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.. . j .... LrAXABLnvrm ic t)f the 100:, is a. JJoman matron; the margin cut off in making the alteration; Tens, vignette: a steamboat, ship, and a town in tho distance; genuine has a dro ver on horscbadk and cattle at a dis tance; Tens, letter A ; genuine has mar gins with teT, and a border on one edge with the figure 10 in, which are not on tho counterfeit: 20;, altered from 5s; clumsily done; they have heads of dif ferent individual, genuine not fo. THl E "JVullius addiclus jurarc in verba magtstri., SATURDAY, 31 AY 13, 1845. Cctf The editor is absent and not res ponsible for the editorials in this number. t -i u: -l. ta.i, . . gainst the affiant, therefore is he purp- f ,.t. 6 i ' Late from Texas. red? by no means if he swear accord- q Gal VC3ton t0 lhc ingto lushest belief; for tho Jaw is of- 1Slhhl nd from Houston to ihe 1Sthf ten at best, but matter of opinion; and j jndusive) b 'hl . ycstcrday by tho it is quite common for rho most ! slcam3hip New York, Capt Wright. -lawyers and judges under oath to give j wq hcr foIIowing adverse opinions upon it. But we did , i,i i .x summary, not intend to dwell so lonjr upon this I , , , ' nui iij.uuu u o i , ihe Texan papers, or at least many su,,ject , , j of them, appear sanguine that a large ur,"El,;i MU" ," " " .vnrtion of the Mier Prisoners have earner stone of the new court house, rtpont .m,,, wr must confess that wc have strong fears that such is not the case. . That a few of them have been fortunate enough to reach tho Rio Grande in safely there is little doubt; but the Mexican accounts of the rccaptnrc of the main body look was laid with Masonic ceremonies, Si we are happy to add that the building is now rapidly progressing. j , For t!r: Resists, j .Black Jack G rove A pril 1 U ! U 13. j j Mr. Editor J 1 noticed in your paper of the 5th j " i cs and San Augustine, rorty or tniy families from Missouri and Illinois late ly removed to the settlement in tho Cross Timbers; and numbers have also settled in Fannin county. Tho Rev. Ira Parker died at Galves ton on the 6th inst. Up'to the 25th ult. Gov. Butler, (J. S. Commissioner, was still at the Waco village, and would remain thero until a treaty should be concluded with the sev eral tribes in attendance, among which were delegates from the Dela wares Sharnces, Iones, Anadargoes, Wacoes and Caddoes. Others were expected. The council was to be holdcn in about ten days. The Camanchcshad sent no represntatives to the council, and it was again in their Agriculture societies. j inst., an ariicie tieaoea a iu.net, , c;rcamslanees v,ith such an appearance In the course of the last year, an ag. J which reminded me of having heard an f , canot but think tho main old .gentleman relate a similar circum stance some ten years ago it was rela ted at a Camp meeting in North Ala bama. On the first night of tho camp mcet ini i usual I believe on such occa- .i i i i -.rA that the majority of their companions, siiiiiw. thfv n;pml ami worshiper! , j j i -j so positive, and givo lime, place and j doubtful whether they would assent to ricultural society was formed at 'Bul motit, and if it be still in existence wc would be happy to hoar from it. If it has fallen through we hope it will be re vived, and set an example for the for mation of similar societies 'mother parts of the county. Why not form ono at Berlingham and others at Pharsa'ia & Po:K!a, and then a Union society at Po nola to compair views once a year. Wc would be happy to be authorized to give notice of a meeting to be held at any of those points for tho formation oft a circumstance in the history of his j body of Texans are hands. The reports in tho Texan papers goto show that several of the prisoners have arrived at di (lb-rent points, who state God by singing and praying; after after their successful a treaty. The Shawnces who were sent to them report that they have a grecd io send in four chiefs, after three moons have elapsed, provided the Presi dent will send four white men to their tribe to remain as hostages until their chiefs return. I hey are represented to be warring with the Mexicans, and to tt'ick upon the ; have recently taken two Mexican villa- such a society, and would gladly hear from some of our farmers on this sub let. 0:V The Circuit Court at this place adjourned on Monday evening last af ter a session of a week and a day. The trials of Smith and "Sullivant, indigMed for murder were continued by defen dants. The session was one of more than ordinary interest, the suits being much litigated; but the chief subject of interest was pleas in abatement filed in a large number of the suits denying the right of our sheriff to discharge the functions of his office, by reason of his not having taken the oath according to the reqvcsiticns of law. The oath was taken before the Probate Judgf, where as, as the advocates of the pleas in a batement insisted, it should have been taken before a justice of the Peace. The question was ably argued by Messrs. Coleman and Barton in favor jof the pleas in abatement, and by Messrs. Totten and Bradford against them, and is he'd under adversement by his hon - tr to-bo determined - at tho Oxford Court. Some very unpleasant excitement a ro9C from the circumstance of the pleai in abatement, being sworn to, alledging broadly, that William W. Smith, was not thesherriffof Ponola county; where as it was a fact notorious to the commu nity that said Smith' was duly elected and commissioned as sheriff, and had given bond and taken un oath of office and had actually officiated as sheriff . i . t . i i t. : . 1 ... .i i . : whi-h an elderly man sprang I rum m - seat as if under some excitement, and ! settlements of tho Rio Grande in safety, ! On Cypress Creek, a few miles from remarked, that if he could be permitted, i btlt after much suffering. They con-j Houston, a shrub called Wild Tea is he would take much pleasure in relating ! firin; to t!in fu!l!cst cxtRnt tho do;llh of in Srt profusion. Tho Tele- s iw. lireirim m uie aitacu upon me . jiranii states mat tne leaves oi tins snruu i i. i : 1.- i i : I ti.. r.. .i .. t life, which miht not prove uninteres-1 Ku:iru' ,KU "' Ltcl " C,U,M M lu jh. ;so nearly rcsemoies in lasie, ouor mm His runuest was nran-I i "y uiso smie inai somv ivu or mreu iorm uie leaves oi me common loung more were killed, nut no r.at mention tlie Hyson tea, that it would he dilhcult tu Some two years since, as I was walking along a small path in a thinly settled part of the country in Tennessee, crate States, and not of tho central gov ernment, that government ha3 tro con cern with the securities in question, and no power to compel payment of the sums required; and I am, therefore to inform you that it appears to Lord Ab erdecn, that any good officers which her Majesty's government might be disposed to employ, with that of the U. States, on ypur behalf, would, under these cir cumstances, be ineffectual. 1 am, gentlemen, your obedient hum ble servent. II. U. ALDINGTON. ting to his hears ,.1 l.ti nr1 l r t t-w .ri 1 f.t n Ci! loivc- I 11 !...... nameoi ritzgcra;a. ; distinguish lliem trora it. One account is, that on the morning j of the Gth inst., a Mexican arrived at 1 meditating on the beauties and excellen cies of Christianity, and the mercies of my heavenly father, I was met by my Lord pnd Saviour Jesus Christ, who told me that my time had come to leave this troublesome world, and that he had j More of the she Jton Traced Every thing connected with thetrag- Mount ernon, a small town about CO I icalend of the lato Col. She! ton, will be latest from Jamaica and Ifflyti. Dates of the 26th ult. have been re ceived. Among the articles that Boycr stole at Port au Prince, just before hi3 flight, was the crown of Christopho which is said to bo studded with jewels, ! worth $2,000,000. Among the results of the revolution arc the following, which may be considered important in a civilization point of view: The President in future is to be elec ted for three years only, but may be re elected if this policy .and government are approved of. The army is to be ! abolished, and a strong police substitu ted. Tho old Generals will be pension ed off, and every effort made to employ tho soliiers in agriculture. All reii gions are to be tolerated and capitalists encouraged. Seminaries of learning will be established, and the public al lowed expression of their own opinions through the medium of the press." A Most Remarkable Phenomenon- A Cross on the Moon We givo a statement bejow which is miles west of Washington, with n letter rc:lj with interest, and we arc enabled ! likely to excite much speculation. The containing an account of the escape of j through the kindness of a friend, to the Mier prisoners from their guard, of continue, to some extent, the chain of Cultivation of Sines the little notice, of c. of 9.1k mbt. James parish ourcolums, wc have been inw!1 East B iton Rouge U to leco of a regular .silk plantation," J 5? the most amplo test will bo project of making this articlo one staples of tho State. A zmknj cd Vasseur,just arrived from p has purchased land and i3rnaj.; rr?: id arrangements to commence! ncs, in which he has had tj. ence of many years. C? !' 'The New York Daily XcWs &f ', 1 Iih inst.. savs: "Wn inn..,. !" Frederick Herald that on the nV.'.l the 1st inst., a man called nt ihX'' I of Mr. Adam Burrcll, near Libt and informed him that twomcaou1;! the house wanted to kill him. JrJ went out and made a search, but Crj, not see any one. The stranger requested that he might stay f which was granted. Early, in the morning he ansp.V laid 'oh the tabic $100, which , i'a& ted Mr. B. should take; and onilau" tlemun refusing and insisting thx. should keep t, he replied that h' nousu for u as he iad not loi r,, , and then went oft? kaving w ,.r bdhind. their arrival at Comargo, and of the taking of that place. The Mexican come as a special messenger to waft my j wa3 dircct (vvm the city of Mexico, and sha'j probably be induced to republish my soul to heaven saying which, nc locked arm3 with me, and walked by my side. The further we went the smaller the path wo were travelling seemed to get until it was not wider than the thickness of a case knife blade our course however seemed to bo onward circumstances which will, in tho end, make up a very correct history, and we crossed the Rio Grande (he day after the Tcxians entered and took the town. He was despatched by one of the San Antonio prisoners (h permission of the it in a more connected manner. The day previous to Col. Shelton's death, he received from Wm. R. Crane, Esq. the following letter, which, no Mexican government.) The letter is j doubt, hastened the dreadful catastro sigjied by several of the Mier prisoners, j phe: and nodoubt is entertained of its genu- j .y0u can see me to-morrow mornin". and upward,, until we finally came in j ineness by those who have seen it. It at io o'clock precisely, at the Marshal's contact with a much plainer road, which bore off to the left hand, I asked my companion if that was our road and he told mo no saying that was the broad road to destrtion,but that our trail would cairyus safe home to glory. Wc were at th'i3 time so near the habitation of the devil and his angels, as to hear the mourns and yells and shrieks of persons undoubtedly in great pain; so intense was my desire to know what it meant, that I stopped still to listen. My com panion told me it was hell that I was not to go there, that he would pilot me safe to the House of God. Wc soon ar rived, he gave a tap at the door and it flew wide open, I was now in tho pres. more than i year without his right to cn of the "-ost w,' sal asajudge do so ever having 1 ice n -called in ques tion. The oath to the pleas was taken hy several of our most respectable and intelligent citizens, yet appearances were ji rongly against the correctness ot it. It is notgenernliy understood, as it should be, what is the nature und effect of tho pleas in abatement in question, and under what circumstances they were verified by affidavit. By law, no plea in abatement can be filed unless the truth appear by the records of the court, or be verified by "affidavit. This 13 re quired, because the plea does not tend to settle the contoversy- between plain tiff and defendant, and is a plea unfaver td by the court, and one which if allow ed to be plead on every occasion, would harrass and t occupy the time of the courts without conducing to justice. The oath when made Js always as to the truth of a. point of law or of fact.- The oath does by no means settle the point sworn to; nor is it even consider, cd as evidence in the least. If it be made as to the law, it merely raises' the point of law to bo adjudged by the court, if as to a fact, it merely, raises a controversy upon that fact to be de termined by a jury ; and it does not, as oaths do under other circumstances, con' tribute in the least to decide a question one way or the other. There is then les.s danger in this oath than any other that can be taken; it can harm no one unless the court or jury concur in opin ion with the affiant. Then if it be on a point of law, the advice of a lawer giv en under the sanctions of an oath to his client, together with the reasoning of the lawer and tho reading of sthc law itself might raise a conciencious belief in the breast of a sensible man that the point of law or rather the legal fact does exist in a particular way and there fore he can conscientiously swear to it and refer it, as his oath really docs, and '' does no more, to a legal tribunal to be determined. Besides it is often the only way of raising and submitting a legal question for adju'dgdation. Suppose jr.Ma-1". . f. ... i...p;i' -. i .I i in. i A.-,C -.- upon his bench, before him lay a large bible which was open, I was conducted round and seated at his right hand, and my brothers and sisters, if every fea ihcr bed upon this encampment was here in a pile they would not be half so easy as that was. I remained but a short time, when all at once my attcn lion was drawn to a great crowd of peo ple near by, amongst whom, were males i and females, white and black, old and young, all dressed in white robes, and all singing the same song, which 1 thought the stwectest music I had ever heard; I desired to be with thein, ac cordingly I was permitted to go I mix ed and sung with them,. and enjoyed more real happiness in "tlie short time I was there, than I could enjoy here in a thousand , years, I found many old acquaintenccs there who had been dead I a number of years, yes blessed be God I struck hands with those who had been my associates in by gone days, my father was there, my mother and brothers.and sisters were there; all enjoying the sweets of heaven singing glory and hal- liluiah to God and the Lamb, tint mv friends I was not permitted to remain long in that happy abode. My Saviour apeared to me and informed me that my time had not come, b,uithat when I died, that was my resting place. He again took me by the arm and accompanied me hack, and when 1 came to myself I was going along the same little path praising God and slapping my hands together, which were blistering all over. This my friends I consider a fare taslo of heaven. After the old gentleman had conclu ded his remarks, all were silent for some moments. If a corpse had been lying present, more solemnity could not have prevailed, fmally the old cock struck up a tune Jesus my all to hea ven is gone and such another shaking among the dry bones in the camp of Is rael, the writer has never seen. A LOOKER OX HEBE IN VlEN.XA. states that the prisoners, finding it im practicable on account of the scarcity cf water and provisions, to pursue the route which they originally desinged, they crossed the mountains at the head ef the San Juan, and continued down that stream until within a short distance of its mouth, when they took the road to Comargo. Having become desperate by long suffering, and probao'y appre hending an attack from the Mexicans. determined, to hazzard an attack upon i the town. When they entered the place the Mexican troops were already drawn up to oppose them, but such was the im petuosity of the charge of the Tbxans, that the troops of the enemy "were rout ed in a few minutes. Between six and seven hundred Mexicans were killed. The Texans lost but twenty-five men. An arrival at Houston on the 1 1th inst confirms the above, and states that they had all reached the Guadaloupc, and that some of them had arrived at Mont gomery county. In another and entirely different ac count, it is said that all bat eleven who made the attack upon the guard escaped; these were killed, and amongst them Doctor Brenham is" mentioned. It is stated that bo was killed accidently while rushing upon a soldier. The lat ter fell to the ground as Dr. Brenham oflicc. You had set a part in the divi sion of Graves'' spoils (of which I have positive testimony) ten thousand dollars. I have concealed my knowledge so far from the world the ten thousand dol lars is unknown to the public. If you arc not here by that time, I will the!! communicate to the Governor, the facts in my knowledge, that you may be "con viclefV of cmbezzeling the public funds. I shall lay my plan immediately a search warrant will tell the talc. I am in a dreadful state of mind; but I will be quiet until 4 o'clock. You need not talk to me about reimbursement on the sun moon and stars. W. R. CRANE." 'P. S. If you arc not here by 12 o"" clock, I will be in Brandon as soon as speed will take me."1 Col. Shelton started earl)' the follow ing morning for Jackson, in company with a friend. When hearnved at Mr. Taylors two miles from Jackson, he wrote a letter to Mr. Crane, a copy of which wo have seen, but cannot at th'j present moment procure it for publica tion. The purport of it is, that Mr. Crane's threatened prosecution and ex posure had run him to despair; he (Shel ton) would be in eternity by The time hcH read that letter that ha intended to serve Mr. Crane faithfully all his life, letter is from the pen of an officer of the United States army, of unquestionable character and veracity. Vi UadeljJt ia Inquirer. Extract of a letter dated Fort Leaven- north, Ma., March QOlh 1313. The season has been most remarka ble in this quater. We have had earth quakes one considerable shock, and two slight ones. But on the 4th of Feb ruary, we had the most remarkable phenomenon here that 1 have ever heard of except the falling stars. Al though 1 did not sec it myself, there is nodoubt of it having been witnessed. At 3 A. M., the moon which had been obscured by a cloud for some hours, burst forth of a deep b!ood-red' color, with a black cross of equal proportions, over the face, but not extending beyond tho rim; while on the two sidea small pieces of rainbow were visible. After continuing in this way for about an hour, the color of the moon changed to its ordinary hue, and the cross became a silvery white, with the edges extend ip.g lieyond tho rim, and touching the rainbows. It continued so for half au ; hour, and bevy clouds then intervening. obscured the moon, which set unseen. This phenomenon was seen by the hos pital attendants, who were up at that hour some of them very intelligent men by tho guard and sentinels on post, and by several c'fizens of Weston a little town, five miles off. rushed at him, and the gun fell towards : or pay him back every dollar of hismon the Doctor, xvho rushed upon it inad-! ey that neither he nor his family had I "That's into him," as tho oyster said vertcntly, and the bayonet passed di- 'rectly through his body. He expired very soon after the accident.' A rencounter, resulting fatally, oc curred at Washington -on the 31st ult., between Col. James R. Cook and a Mr. Adkins. In a dispute Adkins struck Cook, the latter drew a knife and wound ed Adkins severely. Adkins then drew a pistol and shot Cook dead upon the spot, it was considered as doubtlul whether Adkins would survive wound received from Cook. Tho steamboat'Pioneer was carried into Galveston on the 1st inst., from the Sabine, in charge of Mr. Green, U. S. Consul at Galveston. The crew, it is stated, mutinied while at tho Sabine, and there being no court near, competent to the adjudication of the case, they were removed to Galveston to await their trial. - Capt. Elliott, II-B. M. Charge d'Af faires for Texas, arrived at Washing ton on the 6th inst., and after a long in terview with the President, left for Houston. It was rumored that his vis it was connected with the recent des patches from Mexico. Numbers of emigrants are still pour ing into the Northern and eastern coun ties of Texas. A gentleman who re cendy arrived from the Sabine states that he passed sevejral large groups of j?misrfinHon thp.joad near N"Bcodoeh- onc dollar, but that Graves had it all, and that Crane's letter prccipitad his death. We expect lo-be able in a few days to lay before our readers a part or the whole of Col. SheltonV history of the Brandon Bank. What new light may be given to the world by this history, we are unable to say, but we shall pub lish it in justice to the deceased, whose j character suffered much from his con- the nection with tho Bank how justly, the public with be left to decide. The bor rowers and debtors, we doubt not, will come in for a tolerable share of blame Southron. American Stocks. The following is the letter which was written by the direction of Lord Aber deen, in answer to an application by some of the holders of American Stocks for his aid with the American Govern meh in their behalf: ' '. Foreign Office, March 6, 1313. Gentlemen I am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to 'acknowledge the receipt of yotr letter of the 27th ulti timo, calling his lordship's attention, on behalf of yourselves and other holders of American securities, to the non-ful. filment by several of the American States of their engagements with their public creditors. " ; I am directed to state to you in reply, that the bonds, being bonds of tha sep An Epistle from the White House. The editors of tho Boston Atlas have received from Washington tho follow ing epistle, paying therefor 25 cents The editors of the Boston Atlas, if they have an account against the Pres ident, will enclose it, and discontinue their paper. J.TvLER,Jr.fP.Sy. To the editors of the Boston Atlas. Upon which the editors thus com ment: Truly, our reigning family is a most extraordinary one. We are at a loss to couceivc what Mr. John Tyler, Jr., is driving at. Wc have not sent our pa per to his Royal Father, since we were perfectly satisfied that he had deserted Whig party; which is now many months since. When we did send it, we made no charge of it. He it known to you, therefore, Mr. John Tyler, Jr., that we have no pecuniary charge against the President, except the 25 cents which the Post-office Department made us pay, for transporting the foregoing impor tant epistle from the city of Washing ton to tho city of Boston and that charge wo will freely forgive him, on condition that ho will peaceably and Qui etly quit and deliver up the premises of the White House, on the the third day of March, 1C45. The shock of ancarthquako i, tinctly felt at Liverpool, Eny.naJ the neighborhood, on the IG.h of May It lasted about four seconds, ai the severest shock ex perieneoj ia British isles with tho last fiftv v- Be Something, says the taUr Kingsbury, no matter what. Thrn side all collateral aids off whin-?, coat and determine to work Vojrt up. Providence has provide! the Li there it is before you; come no?, mount. Don't fold your arms m you can find something that suits vo talents Take the chisel tkc saw thc the hammer. Wc recollect young gentleman an intimate fri-: who was a few years since being worth some 50,0C0. He was excellent business; but the last pi like a whirlwind, swrpt his whole rrv. crty overboard, and leu him ab: rupt. Did, ho remain idle? No. lc braced himself for a fresh stru!:- He minded not his delicate VawXs k worked his passage from a tocstcr:v to New Orleans. Finding n:d do there he worked his way upV V f Yord. There we find him Lr-r! contented as of old. 'What are you at now, Dilif 'At! oh, I am a prrcr to a ! in Wall street.'" 'Pay well, eh?' Why, enough to live on, I m ninepeneo a da, and have iku egc of sleeping on his counter at a: Ha! ha! ha! a broker's counter;;, rather a hard bed.' 'But, Bill, you ought not to live:: Your talents ought to make job higher.1 'Ay, and so you would have it; the risk of starving, cut of re?; f my talents? I must di smu-thf All I want is a foothold. Inhu me a year from now.' In a year he hail worked liiw to be confidential book-keeper in : New York establishment. H': admitted as a partner soon, and quire another fortune. He aJop. true method to Leep out of miscl- Runing for au Office. The Philadelphia Forum lets off the following. 'Do you know Judge BIythe?" said a custom-house borer to a perfect stran ger, yesterday on Sanderson's steps. . "Yes' was the reply. 'I wish you will introduce me, then." "I will,11 said the gentleman, "on one condition." "What is it?" "Get soms one to introauce you to me." , -:' , J -Borer sloped. . We learn from the New York that Snot well, the shoe maker ' at Sing-Sing prison has been?' accessory to tha attempted cscajs wards'.' Ho is likely to be re work with his friend the Colonel ff same terms. Monroe rcccM lashes with the cat o'nine taiV':;: after his experiment. Dime. In London a duty is impo every advertisement puui -newspaper. The London Tirf the government for advertiseing in the last three months about From thTNWMirror. The Ocean Come, list to the music of Ocean: roar, As we gather the shells on the si ten shore; Let us number tho monsters in its wave, And tho tempest-tost sea-boys it their grave. tha' Wo wilt go to the groves below, Where the gold fishes play repores grow; h,: ixr :n u rr the ncafl tu u win avciivu v i of the and I' j . -lI1 sniuiuc suvju, l,: And desond to tho caverns t marmniflcnl dwell. J When the water-spou bosom of wrathi Wewili karnofthfrscH- cow.es bird to