Evansville Journal, Volume 12, Number 9, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 12 March 1846 — Page 2

THB-J.OU R N A L . "otXsesar's weal, bat that of I?om.rt THURSDAY, MARCH 12,1846.

WHIG TICKET. ' FOB GOVERNOR, JOSEPH O. MARSHAL. L, , - Of JefTersoa County. ."FOB LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, ' . OODtOVE S.ORTIlT Ol Tippecanoe County.' . MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. V I 1 ' It is our melancholy uuiv to chronicle this week, the sad accident which has deprived our town of three excellent citizens, Messrs. GEORGE Scnt.MP, John ScHSELt, and Fred. Sauter, who were drowned on Tues day morning last, within a mile or two of Mount Vernon. They, with 'two others, had been subpcened to attend the Circuit Court at Mount Vernon, as witnesses in some civil case, and left here in a two horse wagon about half past 7 o'clock. When within a short distance of Mount Vernon they had to cross a bayou or creek which was full, and and the depth of which they were ignorant of. Mr. Schnell, who was driving, thought it fordable, and accordingly drove his horses in. The bank proved to be bluff and the wa ter fifteen or twenty feet deep. The first plunge sent the horses entirely under, and caused the wagon ' to tallow $0 quickly that all five of the persons in it were instantly immersed. Mr. Jacob Kefart succeeded in reaching the shore, and by the aid of a stick which he held out to , Mr. Nicholas Fisch, saved him also after he had been in the wa ter some fifteen minutes an d was nearly gone He then endeavored to aid Mr. Sauter, but unfortunately the slick broke, and our poor friend sank to rise no more to this life. Mr. Schnell was seen holding to the horses after the accident, and it is likely that ho might have received some injury from them, although no bruises were percievable onbis body. Mr. Schlamp was not seen by either' of the two who were saved. The Intelli-j gence was soon couveyed to Mount Vernon, proceed on the instant to the spot, and aided in finding all three of the bodies, and having them brought here. They 'were all buried Yesterday, in oue grave, and the procession that followed was the largest ever seen in this piace. The German Washington Guards, the society of Odd Fellows, the Draymen. end ihe Iwa Fire ComMiilea were out in full numbers on the occasion Mr. Sauter had but lately married, the other two were single men. We sympathize deeply with the re! a atives of the deceased, as does the whole community, at the loss they have sustained in the death of these young men, who Were among the most active and industrious ofour citizens. It is a deplorable occurrence, the like of which we hope it will never again be our duty to -record. tAJiMjilt'.ao. uregon is siill t lie cry hi the United States Senate. Mr. Webster, Crittenden, Cass. Johnson, Colquett, Hannegan, Allen, and many others, entered in the debate which is reported at length in the intelligencer. The Senator from Georgia, Mr. Colquitt, has introduced the following resolutions, in favor of which Jdr. Webster declared himself decidedly : "That notice be given, jn terms of the treaty, for abrogating the convention made between Great Britain and the United States on the 20th October, 1818, and' con tinued by the convention 1827, immediate ly after the close of -the present session of Congress, unless theTresident in his discre tion, shall consider it expedient to defer it to a later period. ' ' "Sec. 2. And le it farther resolved, That it is earnestly desired th t the long-standing controversy respecting limits in the Oregon territory be speedily settled by negotiation and compromise, ra order to tranquilize the public mind, and to preserve the friendly re - lations of the two countries." " These resolutions are uxceptionable the spirit of the second is as honorable as pacific, and the country will rejoice to know that the probability is' that they will pass the Senate by a decided majority. This was Mr. Web ster's opinion expressed on Thursday, and other Senators thought the vote wuld be twothirds in their favor. It is worthy of being remarked, that the debate in the Senate on Thursday, in whicl these views were expressed, went out in the Cambria, which sailed oh the 1st of March ' from Boston. 7"" In the House there is not much do ing; the Tariff is on the tapis, and is doom ed. The last measure of Whig rule, that, brought prosperity to the bartered away for Oregon. country, fs to be 07" The "twelve Mormon Apostles," who left Nauvoo with the party of emigrants some weeks since, have returned to that ciry. The opposition to the scheme of emigration is warmly kept up. ' .. -. Minister to Spain. R. M.Saunders, a active member of the convention which nom mated Mr. Polk as President is confirme by the Senate, as Minister to Spain.

- . READ. The Louisville Courier is trying to wake up the citizens of that sleepy city to exertion for its future advancement and improvement, and the article we copy below, although not intended to stimulate us to action, may, nevertheless, profitably engage the attention of the people of this section. It must not be supposed that because we have succeeded in

obtaining a grant of lands from Congress to complete our Canal, and made art arrangement wirh our bondholder to finish it in four years, that we can now rest from our labors that there is nothing else to be done. We have but only commenced in the race, and unless we continue we had justiis well not made the start. Evansville is destined, to be the great city of Indiana, and second to none on the Dhio jive r, but It cannot be tins without the exertions of its citizens to make it so The apathy of our people', shown on every occasion where the improvement and growth of the place is contemplated their refusal to attend the public meetings which are called upon important occasions and foriurportant ends the little inclination they have to subscribe a few dimes, although by so doing they might greatly benefit themselves and their neighbors. all this must give way to a more lib eral feelicg to greater industry and activity. We must be ever watchful of our interests and anxious to further them at any cost. If we do our duly, the fears expressed by our Louisville friends that Evansville will in a few short jyears sweep ahead of them will be realized, and we shall stand among the first of the great cities of the West. ' We recommend this article to the attention of oar readers. When George Cahning, then prime minister ofGreat Britain, found that the Bourbon dynasty of France had joined the other legi. timales" of the continent in the principle of "armed'intervention," and a French army under the command of the Due d'Angouleme had invaded Spain, under the pretence of "pacification, to reduce mat country again under absolute control of another branch of the Bour bonis, he directed the acknowledgement of the independence of the late South American provinces of Spam, and the. wider extension of British power in the East Indies, lis policy was assailed in Parliament, for supinely permitting the a aggrandizement of t ranee and fapain. lie replied in these mem orable terms, to show the far-reaching poli cy of the british empire: . "Was it necessary that we should block ade Cadiz? No. I looked another way ; I resolve that if France had Spain, it should not be Spain with the ludies 1 called the new world iuto existence to redress the balance of the old."" " - Similar in emulation, though more honorable in rivalry and more beneficial and truly ennobling in object and results, are the efforts ol kingdoms, states, or even small commu nities, to equal or excel their neighbors in growth, prosperity, and means of happiness to tall a new world 01 business into exis tenceto redress the balance of the old. in 1773, Louisville was located by Col. Thomas Bullitt, Sen., 'but his occupation being abandoned, in 1780 it was laid out and settlements commenced, under a charter horn Virginia. In 1800 it numbered GOO in habitants; in 1810,1,300. Cincinnati was first laid our hi 1789, but so litrle was the future growth of ihe place anticipated, that Judge Symmes. the original proprietor ot the land, never selected it as the site for a city, and located his expected metropolis 14 miles lower down, near the mouth of the Miami, now only'knowu by North Bend, the residence ol the late Gen. Harrison, his son-in-law. In lbOU, the site of the future 'Queen of the West' was only known as Fort Washington, from a log fort on the river bank, and the late commander-n-chief ol the army, then a lieutenant station ed at the post, usually drilled the small gar rison, on the hrst bank west ot what is now Broadway, and south of Third St., then cov ered with a stately forest, now in the heart of that city. lu 1802 Cincinnati was mcor porated, and in 1805 the population amount ea to ii0. Iow, the population numbers some 90,000, while Louisville has less than 40,000. Canals railroads, and water power have been-brought to that metropolis, and the trade of the lakes and east is opened by the Miami Canal, and the travel and transporta tiou to and lrom central Uhio and the sea board, will soon be secured by the Sandusky and Miami Railroad and the branch to Col umbus. Eastern Indiana pays tribute to the perse veringenterprize ofCincinnati. The White water Canal, like the Madison road, was the work of Indiana. Its terminus wa3 at Law renceburgh. The citizens of Cincinnati, by seizing the advantages furnished by it, wil no narrow State restrictions on their enter prise, connected that cannal with the Ohio at Cincinnati, and now the Lawrencebur, terminus is forgotten. 1 he trade goes to the great depot of that region of country By this canal, they reach the National road at Cambnge City in Indiana. A charter has been lately grafited lor branch from the Madison road to Mi 1 ford i Decatur county, Indiana.. A few miles more will reach the old line of the Lawrencburg and Indianapolis railway, and some 30 miles more the White Water Canal. Either will be made tributary to the metropolis of Cin cinnati. The "Queen City of the West wil! then lay her truncheon of command over ihe trade ol Central Indiana and point he sceptre to the Lakes and mines of the North west. 4 " t In four years the Wabash and Erie Can will be completed to Evansville. Then Cin rinnati. Madison and Evansville, with Tole do on Lake Erie, and Michigan City on Lak Michigan, will divide the trade of Indiana The broken grounds and knobs of the conn tifis of Clark and Scott. Washington and Floyd may yet remain for the oldest metro olis of the Ohio Valley.

Meantime, on the southern border of our State, our neighbors of Nashville and Knoxville are "up and doing." With steadfast purpose to bring tie valleysof the Tennessee and Cumberland to an Ocean Market, and to concentrated depots of trade at their own homes, they traversed the route of the Tennessee and Iliwassee branch from'Knoxville to reach the Georgia and Carolina reads, with a connecting railway how graded, for the

trade and business of East Tennessee, and from Nashville push their 'determined enterprize to Chattanooga on the extremity ol Georgia, to connect with the Atlantic and Western Rail Road, now reaching the Oestenaula in Cap county, near the north west ern limit of the latter Slate. Two lines from fsashviiie ro ruernpms ana iuuis roint or Hickman, will leave Kentucky, except the narrow south-western border, isolated from the progress of improvement. Since the opening of the Miami Canal, Cincinnati has drainedja portion of the trade ot the Kentucky river, and frequently extended her purchases of wheat and other grains, to our neighbors on the Indiana shore. When Evansville has become the market, by v the- Canal, for the surplus of the Wabash, our trade with the Green river may be diverted more or less to that depot. . ' . Louisville and vicinity may thus slumber on in undisturbed isolation. The law of progress will net disturb her quiet, and the hum of active industry will soon cease to annoy her repose. When time may rouse her from this Rip Van Winkle sleep, age will have gathered gaunt wrinkless and profitless wisdom, while little remains but suffering exhaustion of Venice "lo die daily." When Venice held the carrying trade to Alex indria and Asia Minor, wealth flowed iuto her coffers and her sails whitened the sea. Alexandria, also - was worthy of the name of its founder. Both rioted in. wealth and neglected the opportunities to render their prosperity permanent. Had they combined to establish and facilitate the over-laud trade from Europe to India by the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, sought to give security to trade and business, instead of opression and strife, they might now be the keys of the ilediterranean and the ; East. The advenlurousenterprize of Vasco. de Gama opened another route tor the Indies, and tor a time is countrymen, the Portugues, reaped the ch reward. England has at length established an over and travel and small traffic through Alex andra and Egypt, but the channel of trade is forever diverted from Venic to Marsailles and other ports, and the aid of foreign enterprize can scarcely galvanize the decrepitude ol Egypt and Alexandria. - Other reasons remain to show the necessi ty for the citizens of Louisville to embark in his woik, from the impiobability that such a harler and opportunity will be ever again ffered by another State to increase the wealth of the metropolis of this, and the pos itive inability of the small town3 and tar ming populations on the route to complete the work. . a Tribute to Henri Cpay. A letter from New Orleans to the Philadelphia Inquirer states that on the occasion of the inaugua ion of Gov. Johnson, the Hon. Henry Clay, who has been a guest of Dr. Mercer, of that ity. for some time pist, entered the church unattended a short time before the ceremo ny commenced; the moment he was recog nised by the crowd, the whole house resound ed with shouts and clapping of hands, which continued for some moments. Thi3 seemed not a little singular, occurring, as ii did, in the very midst - of the Democraiic party o .-onisiana; but it told the feelings of high esteem and leve for the man. MrsTEiuovs. A box, floating iu the Ohio river, wa3 recently picked up near New Richmond, opened, and found to contain the dead bodies of two infants, and the legs breast, and inner portions of the body of a grown female, undoubtedly the mother o the children! The unfortunate mother it was the general opinion, was young very probably the victim of seduction, and while travelling on a boat, was cruelly murdered with her babes. Some supposed the murder had been perpetrated at Cincinnati, and the box sent up on some boat and thrown over. board, from the fact of the box bearing the name of that city. The names had been planed off, but the watercaused them to ap pear again, which may lend to the detection of the guilty parties. 07- The anxiety which a man feels for the want of funds, is called capital punishment We are capitally punished then very ol ten. Shame on those who inflict it. The London Punch gives this anion other definitions in its political dictionary Currency, from cxjrrkue,Io run, is a term applied to money, probably oh account of th tendency which all money has to run way. . , 1 11 me arucie wo uiu once run lais way we would try and head it; but we are afraid it has turned tail on us. Whew! Mr. Polk. To show the weakness of th President, the Newburyport Herald has th following pithy paragrah: The innocent simplicity of of Mr. Polk, i applying to ureal jintain to know it herwa like preparations were inteuded for the U States, must raise a smile upon the counten ance of the reader. Did he expect if Eii" 1 1 .1 . 0 lino was loaning ujese preparations agaiust the United states, that she would tell himo ii? Perhaps he did, and then his next ques tion would nave been, probably, what pom she intends first to attack, and what tl; weignt of metal ot. the armament she intended to bring against these points, in or der that he might be belter able to repel the attack.

☞ Dr. Braddee, the Mail robber, who was sentenced in 1841 to ten years imprisonment in the Pennsylvania Penitentiary, died a few days ago in his cell. Shortly after

his incarceration, he conceived the idea of procuring his liberation, by simulating a de cline of health. For this purpose, he would prick his gums with the awls, which were supplied him in the vocation he had chosen, that of a Shoemaker, and, having saturated his towel with blood, was always prepared for the stated visits of a physician or with this evinence of a dangerous hemorrha from the lungs, to which he was always careful to add, a difficult and painful respiration. His physician was able, sometimes, to engage the suffering doctor in conversations, in which he would be sufficiently animated to forget his painful breathing, but on the instant he would recollect himself, the difficulty would return. These practices, it is believed, brought 'on the disease which terminated his life, and he died at last of a pulmanary [pulmenary]affec tion. "It is known," says the Pittsburgh Commercial Journal," that Braddee's wife, who lung to him during his trial, and suggested by her presence and the signs of affliction, that appstrophe to love in anguish, with which Mr. Biddle in Braddee' defence electrified the crowded auditory, had been unfaithful to her vows, and married another during Braddee's imprisonment, He was not made acquainted with the fact, and for the five years he was in confinement, he was fond of an opportunity of talking about "his wife and children." He spoke of them in terms of warm affection ; and undoubtedly his desire to recover his liberty was stimulated by attachment to them; even after he became aware that he must soon die, he desired to be at liberty, even if he were to die in a barn, that he might not die a prisoner. But so soon as he learned the conduct of his wife he instantly ceased to wish for freedom. It was the final blow to the poor convict, the unexpected thrust, like that which extorted the memorable et tu Brute, commanding surrender; and poor fellow, he gave up at once He never after mentioned wife or child, or desired to move beyond the limits of his cell. The name of his wife was avoided with an iron will, although from the previous years of his confinement, it had been a pleas ant, and hopeful theme. . ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ☞ A letter in the National Intelligencer from Richmond, speaking of the death of John H. Pleasant, says: No event which has ever occurred in this city has caused more general pain and sympathy. Mr. Pleasants was, as you know, the oldest son of the late Governor Pleasants, and has left an aged mother, two children, and many other relatives, upon whom this bereavment will fall with peculiar severity; for no man was more tenderly beloved by his family, and no one ever had more devoted friends. An inquest was holden over his body on the 27th ult.,and verdict of the coroner'sjury was, that Thos. Ritchie, Jr., was guilty of the murder of Pleasants in a mutual combat had between them on the 25th ult.,and that Peter J. Archer, Washington Greenhow, and William Scott were present, aiding and abettin" in said combat and in said murder.— The Coroner had issued his warrant to arrest the parties found guilty by the inquisition. . ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ . RAISING THE WIND. The Sunday Times chronicles the following novel way of "raising the wind." A wild, harum-scarum young fellow, who had spent all his own estate, and was willing to spend the estates of others, whenever he could get a chance, finally run out of funds, credit and everything else, and knew not how to raise a dollar wherewith to progress further in the 'road to ruin." A thought struck him he had a rich old uncle in Ohio, a relative generally known to his creditors, and it was "supposed the young scapegrace would be his heir. We will call the name of the spendthrift Jones— no one can be offended at a surname. While Jones' fortunes were at the lowest ebb, there appered in one the morning papers, the following paragraph: "John Jones, esq., one of the wealthiest and oldest inhabitants of Ohio, died some time last month. He left an estate valued at near 1,000,000. We are informed that a chief portion of his property is left to his nenhew, Thomas Jones, of this city. We congratulate him upon his wealthy accession." Before an hour had elapsed, Mr. Thomas Jones was overrun with congratulations from friends and creditors. All were his friends — all were willing to lend him money. Young Tom thanked them for their kindness, had a word or two to say in private to each, and in the course of a day or two, left for Ohio to receive his fortune. About ten days elapsed,when a letter was received from the supposed deceased uncle, addressed to the editors of the paper that had announced his death, starting he was in his usual health, and hoped to be for a long time yet. But the secret of the joke was, that young Tom had managed to receive voluntarily, from those he had already owed, about $3,000 — all in consideration of the fortune coming to him from his deceased uncle in Ohio!— When last heard of, he was in Texas. There is a moral to be learned in this, from newspapei fortunes. . ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ☞"Here's the bannisters, where's the stairs? as the drunken fellow said, ven he felt his way round the bedstead in the dark.

, To the editor of the Evansville Journal. ! Post Office, Evansville, March 9tb, '40. Sr Having received from the Post Office Department a copy of "Proposals for carry-; ing the "mails of the United States from the 1st of July, 1846, to the 30th June, 1850," I send yon an extract: "Route No. 001, from Louisville, Ky., by Evansville, la., Shawneetown, 111., Smithland

and Paduca, Ky., Cairo, 111., Columbus, and Hickman, Ky., New Madrid, Mo., Randolph and Memphis, Tenn., Helena, Ark., White River, Napoleon, Columbia, and Bachelors Bend, Mi., Grand Gulf, Natches and St. Francisville, La.,ahd Baton Rouge to New Orleans, 1,448 miles, twice a week, and back in steamboats with four additional weeklv trips supplying , only Evansville, Memphis, Vicksburg and Natchez, as intermediate offices, one of said four trips to exchange mails at White River. "Leave Louisville daily at 10 A". M.. ar rive at New Orleans on the Glh day thereafter by 6 A. M. "Leave N. Orleans daily at 10 A. M., ar rive at Louisville on the 10th day thereafter by 6 A. Al. ' "Proposals to carry in steamboats 3 times a week oroftner during, steamboat navigation between Louisville and Shawneetown through in 30 hours each way supplying Brandenburg Cloverport, Hawesville, Lewisport, Owensboro, and Henderson, Ky., and Rome, Troy, Cambelltown, Rockpon, Evans ville, and Mu Vernon in Ind., are also invi ted. Your ob't s'vr, B. F. DUPUY, P. M. For tke Evansville Journal. MARINE HOSPITAL MEETING. Pursuant to public notice, a meeting of the citizens of Evansville and its vicinity, was held in the-. Court-tiouse, on Thursday evening, March b'h. " On motion Dr. G. B. Walker was called to the Chair, and A. M. McGriff appointed Secretary. The objects of the meeting having been briefly explained by the Chairman, the follow ing resolutions were introduced by W. Newton, Esq., and supported by him in an eloquent speech, and after being amended, and freely discussed by Dr. Lane, Willard Carpenter and others,' were unanimously adopted, viz: Resolved, That, possessed of great and striking commercial advantages oftrade ofthe Ohio, Green and Wabash rivers, which make her an imp itanl depot for the varied productions ofthe country through which they pass, Evansviile offers peculiar inducements for the location of a Marine Hospital by the Gen eral Government. - . - . Resolved,. That a committee of five be appointed to draw up a memorial to Congress, praying that Evansville be declared a Pditof Entry, and that a Marine Hospital be established at this piace. The following gentlemen were . appointed said committee: William Newton, Esq., Hon. Joseph Lane, Hon. Conrad Baker, Hon. James Lockhart, and John Mitchell, Esq., On motion of Dr. Lane, the Secretary was instructed to notify the members of said committee of their appointment. On motion of Dr. Bray, a committee of ten persons be appointed to circulate the contemplated memorial to Congress, and procure signatures thereto; which was adopted, and the following gentlemen appointed, to wit: Dr. Bray,Dr. Laycock, Willard Carpenter, Esq., R. Schnell, E. 11. Fairchild, John E Taylor, W. Brown Builer, Nathan Rowley, Jas- Laughlin, Jr., and Robt. Barnes. On motion of Dr. Laycock, the Evansville Journal, Courier, and Biptist Herald be requested to pbblish the proceedings of this meeting, unanimously adopied. On motion of Willard Carpenter, Esq., the meeting now adjourned, to meet at this place of Alonday evening next, at early candle lighting, at which time, the committee on the memorial is requested to report, which motion was adopted and the meeting adjourn ed. CJEO.B. WALKEIt, Ch'n. A. M. McGriff, Sec'y. Evansville, March 9th, 184G. Pursuant to adjournment, the citizens assembled this evening, in the court house. W.Newton. Esq.. from the commutes an , ' - jpointed for that purpose, reported a memorial to Congress, praying that Evansville be declared a Port of Entry, aud that a Marine Hospital be established iu this place, which report, after being discussed, was unanimously adopted. On motion a committee of twelve was appointed, to maintain the proper correspondence,, rehtive to the objects of the memorial. The followinggentlemen were appointed said committee: Jas. E. Blythe,'Esq., Conrad Baker, Esq., Crawford Bell, Wni. II. Law, Dr. G. B. Walker, Dr. Al. J. Bray, F, E. Goodsell, Joseph Lane, W. Carpenter, Jas. G. Jones, Esq., Hon. C. I. Bittell, and Hon. John Law. - On motion it was ordered that 300 copies ofthe memorial be printed. On mation of W. Carpenter, Esq., the Secretary was appointed to solicit a contribution from the citizens, sufficient to defray expen ses. On motion the proceedings of the meeting were ordered to be published in the city pa pers. Oil motion adjourned. JOHN MITCHELL, Chairman. A. M. AIcGkiff, Secretary. VIVE LE BAGATELLE! The - Wash ington correspondent.of the New York Cour ier writes ' "The only rumor prevalent here having die semblance of truth, in relation to the despatches received by Air. Pakenham, is, that her Majesty has directed him to inform Air. Walker that it is in the royal contemplation to coufer upon him the order of Knighiood. in consideration of his services rendered the Crown by his recent extraordinary treaties on fiee trade, and his advocacy of British interest. The peculiar order which will be conferred on him is not known, though the most plausible supposition is that, as the distinguished Secretary is from Mississippi, he will be the first of a new order, that is, repudiation." !

From the New York Courier and Enqirer. . The Alorning News has at last tannd it convenient to refer to the developments in Colron's "Life and Times of Henry Clay,?1 concerning the conspiracy, by which the attempt was made to overwhelm Mr. Clay with a charge of having been bribed 4o support Mr. Adams for the Presidency. Mr.Colton in the portion, of his work referred to, has collected and published, in a clear and methodical manner, every fact, with the evidence on which it rests, and every document rela

ting to this charge ; and he has thus enabled every man. of ordinary judgement and -ability to torm a distinct and decided opinion as to the nature of the charge itself, and the mo tives which actuated those by whom it was made. The charge was that eertainWcndj of Mr. Adams had made the proffers which Mr. Clay, it was alleged, had accepted; and that Air. Adams was induced to fulfil "these engagements into which bis friend bad entered in his behalf. The documents submitted prove conclusively that not one particle of evidence was ever adduced, by those who made this charge,to sustain it. Of course it must, therefore fall to the ground. But Air. Colton goes farther than this, arid declares that offers of precisely this nature were made to Air. Clay by the friends of Gen. Jackson; and in proof of this very eerieus accusation he gives the following: "Some time iu January, 1825, and not long before the election ofthe Preident of the U. States by the House of Representatives, the Hon, Jas Buchanan, then a member of the House, and afterwards many years a Senator of the United States, from Pennsylvania, who had been a zealous and influential supporter of Gen. Jackson in the pre-" ceeding canvass, and was supposed to enjoy his unbounded confidence, called at the lodgings of Mr. Clay, in ihe city of Washington. Mr. Clay was at the time in the room of his only messmate in the House, his intimate and confidential friend the Hon. R. P. Letcher, since Gov. of Kentucky, then also a member ofthe House." Shortly after Mr. Buchanan's entry into the room, he introduced the subject ofthe approaching Presidential electron, and spok of Ue certainty of the election of his favorite, adding that he would form the most splendid cabinet that the country had ever had Air. Letcher asked, 'How could we have one more distinguished than that of Air. Jefferson, in which there were both Madison and Gallatin? Where would he be able to find equally eminent men? Air. Buchanan replied, thatie would not go out of this room for a Secrfitars of State, lacking at Mr. Clay. .This gentleman (Mr. Clay) playfully remarked, that he thought there was no timber there nt for a cabinet officer, unless it were Air. Buchanan himself;'" " . . . .. ' Now this occurrence is narrated on the authority of two witnesses, Mr, Clay and Air. Letcher. It the remark, attributed to Air. B. was made by him in grave earnest, it establishes the whole charge. What proof have we that it was not a mere pleasantry ? That which is furnished by the following f ict, staU ed evidently on the direct authority ot Air. Clay himself: - ' - j v"AIr. Clay, while he was so hotly assailed with the charge of bargain, intrigue, and corruption, during "the Administration of . Air. Adams, rioted Mi. Buchanan of his intention to publish the above occurrence;but, by the earnest entreaties of that geiiilemau, he was induced to forbear doing so.Air. Buchanan himself, therefore put it out of our power to believe that the remark was not a serious one, and that the offer it embodied was not distinctly and seriously made. If when Air. Clay notified him of his intention to publish the occarrence, he had said, "very well it was .'a mere pleasantry it had no serious meaning" it might have been difficult to show the contrary . But instead of that, Mr. Buchanan earnestly entreats" Air. Clay not to make it public. Why did he do this, if it, was unimportant? He sealed at once its truth and its significance by the effort he made to keep it secret. He virtually confessed the fact which its publication would assert;4 and that fact was that be assured Air. Clay that, if Gen. Jackson should be elected by his means, he would be chosen for fie Secretary of Stale The News indulges in a repetition of the stereotyped eulogies of Gen. Jackson's integrity, and denies with a swaggering air either that the Gen'l is proved to have been capable of sending Air. Buchanan on such an errend or that the latter is 'willing to be sent. These points are not at issue. Whether Gen. Jackson sent him or not whether he was willing or not to be sent this fact is clear ihat he went, and that he went with a most serious and impoitant message 10 Air. Clay. The News calls upon Mr. Buchanan to make some response to this publication, and thus expresses its conviction ofthe necessity of curb a step: "It appears to us due to Gen. Jackson's memory, to the truth of history, to the democratic party, and a himself, that it should be done; and we hope that while he will pardou the freedom of such a call proceeding from a friend, and ventured in the conscious strength of integrity and safety, he will consent to meet the general wish of bis party and the disinterested public, by giving his personal tesiimony in regard to the real and true facts of the case, so far as it may be in his power to make - it to the conclusive refutation of all slander and confusion of all slanderers. We cordially join in this request." And we are gratified to find that after, several months' rumination npon the subject, and probably after a full communication with Air. Buchanan upon the matter, the News feels the necessity of meeting in some way tho very serious imputations made upon Air. Buchanan's character. ' We trust that no time will be lost by the latter in "meeting the general wish of his party and the disinterested public. ' : 0- We call the attention of our merchants and others visiting the East, to to the advertisement ofthe Franklin House,' New York. Give it a trial. ' - - - 07" The River is higher than it has" been since last Spring aud rising slowly. The l:ll).-lsll WO lnu nn lo.rj I.t ' I ... the Statesman promises to let us know when there is any water worth speaking of.