Evansville Journal, Volume 11, Number 23, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 29 May 1845 — Page 2

THE JOURNAL.

Not Caesar's weal, but that of Rome.

THURSDAY MAY, 29, 1845.

Whig Candidate for the Legislature, CONRAD BAKER, ESQ.

OrWe are authorized to announce WM. M. WALKER, as a Candidate for re-election for Sheriff of Vanderburgh County, at the August Election, prs fee $2

(gj" We are . authorized to announce DANIEL CHUTE, as a candidate for the Office .of. Sheriff, at the nest August election. .- XPrs- fee $-:"aP 2 i l rWe are requested to announce SAMUEL T. JENKINS, as a candidate for reflection for the office of Clerk of the Vanderburgh Circuit Court at the August election. - - Jprsfee$2 &5"We are requested to announce ALVIN P. HOVEY, of Posey county, as a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney, for the Fourth Judicial Circuit. prs fee $2 03rYe are requested to announce EBON J) EDSON, of Posey county, as a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney for the Fourth Judicial Circuit. - prs fee $2

05- WANTED At. this Office, a good, steady lad, one who has some education, to learn the Printings business. One from the .country, about 15 or 16 years of age, will be .preferred. None need apply who cannot come well recommended.

Canal Convention .The Delegates from the different counties along the lina of the .the canal, from Lafayette to this place, to the number of a hundred or more, convened .at Terre Haute on Thursday last. The Convention was organized by appointing Hon. E. A. H ANN EG AN, of Fountain, President. Chas..I. Batteli,, of Vanderburgh, and Richard A Clements, of Daviess, Vice

Presidents, and Jos. O. Jones, of Vigo,

Pralt Frink, of Parke, and Clarendon Division, of Pike Secretaries. . We have not received the entire proceedings of this body, but shall be able to give jtherp next week.

Gov. Jones, of Tennessee was sometime since nominated for ' Congress, in one .of the districts in that State, by a regular convention, and he accepted the nomination. .Mr. Gentry, another' Whig also announced himself for Congress in the same district; 'whereupon Gov. Jones, fearing a division in

the party, immediately declined a poll in fa

vor of Mr. Gentry. For this generous act,

Gov. J. is receiving the encomiums of the "Whig press throughout the country. The

Baltimore Patriot says: 'The course of

Gavemor James C. Jones cf Tennessee, in

-withdrawing from a canvass for Congress,

though the regular nominated Whig candi-

date,rather than have a division in the Whig

..ranks, is calling down upon him the highest praisesot the Whigs of the Union. The Rich

mond Whig says -'there are few like him." We hope not. But he deserves none the

less praise, though, as we fondlv cherish the

.belief, there are thousands like him. The

Whig well says

JROM THE COYDON GAZETTE. We have the satisfaction this week of announcing G. P. R. Wilson, Esq., as a candidate tor Congress in this District. Mr. Wilson has represented this county for several years in the State Legislature, wheEe be won for himself the enviable distinction' of an able, efficient, honest and industrious public servant, That he will maintain this charac-j ter, if elected to Congress, we have no doubt. He is a native of this county, (Harrison,) we believe, and having, been all his life a citizen of this section of the State, his interest is identified with that of the people's. We are aware that he hasnothad the advantages

that wealth and education has conferred upon his opponent, and although an humble tiller of the soil, we are mistaken if he is not

found able to cope with Mr. Uwen upon an public questions that will be agitated during the canvass. But, Mr. Wilson will give the people an opportunity of hearing him from the stump, previous to the election, and they can then judge, of his fitness and ability to represent them in Congress. Mr. Wilson will receive more than' the Whig vote in this end of the district, and il our friends in the pocket are only vigilant and active, we think Mr. Owen will be relieved of the trouble of serving a second term Let our motto from this until the election be "work work WORKP and victorv will certainlv crown our efforts. Let

us off with our coals at once and commence the task of redeeming the district. Onr principles must prevail, if the people wish to enjoy peace and prosperity. In such a cause who will faulter? Mr. Wilson was in town a day or two since, and we understand it is his intention to start hi a few days on a tour through the district. He does not seem to consider it necessary to address his fellow citizens thro1 a circular, but will address them in every neighborhood from the .stump. It is, and should be, the object of the Whig party, to put forward in this contest their strongest man; and our sole object has been, since the matter has been canvassed in ' this district, to ascertain tc ho is the strongest man,

and we now feel confident, lrom the nu

merous evidences before us, received from almost every county in the district within the

last ten days, that Judge Elisiia Embree is

that man. And we have no doubt but the

Judge can be induced to take the field.

We learn that his private affairs are in such

a situation that he can leave them with a very

slight sacrifice; and further, let the matter

terminate which way it may, he will not be

a candidate again for Judge in this circuit.

The numeroue calls that are daily made up

on him to become a candidate for Congress

jn opposition to Mr. Owen, cannot fail to

bring him before the people, and with him,

we shall have no fear of the result. We have

the assurance of our contemporary of the

Gazette that "no man would be more accept

able to the Whigs in that end of the district than Judge Embree," and that "there will not be a dissenting voice" to his taking the

field. We have written to the Judge, and

hope to be able in our next number to state

decisively to those who are daily questioning

us, whether he will cousent to run. Should

he answer in the affirmative, without doubt an arrangement can be made between him and Mr. Wilson which will be satisfactory to both parties.

7- We notice in the last Statesman that

Mr. Owen has very graciously accepted the

'James C. Jones has Ions since endeared lom'nation of he Paed convention recent

himself to the Whigs of this country, and lv held at Rockport. He announces in case

they will take good care that his patriotism he has no opponent, the people are not to ex

some oay rewarded. pect much from him jn ,he , blic

inis is weu sata, ana truly prom.sed. speaking-he will merely visit the county The Whigs will take care, that so far as in seatS) and perhaps one or two places "in the them lies, such patriotism shall not go unre- !arge counties." If he is so unfortunate as warded. obe troubled with an opponent, he will "We will not say one word to disturb the take the bush, call on every one, and kiss all union of the party in Tennessee. Mr. Gen- lhe rising democrats, male and female, that

try is now the only Whig in the field, and we he can get within reach of. It is our opin-

nope sincerely teat ne may be ejected. But ion he had as well commence screwing up

wno wouia exchange the gtoruwis sausfac- his mouth for the job. . He'll have it to do.

jtion which Gov. Jones now feels for a seat

in Congress, gained by the poble sacrifice of 07-The Statesman of last week says 'it such a man? To make sacrifices for the is amusing to hear the Whigs' arguing the

sake of principle, is the behest pf patriotism. 1 necessity cf sending smart men to the Leg-

To gratify even selfishness rather than endan- islature." The ''more simple" or the bigger ger the cause of the country, is sometimes simpleton a man is, in Burns' opinion, the required of frue patriot. Gov. Jones has better legislator he will make. If that opinjConsented to do this, and his doing so se- ion should ever prevail among' the Posey uros ihs harmony of the party and its tri- county democrats, Burns will be able to put

jumph in the election of Mr. G. If Mr. G. n h's claims for a seat without the fear of

bo what a Whig candidate for Congress defeat. "Indiana has been ridden to death j pro-slavery power. This fact, of course, wil

should be, he will feel this "as coals of fire by this same race," (smart men,) says the poured upon his head." He will be elected Statesman, and he wants now to try what . -in this belief we rejoice but as the giver fools can do. Well, it is said ''every dog js more blessed than the receiver, so we has his day," perhaps Burns' will come by would rather be Gov. Jones, a private citi- and bye.

METHODIST CONVENTION. This body, which has been sometime in session at Louisville,' has decided upon separation,' and adjourned. f The free States will constitute the Methodist Episcopal Church North, and the Slave. States the Church South. The decree has gone forth, and is unalterable., May the consequences of this act result in co -evil Jo the country, but we fear thehonds which hold us together as a nation can be in no way strengthened by this movement. From the Cincinnati Gazette, we copy the following well written article which will recommend itself- to our readers. It is true, and -"pity 'tis, 'tis true: "Men disposed to avoid fanaticism on either side to stand on common sense ground independent and decided, may regret the geographical cause of separation, and fear the consequences to the country. But it will avail nothing, : Regrets are useless and all fears idle. , The difficulty is upon us, and we have to meet it to meet it, as regards the union, as if it-could aud must be overcome. - ' j. ' ' . - .

We are not over apt to look backward for

instruction, or iorward with wisdom, either

in our private or public capacity. Were we,

these church divisions, might have been a voided. They are unquestionably, the result mainly of political action.. And for the

first tune in our history the churches, North

and South have been made, in part, whether

willing or not, the instrument ol political par

ties and. the use of their power on one side

or the other," has centered as calculatingly

into the schemes of politicians as any other

common means.

Look back. In 1830 the. country was at

peace within. No discord broke its harmo

ny.' No internal, geographical cause threat

ened it with division. Slavery was talked of

all. over the South and North calmly; it was discussed fearlessly and fully in the border Slates; and in 1S32 both Virginia and Ken

tucky prepared to take steps for i'.s - gradual

emancipation, ultra southern men, want

ing topics of excitement, and alarmed at the

home movement on the subject, determined

to agitate it. For this end, they took advan

tage of the ultra movements of a small band

of as ultra fanatics at the North as ever lived

The principle of countermining was adopted If this1 handful of Northern men were in ex

tremes, leading Southern men became more '

so, on the olherside. Nullification in Slates

violent State laws gag laws m Congress an insulting tone there and a spirit at once tude and harsh and tyrannical towards the labor, character and policy of the Free States -r-lhese were the means used,,. They had their desired immediate effect. The public mind at the North was agitated and excited; at the South alarmed and inflamed; and both sides grew "stronger and stronger, - until at length they were measurably set in array against each other. There was only this difference.' In the Slave States, from causes apparent to all, there was unity of action and

feeling. In the Free States, from the absence of these causes, there has been no such unity of action or feeling. Now if the Churches had possessed that moral courage that christian wisdom-which would have enabled them to stem public opinion, and to do what was right, in the premises, independent of it, we should have had no divisions no separations. They posses

sed neither. They have fallen, therefore, a

prey to this outward pressure; to the effect of ihis political action concocted and gotten

up to sustain parties, to put ambitious men into station, to gratify a selfish lust of power. Does a Northern man in Conference or Synod refer to slavery? lie looks at the state of the public mind within his district, and seeks to meet its demands. Is a Southern minister called upon to act in Convention or Assembly on the subject? He simply regards the home decree of his own people and resolves to ratify it. And tiho created this public mind who wrote out this home

decree? Not the Churches not the chris

tian spirit of the Churches for never have

any set cf men labored harder, in the first in

stance, to avoid any such position, to stave

off the slavery issue on both sides, to keep

their Societies free from its bitter and peril

ous excitement. 1 hey were dnven into it. They acted because they knew not how to

meet ana overcome the apparently strong, undivided, fierce decision of the primary assemblies of the people. The power their master possessed to say No! when the mighty

voice of the multitude, like oceans roar, de-

manuea anoir.er response, was not niven .1 ...1.1, r 1. O

inem, ana mey ten. The great question, then, is for the evil

of these difficulties is upon us, and cannot

be doue away w'nh-how shall we avoid any bad consequences likely to result from these

hurcu divisions, to the country? That they may temporarily weaken the ties which bind

togctaerjhe JJnion, all of us dread. They

win aau strength to the Southern movement

they wijl increase, for a time, at least, th

and harrassing question of Slavery better understood, and more likely to be wisely settled, whether reference be had to the safety and elevation of master or man.

American Cutlery. Messrs. Griffith &.

Corbet, Hardware Merchants, have presented us with a Pocket Knife of American Man

ufacture, equal in finish, beauty, and cheapness to any foreign made' article. These

gentlemen inform us that American Cutlery

is fast taking the place of English manufac

tured articles;' and we see no reason why it should not be so. We can make just as good

articles in the United States as can be made

on the Globe, and as cheap, and this being

the case, it will not be long before the people see the necessity of giving the preference

to their own countrymen. Those in want of

a good pocket knife, or any other article in the hardware line, know where to call.

(r The correspondence which we published last week, between the editor of a Tyler paper at Norwich and the Postmaster at Mystic, is one of the richest things of the kind we have ever met with. John Jones of the Madisonian, with all his assurance and impudence, could hardly have matched this Norwich office-holder in his attempts to secure patronage lor his pres3. We admire the Mystic man for his independence he is worthy of a better office. How many in a like situation, who have not the moral courage to resist similar calls, Irave contributed the profits of their offices for the support of such presses as the Madisonian, the late Norwich Patriot &. Eagle, and the Norwich News. Now that the administration of John Tyler is -A an end, it may be expected that these papers will find their level. We venture to say

that a more corrupt set of men than the late

Tyler editors, never had the control of pub

lic presses , The possession of the spoils ap

peared to be their only aim give them these

and they would be your humble servant ; but

let them be thwarted in the matter, and they

could browbeat and abuse, as appears by this

correspondence. Their fulsome praise and

flattery of John Tyler, was not given with

out the expectation of pay -and the most of

them got their reward. - -

(7- The President has announced through

his organ that he will not be a candidate, for

re-election. The Union says "The Presi

dient has already declared more than once

that he himself will not be a candidate for a - " '-

second term of office. He has authorized us

to declare it again in the prospectus which we have submitted to the nation as the creed of our own faith and the guide of our own

course. He goes in for one term only, to serve his country to the best of his ability, and anxious to testify bis gratitude to the

people who have honored him by their confi

dence by devoting himself to their service,

and not to his own continuance in office. 1

Ie does not, therefore design to shape his

Administration to assist any aspirant, or to make his appointments to promote his .own re-election; but to carrry out faithfully the powers which the people have placed iu his

hands." '

Tfin. than A4r d&nlrv 9 MmKor Pnnnr&BD

even were a seat in the House of Repre- 03" Several of the New lork papers men

jsentativea ten times the post of honor that it Uon a rumor from Washington that Mr.Polk

. ii ii. ....

js,' uas unaer advisement a project to appoint,

on special mission to England, John C. Cal

houn, with extraordinary powers and large

Au interesting ceremony took place

$veek before last in New York. It was the discretion, to treat with that Government flaarriageof two deaf and dumb routes. The both on the Oregon territory and a commer-

attendants were deaf and dumb also, and cial treaty, on the basis pt reciprocity and

the ceremony was performed by the Rev, Mr. equal dut'es. Carey a teacher in the deaf and dumb in-

StitUtion Of that citv.' An nnner DISTANCE TOOREGON

saY8. a f. i wfm fallowing are the distances traveled

"The exhortation, the questions to the in S'm.g to Oregon:

betrothed, and the prayer were all expressed From F't Independence to Laramie 750 ' in the language of signs. A Bible was pre- " " Laramie " " Hall 550 sented the bride, a very pretty girl, and the " " Hall " " Wallawalla 450

whole affair concluded with some salutations " " Wallawalla

tinnn her fair cheeks and a great shaking of

hands Total from Western Missouri to Oregon 2000

m itselt give new vigor and concentration to Northern action, and the contest will rrow

! 1 1 .-!.. P

u:u bimrper, until me lorce of hot

is spent, or the country settled down upon some sate litre of policy. Now can any pcrmancnt injury be prevented? We hope it can. We believe it will. And we reBt our hope and belief first, on the well Inown

fact, that the voters of the Free Slates wilh- . .! . T . .. . ...

uui tjxi-.epuon uie minority holding different views, we think, only proves themle) hold Slavery, oppose it and think of it as they may, to be a State Institution, oyer which they have no control, and with which they have no right whatever to meddle; and, second, that the interest of the South, in maintaining the integrity of the Union, is so immediate so overwhelming, that it cannot dare notseek to sever it, jet its excitement on this subject, tower even to a maddening passion. We may have threats. We shall have an increase of excitement on both sides. But the law-abiding spirit of the Free the very existence of the Slave States the common in

terests ot both the common affection of

both for the Union -the patriotic, religious, American spirit of both these operating,overruling causes, will so control it, we hope and believe, as to bring out the country safe, amid all our difficulties, and leave this vexsd

QThe Irish repeal association of New

Orleans held a meeting on the 10th inst., and, after consultation, determined on a dissolution of ".he society, and distribution of its

fuuds for clritable uses. The main cause

of this step was a recent speech of the great "repeal" leader, O'Conuell, in which he un

dertook to pledge, for a certain considera

tion, the aid of the naturalized Irishmen- in

this country to the British crown, in the event of a war between the United States and Eng-

and. The members of the New Orleans

association indignantly repel the imputation

of such treason, and declare their loyalty,

under all circumstances, to the republic. The following are a part of the series of resolutions adopted: Resolved, That while we yield to none even in Ireland in the fervent desire to see

the land ofour birth "redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled" from the blighting influ

ences of her present legislative connection with Englandwe are 'nevertheless keenly alive to the superior claims upon our loyally which are field by the land of our adoption;

and, as good citizens, shall hold its friends

as our friends, us toes as our foes.

llesoltcd, That as much as we desire that the legislative union between England and Ireland should be repealed, yet the violent and unjustifiable course which Mr. O'Connel has thought proper to pursue towards this country, and the supposed sympathy in his views thereupon of . a portion of the Irish people, render it incompatible with our feelings as men, and our obligations as American citizens, to give any further aid to the cause.. To continue our exertions, under such humiliating circumstances, would bean outrage upon the feelings of the American people, upon our own convictions of proprie ty, and subjecting us to the suspicion of ccv inciding in sentiments and sympathizing in suggestions which we utterly repudiate. &r One million of dollars is annually expended in the State of New York for the re

lief of pauperism, and that too in a new country where labor is well paid, and provisions abundant. One person out of every twentysix, it appears, by the report of the Secretary of State, is a pauper.

The Tariff OFt'42. It is hinted in the Washington pSpers, that Mr. Walker,, the Secretary of the Treasury, will soon present to the public a reduced Tariff of duties. Mr. Walker, we all know, is a free trade man so was Mr. Polk, until very recently the

same may be said of the remainder of , the

Cabinet, with the exception of Mr. Buchan

an, and he, it is prophecied, for bis reluct

ance to join in this crusade against the best

interests of the country, will be compel!

ed to Tesign before the first of January. We

have no doubt the destruction of the Tarifl

has already been decided on, and tin's last

Whig measure, that brought the Government

and the people out. of the difficulties impos

ed on them by the misiule of locofocoism,

will be crushed by these modern statesmen.

A little tine will determine. We copy from the Nashville "Banner, the following article upon the Tariff of '42, and its effects which we recommend to reflecting portion of all

parties: '

"The intelligence from every part of the

country indicates that the business season,

now drawing to a close, has been brisker and

more prosperous than for many years past.

In the North and the South,-the East and the

West, capital and labor have , met with their

due reward, and the merchant, the manufac

turer, and the mechanic are satisfied with the

reasonable and steady gains they have ob

tained. Uur large cities are increasing in

population and wealth, while many ol our

towns and villages are extending their former limils, and vying with each other in the race ol prosperity. This fact is apparent and

admitted by all, but the cause is a matter of

much dispute and difference of opinion.

I he friends of the present administration

attribute our improving condition to the result of the last Pesidential election, aud assert that the charm of Mr. Polk's name has

already worked miracles, and Infused animation and vigor into every department of life, seeming to forget thai no public measure has yet been the result of his success, and that, therefore, neither he nor his party are entitled to any praise for the prosperous situation of the country. Professedly opposed to

the Protective policy, and to the Tariff of

1842, they unblushingly claim the credit cf

a state of things, altogether attubutahle to a

Whig principle and a Whig measure, and which Mr. Polk and his southern supporters, especially, used their most strenuous efforts to prevent. t In 1S41, while the Tariff was 'still in an unsettled condition, and it wa3 yet uncertain whether sufficient protection would be extended to home industry, men of capital were averse from engaging in extensive business, and especially in manufactures, and every thing was at a "stand still?"' but from

the moment the act of -42 was passed and it came to be believed that its main provisions would constitute for years the-policy of our Government, new life was infused into every pursuit, and an impetus was given . to our prosperity which even the election ot

Mr. Polk could impede but little, and could not destroy. Manufactures sprung up in every portion of the country, and the people even of the South and West, who had been taught to bel;eve tl.atthe Tariff was intended

alone for the benefit of the "Nabobs" of the

North, began to discover that like "the dews of Heaven" its blessings might be enjoyed by all alike. They have shaken off the prejudices which it was so long the object of partizan labor 1o produce, and the lime is not far distantwhen the principle of "protection" will be as strenuously and almost as unani

mously advocated among them, as among

their brethren of the Northern Slates. It the Whig Tariff of '42 was not the prin

cipal cause of the prosperous situation of the

country since its passage, we should be glad to know what was, and we hereby request any good democrat to enlighten us upon this

point. Before that event our Government was iu debt, and without credit either at home or abroad our expenditures were greater than our receipts, and all the skill and ingenuity of the free-tradists and the an-ti-tariffites could not devise a plan to extri

cate us from our difficulties. The act of

'42 was passed, and, in a short time, confidence was restored money flowed into the Treasury arrangements were made to pay off our debt aud once more our receipts were equal to our expenditures. Here was,

it appears to us, direct cause and effect, in,

the production of which Mr. Polk had certainly neither pait nor lot. He has always been opposed to the Tariff of '42, and until last year to the Protective Policy. How then can it be truthfully said that our present prosperous condition is attributable, in the slightest degree, to him or his friends? It has been brought about in spite of their opposition, and not as a xonsequence of their wishes or exertions; and even while they would seek to obtain credit and advantage from its existence, they are using every means in their power, in the South and West, to render" unpopular and odious the very

measure which produced it.

Can such things be. And overcome 119. like a summer clou J, Without our special wonder?

Texe3 Akxexed. Judge Bragg, in the Circuit Court of Mobile! recently decided that Texas was a part of the United States. The question arose under the following circumstances: A Juror petitioned to be excused from the performance of his assigned

duty on the plea that he was a citizen of

Texas. The Judge ordered him to take his seat in the box with the other eleven, giving for his reason that Texas was a part of the Union, and all her citizens liable to be called upon to do duty as citizens of the United States.

Negbo Lawteb. Mason B. Allen, the negro lawyer who was admitted to the Cun berland bar of Me., is now practising law in the more congenial atmosphere of Boston.

GOOD. The hardest hits that the loce-

foco editors receive is given by . their own brethren. We notice that the Cleaveland

Plain Dealer, the organ of the Locofocd parr

y in Northern Ohio, in noticing the call for a Locofoco Editorial Convention, to be holden at Mount Vernon, for the purpose of healing the dissensions which have been creeping into the party, in regard to ,the disposition of the loaves and fishes, takes particular pain3 to give his editorial brethren a prettj severe hit. Hear him: . r,"The Mount Vernon Banner, some weeki ago, put forth a'suggestion, for an Editorial Convention, to assemble at that place somelime during the summer, and f took the responsibility" of nominating; Samuel Medary . for President. The professed object for the convention is to harmonize the editorial fraternity. We see no need of this, as there is not independence enough, at present, among : the fraternity, to differ. AH opinions, however absurd, and all policy, however selfish and ridicuions, which emanate from tho ed-" ifor of the Statesman, is now swallowed, we don't say relished, by almost the entire Democratic press in Ohio. . "Let those' who love to pay homage to the

"Dictator" go up to Mount Vernon, and bow their heads and bend their suppliant knees to their most worshipful "President."- We -have other fsh to fry.'''' That is right, hit them agam. " 03-Tlie following paragraph relative fo the Oregon dispute, which is worthy of Punch, appears iu Galigoan's Messenger: Those whoMiave not yet visited Gen. .Tom Thumb, are advised to take the earliest possible opportunity, as we learn, not without some , alarm as well as regret, that the new President ot the United States has signified to the General that his services will be required at home, in case of a rup?ure with England. THE GREAT RACE. ; Peytona, the southern nag, was successful in the late, contest with fashion. -The N.Y. papers contain lively enough descriptions of the "great race," as' they call it, between ' Fashion and Peytona. We insert one of them from the Tribune. It may be well to look j T-

occasionally at these things to see how they excite a whole people when weightier mat

ters occasion no attention. Pitty it is that

it ia cr -. . . i I

Every thing upon wheels, from the showy I

turn out of the miliionarie or the dandy to . the wagon of the vender of clams, was put in requisition to convey he lovers of sport to

the Course. Tha largest number of foot ? i'ir-c-n-ir-T(-'i-CT nrnn nttD. ilia 2siift-. Farrv .Mil V

tnnk the Railroad, hill n laroe numhor went

over the Fulton Ferry. From good authority we learn that 35,000 persons crossed the

South Ferry, up to 10 o'clock. The Rail-

road Oomnanr carried in round numbers 30.-

000 passengers to and from the Course at an average ot something over 50 cents each.

which will make no inconsiderable addition lo their week's income. ' The company received on the last great race day about $4,000. - The gathering on' the Course was much larger than we have ever seen there, and according to the best estimates reached 70,000 persons. The stands were all crowded to the utmost extent; the track 'was so much encumbered that a strong police force could scarcely keep it free for the running horses, and the field was full of carriages and omnibuses filled with passe ngeis. In the members' stand were about sixtv ladies, belonsr-

ing to the first families of the city. -

The course was not in good order, being ,

verv dry and in some parts letlock-deen with

ennrl gnit tllct TMlia WRQ rnftTfl im fa voralil a

to Fashion than to Peytona, the latter being the strongest horse. - r The North had been backing Fashion heavily, but there was now a disposition to hedge and odds could be had on Peytona. r Boih horses appeared to be perfectly right, although Peytona fnd rather the most' lively andgamey look. - The horses got off well together at' the J first start, Peytona having the inside, which she kept, as well as (he lead, and won the first . heat by three lengths, amid the shouts of the excited crowd. The betting was now 100 to 50', and even occasionally larger odds I

When the horses came up for the second

heat, they did not appear to have cooled off

well, Fashion being apparently the most dis

tressed. After one false start they went off at a slashing pace, Fashion getting the inside.

During the first three miles the horses ran i together with scarcely a perceptible difference between them, and the interest in the race become intense. When they passed the j Judges' stand on the fourth mile Peytona I

was scarcely tho breadth of an ear behind. f Both Jockeys were plying spurs and crowding their horses to their utmost speed. On i the last quarter Peytona made a brush and j it was evident that her immense. stride was j doing the businessComing down (he straight j mm to the Judges' stand she gained slightly s at every jump and came in (Fashion under f whip and spur,) winning the heat and race j by half a length. The shout that, rent the j welkin was the signal for the transfer of at I least one hundred thousand dollars from the j pockets of the North to the pockets of the South. The time it will he seen, was not very j good, the first heat being 74 seconds longer j than Fashion's first heat with Boston. The first heat was run in 7 39t J and the second in 7 45. 1 Peytona has new won for her owners S32,--

000 in purses in six years, never having been beaten. She has probably won much more for them in side bets. Having conqured the

victor of twenty-three fields, she may be considered the paramount horse on the Turf in this country. - This has been one of the most exciting races the North has ever known, and as Fashion was freely backed until within a few days, by our sporting circles, wa suppose Park Row and Vesey street are nearly cleaned out,