Evansville Journal, Volume 12, Number 10, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 19 March 1846 — Page 2

TH E.: J OUR N.A L. - j - ".Not Caesar's weal, but that of Rome." THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1846.

WHIG TICKET. - "0H GOVERNOR, m JOSEPH G. UIARSII AJLI, Of Jefferson County. ' ' Vs TOVi LIEUTENANTf GOVERNOB, , GODLOTE S.'OBTI, ' ?a Of Tippecanoe County. ' 07 We learn that petitions are in circu lation in a number ol the adjoining counties, and japidly receiving signatures, recomrnend"ing the, appointment by the. Governor of DkW.IL Stockwell, of4liis place, a3 Trustee on the part of the State for the a. Wabash and Ohio Cana!. . We are glad to see this move in favor of our fellow townsman, . AJbetter selection, we are satisfied without wishing at all to prejudice the claims ofolhers--couId not be .made. Dr.Stockwell is well known to be a sound, -practical, business man, of decided talent and energy, having a thorough knowledge of our Canal and every thing per taining to it. Should Dr. S. receive the. ap pointment we feel confident he will be able to discharge the trust confided to him to the satisfaction of,the whole people. CO" The Cincinnati Gazette says the ship -building Company, at Marietta, have finish ed another splendid barque, to which they have given the name of their enterprising town. She is'oT250 tons burthen, built in the very best slyle and of superior materials, and will compare favorably with any.vesse of her class, built east of the mountains. - , . . . ? When shall we be able to record the estab . lishment of a shipyard at this point. We have an"excellent location, the best of tim ber living is cheap in fact no better site for carrying on an extensive establishment of the kind is to be found on the Ohio. " Some time since a gemlleman visited this place with the view of establishing yard, and he, or some one else, may be induced to do so yet, if our property holders will be a Litic liberal. 1 " AUGUST ELECTION. We have had the enquiry made of us several times lately, '5 who is to be the candidate for the Legislature this year, and how is lie to be selected?" 'To this" we reply that we have noLheard the name of any gentleman suggested. The . The u7g3 to a man, arid a large member oj the nnpoaitP rnrtv aUn wiMiM 1P wall gaits fled to secure the services again ofou r last able Representative, Conrad Baker, Esqr., but we do not know that he will consent to run. It is rather soon to commence the campaign, , being nearly five months to the election. We may, however, look about us and be provided in time, r.6 that the, locos miy not catch U3 napping. 07- Read the two interesting letters by the Washington correspondent of the Balti more Patriot in to-day's paper. Treasury, of History. We are indebted to the Publisher Mr. Daniel Adee, 107 Fulton Street, New York, for No. 3 of this work. We again call the attention of the public to this work, as every way worthy of an extensive circulation, and invaluable for constant reference. It i neatly printed, abounding in historical facts, classified, and chronologically arranged, and when completed, will form an indispensible compliment to all libraries. Specimen numbers can be seen at this office. ' OCT We failed to receive the 2nd number, will the publisher be so good as to forward it to us. 07- The Guest, is the title a beautiful literary sheet in quarts form, just issued from the Cincinnati Press, and edited - by Mrs. R. S. Nichols, so favorably known to thevhole country as an accomplished writer. It is issued semi-monthly at 1,50 per copy, or 5, for a club of four. (gr Wm. Newton, Esqr. commences a course of Lectures on Phrenology on Friday evening nex t at the Court House. The public are invited. Rt-jroREo Restoration of Santa Anna The Washington Union says:' "We have received a communication from Tallahassee, February 20th, from 'An American Citizen,1 who profosses to have just arrived from a tour in Mexico. The object ig to slate to us, upon the information ofa' Mexican, in whom Santa Anna had reposed the utmost confidence for five years, the conclusion ofa new treaty which within the last three months has been ratified between the British Government, Sanla Anna, and the French king, which is intended to restore Santa Anna, and make him the 'king of Mexico.'' The equivalent to be made by him is to assist the allied powers in, certain purposes they may have formed iowaids the United Staies.'1 The Union does not place much confidence the statement. '

0 Mr. Polk has succeeded in getting f.

himself into a most beaulifuf scrape, from which he will find it bard even witli the luck; of John Tyler to extricate himself. The let ter in to-day's p iper from the Patriot lets us into the matter partly, but there is much more of interest in the affair which we have not room for That there will be a flare-up about this Oregon business is now certain, and that pretty soon.' The Patriot's corres pondent of the lOih says The all-absorbing topic of conversation, however, still continues to be the inevitable - rupture between Mr. Polk and the right or tiie left win" of his party! You may-rely tip&n one thing, Sen ator Zaywood isa"s slixewd and as able a man, any day he lives, as Mr. President Polk. lie bad the most ample authority for the statements in bis speech which gave Messrs. 7annegan and Allen so much apparent of fence! This, at the proper time, will be made clear! Another thing, I know the fact, says the correspondent of the Patriot, that, it is generally understood among the Southern Senators" belonging tot he dominant party if not to others that a Treaty by which the Oregon question is to be settled upon the basis of 49, is about to be made between this Government and that of Great Britain! If such a Treaty is not o be made, then some of the Senators referred to, will denouueeto the world those who will have deceived and tricked them, in tones that will thrill upon the ear from one end' of this Union to the other! I know what I here write, and you may rely upon it. Rest assured, Mr. Polk is in a. bad dilemma! lie cannot extricate himself! If he" now goes with' the 54 40 men, the 49'ers will openly denounce him4 And if lie goes for 49, as he ha? most assuredjy given Mr. Calhoun's Senatorial friends to understand he will, then the54 40s will be down upon him Jifie an avalanche! John Tyler's luck couldn't save him ! The Senate held a secret session to-day for a few moments. I understand that the nomination of Judge A. 13. Meeke, as Uni ted States District Attorney for South Ala bama, was canfirrned, and that the nomina tion of Mr. Wriglit, as Navy Agent at Boston which was some weeks ago referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, 'with certain instructions, was reported back to the Sena te, with the recommendation ,hal it be con firmed. : . " ' .t t m VC5" The amountpaid by the Government for printing for the two Houses -of Congress, from 1813 lothc present time, as staled by (Le Kegister ol the t reasury isaTfoTlowsl 7 Senate from 1813 to 1845 in part. Printing, 571,735 21. Folding & Binding, 40,018 84. - ' $311,754 05 II. Reps., same tmk. Printing' 1,270,818 89. Folding &, bind. 109,511 12. -$1,380,330 01 Total of both Houses, 1,992,084 00 The above does not include the amount appropriated for books for the members, &.c, which amounts to $S43,C62 88, making in all 2,835,148 93, a handsome little sum. FIVE MORE We have published accounts of life revolution in Yucatan, and their setting up as a government independent of Mexico. The New Orleans Tropic now j publishes a letter from Campeachy, in which it is proposed to admit the peninsula of Yucatan in the United Stales, after the manner of Texas, and divide it into five new Slates! The letter adds Happy, very h3ppy aie the Texians, in having secured a solid and true protection from, the Uuited Slates, and liberated them selves from the unworthy and imbecile government of Mexico. Yucatecas are anxious to get it from the United States, and we have determined to send a committee to Washington, so as to propose to the Govern ment of the United Slates to protect us, and givp us aid, in case that Mexico should once more attempno impose upon us. The thing wears the face of improbability on it; but he reads, the signs of the times er roneously, who shall so regard any proposi tion for in the language of the advocates o f Texas annexation "enlarging the area of freedom.?' , the whole number of deaths in the city of New York during the- past year, was 10,983 of whom there were- white male. 5,554 ;white females 4,S92; black males 2G1 ; black females 276. There were three deaths of persons over a hundred years of age. The increase of deaths in 1845 over those of 1844, is 2,02. 07-. The Baltimore Patriot, one of the best newspapers in the Union, the earliest in point of intelligence from abroad that reach es this section, has been lately enlarged and improved. I hose who want a paper from the East should subscribe for the Patriot by all means. " ' , ' Tobacco. Those who use the weed, will find some excellent brands, at low rates, at the Wholesale Grocery and 1 ron Store of A Laughlin,cornej- of Water and Sycamore sts, We have tried U and find it really fine flavor ed. . . - " ' - '

Marine. .Hospital- We publish below m - -

the memoriaflo Congress now circulating among our citizens, praying the location ofa MarineZospital at this place. We hopejo see our citizens active in tins matteran pi them not one nor two but all. ' MEMOKIAL,, TO TIIE SEA AW AiD HOUSE OF TIIE UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED: The undersigned, citizens of Evansville and its vicinity, would respectfully represent to your Honorable body, that occupying a commanding commercial location, on the Ohio River, at the southern termination of the Wabash andErie" canaT, 4he productions, as well of the cites above and below as ol the country which supplies them, find their depot and point ofdislributioh,, throng!) the great and fertile Stales of Indian ;i,lUInois atld Ihe Southern portions of Kentucky and thence through the States borderrng on the Mississippi Valley, in the Town of "Evans ville ;Tiiat Green River, navigably for three hundrecfmiles, and supplying an .easy, and certain outlet to the productions ot 1he country through which it passes, finds. ils best aud natural depot at the same location ; and that the Wabash, navigable for five'huudred miles, and watering a country of. une qualled fertility and whose resources, though great; are yet comparatively undeveloped, pours its trade and commerce directly in the lap of the'aforesaid Town. In'addition toall this,';White River by itself and branches, watering an extent of couniry, jequal to one hull the geographical limiisof the Slate, swells to a large amount, the varied pro ductions which find a certain- miiket, at the same point. . Your Memorialist would further represent to your-Honorable Body, that by" on Act of the laie Legislature of the State of Indiana, based on the muiiificent douation of lands made to her, by the-last Congress of "the U. S., for the purpose of enabling her to Conir plete'lhe great work'of the Wabash and Erie Canal, tbe completion of that work, as well "as the restoration of the honor and. faith of the Slate, by a satisfactory adjustment of her debt, is now" placed beyond a reasonable doubt ; That that CanalPwhen completed, will afford a direct and certain communication between the lakes on the one hand, and the Mississippi Valley on the other, and offer, for its entire length, a'high-way free of Joll, to the Government of the U. S.;thus making the Town of Evansville", as welby Us naiural as its acquired facilitiesa point, of great, if not unequalled advantages to the commerce of the .North, the South and the West. - - Your Memorialists would ' further "represerit'to your Honorable Body, that as a consequence of these advantages, laVge numbers of Steam and Flat Boats land at the wharf of this Town, depositing there, the productions with which the) are ladenjf and receiving new stores for transportation, to other ports; rhat to the great number of those, wno, gaining their livelihood on the rivers of which your Memorialist have spoken, necessarily suffer from the diseasesLowhich ihaArahev orthe Mississippi is exposed, no asylum 'is offered in the region of country, the wants of which most imperatively demand one; and that, at no point on the Ohio River, of which your Memorialists have any knowledge, is such an Institution more imperatively de manded, or could possess greater facilities for accomplishing the end for which it is de signed. Your Memorialists "would ' therefore pray your Honoiable Body, for the passnge ot an Act, declaring Lvausville a Por; of Entry, and lor an appropiation for the erection of a Marine Hospital; conscious, that such action on the pirt of your Honoiable Bodv, is nol more required by its already great &. growing necessities, than it would tend" to fosier and promote, the growth and prosperity of this portion of the Mississippi Valjey. And as in duty bound your Memorialists will ever pray, etc. A VALUABLE SUGGESTION. Whilst the steamer Hibernian was goin up the Ohio river to Wheeling, some days ago, she groun ded in about eight feet water. The ice on her Lottorn having become very thick, it was suggested to turn the scape pipe into her hold, when ihe steam after some time com. pletely thawed the ice off, and the boat pro ceeded on her way. I11 noticing this fact the Pittsburg Gazette makes the following remarks: I "The idea of turning the sleam into the hold to clear her bottom of ice, is, we believe, quite new. 'A gentleman largely interested in boats, to whom we mentioned the circumstance, though', it would be a great improvement if all steamers were furnished with a pipe through which the hold could at any moment be filled with'sieam. It occurred to him on the Palestine, when a fire broke outln her hold, on the Mississippi. Some iron which was lying at the bottom, became heated, and when water was thrown upou it, the vapour created, almost instantaneously extinguished the fire. If in case of fire in the hold, the hatches were battened down and the steam turned in, it is obvious that it must be immediately smothered, unless the deck or sides were so far injured as to allow the steam to escape. This is worthy the consideration of steamboat owners."The editors of the Stale Sentinel and Democrat havecommenced their warof words again, and the gentlemanly epithets they make use of in speaking of each other would'nl discredit the inhabitants of the famous "five points" of New York.' The difficulty seems to have originated about the public printin" lutneilher need give themselves trouble a bout that. Ibe ulngs will. have a word to ssy about that matter.

Texas United States Senators. Pri

vate letters from Galveston, spates that Gen erals'HousTON and Rusif have been-elected U. S, Senators by very largo . majorities " of the Legislature. It is curious enough thatthe former who was so berated pending the Annexation question, for his hostility to the measure, should be the very first man selected to represent the new born State in the highest branch of the National Councils. QCr The New Orleans Bulletin of the 9th inst.says: The steamer Dr. Franklin, Capt Si3imon9, while lying at the Levee was4 'discovered to be on fire yesterday morning about 3 o'clock, and was immediately acuitled and sank -4n fifteen or twenty feet water. The Dr. Franklin was to have departed for Cincinnati on Saturday evening, and the fires were lighted, but as the ev.enmg was foggy the Captain was prevailed upon to remain during the night, and the fire" we learn oiiginated under the ash pit. A number of the passengers lepLon board, but fortunately escaped unnjured wish their" baggage. The .cabin, the fixtures of which were saved, has separated from the hull, whfch together with the cargo, a genera! assortment ofgoods, it i3 feared will prove a total loss. The boat was insured fori 12,500. SMITHSONIAN BEQUEST. We find the following item in the National. Intelli gencer: "Mr OWEN, from the Select Committee on the Smithsonian Bequest, to which was refened the bill to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge 0 mong men, reported a substitute for the bill, accompanied by the following resolution: . Resolred, That this report be printed; that the substitut-berewilh reported be refer red to the Committee of the Whole" on the state of the Unron, and be printed seperately in the form of a bill; arid that the same be made the special order of the day for the sec ond 1 uesdayin April next. "A di visio n of the question was called-and the motion being on the last clause, making it the special order "Mr. Owen asked permission Jo say a word or two. Jt, was nearly,8 years since'themon ey proposed to be appropriated by the Smith sonian bill had been' paid to the United States, and not a Jollar of it had yet. been used for the. jinrposes Specified in the be quest. ... Congress could not be supposed indifferent on this subject; but it had been overlooked and postponed amidst unfinished business in tin conflict of great sublectsT So it would be again if some day was not fixed. If the day designated by the committee was thought still too early, a later day might be named. Unless some day was fixed, the chances were that it would be lost by delay; and the reproach would still rest upon us of having received money for one of the best objects upon earth, and of having then done nothing with it. "Two-thirds voting for the resolul'on, it passed. "So the Smithsonian bill was made the the special order for the second Tuesday in April.'' THE LATE J. II. PLEASANTS. We see with pleasure that a subscription has been opened in Richmond for the benefit of Mr. Pleasant's family, to which the Rich mond papers says liberal contributions have already been made. The "Richmond Whig" remarks that "it may be well to state that citizens who have not been applied to, but who are disposed to contribute to the fund now being raised for the relief of the venerable mother, and the maintenance and education of the orphan children of the late John Hampden Pleasants, will find lists of subscription at both the reading rooms of Richmond, and nt the offices of the" Whig, and Star. Extensively admtred and beloved as Mr. Pleasants was, it has been sugges ted that there are probably many persons at a distance, both uw;thin and out of the Com mon wealth, who will be happy to unite with the Deoole of Richmond in their tribute of affection. All such are advised that any sum which thej may be disposed to remit, if enclosed either to Mr. II. W. Monciir, Henry Ludlam, or Joshua J.' Fry, of Richmond, will be faithfully and judiciously applied to its object." Mr. Pleasants died In the 49th year of his age, leaving a son about 14 and a daughter of more tender age. The Richmond Compiler states this singular fact in regard to Mr. Pleasants: "In h'13 dying moments l e slated, what no one had betbre suspected, that he had drawn the ball from oue of his pistols after his friend had left him, the night previous to the combat, in order to diminish the dangers of his adversary, whilst those 1o which he himself was to be exposed, "he must have felt, made it almost impossible to escape." 5- We have heretofore neglected to call the attention of the reading public to the new Book Store of W. A. Wandell, Jr. cor ner of Main and Second Streets. Those who are fond of light reading can please themselves at a trifling cost by giving him a call.

Extensive stake robbeei. A letterjLaor:in'frp fi.. rlntfiri Feb. 2d. to the ftdilor of

IB O ' the Mobile Advertiser, stales that oil the .t night of the 21st, when the mail stage came in, whilst the driver was engaged in changling the horses, the stage, was- robbed of a travelling-bag, containing ' seven thousand five hundred dollars, belonging to a Mr. Sni der or New Orleans. The following are the particulars of the affairsi As. the coach hailed at the tarvendoor, all the pissengers (saven or eight in number) got out and went into 'the 100m to warm themselves. . Mr. Snider was the last to get out, and when out, did notnemain longer than three minutes, when he. immediately returned for the' purpose of taking with him the bag and money, but on examining the coach it could not be found. . The Marm was given aud search forthwith commenced in ev ery direction. No clue could be had. A thousand consuctures were anoat. Lvery body in this peaceful town was in a state of uneasiness abroad in every quarter, but ,10 no effect. On Sunday, at 3 P. M., the se cret leaked out and it was ascertained that negro man, who, belonged in the couniry," was seen passing on "quarter and halt eagles" as "ten cent pieces. lne negro was soon taken into custody, and acknowledged that the very moment the stage was cleared of the passengers-that hejslipperl up to the door the night was pitch-dark) and felt if there was anything in the bottom of the- coach that be felt the bag, seized it and ran immediately across the street, threw it into the court-house yard until the excitement should abate then removed tt to a box on the op posite .side, and immediately before day again removed it in the rear ofa stable and buried it in a large heap of manur. Form this spot the bag was taken in the presence of many witnesses. A part of the money has been recovered the gold, amounting to near 2,000 but the New Orleans - bank note's are yet missing and what makes" the matter still worse, is, that the negro says he has not seen it (the bundle) and that he only took out the sptcie. Mr. Snider is still here, and the search is still going on The negro is'in jail 03- Somebody has perpetrated the follow ing miserable pun: . Why is the Ohio river like an unfortunate drunkard? Answer Because he takes in so much " Monongahela,"" ho "goes" by " Whee ling, gets a "Licking" at Cincinnati, and "itZZs" at Louisville. e merely add the "'old burster" eontin uesheie"on a ixcelV .' " ' .SINGULAR SEA FIGHT. ,On board the Peacock they-witnessed a fightbetween nl whale and one of its many ene mies; the sea was quite smooth,and offered the best possible view' of-the whole combat. First, at a'distant from the ship, a whate was seen floundering in a mosj extraordinary way lashing the smooth sea into a most perfect foam, and.endeavoring apparentlyto extricate himself from some annoyance. As he ap proached the ship, the struggling continuing and becoming more violent, it was perceived that , a fish apparently about twenty feet long, held him by the jaw, his contortions, spoutings, and throes, all betokemug the a agony of the huge monster. The whale now threw himselfat full length from the water with open mouth, hfs pursuer still hanging to the jaw, the blood still is suing from the wound, and dying the se-i to a distance around ;but all his floundenngs were of no avail; his perlinacious enemy still maintained his hold, and was evidently gelling the advantage of hsm. Much alarm seemed to be feltbv the many whales around These "killers,' as they are called, are ofa brownish color on tiie belly, with a long dor sel fin. Such was the turbulence with whicl they passed, that a view could not be had o them to make out more nearly the desciip lion. Thef e fish'attack a whale in the same way as dogs bait a bull, and "worry bim to death. They are armed with strong sharp teeth, and generally seize the whale by the lower 'aw, as in this instance.' It it rare (hat we meet with any thing more true to nature than the following little gem, descriptive of frontier life, which we copy from the Cleveland-ILrald: TIIE BACKWOODSMAN. In tne deep wild wood is a lonely man, And he swings his broad-axe like a slight rattan His garb is uncouth, but his step is proud, And his voice, when he speaketh, is firm ' and loud, 1 he forest receedes. as his strons arm - swings, ' And he letteth in light like the King of kings. His hut is of logs and his infant brood Tumbled forth to rejoice in that solitude, They chase the honey bee home to ts s ore And the old tree gives up . what it never bore. They hide in the brake,--they rush thro' ihestream, And fit to and fro like the things of a dream. The mother is pale like the sweet moonlight, - MBut they say, in her youth no rose was so bright; She moves in the cabin with gentle grace, And the homliest things have their regular place: . She sings as she works wilh a sighing smile, And her far off home ariseth in vision the while. E. B. W. Seat of Governmment. The bill to remove the seat of Government of the State of Louisiana to the town of Baton Rouge has passed the House of Representatives, and only awails the Executive signature to become a law. The act docs not go into force, says the Bee, until after the close of -ihe Legislative Session of 1848, in conformity wilh the provisions ofthe 112th article of the Constitution. " . -

A TARIFF AND ANTI-TARIFF SCENE.

' Correspondence of the Baltimortalriot. i. WASH LNGTON March 2, 1843. The ways and doings of the British Free Trade party in this 'country, and their coworkers pnd co adjutors, the Lordly Manufacturers of England, "are rapidly developing themselves! The proceedings of Congress being dull to-day, I accepted ai invitation to visit the room ofthe House Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, where i found a Mr. Homer, brother to Sidnky Homes, whose anti-'tariff letter- appeared in Ihe last cumber of the "Union," exhibiting tbout 200 spedmens of goods' of English manufacture, with like goods of .American "production, 4im1 prices attached to each- in order to con-' vince members of Congress tht our tariff ought- to be struck down! . I dpii't know when I ever enjoyed an hour's time more heartily. Mr. Homer is a gentle manly person, who seems to understand "the wants of the English Jtfanufacturer"s admiral bly well. Indeed he told ihose present that he had resided in Manchester, England, for ten years, engaged th sending British goods to this cbifntry, and that he left England to reside in the United Stales in 1842. He has amassed a large fortune, and seems to come to instruct Congress in -behalf - of "Sir Robert Walker,1' on the one side, and the Manulacturers orManchester on the oth er, lie brings a teller ot instruction anil reccommendauon from Mr. Alexander Henry, a great capitalist in manchester, which is. dated January 3d, 1846, and was received per the steamer Hibernia. A part of this let ter. Mr. Homer exhibits to those who wish to peruse it. The Brit ish writer of it, in speaking of Mr. Polk's anti-larifl message to Congress, exclaims "A second Daniel come to judgment! A second Sir Richard CobdenP He praises the message verv much thereby showing how highly it is appreciated by the liiitish JManutacturers ! " In regard to Mr. Homer's mission to in struct Congress into the belief that it would be best to break down the American Manufacturers and exalt those of Great Britain, Mr. Henry writes: "I am, glad that jou, whose long experience as our Importers, enables you so well taunderstand the subject, have taken it fir hand; for if the object of those at Washington be 10 obtain sound information and ariive at just conclusions in the proposed alterations of the present tariff, the information which you' can - lay before them will be highly valuable.". There were present in the room while I was there, Messrs. Stewart. Collamer and Hubbard ofthe House and Mr. Mr. Wethered, of B'lliirnore. Also two or three antitariff members, who.soon left. You may well amagine that such a gemlemans I have named would, under the circumstance put some "searching questions to Mr. Homer, coming, there for such a. purpose and so recommended! And I assure you that they did put them! Mr. Homer answered as well perhaps as any free-trader could but never have I Seen a man so complefcly cornered! He exhibited two pieces of calico which ho said were manufactured by Senator Siminojis of Rhode Island, "who - sold them one for 17 cents per yard and the other for 14 r 15. Wethered thought there must be some mistake in this, aud went up to the Senate and requested Mr. Simmons to come dowu to the committee room, who readily assented to the request. He said the pieces in question were none of his manufacture', aud from the quality the best piece was not worlhl2i cents, and the other not over lOi per yard. Those persons from whom Homer had obtained them, had deceived him. Mr. Homer said the manufacturers of this species ofgoods made a profit of from 00 to 60 per centum. Mr. Hubbard asked him why then more persons did nol invest their capital in such profitable business? He asked Mr. Homer why he did ual embark in the business? The latter replied, that he would invent $50,000 in it, if he did not fear that so mny would rush into the same enterprise asio bringdown the profits by .competition, so low as to destroy the business. Mr. Stewart asked if that was not American doctrine, that competition reduced not only the profits but the prices? Collamar asked who but the great mass of the people reaped the benefit from this competition among the manufacturing capitalists? Mr. Hubbard wanted, Mr. Homer to say, if the reason why he did not invest his capital in this line of business was because competition would bring dowa the prices of ihe goods manufactured? Mr, Homer faltered in his reply, and said there were several reasons why he would not engage in manufactures. One was, that the market would be fluctuating. '' Mr. V cthered, seeeing the stale of things, and exercising his compassion,said it was too bad for so many to be against one. He hoped the tariff folks in Congress would also have.a Committee Room, as well as the British manufactures, wilh specimens for examination and comparison, and that they would appoint somesensible gentleman to superintend it and argue the matter single-handed wilh Mr. Homer. , Whereupon the gentlemen made their bows and took their leave. 1 fear Mr. Homer will find his mission toohot for him. The American people don't like these kind of missions on behalf of the British manufacturers, who seek the destruction ofthe American Tariff, however plausible and right the thing may appear in the eyes ol Mr. Polk or Mr. Walker. Short and Sweet. Dan Marble row and then picks up a good thing in his travels. While going up the Mississippi a short time since, and while I he boat was rounding to at a wood pile, tbo wag noticed a chap sianding upon the bank who turned out to be a collector. "Hallo! you there," said Dan, "are there many old settlers round in this section ?""No,"replied the fellow; "but there are a great many that ought to be settled, d n Vm." The shout that went up from the boat echoed and , reverberated until it was lost in a distant cane-brake.. -Pc. Happf Country. It was latelv stated in the Kentucky Senate that the countries of Letcher, Perry and Breathett had never re quired a resident physician, and half-starved the only lawyer that had ever ventured to

live there. . .