the devoted friend nl Internal mprovementille eff cient advocate Of Domestic Manuiactares--ihe Ajar 1slamqa of ass Taif 5 a

 To bis enlarged and comprehensive mind, to lis persuasive eoquence, to his unyieIding integrity, are much indeb,ed and that portion of history which will hand to postcrity the name of Henry Clay, will associate him with Washington and Jefferson, and form the 6righaea PrOudest page in the American annals.

 Who is Henry Clayf If talents, combined with virtue, if political integrity associated with liberal principles, if long and faithful services if devotion to freedom and love ofIibery, if warmly advocating, and ably sstnng, course of policy calculated to render the nation free happy, and propsroas, Unappaled by men in power, regardless of detracton, and unnlu- enced by personal consideraiions-is still valued by the American peope-HENRY CLAY will be the next President of the United States"

 AnIpdian candidacy for Congress.-The Alabama Planters Gazette of the 9th inst. says that MnshWLa tu5ba, an Indian Chief of the Choctaw nation, (ong known as the devoted and uniform friend of the whites) in address to the voters of Mississippi nounces himself candidate 10 represent them in Congress! It is known that the Legislature of that State has passed law extending it's jurisdiction over all the Indian tribes, within its boundaries and con ferring on,he natives the full rigts of citizenship The Editor thinks it probable that BfusIalatubba will be elected; as the number of his countrymen is supp posed to exceed that of the whites"

 The following is copy of the address. Mush~la- tnbba, we believe, keeps public house on the na- tional road from the Tennessee river to New-O Orleans and sustains fair character for integrity and uprigh ness; and if elected the red men of the forest may have able representative the floor of the House ofRepreseniatves. Haes

 To the Voters of Mississippi. sp

 Fellow Citizens-I have fought for you have been by your own act made citizen of your state; am u ireeholder, nature my parent; am nnsophslicated in the wiles of ioi eign nations, my have been told that the term " Roman cilizen was passport throughout the world. According to yonr laws am American citizen, the greatest and the purest representative republic that has existed. In my youth was hunter, in manhood warrior; l always baed on the side ot this republic My feet now fail in the chase, and my no longer bear the burthen of my bow. Whiici state of nature, my ambition alone in the shade---my hopes iu be inferred in the mounds ot my ancestors. But you have awakened new hopes; your laws have for me frightened my prospects. know m man, who has suffered more than myself: whether for you myself time will tell. have been told by my white brethren that the pen of history is impartial, and that in after years, our Jorlo'm kindred will have justice, ant '' mercy too." lhis, fellow cinzens, IS plain talk. Listen, for have spoken in candor. According to your laws think that qualified to in the councils of mighty republic, of which the of ississppi s component part; and yield to citizen in point o devotion to the laws and constitution of the same.

 H. fellow citizens, afer examining my preteRsioRs and impartaily comparing them wh others, who will be my opponents; if yon vote for me, will serve you; have no animosiiy against any of my white lrethren, who the list against me; but with In- dian sincerity. wish you would elect me member to the next Congress of the United States.

 MUSHULATUBBA.

 Choc,aw Nation, April 1st, 1880.