The Civilian and Galveston Gazette. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 8, 1844 Page: 1 of 4
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•re <lhe instructions of Com mm o do re Connerfrom
the Navy Department.
i? *—A treaty of annexationhss been negotiai
United States Mid tile Republic Of Texas, and will b'e i
hr submitted to the Senate of the United States now in Session.
tor its advice and consent*
During the interval which will necessarily eqeur befara the
treaty is ratified or rejected, it is the part ofprudence to guard
against any aggressions on our commeroe or the rights Of our
oilmen*, which may be attempted by 'any foreign government,
or by parsou* claiming to act under its authori;y. You will
therefore onncen^rate (ha vessels uuder your command.
You will, in your discretion, employ the vessels composing.) _v OWi._w.full'
your squadron in cruizing in the Gulf.of Mexico, so as to commu- (l_ ___
nicate frequently with Galveston! and occasionally ahow vour-
salf at or before Vera Cruz, with inch deviations to other parts of
your cruizing ground a* is in your judgment it may be best cal
eulated to effect the objects of your general and special, ihstrtio
tious. '• "
You will hecnutiousin committing no violation of the rights of
others, but resist and punish aggressions' on, our*. If while the
question of ratification is pending, an armed (orce nhall threaten
an invasion ofTexas, yon will remonstrate with the ,command-
ing officer, and you will ac&mpnny yonr rémonAtrance with the
assurance that the President of the'United ¡States will teguid the
execution of snob a hostile parpóse toward* Texas, under aneh
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must léád to actual hostilities with this couhtr
If yon observe any preparatirtns for such an invasion, yon will
without delay communicate the information to this Department,
816,465 73
To the like prompt and liberal
tat of the Caiti , declare liimaeT
covery of his tow, and con*^
ternoon of the 26th ihst. Mr. Haré
grateful acknowledgments of f
assistance from the Viocenties, i
proved necessary to avail himself of
To the thauks of the shipmasters,
tpprecfoitog/HB 1 fli.
Ue of the eeivicea revived fi<om the Vin<a
the spirit of active friendliness itf which «!
has-been rendered.- ' X ' , 1
1 have the honor to be with every sent)'
respect, Sir, yonr most obd't, bumble si
(Signed , _ wxlliam K:ENIS«"
rm. .. ia i
l^lnSmni
''The steam ship Neptun arrived -fiom New Or-
leatis oii Monday, bringing news from New Orleans
üp'itr'Saturday.
Although it is now considered as perfectly certain
thiát'thd treaty will fail in the Senate, the BubjeCt ot
anuexation grows more and more exciting in the U.
States. The injunction of seor.eny has been removed
fram the debates in the Sétiáté. Mr. Benton spoke
thiee days against the ratification of the treaty, and
in favor ojt resolutions, w,hich he bad previously of-
fered, declaring that Aba ratification of the treaty by
the iU. S. would be to adopt the wpr ol Texas With
Mexico, thai the treaty making power does not in-
clude the right to make war, but that Texas- "ought
tq bé ¿e-upited to the American Union so soon as it
cau ibe done with the content of a majority of the peo-
ple of the ühitóff States and of Texas, arid \yhen
Mexico shall either consent to tha same, or acknowl-r
* -ti ••i"H'.>38 'i'
edge jhe ,.independence of Texas, or cease to pros-
ecute the war against her (the armistice having ex-
pired) on aacale commensurate to the conquest of
'the country."
Mr. Walker had obtained the floor to leply, but
we have seen no report of his remarks.
In compliance with requestsfrom that body Presi-
dent Tyler has submitted to the Senate all the recent
orders to the army and navy, and the reasons for giv-
ing the Bttme. The President saya—
I have to inform the Senate that,' in consequence of the de-
claration of Mexico communicated to this Government, arid by
me laid before Congress at the opening of the present sessiou,
announcing the determination of Mexico to regard as a declara
lion of war against her'by the United States, the definitive rati-
fication of any treaty with Texas annexing the territory of that
Republic to the United States and the hope and belief entertain,
ed hy the Executive that the treaty with Texas for that purpose
that the President may auhmii «hP Mi>|>a to PongresB.
You will commiinicate, as orterj as occaiion may present itself,
with the Charge d'affaires of the Urih'ed States at Texas, and.
make your despatches to the department as frequent a* opportu-
nities may offer. t 1 , ; I
President Tyler has determined to send no Minis-
ter to Mexico until after the return of the messenger
from that country, and the fate of the treaty of an-
nexation is determined.
The Richmond Enquirer says that "the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations reported against the
Treaty for annexing Texas td the United States. Mr.
Buclyknan voted for it: Messrs. Archer, (a Virginia
Senatorl) Choale and Berrien voted agaikst \i\ while
Mr. Tallmadge, the remaining member of the Com-
mittee failed to vote at all."
This information may be doubted, as it comes from
no other source.
séit¿t! bf y^üf
the American Consulate at Galveston,
your thanks with tbo*e of the masters of the Br
ship Cybele,and Caio, for the assistaMC. rendf
them by the Ytncenoes op the 22d ano 20th instant.
To be ábté at ¿1 times lib render ássi'stááce to
those in distress, is, I beliete,' the naturfcil feeling at
Sailors, and I have the proud satiefuctiou to fcbaw*
that thode under my command are always, ready
an.l willing to exert themselves in a good cause.
t regret the^sérioueí accidents which occuredto tl.e
Cybele and Cato, but it afforded us the opportunity
of proving to those, for whom our country, and our-
selves individually, feel a sitjisere friendship, our de-
sire to maintain those feelings. v
I have the honor to be, Sir,
The question of annexation came up incidentally
in theU. S. Honso -of'Representative .ob the 21st u|t
on tbo Navy appropriation bill. Messrs. Atkinson
of Va. Beiser of Ala. and Owen of la. spoke in
favor of the measure—the latter gentleman, it is said
with great -eloquence and ability. The feeling evinc-
ed by the House appears to have been favorable to
the measure.
Meetings in favor of annexation continue to be
held in the South and West, and a correspondent of
■the Charleston Courier says that for every memorial
which is sent to Congress against annexation, there
are six at least in favor of the measure, and, what is
remarkable, they are mostly from the North and/West.
It is said that Mr. Calhoun asks of Senators a post-
ponement of the action upon the treaty until advices
I shall have been received from Mexico, as he is
y(tf|"pLany"bv The"s'^na'te-'irwaa re". s'trougly impressed with the conviction that they
—J-J K- "" ,ft h'vn hBnomfi ili d fv • ' will be favorable to the measure. It is said that he
"is so sanguine as to believe that Mexico Will, at
twelve hourn' notice, agree ta tell her cláims upon
Texas and upon the vast territory claimed by Texas,
and tbe Califoniias besides."
garded by the Executive to have become emphatically its duty to
CQnpentrate. in the Gulf of Mexico f>"<
thinary measure, as lar^e a portion
the cqmthaDd ofOaptain Conner
as could well^
drawn to>
'bthbr: and, at the samo time, to assemblé at Fort Jemtp on the
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bbtdets of Texas, as large a military foice as the demands of the
' service at othei encampments would authorize'to be detaohed.
„ The President adds—
At the same time, it is due to myself thatl should declare it
a# my opinion, that the United States having by the treaty of
annexation acquired a title to Texas; which requires only the ac-
tioii pf the Senate to perfect it, no other Power could be per-
mitted to invade, and. by force of arms to possess itself of, any
PQiticn of the territory of Texas, pending your deliberations
upon, t lia treatv. without placing itself in a hostile attitude to the
United
upon,the, Ifoaty, without placing
United States,, and justifying the employment of any military
means at our disposal to drive back the invasion^ At the same
Gen. Jackson has written another able letter in fa<
vol of Annexation. Mr. Cass. Mr. Stevenson of Va.
Mr. Woodbury, and several other distinguished gen-
tlemen are also out favor of the measurd1.
time, it i* my opinion that Mexico or any other will find in vour
ap rov«l of the trenty.no just cause of war against (ho United
S tales: iior, do I believe that thei;e is any serious hazard of war
tobe fcurid in the fact of Biich approval. Nevertheless, every
prbrier mea'suiH will, be reported to by the ExecutiVcto preserve
upon' «n-honorable and just basis thepublic peace, by reconcile
ing jMe*ioo, througlfahberar.cour*e ofpolicy, to the treaty.
Iu another notó to the Senate, President .Tyler
1 till" ' lit
•®y*—
No messenger has been sent to Mexico in order to obtain her
consent to the treaty with Texas, it not bfring regarded by the
Executive as is any degree requisite to, obtain such consent in or-
der (shÜrild tlie Senate ratify the treaty) to "pcrfoct the title of the
U. S. to the téiritory thus acquired—the title of the Bame being
ftULand perfect without the assent of any third Power. The
Executiyehas nigotiated with Texas a an independent Power
of the world, long since recogniged as such by the United State*
add bther Powers, and as subordinate in all her rights of full
sovdroignty to rio other power.
'l- rbrti'the orders of the War Department it appears
tlfatYb^^rce. at Fort Jessup and near Natchitoches
J amounts to;eleven hundred and fifty men? or twenty
three companies, under command of Gen, Z. Taylor.
They^trfe óraered to "be in readiness for service at
añy ówmént*'v,and General Taylor is instructed as
follows:
You'Will take prompt meausures, in the first instance by a
confidential officer, and subsequently by the ordinary sail or
special express, as you maydeen. necessary, to put yourself in
« comthun-i^( WiU-,hl. present of Texas, in ordor to inform
"h'ñf voui present p«*ition and force, and to learn and to Iran -
r to this office (allconndkntially) whether any and what ex-
rnal dangers may threaten that government fit its people.—
ould much danger be foetid to exbt, and appear to be;imi
Ann mirnti thn Inrr.nflphnvA innicntnd tn I
n
«loop of war
■fHmflM
very respect
Your obedient servant.
ill! ?;
FRANR'N BUCHANAN, Odmdw
William Kennedy, i esq. -^ilys
' H. B. M. Consul,'Galveston, Texas.
on, May 21 -The following la a?; extract
respondence of the Charleston Courier*
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by tíie middle
irtt voti will collect and mirch the forces obove indicated to the
bliie rivér but not procedí beyond the frontier without fur-
«r instruction*, keeping ¡«Readiness, in theca*e supposed, all
iuuMiarv mean* of transpodation, a* well as ample «tores of
ibsistenco and ammunition.
f^'jjy the'JBocumeiitB from the Navy Depártment it
appears that tbeU.ig. vessels now cruizing in the
Giitf or ton tbejway fronr Ni rfolk are the fiigate Po-
tomac, «W^ncenne9' ^Imouth, and Vandalia,
bligS Sttjnenfcand Bainbritlg^ and steamer Union;
«iÍS tliat the btig Lawrence, at soon as she is ready
foi sea and sloop Preble, whencompletes a cruise
ittihe Weét Indies are to ae added, Tne following
We are glad to find that Mr. Kennedy's splendic
History of Texas (the best ever written, and almost
the only work deserving the name) has been repub-
lished in a cheap form in the United States. It will
produce á desire for "emigration" in that country,
which is much better than "annexation" for Texas. '
Eight negroes, belonging to the pilotwitYbe'Balize,
lecently stole a boat, and made off, for Mexico as is
supposed, but as they were ignorant of navigation it
is probable that they may miss their way and touch
upon our coast, Five hundred dollars is offered for
the capture of the negroes and boat.
The Neptune brought four hundred and seventy
five bales of cotton from New O/leans, for Messrs.
Iílaener *ind Kauffman & Co., to , be shipped from
this port for Europe.
This fact is worthy of the attention of our Eastern
planters, as it shows that belter prices can be afford-
ed for their cotton here than at New drieans, inas-
much as cotton bought at the latter place will, bear
the expense of being shipped to this. It is also wor-
thy of remark, as showiog the advantages which this
port possesses over New Orleans, On account of the
saving in towage, wharfage, tonnage, &c., in the ship
ment of commodities for Europe and the receipt of
goods in exchange.
Her Britannick Majetly't Confuíate, \
Galveston, May 28, 1844. J
Sir—It affords me sincere pleasure to tender to yon
the thanks of the masters of the British merchant ships
"Cybele." and "Cato," for the assistance afforded
from the United States sloop of war "Vincennes'
under yotir command, in situations pei rilling tbe safe
ty of their respective vessels, on the 22d and the S6th
of this month. . t ,
Mr. Fitchet, master of the Cybele, informs me that
it was greatly owing to the exertions of the officeiB
and party of sixteen men despsched to his aid from
the Vincennes on the 22d inst., that be was enabled to
Washington,
from the'correi ,,
•'Tlie number of tliosejwho are now ready to vote for
the Treaty aS it is, is said to be' eighteen. Oihétít
are doubling, one doubtul. There ,|smajority of
the Senate in opposition to all the main.arguments
urged against th? annexation of Texas, Vix:—-t| a ex-
tension of territory and tbe extension qf slavery.
"Hence it is, that Mr. Calhoun, in his púyate inter,
course with Senators, lays so much stress upon ihf
postponement of action upon the treaty until he sh«l
receive advices from Mexico. Mr. Calhotin has strong
ly expressed his conviction that his advices will be,
favorable. He is so sanguine as tp believe that Mex-
ico will, at twelve hour's notice, agree to sell her
claims upon Texas and upon the.vaat territory claim-
ed by Texas and the Californias besides.
"ThiB may be so, and we shall see how the clian-
ces of a renewal of. doijUBstif!.strife in Mexico, may
affect her course But I rau8t sav that public rumc
in this city, ascribes to Senator M'Duffie a very djffe
ent opinion. Mr. M'Úuffiet does ritot believe tl
Mexico will notice, in¡ any friendly manner, our pfr>-
positioiis. The first impressions made on the public
mind in Mexico, as to tbo treaty, appear to be adverse
to it. Mr. J. Kennedy says t^'iat Mexico will treat it
as á flagrant outrage. We sháll know by the
of June or before.
"In*the meantime, 1 haVe heard anti-Texas whig
Senators, say th^t, if the assent of Mexic? shall,be re,:
ceived, the treaty will be ratified. •
Land Slidtat AlgUri.—Wa understood last erenihf that dar-
ing ihe afternoon about 500 feet of Levee caved in t Algiers
carrying with it Harrington's warehouse a lot of salt and some
Western produce. About nine o.clock the Levee was giving
away in other places, and much alarm was felt,ip «onsaquenoe.
—Picayu «. hi
"We observe by the full Congressional reports given in the
Washington papers, that petition* Iron various parts of the
country, in favor of the immediate ratification of tho Texas
Treaty, are beginning to reaclwhe tiapitfei; and so general i* the
movement of the people throughout the Southern and Western
States: and some of tlie middle States, in favor of annexation, that
the desluortheit representatives at Washington will doubtless
soon be loaoed with .similar memorials. Men of all parties unite
on this question with the utmost harmony, and give it their most
energetic support. The letters which have recently appeared
trom the leaders of the' two great parties, in opposition to iai-
mediate annexation; are'eenvassedI by the organs, and at their
popular asse'mbltge* by the prominent member* of the «everal
Íiarties, with the utmost freedom; and while the view* of the
ormer are treated witji becoming deference, the fallacies thsy
'- to embrade are met, dlsdussed, and condemnor)
..pap
with all Ihe froedom, and unreservedneS* enployedj in purely
partizan discussions. Nor can it be denied that here, in thu elty,
the difference of opinion between tbe ma**e* of the two great
parties and their|prinoipel leader*, on tbi* Subject, i* daily ««*«nd
ing, and the number of tbe friends of aiinexatioo daily augment-
ing by the doneurrence of man of-botb parties, whose first im-
pression*, were mpuldbd bv the able though inconoinsivear#|s«
ments advanced by Mf. Clay and Mr. Van Buren. Snob, we
are well informed, is also tha case elsewhere."—Jf. Y. Republic
• • From the London Herald, May 8.
Ma. EvEttETT.-^Among the prisoners brought from
the station house yesterday, was a very respectable
looking middle aged man, named Alex. Sutherland,
who had bepn arested on "the charge of threatening
lh <life of Edward Everett, the United States Minis
ter." ' The accussed bad lived as footman in the ser-
vices of Mr. Everett, and had lef^some two or three
months since, and was now out of a situation, his
late master being unable as it was said, to give him
a character for sobriety; This had preyod upon the
man'srmind, and he bad while excited by liquor, «one
to Mr. Everett's house, in Grosvenor place on Wed-
nesday evening, and made use of such threats towards
his Excellency, in ^he presenue of the servants, and
he was taken into custody.
At tbe conclusion ofrth«* sitting, Mr.' Patridge, an
inspector ofthe A division, stepped forw&id and in-
formed tbe magistrate that they .were not ready with
the charges against Sutherland. He had be^p to tb
house of the American ministers that morning, wh
stated that he had consifttedon the subject with his
friend Mr. Jardine, who would shortly wait upon Mr.
Burrell and confei with him.
It was aubsequeatly understood thau^case would
be taken to Buw street.
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