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Pi ij. iple tulvanci eto > .>m t.i. door, am: i reeling’, afraid to sta. out or go home alone, followed. < They walked in. i Lying upon a bed of straw, mid rover- ‘ cd witk miserable and tattered blankets, was i a sick man, moaning and tniitterinu, and I siiatehb’ir, nt the bed clothes with his ling ers. He wrs evidently not sane. t His wile was sitiitm un the end of a bench 1 by the chimney corner, with It. r c‘.b< ws on her knees and her lace upon her bauds. As her visitors entered, she looked npl , to them, lite very picture <if w retchedness j' and despair, ihinciple was gl..d, but l\a l- 1 ing "as sorry that tlic\ had com< • Feeling began to talk to some sii all rliil- i ■ dren who were shivering ov< r th. 1 ember-j upon the hearth, mid Principle n<c>sled the m t'lier—they Loth soon learned tin true state oi the case; it -vas one ol common i itiiseiy, resulting from the common cause. ierling was overwhelmed with painful emotion al w itnessing such sullbring. Pi-’m- , ciple began to think what could lie done to i relieve it, and prevent its return. “I»et us give her some money, to send J and buy some wood and somk bread,” I whispered !'<♦<ling, ‘•and go awav-I cannot | bear to st iv.” ‘•She wants kind worn* and sympathy, i more than food and fuel, for her present re lief,” sii 1 Principle,‘ In us stay with tier a I little while.” Tite poor snlTcrcr was cheered mid <n- ’ couraged by tin ir presence. A little hope , broke i.t. I’er strength revived under the influence el a eordi d more powerful than any medi- ! c tied beverage, and when, after Lall’an hour, j t ey went aw ty, promising future n lief, the spirits an I s'Amgth ofthe wretched wife and mother had been a little restored. She ' bad snvul'.’.cd Iter liti<bnn,'*s w retched ; coiicb, and qiictcd tnccrvmg chil r.‘u, and \ shut .t.-r doors, and was preparing; toenjov the relief, vv!::.;t it should come. Li a word, ( she bn 1 been revived from the stupor o despair. As they w like I n vny, Felling said, it ' was n most hem ,'rending scene, and that she i should not lorgi t it as long as she lived.--- ; Pi 'meiplc, s.ti l nothing, but guided their j way to a house, where they found one j whom they could empl.tv to carry food: Imd fuel to the cabin, and t ike cure < f the ■ sick man, while the wife and her children should sleep. They then return-d home. Feeling retired to rest, shuddering lest the terrible scene should haunt tn her dreams, and saying, that she would not witness such a scene again for all the wourld. Principle kneeled down at her bed-side, with a mind at pence. She commended the suffer?* • > God’s care, and prayed that her Savior would give hr every day some S'lch work to do. S :ch, in a very simple case, is the differ ence h-tw-en Frel’mg iml Principle. The one sbeys God, the other her own impulses and relieve* misery, because she caiino! i bear to see it.—7'Ae tc./y to do gaud. THE SILVER ; IXPENCE. ‘Do you see here,’ said a ragged little boy to a group of gaily' dresed urchins, as he came up from Market street wharf, In Philadelphia, ‘do you sec here, I‘ve g,t a silver sixpence.' ‘Why,’said Jeretni di Budd, whose fa ther was a wealthy ship master, I have six dollars to spend on Christmas, an:! that fel low is proud of a sixpence.’ Theodore heard, and looking thought fully upon the ground for a moment; tlien recollecting himself, ‘six dollars to spend.’ mattered he, ‘ but sixpem to keep is better than that ?’ Theodore kept his sixpence in his pocket, carefully wrapped up, lor several weeks ; when one day his uncle, who keeps a fruit shop at the corner of the alley where he lived, said to him, “ Theodore, your six pence don’t grow in your pocktt, you should plant it.” The little boy understood him better when he told him he might buy some fruit in the market with it, and stand in his shop and sell it out again. He embraced the oiler, doubled his money the first day, and went on until he had as much fruit to sell as he had room for in hi» little corner. His uncle observing the thrifty, and with al honest turn ofthe boy, finally took him into bis store* as an assistant, and allowed him to trade sundry specified articles on his own account. The closest attention to bu t-iuess. the most carefid management of bis small funds, and that run of good luck, as it is called, which generally runs with those who are saving, industrious and prin ent, in the course of three or fouryeacs, enabled him to go into full partnership with his un cle, and to extend bis business, and double bis former amount. Having trimmed Ills sails right at first, it became a second nature with Theodore to keep what sailors call close to the w ind, and he made headway astonishingly now. Soon after lie was twenty-one, lie was able to buy out ’lie whole stock of a dry goods merchan, and go into business on his own account entirely. Still he prospered, be cause an importer, changed, finally, his bu siness for a wholesale concern; embarked its the Lidia Trade ; and at last married a line girl, whose fortune was little inferior to his own; and it was said after that occur rence l.e was word) not less than hall a mil lion. Theodore now lived in *u> elegant man sion in Arch street, kept bis carriage, and had every thing in pret’y style, and yet at tended a» usual to his business. That he might never lore sight of his good fortune, th'; silver sixpt-nse was blended with the arms on the carriage ; it formed the seal with which lie stamped his letters, and be h id one of t;.e coins ; he teed Io say the the very identical one he first owned ; fas tened upon iiis desk in his counting room. Hememm-riitg thus constantly, that by small tu-.i.is he h id risen, lie still, among much well b. stowed charity, and in the constant I practice of true benevolence, looked well to small things, and never forgot how to re ckon pence as v. el! us pounds. Tims smoothly were Theodore’s affair* going forwaid, when one sultry summer’.- day, jmt as he entered his counting room, a thin sqtt did figure presented himself at the counter, and asked f>r cmploptnent. Hi; w -re a threadbare suit of blai k, an old hat, a.el his shoes were almost re.dy Io dr ,p off his feet. “In w hat capacity,’ s /i ' T.iio 1 “ do you wish for etnpluy- iliem , t , *• In any capacity,” was the reply “but, sir,’ continued the stranger, whipirg [ f a tear from the eye with his coat sleeve, j p ‘ my lai her was a mercli-ant, and he brougl t i p me tip in his profession ; I should therefore £ I glad of employment as a clerk.” Theodore looked nt l-im closely. He r thought he saw some lineament he retnetn- i bcred. f ‘What is your mime ?” he asked. The sirntiger lu-sitated a uionent, hung $ down his head, ami rep'.ed in a low voice, I “ Jeremiah IJu. d. ( ‘ \h!” said rheodore, recollecting him I instantly, “ and yon have got ch ar of Votir six dollars long ago, 1 fancy, Jeremiah.” c ‘‘ \ es,” said .Jeremiah, w ith a sigh ; “but i I hive not forgotten the ragged little hoy, > with bis silver sixpence. Ha.l 1 hern half as careful of my thousands as he was of his n icnce, slmtild not have been here friendless ■ ami penny less this day.” There was a triumphant smile on Th.v- - oilore’s i’li eas he took the hand ol his vi sitor, "Licit seemed, to spring from self- ! complacent feeling, which was excusable, I because it rose partly from the coticiousnes | ofhis ability to aid one whose impudence i had caused his misfortune, but who seemed i now to eimiees his error. He took the ap plicant into his employ, and in process of time restored him to the business-doing, w ; pm lent and valuable man. Tne lesson taught in the story is too plain to need a word of addition. I will i -imply ask—where is the needy man, who hat not spenfmore money foolishly in his lift ! than wonld be necessary to mtikchim com- I Portable now ? [.S'gnz/iry iVetcs. ORIGIN OF GENIUS. Columbus was the son of a weaver, and ; a wenv er himself. Rabclips son of an apothecary. , Clamte Lorraine was bred a pastry cook. Moliere, son of a tapestry maker. Cervantes served as a common soldier. Homer was a beggar. Ilessiod was the son of a small farmer. Demosthenes, of a cutler. I Terence was a slave. Richardson was a printer. Oliver Cromwell the son of a brewer. ; How ard an apprentice to a grocer. Benjamin Franklin, a journeyman prin ter. • Doctor Thomas, Bishop of Vforccster. son of a linen-draper. Daniel Defoe was a hosier, and the son of a butcher. Whitfield, son of an innkeeper at Glouces ter. Sir Clottdesly Shovel, rear-admiral of England, was an apprentice to a shoemaker and afterwards a cabin-bov. j Bishop Prideau.x worked it: the kitchen at j Exeter College, Oxford. Car i .al Wolsey, son of a butcher. ; Ferguson was a shepherd. Neibtihr was a peasant. Thomas Paine, son of a sttiymnker at Thetford. I Dean Tucker, was the son of a small , j farmer in Cardignshire, and performed his i j journeys to Oxford on foot. j Edmund Halley was the son of a soap- : boiler at Shoreditch. f Joseph Hall, bishop of Norwich, son of a farmer at Ashby de la Zouch. | William Hogarth was put apprentice to lan engraver of pewter pots. ’ Doctor Mountain, Bishop of Durham, , ' was the son of a beegar. 1 Lucian was the son of a statuary. r Virgil of a potter. Horace of a shopkeeper. ( Plautus, a baker. . Shakespeare, the son of a woolstapler, t Milton of a money scrivener. . Cowley, son of a hatter. Mallett rose from poverty. j Pope, the sun of a Merchant. Gay was apprentice to a silk mercer, •j I Doctor Samuel Johnson was son of a . j bookseller at Litchfield. i i Alienside, son of a butcher at Newcas- ’. I ‘lf- t j Collins son of a hatter. .! Samuel Butler, sou of a farmer. Ben Johnson worked for some time as a . bricklayer. i Robert Burns was a ploughman in Ayr- 1 shire. < Thomas Chatterton, son ofthe Sexton of . Rcdclifle Church, Bristol. s Thomas Gray was the son of a money s scrivener. .. .Matthew Prior, son of a joiner in Eon , don. | Henry Kirk White, son of a butcher at _ Notting! am. . Bloomfield and Gilford were shoemakers. Addison, Goldsmith, Otway, and Can- i ning, were sons of clergymen, j | Person son of a parish clerk. Saturday Courier. ’ | s TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, 1 SECOND SESSION. ■> Thursday, December 22. ’ 1— ' , IN SENATE. , A message vva< received from the Presi _ dent of the United States relative to the _ | recognition of the independence of Texas, and its admission into the Union, favorable to both measures at the present time. ' On motion of Mr. BUCHANAN, and after an examination ofthe documents by 1 the Committee on Foreign Relations, 1500 ’ extra copies of the message and documents were ordered to be printed. Petitions and memorials were presented by Me.-sis. BROWN, WALL, LINN TOMLINSON. WALKER, NICHO LAS, KING, of Ala. KING, of G-eo. and RUGGLES, and suitably referred. On motion of Mr. RIVES, sundry pri vate petitions and papers on the files ofthe Senate were again referred. -Mr. GRUNDY, from the Committee, on tne Judiciary, reported, w ilhout amend ment the bill referred to them lor the better ■.igimization of the District Court of the United States in the District of Alabama. Mr. HENDRICKS, also, made a dmihir report, from the Committee on Pub lic Lands. Mr. BUCHANAN, from the Cornmit ee on I'oreign Relation', reported witli >'.il amendment the bill referred to tl cm -ur the settlement of the claim ofthe e.’ccu trix ol' Richard W. Meade. C Mr. WRIGHT, from the Committee on Finance, repotted a bill to repeal certain ii provisions of the Tariff act of 1832, mt a w petition ofsinidry citizens of Philadelphia. I Read, and ordered to a second reading. o Also, from the same committee, Mr. W. v reported, vvitn an amendment, the bill re- 1 I'erred to diem allowing a draw-back on 1 ft>reig:> hemp. Mr. HENDRICKS gave notice that he | should, to-morrow, ask leave to introduce a t bill to authorize the purchase by the Uni- | ted States ofthe private stock in the Port- i land and I muisville canal. i Air. HENDRICKS, on leave, intro duced a bill authorizing certain improve ments in the Territory of Florida. Tend twice, and referred, Mr. WHITE reported, without amend ' ment- sundry bills from the Committee on Indian Affairs. Also, from the same committee, a bill making indemnity to Benjamin Almphy for loss of property by the Indians. Read, ami ordered to a second reading. On motion of Mr. CLAY, it was Resolved, That when the Senate ad journ, it adjourn to meet on .Monday next. Mr. LINN, on leave, introduced a bill to c intinuc in force the acts for the final ad justment of land claims in Missouri. Read twice, and referred. Mr. WRIGHT, on leave, iniroduced a bill in addition to the act of 1 797, providing for the settlement of the accounts between the United State-and the receivers of the public money. Also, a bill anticipating the payment of the French and Neapolitan indemnities to citizens of the United States; both which bills were read twice, and referred. On motion of Mr. WRIGHT, the annu al report on Finance was referred to the Committee on Finance. Air. SWIFT, ou leave, introduced a bill to provide for the moral and religious in struction of the Army ofthe United States. Also a bill to incorporate the Washing ton Manual Labor School and Alale Or phan Asylum in the District of Columbia. Both of which bills were severally read iwice, and referred. Mr. NICHOLAS, on leave, introduced , i bill to provide fur the legal adjustment I ofthe claims of the heirs ofthe Baron Bas trop, and the Marquis de Maison Rouge. 1 Read twice, and referred. The following resolutions were offered, and, by rule, lie over one day: By, Mr. HENDRICKS: ‘ Resolved, That the Committee on Roads tnd Canals be instructed to inquire into tiie expediency of making an appropriation for ' die constrnctiod ol the Cumberland road in the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illi nois. 1 By Mr. WALKER : Resolved, That the Committee on Cmn nerce be instructed to inquire into the ex pediency of making an appropriation for a mrvey ofthe harbor of the city of Natchez, 1 with a view to the improvement of said har bor. 1 ll< S )hc I, That the Committee on the ' Judiciary be instructed to inq ire into the expediency of increasing the salary of the ’ District Judge of the United Slates for the State of Alississippi, and o: changing ’ the time of luddiog the sessions of said Court. ’ Resolved, That the Committee on Com merce be instructed to inquire into the cx- ’ pediency of making an additional appro priation for deepening the channel near the mouth ofthe Pascagoula river, in the State of Mississippi; and also of making an ap propriation for a survey of the channel of Pearl river, in the same State, near the month of said river, with a view to the re moval ofthe obstructions in the same, SPECIAL ORDER. The Senate resumed tlic consideration of . Mr. Ewing’s resol.ition to rescind the i Treasury order of July 11th, 1833, and to prohibit the Secretary ofthe ’Treasury ft.om - j delegating his power to specify w h.,1 kind I of funds shail be received, in payment for the public lands. Air. W EBSTER concluded his remarks a on this subject. Air. NILES followed at considerable - length, on the same subject, and in reply to i Mr. Webster and Mr. Ewing. f| Air. RIVES, after some introductory ' remarks, (Mr. Ewing having withdraw n y ; his call lorthe yeas and nays,) offered the following amendment or substitute to Air. - ! Ewing’s resolution; which amendment was ! ordered to be printed : f i Resolve-, That, hereafter, all sums ol ; money accruing or becoming payable to • t the United States, whether for customs, pob ‘ lie lands, texas, debts, or otherwise, shall be collected and paid only in the legal cur rency of the United States, or in the notes of Ifanks w hich are payable and paid on de ’ maud, in the said legal currency, under the following restrictions and conditions in regard to such notes; that is, from and alter ! the passage of this resolution, the notesol i no banks which shall issue bills of a less de ' nomination than $5, (five dollars,) shall be , received in payment of the public dues; from and after the Ist day oi'July, 1839, the notes -of no banks which shall issue bills or notes : of a less denomination than $lO, (ten dol , lars,) shall be so receivable; and from and - after the Ist of July, 1841, the like prohib t itionshall be extended to the notes of all banke issuing bills or notes of a lessder.om- I ination than S2O, (twenty dollars;) but the / public debtor shall have the option of pay ) ing cither in the ,«aii! legal currency, or in - tiie notes of banks ofthe description above mentioned, h.-good credit; provided, how- I ever, that jm notes shall be taken in pav , ment bv the c.iib clois or receivers, which • the banks in which they are to be deposited shall not be willing to pass to the ciecit of the United States as cash. On motion of Mr. HUBB ARD, The Senate then adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The unfinished business of the morning hour was the joint resolutions presented on yesterday by Air. REYNOLDS, of Illinois, from the Legislatute ol that State, on (he subject of the proposed route ol the Cum berland road. Mr. REYNOLDS addr i ssed the House | in remarks of some length, (wlmdi will be given hereafter.) Ami on motion of Mr. R., the resolutions were then referred lothe ■ rilE NT AN D.UI i) SM'' IJ.VI J N. Jomrniitee on Roads and Canals. Petitions and memorials were called fin ii tne order ol Stales, and jterritorii s, and vere presented by Messrs. Adams and Lawrence, of Alas's. ; Air. D. J. P nice, if Rhode I . land ; Afes.-rs. Russell, Ward well, Hard, Ward, ami Hnutiiigton, ofNew York; Ale.-srs. Denny end Ingersoll, of Pennsylvan'.a. A t this stage of the business, a message having been received from the President of the U. States, Mr. Pickens moved the sus pension ol the furtlier business ofthe House in order that the same might be read and I referred ; which motion prevailed. TEXAS. i lie follow ing mess.-ge was recei' cd from the President of the United States. by the hands of Andrew Jaclson, Jr. his Private Secretary : To the House <j' Re} resent /lives U. S. During the last session information was given to Congress, by the Executive, that measures had been taken to ascertain “ the political, military, ami civil condition of 'Texas.” 1 now submit, for your conside rations, extracts from the report of the a gent who had been appointed to collect it, relative to the condition of that country. No step- have been taken by the Execu tive towards the acknovv lodgement of the independence of Texas ; and the w hole subject would have been left without furth er remark, oa the information now given to Congress, were it not that the tw o Hou j scs, at their last session, acting separately, i passed resolutions “ that the independence of Texas ought to be acknowledged by the United. States, whenever satisfactory infor mation should be received that it had in successful operation a civil government, ca pable of performing the duties, and fulfil ling the obligations of an independent Pow er.” This mark of interest in the question of the independence of Texas, and indica tion of the views of Congress, make it pro per tiiat I should, somewhat in detail, pre sent the considerations that have governed the Executive in continuing to occupy the ground previously taken in the contest be tween Mexico and Texas. The acknowledgment of a new State as j independent, and entitled to a place in the i family of nations, is at all times an act ol | great delicacy and responsibility ; but more | especially so a hen such State lias forcibly separated itstlf from another, of which it bad formed an integral part, and which still claims dominion over it. A premature re cognition, under these circumstances, if hot looked upon as justifiable cause of war, is always liable to be regarded as a proof ol I an unfriendly spirit to one of the contend ing- parties. Ail questions relative to the government <d’ foreign nations, whether <>! tiie old or lhe new world, have been treated by the United Stales as questions of fact only, and our predecessors have cautiously abstained Irom deciding upon them until the clearest evidence was in their posses sion, to enable them, not only to decide cor rectly, but to shiiki tlieir decisions from ev ery unworthy imputation. In all the con tests that have arisen out of the Revolution: s of France, out of the disputes relating to the 'crowns of Portugal and Spain, out of t'.,( : revolutionary movements in those king i doms, out of the separation of Arneri lean possessions of’both from, tl.e Europeat Governments, and out oft e numerous 'an, land constantly occurring struggles for -‘ c j minion in Spanish A' aerica, so wise', , co ,, • sistent wit!) our ju. o t principles h" S (Je^u t |] i action ol our Government, tb'»t have ui: , der lhe inc.st critical circu-j- , aiK . CS} iivoi(le j all cer.sure, and eiicotir.u fed no mher ev •I than that produced J-.v a transient estrange . j ment ol good n il 1 m those against whom vv .’have been, <jy ijrg of evidence, compelle i to decide. | R Las thus been made known to th f.wo’.ul that the uniform policy and practie ; I oi the United Slates is, to avoid ail Interfer , ( ence in disputes which merely relate to th . i ir.ternal government ofother nations, am | [eventually to recognise the authority of th ~ I prevailing party without reference to ou particular interests and views, or to themcr s i its of the original controversy. Publi i opinion here is so firmly established aw J well understood in favor of this policy, tha 3 I no serious disagreement has ever arisen a mong ourselves in relation to it, althoug brought under review in a variety of forms ( and at periods when the minds of the peo pie were greatly excited by the agitation < topics purely domestic in their charactei , Nor has any deliberate inquiry ever instituted in Congress, or in any of our le gislative bodies, as to whom belonged th power of originally recognising a nev State—a power, the exercise of which is e quivalent, under some circumstances, to ; declaration of war—a power no where ex pressly delegated, and only granted in tin Constitution, as it is necessarily involved ii some ol the great powers given to Congress 1 in that given to the President and Senati to form treaties with foreign powers, am (. to appoint ambassadors and other publii ministers ; and in that conferred upon tin President to receive ministers from foreigi nations. I ; In the preamble to the resolution of tin ■ il ouse of Representatives, it is distinctly . intimated that the expediency of recogniz ing the Independence of’ Texas should be left to the decision of Congress. In thi: [ view, on the ground of expediency, I am disposed to concur ; and do not, therefore, consider it necessary to express any opin ion as to the strict constitutional right ol lhe Execut ve, either apart from, or in con junction with the Senate, over the subject. It is to be presumed that on no future occa sion will a dispute arise, as none heretofore occurred, between the Executive and Le gislature, in the exercise of the power ol recognition. It will always be considered consistent with the spirit of the Constitu tion, am! most safe, that it should be exer cised wlicd probably leading to war, with a previous irjiderstonding with that body by whom war can alone be declared, and by whom all tile provisions iffr its perils mvst be fnrnisled. Its submission to Congress, which represents in one of its branches the States of this Union, and in the other the People «f the United States, where there may be icastmable grim ml to apprehend so grave a consequence, would certainly afford the idlest .satisfaction to our own country, and a perfect guaranty to all other nations, of tin justice ami prud< nee '-ofthe measures whiei might be a lopti d. In making these suggestions, it is not j S my purpose to relieve my self from the res- A poiisibdity' of expressing my ow n opinions H of lhe cour.-e the interests of our country I prescribe, and its honor permits us to fol- I low. J : It is scarcely to be imagined that a ques tion ol this character ctmld he presented, in relation to which, it would be more difficult e lor the United States to avoid exciting the suspicion and j-. nlousy ofother Powers, and 1 maintain thv;r established character for ‘ fair and impartial dealing. But on this, as • mt every try ing occasion, sall ty is to be 1 found in a rigid adherence to principle. 1 In the con:< st between Spain and her re volted colonies, we stood aloof, and waited not only netil iln; ability of the new States to protei t themselves was fully established, but tmsil lhe danger of their being subjugated had entirely passed away. Then, and not till tlien, "ere they recognized. Such was our course in regard to Mexico herself. The same policy was observed in all the j disputes growing out ofthe separation, into distinct governments of those Spanish-A merican States, "ho began or carried on the contest with lhe parent country, united tinder one form of government. We ae knowledtred the separate independence of ofNew Grenada, of Venezuela, mid of Ecu ador, only after their independent existence was no longer a subject of dispute, or was actually acquiesced in by those; with whom they had been previom ’y united. It is true that, with regard to Texas, lhe civil author ity ol .Mexico has been expelled, its invnd ’ ing army defeated, ami the Chief of the Re public himself captured, and all present pow ’ er to control the newly organized Govern ment oi Texas annili tla ted within' its con fine:. But, on the other hand, there is, in appearance at least, an immense dispa’ity of physical force on the side of Alexico. 1 The Alexican Republic, under another Ex ’ ecutive, is rally ing its forces under a new leader, and menacing a fresh invasion to re- I cover its lost dominion. Upon the issue ofthis threatened invas-l . imi the independence of Texas may be con sidered as suspended ; and were there noth ing peculiar in lhe relative situation of the United States anil Texas, our ticknowl- P ecigcme.it ol its independence at such a crisis could scarcely be regarded as consistent with that prudent reserve with which we ' have heretofore held ourselves bound to , tieat ait siuii>ai questions. But there are ‘ circumstances in the relations of the two t counties which inquire us to act, on this _ occasion, wnh even more than our wonted P caution. Texas was oncedaiined as a part ofour property, and there are those amor.n I ’ our citizens who always reluctant to abanG P don that claim, but regard with solicitude j the prospect ofthe reunion of ( < )e terriotry t j to this country. A large portion of its ci” . 11Itzetl1 tzetl inhabitants are emigrants from, , J United States; the same > r ; C ‘ with ourselves; c’mrish the sam c j political mid r.iigious; air’ ' P ln,l P cs ’ ’ j many <-f mg-citizens by ti' .. ’"V 1111 ’I kindred b ] 0()( l : and : ' 'ends up and ki’w.n that the Pc - ~ l 15 S instituted the se p / e ° f f ,llat C<,l, " try I,aV , e e 1 -‘C Imm of government with e L ! rZ= close of yom i. , ) ■ °P er) iy resolved, on the ac . ..itoa U g-|| )en t by us of their independence, n admission into the Union as one ol J 1 ederal States. This last circums*anc< is a matter of p; etiliar delicacy, and forces upon us considerations of the gravest char )e acter. Ihe thiie ■ f Texas to the territory she t laims is identified with her indepeml ;d e,l( ‘ ’ s ‘ n> as ks us to acknowledge that title . I to tne tei i itory, with an avowed design to t ._ treat immediately of its transfer to the Unit ,-e e d States. It becomes us to beware of a too ,j early movement, as it might subject iis-how ever unjustly to the imputation of seeking to establish the claim of our neighbors to a ter >e ritory , witn a view to its subsequent acqui re sition by ourselves. Prudence, therefore, ** seems to dictate that we should still stand •e aloof, and maintain our present attitude, il d not until Alexico itself, or one of the great •c foreign Powers, shall recognize the inde " pemlence oi the new Government, at least J- until the lapse of lime, or the course of i‘ events, shall have proved, beyond cavil or “1 dispute, the ability of the People of that L 't country to maintain their separate sover '■ eignty, and to uphold the Government con i' stituted by them. Neither ofthe contend- s > ing parties can justly complain of this course. By pursuing it, we are but carrv '■ ing out tl.v long-established policy ofour • • Government—-a policy, which has secured " to ns respect and influence abroad, and in spired confidence at home. " ilaving thus discharged my duty, by pre senting "ith simplicity and directness the views which, after much reflection, I have been led to take of this important subject, I have only to add the expression of my con " ildence that, if Congress shall differ with me upon it, their judgment will be the result ’ ol dispassionate, prudent, and wise delibe (l ration ; with the assurance that, during the short time I shall continue connected with the Government, I shall promptly and cor dially unite with you in such measures as " may be deemed best fitted to increase the prosperity and perpetuate the peace ofour e favored country. y ANDREW JACKSON. p Washington, Dec. 21, 183 G. s T.-e reading of the message having been i concluded, Mr. HOWARD moved thaithe , same, with the accompany ing documents, be - referred to the Committee on Foreign As s fairs, and that they be printed ; which motion - prevailed. • The question on the motion to print 20,- OOOextra copies was then taken, and decid- L ‘ cd in the allirinative. From the Natchez Courier. ’ FROM TEXAS. i We yesterday had an interview with Col. George W. Bonnell of the Texian ar- • my, formerly editor of the Southern Ar > gus published at Columbus, in this State, i and now on his way to that place, having . leave ofabsence for three months. From him we have learned many importyt parti culars respecting the condition of' affairs in that country, as be brings the I..test intelli gence, hating L’it Columbia, the Capitol of Texas, on Nov. 14th, ajid Velasco o» the 19th. We give a complete list ol the Cabinet [with the salary of eacsi member: i i in’l 11 - n>ton ,1 i < ‘i<:< in, st.lmy SIO,CC( M. B. Lama r, Vi < c Piesidt nt, “ 3,000 i. F. Ausiin, Sec’ry of Stale, “ 3,500 11. Smith, Sec’ty of Treasury, “ 3,500 F. J. Rnsb.'Sec’i Vof War, ’ “ 3,500 S. R. J i'Ler, Sec’ry of Navy, “ 3.5 CC T. Collingsworth, Att’y Gen., “ 3,500 J. R. Jones, F. Al. General salary not fix ed. Felix Houston, of Natches, was com manding the army by brevet, at the titm. of Col. Bonnell’s departure, and the prev alent opinion was, that otir respected townsman would be, elected Comtnander-iu dii.’f. On Nov. 12th, President Houston sent a message to Congress, reComim-dtiing tin liberation of General Santa Anna, for tin purpose of allowing him lo visit the United Stales. This course had'been recommen ded by General Jackson, in a letti r to Gen. llmisloq T who had also invited Santa Anna to Wasliington. Gen Jackson pro posed to become a jnediator between tin two governments, and proposed to become the security of Santa Anna, for lhe faithful performance of his treaty. Santa Anna declared that he had become convinced, that the government < f ALxico could never stibdue the Texinns, and he was anxious lo settle the difliculties be tween the two governments, at as early a day as possible. The people of Texas, he said, had declare'! by a large majority, that they wished to be attached to the United States. This, be thought, would be effec ted in no way so well as to have commis sioners appointed to defTTie the bonntktries bet"ecu the government of Mexico ami lhe United States. He was in favor of this course, and would instruct the commission ers on the part of Alexico to make the Rio Grande del Norte, the boundary to its south western source. This would include all of Texas, the greatt • part of Coahuila, and part ofNewLeon,Tamaulipas, Chihuahua, and four-fifths of New Mexico. It beipr tiie boundary to which the Texians had j laid claim. On those considerations, Gen eral Jackson proposed sending him home in a national vessel. These views met the decided approba- 1 tion of Gen. Houston, and of i.nost of the members of bis Cabinet, and he recommen ded their adoption in a mesia.ge to the Con gress of Texas. After remaining in secret session for six hours, the house decided ag?ftn s t t| ie measure, and passed a res’o’ ol f OUj that Santa Anna should be still Gained as a cap tive. r liieThos. Toby* n Texian privateer-, itas, within the f ew W eeks, captured arid [ [ )rol ’o’i' t i*' r 'o ( | ie port o f Velasco, two Mex i ican sc l '.r;„ ) the Julius Caesar and the Mex | lcai ’a - the former Valued at S4OOO, the lat -1 * ,r at S9OOO. The Alexican navy is repre sented as being in a wretched condition ; ? tne Texian vessels, small as they are, are e bidding them defiance within sight of the , guns of tlieir own forts. The Alexicana a was taken w ithin three miles of Vera Cruz, I and the Independence, a Alexican sloop ol s war, mounting 14 guns, was lying at anchot e i in the port, and lelused to come out anc I) I give the Toby battle. The Thus. Toby r J mounts only five guns. Various important matters have been dis ■, cussed in the Texian Congress. Among if ’ other propositions that have been introdu <• i ced, are the following : establishment of a s 1 regular army, and the recognization of the - military forces ; also a dined tax on lane c j and cattle. A committee has been appoin- - ted to perform what we think will prove a e ilerchlean task, namely, to investigate the > numerous ami conflicting land claims ol - companies and individuals. The post ol j fire department has been organized, and is - in regular operation. A bill establishing a judiciary, composed of four c irctiit judges - ' and a chief justice, was under considera- - ; tion. Congress has also passed a law for , I raising 600 dragoons as Rangers on the I [ north-western frontier, to range from Red f river to San Antonio. The President lias t' also ordered 300 infantry, to organize a ■ [ chain of block-houses, to extend across t the whole of that range. Os course, this I I is intended only to over-awe lhe Indians, ’ - and deterthem from those depredations for t which lhe Catnanches are celebrated. They - have also established trading houses, and - are on friendly terms, at present, with all - the tribes of Indians. ‘ The conditions upon which they desire ad- - mission into the Union, as set forth by the r committee, and adopted by Congress, are : 1 first, the continuation cf slavery ; second, j a guarantee not to settle Indians in their ter ritory; third, lull ai:d equal privileges .' with all the other States. On their part, ; they are willing to surrender all their un ; occupied territory, to the general govern , met.t, after the liquidation of all demands - against their republic. i t ' STATISTICAL VIEW OF MEXICO. , The United States of Alexico formed their . constitution in 1824, on tne plan of our ; federal Union. The deviations were few , and inconsiderable—l 9 States and 4 terri . lories formed the confederation. A presi dent was to be elected every four years, and could not be re-elected. A Senate of two members from each State, and a deputy for each 80,QQQ population, formed the Con gi ess. According to th-1 constitution, every man at IS years of age became a voter; no oth er qualification was required. Indians and Mestizoes, negroes and mu lattoes, were equally free citizens and vo ters. The population of Alexico is at present about 8,000,000. In 1794, it was 5,000,- 000; in 1806, it was 5,500,000; in 1825, it was 6,850,000.. This population is divi ded as follows: 1. Indians, 4,000,000. 2. Alestizoes, that is, descendants of In dians at.td Spanish, 2,000,000. 3. Creoles, Spanish descent; born in Mexico, 1,200,000. 4. Zaigho, Indian and negro descent, and mulatoes, 500,000, 5. Negroes, 1000,000. 6. Gunphupins, or natives of Spain, 10,000. 7. Esti'angeros, or strangers, American, English, French, Italian, bic. 15,000. By the relativ ■ population, we perceive that Indians and Alestizoes form the bulk of the nation, and with Cqual privileges aie s ire to rule it at a future time. They are at pn sent, however, regarded with extreme contempt, and are by the whites opprobrioti.-ly denominated irrational. The number ol Indians leinain nearly the same as when first discovered by the Spaniards, iliree centuries h ligion ha.e been little affected by their "bite intruders. The land in Alexico is generally much supeiior to that ol the United States. Al most all the productions ol other climes grow there in rich luxuaritfnte. ■ The produce ol maize is. wt nderful— an acre has been known to produce 200 bush- . els, and some stems are 20 feet high, with 5 or 6 large ears. Wheat grows well only on table land, but there il commonly y ields 2b to 1. In lhe irrigated lands ol Alexico, it has even yield ed 50 to 1 ; while in Europe, only 10 or 12 to 1, is considered the a'erage produc tion; and the best lands in Kntucky yield only 22 to 1. To produce 1,000,000 pounds of sugar, only 150 1 .b< urers are required, while 300 are requ site in Cubi and Louisiana. Tne prodm ton of Coffee is still easier in Alexico; 20 men can attend 200,000 trees,) which on an aveiage, produce 500,000) pounds. Colton also, of a quality far superior to ours, can be cultivated in many purts of Mexico, in greater quantities by o'.,e-third, than can be obtained from, the best lands in. Louisiana. The silver mint i in Mexico are perhap# inexhaustible ; 3,000,000,090 of silver have been drawn from them during 300 year* past, averaging $10,000,000 per annum. lhe first English mining company wax established in 1623; there are now 10; English?; North American 2; German 1. The business however has been unprofit~ able. The great source of wealth in Mexico, i.s her eminently productive soil. All the productions of southern Europe abound there in the greatest state of luxuriance and perfection. Horses, cattle, sheep, Sec. o f the finest : quality, can be raised ata trifling expense, tiie climate being congenial to their nature; The exp use of winter feeding is avoided, there being no winter there; hoises ofthe best quality can be obtained for 15 or 20 dollars per head. The Mexica’js have 1,000,000,000 acres cf good laut'.s to be sold to colonists on six years credit, at a few cents per acre. Any poor man therefore, without a cent in his poche;, can purchase bis thousand of acres i o( the very be st land in the world, and from ; the productions of that land, il he be indus trious, at lhe expiration of six years, .find his payments all made, and himseli independ ently rich. Agricultural labor can be obtained thro’ out Alexico at the avesge rate of 25 cents per day. These low rates operate iy to the advantage of lhe enterprising ag riculturalist; but the consequence is, nine tenths ofthe natives forever remain in the r most abject poverty and servitude. Like . the ancient Israelites, they sell themselves to | pay their debts ; a small debt of a few dol , I lars often forees them into a servitude from which, in consequence ofthe high price of clothing, and the low rates of labor, they are , uever able to extricate themselves. Ale . chanicai labor is mostly performer! by for , I eigners, at $2 to $4 per day,. Soldiers of . | inlantry have $1 25 cents per day, and of I! cavalry $2, but they h ive no rations allow . el them; they must therefore feed and ! clothe themselves, the government furnish , in_i nothing but arms and ammunition.- r Tlieir pay, however, is always in arrears, and very difficult to collect. They seldom receive any thing but clothing, charged lo them at an extravagant rale, and that only' when reduced to the last extremity. As to [ their food, they are often compelled to bor row, beg, or levy it by military contribu- ■ lions. The Alexican forces are at this time ■in a very disorganized and turbulent con dition, reduced to rags ami beggary, with out resources— their pay several months in arrears, and the national treasury exhaust ed. Such is the nation with whom the brave Texians are at war, aud such the country they possess. From the Darien Telegraph, 20th ult. Death of a Child of the Forest!!!— We extract lhe following from the Jacksonville Courier. It is contained in a detailed ac count ofthe late campaign in Florida. Thei Major’s death we have recorded before, buU the particulars are touching : “ Aftea having gune about two miles, the enemy were arrayed on lhe opposite side of a narrow creek or lagoon, which extended each way further than the eye could reach. Our forces made seveial unsuccessful at temps to cross the lagoon. Those who made the attempt, were one moment on a bog and the next up to the arm in mud and water, and were constantly exposed to the i most deodly lire of the enemy from the op- I posite side. The chiva ric Major AIONI j AC, was shot through the heart, in boldly attempting, at the head of a party of the Creeks, lo cross. On receiving the shot,, his last words to captain Watson, on falling; were—“ Save my body.” Unfortunate ar he was brave, he (>ad advanced 100 far to enable any one to do so, and he was scalped. “ Finding it impracticable at that late hour, (four o’clock in the evening) to pur sue the enemy beyond this natural barrier, (though iordable in some places by the In dians) in the face of the enemy ou the oppo site side, they returned to the camp. Du ring the engagement there were leu of Co lonel Pierce’s division killed and twelve or fourteen wounded, several of whom have since died. Ol lhe enemy, from fourteen to nineteen were found dead. 1 he death ol the brave Moniac was much regretted by all. He bad been educated at West Point, and, on leaving, was given a commission in the army. But he preferred returning to the and independent life ofhis lathers. Like many other brave and chiv- spirits, his wos lhe ihisforim e to take its flight Irom the swamps and hummocks of 1 iorida. Inglorious death ! He met il with asi pie request, to save him from disgrace I and to give his weary suirit rest in the other 1 world. 1 he Tennessee brigadeifullv sustained their State reputation. All the officers and i men engaged in the battle are represented j to have (ought as w ell as any general could j wish. I All who were represent this as a bird