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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-05-09
p. BUCKINGHAM & CO., -
Produce, Commission d EXCHANGE Merchants,
PmLo BUcKISeHAn.To j oledo. Ohio;
A. HrcKlxCHAM. Zai,esyille. Ohio

Pinto BUcKINGHxn. oledo, Ohio;
- A. BrcKlSGHAM, Zaiiesyille, Ohio;
b. II. BUcKseH.M. New York. r.. r..
Advances made ou Consi gnments to
Buekinghams a. Guthrie. Buffalo; Buekinghams & Mo-
csloh New York, Kennedy & Foster New Orleans:
A. G. Farwell q CO., Boston.
1 REFERENCES.--freston& q Brother, and o'Riley q
Mitchell. Evansville. Ind. Announcements made on con.
ignments TO the above firms BY Preston * Brcs.
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900 BUSHELS OF PRIME WHEAT
TANTED az Pigeon Water Mills, for which will
w pay Is cents per bushel until further notice:
taneo RUDD & co.
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TOATIAG, 4 few ofcoaiing, Jeans and sstti
Obets such as superfine Gold mixed Tweeds, waived
shaded do.. cadef Kentucky Jeans. Blue and Gold
Camblet do. Cadet ed sattneis, drab corn
and brown coiored do Plaid cha geable Cotton Csss'
ners Printed Drlle. ABSORBED low priced Tweeds orc.
just received per Steamer. and for sae by =.
mari5 MORGAN KEEN Il PRESTON.
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NEW STRING GOODS.

NEW 8 KING GOODS. y
0sOLBURN & HERS HBkkGER have just received.
and have now open, large and elegant assortB cot
fabrics latest patterns. both for lsdst
nj gefltlemens which they would be happy
!, show eir friends and customers who may them
with a call Al.sOA large assortment OF Staple ana
.Iouse Furnishing Goods, Carpets. D2masks. Muslin
urtans Linens, Corrices. Curtain Pins. Linen Sheet
nss sxc All for sale low. Call and examine 70, your
elves. I--- CoLBURx d HERSHBEkGEk. 4
mh3l Corner Main and Water STA
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FoREIG SCH & HEINECKEN,
- ~rrSRt ~HoLkseLE DENLERs IN
cff.tAND DOMESTIC LIQUORS

.wx,.xirs-Css ,oRDfALs. SYRUPS, HAVANA
IT,, FRENCH CALF-SkINS. xe.
NTESSRS. FNonongaheia, Old Rye, Old Bourbon,
lNl tensise- Scotch, Reetded and Raw 81. ff-
OF MessrS- N"'cH * HEINEcKES purchased the ex-
yember last. * OF Liquors and Wines. Cigars.
will carry on, ,Nan & Zahn about the middle OF No
.tr,,t near WS>haying mads large additions thereto,
20 ther busi. asess the old stand - eamo re
20 40 business Mcssrs. b. * n. will attend stric,
,ano7 person. no one else having authority
- Psr in connection with their house.
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@An exchange paper states that
about nineteen years ago, Mr.. Halt,
Of Wilton,in Fairfield county, Connect.
icut, then a remarkably good student
in his collegiate course, was suddenly
deprived of his reason and memory.
Under these circumstances his father,
the Rev. Mr.. Halt, sent him to Hart
ford, but finding no relief, he sent him
to Mr.. Chaplain, of Cambridge, Mass.
The doctor said there was no present
relief for him, but at the age Of thirty
six or thirty seven there would be a
change /; that the brain was too much
expanded for the Uranium, and there
would at that age be contraction,
which would enable it to act healthily.
His anxious father and family saw
their hopes peremptorily deferred for
nineteen years. That time has recent
ly expired. and, to their great Joy, the
prophecy is fulfilled. The man began
to enquire for his books, as if he had
just laid them down, and resumed hic
mathematical studies where he left
them. There was no trace on his mind
of this long blank in his life, or of any
thing which had occurred in it, and he
did not know that he was nearly forty
years of age.
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r. The terrible calamity at No

EI The terrible calamity at Nor.
walk continues to be an engtossing
topic with the public and the press.
The guilty parties, unless hardened
beyond all feeling, cannot but suffer
severely under the punishment of pop
ular indignation inetcd out to them ev.
erywhcre. The corporation, not OK
empt from a share Of the responsible
ty, will meet with severe retrlbution
pecuniarily, while the engineer and
conductor, We are not without hope,
will be subjected to the legal penal
ties they have so clearly deserved by
this wholesale manslaughter.
Attempts are made to secure the
enactment Of laws which shall be q
safeguard against future disasters Of
this nature. How far such remedies
may be made efficient, however, is
questionable. Every company has a
motive of interest, it would seem, suf.
ficient to ensure regulations, adapted
to its own peculiar circumstances,
which shall make its road safe thor.
oughfarc for travellers. Legislatures
cannot, in detail and by general laws,
provide for all cases of danger. On
the other hand, the corporations must,
if managed with ordinary shrewdness,
make all the necdful regulations, with
out legal indictments thereto. The
great danger appears always to have
been in the employment Of unsafe and
reckless hands, who neglect the rules
thus prescribed.
Had the instructions Of the New
Haven Railroad company been strict
ly obeyed, the murderous occurrence
at Norwalk would never have happen
ed. The company deserves great cen
sure for having allowed violation Of
these instructions, for long time pre-.
vious, with entire IMMUNITY. There
seems to us no legal remedy that will
answer the purpose, unless to affix the
severest penalties to transgression
of such rules as companies themselves
adopt, or of such as shall be prescribed
by Railroad commissioners, whose du
ty it shall be to examine infinitely the
wants of each particular route, and
who shall have power to ordain the
proper measures Of safety.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-05-18

Mrs. STOWE IN ENGLAND.-The
author of Uncle Tom Cabin has be-
come, in some sort, public character,
and tho attentions and honors paid to
her in England make her regarded as
a representive Of the country, at least
of a very considerable class of people
in the country. We felt surprised and
mortified, therefore, to note that OH
her arrival she was presented with a
pceuniary gift, the sum of penny
subscription. We have looked for
some explanation of this, to see to what
charitable or public use it would be
applied. We cannot suppose that a
lady of Mrs. Stoves high personal
character, who is in the receipt of an
income Of thousands from her literary
property, would accept pecuniary
gift in this manner. 1t certainly de-
grades her mission. Nobody supposed
that she went abroad for charity -
Providence journal.
The money was given for Abo =
ilition purposes.
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AYoTHER.-One day last week
there came to the Clarendon Depot two
barrels, one marked "Spirits Turpen-
tine" and tho other Charming Fluid
Mr.. Stewart, who represented the
town in the last Legislature, CHANGING
to see the barrels and suspecting ro-
query, had the matter investigated,
when it was ascertained that the bar
rels contained "spirits of turpitudc'
and burning fluid" in earnest. The
liquor was seized "as the law directs. ("
Shortly after two men came from Wal.
lingford, and on learning what had &C.
CURED, swore worse than our army
ever did in Flanders, but ignored the
liquor. One of them is the same who
had his liquor destroyed in Walling-
ford. The liquor amounted to 81 gal.
Ions, which must 90 where it was de-
signed to put others.-B.
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he might divide the responsibility. At
the same time, we cannot forbear the
expression ofour opinion, that every
careful and prudent conductor will,
when not otherwise necessarily occu-
pied, endeavor to see whether the sig.
nails are down or not. In this instance,
he admits that he did not, though not
otherwise particularly occupied. But
he must have known that the train
was, on this occasion, and habitually,
driven round the curve west of the
bridge in utter violation Of the rules
Of the Company and this he might
and should have put stop to. Nor
do we think the responsibility of this
occurrence stops here. The proof be-
fore the Jury was abundant that the
ordinary speed Of that train around the
curve has never been less than twonty
miles an hour, and it is incredible that
the officers of the Company should not
some Of them have known that the
train did not, in the language Of their
rules, Z" move around the curve with
exceeding care"
The Hartford Times Of last Thurs
day says that General Harvey's wife
died at Norwalk, on Wednesday morn.
ing at 6 o'clock. Mr.. Edward Tuck.
err, the Engineer, is not yet out of
danger the health Of the conductor
Mr. Comstock, has much improved.
Miss Emily Griswold was expected 10
recover. All the rest Of the wounded
at Norwalk are doing we'll.
Mrs. Maria Fluent, one Of tho VIC
tins of the Norwalk disaster, was
daughter of Mr.. Abner Brooks OF
Fitchburg and a native of that place.
She married j. NJ. Fluent, ESQ.,. of
Lancaster, Pa, in the month of jan
airy, 1852, and with her husband was
on her way to Portland to visit a sick
mother. She was the fourth child
that her parents have lost by acct
dents.
The Medical Association assembled
in New York last Thursday forenoon
and passed resolutions raising COM
mittee to advise as to the best means
Of concentrating the death Of their
associates by the late railway catas-
trophe at Norwalk.
The name Of the man whose efforts
finally resuscitated Miss Griswold is
Linus Benedict. He continued his
efforts three hours after the medical
gentlemen had declared restoration
impossible, and the body had been
placed among the dead. Ie is
stage driver.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-05-18

ACAIIroRNIA BIAMoND.-It is-sta-
ted in San Francisco paper that are.
markable stone has recently been found
near Columbia, in Tuolomne county.
II is said that the stone has been sci
enti6caIly tested by DR.. Banks, grad
nate Of the Medical University Of Lou
isiana, who pronounces it diamond Of
very rare purity. 1t is about the size
of a pigeons egg but it is still, Of
course, in the rough. If it is q dia-
mond, and the report about it is true,
its value Of course must be enormous.
The Crown Diamond of England, which
is valued at ten millions Of dollars, can
bear no comparison with it. 1t is to
be brought to New York.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-05-18

SEIZURE OF LlQuoR.-The first prose
cution under the new Liquor Law inthis
county took place in thisltown, on Fri
day, the 9th inst A warrant was issu-
ed by Joseph Steen, ESD, on complaint
of three legal voters of the town made in
due form. directing the officer--Mr Geo
IL. Salisbury, Constable--to search tue
premises of Patrick Doyle and his moth.
er, who are said to have kept a shanty
GROCERY at the north end of this village
for two or three years past. Search was
make accordingly and about forty gal
Ions of New York rose gin discovered
and seized, aud the owners Of the shanty
summoned to appear forthwith before
the Justice. Patrick owned up like a
man that he bought the liquor 10 sell a.
gain, but expressed his utter disbelief
in the intention of the Justice and Con-
stable to destroy the precious liquid, and
intimated PRETTY plainly his opinion
that it was conspiracy between them to
get possession of 1t for their own private
use The court imposed fine Of TWEEN
ty dollars and costs--which Patrick
promptly paid-and ordered the gin de-
stroyed, according to the statute in such
case made and provided. About o..
clock in the evening a miscellaneous
crowd-composed of about equal mum
bers of mourners and jubilants-assemb
led to witness the sacrifice The cere-
mony of ''spilling" was conducted with
due solemnity aud decorum by Consta-
bic Salisbury and his assistants, amid
the laughter, gibes and tears of the
spectators BrauieJoro Eagle.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-05-18
The Norwalk Disaster. Par
tcuiars.

The Coroner's Jury,in the case of the
terrible destruction of life by the dis
aster at Norwalk, Conn.,, came to
the following conclusions:
The immediate cause of this disaster
was the negligence and recklessness
Of the engineer.
l. In running around the curve at
rate not less certainly than twenty
miles an hour, when, under no cir
cumstances, should it have been half
that.
2. In not discovering that the ball
was down, Immediately after emerging
from the cut.
8. In not looking for the ball at the
highway crossing east Of the depot.
4. In relying, as he says he did,
upon the flags Of the switch-tenders,
when he well knew that they we're not
in sight of the draw, and had nothing
to do with it.
D. In not running even slower than
usual when the track was wet and
slippery.
In addition to all this, he we'll knew
that the draw was required to be very
frequently opened.
In not discovering that the ball was
down, we think he was guilty of gross
negligence. In running around the
curve at such rapid rate, and under
such circumstances, We think him guilty.
OF the most criminal recklessness.
At the same time, we do not think the
entire responsibility Of this disaster
rests upon him. AS we have before
observed, the rules Of the company do
not make it the duty of the conductor
to observe the signals, nor are We pre-
pared to say that they should. His
other duties and his position. in the
cars are such, that the duty, If impos-
ed upon him, would probably be very.
imperfectly performed; and it may
well be doubted whether anything
would be gained by way Of safety to
The passengers, II the engineer could
feA that there was another with whom
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sLsr. Among the numerous insta

bag- Among the numerous instan-
ces of injustice and oppression cons
family occurring in this boosted land
Of freedom, we have seen nothing more
heart-rending. soul-harrowing and
pocket-touching than the announce
mcnt Of the fact, that number Of New
York jurors, who are entitled to II
whole and one 1-2 cent for each day
Of their services in the capacity of jur-
OTIS, have recently been paid in
three cent pieces, only four of which
were allowed for a days. services
thus cheating the poor victims out Of
half cent each day.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-05-18

VERMONT PosTMAsTERs.-Samuel Dut
ton has been appointed Postmaster a,
Brattleboro, in place of f. II. Fessendcn
removed; Freeman Huling, at Bcnning
ton. in place of II. T. White, resigned
Z. NJ. Brown, editor of the Spirit of the
Age, at Woodstock Micah Mann, al
West Randolph; Geo. Washburn, al
Springfield, in place of NJ. +. Chaser II
d. Sowles at st. Adams.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-05-18

A CHANCE FOR THE GIRLs.-An EN-
glishman," resident of Cincinnati, 40
years of age, a widower," advertises for
a wife in the Boston ALIAS. He says,
Any lady % or 80 years of age, of con-
genial tastes, with some means at her
own disposal, would find him resolved
to make her happy, if love be there.
Beauty of feature he cares less for than
a soft, low voice" #tf
Ifthe soft, low voice" should prove
equal to the softness apparent in the ad-
vertiser's head we have no doubt a cap
ital match might be agreed on.
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Ess~ Hon. Edward Everett sums mp
the results Of the liquor traffic thus -
I'm direct expenses" he says, ''it cost
the country, during ten years, $780,
600, 900 judicial expense $500, 000,.
600 more ; 100000 lives lost sent
100000 children to the Poor House ;
the cause Of ] 500 murders ; made I >.
600 maniacs sent 100000 to Jail
caused 1000 suicides /; destroyed by
fire, etc., etc., etc., to the amount OF
$l0,000,O00; made 100000 Or
phans and 10, 900 widows"
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FIDELITY.-Nevcr forsake a friend
when enemies gather thick around him
when sickness falls heavy upou him
when the world is dark and cheer.
less this is the time to try thy friend
ship. They who turn from the scene
Of distress or offer reasons why they
should be excused from extending their
sympathy and aid, bctray their hypoc.
risy, and prove that selfish motives only
prompt aud move them. If you have
a friend who loves you-wbo studied
your interest and happiness-defcnded
You when prosecuted and troubled, be
sure to sustain him in adversely. Let
him feel that his kindness is appreciat.
ed and that his friendship was not
bestowed upon you in vain.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-05-18

AN Instructive FAcr-At the first
session Of the 32d Congress, just closed
a resolution was offered, the effect Of
which, il adopted, would have boon, 10
render imperative the fugitive slave Ia y
Mr., Chapman, Wing, Of Hartford an d
rolland district, Conn, sustained the
resolution. Colin NJ Iugersoll, Dem,
from the New Haven and hiddlesex
district, voted against che resoiaiion.-
He also. on that or sosae othas occasion
at the saule session. made an effective
speech In fasot Of the Compromise meas
eres, ono and all, and sgsinse Abolition
ian At the recent election in Connec.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-05-18

The SANDWICH ISLANDS Tho recent
census of the Sandwich Islands exhibits
some facts Of startling interest, and
which illustrate in the most unmstaka-
bic manner the vital law that the inferi-
or race must give way to the stronger.
Tho present population Of the seven is.
lands forming the group is 6064l The
deaths during last year wcre7s43,and the
births were only l47s--an average of six
deaths to one birth The foreigners num-
Der only 1887. This is an extraordinary
state Of things, and we donbt whether
the parallel can be found in the history
of the world In the time of Cook, this
people numbered 400 900 thus in sew
enty years they have decreased 800, 900.
In 1896 they numbered l0s 579-de-
crease in IL years nearly $4,000. Such
q rapid decrease Of native population is
a deeply melancholy spectacle. AT the
present rate of decrease, another genera.
tion will hardly have passed away ere
this people will be blotted from the face
of the earth -. Boston Journai.1
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EE" no is the most independent
man on carth2 lie who raises his own
bread aud makes his own bargains, be-
ing dependent on God alone for his sus-
tenance. He loses nothing by the loss
of fleets abroad, nothing by the failure
of banks at home. His bank is the
earth, the capital invested is the labor
bestowed at sccd-time and harvest. 1t
is under the direction of an almighty
Power who never errs. Aud finally, al
though the stock is not above par the
dividends are bountful.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-05-18

STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION. - Loss OF
LIFE.--A terrible steamboat disaster
occurred in Galveston Bay on the night
OF the 23d ult. The steamers Neptune
and farmer were racing from Houston
to Galveston. when the boilers of the
latter exploded, killing the captain,
clerk, aud second engineer Thirteen
of the crew and about twenty passengers
were also either killed or missing, and
twenty passengers, mostly ladies, were
saved.
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Latest from California.

The steamer Daniel Webster, at New
Orleans on the 9th inst, brings Califor-
MIA dates to April l6, being several days
later than before received. Tho steam.
err 3. 5. Lewis ran ashore on her passage
from San Juan to San Francisco, and
was totally wrecked There we're 400
passengers on board, all Of whom got a.
shore and saved themselves aud all their
baggage.
The steamer Jenny Lind exploded
near San Francisco, terribly scalding so
or 60 passengers, twenty ofwhom have
since died, including seven children and
one whole family.
Eighteen dead bodies were recovered
and thirty persons were dreadfully seal.
ded so much so that not one was expec-
ted to live. Among those scaldcd we're
eight ladies. Those killed and injured
were mainly old residents of San Fran
cisco.
The mining news is favorable. The
small pox was increasing fearfully and
fatally in San Francisco.
New YoRK, May l2-The steamer
Promethcus, from San Juan, May 4th,
arrived at o'clock this morning. with
400 passengers andsl70,O 900 in gold dust
on freight, and large amount of dust
in the hands of passengers.
The isthmus was healthy.
The following are the names of the
killed and wounded by the explosion of
tie Jenny Lind
hWcd.-Noah Ripley. wife and four
children. MIR. c. Sheldon. Mrs Kim ball.
Judge White of San jose Frank Wan.
worth. L. I. Drake. Mrs Page and child.
Miss Wilnac, Mr.. Carpcptcr, Mr. Muir
ply OF ban Jose. one fireman and two
stewards. and others unknown. Total
u
!Sc"hioi-Mrs Emerson. Mrs. Lor-
rain, nephew Of Murphy, Mr. J b
Hoppe. s Harper of Penn Thomas
keeley. Thomas Golden. Claud Simon,
Mr. Balm, George Simmons. and others
slightly. Total, 10.
An attempt was made on the night of
the l4th to burn the steamer Winfield
Scott while lying at her wharf Three
trains Of combustibles were laid and set
hire to, but they were discovered in sea
son.
A Democratic State Convention was
to meet at Benicia on the 10Th April to
nominate State officers. Governor Big.
Ter declines being candidate for rec.
lection.
The San Francisco members of Assem-
bly,, who had resigned, were all rc-choseu
by majority of nearly 1000
MIR. Murdoch, a merchant, was assas.
sluated at Shasta by gambler named
James Noland holland was hung by
the citizens on the same evening.
Herman G. Douw. of Waterbury. n.
Y was killed at Little York by the
caving in of bank.
The :. 5. Lewis was entirely broken
up in "a hours after she went ashore
No one of her passengers was injured
SAN FRANcIsco, April lathe mar
kets generally are quiet. Retail sales of
Gallego aud Haxall -four we're made at
81 II II, rs.
Pork clear, $685. 81. Hams Gle
Butter, choice, 3sc.
Considerable proportions of provisions
by late arrivals proved of inferior quail
ties, and purchasers refused to recei:e
them.
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DINNER TO JOHN P. HALE.-The
complimentary dinner to John p. Hale
took place at Boston on Thursday af.
ternoon and evening in the immense
hall over the Fitchbnrg Railroad depot.
Sixteen hundred people sat down to
the banquet, including about three
hundred ladies. Hon. John G. Pal
frey presided. Among the most dis
tinguished speakers were John p.
Hale, Cassius NJ. Clay, Charles Fran.
chs Adams, Judge Jay, of New York.
Horace Mann, Amos Tuck, Gen. Hen.
ny Wilson, and Mr.. Palfrey. The
company sat down at two O'Clock and
dispersed about nine o'clock.
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A NOVEL PHENoMESoy.-On the
afternoon of Tuesday, the 9TH inst, a
most singular phenomenon occurred in
the South part Of Royalton. While
1T was showing fast, and the wind high,
a white appearance in the air resem-
bling flock Of wild geese was first
observed, but soon it was ascertained
that it was balls Of snow collected in
the air by a thousand whirlwiads.
They increased ia size and number for
about 20 minutes, when they fell to
the ground, covering something more
than an acre. On examining the spot
where they fell, balls were found from
] TO 20 inches in diameter, but SO soft
that they would hardly hold to be
taken up.-G. M Herald.