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The Romance of Matrimony. Mr. John5 M
Baichelder3uf Saco Maine -was recently married
to Mrs. E. p. Beardslerof New York. TheNeiy
Jforfc Bullet mgiving-plac la tne-announcement
says;- - . -
" Something like a year and a half ago. Mr Batch'
';i elderfthe"grorra. aforesaid was united in marriigeto
a lady whose health was so delicate tbat they imme.
diitclv set sail for Vera Cruz in hope that the vov
. ) age Would be beneficial to her. They had for fellow
passenger Mrs.E Conslantia.Beardslry the bride
aforesaid who was accompanying her then husband
" to Vera Crnz for the improvement o kit health.
But tats had oidained a disappointment to both par
ties; and Mrs. Batcheldcr and Mr. Beardsley both
went "the way of all flesn." The bereaved widow-
er n.s soon us propriety would admit addressed him-
ami le me aisconsoiaie wiuow ana proposed as a con-
solation totlieir respective afflictions that they should
supply to each other the places of their dear depart-
ed mates. But Airs. Be-Vsley- for some cause or
other probably or as she is a woman perhaps from
no cause declined the proposal. But Mr. Batchel-
dtr was determined not to t remain in his bereaved
state and consequently made love to another lady
with whom he was more successful and who receiv-
ed him and trje offer of his heart and hand with all
the favor he could desire. According to the rules
and regulations "down east" the forth-coming mar-
riage af Mr Btchelder and his new flame was. dq-
Iy "published" in the parish church and all was go
ingon
"Merrily ss the marriage bell"-"
when on (hs Saturday preceeding the Tuesday on
wnieh the marriage was published to take place Mr.
Bdtchcldcr had the happiness to receive from the re-
lenting widow Beardsley a letter in which she with-
drew her declination o' his offer of marriage and
acknowledged hers-If ready to make him happy if
he yet fasted under the idea that. his happiness could
be influenced by her. Here was "a go" indeed and
one well calculated to puzzle almost any man. How
Mr. Batchelder got out of this dilemma is in part
told by the announcement which has drawn from us
this story: the untold part consists in the interesting
fact tbat he had to pay the disappointed bride that was
to he two thousand one hundred dollars tor a breach
of his promise to her. As Sam Weller says "it
takes the vidders!"
ThelJortkernFStfrdard
V JLCL'&RKSV.ILLE XA
SATURDAY - DECEMBER 16 J843
FOR PRESIDENT
JOHN HEMPHILL :
Of WASHINGTON;
" FOR VICE"pRESIDENT
"WILLIAM .E. JONES
OF GONZALES.
53 Exchequer money 'will be received at par
for subscription in this District
The article by : Brutus" in today's paper we
received by mail ytiterday. It is postmarked Octo-
ber 16 and has we suppose waited on the mail communication.
From OrtEpoK. Tao Bjoorpmgton (Iowa) Her-
ald says:
We have been permitted to make the following ex-
tracts from a letter written by Wm. T. Perry for-
merly of this county to Messrs. Collier & Sherlcy.
It is datrd.
Oregon Citv March 30 1843
I arrived at the settlement in Oregon on the 29th
September where I have remained ever since at
work at my trade (carpenter) as I was of course
compelled to. after spending all I had to get here
but I have done well being now worth more than
when I left Iowa. We have not been sick a day
since we left the States. Hannah Abel was married
in two weeks after we arrived he're-she has done well
Now to the country which is not aJl expected to find
it-. It is rough and broken and generally heavv tim
bered principally with fir yellow pine cedar hem-
lpck spruce oak ash and maple. It is well water
ed and aboijt qne tenth prairie of excellent quality.
The timbered land is also excellent for farming. In
the streams is an abundance of fish among which
are the finest salmon in the world.
"There is epough to live or; in this country. The
inhabitants are generally good farmers raise large
quantities of ffrain and have from forty to one hun
dred head of cattle 20 to 60 head of hogs and hors
es without number. CJpJhmg is cheaper here than
in (owa. TJiereisnolhingtobofoundinyourstores
but uhat we have an abundance of and at a cheaper
rate as they are brought here free of duty. Nothing
win oear exportatation from Iowa except good rifles
They are worth about 850 in this country. Good
cows'" will sell at from 830 to 850 per head.
"Several of our company are.dissatisfied with the
country and "contemplate going to California this
spring For my part I am weilsatisfied expect to
end my days in Oregon. This place (Oregon City)
is situated at the head of navigation and at the foot
of Wilhammut Falls one of the greatest waler-pow-e:s
in the world. It contains twelve dwelling hous-
es three" stores one blacksmjth's shop one cooper's
shop; two saw mills and on grist mill are in opera-
tion and another of three run of stones is to be erec-
t-d this summer. Two churches and a number of
dwellings are to be put up this summer. I get three
dollar a'day for my work and tools furnished. Com-
mon labor is" worth SI 75 per day without board.
No ardent spirits ip the .country.
.WM. T. PERRY.
t - -..-
The Vatican in the "Eternal City" is more than
1000 feet long and nearly 800 feet wide contains 8
gmndstaircases and 200 smaller pnes 20 c purls and
4422 apartments arid a library of 387000 printed
plumes and 23000 manuscripts. So says a foreign
correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune.
To remove theTnsle of Turnips Jrom Butter in
the icinlcr. Mr. Ballentine adds hot water enouch
to the morning and evening milk to bring the whole
to" the temperature of .65 degrees and then churn it.
He prefer after thirty years' experience butter to
bf made from the milk instead of the cream and
says that it will' yield 5 per cent. more. This ac-
cords with the practice of some if not most of our
Hudsoq fiver dairymen they churning entirely from
the milk.
Methodism and Masonry. The Wesleyan Meth-
odist Conference lately assembled at Pittsburg had
much bitter feeling on the subject of Masonry and
t-assed a' resolution that " the Conference considered
nil secret oalhbound societies contrary to the Gospel
-r- t -11.-5-. J- I -ll .--- ! r-tJ-'t' i
oi J65UJ jurist uuviscu aw lue memoirs 01 cnurpn-
rar under its cere to 'abstain from all conqeetion with
ihem; and further declared; that no adhering mem
ber of such secret oath-bound societies should be el
igible. as a minister to a seat in that Conference."
JtsXiraordmary longevity. mere is a negro
woman now living in the parish of 'West Feliciana
who (the Bayou Sara Ledger says) has attained the
age of about a century and -a-half. Incredible as
this may appear it can be established by the best of.
evidence. She belongs to a gentleman whose ances-
tors were remarkable for long life; his. father and
mother both Teaching the tige""of ninty;" they "recol-
lected her in ibeir infancy as a middle aged woman
and it is twenty years since they died. She is an Af
rican by birth!; left twoctjildren there apd was own-j
cany tiieiamny gerore me -aincr oiirjc nrcsenumn
At last on yesteiday we were gratified by the re-
ceipt of a full mail from theinterior one of those
vents which long delayed come to be looked upon
as something desirable but hardly to be expected;
and we really could hardly believe the evidence of
our senses as paperafter paper whose peculiarities of
appearance had almost been effaced by lime and ab
sence were placed in our possession Alter all now
ever notwithstanding the interruption of communica
tion we found little news in them of importance
though stich as. we found we give our readers in to-
day's paper.
We found the Telegraph and Civilian still carry-
ing on at frequent interval. the big boys quarrel
which they have beep at now for a year or two(
making every once in a while unhandsome remarks
about each other. The News and the Civilian were
also exchanging occasionally light sho: from their
small guns: and the National Vindicator having
roused from its rest has delivered a short and insult-
ing rebuke to the News which had the assurance to
say something about the Ramrod of the Administra-
tion gun and has commenced with its first number a
controversy with the Telegraph about the Indian
treaty. The Planter is as interesting and quiet as
usual wending its way through romance and agri-
culture. The Western Advocate has resuscitatd.
and is making dcvelopetnents of dark machinations
against the honor and interests of the country upon
what we should consider rather equivocal informa
tion The Marshall Keview has not changed in size
or appearance; and the Red Lander we have receivtd
only the last number of which is 'remarkably dtccnt
and civil but possesses no other strange pecu
liarity. The Citiztp we have not received for a
long time and know nothing about.
We perceive that the contending factions still en
tertaiii diverse opinions of the probable resuluof the
armistice and the views of Santa Anna in effecting it.
Some of the papers hint very broadly at improper
motives and dishonorable intrigues by the Executive
which others as our paper of Jo-day will show. de.
clare to be without foundation. They quarrel about
the sale of the Navy the secret legislation by which
it was directed and then about the actual occurrences
attending the partial sale which has been made and
the probabilities of the future sale of the remaining
two vessels. They quarrel about the armistice and
the Indian treaty and altogether they seem to have
got into a snarl down below if the public journals are
any indication of (he state of things among the peo-
ple. There seems to be too much party spirit too
much personal' controversy; with very little calm
and unprejudiced discussion. So far as public feeling
is concerned they are far behind us in these North
ern regions for here feeling an equal interest in pub.
lie events we have no bitterness of party spirit and
busy ourselves In making crops and paying debts.
OuFreaders will see in" today's paper an advertise-
ment of; Mr. L. D. ..Van Dyke. We have seen his
stock of silks satins hosiery etc and can pronounce
them very superior and low priced.
1 ExcEequer bills are worth 80 cents at the Custom
house in Galveston gold and silver are paid for
them at that rate. They tare also' received at this
rate by the merchants and business men of Washing
ton. -1 cis looks like restoring the-turrency.
Vindicator Nov. 4.
We aro informed by Major Cocke the Collector
at this port that' from and after the 25th inst. Ex-
chequers will be received at the Cus torn House at
eighty cents on the dollar. Civ. i
Gxn. Lamar was at Galveston on the 17th.
He was in very bad health.
At the attempted sale of the navy the cit-
izens of Galveston in order that Texas might
not be deprived of her most efficient arm of
national defence and to prevent the vessels from
becoming Mexican property very properly would
not allow foreigners to bid at the sale. For this act
of patriotism the Galvcstonians are entitled to the
thanks ol their lellow-ciUzcns throughout lexas.
The Brig of war Wharton was purchased by the
citizens ior tne aeience oi meir naroor tor vivv
cost 825000
Theschr. of war San Bernard was bought in by the
Government.
The waters of the Brazos have fallen rapidly we
learn since the 14th inst. Most of the plantations
below San Felipe it is saul have suliered but little
from this freshet. The extent of the damage exper-
ienced above that has not yet been ascertained.
American Fleet. It has often been rumored
thata large American fleet would besent to the Gulf.
This rumor we learn from good authority will soon
be verified. The Vandalia the Savannah and one
or two armed steam ships will probably soon be dis-
patched to the coast of Mexico. Possibly President
Tyler apprehends that the secret expediton that has
been fitted out at Vera Cruz may interfere with the
American commerce of the Gulf.
A Secret Expedition from Vera Cruz. The
captain of the American sshooner Eliza which put
in at the Babine fass during tne late storm on ner
nassauc from Vera Cruz to New Orleans reported
that the Mexican government was fitting out a secret
naval expedition at Vera Cruz when he left and all
foreign vessels were ordered to leave toe-port as it
would be closed until the Mexican fleet bad sailed.
Telegraph.
A vessel has arrived at Columbia on the Brazes
from Vera Cruz for the purpose of purchasing corn
and cotton for the Mexican market. Twenty five
cents per bushel is offered for corn and four cants
and a half for cotton in specie. Civilian.
Texan Inoigo. The planters in the vicinity
of Bastrop have raised a sufficient quantity of indigo
this season to supply that county. They find that it
can be cultivated with as little difficulty as corn or cot-
ton. This article was formerly cultivated in Geor-
gia to a great extent and formed one of the main
staples of the State: but while cotton could be sold
at 15 or 20 cents a pound it was found that the cul-
ture of indigo nas less profitable than cotton. Now
that the price of the latter has fallen to 6 or 7 cents a
pound the culture of the former may be found more
profitable than that of the latter. Tel.
Rice has been cultivated with success the past sea'
son in the vicinity of Houston.
Wild Pigeons. Large flocks of these birds
have been wheeling and circling above us for the
last few days seeking roosts and food. They make
a noise in their passage like the rushing of a heavy
wind and there is a degree of grandeur in the regu-
larity and rapidity of their movement combined with
the immensity of their numbers They have made
one toost about ten miles from town and some of our
citizens (tent out last night and got some. Knocking
down pigeons; netting partridges which are in im-
mense numbers all about here; and hunting buffalo
which range within fifty miles of town are three
sources of amusement which would be considered
great in most settled countries.
We see in the papers from the interior nothing to
inform us where Congress will convene. Our num-
ber of the Vindicator however is to the 4th of No
vember. and there being no indication in it we pre
sume Congress will be suffered to meet at the proper
seatnf government Austin.
We perceive.tbat a large crop of corn has been
raised about Austin. This with the wheat crop
raised- near town will be opportune if Congress
should meet there lEis winter.
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Wreck or thk Steamer Sarah Barnes. We
findin-a nuniberoPthe Civilian a. most-interes'ting
and minute accpuni oiine wrecouini? ves-jei anu
the escape of.the passage r? and creW. It is.headed
commn'nieatetj-1. .wo4rWWj written by
Mr. Pinckard; igfltfliVriian"
.who was oTTeofjtae
-..-W -.. . . "! 1' - ..S .1.
he civet of th-irtmfrmrvgf the lone- boat. jOi the
AmmmwmiKt e
and iht4T0WTabtfm&mM?)bii
painfolly.iateTepjflBM
m .. :-- - raFTBiir'-V- -3 lm j i. - ' -ta--v rvii --I- - -"i- - -b-k '--aiiu'ii
-'.i iui-k : t t ---h ------m-B -rua inburT.-rkUis-i .v a: -.-- h. -a. m-LaJt '.. -
RrxArt. We learn from a gfntleman who left
RpT-ira few days since that no further news has
been received' frotn the Rio Grande. A few traders
who latelr arrived sta'fd that they saw no Mexican
fnnns on the Nueces. aiihoL?h they heard it report-
ed that there were troops suitiored on the western
bank of that lream. Capt. Hays vrith a party of
rangers has gone out to the Nueces fi3d" .'Mends to
scour the country from the sources of the r;v'er to
San Patricio and ascertain whether there are any
Mexican troops on its banks. The trade of Bexaj
is very dull. The few Mexican traders who arrived
brought little money and stated that they were afraid
to purchase many goods as they wero compelled to
smuggle them into Mcxifo. and if they wer discov-
ered by the Mexican patrol along the Rio Grande
their goods would be seized and all forfeited to the
government.
The French families' who settled near Bexar in
the spring and who intended to remove to Castro's
colony. Have suffered greatly from the acclimative
fever. Many of them emigrated from Paris and oth-
er cities in France and were quite unncqainted with
agricultural pursuits they were also very poor and
had but a scanty supply of the necessaries of life.
It was scarcely possible therefore for them to escape
disease even in the healthy climate of Bexar. A
large portion of them finding that thoyare unable to
succeed in agricultural occupations are preparing to
return to France or to New Orleans.
In our last we made mention of information
brought by Col. Wm. G. Cooke from San Antonio
We have since learned that the Mexicans (800 strong)
were fortifying themselves on the Nueces in less than
100 miles frem San Antonio and at a distance of
about 75 miles from the boundary line i hat is tbat
an armed Mexican force of 800 men have marched
into our country and are rearing fortifications and
that instead of their being opposed by laen. Hays.
the commandant in that quarter he has not even ven
tured to ask their intentions. So much for the armis-
tice. Every operation on the part of the Mexicans.
And every day s experience tend to confirm the opin-
ion that the -Dictator in entering into nn armistice.
had other objects in view 'than the establishment of
peace between Texas and Mexico on condition ot the
two countries beine leparated. Thus it is our gov
ernment either willingly or ignorantly allows itself
. f . .--. i:i i
to be dupea into inaciivuy wune our irracnerous
enemy takes advantage ot it to lortity tnemseives ana
obtain a siron'e foothold in the interior of our count
ry from h'-nce they can sally forth and annoy" us
atweirpu-usnrc.
It may be utsed by' some that they have not cms
ced the jueces. nad consequently consider themselves
rOWU lerrilBJjr. Oliame on mm wo fay nuu
i Uth'4 tishl at condition as belonems-to them
JiJiriMaMlvaod' ta-stteTlfn-iVtiM1BfMraefwar'than.-yield an inch
KA.-5 i -'i-.Atry; t pft-v' ' 4ir-fi-siirriii.vvhij :j.i.ji ; .:
LwsmfO-$itM r-rr-T 7 " jr-" "'f '
a5"SLcH-asKS-
Thereis a total failure of the. cotton crop on the
Brasos and Colorado caused from heavy rains in
the lower country. Planters from the upper country
speak more favorably.
- Gen. Woll has disavowed the act of the partyof
Mexicans who recently earned otl a quantity of to-
bacco belonging to some traders at Corpus Christi
and offered to pay for the same at the rate of twelve
and a half cents a pound wtiich proposal was accep-
ted by the traders.
Some thirty persons have settled at the Ranche of
Messrs Kinney and Aubry.
About two hundred Mexicans most of them for-
merly inhabitants of Texas were at the Ranche on
their way to settle in our territory believing peace
to be secure and p'referring to live in this country.
The Mexican troops upon the frontier have been
withdrawn qr disbanded with the exception of five
hundred men who are engaged in making a canal to
turn the waters of the Rio Grande into the Brazos
Santiago on account of the difficulty of entering the
mouth of the river from the Gulf. This canal will
be about eight miles in length has been in progress
four months and will it is thought be completed in
about eight'more the men employed on it being
soldiers in name and canal-diggers in occupation.
uen. Woll lelt iWatamoros on the 20th ult lor la
redo to meet the Texan Commissionnrs who were
to have been there by the 25th but have bet n delay
ed from unavoidable circumstances.
Col. Sherman stands at the hend of thc'poll as
candidate for Major-Ueneral of Miiitia.
A bituminous lake similar to the Pitch Lake of
Trinidad has been discovered in Jefferson county
about 100 miles from Galveston. Ctn
Tho Vestra arrived on Saturday from A.labama
on the Trinity River.
The cotton crop on the upper Trinity has sustain-
ed little or no injury from the rain; and will equal
in amount the highrexpectitions of the early p.irt of
the season.
A letter from Matagorda states that the reports of
the injury dune to the crops in the lower country.
from the Brazos to the Colorada were greatly exag-
eraicu unu mat a snoii instance auore mere is not
the slightest cause for complaint.
Taking the country at large we believe that a de
cidedly good crop has been produced and in amount
it will no doubt exceed that of ' the last year by fifteen
per cent Civilian
A large encampment of Comanches has been dis
covered on the Nueces above the road leading from
the Presidio to Bexar. It is supposed there are three
or four hundred warriors at this encampment. They
have htthcrto committed no depreciations on the fron
tiers of Texas but have made repeated inroads into
the Mexican settlements. The citizens of Bexar are
apprehensive that they may ere long turn their arms
against them. Tel.
For a short time past vague rumors have been cir
culated among the people in this part of Texas and
have found place in some of the newspapers of this
city and Houston to the effect that Grn. Murphy
the American Minister in Texas had obtained infor-
mation in regard to the character of th! negotiations
between this country Mexico and England of such
a character as to bring these negotiations into Jisre-
pute and dishonor those concerned in thrm; and some
of the more licencious presses have not hesitated" to
assert that the President ef this country had'been
enaned in a correspondence of a nature treasonable
and prejudicial to the interest of the country."'
It is scarcely necessary to say that these rumors
areas unfounded as the liberties thus taken with the
name and character of a foreign Minister are.un war-
rantable. We have the very best authority for giving
to them an unconditional and emphatic denial. Civ.
Twelve of the Mexicans taken at San Jacinto and
now in this city have caused a communication to be
published in the Chronicle in which they publicly
doeline returning to Mexico in accordance with the
request of Santa Arna and say that they consider
themselves "as freemen and Texans by adoption
lancifof'the 51 confined here'are citizens of Bexar
stolen from their homes by Gen. Woll that gallant
"French gentleman" as he styles himself; but who
from his ingratitude to myself who twice saved his
life at the imminent risk of my own I now'eonsider
as n gentleman of nn description whatever. I appli-
ed to him to use his influence with the Government
to procure my release en my parole of honor; this
he never even deigned to answer though I
am satisfied he received it. We are stronglyguard-
ed and closely watched day and night;the authori-
ties appear to think since the escape" of Gen. Green
and others that we can make our way through every .
impediment; I could have availed myself of the same w
mode of liberation with Green but preferred to wait
and witness the result of the captivity of my com-
panions. The authorities appear to attach blame to
those who escaped; upon what principle &c 1 cannot
understand as it is certain that where no confidence
existed none could be violated. If the genllemea
who have charge of us were as -fully awarn as we
arc of the fact that during the Revolutionary war
and the last war of the United States and the Coati-
ncntal war in Europe there is no instance on record
of an -"Englishman or the descendant erf an English-
man" having violated his parole of honor althouph.
the histoiy of those times abound with instances of
nlraost miraculous escapes efietted by those to whom
the parole was denied; they might save themselves a
vast deal of truoble and disagreeable feeling l.y at
once admitting our claim to consideration ss gentle
men and placing confidence in our pledge of honor
which they would find a bet'ler security against es-
cape than chains prison wall and double guards.
- As ever your friend.
WM. S. FISHER. .'
LIST OF MEMBERS ELECT TO THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Austin Philip M. Cuney.
Bastrop John Caldwell.
Bexar S. A. Maverick and F. L. Paschal.
Bowie M. Ward.
Brazoria R. M. Collins and T. J. Green-
Brazos James A. Head.
Colorado James S. Montgomery.
Fannin D- RowIetL
Fayette Andrew Rabb. ' .
Fort Bend J. H. Bernard. - 'r
Galveston Levi Jones. ?
Goliad Johnson. ' J
Gonzales--Wm. E. Jones.
Harris JanKs W. Henderson.
Harrison Elisha E. Lott " ' ?
Houston S. L. B. Jasper. .
Jackson J. P. B January .
Jasper R. C. Doom. --j
Jefferson Francis G. Ogden. - "f
Lamar Wm. H. Bourland. "
Liberty James Davis. j
Matagorda Harvey Kcndrick. .r?
Milam George B. Erath. '
Montgomery Lewis. - -
Nacogdoches Joseph L Hogg. . r
Red River Jimes H. Johnston.
Refugio A. H. Phillips.
Robertson Hiram K. Person.
Rusk David Gage.
Sabine Wm. Mans.
San Augustine N. H. Darnell and R. Scurry.
San Patricio Contested by Jonrs and Haiglsr.
Shelby J Truitt and L. U. Edwards.
Travis Wm L. Cazeneau.
Victoria J. J. H Grammont.
Washington John Stamps.
SENATORS.
Nacogdoches District Isaac Parker.
willinsr and ready at a moment to defend this soil
from the encroachments of Santa Anna or any other
desnot. who may have the temerity to attack it. Civ.
Victoria. A gentleman who lately arrived from
Victoria has informed us that the business of this once
thf.'vmg town is almost completely dcsiroyeu and
1.. f scarcely a store in the place. The citizens
however S'" rcta'D ashareof the enterprise that has
always characterized them and are endeavoring tq
improve the navisjtfrm of the Guadaloupe so as to
turn the trade of Gonzales and the settlements above
it towards Victoria. The few French families that
settled near this'own have suffered many privations.
They were poor and were in so3e instances depen-
dant on tho charity of the settlers'. They expected
t find n naradisein Texas where the rould obtain
the comforts and even luxuries of life with Jitfle labor
and of course were disappointed. Several cf 'hem
became insane brobably from discouragement and
rr- - .1 I i r r .1 -."J
the SUtlering iney cujuicu. uiw u mem uu uiu
lady while insane paddled across the Guadaloupe
on a loer or by some other means and as soon as she
Icotunon the opposite bank she commenced dancing
nnu singing in nigR giee supposing sne was out. oi
Texas. She had previously been exceedingly mel-
ancholy. Anothor emigrant an old man became
insane and imagined that all around him were
thieves. He went off and dug out a hole in.lhe
sandy bank of the Guadaloupe about 6 feet suuare.
and "covered it over with sods into which he crept
with the little money he had and lor several days
was seen occasionally crawling in and out of his car.
ern like'a "woodchuck;" at lenth he was missing
and a party of citizens went to his cavern and found
him dead. The poor creature had dug his own grave
and perished in it. If the "contractors" could be
hold the" scenes of misery and ditress they have caus-
ed by inducing those unfortunate persons to emigrate
to a new country in which they know not how to
procure a support they would shrink with horror
frqm their work of fraud and corruption if their
bosoms are not already callous to every feeling but
avarice. Tel.
Castle of Perote Aug. 4 1843.
Dear SiR.-Sorqe I jm has elapsed since I hVe
heard from you and in charity I ascribe it to the ma-
ny reports in circulation that we were 30on to be re-
leased. I again charge you tp put no faith in such
idle rumors as I can assure you tbat our liberation
depends upon the cessation of this war of which "the
;Supreme Being" can alone assign the termination;
as l am satisfied that the most calculating and dis-
criminatuig'of vhumanbeings can as yetaffiix no end
ivras3rav-jff. .-n a ..: ' -..
But(iluny -eqtnmanu are herewith me; tho bat-
Shelby d& David S. Kaufman-.
Red River do. George W. Wright.
Refugio do. Powers or Hunter (un
certain)" t
Washington do. Goutested by Grimes and
'Williamson.
ENGLAND AND HER POLICY-
While the sfctioml bigotry of the United States
is blindly causing that great Republic with-a suict-
drl policy ic cast from them the fairest portion of
Northern America England is actively engaged in
taking advantage ofher folly; nor will she we hopr
hesitate when the necessity shall arise to. .sacrifice-
her peculiar opinions on slavery to her interests.
Her Majesty's ministers doubtless have been or
ought to have been apprized that the people of Texas'
will not consent t an interference with their institu-
tions even to gain from Mexico an acknowledgment
of their independence. All tbat Texas asks at tk
hand of any Power is present peace and security; we
have sufficient confidence in ourselves and the in
crease of our population and strength if our independ-
ence be acknowledged to have no fears ior the fumift
maintenance of our national existence.
Apart from protection the Government of the U.
States can offer us no advantage in union with them.
Independent there are a thousand advantages secuf.
ed to us by the singleness and identity of our inter
ests; which we could never enjoy as one of the states
of iat vast Union whose interests are so opposite-
and "divfcisified. j
We hav no .manufactures to protect and in out
commercial relations -a lth England could not fail
to reap many advantages from their interests in hi-
ing - nawcr closely connected with them by tho
ties of commerce from whom in the event of war
they might receive their supplies of cotton and in
whose markets their manufactures must exclude air
others.
The independence of Texas once acknowledged
there never would be in all probability a majority of
the people of Texas desirous af union with the United .
States and if now a large number look to a union
with their native land as desireable it is to be traced
id a great degree to the poverty of the times and their .
desire for security. In the sincerity of the" Mexican
Government we have' no faith and from their appa-
rent willingness to a temporary peace we draw 110
flattering conclusions. . '
Our only hope is based on the farsightedneea' af.
the British Government If however the power of-
the English Abolitionists is a controlling one with th
British ministry we have still less to expect from Eng-
land than we have from Mexico. 'n
But we indulge the feeble hope tbat ha power.'
which was inefficient to stay the acknowledgment
of our independence by the British Government a
may prove so now that her intervention is to be ax-
ercistd. x
The British ministry doubtless see that by obtain-j
ing tne immediate acKnowieagraent pi our maeaeaa?
ence. that they would lessen if they did not destroy J
the" possibility; ol'ojirjUBion with the United StMacJ
-Thatfihev create -a market Tor their manufaclu
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De Morse, Charles. The Northern Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 7, Ed. 1, Saturday, December 16, 1843, newspaper, December 16, 1843; Clarksville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth80508/m1/2/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.