The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-07
1Ynil Items.


Georgia, indorses Douglas against the Ad-'
ministration, and hopes he viii be reelected.
cSyn John H. Taylor, a well known citi-
zen of Madison and a distinguished member
fof the 10. O. F., died on Tuesday morning.
Hye The hog cholera is raging in por-
tons of Arkansas with much fatality. II
bids fair TO annihiate the stock entirely,
IGF- In Minnesota, money so scarce that
property holders are compelled to sell real
estate mt half its cost. Provisions are, how
ever, cheap.
ESi5" Two lake steamers-the Canada and
Americai-have been sold for 100000 to
run between San Francisco and the Fraser
river.
RI~ George r. Lane, of Bryan county,
Ga, young man, eighteen years of age,
shot his step-fIther, DIR. ". =. Harden, on
Thursday Of last week killing him instantly.
R2y~ Mr. taiue of Worccster Mass, ia
nous FOR hisinyeniion of water gas, is in New
York with q new steam engine which is
said to have great advantages over all 9th
eTs.
.s7s- Letters received from Birmingham
represent Mr.. Sheridan Knowles, the emil
neat dramatiSt, as in diving state, but faint
hopes being entertained of his ultimate re-
coyery.
81" At a camp-meeting in London conn
~, Va, last week, the &C committee" seized
upon one undredanlf forty gallons of whiS-
ky, being yendcd in the vicinity, and pour
ed IT on the ground.
I<S" Cattle have been dying in conSidera-
I l..
Lorain county, Ohio, of disease occaSioned
by the ergOt in the grass. The distemper
commences at the knees, causing the legs TO
decay, and finally produces death.
LSy~ \ Louisiana Baptist paper suggests
q novel way TO obtain unanimity in church
matters-that is by turning ont the minority,
rather than bring strife and contention into
the church. f.s- rc
Esy" The total donations to the American
Board Of Commissioners for Foreign Mis-
siOns, from August Ist, 1857, to July 8ist,
1858, were S3u40 %; donations for the
missionary packet, s2s, ,635 -.
RzD~ The Santa Fe Gazette SAYS that IA
party of emigrantS who had arrived at that
place, originally bound for Arazonia, have
determined to return to the States, and in
timates that this is the wisest thing they
could do.
Ezy" The Marysville (Cal.) Ne,cs says
that contacts have been made for the con-
struction and equipment of the Vallejo and
Marysyille railroad. The company, intend
! tO have their own steamers running be-
tween Vallejo and San Francisco.
seS" Of the members of that Conven-
ton which assembled at Corydon. in June
1916, To form State Constitution for In
diana, we believe that two only are now
living-Joseph Holman and Gen. Robert
! Hanna.
IsS" II has lately been ascertained that
the accident ut Burlington, on the Camden
and Amboy Railroad, cost the company
/ S330,OQ0. For each Of the thirty persons
Killed. tnC CuuHI".,.y r--I,.j 49,. ., ,h ,,,,,
4 Of $4,000. ~ WIG ''''''
/ lsas~ The project to purchase Prof. AgaS-
/ siz an estate and home has been abandoned,
and his friends now propose 90 provide him
( pecuniary facilities for the establishment of
/ ~ museum of natural history on IA large
/ scale.
( ksS~ The sum of $4,000 per annum is
required of the general government TO de-
+ fray the cost OF conveying and distributing
/ the mail matter which the Mormon con-
! gressional delegate is in the habit of frank
ing To the members of his tribe in Utah and
elsewhere.
ESiy" Boston has a population OF l6l.9iO.
Like many other cities its numbers have not
/ increased for year past, but, if anything,
diminished. The Assessors make report,
I showing a decrease of poll Of 5I4, which
/ would Indicate considerable loss of pOpu-
lation-say $500.
B<y- y Paris correspondent, under date Vi
August llth, says: gul..5..-
Mr.. Sumner, you will he glad to hear,
though still under the terrible treatment 10
which he has been compelled to submit, is
well enough to move about quietly, and left
this morning for atrip of a few days to Char
tress and the vicinity.
Esy"A Hanover paper tells the world
that silly prejudice against horse flesh
has altogether vanished in Denmark and
Northern Germany, and that in the city OF
Hanover alone, in the course OF WhiteSun-
week, about two thousand pounts of horse
flesh were consumed. The number of horses
slaughtered for eating in that city is between
two and three hundred year.
lSy@ Justice must move very slowly in
Guiiford, Conn. Some six weeks ago, a
girl was charged with stealing Il diamond
, pin worth 800, and was committed t.
await her trial for the theft. The pin, which
: had not been stolen, but only lost, wa:
found within ten days after the charge was
made. ana yet, it is stated, the girl still re-
: mains in Jail.
Esy% An old woman was praisin@, IN
rather enthusiastic terms, the sermon of ;
Scotch minister. who had acquired grea
name for depth and sublimity. The suspi
; cions of her auditor were little aroused
and she ventured TO propose question Il
, her: "Well, Jenny, do YOU understand
: him!" holding up her hands in aStonishmen
: at the question, "me understand him! wa'
: | hae he presumption
RE- II all the money spent by Buchan
: ans administration in one year for extras
: was in silver and put in wagons in 250
hounds to the wagon, il would make strinj
stretching across an entire county, and III
amount of it would be more than all tn
: money received for all the wheat, rye, ott
: and corn produced in Indiana and Illinois i
four wears Such is true picture of the enor
y. mites of the 'extra expenditures of tn
= Federal Administration. Farmers, mechan
: les, and laboring men should think of th