Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-11-12


the senior general He his part highly delighted
with strong hold Korat and still more to add to
his band many tried and faithful followers whom he was
assured would remain firm to his interests
The Prince Of Korat hearing of the success Of the
senior general filed with entire dstrust of his fol-
lowers To life he lied with his family and rela-
tiyes and himself again entered the priesthood But
this failed to shield him. he was taken pr
soner and brought Bangkok with many captiyes from
the northern provinces which from that time had been
subject to the King of SIAM When the prince arrived
at Bangkok Phya-Tak treated him with some respect,
and allowed him to live at wat temple, at Bangkokno
called at the present day Wat Anurat Aran After few
days residence here the kings jealousy was excited by
seeing many Of the people visit the prince at the wat who
had known him Ayutha. The king therefore ordered
him to be put to death
At this time many of the noblemen who came from
Ayuthia unwilling to be introduced to the king
Their ynpathies all enlisted for the senior general
and moreover they considered him Of higher rank than
the king, being preudced against the latter from the
fact that he partly of Chinese descent These gen.
temen formed the private household and attendants of
the senior general secluded from the observation and
even knowledge of his majesty
The kings great now was to subdue the pro-
vnces which yet alien from him. and the end Of the
third year Of his reign he had conquered all Northern
Siam. The king went himself on expedition against
the High priest Porafang Bukultara who had received
his Office from the hand of the King of Ayutha, and
bishop throughout Northern SIAM He had his residence
place about 1So north latitude and 1902 30/ east
longitude At the time the Burman army besieged Ayu-
th all the governors of every town and city in Northern
Siam were ordered to the capital by the king The High
priest Bukultara by of his priesty office control
led all the towns in the north When the Burmans de-
stroyed Ayuthia and obtained supremacy in Central
Siam the Highprest assumed the sovereignty at the
north, and appointed many Of his kindred and pupils to
be and Judges in the towns and villages through
out Northern Sam claiming to himself the Of
the whole country which formerly paid to the king
at Ayuhia He also organized military forces for the
defence OF the country against the invasion Of the Bur-
mans. He still retained his priestly robes, and simply
changed his residence for the pagda
called PhraF arung fortified place PhyaTak directed
his to this strong hold; within this enclosure
Phya-Tak afterwards took white elephant the foal of
one owned by the sovereign priest When the priest heard
Of his approach he confident Of defeat that he fed
alone before the attack into the Laos country The king
having consummated the design Of the expedition sent
for his relatives from the towns Of Raheng and TAX ap
pointed them princes and prncesses suitable to their
latonship to his majesty the king.
In the fourth year Of his reign in the year 12 the
king made expedition into the Malay Peninsula with
the design Of taking Lagore In this province the gov
ernor appointed by the King of Ayuthia when the Bur-
mans were victorious assumed the supremacy made his
royal procamatons, and filed every office following his
own will Many noblemen, with their families, fed from
Ayua and took up their residences Lagore and other
towns in the Malay peninsula and quiet worthy sub
jeets every where The governor took the title of King
Of Lagore and his family that Of prince and princesses
The honor which they received from the people made
them proud and overbearipg, though they had failed
frequently to hear of the achievements of Phya TAX
The king felt such pride in the country he governed and
sucn conuence IN MS people, that ne conSldereu MS
power sufficient for defence; besides he the
Burmans would ere long return with redoubed force and
revenge themselves upon the usurpation fPhya TAX
When Phya TAX arrived with his navy of brave marines
and his armed force by land the King of Lagore prepared
for defence, and there for few days several
encounters; but misunderstanding and suspicious
arose among the natives of the country Some became
aenated from their king and some spies of Phya
TAX The King of Lagore becoming aware of the fact
lost his confidence in his power to oppose the invading
army. He decided to leave his country and all his ad
herents and save his life alone He therefore left the
city privately at night, and fled in haste to Pantani,
town in the Malay Peninsula the western coast of the
Gulf of SIAM about 60 north latitude and placed himself
under the protection of his former friend the Raa of
Pantan. When the King of Siam had learned that the
King of Lagore had placed himself under the Raja of
Pantan he wrote the Raa that if he did not give him up
he would come with armed force and lay waste the
country. On receiving this Raja OF
Panan through fear of the threatened consequences i'm
medatey gave up the King of Lagore to the Siamese
messengers who took him prisoner to the King of Siam
The King Phya TAX in the mean time had taken Lagore
captured the royal family and many nobemen of high
rank, with their property and servants and few days
after the capture of the King of Lagore returned Bang
kok with all his booty The King of Lagore had fair
daughter, whom the King of Siam gave place in his
harem and on her account saved the life Of all her family
allowing her father to seek his pleasure any where in
the capital
At the end of three or four years the beautiful daughter
of the King of Lagore presented his Majesty with son.
The king was delighted declaring that heir to the
throne of Lagore was born. Fearing longer that the
ng OF Lagore would wish to his former enemies
he allowed him to return to his country restored
him the office formerly bestowed by the King of Sam
aud gave up all the captves he had taken from the
try This in the year 1916 From that time to the
present the Government Of Lagore has been administered
by the descendants of the King Of Lagore taken captive
by Phya TAX, and through the power Of this province
fifteen sixteen townships Of the Malay country have
been made subject to the Siamese King among which
Kedah, Pantani, Kalantan, Tringano, &c.
At the end of the fourth or fifth year of the reign of
Phya TAX the Samese ceased to carry their arms into
Burmah The Burmese had therefore time to think Of
avengng their enemies the Siamese They contemplated
no less project than that Of subduing Phya TAX whom
they regarded usurper The King Of Burmah thought
that the Siamese forces made up Of undiscipned
soldiers taken from the forests or If Of them had
learned it Vas before they enrolled in the kings
army Being conquered captives they could hardly fail
to be wanting in bravery With these impressions he
sent force adequate, as he supposed for the
pshment of his purpose. But the forces he sent were
already weary from the long defence they had been max
ing against the Chinese besides they were not eager
conquest and the brave Phya TAX with his tried gene
ready not only to defend themselves when attacked
but to out and meet the foe Far from the capital the
two armies met in combat when the Siamese obtained
most glorious victory, killing many men Of and
making numerous captives Since that time the Burmans
have almost every year forces into the amese pos
at the present time provinces ut the NORTH of
which Chang Mai (Zimmay) is one, which disputed
territory being claimed by the Siamese but subject to
the Burmese. The Burmese waiting the COM
mand of their king to renew hostlites with Siam.
INDIAN TRoupLEs CALIroRSra.-A letter from Yreka
California, dated 10th September, to gentleman in
New York, says:
1.-THE recent skrmishes had with the Indians in this
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