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hereafter to avoid the repetition of an error ?o unfortunate and mischievous. in every view of the subject, therefore, it *> ^ does appear to me, that, although there certainty is, in the present condition of the country in relation to it, sufficient to exercise tho most serious attention, there is nothing in tho sfato of public opinion m the United States, to jQstify that panic in the public mind which invariably disqualifies those who partake of it, from dealing wisely or successfully with the circumstances by which it is produced. d'Yom abroad we have, I think) some right ?~ .t/i.C.mnmi hnrofiifnrc. UApfVl K:OJ> tlUUi nu\/ limit nvi vi\/iviv? j Wc shall, I am confident, for sonic-time at ! least, have no foreign agents to enlighten us , more on the subject. Rcconts result here,! and the discussions wit! i which they have! been attended, cannot fail to attract the at- j tcntion of the reading and reflecting portion i of the foreign public. By these means they will be made to understand our real condition infix's respect, and they will know that the uncliangcable law of that condition is, that the slave question must be left to the control of the slave holding States themselves, without molestation or interference from any quarter; that foreign interference of every description, can only be injurious to the slave, without benefit to any interest, j and will not be cndtire?l-by any seciion of oiif country, and that any interference, com- j ing from even the non-slave holding portions j Att?n n??nfrtn*. ic tojexulan. !1 VI VU4 VUll iV UllVt ? J 1^ ^ . gcr the pcrpc.iiity, and if sanctioned hy the j Genera! Government, would inevitably oc- j casion the dissolutioirof, our happy Union. ! Seeing the subject in this, its true aspect,! and conscious as they must be, that the ' downfall of this Republic would he the sc. vcrcst blow that the cause of liberty and selfgovernment could receive, and from which rfts recovery would he hopeless, the wise and the good amongst them?those who are i really guided by the principles of justice and humanity?-will pttusetind acknowledge that lllUSVi livncu jiuvi > ?... r may be the diiFerencc of opinion, if any, j which exists between myself and any other portions of my follow citizens, that the issue of this matter, as of all preceding questions j which have agitated the public mind, and have been thought to be preguant with j danger, will, in their hands, be such as to ! strengthen the bonds of their Union, and to i increase those fraternal and patriotic affec.! tions, which our past national history has j so often and so honorably illustrated. I am very respectfully, Your obedient servant, j M. VAN BUREN. Messrs, Junius Amis,Isaac Hal', John Wai), C. Yellow by, Satn'l B. Spirrill, and James W. ruizinn. : Jackson, Af. (J. CORRESPONDENCE. Jackson, N. C. March 1T/7i, 1830. | D?ar Sir,?The undersigned, in common , with a very large and respectable portion of your fellow citizens in this part of our State, feeling a deep anxiety in regard to your views on a subject which most vitally concerns us, have thought proper to propound to you the following interrogator}', to which we wish youto give an explicit answer. Do you or do you not believe that Con. grcss has the costitutional power to interfere with, or abolish slavery in the District of Columbia ? We hope that the importance of the subject Added to the conspicious situation in which you stand in relation to the American people will be sufficient apology for the libertv \vc have thus taken. Very resoecjfully, vour ob't scrts, ROBT. A. EZELL, " J AS. B. GOOSLEY, j MATT. CALVERT, JUNIUS AMIS, SAM'L R. SBRUJLL. SHIRLEY TISDALE, WASH. MOORE, SAM'L CALVERT, ISAAC HALL. To the Hon. II. L. White. judge white's replv. Washingtoni March 20th, 1S36. Gentlemen,?^ niinutes since, I received your favor, under date of the 17th instant. Ia it you propound the following question: "Do you or do you not believe that Congrats hus rhcfconstittnHbaaipo.wer dTInfer^re wilh, or abolish slavery in the District of! Columbia ?" The deep interest which is at stake upon the decision of this question, and the great excitement which has prevailed during the past year, have caused others to propose, questions similar to that put by you. My answers to them have been in the following language: "I do not believe Congress has the power to'abolish tl'ivory in the District ofColuuil ia; and if that body did possess the power, the exercise of it would be the very worst of policy." Believing that the fewer words I employ, to communicate the opinion, will enable you to understand ir:o the more distinctly, I have only to add that the "short paragraph, which I have quoted from my former letters to other gentlemen, contains my answer to your interrogatory. I take the liberty, however, of forwarding to you a pamphlet which contains my sentiments as delivcrd in tlir? SfMinte a short time since, and am, Gentlemen, most rcspctfullv, v Your obedient servant, in", l. white. Messrs. Eobt. A. Ezcll, J. 13. Gooslcv, Ac. From 1he National Intdligrncrr. Mr. Stevenson's Appointment. We have already stated tliat the Senate, which remained in s. cret session on Wednesday until a. very late hour, confirmed the nomination of Mr. Stevenson uf Minister to England. It appears by the vote that greater opposition was made to his nomination at this .session. In the absence of Mr. Leigii, Mr. Webster, and Mr, Kent, all opposed to the nomination, there were still nineteen Senators voting against it. The injunction of secrecy having been taken otf from the vote, and the report of the Committee on Eyeign Relations, we publish the latter, ill our paper to-day, to show the groundson which the minority arc presumed to have voted. tv crv v rpr? K> .\ x Hi March 3, 1S3G. Mr Clay, from the Committee en Foreign Relations, submitted the following report:. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the nomination of Andrew Stevenson, of Virginia, as Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary tQ Great Britain, have according to order, had the satiii Under consideration, and new beg leave to report: That, on the 30th of May, 1834, Andrew SteKjnson was nominated for the same officcf^tifcCon the 24th of the succeeding Lr? 'vie hv t!ir? S(?nntC ! that liiutiiu 11^ Iftw X'jvvvvv. Afartixi Van Buren of New.York, had been previously nominated for the same office, and, on the 2oth of January, 1832, had been rejected by the Senate; that it remained vacant from this period until the nomination of -Mr. Stevenson, and it has continued vacant from the time of his rejection. This office lias, therefore been unoccupied during a term of more than four year?. When Mr. Stevenson was tird nominated, - lie was Speaker of the House of Representatives of the U. States, which office he resigned on the day of June, 1834. Whilst that nomination was under consideration, it appeared to the Senate that the Secretory of State had, on the loth day of March, 1833, addressed an official note to Mr. Stevenson, in which the Secretary said: "lam directed by the. President to ?nn?JnntInIIV that as soon as UliUMJl ^ V.Uiliuv,iuiuin | -advices shall he received that the British Government consent to open negotiations with this, which are daily expected, it is his intention to offer you the place of Minister Plenipotentiary, to the Court of St. James; and he requests that, should this appointmeat be agreeable to you, you would hold yourself in readiness to embark in the course of the summer. I congratulate you, sir, on this mark of the President's confidence." This note was 'received by Mr. Stevenson; but, if he returned a direct answer, it did not appear to the Senate. Snbsequent to the receipt of this note, in April, 1833, Mr. Stevenson was elected a member of the House of "Representatives from the State of Virginia, took his scat at the commencement of the session of Congress in the December following, was elected speaker of the House, and continued to discharge the duties" of that otfieo until he resigned'it, as herein before stated. It appeared further to the Senate that, shortly after Mr. Stevenson received the note of the Secretary of State before mentioned, he had an interview and consultation with Mr. Thomas Ritchie, his friend and neighbor, and the editor of a leading newspaper supporting the Administration, published at Richmond, in Virginia, on the subject of the contents of that note. In that .interview, Mr. Ritchie, in a letter addressed to Mr. Stevenson, in June, 183-1 says, it struck him that the President might appoint Mr. Stevenson, in case the contingency, happened during the recess, and not send him, but Mr. Livingston to France. " I suggested (says he) that these appointments ought not, and could not bo matje, according to the spirit of the Constitution, during the recess of the Senate. Yon (Mr. Stevenson) promptly and cordially concurred in this view of the subject, and I then determined to write to a friend in Washington, for the purpose of laying this view before the President himself. You approved of my doing so; and, in fact, we agreed perfectly, in the course to be taken. We determined to take no notice of Mr. Livingston's letter, to act yourself as if no such letter had been written; that it would be best not to offer to accept the appointment if made in the summer, and to wait the action of the Senate." &c. In pursuance of the plan thus arranged between Mr. Stevenson, and Mr. Ritchie, the latter, in JVfarch, 183?, {"'dressed two letters to Mr, W. B. feewis, at the City of Washington, who was the friend and enjoyed the confidence of the President, and held the office of Auditor. Extracts from these letters were furnished by Mr. Lewis, and pfesonted to tie Senate cntfle occasion they have misapprehended the true bearings of this question. Instead of accusing our countrymen, w ho hoid property in slaves, with disregarding the general principles of! liberty and the dictates of a pure religion, they will recognize, in this class of our citizens, as sincere friends to the happiness of jnankind as any others, "and h ill become sensible that this species of property, the result of causes over which they had ho control, is an inheritance wliich Viey only know jiow to dispose of. Instead of charging 4.he people of the non-slave holding State?, as have often been done, with hypocrisy, in professing an ardent love of freedom, they will find that the free citizens of the North are only acting upon the principles of fidelity to the most solemn engagements; that if they were to attempt the accomplishment of what is desired of them by those who rc- | gard slavery as inconsistent with the equal ri<rhts on which our institutions arc founded, -o t - - . ( they will involve themselves in thc*odium,; either of seeking to evade a compact which j was the means and the pledge of our nation- J al existence, or of availing themselves ofj their present power and unexampled pros- j peritv, to dissolve a connection with their Southern brethren, formed at a period of j mutual adversity, for a cause which was r then not only known to exist, but the con-* trnuancc of which was expressly recognized in the bond of their Union. I have thus, gentlemen, been compelled " to extend rav remarks considerably furtlier than I intcadcd, when I commenced to ; answer your enquiry. As, however, tha! subject was delicatcLand important, I feel j " that I have not trespassed farther upon your ; time in its examination, than was -proper to enable you to comprehend the views 1 entertain of it, or than was respectful to the ; considerations which justified your call for ; 'i"-A A?vlT f?*?J ns?;iired. whatever V/ A . , ! of tlic first nomination of Air. Stevenson. < Air. Ritchie says to Mr. Lewis " I tun [ about to adilrcss you on a subject which j hns caused much speculation among our ? friends, mid great uneasiness in my bosom. | I speak to a you as a friend, and without j i the slightest reserve. The papers have j i recently spoken of a bach of appointments, j which the President is about to make,! embracing the two highest missions to i European courts, and the two highest scats j in his cabinet. I have comerscd freely i with our friend Stevenson upon them, and 1 have this djiy communicated to him my ! intention to write to you, and to lay before j you my own views of the matter. " We have the utmost confidence in the j virtue of Gen. Jackson. We have no idea i that ho would arrogate to himself new j powers, at the expense of tho other depart fini-orniriOMt. His creneroUS ( ambition lias boon fully satisfied ! He has j nothing more to ask of his country than her verdict of approbation when he lays down the high and difficult oflico with which he is intrusted! W o ail know it, and every candid individual admits it! W'c believe that the course he may pursue will ho with a single eye to the pybiic interest. Hut whilst we dismiss all apprehensions that lie v.Hl dcsignoldy abuse his authority, we wish, at the same time, that he should do tkT act whicn may be plead, hereafter, by an unworthy successor, in justification of his acts. In this lost term of his Administration, we wish to sec no precedent act, which may he perverted in future times; we desire it on J our own account as well as that of our country. W'c wish to see his Adminislra? ?1 ? ' !? 4w f?no nilP . lIOH SCI 111 J^H > . uuu wi; ?isu ;u ,->w u?> country benefited, in all time to come, by his pure example. Hut this cannot be, if any error should be committed against principle, even from the best of motives; if any authority should be assumed which does not fairly belong to him, or even if any doubtful power should be exercised upon any delicate branch of the Constitution, his higli popularity would only make it more current. One of the highest powers which attaches to the Executive is that of appointment; over its exercise is accordingly thrown; and wisely thrown, t!>e check of concurrence by the Senate. Now, sir, doubts do exist whether the vacancy in the missions to I London and Paris did not originally occur during the recess of the Senate. Secondly, whether the vacancy docs not still exist: and thirdly, whether it ought now to be filled without a consultation with the Senate," The letters from which these extracts J were taken, having been written expressly! with a view of being laid before the President, j there can be no doubt that it was done. ! Their main object, that of preventing the r appointment of Mr. Stevenson in the vnca-; tion of the Senate, was secured, The; President foreborc to make it, and waited ; until the Senate assembled at the ensuing ; session before the nomination was made. T* >~ Kfikn Pwioiilnnt ir? liio itkvckto XI IIJI> A ICOiUVIIb *14 IIIO 11 K-.uu^w# ? of the 13th June, 1834, communicating the note ofthc Secretary ofStatc to Mr. Steven, son, that the negotiations to which it refers j were commenced early in April, 1933, in j the city of Washington instead of London, and as they have been since conducted here, I no further communication was made to Mr. j Stevenson- What these negotiattons were i has not been stated. Whatever they might I have beon, the residence of a minister of j the United States at London, at all times, is obviously proper; and that the appointment of Mr. Stevenson did not depend upon any ; particular negotiations, is manifest from the : th ct of his having been finally nominated to ; Tfthiv-Provident had abandoned I | II At t*iv . ~ , all intention of sending him to England inas-! much as he had been requested to hold him. j self in readines to go, during the summer! of 1833, and had not declined the offer, lie | would probably have been notified of tlie | change in the views of the President. The Senate saw, therefore, that a promisc of the mission to Great Britain had been communicated to Mr. Stevenson on the 15th March, 1833. They saw an indirecct intervention, with Mr. Stevenson's knowledge and ac.quicsence, to prevail on the Presi. dent not to make the appointment in the vacation of the Senate, in accommodation to the views of Mr. Stevenson and his friend Mr. Ritchie. They saw that the President did forbear to make the appointment in vacation of the Senate. And they Saw the final execution of the pomise, as far as it depended upon the Executive, by bis nomma'ion on the 30th May, 1834. During the long interval, he had been elected by the people of a congressional district in Virginia as their representative, ignorant of his having possession of such an official pomise ; 1 ? >.i i? j;, : Uc had Dccu eiectcu, unuer uiu iuw igmjrance, by the House of Representatives, as their Speaker; and, in that station, had perfoemeb all the highly important duties incident to it. That office, at all times one of great influence, possessed more than ordinary weight in the session of 1833-'4. The President, some time before its commencement, directed the public deposites to be withdrawn from the Bank of the United States, and placed in the local banks. That measure excited deep and general sensation throughout the country ; divided the People ; divided constitutional advisers of the President; divided Congress, and became a subject of warm and animated discussion in both Houses. It was at this cxtraordinary period, that the Speaker of the House of Representees, invested with the power of appointing and arranging the committees of the House, and wielding a great influence secretly held a written official promise of the most important mission abroad, every body being ignorant of the fact except himself, the President, the Secretary of State, and a few confidential friends. It was under these circumstances that his nomination came up for consideration in the Senate. It is a fundamental principle of < free Governments that in order to preserve the purity of their administration, each of the three departments into which, according j1 to all safe maxims, they are divided, should ! < be kept independent of and without the in-! i Alienee of tho others. Bui, if the head of '; one of those departments may at a critica' [>criod, confidentially present, and for a long period of time hold up to the presiding officer of the-popular liranch of another the powerful inducement of a splendid foreign mission, is there not imminent danger of undue subserviency ? of a failure of that prosiding officer faithfully and independently to discharge the liigh duties of his exalted station ? The Senate thought tlftrc was, and withheld its advice and consent to tlie nomination ot .Mr. Stevenson as minister to Great Britain. And now, afu r a lapes of near two years, with all the circumstances by which h:s original nomination was attended, remaining in full force, but with considcrahie individual variations in the composilion of the Senate, the same individual is again nominated by the President for the same office. Doubtless a place, more than any other foreign appointment, important to he constant occupied, has not been kept vacant with a view to or in expectation ofany such variations. Doubtless, in the ample /I..1.1 1 ? " ? flirt irttnllin/tn/in on.I JIUIU IUI SVIl'Cllim mu IIU(;|||"VII^U UII'.I patriotism of near fifteen millions of People offer, some individual equally well qualified with, and less exceptionable than Mr. Ste. venson, might be designated to represent the United States at the Court of St. James. Doubtless no personal feelings or wishes to achieve a triumph over the Senate can have prompted the renewal of this nomination. Whatever may have been its motives, the committee neither know nor have any thing to do with them. They are not themselves aware of an peculiar fitness in Mr. Stevenson, or any absolute necessity of deputing him, and only him, as the minister of the United Slates to Great Britain. In ordinary times, the fact of his being unacceptable to a large portion of the Senate, even if that did not constitute an aGtual majority, would be regarded as deserving of consideration. In a" free Government it should bo the aim of those who administer it to promote harmony in the public councils, and satisfaction among the People. The Senate of the United States is supposed, by the theory of the Constitution, to be as free and independent in the exercise of its judgment on nominations submitted to its consideration, as the President is in proposingthem. liach of the two components of the appointing power acts upon its own sense of duty, and upon its own responsibility. The Senate has no right to require the President to nominate any particular individual? and the President has no right to require the Senate to confirm any particular nomination. When the Senate lias once decided upon a nomination, there ought to be an end of the matter. Prior to the present Administration, instances of renominatiou were rare, and are believed to have occurred only when some indication was given from the Senate of a desire that it should take place. It has of late become much more frequent. The practice is liable to great abuses. A Pres. ident disposed to advance favorites to public offices, and finding a Senate disagreeing with him as to their fitness, may forebear, for a long time, to the detriment of the public service, to nominate tiny person to fill i.fti-rt until, fmm those chances of individ V,M4"7 ^ C? ual memljers to which all collective bodies are liable, a Senate happens to be formed more yielding and complying. When a nomination is once rejected, the exact state of the vote of the Senate is known to the President; and if the practice of renomination is indulged, in process of time there will be danger of the existence or the imputation of corruption. The committee think that the practice ought to be resisted; that when the Senate has once rejected an indiviual nomination, the decision ought to be held as final and conclusive; and that it ought not to confirm trie nomination of the same person when again made for the same office, without strong special cause. In the present case, no such cause is alleged or known to exist; whilst all the considerations which formerly opposed the cofirmation _ of Mr. Stevenson continue in unabated strength. The committee, therefore, recommend the adoption of the following resolution. Resolved, That the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of Andrew Stevenson as Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy extraordinary to Great Britan. lokfiitn. lateii from france?direct. The ship Florian, Capt. Myers, arrived at this port on Friday last from Bordeaux, having sailed thence 22d February. We arc indebted to Capt. M. for a file of the Memorial Bordelais, to the 17th Feb. the contents of which, however, have been anticipated by arrivals from Havre. Capt. M. informs us verbally, that Fieschi, Pepin and Mosey, the criminals concerned in the attempts on* the life of Louis Phillipe,and whose trial has occupied so muck attention for some time past, had been sentenced to be decapitated. Boireau was condemned to twenty years solitary confinement. \ The execution was to have taken place in a few days. There had been no arrangements yet made for the formation of the new French Ministry. Charleston Lour. ixob1d.i. Extract oHetters received in this city. J "Near Volusia, March Zo. i < 1 have only a moment's time to inform you of a small engagement which took place between a portion of our Regiment and a party of the Indians, yesterday. The order for the troops to cross the river St. Johns Itad been given early in the morning, and two companies, commanded by Capt. Ashby and Fbipp, crossed in the morning, and took post on the side opposite to that which we lately occupied. A short time after they were attacked by a party of Indians, carefully concealed in the bushes and hammocks i round. At the first firing, the Irish Volunteers, under Capt. Henry, and Capt. IIibler's Company, immediately crossed, and Col. Brisbane with his Static and several, others, followed immediately after. Whcp we landed the firing was very general, and Uie lighting was at great disadvantage on the side of our troops,' they were all more or less exposed, and it was only when the Indians forgot their customa. rv caution, that our troops were enabled to lire with any accuracy*. I "Our troops, those* engaged, as well as the others, behaved with the greatesfbravc. ry; although for some time exposed to a gal. ling fire, notati inch of ground was yielded. No satisfactory account of the killed on the part of the Indians has been received?it is i supposed that at least six or eight have beer killed?the wounded they of course carrict ofT, if any. Our troops are now crossing the. St Johns, and I suppose in die course of thu day, the whole force will have embarked, have only taken a moment to inform you o this our debut, in something like n genera i engagement. "Picohikt, March 20. "I have seen one Indian fight, and th< awful pleasure of shooting one, after an en gagement of twenty-five minutes. Ther were five Indians killed, four of which wer< thrown into the river. Thcv carried ol their wounded. We lost four men kil!e< and eight wounded. [This is in allusion the fight of Ashbys company.] "On the 24th inst. Lieut. Arnold wa out with twenty monntcd men ofCopt-.GiE son's company of horse, from Lancaste District, when they fell in-with a small bod; of Indians, and exchanged shots with tliem One of. his. men was wounded, one she twice through his clothes, .and the horse c the Lieutenant slisrhtlv wounded. The Li cutcnant ordered a precipitate re!reat, ani has had charges made against him for s< doing, as the Indians were interior in num her. It is said he might have taken then all. One of the Indians was killed." Gen. Scott left Fort Drone on the inorr ing of the 26 n't. with 2200 men, for tli Withlacoochec, battle ground of Gener; Gaines. Gen. Eustis was to have left Yc lusia, with the whole army, for the sam place, on Saturday, leaving only 60 men i Volusia. Extract of a letter from one of the StafTO ficers, ofC'ol. Brisbane's regiment, da cd West side ofthe St. Johns, E. F. o}: positc Camp Volusia;.March 23. "Yesterday our portion of the Army coir mertccd crossing the St. Johns Itiver, an had a rencounter with the Indians. Tw companies of Col. Brisbane's regimen I W Ashby's and Fmrr's were lirsl sent over n an advance guard, to pro'ect the landing c tlie balance. These companies havin, crossed, were attacked by a considerabl number of Indians. A s!iarp contest inline diatcly ensued. Col. Brisbane and mos of his StalF, among them myself, were o the East bank of the River. The Iris! Volunteers and Capt. IJisler's company and as many men ns could bo got over, wer sent in flats. Capt. Parker's, Doucin, an Allen's companies, crossed below in th steam boat to cut ofl* the retreat of the In dians. Col. Brisbane, myself and some c tjiers, crossed in ^ small bout. Their diuiiH wcru rcpulsoJ uuJ driven back, l)tl> ing as near as \vc could ascertain, flvo me killed and several wounded. We saw fot places on the banks of the Rivers, whci their dead had been thrown over, and /bun one lying dead about 150 yards froirL tli battle ground. We saw tracks of blood o several trials on the palmetto bushes. Th loss on our part was considerable. Thrc men of Ashbv's company, named Austi: Weymier, and Hankipiller were ki!!e< and-twelve men wounded. All of tli wounded have been attended to, and place in the Hospital at Camp Volusia." [Another letter mentions J as. Cook as a mong the killed, and Black,Bryan, Simon and Flowers as among the wounded.] "Thus wo have had thcdionor to give th Indians the first defeat they have met with We are now in the Indian territory and c.\ pcct in a few days to have a general en gagemcnt. We slept or rather lay in th bushes last night under arms and ready fo action. The Indians arc supposed to be long to Powell's gang. We expect ti leave here to-morrow, and march aguina the main body of Indians." Ib. [By the Exit and S. S. Mills.} Savannah, April 2.?Later from F/o rida*?The steam packet Florida, CapJ Flebbard, arrived yesterday afternoon fror Picolata, via Jacksonville, &c.; and th< schr. George.and Mary, Capt. Willey, fron the St. Johns. We learn from a-passenger iu the chr George and Mary, that a report (which \va: credited) prevailed at Jacksonville when hi left that place, that attachment of mount cd men, a portion of the troops under Gon Eustis, left Volusia oivThursdayor Fr-idaj of last week as a scouting party?that aftc proceeding several miles, the detachmen fell in with a party oflndians, who fired up on them, and killed, it is said, two or threi f mi A , . 1 ot our men. i no nre was reiurneu oy im detachment, by which five Indians were kii led?that the commanding officer of tlic de tachment deeming, it is presumed, the In dians too strong, ordered a retreat. In the absence of certain information, wcgire thu report as received, and regret much that wc arc deprived of any means of obtaining anj ! information which can be implicitly relied J upon; the Jacksonville Courier, to which pa. per we generally look for information, not having been issued when the Florida left on Wednesday last. The Steam Boat Santec was, we understand, also fired upon last week by Indians, between Volusia and Picolata?but no damage was sustained. Wc also learn that Gen. Scott, with about 2200 men, had proceeded on Saturday last from Fort Dranc for the Withlacoochoe, where if he met the Indians, a severe battle, which may prqbably terminate the war, would ensue. If not found there, it was the intention of the gallant General to proceed with his forces into the nation. His march is therefore full of interest, and wc must be satisfied to remaiu in painful anxiety for our patriotic army, until we can ascertain the result of their manoeuvres. CHEBAW GAZETTE. TUESDAY, AFBHi It, IBM. A press of oilier business Airing.the past week . has prevented our paring the ptt?Hon which ] tve aro accustomed to pay, to th? collection of i mai tec for this week's paper. ?. <-. ? I * i i 4 ' We have not boon able to make our lbj stract of Congressional matter But nothing of j importance is doing in either Hodte. j Bills have passed the Senate for the aAmaaiba of Arkansas and Michigan into the Union. The ; bill !o prevent the circulation of incendiary pob5 h cations by mail was taken up oo the 6th of April [ after so;no desultory discussion postponed till f .next diiy. Mr. Leigh has made a speech in opj position to tho expunging resolution of Mr. Ben. ton. In the House the Navy appropriation bill is still Under consideration. I *-V Accounts from Texas, through New Orleans, . . ii - . .t n...!.An ATo.. a. . . . .. L tiaic lllill IUU WUIIIBVU u? u?|| tuuffteen P attacked and put to tho sword by 4 Mexican forcei of about 3000. - Tlio garrison isnidto hare eon' sisted of 187 men. The 8urvivon,aftertheear. 1 render, consisted of only 7 or 8; and these wore slaughtered Col. Crockett, formerly of Tens ncsscc, is said to have been among the slain* r Governor Tazewell of Virgihia has resigned. v; ? . ' * The elections for the State Legislature are new in progress in Virginia. They are held at differ- : | ^ ent times in different counties. WhedMr spn. ] * bers will be elected to ro-iostrnct Mr. JtTfbt ?ni' ^ of the U. S. Senile or not, is doubtful. J ______ T- Another Life of Washington.?Tho Harpers " | have published a narrative of the life of Wash- ./ ! | iugton, forming jfow. LXV and LXVIof lh, : c Family Library, written hy Paulding, aedad- J ,| dressed to the yoath and popular feeling of the A u country. It*is well spoken of. ? - ^ ,t The table of contents of the Southern Agriculturist, and other agricultural periodical*, poet. (* poncfl till next week. >. ' -Vetc Paper.?Wo have received tho ber of the " Groonsborough Patriot,* pnMislyd u in Grccnsborough by A. E. Ilanncr andC. N:B. d IIvans. It is a neat, well edited little sheet, and o opposes the election of Mr. Van Boren# ? t, s Our Yulaniccre.?Four invalids otthe Cofunr. >f hia volunteers returned yesterday from Volusia. it By thein wo lonrn tliat Col. Butler hai returned ^ to the camp before they left, and tMfrthtf whole oi 1:10 array iij.u crwsu w wwmwwm* !* ult. Sixteen of. Capt. Ehnore's company had it been discharged on account oftlrtififlasles^inieh n was raging in the enmp, and many mow m the |j men expected to take them. The account received m this town, of a battle having been fought; and j * of unworthy conduct on the part of. Gen. Eastis, 'J \re havj no hesitation in pronouncing fahe. d - CoL Timet ^ , 1 C . ^ Education in Parti.?-A French paper eon> tains the following statistics connected with flfcu~ ^ u cation in Paris. The number of pupils at the. S .. oUoot law <T\U y<*r i* 31SA ( at the school of ' medicine, 4500 ; at tho normal school, 67; atiho college of St. Louis, 200 boarders and 575 patir scholars, in all 8G5; college of Louis 1* Cfapid, 1 e 500 boarders and 500 ouLschofcu*-; college Chvd Iem:i?'ne, 79 4. The increase of the ntinAegof |C scholars during last year, is from oae-fifteontfilo one-twcnticth. .^BL_ -. I ,<jjijfr ' ^ The Moon.?So.no ti:no since, a M. Gruith'2 auscn, of Munich, stated, that he had incooteeti Me proofs that the moon is inhabited; ail jsutope j} assailed him with ridicule, but be woe net to be c laughed out of hk opinions, and bee now If. I published them, in concert with a u league and astronomer, M. Schrcetcr. Their Common conclusions are : 1st, that the fegotaftieaoa : the surface of the moon extends t oOSdrg. N.leL; * 2d, that from the 30th deg. of X. bl. to tb}4?th b of S. lat., they recognise traces of the abode of 5 animated beings. They repeat that which Gruithc auscn formHy assarted, that they perceive high roads i:t various directions, and hare farther dis* covered a collossal edifice, nearly under theoqna. " tor of our saiclite. At this place there k an api pcarance of a considerable city, pear to which g they aro pi ? fectly assured of the existence of a r constuctioa similar to that called in fortification, a hormvork. . 0 ' A daring attempt to rob, and perhaps to doo*. * mit murder, was made on Sunday evening last, at one of our principal Ilotols. A gentleman recently from X. \ork, after retiring to his > chamber about 9 o'clock, looked nnder thefbed, and fonnd a person <y>ncealo I there. He he'. ' mediately gave the alarm and obtained assistance . when a boarder in the house, (also fhim Newn York,) and whacalled himself by the same -of I Jones. was dragged forth, and acknowledged that he had hid himself there for no food for* 1 pose. .lie was committed to'Jap. A man named War* ex, a probable accomplice of JoxxA who p arrived at the same time with him, and Ukowiso ? boarder at the samo place, has disappeared. s Chorlestsn^svrur. % Tho salary allowed to the CatUef of u the . Citizons' Bank," at New Orleans, (Ma- J- Bf Perrai'i.t) is $ 13J)00, which, with km house, r dec. will bo equal to $15,000 per snumu. Bo much for tho compensation of a c?sh beeper. 1 In most of the States, e judge, who heap tile public peaco, and protects or icqaeitnhilife, 5 liberty, and property, by his sdjiidiCMtiousUhier 2 the laws, receives hardly tJistenth part of this salary, out of which, moreover, he lus to pey hfs travelling expenses. Locisiama, however, it ought to bo observed, is more liberal to berjudfif though she does not allow them qtritesgjiltaee- ' ? ly a salary ss " the Citizens" allow to *DflCfeesh? ' I ier. Sho gives to her chiefradge ' and to her Covernor $7,500. Letitm Bo\afarte, the mother^|b?tt|bx, I died at Rome on tho ~d February, aged 8$r\. The Boston incendiatile manifest no dtsocmL , tion to forego their aefbrjoas attempts to bum tJie city, and almost oosrjjdght exhibits evidence of their detcrminatian.ta4o mischief Monkv Market.:?Money now & worth t welvo per com. per uiaom. on undoubted securities. Whj is it so scarce 7 The anti-monopolists trill wy it ia owing te? the multiplicity ofbanks; the -. 4 President win sajt becausegold* not substituted for paper. TXtrt ia not hunt capital enough to i meet the inereae*of<ttod*i for, if there woo, money would be plenty. This is the secret; add to this difficulty, the influence of Government in eon. trolling the operations of the deposits bonks; and unless new institutions ornanuotued to check this Government influence, or the surplus revenue is distributed, money will always he scarce when it pleases the President to order the deposito banks to curjail. As long no the Government can control the moneyed operation of the country, trade, commerce, sod enterprise will bo at the mercy of the rukra.?Star. - A