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TEMPERATE DE.INEING.
"'Tin but a drop," the father said,
And gave it to his son;
But little did he think a work
Of death was then begun.
The "drop" that lured, when the babe
Scarce lisped his father's name,
Planted a fatal appetite
Deep in his infant frame.
o 'Tin but a drop," the comrades cried,
In truant school-boy tone;
"It did not hurt us in our robes,—
It will not now we're grown."
And so they drank the mixture up,
That reeling youthful band;
For each had learned to love the taste,
From his own father's hand. •
"'Tis but a drop,' the husband said,
While his poor wife stood by,
In famine, grief, and loneliness,
- And rais'd th' imploring cry.
""Pis but a drop—l'll drink it still—
'Twill never injure me:
I always drank—so, madam, hush!
We never can agree."
She wept in vain—in vain she plead
The hunger of her child;
And her awn tatter'd dress—the wretch
Her mournful words reviled.
He took the cup with fiend-like air,
And deep and long he drank;
Then dashed it down, and on the earth,
Insensible ho sank.
u'Tis but a drop"—l need it now,"
The staggering drunkard said;
"It was my food in infancy—
My meat and drink, and bread.
A drop—a drop—oh, let me have,
"'Twill so refresh my soul!"
Be took it—trembled--drank--and died,
Grasping the fatal bowl.
The Wooing at Grafton.
(CONCLUDED 'nom Ova LAST.]
The Lady Gray felt more desolate than ever at
Grafton Manor after the departure of Edward
March from its neighbourhood. She had intrust
id him with a letter to the Duchess of Bedford,
in which she had simply informed her that the
bearer was a gentleman who hoped, from his situ
ation near the person of the King, to be able to
advance the successful progress of their suit to his
Highness. To this letter she had received an
answer, saying that it had been forwarded to her
mother by Mr. March, but that he had not himself
called upon the Duchess, nor had she received
from him any intelligence as to the success of his
eftbrts on the Lady Gray's behalf. Days and
weelorrolled on, and the fair widow still remained
in totatuncertainty as to the state of her affairs,
except that each letter which she received from
her mother informed her that she found increasing
difficulty in procuring interviews with the King,
and that the monarch, at such interviews, appear
ed colder and more adverse than ever to the object
for which they were sought.
"Alas! alas!" said the Lady Gray, "will Pate
never cease to persecute me! Even this last fond
liope—roliance on the affection and on the efforts
- in my behalf of this young man—has failed me.—
But it was a wild and an idle hope; and Elizabeth
Gray, who has seen so much of the world, ought
• to have known how delusive are its brightest pros
pects, and how false its most solemn promises.—
.Edward March has proved inconstant and untrue,
and Elizabeth. Gray must remain desolate and op
, pressed."
• These painful thoughts agitated her mind as
from a terrace in the gardens of Grafton Manor
she gazed on nearly the same scenery which we
have described at the commencement of this nar
rative—the winding Ouse, whose every ripple
gleamed like gold in the beams of the declining
sun; the massive oaks, which cast their dark sha
'dows rentrA •them, but received on their summits
and tAcitrAibies a share of the glory of the setting
lurnintwyctlio stately manor-house in the fore
ground sending up wreaths of silver smoke into
the deep blue sky; and the distant spire of the vil
lage-church of Grafton, catching the latest ray of
.!:• : : , the,..fast-doclining orb, and terminating as with a
' , lli:4er of glory the horizon. This was a scene
',*hose simple quiet beauty had often served to
Calm and soothe her wounded feelings, and to give
a tinge of its own brightness to her anticipations
of the future: now, however, it only served to
bring back painful recollections to her mind—the
interview with March; the affections and hopes
which sprang from it; and the cruel manner in
which all those affections and hopes had been
blighted and destroyed.
"Yes," she added: "it is a wild and an idle
hope, and ho has proved inconstant and untrue."
At that moment a taitling among the leaves of
tbo bower in which she ,-at arouse.! her from her
reverie; and starting up, sh:: beheld—not, as for
an instant she had fondly expected, Edward March,
but a cavalier of maturer age and less welcome to
her eye, yet nevertheless a right noble and valiant
cavalier, her father's brother, Sir William Wood
ville.
"Gallant uncle!" she said, "right welcome to
Grafton Manor!—what news from my noble mo
ther?"
"Cold news, heavy news, sweet Elizabeth," said
the Knight, and ho passed his hand across his
eyes.
"Alas! alas!" she said, sinking back into the
seat from which she had sprung a moment before
full of hopefulness. "Toll it me then—tell it me,
however cold and heavy. Methinks my heart has
learned to hear so much, that it can yet hear some
thing—a little, little more—before it breaks,"
"Sweet lady," said Sir 'William, "I nm come to
inform you that all our Lopes of procuring the re
stitution of your husband's property are over: the
meddling interference of a young esquire of the
irmic Marrh has proved CAM to our cnuse t Ito
having been discovered to be the snme individual
who had the boldness to draw his sword on the
Duke of Gloucester in Grafton forest, when the
King and his retinue were last in this neighbour
hood following the pleasures of the chase."
0Ha!" said the lady, wringing her hands and
shrieking piteously; "and has that gallant young
gentleman, to whom my thoughts have done so
much injustice, involved himself in danger on my
account; and was that foul misshapen being, from
whose odious caresses ho rescued me, the Duke
of Gloucester'! I will hasten to London—l will
throw myself at the feet of the gallant King—l
will tell him that it was in the holiest cause—in
the cause of injured innocence and helplessness,
that Edward March dared to draw his sword. I
will save him—l will save him:"
"Sweet cousin," said the Knight, gently detain
ing her—for she had started from her scat us if to
perform the journey to London on the instant—
"it is too late—Edward March is no more."
"Ha!" said the lady, while the blackness of des
pair gathered on her features; •thou art mad to
say it, and I am mad to listen to it."
"Nay, nay, sweet cousin!" said the Knight;
"'t is sad truth that I utter. Of the details of this
young gentleman's fate, I can give you no intel
ligence. All that I know is, that the same mes
senger from the court who informed the Duchess
that your suit was rejected, added, that the King
had found it necessary to terminate the existence
of Edward March."
"The cold-blooded, ruthless tyrant!" said Eliz
abeth. "Why! every hair on Edward March's
head, was worth a thousand Gloueesters—that
bloated spider—that viperous deformity—that hide
ous libel on the human form! Uncle, thou wear'st
a sword." •
"Ay, cousin! and it has done good service in its
time. It has dyed the white rose redder titan its
blushing rival."
"Now, then, draw it to perform a nobler service
than ever. Unsheath it in the cause of murdered
innocence—unsheath it in the cause of tile help
less and oppressed. Rid the world of a monster
in mind and form. Search with it for the heart,
if ho has one, of this Duke of Gloucester."
"Why, gentle cousin," said the Knight, almost
smiling, notwithstanding the heaviness of the news
of which he had been the bearer, at the violence of
his niece's emotion—"what means this? Surely
the loss of your suit to his Highness was not an
event so improbable and unexpected, that it should
find you thus unprepared to meet the consequen
ces?"
"But the noble gentleman who has perished in
the attempt to serve me!" said the lady, weep-
"Peace be with his ashes!" said the Knight,
crossing himself: "but, fair Elizabeth, it is vain
and idle to lament the past, Let us rather pro
vide for the future. The King may yet be pre
vailed upon to do thee justice. Hasten to the pal
ace; throw thyself at his feet; show him thy or
phan children—show him thy sable weeds—above
all, show him thy own fair face, and, my life for
it, the broad acres of Groby are thine own."
aWouldst have me kneel at the feet of a ho
micidel—wouldst have me kiss.the hand red with
the blood of Edward March? Perish the tho't!"
said tko lady.
oThdn perish tho children of Sir John Gray!"
said the Knight; ' , perish and starve his widow!
Lot beggary and desolation cling to that ancient
and honourable house!"
"Nay, nay," said Elizabeth, interrupting him;
"thou hest touched me to the quick. I did indeed
forget.. I will throw myself at the feet of this
crowned barbarian—l will dry my tears—l will
mask my check in smilea.--I will procure for my
children the restitution of their inheritance, and
then I will hasten—"
"To Grohy ctuitler said the Knight.
"To the grave! to the graver said the lady
Sir William Woodville no sooner saw that his
niece acquiesced in his proposition, than ho en
deavoured to hasten to the execution of it, trusting
that time would alleviate her sorrow; and not very
well understanding all its violence,—for the real
cause of her sympathy for the fate of Edward -
March had not occurred to the imagination of the
Knight. "The Court, the Court," he said men
tally, "is the atmosphere to dry a widow's tears:
the tilt and the tournament, the revel and the
masque—these aro the true comforters of the af
flicted. Many, a gallant has pierced a lady's heart
through the ring, and lured a nobler falcon than
over soared into the air, when he called only to
his mounting goshawk." Such were the Knight's
reflections ns he lode towards London. The lady's,
as our readers will easily divine, were of a differ
ent and more painful character. Fear and sickly
hope; mingled with horror and awe for the person
age whom she was about to supplicate, and cure
less grief for the loss of the being who had taken
such a chivalrous interest in her fate were the va
rying emotions by which her bosom was agitated.
The journey to the metropolis was concluded
without the occurrence of any incident worthy of
record. Elizabeth Gray was speedily clasped in
the arms of her mother, who mingled her tears with
her own, and then both ladies accompanied by
Sir William Woodville, and the two orphan
Grays proceeded to the - palace at Westminster to
make a personal appeal to the bounty of the King.
The monarch was seated in his private cham
ber, surrounded by the few but distinguished cour
tiers who had the privilege of access to him there,
when it was announced to him that the Lady
Gray of Groby craved admittance to the royal pre
sence.
"Tut! tut!" said the King; this puling widow
and her friends think that the King of England
has nothing to attend to but the interests of the
family of a rebel who died fighting sword in hand
against his sovereign. Thrice have I peremptori
ly refused the supplication of the old Duchess of
Somerset; and now the young lady is to play off
the battery of her sighs and tears upon me, in the
hopes of ti more prosperous result."
And in truth, my liege," said the Marquis of
Montague, "the young lady has not been sadly
ailvised in trying that experiment, if report speaks
truly of her charms."
oSayest thou so, cousin Montague?" said the
King; "then, in God's name, let her enter." And
then carefully adjusting his robes, and assuming
an ait botwoen the dignity of a monarch and the
vanity of an Adonis, conscious of his personal at
tractions, he leaned be& in his throne.
The door of the unfolded, and
tlu• buppliant party, attimi in dcep mourning. DP-
"I WISH NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER STRAKER OF 2IY itiflNG ACTIONS, TO FLEET HINE HONOR PRONE CORRUPTION."-SHAHS.
wzatne.zramrtPmazu. mcozypaxaze .2)2coatJamzm scL aoacig,
preached the foot of the throne. The Lady Gray
was led forward by Sir William Woodville, while
the Duchess and her disinherited grand-children
came hehind. A murmur of approbation and sur
prise passed from lip to lip, among the courtiers, as
they gazed on the surpassingly beautiful features
of the fair petitioner, whom sorrow had not robbed
of one of her charms, but had rather improved and
heightened thorn all. She entered with head de
pressed and downcast eyes, not daring to look at
the person whom she supplicated, and for whom, as
the murderer of her lover, and the sovereign of the
realm, she entertained a sentiment in which ab
horrence and reverence were strangely mingled.
"A boon! a boon! most dread Sovereign," she
said, sinking at the monarch's feet.
"Rise, gentle. Lady," said the King, "and name,
if thou canst, the boon which thy sovereign will
refuse thee."
"Ha!" said Elizabeth, starting, as though the
voice of the dead had sounded in her ears. "Those
tones—that voice! surely I am not mad." She
lifted her eyes towards the King, and an expres
sion of wonder and delight burst from her lips, as
she recognised beneath the royal diadem the feat
ures of Edward March. That expression, how-
ever, was repressed, as a deep feeling of fear and
awe came over her; and sinking again to the
ground, she exclaimed— ,, Pardon! gracious Siro!—
Pardon! pardon!"
„ Pardon! sweet Elizabeth," said the King, de
scending from the throne, and raising her in his
arms; "and wherefore---4 But thou host a pe
tition, fair lady, to which thou would'et crave our
amv.verr
"Even so, dread Sir," said the lady, "it is to
pray of your royal grace and favour to grant to
my orphan children the restitution of the forfeited
estates of their father, Sir John Gray of Groby.
Great King ! good King ! listen to my prayer.
Think that the transgressions of the father have
been expiated by his death; and thnt, whatever
they were, his infant sons had no participation in
them. And oh! gracious Sire, let not the boldness
of their mother, at a time when she knew not the
illustrious person with whom she conversed, stand
in the way of your Highness's grace and favour to
wards the children."
"The petition, fair Elizabeth," said the King
"is granted, and Heaven prosper the gallant house
of Gray of Groby! But now it is my turn to play
the supplicant. Thou rememberest a promise
made to Edward March—a conditional promise, it
is true, but the condition is now performed. The
poor youth—rest his soul!—is no more. When
King Edward entered his ancient palace of West
minster, he found it necessary to terminate the ex
istence of Edward March."
"Thus lowly," said the lady, "do I once more
crave thy royal pardon. Thou who bast proved
the husband of the widow, and the father of the
fatherless, accept their blessings and their prayers.
The land which your Highness has restored to
them shall be held for the safeguard of your royal
person, and tho terror of your enemies; but jest not
thus cruelly with your handmaid, and pardon the
presumption and boldness of which she was un
wittingly guilty."
"But under your favour, Lady Gray," said the
Monarch, laughing. "I have nut yet proved my
self the husband of the widow and the father of
the fatherless; and until I do so, I will not accept
Dither their benedictions or their prayers. As the
representative of the deceased Edward March, I
will take care and see that the promise which was
so solemnly made by him be performed. My
Lords and Gentlemen," he added, turning to the
wondering courtiers, "behold your Queen!"
"God save Queen Elizabeth!" exclaimed all
present. "Long live the noble Qoeen of Eng
land!"
"And now, my Lord of Canterbury," said the
ing, "your part in this day's solemnities remains
be performed."
Thus saying, he led the Lady Gray to the chap
el of the palace, followed by hor mother and child
ren, Sir William Woodville, the Prelate and the
rest of the courtiers. There the nuptial knot was
indissolubly tied between the beggar and the King
—the monarch and her who had so lately been his
humble petitioner.
COUTITSLITP.—Many a girl encourages a loVer
for whom she can never entertain affections, from
a dread of being considered unfeeling, cold, and
haughty; and we have heard young ladies blamed
for their insensibility when they have resisted the
ardent pleadings .and eager solicitations of the
wooer. Prophetic warnings have been uttered,
and every means resorted to, for the purpose of
convincing the incorrigible damsel of the heartless
course which she is pursuing. All this we con
sider peculiarly unjust. The gentleman has had
his choice; but the young lady is debarred from
this privilege. Her lover has seen fit to mark her
out as his favorite—she has had no agency in his
election. Perhaps there arc ten thousand other
youths who would be glad of her handortkd perhaps
that one of that ten thousand sho would willingly
take to her heart. -As sho has only a negatiCe
power and may refuse but not select, it is expeeted
that she will use her poor privilege. It is her duty
to do so; and She has as much right to her own
peculiar taste and distaste as her wooer. It is,
thdrefore, a species of persecution, both cruel and
unmanly, to persist in attentions to a lady when
it is discoverable that if her own fancy was permit
ted to run free and unbiassed, she would make a
different selection.
DIVERSITY OF TEMPERAMENT.—The of
fects of evidence are as various as the minds
of men. Three persons sit down to the
study of history. One finds in it a catalogue
of human wickedness, and he rises a unman:
thrope; another catches every where gleams
of man's excellence, and he gets up a phi•
lanthropist; a third only observes that rich
men have always been powerful, and he be;
conies a miser. So it goes in, the natural
world. The same sun shines on the bricks
and on the shutters of a house, and it makes
one red and the other green.
"It is said that Ada Byron is attached to
mathematics." While hearing this passage
read in a newspaper, an old lady exclaimed
—"Dear me, what a naughty'creaturel at-
tached to Matthew Mattock. and she got a
husband living!"
GENERAL NEWS OF TIIEWEEk.
A New Orleans paper estimates the su
gar crop of Louisiana for the present year
at 60,000 Mids. and the cotton crop at 550,-
000 bales.
Rev. Jowl B. McDowELL, died in New
York a few days since.
Dr. WILLIAMS, the "celebrated Oculist'
has been hold to bail nt Washington in the
sum of 8700, on the following charges pre.
(erred by the medical faculty of that city—
viz:-practicing medicine without a certi.
ficats, and obtaining money under false pre.
tenses.
ANoTTIER YOUNG SISTER IN run Cos-
FEDEeACY.—The editor of the Buffillo Ad•
vertiser, alluding to the rapid settlement o
Wisconsia, says ho would not be surprised,
if, in a year from this time, the people o
that Territory should apply for admission
into the Union. Mademoiselle Michigan
must be on the quivive, or her ladyship of
Wisconsin, a decided pet, will get out of
her teens before her.
A letter, furnished for the American Bap
list by the Rev. Dr. 131tAINITLEV, is publish.
ed in the last "Lancaster Union," proving
that Lancaster county is entitled to the
credit of having established the first Sabbath
School in tho world. The school referred
to, was instituted in the village of Ephrata,
sometime between the years 1740 and '47,
nearly thirtY':years before Mr. RAIREs open•
etl a school for the instruction of children
on the'Sabbath, and which system has since
been carried out so extensively and benefici•
ally throughout the civilized world.—co.
SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-
The Synod of South Carolina and Geor
gia has recently adjourned, after a session
of several days. In the course of its pro
ceedings,a series ofresolutions were offered,
and unanimously adopted, on the abolition
question,which are altogether likely to meet
the wishes of the whole South. These res
olutions enjoin upon the southern delegates
to the General Assembly ofthe Presbyterian
Church, to disavow all right of legislation
or discussion on this subject whatever; to
refuse to mingle in any.act, by vote or
speech, which involves even the discussion
of this subject, and requiring them to with
draw from the General Assembly and come
home, upon any attempt by that body to le
gislate or discuss this subject at all; with the
single exception of the simple disclaimer of
that body to interfere in any way with it.
PUBLIC SALE OF LANDS IN 01110 CEDED
BY THE WYANDOTS.—A proclamation of the
President has been issued, directing the sale
in April next of the tract of land in Ohio
which was ceded to the United States, by
the treaty of the 23d April last, with a band
of the Wyandot Indians. By the stipula
tions of the treaty in question the proceeds
of these sales will be, paid over to the Indi
ans, and do not go into the Treasury of the
United States.— Globe.
"CHANGING RELIGIONS. " -Ii would be
well if every one, who forsakes the religious
faith and associations of his ancestors, had
as good grounds for the change,as that which
determined the conduct of the old lady men
tioned in the following paragraph from a
late English paper:•
"A lady in England, of the name of John-
ston, left the established Church and went
to the Methodist Chapel. Being asked the
reason for her dissent from the Church of
her fathers, she replied, "Thai it was on ac
count of her pie being exactly ready when
the Methodist Chapel came out; whereas,
when she attended the Church,it was always
overdone." • •
"Mrs. Johnston indulged herself on Sun.
days with a pie, which she put into the oven
when she went to church, and as the morn.
mg service of the Church of England is
rather long, she found that her pie was al
ways too much done when she came out,
and not so juicy as she could have wished.
The Methodist service was rather shorter,
and her pie was done to a T. This pie deci
ded Mrs. Johnson's religion."
CunA.—Governor Tacon appears to be
very active and determined in his movements
against Gov. Lorenzo, and those who pro
claimed the constitution in the eastern pro-
vince. Capt. McLellan, of brig Herietta,
arrived at Boston on Thursday from Hay
antt, reports that on the arrival of the two
steamers Tacon and Almendares,from Man
tanzas, they were both chartered by , the
Governor General, to take troops to some
of the other ports; and it was rumored that
their destination was S. Jago.
MURDER.-A reward or 100 dollars is
offered in a Lawrenceville (Indiana) paper,
for the apprehension of a man named Mi
nh% IlltimsuALL, who is charged with hav-
ing recently committed an unprovoked mur
der upon a certain JOEL C. BOWEN,Of Clark
county, In that State. The alleged crimi
nal is stated to be a man of middle stature,
light complexton,and about 35 years of age.
AN EXTRAORDINARY MONIIMENT.—The
celebrated De Lamarthie,on hiS return from
a visit to the Holy Land, in 1833, whilst
approaching Servia; the last town on the
Turkish frontier, says, "I saw a large tower
rising in the midst of the plain, as white as
Parian marble. I sat under its shade to
enjoy a few moments repose. No sooner
was I seated than raising my oyes to the
monument, I discovered that these walls,
which I supposod to be built of marble or
white stone, were composed of regular rows
human skulls bleached by the rain end
sun and cemented by a little sand and lime,
formed entirely the triumphal arch which
sheltered me from the heat of the sun. 'A
number of Turkish horsemen,who had come
from Nesse to escort u 3 into town, inf,rmed
me,thnt the skulls were of those fifteen thou
sand Servians who had been put to death by
the Peoha, in the last insurrection ofServia.
I paid my tribute of respect to the memory
attune heroic men,whose decapitated heads
are the boundary of the independence of
their country!"
CAtrrzoN.—An interesting little girl, a
bout seven years of age, daughter of Mr. L.
Moonc, living on Marietta street, died on
Tuesday last from being severely burnt the
previous day, her clothes taking fire, in at
tempting to reach a book from the mantel.
Six Creek Indians, charged with having
been concerned in the atrocities (lithe late
Creek war, were hanged on the 25th ult. at
Girard, Alabama.
O ninwrat Commix ENTEl.—Undcr this caption
ho New York Commercial presents the subjoined
ranslation of a letter, written by the Sultan of
Muscat, to the high and mighty Andrew Jackson,
Picsident of the United States. It is, extracted
from the Narrative of the Mission of the late Eu-
WARD ROBERTS, Esq. who negotiated the treaties
afterwards ratified between our government and
the Sultan of Muscat and King of Siam:
Translation of a letter from the Sultan of Musca
to the President of the United Slates.
“IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN.
"To the most high and mighty - Andrew
Jackson, President of the United States of
America, whoso name shines with so much
splendor throughout the world. I pray most
sincerely that on the receipt of this letter it
may find his highness, the President of the
United States, in high health, and that his
happiness may be constantly on the increase.
On a most fortunate day and at a happy hour
I had the honor to receive your Highness's
letter, every word of which is clear and dis.
tract as the sun at noonday,and every letter
shone forth as brilliantly as the stars in the
heavens. Your Highness's letter was re
ceived by your faithful and highly honorable
representative and ambassador Edmund
Roberts, who made me supremely happy
in explaining the object of his mission, and
I have complied in every respect with the
wishes of your honorable ambassador, in
concluding a treaty of friendship and com
merce between our respective countries,
which shall be faithfully observed by myself
and successors, as long as the world en -
dures. And his Highness may depend that all
American vessels resorting to the ports with•
in my dominions, shall know no difference,
in point of good, treatment between my
country and that of his own most fortunate
and happy country, where felicity ever
dwells. 1 most firmly hope that his-High
ness the President may ever consider me as
his firm and true friend, and that I will over
hold the President of the United States very
near and dear to my heart, and my friend
ship shall never know any diminution, but
shall continue to increase till time is no more.
I offer, most sincerely and truly,to his High
ness, the President, my entire and devoted
services, to execute any wishes the Presi
dent mhy have within my dominions, or
within any ports or places wherein I possess
the slightest influence.
"This is from your most beloved friend,
"SYED BIN SULTAN.
"Written, on the twenty-second day of
the Moon Jamada Alawel, in the year
,Alhajra 1249,* at the Royal Palace in the
city of Muscat.
"This letter is to have the address of
being presented to the most high and mighty
Andrew Jackson, President of the United
States of America, whose name shines with
so much brilliancy throughout the world."
*Correipoudiog to 7th of October, 1P33
TEXAEL—The New" Orleansßulletin of
the 10th inst. slates, that it is informed from
high authority, that the Texan Governmtlnt
intends entering a fornial complaint before
the Cabinet, at Wa - 010:gton, aping the
practice pursued by`Merican 'citizens of
introducing into their territory, in vessels
belonging to the United States, negroes
coming from other quarters than this Union,
and further, that their minister at Washing
ton will be instructed to aslEof our govern.
ment, that a vessel be Ordered to cruise
along their coast, to prevent such introduc
tion of unlawful ; slaves, and also that a small
force be stationed at the mouth of the So- .
bine, to guard against their being landed on
the coast of the United States and immedi
ately transferred to the Texan territory.
Adjacent to the mouth of the Sabine are
numerous inlets and coves, where small ves
sels ma) easily be concealed, and from these
points, at present very remote from any set
tlements or garrisons, it is easy, without the
fear of detection, to transport slaves across
the Sabine, and thereby escape the laws of
both cowries, inasmuch as the constitution
of Texas admits of the importation of no.
groes from the United States, while it pro.
hibits it from every other country. The
Congress of Texas will also pass a law, pro
hibiting the introduction of any but slaves
born in the United States.—Bait. Chron.
TEXAS AND NiEXICO.--It is stated in the
New Orleans True American that the ob
ject of the Mexidan Commissioners in visit
ing Columbia, the capital of Texas, was not
to treat with the Texas . Government,' bur
to enter into certain arrangements with
Santa Anna, the consequence of which was
to be a new revolution, started at favorable
points, against the present order of things.
These commissioners were said to have
been sent by the leadereof the Liberal party
to the imprisoneedictator, for the purpose
of securing hie countenance in the project;
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and it is supposed that they have probably
obtained some promise froth the Texian
Government, that may be of great advan.
Cage to them in their operations. Whilst
the Mexicans are cuttingench other's threats
the Texians will be establishing theirpower.
Zavala, the former Vice President of
Texas, is reported to be dead.
TexAs.--We have been• informed by a
gentleman direct from Texas, that the Con
gress of that country have authorized the
President to negotiate a loan 0f55,000,000
bearing an interest not exceeding 10 per
cent, and redeemable in 30 years. If
cessary the public domain or the receipts
for it, if sold,will be• pledged for the redemp•
tion of the govern,ment bonds.
The Congress have taken this view of the
subject. Texas has more than 200,000,000
of acres of government •land, which
cents per acre would be worth $20,000,000.
Most of these lands being the best sugar
and cotton lands in the world, they think
that there can be no doubt of her ability to
meet any demand that may come against
her.—Natchez Cour.
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Report of the Secretary of
the Mary.
VESSELS or THE NAvy.—Within the past
year there has been an increased activity in
the constructron and equipment of vessels,
The Columbia, a frigate of•the first class.
the Macedonian of the second, and the Store
Ship Relief, have been finished, launched,
and nearly ready for sea: The brigs, Dol
phin and Poorpoise, the , two barks, Pioneer
and Consort, and the schooner Pilot, have
been built, and are receiving their crews.
The repairs of the ships of the line North
Carolina, Delaware, Columbus, Ohio, and of
the Independence, sloops Falmouth, Fair
field, and Natchez, and schooner Granipus,
have all been commenced, and most of them
completed.
The ship of the line,Pennsylvania is to
be completed and launced early next sum
mer.
The steam vessel building at New York,
is ready for the reception of her machinery,
which has been contracted for. She will
be ready for service next summer.
VAVY YARDS.—The improvements au-
thorised at the different Navy Yards are
advancing, except at Pensacola, where they
have been delayed for the adoption of a Per
manent plan.
The examination of the harbors South of
the Chesapeake, authorised for ascertaining
the facilities for establishing a Navy Yard,
have been made, and the report will soonbe
communicated to Congress.
ADIERICA.N SQXIADICONS.—Since the last
anneal report, the following vessels have
been employed in the Mediterranean : the
frigate Constitution, United States and Po
tomac; the sloop of war John Adams, and
the schooner Shark; the ship of the line
Delaware having been withdrawn froth that
squadron, and the frigate United States ad-
ded to it, within the present year.
The frigate Potomac having been ern.
ployed on that station for upwards of two
years, has been ordered home, with instruc.
Lions to run down the coast of Africa, and
visit the settlement of Cape Mesurado, Cape
Palmas, and Bassa Cove; thence to proceed
to Rio de Janeiro, and after communicating
with the commander of our squadron to re.
turn to Norfolk. ,
In the West Indies, the frigate Constel
lation, sloops of war Vandalic, St. Louie,
Concord, Warren, Boston, and Natchez,
and the schooner Grampus, have been ac•
tively employed. The Warren sailed for
that station the latter part of December last,
and has returned within a few days to Nor
folk for repairs; and when these shall be
completed, she will rejoin the squadron;
Commodore Dallas has command of the
West ludin Station. In addition to the yes-
;els already stated as formhig his squadron,
hree revenue cutters and three steamboats
have been placed under hie command—and
be has been charged with the complicated
duties of protecting our commerce, of pre
venting the introduetion of slaves into Tex
as or the U.-States, and *O-operating with
the officers of the Army and militia, in pros.
ecuting the war against the Creek and Sem
inole Indians; in the performance of all
which dutieii, his squadron has rendered the
most essential service to the country.
On the coast of Brazil, the sloops of war
Erie and Ontario have been employed.—
The Ontario returned to the 11. States in
June last, has been undergoing repairs at
Norfolk, and she is reported to be in readi
ness for a crew.
In the Pacific, the brig Brandywine, the
sloop Vincennes, and the schooner Boxer,
have been employed. The sloop Vincen
nes, which previously to the last report was
ordered to return to the United States, by
way of the East Indies, arrived at Norfolk
on the 6th of June last. The frigate Bran
dywine has been ordered home, and she is
probably on her way at this time; her place
will be supplied by the shin of the line North
Carolina, now under sailing orders.
In the East Indies, the sloopPencock and
schooner Enterprise have been engaged in
protecting as well as extending our com
merce. They are now on their return to
the United States, with orders to visit the
settlements of the American Colonization
Society on the coast of Africa, near Cape
Palmas, Basso Cove, and Minrovia.
'EXPLORING Expcortiort.—The vessels
for this expedition, viz: frigate Macedonian,
store ship Relief, barks Pioneer and Con
sort, and schooner Pilot, are all completed,
and will soon sail to Norfolk to obtain thole
crews, take in their stores and to await fur
ther orders. The instruments, book,charti,
Sce. required for the expedition have been
procured in Europe, by . Lieut. Wilkeii
the Navy, who was sea out Gtr that. "pitta,