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q? I airtr if tmtmmammm i jKirt arid parcel of ?uiy political intrigue? vf gathering upon it measures or modes of cy to wfich it stands in no relation. Our * se e object *3 to n^tect our lives and proper y \ tc allay exascerbated and enkinj^d feehrg; to put down this spirit of famtickro--tkiis domineering influence, which may prove so destructive to our happiness t, and prosperity. It is of the first importance to crush and extinguish the efforts of these individuals at once. They ore not only dangerous in themselves; but it may ^ be in their power to mislead the majority of a people who have no direct interest in the mutter at issue. The question will then become political, and the country be revolutionized at once. To prevent it, you must sweure us from agitation hetc?"here, if not elsewhere. This at least roust be neutral ground. s:_ >_ v .1! oir, wu iisM. lor suc.i icgtsiuuou upon uus petition as will close the doors, once find for all, upon others of similar import?we ask to be relieved from the consternation into which we and our constituents are thrown ?we ask that the motion of my honorable friend and colleage may prevail, end that whatever language these petitioners, these calumniators and disorganizers, may hold elsewhere, they shall not be permitted to hold it hero. The gentleman from Ohio acts under a misconception; he is not warranted, by any precedent, in supposing that the question, Whether this petition shall or shall not be received, cannot be put. Sir, that is the preliminary question, and, if carried in the affirmative, there is an end of the matter. The right of petitioning is not at aH prejudiced by such a course; nor has >t been so considered by any previous Congress, for I have a case before me in which a petition from York county, Pennsylvania, was rejected; the vote on receiving it being yeas zv, nays No, sir, this motion is a far milder -one &a& the people of the South have a right to demand: they have the right to ask an express renunciation on the part of Congress of any shadow of power to interfere between the planter and his slaves. The Constitution justifies them in such a dc. / mand, and yet they only require you to say that you wiRnot and cannot entertain these petitions. Has Congress prohibited itself from doing sot Not at ?.!?, sir! Does it, . in so doing, abridge the right to assemble peaceably, and petition for redress of grievances? Nothing of the kind. Wliat petitions is it bound to receive ? Not surety those which are violent, disrespectful, and insolent in language! which > i >. > - .. ? ?.] wouij visit witn a moral contagion trie wnoie body politic?which degrades the character f our motliers and sisters?which impugns the honor and Outrages the feelings of the . South and West! Grievances! For what grievances do these petitioners seek redress ? Does slavery in this District interfere with' them ?? Have they any local or general interest in the matter ? Or avc you to elect this Government into an Etliioal College 1 If sol sir, 1 plead to the jurisdiction: it is not a tribunal before which we can be brought.; Has the Constitution guarantied to these people, having neither a general nor local interest in the matter, the right to conje here and require me to weaken and abolish the very institution which I represent ? Am I acting for three-fifths of the slave population of South Carolina, to impugn the very principle upon which I bold my seat ? Shall L sir. bound bv ties that will cleave to me through life, to protect and defend the cbar' acter of my constituents, submit to this in-sofenttbetation, and lend a helping hand to oover that character with insult and opprobrium 1 Let me suppose a case. Suppose that you were c&Bea upon to establish a general national religion. Would you consider the proposition for one moment. Certainly you would not. Why then consider this proposition ?. What right have these petitioners to interfere between the District of Columbia and its slaves? The Constitution ^authorizes the taking of private property for public uses: but the use of property supposes its continuance. From what fends is this property to be purchased? From those of the United States ? from my funds ? from the funds of South Carolina ? Am I > ? * / _ i 3 n: to furrnsn a torcn xor my own aweiung?a knife for my own throat 1' Sir, the Government has the same ptiwer over this District that it has over a State; and it has no more. There is no adjudicated ease, no dictum, admitting any farther jurisdiction. Maryland and Virginia, slave, holding States, ceded these ten mites square to the General Government, and for whatf That an unlimited despotism might be excrcised in i(T No, sir. They gave it in trust. There was an implied understanding, that toothing injurious to their interests should be transacted within its borders; that here, at least, the cause of agitatton and rebellion should find no material for its purpose; that here -the wild phrenzy of the abolitionist should neither be confirmed nor promoted; Wai litre uie intw auu UUIUUO) uiu j owaray, and uncompromising doctrines of these rancorous fanatics, should not gravitate as to a common centre. Why, sir, if one of the free States?if Pennsylvania, for instance?should cede to you her metropolis, yoU might * with the same propriety place-the nest egg of slavery there, as attempt to interfore with the mature development of that - institution here. There is no distinction whatever?not the slightest; the casa^are parallel. You are invested with no pttwer to meddle or make; you are estopped by the Constitution; and your fidelity to that instrument, your full and ready appreciation of it, is only to he shown by obeying its injunctions. vy; ' Looking, then, sir, all around?at the plighted faith, the fedejxd compact, existing between u* and ourlf ortbern brethren, arid aUhoftfepdfhip&nd confidence and sympx. Ay which should exist between us?looking at the lettct and spirit of our glorious'Con: stitufion, arid cherishing an abiding trust in . the virtue and patriotism of this Senate, we do hope (and no man who hha character enough to come here, or at any rate to de. jfcHV tn be here, can Hbpe otfterwtee) Itat the portcullis of the Constitution may be dropped between these men and our lives and property. Sir, let mo ?all upon you for the strongest possible action; let me ask you to restore a spirit of peace and harmony to members of the same confederacy, to brethren of the same family, to human beings speaking the same language, practising the same religion, having the same deep and sdlemn interest in the happiness and prosperity of our heloved country. Such action, consequent upon moderation, firmness, and good sense, will be at once honorable to you and satisfactory to the South. Instead of sweeping away our laws and institutions, our rights and property, it will go abroad with healing on its wings. Instead of the fruits of bitterness?blood-tliirsty tumults, house-burning, and massacre, the whole strength and fury of this excitement will be at once stifled and dissipated; and, instead of the confidence of the slave-holding States being withdrawn from the Government, never more to be restored, they will look upon it with yet more of honor, gratitude and afftc. tion. Mr. Buchanan of Penn. said he had a memorial from a quarterly meeting of friends, for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. He was in favor of receiving and acting upon suth memorials though opposed to granting thoir prayer. In the course of his remarks, ho said that An occasion very fortunately arose in the first Congress to settle this question forever. The Society for the abolition of Slavery in Pennsylvania brought it before that Congross by a memorial, which was presented on the 11th day of February, 17 90. After the subject had been discussed for several days, and after solemn deliberation, the House of Representatives, in Committee, of the Whole, on the 23d day of March, 1790, resolved " That Congress have no authority to interfere in the emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them within any of the States; it remaining with the several States 4** r\?/v*rirlo wnmilnlirvrtr, ikownirt illUUV IU JHUVIU^ 1U1J l^gUiOllUlJO tliUUll) which humanity <fe true policy may require. "The debate was' continued by Messrs. Benton,'Tyler, Brown, Leigh, Presto^ and Calhoun, till the hour of adjeurnment. Mr. Benton considered the right of petition sacred ; but he .thought men could claim that right only in case of their own grievances, and nor for the alleged grievances of others. Mr. Tyler was for receiving the petitions and then expressing the views of Congress on the subject; because the mere refusal to receive might be ascribed to tho language, and not the subject of the petitions. Mr. Brown was opposed to all discussion on the subject, "and saw no cause for alarm or excitement. Mr. Preston" retorted upon Mr. B. with much severity. The following is | part of tho report of Mr. Calhoun's concluding speech: "This body (said Mfc C.) presented to hirn a portentous, an amazing spectacle. Here are assembled the representatives of twenty-four confederated States, to deliberate on their common interest and prosperity, seriously discussing the question, whether they shall or shall not receive petitions, which basely calumniate the institutions of eleven of those States, which denounce their citizens as. pirates, kidnappers, and dealers | in human flesh! That a single individual from the States thus slandered should avow a determination to vote to receive so base a libel on the State he represents, as well as the entire South, was to him truly wonderful; and yet more wonderful, if possible, were ' the arguments he advanced i1 support of his intention. But mo to of this in it9 proper place. \ He again repeated, that Congress hod no such power, no more than it has to abolish ' slavery in the States. , The fifth amendment of the Constitution offers an insuperable harrier, which provides, among other things, that 44 no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public uses without just compensation." Are not slaves property; and if so,, how can Congress any more take away the property of a master in his slave in this District, than it could his life and liberty ? They stand on the same ground. The one, in the eye of the Constitution, is as sacrec^s the other. He would pass over the latter part of the sentence cited, on which his colleaeue had touched and con. clusively shown that the proviso which it coDtaioeil also exposed impassable barriers to emancipation hy Congress in this District* He (said Mr. C.)' felt the profoundest gratitude and respect to those watchful and jealous patriots, who, at the tune of the adop. tion of the Constitution, would not agree to its ratification .without proposing these i amended articles*, which were subsequently agreed to, and which contain those great limitations on power, of the importance of < which he daily became more sensible. But it is said that Congress has, by the Constitution, the exclusive right of legislation in this District Grant it; and what then? Does the Constitution mean that h has absolute power of legislation here ? Certainly not. There are many and important limitations on its powers in the District as well as in the States. Congress cannot in the District abridge the liberty of the press; it cannot establish a religion by law; it cannot abolish joiy.triaL In granting the exclusive right f ot legislation, tne uonstituuon only intended . to exclude all other legislative authority 1 within the District, and not to create an absolute and despotic power in Congress over < the lives and property of its citizens. Nor < isjthe opinion less erroneous, that Congress has the same unlimited power here that the States had within their respective limits, j | The two powers were wholly different. The latter was original, inherent, and sovereign; while the former was a derivative and dele. | gated trust-power, given by the States for special purposes, and subject to be altered i and rescinded at their pleasure. - . I But it is said that it would be a violation of the Constitution not to receive these peti. tions. He denied that there was any power in that instrument that made it their duty to receive them. He had again and again read, the Constitution* and coidd find none such, nor any thing like it. It is true that there is o provision that " Congress should pass no law to abridge the ri^ht of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Is a refusal to receive these slanderous petitions a passage of a law for the purpose forbidden in the Constitution ? Is there any man of sense, who has for a moment reflected on the subject, who can have the assurance to say so ? How, then, can the refusal to receive be construed into a violation of the Constitution ? Monday, Jan. 11.?Mr. Buchanan pre i c.? senioa amemoriui irom wc v^am vtucm^njr Meeting of Friends for abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia, and said that after the petition should be read he would move that the prayer thereof be rejected. Mr. Calhoun demanded the question on re. ceiving tho petition. Mr. Clay objected to these petitions monopolizing the time of the Senate, when there was other important business to eomc before it, and as a debate was likely to take place on the question of receding the memorial, he moved to lay the subject on the table. - Mr. Calhoun having assented, the motion prevailed. * Mr, Black presented a memorial from simd^setferrbntbeCh octaw Reservation, praying Congress to prevent and punisfcVa. rious frauds Sieged to have been committed on the public domain, dec. Referred to the committee on Private Land claims. " . AnmMittnA nn w; **?! ? ? VUJWi 11VIII WIV WllllUlVkW Vtl M. 4m nance to whom had been referred the bill making appropriations to defray the expense of repressing the Seminole hostilities, Ac,; reported the same with an amendment, viz: inserting $120,000 instead of -$80,000* : The amendment was concurred in, and the bill ordered td a third reading. Mr. Webster from the same committee, reported the bill for the relief of the sufferers by the late fire in New York, which was read twice. ? v $ Mr. Clay introduced the resolutions published in the last week's Gazette, calling upon the President for information on the sub. jectof our French relations, which lie on the table one day. Mr. Benton submitted the following: Jtesokcd, That the surplus money of the United States, and the dividends of stock receivable from the Bank of the United States, ought to be set apart and applied to the general defence of the country. Resohcd, That the President be request, ed to ?ause the-Senate to be informed, 1st. The probable amount that would be necessary for fortifying the Lake, Maritime, and Gulf frontier of the United States, and such points of the land frontier as may re. quire permanent fortification. 2d. The probable amount that would be necessary to construct an adequate number of armories and arsenals in the United States, and to supply the States with field artillery, especially brass field pieces for ineir imiina, ana wnn siae aims and pistols for their cavalry* 3. The probable amount that would be necessary to supply the U^jj. with the ordnance, arms and munitions of war, which a proper regard for self-defence would require to be always in hand, and 4. The probable amount that would bm necessary to place the naval defences of the U. S. (including the increase, of the navy, navy yards, dock yards, and steam or floating batteries,) upon the footing and respectability, which is due to the security and welfare of the Union. jfLies over one day.] Mr. Tomlinson introduced & bill to extend the time for Issuing military land warrants: read twice dec. ?? *"?i i 1 - J L^!, _ Air* uiacit suomweu a resolution ccuung for information as to the instructions given to the agent of the location of the Choctaw chums and the registers and receivers of public monies of the different land offices in Mississippi in relation to the location of the reservations and claims of the Choctaw Indians, and for the particulars of those claims &c: Agreed to. tMr. Southard submitted the following: Resolved, That the Secretary at War be directed to communicate to the Senate the report of the engineers on the subject of deepening the bar ef Pensacola bay, with the opinion of the Department as to its utility and practicability. Also, "Resolved, That the committee on fiaval affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of deepening the same ?o as to ad* mit of vessels of war of the largest classy and further to inquire into the expediency of constructing a dry dock or marine rail way for the repair of vessels of war at the navy yard at Pensacola. Mr. Niles submitted the Mowing:. r Resolved, That the Wmmittee on th^Jadiciaiy be instructed to inquire whether the navigation and conveyance among the Several Statas, or any .of them, are subject to exactions or duties imposed by'state legislation, within the navigable rivers* bays* cr tide-waters of any State* Agreed to.: The bill to limit the term of office, dec., commonly called the bill to limit Executive patronage, coming up to be engrossed Air a third reading, it was advocated by Mr. Calhoun and opposed by Mr. Cttfhberl.* Mr. Wright called for the yeas and nays, which being ordered, tfie bill was ordered, to be engrossed for a third reading?yeas 2.4, nays 18. Mr. Jarvis, chairman of the committee on Naval Affairs, offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of increasing the naval force in commission. Affer some debate it was adopted, yeas 164, nays 16. Tuesday, Jan. 12.?Sundry reports were transmitted from the Departments, in relation to the controversy as to the Ohio boundary ; laid on the table and ordered to be printed. The bill for the relief of sufferers by fire in New Yolfe, was taken up, and affer some debate was laid on the table. The greater part of the day was spent it in discussing the details of -the bill for tlio relief of the New York sufferers by fire, which was finally ordered to be engrossed for a third readingMonday, Jan. 18.?A message was re. ceived from the President by Mr. Doneison his private Secretary, on the subject of our French relations?and also a message in reply to the resolution of Mr. Clay, calling for information. ' Mr. Clay, who had come into the Senate during die reading Qf the document's, moved that they be printed and referred to the com. mittee on Foreign Relations. Mr. Buchanan took occasion to express,! briefjy, his high approbation of the message. Mr% Calhoun rejoined in a speech of some length, to the directly contrary effect. Mr. Cuthbert added some remarks; when Mr. Clay's motion was agreed to.Wednesday, Jan. 20.?Mr. Preston, on leave, introduced a bill for the relief of Tknm'Aa . nitii/tk . tnaa *00^ tiuino MVIHUO WVJA<I , rr IIIV.II - ITBO IVMU tnivv ' referred to the committee on the Judici"?gr . / ;Mr. Davis, on leave, introduced a resolution to supply each of the committees of the Senate with a copy of Gordon's Digest of the Laws of the United States; which, by unanimous consent, was read three times, and passed., 4 * '* Mr. Linn, on leave, introduced a bill to authorize the location and continuance of the Cumberland road through the State of Missouri to the frontiers of New Mexico; which was read twice, and referred to the committae on Roads amfeanals. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. .' Monday, Jan. 11.?The- memorial jju importing to come from the Senate amHfouse of Representatives of the State of Michigan, was taken up, and after a long debate on a motion to reject it, was referred to the committee on the Judiciary, but to prevent misconstruction a provision was added, that the House regard tne memorial " in no other light than as the voluntary act of private J individuals." Tuesday, Jan. 12.?-The business first in order was the memorial heretofore presented by Mr. J. 0 Adams, praying for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in tho District of Columbia, and the pending question of appeal from the decision of the speaker, the consideration of which subject hod been postponed to this day. - Mr. Ward, of New York, moved the further postponement of the subject to Monday next; which motion, after some debate, was carried. Mr. Cambrelcng, from the committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill to regulate the disbursements of the public money, and to prohibit allowances'not authorised bv law: which was read twice and committed : ?? ?*> * / O .i ft 1" ^ /TV 1 Mr. nncuncy, ox oouin v^aromia, ouercu thefollowing^solution, which was a&nteck Resolved, That tlie committeo on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the ex. pediency of establishing a naval depot in Charleston harbor. The following resolution, offered by Mr. Storcr, of Ohio, was adopted. Resolved, Thaliho oomtsrtttoo "bo "Roads and caoal?. bo mstructed-to inquire into the expediency of authorising fay law a sub. scription to the capital stock of the Charles, ton and Ohio rail road company, whenever the corporations created by the'Legislatures of Kentucky, Tennessee* and North Caroli. no, shall open then* books for subscription of stock. The bill making appropriations in part for the support of the government, for the year 1836, came up on its final passage. Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee, took exceptions to the increase of the contingent expenses of the House for printing, mileage of members, &c?, within the last tfcro or three years. Mr. Williams, of N. C. moved the re. commitment of the hilt to the committee on Ways and Means. Mr. Cambrelertg moved to amend the last motion, by committing the hill to the committee of the whole Hoose on the state of the UnionMr. Wise, of Virginia, took occasion to repeat the charge heretofore made by him, of gross negligence of the public printer, in failmg to furnish the extra copies of the Presidents message. Mr. Gfflet, of New York, exhonerated i the public printer from tho charge* and stated that the delay in furnishing the documents arose from the necessity of watting for various plans which were requisite for the completion of the work. Mr. Wise was not satisfied with the exTln umnt nflonfrtli irrtr? (hnomei yHUIBMm wy nvut wivu^m MWV aod palpable corruptions of Executive patronage, as connected with the government press, and declared his intention to ask at a future day for the appointment of a committee to inquire into that subject. t)ne or two other motions were made, but naactioawas had upon the biD. Wednesday, Jan. 13.?The resolution heretofore offered by Mr. Jams, that Congress ought not to entertain petitions for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia j and that such petitions ought to, be laid on the table, and not referred nor printed, was taken up. A motion was made to lay it on the table, and negatived. It was then made the order of the day for Tuesday next. The bill making appropriations for the repression of hostilities of the Seminole Indians in Florida, returned with an amend, meat from the Senate, was taken up, and, on motion of Mr. Cambreleng, committed tothe committee of the whole on the state of the Union. The bill making appropriation for the naval service of the United States for the year 1836 was taken up. Mr. Cambreleng moved to amend the bill by striking out the sum of nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars,^ the sum to be appropriated for the launching, refitting, and putting in commission of ships of war, and inserting two millions of dollars. On this motion a debate arose, in which ! Messrs. Cambreleng, Thompson, of S. C.. . t ^ ^ ^ 1 " ^ m Sutherland and Bynum took part. Mr. Bynum, without concluding lus re-! marks, gave way to a motion to adjourn. Thursday, Jan. 14.?The time of the House was consumed in discussing a resolution offered by Mr. Hawes, of Kentucky, to raise a special committee to inquire whether any changes are needed in the Military Academy at West Point, and whether it ought not to be abolished; and the bin for the relief of the New York sufferers. Both subjects were finally postponed. Friday, Jan. 15.?The resolution in re. lation to the Military Academy was taken up, and a motion made to substitute the Military committee for a select committee. After some time spent in debate, the House passed to the orders of the day. The re. mainder of the sitting was taken up with private bills and a bill to extend the charters of Banks in the District of Columbia. Monday, Jan. 18.?The subject of the petition from sundry inhabitants of Massachusetts, praying the abolition of slavery m he District of Columbia. Dresented on a foyer day by Mr. J. Q. Adams, was taken up, and, on motion of Mr. Hawes, postponed till Monday next. THE tf. STATES AND FRANCE. A message was received from the Presi. dent of the United States, by the hands oi A. Donelson, Esq., his secretary. Mr. Mason, of Virginia, asked the unant imous consent of the House to have the : message just received read to the House, and, no objection being made, it was read , by the clerk. After some conversation, on motion oi Mr. Williams, of North Carolina, the docu. mcntfl accompanying the message were read. Mr. Hawes rose, and moved that 20,OOC extra copies of the message and document be printed. The message and documents were.thei ordered to be referred, and the motion tc print 20,000 extra copies was agreed to. . Mr. M'Kean moved a suspension of th< rules of the House to enable him to intro duce resolutions approbating the course o ' ? *? *- .L- t) L D? ine rresident on ine r ramu ?|ucac?vu* uu the House would not suspend them. Petitions were presented by differen members from citizens both male and ft malty as wellas from "boys and their teaich ers at the "Oneida institution," N. Y., & the abolition of slavery in (he District o Columbia. The question of their reception beioj made, this question wasr laid on the table. Several resolutions,were adopted and thi House adjourned. . \ Wednesday, Jan. 20.-?~Mr. Mann move< to suspend the rules of the House for tin purpose of consideri^ . the motion to nrin five thousand extra copies of the report tron the select committee on tbertibje!* of tb Smithsonian bequest, and jj was agreed to 107 to 4$. m ' The motion to piint 6000 eatra copiw was agreed to. The Jfouse resumed the consideration o the resolution heretofore submitted by Mr. Jarvis, of Blaine, and modified by the adoplion of an amendment offered by Mr. Glass. ' UUUfc.1 "L 111 The question be&? on the motion of Mr Wise to insert a substitute for the resolution Mr. Wise (by consent of Mr. Bouldin who bod the floor) modified his motioft sc as to more an additional resolution Co th< resolution offered by the gentleman fron Maine. ., > 4^. Mr.JBouWin resumed# and coocluded the remarks which he commenced yesterday. Mr. Pickens commenced a speech on the ?!-- ?. r \~+l ?J .* MUUJUCl OI WO IQWIUUDIU) UUU VUUUUUCU Ui one o'clock. The greater part of the time tin the hotu of adjournment was spent in discussing the bill for the refief of sufferers by fire in New York; upon which no question was taken Extracts from the communications of Washing ton Correspondents. To the Charleston Courier. Mr. Webster, it is said, will go. with the administration, in this business, [the French question] and will vote for non-intercourse. 7b (he scone, Jan, 6. . "The And-Administration part^in the Senate, to-day, were thrown into great con sternation by the news, that if the Legislature of Virginia should pass their resolutions^ instruction, Mr* Leigh aiid Mr. Ty. ler have made up their minds to relinquish their Seats in the Senate. Mr. Tyler has been absent, in Virginia, for some days. It is said: .that..his. visit to the Old Dominion was made for the purpose of collecting the sentiments of his rneods,and the determination which I hav > ;ust given, is supposed I to be the result of this consultation. What a prodigious effect would be produced on the Senate, should this be the course chalked out by the Virginia Senators, and should the I anticipated instructions come from the Legislature of Virginia. The whole Senate ? ? - L. J rm.J _4 I would oe revolutionized. i ne expunging resolutions would be passed, and, the majority being reversed, the Administration would be enabled to cany all its measures. There has been no circumstance since the commencement of the session, which has produced such a buz, and so much agitation here. ?? ? To the same, Jan. 11. Some disclosures of iniquitous speculations in the Choctaw country in Mississippi, nr#? nhnut to he made. Mr. Black nresent* ed to-day a petition on the subject, which is likely to excite much inquiry, and much indignation too, if the facts should turn out as represented. To the same, Jan. 12. Mr. Preston, in his remarks, said he understood that Mr. Barton had brought no information which at all varied the position of our Goverrmeni in relation to rVance. Mr. Benton said that, although a cloud was at present hanging over our difficulties with Prance, he had no doubt that it would soon disperse, and that every thing Would be placed on a satisfactory footing. > FMdfs. i By the arrival at New York of ike ship- j Victoria, London dates have been received - i to the 18th, and Liverpool to die 19& Qf December. It WiH be seen that the French 1 Ministry have at length intimated that if "the President would declare m Us Meest^e that he acknowledged and adhered to the ex. ; pknationginenby Mr. Livingston, tkis would satisfy the French Government The quotation is from a Freocfa Miaigte* < rial paper of a late The President in In message at the op? , ening of Congress, signified his approbation of Mr. Liviiijgrton's explanation. GLORIOUS NEWS FROM TEXAS. Actooio, the kit fortress of the da* potSaotaj?,in Teias, tm thenl! 1 ^rajsrsmi's i thetcokmial troops entered the town of 8m ABt^vjaWtbecooro^ofCoLBea. i R. Milam. i session of the pnbbc aqfeie owing tado wal^and ditches across She owrti. of tho . streets, each of which was likewise defend ed by two nieces of artillery, and In come, quence of this, they occupied ?Ome battU logs ana tops 01 wwm P*y**nu one r they remained touttmg.une^^ ^fat ' ana day, until WedMMiy.np vm . they forced their way iota tiae MBMaaai ! drove the enemy across the rarer wto their , fort called the "Alamo*" v v* i In these jtebalfle Ceo. f capitulated. ^ By the capitulation upwards of 1000 : yielded to lees than 300.- The to<WaiC*e!f was surr^eredwithfipwjirfls of Hplaces I of brass artillery, 1900 rounds of powder. ? ball, grope, and canister, with the puttie stores of every description, * i - This glorious conquest wasechiertd with ) a loss an the part of the conquerors of etiy ^ 3 kfflea add 3d wounded, while tie km of j the enemy in ktifld is variously estimated . at from 6ffeo 150. f ii * New Orleans, Jan. 4.-rTaxu.?On *j A Sunday, Dec. 30, four schoooew, the Peon 1 ij 1 i n i li n i r n m n n r hr ft mrrir n ,am ai>g? " arrived at Vefaco, having on Writ afeam * 220 volunteers in the causa of liberty, from S the State of Georgia. # Volunteers from various States see hoar* ly arriving by the different land roo?s?,ttnd 1 ' in a short time there will be a foi c > iriH in Texas to carry the war, if tuoimiy9*t^ 2 -en to the wafts of Hpaaco. ' j X Further accounts UMan tear w I >t The plantation at Spring Gulden, owned a by CeL Rkes, of this Stat* fcmi ijeenlud a waste by the Indiah8,.tife Sugar Woriw and * boil^gs^of^descriptions having bean r ****** I Information arrived m toma tar mams, that Mr. Barfoloine "tadMr. Jm Furvcs* buildings &boqt lOjxdfeaS. W. from St Augustine. had ****** m&* and burned down ubout $1 nor* "?g, Ogke of the i/bhUt RcgitUr, I Motttay.Jm. 11. i INDIAN MASSACRE. to. . SX"L. . l'-T7*'* . Uy letters received i* lh? e*y by the i momingti mailt via New Orleans, from Tampa Bay?dated January lot, we have accounts of the massacre of a huge bumI ber of tbe U. States troops, by Jim 8enu* nolo Indians. A detachment of Hfrjyn, under the direction of Major Dade. Gist* ; Gardner, and Lieutn's. Bassinger, Bodge, Henderson and Hboo, and Dr. otlin,v|ps 1| ili hi iili ln 1 mi lln T1M nit tn jriin Gi?il M Clinchat Fort King. By the iffoftsof t three survivors who armed aboa| a mk ftltCTWflTQBf 8US WmiUQwQf mBHI^BPCP w brought of the destruction of the uftidfafr tachment by the Indians. * . _& ** . - Tl^ ?MtAiint tkov mra ia l1?it'mlin?^ O Alio WWVUMII p?fWf WW'JHPP^I v i o'clock on the morning of the Ihey were attacked by an ovemhebmngnoadfcer of Indians?Major Dade was shot laMdU ' -1 ntejy?Capt Frasee rode forward, and was also cut down,?the ifmaindei mamtwaed 1 (he contest for an hour, until they were re* duced to about 30 in nimte* The Indians i then retired, and the survivors, nhndlt all wounded, threw up a alight breast work. TCie Indians returned to the attackat etaren <7clock, and competed the slaughter of die ' . 5' whole corps. . The these mormon who reached Tampa Bay, after trayeffing sixty miles thyougb the woods, add^that mej& groes rushed in and batchut^lhil ^^^^ iJtZ ?Ttofifrt 1 was wcteee^flW the IiHKanacottbcni down Brut ttww to throw f^r witiri, ?T Major Belton is at Tampa Bay, eamictinxr an attack, with two hundred foeo, wtffpre. I i pared with block bouses and stockades. j It is said to be barefy possibly, that Capt ; j Gardner escaped. ' . .1 Col. Twigs has chartered the stttttfejf J . Merchant at New Orleans, to take the IT. 8. I 1? ???? tn Tfumna Bav. {JUUjW IMV?V w r_ _ J - ^ MdMMWW Sincotbe engagement ontheWjthlacoccbee, no totefligenoe hm been bed of (be main body of the Indians. The situation of . ? the inhabitants east of the ft. John's and south of St Augustine, is truly deplorable. New Smyrna has been burnt and an the fine -1 plantations in that neighborhood are broken * up. Maa> of the negroes have been cam. ed off; or have joined the savages. Tbo . j Indails are dispersed in smajl parties, and J when pursued tbey take refuge m the duck. | .^j eta which abound every where, and ffgbt ! w with desperation, until they me dead, no matter by what number they may assail* ed. It is litterally a war of extermination, M and ho hope is entatnifted of putting an end to it, but by tbe most vigorous measures. j In the mean time, die number of the enemy j