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instictivcly co'e oil her hem t n ith her hand | —the hand is miserably (’factored by the I balls ; but saved her heart. She then es-j raJrs to another closet, where a third shot, firet? a! her without eilect—and at last, she rushes in despair ct the door—and while M. I de discharging his last barrel , nt h", she succeeds in opening it. The ! family, alarmed by lhe fireinc, arrives, and | and she is saved. The old man, on seeing that she is beyond his reach, returns to his apartments and blows nut his brains. It scents dear that be had resolved to make a suTillce of die short remtiantof his own lite, in order to release liis son and his grandson from their unfortunate connexion with Ma- . dame de Pontnlba. But he failed—none of| her wounds were mortal ; and within a month niter, Madame de Pontnlba, “ per-’ t’ertly recovered, in high health and spirts! radiant and crowned with (Howers, was to bosecn nt all the fetes anti concerts ofthe; •cs prink” l:t the meantime a suit for restitution of! eonjttctd rights pending between her and | Imr Im.Uau l ; and toward the end of last! October x final decre of the court enjoined that Madame de Puntalba should return • ijndct marital authority, and should reside ! •n such of her husband’s houses as he should I appoint—excepting only, with the ; Ide delicacy, the Choteau de Mont Levc <pic, where the bloody scene had been .act-! cd. ; Xtwspapcrial Accommodations.-— “ Mister Printer, I’ve come to the conclusion to patron ise your paper at ” “A very wise con- clusion sir.”—-“At least one quarter, pist totrv v ” “Alwayshappy to accommodate,sir,’ “That is, if I don’t like it “Either wav, sir.” “I’ll bring all the papers back, when the quarter’s up.”—“Shant’ we send for them, sir 1” “Stop my paper, sir; I’ve ordered you to stop my paper a dozen times, and yet it contin ues t<> come-—why don’t you stop it.” This is s qestio *. with which every newspaper publish er is now and then greeted. Many subscribers citbar donator will not understand that there is • right way and a wrong way to order a paper so be stopped. They imagine that till thov have to do is to write to the printer to “stou mv paper—why don’t you stop my paper ?” ‘The Boston Transcript says, that in nine cases out often, the answer is,‘because sir, you have not settled 'our account.’ Ga to the printing oi fi o pay aW you owe, and order it to be stop ped, and then if it continues to come, the print er only wiii be to blame. A recent Club Scene—-A party were play ing nt whist, and when one ofthe players a noble lord hid shuffled the cards, Mr.— placed his hand on the pack, and called lor the groom porter. W hen the latter entered the room. Mr, ——— desired him to bring paper, wax and tape. These were brought, and Mr. thea directed the waiter to seal up the packet r. 11 keep it till the next day, and then lay it be tore the committee. At six next morning the r.abie Urd loft town for the .Netherlands.—[Lon don Post. L C’ oxa grreftsi onal. OJ/icc of the Baltimore American, ( January 20. i T WENT Y - FOL’ RTH CONGRESS. SECOND SESSION. January 19, 1837. IN SENATE. A message was received from the President ot the United States communicating, in reply to a resolution of lift? i6ih, a letter addressed tothe 1 resident ol the United States, from the Presi dent of Mexico, of the 4th of July, being the wnolc of the information in possession ofthe; t resident concerning the visit of Santa Anna. | Iho correspondence, consisting of a letter 1 from Santa Antia, dated .July 4th, and the re- , piy ot the President dated September 4th, was * tm-n read. The letter from Santa Anna, states I hist ne has given up the idea of keeping Texas i'i a state ot dependence on Mexico, but tiiat it will require the interposition of a stro:i'» and i disinterested power to induce Mexico to acqui- ' esce in this view. He considers the President: , the United States, as occupying precisely j ae position which he ought to occupy, to be I able to interfere in this contest so as to bring I I'tia termination—and Santa Anna expresses! ms determination to co-operate with the Pre- j m .'ent in this nutter. The reply ofthe Presi- , dent is cautious, civil, and friendly. He ex-: ) res.es doi.b-. wlicther any m t’of Santa Anna,! while ii prisioner could be considered as having i any validity ; but is willing to do any tiling ' which he can to produce so desirable a result! »- isistcntly with has, and the policy of the prac- > tire ol the United .States.—After the correspon- ‘ dsnee bad been road, | . r . Prf 7 to “ said , ‘hat the gentleman who I m i oHcred thn resolution to which this was a ! reply, was not in his seat, and he did not know 1 what disposition he desired of this message.— ! He wished however to make a remark before I lue subject was disposed «f. The circum.stan- ! 0 * vnita A uni had greatly changed since j h>« letter ofthe 4th of July. Since that lime 1 » • had bpcn released from captivity, and arri ved in Washington City. l( e did not know w.wther the President or Santa Anna was dis p ned to enter into the negotiation. But there was now a resolution on the tabic, on the sub- : ject of the recognition of Texas. He <id not k,io'.v what dispo.ition tlia Senator from Missis sippi intended to make of this resolution, but ' in his own opinion the present message did not at ad change du. position which the United ! • •tales -tood, in relation to Texas.—Whenever* that resolution should betaken up, he would pledgo bin.self to prove that the United States .ire boun I to make a prompt recognition I ofthe Independence of Texas, independent- ’ ly of any age ncy on t'm part of Santa Anna. Ju her own position, Texas has a right to he re- j c ognized. jhe inquiry of the resolution he j snouicl i.ot consider as involving any opposition ! to the views of the President in ids message, uok-.i p. irod the propriety ofrecognition in ilie 1 rosiilt <d the invasion of Texas by General Bra- : vo, w.iicii was now aliandmed. . ‘^, r ’ '‘lk<T made also a lew observations similar m their import, and read certain inter- I rogatories oil tlrn subject of the feeling to the Mexicans, which h-had submitted to a gentle- j min li'om ' <rr (buz, and his replies to show tuit thcexj.edi ion against Texas was abaudon- Mr f. ilhoiiri s tid he was disposed to vote for j the immediate recognition after the information ' wuicli had been received. 1 lie mnisago wa* then laid on the table ! •nd oidered to be printed. ihe Hon. T. S. Clayton. U.S. Senator, i (•om Delaware, to fid the vacancy caused I>y | the resignation of the Hon.J. C. Clayten, ap‘- ! peered and was qualified and took Ins Mat. | Corrtninndencf ofthe Charlatan Courier. WASHINGTON, JAN. 19, 1837. | Santa Anna, and Ids suite arrived here and ; are boarding at the house in which the Sccrcta- ■ ry of the Navy boards. The Mexican noble j l-....,,, Hi, health, (am apprehensive of insult from some of the i< la tites ol the individuals who were consigned bv him to an untimelv and unwariantable death, i A few oays may probably he sufficient to dissi pate these apprel.elisions if they exist. Noth ing is to be more deprecated, than ant personal feeling exhibiting itself in any act of violence,: against this gentleman. Whatever may he his i demerits, we must remember our own character, as a tioe, an intelligent, an hospitable nation ; and an attack upon him, while residing here, * under the implied protection of the laws, would be as dastardly an act a.s he liimsidf ever perpe trated, in the least glotious of his military davs and deeds. Whatever punishment is due to him let his ow n country, and posterity inflict it. W ASHING 1 ON, J \N. 19. A message was received from the President o the United States, in answer to a resolution ofthe Son te, transmitting a translation of a letter addressc i i by <ieneral Santa Anna, on the 4th July, 1836, to the President of the United States, and also ;< * copy ot the letter ot the latter personage, wri- I ten in reply, dated 19th September, 1836. Gen. Santa Anna states that he. when at the I head ol 6(1 0 .Mexicans, was taken prisoner; j that he was alter being some time in durance on ' the point of embarking for X’er.t Cruz, to earn I into eilect certain engagements into which he ■ had entered with tho Cabinet ol’Texas, but that ; he was prevented from so doing, owing to the I ofuciou.sness of a number of people, who had | collected together for that purpose. Unsays i that his stay among the people of 'Texts had convinced him that it was useless for Mexico to I prosecute the war any further, and that it was , his conviction that the people of Mexico ! would be of tho same opinion when lie shoulk explain matters to them. This he had not an | opportunity oi* doing, in consequence, of the | ofitcimisness already spoken of. This fact ac | ounted for the second expedition against'Texas, I the Ale titan Government being ignorant ofthe real State of things in Texas. He expresses I his wish to enter into negotiations with the U | nited Stales in regard to'l’exas, and adds that ■he is under tite impression that ho (General : Jackson) has ii in his power to bring about :i (scttlcmunt of tiie nutter. The President ;of the United States replies, by telling hin 'that the Mexican Government have declared * that they will not bold themselves bound bv any act ol b:s, (Santa Anna’s) whilst prisoner, ; and says it is impossible for him to take any j step in the matter, under existing circum ; stances, lie remarked, that should Mexico j bo disposed to avail heiseli'of the good offices I of the United States to put nn end, bv negu i tiation, to the civil war, nothing would give j him greater pleas ire than to he instrumental ! in bringing about such a desirable result i [ This letter was sent tinder cover toGen. I .Samuel Houston.] j Mr. Preston expressed his opinion that the . independence oi Texas ought to be immediate- I ly recognized, any thing that Santa Antia may ! say or do to the contrary notwithstanding, j He was prepared to show, that upon the recog j nized principles ol national law and the prac- * tiCi! of this Government, it washisdntv to make la prompt and speedy acknowl dgment of her i independence. He maintained that the Presi j dent himself would have recommended liis I adoption of that com sc, at the Hme he sent the J message to Congress on the subject, had it not j been for tiie fact ot Gem. Bravo’s expedilion. i (He .Mr. P. would await the action ofthe Sen- I ate on Mr. V, alker’s reso’.u'ion and would there ; tires iv nothing further on rhe subject al pres j ent. Mr. \V alker expressed himself in the .same iangnage. Air. Calhoun had always thought it the duty ol Congress to acknowledge the inde pendence of Texas at the earliest possible time. He said it was not hard to see what was I the course of events there ; that the Rio Del ' Norte would not long be the bouudary ol’Texas j if the recent controversy should be kept up, but i she would shake the whole Alexican empire to I its very centre. The sooner we acknowledge j the independence of Texas, the better. The I letters were laid on lha table and ordered to be I printed. . At. 12 o’clock this day, Gen. Santa Anna, President of the Alexican States, had his first 1 interview with the President who received him ( with his wonted affability, Col Almonte acting as interpeter.— Patriot. Prom the Washington City Globe. THE EXPU.NG.NG PROCESS. 1 lie vote was taken night before last, between nine and ten o’clock, upon the Expunging reso lution introduced by Mr. Benton. It passed by a majority oi Jive, several members being ab- 1 sent, who would doubtless have voted fm it had, they been present. Among them we may name Mr. Parker of V irginia, who is confined to his bed by a severe attack of pleurisy ; Air. Cutii- : bort of Georgia, who has not yet readied this ! city, and is probably detained by sickness ; the two Michigan Senators, Messrs, Norvell anil Lyon, who were excluded from a vote, the Sen- I ate’s bill admitting them not having go"e through | the formula of the House; General McKean I of Pennsylvania, was absent from sickness. | The vacant seals of Louisiana, Delaware, and J Maryl ind, in the Semite, have not yet been liii-' cd. Air. King of Georgia, who it isun lerstood, I was in favor of the object of the preamble and ! resolution, but opposed to the phraseology or ! mode of executing it, did not vote, if the; whole Senate had been present, and had voted* simply upon the act of tiie Senate condemning I the President for the removal of the depo.-iies,! without regard to forms, the vote would have: been probably thirty lo tu'enty against tiie pa-; nic proceeding—on the supposition that Air. ; Hei. ricks, who voted against it originally, was now prepared to express tlic- same opinions a-i gainst it. In this estimate we give up Judge! White, who, although at one time willin'* to! rrscinr/, refused from the beginning to agree to! the preamble declaring the wrong it was inten-l dc<l to repair. The intelligencer op ned the day on which! Air. Clay was to make his final struggle to main-* t.in the wanton and unconstitutional sentence which, with theaid of the Bank ofthe United I ■". tales, he procured to be placed on the Journal . of the Senate, with many of the topics on which Mr. Clay enlarged in his speech. The In-! teliigencer closed its long columns of counsel to i the Senate with the following most affecting ap- * peal: , “ We believe that no question before Congress I lias ever been viewed with so solemn and pain ful a feeling by the thinking public, as the pro position which there is too much reason to fear I is about to he adopted by the Semite. I’oroui i own pari, we declare, iu ail sincerity, that we ! look upon it with more oppressed feelings than we should upon a proposition heedlessly to in volve the nation iu tire calamities of war. We shall look upon its passage with a more painful emotion than we experienced, when, many years ago, we saw the Capitol in Hames, and our own individual property committed to the torch of an invading enemy. Time can obliterate the evils of war, and induslry repair its ravages. But what time can heal a wound inflicted by the Senate on its own honor I It stivers, we know, of arrogance, to interpose our humble voice in a question upon which the greatest minds of our l ounbry are exerting their powers. But in the fidliK ss «f the heart the mouth speaketh ; and it is not without the hope of inducing some of •hose more comndenategentlemen who are cou- ihily, to pause mid retlect v. '•.ether there are not ! some saerifires too f< arful to be yielded to the ( ! vindictive exactions of party, or of vindictive 1 pm tv leaders, tl.at we have said thus much. There is indeed scarcely a person d saci’dice | ; which we would not cheei fully make to avert] i the impending calamity, and God knows that] I the saci dice V otild he made by us with feelings j untainted bv party inlluem e, and with the sole | mid only earlhlv motive of saving the cims'ilu- | i lion ot our country from :i wound, mid the Sen- ! ! ate of that country from a dishonor, which we I ■ ha 'c no surety that the Semite itself would long | j From this, ii would seem that the honor of! ! the Senate is not safe in its own hands, it is] | iiecesstifv to commit it to thecust. dy ofthe most j I virtuous, discreet, and best keeping in the j world —'dim of l be honi st editor, who, it is known, I has given his all, real an I personal, to tha* ex | cellent man, Nicholas Biddle, to keep I What i I “ personal sacrifice” could tins worthy man ! I make to save the Senate of our country 11 from j I a dishonor" which he has “ no surety that the . | Senate itself eoul.l lang st/rr/nr,” except such ; personal sacrifice as Mr. Biddle will vouchsafe Ito permit ? This distressed patriot should have 1 shed his tears, and pressi'd his intererssio at |an earlier date. Ho remembers well when Mr. | Biddle compelled the whole coim'rv to cry out mid w tlm enforcement of “ the. peine firteund I (litre," — tho weight accumulating hv calls at tho i rate of ft’?, 1 ' o,o'' a month, lie reinonibers | ' the ruibless ruin, tinier which thou« nds •’ere I crushed, the groat brink breitV.ing iisdrbl'ifj, mid forcing the local banks to urge die same des truction on village victims, to raise tho notes of panic in the remotest parts ofthe coiintrv. He re members the rolls of petitions which were ev ery morning for months unfurled, and stictrl.cd from one side of the Senate to the other, covered with names catling upon that bedv to sentence tho Chief M igistrate ns AN ’’SURPER. He | remembers the country was thea flung into I "the mi Is! of a rrrnlutinn"— the Senate im peaching, an I seeking, m defiance alike of the forms ami spirit of the constitution, to degrade the head of the Government, ami put it under the Coot of the m ister of a corporation, who looked ta his alliance with the Senntoas a means ; of establishing his charter against the will of j the nation, mid of prostrating under its weight I the Government itsslf, togetlv'r with the ropn- I tation, influence, and popularity of the Presi i dim'. 'I llis was the era when this trumpeter of the ; power which then ruled the Senate should have f proposed h‘s meds pion to save the honor ofthe j Senate. A Iler tho neonh’of the Wnirod States, ! and the Legislatures ofthe several States, had I for throe successive vears taken the snippet uii i der consideration, mid I'id in everv form, from i that of resolutions in orimarv nonnlar mootings to that ofgrave and anxious deliberations, con ! summated bv hgishtivo enactments, sanctioned ■ the course, past a lon'ed to s'tvT “ the Senate ■ from dishonor,” we tin l !; 6>e personal intorfer- I ence of master Jose'di Surface is something like i supererogation, and liis proposed “ persona! \ sacrifteis" altogether nnnocessarv. Ot the speech of ?>lr. Clav, mid the renlv of AT*. Buchanan.and the protest of Mr. Webster, i which concluded th ••ir'eimont. wo shall hereaf ter take some note. We have li ’rrllv room now :to mark tho catastrophe. While the process | o' expunging was in tho act. tho groat body of tho opposition absconded. Two or throe re j nim.no 1 to witness th' l effect which the two or I three h.ssrrs, place] in the crowded galleries, ! would be able to produce on the Senate. When : the a't'mint was mid p the President, Cehmel King, or lerod the ea’leries to ho cleared. Col onel Benton move] that tho ruffian offenders slionhl lie brought to tho bar of the House. He ( sai l, that “ the reign of lhe Bank was over then, i I and that the scones which had disgraced the ' chamber during the panic session, should not ’ ibe re-enacted. The respectable andltorv ought not bo removed for the disorderly intruder.” , I Tiie S'’rgoanf- it-Arms brought in one of those who had o'd'rod the contemn*, a lawyer from tho M es*. After ho was brought to the gaze of the public, ho was discharge 1 as worthy of no fur- • , tb.er notice. — From the Albany Argus. TIIEDEPOSITE LAW. Air. Calhoun it will bo n ccollccted, is the au i thor t»fa proposition i > pro, ...u-I tion of future snrplu . s among the states. The proposition which could be regarded in no oili . er light than as a scheme to ensure fntuie sur pluses by the cont nuance of a system of indi t rcct taxation that h id been the subject of such vehement and viole it depreeat ion bv the cham pion ot niillilication, was referred to the Com mittee on Finance, and promptly reported a gniiist by Air.’ Wri 4.4. Tiie U. S. Telegraph attemp’s to relieve Mr. Calhoun from the ob vi his in 'bnsistc’icy of his course, bv such as sertions as the lb lo ving : “Let the reader bear in mi ni the ('du wi ig fact. The deposite bid as a temporary maasure lias received then- ! niversal appro' at on of the people, without re- : spec! to parties I s policy Las received the sanction of every Legislature which has con- I vened since its passage.” It is altogether untrue, that the deposits I i’l, ' even as a temporary measure, Les received i “the universal approbation of the people.” i As an alternative measure, rendered expedient • by circumstances, and the accumulation (4’a large amount in the Treasury, it was accepted by a majority of the repul.Tcan meniiiers of Congress with prote taiions, however, against the principle* oi accumulttiing a surplus tbr the purpose of distribution. As such it received the signature of the President. So also with the Legislatures ot jhe democratic Stales. I Not in a single instance has the “policy” ofthe * measure received their smu t on. They have accepted the depo-ite, in compliance withal law of Congress : But the debates in some in stances, and express Juimciin others, as in the case of Virginia, show a decided repug nance on their part to the general ‘policy’ of distribution. As a “tempormy measure,” so far as its tendency is to encourage this ‘policy, ’ it h is not the approval either oi the people or of the democratic State Legislatures. How much greaterthen their objection to the efforts of Mr. Calhoun to perpetuate this “policy I” And! What must be their esHmatu ofthe character of! any public man, who at one moment threatens I to dissolve the Union if a systiyn of taxation be • continued, and who denounces the ‘policy’ of a ! surplus distribution as “lhe most dangerous j , unconstitutional and absurd ever devised bv a ! ny Government ;’ but who at the next, disre- * garding all his past violence of hostilii v to this ! ‘policy’ and all his patriotic (’enunciation of! those who declined lo nullity the very act of taxation out of which tiie policy had its exis-j lence, appears a:, the champion ofsiirplus con- ! contributions, and as lhe author of a bill torch- ! der them perpetual I Those who have joined the foreign conspira cy against the stability of our Union in the shape of immediate-abolition, were most woi'nl- Iv d ppointed by the vole in lhe House of Rep resentatives on I'riday last, on the “hill giving atri I by a jury to runaway slaves when appro- ! bended by their owners ; there being only sev I (m out of one hundred in favor of it. The south | have nothing to tear from ’’ennsylvmiia. 'That there are a few who would t;<> anv lengths to carry out their mad sclicim s, we haveiio doubt, mid that they have commenced a parly organ ization here is evident from the message ofthe Governor and the columns ofthe Telegraph, which is now fully committed as their organ— i j 1 ■• vi 'I established 1 ' THE STANDARD OF tINION character, winch eminently qualifies the editor j for the station. In his last he wields in this • cause his long tried weapons of Wilful fhlse- I b'"'d. and black-hearted Aaiuler.—ilarrisbitr.'; 1 ! (Pa.) Keystone. From the -V. l l'imt ■■■. ,11 e'ei there was a time, when in relation to ! toe all.dis of tlu- General Government, lhe par | ty ojip >seu to democracy, was in a Slate ofut | ter doubt and confusion, that time is the ;pi i sen,. | | lc battle lias been fought and the . «‘mgs have lost it. General Jackson’s term of office unis,,,,, expire, and little can he gained : ■ img him. Tiie bitterest of the whigs I '!■•*>.¥ follow the instructions given duriirn tin | i'-'iiic campaign by one ofiheir most distiimui,li ed leaders, ami (u, use his benu.iful lanmmge,) I move a,| h,.|] L , el (|j , , in < . xc j l( . nj< .but j llx'w movements will avail them little. Titov , who would “ride „ n lile whirlwind an I direct ' : t.ie. siorni of popular commotion, <mi make | netllier whirlwind nor storm to ride on or di- 11 ''• here is a calm in lhe politilical atmos- ! pherc, mid he who would disturb it, and endeav or to raise a breeze <m hi s „„ n , is (>|l ] v ingiiei! at lor his pains. The public mind lai's hid enough ol ex’itPinent fm lhe presem. As Hi ’ rombivlvaninn hramifuily expresses it, “ The wave may ripple a little, here’ and ilierc; a transient breeze tn i v slightlv cresp its I othcrv.iseglassy sttrfm e, but our political v.orld ]at present enjoys what we have not seen for .•.a s ,i i .iim---the emm after a storm ; ami it * 1 U be die calm before a storm ; but stiil a c.tlm. 'I he thunder is silent ; the li'dituiiv ceases to scorch and wilier ; the gale is hush ed “within the hollow mine of earth ;” ami the sea of controversy rolls its angry waves no more. A lew imhirtered partisans nriv rave in Congress ; hut it is like the darn ing of the pup pets after the show isover. .No om* lieedstbem. A few ptoses may fire their remnant squibs and crackers; but it is not now the time for fireworks, mid neither the twinkling flash, nor the small noise attract attention. Onthesub ! ject of politics, at least the public mind has a : temporary repose, as well it may, after a con : test protracted through so many years, and wa- I ged with such untiring heat ami fierceness. j This calm cai.-not well be disturbed this win : er. To organize mi opposition to General ! Jackson’s admimstiation now, would be the ■ height ol folly mid absmdity, and to organize mt ! opposition to Air. Van Buren’s administration j before it is formed, would be quite as reasona : mile a p.ece ot policy. A few mouth-valiant j heroes will light with shadows. A few mock whig magicians will lay the pliant, ms which themselves have raised. Air. Wise will fret mi l fume and try, without success, to imitate the style ofthe Roanoke Orator. Some few whig Reclaimers wdl favor the world with new edi tions ol the slang vocabnlarv, which has been drawn on so freely during tiie last eight vettrs but it will lie all, stale tl it mi 1 u tpiofit ible. Some far-seeing whig letter writers who. pro fess to have' at their command everv secret of ■ every Cabinet, will eirlighien the public on the subject of the wonderful discoveries thev have ■ made. But on the whole, a tempest in a tea pot, or a puddle in a storm, will aptlv repre sent the very small degree of excitement which will be got up during the present session of'Con- l grt ss. The people wiil care little for tiie self ■j isb exertions of a few whig politicians, who ] seem to be aware of their own insignificance, j and who feel that they will sink into obsettrit v ! lhe moment their voices tire hushed. It would seem then that during the present I Session of Congress, there will probably be but . ii'.tle excitement in reference to national afiiiirs The shrewdest among the whigs are well a ' ware, that it will he idle to wastiuheir strength ; against Air. Van B lien nc.te, for the people in- dependent of parties; wiil not permit him to be ! condemned, before he is fairly on bis trial. | Under this state of circumstances the efforts of : certain of the whig presses to agitate, are ridic- I ulous enough, and will prove, as they are. ridic ulous. • A.’l-r-'T-. i J..1 ■■ _■ J t >41... f,.!.: ...-- v ....» z . - y. J Ulexico< and Teka ■» FromthcNew Orleans Bee. • LATE FROM MEXICO. The schooner Watchman, arrived last eve : uing from Tampico, brings us tiie papers ol that city upto the 28. h December, inclusive. They contain nothing of much i mportance rel ative to the political situation ofthe country. An editorial article in the .Lima, published in the city of A’exico, represents the comt'.ry as being divided into three parties—one being in I tvor ot Santa Ann i,a second tor Bustamente, f and lhe third for Bravo. The editor of the Li ma has the following upon the subject. *‘ Alexico, Dec. 15. “ ’Thrbe parties now exist iu the Republic— he violent partizans of the democracy —the sincere friends of liberty—and the admirers of the ancient regime.— To these three parties ! belong indirectly the Scotch and Yorktinies, and ! are now the only three which are endeavoring I to govern th- nation, each according to their j own metho:!— unvs quiqsuc in viam deciinat. ; Generals Santa Anna, Bustamente, and even * Senior Corro, count upon the one or other ol ! the factious, to conduct the Republic as they . may think proper. Which of these aspirant's j desire lhe welfare of the country ? Wliicbone jof them is capable of securing it? We shall recur lo these questions in our next. 'The Watchman brings $60,0 0 in specie, to I several consignees. In reply to an aiticle in the Cosmopolite,! (which we have not sei n.) the Diarto ex presses its doubts that the Mexican minister I bad experienced any impoliteness from the I government of lhe United Stall s. “As to the war which is foret dd,” says lite same paper, “we can see n;> reason to anticipate it. If, however, a rtipture should occur, it! will be owing to the resuscitated adminis-* trati m of Aaron Burr.” The news of'the arrival of General Btts tamente in Mexico, is confirmed officially ' :by an article in the Di tin of the sth. lie | landed at Vera Cruz, on the 2d December, ; in th • brig Araso. Tht? same paper reports that the nitttti- ■ <•ip.il authorities were prohibited from put)- • lis'i’mg a uniform system of eh cliim. The following Ims been politely handed its by the Editorof the I iiUetin. It is rendered highly probable by the existing relations be tween the two countries; jet we are not pre pared lor so rash a step on the part of Alexi- o. W” wail with impatience for confirmation of ibis intelligence. The American Alinister, Air. Ellis, was on j board of the national sloop-ot-war Boston, which touched at the >S. W. Pass on lhe 12th, bound from Vera Cruz to Pensacola. He had asked and obtained his passports on the 28th tilt., and had left Alexico the same day. By the .same vessel, information is given, that the Ualifotiiia.>s had declared themselves inde pendent—(hat Bustamente was about to comr into lhe Presidential chair; and that if Santa Anna be released by the Texians, ti general rev olution is immediately e ported. A I'.RV Uitcz, Jan.3.—Affairs here haveass i- j med a warlike aspect in relation to the United ! Slates. ! j ; Nc.w-Orleans, Jan. 19, 1837. H FROM MEXICO. !i By the attention of a I'riend, we have re- ! ci it «il a li<t of Mexican papers up to the j I 7tli December. The t? papers being of tin : older date than those already rect ived by way ol Tampii o, we have been unable tn gather any tiling telative to the commotion m California and ollu r provinces of th l ' Mexican Republic. Mr. Gorostixa l ad arrived, and ret’eived the nnbotinded pri/tses of the ministeri <i press. Diatio the organ of that party de clares that lite conduct ol that minister was highly satisfactory to the government and to tin* nation, Tiie Mexican government has taken mea sures to relive the pt isiotters in Texas, the sum ot (our thousand dellars a month hav- | tin* been appro, t ialed lor the purpose. It appears that there was a kind of < om motion a Fapantla. The editors of the j Diaro believed that it w ould not be atlendi ii * iby any disasieruns results. One of itsarti- j i cli s rci'onnnends lhe abbidilioii of the cus : tom house. | Settores Don A. Castillcro, r. presen taltve of lite di pit tii i til <1 Pm Ida, and j Tirso N'icjo. of San E::i !<• Potosi, lune *be n i hosen the first presidi nt and tiie se cond vice president of the congress. From ami obituary notice published In order of the Freni b embticy, we perceive that Mr. Eugene Hob it-on died in the city of Mexico—but we know nothing of the pat ti< :i!arsof liis death. \ t x i isive patent riirht was granted by the J.lvxii an government, to a colonel on hall’pnv, fur the invention ofa machine : to draw of]'the ii aters ol lalres and titers. His name is Don Thomas Quevedo. . • lie wxPu ki \f V 3 3 CIIARLESTO.X’, Jatt. 13. FROM FLORIDA. j The schooner George Cy Mary, Capt. Wil ! ley, arrived at this port on Salm-da v evt?nim' I last, in 19 hours from Jacksonville, E. F. i We are indebted to ( 'apt. Willey for the fol : lowing Extra, containing the latest accounts from ! General Jesup’s atmv : COURIER OFFICE, | Jacksonville, Jan. 18—4 I’. Al. f ' ! 771 c Army.— Mr. Kerr, who arrived at this I place last Tuesday from Fort Drane, gives us the ■! following mformation : *! On Thursday of hist week, he met an express from Gen. Jessup, bearing ordets for all the wa ’ : gons at Black Creek to be .sent with provisions to Fort Drane. The express left the army un der Gen. Jessup, not tar from Dade’s battle ground, on the march from Tampa to * Fort Drane, where the army has arrived before this. The hostile Indians had not been fallen in with by the army. Jim Boy, of the Czei ks. lias, however, been succia slul in taking siztij negro ‘ prisoners, near the Ocklawaita. These negroes, said to be Indian negroes, were armed and niaiie ■ j resistance, but Were so completely surprised, ' I that they were secured with only two wounded ' ! of the irienrily Creeks. j But tew Italians were with the negroes. Os 1 ! these few, two or three, it is : : id, were killed. * ; Among the negroes taken, is Primus, who be- longed to the unfuriimate Rogers, killed last j winter, at the same time with General 'i'homp- I son. If will be reciiilccted, that this Primus | was sent twice lo tiie hos lies, l;y Gen. Gaines. * | The first time he returned, but being sent a se -1 cond time, he joined the Semimdes, instead of j having been killed-by them, as was .supposed, ! Primus is now in no enviable situation. He must turn traitor to the Indians now, or lie must die. It is said that Gen, Jessup demands of him to point out to him where the hostile Indians j and their families are—and teld him that b.e has ! till next Saturday to give the information requi ] ted, hilt that, if he then ri tuscd to give it and i do as required, he should die the death of a trai l tor—that he should be hung. \ alualdc informa t.on respecting the location of the host lies will, it is qtiite piobabli', nay, almost certain, he d awn from the negro prisoners. The next move of Gen. Jessup, will, of course, we should think, be upon that point where be shall be itt- * t’oriued the Indians are collected—perhaps their hist stronghold. In addition to the above, we learn from a passenger in the G<urge fj 1 Hian/, that Cant. Gardner arrived at Jacksonville on lite 18th inst. from Tallahassee—who states, that the Inilhuishud killed a Mr. essy B.v\DY,a d wou.n- I Jed a Mr. S:sritt;.'<:;, resi ling about 20 miles I from Suwannee Springs, and had fired into the house of a e.r. Wells, but without doing a-ny damage. From thc Jacksonville Cc.t’r. Iptli inst. 1 POSTSCRIPT. Capt. D. S. Gari'iin r, frikn Tallahas- ■ see, via Newnansville, just arrived, gives it'- ! the following' information : On the Bih inst., the Indians atlat ket.' I Mr. Wells in his own baiise yard, near the ' Mineral Springs, on lhe Suwannee. He j lied into his house ami with the :issistance*of liis daughter closed am! held fast the door. The Indians fired on the house anti several I balls went throttgh the ('cor. The noise | j of a cart ami some person crossing a branch ! near the house, Mr. Weils called out “come lon my buys, here the Indians are in the ' yard.” ’i he Indians broke from the yard and ran to lhe Branch. There they kill- ! ill a Air. Ji sse Bandy, who was driving | the cart. The liniians then proceeded to,. ! .Mr Sistrunk’s house, near by, and while Mr. S. who was a short distance from h’s; ; house was raising his gon to (ire on them ! !• he received a ball in his left arm. Air. S. I ■ran for his house, three Indians in pursuit ■ j if him. He escaped. The Indians look! j off two horses and a mule. Westre informed tlitit Col. Fanning' in! pursuance of an order received from Gen. I Jesup, left Black Creek with 300 of his ! command for Volu- a.— S WVII, January 20, 1837. FROM ST. AUGUSTINE. Latest inttelligencc from the Seat of War. Theschr. Oscar, Capt. Kenj on, art ived at tnis port yesterday, in 2 days from St. Augustine. We arc indebted to the mention olCajit. Kenyon for the following iittelligi in'e, In - * ing the latest from the Floridian armv , attd vt hat is more gralifv itig, afiording mt indi cation that the Indians arc in a fairway of I being subdued. The news is contained in a slip from our correspondent of St. Augustine Here- • aid. Office of tho ii raid, ) ST. AUGUSTINE Jan. 20. *> | On Sunday night last, the sentinels sta- ! 1 tinned at the gates and bridge, I tea r<! distinct- j ly the report of the muskets stt H ui 'On’s plan- • tation, and early next niornittg it v. as aseer- * tain.'d that some indittits nr negroes had ! made their appearance there, mid I.nd nt- ! tempted l<> steal some horses. They had; broket) off a boaid from the sto.blv and ta-1 ken a saddle, when the sentinel heering' the noise fired upon by lhe intruders, who im nmdiati ly (led. Capt. Hanson followed die trail (or several miles and discovered ] signs, which accumulated as he went, when ! he jildged it prudent to return. On the! I'e.vt day he started with a larger force and followed them to William’s plantation, 30 tmles (font this and discovered their fires about 10 o’clock zt night, and a number from Bto 12, around it. The party crept up and find a volley which killed three! and the remainder fled, leaving every thing, | Rifles, Aluskets, packs tut] blankets.— I here were two tides and six muskets,* which were hronglit to town. The whole ! gatrg were principally negros.N. t mere than [ two Indium were supposed to be among* •them. Thom killed were negroes. One of I <me them was a free negro whose name was ! : Joe j.reiritt, wliolmd gone offwith another I aoout 6 weeks since. The other Indian negroes. i rails of blood were seen on • lie •_round. 1 hey had with them powder bu< 1.,-liot, calico, tobacco, needles and thread, w hicli had been bought in town but a * few days shire. There is no doubt, a com- * nrenic.ition between them and the negroes in town. A package oftobacco was taken which had not yet been opened. The ne-! groes have no doubt been prow ling around for some days. Strong snspicic.ns are now entertained that luese supplies have been furnished by some I; ec negroes, who reside on Anasiatia I-lami, and a warrant is now out for their api prehension, they vv ill be brought to town lor examination this afternoon. It is ascertained at what store the articles were bought. A Ii tt< r from an officer of the Arniv‘ da ted (. ;inp Dade 10 of January 1837, states, i o day Gen. Jesup arrived from Tampa ih.iy. A scouting party captured 15 Ne- ■ groesnear Wahoo Swamp, who state jth.it 1 owi ll was then in the swamp with a j lew of the Micasuky Indians, the rest hav .mg left him. That in the several rctions of | y ,lv - Gall, a great Dumber of Indians w ere I kihed. That in the affair when the whites destroyed a boat in the Withlacoochee, I 17th Jan. 10 Jiostih s were killed and 20 vvot,tided. I hat Jumper, Micanopy and j Abram, were at A-ha-pop-ka, and were wil , ling to make terms, if they will be treated i. J hut die Indians have but a small quantity of ammunition left. The letter goes mi to state, to-morrow we shall nmrch •'gams'. Powell, or against Phillip, at Top a t-ii-ka, or both, and that circumstances mi.mate an early termina ion ofthe war. j An express arrived last night, to Col. Urane, from which we learn that Gen. Je sup Lad ordered home the Georgia and , Ambama Militia. There was a regular force sufficient in the field. It is reported that the mail rider between ■ j this and i'allahassee has been killed by the ■ Indians. Col. Crane has been ordered to Garey’s ‘ Cll 3’> where he w ill Lave his head quar- * i ters - C„ Ihe friends of the Lilian are our friends,and its enemies, our enemies.'" T£KS»A¥ tIOB.VtLVG. Jatl. 31. AITCINTIVIENT BY THE CENTIL\IT~ BANK. COL.WILLIAAI N. BISHOP, of Murray County, has been elected Teller ofthe the Cen- Ual Bank, and has accepted the appointment. ! He isexpeitcd to enter upon its duties in a lew ] SNOW. j “V< hen it snows, let it snow.”— Old Play. j 1 Ou •.. eduesday evening last, vve were visited by 1 ] a great and britfiaut Snow storm—great and btil ' mint, at least, tor our latitude. At night, its pure . ami leatherj' fl ikes, as they dcsceuilul. were beau 1 uLiliy iliumtuateil, by Madam Lima, who was ca reering liigli ui the lieavcns, and ever anil anon, peel mg her sliver tace from out masses of pictur esque ami variegated clouds, through which she was snuggling. At 12o’clock, I*. M., “thewitch ing hour of night,” lhe Snow, on a level, was three inches deep. It was a novelty, and like all j novelties, produced excitement. We were in ) ilammomi s CTufectionary, at the time, with a [ joyous set ol cronies. “ A sleigh ! a sleigh ! ! for ! lite morning,’ was the general shout—and so they | went about knocking up old boxes, slides, &c , for ■ die gloriously contemplated ride in the morning. Lut, alas! how frail are human expectations!— The morning came, and old Sol, (not he oi the Sock and Biiskin.) limning with wrath, lhai the “palc-laeed ?,Joo:i” should use her borrowed light so coldly, poured down a llood of tire upon the de voted Snow, and destroyed at once the fond anti cipation of sleighs, sk-ighers, and jingling sleigh.- Lells. So ended this, our memorable Snow, leav ing no other trace behind, but the teal's with which she bedewed our streets—making them, in vulgar parlance, ve j’ sloppy. INSLRANCE BANK OF COLUMBUS. ’1 here is one view of the subject, connected with the sale and transfer of this institution, in which! every citizen holds a direct ami personal interest, mid that is, Wie security or guaranty which now exists, for the ultimate redemption of the hills w hich it may throw into circulation. B.i tiie provisions ofthe act, under which it was incorporated, it was wisely enacted, “That the real and personal property of each stockholder, who was then, or might thereafter, at any time], become stockholders, cither by original subscrip tion or transler, should beheld and deemed liable Im all insurances or debts, made, or due by said Bank mid upon the faith of this clause, the hold ers of bills heretofore issued, lelt mi assurance, < that they would be ultimately redeemed. The, stockholders w ere known tobecitizens of Georgia, mid many of them, men of.capital, and that vvl.at ev er involvements might I,( fall the bank, the stock holders were amply able to respond. \v itit this salutary safeguard, the Bills of the Im ut'ance Bank have enjoyed ti wide circulation, and a hi;, h standing in the comm>'iiity. Every man who held its bills, felt that ho bad money in '•.is pi cket. But iiow stands 610 case now ? Su; - ; pus;' the Bank should refuse to rejleeiu its bills I ’ T-morrow ? whmie private property is bound, or j to whom is the rich or the poor, to look for redress? j 'J'he m ipinal sti ck holders have sold cut—in the ■ language of the law, have "■transferred" their stock, mid are 110 longer liable. To whom have 1 they sold? Who are the present stockholders ? Who are now responsible for the redemption of the Lilis? Are they Georgians'? What are they and where arc they ? If it has heelt actually sold to the United States’ Bank, the stockholders are Tattered half over lhe world“-In England, I France, ami various, and distant'parts ofthe Uui ! ted States, where the law can never reach them. Os what value then, lo the community, is- that ! provision of lhecharter which binds the private property of the stockholders, when the}' Hot only I reside beyond the limits of the State, but many of them even beyond the jurisdiction of the United . States ? It is wore than worthless, in the hands <il irresponsible or invisii le stockholders, and to al! intents tind purposes, lh:tt judiciousand impor tant section of the act. is virtually repealed. Is sucii a fraud upon the legislature mid the peo ple of Georgia to be countenanced ? Is a Bank which has owed its standing ;nd credit, as wel to the wealth, and character of its stockholders and managers, as to the liability imposed upon them bj tnelaw, to throw off that responsibility* and to flood the country with paper, upon no oth er security than the faith of a combination of stock jobbers and brokers, scattered over two quarters of the globe? It cannot he, that the people of Georgia wdl be instrumental in con summating such mt outrage. They will not be come the willing victims of their own destruction. The remedy is in their hands, and should bo ad ministered without delay. Let every citizen re fuse to receive the bills—let them set their faces at once, against it, ami hold, and treat it as a pub lic enemy ; ami by a timely ami general adoption' of such a course, they may “scotch the snake" un til November, w hen the legislature will kill him outright. I heir lulls should no longer be considered mo ney.— I hey should return ami be redeemed while times are good, lor the man who lays them up, may rue the day that ever they came into his pocket. j But a more serious objection presents itself to • our mind. Can citizens of other States, and for eigners, exercise the rights claim* d by them, un der the charter of the Insurance Bank, without ! express authority from this State ? We answer, emphatically, no ; for the admission of such a j principle, would overturn the whole fabric of our j political system—prostrate not only the rights of | t.’ie people, but the sovereignty of the State; and place it iu the power of foreign capital to controul all our monetary, and political affairs ; and just as sure as this first attempt is sanctioned, another and another wiil follow, until the State will be governed by the nabobs of other countriss. If the ( nited States’ Bank can buy up charters 1 and use them iii Georgia, the King of England or , I rance ; the Emperor of Russia, the Grand Turk, : 01 any body else, arc equally entitled tothe same privilege. 1 he case is too plain—.the infraction is too pal pable, to bear a moment’s sci utiny. It is a perver sion ol great and fundamental principles, as well as an insult to the State and the people. 1 his is a clear case lor the interposition of con stitutional state sovereignty, and we trust will bo so considered by the democracy of the country. Ihe overthrow o! this institution is demanded by every principle of self interest and political right. Ii Nick Biddle and his foreign associates a, e allowed to use this chartei in the face of the law ami the constitution, what is to hinder th o King of England, of r rance. Spain, or even Sau- Ita Anna himself, from bining up our Banks, and ! taking into their hands, ail the monied affairs of : our country. Ge call upon the sober sense, and patriotism of I Georgia, to lend a helping' hand.—We invoke tho ; spirit of our fathers to infuse into their offspring tho ! fire of their ancestors. W e believe in the patriotism of the people— we know their settled and indomitable h'.'tred of usurpation in every form, and we look with unwa vering confidence to their aid, in putting down this monster. 1 hey will speak and they will act. We said, the United States’ Bank would find advocates in Geoigia. It his already foundthem; but their.efforts wid ne in vain. They may strive and struggle to sustain the Shylock’s of other I St itesaml other Nations, but the intelligence and | the vigilance of our people will overpower them. 1 Men of ail parties, who regard, the true interests 10l the State, an I her rights as a jjolitical body, will unite upon this question, and make “a long pull—a strong pull—am! a pull altogether.” BIDDLE’S BANK. The following communication from a highly respeclable and intelligent citizen of Columbus, supports in the strongest terms, the opinions which we have expressed in relation to the course of the Un’ted States’ j Bank ; and is recommended to the serious I consideration of the people : “ CoLU?.:Bt:s,Ga Jan. 21st, 1837. i “ Dear Sir— This Insurance, or United States’ Bank, here, is a curse upon the Country. A large number of our citizens are in truth opposed to it. It has already began its shaving, and 1 atn told this day, by a respectable merchant of our city, that he has learned enough to convince him, that it would new le a complete shaving machine. “ We tire not afforded the same facilities now, that we were before the change ; for, before, we could get a Bill discounted on Orleans, by paying for if. “ I do hope, this monster may be put down. “The Bank has, in my opinion forfeited its charter. 1 take the same view of it, that “A I‘AUMEit” has, in the* last Columbus Enquirer. CHATTAHOOCHEE.” EXPU NGI NG RE S O LIT! ON. In Senate, Jflth Januray. 1837. The debate upon .Mr, Benton's Expunging Res olution having closed, the question upon its adop tion, was taken I y yeas and nays, iu the following form. “ ikcsolceil, I hat, in taking upon himself the responsibility ol removing the deposite oi the public money from the Bank of the United States, the President of the United Stales has assumed the exercise of a power over the i n usury ol the United States not granted 10 I.ini by the Constitution and aws, and dangerous to the liberties of lhe Peopie M hicli resolve, so chdngt d and modified by the mover thereof, on the same da.v and year last mentioned, was further altered, so as to read in these words : • “ Kfii'liMJ, That the President, in the