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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-08-31

%1f you would be pungent, be brief. for
it is with words as with sunbeams, the more
they are condensed, the deeper they burn.
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WE have on Aaaa . supply
Of those FIaE PRoo1 SaSss.
which We offer stlew egarss.
Fer their sspsrter qua1i-
ties. we refer 10 New Yerk
and yirgisis State Stock
Bank. Crescent City Bank.
q. Copeland. Broker aad
|Raaksr. J. b. Naghss +
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HoRNBRooK & CHURCHILL. Agents.
Water street. Evansville Ind.
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Il. NELSON

VXTATER street Evansville Indiana. Auctioneers
wv andComm mission Merchants. Manufactures Agents.
Dealers in Dry Goods Furniture Chairs Clocks Looking
Glasses Picture Frames Notions &c. Particular atten
ton given thessle OF all descriptions of Goods heeu
lar Sales every Tuesday, Thurs lay and Saturday Cash
advances made Cohsignmehts.
aug 23ly WOOLSEY & NELSON.
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STAIR OF INHIANA

- priees by l. SILL herman.
go Main street. Z door below Branch Bank
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vUNENNEssEH MONTY bought by
Il syI3 5. 3. GILBERT a. co.. sye. near Water
SILVER PLATED sewing Birds and super Sewins Nee
- dies forsale by s22 A. C. PUsHEE
HAY.-iso bales Timothy, for sale low BY
ey2s GEO. FOSTER co.
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AU CTIO N.
woOt.2EY n NEl.GON.

ID. WOOLSkY.
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FURNlTURE.

FURNITURE.
COFAS, Divan, Center. dining, Breakfast and Card
y Tables, Walnut and Mahogany Plain and Dressing
Bureaus; Rose Wood Marble top Dressing do encesed
and plain Wash Stands Lounges, Bedsteads and Mat
resses. Also large and general assortment OF ood
Cane and Hair seat Chairs, for sale low by
augs3lyd WOOLSEY q NELSON.
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ia d A. blh'd shirt
ing & sheeting.... 1ai0t
81 40 DO do l0al2i
Adams blue and or
snge prints. ...... . a9b
Robson * Merimack
blue and Orange
prints. ............ 8 al0
Sprague d Aliens
madden prints. 80. 9al02
Fancy light & dark
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50Os y doz 5 y ct on Z,
COOS y doz do do
eOps g doz do do
~ The lowerprices above
arenentioned, are forfull p,
siuallwhOlesale.
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lNREAT CHANCE FOR SPECULATf0N.-Six Lots foi
" SALE situated in Evansville beyond the Raiirad DE
Four Of these have Frame Houses them and other
wise improved They well situated TOR resdences heinz
convenient business and only about iron Main
offered in these lots they
SOLD. Those wanting cheap places Or @
ns 6ne opportunity ofspecuiaton had better apply imme
Aely One 81 these houses especially de-
srabs redehes Ft further particulars apply at this ocs
el6-u
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lEN oerusn Families 20 Riehland Iron Furnaces
.a.t sns''e'''A f''''''' 'se''4' eE6 FOSTER co.
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ETIQUETTE IN CHINA.

At recent meeting, Sir John Bow.
ring said, speaking Of the customs Of the
Chinese Certainly IN that eOuntFy
there is much to learn; and much no
doubt, we see there to avoid but much
We discover there which may instruct
You perhaps know that there is no lady
in China, who aspiYes to high position
in her country, who does not look upon 10
as a great accomplishment and great
pleasure not to be able to walk. 1have
seen beautiful women carried 70 their
marriage ceremonies On the backsof their
slaves, wholly unable to walk from enc
end of room to the other. / remem-
Der once travelling with great manda-
rim in China, who said to me, is it true
that in your country there are ladies with
great feet, who know how to behave them
selves?' I replied that I knew many.
He said, 1T is very curious indeed; We
never get any of the sort in China No.
long ago an English lady, friend OF
min e, was introduced into high society
in Canton, and the Chinese ladies, not
having seen an English woman before,
were very curious to look at her feet
They said, 1T is very STANCE; she has
very good manners what wander it ia
that such savage as that should be able
to behave herself in good society, Look
at her great feetl What could her fath-
er and mother be thinking OF, to let her
grow to this size, and to let her feet grow
with her person p One of the China la
dies observed, To be sure she knows how
to behave herself; but you know she haa
been in our company for some time in
Canton That is trait of Chinese bar
barism."
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CHAPTER ".

In that time of trouble and of unex-
ampled events, the mind received i'm
pressions in different manner from what
it had ever done before. The stern
gloom that hung over the future, the
hazard upon which life was suspended,
the close contact with universal death,
and the desperate struggle by which it
was STAYED off, gave to all things new
character; and the scene of the last
chapter was but one of the series of
deadly and dreadful excitements which
were now the habit of every day. The
solemn frame of mind which it induced
in Ellen, was of piece with the solemn
nature of their existence, and she could
talk of it with her husband at any time,
and not disturb the natural bent which
their conversation took. They searched
the immediate neighborhood for the
habitation of the unhappy mother and
her family; and the marks of her foot
steps on the dust of the soil enabled
them to trace her to Hope, village in
the plain, two miles, or rather more,
from the Peak. She and her husband
had used the church for their habitation,
and it seemed had employed the same
kind of preoaution as Paulett to defend
it, and conceal that it was their dwelling
One entrance only was left, and the 9TH
er apertures blocked up; but all care
was useless now, for death had set them
free from pain and fear. On bed be-
side the alter lay the body of a man,
over which was spread cloak cf fur and
velvet, which in the lifetime Of the world
would have been most precious. His
eyes were decently closed, the curtains
of the bed drawn round him, and the
pillow which supported his head was
marked with the pressure of another
head, and with moisture ~hich could
only have been the tears of his wife,
The floor of the church was in confusion,
like the dwelling of one too much dis
traeted with trouble to attend to what
did not relate to it; but there was ccrn
which had served for food, and fuel heap
ed on the stone which ha6 been hearth
there was a drawing of lovely wo-
man and of beautiful place, but these
were cast into a corner, probably by the
irritable hand of despair. On a table
stood empty cups, which had long, per-
maps Deen ury-tne glass VI oho Aau
been shivered, and the fragments lay on
the floor; there were only few books,
neglected and covered with dust. In
the churchyard were the marks Of three
recent graves-one of them had a stone
at its head, on which was carved with
care the name of Alfred, and the soil
was fenced and supported with sticks SO
as to preserve its shape over the body
probably it was that of the first child
whom the parents had committed to
dust. Another was more hastily pre-
pared, and no superhuous labor had
been bestowed upon it. This must be
the last, when heart and health were
both fai ing. -Paulett and Ellen kneeled
and prayed beside them, and rejoioed
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$40 90

IS ut was luxurious that head had no.
by Zen reared with the expectation of dy-
aPng on bed of rocks. Ellen burst into
Hooo of tears, and wrung her hands as
she stood by, looking on what she had
done. The woman lifted her eyes; and
tried to form her lips into smile; she
no longer felt any vehement passion, and
the torment of thirst was now only one
ofthe pangs of death. Her eyes wan
dered to the water, but when Ellen
moved to bring some, she stopped her.
"No: it was for him. He is at ease
now. You did right. Don't grieve. "
Forgive me-" said Ellen, kneelins
down at her side.
"0h yes the poor precious babe suf.
fers no more. 1wasmad, you said truly
In that. l nursed him at my breast till
his lips grew dry even there; we lived
not far from your cavern, and I have
seen you, and been glad You had water.
We had some. WEI Yes, is not nv
husband dead ? and my boy is dead too |
See, there is blood on his face; wipe it
away; he will die else" Ellen's sobs
caught her wandering attention. I re-
member now, you killed him; oh good
angel, guardian angel you have killed
him, and there is only to suffer. He
is gone from this dear, dear body; I
wish it did not look 30 like him still
and it looks in pain too-it looks thirsty.
Ellen hid her own face on the moth
er's shoulder for an instant-her chill
dren had awakened at the noise of the
pistol, and they were out of bed and
clinging around her; her sorrows reused
theirs, and the sound of their lamenta-
tions reached the dying woman's ear.
"There are my children crying. Alasl
I tho't they were all dead.
"They are mine, said Ellen
"Yours are at rest, yours are all dead"
Thank God |" said the mother and
though the words were earnest, the voice
was faint; all the effort of nature was
in them, but they came feebly from her
lips. After that, indistinct sounds and
murmured names only were heard her
breath came in gasps, and at longer and
longer intervals, till the faint shudder-
ing of her limbs ceased by degrees, and
after it had been insensible to the world
for a while, the spirit quilted it forever.
Ellen's heart died within her her SEN
ses were troubled, snd she pressed her.
self in Paulett's arms without knowing
when he came, or being surprised that
he was there. Oh Paulette " she
said at last, 81 have not done wrong,
but it is so dreadful ! :" Paulette soon
gathered from her all that had happened;
and gazed with pity OH what had once
been beautiful form, but reioiced that
it suffered no longer, Ellen, shuddering,
arranged the dress, composed the limbs,
and, with thousand tears, placed the
infant on that breast, which had been SO
faithfully its mother to Ahc last. And
there they slept, mother and child-the
day of trouble ended for both.
"My poor Ellen" said Paulett, 81
wish it were thou and my children who
were there at rest ?" and Ellen pressed
her Charles and her Alice to her heart,
and would have been glad if they had
indeed been dead.
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CHAPTER II.

Paulett now exerted himself to col
leet all the diamonds that remained
without owners, in the neighborhood.-
and took thence the jewels which he had
neglected in his retreat from it, but
which were now as precious as water
He found no great store even after ran
sacking all the houses within reach, and
determined to undertake long journey
in search of more. The basin in the
cavern continued to yield scanty sup
ply of water, and Paulett extracted
small quantity firm his stones He
made what provision he could for his
family before setting out; and for his
own necessities took the smallest possible
portion in silver vessel, which was
about his person. 1t was strange part
ing between his wife and him, both of
them feeling and saying, that alive they
should probably not meet again: yet
death was SO near them constantly, and
was so far better than life, that his pres
ence had grown familiar; and it was only
the mode in which he would come that
made them anxious Paulett perishing
alone of thirst was the fearful image TO
Ellen, and Ellen and her children wait
ing for him in vain, dying one after
another for want of his help, was the
dread of Paulett. They stood in the
cavern, and blessed their children with
the same prayer for the last time. The
little ones received and returned his
caress. and Paulett quilted the cavern
and set out on his uncertain expedi-
ton.
The face of the country was so much
changed that he had some difficulty in
making his way. The vivid colors of
the earth were all gone, and in the place
of them was the painful greyness of the
dead trees, and the yellow of the parched
soil. Nothing was overthrown in ruins,
but all stood dead in it's place. The
shapes of men and animals only lay
strewn upon the earth. The human
beings were comparatively rare they
were the last survivors of the destroy
ing drouth whom there had been none
to bury; but these at length had died
by hundreds, and in places their bones
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dpoetrp.
rHE FLowERs--wHX WE BLOOM.

y LIZ ~ GAk8as ~ n W L BA@OOH9s
by GRowLER.
We bloom on the mountain. the slope. in the dell.
By the streamlet SO playful and pure,
The honey bee woos us-sh il loves Us well,
And eonstant-unliks human woer.
UnIikeI yes. unlike for, in glades which we
scent,
we've heard vows when nights our leaves glist-
ened;
And-we've wept dew for maidens, dropping
they went.
Repenting that ever they listened.
But why do we Gloom. Ali ye mortals. come
hither
From your pestilent work shops OF gold,
Come hiiherl come hitherl before ye all witheri
Then, why we bloom you will be told.
You'll be told that we bloom for poor m,n. care
opprest-
And were scattered with Bountrful hand,
For the butterfie's home, near the merry BIRDS
To glad and perfume every land.
But re know this ye feel this forget ye the day,
When rogue Cupid exerted his powers,
How a fair girl bestowed, In her own winning way,
Nectar thanks for-her beautiful howers7
And have ye ne'er seen, In some howell, where Wo
Had dismantled the heart, and the room,
Some sweet gentle flower which attempted to blow
To cheer Poverty's wretched doom.
But the eity's place for poor, delicate flowers.
where man, cen strong man. drooPs too early
Oh ! drag not there but come out 'twixt the
showers,
emit 4, ffrne Tire,a buriv hurIv
Now. will ycs not come (usughty folks. dread.our
ire)
When you know we're bedecked but for you;
We vain wO will pout won't you come and
admire
Our robes, CRIMSON. gold, lilac and blue
Hs -s.-. not sow F0u come foot 1t. carriage or
carts;
Come high-Iow-rieh and poor-great and
small;
We bloom not for coats; no-we're bloomiug for
Hearts,
Our Maker said, =. Bloom ye for ALI"
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You and 1 could bear it, if they
were gone," said Paulett, glancing al
them and withdrawing his eyes.
Oh, yes said Ellen pressing neal
to him, and taking his hand in both hers
They were silent, and they heard the
children talking as they played.
"There is king Alexander" said
Charles setting up pebble" he is GO
ing to dinner. Put out the dinner,
Alice
Alice set out several other pebbles be-
fore King Alexander.
E" And he has got great feast. There
is plenty of water, more than he can
drink; and he drinks, drinks as much
as he likes, and still there is plenty OF
water when he goes to bed.
" Poor children L can't bear it, " said
Ellen.
"Oh, Ellen, it would have been bet
ter never to have given them birth u
said Paulett.
No-not that, said Ellen, sitting
down again; though they must suffer,
they are better to be; wbeh this suffer
ing has dissolved their bodies-on the
other side of these mortal pains there is
ease and happiness. %
True, true, dear Ellen" said Pau
lett r" it Is only difficult to die ~
lie held her hand, aud while he did
SO, his eye fastened On diamond ring
which she wore. She observed his fixed
look.
=" You give me that when we little
thought how it was we should part
when l was bride-aud there was ali
the pleasure and business of the world
round US. It hardly seems as If we
were the same creatures.
g No, we are not for am thinking,
concerning that ring which you were new
er to part with, whether could not coz
vert the diamond into water. +"
How, Paulett ?"
81 can't explain it to you; but it has
just crossed my mind that it is possible
and if SO, there are still plenty of jewels
i'll the Morld to keep US alive.
He drew off the ring as he spoke, and
went into the interior OF the cave, with
or Ellen followed him. There was fire,
and some apparatus belonging to Paulett,
which he had used in experiments upon
the decreasing water of the basin. He
knocked the stone out of its setting, and
applied himself to decompose it over the
fire. He put forth all his skill and all
power, and was successful; the diamond
disappeared, and there remained few
drops of water He looked at his wife
and smiled; she raised her eyes to his,
astouished and pleased, took the cup
from his hand, and looked at the precious
metamorphosis.
I'm give it to the children" she said,
and was going away; but he stopped her.
" No, Ellen, there is not enough to do
any good; you aud 1 will drink each
others health in it," and he put the
cup first to her lips, and tken to his own.
" God bless you, my Ellen " he said
g my wife-I pledge you again with that
diamond. The first drop of water comes
from the stone that pEgh:ed my faith to
you, and may it bring you health and
happiness yet. "
God bless you, my husbandl If we
could but die now !"
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with death (! Must they die in drunken
ness, in madness worse than beasts ?"
Then his own thirsty eyes fixed on the
table, where, in the light of the sun, the
water sparkled, and gave rainbow rays.
He forgot all beside in the impulse
which urged him to seize and drink-to
drink the first draugh-to satiate his
throat with water. lie drank and re-
vived, and then blamed himself for
yielding SO pasionately to the impulse
which was now passed away; and as it
passed the horror of the scene around
him acquired greater force: and he
longed to be out of its influence. He
made haste to collect all the jewels
around him, and when he had done,
found that his burden was as much as
he could safely carry. He went hastily
out of the room, as if any of those figures
could rise and follow I'm, and fasten the
door against him, where the crime had
been wrought. He hastily crossed the
marble halls and gilded rooms, and came
out in the sun-light-the splendid, sol
emn sunlight that looked upon burnt
up world
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LATER FROM MExIco.-.Advices from
Mexico to the Goth ult., announce that
the insurgents had captured the town Of
Litacuraro, in Michoacan, and seized
the garrison, all the arms and muni,
tions of war, 60. Gen. Alvarez had
his head quarters at Providencia, and
the Government troops, it is said, bad
been defeated in several engagements
Everything appears to foreten the err
ly downfall Of Santa Anna
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The same Course for Ladies
Twenty Lessons i'll Practical Penmanship
For full Course IN Flourishiug, &C..
The Principal OF the institution, guide'
wants and experiences of the Mercantile CO
ty has hrecently secured some of the ablest
the State as Instructors and Lecturers in
rious departments of the College n
The Prof. of the Science of Accoun' 4
an experience of eight or nine years Ich
ciaI Affairs, alternating his time. pap1nds
er, in the Mercantile Colleges of CT
burgh and Cleveland, and partly as %etS-
keeper in the best Business HouseOau1ett
These rare qualifications, yet so
seldom found in our Mercantile away
able this College to imTe.f brt bara
knowledge of the real nj
Theoretical Booi.- Keep'pIrit before it
Oif The ls a Subject ''t Of cTn region, it knew
have more rromiIsKed himself where.
Iions Voted Gi to t4S ii, - said he, "and they
the tn IT. the a.ed; could not they have
SIsfleir time. and taken natience
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G0afatiollal.
EohsoAG,9 -
MERCANTILE COLLEGE.
-~~~-C CLEVELAND, OHIO. --.
INCORPORATES MAY 8, 1854.

INCUR POHATED NIAE z 8, 1871.
FACULTY.
E. G. FOLSOM, A B., priucipal Teacher of Practi-.
cal and Ornamental Pcnmanship.
Z. p. GOODNuGH Superintendent Prof. of the
Theory and Practice Of Keeping, and Lee
turer ON Mercantile Customs, General Laws of
W. Il. HOLSTER, Assistant in Book Keeping De.
GEo WILEY ,THoS. Il. HAY and D. B. PREMLAa
of the Cleveland Bar, Lecturers on Mercantile
Law. = -
LIE ;turers on Polite al Economy. .f Iz
r. +. HUMISTON, Lecturer on the History of Com
merce and the Art of Computation.
--tl- VISITING COMMITTEE.
a. G. rownweH. Andrew Frcese,
John Waring, John sherman,
T. C. Severance, d. L. Eels,
Harmon l.. Chaplin, /. r. Hay,
Truman p. Handy, John l.. severance.
S. II Mather, G. w. Safrod.
TERMS.
For the Marcantile Course. TEle unlimited: $40 90
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Nc KING II T & KIN G
5EFAT EXCITEMENT!
BUrrER1 SIX AuEzDI

rIIHE undersigned begs leave to inform the citi-
i zens Of Ashland, and the surrounding county,
that he has Just received at his Stove and Tin ware
establishment in Ashland, a LARGE AND SPLEN-
DID assortment of the best and most improve"
pRtteru
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ASHLAND, ASHLAND COUNE
~ E = q a 4 g. 4 /.
gbo wish great bargains, are il

of the shadow n and examine my Stock T. goods
- - LL very fast, and you may not have
oh Eer nus sDah opportunity secure your goods at
arm round hSigures. An kinds of
thinking of 70 UNT,R Y PRODUCE,
Ellen = and auy thing the Farmer has to sell, will
.; :; > =k en- in exchange for goods
'iie 10 o Don't forget the piace-the old Brick
melt witt -cr, East of the McNulty House.
the confag, G. w. BASSFoRD.
III - . tland Aug I6, 1854. nl2f
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3 BURNS

may be among those the-. oS foco-n,iDr tne nnb,ic
remain, and may be spared Ins -s,e Just received
of this thirsty death. !" sud Summer
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WTLLIAM AALSTON,

WATCH AND CLOCK MAKER. Post Of
4A w hee Building, Main street, Ashland,
EAOhio. Gold and Steel Pens, and choice
oElAi Svariety Of Jewelry, kept eonsahtty on
hand November Esd, 1858. Soli
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JHwELDRS, DO.
I. n. GO0DFELLOW

i. n. GOODFELLOw,
"a VTATCH MAKER AND JEWEL
w ER, Dealer in Watches. levy
f1FM elTy. Clocks, Yankee Notions. &c;
NJ II Watches and Clocks repaired and
warranted. Highest price paid for
Gold and Silver. Opposite the
4sEisad. Ohio. sOtf Dec 4, 1853.
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Hames and HSS I'LL III
on that accou.. AND
1t is perhaps The W GOODS!l

EGG &G 9
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1854-06-15

A REMNANT OF ANCIENT SUPERsTITIoN.-A
German, known as Dutch Charlie, was recent
ly murdered in Colorado county. Texas. As
the body was surrounded by people, an Irish
man proposed that those present should sue
cessively place their hands upon the body of
the deceased-belieying that, whenever the
murderer touched it, the wounds would COM
mence bleeding anew. The suggestion was
acted upon, and, sayes correspondent of the
Richmond Texas Inquirer, as soon as a man
named Hiltebrant applied his hand, the blood
began to flow. Hiltcbrant was arrested, and
shortly afterwards committed suicide by hang
ing himself.