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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.
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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