The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-12-29
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/ than one-tenth is used for medical purposes.
! The habit OF eating opium is known to be
spreading rapidly among lawyers, doctors,
clergymen, and literary men, and enormous
quantities are used by the manufacturers OF
those poisonous liquids, which are dealt out
in drinks in the saloons and groggeries that
inIeSt every city and village IN the country.
RS7@ Much anxiety Is manifested 10 have
/ Commodore Stewart re-iHStated ii his DC
| sition in the navy. The President, in his
message transmitting to the Senate the
names of thirty-five naval officers for rcstO-
ration to their former positions in the navy,
! expressed profound regret that he could not
renominate Commodore Stewart, inasmuch
! as he did not submit his case to the Courts
Of Inquiry, which sat some months ago, and
! ii was, therefore, not embraced in the law
under which the nominations were made
| A proposition has been introduced in Con-
! gress creating the Office Of Admiral it is
! supposed for the benefit of Commodore
| Stewart
Ma The monument to be erected in Phil
adelphia in honor of the signers OF the Dee
laration of independence will cost about
$4,000, divided among the original thir
teen States as follows New Hampshire
! $4,000; Massachusetts, 1000; Rhode
Island $4,000; Connecticut $4,000; New
York S33, 900; New Jersey $4,000; Penn
sylvania 1926, 900; Delaware 81, 600; Mary
| land $4,000; Virginia $4,000; North
Carolina $4,000; Georgia $4,000; South
Carolina Sc, 900. All of them have assented
to the measure except South Carolina, and
even the Senate of that State passed a bill
for the purpose, but in the House it has been
indefinitely postponed.
RezgnThe Richmond Wing of the Goth says:
ave were shown on Saturday a specimen
of North Carolina gold, weighing ten and
half ounces, and almost perfectly pure. 1t
was taken from the mines belonging to Mr..
Christian, in Montgomery county, and iscer-
tainly the handsomest specimen we have
ever seen. Mr. Christian has taken out thir
ty thousand dollars worth of the ore in the
course of three months, and alta cost Of only
few hundred dollars. His mines are be-
Iieved to be almost ineXhaustible."
BURLEsoUE-One of the funniest things
got up in New York lately was the excur-
sion of an augur association, in burlesque of
the target excursions Each man carries an
augur instead of a gun, Il Calathumpian
band accompanies them, and the exercises
consist in walking blindfold to the target
and boring a hole through it. Not one man
are made cause a great deal of sport.
nsa The Cincinnati Times says the coke
ovens attached to the boundaries of that city
are choice spots, where river lOafcrs, who
spend their money for whisky, and beg or
steal their food resort to sleep in the cold
wintery nights. These ovens stand out from
the foundry, and are always hot, and every
cold night, hundreds of these men sleep on
the ground close to the ovens
HeA., A little cherub, apparently few
hours old, was found, on Tuesday night
upon the steps of a dwelling No. 14l8 Vine
street, Philadelphia. The little one was
wrapped up carefully in piece of white
flannel and packed in a cigar box. 1t was
taken care of by the person who found it
for few days, when it was sent to the
Almshouse.
EEga-. The Water Department of Philadcl-
phia has meE employed, atpresent, stopping
off the supply of Schuykill water from the
premises of those who have not paid their
waterfalls for the present year. 1t will
cost each delinquent two dollars to have the
water again turn ed on after he has paid the
amount of his bill with the legal penalty
added.
E@Fn The handsome residence Of Curtis
Gilbert in the eastern portion of Terre
Haute, was burned on Christmas. The Ere
originated in the kitchen. The fremen
were on the ground in time, but could not
get water sufficient to save the house. It
was insured. The loss could not have been
less than $4,000
AB Arrangements are about perfected
to establish n line of first class steamers be-
tween Cleveland and Buffalo the coming
season, to carry all passengers from the
Southern Michigan and Toledo road, the
Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati road,
and the Cleveland and Pittsbnrg road, by a
night passage to Buffalo
EeEg@ An Ingenious man, who ldesired TO
90 from Needham to Boston, bat had no
money, made believe that he was the mur-
derer of Carnlcy, for whom reward was
offered, was arrested and taken to Boston,
where he was Immediately released a. not
being the man wanted.
Rsss., A Judgment of $4,000 has been
given against o Cincinnati druggist for put
ting up beIladonna instead Of dandeIion, ia
e prescription, whereby the health Of the
plaintiff, Rev. Geo, W. Qainley, was serious
ly injured
; EzEg~ A tobacco fair has been held al
/ South Windsor, Conn, being the first exhi-
bition of the kind in the State The fair
, originated with a few neighbors who arc
tobacco-growers;I,a Jan organization was formed
: and an exhibition agreed upon.
: pay The New Bedford people have col
up a match with the BostoniaHs for cock
fight, $500 side, and expect 10 make one
with the New Workers. And they have
: Just had dog fight there.
- BgSgH 1t is thought that some of the pris-
9 oners who escaped from Rochester jail were
drowned in attempting to swim the river
: not having been heard from since, ALTHOUGH
Locke and Others have been recaptured.
= Hagn The North and South Carolina Con.
/ ferences of the NJ. +. Church South have
: both voted in favor of expunging the anti
a slave traificing rule from their discipline
the former unanimously, the latter by I.
g against l.
> Bey4 Chicago celebrated on Saturday the
completion of the Chicago, Pittsburg, anC
Fort Wayne Railroad. The first train OF
e the road left that day under a salute Of ar
:. tillery.
:. Sc" The Grand Jury of New York hav,
found an Indictment against Charles Morve
g David Fox, and Daniel D. Thompson, fo
o the murder of Daniel Stackpole, at 4 recent
h target-excursion fight at Harlem.
Raa- An Opposition State Convention il
to be held at Richmond, Va, On the 10th 0
= February TO nominate candidates for Gov