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9 J * yj.ui all arrearages have boon paid up.
M L"L\\,1?.i ; uiil guaraateo the payment of nino papers, slmll
9 * '< !h*:,':,:hs'JrKi;.Ms of advertising.
^ v-riii?-4 ir.rr.or lesj.firM insertion, 7.">ccnts; each continuance,
jS ae?erti.?emettl ins rted, until it It.v- either been paid for
fome person iu this citv or its environs.
9 \!.K OF^ S'tCJROKS.? In conformity with n tiefl
^ ,r..;n| ordrrof tioocliland Court, there will he sold,
I :Vrcs:?I**ncc of the lute M. Hicks, about eight miles
9 'v.e the Ceuil-liouse. on the 'Jtli of May, inst., to the
3 bidder, for cash, S or 10 very likely, valuable
9 I A part of the land will be sold on" a credit of
I 't and twelve nionlhs?and the whole nf the perisha1
,, ?r..perlv on a credit t?f twelve months?Itond and |
-. r -ved si'ciuitv will he required in all cases of credit. I
" - - ? h" h ive claims ayainst the estate of M. I
9 :!;*<ks,arc requested to present them on the day of sale, I ,
? t 'pffvicuslv, as it is expected tliere will be a divi
s-nof die whole estate at that lime.
J JOtMAIl LEAKE, Ei or. and Comm'r.
3 Goochland, May 3. 111'?fit
I a"a"v T-rtue of a deed of tru<?t, executed by John S
| ^ Fleming, t<? the subscribers, and duly admitted to i
HJ 01 the Clerk's oliice of Goochland County Court, j
k t .j?, -sjci April. Iro3. we will, on Wednesday the first j
l.;v\yj?nef 1~GG. in order to satisfy the purposes of said ,
I r ed. expose to sale to the highest bidder, at public auc- | ,
3 r.i:.'upen the premises, for ready money, the tract of!
9 J. iid ll'ierein conveyed. with all its appurtenances, lying {
Bed king in Goochland county,around the Court-house, | j
I i ;ii br-uncrd hv the lands ol Win. Meredith, Jno. L. i
Jihr-is, deceased. Ann Harris, John Morris, and Win.
9 !.ilt-i. containing by estimation, three hundred and ,
9.. veiitv nine acres, more or less.?Acting as trustees, we (
9 v ii' cenvrv sticli title only as is vested in us bv the said .
I At ! of trust. ' JOHN M. TREV1LIAN,
| PETER GUERRANT,
n May 3. [Hi1? wtds] Trustees.
1 TJ0I1N McENTIRE, DRATERnnd TJILOR^Ttwxt
c| I.- opposite Messrs. Baldwin, Kent. & Co., Main
I Mrifi.; respectfully informs his friends and the public j
S ^'.vraiiv. that lie is now opening a handsome assort- |
S ~.?r.t of'new Spring and Summer Goods, of a beautiful |
,.:iJ superior quality, which have been selected with ;
9 ;:sueh personal care in the Northern cities, and will be (
9 Liuiie up to order, at short notice, in the most fashionable ,
8 <:v!o. Also, a beautiful assortment of stocks, (some ve- j ,
I superior.) cravats, collars, bosoms, suspenders, gloves, I j
I He trusts by due attention to business, and his long I
9 i >per!e?cc therein, to give due satisfaction to those who ,
9 nr.v favor him with their oiders?He will keep con- | |
S s' iii'.iy oil hand, an assortment of seasonable, ready made | ;
| 0! .tiling, of the best quality, manufactured by himself, |
9 a lid uaruuti d. i ,
a A few journeymen Tailors of the first class, wanted? |,
a!" an apprentice.
P Richmond..*Sd May, 183(5. Ill)?Gt ! ,
" TO CONTRACTOUS. I 1
Engineer Department, Baltimore and Susquehanna )
:i Bail Bond Company, April 25, 1830. )
rlOFOSALS will be received at this otfice, until j
the Mill May, for the graduation and masonry of j 1
:.ventv miles of the road, including a deep cut at ihe j '
summit. Tins division of the road commences in this I
Nav, ami ends in Pennsylvania, running through a i (
ii'?h. in altliy country, abounding in cheap provisions. !
ifitisfactory recommendations must accompany the )
prujusais of those who are unknown lo the undersigned, i J
( ISAAC TRIMBLE, Chief Engineer.
W.M. GIBBS McNElLL. Consulting Eng'r. ! '
| May 3. 119?4t 1
I MARC I LLY'S ACADEMY for the in - J
9 jla. slruclion ?J Young Ladies, .Vo. 11, South Charles t
8 -'.net, Baltimore.?This Academy is situated in a plea
m i! part of the city of Baltimore, and enjoys all the la8j:.:ties
for instruction which may be derived from a nuII
serous and literary community. The patronage with
aiiirii. fir a number of years, it has been favored, and 1
fi:!ie accomplishments of the young ladies who have left
Bi'.are the surest pledges of the excellence of the mode
8 a v.hich instruction is conveyed, and of the attention "j
Hpaid to the deportment of tiie pupils. To those who
Swish to acquire a knowledge of the French language,
tins institution offers peculiar advantages. It is the lan9ii
"f the family, and ail the pupils are compelled to
H l >(" i'- in the class rooms, and during their hours of re(I
The course of instruction embraces Reading, Writing, t
R Graiunar, Rhetoric, Composition, Arithmetic, Algebra, I
J <".\JMphy, Astronomy, History, Chronology, Mytho- I
8 i .'y. Logic. Ethics, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, i
8 Lencli, Spanish, Music, Dancing, Drawing, Plain and
| Ornamental Needle Work. 1
a The discipline of the Academy is mild, but firm and I
I J^uiar. The emulation of the pupils is excited by eve- 1
9 -v gentle means, and their success is rewarded by an
8 aiuml distribution of nremiums.
I The institution is provided with a good library. I
The pupils are riot permitted to walk out unattended,
i hv.r visitors arc always received in the presence ot some (
iiraihrr of the family. During recreation, they are un?hr
'.iie superintendence of one of their teachers.
TER M.S. 1
Board and tuition, per annum, - - $200 00 j
ll'df boarders, tuition not included, - - GO 00 ,
Djv scholars, GO 00
EXTRA CHARGES. .
French, per annum, ... - - $20 00 (
Spanish. Music, Drawing, and Dancing, at
the Professors' charges. 1
Ordinary infirmary charges, not including
Doctor's fees, - - 3 00 (
Kach scholar must he provided with bed and
bedding, or pay $10 if furnished by the institution.
Washing, per annum, - - - 20 00
Boarders pay the current charges half yearly in ad- |
Unce.
Day scholars quarterly.
Parents and guardians residing at a distance are rc- j
1J;r''d to appoint a responsible agent in the city.
; liie vacation commences the Monday on or after the
'li of July, and lasts until the first Monday in Sep- 1
Itrmber.
Hrftrrnccs.?The Most Rev. Dr. Eccleston, the Rev.
"r. Delaol, the Rev. John J. Chance, the Rev. Dr. Wvj;'.
the Hon. R. 11. Taney, Philip E. Thomas, VV. E.
?>rge, Richard Caton, L. VVethered.T. Ellicott. James
Howard, W. Woodvillc. Esqs., Dr. Potter, Dr. Chnlard,
"" lion. ii. Human, ami the Hen. Geo. A. Waggainan,
" Louisiana, the Hon. W. Gaston, of North Carolina,
*- A. i'etrav, of Cliarleston, South Carolina. ,
J>h\ :i. " 110?w3m
|PUR SALE.? An assortment of superior Bolting
* Cloths, "Ancker" stamp. Also two hundred tons
,'P a'Hl ground Fluster. R. B. HAXALL <fc CO.
Mjv3. 119?41
^TOTlCK.?'The Stud of Horses belonging to the estale
of John Randolph of Roanoke, have com Honi-eij
ihcir seasons.
JAM'S, ihat capital racer, and son of Sir Archie, at
y Taritnn Fleming's, Goochland, five miles North of
J Wjorsville, at ?25 the season, which may be discharged
I"' -S'", it paid on or before the 20th of July, at which
' '* the season expires; $15 the single leap, to be paid
"Wii at the time of service, and in either case ?1 to
' # groom. Any gentleman becoming responsible for
Pniares, strait have the sixth gratis.
( ASCOiGNE. tlie favorite of the late Jno. Randolph,
tad equalled by few, and surpassed by no horse that has
English or American soil, in point of pedigree, high
and superior action, at Buckingham Court house,
Mrginia, on the same terms as Janus. Good and extensive
pasturage, will be iurnished to mares scut to
'Uiier, and fed, if required, with grain, without stint,
U 25 cents per day.
1OPAZ?at Clarksville, \ irgin;a, under the mana?re"u'nt
of Mr. John Card well, inspector at Venable's
Warehouse, on the same terms as Janus and Gascoi^ne.
WILDFIRE?At Nottoway Court House, under^thc
management and control of Mr. Wortham, Merchant, of
that place, at $15 the season, to be discharged by $12, i
Hl! |"ud on or before the 20th July, at which tune the sea!'"i
expires, and $10 the single leap, to be paid down at
il 1;1-f,line ot service, and $1 in cither case, to the groom.
i~i '1'iiese Horses have been so frequently advertised, and
Randolph's stock of Horses is 60 well known, that
ra tarther comment appears to be unnecessary. Indeed, if
we were to judge of the blood horse by the length of
9 auvmisements, at this time, when the country is inun||
att,(l with Stallions of the highest and all grades, the
M c'ass?yes, the miserable scrub, would as oflen
fed 6 l'le Ptecpdence as a Priam, a Mameluke, or a JJt'rRa
win gkatn. Breeders, examine for yourselves?don't be
|:1 ""posed on. WYAfT CARD WELL,
jgjj 1 'ay 3. [119?w8w] Manager of tho Estate
lUVMnll OJVJP,
rgnHKRK will be sold on tin* 3d of May, the whole
JL contents cf the Richmond Museum, comprising a
fine collection of Paintings, Indian Curiosities, Fossils,
and other things appertaining to a Museum, too tedious
to mention, but which are well worth the attention of
Proprietors of such establishments.
THE LATE PROPRIETOR.
April 15. 1 i'l?wtds
Tin: New York Coiirim fc Enquirer, Ho?ton Atlas, t'liilmlclplun
lYiiu.i Ivaniun, ami tiiiilimnre Kcpuhlicna will (llcncc insert the
above ndvcilUcineiu li times and forward their tiiiU to thin office for
collection.
lttf ECHOES FOR SALE.?Ry virtue of a Decretal
X\| order of the Superior Court of Law and Chancery,
lor the county of Hanover, pronounced on the 13th day
of April, 1S3U, in a suit therein depending, in which
Davis S. Chick, Benjamin J. Cocke, and John A.Cocke
and others, who sue for the benefit of John D. Andrews,
arePlaititiffs, and Robert 1. Cocke, Shandy Perkins and j
others, Defendants?we shall sell to the highest bidder
for cash, in front of the Bell Tavern, in the City of |
Richmond,on the second Tuesday in May next, (if the j
day be a suitable one. or otherwise the first good day
thereafter,) ten Negroes, consisting of one man,several
women, girls, and boys. We shallonly convey such title
as is vested in us by virtue of said decree, which we be- I
lieve to be indisputable.
J. D. ANDREWS, ? ,,
REUBIN NUCKOLS, 5 Commissioners.
April 2!>. 118?Ids
"FBkTOTlCE.? By virtue of a deed of Trust, executed
1^8 to me by Win. H. Stanurd, deceased, bearing date
the fourteenth day of July, lb"35, arid upon record in the
Clerk's Office of Orange county, I shall, for certain
purposes therein mentioned, proceed to sell to the highest
bidder, for ready money, on Friday, the ~7lh day of
May next, without fail, upon the premises, the tract of j
Land upon which said Stanard lately resided?adjoining
the Town of Stanardsville and the lands of George |
Price and Win. Sims, and containing between THREE j
md FOUR HUNDRED acres. The land will be ac- |
curateiy surveyed before the day of sale, and a plot thereof
then exhibited. The title is believed to be perfectly
good; but selling as Trustee, I shall convey such title
jnly as is vested in me by the Trust.
MANN A. PAGE, Trustee.
Orange C. 11., Va., April I). Il l?tds
LOUISA RAUL-ROAD.?By virtue of an act passed
February JSlh, l>3(>, incorporating the Stockholders
of the Louisa Rail Road Company, books will
3e opened on Monday, the ninth day of May next, for
the purpose of receiving subscriptions to the amount of
$300,000, in shares of tjsiOO each, to constitute a joint
capital stock for the purposes contemplated by the said j
act. The books will be opened in the City of Rich- .
mond. at the Merchants' Co flee House, undertlie direction
of Richard Anderson, John Rulherfoord, Nicholas
Mills, Conway Robinson, Richard B. Haxall, David
Anderson, jr. and Captain Thomas Nelson, or two of
them; at Tavlorsville, in the county of Hanover, under
the direction of William D. Winston, Henry Robinson,
Francis G. Taylor, Joseph M. Sheppard, Edmund Fontaine,
and Thomas Doswell, or two of them; at Jackson's
Tavern, in Louisa, under the direction of Klisha j
Jackson. David Richardson, Frederick Harris, and H.
M. Burnley, or two of them; at Louisa Court House,
under the direction of Thomas Johnson, William Crawford,
John Hunter, Richmond Terrell, Peter Scales, and
Benjamin M. Francisco, or two of thern; and at GordonsviHe,
in the county of Orange, under the direction of
William F. Gordon, James Lindsay, Mann Page, and
Colcby Cowherd, or two of them. Gentlemen willing
to subscribe, and not sufficiently near to any place at
which books arc to bo opened to attend mere in person, i
ian by power of attorney authorize some person to subscribe
ti>r tiiern. The books for receiving subscriptions
will be kept open at each place ten days. At the expiration
of that time the Commissioners at each place arc
requested to make a report, directed to " Conway Robinson
and others, Commissioners in Richmond," showing
how many shares have been subscribed lor at each
>lace. Upon every subscription of stock, there is to bo
jai.d at the time of subscribing, to the Commissioners,
he sum of two dollars on every share subscribed.
April 20. 113?(It
LYNCHBURG RACKS.?The Lynchburg Races
will commence on Tuesday, the 17th of May, and
:ontinuo four days.
FIRST DAY.
A stake for colts and fillies, three years old, 1 mile and
epeat, $100 entrance, forfeit $3IJ, to name and close
i 5th April.
SECOND DAY.
Proprietor's Purse $201), two mile heats, entrance $115 i
THIRD DAY.
Jockv Club Purse $550, three mile heats, entrance $'<10.
FOURTH DAY.
Proprietor's Purse $200, two mile heats, entrance $15.
\ colt stake the same day for three year old colts and
iilics. one mile and repeat, entrance $50, half forfeit,
,o name and close the 15th of April. To each of the
:olt stakes there are now three subscribers.
If?'The money for each day's tacc will be paid to the
winner, after deducting the usual discount. The Proprietor
can accommodate 30 or 40 Race Horses with
rood stables and straw gratis.
MELVILLE TALBOT, P. R.
April 20. .113?4t*
npRKE-UlLL JOCKEY CLUB SPRING RACES,
w 1350, will commence as usual, on the second Tueslay
in Mav next, and continue four days.
FIRST DAY.
A sweepstake, (for colts and fillies, 3 years old,) mile
teats, entrance $300, forfeit $100, to name and close on
.he first day of April, now 7 subscribers, and several
nore expected.
' II- II...I. W.~ wail..ncnn Wm R
ouvscnurrs?jouri ncm, ?? m. ?. i........?
lohnson, Win. Wynn, George Goodwynn, Win. MeJargo,
Wir\ L. White.
The subscriber that comes in the above stake will also
je bound in another slake this fall, two niile heats, ?>500
intrance, forfeit $200, to name by the first of September
next, but will not be compelled to name the same colt.
SKCOM) l)A V.
Proprietor's Purse $500, two mile heats, entrance $15.
THIRD DAY.
Jockey Club Purse $1,000, four mile heats, entrance
$20.
FOURTH DAY.
A sweepstake with colts and fillies, three years old,
mile heats, entrance $100, half forfeit, now two subscribers,
and to name and close on the 15th April.
Same day, a Silver Tureen, will run for a single two
miles out, free for all ages?entrance money depends
upon the subscribers.
WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, Proprietor.
April 12. 113?Id
"BT YNCHBURG AND TENNESSEERAIL-ROAD.
B A The Commissioners appointed for that purpose, by
an act of the last Legislature, passed on the 10th of
March. 1530, will open books of subscription for stock
in the Lynchburg and Tennessee Rail-Road Company,
on the 1st day of'June next, in the town of Lynchburg.
Books of subscription will also be opened, on the same
day, hy the Commissioners named in the act, at the following
places: City of Richmond; Liberty, Bedford;
Salem, Botetourt; Christianshurg, Montgomery; Wythe
Court-house; Marion, Smyth county; Abingdon, Washington
county; Lebanon, Russell county; and at Estillville,
Scott county.
The books will be kept open at each place thirty days.
ft"7* A copy of the Charter will be sent to each of the
Commissioners, directed to the place where the books
are to be opened. JOHN EARLY, Chairman.
April 22. 116?lOt
OT1CE.?The co-partnership heretofore existing
1^1 under the name and style of John Poe & Co., was
dissolved on the 1st of January last. As we are anxious
to settle the affairs of the fate concern as speedily
as practicable, we request those having claims thereon,
to present them for payment; and urge those indebted, to
make payment without delay, to either of the underoirrnoH
nt iUp l.p.iiJipr Store of William Ilea). Alain
Btreet, who will continue to sell the Leather manufactured
at the Virginia Tannery by John Pop.
JOHN FOE,
WM. BEAL.
April 15. 114?Ct
jgUTUATlON WANTED.?An elderly Lady, who has
hud some experience in the management of a family,
wishes to obtain a situation as house-keeper. She
has recently taught school, which did not agree with
her; but should a situation offer in a healthy section of
country, she would be willing to lake charge of a small
school. Her terms will be moderate, and she would prefer
to reside in a religious family.
N. B.?The applicant can be seen or heard from, by
applying at Mr. William Mayo's, Shockce Hill.
April 15. 114?tf
M. McCRERY, Draper and. Tailor, has received
a handsome assortment of new Spring and
Summer Goods, of a beautiful and superior quality. He
solicits an early call from bis customers and the public
generally in the City and country?and promises his
best efforts to all who favor him.
April ^0. 118-81
VIUGMJYIJl,
I Bl??sjle?s EXCHA1MMB, K
j AND LUITER! OFFICE, Richmond, Virginia. ?
1... . Ic
D:r The Lounge always triumphant!!! | (I
Tilt* following arc the drawn Nos. fnr llie Norfolk !
Lottkrv. No. J, drew the 23d inst. in Alexandria ! V
4 30 (W 23 7 37 12 39 50 40 59 n<
V Whole ticket 39, 40, 50, snutt Capital of ?2,000. rc
i 4,37,10, ~ do. of ?1,000. (.j
With numerous other comfortable prizes, were sold and | (l]
I will he paid at sight as usual by Biuukr. i bt
I 13ingku presents to his friends and patrons, the fol- J b<
i lowing splendid Schemes, to which he respectfully rc- ! dt
quests Uicir attention. ! en
$50,000?$30,000?S10,000. j bi
Virginia Petersburg Lottery, Ait. 9, tu draw Saturday, ! to
May i&*, 1$3G. ! to
75 No. Lottery?11 dnuvn ballots !
MAMMOTH SCHEME. I
1 Prize of $50,1103 u $50,000 ! n(
20,000 oj.OOO 1 be
I iil.O'.O 10,00!) , '
! t ft.o.to . s.ooo i ;'
I 4,000 4.000 1?*1
i s.ooo ajooo w
1 2,750 a,750 p. i
I 2,500 2,500 i
1 2,000 2,000 1 PJ
J 1,010 J.liJO | at
:> 1,500 7,500 se
50 1,000 50,00(1 1 1r]
lot) 5'JO 50,000 i 1
154 1st himI 24 drown, 250 10,000
til 24 aa.l 3,1 drawn, 150 <1,000 [ gr
CI 34 mid lib drawn, 103 fi,4?RI 1 i;|i
G4 4th ami 5th drawn, 70 4,4j>'J j y,
til 5th antl 1:1 It iliawn, lit) 3,'.'40 I
CI 0th and 7tli drawn, 50 3,200 j w.1
12S 7tli and Sill, or till and 9th, 40 5,120 j Cit
124 ftli and l<l, or lUtli anil II, 31 3,c40 i ell
2,f<>0 Prizes of 2<) 57,'iflO j f.?
22,17(1 Piizusof 10 221,700
1 no
25,fid Prizes, amounting to $510,200 to
Tickets $10?Halves $5?Quarters ?ii,00.
Ccitilicate of X>5 whole tickets for ?110.
Do. hall' do. 7(1. at
Do. quarter do. 35. at
017' The most splendid Scheme ever drawn in Atneri- ol|
ca!!!
?100,000?and only 7140 tickets in the Scheme!
Alexandria lottery, Class A., la drnir in June, or July. ?
30 No. Loltery?5 drawn ballots! '|
GRAND CAPITALS: -?
$100,000??25,WO?$10,000? $7,500, &c., Sic. S"
%Lowest three No. prize $1,500. hit
Tickets $50. tcu
A full scheme of this brilliant Lottery will appear as
soon as the day is fixed for the drawing. The demand j e''i
for tickets is already so great that it is now confidently j
believed that the drawing will take place in June; there- '''.l
fore, delay not your orders, for another such a chance | ?J
may not occur f>r years. Bigger, as usual, will be pre- ;
pared to furnish his friends arid patrons in Town and j d 1
Country, with packages of wholes and shares, single j !al
tickets and shares in his usual great variety. ] j"*
Orders meet the most prompt nllention, and in all 'ar
cases the original (Manager's) Tickets and Shares will j
be forwarded, consequently not liable to any mistake or !
dispute. The Cash for all Capital Prizes can be had as ' *?
usual at sight, the moment the drawings are received. SUJ
(CP Please address THOMAS P. B1GGKR,
Richmond, Ca. I C'M
April 120. 117?it | jin'
C^ViTl-lAP SPRIN' G GOODS.?April, ISM?If hole- ! '"j
/ sale or Retail, at R. H. Jknkiss'.?Country Mer
chants, Families and others, are invited to examine j \y
nearly one hundred thousand dollars worth of Staple and i an,
Fancy Dry Goods?chiefly from the New York auctions ! [
?consisting of :200 dozen Fancy Jlrikfs., at prices from j ran
12 I-12 cents each to the richest article imported. An J (j;ij
extensive assortment of Ginghams and colored Muslins, j ,
sonic of tlip latter very rich and new style. j ?
10 cases bonnets, flowers and reeds. j /j.
XJ do. gauze, lustring and satin ribands.
500 d?zen silk, cotton and fancy stockings and half (
do. - cl?
1200 do. plain and trimmed silk and bombazine j Bca
stocks. j ?n
Also an assortment of summer stock and cravat 'irs
pads; Chinese and French baskets. j h'd
lOUO pieces brown arid bleached domestic shirtings F,()S
and sheetings, atprie.es from (id per yard to tine, j Cilr
100 pieces apron checks; also, furniture checks, fur- i Wl'
niture calicoes, at (id per yard and tincr. ! Ge
?10,000 worth plain and figured silks of every descrip- i st'n
lion, amongst them are elegant jet black and ",:1
glossy, Italian, Gro do i'aris, French and a?'(
English Lustrings. ' hlu
Likewise, blup, black, plain and figured silks, all styles. ; 'asl
Cheap small figured black silks, at I-if cts. per ' hig
. ... !
10 cases Irish linens, in full and half pieces, at prices j ^
from 'J-'i cts. per yard to the finest quality imported. fl
Elegant black and while spotted Thullclace veils, new ! rrn
style- . die
Green, black and white dotted lacc for veils. a_(
Green, white and black gauze veils.
_ 'II / *I I * ^
Brunswick lace for veils and caps. t0 j
Muslin capes and collars, of the newest and richest
styles. 1
Gentlemen's summer articles for clothing. bm
Black Italian and fancy silk cravats; Li:
Also, a large assortment of common linen goods for ati
servants. I ten
Brown linens. I'ei
Blue and yellow nankeens, &c. J
Persons wanting goods to sell again or for their own ! ?
consumption, will find every article in the Dry Goods j
Department, as low as they can he procured in like quan- _
lilies at any place, at R H. JENKINS' I ^0
Staple and Fancv, Wholesale and Dry Goods Store. !
April*!. f?;
EAGLE HOTEL?Richmond, Virginia. j rea
'Til'' ^i.h?,.ril>f>r havinir taken this large, spacious. ! wli
r w .......... ? . .
a and commodious establishment, embraces this man- try
ni-r of informing his friends and the public of the fact, wo
The central situation is so generally known, that he | the
deems it unnecessary to mention it; and professions of { on
capability to keep the good things of this life, are so com- Th
mun nnd" useless, that lie will content himself by saying, dor
give him a fair trial, and if he docs not prove worthy of
patronage, desert him.
All the principal stage offices arc kept at this oslab- i
lishincnt. CHARLES C. WORD. ma
N. 13.?Having engaged the services of a young man I
to devote his unremitted attention to his stables, he will ~
here remark, that nothing shall be wanting in that de- rpartmcut.
C. C. WORD. *
(CP When the Small Pox prevailed in this city, there f.?'
was n case, and only one, which occurred at this es- ]
tablishoicnt. I am now pleased to inform the public,
that no contagious disease whatever exists, and should TS
any make its appearance, I hold myself responsible to ap- jg
prise every individual, who may extend to me his Or
patronage, of the existence ofsuch disease. Inconfirmn-j in>j
lion of the correctness of the above statement, 1 have ap- | of"
plied for the following certificate: C. C. W. i Jui
The undersigned have been requested by the I'm- j of
prietor of the Eagle Hotel, to relate the (acts relating to i Jui
the existence of Small Pox in that establishment. the
There has been but one case of the disease in the Ho- ; J
tel this winter?that has recovered nnd returned home. : ?
The time since its occurrence has been such as to pre- j 'I
elude all possibility of the infection's being cominuni- j
c,lled- . . ' Ra
We have no hesitation in saying, that there is as litlie
danger of contracting the disease at the Eagle Ho-, . 1
tel, at this time, as in any other situaiion whatever.
M. CLARKE, SI. I). j l,ei
ROBERT II. OABKI.T., SI. D. Ire
LEWIS W. CIIAMBERLAYNE.M. D. I lar
April 2G. 117?St : by
NOTICE.?The subscriber, Attorney at Law, will at- j *'CI
tend the Superior Court of Law and Chancery of J ?J|!
Henrico county, the General Court, and the Court of j 'v'
Appeals; and will give strict attention lo business conlided
to him in those Courts. He has taken part of the ro'
office of his son, Dr. E. H. Smith, near the Cell tavern n.ei
-- - ? _ _ rip
where, or at his dwelling, lie may generally betounu,ex- ?
cent when in attendance upon the Courts. "l
JOHN H. SMITH.
Richmond, April 1,1S36. J10?lGt
jglHAllK?Tbe,great Northern champion, by Ameri- ?
can Eclipse, out of old Lady Lightfoot, known to T"T
every gentleman of the turf, will stand the present sea- J[
son at my stable near Taylor's Ferry, in Mecklenburg, L)i
Va., and will be let to mares at ?75 dollars the season? it
one dollar to the groom. Good and extensive pasturage,
and servants' board gratis. Every care taken to prevent sh;
accidents and escapes, but no liability for either. Mares on
with foals at their sides, will be fed at twenty-five cents be
per day, arid those without, if requested. The season he
will end oh. the first day of July. Cc
JPHN C. GOODE.
March 12. 102?t20May ~
CORN FOR SALE.?The subscriber, living in ^
Goochland county, on James River, four^miles below
Cartersville,offers for sale 700 barrels of Corn and fyj
30,000 lbs. of fodder. TARLTON FLEMING. C;
April 22. 116?wtlJune. Cj
' "
? . j| Hiuimm nB iBnniiw
jj ^
'JTl~ES~gS.1V
tiui CELEBRATED GETTER OF RACERS
ECLIPSE.?TJjis distinguished Stallion, who nov
inks and feels like a four year old, will stand this season
IS3li) atiny son Edward's, in the county of Dinwiddle
nuiediaU'ly on the old stage road from Petersburg u
thirrcnton, M. C., 2d miles south of Petersburg, and II
rrrth of Brunswick Court-house. He is now at his stand
ady to serve mares at SI 00 the season, payable at ill
(piralion, on the loth July next, and ?150 to insure s
are to be in foal, payable as soon as she is known t<
i in foal, or parted with. Servants sent with inures
larded gratis, and mares fed without limit at2.1 cents a
ty?Very fine and extensive pasturage, with the
eatest care to prevent accidents or escapes, but no liality
for an)' that inay happen. Eclipse and his gel arc
o well known from their characters and performances,
say more.
STAR,;whose colts are jnet coming on the turf, having
>ne mure than four years old, only six of which have
en trained, and five of them have been winners from
le to four mile heats?his colls are large, strong and
mdsoinc, some of them have been sold very high?lie
ill stand this season (ItSili) at my son George's, in the
unity of Chesterfield, about Iwenty miles from Richond
and Petersburg, within one mile of Moody's tavern,
id is now at his stable ready to serve mares at ?<i(J I lie
ason. payable at its expiration, 011 the l"?tii July next,
id S? 1OU the insurance, payable as soon as the mare is
iowii to be in foal, or parted with, one dollar cash to the
ootn. Servants gent with mares, boarded without
arge, and mares fed as desired at 2j cents per day?
ry excelle it and extensive pasturage, well enclosed,
th fine water.?The greatest care taken to prevent acfents
or eicapes, but no liability for either. Star's
aracter, lilcod and performances, as well as the perrmanees
of his colts, arc so fully mentioned in Skinr's
Tin I' Register, as to render it unnecessary for more
be said. W. R. JOHNSON.
MONSIEUR TONSON will stand this season (1 Soli)
my stable, at Halifax Court House, Va., :md is now
his stand, n fine order and condition, ready tor ni tres,
?'il) thesetson, and ?100 insurance. Ktir further and
icr particulars, sec hundbilis. &c. VV. VV. HURT,
Halifax Court House, \*a.
February 13. SKI?3in
PITE CKLE11RATEU IMPORTED^KATI 1 AN
MORSE, BL'SSOKAU ARABIAN, a beautiful
Iden sorrel, foaled in the year ISM, arid looks ami acts
e a colt, will stand at tny slabie in the county of Clsesfield,
lit riiles from Richmond and I'd from ClieslerId
Court-House, at .Mr. Mauks' Tavern, in the lower
ge of Pow'iatan, and at Mr. Win. S. Overtoil s, near
lode's llriege, and will be let to mares at the very reccd
price of ?(i the single leap, to be j/nid at the time
sirring; ?12 the season, which may he discharged
the payment of ?10 in the season, and $20 to insure
nare to be in foal, to be paid as soon as she is ascerned
to he in foal. Parting with the mare forfeits the
iurance. Mures put by the insurance must be rrguIv
returned every ninth day from putting, the season
expire en the loth July.
J'he strictest attention will be paid by a careful Groom
prevent accidents, but 1 will not be responsible for
;h as may happen.
i'liat Rusiorali will prove of immense advantage, is
lain. He possesses and imparts to his coils a beauty
J gracefulness of form and action that no other horse
? or can impart.
Reference to Edward Scott of Powhatan, James Seli,
Central Course, Frederick Clarke of Manchester,
illiatn Finney of Powhatan. John llelh of Coal Mines,
1 W. J. Burksdalc of Amelia.
FT Fifty cents to the Groom in every case. Puslu.
;e gratis, and if rei|uircd, fed on giain for 2") cents per
AUGUSTUS W. FLOURNOY.
\pril 12. 113?c't"
JOHANNA.?This celebrated foal-getter will, the
JF present season, stand at Rroad Rock, in the county
Uhesterfield, about two iniles from the town of Man*
ster, and be let to mares at seventy-live dollars the
son, with one dollar to the groom. Season commenced
the first day of February, and_ will expire on the
t d iy of July next. Mares left with Gohnnna will be
agreeably to orders, and charged accordingly. Every
isible care shall be takent to prevent accidents or es>ps,
but will not be liable for either. Servants sent
h mares to Gohnnna, will be boarded free of charge,
ntlenicn sending for mares left with Gohanna, will
id tlie money or their notes for the season, when the
res are taken away. Gohanna having been so often
ertised, I think it useless to say any thing about his
od or performance; and the high price he was sold for
I full at public auction, is evidence sullicicnt of his
h standing as a getter of race-horses.
\pril \'>. [113?tfj iSIIAM I'UCKETT.
CAROLINIAN will stand tfle present season in
J .Brunswick county, Va. within two miles of Lawicevillo.
He takes the stand of Timolenji, who lately
d at that place. Mr. A. B. Druinmond has the manmient
of Carolinian, and has made ample arrangenls
forthe accommodation of mares thai may be sent
.he horse.
[ ERROR.?This very fine stallion, 7years old, a dark
wn, Hi hands M inches high, full brother to Eclipse
rhtfuol. Shark, Black and Bay Maria, &o. will stand
ny stable, Spring Grove, Hanover county, Virginia,
miles west of the Court House. $'2'j the season.?
ligrec: He was got by Kclij.se, dam Lady Liglitfool.
\pril8. [112?btj WM. L.'WHITE.
RICHMOND VKK^NUirBi7RTr.Nl 1 LLSTUNE ~~
MANUFACTORY.
[CHE Subscribers respectfully inform their friends and
L the jiiiblic generally, that they have now on hand a
id and well selected assortment uf French Burr Blocks
lie best quality, and also an extensive assortment of
dy made French Burr Millstones of various sizes,
ich they warrant not inferior to any built in lliiscoun*
. Persons who are in want of the above article
uld do well to call and examine for themselves before
v purchase elsewhere, as we arc determined to sell
reasonable terms for cash, or town acceptances.?
eir shop is at the corner of E & ldlh s'reets.?All ors
will be thankfully received andpromptlv executed.
JAMES SNELL,
vnnei ? niram
X V v iJ u W. 1 v U U .
H. B.?For reference, as to the quality of our ready
de Burr Millstones, apply to the Richmond Millers.
Vb. 10. 101?2aw3m
10R SALE, Lot No.43-1,on D aridS Streets?fronts
30 feel on D Street and 30 feet on the Basin bank,
r terms, apply to John W. Williams, at Mrs. Tumpis's,
or George P. Crump, of Richmond,
feb. 23. 04 ?
H^Tl/Tn'J' NcHT"o~TOBACro ?
L The planters of whom 1 have purchased crops of
anoko Tobacco, will confer a favor on me by deliverf
them to the order of R & T. (Jwathiney in the city
Richmond, between the loth of May and the 1st of
ne. Those who cannot deliver their crops by the 1st
June, will please defer the delivery until the !5th of
ne, or any time between the middle of that month and
t first day of July. JOHN G. HUGHES.
March 5. 30?tf
rO l'crsuns liuting jYcgrocs fur Hire.?We wish to
hire for the ensuing year, a large number of hands,
labor on the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
il Road. They will be employed between Richmond
J Fredericksburg, and between Fredericksburg and
t Potomac River. The country and occupation is
lllhy; and they will he well fed, well clothed and well
atcd. We will give from seventy-five to ninety dols
for good hands, and more for first rate ones. A pply
letter or otherwise to J. II. Hopkins, at the Rail Uf?,
or to Messrs. George P. Crump and James RatHe,
Richmond, or to Thouias J. White, in the county of
ng William, and the neighborhood; or to James Hun,
Assistant Engineer, near the While Chimnies. Caino;
or to Theodore S. Garnett, Assistant Engineer,
lr Fredericksburg; or to H. F. Guy &. Co. in Fredeksburg;
and to others having authority from J. H.
ipkins, Assistant Engineer.
M QHPPiiion
" ** ?* WiJUi I ot.u,
.igail Jar llie R. F. <y P. 11. R. Company.
December 24. (j'J?tf
RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG AND I'OTOM
A C RAIL ROAD?At a meeting of I lie
rectors of the Company, on the Slh March, Jc3U,
was
Iir.solrr.il, That a further amount of ten dollars on each
ire be required from the Stockholders to be paid: $5
or before the loth day of April next, and $5 on or
fore the J5th day of May next; and to be deposited, as
retofore, in the Bank of Virginia, to the credit ol the
>mpany. \VM. P. SHEPPER.D, Trcusurcr.
March lo. 103?tl5M
rW/TLLIAM F. RITCHIE, (late of Richmond, Va.)
f v Attorney and Counsellor ut Law, Vicksburg,
lississippi,) will practise Law in the counties of Hinds,
adison, Yazoo, Washington, Wairen, the Parish of
irroll,in Louisiana?and in the Supreme Federal, and
tancery Courts at Jaekson. Feb. 27.?tf
ui gMmaneaBi
, aiicU' a, IS36. IZ
7 | i)O.NE$T3 .
TEXAS.
' ' To the Editor of the A'cic Yuri; Evening Star:
3 ' Sir?In out'of vour Intc papers, there is the foil.nvin|
f extract from a letter on the subject of the war of Texas
of 1SJ3, " I should not be surprised if the.war now be
j' gun in Texas should end under the walls ol Mexico.'
, My meaning was, that the resistance made by tlie pre*
, sent inhabitants of Texas, to the overthrow of the Constitution
of Mexico, and the establishment of a military
[ I despotism in the city of Mexico, would be followed by
, other states,and provinces, unwilling to have theirstate
governments put down at the point of the bayonet, and
, that the usurper Santa Anna, would share the fate of
ilurbidc. The political existence of the individual slates
' has been destroyed by military force, and 1 could not
suppose that they would not be ready to seize the first
opportunity to regain it. Hut this opinion of mine, founded
upon the supposed xislence of patriotism in these
states, I now fear may rest upon a false foundation. Expectations
founded upon the supposed virtues, ecen oj an
enlightened people, may he deceived; then how much more
so, on those who are ignorant, debased, and bigotledi?
I counted also upon their vices, the want of fidelity v"
the Mexicans to each other, the conflicting munition of
military chiefs, and the rapid succession of intestine revolutions
we have hitherto witnessed in that country.?
But from the later reflection 1 have been led to a different
conclusion.
Santa Anna is a man of great military talents, and
very popular manners. He is the lirst of the military
chiefs, who has succeeded in making any thing like a
lodgment in the fiparts of the Mexicans. Like A'apoleon,
he is completely identified with the military.?
lie delights in the military life; he lives in the camp,
placing his lords at the Jtead of civil affairs, and instead
of affecting the show and parade, and the name, or
tlip trappings of sovereignly, he is content, for the
present, with the substance. There nan be no doubt,
thai his object is the establishment of a military despotism
centering in his own person; and 1 n w think !
it probable, lie w II accomplish it. Whether tins ie the
best form of government for such a people, or the best
that the country is capable of, 1 will not take upon me
to say. They are a degraded race, two-thirds are slaves,
in fact, and in their present condition entirely unfit for a
government founded on virtue ami intelligence. 1 have
always considered them the leastcnpnblcof maintaining a
I tree government of any part of Spanish America, with the
exception of the people of the 1'iotinces Internets, who
are of a better caste: but tliis population is extremely
scattered, bigotted in religion, and will) very few virtues.
Vet, it is from the People of these Provinces that Santa
Anna has most lo dread, and from none more than their
neighbours, the Americans of Texas, it has become necessary
to exterminate the Teximis, or expel them from
the country, and at the same time lo bring their brethren
of the United States, and the American institutions into
disrepute. The difference of religion is the principal
means of exciting the hatred and jealousy of the bigotled
Mexicans, who have made so little progress in knowledge,
that they look on other christians as heretics, and
regard them with lite same contempt that the Turks do
the Christians of Europe. A partnership with the priests
is one of the means ol Santa Anna. The native clergy
have been in favor of independence of Spain, but that is
all, because the disposal ot church dignities and emoluments
were formerly in the crown ; as this is no longer
the case they are ready to strengthen the hands that will
afford them the best protection. The opprobrious epithets
so liberally applied to the Texinns, one may easily
see, are intended tor the people of the United States.?
It is the policy of sftula Anna to create a hostile feeling
towards this country, as the best mode of uniting the
Mexicans in a common cause; thus rendering a large
force necessary, and by that means giving giealer importance
lo himself. With belter materials'he might
become most formidable to us. His policy, and lite business
of his supporters, is war, directly the reverse of the
habitual pursuits of this country, if with these physical
advantages, lie possessed a moral energy among his subjects,
equal to that of the Americans, he would become
a fearful enemy, as well as neighbor. Twenty years
ago, 1 predicted, in my work on Louisiana, that if we
should ever have a Berious conflict, it would be'with
these people. I thought that the establishment of
such a State as that of Texas, politically united with
Mexico, a no ai me same iiiiil' possessing a community
of feeling with us, would tend to preserve peace
and harmony between us. Tin-re would be the almost
desert region from the Rio Del Norte to the
present settlement of the Americans in Texas, which
are nearly all on this side of San Antonio, which is on
the border of the prairie, or desert. From the Colorado,
to the Red River of the Mississippi, where the settlements
are situated, there would be a dense population
without any mixture of Spanish or Mexican. In fact,
with the exception of the little town of San Antonio,
and the hamlet of Nacogdoches, the whole population of
Texas, now estimated at scrcnty or eighty thousands, has
been formed by citizens of the U nited States. Jf Santa
Anna succeeds, his power will come in immediate contact
with us; we must turn uur attention to that quarter, and
keep up a military force live times as great as that which
we have now on foot.
Santa Anna has heen liberal in applying his epithets
to our countrymen of Texas. He denounces them as a
set of perfidious wretches, whom the compassion of the
generous Mexicans has permitted to take refuge in their
country, and who, like the serpent in the fable, no sooner
warmed themselves, than they stung their benefactors !
Let us examine u little, the justice of this demonstration.
In the first place, by what title does Mexico lay claim to
all the territory which belonged to Spain in North
Ameiiea? Each province, or state, of New Spain, contended
separately, or jointly, just as it happened, lor
their independence, as we did, and were not united un
I dor a general government representing mo wiiuic 01
the Spanish possessions, which was only clone after*
wards by mutual agreement, or federation. In Texas,
the Spanish authorities wore expelled by the American
settlers, the fust time without being able to retain it,
from the treachery uf their Mexican associates, and the
second time with success: they had as good a right to
the soil thus conquered by them, as the inhabitants of
other provinces, who succeeded against Spain. But this
is not the only view of the subject. The right of Spain |
herself was questioned; the United Slates claimed the
country to the Rio del Norte, under tin; tre 1 ty of Louisiana.
When we negociuted with Spain on the subject,
a part of Texas, according to the Spanish claim, was ceded
to us, and we ceded our right to the remainder to her.
This was in the midst of the Mexican struggle for independence.
The Mexican title was never liioughtof; wc
have heard of no complaint by Mexico, about the treaty,
which ceded a portion of the Spanish claim to us west
of the Rio Hondo and Red River. What may now be in
reserve we know not. Tins is another important consideration.
The lines of the lOUtb degree of longitude
have never been actually marked, and at the time of
the treaty a considerable settlement, which lias rapidly
increased since, was ceded to Spain. 1 allude lo the
settlement of Pecan Point, which was for a time under
the jurisdiction of Arkansas, and is now one of the districts
r-. presented in the Convention of Texas. Capt.
Shreve, now engaged in removing the Red River raft,
says, that the emigration to that country dining the last
winter and fall, has been immense. Now, suppose that
Santa Anna, or his friends the Camanche Indians, should
undertake to destroy this settlement, is it likely they
will stop exactly at the 100th degree, or pass into Louisiana?
The Camanches have begun, and Santa Anna
is endeavoring to come on. He must either be repelled
by the Tesians, or the ne.Msummer will show a state of
things for which the Americans have been as little prepared,
as they were for the Seminole war.
I think it must be admitted that the pretence of ingratitude
on the part of the Americans, lo the faithless.
blood-thirsty, merciless .Mexicans, is cnwrejy wimuut
foundation. Nothing but the strongest necessity of selfpreservation,
could have induced peaceful men to engage
in sur.Ii an unequal contest. They are in fact defending
their lives and their property. They had every motive to
be faithful?the reasons must have been urgent indeed,
to have induced them to take up arms. I need but mention
one of those reasons, to bring the case home to any
American freeman?they toere required to deliver up their
urms! and this to the orders of one whom they had just
seen destroying the Constitution by the bayonet, and
who was about to quarter laige military forces in the
country. It was natural for them to fear the consequences?the
next step would be to drive them from Texas, i
and uke possession of their improved lands. No other
result could have been expected from a people so faithless
and so profligate. It was a question between the Constitution,
and the military usurper and their own men.?
They did not hesitate to be faithful to the Constitution
and to themselves, and for this they are denounced as
traitors; armies have been marched to destroy them, and
they find that, instead of being sustained by the other
Slates of the confederacy, these have become the willing,
or unwilling orders of the usurper ! Bot one course was
left to them to pursue?to place their reliance, under Providence,
on their own energy. We have seen that the U.
' States have many distant political interests connected
with this affair. The Tcxians justly claim our sympathies.
It is true some individuals among tiicra are not
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the nifst rrspec'able. a?= must necessarily bo t e cise in
- all new s-tlli moots; but this is not the character of the f
great majority, and the very worst one a hundn d timoB I
superior to the best of the brutal ruffians, who have ill* J
> yaded them more like a horde of cannibals than ot civil:
izori men. The very worst of the Americana of Texas .
; bas a spirit ol independence in his breast, which renders *
him of more worth than all the wretches under Santa
Anna put together.
Let us look a little further into this alleged ingratitude f*
of the Americans. The truth is, that the ingratTtude has
been on the utherside. Was there no assistance renderI
ed them by the Americans in achieving their independence
? We have already seen, that the uninhabited re- j
j gion of Texas tvns wrested from Spain by our country- ^
I men.arid who added it to the Mexican confederacy.?
Uut have the Mexicans derived no aid from our countryI
men, upon whom they now endeavor to cast opprobrium?
I IVhnl .,-no tl.? I- IWIU ...I. .1 1
j >ihv HUO ??i*i VJ ii.vua Ml HIICII IIJC rcvuxuI
tiou;iry spnrl; was almost extinguished in Mexico? What
j was'tlie expedition of Mina, and his three lmndred American
Spartans, who perished heroically in the very heart
! of Mexico, in the vain.altempt to resuscitate and keep
i aJive the spark of independence, which has at this time
i kindled such an ungrateful blaze r If a just estimate
\ coniil be made of ihe lives, and the treasures, contributed
j by American enterprise in that cause, it would appear ini
credible. How did the Mexicans obtain their indepenj
dcnce at last ? \Vas it by their owu virtue and courage?
j No, it was by the treachery of one of itie Kind's Gene*
! rals, who established himself by successful treason ! A
| vile jealousy of our fellow-citizens prevails vliroijfhont
j Mexico; they have been murdered, and their j^operty
| plundered, unnoticed by our government. It nicy be
I true, that nothing hut an iron military despotism will do
| for such wretches?without it. they will exhibit nothing
but scenes of bloodshed, robbery and insurrection: but
l in accomplishing this, it will be necessary for Santa Ani
na to raise up a military nation, necessarily hostile to us.
! Such a nation and government must be founded on war,
I tttitle our institutions are, or ou<j/it to be founded on pence.
1J. M. BRACKENR1DGK.
From Texas ?We have been favored with the followj
ing letter to a gentleman of this city Irom a Pennsylva!
man, who settled in Texas as a merchant several years
I ago:?Phil. Guztlte.
.Nacogdoches, Texas, March 31, lc3t>.
Dear Sir:?1 write you whilst our country is in a
state of extreme excitement. Five weeks ago we were
surprized by the arrival of eight thousand Mexican soldiers,
(iillUU cavalry and GOUl) infantry.) at St. Antonio
oe Bejar. Judge of the panic of the settlers, who, by a
feint of Santa Anna, after the massacre o." the Alamo,
believed this whole army was marching into the Colonies.
Almost the entire settlers west of the Brazos
moved over, and were on their way itere: women driving
the teams and slock, the men being in the Held
with the army ; their retreat being subject to being annoyed
by the Indians here. It was reported that the
Mexican cavalry hud come through above the settlemerits
and joined the Indians in our immediate neighbourhood,
and were bringing them down upon us.?
In this alarming situation we have been constantly kept
sleeping on our arms; keeping one fourth of us on guard
every night expecting nightly attacks. In this situation
1 got my family otV a week ago. They left here, and I
had the satisfaction of hearing.of their reaching the Sabine.
It is hard to imagine the relief that 1 fell at their
leaving here. The idea was horrible, tjjat when they
laid down at nigiit, they might be waked by the Indian
whoop only to feel their tomahawks and to meet in the
Mexican soldier a more inhuman and savage enemy
than even the North American Indian, as the dread tale
of the massacre of the Alamo must inlbrin you. Beforo
my family got off every Mexican family lefl the placo
the two preceding days,and in tlirce days hence we shall
have no female in the place. All the female part of the
families are seeking safety beyond the Sabine; but the
men remain to light, to die, or drive from the country
the Tyrant's minions. Already two thousand of the
cneiny are killed and disabled. Goliad, (La Bahia) is
occupied by i>'dU of our men, principally Volunteers
limn il>r? Initio! Slntos mmmnnripd bv Col. Fannin.
It is a very strong fortress and the troops in it feel confident
that tlu-y cannot be taken by the whole Mexican
force. The Mexican army have now surrounded it with
four thousand men, and it is supposed their intention is
to try to take it by seige, they having sulieied so much
in the assault of the Alamo. Our men have in the Fort
(i months ptovisions and plenty ammunition and arms.
Col. Fannin had a scouting party of men out who were
routed by the enemy, but safely reached our main camp,
tin then sent out 00 men to burn the town of Mission
del Refugio. They were attacked by four hundred of
the enemy's cavalry, lie then sent out lGUineu to their
relief, when tiiey lought a whole day. Our men lost 10
and killed a great many of the enemy, and then retreated
to our mam army, wh:ch is on the Colorado, commanded
by Gen. Houston; where lie has at this moment
two thousand men, arid will soon be increased, as companies
are leaving every settlement every few days for
the main army. On the 5th April we shall have HoO
men here on their march from the neighborhood of San
Augustine. Eighty Jell our town some time since, and
KM) passed through from the Sabine, and another company
will go tomorrow. Was it not for the dread of the
Indians here, we would soon destroy Santa Anna and
his army. We know we have a b'^ody war to go through,
hut the more dillicully they meet, tile more resolution do
the people of Texas display. We are by no means appalled
by the overwhelming numbers of the enemy, who
have six Generals in the field.
From Texas.?At a meeting of the citizens of Nacogdoches
on the tililh March, 163U, the following preamble
and resolutions were unanimously adopted, and
ordered to be published:
'File citizens of this municipality, in common with all
Texas, feeling the profouiidest grief for the loss of their
gallant countrymen in the storming of Fort Alamo, at
St. Antonio de Bexar. on the 0th of the present month;
and entertaining the holiest admiration lor their heroism,
cannot retrain from a public expression of their sentunents.
Brave men struggling for liberty in a distant
land receive the sympathy of generous and liberal minds
of all nations; but when their achievements are in our
own immediate defence, they arouse the strongest sen- t;
eations of the heart. The reflection comes home to our
bosoms, that valuuble lieves have been olfered up a willing
sacrilice for our safety and protection. We embalm
it with our tears and give utterance to our giatilude
and praise. The tongue ot eulogy shall bestow its
tribute, and liie record of history emblazon their fame.
it is due to the occasion that we give a summary of
facts. Colonels Travis and Bowie with lc7 volunteers,
and only 150 effective, for fourteen days maintained uri
extensive fortress against a Mexican army eight thousand
strong, commanded by Ihejamoux General Santa Annr
During this period they repulsed the enemy in re
pealed assaults by day and night, repaired successive
breaches in the fortification, made a terrible slaughter
of the assailants and remained almost unhurt. On
the morning of the liih, worn out by incessant toil, exhausted
nature could endure no longer; and during a
temporary suspension of the bombardment they sought
repose. The enemy became apprised of their situation
by the supposed treachery of a Mexican in the
fort, and surrounding it with their whole force of infantry
arid cavalry, they were roused from their sleep by
the cry '"the enemy on the wails," and as giants they
they arose to the tight and thrice drove them back. Before
undaunted courage the whole host cowered, and
were forced again to the charge at lift point of the lance.
They came in thousands, and, as a herd of cattle, overrun
a handful of men. But the gallant band remained
uuduunled to the last. The conflict was terrible and al" not
wniwxrlmmMri P'iva linnrlmH a rwt t wnnt tr.nnP nt*
the enemy were slain, and as many wounded. In previous
encounters I hey hasl sustained an equal loss.?
This statement is credible, froflrT^e fact that the fort contained
cannon and muskets to a very large amount, captured
by the gallant Milam at the surrender of" General
Cos, and that each man wa3 urnu-d with I'rorn five to ten
loaded pieces for every assault. On the G'lh, Captain
[ Jamison is said to have discharged the artillery under
his command thirty limes. The generous Sunburn, who
with thirty three brave fellows had entered the fort during
the siege, was found apart from his comrades with
eighteen Mexicans dead around him. David Crockett
(now rendered immortal in glory) hud fortified himself
with sixteen guns well charged, and a monument of slain
foes encompassed his lifeless body. These few details
are evidence of ibe acts of all. They were determined
to conquer or die. From a merciless enemy they had
no quarter to expe<t, and resolved to ask none. Every
man to tight to h a last breath, and not one survives.?
| The chivairic Travii fell in the breach, and prostrate
with wounds, grasped his sword, and with the last ebb of
life, felled to t!ie ear.b ibe officer who first entered the
fort, and they were extended lifeless corpses.
The tongue of every noble spirit of whom we speak
is silent in death; and we anticipate in a succinct und
| imperfect naralive, the future story of their fame. Tbe^r
died martyrs to liberty ) and on the altar of their sacrifice
will be made many a vow that shall break the shac- K
kles of tymnny. Thermopyla? is no longer without a parallel)
and when ti lie shall consecrate the deeds of the
Alnmo, Travis and his companions will be named in rivalry
with L ?nidas and his Spartan band.