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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-05-28
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Consistency OF the ADMINISTRATION
M Ef PressV

These Januses OF the Administr alton Prese.
have not lost q particle Of the trickery Of
their tactice, but il anything are becoming
daily more brazen In their practical applica-
ton. The administration press North, are
side by side with the New York Tribune in
laboring to incuIcate the idea that the Amer
lean party north, is but the Northern wing
of the pro-slavery party south. 1t is anus
ing to see how zealously these "strange bed
fellows" work in the traces together. AS
you approach Mason and Dixon's line. and
cross it, you find the Old Line press, labor
ing with zeal equaled only by their North
ern brethren, to teach the people that Know
Nothingism and Abolitionism are identical.
The fact is, the American party will not
affiliate with either of the opposing allies.
but, independent and national in ito in.
stincts aud purposes it scorns their trucking
tactics, and thus calls down their vengeance
in any manner best adapted to the latitude.
II the Administration presses thought less Of
''party" and more Of "country," they could
not be guilty Of the Inconsistency which
: now renders them sntipodes in everything
but the desire for victory for the sake Of the
"spoils." 1t is the fear that the American
party will nationalize itself and overthrow
the corrupt cabals that have long been trif
ing with the government, for the aggrandize
ment of few leading demagogues, thai
causes this unholy alliance between Ole
Liners, Abolitionists and everything else
The signs of the times are, that the late
fusion will sink to rise no more forever, ant
$50 mote it be-"
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GA recruiting officer is here endeavor
ing to fill up scavalryregiment. i,t

!. SEED CoRs.-Dr. Wood has procured a
quantity Of the Flint, White and Yellow
corn from Michigan. which he will furnish
his neighbors with, for seed at the price Of
cost and carnage. 1t is far superior to the
kinds Of field corn raised here, for table use.
being much sweeter and not 90 strong. Il
will also do with late planting. and every
farmer or gardener should certainly raise
enough OF it for family. use. He has left
semc At Cooks Family Grocery. Tor sale.
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~ We believe 4 Il has hitherto been ger

or We believe It has hitherto been gem
orally supposed that feathers werea perfect
conductor Of electricity, and therefore,
that persons lying upon them were quite safe
from any Of the freaks of ligh, ming. A case
is reported in Redford. Mich. however.
which Isin contradiction of this theory II
is stated by the Detroit ADVERTISE, that
house in that town was recently struck by
Ilightning, the fluid passing down lightning
rod nearlyto the ground, thence through the
side of the building along the ]oIsts, up the
posts of bedsssnd. throughss tsather pillow,
over the bodies or man and his wife, and
thence to the earth. Itmade hole through
the piIIows singing the feathers in it's course.
and badly burnsd the unfortunate pap1snd
woman. who .thought themselves psfe on 1
feather bed. ssai issiil .ssli.sss =
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NJ When Martin Eastwood was lbrout ~
up to receive his sentence, al Rochester, ~.
the murder of Edward Brereton, he said. 81
did NOT intend to kill the man. ] had been
using intoxic sting liquor. He struck me
with stone. and Ihave no distinct recoliec-
ton Of the acts, which followed. have no
Remembrance OF making any such threats
as have been proved here before me. Uu-
fortunately / struck him. ;, was msddened
and beside myself. do noi blame the Court
or jury for what they have here done. / AN
innocent of an intention OF murder. God
knows am innocent"
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EXTRAORDINARY sSuIcIDE.AEnelish pa
pers mention the suicide of Mr. Roy lstone,
who ten years ago, was worth one hundred
and fifty thousand pounds sterling, which he
has since squandered in the eradication of
his apPetites He adngentsin China, Mex
leo, Canada, and other places, to supply him
with the rarest delicacies--and a single dish
sometimes cost him fifty pounds. AT length.
on the 10Th of last April, nothing was left
him bat solitary guinea, shirt. and bat
tered hst. He bought woodcock with the
guinea. which he had served up in the high.
est style Of the culinary art. He gave him
self hours for an easy digestion, and then
jumped into the Thames from Westminster
bridge. So tsss 81 -. I.Ls.s.,a.. ..51x
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Divine ron AK IrEm.-.Une Of the editors

Divine ron AN IrEM.-"Une Of the editors
of this paper enjoyed the rare felicity of q
cold bath in the raging canawl' last even
ing. He had gone to the collectors Office
in quest of items, and. 10 coming out, rather
greenly mislook the weighlock Tor the side
walk into which he walked with the most
phiiosoPhic elaboration. He found cot his
mistake however, utter <sw allowing a couple
quarts of the waters Of that delectablc in.
slitution' and measuring with his corporos-
lily q couple fathoms Of water. vigorous
use OF his hpnds end feet enabled him to keep
his head above water and an equally vigorous
use OF his iungs brought to his rescue a most
timely assistance. He is moreover OF the
belief, and has che frankness TO express il,
that had such assistance arrived few mo-
ments later he would be spared the trouble Of
Iindsting this pregnant itemsaDd society d.
Privs6 Of a pitludble member His private
opinion Is that, although the, canal is an ex.
ceIlent public concern, the species Of prac-
| lieal, coast surveys. In which he indulged il
rather Sishy, as well as uncomfortable.
..'s. = $50 fs,.s5 1ss ~ 3 Utica Htr0ld.
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The following from the New Albany Tri-
bune is worthy the consideration Of those
interested in the formation, of Libraries here:
Some twelve or fifteen years since, a Mr..
Mcclure OF New Harmony, Indiana, died
leaving operty to the amount ofnesrly Re n
million, which by the terms of his will " ~
bequesthed in sums Of five hundred dollars
to associations of mechanics and laboring
men, and those "who earn their living BY the
sweat Of their brow" ESQ the will reads,) foI
the purchase OF libraries. Any such associa.
ton having . lecture room.s one. humid ed dol
lars' worth Of books, is entitled to the benefits
oil the will. sxlss,
By some means the case vas taken ibp1
the courts. where il was pending for q num-
Der Of years. Recently, the matter was decid.
ed by the Supreme Court. and Judge Alvin
p Hovey, administrator with the will an.
nexed is now complying with the provisions
Of the will The association in this city will
await itself of this liberal bequest, and I,
would be well II similar associations would be
formed throughout the State, for like pur.
pose. The adminirtrator. would prefer tina,
the entire amount of,hc bequest be expended
in this State, but associations out Of the State
are not precluded hom its benefits. In Pc.
sey county, we understand, some ten OF
twelve associations have been formed snt
have each received their Eve hundred dollars.
II seems to us that two or three associations
might be formed in this city with ease One
would be hardly enough for a place OF this
size.
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T We observe that there il to be q
new novel BY Fanny Fern, the publication
of which will commence in the New York
Ledger about the lst of June. The New
York Mirror says: we have heard, although
we can hardly credit the same, that. the
publisher of the Ledger pays the enormous
sum Of one hundred dollars a column for the
story. The forthcoming novel must be one
Of Fanny's choicest productions and possess
much Of real merit to command such an un.
precedcnted price, from experienced and en-.
terprisng publishers. We are pleased to
witness the promised success Of the deserved.
ly popular authoress, and hope the publisher
may be equally successful. IfenA ,zs.ffr
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-05-28

THE FARMER PEsr.-Wceds, 1t should
be recolIected, are slwsys more exhausting to
soil than either roots or grain crops. They
are Indigenous, conseqoe my gross feeders,
and abstract from the soil only those ele-
menss Of fertility which are essentially and
|ipdspensably requisite to sustain the more
valuable end cultivated crops. # should
ever be q rule with the farmer, to allow no
plant tospSsfetp iss SGD on HE premises, that
will. in any way, diminish the productiveness
Of his soi,I fIhers.sre many weeds which, il
cut close TO the soil, while in ibfioresenee.
inevitably die; and others, il 60 treated, will
NOS start again ill the following year, or If
they do. it will be very feebIy. and with SO
little vsor that they will effect but little in
/, 'ury, comparatively speaking. and without
an possibility Of producing seed. Mullen,
thus, lies, burdocks and many other noxious
ur.,du, lions of similar clase, may be eradi-
ro,ed h y placing a table spoonful Of sah
], non t.,e lump OF each plant after cutting it.
When N csc weeds are 'in force" we have
freoue n,lv . 70 md IL cpeoftsbieste SOW salt
,reelv amer mo, wing, 40 ihe exudihg fluids oi
the roots dissolve 1t. aud Of course take q
norton of IL into IN. cir vessels, where il acts
az most efficient des Noyef. lf'r field in
tested with this,Ies are i. toll bloom, and salt
say two bushels TO the acI :, ne eowea upon
the stumps. and sheep perm ueu TO Craze IN
the Enclosure, il is said the this Sies wii De a
once destroyed. This de- PER-. APPS more
economical method OF eradicatio a. man e
moving the plants BY the roots, WHICH 10
tedious, expensive and but seldom ef. >ctuaL
--s' p ~ MAINE Fdra yer.
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Condition Of Merne. women.

Condition Of Mormon Women.
:beIoxElBg UzS13D{S1Uo oSSas
msnd nov stationed at Sals-L.ake Cityfin q
letter 10 the Providence JournaE thus spcl he
efthe condition of the Mormon ~ omenxz
sWith.a word about Enthusiastically OR
dition will bring my long Iettsr TO- close.
40 general thing, woman here, hs1in9
satisfied what we call ths-.luSt. !" Abut what
the Mormons call .the holy q sires. !" OF some
righteous elders, is left to shit for herself;
not thelleaet support does she receive from
him to whom she has been in many cases
forced TO prostitute herself. Their condi.
sion is inf nitey worse than f8sf pf4bs slaves
at the South.
One OF The wives of athe chief Of the
Twelve Apostles }washesi tor ID boarding
house here to support herself. Two wives
of Party p. Pratts another saPostle, have re-
peatedly begged for work. Women here
have told me that their pretended hu Sd DDS
have not visited them for months and years
One of the apostles asked a family Of three
girls to marry him, and to get them he would
take the old mother. They refused, and he
has since maligned them in every way.
Wereeeiye many requests for assistance to
case is peculiarly hard; separated 10y hum
reds of miles of plain and desert from the
outside world, brought here by false induce
ments, degraded and oppressed, with no
hope of succor, they are in great. very great
Numbers entirely disatfected. They abhor
the very rthought sof potygdmy. tisevery
name OF Mornonism. This is the simple
truth. - h'o s'Fsossf-s. . $3.50 90
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-05-28

OF Some of the "latest arrivalsr from
the picnic Of last Saturday looked rather
m0ist-sus then We wanted rain very much.
Nothing succeeds better in bringing up rain
than BIG pic-uic party. -.
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OF A dispatch from Louisville dated Sat
urday morning says the Democratic are in
the best of spirits. Well we hope both par.
ties will at least keep so till the result in
Virginia is definitely settled. Be happy long
as you can 3 -srrs ~ 4sips silf &
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or Gov. Powell, Of Kentucky, arrived 10
this city last Saturday evening, 90 swsy
home, At Henderson. He has been visiting
our Governor. rsi.r. r.ssef 80 =. g f<.s.s-.s
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! TA correspondent Of the New Orleans
Delta Of the 18th, writing from Houston,
Texas, under date Of the 9th, says that it
rained for the first time in some months in
that region. for about four hours unintetS
ruptedly--snd adds that the rains came IL
ample time to save the corn; that there will
be fine, crop; the wheat crop will be Light
but the sugar cane 10 quite promising - =.
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81 The Eastern papers record the fac,
the Rev. DIR. Cummings, editor of the Chris
tain Mirror, Portland, Me-, has fallen heir e
a fortune of $4,000 or more. IS
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10 The imperial authorities have decid.
ed that the military head quarters of Canada
shall-be removed to Quebec in the autumn
Of this year. s.s4H - slr-y 's's Z. 3.
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OF The Washington Star states that the
belief among diplomatic circles in that city
is that the Eastern war has but just COM
menced. !,
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HEAvY Blow FOR CHICAGO. = The St.
Louis Intelligencer Of the 18th announces
the completion Of the "Joliet Cut OFF, which
is the railroad that connects Joliet with The
Northern Indiana Railroad. by On eussern
stretch Of forty five miles in length. The
1nteligencer says the Joliet s'cut-off'' is .
continuation, almost iu due east line, Of
the celebrated Rock Island Railroad.
! The route has been continued eastward.from
Joliet; it connects now with the Northern
Indiana road, far to the east Of Chicago-,and
Chicago is effectually "cnt-off" from the sn.
10, 'ment of the profits of the mightiest tide Of
trsv ..l that has heretofore swept through he.
horde, .. Possibly, her people may think,
with M. Toots, that il h Of ono conse.
ouence.n .hut everybody else knows that il
w;l, hare an incalculable eject in slscke pips
the puIsaiion in her streets and thorough
Not only Dcve. ,port, Rock Island, asalle,
Ot,aw. and Jo,iet, all most thriving young
cities. ard to SOM. e. <tent alien in interest
from Chicago, but Burlington. keokuk
Quincy. Peoria. Bloom sneton. Springfield
Alton not to mention 81. Loms-ase =" a. |,
terested in the success OF the 'o'iet "cut,Sn'
for It affords 10 all those cities UP 70 view
York treiue hours shortct than can os 90
tained by going through Chicago wi. sne
travel from these cities be ionn. = o'len
henceforth. passing through and rayi'g Urn
butte to Chicago! We think not. Cuicss'o !
"out of the ring" and people will. 60 TO 8. -
her only when business is not pressing, ano
tr avel is not urgent.and they having nothing
else 10 dol Gin. Com e.''F 20. ...s :
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or We would take occasion to say as We
have said before, that notices Of deaths TO
appear in this paper, must be written and
brought to this Office, or the facts given us
at the Office SO we may write them out We
make this remark because frequently the re-
lations or friends Of a deceased person aP-
pear to feelvexed with US, on account of the
notice Of the death not appearing in the pa
per. 1t is no part of our. duty TO attend to
this business. We do not charge for such
notices according to custom in the larger
cities. but IL the notices are not brought in,
they are very sure not to appear. oii.s.s e
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-05-28

or HANNIBAL, NO.

-
Twas IN the m,rinetime When thy voice low
First fsi, ma nv ears Isnr yesps ago. s
sTxss 10 the s5rinxtime whs my oyss nrst rested.
WSsn =. y, ~ cheat and haxsi eve centested
The paIm al beauty as gn1ed on theei
Twas in the sprihgtiue rh>n shy liquid eyes
Thsseyss or earth could be 20 pure-so bright
shi> ,-;sh;o sh~&> - Grid ~ -Si0uid
i, i met thee Arst In sunny vernai Aours--JT AIT
when the far sunbeams slept on pIain and bill;
when earth was dreaming of the beauteous flowers
That all her bright enchanted regions I'LL.
vrWss sprinxume LADY, Yes the tepriLetipe 7
And deep wIthiu mi very iInost Heart f<AI
Ifelt thy tones-a low and soothing chime
---Yspeii That nom Il never csn depart.
-. y. $500 4
Wa met 1--we loved NJ lea q MN heart cas- eieen
r. tksS Olivia, and nv thoughts we're al -
OF hope and fhee-of birds and Covers and heaven
The warm and trusting hearts.4hsarts no tme car
sever 20 ~ NJ
which. ioyineouc beat fond and true forsver;
Wa mai aSain Twas in the summon hours;
The spring hai passed away the gorge Gus howers
Giving their scsns out:-6right birds singing there
Made sweerand vocal all the sin blue air.
70 inc coun H. -, .,,ss and
And there within the stiffness ofthat lorr
Hns1 ST. .,anna nv nv ~. bbnr hes
W-hich from liz dreams could neyermore depart
"A>'.' - - $50 + 49, .ll.r
~ ,..ao.,. ev.s we're cold,v gazing on us
ma sSiiiinv us Win SEQ, nfuI da TX eped brows
nnd.;nn s,,,u~ tho no 100 onickIy won M
Toaswees eAcnanse Oh ouS nsA'' s''ssp ''"'
,r.s---..fr ..xsd mon Inv dark rich tresses--
We meS shv .r,cotb-~th m srids brow
Thy hs.si purs Cove Which pfessodsil
: And tsn e's' pr =
:. sole:ses ,ore,,s.s e,en now.
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The PIc.NIc.--The Sabbath School
Union Picnic was largely attended last
Saturday, by the children of those schools
connected with the Union. They assembled
in a delightful grove below the city, and right
on the river bank, with fne hills in the rear.
over which the children were scattered du-
ring the morning like flowers. A multitude
Of well filled baskets were among the Gin.
vited guests," and at noon the contents of
these baskets ware spread on the cloth GOV.
cred grass, and the children made avigorous
and prolonged attack on the eatables. There
was plenty for all and some to spare. But
just about the close of this performance .
rain came up, which gradually separated the
party. and at much earlier hour than other
wise they would have parted. But it wa.
pleasant while il lasted. and the children
appeared happy. ag
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INTERESTING CasE.-The Chicago Demo-
Graf Press relates that an old man well known
in that city, having il in his head to marry
young wife, bestowed upon her several hum
dred dollars worth of gifts. Changing his
mind, after taking out the license, he wanted
them back The damsel held on to them.
Nothing daunted, he had her arrested for
"obtainiDg goods under false pretcnces. -
Not being able to make that hold. he replev-
led the articles. The fair one, with consid-
cradle spirit. at last accounts, was. preparing
to regain possession. The matter creates
considerable gossip. pss ,,n
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CA SH C U 8 I o NJ y 4 8
AN be ruppei market prices With Hsnleek
and Oak Leather. esseas Fr<nch and American
OFF skias Frsnch Glazed and Beet Morosce. Sheep Lin.
syafnoys STREET. bssssss water a,d Fir. Ey:ns
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t'ssI ,sssss8sEzl sassis .ssE1g7 sittst s.ssez -
u ~ aSssss CO lv~-.sSs
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F'.@ '.l.,r - $500 l.--a - Sc ~
sfsW 81 sslr-r 1a1r.I = go -ss-s 80 -rf- y
- ~ r%r
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-10-26
FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 26. 1855

Inc whole of the iron for this years operations
amounting TO 800 tons, was contracted for ut very
favorable prices before the recent advance, all bcin.
for cash except the last 1000 TONS
Inc whoI" unfinished grading, between Miliborn'
and C"vInSton Is under contrlct. with the exception
Of IL few sections Of very light work which can bc
completed in six months from the time cv nrc com
menccd 1t appears also, that in spite Of the severe
financial pressure OF the year. all the heavy work has
been stcndlly prosecuted with the exception OF one
piece Of trcsic work. the plan of which NAV UNDERGO
some change, and that nearly half Of the entire gra-
ding is finished, including masonry, bridging and
tunnel archng.
Exchanging the channel ofthc Cowpasurc rivcT,th
expense Of Two bridges has been saved und one OF
the abutments Of the remaining bridge is finished. An
nbuncn, of the fine bridge Jac!;sons river is
also completed.
The Board recommend that Il loan be solicited Of
the Legislature, to nii in carrying the work to Cow
in@ton.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-10-26
IDI l.D,

n,so in q, M-r:in.yiils Iou-ana. of Yellow f"re-.
nm .I,I -rutembcr, Dr.. LEWIS V. tEKhiS5, nss2 =
yeurs, formerly Of Louisa county, Virginia.
DIED a, the Ic.i,nce OF her brother, iTu'. r CT,
r.n in H,,ctaur, county tbs 9Dh of Uc'ober, -.
Am JEFFERY GAIT. daughter Of ,Ls late Alex O..
ot Nnrlos IN tie sd year OF heT age.
pIrp at his residence Sidney, Hrrrico county =.
Monday ni:h at quarter PM O'Clock Mr. JOHN GA.:'
1ra,ntaucrs are respectfully invited attend his 9'r'
which wi. take place this (%"dnc,dsv) morning T.: =;
past 10 O'Clock, dt hs late residence.
DIED at the refidcnce 0! lis father, in Kin Wi,:-l
coun'y on Tuesday. 18th October ls. Will. tH Z.
BOSif.R in the ilh year hi rse. hUs na- one ben
cut Oh IN me prime Of life who kind src cg;:'
ful son. fond and a-cIionstc bro he. re'sva md
warm and true friend Universally bco, ed res tc::t
by al who knew him. he has been thus uddruly cs d
that place where 'the wicked fr, treusI h'a
the weary are at rest"
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1vrrrrSTINC; FROM WASHINGTON

rug BRITISH MINISTER'S ExPLAHAri"Ss--ALLEGEh
CONSPIRACY OF ToEEi"h"hs-AS IMPLIED 'hHhA'
-TuECoCKT or CLAIMS, tTc.
W,>uISnruS, Oct. -. iS-i.-lt is reported here
10 ,lav in diplomatic circles t!nt the British Mne!er
as.ris that the late attempt +" convict him OF vio-
lation of the neutrality law .: ;his country was the
,nveru,peut. that at the proper time he will show
sucb TO he the case. Furthermore, Mr.. Champion III
Inmates that. should his recall! be consummated, no
successor would be appointed in his place
In the Court Of Claims to-day the case OF John L.
Hale was argued by Hon. +: +. stanton. Inc claim
IA fr the tract of land on which situated the cee
bra,ed hot springs Of Arkansas valued at one hundred
thousand dollars. In the cnses Of Lydia Shreeve and
Joseph Mock the CUu. directed testimony to he ta-
ken but without expressing any opinion as to the
merits of the claims.
The United States Circui, Court frr the District OF
Columbia is now in session.