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MORNING NE^S. BY JOHN M. COOI*EB. T. THOMPSON, EOITOR terms: DAILT PATER $4 00 | TRI-WERKLY $0 00 All Now Advertisement* appear in both pupers. FuiHT'IVE-S I.AVES—i.MPOHI AM BtLL.— Toe Bill introduced into the U. i>. Senate by Mr. Mitsui), of.Vn., providing "for tbe more effectu al execution of the third clause of tlio set ond section of the fourth article of the Constitution o! thoUnileil Slates,’'' is ns follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of ■ Representative! of the United Stale* of Amr erica, in Cong rets assembled, That when a person held to service or labor in any Stule or Territory of tbe United States, under the !uws of such State or Tenitory, shall escajio into any . nther of the said Stutes or Territories, the per- rson to whom such service or labor may bo due, his or her agent or uttornoy, is hero by empower ed to seize or arrest suolt fugitive from service or ) labor, nodi to tuka him or her before any Judge of the Circuit or District Courts of tile United Slates, or before any Commissioner or Clerk of such Courts, or Marshal thereof, or any Post master of the United Stater, or Collector of «he Customs of the United States, residing or being within such State wherein such seizure or arrest shall be made, and upon proof to the satisfaction of such Judge, Commissioner, Clerk, Marshal, Postmaster, or Collector, as the case may ho, either by oral testimony or affidavit, tnken be fore and certified by any person uutlmrized to administer an oatli under the laws of the United States, or of any State, that the person so seized or arrested under the laws of the Slate or Terri tory from which he or she fled, owe service or labor to the person claiming him or her, it shull Ifbo the duty of such .judge, commissioner, clerk, * marshal, postmaster, or collector, to give a cer tificate thereof to such claimant, his or her agent, or attorney, which certificate shall be a sufficient warrant for tuking and removing such, fugi tive from service or labor to the State or Terri tory from which ho or she fled. Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, That when a person held to service or labor, as mentioned in the first section of this act, skull escape irum such service or labor, as therein mentioned, the person to whom, such service nr labor tuny be due, Ins or her agent, or attorney, may apply to any one of the officers of the U. Slates mimed in said section, other tbnn a Marshal of the United States, for a warrant to seize und arrest such fu gitive, anil upon utfidavit being made before stick officer (ouch.of whom, for the purposes of this act, is hereby authorized to administer an oath of affirmation) by such claimant, bis or her agent, that such person docs, under lh« laws of the State or Territory from which he or she fled, owe service or labor to such claimunt, it shall be, and ia here by, made the duty of such officer, to and hefore whom such application and affidavit is ma le, issue his warrant so any Marshal of any of the Courts of the United States to seize and arrest such uiloged fugitive, and to bring him or tier forthw ith, or on adav to be named in such warrant, Defore the officer issuing such warrant, or either of the other officers mentioned in said first section, except the Marshal to whom the said warrant is directed, which said warrant or authority the said Marshal is hereby author ised and directed in nil things to obey. 8ec. 3. And be it further enacted, That any person who shall knowingly and willingly ob struct or hinder such claimant, his agent or at torney, or any person or persons assisting him, her, or them, in so serving or arresting such fugi tive from service or labor, or shall rescue such fugitive from such claimant, his ugent or attorney, when soarrosted, pursuant to the nulhority here in given or declared, or shall aid, abet, or assist such person so owing service or labor to escape from such claimant, his agent or attorney,or shull harbor or concetti such person, after notice that he or she was a fugitive from labor, ns aforesaid, shall, for either of the shid offences, forfeit and pay tho sum of one thousand dollars, which pen alty may be recovered by, and fur the benefit, of such claimant, by action of debt in any Court proper to try tho same, saving, more-over, to the person claiming such labor or service, bin right of action for, on account of the said injuries, or cither of them. \ Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, when \ said person is seized or arrested under, and by virtue of the said warrant, by such marshal, and v-ws'ttiutl^lii before either ol the officers aforesaid, other than said marshal, it shall he the duty of such officer to proceed in the case of such person, in the same way us he is directed nnd authoized to do when such person is seized and nrrested by the person claiming him, oi by his or her a°-ent or attorney, and is brought hefore such officer under the provisions of the first section of this act. Mr. Mason has given notice that he intends to prosecute the consideration of this bill, and has desired the Judiciary Committee to report it hack t*s soon us convenient for the action of the " Senate. make thot constitution, and her citizens agreed to and adopted it- She would not knowingly withhold or violate any right secured by it to any citizen or section of the country. “Her opinions upon the subject of slavery have been known to the world from the time of the Declaration of Independence to the pres ent time. “As a membor of the Union, she is content to leave slavery where it is left by the consti tution—-that is, within the limits of those Sates where it exists.—While it is clear that Con gress has no right to pass over tho limits of a State to interfere with the institution of slave ry within it, it is equally clear that no State has the right to push the institution beyond its limits into and over the territory of tho Union where it does not exist. “Entertaining no doubt of the constitional power of Congress to exclude slavery from its own territories, and believing that, such ex clusion is demanded by the highest principles of morality and justice, she never can consent to its extension over onejfoot of territory where it now is not. If the other free States concur tcilh her in this resolution, the thing will be done, and consequences be Iqft to themselves." We italieiso the summary condusidh of the Governor's argument, n rather doubtful illus tration we think, of his excellency’s professed attachment to the Union and the Constitution- WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16. 18-V). cr Our telegraph despatch dated Charles ton, Tuesony 6, P. M., says that tho wires are down beyond that point. Consequently we have no dispatch from the north this morning. We arc making arrangements by which w.* will in future lie furnished with full, prompt und rcliuhle despatches of the commercial news. The James Arlington Bennett Affair' —Astounding Devclopement of Fraud in New York—Supposed Conspiracy to Murder, Spc. —The New York Tribune gives tho following notice of the arrest of James Arlington Ben nett, and summary of tho offence charged against him: The astounding devolopemonts of fraud and conspiracy now breaking upon the public, huve created the must iptense excitement, and one hardly knows but he may see his most intimate friends involved in the meshes of justice at any moment. Tho case of Drury, nothing of which lias yet been legally developed, still lies like an incubus upon the public mind—that of Jo seph C.. Ashley is hardly loss important—when another bomb explodes at Che Tombs, and as the smoke clears away, we behold, to our ut ter astonishment, the widely known Mormon General James Arlington Benctt indicated by the grund jury for n heuvy forgery. This man was the proprietor of a fine estate and magnificent mansion, near New Utrecht, L. I., on the Bath road. He is un Irishman of obscure birth, hut had interjected “Arlington” between his original names, and assumed to ho of noble bloud. He was formerly a teacher of bookkeeping in this city, but at the time of tho Mormo nexodus from this quarter, ho took up his staff and turned his feet towards the new Canaan at Nauvoo. James Arlington Bennett remained suffi ciently long among tho Mormon community to prove his shrewdness, for he became a General. He returned to this quarter in 1836, or there- uhouts, covered with his Mormon honors, nnd put up the mansion nt New-Utrecht. No one doubted his honesty, while tho style of his liv ing raised him above suspicion, by its evidence of the abundance of its means. His extrava gant habits, however, soon disposed of his sur plus funds, and he was forced to mortgage his property to supply liis wants. He pitched up on John Anthon, a wealthy lawyer, of this city for this transaction, and obtained from him a loan of $8,00Q on his house and grounds, at 7 f er cent. Sometime after this however, Jas. outer, Jr., a wealthy gentleman of 40 Bond street, overbid Mr. Anthon, and offered to loan Bennett at tho rate of 6 per cent. Bennett then left Anthon, and gavo a mortgage to ( Mr. Foster for $6,000, but laterly Mr.JFoster raised his interest to 7 per cent., whereupon Bennett threatened to leave him. These loans, however, did not relievo Ben nett, and it was while he was thus! flowndering in his pecuniary embarrassments that he fell in with Drury and Ashley, and became a party to many of their plans. Bennett, however, had an advantage over the other two. He lived in good odor with the world, and none would have dreamed of looking underneath his princely Btyle for the figure of a felon. It would appear from the account published in the Police Gazette, that with the help of One Eyed Thompson, Drury, Ashley, and per haps others, Bennett has been for a long time living by the most unfair means, which has fi nally resulted in his being arrested on a charge i. : An or\n * i Congress.—Clerk Elected at last.—The House of Representatives, on Friday last, af ter several days’ balloting, succeeded in re electing Mr. Campbell to the Clerkship, which was effected by a union of the Southern mem bers on the Whig candidate, irrespective of party. The subsequent balloting for Sorgeant- at-Arms was unsuccessful. Thus one step further towards an organiza tion has beep achievod. Allowing a week for the ballotings for Sergeant-at-Arms, and a week each for Chaplain, Door-Keeper, Messonger, and the other subordinate officers, a complete organization will most likely be effected some time between this and tho Dog Days. If, how ever, as much partizan spite and obstinacy is to bo exhibited in the discussion of public measures us lias characterized the proceedings thus far, it matters little to the public whether an organization is effected ut all, as but little advantage to the country can be expected from such inharmonious deliberations. Wc cannot but regard the reckless spirit of the present Congress as boding no good to the nation. The Nicaragua Affair.—Rumored Ne gotiation.—According to rite correspondent of the New York Herald, Mr. Clayton and Mr. Bttlwer hove already come to un arrangement of this knotty question, which is to be submit ted to their respective governments. By the arrangement the United States und Great Bri tain constitute themselves tho protecting pow ers of the groat enterprise to connect the two oceans, guaranteeing tho neutrality <*f the eanul to be constructed and opened through Nica ragua, under a charter from the government of that State. The writer says: Militia Election—At un election held yesteiduy at the office of Thomas Eden, Esq., for 1st Lieut., and Ensign of the 1st Bent Company, G. M., 1’. Tiernet was elected 1st Lieut., und G. G. Farrier, Jr., Ensign. Savannah Gass Company. At n meeting of the subscribers to this Com pany, held yesterduy at the .Exchange, R. Wnyne, Mayor, in the Chair, and J. R. John son, Secretary, the following gentlemen were elected officers fur the ensuing year: R. H. Griffin, President and Secretary. Directors: Charles Green, T. M. Turner, Jacob Waldburg, Solomon Cohen, Massachusetts.—Gov. Briggs on Slave- RT.—The annual Message of Gov. Briggs was delivered to the Legislature on Thursday last. On the subject of slavery, the Governor holds the following langunge: “The people of the slaveholding States deny the right of the general government to keep slavery out of its territories. In their popu lar meetings, legislative halls, and by the mouths of their representatives in Congress, some of the States declare in distinct terms that an act of Congress forbidding the intro duction of slavery into the territories of the United States will be followed by a dissolution of the Union. “On the < jher hand, the people of the free States, in the same mode of -manifesting public opinion, have made known their intention of opposing, calmly, deliberately, but firmly, the farther extension of slavery. “Do the friends of restriction claim the ex ercise of any new or unusual power? Two years before the adoption of the constitution, the Congress of the confederation, voting by States, passed the ordinance of 1787, by which slavery vvus forever excluded from all the ter ritory then belonging to the United States, northwest of the Ohio river; nut of which ter ritory, by the terms of the ordinance, not loss than three, nor more than five, new States were ta bs formed. '"‘Tbe ordinanoe of ’87 was ratified by the adoption of the constitution of the United Buttes, And, after that, by the action of the tent under the constitution in various of forging a note of $9,600 on Count Foster. The circumstances of the suspicion and arrest are curious, and seem to be a sequence of the arrest of Drury for the torpedo busines. In the course of the investigations which led to Bennett's arrest, developements were made which point strongly towards a premeditated murder of Foster by gome of the persons who are now in the hands of the law. There are other stories of transfer and trans fer of property between Bennett and his son by which the former got $8,000 from Mr. An thon on a mortgage of the premises; that to make Mr. Anthon believe the reconveyance to be all right, One-Eyed Thompson personated Bennett’s son, the latter being a minor and un- nblo to make a legal transfer of tho property on that account. . Altogether this is one of the most intricate and important cases, in connection with the Drury and Ashley operations, that have ever claimed public attention. Bennett has been committed to prison iq default of $20,000 bail — people of Massachusetts, come wliat vdviLfcf' faith fill to the constitution of the -sy. itei patriotic ffateFVnvn helped' to I Henry Clay.—The N. Y. correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer, says: In several of the print and engraving shopi around town, I see in the windows thereof, large engravings of Henry Clay, with these significant words printed underneath—“Henry Clay, and no Convention in 1852.” The meaning of this is obvious. It is apparent that it is the commencement of a plan to make Harry of the West the Whig nominee for the Presidency in 1852, by acclamation. It is rather an ingenious way of putting the ball in motion, and may be attended with success. E. Padelford,* John VV. Anderson, Francis Sorrel, The Wator. ’Ve learn that E. Padelford, Esq., declines serving on tho board of directors. State Road.—We leiirn, says the Atlanta Intelligencer, of the 11th inst., that Gen. E. R. Mills lias h.Aen removed from tho office of Superintendent and Treasurer of the State Road and Mr. Fulton, of Walker County, ap pointed in his place. The Georgia Annual Conference of the M. E. Church, South, commenced its sessions at Marietta, Ga., on Wednesday last. Bishop Andrew presiding. Tho attendance of Min isters is largo. The meetings, it v. as expected, would continue five or six days. By that Convention, the sovereign right of Nicaragua to the whole of the territory lying between tho Atlantic and Pacific oceans, em bracing both sides of the route of the propos ed canal, and the navigation lending to each end, is acknowledged and guaranteed bv the two powers; and thrown open to tho whole commercial world, under certain general con ditions. The protecting powers, even in time of war, are authorized to place tho canal in a neutral position, open to all nations, with u neutral offing on each side of the Isthmus, em bracing about two degrees of eucli of the great oceans. Within those limits, even ill a state of maritime war, no attack can be at tempted by the vegsols of one uation on those of another, but full sweep is given beyond them on cither side. Another point of great importance is, that the authority vested by the State of Nicaragua in the Canal Company is to be complete and perfeet over the rates of toll, and over the financial and commercial management of the whole line. It is also understood that the Russian gov ernment, and even the French government, may become parties, and occupy the same po sition as protective powers as the others, look ing towards the construction and use of this cunal. Mr. Bulwor gives up the Mosquito territory and Mr. Clayton gives up the free pas sage of all American ships of war through that canal, which was secured by Mr. Hise’s trety; und it is even probable that the treaty of M, Squior—the cession of Tigre Island—will be disavowed. L'if We ure indebted to a friend fi'ir a c of the Alta Csrlitbrnia.t of the 15th Novr her. Later dnt-s having been brought by t steamer, we make no extracts of the news The list of vettclt the of Sun Franc! eo gives the names of 333 vessels of all das and «U nations, of which 223 have urri' since the 1st of September. The rainy sea had set in, and fi UI ,j the remarks of the editi and Ids correspondents we ule |,ml to'ii that the weather j n those regions is clerid damp. The editor savs ;. d he Rainy .Season—Winter—Friday, 2d ut this month, (November) may he rags as the eotnmoiiconiont of the "ruinv season’ Culdornm winter, fi, r the 1349-50. GnP e - even rug ol that day, the-elond* that bed f marshal.mg forsome time before, opened tl storehouses, ami deluged the whole col in) rrorn iIihi time up to Sunday (I lth) last, it, >, rained nearly every day; mid on Tuesday nix u (bill) there was n fid; of more titan twelve * of wuter on a level, A correspondent, writing from Sacmi^ 1 City, exclaims— Ram, rain, ruin. We are assuredly g our lull quota of moisture st month earlier- i! lust year. Again the wind has charged tt> nasty N. Y., again the heavens are "wrrnf wet, and again the earth is a miserable m< bed. Rub-a-dub on the sounding roof, glovnu,, nnd cheerless without, and damp and bonutnW*?'-! within. What miserable, suicidal, de*pic« , : weather ! Since our arrival it has rained incijfe untly. 1 he streets nre deserted, or should 1$ business is alarmingly dull; and wet. suffer^ humanity may In found grouping abont in t, r drinking placet, while money, the vital sparks the life und ssul of business, is despairingly to in these rain-dropping hours, as if n- f r/w i ti itinh., — _ .. • 1 c — r " ' hag of dust in rnen-ure repaid for the »t«' rU1 ( underfoot. - Wrecks on the Florida Reef. The Key West correspondent of the Charles ton Courier has furnished that paper with “ a statement of vessels wrecked on tho Florida Reef, and also of vessels having put into tho port of Key West in distress, from the 1st of January, to the 31st of December, 1849,” from which we condense the following: Two suicides and one murder are recorded^ • The supply ol provisions for the winter is sai<| • tube short,and a great advance in prices i#< Pork,and flour were bringing apprehended $38 to $45 per l,b|'_ A bi'kgh.—Joseph ner Busted i )seph(1Urkkr, Mat--it of Fittsr t the Mayor elect of ... the city ol l’ittsbareli, was, on the dpyuf. hi*. Hailing Salvage ,y Vat. vesstl Name. from. apenr.es. and cargo. Steamer Anglo Saxon, N Y'k, ci-hr Ale,un. Phils, Brig Kobt Wain, Boston, Brig Fidelia. Georget'n, Brig C Braxtrea, Capa Ann, Ship Wm Hitchcock, N Y'k, Brig Nattaro, Phiia, Schr Burmah, Trentou, Brig T P Hart, N Or I s, Schr Kelampego, N Or'l’a, Brig Hanover, Portland, Brig Leopold O'Donnell, N O, The Alarm of Fire last night proved false. About 8J o’clock the watchman in the Ex change, whose duty it is to sound the tocsin of alarm, gave the alarm of fire, designating the 3d District. Our fire companies, ever ready to render their valuable aid in time of need, turned out in full force, and after wundering about in search of a fire, met at the corner of Bull and South Broad streets, where they came to tho conclusion that the watchman had been mistaken. He was probably deceiv ed by a reflection of light in the sky, caused by the buaring of the woods several miles South of the city. NO, NO, Surry, Maine, Yarm th, Balt, Portl'nd, Boston, Augusta, Savannah, N York, , Pictou, Halifax, Yarm’th N York, N Haven, Rrig Tasso, Propellor Eudora Brig Floreuce, Schr Iowa. Ship Alceste, Brig Centurion, Brig Freighter, Ship Moselle, Bark Nacoochee, Brig Larch, Brig S Browne, Br brig Specula, c Schr M Alice, Bark Ellen, Schr Princeton, Brig Judson, Brig M Antoinette, Antwerp, Ship Alleghany, Phiia, Brig Wetumpka, N York, Bark N W Stevens, Fr. Brig Amedee, Schr Mathew BirS, BNg kucy, Irig-Ocilia, Brig Cushnoe, Brig Ann Eliza, Brig Cushnoe, Brig Star, Ship Maryland, Bark Dumariscotta, N'castle,' Brig F Lord, N York, Schr 7rphyr, ChtFeton, Brig Sea Flower, Phiia, Schr John Roalefs, Tampa, Concert.—Mr. Guilmette gave a vocal and instrumental Concert lust evening, at the Armory Hall, which was attended by an intel ligent and respectable audience. The pieces were well performed, particularly the descrip tive song, “ The Gambler's Wife." The line, “ 01 God 1 protect my child I ” was given with an effect that caused a thrill to vibrate through every heart. In fact, it was sung as Guilmette alone can sing it. Santa Anna, the Mexican General, is, it is said, about applying to the Jamaica Legisla ture for the privilege of becoming a citizen, thereby severing every tie that binds a Mexi can to his country. t I3F A Memorial has been sent to Wash ington, praying that the nomination of Wal ter C. Maloney, as Marshall of the South ern District of Florida, be not confirmed, on the specific ground that he has excluded slave labor in the service of the U. Stutes. N York, Bordeaux S York, Camden, Camden, Augusta, Mystic, Augusta, Provid'ce, Balt, 16,000 55,000 3,200 10,000 1,400 15,000 2,750 10.000 1,700 7,000 11.340 40,000 1,600 700 8.000 5,000 1,800 18 000 800 5,000 2,800 16.000 1,600 7,000 2,000 15,000 5,900 1 ,000 6,000 12,000 1.660 5,000 7,300 60,000 300 15,1X10 4,500 12,000 1,300 20,000 900 50,000i 400 *,,000 1,100 25,000 34,300 115,000 110 3.000 10,400 36.000 5,200 26,000 2,000 1,300 10,000 20,000 8,500 100,000 2.200 32.000 18,500 100,000 2,000 10,000 3,000 30,01X1 1,900 45,1X10 3,400 70.000 2,100 22,000 2,100 30,000 7,000 22,000 3,500 6,000 22,500 140.000 3,200 8,000 3,400 25,000 1,000 5,000 2,000 15,000 2,500 6,COO $219,160 $1,305,000 Of the above vessels, four.were lost; one, the brig Florence, of Surry, was found aban doned at sea; twenty-four were ashore on va rious points of the reef. The whole amount of salvage aw arded during tho year was $127,- 879, leaving $91,160 of the amount in the abov table to bo charged to expenses. / -Ii'-r "“>) * , election, an ininati of the county jail," to Which j '. lie had been sentclm-^ for the term of 6 months, j.^’. j on the clmrgo of p.-rsisting in the use of indr-L’ ) conk and blasphemies language in the streets,: by preaching agaiist the Carbolics, after tho manner of the Mors of La Truppe. The Daily Despatch of W edirsjay, after announcing the result of the eWtun, says ; Last night the ‘barker hoys’ formed a pro - • cession and marched through the princi" I , streets, with music Hags,banners and tra r * encies- They assembled in front of the 1 Fh; and communicated the result of the olectior tp' 1 Ilarker, which of eeurse was very gratifying, jj r , m that'distinguished individual. A Washington letter states that during t present month, tho equestrian statue of Gel Jackson, in hrouit, will be completed ah placed on a gianit: pedestal, in Lafayette-np, opposite the l’reskeit's house. Tho propor tions of this statue are represented as .qplpsft, sal, and the figure is said to be thrown, w ^- very striking attitule. It differs, says t|' „ n n j 4 , in the f. ylMfr'l ter, from other equestinn statues ular of the horse liftag self poised. In that I’eter the Great, tic .horse is supported in lit* position by fastcniig i the tnil-to the pedcstaf This statue is the irRt of bronze ever made f this country, and, if'is said, will reflect gre credit on the arti-t, who is an American • < great genius, Mr. llark Mills. The work Sri, ordered by the Democratic Association £. Washington, and the Government furnished 1 the material in several pieces of cannon that were taken from the llritish at Ncw-Orleans^ Slavery Among the Oregon Indians.—A correspondent of the Tribune, writing from Fort Nisqually, Oregon, respecting the Oregon Indians, mokes the following important an nouncement : . You will probably be sutprised that slavery so generally prevails among these Indians.— This system exists among all the tribes in every portion of Oregon. I have been among the Indians^as a traveller or upon business, in most sections of this territory, and my per sonal observation confirms the statement which I have made. SdP The venerable Dr. Miller, long a dis tinguished Professor in the Theological Aetni- narr at Princeton, died on the 7th. We learn (says the Wilmington Com mercial) that the subscription required to com plete the amount necessary,to secure the appro priation of tho Legislature of South Carolina, has been mode up, by the $100,000 subscrib ed here, within the last few days. The build ing of the Manchester Road is now certain. The Cuba Expedition.—The Louisville, Ky., Chronicle publishes a very extraordinary letter from Col. Gaither, in defence of the at tempt recently made by a force under his com mand, to effect a revolution in Cuba: He states that he enlisted quietly five hun dred young Kentuckians. He justifies the enterprise as an honorable effort in behalf of Cuban liberty, but acknowledges that “mixed motives” influenced him and his companions, and for himself, he professes to be “neither a Dugald Dalgetty noi a night of LaManchn.” He compares Com. Randolph’s suppression of the expedition to Oudinot’s crushing tha Ro man Republic. Appeal of the Hungarian Refugees.— The Philadelphia papers notice the cordial reception that was given to Gen. Ujhazy, Mdle. Jagello, and the other Hungarian refugess, by the authorities and people of that city, on Friday last. They were publicly received at the Hal! of Independence, and welcomed to the city bythe Mayor in an appropriate’speech, which was responded to by Gen. Ujhazy in a feeling and patriotic address. In the evening the Hungarians were waited on by the officers of the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment, in whose behalf they were addressed by Gen. Cadwala- der. Speaking of the response of the Hunga rian chief, the North American says:— He spoke in glowing terms of Kossuth, and expressed his willingness to lay down his life if that sacrifice could bring Kossuth hither, and in safety.—His own days were numbered, hut the young and brave Kossuth might yet do much for the cause of liberty. Himself and companions were journeying to Washington t o pray our government to interfere in a diplo matic wav, for the release of their compa triots; and after an eloquent allusion to Wash- ingtqn and Lafayette, he concluded his speech- [Correspondence of the Wakulla Timtto.l Tanpa Bay, Dec. 24, 1849. Dear Sir: Get. Twiggs returned on Fr- ’■ day last from 1’eavc Creek, without having not* . ,, < the Indians expected there on the 15th inst I I 1 No cause has been assigned for their not meet- ! inghim according to previous arrangement-. Mr. Duvul, the agent, remained there two days after the General left, but none of the chiefs made their appearance. There wore nine Indi- ans there when the General left,but none oi them . authorized to hold a talk, and he did not hnve anything to says to them upon the subject of immigration. He has prohibited the Indians trading nt the Military station, or at any other place. They were desirous of having another store established for their trade but they wero,,t m refused. The Arkansas delegation are remainet ifffl ing in at l’euse Creek ; none of them havf * i gone into the nation to talk with Sain Jones.- J ' They are doubtful of how Sam would receive-/ j them. Sam Jones had one of Halleck Tustenx S uggee’s brothers shot during the lust war. lien ;itV hud been mint as a messenger from the whites. ) ' Sam did not give him time to say what ho. came fur, but hid him shot immediately, suppose he is afraid to come in while Halleck is with th ■ troops, fearing that he would bo : shot by Hriftyek foi having killed his brother. , The citizeii* are again left in doubt as to the ' J future. It is not, however, the impression * ,i ! here that the Indians will- again commence /'•■ A war. If they are not disturbed f*—-* -«**«• main within their limits. The from Tampa to India,, rivey^ co «np« ed. A line of posts wit*- th?n ^ / 8tabli ‘u from the Memtee across l^ 0 peniimuu, for 1 purpose of keeping the Indians ^ithin their’' limits. There are troops enough in the $Un . try at this time to keep them in check; butthe uncertainty of tho movements of the'Idians will prevent the citizens from going home early enV ough to make a crop next year, and th*se wbj do not got employment will leave this gcctio | of country. Yours respectfully. “ The Sons of Washington" is the title bf a new secret society instituted at Wilmington, Del., on the 1st of January. Its objects em brace the freedom of public lands; the equali ty of man; combinations to advance tho in terests of labor, as well as beneficial considera tions for those who avail themselves of the key of the order. GF A father in Providence (R, I,) seeing liis little son about to throw a stone at another lad, shook his child so that he wont into a lit and died. Ohio Democratic Convention, on 8U| &o.—A dispatch to tho Pittsburg papers, Columbus, Jan, 9tji, gives the following proceedings of the Democratic State Convr which luiely nominated Reuben Wood,, (in ernori A majority of the committee on resnbtth ported resolutions on Slavery, and the similar to this-of the Convention of Inst also in f«v°v of a h'"ne»teud exemption, now couititution. , The minority report endorsed the V. Proviso wd recommends our Senators and resentauves in Congress to secure its app to Territories. The ndnoi Ity report was rejected bv'a 17l to 84. The original resolution wi almost unanimously. admit*