The Evansville daily journal., 1858-10-12
Mall Items.

NAaAI ttctnSs
Msy" \ witness was asked if the defend
ant "stood ON the defensive?' "No, he
stood on abench and fit like the devil"
BSynA man much intoxicated was sent to
Jail. "Why did you not bail him out p in
quircd byStander of friend "Bail him
OUT exclaimed the other; ''why, you
could not pump him out
Des3"' T'hdt wds bright idea of the hard
shell preacher, who, when .discoursing of
I Daniel in the den of liens, said: There he
sat all the night looking at the show for
notlling-did Mt cost him a cent"
+ pa 1t is stated ina Cape Cod paper that
the mackerel, although not decreasing in
numbers, are becoming every year harder
and harder to catch. They are getting
smarter because they run in schools. but the
Yankee fishermen viii catch them by hook
or by crook.
Bffy" Judge Douglas has Just made an un-
conditional tran>f-r to the trustees of the
Chicago University of all the property upon
which the University is located, waiving all
contingencies of the original contract and
giving a clear title.
BsGJ@ \ Hibernian had come far to see Nj
agafn, aud while he g;lzed upon it, friend
asked him if it was not the most wonderful
thing lie had ever seen. To which he re-
piled, '!Never Il bit, man; never bit |!
Sure its no wonder at all that the water
should fail down there, for I'd like to know
what could hinder it,"
B43gn The Salem Regishr, Black Republi-
cad, says; * Waltham machinist sets in
the gubcrnatoral chair, and Naticlx shoe
maker holds the honorable office OF United
States Senator, while the trained statesman
and scholar brood over their diSaIpuint-
mcntS, and the places that once knew them
know them no more.
y BAn SIGS.-The sign of the Cemetery
OF the Esergreens, suspended from the second
story OF their Office opposite the City Hall
wis blown down yesterday by the force Of
the wind, and two men narrowly escaped
injury. II was about twenty feet in length
and was shattered in pieces on the sidewalk
" I. Tribune
The DAILY LIFE.-For my part, | am
Eot 50 much troubled about my future state
rs about my present character in the sight
] of a holy and heartsearchihg God To live
a holy, self-dcnying life, | conceive to be of
the first Importance. 1t is by the daily life
+ of Christians that Christ is either houored
or dishonorcd.-.Northa Whiting.
psgr The Mound City Gazette makes the
following scurrilouS notice of our "elo-
qucnt Governor:
Governor Willard, of Indiana, is in Louis
vile attending the Fair. Wonder if lie has
got the large green turtle on exhibition,
which he lugged about the streets of Cairo,
last winter, while drunk
Re4y+A ease in which the Catholic Bishop
of Vermont is prosecuted for ordering the
removal of some slips from the chl,reh at
1ighgatc, because their owners wouldn't
pay church asses m ,nts, comes on for trial
at st. Albans, next week, and is regarded
with great interest.
REIg The seventy-four gun steamer Turk
was successfully raised f.5m the bed of the
harbor of Sebastopol, by the Americas Sub
marine Company, on the Esd of June last.
Her machinery is almost in perfect condi-
ton. 1t is estimated that an outlay of five
per cent. will restore her to almost her
original value she will probably be pur-
chased by the Russian Government So
says the Boston Transcript
Premium WHEAT.-Tf, st Louis. on Tues
day, at the close of change hours, the
Wheat Committee awarded to Kennctt Nc
kennic the first premium of 500, offered
by the St Louis Agricultural aud Mechan-
ictl Association, for the best crop of fall
wheat. The sample was choice white, and
the yield was 42l bushels, from fourteen
acres Of ground
LIGHT AND HEAT.-During the ilIumina-
ton at Albany, y. Y, on the lst instant, d
clullron was filled with dry granulated fire.
clay and rro- u.a- allowed 1o,,.
1t gave out light equal to IUo0 sperm can
dies, and generated an intense heat. 1t
would be good plan to employ gas in this
manner for cooking, as dry fire-clay concen-
trttcs, and thus economies the heat.
B1s, The New York Crystal Palace was
insured for account of the city of New York
for the sum of $4,000. The property was
in controversy between the builders and the
city, and the city has possession OF it. Thi,
insurance is to cover the contents ON storage
as well as the building. The money vii
he deposited by the Comptroller, until th,
affairs of the Palace are settled.
- BeigH Mr.. \ Jones, of Rutherford county
Tennessee, held corn shucking last fall anC
invited assistance from his neighbors
Among Others, negro came to the corr
shucking without his masters consent, ant
Ndo hllicu III tllc COURSE Oh the UlSHt DN
; drunken man, named Hagar. Hagar wa.
sent to the penitentiary, and the owner o
the negro sued Jones for the value of tho
negro and obtained Judgment on tn,
ground that be was ON Jones premises an,
in his employ without leave.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL.-The land sales of tn
Illinois Central road for August, 1858
were S5S, S,O00. The six months balanc
sheet of this Company, ending June 30tl
= shows a decided Improvement on 1851
The figures are as follows
1857. 1853
Earnings. ,oC7 sG5 s8s7, ~
Expenses. .-.........-..... gJS,59l 107,66
+ Net earning. Sl09,214 1903
Increase in net S17l is
d Bay@ 4 steam Flow was tested at the las
State Fair in Illinois and pronounced tr
= umph. The machine on trial was invcnte
: by Joseph W. Fawkes, and has been paten
cd only a short time. Six plows are attacf
ed to the engine, and but two men are r,