The Sun.
London, England, 1838-07-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1L 1838.

AMERICAN PAPERS.

EX-PRESIDENT JAcksoN.—.A correspondent travelling in
the West, thus writes to the Warren ( Rhode Island) Star,
under date of April 23 :
`. I visited the Hermitage, which is ten miles out of town, up
the Cumberland. The venerable and good old ex- President,
who had been for several weeks confined with his old com-
plaint, rode into town the day that I rode ort, so tlaet I was
deprived of the pleasure of seeing him at his own house, w bele
his politeness to all who visit him is proverbial. His adopted
Lon, Andrew Jackson. jun., received us politely at the gate—
showed us in;. and treated us with the kindest attentions during
our visit. He conducted us into the garden, where I gathered
some flowers, which I have since pressed and preserved, and
where We saw the General's family monument. Two marble
slabs lie side by side, upon the base of the monument, over
which is erected a kind of dome, fifteen feet high, and sup-
ported by pillars of marble. Beneath one of the slabs, lie the
ashes of Lady Jackson, whose amiable qualities are hand.
comely expressed upon the stone. Several beautiful willows
droop over the sacred remains of the departed, and it was with
feelings of deep reverence that I made bold to cut one of the
branches that touched the tomb-stone. _ _

That branch, neatly wound into a wreath—the flowers—
and a silver-mounted hickory cane, that was presented me by
Mr. Jackson, will ton?' be retained by me as remembrances of
General Jackson and the Hermitage. After drinking a glass
of wine to the health of the President, Mr. Jackson showed
us some of the numerous testimonials of respect that had been
presented to the General from time to time. First, was a
brace of pistols that once belonged to the " Father of the
Country." that were presented to Lafayette by Washington,
and to General Jackson at 'the instance of Lafayette. I felt
a; much awe at handling these pistols, which I knew had been
worn by our beloved Washington in the service of his country,
as the most zealous Catholic would feel, were he to touch an
article of dress which he was sure had been worn by the Bless-
ed Virgin. Next, we saw a beautiful straight sword, with
case heavily mounted, which was presented to the General,
" December 23d, 1814, by the Independent Rifle Corps of
New Orleans," &c. Then a very handsome sword bearing
the following inscription :—" This sword presented by the
t Legislature of Tennessee, to Major General Andrew Jackson,
for meritorious services performed in the late war with Great
Britain." Next, a gold snuff-box, " Presented by the
Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the city of New
York, to Major General Andrew Jackson, with the freedom
of the city, as a testimony of respect for his high milit lry ser-
vices." Then came a box presented by the manufacturer,
%I'm was a British prisoner at New Orleans, and vt ho expressed
in a letter, which accompanied the present, his thanks for
the kind treatment which he received at the hands of
the victor. But among many other presents—and
most curious of all—was a little wooden pitcher, topped
and hooped with silver, made of the identical tree under which
William Penn made his celebrated treaty with the Indians.
The pitcher was composed of seven hundred and fifty staves,
and Kas presented by the Coopers of Philad'lphia. After
remaining about three hours at the hermitage, we returned to
town, and found that the Ex-Presidenit had taken up his quar-
ters at the " Inn," where he remained three days. He rode
in hi= live-oak carriage, which, you know, was manufactured
out 6f the timber of the old frigate Constitution. The Ex-
President walked out, alone, every morning while in town,
and appeared to enjoy tolerable pod health. His spirits I
were buoyant, and he -receiv..d the calls of his friends with
much apparent satisfaction. May the warm and noble hearted
old Hero live to wear out the fragments of " old Ironsides,"
and another carriage after it, and may he be as happy to the
last moment us he strives to make those around him."

CENTRAL AMERICA.—We are indebt ql to the kindness of a
friend at Guatarnala, for a long and interesting letter, accom-
panied by several Spanish documents, containing details of
events in that country. We extract a few particulars that
have not reached us through other sources :
You will no doubt be surprised to learn that this republic is
a,Tain the seat of anarchy and civil war, and more especially
this ill-fated city, which was. attacked and captured on the
24th February by an aspirant named Gen. Carrero, who with
2,000 men he had succeeded in alluring from the neigh-
bouring villages, composed his army on the entry of the troops
into the city. The only person of distinction killed was the
vice president of the republic, Senor Salazar: several of the
most brutal atrocities were committed, and had it not been for
the timely assistance of the troops from the city of Old Gus-
tamala, who comp; lied Carrera to evacuate on the 30th, we
should have experienced, no doubt, a series of robberies and
assassinations.

Carrero is now at Santa Rosa with 5,000 men, and no doubt
his next attack will be on San Salvador. The people know
not what they want—they say Reform, hut know not its im-
port. Nicaragua has commenced the Reform by nullifying
the acts or the Federal Government; they have taken by
f ree the federal rents, and declared themselves separatcl from
the federation. Honduras has done the same.

We are now anxiously awaiting to see what steps President
Morazan will take—he must do something- effectual ; there is
no remedy ; neither the sons of the country nor foreigners arc
safe, and the lessons he is daily receiving of the usurpations
of the South American Governments upon the rights and pri-
vileges of foreign residents, as well as the prompt and efficient
means now taking to put an effectual stop to such overt acts,
by such nations as have received these injuries, will n 3 doubt
have a most salutary effect.
The survey of the canal route, via the river San Juan and
lake NicaracTun, i.c nearly completed.
H. B. M. ship Sapphire is at Rto Leaijo, on a survey of the
coast of Central America; she will continue on to Mexico
and California. _ _

RETORT UPON MISS MAnTINEAu.—Miss Martineau in her
last volumes, " Retrospect of Western Travel." has a chapter
upon " originals," in which she tells an anecdote of a " vil-
lagehteor qhhni.c:l,Oriorrmifficrirpsiiiicalitlnslisddiliose's:baPnrishsPihecelc'taysshinnes never so completely in the
ttp ri,:t,taeealdsl doctor"iotjogri
from
om who
whom,w as called
notwithstanding
could not extract the slightest informa-
reeogualdrd
form
m health.
her
plans
asv oauel
and
give her
dark about the nature of any illness. " I fancy (says she) I
hear now the sharp, conceited tones of the doctor, "doggedly
using his
power of exasprating my anxiety."
The " village doctor" referred to resides at Brattleboro'.
He is a highly respectable physician, and in relation to the
subject says, " I am not tamely to be lucid up to the derision
of England and America. It is true, I did not tell her, al-
though she almost pestered my life out to be informed, I
bore it all, and equivocated and evaded, and all from motives of
delicacy, to spare the woman's feelings. If she has been very
much concerned to know, and is yet in the dark. I win en-
lighten her darkness. Her friend was in the first stages of
delirium tremens !"
Whew 1 what will Miss Martineau say to this? Yankee
~ originals" are not original for nothing.
A BARBARISM ABOLISHED.—The Legislature of Virginia
has done one good thing if it never does another. It has abo-
lished the punishment of branding, and if there be a State in
the union, where this relic of Vandalism is still retained, or
m Rhodenot,
Island
lhael rid-
where the punishment of cropping anti whipping still disgrace
the stttute bock, we hope the Virginia example will be fol-
lowed. We especially commend it to the consideration of our
friends in , Rhode Island,
were
maiisotsa.k e "
ts Legislature, and we entreat it to wipe out the
ofpersonal
where,
mutilation
i f
t.fhasoibulienbolwot systemttffrom
orn Whiff i
code of criminal punishment.
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capitals,' after this wise—" LORD DURHAM
HAS MADE A DENIAND ON TIIE BRITISH GOVERNMENT FOR
12,000 MORE TROOPS." _
..
We have no idea of undertaking to contradict a contempo-
rary upon
a matter about which we know nothing ; .but it is
SQUALLY LnY
staring—'' ir TRUE. —The Toronto Patriot has a para-
graph
nevertheless, that there is some great mistake in
W cannot
this statement. e see any earthly occasion for such
a body of additional troops in Canada, and we do not believe
Lord Durham has seen any such; for we believe that the ten
ca, das, and even to put it down if every malcontent
or rice thousand regulars now in the provinces sufficient to
down five times the amount of disposition to rebel there is
cur
putoo i n, i : n, , a
opinion that the public arsenals in the United
toahae•erll armed—which happens not to be the case ; and it is
will be rifled again for the purpose of equipping
, Carada patriots. Of one thing there can he no
I doubt—the British, overnment will keep her North Americas)
'.provinces in custody, if it require a force of fifty thousand
" Patriotism" on both sides of the line may as well
men.
make up their minds to that, and most heartily do we hope
that Great Britain will always remain in the mood; for
Heaven knows we want nothing to do with their provinces
lie York
indebted G
IMPRISONMENT
ourselves: nor have we any particular desire to live alongside
of them as independent neighbours, judging from the charac-
terisvcs developed in this most •
contemptible rebellion. —New
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Staten Coou.rts, for it is such suits which prevent at present the
abolition
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Parliamentary Electors in. Cities end Boroughs entitled
under the Reform Act, will lose their votes for the next
year. unless they pay, on or before the 20th of July instant,
all the poor's rates
them, in respeet of their premises prosiously to the Gth •
County of April last.(And Window tax, if any) payable from
voters must send in their claims by
the 20th of Joh instant.
I 11E NASSAU BALLOON.—Mr. Green and seven
adventurous companions ascended yesterday from Vauxhall Gardens in
the Nassau balloon. The party was composed of six foreigners and one
spirited young lady, whose sang froid excited general admiration. At
s7x o'clock Mr. Green took his place in the car and gave the word let
go. The huge machine a,censled, gracefully from the earth, and was
seen hovering over the river for several minutes after it parted from the
gardens. A great deal of ballast was thrown out, after which the mo-
tion of the balloon appeared to be more rapid, and It was stop lost sight
of by those within the inclosure. The g ,rth;ns were crowded, but the
Duke of Nassa,t slid not attend, as was expected.
On th.z 28th ult., Mrs. Sarah Jones, of Glasburv,
in endeavouring to gain a view of the dinner given to the poor, on the
occasion of the ila-en'A coronation, fell front a wall, and her head
coming in contact with'somv pitching-stones, caused a concussion Of the
brain, from which she died on the spot, leaving a distracted husband and
children to lament their great loss. This awful accident greatly damped
the long tails
the previous hilarity of the scene. —Saurian.
LONG TAILS AND SHORT ONES.—A lady in
Pas,ing through Hampshire observed the following notice on a board
:rresneseetaokfenpi:ileteo. grass—long t„hyrte,e. slsteiell,inmgsaa,an.d,sixpence ; short
tai's, two shillings." She asked the owner of the land the reason of the
diR
can brush away the firs, but the short ones are so tormented by them,
that they ea, band; e 7 .t at all."
Mi. 1:,-Igns O'Connor is to pay us a visit in the
,mrse of a few days to enlighten us upon the ptincip:es of Radicalism.—
Kendal Mercury.

RAILWAY BOARD OF CONTROUL

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Stn,—l fully concur in your observations of last Evening'.
Sun respecting' he necessity of Government in some way con.
trouling the operations of Railway Companies; otherwise
when stage--coaches are completely driven off the principal
roads of the Kingdom, we shall be left entirely to the tender
mercies of the Gentlemen who manage these mercenary. esti!.
blishments. I should suggest that a " Railway Board of
Controul" be appointed, somewhat similar to that convected
with the East India Company's management, where complaints
might be made, and redress anticipated to the grievances aris-
ing from such combinations.—l am, Sir,

Your obedient servnnt,
A TRAVELLER.

\Vhi:echapel, July 7th, 1838.

CROWN MANORS.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN.

Sra,—As you are ever the unflinching advocate of the un-
privileged classes, and of the too frequently oppressed poor,
will you permit me, through the medium of your golden co-
lumns, to ask your 10gal friends what right the Crown can
possibly have to sell encroachments made upon Crown Manors,
even supposing their power to sell the manorial rights of the
Cr‘mn fir if the Crown Manors should t'e enclosed by Act of
Parliament, the Crown can only be entitled with private pro-
prietors having right of common on such Manor to an allotted
portion ; therefore wh.it right, I again ask, can the Commis-
sioners of Woods an 1 Forests have to sell the cultivated por
tions of the manor, to the injury of the rights and interests cf
the neighbouring proprietors who have a right of common,
and or that of the encroachers who have an acquired right of
property sanctioned by the tacit approbation of the landed pro-
prietors, and also by the neglect of the agents of the Crown.
I am, Sir, your constant reader and friend,
VINDEX.
London, July 7.