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the province, the hope of Americans were Ccl wbian greatly inflated. Nacogdochc'. La Bahaia, y ,' .. ... a nil St. Antonia de B thar, fell into their of our relations with . . ..... .

Frnm the C(

Fr.tin : the revolutionary state ol the r?pan-1 ,, , . . , , .. t

, . . .1.1 , . 1 1 Jtim.i v . vi t II mi I V Ulivi . . v. . ' ' ' - I II a l

coiom" in ""ill i;ic .auiiiijs , i

which in p. nr of our citizens

' 3 - , i ' 1 r. . IJerrara, and a number or other ohkers fell

r-'irsiio. a'i trd to render interesting every

' , 1 ionposed their advance, were deleated and nave taken in J ,'. 1 1,1 j . ,. ii dispersed. Governor fca'.cedo, General

subject connected with the Spanish colonies, particular! v those In North America. The enclosed brief history of an expedition in 1812 and in 1313, from Louisiana i'itotl.e Texi. was written by me at Opeloua, in the latter country, about one month after the battle of St. Anthony.. The ruait-jscript has remained unpublished urnonst mv naneis ever since. Recent

Some interest.

Las Tcsus is a general term for the vast triangle, included between the Hio Grande

del Norte, lied Hiver, Louisiana, and toe

Gulph of M a Ico, coiitaiui

square miles, and extendi

decrees of N. lat.

protector unexpectedly appear?. to save of T4 guns. It is 3Uppc.cd ihc T.H1 Q to sea from deduction this de.spairir: remnant, next spring, to revive the drooping spirits of ihi despoil- t - ding prisoners, and to restore to them their ' "PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3. freedom and their homes. It was the Spa- ' riL'WO.UICYJ. nish General dUplaviug in the.nVid the We have been ftiriiihd with tu? fo!!orskill of an experienced captain, and in victo- ir.g notice rf an c.rr. aordina:y ai ptaiauce ry, the qualities ol the most amiable hu- u the h? avn.s. eai J v t!.i motriirg : maiiity towards men, that, without provo- Jlugnut 3. This morr.irg at 0 o'clock, a cation or legitimate object, had invadfd bis rriost p'endid and ur.r.ommori b'andjow cpcountrv. l)e.piing the . farrMv ma.rimH of peaied in tle Wp,tfrn Iicmispitcte, frcn policy that lead to severity the suspended its centra, or its hig?st altitude, tb.wa to sword was heathrd, and lie presented hlsn- each of it extremities, embiacing an eicaself to his captured enerries, as a f: Tend to tion of 43 degrees, eiteudin firm 2 or 3 stdace them in tlieir misfortunes. ar;d to n - piints vvct of south, to the sate pmnfs lieve their ivar:ts. 'J hev.curideiluciehe.il- n.jith of ucst. It hean a few mir utes beed, and the hui;rry fed, whilst the anry fore 3, and continued for 13 or 2r liiinules passions excited by war and revenr subsi- in all its grandeur. ded. 'I he sympathies of nature felt the About half an hour before stm-rise. the most fliintpi ptil limnifalitv p.i'rritil In Xnrth. I'-. it?m lirirwnn a.nm-'ri n iiivhi L.

jthe persons or property of the native Inha- j despite of the prejudices of nation and re- able bright appearance, of the color oi but-

rniants, or expressions utiereu tnar couiu

wound their feelings, and shock their pie-

momen-

success scarce

but reflect-

into their power as prisoners ol war. Thus far the expedition succeeded beyond tbe hopes of the undeitikers, and contrary to general opinion. Many of the inhabitants, instigated by discontent, or allu-cd by hopes of gain, and the novelty of tbe scene, joined the assailing paity ; which in the spring ot 1813, was augmented to above twelve hundred men ; three hundred Americans, si.r hundred Spanish Creoles, und the resi,1 r i-.i: f. 1 ,-.4l i- 1

IWU t lllv MIS III III Jil inu ii.vn.ii v . , L j .- , ... J INew acts ct violence had been exercised, on

i .i iwo'iTiQ t'.etr leeiiiiZs, anu bnocK 11 .nuisiana, anil toe . ,. s . , , f i r. loorn judices. Iliose whoiuoged Iroui uui": about 24u,b00 4 . . . f . . i- i or i o-'tarv event;, thought ultimate succ dins from uto 3o : , . ..' n , . , , . 'a subject ct reasonable doubt ; bui

Itisuene.ailv. though very erroneously, : ' r: T ""l i uuw: ,n.sVu eu u l,lc "'

... mur: in .in iiiitici i . i w 1 1 1 i ti li i&tc:ii uiitiii aui ii mrc ..r i r r rr T'.iii'tt r

" O I i IIIC 1113 Ul UUiVl , l 'p'l

li'Mon. ni,bel "old, and immediately on the ascen-

It was now a scene, upon which (he sion of the orb of day abeve the r.oriizor?, mind could dwell with pleasure. It was one of the most sublime e-bje.cts m as pit ena display of the best emotions of the hu- ted to the view of the contemplative minJ,

man heart ; a noble performance ol all tie that could be conceived ; ai;d continued to

elevate ! senti- exhibit the same uiagm icent appeaiaoce

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brlirvpil v. tht " i-Fps thit Texas f..rms a . menis or nonor, or uy u.e p.ire.i unm 01, uy ms irresiMiuie ar.u ciiet nng

part of tt Vice Itovaltv of Mexico it SIenaer t)asis, ana supported ny such made-: precepts of chrtianitv. In a word, their beams, dissipated the ciouds which cuaseii feplon if not to Louisiana, itrealitv' to m""9 :,Wjut fuuds,eept those invasion wa forgiven by the injured party, both these phenomena. JMfs Oaz. the Contain General F the iVocincflS In- drawn from dt,Prcdatluri without union, their mistaken motives pitied, and the p. is- . terms; internal provinces, over which the a?d, wi0.f 1t,' aR, or tven oners supplied with f,od, ami sent to their From the I.cn- Island Star. Yicerov of Mexico has no authority. The ! t,iefLn,ted .tes very native country in peace. SLTC'lDK. p,,;;. n.oi t. -..Ih.hMn. nnst "lea ol a completion taeir object was te-. Such an exhibition of talents, bravery. On Saturday mornin- last, the lTth inst.

of Rio Grand, about 30 degrees N. latitude. Pai of the Vice liovaltv, is tolerably well peo (bill, but I e.i'as is gunerally a wildernsss t'.ioug'i in many respects one of the finest regions of Ameiica. Taken as a whole it cannot he called a fertile country, but in

pyiut of healthy air, I am doubtful if tie

merit v. rr.itnpis of mind and eenerositv of spnti- tbp uif" nf Mr. .Limb ffinl-Inc ,.f (;....

:iot one of the least obstacles against meut, if made upon a theatre more within ket. aged CG. put a period to her life, by which the republican party (as they tailed tbe view of mankind, would secure to Hie- hanging herself from a small saplin, near themselves) had to encounter was the w ant foiido the uieetl of an immortal name. the 'house. Nothing had been discoveied in of a leader of experience and capacity, who The name of this generous and magnani- her pievious conduct to ea cite suspicion, united political ami military talents with . mous soldier, will be dear to every feeling nor can the motives which led to th fatal

commanding concilialiu": manners.

;iliatiug manners. Such a heart as long as his memory wtll be prcserv- catastroplic be even conjectured, fehe vas

earth aflTords its eiiual upon so wide an ex- l!dU uul- UC IUIUU) U1.e uiuoai ed. ne has reuecmea me cnai acier oi man mi-iug I, om tiie House rather longer fhaa

tent. The value of this truly fine country 7 ' xvaa". eiiereu man vvmiout tai-; trom the lou! stigma tu ow n upon it by an- ordinary, and was supposed to have been

. i em or ori!ici:ie. iuc uioe;

merely on the common level.

man they bad not.

I, was an unit

.k .-I... I. I bll ..fhiiM ltln.r1 . . I .1 A 1 ! I 1.1 I A t I

is unknown at the Court ot .Madrid or the HllMU."c' wiuocia wtic other nauon, wno?e claims to mere man a "can an.iui an nour when discovered by

HV-rnK.ww:i .,-,,ifi r.Mn.ro ti pvrhnncro luritv we tuiiuuuu icu. i snare oi v irtue anil uene oieiice nave ueen me iamiiv.

t! epi:,e barrens of Florida, lor an unquafi- ... mau.Sre their wellness, arising from loud and incessant. Hut when a contrast is She had previous laid her grave clothe-, f.r! cession of a re-ion of five times the ex- fhcir d,sumon a,ld lt very small num- drawn between the scenes of the i iver liahln even to the pins out upon a bed in her . . . . hers. Siinip of theii pvf ranrfllnrv evnnts ,.i it. .,,... ilwu.. if tit .v. i i .1

tern, and more than ten times the value : a . y , f .TV ; ; -" nu Jiumfiu, ,. .i.uuu.u "rc;jiu- iuu:,i, .ma urnni a cnair uoni me region that must e.e Ion- be peopled with mht ha;e occurred w!h uften have deci- de Behar, we no longer hesitate to bestow -the house which she made use of to leach the

the cord was fastened to the

ad been a remaikable imlustri-

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cither frcanU'i Creoles, or An.o meri. ucu uir. ,aic . cm,w C5 u ie.paim oi real generosity upon mis acneucent place where

; and a re-ion which will be the im- en P' e 'itn success give it : a sanction Spaniard, w no became the protector ot men tree. Sheh

r,;,,f ,.r ...i.:ii l!ie v luuiiKiuu. ine opamiii v.o- that the laws oi nations had cuoaiea ta Ucs- ous and

cans

rinwEilili.

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gains its possession.

Politician! like other abdication of one of their; (ruction.

oioriai t us. anu me eapuv r.y 01 anoiner, uas been in a very unsettled state. The vast

men are ruled more by the trifles of a mo

iinini man uw Ul I HU " 1 1 1 1 II U C III IU- r i t a. I . i r4,,. ii. r i u i i r fragments ot the once nrnhty monarchy of tun. 1 he possession ol the riirht bank of r. i . . ? : . . :

1 nnil Htinn mud ilo .

Tied Hiver by a Spanish population, must de

) rive the U. S. of one of the greatest points of security for Louisiana. It must be a

XEW-YOUK, Aug. 3. iEiUAL ASCENSION.

and approa.' iied to rapid dissolution. Many

?s, la

boring under similar or taorc unsulferble dif-

pruuent woman, and for any tiiin

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w.iicu is Known, uveu nappiiy with her lamil'. S!;c v.as a member of the Presbyterian church, and her deportment v.as correspondent with the profession which she made;

the manner of her death is therefore tj

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instances have occured where armies, a. pu""c, ..ir. uuuie took nw serial

rrKU fi;f irom v aujcnau Ijarcen?, in which, w

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i i i'iiihi v I m i' ii i 1 1 - ft 1 1 nnqrrnfinrihia

e are

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. i i . i.i rrnni in p. huIlCs i . lii i rrn ? r.

;;J ' r i T it ;5 ,5cu,ties t,,an the Amencan-Snanish, had to naPPJ,w s?J'-e " ,nfc cnmp.eteiy sue- V ETOWN Sert 4 its waters into the Mississippi, should be t d a ,., , t ' ... cesslul,and the public abundantly gratified- &ll t. 1 u , Sept. 4. suffered to repain foreign to the U.S. of circumstances contributed to THE STaTE OF ILLINOIS. Ucfore the cession of Texas to Spain, we t(lrr '.o. ;rVpril ,W111 heighten the interest ot the scene. A high Though o ir stat-- has been heat til v Iau-a-cou id l)vat ol having the entire area dram- harpily a limit beyond which nun can nev- was Sweei)inS into the air the dust of ed at abroad for establishing a state bank cd by ti e largest stream upon the globe, er lfiVor!CP ithimntnitv tVeCirP nri irl" the streets -black clouds were lising in the with a capital s.i totally disproportioned to

iiaiiuici "lu.i.i viu cu.ujjiuj, x iiia a-j pes ne cannot viobite witliout de ervin" "-3i- uuia.ii munuti wan ncai u, au;i n irw iiuMiun ciiu (icami ui ucr ciiTzens, --ne not an empty vaunt, such a possession Jj in most insta;ce8 meetini? condig "PSfain, led us to hope a plentiful has nev-crthess received a good share of appave us many solid and permanent advan- pi,nishtnent. Sa'cedo and Govcnior Gene- sovver, and to expect a disappointment in plause for many of her acts ;and for none tasrs, which cannot be easily compensated. j,'a, ucrra..n companions wio tlie a5ctnsion- At twenty minutes past n.ore tlun that of the convention, by which Contrary to what is generally thought, Ued submittc(1 ;,niscives prisoners war' ; and lock the balloon ascended, and many jmprHonmett for debt was' abolished. The River is a large navigable stream many thenceforth, consequently under the . aRd sner aors, w ,th palpitating art lecture, to be sure, did not carry in. hundred miles above what would b the . KMima ,.r 'ii rrtirtlnni which i hearts, beheld a fellow-bemg hurried info to complete effect that humane provision of o i i - l ii i . . . i , . iiioai soit mil ui ui pi oieoiioos, wniii iue . , - . . ... . . . , Spanish limit by the late treaty. hat is . ..i.i .ir..,..i , the air. I he wmd was strong from the toe constitution, but it is quite likclv that at

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caned t e rait anove Natchitoches is pass- r?uht to clam anij no doubt expected to rc able uith twenty oar and 40 ton bar-es : .i., !,-:.. ni

IVH i, lliv Ki cilliiciiL iiv; iu iiitii iiiiiiv aim ni

ne such passed it at the time I was enga

gpil .oivevirg opposite ti e same raft. In ficT where the intended line will intersect the rive:, it is as large if not more so than the Cmi,at Cincinnati, and little less, if a-

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ny,n-uSm-,u.i many oomiueni creams mouern improvement of manners.

.... ' . . T . ... t stripped ol its wor

i... v., i.i. ;1. x nu. Hiauau a,AJCa.3 tUmuit ot battle

airo, i have ijunu no reason to change ; robands of men unauthorised by their ow n

tuation. The general custom of Modern nations, in their mild, generous and humane conduct towards prlssoners of war, is the most brilliant and useful remaining trait

cd" the aj:es of chivalry, and does honor to

quished resume the warm intercourse of

west, and the balJoon crossed the East Uiv- the nrt se jsion a law will be passed which

er, a little above Wiiliamsburgh Ferrv. Ail will render more general the application of looked now with much aniety for the criti- the principle thus recognized, 'if not at the cal moment when the reronao't shoidd dis- next sef sion, at least when other, and more engage himself from the balloon, and des- liberal-minded men, shall represent us in cend to the earth. He had ben about five the legislature. minutes in the air, ami had attained a . eat For want of other matter to fill un th

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ui. Ui''fc"1' ""-u l,c i-.u vrt ?reii rapi'.uy iaii- a-- n in.cupies, we exrraci irom a comUl IS ( ...tf .. ' . .1 -.-r . ...

hat

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me n t oi manner s. vvarist. o . . , . . . f ..... , j . -, .. , v- n u .i orst horrors and when the j"1"' ,or ?ome mo,UC!lt- before t!:e p?.r?chut mu?iuation in the National Messenrer wh is over, theVictur and van-, "1. It, however, performed its of- folbnvs, wherein a very just compliment 2 the warm intercourse ofi e, and decended gradually. Ue bih paid us: I ..e writer is urging the necessif

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mutual philanthrophv. Contrary however,: WIim ,a';u v,.,,uus ."V V11 severai T; M' uu' u' r ' "anKrupi mv :

. w. i..v i..., uui iuc lai uai 3rc:i ii a. i i i y tiiiicilill I'l'lfiir"!. IT K

a raaim as ancient as the origin of law itself, that a man shall, in.no instance, suffer twice tor en? ofivrce. How camps it then !.o : i i.i i j i-

iiia.1 mis u j.i j. m Miuu.u oe uei3ica irem,

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rri. ... v. nnr r i ii ii.i nil mini 1 inn m iier in. . . . . ... . . ni.uit'ii iir. iit'u. iiiii iii rr ii'm c on in r..

T ' J , . , rv"' ' to all the rights or hospitalitv ana justice, ... : 4, ' . r ju.e any cause m which they are engaged. , temnt of every " principle that Clllate S and fears were entertained

-., irinr t in iin'iiv v-r?iiff .. .,.'.1 K . i

W,. ,,0lft , -wv viv- iiij Giuliani liUHI UC llll UV I)

air. He was seen

the earth on Lop

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xii uci, so inoiancare most oi uiose per- n.nn wlolH.ma., niml., n,l lH

son, a, to expect themselves at the gates Uerrara with ,everal (eleven or twelve) of ;r0,n hl5 3"at I,lto l,!e f Mexico, when at M. Antonio de Behar, . -r nnVm moati, lelhnv nrisoners. ' however, to approach

thccg.i II degrees of latitude he between massacreti i cold blood near St. Antonia de ls a,ld- . 1 ne " as censed, and v .as Uv and debt should be considered the most t.ie two places, and much of the interme- pjChar bv, it is said, the orders of Bernardo ! a 15 tune visible liKe a o'.ack speck in the monstrous of all crimes ; Look at our merdiate distance filled w ith a dense popula- ThU ilinuman and impolitic act sealed the cloU, ,,,. P . L , ? f"1 ,aw' .ar'dJtd! n,e 1,,at that man is nct lion ; in U mass ot which, admitting a co- fate of the enterprize.--T;ie human bosom "i' o .anded in safety m the orch- Ucice punished who has his beds sold from operation, those foreigners would be lost shu,iuers at the lecital of such atrocious aru ot r-Jacob f uydam, a little distance under his family and after being left destilike a drop in an ocean. No man, of mo- DarDarjtv Most, if not all of tie Ameri- troni the cross-roads, at Bushwick, Long-I- tute, is torn from them and sent to a noxiderate information, can for a moment doubt bef0nofn. t,tie cx pedition, disclaimed s,at,d .five or hr miles from the place of ous prison, from which, after cluigrin. mor-

tne nnal emancipation 01 tne cpanisn com-; co-operation in the deed. Bernardo atI1Vu"' a'ui came to town m a waggon, tincation, and expense, he is released, but i

I neir chains will crumble betore in- j ... - .1 u ..m..i u. with uis parachute, at about half past b o'- ?till

Luiiiuiauu cikii iu an. . .

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creasing instruction gained amidst and from their struggle ; these men can only be slowly fitted for the management and enjoyment of a rational system of domestic policy. If Spain was at this moment to acknowledge their independence, it is doubtful whether their own chiefs would not assume the place and power of the Spanish authoiities. In fine, but one class of men from other rations can do them efiective service ; prudent, well informed persons, content, and indeed only accepting a subordinate rank, v.ho cautiously wean them from their prejudice, and w ho gain their confidence by &tudvin their language, and adopting in cost uva? and manneis, what may be found c.immendahle, useful, or indifferent, amongst the inhabitants. Military men of, this description, .'re to them a real and invaluable acquisition ; those ot an opposite character are to them nuisances. WILLIAM DAUBY.

BIUEF IilSrcUV, fcc.

was removed, and the command given to an

other Spaniard, but a m Airfoil 1111 till, ronntnfinii

party, that no skill could cure-confidence, P,a"s? V f ence. was at an end-discipline disrarded-andl . 1 " ,Sf :d t' have been toe first ascen-

!on the ISth of August, 1813, this ill assort-'81"1 piaceiiiuus country,

1

liable to have the loan or gift

or a

clock in tbe evening. He proceeded to the friend or neighbour taken from him by re-

was received with great ap-f morseless creditors, who, of all other hu

man beings, with tne exception of jailors) are the least relenting ; in evidence of which 1 give vou the following epigram. " Oh.' let me die in peace,"Ei:-nencs ciied To a hard ci elitor by his bed side. How ! die?' roared" Gripus, thus your debts evade? By God you shall not die till I cm paidr

The whole subject of imprisonment for

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ed mass, encountered about iO miles vet A " lusaJ nas oeen satisfactory ,.rct ..nn n f..rr0 nn,o,. hpno' every one w ho witnessed it. 'i'housands

and experienced leaders, and was in a moment routed.

The situations of the Americans were to

had in remembrance a disappointment many years since, either by accident or design fn a proposed acen3iont and were not disposed

to think vv-ll of the present attemnt. T 1,1 !

the last ibgree hopeless and disastrous ;. may have opperatcd against the interest of!

IU.. l ii nil re r m 1 J ia t mm i !lf Km 1 Ol lif thp ! Nl 1". Ti II 1 1 1 ; n till irn cinrprdlr linrn hie l -1 1 1 ph t 1 1 1 w 1 1 i I .- I . . UI.1 JIJ U

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United Mates ;a victorious ana justly ex- loon may ue preserved, lor the further gra- vvitt ue useless tor me to dwell on it. bev-

imcation oi i!ie puhlic, as well as to remu-'eral ot the states have exruncd it from their . i, r ... i . ... - a. 1 a a . . i I " i w

uciuie i.iiu lor nis great expenses.

nnerated enemy on their reaf, dtath, in alt

its accumulated terrors, presented useii 10 their tcrrifitd imagination, or what vvas still more dreadful in their apprehension, a lingering captivity in Spanish dungeons seemed to be the only alternative; some by e.rertions almost superhuman, traversed the wide expanse between St. Antonia de Behar and the Sabine river, and escaned into

.Louisiana. But manv fell into the hands

The expedition earned on against the id their pursuers. Tbe situation .of these

government of paln in the province ol lex- captives vvas indeed deplorable ; and all

as, winch commenced in uii., hy a body hopes ot revisiting their native country was of Americans, aided by male-contents in the ' banished from their expectations by the c.i.intrv, is now at an end. Meeting with j frightful pictures that had bejn presented parlialsucccjb on their first entrance iuM j to their iiiiuds of the Spaaiih nation. A

statute books, an odious feature : and I must do Illinois, (the last sl.-itp admitted intn the

liie Lauojn. lhe balloon was seen af-, Lnion,) the justice to sav, she was tne lirst ter sunset lat evening by persons at Flat-; to set tbe example. How absurd is it in us bush, at an immense height, apparently a-j to talk about the inquisition, when we imjove ltockaway. It was travelling to the1 prison a fellow bein- for debt, shut bin out

from the light and tree airs ot Heaven, and cry to him," by way of mockery, "Pay rr.ft my money dive me the pound of fleh !' at the moment we have taken away all the means of payment, whether moral or physical, from his gra?p ! Away with such laws; they t?n J to drive the sufferer to madnes and despair, and thereby, unfit him for the sphtri in which he was accvi turned to more.

south-east, and inclining upwards. In alii

probability it has fallen into the ocean. Mr. Bagot, late British minister, arrived in England on the bth of June, after a short passage. Wt understand that Cant. Porter is appointed U the coui!raad cf the Columbus,