The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1851-04-02
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inhabitants.
Immense numbers oflast years pilgrims to
Mecca died OF cholera.
A Home Exemption bill has been reported
in the Massachusetts Legislature.
A two cent afternoon paper. to be indie
pendent Of any political organization or par
iy," is announced in Washington.
The proposed reduction in the window tax.
in England. will exempt IL, 900 houses that
now pay the tax.
The University at Gottingen now has us
students-404 Hanoverians and 3l2 foreign
ers. Most Of the latter are Germans, how
ever.
The lady whose dress was too dirty to
wear and not dirty enough TO he washed has
matter ofserious import to decide.
Barnum's temperance speech, al New Or
leans is reported at length in the New Or
leans papers.
The CITY Of Buff,lo last year paid tax Of
over $500 000-being about ten dollars for
every man. woman and child in the city.
A bark Mt Charleston. Mass. was loaded
with 1000 tons of ice, and full cargo between
decks, in thirty-six hours.
| The whole amount Of stock taken in the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad after the
9th ult. was 50 305 600.
For the five years ending 1851. there have
been s3S deaths in Boston, Mass. by con-
sumption.
John Cassell, Of LONDON offers two hun
dred guineas rs n prize for the best essay on
the moral social, and political condition Of
Ireland. II must be sent in before July 2lsf,
next.
The Submarine Telegraph between Ca
lais and Dover is in such state OF advence-
ment that it will again be ready by the first
week in May.
The United Service Gazette reports the
strength Of the British arms tn he 173 57S
men Of all arms, besides $1,000 pensioners,
ycomanry, &c.
The citizens Of Burlington. Iowa. have an
thorizcd the CITY Council to subscribe for
S950 900 Of stock in n railroad. designed 10
connect that place with Peoria, Illinois.
| II is stated that the descent made on the
Boston gamblers was made through The in
formation Of two Young men from Albany.
who had lost $4,000 by them.
The baruue Baltimore has been chartered
by the Coloniz, tion Society. 10 take emi-
grants from Savannah to Liberia. II issex-
pected that near two hundred will embark in
her.
II is said that there will he various feais
and entertainments given on board our vess J.
the ST. Lawrence mt Southampton, during
the continuance Of the Great Exhibition.
The cost of printing the laws OF California
in English. was S30,0S5 65, and in Spanish
only $4,000.
The members Of Congress elect from New
York are politically equally divided. so thai
if the Presidential election should 90 TO the
House Of Representatives, her vote would be
neutraliZed.
Hon. Francis T. Brooks, formerly aid dc.
camp 10 General Washington. and for fifty
years Judge of the Cont Of Appeals of Vir.
gina, died near Fredericksburg, Va, on the
I'D ul,.
4 Christopher Strong. Of Charlotte, Tenn.
recently deceased bequeathed seven thou
sand dollars To religious institution, liberated
all his slaves and made provision to carry
them to Liberia.
The Postmaster General during The week
ending on tie Is h ult established SO new
post offices, discontinued 2, and changed the
name o! Z.
DIRTY CiTY.-An inquest was held in ST
Louis on the dead body OF Casp1r Asly
which was found in one OF the streets Of that
city The Coroner rendered the following
verdict Died by snifocetio in the mud"
A Frenchman announces that he will pro.
coed from Calais TO Dover, under water with
u vessel designed for submarine navigation
1t xi be exhibited at tae Worlds Fair
Thirty five thousand barrels Of lime were
shipped from Alton. ILL.,. during the last sea-
son. equal TO hundred thousand bushels, the
bulk Of which went forward TO the New Or
leans market.