Evansville Journal, Volume 10, Number 16, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 14 March 1844 — Page 2
THE JOURNAL.
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THURSDAY, :
MARCH It, IS 14
FOR PRESIDENT, HENRY CLAY, OF KENTUCKY.
STATE ELECTORS. Henry S. I.aue, of Montgomery; Joseph C Marshall, of Jefferson. DISTRICT ELECTORS. 1. Jobu A. Erackcnridse, of Warrick; 2. James Collins of Floyd: 3. John A. Matson, of Franklin; 4. Samuel Parker, of Fayette; ,5. Kugti O'.Veal, of Marion; ,6. George G. Dunn, of Lawrence; 7. II. V. Thompson, of Vigo; 8. William. Hoaics, of Carroll; - 9. John. P. BuIUIe, ofGasa:10. Io wis S. Thompson, of Allen. .
.07" We beg the indulgence of our readers
this week should our paper appear less iti-
lerestinsr than usual. We were absent from
home all of last week, and since our return have been too much engaged to devote much lime to our editorial columns.' :
CONVICTION OF ROMAN WEIN-
ZCEPFLEIN.TIIE CATHOLIC PRIEST, FOR RAPE. This case which has created so much excitement throughout the country, was tried last week in the Gibson Circuit Court having been removed - from this county where the offence was committed and resulted in a conviction of the prisoner after a fair and impartial hearing. He was found guilty by the Jury, and sentenced to five years hard kbor in our State Penitentiary. It may be proper to add,that after the verdict was rendered, the Court informed
the Jury that since the -commencement of the trial, the Revised Statutes had been received and were in force in that county, which coufined the punishment to two and not more than twenty-one years, and instructed them that if they thought proper they could reduce the punishment accordingly. The Jury again retired for a few minutes, but they declined receeding from the verdict first given. A motion for a new trial was
made by the defendant's council, which was overruled by the Court, and --the., prisoner was placed in the hands of the ShcriiT. Council for the Prosecution James I.ock-
; ANOTHER DREADFUL DISASTER, j It is our melancholy duly to record this week another dreadful disaster on the water, and loss of life. For the following particulars we are indebted to a friend for a New Orleans Picayune of the 3rd instant, which says '-The melancholy intelligence reached our city yesterday morning to the effect tli fit two of our river boats, the De Soto and Buckeye, had come in collision, that the latter had sunk immediately, and that between
sixty and eighty lives hud been lost in. consequence. L'rom verbal. accounts, and from
some half dozen communications which have
been sent us, we gather the following particulars of the dreadful catastrophe: . . Between 3 and 4 o'clock on Friday morning, March 1, the steamers De Solo and Buckeye, the former bound down from Natchitoches and the latter on her way to Ouachita with some COO passengers 011 board while and black, a.caYgo of plantation supplies, came together .a mile or a mile and a
half this side of the lower mouth of Old River, ar it is called, just below Atchafalaya, and with such violence that the Buckeye sunk in less than five minutes to her hurricane deck. She was struck near the star
board hatch and went down in twenty feet of
water. Those on board say that the scene which
ensued immediate! v was be art-rending be
yond description. The passengers were all asleep at' the time and instantly rushed to the guards and cabin? in consternationmothers screaming for their children, husbauds and fathers rushing from point to point and frantically endeavoring to save their wives and families from destruction. All, or nearly all, were in their night-clothes, and iu
the confusion the boldest and most self-pos-j sessed could do little else than save themselves, notwithstanding every cutffcavor was made to rescue the children. . Of the deck
passengers, many of whom were blacks, but few were saved, so suddenly did the Buckeye go down. s It is itnpossible,at present,togive the num
ber who have thus been hurried into eternity with certainty, but all accounts agree that it must have been between sixty and eighty? Mr. Ilyams, of Alexandria, whose family was with him, lost his daughter, a beautiful little girl of about ten. years of age, with his wile's
sister, Miss Elizabeth Smith, who is described as an accomplished yeuug lady. This gentleman also" lost . some fifteen negroes.
ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE PRINCE- ; TON. The private Secretary of the President delivered the following message from the President, to both" branches of Congress, on Thursday last : c - . . To the Senate and House of Representatives of the V. S:
I have to perform the melancholy duty of
announcing to the two Houses ol Congress the death of Hon. " Abel P. Upshuh, late Secretary of State", and the Hon. Tho:as W.
GtMERjlate Secretary 01 the iNavy. This most lamentable occurrence transpired on board the United States ship of war,
the Princeton, on yesterday, at about half
af:er four o clock iu the evening, ana proceeded from the explosion of one of the large guns of that ship. ' V The loss which the Government "and 'the country have sustained by this deplorable event, is heighthencd by the death, at. the same time, and by the same cause, of several distinguished persons and valuable citizens. ; , I shall be permitted to express mv great
grief at an occurrence which: has thus so suddenly striken from my side "two gentle
men upon whose advice 1 so conhuently re
. . . .1 t- 1 i. 1 i. J . - .1 . . ( - 1
! l:eu ;n tne discnarge 01 me arduous tu&h. 01 au-
ministering the oilice of the Executive De
partment, and whose services at this inter
esting period werect such vast importance.
In some relief to the public sorrow which
must necessarily accompany tms most pain
ful event, it affords me much satisfaction to say that it was produced by no " care
lessness or inattention on the part of
the officers and crew of. the Princeton;
but must be set down as one of those casu
alties which, to a greater or les3 degree, at
tend upon every service, and which are in
variably incident to the temporal affairs of
mankind, 1 will also add, that it in no meas
ure dctracis, in my estimation, from the value of the improvements contemplated f in the construction of the" PrincctoD, or from
the merits of her 'brave and distinguished
commander and projector. . "" (Signed) - JOHN TYLER. ' Washington, Feb;-1841. ' ;-. ' The Globe closes its account of the calamity as follows: , . . "Col. Benton's injury arose not from any figment of the gun,but merejy from the con-
lllj VI T.iv- 1 uoVl WOO UOl UiUl U U1CIU J poinds, and 45 had been fired. The gun
was cry much heated, it is said, and one of
the papers states had not been approved by the Jtdnance Department. The following particularsj says the Baltimore American, respecting the firing and management of the
immense guns on board the Princeton,will be read with increased interest at this time
They are contained in a letter giving an ac
count of the excursion which the Princeton made,'with a large party of visiters, on the 20ih of February, just eight days before the
fatal event of Wednesday evening:
I. A short distance below Alexandria, the
Cadain cave orders to load the 'Peace-Mak
er1 vith powder and. ball. This gun is sta
tioncd in the bowjof the ship, on a revolving
carriage, so that it may be fired from Gither
side An ordinary charge of powder for it,
is tlartv pounds. It carries a ball weighing
two hundred and twenty-five pounds; and
suca is the precision with which it may bo
Crea,as ascertained from actual experiments
thai the captain will guarantee to hit an ob
ject the size of a hogshead, in the water nine
times in. 'ten. at a distance of half a mile.
- The un being loaded, the fiist thing is to
ascertain the precise distance of the object to be fired at. This is done by means of an instrument, constructed upon trigonometrical principles, the scale on which indicates the distance at a glance. The next thing is to give the gun the proper plevation. This is done by means of a self acting lock, on an am of which indicates the precise elevation which is necessary to reach a given distance with the ball. A spring on the top of the lock is then brought up to the point indi-
dicated, the hammer is pulled back, and at
the Very point of time when by the ships motion the gun reaches that point, and never
1 before nor afterwards, the gun is of itself dis
charged. The precise means by which this is effected, are known only lo the Navy Department and the inventor; but the fact IS indisputable and the value of the invention
OFFICIAL. The Hon. John Nelson, Attorney General
of the United States, will discharge the du
ties of Secretary of State ad intcrmin; until a successor to the Hon. A. P. Upshur shall
be appointed.
Commodore Lewis Warrington, Chief of
the Bureau of Yards and Docks, is appointed Secretary of the Navy ad interim, until a
a successor to the Hon. Thomas W. Gilmer is appointed, and will without delay enter
upon the duties of the office.
CANAL AROUND THE FALLS OF
THE OHIO. <U. S. House of Representatives, Feb>. 19. Mr. HENNY said, in presenting the resolution of the legislature of Indiana, which I now do instructing my colleagues and myself to vote for and urge an approbation in public lands to construct a canal around the falls of the Ohio river at Jeffersonville, I take this occasion, as not inappropriate, though out of a
order, to call the attention of the House, and of the country, to some facts important to be known in connexion with this question.— There is now a canal at the falls of Ohio, on the Kentucky side of the river, and the owners of the canal, being a private company, have already asked the government to purchase their stock in the same, and make its navigation free. This is a proposition for a canal on the Indiana side of the river. Now, sir, the facts I wish to state, for which I ask lthe consideration of the House, are, First: the Louisville and Portland canal will cost the government more, by several hundred' thousand dollars, than to construct a new canal on the Indiana side of the river. Second: that canal is too small; and if purchased by
the government, would require a large ex-
penditure of money to enlarge it to a suf-
ficient size to answer the purpose of the com-
and James E.Blythf, Esquires. Council for the Defendant James G. Jonk, Archibald Dixon, and John Pitchj:n, Esquires. . . ,
CONGRESS. , On Wednesday last, in the Senate, the following petitions and resolutions were presented and appropriately referred: By Mr. Semple, from citizens of Alton,
cussion. "He was at the but ofthe sun, tat
inr its ran sie when it fired. He was i:ot sen-i seems to be incalculable
sibie ol its stunning effect until he had call- L . All the preparation for firing, with the ex
ile was i clmnlti f null iniT iho rwYV'flor mul
who betuff "on the lower deck, could not be
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liAIir, eiaic-s sHivzipij j jwwi vtiimresarf,;. veil" ?I
Aiex. "BlcivetizierTdTo oFPIoii-
da, lost his wife, seven children, and four negroes; Mr. John Blunt, also from Florida, lost
jhis wife, child, find seven negroes; and two
of the children of Col. King were also lost. A young man named Pollard, supposed to belong to Natchez, had an amount of money iu the clerk's office. It was handed to him but since then he has not been seen: A child of Mr. White was lost; and two sisters of a vouu2 man. whose name we could not
lili-hors, in ftvor of continuing the National j ,earn arc drQml Thc road. 1. ...... ' 1 1 i.... .. r....
ed for aid to the bleeding sailors.
stunned for a time, but was enabled to walk alter reaching the shore, aud has given a distinct account of the dreadful scene. Cant. Stoektou was burned by the powder, but not seriously injured. , ' . Capt. Stockton having, on successive days extended invitalious to visit his ship to the executive and committees of Congress, and
then to botii Ileuses invited the ladies of
the- city to an entertainment on this,' which
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sii;p. it openea onguuy, uui nas ciuau in most dreadful gloom over our community. The only circumstance calculated to relieve
the nll-peivading distress, is, that ofthe multitude of ladies who were on board the ship, not one was injured. The happy, exemption of such a multitude of the lender sex, who witnessed the havoc mide hi the midst oftlicm of the most distinguished and beloved of their countrymen, whib it brings some solace to the .circle of their immediate
ball into the gun, was 'made - by Captain Stockton personally. By means of a tackle
fixed to the breech, a motion was given toj the gun similar to that imparted by a heavy swell, and when it reached the point indidated it was discharged. The bull in this case traveled about two miles before it hit 4jewater, aud then bounded several times. TheTilticetOU went down'tireTlv-c"i'asfar as Mount Vernon. Iu going down the 'peace
maker1 was discharged three l!mes,rmd in returning twice. 1 "On the fourth fire the ball struck on the land, and its effect was lost sight of by those on board so thc party , demanded another fire, and requested the- Captain to put in a little more powder this time. Before firing for the fifth and last time, the Captain said
LATER .APPOINTMENTS. The National Intelligencer, of last Thursday, says : 'The Hon. John C. Calhoun.of South Carolina, was yesterday nominated to the Senate by the President of tlte United States to fill the office of Secretary of State, and, before the Senate adjourned for the day, the nomination was unanimously confirmed. "This is an appointment upon which we can conscientiously congratulate the country.
However we may b. ave differed from this distinguished citzen on important questions of domestic policy, we are happy in the be
lief that, in the station to whicu he has been called, under circumstances well calculated
to flatter an honest pride in him, he will do
honor to himself and to his country.
"Governor Wilson Shannon, of Ohio, was
yesterday nominated by the President to be minister to Mexico: and Cantain Wm. C.
Bolton, United States navy, to be chief of merce oi that river, its size being insufficient.
the bureau of construction and repairs ot the I to admit the large class of steamboats.-
uavy- - - Third : the eddy formed at the lower end of
Jhe Washington, correspondent 01 tne h(J cand fa Com is,and
ijaitimore American wrues, uuoer ua.o ui ;te ofscd:raent between the mouth ofthe
iuarcuuiu. canal and the channel of the river, which is '
"It itf said that James M. Mason, ot vir- Ue an obstractioii to the navigation of
"iUlii, Will OO IlOlilluaiuu luiuc iiavv , . , t i the canal; and will shortly, without great ex
"It is also said that a court of inquiry has pense, render it almost entirely f useless in
been ordered, composed of Messrs. Bolton, Mow water, which is the only time it is inucli
Aulic, and Ramsay, of the Navy Department neede(L Fourth . lhe harbor of the cit of to investigate thc terrible calamity on board r ....... , , , .
tiip Princeton ijouisvuie twnicu surrounus me upper en-
"Silas Wriht has been offered the vacan- trance ofthe canal) is a basin; aud was many
cy upon the bench "ofthe Supreme Court, years ago, called Patton's pond. : It; is: be;
ana n.s menus say mat ne nas posu.ve.y ue-. eQ and above the hcad ofCom islaml
-Mr.' Calhoun has been nominated by the and the shore, and is fast filling np. Twenty
advice of his friends, Mr. McDuffie and near- years ago, at low water, this" pond was twen
ty all of them, and the general presumption is ty feet deep. now jt js but ten feet deep the
tnai ne wm accepi. . inucuu, .1 .sa-.u, t ihex Qn account of tbe obstructions
is no uouoi oi n. . 1 .,' , , , , ,. . , . ,Tr ,. , ,i t of Corn island, and the rocks adjacant to it, A letter from Washington in the Louis- ..... .
. . . . . 1 bein-r some inches higher, and consequently v i e Journal of Tuesday safs it is rumored 0 . 0 ' . .
.., , . TT i in ,j more quiescent than at the opposite , shore t!,r,t Tilrrtimnn A TLiwa nl will lift annointed 1 ft -
0 f . v . The inevitable consequence of which is, to
cause the filling up of the channel to the
HENRY CLAY; I DID AND I DID JNOT mouth of the canal, and will require a con- ;
From the N. Y. Tribune. stant expenditure 10 Keep it open, xnis uas
I voted for the TAKiEFS of 1S1G, 1821, already caused great embarrassment to the
and 1832. . ' company owning the work: and boats pre fre-
-BctrMr.; Clay's letter to. Geu. Bledsoe, un ly seen sticking in the mud, both at the -a.
der date of July 23, 1843.
lower and upper entrance of the canal; hence
friends, cannot but deepen the sympathies
which they, and the whole community, feel Jhe should take the sense of the company.
Mr. Hannegan, from several thousand citizens of Indiana and Ohio, asking a grant of laud lo finish th Wabash and Erie. Canal.
Mr. Crittenden, resolutions ofthe Legisla-,
tire of Kentucky, unanimously passed, in
favor of a rrant of lands in the Yiuceimesi
- district for completing a communication between Lake Eaie end :lie Oh'o river; also.
hours before at the Red River laiidin". Mr.
Beard, one ofthe unfortunate passengers of
the Buckeye, attempted to swim ashore with his young nephew upon his back, but in the
endeavor both were drowned. The a!
aoove
names embrace all that we could gather with certainty a few days will doubtless add others to the melancholy list.
The De Soto remained bv fhft wre.-lc til!
iu favor of reducing, the present rates of post- ,1 ,'r ,r ,- , , 1 1 j the last, ner otlicers exettuig themselves lo '"e' 'the. utmost in saving the lives and property
lot mv pasfeagers upon me sinxui'" uoat. ! v" ' 1 1 . "jujv'
for the bereaved families of those who hav e
fallen. Mr. Upshur and Mr. Gilmer were idols in the happy family by which each was
i surrounded. The elder children of Mr. Gil
mer are just grown the younger still in the nurse's arms Commodore Kennon,Mr. Maxcy, and Mr. Gardiner, are all torn from family endearments from wives aud children. We understand that Mrs. Gilmer was upon the deck when her husband fell. It was the third discharge of the gun (and fired at lh'3 request of Mr. Gilmer) that . burst it. The daughter of Mr. Upslnir, several of the fatuity of Commodore . Kciiiion. and the daughter of Mr. Gardiner, were on board the
the steamer: but none of them, except Airs.
r.u?r ai,:-. ,n!.;,unn r:;i, ,
kit Lj lu? . .lima itaiutLim iu uiuauu tuui:- i v f .. , , . , . ( ,T j Aear turty lives were saved by the mate of
I . . , i the D
tloLsaooK, wiio on tne n uctooer prece
ding, completed the hundredth year " of his age. His third wife, aged 50 years, preceded him o the grave but four days, and upon her death, as we are informed by his "relatives, he experienced one of those singular "presentiments which some times accompany the close of lifbfc predicting that on Saturday he should be laid by thes'ide of his wife in the arms of death.
j' 'Tis the sunset of life gives the mystical love
When coming events cast their shadows before.
VfRY Tece. Duff Green, in .U now piper, the Republic, tikes the following true
remarks: "It is assumed bythe partizansof
Mr. Yan Buicq that he will be nominated
by theBikimorG Convention. If so, no sane
person can doubt the election ot Mr. Clay,
and he wilt be elected because it is impossi
ble to rally thc Democratic party in support
of Mr. Van Buren, whoso nominafion will have been produced by a combination of political managers, organized in thc large States of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia, for the purpose pfscizingnpon, and distributing among themselves the patronage of the Government.11
The following excellent sentiment, wo find in an exchange pnper. "Any man who loves Ins family will take
a newspaper and pay for it in advance. Cut!
short yntrr grog drinking.11 Which we beg leave to endorse, must drink, take 'something short.1
Soto with the yawl, who picked
them up in the water. The night was clear,
and the moon shedding a brilliant light ; cist the lives of many more would have been lost. The De'Soto arrived at our Levee ycs:erday morning with many of the sufferers on
board. The lamentations of those who had lost their families were still heard mothers were still grieving for their children thus untimely cut off. The bodies of Mr. Ilyam's little girl and sister-in law were recovered, as was also that "of one of the children of Col. King. Ia addition the bodies of three other children have been found. -
Such-are the particulars, so far as ive have been able to learn them, of this unfortunate casuality a casuality which has t'ent so many human beings thus suddenly before their Maker. Although we have heard per
sons attach blame" to some of the officers of
the Buckeye, in not keeping their proper position in the river, others again entirely exonerate thoin; and wo are inclined to believe
l ll.n lltrt illi.'tn uiqd f-iin f.ril,,v.ft . 1 .1
iiiai mi .iiamu iiuo oui; oi mom; suuuoii accidents against which prudence in vain endeavors to combat. The boat, together with the cargo, is a total loss, although many of liie hands were left by the wreck to snvc such trunks and oilier property as mbdit float.'
most dear to them, until after their return to the city. Almost all lhe ladies were below, at dinner when the catastrophe occured. Mis. Gilmer was brought to thc city almost iu a state of distraction. There wero two hundred ladies on board, and during the discharges ofthe gun, - were on tho deck; and many of the in approached very near fo observe the course ofthe ball after it struck the water. President Tyler was there also, but had attended the ladies to dinner before the thild discharge.
The Tariff Destiiotino the Revenue. We learn from thc'New York pi.pors that
l the receipis at 4 he Custom House i'r the noil
jof New York during the ten days pieceding It you Thursday week amounted to more thin a milI lion and a half of dollars.
Thc heads ofthe War and Navy Departments have issued their general "orders. The formcrdirect, as appropriate honors to the memory ofthe distinguished Secretaries, that half horn guns shall be fired at everv
i military post, furnished with the proper ord
nance, the day alter the receipt of the order, from sunrise lo sunset; the national flair displayed at half staff during the same time; and all officers of lhe Army shall wear, for three months the customary badge of mourningThe latter, that the flags of all Vessels iu commission, Navy Yards and Stations are to be hoisted at half mast on the day after the receipt of the order; minuete guns to lhe number of seveutcen are to be fired" between sunrise and sun?el; and crape is to be worn on the left arm and upon the sword for the space of thirty days; and on the day after, miuueto guns to the number of thirteen to be fired between sunrise and sunset, and the same orders as above stated observed in respect to the memory of the brave Cap!. Beverly Kesnon.
"All those iu favor of another fiie will say,
Aye." The air resounded with "Aye"' all those opposed to another fiie will say, No." Not a solitary voice. "'The Ayes have if,1 said the Captain; "I have the assent of Congress, and Til go ahead." Probably fifiy pounds of powder went into the "Peace-Maker" this time. As before the gam was fired by the Captain himself. The ball went, probably.four miles before it struck. It bounded fifieen times on the ice, iu the course of which it performed a half circle.
; "One of these guns the 'Oregon,1 was manufactured in England. The other'peace maker,' was make in New York, and is by far the better piece of workmanship of the
two. 'The Captain told vnc that when he applied to the manufacturer to do the job, l.e (the manufacturer) declared that it could rot be done ; and it was not until Captain Stockton had promised him that he would pay all thc expenses of an attempt out of his own pocket, that the manufacturer would consent to make a trial. Before a month had elapsed after this, however, the manufacturer, seeing that it was perfectly practi-
! cable, became as great an enthusiast in the
matter as the Captain himself was."
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. . , y .i J the anxietv of the company to selt out to the
concerned., that I if lis jyui uiii roriaei .... , , . , . -
tarHfof 1810 or 1521."
See r.lr. Clay's letter to Mr. Merriweuier, it 13 pernaps necessary, sir, 10 remam mat -
of Georgia, under date ot October b, ia-d. the canai at Louisville will cost about $1,-
We find the above in thirty or forty Xoco- 200,000; and that a canal can ,be constxuet-
fbco papers. It seems inconceivable that hu-J ej on tue Indiana side along the shore " or
man nature should be guilty of the baseness bank 0fthe r;ver at a cost) at the highest es-
heie perpetrated, lor the aaKe 01 a mere timatej not to exceed $350,000; that an impaltry partisan advantage. Mr. Clay was proVement. completely to overcome the ob-
Speaker of thc House in 1S1G and 1S24, structions by a dam and locks can be made, and of coursrj did not vote on the final pass- for -125,000. But as a temporary measure
age of the Tariff hi Us of those years, but helanj one for which I demand immediate con-
was their ardent, and effective supporter, as sideration, is the blasting out of a straight
every body knows, and ia the very letter to schute through the falls without lowering the
Mr. Merriweiher, last above quoted, says, jevei above, is of immense utility, and meets when reminded that his name does not ap- tne approbation.of the most experienced nav-
pear on the list ot ieas tor Uiose l arms. - igators of the western rivers. .-This improve- ,
"You are right so fir as the Record is con- luenf, as I am informed by an experienced
cciiiuu,tt .iWtr .V and highly respectable engineer, will not
1810 and lSi, but i supported mar pnn- . : . . , cipl'is,aad hse always admitted that I was cost raore tliaR $30,000 only about onein favor ofihcm. eighth the amount annually paid by the en-
Now would the vidian who could cut off terprising fiat-boat men of tbe West in tolls ;
this list sentence from what precedes it,and to the proprietors ofthe Louisville and Port-
publish the rest so as to m ike an apparent ,and canaK Th;3 gmall approprjat;on, sir, ,
etlULlilUitllou, nil nuuiiui. viuv iiuuui,wii- , ,. . - . . written to Geu. Bledsoe when there is in would relieve our commerce of this enor-
tniih a nerfect consistencv between them mous annual tax Mr.'Speaker, an engineer"
hesitate to forge Mr. Clay's name to an en- was deputed, during the last summer to ex-'. 1 . 1 - . . 1 1 ... ':c 1 .1 I - ' " - - -
The cause of the explosion is not yet slated. The gun called the "Peace-Maker,"
jhad been fired twice the HSih. The quan-
Aheady has this gun done its deed of
blood 1 and spoken one - more lesson of the vanity of human hopes and the uncertainty of human calculations. The funeral solemnities were celebrated on Saturday, l!:3.2d inst. The day was a solemn one in tlte city of TVashington. All places of business were closed,aud the voice of ambition hushed as the dead were borne to their long home. . . ,
1 We have from Special Correspondent
a Washington ri.tr or lat an eminent Tyler
functionary of iew ioik city is a defaulter to t'uo tune of S-Ol?, 000 (John Tyler, it
will be recollected, boasted ia his last Mes-s-.ine tli:t none of his subordinates were de-
fauliers.) We do not feel justified in call
ing names (thorgh others will doubtless ,do so) until we have more positive advices, but we may state that the individual alluded to is not connected with the Collection of Revenue. More anon. X. Y. Tribune.
tuely taoncaieu icuer, 11 u wou a serve di am5ne aiMj report upon the various plans sug--purpose? There is not a particle of moral . , 4
difference between what is done above and o.uu,.. .uc "'""" - M
entire forgery, though the latter is the less the : falls of lhe Ouio. The report of tliat
cowardly. Yet men who pretend to deplore engineer was called for early in the ses3io!T'
the licentiousness 01 Uio.l less will counten- hv -;rfisol,)tlon nresenttT W rtfi n:tlftma n
anceand acquiesce in such frauds when their fi.om KeDuck (Mr.TibuitSj)batit not? party is served by them. . , . J v .. . .-..'
been made; where.it is, or what is the the [sic] cause of this detention, I know not. But
On'PIT P PfTIN A line cause 01 uiisueieniiou, l Know nou v-UUL.
The Hamburgh Journal, staunch Calhoun uie Eessiou ,s P'"8 wy , uw ...im
journalafter the abdication of that aspirant, on Commerce is about to report; the estim
proclaims its purpose of supporting Mr. Clay. aies loruie expenaiiures 01 tne. year are oe-
jt saVd. ing made up; and this great question in re-f
"Will Sorni Carolina sctpobt Mr. Sard to the falls of the OI" isP.aa6'ng W.fori
Clay? This is a question that has been the session. I have, therefore seized upon
asked over and over again, and yet no defi- ihjs occasion, as the only opportunity 1 could
nit .3 answer has been given. And why ? Be- haye of bri Uw matter w the cons;der-' cause those interrogated were afraid to com- . . , -, -..-m . . . .
mi; themselves, and were unmindful of the auoao1 lDe llouse- J'iH.3-,sa lsuon,
dignity and unsullied pride of South Caroli- Speaker, in winch Indiana has no more.ui-
na. Ve did look with fond anticipation to terest than every otlier State ia the great
tne nomination ot our wormy ana ganani son va, of the Mississippi. It interests us
that plainly "ive us to understand that South all; ,l !ntcres3 the Umonjand it is for that'
Carolina must stand alone, or support Clay, reason that 1 have thought proper, at this)
the next best choice to Calhoun, iiut we time, lo mention these facts facts, ;r
a tain unequivocally say, that if Van Buren
is to be the candidate ofthe Democratic party, Henry Clay will be supported by South Carolina. Politicians may say whatever they please about the muter, but the people will have a voice that will ring from the seaboard to the mountains. If we are forced to haul down our colors in defence of Mr. Calhoun, we will rally under the banner of Mr Clay.The fiiends of Mr. Van Buren may hold as many Conventions as there are letters in the English alphabet, and meet in caucuses in every hole and corner in the Union, still it will avail them nothing."
which I shall be able to prove, at a proper time, to the satisfaction of every member of' this House. I move a reference of the resolution to the Committee on Roads and Canals. The resolution was referred. ———————
ft5-While a clergyman was preaching at a campmeeting in a most fervent manner," for the power of the devil to te curtailed, a -j zealous old negro loudly exclaimed 'Amen Iyes, yes, bress God lent his tail smack smote off' ;