Star.
London, England, 1820-01-05 00:00:00

EXPEDITION AGAINST MEXICO.

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The following 'are‘thepirtriculars nfthi-Tnamter in
whicli the bands -ofintvinturers, • -who:had nsiembled
from the United States on the Sabine River, for the
purpose of making inroads into the interior and con-
by nous Provinces of Mexico, have been broken up.
We may say that we rejoice at the evert, for we
cannot approve of foreign adventurers undertaking
expeditions without any patr►otic object, and in di-
rect opposition to 'the natives of 'the country they
profess to liberate..

FROM A BOSTON PAPER.
/ The reader will be glad to learn, from a. letter
which we publish to-day, from The-Orleans Gmaefk,
the fate of another of those bands of robbers, who
affect to conceal their thirst for plunder under the
thin disguise of Republican enthusiasm. The pira-
tical horde of General Long, as Ise is called, is the
second party from the United States who have been
dignified with the denomination of the " Republicans
of Texas."
The first party was much the most formidable of
the two. It entered the province of Texas from
Louisiana, as early as the year 1819. They took pos-
session of the towns of Nacogdoches, La Bahia, and
St. Antonio, with little opposition, dispersed a small
body of European troops and natives who came
against them, to-. 1( Governor Salcedo and General
Herrara prisoners, and were joined by many of the
inhabitants. In the spring et 1813, their force con-
sisted of 300 persons from the United States, 600
Spaniairds and Creoles, and 300 Indians. They had
no resource but plunder, and their leader, Bernardo,
was a man of no principle or character, as well as ig-
norant, obstinate, and destitute of military talents.—
Acts of gross violence were committed, and their
prisoners Salcedo, Herrai a, and ten or twelve others,
were massacred in cold brood. This deed is said to
have been committed by order of Bernardo, and with-
out the approbation of the Americans.
Bernardo was soon removed from his office of Dic-
tator of the Republic. His successor, who was also a
Spaniard, could not restore confidence, or enforce
discipline. On the 18th of August they were met as
a place about twenty miles west from St. Antonio, by
a regular force of about 800 men, and completely
routed and dispersed, at the first onset. They were
now 400 miles distant from the boundary of the
United States. A few of the Americans, however,
escaped through the Wilderness, and, after incredible
hardships, reached the Sabine River, and arrived
safely in Louisiana. Many perished, and others were
taken prisoners. The prisoners, contrary to their ex-
pectations, and to their deserts, were treated with the
greatest tenderness and humanity by Illefondo, the
Spanish Commander.
The fate of this Expedition, one would think,
might have prevented the repetition of the farce by
equally inadequate means. But in June last a se-
cond party crossed the Sabine from the United States,
and on the 12th hoisted the Patriot standard. On the
23d they issued their Declaration of Independence,
signed by James Long, President of the Supreme
Council, in which they declare themselves free, and
pledge their lives and fortunes to secure to themselves
an Elective and Representative Government. About
the same time, General Long, on taking command
of the army, issued a General Order, full of the most
patriotic sentiments. From this date we have fre-
quent accounts of their rapid increase of strength
and flattering prospects.
A letter, dated Natchitoches, July 27, informs,
that General Long was encamped a few miles below
the Sabine River, and that he had SOO men with him,
well equipped. Patriots were daily passing, in high
spirits, to join him, and it was reported that 500 men
had arrived at Galveston, on their way to join him,
sent forward by Dr. Robinson of Natchez.
Another Letter from the same place, says—" The
country through which I passed on my way to this
place hall in an uproar, preparing to move. A letter
has been received to-day from Dr. Robinson, in Phi-
ladelphia, informing that he had sent on 500 troops
from that city, and the calculation is, that a great
many. will leave Baltimore. Several _Regiments are
raising in Kentucky, and several boats are ascending
the. Red River with troops. Large appropriations
are made in New Orleans. The tide of emigration
is bearing to the south-west like a torrent,' But alas,
" How is the gold become dim r. Robinson h dead.
General Long has struck his flag, his myrmidons are
scattered, and ready to rob under a nitre honest pre-
tence than that of founding free Republics, for a fo-
reign people.
" Camp Ripley (on the Sabine), October 8.
" Since I left you in Orleans, I have seen the
Papers filled with false reports of a grand expedition
under General Long, in Texas. The impropriety of
such publications 1 suspect is severely felt by those
poor deluded men, who have been induced to leave
a comfortable living in quest of enterprize and con-
quest; but none feel its effects so severely as the in-
habitants of Texas, whose crops have been taken to
supply the army, and the only recompense they now
have, is General Long's due bills, which are in no
very great credit. 1 have been encamped here for
some time past, and have watched the fall of this
grand army; it has met the fate I anticipated. I can
authorize you to say that the whole are dispersed or
broken up. -
66 General Long has gone to Galveston to Lafitte,
his wife is bending her course towards the Sabine.—
The Officers and men are every day passing in,
many of them without money or food. Nacogdoches
is evacuated by them ; only four or five sick men are
left there. A party of twenty men, some time ago,
went towards the Brasos—they are in a state of
starvation, and will soon be in.
" Thus has ended an expedition, which was cried
up by some persons as being of much importance,
but never exceeded seventy men, Officers and all.—
It has ended as I wish all schemes may end, which
are in violation of the laws of our country, and the
laws of nations."—Orleans Gazette.

CORN-MARK/LT, MARK-LANK, JANUARY S.
In consequence of the stoppage is the navigation,
and the impossibility of working any Corp out of
vessels, no sales were made this morning, except of
such articles as were in the granaries, and even
those were very trifling ; so. that the •prites of all
Grain maybe considered nominally as oa Monday.