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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-29

A PoPuIAR VERDicT.-While the New Or
leans papers are regretting that Gen. Scott
win not visit that place to receive the honors
which the city authorities had intended to be-
stow on him; while the people en- masse rise
in the theatres and other public places to greet
Gen. Taylor with heartfelt cheers; while
Twiggs, and Quitman, and Shields. and Other
officers have been rendered compliments, the
fact that Gen. Pillow stirred up no single de-
monsiration in his favor while at N. Orleans,
speaks volumes in the power of popular YER
dict Of condemnation.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-29
Eff PpoeRrss OF THE GLAcrrR..-Tbe

HE PROGRESS OF THE GLAcrERs-The
following ex,rac, gives a melancholy picture
of the gradual enlargement and extension Of
the Glaciers, an enemy by which-however
slowly and silently-the fertile valleys Of
the Alps in Switzerland, would seem destin-
ed, ultimately, to be overwhelmed and lost
to man; il is from the Switzerland in l647,'
of Theod ore Mugge, recently translsted
liom the German, and published in En-
gland:-
sin travelling through the Kander Valley,
had the company of pleasant, intelligent
man, Pastor, who, in spite of rain and
wind. gave me great deal of information
respecting The mode of life Of the people Of
his parish, as well as concerning the Noun
tains around, with which he appeared thor
oughly acquainted.
He confirmed the account that have In
variaby heard from inhabitants o.: the coun-
try, that the glaciers and masses of ice on
The Alps, are constantly increasing, and the
pasture land diminishing in the same proper
ton. Many valley he was himself ac-
quainied with, which in the last century led
large herds of cattle, where now scarcely .
single head can pick upa scanty subsistence
Thus, for instance, The Caster Valley hun
dred years ago afforded pasture for six hum
dred cows, during the summer; fifty years
ago, about half that number could find food;
now it will barely support seventy,
This same complaint heard repeated in
manv different quarters, by the herdsman on
the Furka and in the Grisons. The ice and
snow are continually augmenting, the gla-
ciers are pressing down more and more into
the valleys, and filling them up; the temper
AZURE IS sinking, the soil deteriorating and
growing marshy.
What can be the cause Of this alarming
change? Are the Alps rising higher, forced
upwards by some powerful action Of subier-
ranean fire, a cause that is conceivable with
The chalk formations? or does this alteration
of climate proceed from accidental causes
of temporary nature? This much is cer-
tain, that where large trees once grew, no
tree will grow now; and that large roots
are found beneath what is now everlasting
;, snow. In some valleys, where the noun
tain sides are clothed with frs, they are evil
IDENTITY dying away, and no art can make
young plantation prosper. In the Usern VAL
ley, the few pines left by Suwarrow remain,
but they do mol increase; and in descending
from the Wengner Alp, at the foot of the
Junghau, TO The Grindewalde, you see, 10
the left, number of dying pines, whose
blackened branches have as spectral an ap-
pearance as those on the Aheniord, Norway,
beyond the polar circle. On The Wengner
Alp itself, attempts have been made for
years 10 encourage The growth of trees-but
they cannot succeed; and it is not till three
or four hundred feet lower that they flour
ish in luxurIaut vigor.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-29
A DEMONSTRATIONS Sale of Real Es.

"A tate.-By virtue of an order of the Probare
Court of Vanderburgh County, made at the May term
1913, of said Court, will on the 9th day OF June.
lSi8 between the hours of 10 O'Clock A. NJ and o.
clock NJ of said day AT the door of the Court House
in the City Of Evansville offer at public auction the
following described tracts OF land being the land that
SamuelC. Meloon late of said County, died seized.
namely, the south west haifof lot number zC6 in the
Donation Enlargement ofthe City OF Evansville for
~ acres the south west quarter of the south west
quarter OF section number twenty -one, in TOWNSHIP
number six, south of range number ten west and
ten acres IN the north corner of the east half of
the South vest quarter of section number eighteen i,
Township number six, south Of range number pire
west.
Atso-The following tracts of land subject 10 the
lie estate OF the widow the same being set apart bv
the Probate Court, OF Vanderburgh County, tor her
DOVER, namey 40 acres the south quarter of the
south west quarter OF section number twenty -four in
township number SIX, south of range number ten
west and thirty acres the north end ofthe north
east quarter OF the north quarter of section num-
Der twenty-five, in Township number six, south of
range number ten west, all in Vsnderburgh County,
Indiana.
TERMS OF SALE.--One third of the purchase money
In cash, one third in six, third in twelve months
from the day OF SALE by the purchasers giving their
notes with approved security. waving Ell benefit from
valuation and aupraisement aws.
may IS JAEESI. WALKER, Admir-,
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-29

INTERESTING FROM GAUDALUPE.-The n. o
National of the 10Th inst. has the following
interesting item Of news from the Island o
Guadalupe:
BY an arrival this morning from the Isle o
Guadalupe we are placed in possession of in
telligence to the 28th ult.
We have accounts from Pointe-a- Petre
which state thateverything there is i'm the great
est agitation, no one knowing what is tc hap
pen next. 1t was known there that vessel
had left France. having on board seven dele
gates from the Provisional Government, who
it was said, would proclaim liberty on thei
arrival. 1t was feared there would be. gene
raj revolt in the colony on their arrival. Already
many workmen have refused to work, assert
ing that they are free. and that if they do not
obtain liberty from France. they know how 10
obtain 1t by force OF arms. Ii was reported al
Poin te-a-Petre that there was already fighting
in Martinique. Some days previous TO the
sailing of the vessel which brings this intelli.
gence the black population forced the door Of
the Albines ~ with axes and clubs. All the
troops were Immediately ordered out, and a re-
volt had very nearly commenced. Almost ev-
cry morning placards are seen in public places
bearing the words death 10 the whites and
similar threats. In short, everything seems tc
portend most violent consequences. The &C
counts represents great want Of -four, oil, and
other provisi ms. Everything sells at an enor.
nous price, and money is not to be had. We
look with anxious interest for the next advices.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-29

A GOVERNOR PREsENTED.-The Grand Jury
for the county of st. Louis, have presented
Governor J. c. Edwards, of the State of Mis-
souri,, for the very reckless manner in which he
has exercised the pardoning power since he has
been in Office. The St. Louis Republican pub
fishes tn. presentment witha list offifty names
men committed for larceny, burglary, coun
terfeiting. embezeling, swindling, negro steal
ing, manslaughter and murder!
The Republican remarks: ''The proceeding il
an unusual one, but certainly no rebuke wa
ever more Justly deserved. The Grand Jury
might well have brought down their examina-
ton of the cases of Executive clemency, with.
out justification, to a much later period. be-
cause scarcely a week has passed in which this
power has not been exercised. We do moi
suppose that the Governor, who is soon to &c
out Of Office, will pay much heed to the pre-.
sentiment, but it may have a salutary effect up.
on the official co nduct of the person who may
be chosen to succeed him.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-29

THE AMERICAN ROUTE TO CANToE.-lf on,
Congress acts upon MIR. KINs's bill to estab
lish steamship communication with China
in connexion with the line to Columbia river
Canton will be brought within eleven thous-
and miles Of the principal sea-ports of the U.
States, and with moderate estimate for time,
the traveller from Canton to London will find
ii most advantageous to take the American
rather than the British lines. The distance
travelled in going round either Of the capes is
from eighteen TO twenty thousand miles. The
facilities for obtaining coal on the Pacific side,
for the use of the steamships, are represented
as even greater than on the Atlantic, there be-
ing an abundance of it in many places, This
project is so feasible that there scarcely exists
doubt that it will be soon undertaken
What value the trade of China would soon
impart to our newly acquired territories on
the Pacific, and what an impulse would be
given generally TO American commerce.-
Philad Lehger.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-29

When the United States declared the mselves
independent, the Tory party in England held
the reins ofgovernment, hence, all the Ameri-
cans who supported the British against the
States, were called Tories.-Van. Democrat.
My dear Sir, unless you are little more care
full how you flourish your pen you will lose
the publishing Of the U. s. Land Sales Don't
you know that Old Zeke Polk, the grand dad
of James X, was the greatest friend to the
British in all the State of North Carolina, and
that he was actually caught in the British camp,
giving "aid and comfort to the enemy? Un-
less you are careful how you revive such un-
plea SAINT "reminiscences your head will roll in
the dust.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-29

CANAL LETrING.--The letting of forty miles
of the Wabash and Erie Canal, extending from
this place TO Point Commerce, takes place on
Wednesday next, the day our paper goes TO
press, and from the number of gentlemen al
ready here. MONDAY EVENING" we presume the
bidding will be spirited and brought down to
the closest margin.
MIR. Chas. Butler has not yet arrived. though
he is expected by Wednesday morning. A
M. Puett, ESQ.,, Trustee on the part of the
State, has been here for several days. part Of
the time confined to his room by indisposition
Col. Blake has recently returned from Wash
ington at which place he was called to attend
to the interests of the canal, and he brings bacl
the good news OF the passage of bill through
both Houses OF Congress, granting sixty or eigh
ty thousond acres of land more to this yer,
important work. This land was claimed and
obtained as belonging to the original grant
and is, we understand, to make up the deficit
between straight line and the present sinu
osities of the canal. This, of course, will ma
terially aid the early prosecution of the cana
TO its southern terminus.
We notice also, that Mr.. ]. L. Williams
the chief engineer, is here, and the whole corps
busily engaged In making out plans, specifica
tons, &c, &c. We thing if lettings came
often, these gentlemen would have but little
time for refreshing sleep-so also with tht
Board of Trustees.
Before the lapse of great many months
we hope to have the pleasure of announcing
the arrival of a feet Of canal boats at the por
of TerreHaute, at which time we will take
great pleasure in celebrating the event in any
appropriate manner Wdbash Express.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-29

IMPORTANT FROM YUCATAN.-Ld Potria OF
18th has letters from Campeachy to the 2Sth
We translate for the Tribune as follows:
1--WE are going on badly here, very badly; in
spite of the treaty celebrated between the Gov.
ernor Barbachano and the Indian Pat, the In
dams have entered the territory of this Prov
ince, and have seized Iterbide and Chibalchem
distant towns twenty leagues from this city
which were deserted in the most cowardly
manner, by the troops appointed TO defend
them. In fact, the Indians can now 90 thro
every part of the whole country, for all the
soldiers have come here TO seek refuge, and !
believe that if the Indian force were to sur
round this Place the walls would not be strong
enough TO contain the fear Of these valiant
troops.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-29

The FARMER.-How pleasant TO he hus
bandman is all the land about, and oil The
flowers that blow the springing grass. the bud
ding trees, the smell of the fresh -ploughet
earth. the transparent briskness of the spring
tide air! Season of hope and promise TO the
independent, happy cLltivator of the soil! A.
quaint old English poet says
The earthe 10 entestsins him
Pu,s on he best arraye,
The loftis trees and lowly shrubs
Likewise are fresh and gaye;
The birds to bid him welcome
Doe wnrble pleasant note;
The besste. the 6elds. the forest
Cast of their winter coats.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-29

"The State Journal learns from Colonel
Blake, one Of our Canal Trustees, who passed
through indianapolis on his return from Wash
ington city, that Congress passed an act per-
hitting additional selections Of land to be made
to aid in the completion of the Wabash and
Erie Canal. Under its provisions it Is estima-
ted that about one hundred thousand acres will
be received for that object.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-29

QUITE DIFFEREscE.-Some six years ago
says the Bangor Courier, potatoes were selling
at twenty-five cents per bushel, and it took SIX
bushels at that price to pay for bushel OF
corn. Now, q bushel of corn will not pay for
bushel of potatoes.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-29

Hon. John w. Crockett, formerly Repre-
sentative in Congress from Tennessee, and a
con Of the well known ''Davy," has become as
ISOLATED in the editorial department of the N.
o. National.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-29

We think with the editor of the Democrat
that he has "sketched" the Locofoco or "Tory'
party very correctly, and that the party have
''been true to their name all along, in depriv-
ing and defrauding the people of their just
rights and privileges. and monopolizing them
for their own benefit"
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-29
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

NJ Office is hereby given that the undersigned
~ has taken out letters OF administration on the
estate of Joseph Finney, late of Vanderburgh coun
ty, and State OF Indiana, deceased.
All persons indebted to the said estate are reques
ted 10 make immediate payment, and those having
claims against the same, notified opreseni then
duly authenticated for settlement. The said estate
is supposed 10 10 solvent
my g JAMEST. WALKER, AG-,'r.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-29

MURDER OF JuDoE SPEroHT-The Natchito-
ches Chronicle, of the 18th. learns verbally that
William R. D. Speight, formerly Parish Judge
of the Parish Of Sabine, was killed at Many, in
tha. Parish, on the 7th inst. by man named
Bombay.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-29

orphans that have been left TO subsist upon the
cold charity of the world, let them study the
following. The country knows at whose in
stance all this was brought about:
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-29

@A fellow tried to play the ghost a few
nights since in Cincinnati, by winding sheet
around him; but being caught, he was beat SO
severely that ii is feared be will become q
ghost in earnest.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-29

The OLDEST PAPER.-The Newport Mercury
commenced it's S7th volume with the new year.
1t was startedby James. the Oldest brother Of
Beniam in Fnnkiin.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-29

yorINo IN FRANcE.-There seems to be
pipe-laying going on among the Locofocos OF
France. The following is stated in letter in
the New York Courier and Enquirer to be the
method adopted in France for voting:
Every individual claiming to vote presents
himself at the "Mairae" Of his ..Arrond1semenl
and there receives an electoral ticket, which
entities him to deposite his vote in the ballot
box. But as no Precaution is taken (by regis
tering the name of each person or the like) to
prevent the same individual from returning as
often as he pleases, either to the same or to
several "Nairics" i'm succession, the practical
result is that each individual is able to give as
many votes as he has obtained tickets, and am
informed that this abuse is carried on to such
an extent in the departments that agents are to
be seen busily at work in selling the tickets
so obtained, at prices varying from five to
twenty francs, according to circumstances.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-29

General Worth has always been consistent
Democrat. He warmly advocated the cleo
ton of Gen. Jackson, and also that of Van Blu
rem and Polk We mention this, because the
Evansville Journal states that he has been a
Wing till very recently. Vanderburgh Dem
Ocrot.
We certainly did state that Worth had been
"a Wing until very recently, and we stated what
is known to every man, Wing or loco in the
Union, except the editor of the Democrat, to
be true. Worth changed his coat on landing
at Vera Cruz.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-29

ANOTHER SrArE.-The bill admitting Wis
consin into the Union has passed both branches
| of Congress. Uncle Sans family is now COM
posed of thirty thriving daughters, with fine
prospect Of more.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-05-29

This County isdecidedly dsmocratic.- Van
Democrat.
We agree with you neighbor, but it amt To-
cofoco by long shot.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20
P . E 7 C A l. .
JOHNNY SANDS.

A man whose name was Johnny Sands,
He married Betty Hague;
And though she brought him gold and lands
She proved terrible plague.
For, Oh. she was Seeding wife,
Full of caprice and wniA
He said that he was tired Of life,
And she was tired Of him.
Says he, ':then vii! drown myself,
The river runs below )"
Says she. "pray do, you silly elf,
wished ii long ago"
Says he upon the brink III stand,
Do you run down the Hill
And push me in with all your might"
Says she, '<my love. will"
''For fear that should courage hack,
And try to save my life;
Pray tie my hands behind my back"
Il will, replied his wife.
She tied them fast as you may think.
And when securely done,
"Now s'and,'' says she, upon the brink,
And l'll prepare to run"
All down the hill, his loving bride,
Now ran with all her force
To push him in, he slept aside,
And she fell in. of course.
Now. splashing. dashing like Ash,
''Oh. save me. Johnny Sands"
81 can't" says he. Though much ! wish,
For you have tied my hands,"
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20

ILLINOIS SWINE-INGENIoUs STUMP
MACHINES,

ILLINOIS sWINE-INGENIoUs STUMP
MACHINES.
Belonging 20 our mess were two or
three gentlemen from Illinois, who
gave US much valuable information
touching that region, some of which,
as the tide of emigration is still setting
in that direction, may be interesting to
the public. One Of these individuals
was man ofconsiderable humor.
"You are aware" said he, "of the
extent Of the pork business among US;
that we annually put to death hogs
enough TO bacon, fitch and sausage the
whole universe. But our hogs are a
very different concern from your chstilS
ed Atlantic ones. They are trink
ong-legged animals, their noses sharp
as the coulter Of a plough, and their
tails like handspikes; they run wild in
the immense forests and prairles Of the
west, each branded with his owners
marx; and fleet, indeed, is the horse
that Can outstrip them on fair course.
Thin as ;hey are, you will perceive at
once that NO spot would be sacred from
:heir intrusion and depredalions, no
fence would stop them, were it not Cor
the simple continuance we have Of ty
ing knots in their tails.
"But our hogs are useful animals III
more ways than one. They make the
very best of stump machines. When
we have field to clear of those ugly
customers, which occasion you so nuch
labor and EXPENSE to remove at the
east, the process among us in very
cheap and simple. We drive holes a.
mdng the roots TO considerable depth
with sharpened stake, inrlining Them
to common centre under the stump,
and then drop in a few kernels of corn.
The result is that the hogs, all that can
work to advantage with their Sharp
noses, like so many strong laborers
with bar and ma,tock, Immediately sci
to in search Of the torh, and however
large and wcll-set the stump may be,
in a very short time it is loosened from
its bed. "-Lady's Book.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20
C SINGULAR MARRIAGE.

AT Kingston, says an English paper,
Col: Webster, aged 81, was married
10 Miss Martha Winslow, aged 49,
By the above union. the bridegroom hat
married IFS sisters grand daughter,
which makes the bride wife 10 hea
great uncle, sister 10 her graYidfath'e.
and grandmother, aunt 70 her father
and mother. and great aun: to Ter bro :
theirs and sisters. She is step inotheF
TO FIVE children, fourteen grand chill
dren and one great grand-chhd. n
teresting young lady!
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20
IRIsHIMs AMONG YANKEES.

!. The Boston Traveller tells story
about two pious citizens ola neighbor-
ing village, who recently had dispute
in regard 70 particular piece of ground
for cemetery. One declared that
"he would never be buried: in that
place SO long. as-he Iived;" while his
the deacon, re,orted with
equal obsiinaty, that if it pleased God
to spare lis Fife Ire intended to be bu-
ried there, and there only"
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20
A CURE FOR SANDER.

Mr.. Rowland Hill,o being told that
it was expected he should take notice
of some rnhandsome things which had
been publicly said of him, said that he
did not consider it necessary to enter
into any vindication of himself; and; NE
added-eI have now lived a great ma
ny years in the world, and have pass
ed through much Of evil report, and
good report, and have arrived at this
conclusion, that no man can possibly
do me any harm except myself"
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-20
THE RIGHTS CT WOMAN.
BY MRS. Z. LITTLE.

s.Ihe rights Of woman'' are they?
The right to labor and to pray.
The right to watch while others sleep,
The right Ger others woes to weep;
The right to succor in distress,
The right While others curse to bless;
The right to love whom others scorn;
The right TO comfort all that mourn;
The right to she'd new JOY on earth,
The right to feel the SOULS high worth,
The right to lead the soul to God,
Along the path the Saviour trod-
The path of meekness and Of love.
The path Of faith that leads above;
The path Of patience under wrong,
The path in which the weak grow strong;
Such wolnan's rights, and God will bless
And crown their champions with success.