Evansville Daily Journal, Volume 12, Number 270, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 20 July 1860 — Page 1

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VOLUME XII. EVANSVILLE, IND., FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 0, 1860. NUMBER 270.

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LlL ' BUSINESS CARDS. ERSKINE, CURNICK A CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND DEALERS IN GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, 7 MA IN STREET, apr25 EYAHSV1LLK, IN'P. C. SCHMITT & STARK, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in French, English & American PAPER HANGINGS, MISI.IJ1 ASD PAPER Shades nid Fixtures, Curtain Goods, Clilt Cornices, Curiam Mai and Pai l .r Mirrors. No. 3 and 5 First street, ETansviile, Iu.liM.a. aprl9-ly ,o James Steele, (SVCCKSBOH TO hTKKLK . UUNMEL,) 2d ST., BET. CHESTNUT & CHERRY, E VANSVILLE, INDIANA. SASH, DOORS, WINDOW BLINDS, MtBBSmn M.VMBBB, Boards, Laths, rc., of e,ery description constantly on hand. Packing Boxes of all kinds made to jrder. hawing of every kind done on the shortt-st notice. aprl8-ly n. a. bbad, Late of Jaqueas Jt Cj. aabon auaaow. READ & BURROW, WKOLERALK pgAMtKll IN Boots cfc Shoes, HATS AND CAPS, Vo. 13 M.ln.l., EV.tSSVII.LE, IXD. apr4 W I LLTa JI H. A IE, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER, Cor. Firat and Sycamore St. Particular attention paid to the repairing of Muical, Repeating, and FINE WATCHES. IT Vinting and Wedding Cards neatly Written . "TO marttf tnMa m.iii ,neJoiwjsToj; wuuleS sale and Retail GROCER AND PROVISION ifERCHANT, dealer in Cordage, Nails, Class, Cenent, Powder, Plaster Pari., Ac, No. 128 Main treot, near the Canal, KvansTille, Ind. tebiiS street. EvansviUe. Indiana, w bolesal Dealrs in Grocerice and all kinds of Produce, Nails, law. White Lime, Cement, Cotton Yarn, White .ead, Llnaeed OU, Ac., Ac. Also, constantly on i nd a full Btock of clash, Panel Door., Ac, of all I us. ap26 E. a SMITH, CHAIR MANUFACTURER, Market street. EvansviUe, Ind., will eep on hand and make to order every variety of aneaud Wood feat cilAIIui. rne Tract, supplied t lowest rates. Hotel., Steamboat, and Hall, furtahed promptly to order. AH work warranted. Janl-ly i F.N .T T. MILLER. J. HENBV NIEHAC. MILLER &. NIEHAUS, DKAT.KKS IN BOOIS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, Ac. V. 43 -W-f.V BTMXKT, EVANSV1LLE, INDIANA. apr27 .Hf H. SUAMKLIN aBAMPEK W. HARDIN.. SHANKLIN & HARDIN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, EVASSV1LLE, IND. m 1 1 mm huji i. xmrTJi, jr.vo VM. Notarial business entrusted to them will reeive prompt and careful attention. Especial at--ution will be given to the Collection of Claim. In be following towns, viz.- EvansviUe, Henderson, It. Vernon, Boonville, Newburgh, Rockport, Caneltoa, Princeton, Vincenne., Washington, Dover, nd Peteraburgh, and in the counties in which said aana are located. nL'VKT TV.il ..llnlnlni, lit. P. .11 r, ' " sentiO-lvd ' W. SaiXKUKTKU. A. HEI.1I1.1NO. BRINKMEYER & CO., SOUTHERN STOVE WORKS, Evansville, Ind. Manufacturers of Stove., Hollow Ware, Railings, louse Front., Verandahs, Balconies, and Castings i general. Copper, Tin, and Sheet Iron Ware. mtr Sale. Room : 72 Main .treet, Meeker's Buildig. Fonndery : near Mont h Pigeon Creek . oroen promptly attended to. Junei:i-tm. G. GOSSENS, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER & JEWELER, main sc., nexi aoor m ineoaore s Exchange, EVANSVILLE, IND. 0O88XJV8 JTMJBrHtVSly been a resident of our city, and baa been cknowledged to be a .killful, scientific, and expeienced workman in hU line of busine... Be now kindly ask. the public in general for a bare of their patronage, guaranteeing that all work "nt; ov mm win oe executed in a superior siie, d in a way to defy competition. junt'6-3m AND DRUGGISTS. We are regularly receiving addition, to our stock t Dacus, Medicines. Chemical., Paints, Oils, aknimhes, Pebfcmebt, and Fancy Articles, hleh we are prepared to ofTer to tbe trad, on a. od terras as can be pv. chased in Cincinnati! LouTille, or St. Louis. We have in .tor. 15 ton. of En ua Puke White ead, in keg. of 25 lbs, 50 ths, and 100 lbs, which are selling to the trade at manufacturers' prices. KELLER Jt WHITE. No. 32 Main street. Jacob Sinzich & Son. .VHOLESALE BAKERS, Dealers In BOAT STORES, UTattr 0t., t. Ufa. art Seeamort.

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rCSLIMHED . JAMES H McNEKLY Editor. t. M. ! 11AVKK, uVa'l v ui tg. . JNO. H. McNKKLY, tjup t Mechanical Uepmtmtnl OKllCt THE FILM OF TBK E VANSVILLE JOURNAL COMPANY. - - i i Journal Buildings, Locust St... Itetteetn IHrmt and Water. Local and Miscellaneous. Reading Matter on Every Page. River Report on the F ir-t and. Com- , m.reial Report on the Konrtb col. nma or the Fourth puge.-Smi Ill Sl.VKS. LOC ALS. i Wasted A situation in r private fauiily as seamstress, or general housekeeper. An American family preferred. Address, j thr hP O Mr- II S lr u . rs. . . , jtily li-lwd. " Wlde-AwsUtV" There will be a meelintr of the Wolomeelinc Awakes at their Head Quarters over the Canal Bank this evening at 8 o'clock, there be a foil turn nut. As Excursion Tbain will be run on the . &, C. Railroad from Kvitnsville to Vincennes and back, on Saturday, at half fare , to carry all persons desiring to hear Cassiu3 M. Clay's speech, at 2 o'clock P. at ; that place. This train will follow the mail train up, and return to Evansville in the evening after the speaking. 'In the Letter from Gentryville, pub lished in yesterday's Daily, the phrase "old demagogue of Democracy" was used in speaking of Andrew Jackson. It should have read, according to the copy, old demiyod of Democracy. The second Annual tair of the , M'Cracken County Agricultural and Mechanical Association will be held at the Fair 1 Grounds near PaJucah, Ky., on Tuesday , , ... . t Wednesday, Thursday, and V riday, tclober ! ICth, 1 7th, 18, and 1Mb, I860. a, Town Hall. The lovers of thhs raauly paiue who desire to form .t t'lub will nu4t in the Counting room of the Journal office this evening at 8 o'clock. Caitiui 11. Clay. The passengers on the down mail train from Terre Haute, on yesterday, report that when they arrived at Sullivan station, they i found thousands of people gathered around ! the depot, awaiting the arrival of Mr. Clayi who was on the train, to fill his appointment at that place. Every place that offered standing room, in all directions, was crowded by the multitude, and the enthusiasm was intense. There was a long procession of gentlemen and ladies, on horseback, to escort him into the town ; and so exciting a scene the oldest inhabitants had never witnessed iu that stronghold of Democracy, f Httm JHaSflt is likely that there will be two Democratic candidates for Governor in Pennsylvania and two Democratic electoral tickets. Gov. Foster, their present nominee for Governor, is beginning to be closely questioned in order to discovei his whereabouts on the question which distracts tbe party, and the result is not satisfactory to the Douglas men, who talk of making another nomination. tTo-day Cassius M. Clay speaks at Edwardsport; to-morrow at Vincennes. Next week he will be down in the extreme Southern limit of the State, where we predict an enthusiastic reception for the gallant statesman. BgJuRobert L. Walpole. Esq., of Indianapolis, was nominated by the Democrats on tbe 17th inst. for Congress in the Sixth j District. Two years ago Mr. Walpole failed , to support, cordially Martin M. Ray for Congress, and at the Convention which nominated Walpole, Ray procured the passage of a stroug Douglas resolution aud compelled Walpole to endorse it, although Mr. W. has been a strong Lecomptonite. . . . U WaS a tltter P1 for the nominee, but he ! bad to swallow it without making a wry j face. His brother, Thomas D. Walpole, is a i leader in the Breckinridge and Lane movej oient, and Robert L. imagines that now he has "things all fixed':to get tbe votes of both j wings of the Democratic " brotherhood " : He will be badly beaten though, by a cerj tain Albert G. Porter, Republican nominee. Douglas Clui Meeting. We attended for about an hour, last night, the Club Meeting at the Court House. It really seems cruel to tell what a perfect failure the meet ing was, but truth compels us to Bay that .1. . , . I u,e nciies were almost inerauy empty. Standing up and sitting down, there may- , 0 have been one hundred persons in the room not over. The spirits of the speakers were down to . the rero of enthusiam. There were several . , - . claquers who made considerable noise, but of genuine enthusiasm there was none. While we were there, Messrs. Law, Denby, and Shanklin spoke. After the latter finished, Mr. Gavitt addressed the meeting. Three of the speakers threw some flings at the Journal. Messrs. Law and Gavitt were slightly pointed. We can't blame them, for the fKKr devil, can't restraiu their impotent rage. Reason has about run out abuse is the only remnant of stock on hand.

Unpleasant Records. The Enquirer pleads, as nn offset to our charge that the Democracy ol" 1848-9 were opposed to the extension of slavery into the Territories, that only a lew Northern States among which Indiana was most conspicuous were infected with the disease. The

Democratic party is a national party says tUftt .,anJ the true pIace tolookl0r ; an exposition of its views, is lo their Na- j I tional Conventions." Being directed where to search for the onv trle f.,;,), we tlirri t0 the proceedings Qf Convention of 1848 where Gen. Cass ( was nominated for President. W e find that the majority of the committee on Platforms j reported the old time-honored creed of the , party as follows : "That Congress has no power, under the j constitution to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several States j tkat such States are the sole and proper ! judges of everything perta-niug to their j own affairs, not prohibited bp the Constitu- J tion." But, strange as it may seem, there were hot-heads in that Convention who thought the doctrine of noo-interveuiont should apj ply not only to Slates hut to Territories. The grafting of this new shoot on the old stem was a pet idea with John C. Calhoun, and his school of politicians, and was acquiesced in by Cass in his celebrated Nicholson letter. But let us se how the new dogma of non-intervention as applied to .the lerritories wa3 disposed of in that Convention. We copy from the official procceedings of the Convention the minority report, and the action of the Convention on it : " The undersigned a minority of the ComI mittee upon Resolutions, ask leave respectfully to submit a minority report to this j Convention. Believing that the success of i the Democratic party will depend solely upon the truth or untruth of the principles nvowed by this Convention, and by the iu.li. ' moo t liiii'i.iil' ii II mlflPJi inwo I r n r t 11 U 111 I U C C IIJCIVVI, LU& UUUgillItU V 'lllll 71, ive their assent t0 tbe report of the raajor. ity. The nominee of this Convention is understood to entertain the opinion that Congress has no right to interfere with the question of slavery m the States or Icrritobut tha, ,he peop,e inhabiting a Terri. iory have the exclusive right to exclude it therefrom. The majority of your Coinmittee have only adopted the principles us far as applicable to the States, and have thus refused, in the avowal of the cardinal principles of the Democracy to express any opinion upon what is really the most exciting political topic now before the count', leaving the people to find an exposition of the views of the great Democratic party of the Union, and of the probable course of it3 representatives in CoDgress, in the avowed opinions of their nominee for the office of re',n This course we conceive to be funda mentally wrong. " In order to obviate such a construction iu order to givu assurance to the public rniud of our eutire country that the Democratic party of the Union will preserve the compromises of the Constitution, not only in the States, but in the Territories that it recognizes entire politial equality to exist among the people, and their right to people, unmolested in their rights of property, the vast territories which the Union holds hut as a trust until sufficiently populated to be erected into States the undersigned have agreed to present to this body, lor its adoption, the following resolution : "Jiesolved, That the doctrine of non-interference with the rights of property of any portion of the people of this Confederation, be it in the States or in the Territories by any other than the parties interested in them, is the true republican doctrine recognized by this body. "W. L. YANCEY, of Alabama. "JOHN C. McGEBEE, of Florida. " J. M. COMMANDER, of South Carolina. " The question was taken on Mr. V'ancey's resolution, and it was, by States, rejected 3ti to 236 ; as follows : Yeas Maryland 1 : South Carolina 9 ; Georgia 9 ; Florida 3; Alabama 9; Arkansas 3 ; Tennessee 1 ; and Kentucky 1 3C. Nays Maie 9 ; New Hampshire G ; Massachusetts 12 ; Vermont 6 ; Rhode Island 4 ; Connecticut 6 ; New Jersey 7 ; New York ; Pennsylvania 26 ; Delaware 3 ; "Maryland 0; Virginia 17 ; North Carolina 11 ; Mississippi C ; Louisiana C ; Texas 4 ; Tennessee 12 ; Kentucky 11 ; Ohio 23; indiana 12; Illinois 9 ; Michigan 5; Iowa 4; Missouri j, and Wisconsin 4 230 Here we have a Democratic National Convention, distinctly and overwhelmingly repudiating the doctrine of non-intervention. Every Free State and a majority of the Slave States put their condemnation upon it But the Democracy are progressive. In 1850 they take Yancey's doctrine of ;48 and in j 18G4 they will in all probability accept the ! views held by that gentleman iu 'CO. The i Duuglasites are abusing Mr. Yancey as a ! disuniouist. The main difficulty, however, I seems to be that he keeps from four to eight . years in advance of his party; and judging from the past, has good reason to believe that the doctrine he now contends for will yet become the creed of the party. Perhaps the Enquirer wili enlighten us ; as to thecauses that impelled the Democratic , party to take up in 1856 the doctrine they repudiated in 1848. Of course, so uni changable a party wouldn't have shifted so I suddenly without some plausible reason. More than a hundred papers have 1 stated the alleged fact that Mr. Guthrie, the j Louisville Courier's late candidate for the ; rresiclency, pronounces the nomination of Douglas and the nomination of Breckcnridge alike sectional. Now, the editor of the Courier, who has seen and talked with I Mr. Guthrie upon the subject, states as a j matter within his own personal knowledge , that Mr. G. pronounces Mr. Douglas's nomination sectional, but he can't be brought to deny that he could state ns a matter within his own personal knowledge that Mr. G. pronounces Mr. Breckenridge's nomination sectional also. Why isn't Mr. Guthrie's opinion of Breckenridge's nomination as well worth telling as bis opinion of Doug las's nomination I Lou. Jour.

E5The receptiou of Cassius U. Clay and Fred Hassaurek (who accompanied Mr. Clay) in Terre Haute, on Tuesday, was a graud aud imposing spectacle. Multitudes of people were there from the country around) in Indiana and Illinois. Companies of Wide Awakes and Rail Splitters were present from Marshall and Paris, 111. From the latter place was a Glee Club composed of nine young ladies and rive gentlemen. The procession A-as about a mile long, in close order. The speaking took place in Gookins's Grove. The speech of Mr. Clay was "bold, defiant, masterly, and a splendid tribute to his head and heart," in the words of the Terre Haute Express. Mr. Hassaurek followed in a speech keen and trenchant as a Damascus blade. In the evening there was a large torchlight procession of the Wide Awake9. There were about five hundred of them in procession with their torches. The spectacle was graud. Mr. Hassaurek ?poke again at the Court House in English and German, and Mr. Bromweil of Charleston III., delivered a telling address. The enthusiasm of the occasion equaled that of 1840. Commvnicated

Editors of the Evansville Journal. In your paper of last Wednesday there was an article upon our Fourth of July celebration, signed "A Guest" and written by the Rev. Charlks Fitch of Mt. Vernon, containing assertions and insinuations that were unworthy of the writer and without auy foundation in truth. We speak for ourselves and ths ladies from Evansville when we say that there was nothing in our conduct or theirs to justify Mr. Fitch Iu what he has written. That we danced and enjoyed ourselves generally, as young people do on such occasions, we freely admit, but that any of us were guilty of unbecoming conduct in any way, we most positively deny. The Reverend gentleman should have learned in his profession a higher regard for candor and truth than he has shown ia his communication, and not have disgraced his cloth by turning slanderer. E. A. Cooke, Frank Hopkins, iV. H. Stockwell, Geo. H. Stockwell, Thomas E. Wheeler, Worth VV. Combs, John Wise, M. D., Alex. H. Foster, Robert Early, B. B. Griffith, Ed. P. Elliott, L. A. Burke, Fred.A. Preston, Edward Kallenger, Geo. H. 0 Harra, W. A. Gwyn, R. W.' Babbitt, J. E. Dutcher, I was ii the " Texas " a number of times through the night, and saw no ladies in the " Texas" except the family of Mr. Irvin, the head engineer of the boat. Cai't. II . Scott. figy The Douglas State Ratification meeting at Indianapolis, on the 18th, was a lamentable failure. Great preparations were made, but after all there were only according to actual figures from the railroad offices 1,298 persons who went in on all the trains of eight railroads to attend the Convention ! a few more than came by railroad to attend our Fourth of July celebration. Gov. Willard, Cyrus L- Dnnham, C. L. Vallandieham, Senator George E. Pugb, Dick Ryan, and other distinguished gentlemen spoke. The Sentinel even don't crow much over the affair, and the Journal calls it " a most porteutous fizzle !" Douglasism is " gone up." Excellent Suggestions. It is suggested that the following pliins be carried out without delay in our State, and particularly in the Southern portion. The consequence will be a lure gain of votes next Fall. We urge on our triends to follow these suggestions to organize thoroughly for tbe campaign. Xo time should be lost in this essential work. 1. Form Lincoln clubs in all the towns and villages. 2. Circulate papers and documents. 3. See that frequent meetings are held iu each school district, to be addressed upon the issues of the day. Do not wait for distinguished ' star'' speakers from abroad, but let the young men of the country take hold, and do their duty thoroughly. 4. Let the work of canvassing the election districts commence now, and go quietly and thoroughly on to the end. Bfcjgf" An Opposition Convention assembled on the lTth in V igo county, to nominate a candidate for Representative to the Legislature in place of John P. Usher, Esq., who hid received the nomination before, but declined running. Nathaniel Lee was nominated on the first ballot. The following resolution was adopted : Resolved, That we are opposed to any and all legislation in regard to taking back, or keeping in repair, the Wabash & Hrie Canal, or any part thereof. Col. Henry S. Lmic Will address the people at the times and places named below : Bowling Green, Tuesday, July 24 : Sullivan, Wednesday, July 25 ; Petersburg, Thursday, July 26 ; Washington, Friday, July 27 ; Dover Hill, Saturday, July 28; Bloomfield, Monday, July 30 : Spencer, Tuesday, July 31. Speaking to commence each day at 2 o'clock P. M. Prof. Fletcher, Republican candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction, will accompany Col. Lane while filling the above-named appointments. Prof. F. will address the people, at each place appointed for Col. Lane to speak, on the important subject of Common Schools. The Boone county (Ind.) Pioneer, published at Lebanon, an old substantial Democratic organ, runs up the names of Breckinridge and Lane.

Campaign Song. Trsr.. Unde Xed. There was a little gi;mt, AnJ they called him Stephen A., And lie thought he could larup honest Abe, But he soon found that Abe could Take him down across his knee Aud spank him as he wjnld a little babe. So lay down the cradle and the hoe. And t!.e maul and the wedges and the plow, While Abe sits aloft in the Pn-Mdcntial chair, The giant will li fqnntin down helot. Squatter Sovereign was the hobby, 'Xhat the Little Giant rude, And it traveled very well for a time, Till it saw a nigger hid in a pile of lire wood, And then the critter wasn't worth a dime, So lay down the cradle and tho hoe, tc. It stood stock still and As stubborn as a mule, And It wouldn't move a leg but to kick, Aud there sot the LittleGiant Looking like a fool, And a breakin of its ribs with a stick. Solay down, Ac. Abo hasn't got a hobby, So he has to go afoot, With a ten foot rail for a staff, And while the Little Giant stops To curse aud beat his Li ute, Abe gum it like Morse's telegraph. So lay down the cradle, fc.

Q?A formal and explicit denial of the charge by " A Guest " from Mt. Vernon of bad behavior on the Autocrat the 4th of July appears in to-day's Journal. The names signed to the denial give ample assurance of the injustice of the charge made by our correspondent. A number of additional names might have been procured if other passeugers on the boat could have been seen. We are told that this paper has been blamed for publishing the original communication. We have had some experience in such matters, and have always observed that where a communication is rejected, it is pretty sure to be published elsewhere, and a great fuss made over the refusal to publishIf we had declined to publish this one, it would have been published in Mt. Vernon, with the statement that the Evausville Journal had rejected it. In that case, it would have been hard to deal with. We published it with the understanding that our citizens interested should have full liberty to reply. They have done so, here at home, in an effectual manner. Unless " A Guest ' can bring proof positive of the truth of his charges, our people are vindicated. The weight of testimony so far preponderates conclusively against the maker of the charge. Washington, July 19th. Owing to certain misrepresentations of the public conduct of Gen. DeGolkdo, the Liberal Chief, which have recently appeared in the newspapers, several gentlemen sojourning here and thoroughly acquainted with Mexican affairs, have prepared a brief history of events since January, 1858. which relieves him from all uncharitable imputations, and shows him to be a true patriot, constantly striving amid accumulated difficulties, for the welfare of bis distracted country. There were 14,640 orders in the postoffice department for postage stamps for the 2nd quarter of 1859, amounting to 1,366,982 and 12,486, for the 2nd quarter of 1860, amounted to 1,673,359; decrease in orders 1 160 being about 17 per, cent increase in the value of the postage stamps issued 3,063,077 being about 12 per cent. This reduction in the amount of labor, or a largely increased issue, has been effected by furnishing each office with the fall amount required for the quarterly supply as nearly as it can be calculated, and forbidding post masters from making several orders in the same quarters. ScMNECTADY, July 18 A Houston meeting met here at noon to-day. Not over twenty persons were present. After effecting a temporary organization, with James S. Adams of Westchester as chairman, the meeting took a recess till 2J o'clock. A mass meeting is called for this evening. The Convention assembled at 3 o'clock. J. S. Van Renssellaer of Albany was chosen Chairman. An address in favor of Sam Houston for the Presidency was offered, and after a warm discussion, which nearly terminated in a row, was adopted. Commodore Stockton of New Jersey was named as Vice President to run with Houston. A committee was appointod to name an electoral ticket, and upon reporting the Chairman resigned, aud, with many others, withthrew from the Convention which shortly afterwards broke up in an indiscriminate row. Boston, July 18. The annual commencement exercises at Harvard College to-day have attracted an unusual throng of visitors. The steamer City of New York leaves 'his port to-morrow for the fishing grounds of the British North American Provinces. Ex Governor Hubbard, of N. H., United States Commissioner under the reciprocity treaty, with other officials, proceed in her to New Foundlaud, where they will be joined by the British commander, and proceed to define the fishing boundaries as provided for in the treaty between the United States and England. Washington, July 18. Gen. Bickley has published an address to the Knights of the Golden Circie of Virginia and other Southern States. They are ordered to repair to the engagement in Texas by the 15th of September. The object is declared to be to Americanize Mexico, looking to tbe establishment of a southern confederacy. Such a course is to be taken as will not violate the neutrality laws the Knights going to Mexico as emigrants, and becoming bona fide citizeus. It is said that Mexico sanctions this order. Fhankitobt, July 18. The Democratic State Convention met to-day. Seventyseven counties were represented. Clinton McCarty was unanimously nominated for Clerk of the Court of Appeals. Mr. Breckinridge was serenaded this evening and responded iu an eloquent speech, professing devotion to tbe Union. Ssw Orleans, July 18. J. S. Real & . Co., hardware merchants, have been burnt j out. The fire is still raging.

New York, July 18 Over 6,000 persons visited the Great Eastern yesterday. Whole number since her arrival 55,000. Heenan has acepted Morrissey's challenge. The Herald publishes a card purporting to come from Morristey.denying the authorship of the challenge. The exhibition on board the Great Eastern closes July 28th. She will sail for England via Halifax Aug 16th. A Breckinridge meeting at the Cooper Institute to night was fully attended. J. H. Brown presided. Speeches were made by Daniel S. Dickinson, Chas O'Conner, and others. A detachment of nearly 400 troops left here this morning for Fort Learenworth.

Augusta, July 18. Several Georgia papers publish articles favorable to a union of the Douglas men with Bell and Everett, but the result is uncertain. St. Louis, July 18. The Union County Convention to-day nominated Albert Todd for Congress and a full County and Legislative ticket. .. X jj. -xv ::!. i ' Springfield, Mo., July 18 At a Breckinridge ratification meeting at Bolivar in the in the 16th District, Hon C. W. Price was nominated for Congress, in opposition to Hon. John S. Phelps. He has accepted and will return to Missouri immediately to canvass the District. He will get a large vote Albany, July 18. Ex-President Martin Van Buren and John Van Buren were in this city yesterday, on their wuy to Sharon Springs. Worcester, Mass., July 1 7. Judge Donglas arrived here this afternoon a few minutes past three, and was greeted by an immense crowd of people. Ogdexsburgh, July 19, p. ic. The biggest and most successful mass meeting held here since '52, was held last evening to ratify the nomination of Douglas and Johnson. There was great enthusiasm. New York, July 18th. The steamship Teutonia on the 7th arrived this morning. There is no news except that Mr. Ten Broeck's American horse, Satellite, won the Stanford plate at New Market. The steamships Isabel and De Soto have arrived. News anticipated. Cincinnati, July 1 9th p. m. The river has fallen 6 teet 7J inches in the channel. Weather cloudy in Dart. Mercury 9'2. "3grIIere is the way a Southern fireeating paper talks about one of the purest and most conservative men in tbe Union: What is He Doing ? Edward Bates passed through Atlanta on the 5th inst., whereupon the Locomotive reports: This old Black Republican passed through here yesterday. He took the Georgia train. He looks very venerable, having tolerable white whiskers. His eyes have a nervous and restless appearance. We felt such an utter contempt for him that his presence was painful to us. We do not like to see the fanatic tribe poluting our soil. We hope he may never come to Atlanta again, if he can make it convenient to go around the place. That the State of Missouri should suffer so foul an apostate to remain in her borders is an elevating stain upon her escutcheon. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. CITY OF EVANSVILLE SCHAPKER & BUSSING. t.VCJSi TMH UOJS'OIUm l,ti CMTV ' Dads" have seen fit to enrich us by an exorbitant assessment of our taxable property, and because we mill net make oath to an uncertainty, aud failed to notice that we must attend to a part which usually was the Assessor's duty, we have to submit to an unjust taxation. Now, for fear that the city's financial aftairs ar iu a condition to cause such a course towards the tax-payers, and in order to make the ' best " out of a bad " bargain, and t. sustain the city's credit, wo will take city and county orders for Dry Goods at a rate that no one can object to, and sell goods for them and cash very cheap in order to close out our summer stoek. SCIIAPKEB t BUSSING, Successor to S. Embich A Co., nlyl9 No. 49 Main street. COME AND SETTLE. JL concluded to go ont of business, and wish to settle up their partnership affairs. All persons wh are indebted to us, will please call and settle, and those to whom we are indebted will present their claims immediately for adjustment. We may be found at our late place of business, No. 6 Second street. SPECK & FELDHACKEK. julyl9-2wd fJVeJV HCHOO I, JhttK VOUJVG 9 Misses and Masters PROF. KEMMEKER, from Philadelphia, Fa., will give lessons in Vocal Music and Musical Elocution, every day at 5 o'clock p. , at the Crescent City Hall Tuition 25 cents for 12 lessons. A concert to lie given at the close of the term. N. B. lie will insure all to learn to sing that will attend. julylS LEROY PLACE. feb tf Ultrjt.TJfiH'H BLOCK" UJ8 been thoroughly repaired from attic to cellar, with the addition of spacious yards and cellars, and is now called Leroy Place, and is ior rent on moderate terms to good families. Apply to CONVERSE CLEMENTS. julyl7-'iw a.ro.v... it j: t B Ij UJS i.i.n n9 ston. To Builders, Pavers, and others. Application, will be received by the undersigned, at the Bodiam Mines Coal office, for the best kind of Limestone, to be delivered either in the boat on the wharf, or at any part of the city. julyl7-lw WM. KKRSTEMAN. mmmrMvm rm vojjjtirroBs. w Sealed Proposals will be received at the Engineer's office in Hie southern railroad depot, in Terre Haute, nntil M o'clock, on Tuesday the 24th day of July. ;;, for tbe grubbing, cleariug, and grading, also the small bridging, of tbe Evansville A Crawfordsville Railroad from Terre Haute t Rockville. For plans aud specifications and all information required, apply at the Engineer's office for four days before tho letting. By order of the President. julyl7 td B. EBBITT, Engineer. fBZ,.MJVi Off JT t:OHT. II fJ siring to close out my present stock of Teas, Tobacco, and Candies, I offer the same from this dateatprime cost for C "I, All those wishing bargains should call soon. Choice Imperial Tea at only 80 cents per lb. " Gunpowder at 707ft " " " Young Hyson at 6065 ' " " Black Tea at 70ri75 " " JAMES L. SPALDING, Julyl3 Cor. Main and W MSISOJS-H JJ' jaUHtC.--TUti UJVMul dersigned would respectfully inform the citizens of the city that he is prepared to give lessons iu music, on the .Piano or otber Instruments, to all who may favor him with their patronage. Instruments of all kinds tuned and put in order. He will also select instruments for those who' are not judges themselves and desire to purchase on reasonable term.. Residence on Sycamore street, between Becona and Third streets, julyll CHRISTIAN MATTHIAS.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

SPRING " SALES" OF 1860. 13 FIRST STREET, wmjs . rvivv n s bMM. li-buient Btled wiih NKW GOODS received within the last four weeks lv sea, from fcNUUAMi and OKUUAKY. and by railroad from New En land MANUFACTURE US. Thiy have been purchased, mauy of them, for CASH, and to MERCHANTS, GROCERS and T RAKERS, who wish to pay Cash, ox prompt time buyer, he can giio his ojurctace that thry c an purchase thtir spring stock of him at the BOTTOM OF ANY EASTERN M ARKET (simply adding freight.) Mauy goods are much REDUCED IN PRICE, and MERCHANTS will DO THEMSELVES GOOD to call on him liefore they buy, and learn vliat tho BOTTOM OE THE MARKET IS. In his ample supply may be found the following STANDARD GOODS. 3000 Pairs WALKER'S and other, TRACE CHAINS. 5 casks LOG AND PLOW CHAINS. 50 doz Root HAMES. 50 doz Horse and Mule COLLARS, (GOOD.) 100 doz AMERICAN HOE CO.'S Planters' Hoes. 50 doz Garden RAKES, steel and iron. 25 doz MANURE forks, ass'd. 50 doz 0. AMES', and others, Shovels and Spades. 50 doz TUTTLE'S Hook Tooth Cross-Cut Saws. 100 doz WELLS', (Hunt's) Lippincott's and Collins Axes. 50 doz HUNT'S Hatchets 25 doz HUNT'S Broad and Hand Axes. 25 doz WITHERBY'S Drawfrig Knives. 25 doz SPEAR & JACKSON'S Hand Sawn. 50 doz COOK'S Patent, and other, AUGER BITTS. 200 doz AUGERS, Blue Nut Gra'd Twist and Common. 2000 doz TABLE KNIVES, English, and J. Russell & Co.'s AMERICAN. 500 doz WOSTENHOLM'S, Bunting's and Barnes' POCKET KNIVES. 50 doz WADE & BUTCHER'S Razors. 1,000,000 G. D., S. B., and "Water Proof Cans. 100 doz WALDRON Grass and Grain Scythes. 50 doz BLOOD'S Silver Steel SCYTHES. 100 doz Superior SCYTHE SNATHES. 100 doz FORKS, 2 & 3 prong, Superior. 50 doz Grain CRADLES, Bow and Wire Brace. 50 Wood HAY Rakes. 100 Grind Stones, 18 to 30 in. 200 doz Scvthe STONES. Also, 500 doz BUTCHER'S Files. 20 cases OHIO TOOL CO.'S Planes, reduced prices. AGENT VOU. AMP 2000 feet RUBBER BELTING, BEST IN AMERICA, on hand, 1 1-2 to 24 inch. TOGETHER WITH SHELF HARDWARE AND TOOLS of every description. etf Orders executed with tha utuwst turn and promptitude. CHARLKS S. WELLS, mar13 V holewale Dealer. JOII5J A. RE1TZ JOHN A. HANKY . HA CRESCENT CITY P O TJ KT U H. Y . EVANSVILLE, IND. The proprietors of the CRESCENT CITY FOUN DRY beg leave to Inform their friends and tho pub Uc in general that tln-y are fully prepared to make to order all kind, of iflACHINFRY Needed for Mills or Manulactorie. of any khiu.. Having a great variety of patterns for D1II.L G EARINU, of any size, and STEAM ENGINES of any power required. Also manufacturers of DISTILLERY AND MINING MACHINERY, TOBACCO SCREWS AND FINISHERS, MALT MILLS; SASH, MULEY AND IMPROVED Circular Saw Mills, GUMMING MACHINES, IRON FRONTS for Houses, CHINESE SUGAR CANE MILLS, STEAM BOILERS IMPROVED LARD TANKS, And in fact everything in the IRON FOUNDRY AND MACHINE BUSINESS. BBJSS C f A Tl.VtJ S made to order. ALSODealer, in a superior article of UMXm THRESHING MA CHINES, And Powers' complete, of the latest Improved style. IMPROVED STEAM GAUGES, GUM BELTING AND PACKING, WROUGHT AND WEI DED PIPE, LEAD AND COPPER PIPE, AND FIRE BRICK, All at MANUFACTURERS' PRICE.. WOT Highest price always paid fo old METALS, At the old Stand Corner Canal ar.d lnel" sli t REI1Z fc HAN K V . N. B. Workmen sen; tr ill parts to put up Machinery and do repairs it B. iVr-i. THRESHING MACHINES Always on hand and for sale. je4

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