The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-12-15
News Summary.

qua Emigrants carried off Lieut.. Whyte,
of the U. S. navy, as guest. The
Lieut.. belonged to the cutter which made so
futile an attempt to arrest the schooner.
Ia The Democrats have decided, it is
said, to force the Oregon bill through the
House without discussion and without any
Kansas addition to it. There viii be n
warm contest if this is attempted.
Bag The President expects the Japan eX-
petition home in May, bringing with therl
japanese ambassador
HaS@ Horace F. Clark, of New York and
Mr.. Vance the new American member from
North Carolina, have chosen seats in the
Hall of Representatives on the opposition
side of the House.
pa Jack Heenan, the 8euitia boy is
anxious for another fight. ITo has again
challenged Morrisey, or any other man in
Europe or America, for fight toT ai3F sum
up to $4,000.
A meeting was held at Laurelton. Hardy
county, Va, on the both of October last,
for the purpose of taking a vote on making
a new county out of the west district of
Hardy. The vote stood-ayes 285, noes i.
Greenland was agreed upon as the new
county seat.
B3~ A new paper is about to be published
in Richmond, Va, to be called the Inder. 1t
is to be conducted by Mr. Derritt, formerly
of the Examiner
ESy@ Some of the Lynn shoe manufac-
turer5 are making to order large quantities
Of ladies skating boots. They are made
thick and strong, and cut toreach above the
ankle.
Ia The Sabine flag ship of the Para
quay squadron, completed her repairs on the
9th of November last, and sailed for Per
nambuco.
Bss~ The President proposes to reduce the
| expenses of the Government in the follow
| ing manner:
/. The purchase of Cuba
3. Payment to Spain for the Armist Ell ne
groes.
3. The establishment of an indefinite
number of military posts in Sonora and
| chihuahua, and the support Of an army 10
accupy them.
4. The employment of the army and navy
to open and keep open the Nicaragua transit
route.
s. The employment OF the army and
navy for the same purpose with reference to
the Panama route.
6. The employment of the army and navy
for the same purpose with respect 10 the
| Tehuantepec route.
Z. A resort to war with Costa Rica and
| Nicaragua if our demands are not complied
with at an early day.
8. The construction Of more war steam
| erS.
9. The construction by government aid
of the great Pacific Railroad.
10. Some underlined boOns to the District
of Columbia.
Bls- few days ago a Miss Bowers, aged
about twenty-one years, daughter OF Abso-
lem Bowers living near New Washington,
Clark county, Indiana, met with an instan-
taneous death. She was passing on horse
back an OK team loaded with saw logs, when
the horse by some means became frightened
and threw her under the wagon the wheels
passing over her head and crushing her to
death
@,On searching the house of an old gem
tleman who died in a town near New Bed
ford q short time time since, bag was
found containing about 81 900 in Mexican
dollars and half dollars, and 81 200 in bills
of one of the New Bedford Banks, being
among its earliest issues and dating back
nearly thirty years
BasH Gen. keim, just elected in place of
CLANCY Jones by 47O majority, has never
1
old Henry Clay Wing. His election in
Berks by such majority is the most re-
markable incident of the political year, as
strange an event as would be a FTee-Soier
from South Carolina.
Bas@ A Hungarian named Leon Hamel
has recently given a concert in one of the
theatres at Pesth, in which he has settled
the possibility of several musical instru-
ments being played on simultaneously by
the same person by means of electricity,
FIVE pianos being played on simultaneously
by this most wonderful element in nature
it is a surprising feat, even in these days of
marvels.
BGg@ A proposition has been made that
Sylvanus Cobb should take tile place of
Howell Cobb in the Treasury Department
and write it up The great success of Syl-
vanus in The Ne,c York Ledger, and the
utter incompetency OF Howell to conduct
the national finances, cause this TO be re-
garded as one of the greatest polticalmove-
ments of the day.-LouisriAe ,J.prI,oL
ReA=. Forty children, ranging from - to
IA years of age, left New York CITY On
Wednesday the 9th, seeking homes in tae
West They were under the care Of Il Mr..
Tracy.
, Bsa. The remains of the Crystal Palace
were sold on Friday last. They conSi Sted
of about 500 tons of wrought and cast iron,
and were expected to bring about $4,000.
The proceeds of a former sale amounted to
, nearly $50 600.
, ngA=Judge Thomas has resigned his place
} upon the bench of the Supreme Court OF
, Massachusetts, His reason IS that the sal
airy is inadequate The salary is now 81
} 900 year.
Gea -Multitudes of Western men are said
to be arriving at Philadelphia, anxious to
borrow money on farms and town lots
Failing to do this they are urging sales OF
property at less than half its market value
J two years ago.
, Few of those men, we apprehend, hail
3 from Southern Indiana.
u.s.. There is probably no place in the
world where lumber can be obtained SO
7 easily, and in such abundance, as on the
shores of Puget Sound The timber (most-
I ly yellow fir, is strong and durable but
coarae wood, grows in dense forests. &.
Thrce-fourths of Washington Terri
9 tory, West of the Cascades has 200 valuable
, trees To the acre, the trees averaging 2 feet
through and lis feet high, loo feet being
good for lumber. On Puget Sound, the
Gulf of Georgia, Hoods Canal and BelIing-