Evansville Daily Journal, Volume 1, Number 198, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 16 December 1848 — Page 2
DAILY JOURNAL.
PB1XTED AND PUBLISHED BY 4 YTM. II. CHANDLER &
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CITY OF EVANSVILLE:
SA T UK DA Y MORXIXG, DL C. 1 6.
OCT" Kumors were in Cincinnati on Wednesday 13th inst., that a compromise had been made between the whigs and locofocos of the Ohio Legislature, but had not been confirmed.
Electio.v or Goverxou ix Viegisia. On the 3d ballot, Mr. John B. Floyd was elected Governor of Virginia, bj the Legislature, which melon the 13th inst.
North Carolina U. S. Senator. The Legislature met on the 12th iust., and were unable to elect a U. S. Senator. Oa the 1st ballot Mr. Badger received 62 votes. The number' necessary for a choice was 85. There were a larg? number of votes given to different candidates, which prevented the choice fioin being made on the first ballot.
CC5 There were four new cases of Cholera atStatenhlanil on the 13th inst., but no deaths.
CO" Messis. Taylor & Harvey will accept our thanks for late Louisville papers.
Governor Johnson, of South Carolina, was to seriously ill on the 1st inst., that it was
thought he could not live through the night.
His disease is pneumonia.
Tin Ssow White Africans. Those who have not seen or heard the Albino boys are
missing one of the greatest curiosities and
amusing entertainments that has been in our
city for a long time. They are no humbug.
They give a free exhibition to the scholars of
Mr. Knight's school to-day atJIO o'clock, and
have been persuaded to remain and gireanoth
er entertainment this evening, at th Exchange Hotel, and we hope they will have a crowded
hcuse.
Large Fire at Utica. There was ft large
lire at Utica, N. Y., on Thursday of last week Fart's largi. and commodious Hotel ou Genes . - A . . . 1 1 m
eee street, was eniireiy uesiroyea. i lie sur
rounding iroperty .Buffered more or lets injury.
The loss i esuinated at $GO,000, mostly insu red. Ja mea R. Shields, Esq., has been electee
President, and Mr. Victor A. Tipin. Cashier of the Branch of the Stale bank ofludiana, by
the Loard of directors at N. Albany.
Bank Mistakes.- -The teller of the Exchange
Bank at Boston, on Saturday week, paid out
two $1,000 notes, instead of two 8100 notes
Thia is the second mistake of the kind made in that city lately, and in neither case has the
money been returned.
Defalcation. -Cornelius M. Brosman
County Treasurer of Syracuse,N. Y., has been discovered to be a defaulter to the amount of
about 810,000; but his security will make good
the default.
INDIANA LEGISLATURE,
SENATE. Monday, December 11.1843. AFTERSOOS SESSION. Bills Introduced. Br Mr. James, a bill to incorporate a rail
road company to coustruct a railroad from Ev-
ansville, on the Onio river, to connect with
the Ohio and Mississippi railroad at or near
OIney, in the State of Illinois, via Princeton, Gibson county Indiana, and Mount Car me I
llinois: which was read a first and second
time, and referred to the committee on corpor
ations.
The Senate then again adjourned to the louse to coulinue the ballotting for Secretary
of Stale.
The Senate returned to their chamber after
having ballotted the 12th time without elect-
Adjourned. ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mosday, Dec. 11, 1843. Mr. James introduced a petition of the trus-
ees of Lamasco, in Vanderburgh county, to
nnul their town charter; referred to th. com
mittee on corporations.
Lcsolutions introduced. By Mr. Edmonson, that the Senate be invi
ted to attend ilslanler, in the half of the Hous-,
to proceed in convention, to the election of a
Secretary of State.
By Mr. Miller, that the committee on edu
cation be instructed to teport a bill to organize
a system of common be hoots.
Mr. Dobson moved to suspend the rut fa, and
reconsider the vote taken on the question ol
avinz the report of the superintendent ol com
mon schools and accompanying bill on the ta
ble; adopted.
Mr. Dobxon then moved to lay on me i&Die
and have 200 copies of the bills printed.
On a call ofa division of the question, by
Mr. Hendricks, the report and bill were laid
on the table.
The Senate came in, and the two houses
proceeded in convention to the election of Sec
retary ol State, which resulted as follows:
1st. 2J. 3d. 4tM. 0th.
J. H. Thompson, 61 15
lb 16 23 20 31 16 2S 5 26 1 1 1
A. L. Robinson,
E. D. Crookshauk, David Remolds,
James H uglier,
John K. Jones, C. II. Test,
Johnson,
15 I
14 11 11 23 20 23 at 31 35 36 43 33 It) 14 9 y 21 13 4
Peter Baggy,
Scattering,
On motion the convention adjourned until
2 o'clock. House adjourned. AKTERNOOM SESSION. The Senate came in and the convention pro
ceeded in the election of Secretary of Stale,
which resulted fs follows
Crookshauk Test May hew Hughes Mace Robinson Reynolds Jones Scattering
Convention adjourned until 2 o'clock to morrow. House adjourned.
Cih 7th 8th 9th 10th 12th IT 1 ' 8 3 34 40 43 49 61 63 1 1 12 1 37 53 43 43 46 03 5 12 1 12 15 12 19 30 30 19 10 6 21 24 20 9 4 3 3 13 3 4
Suicide. Miss Milly C. Griostead, residing
in Jennings county, Ind., committed suicide by hanging herself, on the 2d inst. She was thought to be partially insane for some months pjl. New Jebset. The electoral college of New Jersey met at Trenton, on the 6th inst., and cast its vote for Taylor and Fillmore, and appointed Samuel C. Cook, of Middlesex, the messenger.
Official Wit. The messenger attached to the War Department at Washington, is a w ag
of the first water. Apart of his business is
to introduce strangers bavins business at the
war oflice, to Secretary Marcy. On one octa sion, wishing to see Gov. Marcy, and not fin ding him in his room, the messenger rushed up to the clerk, and placing himself in a theatrical attitude, in the words of Watts celebrated hymn, exclaimed:
That Marcy 1 to others show, That Marcy show to me.
This successive effort at parody was greeted
with shouts of laughter, in which none joined more heailily than the Secretary, who entered
the room in time to catth the whole scene.
Florida. The Legislature of Florida assembled at Tallahassa on the 23lh u1t. In the Senate, Hon. E. D. Tracy was elected President, and W. B. Lancaster, Secretary. In th House, Hon. B. A. Putnam was elected Speaker, and Chas. W. Downing, Secretary. We learn from the Governor's Message that the financial affairs of the State are in good condition.
tiT"The Califoruians, it has been feared, will experience some inconvenience from a scarcity of provisions, ere long. We trust
there will be no more anxiety on that scoie inasmuch as letters have been received from
some of the gold diggers, which slate that they
bare uo time to eat. Oue man had not stop
pd to masticate a mouthful in three weeks, so
intent was he in rakinz up "the root of all
TEJlSsvLVAjriA Rilroad. This road, the
Pennsylvania Union, states, opened on Wed
nesday for travel, from llarrisburg to the foot
of the mountain, four miles above ihat
place . The beautiful bridge over the Susque
haua will be finished before spring, when
the road will be ready for use as far west
as Duncan's Island, sixteen miles above liar-
risbur.
CCjTTwo 81,000 notes wex paid out the
Exchange Bank, Boston, last Saturday, on
broker's check for &200. The recipient has
tailed as yet to adjust the account in full. The individual who a few days before received 600
rxtraatthe Atlas Bank, ttill keeps hinisel iifikown.
Heroic Wife. One of the officers of Col
Washington's troops, in the expedition through the wilderness of California, is accompanied
by his wife and child. Who but an Ameri
can woman would brave the perils of the Far
West to be by her side.
La Verite men ions that in several country
places, and even iu the environs of Paris, are uiauy peasants who to this day believe that . . Ik. 1 Ml I
me rutperor apoieon is sun living, auu
would accompany his nephew to France!
llnso Hebsf.lf. A Mrs. Swallow hung her
self some few days ago near Cumberland, Md
She was laboring under a temporary til of i in
sanity.
CCrA Young man in Carthage, Jefferson
County, New York, recently fell from th
staging ofa new factory 71 feet upon a solid
craggy rock, which was covered with about
eighteen iuches of running water, aud he re
ceived no other iujury tbau the breaking of an
ankle.
To the Editor of the Evausville Journal: I wish, through your paper, to call attention to a matter of very considerable importance to the City of Evausville and to all persons owning real estate below and along Division street. 4 Extending n the Canal basin in Division street, t " Avn through Texas and Lamasco. there is a broad deep ravine, the bottom of which is from fifteen to twenty feet tx-low the average heighth of the ground on each side.
It drains several thousands of acres of ground, which must always be drained by a culvert passing under the canal at the basin. From that point to the Ohio river, along Division
street, isabout 1600 feet, and to Pigeon Creek,
by the present course of the ravine, about 4000
eet. Some time, and before a great many
ears, it will be necessary to construct a sewer
to conduct the water from the point where it
passes under the canal to the river or the creek.
t will also be necessary to fill tip the ravine,
because there is a large amount of property, between Pigeon creek and the canal basin,
which is inundated by the back waters from
the river, to the depth of from 4 to 10 feet.
his cannot, of course, l3 done immediately.
t will be done by small portions at a time as
the increase of population and business may-
render it necessary; and 1 propose for the con
sideration of those who are concerned, what 1
conceive to be. the only practicable plan of doing it. I propose it now because a portion of the work (viz: the construction of a sewer and part of the embankment) may be done
next summer, cheaper and more conveniently
than ever afterwards. The greatest difficulty will be to get the earth to fill the ravine, and there is no way in which it can be procured but by cutting down water street, from main
street to the mouth of Pigeon, to a common
evel one foot nine inches above high water in
the river, and reducing the other streets o a regular grade from the canal to water street.
This will furnish sufficient earth not only to
111 the ravine, but also to improve the river
bank; and the grade of the streets running back
rom the river (below division) will be such
as to conduct the water from the canal direct-
y to the river.
If Water street from main to division is cut
down to one foot nine inches above the hijih
water of 13J2, (the same as that above main)
the unfinished portion of the vity wharf (from
main to division) can be completed without
the earth to be taken out ol sycamore, vine
aud division, amounting to about eight thouMiid cubic yards. This earth must be remov
ed, aud it may be used in the whuff, or ill
wharf can be as well constructed wilhort it
aud cheaper by &2000.00. It can ba used in
niiing the ravine in division and third street.
for les.i money, by 7 or 8 cents per yard, lhan
it will cost if put in the wharf. Placed in th
wharf, it will eventually be aid for by reven
ue from the wharf, bat if disposed of in the
other way suggested, no revenue will bo d
rived from it. Now, what shall be done with
ii?
1 propose that the corporate aulhoiities of
Evausville and Lamasco. adopt the grade above
proposed for water street and all streets run ning into it below division. Let this be a set
lied and permanent regulation, and all future
durable and valuable improvements will b
made to conform to it, and no person will suf
lerany cotiikieraoie inconvenience or iujury
from it. Then construct u sewer, of brick,
from the canal basin along the upper iJe ol
division street, to the river, of sufficient capa city to pass freely all the water that now pass
es under the canal through the culvert, as well
as the water from the adjacent property above
and below division street at the saina turn-
by cutting down the high and filliug up the
low places in division aud reduce it to the
same level from first street to the canal and of
the same heighth as the top of the water in the
canal; also raise third street across lhj ravine
to the high ground below division.
The following is an estimate of the cost,
which is probably greater thau the actual cosi
will be. Embankment to raise Division
and Third streets to a level with the water in the canal aud
CO feet wide at top. 2 1,000 yds.
Of which there can be procured
r rom Sycamore, vine and a r
Add the cost of filling division
and third as above
Or, if the streets are filled to 40
feet wide at top, deduct
CQf The annexed beautiful lines are ta
kea from Sir Humphrey David's Salmonia:
'l envy no quality of the mind or intellect
in others, be u gemus, power, wit, or fancy-
but if 1 could choose what would be mast de
lighlful, and 1 believe most useful to ine,
should prefer a urm religious Deuel to every
other blessing; for it makes life a discipline ol
eooduess: creates new hopes, w lit nail tarlhl
hopes vanish; and throws over the decay, th destruction of existeuce: the most gorgeous C
all lights; awakens lite even in death, aud from
corruption and decay calls up beauty and divin
ity, makes an instrument ol torture and shame
the ladder cl ascent to raradise, and far abov ali combinations of earthly hopes, calls up th most delightful visions of palmsaud amaranth
the gardens of the bit st, the security of ever
lasting joys, where the sensualist aud the seep t.... I l j . ..
tic view omy giooru, uvcay, anninuauon, an
. $7520,00 If this work were done, would not all the
property lying along division Street OQ both
sides, in and out of the city, be much more
valuable? To get rid of the vast amount of water flowing in the ravine through Texasand Lamasco, would it not be highly advantageous to the people generally of those places and es
pecially to those who own lots in the laviue?
There can be uo yther than an affirmative ans
wer to these questions. Then bow much of
the cost of the work can Lamasco in her corporate capacity aud individuals who would be directly and immediately benefitted by it,
lfford to pay? Let them consider, and make
up their minds by the first of march next, for
then the Common council must determine what disposition is to be made of thee arlb to be taken from vine, division and sycamore.
When the canal is finished, division street,
between third and the canal, must be raised.
The business of the lower part of the cily will require it. There are now but two streets by
which the Canal basin ran be approached, an 1 within one year after the canal is opened, four
will not be sufficient.
The Common Council may throw all the sur
plus earth into the wharf where it will ultimately cost nothing; and this will probably be
done, unless favorable terms can be agreed upon
with others concerned. Now is the lime for the owners of property to act. They may now
lave assistance from the city, but if this op-
ortunity is lost, they may hereafter be left to
build a tew er 4000 feet long, and improve their
properly as they can, at their ow n expense.
They should act with reference to things, not
as thpy are, but, as they will be in a few years,
when this will be a large Commercial and manufacturing city, in which lots in the hot.
torn ofa ravine, beven feet below high water mark, will be worth as much as the most valuable lots now are. lie tactfully, &c.
A CITIZEN. .
division, between finst
and water, about 8J00yds. From other jvirts of division aud vine, aud from first, sccoud and third 1 1400 " 10400 Deduct for shrinkage 10pr ct 19 10
l?lf0
7040
Leaving to be procured from lots
Suppose the average cost of excavation an
embankment to be 18 cents per cubic yard, the
cost of raising division and third, to the full width of sixty feet, would be about 81100,00,
but if only forty feet wide at top, the cosi
would be about S3200.00.
The sewer should be first constructed in the
low ground, above the present surface, and the
earth excavated from divisiou, hauled back
and thrown on it.
The sewer, independently of the other por
tions of the work, will cost For earth excavation 4000 cubic
yards, at 18 cts. 6720,00
For brick. 550.000
ft4.00 2200,00
For sand. lima. &c. and laving
brick 1400,00
51320.00
$4400,00
$8720,00 1200,00
Illinois Official.
Cass. Taylor. .V.
COMSIIESSIOXAL. Washington, Dec 12. SENATE. At the usual hour the Senate was called lo
order. Sundry petition and memorial wur
presented and referred.
I he various committees of last session were
re-appointed.
Oa ino'iioil, the 31th Rule was Misnendt-d
so far as relate to the appointment bv ballot
of the chairman of the scleral sliudin;: cotn-
mittee.
Mr. King presented a paD'.T containing a
I. f i w . , 1 1st of the remaining rliainneii of llt different
committees, which was adopted, to wn;
.Mr. lliniir'gati, tumruu ol the committee
on frei"ii rdjlion.
Mr. Dickinson, as c hairman of the commit
tee on finance and of nuuufjclures.
Mr. Benton, chairman of the committee on
military affairs.
Mr. Dix, as chairman of the committee on
commerce.
On motion of Mr. Dix the Senate adiouru-
ed.
HOUSE OF KKPUUSEXTATIYES. The House this im ruin;; was enjwtrej in the
discussion of the motion to appoint a commit
tee lorihebinithsotiuu luslitutiou. which was
fully defeated.
Sundry petitions aud memorials were pre
sented and referred.
The regular standing committees were call
ed in order by the Speaker for Reports.
Mr. tlenly submitted a resolution directing
that enquiry hhould be made es to the expedi
ency of establishing a branch of the U.S. mini
in California; al-o a resolution enquiring into the propriety of granting lands to actual set
tlers, east of tho KioGran fe, who might emi
grate to Texas. This latter resolution was ob
jected to and laid over. After considerable debate upon the proposition to report the pro
ceedings oi tnc House, an adjournment was had.
Adams 2vX)5 Alexander 212
Bond-. 371 Boone 393 Brown Bureau 306
Calhoun 257
Carroll 222
Cs 724 Champaign 1S7
Christian - 254 Clark. 759 Clay 405 Clinton 43f Coles 633 Cook ICil Crawford 507 Cumberland 236 De Kalb 374 De Win 3C3 Da Page 623 Edgar 816 Edwards 113 Etliughara 330 Fayette 452 Franklin 459 Fulton 1684 Gallatin 537 (Jreene 112S GTundy - 207 Hamilton 478 Hancock 1074 Hardin 237 Henry HO Henderson "291 Iroquois 322 Jacktton 243 Jasper 223 Jetkr.-on C05 Jersey 454 Ja Davicte 1433 Johnson 21W Kane 783 Kendall 373 Knox -727 Lake 116 La falle 1233 Lawrence 5:2 Lea 367 Livingston 130 Lrfgaii 369 Macon 323 .Macoupin MJ3 Madiou 1303 Marion 639 Marshall 233 .Mason 403 Massac 303 MclKmough-- 416 Mclfenty 528 Mel an 626 Menard 41 Mercer 315 Monnte 546 Montgomery 333 Morgan l:fc9
Alouaiio l'Jl
40 11G1
IVrry 314 I'iutt 133 I'ike 1636 I'opa 234 fulaAi 141 1'u.uaai 13 iandolh GtV itiehlaii.. 331 Kvk Uhnd 431 Sananiini 1336 uhiit. 373 Schuyler H04 Scott i. -649 hclly 638 "tar 174 Sleulienson 63 .St. Clan- :Att3
i'eoria
1'azewe I Lmon
Wriu 1 1 iin - - ----------- Wniia.'h Warren Washington vVaync tl'liite WliitebiJe VViil Wuoiittird
Winnebng-i William id
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513 503 - -753 3U3 ..5.T9 r - l 4 511 513 233 .-birr -30J 2iO .
1992
101 .391 414 408 376 215 426 761 21J 13 743 207 351 877 1703 493 190 223 373 313 829 233 99 407 139 1635 35 fc53 123 125 lOST 234 136 403 263 177 154 280 530 1777 67 835 392 830 321 bii 461 300 82 ' 4C3 233 710 1WO 227 304 391 2iU 439 C13 733 605 43ti 332 1372 H4H 6f2 1237 239 132 1609 221 C4 266 5f-0 351 5H3 1913 J 33 N)7 7!3 337 211 7U 1 H9 1097 103 45t; 537 201 320 674 391 713 16 866 211
Buren 251 43 450 20 566 3 116 11
5f7 J 6 2120
427 20 523 42 19
371 36 63 67 223 65 23 5 2 93 134 1220 517 3W 1083 t73 133 4 4 5 96 162 15 41 7 25 1016 91 1 90 13 139 413 363 44 Mi
290 3u 96 47 31 15 1 hi in 63 96 5 63 11 ll. 27 1 13 279 510 52 807
Cnss' majority
56629 53215 3414.
15W4
in each of these counties t lie re are a few votes returned aa having Im en eat tor L'u-s and Butler and Taylor and Filuuore direct, without naming lha elector!".
New Hampshire Official. Cass. Taylor V. Buren.
Rockingham 3972 2710 Station! 1912 1661 IVIknap 1769 610 Cnrroll 1.-65 519 Merrimack 4213 1243 Hillsborough 4773 2799 CLeshire OI76 lbfl .Sulhvan lt66 1176 Uraltoii 4o60 17 Coos 122 230
982 495 331 623 1076 1257 945 523 1104 219
7300
Datox Rouge, Dec. 4. A Sad rencounter took place this afternoon.
about half past one o'clock, between Dr J. G. Byrd, of this town, and Dr. Edward Skill-
man, of Opeloutas, Dr. S. attacked II) rd in his office and fchot at him. A scuffle ensued ill which Dr. S. received a wound in the right breast, below the fifth rib, cutting through the cartilage aud the lower lobe of the lungs. The wound caused his death in about half an hour. Dr. Uyrd received three wound, one of which was severe. Dr. 1$., it seems, acted in selfdefence. A. O. Pic.,bth.
Costlt. A man has been fined 650 and costs in Philadelphia, for pulling another's
nose:
The Character of Man. Nothing can be more ungenerous than to infer too much of a man's character from hi days of boyhood. The dullest youths are often fathers to the most intelligent m;n: and the school ins of so
ciety has converted tnmy a boor, and many
a Dear, into rtimcu and entertaining companions.
fXj Woman has more strength in her looks than man has in bis laws, and more power in ber tears than we Lave in auy of our ar
guments.
A WrFE. The fruit of a pious and somewhat severe education; of dignity without luxury, economy without parsimony, strong dtlection without romantic sentiment, housewifery care without narrowness of spirit, domestic discipline and order, piety to pareuts, re vereuce of husbands, a large charily, and a serious devotion to God.
At a club in Furis the name of Robespierre is never mentioned by any member wilbjut the raiding of his hat.
Cajs mnj, over all 4310
27763 14781
23153 7560
1112 sc:.t eiiig.
23153
Connecticut Official.
New Haven New London
Fairfield Windham Liti'litield MiiMlcex Poll and
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Totals Taylor'aruaj.3268.
"aylor. Casa. V. Buren. .6UW 5345 810 5272 4516 806 -4020 3421 766 5036 4064 462 --2266 2262 799 mUS 3674 800 ..2136 2152 3C1 1665 1612 161 30314 27016 5005
Clay's, 2991.
FO It SALE. WILL tell at private sale Lot No. 9 in the upper Knlargement ol the city; title perfect. It is one of the moat elicit. le local ion in the city for a private residence, hitc 16J JOHN J. CHANDLER.
FOlt SALE. A covered Frat Boat, 13 by 75 It et suitable for store boat, for sale cheap. A1m, a new two-wit Bug?y. Knquire of JOHN FA KKELL, dec 16-lw. Confectionary, Water street. NOTlCCIhave taAen out Icttera of Administration on the estate of Hamilton O. threads, late of Vnnderlmrg County deceati. All persons indebted to said estate are requested toma&e pay ineiit lo the undersigned, and thone having claims against said estate will present tlx-in to him duly authenticated for payment. The estate is supposed to be folvent. WILSON SHOOK, AdnVr. nov 20-i3-w-d
LIQUORS. JUST received a laise lot of Liquor.
Liiuiiaus.Wiiic?, &c. Those that are fond of a Dura
article for sickness will plcae call at nov 1 ALL1S &. HOWES.
DISSOLUTION. THIS Copartnership existing between A. D.Bradt &. L. ii. Matthews, was dissolved on the 6th iust. L.G. Matthews will continue the Tailoring IJnsiuchS at ihe old t and on Main street, and in-vit-s ihe former patron oi tle late rirtn and strangera t ) :ive him a call. All work will be executed in t!i iu.uir.er, and with promptness. nov 22.
EATON &. HLMCi, House Carpenters and Joiner 2d street between lycaiiioreandYina ap,0
depatr.