The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-11-19

az The Hon. Philip Allen, of Provi-
denee, has determined to supply fuel gratis
to the hands whom he has been compelled
to discharge from his print-works lie will
also give them house room free of Charge
His firm was one Of the first to suspend un-
der the panic.
20" A New York police officer recently
found family of five persons residing in
wretched howell, literally starving to death,
sss- The cattle markets Of New York were
largely over-supplicd last Wednesday, the
receipts Cor the week being over four thous-
and. Dressed beef sold below eight cents.
and hind quarters SOLD at five to six cents
per pound.
Ley A man, who was lately discharged
from the chain-gang at Memphis, once own
ed q large portion Of the ground on which
the city OF Nashville now stands and he is
worth sixty thousand dollars ut the present
time. Liquor is the cause of his degrade
ton.
c8r A duel was fought near New Orleans
on the sth. inst, between Gen. Lacos:e and
Mr.. Edward Garcia. The weapons were
small swords, and the General was danger
ously wounded in the abdomen.
s9- The painted surface of the steamship
Great Eastern, inside and out, measures lSo-
600 square yards, or more than twenty -four
acres
~ Between Wenona and Dubuque, there
is two feet of snow, good slcis Ig and
plenty OF ice.
fss- The Crooked Lake Canal, in New
York, was SO much damaged by the recent
freshct, that the labor of five hundred mel
could not restore it this season. The disas-
ter has cut off from market at least rs, 900
bushels of barley, now in store at various
points on Crooked Lake.
~ The breaks in the canal between
Rochester and Syracuse, are all repaired, aud
the passage of boats resumed. .tlf
i 1T is stated that a number of girls not
over ten or twelve years of age, arc common
prostitutes in the streets Of New York.
:B- Sevearl barrs filed with tobacco,
have hesn burned in Amelia county, Va,
while the tobacco was undergoing the pro-
cess Of firing. The amount of loss is not
stated, but is said to be considerable.
e% A young American Engineer who
was engaged to construct a difficult suspen-
sion bridge across the Avon river, in Eng
land-which had been commenced and gil
ven up as impossible by the great Engineer
Brunnel-is now in Paris, and expresses his
confidence in the success of his undertake
ing. H
Sy- On the 9Th inst. destructive fire
broke out in the town of Alexandria, La, by
which the large hotel known as the " Ice
House," and the livery stable attached, to-
gether with six other tenements, were COM
plctely destroyed. The loss is estimated at
about 100000.
- The story of the grasshoppor famine
in Minnesota has been greatly exaggerated,
and is sand to have been dodge to raise the
wind. The st. Paul Times says it has never
known the crops of Minnesota to yield so
plentiful harvest as during the past season.
"a 1t is asserted in Washington that
there is much truth in the contemplated in
vasion of Mexico by Spain, and that the
Government will keep close watch on mat
tiers in that direction for the next few months.
1t is also said that the sale of the Fort Rip
ley Reservation will not be approved by Sec
rotary Floyd.
H Last week young fellow, fond OF
fun, shaved all the hair ct Q young lady's
head, in Cincinnati, while she was asleep in
q chair.
~ Col. Myers, of Alabama, has refused
900 for colt three years old. 1t is said
to be fgreat size, and immense develope-
mcnt of bone.