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THE NORTHERN STANDARD.
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CHAS. DE MORSE
LQNG SHALL OlJR BANNER BRAVE THE BREEZE THE STANDARD OF THE TREE.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
CLARKSVILLE .TEXAS MARCH 9 1843.
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NO. 26.
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AGENTS FOR" THE STANDARD.
Thavis G. Wright P.M. Pine Creek.
Sam'cel M. Fulton P. M. Franklin Larnar Co.
John It. Chaddock Paris. Larnar Co.
J. W.'W. Stanfild P.M. Harrison Co.-
Jesse Sueltojt P M. Fort Shelton Lamar Qo.
RrV. Lee P. M. Warren Fannin County '
Bailey English P. M Fort English Fannin Co:
D. Rowlett P. M. Lcxingtoi Fannin Co.
J. G. Jocett P. M. Raleigh Fanuin Co.
J. J Williams P. M. J)e Kalb Bowie Co.
Gen. E; H. Tarrant Bowie Co.
A. Sterjce P.M.t'l'aco5doclies.
Travis G. Brooks P. AL San Augustine.
T. M. BACDr Houston. ' -
Col. Wm L. Cazveau Austin Tvis County.
A. McDokald HunisTiIJe Montgomery County.
Col. G. T. Wood" Liberty.
Johs W. Harkisov La Grange.
B F. Ioiimsok Washington.
S.m'l B. BnioiiAjt Matagorda.
Dr. Javes Richey plarksrille Arkansas.
Charles Hood q. Waihinton Ark:.
L. S. Honcuro.v Vicksbnrg Mis.
James Harrison Esq St. Louis Minsouri.
G. C. Gooding. P. .M.. Fort Tosor!.. "'
TVm. Davenp3rt. C.t4do Parib Louisiana.
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From the New Orleans Picayunt.
TEXAN SANTA F EXPEDITION
BT OEOrtOE W. KENDALL.
(Continued.)
Our Departure for Santa Fe Unpleasant Antici.
peitinns Kindness of a woman Meeting with
Mexican Troops Brutal Conduct of an Officer
An Order to hactus Tied JiTcciing iciih Gov.
Armijo Our Reception The Traitor Ltirls
Inhuman Conduct of the Governor J-c. AfC.
Early the next morning we were informed by Don
Jesus that he should march us to Santa Fe immediate
ly as the Governor was then at that place. Wc sent
out and purchfiscd n sheep an officious fello.w named
Tonms Bustamcnte and who?e countenance si least
appealed to indicate that he had some pretensions to
honesty acting as our agent in the affair. A part of
this he had cooked lor our break-last the gopdj-hearten
priest again sending us in a grnerous dritik;cjf coffee
About nineo'cluck we stirtcd on ourtririand. with
any thing but pleasant anticipations at to gur recep-
tion by the Governor. Our guard tyas now increas-
ed 10; eight men four additional members of ik; coun-
try militia mounted on jackasses and two of them sta-
tioned on either side of us having been detailed by
the old Alcalde in order to render our escape impos-
sible. Even with this jidition-il force however"all
felt certain that at aay time we could fell upon and
capture the whole of ihem with ease and should have
tlone it had there been the remotest probability of our
being able to reach tbi main body of out men.
We had net travelled more than a couple of miles
beforca tolerably well dressed woman came running
towards us from a small house bringing a bottle of
Pass whiskey. j. tu$. we drank upon the spot and as
wc thanked the good hearted creature for her kind-
ness ihe appeared to eel deeply for us in our misfor
tunc. Even after wc had been hurried off by our in-
human guard the woman still remained to gaze upon
us looking her last at the pobrecitos whom she really
thought the sun would no: set upon alive. To con-
trast the almost universal brutality and r old-hearted-ncss
o( the men of New Mexico with the kind dispo
sitions and tender sympathies prevalent among a)!
classes oi me women lorms a singular subject tor re-
flection. Another mile brought us up with a party of some
two hundred Mexicans commanded by a brutal and
piratical looking scoundrel. He cursed us as we
were brought up before him said wc should hare
fyecn shot when first taken nnd asked Don Jesus why
we were not tied ? The party then continued on to;
wards San Miguel the rendezvous' of all the troops
destined toad against Ool. Cook and his men. We
learned from them that the Governor had left Santa
Fein the morning tyith several hundred troops anil
that wc should meet him in the evening.
The miscreant who had charge of us now.statcd his
imperative duty made it necessary to tie us. With a
mock sensibility he pretended that it was against his.
wish to do this but as a superior officer had. ordered-
him he must comply.' After a little hesitation on the
part of Van Ncss and "Fitzgerald they finally consent-
est to be tied and a lariat was accordingly conhned
round their wrists while the other end was held by
one of the guard. Lewis was also tied and led along
like a dog but as Jljajor Howord.was lame from a
wound received hi an Indian fight antl as. I had been
unwell all the previous night the brute allowed us to
walk along without confining us. He hpjyever op.
acrcu us wuenevcr we came up with any ot tne an-
fe'renl parties of troops wo were now constantly pasi-
tpg to fold our handYupon our breasts as a token of
submission i iever shal 1 forget this fellow Don
Jesus. Ho had a coarse dark hanff -dorr face a black
Hut vicious eye a head which 1 am phrenologist
enough to know was as destitute of the bumps ol be-
nevolence and the better attributes of our nature ss
pure spring wuter is 01 alcohol and if he had a heartJ
aiall it legitimately belonged to a hyena or a prairie
wolf.
He pushed or rather.drovc usjapidly along until
lle middle of the afternpon aqd daring this time wejdpr cloud soon rendered
must ha yo passed nearly a lhousaud troops the larger
portion of (hem miserably armed with bows and ar-
rows or old and worn out escopetas. We were near-
ing an old ruined mission which had in former times
been occupied as a church and fortress when sudden-
ly the sharp blast of a trumpet announced the ap-
proach of the Governor. A little turn in the road at
first concealed his cavalcade from sight but it soon
appeared. When I say that our guard had been trca-
ting us duringthe day with a series of stories of Armi-
io's cruelty and barbarity and that thev freely cave it
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aslheir opinion that we should be ordered to execu -
tion on sight I need not add the presept moment was
exciting to a painful degree.
The Governor was mounted on a mule of immense
sizean4rod.c djrectly up to the spot where we were
formed by the road side tie addressed us with no
little politeness shook each of us by the hand with
much apparent cordiality called us amigos or friends
and after stating that he had heard of our capture nsk-
ed us who wewcre. Lewis immediately answered
(and here the spirit of the craven caitifT first manifest-
ed itself) that we wcro merchants from the United
States. Van Ness interrupted him at once by remark-
ing that with the exception of mysplf we were all Tcs;-
ans nut without heeding him Armijo grespca jjewis
by the collar-of his dragoon jacket and pointingto
the button upon which was a single star and the word
Texas he sternly remarked .
"What does this mean? I can read Texas' said
he pointing at the word and pronouncing it emphati-
cally. "You need not think to deceive me. No mer-
chant ever trails witk a military jacket." '
Ater asking several questions to which Lewis re-
turned stammering answers he finally spoke of our
main party and inquired as to their number' and the
intentions of the Commissioners. He was answered
by Van Ness and Howard that it was a mercantile cx-
ncdition and. that the intentions of the leaders were
pacific. Mr. Van Ness then told hitn that 1 did not
belong to the party any farther than that I had accom-
panied it for the protection it afforded against 'Indians.
He further stated that Thud a passport from the Mex.-.
ican'Consul a New Qrleans This passport along
with ell my pipers was in the hands of Don Jesus
who. immediately gave it to Armijo. After reading
it aloud in presence of "all of us ha harided..V; back at
the same time remarking that the passport was a good.
one but as I was found in company with the enemies
of New Mexico he should be obliged to detain me. j
After this he gratuitously informed us that he was
an honorable man and net an assassin -that he was
up. to this time the wretch had acted in good faith to-
wards us I have not the Icastdoubt; but he now saw
that by betraying those who. had befriended hira aod
warmed him. into existence he could save his own
worthless life and the fear of death overcamcany
compunction he may hare had.
Armijo now turned to Don Jesus and in a pompous
and bombastic way ordered tiim to take us back to San
-MjgucI as he wished to attend to us the next morn
ing-
'But thej hare already walked nearly ten leagues
(thirty miles) to-day youfcxcellency and can hard-
ly stand.it to walk nil the way back to-night" was.thc
answer of the fellow who was thinking of his own
personal convenience and. comfort all the while.
'They can stand- ten leagues- more" coolly replied
Armijo. "The Texansarcsmarl people" he contin-
ued "and if one of ihcmprelends to bc sick or tired on
the road shoot Aim dourn and bring me his ears!"
With a flourish of trumpets thc.Govcrnor now left
us. Thosun was nearly down and wo.u'erc extreme-
ly tired and faint aftcra.wallr of thirty miles; but still
this fellow who but a few minutes before had told us.
he was " an honorable man" now orcrcrcer us back-
over the same ground without sleep. The penalty
was death and to be certain that his orders had been
strictly fulfilled and perhaps to gratify his curiosity
he wished to sec the tars of such ol us as were unabjp
to endure 1J12 excessive fatigue.
Frtak of a Jackass Our Weary Journey loirards
San Miguel Obliged lo Hall en account of the
Weather Arrival at San Miguel next morning
Texan Shot in the Plaza Our Party taktn
before the Governor Samuel Howland Shot ina
Barbarous Meaner.
Our Jooz and dreary march toxvards San Miguel
was immediately resumed our inhuman guard fairly
rushing ua along at a more rapid pace than ever
Wh.n rf..1. ... ;.. in T i.ri ihn inrL-.i nf one-
the Mexicans to rest myself and.immediately mounted
a miserable apology for a saddle lashed loosely upon
his back. The animal was extremely set ana per-
verse to his ways and had all the obstinacy and was
acquainted with all the tricks of the species. His
owner endeavored to jump np behind mean underta
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king so little relished by the long cared tnoe mat nc
KicKea violently i.p. This action landed nis mast
about a rod oflj hurting him severely w bile I
sent skyward. Although extremely poor in the fll
at the time I still had specific cravitv enough to brn
m'c down and while in the act of descending directly
upon the haunches of the jackass another kick up
gave me another hoist in the air. I fortunately made
the ground in my second descent without sustaining
the least hurt. Notwithstanding our gloomy pros
necls mv comnanions could not rtsiit the temntation
of laughing heartily at my ludicrous specimens of
grnuna ana loity tumoiin ana 1 even took a part
awiclj in thB..If qgh whenjasccrtajned that Iwas un-
iniuredi ' .
Thn marl between. Santa Fe and-San Miguel is.
ronrrh and uneven. Tunning over hills.and crossing
deep gullies iiaa as 11 was nowever anajaint ana
tired as wc were at the time we reached a small prai
rie within six miles ot the I
The heavens now became
a great warrior! although as yet we had nothing but v- Armijo pointing- us out one by one 10 some - ""i."'-' - -"" " UP ? -W""JU 6 Pelasgi of some invading nation and th- remnant of
his word for it-and then asked which of us could I P"soh who .stood behind bun and whom we could hadgone to Anton Ch.co; that Lol L Cooke was sur- a power that once defended those wasted towns that
speak Spanish best Lewi eagerly pressed forward. n0tsco- .Wc ul.d also dis-mctly hear the Govern . "oun(- thousand troops and h it more were nmy fo a h m of sca.ercd ru-ns The Jrfllb.r.
atthisnuestionand offered his services. Thctraitor or's questions but the answers returned never reach- c-J?UmlJ "Z iny even weiitsornstotcll cd fracments'ofl'alenque and other conquered places
really could speak-the laaguar-e well having lived our cars. After keeping us in suspense for the ttat mease the pa. ty under Cob. CM-caud Lapt.of fqua ;mportanPe may hare concentrated th-ir
for njtmy years in Chinualria"and w-as-well acquain- pa often minutes the Governor walkc-J out and fulton did not surrender quietly our own lives would bn)kcn armh n.thn lhc hnunAltics of thfso hills
tei wSevexy-A't-e Mexican character. The approached. "fny r
GorernoV immSiately ordered a mule for him to ride. "Gentlemen" said he "you told me the truth yes-' mc' " ' "c I''y confident that the above of- mav have prrcd heFr( .ltIon3h-t ;n dctianee pf
and after hisliands xvero untied the black-hearted today and I have now determined to save your lives. ficc.swouU never sujrendtTwuhoutad.-speratcs.rug- a-the force that surrounded thrro. It mr.y well e.v-sco-mdrcl
mounted the animal and rode off That I have ordered Don Samuel to bc shot immediately. B IfciUhc did nor come to tic cotmtry to make c;tc univcrsl nstonishment. when the fact become
atter place aDoutmiunigiiu' with these nc completely ni mu .. .-...- "j
overcast and a dark thun- ty into submisioa iPta uouyi c.msw uui 'tv
itimuosiiblc I'jr even our pie arc s aious tc tiitow un tuc uiTii.c-m. wnv t.
guard to see their way any farther. A hall was call-
ed and lying upon the ground without blankets and
in tne midst of a tremendous rain we slept soundly
until morning
A wall; of two hours now .brought us to the pla:a
or public square which wc found filled with regular
troops and the rural militia. A sergeant's guard of
the former was immediately placed over us and we"
were then taken to n small room attached to the sol-
""s- qunnei. ve nau oeen nere out n snort lime
' More a young priest cn.erca anu siea inat one ol
!.-. a. rl i"i In fin I tn oi Irt t Jtl i chnt I
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While ench
was looking at the other and all of us were astonish
cd that one should be shot and not all the priest pointi
ed out the narrow window of our cell. Wc turned
our eyes in that direction nnd were shocked on seeing
one of our men his hands tied behind his back and
with a'baidage over his eyes led across the plaza by
a small guard of-soldiers. Who the man was we
could not ascertain at the time but that he was one of
the Texans was evident enough from his drcas. The
priest stated that he had been taken prisoner that
while attemptincr to escape he had been retaken" and
wasnow to suffer death. A horribloileaih it was
too! His co wardl v executioners ed htm ton house
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mar tuc same corner oi me square vc were in anu a;-
ter heartlessly pushing him upon his knees with his
head pgamst the wall six ol the guard stepped back
aoout three paces anu at the order 01 the ol the corpo-
ra. an tne joor jeuow in me dock: t.vcn at tnat
distanccthc executioners buLhalf did their barbarous
work for the man was only wounded and commenced
Wi.1r.1ng upon the ground apparently in great agony.
The corporal stepped up and with a pistol ended
his sufferings by shooting him through the heart. So
close was the pistol that the man's shirt was set on
fire and continued to bum until it was extinguished
by his blood !
Scarcely was this horrible scene over before we
were tnken by a strong guard from our prison Willi
were taken by a strong guard Irom our prison With-
out knowing their object we were marched directly
by our late companion taken through two or three
streets and finally paraded in front of a smalt and
gloomy looking hovel. The movement was cocduc-
ted silently and there was a mysterious solemnity
about it which when added to the late ignominious
death of one of our party overwhelmed us with sen-
sations of suspense far more harrowing and insupnor-
laWethAU. would have been an order for our instant
execution.
Wc were formed in line immediately in front of
this house. Throuch a small window we coulJ see
He Tan aw
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ay from Santa Fe and in ntleinptin? lo'war upon the inhabitants wo well knew we were
. Cooke s parly has been retaken. You 'equally well assured that such men as Col. Cooke
reach IJol. Uookes narlv
now"see the penalty of trying to escape. Ilisfatc will' t-'rlijciiruim Oapt. button ami those under tneir
bc yours if-you nttcujnt it!" .command would not tamely submit to bc deprived of
Scarcclyhad he finished this heartless speech be-. 'heir arms and made prisoners entrenched as they
fore Howland our former guide wa? led forth from were in a-ravinoaud so fortified that thty could easily
the house. His hands were closely tied behind him I whip ten or even twenty times their number ofaiich
his left ear and part of his cheek ami jaw had been cowardly and badly appointed meu.asthey wojld have
cut off and .bis left arm was also hacked in several to contend with
places apparently 'by a sworA As he wos led- bv us. I TI'c hours flew swiftly by couriers constantly dc-
bleeding from his many uounds he smiled and bade
us farewell An attempt on our part to speak to him
w;as frustiatcd by the guard. Wc were then formed
immediately behind him and all were conducted to
thp square close by the spot where our companion
nau ocen snot out a snort itinc neiore. ricrc anam
sight of the sad spectacle Howland's eyes were ban
daged. With a firm step he walked up to thp spot
and bv thesideof hit eomnanion was comnclled
fill upon his knees with his face towards the wall
Six of the guard then stepped back a yard or two. took on unconditional' surrender but this wc could not bc-j
deliberate aim at his bark and before the report of I ''cve-. Even at this time it was suggested by one of
thoir muskets died away poor Hpwland was in clcr- o" ''."le art.y that if Col. Cooke had surrendered
ru'ty ! Thus died as noble as generous and'ns brae j without a terrible fight treachery baddcuo thc work j
a soul as ever walked the earth. He was a nntivc ofau' that Lewis waslhc instrument; but such uasour.
New Bedford Mass of a good family nnd by his confidence in the mm that a majority of us could not
centlemanlv nnd nfiTihl denortment he. had endeared believe ho had turned traitor. I
himself to all
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Ina ilariti'T attempt to escape and
reach Cnl. Cooke' a. party in order 10 five him impor-
tant information he had been retaken after a di-spc-! sltl out rejoicing and congratulation. bhou:$ of say here by excessive debauchery. He wasdreJsol
ratcstrugglc and the life he could not lose in the heat j "Long lis the Mexican Republic ?" "Iong live in a brown colored military fiockcoat ami white jmi-
of that struggle was taken from him in this base nnd the brave General Armijo1" "Long live thu Laws I" taloons and woro the Turkish ' fe?." or red cap en
cowardly maimer. tand :.'DcA o !ic Texans!" were heard on every his head oa-which was a magnificent orninicnt of
Our fcelino-s at the time I will not attempt to des-1 sidcand th'-s.o were followed by discharges of- mut-1 diamonds. He is well formed and rather good look
cribe. It is an awful thine to sec a fellow Icing shot kctry ringing of bclb and music. A Tc Veuni was' ing and walkwl wiih a free and quickstep null the
pvpn whpiihi ;5nllnwp.lin:.n(l nn nnd die fneiM his 111 the mpan.whiu: sung in tlic church on inc oppontehur ot a man accustomed to command.
executioners and has really committed some act de !sd of the. square. Fandangos were got up around had he taken his his place in the ca:
rrinB'nf .lo-iih Km in .vltnro r.rh n rpn n 1 us and the nicht was spent in revelry and rejoicing tendant olftccrs in theirs man the cs
have just described; to sec a brave and honorable
man. one who had committed no ollencc whatever
led up and sh.t like a deg and to sec this too with
out the power of acting or moving 111 his behalf was.
ateencto call up tumultuous feelings of indignation
and hatred towards his worse than savage murdcicrs
as well as pity and regret.t)at he should. have rqct
with a fate so horrible.
Fcclings.of the People of Keir Mexico Is'rirs of the
Capture nf Col. Cooic and his Party Gcneial
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StCSjsztfvr.'u'c"'o '" " iii(j'uit.
iBie barbarous execution of (lowland over wc
Be taken to the porch in front of the soldiers' quar-
irHPFand again placed under a strong guard. The
young pticsl shortly made us a second visit telling 113
we need be under no alarm ns the Governor had dc-
tcmincd to.sparp qttr lives unless wc made an at-
tempt to escape.
Two pieces of artillery badly mounted and drawn
by oxen were soon sent offin the direction of Anton
Chico where we now learned Col. Cooke was en-
camped and in the course of the forcnoon.nearly one
thousand troops left for the same point. It was evi-
dent enough that Armijo had determined to resist the
further approach of the Texans and althougn ho is
hated and'despised by nine tenths of the inhabitants or
New Mexico he Has always in his pay and interest:!
chosen few of the best nrmcu troopa in m'joi.i.ui.u
I t I .!.. ..... MnH frtfcoe thn mnion
Armijo and join the Texans; but they are an ignor-
ant race and too timid of themselves to start a revolu-
tion. In the course of the day we gathered full paiticu
lars of Howland "and his unfortunate companions.
They had reached the settlements some three weeks
before us artd the governor suspecting their inten
tipns and the object ot their mission had them arres-
ted at San Michel and sent to Santa Fe. From this
place they effected their escape three or four days he -
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fore we wcro arrested. From thnt time they had been
secreted in the mountains bitwecn the two places tra
velling uy nigiu oniy ana using every cxeniun to
reach Col. Cooke of whose approach they ha J heard
fronitheir guard at Santa Fe.
Gov. Armijo immediately sent out large parties to
retake them being extremely anxious they should
not reach the Texans and give information of his
plans. On the morning of the 17th September they
were fallen in with on the side of a mountain near
San Miguel by a company of Mexicans ten times
tneir numucr. Although armed only with pistols
"n J swords which they had taken when they made
1.'c'r escape they siill made a brave and vigorousre-
sistance. KoscnUcrry was killed on the snot and
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wounded and weak from loss of blook. The latter
was suoi a siion time ociore nownr.11 tne Danuagc
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ordered him to an ignominious death without c
wyinffa word to him I lowland on the contrary
' " - i.-xica iaviiiff nieu in
ojniii re it-icrai years previous. 1 ne rjovcrnnr oi- i i r -r 1. -. r .- -m .
r- iL- 1; i.v a i-i . .1 . t moJe of life makes it almost impossible to arrive
fercd Imn his life and libcrtv the same terms Lewis i m - - ' .- .t
..! ; I .; ... . at anything like cot reel impressions respecting them.
accepted if ho would but b;tray his companions and i'i .i; Z r v . 1 .1. H v
- J - - . im 1 u 1 1 1 he Indians of Yucatan and the neighboring pro-
assist nun in capturing them. J he high-minded and .:.. t v - .- " -.. J .
I brave man reectLtl these o.Iurs with corn. and not-
'withstanding the disgrnciful mode of his execution
"'- """" nonuraoic one. Mrtcian nor no-
his denth was an honorable one. Grecian nor Ho
J" "' msiory nor ...c nero.c ueras o. -uter uajs. .urn-
h a parallel case to that of How anJ-to thai one
who feat le.-ly. net the noS; : terrible death conceivable
rather than betray his friends
I he bodies of the murdered men were allowed to
rem:n where they had fallen until near nigLt nn.l a
large pack ol dogs congregated about licking their
'lood and tc?& heir clothes. They were then ta-
ken to a praine near the to-.vn den.td a burial and
were Cnalydetouml by wolves
JCV -Mcwcan office rs visited us during theday.
"li "o""i us mat inc governor u ouiu icuuui 111
I parting to andarnving from Anton Chico. Atone
j timp was represented to us thata dreadful battle was
raging then that the parlies would come lo no terms
A.1 sun-down a ..Mexican came riding into the square
'with the intelligence that-the 'IV'sans had.nll surrcn-
"" huujuj im- u n uumr.u.u m
ten. minutes we received another visit from the youn
priest who was at this time accompmied by the p-ov-
tolcrnor's secretary and a brute named Manuel Pine.
corroborating the news. They said the terms-were
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1 ll " uui iuo upimem nun ever uiui our turn-
rades had been taken. Nothing was hcardon all I
A scnl'ncl was stationed immediately in front of the 1
little norch where we had cast our weary limbs. To
add to the general din hcsangoulsc.-:iii: clcrU!-
every tpn minutes duringthe night and his cry was
the signal forsomesii or eight others stationed in the
square to join in the chorus.
'When Lfitst heard this watchword I.thoucht.it the
most discordant the most unearthly sound that had
ever creeled my ears.
Drawled out to a distressing
Icncth bv one of the most iascnlly voices nnd then
followed up in differcntsectionsof'thcsquarcby meni
who appeared to bo running an opposition to ascer- Thk Phocklss ov a Pi:n.m. Colony The Un-
certain which could make ihe most hedious noije lory of ilic pcn.tl colony at Australia must be rrg.ird-
and'l all the while not understanding its import with naz extraordinary. It is situ itcd on the largest i-
al thia.it- may readily bc liiugincd that I slept but
little that night.
This shouting firing ringing dancing and carous-
ing was kept up until morning 3nd why? Because
some tiltecn hundred or two tnousanu jowaruiy
wretches had succeeded in capturing ninety-four halt-
starvcd.Tcxans capturingthombythcblackest.picce
ol treachery to bc found on.record: Myrcadcrs will
know all as I progress with my story
Sentinel be on the look out or alert.
The Glaciarium.is the name of a building in Lon-
don where the floor is covered with. artificial ice for
ihe amusement of skaters. Thcspacc coicrcd by the
ico contains an area of 2000 fict. '
Books arc sweet iiureproicliing co'iipinions to the
lu-scrablc G"b!snilh.
THE UNKNOWN NATION.
The unknown nation of Central America of
which Mr. Stephpns received some intimations dur-
ing his vis't to the eclrbrated ruins of our conti-
nent is also spoken of by the French traveller
Waldcck. Mr. Norman thus speaks of the reports
concerning it in his recent work on Yucatan and the
nncicnt ruins:
i i urii?
There is a district of country situated between
'Qu:llclna'
l ucntan nnu Chiapae that has never
vet been subdued. This section is surrounded by
mountains and is said to be inaccessible oxcept by
one way nnd that not generally known. No one
yet who had the boldness to follow the inhabitants to
their ild rctrcal has cTcr returned to render an ac-
count of his journev. The inhabitants are repre-
sented as spctking the Maya and Tchole languages
and many of them as conversing well in Spanish.
From the latter circumstance they are enablf d to
visit the nearest cities sell their tobacco the principal
article they cultivate nnd afterwards to return to thrir
retreats. They are cons'i'tntt-d of the Lacidronos
and other savage tribes; are expert warriors remark-
ably athletic and very cruel. They are worshipers
' "' luuiy aim ineir rci.eious ceremonies arc saiu 10
ot idol? and
tiiav..nJ r 0 i;..i - .
f p h ;n ho ;"lb 'Jd
hone is in the neishborhood of thissctilcmenf:
and Waldcck who snys he 1ms conversed with some
1 0f these people
understood that thry had white per-
I ons -nS thrm-but whether they stay vol.mtari-
v arc detam? as prisoners he hns not mentioned
ThcS3me nation;s spoken of by M r Stephens Their
mmibcr is estimated at thirty thousand ; their seclml-
-....... . .'
t from this district; they however appear to know n
nine 01 tncnconie ol whom 1 sneak ns others uouia
a fr;cnd intcour b possibility br establish-
vJ.h hFs pu . . - r - j? gearcp n
doubl ha complete Inowlerlc of the former inha-
bitantsofthc immense ruin scattered throughout the
provinces would bo resale.!. Thil their tmiplrs
nnd r.cords roman jn f Qnd arc f
k- - t. ' ..
t;on r -'
I"ilotlll ;f thp above bc (rnc frf te of lhrir num.
. m siaee th hnve been rnbicj t0 f.ta; them
selves for a (no one knows how long) gainst n-
inicsilnd in!rs!;le wars nnd dissolution IiwkiHIw
known that there actually exists within a territory
of five hundred miles a distinct peoplt that have go-
verned themselves for ages and that they continue t.
do so without asiJtace or protection. It would be
a lesson to mankind" to nrccitnih how they have
managed their self-ovcrnia'i principles and how
thry have preserved thcnatTonal individmlity. Three
centuries have transpired since the conquest: and if
neither Yankee nor Irishman have found his way
among the Lacadronrs lefore this it deserves thr
careful consideration both of the psychologist unit
the statesman.
The Sultan A correspondent of the Salem
Gazette g:ves the following description of the psrsoa-
al appearance of the Sultan of Turkey nnd or ua
aquatic procession in the harbor of Cons'antinople.
On arriin opposite the scraclio we saw the iir-
pcrial caiques jsll ready for railing. Ifautifulthinc
they arc some thirtv fet Ion
.nu not over tour or
five broad all gold and precious rtoncsJ tnaunoi by
twenty-four sailors with gilt oars and at the stern 'it
magnificent canopy of velvet crmineand gold. After
waiting half an hour close under the scraglo wall?
wc saw the cuard ordered out and ina fevmoments
the Sultan himselfapprarcd. Wc were not ten yard?
off.andsaw him perfectly. He is a.youns man. not
over iwcn.y-iour cr ive. anu vet uas ma iacr m
. . . c ..- I : . 1 .- . .-
man of hi ty a premature dccrepitutle produced ihev
So socr.cr-
que an J his at-
nnou Irom the
whole fleet opened fire and the yards were manntii
and the masts covered with flies. A splendid sight
it was surely first went the Sultan's barge thru one
equally splendid carrying his officers thin follow 'd
the chief eunuch in one almost as lino and then a
fourth carrying other attendants; and all this pagrr.nt
just before the long marble "facade' of the pilac
and the thunder of innumerable cannon to jay no
thing of the chorions view of Constantinople itself
the finest sight of them all.
jaSj in the world and was visited by Captain Cook
in 1770. lie then called it Ilotanv Day. It
colonized by 'he English in 177S and a portion ot
the stttlcmcnt is made use of as. a penal colony for
convicts. In 1 So5 110 fewer than 33 shins arrived
ai New South Wales nearly allfrnm Great Britain:
while in 1S39; the imports fr.to Sydney amounted to
between $5000000and 65 000.OOU.and the e.ptrL
to between $ 1000000 and 85010000. The L-I.in-!
is 2700 miles long and 2000 wide. Sidney i the
capital and has about 30000 inhabitants. At a sib:
cf building lots in that town only a few months bac'.'
-9100 per foot was obtained in some cases and otln rs
sold at the rate of $130000 per acre. The origin il
lots on which SyJney is built were given to the
rarly convicts in the hope of inducing them lo In-
come indiMtrioiis and independent So lightly uerr
tliy reg-udel by the aujority iimtier tlwt uu;
more renvinnliTn In rinnn?n thnt ilt.i- nrr ib rtTii-i
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