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The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-10-31
CATFISH Po1NT, Oct.29, 1874.
TO WILLIAM THE INTERPRETER OF
DREAMS.

I've Jest come home from the flat fork of
Big Creek, where Ieve peer ever since the
next day after l had that perpendiclar dream,
and | take up my pen to rite you these lines
to inform you how l came 10 go there. ]
don't do it because like to talk about me
and mine, tho we're as gneA-@sso%ao7 tho2
Isay il that should;ent but because it shews
natur plane and naked as it came into the
world. Now you must know that Jake Fer.
gus put up a shanty jest above the pint last
summer, and staid there and follered fshin,
and ater while him and my datfer Kate run
off and got married, and settled out where
I've been, where the ayers so thick that
you can see it like mold on the bark of the
trees. So Jake got - ailin, of a sort
of "a lingerin, and could'ent help Kate none,
and so when her little 'un was born she like
to a dide pore thing.
Well you see | didn't no Jake, for he al
ways come a courtin ofSunday's when | was
away preachin, or blowing and slrikin for
them as was, and | axed some other fellers
about him that had been iishin with him a
bove the pint. node he dident belong TO
the church, but they said he was a liar, and
swore a lie one time, and that he killed a
man-and that ne played cards, and gam
bled every way, and swore and broke the
Sabbath into a thousand pieces every Sun
day.
Well when I heard this, | entered into a
covenant with my self. Gideon Duckworth,
that | never would be friends with Jake nor
Kate, nor have nothin TO do with them no
way. And you know when | do make a COW
enant, | make a covenant, and | stick TO it
rite or rong till natur forces me 10 break it,
just like some of them locofocos as swore
they would'ent vote for Clay when some
one told them he was a liar and swore a
lie and gambled, and killed man and broke
the Sabbath.
Well one day | met an old friend and he
was akin about all my folks. and Jake and
Kate too, and Told him | node nothing a.
bout Jake and Kate, and did'ent want to, be-
cause Jake was such a desperate immoral
man. Why says he, he amt. I've node
him all his life, and | no better.
Well this set me to inquiring, and it turn
ed out that them fellers that ] axed first was
all mad at Jake, because he had better lines
and better bate, and better hooks than they
had, and was a smarter Teller, and cotcb
more fish than all Of them, and would'ent
have nothin 10 do with them, because they
was so wicked, and would take his place and
fish all day Sunday when he was away cour-
tin. And | found out that the way he kill
ed a man was by not keepin two hishmen
from fghtin with shelalalls when his own
noggin would Of got cracked, if he had said
any thing. And the way he swore lie, was
by swearing that he void support the consti-
tuition of Indiana, and do his duty as fence
viewer in the Bayou State, when he wa:
twenty years eight months and Eve days old
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-10-31
THE TARIFF

Another great question to be decided by
the people on Monday, is, Shall the Tariff
of'42, (which every man, who is not all a
partisan, knows and must admit has already
been productive of immense benefit TO the
Government, aud the people, be continued,
or shall is be Destroyed The following are
the positions of the opposing candidates
for the Presidency, and their respective par
ties upon the subject. They are alike dis
tinct and unequivocal. No man can doubt
what will be the acton of either in relationto
The Tariff in case of election.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-10-31
SHALL THE SUB-TREASURY BE RE-
YIVED,

AItLO !
This is one of the great and momentous
questions to be settled by the people on
Monday next For we warn every man who
has a thought of casting his vote in favor of
the Locofoco nominees for the Presidency
and Vice Presidency, that one certain con-
sequence of the success Of that ticket (of
which, however, thank heaven, there is not
the shadow of danger,) would be the resto-
ration and establishmentof this most odious
engine of executive power, which more than
any other measure or feature of the Admin
%istration of Mr.. Van Buren,, received the
condemnation of the people in 1910. This
purpose is, TO be sure, carefully attempted TO
be kept in the back ground by the leaders
and presses of our opponents, but the evil
dences of IFS existence are, nevertheless,
clear and conclusive.
The position of Mr.. Polk upon the subject
is unequiyocal. If elected TO the Presiden-
cy, a leading measure of his administration
will be this thrice condemned ub-Treasury
system, "despite the lamentations or re-
monstrances of the people. To say moth
ing of his advocacy ofthe measure in Con-
gress, so late as last summer, in reply 10
the question "Are you in favor OF the Sub
Treasury System, passed by Congress in Is-
40, and repealed in 1S4l?'' put to him by a
committee of gentleman of Memphis, he
said:
81 ANSWER THAT ] AN. | fully submit tC
you, gentlemen, whether such a treasury o.
plan of fiscal agency, Gas that proposed by
Mr.. Clay's Bank Bill is one which you car
approve, or which you prefer to the indie
pendent Treasury System, under which the
Government kept control of its own money
by placing it in a Treasury in fact, and no
in theory only under the care and control 0
responsible agents, selected by the people
according to the constitution and laws.'
This is still the opinion of Gov. Polk. 1t il
also the settled policy of the partyto which
he belongs. No1onger ago than the 18th o
of March Mr.. DroomgooIe "from the Com
mfttee of Ways and Means reported a bill
10 the House of Representatives, which h
says, ..is very nearly a transcript of the Ac
approved on the 9th day of July, ls4O."-
The report which accompanied that bill j
new before us. In it the committee frank
ly and boldly say:
/" Ii need not be disguised that the tw,
great leading and competing fiscal systems
not only in the view oil American Statesmen
but in the contemplation of the public min
are A NATIONAL BANK and AN INDEPEN
DENT TREASURY
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-10-31

e-W We call the attention of our readers
TO the Evansville Lyceum, the organization
of which will be found in below.
An Institution of this sort, all will agree, is
needed in our town; and we sincerely hope
shat 1t will meet with encouragement and
success.
Let there Be q general attendance on
"Wednesday evening next.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-10-31

by all the considerations iauolped IN this mo-
mentous contest, TO prepare Immediately for
action. The State IS ours by a large m%lajori-
ty If ne do our duty. All the evidence in
our possession from the various sections of
the State is ofthe most cheering character.
Our mass meetings, for numbers and spirit,
have never been equalled in.the State, re-
moving all reasonable doubts of a triumph
ant result. But remember friends that the
battle is to be fought and IRON or lost at the
ballot boa, and that to insure victory, are
mast deserve it, by casting all our notes. Let
our friends in zach township, school district
and neighborhood let each Wing for him
self and neighbor, SEE To THIS-let the
polls be closely matched, and all illegal
rotes be challenged and rejected. Let our
friends calmly and dispassionately reason
with the honest portion Of our opponents, and
especially with those of foreign birth, and
shew them their true interest. We say let
us all do our duty and the State is safe by a
triumphant majority.
We cannot in justice TO our feelings in
tits our last address before the election,
omit to congratulate you on the prospectsbe
fore us, The result of the elections recent
Iy held, as we'll as of those held within the
last year in the States, cannot be mistaken
by any rational and cas1ddid man, The nres.
'nasiso answer party purposes, suppress, mys
MY or pervert, but let facts be exhibited, ant
the candid mind must at once yield TO truth
We have, within the last year. Geversin.
maiorities against US in many of them,) cai
. RED VIRGINIA, CONNECTICUT, LOU
IsIANA, NORTH CAROLINA, INDIA
MA, VERMONT, OHIO, DELAWARE
MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND
KENTUCKY, MARYLAND and NEy
y JERSEY, and in PENNSYLVANIA, W
u have reduced the Porter majority of owe
) $4,000, 10 a mere cypher, less than 5000
anu llldl lOO dSdlHSt. MI 0l1OLNA ddlilittS
to be the strongest man of the party in tn
; State, avowing principles in opposition to tf
free trade doctrines of James K. Polk. TIL
s. State was declared to be the "Gibraltar
- Democracy" and claimed by our opponen
3 by at least twenty thousand, but even tn
d supposed ~impregnable fortress, we ha1
II good reason 10 belive will yield in Nover
u Der, when the contest will be Clay and Il
tariff of 1912, Clay and the Union as ii
: against Polk and a repeal of the tariff of 1
70 ~, Polk and the immediate annexation
Texas with all its consequences.
With all these Eacts-hofore us, and It
most cheering news from the other gre
Wing States, we feel fully justified in sa
Nv ing that there can be no rational doubt oftl
ia most favorable result.
q As these may be said to be general I
Nv marks as TO our prospects, we give, from Il
he very best lights before us, a more speci
statement of what we confidently belle
70 must be the result, by giving the States al
votes upon which we rely. We claim
certain for Clay and F~relinghuysen
Ohio 03 Connecticut
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-10-31
The Tariff in case of election.
MR.. CLAY.
AsHLAND,l
Iune 90. IX44. {

uhO %Ot VIII
Dear SRI have re-
ceiyed your favor. sta
ting that our political
opponents represent me
as being a friend to pro-
lection al the north, and
for free trade at the
south and you desire
an expression OF my o.
pinion, under my own
hand, for the purpose OF
correcting this misrep-
resentation. | am afraid
that you will find the
effort vain TO correct
Misrepresentation OF
me. Those who choose
to understand my opin-
| ions, can have no diff
Guilty in clearly compre-
bending Them. l have
repeatedly expressed
them as late as this
spring, and severa.
times n answer TO let.
tiers from Pennsylvania
My opinions, such al
they are, have been re.
Gently quite as freely
expressed at the soutl
as I ever uttered then
at the north. | have
every where maintain
ed, that in adjust ing
Tariff for REVENUE, dis
ordinations ought 10 b.
made for PROTEC-
TION: That the Tarif
of 1912 has operatet
most ~beneheially, an,
that UTTERLY
OPPOSED TO IFS RE
PEAL. These opinion
were announced by mi
at public meetings il
Alabama Georgia Char
lesion in South Carroll
), ma. North Carolina, an
in Virginia.
l am, respectfully
+ your friend and obedi
ent servant,
ii. CLAY.
Mr.. FRED j. Core.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-10-31


Pennsylvania, % Virginia, II
Making 40 additional electoral votes.-
But you see we can do without these States,
if ii shall be so wilIed, which however we
shall not believe until the votes shall be casr
and counted, as these States must prove true
to their interest.
Our opponents are deceiving the people
with their calculations and statements, of out
apparent loss since the c ontest Of 1910. You
will remark, that they never compare with
16~3S-9-41-42, or 43,as the returns 0 fthose
years compared with those of the present
year shew an immense falling off of the
Democratic vote. The returns of the cleo
lions of the States the present year shew
that the current has been, and still is run
ming, almost with the force of. 1910, in oul
favor, and although our majorities have not
been solarge, yet they have been equally de-
cisive of the result, by reversing democratic
maiorities and carrying the States one afiel
another as the elections came of. Remem.
Der that Mr.. Van Buren, got but seven State:
in the Union, and we consider all the States
that went for Gen. Harrison safe for Mr.
Clay, except Maine, Michigan, Mississippi
and Pennsyllvania,th the votes of which are i'm
material as 10 the general result, and ever
Pennsylvania is as likely TO go for as agains
us, and in all probability the vote of Vir
GINA, whichswas against us then, will be 70
US now.
We therefore say to you friends, do you
duty, act worthy of the great cause in which
you are engaged, and the day is U and thu
republic safe.
Fellow-whigs, before closing this brief ad
dress, we again beg leave, most earnestly tt
urge upon your consideration the very grea
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-10-31
CLAY CLUB.

There will be d meeting OF the Club on FRI
day evening.
The Club again respectfully extend an invi-
IatiOn to the friends Of Mr.. Polk TO meet with
them on each Friday evening and discuss free
~ the several POLITICAL issues before The people
1. KEEN, Sec'y.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-10-31
TO WIGS OF
CENTRAL COMMITTEE Room,

The wing Central Committee for the last
time before the election desire to address
you in the most brief and impressive man
ner. The day Of election is at hand, and
the time for action has come. Are you
ready? II not, let US impress ii upon you
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-10-31
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

The following is the only correct table we
have seen of the time Of voting for President in
all the States The State elections take place
on the same day in Massachusetts,, New York,
and Michigan;
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-10-31
STATE ELECTORS.

STATE ELECTORS.
Henry s. Lane. Of Montgomery;
Joseph c.. Marshall. of jefferson.
DISTRICT ELECTORS.
l.. JOHN A. Breckenridge, of Warrick
2. James Collins Jr., of Floyd:
8. John A.. Watson, of Franklin;
4. samaei W, Parker, of Fayette;
5. Hugh OsNeaI, of Marion;
s George C. Dunn, ofLawrence;
I. r.. W. Thompson, OF vigo;
s.. A. L. Homes, of Carroll;
o. H. 2. Biddie, Of Cass:
10. Lewis G.. Thompson, of fallen.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-10-31

6EADvERgIsRRs, YEARLY and all others, are
referred TO our first page for terms, SC, from
which no deviation will be made in any case.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-10-31
for Clay and Frelinghuysen

Making I63 votes certain, necessary to a
choice 1873.
We claim an equal chance at least for the
following:
Pennsylvania, % Virginia, II
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-10-31

adopted country, yoTE FOR nm.
Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1844-02-17

Iof any particular period, 40 an epoch
with their subsequent fllfmgnt ~ IN 4
IRE. Those letters wcfe written fjiee,
Drars ag0, ~ lhs commencement of an err
ono Of ihe most momenlous In our hia,o
~, regarded 10 lis effects either UPON IA,
prosperity Of the country, or upon the
character and pefmancncy Of our inslilu
TONS, During that period of fifteen years
what important events TO the welfare and
honor Of tho nation have occurredl A
numor col majority Of tho people had de
ierminod 20 Try tho experiment Of tho ad.
mlllstfalion OF n mere military chicIlain
--rriod, honest aud capsule public scr.
wants we're displaced, and mos, now md
uhtrIod, were put In power under tho enc
I'uu' P'e,Snco ol fetronchment and re-.
,orm,' WA what gloomy iorbodines
w e"dngo was regarded by sagacious
and rejecting men, may be seen from The
drst of those letters, written by an old
and consistent Wing 1--WE use the word in
It's most comprehensive Specification.
whose opinions have been matured aud
fixed by age aud reflection. That hose
iorbodlngs, in their gloomiest aspect, have
been more han fulfilled, is now matter of
history. One expression may be almost
regarded as prophecies "You may both,
(relerring TO MIR. Adams and Mr.. CIay,)
and that ere long be called to the perIor-
nance Of duties still more momentoUs in
which the preservation Of the Union, or
some o! its most uaiuable Institutions, may
be inrolved." They were, indeed, both
called TO the performance OF duties more
momentous; nothing less than the preser.
walton Of the Union, and some Of the
most valuable principles OF our Consttu
'ton! They were, indeed, both found al
their posts, and nobIy have they perform
ed their duty! 81 shall ever be ready,nI
says one Of them, ~ shall erer be ready to
defend those great principles, admnistra
tive and fundamental, 10 which haze
hitherto devoted my best ererhonS." How
that declaration has been fulfilled, the an
nails ofthe Republic will show; how those
services are to be rewarded, the gratitude |
of his counlrymen will emphaticalIy de-
clare! We give the letters referred TO,
without further comment.
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M 10 return, aome d.sm,L,.
ken place 10 AiadfId /, s..s,
The poopls 70 the province, vn "as'g'a'AN
arms ~ aoon ~ they head as', ~ 1
iuIlon ~ the Coflcs. '''hs dsN
Later accounts from indl,
lsiun had beon received b '"' !AfIghn
mod had been Killed. w" Nahon
From tho BoIlish army ..
accounts had been rocoiycJ ~ \" !, me l0du
or don h OF from 1000 10 soon we sickness
Tho sickness, among lhs ' I,oSlI,.as'' '
yoro, "'0 been -.
Llyearoot corroS NANNY. =.
The cotton trade Of The new ,s sss, T.
pcnod IN q most spirited manes s,' mas
TO very large extent have ,nLso "a" y.
daily since Friday last, and ,NS,Ip a'
further advance of fully one eioS,, \
per ID. in the quotations. The e ea%
altogether, presents n firm, heallbv
peorance. Spectators purchase wink !.
lidcnce, and tho trade freely loln i \
demand. The transactions of nj, y
the preceding three days amoun,.i
10000 bales, of which 10000 wcre ~,
on speculation. To day, sales coO,i, .
10000 bales, viz: 1900 hundred Eu,m,,
CAD. TO 8td.; 1900 Pernam, Cd. 10 81
500 Naranham, Sad. to Cd q50OSv,
Bad to AID; and the remainder, cSS
Amori- an, AID. to Cd.
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care very lItlIo about IL. " could sop
aFalc myself from my country, | ~ al
even find IN u ciuse Of Justification, IIui IL
no possible aspssi can II be ylowcd, IN ro
ference 20 tho pcrmansncy Of our inslim
tons, without exciting just and great
alarm
! shall remain here Until tho 9TH nj
March, discliarging my public duties faith
fully, allor which shall retire to my ia fm.
II will then bo limd enough 10 consider
aud decide whether thcru remains any
more public obligations for ms TO perform
shall over DO ready to defend those groal
principles, administrative aud (undamen.
tai, to which have hitherto dedicated
my best cxcrlions
shall carry with mo into retirement
the consoling cypyclion that | have the
appreciation oiNho greater part Of the
good. the yirtuous aud tho intelligent Of
my countrymen. And If what has Just
passed shall lead TO the destruction of free
government, without pretending 10 pos
sess their virtues, shall have the fur
Their consolation of knowing, that have
failed in that cause of human liberty, in
which some Of the most illustrious men Of
could succeed.
In all situations shall recolect, with
pIearsurc the friendly sentiments which
you have been pleased to entertain for
your friend and obcJent servant
HENRY CLAY.
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Late Foreign neWs -arripal Of the Bril-
ia.--The steamship Britannia arriv
ed at Boston on the 21st ult., bringin,
dates from Liverpool to the 4th ef Janua
ry. Forty-three thousand bales Of cot
ton had been sold during the last week
in December, at an advance of i'd. anC
$4,000 bales during the first three days
of January, at another adv ance of Id.
Stock Of cotton in Liverpool, January
1894, was reckoned to be $50 900 bales
Business was progressing favoraby
in England. The political news was moi
i'm portant.
Don Carlos refuses permission to his
son TO marry the young Queen Of Spain
1t was said the Duke Of Bordeaux had
received hint that holding levees in
England displeased the British Ministry
The Pope is said to have approved Of
the determination Of certain Catholic
Bishops in ireland, not to meddle with pc
ltlca affairs.
The accounts from ireland are mea-
gre. Little is said about repeal. There
had been, OF late, riots in the south.
President Tyer's last message was
censured in Liverpool, for its doging the
question OF State debts.
10 France, NJ. Dumont had been ap-
pointed Minister ofPubic Works, in the
room Of Feste.
Il was reported in Paris, the Queen
ISABELLA Of Spain, had sent to her moth
sr an invitation to return, which was de-
;Iined.
The speech Of Louis Philippe, at the O.
pening Of tho French Chambers, was pa
sihc, and !painteo every thing in France
couleUr de rose.
The accounts from Madrid were 10 the
ED Of December. The Ministers Of the
Queen had resolved on proroguing the
Iortcs and invtipgt the ex Queen Chris,i-l
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uoua nolicc. II declares that 20 much ol
an argument, accompanying gcrIain 1850
lulions adopted BY Tho Legislature o. 70, 70,
ala,r or Teansssee IN igf7, ~ contain
tbs allegation either express o. implied
OF IN improper o. corrupt UNDERSTANDING
between johu q, adams and Henry way
10 1924, for iheir avn uggfnpdlson'cnt ~
in the opinion Of ibis General Assembly
unsupported by proof aud not to DO DO
llevad,
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The Britannia brings Liverpool date.
up to the 4lh Of January. There hac
been heavy sales al advance of l-8to l I
OF penny per Id. The market presented
firm and healthy appearance. The fol
lowing extract furnishes all that is Of in
teres: in relation to the cotton ira lie -
Sonthr0n
An eminent Liverpool House, in their
annual cotton circular, remarking upon
toe future, say, sit is the extent OF the
coming crop which, under the present ia
vorable appearance Of trade, must be the
pivot upon which the future is TO turn
1t is the greater or less degree of truth
which will be found TO exist in the state
men!s made upon this point which must
finally decide The whole question. 1t is
certain that our present large stock may
make US rather less dependent upon com,
ing supply than usual; AMI still, al the ex-
lstng rate OF consumption, this would
soon be absorbed. If the crop should
prove not more than 100000 bales, as
many now suppose, even in adding to this
10000 bales Of l844-5, the quanitylo be
shipped to this country, assuming that the
States will require $4,000 bales, aud the
continent $4,000 bales, cannot exceed
$4,000, bales Which ad led to the quaint
ty now on hand in the ports, and deduct
ing 100000 for export, would only leave
1908 900 bales for the consumption OF
Great Britain in l845. Such a state Of
things needs no comment, though il is clear
that, long before we could be reduced 10
this extremity, prices would have risen SO
much as to diminish the con sumption and
to establish Il balance between it and the
supply.