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9 _ A € O it GEOBOIi TELEGRAPH. CO-Sfo»*»jb8S« |N OHWl'^y Tujsiujay; Jail 12, 1&3*>. SURPLUS REVKNl&.reB iNK SiUCK,& NAI 'i ON A jFDJSP E N GE. Tho following re&liiu .o submitted j-e«er<Ui> by Mr. BENTON', was taken up for consider^ Don • v Jie&olved. That the t-urplus revenue of (bn 1 .ailed Estates, ami the divjiieutis of slock reuit Lie from tho Bunk of the United Slates, ought;« be sot apart, and applied to tbe general deleuciL and permanent security of ibe . ouuiry. Tha; Jhe President be requested to cause ibe ."enure it be informed, 1, i'bc probable amount that would be n- e& *nry for foitifyiug tbe lake, maritime, and giu. frontier of the United States, and such points oi tbe laud frontier as may require permanent forti fications. 2, The probable amount (but would be neces sary to cousti act an . adequate amount of armo ries and ar-tcu tlsiu the United Stales, and to sup ply tbo Slates with field artillery, especially brass Held pieces, for ther militia, aud with side arms .amt pistols tor their cavalry. 3, tbe probable amount that wuulJ bo neccs sary to supply the United States with tbe ord nance, arms ruU amaiuuitious of war, which a p oper regard to self-defence would requite to be always ou bund. 4, ( be probable amount that would be neces sary to place the naval defences of the United States (inc.udiitg the iucrease of the navy, uavy yards, duck yards, and steum or floating batteries) upou the footing of streugtb aud respectability which is due to tbe security .-.ud to tbo w elfare of the Union. The resolution having been read, Air, Itciiton rose, and said that the objects contemplated by it were of a general ami permanent n ature, and required attention without regard to existing cir cumstances. To place itself in a state of defeuco was tho duty of all (outlines, w hich „csired to preserve heir independence, or to lire with bo nor. The United States were nut in a state of defeuco. uud it wat their duty to attend to th it object. The present time w as tbe proper time. Th* public debt was paid, a large surplus reveu U ; ' was accumulating ami the couu'ry was every way prosperous. Pro) .s acre devis d to dj tri bute these surpluses among the s-i aus; but lie Was in favor oi tc.Uttg them apart, aud dedica tiug them to tile defeece of the Unioi. Former ly, and by a law as old as the tiepuhiic, these sur- plusse3 were all set apar>, aud constituted a sep arate fund, called the sinking find, and inviolably applied to the sacred purpo,e of ex anguishing tbe natiounl debt. By tins me u, th ■ debt has been paid. He was for reviewing aud co.itiuumg this policy, with a change of object, from the debt to tbe defences of the Uniou, and would wi-h to see all the surplus revcuue take that direction, until the country was as secure from receiving as it is averse from offering otfeuco. It would require all the surplusses, aud mauy years of exertion to accomplish tbe object. Air. B. repeated, !::s motion was for objects of a general aud pennaueut character, and lie felt it th> be bis duty to make it, without regard to im peudiug events, aud to extriusic circumstances. Bui there were events ami circumstances w hich should give einpuasis tojiis motion and stimulate its immediate adoption. A French flee* of sixty vessels of war, to be followed by sixty more, now iu commission, approaches our ceast! aud ap proaches it for the avowed purpose of observing our conduct iu relation to France'! It is styled in tlje French papers, a squadron of observation: and wo arc sufficiently acquainted with the mil tary vocabul ry of France, to know what th it phrase tneaus. iu the days of the great Einpc- rur t wo wijre accustomed lt> seo (he armies which demolished Empires at a olow, wear that pacific title up to thr momeut that ;he blow was ready to bo struck. These great ariuie, assembled ou the frontiers of Empires, gave emphasis to ue gotianun, and crushed what resisted. A squad ron of oiiscrvstiou, then, is a squadion of iiititp idatiou first, aud of attack eventually! aud uoih mg could be tnoic paljiuole than that such was tbe character ol the sq^aurou in question, ft loaves tbs Freuen coast colemp .raucously with the departure of our diplomattc agent, and the assembling of our Congress; it arrives upou our const the very inoinciit we have to vote upon Fretjeb • flairs, and it takes a posit jo) upon our soutberu border—that border, above all others, on which ive arc, at this time, peculiarly sensitive to hostile approach What bave we don#, continued Mr. B. to draw this squadron upon us / iVe have done uo wrong to b mice l we are in.iking no preparations a- gaiust her, aud uoi oven ordinary .preparations for general and permanent security. Well ve irea ties, and are executing them, even tbe treaty h t she does uot execute! We have been executing that treaty for five years, aud may say h iw. b .vc paid France as much under it as wc have in vaiu demanded from h r. as tho first instalment r.f the indemnity; not in fact by ta< mg money (•Ut of our treasury and delivering n to her, bui, what is better for her, uumciy, leaving her ow n money in her own hands, in the s tape of dimiu- tshod duties upou hyr wines, as provided fm in this same treaty which we execute-aud which slit* doc4 uot. Iii (hit way France ha* gained one oi .two millions of dollars from us, besides the ea couragemeut of her wiue trade. On the article of silk sno is also gaining money from us iu the same way, uot by treaty, out by Jaw. Ou- d«s- crimiu itiug duties in tavorof silk, from this sale tnu Capo of Good Hope, operate almost eutircl) m her l .vor. Our great supplies of silk are from C raucc, Euglaud aud Chiua. Iu ten sears', amt ti color it <g A, n.g as :ut*g as we were insight.*— i then saw me American Frigate Constitution, towed by two steamboats, on her way to ,Ncw- V'urk; as soon as,l cross d her. 1 saluted her Comuio ore with thirteeu guns, which ue immt- diaq-Iy retnruoJ, gun for gun. ’. Mi. ti. icsliuuug, saul thus w as the report made '>• the Fr m b Government, ny a French officer. ■tier .no tiseol the la t session of Congress, and : t r the departure of Mona, gerrurier: aud how . » it received in the Chamber of Deputies, to •' inch it was communicated J He, Air. ii. would snow uue example ol thcuianuer in which It w-ij received, and lor that purpose, would read a par agraph from the speech ut ibe deputy. Mens, de ICance. “ Gentlemen, we should put oil one side of the tribune the twenty-five milhous, on the other the sword of Fiance. When the Americans see ibis good long 6Word, this very loug sivord, gentle men, (Im - it struck down every thing from Lisbon to .Moscow.) they will perhaps recollect wh.it it did fur the independence of their country ; they will perhaps, too, refleet upou what it could do to support aud aveugc tbe houor and diguity of France, when outraged by an ungrateful people. (Cries of, wc.l said.) Believe me, gentlemen, they would sooner touch your moucy than darn to touch your sword; and for your tweuty-fivc millions, they will bring you buck the satisfactory receipt, which it is youi duty to exact. (Great approbation from the exirtmities-J Another Deputy. Alous. Fleury, de Cbabnulon, allowed himrelf to discourse thus: •• The insult frotujFrcsideul Jickson comes from himsell only. This is more evident, from the to fusai of the Americau Congress to concur with him in it. The French Chamber, by interfering, would lender tbe affair more serious, and make the iirraugeineut more difficult and eveu danger ous. Let u> put the case to ourselves. Suppose the United States bad taken part with General Jackson, we should have had to demand satisfac tion, uor from him, but from the United States, and iusteaii of now talking about negotiation, we should have had to make appropriations for a war, and to cutrust to our heroes of Navarino and Algiers, the task ol teaching the Amerians, thai France knows the way to Washington as well as England.’ This was the language of the Deputies, and it was thus received with applauses, aud that six weety after the rise of our Cougr. ss, which had shown itself pacific, and two weeks after the re port cf tbe captain of tbe frigate D’Assas, attes ting tlie fiieudship of our fecliegs, aud the readi- uess of our ollieers to salute, with honor, the flag ol France. Aud this language was uot only re ceived with applause in the Chamber, but it bus be. n acted upon by tbe Freuch Government.— Two royal ordinances have appeared iu the Mzn- iteur, under date of the 2d of December last; and under these oidiuauccs. Admiral Alakau is to take command of the “ squadron of observa tion,” w hieh was immediately to proceed to tbo West Indies; and tbe Constitution^. which is the druii-utfirial paper of the Government. and uear- ly equal ut authority to the Moniteur, af.er sta ting bat the measure was warranted by the ac- tu-i state of tbe difficulties -, v 'nij the United fit .to. goes on 1.1 • applaud th govrrnmint for thus preparing, long before hand, and concentra ting the power in the hands of one u-hc is firm, and cap.ole of using it to ud vantage when necessa ry Thus the language ot {lie Deputies, aud tbe conduct of the Government correspond ; and tbe fleet must now be approaching our coast, winch bears that long sword, at tbe sight of which our terrified hearts and faltering tougues. must de liver me satisfactory answer which Freuch chi valry exacts! Air. B. said, he had never spoken uukiudly of tbe French nation, neither iu his place here as Senator, nor iu his private capacity elsewhere.— Born since tbe American devolution, bred up iu habitual affection for the French name, coming upou the stage oflife wheu the glories of the Ke- p.mbeand ibe Empire were filling the win Id and d .sznDit tbe imagination, politically connected with We party winch a few years ago. was called F each, his bo.oui bad glowed wirb admiration for tb. i gre -i people, aud youthful aflectiou had r.pcucd into manly friendship. Ho would not now per.nuhiinseli to speak uukiudly, much less to us.-epithets; outlie would not avoid fixing his inentiou upou the reason assigned in tbe Cousti luiiuue! fm the nrcseOt auVAdce m' me " euvn -quauron upou us. That reason is this, *•Ameri- I ELSO.S, his Secretary. iu tbe biil fur fortifications, and in addition to the two sums «.! ijilliu Iwu. each heretofore re- comtuemied by the committee tone inserted in the saia bill for fortifications, uud the uriiininotit thereof, the further sum of five hundred thousand dollars be recommended to bo iu.-erted therein, for the repair, completion aud ccuitruclion of foi- tincauoiis, and to piovide tbo necessary, arma ment therefor. Aud tbe committee iiaveAlirect ed their chairutau to move aa amoudtueurpcCof- diugly, at the proper time, u> the foriificatiou ap ’ propriuliua hill.”. The motion was made iu the Senate (u insert this appropriation of SoUO.lKKJ. The sense ij( the Senate was so clearly against it, that fie, Air. B. did not press it, uor eali for a division: It was rejected when offered, aud thus the Senate, sumodeys before they objected to the three mil lions as being too large aud general, had rejected a much smaller appropriation, aud one that was specific. Tbe third act of tlie Senate which Mr. II. brought forward to establish the responsibility of tbe Senate for ibe present condition or tbe coiuw try, and the consequent visit of the Freuch fleet, was the fact of laying ou the (able, and refusing eveu to consider a resolution which he brought forward about the middle of February, calling on tbe i’resideut for plans and estimates tor tbe gen eral and pcrmaiieut defence of the country by sea and laud, it was all for plans and estimates aud probable amounts of surplus revenue with the solo view o the defence of the country ; yet it w.is laid upou tbe table by the vote of die ma jority, and upou tbe motiun of un opposition Se nator; aud of all tbe acts of the Senate it seem-, ed to him to be the ono which went further in showing the indisposition of this body to provide for the defence ol the country. It w as uot mere ly a refusal to apply tnouey, but a refusal to have iuforinati.ni by which moucy could be applied, and that while making it aslamliug topic of re proach that the President had uot furnished plans and e-timates. 1 be fourth circumstai ce ou which Mr. B. rc- demanded as an equivalent of a pecuniary con sideration. Does France desire only a decla ration that wc had uo intention to obtain our rights by an address to her tears rather titan to her justice I She has already had it, fraukiy 6c. explicitly given by our Minister, accredited to her Government, ms act ratified fay me, and ->ny confirmation of it ofitcialiy communicated by him iu his letter to the French Minister oi Foreign Allairs, of the 25th ol Ajrnt, i odd, and Repeated by my published approval of that let ter alter the passage of the biil of indemnifica tion.- Does France want a degrading, servile repetition oi this act, in terms which site shall dictate, aud which v/iil involve an acknowledg ment of her assumed right to interierein our do mestic councils I She will never obtain it. The spirit of tlie American people, [thedigiiity of the Legislature, and the firm resolve or the Exec utive Government forbid it. ‘As the answer of the French IVIiuister to our Charee d’Aftaiirs at' Parh* contains an allusion to anetter addressed by him to the representa tive ol^France at this place^ it now becomes proper to lay before you the correspondence had between that functionary and the Secre tary of State, relative to that letter, and to ac company the same with such explanations as poiuted. The Government of I<,„ ucp ibuy change their detcrmiuatioa, will’ BBleo uer :ms message as sufficient. \V„ have ri C ° Dsi ' cleariy prescribed by tbe Duke de tirocl , Bl * which, aud upon w hich alone, the (•-,.? *? tJ I'°# crnmeia w ill consent to nm.nl. . ;,u l . 11 f 'uv. “ “ “ "—J’ , ernnieut will consent to comply wiih is ot - e laithlul perlormance of which by us mey amt pay tho five millions of ambus to o - e to this day enjoying many important com- fellow-citizens. Specula.ion w „ ow “ Ut kWItiwl ll.4<Oinl..>r<\.- r Ph« I'lnilrlo -tlli! .1 I **L- ... L . ^ (Qfl countries is suspended—a state of things origi nating m an unreasonable susceptibility' on the part ol the French Government, and rendered necessary on our part by their refusal to per form engagements contained in a treaty, from the are merctai advantages. i The clouds'and darkness which have ***• It is iiiue that this unequal position of affairs -bis quest on have vanisheo. It w Ul) ^ S " v ' r should cease, and that legislative action should vtear as a sun beam, l'he money n,|| ° be brought to sustain Executive exertion in such S:l ^ s , e or S au * the 1 reucb Loy t ,- um tv p,.,„ tmless the Goveiutneut of the Uuiteo .v,-, i 1 * measures astne case requires. Wniie Fiance aU(J;ess1ts , litIlUf offici-ll i(1 ““M persists in her refusal to comply witn the terms act , )mpailieU by what appeared to h. ’ ot a treaty, the object of which was, by remo- believed would appear to the whole Am b# ving all cause of mutual complaint, to renew • people, without distinction of party, tube”*** ancient feelings of friendship, and to unite the grading apology. Tbe striking peculiarity two nations in the bonds of amity,and of a mu- , case, tlie one which ho would undertake to tually beneficial commerce, she cannot justly > distinguished it from any other case which had /. complain if we adopt xucli peaceful remedies ^^ e „ rn f t,in ‘ ;S ’ ,n ,h ,? ,nl, r rcourse bet« Kll .ii e r r j .i_ r • . „ „<■ tudepeudent nations, was, that the very I-.- . as the law ot nat.ons and the circumstance, Q f lhis , wcre dictated to the America the case may authoaise and demand. Of the ; verument by the French Secretary f or f “ nature of these remedies, I have heretofore A flairs. One of these terms was, that it 1,^° had occasion to speak, and, in reference to a vei entered into ihe intention, prune, the tho particular contiugency, to express my convic- of this Government to call iu qiicsnou therlL tion' that reprisals would be best adapted to tlie f ;i ' l h of the Government of France, emergency then contemplated- Sinca that pe- But the french Government proceed still fu. riod, France, by all the departments of her 1 , cr ‘, ^ l>ou lh . e *' cfu ® al to tnaKe this apology, Government, Itas acknowledged the validity of | , )e mJd^ouw't.ev^ 1 ^ madelthey^reT our claim, and the obligations ot the treaty, comein to leave the question where it iheu will enable you to understand the course of the _ _ ^ ^ n ^ Executive iu regard to it. Recurring to the and has appropriated the moneys whiclt are ne- They have giveu us nonce, Fu "advance,'flat ti * historical statement made at the commenccm’t' ecssary to its execution; and though payment w iil consider our refusal to make this degrauiu^ of your session, of the origin and progress of. is withheld on grounds vitally important to our: apology, an evidence ti.at trie misuuderstandiut our difficulties with France, it will be recollec- • existence as an independent nation, it is not to di«i uot proceed ou our part from mere error aud ted that, on the return of our Minister to the U. be believed that she can have determined per-i ,n,stake - States, 1 caused my official approval of the manently to retain a position so utterly inde- [ - “ V‘ ,u ' t J 1 , 111 ?* 6 , to e3t . ,>ress the feel- explanations be had given to the French Mint- fcnsible Iu the altered state of the questions , ii|g lhese lc[ters cf , he Duke do J}ro(iil P c ul « r ' stor of Foreign Allairs, to be made public.— in controAeasy, and under all existing circum-j ost siucerely, most ardently uid he hope, “hTi As the French Government had noticed the stances, it appears to me that, until such a de-j tbe French Government, wheu this m’essar inessage without its being officially coinmunic- termination shall have become evident, it will | reached them, if not before, might lecou-i^ ated, it was not doubted that, if they weredis- he proper and sufficient to retaliate her pres- j their determination, and that all our difficulties lied to show that the Seuale w as espnnsible for | posed to pay the money due to us, they would ent refusal to comply with her engagements, might yet pass away. But their lauguagt is notv the preseut naked and defenceless conditiou of ■ notice any public explanation of the Goverum the country, auu for tbo humiliation to which we of the United States in the same way. But contrary to these well founded expectations, ports. Between this and the interdiction of all the French Ministry did not take this fair op- commercial intercourse, or other remedies, you, portunity to relieve themselves from their un- as the representatives of the people, must de- tortunatc position, and to do justice to the U. termine. I recommend the former in the pre- States. j sent posture of our allairs, as being the least Whilst, however, the Government of the U. injurious to our commerce, and as attended with Jd ent relusal to comply with her engagements,: miguiyct pass away, dui tneir lauguagt isuow i’t by prohibiting tho introduction of French prod- ! £ ,ear ’ spvctfic, mcapable of ambiguity or doubt. lt , nets and the entry of Frenen vessels into our c '''° k nl,J become our duty calmly, but firmly, nnrts. Rotw^nll.w and ll.n Sntmvlirtmn of all a ^ “* C ,uteres »* ^ k- ivvro uow subjected iu being superintended by tbe heroes of Algiers aud Navarino, the project of certain Senators to apply the public moneys in a unlereiit direction, namely, to divide tbein a- moug tho Slates, and which required them to keep tbe sums for distribution as large as possible, iu order to present captivating dividends to each distributee. The plan of putting tbe country iu ' States was awaiting tho movements of the Fr. the least difficulty of returning to the usual a po.sture of defeuce, was incompatible with these plans of distributing the revenues. The two plaits esnuot goon ogetber: one or die other must give away, aud lie had purposely drawn the rcsolutiou under consideration to make au issue between them, aud to draw the liue betweeu those w ho will put their country in a state of de fence, aud those w ho will leave it uaked aud help less. Mr. B. had felt it bis duty to bring to the uo- lice of the Seuale the npproarh of tbe French squadron of obscrvaiiou, aud to show that it came because “ America had no force capable of btirj- appvstd lo itIt was a su'Hiduary argu incut, and a fair illustraliou of the dangers, uud humiliations of a defenceless position, it should stimulate us to instant and vigorous ucti»u; to the ronccnt ration of all ourinouev, and all our bauds, to the saered tusk cf uuiioual defeuce.— t oi hiiuself, he did uot believe there wquld be war, because be kuew there ought uot to be war; but tha> belief would have no cflect upou his cou duet. He went for national defence, because that policy w:.s right iu itself, without tegard to times nud cireutnstauces. He went for it now, because it was tho response, aud the ottly re sponse which American houor could give to the visit of Admiral Mackud. Above all, he went for it because it w as the way, and tbe only man iy way of lettiug France know that she had com mitted a mistake iu seudiug this fleet upou us. iu conclusion, he would call for the yeas aud unys, and remark that our votes would have to be giv en uuder the guns of France, aud under the eyes of Europe. nor of the country may require. Air. B. had already said much more tnaaLc in tended when he rose. He would, however make another remark before he took ins seat. He frit felt a proper degree of confidence, lie might add, a great degree of confidence iu die I’resideut ®f the United States, lie knew him to be honest *t*t-.'^ ** xx ***Dw *i"V rttv r v lilv AX AO t/1 iliL X A • - -rinsvcr* — T w A l \. tut Allll w x vr ———— ciowttt j /, , * p | ■ Government, iu perfect confidence that the state of friendly intercourse, if the GovernmT. rc“ “iujut am! aveyeTbwS 1 ,... , . , „ ' —i , ’ , . . , . i resent ns injuries aud aveugc its ivtunes. Ho difficulty was at an end, the fsecretary of State , of France shall reader us the justice that is J confessed lie had anticipated a message of a ench Charge d’Af- due, and also as a preliminary step to stroxg-1 stronger c haracter, lie had siq President's Special .message! IN SENATE—Mondav, Jan. IS. The following Message was received front the I*resident of the U. States, by Mr DON- received a call from tlie French fairs at Washington, wiio desired to ~ read to him a letter he had received from the Frencli Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was asked whether lie was instructed or directed to make any official communication, and replied that lie* was only authorised to road the letter, and I furnish a copy if requested. The substance of its contents, it is presumed, may be gathered from Nos. 4 and (i herewith transmitted. It was an attempt to make known to the Govn’t of the United States, privately, iu what man ner it could make explanations, apparently voluntary, but really dictated by France, ac ceptable to iter, and thus obtain payment of the twenty-five millions of francs. No excep tion was taken to this mode of communication, which is often used to prepare the way for offi cial intercourse, but the suggestions made in it were, in their substance, wnoliy inadmissible. Not being in the shape of an official communi cation to tiiis Government, it did not admit of reply or official notice, nor could it safely be made the basis of any action by the Executive or the Legislature; and the Secretary of State did not think proper to ask a copy', because he could have no use for it. Copies of papers marked Nos. 9, 10 and 11, show an attempt on the part of the French Charge d’Afiairs, to a messy appose ibaiagen. er measures, should their adoption be render- crui uou-iutercoureo with Frauce would, atlewt, ed necessary', by subsequent events. j have been recommended. But tbe recoutnieuda- The return of our Charge tUAflaircs is atten- ' hop was confined jo tlie mere refusal to edmit ded with public notices of naval preparations ’ p reuch ships or 1* reucb productions to eutcr our on the part of France destined for our seas. PV rls ‘ h left Franco I t ee to receive her supplies nr .i ‘ j • . - r.i . r e* coisuu from the U. Ctatcs, without which the the cause and intent of these armaments 1 ... have no authentic information, nor any other means of judging, except such as are common to yourselves and the public; but whatever may be their object, we are not at liberty to regard them as unconnected with the measures which hostile movements on the part of France moy compel us to pursue. They' at least de serve to be met by adequate preparation on our part; and I therefore strongly urge large large and speedy appropriations for the incre ase of the navy and completion of our coast de fences. If this array of military force be really de signed to affect the action of the Government and People of the United States on the ques tions now pending between the two nations, then, indeed, would it be dishonorable to pause a moment on the alternative which such a state of things would present to us. Come what may, tlie explanation which France demands can ne ver be accorded; and no armament, however powerful and imposing, at a distance or on our place a copy of this paper among the Archives coast, will, I mist, deter its from discharging of this Government, which for obvious reasons d* e high duties which we owe to our constitu- was not allowed to be done; but tlie assurance under the operation of this dial riininaiiug duty our imports of French .silks liaVe risen from two miliums of dollars per auuum to six millions and * h**B * from Eitgliiiid lucy u*ve risen ir«m « quarter of a inilliuu in litree quarters ; from Cbi nn, they have sunk from three iiiiilious and quarter to oue million aud a quarter. This dis criiiiuialiug duty has loll between one* and two millions of dollars iu ibe pockets of Frenchmen besides the eiicuuragemcut to the silk manufac ture vud trade. VV by ii.cn bus she sent tuts squad rou to observe us first, aud to strike us e vcutually ? She kuowsour pacific disposition to wards her, uot only from our own words and iic tious, but from the official report of her «>wu offi ccrs ; from the very officer sent out last spung, in n frigate to carry Hack tne recalled Minister.— Here is his report, made to the Miuister of Ma rine, aud eouimuiiicated to the Chamber of Dep uties iu the mouth of April last. Ltsteu to it, and seo how fully it establishes, uot only our pa cific dispositions towuids Frauce, but the alfec- tion df our citizeus for her, and ths solicitude of our officers to honor her flag and gratify her feel ings. . J .... . , Bujjst, April4. 1835. I havo tbe houor to inform you that the utig dAssas sailed from New-York on the 11th of March lust, at tho same time with the American packet ship Albuiiy.iu which M. Scruritr and his taipily are returning to France, at whoso disno- ■llioa your Ex.-tlicucv oiace.l ■ lift. ill.I your Lvtlieucy placed me, did uot wish to uexpaich nn. back until the risiug of Cuuenss, which took piace oii Hie 4th of that month l)u ring my s'ny at New York, I found among the nrliftki .*111.1 ha.i «.i _ ... ,■ ■ fheir hospiiaoie dis pwiuons could suggest. Half an hour after mv leaving the Last river, an Americau schooner o*f War, knowing tho time at which I was to dentirt, £ot undersoil; shocrossed my way about a league 7*® pl-tce of anchorage, ami hen about » ca > es length from us, she hoisted the French whf k° U ,lcr . n, .'*'"»'ast. aod fired sevcu'cuus which were tmmadiately returned ; sho kept the c« will have no fircc capable of being opposed lo it." This is the reason. Our naaeduess, our destiiuti.iii. nas drawu upon us the honor of this visit; aull we are uow to speak, and vote, aud sn deiiit-an ourselves, as men standi- g in the pre- s'.-ii.e of a force winch they cannot resist, and wbic ha i taught the ies-011 of submis-.iou to the Tu. k, aud'ibe Arab 1 Auit here I change the ti.e.ne; 1 turn trout Freuch iutuni'lntiou to A niciit-au legislation ; aud ask flow it comes that wo have uo force to oppose to this >qu idrou w icii comes h>-re to take a positiou upon our h .tiers, aud to -how us that it kuows the way to Washington', as well as the Eugli-h 1 This is my future ttieme; and I have to present the A- .nericau senate, as the responsible party for leaving out country in this wretched condition. Fi.s, there is the three millions appropriation winch was lost by the opposition of tlie Senate, aud which carried down with it the whole forti fication bill to winch it was attached* That hill, be-ioes tlie three millions, contained thritecn spe cific appropriations lor tho works of defence, pait originating iu the House of lfepreseatative^, aud part iii tne f*euate, and the particulars of which he would re«d. Mr. B. then read. For tbe litrt on rit. George’s Island, - $15,000 For the repairs of fort Independence, - 8,000 F r fort Adam*. - - - - 100,000 Fo tbe fori .at Thregsncck, - - 30,000 Kcp iring fir) Gglumbus, - - 13.0n0 Itebuii.nog fort Delaware, Fur Iortilicatious iu Charleston I labor, Fort at Cockspur islaud. Fort at I’cus.icola, ... Fort on Foster’s hank, ... Repairs of Fort Miffim, Armament of fortifications. - 100.000 Cootingeiicies, - - - - 10,000 x to A 1 these specific appropriations, continued Mr. ' l o the Senate and House of llepresrntativcs. Gentlemen : In my message at tlie open ing ol your session, I informed you that our Charge a’Affairs at Paris, had been in. iructed to ask tor the fmal determination of tile French Government, in relotion to tlie payment of the indemnification, secured by the treaty of the 4th duty, ISdl, and that when advices of the result should be received, it would be made the subject of a special communication iu execution of this design, 1 uow transmit to you tlie papers numbered from 1 to 13, in clusive,^'containing among other things, tho cor respondence on this subject betweeu our Clt’g d’Afiairs and the French Miuister of Foreigjt Allans, from which it will be seen, that France requires, as a condition precedent to the exe cution of a treaty unconditionally ratified, and to the payment of a debt acknowledged by all the branches ol her Government to be duo, that certain explanations shall be made, of which she dictates the terms. These terms are such as that Government has already been officially imormed cannot be complied with; and, if per sisted iu, they must be considered a deliberate relusal ou tlie part of France to fulfil their en gagements binding by tlie laws of nations, and J50 000 , held sacred by the whole civilized world. The 20 000 t ualure o f '•»* act witicii France requires from Bzio 0 j Bus Government, is dearly set forth in. the let- 20 (HtO j ter ol tlie French Minister, marked No. 4. We 75.001 > ' will pay tlie money, says he, “ When thetUoc- - 75,000 ' eminent oj the United States is ready on its part, to declare to ns, by addressing its claim to as othciallu, in writing, that it regrets the b ««. I..,-,. u» ai.rasrs.'sn: ;i« i «** *• opposition of the Semite lo the threo mi lions. * inn muntrif *? thnt /Aim mu*]»*%** belore giveu was repeated, that any official communication which he might he authorised to make in the accustomed form, would receive a prompt and just consideration. Tne indis cretion of this attempt was made more manifest by the subsequent avowal of the French Charge d’Afiairs, that the object was to bring the let ter be ore Congress and the American people. If foreign agents, on a subject of disagreement between their Government and tiiis, wish to prefer an appeal to the American people, they will hereafter, it is hoped, better appreciate their own rights, and the respect due to others, than to attempt to use the Executive as tlie pas sive organ of their communications. It is due to the character of our institutions, that the di plomatic intercourse of this Government should be conducted with tho utmost directness and simplicity, and that in all cases of importance, tlie communications received or made by the Executive, should receive the accustomed offi cial form. It is only by insisting on this form, that foreign powers can be held to full respon sibility; that their communications can be offi cially replied to; or that the advice or interfe rence of the Legislature can, with propriety, be ihvited by tho President. Tiiis course is also host calculated, on the ouehand, to shield ents, our national character and to tlie world. Tlie House of Representatives, at the close of the last session of Congress, unanimously re solved that the Treaty of the 4tli July, 18-31, should btf maintained, and its execution insist ed on by the United States. It is due to tie welfare of the human race, not less than to our own interests and honor, that this resolution should, at all liaxards, be adhered to. If, alter so signal an example as that given by the Am erican People during their long pfotracted dif ficulties with France, of forbearance under ac cumulated wrongs, and of generous confidence in her ultimate return to justice, site shall now he permitted to withhold from us the tardy and imperfect indemnification which, after years of remonstrance and discussion, had at length been^solcmnly agreed on by the Treaty of 183E and to set at naught the obligation it imposes, the United States will not be the only sullerers. The efforts of humanity and religi on, to substitute the appeals of justice and the arbitrament^ of reason for the coercive reme dies usimhy resorted to by injured nations, will receive little encouragement from such nn is sue. By thq selection and enforcement of such lawful and expedient measures as may bo nc cessary to pic vent a result so injurious to our selves and sitefatal man ttl.iclurt rs of that country could uut vxul— Tiiis was wise, it was prudent; it ielt to franco to judge for herself, if this uutiutur.il euulcst 'till combine, nliether she would close fair (> irL a- guinstour vessels and our producliuus lo the spring of Jd3'-, (Hr. B. did i.ut recoiim precisely the time,) Congress passed an act to carry into effect our pail of the treaty. Under this treaty, the w;ues of Frauce had ever smcc been admitted into tile United States upou tile la v-arable terms thereiu stipulated, tier silks Here imported Jicc of duty, in -ontrauistiuctiou to those which came from beyond the Cape oi Good Hope, .'site had for years been cnjoyiug tluse privileges. Nothing milder then, could possibly Ue recommended tliuu to withdraw those iiilvau- lages from her, and to exclude her vessels ami her productions from our ports. Seiuiatole llVir! From tlie oavanuaii itepultlican- J Extract of u letter to tne Editor, dated Camp Charley Umatiila. 1 alPicolatu, 13th Jan. JtS3(> ) '1 his will inform you that on i hursutiy ingbt last one of the Bed gentry, came dodgnig about our Garrison, uo doubt to see it there was aaj chance to catch us napping , he came about oue hundred aud fifty yarns of Sentinel No 2, olio did not hail him, expecting he would couie utsr enough to him to shuot. About this time th* horses iu Ihe stable made a great noise, "Iudi caused him to alter his course: lie crawled un his hands aud knees into a thicket, and disappea red for a short time, when he (or perhaps -auo:b- er appeared within about the same distinct of No. 4; he then took a direct course totiaidj No. 1, who spied him some consulcrtdc distance otf, (the iiiocii shining very bright)—No 1 wailed until he came up to a large Fine, about sixty-five yards off, an 1 as soon as he stepped from behind tlie Fine, half bent to the ground, the S’celiuel fired, and Mi. Indian made off with liimself—bot 1 think, uot without being pretty well peppered, as wc examined the tree where lie was staudinj, and one of .he shot (our gnus were loaded with buck shot) cut tiie side of tlie tree, very ue;tr tho spot, and about (he right lieigtii to do mischief- VV'e remained under arms nearly all night, expec ting a visit from a larger party of them, lutt d**J did not tfotne. On Friday night, r e had two alarms. It being pretty dark the early part of the uight, we were kept up some time, but retired to bed \vsth«u: a light. Since, we have bcett convinced of die fact of the Indians being but a fotv miles of us, we have not been so comfortable ns before, hav ing to sleep with clothes and belts 0:t the greater oart of the time. Our men behaved with g real winch were attached to it by the House of Kcp- restuiiauvcs He, (.Mr. 11.) was not a incinbe;- ot. tbe conference committee which had the disa greement ol the two Houses reinmittcd to its charge, uud couid go tuto ho detail as to what happened m that conlereuce; iic took his stand upon the palpable gronnd. that the opposition winch the Senate made to the three millions, the speeches whit h denounced it, ;,ud tho prolonged invectives against the Fresideut which inf] med the passions, aud consumed the precious time at the I ist momeut of the session, were the true causes of the loss of that bill; and so leaves the responsibility for the loss tin the shoulders of the Senate. Of this threo million appropriation, Mr. B. said, the country hail heard much, but there was another material appropriation lost in the Senate, ol winch nothing had been said : lie alluded to the stun ot $5U0.0(J0, which originated iu the Senate’s Committee ou Military A flairs, and which, as the ch iirm >u of that committee, nnn uuder its direction, he had recommended in Report, aud proposed as an amendment to the same fortification hill, which was afterwards sunk uuder tbo three millions. The Report was made ou the I8,|, of February, and lie would road it. Ihe. Senate’s ( ominittee on MiJitaty Affairs, which has had the subject under eonsideraliuu .report: v .** k 11 expedient to iucrenso tho appropri ations heretofore made fo the national defeuco ; and that, iu addition to tbe sums now cootaiuea other to subject this portion of his acts to pub “fie scrutiny; aud if occasion shall require it, to constitutional animadversion. It was the more accessary to. adhere to these principles in the instance in question, inasmuch as in addition to other important interests, it very intimately concerned the national honor; a matter in my judgment, much too sacred to be made the sub ject of private aud unofficial negotiation. It will be perceived that this letter of the the t/co countries; that this misunderstanding! Frenbli Minister of Foreign Affairs was read to is founded on a mistake; that it never entered f the Secretary of State on the 11 th of Septem- into its intention to call in question the good i her last. This was tho first authentic indicat- faith of the trench government, nor to take j ion of the specific views of the French Govn’t, a menacing attitude towards Jb'rance;" and liereceived ,by the Government of the United adds, “»/ the Urovcmmcnt of the United States States after tlie passage of the bill of indcinni- does not give this assurance, we shall be obli- j fixation. Inasmuch as the letter had been writ- ged to think that this misunderstanding is not' ten before the official notice of my approval the result of an error." In the letter marked of Mr Livingston, s last explanation and remon- tfatal to the hopes of the pliilau-^ coolu^s, ami I do think that our htdccompauy that officer from unjust suspicions, and on the j thropist, we shall therefore not only preserve ! earnestauy'set of incm”' I he 'fatigue and tlie pecuniary interests of our citizens, the in- | loosing rest goes a little hard with some of them dependence of our Government, and the honor | | )Ut they will get isc to it after a while. You-havs of our country, hut do much, it may be hoped, \ no doubt heard, ere this, of the engageineut fit' to vindicate the faith of treaties, and to pro- i tweeu General Cliucb and a parly of Indians new* No. ti, the French Miuister also remarks, "that the uovemment of the United States knows, that upou itself depende hencefaward the exe cution of the treaty of July 4,1831.” Obliged by the precise language thus used by the French Minister, to view it as a perempto ry refusal to execute the treaty, except on terms incompatible with die honor and indep endence ol die United States, and persuaded diat, on considering the correspondence now submitted to you, you can regard it in no other light, it becomes my duty to call your atten tion to such measures as tbe exigency of the case demands, if the claim of interfering in the communications between thedifierent branches of our Government be persisted in. This pre tention is rendered the more unreasonable by the fact, that the substance of the required ex planation has been repeatedly and voluntarily given, beforp it was insisted on as a condition mote the general interests of peace, civilization and improvement. ANDREW JACKSON. Washington, Jan. 15, 1836. A messige was also received from the Fresi dent of the United States, by Mr. DONELSON, his secretary, transmitting, iu compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report from the Sec retary of State, relative to a letter written by the 1‘reneh Minister, the I ’ukc de Broglie, to M. l’a- geot, the French Charge d*Affaires in this conn- _ have*a full sway, and nothing to opposs’ ... . , The Volunteers from Tallahassee aud outer? coiiutry, Mr. &erruricr, which contained excep- ! of Florida, have every ni«tu of them, gone i” tiouable expressions, and was therefore not com-' ' - ... - inuiii-. ated to Congress, together with the corres pondence that took place on that occasion. Mr. CLAY moved tint tlie messages, with the accompanying documents, he referred to tho Committee on Foreign liclatious. VV hereupon, VIr. BUCll ANNON said that be had been so much gratified with liis Message which had just edby Powell m which the General lost sixty 011 * killed and wounded, and the Indians about <>°° hundred. The state of attaint in Florida are awful. General Clinch is picketed iu al tamp King. With only one liundtr* d aud ninety nicu* exclusive or a small detachment, who left n e yesterday under command of Captain IJre® who had come on for provisions for Ulinrii* having only six barrels ol flour when the dcia° trient left. His force is now so small Jte is core? to remain w ithin his enclosure. The lo ** a litem- stranco could have reached Paris, just ground of hope was left, as has been before stated, that the Frencli Government on receiving that in formation, in the same manner tlie alleged of fending message had reached them, would de sist from their extraordinary demand, and pay the money at once. To give them an oppor tunity to do so, and, at all events, to elicit their final determination, and the ground they int ended to occupy', tlie instructions were giveu to at tho commencement of the nrcsent session of ' ? , ,- v , * ‘ l .‘ iv,1, 8 st ®"\ am ' officially ap-t volunteers come on ny »** “y** ,. vC nty “ u cement oi me present session ol proved by the President of the United States, j convinced that wc would not leave, here ttvcu^ ti been read, that lie could not, and he thought he ought uot, at this, the very first moment, to re (rain from expressing his entire approbation of its general toue aud spirit. Ho had watched with intense anxiety the progress of our uuforiii- naic controversy with France. He had hoped, siiicrrlv hoped, that the explanations which had Congress. The result, as you have seen, is a demand of an official written expression of re grets, and a direct explanation addressed to France, with a'distinct intimation that this is a sine qua non. Mr Barton having, in pursuance of his inst ructions, returned to the U States, and the and the whole dependence of Cltuihs for subsistence, guarded by only forty yoluii from Savannah. It is truly distressting ®. tho poor men, women aud children- neeius homes with what little the\ can carry, an i:tg to onr Garrison foe protection- ~° \ c . lows and .Mr. Colt, are now moving all 1161 gioes and other property here, and intent • main themselves; they live about lo nn c this, the uegroes will he of some service o > digging a ditch arouud our Garrison an 1 other little improvement. I think tho » 10 t will return hr the next boat, as our cn > will have expired; by that liuie. R wd it ™ nber0 f sar Vo! ill havo expired; by that time, it tviii f ry for tho safety of Ficolatn, that a n- ^ nlunteers come on by the next boa < «. would Imve picved satisfactory to the French j four hours before the place would bo G overament. In this he had found his hopes to unlessihere were a sufficient number Ielt w 6 be vain. After this effort had failed, he felt a de- it. The most of us would be wdhng to jW gree of coufideucc, almost amounting to moral much longer, but our business calls aud * assurance, that the last Message to Congress made up our minds <o return by tho nex ^Ouid have been haned by I* i«*iiicc, as it was by | should wo be spared, the American people, as the olive branch which : * —; j anu aty would have restored amity and good understaud- a condition the moro humiliating because it is] led, all diplomatic intercourse between the two I {h^, b “eTeared b^aragSwdoomed^o bo disap.' Fro:- the Jacksonville (E- F.) C° ur ’ INDIAN AFFAIRS- !aC » Tho mail rider, Green Bnsb r kavt r