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TRAY ELLER'S GUIDE

OF Railroad Cars and Steamboats,.
EA-NoTE.-The following may be relied upon, as it win
be corrected whenever changes occur
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD
WEST AND SOUTH.
FROM CAWDEN.ST. STA TION
For Wheeling and the West, Western Maryland and
Western Virginia daily except Sunday, at $50 O'Clock,
IN the morning, connecting with trains to Frederick,
winchester &c, 1.-THE only train to Winchester) and
at Frederick with stages to Hagerstown and Emmtts-
burg.
Accommodation Train for Frederick daily except Sun
day, at 4 p. NJ.
Express Train for Wheeling and the West daily SIS
O'Clock, p NJ.
souTH-FoR WAsHIyGToN (by Washington Branch, J
a 4l3 at and TO- morning, and at and 20 afternoon.
The first and last trains the through lines the
South
On Sundays at Is only
To Annapolis by the second and fourth trains
FROM WASHINGTON TO BALTIMORE.
In the morning at six and eight afternoon three and
twenty minutes past four; and twenty minutes past FIVE
rare each way Sl50-Round trip tickets to return
day 81.
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Mems Furnishing Goods and Trimmings
VIM. P. Webb & Co., 20 S. Charles street.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-16
Right.

y few days since Judge llOvey the anti
First District, met his opponent, Niback, at
Ninccnnes, in a debate reported quite fully
in the Ggzetfs. \ careful reading Of it sat-
isfes Us that if superiority in argument, and
in the advocacy of liberal doctrines, can
claim the respect in the First District that
they 10 in most other quarters of the State,
lloyey will Eavc little trouble in his cleo
ton. We suspect that the chronic Lccomp-
tOniSm of the Pocket is not easily lifted
to an appreciation Of intellectual excellence
or humane policy, and NiblacS will get more
votes there than he could possibly get any
where else in the State. The most noticea-
Llc feature of Mr. uoyeyS speech was his
definition of his views Of the Dred Scott de-
cision. On this point he said:
Mr.. lloycy stated lis position in the
Dred Scott decision with satisfactory clear
ness. lie said he regarded the decision as
legal and binding SO far as it pertained TO
the citizenship of the defendant, but hc re-
gardcd 50 much OF that decision as maintain
"a that tie constitution carried and sustain
cd slavery in tie Territories, as mere die
tun of the Court, Of no binding force or
authority whatever. Nihldck holds with
the Supreme Court, that the constitution
carries slavery wherever lis provisions eX-
tend. This was nCw-ian-.cl doctrine
one that had no authority with the fathers
OF the Republic. IL WAS an o,lious and ~
ranical doctrine. Indianapolis JoUrHGl.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-16

DEATH or AN OLD CITIzEN.-Nr. Howard
Walker, an old citizen Of New Albany, died
in that city on Tuesday morning, aged a.
years. He settled in New Albany, the led
ger says, in the year 1915, when it was but
a small village, Immediately after the dis
handment of the troops of Gen. Jackson, Mr.
Walker having fought under the old hero
at New Orleans. 1t is 4 remarkable fact
that for the entire term of fOrty-three years,
during which, Mr.. Walker lived, he was
ncverOut of hearing ola cannon shot of the
city. Thus has passed away another OF the
old pioneers who helped to clear away the
forest from the spot upon winch New Albany
now stands. The last few years haYe play
ell sad havoc with them.
Mr.. Walker was a native of Kentucky,
and took pleasure in reciting reminiscence;
of early times in that State and of his cam.
paign under Jackson, and tie incidents o.
the early settlement of this State.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-16
Reporting his own Death.
The St. Louis RePu5lieon relates the fol
,,,-;,,c, ,o,,,lar ,,rocaadipcr.

The St. Louis Repu5lieon relates the fol-
lowing singular proceeding:
a well-dresscd man, apparently about
twenty-five years of age, came into this Of
fee and inquired for the local reporter.-
That individual happened to be present, and
invited the stranger TO a chair, which lie
took. lie asked it We wanted an item.-
We reckoned we did. Our visitor thereupCn N
proceeded to say that friend OF his, Il young
man named Porter ~ Block, wlo accomr
panied him 10 -. Louis from Boston, had,
early in the morning, committed suicide by
throwing himself into the river. We were
asked 10 state that the deceased was young
man Of good moral character, strict lntesrl-
", sober habits, and moreover gentleman
Of more than ordinary talent and intclh-
gencc. We inquired the name of cur in
formant lie hesitated, seemed 10 be puz-
zled, suddenly handed us blank card and
hurried out. Resolved 10 find ont what the
mystery meant, We followed al a little dis
tance and saw him enter a hotel. y few
minutes later We aSccrtaincd that the we'll
dressed gentleman who had volunteered 10
give Us an item was no other than Porter ".
Block himself. On making further inquiry
we found that lie was from Boston and had
been regarded rs what he had represented
hiS suicidal imaginative friend to he. We
could not discover that he had been purchas-
Ing goods, or borrowing money, or commit
ting any unlawful act here. We can only
account for the singular request TO have
himself reported drowned On the ground
that he desired his name mentioned i'm the
papers, particularly in connection with the
character hc gave of himself.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-16
Frc,ssox's C,Ioryc Exerxr-Mr Erci.

ERCIssox's CALoREc ENGINE.-Mr. Ercis-
son. though hc docs not seem to have sue
ccedcd yet in 80 adapting his caloric engine
TO ships rs TO enable them to compete
with steamships, is beginning to derive
profit and reputation from the use of his
engine for other purposes. He baS sold quite
a number OF small caloric engines, which
vary in their cylinders from six inches in
diauatcr to twenty-four. tie is now build
ing an engine OF forty-ci.ht inch cylin-
der. which will give from twenty TO twen-
ty-four horse power. Nr. I. W. Strong, a
printer in Nassau street, New York, has a
twenty-four inch engine, which moves three
large and two small printing presses all at
the same time. lie Is the first ofthe ca!oric
printers. lie pronOunceS the process ac-
companied with an unparalleled Saving of
labor and expense. Many of the engines
are employed in pumping water, grinding
: coffee AMI corn, hoisting merchandise, pro-
pelling pleasure boats, &c. The caloric en-
cine is in lis smaller shape complete sue
! cess, and viii no doubt be very Profitable
Boston Transcript a -.-
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-16
living Fairies.

We had the pleasure of seeing yesterday,
at gcutlcmans private residence in this
city, two litt!c gins " ir-- frv-- ''',-I -. si-
selves a singular physiological study. Their
ages were respectively nine aud eleven years,
while they weighed but thirteen and fifteen
pounds, and their height from crown To sole
is but twcHty mine and thirty-one inches,
respectively; yet they are in all respects
Symmetrically male, healthy and happy
children, able to talk, sing, dance, and play
like other children of their age. What =
remarkable about these little fairies, more
over, Is the fact that their father and mother
are mOrtalS of ordinary size, and they have
a Younger brother and sister, three and six
years Of age, who have a:taiaed the growth
usual To their ages. They are "A much
greater curiosity than the "Aztecs,' who
made so much excitement here 4 few years
since. for they were idiOtic while these lit
tie girls are bright and intelligent as well
as diminutivc. They were not imported
from abroad. but were born in one of the
towns in NddlvScX county, in this State, of
genuine Yankee stock. They will not lie
made a public exhibition, but will live nat
ural lives, in privacy, with their relations,
although they might make a fortune + r a
/ Snowman. They weighed about three and
a half pounds each, at the time of their
birth, and continued 10 grow Ike other chill
dren until about the age ct eighteen months,
when the CrTet Ga decsioPsaeHt began
They each OF them wear without difficulty,
rings which were Pu; upon their fingers al
( the acc OF two years. They are charmingly
pretty children, and contribuctd greatly
TO the entertainment OF the few friends
invited to meet them yesterday. Boston
Idrocdtc.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-16

CoNFLIUT OK JvnIsptcriON.-Tne TICH. 7.
+. Blair, the defeated candidate for Con-
grcSs in the st. Louis District, being denied
his application 10 the county court for a
transcript of the poll books, by which he
proposed 10 prove the overwhelming frauds
pcrpetrdtcd to eject his defeat, applied to
the L. ;. Commissioner for an order on the
county clerk for the production of the poll
books, which has been granted fOr the pro-
ducliun OF certified copies oc the ballots used
in the late election, and an order issued re-
quiring the clerk of tic court to furnish
them without delay. The county court had
previously directed the clerk not 10 furnigh
the testimony, but he has determined 10
obey the L. ). Commissioners Riandamus,
and is now preparing 10 furnish Il copy oi
the roll books Ii no frauds have been
committed, as is alleged by those who OPP
pose the investigation, Why DO they deny
the contestant tlie privilege of examining
the record.
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YgwsPApAn ApvERrlslNG.-An Indiana

NEwsPAPAR ADyERTIsING.-An Indiana
conrt recently decided in a controversy about
a charge for advertising between the com-
miSsioners of Hamilton comfy and The
Noblesville Patriot, that the published terms
of newspapers constitute a contract. nwork
is given to newspaper publishers without a
speeial contract contTavening the published
terms, the publisher can charge and receive
according to the term. so published. 1t Is
not necessary to prove what the work cost
or was worth the publishers have a right
TO fix the estimate OF the value of their eel
umns, and, il so fixed, no other question
need be asked, hut the price thus charged
can be recovered.
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sls3,792 A
STEPHEN c. WHEELER, Sec'y.

STEPHEN G. WHEELER, Secy.
IL WILLIAM STREET. ti'. 4
New York, March, is57- --r
At the request of the President and BoaId of Di-
rectors of the knickeTbcei1er Life Insurance Com
rauy, certify that the mode Of computing present
value of the Policies employed Iy the Secretary Of
the Company is scientifically correct, and in
cordance with the prescriptions of the charter. I
also GRITTY, tLst have compared the list Of poll
cics furnished me by the President on the books
of thc Company with valuation tables sufficiently to
test the accuracy of the results given by the scrc
tary. and find the values stated within to L.
nrricaly correct. That is TO say, The present val
uc of the future risk Of the office on all outstanding
p'lics or the difference between the present value
oi future pTcnus to be paid ON them is Si3,96. H.
The total yalue of policies, the holders Of which
are entitled 20 dividends, is S29,2y7 o. .9a %.
And II the Surplus is correctly stated at 81 ls a.
the difference between this and present
the future risk Oi the Company existing pollcies,
after deucing 10 per cent Of il for the relief fund.-
the prolsr amount for dividend, to-wit: S2i fl097
The true principle of dividend i to assign each
policy holder VIM has irsrirTd on the mutual prn a
share Vr0pOrtiOnsd to the present Walls. Of his poll
cy, which j. the true value of his inscrcst as stock-
holder of the Company. This share amounts to 10
CHARLES w HACKLEY
February 18th, 1857. ..a.~ ID.
~ Agent for the above Company, am prepared
to issue rccies. the most favorable terms Pam
Ihlvis giving all desirable information, L. lld
on application. WM. T:PAGE
Evansville, April 9th, ISIS.-ly. ,.-.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-16

HiGH RATES FOR NEGRoEs.-The Lynch
burgh TUyiuiGH, of the 10Th, notices a sale
Of negroes in that vicinity, at the following
extraordinary prices:
\ boy II years old for 81 ,0l0; boy Is
years old for II 900; boy years old for
1928; a boy g years old for $3.50; two
Others, and g, respectively, for SEQ and
SI25; and Il woman about 45 years old
and one child, for SS35 woman, same
age, and two children, for Sl.o50; a man
&c years old for $3.50. Total, S6,955.
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gJI.f.SSgIEIE COMM .uERsf.lL
IL COLLEtsE,
No. ~ North First street,


The sixth Annual S--ssiun of the above lnstitu-
tinn, will commence Monday. August inth, ISIS
\ course of lessons in this School viii cn'ira'e
Duulle-E Entry Book-kccping, in all its various
branches Mercantile Calculations, Penman,h!. SC
The plan aicptc-i in tclchn il entr'.ly praCi''i.
NO text hooks being used, hence students can rcly
om obtaining sufficient practical knowledge of tlie
science of this all important branch If clncaiiun to
enalic him - take charge # set of books in any
establishment, however complicated SiUrnts can
enter ~ auy time. course Of lessons can he COM
Ii-i.-l ia from six to ten weeks. Time, however,
not limited.
Weekly L,cturrc on Commercial Law will L. de-
liyrrrl 10y C"mlricut lcgg'l gentlemen oi the city.
Daily Lectures on bookkeeping and business
generally.
TERNS :--For full course including Diploma
So GeH,!,men can, however, enter for the Aler-
camille c,I,r>, which j. Sn. Ladies' department Sli
For Catalogue, giving fail particulars aldr~S-
JEREMIAH BElIh, PRINCIPAL
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-16
A Ions Concealed Murder Revealed.

\ dog recently brought Il skull 10 his
master in the woods, near Detroit, Michigan,
aud on investigation, the body of railroad
conductor, named John Hickey, formerly of
Georgia. was discovered. lie must have
been killed nearly year ago. An Irish
man, named kenne.ly, is suspected of the
murder, but he has escaped. The Detroit
Free Press says:
We have here y case which does not often
occur. \ man is murdered. robbed. and
left in the woods. in the midst of n swamp.
The murder remains secret for nearly II
year, and is finally revealed hy adog, which
brings the skull of the murdered man 10 his
master, having gnawcd il for his supper.
The letters found reveal the name of the
murdered man and the murderer, after the
silence of months had rested upon the terri
bic decd. The murderer is tracked from
one extremity of the Union to the other;
three times escapes, rs it hy the intrrpoS;tion
Of a supernatural agency, and still remains
at liberty.
The proofs that can lie brought against
him are overwhelming, and would result in
his conviction could he bc found. The facts
until now have been confined 10 those first
coSnizaut of them, but 50 long a time hav-
iug elapsed, the Propricty of making them
public is no longer doubtful.
The murderer Is thought 20 hc somewhere
in the North, probably in Illinois, or some
other Western State.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-16

sSS@ The new uSury laws of Pennsylva-
na that allow lender and borrower TO make
their own bargains for interest, but denies
the aid of the law to collect more than six
faction of the people. \ Philadelphia pa
per says that it is doing away with much of
the cumbrous machinery Of middle men,
necessary under the old lay in order to avoid
the penalty of taking more than six per
cent. interest, is of itself most important
The old law never operated TO prevent ex-
cessive rates of interests, but rather to in
crease them. Ii deferred timid men from
acting as bankers, and by causing them to
lock mp their capital in other investments,
kept it away from the use and assistance of
business men, and by the very act reducing
demanded for its use. On the other hand
the bold and INSCRIPTIONS were secured al
most 4 monopoly Of the money market, in
which they graduated their demands only
by the necessities of the borrower, who was,
at the same time, subjected to additional tax
alton in the shape of brokers' fees, and de-
nicd the privilege of making his own bar
gain for the money he needed, or explaining
the transactions out of which arose the PIT
per he wished TO sell, anu stating the means
and prospects Of It's makers. All this is now
at an end. Lender and borrower can meet
face to face, and arrange their own terms
which arc thus more confidential than here
tOtOre, aud under which no stigma of acting
in defiance of law can attach 10 the lender.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-16

ErSy- The Louisville and Frankfort rail-
road is now almost daily carrying numbers
of stock hogs to the interior of the State.
They are from Indiana, where corn is not
plenty, to be carried to where corn promises
TO be abundant, TO be fattcned.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-16

G9Es The average cost of the public street
lamps in the various cities of the United
States is S32 per annum. Louisville pays
only SO.
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6tEO. rffg 4.N2fELE. YEGS EE.sE-E
Va 10 rc.aLn bis tlanhs % his old cGstomer. ilr

their Kind patronage, and hopes by strict attention
tu business, and -sood work. To- le able TO merit
continuation of their Etyors. Having removed his
s$urc % the uf Second and Main streets, for
m'rIy occupied a Svr:sInith shop, Ia i
prepared t. furnish all ho may t.yur him with
call. with al the articles In his Inc.
Hs Repairing done with ncatneSs anil despatch
Sg-nild hand harness always ON hand.
s1Np8
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-HVtITneys af law, NOtITIrs FuIIIr aId IIaI Z
tate AGENTS, Evansville, Indiana;
WILL prlctic. law IN the C'-Tts II this STATE.
viii attend L. the collection ~ clIir- IN any part oG
the United S;aic, Will bay aud ell real estate iu tie
city II Evansville, IN NJn.rburgh AMI adjoining
rouutie, and in the West generally ami viii D. -t'rui
any other tlgti,s Is-rtauu- Co Attrru = or Real
Estate AGENTS. Lots and farms ALWAYS for sale
German -lFlkcii i,y "A member # the firm.
RI Oaire On Iiiir1 street, opposite the Court
House. In the rooms formerly occupied ~ the late
firm If Lockh;irf, Parrett DENLY;
-CHAKIES ACoB LCKFNitEf,iEi;
arfI5-dIy
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~ ssal sata,ea Of he ef'airs a,l condition. af 1e
NOME INSU nee to.aIaAg, ef hc city IF Ne,e
loTE, Oa ds Bid dag ef Decest-T, lSJ1. +. ..
ASSETS.
Cash Balance in Bank :. 81, n,lo sc
B'it,is and Mortgages (being first Il IN
Real Estate, worth at least SS9I u0l f60, COO 10
Loans On stucks, payable on d Inand, mar
kct value of securities, S25J G67 SIl 81
Bank Stocks. (msrket Nalu.). 1T $50
H,al Estate, No. Wall street, (the Office ~.
ofthe Company. ............... q ,eni' p
Interest due ON the lSt of January, lSss, .r.t
of which Sl2,G2j 3lIas since been
orivell H375 %
Balance ia hands "f Agents and in course .
of Transmission from Agents ON the 3lst
24si as
(Of which 1851 u has since been re-
ceiycdi .-...-.. l...s
Premiums iue aud uncOllectcj ON Policies ..
issued at onicc..... .................- sos. 5s
Total 2l3 81
Outstanding LOSSES onsBlst De-
Ccnihcr, 1851, estimated at. 80, 40 Ol
Duc Stockholders account
Uf seventh DiyideBd........... l,7e9-O0
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BUSINESS CARDS.

II STR.TFTO.f, LFt-ERi' .3.N'D
a. sale stable .Sccnud between Main AMI isi-
Gust Streets, opposite the Old Presbyterian ChGrcl,
Evansville.
The undersigned has large and commoliDus
Brick Stable with sheds for carrI=c-, and j. pre-
garr to take horses - the day, week or MONTH
His customers may he sure II having their animals
well and carefully attended t.. He mfrs TO the
following gentlemen whose horses he has had l. =
time under his charge.
lie has alSo a number e good AMI safe horses for
the saddle or harness, with "a number of aud
comfortable bu-gics, 60 hire. Orders for safdle
hsrs-s or buggirs, will be punctually attended to.
Refer o. &. g.. Keats, Gas Ofcr; g.. r. B,meni;
J. ;. Gavitt, EX-shcr!fi; CyFrisn Preston.
octIs-Iy j. STEATTOS.
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EusEEhE.,. GEE.tTH0IsE TO-.
W COMMISSION A<D FORW AEDlNG
MERCHANTS.
20. Is POydras street.

30. Is POydras Sirect,
NEW ORLEANS, Ia.
GLEN wILIIN...w. T.. GEEAruUu usE...Jo>. GITLlN9rr.
We give our personal attention I" the sale of To-
lioco Corn, Wheat Hay, oats, FlUnr, Pork, Bacon,
Lard. &C. au-li
6LERD.-TRE J.N'D ~ H "a NE ~,
u for many year, chief Clerk ia TIE house ~
JbHN HURLEY 4 Co. l--c-- to otisr hi- services
rs Comtni- Merchant. to- the friends and patrons
uf that house that 10 mas retired from business.
With ihis end ia view have hrmgd. cu-lartncT-
ship with Mr.. =. V Benton senior of the old and
well known firm of +. ". Benton n Co, under the
name aud ~ le OF BENTON &hING, to take place
FROM tie IL II May, prnX.
The subscriber relies for support upon the friends
II tho old house Cf JOHN HURLEY a Co., who
have hal opportunities of experiencing the rronipi
ncss and atilty with which he attended to their
business. Very respectfully,
THOMAS King,
Csrucr Of Lafayette and New Leycc streets.
New on leans. April y, lSlS. augS-y
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y,0. >. =: ..EE.,: ECLEcrIC

liz HH 1SltlAN AND ~ ftsEoN N-pIlce oi
Third Str,-rt "A few doors above the crescent CIV
Bank, where lc = prepared 10 an-wCr professional
calls at all hours uf the day OF night.
y. B.-Sprcal attention given 10 Surgery and
Ill af M. nulS-tia w-lvr
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rrr.rrNgrs:
u. :. Howard, Evansville. Indiana; AllisS luwcS,
Esmls,ilr, Indiana; \. NJ. Phcps - SUn, New
burgl. Indiana Minor g ll5l', Newburgh. ln-
diana; n. H. Ncwrpmh IS Brother, Louisville. kcu-
tricky T. :. B-url-' * Stu, Louisville, kruturkN /;
Thomas p1ufarth. Secretary, New Aituy INSURANCE.
ya, Ncw Aiany, Indiana; Il. Simps"u "a Go. ;
New Albany. Indiana: w. N. t'1tlih, Henderson,,
KeuturkN L.. -. Beverly, Henderson, hentuckN (;
james Modie meFy, Preston Bro. Bank, Jcticrs"n-
vile, Indiana Mcrfctt Campbell and Co, 81 Louis,
No iyBl-'N
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E1.S' 6E.yL EST.TTE

We and INTLLLIGENCEU UFfIIE, Ne. NurtII
Third street, Evansville, Indiana The purchase AMI
sale Of Real ESttr collection 81 Rents, and payment
ofTaNes &c promptly attended 90. Persons iu want
,f any Kind II help or employment, De- inf rm-
cd Iy calling 10 tbs of-c. CHAEGES REASON NrLa.
affr-T c.