Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-11-10

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A FACT WORTHY Of BEING KNowN.-The
English have passed ar act, authorizing the
seizure Of Americans. within our own terrific
~, TO be dragged 20 foreign places 10 pc ln-
carceraed in foreign prisons. and to be tried
before foreign judges by foreign laws. 10 do
ing this, England has broken all conditions
upon which mutual tenure Of Oregon, will,
mutual rights was held. But this is not all.
the English Government threatens to send an
army of 10000 TO seize and hold upon the
country, in defiance Of right and justice.
"The British Parliament. have passed an
act, authorizing the Hudson Bay Company.
to arrest and send to Canada, any American
citizen, who may come within their lthe HUI
son Bay Company's) dispeasnre.
By this daring outrage upon our sovereign
ty, any American can be arrested and sent out
Of our own territory, to be tried on British
ground BY British Judges and British laws!
The Hudson Bay Company have power, BY
British laws, to give judgment against any A.
merican citizen in Oregon, and issue an exc
cuton, under cover Of which, he may be either
confined in their forts, or sent 10 the jails OF
Canada, at their pleasure!
The Hudson Bay Company, through long
license have become SO overbearing that they
actually obliged respectable Alneri ian to
wear skins for several years, for having incur
red their displeasure
The Hudson Bay Company sends. annual
ly, large parties to trap the Beaver upon land.
adjacent to Oregon. belonging to the United
States, and to which England has never laid
claim!
The Hudson Bay Company's agents COM
nit depreda,ions upon the Indians living with
in the acknowledged limits of the United
States, actually numbering hundreds OF them
every year:
What is to be done! Congress has been
petitioned by the American settlers in Oregon,
to take them under their protection; bat their
prayers are unanswered'-[ See p. A. Browns
lecture before the citizens Of Philadelphia.
These are facts, and they ought to be known
BY every citizen of the United States, and that
we have government that is ready to do any
thing rather than 10 protect the rights Of citl'
zens, or TO secure them against British agrees
sion and insolence.-St. Louis GaZ.
: IMPORTANT FROM MExlco.-A quarrel has
occurred between Santa Anna and the British
Charge d'Affaires which seems likely to re-
suit in an open rupture. 1t appears that. at .
national festival, the English Jack was placed
at the end of the saloon among the trophies of
Mexican arms. The British Charge requested
ii TO be taken down, and as reparation for
the insult, that it should be hosted in the pub
lie square and saluted with 81 guns. The
English Jack was continued in the position in
which it was first placed. Santa Anna said it
was captured from the Texans. and was there
fore placed among the trophies o: Mexican
arms. At second festival, the same thing
was repeated. The British Charge then adj
dressed note to the Mexican Minister, sta
ting that all diplomatic intercourse between
the two countries was at an end, until further
orders werereceived from England. The Mex
lean Government replied in very insulting Ian
guage:
Mr.. Doyle's dispatches have gone to Eng
land in the steamer which sailed on the first
inst. and he had also despatched man-of-
war, which happened to be at Yea Cruz, TO
Bermuda and Jamaica with dispatches for the
Admiral Thus rests the affair, and the citi
zens Of Vera Cruz are appehensive tina. The
first news they will have, will be the arrival of
an English fleet. This Of course gives great
satisfaction to all enemies of the power Of the
Dictator, and to foreigners, who are in hopes
that he will now be brought to his senses.
Santa Anna was expected to leave the cap
ital for Vera Cruz on the 4,h.ult. He has
force Of about IL, 900 men assembled at Jala:
pa. 1t is surmised that the object of this visit
was to put his Notifications there in fit state
of defence against attacks from the English.
There was rumor in Vera Cruz that an an
cry correspondence had taken place between
our Minister and the Mexican Government, on
the subject of the annexation Of Texas to this
Union. 1t must be gratifying to the friends of
that great measure that this took place when
our country was represented by so staunch a
friend to Southern interests as Gen. Thomp-
son.
We learn from those who are usually well
informed in Mexican affairs, that a decree will
soon be issued by the Provincial President,
prohibiting foreigners entering the country TO
a greater distance from The coast than twenty
leagues, and ordering those now resident in
the interior to move towards the coast. This
we deem the most original and Chinese-Iike
ukase that this brother Of the sun and moon
has yet conceived.
Col. JoHNsoN.--The Boston Post Of the
18th instant says :-"s Since first its flight Of
years began Faneuil Hall was never SO JAM
med, crammed and crowded as on last evening
in consequence Of the public announcement
that Col. Johnson would deliver an address on
the Irish repeal question. The gallant old
patriot arrived at the Hall at 20 minutes before
CLOCK, but how an opening was ever made
for him 10 reach the rostrum is matter Of
profound physical wonderment. He was re-
I, l. re-