The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-06

Negro Minstrels are performing in Cincin-
natl.
h6s@ Ex-President Van Buren is on a
visit to New York, and is said to look
younger and more sprightly than he did
twenty years ago.
EyH Two hundred thousand pounds
weight of women's hair is annually sold in
France, and the price paid for it is six cents
an ounce.
Egg K colored man, named Goldring,
killed Patrick Grogan, in Toronto, on Sum
day, by striking him with an axe, cutting
him ut one blow, from the shoulder down
through three ribs into the heart.
E9 Since the opening of the New York
pound, 6,477 dogs have been brought in,
6,2l9 destroyed the balance redeemed
The cost TO the city is about So, 200.
BsD~ The knowledge which is good, is the
understanding of principles for Therein is
eSemplihed the harmony of nature, and
makes apparent to humanity thcintelligence
which prcsides over nature.
pa- Considerable excitement exists in
Lawrence and Kansas City, in consequence
of the recent arrivals from the gold region
of Pixies Peak, confirming the existence OF
ore in abundance in that locality.
JEWISH TEsrIMoxIAL.-The Israelites of
London intend, it is said, TO present to Lady
John RUSSELL boudoir suite, consisting of
a table and four chairs, made of solid silver,
as mark OF their sense of the obligation
they owe to her husband.
BELGiUM.-The Mo,iteur says that treaty
Of commerce and navigation between the
United States and Belgium was completed
on the 9Th OF July, and that it would be
presented to the Chambers at the next
session.
PosT OFFICE BURNT.-The PoStOffice at
Caledonia, Marion, county, Ohio, was entire
ly consumed by fire on the night of the oath
inst, destroying books, papers, and every
thing connected with the Office. Cause Of
the origin of the FIRE unknown.
Bay" The independence Beige states that
young lady living ut Hanover has been
sentenced by court of that town to a fine
of two francs, for having worn dress
which, occupying the whole breadth of the
pavement, is an obstruction TO the public
way"
Eas" Newport Ky, has been vastly i'm
proved during the past month or two, by
the introduction of gas and the substantial
paving of the sidewalks. We are glad To
see SO much enterprise manifested by the
citizens of our fiouriShing sister city.
BsSn There have been very heavy rains in
the vicinity of Cleveland, Ohio. Three and
one-third inches fell between Thursday morn
ing and Sunday. evcning-four days-and
il was raining on Monday evening.
! RoBBERY AT CRAwFoRDsvILLE.-A Irish
man was drugged at Charlottesville on the
/ 30tbs and robbed of $3.50 in gold-the fruits
of four years of honest toll. Three round
! ers who were concerned in the robbery
are in Jail. \ portion of the money was re-
covered.
EeE" A very modest lady sent her very
modest daughter, pretty young damsel,
out one morning for some articles. Among
the many, she informed the clerk in one of
/ our stores-That her mother wanted to get
three yards of cloth, for primitive triangular
appendageS for her infant.
METuoDrsTs IS New ENGLASD.-From the
minutes OF the several Conferences i'm the
( New England States, it appears that there
are, in round numbers, one hundred thous-
and members of the Methodist Church in
New England, and the increase of the past
year is about ten thousand including those
on probation.
BfSs" \ year or two ago, the portrait of
the Mayor of Montreal was cut TO pieces 10y
some rascal, who entertained Il spite against
Al
one painted. This was nearly completed,
and on Saturday night, the artists room
was mysteriousy entered and the new one
destroyed.
DEa7~ On Thursday morning of last week
I the striking weight of the town clock in
Warrenton, Va, weighing over 700 pounds,
fell with tremendous crash, passing
through two floors of the Court House,
and lodging in the basement Fortunately
there were no persons in the building at the
time.
LUTHERAN SYNOD OF WESTERN VIRGINIA
The members OF this body convened in
Salem, Roanoke county, Va ON Thursday,
the 18th ult., and adjourned on Tuesday,
the 24th, to meet again OH the afternoon OF
the Thursday before the third Sabbath in
/
county, Va. The opening address was de-
livered by Rev. W. ID. Roedel, Principal OF
wytheville Female College, who was eleet-
ed President at this meeting. Great har-
mony prevailed in all their deliberations.
EsSg@ The editor of the Cannelton Report
er is certainly crazy. In the last issue o
his paper, he boasts in column and half
tha, the trial of DIR. Daily is great Demo.
cratic triumph, alleging tina. tho DvvtUr':
prosecutors were Republicans. Now, thi;
allegation is unqualiiedly and entirely false
DIR. Murphy, the principal in the late accu
sations against Daily is one of the most in
sane, foolhardy, "red-mouthed, violent, un
reasonable members of the so called Demo
cratic party that ever fourished amidst tn,
mud. lack oaks, and whisky of Sullivan
county. This is the man, and not Repubi
cans, who have sought to ruin DIR. Daily.
ESy% The latest accounts from the expedi
: ton employed in sinking an experimental
, Artesian well in the region of the Llano Es
tacado are not very favorable to the success
: of the enterprise. The well has been sunl
: to a depth of over thirteen hundred feet, bu
4 though several springs of water have beer
reached none has been found which woul,
| rise to the top of the well, or which, as w
: interpret the accounts, is of a drinkabl
quality. The steam machinery employed il
the experiment had got out of order, am
Il Captain Pope was waiting for orders fror
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