The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-10-28


legislation can meet such exigencies.
EDITORIAL BREvITIES.
ey One night, recently, the mate and
seven or eight other ruffians belonging to
the Paul Jones, beat partially blind man
at Cairo in terrible manner, for amuss-
ment. The wretches should be sent to the
State prison and made to amuse themselves
at breaking stones for few years.
sB- The late frightful confagration at Chi
cago resulting in the loss of propert'- to the
amount Of three quarters Of milh-n, and
twenty lives, originated in the drunken spree
of some clerks and prostitutes, who over
threw spirit lamp, causing its explosion.
W Harpers Magazine sold in Philadel-
phia at fifteen cents per copy.
| IL The construction of Custom houses,
and many other public works will be sus-
pended in consequence Of the pressure upon
the government finances.
cE In Jacksonville an unfortunate corn
doctor, being taken for bullionist was set
upon and Obliged to run for dear life.
~ Col. Schroeder, the liquor merchant
in Louisville, is one Of the heirs to fortune
of 100000 guilders, in Amsterdam. A
guilder is worth something less than fifty
cents.
~ The New York Excise Commission
ers have paid over about Oh 900 for the
benefit of tho poor.
| ~ Mr.. Winslow, of the firm Of Wins
low, Lanier & Co., has been seized with par
alysis followed by an apoplectic stroke, and
lies in a very precarious position.
| :g Henry Shaw, a wealthy gentleman Of
St. Louis, has declared his intention TO rent
vacant lot and fill it with wood for the use
Of the poor during the coming winter.
W An Engine House in Cincinnati was
destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The
loss amounts to nearly $1,000.
eV Midnight depredaticns upon property
are becoming alarmingly frequent in Cincin-
natl. Within few days, property valued at
hundreds Of dollars has been abstracted from
private dwellings. A man had his pocket
eased of $3.50 on Saturday night while watch
irg fire.
e~ The New York Tribune attributes
the prevalence Of crime in that city to the
character of Mayor Wood, who himself is
out Of prison only because the statute oflim-
itations saved him from Sing Sing. So says
the Tribune.
III - Tho Rev. Mr.. Townsend of lows
City is in New York, preparing to take out q
party Of destitute children and provide then
/. with homes among tho farmers of Iowa..
/, ~ Snow fell in Bangor, Me-, and in New
York on the Goth.
~ The President has refused to comply
with the requisition oftho Governor of Mary
, land for troops to protect the polls in Balti
i more at the ensuing election.
20 The son Of Henry s. Gum, Of Mis-
sissippi, ran off o few weeks ago with hi
fathers second wife. The young "son of ,
: gun" has not been heard of since.
w On the first of January next, the mod
o of reckoning in Canada, is to be changed
p from pounds, shillings and pence, to dollar
Il and cents.
al sB The widow Of j. Z. Thayer, veal
thy broker Of Boston, is to receive by hi
will, an income Of $4,000 per annum an,
the use of two elegant residences with thoi
re appurtenances.
ID .E The Massachusetts State Bank il
Of Boston continues to pay specie. 1t belong
to men of former dynasty-who have tn
old chivalric notions of honor in payment o
le obligations. The bank has withdrawn he
d circulation and is doing business on her cap
I, ital only.
a tw The Pike County Bank, Illinois
said to be one of the safest institutions in tn
10 State. Efforts have been made to discredi
re it.
in ~ A Bishop and five priests of Monte
rey, Mexico, are under arrest for resistance +
q. the powers that be.
Il ~ There is . movement in Canada t
&. organize colored regiments for India.
re- ~ The city of Louisville has been sue
Ia for $4,000, the value of three slaves recentl
!. hung there by a mob.
~ A large number ofGypsies are locate
about two miles East Of Fort Wayne.
nt - Mr.. Hicks, an old merchant Of Ne,
o. York, has died of bleeding at the lang:
O. caused by excitement on learning the news G
s. the bank suspensions.
y ~ The New York Society for the Belle
~ Of the Poor, lost nearly one-half of thei
- fund by the failure of the Ohio Life e. Trus
:. Company.
~ The American Bible Union have cir
culated during the year 2s7 800 copies Of tn
Sacred Scriptures.
~ Dr.. 3. Luther, of Blk, near Dussel
~ dorf, has discovered new planet of the elev
We enth magnitude, the forty-ssvenih no,
h: known to exist between Mars and Jupiter.
nd ~ The Transfers Of real estate in Cincin
= natl, at this time, exceed those Of any pre-
=, vious autumn. Tha number of mortgage
b, executed is also very great.
L, e. The Board Of Trade Of Quebec hav
t. recommended the banks of that city to sus
IL pend specie payments, to prevent the drai
Of specie to the United Statee.