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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-12-24
WESTERN PRODUCE.

The receipts of Western produce for the
week euding the 10th have been moderate,
sales Of which were made at fair prices.
noticed some lots of produce, pork and lard
from Evansville on the levee.
THE BATTLE GROUND.
recently visited the buttle ground. which
is, as you krow, situated about five miles be-
low New Orleans. am surprised that there
is no monument to mark the spot. A stran-
ger might pass it and not know the place
where the gallant jackson, with his handful
of men. achieved the greatest victory in our
history. 1t is q reproach to the State not to
rear monument 70 mark the place where so
much heroism and patriotism was displayed.
Part of the battle ground Is cultivated; and O
very fine crop of corn was this year grown on
IL
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-12-24
BANK NOTICE.

FGNHE BRANCH BANK will be closed on the a5th
u INST, O. hristmas day. and on the st of January
New ears All paper maturing ON tho Sc days wiIl
require attention the DAYS preceding.
decl3-d3t. SAMf'Ff. - 'pn -
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-12-24
FOR RENT.

f3'ilE commodious premises on Main street, next
door 10 the Branch Bank, at present occupied as
clothing store by the subscribers Immediate pos
session will be given. ANSPACIIER& co.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-12-24
Catawba Grape Roots
at Auction

M Il will sell at auction on Saturday s5th inst,
w commencing at 10 o'clock AT our sale Rooms,
corner OF Main and Third streets 500 Of the above
Roots one year old and in good order. fine chance
for our citizens 70 obtain large quantities prices.
Sale positive. Terms cash.
WO0LSEl x NELSON, Auctoneers.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-12-24

sE A brute was a rested in Cincinnati
the other day for biting q portion of his
brothers. ear of.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-12-24
IL. L.. A.

ENLE CTI0N.--An election for officers Of the
Ia Evansville Library Association will be held at
the Library Rooms ON Monday the 4th lay Of Janu
airy ls5s, between the hours OF and 9 p NJ BY or
der of the Board, W. II. BINGHAM.
dec2ftf. Recording Secretary.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-12-24
PROPOSALS.

SEALED proposals. will hc received at the City
- Clerks Ufce until saturday evening tor the fill
ing in OF Blocks Nos. % and Il in Stuckwes Enlarge.
ment, 50 as 10 cOuesp0Id with the city grade. BY
order OF the Common Council.
WELL. IL. WALKER, Clerk.
YOlksbote copy. dec.i-3t.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-12-24
yolksbote COPY.


a MEETING OF the stockholders OF the Assucta-
IA ton tor the election Of nominating Committee
will be held IN the III wary Rooms ON Tuesday eve
ming December 18th at Geek ~ tIaeI,
W. Ill. BINGHAM,
dec2i-tf. Recording Secretary.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-12-24
SAVINGS RANK LIST.
MAINE, par

Rates at which the following Bank Notes bought,
received on deposit at the Savings Bank, Evans
vile. Corrected weekly.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-12-24

o. HOAT & MARTINS TOBACCO.-Alo lot 81
- sele Iated Brand again received and for sale
TENNEY & S0RENS0N.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-12-24
u. :. MAIL PASSENGER PACKET.

L.. :. MAIL PASSENGER PACKET.
4 I--Sll -, EVANSVILLE, Paducsh and
SsssC -rFS.-ssss1 Cairo Packet j. III. DONE, ID.
zzczz--zxzkszzzz<z6B Heron Commander, leaves
ryansy lie every Monday and Thursday At y O'Clock
arriving at Paducah at O'Clock A. NJ, Cairo At l.
O'Clock Tuesday and Friday. Returning, leaves Cairo
every Tuesday and Friday at o'clock, p. VI and Pa
ducah every Wednesday and Saturday ai O'Clock, A:
NJ, connecting at vansvllle with the evansville and
Charlottesville Railroad, and Packets for Green Rivers
also at Srithland with Cumberland River
Packets and at Paduc An with Tennessee River Pack
cts; al Cairo with Memphis, New Orleans and St. Louis
Packets Tickets be tanned on board the boat FOR
all Eastern and Western cities.
Nolk shote copy. 3n.
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MUSIC! bIiSIC!

W ESSRs. Dohell COnyn gton beg TO announce 10
Nk their kind patrons that they have male arTan e
inents ~ which they will have always on hand
New Sheet Masic--2OO New Pieces
Just Arrived.
They solicit Ladies TO call and look II through
DOBELL X CONJUNCTION.
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l,HEEsE.-.0 boxes choice Western Reserv", and
u Ham,urg large size just receive and fnr sale by
GILBERT 4 BOWLEs.
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Books. Books.
REMOVAL.

TuNTE subscriber respectfully informs his customers
II and citizens generally, that he lrs removed his
Meat Shop from the Of s, csmore and First. To
Second street. next door n the Cunt erland Presi v
terrain Church. where he viii constantly keep on hand
deciO JOHN PAINE.
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WISCONSIN ALL.
TENNESSEE at.
INDIANA

All Specie Paying Banks
par.
. Broken Banks not quo
ted in this list, are not
bought.
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II 4 Il T. 3 .
GUNNY BAGS.-I25O Gunny Bags. inst received
" and for sale Nv KEEN x PRESTON

- G. sODA.-30 Kegs hest Newcastle just receiv-
Ss ell per MarengO and for sale by
GILBERT BOwLE>.
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.. z = RUIN Az. II
GEORGIA. ... II
ALABAMA. 4
DELAWARE...... F:
MICHIGAN
OHIO, par
KENTUCKY.pa,

Except Kentucky Trust
II Company ............ g
Newport Safety Fund
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-02-26
Discovery of the Tower or Rah.,

correspondent Of the Boston Traveller w,;,;ro
from Beirut, under date of Dec 6th. saya that M :
Place, the French Consul in Mosul. noted for ~
exploration OF Niueyeh, has discovered wha, ba
considers the ruins OF the Tower Of Babel Tba
account OF the discovery is rather confused. ana
" is difhcult to make out where the alleged minis
were iound' out, as near as we can guess from the
they are either in the famous field OF
AIoela' on which the decisive battle was foupb,
Detween Darius and Alexander. We quote from
Six Of its eight stories have fallen and ,,ur0.
pied into dust, but the two which remain are so
high that they may be for fifty or SIXTY miles
around The base Of the tower is quadranvuIar
and each eide about six hundred feet long Tbs
tower Is made Of bricks Of the purest cIay and ot
Whlte color which is little shaded v in a vel
10" tint Under a clear sun, and as a wbols ;h;.
ancient monument Of human skill and dsr;nn
presents fine blending of colors which ss,s ,hs
painters pallet at defiance Before being hail
the oIcks had been covered with charactyIs tracsa
Win the accuracy Of the hand of a writing. masIsT
Near the top Of the letters the straight stroIe'
were adorned with iourishes resembling The heal
o. pa'is' All was neat. regular. severe; and il. .
Id ueuu those VINO saw these specimens of ancient
cAlgraPhy affirm that The Ia, hers of the humau|
race e., wrote better hand than their children"
we nave an idea that this discovery is uona n,
sn' Ihe remains Of the tower of Babel have lons
oeen supposed to be ascertained in a certain ruis
ossring the name Of "BIRs NIMRoup, the tows,
oI % almrod. Has Mr.. Place discovered the sam,
ming over again, or 10 ,his spotAeLB abal f-PhiIs
islPhS Anlsricsn.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-02-26

AN OLD CLERGYMAS.---On Tue day erening
there was large assemblage at Hampstead. Long
and to celebrate the ninPtv-seventh anniversary
OF the birth Of the Rev Zacharish Green, who for
sixty years has been the pastor of the Presbyterian
Church in Se,aket, Long Island We heard him
preach fifty years ago. The citing of his friends
took place at the residence of his daughter. Mrs.
B. F. Thompson. Mr. Greene was born in Staf-
ford. Conn, in Jan :. l760, and consequently is
now in his 95th wear We gave last year full
account of his suff r ngs during the war Of the
Revolution and a sketch Of his ministerial lab rs.
At the meeting on Tuesday about two hundred OF
his old and young friends met him and exchanged
salutatiuns. He was addressed on their behalf by
the Rev. Mr.. Oakley. of jamaica. The venerable
man briefly responded. exhorting his friends to
abide BY the union Of the States and concluded @
by saying, I" Fell this to your sons and to yonr
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-02-26
A College for Farmers.

We have few words TO say to the farmers,
concerning the bill introduced into our Legis
l.ture, for appropria,ng Sc, 900 to an Agri-
cultural College. We regard this as matter
Of first rate Importance it goes right TO the
root Of the States interests. The community
has, for years, sustained a system Of public
schools, from its funds the Legislation has
taken an active part in the matter. and given
il, not only money, but the force Of law and, ],
we think, justly. Now we ask, what ought
our State to do for its Agricultural interests ?
Ought il not to establish schools for educating
farmers, and farmers sons? 1t is dis
disgrace to an intelligent community. to edu-
cate in every business but farming. 1t used
to be held nscessary TO serve a seven year q
apprenticeship to every "art and mystery !"
that the learner should be held by indenture
but farmers were never indentured they
were supposed to pick up at random all that
was necessary. To learn to make pillow, a
boy studied under indenture, seven years /; 10
learn blowing. he was thought to need no time
all. The cobbler was seven years gradu-
ate but the farmer. who had to do with the
soil and substance of things, was not gradu-
ate in anything. Now, when botany, and
chemistry, and climatology. &C., all enter into
successful farming. should not farmer be an
educated man, gradua'ed farmer? Most Of
our professional men favor the idea; who,
then, hinders the movement? To tell the
TRUTH the farmers themsle eves-the very men
whose occupation and interests are at stake
and opposed.a- h8sJ Jmen who are Indifferent,
Look INTO Jul -, ,artneIs, 10 it not So
advocates OF this bill for FARMERS CoLLr6s7
They are lawyers, merchants, doctors, &c.
i5, But are the majority of the Legislature ?
They are farmers. Now friends, farmers.
awake to your duty. and press through bill
TO endow yourselves wi another FREE SCHOOL
a farmers FREE scEooL a school where farm.
ing shall be taught, as though it had princi-
pies, and should be learned Let every farm.
er who takes our paper. bestir himself, and
see that bis representative is awake. and right
on this matter. Get right about it, and see
that it is not lost, through the neglect. II il
is, then we are very much mistaken in our
arming community Ohio Farmer.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-02-26
Prom Santa Fe,

A correspondent Of the New Orleans Picay une,
writing from Santa Fe, New Mexico, November
26th, says:
"The Indians Of the Territory are comparative.
ly very quiet and peaceable at present. have
not for several weeks heard Of any depredations
OF consequence, though within tha. time there Is
A war with the Navajo Indians was several months
ago thought inevitable. but believe the difficulty
has now been amicably arranged.
1--WE learn BY an express to the Governor, ar
rived this evening, that the Mogollin Apache In
dans have captured and now held captive Capt.
Henry O. Dodge, the Government sgent for the
Navaio Indians. 1t is not known how he was ta-
ken, further Than that he and an accompanying
Mexican were captured at the same time, pre-
sumo while out hunting. The Mexican made
good his escape, aud came into Fort Defaree and
reported the Captain in possession Of The sayages
The Governor wilt, am told, start an express TO
the Fort tonight, giving Instructions TO send out
some friendly Indians aud snd-avor to ransom
Capt. Dodge. THIS is thought to be the most pru-
dent course for the safety Of the prisoner for,
were pursuing company Of troops to be started,
the probability is they could not overake the Indi'
ans and rescue the captive without danger to his
life.
IL observed this morning party Of surveyors
Of the public lands returning, having made an
Intellectual attempt to cross some OF the adjacent
mountains, the snow, which in this valley now
lies about eighteen inches deep. having fallen to
such depth to render the pass age impossible
The PARTY, which " Of sufficient strength, and suf-
fcienty equipped to protect itself from the Indi-
ans. will next week leave for more southern re.
gion IN prosecute the surveys. The appropriation
oi $4,000 made by the present Congress for the
survey of the public lands in this Territory is
her small, though enough to considerably ben
fit the country by continuing the surveys. which
have already been executed 10 the amount Of about
nineteen hundred miles Of principal. and division
lines.
The field operations of the Surveyor Generals
office have largely contributed to the DEVELOPMENT
of the resources Of New Mexico. full descrip-
tion of the land the amount. quality. and locality
of the water the quantity, varieties and quality
Of the timber; the latitude on all the lines the
variations of the needle at every corner, showing
the local attractions and general mutations Of ter
restrial magnetim, whi, had never been thor
oughly observed in this Territory the natural
pro duetions of the country including its gazing
resources the geological characteristics; iu q
| word. the general characteristics Of the whole
country traversed hy the surveyors are faithfully
noted in their field notes and reported to the Sur
veyor General. These field notes are said to de-
scribe some most sirable land. though much of
IT, on account of its locality in the Indian country
is at present unavailable to our citizens, and will
remain so until more ample military protection is
extended over the Territory"
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-02-26

ESvY'--The envious man is in pain upon all
occasions o.; which ought to give him pleasure
The relish OF his life is inverted and The objects
that administer the highest satisfaction 10 those
who are exempt from this passion, give the
quickest Pannss TO those who are subjected TO il.
Al the projections of their fellow crea ures are
odious. Youth. beauty. valor, and wisdom are
pfovocations OF their displeasure What a
Tended with excellence, ANA To hate n man bs.
cause we approve him? The position of the
enyions man is emphatically miserable! He is
NOT only incapable of rejoicing in another mans
merit or success. but lives in a worl wherein
all mankind are in plot against his qniet, by
studying their own happiness and advantage.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-02-26

How TO COOK SALT PoRK.-For the benefit
OF those who. like ourselves. are obliged to
use considerable salt pork, the folio wing
is recommended. by which it is very much
improved, especially for frying. Cut as man y
slices as may be needed. il for breakfast, the
night previous. and soak till m ,rning in
quart OF milk-sKrMMED milk, if not too near
souring. /, best; rinse till the water is clear.
and then fry. It's nearly or quite as nice as
fresh pork-both the fat and the lean parts.
10. Far mer.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-02-26
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Celebrated physicians and distinguished clergymen
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$50 Tender Fruit Buds in southen Ohio.

,isfu stAchueF rruH BUDS IN Southen Ohio.
Is. ID, HARRIS Dead, certain Ispent a
eouPle'o hours this morning examining The
fruit buds Of numerous sorts of peaches.
pears, nectarines, &C. and the resul, was
not a live bud to be found Chance buds
however. present a doubtful appearance.
owing no doubt to the fact that the frost had
. scarcely left the buds since the yery cold
weather set in. On Monday. 18th, 2q deg,
below zero; Friday. Esd, 28 deg. below o
" This latter is 9deg. lower than January. j $50
: and l8 deg. lower than ever before known in
this part Of Southern Ohio.
p a. had (previous to this m 'rnnz) strong
hopes OF the safety Of fruit, no withstaudinS
the unprecedented cold .lst from the fact thai
the weather has been cousta tly cold ever
since November-at least, we have had no
weather warm enough to swell fruit buds
= since the trees dropped their foi.gs AMI ed
IRON the fact that we h We had no wind dur.
ing the eIcessivs cold days But, alas iti
even so; our fruits are gone.
.'7' have not examined the apples, nor the
common seeding peach 5. wi ich, being much
harder, may have escaped, or pa tall 90.
n Have not exam ned the truLL, of he fruit
trees Bat strongly su psct many are killed.
BE- Yours, truly, II y GnIrrr.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-02-26
SIC TRANSIT.

How many sickly ones
Wish they were healthy;
How many beggar men
Wish they were wealthy;
How many ugly ones
Wish they were pretty;
How many stupid ones
Wish they were witty;
How many bachelors
Wish they were married;
How many benedicts
Wished they had tarried.
Single or double,
Life's full of trouble;
Riches are stubble,
Pleasures a bubble.
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The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-02-26

OAPER HANGINGS-An extenive variety; embra-
cling Window Shades, Wall Paper Border &c of
the latest styles Just received and for sale chenp at
HOITiS
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-02-26

The MrsER AND THE DocToR-Ay EPtGnAu gY
BRowS.
I'm very ILL., said Skindint once essaying
To get doctors counsel without paving
see IT. quoth the willy old physician
You're in most deporablc condition.
Bnt tell me- cried the miser, for Gods sake
Tell me, dear doctor, what ought TO take
'Take?-1s to that-why-take at anv price,
Replied the leech--tats medical adricen
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-02-26

2ss-rhere is beauty and philosophy in the followin
moroccan:
There is not a heath however rude.
But has some little flower,
To brighten up in solitude.
And scent the evening hour.
There is not heart however cast
BY grief and sorrow down,
But has some memory of the past
To love and call its ownn