Evansville Journal, Volume 12, Number 5, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 12 February 1846 — Page 2

THE JOURNAL. "Xot Cassar's weal, bat that of Rome."

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 1846.

WHIG TICKET.

-FOR GOVERNOR, JOSEPH G. MARSHALL, Of Jefferson County. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, GODLOVE S, OBTII, Of Tippecanoe County.

Deatii of a Good Man. It is with deep

and heartfelt regret that we announce to oui

readers this week the , death of the Hon. John. TV. Payne. He breathed his last on the evening .of the 4th inst. The porydon Gazette of the 5th, speaking of this melan

choly event says: Notwithstanding this

event has been anticipated for some time past the announcement on Thursday evening last

that he had ceased to breathe cast a general gloom over this community. We will not

attempt to pronounce a labored panegyric upon the talents and virtues of the deceased. This were unnecessary. His memory will long live in the affections of his fellow-citizens. In his private as well as his public life he sustained the enviable reputation ol an upright and honest man, and faithful seryaat. Possessed of talents of a high order, yet his unassuming nature prevented him from urging his own claims for political preferment; notwithstanding, be was on more than one occasion honored with the confidence of his fellow-citizens of this county, with a seat in the Legislature. But it. was in his profession that he excelled. From a poor, humble printer boy, he rose by his own efforts to a loftyposition among the members of the bar, and his extensive practice is sufficient evidence that he was a profound and distinguished lawyer. His history would be useful to the youth of our country in pointing out to them the path to distinction and fame Bat he is gone. His sun has sunk below the

firmament, but has left a radiance behind up

on which his fellow-citizens will Ion aze with admiration.

T Ve are indebted to the Hon. R. D. Owen for a copy of the Daily Union, containing his speech jon Oregon. It is the first document of any sort we have received from that gentleman during the present session of Congress, and this we must decline to make us? of in our columns. We can,'t afIr.rJto b puIFMr. Owen while he so entirely forgets cs.

03- The editor of tho Brookvilla American has come to the conclusion that money

is a small consideration in publishing a political paper, when a - fellow is well stocked

with patriotism, and he is right. If money

had been our object we should have pulled up stakes long ago. Oh, how we wish some

of our patrons possessed a tithe of the patriotism that inspires us.

Respect to Gen. Jackson. The Buenos

Ayerean Government, on the 5th of Septem

ber, 1845, issued a decree, directing its of

ficers civil and military, -to wear mourning 'in testimony of their grief for the death and

respect to the memory, of Gen. Andrew

Jackson, an illustrieus statesman and eminent

soldier of the United States of North Amer

ica. .

05" We clip the following article upon the Public Debt Law, from the St. Joseph Valley Register, one of the ablest and most thorough Whig papers in Indiana a paper whose editor, Schuyler Colfax, Esq., is as intimately acquainted with the political, pecuniary, and moral condition, resources . and energies of the State as perhaps any other. THE STATE DEBT. The passage of the bill for the adjustment of the Slate Debt Interest, and the completion of Wabash and Erie Canal to Evansville on the Oliia River, has sent a thrill of joy thro' the heart of every sincere friend of the State

of every man who cared -in the slightest degree, for i is Honor and Credit. The terms upon which the matter was finally adjusted are of the most satisfactory character such as none but a Repudiator can cavil at. They are easy and light beyond all previo is hopes entertained by even the most sanguine friend of State Integrity. .et us look at them. Exclusive of the bonds that were issued and sold (or the capita of the Siaie Baok,and the principal and interest of which devolve on that Institution, the State Debt amounted $11, 090,000. The sum with the back interest unpaid for over four years, amounts now to $13,000,000. According to the Bill

passed by the Legislature, our creditors are to take the Wabash and Erie Canal in its pre

sent state, with its assets in the shape of

land and Us liabilities in the shape of scrip, for one half of the whole debt, relieving the plighted faith.of the State of that amount, and resting it entirely upon the receipts from the Canal for ultimate payment. They are also to finish the dual to EvuiHville within

4 years, when this great work wilLcoiineci the

extreme North Eistera with extreme South Western portions of the State, and like some great artery in the the humnn Ira me, strength

ening and fertilizing the whole. When it is

remembred that at present the tolls on the Canal do not really reimburse the State for its expenses for repairs, breakage &.c. and also that it would be utterly impossible for

her unaided to complete it, the excellent terms of this part of the arrangement must be

conceded by all.

For the remaining half of the State Debt,

amounting to about 3,500,000 new. bonds are to be issued, bearing 5 per cent, interest,

and the pnucpil payable at the pleasure of the State. A State Tax of25 cents on the $100, being but 5 cents pn the $100 (or i mill outhe $1) heavier than it has beeu for sevsral years past and State Poll Tax of 75 cents will pay the annual interest accruing thereon, and is, at any rate, all that in this

arrangement our creditors require at our

hands. Why, it will not. comparatively, be

felt. In 1841 the State levied a Slate Tav

f 40 cents .on the SlOO.over one-half larg

er than th present one, but even that if lev

ied and collected annually, would not have paid our interest as our Debt then stood.

Jow, with a Tax less than two-thirds in

amount what that one was. we not onlv

pay all our interest, but if the taxables of

e?.,.fnSn?nefta0vKaTniIalljkimatt'ir

plus increasing with the increase of popula

tion and property, to apply as a sinking fund

towards the gradual redemption of the Principal. .

Really the change in our position as a

State seems almost beyond belief. For 3 or

4 years prist we have been paying State Tax

es annually of 20 cents on the Si 00, and

jet not liquidating a dollar of our interest. Our State Faith remained dishonored the

name, Indiana, was becoming, in the minds

of many, (unjustly, it is true, for it was our

poverty anu not our crime; , a , synonyme

For Kepudiator. iSoic, with tins liberal coin

promise, by which eventually our creditors

will loose nothing, I he Jstnte wit! g un much

CANAL CELEBRATION, Our friends at Evansville, we understand, are to have n great celebraiion in honor of the passage ol the Ginal Bill, on Monday, the 23tl in3t. ll ihey invite strangeis, we shall be on hind. Statesman. Hold yourself in readiness, Burns, for the 23d. You are invited, and anxiously looked for, on that day, by more than one dark-eyed nymph. Nerve yourself for the occasion.

From the Indiana Democrat.

10UBLES IN PERU, MIAMI COUNTY,

! INDIANA. . ., We are informed a that a great excitement 'sis at Peru in consequence of an attempt ving been made to emer, under a law ol

e hue Legislature, a huge number of the

rms and improved lands of persons who hid

rchnsed Canal Lauds from the Slate ol In tna. .

In the course of the session it appears thai

e Legislature sulleredio piss, without pir

hilar examination, a law, under which all

isons who have neglected lo pay their in

rest on canal lands have subjected lliem-

ilves to the dilhculi y of having them enter d fiom under them as forfeited hinds.

' The following is a copy of the law, as ta

eu by us from the office of ihe Secretary ol

the 218th section of

Code, Chapter lo, and page

fjTlie following paragraph, which closes an editorial article in the National Intelli

gencer of the 3d inst., will be read with grat

ification by every true patriot:

Of the ultimate fate of the propositions

relative to the Oregon question depending in

cither House of Connie??, vaneut and discor

- I itate: dant opinions are, we observe, expiessed in . , ,. .i.. .,L.,o.,r,o, ,..,u;ci,o,i r,!,; An Act amending

both editorially and by their Washington cor- l,,lse

respondents. It is not possible certainly to " it.-' , i . predict what vill be the specific action ol , SAECTX0 Lr Be "enacted by the GenerCongress upon it. But whatever may be' Af eInbl 1 f b':,,e ,f I"d'sV,a' 1 hal the final action of the House of Represent h,e ue T i ul,oweJd 218th section lives in the rase, we now feel entire conG-',f chapter 1J, page 27, of .the Revised ta .i... ..,;n i.. ,...:.. 3ode. as the tune . within which the lands

to no measure in relation to Oregon whiclhall be redeemed, is hereby extended to two would stand in the .way of a peaceful and-013, n ,', hnnorahlfi arI,'..mAnt nf ilv. HlflErp,., EG- 2- U !,ere J. purchaser has neg-

tn ,h .,ormo. ,.r Reeled the provisions otsiid section 218, to.

.nV.,i R,i!n nii,;..K:Mi Jtwo years successively last past, then the

V XUt iIHUIII WU ftlJIh? k? LI Ol V.Vtl - . till 111 J proper commissioner shall be governed in all

respects by the provisions ot ilie -iloth, VlUlli

SEIZURE OF AN AMERICAN VESaud 220ib sections, chapter 13 of Revised

SKL htPnr.,MK-Pni? !t f...rcDv- 'n..Code afoiesaid.

n, . , , . T " r. . . . Sec. 3. This is to be in force from and

ruuaaeipnia j.eoger, ot toe second instant - i . a i f o" 'uv- luaiuui, 1(g passage, aud a certified copy being

sa)'s: filed in eachol'ih s cinall uid olli :est or

We have been shown a letter received inwiih the coinmissioner iheieof. And all

this .city from Montevideo, dated 23d ofOc-laws contravening the provisions of this at

loberlust, iu whic.Yihe writer, Mr. Naulv,be aud I ho same are heieby repealed." Duly

foriiially of this cily, and who is now a mer-signed.

chaut at Buenos Avres, says that on his way! By careful notice it will be seen that the

from the Southern coast. reiuriiinr to Bne teal iutention of this law cannot be known

rorn its enactments 'or written words, be

:a use it refers lo oilier sections of anothe

act, and unless a person had llial act, t

OLITICAL CAPITAL OUT OF THE CANAL OR PUBLIC DEBT BILL. Already we discover sotnn symptom?, on

the part of the Locofoco press, to anept po

litical capital out of the Canal Bill. This sirikes us as a litilo strange, il any thing could be considered strange ftom such a

source suiely the attempt ou tho put o!

Uicofocoisrii to claim the meriis ol this gieat

measure; on the ptssage ol the Bill, as pe

culiarly belong to the sell-styled JJemocrac)

must by allbe considered ridiculous in the ex'reme. . , Perhaps there was not much politics in the matter except so fir as the number of voles go which show undoubtedly a majority ol Whigs supporting the Bill. But certainly L tcotocoisin lias nothing to boast on lllis subject; and if the attempt is persisted in, thus improperly Jo appropriate the Canal measuie

nos Ayres, which, iu his absence, had been blockaded by the Biiiish and French, his ves

sel was s:iid and he taken prisoner as he at

tempted to enter by an English liigate, and which it refers, before him, he could not tell

sent into Montevideo along with Mr. Lowry.whut it permuted or what it restrained

to Locofoco purposes, we shall now, and

henceforth, resist it, and prove from the re cords that the Whigs are entitled to the cred

it.

We are led to these remarks at present,

from some insinuations already ekemg forth Irom Locofoco p ipers. From an ed'torial in

a lute Stare Sentinel, we extract the follow

ing:

'Our bondholders, seeing the Democrats

f Indiana were favorably disposed towards

an arrangement, sent on an Agent wlio lias

been in the Slate tor the last several months.

and with whom an arrangement has been

made at the present session of the Legislature, subject to the ratification of our bond

holder." What sort of visions the bondholders may be blessed with, to see only in Democrats a favorable disposition lo an arrangement ol

their debt, may be judged of, perhaps from the following vote, on ihe final p tssage of the Ciual Bill. We take the list of Ayes and Noes ft out the Indiana Democrat, Locofoco as follows: IN SENATE. 'Ayes Democrats' Messrs. Akin, Barbour, Berry of M., Chapman of D., Edmon

son, English, llaudy, llerriinan, Howell,

Jackson, Jone?, Lane Leviston, Major, Mil

er, Parks. R'.ckh.ll 17.

The Hon. Balie Paytos hasaddres

ed a letter to the President of the Native

American Association of Louisiana, publish

ed in the Tropic, withdrawing from the as sociation, having, he says, "become well sat

isfied from experience and observation, that

a seperate ,acd distinct organization upon the principles of the Native American party, is

not calculated to accomplish the object of its

creation, or to result in , any .real benefit, to

ibe country, and moreover, being convinced

that some of the restrictions and principles o

the party are extreme, prescriptive and unne

cessary to the accomplishment of the greal

object iu view, to wit, the purity of our elec

ticss, and the just administration of the

laws.1' - : .

from Baltimore. He was there detained at

ihe lime the letter was wtitien, not being allowed to have any communication with the shore, or lo send to Buenos Ayres tor his clothes. Others of our countrymen are probably exposed to the same danger.

Circulation of New York Newspapers.

in 1834 there were 15 daily newspipers published in the city of New York, having an

agregate circulation ofeslimated at 40,350 copies daily. In 184(5, there are 10 daily

papers in the city, of which the aggregate circulation as estimated at 103,700 copies

daily, being an increase of 62,350 within

twelve years.Jhenurnber of newspaper subscribers has increased one lnrod,i

.-- rnicm, wnne tlie noriulatin ot

cTTy and sutburbs has Increased a Iiufe less

than one hundred pr cent.

The sections releried lo, it seems, permit

ed a peremptory sale, of. thes lands so for-

'eiied, to such persons as might be disposed

o go and enter them. ; .

Armed with a certified copy of the law,

vve are informed. Messrs. Austin W. Morris,

ames Spears, and John Fitzgerald, proceed

i:d to the canal laud office., at Peiu, and desi-

ed lo make eutriesof iheihus foileited lauds.

Vhe petsoti in charge of tlwsoilice objected.

and would not permit the entiies to bo made

intil the geutletnen desiring to enter the

lands, procured a writ of mandamus from a

neighboring Judge, commanding said keeper

ot the land office to permit the eutries to be

nade. - Whereupon the parsons who went

prepared to make the entires, made such

entries to the amount ot about three bun dred tracts of the most valuable farm:

and lauds in the Miami"-Reserve, or ol

mu law;

The Baliimoro Patriot says "The under

standing now is that Mr. Buchanan will not

immediately be nominated to the Supreme

Court. He still wishes to go there but Mr.

Polk desire? him to, and says he must, re

main for the present where he is. M

Polk wishes Mr. Buchanan to remain, first

because he has an idea that further negotia

tions will be had on the Oregon question,and in that event he wishes Mr. Buchanan to go through with the business to the. end and secondly, be does not want to be brought to . o a decision between John Y. Mason and Andrew Stevenson, for the Stale Department, Bhould Mr. Buchanan leavo it! Rumors have been rife all day in this city Jbat news have arrived from Mexico, announ

cing thai our-new Minister -thfrte,. Mr,-Sli-

dell, had been murdered! No jone could trace

the ruftior to its source, and no one seemedj

lo believe it to be true. 1 know the Gov ernraont received do such intelligence.

in Clvaracler, in Population ami in Wealth,

with only an increase of a half mill tax on

the dollar, which half our citizens would not feel if they did not know it, our State honor

s redeemed our plighted faith again be

comes untarnished and Indiana once more

wheels into the ranks of debt-paying States,

sacrificing less too in doing it, than any of her

citizens had ever hoped lor.

But the proud consciousness that we feel now is not all the benefit that is to result from this change. True, the tact that we are acting honorably the reflection that no

creditor can sneeringly say to the State, Pay

me what thou owest the thought that no longer is the name of Indiana to be . a byeword and reproach are all. heart cheering indeed. Yef this is not all. This step again places our State on the high-road to prosperity and advancement. Immigrants will no

longer shun her. The prospect of grinding,

onerous taxation in a lew years to pay heavy arrears of interest will deter none from settling within her confines. Those who hated

lo link their destinies and that of their famil

ies to a dishonored State, will not as hereto

fore pass on further westward. But as Im

migration fiows into our territory, peopling

its solitudes, tilling. its yet uncultivated lands

and adding to the wealth and standing of the

State in numbers, taxables and intelligence,

the completion of the Wabash Canal will at

tract a double portion to the country adjacent lo it to increase its population also. Thus

with the step of honesty will Indiana advance

till, at the second census from the last one,

she will stand proudly fotjkth on ihe list ol States of the confederacy. Should wo not

rejoice? , -

EXTINGUISHING FIRES. An inven

tion called 'a fire annihilator" has been in.

vented. in England by a Mr. Phillips: a jet of

a peculiar gassous vapour, which possesses a greater finity for the oxygen of the air than

the oxygen has foi tho hvdiogen and the

carbon with which it is combined, instauta

neously generated by the machine, and

thrown with extraordinary rapidity on the tire

which being instantaneously deprived of the

"supporter of combustion," at once ceases

Origin of the terx Whig. The Ral

eigh Register says, "The name Whig made

its appearance in North Carolina, when pow

er first began to encroach on 'the rights of

the people. It made its appearance in Eng

land, when the kingly power sought to des

troy every vestage of human liberty. It

mado its appearance in the thirteen Colonies, when the British Crown attempted to fasten

cords of slavery on the people, and compel

obedience to the dictation of a single man!

Is the name. then, a. reproach? ' Then do all

the Patriots who have stood up for the rights

of the people, in opposition to lyranny-, since the foundation of the world, bear the stain'

for (hey drs all Whigs . '.The name implies

opposition to misused power, and we glory,

as does every true Vbtg, a tne name.

NEWSPAPERS AT HOME.

Sir John Terschell says, of all the amuse

ments that can possibly be imagined for a

hard-working man after a days toil or in its intervals, there is nothing like reading an enier-

laming newspaper. It relieves it home of

its dulucss or sameness, wtiich in nine cases out of leu is what drives him to the ale house

io ma owu luin anu nis lamuy a. it transports

mm into a gayer and livelier, and more diver

sihod and interesting scene; and while he enjoys himself there, he may forget ihe evils

ttie present moment tully as much as if he was ever so drunk; and the great advantage

ot nndmg hunselt the next day with hismon

ey in his pocket, oral Ieust,lai J out in the ne

cessaries and comforts for himself and his

family, without a headache. Nay, it accom

pauies him in his next day's work, and if the

paper he has been reading, be any thing a

oove tne very idlest and lightest, gives hini something to think of besides mechanirnl

drudgery of his every day occupation something he can enjoy while absent, and look forward with pleasure to return to.

Ayes Whigs Messrs. Allison, Cheno-

vviih, Coffin, Conner, Davis, Goodenow, Hauler, Ilamrick, Montgomery, Moore, Pome-

roy lie) burn, Todd, Verbrike, Zenor lato tal ayes 32.

''Noes Democrats Messrs. Buell, Cup-

), Ciiaprnan ol L., Hardin, Logan, and

ol

The populace in the vicinity, considering

the law at variance with justice, and opera

ling s ias to deprive the settlers of the value

of iheirhard earnings, their homes, and thei

improvements, immediately congregated, re

paiied to the land office, and put a slop to

further proceedings.

An express was immediately sent to Indi

anapohs, calling on the Government to protec

ihe settlers fiom the merciless rapacity

I hose who were despoiling ihem ol their pos

sessions. 1 he Coventor without delay d

spatched u Itt.er to the Superintendent o the Wabash aud Erie canal, who is also Su

perindent of ihe Land Ollice, directing tha

the office be immediately closed lo all en

tries under the aforesaid law, and character

izing the law as a fraud upon ihe public,

suirepiitiously carried through the Legisla

ture without a proper understanding ofil bearings.

There was also passed by ihe Legislature at this same session, another act in reference

lo inese same can ti lauus lorietied oy non

payment of interest, which act provides for

the advertising aud public sale at auction ot

all such lauds. 1 lius two acts on the same

subject, entirely incompatible iu their provi

sions, are passed at ihe same session, and no rule of construction can harmonize their en

actments. The persons who made ihe en

tries sent one of their number post haste to

Indianapolis, lo procure patents from the Auditor of Slate; but Mr. Harris declined issu

ing any warrants under, ihe law. Legal

gentlemen have beeu consulted, and mud difficulty is expected to grow out of ihe trans action.

Read 0.

"Noes Whigs Messrs. Bowers, Ellis,

Henry, Holloway, Morgan of I)., Morgan

ol R., Murphy,Oith,and Wincheil 9; total

noes lu.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

"Ayes Democrats Messrs. Bowman,

Carr, Chambers, Cruikshauk, Fuller, Iler-

ioii, Endicott, Jones, Lemmons, Logan, Lowe

Monroe. Nofsinger, Osborne of S.,Seawrighl,

Se:rest, Slater, Sleelh, Tedford, Vandcveer Watt, Webber, Willey, Wilson of S.Yocum ITA yes Whigs M essrsT BakerJJr u m fi el d Carnan, Clements, Conduitt Cookerly, Coruelious, Dole, Dowliug, Edwards, Ellis Hall

ofG. Hall ot W. Harvey, Hazelrigg, Hill,

II lift, Julian, , Iverr, M iiae. Meecker, Os

borne of L., Parker, Pennington, Porter, Robinson, Rosseau, Roby,Stanfield,Stapp, Slewart, Thompson, Tomlinson, Wise 33; total

ayes 61. "Noes Democrats Messrs. ArnoId,Car

ler, Clymer, Coon, Dtvi., Henloiu Jackson,

Kimbeilin, Lay mm, M'Conniek, M'Donnld,

Mickle, Mooney, Nelson, Powersjliley, Rip

ley, Shanks, Taber, Turner, Webb, Wilson of

Noble, Simonson 23.

"Noes Whigs Mes3r.. Cameron Co

fin, Cox, Ferguson, Ford, Henry, Ilinchmttn,

Legg, Lewis. Smith 10; tola! noes 33."

The two branches of our Legislature con

sists of 150 members on the filial vote, it

will be seen, there were for Ihe measure 51 WHIGS, 42 DEMOCRATS; and against ihe Bill: 20 DEMOCRATS, 19 WIIIGS.

Thus showing conclusively a much larger

"tipport of Whigs than Democrats, for the

BJIand a much greater number of Demo

ctats than Whigs against the Bill. So, now

let them have it on any horn of the dilemma,

and the Whtgs may claim the measure. Wabash Courier.

The following from the New York Tribune brings forward a point in the Oiegon coniroveisy, that 'has not yet deen sufficiently adverted to and considered. We allude to ihat portion of the article which has reference to the probable course of Mexico towards us, and her power to injure us, in the event of our engaging i n a war with England. She is a weak nation, it is true, and singlehanded we could crush her in a very brie! space of time. But, once occupied with England, who can tell the extent to which,

Mexico could embarrass us, and how far she would be disposed lo go, to gratify that rancor and hatied which she evidently feels for us 1 - SENATOR ALLEN'S MANIFESTO. We are palpably on the verge of a war with Mexico, though her extreme, weakness may pievent or pestpone it, iu spite of her will.-.

Our relations with Creat iiniain are precarious, and may soon be hostile. If we pursue ihe policy lespeciing Oregon lo which the dominant party were virtually pledged at Baltimore, there can be no doubt that war will ensue. If we are involved inwar with England, no rational miud can fail to see that we shall have Mexico on our hands also. Mexico by herself has slight power lo annoy us, but in the hands of Great Britain, she would be used to our prejudice and injury. Be

tween the possessions of these two countries lieour States and territories." War with them

would give us some 5 or 6 thousand miles of hostile frontier. We could not carry a yard ' of canvass out of our own harbors (and hardly within them) without apprehension of ; capture. Our commerce would be annihilated. Our exports must rot on our wharves or fall a prey to innumerable hostile cruiser

and privuieers. The mouth of the Mississippi

would be closely blockaded, and all our great

seaports shut up, it not destroyed. Iwmos and rcd-hoi cauuou-sliot would be sailing

over our now peaceful stores and dwellings, '

rendering iusipid and uninteresting tne harmless fire-works of Edge aud his rivals. The

haibors of Halifax and Havana would at all times swarm wiih hostile fleets, on the look-' out for Yankee merchantmen, who would hardly know where to look for a friendly port oil' our own coast, even if they should venture io seek one. " A war with England and Mexico would isolate us Irom the world bayond our own borders. These considerations should not and will not uppal us. We shall not be deterred from ihe assertion of our rights by any foreshadowing of consequences. But what are vo ' i,. tlimL- .f ihe Statesmanship of him who, .

r

like Mr. Allen, proposes, under such circumstances our Government in contravention to the principles of to put forth a positive defi ance to all the world, to place International

Law recognized by all other civilized rowers t,

Why shall we take upon ourselves tne guardianship of the whole Continent, on principles which we know no other nation will ac- -n!e to. when we are on the brink of plung

ing into hostilities with about half of this same Continent, and this the half immedi--cttctj uituu numjj us : Cau any DOdy imagine?

There are many phrases in commn use, which being erroneous in fact, might be avoided by those who wou Id speak correctly. It is very common for example, to speak of the dew falling. This expression is applied inacurately ; for experiments have satisfactorily shown that the deposition of dew is occasioned by the re-condensation of vapors at the moment of their rising from the earth. It is equally erroneous to say the 'fire bums,' which, in truth, means nothing, though understood to imply that ihe fire consumes the fuel, indicating thereby the seperate existence of a substance termed fire. But in every case of fire, there is an aciiou ofone substance upon another the combination of oxygen with the combuslable mnterals of the fuel, which heated Iu a certain temperature in order to induce this combination; and fire is the visible result or accompaniment of this action.

Costuxes. Georgia, A shirt collar and a pair of spurs. -

ftiexico. Ji blue ribond and a string of

beads.. " , "' . ;

- South Carolina. A eigar, and a pair of

spectacles. ' ;; '' Anti-Mormans.-A quill behind the ear, and two brick-bat; -

Re-Election of the Phesidext. A wri

ter iu the Edinghurg'i Reviews speaks thus ol

our Presidential elections:

The American President is elected lor on

ly lour years, but he is then re-eligible.

Washington allowed himself to be re-elected

once, but not ofiuer. The example has been

generally followed. No President lias serv

ed more than eight years; but every one has been a candidate at the end of the first term

of fburyears,anJ many of them have succeed ed. The consequence is, that the first busi ness of every President is to secure his re election. To raise his own party and de

press his opponents to dismiss the whole body of Executive officers, and supply their places wiih his own partisans rto support slavery, if be be strong in the South, or Abolition if his strength lie iu the North to

be a free-trader in the one case, and a protector of domestic industry iu the other to favor the great rnoneyed institutions if ihey support him lo destroy them, at the risk ol paralysing ihe whole of the Commerce and iuduslry of the country ,if they oppose him to be litigous, insolent aud warlike in his diplomacy, if his friends be arnong the dealers in arms or in privateers, or among manfacturers anxious to engioss the home market to be pacific if he rely on the importers of plantations supplies, and the expurlers of cotton and tobacco; but under all circumstances, to adopt the language, stiffen the prejudices, inflame the passions, and obey the orders of the mass of the people. Such are the occupations in which every President

spend the first four years of his tcign, and,if

be be re-elected, tao whole,

DOG SCHOOL. The following adver lisement, says the N. York Journal of Com

merce nunsnes in me columns ol tne utica

Gazette:

HENRY WINFIELD wishes to inform the citizens of Ulicn, that he lias opened at

No. 22, Post slreet, a . - DOG SCHOOL, where he will teach dogs to go on errands as correctly as any boy 10 years old, to dance a3 well as the most accomplished dancer, waltz, cut the Pigeon Wing, to count the number of persons in the room," also to distinguish the number and color of persons pre

sent, -feisons wishing lo nave dog3 enter

this school, will please apply immediately, as

it is the intention of Mr. Winfield at the end

of one month after the dogs have entered to give an exhibition. Specimens can be seen at Mr. Winfield's residence.

A Discovery. The United States Journal, (Loco Foco,) has rubbed the s cales from its eyes, and immediately thereafter made the following discovery : 'We think it is a fact that will not be disputed or denied, that there never was a Congress organized since the foundation of our government, which possessed so little of the siern, old fashioned virtue of independence, as the one now in session at the other end of Pennsylvania- Avenue," ,4The country has never gazed upon a body of men who seemed more willing to bend tho 'pliant hinges'of ihe knee,' at the footstool of Executive power," '. "and the whole may be summed up in a single wold. Nearly every democratic member, when he came here this winter, brought with him an axe to

grind! Until that is accomplished, be is de

termined to preserve bis dignified silence, happen what may." . .

ORGANIZATION OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. At an adjourned meeting of the members of the "Neptune Fiie Engine and Hose Company," held at the Court House, on the even

ing of rtbtuary 7th, 184b, for ihe purppse ol electing officers provided by the Constitution, the following members were duly nominated and elected to the officers affixed lo their names. CiilGF KXGIXEER, jAAIliS G. JOiNliS. . -- ASSISTANT EXGIXEER, CliAKLEd IJARU1JSGTOX.

CIVII. DEPARTMENT. Jas. E. Blythe, President, Taos. E. Garvin. Secretary; Saml. T. Jenkins, Treasury;

SERVICE DEPARTMENT.

JoriN Ccri'LEs, . V. Satterlee, A. B. Bsadt, J. T. Lamb, Jas. Pauvin, Jno. S. M'CltACKES, Jas. Scaxtlin, Jr.

Geo.,Socers,

Foreman;

As't Foreman; 1st Engineer; 2d Eugineer; 3d Engineer; 1 Hose Director. 2 do do 3 do do.

TIIOS. E. GARVIN, Secty.

An adjourned meeting, of ihe members of the "Phcenix Fire Eengine and Hose Company," was held at the Court House, on the evening of Febuary 7ib, 1 8 1G, for the purpose of electing suitable persons to fill the offices provided for by the Constitution of said Company at which the following named persons were nominated and elected to the offices annexed to their names respectively; to serve for the term of one year frora the first Saturday in Feb. 1846, viz.: - ' CIVIL DEPARTMENT. t Lewis D. Smith, ' v President; .Wat II Walkeu, . ; Secretary; Edward Lewis, . Treasurer; . SERVICE DEPARTMENT. Lewis Howes, Foreman;

John S. Hopkins, '- As'l Foreman;

John FarrelI,

Gardner Bowles, Allen Noscuoss, John E. Taylor John C. Flagler," James D. Walters,

WM. H. WALKER, SecCy. Evansville, Feb. 11, '40-lt.

1st Engineer;

2d do; 3d do; 1st Hose Director; 2d do do; 3d do : do;

Information Wanted. SN FORMATION is wanted by undersigned living in tins place ol the Rev. He.nV Gjles and Mark Giles, who emigrated to this country Irom tlie cuunty ot" Wexlord, Ireland, sometime in Hie year 1810, and when laeUieard Irom, was in Boston, Massachusetts. Any idurmution respecting ilieir whereabouts will t thankfully received by me, addressed ROBERT GILES, '

To the care of W. ScC. Deli., Evansville, Iud.

frTVill the Boston editors be kind enough

lo copy the above. ,. :' Feb. 8,-1 1-

Notice. .

SWILL give a lesson ou the "Lancester Sys tcai of Geography,", at the Court House, on

to morrow evening, (,Cndayl3U.,) at early can die lighting, tor the purpose of making up a class.

1 proller to teaeii as tnucli as can be learned in

sis months on the coinmou plan, in fifteen davs.