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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-01-14
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THE PRICE OF COAL AT THE
RODIAM MINES Is,

DUDIANH
At the CEN per bushel
Hauled any part the eity............l0 - - %
Those who desire lay in their winter supply while the
fine and the good will have their orders
attended by leaving them the Office of the Bodiam
Mines the Telegraph Office Water street. Terms
cash JOHN WYM0ND.
oct22 Secretary and Manager.
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list EsECEEYED.
WHOLESALE DRUG STORE

w D1S - ~ ~ L O1S1i'
HALLOC e. ST o D D RD,
IMPORTERS. Manufacturers and aIers in Drugs. Medi
eues and Chemicals consisting in part Of Acids Dye
stHGs, Oil5. CooTs White Lead. Anne rican aud
French hte Zine Glass Yarnishea Brushes and
Glass other articles usually kept BY
Wholesale Druggi SIS.
Including of Trussss Shoulder and Body
Braces Surgical instrume tai, d d
ALSo;-Deaiers in DaguerrecDpe Stock. constantly on
hand Chemicals and great variety OF Gases and
daguerrean materials Country merchants injted to
call but all orders by mail h"rwse promptly attended
Prices low and goods warranted. larl2
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REPORT.

The committee profoundly regret to find any
of the subscribers at this time, eyince any dis
position to withhold, or refuse to pay their
subscription, and especially the city of Evans
vile, that was one Of the original subscribers.
and on the faith of the payment of whose sub
scription, the work was originally let
to contractors. The committee have been uu-
able to see any valid excuse on the part of the
city of Evansville, justfying refusal to pay
the balance of the subscription, that would not
equally avail other subscribers, and the com
mittee fondly hope that the city will yet de
| liver the Bonds to the Company in good faith
and that the City Council and this Company
may act tremendously together in the prose
cuton of the great work in which we are en-
gagged, and in the success of which we have
a common interest. But should the city, con.
trary to our anxious hopes, continue to refuse
the issue or deliver the Bonds of payment o
her subscription, there is but one course fol
the Board TO direct, as alike applicable to al
delinquent subscribers and to that end, the
committee recommend the adoption of the fol
lowing
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-01-14

Daily Freight Trains leave Evansville and
20 A NJ, whick local passep will he taken.
E For information through Tickets apry at IL
ComPanys transportation Office. head Locus Ey
snsviIle. deeIS ]. ]. DANIELS, Sup't.
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Mr. j. Smith, from the committee on fnan-
ces, to whom was referred so much OF the
communication Of the President as relates to
the refusal of the city of Evansville to deliver
her bonds, submitted report and resolutions
which were adopted by the following vote:
YEAs.-Messrs Allis, Chandler, Cockrum,
Leslie, Lyons, Reitz, Jer. Smith and Mr..
President. NAYs.-None.
The Committee on Finance, to whom was
referred the communication Of the President,
with the accompanying papers, relative to the
issue and delivery of the 100 bonds of $1,000
each, of the city of Evansville, in payment OF
the balance of the subscriptions now due
from said city to this Company, have had the
same under consideration, and
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Straight Line Railroad suit.

= We do sincerely regret to learn that no
steps have yet been taken to adjust the dltil-
Guilty between our city government and the
Straight Line Railroad. We hope the intiu-
ence of the public opinion of the city will in
tervene and induce settlement of the vexed
question. We cannot conceive of any danger
in issuing the bonds to the Company, under
the guarantees offered by Mr.. Baker to the
Council, in November, that the Bonds should
be properly applied, and the Road finished to
the crossing.
EXTRACT FROM THE ADDRESS OF TIE PRESIDENT,
TO THE DIRECTORS, AT CALLED SESSION,
HELD DEC. IL, 1856.
"Since the last session Of the Board, the
city of Evansville, by her Council, has refus-
! ed, upon our demand, to issue and deliver the
100000 of bonds due us upon the subscrip.
ton of that city. The correspondence be-
tween myself and the Council will be laid be-
fore you. l ask the advice and direction o
the Board as to what course shall be taker
in the matter"
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SsSTAR CANDLES. so whole half and On arter boxcs
~ Just rec'd for sale A REDUCED PRICE
decS s. e. GILBERT & co e, Sycamora-st.
REFINED So. LOFTS SUGARS bvIrels just
4 z reed steamer Nat. Holmes. for sale by
decs S. L. GILBERT & CO., Sy camore-st.
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I'll H(isttllautOus.
From the Missouri Democrat.l
A LAWYERS ADVENTURE.

We presume our Illinois readers will readily
expand the towu C-mentioned into the
following sketch inte Carlyle:
About three or four years ago, more or less,
was practicing law in Illinois in a pretty
large circuit i was called on cue day in nv
Office. in the town of G, by very pret-
ty woman who, not without tears, tuld me
ber husband had been arrested for shorse-teal-
;ns. She wished to retain me for the defence
asked her why she did not 90 to Judge B.
Al ex-senator of the United States, whose Of
fee was in the same town told that was
Young man at the bar &c. She mournfully
said that he had asked a retaining fee above
her means, aud besides did not want to touch
the case, for her husband vas suspected of be
longing 10 q gang of horSe-thieveS and coua-
terteiterS, whose headquarters were on Moore 5
prairie
asked her to tell NE the whole truth of the
matter, aud if it was true that her husband did
belong TO such band
All, sir" said She "a better man at heart
than my George never lived but likes cards
aud drink, and | am afraic that they made
60 what he never would hare if he had not
drunk. fear that it can be proved that be
had The horse he didn't steal it another did
and passed il to him"
didn't ike the case. | knew that there
vas great dislike to the gang located where
ste named. aud feared to risk the case before
2 ,G!y She seemed to observe my intention
q refuse the case and burst into tears
never could see woman weep without
feeling ike 4 weak fool myself If il hadn't
been for eyes frightened by ''pearly tears, "
hast tho hat r,ola than, 20 IN,
i+>h.o2 by praiSing 'em, I'd never have been
caught 10 the laSSo of matrimony. And my
Eoa.d-be-clent was pretty The handkerchief
ma; hid her streaming eyes didn't hide her
NE lips. and her snowy bosom rose and fell
IKE { Ehite gull in gale of wind at sea-
l 'ooS the case and she gave me the particu-
lhe gang, of which he was not q member,
LAD persuaded him to 10 take the horse. He
Knew lle horse was stolen, and like a fool
-cAaoE edged il when he was arrested. Worse
N-.-he had trimmed the horses tail and name
= a.,er his appearance, and the opposition
eoeia prove it.
I2c trial came on. worked hard to get
,-'y OF .gRoraat men, who had more heart than
e'a!a who, if they could not fathom the
1ePia> Of argument, or follow the labyrinthine
E@1ts Of the law could feel for young fellow
lay. - Oa1 tx weeping. pretty wife, nearly
p.oAen hearted and quite distracted Know
.as 'le Use Of effect" told her TO dress in
esfp mourning and bring her little cherub of
o'! calg three years old, into court, aud sit
: lear aeg husband as the officer would let
~, tried that game once in a murder case
-aa weeping wife and sister made a jury
e: :esIer yegdict against law, evidence and the
,1lSes charge, and saved fellow that ought
- lave beea hung as high as Haman.
II 1le prosecution opened very bitterly in
Gsned against thieves and counterfeiters,
20 mad made the land terror to strangers
NJ travellers, and who had robbed every far
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A NARROW EsCAPE-M. Charles Maurice
the French Journalist, in his Historic An
ecdotes," relates the following
A man had been condemned to death du-
ring the Preconsulate of Lyons, and Oh the
day Of execution there were twelve in the cart
In such cases, whether it was out of refine
ment of cruelty, from Indifference, or to render
the hetacomb more easy and prompt, the mis-
cradle men were placed under the scaffold SO
that the blood of the victims fell upon them
Eleven had been executed, when the assistants
oblivious of the number, began to take the
machinery to pieces, the crowd looking on
whilst the twelfth remained below, without
power to speak or move, indeed half dead with
horror. Among those present, however 'one
man noticed him. He was butcher Creep
ing up to the cart beneath the scaffold, he took
a nightcap out of one pocket and a knife out
of the other, then putting the one on the pris-
oner's head with the latter he severed the
cord that bound his hands, behind his back,
and, taking thim by the arm, walked away
with him, as if it was some one faint with ter
ror of the spectacle Nobody took notice of
them. Dragging the victim along rather than
leading him, for the poor man had lost almost
consciousness, he at length got him into a cof-
fee house, where he was soon brought to him
self"
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SIMPLICITY OF AN ENGLISH DRESS

In the families of many of the nobility and
gentry of England, possessing an annual in
come which of itself, would be an ample for
tune, there is greater economy of dress and
more simplicity in the furnishing of the dwell
ing than there is in many of the houses of our
citizens, who are barely able to supply the
wants of their families by the closest attention
to their business. A friend of ours, who so
journed not long since, several months in the
vicinity of some of of the wealthy landed aris-
tocracy of England, whose ample rent rolls
would have warranted high style of fashion,
was surprised at the simplicity of manners
practiced. Servants were much more numer-
Gus than with us, but the ladies made more
account of ona silk dress than would be thought
here of dozen. They were generally clothed
in good substantial stuffs, and display of fine
clothing and jewelry was reserved for great
occasions. The furniture of the mansions in
stead of being turned out CT doors every few
years, for new and fashionable styles, was the
same which the ancestors of the families for
several generations had Observation-Disclosures
and in excellent preservation but plain, and
without any pretensions to elegance. Even
the carpets, on many suits of parlors, had been
on the floors for fifty years, and were expected
to do service for another half century. With
US how different is the state of things We
are wasting an amount of wealth in this coun-
try, on show and fashion, which if rightly APP
piled, would renovate the condition of the
whole population of the world, and Christian
ize, civilize and educate, all mankind. Cdlen-
der.
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A YoUNG MANS CH4RAcTAR-No young
man who has a just sense of his own valne,
will sport with his character. 4 watchful
regard to his charater in early youth, Will be
of uncomfortable value to him in ali remaining
years of his life. When tempted to deViate
from strict propriety of department. he should
ask himself, 50 Can | afford this 1t is Of ele-
waited mind for this is the foundation of a
good character The mind, in order to be
kept pure, must be employed in topics of
thought which are themselves lovely, ehastened
and eleyating Thus the mind has. in its own
power, the themes of meditation. IfyOuth Oh
Iy knew how durable and how dismal is the
injury produced by the indulgence of degrad-
ing tboughts-if they only realize how fright
full are the moral deprayities which cherish
ed habit Of loose Imagination produces
they would shun them as the bite Of serpent.
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next moment with shout they started. /
threw my light away, and left my horse to pick
his way. A moment later heard a crash-a
horrible shrek. The wheels were off Then
came the rush of the horses tearing along with
the wreck of the wagon. Finally they seemed
to fetch up in the wood. One or two shrieks
l heard as swept on, leaving them far be-
hind. For some time l hurried my horse
you'd better believe "rid" 1t was lit
tie after midnight when got to Mount Yer
non.
The next day I heard that Moore's Prairie
team had run away, and that two men out of
the four had been so badly hurt that their
lives were despaired Of But l didn't cry
my clients got their money and didn't trav-
ell that road any more.
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mode of communicating the disease was evident
by process of exact calculation for the in
fecton Of scarlatina turks in the blood about
five days before the fever shows itself and on
calculating five days back from the onset OF
the fever, we were brought exactly to the time
when the incident occurred
If two pieces of cloth of the same material
the one black, and the other qchite, were in
equal circumstances, and for the same length
of time, exposed to infection, the black cloth
would be far sooner saturated with it than the
other. We have here something analogous to
the well-k nown law about the absorption of
heat As dark objects absorb heat more pow
erfnlly than white ones, so do they also more
readily absorb infection, and all kinds of smells.
Hence the mere fumgation Of closes and wynds
in epidemic seasons is not enough they are
afterwards very properly whitewashed. Hence
also the wholesomeness of light as well as air
in the dwellings of the poor, and of all those
measures of cleanliness and comfort which the
whiting brush is able to impart. The haunts
of infection realize those conditions with which
childish fancy clothes the haunts of spectres.-
Dark and cherries are its favorite dens.-
The "beezing ingle and the clean hearth
stone," it seems to shun but turks and fingers
in the gloomy hovel fattens on its diet, and in
the crevices of its smoked ard dingy walls find
those most congenial nesting places which it
cannot find in the plastered, white-washed,
smooth, and shining walls of cleanliness It's
ittest emblem is that mysterious plant the dead
ly nightshade, which loves the darkness rather
than the light, and luXurates less abundantly
than in sunshine than in gloom.
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COUNTERFEIT LIQUoRs.-Iatcresting STATE
n,ent.-The London Times notices, in list Of
joint stock companies in Paris, formally sane
toned by the prefect Of police, the name Of
the General company of Fictitious or Coun-
terfeit Wines" The company boldly state
that no grape juice or alcohol is used, but do
not specify the ingredients The article is sold
at from four to eight sous per quart, and the
company has capital of six million francs
These liquors are, of course, sold as genuine
Our markets are flooded with spurious liquors
and no one can tell when he buys the genuine
article. The Springfield Republican says,
that an informant Of that paper was on visit
to q friend, liquor dealer in western city,
and in the space Of al hour, he saw him trans
form barrel Of high wines into pure French
brandy" The barrel was stamped with the
custom house brand, aud had all the appear
ance Of a sea voyage. The manufacturer
poured in the basis of the ingredients 1.-THE high
wines, and then, having scented it with about
two ounces Of the oil of cognac, added pail
full of a compound which he had mixed from
one bucket to another, and which was to give
TO it its taste and color. The component parts
of this last mixture were absolute poisons, d.
rectiy destined to sap tie energy, and finally,
destroy the life Of the poor victims TO habit
that leads them TO the use Of stimulants-
When such facts are taken into consideration.
there is no wonder that q prohibitive law is
demand for the suppression of the traffic
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ERRoRs-The little have seen Of the world.
says Longfellow, and know of the history os
mankind, teaches me to look upon their errors
in sorrow, not in anger. When take the his
tory Of one poor heart that has sinned and suf
fered, aud represent to myself the struggles
and temptation it passed through the brief
pulsation of joy the tears of regret the fee
bleness of purpose the pressure of want the
desertion of friends ; the scOrn of the world,
that has little charity the dissolution of the
souls sanctuary and threatning voices within :;
health gone | would fain leaving the errins
soul of my fellow man with Him from whose
hands it came
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hF Sitting on pile Of lumber yesterday, u
couple Of yawning loaiers were talking poll
tics
We'll, joe said one, when fellow runs
for Governor he gets awfully abused don't
he!"
Yes" replied Joe.
g wonder what they would say about me
if | was running expect they'd say l stole
horses, and didn't pay any board
:" Yes" answered his comrade, ''Gnd il they
should ask lie about it, | would say it is
true"
Joe was showed off the lumber by the other.
aud they both started down street to ring ia
for lunch and glass of the be-joyful"
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E@ The most eloquent of all the Southern
ers, as | think, Mr.. Prentice, of Mississippi,
was addressing crowd of some 1000 people
in that State, defending the tariff, and in the
course of an eloquent period which rose grad
ually to some beautiful climax, he painted the
thrift, the energy, the comfort, the wealth, the
civilization of the North, in glowing colors,
when there arose upon the vision of the as
sembly, in the open air, a horseman of magnif-
icent proportions and just at the moment of
hushed attention, when the voice Of Prentice
had ceased, and the applause was about to
break forth, the horseman exclaimed, Damn
the north y The curse was so much in unison
with the feelings of a Mississippi audience, that
it quenched their enthusiasm, and nothing but
respect for the speaker kept the crowd from
applaudng the horSeman. Prentice turned
his lame foot around and said, Major Moody,
will YOU rein in that steed moment ~ He
aSsented. Said he, Major, the horse on
which you sit came from Upper Missouri ; the
saddle that surmountS him came from Trenton,
n J the hat that on your head was made
in Danbury, Conn, the boots you wear came
from Lynn, Mass, the linen in your shirt is
Irish, and Boston made it up; Your broad
cloth coat is of Lowell manufacture, and was
cut in New York and if to-day you surren-
der what you owe the damned north" you
would sit stark naked I1eRdau Phillips.
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We can't afford to wait, ,"-BIsuor CLARK.
Lo! from the wild the city starts,
And on the prairies breast
Srring dome, and tower, and spire, like dream
OF Araby the blest;
And they who fall behind the age,
Or move with snail-like feet,
Are in these days of progress deemed
peturct or obsolete.
The world grows busy, and expects
Her sons to do the same ;
She makes the boiling water work,
And yokeS the winged fame
She bids the mightiest elements
Her varied will obey,
And calls the lightning from the skies,
Her whispered words to say.
The idle man is like the dead,
Who can no burial find -
III fares it, in the race. with those
Who halt and look behind
Even she, who backward gazed Of old,
Was petrifed, we read,
And how can we afford to wait
Amid this railroad speed?
The tares are growing in the field,
Though We supincly sleep,
And lie who sows no seed betimes,
May hope in vain TO reap.
Tie prince OF evil never lags,
Nor loiters DER his prey,
and they must needs be wide awake
Who think to bar his way.
The pagan people fade and fall
In ignorance and night,
Without cheering ray from heaven
The dreary grave 10 light.
Inc ready mission ship but asks
Our bounty for its freight
Hark! TO the cry of dying souls,
They can't afford TO wait
If there's a duty unfulflled,
\ blessed word unSpoken-
Haste ere the hour glass of eur DAYS
Is wasted, spent, or broken
Nor let procrastination lend
is burden 10 our fate
We can't afford 10 wait, my friend
We can't afford TO wait
- The idle are peculiar kind of dead, who cam
{ buried. --iTGbian PT0ceTb
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with much significance, that every morning
we enter on a new day, carrying an unknown
future in its bosom. How pregnant and stir
ring the reflection Thoughts may b. born to
day which never extinguishcd. Hope may be
excited to day which may never expire. Acts
may be performed to day, the consequence OF
which may not be realized till eternity.
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MoNEY-Money is queer institution 1t
buys provender, satisfies justice, and heals
wounded honor. EVERYTHING resolves itself
into cash. from stock jobbing to building
churches Childhood Graves pennies youth
aspires to dimes manhood is swayed by the
mighty dollar The blacksmith swings the
Sledge, the lawyer pleads for his client and
the judge decides the question of life and
death for his salary. Money makes the man !;
therefore the man must make the money, if he
be respected by fools for the eye of the world
looks through golden SpectacleS. 1t buys
Brussels carpet, lace curtains, gilded corniceS
and rich furniture and builds marble mansions.
1t drives us to church in splendid equipages
and paws the rent of the best pew. 1t buys
silks and jewelry for my lady-it commands
the respect of gaping crowds and insureS obse-
quious attention. 1t enables Us TO be charita-
Die, TO send bibles to the heather, and relieve
domestic Indulgence 1t gilds the ragged scenes
of life and spreads over the rugged path OF ex-
istence velvet carpet soft to our tread the
rude scenes of turmoil are encased in gilt
frame. 1t bids care vanish, soothes the an
guish of the bed of sickness. stops at short of
nothing save the grim destroyer, whose relent-
less hand spares none, but levels all rank and
mortal distinction, and teaches poor, weak
humanity that il is but dust Thus wealth
pauSes on the brink OF eternity the beggar
and the millionaire rest side by side beneath
the sod, to rise in equality to answer the final
summons.
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Best THixG.-The best to give to your en-
emy is forgiveness TO Your opponent, ioler-
ance /; TO friead, your heart to your child,
a good example : TO father defer renee to your
mother, conduct that will make her proud vi
her son 10 Yourself, respect, 10 all men. chas-
i.v; % God obedience
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s~ Gaiety is to good hu'nor es annual
perfumes to vegetable fragrance. TIE one
oyerpowerS weak spirits, the other recreates
aud revises them. Gaiety seldom fails to give
some pain good humor boasts no faculties
which every one does not believe in his own
power, aud plrases principally BY not offend
ing.
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As~Now and then yOn meet with a person
so exactly formed to please, that he will gain
upon every one that hear or behoids him this
disposition is not merely the gift Of nature,
bat frequently the effect Of much knowledge
of the world and command over the passions
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s@ What is the diferance between a Pu-
seyite and Baptist? One uses wax candles,
and the other dips
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TOWANDA:

Gbursoap ttlcrninp, 1nln III. 1852.
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UP AND DOM C.

BY MRS. L. H. sIGoURNEY.