The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-08-12
ITEMS FROM CAIRO,
B Y NJ o s E /.

CAIRO, Ill.,, Aug. 8, '53.
10 A Sunday school eacher here having
impressed the fact that God made everything.
on the minds of his scholars, desired that he
might be asked questions in continuation of
the subject. A little urchin, about six years
old, was first to speak.
Urchin-"Did God knit all the socks,"
Teacher-(At loss for proper explana-
tiOn) mo, my son, but"
Notwithstanding him) "Who made
the soap!"
"God!" exclaimed another little fellow,
evidently surprised at the stupidity of such
a question.
mo God didn't neither, and you never seed
Him make soap in your life" rejoined the 9TH
er "and I'll bet you He don't work at SOAP"
And so the dispute continued for at least
half an hour, the teacher vainly endeavor-
ing TO explain the providence of God in such
matters, while the scholars were endeavoring
to decide the matter, some way, by freely Of
fering and receiving bets.
0JTie shin-plaster law of this State
prohibiting the use of bank bills of a less de-
nomination than FIVE dollars, which were is
sued out Of the Statement into operation
the LIST inst. The people in this region find
ing it impossible from the scarcity of change
to obey the law, pay no attention to it
whatever, and have concluded to drum the
person who prosccutes for violation of it,
out of the State. The law is an outrage on
the people, and was only passed to throw IN
to circulation the abominabe trash Of the
Illinois banks, for hundred dollars of which
n some sections of the country you could
not buy respectable cup of coffee. The
people won't try to obey it, and l think they
are right.
" A broken-hearted wo man with an in
FAINT in her arms is now here awaiting con.
veyance back to the same roof from which
she. was taken a few years since full of bright
hopes, by one who had solemnIy vowed to
love, cherish and protect her. Bruised as she
is by his blows she YET. hopes for reconcile
ation-would return to his arms the affection
ate con6dng mate she has ever been if he
would relent; but his brute heart, devoid of
shame, of affection, of almost every human
characteristic, tells her GO! to go with a
helpless babe-blood of his blood-to feed
perhaps on the cold charities of the world.
How degrading to our race that such men
exist--how lamentable that poor, weak, con-
idiog woman can become the subject of their
coarse brutality
o. have been told that if do not cease
my itemica correspondence with the Journal
will give Cairo bad name Oh dear, how
direfully calami,ous!
1t has been said, and think very POLITICALLY
too, that cit is hard to spoil rotten egg,"
and this may answer my cautious friends who
are SO anxious to preserve ,Cairo's reputation
untarnished
People expecting to locate here, expect,
besides improving the country by erecting
dwellings and business houses, to improve
the state of society by establishing schools,
churches. hospitals and prisons. Society Is
unsettled here, that's certain, and all attic mpts
to hide the fact are simply ridiculous.
NThe Illinois Central Railroad Compa-
ny refused to transport liquors on their road.
Several attempts have been made 10 impose
upon the officers by means of false labels and
novel ways OF cOnveyances, but they have
generally been detected, 81. Louis Dem.
That's probably true to liquors designed
for erportation, but you may take my word
forit the company thinks too much of its re-
Putation to refuse to distribute liquors impor-
ted. They know the people here too well for
that.
HORSE THIEvEs.-Last week such facts
were disclosed as to establish the fact that
for eight or ten years this region of country
has been suffering from the depredatons of
regularly organized gang of horse thieves.
Eight or ten persons were arrested on susp.
cion and are confined in Jail. One of the
number - Columbus Smith has turned
States evidence, and besides the facts he has
already made known, promises the history of
the gang, his own connection with tin
short, full exposition of its villanious opera
tons since its organization. Rich disclo-
sures, therefore, may be expected, and if