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Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1837-11-30

MISSISSIPPI ELECrIoN.-Mr. McNutt, the
Van Bnren Gubernatora candidate, is proba-
bly, elected.
Messrs. Prcntiss and Wood, it is thought,
are chosen to Congress in the room of Mes
srs. Claiborne and Gholson, who appear de-
termined to retain their seats if possible.
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Public School Notice.

'ENllE Female Department Of the Public
"a School, will be open for the reception Of
Scholars on Monday, the 4th Of Dece,nber, 1897.
at 9 o'clock A. Nj. G. G. KING, Sec'ry.
Nov. 80, 1887 ..
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BY CHARLES N. .TILLEY-Auc,ioaeer.
BY MILTON IIALL-Auctionee

DRY GOODS At AUCTION.
On SATURDAY Dec. 0h, at o o'clock a
W. in front Of The. subscribers store, tUM be
sold al Public AUCTION,
A large and valuable assortment Of Dry
IA Goods, in lots to suit purchasers. viz:-
blue, black, olive, green, and mix'd Broad
Cloths; Sattinets, Blankets, Calic"es, bleach-
ed Shrtings and Sh"etings-and variety Of
other articles. The goods can be examined
or Friday previous to the sale. Conditions
LIBERAL NJ. HALL
Nov 30.
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JWeeklp almanac.
Calculated for the meridian Of .Ne,rpt

Moons first quar-. Fee: 4th, 5h. SIN aft.
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HfNrs TO PREACHERS.

Discover nonlore of your method than
what is necessary. Pass mol any thing till
You have bolted lit to the bran. Use the
mother-speech and tone, without affec;ation
or imitation Of any rnan--that yeu may moi
seemto actsa comedy, instead ofpreaching
d sermon. Clog not your memory too
much; twill exceedingly hinder invention,
and mar delivery. Be sure that you eye
God, his glory, and the good ofsonls; having
the day before mortified self and man.
pleasing. Let your words be soft. few, and
slow, and see that they come no fasterthar
the weakest hearer can digest each morsel;
pause little. and look into the chilfs eye
till he swallows his bit. Look to your affec.
tons most carefully, that they be tfeigned,
NOR torcedly let loose to have their full scope,
for then they Will either overrun your judg.
ment rbe a temptation to vain glory
Preach as if speaking or talking TO The peo:
ple; look on. the peeple, and not on the walls
or roofs land 1eelI on sshensest mortified
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CH Err A W. g AZ Ell + Es

faces.in the assembly; let them knov that
your preaching is.a real talking with them,
Whereby they may be proved, as it were,
to answer YOU again. Take hoed Of over,
wording anything. Beware that you have
made people understand thoroughly what Is
the good you exkort them 10, or the evi
YOU dehort them from, before you bring
your motives and means. Touch noscrip'
lures slightly, nor too many in the same dis
course; but,open the metaphors, onti lot one
scrip,ure poinl GU, another--sho one being
the. kew ofthe other. Let the scriptures
Teach Won, and not YOU IL BE sure thu
YOU feed yourself upoicyery passage, witt
T the people, before you pass 4; else L Wilde
them liltle good, and mona sat alli g TASTE
eyery bit. Take these four candles, In or.
Eder to find Out what to- sdy 70 the people
The scriptures unbiased; the thoughts ans
experience, Of good men; your own expert
sns ence. and tho condition OF the peoples.
Break or any. where, rather than run upor
either Of these two. inconvonienc ethel
I;,o huddIeor jumble together spiritual things
or tire, by sonable prolisity, the weak,
Fest Of your flock. Let your doctrine, and
the constant s,raln of yolr preaching, be
about the chief spiritual things; and letsmal
controversies and external duties come in
by the BY. Be always on the subject which
Lis next your heart; and be not thrifty and
careful what 10 say next, for God will pro.
vide it;i viii stink ike kept mannar, i pre-.
served through distrust anil the next day,
Be sure that You e1tricate carefully any
.godly. point you speak of out Of the terms
|.of diyinity;else twill freeze IN your mouth
and the peoples ears. Let there beSnc
disicdration Of faces, nor snaffling Il, stlie
nose, nor teazlingf in the throat, nor any m.
tiiqne gestures, pretended devotion or made
|np gravity; such things would make you
Hook ike d painted Pharisee, or q distracted
man broke .out Of bsdlat1. Do not care 50
much what the people say of your doctrine,
as whether You and it9are aeceptable % the
Lord. Do moi: conceive that your mere
zeal and eaTestness can prevail with the
people; butthe force Of spiritual reason, the
evidence Of Scripture, and the power of the
Holy Ghost. Do not think THAT your hear.
ers can receive as you conceive, and 50
make your own comprehension the rule
Of ofdealing the bread Of life; for so shall you
only Be admired, bul not. understood BY
Others; let there be something in every SER
mon to draw perishing sinners 10 Christ. -
Take heed that your comparisons be not
coarse. yulgar, and ridiculous; and yet sbe
snotItoo shy Of homely ones. Study every
scripture you are to speak beforehand but
10 nc I overburden Invention, or presume
too much upon your own parts. Beware
sof needless design, needless heads, and M
suendoes. Shpn apologies for they aiways
stink.-Aanoymo,ls, i z l3. Z Z.
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AN ANSWER TO THE IMPOR.
sS:s TANT INQUIRY
Hou AM, I to- laow nlsether I haze the Holy

! Spirit .!sss;ss
IL you havethe Holy Spirit !, you have
seen the caI d. sin ]; 2, you have repented
-of sin 8, you have torsaken sin "a, you
hate sin !; 5 you wateh and pray 'againsi
sin ;6. youhave received the spirit of love.
Ifyou hayedhe Spirit Of God, youloys God
supremelY youioye The Father who gave
his Son 10 suffer and die you love The Son,
the Lord Jesus Christ, Tor what he hath
done and suffered on your account. You
love al llihe sipcere followers Of Jesus Christ,
and con6ne not your: regards to a. party
You love the human race at large, as ehil.
dren pf the same family, and you wish them
to Know The thDgs that belong to their
! 81: You are Of d forbearing and jugioing
temper 8, you pity and pray for sinners,
who, through blindness and igornance, op,
pose at present their own eternal interests ;
8, you are Of thank tia spirit you thank
God for making you to differ, by his grace,
from many others and you praise him for
aerery favour. both of a temporal and spiri.
.tuaf natIre 10, you are Jealous for the
honour Of God inthe world !; IL, yopdesirs
TO rejoice in Christ Jesus, and in all the du.
ties of Christianity; II, you eseem the APP
.plause, the pleasure, and the wealth Of the
whole world, as nothing, IN comparison with
the love AM, blessing Of God through Chrisl
I6e,1sS - sTbasa ara come r,f 4he cifrns 81
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POETR 7.
BLOWING BUBBLES.
BY Mss II. 2. GOULD. :

BY MISS II. 2. GOULD. -
s Half our sorrows, half ohr troubles,
Making head and heart TO ache,s
Arc the fruit Of blowing bubbles,
Bright to view, but quick 70 break,
All haye playedshe child imbecilc,s
Breathing hard to swell tho sides
Of shining, fluid vessel
- Frailer than the All. it rides.
From the infants cradle rising, -. s,
sa All the bubble mapiu ushows
OF our riahkss wealth comprising, :
In the bubbles that we blow.
~ Brilliant, buoyant, upward going,
Pleased we mark them in their fight,
Every hue of iris showing,
As they glance along the light.
Little castles high and airy,
With their chrystal walls sothin,
Each presents the wicked fairy,
Vanity, enthroned within! g
But, when two have struck together, 81 i
What of either 10 we find! -
not so much as one gay feather 3
Flying hope has left behind { 8
i ssal, the world arc busy blowing
Every one some empty ball 4
So the seeds of mischief sowing,
Where to burst the bubbles fall.
Nor for self alone TO gather, -.
Is our evil harvest found, - s
OF with pipe and cup we rather
Step upon Our neighbor's gtouad
Thus, amusing one smother
( While the glittering playthings rise,
Vemay doom afriend or brother
70 ) Life of care and sighs =
Do You doubt my simple s.ory -
Ican point a thonsand ways, -.
Where this bubble making glory s.
Hasin darkness hid its rays -
pa, ueslf spare . Sigh. confusion
Caused xhe world by giving names 4; 8
Since right to some deiusion
Eyssy one from pature claims -
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EleHTSINc should be nose q
kHowh that ID very many .c6ses ne9so,S -
uhoshase BEEN struck kdesd q, 81 3bareti{l va 6S
listtmpg may bs restored 81 pbnsh Sp 8 s
water freely over them 8
Remarkable instance of sTS Ssusc; stiion {: Z.
Eoma stroke q fgbtning 81 81 ti,a lss ci u,s: 2:
ster fell under opr observaiiiS i a6ys y saf5 y
ago. About 10 in the Uoss5 i6e ii III r;;i !;
die ofJu during 4bs slig ghjes ppfSI 6SS; & s
of thunder Storm liehtuing dssca6ded s
with such tremahdo fiji as fo str;tS
seral houses at q miles al iancs ffom Shcf,
|other. The cdnclsslon OF lie ssir wuss ss1SS
great as 10 cause the church bell Is 5fiiiffs
Nearly opposite to one of Tho holis66 $
were stricken and rent 10 piiiece g "a lS
man was thrown ffom lis sest 81 q Is = ID 3;
wksrs he remained seyesal ninu{e, = S.
he was disco cosesed. "a Iield siu 40 p sS|
observed hinpl lying on be bSck ap6afeS{ {|S
dead. 81 einmed ediately went q. 81 sTcl -
hlm tothe counting room sisigpns q ~ 81
and neck and dashed q buc|i 81 - = X. %
|tef ID bis facs, He aSon q + 81 Al
life, and was tel eli I,osIse ia Esif S5i
where he remained seis sSle (| M IS 4; ;;Sss -
feltef1o0a. ltvss sepeisl .xeels bel Sc 4 ss &
recovered. when ke was tod whak khsd i5bs
|{penca. He was entrely iruotans ,hst 66a
Ind been stuck by ks6teainQ, end ssiai1 !;
mat he WAS copscio0s, ,of the shock, 0f sl
the slightest degyee OH pain. His eyes how
ever we're 10 severely afiac,ed that hsgdiida ~
recover the use Of them for several shenaA.
ashsa Telegraph.
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or ea.iagd an apple against she divine.

.sof ea.inig f an apple against the divine
commandment. By ratssre ,se are i'.e sons rs
oa ,ciylth. That Isl we wereb born heirs et
ldedia, which death came upon us from.
1 Gods anger for the Sun of our flrst parents
/ or ts aasare, that is, rcallly, not ty help OF
1aaca, and fiction oflaw, for so Oecsfmsrius
| and Tkeophylact expound 1T; but because u
1 does not relate to the sin of ddam insits
first intention, but to the evil fstate of sin, In
which the Epaesians walked before their
conversations. II signifies. that our nature
of itself IS astate of opposition 10 the spirit
Is3of grace; il privately opposed .thatis that
there IS nothing in It that can bring US TO
felicity; nothing but an obedieacial capacity.
kOur flesh can become sahctift;d. sas TIE
S.o,ses can become CHI dren unto A5Tahdni,
Tor as dead. seed can become living corn;
fand SO tits with us, that it is necessary God
should make US d new creation, iGhe means .
TO save us; he must take our hears OF
isaone away, and give US hes1s of flesh he
must purge the old leaYeh, and mike us o
Enew conversion; he must destroy the
a9sh, and he must breathe into US Spiriitta
lmsae, the celestial breath Of life, without
| which We cau neither live. nor move, nor
have our being. No man can come
unto me {said Christ ,lnless ny Father dnaU
him.
+ But that may instance in PARTICULARS
Our. natural weakness appears best IN two
81 -, ~, fl<, 4tx,<, rrs,af insfannaa ff
tempiations, pleasure and pam; in both
which the flesh IS destroyed if i be not
helped bya mighty grace, az certaial as
the canes do bowtheir heads bel0re the:
breath ofamighty.wind. -
Iapleasurss weseeit by the pubic mis-.
cries and Iollieso OF The world.
There is amongst men ne.hing perfect,
because men crary themselves as persons
I that IRE less than money, servants of gain
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$ cHEIsT's SYMPATHY WITH HIS DlclPLEs.
It is uncomfortable consideration, that he

VIII sWflOtn we nave 10 uO, our SIedI kliS5t
Priest, who oncesput away our sins by the
sacrifice ofhinself, and now for ever ap.
pears, in the presence of God for Us, is. moi
only possessed Of sovereign authority and
infinite power, but wears our very nature,
land feels and exercises in the highest de.
tgree those tenderneSses. and 'commissera.
ttions, which I conceive are essential to. hu.
manity in its. perfect state. The whole his:
tory of his wonderful lite is full ofinimisable
instances of this kind: His bowels were
moved before his arm was exerted; he con'
descendedio mngle tears with mourners
and wept over .distreses which he intended
Ito relieve. Heis still the.same in.his ex.
aated s,ate; compasslons dwell within his
supreme dignity and perfection efhappiness
and glory, he still feels for his people. -
When Saul persecuted the members upon
earth, the head complained from heaven q
sooner shall the mosttender mother sit insen.
|sible and inaaentive to the cries & wants other
mfant Than, viii the Lord Jesus bean uncon.
Ecerned spectator of his suffering children.
No, with the eye, and sthe ear, and the
heart ofsa friend he attends 10 their sor.
rows; be counts their ,sighs, puts their tears
lin his bottle; and when our spirits are
overwhelmed within US, he knows our path,
and adjusts the time, the, measure Of ouI
trials, and every thing that is necessary
for our present support and seasonable
|delnerance, with lie same unerring wisdom
and acc6racy as heweighed the mountains
|inscales and bills in a balance, and meted
tout The heavens with a span. Still more,
besides his benevolent, he has an experi-
mental sympathy. He knows our sorrows
not merely as he knows all things, but as
one who has beensiin our situation, and who
though without sin himself endured when
upon earth nexpressibly more for us than
he will ever lay upon us. He has sancti.
fed poverty, pain, disgrace, temptation, and
DEATH by passing through these states; and
in whatever states his people are, they may
.by faith have FELLOWSHIP with him ins their
Esnffsriags, and he viii BY sympathy and
love nave fellowship aud interest with them
i'd theirs. What then shall we complaint
when all our concerns are written upon bis
heart, and their management, TO thesyefy
hairs Of our head, are under his care and
providence; when he pities US more than
we can do ourselves, and has engaged bis
almighty power to sustain and relieve ls. :.
.Iloweversas he IS tender, he is wise also;
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~ -. rs< Ex.z
tduties pad g tas EXCISE :. oti,ce 1r sess
town. ahaounsed 70 ons seosssasla laozys 3
wees anq aoout lsco s1arqs 81 lne g,quo =
there. fnat. y, g wy people pay y Y aq;
lies on what they drink ety say snetnmg o
the orlgnai cost OF the splryts, o,DgV per
annatn, which y nearsy sspen dollars ana g
halt g bead, ncludlng chlldren s. 4
Thussday ys and Sunday said q yonng man
tatsa late femPerance r5eetng ID Irelqn9s
lswere, when was boz. paac day iIf{nS
Family If we werH good child ildren; if NOT tie
Withholding Che hs6a! glass; niarked te dis:
tpleasnre oftIiose whom We love tnpstin the
world. = The shse6f $ single workmanin
Dublin was nfentioned 10 the COMMITTEE,
who earns from 20 ID 40 shilli1gs aweek,
and drinks it Fup; and parsIIe casesn might
Ebe found all over Ireland. What nyail
houses of industry and orphan houses, ard
parish schools, say the Ed Edinhurgh Review
ers, 10 mend the morals Of the people In
Dublin, when 10 ons street alone, there ara
||Jffy-tco houses licensed Ia sell spirits! -
That g revenue desiyed from slch soufse,
should be an object wogttl Of encourages
men, 4 is impossible % believe, says CARR
Fin bis Strangerin lr slapd S goYerna eus'
might az well impose q tax on coiii1s, and
then innoculate all lts subIects { with thei
plague, 70 increase the revenue e e said
that ID; the yicipity OF 81. Stephen Gteen,,
which is a respectable part 0f dublin, 300
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EtteFaliy take them as sIneat drinht and,
clothing which is not 3Ile case with Us. IN
Years Aef osdinaiy plspiy No cxa spnss;o: s !
fsope q nilions OF our ne aud otkef small s
|grnins, t6 the poiiso ana 6rs vitbouk crea. |,
ftinga famine. hal she eisss them 8 jhu,} ~ IS &
be taken from the l1olI IS 6 0l het iknnsh "a # y
/ children s. S Z 3 s
Were 10 en1meiale te 6eils, and ial si,f. &
ferings. and :crinies, wbiclI spring from tiies
use Of ofintoxicating drinks, Ia Ireland, i
should do little more than present q copy.
Eofthat long and black catalogue, which IS
1.-THE historySo intenpe perance furnishes Il, &
ev6ry oiher country, 4here Il prevails. 80
They arp, IA adopt the Language sots Ty. =:
Doyle, ,lale Caholic bishop Of Kildae, issl yl
are fasIs swearing, prois snafon 6ft ths E6ra s.
dayv basp6 p6emiss without namhek de n65 q
efty. thonoke edness, the deslitutio6 ih9 f9in
|Df ffaTsIieS the fraud; the fbests 3fherqbl
ies, the seduction Of ippoc ocence, the q 81 Z u
ton Of virtue The djsohsdience 81 skld Z
the in6delities pf. SERVANTS The diSc - ii
disunion Of thossJs shom God NH 3 |i &
aud many other which s 4 Do 1qj, q q ii
dre The effects of drinking ana 6f driIkI5 -
which 1 dcrioge. 81 = z.
hope shall 6e excused; ifii6 2 81 ~
lion with .whatI hiasye, said d3of az ut |
and wicked destfucii0n 81 of brcud: 81 @
crafty ) raging ikHS lor 4 tlnulsSaD dh5 u n
land fadveft 70 tie appalling tiaten1e 3 g
thepubiIs pfints, st56f 10t ~ ha1 2
bushels of gram q axnonfl,, ,afe now mana fy.z
stureds ikto -intoxicatin9 and r3unde : 8 S3s}
drinks, IA pur own chy of New York y y & 81 e
laoc, NOW, wtensby reason of slioYt frUp5 d
there IS 40 approx itpat;on to tie scarcsfy6 q
ireland. fosly, fI0asa,sd llushSl ga 6iysS
month, and ia 0fe civ nlsely wcfs3 q
thrown a8ay StiIsx lllo,iss1ds 5f laj g =
are s:lites9lI ihs l6q 's & 4 & 4
whites, Rifl loot bfsSo q 81 & u
deaen tl,eS SIIiiles S6I i|| !
ii{I;thsiE i6l1 pefi6n 4 81 6th1
iegiisi i've jn8u1r K /; JjIoSe; !; & =
1God 4Rat Oh So s; q 8 ife A5 ssoud!f e 1. |ilj
d aqGaIified sens cgesY man ha3 II g ( 2 (EI
buy and sell what he: plaascs: but Si'll ssiE Z:
one Gay there pfe no linslls fossh =
What if aIss capt alias n N 8 q s u
nov when l]onFs IS if0m g. 4
9olkfs u b6tFel buy a. ls0 S
0f gram d l1e1sf and lilfog & S6l s.
ensagedia Z fespeG Ie 6f K ss
Whai lf fEey sefe 9os 1p sey{ . s.,
sof forsign gram tlcy 360pla lay esf
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For gold was all their aim. and then the play
Might stand or fall--indifferent were they.
FaANcIs. q
tThis feeble frame / scofn,t seconds i'll
hs Minds high purposes aud great resolves.
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been great;inerease Of licenses through.
out Ireland anditappears, fromtestimony
now before me, that no disqualification is
So great, asst deprivs any resoh,e Irish-.
man Of thu. .diabotical psiyilege of murder
ling as many Of the King liege subjects as
Ehe can' to- Increase thesretsnae - Sir.
Robert Baieson,' says Prot. e, informed
me that he attempted to prevent a man
from getting his license rel en- ed, who had, !.
In ono Of his 6is of dfunkeahess, taken q
spade md sallied forth smashing windows
and terrifying the whole neigh6 orhood, he
was since condemned TO be executed for,
| the murder OF his own fathers yes9his nias;
notwithstanding Sir Robert effort to pre-:
went Il, obsainedts the sessions b license
Tor spirits; In faci there iss scarcely such
d thing as a 6nal refusal OF licease to
any man. - 81 ssSsssss,s
Another fact may be taken In proof of
E;ha Excise mania which exists, wilhfegard
Ito Ireland. When the practice Of truns.
1 ferring licenses from one house to another
Twas memlioned-to the king IS commission
er, as a serions grievance, he replied, that
Though the pratice was Illegal, he was op:
posed to enforcing the law, because the
Interests Of the revenue Is to facilitate Tue
sale Of spirits, under proper regulations. s
As specimens Of the n,anner.ih which,
they get g,sqhif for assanis and murder IN
Ireland, take theft following :---A criminal
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1837-06-14

TIE NAIL CLINcTEp.-There is
one thing which the strongest friend of
the administration must admit and
that is, that whether the measures OF
the general government have or have
not had tendency to create and aug.
ment the pecuniary embarrassment Of
the nation, they hare certainle not re.
suited in the benefits promised by their
authors. They have not given US a
moro uniform currency-they have
not equalized exchange-they have
not banished paper money from circu.
lation-they have not restored the
constitutional currency Of gold and sill
ver'-and, judging from the past ope-
ration of those measures and the pres
ent aspect Of things, we fear that there
is very little prospect that they can ev-
err accomplish these results. Is it not
time, then, to abandon them I'VE
should return to the cold paths," in
which we found safety and prosperity,
and forever hereafter close our ears TO
the voice Of the charmer, who would
induce us to hazard new experiments,
charm he never so wlsely.-Lynch.
burg Vir.
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MATuIAs.--This selfstyled prophet

MATHIAs.--Ths selfstyled prophet,
passed through this town few days
since, on his way to the north. His
beard is more than foot long. He is
an enemy to all Banks particularly
Nick Biddle's-a real hard currency
MAINLAND says the present state of
things is judgement upon the people
that all banks and merchants should
be put down,--that he is the messen-
ger Of the Lord, and all other priests
and prophets come from the devil!
So the Loco Focos have Matthias with
them.-Canton Ohio Repository.
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F,om IN. New orlesp. Commercial Herald.

From the New Orleans Commercial Herald.
LATE FROM TExAs.-We learn by
a letter from our Texas correspondent,
that the army there is in a sad state OF
INSTRUMENTATION and this is principal
w owing to their being kept so long in
a state ofinactivity, and that they have
threatened to elect their own officers,
and march for Metamoras Immediately,
and pay themselves with plumber, un-
less the Government enters into some
arrangement instantly for offensive op.
erations against Mexico. Ia conse-
quence of this conduct on the part OF
the mass of the soldiers, General A. ).
JOHNSON, the Commander-in' cher, leit
the army and went TO Houston, ana
held a secret conference with the Cab
met during two or three days, the re.
suit of which has not transplred, but
we learn he insists upon reslgnng, un-
less the Government gives him orders
to march to Metamoras. Further, our
informant states that the soldiers threat
ened to march upon Houston, and fire
every house in it, if the Cabinet allow
ed the land office to be opened. accor-
ding to announcement, on the lst OF
June; they stating that the spectators
and idlers would be able to locate the
choice lands, whilst their military du-
ties in the field would prevent them
from procuring fair participation in
the location Of public land. In conse-
quonce of such demonstration OF ieel-
ing, President HoUsToN, by proclama.
ton, prohibited the opening of the land
office, according to former announce
ment.
1t was expected at Houston that the
Congress would hold but short SEES
sion, and adjourn before the 4th OF Ju-
ly. A minister is to be sent from lex
as to Great Britain, to request the lat
ter Power to recognize the independ-
ence of the former.