The New York Herald Newspaper, April 28, 1844, Page 2

. t yy tion of the works of ‘Seatefield” must, in such a{IN SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, independentoovacsignty andjutiotictlon to the Uni: the public peace, we claim the right to exercise A N EW s Y ORK HERALD. state of public feeling and sentiment, produce in Apa 22, 1844, | ted States. In taking #0 important a step, I have | a due Part eer own. This government cannot, [Correspondence of the Herald.} Sn sandap: April BO 1baa. | Germany. The happiness, prosperity and freedom ef | READ THE FIRST AND SECOND TIMES, RE- | DCD pre el by wie sper aed te neie-be ‘the consistent) wiih in honor, permit aay oe, Vauraraiso, Jan. 12, 1844. PRB pare Ae hes a 5 , trolling conside: sot public " * eater propriet} 5 ————— cad Manners in Ge Unicon | nepeonle of the United States; the beneficial ope-] FERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN | the general good ; and in having nore elie’ it, | ee Udlied Stace demand wr other governments to | Progress of the Revolution—Probable Results— ration of our tree institutions, are exhibited with| RELATIONS, 4ND ORDERED TO BE PRINTED | should it meet with your approval, the government | surrender their numerous and valu»ble acquisitions, Naval News. ct + such spirit and force, that a deep and abiding im-| JN CONFIDENCE FOR THE USE OF THE | will have succeeded iu re-claiming a territery which | made in time past, at numberless places on the sur} We have not any news of importanc: "The po- Be give in our paper to-day, the first chapter < pression in Germany is inevitable—nay, has al-| S#N-#7TE- formerly constituted a portion, a8 it is confidently | face of the globe, whereby they have adgedto their | litical condition py pos = as to be approaching jife in the New World,” by the great painter o' dy left Bee d e ’ A TREATY OF believed, of its domain, under the treaty of cession | power and enlarged their resoure ‘ “qua “ . American character, manners and scenery, who | "sdy left its traces clearly weernible. ANNEXATION | of 1903, by France, to the United States. To Mexico, the Executive is disposed to pursue | * RCW crisis. The dissident Generals are said to heveaal ly made his appearance amongst us The republication of these works in this country CONCLUDED BETWEEN THE ‘The Country thus proposed to be annexed has been | a course conciliatory in its character, and ai the | become more aad more likely to suecced in their same time to render her the most ample justice, by | tesistance to the Directorial Government and the settled principally by persons from the United State: i “A conventions and stipulations not inconsistent with | overthrow of Vivanco is by some looked upon, as by the way of Germany. Some doubts we had beep nar resigg profitable enterprize to the) WANTED STATES OF AMERICA| who emigrated on the invitation of both Spain an entertained with regard to the authenticity of the . We have only to add the ex- | Mexico, and who carried with them into the wilder. | the rights and dignity of th Tris ac- | probable. Still, so little is known, that no predic- work; tat hens mate 5 op removed by an | Pression ee sucagere Sratification that a class of GR ag | ness which pli paroelly re-claimed the law: taated by no pint of unjust ‘aggrandisement but tion would be safe. Arica is sil blockaded. i P tosh . a n writings of su i customs, and political and domeetic institutions ol | looks only to its own security. It hi de ki e U.S. frigate Uniie tates, Commodore inspention of the.sciginal. in Germnan; and istond Mt it appr pean ae ie ne REPUBLIC ° F TE XA Ss, their native land. They are deeply indoctrinated in | to Mexico, at several Periods, its on ooo oeeeietil Jones, sailed from this place on the 4th ult., for the respectable character of the accomplishe: pe y and pernicious nov At Washington, all the principles of civil iberty, and will bring along | to witness the termination of hostilities between | Callao; all well. ‘ translators, Dr Hebbe and Mr. Mackay, would be |! France and England. 1 with n them, in the act of re-saspeistion, devotion to Mat sound eile tags nwishes, however, have er be irigate Constellation ommodore Kearney, i ici i i ur Union, and a firm and inflexible resolution to | been entirely disregarded. It has ever b sailed on the 24th ult., also for 0, to recei of map veer guarantee thatno imposition | Tye Vice Presipency or THe Wuic Party.— The Twelfth Day of April, 1844. amin in maintaining the public liberty uaimpared—| to urge an gadjustment of the dispute ae, Commodore Jones, and is to sail immediately ‘was attempted. We understand that there is a good deal of trouble | . The people of Texas having, at the time of adopt- | » consideration which, as it appears to me, is to be mutually advantageous to both It will be ready at | thence for the United States, via Rio de Janeiro ; all tines 10 en and ene Say. clas Mexico all well. may thinl e has on the justice of the United eed haeeae States, and to adjust any that may be deemed ta Cape Haytien—Hailti. be so on the most liberal terms. ere is no de- [Correspondence of the Herald.] The dedication of this work is somewhat re- amongst the whi and amongst th bers |1ng their Constitution, expressed, b almost | regarded asof no small moment |The country, it- markable, and as it indicates with sufficient clear- | of the Convention to assemble at Baltimore, in re. | Hammons vote, their” desire. to be incorporated self, thus obtained, is of incalealabl fue inanag- ness the high and meritorious object of the author, | lation to the candidate for the Vice-Presidency, to pe wd of aha poh igetereare paces esi 7 To a soll of Snexhaustible ferts ity, aes age- it is proper to annex it. Herei | run with Mr. Clay. With regard to the candidate | to provide mare effectnall tor their security and nial and healthy bere and so ined, at a day a on be part of oe ok le 8 wound. he Carg Harrren, April 4, 1844. . i i i re rity ; ited St t distant, to make large contributions to t - | pride, or affect injuriously her interest; but, at the irs it se EY, DEDI Lect ON | ei the pS poensee there is, of course, no difficulty. Brine "4 pis ‘i ie # v4 - a res te saplreh voaped eect nes deeper ys ameecr fo meng ade A) bal polite diet it cannot compromit. by any delay “in ene in the Haytien Empire Negro Respect for ‘To the German Nation | Harry Clay is the man, and for a long time the | perity, and to meet the wishes of the Government | the United States, in part, by an imaginary line, | its action the essential interests of the UnitedStates. | ¢ Flag of Truce—To'al Overthrow of the Black ” united mind of the whigs has been made up about | and people of Texas, have determined to accom- | and by the river Sabine, fora distance of 310 miles; | Mexico has no right to ask or expect this of us— Tioops under Pierot, c. ROUSED TO THE CONSCIOU 3NES88 OF IT3 POWER him. But-for the Vice-Presid there i d | plish, by treaty, objects so important to their mutu- | and its productions are the sane with. those of ma- AND DIGNITY, | deal of difference of opinion tmamlested, and we | eland permanent welfare. ‘i | ny of the contiguous States of the Uuion. Such is THOSE ive thi : ee ? * For tl purpose, the President of the United | the country, euch are its inhabitants, and such its PICTURES perceive that various cliques have been formed in | States has given full powers to John C. Calhoun, | capacities to add to the general wealth of the ov THE | various parts of the country, each determined to Secretary of State of the United States, and the | Union. As to the latter, it may be safely sreprien 5 y Oe 9 f President of the Republic of Texas h jointed, | that in the magnitude of its productions, it wi DOMESTIC AND PUBLIC LIFE jee oe candidate. During the last few days, with like powers, eae Van Zandt andd bmeke equal, in a short time, under the pretecting ‘care of bofhiopd |in this city, and particularly in the neighborhood | ney Henderson, citizens of the said Republic, and | thisGovernment, if it does not free the com- Free Citizens of a Free State, of the Astor House, which is the great head quar- | the said Plenipotentiaries, after exchanging their | bined production of many States ot the Confedera- DESTINED TO HISTORICAL GREATNESS, \ tera of the friends of Mr. Clay, several caucuses full powers, have agreed on and concluded the tol- | cy. A new and powerlul impulse will thus be we deal rightfully with Texas as an snaepes When I last had this pleasure, in the month of for dent power. The war which has been wage sor ney : eight year has resulted only in the conviction,with Case stihl teposing in the sweet sleep of all others than herself, that Texas cannot be recon. | CoMfidence and tranquility, and we all looked for- quered. I cannot but repeat the opinion, expressed | Ward to a season of renewed life and prosperity in in my messes at the Cnesing os Congress, ae it| her affairs. is time it ceased. e Executive, while it i o could not look upon its longer continuance without This was but a deceitful calm only to burst forth the greatest uneasiness, has nevertheless, for all | @uew with tenfold fury, in revolution and bloody past time, preserved a course of strict neutrality. | warfare. " i me Oe lowing articles :— iven to the navigating interest of the count! It could not be ignorant of the fact of the exhaus-| The Spaniards who occupy the eastern and t ARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, have been held in relation to this point. The other] “Apr. I. The Republic of Texas, acting in con- fehich will be citveliys cogromed by our fellow tion which a war of so long a duration had pro- | valuable part of the island, and who have freed day, the delegates who are meeting by accident | formity with the wishes of the people and every | citizens ‘of the Eastern and Middle States, who | duced. Least of all was it ignorant of the anxi-| been well affected to the union with the French ana MIRROR FOR SELF-EXAMINATION, (as they arrive from the East and North, who are department of its Goyernment, cedes to theUnited | have already attained a remarkable degree of pros- ar | su d to be unfavorable to Mr. Fillmore, were States all its territories, to be held by them in full | perity by the partial monopoly they have enjoyed of THE AUTHOR. | Suppose ‘ ° property and sovereiguty, and to be annexed to the | the carrying trade of the Umon, particularly the pe " 99. calles er - | sal nite tates as one of their Territories, sub- | coastwise trade, which this new acquisition is des- Bach: b f “Seatsfield”—to led together by some of the Custom House offi United Si e of their Territo ub: e trade, which th . isi is di uch, then, are the objects of *'Seate! | cials in this city, and we understand that along| ject to the same constitutional provisions with | tined in time, and that not distant, to swell to a present faithful pictures of society, in all its phases, i i i A their other Territori This cession includes all| magnitude which cannot easily be computed ; P . r consultation took place in relation to this matter. F ie i, i i val i omputed ; in this country, and to arouse and stimulate the | 7); fe bl Mr. Webst iq | Public lots and squares, vacant lands, miaes, miner- | while the addition made to the boundaries ot the German people, by their contemplation, to enter at | is caucus was favorable to Mr. Webster, and | als, salt lakes and springs, public edifices, fortifi- | home market, thus secured to theirmining, manu- rman people, by P a ity | the probable object was to cast about for waysand | cations, barracks, ports and harbors, navy and navy | facturing, and mechanical skill and industry, will ner that career of Bpedoe . ranacliy 4 means to retain Mr. Curtis in his present office | yards, docks, magazines, athe peeannts and | be of a character the most commanding and im- WARE AAW Seine ECE OE OS sp ee oie in the Custom Hoyse, should the election of Mr. SD COUR SIDSNIS, SIDES (80) ublic documents, | portant, . indeed a noble and a lofty aim; and it becomes a | Beery: public funds, debts, taxes and dues unpaid at the| Such are some of the man: advaptages which pean sy ee | Clay take place. This, it may have been sup-| time of the exchange of the ratifications of this | will accrue to the Eastern and Middle States by the subject of enquiry, important as it is interesting, to | sas 4 é ME " h Uy Poe leh wack a A posed, could be effected by some indirect } treaty. i 5 ratification of the treaty—advantages, the extent of ascertain the capabilities which such an aspirant |) ent in relation to the Vice Presidency.) At. IL. The citizens of Texas shall be incorpo- | which it is impossible to estimate with accuracy or possesees for the accomplishment of such a work. | rated into the Union of the United States, main- | properly to appreciate. Texas being adapted to the The work of depicting the ‘‘men and manners” Thurlow Weed,andEx-Governor Seward,have been | tained and protected in the free enjoyment of their | culture of cotton, sugar, and rice, and devoting of the Waited States Rus been fi Sy giietaaihd here during the last few days, and have been| liberty and property, and admitted, as soon as may | most of her energiesto the raising of these produc- e United States, hus been frequently attemp! closetted with Mr. Webster, Grinnell, Curtis, and| be consistent with the principles of the Federal | tions, will open an extensive market to the western by European travellers, and with what fidelity and others, and 1 in aemmoued hae We enteat Sra 46 Constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, | States, in the important articlesof beef,pork,horses, success is pretty well known. Marryatt—Mre. | d sere bh rivileges, and immunities of citizens of the United | mules, &c., as well as itsbreadstufls. At the same Trdlldge- Dickens. aoa Guiers’'oe that ‘clams: bave | consolidate the opposition to Mr. Fillmore as the | States. i i time, the Southern and Southwestern States will ss a gaye 2. candidate from this State, and probably to set up| Ant. TIL. All titles and claims to real estate, | find, in the fact of annexation, | protection and se- tried their hands at “ pictures of the domestic and | a7, Soyans of Maine. which are valid under the laws of Texas, shall be | curity to their peace and tranquility,as well against public life” of the people of this country, but they | hese yivaie and t hi held to be go by the United States; and measures | ali domestic as foreign eflorts to disturb them; thus have produced not pictures, but caricatures, pre. | hese private and secret movements among the | shall be adopted for the speedy adjudication of all | consecrating anew the Union of the States, and sie ladead.% f th Malkin’ gotta taut leading whigs here, on this question of the Vice- | unsettled claims to land, and patentsshall be grant- | holding out the promise of its Ropes duration. ibe cei ats atl nctiae but carica | Presidency, and also in relation to the distribution ae hapa tne hereby ceded shall be pany rontly ewliet rad uptesl ot Pune f - | : ; ts AL Vie i e b Bw peal, of wha: tures. They had not the eyes nor the heart to | of the spoils, after the election of Mr. Clay, are| subject to the laws regulating the public innds in| appears to the Executive to be of an imposing, if ATnCAmarioan Ghucactarand@iAiErioan sculety in amusing and interesting. They are conducted | the other Territories of the United States, as far as | not of a resistless cha-acter,is made to the interest: pe 1 d il their ligh | With a degree of rancour and bitterness not so they may be applicable; subject, however, to such | ot every portion of the country. Agriculture, whieh their true lineaments, and with all their light and | 7 os we would expect to see. Two cliques alterations and changesas Congress may from time | would have a new and extensive market opened for shadows. Our deficiencies in what they regarded at BSCE s i tques| ty time think proper to make. It is understood | its produce; commerce, whose ships would br as the refinements of high civilization—our vulga- | °€ formed here, the Courier being the organ of | between the parties, that, ifin consequence of the | freighted with the rich productions of an extensive riams—our eccentricities—all our bizarre habits | the one, and the Tribune of the other, and the | mode in which lands have been surveyed in Texas, | and fertile region; and the mechanical arts, in ali and modes of speech—and all that, they gave with | war for the spoils has already begun between them. | °F from Gab tty eh locates the eae their various maith t rend seem to unite 1 \ sal shat they gery with [TT ‘vary bic? eticady, aad Ce Charters toy [hn aes hallintesoged Moripieerest| ima te Te ce more or less accuracy, tal ci Abs: 5 g ie ‘ give to the whole the aia of mt national ares | publishing letters from Horace Greeley, picked up | of Daath aaG ieee) aed at a also all ae But paponee ti shee Se ney ap- . hi , . i i i stood, that, hereafter, the books, papers, and docu- ar, they are to be regarded as but seconda to judice of which even the few English travellers | nobody Lepel where, in relation to his former | 00d, Uh Meena Land Olkee af Texas shall | others, Wexns for reasons deemed sufficient by who make that effort, find it so difficultso impos- | sentiments with respect to Mr. Clay. To all this} be deposited and kept at such place in Texas as| herself, threw off her dependence on Mexico, as sible, we had almost said, to divest themselves: | we say—“ Gentlemen, first catch your fish, and | the Congress of the United States shall direct. | far back as 1836, and consummated her indepen- From the hands of some French travellers we | Whex you have them all snug in your basket, then Art V. The United States assume and agree to| dence by the battle of San Juciato, in the same a Z : | Acti ok onckine ienaat ( little | P8Y the public debt and liabilities of Texas, how-| year; since which period, Mexico has attempted have had elaborate, and in many points of view. | think of cooking them—at presen you are a little | ever created, for which the faith or credit of her| no serious invasion of her territory; but the con- just and sound philosophical disquisitions on the | premature. x Goverment may ae bound ie Be time of on Cs oe has a che features a a tS border war, i ic instituti ir | y 5 ; change of the ratifications of this treaty; which | characterised by acts revolting to humanity. In bes of at Recangy eye a and oe Wie: pene &e. rhe Hon. Henry Clay arrived debts and liabilities are estimated not to ‘exceed, the year 1836 Teaas adopted reg Conmitatital un- influences and operations in society. But we have | in Washington on Friday morning. in the whole, ten milliona of dollars, to be ascer-| der which he has existed as a sovereign powe1 still been desiring something more than this. We} The Hon. Dixon H Lewishas been appointed by | tained and paid in the manner hereinafter stated. | ever since, having been recognized as such b | ‘PPO! y p ing en y have been wishing for a faithful, spirited, and uni- | the Governor of Alabama to fill the vacancy in the The payment of the sum of three hundred and| many of the principal powers of the world; and intelli ‘ ipaieds A . PLENII a fifty thousand dollars shall_be made at the ‘I'reasu- | contemporaneously with its adoption by a solemn versally intelligible portraiture of society in this | Senate occasioned by the resignation of Mr. King. | r if the United States, within ninety, days after | vote Sahar people, embracing al her population country—one which would present it jin all its| General Almonte, the Mexican Minister, and ihe exchange ot the ratifications of this treaty, as | but ninety-three persons, declared her anxious de- aspecta—a lively and correct representation} of hu | suite have arrived in town and taken rooms at the | follows: Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to | sire to be admitted into association with the Uni man nature, as developed under the free institu- | Globe Frederick Dawson, of Baltimore, or his executors, | ted States, asa portion of their territory. Thi- icra ew Sirtaihatancee candline novel int : ee on the delivery of that amount of ten per cent] vote, thus solemnly taken, has never been rever- » ‘ » Y fiG- Among the arrivals by the “Acadia” at] bonds of Texas; one hundred thousand dollars, if| sed; and now, by the action of her constituted fluecces to which it has been subjected in the Fiodicnniiaee Gbabrralintioe i distinguished | °° much be required, in the redemption of the ex- | authorities, sustained as it is by popular sentiment, United States. And this is just what, in our | D intoak of the very distinguished | Chequer bills which may be in circulation at the|she reaffirms her desire for annexation. This opinion, this ‘* Seatsfield”” has given us. erman historian and scholar, Professor Frederick | time of the exchange of the ratifications of this] course has been adopted by her, without the ‘This writer appears to look on human nature with Von Reaumer and his son, an eminent jurist and tee. For the pexment of Bier eae of he nearer of any ante measures be the ee cienti! i i H lebts and liabilities of ‘exas, Whic! together wit of this government. 10 intrigue as een aclear, unjaundiced eye. Its errors, weaknesses | soles ars He immediately rites: eS the amount already specified, shall not exceed ten| set on foot to accomplish it. Texas herself wills and foibles,are not concealed,but faithfully deserib- |; eat atest obit call eon fo ps cs vai Fee es claoet in | Ur ae Le of the United. Btates, concur ed. Still they do not glare upon his canvass, to a Meat fee fe He yy ba sa prolonge 2 al He Sitdbed nett revenue from the same, are hereby ring yrith nets ek see nine eamelen are on oS Fae : : | onths, made s S A a ; . the exelusion or disfigurement of those virtues and | 775 the practical Roane tor shh leita hibit an VI. In order to ascertain the full amount of sirable by both. It cannot be denied, that Texas i ani papel . the debts an ilities in assume = | i y j i . y happily ca i n i | valuable to the world of letters may be expected to | be appointed by the President of the United States, | stances, itis but natural that she should seek for rican character; and employing the knowledge of | | crue from this visit of the professor here by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, | safety and repose under the protection. of some it in all its developments, which this familiar and | ee Re ag i Z who shall meet at Washington, Texas, within the | stronger power; and it is equally so that her people intimate acquaintance implies, ina calm, diserim- Anorner Forcery.—Yesterday morning a for- period ote on atten ne escbenes of the rae Tistecnis eine nied plate, the Le eh Aik inating’ and impartial spitit, le has succeeded in | Rery was perpetrated on the Bank of Commerce for | ot exceeding twelve months, unless the Congress | protection. She has often before made known her giving « picture whose fidelity must be universally | $1500.—In fifteen minutes after, the forger was ar- | of the United States should prolong the time. They | wishes; but her advances have, to this time, been recognized, and from the contemplation of which | rested and all but ten cents of the money recovered. shall take an oath for the taithful discharge of their | repelled. The Executive of the United States sees it will not be easy even for prejudice herself to | SS duties, and Phat theviate not directly or indirectly | no longer any cause for pursuing such a course. i Picxrockets For Battimone.—The delegates to | interested in said claims at the time, and will not} The hazard of now defeating her wishes may be draw any but just and rational conclusions. With| 1 2 i Gonvention are cautioned relative | P¢,duriug their contiquance in office; and the said of the most fatal tendency. Jt might lead, and all the peculiarities of our society, whatever their | hi i id 4 ‘ the cautioned relative | oath shall be recorded with their proceedings. In| most probably would, to such an entire alienation character, whether their deserition may be Cale ne a and cites cies | fa commissioner, his or thelr piace ot paces taay | ert look. elewhete. for aid, and force her lated to flatter our pride, or the reverse,he hasgiven | 12rce of New York, Xhvadelphia, an Sete eete at : B macopmey | Der 0 Og ae ae A I b d th be supplied by the appointment as aforesaid, or by | either to enter into dangerous alliances with fall and fi hibit f th th will be centered there for plunder. Officers will 4 Speak ye 4 c i ‘ a . air ex! 4 i yen Poa Bie hpavtetat batts theta stig by tivel Olay dlelepeean ito the reader a rus Gaited eT re- clear acta who, Joong. with mere pee and prosperity of the people of this country—of the | ,. 1 cess of the Senate. ey, or a majority of them,| to their interests, woul it is fairl to be prevailing comfort and even luxury of the modes spot” these scoundrels, and their example should aye be eure ede a ete siaulatione a the | presumed. readily” adopt, such expedients or Gf uving ‘wmongs the masrs—of the perfect free-| Be followed by the Van Buren and Tyler repre-| (omer oe ees de on all questions toucls | maatng duties in trade and commerce in order dom of speech and action enjoyed by all classes— sentatives. ing the legality and validity of said claims, and | to secure the necessary assistance. Whatever step @f the absence of a rwltitude of influences which | Prepence.—A gentlemen died lately in Prince | shall, when a claim is allowed, issue a certificate | she might adopt, looking to this object, would prove riade the old despotisms of Europe tend to depress, | George’s County, Maryland, at an advanced age, to the claimant, stating the amount, Crete der disastrous, in the highest degree, to the interests of : » : J ‘ principal from interest. The certificates so issued | the whole Union. To say nothing of the impolicy fiamper and degrade humanity. And this is done | and having considerable property, while the whole | shall be numbered, and entry made of the number, | of our permitting the carry ing trade and home mar. ety of other powers to induce Mexico to enter | part, which was in some measure forced upon into terms of reconciliation with Texas, which, | them, suddenly exposed a manifesto of their griey- affecting the domestic institutions of Texas, would | ances and flew to arms on the 7th of March, de- operate. most injuriously upon the United States, | claring themselves a free and independent State, and might most seriously threaten the existence | divided and separate ferever from the Haitien Re- ot this happy Union. Nor could it be unac-|public—the semi-black chickens from the black quainted with thesfact, that although foreign | ones. ‘ governments might disavow all design to disturb] The President Riviére lost no time in orderi the relations which exist under the Constitution | to arms the whole male population of the reat between these States, yet that one, the most pow- | part of the Island, without any exception, in order erful amongst them, had not failed to declare its | to overrun the Spanish part with his forces at one marked and decided hostility to the chief features | blow, for the Spanish population do not number in those relations, and its purpose, on all suitable | one-third ot the French. occasions, to urge upon Mexico the adoption of | He left Port au Prince on the 10th of March, and such a course in negotiating with Texas as to pro- | ¢00n mustered 30,000 men, with which he set out duce. the obliteration of that feature from her do- | for St. Domingo. His first encounter with the ene- mestic policy, as one of the conditions of her re- | my was at Azua, a small tewn of about 600 inha- cognition, by Mexico, as an independent State. | bitants, where it is said two regiments of his ad- The Executive was also aware of the fact, that | vanced guard were cut to pieces; however, com- formidable associations of persons, the subjects | ing up the next day with the main body of his ar- of foreign powers, existed, who were directing | my, he forced the Spaniards to retire, and ulti- their utmost efforts to the accomplishment ef this mately occupied the town, which he found totally object. To these conclusions it was inevitably | abandoned, without a single soul in it. The loss brought by the documents now submitted to the | before Azua is privately stated at eleven hundred Senate. Irepeat, the Executive saw Texas in a men, and by our last accounts from Port au Prince, state of almost hopeless exhaustion, and the ques- | the President had not yet advanced, but is await- tion was narrowed down to the simple proposition, | ing further reinforcements, Ie had only removed whether the United States should accept the boon | to a short distance from the piace, on account of of annexation on fair_ and liberal terms, or, by re- the stench from the dead bodies, which it appears fusing to do so, force Texas to seek a refuge in the | Were never interred. _ fe arms of some other power, either through a treaty | On this, the north side of the island,General Pie- of alliance, offensive and detensive, or the adop- | rot mustered on the frontiers at Daxabon, eighteen tion of some other expedient, which migit virtual- | thousand men. In the mean time, the Spanish ly make her tributary tosuch power, and dependent | General, Salcedo, having marched trom Santiago, upon it for all future time. ‘The Executive has full | advanced to within eight miles of the Haytien reason to believe that such would have been the | forces, where he remained some days in suspense. result, without its interposition, and that such will | He ultimately sent two officers, escorted by four he the result, in the event either of unnecessary | dragoons, with a flag of truce, to Gen. Pierot, as lelay in the ratification, or of the rejection of the | bearers ot a letter, communicating that the object proposed treaty. of his mission was not hostilities, but merely to In full view, then, of the highest public duty, and | occupy the frontiers of the Dominican Republic. a a measure of security against evils incalculably | To this letter, General Pierot made no reply, but great, the Executive has entered into the negotia- immediately had the officers and men_ seized, tion, the fruits of which are now submitted to the | stripped of their coats, side arms, Wc., which, to- Senate. Independent of the urgent reasons which | gether with their horses, he distributed among his existed for the step it has taken, it might safely in- | soldiers, and then marched them off on foot to this voke the fact, which it confidently believes, that place, where the six individuals are at present con- there exists no civilized government on earth, hav- | fined together, in one narrow dungeon, and all ing a voluntary tender made it of a domain so rich } communication with them prohibited. So much ind fertile, so replete with all that can add to na- | for respect toa of truce. ( tional greatness and wealth, and so neceszary to its] _ The Spaniards after this, in order to entice Gen. peace and safety, that would reject the offer. Nor | Pierot into the interior, gradually retired before are other powers, Mexico inclusive, likely, in any | him, as soon as he set out from Daxabon on the degree, to be injuriously affected by the ratifica- | 24th March, at the head of the combined force ot tion of the treaty. The prosperity of Texas will be | all the National Guards and troops ot the line that equally interesting to all; in the increase of the gen- | the North could muster, leaving behind him no- eral commerce of the world, that prosperity will be | thing but women and children. _ i secured by annexation. ¥ His orders were to take ssion of Santiago at But one view of the subject remains to be pre- | any sacrifice of life, from thence to cross the coun- sented. It grows out of the proposed enlargement | try and form a junction with the President for a of our territory. From this, I am free to confess, 1 | combined attack uponthe city of St_ Domingo. see no danger. The federative system is suscepti-| General Salcedo, ignorant of the fate of his first ble of the greatest extension compatible with the envoyés, despatched another flag of trace to Gen. ability of the representation ot the most distant state Pierot, on the Piains of Talanquero; this party or territory to reach the seat of government in time | was surrounded and fired upon ; several were killed to participate in the functions of legislation, and to | and the rest escaped with difficulty. This was the make known the wants of the constituent body. | opening of the campaign on the part of the Hay- Our confederated republic consisted originally of | tiens, and where Spanish biood first watered the thirteen members. tt now consists of twice that | soil of their country. 4 number, while applications are before Congress to | | Gen. Pierot reached the neighborhood of San- permit other additions. tiago onthe 29th of March, and made his dispesi- ‘This addition of new States hus eerved to strength- | tions for attacking the Spaniards, who had assem- en rather than to weaken the Union. New inier- | bled a torce of about five thon-and men, advan(a- ests have sprung up, Which require the united power geously posted on a rising ground in the ontskirts of all, through the action of the common govern- | of the town. e if , ment, to protect and defend upon the high seas and| The Haytien army was diviged into three divi- in foreign parts. Each State commits, with per- | sions ; the right, commanded by General Cadet An- fect security, to that common government those | toine, had orders to follow the Sierra road, cross great interests growing out of our relations with | the river Yaqui in the rear of Quinones’ brickery, other nations of the world, and which equally | and to attack the Suburb of San Antonio. Gen. involve the good of all the States. Its domestic | St. Louis, cammanded the left division, to cross concerns are left to its own exclusive management. | the Y: t Pase Colorado; and Gen. Pierot the But if there were any force in the objection, it | centre division, to cross at Paso Yagui. The whole would seem to require an immediate abandonment | was done with much skill and precision, and the of territorial possessions which lie in the distance, | three columns almost simultuaneously advanced to and stretch to a far-off sea; and yet no one would | the attack, about noon on Saturday the 30th ult. ye found, it is believed, ready to recommend such | The Spaniards very quietly allowed them to come an abandonment. Texas lies at our very doors, and | close up, when they suddenly poured out such in our immediate vicinity. showers of grape and musketry as to cause confu- Under every view which I have been able to | sion in the Haytien ranks ; however, they rallied, take of the subject, [ think that the interests of our | and three different times returned with coolness to common constituents, the people of all the States, | the assault, but the Spaniards kept up their fire with and alove of the Union, left the Executive no | dogged obstinacy, fand Gen. Pierot was finally other alternative than to negotiate the treaty. The | forced to retreat, after suffering great loss. His high and solemn duty of ratifying or of rejecting it, | army since has completely broken up ; for it is re- is wisely devolved on the Senate by the Constitu- ported by the wounded and stragglers who are tion of the United States. ‘oun TYLER. | coming in that he has scarcely one thousand men by the attractive soediun of fictitious narrative in | of his debts did butamount to 50 cents. We would | the name of oe eon ie ee and the | ket of such a country to ee ‘out of our hands into Wasuineton, April 22, 1844. Card fash + Teh ety Line chart, th a style remarkable for its elegance, liveliness and | recommen 7 amount, in a book to be kept for that purpose. | those ot a commercial rival, the Government, in TTT ey he Spaniards never leit their lines during the i ve te be bee post ee moueruiere Oreech) ues They shall transmit the records of their proceed-| the first place, would be certain to suffer most dis- Sporting Inteliigense, engagement, and are supposed to have suffered _ Eagre Course, Trenton, N. J.—A spring meet-| little or no loss. After the action, Gen. Pierot ing of two days. will commence on this course | found it necessary to send a flag of truce to the Tuesday, 14th May. ‘There will be four races and | Spaniards, the result of which has not transpired— 1 three Ahad old sweepstakes, mile heats. A | though we know they were well treated, notwith- aweepstake for pigeon shooting will come off after | standing strong reasons for retaliation. | i the racing on the third day—to which there are five | ‘There is no doubt that this affair decides the in- subscribers, at $25 each. We perceive that some | dependence of the Spaniards ; and, from the liberal of the best shots in this city and neighboring States | aud enlightened policy proclaimed by them, it is areexpected. A. purse will be given for pigeon | generally anticipated that the Spanish part will soon shooting on the fourth day. The admission to the | become powerlul and wealthy. public race stand will be 25 cents—no charge for — i ; spirit. he descriptions of natural scenery patat4 worthy man’s case before their eyes. ings and the book in which the certificates are en- | astrously in its revenue by the introduction of a sys- graphic. ‘ The first trip on the Red River,” and Sp: Barco lia dubs ie 4 tered, with the vouchers and documents produced | tem of smuggling, upon an extensive scale, which the description of the trappers, is one of the most | SPE FRom Bostox.—Adams & Co. arrived yes | before them, relative to the claims allowed or re- | an army of custom-house officers could not prevent quitnated eketulion’ we’ buvev ever teed." And a0 terday morning at 54 o’clock in the Cleopatra. jected, to the Treasury Department of the United | —and which wonld operate to affect injuriously the with all the other portions of scenery visited by | ZBis is very quick time from Boston. States, to be deposited therein; and the Secretary | interests of all the industrial classes of this coun. ru 3 ry | olan latest of the Treasury shall, as soon as practicable after | try. Hence would arise constant collisions between him. Our mountains —rivers—cataracts—ocean | ‘Tur Warcuman Wirt, who was shot during the | the receipt of the sume, ascertain the aggregate | :he inhabitants of the two countries which would lakes—forests, all the magnificent natural features | scuffle in Congress the other day, continues very | mount of the debts and liabilities allowed; and | ever more endanger their peace. A large increase RR ‘ |; 'Y | if the same, when added to the amount to be paid to| of the military force of the United States would of this mighty land,are described with the most re- | ill. The ball has not been extracted, and he is] Frederick Dawson and the sum which may be aid inevitably follow, thus devolving upon the people markable spirit and truth, And every where he | {ikel i . . ¥ ly to remain a cripple for life. in the redemption of the exchequer bills, shall not | new and extraordinary burdens, in order not onl seemsathome. Even the peanuts, the whiskey and | Se , exceed. the estimated sum of ten millions of dol- to Weotect them from the danger of daily nuthee admission to we course or mah me fe eh hi ‘ Albany. tobacco fumes of the Bowery Theatre,do not escape | ‘Tueatricats.—The Avon theatre, Norfolk, was| lars, he shall, on the presentation of a certificate | with Texas herself, but to guard their border inha- at oumcies ete ai an Mey pectae [Correspondence of the Herald.} - him. Just look at the inimitable description of | opened yesterday morning by a company said to be | of the commissioners, Issue, at the option of the | bitants against hostile inroads, so easily excited ilready two stables offered and another in progress. Anrany, April 26, 1844, 12 M. ‘ " : i high! i holder, a new éertificate forthe amount, distin-| on the part of the numerous and warlike tribes of humbug fashionable society in this city! And | 03h Repair the management of Mr. W. | gushing principal from interest, and payable to him Indians dwelling in their neighborhood. ‘Texas all done with such good humor—such a kindly | ~* it . or order, out of the net proceeds of ep lands | would undoubtedly be unable, for many years to spirib-oucli/eatire’ abbends OF Ul peleett be ovale _Wallack closed his second engagement last | hereby ceded, or stock of the United States, for] come, if at any time, to resist, unaided and alone, clam) Thess aheteben ate inde cdosomething like | night at the National, Boston. the amount allowed, including principal and inte- | the military power of the United States; but it is | . -y " rest, and bearing an interest of three per cent. per| not extravagant to suppose that nations reaping @ the inimitable novels of Walter Scott, or the pro- | pes Bull has arrived at Charleston, 8. C., from) annum from the date thereof; which stock, in ad-| rich harvesr front her rade} secured to them by ad- ductions of the immortal Shakspeare himself — | ave bass ea, as La Lelio d Ha iil out ce i mer Tro | vantageous treaties, would he BP ie fs take part | Kare . 5 T. ceeds of the public lands hereby ceded, shall also | with her in any conflict with us, from the strongest They have much, very much of the same generous | Ksicxernocker Tueatee.—T. B. Russell, the | he receivable in payment for the same. In case ponuideratiena 8 public policy, Such a state of spirit—the same quiet humor—the same quick per- | Popular manager of the Arch Street Theatre, has, it| the amount of the debts and liabilities allowed, | things might subject to devastation the territory of ception—the same almost instinctive insight into | appears, takes the BoweryAmphitheatre, washed it| with the sums aforesaid to be paid to Frederick | contiguous States, and would cost the country, in the workings of the human heart, which have made | Ut, cleaned it out, scrubbed it out, and purified it Dawson, and which may be p.id in the redemption | a single campaign, more treasure, thrice told over, 4 = | a als aaa of the exchequer bills, shall exceed the said sum ot | thi tipulated to be paid and reimbursed by the the writing of the great Scottish novelist read and | all over, and baptized it the “ Knickerbocker The- | ten millions of dollars, the suid Secretary, before | treaty now proposed for ratification. 1 will not \ $300 purse is offered for three mile heats ; for | A¢muable Confusion—Legislative Proceedings— Iwo imile heats another of $200. It is expected | Movements to the End—New York City Inte that Fashion oe Blue Dick will be Hpac ti for] rests. ie ee enna puree of Pray by i ets 108) The House of Assembly are at this time ina p accent inet we several bie come | beautiful state of disorder. The old Hunker or off on the Pharsalia Course, near Northampton. | Conservative leader in the (House, Seymour, of The best blood in the whole United States will be dat . ‘ . if Z present. There are already many entries made. Oneida, is speaking against time. Allen, of Os Disasrers.—A horse of Mr. Hare’s broke down | wego, is acting as Speaker; and the conservatives, it a race at Belfield, 17th instant; a mare of Mr. | with Carr of your city at their head, or tail, are Puckett’s fell and threw the rider in the same race. | trampling on all parliamentary proceedings, and Ricumonp Racks.—A meeting comes off on the | successfully resisting all attempts of the real demo- Fairfield Course next week. crats in the House to proceed with the business of admired all the world over. atre’”’—a very respectable name. It is to be a re-| issuing anew certificate, vck, as the case may | permit myself to dwell on this view of the subject. ‘The beautiful mare Cassandra is said to be pur- | the House. There has been an appeal from the The effect produced by these “Sketches ct Sular old Knickerbocker theatre, and a series of be, shall make in each’ case such proportionable | Consequences of a fatal character to the peace of chased by Wm. Gibbons, Eat, She is now. at Speaker's, decision, and he lew a mer ber ‘ ij . i | i seated and rateable reduction on its amount as to reduce | the Union and evento the preservation of the Union Snedeker’s & Thurston’st;stable, Reade street. | against all precedent to — for hours ow the pro- American Society,” must be very remarkable. We | original and excellent entertainments are to be got} the aggregate to the said sum of ten millions of | itself, might be dwelt upon. ‘They will not, how- Cassandra is out of Flirtilla, Jr. ey Sir Archy, and | ptiety of the appeal. ‘he question arose on the have not the slightest doubt that they have had no | 4p. He intends by this means to reform Hamblin | dollars, and he shall have power to make all need- | ever, fail to occur to the mind of the Senate ind of | (ately Lata Mr. Long, of ¥ ‘ashington City. On eran che yi eye el keeles seg i i i ide of ion | and his concern in all its fal rules aud regulations necessary to carry into | th try. Ner do I indulge in any vague con- | |New. Yors Cricker Crve—A_ meeting of this | on certs jectio ons t a inconsiderable influence on that tide of emigration Genattimenite,. ‘Lormorrew effect the powers hereby vested in him. es joctutes of the fuse The docuttionte ae trans. | Club will be convened on Wednesday evening next, | more Supreme Court Judges, and for other pur- which has for the last ten years borne to the shores | night I navel opens with the immortal Jim Crow | “"aiee Vit. Until farther provision shall be made, | mitted along with the treaty, lead to the conclusion, of the new world so many of the industrious, en- | Rice, Bone Squash, Barnes and a strong team. He | the laws of Texas, as now existing, shall remain in | as inevitable, that if the boon now tendered be re- terprising, and intelligent of the German people, | *!8o intends bringing out immediately a series of | force, and all executive and judicial officers of | jected, Texas will seek for the friendship ot others. G i i i ja dramas from the sketches of the great author of | Texas except the President, Vice, President, and | In contemplating such @ contingency, it cannot ermany is at thismoment in a most favorable eles Se ak avila Me Th ae heads of departments, shall retain their offices, | be overlooked that the United States are already condition for receiving the most salutary impree- Scenes in this country—Seatsheld. ey will be} with all power and autuority canon thereto, | almost surrounded by the possessions of Europvan , n sions from such a work. The people of that most |'™mensely popular, for Seatsfield is destined to] and the courts of justice shall remain in all re-| powers. ‘The Canadas, New Brunswick and Nova ; ‘ . a hrow into the mist of oblivi JI the light litera- | spects as now established and organized. Scotia, the islands in the American seas, with interesting portion of the European continent seem ¢ ton al e Light litera: ‘A , id . ear of 4 t r Fra rt. VILL. Immediately alter the exchange of | Texas, trammelled by treaties of alliance, or of to be awakening into a new lite of energy,commer- | ‘Ure of France and England. These will be just | ihe ratifications of this treaty, the President of the | a commercial! character, differing in policy from Metarte Covrse.—It is in contemplation to get | poses. The principal objection to them was that Fashion and Blue Dick to run for the four mile | they were decided to be beyond amendment ty’ sweepstakes at the Metarie Course, New Orleans, | the House, and as they were susceptible of im- next fall. Subscriptions $2,000—forfeit, $500. provement, the House refused to swallow them YANAPA.—The annual meeting of the Quebec | without sauce in the shape of some amendment. Turf Club was held on the 30th ult. ‘The report of | The Lien Bill,introduced by Mr. Glasier, of your the Club was satisfactory. At the first meeting of | city, had its final passage this morning on his ex- the officers for 1844 the period of the annaal race | plaining it to the House; also Mr. Burk’s Emigrant will be fixed. It is intended that it will be earlier | Bill; also the Utica and Schenectady Railroad this year than usual—likely about the middle of Freight Bill as amended. cial enterprize and political freedom. Already a |the things to begin with at the Knickerbocker | United States, by and with the advice and consent | that of the United States, would complete the circle. July.” Her Majesty's purse of 50 sovereigns willbe | Many of, the Democratic members addressed a, largely increased amount of national prosperity has Theatre. of the Senate, shall appoint a commissioner, who | ‘Texas voluntarily steps forth, upon terms of perfect contested for on the Quebec Course this year. letter to 8. Wright this morning, the amount of shall proceed’ to Texas and receive the transfer of | honor and good fuith to all nations, to ask to bean- | ‘Txortinc Marow.—A good deal of interest was| which was to urge him to hold on to Van Buren. resulted from this awakening, Railroads are| New SrrorHuxevas.—Awonderful display of the | the territory thereof, and ail the achives and pub-| nexedto the Union As anindependentsovereignty, spreading everywhere over the States, and other | effects of nitrous oxide gas, in connection with Mes- | lic propétty, and other things herein conveyed, in| her right to do this is unquestionable. In doing so, reat works of internal improvement are occupy- | merism, takes place at Niblo’s to-morrow evening. the name ef the United States. He shall exercise | she gives no ciuse of umbrage to any other power; ‘ z iil ri all executive anthority in said territory necessa! le desire it, and there i ing attention. The Zoll-Verein, or Union of Du-| Immense numbers have gone half crazy about! to the proper € tlt Sr trom laws, antit-ciherwiee her people desire it, and there is no slavieh transfer ties, into which nearly all the States, with, we be- this new humbug, and a great crowd will be the | provided. q vight years maintained her independence against lieve, the Lissa of Austria and Hanover, have | result, What with the crowd of lovely girle, and f Arr. IX. ‘The lan bebe fw be ratified by | all efforts Uy wibdee her. pie has been recognised now come, has been of im i ili- | the profe and the fs the contracting parties, and the ratifications ex-| as independent by many of the most prominent of tating the transmission of caer benefit in facili p preven I gas, the affair will be} changed at the city of Washington, in six months | the family of nations, and that recognition, so far hh rl of goods from one State to | amusing enough at all events. from the date hereof, or sooner if possible. as they are concerned, places her in a position, another, and the equalization of duties amongst r F In witness whereof, we, the undersigned, plenij without giving any just umbrage to thers, to them. They now begin to think of extending their Honoxen.—This charming resort holds out this| tentiaries of the United States of America and of | surrender her sovereignty at her own will and commerce, and the treaty just conchided with this | #80" every possible attraction. The ferry boats| the Repuolic of Texas, have signed by virtue of | pleasure. The United States, actuated evermore evinced by a trotting match on the Sth inst., be- | This can, I think, be traced to the appearance of tween Spalding's “Carbean” and Hough’s “Buck.” |S. Van Buren in the lobby, whispering up Matty’s Of these two crack horses, the former was the | stock; they secured a respectable number of signa- winner. tures, amongst whom were many who | have heard New York, April 20, 1844. say within a week that they did not believe Van To tue Epitox or re Benaty1— * | Buren could possibly be elected if nominated. What I did say [at the Tyler Meeting] was, that nett SON reer tna ees If wae ens Ht og when in London | understood, from a source enti- | Vrrrs ‘Ph vay an himectf rh ly seg AL led to the fullest credit, that in a conversation | WOW fone with waren ti hewn pron e 1 with the Texian Minister, Lord Aberdeen intimae | CTY8 ® man gt evar ectalien ented. ted that Sir Robert Peel’s government wou'd guar- You should have one of your excellent corps of antee a loan for $5,000,000 to the ‘Texian Govern- repartem het br gar rich mn are likely to be ment, if such a Jean was necessary, to prevent the enacted before the adjournment bo’ctock, P. M. of her sovereignty and independence. She has tor our powers, the present treaty of annexation, and | »y a spirit of justice, has desired, by the stipulations | re. to the United States; and A country cannot fail tobe universally acceptable to | Have been made extremely comfortable, and the | Rave hereunto affixed our seals, reepectively, thetrenty,to render jastice to ell, ‘They have recannexation of Texas to the ‘which Lbelieve, to | The House has been engaged during, the after. the people. Projects for the consolidation of the | funds greatly beautified. The sail across the} Done at Washington, the twelfth day of April,| naci- provision for the paytent of the public debt | show that winexation ia aquestion whether British moot comin fen Ae Pree dina reform. whole nation, and the establishment of free gov. | |ver—the cool shade of the trees already putting eighteen hundred and forty-four. é of Texas, We look to her ample and fertile domain | or American influence shall preponderate in Texas. | oad caandar and handy koow Suish way they ernment, are discussed with increasing interes! on their summer foliage—the delightful saunter by £6. CALHOUN, Seal.] | is the certain means of agcomplishing this; but this | - was accidentally at the meeting 5 T was wmex-} oot tien, The reform that. bas b ie bo ‘ 6 interest, and ISAAC VAN ZANDT. Seal] | isa matter between the United States and Te: ectedly called upon; and the purpose of my re- Fn ne reform that has been so long be by far the most popular is’ that of tree institutions | (he base of the hills—and a hundred sources of en- J. PINCKNEY HENDERSON. [Seal] | sad with which other governments have nothing to | tarks Yctto show that annexation involves no | ore the two Houses is all gammon, and the sooner for the individual States, with a “ Bund,” in which | !oYment, all invite the visiter. — jo. Oar right to receive the rich grant tendered by | sectional issue; that the manufacturers, the ship | P°%) le piesa the pate sities, both people and princes would be represented, as| x; NM ec egicernpe ope = : MESSAGE. Texas is perfect; and this government should not, | owners, and laborers of the North, have an interest |) 090" alee dy gaps The CA ee Nowtan’s.—-This is one of the most delightful | To tne Sexate or re Unrrep Staves: vaving due respect either to ita own honor or its| in it equal, if not greater, than the planters of the J 4/80 your aimende School Bill. J: aa arbitratiag power. This, it-wril be seeny would be a very similgr‘eiVil’ orgadnidition “to that of the United States. We do not at present dwell on the South; and that it will become the duty of every] Brinaz Carried Away.—About one half of the, aan, wherever he lives, who has an American i+idge which crosses the Conn¢éticut river, at Dalvon, N, heart in his bosom, to advocate the ratification of | :1,, near the mouth of Johns river, was carried away om pots on the Island. It is so accessible, and ye: | [transmit herewith, for your approval and ratifi | wn interests, permit its course of palicy to be in- w retired, and such good cheer awaits the visiter, cation, @ treaty, which I have caused to benegotia- | orrupted by the interference of other powers, even ied bet ween the United States and Texas, whereby | (such inter! threatened. The that it, hes long ‘been a Jevorite steppisie cl e ds b such interference was » ‘The question ‘ ud ‘ pping place on «| ‘he latter, on the conditions therein set forth, hax |. one purely American. ln the acquisition, while | the treaty. Your ob’t rerv’t he 10th inst, by the breakiog up of the ice i. the river—= prodigious influence wiuch the extensive circula- | rural excursion translerred and conveyed all iteright of separate and | we abstain most carefully trom all that could inter- x % Dover Green. | There was a high freshet at the time, ;