Evansville Daily Journal, Volume 2, Number 263, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 20 March 1850 — Page 2

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A. IL SANDERS. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. CITY OP EVANSVILIiE: WEDNESDAY JIOBNINC, OTAHCH 20. v a Bad Character. Certainly we feel ourself peculiarly favored : 'complimented even beyond our just merits ' by the attentions of those from whom we had not solicited nor expected such expressions of interest. Coming into this community with " out a stain oh our character, without a single blemish on our past history, standing well in the good opinion of the little world who knew us, and feeling conscious ot no word or act, . thai should lessen us in the opinions of those whose good will alone is worthy of a struggle we have in a 6hort time been subjected to " .charges which if true should thrust us from the eociety of decent men, and yet which were never dreamed of before we became a citizen of Evansville. That these charges came from men who were the most noted blackguards in the community, seems to be excellent evidence of its peculiar morality, when even such degraded beings are found laboring zealously to rid it of its principal immorality, by : thrusting us out, 6r at least exposing our vices and criminality. But when a body of men, embracing morality, wealth and influence, " "feel themselves called upon to rebuke our editorial vices, we almost feel ourself a villain, although for the life orus we can't tell why. 1 It has been our privilege to have control of some paper or another, almost without cessation, from the first year of our manhood. We have written for several different communities, and been in the habit of corresponding with the best papers in the country but it has been left for the morality of Evansville. - and we may say for the ini-morality of this city, to reDuke our course as Editor on the first part, and from the 6econd class, to ques- : tion our v irtue. In editing city papers, in common with oth- - er Editors, we have often made allusion to those establishments at which liquor was vended. On coming here, not being aware of the ' excessive heinousness of this course, and of the doubly-distilled morality of some of our patrons, we very innocently alluded in two cases to drinking hoases in this city. We . even went so far as to say, that there was a restaurat connected with the new house, to which there was a side door or private en- : trance that Temperance men could avail themselves of, who did not wish to go through the liquor saloon. Forthwith we were arraigned before a Temperance meeting-pla red in a false position before the putlic and received general thunder in a condensed form. At the next Temj erance meeting, allusion was again made to us, and this tme by a geritleman who from his position in society, was . calculated to carry some influence, while the first attack came from one entirely too big oted publicly, and insignificant privately, to Jiave any weight. His remarks were 'cnlcil.ited to withdraw support lrom pur paper, or to create the impression that this one fault'shouM thrust it from families where there were children, dec. Yet no one had the manly candor, and neither speaker had shown w ordinary i politeness and good faith, by ti lling us of what they conceived our errors privately, and request us a change. They attacked us publicly, and before large assemblies of our fellow-citizens, and when we were not present to defend ourself. The first speaker we gently g&ve, what he himself termed it at the second meeting, a "castigation, " and a well merited one it was. In alluding to the second, we declared ourself friendly to Temperance, but rebuked those over-zealous members of the Order of Sons of Temperance, who by "their conduct injured their cause. This was intended di- - recti v for the speakers who had attacked us. We said too, that if we were to make the Journal an open advocate of Temperance, our first blow would be to "strike down those zealots whose ultra npeeches and actions induce enmity and disgrace their cause and to strip from the shoulders of certain Sons of Temperance the garb of hypocrisy, and expose them in their true mental deformity to their honest minded brethren." And we said too, we might be compelled if attacked again, to do . this and if we did this, we advised certain members to stand from under, or we would ""'ehowera catalogue of names upon their heads, that may morally crack some of their crowns.". In the same article, we Baid Temperance should always have fair play in the Journal that we liked Sons of Temperance the better for being such, if honest iu their views and conduct that their interests should not be trespassed upon, nor their opinions ever rudely touched, in the Journal. All we asked was justice. Justice we have not had. We have been arraigned for this article, tried we suppose, and fosnd guilty of some great moral crime, judging from the tone of a letter signed by a committee, which we have received, and which was written by the la6t speaker. Both Divisions appointed committees to ask of us the names of those whom we insinuated we knew to have broken their pledges. The article was construed to be a charge against the order of Bons of Temperance, when it was no such thing, either directly or indirectly, only so far as certain members were concerned. : In cur written reply to the request of the Committee, we refused to give the nameat as w have stated, but pledged ourself in such a, manner to the truth of. the statement that we had thirteen narns of these reUssant members, .that no doubt has been expressed of the fact. The answer was submitted to the first Division addressing us and the committee have replied at length The

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ion. II t Li'IIOIItC I IIIC irlT l lit I wived us bv the comniittee.as more like a law yer's qui'bling in a case where he is bound to talk, than a dofHiment intended to correct our mistakes and misannrehenPions," arid r r appealing to our own conscience to set the Order right before the public, as it pretends. The committee pretend to tell us, a common sense individual, that we acted under a wrong impulse of duty in not giving up the names of the offenders. With our word pledged to others that we would on no condition give them up with common sense, justice, duty, everything that can stay wrong action in a nvin, telling us not to give up these names Ihis committee would urge ns to do thus. The writer need not deny that this would be placing us in the posiiion of a spy and informer to his Order. He knows it would, and quibbling will not make the public believe otherwise. An intimation which we despise has been thrown out in this letter, evidently intended by the vriter. not by the Committee, to force from us the information they have failed otherwise to o itain. The letter rercinds us that if wc do not like to offend the thirteen, we should remember " that there are among us more than thirteen of your personal and political friends who are also your patrons." In other words, that we had betteroffend he thirteen and lose their patronage, than to lose the patronage of all our personal and political friends in the Order ! We hope the writer may imagine our feelings ol contempt for this, but indeed we have not words to speak them. WiKilwi m l-w.i tfitnAi.OivIl t ft tt-WILk till rl-KL 7 . . ,. . .

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cause of Temperance as 'o be willing to obstruct the course of a paper which is seeking Lto benefit the community, and which has done more to make known and advance Evansville than ever paper did before merely because its Editor is thought by a few to have been guilty of an error, when the mass know he has not he will not be happier in withdrawing his " patronage." than we in dissolving the disgraceful connection. The bare insinuation that personal and political fiends" in the Order will thus withdraw their patronage, is an insult to their understanding and honesty. In conclusion, the committee says "If it was any part of your business to make the accusation at all. we6ubmit ivhetherit was not also your business to say when politely requested to do so. who are included and who are not included in that accusation. We now leave the matter with you. trusting that your magnanimity and sense of right will lead you to set us right before the public." In reply, we say under the circumstances it vas a part of our business to make this accusation, or at least our proper privilege to do so and it i not our business to give up the names. We have set you right before the public The pnhlic know that as an Order you are respectable and have accomplished much good but the public know just as well, that some of your members have broken their pledges and our declaration of the fact told them nothing but what they did know. We set you right by telling this. You set joursilvi s wrong in the first j 1 ice by attacking us. and afterwards by placing a construction upon ihe article which neither its language nor spirii would justify. Iu our humble opinion, led on by a few nltraists, you have been making a mountain of a mrle hill. We now leave the subject, and hope whatever action may take place, treat least will hear no more of it. The attention we have given the affair, has been owing wholly to the respectability of those gentlemen who have called upon us as committees. Hereafter, they will be perfectly welcome in their individual capacity, but so far as this matter is concerned, all committees that may come, have been answered through those which already have honored us with their presence. Further Particulars. The steamer J. B. Porter, the sinking of which we noticed yesterday, was owned by Capt. Rogers, of this city, Hiatt & Helphenstine, J. M. Wells and John Thompson, of Washington. Ind. She was insured for 2500 valued at $3500. The hull and cargo. Capt. Rogers informs us, v ill be a total loss. The machinery can be saved. Babcock & Bros, had nearly 200 sacks corn on board insured J. & W. Riley had 800 sacks corn on board insured. Messrs. M?ghee & Co., had a lot of 6kius and furs not insured. Eleven hogsheads Tobacco, 7 belonging to Noah Allison, of Spencer, and the balance to Mr. Mills, of Spencer, were not insured; a lot of Lard and Castor Oil on board, will tie saved. Cabin Furniture. &c, saved. The Passengers saved their baggage. Telegraphic Communication. The Telegraphic wires fiom Vinceiihes, touching at Terre-Haute and Covington, and extending to Lafavette. w.II soon be up. and rommuni cation between the peiut named, commenced. Vincennes, when thk line is compleied, wdl be one of the best points for news in the West. We will then be iu direct communication with Louisville and the Eastern hies St. Lotus and the Western and Southern towns and cities, and the commercial i laces of the North. Vincennes Sun. Whi'c we congratulate Vincennes, it is also some gratification to thiak that these -same advantages wiil be shared by this community. A Telegraph connection with TerreHaute and Lafayette, will prove a great aeeommrdation to the business men of this city, as well as to those of Vincenness, TerreHaute ami Lafayette. We have heard from other .sources that the wires will soon be up. and look forward with pleasure to a speedy realization of the prospect. Ü3 Yesterday was a bright bat cold day.

trEErH OF ITIK. WIKsTEll, OF MASSACHUSETTS, On Iba Territorial Question. TcONTINUtD. In Senate, March 7. 1850. Then. sir, when this constitution wis framed. th:s was the lisht in which tht Convention viewed it. The Convention reflected the

judgment and sentiments of the great men of the South. A member ot the other Mouse, whom I have not the honor to know, in a recent speech has collected extracts from these public documents. They prove the truth of what I am saying, and the question then was. how to deal with it. and how to deal with it as a-i evil ? Well, they came to this general result. Thev thought "that slavery could not be continued in the county if the importation of slaves were made to cease, and therefore they provided that after a certain period the importation might be prevented by the act of the new Government. Twenty years was proposed by some gentleman, a Northern gentleman. I think, and many of the Southern gentlemen opposed it as being too long. Mr. Madison especially was something warm against it. He said it would bring too much of this mischief into the country to allow the importation of slaves for such a period. Because we must take along with us, in the whole of this discussion, when we are consid ering the sentiments and opinions in whicfri this constitutional provision originated, that the conviction of ali men was that if the importation of slaves ceased, the white race would multiply faster than the black race, and that slavery would then gradually tvear out and expire. It may not be improper here to allude to that, 1 had almost said, celebrated opinion of Mr. Madison. You observe, sir. that the term slave or lavery is not used in the constitution. Tue consiitu ion does not. ' i.r... ..i -u i...u i... .1 ! t4U... ....... .u...o hvered un It requires that ' persons hound to service in one State, and escaping to another, shall be delivered up." Mr. MadiI on opposed the nitro, luctio a ot ihe term slave or slavery into the constitu'io i ; lorhesaidhe did not wish to see it recog ise l by the con stitution offne United Slat- s of Am rim that there. until property i i nvjii. INow. sir all ihi-J look place at the Convention in 17S7 ; but connected wi h this concurrent and cotitemi oraneous is another i nportant coasi I- i traiion not sufLVienil, attended to. The Con- j

vention for raming ihis constitution assem- j must alwa s expect io produce like eff. els bled in Philadelphia i.i May, and sat until i,eir whole interests became connected with September. 17S7. During all that time the : jt. If ,ve look hack to ihe history of the Congress of the United Slates was in session commerce of this country at the early comat New York. It was a matter of design, as ran n-emerit ofthis Givernment. what were we know, that the Convention should not as- j our exports? Cotton was hardlv. or but to

scntble in the s une ei'y where Congress was ! holding its sessions. Almost all the public i men of the country, irn-relore. of distinction and eminence, were in one or the other of these two assemblies; and I think it happened in some instHures that th same gentlemen were members of both. Il l mistake not. such was the case of Air. Rufus Khg then a member of Congress from Massachusetts, and al the same time a member of the Convention to frame he ennstituti n from that State. Now, it was iu t!.e summer of 1787 the very time when the Convention in Philadelphia was framing this constilu'io.i. that the Congress in New York was Imming t'-c ordinance of 1787. Theypass- d that ordinance on the 13th July. 17S7 at New York the very month, perhaps the vefy day on wl ich ihese questions about the importation of slaves nod the character of slavery were debated iithe Convt'iiiiou at Philadelphia. And. so fir as we can i ow 1. am., tlx re was a perfect concurrence of opii, ion b fwen tin- respective indies; and it resulted in this ordinance of 1787. excluding slavery sis applied to all the territory over which the Congress of the United States had jurisdiction ai d that was all the territory nonhw. stof ihe O! io. Three years bcto: e Virginia and othei States had made a ci ssion of that great territory to ihe United Stales. And n mni-t magnificent net ii whs. I never r.-il -cl upon it without a disposhinu to do honor and justice and justice would be the highest honor to Virginia for that act of c.-ssion ol her northwi stern territory. 1 will say, sir. it is one ol her fairest claims to the respect and gratitude of the United States, and that perhaps it i only second to that other claim which attaches to her: that in her counsels and from the intelligence and patriotism of her leading statesmen, proceeded the first idea put into prac tice lor the formation of a general constitution ol ihe United States. Now. sir. the ordinance of 1787 applied thus to the whole territory over which the Congress of the Unite! Srates hadj urisdictiou. It was adopted nearly three years before the Constitution of the United States went into operation ; because the ordinance took effect immediately on its passage, while the Constitution of the United States, having ueen framed, was to be sent to the States to tie adopted by their Conventions; and then a Government had to be or ganized under it. This ordinance, then, was in operation and force when the constitution was adopted and this Government put in motion, in April, 1789. Mr. President, three things nre quite clear as historical truths. One is, that there was an expectation that on the ceasing of the importation of slaves from Africa. slavery would begin to run out. That was hoped and expected. Another is, that as far as there was any power in Congress to prevent the spread oflavcry in the United States, that power was executed in the most, absolute manner, and to i he fullest extent. An honorable member whose health does not allow him to be here t i-day A Senator. He is here. (Referring to Mr. Calhucn.) Mr. Webster. I am very happy to hear that he is may he long be in health and the enjoyment ot it. to serve Iiis country said the other day that he consideref this as the first in the srri- of mcasur-'s calculated to enfeeble the South and deprive them of their just participation in the benefits ami privile ires of tins Government. He says very properly that it was done under the old ro.ifedr rati. hi and before this constitution went into eff ct ; but. my present purpose is only to say. Mr President that it was done, with the ent re and u ianimous concurrence of thf whole South Why there it stands! The vote o every Stale in the Union was unanimous in favor ot ihe ordinance, with the exception of a single, individual vote, and the individual was a Northern man. But. sir. the ordinance abolishing or rather prohibiting slavery northwest of the Ohio has ihe hand ana seal of every Southern member in Congress. This was the state of things sir and this the state of opinion under which those two very important matters were arranged, and those two important things done, that i, the establishment of the const itutiivj' with a recognition of slavery as :i existed i.t the States, and the estahlisbment of the ordinance pro hibiting, to the full extent of ail territory owned by the United St.it- s. the introduction ot slavery into those territories. And here,

sir. we may au-se. We nriv reflect for a ed. I tte ed. d.-ei i, i. si i ve. lei rit ry tormoment nnnn the entire cni icidene- si-nl imm- ' ever bv the solemn guaranties of law. Ami currence of sentiment br-tweeu the North sin t I now si' . sir. as the priipn.-i.ioa upon wl ich

the South upon this question at the period of the adoption of the constitution. But o;iiions, sir. have changed greatly changed changed North and chansd South. Sla ery is not regarded in the South now as it was ihen. I see an honorable member of this body paying me the honor oe listening to my remarks; he brings to me. sir. freshly and vividly the sentiments of his great ancestor, so much distinguished in his day and genera tion, so worthy to be succeeded by so worthy a grandson, with all the sentiments he expressed in the Convention in Philadelphia upon this suhject. Here we may pause. There was unanimity of sentiment if not a general concurrence of sentiment, running through the whole community, especia ly entertained by the eminent men of all portions of the country, in regard to this subject. But soon a change began at the North and the South. and a severance of opinion soon showed itself; the North growing much more warm and slroncr against slavery, and the South growing much more strong in its support. Sir. there is no generation of mankind whose opinions are not suhject to be influenced by what appears to them to be their present and emergent and exigent interest. I impute to the South no particularly interested view iu the change which has come over her. I impute to her certainly no dishonest view. All that has happened ha? been natural. It has followed those causes which always influence the human mind and operate upon it. What then, have been the causes which have created so new a feeling in favor of slavery in. the South which have changed the whole nomenclature of the South o.i'the suhi' Ct !

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.. t . j - me terms i nave mentioned ami win not re- . neat, it has now hcome an institution, a eherighed inatitufiori there : no evil no scour re l,ut a m-eat religious, social nnd moral bl ssjug, as I think I fiave heard it latterly des cruVd ? I suppose this. sir. is owing io the -7u...i 8ud 1vi uorUing an I rapid growth of the cot ton plantations of the South. So lar as any nioiive ol honor, nisti.-e. and general in.lgment could act it was the cotton int.-resi that j gave a new desire to promote slivery. to spread t and to use its labor. I again say that thN is nro hiced v th - can-ies which we a verv limited extent, known. "The tables will show that the exports of cotton for the years 1790 and '91 were hardly more than forty or fifty thousand dollars a year. It has gone on increasing rapidly until it any now be, perhaps, in a season of great product and high price, a hundred millions of dollars. Then then ras morp of wax more ot'i uligo. more of rice, more of almost every thing x ported from ihr South than of cotton. I tl.i.ik I have heard it said ü ben Mr. Jefferson negotiated the treaty of 1791 with Eng 1 mil he did not know that l-oiton was exported at all fron the U ailed State ; and I have heard it said that, after the treaty which gave to the United States the right to carry their own commodities to England i i their own hips the cirsi"m house in Lo'-don refined to admit cotton upon an all-ga inn thai it could not h" an Aaii-rican pro lu.-tioa there being, as thev supposed, no cotton r us ed in America. They would hanllj think so now I W. II sir. we know what f illows. The age of cotton became a goh'eri age for our South em brethren. It gratified their .lesire for improvement and acciiinulation at the same time that it ex :ited it. The desire grew by what it led upon, and there soon came to he an eagerness for other territory, a new area or new ar'-as for the cultivation of the cotton crop and measures were brought about some what rapidly, one after another, u xh-r he lead of Sou'hern m-n at the head of th- Govi runic ut. they having a majority i i both branches of the Government, io accomplish their ends. The honorable, member from Ca rolina observed that there has been n majority all along in favor of the North. If that be true. sir. the North acted either v.iry liberally and kindly, or very weakly; for they never exercised that majority five times in the history of the Government. Never. Whether they were out-generalled, or whether it was owing to other causes, I shall not stop to consider, but no man acquainted with the history of the ccuntry can deny that the general lead in the politics of the country for three fourths of the period that has elapsed since the adoption of the constitution has been a Southern lead. In 1S02, n pursuit of the idea of opening a new cotton region, the United States obtained a cession from Georgia ot the whole of her western territory, now embracing the rich and growing State of Alabama. In 1803 Louisiana was purchased from France; out of which the States of Louisiana. Arkansas, and Missouri have been framed as slaveholding States, In 1819 the cession of Florida was made bringing another cession of slaveholding properly and territory. Sir. the honorable member from South Carolina thought he saw in certain operations of the Government, such as the manner of collecting he revenue and the tendency of those measures to promote emigration into the country, what accounts for the more rapid growth of the North than the South He thinks they were not the operation ol tirr.e, but ofth! system of government establis -ed under this constitution. That is a matter of opinion. To a certain extent it may be. sn; but it does seem to me thatifany operation of the Go eminent could be 6hown in any degree to have promoted .he popula' ion. and growth, and wea.th of the N Tth, it is rau-h mon sure that there, are sundry important and distinct operations of the Government, about which no man can doubt, tending to promote.aml which ibsolutely have promot- d the increase of the slave interest and the si ;ve territory of the South. Allow un tosiy that it was not time thai brought i.i L ui.-i ma; it was the act of men. It was not time that brought i i Florida; it m the act of m--n. And lastly ,sir. to complete those acts of men who have contributed so much to enlarge tue area and the sphere cf the institution of si. very. Texas, great ai d vast and illitui'able Texas, was added to the Union as a slave Stale in 1845; and that, sir, pretty mu-h closed the whole chapter and settled the whole account. That closed the whole chapter that settled the whole account, because the annexation of Texas upon the conditions and under the guaranties upon which she was admitted, did not leave an acre of land capable ot being cultivated by slave labor between this Cajitol ami the Rio Grande or the Nueces, n. whatever is the proper boundary ot, Texas not an acre, not one. From that moment the whole country from here to the we6teru boundary.of Txus, was fixed, pledg

I stand tliN day. and upon i he truth a. id firmness of which I intend to act until it is overthrown, that there is not at this n oment within the United States, or any territory of the United States, a single foot of land the character of which, in regard to its being free soil territory or slave territory, is not fixed by some law, and some irrepealable law beyond the power of the action ofthis Government. Now, is it not so with respect to Texas? Why, it is most manifestly so. The honorable member from South Carolina, at the time of the admission of Texas, held an important post in the Executive Department of the Government; he was Secretary of State. Another eminent person of great activity and adroitness in affairs. I mean the late Secretary of the Treasury. (Mr. Walker.) was a lead

ing member of ihis body, and took the lead in the business of annex-iuoti; and I must say that they did their business faithfully; there was no botch in it. They rounded it off. and made as close joiner-work as ever was put to gether liesoiuiions ot annexation weie brought into Congress fitly joiueu together compact, firm, efhi:ient, conclusive upon the great object which they had in view. .Allow nie to read the resolution. It is the third clause of the second section of the resolution of tin; 1st March. 1315, for the admission of Texas. That clause read3 in these words : " New States, of convenient size, not exceeding lour in number, la addition to said b-aie vt It xas, and havings diicient p ipulation, may hereafer. iy the coits-Jin nf said Siate, be fanned out of the Territory ttureof, which si:all be entitled to admission uudr the provisions ef tlv 1-Vdeial C .miitu i n. And such rf. lit 8 tts niav he f . meU out 1 that p r ' ' -ail Tcr.nory lying uutii of ihinv.St.x tieknown us tue .tiissjun cotiiiaoiiiise line, S i: U oe a Jmi,,eJ ln,u le ÜIllM1) wull or willI(lul fave.y, ,a ..,!.. ,.f s !.. ,.,:. . ;., .. ... destrt; ami l sjcIi fciate or fc ai' s ass itiU le t tm ed .au et cal.i li irtoiv noria . t sau Al.63 un com promise hue, .-la c y or invehaiiiiry s.iviiuue (except fjr crime; ahall be prohitmeii." Iow what is here s n minted, enacted, se cured ! It is. that all T X is south of'36deg. 30 min., which is ne.nl. the whole of it, s tall be admitted i .to ihe Union as a slave Slate it w.s a slave State, and tbeielore came i.i as ti slave State ami that m w Stales sli.i.l be in i.!.- o! it, an., thai .-tv-ti Statt d as nre formed out. of thai, jornoiiol 'I.xas Iking i-ouih ol 3d 30. ina come in as dave fcjt.ilcs io the number of lour, in addition to the State then in existence, and admitted at that time by these resolut io;.s. 1 know no mode of 1c gird. .lion which can strengthen that. I kuoiV no mode of recog.ii i-.i tliaf can add a little of wt iht to ii. 1 listened respect fully to the resolutions of my honorable friend from Teint s-ee, ( wr. Bell.) tie proposed to i cognize tuat riipuliion with Ti xas. Butain additional recognition would weaken the force of ii; bee: usii it stands h' Tv o . the ground of a conti. uH for conoid, ration. It is a law founded on a coutr.ict witu Tex ts and di-siiued to car-y that coniraci i .to ll'e. t. A recognition founded o.i any consideration and any coniraci would not. be so si rung as it now stands on the face I' the resolution. Now I know no way, 1 caa.ndU confess, iu which tnit Government acting la good lull ti, as I trust it alwas will, can ii In ve its It fioai that slipul ili.m ;md pledge, hy uiiy lioi.est course ol legislation wiiai.vir. Ami, ihiiv.ore I say ng.ia that. so lar as T X is is concerned the whole oi Tex 3 tiu. n ot 3(i 30. which I flippesteintiraues all tue st i ve K-rnto -y there is un I:i .d, i.otan ac.e. ihe character ol which is not established by I iw, j I iw .vhich cannot be leiicileu without the vi j! itiou ol a coatr at. 1 hope. -ir, it i.t no.v nppn-ent taat my propo-atio.i to i.ir as :Yx 'S .s concerned, h .s been niallil.ii. led. anil the pr ivi-io.i in litis article and it has been w. 11 Mig .rested by m friend from itlio.le Island th i that part ol lex. is wincu li s inn tlr ol Hurl -lour degrei of norih laiitu le in ay be formt d into three Siateb is dependant i.i lint: m mit r upon the consent of f. xas h. rs . If a tdavo S.aU-. (7'o be Covtiued.) ?Ic. Vt-ruou. The South Western Advocate of ihe 14th inst., published at Mt. Vernon, has the following: iQ'Our Evansville neighbors will have to look well to their honors, or they will ere long be deprived of their boasted Wabash trade. During the past week a number of boats left a vasi amount of Wabash freight at Mt. Vernon for re-shipment, and, were the necessary accomn.oJ.itioiis afforded, we believe tii.ie tenihs of the products of this rich and fertile valley would be deposited here. The waste of time and the additional expense of transporting produce higher up the Ohio, has induced many shippers on the Wabash to solicit our citizens to build warehouses and embark more largely in the forwarding business. This by all means should be promptly done as it will not only put money in tiie pockets ot those thus engaged, hut will be one of the most efficient auxilaries iu advancing the growth und prosperity of both town and country. We are pleased to learn that our neighbors at Mt. Vernon are about to wake up from their ' twenty years sleep" and do something for t'lemselves. There is no town on the Ohio, more beautifully situated than Mt. Vernon, and t:one that mig -t have been more thriving; hut until within a year or two past, there has been but very liitle if any public spirit man tested by its citizens. Thy are now extensively engaged in constructing a PI ink Roail to New Harmony, on the Wabash. Let them finish ihis.aad then extend it to Greysville. Posey vibe and C nthiana. Then, they can boast of having secured u profitable-and valuable trade; but friend Prosst r si. otd 1 be cautious how lie talks of taking the Wab sh trade from us. or even dividiigit to any considerable extent with us, b cau-e it is ! oping ag linst hope, to anticipate any strdi thing E:g'iteeii mn iths hence, a Railroad will be finished to Vi. ice ines. It is now u ider contract more than h df the distance. When tins road is completed, our advantages will be so far superior to those of .Mt. Vernon that it will be to ihe interest of those doing business i.i the volle ufthe Wabash, to make this the ir great shipj ing point Eesides this, our citizens are talking of constructing a Plank Road froratl.H city, vii Blairsville to New Harmony. This road il constructed will enable us to divide the trade of Southern Illinois with Mt. Vernon. lEThe mustache and imperial have becu prohibited la the French .navy.

KeprrLeiisible Comincl. Capt. Rog. rs, of the J. B. Po-ter. informs us, that when his boat sunk, the passengers, numbering about thirty, and the crew, waded through the back watsr to a cabin on dry land, in which a portion sought refuge, the remainder who could not crowd in, taking to a stable. While in this uncomfortable condP tion, wet and without any provisions, the steamer Highlander passed and was hailed. The hail was answered, and the Captain on deck asked what was wanted. He was answered by being told the Porte- had sunk, &cThe boat passed on. The Captain of the Highlander may have supposed he had good reasons for not stopping, but till he give a. proper explanation, his conduct must be' viewed as highly reprehensible. Although at night, the cabin of the Porter wai in a great measure out of wafer, and must have been vi-ible from the Highlander. It is the duty of the commanders of these packets to attend to every hail, and even if this officer had doubted the .truth of the answer ?o his question when hailed, it was his duty to ascertain its truth.

fl" T he California letter which was promised for to-day has been crowded out. It wilb appear to-morrow.

fCp5 River receding at Louisville. At Cincinnati on Sunday still falling. : At this poinlV. fal ing. '

flrA Sermon on Temperance will be prt aclf el next .ahbatli. at : oMuik F St., in R..v. Mr Mi-Carer's Church; and one, also, in Ucv. Mr. CiniiDwia's Church, ai 7 o'clock, : m. The iriends of the Lictnte sjsani are rtsiteeifiilly i..v itcd to attendnih!9d5 A. II. SAXnrit, I' sq.. You v. i'l pi. ese announce . DAN1LL CHUTE as a Camii at. for the olhce of Recorder fir the County of Vanderburgh at ihe i.ext August He. tion. Yours, ltesecftdly, mh 0 DAN ILL C1ILTE. JCtMk. A. II. Sanders: You will phase announce my natiii as a raiidi.'ate for re- lection to the office ef .tecoiiier of v andet burgh county, at the endiing August t lection. n.hl'J SAMUEL T. JENKINS. 5KT A. H. Panders, Eq. I have, been solicited by niui'Prons friends to become a candidate lor the oirice ot liecerner ol Lt eils, Ac , lor thie county; nr.d you wi1! please announce tnv i-tinie as u canddate ;or that (.JfKce lit 'ivg a Lawyei by prolession, I think 1 can perforin its (iutifs uiih tatislactlon to' a.l. Yours.. Ke.-pectt'ul'y. CLK.UKNT ii. EIMONSCN Evansville, March 16, 1SÖU. ndi 13 fcy-t'RirND Sanders You will please nnnourfce J AuUlJc-dNZICk n candidate lor Councilman in ihe t'itth VV'aid, next April election, as lie will be supported bv icbüdte MANY VOTERS THE EVASSVItLE IXStTIlAKCE CO., EVANSVILLE. INDIANA. WILL insure Building.--and Personal t'roperty on l ind a.;ai!!M I -saoi damage by the, una Boat, and Ytjst-i I-;, mil Mf icha.i.tize, in ihe coutse id tr itvp.ir:a i in, nain-it loa.-t or damage by lire or water, Oifi -e in the room occupied by Jaf. Kj. Jo as. as a Law oliit;e, on the cornvr uf -yvnniorc .n 1 Fi st sine s. ti.li2U if II1SSULU i ION. I JIB firm .f JoMfs & Si-.ger is ihia dai di 8 lved 1 by tiiinu d .uiiil. Tuo bua.ncsa of the linn ill be wad d by M. i'. Junes, who i fully author-Us.-a to do Ihesjiiu. M. l JUNt.t. inirio do C-IAi N. diNGE.1. V STOLEN HOUSE. A horso vas AC?''- "le "" il u'lliy nilu last, undt r ( , - .. ircMin.tiaiices which render it cert da he was stolen. T e yo.nii; in n who 1 ft him ea d lie w is f o i. S.iet.e r cunty, near Roc.port, ami said his tinme was Wr-ylc. The hoise is a la-ifre bny minial, abuul el veil ye-rs 11. and in go. d order. He h is a heavy 1,1 iuk n nnj and tail. way buck d and ftur on firched. He l.ioka as if he had not been used tiMich lat lv. Jt HN McivlNNEY, on B -onx ille Road, r.di2J tiA-l 4 utiles other side cf Acwburfih. : . . AN Ordinance to increase the number and alter the bouiidj.ritB of wards of the city of Evarmville, passed March 16th, 1S50. SrcTio 1. B't it ordained bv the Common Council ef the city of Evansville, Tltat tue number ami boon !a:ic9 of .he wards of the city sholl hereafiet be as i-11 s: -1. All that part of the cit lying southeast of Criesnni street ehallcons imte one ward, andslull be desiunate I as the Fx 8' Ward; ' 2. All that part of the city lying between Chesnut i.ni Widnut sttpets shall constitute another ward, and be designated as ihe Second Ward; 3. Ail that part of ihe city heretofore known as the Fe -on:l Ward, shall constitute and be designated the Third Ward; 4. All that part of the city heretofore known as the Third Ward, shall constitute and be designated the Fourth Ward; 5. All that part of the city heretofore known ns the Fourth Ward nhult iir.stitiit nnrl 1. the Fifth Ward; ' 'w,s",w . 6v 1 1'V" pnrt ,ne ci,y heretofore known as tue Fifdi Watd, shall constitute and be designated the Sixth Ward; 7. All ihnt nnrl ef .ho ..itvlt.tr. it: street and Division 8 reel, extended to Eighth street. T,v . lal"ulB u"u ue utsignaicct the seventh Ward; 8. And nil thnt rtnrt nf ilio nnrv . Utvjsi n street, shall constitute and be designated the Eighth Ward of the city. Sf.c. 2. rFhm nrrhnnneo shnU inla CT... 1 i ... ----- - ' . ,iu und Ufr III turce from and oftei the 3(Hh day of March. 1850.. JAS.-. JU.tS. Mnyor.Attest: j.n'o. J. Chaxdllr, Cl'k. . iiih20'dU .; COMMISSIONER'S SALE OF RE AlT" ESTatti In the Vanderburgh Circuit Court Decree at the - Rp.iimlu.. T1. ...... 10m Joseph Warner and Redwood"! A IbUt-T, J Warrick Embie'e. James Em- Chancerybree, ami others. J OY virtue of a decree of the Vandcrbugh Circuit , f C-nirt, in the State of Indiana, in the above entitle I cause at the ab.ne term ot .raid court. I will proceed to .ell ni pullic aucti at the Court- ' house door in Lvausvill., ..n.Thursday. the 25th d .y of April, W.-X), betw-een the hours . 10 ..'dock A. AL and 4 i Itwlt T itiU i . . . . iiö ihm in wtrri quarter til s ctio.i number twenty f,,Ur in township number stx, south of range number eleven w.es in the ini0l..ci, containing one hurdrtd and sixty a. tes, more or 1. ss. Tnis tract uf lind lies on Pigeon Creek immadiH.ely beyond the Salt Well. iseliJhtfclljSed f.rc imttry residences. Tmslnnd will i e laid otf in ou ot a lew acre3 each, (.nies than louracr.s.) h .nT I,u.rchaa--,s- '1J fcr ne-third ;a,h in nnm.' 1 ' T re",!''nS wo-thirds in ;two equal annti.,1 instalments with interest, the purchaser giv.n? hts notes, waiving reluf 1IWS, and taking a cernhcite of purchase nil -ull aynient is made. i fcl1' ','"NS C- STc-VENS, Commissioner. INGLE & Wheellb, Atfys. mh2J d&wts FLAT BOATS. 1 1 VV O superior öAbTii OATä, 100X13 and 90X18, - 'uimeuiaieiy aiiuve the w l a t. inquire of Kt STKlt A- R -.OWN mS!9 Corner Main and Fi-st st-eeta. GOFFjSK, Acc su i a-8 ,vio U file; -20 i.lik iNo 1 and i Mackerel; 5 Urums C.df sli; Receivrd per James Hewitt, and for eale at tfce lowest rates by mhl9 rCSTEU & BKCW'.

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