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M A C © N G E O It 0 14 TELEGRAPH. From the St. Francisrille, (La.) Journal. THE INTENDED REBELLION. The attention of Northern Abolitionists is rc- jficsicil Id tlie plain ttuvaruishei account of iho pr ice, dings of our fellow-citizens of East Feli cia uni, in suppressing the intended servile rebci- Jion, and mast: re of the inhabitants, oil the 25th December. Such will he the fate of evefy lik. Attemiit in Lousi.mn. . Wha, after reading this account, can wonder at the Executive Commit toe ol East .Feliciana, should offer a reward *>f $50,01)0 for Arthur Tttppan, the prime mover oi t|io intended .massacreI Again we say. unless tbos ■ men desist, the two 'I'appatis, Gcrrit. Smith, L ‘P i i>u aud Bimey, will lind thomselves in ’h*- Jnttds of tho b'xeciitive Cotnniittco of East Pc- iicima, list; orders of tho New-York Suit. that wo shall dgjfBt i; :>m t arrying men to summary OJjfs'uti n, to 'h -contrary notwithstanding. The reran Providential discovery of an insur rectionary plot iu tho Parish of tho’East Felici- nua, and the subsequent proceedings thereon of tho inhabitants of that Parish, will necessarily at tract universal attention. With u view, there fore, of sendiug abroad correct iufnrmatiou on tha subject, the following statement of facts have hem authoritatively drawn up and subiuil- ed for publication. Mr. Philip Kit h.mlsou, a rcqtectahlo planter of the Parish, and who resides about four miles front tho towu of Jackson, is the owner, among a number of other slaves, of a negro girl, who has always evinced a strong attachment to Mr. It. nud his famdy. On Thursday last, the 24th insl. this girl voluntarily made such communications loiter master..ns induced him to believe, that tome of his own slaves, in conjunction with oth ers, and sumo white men, had in contemplation a plot to rite upon the whites, murder them, and sack tho country/- .Mr. Richardson immediately eximined his negroes, and thereby porfectlv con vinced lum.clf of the truth of the girl's communi cations. lie lost ii i time iu setting out for Jack- sou, where uc undo known the circumstances which it id transpired, and solicited assistance to arrest the conspirators. A posse of geutlemai accordingly assembled, and proceeding to the plant itious of Mr Richardson and others, sue ceeded in securing all the negroes implicated, a- inouutiiig to eighteen, and two white men, also concerned. The names of these while men, were Juntos Williams and Robert Nesmith The prisoners were all brought to Jackson, where they were coufmril iu the church, kept se parate, and not allow.d to speak together, aud strictly guarded through the night. On the next morning. Friday the25th, a gene ral meeting of the citizens of tho parish took place in the College Chapel, which was attended by almost every inhabitaut. The meting, after appointing a chairman aud secretary, took into consideration the mode in which this serious mat ter should tie investigated, and I lie manner in which the prisoners should lie fairly tried. After due dcliheratiou, it was unanimously resolved, that a jury ot thirteen citizens should ho chosen, w ho sli mid proceed to the exapiinatioo of the evidence, find a verdict of gniliy oruot guilty, on the accused, pass a judgment accoidmgly, aud see that judgment carried into effect, \ccoid- iugly, thirteen of the most experienced and re spectable citizens were selected by the meeting, who, afier choosing their foreman and secretary, proceeded forthtvith to hold a public investigation of the whole matter. Mr. Philip Richardson was examined. lie testified that his attention was first called to the subject by. his daughter, on the 22d of December, Tuesday, who repealed, to him some remarks raado confidentially to her hy tha negro girl be fore alluded to. Alarmed, hy the intelligence, he questioned tht* girl, who. after some hesitation, told him that the negroes intended to riso at Christmas, to kill him and other white men, and that his hoy Sain was one of tho ringleaders.— That some white men were also engaged iu the plot, and that she had got her iuforiuuiion by o- vorheariug the negroes talk about it. dr. *Kicb<- ardsoii then examined some of his negro men. but they deiiied all knowledge of tho matter. lit .subsequently got them all together, with the exception of Sam. nud telling them that Sam had confessed, advised them to come out aud tell the truth about the matter, for that they wore all criminated. They then acknowledged that it they were to •tfier white people, and that the hoy Sam was cue of the loa ders iu the plot. James Williams, a white man, was next exam ined, separately, and out of the hearing of the rest of the prisoners. 1 le testified that about three or four weeks ago he had entered iuto a plot with tho -uegro boy Sam and several other uegrocs, whim lie named, together with so mu white men, whom he also named ; whose object was to col lect as large a force as possible, proceed to Jaciv- so i, murder tho, white inhabitants, aud /oh the stores. They were ihcu to push oi: to St. Fran- cisvillc, collect forces on the road, and lake that fair u. If succc sf-.l there, they wore to proceed quickly on to some wilderness country ‘icar Tex as, and wc.re to furnish ihe negroes with fiee pa pers at that place. They were to spare such of the white fcmalos as were likely, and take them a'ong as wives. Williams further elated that they had held several meetings with the negroes or» this subject, at which he had attended, aud where their plans were talked over. He also designated the spo* where soino of tho meetings were held, and staled tho lime agreed uposi rising, to be the present Chris'.-ne* holidays. Tltcnegro hoy Sam. belonging to .Mr. Richard son, was then brought in and .examined in flic same manner. This boy fully corroborated the statements of W illintns, ns to the existence of a plot among them, to tire nud murder the while people, staling tho time fixed upon .to ho this GhrLtma*, and that white men were c-ugag> d in the plot. Ho also stated that he and Williams had consulted together on the subject, and that lie had attended the meetings at which Williams was present, . Negro hoy Nelson, belonging to Mr. Robert iMuOsoii wap next examined. Ho fully corrobo rated the statements of Williams and Sam. The statements of Willhins. Sam aud Nelson ware funher confirmed on the ex a min n lion of nrgro linuo and others, all taken before the pub lic separately, nud opt of tin* hearing of one a- notber, as lias been before slated. Having gotten through with nil the testimony, iho jury retired, and after a long, aud careful aud serious deliberation, came to the following con clusion. That James William-: and negro hoy Sam, arc guilty of engaging iu a plot lo raise an insurrec tion in this parish, and to murder its white inhab itants, Whereupon judgment of death was pro nounced upon the said James Williams and ne gro buy Sam. Several negroes were also found guilty of being privy to the plot, in a greater or le-is degree*, and were srotcurcd to iie whipped. Kobeit Nesmith nud the rest uf-lhe nccuscd were acquitted. On tin: following day,'Saturday, De cember 26, preebely at 12 o’clock, M. tho sen tence of ih Jury was carried into effec.t, by the sheriff appointed by that body. wlic*i June- Wil Inms nmi negro boy Sam were both hung hy the neck till they were dead. Theptini-hmem of whipping was also indicted Upon the' negroes condemned, agreeably to this '-sememe. /row the Vie iork Courier _ LATEII & IMPORTANT PROM FRANCE ARIUyAL OF OUR CHARGE D’ AF FAIRES. The packet ship Albany, Captain Jobnsou, arri- v ’ R d last night. She sailed on die 3d ultimo, Mr. Barton our late Charge d’ Affaires iu Paris has returned in her. . - . The dates'reached us by this conveyance arc of the 1st from Paris, 2d from Havre* ami 30ib November from London, We make full extracts The character of tho neivs so far as it relates to French affair*.will wc think, he considered elusive as regards the payment of the stipulated indemnity. All questmu a3 to the intention of l* ranee on that subject, must now he removed : and the most sceptical can no longer doubt, tha she is determined not to do us justice withou having some apology from our Executive. Itoi] Jy remaini for us therefore, to resort to a noni tercoursc; and iffor so doing, France should ven ture upon a declaration of war, we must abide t le consequences. now estimated, nrnouul to 24,000 hales of all kiuds, agaiust 148,000. the estimated stock this time last year; of American, 134.000, against 97,000 bales. As wo are gettiug down to low the stocks of all kmds of Cottou in tho ports at the end of 1629 amount to about 290.000 Dales’, of which 107.000 American; and at the end of 1831, tho stock was, estimated at 275,000, of which 154,000 were American, and the prices of Upland Cottou during these two years, were generally from 4} aud 5d to 6gd per ll>. and if the crop iu the U. S. be as large as now repre sented hy some of the late accouuis, the above con- facts ought not to be lost sight of by tlic shippers of Cotton. JLatest from Texas. New Orleans, Jau. 4 On Sunday. December 20, four schooners, the Pensylvania. Camanche, America, and Santiago, arrived at Valasco, having on hoard about 220 volunteers iu the cause of liberty, from the State ... , , of Georgia. They immediately iulisted as a por- \\ e deprecate as sincerely ps t iou „j- ,| ie p ennauent volunteer corps, and elect- any one possibly cau. a war with France : hut if she will tint comply with her solemn treaty slip i- latious, we are prcpareil to urge upon our Re >- resntutives in Congress the prompt declaration at a non intercourse.—This much is due to oursil- ves. to onr national honor and to (ho necessity which exists for every nation to.cause i.self to lie respected abroad. The consequences, wldit- cvcr they may be weshou d lie prepated to nifccl with unanimity, aud under a full couvictiou dial however indiscreet were the rccommciidatiouf of our Executive iu his Message of'34, there exists unjust cause fur tho contumely and iusult which France has endeavoured to heap upon us. ; When we originally and exch sivciy announced the refusal of the French Ministry to pay the in demnity. and the intended retnru of Mr. Barton, our motives were impugned, or hy the more chari table, we were pronounced croakers. What is the position of affairs now!-Mr. Barton is in Niw York—Mr. Pageol on the eve of departure lV hut all parties in France proclaiming “ apology .Makau, with bad a good many of his sheep lost, ernbed, or seized, or impounded, or taken away by ‘Trig Now, *• Prig"’ made no secret of his doiugs, and did not purloin hut took «>pr-uly what he did take. prices again, it may not be improper to state that still it was not less true that Smiths lost his sheep cd Wm. Ward their 1st Mujor, W. Wadsworth, Captain of the Columbus volunteers, Uriah J- Bullock, Cnptaiu of tho Macou volunteers, and James C. Wynn, Captain of the Georgia rifle men. _ Volunteers from various States arc hourly ar riving by the different land routes, and in a short time there will he a fotce sufficient iu Texas to carry tho war, if uecessary, cveu to fhe walls of Mexico. Aud. on the morning of tho present new yev r * the national armed vessel of Texas, “Liberty,’.’ met in tho river near Fort Jackson, the steam boat Yellowstouc, hound lor Texas, with more than 100 volunteers ou hoard. An iuterchange of salutations, cheers and artillery took place, which was truly animating. Siucc tho galling and unconstitutional oppression attempted to he practised upon ’*'exas lias been made known, the sympathies existing between freemen have been developed in a degree hitherto unknown. Vol- was understood among them, that the riso on Christinas, to kill him and at France—all diplomatic intercourse between tho. unteew are iushiugmto Texas from every sectiou two countries suspended—nut only the Ministry, [^jhis Union. ~1’ALL OFdSAN ANTONIO. This ever to he remembered event, took plate on Thursuay, Dec. 10th. On the Saturday pre vious (the 5th.) 300 of the colonial troops enter ed the town under the couimaud of Col. llenj. R. Milam. They could not at first get possession of the public square owing to the walls aud ditches across the mouths of the streets, each of which was likewise defended by two pieces of artillery, aud in consequence of this, they occupied some buildiugs aud tops of houses adjacent- Here they remniued hattliug unceasingly night aud day, until \\ eduesdity, the (ith. when they forced their way into the square aud drove the enemy across the river iutu their fort calleddbo “ Almo.” In these relative situations the battle contiuued uutil Thursday 10th, when the enemy capitula ted. MURDER IN CINCINNATI, fsp.ac McGuire, n hatter, was .hot through ihe breast on the 21st December, iu Cincinnati, b\ Charier F. Gedncy, n Watchman. .McGuire win had a g*-iidge against Gedncy, nttempwd to strik** hi:n oil meeting, when Gcduoy drew a pistol itr. i «sbot Fim. JJc -die*! « few Jiours af- Xfl*. nr war”—and finally. Vice Admiral fifteen sail oftlic lino and a;propriiouate number of frigates and smaller vessels of War, at this mo ment in our neighborhood as a “fleet of observa tion!” If we croaked when wc cautioned our merchants against confiding in the dies of peace, snrh croakings onld at least do no liaiin ; but how different the reflection <>f those who. \ ieldhig to the wishes of the public rather than their owu sense of right, wickedly aided in eoiitiiiuiug a delusion whteh can only he productive of evil. Another change in :he Portuguese Ministry has t tkcii place, and >otno accounts from Lisbon speak iu disparaging terms of tha conduct of the youog Queen. It is stated, though not in an nuthcutic form, tint Iviug Otho had been com pelled to quit Greece, aud that the country was in a state of an ireliy. From the Journal of Havre, of 2d Dec. Vice Admiral Mack iu has recently been ap pointed to the command ol our West India Station, and the Govemient of .Martinique. This is an appointment of which we hasten to ex press our approbation, aud which, iu our opiuiou, indicates ntmo than all that has boon said hereto fore. on the late and unfortunate niisuudcrstati ding which lias arisen betweeu Fiance and the United Sates. No one is aware of the mariritjie importance ou. little sugar i-lamis of Mnrituique amt Guade loupe would acquire in caso of a war with North America, as roads for the anchorage of prizes, and as places for the victualling ami refilling of our cruizers. These two colonies, together wtih the little Archipelago des Saiutes, will possess a degree of utility which the Chamber of Deputies alone of ail the people of France,appears not eveu to have understood, The admirable roadstead, nud fine national harbor of Fcrl Royal, may he compared in a maritime point of view, with the most perfect 1,1,1 ports in Europe, and situated ns it is, at the en trance of the Carrihhentt sea, is perhaps one of those of which all Europe envies our pos session* The reputation which the brave admiral Mac- kau Ins lately ncqui ed iu the West Indies, during his long resilience as commander of our Station in those latitudes, will contribute, we hope, not a .little to render easy to him the new service to whii-h lie bis been appointed, through the eottfi deuce reposed in him by the .Minister of the Marine, who is well aware how greatly a service such as this, will require the efforts and good will of tho inhabitants of our colonies. Monsieur de Mac- knu, young as he is for the elevatedstatiou whiich he holds ia our marine, will bo fully equal, wc have no doubt, to all tho oxigeuccs of tho active duly he has just taken upon himself To bring into play the resources which our two West In dia colonies are able tonfiordio us in time of war, a leader must lie popular, vigilant, and ex p.-ri; tired, ami in these three points of view Mon;. dc .Mackau is the best person government could have selected under rirrauistauces, by which our witulwnrd Islands may li>* required to protect once more the seas that surround them from those formidable privateers, which during the late war, rendered she resistance of our cnier- pri>ing colonics so happily conspicuous. I.ivkiifool Market, Dec 4. We continue to have a very fl.it market for cot- toif. vvitli unsteady prices, the extreme qualities of ffljj* 1 and interior American are much depres sed" iho lai,‘ 4 ' r having '»ccn sold at jd to Id uudor tho’ rates or lust week; the middling qualities have been little affected ,ha „ u l' 1 ,b ’ speculators havo taken 2. **0 bales of the lower class of American, and cxpo!L' rs , American ami 100 Sunil. Theie was f<«r*vtn. 1 Bd^iuto the coutrrj Inst monili, without being hroagu* ou t,us market here. l5t)0 hales of Atii.-rienii for expo.”'* The import this week arc 21.176 bags, aud sales aro 6,070, viz : 8,670 Bowed, 6} to lid; 3,700 New Orleans,6d to 12d; 19:30 Alabama, &c. Ga to lUJd, &c. &c Dee. 5.—Our cotton market is still laboring un der tho b/d cfl'ects "of the I a to .accounts from A- mcricn. Big Crop is riding us line anight mare. The trade, seeing nil increased anxiety to sell, seem slid more firmly determined nut to huv, hut as compelled hy their wants : the consequence is easily told, our market is lower. The sales nl the week include 8870 Upland. 6} to lid; 3790 Orleans 7j n 12,22 at 12^; 1930 Tennessee and Mobile 6 a 10*- Speculators took about 2l09 hales American— export buyers, about 400 do. We reduce our qiMtaiianstn square, ns near as we can. with the general business doing, hut some forced sales have been made nt a much greater reduction—the fal ling olT in price has been chiefly felt in the higher and lower qualities. Tennessc. for example, has been sold vivid per lb. and new Upiauds at stilt lower p&M^, than loose of last week—there is lit float market of this description which will com mand over !0d per ll>. jflK Tho apprehension of war^^^vecu America and France, should it bcewiWWtronger, may for a moment steady, nr possibly improve the prices of cotton ; Knt this appreheusiuu, otice removed again, nud the belief in a large crop kept up, we mutt have low prices in spito of every thing.- - Let the trade feci assured th.it there will be plenty of cotto'i, nud they will continue the system which tiny arc now pursuing, and which tlt.-y have found to so well answer their purpose. The imports of all surts of cottou into th< Kingdom during the last II months, amount t< I1 ,<W0. against 834.U'k). received dutiuu lic it, tine time in 1834. and of American, the receip.s h ive bccu721,0l)0, against 695,690 bales. The stocks in the ports of the Kingdom, as 15v the capitulation upwards of 1000 yielded to less than 300. The town itself was surrendered with 20 pieces of brass artillery, 1900 I’ouiids of of powder, hall, grape and cauislcr, with the pub lic stores of every description. Tho glorious conquest was achieved, with a loss on the part of tho conquerors of only 3 kill ed aud 30 wounded, while the loss of the enemy iu killed, is variously estimated at from 60 to 150. But the joy of tho triumph was sadly diminish ed by the circumstance that the brave .Milam, the dauntless leader of the storm, was nittnbcrcU uiuug the slaiu. lie fell by a hall through his head while fearlessly animating Ills men to victo ry. Long! long will Texas and the frieuds of liberty remember and lament his fate. Amtng the gallant hand who stormed the town were more than 100 voluutcers from the United States.— The New Orleans Grays aud Blues constituted a great majority of the^e, and the remainder were from different parts of the State of Missis sippi. The u hole of them w*cre among the first nid foremost where the battle raged hottest; aud displayed throughout the undaunted bravery of disciplined regulars, CINCINNATI. (Ohio,) Dec.29, TtxasVol- unlerrs.—\\e understand that fifty-two volun teers feont this city, Newport- nud Coviuztou, will depart from the steamboat lauding nt 10 o’ clock this i. ortiing, unde/ the commaud|ofCup- tain Sidney Sherman, for the Texiau army. * FRANCE. We lay before onr readers a paper on tho pre sent attitude of France towards this country, from the pen of a statesman, fnmilar with our foreign relations—familai with the ethics which the powers of Europe are accustomed to adopt in their transactions with us, and who may, therefore, anticipate truly the designs of France iu Ihe present juncture. If he does—and the in dications in tho Frcuch ports in the French prints strongly corroborate his bodings of coining events, to what accountability will those be held, who, iu the last Congress, denied all menus of pie- pnratiui) against the threatened storm ? who de feated even the regular annual appropriation for the gradual completion nud armament of the fortifications which have been for years ill pro gress ? The three millions would have put our navj iu a state of equipment—and the strong points of defence to our most important harbors, would have been rendered impregnable to the sudden attempts of even that wellprepared power, which it seems the Frcuch Gnvcriim rut have not lost a moment, during our long period of false security, aud inactivity, to make as foruiitinbie as possible. And wili tho Representatives of the American people now remain supine, and waste months in deliberation, when every hour should he preparation ? Tho immediate represenalivos of the people, whose appropriations of the last year were nullified in the Senate, hy the intrigues u f the managers of the majority there, will soon iutpvjs? i;p on that body the responsibility of aciin*' uotf'* •he subject, under the accumulated weight o? consl'^rations arising out of tho delin quency of the last /ear. and the greatly increased exigency of die present. - Clobe. THE DISPUTE vi'JTH FRANCE. The London Courier has a t*?mely Jtccouiit or our quarrel with France, from a PdriJ eorrt'Mwtn* dent, which shows that the *-cal stato ot' ihe m- fnir is well understood abroad—that commb'U sense and common honesty is not altogether ban ished from refined Europe hy the subtleties of hollow-hearted diplomacy. The correspondent o! the London priut, tells truth iu a story of com mon life, where alone it can lie seen iu its true, light. It wns iu that way Judge White’s old friend last year before the electots of Tpuuessee, took his case out of politics that he might explain himself without prejudice. He told the story I the IIkllwetueu Alice—the pet, lie was com pelled to nhuudun because he had taken up with rotten sheep. The sheep story of tho Loudon Fourier is of as easy application—Washington Globe. Once upon a time (as tho children say) there was a niati named Stulihs, who had a good many •beep of his own. and ho let his sheep go a feed ing on the hills, nud on the commons, which were called sheep walks, aud where he had a right to lei them run if ho though: fit. for these sheep walks arc public property. And there was nno- 'lertiiau named “ Prig,” who had a good many -beep too, and he let his sheep go ou tho same sheep walks, nud feed and run with the sheep ol ■luhbs. But ns they were not the only farmers who had their sheep on the hills and on >ito cotn- tnoas, it came to pass, in process of time, that quarrels arose between “ Prig’.’ mid other shep herds, and iu the course of the quarrels, Stubbs and that lie had uothi**g at nil, in truth and in fact, to do with the quarrels of “Prig” and the shepherds, which gave rise to the loss of his sheep. And so ivhen the quarrels of “ Prig” and the shepherd were all settled, Mr. Stubbs said to “ Prig,” I have ajsinnll account to settle wth you for the sheep you took of mine during your late qunrrcls wijh the shepherds. But “Prig” drove off the settlement of the acconui from year to year till he died, and so left the matter unsettled. But Stubbs was not to bo defeated by death, and so ho addressed himself to the next of ki t of Prig,” and said “your relative owed me a large urn of money for sheep he took of mine, aud as pu inherit all his property, you - must pay his :hts.” To this demand “Prig's” successors adc a good many objections, but at last, after vernl years of negotiation, i* was finally agreed I, that Stubbs should receive 100/ fot the sheep hicb ** Png” had origiually taken, and which e bona fide owed for. But wheu the moment . ante to pay tile money, these great-great-great jitep-nephews of ** Prig” insisted upon it that Ktubh’s grand children"(for Stubbs had died too) ^hould declare that “Prig” and all his descendants were all honorable men. aud that they had never meant to •• Prig” the sheep and not to pay for them; hut, that Master Prig aud all bis family were the very pink of honor and honesty.— Stubbs’s grand children, if they bad not beeu complete dolts and idiots, would certaiuly have gratified “Prig’s” great-great-step-nephews with sufh a declaration , for though, if Prig and Stubbs »>*! themselves beeu living, it would have beeu tary difficult to have got the latter to make such a declaration to the former, after so many years o| refusal to pay; yet really, when Prig and his scitis. and Stubbs and his sous, were long since (Ktid anil buried, it was the stupidest thiug in tho world, when 100/ was in the case, to mahe ma ny words, or pick many bones about a certifi cate for the honotof the family. Yet so it was. that Stubbs’s grand-children wore very rich, and would not gratify Prig’s great-great-step^nophews by such a declaration. So the 100/ was uoi paid; and the parties would have got from v ords to blow*, aud from blows to serious injuries, and perhaps, loss of life, hut for the intervention-of a good honest neighbor named Mr. Bull Now Mr. Bull said to Prig’s great-great-step-nephews, nud to the grand children of Stubbs, “ Listen to me my frienus; what matte 1 * is it to you wheth er the moon be or be not made of cream cheese ?” And they all answered “ No matter at all.”— “ Nor. my friends, can it he any matter to you, whether your master. Prig, or your ancestor. Stubbs, were or were not the most honest men in the universe. You. the step-nephews of Prig, arc nil honorable men ; and you, tho grandsons of Stubbs, you are the same. The oue claim no more than is due, and the other pay tlijit which their a net stor owed. Do not, then, trouble yout- selvcs about hese matters, but shake hands and he good friends.” So Mr. Bull succeeded, and the “Prigs” aud the “Stubbses” wcie good frieuds and neighbors through many generations. - And now ray Lord Palmerston, here is the case in poiut. Do you be John Giill. Tak« hold of susceptible Franco with one hand, aud of “ Yan kee Doodle” with the other, and say to the for mer, America never doubted your honor, and to the latter. Franco had never any inientiou of rob bmg or insulting you. I know you both. Dade, Captain Gardner, aud Lieuteuanis Bas- singer, Mudge, Hendeisoo and Kean, and Dr- Gatiiu, were dispatched on the 23d ull. .to join Gen. Clinch at Fort King. By the repoits of three survivors who airived about a week after wards. all tvouuded. intelligence was brought of the destruction of the whole detaebmeut by the Indians The account th**y give is, that about 8 o’clock on the morning of the 28ih, they were attacked hy an overwhclmuing number of Indians—Ma jor Dade was shot immediately—Capt. Frasee rode forward and was also cut down.—the re mainder maintained the contest for an hour, uu til they were reduced to about thirty in number. The liidiaus then retired, and the survivors, al most all wounded, th r ew up a slight breastwork. ’ r he Indians retuined to the attack at eleven o’ clock, and completed the slaughter of the wlioh corps. The three survivors who reached Tampa Bay, after travelling sixty miles through the woods, add, that the uegroes rushed iu aud butch ered the wouu ’ed. . They describe the conduct of the uoblc fellows who perished, in the highest degree gallant.— They obeyed every order, anil stood their ground to the last. The fight was so close that the In dians cut them down with knives, and they were obliged to throw away their gnus, or strike with the huts. Major Bolton i3 at Tampa Bay, expecting an attack, with two hundred men, well prepared with blockhouses and stockades. It is sail! to bo barely possible that Captain Gardner escaped. '■"ol. Twiggs has chartered the Merchants at N. Orleans, to take thcU. S. troops there, toTanipa Bay.—Mobile Reg. Natchez, Nov, 24.—Horrible—This morning as a negro man was ieading two chained hears through the court yard to the Mississippi Hotel, kept in this place by Mr. Barker, a mulatto wo man from the kitchen imprudently took her little boy out to sec the animals, and allowed him to go uc-ar them. One of the bears immcdiatly seized the child in bispa tvs sinking his claws into the child’s abdomen, threw him on the grouud, and began, with frigtfu! avidity, to feed itpou his carcass. The shrieks of the frantic mother; who true to nature, had thrown hereelfupon the pros trate body of her child, and was vainly endeavor ing to unclasp the murderous jaws of the boast, brought in a moment to the spot the keeper of the Hotel and a number of gentleiQcn, lodgers there :—and an attempt was made to rescue the hoy by striking th • bear with the head of a corn hoe. But the rapacious animal heeded them not and continued his deathly feast !>v sticking the blond from a bite in the arm when most provi- dcntidly. the other bear was instigated, probably hy tho smell of the fresh wounds, to contest the banquet. A battle ensued be'weeu them, which afforded an opportunity of snatching away the child, and also diverted tliem both from a fresh attack of anyone else. At. that instant fire arms were brought, and two or three deadly aims incapacitated each of them fur further mischief. Dr. Dashcll was called to tlie child and promptly dressed his wniinhs. He will probably recover. MACON: Thursday, January be handed in at an early day. 1 ’™’" 1 ’ 1 atlcmio >‘, li, f l °U Nick; has sent us a letter tor • is. too salty however for the present*' - ■ - u 0] f‘g.. a year hence it may do. Let On another subject, his Lk ’ IC * ’■J be acceptable—his wit quite the thin^ The intelligence from Florida of the most disastrous character. \ t, 0be Indians, with a desperation anti fero^' 1 ,f cedeiited, are burning, destroying n 1!lt J ,‘“ i>rt ' within their reach. Nothing short of"^ 5 nation wc fear will quiet these ruthless savages. * *4 The Macon Volunteers and the r.i!,|, c we understand have tendered their i Gov. Schley, to march to Florida at r *1° warning. We hope their example ro8v 7“7'‘ wed hy a sufficient, number, to act dccisiv-1 efficiently, in quelling these disturbs! ^ Slices. CONGRESS. SE.IIINOLE WAR! the provi- Exlrncts from a letter received by yesterday’s mail from St. Augustine, describing the alarming state of the Indian war,—“We have another se rious dauger to appreheud, which is the scarcity of provisions. The whole of the neighboring country people have flocked to town, and left their corn aud <>iovisious,-n htch nre all destroy ed ; at least 220 to 250 country negroes to he fed; the few horses and companies out have to get all their supplies from here, and we have only the schoouer S. S. Mills <u the trade, now to Charles ton, and her trips are so long that our supplier brought last trip, are nearly gone, any articles, such as hard bread and pork tire not to be get; .even now, pur butchers cannot go in the country for beef, and the mest of our fishermen tire uoiv on night guard ; we have not a vessel of any kind now in port by which we could esc .pe if it 'should become uecessary, the road between this and Bico’ata is occupied hy the Indians, nud no doubt till intercourse between this and Jackson ville and Pablo will he cut off.”—Savannah Geor gian. THE SEMfNOLES. The committee of citizens iutrusted with tho duty of offering assistance to our fellow citizens of Florida, have, siuec the receipt of more unfa vorable advices from that quarter, acted i» the most prompt manner, mid early this morning, the steam boat John Stoney, which was chartered hy tho committee, left here, having on board company of United States’ Troops, and pi sions mentioned in yesterday’s paper. The troops are under the command of Capt. Porter, and ore accompanied by our young towns man Dr. James Berncy, who was engaged to act as Surgeon.' It is to lie hoped that tho force now despatch ed, will be sufficient to check the rava’gcs ol the liidiaus, but should further nid bo deemed neces sary, we should follow the noble example of our sister city. SavnuiiaR. and send our volunteers, without delay, to assist iu driving the .Savages from the Territory—Char Courier. I'-Uh insl. Charleston. Jan. 14. Major Williams who arrived here on Tuesday evening, gives a must deplorable account of the stato of affairs in Florida. He states that the plantation of Spriug Garden, owned by Col. Rees, of this ritnte. has been laid waste hy the Indians, the Sugar Works and buildings of all description having been burned, and the negroes, iimtiuntiug to upwards of 160, taken nvny Mr. A. Forrester, formerly of this city, who resided nt Spring Garden, left there previous to the destruc tion of the plantation, and bad joined tho com pnuy of in* tinted volunteers stationed at Tomo- ka- Dr. Tucker, of Georgia, off*red his services as a volunteer, and proceeded to St. Augustine, in the John Sloney, which left here at two o’clock yesterday morning. Wc have been shewn a letter from Gen. Her urmttc-2- dated St. Augustine, January 7th, from which vve ^take the following extracts:—“1 re lumed yesterday fron > Augusta, and am sorry to say that the Indians i.avoJaid waste most of tho settlements South of the TomMta. Mr. Depoy- ster’s sugar works And oilier hu.'ldiifgs upon tho place were burned, and all his negrocii ctiiTteu off. At Col. Dummetl’s, they destroyed every at Role HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Thu&sdav. Jau. 7, 1836. As soon as the Journal was read, Mr. Adams rose and said he wished, hy per mission of-die House, input a question to the ho i< rablc Chairman if the Committee ou For eign Affairs. Nr. A. said he found iu a paper 6. this morning a stoteineiit in relation to an inter ruption of otar commerce wijh Mexico. [Mr. A. here rca*t tho statement which is contained in the National Intelligencer of this morning.] The question which ho meant to ask was this—whe ther the Committee on Foreign Relations had re ceived any official communication on the subject of tile relations, political or commercial, between the Unitod States and the government of .Mexi co? The article he had read, he said, wa the grounds on which he had founded this question, and he put it now because he perceived a motion would be made to adjourn over to Monday next. If tln-rc had UQt been a communication made he presumed there would be one from the Executive, itefo. / tnat time. Mr..Mason, of Virginia, said, iu rcply, that the Committee on Foreign Affairs had received no communication from the State Department, on the subject of -the relations of the United Stales with Mexico, whether comm rcial or political— and that they had no information on the subject, other than that contained in the Message of the President of the United States, delivered nt the commencement of this session. Having sect) a statement in a morning iter s a- perof yesterday’s date, founded on a coir.mercii.l letter, that the arbitrary measure nllud.-d to by the gentleman from Massachusetts, lind been a- dopted, by the Mexican Government, lie (Mr. Mason) hud called at the State D-payment, a d was informed that no iuteliigeuc na.i bee.i t<.- ceived ou that subject. Mr. M. bad no uoubi that, if the rumor proved to be true, information would be promptly communicated to Ctmgrc-s. Mr. Adams said, Re had nothing further :o in quire of tho Committee on Foreign Affairs, hut he gave notice, that unless a coinuiuAicttiion was made by the Executive between -his find Monday uuxt. ho should submit a proposition oil the sub ject to the House ou that day.*' Correspondence of the jllallumore Patriot. Washington; D c. 28. 1235. T t was gootl to he ht the 1 louse of Represen tatives to day.—A» fdr the ,Senate, I understand they*did some little business iu ll)e way of recei ving petition.! fill'd then went iuto the .considera tion of Executive, closed-dour affairs. But the House—tho House! A Lout 20 minutes before* 12 o’clock, wheu the members of the House were parading tho loobies, conversing, writing, redding newspapers, and so forth and so on, a Quaker Lady iu the Gallery, of the IKcksite order, commenced a plaintive exhorta tion iu wcich she conjured all particularly more than any otic in particular, to mind and take heed of tfr*ir ways. Her voice had the effect to erente quia* a sensation. Tito members who were under the Gallery in the lobby, hearing a Lady’s vtjjca in the llbii. rushed hack among their seats target a sight of the fair expounder of biblical law. Borne had their cyo glasses in quirk requi sition ; all the bachelors seerac 1 wonderfully delighted; nud the nullificrs caught every word as it fell, in order no doubt to ascertain if one of the Northern female abolitionists had uoi come to instruct Congt'ifs in propria persona upon their duty. Some said tac fair preacher- and she had a fair face—was the celebrated Harriet Livermore I Hnnicdiately wcnt from the floor of the House, up into the Gallery to ascertain the fact, for I formerly knew Harriet, and had some curiosity ^ to see her again. When I got there I found it of furniture, and attempted to hunt the house, hut | was not that Lady. Mr. Uarr, the Door-keeper More Indian Murders ! New, arrived i u *,*„ yesterday of two men being killed in H^er by a party of 40 or 50 Creek Indians, and ' ral others wounded. We have uni ti particulars. It thus appears as though the Creeks and «. mmoles were acting in concert in their^ava warfare. ' ;t Co. seve. !1C to state did not succeed—the fire whs communicated tho floor of the house, but put out alter the In dians left it. Mr. Dmihain’s inrge house was burnt. Mr. Samuel Williams’ dwelling house was also Irtirut, hut not his sugar house, ns the com was in it. Previous to the burning of Wil liams’ house, they proceeded to Major Heriot’s plantation, burnt his sugar and dwelling houses, nud took away all his uegroes. Every planta tion to the soul’ll of .Mr. Burlotv’s, hits beeu eith er desitoycd or nbntidoued. INDIAN MAS-ACRE. By letters received in this city by the morning|s mail via of Now Orleans, from Tampa Ray— dated January 1st. we have accounts of the mas sacre of a largo number, of U. Stntcs’ troops, of that place, by iho -u tninole Iudtaus. A detneh- ivits trying to have her desist. Some of the mom- horn hcloiv, however, told him to let her go on aud as the “ spirit moved” she did “go on,” un til exhaustion canted her to adjourn. The National Intelligencer of tho 31st ti’iitno says—“ Besides other miutiunlions hy the Pres- ilcut of the United States, now said to be before the Senate, is that of Amos Kendall to be Post Master General, and James C. Pickett, to he Fourth Auditor of the Treasury.” Tennessee.—TJie Legislature of Tennessee has appropriated the itamlsomo sunt of $3,600,000, for general purposes of internal improvement— $600,000 of which is to be applied to the location of the Memphis and Jackson Rail lload, and $300,000, to the Atlantic Rail Rom!, from Mem- men t of 100 men, under the direction of Major phis to Charleston S, C« Cotton .Uarhci. Advices from Liverpool to .| le 7th Dec.nuke mention of a fall in the cotton in rket ,,f j,j ? r lb. This has produced a correspond;,,, (!((| ^ here. The market has beeu dull, and trensac- tions limited, ranging from 10 to 13y cents. Accident—Ou Wednesday, lj |, i nsti t young lad about ten years old, r,f ,h fi cf Robertson, (whose father is antor.g i|„ )Se joined the Texas patriots.) was a,rush*.- hinjjf on the Comm, ns wi h fire arms, hi, clothes,- aP .h afire, and burnt his face, .breast nod arna ' shocking manner. When found, he wasuearit naked, and almost exhausted. Ij e w.ts brought to his distressed mother, and placed under the care of a physician ; aud hopes are entertiioed of his recovery. THE MAILS. Great irregularity exists in the mails. Scarce ly a week elapses, that wc do not receive com plaints from subscribers, of not getting their pa pers regularly. Some of tlic Mail Routes are very* bn illy ana,* ged ; it is a week or leu days he for- die .'.Lcoa p-tpers cau reach a post office 60 miles distant,it* oil from the great Eastern or Western lontn; aud longer to.get an ausiver therefrom, than from Boston! i’hi^ is ruinous to the couture. ar..l unjust-towards our citizens. It places it in the power of speculators, by taking advantage of the t;ise or fail of cotton, to receive all the licnc. fit of the phi liter's labor, aud to aggrandize them selves at the expense of the community. Nor arc the citizens oi" remote villages thcoa- ly oncs that suffer inconvenience by the irregn- larily of the mails. The merchants of Matts h iV6 their Share. Daily papers from Wushu:;- t *uLily or New York aro of tint little use: u frequently we arc several days without recei ving any ; and Uieu get half a dozen at a time— This is owing to ibj vast number of newspap 1 that overload the mails, and the occasional lea'* iug of .i hug behind to accommodate passes; -stilt Statesmen are endeavoring to alioiish qewspnpcr postage altogether ! They inigittss weil.abolish the mails—for such u measure wouW h tve the effect to render them useless. They are already sufficiently uncertain. It is u mistake tosuppose that abolishing news* paper postage > oulct aid the cause of li'eratML oi promote the diffusion of intelligence. It weak' h ive a contrary effect. It would he no advant age to the great hotly of editors and printers**" most of whom would he sacrificed to build otic or two large c>tahlLhmcnis, where labor h cheap. I; would he no benefit to .the cdt:'J Ir T* because every town and village is liciu'Stud by having a press of its .own. If tve had a voice*® the subject, we should say. that iustead <>f Bie postage, where newspapers go out uf t! 10 State, it should ho increased. We ate glad to see by the following. •!“ u ” General Post office Department is looking t- 10 " buses. Let it put the screics to defaulters a ^ l ' times, and wc will ensure the punctual dc.**^ of the mails. Post Orrtci: iLki'actjik.'*t. ? January 5, 1836. . ) . Ordered, That the following flues be i' n P on Gilbert I.ongstreet. contractor on routes • • 2,295 aud 2,358, Ictwecu Augusta aud *-** nali, viz: * B , 1 ■ A fine uf twenty fivo dollars for f schedule of arrival nt Savannah, in AuS n ’ n it horn ,'iuthorily from this Department* . 2. Forty dollars for failure to dcli v(T m ' ’ i;jt due time, on the 21st, 23d, and 23th < • • * aud the 23d November, 1835. at $ava««»»* for delivering them wet ou the ’-'4th and ~c. veutber, 1835. . . , -i 3 «r Twenty dollars for leaving ,i! *' ’• in the streets of Jacksonlroruug 3 night uiglit of the Is; and 2nd November. . , p-il 4. Twenty dollars for nor delivering on ilm 4th November. 1333. ot *" Carolina. EASTERN MAJL. I1e A report from an agent of uwro*\ partmOut in Philadelphia, dated 5tb ll1 ’ ’ that that eight canvass hag* of new*paper’, ^],; C U morning left nt the Post Office in •m 11 : ’ fl lled£* slionjd have gone South, the contra* ' wJ( goa. mg 9^ they could not got them 1 c3[ ri This is titi excuse. The con|f* r * ,.. he re* die whole mail, and they will uudcu*' * -j fjO, qnired to do itl They have l:cc ' , al ,di»* which, wc understand, will he re P ra jjkoe** creased, so long as a single bag or pa|* ingly left behind*—Wof' ^lobc. [a