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POLITIC 41..
From Iht N- ¥. Timts.
THE PLAN EXPOUNDED.
A prospectus has been issued for an extra Globe,
to appear weekly, and contain the political mat
ter which appears in the Daily Globe. It will he
published for six months, at one dollar a copy iu
advauce. The length of the prospectus, three
columus, prevents us from publishing it as such,
but the political statements and calculations con
tained in it. relating to the approaching election,
and the schemes of the opposition, demand gen
eral circulation. They afford a condensed view
of thecoutrivauces by which the skilful political
intriguest of the opposition hope to carry the elec
tion, in spile of the large aggregate majority of
the democratic party, and the subject is one that
should he maturely considered by every republi
can.
Instead ef nominating one candidate to be sup
ported by their united force, it is now settled that
tils three opposition candidates, at first presented
much experience. Hut tho mother had, perhaps,
more mind than the father and was a first rale
Dutch womau. So said our informant. They
were a solid pair«f Dutch people—honest as the
day; hardwoikiug—neat as industry aud water
could make them—uud belonged to the Dutch
. rclbrmud church. Keguiurly working six days
iu the several sections of the Uuion, to keep the | j n t |, e W eek ou their little farm, aud hearing a
pmty from disbanding, as lieutenants to the real three hours Dutch sermon ou Sunday, iu the lit
INDIAN WARS.
all pailies concur in speaking of with respect,
was compelled 10 retire from the contest, leaving
the field iu the undisputed possession of his com
petitors.
From the Nashville (Ten.) Union.
MaRTiN VAN BIKEN.
Who is this Kinderhooker, .Martin Van Buren ?
is tauutiugly asked daily—and by lawyers !. .My , Dt-Kalb, Jasper aud Burke companies, uuder com
frieuds. Marlin Vau Buren is the son of two, mM( j „f (j a p L Oalhouu, weut in immediate pur
Dutch people who lived in 1782, when he was suil flat f ar f roin t i, 0 river they discovered t
born, at the obscure little towu of Kiuderhook, i f res j, !rS y| leading iu the direction of Lumpkiu
on the Hudson; ai.d they were rather poor too— | aml a f, er following it some ten or twelve miles,
but the father, Abram Vau Buren, was a man of t | ]e j( lu |iaus were over
excellent souse, aud withal bad fought through
the Revolutionary War, where he picked up
From the Columbus Enquirer, July 28.
CREEK WAR not OVER.
On Sunday morning last intelligence was re
ceived that signs of Indians were seen iu tbo neigh
borhood below I'crt .McCrary. A detachment of
80 or 90 men, composed of parts of the '1 roup
leaders of the coalition; shall continue in the
field. Electoral tickets in favor of Harrison, will
be proposed only iu the 8taTeiof Vermont, New-
York, Pennsylvania, Maryland. Delaware, Ohio,
Indiana and Kentucky, eight States giving one
hundred nnd thirty-three electoral votes. Web
ster’s ticket will beroufineu to .Maiuc. New Hamp
shire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island
aud New Jersey, six States giving fifty-one elec
toral votes. White is the candidate of the coa
lition iu the South, aud their electorai tickets are
to be rui. in his nnrno only in the States of Vir
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Tennessee. Louisiana, Mississippi, Illinois. Ala
bama and Missouri, ten States, giving precisely
one hundred electoral votes. It requires one hun
dred and forty-five votes (the majority of two
hundred and eighty-eight electoral votes} In elect
a President. It is obvious, therefore, that if the
opposition candidates were each to surced in car
rying their electoral tickets in the several States
where they are presented, and the democratic
candidates were defeated in them all. that no e-
leetion will be made by the people. It is conce
ded, however, even by the opposition, that .Mr.
Van Bureu will obtain the vote of several States
in each of the several districts assiguod to the se
parate tickets of White, Webstar aud .Harrison.
Die only hope of the opposition rests on the pos
sibility of sectional and personal influences ope
rating so far iu favor of their candidates, as to
prevent the republican candidate from obtaining
the requisite majority, aud thus devolve the elec
tion ou tho House.
In the House, the Federal party have a control
over the following Stales—Massachusetts, Ver
mont, Maryland. Delaware, Ohio, Kentucky,
South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana and Ten
nessee—1U.
There is n Democratic representation from
Maine, Now Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connec
ticut, New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Virginia. Georgia, Indiana ami Illinois.—II.
The States of North Carolina, Mississippi and
Missouri, ere equally divided in their representa
tion iu tiie House.
If ihcu. the avowed object of the opposition—
avowed in their public presses—should be accom
plished iu giviug the choice of Chief Magistrate
to the House, each State voting through the bnl
lots of a majority of its representatives in the
House.) it would follow that there would tie on
election, unloss some members of tho Federal
phalanx in the House should comply with the
will of their constituents, aud vote against their
party, their own inclination and principles: or
utiless a p irtiou of the Democratic side .should
surrender the cause of their coustituen is.
Which of these results is most probable may be
left to conjecture.
To perfect this scheme, harmony aud good un
derstanding must prevail among the parties to i»,
aud thoso requisites are alreadv attained. The
friends of Clay, of Calhoun, of Webster, of the
Rank, all suppmt White in the South. Th
•re all embodied on Harrison in the middle sec*
lion, and on Webster himself iu the east. There
is no symptom of -tlissentton in the allotted divi
sious, among Harrison-men, Webster men. and
ll’hite-men The affinity is so perfect 'hat all the
White men will vote for Harrison north ol the
Potomac, aud for Webster north of tho Hudson
and so Webster's friends are for Harrison west
and White south—Harrison on his part, with eqm
courtesy iu retnrn, resigning his friends oi. one
h ind to Webster aud on the other to White, with
in the sphere of their respective tickets.
If they succeed in throwing the election upon
Congress, tho first step will lie to unite the votes
of tho ten Strt'es represented in the House by a
majority of Federal members from each, upon
one of the coaiitiou candidates. If ilarrison
should bo the elect of the party in the House,
Webster and White must vote their quota of
States for him. although ho shall uot have receiv
cd one vnt* from the people north or south, ami
although it is clearly admitted hy the fact of not
runnings ticket in his name in the two sections
to ho transferred, that he could no; coutend there
successfully with the democratic candidate, yet
the votes of W bite qnd Webster representatives
in the House must be given ui him agaiu«t the will
of their constituents.
And so, vice versa, in case either Webster or
White should t:o tile chosen one, though it is no
torious that White could not gel one of the votes
north of the Potomac aud Ohio, any more than
Webster could ger a Georgia or South Carolina
vore.
It will he easy enough to unite thus the votes of
the ten .States on cither of tho candidates, but
those votes will not give them the Presidency.—
They must have the three equally divided States
to «ompas* their purposes. They cannot hope to
•educe the delegations of Pennsylvania, of Vir
ginia, of New York, in each of which the Demo
cratic majorities are from two to one, to'tliree to
oue—nor can they hope to operate upon tho del
egarioni of Maine, New Hampshire. Rhode Is
Sand, Connecticut. New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois
nnd Georgia, where iho delegations arc unanim
ously Democratic, with tho exception of two
members iu Maine, aud u single doubtful individu
al in another State, The coalition therefore, cal
culate either cn defeating the election cf Presi
dent altogether, or on obtaining the votes of the
isolated republican members from Mississippi and
Missouri, as well as carrying North Carolina by
thevoteof the individual to be elected from tho
lately vacated district.
Upon tbo votes then of those thice men will
depend the election of President, if the opposi
tion succeed iu carrying it to the House—and it
is to lie hoped that they will prove to possess a
more than ordinary share of firmness and integ
rity. fur both will he well tried.
The scheme is the chef tToewre of Henry Olay’:
genius. It can be thwarted only through an elec
tion hy the people.
tie stoue church with the gable end to the street,
iu the village ol Kiuderhook. Martin was their
oldest child. Hu was square built and Dutch
lookiug. as he yet is, hut rather small He work
ed for his uioUier firs —and his father when he got
able—uud thus grew up to the time whuu Dutch
boys are sent to school—of Winters say it about
10 years old. ills father had learned iu the army
that English was best, aud he was sent to an * ,, u-
ghsli sellout. The boy weut to work, as he had
ou the lit'le farm at home, aud forthwith left his
fellows bchiud. In the summer he stay ed at home
and worked, aud iu the winter weut to school;
w hich he louged for, as play compared to the
plough-tail. And so it was. We have tried the
change, autl know. Sir uigu to say he heat the
English hoys, who went summer and winter—
caught up, uud in thu spring was u whole mile
ahead. Toe like ol this we have seen Wtst of
Kiuderhook, and you who have boys to rai>e, had
as well remember it. He neither learned to
swear or drink: to gamble or wear fine clothes.
He learueil only how to work—how to worship
ill Dutch—w hat thu Connecticut school master
taught him of books, and a little more.
There w .<s a sort of Academy at Kinderhook
where a little Latin was might and some bits ol
learning pertaining ;<> the Sciences— ihose slight
sips at the fountain. that have laid the ground
work ot So many eminent miuds iu the U. States.
There, his lather sent .Martin wbeu the Connec-
ilio Indians were overtaken aud fired upon hy the
advanced guard. The main body of the whites
rushed to the sceue, when a battle ensued which
lasted more thau au hour. The fight during this
long time was close aud bloody, the whites hav
iug five killed and fifteeu wounded, the Indians lo
sing some twenty or tweuly-five.
Au express was sent to the General in com
maud ou Monday moruiug, who forthwith des
patched fuur mounted companies, Capt Brown’s
of Muscogee, Capt Delaplauer’s of Jackson, Capt
Bostwick’s of Pulaski, aud Capt Sledge's of
Troup, to Fort McCrary. In addition to these
Major IIoxey’s bdltalliou of Infantry have beeu
ordered down and left here ou Tuesday. Gen
Sauford will take the comuiaud it person, aud
we uiiders'auil intends to pursue the em my to the
South Keys of Florida, or overtake them.
From the Columbus Sentinel, July 29.
On Mouday, Capt Jcruigau of Stewart county,
with what force he could hastily collect among the
citizens of that couuty, weut in pursuit, aud over
took the liul it us about fifteen miles below Lump
kin. He engaged them, aud it is said lust four
killed aud a uuuiber wounded. The loss of the
ludiaus uot kuowu. Capt Jernigau, we are fur
ther informed, had the ludians hemmed iu
swamp, aud was waiting for Gen. Sanford to
come up, (who had with him Maj. Hoxey's com
maud from this place, aud a company from Cow
uta couuty.) wheu it was supposed a general en
gagement would take place. Passengers who ar
rived here yesterday, report that they heard brisk
tiring iu that direction as they passed the road.
It is also stated that a party of ludians, sup
pesed to be four huudreti, had crossed betweeu
lrw niton and Roauoke ; aud that Gen. Wellborn,
w ith troops front the former place, had marched
to Imeicept them
We w ait with auxiutyto hear the result of these
movements.
e learn, since writing the above, that the
tirut teacher could learn him iimhiug further. . «, . - . i„„ ,...... i„„.
Here he learned aud worked by spells as before, persons k.He.i ^ouMond,•>, under (-■' ’ , J . e r r " f
ut.ttl he got through the little learning, and RoberI Wimberly mortally wounded!
Five others badly wounded but expected to re
cover. The Indians were still in the swamp
got through the little learning
scraps of koowletige aught, which took uoi
long. Then a difficulty arose. The father made
made enough to pa, for his salt and iron, his Jernigau engaged them, and Were
taxes, tea and sugai tor £*tiudac, and to pi \ iIh i . . " " * r ’ n
schoolmaster at home; hut to send his son from «‘‘'^edby the company «,.tmg for Genu San-
home was beyond his means ; it w.„ a hitler pill £’ r ‘ * *PP roach ' ,nfor,n,, . ,l ‘ * 1 *“ 1 e
for the lad. To be froze with poverty iu the bud.! h 1 ea 1 r 1 ,i *“ ex P r T h ^'^" ^,1,! y
aud ihe country fubol wealth in the hands of , rhell on yesterday (Thursday) that three wh,.e
the large land-holders, then a decided uemoera *!?“ h f e " k,ll 5 f d ,he ,la f prevons at or near
- ... . „ .. • i Port Henderson, fifte n miles below Port Mitch-
cry, for warn oi h mere trifle, was a wintering 1 . ,, ’ .. e . .«
3 - .... - ° 1 ell, ou the Alabama side of the river—the names
misfortune; but one uuder which almost ihe pie-1 , . . . . .... ..
bian tale.,, of the country bail sunk during‘the ! 1 wl l,ea r d ’ Hor lhe P arl ! cu *! Ve 'h . .1
Colonial Government, at least; and in tins case " ue9 . Hhw were 813,101,6,1 at ,h ;' l . forh,d beeD or ’
seemed to have no remedy, for there were other ! We< MWU f some u “ e »! ucc . rhelndtan. were
i c.. ..i.i i.„ heard at work upou their rafts m the swamp op-
LOUIS1AN.A.
The New Orleans Bee of the 20th inst. gives
us the resuit of the reeent general elections in
Louisiana.
Aderided majority of Van Buren men have
been elected to tho state legislature. On joint
ballot, out of U4 members of both hraoebes. ihe
Van Huron party 1 will have a majority of 20. For
Coogrees tbo three present members were re e-
leeterl; Messrs. Johnson And -Garland, Whigs,
uud Gen. democrat.
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children, and the farm could not be sold to edu
ente one. at Y >le or Harvard. Thu lad felt his
powers; so he tried his young strength with
1 nil around him aud found nothing iu Ins way.
The very agony of disappointment, inflicted by
the hard baud of poverty illicit withheld him
from College, strengthened his resolution not to
sink under its weight; aud it was a s glorious
determination for an unfriended, unencourageti
Dumb boy in au obscure Dutch village! ll
determined to make a lawyer of himself; but to
practice law in New -York it required the student
should read seven years in a lawyer’s office, un
less lie was a g aduate at some regular <’olltge
or University, rieveu years, therefore, the lad
determined he would read—applied to a little
lawyer’s office in Kiuderhook at the age of about
fifteen, and was received—there to drudge lor
himself the education, that ten thousand worth
less coxcombs around him, the sons of wealthy
parents were daily but uselessly coaxed to ai quire.
Here he studied six years, as he had been taught
to tvork at home by his father aud mother—«ix
days in ihe week; nnd heard the Dutch sermon on
Sunday. That he neither trod the dowry path of
knowledge.or travelled to it by a royal road.is very
true; yet be made a profitable six years of ir.
Many are the jokes passed ou Mr. Van Buren
that to supply his few w auls during this period
swapped horses. My lawyer friends:—uuder
similar circumstances, what would you have
done for unbegged bread,? From Jenkin
Whiteside down to (he youngest of you, and,
though the most eminent, what iu your upward
struggles is it. that was honest that you have
not done, to keen coats on your backs f Unf.tr-
tuuatelyfor Mr. Van Bureu, he had only learn
ed to plough with horses, not to swap them
—he had to do a much leaner business, for
bread. Magistiates had considerable juris
diction. and tried the causes before juries sum
moned by the constable; the Duirh people, as
they did with Daniel Sheffey—and as they will
with every son of a Dutchman, flocked to “Mar
tin,T for help, ana he appeared before the jus
tices and juries as their champion during, per
haps the six years noviciate—acquiring a Kiuder-
hoi k name and fame as gladdening to the
heart of every Dutchman that heard of it, ns if
greir Saint Nicholas had risen from the grave.
One of tb'-mseJvos—one who could put forth
their impassioned Dutch law story in English,
had risen up In protect and defend their rights !
Few know the trust and faith a Dutchman places
in a Dutchman. It has neithei let nor limit —
Then again. Mr. Van Biircn’s father was a strong
and downright democrat- and politics run ex
ceedingly high. The pinties rarely broke bread
in each others houses, or employed lawyers of
different politics. Youur Van Bu eu went with
his father and the Democratic side, with strong
nnd youthful ardor; the' petty law suits before
the Magistrates were gene rally steeped deeply in
polities, as Was ihe advocacy; of course he got
the Democratic practice in geneial. as well as the
Dutch praslice in partirulai. Thus a little mon
ey was picked up. and the seventh year Mr V.
Buren spent at the City of Ni w York and read;
he did’nt drink, and smoke, ana swear, and hauut
taverns—he read with Win. P. Van Ness, form
erly from near Kinderliuiik, but then a very dis
tinguished member of the New York bar, aud a
distinguished leader of the Jeffurso,.' party in tho
Slate—about 1802. in the minority, and sorcl
beset by powerful federal oppotieuis, aud who
Mr. Van Bureu and his Dutch aud ilemocra 1
friends Some ten vears afterwards, helped to t -
•ot—for which he has been r«Hed very Ir d
names—Such as the K nderhook horse jock /,
aud the like. The seven vears aided—Yi'r. Van
Buren took out a license, and sat down at bis na
tive villiage in November 1802, to practice his
profession; which he did with a degree of integ
rity, and • veiitualiy a sidender of ability, of which
every American lawyer should be proud. Of
his legal career from 18(>3, to the fall of J82S.
when he descended from his legal pre-cmmeiice
to be Governor of New York, we shall speak her T
•after. HUDSON.
posiie Fort McCrary, and were shooting off their
rifles at eight—evidently preparing for another ex
cursion to Florida or the impenetrable, swarnps
of Baker, Thomas and Lowndes counties; where,
if they once get a foothold, they will leave their
women aud children, and carry fire and sword,
murder and devastation through the siirrouudiug
country, aud sometimes peuetratiug to their old
homes in. Alabama. It will require a huge force
c uslaurly engaged, to p-event ihcse fogitivegangs
of ludiaus from crossiug the river, aud ruining the
int -rvuuiug country between Roanoke aud Flor
ida. We fear our army was disbanded too soon;
but as fifteen hundred Teuuesseeaus hare arriv
ed, and are now under the command of Gen le
tup, that officer, co-operating with Gen Sauford,
they w ill have ample force between them, as we
hope and believe, lo overcome all the hostile In
dians who remain out.
Much anxiety is felt in regard to the friendly
Indians in anticipating their removal. It is fear
ed that many cf them will become hostile, wbeu
they find that they also, are compelled to go.—
We learu that Geu Jesup is making the necessa
ry disposition of his forces to act efficiently iu case
a«v resistance should be offered.
The Alonsgi mery Advertiser, says, ' On Wed
nesday Iasi, 20to iust. about 4l 10 ludians, men.
a omen aud children, were brought iu town, on
their way to Arkansas. They will depart as
soon as boats arrive to carry them.”
We learn that the Marinos in our neighborhood
will take up the hue of march forthwith for the
Cherokee country. Au express arrived iu town
on yesterday briuging intelligence that the Ross
party had risen in their wrath, aud were destroy
ing all before them, aud bringi ig an order from
ihe Secretary of \\ at, for nil the Marines at Ft.
Mitchell and in that vicinity, to hasten to this
neto scene of savage depredation.—Col .Herald
all mouuted, but had left their horses atthecamp-
We.could uot learn to what tribe they belong'd.
Our informant states that the number of white
men assembled at the scene of slaughter was a-
boul 60; that they were mostly intoxicated, and
DOMESTIC.
North-eastern Boundary FronTth^—\——
which we published the other day 0 f tra 't
pondence betweeu the British Mini nep,l ~‘
coires-
FROM FLORIDA.
From the Florida Herald, July 25
ANOTHER ACTION AT M1CANOPJ.
From the extreme utibeaithiuess of the posi
tion, the Commander in chief has ordered the
abandonment of Fort Draue. The removal of
the sick aud stores to Micanopy commenced on
the 19tli iust. A letter from an officer at the lat
ter post received by the commanding officer here
on the2Ist, states that the first traiu was attacked
on that ev niug within a quarter of a mile of
Micanopy by three huudred Indians—the action
lasted more than au hour—twelve men were batl-
lv w ounded—many horses killed Capt. J. A. Ash
by of the 2d U. S. Dragoons, severely woubded
through the neck—aud Aspstaut Surgeon YVeight-
mau badly wounded through the thigh. Ou
hearing the firing, all the disposable force within
the work at Micauopy moved out to the support
ef the escort. Other results, or the loss of the
enemy is not stated. There were '20 sick at the
two posts, and many of those reported “forduty”
were iu a feeble and debilitated state.
Since writing the above, accounts have been
received that the Indian force was 200—that the
esscort consisted of 80 men, under the command
of Capt. Ashby, of the U. S. Dragoons, having
a howitzer, aud that the Indians were defeated—
several of our tneu are mortally wounded.
On Monday last three negroes, who had runa
way from town some weeks since, made their
appearance in the vicinity. A party, eighty in
numiier, immediately went in pursuit of them,
ami ,-ucce'ded iu ovettaking and capturing two;
the third escaped. They had a supply of pork,
rice and flour, and a bag containing ropes and
bridles. Ou being brought to town they were
examiued by the mayor, and from their contra
dictory satemeuts. and other circumstances, sus
picions were excited that they were spies, aud
connected with uegroes iu town. On a further
examination siiffi< ient was elicited to induce the
belief that a plot was fast ripening to maturity,
among some of the uegroes to run ofi* and join
the Indians some time in next month. Seveal ne-
roes are now iu confinement, and the plot thus
timely discovered has beeu nipped in the bud
We learn that a party of Indians have crossed
over to Fleming's Island, ">t the m»uth of Black
Creek. The Ci.pfaiu of the Essayous, iu going
up the creek last week saw one soap bis rifle at
the boat.
A man named William Hulmer, was shot and
icalped near Garey’s Ferry last week.
MEXICO AND TEXAS.
Mr Geo. W. Bonner was killed hy a half b^eed
lo ban, son-in-law of Jim Boy. on tne23<i inst. a
few miles below Tuskegoe, "Macon county. Ala.
Mr Bonner was a civil officer, aud had arrested
some pio-.»erty belonging to the India... under
legal process, a difficulty ensued, and the Indian
slew him. The uiuiderer, we are informed cn
denvored to make his escape, but was pursued
by Jim Boy. brought bark, given up ta the w hites,
aiul safely’lodged in Jail, to await his trial. Mr.
B. was a worthy aud respected citizen, and has
left a wife and large family of children. —Colwn
bus Enquirer.
RENEWED HOSTILITIES
Passengers who arrived at this place on the 1st
instant, in tho stage from Columbus, bring some
iiiformationriu addition to the incidents quoted
from the Columbus papers. In the engagement
of the 24th of July, the DeKalb company killed
twenty-five Indians. On the 26th of July, Maj.
Jernigau. with two hundred aud fifty men. of the
Stewart county militia, attacked tho ludians in
the swamp iu which they were posted, aud killed
forty warriors, and made a few prisoners. The
victory would have been moro complete but for
the lateness of the hour at w hich the enemy was
found and attacked. Night comiug on put an
end to the pursuit, nnd Major Jernignn ileemc . it
prudent to withdraw his ntcu from the swamp.
The scene of 'his engagement was about fifteen
miles below Lumpkiu. General Sanford arrived
in that village on the some night, with six hun
dred men; and early the next morning marched
in searrh of the enemy. , *
The Indian parties were endeavoring to reach
Florida, under a determination uot to remove to
the West. Their force is estimated at about 500
warriors.—Fed Union.
From the Savannah Georgian, July 28.
LATEST FROM FLORIDA.
By the steam packet Johu Stoney. Captain
Freeland, arrived yesterday, from Gary’s Ferry
’ via Jacksonville and St. Marys, we learn the fol
lowing particulars of an action between a body
of ludians aud Capt. Ashby’s command, in which
we regret to learn, that Capt. Ashby was severe
ly wounded, and Dr. Wightman also wounded,
it is, we learn, still very sickly at Gary’s Ferry
and Fort Drane, Fort D. and Micanopy are com
pletely invested.
H e would rejoice to sec a body of volunteers
proceed to the relief of Fort Draue, where, we
understand, the officers aud men are, more or less
enfeebled by sickness. The day on which the
action tcok place we are unable to state, as our
informant is unadvised. We are gratified to find
that Col. Hallowes who was recently wouuded
by the Indians, is completely out of danger, and
has arrived here, to the relief of his numerous
friends.
We subjoin the following:
As the escort under Capt. Ashby, who had
been eugaged in evacuariug Fori Drane was pro
ceeding to Micanopy, and had arrived within a
mile of the latter place, it was attacked by a par
ty of ludiaus, supposed to number from 150 to
200. who kept up a brisk aud constaut fire upon
the 50 men composing the escort for upwards i.'fau
hour, when the Indians retired. The firing was
heard at Micanopy, and a detachment under
Lieut. Temple was sent" out to reinforce Captain
New Orleans. July 25.
By the arrivals from Tampico, information has
been received that the Govermeut of Mexico had
publicly apologized through its proper organs, to
the Government of the U. Stmes, for the insult
offered the American flag/at Tampico, sometime
siuce, in the affair between the officers and crew
of the U. S. cutter Jefferson aud the commandant
Gomez, of Tampico.
Gomez had been suspended and ordered to
Vera Cruz for trial by court martial.
Every thing appear to be quiet at Tampico iu
relation to Texas affairs, as there were no sol
diers in the place.
All foreigners, particularly Americans, were
threatened with anuiailatiuti by the lower orders of
thu people in consequence of the ill success of
the Mexican arms iu Texas.—Bulletin. ■.
The brig Carroll, arrived this morn'tig in eight
days from ’^ainpico, brings late Mexican letters
from whictf it appears that a revolution was
inevitable, as will be seen from an extract below,
furnished us by .a highly repectable commercial
house of this city.
All v as quiet at Tampico : notro ps had been
raised there, nor was it expected there would.
Theschr. Cora for this port was to sail about
the 20th iust, with |$20U.0U0 iu specie.—Courier.
"City of Mexico, June 29.
Congress is still in session.—the treaty be
tween riauta Anna and Genera! Houston has ar
rived. and is now under consideration ; what will
be done with it, I have no means of ascert»iniiig.”
Tasipi 'o, July 15, 1836.
The whole ouutry in a state of convulsion,
and in a very short timo, the former federal gov
eminent will be proclaimed again. Iu Gaulal-
ajara, Guanjuato, and several other places, revol
utionary movements had already taken place, but
were suppressed hy the military. In Mexico, a
“Grito” was every moment expected to be given.
In the province of Pueblo, a "Grito” has been
given, which as it appe ars is of some importance
The troops sent mere from Mexico to operate
against the Federal party, prououuced themselves
on the road in favor of the same. In short fro.n
all sides, we hear nothing hut "Federation,” and
the whole seems to be as if it were a mutterairea
dr setteld.
bout 60; that they were mostly intoxicated, ana ! “ minuter sett, .'
threatened a like fate to all Indians who should !“5 ton . an r Atnericon Secretary of Sut ^
come to, or pass through their country.—Repub-\ * l * e 0 the North-eastein Boundary, it aim/*"
lican that very little progress has l, eel) made
■ — I an adjustment of the controversy Th *? Wa, ds
of the King of the N ‘therlands, although ,ion
decision of the question referrod to hi 50 not 8
our government in a disadvantage,,.,J”' P iace *
That decision, it is well known, has be P ° slti ° B -
red by the British Government. b„» Vv act ®P*
that of the Uuited States. Besides
inherent in the controversy itself there . ultie *
which may be called incidental. \Ve rw 0Ifter *
ticularly to the deep persona! interest tvh
of the States have in tho question which • l *°
es upou the goverumeut at Washing, on > !! Dp0> '
cesssity of uegociating (sons tospe-,bi Dc ’
with Great Britain, hut with Maine aad M By
rhusetts. To hit upon any plan of a d‘ ” as,i '
satisfactory to all the parties. an D ear» , JUs L ln,eui
solutely impossible. After negociatkl h a j 0b
its utmost, the affair will have to be arra . 006
compromise, or not at all. If l n * e< *
dary betweeu the Uoirnd States and AssTt
possessions could he embraced in th»
there might be less difficulty in effaciing*?’ 110 ?’
jusuneut as between the two uations la 3d ‘
as between the United States and ; r ^ 0re
Ihal eme l,o rm-.nnally inre,„ ted
Massachusetts aud Maine ; and neither .riu *
would be willing to suffer for the benefitLf 1 ,?
rest. Besides, the national government hli l!
power to alienate any portion of the
iwfiw'ual Slate. Buta ri.ES 1
mine-what territority in fact belong „ r "
cu!ar State. This right is expre^ly gj^
Congress by the Co,.solution, so farasqueSols
of boundary between any of the S, ales l D(] J £
reign power, the national government mav as
well retire iron tne contest, and leave such Suta
to adjust their own disputes. How will the
tion stand then ? An individual S, a , e
negociate with a foreign power, nor can it ra T
war or peace. The nation, ’fis true, i, bound s
maintain the integrity of each State, but that l!
the very point at issue. The question is whs!
does belong to Maine, and what to the Brit ih
possessions? aud to determine this poi at j, .f
whole object of the negotiation. Maine eauS
first beg the question, and then call up,, a then,
tional government lo -ustaiu her. Iu thatcase
the uatiou would be a mere executive power to
enforce the pretentions, perhaps unjust, of an in-
dividual State.
Two things are very noticeable in the dim*
stun betweeu the British Minister and our Gov
eminent, viz: thu preservation of good temper
and a desire on both sides to bring the routmver’
sy to a just and amicable issue. Where such
feelings prevail, there is the best reason to hops
for ultimate success—jV. Y Jotr. of Com. '
Fire—Yesterday morning about 4 o’clock a
small brick butldiug in the rear of the Steam Mill
of Mr. Winkler, owned ar.d occupied by him as
a Foundry, was discovered to be ou fire, form
a.itely, it was soon extinguished, without other
injury than the destruction of the huilditio- where
it originated.
Last nifirbt between 11 and 12 o’clock the Ex
change Bell gave the alarm of another fire; hut
it ,-ruved to be only in the imagnation of ,ho
watchman stationed iu the steeple.—Savammh
Republican.
Tito editor of the New York Sun contradicts the
report, that the Vic Piesident is -o> n lo lie mar
ried ton distinguiiibeii literary lacy (Mi s Mi.r-
tincau.) He says, that the Vice 1'rcstdeut has
detei miued to make no matrimonial engagements
uatil after bis electiou to the Presidential Chair.
George W. Bonner, deputy sheriff of Macon
couuty. was killed on Saturday last by au Indian
of the name of Toney, while attempting to levy
an excrution on Toney’s property. Ho made
his escape after committing the murder, hut has
t,een overtaken, and is now in Tuskeegee jail.
Gen. PaMerson left Tuskeegee lately under
orders to camp with his regiment n iiiiin6milesof
Wetumpka, as it was more easy to procure pro
visions there thau at the former place. Siuce
his departure he has received further orders to
march up to Taladega county, and that neigh
bourhood, that the ludians tnay see the troops,
and know that to refuse to emigrate would bring
them in conflict with a force too strong for them
to resist. Several companies of regulars are still
kept at Tuskeegee, aud several sent into the neigh
hnnrhnod of Tallasca.
Jim Hoy and Yoleka Harjo, two friendly war
riors, arc anxious to obtain Gen. Jessup’s con
sent, for them to raise a parly of Indians and go
in pursuit of the Semeuoles. They say if Jes>
sup will let them keep all the property they can
take from the Seminole*, they will conquer that
tribe in a short timo.—Montgomery Journal.
Wo learn from the New Orleans Bulletin, that
tho party of emigrating Creeks, amounting to 12
nr 13 huudred, reached that city on the 1st inst.
sent from Fett Alit-
Asbhy, aud arrived on the ground just as thu In
dians had commenced a second attack which they
did as loug as they saw the train keep in motion.
One baggage wagon was captured by thu Indians
after killing the horses. None of the whites wore
killed—14 woqpded —among whom is (’aptait:
Ashby dangerously, and Dr. Wightman. severely
in the nerk. The evacuation ol Fort Draue is
now suspended, and the ludians have complete
possession of the country between Micanopy and
Fort Drane
Fresh Indians trails were seen at Col. Hal
lowes’ place, as the boat camedewn on Monday
last.
St. Aogdstine. July 16.
A negro boy belonging to Gen. Hernandez.
who was taken prisoner by a party of ludiaus
in April last, made his escape from them and suc
ceeded in reaching town this morning. He was
taken into the interior some distance. He has
been to Topkniiky and into the Big Hammock,
where they have a town. The ludians. he says,
have not much of a crop, and subsist upon beef
chiefly, of which they have an abundance. They
have ammunition iu great plenty, as they say
enough to last them from five to ten years. He
has seen Powell, Jumper, and Alligator. They
posses* a. knowledge of all that passes a
mong the whites by means of spies and runaway
uegroes. The negroes are worked very hard,
and the Iudi«ns inteud making them warriors
aud they will be placed uuder a charm so as lo
render them invulnerable.
Extract of another letter, dated
Matamoras. July- 1 ,1836.
Dear Sir—Through the medium of your paper
l think it highly necessary that the Government of
the United States, •>« well as the Texian^, should
be informed of what pio»ou.. • > r . so odious, in
my opinion, in the character of Gen. Urrea, the
Mexican Coimnander-in Chief, too unpardona
ble to be overlooked, and should be immediately
attended to by the UriteirStates,
We have at this moment here six or seven In
dian Chiefs. Crereokees aud other tribes, with
their interpreter, from Texas. These Indians
are on a mission to the General, and have had
several private meetings with him There exists
no doubt of the business they have come on. a
have made proposition'to the General, to j
the Mexicans against the Texiaus, which ap
pears.now to,be concluded—As Colonel Waster,
chea is to be dispatched to-morrow to tlieit camp
some distance up the river, where t‘iey havp 30
or 40 in numiier, to be used asspias or runuers
I had occaision to cal on General. Urrea at his
quarters on business' when I inet there three ofthe
Indians, with their interpreter, in king enquiries
of he strength of their tribe, the General being
anxious to ascertain what force they could tnus
ter with other tribes.
The Commissary of this plate his orders to
urchase 800 or 1000 horses for the caval r y-,
which he is uow doing. Every movement ap
pears to confirm tho belief that the uegociatiou
is concluded with a promise the fndiaos of laud
and cattle,shaiild they assttsc uni succeed in ex
terminating' population of Tex ts.
Extract of a letter, dated
Vera Cruz, July 8 1836.
Dear Sir—Your esteemed favor of :he 18th
June came to hand by the Amaltca, and was ex
tremelj gratifying. We are in this countiv com
pletely blindfolded in regard to the affairs of Tex
as. It appears to be the policy of this Goveru-
TheTb—mometer wa- a- high at New-Orletu 8! This is the paicsl that was
o& th« I'.fb .net. as 104, ij» the shade. • f chrih
Western Indians.
From the St. Louis Bulletin July 4.
Hostilities Commenced.—Difficulties with the
Indians flanking our western, frontier, which have
been for sotno time past apprehended, have it
seems, assumed rather an alarming aspect. In
formation reached us by the last mail that an en
gagement had recently taken place in Carroll
county on the waters of Grand River, bstiveeii
a company of bee hunters, five in number, and a
party of Indians consisting of twenty armed war
riors. Tho Indians attacked the white men with
out parley or apparent provocation, and kil cd
two of thorn. One of the 'ndiaus was killed, aud
one or two supposed to be severely wounded.
We are ioforoted that the Superintendent of
fntlian Affairs intends taking active measures to
arrest tho Indians concerned iu this unprovoked
violation of treaties and bring them to tho pun
ishment they so justly deserve.
ST. LOUIS, July 5.
We have seen a Mr. Jesse Ray, of Jeffersont
county, in this State, just returned from a visit
to Kentucky, who informs us. that within a quar
ter of a mile of Paris iu Edgar couuty. Illinois at
the place where they had encamped he saw twelve
Indians who had been slain hy the inhabitants
of the town. The party on their arrival at tha t
point, consisted of 14 men. who had obtained
ment to keep the people ignorant of every thing
that is true in regard to the western campaign..
The arrival of the Amaltea was the first that
gave us nutheutic news since the Caleb Good
win.
The present military theocracy appear to be
more firmly heated than I had anticipated. They
disavow all Santa Ana’s acts as illegal, &c. and
will not ratify the armistice or treaty he has cel
ebrated with 'he Texiaus. I think the latter hnve
acted very prudent iu detaining him. His noto
rious bad faith, I think, leave* room for iittle
hopes that he would, eveu if he could, cause the
treaty to be ratified.
This government has ordered Filisola |o give
up the comm *ud of the army, and have ordered
a court martial to try him; this you will no doubt
have heard. They in their usual coinhastic style
talk of opening another campaign, and promise
the Mexican nation that the honor of their arms
shall soon be restored, aud tho Tcxians amihila-
ted.
As strong revolution has broke out in the State
of Oaxaca, and the capital of that State is alrea
dy besieged by a ve.y large numercial force of
the sovereign peoplo. The garrison under Quiu-
tomar is shut up in the convents of St. Domingo
and others, and I think they will so n be reduced
to capitulate for want of provisions. The actu
al President adinterim has resigned, and it is said
that the present intrusive Congress will eleet D.
L. Alninau to fill the station
The house of Get.. Ch is. Floyd, ofCamdea
county, was struck by lightning cn the 31st ult.
Tile following particulars in relation to it wo
glean Irom a letter of his to a fi ie id in this city.
"Yesterday, the lightning struck my house
violently, and nearly destroyed one end of it.—
Fite mantel-piece in toy parlor, and that in a
room above, were torn in pieces, and great dam
age has bc.-tt doue to tny furniture, &c. For
tunately, all my family are in St. Mary. 1 was
iu tny armory at the time and the door open, hut
the lightning did not enter. Both chimyejM of
tny house were struck. I have never known moro
mischief to be done to a building by lightninj—
$200 will not repaii the damage. The flash anil
report were simultaneous—brilliant and loud-
like the discharge of a piece of artillery heavily
loaded. A few momeuts before thu lightning
struck, I was standing near the chimney looking
at the approaching storm. Some people would
say' ‘7 had a narrow escape.—ib.
Netc Jersey Iron Ore.—A lecture on the Geo
logy of this State, in thu last New I ’ runs wit k P a ‘
per. mentions that the ore in the Scbooley’s moun
tain mine is so highly magnetic that the tools by
continued use. become so strongly magenlizr 1 -
1 think the present that in boring the rock the workman oftos ,s ua ‘
order of things will soon rhatige.' The people in a’de, after Striking the augur with bis
all parts are arousing from the lethargy in j to separate then in the usual mode of wietdips
...i.- u .i i i .i i . l. ■ -.5 ii i it wita
The Rail Road between Baltimore and Vtil-
miilgtou, (Del.) is advancing towasds comp'etion
with a steady rapidity. The graduation ofthe
lino from the Susquehanna to \\ ilmington is
nearly finished. It is believed that the raiis trill
be laid down ou the whole line, aud the road in
operation, liy the first of December. The link
betw een Wilmington aud Philadelphia is uuder
contract.
The Louisville Journal staies that there wer.i
one hundred and seventy passengers on board the
steam boat Samson, recently burnt near the
mouth of the Ohio river, but there were no lives
lost The iron strong box. belonging to the boat
went to the bottom ofthe river, but thecabiuboy
saved it by diving sixteen fret and fastening a
rope to it.
The Metropolitan statas it as a rumor that
Maj Gen. Sc«tt has, in consequence of his recall
from the South, applied for a «ourt of Inquiry
into his couiluct, and that his request will proba
bly he acceded to.
The same paper states that the President of the
United Slates was at Pattnusburgb. Va. on tbo
17th, and that his journey had, so far been *'•
tended with great benefit to his health.
which they have been plunged for the last two
years, and appear determined to achieve their
sovereignty by shaking off the chackles of slavery
woven around them by the inilitiary and priest
hood,
* u express arrived here a few days since, giv
ing the information that Cordova, distant from
this place about, fifty miles, bail pronounced for
the federation in consonance with thoso already
pronounced iu the state of Oaxaca. We may ex
pect every day will teem with new events favor
able to liberty.
I believe that the present party in power aro
desirous that the Texiaus should execute Santa
Ana. 1 hope that they will not do so, but hold
him iu terrorem over them. I would advise them
to make him give them possession of the Castle
ofUlloa until he cau have the treaty ratified, and
deliver them the monies; he is capable of doing
so, and no doubt not that tho Commandant of
this place and Ufloa would cheerfully agree to
the measure. If no other advantage results from
his detention, he can pay a couple of million? for
his liberty, having robbed very largely for the last
year or two, would be willing doubtless to give
up his ill gotten gains. w I will write you by every
opportunity, and commuuicato the political
news.
Our commerce is paralysed entirely, aud the
whiskey from ihe peoplo of the town, one! were government are about making us pay a forced
intoxicated and noisy. In the attack twelve of loan. Aliens are resisting it; and I hope that
the number were shot, and the surviving two tho reins of government will fall into more wise
were pursued through tho woods. The Indians and honest hands before they verify the unjust
it seems, svere going up the Wabash, and tvero l.esaetion.
the hammer : but is compelled to twist > l / ritl)
considerable foice ; and tho crowbar has been
known to hold in suspension all the other ton'*in
the mine, weighing 100 pounds. Gen- Lie -
ersou, ("ecretary of the Navy.j says that toe
magnetic attraction of the tools adds much to >
fatigue of tho workmen, aud that it. often a*P
pens that the hammer lifts theouger from then 1 ]
during tho process of boring—Philadelphia J
Advertiser.
A whole Hog Aholifonist.—h member of A
herst College has lately gone home with a s'ng
lar companion. The gentleman has been JB
rompa m—„ , -
habit of ‘ paying attention' to a coloreu won ,
'associating and ‘sitting up’ until three 111 ,
morning with her. On a sudden, he qui'te l ^
lege, aud actually rode away in oon ?P a ! 1 ^./pm.
the hlackamoorlo his fa.'her’s house in A* 1
ham. iu this state, it issupposed that his a " ^
ment .viH continue unabated, as he is a ma ^
litionist, insisting always upon the equality
blacks with the white*—advocating amaIR- ^
tiou, and openly boosting of his refined ta r te ' hoU t
was a member ofthe Sophomore Class, »
twenty-three years old, and his name w ^
mond. His conduct has excited disgust, '
to tho pity we feel for a loathsome trept ,le - g f
aro not informed whether or not the lac . |j e ye
Amherst College have expelled him—w e || e , c
they have not. Ho is a member of the '. —.
church, aud wo suppose will yet pursue ^
ginal design of preparing for the pi ,! P‘
ty n Pearl.
H»
W. 8.