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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-01

John ID Defrses WIN r. Nefsinger Fl. W. Talbot,
Willis W. Wright. wm. N McCarty, Deos Rect.
w II Eliis j Apencer W. G.. Wharton.
L, r. BRoMwELL. Secy, j d. DEFREES, Pres't.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-02-01
n. EVERSON'S HEALTH RESTORATIVE
Anti -Iusrantic and Anti-Rilinns pills

WPROOMs.-5Od dozen. assorted qualities lust received
MD novel TENNEY & SORENSON.
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06
The Cairo and Fulton Rail- Road
ITS PROSPECTS


1t was with more than ordinary interest
and pleasure we made the acquaintance. a
few days ago. of Hon. S. g. Kitchen and
ii h. Bedford. esq, of Bloomfield Missouri.
These gentlemen are members of tie board
OF consolidated management of the two dIvis-
ions of the Cairo Il Fulton railroad. and were
here to attend meeting of that board on the
part of the Missouri company. From them
We learned that IN southwes. Missouri.
most cheering state of things existed in re:
gard to the road: that the citizens generally,
and the counties not heretofore having CON
trlbuted anything in the way of swamp and
overHowed lands. had and would become
stockholders. We also were grati6ed TO
meet Judge Cross, the firm and indefaiiga-
bic friend of the enterprise from South Ar
kansas. He was here with US to attend the
mce;lAg of the joint com nittee of the Mis-
souri and Arkansas companies.
The board we are fully justi6able in say
ing have taken the necessary steps to adjust
and perfect the titles. not only to the large
amount of valuable lands transferred to the
Missouri company by several Counties, but
also those embraced in the ac; of Congress,
and at an early day, upon these lands as a
basis of credit. with the 250 900 dollars of
bonds Issued to the company by the State Of
Missouri, will fsel fully Justified in putting
that entire division of the road under con-
tract Indeed they contemplate doing 50
in the approaching summer month"; Mess
Kitchen 4 Bedford expressed the opin on
that the me ans now under the control of the
company were ample. under anything like
judicious management. to build two such
roads as their division The lands arising
from the Congressional grant and the grant
of the counties. will amount 10 at least
600 000 acres
We are also told that Scott county will
no doubt contribute 5000 acres of her
lands. and Ripley county 10000 Some
thing also. may be expected from New
Madrid and Mississippi. Mes-rs Kitchen
& Bedfurd mentioned the name of one indi-
vidual citizen of the latter county WHO would
/ take $4,000 of stock
/ The Cairo and Fulton Railroad is now
I upon firm basis, and no one, who will take
I the trouble to examine It's means and its
merits, will doubt for moment it. sue
cess. The c. & f. company have done no
{ hunbugging, They have progressed slow.
! " bat steadily up TO their present position
When they throw themselves npon the mar.
I kct for credit. they viii at once meet wit!
I the confidence of all capitalists.
/ LufLe Rock Tree Dem.
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06
LONDON THE GREATEST C,ry-Londo,

LONDON THE GREATEST CITY-London
is now the greatest city in he world and IA r
surpasses all the great cities of antiquity.
According TO Gibbon the population of an
cient Rome in the height of ITS marni6cence
was I.200000; Nineveh is estimated to
have had 600. 900; and Dr. Medhurst sup
poses that the population of Pekin is about
2,000. 900 The population of London, ac-
cord;ng to recent statistics amounts to q
500. O00-4I4,722 having been added 20 it
during the last ten years. The census
shows that it contains 307 ,722 inhabited
and I6 3S9 uniDhabiteI houses.
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06

70 Senator Brown oil Mississippi, has created
quite sensation, by writing letter in which he
suggests that the legislature of his State should
levy ia x of one dollar per head on slaves, which
would raise at once three hundred and tw enty-
five thousand dollars. This sum- he presumes,
would buy at least three hundred slav and leave
a surplus sufficient to detray the expenses of three
hundred emisrants to Kansas The persons 90
ing out in charge of the slaves to be chosen by
commissioners, to be appointed for each county
by the governor, and these commissioners could
also purchase the negroes Senator Brown thinks
that young Mssssppian. thus made the master
OF slave by his State. and sent free of charge TO
such territory as Kansas. would do the neces-
sary voting and, if needs be- the lighting also re-
qured to sustsin the acts his State in the ter
rtory. He adds that If the slave States would
adopt this plan. they would have in twelve months
slave colony in Kansas that all the abolitionists
IN the Union could not expsl The plan is GER
tainly an ingenious one, but we fear is more cal
cuated 10 create gang of hungry office holders
than to aid In making Kansas a slave State.
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06
COMMERCIAL

cHicAGO--The Chicago papers furnish
Us with commercial statistics for last wear.
which merit attention, showing the rapid
Increase OF the trade of that city, and uf
the great NoFihsra Lakes From these we
learn that the receipts OF q ,ur have increas-
go trom l0S.5I5 barrels in 1851 to 24O.-
oo2 the shipments trom lU1 .621 to 163.-
4l9 and the consumption from ll6 94S 10
l9o'oJ3 barrels The receipts OF wheat
snow much larger increase. VIZ: from B.
95S 90j bushels III 1851, TO I .533 0I5 in
acoo, aud the shipments from 2. 2.iU5.725 to
O.29S,l55 bushels The receipts uf corn
have Increased from 69O. 53 bushels in
Iosl 10 o.o33.31I bushels lhe receipts
o' ciher produce are in like proportionate
Increase
The Lake commerce. we observe. has in
creased frOm touage of O92.OO 10 L.
eCs,Sl5, last year
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06

The fact mentioned in the following e1-
tract from the Raleigh Register is. We be-
lieve. true in every respect. The Demo-
Gratis of the North muster up a vote of 13
or 15 for Richardson Where stand the bal
auce of the Northern Democracy The
Register says
1t is stated by Washington correspond
ent that Richardson's vote for Speaker con-
siSts OF 53 Southern Democrats, Southern
Wings and Americans and IL Northern
Democrats Who are all those other North
ern "National'' Democrats voting for -
Another correspondent, tells us they (the
balance of the Northern Democracy are
alziDus for the election of Banks, OF M.s-
a ,i,u-eits-a notorious Free SoiIer We
call the attention OF the Standard. and the
Democracy Of North Carolina. to this ugly
fact
What have the Southern wing of the
great" Democracy to say in regard to the
conduct of the Northern Democrats. The
Souhern Democracy aud the office holders
organs have been for the past three years
labOring. and using every exertion their fer
tile brains could invent, to impress upon the
people OF the South that the Democrats of
the North were National, and ..sound on
the Slavery question: ~ Now. when the
test is applied, We 6rd these self-ssme high
" e1tollrd ''Nationsl'' Democrats of the
North voting with the Free soilers and Black
Republicans. To say the least, they have
curious way of demonstrating their Ma
tionalitv. and their sounincss on the sub,
ject IF slavery.
Shreveport South Hvestern.
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06

A letter to the Charleston S.an1ari, da-
ted Savannah. Jan. 5. says:
! hasten to aequaiut you with an addition
al tIct in the sad narrative Ut the late out
Iages In Florida. My information is gained
irOu gentleman arrived in the city. direct
y frOm Florida He states that since the
attack Of the Indians upol Lieut. Haris'uf
aaa OILS party. they are supposed To have
'noSa their deadly hatred to~ards the
Whites by anotEer murder fhe victim
Was rnall rider Tn. manner Of bis death
uaAnoHa- yet every Circumstances piints
10 The lad. aus as the rnurderers His horse
came IEtO Fort Myers riderless. dripping
with ioam, and covered with >pots Of blood,
aud the mail rider has not since been heard
u These are all the particulars my infor-
nans cooId give.
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06
ITgtgrspAed to the Memphis Buliefinl
FROM EUROPE.
IRRIVAL OF THE lME RIGA
HALIFAX. Jan. l6.

Il .
HALIFAX. JAN To-
The America arrived tonight at seven
o,elocK- She reports the Cotton market ac-
tive. Middling declined 1-8d. Sales since
n. departure of the last steamer 2. 800
b,Iss. Speculators took l.200; exporters
400. Market closed unsettled Fair
Orleans. 6 l-ed; Middling do. SD. /;
Stock on hand, $4,000 bales
Flour market dull and unchanged Corn
dill Frsigh. unchanged
Manchester trade is dull and quiet
American stocks unchanged. Mo ney mar
k.t unchanged Sugar quiet with moder-
.te demand
The Manchester. out from New Orleans,
had arrived She reports strong force of
AuaIo-Turkish cavalry defeated near kersch,
and l.rge bodies of Russian troops ara
marching from the Crimea iuto Bessarabia,
NOT. however. with the intention Of evacua-
ting th. former place Il is reported that
O.tsn Sacken has succeeded Gortschakoff,
and that Admiral Lyon. has been appointed
corumsnder of the allied aeets in the East
Rus.i, has advertised for immense con-
tracts for Artillery stores. Emancipation
|. has been offered to the serfs. and some of
the restrictions imposed by the Car have
been removed
.two hundred and 6fy Chinese we're
smo,hered to death in the hold of the Am
-ric1n ship Wsverly. lying at Marrila :
The mate orderd them to be placed in the
hold, in consequence of some difficulty
The mate was arrested.
4 battle is reported in India between the
in.urgent. and the British, in which the
former were defeated Five hundred were
slain.
4 serious difficulty has occurred between
the American Consul and local aur rhorities
at Hong Kong, 10 relation to the arrest OF
the American ship Reindeer.
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06

Ths following dispatch from New York,
is taken from the ST. Louis Intelligeucer. oE
the ! lth inst: -...-...---
The Trihune's Wa-h;n gton spond
ent telegraphs that decisive step has been
taken relative To British enlI>tmcnts The
long correspondence on the -ubjec: between
the two governments has been closed by an
elaborate and conclusive dispatch TO Mr.
Buchanan. sent last Saturday. requiring the
British government to recall Mr. Crampsou
or naming the alternative of the adm nistra-
tion giving him his passports. The same
paper signifies distinctly the revocation oi
the exeqoarurs Of C"rsul< Barclay. at New
York Matthew's. at Phlia lalphis. sBd 'we-
croft, at Cincinnati, wac were implicated ID
the 4niittments.
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06
Liver Compla:nt,

This dangerous and often fatal disease had long
bsied the skill OF the most eminent RI ysicians.
when the discovery OF DR.. N'Lane's Liver Pills
solved the difficulty. and presented TO the world
The Great Specific for that complicated maladv,
which has attained such widely spread celebrity
for its certainty OF cure. This successful remedy
was the result of many years. study. in which the
symptoms were narrowly observed, and are thus
described by the Doctor himself:
Symptoms of a Diseased Lirer-Pain in the right
side, and sometimes in the left. under the edge OF
the ribs-.he patient being rarely able TO lie on
the left; pain sometimes under the shoulder blade
frequently extending to the top Of the SHOULDER
often mistaken for rhurnatisGn in the arn; ; sick
ness oi stomach. and loss of appetite; bowels
mostly costive, but sometimes alternate with lax
dull heavy sensation in the back part Of the head:
loss OF memory, with uneasiness OF having ne
elected something sometimes dry cough; weari-
ness and debility; nervous irrtabiity feet cold
or burning. and prickly sensation OF skin low
spirits lassitude, with dsincination to exercise,
although satisfied it would be beneficial. In fact
patient distrust. every remedy.
Have you any, all of these symptoms, If so
you will find certain remedy in DR.. M'Lane's
Pills
70 Purchasers will be careful to ask for Dr.
M'LSnc's Celebrated Liver PiIEs,
and take none else. There are other Pills, pur-
porting to be Liver Pills, now before tie public.
DIR. M'Lane's Liver Pills. also his Celebrated
! Verrnluge, can be had at all respectable
Drug Stores in .he United States and Canada.
| Sold in Washington, by MITcurr- & FosTrk
! and DR.. B. p. JrrT.
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06
NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKEr
BULLETIN OFFICE-
Wednesday horn-no Ian % 1875

Wednesday Morning, Jan. %, 1856
We noticed in our last review that on Friday
the market was depressed and unsettled by the
foreign news, and the sales We're at easier rates
bat not sufficient to require any reduction in quota
tions- On Saturday, However. the demand being
checked both by the news aud by rainy weather
factors were compelled TO make further conces-
sions and three thousand five hundred bales were
taken at figures showing decline OF and &c
from last weeks currency. On Monday the
demand continued moderate. and the sales did
not exceed 1000 bales, while Yesterday, buvers
came forward with more spirit and took II, 900
bales at the previous reduction. Thus the trans
action OF three days sum up % 500 bales.
Neic Orleans Classification
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06
CABINET MANuEAcToRY,

WASHINGTON. ARKANSAS.
TtiIE undersigned would respectfully inform
Il the citizens of Washington, and its vicnit,
that he still continues 10 manufacture and repair
At hIs Manufacturing Rooms, On Main street, one
door west oI the Washington House, where he
will at all times be prepared 10 fill any orders in
his line of business.
lie would also announce to the public that he
has a iEARSE always in readiness, and will
give prompt attention to FUnerals-COfPEus
made TO order. D. II. HAWKS.
HaGhinsfon. Hsy 30, 1858. 25-u.
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06

Mr.. Schleirden. the Minister Resident
at Washington. of the Republic of Bremen,
waited upon Lieut. Maury a few days ago,
With highly-wrought aad beautiful gold
medal. which was presented with very
complimentary letter. The medal bears the
inscription To the promoter Of science.
to the guide of navigators, Lieut. Matt. f.
Maury, an honorary acknowledgment of the
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06

10 The St Louis News gives the fol-
lowing picture of life in that city. If not
overdrawn there is certainly room for reform.
The News attribute. this state of thinss to
the looss manhsr in which the laws have
been executed recently:
No sooner is the shadow of night thrown
over St Louis, than blood thirsty fruds.
desperate rogues coarse rowdies and brutal
ruffisns creep from their lairs and sally forth
to make night Lideous with their belIish
orgies Quiet. law loving people NAV rule
the city by day but black guards. black legs,
rufhans and devils sway the scep,re at night.
They gather to sacrifice Innocent and un-
sophisticated victims upon the altar of the
table; they parade the streets in strong
squads. going from saloon to saloon. gulph-
Ing down the liquor that is to FIRE their blood
and madden their brains for the better exc
cution of the deeds of dspravity that are to
6ll up the latter part of the night Hardly
night passes in which one. if be listened
and watched. could not see the glittering
dagger fash in the air, and hear the shrek or
groan of the axsassin.' victim Thieves
prowl the city ever, from midnight to sun
rise. breaking bolts. picking locks aud with
boidness and daring almost inconceivsbls,
searching the houses from cellar to attic for
the hard earned money of honest sleepers
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06

A Fortune WArrINo.-In 1924 Martha
A. Wells. then 16 years of age. daughter of
Alexander Wells. of Amelia county. Va,
left that State in company with one Spel-
Ger. for one of the Western States She
has never be en- heard from since by any Of
her family. Her father recently died, and
by bis will she. if living. or Ler children ii
she has any. are entitled to portion OF bis
fortune. Information Is asked concerning
her.
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06

NEw CoUNrEsFEIr--Wh White's louisville
Reporter thus describes new and very dan
gerous counterfeit $50 bill on the Bank Of
Tennessee p
The paper is rather light and iimsy the
bill is short and very little narrower than
the genuine Washingson's head on the
righ, end of the DILL is perfect-looks
white and rather coarse Payable at the
brsuch at Athens; letter 4, No. Sl7; da-
tel 1853. Ou careful inspection its ch#rac-
and yet it Is very dangerou. one"
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06
Commission Business.
Eogyer Warehouse,

FULTON ARKANSAS
THE undersigned takes this method of inform
4 ing his friends and the public, that he is
prepared to Receive and Forward Goods up the
river or to the interior. He has just completed
Sheds separate from the old Zones, sufficient to
store any amount OF Cotton that may come to
mis- care He is also provided with comfortable
Houses Tor teamsters ith safe Lots adjoining
for teams. Prompt attention will be given to
the sale OF Groceries &c. on consignment.
r. ID. WALKER.
Fulton, JAN %. 1856. A-tf
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06

The Year 1S56.--The year Just COM
menced is the latter part of the 8Oih, and
the beginning of the Slst year of the Inde-
pendence of the United States: the 6 569rh
y Jar of the Julian period; the latter part of
the 56l6lh. and the beginning OF the s.
6I7th year since the creation of the world.
according to tue Jews the 26O9th year
since the foundation of Rome. according to
Earro; the 2632d year of the Olympiad.; :;
the latter part of the 1272d, and the begin
ming of the 1273d year of the twelve Iu
nations since the Hegira or flight of Mahom-
ct. which took place on the 16.h of July. A
d. 622
The Alphonsine tables make this year the
I.OS9th from the creation; the Greek church
$500, aud some eastern churches date i.
16 years later than the Greek church
The Chinese adopt the Sexagepary cycle.
of which sixty cycles have now elapsed.
their ers commencing 2. 100 b. c., so they
now deem themselves in tie year 4555-
The Talmud makes this year 7 800 the
Sentusgent I 7657; and the Samaritan Pen
taieuch 6565.
Amid all the abstruse and painful calcu-
lasions which have been made relative to
the chronological progress of the world. the
Christian era is undoubtedly the most cor
rect and authentic According to that the
world was created $500 years ago. and the
deluge swept the earth 3.5l1 years ago and
234S years before Chii>t; aud We are now
living in the year 1856. dating from the
Christian era-Akbany Argus
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06
NEW EsRM AND NEW GOODS

CAMDEN, ARKANSAS.
THE undersigned having bought the entire
Il stock of Goods of McCoLLuM FELLOW. &
Co, Except the Groceries) will continue the
business on his own account at the old stand
under the name of p. M'COLLUM g. CO,
where will always be found complete aud large
assortment of t21E & = q y Il y &S usually
sold in this market. lGioceries excepted which
will be sold low he purchased in South
Arkansas. The subscriber has recently returned
from New York, where he purchased large
Stock of Goods at reduced prices. which are now
daily expected, and would particularly call the
attention OF Cash buyers 10 examine his stock
before purchasing elsewhere, be and wi IL
sch as good bargain. be bought in New
Orleans, tor the Cash
He would take this opportunity of returning
his grateful ackno " dstnents to the people of
South Arks Tor the liberal patronage extended
to him for the last twelve Years. and hopes by
bis usual strict attention to business to merit
continuance of the same
PETER MCOLLUM.
Camden, Jan. ~, 1850. 4-tf
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06
Sale OF Sec. l0, T.I2, $. II. 2o West.

IN COMPLIANCE with petitions presented to
i me by majority of the house-holders in said
Township, in accordance with law. will offer
for Sale to the highest bidder, at the Court-ho
door, in the Town of Washington, Hampstead CO.,
Ark, Saturday the 22d day Of March, 1855,
in lots, OF tracts of Forty acres each, the whole
of Section l6, in 1osrnship l2 South, in Range %
IVea-
Said Lands will not be sold for less price than
two dollars per acre.
Tsrms-The land will be sold on credit of FIVE
years with eight per cent interest, payable semi
annually in advance-bonds with approved secu
rity viii be required of the purchasers
DAN'L F. WILLIAMS Comm.
School Commissioner
Jan IS, 1856. 3-tds
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06

% As the ivy twines around the oak, so doe,
misery and misfortune encompass the happiness
OF man. Felicity. pure and unalloyed felicity, is
not plant of earthly growth; her gardens are in
the skies-Bur.on
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06
SCHEME.
APPROXIMATIONS.
1000 Prizes, amounting to.

l,o00 Prizes. amounting to- .... S0oOCO
PRICE OF TICKETS.
Wholes &lo Halves IS 90: Quarters s. SO
Prizes in this Lottery are paid 80 days after
the drawing, in bills OF specie-paying Banks
without deduction-only Oh presentation oi the
Ticket drawing The Prize.
% Bills OF all solvent Banks taken al mar
All communications strictly confidential
JOHN L. LOGAN
-5gsni at Camden. .9rE
Tickets can be obtainei OF JOHN D. K1MpEIL
Washington, Arks.
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06

Revolution IN MoNTEvIDo.-By an ar
rival at New York OF, the 24ih nlt. from
Montevido. i Is aSceriained that revolution
is progressing there There had been fight
ing for four days and one hundred persons
had been killed The city has been de-
cl.red in a state of siege.
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06

We see it stated that the ~ Y. Tribune
circulates 26S0 copies. weekly, in Slave
States.
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06

A paper ha~ been started in Richmond,
Indiana, called The Broadaxe of Freedom
and Grubbing- Hoe of Truth
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06
AssIMILArING TO THAR OF LIVERPOOL
MAR RIED.

At Carksvilie Texas on the 30th ult. by the
Rev. w. P. Mckenzie. DR.. CuAs. B. MIrcuEL
OF this place, to Mrs. MARGARET a. CRAY Of
Clarksville.
Washington telegraph., 1856-02-06
Latest From Europe.
ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC,
TIE PEACE PROPOSITION:

TIE PEACE PROPOSITIONS
DENM.4RK REM.dINS NEUTRAL.
COUNCIL OF WAR AT PARIS.
New YORK, Jan. "a.
The speed oe the new steamer Persia
from GrcenOck to Liverpool, was sixteen
knots an hour.
Expectation is on tiptoe to learn the issue
of the peace propositions. Rumors Of all
kinds src flying but nothing certain will be
known for week the time has been ex-
tended for Rus>ia's consideration, to the
18th inst Nevertheless, Berlin aud Wen
na dispatches do not hesitate to assert that
adrices have already arrived there. intima-
ting tha: the Czar will make no further con-
eessOnS-
On the other hand. it is stated certain
fOrmai conferences. in regard to propositions
received, have been aciully held In ST Pc
tersburg-
The Independence Beige" publishes
what Purports to be the text of the propo-
stious II the document is authentic. the
demands are sn Stringent that there is little
hope of RusSla asserting to them.
Denmark publishes circular stating that
she will remsln neutral
There is no;hing later from the Crimea
In the spring. ho<ilities viii be transferred
from the Crinea to Northern Russia
OuIer Pa-ls is sbu, np in the redOubt of
Kale by the severe wl.ter
Prussia i excited relative to the Allies
general blockade: and Is active In endsav-
oring TO induce Russia to make pcacs
Holland feels the same way
A council Of war had been convened at
Paris OF which the Emperor Napoleon was
President
COMMERCIAL
American Stocks quiet and unchanged
Bullion in bauk decreased f273.O00 Jas
McHenry L Go quote sales since the arrival
Of the steamer Baltic forced" especially
bowed cOtts,n. which sold at Lid Stuck
on hand 220 600 bales Of American.
Brown. Simply & Co.'S circalar qaotes
Imports pressed soon as the Baltic land
ed Middling declined 1-SI to II; Fair.
l-Sd-; lower grades closing tamely Fair
Orleans, Cd; Upland. 5 LII Sales on
Friday 6 900 bales Spectators ,ooi 3 :
OOO-e1Porters 5000 Sales for the week.
40,U00- Imports since last steamer. 81
000