Evansville Weekly Journal, Volume 14, Number 18, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 22 June 1848 — Page 3

WEEKLY JOURNAL. OSrThc Largest Weekly Paper, containing more Reading Matter, and the Cheapest published in the State. INDUCEMNXTS TO SUBSCRIBE. Single Subscriptions, - 2,00 3 Copies for - - - - 5,00 7 do do - - - - 11,00 lO do do - - - - 15,00 PAYABLE I VARIABLY IN ADVANCE THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 22. ' COYe return our thanks to our good Whig friend, I. D. S., of New Harmony, for a list of seven new subscribers to our Weekly Journal. Our list of subscribers in New Harmony i3 now within six of the number it reached during the exciting campaign of 1840, and we confidently believe it will greatly exceed the list of that year. All that is necessary is for our friendsand the friends of the People's Candidate old Rough and Ready to use a little exertion and we are satisfied our list, large as

it is in that quarter, can and will be doubled, j We are now publishing the largest weekly paper in the State, containing more Teadingmattei than any other, and at extremely low rates. Besides devoting ample space to political matter, we are able to give all the latest foreign and domestic news in detail, literary, mechanic and miscellaneous intelligence, and advices from all the principal markets, to the la(est hour, &c. In a few weeks the Telegraph, connecting us with the whole Union, will be in operation to this city, when our facilities for early intelligence will be equal to those of any publisher elsewhere, and the benefit to our subscribers by our use of it, beyond calculation. In view of these facts, may we not confidently expect a very largo increase to our circulation in the surrounding country; and may we not still hope without laying ourselves liable to the charge of "riding a free horse to death" to receive the active support of those friends to whom we already owe so great a debt of grati tude. Remember, friends, the exhortation of our gallant old leader to his' troops on the bloody field of Buena Yista "Let us stand by one another." But there is one thing we hope our friends won't neglect the one thing needful. With out prompt advance payments large lists of new subscribers are so many tumbling blocks in our way, and the larger such lists are, the more difficulty do we experience in filling or ders. The very low rates to which we have reduced the Journal will not justify us in em ploying a collector. We are satisfied our friends do not intend to "do things by halves," end they will, now that the matter is thus plainly staled to them, see to it that we have no cause of complaint. The Fourth in New Harmony. Those of the "Sons" of this city who purpose visiting New Harmony on the Fourth of July and we believe the number will be large will have a pleasant time no doubt. The good citizens of that place are celebrated far and near for their hospitality and attention to visitors; in this respect they out-Virginia Old Virginia herself, in the happiest mood that ever came over her sons in her brightest and best days. But we did'nt set down to praise the New Harmony people they don't need it. Every one hereabouts know all about them, and is proud of them as neighbors. That's enough: We merely wish to say that we have received a line from a friend in that place, who writes us as follows: "We are making extensive preparations for tall doings here on the 4th. The larger Hall will be elegantly fitted up for a grand ball. On the night of tis 3d, the Thespians will give a performance. There will be a procession, of course, an oration, &c, and a splendid pic nic, bo that our invited guests, if they come in time, w ill be entertained with all the festivities of our town. There will be a large dele gation from Mt. Vernon, and our Division has extended invitations to Newburg, Rock port, Henderson, &c. We hope we shall be able to greet every Son in Evansville." There! if after that, any choose to stay away, it will be their own fault, and we hope they may, as we are sure they will, regret it for the remainder of their days. r Rockwell's Ciecus. We learn from the Louisville Courier of Wednesday, that this magnificent establishment the. largest, best conducted and most popular Circus in the Union ha3 left that city on their boat, and will exhibit "all along shore." It will be seen by the advertisement in another column that the company will be here on the 24th and re main for one day and night. This company commences their performance by sending up a large and splendid Balloon ! Everybody will be on hand, and Rockwell's pavilion will be crammed. Great Cherries. The editor of the Cincin nati Gazette has been presented with a basket of Cherries, raised in that neighborhood, which beat anything of the kind hereabouts. The ed itor says of them: "The flavor was delicious, the pulp firm, and the stone small. We pick ed out here and there a few of thelargest,which on measurement we found to average three in chea each in circumference, both around the cheek and across the stem and blosom end. The variety was the Napoleon Bigarreau. The taste sweet, with hardly a perceptible acid." The variety the Gazette says are soon to become plenty around Cincinnati. . Deserter Riley and his Men. It will be seen by reference to the news from Mexico, in another column, that the citizens of Mexico have petitioned Gen. Butler to turn Riley and his men'loose in that country, A letter from the City of Mexico, dated May 7th, says: have seen the deserter Riley at the Citadel, ta ken at Coptreras, with fifty other deserters: wearing balls and chains-. They are to lie in prison here until after the war is over, arid then to be taken to the largest cities of the U States, with tbeir heads shaved, and then be drummed out. - There have been about 60 al ready hung.-takeo-at-Chepultepec. Those in prison are all branded with the letter D, on the

light cheek."

Fboh Vera Cruz. The transport ship America, arrived at New Orleans on the 11th from Vera Cruz. Some of our officers in Vera Cruz have commenced raising volunteers for Yucatan. The Free American says, "The civil authority was given up to the Mexicans yesterday. The 'Star-Spangled Banner,' however, still waves proudly over the city and castle; and uuder its paternal protection we still breathe the air of liberty. Ere this, the civil authority has also been turned over to the Mexicans in the city of Mexico, and in several other places captured by our soldiers." The official announcement of the ratification of the treaty by the Mexican Government having been received at Vera Cruz, troops that had just arrived were not allowed to land, but were sent home. ,

From Hayti. Capt. Thomas of the schooner Charles A. Hammond, from Portau Prince, the 19th of May, arrived in New York, reports that matters were settling down to inquietude; produce coming in and the merchants resuming business. Bloodshed in he Fejee Islands Six Hun dred Slain. The whaling schooner Alfred arrived at Sydney, New South Wales, on the 21st of October, from the fejee Islands, September 10th. a short time prior to which a. severe bat tle had taken place between the chiefs of Meben and Rewa, in which the latter was defeat ed, but escaped with a portion of hisadherents. All the habitations of the defeated tribe were burnt by their opponents. The number of slain on both sides amounted to six hundred, the bodies of whom still remained exposed there. Happily the scene of warfare occured at some distance from their location. CtjTThe custom-house property of the for mer Republic of Texas, situated in Galveston, and consisting of a block of fourteen lots, next to the water and nearest to the channel, was recently sold, in conformity with a law of the Legislature, brought 10,006. The block was one of the most valuable in the city of Galves ton. MEXICAN AFFAIRS. The Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The N. 0. Delta of the 14th says : Our letters from Q.ueretaro show that the subject of the Canal across the Isthmus of Tehauntepec has been brought before the Congress of Mexico and bills have been proposed to authorize the formation of colonies of foreigners, with the object of . run ning this canal. Whether this plan is connect ed with the treaty of Guadalupe, or is an inde pendent measure, a bid for foreign aid and in demnity, we have not yet the means of know ing. But if it contemplates the transfer of the authority of carrying on this great work, to any other power but the United States, it will be well forour Government to interfere promptly to prevent any such an act, and to assert our superior ability and greater interest in the completion of this great enterprise. If provision has been made with reference to this subject in the treaty of Guadaloupe, it will go far to reconcile many of the opponents of that measure. It must be confessed that neither our govern ment nor our people seem to be sufficiently aroused to the importance of this great enter prise. If Mexico has authorized colonies to be form ed on the proposed line of the canal, it will certainly be our duty to take immediate steps to secure the -benefit of such grants. If we do not, Great Britain certainly will. She has, through her intrigues on the coast of Honduras and in Yucatan, placed herself in a position to take advantage ot any opportunity which may present itself of realizing a long cherished scheme. The British officers of the coast have in their possession the surveys and maps, which have been made from time to time, of the route across the Isthmus by the River San Juan. One of the earliest, if not the very first of these ex peditions, was under the command of Horatio Nelson, then a stripling Lieutenant, who lost one-half of his crew from exposure in making the survey, but succeeded in ascertaining the practicability, indeed, the facility, of cutting a canal across the isthmus. The maps and notes of this survey are now in this city, in the pos session of one of our moat intelligent engi neers. To frustrate the plans of Great Britain, and to secure to the United States entire control of the intercommunication of the twogreat oceans which lash our either shore, will be the imper ative duty of our Government a duty, which, we trust, will not be lost sight ot during the excitements of political strife in which our people and our politicians seem to be almost entirely absorbed. British Navigation Laws Froposed Re peal. The British House of Commons are discussing a proposition to modify and repeal their navigation laws. The measure is propos ed by the Government, and, if successful, will effect important changes in the British marine and have an influential bearing upon American interests and American commerce. The prominent features of the new measure are thus explained by the New Yoik Ex press: The coasting trade of the mother country is to be reserved unaltered; each colony, however, being allowed to throw open its coasting trade to foreign countries, by consent of the Queen. Canada, for instance, beiug allowed, under this condition, to open the navigation ot the river St. Lawrence. 1 With this exception of the coasting trade, and the lurther one ot the home fisheries (it oeing designed to preserve the British interests, bv an indirect mode, the fisheries on the coast, but throw entirely open the deep sea fisheries, so as to enable American whalers lor instance to carry their cargoes for homeconsumption in to Great Untain; witn tnese two exceptions, the whole of the rest of the navigation laws are nrooosed to be abrogated and swept from the staute, at tne same ume ii luims pari oi . r ... - r the new measure, as embraced emphatically in the original resolution, that the Queen in Coun cil is empowered to refuse any foreign power any participation in theadvantages of the home or carrying trade, or tne colonial or imer-cuio nial carrying trade, unless upon uie basis of an entire reciprocity. " 03-We return our .thanks to the obliging Clerk of the North Carolina for late Louisville

and Cincinnati papers.

From the N .0. Delta'of the 14th. Later fboh Mexico. By the brig Helena, Capt. Collins, which ar

rived yesterday from Vera Cruz, .We have files of papers and letters from "Mustang," in the city of Mexico, our Mexican correspondent at Queretaro, and "Cavallo," at Vera Cruz. The intelligence is interesting. Herrera is elected President of Mexico. The exchange of the Ratified Treaty between the Commissioners and the Mexican Government, has taken place. The troops are moving toward the seaboard. the projected expedition to Yucatan has received its quietus. For further information on these matters, and for the general news, we refer to the letters of our correspondents, and the annexed extracts from the papers. We translate the following, extracts from letters of our Mexican correspondent, dated Q.UEBETARO, May 29, 1&1S. Eds. Delta in the Chamber of Deputies, to-day, the Minister of State presented the general plau for colonization, rejected on the 4th December, 1846, and a special law for col onizing the Isthmus ot lehuantepec. Refer red to the committee appointed on that sub ject. Senor iacheco presented the following pro positions: On the Composition of the Army and Navy Concerning the Public Security Jb.xpenses ot the Government suppression ot Exercises Reduction of Convents and Abol ishment of Male Novitiates. The President indicated to-morrow for the opening and counting of the ballots for President of the Republic. The session was then closed. Queretaro, May 30, 1S4S. Eds. Delta It is now nine and a half o' clock r.t night, and it is ascertained that Herrera i3 elected by the votes of eleven States, against five which cast their suffrages for Trias. On the first ballot, Herrera had 8 votes, Santa Anna 3, Trias 2, Predraza 1, and Ocampo 1. So the Chamber proceeded to decide between Herrera and Trias. Herrera received the votes of the following States: Guanajuato, Mexico, Michoacany Oajaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis, Tamaulipas, Vera Cruz, Jalisco, and the Federal District. Trias obtained the votes of Chihuahua. Coahuila. Duranco. Tabas co, and Zacatecas. Herrera will enter upon the discharge of his duties to-morrow. The Treaty has been exchanged, and to-morrow the Commissioners leave. City of. Mexico, May 30, 1848. Eds. Delta To-day the division of Gen. Patterson left for the coast. Day after to-rncr-row, the division of Gen. Marshall will leave. Our Commissioners were at Queretaro on the 26th. My correspondent writes me that there is no news there, and nothing more. I look for the return of our Commissioners in the course of two or three days. Gen. Butler will start from here about Monday next, in company with Mr. Sevier. At the last accounts, Mr. Sevier was sick at Queretaro. The Yucatan expedition, which rvas fitting out here, has been knocked in the head by Gen. Butler. It was an awful misfortune to the "go ahead" of the army. Where are all the harpers and croakers in your city, and the "intelligent officers" and "sagacious editors," who have been continually crying out that there would-be no peace? Was not "the wish father to the thought?" Or was it because interest depended upon it? I have something to say on this subject, but am too unwell to-day to write more than a line. MUSTANG. Vera Cruz, June G, 1848. . Eds. Delta The mail arrived last evening from the city of Mexico. The news brought by it does not contain an item of importance. 1 am informed all the troops in the vicinity of Mexico were ordered to that place, and are to be sent to this place by every convenience, to be transported to the Uuited States. Ou Saturday last, the 4th inst., a house in Company street was blown to pieces, by which a large number of persons were killed and wounded. A fandango was to have taken place in tne nuiiaing that evening, it was mhabited by gueiriUeros, and it is presumed that one ot them was making catridges at the time, and having a cigarrito lighted, commu nicated hre to the powder, by which the house was blown up. The same afternoon, a Mex ican, who was riding into the city at a rapid rate, was ordered to stop by the sentinel, but as the order was not con.plied with, the poor Mexican met with an untimely end, by the. bay onet of the soldier running through the body, causing his instant death. col. .Bankhead will be in here this evening from Orizaba with all the troops, with the ex ception ot thirty orlorty left to protect Uov ernment property. A train arrived this mor ning irom Jalapa, with sick soldiers, lhey are shipping for your city on board the ship America. The steamers Portland and Maria Burt arririved here from your city, bringing dates to the J0th ult. the British steamer arrived last night. Iam informed all the public propertv in the city of Mexico will be sold there. If a like course is pursued at this Department, it will be a great los3 to the Government, as it will not bring within one-third of the price that would be had tor the property in JN. Orleans G n. Smith is well, and as active as could be expected. He dresses very like Jacob Barker, and is not unlike him in statute, but his coun tenance is now fresh, and of a youthful appear ance to that ot .Darker s. Nonewshere. . Yours, CAVALLO. El Siglo Dlez y Nueva, a newspaper in the city of Mexico which suspended its publica tion at the approach of our army to that city, has made its reappearance. Referring to the election of Herrera the correspondent of El Si glo says that if Herera accepts the nomination, he will, at least, ask leave of absence for a short time. The American Star says the San Patricio pri soners, now that peace is declared, will, in a few days, be sent to New Orleans, and there be dishonorably discharged, the citizens of the city of Mexico, it appears have petitioned Gen Butler for the pardon of these prisoners. We give the petition as we find it iu the Vera Cruz Free American: To his Excellency Gen. Butler, commaadcr in Chie f of the American Army in Blexico. In the last number of the "American Star," it issaid that the prisoners of San Patricio.and their captain, Riley, now that peace is celebrated, are to be carried to New Orleans, and turned out of service in an ignominious manner. We would humbly beg the Commander-in-Chief to show his clemency by pardoning those unfortunate men, and remitting the rest of their term of punishment, setting them at lib erty and allowing them to remain among us. Nothing would, in our opinion, be a more ap propriate act in celebration of peace, or more conducive to foreetfulness of the past, than the exercise of the right of pardons towards these unfortunates, who would not have suffered had the war not taken place. They have suffered in our cause, and we think that no act of grace that Gen. Butler could exercise on lea ving our soil, would render his memory half so gratelnl to Mexicans as this. should his Excellency read these lines, we hope he will be persuaded that they are expression of the sentiments ot every Mexican heart. We learn that Col. Bankhead, with the Ala

bama Volunteers and 13th Infantry, were to embark at Vera Cruz on Saturday, the 10th inst., Gen. Patterson's Division of Volunteers was expected to arrive at Vera Cruz by the 12th and the other Division of the Army would arrive successively every two or three days thereafter. The exertions made by the Department there to furnish prompt transportation foT the troops as they arrive in Vera Cruz, will ensure their speedy departure from the scenes in which they have covered themselves with glory. We copy the following from the Free American: -

Headquarters, Departm't at Vera Cruz, Mexico, June 1,1848. uraers io. iy i. rursuam to uenerai urders No. 102 from the Headquarters of the Army of Mexico, Brevet-Brig. Gen. Persifer F. Smith assumes command of the Department of Vera Cruz. No civil jurisdiction in judicial matters will.be hereafter exercised, except, where the American Army or Government is interested; and all proceedings already commenced will cease. Capt. Winder, 1st Artillery, as Lieut. Governor, will remain charged with the maintainance of the police of the city. Brevet Col. Henry Wilson, 1st Infantry, is placed in the immediate command of all the troops in and around the city. By order of Gen. Saiith: EARL VANDORN, A. D. C. The American Star of the 30th ult., has the following paragraphs: Lt. Col. Hitchcock and Maj. Buchanan, Acting Inspector General, left here yesterday for N. Orleans, where they will proceed at once to make arrangements for the mustering out of the troops. Now that the treaty has been approved by all the Mexican Government, but little interest attaches to the proceeding. al Queretaro. The Monitor's correspondent fournishes a long letter, but we do not find in it much that is interesting to Americans. The American Conlmisioners were received and entertained with much hospitality. Mr. Sevier, however, being ill, Mr. Gilford took charge of the negotiations. The writer does not like '.he present position of Santa Anna, believing that he is in secret correspondence with his friends in the llepublic. Gen. Patterson with his Division, will leave this morninz for Vera Cruz. The General en tertained a few of hisfriends yesterday, amongst whom were all the officers of the 2d Infantry and their gallant laader, Col. Riley. the sick of the command at Cuemavaca ar rived yesterday 330 in number escorted bv two companies ot mlantry, under the command of Maj. LUanchard, 12th Infantry four men died on the road. The sickness is great at Cuernavaca. lhe 15th and 16th Infantry, under command of Col. Bonham, 12th lnfautry; will arrive here today. We copy the following account of a dread ful catastrophe in Vera Cruz, ou the 3 J inst., from. the Free American: One of the most dreadful catastrophes that we ever witnessed, occurred in Company St., almost opposite our oihee, yesterday morning. At about 10 o clock, a tremenduous noise was heard, resembling the report of a cannon, or the explosion ot a bomb, and a shock was loit like that occasioned by an earthquake. Our first idea was to rush out to the street to ascertain what had happened, and what an awful sight presented itself to our view! The house next to the corner of Lagunilla and Company streets presented a heap of ru ins. A great many persons who came up from all directions of the city, immediately jcommenced to search in lhe rums tor the untortunate beings who were buried under them. No less than thirteen dead bodies, including men, women, and one or twq children, were found. Several persons were taken out still alive, but their bodies were so mangled that some of them will be crippled for life. Attached to this house there was an open yard, wnere landangoes were olten given; and we understand that preparations had been mad to give one last night. Many ot the uufortu nate women who so unexpectedly met a death, were probably preparing themselves for this amusement. The terrible accident was caused by the ex plosion of powder. It seems that an individu al residing in one of the lower apartments of the house, was in the habit of selling powder and cartridges in contravention ot the oruin ances. We were also told that a man was seen making cartridges iu this house yesterday, hav ing at the same time a segar in his mouth; that he was warned by a friend of the danger to which he exposed himself by this imprudence, but that he paid no attention to it. Great credit is due to the Quartermaster for promptly sending the laborers in his employ to aid the people who had voluntarily commenc ed the work. The officer of the day, Capt White, and of the guard, Lt. oung, as well as the men under their command, and the police are entitled to the thanks ot the citizens lor their early arrival on the spot and their successful exertions in keeping order and preventing contusion. We understand that Gen. P. F. Smith had just passed by the house where the accident oc curred, and was within a lew steps oi it. lhe shock occasionedby the ex plosion was so severe that he fell to the ground, receiving, however, no injury. Truth Stranger than Fiction. The rea dcrs of the Ledger was probably attracted by an advertisement that appeared in its columns on lhursday, in which the advertiser, John Dawson, a young man, desired to learn some thing of his relatives, from whom he had been separated eighteen or twenty years, under the following circumstances: In the year 1829, when about tour years ot age, he was stolen from his parents then living in Coombs Alley, by a man, Charles Ingleinlz, who took him on board ot a vessel bound to New Bedford, and subsequently carried the child with him on va rious voyages to all quarters ol the globe, lhe boy, though conscious of having been stolen from his parents, had no knowledge of his real name or place of birth, and all the pursuasion he could use; in order to obtain the desired in formation from his self constituted guardian, was of no avail. The heartless villain had called bim John Dawson, and no clue to the place of his birth could he obtain, until one day, Inglefrilz happened to be intoxicated, when he said he had taken him from Philadelphia. Like another Japhet in search of his father, John Dawson, having at last obtained a clue, visited this city, and after an unsuccessful search, he determined to advertise. This had the desired. result; and he has found his father in the person of Daniel Brosnan, now residing in McCoy's Court, running East from South Front street, below Mead Alley. The father identified him as his long lost son by certain marks upon his person. The meeting took place on Saturday, and the joy on the part of both was indescribable. It was witnessed by a number of persons who sympathised deeply with the family made happy by this return of the long lost one, whose absence has been so long mourned. The father, and a brother and sister, were all that survived to rejoice over him, his poor mother having become deranged in consequence of the fiendish act of the monster that stole him, and died years ago, Inglefritz was in New York, when the hero of this sketch separated trom him. We should like to record his arrest and conviction of the crime he has been guilty of, as a fitting sequel to this "ower true tale." Phil. Led.

From the Philadelphia North American of the lOdi THE RATIFICATION CONVENTION.

THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. Approval of the Nomination, THE HERO OF BUENA VISTA, ' AND THE STATESMAN OF NEW YORK. The ingathering of the populace from all quarters of the country, into council for the consideration and ratification of the nominations of the convention, took place last evening in Independence Square. It was a fitting place for the ocasion. And the square presented a spectacle which will never be forgotten by those who witnessed it. Neither trouble nor expense was spared by the committee of arrangements, in the prepartions for this convention of the people. Against the rear window of the Hall of Independence was erected a vast stand, the floor of which was some twelve feet above the ground. It was very capacious, containing ample accomodations for the large number of secretaries and vice presidents, as well as the distinguished speakers present from all parts of the Union, and the numerous reporters of the daily press, as well as the committee of ar rangements. At the southeastern and south western gates of the. square were also erected very large stands , all like the main stand, cov ered and well lighted. Al this meeting the earliest members pres ent were the Baltimore delegation, overa thousand in number, with banner and band. They were enthusiastically cheered. There were, besides, delegates present from many of the rural districts of this State, as well as from the remote sections of the country. the assemblage was a very large one, prob ably the largest ever seen in this city. Around each stand were gathered, in the course of the evening, thousands of attentive spectatorseach gathering making a much larger array than many common political meetings. The soul-stirring strains of martial music, the flash of fire-works, the report of guns ever and anon, and thelare of Drummoud lights, mingled with the pealing shouts of the assembled thousands, and the eloquent tones of the favorite orators of the party. We present below but a meagre outline of the proceedings, regretting that want of time and space obliges us to be brief. The meeting was called to order by Robt. Morris, Esq., of Philadelphia, who nominated the following list of officers, which was unanimously agreed to: President W. F. JOHNSON, of Pa. Vice Presidents. Geo. R. Kent, Maine, A. Colby, New Hampshire, Sol. Foote, Vermont, Geo. Ashum, Massachusetts, J. F. Simmons, Rhode Island, N. L. White, Connecticut, J. W. Fowler, New York, .Wm. Wright, New Jersey, H. D. Maxwell, Pennsylvania, J. R. McFee, Delaware, John C. Groome, Maryland, W. S. Archer, Virginia, D. M. Barringer, North Carolina, G. Gamage, South Carolina, G. W. Crawford, Georgia, C. C. Langdou, Alubama, Theo. J. Barnett, Indiana, L. Saunders, Louisiana, Joseph Vance, Ohio, W.J. Graves, Kentucky, G. A. Henry, Tennessee, J. Vandeventer, Illinois, D. D. Mitchell, Missouri, T. W. Newton, Arkansas, Jos. R. Williams, Michigan, J. D. Hart, Florida, E. E.Eastman, Wisconsin, J. McManus, Iowa, B. H. Epherson, Texas. Secretaries. E. Stanley, North Carolina, J. Boweu Bell, Pennsylvania C. Bullitt, Louisiana, George Lunt, Massachusetts. S. Lisle Smith, Illinois, S. S. L'Hommedieu, Ohio, Alex. Ramsey, Pennsylvania Jerome Fuller, New York, C. II. Wiley, North Carolina, Jos. P. Loughead, Pennsylvania, U. Frazier, Tennessee, P. Baxter, Vermont, Isaac Munroe, Maryland, Thurlow Weed, New York. On taking the chair Mr. Johnson macU a few very pertinent remarks. The names of the candidates were recti vea witn great, cneering. He said that no good Whig would withhold his support from the ticket which had been nominated. He concluded by introduc ing to the meeting ex-Governor Morehead, of JN. C.,the president ol the nominating conven tion. Mr. Morehead spoke in eloquent terms of the candidates betore the nominating convention. At the mention of the name of Clay an electric cheer burst forth. He condemned in strong language the treatment of General Scott, and said that his country would yet place him in a higher nich of fame than the miserable ad ministration was willing to allow him. He then did justice to oldZac k, the man who never lost a battle, and who never surrendered He excused himself after a few remarks, on account of his exhaustion from his official duties. Gen. Barrow, Tenn., was next introduced. He said he was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but there w-ere those on the stand who would bear him witness, that on the anniversary of the Battle of Buena Vista, the 22d of February, in this city, he had proclaimed amidst darkness and clouds, that the Whig convention would nominate Zachary Taylor and now he would prophecy, although he was not a seveuth son, nor the son of a seventh son that the people would elect Zachary Taylor President. He next commended the harmony of the party in regard to the nomination, and proceeded at some length in a brilliant strain. He spoke of Clay and Wedster till the whole assembly again burst in spontaneous shouts. The following resolutions were then read by W. S. Price, of Philadelphia: 1. Resolved, That the Whigs of the United States, here assembled by their representatives, heartily ratify the nomination of Gen. ZACHARY TAYLOR, as President, and MILLARD FILLMORE, as Vice President of the United States, and pledge themselves to their support. 2. Resolved, That in the choice of Gen. Taylor as the Whig candidate for President, we are glad to discover sympathy with a great popular sentiment throughout the nation a sentiment which having its origin in admiration ofgreat military success, has been strengthened by the development, in every action, and every word, of sound conservative opinions, and of true fidelity to the great examples of former days; and to the principles of the constitution a3 administered by his founders. 3. Resolved, That Gen. Taylor, in saying that had he voted in 844, he would have voted the Whig ticket, gives us the assurance (and no better is needed from a consistent and truth-speaking man) that his heart was with us at the crisis of our political destiny, when Henry Clay was our candidate, and when not only Whig principles were well defined and clearly asserted, but Whig measures depended on success. The heart that was with us then is with us now; and we have a soldier's word of honor and a life of public and private virtue as the security. 4. Resolved, That we look to Gen. Taylor's administration of the Government as. one con

ducive of peace, prosperity, and union. Of

peace- because no one better knows, or has greater reason to uepiore wnai ue nas seen sadly on the fiel'd of victory, the horrors of war, and especially of a foreign and aggressive war. Of prosperity now more than ever needed to relieve the nation from a burthen of debt, and to restore industry agricultural, manufactur ing and commercial lo its accustomed and peaceful functions and influences. Of union because we" have a candidate whose very position as a South western man, reared on the banks of that great stream whose tributaries, natural and artificial, embrace the whole Union, renders the protection of the interests of the whole country his first trust, and whose varied duties in past life have been rendered, not on the soil, or under the flag of any Slate or section but over the whole frontier, and under the broad banner of the nation. 5. Resolved, That standing as the Whig party does, on the broad and linn platform of the constitution, braced by all its inviolable and sacred guarantees and compromises, and cherished in the affections because protective of the interests of the peoph, we are proud to have, as the exponent of our opinious, one who is pledged to construe it by the wise and generous rules which Washington applied to it, and who has said (and no Whig desires any other assurance) that he will make Washington's administration the model of his own. Gf Resolved, That as Whigs and Americans, we are proud to acknowledge our gratitude for the great military services which, beginning at Palo Alto, and ending at I'uona Vista, first awakened the American people to a just 'estimate of him who is uow our Whig candidate. In the discharge of a painful duty for his march into the enemy's country was a reluctant one; in the command of regulars at one time, and of volunteers at another, au 1 of both combined; iu the decisive though punctual discipline of his camp where all respected and loved him: in the negotiation of terms for a dejec ted and desperate enemy; in the .exigency of actual conflict when the balance was perilously doubtful we have found him the same, brave, distinguished and considerate, no heartless spectator of bloodshed, no trifler with human happiness; and we do not know which to admire most, ins heroism in withstanding the as.-aultsof the enemy in the almost hopeless field ol Buena ista mourning in generous sorrow over the graves cf. Clay, Ringgold, or of Hardin or in giving in the heat ol battle terms of mercilul capitulation to a vanquished foe at Monterey, and net being ashamed to avow that he did it to spare women and children, helpless infancy, and more helpless age, against whom no American soldier ever war. Such a military man whose triumphs are neither remote nor doubtful, whose virtues these trials have tested, we are proud to make our candidate. 7. Resolved, That in support of such a nomination we ask our whig friends throughout the nation to unite, and to co-operate zealously, resolutely: with earnestness in behalf of our candidate, whom calumny cannot reach, and with respectful demeanor to our adversaries, whose candidates have yet to prove their claims on the gratitude of the nation. The resolutions were unanimously adopted. Speeches were then made by Geo. R. B.ichardson, Esq., of Md., Col. Ilaskall ofTenn., Mr. Sherman, of 0., Mr. Maxwell, of N. Y., and a number of others. At the Southeastern stand, Gen. James Irvin, of Pennsylvania, presided. The General made a very effective speech, in which he alluded to his course in the convention, and said that what ever might be his preference, he went heart and hand for the nominee. Speeches were also made by Mr. Walker, of la., Col. Rivers ot K. 1. the f, oughkeepsie blacksmith, and Mr. Whitney, of the city of New York. The latter gentleman had been an arilent supporter of Henry Clay, but yielded his hearthy support to the nominations. His remarks were eloquent and elicited frequent applause. Gen. Lurrovv, or lennessee, Mr Sweet of 111., Col. Duncan of La., Mr. Cogdii of la., Mr. Ray of Ohio, Mr. Parker ofMass., Mr. Barringer of N. C, Mr. Beddinger, of Ky., aud others followed. At the Southwestern stand, Col. Fowler, of N. Y., presided, and made an ablespeech. He was followed bv Mr. Batcl.eldor.of Mass., Z. C, Lee, of Md., Ex-Gov. Stratton of N. Jer sey, Hon. Mr. Cocke ofTenn., Hon. Mr. Ly man of Vt., Mr. Stanton of Ohio, Mr. Brown of Pa., lion. Mr. Foster of Ga., Mr. Piatt of Del., Mr. Mix, of N. Y Dr. Cow dell of la., Mr R-icardo of la., and Mr. Chandler of Mass. At about half past eleven o'clock, and while the speaking was still going on, a splendid piece of fire-works was set oft' in the main walk of the square, being a radiant star, in the centre of which was emblazoned the names of "Taylor and Fillmore," iu letters of fire. The spectacle wa3 grand, and was re ceived with terrific shouts. At a late hour the meeting sepailed, in fine spirits, and lull of zeal for the nominees. Anti-Slavery Feeling in Virginia. The Richmond Southerner, by no means an adop tion paper, holds the following language in re lation to public sentiment in Virginia, ou the subject of Slavery : ''It is not generally known, yet it is never theless true, that two-thirds of the people of lrginia are open and undisguised advocates of ridding the Slate of Slavery; and, after the year 1850, when the census is taken, their views wiil be embodied in such a form as- to startle the South. We speak understanding!. We have, within the last two years, con versed with over five hundred slaveholders in the Sta'.e; and four hundrpd and fifty out of the five hundred expressed themselves ready to unite on any general plan to abolish Slavery upon almost any terms. Abolition fanaticism at the North has not produced this, but the annexation of lexas and the acquisition of territory have done it. Virginia may be put down as no longer leiiauieuii imr ijueoiiou. tvue.il sue goes me District of Columbia is a free territory; then Delaware and Maryland will also go, and N. Carolina and Kentucky will follow suit. This will surround the extreme South with free States, and. when that day comes and it will not be very long, we would just as lief own a parcel of wild turkeys as so many slaves.. We may continue this subject in our next, certain ly we shall farther consider it." The Prediction of a Barnbcrfer. Al a great demonstration of Barnburners in N. York, Churchill C. Cambrelling, a sagacious discerner of "coming political events," having made pol itics a trade, made a speech, in the. course of which he said: ' - "From the first roll of the drum at Palo Alto to the conquest of the city of Mexico, the President and Secretary Of War had been laboring to make a President for them, and that President would be Zachary Taylor, (Loud and enthusiastic cheers,) whether he was nominated by the Philadelphia Convention or not whether supported by regulars or volunteers he will be the next President, for he is the man after the hearts of the people." These sentiments were received with vociferous cheering. CGTKewmt'y an emigrant with his family, took shelter from a thunder storm under a tree near Atica, Ind. The tree was struck by lightning which in its descent struck the man, and instantly deprived him of vitality; thus depriving a family of its head among strangers. '

Unfairness of the English Pres. Wt

have good reason to warn our readers ol the palpable unfairness of the English press.it misrepresents every thing in relation to the spread of freedom in France, and in Earope generally. We have several times been wofully misled and pained by reading falsehoods in English newspapers concerning France. The NewYork Herald holds the following language on this subject, written just after the arrival of the Acadia: , . The intelligence from France, as it appears in the English papers, is discouraging, infinitely more so than it appears through our Parisian correspondence. In fact, the most trifling emeute, the slightest disturbance, is grossly exaggerated, and made to appear in the worst light possible. We cannot, as we have often before statecLplace any reliance on French, news received through the English press. Were the editors of the English journals even divested of prejudice, they are so little acquainted with republican institutions, or the proceedings of republican bodies, as to be incompetent to form a correct or reliable opinion on what is now transpiring in France. r That there have been trifling out-break?, there can be no question, but they were trifling. . - That there are many parties in the National Assembly between whom there is a strong opposition, and each of whom is distrustful of the remainder, is equally true; but such a state of things is perfectly natural under the circumstances; and, as we in the United States know is inseparable, in the nature of things, from the condition in which France is placed. It is but few monlhssince thatcountry was a monar-r-htr tVio its nnw a rpnn hi lipr Ipfricla tnre A rA divided in opinion as to the proper policy to be pursued. The various opinions are taking shape moulding themselves into a proper form so as to be made available; and it is unreasonable to suppose that this can be done in a republic, at the commencement, without some effervescence, and perhaps tumult. This is the interpretation which we put on the lust intelligence from Paris, which we do not think authorises the conclusions which have been formed by the English press.' The Past and the Present. When Gen. Jackson was first mentioned for the Presidency, Edwin Crosswell, a Cassite Hunker, and "Father' Ritchie, the Court organ, ridiculed his pretensions, and sneered at his prospects in their oppinion "Mr. Jackson was removed, at an infinite distance from the Presidency." Bat 'Misler Jackson," was an "Old Hickory''in the hands of the people, and they made him President. When General Harrison was named for the Presidency, he was also ridiculed and sneered at by the same Uunker politicians, and they reproachfully consigned "Granny Harrison " to his Log Cahin upon the Ohio, there to drink hard cider during the remnant of his days. But "Granny Harrison" became "Old Tippecanoe" with the People, and they placed him in the Presidential Chair. And now that Gen. Taylor is nominated for the Presidency, the same office-holding Hunkers, say that he don't know anything, never read the Constitution, and is only a man whom President Polk sent to Mexico to fight for 'him.' But this man has already officially advised these office-holding Hunkers, that he asks of them no favors, and is sufficiently learned in Constitutional law, to make a very appro priate reference to a well known table of JEsop. And as it was with "Old Hickory" and "Old Tip," so it will be with "Old Zack," he will be ejected the "President for the next four years. Cin. Gaz. Young Men. The idea is prevalent in some communities, that young men are lit neither for generals nor statesmen, and that they must be kept in the back ground until their physical strength is impaired by age and their intellectual faculties become blunted by lhe weight of years. Let us look to the history of the past, and from the long list of heroes and statesmen, select some who have distinguished themselves and we shall find that they were young men when they performed those acts which have won for them an imperishable meed of fame, and placed their names high on the page of history. Alexander, the conqueror of the then whole civilized world, viz: Greece, Egypt and Asia, died at 33. Bonaparte was crowned Emperor of France when 33 years of age. Pitt, the younger brother, was about 20 years of age, when, in Britain's Parliament he boldly advocated the cause of the American colonies, and but 22 when made Chancellor of the Exchequer. Edmund Burke, at the age of 25, was first Lord of the Treasury. Our own Washington was but 25 when he covered the retreat of the British troops at Braddock's defeat; and was appointed to the command in chief of all the Virginia forces. Alexander Hamilton, at 19, was a Lieutenant Colonel and Aid to Washi ngton at 25 a member of Congress at 33 Secretary of the Treasury. Thos. Jefferson was but 32 when he drafted the ever memorable Declaration of Independence. At the age of 30 years, Sir Isaac Newton occupied the mathematical chair at Cambridge college, England, having by his scientific discoveries rendered his name immortal. We might continue the list to a great length, but enough has been said already, to show that the idea that young men are not capable of performing great and ennobling actions, or of taking a high position in the councils of a nation, is chimerical and visionary. And what has been said may well serve to encourage the young to set up a high standard, and to press towards it with ar dor, suffering nothing to discourage them from soaring "onward and upward in the paths ot fame or in the pursuit of literature and science. Old Paper. A Good Law. The last Legislature of New Jersey passed a law giving to surviving rela tives a legal elaim to damages against corporations and persons by whose wrong or neglect a husband, father, brother, child, or other relative may have been deprived of life. ThisBupplies an important want in the statute-book of the State. The machinery in England, equals the labors of six hundred millions of men. We are authorized and rMueatcA to announce MICHAEL P. JONES ua Candidate (or Count v Commissioner for District No. l.t Vanderburgh County. SCrWe ore authorized to announce JOHN SPIKEIt as a candidate for a seat in the Lower House of the next Legislature, at the ensuing election. REAL. Estate for Sale. I now offer for sala some of the most desirable Real Estate in ths city and county, consisting of the following lots and tracts of land. Lot No iW upper enlargement and lots No 162 & 166 donation enlargement of the city of Evansville. Also the late residence of Saunders Hornbrdok, dee'd. said to be one of the finest upland Farms in the county, containing 221 acres; also about 500 acres of land in which there are several improvements; 4hi3 last lot will be sold in lots to suit purchasers. - Also, 10 shares of Bank stock. - For terms apply to P. HORNJBROOIC. je22-J2m&wli.