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THE TRIBUNE. THURSDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 24. FOR PREP WEXT, HENRY CLAY, Or KRWTCCXY. TT The Editor of The Tribune i? obliged to request those who w'rsh to see him personalty to call between tbe bourn i 3 and 9 A. M. or 5and 6 P. M. if they can conveniently do so Tbe absolute necessity of deleting sonv hours un? interruptedly to his duties constrains him to make this re? quest. _ _ TT Person* wishing The Tribun* left at tbeir residen? ce* or places of businw in the city at an early hour in the morning, will r lease leave tbeir name*, or send them In by note through Ute Post OfSce. at the publication office, m Nassau street, opposite the Park- TeaMS, nine cents a nxsk, to be paid io the Carrier. 03" The letter from Indiana which we publish this morning, forms part of a private communica? tion rather tban our regular correspondence, writ ten only for our o?n information with regard te ?.he Polities of that State, and the chances for the U S. Senator. We have found its? lucid and in? teresting, however, that we have ventured to dis? regard the ' Confidential,' and print such part of it as does not regard tbe individuals who will proba blv be supported for Senator, and other matters af? fecting persons. We trust our correspondent will pardon the liberty we have taken, considering om care not to abuse it, while we know our P?liticai readers will find our jutification in that part of the letter which we lay before them. We look with interest for the letters which our correspond? ent promises us from Indianapolis during the ses? sion of tbe Legislature, and should be deeply dis? appointed by any failure. The Exchanges. Ihe Morning Post thinks we ought to be in favor of a Specie Currency, if we want cheap and uniform Exchanges. If the Post mean3 by Specie Currency, a Currency of which every dollar ehaJl be equivalent to and exchangeable for Specie, vyc would observe that we have never been in favor of any other. But if it mean a Currency in which all Money transactions shall be restricted to Spe? cie, then we answer that we happen to know that this does not furnish the cheapest Exchanges. If we had $1,000 in Specie now in St. Louis or Spring field, III. we could not transfer it to this place in that Currency without incurring thereby a consid erable expense. But when we had a National Bank with Branches, the cost of so transferring was kept down for many years to a quarter of one per cent, and ultimately reduced to nothing. Since that time, we have known a man sell a warrant on the Sub-Treasury at St. Louis (undoubtedly good for Specie there) at eight per cent, discount in thi City; and we have known a debt collected in Spe. cie in Illinois, which the owner was glad to sell for ? draft on New-York and pay 4 per oent. differ? ence. Shall such facts teach us nothing? The Post says that with a Specie Currency, the differenc? of Exchange between this City and St. Louts will be merely the cost of transporting Spe? cie between the two points.?Cost of transporting hoxo much Specie 7 Tf a man wanted to send n Specie dollar to St. Louis directly, it might cost him a dollar ; if one hundred dollars, and a mes? senger had to go with that ?um, the expense could not be less than $50; while a million dollars might be carried for $1,000, or ono mill on the dollar. ' The ciRt of transportine Specie ' i3 nor the more charge for transporting so much mer? chandize, bur is dependent on the amount conveyed and the regularity of the transfer. One thousand competing hotr$e<- might not be able to transact the Exchanges between the Atlantic and the Valley of the Mississippi for an average of three per cent., while one house or institution might well afford to do it all for one quarter of one per cent. This is what we tried to make the Post see before, but did not succeed. The Public Schools. The communication from the Public School So? ciety to the Common Council on Monday evening was incorrectly apprehended by our Reporter. Ii states?not that the Board have se involved the Public Schools that they cnnnotget along without aid from the Common Council, Wut that, under the Maclay School Law of last Session, they are. pro? hibited from expending money for ant purpost but the payment of Teachers' wages, and there fore arc unable-to build or repair School-Houses, purchase Books, or to pay interest on the Debt incurred for building School-Houses. They suggested no action, but simply stated the facts for the information of the Councils and the public that such action may be taken as is deemed advi? sable. It has been the uniform practice of the Board to make annual statements of the indebted? ness of the Society and the objects for which it had been incurred, to the Common Council. Rhode Island.?The voting on the adoption of the New Constitution commenced on Monday and will conclude to-day. On Monday, Provi? dence gave 913 votes for and none against the le? gal Constitution. We rejoice to state that itgaw 315 votes for and only 51 against allowing colored persons to vote the same as whites. In 13 towns there were 2,210 votes for and only 3 again?-i adopting the Constitution, the Donites consisi ently refusing to vote. (Had they done s? lac; Spring, much expense and trouble would hav< been saved.) I? 9 towns there were 1,072 votes for and 324 against admitting blacks to vote, and there seems little doubt that all distinctions found? ed on co!?r will be discarded.?We trust that the Rhode Islanders, having learned that a colored man's vote will not prejudice the public welfare, even though be owns ne land, will not be slow tc learn that an Adopted Citizen may also safely be trusted with Political power. We admit and de? plore tbe delusion under which the less enlightened portion of the Adopted Citiz-ns too generally la? bor?tbe lies palmed on them for truths by unprin? cipled demagogues; the foul accusations of aris? tocracy, monarchy, &c. which they are induced to credit against tbe purest and best republicans in the Country; but Prejudice must be overcome b> Truth and Hatred by Kindness. Let them be st-adily treated in this spirit?their mistakes do plored not execrated, and tbe Adopted Citizen will soon be found among the most discriminating and correct vo ers in the Country?-no longer the prey of demagogues, but the sure support of the true interest* ot the Country. They cannot go on voting themselves out of work and out of wage> unless provoked to i: by unwise jealousy or uniust antipathy on the part of thoso who make Practi? cal Good and not blinding Party Names the land marks of thvir Political action. Friends in Rhode Island and elsewhere! think of these things .' ID* At the town election in New-Haven. Ct.. on Monday, the entire Whig ticket was elected by about 400 majority. The Loco vote was qwite as great as at the last fail election. d* The President has, recognised Johann Dan? iel Kiudgen as Consul General of Brunswick and Luneberg, to reside at New-York. IVew-York Bt*te Eieetioa. comparative vote tor governor. 1842. 1840. rnnnH?. Bradisb. Bcnek- 8eward. Bouck. ztcoXcoreAOS.nS 115,073 123,618 119.948 0,weeo. 3,363 4.014 4.102 4,024 Cbeawgo...- 3,757 4,122 4,317 4.077 Erie . 4,855 4,165 6,033 3,829 Queen's. 2,077 2,625 2.487 2,579 Schobarie .... 2,179 3.375 2,712 3.544 Westchester .. 3,109 3.786 4,018 4,401 Chemung. 1,534 2,304 1,669 2.330 Oisego. 3.600 4,949 4,762 5,690 Putnam. 615 1,453 912 1,593 Orleans. 2.143 2,103 2,579 2,083 Columbia. 3.362 4.278 4.272 4.517 39 counties... 136.521 152,247 161,481 158,615 Bouck ahead, 15,726. Seward in do. 2,866. Whig loss since '40, 24,960. Loco loss do. 6,368. KJ* Mr. Nicholas Biddle has a letter in the ast Philadelphia Inquirer on the subject of the State Debt of Pennsylvania. He estimates the whole amount of that Debt at $39.262,037 51, ind its annual interest at $1,864,238 56. Of this ;um, $512.000 may be expected next year from ?he Public Works, leaving $1,352.000 to be raised by taxation and otherwise. This he says the State ;an pay, ought to pay, must pay, and that the State Works, badlyplanned and improvidently managed is they have been, have yet enriched the State co many times the amount of their cost, and will jo more and more beneficent and productive every pear.?All this is very true and very right, Mr. Biddle ; but the public want light from you on an other subject. How about that sale of Andalusia, illeged to be fictitious and fraudulent? How about the swamping of the big Bank ? We don't think jrou so big a rogue as you are believed by many athers?we think there wag mismanagement and misfortune in the downfall of the Bank ; we think the general calamities of the times and the general rascalities, too?witness the Repudiation of Mis? sissippi, Michigan, &c.?contributed deplorably to your disasters ; but still there are things to be cleared up on your part before you andertake to iefend others or show them how to manage their iffairs?Speak to the question ! 03? Pennsylvania always claims the honor of rominating the candidates for President. She itarted Jackson and Harrison, and since has busied terself with Stewart, Johnson, Buchanan, Cass fee. Stewart and Johnson proved spavined, and iow even Buchanan appears to be drifting astern. i Cass meeting is about to beheld at Harrisburg, vhich is expected to be a strong one. Finally, tfr. Van Buren's friends think it time to change rom secret to public activity, and are about to lold a meeting in Philadelphia. Come ahead all! A Friend op Col. Webb.?The following let er, bearing the Hartford Post-mark, was received esterday by the Recorder: Hartford. Conn., Monday morn., Nov. 21,1842. sir: I noticed your rascally decMon against Col. J Wat r>n Webb, my friend. In two weeks, if be is sentenced to <" imprisoned,I will come toNew-York to kills-on toitAouf Ml A DEAF MU IE. The letter was addressed " Recorder of the xity of New-York, New-York," and charged 12^ ents. _ From Buenos Ayres. The bark Globe, Capt. Eshing, arrived yester lay from Rio Janeiro, whence she sailed on the list Sept. Intelligence had been received there rom Buenos Ayres and Montevideo. At the latter ilace a number of boats and flotillas full of armed nen were observed passing out of the river, but with what object was unknown. It was supposed :bat Rosas, a man of unquiet and impatient charac :er, was at the head of it. He is constantly plotting >ome intrigue or exciting some quarrel, foreign or lomestic, and bis recent acts have been so offensive hat, were it not for the guard who are always tround him, he would have been long since assas linated: the opportunity at least is vigilantly lought. Some disturbances had arisen between the peo >le of the village of Mariana and those of the /ilia de Principe, in a province of Brazil, result ng in some skirmishes, in which several were vounded, but Kone killed. It is stated that a boat containing six or more persons was fired into from the bank of the river, in crossing the Parana, (in Brazil) and that in the sonfasion which ensued she capsized and all were irowned. Nothing important going on at Rio; all the neighboring provinces quiet. From Matamoras.?The N. O. Picayune has received dates from Matamoras to the 2f?rh ult. The Editors learned verbally that the Mexican in? vading army, or at least that part of it which vis? ited Texas, had returned in great haste and in much disorder from the vicinity of the Neuces, and, by tbeir own accounts, with the loss of 600 men. Some of the foreigners at Matamoras were under the impression that their loss was much greater. KJ3 Dates from Havana to the 18th have been received by the steamer Alabama, and much space is given to the affair with Mr. Turnbull, which, as our readers will remember, was published in the American a week or ton days back. The result of his mission was, that he was shipped " as a lu? natic " on board the steamer Thames for Nassau and England, with an intimation, that if again found upon the island of Cuba, ho would be treat? ed as a disturber of the peace. Perhaps England will have a word to say to this somewhat summary method of getting rid of one of her Commission? ers, who undertakes to see that Spain shall not vi ??late with impunity a solemn treaty. The visit of 'he U. S. steam frigate Missouri. Capt. Newton, appears to have pleased the inhabitants of Havana. The conduct of the officers and appearance of the steamer are spoken of in terms of high praise. _ [American. Council of the University.?At the late election by the shareholders of tbe Council, tbe Rev. Dr. Milnor, Rev. Dr. Potts, and John C. Green, Esq., were unanimously elected to fill va? cancies in the Board. 03" A negro girl at Opelousas, La., was killed by being caught between the cylinders of a sugar mill not long since. Her neck was broken, one arm severed and her bodv terribly mangled. Dreadful Accldrnt?Ob the afternoon of Monday last the floor oi tbe second loft of Lbe store ot J. Z. Reed, Esq., 0f village, in which a large quantity of corn was stored, fell with a crash, breaking through rhe lower floor to the cel <ar. There were in tbe building, at the time of its tail, four gentlemen, one of whom, Joseph Amos was killed instantaneously. Mr. Reed, the owner of the building, and Thos Emerson, Esq. of Rochester, weze taken from the rums, very much bruised and injured. [Daasville (Livingston Co.) Rep. M?rder.?Tb* Natchez Courier, of the 4th, says: A most wilful murder was committed by a person named Cbanpell, who was at work on tbe roads, on the body of a fellow-laborer, whose name was not known. Chappell stabbed him with a large knife, back of the right shoulder, which caused instant death. The murderer fled. Tbe Great Storm at tbe West. We received no Buffalo paper* by yesterday's Mail (as it left that City on Sunday;) but by a friend who has come through as lately and speedily as may be from Erie, Pa., sweeping the whole South-Eastern shore of tbe Lake by stage on Satur? day and Sunday last, we have a full account of the nature of the Storm, and its ravages as far West as Cleveland, Ohio. It commenced in a rain on Wednesday night or Thuisday of last week, and soon began to blow severely and grow colder, until the rain turned to snow, which melted a while and then covered the ground. All through Friday and Saturday it snowed furiously with a strong West wind, veer? ing from South-west to North-west as the storm continued. The show covered the ground to a very considerable depth, and lay in drifts three feet deep in many places. Even this side of Buffalo, so late as Monday morning, it was necessary to stop the Railroad cars repeatedly and shovel snow off the track. The stage road around the East end of Lake Erie was rendered even more than usually detestable. The effect of such a furious and protracted gale on the shipping of a Lake so shelterless and turbu? lent as Lake Erie will readily be imagined. Pro? bably more property has been destroyed in this one storm than would have sufficed to construct all the harbors necessary for the protection of its Com? merce. Yet from Sandusky to Buffalo there is scarcely any thing deserving the name of a harbor to which a vessel can confidently repair to escape the fury of a tempest. Shall not this be remedied ? ?But to the facts of our informant: He re? mained at Erie through Friday night, and saw and heard enough to satisfy him that there would be no navigation on the Lake for some days?no get? ting upon it, in fact; for every vessel that found anchorage was careful to slick to it, and its pas? sengers were glad to have escaped with their lives. At 1 o'clock on Friday the noble steamboat Chi? cago drifted by in distress, dragging one anchor, having lost tbe other, her smoke-pipes blown down, and she incapable of raising steam. Her gallant captain (White) and crew had a small sail yet standing, with which they tried hard to weather Fresque Isle and make tho harbor of Erie ; but though they were within a short distance of the pier, they could not effect it. They drifted away, and it was feared that the boat could not weather Sturgeon Paint below, and must be wrecked; but she kept away, and was finally blown ashore 50 miles below, between Silver and Cattaraugus Creeks. Her crew had then become so chilled and stupified as to be incapable of exertion, and could hardly be aroused to know they were safe. There were about 49 persons on board, all of whom came ashore alive. The boat is high and dry on land. Her cargo on board is safe, but it was un? derstood that a part, consisting of potash kettles and other heavy ware, was thrown overboard du? ring the storm. Our informant heard of five vessels ashore near the mouth of Grand River, Ohio; ten on Canada shore, end many between Dunkirk and Buffalo, but no other steamboat, and no lives lost, but those we have already recorded. The beach for some miles on the East end of the Lake was strewn with barrels of flour, &c. &c. wanhed from vessels or thrown overboard to lighten those in distress. The amount of loss must be very great. He saw ves? sels ashore several rods from the water as it now is. The steamboats Chautauque and Harrison came into Buffalo about 4 o'clock, P. M., having taken shelter under the Canada shore during the worst of the gale. They had sustained some damage. They reported ten wrecks on the Canada shore, so far as they had heard. The sailors state that the sky was so black an4 hazy with snow during a good part of the storm that they could see nothing, and never knew that they were even approaching land till they struck. Some persons who had embarked for 1 the West,' on be? ing landed safely from the vessels, declared that they had got enough, and turned their faces East? ward. We shall doubtless have more definite and far? ther advices by this morning's Mail. Execution.?On the lstinst. at Mineral Point. Wisconsan Territory, a man named Caffee was executed for the murder of Sou*hwick. Upwurds of five thousnnd spectators of all ages, classes and sexes were present. The prisoner died with the utmost fortitude, manifesting no emotion whatever. When asked by tho Sheriff if he had any thing to request, he asked that the rope might be adjusted with a ' goed long slack,' so as to make his death immediate. Forgery.?Edward C. Davis, proprietor of the Exchange Reading Rooms at Richmond, Va., has been detected in forgeries, it is said, to a large amount. He ha* been heretofore above suspicion. 17 The American Laborer for Decem? ber will be published on the first day of that month. CONTENTS. I. As Argument for Free Trade, in re%iew of the wbole ground. By S. G. Arnold. II. Remarks on Free Trade. A reply to the above.? By H. Greeley. III. Protection the causr ok Enlightencb Philan. THROP?y, in answer to au argument for Free Trade, by Garritt Smith. By H. Greeley. IV. The Sugar Culture ; shewing why it should be Protected. A brief Report to Congress. V. Commercial Intercourse with Great Britain.? The Boston .Movement. VI. First Speech of Mr. Hudson, of Mass.. in Congress in illustration and defence of the Policy of Protection. VII. House-Hold Manufactures. By Alex. Walsh. The American Laborer is devoted exclusively to the ad? vocacy and illustration of tbe Protection of Home Industry. It is designed to present In a compact,cheap, readable form, and in a familiar and practical manner, the most direct and convincing facts and arguments in support of the policy of Protecting Ike Industry of our own People. To ibis and it embodies tbe ablest Speeches, Reports, Statistics and other documents on in? subject. IT" The whole work is to comprise a large octavo volume of near 400 pages, and is published in parts every month.? : Nine numbers are already out and ready for delivery.? Price for tbe whole twelve numbers only 75 cents, being the cheapest publication of the kind ever published in the United States. ET Nine numbers of this work are now published.? Price 6i cents per number. Back numbers can be sup? plied. GREELEY k McELRATH. n24 Tribune Buildings, 180 Nassau-street. 17 The Weekly Tri bane lor tbe present week may be bad at the office This Afternoon. Price &i eerts ? For tbe convenience of those wishing to send it to their friends in the country, it may be obtained in wrappers ready for mailing, at the same price. This nnn- ber is more than usually interesting. It contains tbe f- diterial article which appeared in the Dail> on the Closing Scene of John C.Colt, Governor bewarc's last Letter on Col 's Ca?e, tbe Proceedings of the Coroner'* Jury the Body of Colt, and Rev. Dr. Ambon's Notes, rakc? in his interview with Colt; Parker's Fourth Discourse; Tbe Science of Neurology ; Tbe Punishment of Death De? fended, and Reply thereto ; Trial of Sullivan, McCleoter and others on Indictments for causing tbe Deaih of Thomas McCoy ; The Case of Col. Webb: Foreign News; numer? ous Reviews and Literary Notices; The Third and Fourth Lectnres of Dr. Smith on Geology; G tidal Election Re? turns ; Poetry; An Editorial article on the Action of the Whig Party while in tbe Ascendancy in the State of New York ; several other Editorials on varioas topics; full ac? count or the Grrat Gale cn Lake Erie; A List of ail good Banks in the United States, with the fiatts of Discount, 4c 3tr. itc. E? Tkr Weekly Tribut?r is one of the largest News? papers printed in the Un tied States, eoa&ioing 42 column of closely printed matter. Price $j ceoti. or J2 a year. GREELEY It McELRATH, ' 01 Tribune Buildings, 1<? Nassau-street. Lecture on Texas. Rev. j. H. Perrt, of this city, delivered before the New-York Lyceum, at the Tabernacle last evening, a highly interesting Lecture on the His torv of Texas. It was long and entirely made up of historical sketches, giving details of particular engagements, and an especially minute acceunt of the ba:de of San Jacint?. at which the Lecturer was an actor. As a literary performance it pos? sessed ??ghr merit?deriving its chief value from the interest cf the subject and the accuracy of the Lecturer's acquaintance with it. He spuke, in commencing, of the two antagonist principles which had always existed in the Earth One, he said, is the principle of contraction, es? sentially selfish: the other expansive, catholic, generous, liberal?panting for the greatest good ot the greatest number. The one is Despotism, the other Liberty. In the contest between them thou? sands have perished; yet never have there been wanting bold and daring spirits, willing te devote their lives and their fortunes to defence of the in? alienable rights of Man. To this class belonged all the glorious array of martyrs, and the noble de? fenders of liberty and freedom, through all ages : and they deserved the warmest admiration of all the world. He had come, he said, to speak of a people who had made a high appeal to Heaven for deliv? erance from the despotism beneath which they were cru?hed; and as he spoke to an audience of freemen?to those connected, too, with those who had struggled for Texan Independence?he felt sure tbat what he had to say would be received in a kindly manner. He hoped many would derive some instruction from the s:ory he had to tell. He felt that prejudice had been entertained upon this subject, and that Texas had been charged with base designs which she had never entertained. At this he was not surprised, for it was natural that prejudice should obtain access into the human mind. For himself, he said, on the first outbreak ot" the contest he had enlisted in it from his sympathy with struggling humanity, without looking at the merits of :he controversy. But he was glad after? wards to find that he had been battling in the de? fence of human rights and human liberty. Those who were so loud in denouncing the Texans for the course th?y had taken, he felt sure would l>e found in the end to be those who held fast to the jus divinum of kingly power. The Texan people would, when truth should be known and acknow? ledged, be seen to have been driven to the stand they took, by the cruelty of their oppressors. For all the martyrs of Liberty, from Leonidas to War? ren, he felt the highest veneration: but none of them, he said, battled for a nobier cause than those who fell at Goliad or at the slaughter within the Alamo. The soil of Texas was rich and productive; and the Spanish authorities had always highly esteem? ed its advantages. As early as 1692 settlements were made at different points?but so hostile were tbe savages that little progress was effected. Every effort to redeem the country from the grasp of the savage tribes had been unsuccessful, though settle? ments bad been mado at Bexar and Nagadoche.s. The government of old Spain finally sought to pre? vail on the people of the United States to settle and subdue the land : and the offers they made induced many to do so. Early in 1321, Stephen F. Austin, a native of Connecticut, went to the Brasos river to secure the possession of a portion of territory which his father had bequeathed to him. He secured a grant, and liberal offers were made by the government to others who would go and settle there. Each settler was to have a certain quantity of land, to be exempt from taxes, and to be entitled to the tight of suffrage. The only re? turn expected was that the wilderness should be reclaimed and the savages held in check. Many settlers accepted these offers, and their increase and prosperity soon began to alarm the Mexican Government; and they were destined soon to learn that they had subjected themselves to the iron rod of the stranger and the desps-t. When Iturbide was dethroned a confederation was formed and a Constitution adopted, Coquila and Texas were united in one State, and the system of tyranny was commenced, which finally led to the declaration of Texan independence. The Constitution was ratified in November, 1824, and immediately a discussion arose in tbe Mexican Congress upon the subject of Slavery." Most of the Texans were planters, who bad brought their slaves with them and were prohibited from returning to the United States. A law passed iu 1325, prohibiting all traffic in slaves, and freeing all born in Texas on arriving at the nge of 14; and soon a law passed absolutely freeing all slaves within the limits of Texa?. The principle upon which they acted was thnt of the active abolitionists of the present day; and if the same action should be had in this country, we should soon sue that similar results would follow among our people. A law was soon afterwards passed absolutely pro? hibiting the emigration of any persons from the United States. This blasted all the expectation* of those who had settled there. A still more tyranni? cal course was then pursued towards those who had emigrated thither. One Capt. Bradburn, commanding at Anahuac, without law sent out and seized six persons at Lib ertad, confining them in close quarters. An at? tempt was also made to arrest the Magistrates, but this was foiled. He annulled the elections of tbe town, and perpetrated other outrages, which roused the whole municipality to armed resistance; and after a brief assault, Capt. Bradburn was defeated and his prisoners released. The captors then quietly dispersed. Similar occurrences took place in other sections. The Texans continually petitioned the Congress for relief; and Stephen Austin, when visiting the Capital on such an errand, was seized and kept in prison for two years. No favor was granted, but the effort of the Executive to crush Texas was steadily continued. In the Provincial Congress effort; were contin? ually made to free themselves from rht-? tyranny; and Gen. Coos was sent by the Mexican Congress to dissolve the Legislature and seize tbe members. They escaped, but the Governor was seized. Coos was also sent to seize Gen. Zavalla, but in this he was repulsed with some loss. Similar acts of ty? ranny were exercised by other Mexican Generals; until finally the abrogation of the State Govern? ments, of the Constitution of 1824, and the estab? lishment of Centralism under Santa Ana, forced a convention of the Citizens of Texas, who then de? clared her independence, and pledged their lives, their fortunes'and their sacred honor for i:s main? tenance. Their provocations, Col. P. believed, would be seer, to be even greater than those which forced us to throw off the yoke of Great Britain. Outraged by the act of Gen. Coss, the people of Texas flew to arms and moved first upon Goliad, wnich, on the 8th of October, 1835. was carried after a bloody engagement. Goliad was a strong fortress. welJ'armed and manned; and the attack? ing force had only the rifle to aid tbeir attempt. Here when the Mexican standard had been struck, the flag of independence was first unfuiled. A force of 1,000 men, under command of Austin, advanced upon Sen Antoine, where Gen. Coss, with 1,500 men, was entrenched. At Conception they met a detachment frem the main Mexican body?a force equal to their own; yet the Mexi? can* were entirely routed. They then marched to San Anteine, and here for two days the siege was kept up. With great difficulty they succeeded in hemming in the Mexicans and forcng them to take shelter in the Alamo. Here they were again attacked, and soon the white flag was displayed. The Mexicans surrendered with this condition, that the prisoners should be suffered to pass be? yond the Rio Grande on promising to fight no more against the Texans. The campaign thus far had been highly success? ful, and the victors returned to their homes. But SaBta Ana now began to move. He had just re? turned from Zacatecas to Mexico; and indignant . at the Mexican defeat at the Alamo, he swore to exterminate the Americans from the soil of Texas. He swore that he would either retake Texas, or lose Mexico; and that if Gen. Jackson did not restrain the gamblers and thieves trom the United States at home, he would visit Washington and teach him a iesson in the laws of nations. > He collected a force of 8000 men. His nght moved on in the direction of Matamoras: the centre and the left, under Santa Ana himself, marching towards San JacinW. It was hi* inten? tion that"the divisions should move in parallel lines and keep up a communication, and so sweep the province* and meet at Galveston. Their plan was well enough arranged, as well perhaps as that ot Gen. Scott in the Florida campaign ; but devising in both cases was found to be quite a different thing from executing. Little can be known of the siege of San An toine. A force of 140 men here defended the Alamo against some 1.500. From the 4th of February till March, a vigorous assault was kept up fey the Mexicans. No aid was received by the Texans, but theii determined courage and despe? rate valor remained the same. But the little band fell to a man in defence of their country, and their bones appealed to their countrymen for revenge. A Mrs. Dickerson and a negro servant were th?i onlv persons spared to tell the tale. The negro told Col. P. that the Americans fought till they were all killed but seven, who surrendered, and were then killed at the command of Santa Ana.? The bodies of the officers were mutilated and burned. The garrison had been worn down by a siege of ten days; the Mexicans then silently in the night surrounded the fort, and at daylight as? sailed it, but were n-pulaed. Again they rushed to the attack, but were again hurled back discom? fited. Santa Ana then brought forward the sol? diers who had been taken prisoners at the Alamo, and there released on parole, and forced them to lead on the attack, driving them up by a strong force at the point of the bayonet. Beneath this force fell the Texan power. Here fell Davy Crocket and Bowie, the inventor of the bowie knife. Of the exploits of Col. Crockett, Col. P. related this anecdote: He continued to cheer on his com? panions till they were reduced to seven. Being then called on to yield, he shouted forth defiance, leaped into the crowd below, and rushed towards the city. Being pursued by two soldiers, he kept both ar bay for a time, until he was finally thrust through by a lanco. Col. P. said ho put no faith in tho story sometimes circulated that Crockett was still living in the mines of Mexico, and stated several reasons for this belief. While Santa Ana was engaged at San Antonio, Gen. Urrea marched toward a Texan force said to be at the Rio Grande. On the 13th of March he marched upon Goliad. Before he reached this place, occurred the battle between himself and Fanning, he being determined t? cut off the re? treat of tha latter to Victoria. On the 19th he oarae up with Fanning's troop, and on the next day the final contest took place. Gen. Urrea in his statement says, that in the early part of the action the Texans raised the white flag and asked to capitulate. He said he could accept of no terms except an unconditional surrender. No assurance j even that their lives should be spared could be given. Tbe men then taken captive were shot? as Urrea said at the command of the Commar.der in-Chief, Santa Ana. This cold blooded massacre has justly excited universal horror, and there is little doubt that the whole responsibility rests on Santa Ana, though he seeks in his published Man? ifesto to oscape it, by charging it upon the law, which he said rendered it necessary, and which he was sworn to execute. The Texan account, given by Dr. Shackleford? one who was spared by Urrea, represents it differ? ently. Col. P. said that the conduct cf Fanning seemed to him rash and injudicious, io attempting at ?o critical a moment to take away his cannon, when celerity was so absolutely necessary. Ho might have escaped, he said, had he at the last moment left the cannon and taken to flight. But nothing but a fight would satisfy him: and the valor with which they met the columns of Urrea, was most spirited and noble. In the night it be? came necessary to break through the beloagurtng army before they could reach water, of which they were in need; this they might have done, if they would have consented to abandon the wounded, as they should have done, since all could not be saved. But as they did not, the combat was renewed in the morning: and at 9 o'clock, says Dr. Shackle ford, a white flag was displayed by the Mexicans, and a capitulation entered into, by which the Texans were to be well treated and sent to New Orlean-. At Goliad they were treated with the greatest severity and indignity. For seven days j ihey endured this in the hope of being relieved.? On the 8th some German officers came among them, saying that they were .-.oon to embark and depart for their homes. This raised their hopes : they were drawn up in companies and marched out, to embark for their homee, as they supposed. The instant the last line had departed, the order was given to hilt?they were commanded toknet:! down, the order was given to fire, and 450 Ameri? cans sunk to rise no more. Some '20 escaped thi.-t terrible slaughter undercover of the smoke. Col. P. gave a detailed account of the marches by which the forces of Houston and Santa Ana were brought into collision on tho banks of the San Jacinto. On reaching the shore, while the Texan troops were preparing their breakfast, they learned that the Mexican force had deseried them. Santa Ana had been entirely ignorant of their po? sition as well as their numbers, believing that there was no enemy in that region. He determined to attack them, however, and first took possession of a small spot covered with timber. Houston gave orders to a squadron of horse to dislud *e them, bur. this was unsuccessful, the squadron being repulsed with confusion. Santa Ana then sounded a charge upon tho Texans?assuring his men that the latter had no artillery. The Texan artiileri-ts had strict commands not to fire till a signal was given; but they disregarded this and fired too soon, aiming so badly that no execution was done. The Mexi? can soldiers, finding tha: the Texans had cannon, withdrew. After considerable skirmishing.the Mex? icans retired a little distance and entrenched their camp. Houston was urged to attack them then ; but be thought it best to wait. Towards evening, however, he advanced. The Mexicans retired, drawing the Texans towards their camp till they came within reach of their cannon. The Texans then retired, and on the next day the Texan offi? cers held a council and assured Houston that if he longer refused to fight the Mexicans they would leave the service. He promised they should?bu: in the morning a Mexican reinforcement came up, so that their force then numbered some 1700 men ?tbe Texan force numbering some 760. Still the engagement was deferred until near evening; when the Texans, being masked by the timber, marched into a valley in front of the Mexican camp and at once rushed upon their line. When within about 600 yards of their line, the Mexican bugles sounded and some five rounds were fired by the Mexicans before a single shot was returned? only a single Texan being injured, until the ?rst line of tie Mexicans liad been passed. The Texans did not fire until they bad reached a pointsoma 70 yards from the line, and then some 300 Mexicans fell at the first discharge. Most of the Texans were armed with double barreled guns, and many of them had five or six pistols, with knives and tomahawks. They did not have to stop to reload, but rushed on amid the smoke, and, as soon as they could see the enemy, fired again. Thus when they had reached the first line?thev were hand to hand with their foes. They passed over them like the wind, sweeping them like chaff before them. Tbe Mexican artillerv was taken already loaded and primed, and turned and fired upon the Mexicans as they retreated. The Mexicans fled in a*southerly direction and attempted to cross the Bayou?but here thev were ar once arrested by the bog, and Col. P. said he absolutely crossed the Bayou" by stepping on the backs of men and horses. I, Cel. P. said be saw much cruelty perpetrated by the Texans upon their enemy on that day. At one time some 400 Mexicans were enclosed bvtbe army; they threw down tbeir arm?, knelt "and begged for their lives, Tbe Texans who first can* tip were disposed to spare them?stopping to cleanse their rides ; but the main body soon came up and at once rushed upon them?beating their brains out with their rifles and tomahawks. The officers could not control their men. and when the cry, i Remember the Alamo,' and,1 Remember Fan? ning.* was raised, the fury of the Texans was be? yond restraint. The Mexicans sought to escape by rushing into the river, but the Texans fired upon them, and only some twenty of them all escaped. The battle-field was covered with tail grass, and many of the wounded Mexicans bad concealed themselves in this. There being a high wind, some of the Texans set fire to this grass, and then shot at the wounded wretches as they came crawl ing out. Col. P. said he saw sometimes six or seven firing at a single man. Santa Ana had fled at the first appearance of danger?apparently before he knew what would be the result. Col. P. said he rode in pursuit of him on the horse Santa Ana had saddled for him? self. He was not ft und on tbe field, nor araong the prisoners. A search was made foe him, aad a guard was stationed at the p assage of the bayou. In the morning the bushes were searched and a number of officers found, but not Santa Ana. It seemed that he had crept out a mile or so, and kept himself hidden in the tall grass until nearly night. Then, parched with thirst, he arose tc go to the bayou for water. He was immediately seen a'id taken prisoner by a man whom, from his clothing, he supposed to bo a mule driver. The captor drove him alone before his horse the whole distance to the camp before be knew who he was. When he came up to the guard and gave up his prisoner, a buzz ran through the Mexican prison? ers, ' Santa Ana,' ' Santa Ana.' He requested to see General Houston, who was lying wounded at the foot of a large oak tree. He was brought up to him and a conversation was had. Col. P. said the scene was worthy of a painter, and a good artist too."| Santa Ana was all courtesy, all suavity: Houston rough and Democratic in his bearing.-? Houston wished Santa Ana to be ?tsked why he ordered the massacre at the Alamo, and why heput Fanning to death ? In reply Santa Ana spoke half an hour"before Ids interpreter had a chance to say a word. He bogged to remind Houston what the world would say if he should be treated harshly.? His soldiers he* was satisfied could not fight with tbe Americans, whom he found to be highly res? pectable people," instead of tbe blackguards he had supposed them to be. He said he was contending against the annexation of Texas to the V. States, who were too near Mexico already, he said. If Texas could be an independent nation between the two countries it would, be thought, be best for all; and if he had the pleasure oj getting back to Mexico, he said he would try and secure inde? pendence to Texas ! After this beating about the main point he finally said the Texans at the Alamo had insulted him, land thus forced him to attack thorn: and they were so very brave that he could not take them prisoners. They all fought till they died. Ask him, said Houston, why he put Faning to death. Santa Ana then entered into an exposition of the Mexican law which he was obliged to put in force; though,he said, he did not believe the men were dead ; if they wero, however, he was not re? sponsible for their death. Col. Perry said he wished to state one thing not generally known. Houston had had great credit for bravery and courage in the battle and in the affairs of Texas ; but Col. 1?. said he was only driven into the fight by the threat of his officers to leave. His men had tittle confidence in him: he was a drunken, brutal man?kept sober during the bat? tle only because he could get nothing to drink. Yet, in the battle he acted wirh personal, though not with moral, courage. When the Mexicans were pushed form the cam p Houston ordered bis men to stop. Blood enough, ho said, had been shed. His men told him that Sherman was ahead engaged in fighting, and they wished to support him. Houston ordered them back. A cry then rushed through the line for 'Rusk." 'Rusk.'' to lead them on. Gen. Col lings worth cried out that he would take care of Houston, and sent on his men. Jusr. then it was discovered that Houston was wounded, and he was taken back to the camp. It was only by general sufferance?by the unwil? lingness of his men to disgrace him?that he had been kept in command cT tlie army and been made President; Col. P. said he regarded it as an om? inous sign for the Texuns that they had chosen him President a second ihm-, though he could ac? count f>r hi.* first election. He closed by regretting a luck of time to speak of other matters in connection v.i:h Texas, espe? cially of the Progress of Christianity within its borders. 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