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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-04-11
NUMBER 297.
CtLLANE0US.
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1OSH ADAMS a. CO.'S 1QSA
EASTERN q wEST.IOC9

7OS1 ADAMS CO.'S 1QSA
|lOCf.GREAT EASTERN 81 WEST OCf
EUE% ERN EXPRESS, Hsnuss Il
E1Skl For the rapid and safe convey " sss=zz6H
80 OF Money, Jewelry. valu 81. ns.ts1
go liable Packages and lightweight - = - =
generally. Arrangements having been made WIN the
Evansville and Charlottesville Railroad Company, Tor
running the Express their Road, the business Pus
lie of Evansville respectfully informed that mes
will be dispatched MONDAY morning, soth
and daily thereafter (except Sundays in charge o pack
ages and freight forwarded through Adams 0So'i 70
Vincennes, and Way Stations on the road.
An Iron Safe will be carried TO give greater security to
valuables, and in all goods devivered Immediate
ly ON arrival at either end. without extra charge. f
Co.'s Eastern Express have been extended % Etahs-
vile, and JOHN 5. MITCHELL appointed Agent there
for Merchants ordering goods from the Eastern Cities
wil nd great advantage in having them forwarded by
Adams Co.'s Express the time of which is rarely
Ave DAYS.
II Packages Of all descriptions, designed either
the East for the Vinccnnes route should be elf Mr.
Mitchells Counting Room, or If notice be given he will
send for them.
!. IL The Messenger, Mr.. JAS. REYNOLDS will be at
the train half hour before its time of starting, take
charge Of whatever may be offered there.
Evansville, Feb. le, "a. Qeb20ly) ADAMS e. co.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-04-11
BUSINESS CARDS.

HOHy G.. DEVEREUX, JR., Wholesale and Retail
ii dealer In Wall Paper Fire Screens Window bilnds,
Fessters Wrapping and Roofing Paper Lamps Phosgene
Gas etc., &C.. Main street, between First AID Second
str..ts laugi0 Iy
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-09

SMALL NoTE LAws.-The law lately
passed by the Legislature of Virginia, TO
drive out of circulation in that State
foreign small notes, is not received we'll
in some sections Of that Commonwealth.
The Philadelphia Ledger calls in guess
ion the wisdom of the hostility exhibited
10 the statute, and maintains that simi,
lar act, now in full force in Pennsylvania,
has had an excellent effec. upon the cur
rency Of that State, giving, IS that paper
says, scunder and more reliable cur
rency than that Of any other State in the
Union. Never before, since the creation
Of banks, we're gold and silver more
abundant, or more universally the cur
rency of all classes, than at this very
moment. Thousands of our smaller deal
ers do not see bank note from months
end TO months end. There are no losses
by discounts, and no apprehension among
The toiling masses Of breaking banks, for
the masses have little or no interest in
them. 1t says the law is one of the most
popular in the State.-Cin. Eng.
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-09
VOL. xIv.--No. %.

ANECDOTES OF PULAsKI.--The follow
ing interesting statement respecting the
Polish Count Pulaski, is said TO have
been handed down from some of the
revolutionary patriots who Witnessed the
transaction.
Pulaski, as is well known, was as adroli
a swordsman as he was perfect ia horse
tnanship, and he ever rode a powerful
and feet charger. In New jersey, in
the darkest hour Of our national adversely,
Pulaski was with small body of horse
men pursued BY large body OF British
cavalry, the leader OF which was good
horseman, and mounted nearly as well
as Pulaski. Pulaski rode in the rear of
his detachment, and the British captain
in advance of those he commanded.
The morning sun was shining brightly,
casting obique shadows, and as the pur'
sued party entered long narrow lane, /,
Pulaski having satisfied himself OF the
superior speed and command OF his horse
over that Of his pursuer, slackened his
pace, aud KEEP, his horse TO the side Of
the lane farihest from the sur. The
pursuing officer came up in hot haste,
his sword elevated SO as TO make the
decisive cut upon Pulaski as soon as he
could reach him. Pulaski rode as though
he heard not the advance upon him-yet
kept his eyes fixed upon the ground at
the side of his horse towards the sun on
Ais right. AS soon as he saw The shadow
of his pursuer's horse gain on him, and
found that tlo horse's head, by the sba-
dow, had gained about half The length of
his own horse's body, he gave the sudden
sword cut Of ST. George with his powerful
arm, ond saw the decapi'ated head Of the
English officer following the stroke.
His mathematical eye had measured
the short distance by the position Of the
shedow so accurately, and his position
giving long buc!; reach to his right arm,
while the cross stroke OF his pursuer must
have been at much shorter distance to
have taken cG'eci-,!lat The pursuing
officer lea, his head before lie suspected
tina, his proximity was known, or that a
blow was mt di,ated.
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-09

There is q great deal Of latent intelli,
gence in The world, which only needs q
little awakening, 10 be fully brought out
Witness the following colloquy:
"Anne,te, my dear, what country is
opposite to us, on the globes"
"Don't know, SIR"
"Well now," continued the perploxed
teacher, "if 1 were 10 bore hole through
the earth, and you we're TO &c, in at this
end, where would you come QUIT"
"Out Of the hole, sirr replied the pu-
pill, with an air Of triumph at having solv-
ed the great question.
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-09

A VALUABLE TABLE.-The Stale Su-
perintenden, of Weights and Measures
in New York, has compiled the following
table, which may be Of use TO those who
will take the trouble 10 preserve it. The
measurements are internal, and intended
to be epen:
A box 80 inches long, % 25 inches
wide, and l6 inches deep, will contain @
barrel, S bushels.
A box "a inches long, l6 inches wide,
and ID inches deep, will contain half a
barrel, 81 bushels.
A box 81 inches long, IL As inches
wide, and 8 inches deep; or IA inches
long, 10 As inches wide, and IL inches
deep, will contain a bushel.
A box IL inches long, l Is inches
wide, and 8 inches deep, will contain
half bushel.
A box s 2,5 inches long, s inches
wide. and 8 inches deep, will contain one
peck.
A box s inches long, s inches wide,
and 4 l-5 inches deep, will contain one
gallon.
A box 8 inches long, 4 l-5 inches
wide, and 4 inches deep, will contain
half gallon.
A box l-5 inches long, 4 inches
wide, and 4 inches deep, will contain one
quart.
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-09

A CoNFEssIoN.-The Louisville Jour>
nal says: 1t is undoubtedly Mue tha,
men are too often permitted TO take
vengence into their own hands in Ken
lucky, and are sustained by the "unwrl-
len law" but ii is also true that The same
condition Of things exist in all the south-
ern States. Those States have some
important virtues that the Northern States
have not, but they are less rigid in the
punishment OF man-kiIling. Wealth can
very frequently purchase exemption from
legal conviction for murder or man.
slaughter both in the North and in the
South, but in the South high social
position has very often proved itself suffi.
cenl fot the purpose.
We do not think an instance can be
named where man Of social position in
Kentucky has ever been hung or sen, to
the Peniientiary, for killing man in open
daylight, though there seemed 10 be very
aggravated cases of killing; and so far as
we know this is true of the whole South.
We doubt if a case can be named
where man in any Southern State,
enjoying high social position, has ever
been legally punished for killing in open
day, no matter what the circumstance.
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-09

DEATH OF PIzARRo.-"Thcy that take
the sword shall perish by the svord." p
BY the sword he had risen-by the sword
he was to perish; not on some we'll
tough, battle field, with shouts Of victory
ringiug i'll iiio ear: but in his palace hall,
by the acsassin's blade. In his own fair
capita! Of Lima, the City OF the Kings,
tho gem Of the Pacific; which had sprung
up, under bis auspices with incredible
Iapidity-for fixarTo seemed 10 impart
his vast euergyto all abou, him-a score
Of conspiIatofs, assembled a, the house
Of Alnaagro's son, plotted his death. 1t
was on Sunday, in June, ls4l, at the
hour Of dinner, that they burst into h,s
apartment with cries of "Death 10 the
syrant." A number Of visitors were with
him, but they we're imperfectly armed
and desoiied him, escaping by The wins
dows, end his hs!i>brother, Martinez de
AlcantoTa, two pages, and as many cava-
liess, wero oil who stood forward in de-
fence Of their chief. They soon fell
overpowered by numbers, and covered
with WOUNDS. But, Pizarro was not the
man neehly to meet his death. Alone,
without uEmor, his cloak around one arm,
hiS gcod G~oTd in his ,igh, hand, the old
hero kept his cowardly assaiIants at bay,
with vigor and intrcpidiiy surprising at
his advanced age. "What, ho!"he cried,
"Hai,ors! have you come to kill me in
nv own house?" And, as he spoke,
two of his enemies fell beneath his blows
Rada, (,he chief Of the conspirators,) im'
patient Of the delay, called out, "Why
are we 80 long aboutil? Down with the
tyran,!' and taking one Of his compa>
MONS, Narvaez, in his arms, he thrust
him against the Marquis. Pizarro, in.
slan!ly graphing with his opponent, ran
him through with his sword. But, al
that moment, he received a wound in
the throat, and Keeling, he sank on the
floor, when the swords Of Rada, and
several Of the conspiraiors, were plunged
into his body, "Jesu!' exclaimed the
dying man; and, tracing q cross with his
finger on the bloody floor, he bent down
his head 10 kiss it, when stroke, more
friendly than the rest, put an end TO his
existence .-BIdck,cood.
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-09
GRATEFUL YouNe AMERrcA.--A ds

GRATEFUL YoUNG AMERICA day
or two since, an adventurous boy, nuns
bering some len summers, undertook 10
skull skiff across The Ohio, from Cin>
einnati TO Covington. When little over
SaIf his voyage had been accomplished,
a German gentleman standing on the
Kentucky side saw the frail bark capsize
and the boy struggling in the angry tide.
In moment he divested himself of ceat
and boots and plunged into the stream
10 the youths assistance. He reached
him just as he was sinking for the last
time, and caught the youngster by the
head, on which the latter seized him by
the arm, and for moment both were in
danger Of being lost, Happily the gem
ileman possessed great presence of mind,
and gave the boy sudden kick, the
effect of which caused him TO release his
hold, and enabled his presctver 10 bring
him safely to shore. Again OH dry land,
Young America shook himself like true
water dog, and turning TO his preserver,
said ia emphatic tones, "What the ID
did you kick me for, you id old
Dutchman?"-.C Commercial.
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-09

DIFFICULT MUSICIAN those who are
fond Of simple music. in contradistnction
from what is called scientific" or "diffi,
cult" execuiioa-which Dr.Johnson once
said he wished was not only "difficult"
but impossible-will not be aLle to avoid
laughing heartily at the following picture,
drawn by that very graphic artist, Mr..
Sam Slick:
"Whal's thai? It's music. Well,thai's
artificial too; it's scientific, they say; it's
done by rule. Jist look at that gal 10 the
piany: first comes. a little Garman thun.
der. Good air'h and seas, wha: acrash !
1t seems as il she'd bang the instrument
all 10 thousand pieces. guess SHE'S
vexed at some body, and is peggin' i!
into the piany out Of spite. Now comes
the singin'; see what faces she makes;
how she stretches her mouth open, like
barn door, and turns up the white of
her eyes. like duck in "a thunderstorm.
She is in musical ecstasy; she feels
good all over; her soul is -goin' out
along with that ERE music. Oh, it's dl-
vine; and she is an angel, ain't she?-
Yes, guess she is; an6 when I'm an an.
gel, [ will fall in love with her: but as
I'm man, a, least what's left Of me, Id
jist as soon fall in love with one that was
a loetle more Of woman, and lesile less
Of an angel. But hello! what onder the
sun is she about! Why,her voice is goin'
down her own throat, TO gain strength.
and here il comes out ag'n as deeploned
as mans; while that dandy fellow along
side of her is a.singin' what they call fal-
setter. They've ac,illy changed voices!
The gal sings like man,and that scream
or like a woman! This is science: this
is taste this is fashion: bu, hang me if
ii's naiur'. Pm tired 10 death of it; but
one good thing is, you needn't listen
without You like, for every body is talk
ing as loud as ever"
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-09
AN IMMENSE C1rv-I.ondon ev,end

An IMMENSE CIrY.-London extends
over an area of 7s,O29 acres, or l22
square miles. BY the las, census its
population, which is rapidly increasing,
vas 2,362,236. If the city was sur
rounded by wall, having gate on each
Of its four sides, and if an immediate e..
vacuation Of the city was required, and
a column of persons four abreast should
pass out of each of the four gates, i,
could not be accomplished under twen-
~ four hours, by which time the head of
each of tie four columns would have ad-
vanced seUenty fine miles from their re-
spective gates.
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-09

When Fenelon was almoner 10 Louis
XIV, his majesty was astonisl,ed TO find
,one Sunday. instead of a numerous cons
gregation, only himself and the priest.
"What is the reason Of tllis?" said the
rkingp
81 caused il to be given OUT, sire," re-
piled he, "ihat your majesty did not oi>
tend Chapel to-day, tina, you might know
who came TO worship God, and who TO
flaiter the King"
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-09
CALIFORNIA AS 1T IS.

A correspondent, OF The Baltimore Sun
writes from San Francisco on the 18Th of
last month. Undoubtedly his story is
the true one, and persons who have been
medila;ing an excursion to the Pacific
with view 10 better their condition,
will do we'll to give this writer's state
ments due consiGe ratitn:
Believing that few lines giving
fair state Of uffairs in San Francisco, will
perhaps have good tendency, l will say
to you that nt the present time, in fact
for the last seven months, there has been
no place or city in the Union where there
is so much distress and want as in Cali
lornia. The store-houses are crowded
with goods, and in many instances the
pavemenls and vacant lots are used IN
! place of warehouses for storing goods,
and yet from one TO Two dollars per ton is
chatged parties consigning goods to this
marke, Tor storage, where they are aciuS
ally exposed 10 all the inclemencies Of
the weather, and become damaged SO
that when they are offered for sale scarce.
ly any price can be obtained for them.
AT the present time potatos are selling
at ten cents per busbel; onions at twen-
ty-fve cents, and in fact evafy other dis,
cripiion of goods about in proporlion.-
You may often see il state d that laborers
wages range from FIVE TO Ten dollars per
day, bu! can assure you that there are
in San Francisco thousands of mechan~
les willing to work for half of the above
named prices, and | candidly believe
that every day there are two thousand
men that do no, know when they get up
in the morning, where or how to obtain
their breakfast; and were it not for the
luncheons set out by the taverns o, elev-
en- o'clock one>half of them would be
hungry all day. | have found persons who
have told me that for Two or ,hree days
they have had nothing 10 eat except what
was picked up by them at the ,ayerns.
"What | have written is with a view
OF undeceiving those poor fellows who,
like others before them, would come out
10 crowd our city by every arrival, for
| can assure you that my firm belief is
that one half the population Of this city.
il they could rai,e the amount Of money
necessary TO carry them back home,
would leave this place by the first boat"
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-09

PArpERrsM IN New YoRK.-The to-
tai expenses incurred during 1858 in
the state of New York fur pauperism
we're $l,009,747. The number of pau-
pers relieved or supported was l30,0S7,
Of which 1857 were made paupers by
inlemperance. exclusive Of those in New
York city; and 5S,364 were reported in>
digeni and destitute, four-flihs of whom
were probably made SO by intemper-
ance.-American Messenger.
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-09

The whole number los, from the POw-
haitian was three bundled and eleven~
passengers, and twenty Einc of the crew,
making three hundred and and fony in
all. The number of bodies found and
buried a, the various places, IS about
one hundred and ffty-,hree, SO that not
one half have been found.
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-09

UNANlMITY.-"We must be unanim.
eus," said Hancock, on the occasion OF
signing the Declaration of Independ-
ence;" there must be no pulling differ.
en-, ways" eyes," answered Franklin,
1--WE must all hang together, or most as
suredly we shall all hang separately.
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-09

A judges duty is to snub the counsel
on both sides. and bother The jury by
furnishing them with third method oi
looking at the case. We got this from
wag who once went TO law to get dam
ages, and he got what he went after,
enough to last him his lifetime.
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-09

Diogenes being at Olympia, saw at that
celebrated festival some young men Of
Rhodes magnifcenily arrayed. Smiling,
he exclaimed, "This is PRIDE" After
wards meeting with some Lacedemonians
in mean and sordid dress, he said, "And
this also is pride"
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-09

Baron Ro,hschild while complaining TO
Lord Brougbam Of the hardship Of not
being able 10 take his seat, said, "You
know was the choice Of the people,"
To which his lordsbip replied, $50 was
Barabas.'
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-09

A man said to another, (which is the
heaviest, a quart of rum or quart of
water?" "Rum, most assuredly, for l
saw a man who weighs two hundred
pounds, staggering under quart Of rum,
when he would have carried gallon of
water with ease"
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-09

BENEvoLENcE.-It is stated Of Gener-
al Putnam that he planted, in his native
town in Windham county, Conn.,, mile
of appIe.trecs IN the highway, SO that
",be poor nigh, have apples as we'll as
The rich"
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-09

A WAR FORCE AT HoME.-Indepen>
dent Of the immense naval force England
has in actual service, !here is force in
reserve at Portsmouth, Davenport, Cha
than and Sheerness, Of l6l effective
ships of the royal navy, carrying not less
than 6,s07 guns; and there are 80 other
vessels building, which are intended to
catry $3.50 guns.
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-09

You can dye red with either chchineal,
madder, Brazil wood, or archil; the latter
are generally preferred for common dyes.
Alum is all that is required 10 fix color.
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-09

Hannah More aaid to Horace Wal.
pole, GIL wanted to puaish an enemy,
il should be by fastening on him she
lroubls Of constantly hating somebody :"
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-09

When has a man right to scold bis
wife about coffeef When he has more
ihan suficien, grounds,
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-06-03
AUDIToRs OFFICE, PERRYsBURG,
Nav %. 1854.

certify that the foregoing laws are cor
rect according to the copies certified to by
the Secretary of State and furnished to this
office by the contractor for publishing the
laws in newspapers.
J. N. WESTCOTT,
Auditor Wood County.
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THE PERRYSBURG JOURNAL.
Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section


thirteen of "an act prescribing the duties of
county treasurers," passed March twelfth,
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one,
be, and the same is hereby SO amended as to
read as follows: Section l3 That the
county treasurer shall, Immediately after re-
ceiving from the auditor Of his county, du-
plicate of the taxes assessed upon the prop
erty of such county, cause notice to be posted
up in three places in each township through
out the county, one of which shall be the
place of holding elections in the township,and
also to be inserted in some newspaper having
general circulation in his county for six sue
cessive weeks specifying particularly in said
notice the amount of tax levied on the du-
plicate for the support of the State govern
ment for the payment of interest and prin-
cipal of the public debt; for the support of
State common schools; for defraying county
Expenses; for the repairing Of roads; for keep
ing the poor, for the building of bridges
for township expenses, and for each other
objects for which taxes may be levied on each
dollar valuation; also, on what day the treas
urer or his deputy, will attend at the place
of holding elections in each township for the
purpose of receiving such taxes; and the
treasurer or his deputy shall attend for the
purpose aforesaid, on the day, and at the
place named in such notices; and shall at
tend at his office at the seat of justice, until
the twentieth of December to receive taxes
from persons wishing to pay the same; Pro-
vided, that the county commissioners of any
county, at their stated meeting in June, in
any year, if they shall deem it necessary for
the convenience of the citizens of any town
ship or townships in their county, to enable
them to pay their taxes, without attending
at the county seat, may make an order, re-
quiring the county treasurer to attend one
day in such township, or townships for the
purpose of receiving taxes, and shall notify
the treasurer thereof. and the treasurer shall
be bound to attend accordingly, and shall
state III the notices to be given as aforesaid,
on what days he will attend in said township
or townships, for that purpose.
Sec. 2. Original section thirteen of the
above recited act, "and the fifty-second sec
ton of the act for the assessment and taxa
ton Of all property in this State, and for lev
ying taxes thereon according to its true val
ue in money" passed April 13, 1852.
F. G. LEBLOND,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
ROBERT LEE,
President of the Senate, pro TEN.
May 1st, 1854.
| T1OQl AN ACT
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oTEnd Of the Laws !
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-06-03
F, c. LEBL0ND,
e House of Representatives,.
ROBERT LEE,

President Of the Senate, pro tenn.
May lst, 1854.
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1OO -AA' ]ASA
Supplementary to an act to provide for the
assessment and taxation of all property in
this State, and for levying taxes thereon
according to its true value in money, pas
sed April l3, 1852.
Sec, l. Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of the State of Ohio, That in any
county in this state, where it shall prove i'm
practicable for assessors to complete their
assessments for the year eighteen hundred
and tifty-four, within the period limited in
" an act for the assessment and taxation OF
all property in this state, and for levying
taxes thereon according to its true value in
money" passed April thirteenth, eighteen
hundred and fifty-three, it shall be lawful for
the auditor of said county to extend the time
for such assessment, till the fifth Monday in
May; and in all such cases the meeting of
the county board of equalization shall take
place on the second Tuesday after the fourth
Monday in Nav