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MACON GEORGIA TE1EGRAPB, ^OSEION. h Tom the New ibt ic Jour al of Commerce- THREE DAYS LATER FRO in ENGLAND; ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE LOUIS PHILIPPE. By the ship Republic, Cnptaiu Williams, from Liverpool, which was boarded yesterday lying to 12 miles outside Saudy Hook, we are indebted to Capt. \V. for London papers to the 28th, and Liverpool to the 29th June. It will be aeeu below that an attempt has a- gaiu hpcu made to assassinate Louis Phillippe.— The Paris press justly condemns the assassin, excepting the Le Rational, which is silcut upon the occurrence. The King was on his way to Neuilly, and instead of stopping at the Tuilleries. after the attempt on his lifo, proceeded ou his journey, where his family were waiting to receive him, ignorant of the danger he bad escaped-— An affecting interview took place, and from his arrival, till miduight. his palace was thronged w ith foreign ministers and Peers, &c., anxious to rongraiulate him ou his safety. The Chamber of Peers was immediately con voked to receive a communication froiu the' Gov ernment, and tho Dukes of Orleans and Nem ours were summoned to Paris by telegiapli ou their return from their tour in Lombardy. The House of Lords had taken into considera tion the amendments of the Qommous to their amendments in the Irish Municipal Bill, and were rejected by n vote of 78 to 142. Lords Mel bourne aud Lyndhurst, and Earl Grey, were the the principal speakers ou the occasion. The Lords have appointed a committee to draw upi: statement of their reusous for disagreeing with the Commons. There is nothiug important from Spain. From the Courier Francois of Sunday. "Last evening, about 6 o'clock, a new attempt was made upon the King’s life.which fortunate ly proved as unsuccessful as the former. Just as His Majesty had entered his carriage, to return to Neuilly, aud was passiug under the gateway leadiug to Quay, a young man who had placed himself ou the side opposite to that of the post of the National Guard, lifted up a cane, in which a pistol barrel had been fixed, placed it oil the carriage door, and fired it at the King. "Louis Philippe was that moment bowing to the National Guards through the other window. Whether the assassin felt agitated, or, as is stated was pushed white engaged in taking ain, the bull did not touch the King, who, immediately after the explosion, made a sign that he was not wounded, aud ordered the coach to he driven ou to Neuilly. The Kiug was with the Queen, aud hissistir Madaine Adelaide, and a dctachmcntof dragoons escorted the carriage. "On hearing the explosion the National Guards rushed on the man. who still held the weapon in his hand. He was at first ill treated, but ibe of ficers interfered, and having represented I he im portance of his being put into the hands of justice the prisoner was brought to a room above the ground floor, where he was suretc cd ou a bed and searched, in order to ascertain if he had no arms concealed. A poignard was found in his side pocket. M. Gisquet, who was then in the Tuillerie;. with several other public functionaries immediately repaired to the guard* house, and f iroceedcd to examine the individual arrested.— I is refused to tell his name, and w lien recogni sed hy several persons who kuew him, and said he was a commercial traveller, and that his name was Alibcnu. He pretcndei? that Aliheau was an nssymed name, and refused to give his teal one from regard to his family, lie was then as hed if he had been agitated while aiming at the Kiug; n..d if it was uot agitation that had de ranged the direction of the arm ? lie replied with much composure, that lie fell no emotion ; and that if lie had missed his aun, it was owing to his Imviug experienced a shock or push for which lie could not account. He was fiually asked, if he lepcnted his crime; he answered iu the negative, and added, that if it was to be done over again he should not hesitate to do it; that he had no fur ther explanation to give, because in this age of egotism, in which any thing like conviction nr devotion was oo longer to be found, uoouo could appreciate or understand his motives. "During his examination active inquiries were made, and it was discovered that this young inan had entered the Place du Garoussel about 4 o’ clock. hy tho gate of the Triumphal Arch ; that ho had conversed some time with a National Guard ou indifiereot matters, and left him when he saw the King’s carriages proceeding from the •table* to the pali.ee. saying. J think the person I am waiting for will not come,’ aud went off in tho direction of the Court. He repaired from thence to the gale of the Palace next to the quay. “Jly a strange ’chance one of those National Guards whs a gun-maker,'of then,a me ofDevis- ine, living in the Kuedu Helder, who immediate ly recognized the prisoner as an iudividua), to whom, some two or three months before, ho had sold the weapon he had just discharged, aud w hich the prisoner, a traveller for a silk ware houseman, pretended he wanted ns a pattern or specimen for the purpose of making sales for the manufacturer and iuveutor, M. Devisme. The prisouer admitted that fact, as well as that his name (a fictitious one, probably) was Alibeau. aud that he had lived iu the Rue Valois. The prisoner <s of a dark complexion, with a groat beard, which surrounds his chin. His costume w as apparently decent aud clean, but it concea led a very much soiled shirt, which he avowed he had woro for three weeks. "There were fouud upon him two very short elay tobacco pipes, twenty-two sous, a calico pocket handkerchief, which bad never been hem med. and which was disgustingly filthy; a board comb.aud.4n fine, a couteau-poignard, (dagger,) open, with & silver handle, aud some paper wrap ped rouuii the blade ; with which weapon lie declared he intended to have killed himself, aud he did, iu fact, attempt to stab himself, but was prevented. He displayed vast assurauco and effrontery. He refused to give any satisfac tory nnswei'to the questions put to him. Lying on the guard bed, he looked round with audacity aud said to those present: ‘If 1 were free I would do the same thing.’ The Attorney General and the Perfect ofPo lice arrived at the first intelligence of tho crime ami proceeded to examine him, after which he was brought to the prison of the Couciergiere uu der a stroug military escort.” New-York, August 4. LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE By the ship Republic from Liveipuo], whcuco she sailed on the 29th June, the Courier and En quirer obtained London papers to lbe2Slb, aud Liverpool to the 29th Two items of intelligence are found io these papers, of considerable iuterest and importance another attempt upou the life of Kiug Louis Phil lippe, ar.d the adhcreuce o( the British House of Lords to their amendnieuts proposed and adopt ed l»y the House of Commons, to the amend incuts of the Lords, were rejected by a vote of 143 to 78. Lord Melbourne, Lord Lyndhurst and Earl Grey, were the promiueut speakers on the occasion. The amendment of the Commons being negatived genet ally, the Lords appoiuted a committee to draw up a statemeut of the rea sous for their disagreement wilh the other house LATER FROM EUROPE. New-York, Aug. 6. By the packet St. James, Capt Schor, sailed from Portsmouth on the 1st July, and arrived yes terday, w e have our files of Loudon papers to on.i. ..r r.—- They bring us no uews MEXICO AND TJEXA&. 1 aud passages, east of it, that now are, or here- I 7777" T 7T7 ■ ■ ,, .• 7.—: rzT—T 1 after may be, in possession of Mexico, are, from J The New-Orleansi Bulletin, ol tho 27th ult- J .nd after the dale^f this prodamatiou, in a state contains the following paragraph :-"A letter of utua| and abs0 , ute Blocka(le , by the armed from a highly respectable source, dated at Mata- 1 vcs8e]s of thisnation . ict And for the purpose of carrying this procla INDIAN WARS. 30th of June inclusive, of impoitnuce, the most fruitful topic being the recent attempt upon tho life of the French King Aliheau the assassin, had made no disclosure and persisted iu declaring that be bad no accom plices. A number of young men had been ar rested, and the police had been active in visiting the gun smith’s shops, seizing prohibited weapons In the shop of the man from w hom Aliheau ob laiued his guu, or pistol, fourtceu like unto it were seized. The following paragraph throws some light up ou the motives of the assassin: When Alibeau was taken to his cell at the Gonciergeric, he amused himself with readiug the inscriptions which Fieschi had scratched on the walls during his detention there, and which have been suffered to remain on account of their inoral teudeocy. Aliheau soon began to sm ile, aud said, "How silly this inau irrade himself!— Yet he and 1 shall go down to posterity. You will find however, that 1 shall conduct inyseif ve ry differently from him ; for he was a great bab bler, and fancied he produced a great effect hy his oily words and aflertatiuns.” When conversing with his townfoiks M. and Madame Mercier, though he declared he bad no accomplices, and that he dared not confide his project, ou account of the egotism of the age; ho asserted that there were at least 20.000 per sons in France who were as determined as him self. It is stated, among fifty other stories, that Ali bcnu, when a soldier, received a wound in the head, the effect of which, aggravated by a life of dissipation, had been an occasional ahera:ioti of iutellsct. One of the accounts gravely says that he is particularly fond of wine and good liv ing. He had been for some time in a state of ab ject poverty, living ou bread and water, Hu trial was brought on with all possible des and there remained in a group of people who {>a>cli, aud one account states that the act of ac- wero waiting fir tho King’s departure. His up- j cusation will be simply of an attempt to kill, pearuucc, it seems, did not awaken any suspi cion, nod no one observed the cane he earned in bis liaml, ami winch contained ihe deadly wea pon. This'instrument led* to the discovery of Alibeau. By an extraordinary chance the guu- makor who maonfacturcd it (a seijeant in the National Guard) happened to be on duty at the Tlmilleries, ami felt if incumbent on him to give tho Magistrates every information m Ins power. Ile stated that the weapon seized on the assassin had been made in his establishment, with many Others of the same kind; that he was aw are of its being a violation of the laws to have made ami snldjsurli a weapon; but ilia; as the affair was ol so serious a nature, lie did not hesitate to confess it. The lodging of the individual arrested was then discovered, ai d the . owner of the house having been sent for. recognized the prisoner to lie Ali beau. Ile 'said he had bulged in his house, hut that lie had gone off w ithout paying him; leaving iu pludga lus passport, which had been delivered him iu Lyons, ami mentioned his having been burn in that city. "On being confronted with the sentinel of the National Guard he had conversed with at the gate without reference to the fact that the attempt was against the life of tho King. STILL LAI ER. By the packet ship Polaud. from Havre, airiv ed this morning, we have received our Paris jour nals to the 1st ofJuly, from which we extract the following: The King had been urged, since the attempt of Alibeau, to establish a body-guard, hut would not listen to it. saying that bayonets had not been wanting, aud that he would rather expose his life than submit in such servitude. Alibeau had attempted suicide. Galiguani’s Messenger gives the following account of it: One of his keepers having goue out for a mo iiieui to get some tobacco to chew, he requested the other who was wilh'him to go and hasten his return. The latter had scarcely turned his hack. whcMi the prisoner endeavored twice to dash out his brains ugHihst the wall, hut the keeper was too quick for him, and seized lum hy the clothes, say- lug “Ah ! my fine fellow! You wish to play me a trick which would have bceu the ruin of me!” Alibeau at first endeavored to turn it off as a joke but afterwards acknowledged his real intention, asseniug that it was not for w ant of courage that of tho Carrousscl, he coolly nsked him ‘Did you observe that 1 betrayed tho least emotion while I lie attempted his life, but that he had become dig. speaking with you?’ After this confrontation, gusted with his present state of existence, and Aliheau was placed ill a hackuoy coach and con veyed uutler n large escort to the Conceirgerie. where ho no doubt underwent auothcr examina tion. lie ,vas lodged in the room formerly oc cupied hy Fieschi. Ho was drossed in a neat frock coat, but his shirt was dirty and in rags, ami was without stocking*. About 12 o’clock last night the Attorney Geucral and the Perfect of Police woro still at the Conceirgerie interroga ting him. It is M. Martin du Nurd who has commenced tho proceedings. Aliheau or the in dividual known by that name, is tall and slight; his hair Idack, and his complexion pale. Ouly 22 gnus (I Id) were found iu his pockets. "In the evening, all the Ministers, the Peers, and the Deputies present at Paris, went out to Neuilly to congrc'.luaic tho Kiug on his escape. His Majesty was to receive a deputation of both Chambers on Sunday, in the Palace of the Toil- 1 cries. It is said that the Queen took out of the Kilim’s hair some of tho waddiug that had been lodged therein. It was also reported that a cou rier had been despatched to the Dukes of Orleans anil Nemours, to invite them to return in ail haste to Paris." From the Journal Dts Debuts, "Yesterday evening, at a quarter past six o’ clock, at the moment when the King was pas sing through the Guichct of the Tuilleries, in front of tho Pont Royal, to return to Neuilly. a young man, aged 28 or 30 years, fired upon his Majesty, dose to his person, with a weapon of a now in vention, which, although a species of firn arms, li.id the form of a walking cane. Arrested at tho same instant hy the National Guards, who were under arms with their colors in compliment present wished to save himself from eight more weari some days, lie is at times prodigal of his ex pressions, One of them is—"My name begius with the first letter of the alphabet, aud the King has yet to fear all the rest of the letters. Another is—"Whatever may be my fate, uiy name will be known through al) Europe, and my devotion of myself liouored by all true patriot*.” Tho affair betweeu Lord Mclhourno and the (Ion. Mrs. Norton attracts great attention in Lou don. A Loudon correspondent of the Journal of Commerce says, that Lord Graut.’cy, the bro ther of the honorable Mrs. Norton, is determined that the trial shall proceed, though he has been implored t>y some influential personages not to force the plaintiff to go into court. As the head of the noble bouse of Gruutley, his wishes are laws, aud Mr. Norton, whatever bis private feel ings may he, is compelled to succumb to his lord- ship. Airs. Norton’s friends state, that tho whole affair has originated out cf revenge, and that the principal evidence is uot that of a discarded ser vant, whose statement is at least four years old. They also declare, that the lady has been sub- ccled to a loug scries of ill treatment and provo- cn'iousthat had more than once compelled her to leave hci husband’s house, and claim the protec tion of her relations—that tho cvidcure sought to be established was uf tho most suspicious and questionable character—and, moreover, that the parties themselves were conscious of their inno cence.” Tho cause is set down for trial ou the 19th of June. A special jury had been struck for the , trial, though not yet reduced, and it is rather a cu- t° irte Kiug.jthe assn-sin w as dragged into tho rious coincidence, that iho namo of his Lordship’s guardhouse, and with difficulty saved from boing great rival, the ex-Preraier Sir Robert Peel, is ou 'am to pieces. ■ ' jbe lizf. moras the 29th nit. says "It is an undoubted fact that this Government (the Mexican) have mad e. or are making a treaty to engage eight thousand Indians to join them. 7'he Cherokeesare already engaged.—There are fourteen or fifteen Chiefs of different tribes within a few miles here, who have daily communications with the officers. The commissioners were this morning turned into the common prison with criminals. It is nut im probable we shall be invited to take French leave of this country soon." The New-Orleans Bee of ihe same dale says that letters from the same quarter state "that six American Indian chiefs of the Chemkee tribe, with forty runners, are iu close negotiation with Gen. Urea at Mata- moras. The letter have been sent to Washing ton, and copies to Gen Gaines. These letters came via Tampico. From the N. O. Bulletin, August 4. TEXAS. By a resident of Texas, who caroo passenger in the Texian schooner of war Independence, we arc informed that tho political affairs of this country were in a very tranquil state, and a strong evidence bad been given by the people of their determination to support the executive gov ernment. The order or writ for the election of President, Vice President, Senators and Repre sentatives, bad been issued by the executive Cab inet, and will take place on the first Monday in September, and Congress will convene the third Monday in October. It was proposed to the ci- tiztiis of Texas by the Government, that they should invest the members of Congress with con ventional powers to alter and amend the Consti tution, made by tho late Convention, inasmuch as the disarranged state of the country had pre vented its being printed and circulated amongst the inhabitants. Gen. Stephen F. Anstin is a candidate for the Presidential chair. Dr B. T. Archer having decliucd. aud declared his deter mination of supporting Geu. Austin for that of fice. It was understood that Dr. Archer would be voted for as Senator. The spies which ht.d been sent hy the Texian army to the banks of the Rio Grande, reported the Mexicau army inactive at Matnmoras.— There was no expectation of any movement to- ward Texas, as the extreme drought and want of water render such step impracticable: and be sides, it is well understood that the Mexicans who have once visited Texas, have lost all taste for the couutry, and are not likely to relish a return The army, by the official reports, from 23 to 2700 strong, and the government would form an array of reserve on the Brassos or Trinity of 2000 men We further learn by the arrival of the Iude pen deuce, that the port of Matnmoras is blncka ded hy three armed Texian schooners, and that large land force is in preparation to inarch upon it, nod co-operate with the fl»et. All the inhnbi tanta of Matamoras, without distinction of alien age, were subjected to contributions for the sup port of the place. The Mexican schooner, commanded hy Tbotnp- son (of San Felippe memory.) was lost on her passage from Matamoras to Vera Cruz, and all perished, saving the cnptaiu and two marines The Mexicau brig Venceder Del Alamo, ou a cruize from Vera Cruz to Matamoras, was for ced to return in consequence of having too many guns. Upon the whole, the horizon of Mexican affairs is more and more clouded, while tho star of Toxarf is greatly in the ascendant. From the same. August 5. The following letter from Fairfax Catelet, Esq late of this city, gives us some interesting iufor matiou from Texas: Velasco, July 20, 183G. Our army is still at Victoria, upon the river w,uter Guadeloupe, Lamar had arrived there agreea lily to the last accounts, aud presented himself as Commander-in-Chief of the Texian forces, but ith all his popularity, was unable to obtain the concurrence of tho army with tho wishes of the cabiuet. The questiou was put to vote whether he should enjoy the chi f command, or Rusk con- tiuue in his former capacity until the arrival of Gen. Houston. The matter was decided hy an overwhelmning majority iu favor of the two lat ter gentlemen; so that Rusk remains Brigadier General Commanding, and the authority of Ma jor General Houston will bo recognised as soon as he arrives iu camp. Lamar is said to have behaved iujhis usual disinterested and patriotic manner. The army iu the field at this time is two thou sand strong. Col. Wilson’s regiment will soon be io marching order. The whole country is up and moving on to camp. The old settlers are determined to redeem their injured credit—unde servedly injured, ns the great majority of them could not have acted differently, nml secured their families from the blood-thirsty violence of a ruth less and semi-barbarous foe,—aod they are uow flocking onwards, to prove to an invidious world that their arms are as strong, and the spirit of li berty burning as brightly in their hearts as it ever did in the olden time, when the independence of their mother country was iu its cradle, and rock ing amid the elements of iuternal discord and for eign recklessness. Felix Houston has been promoted to the rank of Brigadier General by brevet. Green still en joys the commission which he appeared to prize so highly iu New Orleans.—They are both iu camp. Santa Anna, the ill fated and fallen des pot is now at Columbia, and has tho pleasing an ticipation of being shortly escorted to the army, and there receiving his sentence—a detachment has been ordeied in for the purpose. You may hear of a catastrophe before many weeks have c- lapsed, 1 anticipate it with positive certainty.— Miserable indecision in not having inflicted upon him "death or worso punishment” immediately after his capture, when the act would have been upheld nnd justified by the whole civilized world. Gen. Rusk has ordered the Mexicau families on the Guadnloupe and La Baca, and all* those who were likely to afford information to the en emy to retire upon the Rio Grande, or take them selves off to the Colorado. Carbaja! De Leon, and some others, intend making a summer sojourn in New Orleans. Health to them! There are said to be no Mexican troops on this side of tho Rio Grande. They are preparing ,'o make a desperate effort to heal the wounded ho nor, aud recover tho possession uf this paradise —a garden, iu which such descendants of Cain wero never intended by nature or nature’s God to live, unless to be expelled again, with renewed ignominy ; the Hon Ex President John Quincy Adams to the contrary, notwithstanding. That they arc calling up all their resources and at this moment straining every nerve for the purpose of making a sudden and formidable descent upon us, is too apparent to need substantiation. I am strongly inclined to believe that their present in tention is to make a continued and simultaneous nltnck by land and sea. At all events we should bo prepared for the cri sis, aud surely our friends in the United States will nidus in obtaiuiug a sloop of war, oral lenst nil eighteen gun brig. 1 am obliged to break off here, ns the vessel is just getting underway. A PROCLAMATION OF BLOCKADE Of the port of Matamoras, tfc. by the President oj the Republic of Texas. To all to whom these presents shall come, Kuow ye, that I, David G. Burnet, President of the Republic of Texas, by and with the ad vice and consent of ihe Cabinet, do order, de- crco and proclaim the Port of Matamoras, in the state of Tamaulipas, and Republic of Alexico, comprising the mouth of the Rio Grande, and the Brasos Santiago; and also the inlets, estuaies mation into complete effect, an armed naval force now is. and will continue to be kept, at or near the said Port, inlets and passes, entirely sufficient to enforce this decree. For *>uy breach, or effort at breach, of this Blockade, the offending vessel and cargo, will be liable to confiscation, and the officers and mari ners of such vessel, will be subject to all the pen alties attached to a breach of blockade. This decree shall take e ect as to vessels sail ing from New-Orleans, within three days after its publication in that city. and within five days as to vessels from any other neutral port within the Gulf of Mexico ; within twenty days, as to any port of the Uuiled States, north of the Gulf of Mexico; aud in forty-five days as to vessels sailing from any of the ports of Europe. Done at Velasco, on the 21st day of July, A. D. 1836, and tho first of the Independence of the Republic of Texas. DAVID G. BURNET. VVm. A. Jack, Sec’y of State. , New-Orleans, Angust, 6. Latest Fr om Texas. Capt Watts of the schr. William aud Frances, in four days from Matagorda, says that the day previous to sailiug Capt. O’Neal of the Texian artilleiy had arrived there on business connected with governmaut matters: he was ouly one day from the army, and stated that the Texian forces had increased since last accounts, to 3,500 men that a further augmentation of from 5 to 700 was daily looked for, (beiug on their march for head quarters,) and he confidently asserted, that, be fore the lapse of many days, tho troops would have further increased to upwards of 5.000. The intended march and invasion ol Matamoras was much talked of—the project was rapidly maturing, aDd would, ere long be carried into effect—f .vhich case, but little apprehension as to the result, was entertained; indeed, the Texians were al most sanguine of certain success. The primary obstacles to its prevention at the present period (as reported by the spys just returned,) being the great scarcity of water, and thecoutagious mala dies peculiar to the season, ou those arid wastes over which they would uecessarily have to pass La Adv. Extract of a private letter received yesterday hy a commercial bouse in this city :—ib. Matagorda, July 22 Dear Sir—The army is at present eucamped on the Bastrof river, near Victoria, and is in good health and spirits. Amounting to, from 2500 to 3000 men ; and daily increasing. Several hun dred arc now ou their way to camp from the east. We received intelligence from there two days ago that the Spies had returned, and repor- ted that uo enemy was on this side (he Rio Grau de : the cabinet is going to he removed from Velasco to this place, and we are daily looking for them. Santa Anna and Almon'e are atpre sent a: Columbia; the remainder of the prisoners are at Galveston Island. <35 % From the Columbus Sentinel Aug. 12. The following letter from Maj. Alfoid to the Editors of the Enquirer, is the latest accounts we have from below. Maj. Hoxey. with the Artil lery and Cadet Riflemen, of this city, returned on Tuesday last. Maj. Hoxey has been in active service for the last two or thiee weeks, scouring the swamps in Baker, but without meeting the enemy. Gen. Sanford and the Guards are ex pected here in a few days. Camp Hoxey, 5th August, 1836. Gentlemen—After a forced march I joined my battalion in Randolph, determined, if God would, to have revenge for the events of the fatal Sun day when my men fought without their com mander. I found upon my arrival that Gen. Sanford was pursuing tho Indians with great en ergy. and after exhausting himself with person al fatigue, he took a single day to rest, sending me in the swamp with my battalion and Capt. Bostwick’s company of Pulaski County, to drive . „„„ ln „ , ...J for the Indians. We had also a few of the Ba- aod massacred) whhia ker County boys, under Capt. House : among „r n„i l, *o or th„.;r them are some men that can trail equal to blood- We had not proceeded far before the Extract of a letter from Major General Gaines dated Camp Sabine, July 18,1836. The troops here enjoy as much health as have ever witnessed in any part of iho United States. We are uow in tents—have good water from several springs—excellent subsistence and other supplies, and in abundance. VVe expect to hear of some hard fighting in Texas soon—I am still convinced that nothing but force, and that of a number and description renderiug it disposable and imposing, will preserve this frou tier and the disputed territory from assault. We will make something of the Sabine next fall aud We can render it navigable for small steam boats to this place7 or 8months in the year for 5 or 6 thousand dollars. It has been navigable for large boats here siuce the middle of April.— There is but one raft below of any importance.— Our exeelleut Admiral Shreeve will take that out in a week or teu days. Thero is ouo pass from the sea into the hay, as 1 am assured,.which aflords from six to seven feet water at low tides. New-Orleans. Aug. 10. Letters have been received in town from the American Consul at Matamoras, stating that that port has been opened to vessels of every nation, for the introduction of provisions, by paying an ad valoren duty of 40 per cent.—Bulletin. LATEST FROM MEXICO. We learn from tho captain of the snhr. Hal cyon, from Matamoras, that every thing was quiet at that place, a. the time of his departure, the 1st. inst. About 3000 troops were there, 1500 of wbotn wero well disciplined. They were wai ting for rcci uits. The money for payiug them off was daily expected. As scon as this was done and the reinforcements had arrived, it was ex pected they would commeuce operations. The army was healthy. The Texian vessels of war Brutus, and Uuion, had ..ppwmed.off the bar, but had again left. A short lirtoe rf'.er their depar ture, two Mexican vessels came into port. John Quincy Adams’* speech in Congress in regard to the affairs of Mexico and Texas was highly extoIlecMWllatamorns. It had been trans lated and puBMUd iu Spbi*isli,^iud had gained for him the appellation of the ..Demosthenes of America. ; rile ouly thing contained iu "the Matamoras papers are the reasons assigned hy Filasoln for obeying the orders of Santa Aua, iu withdrawing the troops, &c. Tho Halcyon brings §105,000 in.specie, which we thiuk goes to show that the commercial re lations betweeu the two countries will not be in terrupted, as many have imagined, by the deten tion of Santa Aua.*— Cour. of Yesterday. Texas.—Capt Parmly of the brig St. John, arrived ou Suuday cveuing last irom Porto Rica states that on tbe fkl inst. in lat 26, 36 long 87 armed schr. Brutus (Capt. Hurd) who solicited some provisions being somewhat straitened him self, could spare but little but even of that he ge nerously shared. He learned from the officer that the B. had been out a considerable time on a cruize ; and that a few days provious she had taken a valuable prize having on boat S40.000 in specie’which they had mauued ana se-t iuto Galvestion.—Lou. Adv. hounds. sign became certain. About 2 o’clock on yester day we came upon their camp, they were entren ched behind some large pine logs, and received us with a hrisk fire. I was struck with the se cond ball that was fired; a large dirk kuife saved me from a dangerous if not a fatal wound ; the ball struck the knife iu my pantaloons pocket, and thus was prevented from penetrating deeply iuto my thigh. The bruise is considerable, but will soon be well. Finding that the enemy had the vantage ground; 1 determined at onco to storm the camp ; the order to charge with loaded guns, was obeyed promptly; and thus commenced the most brilliant and impotuous charge: the enemy made a faint effort to rally,* but a fire was o- pened upon them as we went, which they could not bear; they fled, leaving all their plunder and a fine dinner behind them; the traces of blood were considerable, but they left no dead or woun ded behiud them. Io the pursuit we fouud parts of litters very bloody, upon which they carried their dead or wounded. The swamp was a com plete covert to them, aud they made good their retreat. Iu pursuing them my men and officers would mire in the mud, and the march after their trail before the fignt was so long and fatigueiug. and we were so much exhausted, we were com pelted to desist. The battalion unanimously voted me the present of a flue riflle, taken on the field loaded. We took up the line of march for camp, and just as night came on, made our escape from the most extensive and dismal provisions, I deemed it prudent :rs I had left the hn left the ho^^toui, place, whe sassJS. h »:fi55ss£?'» Respectfully, Sir, Your obedient servant JOSEPHB^OffiJsoj, _P. S. We numbered 22 in5l a f£M reinforced by seven men from Will,',' there were, as the boy states aK’""L ,c ®iiiitt^ To Hi, Excellency. R.clS j nor of Florida. ' ''**L, Sir—I have the honor to renn progress of the enemy at this n 0 ;t • of May. A bout twelve or nJofc ’*• (16) one of my men, <vho tvasL, k ° fthjl 3 Fort Dabney to Fort Miller (the I then had command in person) was7 .° f ^ swamp 1 ever saw. My officers and men fought with great aud unflinching firmness, aud all dis tinguished themselves, especially in the execution of the order tocharge. The Indians raised tho toar whoop, but the sound was lost in the tremen dous shouts of the charge. We had no certain means of ascertaiug the strength of the Indians: from the size of their camp aod the amount their victuals cooked for dinuer, we could easily say they were a hundred strong, but 1 am of o pinion that there was not quite that number from all I could see. Very respectfully, JULIUS C. ALFORD. From Florida. Tallahassee, August 6, Light-House Burnt.—We learn from Colonel Fitzpatrick, who has just arrived from K®y Wes that th9 Light-house on Cape Florida had beeu burnt by the Indiaus. One man was killed, aud another badly wounded. A large number of In dians are assembled in the country extending from Cape Roniain to Cape Florida. It is necessary that strong military posts should be established iu that quarter, and furnished with boats of very light draft, to overawe the enemy who now pass at their pleasure among the numerous islands. Suwannee Old Toicn.—We are happy to learn that this post has proved quite healthy since its occupation by Major Fosters commatid. Much of the sickness which has heretofore prevailed there, is undoubtedly owing to the absence of the necessary police, which can only be remedied by the strictest discipline. Major Howard left »his place on the 3d inst. with two companies'of mounted men for Hamil ton county. The object of this expedition is to intercept any party of Creeks who may escape from the Georgia troops. Duncanville, August 2, 18:16. To hts Excellency Gov. Call: Sir—Your letter enclosing an Express from G H. Crossman. A. Q M. U. S. Army, was handed to me by Mr. Max Yandy about It o’clock. A M. on Saturday last. The expr.ns being indefinite as to the position of the Indians, and the force in pursuit of them, it was deemed best to gain far ther information before we proceeded. Messrs. Fabiau Adams aod William Brinson very gener ously voluuteered their services, to go to Flint ri ver and gam the latest aud most desirable infor mation. Upon their arrival there, thev met with Major Hoxey, who gave them the following intelligence. The number of Indians were supposed to be a- bout 150 warriors, an.I the like uuraber of women and children. The whites had had four engage ments with them, with the following results. On Sunday 9 Indians killed, on .Monday 2 whites, the number of Indians not known ; on Tuesday two whites killed, the number of ludians not known; ou Wednesday 14 Indiaus killed, 20 horses taken and the Indians completely routed. In the four fights between 50 and 60 Indians aro supposed to have been killed, and 11 white me’ '' battles were fought in Stewart and the oppei >f Lee county. Major Hoxey had receiver .ntelli gence of them since Wednesday last, then Major General Sanford was in pursuit of them. Major Hoxey has 5 companies statioued between Fliut River and tho Chickasahatcheo, for the purposo of intercepting the Indiaus, and preventing their escape to Florida. Hn will stay there until that party are destroyed. Should they evade him and pass the river, upor the information of the fact he will immediately pursue them. I will imme- speedily as possible, and at ibe Jf . enemy were reinforced by ab° ut in [llS i dial ly communicate to your Excellency all the intelligence I rer You, shots of Fort Dabney :-p roi ^ , h » horse company came, under thecomn, ?“ ti|,l >e jor Cuthbert, their signs could seen. After the arrival of which th/ ^ b themselves so as uot to be found a after they (the horse company) l e f,' fcw *y» seen more frequent and plain until It .r"^*** On that evening, on the ^'l^^V Miller's negroes, from Fort Dabuev h 0 ^* Early on the morning or the 17th J un . , to Captain Willis to send me some of hi''' ** pursue the enemy, informing him 0 f L* l tneu tooK se\en of my men, wentnm « j * their trail with fifteen men in line I parent a distance of near one and a half nij| e ,, J at the point of penetrating the hammock » 1 ^ ed on by a party of some 30 or 40 Indians,,, I ordered my men to take trees oa my ri £ b, '^ was done with promptness. I a U v orders a gun to he fired until the Indians' emereea the hammock. In this position we lav and ceived two rouuds from them—when ther a! a charge to come out of the hammock \V ' them approach within 20 yards, when we flu begin to see them. We then opened a h, av ,. fir on them: we fought in nearly the same position ft! near teu minutes, when 1 found we weteabout- he surrounded, i then made an effort to draw their fire, which I did in part, and ordered are treat across a small prairie, intending to |, n5 , them into open ground, but before we reached the timber; they had got into the timber on onr ri-^bt and were approaching it on our left. I then fouud it necessary to pursue the retreat, and did so, by retreating one half of my company alternately fur a distance of one mile, under a cross fire, nearlr all the time from the enemy. When i reachedii open high hill, bound on the north and east bru opan prairie, where we had the advantage, id could not be surrounded, without their coming into the prairie.—we fought iu this position fo near ten minutes, when the enemy beganioijis confusion, aud left the field; we remainedontbe field, until they had all disappeared, aud we then took up our march for quarters. The engagement lasted for uear one bear with fury, on both sides. Out of my small number, one was w ounded early in the action, and lived ouly 20 hours. There is much praise doe ihs few men who were in ihe fight, for their calm and cool deliberation. Their brave and noble ids mav he equalled, hut uot surpassed by auy. The number of Indians were supposed, by tie men, to be not less than 40. Their killed' and wounded is uot known, but supposed not tn is less than from etght to twelve. I saw four fall early in the actiou, and have suite seen the signs of several others. The day after the fight, tter set fire to the houses of .Messrs. IVaismr nacI Jen- ings. Nothing further occurred in ihe line ol tbs euemy till our departure from this place. J am. very respectfully. Your obeiiient servaur, WILLIAM T. TOWNSEND. C. 31 and 11.31 Floridian. Latest from Fort Drone.—We have seen a letter from Fort Drane, dated 3d inst. whichstates thit the train which, under the escort of Ceptam Ashby was ret eiitlv attacked on its way from FortDraue to Micnnopy. returned on ibe If.inst. with au escort composed of regulars and a rein- fori'ement of forty-five (mounted) Florida Volun teers. No Indians were seen by them. Aw- iher train, with ail escort raider the comtnann o: Capt. Merchaut. proceeded oil the 2d from Fort Draue to Micauopy aud returned next day wA- out meeting the enemy. t Lieut. Spalding has, at present, command oi Capt. Ashby’s company of Dragoon;. M»pr Gardner rv.is daily exposed at For Drane with two companies.—Georgian. From the St. Augustine Heraid.JnlyW- ANOTHER BATTLE. A brilliant and gallant action.—Yesterday ternoon an express arrived iu towu with w®*' gence that a battle had taken place iu the 00™' ing at 6 o'clock, at Ridgeiey’s Mill,nearthemow of Black Creek, between a detachme.itof l* -• troops, 15 in uuinher, under Lieut. Herbert, st party of 35 Indians. ^ Lieut Herbert left here on Wednesday • ...escort 40 led hoises to Gareys Ferry* ^ reached that place in safety the next day- ^ was on his return iu the steamboat Lssau-c^ Picolata, when the boat arrived opposite' he landed in a small boat with 9 of his w* 0, view of going to Mr Travers’ plentais’u " house had been burned '.be day p rev i° us * , making ati examination, on londiug ***j“ 15CU ' fc fresb inockasin tracks, and took up P - He soon fell in with a party of fifteen or ' Indians, whom he immediately attar •*? • joined by the remainder of bis com More Emigrants for Texas.—A compai ,f fifty-three fine looking young men,under the com mand of Cnpt. Fraly arrived at this port last evening iu tho brig Harriet, from Baltimore, and will, depart for tho land of. “Milk aud-Ho- ney,” in the first vessel which sails for Texas. Bulletin. Charlestatu—A test vote for a salaried inten dancy, was taken in Charleston, on last Mouday. Tho result was a majorty of 363 votes for sala ried intendency—637 votes in favor of the ques tion, and 294 against, it. We believe that { iho citizens of Charleston have adopted a wise plau. and that an additional expense of a few thou- saud dollars will be nothing in comparison with the benefits that will result from an olficor who will have to devote all his time aud talents to the duties of his office. The New-York Erie and Champlain canal, which was completed in 1825, at a cost of $7,737,770, has extinguished this debt,pad hence forth its immense revenue will flow into the Stt te Treasury, to be appropriated either to tho ordi nary expenditures of the Government, or the con struction of other improvements, which, in their turn, will ul»o contribute to tbe geueral fund. pcctfully, TflviMAS E. BLACKSHEAR. Coker’s Plantation, July 29, 1836 To His Excellency, R. K. Call. Governor of Florida. Sir : This morning we left early from San Pe dro, on our way to Camp Carter. When about one mile from this place we discovered a fire a- head of us, we prepared ourselves aud divided iu parties, 26 men and officers, myself at tbe head of ono division aud Sergeant Meigs the other, we separated and proceeded about a quarter of a mile when the trail was discovered uear tho houses then on firo and joined Sergeant Meigs: aud pur sued tho tiai! of the Indians about 300yards below the house when we dismounted, and every man took hi? tree, we were fired upou by about 16 or 20 whose fire our men promptly returned, wo saw a little boy coming towards as, a son of Mr. Coker who had been taken by the Indians as prisoner aud had been left on oursuddeuly surprising them, they left every thing they had taken from the houses of the 2 Mr. Cokers, Mr. Vagle, &c. As far as we can learn, they killed only two young men, one sou of Mr. Coker and one of Mr. Vagle, whose dead bodies we have in camp with us. We attacked them a second time in a large ham mock near this place on foot, and got within 30 or 40 yards of them, and fired directly, we.havo discovered as yet no signs of having killed any excepting one whose dress the principal part of which, together with his rifle and moccasins ho dropped as 1 fired, I have sent the rifle to Talla hassee by Mr. Simmons, the mail-rider. I would have continued to pursue them, but having no beaten back, aud after a warm action,« ^ ed au hour and twenty miuutes, 'he cnc . driven into a hammock, from which they . j shew themselves until the detachment ^ on board the steamboat ami wasundcrx tW they came to the river hank anil fi ff boat. After driving them into the ham^ [_j etlt . the ammunition having nearly exha , U5 - 05 ition rf Herbert, from the superior force ana P the euemy did not think it prudent to Five of his men were wounded—i )0U e;Jfni j dangeronsly. It is thought that six 0 ^ were killed and wounded, as they « ^ fall, and a uegro who acted 03 h ea rd understood the 1 ntlian tongue, snui ,,e e0 car- repeatedly call during the action, f° r ry off their wcuudea. _ /Toiis thatk as This is one of the most brilliant a ^ occurred during the war. and we 10 j^ ve |jidt* current of disasters with which we suCC e»ses contend hitherto, is about to turn: a follow in the places of misfortune- it- Col. Crane of the army, commauaw* gular troops in East Florida, upon p uon inett s above intelligence here, ordered /i1 P j jj e ut. I f ’ company of mounted Vcsliintecrs- - 1, |0 m* 1 " win’s company of mounted U. »• tr °Pj j, e »)• to Picolata where they probably c will “ Johns last night: and it b able to fall iu with this band of - 1 tl ' e v icinity 01 supposed have been lurking 111 Black Creek for some days. mnin iesre^ We bavo just learned that tbe comp ^sl ed Picolata, and finished r |' ass ' n £ .. jet#^ o'clock this morniug. Lt. Her ei » have just arrived with'tbeir xroo