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ccM&asss. 3 papc.-s,' that Mr. Cflliiun was ar- • m that assembly, still no decisive measures with w:tli that circumstance. The fact of | respect to them were resolved upon, nor are .JL- I crl it'tho ! qn.iinto-l with that circumstance. The fact of I respect to them were resolved upon Was.ti.vuToAr, December 30. participation is admitted in a loner of m^jor j they mentioned m the secret Convention con- CONdREli— k novel incid.iiit occurred i VanJcvcntcr, published in the Washington .Ga- j eluded he.ween the .Spanish American States, in ta proceed.n^s of b uli'hmse* of ro.1.1 ess. U,-.tn. t the predccessoi of the Telegraph, on the j Mr. Poinsett is ot opinion that they were j . s.erdav, an account of wh.rh w.ll be fonnil Ig.’-j of April, 1822; and the fact, tint his par i-j de.erred from ac’.ing on this subject not only in its proper place. Wo refer, of course, to j cipation was with the knowledge of Mr. Cal- j by the language of the Preside!!, ot the Un- the application of dm vice president of the U* 1 htitin, and that the contract with Mix was on- ; ted States, Inn by the inubdity oi the Mexi- ii.led S‘..i:er to the house of representatives, ^u*red in'o without the usual notice being given | can and Columbian Governments at this time f.,r an exam.nation of his conduct in a case by pubfc advertisements, was stated in ..he re- j to undertake any expensive expedition, xi I: *'c it lisa bden publicly imputuhed, an ! his port of die committee of the house of repre- j The defence of those countries formed the s iu'tlianeous declonuon. pending tlto inquiry, | scniativesupoii that subject, made at the «:lo-e mo-t importititt subject of dehhermion ittitl the to i .ke iho cht.r ot senate. , of the se.sion, and published about that hue. I offensive and .ileluiis/vo tre.ry between the V\'u admire the piutid spirit which prompted We -ball take occasion to republish the loiter j Auterican'Stattis was formed wnh a v.ew to the this upped, and respect (lie courtesy which |and report, with some observations on the suit- augmentation of their naval loiccs, as their granted i:. We liuvh mine doubt, however, | ject, in our next. We cannot, however, re* whether the precedent be not a b id one, and j (Vain from the expression of our regret that the tti tv not Iiertitfie;- put the house of lepMisentn* j subject should have been presented to congress tivet to much trouble, by causing it to lie vex- j at a time when so much and such important y inquisition* instituted upon vague or in- business is about to come before that body. For the [resent, we will only o' stillic rtn nuiiiority. We iru.*!, however, tint the inquiry, since it has been insiitii'ed, will be promptly prosecut ed, anil speed.lv ciiduJ; not doubting tiro it w 11 redound to die honor of die party impli cated.—.Y.it. Inti iliien cr. IN SENATE, Erl lay, Derrm’icr 21). Tito following letter from the Vice Presi de. i; was read by the .Secretary: T„ fie Secret cry of the Senate, Sin—11 ivintr udilre.se.!, tins morning, to the !l / iso of Ue.ne-en'.itives, a coinmunic itiou vii.vh m ty cl cm an investigation of my official cni iuct while : n he tl schargo of the thti.es of the Department of War, you will please make 1. . twit to diu Sena e, that a sense of propriety f Inis me from resulti ng mv'station till the 11 use Ins dispose ! of tins subject. J. V. CALHOUN. Wet/.,’, (j an. ii-lk Dcrtmber, l-gsi. Me. Ikuifon unde a mu.ion, tint, in order to ve tunc for the investigation alluded to in llm lo.ter, when the senate do adjourn, it tui- jo.irn until Tuesday; which wasag.eud to; and then die sen so utijo.-. tied. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Tin: vicn lutKsiDE.vr of run united states. The Speaker laid before the House the ibc low ii;j communication ' out John C. Calhoun, vice president of the United State-: The Speaker of the House if Represaitclirts, Sir.—You w.ll please lay before tlto house o- Vtv which von preside, die enclosed comintuii canon, addressed to that body.. Very respectfully, your’.*, &c. J. O. CALHOUN. To Ihe Honorable the Members of the , House of Rcpreieidalieet, An imperious fbiisc of duty, and a sacred re gard to flic* honor of the station which J occu py, compel me to approach your hotly in its high character of grand inquest of the nation. Chartres have been made against mo of the mto: serious nature, and which, if true, ought to degrade me from lie high station in which 1 li ve been placed by the choice of my fellow cu .t’.ons, and to consign my name to perpetual infuuv. In claiming the investigation of the house, I am sensible, that, under our free and happy in s' unions, die conduct of public servants is a ft.i' subject of the closest scrutiny and die freest r - f.rkt, and that a firm and fipthfal discharge of duty a (fords, ordinarily, ample protection a- gtitisf political attacks, hut when such attacks as.umo the character of impeachable offences, onJ become, in some degree, official, by being p; cod among the records, an otlicer, thus as- sa ded, however base the instrument used, if Coiixc.ous of innocence, can look for refuge on ly o the hall of the immediate representatives of the people. It is thus that I find myself in '*1 unexpectedly placed. On Wednesday morning last, it was for the. first time in ima'cd to mo, th it charges of a ve ry sonous nature against me, were lodgctl in one of the executive departments: during tiie d iv rumors from several quarters to the same e lect reached me; but the first certain info.-- matiouof Their chnrac’or, was received yester day morning, through one of the newspapers of Ihe district. It appears, from its statement, thi. I am accused of the sordid and infamous c ine of participating in the profiis of a con ic ici formed wall die government, through the department of war, while I was’ entrusted with the discharge of its duties, and that the accusa tion lias been officially presented as tho basis of an official act of the war department, and con sequently to he placed among its records, as a last.ng stigma on my character. Conscious of my entire innocence in this and every other, public act, and that 1 have fe ver been incapable, in the performance of du ly. of' be mg influenced by nny otlior motivo tit .n'u sacred regard to the public interest, and re ..lived, «s far as human effort can extend, to I voan untarnished reputation to posterity, I c . tilengo the freest invesligation of tho house, us he only means effectually to fepcl this pre meditated attack to prostrate me, by destroying forever my character. J. C. CALHOUN, Vite President of the Visited States. IFinhington, 29th December, 18Si*5. The latter having been read, and tho ques tion being put, on motion of Mr. Floyd, to re fer the communication to a select conduce, it was agreed to, with scarcely a dissenting vote, an -1. committee of seven members ordered. 0 i motion of Mr. Campbell, tho committee were oaipowcred to send for persons ami pa- K- - Monday, January 1. Tho committee appointed iu tho house of Representatives on the vice president's applica tion for an examination of his conduct while secretary of war, consists of Ms. Floyd of Vir» f inia, Mr. Wright of Ohio, Mr. Williams of ■ i- h Carolina, Mr. Campbell of Ohio, Mr. Clarke of Kentucky, Mr. Ingersoll of Contiec- t*. ,.-nd Mr. Sprague of Maiuc. In our last paper we gave the letter of the V' * president to the speaker of tho house of representatives. We this day publsh the names ol he committee appointed to investigate the .subject to which tho letter refers. The charge of a participation in the Mix contract, by ma jor Vande venter, is not new; neither is it now isorve that 'wo think the e is something in Mr. Calhoun's communication to the house of representatives very objectionable, as it is capable of being So construed, (however 'mended,) as to assign a cause and origin to this occurrence wli’ch are entirely difle eat from its true cause and origin. —Xaliunul Journal. Tur. I’aswnx on Tuyubaya Cosroanss.— In answer .o resoliit.ons from the Haase ol Representative.*, requesting inform ton rela tive to the Congress of American Nations wiiicli was held at Panama, and It s s'nce been adjourned to die last above men ioned place, the President, on tho 2.’»th lib. trail an (tod to Congress .ho following documents from the Ue- partmon of State: 1. Copy of a Despatch from Mr. Poi ise't. (No D3) under data ihe 20th Augu t, 1826, with tin.* accompanying document*. 2. An Extract ilom a Desjuuch from tho same Minister (No. 55) under the date of the 2(i.!i August, 1826, wtill the accompanying documents. 3. Copy of a despatch from the same|Min- ister, (No. 50,) under date tiie 6di September, 1826. 4. Copy of a despatch from the same Mmis- ie. , (No. 58) under date the 23d September, 1820. 5. Copy of a despatch from thesanie M.tiis- cr, (No. 59.) under date tho 4ih Octoue:, 1826. 6. Copy of a note from Mr. Salazar, under date die 20th day of November, 1820. These papers and documents contain all the information in possession of the government on the subject, which may ho compr.zed in avofy narrow compass. The following are the (acts relative to the meeting, communicated in diem; Thu Congress met ou the 22d of June last, and was composed of (lie Plenipotemiaries ol Peru, Mexico, Central America aud Colom bo. No representatives appeared frum tiie Re public of Clnli, which offered to send minis ters as soon as it should be relieved from the tv.ir of Ch'loe; Buenos Ayres had shewn no disposition to attend ; Upper Peru or Bolivia is not recognised as a republic J, die United States of tho North appointed their ministers ot whom one Imd not set out for h ■» destina tion, and the other was in Bogoti. They were to unilo and join the Assembly, to agree upon such matters as might not infringe the neutrality, which the Republic observes and wishes to observe towards Spain: and in the same situation, blit under different circumstan ces, the empire of Brazil is placed. By the I5ih July, tho Plenipotentiaries to the above four governments had concluded and igned, 1st. A treaty of union, league and per petual coiifcdciation between the four Suites represented, to which tho other powers of A- me.ica might havo an opportunity to accede within one year. 2dly, A Convention for tho reuewul of tho Great Assembly mnunlly in time of common war, (in the month of Septem ber) and bionnally during peace. 3dly, A convention winch fixes the contingent which each confederate should contribute for the common defence. 4thly. An agreement con cerning tlto employment and diiectiou of thoso contingents; und5ihly D.vers declarations tlmt the tteatics whiclr Colombia had formerly con cluded with the United Mexican Suites, Cen tral America and Peru, should be included in thoso treaties, with certain reservations. At this .period, although the labors pf the Congress were already so far advunced, the hazards occasioned by tho climate of Panatna to the Plenipotentiaries, admonished them to resolve upon a removal of tho Congress to the town of Tucubayd, near tho city of Mexico, where they expect the minister whom the Gov ernment of tho United States has resolved to send. It appears that tho address of Don Manuel Lorenzo do Piduarro to the Congress at Pa nama, which was very generally published in tho papers, Was never delivered to that Body, nor was it approved by them. And that it was protested tm.iiiist by the Delegation from Mox- ico and Colombia. The above infurraotion is contained in the oflicial Report of tiie Mexican Ministers, and in a Note from Mr. Salazar to Mr. Clay dated at Washington, 20th November last. In tho letters of Mr. Poinsett, additional information is given from winch it appears that one of the articles of agreement between the new States is, that whenever the safety of America shall require u large three to be kept on loot, the ex pense shall be defrayed by all parties. In time of peace, the Plenipotentiaries to the Cpngress at Tncubaya are to remain three months, which may be prolonged two months more: but during war they cannot leuve the territory of tho Republic in ‘ which the meet ings aro held. By an additional- article it appears that the invitation to attend the Congress is to be re newed to the neutral and friendly powers. Al.hough the present condition of tho Isl ands of Cuba and Porto Rico was considered ids of defence against the and gradually to dnmmsli must efficient in mother njun.ry, their !ai< I forces As it was understood that Mexico and Co lombia must deli ay dm expenses to be incur red iu building and equqqt n.; the proposed na val force, it is prov.ded Unit die other .Stums shall pay a coti.iiigetit for tlto put pose of sup posing u. The Agent sent to Panama by His Majesty the K.ng of tiie Ne Imil.inds lias ai/i.cd a. Mexico; but 11. B. M. Conunissioue , M . Dawkins, is ro.tii uod to England. Those gou ilenten wore not present a. die deliberation, ol die Congress. The American Plenij.o.mi- tianes*coit|nniiiieaiet! to them, from onio u time, accotnts of such of the r proceedings as were of great mteresi, or as dioy judged pr-jpui.—tlcwgid.'i. JCxtraet of a letter lo the Editors of the American Senti nel, dated WA9Ilj.VC.TON, DG .CMi.UR, 26 ll, 1826. Tim.-o ills Inn hale been uooe as yo. in Congress, up the subjects of National inipo.- lunce. Tti|) navigation w..h the Brit.sii vves. Li.i. i Colours, from wii.cli we aro now exclu ded, is a subject of much coiiversuuoii, Ini. no indication has as yet beeu given of the meas ures which the Adm lustration are preparing for Congress—ill a 0 ree dm dm uogoti itiou has been managed on our. [ran as ban iy as ll could be, and that wo would bo vo.y w.lhng now to get wha. wc could have had at ainy mo ment for tho lust four years, but u exit hi s our rulers in a very humiliating predicumen., wlieu they are seen evad tig aud siiulllaig in all the tricks of a petty diplomacy tor several years, to postpone a tinal adjustment of these m (tiers, and when tho door is closed, to s.ep forward and oiler till, and more iuu, duu the British Government hud msrsted upon—such unsteadiness weakens our government in us ne gotiations, and gives oilier nations an advan tage over us, which they could no-, obtain u any other way. The met can.tie aud agricul tural community will bo surprised .o learn, lliai wo have jeopardized, and poss.uiy lo.. forever iho trade w.tli the British Wes. India Colonies, by refusing to make any treaty stip ulation on dm subject wh.ch would not allow our ships and produce to be placed on die Same footing m ihoso colonics, with the ships aud products of Great Britain of" the Nordt Ame rican colonies—if such astipulation could have been obtained, it would h ive been very well; but the constant aud positive refusal of die British Government to agree to u, and tlm known and settled policy of all nu.ions iu giv ing a preference o thoir own slops and produc s passing from one pori to ano her of their own dominions, ought to have taught our govern ment not to endanger substantial advantages offered, by seeking after wliut they never could have expected to obt un— md our rulers now see what they might have seen long ago, v z: that wo ought to accept what wvo offered, nhsi we hud been pro.sin iy urged tosotdeby nego tiation for S or 4 ye is buL more emphatically during last year, wiiilu, as't npw appears, oar minister at London, was lef wli .lly withou. a woid of insiruc’ion on tho Subject. j— From the Mobile Register, 12/A ull. ALABAMA LEGISLATURE. The select committee to whom was referred so much of the governor’s coaununicntiun as relates to the permanent boundary between ibis State and the State of Georgia, together with the accompanying documents, have had the subject under consideration, and ask leave, to REPORT, That an attentive examination of the docu ments, including the correspondence between tho commissioners of the two states and a map of the Chattahoochie river, exccu ed by Chas, Lewis, esq. from actual survey and observa tion, under the instructions of the executive, have led the committee to the conclusion,' that the construction insisted upon by our commis sioners, is tho only just and fair intepretation of which the articles of agreement uml cess-on between the United States and Georgia is sus ceptible; nnd which was made the rule of their conduct by the resolution of tho general assem bly, under which they acted. In reporting to the senate the unanimous o- pinion of the comm.ttcc on the construction insisted upon by the commissioners on thojiart of Alabama, they cannot refva.n from express ng tho gratification they have derived from the firm but temperate course pursued and tlto con ciliatory style maintained by them throughout tho negotiation. It is however due to the Georgia commis. sioners to state that the committee have dis covered in the correspondence. nothing on their part calculated to disturb the harmony and feeling which ought to subsist between the authorit cs and people of the two states; or which forbids the hope that the equitable and amica ble proposition which the committee feci it to be their duty to report to the senate, w.ll be acceded to by the government of Georgia.— They nsk leave to submit tiie following reso lutions: Rtsolccd by the Senate and House of lie presentatires of the State of Alai.ama in gen eral assembly convened, That his excellency by tho American Plenipotentiaries at Panama; the governor be, and he is hereby,'authorized th he incompatible with the safety of those and required, to propose to the authorities of . . countries,* and the policy of subduing them by Georgia, that the permanent boundary between lor the first umo that on allegation lias appear* force formed a frequent topic of coavcrsaton, this State and the State of Georgia be estab lished on a line running from the mouth of the Wee-hat-kee Creek, in tho Chattalioochite Ri ver, direct to Nicktijack, on the Tennessee River; and if the said proposition be acceeded to, the authorities of Georgia to co-operate with those of this State in such manner as may be agreed upon, in running and marking the a- fores aid permanent boundary line. And be itfurther resolved, That —— copies of the correspondence between the commis sioners of tins State and those of Georgia, ap- po rued to determine and establish the bounda ry line between die two States, together with tiie instructions to ottr commissioners be pub lished for die use of the general assembly. ANOTHER BROKEN BANK. Our readers will perceive, from the extracts from Nasbv lie papers, til,n die Nashville Bank, whose paper lias formed the principal medium of circulation among us, lets suspended specie payments. Tins event, which we aro told, no v. gtluncc could havo foreseen or prudence guarded against, comes home to the business tiiJ bosom* of us all. It has produced a shock ho pecuniary affairs of the state hitherto un exampled. We entertain no doubt, however, from .bo evidence cxlfbited, that the bank will ultimately be able 'io meet all demands against Knoxville Tenn. Enquirer, 29th ult. [The officers of all the other Tennessee banks, b jve publ.slied statements in the papers, assuring die public that they need tin entertain any doubt ot' the solvency of the institutions over which they preside. Yeanu m & Woods, who are at the head of a pr'vjte bank :u Nashville, have published m lie Nashville and Knoxville pa pers, ha “die-r moans arefully ample to enable tiiem to continue specie payments, without iu- conveii.L-iicu; anti they pledge themselves that they w li, wi li promptness, p-ty all their notes in .specie whenever dicy may be presen.otl.” Iu iha statement which the directors of the Nashv lie Bank have published, they say all the re il p;operty owned by the Bank will be sol-i, and other measures taken .o satisfy all the hold ers of notes on lift. Bank,—that the note hold ers shall ho satisfied first, m preference to the stockholders. Luckily there arc but few Tennessee b 11s iff circulation in this section of North Carol us—Western Carolinian. From the East Florida Herald of the 2d instant. THE INDIANS. We are glad 10 have a in our power to allay the apprehensions which must have been ex cited abroad in consequeitcu of the late ou - rages. William Sun.It, esq. returned from Vo lusia oil Sunday morning, and communicates -bn; he saw auu conversed with soine of the chiefs. Theie were about one hundred Ind.- hiis codec.ed there, and all appeared to be un- dei considerable apprehension lest the difficul ties With the bad Indians would m ikti the wlti-c men enemies to them. Both' H.cks and Mico- liope h id declared their intention to be at peace. We also add the following order from gener al Her naiidez: •‘St. A gustinc,2Gth December, 1820. “Sir—Tito e.\p oas sent to the Indian A- gency, by colonel Murray, commanU.ng the second regimen , w.tti it v.ew of getting infor- tn ttion respecting the murders mid depreda tions alluded to in my orders of the 10.li msuiui, returned h.eo days ago, sttumg that .lie injury lone was such as had been reported; bu., .hit ■ho chief body of ihe'Indiuus regretted ill s e- voip, and wo.-e, iogo her wnh the most inlluen- i."d m-.-n txl die nation, ready to co-operate w. ’h the (Jiitt'ed'States’ troops in bringing the offenders to proper punishment. Under these Circums.ances, and .here h iving been no de ni m.i nude ofine for military aid, I have now :o request that you will dismiss ihe men of your command o’deiod on duly, with my tic- kuowledgrtten s for the service rendeied and promptitude writ wit ch \hoy have obeyed the cull made upon them. I atn, with much re spect, your obedient -servant, J. M. HERNANDEZ, Commanding Second brigade Florida Militia. Colonel J. Drcward, commanding ilh Reg’l F. M." r Prom Havana.—By the schooner Lovely Kez.'ith, captain M'WiUia a, arrived yesterday, we received from our attentive correspondent, regular files of the Havana papers to the 28ih ultimo,, inclusive: Woloa’rn by this arrival, that the ship Can ton, arrived at Havana, was boarded oil’ Capo An.onio, from Commodore Porter’s squadron, from Mexico, consisting of a 64 gun ship, a sloop pi war, and two brigs, on a Cruise. An embargo had beeu l,tid upon all vessels iu the port Of Havana, for four or five days, in consequence of the ubove inlbimatiou.— Charleston Courier, 8th instant. Accounts from nil quarters represent the re cent cold weather to exceed any thing of tho kind experienced for some years past.—ib. THE CANAL. This work is going on bravely—the force at present engaged on it is four hundred.and eigh ty-seven laborers, which will, we understand, be increased in a day or two, by an addition of one hundred more. The following inform ation, lrom an authentic source, shows the state of ihe work on the 1st instant: Thirty-eight chains of- the canal are com pleted, between the Great-and Little.Ogee- chie, commencing at Camp Clinton and ex tending towards the latter su eam. The embankment at tliu Little Ogeechie is progressing, and the puddle ditch completed. Thirteen chains of the canal dtp bottomed between the L tt|e Ogeechie and Habersham’s Swamp, and several chains will be completed by the lOdi instant. T lie embankment on the north side of Haber- sham’* Swamp, has been commenced. The culvert for this Swamp is prepared, and will be immediately put down. The number of cu bic yards removed from tho puddle ditches and canal between this point and, Curvoise’s Back water is nine thousand, and is nearly equal to twenty chains of common cutting. Workmen are employed in preparin'' the culvert for Harden’s Swamp, “ Tho tide level commencing at Twiggs’ w| lltf I and extending to th6 Augusta road, fifty."’I chains iu length, will be completed by th j(ul instant. The tide pit for the lock on Sa V5l . I nah river, is. half completed.—Savannah />,*■ publican, 9th instant. TIIE SMALL POX. We observe, by the New York and Ptoj, I dclphia papers, that tho small pox has niijj its appearance in both thoso cities. In N e> l York, says the Times of Wednesday, a C0D J munication was received by tho Comni t ,| Council on Monday, from the Superintend;.,I of the Alins House, urging that more room bJ appropriated in that building for small pox py. 1 tients, a great number of whom are now siql (here, and the accommodations not suflia^l for those who arc daily coming in. | In Philadelphia, we perceive by the protlJ ■nation of the President of the Board of Healql that this disease has been brought to that cinl from New York.—Baltimore Chronicle, -B Dr. Joseph Kent has been unanimously re.1 elected governor of Maryland; and Josis|l Quincy has been re-elected mayor of Boston. SINGULAR PRESERVATION. A few day ago a very amusing and ’some;] what dangerous occurrence took place at j small circus in the Bowery, in which thereit an exhibition of wild beasts, such as elephants, tigers, lions, &c. The keeper of the collet, tion one day went to dinner, as usual, under thi •impression that his four footed actors wet» quite snug in their cages.—It was not so. Tin cage that contained a tiger and a tigress, wat in a state of decrepitude so that the ferociom couple boko loo to. If tho keeper was total his beef steak, Mr. and Mrs. Tiger thoueh* they ought to havo something fresh too. Ac. cordingly, being free as air they cast their eyes] round the habitation, as a gormnndiser in 3 cook-shop and so selected a film foreign tin* mal, called the lama, on which to. dine upon, At the approach of tho tigering couple th# poor lama'got scared and s»t up a grun.. It would not do. One of the tiger family _ havo tiger fun Ties elsewhere) sprung a;’h;i throat, brought lt-m down, and tupped his jit. gttlar vein in a twinkling. Hcio both the ani mals sipped away with great pcrsev^reuce, a fast and as cordial as the collier and his wife bung over a cider barrel in New Jersey which they- soon emptied of its contents. The heart of the poor Lima was soon drunk dry by then wo feline topeis. In the meantime the keeper had finished .hit dinner, and drank his-gloss and was puffing & way at the but end of a Spanish segar when lie 1 entered and found the worst that bad been go ing on. He was alarmed at first but his per*, sonal courage did not ooze him away; as Acre, > did in tlto play. He ventured into .lie tint with a noose to fling over the heads of the two ferocious ammals, while they were sucking out ‘.lie last drop of blood from the poor lam.,— Tho tigress -fintsh.ng her repast sooner . Iiaii her mate, turned round while the keepen was in the act of catching them, .md mane pre parations .0 spiing upon linn -i. die s .nio Way hat a cat does wiien she sees a mouse. Tin’ keeper felt -he danger of his situation nut vri.h great presence of in.ud, lie nude a retreat he ll ltd li s’elephant, who from the oilier side of he circus, was looking ou the sceno wiiligte.it composure- Tiie ngi oss did not loiego tier in; on . She made a spring at the keeper past die elephant, but just at ibis moment, the sa gacious an.mil observing it would seem, -tho danger,of his keeper,lot out h.s mink with tint celerity of an arrow frflm the now apd puttied the tigress lo the farther, end of the circus. A wonderful hurly butly was uow kickednp. All the monkies and baOoous scampered up- the rafters, and the glaring eyes of dto urn aged -tigress struck dread into .he whole except ihe ele phant, who folded up li s trunk wall lioutiiOis af ter iho foot, and .he l.ou who sat mins cageoaks hips like a dog, looked on wall great dignity rml composure. The keeper now run out irom be hind tiie elephant, and approaching his truiiii, uttered certain words, winch die sagacious ani mal understands with so much correctness. The elephant unrolled Ins trunk, the keeper gut a- stride, and in a moment was elevated to, the back of his preserver, - Lithe meantime the tigress had recovered from tho toss she had got, a’ltd m.tdo new pre parations to spnng upon the keeper who was up on the back of the elephant, who saw and took proboscis measures. Again tho tigress sprang upon him, and again the elephant interposed, his trunk and tossed tlto tigress, a second limo' to tlto farthest extremity of the circus. ..The pitch wounded the side of the tigress, and find ing there was no use in trying further to tup tho jngular of the keepor, site sneaked iuto bet cage with what she had got. While this business was going on, the tiger himself had begun to look round & sec what fun could he picked up. On rtusiug lus head from the lama, the first thing that struck hi® was the lion sitting in his cage with groat dig nity and unconcern. , The tiger showed I® ’noth, tiie lion lightly shook his iuauo. 'I/ 9 tiger drew back oil his hind legs to make* spring, the lion rose up wnh dignity anu shot fire from his eyes: tho tiger sprung at th® cage .with great fury, lot'cmg one of his claw* in between two of tlte-hars, and at ibe sun* instant the lion made u grab at the tigers foie* foot, caught it firmly L-etwcon his tusks, [mik'd • bo whole leg into the cage und held hnn ib#t* until the keeper saw the opportunity, fiuug bint* self from the back of the elephant, ruu With hi* noose to the tiger and secured him m a moment. After this was accomplished, the lion gem- rously let go his hold, and the keeper dragged the oiherto his cage and secured them both -' And thus by a singular train of circumstance*, in which the instinct and trunk of the elephant; no less than the teeth and temper of the Lor, bore a conspicuous part, did the poor keeper g«* rescued from the jan& of tho tiger and tigress* The whole affair lias been the table talk of th 9 Bowery for the last week, and we now rc- cord it in the Advocate for tho amusement ot tiie children, and great grand children of th* nextgeuerauun.—A’. JF. JVat. Ado. Dtc.l*-