Evansville Daily Journal, Volume 2, Number 262, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 19 March 1850 — Page 2

DAILY JOURNAL. ÄTh. sandeus, editor and .proprietor.

CITY OF EVANSVILLE: TtESDAT JWOItrVIACi, 7HECII 19. " "" 3Ir. Webster's SpcceU. To-day we commenced the publication of ,Wr. Webster's great Speech. Every reader t of the Journal, should peruse this able address. Its beauty,, power, ond yet utter simplicity and plainness of style, are themes for the "admiration of all who have read it. So ' high have been the culo ries of the Eastern pres. that we - feel, long as the speech is it should not h? .withheld, and that the space s0ccnpit;d by it could not be better appropriated. Daniel Webster never apppnrcd greater than in this effort rind we doubt whether any speech to which he ever before rave tittermce, has been one half so beneficial in its influence, or called forth such general com- . mendation. He seemed to feel that the occasion which called him upon the floor, was one of mijrhty importance. He spoke as a man who felt, that this importance was deriv ed from no threatened national evils belonging to the imagination alone, or by circum stance exaggerated into a greatness not le s guimntely their own by the fiery discussions which had surrounded thisquestion but that its foundation was to lie seen in evils which were shaking the nation to its centre, and .threatening as its ultimate result the greatest to us of all national evils the dissolution of the Union itself. Feeling this, it may be imagined that the heart and mind of the great orator were in his subject. Their giant throh- . bings may be felt in this speech. Let all then read it. ' "West Franklin Tflail Itoitte. In the midst of the duties of our business, ive have not been altogether idle in those matters directly affecting onr own city and neighborhood, "et which could rightfully have no especial claim upon our attention. With pleasure we present to our friends in West Franklin and vicinity, the following letter from -Mr.Ilobbie, 1st Assistant Postmaster General, -written in reply to one we addressed him a few weeks back, asking that a fair price should be allowed for carrying the mail to .West Franklin as a point on the Evansville ane" Mt. Vernon Mail route. The price offered before was so low that no one would take the contract. Although not so high in this offer as it might well have, been, yet we think it high enough to receive bidders. West Franklin has been, almost entirely cu off from this ciry by an alteration in the carriage of the mail, and the citizens of that place and vicinity have suffered grievou&Iy under the consequent evils. We hope Mr. Hobble's letter will at once draw out responsible bidders, and a remedy may thus speedily be offered. This answer to our letter proves the position we once assumed, that existing evils or deficiencies in the present mail service, need only be properly pointed out to secure immediate action from the Department to provide remedies : Post OrricE Department . . . Contract Office., . '. March 1 Ith, 1330. Sir : In reply to your letter relative to service from Evansville by West Franklin to Mt. V ernon. I have to inform you that the Department will put the route in operation as soon as some responsible persou shall propose to transport the mail once a week at not exceeding $100 per annum. '.'' lam respectfully. Your obedient serv't, ; S. R. HOBB1E. 1st Ass't P. M. G. A. II. Sanders, Esq., Evansville, Ind. .Death ofa Representative. Mr. Andrew M. Carnahan, a member of the late House of Representatives, and one of the most talented young men in that body, died on the 23d ult., at Covington, Ind. He was only in liis27lh year. His deportment in the Legitliiure, and the marked abi'i'y he displayed, gave him a prominenre not often belonging to one so young. Ho was the Representative of Fountain county, and returned by the Whigs, ahhough there was a strong Democratic m 'jority in the county. He left a young wife, and a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn his Ios. . , Placer Times. A copy of the Placer Times of January 19th, has been handed us by Dr. Jno, T. Walker. It is a small, but well printed paper, filled with interesting intelligence, the principal of which, however, we have already ruiblhed. The flood at Sacramento City did a great deal of injury, but has not lessened to any great degree the value of property. The mountain streams washed gold even into the city, and one man washed out a J ile " a quarter ofa mile from the printing office, according to the Times. But those who have attempted it, have had but little success ia- washing gold in the city limits. . The Post Office is closed, there having been no provision made for the payment of clerks, &.c. The Times says if may as well be closed as open "Piivate enterprise has rendered that shabby affair unnecessary. " Mr. G. Gosling wiil accept our thanks for Cincinnati papers of Saturday, left at our office yesterday morning. Mr. Gosling is about establishing himself in the House and Sign Painting business in this city.. Thesteamer J.B. Porter in coming down White river on Saturday night, broke therEvansvfl!e and Vincennea Telegraph ',f"Th!rf will s;op U e working of the lino .-. ! ?K . -.wr r J :.-y-.

Mark Him! The disgraceful and disgusting article, false in every particular as it was venomous, which appeared in the Democrat last Saturday, about ourself. was written by C. W. Hütchen: Nothing more need Le said to prove

! it what we have declared, f ilse in every par ticular, and the writer a dirty blackguard, who is utterly unfitted to mingle with decent men. as he has been repeatedly thrust from their society. We do not say this man is a sekun dre1, for we never use such language, but we appeal to those who have read the article al luded to, and to those who may read it, and ask them if any other than a scoundrel, and a vill da made up of 1 he worst attributes the development of which into crimes ever hung a man did not wiite that article? Ai.d we ask Democrats to read the articl. and then ty whether this man shall receive support. in case he obtains control of the Democrat as he is about doing, as the ivpresenrative and organ of the Democratic party in this county? The article to which we allude, with the ex ception of the Iii et paragraph, was refused publication by the Editor of the Advertiser. Much as he abused us, he would give no support or space to such a tissue of falsehoods and blackguardism. It was left for the editor of the Democrat to publish an article which no decent man would touch, and thistoo. with the addiiion of a paragraph which every individual who has the feelings ofa son or of a man, would abhor as the venom ofa heart incapable of such feelings. J. II . Porter Sunk. The steamer J. B. Porter, commanded by Capt. Rogers, was sunk last. Saturday night, about ten o'clock, by striking a snag in ti, Wabash river, about two miles from Williams' Ferry. She was coming from White .river, and after striking ran about a mile be fore it was discovered she was sinking. She was laden principally with corn also had on board Tobacco, Lard. . &c., all consigned for this place. The Porter was a regular Evansville and White river packet, and is supposed to be a total loss. She lies wiih her stern in deep uater and bow high. We gather these particulars from a passenger. Although the Captain was in town yesterday, we could not get to see him. She was owned by several persons, and we believe insured. 3 We are obliged to Capt. HalJeman of the Yorktown for Cincinnati papers, of Saturday. The Yorktown was at Evansville yesterday morning early, tor N. Orleans. JdTo-morrow we shall endeavor to find room for a California letter, writien by one of our citizens to a relative here. It gives some information about the locality of persons from this vicinity at the mines. Manifest of steamer James Hewitt from New Orleans March 17 Harrington, Crane & Co., 3 hhds Sugar. 4 lots Oranges and Lemons. 2 bbls Fruit. 3 sks Coffee. 1 coil Rope. Dement & Viele, 15 casks Rice, 3 tcs Fish, 55 bbls Tar and Turpentine Taylor & Harvey. 12 hhds Sugar, 6 sacks Coffee, 2 Crates, 5 barrels. 15 sks Coffee. 1 barrel, 3 hf barrels. 1 bag Pepper. J. &. W. Rcilly, 5 bl Is T;r. Foster & Brown. 50 sks Coffe, 20 bbls Mackerel. Babcock & Bro., 50 sks Coffee, 4 tierces Rice. Shipments, Shipped by Taylor & Harvey, pr. Bunker Hill No. 3. forN. Orleans-119 hhds. Tobacco, 139 casks Hams. 92 do. Shoulders, 25 bbls Beans, 15 do. Pork and Lard, GO bbls Eggs 474 6acks Corn, 363 do. Oats. Bemcnt & Viele S00 sacks Corn, 137 do. Oats, Correspondence of the Baltimore S.m Washington, March 8, 1S50. Mr. Webster's speech has poured offen the troubled waters. His speech has given us a confidence in the speedy restoration of harmony to Congress and the country, which was unfelt before. It is remarkable that not ene conservative and concilia t. ry peeeh has yet been made on the northern side of ihe vexed qufsiion in the House of Representatives; and there are those who still coi lidntI' assert that a majority o! the House will reject any scheme of compromise founded on the pro o-itions of Messrs. CI iy and Bell and the views of Mr. Webster. But. in regard to the Senate, there-can be no doubt that some bill will before long be matured and passed. We may expect that the fies of bigotry and persecution will be kir.dled in the East, for Mr. Webster's grand aulo defe. The anti-slavery men will never forgive bis heresy that any public fai'h is to kept with slaveholders. They already represent biai here as self-sacrificed. The speech will become the subject of controversy in New England, and I have little doubt myself that it will lead men to think who have never thought before, on this subject and that Mr Webster will be triumphantly sustained by the great conservative ma.s of the eastern people, la the State of New York, lam assured that, the speech will have an excellent effect But c me what may. that noble effort in behalf of the Union is the crowning glory ot Ins lllu trious career. Electric Light. Acuiiousand melan choly fact connected with the electric liirht has just been commuicnted to us. A gentleman, near Waltham Abbey, experimenting with the electric light a few days ago. having an incised wound on his left hand, touched the conductor, a copper wire, and shortly afterwards experiended an irritation, which immediately spread in inflamation to the arm. The arm became immensely swollen, and large tumors appeared all ever the body and linibs. Some of the ti-mors wereopened. anl every means resorted to for the purpose of checking the poison, but without avail. We learn that the unfortunate patient lies without the least hope of recovery. London Mining Jour.' lie who swallows up the substance of the poor, will, in the end, find that it contains a bone which will choke him.

SPEECH OF JIB. VEBST3, OF MASSACHUSETTS, On the Territorial Qucitlon. In Senate, March 7, 1S50. The Vice President. The resolutions submitted by the Senator from Kentucky were made the special order of the day at 12 o'clock. On this subject the Senator 1'roni Wisconsin (Mr. Walker) has the floor. Mr. Walker. Mr. President, this vast

audience has not assembled to hear me; and there t but one man, in my opinion, who can assemble, such an audience." They expect to hear him, and I feel it to be ray duty, as well as my pleasure, to give the floor therefore to the Senator from Massachusetts. 1 understand it is immaterial to him upon which of these questions he speaks, and therefore I will nut move to postpone the special order. Mr. Webster. 1 beg to express my obligations to my friend from Wisconsin, (Mr. Wnlker.) as well as to my friend from New York (Mr. Seward.) fir their courtesy in allowing me to address the Senate this morning. Mr. Pres'dent, I wish to ppeak to-day. not as a Massachusetts man, nor as a Northern man. but as an American, and a member of the Senate ol the U. States. It is fortunate that there is a Senate of the United States a body not yet moved from its propriety, not lost to a just sense of its own dignify, and its own high responsibilities, and a body to which the country looks with confidence for tise, moderate, patriotic, and healing doctrine. It is not to be denied that we live in the midst ol s'rong agitations, and in the. midst of very considerable dinners to our institutions of government. The imprisoned winds are let t jose. Ti e East, the West, the North and the stormy South, all combine to throw the whole ocean into commotion, and lo toss its billows lo the skies, and to disclose i:s proIbunJest depths. I do not expect, Mr President, to hold, or to be fit to hohl, the helm in this combat of the political elements; but I j nave a uuiy io p;norm. an t 1 mean to ne--torm it with fidelity not wi'hout a sense ol the surrounding dangers, but not without hope. I have a part to act, not for my own security or safety, for I am looking out for no fragment upon which to float away from the wreck, if wreck there must be. but for the good of the whole, and the preservation of tue whole; and there is that which will keep me to my duty during this struggle, whether the r-un and the stars shall appe.ir or shall not appear lor many days I speak to-day for tiie preservation of the Union. "Hear me for my cause." I speak to-lay out ofa soli.-iious and anxious heart, for the restoration to the country of I hat quiet and that harmony which make the blessings of this Union rn rich and so dear to ,us all. These, are. the topics that 1 propose to myself to discus--; these are the motives, anil the sole motives, that influence me in the wish to communicate my opinions to ihe Senate and the country; and if I can do any thing, however little, for the promotion of these ends, I fcball have accomplished all I hat 1 desire. Mr. President, it may not he amiss fo recur very briefly to the events which, equally sudden and extraordinary, have brought the political condition of the country to what it. now is. In May. 1846 the United State declared war against Mexico. Her armies, then on the frontiers, entered the provinces of that Republic; met. and defeated all her troops; penetrated her mountain passes, and occupied her capital. The marine force of the Uuiten States took possession of her forts and her towns on the Atlantic and on the Pacific. In less than two years a treaty was negotiated by which Mnxico ceded to the United States a vast territory, extending seven or eight hundred miles along the shores of ihe Pacific; reaching back over ihe mount.i'ns. and across the desert, until it joined the frontier of the State ol Texas. It so happened that, in the distracted ai d feeble state of the .Mexican Government, before the declaration of war by the United States against Mexico hail become known in California, that the people of California, under the lead of American officers, perhaps, generally, overthrew the cxis ling Provincial Government of California the Mexican authorities and run up an independent flag. When the news arrived at San Francisco that war had been declared by the United States against Mexico, this independent flag was pulled down and the stars and stripes of this Union hoisted in its stead. So. sir. before the war was over, the powers of the United States, military and naval, had possession of San Francisco ami Upper California, and a great rush of emigrants Irom various parts of the world took place into California in 1S46 and 1S47 But now, behold another wonder. In January of 1S4S. the Mormons, it is said, or some of them, made a discovery of an extraordinarily rich mine of gold or. rather, of a very great, quantity of gold, hardly fit to he called amine, for it was spread so near the surface on the lower part of the South or American branch of ihe Sacramento. They seem lo have attempted to conceal their discovery lor sonc time; but soon another discovery, perhaps of greater importance, was made of gold, in another part of the American branch of ihe Sacramento, and near Sutter's fort, as it is ca lied. The fame of these discoveries spread far and wide. They excited more and more the spirit of emigration towards California, which had already taken place ; and persons crowded in hundreds, and nocked towards the hay of San Francisco. This, as I have said, took plac-i in the winter and spring of 1848 The digging commenced in the spring of that year, and lVo:n th it time to this tiie work of searching for trojd has been prosecuted wiih a success not heretofore known in the history o! this globe. We all know, sir. how incredulous the American public was at the accounts which reached us at first of these discoveries; but. vvu all know that these accounts received, and continue to receive daily confirmation, and down to the present moment 1 suppose ihe assurances are as t-trong. after the experience of these several months, ol mines of gold apparently inexhaustible in the regions near San Francis co, in California, as they were tfit any period of the earlier dates of the accounts. It so happened, sir, that, ahhough in the time ot peace, it beceme a very important, subject for legislative consideration and legislative decision to provide a proper Territori;il Government for California, yet differences of opinion in the councils of the Government prevented the establishment of any -ueh Territorial Government for California at the hist session of Congress. Under this state of things, the inhabitants of San Francisco and California then amounting to a great number of people in the summer of last year, thought it tobe their duty to establish a locil Government. Under the proclamation of Gene nil Riley, the people chose delegates to a Convention that Convention met at Monterey. They formed a constitution lor the State of California, and it was adopted by the pet pie f California in their primary assemblages. Desirous of im

mediate connexion with the United States, its ;

Senators were appointed and Representatives chosen, who can come hither, bringing with them the authentic constitution of the' State of California ; and they novy present them selves, asking, in behalf of their St. ite, that the State may be admitted into this Union a3 one of the United States. This constitution, sir, contains an express prohibition asminst slavery or involuntary servitude in the State of California. It. is said, and I suppose truly. that ot tne memners who composed that Convention some sixteen were natives ami had been residents of the s'rtveholdincr States about twenty-two were from the non-slave-holding States, and the remaining ten members were either native Califurnians or old settlers in that country. This prohibition against slavery, it is alleged ' Mr. Hale. Will the Senator give way until order is restored? Th; Vice President. The Sergeant atArrns will see that order is restored, and no more persons admitted lo the floor. Mr. Cass. I trust the scene of the other day will not be repeated. The Sereant-at-Arms must display more energy in suppressing this disorder. Mr. Hale. The noise is outside of the door. Mr. Webster. And it is this circumstance sir, the prohibition of slavery by that conven tion, which has contributed to raise I do not say it has wholly raised the dispute as to ihe propriety of the admission of California into the Unior under this constitution. It is not to be denied, Mr. President nobody thinks of ripnving that, whatever reasons were assigned at the commencement of the late war with Mexico, it was prosecuted for the purpose ot the acquisition of trrritory, and under tiie alleged argument that the cession of territory was the only form ir which proper compensation could be made to the United Slates by Mexico for the various claims and demands which the people of this Government had against her. At any rate, it will be found that President Polk's message at the commencement of the session of December. 1S17. avowed that the war was tobe prosecuted until some acquisition of territory was made. And, ns the arqnisit;on was to be south of the line of the United Slates in warm climates and countries, it was naturally. I suppose, expected by the South that whatever acquisitions were made in that region would be added to the slaveholding poi lion of the United States. Events have turned out ;is was not expected, and that expectation has not been realized; and therefore some iletrrep of disappointment ami surprise has resulted, of course In other words, it is obvious that the question which has so long harrassed the country, and at some limes very seriously alarmed the minds of wise and rood men, has come upon us for a freh discussion the question of slavery iu these United States. Now, sir, I propose perhaps at the expense of detail and consequent detention of the Senate to review historically I his question of slavery, which, parly inconsequence of its own merits, and partly, perhaps mostly, in the manner it. is discussed in one and the other pert ion of the country, has been a source ol so much al enatiou and unkind feeling be tweei the different, portions of the Union. We all know. sir. that slavery has existed in the world from time immemorial. There was slavery, in the ear'iest periods of history, iu the Omental nations. There was slavery among the Jews; the theocratic government of thai people made no injunction against it. There win slavery among the Greeks, and the ingenious philosophy of the Greeks found, or sought to find, a justification, for it exactly upon the grounds which have been assumed lor such a ju-rifrMti.m i i this country; thai is. a natural anil original diif rence ami io- the races ot mankind, the inferiority of ihe Id ick or colored race to the white. The Greeks justified their system of slavery upon that ground precisely. They held the African, and in some parts the Asiatic, tribes to be inferior to the white race; but they did not show. I think, by any close process of lotric, that, if this were true. Hie more intelligent and ihe stronger had therefore a right to subjugate the weaker. The more manly philosophy and jurisprudence of the Romans placed the justification of slavery on entirely different grounds. The Roman jurists, from the firs! and down to the fall of the empire, admitted that shivery was against the natural law. by which they maintained that all men, of whatsoever clime, color, or capacity, were equal; but they justified slavery, first, upon the. ground and authority ol the law of nations arguing, and arguing truly, that at. that day the conventional law of nations admi'ted that captives in war, whose lives, according to the notions of the limes, were at. the absolute disposal ol the captors, might, in exch inre Ibr exemption from death be made slaves for life, and that such servitude, might descend to their posterity. The jurists of Rome also maintained that by the civil I ivv there might be servitude tdavery. personal and herediniry first, by the voluntary act of an individual who might sell himself into shiver) ; second, by his bi-nii? received, into a state ot'slavt-ry by hiscrcditors iu satisfaction of a debt; and. thirdly, by being placed in a state of servitude or slavery for crime. Al the introduction of Christianity into the world, the Roman world was full f slaves, and I suppose there is to be found no injunction against that rel.tiion between man and man in the teachings by the Gospel of Jesus Christ, or by any of his Apostles. The. object of the instruction imparted to mankind by the founder of Christianity was t touch the heart, purify the soul, and improve the lives of individual men. That object went directly to the first fountain of all political and all social relations ol ihe human race the individual heart aid mind of man. Now, sir. pon the genial nature and character ami influence of slavery, there exists a wide, difference bet ween the Northern portion of this country and the Southern. It is said on the one side that, it' not the subject of'auy injunction or direct prohibition iu the New Testament, shivery is a wrong; that it is founded merely in the right of the strongest; and that .t is an oppression, like all unjust wars. like al1 those conflicts by which a mighty nation subjects a weaker nation to their will; and that slavery in ils nature, whatever may be saiil of it in the modifications which have taken place, is not in fact according to ;he meek spirit of the gos; el. It is not kindly a ffectioaed. It does not -'seek another's and not its own." It does not ' let the oppressed iro free." These are sentiments that are cherishedind .recently with greatly augment eil force, amoiig the people of the Northern States. It has taken hold of the religious sentiment of that part cf the country, as it has more or less taken hold of the rtligious feelings of a consi, lerable portion of mankind. The. South, upon the other side, having been accustomed to this relation between the two races all their lives, from their birth; having been taught in general to treat the subjects of this bondage with care and kindnees and

1 believe, in general, feeling for them great care and kindness have yet not taken ihis view of the subject which I have mentioned.

There are thousand s of religious men, with consciences as tender as any of their brethren at the North, who do not seethe unlawful ness of slavery; and there are more thousands pprhaps that, whatsoever they may think of it in its origin, n ml ns a matter depending upon natura! right, yet take things ns they are. and. finding slavery to he an established relation of the siety where they live, can see no way in which let their opinions on the abstract quesiion be what they may it is in the power of the present generation to relieve themselves from this relation. And. in this rpsnerf, candor obliges me to say that I believe they are just as conscientious, many of them, and of the religious people all of ihem. as they are in the North in holding different opinions. Why, sir. the. honorable Senator from S Carolina, the other day alluded to the great separation of that great religions community, the Methodist Episcopal Church. That separation was brought about by differeneea of opinion i-pon this peculiar subject of I ivery. I felt great concern as that dispute went on about the result, and I was in hopes that the difference ot opinion -might be adjusted, because I looked upon that religious denomination as one of the great props of religion and morals throughout the whole country, from Maine to Georgia." The result was against, my wishes and against my hopes. I have read all their proceedings, and all their arguments, but I have never yet been able to come tc the conclusion that there was any real ground for that separation. Sir, when a question of this k;nd takes hold of the religious sentiments of mankind, und comes to be discussed in religious assemblies of the clergy sod laity, there is alwas to be expected, or always to be feared, a great de gree of excitement. It is in the nature of man. manifested by his whole history, that religious disputes are apt to become warm, and men's strength of conviction is proportionate to their views of the magnitude of the questions. In all such disputes there will sometimes men be found with whom everything is absolute absolutely wrong or absolutely right. They see ihe right clearly; they think others ought lo do it. anil rhey are disposed to establish a broad line of distinction between what they think right and what they hold to be wrong. Ami they are not seldom willing to establish that line upon their own convictions of the truth and the justice of their own opinions, and they are willing tc mark and guard that line by placing along it a series of dogmas, as lines of boundary ire marked by posts and stones. There are men who. wi'h clear perceptions, as they think, of their own duty, do not see how too hot a pursuit of one duty may involve them in the. violation of others, or how too warm .in embraecment of one truth may lead to a disregard of othei truths equally, important. As I heard it statpd strongly, not many days ago, these persons are disposed to mount upon some duly asa war horse, and to drive furiously on, and upon, and over all other duties that may stand in the way. There are men who. in tin es of that sort, and disputes of that, sort, are of opinion that human du ties may be ascertained with the precision of mathematics. 1 hey deaf with morals as with mathematics, and they think what is right may be distinguished from what is wrong y.th the precision of an algebraic equation. They have, therefore, none too much charity towards others who differ from them. They are apt, too, to think that nothing is good but what is perfect, and that there are no compromises or modifications to be m ide iii submission io difference of. opinion or deference to other men's judgment. If their perspicacious vision enables them to detect, a spot on ihe face of the nun. they think that a good reason why the sun should he struck dow n from heaven. They prefer the chance of running into utter darkness to living in heavenly light, if that heavenly light be not absolutely without any imperfection. There are impatient men too impa tient always to i've heed to the admission of bt. 1'aul, that we are not to do evil that good may come" too impatient to wait for the slow progress of moral caus. s in the improvement of mankind. They do not remember that the doctrines ami miracles of Jesus Christ have, in f ighteen hundred years converted only a small portion of the human race; and among the nations that are converted to Christianity they Ibrget how many vices and crimes, public and private si ill prevail, and ihat many of them, public crimes especially, which are offences against the Christi n religion, pass without exciting particular regret or indignation. Thus wars are waged, and unjust wars. I do not deny there may be just wars. There certai dy are, but ii was the remark of an eminent person, nor many years ago, on the other side of the Atlantic, that it was on of the greatest reproaches to human nature that wars were sometimes necess try. 1 he defence ol nations sometimes cau-es a war against the injustice ot other nations. N w. sir in this state of sentiment up3ti the general nature of slavery lies the cause ofa great portion ofthose unhappy divisions, exasperations, and reproaches which find vent and support in different parts of the Union. Slavery does exiit in the United States. It did exist in the States before the adoption of this constitution, and Lt the time. And na v let us consider, sir, br a moment, what was the state of sentiment North and Siuih iu regard to slavery at the time this constitution was adopted. A remarkable change has taken place since, but what did the wise and great men of all parts ol the country think of slavery ? in what estima tion did they hold it in 1787. when this Constitution was adopted? Now, it will be fnu.id, sir, if we ca.ry ourselves by historical research back lo that day, and ascertain im n's opinions by authentic recor 's still existing among us. that there was no great diversity of opinion between the North and South upon the subject of slaver)', and it will be found that both parts of the country bei J it equally an evil a moral and political evil. It will not be found that enher at the North or at the South there was much, though there was some, invective against slavery as inhuman and cruel. The great ground of objection to it was political; that it weakened the social fabric; that, taking the place of free labor, society was less strong ami labor was less productive; and therefore we find from all the eminent men of the time the clearest expression of ihcir opinion that slavery was an evil. And they ascribed it, not without truth, and not without some acerbity of temper and force of language, to the injurious policy of the mother country, who to favor the navigator, had entailed these evils upon the colonies. I need hnrdty refer, sir, to the publication of the day. They are matters ol history on the record. The eminent men. the. most eminent men and nearly all the conspicuous of the South, held the same sentilucuLSj uiai slavery was an evu, a Diigtitj

b'ast, a mildew, a scourge, and a curse. There are no terms of reprobation of slavery so vehement in the North of that day as in i!ip Smith. Thf Nrtrth was not so much ex

cited against it as the South, and the reason is, I suppose, because there was murn jess at the Nor'h, and the people did not ere, or think they was, the evils so prominently ns they were eeen, or thought to be seen, at the South. ( To be Contiued ) . : . , OCT A Sermon oa Temperance will be j r ach el next Sabbath, at 3 oMotk r. m., io Rv- Mr McCaker's Church; and one, also, in Rev. Mr. Goodwin's Church, al 7 o'clock, r. m. The friends of the License system are respectfully invited to attend' mhl9d5 CCtMr. A. H. Sanders: You will please announce my name as a candidate for re-election to' the office of Recoider of Vanderburgh county,' at the ensuing August election. nihlö SAMUEL T. JENKINS. TO THE PlIILIC. The undesigned having purchased the Pres and Materials of the Advertiser Printing Office, wilf issue a new Democratic Paper at the earliest moment practicable arrangements being now in progress that will place such an enterprise upon per-" inanent foundation. . ' i..hl4 C.K.DREW. 5KT A . II; Sanders, Esq. I have been solicited by numerous friends to become a candidate for the otfice ol Recorder of Deeds, &c, for this county; and you wid please announce my name as a canddale tor that Otlice. Being a Lawyer by profession, I think 1 can perform its duties with satisfaction to ail. Yours, Respectfully, CLEMENT 15. SIMONSON Evansville, March 16, 1850. mh 18 GtFkiend Sanders You wilt please announce JACOB riLNZICK a candidate tor Councilman in the Fil'ih Wait, next April election, as be will be supported by feb23ts MANY VOTERS WATCHES, JEWELRY, ETC. . (2 irtstf.!) W. SM I'lll would respectAa4fullr T:lte 'h" ladus and geiideE fi1-! 1 r" ""n of Evansville to call and examine a ricn assortment of JEWELRY, stlected with erat tare, ano which will be found to emIra -call the laust patterns and sules. c nsisting ofa great variety of la-li-s' and gentlemen's BreastI'ins, Ear-Kings, Biacelets. Gold Waist-Buckles and Slides. Lockets, Gobi Pencils and Pens. Gold and Silver Thiinllts, Gold and S lver Spectacles,Gobi Guard Chains, Vest Chains, Gntiins with hooks auat-hetl for Ladies, (.lain, set and diamond Fintier Ri'-.;s. tfce. Also, a splendid lot of G b and Silver WATCHES, all of which will be sold at EaBtrtn retail ptices. ifcJ-Watches carefully cleaned and renaiWd. N. W. S.UlTrf, mhl9 Main street, one door north Second. FLAT BOATS: rpVO superior tiALTii OATS, 100X13 and 90X18, A imineumiejy above the whaif. Enquire of FOSTER &. BhOWN, mhlü Corner Main and First st'eets. COFFKE, &c 50 bass Rio C fiee; 20 bbls No 1 and 2 Mackerel; 5 drums Codi sh; Received per James Hewitt, arid for sale at the low est rates by mb 19 FOSTER & BROWN. LAFAYETTE EXTRA FLOUR. SMALL lot of this choice family Flour in s, ore and tor sale by A ihl9 FOSTER &, BROWN. WRAPPING and Printing Paper. 350 bundle Wrapping Paper; 30 reams Printing do;70 do Tea Ho;' for sale Irw bv mhl9 FOSTER & BROWN! NOTICE. T a meeting nf ihe Common Council of the city of Evansville. March I61I1. 1850, it was order ed that the owners of Lots and pans of Lots eitua'mi nn eacti side ot the Allev running from Main 10 Di vision streut, between first an 1 Watee streets, and uls the owners f b'ts and pans of lots situated on ea li si.lt nf ihe alleys intersecting said first merimied alley, I e required to grade and pave said allfvs ith lime stone, one fnot in depth, (the centre nf said allt-ys 10 be at the enrlace six inches defter than the sidts.) by the 20th day of April next; an I .i.ai unit ss fait! owners comply with this order by said lime, the Council will immediately pritceed to i-ave sa ri work done, and for that purpose will, from ihe said ?i'th April 10 May 1st, receive proposals at ihe oiiire of ihe City Clerk for the completion of any ofsaiiwork whHi shall not be done by said first mentioned date. By order of the Council. JOHN J. CHANDLER, mh!9 d3t City Clerk. TO UUÜUEKS. PROP 'SALS will he received at the OlFce of the City Clerk until the 23rd of March inst., for the grading of Fourth street, betwten Locust and Walnut strPts; the eanh to be (laced onFourth, between Locust and Walnut streets, and on Walnut betwei n Fourth street ai d the Canal. The work will be let to the lowest bidder. B' ordr uf the Council. JOHN J. CHAN DLF.R, mh 9 d3t City Clerk. ELECTION OF CITS' RECORDER. BY Order of the Common Council of the city of EvaosvilU. an Mention will he held on the first Monday of Aoril next, for a Kecorder of the ciiy, as provided for by -An a':t 10 amend the Charte; if m. city of Evansville, approved Jan. lhth. 1850." JOHN J. CHAN LLCR, mh 9 d3t City Cl rk. MOULD CANDLES. IAH BOXES junt rect-ived per sitamer Court"Vr land anU lor sale low by feh2fi O'KII.EY At MITCHELL.. FRESH GROCERIES NEW ARRIVALLO AF, Crushed and Drown bugur: Nos. 1 and 2 .Mackerel, in bbls and Half do;. No 1 Mackerel, in kitts; No l .Salmon, in half kitU;, 1 Connecticut river shad;.. Rio and Java Cofle; And all other Groceries HaiMHS, Figs, etc mhl3 tf HORN BRO K & BURTI5V NEW MUSIC. JUST received a selection ot'new ano popular Airs Waltzes; etc., for Piano Mid Guitar. Also, a large assortment of superior Violins Spanish Guitars, Flutes, Fifes and Flageoletts, Ac cordeons. Violin Bows and Bridges, "best Italian and English Strings for the Guitar. Violin nn4 Bass Viol. Instruction Books of all kinds, Giahonet Reeds, Tuning Forks, eic, etc. THOS. CONYNGTON, Book and Music store, rnhl3 Cohit Main and First streets. High Fainting NotionsBaby Wagons Clothes Baskets, t ubs. Buckets and Bowls, Faucets, and other Notions in the Willow and Hoi low-Ware line, at HORNBiiOOK & BURTJS mh'3 Main street. WINDOW GLASS, STEUBENV1L.I.C brand, Irom 8-10 to 24 36 at wholesale and retail, direct from the Manuiocturef. r WM. M. VVOOLSEY. mh 12-tf Agent. NEW SPRING GOODS WE take tne liberty ot calling the attention of Western Merchants 10 our large slock of. SPRING GuOD. Our arrangement, contemplates a more attractive stock than we have ever offered and well adapted to Western sales. Having lomiimeiy purchased a large proportion of our Sta pie Cotton Goods betöre the a vance that has lately occurred, we are prepared to offer great inducements to purchabers in this market. They will be sold low tor cash, and for approved paper, on our usual liberal terms. We respectfully solicit a visit and examination of our stock. BLACH LEY & SIMPSON, ,mh7 Gw No, 11 Pearl st, Cincinnati. Stale Journal.

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