Evansville Journal, Volume 11, Number 5, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 23 January 1845 — Page 2

THE JOURNAL.

No.tC.aeaar'a wel,lmt that f Rome.'

THURSDAY, : : : JANUARY 23, 1845.

NOTICE. W. K. Ham is our authorized agent for .collecting rnoneys due this office, and for receipting for new subscriptions. He

will visit me neighboring counties m a lew .days and we hope all those indebted to us wil piake it their business to settle with him.

(7- We have been presented by Messrs. $V. &, C. Bell, Druggists, with a Bottle of Blue Ink, of their own manufacture, which tee pronounce excellent. No one need lake our word for it, however. Try it for yourselves. 0$r We would call attention to the adver fisement of Mr. A. Laughlix in to-day's paper. Country dealers will find it to their advantage to give Eyansville a trial. They rnay go further and faxe worse. Mr. A Laughlin's stock is very large one, and his prices extremely low. CO" See the notice of our friend, Mr. Samuel Oer in another column so long and favorably known to our community and those trading in this place. He cannot fai to succeed. OirTosave space, we beg to refer al classes of buyers, at once, to our advertising columns. They can do no better than to purchase of those jvhose advertisements they Huivuiuiy uiuj jvuusc umjci uacuicuis iiicy will find there. . This is as cheap a market - . . fpr all kinds of merchandise as can be found west of the Mountains, and all kinds of produebrinsa pood price. We need hardly i.rorm the nnhHc th.t tho.e who natroni.e the fprip.lcr' are the most enterprising, and give the best bargains. Or We noticed last week that Messrs, Ellsworth, Beard & Co., had made a propo sition to our Legislature, to finish the Wab ash and Erie Canal to Terre-Haute. A joint committee was appointed of both Houses, to .examine the question. . f The Conner says there was nothing done before the adjournment. Neither was there any na aption pn the bills brpught forward. for chapging the Tolls. Canal Scrip will, therefore, bo receivable for Tojls. as here tofore. DEBATE IN THE SENATE. We re fer our readers to the first page of our Jour nal for the concluding portion pf the debate in the U. S. senate on the bill granting lands for the completion off he Wabash and Erie Canal. The remarks of Mr. White, partic ularly, will be read with interest. His con slant ana earnest support ot tins measure justly entitle him to the thanks of all his constituents, bating a few disaffected, and maybe, disappointed souls around Vincen" nes. The last Vincennes Gazette cantains a column and a half of something, we hardly know what to call it, concerning our canatand White's speech upon the Bill, but it is evident that the writer had not seen that gentleman's remarks when the article was penned. We recommend that the next time the editor mikes a dash at any one, to be sure he is right before he goes ahead. xjTa. preny exiensive tueit was perpe A . . . - trated at St. Louis a ,few days since, by one Smith -not the everlasting John, as we are glad to learn but a chap calling himself j Charles Smith". He was brought before the Recorder of that city charged with stealing household furniture, a horse and a wife, all jhe property of a German named Pfnop. On Pfnop's returning home one day he fouud Ida house deserted, his hnrs and n . at the same time he missed Smith, whom he had hired to take care of things whilst be was absent. Fiuding the course his property had taken, he immediately posted back to the city, and was not long in finding all that belonged to him, with the exception of the horse, safely and snugly deposited on the deck ofthe Little Pike, which was then a. bout to leave tor isew uneans. lie went pn board and attempted to expostulate with me rair one, out site woum come to no terms: he then tried Smith, but found him incorrigible; his next and only sure mode getting his grievances redressed was to apply for a warrant, which the officer had barely time to seve upon the person of Smith before the boat shoved out from the wharf, caring with it Pfnop's furniture and wife. To make sure of Smith they lodged hira in the calaboose. The horse had been conyerted into cash, and by a process of law there is 1 but little doubt but Charles Smith will in due time be converted into a penitentiary convict for the hand he has had in the affair. '. (7-The St Louis New Erie says We are glad to see that the U. S. Senate by a vote of 31 to 8 have passed the bill to grant lands to complete Ihe Wabash and Erie ca nal. This large majority indicates that it will pass both houses, This grant will ensure the completion of that valuable improvement. Success to such improvements

- CONGRESS. The Annexation subject f

still occupies the attention of Congress, and

all other business is, for the present suspen- hives on the Annexation project, or rather!

ded. An attempt was made on the 13th by Mr . Cave Johnson to have a resolution adopted for ending the debate in Committee ofthe whole on this subject on the loth inst. The majority in opposition to the resolution AP ra t liar in nAi - f lotunfr it -r thA tnhl0 I thn w 1 was very large, which indicates that the discushion win not enu soon. FROM TEXAS The New Orleans Tropic ofthe 15th inst., says "By the sloop Cutter, three days from Galveston, we learn that President Jones had issued a proclamation annulling the ne gotiation of Gen. Duff Green .as American Consul at Galveston! The President we understand, states that the honor and inter est ofthe nation imperatively demands such a course "The cause ofthe flare up between Pres ident Jones and Gen. Duff Green originated in a most insolent attempt on the part of G n to dictate to the President. The latter gent ly insinuated that when he desired Gen Green's advice he would solicit it. This answer, it seems, raised Green's dander, whereupon it is said he had the indelicacy and want of good sense to threaten the Exe cutive, and intimated that he would make the Executive office a very unpleasant rest ing place for his , Excellency the President. Such conduct could lead to but one re sult. " Ihe President very properly orJ i x j dered Green from his presence, and cutshort i,:.ffi;.ir.,,;0 ti,;.;. r h'3 official functions. This is a pretty piece of I it. . t .i.i bungling, ana nuogemer wormy tne miseraPle administration which now governs the country. Shannon and Green! Par 0?e fratrum! Columwan Magazine. This best of all the American Magazines is increasing in popularity daily, as it deserves to. Mr. Robert A. West, ha9 been associated in .. ,. . , ; A -.i t . t- . i w ' . f 1 mo eu.ionai ueparuiiein, w.iu ik. mux mas. The Jist of contributors to this work is the largest and most respectable for talent lohe had in the countrv: and theensrravinss

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cannot be excelled. The following are the terms of subscription: . One copy, one year, in advance, $3 00 One copy, two years, 5 00 - Two conies, one vear, " 5 00 Five " - u u o 00 Eight " " 15 00 Twelve' " 30 00 ft-7-Thev are manufacturing beautiful silk faa j s worth S20 and besides silk vestings and handkerchiefs, at Richmond, Wayne counly, Indiana. That's your sort girls. Indiana is at present the sixth State in the Union, and by the aid of the women and our canal we mean to place her fourth. 07We have been too busily engaged at the case this week to devote much time to the editorial department. Wo have occasion alto act the "devil, and on such occasion we have a d 1 of a time of it. frSrOur Merchants are awakening to their interests at last. Their orders crowd upon us thick and fast. We publish a very large edition this week and shall publish a still larger one. next week. If you have anything to sell now is the time to advertise it. The New York Sun mentions the publi cation in that city ef a work entitled 'Wealthy Citizens of New York. which gives the names of more than seven hundred individ uals doing business and residing in the city, reP,Ued to be worlh fr0m ,00'000 10 $25' uuuuuu eac A New Idea,akd Rich. The other day in the U. S. benate. JYlr. Hoster a Senator From New York, by executive appointment' soberly presented the doctrine, that a for eigner iu this country has as good if not better right to citizenship, than a native, because the latter is a citizen by necessity the former from choice. . Lichtxixg, as Manure. Strange as it may seem, electricity has been appliedsuc cessfully to fertilize ground. This has been the novel idea at the recent meetings ofthe British Association. It was first discovered bv a lady in Scotland, who carried some wires from an Electrical Battery to her flow er ground, and found it very useful. Since that experiment, has been successfully tried of collecting the natural electricity, by wires on poles, and conveying it to a limited piece of ground, with powerful effect pi the vege tation. What next? The New York Express says: The news rom Europe has had rather a favorable in fluence. The Cotton market is decidedly better, end the accounts for provisons is also good. The slightest advance in Cotton has a benificial offer. The crop coming forward is so large that any advance is iippor tant. ' 0$-We are indebted to Mr. Wick, of the Fawn for late River papers.

TEXAS ANNEXATION. " f

The debate in the House of Represcntanroiects. is iroinsr on uninterruDtedlv. to the A ' w w A J exclusion, it seems to .us, of all other rnatters. Every member has something to say about it, and not a few of them a plan to 0ffer. We are inclined to think, however, .h.in.mu .t .t,; J nnth i r 1 1 1 Vt trr r at It. nt I annex Texas, and that it will be left to fret Mr. foll. Mb. Caleb Smith, of this State, addressed the House on the 9th inst., on this subject, inaspeech which is Highly extolled by bevei ax ui ius asuiusiou vjuncsuuiiueuis. i ' p .t. . '. rt i 1 He is snoken of as "one of the most promUlnfnnrnnhlir.men VlTnor, enrv noMo r -r ---j ---- - sion" says the Baltimore ratnot, "when Mr. Smith has addressed the House, both this session and the last, he acauitted himself ti- r.. . I , 4 wv,unu.;. -m " r most enviable leputationas an eloquent and able speaker. Wheneveritjs known he infon ,lroc.infr the tlmicB ; I. i9ln fnr ""v---?'"ro uuiJvi - J rU, rrr,r,A K I A ,1 t i Maiiic;u ouiuwiuuiM tvw uvuiu i I I . there is in attendante a full ajjdiance. Having got the floor the day before he delivered his speech, it was generally known that he on that morning would open the dabate. tup Luuac4ucuwS niai wuui that at the hour ot twelve there was one of the largest and most brilliant assemblage of persons in the ladies' wallerv. I have at anv time seen there during the present session t o i i . t.- u . Mr. S. introduced into h,s speech a great . . -. . , . i esung and important topics which he treated in the most happy and effective manner. Among other things he alluded to the "T i j , .... - measure had m the short space ot one year acquired a very great popularity. Mr. S.I ovrlnin vuhv it wa.!. thnt the nnnevaiinn had so suddenly won its way to popular favor. It was because party appliances had been resorted to: because it had been made 1 a part ot the Democratic creed, and the sup- . e-. i '.i . . r . . r.i... pon ot u was maue ui iSi vi puy iuaujr and orthodoxy; and because certain persons discovered they could make it subserventto imnortant Drivate ends. It was not beown In speaking of the objections he had to the measure on the ground of expediency, Mr Smith spoke of the debt of Texas ", He administered a severe and just rebuke to " our political opponents, who are now advocatin the assumption of , the Texas debt , whilst ihey are denouncing tl.e Whig party for desiring that the General Government should ffi., ,t.o ;not,io,t Stn f th rT;nn Thosfi afinilfimen could have their Thoso apnilfimen could have their o ,:' sympauiy atuuSCu .u .avWi , a uauuii, iiuu wuiu gnw,ld,u(10 muai ucuiViu rloo rrn InivsrH hpr hut thn iiffirm(r of Out . a ' 1 .l . V, uwu iuc, uu uj Hon, could produce no etiect upon their sensibilities. Thev could find authoritv for saddling the debt of Texas upon the Govern;nt, but could discover none for distribut ing the proceeds of the public lands among the States, to relieve tbeir embarrassments. The debts of Texas has been estimated at ten millions of dollars, but who could say they did not amount to one hundred millions 1 If they did not exceed ten million why did not the government of Texas make and exhibit a schedule of them? This not having been done is proof that their amount has been misrepresented. Suppose then they amounted to untold millions, as he believed they did, and we were once committed for their pay mentjwhat were we to do? Repudiate them? Such a course would disgrace us in the eyes ofthe civilized world. We wonld have possession of her land and her resour ces, and we would be in honor bound to pay them to the last farthing. . Mr. Smith alluded to the subject of slavery also, in connection with the question, and advanced very liberal and sound views. The South had certain guarantees under the Constitution, in reference to slavery, which he would sooner loose his right arm than deprive thorn' of. Bat he maintained that he had the right to discuss the abstract question of slavery and to oppose its extension. That right as a freeman he would only surrender with his life. These are but a few of his points. . His speech occupied an hour in the delivery of it, and will well repay an attentive perusal. Mr. R. D. Owen- followed Mr. Smith, but we have not room for his remarks which occupy five columns in the Washington Globe. We may possibly refer to his effort hereafter. Inacgcral Balls. There are to be two Inaugual Balls at Washington City, one at 10 per head for the chivalry and the aris tocracy ofthe democracy, and the other at $5 per head for the undercrust of the dem ocracythose who pride themselves as being the huge paws, the butt enders and the Invmcibles pf tha Empire Club. Thus the democracy are already assorting themselves into two classes. Of course they will be left to exercise their own judgments and will meet with no interruption from the Whigs. , . -

REVOLUTION IN MEXICO. f

We should have given the interesting intelligence from Mexico in our last, but the hurrv in whirh wf wont in nreo movonie J " ' ' vr I'ivmb ft V f&tWU us. Santa Anna seems tobe in a close corner, It is said that most of the principal towns throughout the Republic, and a large proportion of the people have joined the insur- .: u: Mt . - Z . 1 " I On the evening of the 6th and during the whole ot the 7th of December, savs the New Orleans Picayune: The greatest reioicines i - w. wis took place inthecityofMexico.accompanied by many acts which show the deep de testa-

: l'lo. , . l . her of his Dortraits in the nubile, nlac.es were AnaveA ll.rnn. fh .fro.,a .rn 5 (V,nm0n, - to a -..ww, ana eery lepero preserved a piece as a me-1 mento of their oppressor's downfall. I The Revolution asainst Santa Anna an- . ,r. . - t,. i;u o i j bloodshed except at Jalapa, where a few persons were killed. Atruebla the inhabi-led tanta rose as with one voice, tumbled down j i hfi Kta t lift oflliP fthnnY niiQ Itmnt nnn tnro 1 w - -j -j his portrait into a thousand tatters, - - w 1 he revolution at Vera Cruz broke out on the 9th inst., and notwithstanding this may be considered as one of Santa Anna's - - - m , rrw... , strongholds, the popular leenng against mm appears to have been almost unanimous. Extract of a letter dated, VERA CRUZ, Dec. 11 44. As far as I can learn no place holds out for Santa Anna, Jalapa, Perote,Orizaha, and Cprdovi ,)aye' pro;ounced asainst Vim, him,1 ' i o and the great man'S fall appears to me ine vitable. 1 do not see a loophole for himU see a loophole for him to cre,eP out of, and I shall be glad If I am the first t.o give you this decisive news, Santa Anna was at the last accounts at Queretara wl?ere h yet about 2,500 men, the remainder ofthe large army thai accompanied him thither having deserted ed ftf he: ,rustworthy men. I( wouid eeem almost impossible that he has any chance to escape the enemies by whom 1 i. m e s surrounaed. it is asserted that the new government offers him no terms short f . . - . . . .... f , , iara Qf the public money he is charged with having uselessly squandered or appropriated to his own private purposes, lhiscond" "On it scarcely be possible to execute; and iu cjvcuio. oim in default of complying with it, the deposed .. ' f .1 tyrant is threatened with death. 03- There were a very large number of V" JO 1 . . r T I acts passed at the late session pf our Legislature, mostly of a loca character, howeyer. Those that interest our readers we fiud communicated by our Senator, Mr. t editor of the Courier, He says? "There has been no change in the Stay law: and the Revenue law stands as it was Last ?ear. th an addition Last ?ear un an auu.i.ou u a .ew iu...a . r f. :n r...f I lloaf anrl llnmh mnri I .nnatirf Aivlnmq. and i j folhe Education of the blind.. We passed a iaw couuing vuicra iu uieir icacnvc rn i- i i j .1 1 OWnSIllDS. WHICH i reffara as I1B Ot 1US 1.1. must adiuidTY Euauuraiisuiuio ocmiuu. The followi lawg have also been passed An act repealing the five per cent forfeit, for fkiliim to div taxes, as - is provided by the present law; an ci exieiiuuiy mo nine oi payment, to purchasers ol Escnool lands and borrowers of School funds, to six years from the passage thereof, an Act authorizing the

uun iu wuica oama Anna was neia. Anum-nnem

distribution of the various 1 rust funds among lL Whether it be a voice from the mounthe counties, to be loaned by the county Au- ta;ng 0t mv OWI1 district, or from the denselv

ditors, instead of the State Auditor, as was me requisition oi ine oiu iaw. t uc jjui ui the Senate authorizing the Bank to further issue of small bills, to the amount of feil between the Houses, on account of a disagreement to amendments made in the House. Some bills, local to the county of Vander burgh, were introduced by your Representa tive and passed; one of which is an Act. re pealing the law of last session, restricting the Trustees of the town of Lvansvule, to acertain amnnnl nf f9T A nnthp.r nnSSfd thf '"" l.wm v I House, authorizing the county Auditor, to call a special term of the Board of Commissioners whenever the public interest might require it. x uis was so .uteuueu .u iu

, Some bills were also passed, changing the"1 luo Faai luo v"v out '""e'3

names of individuals; one of which changed the name of Cornelia Minerva Nevins, to Cornelia Minerva Warner. An Act was passed for the relief of Benoni Slinson and G. W. Miller, authorizing the Treasurer of a certain congressional township, to pay the full amount and judgement costs and interest obtained against said Slinson and Miller, for money by them borrowed as district trustees, ofthe School Commissioner to build a school house in their district. Another was passed for the relief of Linck and Bennett." A letter from New York says: Gen Al monte who, since his protest against the movements of this Government, in relation to Texas, has resided in New York, will return to Washington immediately, for the purpose of contradicting the declarations made by Mr. C. J. Ingersoll, on the floor of Congress, 'by authority,1 that there will be no war with Mexico should Texas be annexed. Texas Debt, Colonel Beaton, who has made himself acquainted with the affairs of Texas says the debt of that country is at least $22,000,000, and that 6he has not an acre of land worth having which is not already ceded.. . Oregon. A correspondent ofthe N. York Sun says, "Our negotiations for the settlement of the Oregon boundary with England are nearly brought to a close, and the termination wiH be satisfactory to both countries."

MR CLINGMAN.

The Nat. Intelligencer of Thursday contans aspeech ofthe Hon Mr. Clingman.of (N.C.) delivered in the House on thfifith. It is on - " - -- - - the late election, we copy the glorious peroration: '" " lam here reminded, sir, that some of tuose genllemen have expressed strong hopes that they will be able to overrun and car--vf tit 1 t-i a rv kn -v I -J pjf h f nto ani I iearn that a great effort is to be made by the combined energies of the Dartv tor that pur Pse - But 1 can tel1 those gentlemen that TZTr T Tn Tft32 whh gi 1 1 j i- i- i u .j great unanimity, she took ground against ana ior ine union, ana sne is bum ior i . , . i i 1 1 .ni r. il She it also a genuine Whig State. She W33 Whig in 1775, when she made the first deciaration .till in their hn .hrUh nA will maintain the principles of the fathers. Tennessee, too is Whig. 1 saw something of the canvass mere uunug uib summer, mere were directed aaainst her the enmhmed inflnenres LfTexas, the Tariff, Jackson, and Polk, backby the powerful organization which I have aescnoea, ana unaer u an sne nas oorne , . . ,-, , , . ed on in times ot trial. On her a timid man " V w Mvr"u mijrlit risk his life, or a brave man trust his honor. Louisiana is whig to-day, fairly tried. So , too, is Georgia ; or, if bent a mo ment by the blast, unbroken her banner will I renmo ita ril i a in t !i o nrhirr lino rP ! i o wmgs are hrm everywhere, i he means Wh; are evervwhere. The used to defeat us strengthen us. The fall, like that of Antaeus, will give redoubled vigor and energy. The terrible calamity sus tained will rouse the nation to avert its con sequences. JJut we must endeavor so to triumph that the fruits of victory will not be lost. Our adversaries have seta most lament able example. Instead ot selecting a man reardi high in the confidence of. the people, and ing him for past services, they have chosen a mere man of straw, one so un known that he might run on opposite prin ciple indifferent sections. In thus demon st rating the availability of such a man, they have done all in their power to discourage statesman-like eminence and patrotism. Our candidate was defeated because he was too honest, too open, too manly to conceal his opinions. Uentlemen on the other side ol the House exult in the event, but they know he w ss overthrown in no fair or manly con test. It was the Hector of Shakespeare,sur rounded and impaled by myrmidons "The earth that bears him dead bears not alive so atom.-' ,, K.:K. ,! 1 l mdH. m wyu.u At;or hi m mil hp npffria it nnt ('Wo! unto cs, notuiM, for he bests weli, " lusl " jp. .. wvC A..A- kirn IKa hrinht rrmorx In nrola rl rrl rrn r.....j .f.i. J..1. ...:n unci juiiij Ugui uiwi3 v siyjlJi aud u will become greener and brighter J as centuries roll on. But we shall" often want his sagacious head, his eloquent tonI gue, and heart ot fire, oinee he came on the siage oi acuuu, iu cvcijr viisis, "One blast upon his bugle horn Was worth a thousand men." Sir. it is not talent alone that makes the reat sates raan. Tnere must be added to .... I t. :: n. . J - iii"ii mieueti a uurauiuuui uevuuuii iu our country, a determination to sacrifice every thin ol selt to promote its advancement. - Sir, no statesman, no man ever felt this prin ! ciple in a greater degree than Henry Clay And, till life shall fade, he will stand erect with his spirit unbroken, in the front rank those who rallv around the Constiution aud i tue rjnj0n e he hears himsett well, so does Lis mnv declare, sir, 1 have seen nothing, I have htard 0f noihinr, I have read of nothing like populated cities of the North, it breathes the rather be ;n ex;ie w;ti Brutus than triumpl mg witn Anthony; no one who win not go into battle again with more ardor than he went into the former action. Considering its numbers, so help me God, I believe there has existed not upon earth a party so noble If it cannot preserve this great country, then sir, you may burn the Constitution, for it is I worthlesa 1 mt YVTI . . 1 111 1 116 'g Par,y ,s an souia a cou servative party. Not indeed a party to "con serve" old evils and prejudices, nor merely w j raeaSures and form, but the good tested as the safety of republican institutions the ideas on which our Government is based and which have given a spirit of law and or der, as well as liberty, to our nation. It not, and it shoald not be, a party to retro gade or stand stationary, seeking no change ;n this age of improvement; but a party to oppose too frequent and too radical changes to place a check upon those who would sub vert every thing that is of the past, disregard experience, and build upon theory a fabric that would prove our ruin. O-The present Cotton crop, it is estima ted, will amount to two millions five hundred thosand bales. The planters ofthe South alarmed at the increase, are to hold conven tions in Louisiana and Alabama. 3The editor of the Insane Asylum Journal, published in Vermont, is about to leave the institution a sane man Cured by editing, The following is a genuine advertisement from the Paris paper: "Marriage. rersons desiring to marry can with pernct conudence address them selves to Madame De St. Marc; hei relations with high society put her in the way of giving information concerning the widows and young ladies having dowries and fortunes up to two millions. Ancient House St. Marc, under patent from the government."

The following is he plan submitted by

Mr. Dromgoole, of Virginia, to Confess for the Annexation of Texas. - Whither it will fare better than the others heretofore submitted, we cannot tell. "Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives ofthe United- Stales of America in Congress assembled, and . it is hereby enacted and declared, That the Con." gress doth consent that a new State may b ' erected within the jurisdiction pf the republic of Texas, adjoining the States of Louisiana and Arkansas, and bounded also by the Gulf of Mexico, with a republican form of government, to be adopted by (he inhabitants ot said republic, assembled by deputies in convention, with the consent of the existing government, in order that the said new State may be admitted into this Union. - And further be it enacted and declared. That the foregoing consent of the Congress is given upon the following conditions, towit: that the new State shall be formed, and its government adopted prior to the fourth day of July, in the present year"; and that ' the boundaries of the said new State, con- . forming to the outlines before stated, and containing an area not exceeding thousand square miles, shall be defined by the convention of deputies', and inserted in the constitution or form of government; and that the assent of lh State shall be also in serted to such boundaries of the remaining temtory, properly pertaining to Texas, and to be claimed and held by said new State on superceding the present government, as may be settled and denned by the government of the United States, by negotiation and reaty, or otherwise. And be it further enacted and declared, That, on ihe aforesaid fourth day of July, in " the present year, the said new Slate, having been thus formed and defined, by the name and style of the State of Texas, shall be re ceived and admitted into this Union as a, new and entire member of theUnited States of America. - The following imperial order from the great Autocrat of - the Democracy, comes just in time to give the cue to his followers in Congress. Mr. Dromgoole's bill will now pass the House : HERMITAGE, January 1, 1845. My dear Mr. Blair? I cannot forbear, on this first day of the year 1815, to let yon know that I am still in the land of the living, although greatly afflicted and debilitated. My whole family join me in kind salutations, to you and yours, wishing you the joys of the season. May you all live to see many happy new years. 1 observe that you have before Congress too many joint resolutions for the re-annexation of Texas. This argues want of unani mity in the democracy upon this great national and most important subject. I have - just received from Major Donelson, a letter dated at Washington, in 1 exas. from which 1 would infer,' that if Cougress expect to annex Texas to the United States, they must act speedily, or it will be fouud to be beyond our grasp. 1 he rejection ot the advances of Texas has given offence to some, and a handle to otheis'to press the liberal propositions of England upon the Texians, together with the splendid view of 'Texas independent, growing into a vast Republic, jn time to embrace not only the limits of Texas, but all the domain once Montezuma's. This view, to ambitious aspirants, added to the guaranties of England of her" iudepen-4 dence, and the loan of large sums for ten ; years, based upon a treaty that English manufactures shall be free of duty, is gaining a party in Texas. General Houston is still the leading star; and his influence can a-' lone be counted upon to resist the present influence of England and its increasing power. How long this influence of England can be successfully withstood in Texas, is becoming a very questionable matter. I have taken a view of the whole ground, given to all information its due weight, and I say to you that, unless Congress acts upon this subject promptly, Texas will be beyond our grasp, and lost to the Uuited States forever, unless regained by the sword. What will be the situaiiou of our country, with British manufactures introduced duty free into Texas? Comment is unnecessary. I hazard nothing in saying that, if the present Cong ess do not act promptly upon this subject, the next will not have the power. The consent of Texas cannot then be obtained Great Britain will have laid the lion's paw upon her, and bound her by trea-" ty. I am exhausted; but, from Major Donelson's letter, and other sources of information, the danger of losing Texas seemed so imminent, that, ahhough feeble, I could not forbear to say thismuca to you, that you might communicate it to my friends. May God bless you and yours. ANDREW JACKSON. THE BUZZARD ROOST.Mr. Benton in his speech in Missouri said: The city of Washington was a buzzard roost! the Presidential mansion and Department of Stale were buzzard roosts! defiled . and polluted by the foul and voracious birds, in the shape of laud speculators and s -jck-jobbers, who saw their prey in the treaty' and spared no effort to secure it. Their own work was to support the treaty and friend3 to assail its opponents to abuse the Senators who were against it to vilify them, and. lie upon them in speech and in writing and to establish a committee, still sitting at Washington, to promote and protect tbeir interest. The treaty assumed ten millions of debt and confirmed all the land claims under the laws of Texas. The treaty correspondence claimed two hundred millions of acres of land in Texas, of which two-thirds were represented as vacant and claimed as a fund outof which the debt assumed was to be paid. Vain and impotent deception! - Open and fraudulent attempt to assume a buble debt for the benefit of stock-jobbers without any adequate consideration either to Tex3 or the United States." -