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The Trinity journal., 1856-07-12
An Englishman in America.


writes to the London Shipping Gazette from
Buffalo, as follows:
II have now made the tour of the States
of North America, and think it probable
can give your readers some useful informa-
ton. Handed in New York city ten months
ago, and have spent my time in studying the
character and customs of these people, and
must confess that if remained ten years the
result would be the same and know very
little about them. But nron one point-na-
tional pride-men, women and children are
all alike, and the idea of any nation of Eu-
rope, or the whole of them put together,
conquering this country, is absurd to them.
Everybody reads the papers, and good-hu-
mored urchin used TO rate me soundly at
Philadelphia for our failures in Sebastopol"
lie says he has convcrScd with intelligent
merchants aud was astoniShed at their indt-
ference in regard to q war with England, as
we'll as much impressed with the reasons
which they gave him for not fearing the re-
suit of such II contest lie says that they
told HIN that 100000 Minnie rifles could
be ready by the next spring-that SO steam
erS of 1000 tons each, could be built and
launched in eight months-that 500 of the
fastest privatoers in the world, could be pro-
vided in less time that so 600 enrolled fish
crmcn could be obtained, and 500 600 men
could be concentrated at any point on the
coast in few days All this he believes
not improbable. Mr.. Warren has evident
ly judged intelIigently of what he has seen
in this country In abiding to the conse-
quences of war, he says;
Mexico, Cuba, and the whole of Cen
tral America would be annexed in the South,
and have little doubt of Canada in the
North millions of treasure and thousands
of lives lost to England forever our com
mcrcc crippled in every sea, and some fight
ing that will gladden. the hearts Of our tried
soldiery"
"Now, what can we gain T.? A foot of
territory We don't want it and if we
did, six feet for the majority of our brave
fellows, fear, would be the extent. Naval
or military glory we don't want, and as for
the sand beach of the Musquito King, it is
decided humbug What would be the re-
suit to this country? 1t would put her
back in prosperity for half century it
would ruin thousands who are now in afilu-
ence, but would enrich thousands who are
now poor. But the great advantage the
Americans have is that they can produce
and manufacture everything they want the
different climates afford this They would
get accustomed to their own goods and dis
card ours forever But the greatest injury
to all parties, and may say to the world,
would be the making of this nation of 25.-
100000 warike people, and instlled with
the love of war, the propagandists of Eu-
rope would have fearful ally"
The Trinity journal., 1856-07-12

so, the great and good Being would be an OBJ.
iect of fear and hate to mankind, gloryng in
the misery of his creatures. And also the
justice of our loved but misunderstood father
must suffer by such doctrine Is it in ac-
cordance with His reputed justice, to assert
that man can commit enough sin in three
score years to justly be entitled to "this
lake of fire" for millions of years? Away
with such doctrines a mad0,an knows bet.
ter than this. The spirit will doubtless be
troubled for time by remorse of con-
science, in a degree compared to the mag.
nitude of its earthly sins.
But sooner or later we must all know
what now appears an unEathomable mystery;
the time is approaching; hours dash tumul-
tuouSly past, and are gone forever; days fol-
low; weeks and months succeed; years como
on in the train, and still the universal march
goes on! Where will be the end? Ages
pass away leaving scarce trace of their
existence, and time is absorbed in eternity,
What is man compared with the power of
the mover of the universe? Big, pompous,
mighty, little man, who stlut and frets his
brief hour npon the stage of life, then pacses
away and is forgottenl The memory of his
deeds passes away with him, or is soon
obterated 10y the improvements and adj
vancementS of knowledge of the next cen.
tnry. Think of this, We mighty minds of the
nineteenth century! We who are struggling
for renown, no matter how obtained, that
yonr names may be handed down to posteri-
y with reverencc-thot, though ye spend
your short lives in contentious for honor
and persuade yourselves that the world must
acknowledge your merit, few of US who are
now maturcd, will live to cross the border
of the twentieth century; yet many of us
will live to see the mighty works of the pres
ent age surpassed in great degree, and
hear the names of our greatest spoken of as
ordinarily talented men, though nourishing
in comparatively unenlightened age
few now living may exist to know that
what is now considered the very acme of
arts and sciences, are mere indications of
the dawnlhg of an intellectual morn Ono
hundred years from this date what will be
thought of Napoleon a Nicholas. or an
Alexander? What will be thought of our
Clay and Webster? Though the one has
cntroneed thousands by the briliaucy of his
oratorcal powers and the other called forth
deeprcsoWding echoes from the bosoms Of
his countrymcn by his mighty logic, they are
gone, and will be considered as faint lights
of a dark age
Hoary old Time turns his back contemp-
tuously upon the past, and resolutely beck.
onS on the future. Nothing can withstand
his ravages; everything yields to his iunu-
cncc, lie Is armed with mighty weapons,
beneath the blows Of which thrones kings.
and all carth'S proudcst things are erumblcd
in the dust There is one name, however,
upon the records of our country which time
can never wholly obliterate. The immortal
name Of WASHINGTON will ever remain en-
gendered in letters of living fire upon the
dome of Lbcrty's temple, beacon to light
III future generations to personal honor aud
national glory.
The Trinity journal., 1856-07-12
To One in Heaven.
BY EFFIE JOHNSON.


I've been dreaming. sadly dreaming
OF the bright and happy hours
When thy smile was resting DER me
Like the sunlight DER the flowers.
And l feel thy hands soft pressure
Thrilling all my heartstrings DER,
And see thy dark eye bcaming
Gently on me as of yorc.
When the twilight shadows deepening,
Tell us of the days decline,
Still hear thy soft voice whisper
"Would a poets harp were mine ?"
To the nights mysterious music
Still in speechless awe | bow
Beam the same bright stars above ME (;
But oh; dearest! where art thou?
Far away among the angels
Now a " golden harp is thine
Swiftly, swiftly speed the hours
When thy resting place be mine.
The Trinity journal., 1856-07-12
Unpleasant Bed Fellow.

Many years ago, young man, twcnty-one
years of age, and who will call Daniel was
hired to work on farm by Mr.. Wallace, a
man of considerable note as a farmer, in
Massachusetts. Mr.. Wallace had daugh-
ter and hired girl, both about eighteen
years of age and Daniel, being of a steady
fancy and after trying various plans and
tricks without success, to-as they said
raise his ideas, they caught a large frog, and
put it into Daniels bed. On going to bed
he soon discovered the whereabouts of his
bed-lellow, and pitched his frogship out of
the window, and never afterwards betrayed
the least sign of knowledge in regard to the
joke.
About q fortnight afterwards, Daniel
found lot of chestnut burrs, nearly as sharp
as thistles, and contrived to deposit nearly
half a peck in the girls bed and after the
girls went to their room and had time to I'M
dress, he took candle, went to the door,
and ratified the latch, when the girls put
out their light and jumped Into bed, and
such squallng was never heard before
Daniel now opened the door and stood in it
with light in hand
Dan, torment your picture | wish you
were as far beyond the light house as you
are on this side" said Sukey.
"Why, what is the matter? have you any
frogs there ?" said Dan.
Dan, if you don't shut the door and
clear out will call Mrs. Wallace" contin-
ued Miss Sukey.
II will call her myself if you wish" said
he.
Daniel" said Anna Wallace, 'if you will
shut the door and go back to the kitchen,
there shall be no more tricks or jokes put
upon you by us, for six months, at least"
Daniel, thinking he had punished the girls
enough, shut the door and left them, A
few moments after this, Sukey came out to
light her candle,
II thought you had gone TO bed, Sukey,'
said Mrs Wallace.
Sukey made no reply, but looked dagger'
at Dan, and quickly returned. After this
scrape the girls put no more jokes or tricks
upon Dan. He was steady faithful mar
saved every dollar of his earnings, anC
six years from that time owned a good farm
married Anna Wallace, and was three years
first selectman of the town, which he after
wards represented in the State Legislature
The Trinity journal., 1856-07-12
What Irishmen think of Herbert.

The Hth NetcS, edited by Thomas Fran
els Meagher thus speaks of the murder Of
Keoting by Herbert;
We have purpoSely reirained until now
from alluding to this horrible event Strong
" as we felt, we thought it better not to an
tcpatc the opinion of the press at large
That opinion has been fully and boldly cX-
pressed. From one end of the country to
the other an indignant denunciaton OF the
brutal perpetrator of the crime has broken
out. Everywhere there is the deepest sym
pathy for Keating. Everywhere we find cx-
ecrations heaped upon the head of Herbert
The American press has in the noblcst man
ner proved itself the champion of the inno-
cent and the chastser of the guilty
SO loud and coarse have been the oppro-
bouS words and slanders flung, these two
years past, upon the Irish in America with
so bitter an ingratitudc have they been pro.
nounced unworthy to share the privileges
and honors of the republic so Gcrccly have
they been threatened with prescription ; we
were somewhat fearful lest, in this case, jus
ticc would not be done between the parties
We confess ourselves grevouSlSy mistaken
1t has been done. Prompt, rigorous justice
has been done Poor Heating lies there in
his red grave, and thousands Of manly vol
ccs all over the country bewail his fate. .-
Herbert hangs upon gibbct at the gate of
the Capitol, amid the hootings of the people
The event teaches two great lessons 1t
warns the arrogant and brutal, that the poor
man to whom God has assigned an humble
lot in the community, is not to be struck
down by the murderer with inpunity. 1t
warns them that the spirit of the Republic
watches over the lowliest of her children,
and for every wrong done them that q terri
bile retribution shall be cXacted On the
other hand, the public expressions which
have followed full and fast upon the murder,
ShOulu satisfy, even the most tlnlu or SuSp-
cons of our countrymen, that, though fac
tioniSts may rail at them, derlding their
creed, race, and poverty, there is no reason
for them to be alarmed On the contrary,
they should rest convinced that the laws, the
constitution, and above all, the chivalrous
and generous spirit of the people of the Uni
ted States, will see them protected, honor
ed and avenged
Herbert may not die by the hand of the
Sheriff But he lives to walk the streets
and journey by boat and cars, and sit at the
public table of the hotel, with the damning
brand of Cain upon his forehead. The pub
lie opinion of America, expressed through
her press, has marked him with the blood Of
Thomas Kcating. The brow on which it has
been stamped shall never be white again up
on this earth.
The Trinity journal., 1856-07-12

A DIFFDBNT lover going to the town-clerk
to request him to publish the bans of matri-
mony, found him at work alone in the middle
of "a ten acre field, and asked him to step aside
as be had something for hisprlyate ear
The Trinity journal., 1856-07-12

IT is recorded on good authority, that a
Frenchman, learning English, and anxious to
say something very striking, i'll parting from
the lady of his heart, carefully consulted his
dictionary, and there finding that "tO pick
~ meant so prsserre" bid her farewell,
with the emphatic exclamation, May Hea-
ven pickle you"
The Trinity journal., 1856-07-12

WoRTH TEILING--Mrs. Polly Beeman, of
Birmingham Connecticut, is in her 02d year.
Her husband, Tracy Beeman, died short
time since, he was two wears the senior of
his wife They had lived in the same farm
house sixty-nine years They had family Of
nine children, the eldest of whom is now 73,
and was married when she was IA. OF the
grand children there are now forty-nine, the
Oldest of whom is So years. There are one
hundred and lifty-six great grandchildren.
The family enjoy iron constitutions. This
venerable woman can call two hundred and
thirty Of her lineal pedigree around her
thanksgiving table. Their united ages now
amount to 7,724 years so that, if this fami-
ly had followed each other consecutivelv.
the first might have been an old lady of
seventeen hundred summers at the day
Adam woke up, and ate forbidden fruit with
his partner. Our Connecticut old lady in
tends to take long journey next week be-
hind the "iron horse" She ought to have a
free ticket,
The Trinity journal., 1856-07-12

Lorenzo Dow once said of grasping
avarlclous farmer, that il he had the whole
world enclosed in single field, he would not
be content without patch of ground on the
outside for potatoes.
The Trinity journal., 1856-07-12

An lRsHMAN who had been fined several
weeks in succession for gcttiup de-
- ,ue judge that he should take
him by tho year at q reduced rate
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-18

A CUSTOM THAT MIGHT BE REvIyED.-An
auction for unmarried ladies used to take place
annuity in Babylon In every district, says
the historian, they assembled on a certain day
of the year, all virgins ola marriageable age.
The most beautiful was put up frst and the
man who bid the highest or the largest sum of
money gained possession Of her. The second
in persohal appearance followed, and the bid
>ders gatiied themselves with handsome wives
according to the depth Of their purses But
a ! it seems that there were in Babylon some
ladies for whom no money was likely to be Of
fered, yet these were also disposed OF, so prov
A1ent were the B b l9nia IS. When all the
beautiful virgins, says the histo ian, were sold
the crier ordered the most deformed to stand
up, and after he had openly demanded who
would marry her with a small sum. she was at
length adjudicated to the man who would be
satisfied with the least: in this manner the
mo : arising from the sale of the handsome
served as portion to those who were Of diSa-
grceable looks, or that had any other imperlec-
ton. This custom prevailed about 400 years
before Christ.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-18
PLOW FACTORY.

FNHE undersigned will in Evansville
on the coruer Of Eight aud Division streets about the
sr of March He will have of blows
Peaoo ks. Diamonds and Ure's plows both
and horse and also suboif pios Ures improved
Jumper pows ali other farming tools will be made here II
called for heundersigned would solist az the River bot
tom Boys both above and below Evansville and All the
rounding country call Kentu Ky Boys to
and wiz sci cheaper and better
- $3.50 JAMES URfE.
Psi viii all pillow mendpg. both iron aud
stock pow laying and sharpening Bring your eripples
febl6-emTA
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-18

CS.FHon. John Sherman, one Of the MEM
bers of Congress from Ohio has written on
interesting letter relative to the final struggle
for the Spoakership, in which he says:
1t was fortunate, as contrasting the effect of
Northern and Southern institutions, that
Banks and Aiken were the rival candidates
Banks is ernphatically the child of the people.
His parents were poor. and if born in the South
he would have been fortunate if he could read
and write. lie is indebted for his eduda son to
free common schools. To his own energy and
: ability he owes his present position. 1t was
lucky for him that he was born where ne
shadow of servitude dwarel his native intel
1cct or crippled his energy. On the contrary,
.s5oy. Aiken was born to afluence. In any
Government but Republic, he would be No
bic. With the advantage of fortune, and the
leisure it has given him, he has acquired all
the polish ola gentleman, and would no doubt
have presided as Speaker with impair TALLY and
Kindness. But every one comedies that Mr..
Banks is more able, and is in every respect
fitted for the position lie is true type of the
natural result Of free Institutions.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-18
BY TELEGRAPH.
REPORTKD FxPREssLY FoR THE IOuRNAL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.
J Gov. Shannon leaves this afternoon direct
for st. Louis, thence to Kansas He will i'm
mediately remove his office from Shannon
Missouri to Lecompton the center of the pre-
vailing difficulties.
i The orders issued by the war department
this ?. N. probably be conveyed by Gov s.
to Col. Sumner They no doubt viii be in
accordance with the Presidents views or ex-
pressed in his special Kansas message, and
late proclamation with design firmly to en-
force them. There are 800 troops from Lea
yenworth and 400 from Fort Riley to be called
out if circumstances demand it.
The Republican association at Washington
are making strenuous efforts to establish SINH
lar societies in every town and village through
out the Union, serving, as the circular says,
to rally the people and inspire them with con
fdence and enthusiasm, and furnish informal
ton necessary to expose and fairly meet the
sophistry of pro-slavery derhagogues for maxi
ing the issue of slavery or freedom in the COM
ing campaign.
They design scattering abroad numerous
documents and speeches.
They have already prepared 10000 cop
les in English, and 10000 in German, of the
speeches and the writings Of Seward, Hale
and others.
Explosion and Loss of Life.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 16.
The boiler of Duponts paper mill exploded
to day, killing four persons. Loss about three
thousand dollars. Mill will be resumed in
three weeks.
LOUISVILLE Feb. l6.
Rain all day, closed with hail at 8. Now
clear and cold; nearly gale blowing from the
the north.
HALIFAX, Feb. 16.
There are no signs of the steamer at this
port.
New York, Feb16.
The steamer Quaker City sailed at noon for
Liverpool, with passengers, and NO specie.
BALTIMORE, Feb 16.
A dispatch from Norfolk, announces the ar
rival Of the U. S. fiiyate Powhatan.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-18

0zg- 1t is habitual practice with some men
who disgrace the editorial professor to impute
!, language to their opponents which they never
wrote or uttered, and even to place them in
political or other positions directly contrary to
that they occupy, and most repugnant to their
n own sense Of right. No advantage can ever
be gained by this, but The evil falls upon the
head alone that conceived it. One OF these ed
ftorial knaves has charged upon US, that we de-
> Tended Miller's mlrder Of an Irishinan at Vim
'cennes last Tuesday. and then proceeds to treat
us accordingly. Not one ioor4 have we written
in defence Of this murder. aud not enc word
about it at all except to Introduce an article
from the Gazette, giving additional particu-
& larss to our telegraph dispatch. The same
additional particulars we notice copied in
papers of both parties.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-18
FaHmEEsss HOTEL.
ceRSrn OF aAExET AMP w4EIgF srREErs


EVANSVILLE. IN
TVEE We hiss been recently retted
now ready for the accommodation ST regular or
eeastoz airy and pleasant and the
table il supplied with the best the market afefds.
WACO z have just added to the Hotela large n
s Yard TO which invite the of INV
in The country Eyery will paidt to their
and o the safety OF their cattle.
Terms no dernte. Z. II. MoSELY .
Hroprieter
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-18

:. ORA youth, only fourteen years of age, was
detected in Philadelphia the other day in forg-
ing drafts. lie had upwards Of a thousand
dollars about him.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-18

01TFriday and Saturday of last week were
marked by heavy thaw and apparently, by
our dispatches, a very general moderation in
the weatherat all points along the river.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-18

GA bill has been introduced, restoring
the law of imprisonment FOR debt in Mime
sofa.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-18

0FThe river was rising slowly here last
Saturday, and occasionally persons crossing on
the ice, notwithstanding the heavy thaw of the
last two days
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-18

OrFrom and after to-day, till further no
tice, passenger trains on the r. & c. Railroad
will leave Evansville at 3 o'clock P. NJ, arrive
at Vincennes at 6 o'clock, and there Connect
with the st. Louis trains-and at Terre Haute
at go, connecting With the trains direct for
: Cincinnati and the East. The train will ar
rive here at 915 p NJ. with the mail.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-18

OF 1t will not require much greater rise
to float our wharfboats, which have been
aground for some time.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-18
OBJ Dadg goafnaL
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

.QNN7The i. @. Twitchell, David Gibson and
Teeumseh are lying under the bend above, in
good harboragc, awaiting the grand disrupture
Of heintegral elements ofthe CONCEALED mass
es--in other words, awaiting break up of the
ice! The Stockwell, Tishomingo and caves,
are still at their old place at the mouth of
Green river, in good quarters. We have been
supplying them daily with piles Of fresh ex-
changes, and thus have kept the officers alive,
and we hope out Of mischief. These and 9th
er boats in this region, are reafy for the break
up at any moment, prepared to start to their
different places ofdestmation. We wish them
a safe deliverance.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-18

OEJ-The Grand jury of Pittsburg presented
female cquestrian at the Agricultural Fair as
2 a nuisance.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-18

EDRTNTs.-sea eases Blue and orange Prints.
u do blue and white do,
sass 4 do English Furniture Prints =
zfI $685. 3 do do solid black do, -
Received and for sale by JAMES Low & CO..
nov26 d&w 4I5 Main street. Louisville, KY
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-18

GErA little girl was burned to death, and
a lutte boy drowned at Pittsburg, on Tuesday
last