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The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-01-14

| THE PUNCH keeps upits attack Inlvaronsse
forms on the Wellisgton Statue. One OF It's
largest cuts is labelled :'The only Compe-
tent Person." and represents Punch making
low bow TO the Queen and Prince Albert,
to which "Gracious Majesty" replies, sWell
Mr.. Punch, after all your are the only "Com- 3
petent Person. and if you think the Statue
ought to come down, why down it shall come!
The Statue appears in the back ground OF
The cut. Tom Thumbs account of his visit E
to the Palace, though not so good as 1t might
have been, has some smart touches. The
General closes the account of his visit, with
his invitation 10 the Queen 10 come to the
"Sfates:" a5i7A ;taa1-i aa ~ III
"Gracious Majesty, if you'd like 10 eat
the real Homony Cake in airnest, alloi that
you had better eat it at Uncle Sans fire.
SIDE You've a nice little steamer, and in
the summer go paddlin' about the sea, TO
blow away the cares of state; and take out
the marks that etarnally wearin that heavy 5
crown must bring upon northumberland"
And here, | thought TO myself, crowns ought
to be we'll lined with bank notes TO make
'em fit easy s'Yes, Gracious Majesty, you ?
and your husband and 1 will say this 10 his
face, very fine young man he is, and |
doubt not, tarnation good shot with a rifle
you go TO France, and eat frog pies with
Louis Philippe, and il'sonly my hope that
that cunnin crtier flor he'd skina. weasel )
without waking him) won't some day eat up
all The molasses, and give you nothin but the
basin''-(If I'd said Spanish liquorisli in
steed of molasses, could ha' been a grain
nearer the ,ruth?--"You go and visit the 5
King of the French, and the Duke of Co
bourgers, and the King of the Prushys, and
sch like, why not some summer get up the Z
isteam, and jst run over TO take bite OF
Homony Cake with the Yankees?' ss
"WelI, Gracious Majesty looked for all
the world as if Id hit at one blow the very
nail her mind had long been hammerin' on,
So follows il up. @ 7As9
ssWe've plenty of room inthe States,' says
/, "for your husband and allthe dear children
at Asor House. And there, guess, the
dear critters won't be cramped up, as larn
they are here, but may grow and expand like
corn cobs. Bless you," said j. for | got sud
den familiar, s'dear critters! There's some
thin like air9 Send their royal highness TO
bed at night, and they'd grow SO, you'd dis
own 'em in the morning"
sand, Gen'ral," said Gracious Majesty,
syou think they'd make me welcome in the
States"
"Welcomer' cried |, ssthey'd make you up
bed of Pennsylvania bonds-and you know
how tarnation sound the critters have selpt
upon them-and, Tor a counterpart klser
lyou with the star-spangled banner"
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-01-14
A sENTINEL's soLILoQUY.

The Xenia Torch Light publishes a lat
ter from a returned volunteer who belonged
TO the ST. Louis Legion, from which we ex-
tract the following anecdote. The Locos
claim that defeat in Ohio, arose in part, from
the fact that the volunteers were mostly dem
ocrats. We ala greatly mistaken If they have
not more fear from their return, than from
their absence. The only sovereign cure for
LocOfociSm now known is apeep at the Mex
lean war-the elephant, as the volunteers call
it! 5s9. st
"One night during the four days rain
was standing sentinel half leg deep in water.
1t was night not easily forgotten
-'ssuch sheets of vivid lightning, such
bursts of horrid thunder, such roaring groans
of wind and rain. / never remember TO have
heard.p III t...s..e. ..s.s ,-.-,,.e
1t was as dark as recess in the Green
river cave. About two O'Clock in the morn
ing, | heard splash along in the water and
hailed. II proyedto be Capt. Salisbury, Of
fcer Of the day, and Lieut. West, officer OF
the guard, going the grand rounds. After
passing me, the, next sentinel but one they
found engaged in earnest conversation with
himself, in which he appeared so much inter
ested that he did not hear them approach.
They had the curiosity to listen 10 his sol.
iloquy. ayes" said he, ."when | voted for
James K. Polk, had known it would have
led TO this, I'd have seen him in HI, and
Texas sunk first But after the war was
brought on, was ashamed to let the Wings
do the fighting, and stay al home and be
tainted by them. | was obliged TO come
for consistency's sake; but if had you here
this minute, James K. Polk, you''-here be
uttered an awful imprecation on him; SID
blow you ,hrough;" and he brought bis mus
ket to take aim, as if he would shoot, sure
enough. Al that moment the grand rounds
made noise and were hailed sternly with
-''Wbo comes there?' flames K. Polk. y
was the reply. advance you id son
of -, and give the countersign, or FL
blow your brains out!'' sr o-..slr .e,... &,
The officers told the anecdote the next
day 10 the company. asa rf ot g.gs
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-01-14
THE TEMPERANCE STAR.

= AIR-IHe Mellon Horn.
The Temperance Star! behold it breaks,
In all its proud attire :. @ .F,..--
And onward-on-its march it keeps
A track of living FIRE!
Across the sea , in every land,
Upon the world afar 30 -
1t lights to truth benighted man - Ec' i
That glorious Temperance Star! .a
Where Rum hath shed its blightning woe,
And bleeding hearts were riven,
lis healing beams how warm they glow
Sweet,boon to man from Heaven.
The Widows tear, the orphans moan,
Are hushed in grateful prayer;
For peace and hope to every home
Fer brings that Temperance Star.
Where Erin green was low in dust,
Her children slaves to Rnm,
A nation meath monster crushed
All darkness death and gloom,
Behold light DER oceans wave,
From freedoms cline afar;
It breaks! it breaks. and Ireland's SAVED?
Oh glorious Temperance Star!
And onward still where Albion proud
Sits Empress of the wave,
Its march it keeps-a fiery cloud,
Like that which Israel saved.
The land that gave our fathers birth
Now joins the sacred war,
And pecan shouts ring through the earth
Long live the Temperance Star!
Then on, ye braves! your flag unfurl FL.
And nail it to the mat; rr.
That standard sheet throughout the world
Shall float on every blast;
And bright among its stars and stripes,
Fen seen by worlds affair
Shall shine in hres ofiliving hight
For aye, that Temperance Sta-!
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-01-14


LARGE FEET.-The editors Table, in
the last No. of the Kuickerbocker contains
several spicy tit bits, from among which we
take the following:
/ ga northern correspondent sends us the
following, which was suggested by the num-
Der twelve, pegged heel anecdote, in our
last gossipry:
San amazing pair of feet appeared in the
bar-room of an ambitious village inn, late one
evening, the owner of which enquired anx-
iousIy for the boot black. He rang nervous
ly, and in moment keen Yankee illustra-
tor of Day and Martins BEST popped into
the room. Bring me ajack,' exclaimed the
man of great understanding The waiter
Iinvoluntarily started forward, but CHANGING TO
catcha glimpse of the boots he stopped short,
and after another and a closer examination
said, with equal twang and emphasis.
81 say, you, you amt agoin' 10 leave this
world in a hurry you've got 100 good a hold
on to the ground. Want boot jack, chi
Why, bless YOU. soul, there amt boot jack
on airth big enough for them boots, don't
believe that jack-ass could get 'em off,
''My stars! manr' cried our friend of the
big-feet, "what'll do? can't get my boots
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-01-14

NEXT YEAK--The observer of signs may look
upon l847 with fearful face. The year begins
with Friday-that very unIucky day. The 4th
ofJuly comes on Sunday-very uulucky.-For
the first time in the "recollection of the oldest
inhabitant'' there will be no full moon this year
in the month Of February-unlucky month
Our national political day begins on Sunday, the
4th of March-unlucky day. There viii be nc
eclipse visible in the year-unlucky for the star
gazers. But as an offset for the whole, January
is to be blessed with two full moons. and will
perhaps throw light enough over the dark featur
es of the year to overcome all evil prgnOstica-
tions-Portsmouth Jour.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-01-14
Aggregate force employed in the

Aggregate force employed in the
field @ '9H 24,9S4
OF this force (twenty-four thousand nine
hundred and eghty-four) 6,473 are of the
regular army and 1851 volunteers. r.
The destination of part of the troops re-
ported sen route TO Mexicon for the army un :
der Major General Taylor has been suddenly
changed; and il is also PROBABLE that detach-
ments have been drawn from the lower
Grande to Tampico, which reduces the force
reported under the immediate order of that
General But the additional volunteer force
recently called into the service will soon be
pushed forward in the direction of the Rio
Grande.
OF the force reported as under the orders
o1Brig. Gen. Kearney, one company of the
third regiment of artillery embarked at New
York for Monterey, California, July 18th,
and the New York regiment of volunteers
for the same destination embarked on the
25th of September. The brigadier reported,
October 9th, that he was en- route for that
country from Santa Fe, with two companies
with the several officers of the staff who ac-
company him) adequate for the service in
view.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-01-14
TURKEY

A correspondent of the London Morning
Herald, writes at Constantinople on the Goth
October, reports the receipt of a strange
sort ofdespalch from Lord Palmerston-.
''Lord p. has sent note TO the Porte, in
which he demands the abolition of slavery
in the Ottoman empire.
"'rhe entire domestic system in Turkey
is founded upon what we must call slavery,
for want of better word. The Sutan's
mother was slave and so was his wife,
The Mahommedan law emphatically forbids
his Majesty to marry any other than slave.
So independent is the wife in Turkey, that
OH the slightest complaint against her hus-
band she can at once obtain separation
1t is on account of this law, and the general
capriciousness ofthe sex in the East as we'll
as in the West, that the Turk prefers marry
ing Georgian or Circassian slave, who looks
up TO him as her sole stay and protector, TO
taking as a partner one of his own country
women, incumbered with meddling relations
and officious friends. |. must also be re-
membered that the instant slave marries
she becomes free. No one born OF Mahom-
medan parents can be slave, or even act in
the capacity of servant.
| "There are at this moment many nstan-
ces of negro slaves rising TO some of the
highest Offices in the State. Ibralim Pacha
Governor Of DardanelIes, was a negro slave;
and the present Pacha of Varna was another
As far as white male slaves are concerned
we shall only mention the fact that KOsrew
Pacha, the Grand Seraskier, was a slave 10
HeSsien Pacha; and that Hail Pacha, The
SuItan's brolher-n-law, who was lately Lord
High Admiral, and is now Governor of IRE.
4 bizond, was slave 10 Kosrew.
SIT is impossible TO describe the sensation
which Lord Palmerston's note has produced
not only at the Porte, but also we are assur-
ed, in higher quarter. 1t is proceeding
which strikes at one ofihe vital principles o.
the social principles OF the Turks"
/ The proceedings in reference to iheAmer
lean priest TO whose case we have already re
ferred has led TO a serious misunderstanding
between the Porte and the American Lega
Ition. II will be remembered that the Amer
lean Minister had afforded protection TO al
American priest who had been delivered VI
TO the Austrian authorities for conveyance
10 Rome. The priest escaped, however, a
Smyrna, and took refuge in the house of al
American missionary by whose aid he has go
away 10 America.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-01-14

U. S. SUPREME CoURr.-A letter in the Wash
ton Fountain says: SIT is believed that an at
tempt will be made this coming session of Con-
gress to get bill through authoiizing a term of
the. u s. Supreme Court to be held west of the
Moutains. Nearly three fourlhs of the cases of
that court now come from the west, and the
lawyers who are necessarily intimate with the
law which governs in that section of the Union,
do not and cannot come with those causes. il il
no. disPargememt the eastern lawyers to cay
they are not familiar with the peculiar law of the
West and South west and in the absence of the
counsel learned in those laws, the interest of
western clients more or less must suffer and
perhaps do suffer. Hence the necessity of holds
ing aterm of the Supreme Court west Of the
Alleghenies is becoming more and more obvious J
to the Bench and the Bar and also to Congress-.
The idea is at least abroad. and it seems so
feasible, that think it is destined to be reali-
zed at an early day."
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-01-14
DEEDS OF Military Memoirs (says

DEEDS OF Military Memoirs (says
Blackwood) a popular class of literature.
If few non-military men make them their
chief study, still fewer do not upon occasion
take them up, and dip with pleasure into
their animated pages. The meekest and
most pacific those in whose composition no
sparkof the belllgerent and pugnacious is
dscernible, yet dwell with interest upon the
suivings, dangers, and exploits of more mar
tial spirits. Eyenthe softer sex, while grace,
fully shuddering at the bloodshed and horrors
of war, will ofteniimes seriously incline TO
read of the disastrous chances, moving ac-
cidents and hair-breadth Escapes that checker
a soldiers career. The poeical and the
picturesque of the, military life appeal to the
Imagination, and act as counterpoise to the
massacres and sufferings that painfully shock
the feelings. Amid the wave and rustic of
silken banners, the glitter and clash of STEEL,
of the flushed victor, the blood that buys the
triumph and soaks the turf vanishes or IS
overlooked; the means of those who died up
on the field, linger in hospital, or pine in stern
captivity, are family heard, if not wholly
drowned. The pomp and pageantry Of war,
the high aspirations and the heroic deeds of
warriors, too often make US forget the count
less miseries that strife eniails-the peaceful
PEASANTS ravaged' homestead, the Orphans
| tears, the widows desolation. h-.fs
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-01-14

SHEEP.-Mr. Clay, it appears, is paying
more attention TO agriculture than to poll
tics. He has imported lot of eight Leices-
ter sheep, the original cost Of which was ten
guineas per head, and which are represented
TO be SO hardy that during forty-two days at
sea they did not lose asinge meal, and al
though the voyage was very rough they land
ed in splendid order. e1,A
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-01-14

WAR EXPENSES. letter to the n. York
Herald from Washington, says
We learn to day in canvassing the Execu-
tive Department, that the actual amount of
moneys paid out of the Treasury on account
of the war with Mexico, is the snug little ag-
gregate from the 5th to the 18th of Decem-
Der, inst, OF two millions three hundred and
thirty FIVE thousand dollars. ss
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-01-14

ADDISON says that the dog has been the COM
pauon of man six thousand years, and has on
ly learned one of his vices, that is, to worry his
species when he is in trouble. Tie sauce
pan to dogs tail and another will all fon him
put man IN prison for debt, and another will
J lodge detainer against him.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-01-14
DECIDEDLY RICH.

Of Some fellow sent the following TO a
lady-.ihe rascal:
Who asked what made water lilies so
white?
These flowers that left the crystal tide q
To glow within thy bosom fair, aszss q
Grew pale, to find themselves outvied W s.
By purer, fairerlilies there. 10 .assC
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-01-14

L DnOW OF Dul one pardllel case OF tnlS
kind of aid and comfort to an enemy in
time Of war, and beg leave 10 direct the
attention of the committee TO it. 1t may aid
them in coming 10 a correct conclusion in
this important matter.
In naval fight between the English and
the Dutch, the Engishman suddenly stopped
firing, yet kept his flag flying and his men all
standing 10 their guns The Dutchman,
seeing This, and not wishing to waste his fire
upon non-resisting. adversary, also ceased
firing, and hailed his foe, s'why he did not
either fight or Strike" The Engishman an
swered that, as TO striking his fag-never.
as long as there renamed plank beneath
his feet; and, as to firing his guns, he would
cheeriully do SO if his adversary would have
the generosity 10 supply him with ponder,
his own magazine being exhaust ed; that if
he would not comply with his request, the
| fight must 60 on, and be determined hand to
hand by boarding which would lead 10 great
loss OF life on both sides. The Dutchman
being man of feeling as well as valor, and
! believing that Sin any event it was certain
that no change whatever in the circumstances
| of the English ship which would deprive her
commander of The excuse Of boarding could
be for the worse, so far as the Dutchman was
concerned, while it was highly probable that
any change must be for the better,n agreed
to comply with the request of his gallant foe
provided he would pay him full consdera-
tion for the article furnished. The sum be.
ing agreed upon at something less than two
million. of dollars, think, the Dutchman di.
recied his own boats to place the powde
safely on board the enemy's ship. Thus
provided with means TO renew the fight, the
Englishman soon taught the Dutchman that
he had been guilty of the folly of furnishing
his adversary with club to beat his own
i brains out.
/ The only difference in the two cases is
that the Mexicans stopped fighting, not fo
the want of powder, but for the want of ar
efficient commander-in- chief We have
most generously supplied that deficiency, by
placing Santa Anna at the head of her armies
and now, in the language of the President
I''it remains to be seen whether his return
I may not yet prove to be favorable TO pa
cifc adjustment of the existing difficulties
it being manifestly his interest not TO preserve
in the prosecution of war commenced by
Parades to accomplish purpose so absurd
as the reconquest of Texas TO the Sabine.'
| T*See Presidents message.1
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-01-14
THE PRESENT CONDITION OF THE
ARMY.


We find in the Washington papers state
ment from the Adj't Generals office, under
date OF December 5th, of the present condi-
ton of the army, addressed to the Secretary
of War. We subjoin the most interesting por-
+- THE ARMY IN CAMPAIGN.
The army in Mexico has been augmented
during the year by recruits and detachments
of regular troops drawn from various points,
and by numerous regiments of twelve-month
volunteers.
The land forces employed in prosecuting
the war may be estimated as follows:
REGULARS.
In the field, officers and men, includ-
ing general staff, 6,6l3
Troops at sea and under order 10 join
the army, 1,o9s
Recruits en- route for the seat of war, 1862
Aggregate regulars in campaign, Sab
VOLUNTEERS.
In the field, 1919
At sea for California, 766
Aggregate volunteers in campaign, 1851
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-01-14

off without a jack?" 81 tell you what |
should do" replied boots, ifthey were mine !;
l should walk back to the fork Of the road,
and pull 'em offthere! That will reach 'em,
Iguessm gi-g ,sb.-...
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-01-14

Pennsylvania DEBT.-The Philadelphia
Ledger says:
The interest on the debt due on the 1st of
February, we hope and believe, will be paid,
but all the vigilance and exertion Of our in
defatigable Treasurer will be necessary to eff
feet il.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-01-14

The volunteers employed in the war con-
sis. of 27 regiments and two companies, of
which five regiments are cavalry or mounted
men and twenty two infantry, except a part of
one battalion, of which two OF the companies
are field artillery.
On the 2lstof September, it appears by
the statement then submitted to the Secre-
tary of War that the volunteer forces in the
field (twelve-month men) amounted to 3d.
l6l officers and men, exclusive Of the gen.
eraI officers aud staff provided for irregular
troops. This force, it is seen. does not now
exceed $1,000, if the data upon which the
strength of the army is based be tolerably
correct.
DISTRIBUTION OF mHE Army ~ GeNPAIGN.
Army under conmandot dgrs Of fIajor
Gen. Taylor: 9aa ai-h
Regular troops, = w i9e oeA 1908
En- route 10 McxTrs' b 93l
Recruits en- roategaa sna 762
s9l. ss al5sl
Regulars, a ~ 1906
Volunteer tfoops. 1926
| $50 4asgn
Aggregate. a 1882
Under Brig. Gen Wool, charged with the
conduct of a seperaie divisions:
Regular troops, 62l
Volunteers, n 2,O39
~ ,a.s'ea toz --2,660
Under Brig. Gen. Kearney, charged
with the conduct of separate division
in New Mexico and California: $50 ..-'
Regular troops, 30 436
Volunteers, 1916
i0I --3,992
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-01-14

o. No condition so low, but may have
hopes; none so high, but may have fears. M
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EVANSVILLE JOURNAL:

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING,
AT $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.
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A PARALLEL.

A writer in the National Intelligencer
thinks that referring the several parts of
the Presidents Message 10 the approprte
committees, the two Houses of Congress
have overlooked and committed two very
important matters. These are g.
l. That part ofthe message which may be
called the said and comfort part, in which
the President, speaking of those who have
represented the war as unjust and unnecessa-
|ry, says: --"-tzis q s-AJ -
IA more efectual means could not have
been devised 10 encourage the euemy and
Protract the war than 10 advocate aud adhere
to their cause, and thus give them aid and
comfort.'''
2. The intrigue part, in which the Pres
dent says: ESQ
"When orders were issued tothe comman-
der of our naval forces in the Gulf on the
18th day of May last, the same day on which
the existence of the war was recognised by
Congress, to place the coasts of Mexico I'M
der blockade, he was directed not to obstruct
the passage of Santa Anna to Mexico, should
he attempt to return"
GAS these two paris of the message" con-
tinues the writer, ''are gernane TO each 9TH
er, and are subjects for legal investigation,
suggest that they be referred to the Commit
lee on the Judiciary, in each House, with in
siruetions 10 inquirer
1. Whether the expression of an opinion
against the justice and necessity of the war
amounts in law TO the act Of treason.
2. Whether the overt act of aiding and
abetting Santa Anna in his return TO Mexico
for the purpose of taking command of the
Mexican army, then in actual hostility against
the United States, does not amount in Civ
ing aid and comfort TO the enemy in time of
war; $500
3. To inquire and report as TO the de-
grees of offence between those who voted
fifty Thousand men and ten million of dollars
of money TO conquer peace by fair fight
with Mexico, but who at time of giving their
vote expressed an opinion against the justice
and necessity of the war, and he who, in
stead of using men and moneys thus given to
him for honorable warfare, employed The navy
of the United States in conducting the first
military commander of Mexico back TO the
head of her armies, thereby giving aid 10 her
military power and comfort TO her disconso-
late troops under their sore defeat by Gen.
II AZ ssz