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DAa:EN,-Mareh 1888..
LATxt'rROMFLRaiD-Mo3re Murders,
k have.;the. folUViog intelligened t6
conmunkate to our. readers concerning the
Florida War. I is gathered from the in
tornation 'of a gentleman who arrived here
frobi Black.Creek,ok this da* in the steam
or Oacmulgee, which left Jacksonville, on
the 21st inst. i- -'
The Florida Militia are called'out,. and
it is though.that, the camplign has: termi
natcd for tif. summer...
On the 21st an express'arrived at~ Jack
sonvill, reporting that one white man, his
wife, And four negro children had been mur
dered ~pn.the 16th inot:ptt.. This is repre
sented tothave taken place at Ocean Ponds
about 50 illes West of Jacksonville,'and
ten mids dnly from the Georgia line. One
white fem4ale and a, negro woman escaped.
The latter reports that they ran as soon as
the first rifle was discharged, and concealed
themselves two or three.hundred yards from
the house. She saw 'her master shot by
the Indians, who run sbout 100 lyarda be
fore he.fell -dead. Sho states that there
were abp'ut 40 Indians present.
FQrts Taylor, Lane, .Chtistmas, Call ad4
Volusia, are, or are-abont to be abnaidhed,.
Forts King, Mi-anopy, HIarlee, Picolata,
and Black .pret.k, are to be kept up, and
Fort Peyton is to be re -established.
The main body of the troops are now at
Jupiter, Adnt' Gen Jessup. There are be
sides three com panies ot regulars at Key
Baskeen, under Col. Bankhead. There are
also troops at Now Smyrna, Hallover, and
Tampa Bay, and three or--four companies
at Fort Pierce Indian River.
There are.-318 Indians within three or
four miles of Jesup'scanip,-at-Jupiter, and
are so situated that they cannot escape.
The General will probably keep things as
easy as possible. untill the express arrives
frotm Washingtoln,iain' -thien take them by
stratagem.cr. force. They ase now receiv
ing rations-from the U. States. -
The fivo .Indians who came into Fort
Lane somb time back, and were- taken to
Fot Mellon in charge of Major Dearborn,
made their escape on the 8th instant, taking
two or -tireo bags of corn, some coffi'e and
sugar. and n musket and bayonet belonging
to the Major. The 1st and 2nd Regiment
of Drnoons, are dismounted. and their
horses were permitted to recruit. being near
ly broken down.
This news is considered authentic.
Frot the La id*geGa. Whig.
MiYSTEN iQ$8 CIRCUMSTANGEr
Editor of the La Gr-ange.Whig & Her'ald:
Sir-About breo weeks -ago - there atihe -
to my plantation-a sorrel liorse, low.in flesh,
showing the appearance of having been
travelled son. distance. The animal came
without-.saddto or bridle, as many as four
times to-my plantation, and was driv.en off,
thinking: at the tiie that he belonged. to
some neighbour, anid would return, but' ivas
disappointed.: Thke boise persistipg to stay
I had hiinistabled and directly posted.
In a f&w days subsequent, moy overseers
with sonp-o..or thfe' neighbours conclu
party, in the corner of the fence, discovered
a Saddle, Bridle and Martingale, coVered
over w!th'a blanket some distance from the
road, and dire'tly. behind a vast growth of
underbrush. That circumstance, together
with the horse, excited some suspicion, and
accordingly uyself with some neighbours,
and a few fron La Grange, were disposd
to make search;.and founl wiere the orse
had been ijlied siiV *'rdpe halter for a.
matter of some two or three days-uding'
from ciretsmcnes;-..whlthe.Waddle, Bri
dle, Martingale'aind Blanket were but a few
yards from him.
Near where the horse wscniethe
leaver were very moch trodden and bruised
-on which had been distinctly seen, by
several gentlemen, blood, with a consider
able quantity of virus or mucus matter,
with hair of an auburn and grey color, de
noting middle age-or old age as you may
please to have it. The hair was examined
and the roots dlistinctly seen. Tiue saddle.
is labelled, * Wheeling..-Virginia,".which
with the hr idle, martingale and blanket are
in tho .possession of Major Franklin. The
horse is at my p'lantation.
I look oponit as my duty to publish those
facts, with the-view that some valuable dis
covery aay gro'w out of it.
Editoas of Newspapers its this State and
other States friendly to the, unfortunate
and friends; still give 'his a fw. insertions
itu their paipers. EDWARD CRESS.
Accident on the Camdew and Ambo, Ra?1
.Road-The second train of cars which left
Philadelphia for Amboy on Satturday af
ternoon, met with on accident which pre
vented its proceeding. on its course. We
learn from a passenger who started in it,
that within three miles of Bristol they were
run iuto by as~ntengine sent after them to
force the car he was in and the one 4tarled
before them, though the snow,(whibb was
12 inches deep) if they lIad found it'neees
sary; but so dlense was the snow storm, that
the engiteer of the relief car did net perceive
them in time to stolp the engine, and being
propelled at agreater rate than the passage
car, it ran on it by' whih 'concussion a pas
senger name Jackson had one of his legs
broken, and was otherwise hurt. Several
of the passengers, about twenty-Ave in nun
her, wecre injured, but none seriously. The
aeeident oceurred about 8 o'clock, P. M.,
and the passengers were compelled to re
main in the car until 7 o'clock the next.
morning, wihen -they were brought on in the
31 o~elock line-N. Yb Mer.MAed.
.NEW YORK, Marcia 20.
The Hion. Nathanial Bowditch, President
of the American Acaderny of the Arts and
Sciences, and the most distinguishrl mathe
mnatician of this country, if not of the present
w'e, died at Iloston on Priday last, at life
'we of 65 years. Mr. IBowdit-eh is k*
niot onuly as the editor, but as the corruesor
of La Place; and we regret to learn that his
gretat work, the translation anid illustration
o f t hu Mechanique C.rekste retmains unfin
ishied. It w as to have been completed in
five volumes qunarto,of which three have been
paulisheod. and the fourth left in readiness fur
thbe Dress.-Covm'er &r Ea'im i
.prrespuhces satmmee Colo. Tvaucripe.
4%heSEate 4 ay.e 01ied a g'adiuio
ialscombat, suck as oet'd last .5turday,
week-between Clay and Calhoun, with
this difference, that iustead of the Kentuc
kian Senator, the- Sate Righis-leader, had
to cope' with Daniel Webster ; and 'be the
judgement of the spectators what it may,.
there cad be but one opihion upon the inde
fatigable spirit,- and ingenuity, with which.
Mr. Calhoun has sustained this second
struggle. - -- ..
On the comino up of the Seep~nd Order,
Mr. Calhoun commenced his reply to Web
ster's arguments on the constitutiolality of
Congresg ;roviding a uniform currency,
prevaousl..answerpd at great leiAth what
he tert' the attacks made on him-per
etnally by Mr. Webster.
This portion of Calhoun's remarks were
very severe and pointed, and roused the
Northern Senator to a state of irritation
which I never saw him display so openly
lefore. Ho writhed about in his chair, as
'f impatient of his inability to interrupt Ca
,oun and repel his'charges, now and tien
giving vent to his feelings in sharp excla
mations, a practice quite foreign to his
composed demeanor. Afterwards he pro
ceeded to bring charges of inconsistency
.gainst 14 ..Websteron the Tariftquestion,
sn-proof 61fiigh he .quoted-largely. fem
.several ot -that Senator's speechefs. .. The
.purely argumentative porionof his re'marks
were gihen with his accustomed ability and
fgrce. WaVbster of cobrse repliid and with
sucr warmth and excitement, as I thought
his northern tempirament was incapable
of. As the wholp diicussion was mostly
upon matters a cting thqn personally. and
iuifact consisted in muual attacks and de
fence of each other's consistency, I refrain
from dwelling upon nyof its pungent pie-.
sages, but there nre Jone or two points, the
nature of which makes them legitimate
subjects of notice.
Calhoun had in the course of his charges
against Webster's consistency, intimated
that he could draw a parallel between hsis
and Mr Webster's position as to the late
war. not creditable to the letter. When
replying to this intimation, Webster warm
ly challenged Calhoun to produce what he
had to say on that head, and then proceeded
to explain his views in reffereuce to the
war, and how he had always been one of
the most strenuous advocates of increasing
the naval power of the country, he burst
forth with one of the most elegant passages
to Le found in his various speeephes.
He allu'ded to the importance of om.r na
vy and then skotch-ed in- the most vivid man
ner the position of England with regard to
the European continent at that time .under
the power of Hotiaparte, who being subject
to the maritime'superiorityof England, yet
like the fable giant of old, was invincible
whenever he touched the earth. This great
power-England, had been made great by
ter navy ,-her march was o'er the inoun
tain wave, her home was on the deep,"
and we. said Webster, were *to attempt to
wrestle with her on her own element, to
intercept that march, and to pay our .re
spects to her on that home-the deep! The
whole or this pass' was very fine, and
finding as it did in the heap of AmaimeAvo
who heard him. thiat"D "" in the i
,;.-.ecal indeed, every one
forig N theme moment, all party feelings
.nthle theme which led to this magnificent
episode
But the best thing in the ;vhole debate
was an amusing extract read by Webster
from a volme containing the proceedings
of the provincial government of East Ten
nessee. lie adyisad Calhe '1 to take a hint
from what he would read ..u embod i a
substitute for his 23rd section of the bill,:-for
which there was a motioni to strike out.
Tlhe passage read by Webster, gave forth
that as specie pay'ments were difficult in
E. Tennessee, it was ordered that hereafter
their Governor should be paid 3,000, deer
skins, and so on with'the other civil otlicers
their pay being given in skins of raccoons,
musk-rats, and minks, decreasing in num
ber and values, according to their rank.
'rhe gusto with which .Webster readi thjis
passage, convulsed the. wijole atidience, thei
adminisstton party giving into the~general
mirth, and among them, tio man laughed
more heartily than Calhoun himaelf, who
saidl he had no objection to such a payment'
i the skins could be* provided--to which
WVebster replied. " Oh Ill attend to that"
This story, made the -remainder of the
deb~ate very temperate. and when the Sen
ate adjourned, both of the combatants seem
ed to regard tiach other with very peacable
look's.
Fronm i A CAresponmdece of the Charleston Mer.
-WAsim vOTe, March-22.
The Sub-Treasury Bill 'is comning near
to its crisis in the Senate. The vote by
whiteh Mr. Rives's substitute was rejected
(Yeas 22, Nays 30,) shews the relative
strength of the two parties to that measure.
Among the thirty, are Messrs. Buichatan
Grundy, Cuihbert and Mioris. The two
former labor under itistructions, the two
latter under a conviction, no doubt con
scientious, that to adopt a specie currency
for the.Goverpm~nt, woul be.a hazardous
experiment for the country, though they
are clearly in fa'vor of seperating the Gov
ernment from the Banks. So they will
vote against the Bill, and, on its final pas
sage, the vote will be6 26 to 46, of of course.
There is no doubt that thie Vi--e.President
will decid, the question-in the affirmative.
In the House, to-day, very little business
was dome -A Resolution was adopted that
the House adjourn at 4 o'clock, and attend
the funeral of Overton Carr, Esq. Door
Keeper of the House.
T'he general A ppropriation Bill was re
ported to the House, but a funher disenssion
may be expected on some items, and many
amendments which will be renewed.
There was again quite a rush to the Senate
to-day- Mr. Webster's last speech was
rather personal in regard to Mr. Calhoun,
sad Mr. C. had annonneed bie determina
toen to reply to it. He did so to-day, at
great length, and with unequalled success.
lie not only retortedt the charge of inconsis
ency, but he took tip hWr. W's argument
minatysed it and dissipated it into thin air.
le also recapitulated his own argument on
the :qetion of the constitutional power of
ongpreis to receive bank note. in public dues;
Ieelarsd-that Mr. Webster had avoided the
luestlon, and challenged himi to meet it now
>r at any time.
As Mr, Webster had drawng e omparise.
bto et iand that otIer.
Galo jd holai i0et
of a g~oeri, vast and comprehensive pa,
ttotisIi, looking atthe whole intereste of the
country, and acting alwaIs as if the eyes of
the framers of the Consttitution were upon
him, while he represente4 Mr. Calhots as
acting upon selfish and sectional considera.
tions, Mr. Calhoun went fully into his own
political history with that of the Massashu
setta Senator; the result of which was,
bringing back to Mr. .Webster's memory,
some unpleasing reminiscences. ..Know.tiy
self, said Mr. C., is a maxim of ancient
wisdom, the force of which, I never before..
so fully comprehended. . The pretensions
set up by the gentleman in the lofty-piece of
autobiography which he had.disgorged, -had
struck him anid every one with surprise,
The qualities which the Senatorbad attri6
buted to himself were those id .which he
was notoriously deficient. listqad of.that
broad and comprehensive patriotism - to
which he laid claim, the gentlenia'ws
distinguished above all his contemporariss
for a devoted attachment to the ititerests of
the small section in which Providence b4
cast his lot. Hq had been, he said, not at
inattentive observer of the Senator's coursq,.
and if he ever cast a voto in support of. the
rights and interests of the large section f
country South of Mason's line. he, (M C.
did not-remember it. A noble and genedj
.patriotism tiould, one would think, eogerly
avail itself of al opportunity to support the
weak against the strong; but when the peace
and the dearest rights of the South wer
invaded and assailed. had the migh'ty arch
and strong voice of the Senator ever beai
raised in their dpfence? * Ilis voice wps ii
deed heard but it wais not.on otrside, but on
the side of the oppressor. Mr. C. took a view
of the course of Mr. W.on the Coinpromise,*
Tari', and Bloody Bill, and Oiv the recent
Abolition Resolutions introduced-bv Mr. C.;
and mentioned that when the q,uestion was
about to be taken on one of those RCsolu.
nions, which was so strong and clear that
the gentleman could not vote against it, the.
gentleman, as the whole Senate saw, rose
and retired. How could the Senator, after
this, claim to be a friend of the whole Union,
and to act as ifthe eyes of the framers of the
Constitution were upon him? . Mr. C. al
luded also to Mr. W's. course on tihe Tariff'
the speech also to show that in 1816, he was
a hard money, loco-foco, and did not believe
a word of his present doctrine that time Gov:
ernment had a right to receive Batik pape-r
and regulate Bank paper.
Mr. Webster wns replying at length when
this letter was closed.
WASHINGTO -, March 23.
The whole City appears to he engaged
in discussing the subject of the conflict wb
tween time giants of the Senate, which took
place yesterday. The ihtole colloquy
was ful of interest and instruction, ail.
as it ended in mutual good feeling between
the parties, there is no dizpositiou to consider
either party as having been annihilated "
to use the cant phraise.-o.th ther-dre
those who think that Mr. Webster w.ist
baul off and repair damages, beforo he
can again enter into another attack ' u
a body's consistency 1d11- patriotisnm. r.
Calhoun, ott his part, frankly acknowl, ed
that he bad,on sone occasion, been drivc' h
by thie fore of cirenatinurea. in, .
wth the spirit of 179$, whicW'h ead
aIways profersed, and Which experience Lfad
provod to be the only true principles of Qar1
Government. Ile very strongl) expressrd
his regret that he had ever, in a single in
stance departed from those principles.
DEBATE IN SENATE.
Mr. Clay's'remarks in reply to Mr. Gu
ho9n.
.State initerpositin!-that is, as 1 under
stand the- Senator from S. Carolina, ni-i
ficatioti. hte asserts, overthrew the Prote
tive Tariff and the American System. A nd
can that Senator, knowing what lhe knows,
and what.I know, deliberately make sttch
an assertion here? I had heard similar
boast, before, but did not regard . them,~
tint il I saw them coupled in tnis letter with
the inmputationi of a purpose on the part of
my friends to disregard the compromise,
andl revive the high Tariff'. Nullificationa.
Mr. President, overthrew the protective
policy! No, sir. The comnpronmiso 'vas
not extorted by the terror of nullifie'ation
Among othier more impqrtanat motives that
influenced its passage, it was a compassion
ate cocession to the imprudence and itm
potency of nullificnt ion ! The danger from.
nullification itself excited no more appre
hension than wotuld he felt by seeing a re-,
giment of a tniotsatnd hoys, of. five or six
years of age, .decorated in brilliant uni
forms, with their gaudy plumies and tiny
musketa, marching up to assault a corp~s
of 60,000 grenadiers six feet high. At
the commencemenit of the sessionl of 1832,
the Senator from South Carolitiia was in
aoy condition otheir than that of dictating
terms. Those of us wvho were then here
must recollect wveil his haggard lookis anid
his anxious and depressed countenance. A
highly estimable friend of mine, Mr.A1 M.
Clayton. of Delaware. alluding to the pese
sibility of a rumpture with South Carolina,
and declarations of Gen. Jackson with re
spect to certain individuals whom he bmd,
denounced and prosc~ribed, said to me/on
more thtan one occauioni, referring' to the
Senator from Sotuth Caroinma and some of
his colleagues, "They are clever fellows,
and it will never do to let old Jackson hang
them." Sir, this discl.,surp is extorted from
me bmy the Senator.
When Mr. Clay resumed his sent, Mr.
Calhoun and Mr.~Preston both rose. The
Chair gave the floor to
Mr. Preston, who said that nothing could
be more utiexpected or painful to him than
the necessity under which he founnd him- *
self' of interrupting for a moment tihe die
csaemn between. the Senator from .Ken
ttacky, and his colleague. He well knewv
that m the general ex pectation fl the Public
and by the acquiescence of the Senate, the I
day and the occasion were appropriated to
and set apart for those gentlemesi, and he
had taken hits seat, not doubting that heo
mhould listen in silenee, to which his health..
as well as thme proprieties o)f the ocason
eemed to consign him. But, said (Mr. P.)
rio contdition of my healhh, tio dread of vio- .
ating an expected ordler of proceeding, no I
rule or ceremonious observance, can com-n.
ael me to silence tinder these remarks of the
Senator from Kentucky in regard to my' 'I
state. If they had been personal -to -my
el~f. I might submit In silence, or postpone1
je,'ty for a' aore. it occasion, wishotte 4
breiking in upon the unity of the present
Iene but the hionorable-Senator haft tho's
proper to indulge a course of remarks up
en certain recent and conspicuous acts, of
my State, pressed, as it seems to me, un
necessarily into this discussion, which I
will at once resent and repel. And, besides
there is, in my present relation to my State,
pecuiar obligatioas of duty, al'ection, and
gratitude, which makes her defence more
my business and my pleasure than at any
former time, It is generally known that it
is m'y misfortune to difer with her Legisla
ture in regard to important questions con
nected with ibe.finances of this Government
end that it has expressed that difference in
formal resolutions. It is not so generally
known that, with sin elevation and gener
osity characteristic of the State, it at the
%aine moment soothed the pain which tnis
dilerence of opinion could not but create,
by an express exclusion ofall censure upon
her. public functionaries who entertained
different views. Already bound to South
Carolina by qvery obligation of duty and af
fection which can hind a citizen and a ser
vant, these obligations are enhanced and
strengthened by this noble and touching act
af kindness and generosity, which makes it
my privilege.on this occasion, to supersede
my colleague in the defence of our State, &
to take to.my own hands the willing task.
,T I have remained silent when vulgar wit
lings havq sought to amuse themselves or
others by a poor jest on nullification; and I
hnve heard, widiut'temotion, the efforts of
underling politicians, who, ever and anon,
supply d vacuity of sense by a puny and in
nocent tirade against S. Carolina. Such
things are to be expected from such (luar
te:rs, and may be well submitted to in silence
and indifll-rence; but when these poor top
ics are rescued from contempt In the only
way by which this can be effected, hv that
-adventitious consequencc derived from the
dignity and position of him who used them,
they become worthy of animnalversion, not
on their own account, but on account of the
patty resorting to thein.
In the contest which South Carolina wag
ed with this Government, whether she wits
right or wrong, no man of right mind, who
knows the circuinstances, will perceive mat
ter for jest. for ridicule Her course is now
history. She acted in patriotism and hon
or. 11er principlcs were openly asserted,
her purposes boldly avowed; wrong or right,
she fearlessly assumed her ground, calmly
arrayed herself against the whole power of
this Government.sternly retorted the frowns
of a tyrant, armed as lie was by the eager
haste of a servile Legislature, with all the
power of the country, in or out of the Con
stitution; and when the personal passions
of the Chief Magistrate. ministered to and
inflamed by the ready zeal of the most
thoroughly devoted party which thia coun
try ever saw, were joined and sustained by
the greediness of the nanufseturiig inter
est im measures of military violence, were
there any synptoms of irresolution,. of giv
ing back amongst us? Did the honorable
Senator see any sign (f fear at home, or
lie'itanlcy nmon-Ft thore who0 so well and
so nobly represented us here? Did we not
hurl back the proclamation in the teeth of
those who issued it? Did we not upon this
floor answer argument by argument and
-ba.ns lv weorn. ipbil aAlinm, Rtbl .
any one whi hiked' Jpona the scene in thns
Senate, and our actors in if; did any ou
who looked to us at home, even from this
distance, see any where the hearing of men,
whose names could be mentioned, except in
the vulgar violence of pampered power, in
any connexion with an ignominious death,
or whose conduct and destiny cotuld ini any
event he assocint d but with honor and re
splect? Slaughtered we mnight have been.
crushed and overwhelmed perhaps, but the:
honorable Senator did not understand the
occasion, ntor does he know the people oh
whom lie speaks, if he believes that the cri
sis of 1S33 could have been passed but b~y
war or concession on the part of this Gov
ernmefnt-compromise, if the word lie more
palatable
Well, sir, the Compromise hill was pass
ed, and went forth wvith healing ou its
wings. It was hailed as the haurbin;,er of
peace, and was understood to lie the result
of miutual concessions, runde in :a high spiirit
of patriotism. for the pturpose ofi stmotherin~g
the heats which threatened the country.
In such a spitit, tunquesiionably, we acced
edi to the comnpromise. surrendeLrinig, for its
sake, a pfortion of our interests, which in
justice might have becen insistedl on; atnd, in
such at spirit, we Stupplosed, the honorable
Senator, as ihe repre~sentative of thc manu
racturag itnterest. had given hiii consent to
the arrangelnent. These high atnd holy
purposes I at ribiitedl to the honorable gen'
tleman, and to those who actedl with h'iim
un that occasion. I thought him entitled
in the glory of having acted from no per
tonal motive, from niothinig that 9ravoredl of
party feeling, but from a broad piatriotismi
ir the broader principles oif that code whielh
promises blessmngs toi the peace-makers.
And on this high ground I have always un
LiVrsood the getlema~n then placed himiself;
hit his declarations to-day show that lie is
ilscontented with that position, and ho pre
~ers to have it known thai his object was to
Irive a good bargain for the manufactu
ems; and that his views of peace did not
~xtend beyond saving a good fellow or two
mom an agnominious death. That lie did
iot believe .that danger existed, or that
South Carolina intended atught but child's
dhay. The honorabile Senator has a right
o establish the relatiton in which lie stands
:o the transactions of that day, and ito cor
ect the history of them, wshich had falsely,
is it nowy appears, assignedh so different,
mad, in my judgement, so much neb~ler an
ittitude to the honorable Senator, lie now
)ermits it to be understood that, wshen he
teemed to compromise with South Caroli
ta, it was, in fact, lint seenring the tariff'
igainst Gen. Jackson; and that. when he
alked of the harmony of 'lie Union, and
lie peace of the land, be did not, in fact,
onsider either In the slightest danger. In'
ill this he was totally mistaken; as much
mastaken in regard to us, as we were to
urn. We were anxious to atvoidl, lint not
firaid to meet a collision. We, at least,
rere in earnest, wl.mu we said we were
tilling to fight for Our catuse, or to comp~ro
use for peace. Wie were resolute anid
smedh; and when the honorable Senator
peaks of' that period in the light tone he
as assumed, he treats it in a way inconsis
ent with the true character of the crisis,
tigh his own dignity, and with the dignity
f this Chamnae. ,
AUOUSTA, (Ga.) March 90.
FaE!--On Mdnday evening last, about
I Io'clock,a fire broke oat in tihe upper part
of our city. in a kitchen attached to the
store of Mr. Buford, on Broad Street, near
ly opposite the Planter's Hotel. It soon
communicated to the store, and the build
ings in the vicinity being of wood, in the
course of an hour they were all in flames.
The fire was not got under until about half
past one o'clock; when it was arrested, oan
the east, by the fire proof store of Messrs.
May and Burnet, and on the west, ly the
store of Messrs. G. R Jesup & Co., also
fire proof. All the buildings on Broad St.,
between these two points. were totally de
stroyed, as were also the out buildings and
back stores leading through to Ellis street.
The two story wooden building on Ellis
street, in a line with the house oe-upied by
Mr. Jesup, was saved after munch exertion
on the part of a few of our citizens, among
whom was distinguished our intrepid fel
low citizen, J. H1. Speloman, through whose
exertions this building was saved,-had it
taken fire, several other back stores and out
buildings would have been destroyed. and
the fire would have extended tip Ellis
street, to the rear of P. Stovall's brick buil
dling.
Te loss by this fire will not exceed
thirty thousand dollars. as all the buildings
destroyed were old wooden hanses, scarcely
worth repairing. The principal loss is on
tihe goods in te different stores, tmost of
which were saved in a damaged condition,
and we tnderstand are under insurance, so
that the loss will fall on insurance officers,
who are able to bear it.
Our engine companies used every exer
tion to suppress the flames, but they were
badly supported by our eitizens, about nine
out of every ten of whom would have
doue more service had they remained at
home.
It is really a disheartening sight to witness
a fire in this city ; for when one occurs, you
will see hlundreds of our most respectable
citizens. time greater portion of wimorn are
tie owners of property, instead of' taking
hold of the ogines or forming lines to sup
ply them with water, standing with folded
arms. looking oat ! So long as this i time
case what are we to expect? Is it to be
supposed, that our energetic young men,
and mechamics, will long use their exertions
at fires in saving the property of others,
when they see such an example set by tihe
very men who should lie foremosi? z fire
is no place for idlers and lookers on, and
we advise taill such hereafter to remain at
iome, for their presence as of no good and
tends to dishearten those who, with feelings
of humanity, show every dispo-sition to as
sist their fellow annum in distress.-Consti
tutionalist.
TnE WAR. 'tie steamboat Poi-sett. Capt.
Thrathen, arrived here oni Satumrday last.
from Indian River. Bri,,anlier General Eus
tus. & his aids de camp, catate passengers in
the P. We understand that Gen. E ias
been ordered to take the command of the
frontier, between St. Augustine anl Saw
ance. His hud quarters will be at Garey's
Ferry.
Lieut. Linnarm, aid to Gen. Jesup, re
turned frum Washington in the steamboat
James Adams, on Saturday.
r'' It i said he is the hearer af impor
tant dispatches from Govcrnmiient for Gen.
Jesup.
It is rumoredl that tvo regiments of artil
lery are to go to the Cherokee nation for
the sunmmer.
Lieut. i'eyton's company of U States
artillery arrivel in the Cincinnati. from
Newv Smynata. Thiey are to garrison Forts
P ey'mon and~ Ilnansont.
Th'le Altabanma volunteers have bmeen or
adered to F'ort White, oat the SantaffeSt.
Aumgustine fl rald Mharch 22.
rom tihe Wiestera G:0 oran
CanEnoa{EE DELEGA Tro.-- e learn fromn
Alr. Bell. a raspecatabie citizen of this count
ty, that .the Checrokee Delagtionm whoIa re
ently vi.,ied the city of Washaingtonm, to
lenmorialize Conugress tmm relamtiont to thmei
'l'reaay of 183., stopp al tat Franlin, Mlacan
coun ty, N. C., on teir returnt homne. They
were mterrogmed. in his presence relative toi
thirl ispoanon concerning a ramnoval biy
time 2:bi ofC May ,ext, as wsell as to the ad
vice and imatrue:ionms of Mir. Ross, thmeir
primeipalm Chmief. They replied at Mr.
Raise tohal aheam to gao homime, anda gom to wormak
-aand not to thmink of' remoaviung. That the
treaty of 183., was nmot madaie by hmim, anal
noa oather pmerson air assembalage. of lpersons,htad
a righit to amnhe a Treaty to ce'de the Iland
of thea Chterokees-.anid it wvas, thmerefoare,
fraudulentt amnd vaid. Thmey also stated, th at
Mr. Ross would lie in this countatry int six
weeks froum thmis timne.
WVe htave judagedl correctly in relation to
alhe dispiosition of thet Indiatns itn our firmer
'tuggestiona ona tii subjeact, as we are anow
fully convinced of time factu from what hmas
come to lighst. Tme desainy oaf the Chterokees
remamnmg im tihe dmaaes, is nomw ina the hands
if their Chmief, atd time people of Georgia, at
reast, nsill houll him reslixmsib~le for time least
saurage of this deludedl race. But we still
Iiope that prpiiies of hmaanity anal pa
riot isnm will so far govern the conduct of
Mar. Ross, as to stifle any disapositionm ont
as part to limiing downsm uapon the beaids of
ums devotedl folloss ers, time wratht of timepo
le of the United States. po
CAPTURE or (hEN. SUTm:aLiN.-Rth
D~etroit anal Tloronuta pmapers britng intelli.
;ene'e of time caplture of Gena. Stutherlanad and
mae oif Iis amias, tihe Detroit Advtertiser of'
heo 6th instant tihus announcs the fact.
N. Y. Amer.
Wee learn that the no:oiomus Generala
Bnthlmcanda, anmd anmothmer laamn bmy time anaime
if Spmencer, whe n crossimng on time ice fromt
3ibralter to point on Pelle isload on Sunm
hay afternmoon, were tuaken prisonaers by te
Iratish sentinehs and taken to Maladen' We
are informued ulhat Sthierlanid is to he hung
his moning.
Trho destructiona of property by tihe late
ire at the Emperor's pmalace at St. Peters
aurg. is estimnated as four maillions ad a half
af d olars. Several painminmgs of the dlivinec
laphael were cosuumeud
Isaac Hill is re-.electedl Governocr of New r
lampshire', but bay a samatl vote. r
'There is no haappineass withouat virtue, and al
'ovitue witho.t rentenn
Forcign.
Tus SLArY. TRADE.-Lnrd Broughtati
rought forward his motion on the subject
)f the slave trade, on the 20th of February
and made a great speech in support of it
said to be equal to his happiest efforts in
his better days, when he was Ilenry Broug
ham, striving for distinction. His motion
was fbr an address to the Queen, praying
her to take immediatesteps for negociating
with the governments of Spain, and Por-.
tugal, and obtaining the concurrence of
France and the United States in such no
gociations, with a view to declare the trade
mn slaves piracy; and included two:sets of
resolutions, the first against the payment
of head money to the persons engaged is
suppressing the slave trade, and providing
for the employment of steam vessels, ami
the issue of letters of marque to private in.
dividtals against slave ships; the second re
lating to the apprenticeship system in the
West Indies. The last of the second set
provided for the final discontinuance of the
apprenticeship system on the lat of August
next. *
Lord Glenelg opposed the motion, as not
tending to any practical result, and offered
a substitute for the address in these words:
"That an humble address be presented
to her Majesty, to assure her Majesty that
this House continues to feel the deepest.
and most intense axiety for the active aboli,
lion throughout the world of the nefarious.
traffic in slaves; to state that this Houso has
seen with great satisfaction that an addition
al treaty had been concluded between this
country and Spain, well calculated to put
an end to the slave trade under the Spanish
flag; but that this House is deeply concern
ed that no such additional treaty has vet
been agreed to by Portugal, as the flag' of
Portugal, is now extensively used to cover
this iniquitous tratlic: That this House, ad
verting to the ohligation contracted towards
this country by Portugal, finally and gener
ally to abolish its slave trade, and recollect
ig moreover the ample pecuniary compen
sativn made by !his country as a considera
tion for this engagement, is of opinion that
the Government of Portugal is bound in
good faith to consent without farther delay
to such additional stipulations as may be
round necessary for the complete fulfilment
of its said engagement.
The Duke of Wellington supported Lord
Glenelg, and the substitute was carried,
unanimously. Lord Brougham's resolution
was then negatived, 31 to 7, and the others
without a division.
Freedom of the City of London to Mr. Ste
venson, the American Minister.
CITr or LotvoN-Court of Common
Council.-Sir J. Duke (chairman of the
committee appointed to communicate the
resolution of the last courtfor conferring the
freedom of London on the American tni.is
ter-reported that the deputation had wait
ed on Mr. Stevenson, and presented him
with a copy of the resolu:ions, with the foi
lowing address.
"Sir-We, as members of the Court of
Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of
the City of London, have been deputed to
communicate to you, that at a court held
on the 16th instant. it was unanimotualy 4
agreed to confer upon you the. freedom of
"t eitv - li the amutirutsyisa 3
luftious, which we have the hoor to place
im) your hands. Perhaps you will allow us
the deputation, to express the high satisfac
tion we feel in being honored to wait upon
you on this occasicn, and the pleasure it af
fords us to state our entire concurrence in
the sentiments embodied in the resolutions
of the conrt, which were the result of a re
quisition to the Lord Mayor, signed by no
less thian a 1:aldertmen, and 83 commoner.
in a few hours.
"I is ouir anxious hope that you may
long be spared to adorn andi benefit yomr tn
live country by yousr virtues 'and services,
and that you may long live to wittness that
which wve feel confidenat is nearest your
heart-an increase of the prosperity. and
friendship which now happily subsists he
tween the United States of America and
this cenpire on terms of hionour and advan
tren to both Countries."
.To that address Mr. Stevenson made
tins interesting reply:
"GeTntletmena, I receive with d~cp sensi
bility these proceedings of the Court erf
Lord Mayor, Aldermen andl Commons of
the City of London, conferring uapon nie the
freedom of their city as a markc of respect
in my .public and private character. En
teraainmaag as 1(do a high and just sense ofso
ilislinguished an honor. I need not say how
gratified I shouahl hav'e lbeen to have had it/
in my powecr to accept it in the manner
prop~ose'd. This, however. I am tnot at li
berty to dia tinder the constitution and usa.
ges ofomy country, and the rules prescribed
for the goverlnenl of its diplomnatic fune.
tionaries in their ir.tercouse wvitha foreign
nations. In declining, therefore, as I re
spectfully do, the freedom of your ancient
tad renownted city, I pray you. gentlemen,
to 'Isure the Common Council and free
metn of London, that I am not Iees deeplv
andl gratefully sensible of' the distinguishe'd
bonor which they have been pleased to of
rern me, enhanced a it is by the motives
which prompted it. and the sentiments it
was itetnded to convey.
"It is an honor which any man might just
y be prouad of, 'and one which I shall cher
sh aN among the most gratifyiug Incidents of
rny life.
."I concur with you. gentlemen,. in the
wish Vail express that peace and kood un..
lerstaindig may long he preserved between
urent Britsun and the United States.I
ieed not dw'elh upon the obvious and powv
erful inducements for ctultivating these
ieaceful and friendiy relations, the value
if which is no wshere better utndersetood than
n youar great city Every thing in the his
ory of the two countries is calculated to in
pire sentiments of mutual esteenm and rec
pect. and to convince the liberal and en
ghtenied of both countries that their inter
sis are those of peace.
"Suach I know to be the disposition of the
oaple of the United States, and 1 speak
riahh great confidence when I as~iur on
jnt perpetual friendship wtith Great Brit..
ta ont terms conisstenmt with the rights ande
ornor ofiboth, ts what miy country muost cor
ially and sincerely desires, and that I can
no matnnier better fulfil my duties or terve~
ay counitry, than in doing every thing i.i
iy power to cherish tand invikorate, theq
eacefuml relations which now so hapjpily
t.hsist het ween the~ t wo enuntries, andI tip. a