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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-05

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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-05

COAL FROM THE BODiAM MINES.
FHNHS article of Coal ready delivery
from the cltylaudug All orders left at the Company
Sycamore and First will be promptly
attended as follows:
Orders left IL o'clock NJ delivered day.
left hour and before O'Clock P. NJ
livered before day.
The Comp also prepared to furnish Coal Stations
OF the F. and Railroad, al follows:
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HDTCKLES AND SAUCE.-
80 exs ID Pickes Is BIS C,tsup and Pepp.r-sauce
6 ks Walnut Catsup. IS DO Cream Cheese;
Ball Candle-wlck. for sale by
dec7 Lad. HERMANN.
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Election OF SPEAKER!

COMPARISON TO TIE
BIG STOCK OF CLOT HIN G.,
EENTLEMEH'S Furnishing Goods Fancy Hats and Caps.
" received by the undersigned his Cloth
Pavilion Hotel. have the finest
in the city, comprising all varieties and
Also Stf4Ni5tAI HATS. aud all descriptions Of Gentle
mems Furnishing Goods Call and selling of
deeis-dtf ANTHONY LoBENsTINE,
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FNRUIT.-Io boxes Layer Raisins;
n Zante Curran
100 Its CItron: just received at
nov2S COOK Family Grocery,
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, 1856-10-31
SharDes Rifles.

This recently invented weapon, If it pos
sesses one half Of the power and capacity
claimed for it by its proprietor, is destined
soon to supercede every other weapon for
warlke purposes now in existence. 1t is
the most eficacious and terrible FIRE arm in
existence. The small carbine now used
by the U. S. mounted men, throws q ball
with deadly accuracy one quarter of a
mile, and can be fred ten times per minute.
1t is not complicated In structure, Is easily
cleaned and suffers no injury from wet
weather. Mr.. Sharpe is now preparing
models for four new species of his weapon,
namely small pocket pistol, calculated
to throw a minnie ball one hundred yards ;
a rifle suited for footmen, with range Of
one mile and large gun to throw two
ounce ball or small shell, one mile and q
half, or as far as man and horse can be
seen to advantage With this latter weap.
on, Mr.. S. declares he can set on ERE a
house or a ship at distance of nearly two
miles, and prevent the use Of artillery by
killing the horses before the guns are
brought within good range. ggvu
The rife in the hands Of good marks
man, is equal to ten muskets, bayonets and
all. for place a man six rods distant with a
musket and bayonet, and before he can
bring the bayonet into use the rife can be
loaded and discharged ten times. They
carry balls with great precision and force.
Mr.. Sharpe intends these rifles to become
national weapon, and should Congress-,
by using a little liberality, purchase the
patent, the country would be possessed Of
means of warfare unequalled in the
world. l9 9sia .a,1e 8
, 1856-10-31
Political Parsons.

Those familiar with the history of Scot
land, cannot fail to be shocked at the idea
of beholding such scenes as were produced
by the fanatics in the l7th century, re,
enacted in our own country. The Tribune
exhorts the clergy to preach against the
Sonth and the constitution, instead Of
preaching the Gospel forgetting, it may
be, that frenzied cloquence, and even relig-
ious fervor, may contribute to the perpe-
tration of the fOulest acts Of which man
kind is capable.
Sir Walter Scott, in his Old Nor
tality," gives the following speciment Of an
enthusiastic shrek by one of the fanat-
les ...
"Who talks of signs and wonders Am
| not Habakuk Mucklewrath whose name
is changed to Major r-Missabib, because
am made terror unto myself and unto all
that are around me- l heard it. When
did l hear it Was it not in the Tower
of the Bass, that overhangeth the wide
wild sea ? And it howled in the winds,
and it roared in the pillows, md it scream
ed, aud it whistled and it changed, with the
screams and the clang and the whistle Of
the sea-birds, as they floated, and few,
and dropped, and divide, on the bosom of
the waters. l saw it. Where did see
it? Was it not from the high peaks Of
Dumbarton, when looked westward upon
the fertile land, and northward on the wild
Highland hills when the clouds gathered
and the tempests came, and the lightnings
of Heaven flashed, in sheets as wide as the
banners of an host !? What did l see 2
Dead eorpses and wounded horses the
rushing together Of battle, and garments
rolled in blood What heard II SLAY,
sLAY-sMTTE-sLAY UrTERLY-Ld not your
eye haze pity. Stay utterly, old and young ;
The maiden and he child, and the WOMAN
WHOSE HEAD IS GREY Dehls The house, aud
fill the codrts with the slain 2"
We receive the command" exclaimed
the congregation-"h he hath said, aud SO
shall we do" .--
Let the Rev. WARD KILLEM BEEcHERs'
and THEODORE PARKERs' beat that if they
can, And when the fury becomes danger
Gus, let not HORACE attempt to guide it, or
stay it, lest its lightnings strike him dead,
as they have done tens of thousands,
"When the battle RACES loud and long.
And the stormy winds do blow"
, 1856-10-31

Church GoERs-Bless you ! I've tho't
of it many time when Pve seen church
emptying itself into the street. Look here,
now, I'll suppose there's crowd of people
"A whole mob of 'em going down the
church steps. And at the church door
there is | don't know how many rods of
Christian carriages, with griflins painted on
the panels, and swords, and daggers, and
battle-axes, that, as well as can remem-
Der, Jesus dosen't recommend nowhere
and there's the coachman half asleep, and
trying to look righteous, and there's foot
men following some, and carrying the Holy
Bible after their missuses, Just as tO-mor-
row they'll carry aspanel-and that's what
they call their humility. Well, that's q
pleasant sight, isn't it And then, for
them who're not ashamed to carry their
own big prayer-books, with gold leaves
twinkling in the sun, as if they took pains
to tell the world they'd been to church
well, how many of them have been there in
earnest ? How many of them go there
with no thought whatsoever, only that its
Sunday-church-going day And so they
put on what they think religion that day,
just as put on clean shirt. Bless you
sometimes I've stood aud watched the
crowd, and pve said to myself "well,
should like TO know how many of you will
remember you're Christians till next week?
How many Of you go tomorrow morning
to your Offices and counting g-houses, and
stand behind your counters, and, all in the
way Of buslness-all to scramble up the
coin forget you are miserable sinners,
while every other thing you do may make
you more miserable, only you never feel it,
so long as it makes you more rich I? Aud
so there's Sunday conscience like a Sun
day coat and folks who'd get on in the
world put the coat and the conscience care
fully by and only wear 'em once a week.
Well, to think how much such folks 90 to
worship-why, then l must say it, Master
Capsticks, to stand inside of a church and
watch congregation coming out, however
you may stare, may bel can't help, after
my fashion, thinking so-is melancholy
sight indeed. Lord love you, when we see
what some people do all the week-people
whore staunch at church, remem6er-I
can't help thinking there's a good many
poor souls who're only Christian at morn.
ing and afternoon service" - DO4gia.
JeTOLd. .... ..,... .....-.
, 1856-10-31

THE WHEELBARRow MAN.-Col. Fremont
was commended to the northern Black Re-
publicans as marvellous proper man for
the Presidency, chiefly because he had ex-
plored and mapped out the Rocky Noun
tains. Some years ago man started from
the Atlautic States with wheelbarrow,
and tugged all the way over those same
Rocky Mountains. Now, we should like
to know on what principle Of justice the
claims of the original wheelbarrow N an
were overlooked ut Philadelphia. Besides,
if men are to be made Presidents Of, simply
because they are good travellers, S'eeprock,
the Indian, had pre-emptionary claim to
the Philadelphia nomination. Justice, too,
should have been done to the man that
walked a thousand miles in a thousand
hours."-Baltimors RepRbIioan.
, 1856-10-31

Bill FOR REGULATING THE PRESIDENTIAL
SuccEssIoN IN CASE OF VAcANcY.-The
Washington correspondent fthe Baltimore
Ssa says: s.i AirlflaJ % .yi
"A most important bill and accompanying
report is to be introduced into the Senate
by the Hon. Judge Butler, Of South Car
olina, Chairman Of the Committee on the
Judiciary in that body. The bill provides
for those cases omitted in the Constitution
in which not only the President and Vict
President, but also the Speaker of the
House is unable to perform or are prevented
from performing the duties Of President,
In that case the bill provides that the
Chief Justice shall act as President and /
be, too, is unable, then the next Oldest
Judge, and so on, until the whole Supreme
Bench is exhausted, "A
The bill also provides for those cases il
which the different provisions of the consti
tuition Rs amended come in apparent conhic
with each other, as for instance in the case
in which the Speaker Of the House, who i
called upon to act as President, is not d
native Of the country, the constitution pre-
scribing that be shall be; or in which one
Of the officers or Judges designated to aci
as Chief Magistrate has not theage requir
cd by the constitution for President
One ofthe most remarkable features Of th'
bill is, that the President thus called TO ac
by the operation Of law shall he Presiden
for four years, and that no new Presidential
election shall take place before the end o
that period The bill, as will be readily
perceived, is Of vital interest at this juno
ture," -. ,..t-.- ~
, 1856-10-31

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF DEsEREr7
The Constitution of the State Of Deseret
as recently formed and ratified OF . genera
Convention in Great Salt Lake City, on the
9Th Of April, is printed in the Missouri Re
bublican says: ''the Constitution itself is a
curiosity, being exceedingly brief, and sop
lain as to admit of but one Interpretation
1t says nothing about NIGeERs-recognize'
free white male citizens announces the tol
Grafton Of all religions, and does not refer
to polygamy A memorial was adopted
asking admission into the Union, and Geo
Smith and John Taylor were apointed.dele
gates to present it to Congress- L D
, 1856-10-31

GREAT BRrAIN-It appears from the
national balance sheet Of the United King
dom of Great Britain aud Ireland, that In
the year ended the Both Of June, 1856, the
excess Of expenditure over income was
921, 500 402. The gross income was
R70, ,233,77S The whole revenue derived
from customs was not sufficient to pay the
interest and expenses of management OF the
permanent debt. More than half the reve'
nue. was derived from excise, stamps, prop
erty tax, post Office, &c, eiala
, 1856-10-31

PoLYeAMY TAKiNO AEorHER TtRk.L Tho
Rock Islander says that one Of the Mormon
women who was in the company Of the late
crowd which has passed through that town
for Salt Lake, has no less than ioarahus0
bands. She is anihtellIgebt, pleasahtiOOks
ing individual She coutehded that women
had as good q. right to have q number Of
husbands, as a man had have as many
wives as he wished, provided the mon were
all members Of the Mormon ChurchsIq dooi
, 1856-10-31
POET Try. .
ONWARD.

BY L. VIRGINIA FRENCH
Times mistenshrouded valley.
Life its river, deep and wide,
Human squadrons erowding rally
On its swiftly rushing tide
irving. mid its wild commotion,
War ships freighted heavily
n L., ,,o ..,o.or.g, 'o,o.,
oS Az r,erri,,.
a. sweeppg on in long procession
Glide the phantom frigatcs by,
Hasting. striving for possession
Of some bubble as they ny.
-fr Souls which love and peace inherit,
4h IJa s.aa,,or a. s.a,,,b, ,rir;,
or,v,,5 no tbis ,ide are dr;yen
Like the rush and roar Of battle
Thunder on the booming waves,
Dol Driving fleets that reel and rattle
20 Down uDon their yawninR graves. .
Hosts on maddened hosts assailing,
Dro,,rn, moan. of ,Srnng and vr,i,ing
win ,be bongb,v ,ru,onet,s clang
'
On proud soul, amid the thunder
r. Win and wear deathless name
Make thy Mark y engnye it under
% Great ones on the scroll Of Fame!
Onward DER that mighty river,
, 1856-10-31
D6y- A Chicago paper relates an instance

BGr A Chicago paper relates an instance,
in that city where. real estate operator
realized the handsome profit Of $500 IN
one day by means Of the telegraph wires.
He telegraphed to Washington that he
would give $4,000 for piece Of property
and, upon receiving an answer that /" Jon
can have it," he Immediately telegraphed
to third party, in another city, that he
would sell ii for IS, 500, and The reply wss
=" we will take it.H q. 1c1 l1s ll3a-s
, 1856-10-31

greatness O. Burns was not understood by
anybody; but there is feeling remains
wouldna like to part wiz
| looked on this auld man as a great
man. l respected his state of mind and
excused him for not being pleased wi my
singing, altho' twas my attempt at it which
brought out his great speech. The old
man is now gathered to his fathers, "They
are wearing AVA"
The individual so emphatically addressed
in the FIRST four lines of the stauzas-
"And you farewell whose merits claim,
Justly that highest badge to wear!
! Heay'n bless your honord, noble name,
To Masonry and Scotia dear =
was his intimate friend and faithful Brother,
Sir John Whitefoord, of Ballochmyle, aud
of whom, in letter addressed to him,
dated Edinburgh, December, 1881, he says:
You are the first gentleman in the coun-
try, who in his benevocnce and goodness
of heart, has interested himself for me I'M
solicited and unknown" 1t is beautiful
trait in BuRNs' character that he never for
got this, his first friend and we find him
in 1871, addressing the following lines to
Sir John, enclosing copy of "Glencairn's
Lament -
" Thou who thy honor as thy God reverest,
Who save thy minds reproach nought earthly fearcst
To thee this native offring impart,
The fearful tribute of Il broken heart, &C.
The beautiful song, "The Farewell to
the Braes of Ballochmyle," was also com
posed on the Whitefoord's being obliged to
part with that estate.
Burns attendance at the Lodge at Tar.
bolton was very regular, even after he had
removed from Edinburg to MoSsgiel, four
miles distant. 1t appears from the record
book, that at the meeting Of the Lodge,
July 81, l7S4-about year after his ini-
tiation-he occupied the Chair us Deputy
Master, in which capacity he signs the
minutes for several subsequent years, as
BURNEss, until March LIST, 1885 after
which the name appears contracted into
the form in which it is known all over the
world. At the time the " Farewell was
written, he was Provincial Grand Master
for Ayrshire, as well as Deputy or acting
Master Of the Lodge The last entries of
his name in the minute-book, are in May,
1888. He was then about to commence
settled matrimonial life at Ellesland. The
voice Of Burns was low, strong and musical; I;
when in the church he usually joined in the
bass, and good singers observed that he
was ever in harmony. He was made a
Royal Arch Mason at general Encamp-
ment," held at Eyemouth, on the 10th Of
May, 1851.
The Masonic Lodge was a favorite
haunt to Burns and be alludes to the
mysteries Of the institution, and the sociali-
ties of the Brethren, on various occasions.
Thus in the Address to the Dell :"
"When Masons' mystic word an grip,
In storms and tempest raise ye up,
Some cock or cat your rage maun stop,
Or. strange TO tell
The younger brother ye whad whup
An straight to hell"
And also in Tam Samson's Elegy
The Brethren O. the mystic level
May hing their heads In woful bevel
While by their nose the tears will revel,
=. Like ony bead
, 1856-10-31
From the Free-Masons Monthly Magazine.
"BurnS' Farewell"

BuRNs was made a Mason in 1888, at
the age of "a years. The no less celebra,
ted than beautiful and touching Farewell
to the Brethren Of St James Lodge, Tar
bolton" was written in the summer of
1856, after the poet had determined on
leaving his "native heaths," and taking up
his residence in the island of Jamaica and
it is said to have been first sung by him to
his Brethren in the Lodge-room, at the
moment when his chest was on its way to
the vessel at Greenock. As itmay he new
to some of our younger Brethren, we insert
IL .
, 1856-10-31
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, 1856-10-31

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ments in California.
, 1856-10-31

"When Masons' mystic word an grip,
In storms and tempest raise ye up,
Some cock or cat your rage maun stop,
Or, strange TO tell
The younger brother ye whad whup
An straight to hell"
And also in Tam Samson's Elegy
" The Brethren O. the mystic level
May hing their heads In woful bevel
While by their nose the tears will revel,
Like ony bead
Deaths glen their Lodge an unco' pevil.
Tnm Samson's dead!r
, 1856-10-31
A last request permit me here,
When yearly ye assemble a.,
One rOund-I ask il wi n tear,
TO him, the Bard tllat's far Gtoa'."

That last sigh O. him will never leave my
mind. He rose and burst into tears.
They werena sham anes. 1t was queer
sight to see sac mony men burst out like
blubbly boys and blnbber in spite O. them
SELL Soon after the song, he said he
could not stay any longer. Wishing as oil
well, he took his leave, as we thought for
ever. We sat and looked at each other,
foil as we were wi great speeches. Name
O. them cam to the light that night The
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-06-20
From California.

New Orleans, June II.
The Steamer Daniel Webster arrived
to-day, from San Juan on the 9th, with
California dates to May 20.
Great excitement exists at San Francisco.
in consequence of the assassination Of Jas.
King, editor of the Bulletin, BY man
named Casey King died on the 10TH
The affair occurred on the 18th. Casey
had been arrested. Citizens are much
excited. A meeting Of the old Vigilance
COMMITTEES was called. Placards, of an
IinAammatory character, were posted. calling
on citizens TO take the law into their own
hands. On the 18th, 800 citizens, COM
pletely organized into companies and divis-
ions, and armed with muskets marched
from the Committee Rooms, and had taken
possession of the jail, and took thence Cas-
seY, together with Cora, the gambler and
murderer of Gen. Richardson, and carried
them to the Committee Room. Here they
were strongly guarded until the steamer
sailed. 1t is supposed they would be hung.
The whole city was draped in mourning for
the death of King. Casey was formally
an inmate of Sing-Sing a. " Prison;
statement of which fact, published in Kings
paper, led to the difficulty. The Vigilance
Committee was fully organized, throughout,
and it IS said fund of $4,000 has been
raised; and it has been determined to drive
all gamblers from the State.
The Committee were well supplied with
ammunition and its proceedings were char
acterized with the most perfect order and
propriety. .
The George Law, from Aspinwall for N.
Y, had nearly 100000 in gold, on
freight.
NIcARAeUA-We learn that Gen. Walk
er had removed his headquarters to Leon.
There was some sickness among his troops.
All is quiet on the Isthmus.
1t was rumored that a revolution had
broken out during Mora's absence, said to
be BY an influential family named Castro
There had been no arrivals of shins from
the Atlantic States at San Francisco, during
the fortnight.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-06-20

A fatal accident occurred on the Mad
River Road Saturday night, four miles south
of Urbana. The night passenger train from
Dayton, coming north, ran into tree which
had fallen across the track, at the place
above named. The locomotive was turned
from the track but not upset. The tender
pitched into the house of the engine, crush
ing the engineer, Mr.. George Bryant, up
against the boiler, smashing his head, break
ing his neck and bruising him otherwise in
a shocking manner. He was, of course, in
stantly killed. Mr. Rowe, former engin-
Ger on the road, but now of the Dayton and
Western Road, was on the engine at the
time. He was thrown underneath Mr. Bry-
ant and, with three ribs broken, lay in this
dreadful position for some time till he was
rescued. Yetwith most wonderful presence
of mind, he closed the steam cocks, which
had opened with the conclusion, and gave
orders for letting off the steam, putting out
the fires, DC, to keep the engine from burn
ing. All this time the dead engineer was
pinned TO the boiler and his blood flowed
down over Mr.. Rowe, whose endurance sup
ported him without fainting until he was
extricated. The fireman escaped with little
injury. The damage to the locomotive and
train was comparatively small
Mr.. Bryants remains were sent East yes
terday, for interment. He came from Sa-
lem, Mass, few months since, and was
much respected. He was unmarried. Mr..
Rowe is with his friends at Carey, and, at
last accounts, was doing well-,San. Reg.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-06-20
Fact for Old wings.

1t is a fact which can never pass out o
the recollection of the admirers of Henry
Clay, that James Buchanan was the author
of the atrocious charge of "bargain anc
corruption" made against Henry Clay and
John Quincy Adams, in 1925. Never wa,
there uttered a baser, more malignant, Oh
more unfounded SANDER, and it is safe tc
predict that the remnant of that glorious
party who idolized the gallant Clay, will
hesitate long and reflect well before they be-
stow their vote on a man Who attempted to
his reputation. ~.