The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-04-14
Few YORK CORRESPONDENTS.
! NEW YORK. April q, 1854.

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DEAR SAxDrls:-Always preferring en-.
tloy ment to idleness, ] again write you . la
comic epistle. hoping At the Fame Time By so
doing | may not trespass upon your time or
-patieuce. The weather here is most beauti--
full Spring begins " exhibit herself in all
her native ioveIinrss, and rest assured II is
appreciated here TO its fullest xlent by The
beau monde youth. Wealth. and beauty are
now to be seen in on. h. tcr.ge ni''us mass,
crowding the only .trret- of N-wYork.--T
look upon them ,ube might think that they
had heavy pockets unI light hearts. But
how different is the realty ~ ;nany cases. :
can form no opinion of character or stand
ing of persons in New Y. rk. With any assu-
rance of it's correctness For instance, la>t
Sabbath died at the ST. Nicholas with a
friend, and, to my astonishment, ct my left
I discovered my barber, (who lives on Dey
streeD slipping away ut his champagne with
all the air and dignity of a millionaire. /
have since found it 10 be Of every day occur
renee. a1rssls
recollect of having noticed in your paper
Of December lest, the arrival of one Col.
Rand in your city, and how proudly he stood
without the pale Of woman's sway. But be
not discouraged; $50 long as there's life
there's hope.' The Colonel has been pay
ing marked attention TO young lady Of this
city for some time, and having brought mat
ters almost TO a crisis, suddenly to his utter
establishment there arises an awful adversary
i'm the person of rival lover. The COL, to
prove his good intentions towards the young
lady, gave his rival genteel thrashing, with
promise not to repeat unless necessity re-
quired. Whereupon Capt. Andrews (uncle
TO- the young lady y took the affair finland
on Monday, and consequently received his
whipping, and rs the ultimatum, challenged
the Colonel for . duel. Ken,ucky's noble
son accepted the challenge and named the
preliminsrics, viz: With Western rifes-
60 paces--in Hoboken, at O'Clock on
Thursday yesterday. As per appointment,
the Colonel and his second were awaiting on
the ground the forthcoming Of one Il John
Bulls best, but he was not to be SEEN
Presently his second came bearing note to
the Colonel, with an apology which settled
that affair. The Colonel says he would moi
50 contend but for the misfortune that has
so often baffled him in the pursuit OF q wife.
He says there 10 young lady in Evansville
he would have willingly fought half dozen
duels for, cou d he have hoped to obtain her
heart and hand. have no doubt there are
dozen. He says he, like your Mr.. NJ,
has lost about $4,000 in disappointments,
and 10 now resolved to lose no more. So,
should the Col. not kill any one, and no one
kills him, and the girls mind shouldn't
change, will probably see him married
about the goth irst. %
The principal topic that is now engrossinc
the religious community OF the city 10 de-
bate upon the Scriptures, between q Mr..
Sawyer (Universalist) and a MI. Prescott
minister of the Baptist church). Subject
do the Scriptures teach the Universal Saba
tion Of all Mankind" The debate is tor 8
consecutive evenings, and TO q crowded
house. At times there is considerable tx.
element. They are both able men. un.
derstsnd this is the fourth controversy fol
Mr.. Sawyer. '' '' .-'- ~ .' '..'.
| No news OF moment. Flour being reship-
ped back from California TO New York, il
causing some Of the prophets To talk about a
pressure Of times. The business Of New
York this season has been comparatively
small. Many houses have not done ,nor.
than One.haIf " three-four,hs their ordinary
business, while some few have held their
own. The general feeling here j., that there
will be several failures in the mercantile de.
partment in New York this season. Mer.
chants have large stocks on hand with but lit.
tie trade, and their notes are out a nd must be
paid. ef"N" "fI
Wishing you success, am, very respect.
fully, yours, 'e.s.. 60 r.