The New York Herald Newspaper, October 23, 1848, Page 1

A 0 eee NO.- 5255. IMPORTANT VENEZUELAN DOCUME Manifesto of the General in Chief, José Antonio Paez, My country groans under the sword of the assassin of her national representatives, Venezuelan blood has run upon fields of battle; some of the leaders in the war of independence are wandering about in exile, and hundreds of families are hpi) an i foreign lands. Upon my feeble shoulders difficult charge of saving the people among whom I was born ; and! must render to them an account of my conduct, and submit it, likewise, to the judgment of the truly liberal and just throughout the world. ‘Theee are the reasons for publishing the present mani- festo, in which I am compelled to speak of myself, not for the je-of self praise, but to relate facts of my public lite dente recorded ix my country’s history. In the year 1810 I enrolled myself under the banners of the army which was to achieve the emancipation of my country from its ancient rulers. Although’ then quite a youth, I at once perceived that the liberating army ought, inallits actions, to show itself worthy of ite title. Our missi: and to use every exertion to est @ civil government. This principle has guided me when obeying and when commanding, and it will be hereinafter seen that I have been always faithful to it. Colombia was dissolved in 1830, by the will of the several peoples who o it. Am act of the govern- ment cf that time hastened the execution of a project which had manifested itself from the time of the pub- Hoation of the Constitution of 1821. The convention of Ocaiis having been dissolved, and the hopes of the republic having been thus disappointed, the Liberator expressed a desire that the nation should freely de- clare their wisher; and Venezurla, the first, declared for the « tion of Colombia.”” The people in- verted me with the honorable title of Provisional Chief of the State ; and I endeavored to conduct myself im @ manper worthy of so great a trust. I summoned a constituent Congress, which met at Valencia ; its res- ectable and enlightened members, ‘carefully selected y the provinces, adopted the Constitution of the re- public; and om me devolved the honor of ordering it Lo be published and obeyed. ‘The work of that convention has obtained the appro- bation of the liberal world; it has also met with a warm opposition. twas natural to expect this opposition toa Jaw which puts an end to unjust pretensions and to sed to those of the majority of interests whioh are the nation. For the first time, | am compelled to pub- lish what Venezuela well knows, viz.: that it was owing to the decided support of my authority, and to the dis- creet exercise of the influence with which my fellow- citizens favored me. that the constituent Congress was not opty 2 in the performance of its solemn duties. A ion of the army, not sufficiently well informed the nature of their rights and duties, could not patiently brook the discussion respecting the abolition of military privileges, and I was obliged to appeal to the patriotiam of these brave men, and to the with which they had constantly distin- guished me, to prevent a scandal and allow the repre- fentatives of the people freely to pursue the course they had traced out. I succeeded in dispelling the storm; but the spirit of rebellion continued to produce dad'effect in 1831 called to the Presidency, and shortly after baving taken powrcemen of it, Twas compelled to | take the field to put down a military rebellion, With- out bloodshed I succeeded in re-establishing order, and the head of the conspiracy, General Jose Tadeo Monagas, returned to Lis home, protected by a pardon which I granted him in the Vailedela Pascua. There were subsequent attempts at military conspiracies du- ring the first constitutional period, but without serious consequences tothe republic. The nation selected for their first magistrate, in the eminent citizen Doctor Jose Vargas. As a whose past life had been most honorable, he sn ample guaranty to- the nation that the id be administered honestly and im- part: but another military conspiracy came again, to destroy these flattering hopes. The government appointed me General-in-Chief cf the Constitutional Army, at the head of which I was obliged to go into the interior of the eastern of Venezuela; and on the savannas of the Pirital, | pardoved fer a second time Gen. José Tadeo Monagas, the leader of the r dellion. and I secured him the possession of his milits ry Fie inal of his fortune. Shortly after this, Puerto Cal surrendered —the last entrenchment of the dis- turbersof the public peace; and with this event ended | the misfortunes of that year. My position, during the periods | have mentioned, was @ difficult one, ani most delicate. On the one { band, I was obliged to restrain the military, who, for- getfal of their duty, turned Tae their country the arme which she had confided to them for her defence ; and on the other hand, | endeavored to temper the ardent sral of the friends of the constitution Placed in the midst of these contending passions, | aspired only to form the office of conciliator. If | con- demned exactions of some military men, [ still endeavored, on all occasions, to lighten their sufferings and to attract to them the public regard, calling to wind My ld peices im the cause of nae ace dence. F, &6 Proot, to my meseages to Congress. in which J recommended that those who had heen exiled | should be restored to their country--shouid be inc poratedin the army and continued in their office: ‘As President, I conferred on them posts of honor an. of trust; andas chief of the army, | called them around we in the trials of the country. of them have shown themeelyes grateful for this iny ednauct ; but others, who have never been reconciled to our insti- | tutions, have always excited and fomented seditions, | <bonsh threatening destruction to the land of their | birth. By th-votes of my fellow oltizens. | again assumed | thé administraticn of the State in 1839, During this | third period, the passions, somewhat abashed, subsided, ; and my administration was a peaceful one, It was aeeiduously and laboriously devoted to the Intellectual and material progress of the country. A sound:public | opinion has judged of the rerult. I may be allowed | only to add, that I omitted nothing to improve the situation of the country Great reforms were under- mn and carried into effect. Without requiring an | y I preserved internal peace. and carefally cultivat- | jally; ed and enlarged our foreign relations, being persuaded | that this friendly intercourse would prooure usa suit- | able rank in the great family of nutions. On this point wnnpersetediog. A new, posplo; 84d Of scant ion, necessarily requires the support of more ed id it was with satisfaction | saw ding herself for her habits of moderation and fraternity in the estimation of those | foreigners who acquired a residence within her territory® | How advantageous this conduct was to the republic, ia proved by the progress of its commerce and agriculture up to 18100 progress which our faithful statistical data do not permit us to doubt. In order to complete our relations with friendly | powers, | devoted in part my most earnest atte ati the settlement of our foreign debt, and | hail the sati: faction to accomplish it. This was an act of justice. deferred by reason of the circumstences which eur- rounded Colombia, and subsequently, Venezuela. | ‘Those individuals who had opportunely aided us in gaining our independence had a perfect right to de- | mand that their claims should be attended toand con- | sidered. The acknowledgment of our foreign debt, its Viquidation, and the punctual payment of the interest. gained credit and character for Venezuelz. and ob- a for her many honorable marks of distinction. | ks to the peace with which Providence favored the country during the second period of my alminis- tration, our credit was maintained and advanced at | home, and established and strengthened abroad; a portion, nd inconsiderable one, of our forrign and domes- Tic debt was paid; wad on my retiring from office, on the 20th of January, 1843, a surplus was left inthe national ireasury of very near three millions of dollars. If, in the administration of the government I con- ttantly exerted myself faithrully to fulfil my duties. 1 endeavored in private life to conduct inyself ae a sincere republican, The public saw me always devoted with ardor, and even with enthu: m, to the cultiva tion of my lands ani in promoting the raiving | enttl cccupation for which | have felt x apecial swe met with the seri, us ineonven vearcity of hands, | enrouraged, fist in th ad afterwards by means of private aseovia- immigration of foreigners, Happy eff ort were made in thie fespect,and that great elemeot o prorperity would have flowed abnndanily inty oue country, had public order remniuer uoalter sd. | have | promoted oy M possible means wi hin progress of the country, being fully co love of indi and the results is would consolidate our inetitution: But evil passions interposed to check the progreastve march of Venezuela systeraatic opposition under- took the unpatrioti Kk of throwing discredit on the | laws and the magistrates. of impeaching the character | of thore men who liad faithfully served the cause of | independence and of liberty. Doctrine: the most rubversive of ial order. were instilled jnto the wanset divorce was sought to be established bet ween rich and poor -between creditors and debtors. between masters and rervants § (iood citizens were over con- fident ; they were not fully aware of the risk which the | institutions ran, and bail citizens gained ground A ortion of the pyople allowed themselves to bu reduced ty exagerated notions of liberty. and soon very marked tymptoms of anarchy showed themselves. i Such was our rocial state in 1846, when an election of President was to take piace for the next succeeding | period. Some individuals brought my aame forward | for that elevated post; but | hastened to proclaim through the public press, my resolution of not ascept- ing that om third time Hiaving been invited by several citivens of Rercelons to give iy support to Mow a egndidate | signified by letter thy satis fection with which I would are that chief at the head of the administration. ‘This was not a more compli- mentary act; the love of my country, which was reriously threatened. lead me to take thie step. If 1 erred, Yom guilty only for this error; but rot at all of ving withed to injure the Repub I thought that eral Monages would cote to the first post in the nation without prejudices. and that. in conaeqeence of hin belpg an old leader, the father of a family, and an extensive proprictor, he woul give bis decided support to the caure of crder) = The Republic feared that the contrary might be the case; patriotic siti atwaye distrustfal of the intentions of Genera # large | 1 their eplpion, afforded Bo teourity for the principles documents will be found in an ap; | who, by that time, bad join | recefved with public | reid | Monegas and to bis accomplines in the atrocities of Prosiaimen in 1830. i fellow citizens were right, and was preposseseed. I judged General Monagas not as he was, but such as he ought to be. I thought him reconciled to his country’s institutions, and to the men who have supported them. Never did he receive offence from these men. In his repeated rebellions, he was always an object of public commiseration. It fell to my lot tocommand the army sent against him, and I disarmed him without employing other arms than those of reason, of justice, and uments founded on public convenience, Since 1835 General Monagas hed. been reposing at his home in peace, under the rotection of the constitution, promoting his interests, i the possession of his military rank, and receiv- ing the psy appointed by law. The same national party who opposed General Monagas in 1831 and in 835, elevated him to the Presidency in 1847, Might it not have been expected that he would prove faithful to the principles that had controlled his election ; that he would show himself grateful for the generosity of those who at one time, were his political opponents ? The country had a right te expect such a result; but the return has heen a barbarous assassination of the people’s representatives! I was at Caracas when Gen swore before to support the Constitution, and the first acts of his administration; they di: party spirit, and promised future ‘tranquil- lity. Such was the position of affairs when my duties as chief of the army, compelled me, in the latter part of March, to quit the capital. I was at a very great dis tance, when! received the news of the first aber of General Monagas. I sincerely deplored them ; yet I harbored the hope that the responsibility he incurred andthe immense danger to whieh he exposad the re- public, would cause him to retrace his steps, I was also mistaken this time. In the midst of the excitement manifested in consequence'of notorious I labored strenuously, advising calmn: ance; and I was always foundready tomake ry sacri- fice to save the country. Thus, when in the latter part of December of last year, General Monagas wrote to me. signifying his desire to have an interview with mein the place of Les Cocuisas, | answered him satisfactorily, and I immediately commenced my journey to meet him. General Moaieer did not fulfil his word, given to me of his own will, and under the pretence of illness, he avoided 8 meeting sought by himself ; and I returned to my home, with very sad presentiments. I hastened forthwith to quit the country, aud to go into New Granada, having previously obtained per- miesion for that purpose from the government. On the Sd of January I left Maracay, andon the night of the 26th I received,jat Calaboro, the astounding news of the horrid crime perpetrated in Caracas, inst the re- presentatives of the people, on the 2ith of the same month. Deeply moved at this first intelligence, the subsequent news, and the public declarations of some towns, made me take the resolution expressed in my letter of the 31st of January to General Mon: and in my address of the 4th of February. Bot! mndix to this m: When J published them I was not in pcsies- sion of details, of which I have been subsequently well informed. I did not know, for instance, that the nate of the republic, having been escorted to the g yernment house by. 200 armed men, entreated Ge Monagas to show himself in the place where Con; was assembled, and to order the firing against the presentatives to cease, andgtbat the General answered coldly, “Iam told that I ought not to go”—and con- tinued for two hours amusing himself hearing the noise of a lively firing. I did not know that ectable Colonel Smith, bathed in his own carried on men’s shoulders to the Government and reclining upon a sofa, did not receive the ‘k of attention, not even a solitary ex- re esion of kindness, from General Mo! . I did not now that the respresentatives of the people, made pamanees by the militia, were instantly presented to GenerSl Moragas, who cast looks of contempt on some of them. and tormented others with cruel sar- casm, and abandoned all to the ferocity of his agents. I did not know that General Santiago Marivio, shat up in the Convent of San Jacinto with 500 men, was urged by a chief aud several officers to hasten to the spot where Gongrers wa: itd order to prevent the butchery of the representatives; and that this (ie- neral contemptuously disregarded the request, saying, (there were hie own'words.) “that what was passing Was no great matter” I did not know that, before the butchery commenced, all the outlets of the city were obstructed by the public force. Finally, | did not know other details, which I shall mention in the course of this instrument, should | deem it absolutely neces- rary. It was my duty not to hesitate, from the moment ] became convinced that Genera] Monazas had changed the honorable title of President of the Republic for the abominable cffice of the assassin of the people’s re- presentatives. The crime filled me with horror; | saw my country annihilated, her name tarnished, her glo- ries behed, and the sword of a blood-thiraty tyrant hanging over the heads of good citizens. Followed by & few men, I moved to El Rastre on the 27th of Jan, in the morning. | there received the letter of General Monagas, the answer to which | have already cited; and there, as.the fruit of my meditations. andthe re- iult of my profound convictions, and accepting the new honor conferred cn me by my fellow citizens, [ determined to direct to them my address of the 4th of February. Iwas eware then of the difficulty of the position which I assumed. Without an army, without arms of apy Kind, because General Monagas had couticns'y taken possession of them all; withont mo. ney, in fine, without the elementa necessary to resist # tyrant, who, abusing the respeolable names of govern- ment, constitution, and laws, had been preparing himself for a whole yesr, to inflict a'mortal blow upon tociety, 1 determined. ‘notwithstanding, to run all imaginable riske, to my name at least from in- famy. Could 1 have acted otherwise? Could I con- tinue in the country, a silent spectator of what had passed and of what was feared for the future, or con- tinue my journey to New Granada to remain indif- ferent to the afflicting situation of Venezuela? | gould have saved myself from the general conflagration; but what would I save’ The days which remain tofme of life, and my individual fortune! I would be unwor- thy even of the name of a patriot, if, having obtained from Venezuela the title of [llustrious, I abandoned her in her most terrible tribulation, in order to preserve in exchange a mere physical existence. A soldier of honor—of honor accorded to him for more than a hundred battles, all glorious for the State—cannot har- bor in his breast the calculations of cold selfishness. My honor and political conscience advised me to the act of the 4th of February. and | think I have given another proof of fidelity to my high duties. For fifteen days | remained at El Rastro, aecompa- nied only by fifty men. The constant solicitations which | received from the patriots of Apure urging me to come and head the movement which they wished to make in favor of the cause of order, aud the convictions | entertained that our forces ought to take porression of that place, determined me to march upon it on the 15th of February, followed by 200 men, Tne. On the 20th of the Fernando, where I was | d solemn proofs of the patriot- jem which has always distinguished its inhabitants — They had strongly declared against the crime of the 24th of January, and for the punishment of its execra- ble author. The inhabitants of Apure flocked from all avarters to offer their co-operation in defence of the | national cat.se. and I earnestly devoted myself to or- ganize the basisofan army. [ was compelled to inter- rupt this labor in conrequence of the information | | tly receiving of the violent means used by General Muiioz to collect men to defend the assassi- | nations of the 24th of January. The eame language | was used everywhere; the Constitution was on their lips, but their acts proved the existence of a despotic power. Gen. Muiior compelled all to follow him, threatening them with death, and he seized their pro- perty in a barbarous manner. Let one act reveal the morality which prevailed in the councils of Gen. Mu- jioz. Manuel Segovia left Muvior’s encampment, in the early part of last February. with orders to bring. alive dead. before that ehief. N, Hernandez, son-in-law of govia. who faithfully executed the order, Se- wovia, erccrted by six assassins. surprised Heruande: | at bis house. and assassinated him, The father mur- ders the sen! A worthy offering from the defenders of the 24th of January to the constitution of 1830! Gen, Muiioz rewarded Segovia by making him captain; but Divine Providence. always just. decreed that Segovia should be among the fret to perish, at the points of the lances of the friends of order. on the 10th of March. ‘The nation would have speedily recovered its free. dom, tyranny would have perished the moment it showed itself, aud the tyrant wovld haye been now suffering the consequences of hia atrocious wicked- ets, (fan act that andes no parallel in the history r events had vot intervened to connplicate the + evile cfiny country. | refer to the resesembling of the Nowres on the 26th of January. Ihave not ceased tes- titying ry respect dd admiration for thove din tinguished senators repr tativers who. on the 24th of January. resolved to their seats to ce- ment with their blood the institutions of the republic, | eee them. subsequently, meet in Congress on the 2oth, fame month I entered Si | in blird obedience tothe deapot, and approve, without i roursion. ecta which villify the country. awd which ddenly, but effectually, change the Venezuelan r from intelligent, brave and noble, into owardly and mean. My pen here runs with ly. Tam transported by the herole conduct of repreentativer of Venezuela on the Mth of Janu- but when attempting to describe the proceedings beginning on the 26th, | feel my band tremble—my heart paipitates. and my head i« disturbed. | read the Trotests of the Arellanos, the Ratael Lozadas, the Car- aud the Soteldos, and | applaud the manly effort made by these worthy representatives to aid the cause ofthe restoration; but | lament that so noble and 81 char | rerolute an act has not been imitated by other chosen | ones of the people. lean draw but a very faint sketch | cf this rcone, Theact is before my country; public opinion there will judge of it. On the day of the trial and sentence of the celebra- ted cause to be prosecuted against the Great Assassin, it will be a dificult matter to decide that the crime of | the 24th is greater than that of the 26th of January. | On the former day General Monagas acted like an crraged tyrant. commanding the murder of the Con- | aves that was about totry him, On the latter, Gen. Mon made ure of that very Congress to legalize his sanguinary conduct. and to strengthen his power. | | On the 24th, General Monagas, like a self satisfied | conqueror upon a glorious battle-field, graciously granted the boon of life to the representatives who were presented before him as prisoners of war; and on the 26th, Congress grants a pardon to Genenal the 24th With the annibilation of Congress, Cieneral Monagas crowned his work of revenge against a coun- try that had never offended him. Never was there rean @ people more humbied than Venerusla eiace tl 24th of January, She must scoop ¢' to the worly | on this sw , Ost lite. vhield me against defamation | liberal system of government ! great, & powerful proof, in order to efface th minious stamp which General Monagas endeavore put upon her proud front—upon the front of S pene up to that time justly proud. History records the existence of tyrants who attained power through a series of violence—sacrificing those who opposed them; but it was reserved for General Monagas to stain his hands in the innoceat blood of some representatives, and to transform afterwards the survivors of the ca- tastrophe into his councillcrs and zealous panegyrists. Only by this extraordinary, scandalous means has General Monagas been enabled to potag he immoral power, and to delay the nation’s triumph. This cri- minal deception is the cause of the prejudice of the ignorant portion of the people, which assents to what is told to them in the name of Congress and of Govern- ment, not knowing that both ceased to exist on the 24th of January. Theacts of General Monagas, in the name of the Constitution, after that ill-fated day, are mockery. The Constitution of 1830 fell prostrate sassins Of Congress. Not) ig the severe means of coercion em- ployed by eral Mont tok P engress together, tome facts revealed to him the insufficiency of his 0" to accomplish that object. From the 18th of ‘ebruary to the 12th of March it was not possible to assemble the House of Representatives. When did witness ro great an interruption in the labors of her legislature? Does not this occurrence confirm all that has been written respecting the vio- lent means employed to assemble Congress after the 24th of January? ~ These facts speak for themselves— they need no comment. “The sword,” ur, bad sceptre; soone: or later it wounds the prince who resta upon it.’ Gen Monagas is involved in the horrors of a crime to which he was drawn by his perfidy, by his ancient hatred against the institutions of Venezuela. In the moments of surprise, he has suceceded in deceiving the people with false promises respecting liberty. ‘Whenever the fulfilment of these promises shall be demanded, then will he border on despair. The people desire liberal institutions; General Monagas has an idol, to which he sacrifices everything—military power; but military power and a republican government are incompatibie. “Every military, government,” says Segur likewiee, “ unites im itself all the vices of des- potitm, and all the dangers of anarchy’’—a principle of eternal truth, but one unknown to Gen. Monagas. In 1846, be was, fora few days, at the head of a division: he did ‘not fight a single battle; yet he pretended, without the knowledge of the General-in-Chief, that government should obtain from Congress the pro- motion of a multitude of officers, How will General Monagas satisfy the people and the tumultuous army be bas formed? How will be maintain that army with the scanty resources of the nation: How will he gratif; #0 fmany pretensions opposed fto the interests of the country? General onagas might’ solve all these doubts by firmly estab- lishing a despotic government. This is his aim; and he bas begun by arousing a martial spirit, by divert- ing men from their former habits, and giving thom new oner., He reckons upon the fatigue which the people must, at last, experience from the agitation in which they are kept, and he thinks of mors that moment to spring at once from a noiry liberty into a rystematixed sf rae ‘Will Gen. Monagas have the courage and the means necessary to accomplish this undertaking? ‘The day is fast approaching when the delusion will vanish, My countrymen will soon hear Colombia spoken of ; they will hear of her past glories, and the necessity. of reviving them, This is the day-dream of General Monagas. and of the other leaders whe rushed into the rebellion of 1835. Let the history of that period be consulted, and it will disclose the opinions of Gen. Monagas, and the steps he took in favor of the re- organization of Colombia. A peaceful and laborious people, who have relished so muoh the fruits of peace, are sought to be transformed into a nation of soldiers, the more easily to accomplish the change, Every- thing is directed towards that object ; the nation feela and sees it; and the masses are allowed no time to re- flect upon it. The state of prostration into which the republic has fallen greatly assists the plan. The national credit has disappeared, both at home and abread, andthe failure to falél our sacred engagements in this respect, will occasion days of sorrow to Venezuela. The forced loans, which have been exacted, have considerably reduced the means of cap!- talists; agriculture is depressed; commerce has fied ter- Tified from our cities; the mechanic finds no occup: tion, and the laborer must become a soldier—a lament- able and unnatural situation. aggravated by that spe- cies of paper money contained in the so-called Law of Bonde. Society must struggle to rescue herself from this extraordinary position. In the midat of this chaor, the reformers o! January last, will ery out, “Colombia!”’—but I cherish no- the hope that Venezuela will defend her nationality and | the principles of just and rational liberty; that the prophecies of those who aspire to establish the dominion ef the sword over intelligence and disinterested patri- otiem, shall not be fulfilled; that Heaven will not per- mit those,to triumph who, since 1830. have to death the advocates of the separation of Venbzuel M1 had not a great respect for public opinion. | would be totally indifferent to the charge preferred by certain papers of New Granada, andone of Venez: when they wish to ascribe to partin the proj of seviving Colombia under a monarehical form. [ cou- cerned in such a plan! 1, the moat known am ug the friends of the reparation of Venezuela, long betore that meseure was sanctioned! This je an opinion sdopted by me from the time of’ the orzanization of Cclombia, and every ay. confirms me in that opinion. Ifa display of the ‘united forces of an immence terri- tory did contribute to the triumph of independence, pete ed showed soon after that the union was op- posed to the-gevelopement, the social progress and per- Tection of the thrée States. New Graneda and 1835, and of the 24th of | Equador have only in common with Venezuela the | «ferts made by the three sections to gain their inde- pendence from Spain. In other respects, cach State haga character, occupation and habits, very peculiar toitee'f. The plan Prepored might eatisty the ambition of some persons, and gratify an insane pride; but it never can contribute to the huppiness of thore nations whore consolidation is @ght. [here enter my most solem® protest against this mad plan; if ever my coun- try shall adopt it, be it known from this moment, that ee have had no part in it, ‘hé Enemies of liberty in Colombia, and in Venezue- la, have latterly imputed to me their own political aberrations, J have kept silence, through"moderation and love of my country; but the interests of that coun- try, and my own personal reputation, require that | should no longer remain silent. It ie a fact w mits of no contradiction, that in 1829, a cha Sorm of government in Colombia, from repubi monarchical, was seriously entertained The purblic press then revealed that plan in w: many mémbers of the government and other distinguished personages day were concerned. Twas invited. rmally urg concur in the project; hut T rejected it with strength. [have suffictent motives my opposit.on was decisive i wihdrawn, because the persons who wrote to me in mde its suecess depend upon the disposition Venezucla might manifest. Before this, the constitution had heen recommended to me, and [likewise declared my opinions in terms of strong opposition to i! Thave important documents yelative to my conduct in those hazardous times, hut T have them not at present at my disposal; I shall soon have them in my possession, and shall publish them. In the meantime. it behooves those who assoil my reputation to publish the docunien= tary proofs of the facts onwhich they rely. Uboldly con- | tradict my enemies. with that perfect confidence whic? is inspired by a sound conscience; by a conduct which war never equivecal. Without further explanations ject, | might give it up. and contiaue, as | am. tranquil in my porition It is proper, notwith- standing. for the honor of Venezuela, and of thore who bave faithfully served her. that | should add a few re- marks. In 1829, | was Superior Chief in Venezuela, with ex- traordinary powers. and | had under my orders an army of brave soldiers, If [had had any sympathy for, or taken any part in, the project of a monarchy would | have assisted, as I did decidedly assivt, in tle separation of Venezuela’ Would | have shortly atier. wards summoned a convention which was to coufirat the public declarations of the people? Would I have {hrown niyse'f into the midet of the military. §n order to obtain a docile submission to the sovereign will of the nation from there my companions in arms. wi) Were indignant at the devree of Congress abolishing Ikeir privileges? Would J, in fine, have given the ¢rder for carrying into execution a Constitrtion s0- | knowledged as the most liberal one in the Ameri:an Tepublics: "There acts. quite prominent in my politi- Public men inst endure calumny with compoeure; I think | have Deen well tried in this respect, Ihave always obsery- eda moderate and prudent conduct when | was jer: tinaciourly slandered by the pi this means 1 b anecerded, at one period, in confounding my calum- niators If in times when Colom was governed by a dicta: t name aol in ctofs monarchy, joyed. through my efforts and my fidelity, the advantages of Would |, in the last pesiod of my life. give the lie to the character which | have maintained during more than two-thirds of that life? Do not all my acts, up to the present time, show that | bave labored for the welfare of the peopl: and that | am incapable of being a traitor to them ’— What is shown by the extensive private correspon. dence which | haye maintained in the provinces of Venezuela’ | authorize all persons to publish the letters which they may have received from me on poli- tical matters. | include in this authority General Monagar, whose correrpondence with me must be known by the public. A citizen who acts with such frankness has a right to be heard. even by his oppo- nents, But I strive in vain ‘The very persons who endeavor to wound my feelings are quite rensible of their own injustice ‘The hand of Providence has guided me in such = manner that my acts constitute an impenetrable barrier sgainst malevolence, What can be adduced against these constant acts of my life ! Is it the trick, more stupid than wicked. contained in the official note | igned by General Muiioz, relative to the encounter of the 10th of March? J permit four huodred men to proclaim me king ins desert: And this foolish trick adopted by an a1 letrati taking th fan career b yw For many yearn, ie of my life, be hae tried my | was beaten on es his detestation of the bloody scene in t who seals his | trated my most inward sentiments. Fortune has placed us now in opposite ranks ; but it isin war that a gentleman can best display his chivalry. There are attentions which confer more honor on him who be- stows than on him who receives them. If my letter to General Monagas, and my address of the 4th of Feb- ruary, be not sufficient to protect me from the snares laid for me by the enemies of my Cees they have in their possession other documents of which they can make use. On the 10th of March, my papers fell into the hands of General Mufioz. If he would publish them, without alteration, they would make out the most complete detence of my conduct. : ‘The contents of the offical note signed by Goneral Muiioz is in open contradiction with the object which that chief proposes to himself, In erder to exaggerate his victory, he states the number of his forces as five hundred, and raises mine to eight hundred ; when he knows, from my correspondence, from the astate- ments made out by the commanders of the corps, and when the fact is well established in Apure, that what is called my army, did not, on the 10th of March, exceed the number of four hun- dred and twenty men. General Muiioz aa; t was as horrible as any he ever wit- nersed in the war of independe: bd ® ® that he had been left alone on the field of battle + * ¥ that his foot forces were surrounded by mine; and that this was a most trying moment * * * ** hat, nied only by his ald-de-camp, Marquez, nced against my fore nd succeeded in cut- ting his way through them z d that by two o’clock in the afternoon he had only been able to collect togethertwohundredmen, * * *? Do not these admisgions of General Musioz prove that he e 10th of March, and that, through one of those accidents not unfrequent in war, he re- mained in Anas and I was obliged to leave it! In truth, General Muiioz was completely defeated, but we could not gather the fruits of the victory. We were prevented from obtaining them, through the of one of the commanders of my cavalry, my left wing. He faced about at the first firing; his men entangled those of the next corps, who in turn threw into disorder the corps stationed im- mediately after them, and the clouds of dust raised by the runping of the horses completed the confusion. I made every effort to prevent it, but to no purpose; 1 ‘ted officers to assist me: I had not even an offiser of Staff on that day. [Whilst I was struggling to collect my men, the brave Colonel Castejon, — fied pene- trated on my right, with sixty men of my guard, into the heart of the enemy’s forces, routed them completely, quiting them up in n frightful manner. It is true that Ly egy of two hundred were killed; but they belonged to the forces of General Muiox’ Let him prove what he has falsely asserted. Nearly all the men whom | had under my command on that ey are now in Apure and Calabozo: | am sure that [ did’ not lose more than twenty men. Let General Muiioz state and prove,where the three hundred sol- diers who he s: 4 were dispersed from his army; the widows and orphans, and the twenty prisoners | took from bim will answer him. General Mutioz him- self admitted his defeat in an official communication addressed by him to Farfan, where he says, “ that al. though he had gained a pred he had lost nearly al his men, and he wanted istance from “him.’’ ‘Col. Castejon occupied the battle ground for upwards of three hours, and the enemy who had escaped from our hands did not even think of molcstinghim. He then determined to join me; but unfortunately we took dif- ferent directions, and we did not meet. Such is the truth of what occurred on the 10th of March. The exaggerations of General Muiioz, th falsehoods he asserted under his signature, the injurious language he uses in all his despatches, have no power to change’facts, I leave him for the Present, vain with his triumph. J shall pur: my course, fully persuaded that the people of Venecuela will ace allow themselves to be ruled ty crime and de- pravity. A pamphlet entitled “ Essay upon the Social condi- tion of the States of Colombia,” has been very lately ublished at Bogota. It is written by the learned joctor Florentino Gonzales, who was very recently Seoretary of the Treasury. The distinguished author ful pproves the declaration of Venezuela against the abomi le acts of General Mon ) and express- ‘the following termr:— * From the moment that the Jeaders of that majority slew the repregentatives of the people, lecause they exercised a power con- ferred on them by the constitution which those leaders pretend to defend, they have put themselves in the wrong, and they oan only rely on physical force, The crime of the 24th of Feb ry de- Stroyed the claims of those who style thomselves democrats, and conferred on the ininority the right to defend themselves, and to establich institutions that may secure to all the citizens of the nation the right to the enjoyment of the social privileges Right son the side of those who tave refused to acknowledge the acts <f wcongress decimated by assassination, and who dehberate un- the daggers of the minions of power. ' Sound principles donot do not alinit tyranny, a Y Y the axe rofnsed to ess the outrage Terpetrated by the crime of the 24th of Januery aud the triumph, th I shad remain faitdful ~yes, ciples which constitute the America. Let, the a:sarsins of Congress delight to tear my re- putation; it is not a fragile reed which yields to every ever faithfu', to the prin- glorious device of South passing wind; it is the result of a whole life conse. | crated to my country. Ilas she not a hundred times proclaimed me her saviour? Have! not defended ber with my sword, in all her conflicts? Can General Jore T. Monagas, and the other chiefs who have reballa. against tociety. say as much? Genera! Monagas, the bitter enemy of the institutions of Venezuela, leader of thé Gontpirators of 1831 and 1835. is the same person who, as President of the republic directed the assassi- nation of the reprerentatires of the people; and the chiefs who surround him, his famous captains, are the authors of the scandals of Colombia—blind partisans of the Bolivian constitution—monarchists of yester- day, and to-day—li berals, The present «ituation of Venezuels is truly anarchi- cal, How can the assassing of Congress extenuate the outbreak of the 18th of April—an imitation of the 24th of January, though not attended with all its horrors ’ ‘What is improperly called the people in Caracas, in- stigated by two or three suditious individuals by pro. feasion, placed a second time in imminent peril the lives of the members of Congress, who, to save themselves, were compelled to abandon a project of amnesty. which they Lad under consideration, and immediately to a Journ. Iathere @ government where « tumultuous | ‘arsemblage of people commands obedience from the very Sovereignty of the nation? From the moment that the rulers of a nation, for the purpose of main- begin | their placer, in order to consummate the ruin of their country, permit a fraction of the people to de- cide upon the greatest interests of the nation—the | moment euch rulers declare themeelves incapable of | restraining tb unbridled faction—the conclusion ix ry one, that ruch a body politic is ruled by chance— by the caprice of a few madmen, | who have usurped the place of the public power: and such an anomalous state of things cannot, from ita very violence. exist. A reaction ia fast approaching with irresistible force. Whatever efforts the at As- rassin and his accompl! may make to arrest it, will svail nothing against the firm resolves of patriotism, which this time will suecesstully employ the arms of national geod tense and justice, outrazed on the ill- fated 24th of January. Venezuela, and particularly | Caracas, will show their gratitude. as soon ns they are allowed, for the noble conduct observed on the 2ith of January, by the respectable majority of the represen- tatives of friendly Powers near the republic, One of | these he norab'e gentlemen was compelled to contend, in his own house. with the leaders of the assassins, and many persecuted parcona owed their safety to the firmness of his conduct. May those public benefac- tors and faithful friends of my country accept the acknowledgment. which I feel myself compelled to tender them here. ef respect, of regard, of sincere and | profound gratitude, My present posttion has inposed on “ea duty whi I bave endeavored to discharge in this document. jay i. by this means, ratisfy my feilow. citizens, and oflerto | all the friende of rational liberty an undoubted peso! of the religious respect which (have for it, Publiemen do not belong to themérlves—they belong to the nation thet hes formed and honored than This conviction bas led me always to forget myself to follow | the fortunes of my country. She is now plunged in the most bitter misfortune ‘The order of law which hes prevailed In Venestela has been sucevedod by vio- | lence and oppresrion ; a clunge attended with auch fate] circumetancrs that the imminent danger may be | predicted of a portion of society, who, in the carver of independence and of liberty, spared ne sacrifices In telligence. properly, personal ixfluence. all eantribut- rd tothe cause of emancipation The magistrate to whom my unhappy country entrusted her destinies last year, has become her ernel enemy, Gen, Jose ‘Tadeo Monagas has usurped the exercise of an acbi- trary power, and to maintain it basexeited the worst parsiens of one portion of society against the other, and be hes called around him jadividuals the rest no tcricus for their crimes and for their participation in | the different conspiracies which have agitated Vene- | yvela The halle of Congress avd the fields of battle | are still smeking with the blood of moat worthy repre- sentatives, of other distinguished patriote, and of brave roldiers A traitor’s dagger pierced the heart of the distinguished citizen. the Hon. Santos Michele 1 him Vene the ornament of ber civilian end my me in arrus. the defenders of law. | cught forever to bear « brdge of mourning for the lose | of the medest Gen, Pitiango, He fought bravely, having been wounded bya bullet fell from his horse the blood-thirety enemy seized upon the illustrious vietim, and bastened bis dea'h by abendoning him to the mort cruel sufferings. ‘They would no! passionate strangers to dfrobare a duty r among ravages to proclaim the barberiti of Gen, Mona: What To) wwe ferocious | acts produce on true patriots’ Whet are the duties | iv pored upon the sound part of the eftizens of Vene- zuela, who bave ercaped the catastrophe’ What do the widows and the mand of us? What ia due | crowded te H y ene jes, the A feixed upon by the army of General Mo: ‘= lately been carried to the eastern part of Vene- the repub- Ne ‘ffort be made, g der-bok ‘wil! fall of the astestian’ hn the heads ine, Lat ur encounter the dabger, amd the republi¢e will effase | gislature, thoa, | the ignominiovs stain imprinted upon her by the ia- pious hand of Gen. Monagar, 4 ‘Through our efforts, the name of Venezuela will be again inscribed on the great book of nations. Let us rove that we love our country, and that we are repub- jicamsatheart. Let the enormity of the crime which his disgraced the republic—the greatness of her loss— inepire us. Fellow countrymen!—I am very near te you. Pro- vidence preserves my life to serve you—to aid you in the glorious struggle which is to restore to us the dig- nity of freemen. In the war of Independence, as you wait know, my life was exposed to a thousand dangers, in order to secure acountry. You shall now see me contend against the domestic tyrant with the same zeal—with greater enthusiasm. My resolution is taken; it is Irrevocable. I must combat, if necessary, for the remainder of my life, in defence of the liberties of the republic. Should it not be my fortune to su ceed—should it be decreed that in this contest I muet pay the debt I owe to nature—others will continue the work with ardor, and, perhaps, with greater risk to the assassins of our country. I shall have fulfilled the most sacred of my duties. JOSE A. PAEZ, St. Thomas, August Ist, 1848. Board the Steam The Irish Rebellion Shi, ONE SIDE y AIR. Astor House, Oct, 21, 1848. To tHe Eviton OF tHe Heratp :— Six—Your paper having contained a statement of my arrest, on board of the steamer Niagara, in Halifax, on suspicion of being an Irish sympathiser, I ask. per- mission, through the same medium, to make public a statement of the circumstances connected with that traneaction. In my passage out in the Britannia, in September, | found myself exposed to s0 much annoyanc i mannered remarks and allusions to Americ: tutions, as wi accordingly took parsage in the Niagara, and paid £20 sterling for a certificate, entitling me to a second cabin berth for Boston About four hours after leaving the dock, at Liverpool, I was advised by a gentleman to go down to the cabin, as there was trouble there, and it concerned me. I went down, and found Captain Ryrie on the lowest step of the comp: negro servant of one of the passengers, ‘Among other choice expressions, him stete, that “ Ifhe was as blac hell, or as whit as the hinges this, and thinking that if t and the pi an arsociation personally disagreeable, and from whioh. by their contract with the ship, and by the established ad a right to expect ex- m Capt. Kyrie a plece of | information, conveyed in no very gentle terms, that no such thing as second cabin passengers were recog- usages of civilized 'life, the emption. I then learned nized on board that ship; that we were all mothing but steerage passengers; and that, for my par.icular com- fort. the negro should lodge im my state room. I vold Ryrie that he should not, ane that ifsuch a ceurse were adopted, I would pay the additional £15 and go into the firet cabin, where I trusted to find the means | of annoying him during the rest ofthe passage, but that I should pay the money under protest. He did not seem to understand what paying money under pro- test meant, and, omne ignotum pro mirabile, he appo: odfrightened by it. His ignorance saved me from dedfellow his malignity would hi The negro, however, did me though not in my room. me, as | stood on deck—the in 6 is if he bad his way, I should the yard arm asa d—d Yankee, kc. These things, in common with some others, I bore as patiently as lcould. On arriving off Halifax, we were called on for our pusrage certificates. Feeling coniident th conduct of the ‘dog in office,” on board the Niagara, would not meet the approval of the proprietors of the line, ifmade known to them, | wrote on ti my certificate, before delivering it up, a the treatment | experienced on board th cond cabin” —a fetid hole, filthy and nolsome. through by forced, by a vent hole, alt the foul | turned to the rergeant and said,‘ | every Ainerican, aut | constitute himreif theie jailer, and infict upon them | legions | thi itd ated with the odor of bilge water, the the engineroom. By this step, I, of course, | incurred the renewed displeasure of the amiable Capt, | Ryrie, who duly admonks shed me of my insolence iu ating such an outrage as to write a receipt on she back of the company’s contract, showing how faith- d fairly it had been fulfilled. We arrived at at abont 4 o'clock, A, M., in the midst of # Bd drenching storm of wind andrain. | was econ waited on in my b:rthreom by a sergeant of the jon-way, storming, apparent Me remember hearing | f swan, it made no difference—that y there,and should be quartered passengers appeared to be over- awed by Captain Ryrie’s violence, and, observing ‘he negro’s companionship ‘was 60 agreeable, be bad better take him to his own bed board, |_ protested against it, and insisted that sengers should not be called upon to submit to he back of | tement of ir of the TW CENTS. the shfp where I was exposed to a heavy rain. A gentleman on board, who was taking notes at my request, of Captain Ryrio’s extrajudicial proceedinge,was ordered off in a most insolent tone by the loyal Captain; and on the gentieman’s refusal to go, the captain ordered his minions to drag him away, which they did, breaking his watch guard, and tearing his clothes into shreds. The lfmited space whioh it is possible for you to allow mo, as well as the briefnese of | my stay in your city. prevents me from making a more circumstantial statement to-day. But | shall make a ati nt, attested by come of the most respectable engers on board, which may guard the public inst the insolent ae of Captain Alexander Ryrie, As soon as I catch him in my native city, New York, I shall institute legal proceedings against him for dures d false imprisonment—or I may chance to find redressat some other tribunal, J. F. DOYLE. We,the undersigned’. fellow passengers of Jobn F. Doyle, Fsq., are ready to testify on oath, to the accu- racy of the above statement by him made. fn fact, many aggravating and insulting circumstances oc- curred on the part of Captain Ryrie and his agents in the above outrage, in our presence, which Mr. Doyle has omitted. MICHAEL J. DUFFY, New York. L. C, HALL, Boston. ‘THE OTHER SIDE. [From the Boston Courier, Oct. 21.] We are informed that Captain Ryrie, of the Nisgara, had nothing to do with the meditated arrest of Mr. Doyle at Halifax. ‘That gentleman, inconsiderately or boastfully stated on the passage, that he had @ reward offercd for his head by the British government, and some person on board informed @ sergeant at Halifax that Doyle was in the “Hue and Cry.” The sergeant was naturally desirous of securing the rewardy but Capt. Ryrie refused to allow him to take any p2r- ron from on board without a warrant. and the steamer put off for Boston before one was obtained. [From the Boston Traveller | Aumion Hore, Boston, Oct. 21, 1843. To rue Evirons : eNTLEMEN—T notice in several of the paper tack upon me by one of my recond cabin passe his, my lust passage, from Liverpool to Boston. 1 beg © rey, that the statement made by that passenger in this day’ Mall, is entirely false; and I call upoa my | other parrengers, (who have been cognizant of my con- | duct during the whole paseage,) to make a plain state- ment ofthe facts. So far from causing the arrest of the man at Halifax, my action was the means of pre- venting it, am, gentlemen, your most obedient servant, A. RYRIE, Commander of the steamship Niagara | P.S—Iteke the liberty to enclose you a letter re- | ceived from my passengers on leaving the ship. Oc rower 1th, 1848, To Cavrams Rynig, Commander of the steamship Niagara, from Liverpool to Boston Dear Sin--We, the undersigned, passengers in the steamship Niagara, from Liverpool to Boston, new drawing near to the termination of our voyage, cannot , | say adieu without first expressing the deep sense of gratitude which we! feel toward the commauder and officers of this noble ship. Your unwearied watobful- ness—your kind and obliging demeanor—your readi- ness todo allin yeur power that could contribate to the comfort of your passengers— together with the order and regularity that bas pervaded every department on board, merits, and receives our warm and thankful ac- knowiedgments. And we beg, in taking leave, to ten- | der to you—and through you to the officers under your command—this expression of our regard and perfect satisfaction with the whole management of the vessel, which has safely borne us acro: e “deep biue sea.’” Wishing you the enjoyment of every blessing, and the of every good, we remaia, your obliged ser- d frie} Rook ww York; Judge Des Barres, New. d; John H Sherbune. United States; William | Lyall, Toronto; Jas. Barbee. New York; Philip Pritch- ard, do.; Rev. Mr. King. Hi Rev. Mr. Forrester, do.; Rew. Mr. McK do.; George Barlow, New- York; D. B, Tennant, Virginia; A. MoKeand, Jr., Glasgow; Samuel F. Ibbotson, New York; William Laird, Mobile; Joreph T. Sanger, New York; John C. Jacobson, Penn. ; C, Jones. do; T. Wunder- | ling. do.; Jobn Toole, J. Guedi: York; Andrew | S. Blackwood, William Furniss, New York; D. H. I ; do.; Marcus H. Talbot, Mazatlan, West Coast ‘ico; William Holmes, H W. Tilton, New Or- John Watson, London; William C. Murray, | South Carolina; George A. Hopley, do,; Allen S. Isard, | do; D.D Silliman. ww York. . ‘gement of the Battery. | En Mn. Error :— Who are the getters-up of this project ? I have been at some little pains to find out who are advocating this stupendous the cost of which is to be borne by the people, and have come tothe conclusion that thove who are most loudly advocating ita adoption, are, pro- bably to be the smallest sufferers, so far ax tax-paying is concerned | ‘Truly, they are not slow to heap burdens on other | men’s shoulders, which they will not touch with the heul hich th 1 not te ith th | tip of their fingers. | Look at their rep. | to the city at some $: | the gentlemen's accuri by which they estimate the cvrt: 000. With all due res] y of entimates, adg- Fusilier Guard, who enquired if 1 was an “Irish Sym- | ment,as to what constitutes a responsi! shh = pathiser 2? | denied his right to question me, and re- | venture to atate that there iv not a re: man. ed to answer. | Whereupon, he informed me that he | or eet of men. in this clty, who will cont sto build had authority to arrest me, and ordered me to come slong with him. 1 accompanied him to the after part of the deck, where, in the midst of the rain, I found Capt. Rynie, surrounded by several persons. He im- mediately demanded, in peremptory and insulting manner, whether Iwas an “Irish Sympathiscr,”’ t which I replied, as before, to the serg that I would answer no questions on the subject. matter.”’ said he,‘ can prove it— call up the first of- ficer,”’ The first officer came, and on being interrogated whether be had not heard me deci “Irish sympathiser ?”’ replied “that he had not, but t] be knew s man on board who had.” This man senger named Mason, was called and interrogi the subject, but stated that he knew nothing-about The captain then ordered up the second engineer, and made a similar enquiry of him, but he too declared he knew nothing about it, whereupon Captain Ryrie ere. sir, you have now arrest him.’’ The ser; ent to every body but the captain, that th: evidence at all, and not seeing the propriet ¥ of putting me under arrest gratify either the «malice or the overflowing loyalt of the captain, declined to do so, not nding his earnest folicitations. He stated, ho , that he would represent the matter to the Governor, and then, if directed, would make the arrest. The captain de- tained the ship about half an hour beyond the ap- po'nted time. and then set sail, In Boston | learned that he admitted that the Gover- nor positively refured to arrest me, and that he did not sail until be received his refusal. After the sergeant to beard the evidenc: however, reein had refused to arrest me, a well known citisen of Bos- | tom, ® passenger on board, enquired of him what authority he had to arrest me. and he confessed that he had none whatever. The insults and annoyances which I experienced throughout, were directed against me, manifestly as much because | had the misfortune tobe a “d—d yankee,” (in the clatsical language of one of the steamer’s officers) or because I shared those sympathies and convictions in regard to:the miseries of Hreland, and their cause. which, however, differing on other points of Irish politics, the whole people of the | United States entertain, On thie statement of facts, | submitit to the readers of your paper, and the community at large, how far the American people are prepared to countenance a line of ships, in which pstsengera of American birth are exposed to constant mor'ification and insult, becaure theyfore Awericons’ ‘They should. at least, know what they have to expect on board of these vessels; snd they should understand, in addition, that to re- menstrate Sey such treatment, or touxpress that | tympathy with em oppressed people, which is natural to orizes the captain of the ship to udignities which, in this countr: , are bardly put upon 4 common filon, "| am, sir, very epectfully, Sc. JOHN F. HOYLE. (From the Beston Timer, Oct 21.) In the statenent which we presented yester- dey of th'e effair, we were misinformed in one or iwo particulars, which are not. however, material, ihe srreet was made on board the Niagara, between 4nd 5 ove Seventh Fusiliers under the direction of Capt. Ryrie Mr. Doyle demanded by what wuthority he was arrest: ed, ‘The soldier then made no reply, but forced him frem his rocm or berth to the gangway. where he was inruited by Kyrie. The latter raid to his first officer, “this ie the man ; he isan irish sympathizer.’ After ‘questioning his own people, and one or two of the pas- rergers. a8 10 Mr. Dosle’s sentiments and remarks. he turned to Mr Doyle and asked—~ are you not an Irish sympetbiver?” Mr. Doyle declined answering. All thie time. Nir Doyle was expored to the cold storm, being thinly clad, while Capt Ryrie was comfortably enrccpsed in his water proof coat. After Mr, Doyle had been subjected to the gaze and remarks of a crow of bystanders. he again addressel the soldier, demand- | ed 6f the British mercenary by what authority he | dared to hold in arrest an American citize that ifch an outrage would be ai ly av ri ldiet said be had no authority, and then began to think he had gone too and turning to remarked that it wae gerous business. p done my duty—there he is, take him-he ix Irish ‘*ympathicer,” stfiered mary other outrages and indignities, a Uinally released, the proceed’ ng not meeting. prob favor frem the governmrnt and authorities a nd added annex a communication addressed to us by Mr. Bostow, Oct. 20, 1848 the Boston Times + & parrenger in the steamship Niagara. on When the versel touched at [alifax b rym thority for arrerting me, then turned to and rie, and said it was « criti- proceed no further. Capt. Alexander Ryrie then summoned forth reveral of the «Mficere and crew, and tried to exiort evidence from them to implicate me, Though casion the duties of informer, judge, 0 | officers as thore Well, no | that I was an . | agente justly rebuked, at, | k in the morning of the day that the | | steamer ertived at Halifax, and by a endaltern of the nged The | he assumed on theoo- | | it as proposed, within # reasonable time, tay three |, for $300,060. enormous if they will | f thei ie ny the administration of its and prodigality, and | there, | that their taxes are increas Let those interested im this juestion speak out, and y, let there be some public expression of that corruption be unmarked, and tts ATAX-PAYER, | Account or THe MaRRis@E ov Joun NewLaxp Marrir.—The N.Y. Christian Advocate, a Metho- dist paper, Bays :—During the winter of 1847, while Mo fit was carrying on his meetings in the Centenary Church, “Fanpy Pierce,” or Frances Smith, wae at- tracted to the church, in company with severalyoung friends, by a report that an acquaintance had expe- rienced religion there. ‘The result was, that she con- tinved toattend until she became impressed. and fin- | ally profeseed conversion, and joined the church as « | probationer,—Soon after this, Frances was asked by « iriend of Mofiit, whom we shall not now mame. how she would like to become the wife of Mr. Maffit. The girl, in utter attonishment, answered, “Why, he is old | enough to be my grandfather!” The motives were then iaid before ike mind of the unsuspecting giri- | Brother Maffit was a very pious man, and the onion would help her in her religious course—she would tra- | vel with bim and geo the world—he was ® very popu- Jar preacher, and mingled in the best soviety—she would be « perfect lady, and associate with the most accomplished ladies in the nation—besides, brother Mofiit was very rich, andbe would make her large presents to begin w: and then she would never want anything which was really desirabe. | “When the girl's ear was gained, matters proceeded rapidly, but secretely :‘the was conducted at night throwgh the barement window of the Centenary “burch and taken through at the back door of the Parsonage, to hold interviews with Mafiic. Sbe was prevented with much costly jewelry, » ly rose- | wood piano, &e., Kc. ; all through Maffit’s agent in the | affair. The result was, the plan succeeded. and the | prey was nec red. The first communication whieb the mother of Fra received touching the matter, was by the tame sgent, and then she was told that opporition waa useless—Brother Maffit and Fraeces and would bo married at all events, and | she might es well consent and make the best of it. The marriege consummated,—there being only thirty-seven years difference in the ages of the partivs | —bat it bas brought with it none of the biise whict: ! bad been promised Frances. As to religivus in- Huences, they had all evaporated Not aword did she hear upon the gubject from Maffit, or these to hiv service in the matter of the marriage, from the mo- mept of the commencement of the tragedy, She hat | Veen eorried away with golden dreams of elevation ~ her brain bewildered with phantoms; bat the period «1 her intellectual ballneination was of short duration She bed roen to grapple with realities, Bat we forbear. A portion of the history has been given; but the rest, snd by far the most mysterious and illustrative of cha- racler, remains behind. bet the poor girl was unhappy in her new sad un- vatural position, was anevent that might have beem expected; but thatshe would fo soon falls victim | her misfertunes bas taken all by surprise. She ever had perfect health until her but for the last six montbe rhe had been repidly sinking under the influence of grief and mortification, She wa defam- | ed—the worst attributes of character attributed fto | her—and many of the tales of ber traducers were, by | mnietaken friends, whispered in her ears. Hor heart | sunk, and lif became a burden. ‘The functioned S00 ci in co! brain became deran; ad she died De pal | we think the public t; bat we are Distaken if wore is not forthcoming from lotber quer- | ters Knew nothing of Mra. Mafit until circam- | threw the information in eur way; aad we little as we thou; Mi counts had be: | made G | her mone too ood for the deatia | pored the bad recklessly rushes froma varions quarte ih with us, is entitied to no respect whatever. i ber lonovence of certain thtage 0 of ct T innocenc get mptive evidence isting In romor. represented by some. been, never die heart broken. Oswreo Minis.—We learn from the Laat (N. ¥.) Times, that tere sre now in operstion im that fit fouring mille, havi a regate tem fovring a og be Sooo Fl eighty rune of . capable of turning | $deneke of Neon or grinding 32,000 bushels of wheat per | aweco not can, but actually doer now , y ufectore more ficur than any other place im the MW Jindependent of the G Owego to rome adaition bas been mace during the present