Evansville Daily Journal, Volume 3, Number 220, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 21 January 1851 — Page 2

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DAILY JOURNAL. A. II. SAM DE US, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. CITY" OP EVANSVILLE: TUESDAY MOUSING, JAN. 21. The Postage Hill. It will be seen by dispatches in to-day's Journal, that the rostage Bill has passed the Home. The uniform rate of postage on letters will be three cents. This is a handsome reduction, anJ will please the people, and wc think ere the passage of many years, be productive of just as great a revenue as the present system. Three cent pieces are to be coined, which will be a great accommodation. Printed matter of two ounces, one cent; and each additional ounce, or fraction of an ounce, one cent additional. Filty cents to be deducted from the postage of Magazines when prepaid. Postage on Newspapers to sub?c ibers within the State where printeJ, one hilf of the above rates which we take to be one halt a cent for papers weighing less than two ounces. The Weekly Journal will come in this class, and some of the large city week lies will over-run it, and thus be charged one cent, or fifty-two cents a year. Newspapers to subscribers within the county, cr within thirty miles, no postage. On the whole, we like the bill, and hope it will speedily become & law. Grayville, III. Grayville is becoming quite a hog market. This season we learn that 4000 hos were killed and packed there, averaging 175 pounds each, and amounting to 700,000 lbs The packers were O. Poole &. Co., Shawneetown, and Mr. GrofT, of Lawrenceburgh. "We understand that Grayville is improving very fast. One of the citizens built a hand tome stone wharf last summer. One of our subscribers there, or some other citizen would confer an obligation upon us, and prob ably advance his own town, if he would give us some statistics rel itive to Grayville, or a letter detailing its progress, improvements. advantages ol situation, &c. Grayville is situated on the Wabash in a gooJ location, and is bound to be a place of importance, if it is not already comparatively such. AULinuuibAL 1UAOXE39. ine Aiauison Courier says Sanders is crazy, but there is method in his madness. Thai's the differ ence then between us. Garber is the most un methodical madman ne ever saw. For in stance, he says we intimated, when intro duced to hint by a great financier, that the t Ml T I . .c vans vine journal was as good a paper as the Courier. For us not to have said it was a better, was because of that modesty for which we are so remarkable otherwise we richly deserved to be called crazy. For him to insinuate that it is not a fact, certainly displays no method in his madness. Method would have urged him to acknowledge the corn, to prevent beirg suspected of madness . and. thea vrith thj' Journal bccre him at. a bright example, to labor night and day with the aid of proper assistant.-, to make as good a paper. Indianapolis Letters. Yesterday we . gave an excellent Jetier from our regular Indianapolis correspondent, who is employed as special correspondent to this paper. . To-day we give letters from two new correspondents, and we hope the same writers will follow them up with more. Letters are read when reports, however brief, of the proceedings of the Legislature and Convention, would scarcely be looked at if given in any other form. The Journal is now provided with -LI s. . ... BDie correspondents who will keep our read er fully advised of proceedings in the two bodies now in session at our capital. - t tC5"The citizens ol Madison were to have held a meeting last Saturday night to meet Senator Bright, on his return from Indianap olis. We suppose they are "sucking in" for a big supper, such as he gave his friends in Indianapolis. Tiro editor ot the Courier in tupportinr the affair, shows there is method in his mad :ces, when his stomach is iate' rested. jE3"Mr. J. J. Robinson, clerk of the Lyuia Collins, Nashville and Cincinnati packet, has our thanks for a bundle of Nashville papers left u f yesterday morning. . He Reports 2S inches water on Harper s Shoals. The L. Collins U a very light draught and fast run ning stern wheel boat. Ladt Fraxkljx. This fast running and excellent Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis packet, was here Sunday morning. Mr. II. S. Woollblk, firt clerk, left us a large package of St. Louis papers, for which we tender him our thanks. The Franklin will be Jown to -morroy morning, so look out for her, as there is not a better packet in the trade. The dwelling house cf Frederick Barles, who resides in Sullivan, BulliviriCo.,!ndiana. was entered on the night cf the Sih inst.,anJ robbed of twelve hundred dollars in bank notes, while himself and wife were asleep. His name was endorsed ou the back of the 50's and 100 notes. H3Tlie St. Lou:s Repull can of last Saturday says the weather continues colJ. and there was flatting ice before the city. A dis patch says the rver is full of floating ice opposite II turn hal. Boats could not go up the Illinois ab'ove the mo.th. jLi"We thnk Mr. Endriken, clerk of the Oriental, for a package of St. Louis papers of Saturday Ufi us yesterday.

The River Malls.

Two months have passed since a Conven tion assembled at Evansville for the object o! pressing the claims of the West upon the attention of Congress. A memorial of consam mateability was unanimously adopteJ.and has since met with universal approval throughout the Mississippi Valley. This memorial 13 a lair exponent of Western sei.timent, and of fers no barrier to a Union of Western men to secure its objects. No man, certainly, who is identified with the West, whose norac is nere, but will support the memorial and resolutions .... . a Ml I . . An- Allt " with his whole heart win aiu -iucwij in the language ol the memorial, "and per fect a thorough postal arrangement through out the Western States, and especially along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and thei. tributaries, so that a daily mad may be furnish ed to the towns along the first named streams from Pittsburgh to New Orleans." It may be urged, perhaps, that the Convention aked lor what already existed ; but how is it ? We have an arrangemect which is dignified with the name of a daily river mail. It exists only in name. Mail bags accumulate on our wharf boat by the score, and so it is at every lanJbg b-letv this and St Louis. The merchant who entrusts a letter to Messrs. Buckles & Stewart's line, regards it as a hide and go seek operation, he calculates upon nothing certain ; if mailed to-day it may reach St. L uis in three day, or three vecks; and the latter is, by far, the most probable time. Such contractors in the East ern States wiuld be kicked out of the service in twcnty-rour hours, and we led that irjus tice is done us when they are tolerated after repeated failures. We write in no captious mooJ. Hainan skill can perfect nothing beyond casualties which the pru Jenceof man cannot foresee. A locomotive may te thrown Irom its track, a mail coach stopped by floods, and a steam boat delayed by f g or ice, causing tempora ry derangement of the mails j it U only for a day. when the whole machinery moves agiin with its accustomed regularity, and the public acquiesce, for there has been no violation o: duty. But when the navigati-m ol our rivers is unobstructed, when boats are passing every hour in the day, and we are unable to sind a communication to a point within the sound ol a boat's whistle for an entire week without violating the Post Office laws when the commerce of the whole Mississippi valley, suffers, and our merchants arc subjected to se rious losses and vexatious delays, we feci it a du y we owe to the community to give the true cause of these complaints. We shall give our present. Äaily river mail its proper title. Every hour of Its toleration as now carried out, is a fraud upon the public a spe cies of legerdemain by which money is ob tained under false pretences. A I S - v man line on ii.c vino and aiissi-sipp: rivers is not merely for the benefit of a town or a State even, but for several States; coirtainitig millions of people, lmot exclusively dependent upon these channels for postal conirnsmiculiott.' ;K1 here is no ' favor in the rasebut aright due the Westyaud we in voke the aid of thosek members of Congress who have already distinguished themselves by devotion to Western Interests, to secure to us equal facilities with other portions of the Union. We ask the Hon. HumruWv Marshall, whose transcendent abilities are everywhere acknowledged; and vhom the est cherishes as one of her mist devoted sou, lo raise his volco against that horde of tock jobbers and speculators, who are plying all the.Uicks i bribery and corruption to buiid np Ocean Steam Companies, and at the public expense enrich, beyond all calculation, a favored few. i Indiana Cöxstitctionai, Convention. The bank discussion was continued on Fri day.- i Mr: Owen moved to re-couimit the sec tion which provided 'that all banking should be on a specie basis actually paid in, with instructions to add "for the redemption of all notes issued. Mr. Colfax moved to amend the instructions by adding, "aaid specie basis to be to the lull amount of their circulation, or ..the difference between the two shall by made up by ample security for the redemption of the notes in specie, to be filed with some officer ot State." The amendment was adopted. 7.5 to CI, and the section recommitted with the instructions as thus amended, by a vote of 73 to G5. .The above vote was reconsidered, nyes 03, noes C5 - the recommitment rejected by 71 to 63. and the section passed, ayes 73, nays 59 A mo. ton was made to reconsider the vote on its passage much confusion and disorder prevailed, and nt 4 o'clock, P. M., the Presi dent adjourned the Convention inconsequen ce of the '"noise and confusion." The conflict, says the State Journal, is be tween the friends of a State bank and of free banks. A respectably dressed man anJ woman, both )oui'g. were ein walking along Third street, yesterday between Vine und ttuce he sucking a cigar, und racing clouds of bmoke. liuh! f fin. Co in. Pshaw ! Wcsawa "respectably dres-ed man and woman" walking one of our streets a few days siiicc, he smoking a cigar and she a p pe. She w.s a perambulating illustration of 41 Woma.i'j Ilighta." If wives would take to defending themselves that way, it's our opinion some of the husbands would quit smoking. They have just as good a right to smoke as the men nnd if they prefer pipes, why it's only a difference in taste Georgetown. This fine steamer was hfcTC Sunday evening, lidcn deeply lor ISew Orleans. As usual, the clerk had a larre package of papers wrapped up for us. We thank him kfudly.

INDIANAPOLIS OnitESPO.DE.'CE..

Indianapolis, Jan. IL 1S51.' A. II. Sasders. Esq. : In compliance tti Ii your request and my promise, ( will at- - : i, .. ! 1 . . tempt to give you a lew items, as to the i -r I i- TT- - -. idoings ol the People s Representatives. People s Kepresentall Whether they will be worthy of the attention of your readers :or: not pf course yoa will juJe -The Cmiuliiiai XouvciiliaaJias lor the lust ten days or mora had under jron sideration ihe subject of BanVs and Banking, an J appear To be now as' far Trohl'aT decision' of the questions involved as when the dis cussion commenced. There are three dis tinct parties in tUoCouveuiiou ou the suujecl cl Banksand Banking, viz: the No Bank party, the Free Bank .party, and the State Bank party. Neither of these partita can command a maji rity of the votes ol the Con vtntion, nnd the consequence i that when a projtositioii to prohibit all banks is introduced, the Free Bank and the State Bank men unite, and vote it down; when a system of Free Banking i proposed, the No Bank and State Bank parties combine and reject it, and when the friends of the State Bank system propose thtir favorite plan, it is, by a union of the other two parties, consigned to the same fate. It has long been evident that iHtlnng can be done without a compromise, and much time has been unnecessarily wasted in the discussion of the subject. , Common sense would seem to dictate that the whole ahjeet ought to be referred to a cemmittee, and as neither of the Bank parties can engraft its principle npon the constitution, to the exclusion ottlie others, a plan might l e agreed upon and ieporled which would allow the Legislature to incorporate Free Banks as will as a' State Rink, nnd then time would ten the merits nnd demerits of both systems. Or the question" might be disposed ol by incorporating in the Constitution such restrictions on banking as the public good may seem to require without providing for any system . or. systems ol banking in tlieCor.ftttntion. If theConveation had nt the start adopted this plan, of- leaving matters of ordirin ry legislation to the General Assembly, much time that has been wasted might have been employed in performing the duties for which the Convention was convened. The Legislature has hitherto proved itself competent to protect both the married as ell as the single women within her borders, and there would seem to be na necessity now to assign to the former a distinct section or article in the Constitution. The same may be said of the homestead exemption principle an J tie negro exclusion doctrine. If it was doubted before, it is row quite manifest thaj the Legislature made a grand mistake In pro vidin" that the Convention thoul J consist of one hundred and fifty members. Fifty or seven' v-five members would have made a better Constitution, in loss time, -and at far b-ss expense to the State. The ordinary an nual expenses of the executive," legislative and judicial branches of ihe State Government are about SS0.C00, whereas it is estima ted that this Convention ?qcw.illc6st -tlw State from SiqoOOO. to 125.000. 'ladest the Convention nVnovv cönsfttuied, js almost wholly dtjsiitute of that dignity .border, and calm deliberation, which s!uu4 characterize a ba.ly met to deliberate on so grave a, matter as that of forming a Constitution lor n sovereign State. Indeed the Convention will not, in any of these respect-?, compare favorally with either branch of the present Gene ral Asscmb'y. - One great and radical change has already been adopted by the Ccnvcnuon, almost triVAout discussion. ' I allude to the provision allowing persons who are not citizens of the United States to vote, after declaring their intention to become citizens, and after residing one year in the United States and six month in this State. It may well be doubted whether tin foreign population themselves deircd this rhange. Those of them who have become citizens, after a residence of five j ears, will be apt to think it is making the elective franchise too cheap. Be this as it may, if the tetra of probation of foreigners ought tobe shortened, oujht or not the term of probation of our own young men be shortened al so? If a 'Mexican is qualified to vote aftfr one year's residence in the United States and six months residence in this State, by timj ly declaring his intention .to become a. citizen; is it not fair. to presumthat Hoosier boys at the age of VngWen or nineteen are rqu ally well qualified' to exercise the elective fr mchiic? And it there is .any peculiar virtue in a declaration of intention, our own youtig men might bo required ,tp declare" fheir in tenlion to become tveenty-ons ytars rtf age. Under tli present Constitution the sovereign poorer of the State is in the hands of the citizens cf the Slate, and can any safer depository be found for it ? Native 'Americanism is one extreme and the Couveuliett I ms f lound out an 1 adopted The other. . ' You have doubtless before now learnedthat Mr. Bright was elected to the Senate of the United States. Dr. PCofaiingerj of Parke county,' who ii a member of the Convention, has just been , nominated by a Democratic caucus for the office ol Canal Trustee, and will without "doubt be ejected. The election is i) cj.ne off to-unrrow; He is universally esteemed by all who kuoi .him, und will make a gaod officer. Judge Elliott was re-elected to the Judgeship of the Sixth Cireoif, over the Democratic i.ominec for that olncW He is the only. Whig elected to any office as yti ty tue Legislature. ... Civ. Wright has been vetoing several bills passed by the Legislature, but the Ulis have iuvariiuly been p issed over his vetoes. It is Hmuiii to see how unceremoniously he is attacked by his own party in the Legislature, and one would suppose that they aie determined 1 veto his Excellency. ,

A proposition is now pending in the Legislature (and I believe has passed one branch of it) to reduce the pay of the members of

the Convention. Whether they can be starv- ... i . ed into agreeing upon a verdict, as Ji . . 1 .' nave sometimes been, remains to be seen, . ,. ' ... . .. Juries According to the Ueport of the Auditor of State, just published, Vanderburgh eland! A No. 1" us tax paying County. There! are only four rouutn s in the State thai pay a greater amount ol tax tlptn our own, und these lour are much in advance of 'ours in wealth and population a well as in extent of territory, and yet their delinquent taxes for former years is much greater than ours. The following table will show the comparison: , Total Amount of Taxes fur 1S50. llen Countv U5. 179.00 Jctlersoti County (it,U44,b Tipteance Cimuty AG.'Jo.Ij auueruuryu 3j,yttf,ys Wayne . ...... 41,845,75 Uelinq'icncics rf Former Years still Vnvnid. Alhn County feiJ.2.5.?'3 Uttcr-'ii County 0,33.70 Tijp caue County.... y,üö 55 V'andr urg!i County 3'J,4i V ayne County 1.C43 65 I herewith send you a copy of the Audi tor's I'eport, from which you will be able to make a more extended comparison if you think proper to do so. These figures do not of caurse include City taxes. Perhaps it is because we pay so well that our City and County Fathers tax U3 so unmercifully. We may be justly proud of our little county in view of the manner in which she meets her obligations, but if there can be any retrench ment of our city or county expenditures, (and I believe there can.) it ought to be made. Nothing is better calculated to keep capital out of a J I ice than high taxation, nnd it is worthy of" inquiry whether we are not (especially in the city,) taxing ourselves for improvements that might wtll be le!t for thoe wlio shall come after us. Yours Respectfully, C. BAKER. Indianapolis, Jan. 14. 1831. MyDear Sir? Iain but a mere '"looker on in Vienna," yet there are a good mmy things to be noticed here : nnd if one could keep a diary of events, he would nt the end of the week imd some memoranda concerning men nnd things that would be useful as well as entertaining, and might very much instruct your readers, and add interest to your columns. The Convention is still "draijjiinjj its slow length along," and when they are to get through, Heaven only knows, for they have , not the slightest idea themselves They have been now nearly three months and a half in session, nnd the probability is they will be hereabout six weeks longer. My own opinion L, that some time in March they will return to ihe 4i bosoms cf their constituents." What the organic law of about a million of people is to be, no one can tell as old father Ritchie used to say, l,nous rerroi5" when we get it. One of my daily stro'1 is into the Library, and I lake much pleasure in looking occasionally amongthe cobweb jounpls of or ancestors in organizing the ' government of the now fifth State in the Union. It is a pleasure to look over them ; it does one good. Were the men of that generation wiser than this 1 . They did not talk as much, that is certain. What they had to do, they diJ quickly, and if not well, economically a m titer of some importance to the tax payers at le ist. ' ' In looking over tha pages of rather an antiquated looking book, with a worn paper covering, ad somewhat coarse and stained leaves, 1 found it was the "Journal of the proceedings ol a Convention held at Corydon. June lOih, 1SIG. to form a Constitut-oif' for the embryo State of Indiana. The number f member? Jarly-oue. The number ofcouniies rrpre c.ded, ten ; to wit, Clark, Dcarlorn, FianUin. Gibson. Harrison, Jefferson, Knox, Perry, Posey, Switzerland. They met on the tenth of June, 1S16, and adjourned on the tvenlij'ninth of the same mouth, after a session of just nineteen days. I had a curiosity you may call it an idle one if you please yet I was anxious to know what the charter of our rights cost us. I hunted . up the appropriations of the first session of our Lcgn-I ature, and under the head Convention" found the following : Pay of 11 mrmbetsat $.2 yerday, 19 days 00 Travel, at $2 per 21 mil'. say 5) 00 One iccrt tiry, t wo assistants, at $3.50 ptr VJi 00 Two dvor kerpcra at ' per day ' 7ii 00 Printing and stitrhiiigConstituiion and Journal 200 00 Stationery lot Convention 41 50 Total 7Vo thousand fire hundred and seventy1 three dollars and fifty Cents, the cost of the present Constitution ; and under which we have lived, moved and had our being," for thirty-five years have grown up a tjreat, mighty, a:ul prosperous State, with probably a million of inhabit. wita. The cost of the Slercog-apher the short-hand men, who take down the debutes for the present Conslit u lion who :ive us dailv their wisdom and statesmanship, us manifested in their debates, will cost rr.ore th in all the expense of the Convention of I S 10, inc'uding "printing and stitching." Verily we shouhl get a good article for our money ; nnd these honorable gentlemen have a heavy responsibility resting on their shoulders. The lowest estimate of the cost of the new one is nt least one hundred thousand dollars ! Whether their ' fathers eaWoar grapes, and their children's teeth have been set on edge," remains to be seen. Of one thing I am satisfied that the organic law" of a groat people is rather a costly article in modern limes. Yours," OBSERVER. JCLast Saturday morning the Wabash was filled with ice. and threatened to be clocd in a short time.

SffitNcntLD . Correspondence.- We have a good U tter on hand from Springfield, the seat of government in Illinois. It will be published ; to-morrow. Having a good many subscribers in Illinois, we have been endeavoring to piocure a correspondent at

Springfield to tell them of the doings in their Legislature. Our present correspondent says he will continue his letters if he remain at Springfield," and can possibly find leisure to write. " JCThe Nashville American of last Saturday says that by the accident to the Mohawk, alluded to in our telegraph dispatchessome 200 bales ol cotton were slightly damaged, none being entirely lost. The boat w ill sustain a loss in the way of a new guard of about $1.000. The guard was not so heavily laden with cotton as usual, but she had been run into by a steamer, and had not the proper materials for repair. HAt a Ball at the house ofMr, Humph reys, Thursday niht last, in Knox county, a ycung man named Wm. Reeves, from near Vincennes, was killed by Jack Buzan, watch man of the Wabash packet Julia, by being struck over the head with a slung shot, in a quarrel. Jack was afterwards arrested, and taken to Vincennes Saturday T.oruing. The River. Last Saturday the ice wns running in the river opposite this place, but it censed before niirht. The weather has mod erated considerably. At Louisville, on Sat unlay, river at a stand, with 5 feet 4 inches water in Canal. 3"Stenmluats appear lo arrive here in shoals, and some of them have to cross shoals to pet here. On Sunday evening there were five boats here at one time. Yesterday di rectly after dinner, five boats arrived at thi ( lace within an hour. See Register in another columu. C"A couple gentlernen jestorday rented the building on Water 6treet occupied and owned by Mrs. Lewi, which they will ppecdily fit up as a No. 1 Hotel. This house has recently been thoroughly repaired, and inmost excellently ad ipted and situated for a Hotel. It will soon be furnishcu. aud ready for occupancy.f33Wc must decline the verses headed the "Golden Bird." They have good parts, but will not as n whole do for publication. Our reasons in detail will be given to the nu thorcss on a pplication. This piece shows shp can do much better, and it would be doing the writer injustice to publish if. ?J3"A lady Irom Memphis died on he Steamer S. Cloud just before that boat's nr rival here yesterday. A coffin was procured for lur at this place. Interesting- Paper from IbeCcntnt We cive below an interesting rommunica tion, containing information relative to the number of people settled on the banks-ofthe Sacramento. &c. It has been very kindly furnished u by Mr. U rn. N. Johnson. Assistant Marshal of California. Placer (Cal.) Times. Mr. Johnson sns: "On the Sacramento River a distance of about 40 mi 'es, commencinjr ten above the citv, and running SO miles below, there are 3G3 persons, among whom there are quite a number ol ftmilies. It is truly gratilying to iee that , such rapid strides nre being taken towards a permanent settlement of our country. Claims are staked out. timber c'mpped down, fences made, houses built, and. in fine, a perfect farm opened in California fashion, and in California time. Every foot of ground worth anything whatever has its pre emptioner. and claims even as low down us 25 miles from Sacramento are readily bringing from five to twenty-five hundred dollars. The soil is remarkably rrh, tiT.ber sufficiently plenty, and yrass in threat abundance. These firtiM are all located on the river, the banks of which are generally high, commanding a fine view. During the current year, there have been under cultivation in this county about 3.000 acres and from what I can learn, at least 6 000 will be put under cultivation tor iht? next year. It h is been found that all kinds of garden tuff can be rised iu great ahundanee. and much more cheaply than they can be brought from the Sandwich Islands and other places. The consequence is, l hat a great many persons have turr.cd their attention to agiicultLre; and the time h not far distant, when Caiilornia will supply h rself w ith these necessaries. Last year, there were a number of gardens wh;ch yielded over S3.000 er acre. One garden of three acres yielded S7.000; another of about nine acres paid $12.010; and several others which I might mention, paid equally as well. Last year nothing but spades were used; this year ploughs are introduced." STEAMBOAT REGISTER. fct'SDAT January 19. BOAT, FROM. TO TIME. Memphis CiBciiiiiati..Meji;hi9 2 A M L Franklin ....t Ixju ... Iui8TiIJe-...8 A .M Uutnare Cincinnati.-N . Means... 3 J I M C J Marshall N Oile ns.-Circinnati... 5 I M tieorgetown... IorivU!" N Orkans-.. 7 P M K ltae Cincinnati.. " "8 PM (J Latajrctte'N Orleans Loui-Tille . 8 P Al SnernnntO".Cincinnati. N Orleans.. 9 P M Boatona I.oinsvüle. 9 P M Mo.mw, January 23 Indima Cincinnati.-N Orleans-. -10 A M I. Collins NnRhviIle--riulurg---ll A M Orieittal Sf liouis Cincinnati. 1 P M O W Kendall Cinciniia:iN Orleans 11 P M Fleetwood " St li.is Ii I' M St Cloud M"fmpliis..-Cineinnati .It P M Ijarj Loui?Tihe-'.( Kiver 2PM Gleneoe -N Orleans--.-41 p M REGl'LAlt i:iMXSVILI,r Ac 1VAUASII IKlVi:U fACKET, s The new and tphndid light draught UicuAr.D McGeiKE, Master, will commence run

ning in tue above trade acon as navigation opens, ana continue during the entire season. CrThe Sicraniento is in tirst rate running orrter, having jctn well repaired an I overhauled at Cincinnaii, aud elands t lair in the Insurnnceotlice as any Boat cf her six and cla ou the Western waters. O'RILEY t MITCHELL, Agent. jauJlitt

TELEGKAI'ILDISPATCj.

ARBIVAI. OF THE: S AS I A . New York, Jan. 17. The Asia, with Liverpool dates to the 4ik inst.. has arrived. The political news is favornhU All ?nisfactory on the continent and in Germany.. Louis A'apoleon, in an interview with the authorities, h is stated he did seek a ' prolongation of his rower. ' There is no news of the Atlantic. Arrival of the Franklin. : New Yob k, Jan. 17. P. M. : 1 The steamer Franklin hnB n,r;.i London dates to the 2d, aud Liverpool to the 1 s5l IlkCf !l lit The ste iraer Atlantic sailed nn h UdV. J The news 'by ihe Franklin are not imnor. t:int tOSCIlESSIOXAI,, THIBTT-FIRST CONGEtfeS SECOND SESSION Wasuixcto. Jan. 17, SENATE. The Chair presented the credenti-ls of Mr. Broadlitad, of Pennsylvania, lor six years from 4th March. , Numerous petitions and reports were presented. Mr. Winthrop introduced -a bill for the appointment ot appraisers at large. Mr. Downs offered a resolution tixing Friday of car h week for the consideration!" tho private bdls agreed to. . . , ,f Mr. Iluutt r otfered a resolution Calling on the secretary of Treasury lor a statemeut of the accounts of the U. S. Tre isury with the several depoitorics ol the Government agreed to. The I i i providing for tie navmcntofclaima of Amcneun citizen on uccauui i.f French poli.uioiis prim to 1S01 was taken up and Mr. Smith concluded Ins speech. ' The Senate then adjourned till Monday. HOUSE. The House res. Ived ite!f into committee of the winde and took up th bill toredme ihe rate of Kstiige. Two substitutes were offered by Phelr .....i i ii .J .

wm .ir. urowu, oi ia.; one propoiiag 3 ana ii

form rule uf 5 cents; both of which were re- Vi jected. ,! Ti c committee then rose and reported the ,1 bi I to the House us agreed to yesterday, fix- i ing the rates of letter poinge at 3 cents, and printed matter not over two ounces I cent ; jnewspapers delivered in the State where I 1

nritiicJ i cent, and oi) nrr cent deduct, u on if

magazines, when pre-p.ii I. Mr. Hall moved to 1 y the bill on the 1 1b!e lust, ye..s SI, nays I'd I. The question ihii ircurred on the amendment ol the coininit'ee ol'ttie whole, to strike out 3 cents pre-paid and 5 cents i ot pre-piM, ami insert 3 ents unif rui r.-te agreed lo. Other anieudiiM n s were agreed to. A syunpsi: of the bill is as follows : E ich letter of half ounce. 3 cents. Vo' post olfice. or route, tobe discontinued; or ttie pay of I potmtsters Uimmislied., Printed matter, ot wa ouncs, 1 cent, taclf addni n;il ounce or fraction thereof, o.ie cent additional, bound bKks not over 23 ounces wciglit, to be mailable; iiewKpnper del.vere! in the State w.'ieie printed, to be charged one-half these iat s; und no thare on those mailed to actual subscribers in the county where printed, or n il hin thirty inihs 50 per cent to be deducted from the postage ou magazines when prepaid, ihrce cent pieces tobe coined, and stamp to be purchased as now, to forge which is Iclouy. Ui.e and a hall millions is appropriated to meet deGriencies in the rev enue. Letters uncalled lor in tvo weeks to he published once only! The Postmaster General lo establish post routes in eit.es aDd towns having suitable laces ol deposite. ; llie letters to be collected by carriers and delivered at one or two cents each. The pen ny post s stem lobe separate.- The vutrs were taken on each amendment of ihe bill, which was finally passed by yeas 1JJ, nays, 75. The House then adiourued. St. Loots, Jan. 17. The weather is very cold, with 71 to S feet water lrum here to Cairo in the channel. Pittsdubc, Jan. 17. There nre 5 lect Oiter and falling slowly. There has been a sudden change ia the wea ther, and il is now very clear and cold. New Orleans, Jan. 14. P. M. ? The care of Gen. Henderson, charged wiih : beinr concerned in the Jopez Cuban invasion expedition, has been nearly fiaisherf. It it ' ihougnt tnai tnc court win give n uccwuu on to morrow. JtrreRsoN City, Jan. 17. In the Lecislature to-day the 25th ballot ; stood: Geyer. Whig. 70, lieu to a 5Gj Green 31. . - Steamboat Accident ' Na8Uville. Jan. 17. i The weather is very cold and cloudy. The ; river is still falling, with about 23 inches wa-' ter on tl e fchoals. Eight steamers are at the landiug, all light draught except the Mohavch. This morning, the outside guards of the' Mohair k gave way and she commenced siuk--ing fast. She is now up to the second tier of cotton bales in water and touching bottom. ( A larjje number of cot ton biles lrum the deck ; are floating down the river. The steamert May Queen und Caledonia are engaged ia lighting her. Considerable Cotton is coming in to-day. Sales hi 11 to 11 J. s BRICK HOUSE AND STORE FOR RENT. 1 usury UtilLA liULOL, well calculated x firahmily ft iaiiinc to keep grceirj store, will be rented 10 a rc8;ecta le lamüy, m reBcnble terms. An dy to ihe ub.crur tor ii formation. WILLIAM tiUütiCS. jan21 3ti Corner Main and 2d sts. TAX NOTICE. LL persons ho have not paid lh ir taxes for A.i. lt3d. end who kuow ilttnistUrs indebted to the State and County are hereby notified to call and Py '?, sod ave ots. j.ni0 4tS U. W. DL'MJAR.T.V.C. j KrpuUican copy. ! m M- jus a AA Fides eastern Sole Lathr in tort and LEATHER.

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