Evansville Weekly Journal, Volume 14, Number 4, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 16 March 1848 — Page 2

THE VANSVILLE JOURNAL PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY WM. H. CHANDLER & CO.

The Tri-Weekxy Jocn.NAi. is published on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and iSaturdays, at 4,00 per annum, in advance. The Weekly Journal is published on Thursdays, at $2,00 per annum in advance. FOE jFEESID EXT: WHIG E LBC1? O RA IjJF ICEET. SENATORIAL ELECTORS. JOSEPH G. MARSHALL, of Jefferson. GODLOYE S. ORTH, of Tippecanoe. . D1CTEICT ELECTORS. 1st Dist.-JoH$ Pitcher, of Posey. 2d f John S. Davis, of .Floyd. 3d " Milton Gkego, of Dearborn. 4th " David P. Hollow a v, of Wayne. 5th " Thomas D. Walpole, of Hancock. 6th Lovell H. R.ou?seau, of Griie. 7th " Edward V. McGua&hey, of Park. 8th " James F. Suit, of Clinton. 9th " Daniel D. Pratt, of Cass. 10th 'f David Kilgore, of Delaware, CITY OF EVANSTIL L."E: THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1848. "(OThe public will find in our paper to-day. an article from Mr. Carpenter, Councilman of the third ward, in relation to the wharf l.'tting. &c. Mr. C. is somewhat severe upon the ma jority of the Council for the contract entered into with the company for building the w harf; but that is his business, not ours, He pays us for inserting the article, and others can be heard n the same way, should they desire it. The Whaef Contract. Having been furnished by the City Clerk with an exact copy of this document, we prefer giving it entire to presenting merely the abstract we promised in our last, in order that our citizens maybe cer tain they have an opportunity of judging of this important arrangement for themselves. Lost. At the fair on Friday evening last, a Breastpin, of no great value to any one except the owner. The finder will receive the thanks of a lady by leaving it at this office. Four Steameoats Destroyed. The telegraph from St. Louis announces the destruction of four steamboats at that wharf by fire on Friday night last, the Avalanche, Hibernian, Laclede and John J. Hardin. Three lives and a large amount of goods were lost by this fire. CC5We have not the leisure just now to follow the Commercial in its windings. If we extracted "just 63 much of its a;ti;le" as proved they made the charge, it is all we intended to do, tni we 1 ops they are satisfied, Return of the Minister to Brazil. The Boston Advertiser says, "a letter to Rio Japeiro, of Dec. 29, states that the family of the TJ. S. Minister, Mr. Tod, nine in number, were to take passage in the ship Pelerhoff, of Boston, for New Orleans. The P. would probably sail about the middle of January. Parties in the House. -The death of two "Whig members since the meeting of" Congress has lessened the "Whig majority in the House. The election of Bridges, Locofoco. in place of Mr. Hornbeck, Whig, gives the Locofocos 111. The Whigs have 113 without counting Levin, Native, Nes and Tuck, Independents. On most questions the three latter generally vote with the Whigs. So that when all are present there is still. a Whig majority. The vacancy occa sioned by the death of Mr. Adams will proba bly be filled by a Whig. Voluminous. The correspondence between Gen. Scott and Mr. Trist has been laid be fun the Senate and ordered to be printed. 'Inde pendent'" says it is the richest thing of the times. One of Trist's letters pnly occupies thirty odd pages. Iu answer to this, General Scott politely informed him that he rvrust write shorter. Mr. Trist makes some very rich allusions to Mr. Buchanan and other distinguished pfficers. . What Crushes England to the Ground? Extravagance and the burden of worse than useless officials, Edmund, Bishop of Chester appointed his son Register of that Bishopric in 1789: the office required no talent, a couple of slender clerks did the duty; the i.icoine was 20,000 a year. When the father in God bestowed the place on his boy, he was but 14 old. In 1530 he had held it 61 years, and drawn from, the public for services not worth fJty dollars a year, just 81.216734. fXjT" "Taylor Meetngs.- All over the country meetings are being held for the purpose of nominating --Old Rough and Ready" for the Presidency. He is the man of the times, and pone other can be elected. Mr. Folk stands the best chance, of being his opponent," We clip the above trum the "Journal" of Tuesday. If no other man than Gen. Taylor pan be elected what an awiul condition we should be in tl he should die!! We wouiu Jhen have no more Presidents: awful to relate, rJJenwcrat. ' And what an awful condition it would leave the locofocos of Vanderburgh in, if the "smar tee" of the Democrat should happen to "step out," Awful! Oh! how awful! . Good Resolution. The Whigs of Allegany County recently assembled in Convention at Pittsburgh to choose delegates to the Stale Convention, and nominate an Elector and Dcljgate They had previously held Taylor meetings. Clay meetings, and Scott meetings. At this Convention, after passing a resolu tion in favor of Henry Clay, they unanimously Resolved, That the contest being now over in our own camp, that we win Keep coot, and wait the decision of the National Convention, and then go for the nominee and pour all cur fire into the enemy. rv-s-A letter f?om Washington says that the War Department has not yet accepted the resfcnation of Ueai. Col. rexnom as an vm

ADVICE TO BOYS. The following excelleut advice to Boys is by the editor of the Cincinati Commercial, who has again and ngain warned our Youths of the downward course so many in our day are travelling, and who suffers no occasion to pass to encourage them by kind words and good examples to be "just and true" just and true to others, and to themselves. We. copy and adopt the article for the benefit of the rising generation in this quarter. They are soon to be

come men and take their places on the stage of action for good or for e il whether for good or evil depends upon their trainingat this time. But hear a friend : 'Young friends, it has b?en some lime since the editor of this paper has given you advice; it has ever been our desire, since we occupied the responsible station of editor - of a popular paper, tpsay, occasionally a few kind words addressed particularly to bovs. Remembering vividly the time when ice were a poor orphan without one single person to say a kind word, or encourage us to perseverance, weeeiforall all young lads, and know something which will be valuable to them. In the first place, then, be obedient to superiors, be just, industrious and true. We do not mean by industry to recommend a slavish life a life of drudgery. By no means would we see boys deprived of necessary pastime but there isa kindof indus trious habit that must be acquired in youth i lie reason wny industry is so necessary is, that nothing of distinction is attained in this world, without it comes from labor, mental or physical. Obedience to superiors, by ' which we mean parents, guardians, and tutors, and those whose stations are naturally so -to com mapd respect, will raise any and every lad to favorable notice. Be just ami true. My young friends, you may think there is little in those four short words, but mark what you read now. weigh it well. No man or .human being can be long happy, who is not both just and true. Suffer death before dishonor before tailing a falsehood or acting triitorously. Remember and cherish ihe story of the Great George Washington, when' he was a little boy. If you do not remember the anecdote, ask your friends to tell it to you. So noble a spirit was characteristic of the feelings that made Washington the father of his country; if he had told a lie, in all probability, we may say, surely he could never have risen to the station he held, and now holds, in the hearts of his countrymen and the world. "There is another thing that, although not mentioned first, is of the utmost importance for you to observe, viz: a regard for religion and holiness. Nothing is so disgusting as to see a lad disrespectful towards religion, and sneering at goodness, Shun s di a c uie. The Bible is a book to be prized above all things, for its pure and holy teachings. Never revile it or hear it reviled, without showing your abhorrence, in a respectful firm way; for, rest assured, there is something wrong in the mind of that person who speaks against the bible as a moral teacher a director to happiness and to heaven. My young friends, after having said this much, we have something to say equally as im portant equally as true, and equally as binding. It is this: Inform your minds. O! if we could make you sensible of what, you could do for yourselves, it would give us more joy than riches. Did you only know what you are capable of doing, how eagerly would you follow this advice. Instead of growing up- as others have; instead of being ignorant of the world, you would be learned and happy. The true happiness of this world consists in the en joyment of a cultivated, enli0litene. I and just mind. There is not a lad in this western coun try but could be as enlightened and as learned as the greatest man of the age, if he would only will it, and carry out this determination without shrinking; always excepting providential obstacles, i lie true course to pursue is, to resolve to never close your eyes at the close of any day without having learned something use ful, Every-lud has time. No excuse for any one; for a desire to learn is always rewarded with perfect satisfaction. Resolve, then, young friends, to be obedient, industrious, just and true. Visit no places of bad morals, for a bad purpose. Cultivate a good flow of feel ings; study and imitate the . true gentleman and, above all things be not forgetful of. this advice Inform your minds. Let nothing deter you from the pursuit of knowledge, and you will remember this advice with pleasure when you come to the stage of action; for, few years oi ly will i lapse before you, the boyhood, will occupy every station of trust, honor and profit in this nation. New York fot Taylor. A New York cor respondent of the Louisville Journal, speaking of Gen. Taylor's prospects in New York says "l ne u nig masses were never more compact, never more resolved than now. The conceded fact that Gen. ' Taylor can and will sweep the Empire State has placed a quietus upon the Presidential question in the minds of all reasonable men, and no person who has a just regard for the common sense of the Philadelphia convention, expresses any doubt rn the score of his being the candidate. Friend Greeley, of the Tribune, it is true, has said some pretty hard things about the Wrhigism of "Old Zack" hut no man will deal lustier blows than will he for the hero when the charge is sounded. Mr. Greeley is a Whig' good and true a strong, bold writer, and means right. We shall all have a hearty laugh at him after a while, when he flings the Taylor banner to the breeze, as he will do, and that with a hearty shout. So will the Express. Gotham is an excitabte cit-, and due allowances must be made on this account for the little freaks of the press. Suffering in St. John, N. F. An extract of a letter from St. John, N, F., dated Jan. 21, pid published in the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, says: . - "There is a good deal of suffering among the lower classes in the out ports; some of them are actually in a state of absolute starvation. Yesterday (Sunday) His Excellency went to Topsail, about 14 miles from the city, with some barrels of Indian meal, to relieve the pressing w ants of ih starving people there. The mildness of the weather has been very favorable to these poor people, and saved them much distress, which they otherwise would have snf-

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Railroads Summer Trip to New York..-

The editor of the Cincinnati Chroi icle, in a conversation with the President of the Mad River Railroal Company recently, learned that it is confidently expected that'the entire, line will be completed by the 1st of May. If this be so, the Summer Trip from Cincinnati to N. York may be made in three days, and all by steam? The beauty of the thing w ill be, that the entire thousand miles may be traveled with no more fatigue, than formerly attended a sim pie day's journ -y. We do not know, says the Chronicle, that the Railroad Companies hare precisely agreed upon their Programme; but something like the following may be expected: Leave Cincinnati at Arrive at Springfield toSup . Leave Springfield at Arr'ive at Sandusky (Breakfast) Leave Sandusky Arrive at Buffalo (Breakfast) Leave Buffalo Arrive at Albany (Breakfast) L' ave Albany at Arrive at New York 2 P. M. 7 P. M. 8 P. M. 6 A. M. 7 A. M. 5 A. M.. 6 A. M. 4 A. M. 6 A. M. 3 P. M. This makes three days and one hpur! The traveler would arr'ive at Boston in three hours longer. As the New York line ot Railroads is an important link, we subjoin an account of great improvements there: An Albany letter in the New York Courier says r "It has been decided by the Railway Companies of the route between Albany and Troy and Buffalo, at a recent business arrangement meeting, to shorten the time between the Hudson River and Lake Erie two hours, so that the passenger leaving Albany at half past 7 iu the morning, will be at Buffalo at half past 5 the following morning; and those w ho leave Albany in the evening will always arrive in season to take the Lake boats for Detroit and Chicago on the next evening. Ami thisis only a preliminary step to a degree of speed still faster, to be put on as soon as .he re-ironing of the roads with the heavy raii shall have been completed. Then it will be a day light trip to Buffalo in the longsuminer days, actually by dav light all the way from New York to Buffalo!" Mr. Adams. Potomac, the able correspon dent of the Baltimore Patriot, relates the fol lowing incident iu the life of Mr. Adams. How changed is now the Presidential office from what it was when administered by this great man. The' correspondent savs: "In the Presidential campaign of 1824-5, a certain pub lic officer employed his able pen against the claims and qualifications of Mr. Adams. Afier the inauguration of Mr. Adams some opponent of the officer gathered up the articles, which he had fulminated against Mr. Adams, and took them to Washington, where they were submit ted to the inspection of the President. "Some little time after this. Mr. Adams met Judge McLean who was then Postmasler Gen eral, and asked him what kind of a public officer the one referred to was? Mr. McLean re plied that he was a correct officer and an effi- ! . ...... cient one. Well, well,' said Mr. Adams complacent ly, 'when yon see him, please tell him that hemay indulge his pen in writing against me as much as he pleases, so that he continue. to do the duties of his station faithfully." Most appropriate was the testimony of Mr. Holmes that in the discharge of the high duties of the Presidency, "Ik crushed no heart beneath the rude grasp of proscription; he left no heritage of widow's cries or orphan's tears.'' and well has it been remarked upon this that ' although beset by circumstances and tempta tions which not one man amongst hundieds would have resisted, he steruly, inflexibly, heroically refused to be, as President, the mere agent of seekers after emoluments of office. He remembered that Washington had been President before him, and that Washington had never removed a capable officer for mere difference of opinion. "He remembered that his father had been President before him. and had respected the freedom of thought and dis cussion. He had been reared under the eve of both, and from their lessons and their practice he. would not depart." (XjpYVhen peace is established between this country and Mexico, no one can pretend that there is any longer the slightest reason for any forbearance in discussing the origin, progress, and consequences of the war. Mr. Polk may have peace with Mexico, but : he has no power to declare an. armistice or amnesty at home. The signing of the trtaty of peace with Mexico will be the signal for arraigning him openly and formally on a bill of indictment which has been in some, sort suspended during the war.' WTe may then look into the inexpediency and wantonness of the war, we may sum up its millions of cost, its thousands of lives lost and broken constitutions, its bereavements and sorrows, its baneful effects upon morals, the imminent dangers incurred of connecting the republic with that of a foreign nation, without the imputation of moral treason "aid and comfort to the enemy." Mr. Polk and his abettors must now stand forth and render an account for 150,000,000 spent" to acquire a territory which might have been purchased for less than the sum now to be paid in cash to Mexico: And to this account will be added the other fearful items to which we have alluded. The party in power wiil now meet with a fearful retribution, like that of 1810. The people will sweep them from power; and may we not hope that they will keep in mind the misdeeds of their servants longer than four years, and not soon again commit power into the hands of a party so in competent, so unprincipled, and so wicked! These base and selfish demagogues have been trusted often enough'. They have, never held power but to abuse it, and they never will until there is a radical change, in the elements of the party. Whenever they come into power they rush headlong into corruption and every sort of ma! administration, from which the country: is snatched by putting honest and able men in their stead. A wise course of administration soon lulls the people into security, and the demagogues come, again into power. - If we may not hope that these mutations are at length brought to an end by the fearful disgraces, dangers, and sacrifices to which the nation has been driven, we do at least hope that the misdeeds of the present Administration will not soon be forgotten or forgiven, and that we may at length anticipate a longer breathing spell and a long interregnum of baseness, incapacity corn pt ion, folly, and wickedness. Louisville Journal. 83" A gentleman describing the absurdity of a man dancing the polka, said that "it appeared as if the individual had a hole jn hjs pocket, and was futilely endeavoring to ehake a shilling down the leg of his trousers." "What is a foco-motive?" fornia and Mexico." Ans. "Texas, Cali-

Fof the Evansville Journal. TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TiiltlD WARD. Knowing that you, in common with the citizen s of the other wards of the city, feel a deep interest ! in the general management by the Common Council of the affairs of the city, and especially in the. letting and construction of a wharf, embracing almost its entire front. 1 proposers your representative in that body, to give you an outline of the manner in which the contract fot the construction of said whari'hasbeen let, accompanied with a lew estimates and suggestions ot my own. i do ibis in order that you may see what gr at injustice has been practiced upon you by a majority of the Council, and to place the responsibility on other shoulders than mine. You will no doubt agree with me that it was the duty of the Council, on this occasion, to unite in making the ery, best contract possible for constructing the wharf, but 1 regret to inform you thas such was not the fact on the contrary, two, at least, pf that body, appeared there not in the capacity of representatives ol their respective wards, but as pettifoggers for and on the part of one of the companies bidding for the contract; and. it is my solemn belief, that these tvvodelegates werecommittt d to the support of that proposition before it was submitted to the Council. Such conduct, to say the very least of it, was a gross violation of the rights ol the city, and disgraceful to them asits representatives. These two gentlemen "receiving aid and comfort" from two others, (constituting a majority,) took their stand at the outset in favor of the bid upon which the contract was let, and gave the minority to untlerr stand, in terms too plain to be misunderstood, that that proposition must be accepted by the Council without regard lothe other six proposiiions.and in direct, opposition to your wishes and interests. . . . Your representative finding himself in a

hopeless minority, and without the aid even of your paid Attorney, adopted toe old maxim o( 'make the best out of a bad bargain," and he'll ves he succeeded in slightly modifying some' of the most obj'-ctiouable features ot lUe proposition, but still leaving it, as accepted, a very bad baigaiju for the city, as 1 shall presently show by contrasting it with one of theither propositions submitted; but before doing so, 1 will take the liberty of givingyou the substance of a plan submitted by me to the Council for constructing a wharf, before any certain action was taken upon the propositions. First. The contract to be let to a company, requiring them to complete the whole five blocks by the first of December, 1850, the. Council to negotiate City Bonds, due in 1860, bearing ten percent, interest, payable semi-annually, to meet the cost of construction. Second. To issue bonds due in 1860, without interest, and to allow the company to lake the. revenues ol the w harf in lieu of interest, and to pay for repairs until the bonds fell .duel and were paid. Third. In case a company could not be formed to undertake the completion in a reasonable lime ot the w lioli fivebiot ks, then to let the blocks seperately to one tr more companies, who would lake bonds ut par, (bearing interest as abuve,) allowing them to select such blocks as they should desire, the city reserving the right in either case to redeem ihe whole or any portion ol. the wharf at its pleasure. In rder to show the Council th confidence 1 had in the practicability of my plan, i proposed lo undertake the completion ol one entire block, and obligate myself, in addition, to. subscribe stock to the amount of two hundred and fifty dol.ars in each of the other four blocks, as soon as a sufficient amount in addition hail been subscribed by responsible parties to complete the same. The mom lit this plan was read ny the Clerk, the honoiab!egema?i Irom the first ward, moved to lay it under the table, which motion was seconded but not voted on, but seemed to prevail by content. Some member stated here'ihat 1 w as only desirousof completing the (lower) block between Vine and Division street. 1 replied that 1 would undertake one-half of the lower and half of the upper block, or 1 would divide the stock equally upon the whole five. The propositions were as follows: Mitchell, Sherwood and Ross, $35,000 00 . Butts and Wans, .. . 22,177 8j Manning and Budwell, . 23.&JU bora.- three or lour other propositions were read and laid on th-e table. That of Watts & Butts was at 1 tie price estimated by Mr. Cieve land in his report to the. Council, having con fidence in bun they were wuliug to take til w ork at his estimate, and n ferr. u the Council to him for inloi'tuaiion us to their ability to comply with the terms, in case they obtain ed the contract. This proposition was reject ed, on the ground that the parties required pay ment as ihe work progressed, and that nothing was sai.l by them about constructing stone gutters, which were omitted by Mr Cleveland, andw hich no dtubt misled them, the estimate cost ol which, 1 believe, is about 815U0. That of Manning & Budwell was near Mr Cleveland s estimate also, with the stone gut ters included, extending from the end. of each street to the low water mark; payments to be made as follows; at the expiration of 90 days after the work was commenced, an estimate to be made upon which seventy-live per centum should be paid; aud a like estimate to be made at the end of each succeeding th.ee mouths, and seventy-five per centum (aid on ihe same until the w hole was completed, and at the end of 12 months from date of completion, the remaining one-fourth due on eacit of .he estimates to be paid. Believing this lo be the best proposition of them all for ihe interest of the city, 1 contended, uutit it was useless to do so any longer, for accepting it. And in answer to the objection that Uiecity could not raise funds to meet theestimates, 1 proposed to advance ten thousand dollars on the bonds of the city, bearing ten per cent, interest, and requested the. Council to adjourn lor two hours, and 1 would place upcJh the Clerk's table a bond satisfactory to every member, guaranteeing to them my compliance with that off r, thereby leaving (as my figures 1 e ow will show,) onl v ihe phiful sum of S7,t2o lo be raised by all thrt city. The bid was rejected, and my second proposition shared the fate of the first, tr ated w iih silent contempt, and the contract let to Mitchell, Sherwood, aud R ss, containing, (as you will find to your cost,) many - obnoxious provisions, some of which I will recite: First, the wharf when completed, to be de clared by the Council, the only port aud wharf ot tile city. Second, the Council to make all necessary laws to enable the company to collect wharfage at the following rates: , Steamboats under 100 tons 81,00 . " - 200 " " 2,00 " . " of 2l0andover4,G0 per 24 hours, and for each additional 24 hours, an additiunal price not exceeding the above rates. . Flat boats 50c!s, rafts, vessels, and other crafts, at' the discretion of the company. When one block of ihe wharf is complete d, the Council are to receive it, and acknowledge upon their books the amount due therefor. The Council to guarantee to ihe company ten per cent, not upon- their outlay, but upon their present estimate, (including a bonus of 10 to 12 thousand dollars,) whether the wharf pays anything or not. Now for thf figures. Mitchell, Sherwood & Ross have the contract at 635,000 Add interest, payable annually, up to the end of the 9th year, at ten per ; centum, would be ' 47,525 Actual outlay of the city to the endof 9th year, , $82,525 Saying nothing about damage which may be claimed by parties owning property on and near Water street.

Manning & Budwell's proposition, includ

ing gutters, - i8$,DUU Interest on the amount to the end ot lhe9ihyear,payablt annually at ten " per centum, would be 31,500 Actual outlay of the city to the end ot the 9th year, 8ao,U00 Deduct ihis amount from theabove and you will perceive, that the. Council by letting the contract will have, at the end of the 9th year, caused the cuy to sustain a dead loss of the euornious sum of $27,525 00. Suppose we had let the contract to Man ning 6t Budwell for 23,500, and had issued city bonds for three-fourths of the amount, (ten thousand dollars ot which 1 proposed to advance myself,) bearing ten per cent, say, . 17,625 00 Then" I assume that the revenues of the w harf after deducting expense of repairs, would raise a fund sufficient to meet the remaining fourth as follows:, for the two years the w ork is progressing, . 2,875 Third year, 3,000 823.500 Again: suppose we issue bonds for $17,625 And allow one year's interest as an offset to the third year's revenue appli- ' ed in the above estimate to meet the last quarter due on the contract, 1,762 Making the amount of bonds with one year's interest added, S19S3S7 Add interest for nine years on thisam't, 17,613 Making, $37,000 Premising that the revenue for the first four years, after paying repairs and expenses will average, at S3.00012.000 For the five succeeding years at 5,000 25.000 . Making. " 837.000 Leaving ihe wharf at the expiration of ten years the property of the cjly and her bonds all paid. Now let its look on the other picture. Mitchell, Sin rwood aud Ross will r?c?ive bonds amounting to, . 835,000 The interest upon which for ten years at ten per centum, would be, 35,000 S7J,000 Estimate the revenues of the wharf (as above) to average for the first four years, at 83,000812,000 For t he fi ve succeeding years, at 5,000 25,000 37,000 Deducting ten percent, interest, 3,700 33,300 Lea-ving to contractors the sum of 836,700 profit. These calculations have been hastily made and may contain some inaccuracies, but will in the main, be found toterably correct. J now take have ol the subject, with the prediction, that, before the lapse of five years, yog will acknowledge this to be a harder bargain for us, than the ten thousand dollar wooden wharf, built some years since in front of the 3.1 War!. In conclusion, fellow-citizens, 1 will avail myself of this occasion to congratu late you cpon the safe delivery of your servant with whole scull and bones, through the exciting discussions of this question, which at onj time a stranger would have had to suspect it might be otherwise, Having served you faithfully, and to the best of my'.anility for well nigh the term for which you elected in-, (for which honor I desire "to thank you most sincerely,) I will bid you adieu. N. B. Please to . preserve a copy of this communication, as 1 have no doubt you will "see sights," before the wharf is com pi 'ted. W1LLARD CARPENTER. March 11th, 1848, -- . rru i i t.t . , r-. . iokth arolisia. j. ne out iortn estate is firmly Whig and may be safely reiied upon to sustain ihe Whig nominee of the Nation al Convention. Our friends there regard union among Whigs, as an essential element of success. At a recent State Convention at Raleigh, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted. Th-'y expressed admi ration and attachment for II. nry Cljy, the high est confidence in the integrity and patriotism of Gen. Taylor, and a determination to support the nominee of the Whig National Convention In this they show the right spirit: Resolved, That our admiration and.- attach ment for the great American statesman, Henry olay, are unabated, and Uiat we will ever cherish ihe most profound gratitude for the eminent and distinguished services he has rendered his country. ll&solved, That we have the highest confidence iu th honesty, integrity, aud patriotism of Gen. Zachary Taylor, and that we feel pro found gratitude to him for the service rendered to his country. Jiesolved, That the time has arrived when the Whigs of the Union should put forth every effort; that we think upon their success great ly depends the security ot our rights and the perpetuity of our institutions; that at this time above all others, compromise and harmony should prevail in our councils; tha union is the first great pre-requisite to success; and that, therefore, we approve the National Whig Con vention lobe holden iu Philadelphiaon the 7th of June next; that we will abide the nomination of said Convention for the offices of Pres ident and V h e President, by supporting its nominees; aud that we deem it advisable that the Whigs of North Carolina should be represented iu said Convention. Gen Scott and his Army. The Columbus (S. C.) Chronicle says: As it regards the feeling ol the army, on and all, towards G-n. Scott, lie says: "Gen. Scott is considered by theofiieers of the army to be the great captain ol the age. He has not only their unbounded confidence, but he is in the hearts of his soldiers. It is his habit to re ceive the mutilated and careworn soldiers into his presence, when officers of the army are de uied; administering to their.necessities not on ly by his influence but by his purse, helping them to return to their homes. In short, h; has been their father as well as their general Not one who lias ever served under him will refuse to follow where he may lead. There seems to prevail an impression in the United States, that divisions in the army have been to some extent, the resultsol the arrests oi trens. ritlow ana worth, ao ar from it there never has been greater unanimity than at present. The circumstance was not even a nine day's wonder. The army isa perfect unit in sentiment. Its discipline and harmony have never been more complete. The known justice of Gen. Scott would b conviction to every offver in the army of the military propriety of a 1 hi-acts; and the arrest of any officer however high in rank, , for anv know n br.ach of military discipline would cause no more surprise than that of any subal tern for like ollence. A Bull. The Yincennes Gazette is guiltyol the following: We have heard many complaints by our citizens that no light is kept before the letter boxes in the Post Office. Ve should like much to see this inconvenience removed, . Married. On Thursday evening, 9th inst., by Rev. Joseph Wheeler, Mr. Edward W. Degarmo, to Miss Mildred Satterlee, all of

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ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT, Made and entered into this 7ih day of March, 1848, by and befween John Mitchell, Marcus Sherwood and Mosea Ross, of the first part, and the City of Evunsville of the second part, . . . Witnesseth, That the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of the covenant aud agreement hereinafter mentioned, to be performed and abided by oh the part ol said city, hereby covenant and agree to and w ith saiil city lo construct a wharf on the bank of the Ohio River, in front of said city, from the upper side of Walnut street to the middle of Division street. agreeably to the second plan

submitted by Francis Cleaveland, August 5th, 1847, providing for the cutting clown ot Water street io47 feet, or 5 feet below the first plan submitted by said Gleaveland; said plan to be. subject to deviation therefrom in this that said parties of the first part are to cut down said Water street so much lower than is provided for by said plan as the Common Council shall direct. The said parties of the first part, agree to do and construct the work of the several blocks embraced by said wharf, at the following estimates and prices, to-wit: For all embankment made from earth excavated from the bank of the river, Water street and the cross streets running into Water street and adjacent to said wharf, 25 cents per cubic yard, and for all embankment made from earth obtained elsewhere than adjacent to the wharf, 30 cents per cubic yard. For excavation 15 cents per cubic yard for the 1st 2d 3d and 4th blocks, and 16 cents for the 5th block; said blocks being numbered from the upper to ihe lower end of ihe wharf. For gravelling said w harf, at least 9 inches deep, sixty cents per cubic yard. For securing the fool of the grade with stone, two dollars per perch of stone. In addition to the above prices, said city shall allow said parties of ihe first part for all unavoidable losses said work shall sustain during its construction; provided said losses do not amount to more than ten per cent, of the actual cost of construction of eo much of the w ork as shall be done at. the. time any such loss shall occur. The amount and cause of all such losses to b? ascertained and fixed by the report of the city Engineer, to be appointed as hereiuafter pro idt d. Besides constructing said wharf in accordance with the plan atoresrid, the said parties of the first part agree to construct six gutters, corresponding to the streets leading to said wharf, each gutter to be 12 feet wide, built of stone set edge wise, at and for the price of 82,50 per perch; and also a sufficient number of proper fastenings for boats. The cost of the materials for which to be paid for by the city. The parlies of the first part shall commence saitl constructional the earliest practicable period during the Spring or Summer of 1848, and the wharf shall be completed by the first day of December, 1850. Provided that said cityj may authorize and require a longer delay in the commencement or completion of those parts of said wharf fronting propeaty the proprietors of which will not give their consent to the necessary excavations in front of such property. it is agreed by. and between said parties, that all the revenues derived from the use and occupation of said wharf, an I every part thereof, shall go and belong to said parties of the first part and ttieir assigns, being the stockholders of the same. As soon as sixty feet in width extending from the top to the bottom of said wharf shall be completed in accordance with this agreement and the second set of estimates and specifications of said Cleaveland, the city shall have the cost of the same estimated by the City Engineer, who shall report the same, together with the condition aud - execution thereof, to the Common Council, and said Council shall then as soon as practicable, ordain and dedeclare the said wharf from the uppur side of Walnut to the. muldl of Uivision street, to be the only port and w half of said cily of rivansville, and shall pass all necessary ordinances and laws to enable said partiesof the first part and their assigns to collect wharfage from steamboats, rafts and all other water crafts us ing said w haif. or any other w harf or landing iu front of or belonging tosaid city, (saving at ad times the rights of individual property holders on the bank of the Ohio river to improve an I use said property for that or any other purpose.) Tne rale and amount of said wharfage to be regulated by the stockholders, but in no event without the . consent of the Common Co incil of the City, to exceed the rates fixed by ihe following schedule, to w it: ' For Steam Boats of 100 tons anil and under, one dollar for each landing and each 24 hours they shall use said Wharf in landing, loading or discharging freight or otherwise, after the first 24 hours they shaU lie at said wharf. ; For steamboats of from 100 to 200 tons burthen, tw o dollars for the same. ,. . ; For Steam Boats over 200 tons, four dollars for the same. For Flat Boats, fifty cents for same. And for rafisand all other 'water crafts, at the discretion of the Stockholders. The said city of Evansville guarantees to the said parties of the first part, the right to cut down vv ater street agreably to the said second plan of the saitl Ch-aveland, and also to cut down all streets running perpendicular to and on to said wharf from pave to pave, on a grade at least as steep as the grade of tha wharf, under the direction ol the Common Council, and agrees to indemnify said parties of the first part and their assigns against all damages which may be legilly recovered against them by the proprietors of adjacent property in con sequence of the cutting down the same as a foresaid, antl to exempt the property of said parties of the first part and their assigns in said w harf, from all City ratesand taxesof all kinds whatsoever. And the said parties of the first part agree, to cut down and excavate said Water and other streets agreeably to the plan above referred to, with any modifications of the same which mav from time lo time during ihe pn gress ol said work be ordered by the Common Council of said City. It is further ordered that from the time said wharf shall be deel red the port and wharf of the city as hereinbefore provided, the guaran tee of. the city hereinafter mentioned of ten per cent, per annum, on the cost of construc tion shall commence upon the. portion complet ed, and as often thereafter as not less than one. hundred feel iu width measuring as aforesaid shall be completed, the w ork of the same shall be estimated as above provid 'd for, aud if the same shall be favorably reported upon by the city engineer, the said ten per cent, upon the cost thereof shall attach. me city ol Jbvansviiie agrees to guarrantee to the said parties of the first part, that the revenues accruing from said wharf from the use thereof as hereinbefore mentioned and provided for, shall not fall below ten per cent, per annum, on ttie actual cost ot the construction of the several portions thereof, to the accept ance ot the City Engineer as above provided for, the said parties of the first part first deducting from said'revenues tha cost of all necessary and unavoidable repc-irs mad after the. completion of said w ork, which said repairs are to be made at the expense of the. said parties of tha first part, and said parties of the first part agree apd bind themselves to pay over to said City all overplus'of said revenues exceeding ten per cent." after first deducting the expense of said repairs as aforesaid. ... The said City of Evansville shall have the right to purchase any amount of stock in said wharf of said parties of the first part or their assigns, during the year of 1848, at the rate of 890 to the 8100 expended, to be estimated according to the foregoing agreed prices, and the report of the City Engineer on the work as it shall have progressed at the time of the application of the City to take kucI) stock, and said

City shall have and retain the right to redeem the whole, or any part of said wharf, after the expiration of said year 1848, by paying therefor the par cost of construction and agreed compensation for losses during construction as before provided for, but while said parties of the first part or their assigns other than 6aid City, hold all the stocks of said wharf, or they and the City hold the same jointly, the said parties of the "first part and their assigns, shall have the controlling interest iD the management of all matters nertaininp- to said wharf. subiect to

the rights of the City under this contract reserve ed; and on the redemtion by the said City of the whole of said wharf, said parties of the first part and their assigns, shall deliver the same to the City in good order and repair. Said parties of ihe first part shall not charge : wharfage for any Ferry in front of said City authorized by said City, nor shall they charge any land carriage lor tne use anu occupancy or saia wharf. Said City of Evansville shall annually appoint one "or more w harf masters, who shall be approved of by said parties of the first part and their assigns, and who shall Rive bond for the performance of their duties to the approval or the Council, and be snbject to the laws and" ordinances of the City, and be paid such salary as shall be fixed by the Council, and said wharf master or wharf masters, shall account to said parties of the first part, and their assigns, as often as he. shall b required, and said parties ol the first part shall keep a complete set of books and full and accurate accounts of all receipts and expenditures of the revenues of said wharf, which books and accounts shall be subject to the inspection of the Common Council, or any committe or officer by them appointed, as often as once a month. . - : Said parties of the first part and their assigns shall semi-annually declare a dividend of theproceeds of said wharf among all the stockhold--ers i hereof. ... Saisl City shall employ a competent Engineer to &u peril) te'd the construction of said wharf, and to measure, appraise and estimate the work done and to be done on the same; said Engineer to be an officer of tke City, and required to take an oath of office. ' - In witness of the execution hereof, said par--ties of the first parts have hereunto set their hands and seals, and agree that the spreadiugit of record and declaring it to be , their contract' by the Common Council, shall be an execution of the same on the part of the City JOHN MITCHELL ls MARCUS SHERWOOD II s ' MOSES ROSS l s The Kaffir and the Ladies. A few days ago4t is said, four ladies in the height (or rather in the extreme breadth) of theCrenoline fashion, paid a visit to the rebel chief Sandil--li, al his residence in theDrostdy;a well-known : gallant and w itty colonel acting as cicerone to the party. . W ith considerable address and the aid of the energetic colonel, each fair votary offashion managed to convey berselfand portable wardrobe through the narrow doorway (only intended for a horse to enter at) of the chiefs apartm-nt without much damage, and the party stood fronting the group of wondering savages. Sandilli reclining on an iron hospital stretcher, in graceful altitude, with his regal tigtr-skin kaross carelessly thrown over him. His brother, a splendid specimen of a rudeKaffir, stood on his left; iu all the pride of native dignity, w hose fine limbs, ami well developed muscles no thong or wrappage had helped to strangle, in their growth a beautifuL a perfect model for a sculptor, and most strange contrast to the made-up figures of his grotesque milliner-made visitors. Around these two were lying, sitting, and standing the other councillors, about a dozen in va rious attitudes and stages of Kaffir no-fashion, some an nature1., others blanketed and karossed. After a scrutinizing examination of the various figures composing this picturesque group of the elite of Kaffirland, and much crit- r ical disquisition on the part of the ladies as to the relative merits or the ancient Grecian stat- ' utes, &c, Sandilli was requested to stand up : and snow nimselt. lue cntet wisnea 10 Know; w ho the ladies were that he should stand in., their presence. "Tell him," said the jocoss colonel to the interpreter, "tell him they are my wives, and that I have another al home, and ask what he thinksof them." "Fie, Colonel ,' twittered one young lady, "how can you tell the chief such nonsense?" The interpreter explained, th chief laughed and whispered to his brother, who laughed also, and the laugh went: round ihe circle, all staring at the four fashion-, ables, who began to laugh too, at the hilarity , ihey had occasioned amongst the natives. "Oh! do tell us what they are all so merry about," said Miss , "they've found outsomething very funny, I'm sure, Sandilli is laughing so wickedly." "Oh, yes, colonel," entreated Mrs. , " pray let the interpreter ask hiin." The interpreter did ask, but was seiz d with such an immoderate fit of laughing, that he could not stop himself. 'The ladies joined again aud the scene became really quite exciting, The interpreter seemed bashful when pressed to give the merry chiefs reply, ami the curiosity of the ladies of rourse made them still more importunate for an explanation of ihe fun. "What does he say," quoth the colonel. "He says, sir, you are likely to have a large family, for they all appear ." Suddenly the room is darkened, bustles are squeeziug themselves frantically through the narrow doorway, helping to wedge each other through, &c, the party is soon seen in rapid flight scampering home along the green followed by the mischievous colonel. Sly'a Journal The Salem Register gives the following notice of the habits of Mr. Adams, etc. : , The habitsof Mr. Adams were pure, simple and unostentatious even to aw kwardness. He always arose before day, and when in health, made his own fire. He used great exercise, and was peculiarly fond of bathing and swim-' ming. No one ever was more industrious, or sacrificed less of his time. He was oue of the, most prolific writers of the age. ; His journal, which he kept from early life,' and which embodies all his conversations with distinguished men of his own and other countries, is. no doubt, the most valuable document, in being, and a richer legacy to his children than the'ample fortune he leaves. This fortune is not the result of a niggardly economy, (for Mr. Adams always spent more than his official income,) but of two successful speculations and a great rie in the value of his patrimonial estate. Mr. Adams leaves also'copies of every letter he ever wrote, and among his voluminous productions are most able eulogies on Madison, Monroe and Lafayette. , . . , Mr. Adams leaves a widow, to whom he was married in London in 1719. She was the daughter of Col. Joshua Johnson, of Maryland, a Judge ol the Supreme Court of the United. States, and a signerof the Declaration of Independence. Mr. Adams leaves, also, his youngest son, Charles F., who married a daughter of Hon. Peter C. Brooks, of Boston, and who has' several children; and the w idow of his eldest son, John, (who is also the niece of Mr. Adams.) with one or two children. He owned and wMiri..d ttio munfciAn Hnncf rf hie f- V. : Quincy. .- ... . . Of the class mates of Mr. Adams, the follow- .- ing survive, viz: Judge Putnam, Rev. Dr. Eaton, Hon. Leonard White also Rev." Abiel ' Abbot, Judge Cranch, Rev. Dr. Packark.andone. or two others. ' Presidential Election By theactof Congress, Jan. 1845, the next Presidential election 1 will be held in every State on the same day. . This year the appointed day in Tuesday, Nov. ; 7th.