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v , . , , 1 v1; - "' - ' ........ . ... . ..... 1 -. j- - ""' constitution... .uicion.. ' , ,: ; ;-' ; At $3fPer Annum, in advance : J ; ' ----- irgLr : . : . t. ' SATtru day, September 9, i837 TERMS The Sentinel is published weekly at $3 per annum navable in advance. Aioertisementsitjy the year, $15. 00 for two squares ie3S' autl 6e dollars tor each additional square. By Hie urtinb:r, 73 cts. for tlie first insertion, 37i for each ?0MliD.ah3crinion received for less than six months, and n aper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, ex cent atthe discretion of the Editor.; f ; y i " i p Oii a'i letters addressed to the Editor, the postagt mmt be paid. . . .. - , -v ; V-.". . "jSliOBIili-AJy-JBoUSs s f rom the Texas Telegraph. : , Con-ity of Bexar. -lih is couuiyis a portion e .ul mrincr turlsdiction of Bexar, iis buun daries i-ve not ...ofi.in. will te been , deiineit. I'h is des confined to the section of ..in-rv comprksed between the valley ot the pin Frio and tlie eastern border, of the valley of ihj siuoio, embracing the vallevs ot the the dan Antonio and , the ?5ibolo, irhic-ifor ferflity oi soil, salubrity ol climate .i K.'niitilul sceuerv mav De consniereu me rarden of Texas., , ::v:,;s;- Surface.-. The whole section is a coutinu- mi3 at? riesol unjuiauons loruimg wiwn u icnn; rolan uraine, except a sumii puruuu at lite north a lew, miles above Ud.xar where a range ot naa'jx veil inlis extends lron iiorin easl to across the county, forming a di $ between ihe lididalupe mi Ma- ri li i dina The streams are generatty uneu wnn hnrders of forests. I tie remainder ol the couiiiylw open, anddecorated Willi nn merous scattered Mesquite trees and post oak roves Tl"?h generally crown the Summits ol he tolling svyells. v ,,, Streams-rVhe &&n Antonio, Medina, &iboio ami olado !are tht principal streams. - Tlie San,ntinip' is formed of four springs which is sue from the foot of a small eminence four or lire miles above Bexar and .umiug their wa tcrs about al' mile above this city, loim a rtfer fihv vartls wide and four or tive feet deep; this stream is Very rapid.it Hows over a pebbly betl aid its waters are remarkably pure and whole-s.o:nc',-such i ii their transparency thai small ftsli may bejseen istintly at the depth of ten feet. The Medina' is about a hundred : iiies longer JJian jthe "rjan Autonio; above its junc tion with this stream; it is however quite nar tj x, being generally fo a hundred'nules above its mouth only a few yards wide,' it is a slug-gis-t stream liiowing over, a marly bed. The tfoonJo resejnbles the iiedina, but is consider tibly smaller; it flows over a rocky bed, and its water is remarkably clear and wholesome. The Solado is a short raprd stream, flowing I over a imtrly bed; its waters like all the ..streams of this section, arc sweel clear and wholesome. , . ?s Minc-al Waters: Rett the Sibolo. about tVtrtv-thrce - miles Trom Bexar, i a mineral spring, its waters have tnr ages ueen nem im libit estimation ,by the aborigines ; lor their Jii'iciiiai qualities; ? V- ' .' " t -."-'".". ,fieras. Great quantities of limestone arefouitd iujall parts of this section: flint and several varieties of sandstone abountT'tin the ban Antonio and Sibolo. Here are also nu merous beds of a natural cement, resembling slacked lime: which when formed into mortar, becomes hard as stone, and is much tised as a building material. - - -- So l. and Productions The soil consists gcneially ofj a dark sandy loam, exceedingly rich and productive. Some of this has been cultivated more than fifty successive -years, ami yet Seems to have lost none of its origin al fertility. 1 The falcilities of irrigation ae such in t'ie yallies of these streams thai their waters mavj easily be directed over a surface of one million of square acres, capable of pro ducing the moat abundant crops of corn, cot ton, tobacco, indigo, sugar," rye, oats millet, and various1 culinary vegetables; wheat also was f irmerly raised in considerable quantities The Mesquite grass carpets the whole section and continues green throughout ..the whole year, furnishing a never failing pasturage The Nopal or Prickly Pear abounds in this section, and often forms dense impenetrable hpilirps 5irVit nr Ion font liirh ' snrl iroVArino whole acre of ground. Its fruit attains an extraordinary size and possesses an excellent iavor. i Forest Tress. There arc few varieties of forest trees the Live Oak predominates, the 1 eccan also is abundant and its fruit is exceed ingly large.! Cypress is found on the Medina, the Mesquite tree is thinly" scattered over the whole cuuitiy; this is a "species of the locust" ii . ? - . V I generally about the. size of a Peach tree and 1 bearing a long slender pod. sweet to the taste anu onen used by the Indians for food, this tree also, yields excellent gum, like gum arabic" Be3id s these, there are the Red Oak and Post Oak.' --. ;j .-cv-;- ;-5;,:--' Towns, Bexar, the county seat is the only town. . It is situated on both rides of the San Antonio, about - twenty miles abovo its junc tion with the Medina, and is one of the oldest towns in North America, containing many an ctent structures which recall to mind its for- nxer greatness, and the many vicissitudes of 'uriuiie which have characterized its singular and interesting history. It contained a. few Tears since eight br jlen thousand inhabitants, thenresent n.innlation ni.K.,. .krt - land. j..-.:..-.. :. become one of the first cities of America a T-Tlie Alamo is situated al the nonh east part of the town on the left bank of the river It - . - - ;: , . ' ' - Ti,. . ' ii:ii.L. . ' m'- .. ucre is a irauiuon nrevaient in lexas. mat bexar derives its name from theSnanUh wnrrl AKp. ; .. . . ' i. . n : 3i aud that it was applied to this town in conse- jiuence ofa swarm of bees having formed their hives BeZ',?!??? ! the great nurcb, at theprec i e tradition also sutes, that bees had never been 1 RPon : .L- . ' . ......... tradition, us the transatlantic archetype of Bex- V has existed in Old Spain for centuries, f is a large oblong walled enclosure containing about an acre of ground; , the walk is about eight or ten feet high and three thick. Since ihefVl of .Travis and his l heroic bandj it has been dismantled; and no longer a fortress, it remains to designate the Thermopylae of Tex as..,.. .. ... . .... Below B exar scattered 'along the banks of thenar are many large and beautiful edifices, built of massive stone. They are styled Mis sion and generally consist of a fortress and a church. In these the pious fathers of former days with the sword in one hand and the Bible in the ! other, gathered the wild bands of the prairie to bend the k ee at the shrine of the HdlyiiVirgiii.. . - , . 'Most of. lhe'( inhabitants of this county are of iMexicaVtle'sctTitrEmfffrant from the eas- iSJU partufTeX'athenitedfat now coutiiiually arriving' with their families, and there is every reason to believe that in a few years ; this county - will contain a more dense j population than any other portipni of lexasr,:;. w:.., , Ciimatc.Tr-The. climate of this region is de lightful and pr jbably not surpasse 1 by that of any portion , of the Globe. ; The summers are never oppressively, warm, but are admirably tempered by cool refreshing sea breezes which prevail during the warm season, the winters are exceedingly pleasant and comfortable; snow scarcely ever falls even to the debt h of ! .i -J .1' 'I.lJ -.J I L --: it . au iiicii, auu aunougii most oi tne rainy weatn er occurs dtiririg winter there are but veryfew clou lyjtiays. . Indeed such is the salubrity of the 'cliniate that previous to the war, there wi?re many : Mexicans who had resided in the. vicinit: of jBexar," for more than acenturfi and still enjoyed rxcellenl health. - . ! . Austin County. Is bounded on the North by, Washington county, on' the East 'y Har risburg . County, ; on the South by Brazoria county, and on the West by Colorado county; No official return has yet been furnished df its specific limits. The little Caney ftirms ajnart of its Northern b lundary, Big Creek a pari'of its Southcrn( and the mam fork of St. Bernard, the. Western boundary. . : - : - K ? Streams. The Brazos flows through lhe Eastern part ; of this county. Its principal Western branches are the Little Caney, lill Creek, Williams, Creek and Jones' Creek; a few smull Eastern branches of the San. Ber nard flow through the Western part. The wa ter of all these creeps, especially that of Mill Creek, is sweet and wholesome. ' n t, ) Surface -This county is uniformly level nt the South, but fircntly undulatin? at the North. All the- streams, 1 even those quite atrial I. spa' linril "iifi frtrs&-c-J--' to three br fourmiles wide, l he remainder of the county is an open prairie. f : i Forest Trees. -These arj principally tiive Oak, White, Red and Post Oak, Peccan, Cot tonwood, Ash, Elm and Holly. ! Soil and Productions. The soil of the northern and eastern portion is of an excel lent quality, yielding in' ordinary seasons, of com 60 bushels to the acre, of cotton from pOO to 800 lbs. of dinned cotton;; of sweet pota toes 300 bushels; Irish 100 bushels; two crops of these last are frequently raised in one sea son. -iTheisoil of the western and southwes tern! pnrt, is, somewhat" sandy arid "much less productive than'the eastern .portion. Between the Sari Bernard and the Brazos is an immense open prairie, the soil of which is better adapt ed to pasturage than tillage. Rye. oats and millet thrive Well: and peaches, figs and niel lons ire produced in abundance: Towns.--The principal settlements are a long the Mill and Caney Creeks, and the-Bra- zos. There are no large towns, oan rnuipe de Austin the county seat and formerly the capital of the Brazos jurisdiction, is situated on the west bank' of the Brazos,;at the north east corner of an exleusive prairie , about 70 milt s above Columbia. It contained COO In habitants at the comnie nee m e n t b f the war; at tlie approach of Mexican army, it was fired preferred to behold his home a desert rather change, as any capitalist might have done.hav than the shelier of a Tyrant. It is now slow- ng as it had, the. command -of the public lv picindr frnm lis- rnins.' nnd nromiaes 'trii &t- I 't rrma ci-r- in 1 tUa 5.niirf k iiv. to years. ' r '7f Rlt-KrrmnSI eWniod t Pnrt Rnd. on thfi west bank of the Brazos;-lhirty-fiveiT)iles!be- low San Felipe, and the same distance above Columb ia, at the present head of. navigation BrazoB, is a place of considerable im- on "the porlance and promises to become ere longme nf ilia tnrnasl r Inn1 tntvns in T.S. ' It it part of an elevated beautiful prairie, Jthe .! .. , ...-i -' .., 'i '..'I - sou ot . which is very lertiie anu proauewve. , 1 ne innaoitants oi. mis county are mosuy iiiOM ,i,f cn.ithi.rn .ml ,rpctpm tatM mi I T - - . a I I of the Union; many; however are Jrom Ne England; They : generaly enjoy excellent health, esneciallv tho-e residinff on the San R-rnard. th PnVv. Mill and Willtams creeks, The whol population of the county is about I 2000 v r fu fiji lL ni rr. IiV f-i r jiuiiuie. a tie ciituBic i uiiiiuiujit m.rt: tk. rHinrv Mnthinir of the Ns Enff- land Cand middle. Stales is used; by the inhabi- tntfi ih nrHJnnrir -lnthinor of-the? conniry. The Riimmpr kip ro rpmarkably serene and beautiful and are occasionally diversifiedi by j.towen rinjr piles of 'Thunder clouds' earetering aloncr the water courses, and sheddinffrdown wpntle rpfrpshinff nwor.. The heat of srim-l mervis seldorn loppressivei . as a sea breeze springs up almost with the regularity, of .sun- rise, increases in strength until aboni two or three o'clock in the afternoon, and then gra- j-ii- i.t- . Tk. n!liic oo uuaiii' ucwuca wwaiua suinei. io m6w . t mi . ' .. - nniiP root. The winter resembles a protract- ?d "Indian Summer,V, with the exception of a nuiie coo . x ne winter reseinuies a uiuiru - rew- bleak piercing "Northwesters", whichare ; I W f m" hOF nd innl mil T npm 1 1 V RI1(.PP P ft KPaSOIl burst forth, sof suddenly that commonly the first notice of their commencement is a sudden gust of wind which almost cbecks respiration, pushing wide sweeping the open the. unlatched doors, and un wary traveller's; hat several roos front his head: severe cold i follows and the thermometer frequently falls 15 or 20 degrees in the successive fifteen or twenty; minutes, the clouds generally disa p peara few hours after their commencement, leaving a clearjcold sky. Three davs is gener ally the extent of their duration. Snow is al most unknown; in this country, and ice is sel dom found more than half an inch thick, the cattle therefore1 feed out in the throughout the whole winter. pastures QUERIES' FOR STATESMEN ANl LEfimiTfiBs.; " " "r ihii noi a iact, mat -the govern ment of England, through the bank and bank ers of that country, have forced their manu factures into this country beyond the usual de mand ? '1. " ; j ; ; ;. ; ..." - '3 t or is it not a fact, that this was done to lessen their Poor Rates, and break down the rising and riva manufactures of the United States? .. :. : ,r J : . u or is it not a iact, tnat some oi our eoantrymenat;homQ and abroad, haye suffered their avarice to ovetcome their patriotism, in furthrtng this to us, suicidal scheme, r -i 4 Is it or is not a fact, that an inequality of luriune, nosuie jto: social intercourse, nas sud d ?nly got root and growth among the. people, so lately contented and happy here ? ' ' 5. Is it or is not a fact, that the public mor als are the main and indispensable support . of tree or republican governments I ; i -,4 :t v 6. Is it or is not a fact, that the public mor als of this nation have depreciated to a great extent, within as fey years past? 'yt:'"','i: ' .1.' Is it or is it not a fact, that the" creation of the stock of one ben k, oh the creditor pa per of other banks, adds nothing to real capi 8. Is it or is it not a fact, . that such new banks, without an addition of capital, may be monopolized by adventurers who jirc all. bor rowers. and have nothing to lose or risk ? , 9. Is it or is it not a fact, that such fictitious banking is most prevalent in the United State. for the last thirty years ? ' ; ; ; 10. Is it or is it not a fact, that all banks es tablished before that innovation, ' have . been forced to rely ore fiction also, and lose the ben efit of their solid capitals ? ' .'.T '--- 11. Is it oris hot a fact, that this deteriora ted system of banking, has beeh the principal domestic cause of the inequality of fortune and derjreciaijon of , morals above mentioned.' 1 2. or is it not a fatrtru tu- ,iMg. of the farmersTTLpiios, which: were em ployed in improyitfg their lands, or loaned to neighbors for such purposes formerly, are drawn into towns to to the detriment of agri culture! j ;,.C'5fj:: 'fi-ri i-'&nUt:.' : '13.' Is it or is it ? iVbt it fact' that lands - id Maryland, and some. other slates, were sold for more hard moneyrforty yars ago, than the same lands have been selling for paper, at any time sinpe that perFod" when banks began to be multiplied ? ; .... . , ;.'. ; :r Jj-'. :i 14. Is it or is, it not a fact, that this capital is, generally, invested in stocks of bank?, and by tfi'em, loanedjto merchants, to increase the importation of foreign goods; or to speculators in such articles as add nothing to the real wealth of the country ? L',: ; ' " -?hT-Xx 'x-'" 15. Is it or is it not a fact, that themimber of the, state banks increased during the existence of the hank of United States, as well as the is sues of bankf notes ? , - 16. Is It oris it not a fact, that the prices of the notes of all the banks varied, according to the creditpf each, and the . distance at which thev.were ofieretl for sale?!', r H 1,1? 17.. Is it or;is lit not a faet, that the rales of exchanges upon distant places varied, aceor- t'ing the balances of trade between them ?' IB. Is it or is it not a fact, that the bank of the United States bought and .sold puis oi ex- revenue, as collected, . J 9- Is it or is 1 1 not a fact, that all commer- Jcial countries except England' and the. United Estates, are wiiaoui any ceriain means 01 .ex- changes bybanks, and depend on the course of trade ? 20. Is it or as it not a tact,, that mere ; are loans for internarimprovements, guaranteed by cities and states land exclusive ofthe stock i of banks, in which th e mon'ey" . o f ; widows ,? or orphans may oe saieiy investeu, anu re.iiutau- iae'n,f afr.imViTaKP t n nln PP. wi thi n 1 h ft I I II 1 llfi h". Vi r t 71 ; " -M I u is wm U fll MC I illllllllll JiaK2ftllJlJE M r- - '7r 71 ' 21.' Is it or'is it not a fact, that, if the go yernmentshouldagain receive bank notes, and demand all securities from deposite .banks, these, like all other banks, may suspend, and defraud the government ag .in J-,, ; , 22. Is itor islt nota fact, that the system is so fastened on the people by 4he4 statesman their separate capacities, that the .remedy,- to --- - . , i .... . it'" . . ' be safe and effectual, must be in the states! -23. Is it or is it not, the duty.of congress, lo ffnard the publicrevenoe from the suspensions of specie payment liereafteiy 'and from other abuses otthis new banking system ! ; iM. Is it or is it not a, act, that n a bant ol the.Uriiled Slates.Iike the last, would or could teffulate tlie currency, to transfer that authori ty on a single store of directory would, be . a treacherous dereliction of duty on the part of congress to whom the people have confided so much of theif sovereignty: i T it nr i not. thp most eligible wav for - ,.--:r-:m----. -- -j --- n."uiti.J u ufv, ..., 1 itnnmraaa In aviiil )hii nrl an far. rhlIf th circulation of unsound money, to confine the j receipts and payments of the national treasury 1 We invite attention to the foliowing extract from a late number of the North American Re a . mi ! 7-! 11 1 1 1 " . t - ' ' I" ""' ! ,,- MM MM .. view. It is admirably calculated to show the advantages possessed by the laboring, classes oi mis country, over tbose of almost every por tion of EuropewifcThe truth is; with a good go vernment, a government that in all its more ments seeks to promote "the greatest good of tne greatest number, - to carry out the princi ples, the triumph, and the struggle of seventy six to extend equal arid just political rights to all and to render this great ' confederacy what she was designed to be by her foundersthe model and example for all enlightened ; and liberal nations of the : earth, this country would stand upon the very highest moral ele vation; while her people- contented," prospe ro u s, an d happy, w ould cling w ith ? pa trio tic pertinacity to the institutitious of their fathers, and.view wi thajr e h.e njsj o ii e y ery So r JL o subvert or penlasingieprrnip lution. With a bad government careless and regardless of the rights and happiness of the many, and anxious only for political power, it it may be feared thai even this land, so favored by Providence and by nature,f will one day present a spectacle any thing but .gratifying to the heart of a true patriot will, in fact re trograde in the scale of nations, and instead of becoming glory of the friends of liberty and liberal institutions, will descend and degene rate into the scorn and mock of tyrants the by-word of those who believe that man is not capable of self-government. We give the an nexed narasranhs. as well with the obiect ol shewing the advantages enjoyed by pur honest yeomanry, jand industrious mechanics," in con- irasi wim tnose ot ouier couniries, as wtiu a Dpe that seeing their true position, aud su perior blessings, they will guard the integrity ol their country with the more, vigilance, and endeavor to preserve and perpetuate a , system that guarantees such important privileges. . , 'In IVbrwav the ordinary food of the peas- antry is bread and gruel, b6th prepared of oat meal, with an occasional mixtureVof dried fish. Meat is a luxury which they rarely enjoy. In Sweden the dress oi the., peasantry is prescribed by law." , Their ;food consists of hard bread, dried fish, and gruel without meat. - " . . In Denmark, the peasantry are still held in bondage, and are bought and sold together with the land on which they labor. .. . V . In Russia, tile bondage of the peasantry, is even more complete than it it it is Denmark. The nobles own all tlie lands in the empire.and the peasantry who reside upon it are transfer red 'with the estate. . , " ' ' ' M A great majorily have onlv cottages, one portion of which is occupied, by the family, animals. Few; if anyv have5 beds but' sleep upon bare boards, or upon parts of the loir mense stoves by which their housesare warm?' ed. Th eir food c on sists 'of black bread, cab bage, and other vegetables,, without the addi- tiori-of any butter. ' " t ' , In Poland the nobles are the proprietors of the land, and the peasants ere slaves. A re cent traveller Says," "I have travelled in every direction, and never iaw a Vheateh loaf to the east Ward p f th e R hi ne,inat:y part of Northern Germany, "Poland or .Denmark1 The com mon food of the peasantry of Poland, 'the working men, is cabbage and potatoes, some- iiuies, out nut generally, . peat-:, uiacK oreaa and soup or rather gruel, without the addition of butter or meat; " "' : . " ',' " : In Austria, the nobles are the ; proprietors of the land, and the peasants are compelled to work lor their masters during every day ex cept Sunday. The cultivators of the. soil arc in a State oi bondage. V In Hungary their stale is, if possible, .still Worse. The nobles own the land, do hot wprk and pay no taxes. " The labouring classes'arc obliged to repair , all high ways and bridges, are liable at all times to have soldiers quarter ed upon them, and are compelled lo pay .one tenth of the produce of iheir labor to the church and one-ninth to the lord whose land they oc cupy. " , ' Of "the people of France, seven and a half millions do not eat wheat or wheaten bread. They live upon barley, rye, buckwheat, ches-. nuts, and a few potatoes. . y The common wages of a" hired , laborer in France, is $36,50 for a manj and. S 18.75 for a woman annually. ' The taxes upon ; .lhem. are equal to. one-fifth of its net product. " , V. 1 In 1G7K there were 700,000 houses in Ire land." .Of these, 113,00 were occupied by pau-i" pers arid HnoTe lhan 500,000 had no ,bread. The average wages, of a laborer is J'romr.nine and a half to to eleven cents per day.i, v...;- j 'Among the laboring classes, of the indusin ous Scotch, ineal, excepton Sundays, is rarely used. ' ' .-,- Iu England, the prices of labor .vary ir. the Nottingham stocking weavers,-.as: stated b)' them in a' publip address, after, working from fourteen fo sixteen hours per day, . only ncarn from four jd'five shillings a week,, and .were obliged to subsist ou bread and waters or, po- a , ) . . .... ' : iv.' r- ' I- ; - . . "- ' ' x Artl .nil ' s From the Ncxpburyport Herald. - 'THE CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN.' Within the last four, years, there have been 2114 engagements, between the Christines and 1 Carlists, in Spain, in which 314,159 men have t.:n. -' mi. ...' " f .t : , ' r r -t oeen kiiicu. ...-, ie cause oi misjoioooyircivii war;in that country is as urik the people oi.the .U.) States as are the horrors and bloodshed Willi which it has been attended. An account of its origin we give briefly aVfol- According, to the ' ancient laws of Spain, women could inherit the throne as well as tnen The old family being extinct about the beginning of the last century, the crown was bestowed upon a French prince. : of the house of Bourbon, and ? the? Saliclaw. adopted as a part of the, riew seltlement. ; The late King Ferdinand married ' in . his old age (for the fourth or huh' time) a young .princess .of Na pies, by who me he was very anxious to have a son, to whom he might transmit the crown. The fruit )f marriage proving a daughter, he hastily! collected together a mock Cortes.' and partly by force, partly by persuasion, partly l.y bribery, induced '. them to alter the organic . law of the kingdom in favor of ? the young princess; ythris exeluding s byNa 1 decree made exprefsly for the occasion, hir brother, who was the rightful heir. This was so obviously ' unjust, as being a selfish violation of the tenu re by which j the present family occupies the throne, that popular discontent, soon after the death of the old King, broke out into op?n resistance: Don Carlos was banished the king . r ' 7- r .. w , dom, but soon returned, and put himself at tLe i j "' . : --i . . ' - . ....... neaa supporters oinis cause.; -iUa parlzans icom prise the hardy tnounuin- . eers of the Basque: provinces, while the adhe rents of the existing Government embrace the population of the more fertile provfbees of the South. Don Cailos has been defeated in bul- letins a hundred times, yet always seems. to have risen hitherto, with additional strength from the j fall- ;rThe 4 Basque provinces;, by which' he is supported, contain the most re publican population in Europe ' The. Basque -are a' laborious people, of high spirit and in- , dependent habits, who have ever maintained 1 their rights against the - monarch of Spain, J. while the other provinces haye long since sunk into a death-like state of slavery and misery. Ex-President Adams says, that" in , travelling through this part of Spain;5 he ?Was struck with the democratic habits of the people and the happy, cultivated appearance ofthe country, f which more than other in Europe reminded ' him of his own New. England. These people j.--have their own laws, vole their own taxes, and supply their own contingent lothe national for ces. They are essentially free. Origin of Yankee . Doodle-From Martin's History of North Carolina: Judge "In the attacks made upon the French posts in America, in i7oo, those against. IVtagara and Frontenac were made by Gor-Shirlev. of Massachusetts, and Gen. Johnson, of New York. " " "Their army during the summef lay on'Ute Eastern bank of the Hudson, a little south .of the city of Albany. Ini the early part of June, the troops of the Eastern provinces began to pour in company after company; and such an assemblage of men never before thronged together on such an occasion, unless an exam ple may be fouud in the ragged . regiment of Sir John Falstaff. It would have relaxed the faviirorari anchorite, jo see the descendants ofthe Puritans-marching through tlie? streets of that ancient city,; and taking their .stations on the left of the British army, some with co- lors as various as the rainbow;0 some with thin hair cropped like the - army of Cromwell, ahd others with wigs, the locks of which floated with grace " around thpir shoulders. Their march, Iheir accoutrements, and the whole ar rangements of the troops, .furnished matter ; of amusement to the British army .The music played the. airs of two centuries ago, and the tout'ensemble, upon f the whole, exhibited a sight to the wondering strangers lo which they had been unaccustomed. ' "Among the xl rib of wits that belonged to -the British army, fhere t was a Dr. Shackburg -attached to the staff; who . combined, with his knowledge of surgery, the skill, and talents of a musican. . To please . the new comers he composed , a tune, and . wilh j much gravity recommended it to , the officers, as one of the osl;.celebi8ted peices . of martial music. Thejokelookito the no small amusement ofthe British. Brother Jonathan exclajmed it. was nation fine, . and iri'a few day nothing was Iiearu.ui me piuummi vump uui uie air OI Yankee Doodle. , .., . t.ii . .'LittIe did the - author in his composition then suppose that an air made for the purpose of levity and ; ridicule,? should be maSrkod for sucli high destinies; In twenty years from that lime that National march inspired the he roes of Bunker's Hill, arid in less than thirty," Lorxl Corn wallis .1 and Iiis-army marched into the American!line$. to the. tune of-Yankefe Doodle.", '."i v ' .-v. ; . J ; 'V 1 General JacJcsons' dictation. Tbe.;'lctters from,Gen Jackson'tothe..editor ot -this, paper, recently ppblished,.(have been thesubject of so much calumny and ..misrepresentation, that we " qwe it to .ourselves to sayv a wordjin refer ance to, the motive's which actuate lis in pub lishing them.,' ;','. a, They werc4 introduced in an editorial reply to the .charge,, by Judged hite, that Gntra! -JacksoriVwas solicitous to. establish'."a .Baak of the U rii ted. S tales, bunded upon the moneys cf the uniteo o iai.es, auu aiiaciieu to tne reasr- ... TlAnn f monl ' ' rPT)c nddrAcc rnntni' inflr I lis charges w;as published fby,Jiidge AVhi.iiaitjt- laneousiy ai Mempnis auu ivnoinncut awp extremes of the SijOf Tenncssc-',- both Ion , distance from the residence pf. General Jackson. -,The object of publishing it at these' extreme" pointswas to act upon the approach.--, ingilelectin, befpfeGeneral Jackson couhl have lime to. refute itsedtumnies and falsehot In exhibiling ibis bugbear, of a. naUona,l, baf,- it was the object ot j uuge v nite iOrt suose, vc the interests of the Bank of, the United State. The editor of this j paper felt, it u be . due tp Gen.: Jackson s lame . tnat fits, letters siunita be published,, to aisaouse tne .puDiic , ra:na from the falsehoods of Judge White. jo oth er molivei could have called foith tliese let ter's from their privacy,- -iNo inin can read : tljem yrUholut; -being convinced that General Jacksoif is oppose?! to a national bank of any and every description, and that the charges Judge White are utterly false nd calumnious. We trust our ; . democratic ., contemporarjgs will do us the justice lo re-publish the above : ttatecmt GIqIc , -
Newbern Sentinel (New Bern, N.C.)
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Sept. 9, 1837, edition 1
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