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The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22
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 Eorida--Despaiches have Deea ,, dsIsd ed at Washington from Gen. oc"s socipd Fort Drane, March l4th. Ing l)ujf part of the Indians was still on 'ae , Geo hcoocne, and, if was believed ..i Y aurst CIinch, would remain there un'p so tG from their strong hold by force. ,.so ,brt the runor of their having lald ueI .hs lrI arms, which we notice in some o' ,,ush ginia and South Carolina papers a,rslins premature. Gen. Scott was conss' '.. ,eres his, divisions, in order to cut oil .n' ,.ts yp of the Indians. He expected v .aa the line of march on the 24tn Msi r.,s,ijs sp attack in front. while General La .uu, U Col. Lindsay would proceed 10 .uss. os positions respectively assigned o
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

it IS rumoled oii aiitiiioTitt; ss ts let ters from head quarters, thot the Following nominations to office in this State, have been ox will certainly be made by the President BENJAMIN JOHNSON, Dietriet Judge--LEwIs RANDOLPH, District Attorney--and HENRY !. BIsooE, Register at Helena. With re- gard to the first and last of these nominations we have nothing to say. For the last, we could have pointed out no better man. As to Mr Randolph, we respect him, personally but We entirely disapprove of this plan of ap- pointing men to office in a State. who do not reside therein. He was appointed Secreta- " of the Territory, more than year ago. since which time he has resided here, in all, about two months. There are men enough here administration men too-who would fill the office better than he.
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

Tho Gazette is fond of calling the little fragment Of party, here in Arkansas, to which it administers truth and sound doc trine, the Democratic party.' Come up to the rescue, ye Democrats, and ye shall be re- warded is it's cry. By what right does it claim for them this titlel Answer us that, an 1t suit you. Will the Gazette just give us, some time, synopsis of the peculiar doc trinas which constitute modern, Van Buren democracy, and so yindicate their right to that high sounding title The Democracy j.ss is.ss .,,,ari..r take 1t 1t. is com posed of two classes--the olfice-holders and the of fice-hunters. What are the doctrines which 1t is necdlul to hold to Do they wish to in- crease or restrict the power of the Execu- tive1 What do they think about his serving more than one term What of appointing members of Congress to office! What of officers of Government meddling in politics Let us have an answer to these questions.-- Who is the better democrat, White or Van Buren-Harrison or Van Buren Put your finger on Van Buren's democratic votes.-- Prone up you, claim. Let us know when the leading Van Buren men in Arkansas--edt- or and ail--becamc democrats. Do this, or sdof that lions hide Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Maine, all ars democratic States now-Tennessec Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and the South and Southwest, are federal, or something more awful still. With which will you go, people of Arkansas
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

The Natchez Courier seems to be puzzled With the rat trap which forms the armoria] emblem of our neighbor, the Times. Itsavs;
 We occasionally meet with strange de- wees m our exchange papers. The Ark ansas innes comes to us. with its ma- 'rlinoniaf register surmoanted with a huge mouse trap The o,fs frying to get m, and tho ms trying to get eut. The editor of that paper must have glorious ideas of the fellcities of ma.rimony. If hs ;s .. bacha- Tor, for his contempt of the f:lr he shouId be forever doomed to hold on h;s. sol;,arv way, cheerless and alone,, bur if Re is nct alone in his glory,' why then--alI we can sayis. hts must be a--peculiar case. y
 We can explain it. The Times has t,oo editors--csae in the trap, and the other osst. the devicois quaint and opropos.
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

A majority of both Houses of the Louisa- na Legislature have published, over theirsig- natures, declaration in favor of White as d candidate for the Presidency. Wenow know that the election of Nicholas was no test.
 The Whig Convention of New Hampshire has nominated Harrison.
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

The Nashville Banner gives the follbwig information from Texas, obtained from Gsa c. Childress, Esq lattlz . member of the Con vention of that country, who left Texas the 18th ult. and was in Nashville the la inst. on his way to Washington City. i' ports have reached herc-contradictory their nature to each osher-of batsle foass there-one report saying that Col fannnsi and the other that Santana, was conquefa' We hope to know more next week
 After the capture of San Antonio, Sanh Anna had made feint on Gonzales vheH General Houston was, with very initTIa- force, which induced the latter to fall back on the Colorado, under lhe belief that lR whole Mexican army was marching la aF tack him. A similar feint was also mads by ihe Mexican General on Basrons town on the Colorado north east of Sh' Antonio. Gonzales lies east of that place
 Having in both instances effected his s9' ject, Santa Anna concentrated his forces and marched directly for La Bahia, or l'' liady which IS situated about ninety me southeast of San Antonio, and iorty-hse Q fifty from Houston's position on the ColoF ado. The fort at Goliad is of great slfee gfhr and defended by Col. Fannlng Hg eight hundred men, who have abundance ammuniiion and provisions. II was COY fidently believed to be impregnable. heag firing was heard in that direction oa~ 24th, and no doubt was entertained 'm' desperate attack was then beiiig: '':iaas ' y the fort. Banning and his men eonla'H up 10 the latest dates io be in hlgn sp''l''
 even after the fall of San Antonio. Y
 The plan of the campaign on the pa',s the Texans appears to be, to oppose '% <, tinued resistance 10 the progress 0' t.I. ll MeSican army at all available PoIn'ss-rssss' 2 ss'. ing back in case they should be foo ,o;s;y. ]" yy numbered to risk general aao 0's
 bsatie- ss.s
 Much depends upon the result 2 ! gst ,ss,s, Annals attack on Goliad. It'repu'se'u's% '% sf if will be necessarily with great .sw to his troops--in which event 1t $ pss his march may be immediately af''sN
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

Z We are sorry to learn thefuil confirmation of the death of CHARLES E. RICE, our form CT partner, and NATHANIEL DENNIS, who left this place for Texas. With company of 70 meI., they had taken large ilunloer of mules and horses, which they were driving in, but nnadyisedly stopped at San Patricio over night, to frolic. The Mexicans came on them, and after they had given up their arms, murdered them in cold blood. Will not our young men avenge their death 4 meeting is spoken of for tomorrow night.-- Is 1t to kes
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

The U. s. Treasury buildings were buro., about three years since. Some persons ..s cerned have at last been arrested. Ii taat the fire was caused by conspiracr :, individuals concerned ill the Pension fr.sa We shall know more anon.
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

Mir Van Buren ills published his views on the abolition question. We will pay our re- spects to him next week. He thinks that Congress ltas the power to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia. We think 1t has not. Hs says nothing about the Territories. We presume hSs old course with regard to Missouri made it ticklish ground.
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

Tha Gazette says that White voted for re- ferring the Constitution to select commit tee, ID sare appearances. Does it suppose that this miserable pretext will convince the people of Arkansas that Hugh l.. White is unfriendly to their interests! The Editor IS getting beside himself.
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

7 We observe in the Gazette a communica- ton from young gentleman in the Choctaw nation, explaining the feelings of the Choc- taws, and denying any hostile feeling toward our Government on account of any thing in the Constitution of Arkansas- Let us set this matter right. There is, perhaps, no hos- i.is feeling among them--5ut there has been, and still is, great uneasiness, caused by the article in the Ordinance concerning the ex- tinguishment Of the Indian title to the coun- try west of Arkansas, and fsom the indefinite and vague terms of the Consultation in stat ing enr western boundary. They are fear ful but not hostile. They say that the Con- stitation should have said expressly what and where the line should be. They say too, (and they are right.) that the General Gov ernment has guaranteed to them .flreue, thc country they occupy--lnd that the supposs- tion should not be indulged that their title can ever be extinguished-nor that event spoken of as even remote probability. To look upon 1t as possible, is the first step to- wards attempting to effect it. There was danger in even touching the subject. We arc therefore glad thas the Senate has fixed the boundary line, as in the bill below.
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

The House of Representatives has refused to incorporate the City of Jackson,' by a vote of 60 to Gi. So Mr Custis and Presi- dent Jackson made their speeches in the mud for nothing. It's no go.'
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

The New York House of Representatives has refused, by vote of s7 to IA, to prohibit the circulation of U. s. Bank notes in New York. Look to your own camp, Martin. There's treason in the ranks. 'Tis fiat re- bellion.
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

We are informed by letter from friend in Frankfort, Ky, that Congress has appFo- priated $20,ooe to defray the exdenses of a treaty with the Cumanches.
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22


 The Deposite Bank system is beginning to develope itself. The country is on the verge af tremendous revoluton--in public feeling and opinion. Since the Deposites, by the advlec of Martin Van Buren, were removed from the Bank ofthe United States, they have gone on increasing until they amount to the enormous sum of thasy-tbree sli5Bions of dot- tars. Now, whore is this monoy--the pro- psrty of the people of the United states! It has been placed in different Banks--and in the vaults of those Banks (so 1t appears by the documents,l ! there are about len mitlioas of specie to pay them with, while their lia- billties amount to seyenty-seven millions. Suppose then that the Secretary of the Trea- sury calls them in. Nearly every Bank in the country must break. The monsy has been loaned out to every body--and. instead of being safa, is no where. The Treasury ought soon to contain fifty millions of dollars more specie than there Is m the United States. What will be the consesuencel The Banks must break-and the public money be nearly all lost. Van Buren is quaking at 1t now. The crash will render him the. m ost unpopular man in the country. BanlsSng has become great bubbla--it will soon barst-- and the public moneys where will they be- Loaned out to bankrupts by bankrupt banks ST ,000,0 habiiuies--Slo,0G0, ,0C0 specie -s@,o ,o0O deposites.!
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

We are glad to be able to state that the re- ported murder of MT Holland Coffee by the Cumanches, is not coniirmed-and is certain ly unfounded. It is true, however, that the Cuuaancl5cs are unfriendly, and have ordered Coffee d1 Go. out of their country.
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

I'm. P. .uc Grew, who murdered the two Kemps, and was taken in Texas, has erca- ped from the jail at Mobile. A reward of 5000 is offered for him.
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

Isaae HiA has been elected Govs,ro. :. New Hampshire. The people there had k. : ter emgrate to Texas, and live under Coz nor Robinson.
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

The House of Representatives, in the case of the contested North Carolina election, has decided that neither Graham Opposition, nor Newland (yan Burcn,) is entitled to the seat--the latter by vote of 100 to 90. If Newland had been declared elected, the vote of that stats in Congress would have been for Van Buren. Tie election goes back to tha neonle.
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

Bynum and Wise got into quarrel the other day in the House of Representatives. ile .sce..na .el. nd ssrascaln were passed. We wonder if the Government is about to break up in row!
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

Gov. Tazcgell, of Va. has resigned his of flee. This is suid to be the first resignation of the office of Governor in Virginis since the ttiie Re fs ssi.aa;aissiio saaa;aissiios,.
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

So late as March 18th, loaded sled drawn by two horses, crossed the Surquehanna on the ice--and masses of ice were cut down with pickaxes and carried off from the estreets in the City of New York Oh tho 29th ult.
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

The Legislature of Maryland adjouruea :, the 4th inst. after passing two hundred ,ss thirty three laws.
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

The Whig members of the Maryland Le- gisiasure have nominated Harrison and Tyler.
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

The U. 5. Senate hls fixed on the 29d of May, for the adjournment of the present ses- sion of Congress.
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

Mir Webster has publicly declined being . sandidats for tn, Presidency. Massachu- setts will now go for Harrison.
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

of the office of Governor in Virginia since the the R istssiT;aaaa;aissiios. sstssi;aaa;aisiios
 .4atho'' ia high Ae.-Hardin, in q speech lately averred that Gen. Macomb, Conman- der in Chief, Sc. was engaged in < waltzing with misses in their teens, and writing mis- erable plays for the stage" By the follow ing specimens, taken from Boston paper, we should judge that Hardin did him but sheer justice.
 ''Hore's touch from a Prologue of sixty lines.
 < The savage native of this blessed land WIll DOW in character before you stand Revengeful, cruel--not by nature so, But 'tis because by us depressed so low The poisonous liquor made tue aatipes mud, Destroyed helr happiaess, md nude them
 sod.
 He--Pontiac--stakes his life, his country to
 defend, lind in that noble duty Jfsds his end. SheuIdhis- the play-6A iiterest aud please
 youtoo,
 There's nothing more remains .tor HIS to do4 Sc much for tho Prologue. Tho plot is--- An Indian woman betrays to the Governor of Detroit plan of tho tribe under Pontiac to surprize the fort, and thus enables the whites to turn the tables on the Chief--thatss all .-- Here'sa specimen of the dialogue between [ Gladwin (the Governor) and Ultima, the h. dian woman aforesaid. Gt--Why these forebodings. Dost thou apprehend that the white man will harmthee or thy people!
 Ua.-No, no, great chief---qule otherw;se. To which latter passage the author should have added, not asayou knows on--not by a long shoot--quite the revarse . Here is the first verse of Pontiac's swar- song.'
 On that day when heroes lay low lay low, On ihat day when our heroes lay low, fought by ttes- side, and thought ere died. Just vengeance to take on the foe, tte fec, Just vengeance 10 take on iiie tue. After a due proportion of war-dances, &c. Pontiac is taken pisoner--the whites in the mean while having effected truce with Au- gushaway, a powerful chief. Upon being brought into the presence of Gladwin, and of the council of chiefs and officers, he throws himself at full length on the stage and his ea.ssiss s5ii taken oT, he IS addressed by the Governor in the following sfree-and-easy style.
 Ccme, giue sAs your aand as consent to what ha, heen done, and as an earnest to keep tas peqce, But Pontiac won't stand no gammon.' He grows uproarious, and his friend Augushaway { informs him that his discourse Ill suits the present occasion, and concludes very long and buslness-like speech by stabbng Pontiac with his dagger, saying at the same time Thcreis sacrifice to our eountry's peace or one of the hravest warriors and most consunmate chiefs.
 We conclude with tho last stanza of the Death Song
 Yes, he was great.
 He was our prde
 His couatry he d defend,
 Though he was great,
 He met his fate.
 And heres his journeys end.
 Jupiter, what poetry
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

The Louisville Journal charges the Ga- zette with saying that the name of Harri- son takes like wild fire in Arkansas The Gazette fears its loyalty will be doubted, and says the sin should be laid at our door, and that we are given to romaaciag.' Softly, good sir. It need not back it's ears at us af- ter that fashion It is as much entitled to be charged with making that foolish assertion as we arc. We said tue name of Harri- son takes like wild fire in the east He is not spoken of in ArkaEsas--nor did we ever hint at any thing of the kind. We are not so much given to romaacing as all that. We might almost as well have said that thenamo of Tan Burea takes like wild fire here-- which would be most preposterous fb.
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22


 known with regard to matters in Tev.. Flying reports ere abuhdant, but notl,;. certain. Of this much, however, wa ..s sure. Unless thc number ef .4ne,4con u., unfeers in 7'eras IS doubled, Saatana ,s;u :. evitatiy conquer.
 SULrHuR FORK, April :. lsse
 6eiar has ffaiIIEEen iate the hand, ,f Blexicans, and the garrison indiscnrn;o.m,ss' ms ly put to ihe sword. Only one woman s aaa a negro were left living. They repou ibs. s the Mexicans kept up continual 6re s oa the fort for ten days and nights, wilhout ;D. <. termissions and then retired, and as sooa as the firing ceased every man in inc Io,, fellto sleep, and the Mexicans were on ,hs walls before they were discovered. Ths work of death then commenced in earnss Five hundred and twenty of the Mexicass are said to have fallen inside of the walls and something over four hundred in lb. twelse or fourteen days fighting preyjous, The Hon. David Crockett is DO nore. lie was one of the heroes who were T, iha fort when il fell. Twenty-three of the co. lored hirelsng slaves of Santa Ana were seen 10 fall before the muzzle of his uef. and after the massacre he was found wlth the breech of his gun broke of. and f grasped by inc muzzle in his Jeff hand, and his butcher knife in his righ:. Both told tale of death-ior they were bathed in the blood of his enemies.
 Thirty men who were in ,heie beds sick, were inhumanly bntcherea, and he whole number. amounting to lS7 men, were thrown together in one heap, and burned
 General Houston IS on the Colorado with fifteen hundred troops, and between four and five hundred are on their marchio join him. Two hundred and forty mora from New York were at Brazoria. and req. dy to march. Both have joined him before this. Col Tanning Is al La Bahia wih eight hundred men.
 The whole of the Mexican forces sa reported 10 be about eight thousand men, whea they first arrived Tn Texas, and iii thought that they have lost two thousand of that number in killed and wourMed, since their arrival.
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

III the GlJH Oi 1tCh | OAh ott sNS ~1sta ee's'
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 I The Gazette, week or two since, advert ed to the delay of the Constitution ln reach inn Washington, leaving it to be inferred that the bearer of it (Mr Nol1nd,) had not used proper exertions to perform his duty. Such an inference would be unjust. AIr Noland went by the way of Mobile, judging that, i'll the winter season, the most speedy and ccr- tain routa. The following letter from inn to us, will, we trust, cxonerate him from every Eshldow of bIans. Will the Gazette repub- fish it
 R1cHMo~p, Va. March 2, 1886. 1 .<lAlI my antcipalions have been bsasled. 1t will be impossible for me 10 reach Wash ington City before Monday morning. am mortified beyond expression, yet having used every effort to get on as speedily as possible, feel no fears that those who were kind enough 10 commit to my care the transportation of the Consiituilon, will ceu- sure me. The roads are impossible. ! was,7 hours coming p nlies on turnpike. I would buy horse here, but the roads are such tba; could not possibly reach Wash ington befi,re Sunday. The Norfolk boat goes regularly on Sunday. The snow is said to be six feet deep in Pennsylvania and in the adjoining counties Ii is at least q foot and half. The northern mail has failed for four days. Sincerely hoping slsat my unavoidable detention of d week will not retard the admission of Arkansas into the Union, an truly yours.
 Nx N N0LAND.
The Arkansas advocate., 1836-04-22

my unavoidable detention of a week will not retard the admission of Arkansas into the Union, ain truly yours.
 Sx { N N0LAND.
 The following is the draft of bill for re- moving the troops from Fort Gibson to some place near the western boundary of Arkan- sas. It is supposed that they will be remov- ed 10 Fort Coffee, aAoest fifteen miles above i Fort Smith. We will notice this subject at another time. At present itsis our impress 1 ion that another Regiment should be ordered 1 here and stltioncd at Fort Smith, and that the Regiment now at Fort Gibson should be removed from the unhealthy situation which 1t occupies, but should still remain near it's present position, together with two CT three companies of dragoors. The reasons are manifold. Fort Gibson is perfect sink-hols wherein disease always broods. The troops should be moved from the bottom to- sone higher situation. It's necessary, to preserve peace among the quarrellng Indians, that force should be stationed in their country, and It. Gibson or some place nea it must always be the point. There should be Regiment to overawe the Indians, and another on the border to protect our own people. It Coffee is beauta,l and romantic situation, but too contracted in space for q Regiment. Fort Smith offers every adyantage--health, dry back coua4ry, and sufficient room. More on this subject hereafter.
 A Bill to provide more eaectually for the
 defence of the Arkansas frontier. Be u enacted bY He Senats and House of Representatives of the United iSiatcs of .ame- rica in Congress assembled, That 1t shall be tte duty of the Secretary of War, under the direction of the President of the United States, 10 cause inc troops 10 be removed from Fort Glbson to some eligible point or the Arkansas riv CT, near the western bound 1 ary line of Arkansas Territory. and that, to carry this measure lite effect, the sum of tif- lty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in tlse treasury not otherwise appropriated. --------- Judge Whites opinion has been asked con- cerniag the pswer of Congress to abolish sla- very in tue District of Columbia. Here it is- brief and to the point;
 WAs1rfr6FoS, March r, 1856.
 Bear Snf,-i have this moment received your favor. under date of the 18th inst. In answer to the question put 10 me, say, do not believe Congress has the poces. to abolish slavery in the District of Colunbia, and if that body did possess the power, think the exercise of it would be the very trorsi of policy.
 Holding these opinions, Iwould act upon them iii ay situation iii which could b,s { placed, and for both reasons would, if caIl- ed on to aci, withhold my assent to any bill haylag Tn view such an object
 take the liberty of forwardinr to you q pamphlet containing my sentiments on this subject.
 And am, most respectfully,
 Your obd't servant,
 HU. L. WHITE.
 JoHN B D. SMITH, Esq.
 What does Van Burcn say, in his answer. 1 'crsy times as long "I should not feelsnfe Tn saying that Congress had NOT the power to abolish slavery in the District" |
 The Natchez Courier seems to he n,,zz,ed With the rat trap which forms the armoriab