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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-03-30


200 OF Iodine, French 800 do Tart acid, Eng
200 or Indide de Posassa cases Ep Llquorce
100 OF Tannin do Refined Borax
so OF Snip Morphia asks East Salaaratus
90 OF Acetate do $50 lbs Quicksilver
500 OF Quinine SUP 800 do Calomel Eng
$50 lbs Gum Opium $50 do Calomel Am
500 do SIENNA Alepd % do Ext Bark Compd
200 do do E Indi dol 80 do Pulv Red Bark
1000 do Naples Sulphur 20 do CEloroform, Cur
1000 do Birthstone 1000 do Refi'd Salt Petre
400 do Arsenic 80 do Oil Lemon, pure
Dbl Balsam Copavia 80 do Cum mon
400 lbs Spts Nire 80 do Aniseed
400 do Spts ammonia 80 do Cloves
loo do Sup Alther so do Rosemary
$50 do Jalapa putv 80 gals refined Olive Oh
$50 do Rhei pulv so lbs Oil Peppermint
100 do lpecachuana pull 1000 lbs Sal Soda
1000 do Sal Rochelle ,pu 500 lbs Camphor
1000 do Sup Carb Soda
The above are warranted of best quality and will
be sold on a small advance for cash or to prompt
dealers on usual credit My stock has been pur
chased entirely from first hands, on best terms-so
the public can rely upon their purity and prices
teh7 # CRAWFORD BELL.
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NEW sPRENG GooDs.

T II. MAGHEE x co. have Just received and
-. are now cPening their first supply Of SPRING
GOODS, consisting in part Of
$50 pieces cotton Pantaloon Stuifs;
30 do Kentucky Jeans;
10 do SaJiHels;
80 cases light fancy style Spring Prints;
do Bleached Alusiins;
10 do Slein Cotton;
D bales Hickory Shirtings
ALSO
400 dozen assorted sizes Palm Leaf Hats,
And
10 cases Women's slippers;
10 do Ladies' Walking Shoes;
10 do prime Kip Boots.
The above supply makes our present stock OF
Goods very large and well assorted. The Goods
have been selected with care and expressly for this
market, and we invite the attention OF country
merchants visiting the city to examination of
ihem confident that we can give them great bar
gains. mill IT
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-03-30

KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE!
THAT FOSTER Il BROWN have on hand
4 PIE FRUITS, of all kinds,
Pickles, CuTants,
Raisins, Sardines,
Salmon, Theoretically sealed
Mackerel, do do,
LobslerS do do.
and will be sold cheap at the corner of Main and
First streets feb7
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-03-30

FRUIT TRIES! FRUIT TREES!!
sSs5ssz WI have made such arrangements S.ssn
zsss25e with the celebrated Nursery Of IHoMP. s5ss
-. SON u Co., near Louisville, that we =
can furnish all kinds OF FRUIT 1REL9 and
SHRUEBLRY, at the lowest prices send in your
orders.
teh12 d6w3 J. p. & G SCTWING.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-03-30
SPRING GOODS!

T. & E. SLGVIN,
WHOLES DEALERS IN
STAPLE AND FANCY DERX GOODS,
Main ST. second door bel0p Third, Louisville, KY,
\ RE now receiving a large and well assorted
n stock of British, French, German, and Ameri-
can DRY GOODS, among which are
80 cases new style Prints;
10 do fancy and black Lawns;
8 do plaid and solid GDghams;
do black and fancy Lustres;
8 do black and coored Cambrics;
30 do bIeached Cotton, 81 to l2.4;
10 DO do Drilling;
% do Cottonades and Denims
Is do Cashmere, Jeans, and Satinets;
5 do Drap D'Ete and Queens CLOTH
5 do CrotOn and other Coating;
40 bales brown Cotton, ga to 1914;
10 do brown Drilling; -
20 do Amoskeag and other Ticking:
Cloths black satin and fancy Vestngs; Flannels
book swiss and null Muslns and Jaconets apron
and shifting Checks and tripes bleached and brown
linen and cotton Table Cloths and Diapers; Irish
Linens; silk and cotton handkerchief and Cravats
Hose and Gloves; Ribbons; Laces; Threads; But
tons; Pins; Suspenders, etc, to which they invite
the attention OF city and country merchandise Lou.
Journal mhl2 d5wl
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-03-30

LAFAYETTE EXTRA FLOUR.
4 SMALL lot of this choice Family Flour in
II store and for sale by
mhl9 FOSTER & BROWN.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-03-30
REGULAR PACKETS.

REGULAR EVANSVILLE AND LAFAX-
ETTE PACKET.
g@, The me fast running passenger steamer
kks55zzatI CONFIDENCE.
RICHARD MCGUIRE. master, will run regularly in the
trade during the enJIre season.
For freight or passage, having superior accommo-
dations, apply on board, or 70
TAYLOR & HARVEY,
mh4 O'RILEY & MITCHELL.
ESOWLENG-GREEN AND EVANSVILLE
&C. The fast running passenger packet
s. - MAMMOTH CAVE,
Capt. W. 7. WariDner, master, will leave Evans
vile every Wednesday and Saturday, and Bowling
Green every Monday and Thursday.
For freight or passage apply on board, or 10
feb2 pm O'RILEY & MITCHELL,
EVANSyGLLEd5 LAFAYETTE PACKET.
~ b, TIE splendid passenger steamer
- VERMONT.
" N. Easett, master, will run as regular packet
in the Evansville and Lafayette trade during this
season.
For freight or passage, having excellent accom-
mOtation>. apply on beard dcc27
EVANSVILLE An y yyAE3ASEE PACKET.
f5Z5 q TIE substantial steamer
.zssszz3 ~ GENERAL BEN,
T.. " oOd, master, will run during the season as a
regular Evansville and Wabash Packet She is
provided with excellent accom- modalions
decl9 O'RlLEY & MITCHELL, Ag'ts.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-03-30

ORANGES. Gc.-IO boxes Oranges; 10 do
~ Lemons; fresh and in good order, and for sale
by [mh4l FOSTER & BROWN.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-03-30

BRITANNIA SPORTING PORTRAIT
CLUB
Offices, George ST., plymouth, England
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-03-30

~ SPRING STYLE OF HATS have
s. just received fine assortment OF Spring Style
-~sHats-the handsonlest style and article that
has yet appeared in this maFE at-and manufactured
at the bes. establishments in<the West. Call and
examine them, at my store on Main street, Just
above First. mh5 If JNO. B. HANNAH
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REMOVAL GARD.

POOLE & BROTHER,
Commission and Forwarding 1Icrcl2ants,
No 80 MAGAZINE STREET,
NEW ORLEANS.
OUR J. VI. POOLE will be at Evansville,
~ and interior, during the winter and spring, to
solicit und make advances on shipments Of Produce
to the house.
9c9-Orders for GROCERIES will meet with
our best attention.
-''''- - ]. L4ran1ls & Co., Evansville
TAYLOR 4 HARVEY
CHAPMAN COLEMAN & Co 7 o,,;s,,iIIo
mil " J. ii. CUTTER 4 Co.,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-07-06

umbratlng" upon us in "antagon;sm" to
all taste; but after all ode gustibus' SC.
And, again, after all, the preacher has
been one OF the great lights OF his church
IN his day; without one particle Of Gait in
his conduct or character, and as little
"puIrit rato.s" in his preachings. He is
frank, fearless, and consistent Christian,
with this high praise, that his piety is
commended most by those who know HIM
best.
Possessing the power to draw the IN
thinking and the foolishly fashionable to
the Methodist meeting house, with the
learned and pious Of every shade OF opin.
ion and variety Of creed. and Of impress
ing multIudrs, not only with the force Of
his talents, he has proved TO the world
that preacher may present himself in
society. in dress and address, an accom-
p|ished high toned and high bred gentle
man: and yet be puritan in his morals
and conduct-nay, more, Methodist.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-07-06

ground, where nothing else will grow.
Some Of the shruf $ cultivated, especially
for the consumption of the wealthy classes,
produce an exquisiely favored tea, inf
nitely superior to the best we now obtain
from China; and the specimens which
have. at different times, been brought into
tn" London market, have sold at exorbitant
prices. Nothing can exceed the plctur-
esque appearance OF one OF those rice
fields, divided into innumerable compart-
ments, yet all arranged and planned 50 as
10 afford the most agreeable diversity, and
around each division long line OF tea
trees; at regular distances, planted. The
paths between are KEEP. in the most eX-
quisite order, add swept and clransed, so
that nothing Is left which might offend the
eye, or the most delicate taste. OF the
young and tender leaves Of tins plant.
dried and powdered, the higher classes
make kind oil soup, which they take be
fore and after meals; and friends are re-
called with 1t both when ,hry enter and
leave the house.
The cotton plant is much neglected in
Japan, but the country affords every la
clity for its production and improvement;
and flax, hemp, rice, and innumerable
other vegetable productions grow there IN
the richest luXuriance and prolusion; and
the foliage of the trees, and the beauty Of
the flowers, and the tineneSs Of the fruits,
are equal to any the hand OF nature lavish
es on the most favored country 1t would
occupy too much OF our space TO describe
severa!ly all the products of Japan, or TO
reveal the treasures ot It's soil. In addi-
ton to those we have already given, We
may further enumerate tin, sulphur, ssaIt,
naphtha, ambergrls, pearls, agaIes, jaspers,
and a variety OF submarine substances, and
more than is vet known in gums and SIM
liar productions.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-07-06
Indians who Cannot Count.

Some singular developments are de-
tailed by the National lueIIigencer
which appear IN the inquiries which are
making under the authority OF Congress
al the Indian Bureau. 1t is found that
while we are paying large annulles to
many OF the tribes who are still in the
mere hunter and barbarlc state these
tribes do not comprehend the simplest
rules Of addition and division. None Of
them have the slightest idea Of mental
arithmetic. They cannot multiply or
divide figure. And they have no clear
apprr citation OF even moderate sulus, OF
say five or ten thousand dollars, unless
the pieces of coin are spread out before
them. But Tor all large sums they are
in the dark, and are entirely unable TO
understand mental dlvi>ur. Some of
them cannot count thousand Bundles
Of small sticks tied up, ale the ordinary
mode OF counting.
Their arl,hmetical root is clearly deer
NAL. Five fingers Oh each hand; held
up. is a decimal; five toes on each foot :,
appealed to, converts this into vim, IL
gesimal. There are separate words or
the digits, from one to ten. .M-lrs-,ra
The nine former are then added after the
latter to nineteen. Twenty is denoted
by new term m,-lun-a. The diglts
from one TO nine are then added to this
word till twenty-nlne Thirty Is com
pound, meaning three tens, forty-four
tens, and so on. to ninety-nlne One
hundred is nsw term in twa"k. The
terms one, Two, three, sc, Sc, uttered
before this, render the account exact TO
one thousand, which is caled a greaf
i~'nk, and the same prehXture OF the
names for the disits can be repeated for
ten thousand. This is the Algonquin
mode. But the pieces OF money, or
things otanv kind must be shown, to en-
able them to understand the sum. There
is absolutely no mental appreciation OF
sums. This denotes how carefully, how
simply and pains takinsly money trans
actions should be conducted with the In
dams, and how liable they are not to un-
derstand offers made for their lands, and to
or deception.
The more advanced tribes are better
arithmeticians. They have prof'ed BY
education aud more by intermiNture OF
races. The Choclaws have native terms
to ten hundred thousand. By adontlng.
at this point, the English terms "lnlllon"
and "bllion," with peculiar ollhogra-
ply, they can compute hlghe1. Ih'
agent for the Cherokees reports original
terms for very high sums-- which, how
ever, there is reason 10 believe, not one
in thousand OF the common people un-
dcrstand.
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LIGHTNING.
dcrstand.

So long as lightning is occasioned
merely by the action of two clouds, not
the slightest danger is to be- apprehenl-
ed. Thunder, beng only reports is
perfectly harmless at all times. But
when the electricity comes within the
attraction OF the earth, either by cloud
crossing over lofty mountain or sinking
near the earth's surface, il passes down
from the cloud 10 the earth, sometime.
rolling along like large ball clearing
out OF ITS way everything that offers re-
siStance to it; thus 1t will tear up trees
set houses on fire, and even destroy ami
NAL life, should it impede its progress
THIS ball Is liquid in state of fusion
and not las la. tt.N supposed by some
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-07-06

INpEpENDENcE DAy.--Slnce the issuing
VI our last paper the anniversary OF the
birthday Of our National Independence
has come and gone. We deem 1t a,good
custom about this ilme, annually, 50 PRINT
, anu read the Declaration of Independence,
and so, publish it IN this, the paper OF
nearest date to the 4th OF July Could
we regard it without the interest which
as Americans and patriots we naturally
feel in it, it sill would be a renal h4Ule
paper. As literary production it Is full
of beauty and power. 10 the intelligent
citizen Of foreign country, it is lraught
with importance, as a r"solute and thrill
ing manifesto, which has led to mighty re-
suits in the conduct of nat ons and marked
a new era in the history Of the world.
But when we regard 1t as American Ctl-
zens having share in tie blessings and hon
ors il has been the princlp.d cause OF heap
ing upon our land, all our hearts, We hope,
throb with honest pride, and with CRATE
tul emotions towards that remarkable
band ofmen who dared to issue ii il the
face OF the power and proves o. NIGH"
ty government, and TO the ruler OF ma
tons who strengthened tas arms OF our
fathers for the unequal contest
And in these days of madness, when
sDsunion" seems in some mouths to be
growing a familiar word, the thoughts,
and words, and actions OF those who
gave us liberty should be pondered well,
Conflicting interests were then felt as now,
but patriotism surmounted all, and Gun
ion" gave success to the Struggle; and
now the motto OF every sensible and good
citizen should be-, and is, "Liberty and
Union, now and forever, one and lnSep-
cradle"
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WHOLE No l66

persons unacqualnted with the Sclencrl a
metallic substance called thund erbolt.
There are metallic s2bStsnc sometimes
preci plated from the air; these are term.
ed aeIoIitcs, and have nothing to do with
the electricity OF storms. AS soon as the
clouds dispense. W 1ich is usually after i
vivid flash Of lightning and very loud
clap Of thunder, the ram descends, the
electrical power is destroyed, and the
torn ceases. Although storms arise
from what may be called the accidents
OF nature, they are CT great Importance
as an effort Of nature, by which the at
mosphere is cleared of al those impuri-
ties it mbbes from the earth; and not
wlthstanding their dangers aud the ter
rors to which they give rise, they are
productive Of much advantage SharY's
L0ndon Nag.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-07-06

ASsAyISG MErALs.--The assaying Is
the most curious and scientific Of all the
business III the mint. The meltrls take
the gold dust, melt it and cast 1t into a
bar, when 1t is weighed accurately and a
piece is cut off for the asSayer. He
lak"s it, melts II with twice It's weight Of
silver, and several times its weight OF
lead, 1t is melted in small cups made Of
bone ashes, which absorb all the leat, Il
large part Of the silver is extracted by
another process, and the samples is then
rolled out to thin shaving, coiled up,
and put in sort Of glass vial called a
natraas. with some nitric acid. The
mattresses are put in furnace, ard the
acid is boiled some tine, poured of, a
new supply put in and boiled again -
This is done several times, Till the acid
has extracted all the silver and other
mineral substances, leaving the sample
of pure gold The same is then weighed
and by the difference Between the weight
before aSSayin- and after, the true value
is found All the sllverover and above
five pennyweighs ioreach lot, is paid
Tor by the mint at its true value. The
gold, after it has been assayed is melted,
refined and being mixed with lis due pro
portion Of alloy, Is drawn into long strips
("ot unlike all IRON hoop for cask,) the
round pieces cut out with a sort of punch
each piece weighed and brought to the
right size, and put into stamping press,
whence it comes forth p"rl'c, coin.
IScienliGc American.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-07-06
The River of Truth.

A single hearted, simple man,
Stood by a rivers side,
And waited that the rolling food
Might pour away its tide.
An eager hearted, earnest child,
knelt by the stream uf truth,
And wondered how that stream has run
Since time was in its youth.
The river rolled and wasted not;
The traveller turned aside;
The child became thoughtful mar,
And still he knclt and died.
'Tis past, and where the willow broke,
A field is green with sod;
Yet still that silent stream Of truth
Is flowing forth from God.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-07-06
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IN CoNGl EssJ AT PHILADELPHIA, JULY 4TH,
1776.

"WHrN in the course ci human events
it becomes necessary tor one people to dis
solve the political bands which have CON
nected them with another, and to assume,
among the powers Of the earth, the sepa-
rate and equal station to which the laws
oil nature and natures God entiIla them
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-08-29
VOL. 6.-NO. "a.

al It's water for irrigation and 9th er pur-
poses. This water is splendid. Il is mel
Ted snow. The population OF the CITY aad
! neighbqrhood; embracing district Of sew
enty miles, cannot vary much from ten
thousand The irhahiants are the great
rel gous sectaries who have founded The
capital of the future State Of Drseret.-
They were petition OF the disLanded
body expelled from Nauroo, To this day
there is murderous hatred felt towards
them, which is but miljer form Of that
rancorOus persecution with which they
were greeted, on the part Of some Of The
western people; but il IS due TO them 10
say, that by their hospitaiity TO emicranls
they have meriled The eternal gratitude
ofthe human race. For Reasonable price
they furnish everything that lies in their
power, and no kindness is withheld which
they can possibly oe>tow They can be
called, and they really are 4 hospiJabc
people. Their policy is TO prevent their
members from going INTO the digging Of
gold; & il is fac: very few o TEN have
thus been engaged. Industry and frugal
ity appear 10 BE- their princi pal char1cteT-
istics. The community IS governed by
a council oftwelve persons, al the head
Of whom is placed fr. Young. who 10
the successor of Smith the Prophet
Though thew are in The midst of a vast
wilderness, they have shonc asa steady
hight, and rendered more service 10 evil
izdtion than almost any set Of men s.uca
the time Of Ihe Cavaliers Of Virginia sud
the Pilgrims OF New England. They
have afforded conveuicnccs for Crossing
streams which were othcrwies almos,
impassable such as the upper Pial!s ana
Green and Bear rivers"
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Overland Routc 70 California.

The following Is an extract from let
ter the Neto York EUening Mirror, the
writer Of which seems 10 understand what
he is writing about. He describes. not
ungraphlcally, the difficulties, periis, and
pleasures of which last there are bat
few-attendng the overland journey to
the Sacrameto. What he says about the
Mormous we believe; aud we have be-
lieved for some time past that they are a
wronged and prosecuted people. Were
they as wicked and as oless and as su-
perSlitious and as ignorant as they nave
been represented by some TO be. not only
would they be utterly incapable of re-
claiming the wilderness, making it bios
som as The rose, as they do, wherever
they pitch their tents. but they would be
incapable of any kind of self-govei
or even of forming social conpacts by
which such disors sanized aad dissolate
elements-so represented 10 be-could D.
held together. The days Of their trial
and tribu alton are over, we hope. We
cannot wish them much success, or any,
as Mormons and as sectaries and Nor
monism will probably wear Itself out by
degrees = but we do wish them, ard that
most sincerely, the fullest measure Of pros
perity under the social and political as
pect.
The best and most frequented over
land route is by the South Pass, begin,
ming al ST. Joseph, by the way Of Fort
Chids, Fort Prilchard. and the Mormon
city. which lies in The valley Of the great
Salt Lake, about twelve miles from the
shore. the lake Itself being some forty by
sixty miles. Mormon CIy was founded
in the valley Of Salt Lake, which is Itself
a great basin formed by the Sierra Nevada
on the west, and the Rocky Mouiains OF
the east, being about eight hundred miles
across on the frequented route.
''fhjs is the best route. & all emiarnis
should. pass by the Mormon city. for II IS
the resting place where they can recruit
and repienlsh, in beds Of wild wheat red
clover, and the best of grasses. The city
is tw6amd half by three miles. and built
IN squares. Il is irrigated by streams from
the canons diverted for that purpose, and
in this maLGeT the city is supplied wiki
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-08-29
Teaching q Deacon.

A gentleman of this State. who resides
in the town Of Gilmore, Mequango county
is, as he describes himself. very onsurtiY1
! in politics, and besides that. is the most
onsarfin practical joker we have heard of,
of late. Here is one of his Jokes:
The gentleman was in his store on
Sunday morning, preparing for the duties
of the day, when the deacon entered. An
unfortunate pack Of cards was Lying on
the counter, and the deacon, as in duty
bound, demonstrated with our Joker on this
vilainous practice. The laller admitted
that it was at least an idle waste of time,
and taking the cards in his hand, moral
lied On the subject as well and warmly
as the deacon. At the same time he al
lowed few cards TO fall here and there
on the counter, they lying very much in
the shape of tricks, and looking as if the
two had really been "taking hand"
Al this junclure, another member Of the
church came in (the post Office was in the
slore.) and all at once the joker, placing
his finger on couple Of cards on the cor
ncr, exclaimed
"Now. deacon, tell you this won't do.
The queen always takes Jack. and The
ten the nine, and so down, and if you
don't attend, you viii never learn The
game. That Jack is good card, but my
queen takes it, counts me one point, be-
sides one on count for game."
"Why, neighbor," exclaimed the hor-
ri6ed deacon, "what do you mean by
that?"
Exactly what say WIS ihc reply
''the queen takes the Jack, and its mine
you might have trumped with it and
saved it long ago; now this Jack, with low
and game, puts me out"
at this moment the gentleman from
Mequango county turned around, pretend
ed for the first moment 10 notice the broth
er deacon who had entered, looked con
fused, dropped the cards and vanished.
OF course the deacon was caught. The
horrible tale was told of his having been
caught playing cards on Sunday. He was
cited to appear before the Church for his
back sliding. and as the evidence was com
plete, would have been convicted and Sc
verely punished, in spite of all his protes>
tatons of innocence, had not our acquaint-
ance Of the town of Gilmore made his aF-
pearance in the mex Of time, as witness
in favor of the deacon, told 4 round, un-
vanished tale, and procured for him an
acquiltal
1t is said to this day, the deacon has an
increasing horror of cards, and though he
feels conviction that the "Quaen will take
the jack" and that the Jack can take the
deacon, yet he has an utter aversion of
giving his "high, low, Jack .''-Racine
.4dUOcute.