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| goaz ~. PATEos, Esq. has publish,
ed IN the Eoquircg al Address 70 III,
late constituents. in which he takes /
fall rstrospect of the policy and eoarss
Of the Government during his term q
service. Mr.. p. lays bare with freedom
many measures 10 which be took ex.
eeption. and confirms fully and entirely
the justice OF many Of the complaint,
which have been made against the late
and present Administration.
tRieA~s~S Whis.
TExAs.-The Assembly Of New
York have. by vote OF so to Is, pass.
ed resolution declaring that the ed.
mission Of the Republic Of Texas into
the Union would be entirely repugnanl
10 the will Of the people Of that State,
and would endanger the Union of,hese
United States.
UarFp STArEs g. Msxico.-The
Washington correspondent Of the New
York American says:-it is evident
that storm cannot be avoided between
us and Mexico. II IS expected that
Mr.. HowaRp, from the committee on
Foreign Affairs. viii make Q beligerent
report in \ day or two.-The majority
OF the Senate committee are also Of
opinion that coeIeive measures ought
now TO be adopted TO avenge the re-
Peated insults to our national Gag.
80
From FLoRIpA.-The ". States
steamboat Poinsett arrived Of Charles
ton on tho 18th from 81. Augustine,
bringing papers TO the 7th April
On the 9Th Of March. Col. BAKEHEAD
captured seventy Indians near Key
Risesine. add On express mail rider be-
tween Camp King and Fort Dade. and
two men. near Newnansville. had
been killed by the Indians. II was
also reported that Gov. CALL had been
killed by the Indiana in West Florida.
but no confirmation Of the report had
been received.
There had been no rain in South
Florida. and the river Miami was near
ly dry.
FLoRiDA.-Aecounts from Garey's
Ferry, E. s. received by the Savannah
Georgia. Office. states that the planters
had abandoned the crops between Fort
Harlee. Micanopy. and NeWnansville,
and had gone into the forts for protec-
ton.
An Express rider, IL is said, was re-
Gently sho: in an arm within a mile Of
Fort Harlee. on his way to Micapopy,
and NeWnansville, bot made his escape
back 10 the for..
On the 18th, two men named Snow
den and Townsend. were murdered on
New River. l2 miles from Fort Harlee,
by party Of Indians.
Col. Sanchez. on the 9Th, xas driven
from his plantation by party Of Is to
20 Indians. and had gone 10 Newnans-
Vile.
a Philosophical Hambgg. The veteran
Matthew Carey tells the annexed capital an
scdOte Of distinguished Judge In Psnnsylva-
MIA. We fad it in the KnieksrbOeker Maya
kline
HE stole his grandmother's fan. and
covered IL for q considerable time in
the mud puddle. Having disguised It
Is completely a. IN his power. he sent
il to the Society, with an elaborate de-
scriPiion, to prove that il was the wing
OF q bat. II was received with due So
lemnity, and vote Of thanks passed to
the donor. A debate arose as to tho
species Of bat to which IL belonged
and = committee Of seven was appoint
ed 10 ascertain whether it vas the wing
Of Madagascar or q Gambia bat. The
Committee sat three weeks, and AFTER
consulting Buttons Natural History and
Goldsmith's Animated Nature, they re-
ported that it must have belonged to .
Madagascar bat. IL was pronounced
the greatest curiosity in the Museum.
except large sheet Of brown paper.
which had hung up the chimney and
been disguised with SCOT and dir, and
palmed upon the Society As part Of a
Bramin's shirt"
SPrRIrED.-A writer in the Boston
Courier, in a violent TRADE against the
license bill now before the Legislature
Of Massachusetts, says, Enact the law,
and the consumption Of ardent spirit
will be vastly increased; people viH
drink from principle, TO vindieaie their
abhorrenee OF invaded right and ATbi-
trary power"
The Get Of female lasrspidty which We
mentioned some days ego - having been per-
formed By lady Of Kshtueky, In saving .
geuilsnsn from = Wassry grave, appears To
have bssa followed by . testimony Of gratitude
on bis part Shieh proves that hs vas right
gallant man. =" aud worthy the EFFORT whish the
lady made on his bahslf. The LsTington