The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-12-11
GOSSIP
The Weather

ne ~ caIhCE
Yesterday was cloudy and cold in the morn
ing, with rain in the afternoon. The wealth
er-wise predict cold winter, and we might
have some fears upon the subject, did we not
remember that every winter brings with it,
prophets of evil, who are ready to prove by
divers and sundry signs, that the weather is
to be unusually cold. For the sake of the
river to say nothing of our own comfort, we
hope that all the signs of cold weather may
fail, and that we may have an open winter
and high river. This morning, we publish
The weekly Journal,
containing large amount of miscellaneous
reading matter, and the latest news received
up to the hour Of going to press. To-day's
Weekly, marks the twenty -seventh number
of the twenty-second year of the JOURNALS
existence. 1t began its career, when Evans
vile was village. Few of the generation
then upon the stage of life remain to tell the
history of those times. Here and there we
find one who remembers how the trees grew
where we now write, and the river was only
disturbed by the keel-boats of rude boatmen,
tended to say that copies of the WEEKLY
JOURNAL for mailing, can be procured at the
office to-day. In looking through our ex-
changes yesterday morning, we came across
the following
Epitaph,
said to be inscribed on the tombstone Of an
idiot boy, in Lancastershire, England; it is
beautiful:
If INNOCENCE claim place in heaven,
And LITTLE be required for given,
Ny Creator has for me in
world of biss-what the wise have more7
To change the subject, we notice that the Mt.
Carmel Register says, that the
MILK Sickness
is prevailing in that region, though it does not
speak Of any deaths in consequence A cor
respondent Of that paper, states, that the
cause of this strange malady, exists in the
springs of the county, which, when low,
abound in "arsenous acid" or arsenic How
true this may be, we do not know. So MANY
theories have been originated as to the cause
of this fearful malady, that we are utterly at
q loss to know what to believe. Men may
speculate as much as they please about the
cause of milk sickness, yet after all, it is
wholly shrouded in mystery.
The City Lookup
is nearly completed We took look at it
yesterday, and we advise rowdies to keep out
of it; as once there, it will be exceedingly
troublesome to break out. We are glad that
Marshal EVANS, will be provided with such a
safe cage for gentlemen who disturb the
peace and dignity of the city, and we are GER
tain, that Mr.. EVANS will discharge his duty.
Mr. KRAFT launched two flatboats, yesterday,
for the nee of
The;SpOrtsman.
They are intended to be used in bringing to-
bacco out of Green River, and will, no doubt,
prove a very profitable investment We
publish this morning, the
News
by the Atlantic. She brings dates to the
18th ult Our dispatches from Cincinnati
quote hogs at Sc O5@S6 15 and dull. We
have no further change to report in our home
market. The provision market at Baltimore
continues dull at our former quotations.
OF Further attempts against the public
lands are contemplated at the present session
of Congress. 1t is said there is a combination
among several projected Railroad Companies
South and Southwest to get some 150,OO0,OOC
acres of Land out of the government. If the
country is not watchful our whole public do
main will be absorbed in few years by spec
ulators, and the poor landless laborer will b.
at their mercy for home.
D. :. ANDEHSO