Evansville Weekly Journal, Volume 14, Number 18, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 22 June 1848 — Page 4

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PAYABLE INVARIABLY IX ADVANCE "A 5rautut.-l Poem. Th 5 attention of tho reader js directed to another column for an original poem fn Light. It la very beautiful really a gem. The author is D. Bates of this city, whose exquisite lines, entitled "Speak Gentry," have been circulated far and wide throughout the old world as well as the new. Mr. Bates is a true poet and as modest as he is meritorious, lie is a broker 01 rniladelpbia is eugaged in an extensile business, and is deservedly psteemed by all wlia enjoy the pleasure of his ac quaintance. We hope for other favors from the sarr.i graceful aud gifted pen." PAi7. Sat. Gleaner. LIGHT. BT D. BATES. Thou Sun ! from whose broad disc ethereal rays Are poured profusely over land and sea, Until all nature kindles in the blaze I wonder not the Persians worship thee; fori have stood and watched thy morning beams Empearl the landscape, bathed in crystal dew; Or dance at evening on the crimsoned streams; Pr fringe the clouds that veiled thee from my view, Pntil I felt that I could almost worship too. Thou source ol life and light ! whose magic power Sustains the changes oi the rolling year; Taints the young verdure, and the opening flower, And permeates the earth and atmosphere. Atoms and worlds alike bask in the light That streams unceasing from thy central fire; Which bejng quenched one moment, ancient Night Her throne would take, and Nature would expire? O! Earth, the mother thou of life, thou Sun, the Sire! Creation slept, as sleeps an unborn thought, Until the drakness from its couch was driven, And then awoke, and shouted as it caught The rays from thy refulgent orb in heaven. And for six thousand years thy steady light Hath blessed the nations of the teeming earth. Giving successive seasons, day and night, And all that's beautiful and lovely birth Man know 3 this much, and owns at least thy power and worth. Put all thy natural splendors were in vain The moral darkness brooding o'er mankind Called for another sun upon the plane, To kindle in the firmament of mind. Judea's hills first caught its morning rays, ' And angels stooped from their abodes of bliss To hail the harbinger of better days, The Sun of Righteousness, the Prince cf Peace: Tis not idolatry for man to worship Thi3. Though you resplendant orb may 6et in gloom, And shuddering Nature on her couch recline, While darkness like a pall enwraps her tomb; Still shall this Light in glorious triumph shine. Already has it broke the mental night That hung upon the world its withering ban; And nations now are rising in their might Both king and subject hold whate'er they canEach one alike surprises to find himself a man. Its march 3 onward, like a rushing tide That ebbs not though the stream may rise and fall, Sweeping oppression, tyranny, aside; Thrones, sceptres.titles verbal nothings all Shall vanish a3 the mists at morning's dawn; Its foes must yield, or, overwhelmed, be hurled From their high seats: from clime to clime, still on. Its banner shall he over all unfurled, J'n'.il its splendor, like a glory, wraps the wotld. From the Cincinnati Morning Chronicle. ,' - SONG OF THE "USED UP." As svng by Lewis Cass, on lite morning of the lOift of November, 1843. What is the news by Telegraph?" don't ask me "if you please; I never knew that lightness had a tendency to freeze; But my patriotic blood now congeals within rny veins, Old "Rough and Ready" has distanced me,- with all my extra pains, Oh! I'm a used up man I'm a badly used up man; I never can 'get up again' ah! no, I never can. I fondly hop.d, that in this age of "progress" and of science, " T ' That the new-light democracy was the People's re liance; But hey don't believe in 'destiny,' and are surely going back For with the "eyes of Europe" upon them, they voted for old ack. Oh! I'm a used up man I'm a badly used up man B ut then it is my "destiny" I must bear it if I can.' J hid for Southern votes,and I cozejted with the North, But the "masses" too well understood what all such tricks were worth. What boots it, that I've made myself a perfect ter Brush"? ' Zack Taylor, "armed in honesty," has "went it with a rush." Oh! I'm a used up man I'm a badly used up man. . I wish I was somebody else not Lewis of Machigan. J'ye lost my place ia the Senate, where I showed my foes no quarter, And was a rampart, tearing war man, and "wasn't any thing shorter;" I helped Jim Polk my best to get our country in a quarrel, Then, after all, old Taylor comes, and snatches up the laurel ! Oh! I am a used up man I'm a badly used up man: The country will get out of the scrape, but I fear I never can. . I hoped the Whigs would have urged again their favorite Hexry Clay, , And in that event my own success appeared as plain as day; But they showed themselves too cute this time, and I've no doubt Harry chuckles That bis party friends have had a chance to rsp me o'er the knuckles. But I'm a used up man I'm badly used up man; Once Minister to France now a perfectly used up rnan. Now for consequence and greatness, no longer I've a chancer; feel like Louis Philiippe did when he toddled of from France; I don't know what to do; but must strike upon some plan Thes Lakes are "unconstitutional" so I'll go to Yucatan. ... Oh! I'm a used up man I'm a badly used up man; I'll clear out from the Northern Lakes, and go to Yucatan.- - : ; . Isham. Cincinnati, June 12th, 1S43. , CT3Sovae one says, "ho who preaches up WW is a fit chaplain for the devil. Them' put sentiment. ,

WniG XATIOXAL COXVEXTIOX. PERMANENT ORGANIZATION. The convention re-assembled at 4 P. M.,

and after the Chairman had called to order, he announced that the committee on officers was prepared to report. Mr. Thomas Eutler King, of Georgia, chairman of the committee, stated that all the committee being present, they had unanimously agreed upon reporting and recommending the following Delegates, as permanent officers of the Convention: FOR PRESIDENT. JOIIX M. MOKEIIEAD. OF NORTH CAROLINA. The announcement was received with iai meiise cheering, and adopted with acclama tion. The report then recommended as follows: VICE PRESIDENTS. Luther Severeace, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, . Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Michigan, Florida, Texas, Anthony Colley, Horace Everett, Asahel Huntington, Charles Jackson, Charles W. Rockwell, Samuel Works, Joseph Porter, Townsend Haines, John H. McFee, Thomas G. Pratt, John Janney, tJivard Cranage, George W. Crawford John Gale, Dr. Jas. Metcalf, Waller Braahier, William li. Reese, James Campbell, Gov. Joseph Vance, Col. John Vawter, Ezra Baker, Col. D. D. Mitchell, E. E. Murray, Thomas W. Newton, Joseph W. Williams, Col. Jasper Strong, Samuel J. Peters, James W. Grimes, Iowa, SECRETARIES. John Sherman, Schuyler Colfax, John J. Pierson, N. Bowditch Blunt, N.L. White, E. P. Huuter, Portus Baxter, E. Wr. Peck, C. C. Langclon, Robert Mallory, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New York., Connecticut, Virginia, Vermont, Michigan, Alabama, . Kentucky, Wisconsin, New Jersey. C. J. Iluilnnson, John H. Wakefield, ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONVENTION, The President was conducted to the chair by Mr. King of Ga., and Mr. Fuller cf New York. Mr. Morehead addressed the Convention in an able and appropriate speech, in the course of which he said he did not possess language adequate to express to the Convention, hjs grate ful feeli.igs and to return due thanks for the honor which had been conferred upon him, in selecting him as President of the Convention. If he possessed the qualifications necessary to fill the office as it ought to be filled, he should oe gratelul but as lie did not possess those qualifications why, the kindness ol the members of the Convention was the greater and therefore he felt that his indebtedness was so much ihi larger. In promoting the object for which this assembly had been convened, he hoped that the members would yield all their personal preferences and bring forward their united counsels and united wisdom. Let us rear our standard, and that would lead us on to victory. Let us inscribe on it propptrity to our country and let no fold of it be stained with the motto that "to the victors belong the spoils." If spoils there must be let them spring from rescuing their common country from her pesent condition that employment might be fur nished to all her industrious sons that tha seas might teem aud be witened with the sails of our commerce that our agriculture and manufactures might flourish and that we might thus abundantly enjoy the great bless ings which a kind Providence had bestowed upon us. If our deliberations should be conducted with that order and that love of order which should ever characterise our deliberate meetings then we must and should eventually triumph. And if there must be spoils then might the Whig party have a large portion only of those spoils that will bring happiness to erery mau, and prosperity to every door. If the deliberations and discussions of this Convention should tend to restore the prosperity and promote the greatness of our country then would he the President indeed have pride and honor in reflecting that he had presided over those sages and patriots, to whose councils might be attributed such happy results. (Great cheering.) Third B allot. -The aggregate of the votes cast was as follows: Taylor, 133; Clay, 74; Scott, 54; Wedster, 17. No choice. The convention then preceded to the Fourth Ballot. Taylor Clav Scott Webster Maine 5 0 3 1 New Hampshire 2 0 0 4 Massachusetts 10 2 9 Vermont 2 2 2 0 Rhode Islond 4 0 0 0 Connecticut '3 3 0 0 New York 6 13 17 0 New Jersey 4 3 0 0 . Pennsylvania 12 4 10 0 Delaware 2 0 10 Maryland 8 0 0 0 Virginia 16 1 0 0 North Carolina 10 1 0 0 South Carolina 110 0 Georgia 10 0 0 0 Florida 3-0 0 0 Alabama .61 0 0 Mississippi 6 0 0 0 Louisiana 6 0 0 0 Texas 4 0 0 0 Arkansas 3 0 0 0 Kentucky 11 1 0 0 Ohio 1 12-1 0 Indiana 7 14 0 Illinois 8 0 .0 0Michigan 2 0 3 0 Iowa 4 0 0.0 Missouri 7 0 0 0 Wisconsin 4 0 0 0 Total, 171 32 63 14 Whole number of votes cast, 2S0. Necessary to a choice . 141. The convention then at 12 o'clock proceeded to .ballot for a candidate for the Vice Presidency.. On counting the votes they stood as follows: Abbott Lawrence, Mass., " 109 Millard Fillmore, New York, i 15 Geo. Evans. Maine. ' 6 Geo. Lunt, Mass., 1 Thos. B. King. Georgia, 1 John Young, New York, 1 Solomon Foote, 1 Hamilton Fish, New York, 2 Thos. McKannan, Penn., ' 13 John Sergeant, " 6 A. Stewart, " 14 Thos. Ewing, Ohio, . " 1 Choate, Mass., I J. M. Clayton Del., - 3 There being no choice the convention pro ceeded lo a second ballot, which resulted as loUows: For Millard Fillmore 173. For Abbott Lawrence 87. Mr. Fllmore was then duly declared to be the choice of the Convention as a candidate for the Vice Tresidencv.

DELEGATES TO THE WHIG XATIOX

AL CONVENTION. MAINE (entitled to 9 votes.) Edward Kent Wra. P. Fessenden Luther Severance E. Wilder Fareley Geo. W. Pickering George C. Gatchell Louis O. Cowan James Adams Samuel Dutton NEW HAMPSHIRE (6 votes.) Anthony Colby Charles W. Cutter Ichabod Goodwin Geo. W. Nesmith Aaron P. Hughes Joha. Kittridge. VERMONT (6 votes.) Solomon Foot A. P. Lyman Horace Everett Hampden Cutts Pomer S. Royce Portus Baxter. - MASSACHUSETTS (12- votes.) Rufus Choate George Tiunt Wm. G. Bates Henry P. Fairbanks Charles Allt-n George Ashmuri Oliver Ames, jr. Thomas Nye, jr. J. T. Stevenson Asahel Huntington E. H. Keltoeg Henry Wilson RHODE ISLAND (4 votes.) James F. Simmons Charles Jackson Thomas J. Stead Alfred Bosworth CONNECTICUT (6 votes.) Chas. W. Rockwell James F. Babcock Truman Smith Isaac W. Stuart John W. Trumbull Nelson J. White. NEW YORK (36 votes.) John A. Collier Jacob Van Orden Samiu-l Y0rk3 Alexader Hadden Henry B. Mitcalf Samuel S. WyckotT William Tyson Harvey Hart N. Bowditch Blunt John B. Gedney Isaac Piatt Ambrose S. Murray Claries Hath way Lewison Fuirchjld Ames P. Granger Sylvester Schenck John C. Clark Wm. A. Sackett Eussell Saga James Kidd John II. Boyd Bethuel Peck James Wells Herman J. Ehle Augustus Chapman Abner Baker T.S. Faxton John W. Fowler Walker M. Conkey Charles H- Carroll Samuel Russell Geo. W. Patterson Thomas M. Foote James D. Merrill DavidS. Crandall. Jerome Fuller NEW JERSEY (7 votes.) Joseph Porter JohnL. Stratton William Wright John W. Wakefield F. L. MtCulioch Thomas B. Gantier. Isaac R. Connell PENNSYLVANIA (26 votes.) Wrn. F. Johnsou Thos. F. Franklin Samuel Bell John Lindsay Henry White Sarnuel Allen Samuel Ware John G. Henderson Henry King Townsend Haines James lrvia F. M. Kimniel Joseph Ottinger Diller Luther Alex. E. Brown S. D. Phelps L. P. Williston David Taggat L. M. Bibighaus David Horner Edw. M. Biddle T. F. Dale John J. Pearson Sam I. P. Johnson Thomas White. YV llliam Henry DELAWARE (3 votes.) John Wales N. B. Smithers John R, McFee. MARYLAND (8 votes.) Thomas G. Pratt George Schley John G. Groome Wm. E. Coale Daniel Jenifer G. R. Richardson Floyd Tilgham S. Hambleton, jr. VIRGINIA (17 votes.) Samuel Watts Edw, B. Dicks Wm. S. Archer Robt. Allen Vincent WTitcher V. M. Southall Win. B. Preston B. R. Johnson John Jenuey JU. Garnett, jr. Carter Braxton Robt. E. Scott E- P. Hunter Wm. Seymour Wm. P.'Rathbum C. M. Russell. A. B. Caperter NORTH CAROLINA (11 votes.) John M. Morehead John Kerr N. W. Woodfin N. L. Williams Edmund Deberry Wm. R.' Walker D. H. Wiley Daniel Baker Geo. W Haywood Edward Stanley David Outlaw John Carr. SOUTH CAROLINA (9 votes.) Edward Gamage George S. Bryan (7 vacancies.) GEORGIA-(10vote,) Geo. W. Crawford W. W. Clark Jas A. Meriwether L. J. Cartrell Thomas B. King M. Y. llansall Willard Bovtoa R. D. Moore E. G. Cabines N. G. Foster. ALABAMA (9 votes.) R. W. TTalker H. W. Hilliard H. V. Smith ' C. C. Langdon G. G. Snedicor R. O. Pickett H. F. Sterns Allen Pollock John Guyer V. Kyle, J. II7. Baldwin MISSISSIHPI (6 votes.) P. W. Tompkins Thos, J. Johnson James Metcalfe James Dupree John G. Pryor Henry P. Duncan. LOUISIANA (6 votes.) Wm. Brasher G. B. Duncan C. M. Conrad, jr. Lafayette Saunder3 Phillip Mahar Cuthbert Bullitt S. J. Peters B; F. TJ'inchester O. P. Jackson James Ritchie. - TENNESSEE 13 votes. John Bell H'm. Morgan L. R. Reese T. D. IVhitesides A. M. Ballenline James B. Jones Edmin H. Ewing Gus. A. Henry Wm. T. Haskell Wm. C. R.oadman Orvjlle Rice H'm. M.Cocke John H. H. Krosier Jams Gettines T. N. Van Dyke KENTUCKY"--6 votes. John A. MtClung James Campbell Jas. B. Husbands James Hays Josiah A. Jackson Robt. Mallory Jdines Harlan J. H, Houston Wat. R. Griffith Geo. T. H ood Littleton Beard Benj. F. Bedinger. INDIANA 112votes.l John Beard Dr. McClure John Defrees Frederink Boyd Joseph TFarner Geo. G. Dunn G. K. Steele Daniel Sigler R. L. Hathaway Jesse Conard T. H. Melson H. Allen Jacob Chrisman David J. Jackson W. G. Montgomery R. C. Gregory David G. Rose Hyacinth Lesselle H. P. Biddle Schuyler Colfax Johu Vanter Milton Stapp D. C. Branham C. Cushing T.J. Barnett P. A. Kackleman El jas Con well J. S. Scoby Henry Walker Thos. D. Hankins A. M. Bradbury M. L. Bundy Sol. Meredith H. G. Fjnch M. M. Ray D. Craighead N.Crawford D. D. Pratt. Wm. G. Ewing A. Hamilton ILLINOIS 9 votes. Isaac Vandeventer N. G. Wilcox S. Lisle Smith J. W. Singleton Churchill Coffing M. P. Sweet OHIOJoseph Vance Johu Sloane S. S. L. Hommedieu L. D. Campbell Peter Odlin B. F. Stanton Ham. Davidson Ralph Buckland Han6el L. Penn Edward Hamilton John Cochran Ezra Baker R. H. Allison J. B. Herrick. 28 votes. John Shearman N. B Horlon Virtulon Rich . ' Samuel Bigger John Davenport John A. Bingham James Bingham James Collier H. E. Hurlbut D. R. Tilden Wm. L, Perkins Newton Gun Samuel Galloway. MISSOURI 7 votes. John H. Edwards A. Carr William Jewett John Penny Wm. H. Russell Caleb Cox Thos. E. Birch D. D. Mitchell

MICHIGAN 5 votes.

Jos. R. Williams Chas. P. Babcock A. C. Comstock E. W. Peck. WlSCOrvSliN 14 votes. 1 C. J. Hutchinson Ursamus Cole E. D. Murray. 1. Eastman 1UWA 14 votes. R. P. Low J. W. Grimes James McManus A. B. Porter. ARKANSAS 3 votes. Thomas W. Newton. FLORIDA 3 votes.) J. Day J. Jernson, jr. J. D. Hart. TEXAS entitled to 4 votes. Mr. Comad.of Louisiana, announced to the convention that the delegation from Louisiana was authorized to represent the State ot lexas, in the absence of any delegation from that State, From the Indiana State Journal. TO THE VOTERS OF THE STATE OF INP1ANA. Fellow Citizens: At a late session of the Indiana State Education Society, held in this city, May 33. 1818, tha following reseluiion w's unanimously adopted: " Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed to addiess an appeal to the people of the State, on the pruptiety and importance uf Voting in favor of Free Schools ijt the coining August election." The undersigned- were appointed said committee, and in behalf of the S ate Education Society, issue this addiess. The State Legislature, at its session in 184G-7, passed a joint resolution inviting the friends of Common Schools throughout the State, to meet in Convention in Indianapolis, on theSQth of May 1S47, and accordingly, a large number of tha friends ol Common Schools convened from different parts of the Stale, and continued in session for several days. Among other things, they appointed a committee to draft a Common School law, with a special reference to ihe introduction of a system of free con tnon schools, The hill which was drafted by the committee, was presented to the Legisla ture at its last session, and after some amendment, passed the House of Representatives, but failed in the senate, for want ot tune lor its proper consideration. 1 lie Legislature did, hoAever, pass aii 'Aci" submitting the naked question of free schools, to the people for their decision at the pulls in August next. And it is for the purpose of securing your vote in l;i vol ol a system ot tree common schools, that we now addieisvou. To show the advantages of the free school system, permit us to state a few facts illustrating i lie j diftereuce in the number ot (he educated and uneducated in those States where the free school system hus prevailed, and in those Stales where it has not. In Connec ticut, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, where the free school system has been the longest in operation, the proportion of those over 2'Jyeais of age, who cannot read and write is as follows: In Connecticut 1 in 311; in New Hampshire, 1 ia 150; iu Massachu setts, 1 in lo'J. Wlnle in Virginia, where education has been chiefly left to the voluntary action of the parents, a fraction over one sixth of the tree while population over 20 yeats of age cannot read and write. In North Carolina aud Tenuesse 1 in 4 cannot read and write. The above facts are sufficient to show the importance of, a system of free common schools. There are in Indiana upwards of 320.0C0 between the ages of 5 and 21, and it cannot be denied that thousands of those will remain uneducated iu the absence of a system of fiee common schools. Many ol their parents are too poor to give iliem even a corntnou school education, and otheis arc criminally negligent. Ol our adult popula tion, there are upwards of 33,000 who cannot read and write, and it is feared that iu the absonce of a better system of common school instruction than we now have, the ra tio of the uneducated will increase with fear ful rapidity. Such is the intimate connec tion of ignorance with crime, that the education of the whole people, is to the patriot and christian a question of the first importance. The following statistics are Inken from two able reports; one by Joseph Centley Esq , of England, and the other by G R. Porter Esq. The four best instructed counties in England, according to their re ports are Rutland, Westminister, Cumberlaud, and Middlesex. Rutland has lchool to every 625 inhabitants, and 1 criminal conviction per annum, to every 713 inhabitants'. Westminister lias 1 school to every 096 inhabitants, and 1 criminal conviction per annum to every 2201 inhabitants. Cumberland has 1 school to every 732 iuhabi tants, and one criminal conviction per an num to every 1101 inhabitants. Middlesex has 1 school toeveiy 747 inhabitants, and 1 criminal conviction to every inhabit ants The four worit instructed counties are Northampton, Dorset, Somerset and Here ford. Northampton has 1 school to every 1737 inhabitants, and 1 criminal conviction per annum to every 60J inhabitants. Dorid lias 1 school to every 1435 inhabitants, and 1 criminal conviction .per annum to eve ry 610 inhabitants. Somerset lias 1 school to every 1427 inhabitants, and 1 criminal conviction per annum to every 493 inhabit ants. Hereford has 1 school to every 13S6 inhabitants, aud 1 criminal conviction per Hnuum to every 50b' inhabitants; making in the tour latter counties, 1 criminal convic lion per annum to every 550 inhabitants; and in the four former counties, 1 crimi nal conviction per annum to evory 1108 in habitants. The educational and criminal statistics of our own country, corrobate substantially the foregoing statements, andshow most conclusively tint the average amount of crime is almost exactly in the inverse ratio of the average amount of instruction. A system of free common schoob supported by taxation, ia certainly the poor man's f iend. When schools are supported by subscription, they usually cost, at the lowest estimate, 2 per quarter, for each scholar, aud the average is supposed to be $3; so that the min who now sends three children to school one quarter, pays at least (5; but under the ptoposed free school system, if lie has no taxable property he will piy 25 cents, the pull tax, and thus save 5,75. If he has 500 of taxable property, he will pay 65 cents, as follows: 30 cents State lax; 3Q cents; township tax; and 25 cents, poll tax? thereby saving $5,15. If ho has 1000 taxable property, he will pay 1,45 still saving $-1,55. If ho has $200J taxable property, he will pay $1,20, State tux; 1,20, township tax, and 25 cents, poll tax; making 2,65, and saving 2,35. From the dbove data, it is evident (bat the proposed system will lessen the burden of

the great majority ol the people of the Siate. It is objected that it is unjust to tax the wealthy lor the education of the poor! But if so, it is equally unjust for them to be taxed in proportion to their property for Stale purposes; but such is the fact, aud it is conceded to be the most equi'able. Every intelligent man knows that it is cheaper and safer, to be taxed for the promotion of edu-

tion, than for the punishment of crime. Ihe system proposed, while it greatly relieves the poorer counties, will add but little to the burdens of the moie wealthy ; and if the poor are ever educated, it must be to some ex tent at the expense of the wealthy, of those who are more highly favored of fortune. Property, as well as labor, is nwre valuable in an intelligent and educated community, than it is where ignorance, and its too frequent attendant, vice, are the ruling spi rits. 1 lie property ol the rich, whether they have children or not, should be taxed for the education of the whole people. The security of their property demands it! The tax thai tliey pay is only tne premium on . . . i the insurance. Every property-holder is in lerestcd in the education of the 320,000 youths ol our State. Every child in ihe Stale is ihe property of ihe commonwealth, and it is the imperative duly ofthe State, to adopt such a system as shall secure, to each child, the means, at least, of a 'common school education. Itemeinber thai ihe vole which you ara to give in August next, will affect the education of the 320,000 yomhs of our State ! Remember thai by your vote , you may confer an inesutiitble boon on the childien ofthe poor; you may place in their hands the true lortunatus purse; you may cheer the heart of many an industrious poor man, who is now unable to educate his chil dren! You ma v rescue from obscurity minds of ihe first order, and by ihe establishment of a liberal system of fiee common schools, you may elevate the reputation of our young, but rising and Noble State! The State Education Society has appointed Judge Ki.XEr of Teie Haute, a special gent to travel throughout the Slate, and deliver addresses, and endeavor to awaken an interes; in behalf of tree common schools. It is hoped that the friends of education iu the different counties ofthe Stale, will vol uiiteer their hearty co-operation in this no ble cause. We respectfully recommend the holding of Educational meetings in every town and neighborhood iu the Slate, previous to the Aujnist election. The cause ol education in Indiana for years lo come will bo tfjected by the vote which vou wilt give in August next. If this subject is properly understood, the friends of fiee schools have nothing lo fear. In behalf ol the Siate Education Society, and in behall ofthe 320,000 youths of our State, we ask the co-opeia;ion ot the entire periodical press of the Slate, and the concurrent co-opera tim of all the friends of education in the State. F. C. HOLLIDAY. JAMES II. HENRY, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN, CHARLES II. TEST, JOSEPH L. JERNEGAN. N. B. The papers circulating in this State will please copy. Indianapolis, May 28, IS 18. . A Good Move among Workmen.--The Pittsburg Post states ihat a large number of workmen in the dillerent rolling mills in and about Pittsburg hive ii in contemplation to erect a new iron establish-nent furnish their own capital, conduct their own business and share the profits equally. It is proposed that two hundred persons, practical workmen, should combine their capital, skill atid energy, and form a company, to he gov erncd by ruls and regulations of their own adoption. Each member shall furnish 500 dollars lo be put into a capital of 100,000 dollars, with which to commence business. Each member ofthe association will have a particular branch assigned to him all will be actively employed and there wijl be no drones or idlers. In addition to the manufactured iron of all kinds, (he v are thinking of establishing in connection therewith a sheet tin manufactory. VVe believe there is not an establishment of this kind in the United States; and persons who worked at 1 the business in Lngland know that the facilities fur manufactuiing in this country are as good as anywhere else. The Hock tin, which is principally imported from Peru, foims about 10 per cent of the ingredients of ihe sheet j ihe balance being iron,ofcourse the manufacture will not be so difficult as some suppose. This is a scheme that heartily commends tseifioour views on such subjects. There i3 ho other way in ihe woHd for workmen lo elevate themselves than by such schemes as this. Why should they not, aud why can they not, enjoy both the fruits of capital and labor. Wants of the Working Classep. Two things are required on ibe part of the working classes to adjust thernselve9 to the state of society as one altering and improving: skill or practical knowledge, so that when one branch of productive labor fails from improvement or fluctuation, they miy resort to another, and economy, that ihey may provide against a "rainy day," and instead of se-ki ig relief in comb nation and ounage, have the means of support until the arrival of more favorable times. These qualities will appear only where there has been some trainiug of the head and heart. Let then the mind be taught lo think and the judgement be fitted for coriect decision, and he difference will be manifest as it is now in cases occasionally witnessed; the intelligent w ill not be dupes of demagogues or incendiaries, and the thrifty will discover a higher tone of feeling than their improvideut neighbors. The Aeiseocracy Coming. The English fashionables, ii is said, are coming over here rn shoals the corning season. The troubles on the continent make lhem shy ot European watering places; and some of these fugitives from ennui or seekers alter health and excitement have already sent out lo engage rooms at Saratoga, Newport, and other pleasant resorts. A teller in a New York paper, undei date cf May 5th, 83ys: "You will receive this summer very large numbers of distinguished people from the continent. Some go lo make a tour ol the States others to seek locations for themselves and relations. The fashionable watering-places and summer lesorts on the continent will be abandoned this year by the pleasureseekers for America. Pleasure parties are organizing to visit Niagara, the Lakes, Hud son,' the upper Mississippi and the. Mammoth Cave."

The "French Sewing Macuine. -The nventorof this machine is an humble artisan

.who is a great mechanical genius, and who has been engaged for thirty years m ihe perfection of his invention. He received a patent for it in France a few years ago, and ii is said ihat for more lhaii twenty-five years he sought in vain to make it woik, and thai ;he thought flashed all at once upon his mind regarding its true and perfect principle. The machine was introduced into London some time last year and has attracted much attention in that city- It is very cheap. Some are sold for twenty dollars and ihe piice varies from that to thirty. They ate sold by a Mr. ScnmiduNo. 23 Sutton-street London. The machine is fixed on a table, and is a very small box. It is worked by a treadle, and every movement of the foot produces a corresponding action in the needle; so that 300 stitches can easily oe made in a minute. The hands are merely used to guide the material being sewn, and by turning a screw the size of ihe stitch is iustautly vatied. The machine will sew, stitch, and form cords and plaits. The stitch is the tamboui or crotchet stitch. The whole value of the invention consists in making machinery do what was hitherto done by the fin uers, and tlius resulvinj a prublem supposed impracticable. The beauty of this machine is that it can work button holes and embroider. M. M ig nin who exhibited it in 'London wore an entire suit worked by it, consisting of coat, vest pants and all iheirappurlenances. To France belongs the credit of this invention. M. Thimonuier is the name the inventor, and his fame willgodown to posterity with ihat of Jacquard. D- C. L, Music of the H.vmjiek. But, after all, were we lo seek out only one sound in the world, as a lepresentative or expression of life, business, health, vigor and improvement we should certainly name the sound of the hammer. What on earth is there that is more cheering? It is the very note of prep uration for business mid gives a thrill that is peculiar lo itself, and to all that lie inert around it. What brings the morning so fresh and vivid to the mind ofthe sluggish as the ham mer which sounds from the neighboring roofs, ft is the veriest reproach an indolent man can h.ve, and speaks straight to the heart, in those quiet, manly tones, which only the sinceresl friendship employs. And then, how much is in that sound besides! What a range can fancy take when such a sound comes forth! There is the workmen on the roof of a new building, or in the shop of a mechanic, or the store of a merchant. It is the carpenter, the blacksmith, the tinman, the jeweler, or the worker in marble; all industrious, all busy. The "sound of the hammer" is the no'e that forewarns t lie woild of the whereabouts of the hard woiking man. About it theie is no concealment. The man he owes, hears it, and waits conten ted, feeling thai he is safe. There is a spirit in the sound ol a hammer which affects more or less nearly the whole world. Some people go through life without noticing one sound from another in the muliilode of noises around them; but we will answer for the sound of the hammer, that not one ever heard it without being conscious of an expression either positively pleasant or certainly painful. Mechanics should stick lo their hammers lor they are sentinels of industry and bestowet of praise. The hammer is an instrument of powei and greatness. By it are fo'ged the sword of contention a nd ihe plooghslnre of peace liy it are forged the press of rlie free, and the shackles of the si ive." Lei our mechan ics in the emblem of ihe hammer, always be hold n n instrument to unfetter the darkness of the mind and to drive trath and knowledge home to the hearts and consciences ot those who look sneeringly upon labor as the Sniitl forges the nail ai the spike which unites to gether the limbers of our leviathians of the deep, or the timbers ofthe fiabrics that canopy, the proud, the fair, and gay. State cf Indiana, Yanderbnrsrh Co., set. Vanderburgh Circuit Court, September Term, A D State Bank of Indiana, t. David E. A. Strong, John II Groesbeck, Francis VV. Miller, Ruth Ann Miller, Eliza R. Miller, Jeremiah R. Barnrrnwtbnl Hp!L Wiltnrrl Carpenter, Joel C. Mills, y In Chanrery John JSarnakle, Oeorge A. Miller, George H. Hahn, Peter Voegle, John Rabbers, Mathias jitahllia:fer, Horatio Q. Wheeler, Vincennes Ruark, John L. BittroIfF, EUasSteigcr, and Peter Kromenacher. 1VT 0V comes the comulainant bv John J. Chsnd JN ler, her solicitor, and files her Bid of Complaint herein, and it appearing by the aflidavit of a disinterested and competent witness, filed this the lDthday of June, 18-13, that the said defendants, David E. A. Strong, John H. Groesbeck , Francis VV. Miller, Ruth Ann Miller, Eliza R. Miller, and Jeremiah R, Barnes, are not residents ofthe State ot Indiana. .Notice is hereby given the said defendants of the pendency of this suit, and that, unless they, the said David E. A. Strong, John H. Groesbeck, Francis VV. Miller, Ruth Ann Miller, Eliza R. Miller,. Jeremiah R. Barnes, shall personally be and anper before the said V anderburgh Circuit Court, on or before the calling of this cause at the next term of said court, and plead to or answer the complainant's Bill of Complaint, the same will be taken as confessed aguiust them, and the matters and things therein contained decreed accordingly. SAMUEL T. JENKINS, Clerk. je!3-pf$4. By R. JENKINS, Dept. Sheriffs'; Sale. T" Y virtue ot two writs of Fierefar.ias ncainst PeXJ ter Gute, issued out of the office of the Clerk of the Vanderburg Circuit Court, the one in favor of J acob Geisler, and the other in tavor ol Conrad Siaen dale. I will on the 30th davof June, A. D. 1SJ8. at the door ot the Court House ia thecitvof Evaasville, between 10 o'clock A. M., and 3 o'clock P. M. of said day. expose to sale at public auction and outcry, first, the rents, issues and profits, for the term of sev en years.'of the following described real estate in the city ct tivansviite, to wit: Liot iNo. 10, m uiock ro. 31, in tho Eastern Enlargement of said city, and bounded as follows, commencing on Main street at the South West corner of said lot, thence along Main street in a Northeasterly direction, one-fouith of the breadth of said lot, thence by a line running at right ancles with Main street through said lot to the alley thence. South west along the alley to the North west corner of said lot, thence along the line dividing lots iNo. 10 and Main street to the place ol oegmning, and should no person offer or bid for Raid rents, is sues, or profits a sum sufficient lo satisfy eaid execution, and chosts,! will at the same time and place pro ceed to sell at public auction and outcry tne tee simple of said above described premises to satisfy said writ, and interests and costs due rnereon . ' JOHN ECHOLS, S. V. C. je 7-p 82 f ' ' Administrators Sale. LTY virtue of an order ofthe Daouri"l,,;j"v derburgh County Indiana. 1 Jill on baturdy Ihe 15th day of July next, between u.e p clock M and 6 o'clock P. M., ot said day expose t Sa Public Auction at the Court House door in r.. rv-risvil e Lots Nos. 9, 10, 11 ana , in BlocCk o2n tC4thlargement; adjoining the r .t.;iu tn nav. the purchase money. The TEOFSALE-One half cash and a credit ot 6 niontSntvUl be giveu on the other htlf with approy. ed surity. JOHN INGLE Adm'r with the will annexed. j 1 . -

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jr- - V' 12 THE proprietors cf this immense and talented Equestrian Establishment, take great pleasure in announcing to the citizens of Evansville and the adjacent vicinity, the approaching performances of the unrivalled Troupe. . In order to be able to visit all tha important river town9, they have purchased a steamboat of exceeding lights draught, which will enable them to run in any stage of water on any of the Western Rivers without incurring the risk of any disappointment what ever. . : : ; The Proprietors feel a peculiar satisfaction tn referring to the strength as well as the Brilliant Talent and unapproachable skill and grace which they have been enabled in course of time, and bv extra labor and expense to concentrate in one establi-hmont.' They feel a gTeat pride in calling particular attention to the name of Hi ram W Fraskun, whose representation you see in the large Fictorial Bill in hia wonderful act of throwing 76 somersets, a number never equalled by any perlormer in the World; together with his terrihe Double Somersets, through Bu.lons, over Banners, Horses, &.C.. &.C. Also this daring one, two and four horses riding, with his as tonishing Cord Volant fertormances, which truly make him the Wonder of the Age. : . Artists without number, and certainly without regard to expense, have been employed during the past winter in manufacturing New Costumes, Housings, Trappings, Decoration and other Farapharnnlia to correspond with their magnificent Pageantries, Tournaments, Cavalcades, and Processions, which this Company give on every representation, and which have creutetl such a tremendous sensation every wher upon their route, and always attended with so great eclat, that hundreds who never visited a Circus before, are now found among the patrons of this Greatest oi Circuses. t ': ,- , In addition to the above talented troupe, there is attached to this Company, five temale Equestrians, viz: Mrs. Nunn, Mrs. Schiudle, Mrs. A. Rockwell, Irs, Lake and Mrs. Woods. There is also attached to this company, the Queen City Brass Band, who will entertain the audience by discoursing most eloquent music." HfNRV Rockwell & Co., - Proprietors. S. Q. Stokes, Manager. Thos. Ncn.v, -Equestrian Director. A. W. Pell, Treasurer. Wji. Lake, - Clown. Will exhibit in Evansville on Saturday the 24 day of June lor one day only. Door3 open at 2 o'clock.Performance at2i o'clock P, M-, f.ud 7i in the evening. - i - Admission Boxes, 50 centa. Pitt, 25 cents. SCrChildren under twelve years of age half price, positively no halt price to pit. . - . : SCr'l'he pertormance will commence with the msgnifieent spectacle, entitled tho liait of tho Bedouin!", or the Arab's Bivouac. SCrConiie Song by Mr. Lako. jF5"Urand Trampoline Leaps by Mr.; Iliram'W. Franklin. " - I ; Vaulting by the Company, led by II. W. Feaxkun, who has performed the almost incredible feat of throw ing 76 consecutive Somersets, After which the priuo pet ofthe Arena, Master W. Grady, will perform hisbeautiiul act en two Ponies, alter which, wilt b enacted an astonishing act of Horsemanship end Gymnastic Evolutions on twodursea, tn titled. -the Rival Romans, or Olympian Bounders. By Mes-sis. B. Runnelk and H.W. Franklin. ; . ; ' Mr. Lake will introduce his Trained Dog. Massanicllo, or the Fkhenuun ol Naples, Ly xlr B Ru.N.NELLS. ' ' . ; Mr. H. W. Franklin, the greatest Slack Rope performer in the world, will" periurni feme of those Inimitable Feats on the Rope, .which have obtained tor him the appt Haiion of the "Sprightol th Air.v . Two liorsi Alemaude, Ly Mr. and Mr B. Rannelia. - .Mr. II. W. Franklin, and his pupil the beautiful and tuiented Master Wm. Grady, will next appear in their celebrated Antipodean Gymnastics andiUuculor Evolutions. The matchless eymmetry of thtir Appollo-like. and classic forms, (which a -painter cr sculptor mmht envy) tho apparent recklessness, of their d'llicult performances and the ease, fckiil.graoa and celerity with which they are executed thriil the spectator with astonishment whi!o at tha Eanie time he is tilled with awe and delight. Indian Warrior by Mr. Jons Spindlf, 5Ir S. fsr surpasses any ridrr ofthe present age, in his life-hke delineations of the passions and habits of the Wild Son of the West. Mrs. Nuxs will appear in her splendid act entitled the Hebe or Morning sprite. Master Wm. Gkady, will next be introduced and ride the brilliant Single horse act. The precocious and jubenile equestrian has already, by his beauty, talent, grace and skill, obtained the flattering socariquet of the Young Ducrow ofAmeriea. Among the stud of highly trained Hoisc-a, will be particularly noticed the leats of the celebrated fighting Ponies. The whole to conclude with a laughable piece, WM. C. PRESTON: Ag't. je. 15-d&.wtd , ' JKJ-Democrat and Commercial copy. - . gale ofKeal Estate. B1 Y virtue of an act of the General Assembly of tbs Stntn nf Indiana nassed at its last session. I will expose to Public Auction on Saturday, the 15th day ot Jul next between the hours of 10 o'clock A, M., and 6 o'clock P M., of said day, at the Court Hniiafl Annr in F.vnnsville. OlM fourth Dart of Lot No 29, in the Lower Enlargement ot the City of Evansville Indiana. The property of the heirs of Thomas Dewey, late of Vanderburgh County, der.'d. The above i Lot is pleasandy situated having a convenient Dwelling Houps and stable upon it. A cood Warrantee Deed will la given. Terms of SaleCash. But a delay of three month will be given on i w ith approved security. - . JOHN INGLE Jr. Adm'r. Rob't Nightingale, Att'y in iact for heir. ; - ; f je 14d&w-lw. ShcrifiV Sale. BY virtue of a writ of Alias vinditioni exponas against Fredrick Householder and William Householdtr, issued out of the office of the Clerk of the Vanderburgh' Circuit Court.p in favor of Asa B. Bement, 1 will on Saturday, the 24th of June A. D . 1843 at the door of the Court House in the city of Evansville, betwaen ths hours of 10 o'clock A. M., and C ociock P. M.. of said day expose to sale at public auction and outcry, first the ients issues and profits for the term of seven years, of the following described real estate viz: the east half of the south west quarter of section No 26 in Township No 7 south Cf range 11 west, in the County of Vanderburgh, and Siate of Indiana, and should no person otter or bid for said rents, issues, or profits, a sum sufheient to satisfy said writ, and interest and costs, I will at the same time and place proceed to sell at public auction end outcry the fee simple of said above described reai estate to satisfy 6aid writ, with the interest and costs are thereon. JOHN ECHOLS, S, V. C. . je 1-p f &2State of Indiana Vanderburgh County. Vanderburgh Circuit Court, in vacation Juno 7, ISii. Delilah Onyett, i VS. Pet. for Divorce. - , -. John Onyett. . AND now at this time come the complainant by Ingle and Wheeler her solicitor, and file in the office of the Clerk of the Vanderburgh Circuit Court her certain petition for Divorc. And it appearing from an affidavit this day filed in the Clerk's office aforesaid that the said John Onyett is not a resident of the State of Indiana. . ' ; - Therefore notice ia hereby given to the taid John Onyett, that unless he personal'y be and appear here on or before the calling of thi cause at the next terra of said court, to be held at the court house in Evansville, on the fourth Monday in September next, tho same will be heard and determined in his absence, je 14 . SAM'L T. JENKINS, CVk. -I STEEL. A LARGE and general stock of tho boet Brand of American Blister, English Blister, Germaa and English Sheer, brad and narrow Spring, and all 6izes ot flat and squared Cast Steel, Ax Temper. . For ale by A LAUGHLIN, ap 233 Water trr. WHISKEY. 8 fiT Bbls Ruesellvills Whiskey, : ? ! s "r -P 50 bbls-Cincinnati do . In store and for mJo low for cah by ' my 10 BEMENT VTELE. ' EATON &r UUGG.Houee Carpenters and Joiners, 2d 6.tcc i between Sycamore cud VincJ p25dy

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