The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-12-24

ra. -a-g a5 4...zszaa.a L.s--L LII Eaca 1895
sssst Is vl-gsha News Summary.
sstcis aBGr Faubert, young man of color from
tsi8 Hayti, obtained the highest prize-the prize
of honor-at the concourse of all the col
leges in France, held at Paris. On the re-
81 r ception of the news, the Emperor imme-
sdiately sent him so handsomely bound
volumes. A company of National Guards |
were dispatched to wait upon with band |
of music and he was invited to dine and he
= did dine with the Minister Of Public Instruc-
5 ton, occupying place between his lady
afg and Prince Napoleon.
81 20 Besides this young man, two other young
Haytiens also took prizes. In country
~ like France, of the highest culture where
the course of study is severe, and where
Taz4ayour honor is everything and the contest
for it very great, this achievement does
1 sl credit to the Haytiens. '-
.aaaat He4-, Alexander Robinson, who was ar
--, rested in Philadelphia short time since on a
ll charge ofrape in Delaware, having induced
young girl to leave her home on the pre-
1s tense that her brother was sick and then
l' committed violence on her, has been tried
eli and convicted of the offence, and sentenced
-rGa to be hung;it being a capital offence in
Fif5 Delaware The execution was fixed for the
3izd 18th of February. Another individual was
taA connected with him in the affair, who will
SIugg also be tried - cav
Ti5al who had been in depressed condition of
GA. mind for long time, on account of Spirit
ualism, committed suicide at Boston We'd
ll q nesday night, by hanging in the attic Of a
a1if house occupied by his brother. H leaves
s3ia wife andntwo children but has not resided
with his family for a year or more. His
daughter lectures Spiritualism.
..a seA In Marseilles, France, one hundred
-.9fe electric clocks have been placed IN various
parts of the city and in the street lamps SO
that the hours may be made. known from
al them by night as well as day. Such clocks
tl have been on the street lamps in the city of
fir Client Belgium, for some years
sss5~ The editor of the Pendeton Is. CT
Messenger has lately exhumed, in cellar of
ofl that village, the old wooden press that the
eds Messenger was first issued upon. 1t was the
a identical press that Gen. Greene printed the
a dispatches of the army with. 1t is made
ai.i mostly of mahogany a'a.. '1
s EhyH' Diseases of the throat are now quite
prevalent in Boston, not only among chill
a., dren, bot adults, and in some cases the dis
order is of violent character ending in
death. ftsf -'" q i. -
Esly~ India rubber tires have been sue
cessfuly introduced in England for carriage
-aa wheels. Experiments have been made which
prove that the rubber tire win wear nearly
81 three times as long as iron.
if BsS There was trustees sale of twenty
negroes at Fayetteville, Tenn, on the 18th
s' at which extraordinary high prices were OBJ
tanned. The sale was for cash, and the
.H twenty negroes brought see, 600 f-
RE- Cotton is now growing in Cuba with.
- excellent success. A Havana correspondent
aAH of the Savannah Republican speaks Of a cot
ton field on the Island that this year yielded
"a 900 lbs to the acre, and second crop of
-a1Ibolls are now on the plants.
7'. geS~A marked feature in the book trade
the past year has been the increased demand
for religious works; while in the other de-
partments of literature sales have been
small. ta 42 ."@ CRY"
BB~The Albany Journal has the follow
ing review of the Senate Committees aud
those who oficiate as the chairman of each
$50 1t says: eata T'aal .5-.s'-l--.' .4
au Mr.. Hunter, of Virginia, a State next door
to bankruptcy, is Chairman of Finance i
% Mr.. Clay, of Alabama an inland LAWYER from
-1 a State that never builds ship, is Chair
man of Commerce. Post-offce and Post
roads are assigned to Mr.. Yulee, of Florida
who gets his letters by bridle-paths through
swamps. The Federal Capital to Mr. Brown
of Mississippi, which threatens to dissolve
the Union The Library to Mr.. Pearcs, of
a Maryland, which makes it crime to teach
- the Bible. Gen. Davis, the other represen-
tative of the war on the Union" Missis-
sippan, is made Chairman of Military At
f fairs. Mr.. Green, who was elected by the
Border-Rnffians; is made Chairman Of Ter
ritories i@s a-i = s----- '---el 80
y nea. A friend of the New York Post,
$50 who was fellow traveller with Ullman S
opera company, in the steamer Connecticut,
a few nights ago, gives the following anus
ing intelligence: '"The opera company,
3D. numbering something over hundred, kept
up Is prodigious jabbering on the boat
French, English, or (Ingleesh rather, Ital-
ian, German and what not. Formes took
two of the ballet or chorus women under
ass his special charge and amused them and
others all night with stories and limitations
of cats and dogs, and kind of trumpet solo
upon his nose, Others sang-and very fine
ly, ton the hold, having first obtained in
SEPARATION from various bottles of wine,
o. brandy, sc. Tomaro's state-room seemed
to be the headquarters for liquor but al
though many of the Italians and Germans
were exhilirated, none were disorderly The
primo donna kept apart mostly, and Ghioni
f derived comfort from a lap-dog. On the
land journey from Stonington TO Boston the
chorus people took possession of the bes
car and filled it with tobacco smoke Il
was altogether a funny company
a SINGULAR MoRr ALIrx.--Tbe CapneItor,
~, Reporter says that the family of Mr.. Thoma
Chism,- residing in Oil township; in PER-,
t. county, consisting of himself, wife and tire
children, nave all died within a week, am
that the family Of a Mr., Ham, consisting q
seven, are also dead. The disease producin
this terrible havoc is sudden swelling an
inflammation of the throat. We hear
several similar cases in this town and yicir
ity. ---. .. .t.
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