The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-12-14
news Smmmary.
Distressing Rev elations.

lies in that city, Tor q series CT bar9laFios
that have been committed there lHr7ns The
last two months, the perpetrators had, W 10
Friday last, escaped suspicion: .#
Goods and articles taken from Klinger1-
smith & Riley's shoe store, Miss Gilhean's
ladies fancy goods store, Mr.. William
Blake's residence, Mr.. McRea's residence, G.
O. Perrine's book and jewelry stand II the
Union Depot and from other places were
found and recovered. A nHmber4of the ar
ticles Of jewelry were found ON the persons
flewd women, with whom fhe boys had
been associating. Other articles were found
secreted in different partsof the city Al.
together, the matters connected with tlte
arrest Of the boys are as deplgrable rs we
have ever been called on to chronicle. The
whole cause ofthe vice and crime into which
these young persons have been ehticed is
clearly traceabie to their absence from the
paternal roof at might, which has led TO the
formation of improper associations and the
embracing OF one vice after another, until
they have reached that point in criminal
progress Of which we now speak.
The Citizen gives the following as the
names Of some of the youths:
onton, CASTOR, Hobbs and Secrist.
nsa.. Another great world S fair is project
ed in London in 1861, on the same plan, but
on larger basis than that of 1851. The
council of the Society of Arts, while con-
sidering the.subject, generally arrived Mt the
conclusion that two new features ought to
be introduced, viz: music and painting
and that every article exhibited should mark
progress, and be exhibited in classes, and not
in nations, as in 1851. New phases Of
mechanical invention and Of the application
of scientific and artistic knowledge to in-
dustrid purposes have been developed The
catalogue and jury reports of the exhibition
of 1851 have proved most valuable Euro
pean directories, constantly referred to by
buyers from all parts of the world. The
catalogue of another exhibition would pre-
sent all the features Of a timely reyisal " a
work which has proved Of more than Or
binary use to mercantile men,
Bfss- "A terrible shooting affray occurred
recently, near Mulberry Village, Tenn
A Mr.. Joseph Radiean had been tried betore
the Circuit Court for killing a mule, and
failed to pay the costs of the Court Sheriff
Alexander visited his house for the purpose
Of serving an execution. Mr.. r. met him
at the. fence and threatened to kill him if
he entered the enclosure. The Sheriff
left for town, summoned a posse and re-
/ turned. Again he was denied admittance
with similar threats. 3, The officers COM.
meneed letting down the. fence, when Mr.
R. fred upon them with rife and revolver,
wounding the Sheriff and his deputy-Mr
| George. The fire was returned and Mr.. r
was shot in three places; once = he s41pnth,
once in the back and once in the I,ue1. : out
| twenty shots were fired.
ne A severe storm passed over Fort
| Wayne on Sabbath morning, the 9Th INST,
| which caused a terrible destruction Of peo-
perty and life. A large four-story brick
| building was blown down, the two upper
stories falling upon, and crushing to the
earth, a two story frame dwelling house adj
| joining, buryiDg four persons in the ruins.
The dwelling house was occupied by q
baker, who, with his wife, a daughter, about
| IA, young man employed in the bakery, and
a small boy who had Just entered, were all
killed. ur @1e-ss ssa4
| EGy- Hon. James r. Chestnut who has
| just been elected u S. Senator from South
Carolina, lives al. Camden Is PROMINENT
member of the bar, and has been some wears
a conservative leader in the Legislature. He
was President of the Senate at the time Of
his election. His political sentiments are
| similar to those of Gov Hammond and Col
Orr, Although Democrat ana a Pro-
Slavery man, he is opposed to the re-ofen-
ing of the Slave Trade, Secession, and the
rest OF the sFire-eating programtoey
| By There viii be four eelbses Of the
sun in 1859, viz a partial eclipse ON the
| I'd of February, invisible here A partial
one on the 4th of March, invisible here
Another on the 18th OF July, Ptrtia1 and
| very small it will end at 4 minutes past
| 6, evening. Another one, August 9th,
visible only in the Great Southern Ocean
There viii be two eclipses OF the moon;
the first one, ON the 18th ofsFebraarg, will
| be total it will commence ut 3 uinntes
past o'clock in the morning, middle g
| o'clock, and quarter before g. The other
one August 18th, will not be visible
/ nsAsgMr. Parker H.. French, Gen Walk
hea's whilQm Secretary Of State, turns tp IN
New York all ut once, as,the publisher OF a
new paper called the sEpeaRg Sentinel, the
FIRST number of which was issued recently
He is assisted by The Hon Mike Walsh Of
sa6terr0iea1a notoriety. .t a.ss.
/ leg... Miss Emma @. Wilkinson, young
lady from New Orleans, now in New York,
! as pupil of Madame Spin1a, Will make
| her first appearance in italian opera at the
i Academy Of Music during the coming year
She has a powerful mezzo soprano voice, aud
eontemPlates studying in Italy. ~ s.sL 81
HsA. Sophy Werner Steinbrecher is the
name ola little musical prodigy of Cincinnati.
| Thisyoung lady, though but eleven years Of
| age, plays the piano-forte compositions of
Beethoven, Mozart Chapin ana T'hafhcfg. +, I
[ Rea- \ young French opera singer, Miss
i Cornier, by name, has appeared in New or7
leans with, decided success. She isjat &c
years Old, and is. said, to ube' the youngest
prima donna that ever sang on the Ameri-
can stage. ~ ~
/ nsa.. Bills have been introduced into tie
Georgia and Mississippi Legislature 10, re
move all free coiored persons from those
States by a certain date, or else self them
| into slavery
asg~ Twenty Of the business fnSd' ia Cen
tralia, ILL.,, have issued "a circular csaltioaing
the citizens Of that town against the notes
of the Southern Bank Of Georgia, at B;,iu-
bridge. 10 ast : ~.
RxS~ An old man, named Stephen Shepard,
living in the Eastern part of Sullivan eouag