Evansville Journal, Volume 11, Number 46, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 20 November 1845 — Page 2

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THE JOURNAL. "N'ot Caesar's weal, but that of Rome." THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1845. MARINE HOSPITAL. We call the attention of ourcitizens to the following communication upon an important matter, not only to us but to the whole Wa bash country, which has been handed us by 'a very intelligent gentIeman,aiHl one. ho daily : sees the necessity ol an asylum of the kiud in our place, for.the benefit of the sick and disabled who are continually left upon our "charities." Perhaps the proper course would be to hold a meeting and after inquiring into the matter and the necessity of a Marine Hospital being established here, to solicit the aid of our Representative in Congress to fur ther our obiect. We shall look into this - a matter more at our leisure. . 1 ' For aha Evansville Journal Mr. Epitor: The subject of a Marine Hospital al Evansville has been frequently -Wisrnssed bv those who have' seen the ne cessity of such an establishment'; for the ac comodation of the numerous sick that are dailv landed on our shore, vet but little has been written upon the subject, and my ob ject in offering these few lines is to call the . attention of the press aud the citizens generally to this subject. It appears to me that if the attention of the Geueral Government was called to the sub ject, by the setting forth of all the fads . the case the present and growing commerce o! our town: the number of passengers that are landed here, particularly in the Spring of the year, outnumbering, perhaps, any other port on the Ohio river. Our situation as re cards the navigation of the Wabash river. and that of Green river; we might secure the location of such an institution here. As is, without doubt, the most eligible point on thl? Ohio now vacant for a Murine Hospital Would it not be well to call a meeting of our citizens, and take the subject under con sideration. Who will speak if we do not, if such an establishment was needed and can be founded atSmithland, why not at Evansville ' Evassville, Nov. IS, 1845. R. Mr. Morrison in the first number of his paper, speaking of the host of candidates named for United States' Senator says ' "When all these gentlemen who have been and will be named for that office, shall be arrayed for the ' contest, it will be a mixed vote, and the issue may be very doubtful. It will require all the influence ofth union at Washington to effect a union here." Father Ritchie can't keep things straight at home he could'nt regulate matters in the Tennessee Legislature, and we don't believe t. .:n i.f -Li. .-, i : u Indianapolis. But is it not a high-handed piece of business, this dictation of the powers at Washington, as to who shall be Senator from Indiana! Are the democrats of this State prepared to submit their neck3 to the yoke and tow down to the little man from Duck river. We shall see. Important Rcmor. Under this head the N, Y. Journal of Commerce mentions, that it is ru mored Mr. Pakenham, the British Miuister at Washington, finding there is little hope of ad justing the Oregon question either by compro mise or arbitration, has proposed to leave the whole territory in its present condition for 20 years. under the joint protection of England and the United Stated, and with the stipulation that, at the end of said period, jts then inhabitants may attach themselves loeithercouiitry, or erect themselves into an independent sovereignty, as they may prefer. NEW YORK. The result of the late election in New York is as follows, i nclud ing the Sen atorswho hold over: Whigs. - Senate 6 Assembly 5-1 L. F. 74 CO 99 And one Native in the Senate elected last year, The Whigs last year had only four Senators and 46 Asssemblymeii. So tuey gam two of the former, and eight of the latterr' Very well, in deed, where we expected iioihinir. If New YoiX. city had gone Whig, as it might have done but for Nati veisin, the Whigs would have had a majority in the House. (jT 'earn that the ladies of our -city are preparing to offer the gentlemen a treafiu the hape of a Fair, '-to come off," as the saying is ome time daring the next month. The object as we understand, is to raise a Buthcient sum ol money to free the EpiscopalChurch from debt,& to restore to it the dwelling built for the accomo dation of its Pastor. The objeel is a praiseworthy one, and we hope will be crowned with success The articles to be -offered, many of them, are of a useful kind, and would be very acceptable to the poor. We mention this fact for the benefit ot the charitable who have the means, as we know they have -the will, that they may gladden their heaats with the prospect of aiding in ainelorat 'ing the condition of the suffering poor. I imely notice wilt be given of the time and place ot holdiog iho fair. (7- We don't know in whatpart of the world the following lines had tbeir birth, but this we do know they may be repeated in any section with profit. The old adage of minding one's business is a wholesome one, and when it' prin ciple is strictly followed up, most people gen erally iiava enough to do: What are another's faults to me? I've noi-a' vaiture1s bill, To pick at every flaw 1 see, And make it wider still. It is enough tor me to know I've lollies ot my owu And 011 my heart the care bestow . And il my Irieuds alone. !

.UNITED STATES SENATOR. We

notice the Whig papers in different sections of the State are talking about the proper course to be pursued by the Whig members of the-Legislature at the approaching session, with regard to the election of United States Senator. The following judicious remarks by a coluborer are, too ur mind, just the thing. We are opposed to assilingthe locofoco pat: ty ia anything. They. have the majority .on ioint ballot, and let them have the responsi bility. . As' to the vhig3 uniting with a por tion of the locofoco party on the least object ionable man is nonsence. , One locofoco just as objectionable as another, and the whigs, as they are advised in the article we copy be low, should stand aloof. Snms assume it to be the duty of the mi nority to unite with any dissatisfied portion of the majority upon the least - object ionable loco, if it will defeat the caucus candidate 01 that tmtv. ' Others again hold, on' the con trary, "that the minority should keep entirely aloof from all participation in Uie matter, and vote straight through every time tor a man ot whi" principles and faith. Among the lat ler number we must enroll ourselves every lime; if we fight for principles let us adhere to thein in every contest. There can be nothing made by such an . amalgamation of our forces with any factious part of that of our opponents. We say staud aloof from such a humiliating and contaminating step. Hold out uu reward for treachery or treason, We are just recovering from .the effects of such a course of conduct in the selection of a candidate for the vice Presidency in 1810. And dearly have we paid for our lesson. If we cannot send amtn to the Senate of the U. S. who will reflect honor upon our State and party, for pity sake let us silently acquiesce in the elevation of the best man from among'our opponents.and not take up & by our means elect one who would disgrace both parlies aud State. Another thing. Our opponents stand upon'gro'Jtid that is as far apart from that we occupy "as the antipodes. They are the nbnpaying, repudiating paity of Indiana, so far as Slate policy . is concerned. In regard to questions of national impo it, they are the enemies of the Tariff, home industry, the .avowed champions and abettors of human slavery and its extension OAer foreign territory, and the advocates of a corrupt and corrupting subtreasury. Let us keep the issue distinct and permanent be fore the people and the world, aud more par ticularly so at the present time when , we areprepaiing to choose our standard bearers for the ensuing campaign. I here is now much to cheet us on to victory. The oper ation of the Tariff has imparled life and vig or througu every artery of the - body politic. The arguments and prophecies of our oppo nents have all signally failed,. and the people are awake to their interest; shackle not their arms now or put aught in the way of their triumph. Let our friends select the best man of our party for that responsible station, trViri," !tfj(Ktkjxrlioiii'ol the opposing party revolt from their leaders, let them come over to us, but never go to them. TRUE WHIG SPIRIT. The following resolutions were written by Mr. Greely, of the Tribune, and adopted by a lanjo meeting "in the city of New York. few evenings previous to the late elec tion, . Resolved, That the recent unlooked fot triumph ol the Whig Cause in Geokgia, its overwhelming victory iu Ohio, with the re peated defeats of our opponents even in longbenighted New Hampshire, and the almost certain election of a Whig Member of Con gress, from Florida, prove that there is an elastic, undying energy in the Whig spirit of the Lountry. and a profound conviction in the popular intelligence that the Whig Party by its principles and measures, is the con servator of Law, Justice and General Pros penty;and we confidently await the not far oisiant aay wnen me aeiusions ana grosser j . .1 1 .1 11 frauds which secured the baleful resultot the late Presidential contest shall be avenged by an aroused and justly indignant reopie. .- Resolved, That in triumph or disaster, in glory or gloom, there is oxu American Slatesman whom we can never cease to regard with a confidence and love allied to veneration; that, in the great calamity of last November, while our first thought were of our country our second were of him; and since then, whenever gladdened by tidings which assure us that the reignof shuffling incompetency and mousing mediocrity approaches its end, our hearts instinctively prompt the exclaimation, - . "Here's to you HARRY CLAY." The Washington correspondent of the Louisville Journal of Nov. 3d, says, that Mr. Cameron, the new Senator from Pennsylvania, "recently imde a visit to Washington, to make his peace with the administration.--It will be reccollected that Mr. Ritchie, after Mr. Cameron's election to the Senate, endeavored to fix upon htm Gen. Jackson's denunciation, (made in his letter to Maj. Lewis and by Lewis published with several stars to indicate the' name) of being a renegade politician. - It now seems that M;ij. Lewis has given Mr. Cameron the real name which turns out to be Ritchie himself! The same correspondent states, that Mr. Buchanan returned from his visit to Pennsylvania resolutely determined to remain in the Cabinet as long as the President would permit him, notwithstanding the effort made to get him to accept the vacancy on the Supreme Bench. ' Ind. Slate Jour. The Iron Manufacture The amount of Iron annually produced in the U. States fs 300,000 tons, all el which, 'and much more, is consumed in this country . The amount of nails alone is supposed to be 50,000 tons. The Buffalo Advertiser says, thaij40,OUO casks, or 4,000,000 of pound are annually exported by one mauufadtory in Boston. It is supposed, lhat they make abou two millions of nails per day, and (hat this is about one t weuu-filih of all that are da ily manufactured in the United S ates. Itset ms, according to this, that about 50,000.000 of nails ore made, bought, sold and used duly in the U111 ted States.

Correspondence of the Evansville Journal. MEMPHIS CONVENTION. , Memphis, Tenx, Nov. 10, 1845.

Mr ttniTOR The -great southern and Wemern Convention which assembled in this place on Wednesday last, adjourned sine die yesterday uigni at ueai v. v.i-. -.m. . hope that my communication may ietcu you n t me for vour next puuiu--iiiuu, i uasteii irt oivfi vnu some of the incidents of this mihtv mass meeting of the mind and ener irv ft! ilio Eolith and West, and the final &j "- . result ol its action. The Convention, composed of about Jive hundred delegates, representing sixteen States and Territories, including laxas was fully organized "on Thursday morning, in con formity with the recommendation oi a com mittee raised' the day previous, for that pur nose, bv the election of the Hon. John C Calhoun, of South Carolina, President; one Vice President from each of the States and Territories represented, except Georgia and Texas, whose delegates had not yet arrived aiuTC.F.M. Noland, 'of Arkansas, and six ntlief oentlemen Secretaries. Mr. Colhoun being waited upon, and amid loud applause conducted to the chair by a committee centlemen, proceeded toaddressthe Conven tion hi a speech of about on hour's length, in the course of which, he took an eminently plain and practical view of the great objects for which the Convention had assembled, and the means and resources proper to look to for earring those objects into effect. You will of course, lay this highly important document before your readers entire, it will, therefore, only be ncessary for me to mention one or two of the most important propoistions asserted, and admissions made by Mr. Calhoun. - ' . After considering 'hi a-striding and mas terly manner the immense resources of the West and South, Mr. Calhoun proceeded to inquire how these could best be developed. Under this head he conienoea Miiat u was necessary in the first place that we should obtain a fair price for all we produce, which was only to be done by a commensurate ex tension of our maiket by means .of "a tree and ready transit between this region and the several , States of Ihe Union, and beyond that with the rest of the world." In this connection Mr. C. spoke.at length in re lation to the great advantages which nature has munificently bestowed upon this favored region insisted that the. Mississppi river and its tributaries are entitled to be considered a ereat inland sea, of equal importance in its navigation with the Chesapeake or Dela ware bay, and declared .it to be his convic tion that the improvement and protection of its navigation was a matter as peculiarly within the jurisdiction of the Federal Government as that of the Atlantic coast. Mr. Calhoun ured also the necessity of the Federal Gov eminent connecting this great inland sea with the lakes of the North by means of a Ship Canal both for the purposes of commerce iSi naval defence ui tune of war. Another pro position clearly laid down by Mr. Calhoun was that wherever any public work or means nf tranitcan;i!:rjver. or rail mart rmssen throll . ... A, V. ..!. r f'.V-rt. d 1 . . .1 TJiTTIiTTT i.iniit. '.11 Government, it Was the unquestionable duty of Government to subscribe to every such work iu proportion to its ownership in lands to be benefitted or other advantage to be derived thereby, just as individuals or as individuals or corporate owners do. - These positions, assumed by the very head of the strict construction and anti-mterna .11 m improvement scnooi, wno, 1 understand, is again to return the the United States Senate cannot but be regarded as of the highest im portance to the West, and beyond question must hereafter wield considerable influence upon her fortunes, Afier the conclusion of Mr. Calhoun's ad 1 .! -1- 1 . uress, me resiuue 01 me aay was princi pany laiien up in aetermining tlie manner in which, the Convention should vote the mode of voting per capita, and that accord ing to Uongressional representation had eac its friends, but it was finally agreed as compromise that each State and Territory should vote as au unit, that is, have an equa vole, the majority ot the delegates from eac State &c. determining its vote. v On Friday the committees, appointed by the July Convention were called over, and filled up by the appointment of one member from each of. the States not represented therein; and during that and the morning of the next day most of them reported. The Convention on Saturday were proceeding to take up and discuss seriatim these various reports and the resolutions accompanvin" them, when Govi Jones, ' of Tennessee, for the purpose of saving the time of the Con vention, as well as of preserving the harmo ny and unanimity which had hitherto char actenzed it, proposed that a select commit tee, consisting of one delegate from eac 1 fn . 1 1 t . . oiuie anu lerruory ue raised, lor tne pur pose 01 reporting a series ot resolutions ex pressive of the sense of the Convention which was agreed to and a committee, of which Gov. Jones was chairman appointed I ie following resolutions, reported to the Convention at its night session on Saturday were me result ot its deliberations: The Select Committee to which was referred the several reports ot the Regular Committees with the accompanying resolutions, as also the resolutions ot Judge Chiton,, of Mississippi, re full me luiiuniug ICSUIUIIUU.. 1. That the reports of the various committees, and such documents accompanying them as the supervising committee may select, be printed. 1. That the communication between the Gulf of Aleiico and the interior, afforded by the navigation of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers & their principle tributaries, is indispensible to the defence of the country in time of war and essential also to i:s commeice. 3 That the improvement and preservation of the navigation of those great rivers, are objects as strictly national as any other preporation for the defence of the country, and that such implements are deemed by the Convention impracticable by the States or individual enterprise, and ca.II for the appropriation of money by the General Government. 4. That the deepening of the mouth or the Mississippi so as to pass ships of the largest class, cost what it may', is a work worthy of the nation and would greatly promote the general prosperity. - 5. That if the policy of reinforcing our Navy with war steumers be adopted, the western waters are proper sources of supply , as they abound with iron, tlie best material tor their construction, and also in lead and 'Copper, important materials lor munitions of war, provisions also beicg eheap, and the skill requisite lur the con-

struction being ample in region, which al

ready possess ine largest steam commercial marine in tlie world. ' . ' 6. Thai the project of connecting the Missis sppi river wi til the lakes, ot the JNorth, by a ship canal, and thus with tlie Atlantic Ocean, is a measure worthy of the enlightened considera tion ol Con sress. 7.-That -the intercourse between the Gulf ol Mexico and the Atlantic coast ought to be preserved unimpared, and that military and naval detences, and additional light houses and bea cons should be established along the coast ot the Gu.lt ol Mexico at the most eligible points tor lliat purpose. e . 1 hat ihe dull and Lake coasts are greater in extent than the Atlantic seaboard ; that the interests to. be defended in one quarter are quite 03 important and altogether as national as those in the other, and that the'expeuditure required for the proper defence of the Gulf and the .Lukes will fall iar-short of what has been freely voted lor the coast dttencs to the Atlantic. - - - 9. That Congress establish a natidal Armory & Foundry at some point on the western waters a I as early a period as practicable. 10. That the Marine Hospital on the western and south-western waters whose construction has been commenced, or authorized by Congress ouht lo be-prosecuted to completion with the least practicable delay. 1 1.' That the mail service of the West and South requires great improvement in speed and regularity and particularly on the Western Wa lers. That measures ought to be taken also for the prompt extension of the Magnetic Telegrapi; into or through the Alississppi Vfcliey. 12. Resolved, That minions' of acres of the public domain lying on the Mississippi river and iti tributaries now worthless tor the purpose ot cultivation, might be reclaimed by throwing up embankments so as lo prevent overllow, and that ttm Convention recommend to Congress to lake uch measures as may be deemed expedient to accomplish that, object, by grant ol said lands or an appropriation ol money. . I J &. 14. Approve or charters Irom state Uovernment lor construction ot Rail Roads. - 15. Recommends the granting of lands to such roads as may pass through the public domain . lb. Recommends the improvement ot the har bor of sit. Louis. - " r - l7."ThataDry Dock and convenient arrange ments for the repairing and refitting ot Government vessels should be established alsoine suit able point on the Gulf ot Mexico. Exceptlhe 10th resolution, as to which a division was called, the vote was taken tipon the above series entire, and they were car ried without a dissenting voice. Ihe question was then put upon the lGth resolution, and it also was carried, the States of Penn sylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, llli 1101s, Missouri, lennessee, Arkansas, Louisi ana, and ihe 'lerritory of Iowa voting for 11, and Mississippi, South Carolina, Alabama and Ohio against it. I need scarcely sug gest to yo u the possibility lhat the principle a3 sumed in this resolution if sanctioned by Congress may some day be appealed tp in aid of the harbor of Evansville. . - After the adoption of these resolutions a gentleman frem Arkansas offered another as serting it be the duty of Government to build a "Military road" through that State from the Mississippi to the western frontier, which it was proposed by a delegate from your State to amend so as to embrace the continuation of the Cumberland road. The amendment however, was voted down, and the origina resolution carried, by a vote of nine States to six. The Convention soon after adjourned The proceedings of this very important I.ni v. Rmhracino- the reoorts of the various 77: TT ' TV . TV" jT . . . . . . . . . . , ... I mg statistical information collected by differ ent delegates thereto, will be published in the course of a few weeks in book form under the supervision of five gentlemen appointed for that Dumose. About SdOO was contrib uted by the delegates to defray the expen ses of such publication. C. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP CALEDONIA. EIGHT DAYS LATER. The Caledonia reached Boston on the 3d with one hundred and twenty-eight passengers. She left Liverpool on the 19th ult. -The news is interesting commercially. Cotton was dull. Only 20,000 bale? were sold on the 17th Oct., and less than 2000 changed hands on the 18th, Various causes are assigned for the decline in price tlie railway mania the increase of interest the failure of grain and the incoming of the new crop. The state of trade in the manufacturing districts is not as active as it was. The Yarn maiket is dull. Prices for goods had receded iu Manchester and that neighborhood.-' The wollen trade in the Yorkshire district was heahhful. The American Provision is firm. Prices all upward. The stock of Potk, Beef, and Cheese is said to be light ; and the demand for the articles will increase. "The condition of things in Ireland will lessen competition and improve prices." The price of grain is rising. The weather had been most wretched; in the north the rain had injured seriously the uncut grains In Ireland the pelting of the rain was incessant. Damp corn enhance the value of fitie wheat. As to '.he general yield, the accounts vary. The wheat crop will be shorter than that ot fast year; though not to the extent that some armists would make the world believe. Tlie dock yards and naval arsenals of Eng land exhibit extraordinary activity. In many of the out-potts sleam frigates of the largest class have been ordered by the government. to be ready at a fixed period, according to the contracts, andthe builders have been bound down in heavy penalties to have them fit for sea at the required 'time. Oregon is pointed at by certain politicians as the solution of the mystery. In Ireland, the failure of the potatoe crop is a most distressing event. Still the Repeal agitation goes on. O'Connell defended himself at tho Association against the charge of assailing this country. He said he assiled slavery not the Union: that he was for liberty without reference to class or color. His language is "I never attacked their country I wholly deny it. But I attcked slavery in America,and I attacked it equally in every other country on the face of tho earth."' i

Fiance had met with further reverses in Algeria. Abel-el Kader had captured 200

French soldiers, and defeated another band of them. His army is 10,000, that of France, with the 12,000 sent over 100,0000 strong. Marshal Bugrand has retuYned to Algeria with the full determination to put down Abel-el-Kader by one decisive blow.. Italy was "at rest;" Greece disturbed; ,Mi7Drl!,iirl nnifit afier her storm: Austria ,.... T agitated only by religeous questions. The new German reform was progressing in Germany, "llonge carrrei all before him;" he moves if the accounts may be relied'on like a conquerer.-. People flock by. thousands to see aud hoar him. "The Governments are puzzledjthey evidently are afraid to put him down: as the t.conle are determined to sus tain him. nirrassia maintains her erouud. Sen ami l w . . . 0 beats back the Russians, or converts his vie tary into defeat. The Paris papers assert that he ia stronger" than he ever wa3 before tTt iho mminia'm men are rallying to "his support. FROM MEXICO. The New Orleans Picayune has received da te3 from Vera Cruz by the Creole thirteen days later than before published. We copy from that paper the important part of the news as follows: Among the passengers by the Creole are the wife and daughter of the brave but un fortunate Gen, Mejia. It may be recollec ted that Gen. M. was shot near Pueuu by order of Santa Anna. ': We learn verbally, that the. general impress ion at Vera Cruz, when the Creole sailed, was, that all difficulties between the United States aud Mexico were in a fair way to be amicably settled. It may be that Mexico may vet desire the interference ol our (jovernment to help her out of her difficulties with France and perhaps with Lngland: stranger things have occurred. La Voz del Pueblo (an opposition jonrnal of the city of Mexico) furnishes the founda tion of the report that negotiations were likely to be-resumed between the United States and Mexico. It status that in a secret sess ion of the two Chambers of Congress, on the 14tn of October, the Minister of Foreign Affairs communicated to them lhat the Consul of the United States, resident at Mexico,had transmitted to him despatches from tlie Cabinet at .Washington, the tenor ol which was as follows: That, desiring to avoid hostilities between two Republics which ought to be firmly united by sympathy and a thousand ties of mutual interest, the Government at Washington was disposed to submit. the affair of Texas to negotiation, and that, in order lo arrive at a dete nnination of the matter at once reasonable and honorable to both parries It H Ulirj 5-ni Eny K-tiaj-JLn;l ry should the Mexican Government be dispo sed to receive him. Ihe - Government of Mexico replied, that the relation between the two countries being broken, it could not receive the Envoy iu a public character, but would admit him as the simple private bear er of the message tn question, upon the con dition that, first of all, the U.S. Government should withdraw its squadron from the waters of Vera Cruz. The Minister added, that without prejudice to these informal comma nications, the Mexican Government would continue to take measures to protect the na tion from a coup-demam on the part of the United folates. Although these communications were de clared rigorously secret, and to be kept per fectly inviolate, the editor of La Voz assures us that he has obtained the forejiomjr from an excellent source (!),and adds "Can we not discover in this a hypocritical conspiracy? Mexicans! lo what point are you content to endure?" or, as a schoolboy would say"--uQuousque tandem, abutcre," 5cc. The master of the Creole reports that when he sailed from Vera Cruz, the U. S. squadron had taken its departure. This may be deemed of significance, if the above report bo correct. That report, however, militates altogether with the repeated declarations made in the Union as to the intentions of oil; Government. It is not to be denied, "however, that the general impression here since the Mississippi arrived (and in Vera Cruz at last accounts) has been, that an informal understanding exist between the two Governments that diplomatic relations should be resumedEl Siglo of the 16th confirms generally the report of its contemporary, and leaves hardly a doubt that some one has obtained an expression of opinion from the Mexican Cabinet as to reopening negotiations, whether he was authorized to do so by the Cabinet at Washington, or proceeded upon his own re sponsibility. "GOING IT BLIND." The Baltimore Agru3, a Locofoco paper ofcourse, in announcing the appointment of of W. J. Brown, as second Assistant Post Master General, uses the following lan guage: "We would also express our great plea sure at .the above appointment. In Mr. IS. we recognise an energetic, untiring and working Democrat, in as well as out of Con gress. The appointment of gentlemen of such acknowledged capacity and indisputable integrity, cannot but meet the approbation of every honest American, and insure the safety of the public interest." The "acknowledged capacity" is regarded, hereabouts, as quite a joke ! No doubt, however, but he will compare favorably with the office-holders at Washington from the President down lo the' "young Virginian, as ardent a soulhren sun could make him." Glorious state of affairs, when Assist. Post Master General can be so easily made! Ind. State Jour.

' For the journal. ; , Post Office, Enaksville, Nov. 1815. Mr. Ciiaxdlkr Sia: For the informa

tion of the public I send yon the following statement in relation to the business ot this office. " Nett revenue of the office for the quarter ending 30th June, 1845 $370 70 Nett revenue for the. quarter emung J0lh September, 1813, $210 SO No. of chargeable letters sent from tlie office during the quarter ending 30th Sep., 1845, 307S Free letters sent same quarter, 44 WJiole No. sent during the quarter, 3722 . Amount of unpaid letters sent during the quarter ending Sep., 30th, 1815 218 19 Paid letters sent same quarter GO. 17 $284 30 Amount of unpaid IeUe-.s received at ihe office during the quarter ending 30th Sep., 1845, . $231 27 Paid letters received same qr. 46 03 - $277- 90 Number of chargeable newspipers received at the office during the quarter ending 30th Sep., 1845, ' 3854 Number of free newspipers receiv-. ed same quarter - - . ! 1 Whole No. papers ree'd sima qr. . 5375 Number of pamphlets received same quarter, ' Received at the office in the month of October, 1845, 10 cent, letters 697 5 cent, letters, " ! 033 Steamboat leuers, '28 No. of letters recl in October, 1358 GO-Tansient newspipers and pamphlets are not included in the forogoing. . Your ob't sv't. - B.F.'DUPUY,P.f. - For the Evansville Journal. " INDIAN SUMMER. " ' A dimness lingers on the air a wail is in the breeze, A crimson shadow veils Ihe sun forn leaves hang from the trees; The work ol Summer's busy hand is drop? ping fast away, And early Aut nmn 's gorgeous tints have faded into gray. There's silence in the leaflets halls, where mor:k-bird sans her rhyme: Her clean loud ringing voice is heard in some more sunny clime; The Oak's bare form is cleaily traced upon the gloomy sky, With here and there a lonely leaf that wai 8 it time to die. A ain the close of Autumn comes that musing time of year, When memory's faded pigo calls up. the sigh purchance the tear; The heart for one briet hour forgets its struggles and its prido, And Hope steeps like a weary child, it s playthings thrown aside. For Change her low and mournful note, is is ringing on ihe air, And dropping her brown mantle over all tint's bright and fair; And as the ripened graia it gleaned and git!iered up to bind So Thought her clustered gems doth brirg and gather f.ir the mind. Nov. 15th, 1845. ' M. THE GREAT FIRE. The Pittsburgh Journal says:"It is neaily seven months since the occurrence of the great calamity which made a tuin of onethird of this city. The vast burnt district is nearly covered with newand handsome structures, and yet the fire is not wholly extinguished. Yesterday our attention was called to burning embers in a vault on Third street, directly opposite our office perhaps the last remnant of the memorable kindling of the 10th of April." FRIGHTFUL SCENE. We learn from the Richmond Whig, that at sun rise on the morning of the 3d inst., as one of the carriages ot the Menagerie, containing the Lion, Tiger, Panther, &,c, was in the act of starting for Petersburg, drawn by four horses, one of the horses took fright, and attempted lo run; this esciied ihe lion, who roared from alarm, upon which the whole team dashed at full speed down Locust alley, not much more than wide enough for the pissage of the car. The driver, in his box, displayed great presence of mind, and at the intersec tion of the alley with Main street, succeeded in directing tne noises down Alum street; and a few doors above the Bell Tavern, in turning them upon the side-walk; the wheels coining in contract with the posts planted afong the side-walk, smashed thiee of them, when finally one of the wheels was knocked off from the axle, the driver pitched into the street and seriously hurt, and the wagon upset. Tlie forewheels being by this means detached, the horse proceeded furiously, until they were stopped by obstacles in the street. One of them was much injured. Fortunately, the cage was strong and held its enraged prisoners. Whilst one of the Elephants belonging to the same caravan, was crossing the James river, it laid down in the middle of the river, and plunged its rider into the water. lie was, however, a good swimmer and escaped drowning. OCT There is much good sense and sound logic, and refined sentiment in the following paragrapli from the Salem Gazette: Gratuitous Printing. There is nosueh thing as doing any thing "gratuitously" in a printing office. Somebody must pay for every thing that is done. Not a line can be set that does not cost money for the setting. Either the printer must pay the whole, or the advertiser his share. The onlv Question. therefore, to be asked by the publisher who is to pay the money for,the labor, what ground has this party or individual Jo require me to pay for the promotion of its or

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