nobly the character of Kentucky soldiers lie who shall look for them upon the battle field will have no dif ficulty in ascertaining their position Let him go where the battle rages hottest he will find them there Journal tiiirr first I 1 da I Third cLn tat ammunition for each gun Small ar for the mililia Accoutrements for small arms ield ammunition of all kinds A national foundry Liver firms escaped ovcr we TEXAS rom XrW Url ans Courier oftfrcJStb Distresses of the Colonists The echo ner Cora lia arrived this morning from Matagorda (Texas) loaded with the unfoitunate wives and children of th cufoiioU grief and despair is depicted on all their Litcnrmcea many of them who wd in eaey if not affluent circumstahcee are how redu i nt could jJttsRe i and con Resolved That said volunteers shall in case they may by error locate any of said claims previ ously held by legal titles or possession be allowed: to lift said location and again locate saidclaims up' on any vacant lands in the Republic The foregoing resolutions were adopted in the Convention of Texas al town of Wasliirwon rm the 17ih day'of March 1835 RICHARD President of the Convention In addition to the bounty volunteers in the arrnr of Texas receive the same pay and rations as sol diers in the regular army of the United States TEXAS The Mobile Chronicle of the 13th letter has just been received in this place from Col rington dated March 25th which states that the inhabitants on ilto Brasses above San elipe had secured their fiirnilies by placing them on the east of Trinity That the panic was over every man able to bear arms wes rushing to join Houston That Santa Anna had let the important hour slip and that the people had become confident that they would bo able shortly to expel the invader from Texas or several days previous to the dato of the letter nothing had been heard of the Mexican army that Santa Anna had either retreated or was endeavoring to make a Hank movement on Houston rom Texas we hear that the convention which mot to frame a constitution Ac has appointed pre the following persons to the tached to their names respectively David Burnet President of the Republic Lorenza Zavalla Vice President Samuel Carson Secretary of State Thomas I Rush Secretary ol War Bailey Hardman Secretary of the Treasury Robert Potter Secretary of the A'avy JR Junes Postmaster General! Sat Intel or rusiUint VAN BUREN Al Ar 1 1 The cliziate qf Strangers from the East who comedo Michigan onbeing recommended to the Northern part of the State very generally ob ject to it vn the supposition that it is colder than the Ciimgte to which they have been accustomed in t'le East Now nothing can be more erroneous than each an impression There is no part of the Pen insula of Michigan from its Southern boundary to Mackinaw colder than the Northern point of St Lawrence county New York On a direct line from Detroit west to St Joseph the climate is about the rom the Wai cinmni Republic Sexate Mr Wright concluded his speech be gan yesterday on Land Bill Without toscL trig the constitutional quei non he demofohi liw win le practicability of the project and left the land bill groundless Jri the price he burst Mr mttgnittc bubble by which' he estimated the revenue of the public domainaccording to the best lunarcalculations at 1266 nulhons! Mr W's estimate if I understand rightly jaW221 millions 41 received for safes and 179 to be received I go into any de nil He next exhibited list of 59 Bills reported by ths Hoose (Selected from 554) and 14 from the Senate (selec ted from 231) by which tjppropriaiiomrwere recom mended io the amount of and in ad dition to this he stated that ere were many ether bills for private claims and" other purposes Rat would swell the drafts on the treasury so ns leave but little or no surplus In short be blasted at once the hones of all the advocates of REIS ATI rom th: Cincinnat Republics STENOGRAPHIC GLIMPSE CONGRESS protecting the frontier settlements and if necessary compel the Indians rcturii 0 home and hunting grounds I cannot but decide in favor of the last alternative which this question presents for nothing can be more evident than that an Indian war commencing on either side of the line will extend to both sides as that a lighted quick match thrust into one side of a powder will extend the explosion' to both sides But I am without the only description of force which enable me to interpose an efficientcheck to the daily increasing dangers which every intelli gent citizen with whom I have conveisjd upon the subject apprehends And apprehending as i de that the loss of one month which it would require to sub mit ihe case to the decision of the President of the United States might prove fatal to a largo portionxif the iromier inhabitants I have determined to solicit of your excellency a brigade to consist of two or three baltallions of volunteers as many to be moun ted as to repair to this place ns soon as may be convenient by companies or battallions to receive arms and camp equipage at New Orleans and Baton Rouge There may be eight or ten companies to a battailion Should the war in Texas be brought to a close without the apprehended Indian hostilities the vol unteers will bo discharged forthwith I have the honor to be Your obedient servant EDMUND GAINES Mai Commandin'? To his Excellency Edward White Governor of the State of Louisiana rom the Albany Argus Defence of the Country: The report of the Secro tary of War relative to the military and naval de fences of lhe country will be read with interest The subject is one which at this moment particu larly presses with great lorce upon the public con sideration and the views ot this functionary sanc tioned ns they are by those of the President are enti tled to particular weight The Secretary recoin mends 1 An of the navy "A' 2 The adoption of an cient plan for the or ganizntion of tin militia 3 The cultivation of military science and in this view the maintenance ol the Military Academy: 4 Thu skeleton of a regular establishment which the Secretary conceives to be attained by our present army but which all experience and recent experi ence has shown to be wholly imidequute 5 The preparation and proper distribution 'of all the munitions of war 'I'im completion of al! the defensive works now in progress of construction agreeably to the plans upon which they haw been projected 7 The defence by permanent works nroDorfion ed to any exigency that may probably arise of all the harbors and inlets upon the coast where there are cities and towns the situation and importance of which excite just apprehension of attack and par ticularly where we have naval establishments 8 Provision for testing superiority of the vari ous plans that may be offered for the construction and use of steam batteries f) A reconsideration of the project for fortifying the roadsteads or open anchornco grounds wiih view to lhe adoption of pl in better adapted to the probable future circumstances of lhe country urg ing nt lhe same time that all works which are de termined on be pushed wiihall reasonable vigor There are two bills for fortifications now before Congress That in the House appropriating 1800 JO for the prosecuti of works already com menced the Secretary deems tu be nuccosan The bill in the Senate contains appropriations fur nine teen new works and 60001)0 to be expended for meembatteries The Secretary approves of twelve of the new works as essential under any circum stances that may arise suggests that the rema ning seven be submitted to farther examination and that th appropriation for steam batteries be reduced to Isloge on Col Crocket The CoatesvilleChester Co Pa) General Advertiser contains the following obituary a le Ossian dedicated to the memory of the celebrated Crocket: Col Crockett flesh 'is saith the preacher as the Hower of the field it passeth away It is even so He that came off victorious from a hundred contests with the stern chieftans of the forest at whoso approach the bear and the panther shook with and the deer and Ihif lalo tied as from the messenger of death the re doulrt ible Crockett is no more allen is Alamo allen is the hero of Tennessee The places which have known him shall see him no more the halls which have re ochoed with the thunder of his elo quence arc silent and the bear tlio wild cat and the alligator no longer tremble tit the sound of his carbine The victor is overthrown the champ mn is dead JJe has gone of his competi tors to that land whose bourne no traveller May he rest in pence MONDAY MAY 9 183 3 went of vegetation in the Spring is uniformly from ten to fifteen days earlier hero than nt Buffalo and Albany In tins latitude of ort Gratiot and the mouth of Grand River the climate is much milder there than along lhe line of the Erie Canal in New York Jit is well settled fact that the climate is several degrees warmer in the Western than in the Eastern 8'tates in tha same latitude and the valley of the Grand River is considerably South of the line of the Hudson and' Erie Canal We heard a gen tleman from the Grand River Country remarking yesterday that he had kept a large number of Cattle in the woods and prairies during the whole of last winter and that they were now in fine order PcBitc Laxds On the 27 ins: Mr Bill providing lor the distribution among the States of "the proceeds of the Public liands was taken up in xho Senate and ordered to be engrossed for a third Oieading by a vote of25 to 21 It will be perceived by the yeas and nays that four administration sena tors voted for the Bill viz McKean ami Buchanan of Pennsylvania Mr Nicholas of Louisi ana Mr Hendricks of Indiana Tho Pennsylvania maters were instructed by their state legislature to support the Bill The following is the vote The question being on the third readmg of the bill was ordered to be taken by yeas and nays and be ing taken was decided as follows Messrs Black Buchanan Clay Chyton Critteuu'en Davis Ewing of Ohio Goldsborough Hendricks Kent Knight Lay McKean Mangiim Nandain Nicholas Porter Prentiss Preston Rob bins SouthardSwift Tomlinson Webster White 25 Messrs Benton Brown Calhoun Cuth bert Ewing of Illinois Grundy Hill Hubbard Kingot Alabama King of Georgia Linn More Morris Niles Rives Robinson Ruggles Shepley Tail madge Walker Wright 21 So the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a uiiru lime ruin tha Albany Argus Let us now compare tho transportion from tide water on our own canals with that which was done on the public wtfrks of Pennsylvania du icg the year 1835 income of tho principal articles of trade In this stati ment we cannot witfiont occupying more space than we can spare give all the items of trans portation but we have endeavored to select among otners those in which th re is the greatest disparity either in her favor or ir own and we believe we may safely add that the comparison is us fair as it could be made by further extending it Property going from Tide Water On the list of the acts passed at the lai session of the Upper Canada legislature and upprored by the governor we find the following An act to incorporate certain persons therein men tioned under the name and style of the Niagara and Detroit Rivers Rail Road Company An act to incorporate a company lo construct a il road from Burling on iy io Lake Huron 44 act to incorporate the City of Toronto Like Huron Rail Road Company To ihe people Easlof My encampment is preparing mi the West ot ihe Bra z'o where I shall wait for some supplies and re inforcements My intention never has been to cross the Brazos mid the false reports sprcadarc by men who have basely deserted the army of Texas Let men from the East press on to the army and ciosa over at If men uniic with the present force we can defeat ami capture the enemy The army of the enemy has been represented at 10 and of 00V men when indeed it never has exceeded 3 4000 in Texas an I the force that attacked Col 1 aiming was only 1500 ho had only 320 men They fough him in the prairie where they had no water and they surrounded him 2 heir cavalry are not nu merous as staled and their infantry are men 0 ed into service and convicts from prisons Their Let lhe men of the East come to our aid and bring 4i'l nomine unueo Dimes Cant The New Yrk Evening ar says much damageJits been donp in Michigan by the late freshets and adds ihnt 'many of tlie farms on the Detroit were inundated Not go ist Major the on the Detroit River have thus tar flowing and when such an event shall occur may expect news from Grand Island Cincinnati Ohio April 21 Texian Drnigrnnts A large meeting of citizens convened at the Exchange at noon to day to take a farewell of tbe Texian Emigrants about 80 in num ber under the direction of Lieut Stassdvry of the Texian army with whom they embarked on board the sieimboat Orleans The proprietor of the Exchange had prepared for them an ex cellent collation of which they partook with their Dost 29955537 Tho period often years is taken asn suitable time within which the foregoing expenditures for orL nance may be completed The disbursements lor the various objects embraced in the resolution which pertain to the ordnance department (says Col Bomford) are now annually little short of SL 009 0T) If a period of fifteen years is assumed for the accomplishment of tlmsc purposes tho annual expenditure will be only double what it is at presem and it is believed that such an increase could be made with much advantage to ihe service The New Orleans Beeofihe 11th says It was currently rumored yesterday that the compa nies of troops lately seat from Jefferson bar racks to ort Jessup to protect the western frontiers had deserted to the Texian Arm This is not im probable as they had some four or five weeks past made overtures to the provincial government of Texas tobe received into the regular army of that country It is also stated that Matagorda was deserted and destroyed by the Texinns and that they have resol ved to abandon the whole country west of the Brasos at least for the present Tinies The following beautiful lines with the publica tion of which we are favored were composed a few evenings since during a moon light excursion the River with a fine band of music on board' SCttl NADl List ial listen I Wline bi iglniy irlisten The lulling wav in he sweet starlight or Music has woke I prilt anil broke 3 he dreamy hush of the summer night If the Naiad dwells In those corn! cells That blush fu down in the glassy tide fhe will leave her home or the suir lit foam Rapt in tin: wake of our boat to glide Whil the waters glisten List la ly li sti or not to' tit landward breeze arc given Swet as that lay Thou wilt hear iHwny When thy soul leaves earth to gladden Heaven RtDAY hwirr rom the Saturday Courier ESQR MARRIAGE CEREMONY You bromish now you goot man dare Vot stilus upon de vloor To hab dis voman for your vife And lub her ebvrinore To feed her veil wil sourernut buttermilk and eheesc And in all timis to lend your aid Due vi II promote her case Yc anil you voman stantin dare Do pledge your vord dish lay Dat you vill lake vor 3 our husband Dis nian ant In 111 pry Dat you wj II pial and poard wit him Wash iron mid ment his etnas Laugh when he sbiniies veep when lie sighs Dus share hiscioys and voes Veil den I now vidin desr vails Vid joy ant not vid krief Bronounce you bote to be von mint Von name Veil man von beef 1 poobllsh now des sacred bants Dese niatrimoiiiiil ties Before mine vife tint Kate and And all dese gazing ej es And as de snared scripture saj Vat Got unites togedder Let no man dare assunder put Let no man dare tr sever Ami you britekrooin dare here you stop not let go your collar Prforeyou answer me dis ting Dat ih t'are ish mine dtllar 4 IIUIUI Lilian think to tbo construction ol a single complete bat ter 'flic report from tho Engineer Dcparimcnt in cludes works to tha following eiiun It Mtirmited that the Whaling fleet of the Uni States eonNSh of 460 sail averaging 375 tuns each In Montgomery county 8 man by the name of Mills was recently fined two jHars for at temp'ing to kiss a lady The lady W18 probably aizrj be cl Vhisinu El'ciot Rue hmm Enquirer fhe th )' thi contest up that whic 1 57 republicans an 50 abietA Mvsttv A scene so distressing we fed inured was never before wHtwssed in vn ted States even the miseries of tic tinorm habitants of St Dunomgo with all their su can bear no pura'flel tins Many teem cui bled to escar wit motit'Z whereby they com1 I aL tmi piy ineir unin uhw AVa'stfwtox April 12 Congress Its session will be prolonged till every subject pri vate or public is considered pass ed upon tind definitely settled the integrity of lhe party the interest of the country and the duty of the majority alike demand it 7 he minority win continue to waste the time in frivolous motions an fruitless debates but the majority must make them redeem the lost time in July or August when they will be anxious to be at home canvassing at elec tions they must be kept here at their pest and not be suffered to abandon it they must say yea or nay upon every measure at last let them waste as muchtime as they will It is hero where the greue battles for the Presidency have been and pl con tinue to be fongbt It is here where power anil influence and information concentrate to be parted "diffused and circulated to the extremities of the countrv Could the panic oi lo3 1 M'8 been produced with one thousand times the merical and intellectual force of the oppositiM distributed at the circumference instead oi uem placed at the centre cl the United States 'W assuredly not It is here where the oemte gat ed the ascendancy not ai home: it is where Hwy have been met and finally conquered 11 is here where the great plans of buttle have formed to defeat their mnchinrtiomi and destroy influence at And here I repeat all the gre politico! battles must be ibugnt and won or io Paris is and Washington 8 Ln not indeed to be ruled by mobs bu moral influence The party now in power and ing too a majority are responsible to the coti dor the performance of every duty that de vol su 1 0 tho government and they must discharge the1! or the people win discharge them It 0 excuse for them that the minority wasie time retard the action of Congress it seven not sufficient they must sit ten every ut) ni discharged and tho country may rest ass ut one will be neglected REIcRlI a launch of the Ulilicaukie 'I his beaiitudl 'E mH! be launched 011 Monday next froro 1 0 yard of the Grand Island Company She built by Mr Delano and is about ulIV burthen This is wc believe the first ship an largest vessel constructed on the upper La 'es she will bo launched full rigged she will ly take in cargo and passengers and on the day following will proceed on her first trip ar waukie and Chicago under the commando i AV Dickinson On the morning of the launch the Oliver Newberry will leave Buffalo at 9 08 a return by 2 The ictory aJ leave at 9 with passengers and retu usual Buff Com Advertiser Jloy Ought the raising of Beets for Sugarlc flff aged in the United States? Mr Isnard OI1X jB consul at Boston who distinguished this culture in rance during the rt0 the leon who first projected it stated in a Boston Daily Advertiser that one tone ju(3 100 lbsbrown sugar and thatanacroV1 of on an average 10 or 15 tons SurP0Sino after sugar to an acre there would be a 500 all expenses on the refined article ot pur acres This would never do for our t0 soil is to rich and valuable to be unprofitable an income as Hr 6 jVeu' York Election Cornelius V' the re elected Mayor of the city New A 01 a late election by a majority of 5819 sp other candidates Of the 16 aidermen sr? Van Buren men and right higa (jus Cost 5 hi 110' olll i ia gm 183 3 Hypocrisy lhere is much hypocrisy in affecting to give up the pleasures of the world from religious motives when they only withdraw from it because wo find a greater gratification in the pleasures of re tiremont said on old rar to his young ones the infirmities Of age are pressing so heavily upon me that I have determined to Hciite the short remainder of my days to mortification and penance in a narrow and lonely hole which I have lately discovered but let me not interfere with your enjoyment youth is the season for pleasure be harpy therefore and only obey my ist instruc tions never to come near me in my retreat Cod bless' you all Deeply affected snivelling audibly and wiping his paternal eyes with tail the old withdrew and was seen no more for several days when his youngest daughter moved rather by filial affection than bv that curiosity which is attributed to the sex stole to his cell of mortification which tiirned out to bo a hole made by bis own teeth in an enormous Cheshire cheese The Tin Trumpet 120 50126? The con tains estimates for the following works 1 Two itiond armories ourteen arsenals ield pieces for militia and troops an ser vice for ten yr aas including 926 pie ces with carriages ami estimating oils piece to 2399 militia or line armament of forts erected now building and contemplated to be built embracing cannon carri ige6 a ni mu nition complete inc'udmg 12113 pieces ofcunnon and 2000 rounds of It is stated in some of the letters from Orleans eays the National Intelligencer' that among the Americans recently killed in the Texian War was Dr Harrison son of Gen Wni II Harrison of Ohio '11 The St Louis papers of the 11th ult state that in the course of tho week preceding upwards of five thousand emigrants and strangers had arrived in that city a large public meeting held at the ranklin Housn in the city of New York on the evening of the 26t ult to take into consideration the condi tion of the following resolutions were adopt ed Resolved ThV the state ot Texas having become teveredjrom confederation of Mexico by no act' or sault of her and having beei driven by une quivaca! acts ofivranny which evidemly aimsd at her political annih Hntjon to defend herself by arms against tlio nation whose duty it was protect her hss justly anti righteously declared herself free sovereign and indc pei 'deni and that it is for the honor of a free and pom erliil nation like tho United States to be the first to ike her by tho hand and acknowledge her indenen lenoc Resolved That the law hich is paramount to all law the great law of hum mi ry justifies us in exten ding aid to the Texians who uju invaded by an army whose progress has hitherto be'n marked by atro cities unknown to civilized an army which wages a war of extermination whose ivage chief swears to make her fertile valkey a waste it will be perceived that in the single arti cleof merchandize going from tide water (and this is tha most important if an index to the extent of our participation in the western trade is sought) tho amount trajwportcd on all the Pennsylvania works is but 60179959 pounds while the amount trans ported on ours is 21173X030 pounds What is equilly worthy of observation tho amount of mer chanuize carried irom tide water through our canals I and destined to nl ices bnvm! i'rOfi I 1 IVl I 1 4M i IQ i Pi pounds but httio less than tho whole amount carried on the Pennsylvania improvements as well into her own interior as to other states from Atrnin th no I i 1 vi ijiercnnnuize carried from tide water on our canals during ihe last year exceeds the amount so carried dm lug theyear 1834 by 35098(J0d pounds an increase near equal to two thirds of the whole amount carried from tide water on tho Pensylvania canals into her own in I I VI 1 rt JO35 OOThe Journal of Commerce un der the head of Important Ilunicirff says A gentleman who has just ar rived from vVashinntoD reports that an aiiangement to loan thn snrnliK revhii 4 1 1 uo io mi oiucs without interest pava hle heti wanted for the use of the rov ernment had been agreed upon by leihd ifipi men of bodi parties Coporess and would be carried 9 which tb: be de tv HOW i th nmfniinfl mUtni nf tht jT uvrtliuiu Ui I Ik hu iHunvu a spirit should be rccolloeted they are AnwrLns their blood is ours and it behoves us to al leviate their afflictions Manv of them have lost their fathers husbands sons and broihors let therefore some of worthy fdL citizens call a meeting tor their relief: the call will not cannot be made in evety man will throw in his mite and even our ladies who are proverbial for their benev (donee will not let such an occasion pass unnoticed Any thing more from us we deem unnecessary the feclibgs of pity and charity in our inlmbitants arc such that it is sufficient for them to know that any of their fellow creatures arc in need of a helping hand for them to extend it TUESDAY MAY 10 1886 constitution of this state de rr dares that person holding any omeu hip state officers of the imiiua assocint judges of the circuit and pu? misiKts excepted shall rom the New Orleans Bee We arc happy to have it in our power to publish power to purchases the same? I 3 I rLmoVd tne JOiiowing jcuer uuuhwh uy urjvt Gaines lo the Governors of Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and Tennessee It may be relied upon 'as authentic and is of great importance ft is manifest from the loiter that tho government of the United States lias taken the proper position with respect to the contending parlies in Texas and that General Gaines has taken the necessary precautionary mca suree to enable him to execute the important duties devolved upon him and to cause our neutrality to be respected Cam Bulletin coiv Head Quarters Western Detart tent Uatchitoches La A pril 8th Sir The war in Texas which has of late assu med sanguinary and savage aspect had induced the Prcsideni of the United States to require a con sideruble augmentation of regular force to be con centrated upon this section of the national froniicr to which my at tent ion has been particularly directed i He deems it to be lf duly of the United States to remain entirely and to cause their neutrality to be iff practicable forcibly if necessary The 33d article of the Treaty with Mexico re quires both contracting parties to prevent force all hostilities and incursions on the part of the Indian nations living within their respective bounda ries so that the United Slates of America will not her Indians to attack the citizens of the Mexi cii Nc The provision am Particularly in structed to cause to be Pced ami I have taken measures to make them known fo Tc venous Indian tribes inhabiting that portion di the ANecl bordering upon the Mexican territory on the er3 of the Red and Arkansas Rivers the determinaiOn of the guvernmant to prevent any hostile incursions into Texas and have directed that all the Chie be called upon expressly to inculcate upon their people the iieccssiiy ot carefully abstaining from miy viola tion of the above mentioned engagements and I have moreover informed them pursuant to tho or ders of Hie President that I will noChesit ate to the force at my disposal for the purpose cf prevent ing any such designs have learned from several of our citizens emi ts I to cr dit that one Manuel lores Mexican Spaniard but for several years past a citizen oi Spanish town in this Slate near the Sabine ri tge bss been lately mimisbioned by peieons piuteas r5 to act by the authority of the Mexican govern ment for the purpose ut Mtwins the Indians in the western prairies on our side ot the boniuliry line to join them in the war of extermination now waging in Texas and that with this view tho agent 'Manuel lores accompanied by a stranger has lately pass ed up the valley of the Red river and has a ready produced considerabfo excitement among the Gado Indians And I have recently learned irom sever 1 intelligent persons in Texas and others who have lately been there that many of our Indians have gone over to the Texas side of tho line These facts mid circnmst uicej present to mo the important question whether I am to sit still and suffer iheEW mb'emerits to be so matured as to place the wbite st tilemems i both sides of the line wholly within tho power of these savages or whe ther I iiught not instantly to prepare tl means for all deserters with them is landing on our cuum our vessels has taken a barrels of flour 33b pv plies for the army spies report tins morinng mndn lest nieilt Cuiiiu himiuih my for ten miles beyond BoycuSi Bunard twenty five miles beyond San Philips The cifizrias of San Philipi when they heard it rumored that the had crossed the Colorado get fire to their own houses and reduc ed the place to ahe Get uic people nor uu long in dread of if mN! off men SAMUEL HOUSTON Commander in Chief My spies Lave just returned and report tho enemy ma few miles of San Philipi! 800 or 1000 men only and only 30 cavalry Wo will whip them soon Il in addition to the above letter wj Ic arn from IL Kimble Secretary of the late Convention held at the town of Washington directed from Harris I burg the present seat of government of Texas th fl Col annin Commandant at Goliad had between the 20th and 25th of March blown up the fort and attempted a retreat with 320 men towards Matagor da a hundred miles That he was intercept ed about nine miles from the fort about one tiik from limbered land which he was end avoriiig to reach by between 1500 and 2000 Mexicans in the prairie ir informant derived his infornmarion of the above facts from Capt Horton who command I ed a detnchnient of 23 men and was an eye witness I to tho struggle of Col armin md His companions I to break through the right wing of the cm my near nrhv vv41 vr UI tl 0l IT to him or rendering him any succor Captain Horton with his 23 men immediately 'made their way to Matagorda from whence he sail ed to New Orleans and arrived in seven days Captain Horton entertained no doubt ol the total defeat and Col annin and bis whole forces on tlie day ho left which was about the 26th March Our informant says be has received information coming by tho way of Nacogdoches Natchitoches it confirming the fatal facts above Our informant could not inform of the strength of General forces but said they were daily angmentini That the fullest confidence socmod to ba cherished by the people of Texas in the ability of their Commander in Chief that great unanimity prevailed and every dterrninatmn evinc ed to defend tlfe country: that' Gen plan of operation was to protract an engagement until ha could be co reinforced as to give assurances of vic tory A deep feeling pervades the people of Mississippi in relation Id their brethren in Texas A striking evidence of it will be found in the following extract of a letter from an intelligent gentleman now in Natchcs The departure of tlio Hon John A Quitman and his compatriots for Texas so soon alter tue new? of a most barbarous butchery presented a scene of extraordinary interest Tne gall mt judge has filled nearly all the distinguished the State can coaler' afod no man evi pisswd through so many offices of trust and hon'or more creditably He is plain and unassuming in his manner kind and cour teous though not apparently warm in his feelings and his whole life is marked with a firmness decis sion and elevation of purpose that cannot be excell ed I believe that I might truly say that no man ever questioned the honesty of integrity of Judge 1 public conduct oi the purityot his private character He has been Chancellor ot the btate ami in that arduous and responsible station his opinions commanded the highest respect of the Bar He has been Governor pro tern and though a Nul lifiei and his political opinions not in accordance foith the majority yet his honesty an 1 ability coin manded the respect of al parties He is now Spc ik croi the Senate of this Stale and while discharg ng twelve other offices cf trust and honor he devotes a great portion of his time in drilling the Natches encibles of which company he is Captain He pos sesses every enjoyment that an interesting family munificent fortune and devoted friends can impart to a well organized mind When it is the determina tion of such a mar to throw his life and fortune into the cause of the weak and defenceless to resist the strong arm of purer and oppression and contend for the rights guaranteed to by a written Con stitution it must necessarily awaken the most lively sympathy The court hi i sc and courtgreen were crowded with the beauty fashion and talent of the city and the surrounding country They had as sembled to take a farewell of tlieir gallant and chiv alrous fellow citizens about to embark in the cause of human ituertv at a most ciootnv osriod' 1 no encibles in uniform ihe spirit stirring drum and the ladies and gentlemen on their way to the scene indicated the approach of the hour Judge Quiiman was addressed by Mr Ross a member of the Bar and of the encibies in a' most eloquent and pathet ic speech and the Judge made a manly and appro priate reply There was something truly affecting in the whole scene an 1 every eye was gc i with a heart felt tear The Judge find cumpan 1 ions among whotfl are uiany of ine most respectable I men in this community marched down to the boat accompanied by a dense mass of while the ladies stood on the bold romamie bl ut which com mands a view of the river and harbour waving thrir handkerchiefs and pouring fourth their prayers fir the safe return of the devotees of liberty The very name of the boat (Nwips Boy) which bore them ma jestically from an endeared land to succor the op pressed was calculated lo add to the interest of ie scene and to awaken the most melancholy and i ctic reminiscences The Hon William Archer and Dr Crocke of Virginia Mr Ros Mr Black ford and several other young gentlemen also from Virginia Kentucky anti Tennessee accompanied I NT uJ OeD rsm A trrr Vrn rot 1 low in the same causo in tho course of two weeks Should biijcess crown the efforts ot those now struculinn for life liberty and law and anotherin dependent nation take a place among the sovere'gH ties of thaeart'i the Hon John A Quitman is des lined to be the Lafayette of ilT vol Lewis a commissioner trona Texas has stated to us a fact which when known will show the people of the United States that a portion of them even now are not' secure from the machine 1 tions of Santa Ana tho Mexican butcher Afciv weeks ago Col Manny the commander of the garrison at ort Jessup situated about twenty miles from the Sabine accidentally learned tha: an influential Mexican living nine or ten miles fom that place had received from Santa Ana an imior mt communication Col ispocting misciief and resolved to exercise ut not vigilance imme diately sent out same three or four of the men utcler his command wh id the god to obtain possession ot he original in Santa own hand writing which they placed in the hands of their commander The letter urged the Mexican to the Indi i ans in his vicinity against the Texians and to pro misp them if necessary tl full posiesion of al the I 1'exian lands after the extermination of its iniabi tarns Another injunction was that he slunlk by himself or through emissaries excite tho slavis of i Louisiana to rise up and cut lhe throats of theirmas ters and then tinder tho promise of unlimitel re wards to join the Indians iri laying waste the Tex ian country Col Al having read the lette in stantly despatccd it to the government of the United States at Washington There can be no mistake as to these facts Col Mated them in parson to Gen Childress the Minister from the Texi an Convention to Washington city and Air Child ress stated them to our informant Col Lewis Louisville Journal RICH AR The Water We are happy to learn by tho proceedings of the common Council of the 4th instant that the corporate authorities have gone vig orously to work upon the subject of the Hydraulic Company and we trust that they will persevere un til they accomplish the great object of ensuring to the City a constant supply of pure and wholesome water A committee have been appointed to inves tigate the question whether Hydraulic Company have violated their charter and they have reported that the Company have violated it in two 1st In not furnishing tho inhabitants a con stant supply of and 2d In not supplying them when they did furnish it with pure clear and wholesome water from channel of the De troit And the committee conclude by say Jug the charter of the Hydraulic Company has in their opinion been forfeited and that all right and privilege thereby granted have become null and void and have reverted to the The report was accepted find a committee appoint ed to ascertain the terms upon which the Hydraul ic Company arc disposed to part with any supposed granted as interest which thy may in said works wihi I We hope that the Common Council will go for asserts that the i constitution has been violated because a considerable number of supervisors registers of "deeds 'district attornlcs who arc members ol the 'ite Journal must have the credit of great sagacity if it can discover tiny such infringe ment of the constitution for it is impossible lhe governor lieutenant governor and members of the legislature were the first officers elected under the constitution of this state The state government was not organized and put in operation until their elec tion Consequently no officers could exist under when the members of the legislature were chosen and therefore the violation of the con stitution of which the Jmirnal speaks cannot possi bly have happened Judging Irom this exhibition oi constitutional learning there is no doubt that the editor of the Journal will soon be qualified for chan cellor of the state an office to which he intimated he was aspiring some weeks since IMPORTANT AND LATE ROM TEXAS Tho following lcter is a true copy from General Houston Quarters Vest of Brazos Among other Documents the I exian authorities is foe I' tate up arms in )ter C3U3e Qv 1 tifl successful iu that causj SJ iexas recent document Whereas many individuals of a have left their homes of pcace untcer in the service of thi3 co to v0'i the hardships and perils of Wari at endut'e Alt 'Caa andhavely their gener01' of ism and conduct in foe fiefo warmest grauRtde Resolved that Ifouffiies cf land be grauJ are hereby granted to sab volunteers viz: To all who' are now in service and shall rC faithful in service during the war 1280 acretj To all who served faithfully for a Deriwtt' than six months 640 acres To al! who shall enter flic service prviOiI first day of July and shall continue in servjej fully during the war provided the war shall c8 for a period more than six months 960 acrC3Mlt'I'ue To nil who shall enter the service day of July a quantity proportionate to foei ces to be hereafter determined on bvlaw Seiv: The lawful heir or heirs of all such volume may have fallen or may hereafter fall jn foj 8 contest with the Mexican government or have died or may hereafter die from any while in the service of the country darirwfop1 Cn: shall be entitled to lhe quantity of land which woui have been due deceased under the coloni lawns established by the laws of the land survived that is to say one league andfot acres) for a man of family and one thirdfof (1476 acres)' for a single man also tha thej heir or heirs shall receive in addition to th aforesaid a bounty uf 10 acr creed by the Council at San elipe on fo December 1835 ia That every applicant for land under these shall present a cirtificats from the proper office5' tir Atnmfinn 1H Mrva1 i tit fl 't service and discharge mid such furfoer 'ls as may bo sufficient and tho said cvidcntc uri presented to a land commissioner or such proper agent as maybe established by law to establish correctness of the urther that these may be located on any unappropriated or vacant lands in Texas provided that no single grant ah all be located in more than one body nor any grW 1280 acres in any other form equal square nor any grant of 9G0 acns any other form than ona square 1 640 acres and another square of 320 ttcrn nor any grant of 320 acres in any form other than square the expenses of surveying office fees lo be borne by the claimant Resolved That no bounty of land a8 herein sseci fled shall be construed so as to affect the rights land I privileges io lands under the colonwntmn as tmamy us aw of the Janj And tt may be kmd us perhaps to hmt to the tC(n more lhan if it never had been The Public The great question now appears to absorb the alt iflion ot our pu men at Wuriiingmn is to devise the proper method "Various plflmS ject but none has been suggeswu command ihe approbation of the majority oi is constantly accumulating 1 1 sury and everv one is of the opinion that it must way bo diminished To every scheme ilid has thus far been suggested cofistitiinonal ofojerllons 1 have been interposed as a barrier agh Mr Bill has passed the Senate js probable that it will ever become a law rom what little consider i jn we have bestowed upon lhe subject we arc ff f0 'opinion that the pub lic revenue derived iro'm he sale of the public land should never be dis' ribdtcd ratably among the states ns provided by Mr Bill but should remain as a common to be applied the common benefit of the in defraying the ordinary ex gienses of the government in erecting fortifications for the lommon defence and in making internal im provements of national character for tho general welfara are the only objects itseemsto us for which the surplus revenue canbe constitutionally ami judiciously invested There cannot be tha least doubt that there are ob jects of streat national importance within the undoubted constitutional owetof Congress on which every dollar of the public revenue over and above lhe necessary wants of the government may be very prudently expended ortifications bn the seaboard involving the expenditure of several jndlions of dol lars should bo built or improved witnout delay Every avenue of internal water communication be tween the states should be improved to facilitate commerce The numerous barbers on our reubonrd oh our navigable rivers and on otrr lakes should be rendered more safe and accessible 4 here are six states directly interested in the commerce of our lakes an 1 two millions of dollars a year for ten years should be expended for the improvement of their navigation Every navigable river also and tbeir tributaries which steamboats and vessels can enter from our sea port towns should receive the aid of the general government for their improvement It is the enierprise of those who have launched their wealth upon our inland waters which has made the public domain so valuable to the government and it is the duty of that government now in tho day of its prosperity to protect and aid them in their hazaidous commerce Congress Texas In the Senate on the 26th ult Mr Alorris of Ohio presented a memorial from Cincinnati pray ing the recognition of Texian Inde pendence and moved its reference to the Committee on oreign Relations Air King questioned lhe propriety of Congress acting at all in the matter anl moved to lay the me moria! on the table Air Walker oppossed the latter motion He ho should not hesitate to propose the recognition of the Independence of Texas were he not confident that the 1 resident himself would recommend measure when the proper time should arrive On consent of Mr Alorris the memorial then laid on the table rcforntwhich they have so laudably begun Let them carrv out in tlietr measures the bold spirit of the Report of their Committee to which we have referred and they will receive as they will deserve the'highest approbation of their fellow The interests of the city require that its inhabitants should bo furnished with a constant supply of pure and wholesome water and as we have before said this great object never can be secured until lhe water works are brought under the unqualified con trol of the city authorities Let the city be supplied with an abundencc of the excellent water from the current of the River and Detroit will be as delight ful nnd hp ilthv she is no weal th and beau tiful present city authorities that unless they urge on this object as fast us practicable the high honors of its accomplishment may bo gathered by a Democratic Common Council The Cincinnati! Whig upon the authority of a person direct from ort Alamo in Texas states that Col Crockett though badly wounded in thatbloody contest was found the next day among the dead and was recovering Tho story is improbable One hundreDsThousand dollars were subscribed to the Texian loan in New York on the 29 ult UoA Articles Quantity canals On nn works Hiircli i I 'hvat bushels I 1 A 15192 'oo pounds Cotton lobacco SJiaH JHIWi 50 11 400 oawrt Lumber feet 627343 Merchandize pounds I 017uit 9 212 Wo and Castings b42 Ju I' Gfo'iio uluoin bar Ac sh ct irr tons.