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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1851-02-11
OFFICE OF
TAE KNOX INSURANCE COMPANY
FIRE, MARINE AND LIFE '7-rs
INSURANCE. tla

Capital Stock.-20O.0 600 Dollars,
CDsee, Oh Water ST., an Wise's Brick R.s,
FlNCENNES, IND. s8IE.
80 THIS Company, having been duly q,
~ ganized, and ten per cent paid in on The
YnSsSs capital stock subscribed and the baIspee
secured by mortgage on Real Estate and by pcrson.
al guarantee, are new prepared 10 effect Insurance
against loss or damage by Fire on Buildings mer
chandize, machinery, manufactures, ana all a.
scnpuons OF property; also, merchandise and pre.
duce IN the couise OF inland ransporta tion the rsk.
OF the seas, %c &c; also, the Hulls of Steambopfs
ana other vessels, and upon the lives OF individually
going 10 California The rates Of premium will Be
as low as those OF any other responsible Comnsrv
All losses literally adjusted and promn,lv pn.;!!
The stock OF this Company is held entirely in ~.
West and controlled by western men. and T. a.
way connected with New York. f.1lJlS
Directors. i-ire
How. r. N. CARNAN, vincennes. o..
WILLIAM J. HEBERD % t,r
JOHN w. MADDOX, do
JACOB PEA, de
SAMUEL WISE, do. ST
HENRY d. ALLIS, Evansville.
WALTER w. EARLY, Terre Hauta
THOMAS p. BENBRIDGE, Lafayette.
PETER p. BAILEY, Fort Wayne.
SIMON BOTTORFF, Jefersonvills
WILLIAM HUGHES, do.
LEVI SPARKS, do. s.xs
JAMES KEIGWIN, do.
r. N. CARNAN, PrsaiitsG
c. M. ALLEN, See'y = s-0-5
w. ]. Heberd Treasurer. .4
% Short Life and Caliiornia risks taken q IN
agency nj extra rates. iii -
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STRAYED.

Cr~e, About the LIST september, from the
49, subscriber in Evansville, red and white
4A-o colored Cow three years old last spring,
marked with n slit under the lett ear. Any person
returning said Cow to tie subscri Der. VIII he libe
rally rewarded. (jan25ttl JOHN BURBANK.
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The AMERICAN LIVE STOCK
INSURANCE COMPANY.

The AMERICAN LIVE STOCK
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Vincennes, Ind.
CHARrER UNLIMITED: GRANTED. JASulRY 81, leSo
900. 4 -sr-
Stockholders Individually Liabls. gsss
IL 'OR the Insurance of HoRsEs, MuIxs, Pniyl
l. Bulls, SHEEP and CATTLE Of every description,
against the combined risks of Fire, Water, Assi-
dents and Disease; also upon stock driven - east.
ern Markets; or transported South. iJAhF
3T Losses paid in 80 days after proof Of death
DIRECTORS:
Joseph G. Bowman, Counsellor; hrA
Ferdinand Eberwinc Merchant; sa
Capt. lsaac Mass, Merchant; -esF
Hon. Thos. Bishop, fg III
John Wise. Merchant and Bsnk Director,
Alvin w. Tracy. do do d.
Hon. Abner 7. Ellis, State Senator an I
Mayor of Vincennes; ,r4rr
Adm. Smith. Farmer. Bank Director, ~
Auditoro Knox county. ~ -
JOSEPH g. BOWMAN, President.
B. SHrRTLEFF WHITNEY, Secretary. .t-,..-l
AVN. ByRrcH. Treasurer, Merchant and Prssiden
Vincennes Branch Of State Bank Of Ind. -.
ALANSON WARNER, Agent At Evansville
mvS If
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COAL! COAL!l

w ticle of Green River Coal, at the Wharf,
with which we WI supply families and steamboats,
on the most reasonable terms. Steamboats, can be
supplied at all hours OF the day or night
nov21-tf TAYLOR 81 HARVEY.
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NOTICE

S0A LBS Cotton Batting just reed per
A,OOO steamer Alex Scott, and tor sale bv
novll !. H. MAGHEE q CO
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THE EVANSVILLE INSURANCE. Cel

EVANSVILLE INDIANA
M ILL Insure Buildings and Personal Prone.,v =.
land against loss or damage by fire. and Doats-
ano vessels, and Merchandise, in the courss q
transportation, against loss or damage by Ere ~
water, DC. Ofhce in the room occupied ~ ia
and First streets. - n,hsn -
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RESrAURAr REMOVAL,

HAVlNU Iust removed my kesiauIat from First
L Istreet TO Water. just shove Mrs. Lewis house.
in Ingles new brick building, and fitted up a room
friends al the public to call will alv ays be ready
To serve up hing the marker afiords, in the
hest style. have opened a confectionery and cake
shop in connection with the Restaurant at the same
place. uanl6 lw'l Z. GILLESPIE.
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KELLER & FAR NSLEY,
feb4 II No. IA, Water ST Evansville, d..

ftNHf. Undersigned having sold their Drug Store
l 10 MessTs kELLLE Il FAgNsLEy, would re-
specially "a i the attention oi their old customers
IL the aaove iIrln They viii continue the business
at Tie same stand, and being practical druggists
vii keep constantly on ham the best OF articles,
ri ia quantities sufficient 10 supply the largest
wipie-sle traae. J. q. HATChlfT & CO
tes4H
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1851-02-11
NOTICE,

THE undersigned having formed partnership,
l will practice law under the finn OF Law, Bat.
tell g. Johnson Our Office is in the upper rooms
of Mr.. Amor 'sbuildinc, Oh First street, opposite
Bement X Viele's We shall also undertake thu
purchase and sale of Real Estate, and payment a.
taxes ON the same Collection oil claims, and all
business entrusted 10 us will receive our united
attention. i he office.ot the Lomasco Agency is 81
the same place. -
&. BATTELL,
NORRIS S. JOHNSON.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1851-02-11
NEW CASH STORE.

THE unders yI.id having iormed co-partner-
r. ship and taken tie Store on the corner OF Main
aud W alter hs, just received large and
tir.ly stock o iersign aud domestic dry goods
8 csrp~ts.russ. o-cotls, bookings, and other fur
IisaIiig goods, which respectfully invite the
attention ri dealers consumers, rs se think We
can offer theta strong inducements 10 purchase,
tnsr in rye, qualify or price.
JAWS X. 6sKSfs.
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ETNA
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,


FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF Hartford, Conn. ,ssro
IHtHlS Company was incorporated with perpet-
Il ual charter IN 1919, and insures against loss 81
damage by fire on Dwelling Houses, Manufacture
Establishments, Stores, Household Furniture, Msr-
chandize in general, on the most favorable terms.
And losses occurring in this agency will be bersllv
adjusted and paid with promp tness '3iisy
Board of Directors.s
THos. K. BRACE, ROBERT BUEL, 20
SAMUEL TUDOR, MILES A. TurrLR,
JOSEPH Pratt, JOHN L. Boswell,
JAMES THOMAS, EBENEsER FLowERl
WARD WooDBRTnsE, E. A. BULKELEY
JosErH CHURCH. ROLAND MArHERI
EDWIN G.. RIPLEY, SILAs B. HAMLIHrsN
Frederick TYLER, SAMUEL s. WARD,
HENRY u. PRArr.
THOS. X. BRACE, President
S. l.. LOOMS, Sec'y tsIrs
~Appcations for insurance may be made to til
subscriber who is duly authorized 10 receive prsps.
sails and issue policies favorable terms a. any
Insurance Office or Agency IN the West. srW
ALLEN c. HALLOCK, Agent,
feb4 If Nam street, opposite the snk.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1851-02-11

rrECUI.aE EVANSVILLE a. gwABASII
RIVER PACKET.
The new and splendid light drs ught
s $50 passenger steamer SACRAMENTO,
NlchAlp MCGUIRE, Master, will commence run
ming in tie above trade naviga ton opens,
and continue during the entire season.
a;-The Sacramento is in first rate running oroer'
having <eep well repaired and ovcrhauled az Gin
cinnai and stands as fair in the Insurance office as
any Boat Of her size and class Oh The Western wa
tiers. O'RlLEI & MI CHELL, Agents
jan2l tit
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1851-02-11

GUNNY BAGS.-4O bales new Gunny Bags
~ large and heavy, in store and for sale by
jan4 81 w. REILLY.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1851-02-11
To PHYSICIANS. Country Merchants, an
tine Public Generally.

.nNHE. undersigned having purchased the Drug
i Store formerly occu pied by Messrs- q. latch
in & Co., would respectfully call the attention OF
the country mercrrnts, the physicians, and The
public generally 10 their fine assortment OF Nedi-
cires, Pants, Oils, feriumery, Surgical lnsru-
rnents. &c. which they regularly receiving
All of which we will sell upoc as accommoda ing
i terms a. can be purchased in any OF the Western
cities and hope by strict attention to business 10
receivs liberal share OF the public rairor age.
Orders attended TO punctaally, and carefully
packed.
d CLINTON KELLER,
D. EARNESTLY. VI. ID.
KELLER & FAR NSLEY,
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THE OLD WHITE CORNER.
PEYTONA

Mackercl, Cod Fish, &c.
100 BOXES Herring;
i W. 10 drums Goldfish;
POI. 30v packages Mackerel, part ofiwhich are corn
fed; Just received, and Tor sale by
/ nov2l-tf BEMENT Il VlELE
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1851-02-11

LOUISVILLE. EVANSVILLE, & GREEN
RlVEi. PACKET.
r.. The Few and swift unning steamer
kelsEsfI LOGAN,
Lapi. COUMBs, Master, will run regular pack
ct in the abuye t,ade leaving Evansville every Sun
day for Green river and every Wednesday ioi Lou
isville
For freight or passage apply on bond or 10
deel3 ms TAYLOR & HARVEY, Ae'ts
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1851-02-11

- -. p OF GLASS WARE.
EMBRACING quart, three pint, half gal. jars
IA molasses cans, pint TASKS. tumblers, lanterns
plates, candesiicks, NC, for sale by
nov2e-if J. g. w. REILLY.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1851-02-11

CtTEARINE CANDLES-25 boxes.
- Cheese-2U boxes Just received. For sale lou ,,
5. r. GILBERT s. co.
JAMS II Sycamore beet w tier a. Let SIS.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1851-02-11

EVANSVILLE, INDIANA,
ii AVE now il. store their .ull FAIL aid WIN
IL TER STocE, comprising every article in 9ht IL
ne OF trade; to which they call the particular at
tention of retailers
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-06-26

A DEMON IN HUMAN FoRM.-It
may be remembered that not long
since a murder was committed in
Washington county, Ala. by a man
by the name of John B. Hardin, who
was arrested in Shelby county, Ala.
He has just been summarily execu.
ted, an account Of which, together
with a sketch of his guilty course, is
thus given by the Pensacola CORES.
pondent Of the Mobile Tribune un-
der date Of the 3lst May. 1t is al
most too revolving for perusal:
"Hardin was carried from Shelby
co., Ala. A delegation was sent
from Milton, Santa Rosa co., Ala,
to get him from the authorities oI
Alabama, and bring him to Milton,
which was done. Yesterday he was
executed by the people, withou. a
trial. The negro who assisted him.
belonging TO Joseph Forsyth, was
also hung at the same time yesterday,
Friday, May Both. at half-past IL
O'Clock. Hardin confessed the
crime, and said he richly deserved
death, for he had been villain all
his life. He had twenty wives living
and had killed sixteen men, and all
he was sorry for was that he was moi
permitted to live long enough 10 Kill
four more. He and the negro Jack
were both hung to one tree and
buried in one grave. Repentance
and remorse were strangers to him.
He said his father and brother were
both hung. He refused TO make any
further confession, as he would i'm
plicate many heads Of families who
passed as respectable, and would
thereby leave many widows and
orphans.
He met his death without shud-
der; was as cool as a cucumber
He repented Of nothing he had done,
and said that he would, il turned
loose, be as bad as ever,if not worse,
The only request he had to make
was not to be put to torture. He
said he wished to be hung aud de-
Gently buried. la.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-06-26
CHURCH SCANDAL.

That tall young fellows here to-day!
I wonder what's his name!
His eyes are fixed upon our pew
DO look at Sally Dane.
Who is that lady dressed in green?
1t can't be Mrs. Leach!
There's Mr.. Jones with Deacon Giles
l wonder If he'll preach!
Lend me your fan, il is so warm,
We both will sit at prayers;
Mourning becomes the widow Ames---
How Mary's bonnet flares.
Do look at Nancy SlopeT's veil
It's full breadth too wide;
] wonder IL Susannah Ayres
Appears to-day bride!
Lord. what voice Jane Rice has got
Oh! how that organ roars!
I'm glad we've left the singers seats
Hcw hard Miss johnson snores.
What ugly shawls are those in front!
Did you observe Ann Wild.
Her new bonnet trimmed with black!
/ guess she's lost child!
I'm half asleep THAT Mr.. Jones,
His sermons are so long;
This afternoon well stay at home,
And practice that new song.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-06-26

SUPERsTIrIoNs OF GREAT MEN.
Most great men have been Supersti-
tious. The courier bringing a letter
from England, in which the death Of
his old ply ician, Polidori, was sta
ted, Lord Byron Iemarked, Ell was
convinced something un pl easant
hung over me last night: ] expected
Ia hear that somebody | knew was
dead; so il turns out. Who can help
being superslitiousT' Scott believes
in second sight; Rousseau trie d
whether he would be damned OF not
by aiming at tree with a stone;
Goethe trusted to the chance Of a
knife's striking the water whether
he was to succeed in some underta-
king; Swift placed the success o! his
life on the drawing Of trout he had
hooked out Of the water. Byron, on
another occasion. observed-"Sever-
al extraordinary things have happen
ed on my birthday; so they did to
Napoleon; and a more wonderful
thing occurred to Marie Antoinette.
At my wedding, something whisper
ed to me that was signing my
death.warrant. At the last moment
| would have retreated il could
have done so. am a great believer
in presentiments. Socrates demon
was no fiction; Monk Lewis had his
monitor, and Buonaparte many war
nings." Byron had also belief in
unlucky days. He once refused 10
be introduced to lady because il
was on a Friday. On this same. i'll
starred day he would never pay
visits.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-06-26

A husband, who. in a moment of has
ty wrath. said to his wife, who bot a
few moments before had united her faith
to his, "If you are not satisfied with my
conduct, 90, return to your friends and
happinessl" "And will you give me
back that which brought TO you'll" ask.
ed the desPairing wife. "Yes," he re-
piled, sail your wealth shall go with
you, | covet it not" "Alas!" she ans
wered. 81 thought not of my wealth; !
spoke OF my maiden affections, Of my
buoyant hopes of my devoted love; can
you give these back to met" "Nol''
said the man, throwing himself at her
feet, "No I cannot restore these; but
will do more. I will keep them unsullied
and unstsined; l will cherish them
through life, and in my death, and new.
er again will forget that have sworn
to protect and cheer her who gave up
TO me all she held most dear"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-06-26

VIRTUES OF MILK.-lt is most
perfect diet. Nothing like tit
contains curd, which is necessary
for the development and formation
of muscle-butter for the produc
tion of an adequate supply of fat;
sugar to feed the respiration, and
thereby add warmth TO the body;
the phosphates of lime and magne-
sia, the peroxide of iron, the chlor-
ides of potassium and soda, with
the free soda, required to give So
Iidity and strength TO the bone, to-
gether with the saline particles so
essentially necessary for other paris
of the body. 1t contains Tactic acid
or the acid OF milk. which chemists
inform us is the acid Of the gastric
Juice, SO requisite for the proper
dissolving OF our food in the stom-
ach. Ii is therefore obvious that
milk should be chemically correct
in. all its constituents, and that IFS
beneficial effects on the constitution
should not be neutrslised by adul-
teraiion. alt is," DR.. Prout proper
" states, "the true type Of all lood." !"
How necessary, therefore. is it that
II should be pure; otherwise this
wonderful and wise provision ol
proridence would be curse rather
khan a blessing.
ae BEgg's O6serrdt'n on Mix. >
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-06-26
WONDERFUL PHESoMENoN.-Th'

WONDERFUL PHENoMENoN.-The
engineer, Colonel Crozsi, charged
with the oversight OF the work Of
making Tunnel through the Blue
Ridge for the Central Railroad, re-
ported to the Legislature, that the
progress OF The work was very slow,
in consequence OF The extreme hard
ness OF the rock through which the
excavation was being made-the
whole Ridge being composed OF iron
stone-hard as flint. Some people
thought the work should be aban.
doned, for it was impossible, said
they, to make a Tunnel through rock
so hard. We are now informed that
few weeks ago the roof Of this
Tunnel, as far as it has been made,
fell in, when on examination, The iron
stone bei"g exposed 20 the air had
become as soft as mush. This is
certainly wonderful, and we hope
some skilllul Geologist will explain
the phenOmenon.-Kanat1ha Rep.
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bers, each one embracing and discus
sing different topics. although they,
in a manner, belong to the same gen.
eral subject. We are now just CON-
mencing our career as an indepen-
dent nation. We are free to pursue
the path before US untrammelled by
stringent laws, or foreign influences;
we have our own and our children's
happiness and prosperity to secure
and promote, and thus setting out il
behooves US TO shape our goyermen-
tai policy in such a way as will pro-
mote the greatest happiness Of the
greatest number. As national glory,
happiness and prosperity are based
upon individual virtue. energy and
wisdom, il is our duty to understand
and apply the true principles oi our
government in our national capacity
as well as to observe the teachings
OF the Bible, to learn the character
Of our God"
saw enough here TO convince me,
and indeed had often heard my pa.
rents say that nv grandfather was a
stern, unflinching churchman, altho'
thoroughly democratic in all his po-
litical views; so much so that before
and during the war Of Independence,
10 which he had taken a warm and
active part. he had been a most vio-
lent Republican partizan and ultra
TO the las, degree.
The mere mention Of a Tory, even
in his old age, would rouse his wrath
in an instant, light his eye with fire
and infuse into his whole frame a
youthful vigor that would surprise
all who saw him, whilst with vigo-
rous gestures and angry brow he
would wrathfully denounce that ha-
ted band OF men-"outlaws," "rob-
bers," "cut-throats," "fratricides,"
"bloodY villains" Every opprobri-
Gus epithet in the whole range OF his
terse vocabulary would be brought
into use to tell his story of crimes
and deeds Of "the accursed tories"
had OIL several occasions, when
a child, witnessed these outbursts Of
feeling. and / was prepared to find
these papers contain much Of the
spirit and sentiments Of their author
in his earlier days; but as l read on
from page 10 page, | was surprised
10 find so little ultraism, and so much
of liberalism upon all the subjects Of
which he treated. The successful
issue OF the war, the total expulsion
of the hated tories, the ultimate tri-
umph of Republicanism. and the gen.
ersl prosperity at the time they were
written, had softened the spirit OF
combativeness and melloweG the SEN
timents OF earlier years; thus mildly
blending the higher and holier truths
Of religion with the rougher teach
ings of a stern democracy, and pro-
ducing in the mind of the writer a
happy underground from which he
could dispassionately view the con-
duct and study the motives Of men,
at the same time enable him to treat
in a conservative spirit of all the
questions he discussed. The first
paper was open, True Democracy,
and reads thus
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-06-26

HoRRID MURDER-The Putnam
County Sentinel OF the 5th, contains
some particulars of the murder OF a
sister by her brother, who was Ia
boring under a ft OF mania Potu.- :
The wretched man, whose name is
Dale. while in a state Of madness,
took up an iron shovel. walked de-
liberaiely 10 the bed where his sister
Law, and struck her several severe
blows on the head, crushing and
maneling the skull most shockingly,
so that Death ensued in few hoDrs.
Another sister present attempted to
STAY the blows, but the iniurIaisd
brother gave her one that knocked
her down. and he was only checked
by the assistance Of a Deighbor.-
Dale has been committed for trial.
Ii is said he was under sentence of
death, a year or two ago, in Ken-
lucky, but. through the instrunien-
tality ol his friends, the Governor Of
that State was induced 10 pardon
him on the plea of insanity. II sucd
is The case, Dale has made sad use ol
the Executive clemency shown him.
Hineennes (ln) Gdzette, l2th.
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GALLIPoLIs, OHIO JUNE &C. 1851

HE lNFLUENcE OF THE MIND..-The
peculiar influence which the mind
exerts over the body is strikingly H.
lustrated by an incident which trans
pired few days ago with DR.. o. E.
Newton. OF this city. 1t appears
that a young man was passing by a
printing Office Of this city at The mo-
ment a person was carried out, sup
posed to have the cholera. This in-
cident so operated upon his mind
that he returned home, and soon, by
the exercise Of an active imagination,
began 10 feel the effects of what he
deemed cholera. DR.. Newton was
called, when he found the patient
cold, the pulse down to 40, Rnd in
fact, every indication OF a rapidly ap-
preaching dissolution. Stimulents
were administered, and friction re-
sorted 10; but what DR.. Newton most
relied on was the influence Of cheer.
tul conversation. He soon convinced
his patient that he had no cholera
that this disease did not exist in the
city-and that his affection was on
ly that chill which precedes a GER
tain species OF fever. This conver-
sation soon manifested its influence
upon the patient, whose pulse soon
rose TO SO, and he was speedily out
OF his bed and as we'll as ever. This
illustrates the influence Of the mind
upon the body, and perhaps accounts
for many cases Of cholera and deaths
which happen in this city every sea-
son.-Cin. Com. Ilth.
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Coon ADv1cE.-Judge Burnett, being
applied to by an old farmer for his ad.
vice in lawsuit. heard his case with
great patience, and then asked him if he
had ever dealt in lottery. "No sir, -
said the farmer; 81 hope l have too
much prudence to run such risks. y
"Then take my advice. my good friend.
and suffer any Inconvenience rather
than go TO law, as the chances are more
against you than in any lottery"