Evansville Daily Journal, Volume 3, Number 351, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 1 July 1850 — Page 2
DAILY JOURNAL.
A. H. SANDERS, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. "CI IY OF E V AN S V I Ii LE ": IMONIJAY VIOKS IXGa JV1.1l 1.
From the Louisville Journal. - I Trüth Strangeh than Fiction. The Paine) Electrical LigUt. iParis correspondent of the St. Louis RepsbSo much ha3 been said on this subject, and ijcanj 0f May 2d, relates the following occurthe rumored discoveries of Mr. Paine are so rence:
and tranquility so dear to ail, we 6houId ab-1 important, that the public arc beginning to j A young man recently made his escape
stain from the introduction oj inose exciting take an interest in whatever relates to tliem. trom tne ganeys at 1 ouiouse. tie was strong
Tlie Voice of IVUdoin. President Taylor in his annual message to Congress, said :
" With a view of maintaining the harmony
TELEGRAPH DISPATCHES.
CONGRESSIONAL
Horro wing Newspapers. It is not our intention to write an essay on this very disagreeable subject. It is enough it is shocking enougli to human nature that there is a class of persons in this country aye, in this State yes, by our eyes, right in this city who, though blessed with abundant means, have so little respect for themselves and fear of the endless horrors of after
punishment, and so decided a contempt for
the bread and butter of printers, that instead of subscribing to a newspaper like men and
christians, they beg and borrow it day by d.'iy till the shame of their own degeneracy is up
on their faces and in their hearts. Yes, rather than pay a hard toiling man ten cents a week, for that which is as necessary to them
as medicine to the sick,and then reading their
paper with a good conscience, and commenting upon its contents wilJi the independence of a man who has paid for the liberty, he begs or borrows that for whictt anotner mm
hath freely given, and which has cost the Editor and artizan man an hour's anxious labor, the experience of years, and much exDense. We allude not none to the casual
borrower, for as men are compelled by cir
cumstances to borrow money, so are they obliged sometimes to bonovv newspapers; but
we speak of the habitual borrower of news
papers that man who shamelessly, cay after day, or week after week, not only picks y.iur
pockets, but subjects you to a eerious jneon
venience, while he is so doinr. We have
subscribers who would rather have their pock
cts picked than their newspaper borrowed
and yet who are obliged in a falsely conceiv
ed politeness or neighborly feeling, to submit
to the latter.
But there are several facts connected with
borrowing newspapers, that render it dis
graceful to those guilty of the act. You tvill
almost invariably find that the man who moat abuses a paper, is he who borrows it, or at
least gets it some way without paying. He is the man who cheats the printer. There is no mistake about this. Whenever you
hear a man scandalize the Journal, for in
Btance, ask him if he is a subscriber. We
will bet our hat that in nine cases out of ten
he is not, or if he is, he has not paid for his pa
per. - You might as well expect a poor dev
in the habit of stealing his neighbor's pota
toes would make the stings of conscience worse by believing and Bpeaking of said
neighbor as a saint, as to suppose the news
paper borrower would praise that which he
obtains so sneakingly. His only comfort is,
in making himself believe the paper which he borrows is not worth buying and this a man can very easily do, whose judgment and conscience can be covered with a dime. We know several men in this town, who in a spirit of bigotry, stopped the Daily Journal during the time of the Temperance discussion yet who have scarcely missed the reading of a Journal since that time ! They determined to persecute us, but while we do not
feel-ihe persecution, a halt t!ozen of t..eir neighbors suffer by it most grievously. They are like a man in a spirit of anger, declining to purchase chickens any longer of an old vender, but as he must have chickens, thereafter robs all his neighbor's hen roosts. The chicken vender is not quite so much spited as those who have the misfortune to live in proximity, with the unfortunate lover of fowls. And this class of borrowers invariably gives paper,editor and devil, general thunder. They seem to think the paper is published just for them to abuse and that abuse is manufac
tured just for them to publish. These remarks are suggested by actual complaints from subscribers, who in their delicacy submit to being imposed upon by these newspaper sponges, rather than refuse them the paper. On Saturday, one of thesa vie tims offered to pay us for the Daily if we would have it left at a neighboring store. where his invariably found its way in a short time after it left the carrier's hand. And so it is with others. Now we suggest to our friends who are thus victimized, when to day's paper is bDrrowed, just to draw a black mark around this article, which will inform said borrower, that not only have you read the artide, but it is your sincere desire he should do the same and profit thereby. Our word for it, the offence will be committed no more, or
only at rare intervals or if it continue, set that neighbor down as a man who only awaits his opportunity to plunder your house as he now picks your pocket, and who is not to be trusted to the extent of a farthing a man whom shame lias fled, and the virtues of the world never knew a degenerate 6on of Ad
am, who if he had been in Adam's place, would have saved the world the consequen
ces of Eve's sin, for she would have never been able to get a bite at the apple in the
presence of euch a mental, moral and physi cal hog.
tonics of a sectional character which have
hitherto produced painful apprehensions in
the public mind; ana l repeal me solemn
warning ot the urst ana mosi niustriou3 01 my predecessors against furnishing any ground for characterizing parties by geographical discriminations."
Had this excellent admonition been heeded,
and these words of wisdom sunk into the
hearts of members of Congress, what a world
of strife misht have been saved, and what!
bitter quarrelings and feelings, thrown from
the halls of our National Legislature ! But
the words of the old man passed by as the
wind, and for months Congress has been a scene of confused wranglings and of the ex
hibition of ihe most venomous sectional feel-
' The introduction of those exciting
y i
We therefore copy from the N. Y. Journal of i and v.gorous, arm soon maue n.s way across
Commerce of Wednesday, the following.
Wet hink there are some things in Mr. Paine's course calculated to excite suspicion especially his anxiety to enter into newspaper discussions upon the subject of the genuineness of his alledged discovery. However, we
the next morning before a cottagein an open
field, and s'opped to beg something to eat and concealment while he reposed a little. But he found the inmates of the cottage in the greaiest distress. Four little children sat trembling in a corner; their mother was
weeping and tearing her hair, and the father
CANDIDATES.
shall soon know whether the man. who a few j wIUinö the floor in agony. The galley slave
years ago, was shot at every few days and j asked what was the matter, and the father .. . . ., ii-i 1't.n tlmt iIipv u'Prflthat mnrninff tn hp tnrn-
never nit. nas made a"irreatnii" inmsen. w . : . .
There's no telling just now what the world
topics of a sectional character, " have pro-1
duced this. They have not only produced
'painful apprehensions in the public mind, "
as the President predicted they would, but some most painful realizations. They have
unfolded to the American people, the painlul fact that in their midst, and recognized in some cases as party leaders jh jmrum sec
tions, there are men who dare openly avow disunion, if favorite measures of their's be
not made the law of the land, or if certain of what they deem sectional rights, be inlringed
upon by the votes of the majority of the representatives of the people themselves.
They have developed the disagreeable truth,
that those sectional feelings which have long
had a deep existence in the North and South,
yet which have been comparatively slumberins, are now awakening like the fires of a
volcano, and assuming a character calculated
to spread alarm, if not to really oause de
struction wherever they burn those same
feelings which have for months delayed legislation, and fathered the mo.-t bitter strife
that ever marked the halls of Congress. And there are other sh.rtling things they have brought unto the light of open day, al! of which might have been avoided, had the warning voice of President Taylor been heeded. Democracy will yet learn, what the people already know, that if plain, common sense Zach. Taylor has not the brilliancy of talent marking some of his predecessors, he knows fis well as the best of them, upon what the true interests of the country depend. And this is the man whom they have stigmatized as imbecile and puerile, and utterly unfitted for his station.
might have lost it some one of the numerous guns, blunderbusses, and pistols, discharged at Mr. P., had been more skillfully aimed : At the request of Mr. Paine's friends, three gentlemen, well known to most of our citizens, viz: Messrs. Simeon Draper, lt. M. Blatchford, and Mr. Coleman, ot the Astor
House, visited Worcester lor the sake of wit-
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, ., . . c t nuticii tu i n. i t u ji Hu "nuns. ness.ng an exhibition of he new machine - amount to?"
ed out of doors, because they could not pay
their rent, " You see me driven to despair." said the father, " my wife and little children without food or shelter, and I without the means to provide any for them." The convict listened to this tale with tears of sympathy, and then said : I ""will give you the means. I have but just escaped from the galleys; whoever se
cures and takes oacit an eseapeu prisoner is
to a reward ot iiltv irancs. How
S33 Mr. Teliga, the Daguerreotypist, will remain in Evansville only this week. During Friday and Saturday of last week, his rooms
were crowded,.and among his visitors were
persons from Kentucky, and far back in this
State, who were determined to take advantage of the occasion and have good Daguerreotypes of their phizes. We have spoken sufficiently of his merits as an artist. All we have to say. now is, that after this week he will not take a single likeness in Evansville and that in five years to come you will proba
bly never have an opportunity here of getting a better Daguerreotype than Mr. Teliga can
take. , We feel sorry to see him go, and sincerely wish that prosperity may attend him where
ever his lot may cast him. A gentleman and artist is verv seldom to be met with now a
days.
5d" Will Geo. 11. Graham, Esq., send to
the Evansville Journal his excellent Maga
zine. Wc have been waiting sometime for an
excuse to cull it the best Magazine in the
country, but he appears indisposed to having his book lauded to the skies, richly as it mer
its the good word.
Upon arriving at Mr. Paine's residence, they were shown a gasometer, located in a cistern
near the House, which contained gas, as was proved fv actu d experiment. Upon enter
ing the House, they found in the corner of a room a box. like an enclosed washstand, from
hü.h tlu. nine Dassed which supplied the ims--
ometer. Un the top ot tin.' stood a metallic
cylinder, about 2 feet high, and perhaps a foot in diameter, supporting on its top a smaller cylinder, out of which passed a pipe connected with the burners. The whole amount of the exhibition consisted simply of a gasometer filled with gas on one side of the box, and a pipe which
passed the gas through a glass receiver filled with spirits of turpentine to the burner on the other. The box and apparatus were kept closed, and there was nothing to show whether the whole supply came from the gasometer in the cistern. or was rap dly evolved from pure water, by uome mechanical process, inside the mysterious box, as claimed by the inventor. The only preliminary to the development o! the secret is. we believe, the
payment to Mr. l ame, or the gentleman who has been hid banker, ol a larje sum o! money, variously stated at from 100,000 to $300,000. The gas shown was ot aa excellent quality, and produced a most beautiful
.
1 he citizens ol Worcester had ouercd to Mr. Paine the mean of an exhibition in their city hall, anl he Inwl actually prepared a machine for this purpose, but, about the time the affair was to come off, the machine was broken, as the inventoralleges. by some mischievous persons who entered tins premises in Iih absence. The gentlemen referred to visited the hall and cxaiirned the machine, which did not appear very seriously injured, the as
sailer having, as if by design, spared its most material parts. Mr. Paine thinks it will take
about a month to repair it, but in the mean
time prolesses himself willing to make atrial
as invited, at the Astor House in this city-, and his presence for this pu -pose is anxiously desired by those who hope something may
grow out ot the invention.
We find the following in the New York
Herald of last Saturday:
The Great Discovery of Henry M. Paine
Mr. Paine is now al the Astor House, in
this city, and has declared, in direct and unequivocal terms, that he will light that es
tablishment, by means ol his new invention, by the fourth ol July next. A tremendous
money influence is at work against him; be
cause, upon bis success, will pend the down-
tall ot the most disgusting monopolies which
have cursed all the cities ol ihe world, since jjas was introduced within their walls. We
now wait for him to redeem his promise. He has very frankly and satisfactorily explained the nature of those impediments which have interposed themselves between his desires and the demonstration, and, being now at liberty to free his name from the abuse lavished upon it, by t! e fourth ol July he will either be one of the most envied, or the most unenviable, ot men.
' Fortv francs answered the father."
,; Well," said the other, "put a cord around mv body: I will follow you to the
ciiv: thev will recognize me. and vou will
crot Iiltv francs for brintfinsr me back."
liVn novnr " f. V 1 : 1 1 . 1 ll'l I lhß astonished
listener. " my children should starve a doz
en times belbre I would do so base a thing. "
The rrenerous young man insisted, and de
clared at last that he would go and give himself up. if the lather would not consent to
take him. After a lonu strurffle. the latter
yielded, and taking his preserver by the arm,
led him to the city and to the Mayor's ollice
Even body was surprised trat a little man
like the father had been able to capture such
a strong young fellow, but the proof was be
lobe them ; the hlty Irancs were paid, and the
prisoner sent back to the galleys. But after
he was gone, the lather asked a private in
terview ol the mayor, to whom he told the
whole story. The mayor was so much af-
lerted that he not only added fifty francs more
to the father's purse, but wrote immediately to the Minister of Justice, begging the noble young prisoner's release. The Minister examined into the all! tir, and finding that it was comparatively a small offence, which had condemned the younsr man to the valleys, and
that ho had already served out half his time
he ordered his release.
cident beautüul.
Is not the w rule in-
"ttt" C. D. Miller, Esq., the popular Local
of the Cincinnati Dispatch has withdrawn
from that concern. We should like to know
whether Con has also withdrawn that nose
of his from the pubic eye. If so, there wi'.l be prettier children born in the Queen City
next season.
ICA wag writing from the gold mines, says he has slept for the last six months on a bed skilled with broken bottles, with nothing but a cellar door for a blanket. Ho changes 0 his shirt by turning two shingles.
fE A fire occurred at Troy, New York, on the morning of the 2lst, which destroyed property to the amount of from $50,000 to $75.000. The heaviest losers were Buge & Bros., chair manufacturers. About 150 men were thrown out of employment by this disaster.
113 There are some eras in an Editor's life when he can't write, and. others again
when he uonH write. There seems to be a conjunction of the two with us about these
times, and we carrv out our destiny. IVhar's
that assistant? The hot weather we have experienced here lately, seem from our exchanges to be prevalent over the country. Man earns his victuals now not by the sweat of his brow alone, but by that of his whole body. U3 Labruyere says "Men begin with love and end with ambition." Women begin with love, and end with love.
ICr" Mathew L. Davis, a politician of note, died at Manhattanville on the 21st. The New York papers also announce the death in that city of Jacob Hays, high consta
ble of that county for nearly half a century and the oldest police officer in the county. CCF The flags of the steamboats in the port of Cincinnati were displayed at half-mast, on Monday last, as a token of respect to Capt. Joseph Reno. Jr., who died in that city, on Sunday evening. It is not often that such
a tribute of respect is paid to the memory ol a man more entirely worthy of it. JCJ' The Louisville Journal is out in a long article advising that savitory measures be adopted, in anticipation of a visit from the cholera. Slave Property. It is estimated that there is sixteen hundred millions of slave property in the fifteen slave States of this country.
We carnes.Iy hope that Mr. Paine's alleged discovery is what it purports to be, but we
are constrained to acknowledge that we cannot believe it. A long art.cle upon tl c subject has made its appearance from the pen of Professor Robert Grant, a gentlemen of much practical skill and celebrity in the production of different gases, who is now operating at Washington under the auspices ol the Gov
ernment in that line. He s tys : My own opinion is that Paine has the gas previously made and condensed in nietalic vessels, from whence it is allowed to pass into ihe waelr, assumed to ha drawn forward through a tube. The metallic condenser being concealed in the box which it is pretended contains the magnetic machine, while the tub2 appears like a magnetic conducting wiic from the same; the point of this wire, reprc
seniing the pole immersed in the water, is made to assume the appearance of decomposing this water, by perforating, it with numerous fine tubes from which the gas passes in minute streams as through a cullender. IdThe Ben Westar.ived here yesterday morning besprinkled with flags of all sizes, and thus prcsenling an unique and varigatcd appearance. She had on board the Union Fire Company No. 2, of St. Louis, who were making a. visit to their brethren at Cincinnati. They numbered sixty.and had with them their beautiful enjine.
The -Prospect in Congress. -The Washington correspondent of tl e New York Journal of Commerce writes as follows in his letter of he 1 1th :
Mr. Clay and Mr. F.iote are desirous of
pressing a question on the adjustment bill in
the Senate. It would certainly pass now because tour of its opponents are absent.
We can now. with entire certainty, 6tate.
that the House will do one of three things,
to wit
1. Pass the adjustment bill of the Sen
ate.
2. Remain in session till March 3. 1851,
without doing any tlnng,
3. Pass the appropriation bills nnd adjourn
without admitting tUalilorma into the Union,
and leaving that and nil the territorial and
slavery questions till the next session, which
will commence on the first Monday of De
cember, IbjO.
The House. I say, will come to one or the
other of the above mentioned results.
As to the President's plan, it is not in the
compass rf possibility. California, as a sep
arate measure, will not be admitted. I here
is not half the chance for it that there is for
a blowing up of Congress by a Guy Fawkes,
Another Massacre on the Plains.
From Mr. J. T. Hughes, who reached this
city yesterday in the steamer Robert Fulton
we learn that Robert Shith and Wm. O. Ar-
dinger, in advance of a company of twenty
otners arrived at Independence on the loth
inst. from Santa Fe. The company left the village ol Moro, 75 miles cast of Santa Fe, on
the 19th ol May. Ihe day alter they arnv
ed at a place called Wagon Mound, where
they lound the dead bodies ol ten American
citizens, who had been murdered, as is sup
posed, on or about the ilh ol the same month
by the Apeche Indians. The massacre was
committed near the highway, ml, from indi
cations, in open day. Two of the men were
s'iot in the wagon, and one or more ol the
Washington, June ST?. SENATE. The supplementary census bill was taken up. and after some conversation was passed. The following resolution, offered by Mr. Foote yesterday, wad taken up, amended and adopted. liesolced, That the President be requested to inform the Senate whether any person has been appointed bv him civil or military Gov
ernor of New Mexico since the 4ih of March,
1S49.
The Senate then resumed the considera
tion of the President's California message.
Mr. Webster remarked that in his opinion
it was highly expedient to admit California
now, and to give her a proper position in me Union, with such powers as are necessary to
enable her to revolve with the other orbs of
our political system. This he b-lieved to be
the general and unanimous sentiment oi tne
country. He did not think it sate to tieiay
her admission without looking to tne alternative of the separation of the Union. He then considered the Question of boundaries. He
contended that South California would be of
rio value for slave labor. The soil and cli
mate absolutely forbade it. The disposition
evinced by the prople of that Territory had
been to exclude it lrom their midst. v as u not neuer, then, under all circumstances, to admit Ca'ilornia as she is 1 He had no prt in the acquisition of these territories. He was no prophet, but it needed no prophetie vision at the time of their acquisition to foresee the consequences which must follow that measure. Those consequences were upon us. As an American he was desirous of settling the difficulties, and in that spirit he advocated the bill now under consideration. Mr. Foote addressed the Senate in relation to his course and his views upon the Missouri compromise, and was followed by Messrs. Barnwell and Butler, and also by Mr. Davis, of Miss., who replied with much warmth that the bill could never receive his vote. Mr. Davis was frequently interrupted. The Senate adjourned at hall past four o'clock.
HOUSE.
The House proceeded to consider the re
port of the committee on the memorial ol p.
Miller, contesting the seat ot Mr. 1 hemp-
son, ot lowi.
A debate ensued and the vote on the ques
tion was postponed until to-monow.
Ihe speaker la d belore the House a com
munication from the rear 1 of managers of the
national monument inviting the members to
nn with them in the celebration on the 4th
of July.
On motion ot Mr. btanton, ol lenn., the
invitation was accepted.
1 he House then adjourned.
Hk. SANiteRsi Yoü i!l please announce the nSme tf JAS. LCXjKIIART as a candidate tor tbe tt.ite Convention from theSrnntorial District compdacd of the counties of fosey and anderburgh
A II. Sa.vdeks ! Please announce ENOCH R. JAMES as a candidate f r re-election to the at8, lrom this Senatorial District. f)y'l We are a ithori.pd to announce the name ot JOSEPH H. MESSICK as a candidate lor the oflice of County Commissioner at the next August election. ljrl JOr We are authorized to annoHnce ROBERT w nil'l! ifi no n Mmlwlntf ir re-election to H
office of Treasurer of Vanderburgh County, at thu . ! ensuing August election. Üe-y 1
Messrs. Editors You will please announce the name of DANIEL WOOISEY as a candidate for the ofhee of County Treasurer at the ensuing Augusttcleciion, and oblige y , - 8Cr We are authorized to announceBENJ AM1X M CLAY as a candidate for the ollice of County Recorder: lje-25J Jf5Weare authorized to announce JAMES E. BLYTHE, Esq., as a Candidate to represent an derburgh County in the State Convention, attb next August election. Ug-1-' 1 At r. t-niTnn Vmi will dWfc announce the
name of SIMEON B. STODDARD as a candidate
lor the ollice ol County Kecorucr at tne Ainnia
election. lajCJ-j
v-M-M . s;.K-nri: Willtilease announce JCHN
GRFtiti,'oVt " Old Honesty " as a candidate tot
the ollice ol Itecoruer oi t uiiurriuirKu unu oblige a majority of the voters of the County.
apis
"KSrToTHE Votkrsof Vandekbi koh County.-
Gent lemef and Fellow-Citizens--! am a candidate
for the office of Recorder of Vauuerbi 7 county at the next August election.
Mr. A. H. Sanders, Ur, please announce Ui
above in your paper, and oMige yours. . ,
apü iillAUlU'! iMIL.ljJ-.
OCT Mr Editor: You will please announce n-.y
name as a candidate lor couiuy rtecoroer at tna
next August election. r. I FAGAN.
nih-7 !t"A II SAxnEf.s. Ksn. You will nlease an
nounce r.v name as a candidate for the olhce of
Recor er of Vuinlerhurgh county, at the next Au
ust -lit ion. n.liij C. M. UHU ITU.
A. II. Sniii:rs. Esq.. You will please announce
DANIEL CHUTE as a Candidate for the ollice o
Recorder lor the Couuly oi Vanderburgh, at the ne.t Atiiftist Election. Your?, Respect folly,
mil 20 DAK 1 Kl. CllU l h OSyMR. A. 11. Sanpkrs: You will please an
nounce lily name as a candidate tor re-Hection to the office of Recoidcr of Vanderburgh founty,
1 lie ensiling August tlcction. n.hl'J SAMUEL T. JENKINS.
Washington. June 27. The Senate has confirmed the appoint
ment of Henry L. Ixorrin, U. S. Consul to
rans.
Mr. Hackettis lying in a very critical con
dition and is not expected to recover.
Dünner the last week the Government has
ordered 600 troops from diffeieut depots to JX.
Mexico.
During the last 36 hour3 the river has ris
en 3 feet 6 inches.
Cincinnati, June 23. The river is statiornry. We have had
heavy rains during the last twenty-four hours.
55" A. H. Pamirs, Efp 1 havelrn solicited b numerous friends to Income a condiilnte lor the office ot Recorder of Deeds, &-c , for this county; and you will please announce' mv name as a canddate lor that Office. Being a Lawyci by profusion, 1 think 1 can perform its ilutifs with satislactiou to ail. Yours, Respectfully, CLEMENT B. SIMONSCN Evansville, March lu 18;0. nih 13
The Hottest Yet. Let those who-are
complaining of the heat of the weather read
this paragraph :
Wticn the Biitish frigate Liverpool was
on her way from Mureat to Dushirc, the
weather was so hot that thirty-three persons were sun-struck, most of whom died. Double awnings were up. and the decks were kept constantly scuttled to no purpose. No matter for how brief a period the men were exposed to the sun, they were struck down senseles; vertigo followed, accompanied by foaming at the mouth. In the same place the Persian Gulf the srlareof the moon is so
painful, and communicates leelings so disa
greeable, that at night a person may be ohserved sheltering himself from its rays if ilh the same care as he would in the day. from those of the sun.
PUBLIC READING ROOM. Subscription pnpers may be found after ti-dny at the store of Messrs. Ilornbrook & Burtis, Main street; Jas. E. Blythe, E.-q's ollice, First street; with Mr. E. A. Corbet, Water street; and
A. II. Sanders, Journal Office; to which the at
tention of that portion of the public is directed who are interested in thu establishment of a Pub.
lie Reading Room. The object of tlm subscription is simply to pay the expenses of ihe Room and it is to be'hoped, as it is an enterprise not on-," ly of individual intere-st and convenience lo on citizens, but of benefit toonr city, that all will become subscribers to whom application is madP The standard newspnpers of the country, wiih the prominent periodicals, will be furnished without change by A. II. Sanders, who will superintend the Room. Terms made known by application to the above gentlemen. Each subscriber will be permitted to introduce strangers. Evansville I'Odge, !o. J4, A.Y,Ul. Toita let nml 1i Vfmlntr Bi'niitnrre in &)mnlr
. , L V I- . fc ,111V, A,-V'llk'UJ V .Vlilllg.T, .1, I1U II . lin's Building, cornerof Water and Locnst sts. W. Hnbbell, W. It. T. Cosby, S. W.j W. E. IlBllingsworth, J. W.; T. II. Lyddane, Sect.;
J. U. lleberd, Treas.; II. Partridge, S.D.; W. Brown. J. D,; T. Venneman. T. i !
tCfOn Friday evening there were 5 feet one inch water reported in the Canal at Louisville. It vas raining heavily" that eve- : 1 1ÜT.
"tCfA lump of gold weighing 46 pounds and valued at over $6000 was exhibited at New Orleans on the 15th inst.
most sxen-
T3 " Well, neighbor, what's the Christian news this morning-? " said a
tleman of Providence, to his friend. ' I have just bought a barrel of flour for a poor woman.-' " Just like you ! who is it that you have made happy by your charity this time ?" "My wife!"
mules in the harness. The tram consisted of
one wagon, a number of mules and ten men
not one of whom was left. Smith's com
pany gathered up the fragments of the mail
and carried it back to Vegas; and at tfiat
pliice Col. Alexander furnished the company
witn an escort ol twenty dragoons, who re turned to the scene of the disaster, and buri
ed the dead. The escort tht n accompanied
Smith and his company as far as the Upper
Oimaron. and lrom thence started back to V e
ms, l lie names oi tue uniortunate mpp
'byimurJcrcd. were r.cccrtair.ed tobe-Thom-ns W. Flournoy, merchant of Lexington, Mo.; IV'iij. Shaw, merchant of Santa Fe; Frank Ifenric.keon, James Clay. John Williams, John Duly, Moses Goldstein, John Freeman Brenton, and a German teamster, name unknown. f.bV. Tjouis llfipnblcan, 2st. Emigrants. A party consisting of a man, wife and eleven children, says the Dayton Journal of the 19th inst., passed along Third street yesterday on their way West. It was a novel groupe. Two of the boys were harnessed to wheelbarrows, one of which was filled with camp equipage, and the othercontaincd implements lor grinding scissors. They led the van. Then followed an old horse loaded down with bedding, &c, led by a small boy, then the wife and daughter, one carrying a baby and the other a small dog, and the husband a walking stick. In the
rear were children of all sizes, one carrying a coffee-pot, another a kettle filled with potatoes, and the least of all -'paddling their own canoe." The family have travelled in this way from Philadelphia, making from ten to thirteen miles a day. They are now encamped on the bank of the Miami, near Tnird street bridge. The boys were in town yesterday afternoon with their grinding apparatus, doing a large business.
BANK NOTICE. Branch Bank,) Evansville, July 1, 1850. (
t rAIIE BANK will be closed on Thursday next,
JL 4ih inst. persons whose notes or bills ma
t tre on thai day, or who may have other business,
wi 1 please attend to the same on ednesday. G. W. RATHBONE, jyl 3t Cashier.
An American in England, describing the prevalence of duelling at home, summed up with 'They even fight with daggers in a room pitch dark."
'Is it possible " exclajmed a -thunderstruck
A good newspaper and clean shirt, are two
things needed by every man -in the commu-1 j0jin ßu
nny. iNowuon tyou nencve u. i.r. .possibe, sir." returned the Yankee, "why, Yes! 1 I've $ren th?m."
LOUISVILLE, EVANSVILLE AND ST. LOUIS PACKET.
THE line and swift running Louisville
iT S1, Louis packet,
CAMBRIA,
Capt. Lrm.ow, leaves Louisville every Wednesday evening for St Louis, parsing Evansville next morning. and St. Louis every Saturday evening, passing Evansvii'e on Monday. For freight or passage having excellent accommodation, apply on board or to O'KILEY & MITCHELL. jeio 3m AaentB. A COOK WANTED. A GOOD Cook and Washerwoman, is wanted in a respectable family in this city. Liberal wages will be given. Apply soon at this office. je29 tl .SOMETHING NEW! ! ! June 25, 1850. AT BABCOCK BROTHERS. RECEIVED this morning a few of Harpers Invincible Hay Straw and Corn Ci Iters with improvements that render them perfect. The attention ol Faimers and Stock raisers is called to ihis Machine, patented in 1843, by Col. L. A. Harper of Russellvile, Ky., and is pronounced by all win have used it to be the most valuable Straw Cutter ever invented. It U worked by hand and is capable of cutting 15 bushels in 3 minutes, from half inch lo two inches in length. The undersigned are ajents for the above Machine, and will Promptly attend to alt orders. je2li tl BABCOCK BROTHERS. STEAMBOAT ONEQTA FOR SALE. r p-fv THE light draught stern wheel steamer ON EOT A will be offered 8.:--.,'-.i for gale at Public Auction on Wednesday, July 10th, at the wharf of the c'ty of Evansville. unless I can disposed her at private sale be fore that period. The Oneota. is an excellent low water boat, and admirably adapted to the Wabash trade, drawing only twelve inches of water when light, and capable of accommodating seventy-five or eighty tons of freight, and possessing a good comfortable cabin Terms of sale One half the purehase money cash in hand, the balance at the expiration of six months the purchaser giving approved security for its payment. HUGH WARD. Louisville Courier copy to the amountjof twp dollars and cha'gc this office. Ije'-'ä ts
Fourth of July" Entertainment; The Ladiks of the "Old Presbyterian Church" would respectfully announce that they propose a public "Entertainment" on the coming Fourth oti. July. Hoping ihat it may contribute not only j to the pleasure of those who wish to celebrate this Anniversar-, but also lo the pecuniary bene- f fit of the Church every exertion will be made to .' secure all the delicacies of the season. A few , fancy articles will also be offered lor sale at the ; same time. The "Entertainment will open at Mr. ; Mitchell's new store, corner of Main and "Water, ou tl e evening of the 3rd at half past 7. During ' the 4th from 10 o'clock in the morning, through ihe day and evening. Ladies will be in atteiC-. ance, who will ?e happy to wait on those who. may favor them with thci presence. notTce ' .To all whom it may concern! ' Tub Telegraph Line between Evansville ana Vincenncs Laving been repeatedly broken by trees being felled upon it cither wilfully or carelessly the Trustees warn all persoiis that every such offence hereafter will be prosecuted to the uttermost penalty of the law. Bv order of the Trustees. . jel3 lm It. T. "COSBY, Operator.
GRAND CELEBRATION OP THE ? 4TJI of J UJLV, At the Union White Sulphur Spring, tTHE Proprietors of the above watering placels wishing o celebrate the Anniversary of Amern ienn Independence, propose giving a Grand BALI on the evening ot the 4th ot July A tine Band o music which has been engaged at Louisville ex
pressly for the & .-rings, wpl be in attendant ; that day, aud during the watering season. fry A. (1. LONG hy H.J.LEWIS, tie je27 Proprietors. I DISSOLUTION. NO I ICE is hereby given, that partnershf heretofore existing between the undersigriift ed at Caseyville. in the S:ate of Kentuckyu'1 der the name, firm and style of J. Bowles & Cc and at Evansville, under the name, firm ar stvle of Oliver Ladd & Co., was this dadi solved by mutual consent. The dvbts due ef owing to both firms belong to Olivei fcadd, whoJrip. authorised to collect the same and by whotyla, all debts outstanding against both firms will 1 paid. OLIVER LADD", st. JOSEPU BOWLES. I Fransville. June 2',. 1850. f ie27 lv
CHEESE ! ! CHEESE ! ! BOXES prime Western Reserve Cheese r Ovf ceived this morning per steamer Visitor,"! sale low at BABCOCK BROTHERS. je26 tf - ' " " GUNNY BAGS. Ü. nflflPULME new Gunny Basra for sate 0,UUU juut O R1LEY &. MITCHELL