Evansville Journal, Volume 11, Number 1, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 26 December 1844 — Page 2

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THE JOURNAL.

Tt C!8r'8 vyea.l, aut that of Borne.' FRIDAY, : : : DECEMBER 27, 1844. UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. Suspension of Isteecuuuse sy Mr Siian-non.-t e published ,last week a portion of the correspondence between our Minister, Mr. Shannon, and the Mexican Miuister. Later arrivals stave that Mr.S. has suspended all Qflkial inteitCGurse .with the "Mexican government until he should reCfeive instruc tions from, his own, Government. ; It is slat cd in the Tesiari" papers, on the authority of Gen. ;Duir(lrecn, thai the letters of Rejou o Mr. Shaunon had received the unanimous approval of the Mexican Congress. The papers received also contain in full the letter of Mr. Shannon, in reply to Mr.'Rejon on the Gth of November, which we have elroti.ltr r.1 . 1 .1 ialinrt Tliic Iptlpr nf Mr. S's i S ... , , ',. . , ... c . too our for nublication but the fullowin" '' i " 1 svnopsis of its contents, copied from the ra-1 , '- - . ' lil nr. mill annh a the ronrtAr tn iinnfMstnnrl I . - . f w V, f ( ; I . . r : - ' .' It is dated on the 8th of November, and commences uy stating uiai L.. .I.lln. lltn. 1 "The note of his excellency M. CRejon t ; ' r ,l ', :a ' i, -Minis er.ifcc. ot the u lust is ol such a cliar-l peter as to leave the undersigned pt r. . ' . ' ' ' : ' . . rto alternative but to annonnce to the Supreme uoiemment oi inesico mat u, 10 .e wiuh.. . M iilttmA will to immffliji?plv rpmrrf1 Inl his Government for their furlherinstructions, and that, unless they are withdrawn, all furJher official intercourse between the undersigned and the uovernment ot Mexico must4 be suspended until those inslrucrious are re-j ceived. . s , . . Ho then states that neither his selfresnect " - - 1 . 1 , , Ft' i -ii 1 4 I . --v MlrniA -v f hia I .nrornmnn t tin II n 1 I UUl ilJC Vila utici ,ui uia uuvbiuuiutu nui aj' v - 1 1 - - . lyw him i(f make any reply to the "offensive liptc, as he calls the letter ot Mr. liejon.ot the 31st of October. He remarks ' that the conducts of the United btatcs, m a its re a- ' ' i lions, has been such as tocommand the resredof the world, and if Mexico constitute? ' ' T '' - 4 an .TPominn. the United states can and will correal c.ua r..wU 3 .v-u-more efficient than any wrtjen refutation of the calemnies. made and reiterated by Mr. Peion would be " ; . . . a JUl as uA ni.MWiweuiai.uu o. Bote ,ot tti(e 14tU ol Met. by iir. .ejon are, as Mr. S. believes, put forth to mislead the publ

lie opinion of Mexico, and excite unjust of the Union. "Year after year, she remon- . . j o j u- strated but a deaf ear was turned to her reudice against United Slates, and as his monslrancesand nl las. she too resoIves to

silence is intepreted into an admission of the I truth of the charges made by Mr. Reion, Mr. .Shannon will renlv to them. - ' j charges referred to, and especially to that which taking up an admission of Mr. Shannon thaf thp. arnnisiiion of Texas has beeu t,ie ,. r l it '. i o . c . . T" " : .J J ' r-accuses tne u.owuna long course oi perfidy units intercourse with Mexico. In the course ofbis letter Mr. Shannon treats

,' . ri- . r.u K constitutionality coinmi ted the insult: the ilia misrepresentations of Ins note of the 14 r . , v, . ... . u ' "w former Slate did right m expelling said apfOctoberai intentional, and enters at length gent. She but exercised the rights of

into a delonce .oj aliat He regarua as auacts sovereign State. -upon Gen. Jackson.. - i . r "For the sake of clearing away the optic

Mr. Shannon then proceeds to answer the charges made by Mr. Rejon, statingthat the emigrants to Texas, who declared their . independence and conquered al.San Jaciuto, xyeiit under special invitation from the Govit :T tffT' v Crnmentpf Spain, of Mexico, and the States of Coahuila and Texas, and that the Goyernment and the people of the United Slates , , . . . ,. had no agency whatever in giving those inJ f yitations. .He then briefly reviews Jhe progress of events in Mexico and in Texas, to prove that the declaration' of independence - , r.i , r was the consequence of the subversion of iot. j the Constitution of 1824, and of the attempts f S-iota Anna to establish a military despotism on its ruins, vindicating the honor , and character of the Government and people of the United States, and retorts upon Mr. Re-j joa and the Government of Santa Anna the; charge of bad faith, and esserts tliat Texas never owed allegience to the'G.ouernmentof Santa Auna,or the preseni Government of Mexico, and that Mexjco and not 'fezai? is the aggressor in the war. , ' " Mr. Siiaxxon concludes his loiter as fol-j lower: i ' . ' . j His Excellency complains that the undersigned has been wanting in courtesy, aud to justify jha.t complaint, alleges that be appli- ' ,od jjia t.erm ."barbarous' to the Government of Mexico.- If His Excellency will do, the undersigned the justice tp re-peruse the note ofthe 14th ultimo, he will find that the term "barbarons" was applied to the manner in which it is proposed to prosecute the war against Texas, and not to the GovrenmentbfMexico.dfthal warf ofthe manner in which it is declared Mexico wijl carry it ou, and ofthe reasons assigned trjorefor, the undersigned forbears to speak because he onld not do justipe to his own feelings and ad the same time use terms sufficiently re- - speetful to the Government of Mexico. The undersigned renews, &c.,' J .(Signed) WILSON SHANNON. THE MADISON IAN It is rumored that the friends of Mr. Polk have , offered $S00O for the Madisonian to be placed under the control ot a gentleman from Tennessee. Tliis vould look as if a friendly feeling was to be mainlined between the new and pie-

FLARE UP IN SOUTH CAROLINA. On our first page the reader will find an

article copied from the Baltimore Patriot, giving the particulars of the proceedings of the South Carolina Legislature in the case of Mr. Samuel Hoar, the agent sent by Massachusetts to reside in Charleston. We learn from the -Cliai-leston papers that Mr. Hoar immediately left that city, without waiting to be "expelled" by the Governor. Whither tha matter will rest here, or whither Massachusetts will consider itself bound to pursue it further, we cannot say. We have no fear, however, that a civil " war will take place. We may talk about fighting, but we guess we'll think twice before, .rushing into it. It is true, South Carolina has offered an undisguised and atrocious insult and outrage to Massachusetts, and the latter -State may have great difficulty in determining what course, under all the circumstances, it is ex pedient for her to pursue for the vindication of her dignity .nd her rights.. Prentice . . . . . . . " , . ihtiilra olia nrrh( Utmtrvnl In nni hrmlu - .. ----- . ; Qm'i rwl f flic in twl .1 f r I hii I .fin.r'il I nu '-. - ' ornmpnl nrntprlmn nr rr nnrpah p tl I izens within the limits of 5 . ' . ' . J7na iviiliin iho limits nt Smith f"!nrnlinn. - . j be complied with, ' uf fnr nf ah;ill lf Imlf tlisnnap.rt tn illslifv . .- , . . ... her tn a determination to permit no citizen . , v-v . . 1 i . . r tne laud ot uuatueuum to set tool upon her soil." The following article upon the expulsion of - Cincinnati Her- ' aia "One would have thought that the late act of South Carolina, in ex pellins on paiu of Lynch law, from her limits a representative of the sovereign State of Massachusetts, commissioned m a constitutional way. before a constitutional tribunal, to lest what she be I! 1 a I : i i i.i icveu iu ue an uijcuusuiuuouai law. wouiu 7 i it t . have stirred the blood of everv man. It was he liist d ju the cupof humiliation which Mussacnusetts nas ueen compelled to duns. 1 e American n .g proved no protection to ,, , ' , ., . . e Ihev were seized and thrust into nrison for no crime. Year after year had she borne all this. She had seen the same law of ... . . . .... wiiicn. sne coijpiaineu, atternptea to oe en wilhout 'effect, Judge Johnson deciding on application from the British consul, that it was unconstitutional. She had seen this law, thus declared unconstitutional by a U imcu states iuuCj auu auvi:c;uic;i iiiiiiicia' BrUish 8 jj d . g,,. fl put ,n execution rigidly again and again against her sailors, her citizens, under the flag try what justice can be had before a United blate3 tribunal. 1 he British consul was treated with respect; the envoy ot agister Ces expelled under threat of Lynch law! eu unuer mo uiosi ignominious circumstan "There may be some so blinded by ou complex system of Stato sovereignty aud a supreme federal head, that they cannot sue what mdighity was offered by South Carolina The aw t,ey may say, was deemed neces sary by South Carolina to her safety; Massa chusetls in sending her agent to contest its ot ws"f Per"0,1S; ,,s.suPPe a c.ase U pvovideg that lhe judiciarpower of the lue x-euerai oii3imiuon, secuou art. Union, "shall ex'end to all cases in law and equityi arising under this constitution," ... , e, , . . ... - . . , "between a Slate or the citizens thereof, and foreign states, citizens or subjects." Fiance availing herself of this provision, concludes to lest l!'e constimtionajiiy of a certain law of Massachusetts, which she deems a uriev- . . , c-, .. , ance to a certain class of her citizens, - and sends a special agent or minister to Boston, for this very purpose.' The agent cornmunicn.,es. h!s mission to the Governor, who transmits information of it to the Legislature, , , .. , , which thereupon resolves that the law is necessary to the safety of the comI monwealih; that attempts todisturb it are of an unfrleudly character; that thisagent'is an emissary for evil, and that he must be forth with expelled from- the Slale. She might plead her sovereignty, and her rights within her own territory, till doomsday, but the an swer of France would be given at the mouth of the cannon. A greater outrage could not be committed upon a friendly power. J .'- "Now the only point of difference between the two cases is this: France has never, by entering - our confederacy parted with her right to redress her own grievances; but Massachusetts has, relying upon the" power ofthtf Federal Government, and the good faith of her confederates, to redress any wrongs she may suffer at- their hands. A wrong, a most grievous one "she did suffer; and she sends her agent to the State inflicting it, to obtain redress in a constitutional way, the only way pointed out by the constitution. That State'not only refuses redress, but will not hear the agent demanding, not only will not hear him, but will not allow him a constitutional resort to a constitutional remedy, and not only this, but iuflicts upon him and the State which he represents, an enormous indignity that of expulsion, under a covert thieat of Lynch Law! "And yet, good Democrats justify this act,"which would disgrace' a savage nation." Affinities op Democracy!- FIFTYSIX northern locofocos yoted to rescind the rule excluding aboliton petition from the House of Representatives. FIFTY-SIX locofocos voted with John Quincy Admins! The Smith are a ruined people. Where sleeps the indignation - of the chivalrv? TVhere are the "Blufton boys!" Where is Gen. Quattlebum? Where's Aristarchus. Jr.? And echo answers, yEREl,'-

THE EXPULSION OF MR. HOAR. f

The intelligence of the proceedings of the South Carolina,lgislature in regard to Mr. Hoar, is taken in high "dudgeon in Massa chusetts, says the Patriot. The Boston Journal,which is not want to give way to ebulitions of temper,says:"The resolutions authorizing the appointment of State agents in some of the slave States, were passed by the Legislature, when Marcus. Morton was Governor of Massichusetts, and the democratic party had the ascendancy in the Commonwealth. We trust, however that there will be no party feeling manifested in . this matter. This ia not a party question. It is one which effects the honor of Massachusetts and of "-.'. all. her citizens.;' -The reception of Mr. Hoar, an accredited agent of this State, by the Government of South Carolina, and the treatment of this worthy and venerable man by the citizens of Charleston, is an outrage, an insult to Massabhusetts, which cannot be ightly passed oyer. The S. Carolina papers may well say?lAc crisis is at hand." MR. "AMBASSADOR" SIUNNON. The New York papers (Locofoco as well as Whig) are unmercifully severe upon Mr. S. for his letter of the 14th of Oct. to Mr. Reon.. Ilis own party friends of the New Yoik News write him down a Dogberry, apd asks "what right had he to empty bodily iuto his etter of the 14th October Mr. Calhoun's in structions of the' 10th September?". This, says a Washington Correspondent, "is a blow aimed more at Mr. Calhoun than Mr. Shannon, as I understand it. The Globe will be apt to follow suit." - The Globe does follow suit. It copies a severe censure of Mr Shau.nou, from a Phil adelphia paper- and in its introductory re marks, speaks of the "improprtqties11 of his letter of October 14. In this article copied from the Philadelphia paper, is also a severe attack, upon Mr. Culhoun's diplomacy. So commences the war oi the factions. "' A SQUADRON-SEIZURE. " " Captain Voorhees, of the U. S., Frigate Congress, has captured the Argentine Squad ron. The accout given of the affair is a long one. Oar Eastern friends call it onesided. - VVe give it, with the news appended from South America as we find it: , By the arrival this morning of the barque Creole, of Baltimore, - from Buenos Ayres Oct. 14th, and Montevideo lUth, we learn by Capt. Norris that there was a great excite ment prevailing at Buenos Ayres in consequeuce of the U. S. brig of war Bainbridge having been fired into by the Buenos Ayres squadron in entering the harhor&-3T - The frigate Congress, being in the harbor at the time, got immediately under way,aud went off the harbor and demanded redress which whs immediately complied with the commander of the Buenos Ayreail squadron hauling down his. colors in three minutes after the request. The squadron had captured an American barque but not the schooner. On the 1 1th ofOctober, at Montevidoe, Commander W. D. Newman, of the U. S. brig Brainbridge, drowned himself in consequence of a reprimand he had received from his superior officer. - We have received this morning the "Brit ish Packet" of Oct. 12th. which sneaks of seizure ot the vesselsol the Argentiue squad ron on Montevidoe, by Uapt. Voorhees, of the U. S. ship Congress. The account is a one-sided statement ofthe editor, from which we get no due as to the right of the case. N. K" Evening Post. -' - A letter iu the N. Y Courier, referring to Capt. N's. suicide, Bays: "I came up with him from Moldonado,and saw he was becoming insane,in consequence of not having fired into a schooner of the blockading squadron which fired three shots at him when he first arrived trom the U. Si". In vain did we assure him that his conduct was such as to meet the approbation of his country. His state of mind was distressing and the consequences are still more so." We find the following in the Warsaw "(111.) Signal, of the 27th ultimo, but that paper is so rabid in all that relates to the Mormons, that the accuracy of this rumor may well be doubted: A Startling Rumor Fate of Lyman WrighCs Band.-r-We have intelligence from Nauvoo, of a tragedy lately enacted in the Pine Region, above Prarie du Chien, which if true, will cause some incredulous people to open their eyes to the true character of the Mormons and their leaders. - From the best information which we can obtain, the particulars are these: -" Lyman Wright and a portion of his com pany made. an attack upon a trading station about 90 miles above Prairie du Chien, for the purpose of robbiug the traders of their goods and appropriating the same to the use of Lord's People. -They were, however hot ly received, and four of the Mormon "an" shot on the spot. - . - The remainder fled: but the French and Indians were so exasperated at this diabolical attempt to rob them of means of sustenance by their Mormon, neighbors, and feelin" no secunly for either life or property while such . Ml! 1 .... ... ireacnerous vidians remmneu uvtneir vicinity, leagued together and pureuing Wright's band murdered all that they could find. It is not known how many fell victims to Indian cruelty but the opinion appears 1 be prevalent in Nauvoo, that but very few escaped.' This statement we give as -we re ceived. In Nauvoo, we learn from the most credible authority, that the information comes from the most reliable sources. The amount of specie shipped by the Great Western was $300,000. ' '

MR. BENTON'S ANNEXATION BILL.

The following is a copy of the bill introduced into the Senate on Wednesday by Mr. Beston, . and now (in company with Mr McDuffie's Joint Resolution on the same subject) before the Committee on Foreign Relations; A Bill to provide for the Annexation of 1 exas to the United states. . Be it enacted, &-c. That the President of the United States be and he hereby is au thorized - and advised to open negotiations with Mexico and Texas for the adjustment of boundaries, and the annexation of the latter to the United Stales, on the following bases, to wit: 1. The boundary of the territory annexed to be io the desert prairie west of the Nu eces, and- along the highlands and mountain heights which divide the waters of the Mississippi from the waters of theRiodel Norte, and to latitude iorty-two degrees north. II. The people of Texas, by a legislative act, or by any authentic act which shows the will of the majority, to express their assent o said annexation. III. A Slate, to be called "the Slate of Texas, with" boundaries fixed by herself, and an extent not exceeding that of the lar gest State in the Union, be admitted into the Union, by vulue of this ,act, on an equa oolinff with the original States. IV. The remainder of the annexed terri tory to be held and disposed of by the Uui ted States as one ot their territories, and to be called "the Southwest Territory." V. The existence of slavery to be forevei prohibited in the northern and northwestern part of said terntoiy, west of the lUUih de gree of lougitude wst fior.j Greenwich, so as to divide as equally jay bo the whole of the annexed country between slavehold iuT and non-slaveholding States. VI. ,Tue assent ot Mexico to be obtain ed by treaty to such annexation and boun dury, or to be dispensed with w ten the Con gress of the United btalcs may deem sue assen; to be unnecessary. VII. Oiber details of the annexation to bo adjusted by treaty, so far as the same my come within the scope of the treaty-making power. RUMORS OF WAR. VVe clip the following paragraph from the St. Louis Republican, of the 2nd inst., andby it, it will be seen that the President is de termined if possible to begin the work of annexing Texas,' while his power lasts. These military arrangements jump very well with the recent quarrel between Mr. Shanon end the Mexican Minister: "It was rumored here, some days ago, that secret orders had been given to the commander of the troops at Fort Townson, near the Sabine line, the execution of which was made to depend upon the election of Col Polk to the Presidency. Very recently, It. Jones, Adj't.Gen. U. S. A., was appointed commissioner to accommodate and ariange kee Indians; and thereby placed at no great distance from the seat of operations on the Sabine. It is supposed, that his appointment to this commission was not without an ulter ior object, dependeut on the contingency we have named. At Fort Townson, the troops are kept in marching condition, and might enter the "Texan territory at - a moment's warning. A command ot dragoons, under Captain Boone, have, indeed, penetrated far toward the Ilio Bfassos, under pretext of being present at a treaty with the Coinanches, but which treaty, it is notorious, had been held a month prior to the departure of the Dragoons from the United States territory. As the President and his becretary ot btale would be glad of any pretext to justify the military occupation of Texas, these rumors may well induce some solicitude as to future movements on that frontier. Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot . WASHINGTON, Dec. 17th 1844. The whole city is filled with rumors of war every where you hear that Mr. lyler is going to send in a message to-morrow, recommending some say submitting to Con gress whether it is not now proper to declare -war against Mexico. I can trace the rumor to po authentic source. It owes its origin possibly to the fact, ofthe arrival here of Mr B. E. Green, who Secretary to the Legation to Mexico, and who lately left that country with his father (DuffGfeen) as bearer of despatches. He brings the letters you have seen publishad between Mr. Shannon and Rejon, and also letters from, the former to the Secretary of State. - It is impossible to say what Mr. Tyler will do. The cabinet f'ave certainly been sit ting on the Mexican egg, but what sort of a bird they will be able to hatch out of it, eveu those who profess to be best informed cannot say. The occupants of the White House are dumb they shake their hcads,as the Mandanansuo, but - you cannot make anything out ofthe nod, for they say nothing, perhaps because they know nothing. -Beyond all doubt, Mr. Tyler is not oppos ed to embroiling the couutry in a war. v If be had two years, instead ot two months of his presidential term left, he would be' sure to do so, if for nothing else, lie would do so merely to show how valiant he -would be. He would like to take the field himself, so it is given out ; but certaiuly he would hare one of the young Princes in the fight. They do say that Mr. Calhoun is for peace. It that be so- he is entitled to the credit of being able to see how disastrous a war with Mexico- in which we should have all ihe freebooters ofthe land upon us would be to the South, of which Jie claims to be the rep rescntaiive. - - Yankees in China Some Yankees, who are familiar with the ice business, have gone to Chusan, ' up the northern coast of China, to establish ice-houses, to supply Canton, Macao, and other ports in that quarter, wi th. "northern ice," cheaper than it can be shipped by the "out-side barbarians" of Boston. Chusan is about , twelve- hundred miles north of Caiiton. -

MESSAGE. " . ,1 To the Senate : f I .

and Hobseof Representatives: I transmit hexewith copies of despatches received from our minister in Mexico, since he commencement of your present sessison which claims, from their importance, and 1 doubt not will receive, your calm and delibrate cousidejation .1 he extraordinary aud liohly offeusive language which the Mexican Government has' thought proper to employ in reply to the Remonstrance of the Execu tive, through Mr. bhannon, against the renewal ofthe war with Texas while the quesion of annexation was pending before Con gress aud the people, and also proposed manner of conducting that war, Will not fail to arrest your attention. buch remonstrance, urged in no unlncndly spirit to Mexico, was called for by consider ations ot an imperative character, haying relations as well to the peace of this country and honor of this Government as as to the cause ofhutnauity and civilization. ' Texas had entered into the treaty ot annex ation upon the invitations of the Executive; and when, for that act, she was- threatened with a reue wal of the war on the part of Mex ico, she naturally looked to this Government to interpose its efforts to ward off the threatened blow.' 'But one ceurse. was left the Executive, acting within the limits of its con stitutional competency, and that was to pro test jn respect till, but at the same time deci ded teims against it. - ; . . ' The war thus, threatened to be renew ed, was promulgated by edicts and decrees, which ordered on the part ot the Mexican military, the desolation of whole tracts of country, and the destruction, wilhout discrimination, of all ages, sexes, "find condi tions of existence., , Over the manner of conducting war, Mexico possesses . no exclusive control. She has uo right to violate at pleasure the principles which an enlightened civilization his laiddowu for the conduct of uations at war; and thereby retrogradeto a period of barbarism whjch, happily for the world, has long since passed away. - All nations are interested ill enforcing an observance of those principles, and the U. States', the oldest ofthe American Republics, and the nearest of the civilized powers to the theatre on which these enormities were proposed to be enacted, could not quietly content themselves to wit ness such a state of things. 1 hey had ; through the Executive, on another occasion, and svas believed with the approbation ofthe whole country, remonstrated against outrages similar, but even less inhumau, than those, which by her new edicts and decrees she has threat ened to perpertrate, and of which the late inhumau massacre at Tobasco was but the piecuiser. The bloody and inhuman murder of Fannin and bis companies,, equalled only iu savage baibaiity by the usages ofthe untutored Indian tribes, proved how little, confidence could be placed on the most . solemn stipula tions of her generals, while the fate of others who became her captives in war, many of whom, no longer able to sustain the fatigues down by they way side, while their compan ions who survived were subjected to suffer ings even more painful' than death had left an indelible slain on the pige of civili zation, the Executive with the evidence of an intention on the part of Mexico to renew the scenes so revolting o humanity, could do ho less than renew remonstrance formerly urged, r For fulfiliug duties so imperative, Mexico has thought proper, through her accedited organs, because she has had represented to her the inhumanity of such proceeding to iudulge in language unknown to the courtesy of diplomatic intercourse,aod offensive in the highest degree to this Government and people. -'.'-'-". ' -- Nor lias she offended in this .only'. She harnot only violated existing conventions between the two countries,-by arbitrary aud unjust decrees against our trade and intercourse, but withholds instalments .of. debt due to our citizens, which she solmnly pledged herself to pay under circumsiaoces which are fully explained by the accompanying letter from Mr. Green, our Secretary of Legation. Aud when our rniuiser has invited the attention of her Government 'to wrong3 committed by her local authorities not only on the property but on the persons of our fellow citizeni, engaged prosecuting fair and honest pursuits, she has added insult to injury, by not even deigning, for months together to return an answer to bii representations. Still further to manifest lier -un-friudly feeling towards. the U, Stales,' she has issued decrees expelling from " some of her provinces American citizens ennsed iu the peaceful pursuits of life, and now denies to those of our citizens prosecuting the whale fishery on the northwest coast of the Pacific, the privelege which has through all time, heretofore been accorded to ihem, of exchanging goods of small amount in value at hej ports in California for , supplies indispensable to their health and comfort. . Nor will it escape the observation of Congress' that in conducting a correspondence with the ministerof the U. Stales, who cannot, and does not, know any distinction between the geographical sections of the Union charges wholly unfounded are made agaiust particular States,aud an appeal to others for aid and protection against supposed wrongs. In this same connection, sectional prejudices are attempted to be excited, and the hazardous and uupjrdonable effort is made to foment divisions among the States of the Union, thereby to embitter their peace. ' Mexico has still lo learn, that however freely we may indulge in discussions among ourselves, the American people will tolerate no interference in their domestic affairs by any foreign Government; and iu all that concerns I he constitution guarantees and the nutional honor, aiud ihe people of U. States have but one mi tid and one heart. Thesulijectof annexation adresses itself most fortunately to every portion ofthe Union. The Executive would have been unmindful of its highest-obligations, if itcould have adopted a course of policy dictated by sectional interests and , local feelings." On the contrary, it was because the qestion was neither local nor sectional, but made its appeal to the interests of the -whole Union, and every State in the Union, that the negotia

tions, and finally the treaty of a notation"

was entered iuto, aud it-has aflbrded me no ordinary pleasure to perceive that, so far as demonstrations have been made upon it by the people, they have proceeded from all portions of the Union. Mexico may seek to excite di visions amongst us, by utteruujuai ueuuuciauons . against particular States, but when she comes to know that the invitations addressed io our fellow citizens by Spain, and afterwards by herself, to settle Texas, were accepted by emigrant from all the Siaip ami mimn ;n o,i,i;.: . 1 nuviij 111 auuniuu to this, she refreshes her recollection with the fact, that the first effort which was made to acquire 1 exas was, during the administration of d distinguished citizen from an Eastern State, which was afterwards renewed under the auspices of a President fom the Southwest, she will awake to a knowledgs of the futility of her present purpose of sowing disseusionsamong us, or producing distraction iu our councils by attacks either on particular States, or on persons who are now in the retirement of private life. Considering the appeal which she now makes to eminent citizeusby name,cin she hope to escape censure for haying described to them as well as to others, a design as she pretends now, for the first time revealed, of having originated negotiations to despoil her, by duplicity and falsehood, ot a portion of her territory t The opinion then, as now, prevailed with the Ex-; ecutive, that the annexation of, Texas to the Union was a matter.of vast importance. Iu order to acquire that territory before it had assumed a position among the independent power ot the earth, propositions were made to Mexico for a cession of it to the U. Staie9. Mexico saw in these proceedings at the time, no cause ot complaint; She is now, when simply reminded of them, awakened to the kno wledge of the lad, which she, through her Secretary of State, promulgates to the whole world as true, that those neg-uti aiious were founded in decep- ' tion and falsehood, and superinduced by unjust and iniquitous motives. While 1 exas was : a dependency of Mexico, the U.nted Slates ope lied negotiations with the latter power Jor the ' cession of her then acknowledged teriiiory; aud now that Texas i-i independent ofMerico, and has maintained a separata existence for nine years during which lime she has been received into the lumily of nations, and is represented by accredited ambassadors at many of the principal courts of Europe and when it lias become obvious to the whole world that she is forever lost to Mexico, the United States is charged with' deception and falsehood in all relating tolhe past, and condemnatory accusations are made against Slates which ha.ve had no special igencyv in the matter, because the Executive of life whole Union has negotiated with tree aud independent Texas upon a matter vitally important to t:ie interests ot 'both countries.. And alter nine years of unavailing war, Mexico now aunouiices her intention, through her Secret ary of foreign - flairs, neyer to cunseut to the independence of Texas, or to abandon th elfirt to reconquer that Itepubiic. Sue thus annouui.es a v perpetual claim, which at the end of a ceutury wiil lurnish her us plausible a ground for discontent agaiust any nation, wfticti at thn riJ of that time may enter iuto a treaty with Texas, as ihe possesses at this moment against the United States. The lapse of time can add nothing , to her title, to independence. ; ... A course ol conduct such as has been describ? ed, ou the part of Mexico, in violation of alt frindly feeling, aud of ihe courtesy, . which should characterize the intercourse between lua nations of ihe-.earth, might well jujtify the U nited States in a resort lo any measure to vindicate their naiioinL honor: bui8Ciuated by a sincere desire lo preserve the general pence, and in vtew of the present condition of Mexico, the Executive resting upon its integrity, aud not fearing but that the judgment of the woril will duly appreciate lis motives, abstains f-om- rocoiiiiHeuding to Congress a resort to measures ol redress and oc nt en ts itself wnli re-urging upon that body prompt and immediate acliou on the subject of annexation; By adooling thai measure, the UniioJ Stales will he in the exorcise oi an undoubted rirltt ; and if Mexico, not regarding ihut lorboaraiice, sh tH aggravate t'ie injustice of her conduct by a declaration of war against them,' upon her head will rest all ihe responsibility. . JOHN TYLER. - Wasuiaston Citv, Dec. 19, 1341. .. 07"Tne following article was written anl published by us several years ago.' It seems to be a great favorite, foe it is still going' the rounds of the press, and we have seen it credited lo fill ' twenty different papers: ; Louisville Jour. . ' PfiESEKVATlON OF ArPLES. ' A gentleman from the northern part of Indiana recently communicated to us a fact in regard to the preservation of apple, which will be new lo many ofourreaders,and valuable to all farmers tie says that to keep apples from autumn lo Juue, he places theiii in a shallow hole dug as for Irish uoiatoes. liuvinir covered the bottom with corn stalks or straw. At covering the apples wiih a good coating of straw & with dirt to the depth of fivcor - . " i , V . i. : il I . Six incues. io sueuer is piuccu over ineiu. ni soon as the-severe weather arrives, and the ground, and perhaps the apples themselves, become thoroughly frozen, straw is again placed over the frozen heap, and ilia whole agiiu cov ered with a coating of carth-r-tbis time ten or twelve inches thick- ' The object is to keep the fust coaling of earth, frozen until spring, and then cause it to thaw very slowly. ...'- . The same treatment may be ivven to turnips Irish potatoes beets,and carrou. Any ofthe se roots may be thoroughly frozen without 'injury provided they ar then covered well over, and suffered lo thaw by slow degrees. - - "-! v Sweet potatoes are almost the only exception, among roots to tliia rule. They are i njured by. a small degree of cold, and without being frozen. It is only the sudden thawing that causes the dissolution of ilio "apple or potatoe that has been frozen. If in the frozen ataie, an Irish polata is pul into cold water, until the frost is out, and is then cooksd, it will be as good as if had never been frwzen . All these are facts, which we know irom our own experience, and that ot many others. . " . 'CcEiocs Gloves and Baoxa. The natives of Behring Straits skin the paw of a bear aud wear Jt as glove. . As was the case with the jackot, so with respect to the boots worn by the women ; thev are mailn itt anil their nariirular nrrnni. . j i r lions, and are, without ditpute, the most extraordinary part of their equipmens. They are ao large as to resemble leather sacks, and give a most deiormed and, at the same time, iudicioua appearance to the; whole figure. The bulky part is at the knee, aud-the upper end ia formed into a pointed flap, which' covers the front of the thigh, and is secured by a button or knot with, in the waistband of the breeches. These capacious pouchers are used as temporary beds to ihe lulants, and,' when iu ttie vicinity of white men, as the receptacles for stolen goods. London Polytchuic Magazine.