, 1844-05-25

yention, have published an address tc
their Constituents, asking 10 be released
from their instructions TO vote for Mr.,
Van Buren,, and taking strong grounds
in favor of the immediate annexation o.
Texas.
Mason, who was used as a witness in
the Chsrvis cases, has been. pardoned:
and Berry, another witness, discharged
on a mol. pros.
The Baltimore Clipper, of the llth,
announces the dealt of Dawn BAnNuM,
Esq, known for many years as the pro-
prietor of the City Hotel.
DcpqrturG.of .NissiOnaries.-The Bos-
ton Transcript states that on Monday,
the 9th, at eleven o'clock, Rev. Messrs.
Hoisington, Taylor, and Scudder, with
their wives, embarked on board the ship
AshburtOn, lying at Union wharf, on
their voyage 10 Ccylon and Madras, as
Missionaries of tie American Board.
THE EcCALEoDIAH.-WonGer whcth-
er this new incubating machine might
not be Of utility in Fastening the termi-
nation Of a long sitting of Congress-
We 90 for atrial forthwith. \ Iegisla-
tive Eccaleobian. We don't doubt many
of the laws would be better made than
they now are, and at less coSt.-St. LOU
is Gazette.
The brig Delaware arrived at Phila-
dclphia OIL the Bird inst, with two cham
]eleonS, an ourang outang and monkeys
on board-all Of arare and strange spe-
cies, never before seen in this country.
Late from HarGnG.-Advices have
been received at New Orleans from Ha-
vana 10 the 18th inst.
The drought throughout the Island Of
Cuba was excessive, and the authorities
at Havana, had adopted fitting measures
70 preserve the wafer in the condui;s
pure and sweet.
The \. O. Courier of the 10Th. pub
lishesa private letter containing some de-
tails concerning the late 0 nspiracy.-
They appear 10 be somewhat exaggerated
According t. this letter, all the blacks
and mulattocs on the island had taken
part in the contemplated revolt, and if
their designs had remained undctected
three days longer, all would have been
lost, and the whole island become a scene
OF carnage and murder. The sun of
$4,000 had been offered 10 the mulatto
Cegul-the author of these statements
either true or imaginary-to act as in
terpreter, as he was well acquainted
with the English language.
Turnbull, ex-English consul at Ifava-
ma, and now a judge at Jamaica, was to
have been chosen, provisional king
This Turnbull, it is said, had $3.50, 600
placed at his disposal, for the support Of
the insurgents and The purchase of arms
and ammunition. The ring-leaders was
the poet Placedi of Matanzas, an inhu-
entail mulatto. The second in command
was one Cevallos, captain of a company
of coiored militia. The negro Pomarga
and the mulatto Flores were TO have
been generals Of division.
The revolt was TO have broken out at
fourteen different points in the neighbor-
hood Of MatanZas. The negroes were
10 set fire 10 the houses, murder the
whites, seize upon the women. and re-
pair TO Cardenas. where a store of arms
and ammunition furnished by an English
brig from Providence, awaited them
At MatanZas the same course was mark
ed ont. At Havana murder and arson
were likewise 10 be practiced-only the
signal vas to be given by discharges Of
fireworks. and the rendezvous was to
be had at the country house of the Count
Of Panalyar.