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of the ship's boat, with a single pair of oars.‘ He cxprt-sst-d his « lill-t‘ cc-nvicticn (f thi-
and the body of their felon comrnandcr, and
left to minke the best of their way to the
schooner : Captain Fowler, apprehended,
and with reason, that suspicion would be
awakened, and instant pursuit be made, if
-the ship were seen getting under way while
some ofithe pirates were known to be on
board. Sail was then made upon the ship,
and as night was now setting in. and the
wind still‘ favorable, the rejoicing inmates
ofthe Resolution entertained a strong hope
’of -gaining so mtich headway before the
truth should be known on board the schoon-
or as would insure th-gm against pursuit, es-
pecially astliey would be favored by the
darkness of the coming night; a hope which-
was fortunately realized. Silly Sam, who
had been apparently stnpifi-ed by the
contemplation of his own deed, as soon as
the excitement which caused it had passed
away, remained on board the ship, uncon-
scious as it seemed of the departure. of his
comrades: and it need scarcely be added
that he received every kindness, then and all
his life after‘, front the grateful father whose
child he s:iv-ed t‘i'o:n I‘-’l1"L'.l'lH-’.l tortures, if not
from death, in a mannvrr so strange and un-
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CONGRESSIONAL.
Correspondencrr of !/re Tribune.
Moxnav, Jan.30.
In the House of Representatives to day.
Mr. Ingersoll, from the t’,I'o-nmiitee of VVays
and means. repr.t-ietl_ rtzlvcrsely on a memo-
rial which had been referred to that Com-
mittee, for the distribtttion of Government
j:
Stocks among the States fbr the relief of
their incfebifcilrzess. . _
Acounter report of the minority was also
made. _
The ordinarv number was ordered printed
and after some further points of’ order, &c.
the reports were l.iid over.
The consideration of the army bill was
resumed in committee of the whole, the mo-
tion pending being on the amendment of
Mr. Reynolds, to insert an item of 320,000
for a military survey front Council Bluffs to
the mouth of the Columbia River.
The amendment, after debate, was rejected,
as were several others, among which was
one by Mr. Roosevelt, to strike out the item
for the pay of cadets at West Point.
At a late hour the committee rose and re-
ported the bill to the House.
Mr. L. VV. Andrews of Ky. moved the
Previous question, which was seconded, and
the House adjourned.
In Senate, to day petitions were presented
in favor of “fin. Cost }ohnson’s plan for the
relicf of the States) frotn citizens of Penn.,)
by Messrs. Allen and Crittend-en; for the
protection of our navigating interests by
Messrs, Evans, Crafts, and Simmons; for
relief of Amos Kendall by Mr. Buchannan,
&»c. ,
Mr; Me Duflie presented resolutions of the
Legislature of South Carolina against the
'l‘arifi'bill ofthe last session: and Mn MC
Roberts ofthe Legislature of Illinois, favor-
ing the tnodification of'l‘_tirif’f duties; against
a National bank; and in favor of the Sub-
Treasury. _
The debate on the Oregon bill was renew-
ed by Mr. Archer in reply to Mr. Woodbury
and others, and in opposition tothe bill. He
1
contended that the treaty of l8l8 and 28
was for the settlement of titles and not (as
held by Mr. Woodbury) merely relating to
commerce: and argued that the grant ‘of
lands proposed in this bill was in direct vio-
lation of that convention.
He approved ofthe general features of the
bill, but moved its recommittal. ft)!‘ the put“
ose of striking out the clause making prom-
ises of lands, &c. . ,
Mr. Young advocated the bill and argued
that it proposed nothing in violation of any
treaty stipulations with Great Britain.
The Senate went into Executive session
Tuizstuv, Jan. 31.
in the Haiti.-e of Representatives, to day,
Mr‘. Cliffor-l asked leave to introduce a ros-
olsition directing the cottimitiee of ways and
in.-.:-ins to inquire anti report to the House
the probable amount of recvipts and charges
on the Tr-asiirv for the remainrlv.-r of the
i,-ur;-(-as \'('tl', tlit:'pi‘nl')?Iblt>. deficit and the
pra-nL—:i' ~n-==ss_:ii'-.- for supplying it, &c.
"ii-"..~. "t---‘-iittiziti \‘t'ilS riot receivi-tl.
fr}:-, C--is-.-v. fir-»:n i'ne- committee on"? Pub-
lic l:-.nls_ i‘t-partviad bark the Senate bill to
authorise tho Legislature of Illinois, Loni»-
itina, .‘hfli'illlS‘lS, and Tennessee, to provide
by law for th-.-. sale, of lands heretofore ap-
pt'opri..tc.-d for the use of schools within their
The Hill was twice read
respective li:i'ill..<._
and passed. _
Mr. Pearce of Md. from the committee on
the Judiciary, m I(lt;‘ an adverse report on the
subject of the remission of the fine to Gen.
Jackson, of which, and of the minority re-
port oflast session. he moved the printing of
ihc usual -number, and four thousand extra
copies. The usual number were ordered:
The special order, viz. Territorial busi-
ness, was called: but at the appeal of Mr.
Filltnore, the army appropriation bill was
taken up for final action under the operation
ofthe previous question.
The amendments of the committee were
concurred in. providing that Cadets at ‘West
Point hereafter appointed shall be actual res-
dents of the District frotn which the appoint-
ment purports to be made : that hereafter
the Board ofVisitors for West Point Acade-
my shall not be appointed unless otherwise
ordered by Congress, (by yeas 109. nays 5|),
limiting the number of cadets to the. number
of Representatives and Delegates in congress.
&c. This bill was then passed.
The House adjourned.
In Senate petitions in favor of Mr. VV. C.
Jolinson’s plan of relief to the States (from
Pennsylvania and various others) were pre-
sented.
Mr. Williams presented resolutions ofthe
Legislature of Maine in favor of refunding
Gen. Jae-kson’s line.
Mr. Miller, from the committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads, reported a bill pro-
viding for the appointment of Assistant Post
Master General of the United States by the
President, with advice and consent of the
Senate.
The Oregon debate was resumed by M-I‘.
Calhoun in an able speech ,againstthe.-bi_ll-
justice and supo~i~io:ity of our claim to this
territory, but thought the time had notarriv-
cd when it was expedient for us to assert and
maintain our rights‘ and said if time were
allowed for the spread ‘of our population
thither, the country would gradually fall
into our hands without any expense of treas-
ure or blood.
Mr. Rives has the floor to-inorrow, when
it is expected the debate will close.
Witnru-:snAv, Feb. 1.
In Senate to day, Mr. Merrick introduced
ajoint resolution to provide for the adjust-
ment with foreign mitions by treaty of rates
of duties on imports and exports -, on princi-
pl-:9 ofjust reciprocity.
The bill to prevent the enploynient of pri-
vate expresses on regular mail routes, &c.
was discussed during the morning hour by
Messrs. Henderson, Metric, Porter and
Woodbridge, and after some slight amend-
ments was laid over.
The Oregon bill was again taken up.
pation and settlement of that territory. The
Senate went into executive session.
In the House. Mr. G. Davis of Ky. on
ed, directing the Secretary of the Treasury
to report the number, standing and compen-
sation of all officers and other persons in the
employ of Government at Portland. Boston.
respect ively, ac.
Territorialbusinnss.
A confidential message was received from
on Indian affairs.
THUrtst_).n' Feb. 2.
ward communications frotn the Treasury
trust funds payable out of Indian treaties,
and the. last concerning expenditures for
I842.
Pt-titions praying the abolition of slavery,
States of two hundred mitlions of national
so.-iited.
bill for the settlement of Oregon coming up.
M r, Benton spoke upon it at some length,
abusing the Webster treaty, and declaring
without reference to any thing farther.
Senate soon after adjourned.
iness, the resolutions_ofMr. Adams calling
for inforniaftiion concerning the capture of
H8 to 69 adopted.
cused from voting, bccsuse the Prcsidentwas
allowed no discussion in the matter.
The question of French Spoliations then
tion to determine bi.-bate on the subject on
Thursday DeXl.,,Sll0lIld not be taken, so the
subject was put over.
The bill making appropriations for cer-
tain rivers and canals in Iowa, then came up,
and the amendment appropriating $50,000 to
remove obstructions in the Mississippi
debated for it long time, and finally the a-
tnendinc-nt was adopted.
Another bill in relation to the Imgislativc
Assembly of \VlSlt'OnS:Ill was then discussed
until the adjournment.
FRIDAY, Feb. 5.
In Senate, Mr. Berrien, from the Judiciary
Committee, re.-ported thei-louse bill repealing
tially changing its character, intended to
sustain with modification the existing law.
Mr. Benton submitted a resolution calling
on the President for documents concerning
the late treaty in its-relations to France.
The Oregon bill then coming up, was
debated by Mr. Choat, Benton and others. -
A motion to refer it to the committee on
Foreign relations was lost, 22 to 24; another
to strike out the clause relating to the land
bounty was lilrewise lost by the. same vote,
and a third ordering the bill to a third read-
ing was carried 24 to 22, vrlit-n the bill was
passed. , -
Mr. Talmadge gave notice that on Mon-
day he should call up the Exchequer Bill;
and thrn the Senate adjourned.
In the House, a resolution by Cave John-
son, appointing a Select Committee to in-
quire into re-trenchrncnts effects-d since the
last Session, was adopted. A large number
of reports were then made by Committees,
among which was one from the Judiciary
comtttittee, by C J. Ingersoll, abolishing
public executions in capital cases.
The resolution reported by Mr. Cusliing,
curling debate on the French Spoliation bill
on Tltlll‘S(I'-|_V next, was taken tip and laid on
the table : 97 to 93. Private billsthen came
up. and a large number of bills were passed;
alter which the bill inaking appropriations
for paying pensions was read and passed.
The House soon adjourned-.
SATURDAY Feb. 4.
In the House, on motion of Mr. Cave
Johnson the bill supplementary to the act for
the payment of Florida militia called into
service in l839 and '40 was taken up and
passed.
Mr. Ilalstead asked leave to introduce a
resolution to discharge the committee of the
Whole on the Union from the consideration
ofthe highly important bill ‘regulating the
taking oftestiinony in cases of contested
elections and for other purposes; objected to
by Mr. VVeller and not received.
On the motion of Mr. Fillmore, who re-
marked that but 24 working days remained
of the session, and that the despatch of the
appropriation bills was necessary, the House
resolved into committee of the Whole on the
Union, Mr. F. having given notice ofhis in-
ten_tion to move the Navy Appropriation bill.
' The committee took up that bill. The
by item; being commenced,
Mr. Rives favored the general features of
the bill, and urged the necessity ofthe adop-
tion of measures. consistent with on_r rgl_ati_on_s
l0 Great Britainrfor -tliv.-:7 immediate OCCU-
loave offered a resolution, which was adopt-
Salem, Newburyport, New London, Balti-
more, Charleston and New Orleans on the
lst January of 1843 and 1829 respectively,
the gross amount of revenue collected at
those ports for the three years prccecding
The remainder of the day was consumed
in the consideration of the special order-
i,he President, and referred to the committee
In the Senate the President brought for-
and War D-'purttnt’|]lS, the first concerning
stock, and for other purposes, were then pro-
Rvports were then tirade, and the
that we ought to take military possession of
the territory solely because it wasjustly ours
On motion of Mr. Chonte, who wished to
reply, the questioii was postponed, and the
In the House, after some preliminary busi-
Monterey, were taken up and by a vote of
Mr. Cushing was ex-
comiug tip, the House voted 94 to I00 that
the main question of Mr. Cashing’: resolu-
“'85
the Bankrupt law, with amendments essen-
M r. i\lcrriwi-tlicr of Pa. tflbrc-tl it“ iiini-iid-
ment to reduce the pay of the commission,
warrant and petty otiicers ofthe Navy, inclu-
ding the Engineer Corps, 20 per cent. until
otherwise ordered by Congress.
Mr. Fillmore raised the point of order
against this amendment.
M r. Wisejalso raised ti point of order
agrinst the amendinent. -
'I‘he‘C'hairman overluling both points of
order decided the amendment in order. An
appeal was taken, but the decision was sus-
tained.
Mr. Merriwether then advocated the a-
mendment, and Messrs. Wise and Profit at
some length ('.ppOS(-‘Li it.
M r. McKeon offered an amendment pro.
appropriation to I/ic €23]7CIl.I€S of any moral
'Wav/iington.
Ruled out of order, and not recorded.
ed.
The desperatcs are beginning to look sca-
ry about these days!
‘‘ ground to suppose that Cleveland can be
cut.
other matters not creditable to a high public
come it next April. He is (loomed I
Illirlcllctnwn Coiisliliilion.
T/re. Guillotine in motion !—VVe under-
stand that two whig Posttnastc-rs, Jacob S.
Brando-gee of Berlin, and Samuel VV. Brown
ces. This is but the be-gining—but every
whig party.
\Ve learn from an article in the Boston
Atlas, that the -Hon. John Mills of Spring-
field, has been iigreerl upon as the loco foco
candidate for the office of 'I‘reastirer and Re-
ceiver-General. The office has been beg-
ging for more than a week, not because
there were not a plenty who
honors and emoluments. but on account 0
the difficulty of obtaining the necessary
bonds—$l00,000. Loco Focos like the
handling of money, but it is not every one
times.
miles. 5 cents;
30 miles, 10 cents; double and triple letters
ounce, quadruple; and in that proportion
for all greater weights.
letters placed in the post office in any town
age whenever the same is not prepaid: and
3 cents only.
the Act of the 3d of March, 1805. On all
cent for every 25 square inclie-s over and
above said number.” -
I»Vo1trlerfu.l Eg_g'.—\Ve have received
frotn sortie one in the cotintry, we do not
know who, a hen's egg of the ordinary size,
but upon which, astonishing to behold, is an
eagle with out-stretched wiitgs, and in his
beak arc-the figures I843. The believers in
modern miraculous signs would doubtless be
amazed to see this egg, wliicli they are per-
mitted to do at any time. if they will handli-
it carefully. \Ve are very choice of it, inas-
riiuch as the old hen has absolutely promised
to lay only two or three more.
N. H. Palliidium.
More of the Gillntinc.-—F. G Comstock,
Esq., has been appointed Post Mister or
moved.
Nor!/i. CaroIina.——'I‘he Legislature of
this State adjourned on the 28th without,
doing anything in relation to the currencyi
At the outset sundry of the locoloco majority
Bank had a meeting and said to them in
substance, “Gentlemen. if you mean any
thing do something. If you are really hos-
tile to banks, and want this bank wound up,
just say so by resolution, and we’ll wind it
tip in short order.”
age at once, and after it lame attempt to pass
a half-way resolution, stating that the Bank
might wind up if it chose, they backed out
altogether.
locoism.
Henry Clay was expected to be in Mobile
on the lst inst. and the way the People were
.ou. the lookout for him at otir last advices is
the right way.
There are a great many counterfeit Mexir
can dollars in circulation, pattictilarly in
marlttibly \Vt‘ll ext.-cutc-cl, have rt-centlv been
tested and found to be only good on the out-
side, bcing made of Gernian silver, plated by
a newly discovered rnagnt-tic proccss. They
look new, and cart beds-tectcd by a compar-
ison with the genuine. coin.
Fire and loss of Ll;fC.—- \Ve are informed
that early on the morning of the 25th ult.,
before the family were awake, a fire broke
otit in tbe house of Mr. Henry Dibble. in
Westbrook, Middlesex county, from which
they had barely time to escape, leaving a
child 3 years of age to perish in the flames.
Its cries were distinctly beard afterall hopes
of its rescue had been abandoned. The house
was entirely consumed.
The Caledonia steamer, lately arrived at
Boston, front Liverpool, brought over a large
amotint of specie, said to be a million of dol-
lars. It is said to belong mostly - in New
York, and to come in good time to pay the
balance of exchange in f’lVOl' of Boston.
The bills toiliqiiidate the Mobile and De-
bill was read through, and its consideration, catur Branches of the State Bank have pass-
ed both Houses ofthe Alabama L-“gl3lflll)l'€.
/iibiling the npplicaiimi of any part of I/iis
_ Without further action the House adjourn-.
Tliey have no ration.
reelec - -.__,,,L, A ,
W". O . " 1~”=-D—$’r*4*=-—°f- Connecti-
Hts Dorrish propensities together“-....
functionary have convinced the electors that
he is not what the loco loco wire pullers
have cracked him tip to be. Chauncey won't payable to Cliarlt-s F. and Martha Miller,
of Collinsville. have been removed froiti of-
fice and two locofocos appointed in their pla-
instance ofthis kind will strengthen the
wanted it‘ .
if and was held to bail.
V . .1: .9 I . v
by Mr. Sturgeon forthe div:-ion among the "ho ’s ready i0 go ‘him securhy m “use
Reduction of PosIage.—-'I‘be bill report-
ed in the Senate on Tut-sday last, for reduc-
ing the rates ofpostage proposes the follow-
ing scale: "For any Better not exceeding 30
for all distances exceeding
threetimesthat rate; and all packages of one
or city, shall be charged with 5 cents post-
in cases of pre-payment the charge will, her
From and’ aftertihe firstt"o§
April next, on all periodicals and papers of
1350 square inches, the same rate fixed by
above I350 square inches, an advance of one
Wcthersficld, in place of J. Goodrich, re-
This cooled their con r-
our large cities, Several of which were re-
New York papers of Saturday, that this case
has got into the courts of New York. Com-
plaintwas made on Tuesday of last week
against Wm. P. Brown, of Stamford. charging
liim,io company with Charles F. Miller and
others, on the forenoon of \Vednesday, 25th Jan.
with having proceeded to the stage house of Mr.
Seeley. in Stamford, going to the room of Mar-
tha Miller.’ forcing her, notwithstanding her
shrieks and cries for assistance, down stairs
and finally itito a carriage, and bringing her
Tut: MILLER Annoc'rioN.—We find by the .
to New York, carrying her to the house of
Miller's father in Scvenili street, since which
titne she has been taken from the city, no one
I;_n()\\'s \vhj|her,, &.c. This procectlnre has
elicited a pretty full history of this interestitig
./”’‘e ”"d‘’’' I/'9 8”‘ “"li5l""’f fl“: ‘7'e“f.7/ .”f.mattcr, to which’ we alluded last week. VVe
copy the report of the N. Y.Tribune.
It appears that Charles F. Miller has re-
cently resided at Aquackanoclr, N. I. where
he has a farm and a tnill. He is son of Mr.
John A Miller, a gentleman of wealth and a
highly respected citizen of New York. A-
bout six or seven years since, Charles mar-
ried Martha, the adopted daughter of Dr.
-Ur?------l \\7n.llS- of..Yonl.'ers, who died 10 or
12 montlrsago, caviiig no ..-.i._ mmrleg
F. Miller, the l’lllSl')‘-tfltl holds a note purport-
ing to have been given hittt by VV. It is
and is for 20,000, at three years, and now
about due. Soon after the death of Dr. V7.
Mrs. Miller (leclartd her bf-lief thatthis note
was a forgery,and said that, her husband
had Sl.-‘tlt‘(I it to be such’. She mad:-affidavit
to that i-fleet On hearing that she had done
so, it is said the husband threatened to ‘de-
stroy her.’ or ‘send her to h-—.’ She then
left him. He has made two or three at-
tempts to git possession of her person since
that time, but never SUCCet'(lc‘(l till now. A
few tnontlis ago he caused her to be brought
up on Habeas Corpus before a magistrate
at Sing Sing, btit the latter refused to detain
her. A severe struggle then took place ‘be-
tween the friends of the husband and those
of the family of Dr. \Vr-lls, in which Miller
assaulted the lawyer ofthe opposite party.
He also endeavored
to force M rs. Miller into a wagon, and llSr'(.l
th reais. She fell into a swoon and continued
so for sortie time.
On VVediit-sday week, (the time complain-
ed of.) it appears she was forced into a car-
riage at Stamford, without shawl or bonnet,
and held there by her husband, the coach-
man whipping up the horses, and Brown ac-
The screams of Mrs. Miller were heard on
the route. Towards night they crossed the
toll bridge at Harlem, Brown prccee-ding
the carriage, causing the gate to he opened,
and telling the kee.pt»r that there was a mail
All dml’ l“‘”°"5» W.’ tvoman in the carriarre whom they were car-
” .
rying to the Asylum, and thathe must not
mind her cries. The party stopre.l in this
city at the house of the _ husband’s farther.
No. 233 Severtteenth-strcct, and remained
till near ten o’clock. A sister of=.\‘lr. Miller,
(Mrs. Caroline Ridnor,) with others, were
at the house. Notice hid been given _to the
Police, and it was necessary to remove her
to some more rr-tired place. She had her
choice to go to the hotise ofMrs. Ridnor.535
Houston-=tri-et. or to that of Mr. :\'liller’s
cousins. the Misses “Tellers, in Dominick-
street near Variclc. She preferred the lat-
ter. Mr. John A. Miller, Jr. (brother of
Charles) procuretl a cab, and personly drove
Mr. and M's. Miller and Mrs. Ridnor to the
house oftlieir cousins.
Here the liu.-band and wife remained tili
Saturday, occupying the same appartincnt—
Mrs. M.apparently cheerful and contented.
She remarked to the Misses IV. thatslie had
received anonymous letters, while at Stain-
ford, informing her that her husband meant
to kill her or confine her in a dungeon, and
that was the cause. of her alarm and rtsist-
once when they brought her away.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller left their cousins’
liotise in a carriage together, on Saturday
afternoon, avowt-dly to visit a relative in
I)illlfld(:‘lplll-1, but it is said they liave gone
to Europe or Cuba. M r. Miller, Sen. stated
that he received at letter from his son ‘on
Thursday written by him at Norfolk or Pe-
tersburg, Va.
The Whole ofthe trouble appears to be
°°m"“‘-"°"d *1 l"“d ht”-""l‘ against Bnfilfilconnectr-d with the note, and Mrs. M’s prob-
and Banking, when the directors ofthe Sl.11fC,lablc[ps1jm()nv in regard to ii,1he heirs of
Dr. Wells bi-ing dt-sirous of keeping her
here and the husband to get her away. Mrs.
\I. had given notice to her husband of an
nppliration for divorce.
Brown pleads the justification in assisting
a husbantl to obtain the society of his wife
even by force. The examination ofwitncss-
-es has continue-d the last two days, Messrs.
IJ. Prescott Hall, Evaits, and \\"arner, ap-
Tliis is the way to stop LOCO’-Epcufltlg tor the accused, and Mr. Jordan for
the ftiaiily of Dr. \V.
' The Mayor has refused to admit \Vm. P.
,Brown to bail. He is imprisoned in this
(city, as reported in‘ Saturilay’s Journal, for
assisting Charles F. Millerto forcibly carry
Iaway his wife fromStimford,Ct.-—J0ur.. Com.
, Bones.--It is siid that in lS30,tliere were
lupwards of 30,000 tons of bones imported
-‘from foreign countries ‘into Hull, (Eng.,)
and in 1837 the value ofiliis article import-
.ed into England, was nearly a milliotiand a
quarter ofdollars. We remembcr to have
seen a notice some months ago, of an expor-
tation of bones from our own port, to Liver-
pool. Now is it possible thatthe enterprise
and good jutlgemcnt of our farmers will al-
«low John Bull to carry our bones 3000 miles
to spread upon his lands, and they themselves
jstand by, as ifthey thought them hardly
{worth the grinding! ‘Vs are apprehensive
that bone dust is not suficientiy appreci-
ated in this vicinity, or the material would
A at be sent from our very elbows to enrich
iiie broad pastures ofEngland.—Fa.r. Cal).
T/ia E7uI.—-Latest Nu-u-s.—VVe have seen
(1 statement over Miller’.-: own signature, da
ted lstof.lanti-.ii'y, 1843, in which be ex-
presses his full belief that the end of the
world will take place some time between the
21st of March 1843 and the 21st of March
I844. So we shall have. this foolish agita-
tion on hand for more than it year to come;
and before the expiration of that period, the
date wil probably be postponed a while lon-
compzinyiug the carriage on a swift horse-
Capture of two ltumlred a'rirlf_tfl’I/ T0‘-W-"&
—-After the capture of the MeXlt'i1ll to‘-\ii_ol
Lori-do by the 600- Texans who rec:-n_tl_v in-
vaded Mexico-under Gen Somervell .tt ap-
pears that they moved down on the east bank
ofthe Rio Grandt: to the mouth of the Salu-
do, where they fotind Can.-tles with 300 men
ready to dispute the passaile, but the Ti-xun
troops, crossed without diffictilty, and he re-
m--,-d \vitl’i0tll firing a gun. The troops their
pro.-r-ed-.d [o_,G,p(g.rr.ert) and eticatnpt-t'l near
the t-0-it-n,_.-‘The iA'_iltIViIld‘i'.‘ came out and iii-
formed. [j)e'Gf§D€[al’.Ilil0‘l the Mt-xican troops ‘
hadi fled, and tihat‘ would furnish any atti-
cl-es they required.-
The General..'nia(lt~ a rcr nisi:ion ofthe ar-
ticlcs most needed by the soliliers, and they
were promptly funisht-d byglltt‘. Alcztlde —
General Sornervell be-lievirtg that his ,fUl'Ct‘
was too weal; to procretl futhr-r, gave 0l‘(lt‘l'S
for the army to rt-torn to B»-xai‘. This gave
dissatisfaction to a large party (If tilt? “OOPS.
and in conseq.ue-ncv, about 300 in-.-n left the
commander, and went down to Meiirr, and
captured the the town. A shower of_ rain
came up just after‘ they had captured It. -‘0
that they could not use their rifle-s to advan-
tage. The Mexican army ti;c.anwliilc ar-
rived, and alter a t'ltSpt*|'Ilit’ etigagi-int nt. re-
took the town, and captured about two hun-
-la.J .....i RrI_y,_uf .i... rn.._,,,,n U-,,,,pS_ ‘During
the eng:igeii:ent,‘tlie Texans capiutt-n set-t-n
pieces of artilery, which were rt.-taken by
the Mexicans.
About four hundred Mexicans are statrd
to have been killed in the cngagemcnt——only
four Texans were ltlllt'd. It is not lino-.vn
upon what terms the Texans surrendered.
Only two Texans escaped. Their names
are Chalk and Sinclair. They say thi;-y se-
creted tht-insolves in sortie cabin, in or near
the town, w bile the Texans were fighting
in the stone houses, aux they left in the
night afterthc firing ha ct-used. '-'l‘ht-y say
also, that tbe fight lasted from 12 o’clock
till 2 P. M. next da_v. General Somcrvell,
with that portion of the troops who adhered
to his command, had returned to B:-xar in
Texas‘ Until their arrival there, they had
heard nothing of the affair at Meier.
The Mexicatis, it is said, were command-
ed by Generals Atnptrdias and Canales, ‘and
numbered from 1500 to 2000 min.
Tc-.r0.9.——Ad~vict-s have been reccivctl at
New Orleans by the schr. Doric, from Met-
amoras, confirming the news of the capture
at Meier ol Colonels Fisher and Green and
212 Texans under their coiiiinantl by Gen-
eral Amputliu. T ie prisoners were to
leave Matzitttoras for Mexico on the l3th or
l4th tilt. The loss of the Mexicans duringr
the engzigenient was 420 killed and I30
wounded. Ofthe Texans, ll killed attd I9
wounded. Other accounts state that only 42
ofthe Mexicans were killed.
A \Vashiiigtoti t-orrespoudcnt of the Boston
Post writes this in regard. to the Somers case.
Con‘rary to the original determination, it
has been concluded upon to order it Court
Martial on Lie-ut i\lc-Kenzie. The Courtof
Inquiry has sent on its report, two ntetnbers
iustifying and one (Com. Dallas) disapprov-
ing of McKeiizie’s conduct. It will b«-.tlifii-
cult however, to organize a Court {\lz*rll .l.
as almost every officer of the Navy has fltilil-‘
np his opinion on the subj--ct. Ono Ciao.-
niodorc, who was named as a lH(‘tltl!t'l‘, 5(.'ltl
back word that if he- tried .\lcK«.-tizie ll"
should bring him in giiilty of inurilt-r and
l’t.’COltlttltfll(lc'(l that he be llllll'___' forth-.vi=n
Colored Pa.ssc2igc7's by Rail-ram/. 'l'lu
Massacliusetts Senate has p:1.‘~‘St-Bil it l’)ll
viding that railroad corporations sli lil not
make any rule rliscriininating l)t.’l.\\'t" ii if.»-
:iccommo::la'.ions of pzissr-rig--is on accotin! 0‘
color. and triailtitig it a peiiiil tifftit'<~ it-.
agents who f3.\"'lUtlL' or r$S.l)ll j)t'.l‘S-'.|ll.‘~' on
that ticcotint.
[3 I‘! >-
E/eclinq Law.1/ers——.»’\ Mr. Pa rlu r, a
member of the '.l‘t’Xi)fl Loiigttx-‘s front I’I(.*l‘iS-
ton county, introdttctrl =t l-ill providing that
but two lawyers shall be nllowt-il to practici-
in each county. and that th--y sli:t§l be e/ct:(-
ed by the people!
Re-Cttpliirc of C/LII-7)1])0/(7/I.--.‘\ n Ul'S('lll'i-‘
paragraph reached nsilte Otlivi‘ day. st:;itn_«__~
Chnrripertown, in the ll‘Il.t~'l'lHl' of Yiiczztan.
had been captured by tho Inzlians. Thu-
fact appears to be, that the town of Cani-
peachy, where the M-rxican €'Xpt.'!llllOl1 first
],-miletl, has l)"(‘.l'l rt‘-captttreil by a la i’gr.-2 body
of Indians, said to be I800 strong, frotn the
interior, and that these Indians are fricnly
to the inrlepcudeitce of "Yucatan. Indians.
by the way are always in favor ofthe largest
liberty. The Mexican nutlinrities of Chain-
poton, and many of the citizens, had find to
La'guna.—Jo-ur. Com.
A young married man, respectably con-
iiccted, has been arrested in New Orleans
and confessed thatjewels found in bfs pos-
session were stolen by him from the grave
ofa lady buried with her ornaments sortie
years since.
Santa Amur..——S«-veral years since, this
distingttisheil Chief, after attaining and bold-
ing fora suitable. length oftime, the higliest
station in the gift of the people, retired to
private life, after the example of the illustri-
ous \Vnsliington. It was then thought by
many. that he was exempt frotn the ,r_1eneral
infirmity of the Spanish—Arncrican chic-fs,—
an all-absorbing ambi'.ion,—and that his
bosom was animated by a love of genuine
liberty. Never was an opinion more erro-
neous. This was shown a year or two ago
by his riding again into power, overtlie liend
of the riglzlul President. Bustainente, by
means ofan armed revolution, and it is fur-
ther shown by his suppression of the Feder-
al Congress of Mexico, the news of which
has just reached this country. This he has
effected, not in an constittitional way, nor as
the result ofan OV€t'\\ helming popular move-
ments, but by the terror of a large military
force, which he has been accumulating for
tnonths, under the prt-it-xt of an intended in-
vasion ol Texas. He is now, in effect. sole
Dictator of Mexico; and his government is a
military despotism.——Jour. of Com.
€Ma,’ said a little urchin, not long since-
,I am cold; I want more cover on the bed.’
—'Lie still my dear,’said the mother, ‘until
your sister co es from church—she has got
ger.—J ur. Cain.
the comforter for I! bustle.’
Soul/tev‘n Sc'lIIcin.i'nI.\‘.—=.Vl-ssis. I‘l|,tlt‘iliH-
son. I_.orin;_r iilt-l li.t:ssr 1-l H party of gtrntl--- ‘
l|ir‘lt '-.\'l:ti leit Silt’-. tin..ll Soiitr It_-U1" «rt livi-
we:-lt'S sin--t-, for the sotiilit-in pa tol Florida
for the [llT]‘.t-it‘ (=l so luiirg laws for set-
tlernents l't'llll'ltt'(l a lt--~.\ days since pei‘lectly
satilitxl with Il‘it‘il‘ trip. They represent the
stipt-tioriiy of that portion of country, as re-
gards climate and soil, as surpassing their
most sanguine (“.\'p(’Clilllt}{lS. I They are ma-
king arrangmiirtiis to take possession of-
ll1r*lI'Stflt‘ClC(lltll'I(lS,€1flfl will go south sliortly.
Survey/oi‘ of {tie .PI>‘l’f.—-II is ruscored a
bout, that Maj. Noah has been appointed
Surveyor of this port. We [)fc.'>'Utttt' it is
not so. If it is so, the ntovezi cut is a ‘very
injtitlicious one. The Major when Survi-_\--
or before, not-er peiforrm-d the (lltllt-S of the
office, and it is not likely that lieuotild do
any better now. lie is we dare say, a very _
great friend to Mr. Tyli-r, and there are Si-\‘-
i-ral others lfere who having lJt't'Il on every
sidc and bi-trayccl every side, '.\‘0Ultl, we pit-
sntnt-, be willing to do the sairte tiring for
Mr. Tyl-er if he would but gize them an of-
fice. But the iIlllHllt't’ of these natni-s L\\l‘.l)
the Pics-itl't-tit’, as his friends, uould be polit-
ical dc-aili to him. or any other man. Noth-
ing could liav» let-n done more prtjtid-iciul
in this iittert-sts of the Preside-ntthart the rs,-
mlilishu-vtt «if the mist~r-able little svcopliant
paper called the Union, under the 'nmnagt-
meat of Maj. N0:ih. The paper has died,
and has done. not ii little to prevent Mr. T‘--
lei’ from being re-spt-cred in New York.-—
There is no propriety in rnalting offices for
the Sllnpnrt of worn out party hacks, \\ ho-
never did any i.hin.r_r \\'t‘ll for lllt’lI'S8l\'t‘S or
any body else; and certainly tlit-re is grim:
wrong in displacing good and efficient offi-
cers to make room for such ]'8l'S0n!..
JOIN‘. Com.
AIne7I:(.(1-71' P1'tdCfli7lg'.—-VVll:‘tICVe‘l'- the
Americans have or have not, they certainly
have ii way of preaching", and of spealginj;
about preaching, which wejgreatly like-..——
There is a freslinesss and rcality'about their’
representations of truth, most refrcshingand
impressive. The-y treat religion as they
would treat any nllltrr theme of deep and
mOmt'.nI0ltS interest. Much good has the
British ministry derived from the American.
Finney alone, has done more to improve and
quick:-n the ministry than any other dozen
men. His warm earnest, vigorous volumes
we cannot but regard, in some respects, as a
fine specimen of the right way of aiming at
the conversion and SillJl.'llfICt'Il.lOn of mt n. -
'I’ht'~y may have lltt-it faults, but thcyare just
the books to take rt ligion out of the crcr-d
and put it into the conscience; and, in our
country, \\ here tlit-se (‘['l’t'tiS and thirtt‘-nim-
articles have more or less to do with fire it‘-
ligious conceptions of almost every n,,-,,,,
such books are especially l']t‘(‘(l('(l. Honor
to the man, who, thougli gifted with so fin.-
an intellect; is content \\ iih doing good.
London E/colic.
Burns’ Jlftug/.—A iittviiiiai--rit has just
been t.'ompl«'tt'tl over the 1‘:-iiiaiits of Boris"
lrligliland -.\l.'irt' in the W’: St Cbtiicli, Ci|'€‘P[r-
oclc. Pret'ionsl_r there was |lt)llHn1_" to n:;.i‘l.-
:~..= rt stir‘): t-lr-.r'e of the inairl, \'. ht=.~'i- lnvr zn-
.<_z.tr~ tl so--iv e--' thv n.«-st ‘it-pa.‘-‘.-*'i in-il lyric.-
it our i. :m\' ”.l’ti't‘ i?IH‘.:tl' -_-r‘. A ilysss
reli- ft-l BlH‘ll.*4 --nil \'i:r1‘_\* tin.-:.,rh--ll, [~ll'_'l;l-
int!‘ liar-‘H’ tttfllt, ;.ntl t‘.\t'l‘2lllg!liQ' ltiblt--s :i(?|(p_€5
‘the -“-M am :l.l't,tllli’i llltt t':i:-tl«-- l '.\«l«':rit_:;oi‘iit rf."
its-:i=r~ =_lu- lt'SI'llj'llI=ll. ‘S-acred in L’t’ll?ltS and
low —— to Burns and. ilighl-«ml M ii.‘.—’
'- ll Lil
1)!-'//I.')'i.\'i.FlI'f(/.—-lliltfl N. Y Brawl of A'-
t'tiio'a.-.
[hr
'l‘1'iét"ll li.t\‘i, 2- .1?-. ..n'_i- Iltl‘ ilia‘-» l.l3:'t'_'
3,) ..<-it-l at r-‘ Sttltlilftil to r- lmqviisli
t'il|'S‘ tit I)-=llt‘l‘.'5. Field :i< a plat‘. of in
'ertrii-tit l()l' p'*l'>_ullS lHH‘H'tl at ll.P t .~.p- s:.-- of
ll.t‘ city, and in siib-Iitu'«- for thit j-lll'pts.\l‘
iiie S-mil: part or li':ttitl:.ll'.-‘ lslanil, The
princip-zl l'r2tS0ii for ti Q‘. l’.‘ltilllf__'t:, is lliv offen-
siterit-ss .-.i t‘::t- pres--t.t bnryin;_- groiitnl iothe
SlH‘|'()lit)tl|il£ population, on account of the
effluvia C.\'ll:illl’tg ilicrelrotn.
I)l‘.BltCl]‘«il'lnfln has been lectu ring on Neu-
rology in Albany.
close ofhis St-‘('()Ilti lt-cttire the gentleman
(lpt2l'illt.'(l on _pul)lit-ly (i'c'L'l:Il'¢‘(i that so far as
the experitnt-tits upon him were concerned
the whole sul-jt-ct was it fai'c«:—that he had
or--vvr been put to sleep and that all the cfli-cts
said to be produced by tnanipi.-latious die.
were gross delusion.
Anal/icr Bib.-'e Bu7'ne~r.—A writer in the
Clinton county Vlfliig says, ‘it is a matter of
notoriety in Burlington, Vt. that the Romish
priest there has been in the practice ofburn-
ing bibles for a longtime, and he deciared
to two professional gentlemen of my acquain-
tance that he would _biirn all the Protistant
bibles he could get into his possession.’
The Peoria Register states that there is
no coffee in that town,_ except a little atone
of the stores. The editor in announcing
this piece of news. protests that he has not
used a grain since the hard times set in. ‘We
tlrirrk cri.ist cofive at breakfast, and sage tea
at supper, and don’t see but that they are
nbotit as good. As for sugar, that is just as
scarce with us as the Java.’
It is stated in the New York Express
that a better feeling prevailed in VVall street
on Monday. Some twenty of the wcalthv
men in that city have united, and through
Ward 5; King, have taken about four mitt. ,
ions of the loan of the United States.
Money continues so abundant in New
Yorlc, and the amount of business paper of.
fered at the banks is so triflng, that they have
discounted at 5 per cent. In order to -use
their heavy deposites, temporary "loans are
made at the saute rate. ' ~
We are «ratified in being enabled to state
that the remaining portion ofthe loan, au-
thorized by the act ofthe l5th ofApril 1842',‘
“-‘"8 On Monday last, disposed of at par to
Messrs. John Ward & Co. of New York.
llfadisonial-is.
It is proposed to establish a line of steam-
l’°al° l>€‘t.We€n Rochester and Montreal.
A cot'rt-spotident ofthe
Ev:-ning Joui'ii'.il——saitl b ' the Editor to be ~
.l .
an ‘iiitelllJt-tit 'gt‘ntlernun’—- writes thattit the “’
their brokt-rs. John'_VVard & Co. and.P.rim.e,...
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