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The Evansville daily journal., 1858-04-15

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GIFT BOOK ENTERPRISE.
PLAN.
gSOR Dollars worth Of Books, or r~vp-as IouGht
II of US, we will give at the time free gin worth
which will entitle the holder to a chance for
280 Acres Of Land,
In Warrants OF $50 acres;
do ao do do 90 % do; do;
when three thousand tickets are disposed Of.
Gifts consist of
Gold Watches,
Silver Watches,
Composition Watches,
Gold Pens,
Cold Ear drops
Gold rcnc;3S, and
Gold Rings,
Gold Bracelets,
Gold Shirt Buttons,
Silver Thimbles,
Gold Breastpilis,
and Miscellaneous Gifts.
Agents persons sending US clubs Of Fifteen up
wards will receive DolIar Book, Gift. and Ticket
that will sntitle him 10 chance fer the Land War
Books Bought end GIFTS accompanying heDY
DelircTed 1rken tie pYrcJtUSe as MADE.
to he decided Threa Thousand Tickets duplicates
Of thcse sold icing IN see tbe hnlS.r s % os s
lar n1mher to l0 acres OF Land' the second 10 ee'
hooks ordered hy mail, Is cents extra, in stamps,
must sent to ray posisSe. ,,,,,,;os o-,.-.,
asst. must Ise very rapid, we expcc; to sell the
Tickets in four or siX weeks. AL crders adres. edta
Main Street, where have been for ffteen years. viii
meet prompt attention a. u,c,x~n
mrsC dssn Louisville, Ky.
The Evansville daily journal., 1858-04-15

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doZ. Willow York Nurse Chairs;
Just received by H.. IL. COOK SON.
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New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-21

There are lust two parties in Illinois-the Re-
publicans, who have chosen Abraham Lincoln for
their exponent and leader; and the Democrats,
who rally around Senator Douglas. The Buchanan
or Lecompton concern is not party-is is hardly .
sauad-it is merely csbal. We doubt whether
it has to- day as many hearty adherents as there are
Federal officers and dependents in the State. Es'h
party is careful to dsclaim their syupathy or a.
lance. The Chicago Times, leading Douglas or
gan, thus spurrs and defies them:
The Warrington Union much mistake the import
apce of its own position and greatly overrstes the
povers of Federal patronage in Illinois. There are IN
this State three psrtes-the Democracy, the Repuon'
cans and the Danites-the latter consisting e1ciu-
siyely of Federal office holders, bu. not containing
one half of those office holders. And, no mater how
unpleasant the fact may be to The Washington CnIon
or mortifypg TO those persons who have used and
abused the appointing power OF this State, we tee IL
to be our duty state that there no danger that the
Democracy Of Illinois dread 80 much in the coming
cor test as that the Dante ticket may be withdrawn
and Cook, Lieb, Dougherty, Carpenter and Hope de-
clare thsmseyes to be Douglas men. Such an acces-
son 70 the Democracy of Illinois would be equivalent
TO defeat-as the ASSOCIATION OF their names win those
of Mr. Buchanan has destroyed all that high degree
of personal regard which the Democracy OF lllinos
have always evinced for the President. 80 the sc-
acknowledgement that these men belong to any party
would prove fatal to that party. An alliance Win
these men, therefore, would be fatal to the Democracy
of Illinois, and as long as they are eft in otfce we
earnestly appeal to The Union to compel them TO
keep out of the Democratic ranks
New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-21

The st. Louis Democrat INDUCES in "practi.
CAL talk with those tmid good people who say they
wish Slavery were banished from Missouri, but
can't see how that result is to be obtained. Hear
The Democrat
without embarrassment We reply that the solution
flows naturally from our past history State, and
our relation to the large migrations which are
locking to the West for new homes. The census
of the last Eve years discoses that the advent of free
labor in whatever counties of Missouri 1t has settled
has in far baniehed Slavery. We have illustrated
this fact often that is scarcely necessary repeat
il. 1t is ipstarced with remarkable clesrness in this
very County of St. Louis Ten years ago half the
labor performed here done by slave hands in the
field and in the factory. Now, free labor occupies all
the WORK Bshops thr0ngs every avenue OF city employ
ment, while the largest farms in the county are har
vested exclusively by white hands, and there ID
in this. Slave labor cannot STAND in the pres
tf free labor and the increase of the latter is
marked by corresponding decrease 10 the former. In
Gssconsds the Influx Of free population has reduced
County the same result has been seen to follow.
Ninety five counties show it's relative disappearance
in enumerstiDg populations. Thus its presence has
diminished the slave system in large portion of the
State already, ard its future influence encouraged
upheld egslated for, and not az snst, will Danish it
entirely from the whole State in a very few years.
We thus rid ourselves Of . pernicous incubus upon
the prosperity of people, while supply the
fields Of Industry with ten fold more effective force.
There is 10 social arrangement; for, substituted
skilled labor with its Intelligence, its machinery and
its nerve preceded the departure of the bghtng, de-
cayipg servle system. There is no agitation or at
least there need be none for attack is made upon
vested rights chiefly the appliances Of great
ments Of population are used TO accomplish radical
changes in our domestic economy This is the practi
cal norking, and speak 10 practical men, ssk
them to consider its worth Q State policy, relieved
Of the trash and and asehoo6 that opponents
seek 70 throw around the whole matter"
New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-21

The Courier and Enquirer grievoualy mistakes
THE TRIBUNE in representing it a. favofing the re-
election Of JOHN B. HAsKIN 10 Congress on the
"one des Of hostility TO Slavery Extension" Just
the contrary is the fact We support Mr.. Haskin
because his ceurse in Congress has proved him
able, independent, honest, faithful and fearless, and
because We want to encourage this breed of public
men. We Like Mr.. Haskin's fidelity to his pledges
to stand up for fair play to the FreeState men Of
Kansss-bke it all the more, probably, because We
sistrusted those pledges when he msde them, aud
urged others to discredit them-but We admire
q1ite a. strongly bis conduct Of the Wletts Point
investigation, and his general warfare against pecu.
lAton and public plunder. In short, We supper.
him because We lile the man and bis ways, and be-
hese be will continue to DO bis whole duty to his
constituents. We believe q House composed of
such men, even though most Of them should be
called Democrats, could not fail 10 save millions to
the TreMuV and correct many crying abuses.
Party is necessary, and good thing in i.s place;
but there ought always to be some Members Of
Congress who Are not the creatures of party and
act independently upon their spontaneous convic.
ticrs. Mr.. Hsskin appears to be Of this sort and
~ iuch We support him. We AJAX 20 questions,
ard don't want 10 rec him transformed, Ia Bu.
cAaRsn, into . platform Of others fabrication.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-21
othsu win DO ss tasy 80 ft; ws rejoice IN our
onoortuuity TO vote for John b. Hsskin.

The Ereniny Post has generous and croai'.''o
tribute to the merits and services of MI ecu VI
tn. ABsn, Erexing Journal from wnicn VIC eA'
tract the following:
ave c.npot forget that Mr.. Weed " - tae o~y
Nh;o ;n the State who had sayscty enough %
tbe necessity and the prsctcsblty OF forming ~
rrbI;,sn naytv out of the Fre~-Sol eements OF .ue
nld noi,ic. organic stious in 1852 and poiiucs mn
euce ard ability enough 70 bring his o"a pa''i'"''
into that con blnstion.'
This is moro kind than just. The hepuoncm
n.rtv WAS "formsd, 90 far a. this State was con-
eerued. not in 1856, but in 1854. lts hr't o1ase
Convention wss held in Sarssoss Springs on tao
10th of August in that year, and its master sp'''S
were Preston King Joseph Blunt, Z. ID. culver
John A. King E. +. Bullard, II. j. Raymond &C
Mr. Weed was not Of them An adjourned Con-
vent;on vas held at Auburn on the 26th OF Sepsem'
Der. By which the Wing nominations Of Myron II.
Clark for Governor and II. ]. Raymond for Lieut.
Governor were adopted, they having avowed sneir
cordial sympathy with the Republican then termed
anti Nebraska) sentiment. We believe The Ess"'
ine Journal in those days discouraged the move
ment for new party, exhortng its readers 70
clint to the whig name and organization. la 1882
the Whis party united with or was merged 10 tue
Republican by fusion Of the two State Conven-
top,. since which The Journal has been earnestly,
ipauentially Republican. II is best to keep within
the fact4
New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-21
character It wss proved taas tho cable could not

character. It wss proved taat the cable could not
be laid in tho ocean without an slmoss Impossible
concurrence of favoring circumstances; but there
va, DOW no time to engage in further Investigations
or TO invent new methods Of dosg the work. Ihe
year ths. had been lost could not be regs'ned an
the shps sailed for their rendezvous-certAln 70
return ss they have now returned.
II the bold capitalists who have carried tnn un-
derakiog 40 far shall persist in it, notwithstanding
the heavy losses they have incurred, we may safely
presume that they will conduct their affairs hence
forth th more of wisdom and le'' Of reckle'sne";
that they will call 10 their aid al that science and
ingenuity can devise to remove every obIt.cie IN
their way, and that they will make their preliui.
nary experiments in . less public and expensive
manner than that which they have now concluded.
Meanwhile those enthusiastic speculstors who pro
pose line by way of Greenland and the North
Atlantic, or by way Of Oregon and Sibcri., car
elaborate their plans and fu up the capital stock o.
their companies; for, by ono way or another, the
telegraph must be made.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-21

FROM EUROPE, the steamship North Star,
which arrived hero yesterday, brings impOr-
tapt intelligence. A third attempt TO lay the
Atlantic cable having proved unsuccessful, the
Niagara had returned to Queenstown where the
Asamemnon was expected to join her. Ga the
frst trial some FIVE miles Of cable were paid out,
the second trial eighty miles, and on the third not
far from two hundred and fifty miles. About five
hundred miles were lost. There msy possibly be
another trial this season. Parliament was engaged
with the Oaths and India bills. The Fourth Of
July wa duly celebrated by the Americans in Lon
don. The news from tho Continent il of no great
importance, but there is interesting miscellaneous
intelligence. Cotton had improved; breadstufis
remained steady; Consols closed at 951 095s.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-21
National Convention Of the Sons 4
Malta.

PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, July 20, 1853
The Grand National Convention Of the Sons Of xska
reassembled this morning.
The chairman Of the Business Committee Offered
report which was adopted, the formation Of Coz
sistory consisting of two delegates from esch Iedp
represented.
The Convention then adjsurned sine die
The Consistory subsequently met and elected Ds.
A. S. Jones, Of New. York, chairman.
On motion it was resolved that this select body h
hailed rs the Supreme Grand Council of the Sons n
Malta, of the United States, Cuba AMI Mexico, oA
in concert with the Supreme Grand Lodges Of Eusp.
The following officers were then elected:
Supreme Grand Comadadey-Howeu Henry.
Vice Grand Co1mdndey-Curtis Gould, Of Msss.
Grand Ch0nesiov-Dsnl W. Boss, of Illinois.
Graad Seerefdry-H L. Peter son, of Psnusyiyan
Grand TreasEv0-Js Fisher, Of Ohio.
Grand. .Condscfor-0eo w. Dilhs, Of Hew.York.
After the appointment Of various Committees, tAs
Supreme Grand Council adjourned at O'Clock tS
afternoon until the second Monday in October, to m
in New.York City.
The visiting members fom Hsyapa, France, b
gland and Germany were then admitted to the door,
and appeared greatly interested in the proceedings
A universal Convention of all the Lodges IN ~
world is spoken OF, and will probably take place IA
1859.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-21

an Ex-PoLIcEnAS IssULTIsG WoAEs-As tn
respectable married ladies proceeding ihrosgi
Brooms street. near Mulberry, about "A o'clock r.
evening, William Meehan, an eIpolicsman (of PEI.
nando Woods force), who is now filing the austSon
OF coorkeeper for the Court Of Common Pleas, stepped
up to one Of them and put bis band upon her psrsoa
and otherwise insulted her, whereupon the lay
slapped bis face for him, when Meehan turned upas
her, struck her violent blow and kicked her. Hf
companion instantly rushed forward TO her sssisas'
when Meehsn made similarly ruIisnly assault upos
her, knocked her down. tore her bonnet off, her ~
rings out, and the bracelets from her wrists. t.
latter soon regsned her feet pulled pen knife fva
Der pocket and cut Meehans fscs with it from jak
below the light eye to the chin, inaicting fiyhdd
gash. Msshsn raised a cry when gang of sbou.Ns
0persors Of his stamp started after the ladies' ss
an as fast as possible TO the office Of the detecis
at the Police headquarters for protection, and h9
nived just IN time TO save Themselves from bsag
tom to pieces BY the rufisnly gang. Officers Edo,
Stevenson Eustscs, Spcer aud Pool, sailed on. -
'uccseded in finding Meeban a. the corner of GrssA
snd Elm streets, and tooL him to hesdqu .rtsu whss
Drs. Wells and Waterman, Police Surgeons, sevsd
up the wounds. The officers then dispersed the Isss
crowd which had collected around the Office. Az.
Tuomey was soon hand, and manifested the sstsss
sympathy Tor bis unfortunate friend, Billy Msshsn sna
anxiety to get him home; but a. no msgistrsS could
be found, the unlucky official was doomed to rsmSs
CUSTODY during the night. The ladies we're bksv"
detained TOR examination, - Well for their own pro-
lection.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-21
ST. LOUIS, Tuesday, July 20, Il

ST. LOUIS, Iuesday Juy ", IVA
Our Leavenworth dispatches of the 18th inst, p~
United States express to Bonneville, say ths pnvsa
dispatches from Washington state that new militS!
posts are to be created d Big Tmbers and the Chsr
enne Pass.
A dispatch from st. Joseph of the 18th inst, s,r
the Salt Lske mail has arrived with dates to the aa
ultimo.
Gen. Johnston entered Salt Lake Cityon the 10Th us
Capt. Marcy was with the hesiquarters 10 the City,
The Mormons had been invited to return and tsks
possession of their deserted homes.
Provo was still the rallyng point OF the Mormon.
The express with orders from the War Dsprtnst
for General Harvey was only six miles in hsrear
Grass wss plenty on the route and the Indians ven
peaceable.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-21
THE LATEST NEWS:
RECEIVED By
MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
From Washingt0n.

SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO IhA ~ u 'N'sosA
From a SPECIAL ce'yesps"S~I
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, July 20. 1855.
I'm, co..ul will rom Ain in Mexico, and conan.
n;c,t;ous will be continued with the Mexican "
;.tsr here until some decisive policy is sdopssl
which viii depend entirely upon tho future develop
mani Of events. Mr.. Forsy tbs plan, after hs ii
.u,nsnded diplomatic intercourse was to eneoarss,
, revolution in favor of Lerod de Telada, expessas
to retain bis position if he was successful sal b
make whatever treaty he pleased. All this h
been upset BY the order for his withdrawd-Ss
lsst thing be desired or anticipated.
4 considerable naval force will be ordered Il
San Juan, with the view Of intimidatins the Set
rseuans into . ratification Of the Ca's'fnsssn
trestv. of which very indefinite hopes arc nov -.
tertained here Consequently this last card. IAs
Trar sit Companies are much blamed for tho 'i'i-
rice which have led to this embarrassment, sd ,
strong inclination exists to discard them.
Secretary Cobb is now sanguine, in consequeSs
of the temporary increase of customs receRA
that the Treasury has passed the point Of sreass'
difficulty, and will 90 on swimmingly' Let An
wait few weeks.
There is no encouraging news touching the rss.
6cation of tho treaty With NewGranadA Asaa
time, ships of war are stationed at A'pinwal ~
Panama to keep open the transit with inst'u'tis
10 send force ashore in case Of any new ousorea
A pretty expensive police service it is thai tho y
ion performs for two or three corporations.
The President will go to Bedford about the ID
Of August.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-21

FROM DENERARA.-The Court of Demeras has
abolished the Registration tax, and the deficiency
thereby occssonsd in the revenue 10 to be made up
BY increased duties on articles. The bark Hopewsll
had come in from St. Helena with 2iO Africans, part of
thepreduce Of some Of the recent captures Of ssvsrs
ard on the 5th the .crewssser Clarendon, from Cal
cutts, with $50 coolies. The latter vessel had cholera
en- board and IS coolies and two sailors died Of it dur.
ing the voyage. An enormous quantity Of rain had
fallen Fears were beginning to be entertained for the
young canes, though at present the crops looked all
that could be wished.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-21
Busintss Notices.
T,,y SAyy CONTROVERSY.


No S57 BROADWAY New York Saturday, July 1888.
LIws LILLE, esQ-se1v SIR AZ YOU prof,~ 70 Dc very
Eious 70 the fire proof Qusties of your oe
With Sheet Iron Al fsB Sale, we VII anofa s1oF
pertanisy.
friends ard when requsssd vii hand tneu i oi our
0afss that have been 10 or more years non y
they shal select for tns with the unoerfsnes 'oa
fuInish With similar hs, Of you Safes, from wncn ws
seectiop The Committee shall then take e5vse OF
osfss and their FIRE psoof qualities IN me m0'' P
ssa@ne~ possfbLe - - .,5
Rhoud thus pioposion be entirely sssfsc' oJ %
msy informed that pretend nsvins
made greet iupros which We are Wiling JoJ p
f sieton safe Of their manufacture n tne 81
the Committee. making oath that 70 n'so 70 " 49, @ @
their respective Patent, and that osy noN
frpisa TOE pablo Tho safes 70 b. tested 70 De OF eq1a tcA
70 .soS snshy controversy please early day a.
fALEITRg / BUTLER,
Manufacturers Of the Alum Prsut sss
No. 81 Broadway
Tse show COPY Of ohsepss sent to Mr.. Lilies agent in
this city be did scoept It, forwarded 1t 70 Mr.
Lilas and have this day received the following repy
Troy, Jolly Is, 1853
Mesua yALEsTINg BUTLER-Genae@en; Your souimuni-
cson before To insure notice Jour pfoposia0n mu"
be usa1e In the usual way through the Press
Respectfully yours. ,
Until the receipt Of letter from Mr. Lille were not
svsre that have tra OF Safes W" necessary 70
the ,s,rtf Of trial, IL leDshy controversies
Our challenge sal open for Mr. Llies sccepsance-bu de-
tesnxned be involved IN tedious conoveisy We shall
notice Of reply unes: substantially an
Of proposition That II perfectly fair one a. os-
VALENTINE BUTLER
New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-21

Church reports hat "the prosperity OF Asoeokt.~
"in temporal point Of view, ve1 conndes'0'e,
Greet activity exists in every department aoo
prices Of labor ard produce arc enhsnced one
"bundred per cent during ths past two years.
There is great abundance OF the necessanes ot
"life, and much Is exported to Lagos and o'aer
places. In commercial point Of view, Aooeo-
"kuts is srowirg in importance not 50 mucn on
account of its good palm oil as on account Oh Tue
..superior cotton lltivs sted there, and all aosas
"the country. 1t 10 Of course still beginning;
however, many gins and some presses are at
.vork. and some seven hundred bales Of cotton
"were shipped for England the ls't few months
Speaking of Lagos, be says: son the %, we an
"chored Of Lagos on the Slave Coast (iofmerly
80 called). We were st once impressed win
"the growing importance Of this place BY hndlns
"at anchor thirteen ships OF VARIOUS nahcns'
"amops which were two large English steamers
"and man.ofwar." This is the testimony OF an
American Bishop to the increasing value OF tho
Central African commerce. 1t il said that there
are fifty or moro Europeans, &C., at Lagos, AMI
many of tie houses are in English style. Ii this
commerce can be developed, millions of dollars,
worth of various manufactures Will 6od their way
TO Yorubs and through it to interior nations Hun
dreds of the natives of Yoruba speak English, aud
q large number are converts to the Christian 70
Ggion. In fact, BY this method, half continent
would be thrown open to commerce and civilirs-
ton, and increased activity would be witnessed In
all departments of American manufactures.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-21

The Atlantic Telegraph is failure. The result
almost universally predicted, after the experiments
in the Bay of Biscsy, had taken place. Having
made three frqitless attempts in mid-ocean, and
having lost in al something less than four hundred
miles Of the CABLE the Niagara and her tender have
gone back to Queenstown, where at the last ad-
vices, the other two ships Of the squadron were
hourly expected
That the attempt to lay telegraph wire
beneath the waters of the Atlantic will never be
sucoessful, would be rash asserton but it is safe
to cay that it cannot be accomplished with the ms
chinery for paying out, or with the mode of stow
ing the cable employed BY the present expedition.
This machinery, as We pointed cut after the failure
Of 1857, is totally inadequate, and from the very
Decessity of the case can hardly fail to break the
cable which it is intended to secure; while the
mode Of slowing appears from the present expe-
renee to be sure to produce kinks in the cable, and
thss to lead to its breaking or to the interruption
Of the electric current otherwise. These diff cultes
must b obsiated before the work can be under
taken with any chance of q favorable issue Of the
enterprise; and when they are disposed OF, it is BY
20 means certain that others equally as formidable
win not rise in their place. 1t does not appear for
instance, to be yet perfectly clear that messages
can be sent over such length OF wire submerged
in sueh depth ID water, with the necessary speed
or certainty.
We do not wish to add, by any words Of ours, to
the modification isseparable from such disaster.
We eesire to render full justice to the generous
courage and devotion which have been displayed 10
this great undertaking. But at the sane time, it
IL eur dut, in such case to lay the truth before
the public; and this truth so far a. We can under
stand il, is that never wss any enterprise of any
magnitude act on foot with less forethousht or
study concerning the means Of attaining the desired
ends. With whole year intervening between tho
attempt Of i557 and that Of 1858, the Directors
o,.de 20 experiments Whatever until the cable had
been put on board the 'hip' for the decisive trial
Then these ships were sent into the Bay Of Biscay
ana . few dsys we're occupied 10 experimenting
The fscts established were Of the most dscourasins
New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-21
The Chicago Tribune has a correspondent travel.

ing through Central Minnesota, who thus writes
"A great deal Of the country through which we
and sometimes several miles intervene between one
house and another. This land was bought up some
six years ago by specustors and the consequence is
that not tenth part Of it Is settled and cultivated.
Why do not the people memorialize Congress TO pass
law that United State lands shall be cold at public
sale ust at least ten years have elapsed after its sur
vey This system Of selling large quantities of lands
to uen who hold it until the settlers around have
mace improvement, and thus enhanced the value of
the surrounding property, is cure to the country
snd 10 Cover ment protesting 70 bs democratic ought
to permit such state of things to exist because it
benefits the rich specustor a. the expense Of the poor
aettler'
New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-21

HPPosED PorsosIsG.-The Isdianopoiis Sess'ss
ssys that the SupsrintsAdsn and family all the teen
ers, and forty or fifty Of the pupils Of the Blind Az
um, were suddenly and sinsulary affected 90 0,aesy
Of last week. After dinner they were attacked W.
s:ciress in the stonsc5. accompanied by yonasss
and in sons cases, extreme prostrstion some o
thoes VINO suffered thought thss they could tAsS eas
stsl taets caused By tas poison.