Evansville Journal, Volume 12, Number 6, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 19 February 1846 — Page 2

THE JOURNAL.

'ot Csars weal, but that of Rome.

J. Jll-JT

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 184G.

WHIG TICKET.

FOR GOVERNOR, JOSEPH O. REARSHAJiJL Of Jefferson Couniy. - - i A. - FOI LIEUTENANT COVERXOH. GODLOVE S. OltTII, Of Tippecanoe Couniy.

THE PRESIDENCY. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot notices a statement that is going the rounds of the papers, that sundry Whig Senators and other leading Whig?, have had a dinner, at which, in a merry and' patriotic mood, Gen'l. Scott was proposed and agreed upon as the Whig candidate for the next Presidency! The statement in a sheer piece of nonsence. ffo Whig Senators or Representatives are going to be so silly as to take any such ridiculous stp. They know that tkey cannot dictate, if they would, to the greatWhig parly as to who shall be its candidate. The friends of Gen. Scott "are more discreet than to have him broughtibrward In this way. He may be the candidate of our party, and so may John M'Lean.or Henry Clay, or Daniel Webster! The people, composing the

great Whig party, will attend to the matter!

lere is time enough for that vet. It should

be sufficient lor our opponents to quarrel, deride, dictate and " ostracise, among themselves let the Whigs have none of it ! They should go for popular and wholesome measures, and when the times come round, unite upon one available and up-right statesman for their standard-bearer in that great struggle. ' " v '

DEBT OF ALABAMA." -The Debt of Alabama ia about equal to our

i .

own, being as shown uy tne committee 01

the Legislature appointed to look into the matter $13,143,705 57; and the whole amountof assets,as stated by another committee amount to 14,023,113 80. Of these assets the committee express the opinion t hat not more than six million are available.

Relying upon that opinion as correct, the

Stale owes a debt of 13,146,765 57, bear

ing an annual aggregate interest of 576,2 1G,

5S; and has means only to the amount of six

millions with which to pay it. When these

h ut been exhausted, Jhere -wilLemain un

paid of foreign and domestic debt, the sum of

7,140,705 57; supposing the assets to be

appropriated to the reduction of the principal alone, and the annual interest upon the whole

together with expenses of the Slate Govern ment; will have been ri?ed by taxation.

After fall consideration as to the best v

course to be pursued in this emergency, the

committee earnestly urge and recommend

the following policy: that the six millous o

available asssts be created a sinking fund, to be applied exclusi vely to the principal of the

foreign and domestic debt, and that an annual tax -shall be levied which shall produce an amount sufficient to :pay the interest on the residue of said debt, and pay the expenses of the State Government and that when the assets shall have been all applied, the General Assembly should increase the taxes, as its wisdom may direct, so as to create another sinking fund for the reduction, and

ultimate payment of the the a unpaid bal

ance. The commute reco ismend also that the

Legislature raise by taxation annually for the . i i . . i

present anu succeeuntg year, aooui me sum

of five hundred thousand dollars to meet the

interest on the balance of 7,146,705 56,

and pay the expenses of the State Govern

ment. .

The committee also express the opinion

that the people will sanction this policy ,roeet the emergency mandilly and without murmuring, and suppost the honor and faith oi the State under all circumstances.

. CONGRESS. vf Qregon "the whole or none"" has been since the opening of the session, and we-be-liere is still, the only subject of .moment that has occupied the attention of Congress. The public are growing tired of it, and our headers must not expect much Congressional matter in our columns while It lasts. The Intelligencer of theth says: ' -- The two Houses of Congress have continued their deliberations in refetrence to the Ore gon question, which, from the space it occupies, would seem to be the great business of the session which .certainly .ovSrsfcadows all other businessthough, our readers must have preceived, every interest of the country would have been benefited had ' the Executive not directed the attention of Congress so almost exclusively to it, and indeed had he, and his predecessor, ja regard to this question, "let very well alone,' as President Jackson did, as President Adams had done before him, and as a President Van Buren did after him. The only effect of agitating the question has been, we believe, to excite apprehensions in the minds of the peace-lov-

ng part of our people constituting, we trust

and believe, a large majority of the whole and thus to repress commercial enterprise and

more or less embarrass all descriptions, of

business, with the result, already, of a loss to

the country a detraction from the common

sioK or weann anu prosperity which we

iiave seen -estimated., and we Relieve not'

overrated, at fifty .millions of dollars.

The HorsEQF Representatives has de

termined upon bringing the debate toa.close

on Monday next. Although the subject is

important, yet the public, as, well as the

House itself, has become weary of the length

of the discussion and willing to see i tended.

During the week the House has received

some half dozen new propositions .on the sub

ject, besides listening to a number of speech

es, ol which were made yesterday, (the

session having commenced at Jen o'clock in

in the .morning and costumed till half-past

eight o'clock at night,) without any visible abatement of the number of the Members,

apparently desirous of expressing their indi

vidual sentiments upon it. . Whether it be the effect of the hour-rule, or ot whatever

other cause, there never has beeu a debate in

the House in which so may regular speeches

have been delivered. Already more than a

third of the Members of the House have ta ken their turn in the debaie.

Httdaon, Hunter. Jos. R. 'lngersoll, Drniel P. King, Leake., Long, Marsli, Mill r Mosely, Pei dleion. Rliett, Julius Rockwell, John A . Rockwell, Sedilon, A. D. Sim, Simpaon, Truman Smith, Caleb B. Smith, Stephens, Sirohm, Thin. odeaux, Btnj. Thompson, Toombs, Tredway, Vinion, Wimhrop, Woodward, Wright, Yancey 54.. The .resolutions were then (forthwith) read the third time, and passed without' division or count. . . . Mr. Bowjjn moved that the House reconsider the vote on the passage of the resolutions, and moved the previous question jwhicli was seconded. . .- And under its operation the .question was put on the motion to reconsider; which passed in the negative. , . - And so the resolutions Aland passed. The National intelligencer says: The

qualification, (in the second resolution) it is obvious, expresses the tbxje sense of the

House on this subject," SCENES IN THE HOUSE. Under this head the correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot gives the following account of the closing scenes in the House on the

Oregon question:

which was adopted by the Committee ayes 101, Roes 99 , Here followed a most exciting and tumultous scene. Air. Tibbatls, in the chair, had been very inefficient throughout the voting, and did not seem to comprehend the duties of the station he occupied. He now proposed that this vote should be taken over again. Members declared that the vote had been taken and the result declared to the House, and that it would not be taken over again. The Chair decided that it could. The decision-was appealed from, and the House refused to sustain the Chair; there were 00 in the affirmative, and 108 in the negative. After this, Mr. Boyd moved an amendment as a subsitute for the Foreign Relations' Committee's resolution of notice, as amended by MrSchenck motion, which was finally adopted by tho committee and afterwards passed by the House. . You will recollect that the resolution of notice, as reported by the Committee 1 on Foreign Relations, was emphatically and bona fide an Administration measure! It was a triumph for Opposition to-day when they modified and broke down that measure

by the adoption of the substitute offered by

Mr. Schenck ana it is still a triumph for

the Opposition to have the notice pass in the shape given to it by Mr. Boyd's amendment.

which is lar more like the one oflercd by Mr,

The scene iu the House of Representatives Schenck than the one reported by tbe Ad.

to-dav has been intensely animation and ex- ministration s Committee on loreign Rela

tions.

There were many things of great interest

and amusement that transpired in the House

to-day, which I would like very much to give you, hut hive no time at - this present

going

on,

was in

Mr. Brockenborough has gained his seat in

Congress as a Representative from Florida, in place of Mr Cabell, who has hitherto oc

cupied the seat. Democrat. :,

Every one knew he would gain it. , It was

only necessary to know that the Locofocos

had a majority in the House to tell who would receive the seat. The election of a

Representative is no longer with people. The

House elects its own members.

DUEL. A duel was fought at Bladens-

burgh, Md.,on the 2d inst., by T. F. Jones

and Dr.Daniel Johnson, both of Elizabeth

city, N. C. Dr. Johnson was shot thorough

the head at the first fire ; and dying asserted his innocence of the charge which led to the challenge. . . , . . , ,

A correspondent of a Baltimore says he is

informed that the deceased was a physician in the family of Jones; and that he stated to

a friend of the latter that he had been per

mitted to take unwarrantable liberties with

his wife.- - - -. '

citing. 1 lie galleries were filled all to a per

fect j:m, with both sexes; and the floor of

the Hall and the lobbies seemed overrun with people, scores of whom got acess there the lord knows how.

Mr. 1 . 15. king opened the uebte m a

spvp.rn 'sucprli ao;iinst the Ailmunstriition.for

. . ' c . . . . C-tt ,!.. J I I . -

refusing the English Government7: otter to e nun, apparently agooaueai lmeresteu arbitrate the Oregon question. From the if not amused! POTOMAC.

Administration, lie turned upon Mr. JohsQ.

Adams lor which, lie was maue to sutler

some, and escaped a good deal more in con

sequence of the hour rule's cutting on the "old man tloquents's" speech before he had

got halt lhroagh with it.

Mr. Adams made a singular argument in

establishing the loundatiou of our title to Or-

a - i t

egon. It was novel in the extreme anu

yet he linked it together, as fast as he went

in such a strong chain, that almost the whole

House seemed willing to suspend the hour

rule that he might go on. Indeed the Com

mittee did me to .enable the House to entertain a motion to that effect; but Mr. C. J.

lngersoll who made the motion, feeling a de

sire that it should extend to himself also, as

he intended to speak, changed the form of I

1113 U1UUUII, BW aa IU ClICUU UIW Ubuaiv UIIU another day, and then the House voted it down.

So Mr. Adams was not heard through!

Mr. lngersoll followed in one of his pecu

liar harangues. It was argumentative, hislor- Hon in their possession relative to

ical, classical, poetical, sarcastic, egotistical, Meet

at times very pretty, at times very silly, and The Senate then proceeded to the special

throughout very amusing, lie bit Mr. Vatj older ot the day, (Uregon question,) and

BiTHEN a brondside for neglecting to - resent Mr. Allen resumed his remarks, and said

the insult offered to us bv England in the that Great Bxitaio would not and dare not

Writing. While the voting was

Mr. Pakeftham, the Briiish Minister

Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot.

Washington, Feb. 11, 1840.

In the Senate, M. Cass submitted the res

olutions of the Legislature of Michigan in fa

vor of our title to the whole of Oregon, and instructing the Senators from that State to I

vole for the notice and all other measures on the subject recommend by Mr. Polk. Tbe resolutions also endorse the doctrine of

uou-iuterference as laid down in the message, r

Mr. Jarnagin offered a resolution which

was adopted, calling upon the President of

the United States, . to communicate to the Senate the authority by which Mr. Voss was

appointed agent to receive the ' indemnity from Mexico whether his appointment was made with the concurrence of the claimants andwhether he has paid over the monies

received by him, together with all lnforma-

tbe sub-

The receipts into the United States Treasury during the last quarter of 1845 were

from customs, about 4.237,200; from lands

$838,000; and from miscellaneous soui.ee 9 $31,500 in all 4,998,700. The expenditures during the same period were5,7034810 66.

The St. Louis Reporter says that about 2,000 Mormons, mostly young men, have cros

sed the Mississppi on their way to California. .They are to form the ttvant guard bf the Moiman expiilion. They have saried early for the purpose. of providmg the necessary subsistence for those who are to follow.

Governor Whitcornb, has suspended the operations of the act authorizing the entry of. the farms of ihe settlers on the canal lands who are in arrear for iuterest,without notice-

Governor Whitcornb says, in justification of

himself, that he wassjeft when he signed the

The amount of Treasury Notes outstand

ing on the 1st instant, it is officially stated,

was $50014 39.

HIGHLY IMPORTANT.

Since the above article was in type we have received our Eastern mail, which had been due for some days. The news from

Washington is that the Oregon question is at

last 1 isposcd of in the House. The debate was brought to a close on the evening oi the

0th inst., and tlie rote taken on the follow

ing resolutions: Rcsolced, That the President of the Ui

ted Slates cause notice to be given to the

Government of Great Britain, that the con

vention between the United States ot Aneri

ca and Creat Britain in relation to the Not!)

west Coast, west of the Stony or Rocky Mountains, of the sixth day of August, 1827,

signed at London, shall be annulled nd ab

rogated twelve month3 after giving said notice. - '

Resolved, That nothing herein contained

is intended to interfere with the right and dis

cretion of the proper authorities vf the two contracting parties to renew or pursue nego

tiations for an amicable settlement ot the con

troversy respecting the Oregon territory.

And they were adopted by 1G3 ayesnays 54. The above resolutions, proposed by Mr. BoyD.ol Kentucky, having been adopted in

Committee of the Whoje, the Committee

rose, and teportcd them to the House, which

by a vote of 172 ayes to 48 nays having beeu

adopted as a substitute for the resolution re

ported from the committee of Foreign Af

fairs, the question was put that the res

olutions be engrossed and read the third time,

and passed in the affirmative by the following

vote:

YEAS Messrs. John Quincy Adams, Stephen Adama, Atidenon, Arnold, Atkinson. Baker, Barringer, Bell, Benton.Bigfjs, James BUtk, Jas. A. Black, Blanchard, Jtow'ltn, Boyd, Briukerhoff, Brockenbrough, Brodlicad, William ii. Brown, Bufiinjjton, Win. M, Gambelt, John 1-1. Cambcll, Cathcart,. Reuben Chapman, Chase,

Chipman, Clake, Cobb, Gollm, Constable, Culorn. Culver. Cummins, Cunmghnm, Daniel.

Darragh, Jeffjrsou Davis. Deluno, DeMott, Dillingham, Dobbin, Dromgoole, Dunlap, Edeall, Ellsworth, Erdmon, John H. Rwing, Faran, Fickin, Foster, Fries, Garvin, Gidings Giles. Goodyeur, Gordon, Graham,' Grider, Grover, Hamlin, Hampton, Haralson,' HarnianBon, Harper, Henly, Ililliard, Hoge, Elias. B. Holmes, Hopkins, Hough, George S. Houston, Hungerlord. Washington Hunt, J. B.Hunt, Charles J.

lngersoll, Jenkins, 'James H. Johnson. Joseph Johnson. Andrew Johnson, Gejorge W. Jones, Seaborn Jones, Kenoedy, Presioji King, Law.

rence, Leib, Sere, Lowm. Levin, Ligon, .Luinp-

ktn.Maclay. aieueaiu ftlcclellan, AUClernard,

Mc'Vnnell, McCrate, McDowell, MacGaughey, Mpllenry, Mcllvanie, McKay, John P. Marrin,

Barclay fijarun, Moms, morse, Mouitoii.JNivaii,

X4 orris, Uweii, rarish, rayne rerril, ferry, ret.

titt, Flielps, Pollock, f rice, Ramsey, Kathburn,

Rcid, Kelle, timer, lioberts, JjLoot, Uunk. Uus-

aell, 6-awtelle, Sawyer, Scammon,Scheuck,Sea-

man, Severance, Lieonara ti. aim mis, Albert

Smith, Thomas Smith, Robert Smith, Stanton,

Starweather, Stewart, 1 homasson, Jaa. Ibomp

eon, Jacob 1 hompson, 1 hurman, 1 ibbatis, lit

ken, Towus,Truibo, Vance.Weoiwonh.Whea-

lon. White, Wick, Williams, Wilmot, Wood-

rnff, Woodwonh Yell, Young, Yost 1G3. MAYS Messrs. Abbott. Ashman.Bayly.Bed

inger, Milion Brown, Bsrt, John G. Chapman,

Augustus A. Chapman, Cooke, Collamar, Cran

ston. Grozier, Dargan, Garret Davis, Dixen, Dockery, Edwin H. Ewing, Foot, -Gentry, Gain-

nell, Hernck, Isaac Holmes, John VV. Hous

ton Edward W. Hubard, Samuel P. Hubbard

The principal object of Mr. Allen's speech

appeared to be show that the power of Great

our

SMosser and Alexander McLeod case, and single-handed, fight the United States for Or-

the way he came down upon Mr. Wf.bstek, in relation to the same case, was. no doubt in

his own estimation, a little the hues! lmagin

able! He said there was an important piece Britain was greatly exaggerated, while

of history about that matter not yet before own was as muchun derrated.

the public, but which was soon to be pubristi- Mr. Allen closed Ins speech with the start

ed: and that was that Mr. Webster wa9 Sec ling declaration and novel figure, that a war

rotary of State and McLeod was in prison in with Lngland wasno more lo be dreaded

Kev? Yoik, the former wrote to the governoriuiau an uaoorn nuo jymgai me uacKor us

liberty, ine Empire btate would soon be inj a blazing conflagration! He said several things against Mr, Webster oo numerous lo mention after which he said he liked that great man very much in erery thing but

bis politics!

When the voting, in committee of tlie

whole, commeaced, the scene was extreme

ly animating

Mr. C. J. Ixoersoll moved that the word

"loilliwitli" be BtrucK out ol tli resolution,

directing the President to give the notice,

Mr.J. M. Clayton obtained the floor for to-

mowovv and the Senate adjourned.

in the House or uepresenta;ives, Mr, King

of Georgia asked leave to make a personal

explanation. Mr. K. commenced to slate

his reasons, when Mr. Rathbun, of New York,

called him to order.

The House by a vote of 66 yeas to 03 naya

permitted him to be heard.

Mr. Ivtng spoke of the correspondence

from the President of the United States. It was- called for at an early day, and in his

reported by the Committee on Foreign .Re- judgement the President was bound to an-

ation?, and which was under immediate swer it in lull, instead

The TarifL Mr. Walker has at length

sent m his Tan SF Bill, and a beauti

ful thing it 13 truly, if we may judge of the whole by the fallowing items, reported in advance of its publication by the Washington

correspondent of the Louisville Journal. A. 75 per cenL Spirits, liquors, and cordials. B. 30 per cent. Iron and all manufac

tures of iron; leather and all manufactures of

Feather; sugar; fruit, except lemons and oranges; molasses; ready-made clothing; all articles-worn by men, women, and children; all articles, manufactured of silver, jewelry, &c; all articles made on frames;, wines ol

all kinds, and imitations thereof; glassware, exeept plain tumblers; porcelain; spices;

segars and all manufactures or tobacco: all

manufactures of paper; Wilton, Saxony, and

Turkey carpets; coal; lndia-iubberrnanufac

tures: hats, excep straw; manufactures ot

wood; soaps. - -

C. 25 per cent. All manufactures of

wool, or of which wool is a component part; all manufactures of silk, or of which silk is a

component part; all manufactures of mohaii, or of which mohair is a component part, or

goaishair do.; buttons and moulds do; man factures of hemp or flax.

D. 20 per cent Manufactures whooly

of cotton, plain or printed; wool, unmanu

factured; all drugs, medicines, paints, and

dye-stuffs, except dye-wood, '9 which is free ; chemicals; lemons and oranges; boards;

plank stays; scantling; hewn and sawed tim

ber: fire wood: olive oil, in casks: paper and

books, bound or unbound; paper hangings;

painters' oils, ofevery.kind; cotton bagging;

common carpels. E. 10 Per cent. Unmanufactured arti

cles generally saiipetere; watches and parts

of watches; linseed ; ' diamonds, and other

precious stones, not set; plaster of Paris,

ground. - s F. 5 percent. -Many articles . now free and used iu manufactures and iu the arts; gunny cloth. G. Free. -Tea, coffee, and salt; all articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States, brought back in the same state in which they were exported; personal, effects of American citizens dyiug abroad; household furniture and other personal?enects,not merchandise ;too!s iu trade; professional books, &.C., of emigrants, busts, statutes, and painting of American "artists residing abroad; sheathing copper; copper for the mint: specie specimens of antiquity and mineralogy; fresh fish; all bounties on fish or fishing vessels and refined sugar,repealed ; all drawbacks on rum made from molasses; dye woods in the stick:- sheathing material, adhesive felt for ships' bottoms.

O-Speaking of the late action of the House on the Oregon question, the Louisville Journal of Monday savs: "As for our. selves, we musl confess that almost our last hope of the continuance of peace is now anchored in the senate. Our trust is, either that the Senate will do nothing at all, or that it will so act as to insure the preservations of . 1 " " . I a-

tne Diessings oi peace. , , Since the proceeding was in type, we see from the Philadlephia IJ. S. Gazette, of the 10th inst., that the distinguished editor of that paper and " his distinguised Washington correspondent are of an opinion that the AdJ ministration will purchase from great Britain the continuance of peace by ike sacrifice of tbe protective system. The editor says: 'We believe that in less than ten days some negotiation wiil be entered into by Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Pakenham, which will have for its basis tbe giving up to Great Britain of a portion of protection of our Lome manufacures, for a quantify of territory on the Pacific that we dont want, but which, even a-

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gaiusi wui wisuca, nuuu uc uuis iu iweiliy

years

Mr. Rathburn again called to order for an

allusion to the correspondence.

The Speaker decided that the gentleman

was in order!

An apeal was taken, and the decision of

the Chair was sustained, yeas 105, nays not i 1

counted.

Mr. King said that the reason why he did

not vote upon the Oregon question was that

1

consideration which, motion waij agreed

to.

Next Mr. Milliard's amendmenf, leaving

to the discretion of the President the giving of the notice at such time as he might deem

proper which was rejected, by a vote of 50

for to 130 against said amendment.

Mr Dargin's amendment was divided

the first branch, declaring that the difficulties

on the Oregon question are subjects of hon- the President had not answered the call -orable negotiation and compronjis3 and ought He had suppressed a part of the correspon-

to be so adjusted :--rejected by a yote ofldence as was intimated

90 in the affirmative and 102 in the neoa-1 Mr. Houston, of Alabama, was afterwards

live. The second branch was rejected with- understood to deny this.

out a count. f ' The rest half hour was one of confusion

Afier some further amendments had been and noise, about making personal explanaoftred and reiecied. tions The end of all this was armed at

Mr. Ramsey, as a ruse for the purpose of only by a motion to go into Committee of the

testing some of the Administration men who Whole

vociferate that all negotiation, compromise and aribtration is at an end, they will have

tne whole or none ot uregon, ottered an a-

mendment, declaring that the Oregon quest

ion was no longer a subject of negotiation

and compromise and demanded tellers on it. Tellers were appointed jtid stood up for

the members lo pass between them and be.

counted. There were but ten n the affiroi-

i

QZj" The Washington correspondent of the

Baltimore American, speaking of the debate

in the Senate on the 10th inst., savs: v" t

The only incident in the discussion of pub

lic interest was a call made by Mr. Mangum

on Mr. Allen, while in the midst of one of

his harangues, whether it was not a fact that Lord Aberdeen had declared in his remarls to Mr. McLane that the. notice received from the United States to terminate the convention

between the United Slates and England, would not be regarded by England as in anyway an offensive measure?

Mr. Allen was very willing that a question

should be put, but not so willing that 'this question should be answered. , His response

was that he presumed the Senator from N.

Carolina had the information he sought for,' and therefore that It was unnecessary for him to answer. ':' ' . ? - r. This sort of reply did not please the Sen-' ate. and left the impression upon those who

heard it that tne President bad been guilty of suppressing an important part of the correspondence. -

The revolutionary pension, bill which ap

propriates $1,300,000, was before the com

mittee, with an amendment pending to allow the benefits of the the act to allwidows mairied prior to 1800, of officers or soldiers who served for three months ia the Revolution

ary" war. The amendment was ruled out o f

of order. . .

A new amendment .was then offered that

alive! and it w is very amusing to observed pensions due should be paid to executors and

those ten members as ihev walked between

the tellers. First Messrs. Ramsey arid Wentworth parsed up, and lite Hpuse laughpd! Then Mr. Darragh took a shoot and through

he went! Then Mr.Sawyer took the plunge!

Then two or three more passed up! Next

Mr. Robert Smith, determined that the House

should not laugh him out ol it for he belie

ved negotiation and compromise were at an end, and was not afraid to say so shrugged up his shoulders, gave bis body a jerk and

betwe&n the tellers he pitched and was court

ed! The House roared again! And now

came McConnell, with his fire red vast,' and

walked up between the tellers with all the

majesty of his independent nature! This was too much for the House, and the peaU of merriment became absolutely boisterous.!

Atter order was resiorea mose m me negative passed up between the tellers! There

were 146 of them! . ,

After this Mr. Schenck offered an amend

ment, the same as Mr. Dargtn s except the

word"compromise, and declaring that the question ought to be settled by negotiation

administrators. 1 lie committee then rose

and without further action, the House adjoun

d. .

TJie following is from the Warsaw Signal

of the 11th inst:

O. P. Roskweia Stabbed. Our readers

were informed some weeks since that O. P

Rockwell had taken the wile ot Amos Davis

to himself. Davis seemed lo take this tres

pass on hi rights very quietly, and was generally supposed that resentment was not in

him. After living with itockwell some time,

Mrs. Davis desired to return to her husband,

but we have not heard he had received her.

However, Rockwell and Davis quarrelled

last week about the matter, and the latter drew a spere from his cane and slabbed the tormer in the side. Rockwell's wound is not serious, he having pushed the spear aside

from the spot where it was aimed". - i

05" The New York Express of last Mon

day week, has the following paragraph :

The British Despatch Boot fob Livek-

pool. Mr. Charles Metringaw, the confidential and special messenger oft Ije State Department, at Washington, is here with des

patches from Mr. Buchanan, and goes in the pilot-boat Wm. J. Romer, to Liverpool. Mr.

Bidwell, attached to the British legation, al

so said to have gone. ,

The N. Y. Journal of Commerce, of "tbe

same date, says:

The express pilot-boat goes offin profound

mystery. I lie rresident s message aooui the correspondence so exactly fits the time

of sailing, and the arrangement was made

so immediately after what now proves to be

the last date of the correspondence, that

people are bemnning to think that she goes

with despatches for the purpose of insuring an answer by the next steamer.

The N. Y. correspondent of the Philadel

phia U. S. Gazette wines unoer date of the

Oih.

The pilot-boat Wm. J. Romer sailed to-day

with.aiair wind. The fact may be. relied

upon that she was chartered uy iinrciay

Livingston of this city W. M. Barclay, the

British consul, being a member of that house.

Tho -inference is most irresistible that shej

catries out despatches to the British Govern

ment from Mr. Pakenham. .

tr-Indiana Bonds had risen to 42c in

New york, January 31.

OCT There is more truth than poetry in the following paragraphs which we copy from the Cincinnati Atlas, and which in that paper form the introduction to a long article, exhibiting the servility of certain Locofoco editors. ' . :'' V ;; PARTY SLAVES. ' . The wisest men and best . patriots - among us have long deplored "the tyrannical and pernicious influence of mere parlyism upon the individual independence, and the freedom of thought ami action of all classes of our citizens. Foreign writers of distinction have charged the citiiens ofjhe United States bf be;ng more obsequiogsty subservient, to paty, less independent, and possessing !ado fnaaTrtrii rvP rr un 1 o AnlniAn 1 1 1 u n tka rwf t

pi a of the most Despotic Government under' the snn The Americans ba,ve generally indignantly denied the charge, and fancied that they were free in body and niindnbove and beyond the reach of any 'tyrant's power. ' But if we look at the servility of all who attach themselves lo a Party, when we see them allow the collar to be fastened around their necks., how submissively they wear it,--the fear they entertain of parly denunciation, the total surrender of all private judgement, and the sell-like obedience they yield lo the demigogues to load them, we are obliged lo confess with shame and the greatest mortification that the accusation is too true.

At Vincenncs, Ia., on Monday last, a

man named Jones stabbed Mr. F. Londeau with a dirk knife, wounding him severely if not mortally. The slabber made his escape. '

M' Hyman, of New Orleans, who killed young Kane in a duel, has been arrested and held to bail before Recorder Baldwin to take his trial for murder.

GERMANY. From all parts of the ven

erable Vaderland, great prepe rations are making to emigrate large bodies of people to this country. It is estimated that 20,000 will come out within the next four months, chief

ly from the agricultural districts. We are glad of this. Tbey make the best of citizens. By bringing our waste lands into cultivation, they add immense to this great city, and our national wealth. And Germany is the place from whence we derive many bf our noblest maxims of law and government, our love ol

liberty and our fire-side virtues. Even our

familiar words that most strongly express the

social feelings wife, mother, father, brother,

sister, friends, home, freedom, are all of Ger

man origin. ,

Many yeajs ago a joint stock company was . formed for the purpose of establishing a Lou-

"the Times." Ou its first appearance it was a small, dingy-looking sheet; but possessed talents which forced it into notice, it soou attracted, public attention, and gradually increased in size, power," and influence. The property is, at the presenUtime, divided into twenty-four-, shares of which sixteen belong Co Mr. John Walter. The political opinions of the journal are directed by the majority of the votes on the part of the shareholders ;and

thus, as Mr. Walter possesses two-thirds of the entire property, his voice alone controls the bias of the journal. i. The "Times" is of course excellent property. It is said that Mr. Walter gave his daughter, as her wedding portion, the profits of the first column of advertisements in tho first page of the journal a splendid fortune. It never grants credit lo any one, and is, in every sense of the phrase, a ready money concern. Every notice of a death or a marriage is charged for the simplest announce

ment not being inserted for less than seven shillings and sixpence, nearly two dollars. The value of the "Times," in a purely commercial point of view, is 312,000 each share being worth 13,000, of which Mr. Walter receives, as his portion, 30,000 -a very pretty little income!- London Correspondence of the Boston Atlas,