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DAILY JOURNAL. PRINTED AKD ftlBLISHED BT WM. H. CHANDLER & CO. CITY OF EVANSVILLE: SATURDAY MORNING, DEC. 30. K vieigh, N. C, Dec. 20, 8 P. M. Election of a U. S. Senator. Agreeably to previous notice, thtj Legislature of North Carolina proceeded to the election of a United States Senator to-day, and after three ballot ings, succeeded in electing the Hon G. E. Bad ger. Nothing else of moment done. So the Hon George E. Badger has been returned by the Legislature of his State to the Senate of the United States. This is a result which will be hailed with the greatest pleas- uve by the Whigs all over the country. Mr Badger has long possessed an established char acter for the highest abilities as a speaker, and bkill and experience as a statesman; and his absence from the Senate at this conjuncture, would be both felt and lamented. Gold is California. The gold is so abun dant in California that it makes everybody proud. A letter in a New York paper state, that the wftter asked a ragged colored man to carry his trunk for him. The fellow cast at him an indignant glance, and turned away from him without deigning a reply; but after he had gone about five steps, he turned, round and approached him, drawing from his bosom a .mail bag ol dust, andsaia' "do you think I'll lug trunk when I get that much in one day?" He had more than SI 00. The sailors have a great time in California. They pay seven or fight dollars per bottle for liqouf.have a 'spree' from which they come out destitute, and then begin again. A great deal of sickness prevails and as one after another dies, he is thrown aside with the utmost indifference, without even a covering of earth. The River. The river at this point is very high and rising. We supposed a week ago, from accounts received fr m above, that the rise at this point, would not be very great, as the weather was extremely cold between Cin cinnati and Pittsburgh; but we learn from the Louisville Courier of Thursday, that from day light the day before until sundown it had risen nine inches, and jt was then rising. From Sixth street to the head of the canal the water was up to to the houses. The bridge at tin foot of pearl street was only about three feel above the water. A numbpr of cellars along Water street were inundated though the wa ter did not extend to the side walks. At Cin cinnati the river rose five inches on Tuesday ni&ht. Business. Our wharf presented quite a live ly appearance yesterday morning. There were at one time, some six or eight Wabash boats receiving and discharging freight, besides a number of others bound for ports above and below, on the Ohio aud Mississippi. Our Commission Merchants are kept busy night and day. Truly, Evansville is getting to be a place of great commercial importance. Another Enterprise. Joseph Severus, No. 72. Chestnut street, Philadelphia, issues to-day, (December 30th) the second No. of -The Qua ker City," a weekly newspaper, edited by Geo. Lippard, Esq., author of Washington and his (itneruls, or Legends of the Revolution; The Quaker City;' Paul Ardenhcim, etc. The terms are two dollars per year, in advance. All of this gentleman's works will be repub lished in the "Quaker City." The publisher also promises to publish week after week, eight columns pf an original work of fiction, writ ten by Mr, L'ppard, expressly for its pages. Those wishing a good family paper should sub scribe for the "Quaker City." Terms for .Clubs are as follows: Two copies for 3 .10, five for $7 00; ten for $12 00; twenty for $20, 00. Address Joseph Severus, & Co., Publisher p( the Quaker City, No. 72, Chestnut St., Phil- (Xj- We underatood yesterday that there was a gentleman in this city, direct from Pa- ducah who stated that the Cholera was raging in that town, and that there had been some twenty deaths previous to his leaving.. What a Pitty. rAn esteemed friend, wri ting to us from Ney Harmony, Ind., dated 27ih hist., states that the splendid edifice, the "New Ifarmouy ILill, donated by that accomplished lady, Miss Anna Alaclure, for a church, has been converted into a porkery. (X3rll commenced snowjng night before last auoul 6 o'clock, and by yesterday morning old mother earth had again put on her mantle of white. The weather was quite cool y ester -Jay mil valuing very disagreeable. CCJvouyi Carolina s .legislature has again r? fused to pass the bill giving the election ot Presidential electors to the people. The volt- stood in tue Senate, yeas 22, nays 23. Such i Democracy in the Palmetto State. Vote of Wisconsin. The whole numberof votes cast in Wisconsin, on the 7th of No V in be.-, was 37,721, of which. Cass received 14,440, Taylor 13,096; Van Buren, 10,185. fas"' plurality 1344. Annexation of Cuba. The alleged attempt of Mr. Saunders, the American envoy at Mad rid, to open negotiations with the Spanish Government, for the purchase of Cuba, is ex citing much attention, just now, both in the old and new world. The London Times is in clined to believe the story, on the strenghth of an assertion made by its Madrid correspondent; while on the other hand, the Spanish Govern ment has officially pronounced it an unfound ed rumor. The matter has assumed so much importance as to have been made at length, the subject of a resolution of inquiry in Con gress. Liberia Important Intelligence. The Philadelphia Bulletin says that a letter has been received by Elliott Cresson, Esq., of that city, from Gerard Ralston, dated London, No vember 24th, conveying intelligence of the conclusion of a treaty of Amnity and Com merce, on terms ,of perfect reciprocity, be tween the Republic of Liberia and the British Government. President Roberts having suc cessfully negotiated the recognition of the Re public and the conclusion of this treaty, was to sail for home on the 2d inst., in & British sloop of war. The most important news, however, contained in the letter, is the an nouncement that Lord Palmerston, on behalf of Great Britain, had nearly concluded au ar rangement to furnish President Roberts with JC2.000 to purchase all the territory lying be tween the boundaries of Sierra Leone and Li beria, where the slave trade is carried on ex tensively; the President pledging himself (hat the slave trade shall be forever abolished from the whole line of coast, from the furthest ex tremity of Liberia (east and south,) to thecon fines of the British colony of Sierra Leone. We understand that a project for'purchasing this territory has been entertained bya wealthy friend of Colonization in Cincinnati, Mr. Mc- Micken; but this step on the part of the Brit ish Government will probably anticipate the exerntion of his plan. As it is likely to have a most important bearing upon the abolition of the slave trade on the African coast, it is a matter of considerable consequence in the eyes ol all who oppose that unrighteous traffic. Trans-Atlantic Steamers. The next steamer to arrive is the Europa, of the Cunard line, which was advertised to leave Liverpool on Saturday, the 16ih inst. No steamer left Liverpool for America on the 9ih the winter arrangement having commenced after the first of December, under which the Cunard ships will be dispatched from Liverpool only once a fortnight, or every alternate Saturday, until after the first of May next. Gen. Taylor's Cabinet. The following which we copy from the New York Courier, is the first information of a positive character up on this subject, that we have yet met with: "As early as the second of Nov. last. Gen. Taylor, in w riling to a gentleman of this city, stated what would be the basis of his cabinet ltllected, and that letter coming to hand af ter it was known that he had been elected, he very naturally felt desirous that the public as well as himself, should know that it could not fail to be. satisfactory. In replying therefore, to the General, he expressed a desire to be per mitted to make public the paragraph of the letter alluded to: and under date of December 7th, the General says: "You have my authori ty to published the few lines to which vou re ter in your letter, touching the construction "of my cabinet." upon this authority it affords us pleasure to be permitted to publish the following: Baton iyouge, March 2d, 1818. "If elected, I shall endeavor to organize mv Cabinet in such a manner as to secure a fair and enlightened representation about me of all tue great interests of the country; and as far as practicable, to represent all sections of the Un lou. If constructed upon such principles, it seems to me that the people should be satis- ned; ana I Delieve that such would be the case. Z. TAYLOR. We have no commentary to make upon this. except that it exhibits his usual tact, judgment and forecast. It proves moreover, that he had reflected well and arrived at a mature and wise determination in regard to what should con stitute the basis of a National Cabinet, even belore his election to the Presidency. There ueed be noauxiety therefore, among his friends, in regard to the character of the Cabinet he will organize on the 5th March next. CCF" Almost every boat, from New Orleans, that passes this city is reported to have pases of Cholera 03 board. 03" Gen. Caleb Cushing is at Washington city, preparing for Mexico. his work on China and Mysterious. Some two weeks since a young man of respectable connexion in this county, by the name of Martin Philips, bor rowed a fowling piece from one ofour citizens and started on a hunting excursion in compa ny with iwo other young men. The three se parated iu the woods, somewhere on the river Hills below ludian Creek, since whidj lime there has been no tidings of Mr. Phillips, not withstanding diligent enquiry and search have been made by the owner of the gun and the anxious parents of the missing one, w ho fear some accident has befallen him. Young Phil lips, we understand, had just arrived lroin St. Louis, and left a trunk containing some cloth ing at the Eagle Hotel iu this place. Yevay (a.) Palladium. , G. T. C. will be the motto of e'very missing gentleman now-a-days i. e. Gone to Califor nia It used to be G. T. T.-j-Gone to Tex. From the Louisville Courier. THIRTIETH CONGRESS Second Session. Washingto P:c. 27. SENATE. The Vice President be-ng &hs?i it. Mr. Atch ison, President pro tern, tailed ihf Senate to order at the usual hour. Prayer by Rev. tr. Slice r. f ' Sundry petitions nd nv.- i; rials were pre sented by Messrs. 1 'en c! Ohio, Benton, aud Johnson, of Georgia, w?,L..b. were read and re ferred to the severs! . crij'üittees. Mr. Allen presumed .1 memorial of the cit izsns of Ohio, e-ki .3 for the reduction of post age. Mr. Benton presented a petition for estab lishing several land offices in Missouri. Several private bills were presented and re ferred. The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the bill providing for the purpose of Light Houses to be established at the mouth of the Mississippi river. It was argued in the affir mative by Messrs. Johnson of La., Downs, Clayton aud Bell. Messrs. Davis, of Massa chusetts, and Bradbury opposed the passage of the bill, which was finally laid aside. Senate adjourned. HOUSE. After the usual perliminaries of the morn ing business, the speaker announced as first business in order, the re-consideration of the vote by which Bott's resolution passed, provi ding for the prohibition of the slave trade iu the District ol Columbia. Mr. Stewart of Michigan said he was oppo sed to the abolition of slavery in the District without the consent of the people, and de sired that the resolution should be amended. A motion was made to lay the resolution on the table, which was negatived. Mr. Benton moved that the further consider ation of the resolution be postponed lor two weeks. Mr. Sawyer rose to a privilege question which related to an article published in the N. Y. Tribune respecting the mileage received by members. He remarked that he though his honesty had been attacked. Mr. Turner also spoke censuring Mr. Gree ly very severely for having written the article. He offered a resolution instructing the mile age committe to report to the House whether any member had received any excess of mile age, aud whether the article referred to in the N. Y. Tribune amounted to an allegation of fraud, and if it did, said committee were em powered to send for persons and papers. A motion to lay the resolution on the table was lost. Mr. Greely explained and admitted that, he wrote the article in question. He was inter rupted and interrogated by different members. The question was called on the resolution aud it was adopted. The House then adjourned. Philadelphia, Dec. 27, 8 P. M. Reported Fight on the Rio Ghande. Ad vices from New Orleans speak of a rumor there to the effect that Col. Hays and his men had been cut to pieces by Gen. Urrea, on the Rio Grande. The report is doubled. i Cincinnati, Dec. 27, 8 P. M. The Cholera Repokted at Cincinnati. There has beeu two deaths at the Hospital' both resembling cholera, but the board ol health report that it is not the Asiatic chole- ta. The river has risen 16 inches since yester terday. The suow has disappeared. Pittsburgh, Dec. 27, 8 P. M. It has been snow ing all day. There is 15 feel water iu the channel and falling. Columbus, Dec. 26th. Ohio Legislature. The Senate met yes terday aud adjourned over until to-morrow. The House met to-day at 10 o'clk. When the roll was called, there were only 49 mem bers present. On motion the House adjourned over until Thursday. They propose in New York that Mr. Win. B. Asior se.il the ground lately occupied by the Park Theatre, as a site for the mini that is or ought to be established iu thai city by Con gress. It would place that important estab lishment in a ceutral point, and give ground enough for the erection of a large and conven ient building. Discharged from Quarantine. Some for ty persons were discharged from the Marine Hospital 2lst inst., and came up to the city. Among them was a number oi the passengers by the ship New York. They were without money and the Commissioners of Emigration found them places iu which to lodge. Enormous Taxa rioN. --The taxes to be levied next year in the city of New York, according to the official estimates, amount to the enor mous sum of 83,016,604 an increase of S295, 214 upon 184b. It is no cause for wonder that Jersey City should grow, or that Brooklyn should overflow. Manslaughter by Vaccination. A physi ciau of Pulaski co., Illinois, has been seiitetic ed to the penitentiary tor the term of four years and a bill, upon a charge ot manslaughter, growing out of his vaccinating a man with small pox matter from .the effects of which he diejj, From the South Bend Register.f. INDIANA OFFICIAL. We have at last the detailed vote of this State bv counties. It reaches us in the State Sentinel of the 2d inst., which was just 8 days coming through, in consequence 01 the almost impassible condition of the roads. Up to Wednesday noon we have no later soutnern mail, nor any other paper from Indiauapo'is. The Sentinel foots up the official in this statement different from what it had itsell giv en in its paper of the week previous. It makes it now Taylor, 69,987 Cass, 74,745 Van Buren, 8,100 reducing Van Buren's vote 542 below its pre vious statemeut and increasing the majority for Cass over Taylor from 4,535 up to 4,88. We have however detected the discrepency so tar as the Cass and Taylor vote is concerned. Rush County is put down Lass 1J2, laylor 1142 making a Cass majority of 250 while it is know n on the contrary all over the State that it gave Taylor from 40 to 50 majority. lhe error either has been m the returning jud ges, the office of the Secretary of State, or a mistake in setting up Taylor's vote, w hich doubtless should have been 1442. We have gone to the labor of arranging the returns by Congressional Districts for the satisfaction of our readers, correcting the above obvious er ror. It will be seen that in this .District Lass leads Taylor but 232 votes, and lacks 1309 votes ot a clear majority over both laylor and Van. Last 5-ear Cathcart had a clear majority over all others aud 479 over his Whig opponent. Quite a change. Dist. Taylor 7428 7465 8122 4866 7236 7202 7118 6974 7614 61S2 Cass 7S97 8218 8537 3839 fc826 8079 5743 S116 7846 7641 Van 94 353 6S0 1588 616 234 27S 1101 1541 1615 1st 2d 3d 4th 5ih 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Total, 70,207 74,745 8,100 The Van Rnren vote is heaviest in the 10th District, next heaviest in the 4lh, and next in this. In the 4th and 10th, we lose heavily from last vear. but eain in this. Thorn nson's ' o ( District, the 7th, has done the best tor the Whigs, and Rockhilfs. the 10th for the Dem ocrats. Van Buren is not highest in any coun ty in the State. In the following counties, he runs his best race, and we have placed them below in the same order as their votes for Vat are proportioned to the vote cast against him: lavlor Lass au Jasper 66 100 Lake . 138 108 128 139 359 Grant 325 653 Kaiidoloh 631 7S7 523 S, it there s any "banner for an Buren ism, Jasper County take it. In four counties, Brown, Crawford, Spencer, and Vermillion, he does not receive a solitary vote. In Adams, Dubois, Harrison, Pike and Pulaski, he receives in each county but one vote, and in twelve other counties, he receives less than ten votes each. So that his poll in twenty-one counties is very scattering. In lame county he receives three votes less than Hirnev oblained in IS 14 the only county where he has run behind the old Abolitionist vote. In the whole Slate, he gains just 6,000 over Bimey's vote, and ob tains a lime over one twenuetn 01 me total vote. So much for Indiana statistics. State of California. The following is a summary of the bill uow pending in the U. S. Senate ior the Admisoioil of California, as a Siate. 1st. That all of Ut)per California and New Mexico be admitted to the cuiifu'deracv as a sovereign State, reserving to Cengrt-ss the right at any time it may determine to exercise the power, to apportion therefrom other Siates running the line of such divisions at the east ern base of the Summit Ranges, known as lhe Sierra Matlre and California Mountains. . Eventually, however, the Slate of California would be confined to that portion ot the coiii try lying between the Range designated and the Pacific coast; being in extent about the size of Illinois, larger than New York an la fractson less thin Missouri. 2d. lne said State to oe divided into two judicial districts, for courts of the United Slates, jo b- called Eastern and Western Dis tricts the Western District to-compris the country known as Upper California, and the Lastern District that of New Mexico. lo be appointed to thse judicial sections, a United Stales District Judge, and Attorney General, and a Marshal for tor each division, and a Court to beheld in each three times a year. The District Judges to possess the power vest ed in the Circuit as well as District courts of the Union, to prevent the necessity.doubtless, of sending that tribunal thither. an I an appeal to be allowed to the Supreme court of the U. States, as was done in the erection of the S tes of Kentucky and Missouri.) 3d. That the State thus proposed, be au thorized to send to Congress two Representa tives: one to be chosen from the province of New Mexico, and the other from the province of California. . 4th. That territory described to be admittelf as a State, whenever said act shall have become a law, allowing the people thereof to frame their Constitution hereafter, as in the case of Kentucky, Vermont, and lennes-ea.'J A wealthy young man of Troyjiasbeen fined S1000 for running over and breaking the arm of n nnnr child in the streets, while driving at a furious rate. The Judge bore down hard on the fact that he displayed no regret at the act, and did not slop to see it the child was hurt Frederick Smith, arrested on the chargft of murdering Frederick Foster, in Gettysburg, Md., attempted to commiPeuicide a few days ago, bv opening the veins in his arms and legs. Some of the clothing and stolen property of the murdered man have been lound in his pos session. Chfp Trip to California. A shin is to sail Irom New York for California, on the 2d of January, and expects to make the trip out in four months, remain there eight months, and thin return. The Drice for the passage out aud buck, including board and lodging on the ship while there, and on lhe passage to and fro, is only $250. She is to sail forty miles up the Sacramento river, in the very heart ot the gold r-gion. Appointments bt the President By and with the advice and consent of tH Senate. O. C.Pratt, of Illinois, to bean associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States for the territory of Oregon, in the place of W. A Hall, declined. -- - - - ' John Rayburn, to be Marshal of lhe Uni ted Staes for the Northern district of Missis sippi, in the place of Andrew A. Kincannon, deceased. Joseph Lane, of Indiana, Governor of Oregon, in the place of James Shields, de clined. - ....... Charles McVean, attorney of the United Statts for the Southern district of New York in the place of Benjamin F. Butler, re moved. Pierre Auguste Bertrand, melter and re finer of the branch mint at New Orleans, in the place of John L. Riddel, removed. ATTORNEYS OF THE UNITED STATES. Andrew K. Blythe.for the Northern district of Mississippi.in the place of Oscar F. Bledsoe, resigned. ! Franklin H. Merriman, for Texas, in the place of G. W. Brown, deceased. ; Geo. F. Sheepley, for Maine, in the place of Augustine Haines, resigned. . Lucian Barbor, for Indiana, in the place of Daniel Mace, resigned. land officers. John Gardiner, register, Winomac, Ia. re i appointed. jjuusiorci k. rtoei, receiver, uanville, re-appointed. 111.. Singular Death. A Mr. Jackson, employ ed in a slaughtering establishment in Quincy, III., accidentally cut his finger while cleaning a hog, on Saturday, the 25th ult. The wound commenced swelling, extended to the arm, shoulder and breast, and mortification ensuing he died on the Saturday following. Attempt at Suicidk. A vounelady, about 20 yearoof age, w ho, from her owu story, had oeen tne victim oi a seuueer wno had abandon -ed her, yesterday afternoon entered the Police Court iu a wild and excited manner. On be ing interrogated by officer Burley respecting the object of her visit to the Tornas, she replied that she had come there to die; that her friends knew where to call for her body; that she should not live more tlfcui half an hour, as she had lakeu arsenic whereupon . she was in stantly placed unde. the charge of Miss Foster, matron ot the temale department ol the 'city Prison, and Dr. Covell, the physician oftUe establishment, was called to administer relit f. The stomach pump was immediately applied with considerable success, and in the course of the afternoon most of the poisen was removed from the stomach; she, however, remained in a verv low slate at a late hour. According to her own statement it appeared she had lately become quite low spirited, and made arrange ments lo go to Philadelphia, but subsequently resolved to commit suicide, and with that view she went lo Jersey City to procure arsen ic, which she mixed in a tumbler of water on board lhe ferry boai while returning to the city. The quantity taken being very large, she vomited it all up. She then mixed another portion of the arsenic with a very small quan tity of water in lhe palm of her hand, and swallowed the dose, anil the momeut the boat landed at the fool of Conleud st., she procured i carriage, in wiitcn she proceeded to t it! Tombs, as before stated, vomiting several times while on her way thither. Iu the mean time her brother had received her communica tion relative to her intention to destroy her self, and accordingly hurried to the Police Court, hoping thereby to prevent such an oc currence. I he parlies declined to give their names, but they are well known to be highly respectable, and the young lady in question,. it is said, only a short time ago completed her ed ucation at one of the most popular institution in this country, where she bad been pursuing her studies for the last five years. N. York 1 ribune. FOR sali:. Fashionable Buggy Cuni ie with two seats. jl new and lor eaie cheap ly Ucc3ü JUit.N fAKRELL, Confectioner, Water, near Main slree. F.DUAR CONHUNO... .WILLIAM WOOD. ' 'ALFRED WOOD- CO.NKLING, WOOD & CO. Xurth tide of Court st, east of Broadway Cincinnati,0. MANUFACTURERS OF Pure White Lead; No 1 do; Red Lend; Lithnrage; ruiiy; w mum?, nreuriea; Tans vvni'e; rar is Green; Chrome Green; Chrome Yel low; Chrome l.'cd; Chinese Blue; aHsorted Colored Paint; Cider Vinegar. ! . TATE have Adopted the mosi approved method, a V practiced bv the best Eastern Manufacturers, in mamilnctunng White Lkad, and will warrant it equal to any matlH in me unnea otaies. win war rant ihe quality ol eaeti article we manufacture to do as pood as can be procured, and to give entire satis- . (action. OlFered at the iowest prices on usual time or discount lor Cash. , dec 2!My., ELECTION SIXTH WARD... AT a meeting nt the Common Council of the city of Evansville, held Decemlier 2$, 1848, it was ordered that an election he held tor Councilman of the 6'.h Ward to supply the vacancy occasioned by the resignation ol . Childs at the Exchange Hotel in said VVard on Monday the 8ili day of January, lfc49 between the h'Jurs rixed by law, and that Lr. Jesse burns be appointed Inspector of said Election. ay oruor oi me Council, JOHN J. CHANDLER, dec 2 City Clerk. STATE of INDIANA ) . U Vanderburgh County j !r, la the Vanderburgh Circuit Court, in vacation De cember 2b, 1H4. Thomas iScaiitlin, 1 Henry Gumberts, and fliilip Deusner. vs. Ebenezer P. Baker and j In Chancery. the other unknown heirs and Legatees ol eiusnna Baker dec"d. A ND now at this time, to-wit: on the 26th day XI ot" December in the year a. v., 1848, comes the above named complainants by John J. Chandler, their so'teitor, and hies in the office of the Clerk o the Vanderburgh Cir'.uil Court, their certain bill of complaint against the above named defendant;, and it satisfactorily appearing from the affidavit of a dis- ' intarested person, this day tiled ;n the Clerks office aforesaid that the above named defendants are not at this time residents of the State oi Indiana. ' Therefore notice is hereby given to the said Ebene Zer l Uaker, and tiie other unknow n heirs and Leg atees of the said tusana baker, deceased; that un-. less they personally be and appear here on or betör thecalling ol this cause on the first day of the next" term ol this court to be held at the Court House in Evansville on the 4th Monday in March next, then and there in said Court to plead to or answer said bill of complaint, the saint will be heard and deter mined in their absence, oer 28-3 wpt' A? SO. KA 'A h T. J EN KlN?C!"k.