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f ■ ' ■ >if TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION. " IN SENATE. Tirnoir, Ja*. 10. TEXAS. The following message was reciivcd from the President of the United States, through Axduw Jackson, Jf. hie private Secretary : To the 4e«,< re oft hr United Stain ; In COMblitnce with the resolution of the Sen te at* dieted the 16th inst. I transmit a copy anil a translation of a letter addressed to me on the 4th es July tot, by the President of the Mexican Ko public, and a copy oi my reply to the same on the &th of September. No other communication upon the subject of the resolution referred to, has been made to the Executive by any other fo reign Government, or by any person claiming to act in behalf of Mexico. ANDREW JACKSON. Washington, January 18, 18*7. [Translation.) g President of the Mexican Ur public to the President of the United! Stales. To his E xcellency, General Axtiaaw Jackson, Prtoident of the United Slatet of America. Columbia, (inTexas,) July 4,1830. Mock BsraaKßD Sin ;— ln fulfilment of the duties which patriotism and honour impose upon a public man, 1 came to this country at tha head of six thousand Mexicans. The chances of war, made inevitable by circumstances, reduced ms (o the condition of a prisoner, in which I still re main, as you may have already learned. The die position evinced by General Samuel Hous ton, tbs Commander-in-cliisf of the Tuxisn Army, and by his successor, General Thomas J. Rusk, far the termination of the war—the decision of the President and Cabinet of Texas in fsvsr of t proper compromise between The con tending parties, and my own conviction, pro daced the esaventiose of which 1 send you co pies enclosed, aad the orders given by mo to Ge woral Pilisolt, my second in command, to retire from tha river Brasses, where be was posted, to the other side of tho rivor Bravo del Norte. As there was no doubt that General Kilisola would religiously comply, at far as concerned himself, the President and Cahmet agreed (hut I should set off for Mexico, in order to fulfil the other engagements; and, with that intent, I em barked on heard Ike schooner Invincible, which was to carry me to the port of Vers Cruz. Un fortunately, however, some indiscreet persons raised a mob, which obliged (lie authorities la have nae lauded by force, and brought back into strict captivity. The incideat has prevented mo from going to Mexico, whore I should otherwise have arrived early in last month; and in conse quence of it, the Grwernment of that country, doubtless ignorant of what has ocouned, lias withdrawn the command of the army tram Gene ral Fihoola, soul has ordered his sue censor, Gene ral Circa, to continue its opetations, In olxr dienocne which order that General ie, according to the'latest accounts, already at the river Necea. In wiin have some reflecting and worthy men •nderwoured to demonstrate the necessity of rno damrien, and of my going to Mexico, according to the convention ; but the excitement of the pub lic mind has increased with the return of (ho Mexican army (o Texas, Such is (ho state us things here at present. The continuation of the war, and of its disasters, is therefore inevitable, { unless the voice of reason be heard, in proper time, from lit* mouth of some powerful individ ual. It appears to me that you, sir, have it in I your power to perform this good office, by inter- I faring in favor of tho execution of the said con vention, which shall he strictly fulfilled on my part. Wlien I offered to treat with this Govern ment, I was convinced that it was useless for Maxico to continue the war. I have acquired exact information reiqieeting this country which I did not possess four months ago. 1 have too much real for the interests of ray country to wish for anything which is not compatible with tbeni. Being always ready to sacrifice myself for its glory and advantage, I never would have hesitated to suljeet myself to tormentsof death .ra ther (Kan consent to any compromise, if Mexico could (hereby have obtained (he slightest benefit. I am firmly convinced that it is proper to termin ate this question by political negotiation ; that conviction alone determined mo sincerely to agree to what has been stipulated; and in the same spirit, I make to you this frank declaration. Ue pleased, sir, to favor me by a like confidence on your port; afford me the satisfaction of avoiding approaching evils, and of eontrihuliug to that good which my heart advises. Let us enter into negotia'ious by which tho friendship between your nation and the Mexican may In'istrengthen ed, both being amicably engaged in giving being and stability to a People who aie desirous us ap pearing in the political world ; and who, under the protection of the two nations, will attain its ob jects within a few years. The Mexicans arc magnanimous when tinted with consideration. I will clearly set before them the proper and humane reasons which require noble and frank cun lin t on their part, and 1 doubt nut that they will act thus as soon as (hey have been convinced. By what I have here submitted, yon will see tha sentiment* which animate me: and with which I remain your most humble and obedient •ervant. ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA The Prroident of the United Slatet to the Pre tidenl of the Mexican Republic Hf.rmitaok, September I, 1836. To Gen. Antonio Lorxz ax Santa Anna : Bta:—l have the honor to acknowledge tho receipt of your letter of the 4th of July lust, which has been forwarded to me by General Samuel Houston, under cover of otic from him, transmitted by an express fiom Gen. Gaines, who is in command of tha United Stales forces on the Texian frontier. Tho great object of these communications appears to he to put un end to the disasters which necessarily attend the civil war now raging in Texas, and asking the interposition of the United Slates in furthering ■o humane and desirable a purpose. That any well-intendci tffort of yours in aid of this object should have been defeated, is calculated to ex cte tho regret of all who justly appreciate the blessings of peare, and who take an interest in the causes which contribute to the prosperity of Mexico in her demesne as well as her foreign re lations. The Government of the United States is ever anxious tu cultivate peace and friendship with all nations. But it proceeds on the principle that all nations have the right to alter, amend, or change their own Government, as the sovereign power, the People, may direct. In this respect, it never interferes with the policy of other Pow ers, nor can it permit any on the part of others with its internal policy. Consistently with this principle, whatever we can do to restore peace between contending nations, or remove the cause* of misunderstanding, is cheerfully at the service of those who are willing to rely upon our good offices as a friend or mediator. In reference, however, to the agreement which you, as the Representative of Mexico, have made with Texas, and which invites the interposition of the United States, you will it once see that we are forbidden, by the character of the communica tions made to us through the Mexican Minister, from considering it. That Government has noti fied us that, as long as you arc a prisoner, no act of yours will be regarded as binding by the Mexi can authoritiea. Under these circumstances, it will be manifest to you that good faith to Mexico, as well M the general principle to which I have adverted, as forming the hasia of our intercourse with all foreign Powers, make it impossible for me to take any step like that you have anticipa ted, If, however, Mexico should signify her wil lingness to avail herself of.our good offices in bringing about tbs desirable result you have de acriliod, nothing could give me more pleasure - than to devote my best services to it. To lie in strumental in terminating the evils of civil war, and in substituting in tholr stead the blessings of peace, is a divine privilege. Every Government and the people at all countries, should feel it their highest happiness to enjoy an opportunity oflbus manifesting (heir love of each other, and their in terest ig the general principles which apply to tbeat'hll a< members of the common family of man. Your letter 1 , and that of General Houston, Cowmandcr-m-Cbicf of the Teiisn Army, will lie made the basis of an early interview with the Mexican Minister at Washington. They will i hasten my return to Washington, to which place I will set out in a lew days, expecting to reach it by tho Ist of Ortolier. In the mean time, I hope Mexico and Texas, feeling that war is the e greatest ol calamities, will pause before another r campaign is undertaken, that can add to the num ber of those scenes of bloodshed w Irish have al ready marked the progress of their contest, and 1 have given so much pain to their Christian a friends throughout the world. 1 This is sent under cover to General Houston, I who will give it a safe conveyance to you. " I am, very rcipcclfullv. your obedient servant, II ANDREW JACKSON. 8 „ - TO THE EDITORS. 9 Gektlcmkn -The accompanying memorial ws* this morning enclosed to the Hon. Thomas Morris, and delivered to him in his scut in the L. States Senate, with a note from myself, desiring him as a a friend, and demanding, as one of his constituents, that ho should present it tu theSen e ate. This he refused to do, and returned me the paper without a reply. From the honorable i, stand taken by Mr. Morris on tho night of the ( seizure, in malting an almost unaided effort to ' rescue a citizen from injustice and oppression, 1 was led to believe that I might rely on him to pro r cure the means of being heard, and of denying ” the charges and abuse heaped upon me by Mr. J Senator Benton. r - I might procure tho presentation of the memo * rial through other members of that body, who are * my friends, but as no one of them took part or lot 9 in the matter, Ido not think it proper to trouble k those gentlemen with it. 11 A proper sense of self respect, and a due rc -8 gard to my own dignity, will not permit roe again 0 to ask any favor or right from those members 8 who have shown such an entire disregard to in '* dividual justice, and tho rights of “ that People" l- whose servants they arc. '• Nothing then is left mo but to lay the matter " before the country by the same means which 0 have already made a part of the transaction known 9 to the world—-the public papers. Tho laic hour prohibits my entering further 1 into the matter ul present. Respectfully yours, &c, i WM. B. LLOYD. ’ Washington, Jan. 19. TO H< >N. SENATE OF THE U. S. Tho memorial of William B. Lloyd, a citizen of the State of Ohio, respectfully represents: That on Monday, the 16th es January, at a lute hour i of the night, your memorialist was present, with a large number of citizens, (all of whom to him were entire strangers,) in the gallcty of the Sen ate. Thai, while the Clerk of the Senate was dis i charging the office imposed upon him of “ ex punging” a certain resolution from the journals of your body, a loud, sudden, and continued hits proceeded from the people in various parts of the : galleries, apparently at tho same time. That your memorialist heard an order issued by the presiding officer to clear the galleries, which order your memorialist was ready and wil ting to obey. But immediately after the issuing of that order, and before it was carried into effect, he heard the doors ordered to ho closed, And your memorialist then heard an individual Sena i tor, in a tuna of command, say, in substance, mid j ss nearly us your memorialist cun recollect, in ! the words (hat fellow; “ Let till- hired ruffians of the Dank, who are I hero, as when the Bank was in power, armed tu I tho tooth, attempting to over swo the proceedings t o f this Senate, not escape. Let them ho seized! 1 Sijizo tho ruffians! There!—there is one who ( es.o ho easily recognized. Seize him I” Yonr memorialist was then arrested by the Ser jve nil at arms, and impt itoned in one of the rooms of (bo Capitol until conducted into tho presence of the Senate, where he was also detained in close custody, until, after being declared by an individ ual t’enalor to have been “ sufficiently punished,” your memorialist was ordered |by tho presiding officer to be discharged. Yo or memorialist heard no eharge against him, except as implied in the conversation of Senators during tho lime he was in custody, and from the language of the individual Senator before referred to. H o saw no written process, nor docs he know sir believe that any warrant or legal author ity existed for hie arrest. Nor w ore any interogatorics addressed to him. And whe.n your memorialist, in a respectful man ner, tsketl the presiding officer “if he might he permitted to speak a word in his own behalf,” the (wivitege nj speech and defence was denied him —his voice was attempted (o be drowned by cries of “remove him"—“ remove him;” and, by or der of the presiding officer, he was thrust igno niiniously frotn the door of the Senate. Your memorialist believes that he was thus de prived of those rights and privileges which are guarantied to him by the letter and spirit of tho Constitution—of those rights which the ptoplc of England so long struggled to secure—which our forefathers deemed of so high importance that they have individually specified them in our own sacred charter, and one of which was re-affirmed by your body in the eighth sentence of the pre amble of the expunging resolutions which were passed a few minutes previous to the arrest of yonr memorialist, in the following words ; “ And whereas, (he said resolve was not warranted by the Constitution, and was it rogulrnly adopted by the Senate in violation of the rights of defence which belong to every individual ciliaen,” Ac.— And, also, of the declaration contained in the tenth sentence of the same preamide. Your memorialist has heretofore, from his ear liest youth, entertained the most exalted feeling es respect for the Senate ot the United Stales, as a constituted branch of the Government. i'lc has ever regarded its members as the guardians of the nation, and he has over considered it his | duty, as well as his high privilege, in that capa - city, to honor and respect them. That belief and ' those feelings he wishes ever to bo able to main , tain. Your memorialist, therefore, confidently ana , respectfully asks of the Senate (hat l.is denial of the truth and propriety of the degrading epithets applied to him on tho floor of the Senate, and that this his statement and protestation against . the couise pursued in thus prejudging and pun ! wiring him without a hearing, may be read and C received by the Senate. Your memorialist denies that ho is a “radian.” And so far from being, as charged and convict , un, “hired by the bank,” ho is not even acquaint [ cd with any us its officers, nor does he know that . he has seen any one of them within the last ten 1 r years. Nor has your memorialist at any time 1 , been indebted in any sum of money, or any amount of services, to that bank, nor has he any | amount of interest or concern in that or any bank , whatever. , Your memorialist, with all due respect to your , constitucd body, cannot allow his own private , character to be considered of less importance than , that of any other man living; nor can he, for a . moment, believe that his own conscious rectitude of intention is not equally well founded with that of any member of your honorable body, , As a free-born American citizen, entitled to the ; full and free enjoyment of all those rights, and to , that protection which the Constitution and laws ' of country promise to tha humblest as well as the highest individual, your memorialist respectfully | demands (ho only redress which can now tic ex [ tended to him—the reading and reception ol this his solemn declaration and protest. t Washington, Jan. 18, 1837. e Illinois Senator.—lt is reported that e after four days balloting for a Senator in Con r grees, by the Legislature of Illinois, the choice l * resulted in the election of Mr. Davison, the • Whig candidate.—ls so, there is awindfall to 0 the Whigs where least expected. —Baltimore • American. B A similar statement, we observe, is go ng ' the rounds of the papers. It is however a mis ’ take. R. M. Young, a moderate Van Huron 8 man, is the Senator Elect from the 4th of March next; Mr. Davidson, after a lone con. J test, was elected Shaker of the House. Mr. D. 1 is a decided Whig.—.four, of Com. ’ It is curious to observe, how an error of one f paper seta the whole editorial fraternity on the wrong scent. We noticed, a fi*v daya ago, the m : *take in regard to the office to which Mr. Davidson had been elected, and stated how it occured with the ed.tor of the Cincin nati Whig. It seems almost impossible to gel the editorial corps right on tho subject, lor in attempting to correct one error, the Journal of Commerce has fallen into two—first, l'»e arti cle it ctediis to the Baltimore American, Hid not appear in that paper, but in another Bal timore Journal. Second —Mr. Davidson was not elected “ Speaker of the House" but “after a long contest,,” continued through four days, was elected “Spealter of the Senate” of Illinois. TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION. Fiiidat, Jan. 27,1837. IN SENATE. A message from the President of the U. 8. was received enclosing a survey from the War De partment of Brunswick Harbour, Georgia. On motion of Mr. Grundy, a resolution was adopted that the Senators from Michigan shall proceed to draw lots to determine the class to which each shall belong. Mr. Clay presented a memorial from citizens of Washington, constituting the Colonization So ciety, giving a brief history of the use, objects and means of the society, and praying for an in corporation. He moved to print and rcler the memorial to the committee on the District of Co lumbia. Mr. Calhoun, while he refrained from oppos ing the reference, expressed his belief that the prayer was inadmissablc. Mr. Clay regretted that this opposition should lie manifested to the objects of tlie petition. A time will come if the distractions of our unhap py country shou'd subside, when the good, the moral, the religious of all classes, and in all parts of the country, will unite in the favor of the ob ject* of colonization. Ho referred to the powers given to Congress over the District of Columbia, us removing all objections on that score, and to the fact that Mr. Madison had left a legacy to the Rev. Mr. Gurley in trust for the Society, which he had no doubt would lie now faithfully execut ed, but without an act of incorporation abuses must be expected to grow out of these trusts. Mr. Calhoun repeated his hope that the peti tion would not be acted on, and referred to his own course in 1817, to show that his coutce of opinion and ac'ion had been uniform, Mr. Walker said that this society had been popular in Mississippi, but had now become un popular, This was an unfortunate moment for presenting this petition, when the country was agitated by abolition movement*. Mr. Clay acquiesced in the suggestion that the unpopularity of this society was owing to the ef forts of tha abolitionists, who hated this society as much as they did the slaveholder:. He was inclined to think that a majority of the slavehold ing Stales were in favor of tho Colonization So ciety. Mr. Buchanan suggested that if an act of in corporation was granted at all, it would not lie confined to the District of Columbia, and that committee would not be so competent as a select conmritte, at the head of which would, of course, bo placed the Senator from Kentucky. Mr. Clay said ho had reflected, and thought the course ha hud indicated in sending it to the Committee on the District of Columbia was the most free from objection. Mr. Calhoun said that a mysterious Providence had brought tho two races of men together in this counlry from different parts of the earth, the Eu ropean to be tho master and the Africa to bo the slave. Tin's relationship could not be overthrown, and every society founded on tho principle of separating these relations acted on a basis us error, Mr. Preston wished the reference to he to the committee on the District of Columbia, by which it would ho considered as a matter exclusively re lating to the District. Mr. CLAY admitting that the bringing of these dilVurcnt classes of men into this country together was among the mysteries of a great and glorious but mysterious Providence, expressed al so his conviction that it was among the dispensa tions of the same Providence that through tho a gency of tho Colonization Society and kindred means benighted Africa would be free. Already the light began to dawn, and he was convinced it would continue to spread until Africa was en tirely enlightened and the scat of virtue, intelli gence and freedom. Mr. STRANGE said he must vote against the reference, because its effcctsjwould bo coexten sive with the whole Union. Mr. BUCHANAN regretted that he could not change his motion, The subject involved con stitutional questions of tho greatest magnitude. An empire was to be established in Africa, and this was not a fit subject for the Committee on the District of Columbia. Desiring light, and knowing that the Senator from Kentucky had the greatest knowledge of the subject, he hoped tho petition would be sent to a select commit tee. Mr. CLAY said the Society only asked for power to receive the bounty of individuals. All other mutters would be carried on Without legis lation, us they had been for twenty ycais. Mr. RIVES said he should vote to refer it to tho C miniltec on the District of Columbia, in whose hands it may safely lie left. They would grant no act the operation of which won not con fined within tho District. Ho did not feol the same jealousy oftho Colonization Society which he did of Abolitionists. He believed tho objects of the Society to bo good benevolent and useful, and totally distinct from the Abolition plan. Mr. KING of Alabama objected to tho refer ence to the Committee on the District of Colum bia. The operations of the Society would bo dif fused over the whole country, and he would have preferred that they should have gone to n Stale Legislature for their charter. He moved to lay the petition on the table, which Vas agreed to. Ayes 24, tines 12. The Michigan Senators drew for their classes, when Mr. LYON drew No. 2 and Mr, NOR VELL drew class No. 3. The President stated that lie should vacate tho Chair of the Senate to-morrow. A report from the Central Land Office was rece ived from the Treasury Department. Mr. Ilubbbard, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported a bill for the relief ot J*. B. Ducrow, Jr., which was read and ordered to a second reading. Mr. Nicholas, from the Comiltee of Naval Affairs, reported a bill for the relief of Andrew Arm strong, which was read and ordered to a second reading. Ateo, a bill for the relief ot Catharine M. Read which was read and order ed to a second reading. ' REDUCTION OF REVENUE. Mr. Wright from the Committee on Fi nance reported a bill for the reduction of the revenue, entitled an act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports which w as read twice, postponed until Thurs day next, and made she special order for that day. In the course of some explanations which were made by Mr. Wright and Mr. Clay, the later stated that he should oppose the Bill as an inovation on the Compromise act of 1833 especially in the repeal of the duty on salt and coal. He considered this as an attempt to re open the wounds of the country which had been closed by the Compromise Act. Mr Wright stated that the amount to be reduced by this hill was about two millions and a half, of which the abolition of the silk duly alone would be a reduction of half a mil lion. He laid a statement on the table in which the rale of duties was based, and On motion of Mr. Davis, 1000 extra copies of this statement were ordered to be printed TREASURY ORDER. The bill designating and limiting the funds receivable Ipr the revenue of the United Sistis was tgkea up on the question of its passage, when Mr. Benton opposed it in a speed) ot considerable length, lie was still speaking when this was closed. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. altabcations. Under this head, it may be mentioned that a personal difficulty arose between Messrs. Jarvis and Bell, in which the House snterfered in order to a settlement. The dispute is still going on on llie subject of the power* of the House over the subject. The following is a brief notice of the matter: Mr. Jarvis moved to |gke up the bill to provide f for the enlistment of boys in the naval service of the U. States, i Mr. Bell opposed it, as it would encroach upon the very brief and already partly consumed hour j which he would have for the purpose of conclud ing his remarks in support of his motion for leave to introduce a bill to secure the freedom of clcc , lions. 1 Ml. Jarvis argued, in reply, that this bill was of public importance; that the commerce of the country was suffering, in consequence of the dif ficulty of procuring seamen for the naval service. The gentleman from Tennessee must know, he said, that his motion would lead to no practical object; and that it would only serve to gratify his , personal feeling. This is faint, exclaimed Mr. Bell. Mr. Jarvis nodded significantly, which Mr. Bell ( responded. I Mr, Jarvis insinuated that he should prosecute ) the matter no further in the House. Mr. Mercer interposed in order to procure rau s iual explanation—but failed. Mr. jj. then moved to lay the gentlemen under , obligation not to prosecute the matter out of the House. , The debate was going on at half past 3. From the Savannah Georgian. FROM FLORIDA. , The St. Augustine Herald of the 21st in stant, received by the last mail front that suf fering Territory, furnishes ns some details of anticipated operations by the army under . Gen. Jesup’s command, as also further parti : culars of events heretofore registered. Our i aim being to be a faithful chronicler of events, • so interesting, though so discouraging to tho American Reader, we insert (apparently) at , times, the same intelligence already noticed, hut, if our readers will examine for them selves, they will find that our extracts, being necessarily made from more than one paper in the Territory, convey intelligence, not be fore fully developed. In addition to Ihe extracts, which we sub join from the Herald, the following report in the same paper, will excite all the sympathet ic feelings of our nature, and make us envy those brave volunteers, and regulars, who have respectively quit the endearments of home and adhered to their country’s service, how ever discouraging at present that service, rath er then let the blood thirsty savage stalk, unsubdued, o’er the fair fields of Florida, stained by the heart’s blood of helpless women and children. ’.Virile penning these few re flections, protected as wo are, from the incle mency of lire season by a warm hearth, and en joying a peaceful homo, our thoughts wander to the banks of the Ouifhlacouchy, or ave ar rested by the war whoop of the savage, heard in imagintion,^echoing,through the Waboo Swamp, while our gallant forces are wading shoulderdeep in defiance of theirrifles, to their very lair. r Will no wreath await the brows of those men who to sustain the honor of their country have not onlyexpeaed their untried constitu tions to hardships too often of a fatal charac ter, hut have braved the Lion in his Den? In a civilzed warfare ihs feats which have been performed by a Herbert, an Ashby and other gallant men, would net only have elicited, (as has been done,) the favorable notice of the Executive,’as commandcr-in-Chief, but swords would be voted by t he Representatives of their grateful countrymen, as a badge to distinguish them through life —a legacy in death, to their children and children’s children. The wounds of tho Grahams—ot Ridgley and other heroic spirits would “plead trumpet-l«ngued“ to their ' ’ countryman (dirongh their official organs) for the highest honors of the Republic. For these are men who with the Sheltons the Brisbanes and otlrers ofkfouth Carolina, —the Jernigans, tho Robertsons, the Watsons, the Bakers and others of Georgia, and the no le?s gallant Louisanians, Alabamians and Tennes seeans have braved the penis of a Florida or Georgia hammock, the of their swamps to track the Seminole and the Creek to their hiding places and teach them their cruelties shall not pass unavenged. The next intelligence may be that the Indi an tomahawk has pierced tiie brain of anoth er (efencoless woman. Think you, Geor i giana—think you Americans, that such scenes j would be enacted before high Heaven, could j the spirits of an Izard, a Dade, a Basixher, be ever present to shield the defenceless—to direct the energies of the American soldiery, j If those spirits have departed, a Pierce a ' Warren, a Herbert, a Mills, el mullialii, still i live, and will, we trust, soon be found at tho heels of these savage blood hounds. CONGRESS. Saturday, Jan u ary 28,1837. Srnate.—The Vice President to-day took leave of the Senate. In resigning his urina tion ho delivered a brief and pertinent ad dress to the Senate, quite creditable to him self lor its taste and propriety. Mr. Grundy moved that the senate proceed to the election of a President pro tempore, '• which was agreed to. 1 The ballots being counted the vote stood as follows : For W. R. King, 2G ; S. L. Southard, 7 ; | 11. Clay, 1 ;J. Buchanan, 1 ;T. Ewing, of O ’ liio, 1; S. Prent ss, I. " So that Mr. King, of Alabama, was dcclar ' cd duly elected, and on taking his seat, ad dressed tho Senate in a manner well suited to the occasion. Mr. Rohbms presented a protest of the Le- I gislature of Rhode Island against the viola tion of the compromise bill of 1833. Road , and laid on the table. Petitions were presented by Messrs. Buch , unan, Rives, Linn, Southard, anil Lyon, and referred to the appropriate committees, i Mr. Tipton presented a memorial from the . Legislature of Indiana, protesting against the | United States Government t iking any portion of the stock of the Louisville and Portland I Canal. , Mr. Calhoun offered a resolution calling on L the President to communicate to the Senate copies of the correspondence between this , Government and Great Britain in regard to certain outrages committed on our flag in Bermuda and Now Providence, by seizing . certain slaves on board of American vessels . forced by stress of weather into these ports. I After come other ordinary business, the i Senate proceeded to I lie special order of the day—it being the bill prescribing the media to be received in payment of the public debts. Mr. Sevier moved to postpone the order, for the purpose of taking up the land bill. The motion was opposed by|Mcssrs. Clay & others and supported by Messrs. Linn and others. The motion was lost, and the Senate proceed ed to the consideration of the bill. Mr. Walker addressed the Senate, and had the floor when our paper went to press. I From the Baltimore American, Jan. 2S. i The Washington Globe of yesterday notices i the departure of Santa Anna and Almonte i from that city, for Norfolk, and stales that they i will be conveyed to Vera Cruz in tho 11. 8. brig ( Pioneer, one of the vessels intended for the E». (during Expedition, The National Intelligence!' says: We learn that General Santa Anna loft the 1 city yesterday morning thc oars for Baltimore. , i nis sudden oeparture of tho Mexican General i Was the more unexpected here as it had been t generally understood that he was engaged to dine ( yesterday at the President’s in company with a i large official and diplomatic party. We pre- < sume, however, that he has not departed without t the previous knowledge of the President of thc United Slates. It is rumored, indeed, hut we J know not on what authority, that Genenal San- - ta Anna is to he conveyed to Mexico in a pub- ( lie vessel. The steamboat Pocahontas, with Sant* Anna j on board, which left here on Thursday afternoon * i for Norfolk, ran down to the mouth of the river, and in consequence of the ice in the Bay remain ed there until yesterday afternoon, when,—the southerly wind having apparently broken up the icc,—she proceeded on her course down the Bay. djThe Telegraph at the lower station (Bod kin Point) stales that the Pocahontas, unable to make her way down the Bay, had returned yes terday evening and anchored off the Hocks. Correspondence of thc Portland Daily Advertiser. LIFE IN NEW YORK—NEW YEAR’S DAY. INTERCEPTED LETTER.® January 2, 1837. New York against the world —a city in litho graph he thc wager—New York against the world, no matter whether it be in building packet ships, devising railroads, sending off steamboats, burn ing down houses, or building them up—or setting them a blazing—in incorporating banks, paying notes, or shaving them—“shinning,” or “kilc ing”—scheming, or contriving, going-ahead, or going-round-about, dodging or running, creeping through a big hole, or through a little one—in any thing, or every thing, my life upon upon it, New York against the woild ! I have run over this earth a little you know. I have camped with thc Creeks; I have shaken hands with thc Natchez. I have skiflvd over the rivers in the ca noe of the Passamaquoddy. I have hunted for the East beyond the bay of Fundy, and stretch ed for tho West over the Mississippi. 1 aave pop ped into thc Tuillerics, seen the purlieus of Saint James, quizzed the Court of Naples, burnt my shoes in "Vesuvius’ crater, lounged with the Laz zaroni, mounted the snow capped cliffs of the Alps, ambled along thc sunny grape-spread plains of Ger many, run over heath and hill in the He brides, walked the sleepy Gael at night—now fig uring in Yankee husking, in a fore-and-after—a non lost in a German whirligig at Baden—now pulling fingers with the log rollers in the wilds of thc St. John, now bid off at auction as a school master to be hoarded at forty cents a week—anon in subterranean halls of Paris, again at a country dinner—but my life on it, in any thing, in every thing, New York against the World? As “ a looker-on in (this) Vienna,” I have spent Mrs New Year’s Day in wandering about with the multitude from house to house, saying “ bow d’ye do’s," shaking hands there, dodging in here, and scampering off there, flying up this street, and trotting down that, now nibbling a hit of cake in this place, now attacking a leg of ham in that—looking at this punch bowl and tasting of that—here viewing a range of decanters, and there thc monstrous coffee pot—cvery-where find ing thc ladies most gorgeously apparelled—rust ling in silks and blazing with jewels—their fath ers and husbands off—themselves the queens of the day—with a tide of visiters rolling in and out, and as one wave dashed on, another refluent rush ing out. Not a lady could have been persuaded, even with tho gems of Golconda, to show herself in the street. Death it would have been to her caste! If a sister went to see her sister, she went at early morn or late at night, muffled up in boas and furs, with an impenetrable veil over her face, with a fitful step,too,lest someone whom she knew might see her and thus her fashionable name be blasted forever. Not a lady, therefore, was in the streets! The men had sway omnipotent from Battery to Harlaem, from the suburbs of Brook lynHcighl to Greenwich village. O ! Fashion, thou art an inexorable tyrant, but an amiable one nevertheless, for we love to thy bidding. Tyrant though thou be over every lock on our heads, and over even tho soles our shoes, shaping every thing, and ruling every thing according to thy sovereign will. Yet how we glory in being thy slaves! In these rambles of mine 1 could not hut re mark what an aspect of basinets every thing in New York assumes. Why, thc men go to sec their lady-loves here just as they go to the Bank of America to pay their notes —on a fixed day, at slated hours—the visit, however, being due but once a year, though tho note at bank may be due every three months. Every woman in the city has a dreft on her acquaintance due tho first of January; and if this is not honered then, thc Bill is protested, and the credit of the dewee is no more. Wall street is deserted on this important day. The brokers shut up shops. The Banks close their doors. Pearl street is as mclancholly as a tomb. A ghost of a man, wifeless, homeless, houseless, loveless, miserable and forlorn, it is true, may be seen in these now sepulchral precincts on such a day ; but the side-walk, made hot with the tramp of footsteps all other days—the crowd ed, busy, tempestuous thoroughfare, is now de serted on this—and the ghost, if such ghost there besqueaks and gibbers all alone. The multitude have fled up town. They are in Broadway—in Greenwich street—here and there, and every where hut where the shoppers arc, & where mer chandise is bought and sold. Go in Broadway, and you see men in streams as resistless as the Mattanawcook. Talk of busy bustling men in the great thooughfare of the London Cheap.-ido! Why, those are only men there; hut these, here in Broadway, on a New Year’s day, are the two legged locomotives of the steam-going United States of America. Broadway is their railroad track. They whiz and buz by each other with a puli', puff, puff, and wo to the luckless wight that tails in their way ! A locomotive, perchance, may meet an acquaintance now and then—he lets off his steam and sizzles a while, and he who is versed in the language of steamers may hear it say, “2 o’clock,” (puff) “sixty calls made—one hundred mote to do,” (puff) “good bye,” and off. Locomotive and all enters a house. “ Happy New Year’s” (puli') “good cake,” —Theatre”— “three hundred and forty-eight more,” (puff,) and oil'. Never, never, never were there such a set of people as we yankce people for doing business, no matter what it be. If he has goods to sell he bustles about like a sky-rocket until all arc sold. If he has a note to pay in Wall street, and 3 o’clock is coming on, don’t touch him, don’t look at him, don’t for the world say “how do you ?” for with his head forwards, and his legs flying like spinning jennies, he is streaming onwards, and if any man interrupted him, ten chances to one but that he would knock him down nr run him over. Pleasure here, too, is converted into a perfect affair of business. Thus this excellent custom of doing a year’s job in one, the New Year's day. A discount then saves a creditor a whole year. The man in thc morning aits down and looks over his ledger of visits. “I owe,,’ he says to himself, “five hundred visits to-day.” No man’s legs can do this job for him in a city like this. Ho hires a horse ; lakes a copy from his ledger; he whips up and down all the day; and when he finds he cannot do all in propria per sona, he throws in his card, and off he goes again. Blessed bit of pasteboaad, what a deli cious, time-saving invention, now and then thou art ! Even the ladies, too, understand the art of doing business perfectly well. Look into this house, and there is often a sly young rogue in the corner, keeping the chronicles of the day—a ledg er for the family, so as to know whom to invite for the year to come. It may be that they make out in the morning a list of debtors to start with.— Thus, six hundred persons debtors to-day. At night, credits four hundred and fifty. One hun dred and fifty men, alas! are ruined in that house forever! Their credit is gone. No more dis counts for them. Their paper is dishonored, for their notes are not paid. But then the sinning rogues that keep the books, at limes go further.— Oh, horror of horrors! they mark us down, as handsome or not—as making a pretty how or an ugly one—as being dressed a la mode, or being dressed as we please! A man-critic has eyes enough, but a woman has forty to his one, see;;, K every tiling, noting every thing from Iho finger nails to the lay of the nap on th a hat. Oh, horror of horrors again. Who can run such a gauntlet as that ] Life in Few York, therefore, is a drollery, my dear fiieds of the East. Cities are built up here (on paper, aside ) and sold in lots, whole acres at a time. Romulus and Remus, and Wm. Penn, are scouted at for thc fuss, in city founding, that they made. A Lithographer here will found a dozen in a week. The Moon is to bo mapped off as soon as Herschel tells us how to get a Survey or there. Wisconsin and lowa are now about as thick populated as Italy, in cities at least.— A dollar, too, adroitly used in Wall street will go as far as twenty dollars elsewhere,— The truth is, all things arc resolved into the crucible of business here. The money business of ths day being over, a merchant wants a bit of pleasure. He jumps into his gig, and, with his wife, if he be so happy as to have one. he drives Jkc a meteor, full till, over pavement an.l field, I with a* fiery a horse as he can get; and, this job being over, he goes to bed, dreams of notes and discounts, and then tises to act a like scene over another day. Without time to go heme to din ner. he runs into an eating house, and bolts down his food and then bolts off; and, this job being over, he goes to work at his bills receivable ; or payable again. The question here is not “hew are you,” “how do you do,” “good morn ing,” “it is cokl weather to day ; but “how is the money market” “have you any thing over,” ‘•lend me a hundred dollars “the d 1 lake the directors of some of the banks.” A wife, it may be, canno' see a husband often enough to remember how he looks. A little family of prat tling children, perhaps, get a peep at papa only once a week, and then on Sunday, when, thank- Heaven, there are no notes to pay. It is a sol emn truth that we go up and down with such a steam power, whether we are visiting or doing business, that the very winds wear away the ro tundity of our checks, and hence we are such a lean gaunt-looking, slab-sided race, instead of be ing the portly, hearty, full-checked men in John Bull’s land over sea. Every thiug is thus done on the high pressure principle'in this great Baby lon of America. Men eat, drink, sleep, and dream in a hurry. They visit and make love, and marry in a hurry. If a young lady don’t say “Yes!” quickly a dozen others will be ask ed, as it were, in a twinkling of an eye. They live, die, and are buried, too, in a hurry. Even the Dictionary is in a hurry, and words do not mean what they do elsewhere. Every thing talks in superlatives, and adjectives are all “ the go.” Even Noah Webster, with all his word making faculties, can never keep up with such men and such times as these; but I must be off, for now the dinner bell is ringing, and who, then, in our land, would not be in a hurry too 1 B. From the JVew York Herald. Mb. Charles H.DELAVAN’S Presentation TO HIS MAJESTY, THE KINO OF ENGLAND. “ Aye, every inch a king.” —King Lear. The newspapers for some time past have been making themselves ridiculous in talking, surmi sing, thinking, and paragraphing respecting the “ presentation of Mr. Charles H. Delavan of this city to the King of England,” in August lost. Wc have ascertained the facts of this interesting incident, from what we deem good authority, and wc shall now set this matter right forever. Mr. Charles H. Uelcvan is a young gentleman of intelligence, taste, and great personal endow ments, descended from one of the oldest and most respectable families of this state. Like other ac complished young men he visited Europe, and was in London last August. Possessing, how ever, a little different taste from those fops and fools who go to Europe, spend a few months— visit the haunts of vice and immorality, and re turn with empty brains and moustaches full a pound weight avoirdupois, Mr. De'avan had an ambition to see royalty itself in all its magnifi cence, and not roysters and rioters only. Hav ing carried out the first chop letters of introduc tion to Mr. Stevenson, the American Minister at the Court of St. James, he applied to that gen tleman for an introduction to the King, and the application was very politely complied with, Mr Delavan, by advice of Mr. Fay, the Secretary of Legation, went to a court tailor—had the dimen sions of his elegant person taken, and ordered a complete court suit, damme! There was an Irish Lord in the shop at the same time ordering also a court suit. “ What name!” asked the polite tailor, of Mr. Delavan. “ Delavan,” replied he—with great stwg/void. “ Where 1” asked the tailor. “ Mr. Charles Delavan of New York.” “ Oh ! an American gentleman,” said the tailor, with a bow, and giving a private order to his workmen to have the suit of the American gen tleman ready before that of the Irish lord—the one being cash —the other credit —all the differ ence in the world—faugh 1 This suit Mr. Delavan now has, and it is a cu riosity—all the young ladies in town are mad to gel a sight of it. On the day of presentation, he had provided himself with a splendid carriage, liveried foot men, oulridera and all. The minister had also provided him wiih a card, to bo presented to the master of the ceremonies. While Mr. Delavan was engaged in these splendid peparations, the young Americans in London were visiting the theatres, and going to see Jim Crow at the minor sheds, just as if Jim could crow better in London than in New York. Others of them, like Brooks and Willis, were travelling about in stage coaches with low soch ty, or stealing into the company ot such doubtful characters as Lady Blessington, and the radicals of Rag Lane. Mr. Delavan, on the contrary, with an ambi bition and a taste for outstripping all his cotem porary travellers, was fitting on his small clothes —fixing his dress sword—arranging his hair a la cosarjue —and preparing his whole very hand some person to make a call upon his Majesty him self. At one of these moments, Rice, the Ame rican comedian, called to see Mr. Delavan. , “ Where aie you going 1 ” asfed Rice. “ I am going to see the King.” , “ The devil!” “ Not exactly Rice. I am not going to see . your friend. The King of England I mean.” “Let me go with you,” said Rice, jumping out of his skin. . Mr. Delavan shook his head, and smiled at the I simplicity of poor ignorant Jim Crow. t “ I’ll put on my paste diamonds, by G ” , said Rice, brightening up. “’Twont do,” said Mr. Delavan—“that may do to visit theatrical kings with—l am going to see a real king. In consequence of this refusal, Rice was sick 1 nearly a week, but that was not Mr. Delavan’s t fault. At the proper hour Mr. Delavan started in full i court dress—splendid gold laced coat, chapeau bras, small clothes, elegant embroideries—and i every thing in the first sty Ic. He mounted the elegant carriage and drove to St. James’ Palace. His Presentation Card was passed in. His name and address—“ Mr. Charles H. Dclcvan, of New York, presented by his Excellency Andrew Ste venson, Envoy Extraordinary of the United States of America,” were passed and whispered from door to door—from apartment to apartment, till it reached the Lord Chamberlain or Master of the Ceremonies, in the anti-room to the Royal Presence. In a moment, “ the ever during gates” of St. James unfolded as it were by magic, Mr. Delavan, in his carriage, passed in. The gates closed again by magic. He was drawn up to a splendid portico, of classic artichecture. Here he is dismounted—his carriage passing along amid the lino of coroneted chariots of all kinds. He was handed into apartment after apartment, blazing with beauty and magnificence. The no bility proceeded him—then the baronets—then the military. He passed into the Chamber after Lord Earlsfort of the First Life Guards, and be fore he knew where he was he found himself in the presence of the dread Majesty of England, which was nothing more or less than a plain grey-headed old-looking man, dressed in simple naval uniform, with a fat, good-natured looking countenance of his own to swear by. Mr. Dela van’s name was now pronounced aloud. He ad vanced, made a bow—the King looked interest him. There were none present but the ijOrda in waiting. Mr. Delavan slowly passed out, or rather hacked out, keeping his face always on the face of the king, for it is a point of etiquette that you must never turn your cue or the tail of your coat on bis Majesty. He then proceeded to another apartment and mixed with the flower of England’s chivalry, and though only an independant American gentleman, yet he felt as proud as the best of them. A few weeks after, when Mr. Dtlevan visited Brighton, the Master of the Ceremonies recog nized him one day, and took him round ail the royal apaitmcnls of that beautiful residence of England’s Royalty. “Mr. Delavan, bring an American friend with you, but take care it be not an Englishman”— said the Master of the Ceremonies, with gaiety. From London. Mr. Delevan went to Paris, with letters to all the great people there. In Paris there is no difficulty as regards etiquette. The King of France has frequently given private parties to Americans, and when Mr. Grieg, of Canandaigua, was there on a visit, Louie Phil- lippe gave him a month’s lodgings in the Tuillw ries. Mr. Grieg had formejdy presented a pair of boots to Louis Phillippe, when he was a vaga bond in this country, barefooted, barelegged, and almost bareheaded—so a month’s hoarding free was oniy doing one good turn for another. Mr. Delevan is now at home. A cry recently, like us, he devoted three weeks to make collec tions for the funds of the Aged and Indignant Female Society, and he made up a sum of S3OOO ■* for them. He is now opening a splendid Hard ware store at 36 Maiden Lane, besides the one now open up Broadway, where he will be glad to see customers in his line. Fobbest has made another brilliant hit in bis first appearance in Macbeth. The London Chro nicle says, it was throughout admirable, and not at all inferior to his Othello. The readings and points were new, striking and original, full of heafity and force. The audience were carried away by the personation, and forgot the actor. “ The soliloquy, in what is commonly called the dagger scene, was fully delivered, and wholly unaccompanied by any ot those violent starts which we have been in the habits of seeing. The“ air-drawn dagger” comes closely upon his vision, and excites no intensity ofhorroi till it ts seen marshalling him the way that he was going and clotted on “blade and dudgeon” with gouts of blood. Here the expression of horror was f admirable, but not more striking than, the sud den recovery of self-possession when the vision fades, and he exclaims:—“There’s no such thing !’’ The scene with Lady Macbeth, after the murder, was perhaps, the finest in the whole performance, and it would, indeed, be difficult to conceive a finer piece of acting. As he enters the hall with the bloody daggers in his band, he continues to gaze behind him, and thus approach es to where Lady Macbc.h is standing, without being aware of her presence,. She slays him by the ami, and he starts with terror in a manner that positively electrified the house. We have not seen this done before—the effect was one of the most forcible we have ever seen produced up on the stage, and it was acknowledged by sever al distinct rounds of applause. In the banque ting scene, in the scene with the w tches in the fourth act, and again throughout the whole of the fifth act, where one by one he finds his charms dissolve, until at last, wholly unmanned, he would rather fly than fight, Mr. Forrest sustained the part with extraordinary vigour. In this last act indeed the effort to be brave, the assumption of a courage not fell, was very powerfully pouitrayed, and the burst of passion when he is told that Bur nam Wood moved towards Dunisnane, was al most electrical. But is needless to point out par ticular passages where all was excellent.” People are on tip-toe to see him. He appear* nsxt in Liverpool, for six nights. GEORGIA STATE LOTTERY. For the benefit of the AUGUSTA INDEPENDENT FIRE COMPANY CLASS NO. 3.—FOR 1837 Determined by the Drawing ■ f the Virginia Stall Lottery, for VVi llsburg, Class No. 1, for 1837. . To be drawn at A LEX AN DRI A, la. on Saturday , February 4, 1837. D. S. Gregory St Ce. (successors to Yates <t Me . Intvrc,) Managers. HIGHEST PRIZE, 30,000 DOLLS. tii S A Vd> MJlSElttU* * 1 Prize of $30,000 is $30,000 1 “ 10.001) is IP,OOO I “ 6,000 is 6,000 1 “ 3,140 is 3,140 1 “ 3,000 is 3,000 1 “ 2,600 is 2,500 1 “ 2,000 is 2,000 50 “ 1000 is 50.000 20 “ 500 is 10,000 20 “ 300 is 6,000 123 “ 200 is 10,980 126 “ 100 is 12,600 122 “ 60 is 7.560 126 “ 50 is 5,000 126 “ 40 is 6,040 3864 “ 20 is 73,000 23436 “ K) is 131,300 27,814 Prizes, amounting to $436 180 SKr Tickets sll)—Shares in proportion. Kr All orders for Tickets in the above Lottery will meet prompt attention, if addressed to A. READ, Contractor mid State Agent, Augusta, Geo, , Jan 31 05 [\J EW SCHOOL.—Mr. Lunev ta'- ce this method . * informing the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity, that he will open an English School in ihs house recently occupied by Mr. Pike, for tho term of three months, lo commence on Monday the Gth February, 1337 Having been engaged in the bus!- , ness of teaching for fourteen years, ho flatters him sell he will be able to render ample salisdaction, to i Parents, guardians and pupils, and therefore respect fully sol,cits their patronage. Jun 31 25 w 3t DANCING ACADEMY.—J. C Smith,respect fully informs bis pupils and the public, thai at the expiration ol his first course of lessons in dancing, which will lake place on ihe 15th of February, he proposes to give a second course ol ins ruction, con sisting of 24 lessons in one month, each class attend ing daily ; as ho feels pursuoded, that by this means his pupils will make much greater and be enablen to retain his instruction longer, by practising once every day. Those who are favorably disposed to these views, will please make early application . at the school room. [Jan 31 25 2t % , NEGROES FOR SALE-VVilfbe sol’d ' on the first day of March next, at the late residence of Mr. Patrick H. Carnes, just above 4u i giista, all the Estate, both real and personal, of Mr*. Eliza Clayton, deceased, consisislingof 40 Negroes ’ of all descriptions, among which are some very likely Men and Women, Boys and Girls, and valuable House Servants; also Stock of various kindks ; Household and Kitchen Furniture. At the same • time will be sold the House and Plantation on which she lived, adjoining the town of Augusta, divided ; into lots of trom 15 lo 40 acres to suit purchasers.— i 'Three lots in the town of Augusta, Nos. 88, 89,90, on ihe south side and near the upper end of Broad . street. One undivided half of Ton Acres of I,and, 1 including a Dwelling House, on the Sand Hills, for i many years the summer residence of Mr. P. 11 1 Carnes. . Terms —All sums under Fifty Dollars, Cash; all , over, Notes with approved security, payable in nine , months, witn interest from date. A. S CLAYTON, Trustee, MATILDA CARNES, JOHN P. CARNES, J«n.27. 22 sw6t -'IP ROWTON !—This beautiful stallion and cele brated Racer will make bis second season in America, under the direction of Mr. F. F. H Gerow, at W. Hampton's Woodland Estate, five miles be low Columbia, and be let to Marcs at $76 the season, $l2O to insure, and one dollar to the groom ; the i money lo be paid in advance, or before the marcs are taken away. The season will commence on the first of Februa ry and end the first of Inly. Extensive rye and gr**a pastures provided for mares, and separate lota foe # such as may have young fnafe, miff mares well fed* i a 50 cents per day. Every caro wiH be taken to, guard against accidents, but no responsibility should they occur. Rowton is a good chestnut without white, fifteen.' and a hall hands high, of great bone and muscle He is a horse of the finest limbs, and most exact proportions, and after the exportation of Amplnoix was considered the most beautiful stallion in Eng land. His stock are thought very promising* and! are selling as high as Ihe gel ol any stallion in the kingdom, Ry a reference to the sporting periodi cals of the day, Rowlon's pedigree and performances may be seen, as also Ihe very high estimation in* which he is held both in England and America. N-B-—Black servants sent with mares, will he boarded gratis; having no accommodation* for while persons on the spot, they must board in Co lumbia or elsewhere tsp r The Augusta Chronicle and Georgia Courier will please copy the above six times w r eekly, and' end their accounts to this office.—Col TeUscope. Jan 3 w6t OFFICIAL DRAWING OF TUB Georgia Slate Lottery. For the benefit of the Augusta Indep't FireComp'y , CLASS NO 4, FOR 1837. 1 2 3 4 5 fi 7 8 9 It) It 12 13 14 35 18 8 20~33 15 52 53 1 47 39 44 75 3 st {HEREBY CERTIFY that the above numbers os they stand are correct, as taken from the Man ager's certificate of Ihs drawing of the Virginia Slate Lottery (or Petersburg, Class No. 1; for 1837,; drawn at Alexandria, Virginia, (January 28. And which dele .mines the fate of all the Ticket* in the above Lottery. A. READ, Agent. Jan 31 25 FOR SALE.—a Ukely young Negro woman with three children. Apply at this office this even ing. #