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Litchfield enquirer., 1858-12-09

cg MT. Douglas was at New Orleans on the 4th inst, where dinner was to be given him by anti Administration democrats and Americans. The reg ular democracy kept aloof from him. At Memphis, on the 18th, Mir. D. made speech, in which he struck low for southern favor averng his full be- lief in slavery per said that the slavery question was mere question of dollars and cents, and that all men-even ''old Joshua Giddings'' s''-would advocate the institution if living where the soil ana climate were favorable for it. Of course, with Mr. D. $ views the African slave trade should be at once reopened for the purpose of procuring cheaper hands for sugar plantations and cotton fields
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-12-09

BRIDGEPoRT.-In order to effect more healthfu public sentiment on the subject of temperance the Mayor of Bridgeport and other citizens of that place have requested the venerable Dr. Hewitt to deliver course of lectures on that subject. In reply the Doctor says that his engagements will prevent his complying fully with the request, but that if the Bridgeport pastors will ' in turn take this momen
 tous question to their pupits, viz How shall our city, state and nation be reformed, now that vice and crimes cherished mainly by drunkenness, have become se general and are daily becoming worse and worse he will readily take his part and place. and give to the cause the best of his remaining powers We we'll remember Dr. Hewitts addresses on tenn. perance thirty years ago. and do not doubt that he can make eloquent appeals for that neglected now, which will tell with happy results upon the community.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-12-09

f9 The speech of Senator Crittenden, on our first page, is just what we should expect from that vene- rable and excellent statesman. It is evident, not withstanding he is not candidate for the Presden- cy, that the office would not be unwelcome to him, if it should be the manifest conviction of the people that he should receive it. And we confess we should like to sec him President, though in the present condition of partes it is scarcely possible that he be candidate with any prospect of an election. The Republican element, with which MT. C. has no connection must prevail in rselecting a standard bearer against the slave-democracy in l8G0 May he be as good a man as John J. Critten- den
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-12-09

eSr Col. Samuel Colt recently submitted bill a. ganst the city of Hartford, for improvements of the roads, Sc. near his works, amounting to Sl4OO 900, which was submitted to Messrs. o. $. Seymour, L. F. Waldo and E. H. Broadhead as arbitrators, who a. warded the Colonel ss9, ,745 s5, and about year s interest.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-12-09

UNEXPECTED VICToRY.-Gen. Wm. H. Keim is elected from Old Berks to take the in the present Congress vacated by the resignation of the Hon. J. Clancy Jones, by 4OO majority He is, (says the Tribuns,) a.veteran Whig, the head of the Why family of Keims-the ct her being Democratic He was a candidate against Jones m 54, and ran him closer than men of his politics apt ill that district. Geu kem is the first member ever elect ed believe, from Old Berks in opposition to what ever was for the time labeled ' Democratic The Tariff question appears to have revolutonized the Gibraltar of Sham UemUcTacy.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-12-09

PRoG GREss-Bills have been introduced into the Legislature of North Carolina which give to the free colored popurtion of that State the choice of remov
 ing out of the State within two years, of choosing owners for themselves or of being sold at public auction for the benefit of common schools!
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-12-09

STATISTICS OF THE TowN OF BETHLEM FOR 165S-col- leced dy SAMUEL BLoss, Assessor of sa,d Torn-Whoe number ot Inhabitants 779. Number ot families l77 Native families l65 English families 6. Irish fam lilies 6. Native males 335. Native females 36S. l. rish males "A. Irish females 25. English males II English females 16.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-12-09

Mir. Cone is exhibiting his vesper Gas Light at the Mansion House in this village and we advise all who want good and cheap light to call and see t.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-12-09

fB Neal Dow has been chosen to the Msine I,egls- lature from Portland by majority of 772 over one Peter Francis, who is spoken of as colored man the democracy, we infer, voting for Peter
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-12-09

Secretary Cobb estimates the expenditures Of the Government for the next fiscal year at 947
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-12-09

fg-Bishop H D. onderdonk of Pennsylvania, died at Philadelphia on Monday.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-12-09

IS Hon. John Letcher has been nominated fol Governor of Virginia, after struggle between the Wise and Hunter sections of the democratic par ty the Hunter men triumphing.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-12-09
Gbe 4ltfbfelG Gnqulrer
 Litohasld, Conn. Thursday, Dec. 8, ls5s. ;.

tg Congress assembled on Monday. The Presi- dents Message was received here Tuesday afternoon, and we copy as much as time ana space will allow this week. The whole document would exclude ev- cry thing else from our columns. We shall next week give the substance of the remainder which re- lates principally to foreign relations and nan- cial condition-neither very hattering.
 An incidental vote in the House, on motion to increase the duty on coal and iron shows protec- tion majority. '--e-,---=---''--=-77-. '' '--
 In the Senate, MT. Hale commented, with some se- verity on that part o'the Message which relates to Kansas affairs.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-18
Romance and Crime.

The following is an extract from Il Havana
letter, of Aug. IS, to New York paper:
BY the last steamer from your city there
arrived here a young American female, who
gave her name as Mrs. 4. She put
up ut the Hotel de San Fernando, Spanish
house of respectabiity. The day after she
arrived, it was observed she appeared drow-
sy and i'll, and she was urged to go to bed !;
she did so, and then confessed she had taken
opium to destroy her life. The police and n
medical man were sent for; tue latter adj
miniStered powerful emetic and the requi-
site antidotes to opium, while the police
searched her baggage and found a large
quantity of letters from gentlemen, severl
portraits OF gentlemen, and lump of opium.
The medical gentleman who attended her,
and through whose eNcrtions her life was
saved, generously gave certificate that she
had been accustomed to take opium for a
chronic larache, and thus she was spared
the punishment that awaited her for attempt
ing to take her life, which, under the Span
ish law, is a very serious oflense. The his
tory of this female is somewhat romantic
She is native of New York, but has resi-
dcd for some time at Memphis, where her
life was no; exactly that of Lucretia At
Memphis she became intimate with gentle
man who was in business in that city She
became so passionately attached to this gen.
tleman that she followed him from Memphis
to New. Orleans, and from that city to this.
She refused TO return to the United States,
to which a passage was offered her by the
United States Acting Consul-General, say
ing she would follow him to the end of the
world. He refuses to have anything more
to do with her.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-18
CUBA.-The Washington correspondent

CUBA.-Thc Washington correspondent
of the " Y Times says:
Mr.. Buehanan's policy, in endeavoring to
purchase Cuba, aims at FIVE things, viz :
lst. To satisfy the Bishop and clergy of
Spain that the Catholic churcs would not
wane and be forced to secondary position
on the Island, in the event of its transfer to
the United States. I'd. To satisfy Christina
that her thirty millions of private property
on the Island would not be subject to the
principle of agrarianism, but would be
doubled in value by the transfer Sd. To
satisfy the agriculturalist that his market
would not be injured, but improved, by
having net only the po;ts of Cuba, but the
ports of the whole country free to his pro-
duce. 4th. To satisfy the commercial in
terests that free trade would be accorded
them here, while they could discriminate at
home according to their own pleasure; and,
lastly, to satisfy the government that a
transfer Of the Island is actually necessary
to secure lasting peace between the two
countries. Such is the programme of the
Administration policy for the new Min.
ister to Madrid, which, if carried out
! must result in the purchase of Cuba
Mr.. Benjamin being Jew would
necessarily fail on the first point, and thi:
would involve failure on the otl ers. Thi;
difficulty hinted at few days ago-and i
/ is one Mr.. Buchanan fully appreciates, bu
/ what can be done?
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-18

"a HE.gTTI' III. D.-OFEYC n .S.y.D
. III sRe,ideDce in Mr. Caldweil's Buildings, on
Locust, near Second Street.
THANKFUL for the liberal patronage given to him
last stnmcr, he has returned to Evansville with tile
d~eign Of becoming permanent citizen, and res
lrciully offers his professional services in all dis
eases, acute chronic.
While DIR. H. regards the scientific use # water as
the FebrifugGm Magnum, he nevertheless uses all
te safe remedies both of the AloTatc and Eclectic
Schools as adjuncts, dscarding all injurious and
poisonous medicines.
lie would call the attention Of the public 10 the
following
SPEC1ALITIES.
cANcEEs-RemOyed without the knife and pcrrna-
ncntly cured.
BRoycHIrIs AND CoSsrNrrIoy-Treatcd ,y the
system of Inhalation Of mcdicatcd yapors, a.
sisted by valuable expectorant syrups.
DISEASES or THE EYEs.-PeTsons who have had
their eyes burnt with various kinds Of capsics
ceiving little benefit, will find il to their
teTest 90 change the.treatmept.
FEMALE DIsEAsEs-Will he treated with rcmarka-
bic success. Various new remedies will be used, as
the MagnetoElectric machine for nervous diseases,
SC, SC.
The subscriber has choice assortment Of pure
drugs and medicines, wines aud brandies for med-
cal purposes only), and the most popular patent
meGicines at retail Persons calling for medicines,
and paying for them in the Office, may have medical
counsel without charge.
re- Physicians prescriptions 10th of the Alo-
pathic and Eclectic Schools carefully prepared at all
hours. A BEATTY, NJ. ID.
mylf-ly
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The Federal Officers I'm TN diana.

The State Sentinel having complained that
Dir. Porter, Republican candidate for Con-
gress in the indianapolis district, neglected
his duties as city councilman to secure his
election to Congress, the indianapolis Jour
nal retorts as follows:
Mr.. Thomas \. Hendricks, since the COM
mencement of the Congressional canvas in
this district, "declines to attend TO the
General Land office, of which he. has the
charge, and for which he is paid some thous-
ands of dollars year. but derotes the time
due to the Office in Washington, to an cleo
ton in this State He had better give up
his salary, or attend to his business.
General Joseph Lane, since the canvas
began in this State, declines to attend to
the interests of the people of Oregon, for
which he is paid three thousand dollars a
year with enormous mileage, and devotes
his whole time to electioneering for Mr.. Bo-
badil Hughes and Mr.. Iowa English.
Mr. d. W. Vorhces is paid a very pretty
salary for attending to the duties of United
States AttoIn y in this D;shi {, but since
the State nominations he has devoted him
self solely to electioneering for the Lecomp-
ton candidates 1t might not be out of the
way to hint that. he should attend TO his bu-
sinesS, and let the candidates to their own
fighting.
Mr.. John L. Robinson is paid some S5,-
600 or more a year for attending to the du-
ties of the United States Marshal in this
District, but he declines the task, takes
the money, and spends the time due to his
official l.i in oft candidates in
keeping them straight in the President 5
policy, and in editing trifling little coun-
try paper. Had he not better attend do his
business?
Mr. Daniel Mcclure is paid a good salary
ant. fat fees for acting as Secretary of State.
But he "declines TO attend to the duties
OF his office, and is spending the time in
electioneering. lie can't attend to his of
flee while he is away in Allen, or Noble, or
Madison, or Randolph, or Miami or Henry,
or Franklin, or Sullivan counties, canvass
ing. Let him attend to his business, or
quit drawing his pay.
Mr.. John W. Dodd follows the laudable
example of Mr.. Mcclure. lie leaves his Of
flee to deputies, and draws his enormous
fees and pay for spending his time in elec-
tioneering in every corner and township in
the State.
Mr.. Harry Vandeerift draws some eight
hundred dollars year for acting as route
agent on one Of our railroads, but he man
ages TO devote the best end of his time to
stump speaking. Hadn't he better give bis
time to his business
These various gentlemen, and good
many others, are all drawing pay for doing
duties which they either neglect entirely OF
leave to other hands, while they traverse
the State on electioncering tours. Let them
attend to their business, the duties they
are srOrn and paid to discharge or give up
the money they get for it. Till they do
their apologist had just as well say nothing
of the occasional absences of city council
man from meetings, which, it he don't at
tend, he don't get paid for.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-18

lay Large bodies of ice have been OBJ
served in the Atlantic ocean recently. One
was enormous in size, being two hundred
feet high and four hundred feet long. At
this season Of the year ice is seldom seen by
voyagers, and the probability is, the summer
within the Arctic zone, has been unusually
powerful in setting free the mountains Office
in that region.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-18
NV.f.v'SVILLE O.M.uERC CI.gL
IL COLLEGE,
No. az North First Street,

EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.
The Sixth Annual Session Of the above institu-
iion, will commence Monday, August :oth, ls5s.
4 course Of lessons in this School Will Cmbrsire
DOuble-Entry bookkeeping, in all lis various
branches, Mercantile Calculations, Penmanship, Nc
Tho plan adopted in teaching is entirely practical
nn text lDoks being used, hence students can rely
science &c this all important branch Of education tu
enable him 10 take charge OF set of books n any
establishment, however complicated. Students ran
enter at any time. course Of lessons can be c,nn
pleted ia from six to ten weeks. Time, however,
not limited.
Weekly Lccturce on Commercial Law will he de-
livcred by competent legal gentlemen cf the city.
generally.
TEGNS For a full course, including Diploma,
$50. Gcnfemen can, however, enter for the Mer-
cntiie course, which is S2o. Ladies department Slj.
For Catalogue, giving full particulars. address,
JEREMIAH BENIN, Principal
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-18

HyJ.S.S.ST.ILLE PAPER U.fRE-
-A/hOuse-We have now on hand, and offer on
liberal terms, well assorted stock for printers and
bookbinders, among which We name
500 bundles Printing Paper, assorted sizes;
1000 Straw Boards; 1000 Tar Boards,
As well as colored Printing Paper; plain Cap and
Hose fat Cap; Deny, Medium, white and colored
Cards and Card Boards, which we can have cut TO
any size; Post-ofice paper, Manila Wrapping.
Printers Ink, &c. We also beg leave to caii the
attention of dealers to stock Of $500 bundles
Wrapping Paper, and 100 gross Of Bonnet boards.
The highest market price paid for Rags.
~ TENNEY soREESoS.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-18
GJ.u NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., n,

IEH.fT GJ.u uB]5LTs.s-6!!!--Tor. r.fu,e nj
- tery statements lIade in an advertisement in
another column, about the "New York Belting
Co. Fulcanized Rubber Telling and Packing il IS
only necessary to say that tn editors OF ths SCI
ENTlFIC AMERICAN, in a long and elaborate ar
ticle i'm their columns " hicl every reader Of thar
invaluable paper mas seen) recommends tie New
York Betting Cos Betting above all others. and ~
way Of clincher they state that they il All
their presses and machinery.
This Company il wealthy, and srn authcrized 20
guarantee the articles made by them eqna, II not
superior to any other make.
The rapid sale Of the New York Betting 20 our
largest machfniss. MILE and factories 10 who
are Judges and canaot he deceived) is sufficient eyi
dence Of is value but the testimony OF the Scicn-
tifc American can't le set ASIDE iy a disrsr-gtnG
competitor. s.Nuf ced. .ls.t
Just opening the eighth shipment 10 me of Belt
ing since summer, for sale st 1ineinncfi prices.
CIIAR1G1s = --sF Is Nee. sore,
dec3 Opposite J. IL Asghec { -.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-18
HEO. .THOR.s.HfLL, BEGs LE.9 T.E

their Kind patronage, and hopes 10y strict attention
to business, and good work, to be able to merit
continuation of their favOrs. Having removed his
store to the corner of Second and Main streets for
mcrly occupied as n Silvcrsmith Shop. he is now
prepared 20 furnish all who may favor him with a
call, with all the articles in his line.
Ga Repairing done with ne1tness aud despatch.
Second hand harness always on hand
sl,-BJc A.,
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-18
BUSINESS CARDS.

II STR.FTTO.N, LK1.ERI' .f.N.D
a. Sale stable, Second between Main and Lo-
Gust streets, opposite the Old Presbyterian Church,
Evansville.
The undersigned has Large and commOdious
Prick Stable with sheds for carriages, and Is pre-
pared to take horses by the day, week Or month";.
Ills customers may he of having their animals
well and carefully attended to. lie refers 10 the
following gentlemen whose horses he has ha,l long
time under his charge.
lie has also n number Of good and safe horses for
the saddle OF harness, with numlcr Of new and
comfortable buggios, 60 hire. Orders for saddle
horses or buggies will he punctually attended to.
Refer to &. G. Keats, Gas office; G. X. BeIncnt;
J. 5. Gayitt, Ex-Sherin; Cyprian Preston.
octl2-ly J. STRATTON.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-18

DISEASED PUBLIC 0PIyroy.-The Boston
Courier expresses itself on the subject in
this wise: "0ne of the most intesting and
instructive facts in the history of the hu-
man race is the recurrence from time to
time of diseased conditions of the public
mind, constituting moral epidemics, which
infect society with moral delusions, just as
its physical condition is occasionally dis
turbed by infections or contagious distem-
pers. Whenever one of these moral cpl
denies seizes upon the public mind, it be-
comes morbidly sensitive on some specific
subject it runs into the most pitiable cx-
travagancies it seems TO lose all sense,
reason aud judgment (; it exhibits the symp-
toms of temporary delirousneSs. The pre-
vailing sentiment in the Eastern States, iu
regard to the negro race, constitutes a strik-
ing illustration of these intellectual cpl
denies, and one which in future times will
be looked back upon with the same mingled
sorrow and amazement with which we at
this time regard the witchcraft mania of the
old colony of Massachusetts,
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-18
RATES or .sDE-ExTTsE.N'G.

) 5 ! : : s !
/ Dog. so 71l lcol 25 l.5o IS
Dag.. IS I15 sol go s5 80
) Days. 90 / 5ol 175l 25 2 "a .
Days. 25 I 80 50 Is 80 4 %
Days. 90 2 10 50 50 - 80
Wsek. / 80 2 . 3OOl } 75l 80 .
2 Wssks sol y75 800 6 - = 20 20
3 Weeks 3 90 80 cool 30 90 10 80
No. 100 sos 90 10 90 tl2 90 u 90
Nos OO1 8 70 II 90 - 20 l6 90 Is %
? Nos. ! so II y I5 90 Is "a % 90 26 p
Nos. so IL 754 II OOl n . % 80 - 20
Nos. 10 90 IS 90 20 90 s5 90 30 90 - 90
Mos. - 90 - 80 26 90 32 6O199 90 i5 80
~ Mo'. Is 30 y ~ 30 90 81 50 As 90 ~ 80
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Che Daily 9oarnal.
PUBLISHED FL
E. Y. CARLILE
+. VI. TUAYEI.
JNO. II. McSEELY.
rxDER THE FIRN OF THE
EVANSVILLE JOURNAL COMPANY.
TEAMS OF sU8sCEIPTIO.,.


=" " tAlailet) V w
By the week payable To Carriers 10
Tri-Weckly w
Z" .. Clubs Of rs or more. 90
ne The privilege Of yearly advertisers IA limited
90 their immediate business in their own name;
and all Advertisements for the benefit Of other
lersons, well as legal advertisements and adver-
tisemeDts of auction sales and advertisements with
the name Of other persons, sent in BY them, must
H. paid for at the usual rates.
ne No report, resolutions or proceedings OF any
corporation, society, association or public meeting
and no communication designed 60 call attention to
any matter Of limited u individual interest can be
-insertsd, unlesss paid for advertisement
M Contracts for yearly ADVERTISING will not be
discontinued unless order to that effect is left at
the Office and when discontinued in less than n
year, the price Of the whole year will be charged
ne Legal advertisements hereafter, will he pub
iised at the expense VI the attorneys ordering and
not deayabe for legal proceedings, but colectable
st usual time.
ssa. Our terms for job Work and transient adyer-
easements are CASH.
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HBsTRaCT or THE Sg.uE-.f.,.

~ mol sdtemeRi Of hc affairs and condition Of the
HOME INSURANCE. CoBIro',y, ef NE CSty af Neir
York, on ds 3lst day Of Decen,ber, 1857. = d
ASSETS.
Cash Balance in Bank 600 sc
Bonds and Mortgages (heing first lien
Real Estate, worth at least SS9l 00O) .4Go COO O0
Loans on stocks, payable on demand, mar ..
kct value Of securities, s253 GS7 IS
Bank Stocks, (market yaluo) )........... 1900 90
Real Estate, No. 4 Wall street, (the Office
of the Company 67G04 -
Interest due on the LIST of January, Is5s,
of which sl2,C25 3has since been re-
csivedl E3sJ %
Balance in hands of Agents and in course
of transmission from Agents on the 3lst
December 2i,6si rs
(Of which 1857 81 has since been re-
crivedl
Premiums due and uncollected on Policies
issued at toffice.......... .............. 2Os7 "a
Total Zl3 "a
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-18
STEPHEN q WHEELER. Sec'y
il WILLIAM STREET,
New York, March, 1857.


New York, March. 1857.
At the request of the President and Board of Di-
rcctors of the Knickcrbocker Life Insurance Com
pany, certify that the mode Of computing nrcsett
value OF the Policies employed by the Secretary Of
the Company is scientifically correct, and in ac-
cordance with the prescriptions Of the charter /
also certify that have compared the lis, of poll.
ces furnished me by the President as on the books
of the Company with valuation tables sufficiently 10
test the accuracy Of the results given by the Secre-
tary, and find the values stated within 10 be nu-
merically correct That Is to say, the present VAL
ue OF the future risk of the Office on all outstanding
policies, or the difference between the present value
of future premiums to bc paid them is Si3 9C7 10
The total value Of policies, the holders of which
are entitled 10 dividends, is So, ,227 OF.
And If the surplus Is correctly stated at STl al2 IL
the difference between this and the present value of
the future risk of the Company existing policies
after deductng 10 per cent Of il for the relief fund.-
Is the proper amount for dividend, to-wit S2i6los1
The triic principle Of dividend is To- assign TO each
policy holder who has insured on the mutual plan
share proportionsd TO the present value OF his poll
cy which il the true value of his interest stock
holder of the Company. This share amounts to 10
per cent of the present value of the policy
CHARLES W. HACkLEY
February 18th. 1857.
As Agent for the above Company, I am prepared
10 issue Policies tho most favorable terms. fam
phles giving al desirable information can be had
on application. WM. I. PAGE.
Evansville, April 2ith Is5s.-ly. r