The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1852-06-08

ventions as We nave before stateo, ooss ~
appear to give very general satisfaction--
Last sunday New Orleans steamer cane
up, and the passengers hollered out for the
name Of the nominee. before the boat land
ed Several old Democrats on board, receiy-.
ed the announcement of Pierce's nomiha-
ton with great disgust. One old gentleman.
and strong Democrat was he, exclaimed.
"This baltimore Convention is nothing but a
slaughter house, in which the best men OF the
party are zbutchered, Al the will and pleas
me Of few Office seekers.'' aIetts&
Now ain't that so! A perfect slaughter
house, at which the best Democrats in the
country were drawn up to the shackles and
ruthlessly butchered--a house in which a
sheep sands higher than horse, judged ~
is edsptation to Democratic TASTE Cas-,
Buchanan, Douglass, Butler, Lane. all
knoc ked in the head, while . man utterly unr
known to the people, iselevsted above their
bodies, and the Democratic party Of the coun-
n.y., are called upon, to fall down and wor-
ship. ..55 -, - - ~, 49,. 49, ~ -
The Democrats in every part Of the Union
are called upon to yield their choicest predi-
lotions and warmest political ftiendshiPs'
and tn en- do noteven hive the privilege Of
voting for man of their party who has any
claims upon his country for gratitude, or upon
them for party support. But however bitter
the dose the Convention has commanded
them to NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. their pres
ent grimaces, the Democracy will drink it to
the dregs. 9 \. -. = 80 --s-sz.s..azs
We hope the Wings of the country will
not again permit themselves to be deceiv-
ed, or rather deceive themselves, as in 1913,
when nursed into false security by the
nosuination of Polk, they suffered the gallant
Harry Clay to be ignominiously defeated
They may rely upon it, that the Democracy
will rally around their nominee, and make q
hard fight, though their hearts may not be
with their candidate. Either Fillmore or
Scott, it is to be presumed, will be their can
didate. Both are worthy of the place, and
either deserves the warmsupport of his party,
if he receive the party nomination.. The
Wing Convention has never yet been made q
Slaughter House for the chopping off of
heads of the best men in the party, and it
will not be SO in this case. If anything be
yielded to availability il will still present to the
country man whom4t knows and should be
delighted to honor. If Democrats can rally
around man whose name the great majority
of them never before heard, certainly the
Wings can enthusiastically labor for such a
man as Fillmore, or Scott, or Webster.
RIVER OBsrRucrIoxs.-T N. Y. Jour
nal of Commerce says that contracts have
been made by the State Engineer of New
York, for the removal of Castleton Bar, q
great obstruction to the navigation of the
Hudson, and several dredging machines were
to be set at work on the oath inst. The AL
bany Argus says that it will require the exca-
walton Of $4,000 cubic yards to open q chan
mel 600 feet in width, and to give feet depth
Of water. Another bar exists near the
sNine Mile Tree,'' about two miles below
Carleton, which will require the excavation
of about 2O, 900 cubic yards. The contracts
have been made for twelve cents per cubic
yard. & 49,. 49,. i.ssz % .i- - =. =
The above extract shows another enter
prising effort to improve navigation on the
Hudson river by the use of the dredging ma
chine. We have witnessed the beneficial
effects of the use of this Machine-on the
North river, and have often wondered why it
was not employedon the Ohio. We are sin
cerely Of the opinion that machine of only
moderate power could be used on the Ohio, to
infinitely greater advantage than on the Hud-
son. The soil to be removed from the bed
of the Hudson is coarse clay-marl, full oil
large pebbles and very difficult of excava-
ton. On the Ohio, we are informed that
our worst bars are mere "ropes of sand
stretching in every direction as the freaks
of the current may direct them, and would be
as easily broken by the machine above men.
toned. A vast amount of earth may be re.
moved in single day, with a dredge aided
by the current of the river, which is gencr.
ally more or less rapid in the region of sant
bars, and would at once be created, and in
creased in velocity by the concentration o
the water into the new channel thus formed
With regard to expense, we can only say tina
it must be trifing in comparison to the amour
incurred by a single steamboat laying OF
some Of our neighboring bars by the week
and perhaps whole season of low water, fo
the want of 3, 8 or 8 inches more water Il
let them pass a distance, of a few yards only
The argument that a channel thus made
would soon fill up again is about as sensibl,
as that of the farmer who would not SOW
tame grass seed on his lands, because it woul'
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