Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-08-22

wIfs ana chitd. we're captured, making ia ell 40
prisoners. of Wbon there arr Ia men, ire rest wo-
men ard children. Ny men behaved well.
81 am nov, eiB these prisoners, cn my way 70
Fort Moulirie, Chafleatca harhor, where ! ON Or
fdered 20 remain ustisGuriieF ofdels, wish a dctachs
ment Of troops 70 guetd ne lndian--
LAIE FROM TEXAs AND MEXICO
WI. ipye received ise~ Orieans papers 70 tho eli
nat. Tlose eftbe 3ls' nh, e0utain ints ligenee
from Tesas abd aiezlee. RSahfr1 ~ veto =
I RON 5Exass-Iils aeeas1als bei0fs Eeeeisea y
an engaeouen bet~een tie Iexaus aud Chefokeer
uo fua5 conlsmed. There was nothing else q
much Interest from he Republic. !
Hon. JOHN BsrdsaiI a datpsetshed ctizFn e
( lexaq, died at Houston, on ne 22d Of Jgly. iir
va late Chief Justice e tie Republic. 8
From the Now Orleans Ballelin,
FpoH WExtCo.-Bs tfle schooner EriiFse fCafk.
Dsiayi1o, which arrived here yesterday, Ne baFe
fecoisel sDr flies Of papefs and Letters itoHi lne
civ 81 Mexico to she 1l3i4 and from EeraNtt~ ~
fbs l3th inst, tnclusive. Santa ana was stlt the
President od bacrfai aan tlOugh IN a preear9ps
stote q Le8ih, eAerci ing the ianaiians q ny ol'eo
aim increasing applause aad sgcress. THE aaie
~ am ragfespondsn2s lettcr, B~asuameHte vas mo
aontoi 81 e~xpecled ID the capital.
Tho s~padition 10 THmpico heing crowned Sith
auch os3ile suce IS, hs return was every were
greeted with the n,ost, Gaii1lsiasuc dopaepshall'n s
II aGs aions aud regard. According 10 the Dtar3o
49l Goticgn0 Sanla Ara ard be ale " elect t"e
stost sslotaFy fef1rm ia The constitution, TO 20 A%ps
! with t9s csase of the late disDstfaus disaBectt9n,
i eoacilia1e an pufues, and 70 crown the Whole WAtt
/ tacnt e4orBe the g ungratelui colony fot ac.
e,mpaslaae ,hfs great undertaking. the executive -
10 bs empowered to raise tho necessary means
Aa .bslederaiist0 who gave themselves ar totne
| disposai 81 the gogernment, are 10 retire % Aseif
afms, and never to reside III a cry, or HVei atoltf
fcation, under pain 0fGeath.
urrsa was sentenced by Santa Ana to be banishod
for six wars, buE "a pfrgafse man d j sench 90.
scent, Sho had him IN charge. allowing Ian VS
much Of his parole ~ hnnoE the g1k0H&aia sen@fa'-
issino, while on ns way 20 Vera Cte& for embark
ation, n,nde ha escape al fegotc On the 30ib nh,
and has not been heard OF since.
In segerul States IN the interior, the sinaltfG& -
rainy eitb great vifuience.
Throughout The Whole h~eTuh,ic, tho censorship
ofthe press Is roaistaioed VIII, the gfeatest IsoF'
but the foreign merehpnts resident 10 Vera Gss
have been allowed, aud are about establisao OK d
spleudid exchange or reading room IN that city, on
The Eurofeap plan.
correspoaaenee Of tho Lonisianian.
VERA Cnrz. July Ia, i830-No news IN the
interior. Sa1ia IS expected shofiyin ha haoien
4 da dc manga al cllgo. B~pstanfnte shogi5 be on
hts voy 10 Mexico 10 Take the reiqs Of government
Two Aupd,e4 thon and dollara ofth9 SECOND ln-
a,almelt are On th-ir say from Mexico 10 Vera
Cruz The Aiezicaus give this he greatest auneta-
a.iiy.
General Urea IA 10 go to Europe.
fnoM 1ANFico.-By tho arrival If the schooner
Lone Yesterday, from Tampieo. we hnye been ~
formed that Gen nusta aeula Aad leu lampieo for
the capital, ieaying Geu. Arista m command OF
Tamnico, wjiL about 700 men. II viii be retuem-
bersd that the eehr. Lene vas seized by The cen
%tralisis and the captain had 70 buy 6's o~a vs@SsI
jrom Ham for s ,000.
The National iptelligencer in publishing the Re-
port ola Committee OF tho House of Representa-
tves on the subjee, Of a National FoundrH for the
manufacturing Of ordnance Tor the Amy and Navy,
las the following renarke
The rspo.t abounds ia useful facts and sensible
views, ana tha appendix, Comprising some two
handrcd pages,3 Niien Il too long torinscrtioa, gives
a great amount Of very interesting information.
We have no doubt that many OF our readers Will
be ast0nisaea 10 find, aitet the manyn millions 81 dor
lnrs which have been expended IA erecting ard re-
pairing fotis ami tortulCHifpfrs,h how iew OF them
are ina state uf tolerdble defence and with o ses
and land frontier OF sofne twelve ,aou9anG miles,
how little publ: attention has been directed to place
the assHlable points IN a STATE OF defence hy ia0Ti-
eating r. suiGient amount OF ordnance. Forts ere
Wbfte kNAn hAEitNHs btFfAaN R.Ng HtN fiANNN ga q 'Nr
10 resist for IGN aggression. 1, Will be found that
ono thousand one hundred and seyenty-aisht guns
arc req1ired for tho now forts completed, two thou
sand mud seycnty-three vii 30 re1nired tor the forts
under construction, seven hundred and e~igty-two
for forts rebuilding and repairing. three thousand
Eve hundt ed and six fur works projected, aud five
thousand two hundred and eighty-two fer the pro
tectioa Of othcr prominent POINTS along the sea
board masking altogether thirteen thousand three
hgndted and twonty-ope pieces of ordnance now re-
guired FOR the artillery anu field trains.
BY tie letter Of tho Colonel Of Ordnance, IN re-
ply 10 Nh. JuaAspN's call upon him for tie infor-
nation, (which forms part Of the arpeudix) n APP
rears that there were at that timo but thirty AZ
FOUNDERS in the forts, s~ixty-six in depot, and thirty
eight Under contract.
With those facts kuown 10 the People and to
Congress, can the question Of National Foundry
be longer postponed 10 Congressl lts utility must
be aprafent TO all who will take the pains to exam
me the subject and, therefore we ogain recon-
mgnd 10 our readers a careful perusal ofa paper
which has evidently been prepared with greatat-
uontieR and cXtensive research. s
Extracts from he Correspondence 0Jdte National
LtCHlgencer.
New YoHR, August IL.
The course of tie Government with the Treasu.
- no.cs in this city is a matter Of much remark,
and The banks which have cut their fur
che benefit % the Secretary Of the Treasury are 80