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The Evansville daily journal., 1858-05-11

lrIGARS--
~ 5000 Of German and Havana Cigars;
$50 900 genuine q. ID. Gun Gaps;
"a boxes Head Clothes Pins;
10 cases white Cedar Churns;
20 baes Wrapping Twine;
20 coil Jute Rope:
20 coils Manila Rore:
gross Transparent Soap;
Received and for sale by
NEW BOOKS! NEW BOOKS
IN Prince of the House of David;
Odd Fellows Casket;
Harper's Weekly, April 10th;
saturday Evening Post, April 10th,
New York Mercury, April 10th;
New York Ledger, April eth:
Flag Of our Union, do do;
Ballous Pictorial, do do;
Novelette,, do do;
ii. L. JoHNsoNy.
apln First street.
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W lie Secretary.
IL WILLIAM STREET,
New York, March, 1857.
At the request Of the President and Board Of Di-
rectors Of the knickerbocker Life Insurance Comys
ny, certify that the mode NJ computing present
yalue of the Policies employed by the Secretary or
the Company is scientifically and in accord
ance with the prescriptions Of the charter. 1 also
c.rty that have compared the list OF policies FUR
nised me by the President rs ON the books VI tho
Company with valuation tables sufficiently to
the accuracy Of the results given by the Secretary,
and hnd the values stated within TO lie Numerically
correct That is to say, the present value Of the f
tureTsk OF the Office alb outstanding policies,
the difference between the present value of the future
premiums to he paid on them is s43,s67,l?.
The total value Of policies, tho holders OF wck
| entitled to dividends IL t29,s27,6s.
And IL the surplus correctly stated at 81 3i1, =,
the difference between this and d present value Of
the future risk Of the Company existing policies,
after deducting 10 per cent of for the relief fund
is the proper amount for dividend, 20 wit, t24 $40 81
The principle of dividend Is to assign
policy holder who has insured the mutual plan
share proportoned to the present value Of his pol
cy which Is the true value of his interest stock
holder Of the Company. This share amounts to -
per cent Of the present value Of the policy.
CHARLES W. HACkLEY.
February 18th, 1857.
to issue Policies, on the most favorable terms PsrE
phlets giving all desirable information, be hal
application. WHIT PAGE.
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For Rent.

NNW0 good connecting r,ems in the second story
il brick building On Third street, bstweep Mai
and Locust; would suit one or two single gentlemer
Terms, sixty dollars ?er aunum. Apply 70
my5-iw SEYMOCK Il KEHR.
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@S@S

RELIGIOUs.-There was another large
accession to Henry Ward Beecher's
church on Sunday the 9TH inst, 100 by
profession and % by letter. The invi-
tation by the pastor to all who protested
to be christians to participate in the sac
rament was accepted by nearly 1000 per-
sons. At the former communion Mr..
Beecher used this form of invitation to
the communion:
" Christian brethren, in heaven you
are known by the name of Christ. Or
earth, for convenience's sake, you are
known by the name of Presbyterians
Episcopalians, Methodists, Congregation.
alists, and the like. Let me speak II
the language of heaven, and simply cal
you Christians. Whosoever of you has
known the name of Christ, and feel:
Christ's life beating within him, is inv
ted to remain and sit with US at the table
Of the Lord
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Burning Of the Pennsylvania.

4 Thrilling Account.-Among the
saved from those on board the Inflated
steamboat Pennsylvania was Mrs. J.
P. Tice of Baltimore, who has furnished
a Cincinnati paper a full account Of the
sad calamity. We copy the following
passages, Of vivid interest:
"The books were not saved, but a
careful estimate of the number Of per-
sons on board falls but little short Of
four hundred and fifty souls; all that
were saved cannot by any possibly ex-
coed two hundred and fifty. It is sup
posed that fifty or sixty were lost in the
cabin. The boilers seemed to be heaved
upwards and forward, parting the cabin
at the gangway, and rendering the up,
per works of the boat from that point
forward a complete wreck. Out of TWEEN
ty-six state-rooms, all full, only six OF
eight persons have survived. Those oc.
cupying rooms aft of the gangway were
nearly all saved. When the steam and
smoke had cleared up from the wreck
there indeed was a mournful spectacle
presented to the vision of the survivors
The boilers and smoke stacks were twist
ed together like huge serpents,locking il
their hot embrace scores of human be
ings, dead and dying. Some were kill
ed instantly; others were buried be
meath the rubbish, to await the advance
of the flames which as yet slumbered il
the hold. SmalIfres that sprung up OF
the forward part of the boat were prompt
/ ly extinguished, and for the time al
danger seemed at an end.
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Burglarious Attempt.

Last Saturday night, between eleven
and twelve o'clock, some burglar or burg
lars attempted to purloin money from the
change drawer of j. S. H Weeks store'
in this village, in which attempt, the thief
probably got more than he bargained tor.
The drawer was located very near one OF
the front windows, and the plan adopted
was. to break out pane of glass from the
outside. which feat occupied some time
but was at length successfully accomplish
ed. Meanwhile, Joseph M. Pope, "a
clerk, who was the only person inslde,)
heard the burglar at work outside, ano
watched patiently until he thirst his arm
through the pane and had got hold OF the
drawer, when Pope, with heavy ivory
headed cane, held in both hands, gave
the thief's arm a severe blow. The arm
was instantly withdrawn, and the THE
ran, with Pope after him, but as the lat
ter had to go the whole length OF th'
store before he could open the door, tn
former was out of sight before he wa
recognized, but all will admit that 2. di
the very best he could under the circum
stances. This was a bold, daring al
tempt, in which the thief got what he di
not anticipate, and risked a great dee
for very little, for had he got the draw
or open, he would have found but trif
of change in it. Who the thief was, OF
readers can judge as well as ourselve
for we do not pretend to implicate an
one but one thing is certain, if theE
night burglars do not stop their depred'
tons, they will be caught and brought
justice sooner or later; our only regret
that in this case the offender escaped
easily, and without full recognition
his person.-Borth Star.
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Atlantic Monthly for July.
Committee

In the true spirit Of the season the
present number Of the atlantic comes to |
us with IL varied, airy and most agreeable
table Of contents. We ,bink il, on the
whole, By far the best number which has
yet been issued-ihe one which viii
please the greatest number Of readers of
all classes. The Catacombs of Rome"
is finshed-and that is a good hit, to be-
gin with. Three Of U.s." which we
have reason to believe Is by Miss Terry,
who gave US "Eben jackson" few
numbers back, is finely told little story.
both lively and pathetic. Songs Of the
Sea" is an of.hand sketch of what sail
ors do sing, with the reasons given why
they do not sing what Is generally attrib-
uted to them. THE Kinlock Estate, -
said 10 be by our friend T. II. Under
wood, who knows all the ropes Of the
atlantic Nonthy, is tale of New Eng
land life begun, and begun well. In the
" Perilous Bivouac" we have humor-
Gus account of a British officers adven-
ture on the ice Of the St. Lawrence, OPP
posite Quebec. 1t is first rate Of its
kind. The Gaucho" is one Of the very
best of magazine articles-a free and
easy, but obviously accurate, sketch Of
the South American horseman. The
career Of Quiroga is most admirably de-
tailed. Mademoiselle's Campaigns,
attributed to Rev. T. W Higginson, is a
brilliant paper, lively, but elaborate and
instructive. Chesuncook" has some
life-like description, but is fiat in its sen.
timentality. The ever welcome Auto.
crat' titly discourses, in these pleasant
hours, upon the "reminiscences of child.
hood, and will touch many a tender
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come too relaxed to vibrate. The little
touches of fun are nicely put in, and the
verses are excellent, of course. "Tht
American Tract Society" is treated will
ability. Among the poetry of the nun
Der, is the Swan-5ong of Parson Ave
ry," by Whittier. We have said enough
we think, TO give some idea Of the supe
rior merits of this number. Every on
who is interested in the better class Q
American literature should take the Ill
iaRtic.
The Magazine is Published By Phi
lips, Sampson d Co., Boston, at tire
dollars year.
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Mexican News.

WASHINGTON, June IS. The mail
from the South is at hand, as late as due.
The New Orleans papers bring details of
the news per steamer Tennessee.
The value Of the imported goods stor-
ed at Vera Cruz, is said to be 100000,
besides large amount along the interior
routes.
The French Minister refused to pre-
sent the protest of the French citizens
against the forced loan on foreigners.
President Zuloaga had granted an ex.
eouatur to Mr.. McMicken, U. S. Consul
at Acapulco.
The idea of the United States Protec
torate, says the Extraordinary, is ridi-
culed in Mexico.
There is anarchy in Sonora.
Guayamas was unsuccessfully besiegec
for one week, by over two thousand 1ndi
ans.
Whole villages had been burned, AM
the population murdered.
Santa Cruz de Mayo had been entere
by Indians, and every man killed. Tn
women and children were confined in
church and burned, with the rest of tn
town.
A battle had been fought on the plat
: of Ell Sancito between Pesqueira an
Grandara, in which the latter was defea
r ed and killed. The former had pre-
, nounced in favor of Juarez.
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Immersion not Baptism. "

This is the title Of neat little book
published by John p. Jewett & Co..
Boston, Of which the Rev. John II.
Beckwith of this village is the author
The title Of the work is new and start
ling to say the least-new because a
large part of the Christian world declare
that immersion only is baptism, and near
ly all the Christian world admit that it is
one mode Of baptism, and it is startling
because if the authors premises are cor
rect then all those who have gone to the
spirit land and were only immersed, have
never had the rite Of baptism admins.
tered TO them. II is a fine thing for all
such, we think, that baptism is not saw.
ing ordinance. The book has been laid
before two conventions in manuscript
and has elected the marked attention oil
many learned divines, among whom are
such men as the Rev. DR.. Kirk Of Bos
ton. We have not read the entire work
and shall forbear any expression of opin
ion relative to the truth or falsity Of tn,
arguments, as we lay no claim to superi
or judgment in Biblical literature. W,
will say this however, in its favor. it i
both logical and theological.
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SUDDEN DEATu.-On Tuesday of last
week, Mr.. Noar Briggs of Plymouth
went into pasture to cut some trees
At dinner time he was called, but as he
did not come, his SOD, Alonzo Briggs
with whom the old gentleman lived, went
to look for him and found him dead. He
Lad been seen and conversed with not
more than 20 minutes before, apparently
well. He was Is years Of age, and q
man highly respected by his neighbor;
and by the community in which he resi-
ded.
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ORLEANS COUNTY CoURT.-The Or
leans County Court commenced its sess-
ion at this place on Tuesday last, Hon.
LIP. Poland presiding. The following
gentlemen were admitted TO the bar
w. G.. Bates, Alonzo D. Bates, Edward
A. Stewart, and Benz. H. Steele. May
they prove themselves monuments of le-
gal talent, and take that broad stand in
the profession which every true, naon5
lawyer should take, ennobling it with
their comprehensive views of right
and wrong, and never resort to acts o.
petty peculation and triekery that toe
many of the profession resort to. May
they have some higher object in view
than merely to make money.
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Cairo SUBMERGED.
CRAFTsBURY, June II, 1853.

A letter from Cairo, dated 10Th inst,
furnishes the following particulars of the
state of affairs at that unfortunate place
d" Cairo is so far under water that it
can hardly be seen or heard from. The
water, on the inside, is now within foot
of the top of the Ohio levee, and lacks
only two feet of getting over it on the
outside, and the river is still rising. The
water is three feet over Mound City, and
the passengers by the Illinois Central
have to be ferried for considerable dis
lance to the river.
About l P. NJ. of Sunday last forty
feet of the new brick hotel fronting on
the levee, fell from the roof down, ma
king a tremendous crash. Fortunately
this portion of the building was unoccu-
pied at the time. A family had just
moved into another part of it, and were
preparing dinner at the time, but they
quickly evacuated the premises, and es-
capped without injury. 1t was most
fortunate circumstance that the building
fell on Sunday, else many of the work
men employed in completing it would
have been either killed or wounded.
The suffering here is fearful to con-
template, and the destruction of property
Is at present incalculable. The inhabit
ants have mostly been content with sa
wing their lives, leaving their property Il
take care of itself. Piles Of lumber, cat
tie, houses, fences, trunks, and everything
generally, are floating about in a miscel
Ianeous mass. The people of Paducah
hearing of our misfortune, sent down b.
the Thomas Scott last night a quantity
of bread and meat, and some money, al
of which came very OppOrtunely, and W,
are infinitely obliged to our PaducaI
friends for their charitable remembrance
of US. Most Of the women and children
have left, yet all the houses on the leve
are full, and both the wharEboats ar
crowded with people, baggage and furni
ture.
! The Woodford laid over here last night
and kindly accommodated q number Q
citizens and strangers with lodging 70
! the night. The men in town have n
chance to sleep, thinking it enough f
accommodate the ladies. Your CORES
pondent has not slept for two nights, an
has been hard at work for two days, /
the water and out Of it; in fact, nearl
] every mans endurance has been take
to the uttermost, and we are all worke
The news was brought last night tha
about a thousand feet of the nlinoi
Central track, some three miles abov
Cairo, are washeed away. The brea
il the levee was three hundred feet /
length yesterday. The water roared Xix
young Niagara, and could be heard f
L. miles"
1t is stated that Mr.. George Peabod
invested 100000 in the stock of th
Cairo City Property Company, durin
y his late visit to this country.
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ST. Louis, June Is. Additional de-
tails by the Salt Lake mail say that sew
enty Mormon families had arrived at
Camp Scott, asking protection, which was
given.
Capt. Harris, with $50 head of beef
cattle, was met at Harris Fork, fiftenn
miles this side of Camp Scott.
For two weeks the troops had been
living on eight ounces of -four and half a
pound of beef per day.
Capt. Smith was met on Green river
travelling As miles per day. The mai
party averaged 60 miles per day for the
whole trip.
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ALBANY, June IS. Chicago papers
just received contain details of the inn
mense destruction of property at Cairo
through the entire submersion of the
town. The assessed valuation in 1857
nearly 100000, but the papers say
this conveys no distinct idea of the actu-
al loss of capital or of loss sustained by
the Illinois Central Railroad Company
in actual improvements in Cairo. The
last dispatch reported the water still ri
sing.
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POWDER MILL ExrLo,1s'
Barre, (Mass.,) on FRIDAY -
frightful report shook the s.. a',''s
the buildings, and gave H. - =.
ment that the Massachusst,,a ~ I
Works in that town had explos., 4
There was three explosions.
being in the Iron Mixing MN u !
man named William Bickf,,, We
work, cleaning the wheel with =.
hammer in the usual mode, wb.a Y
from fl,1 a blow he struck ignite3 4 y !
The building and machinery w..
a complete wreck. Follov;. we :. :
plosion was that of the Keras1' 'as
Glazing Mill, about 10 nd. !:
containing about lookegs Of por -
|, II. There is scarcely a vesfi, s' =.
building remaining to marx + y.
where it stood. Its heavy mst,l i, L
of from three to four hundred red /.
weight each were carried in diff.. ~.
reetiOns' some ofthem ten or treIrs q, !.
Next followed the Press House ,s' io,. n
there were only about trentr. = L I va
powder. Ass'
Mr. Bioktord was found en5o,r,.;
to extrlcate himself from The r5s. } .
Of the Mixing Mil. He was "a, r; n's a.,l /,
of entire nudity, anaGlsboavh a ss'S
and burned with powder. He Va. ' x
scious when found, but died 500, :, y
: aged 80 years. ~
The Dry House, with loO /.
powder escaped. A hole v,. :,
through the walls Of this bplE,,
one Of the flying timbers, and al
next to which the powder was rlsl
broken. The ground for a GREAT :.
was strewn with burning maei.
There were seven workns~
about the premises at thea3A
explosion, and most fortuna, s, |
wonderful is it that no more wei,
ed.
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"a The Hon. VIM. A Howard, Mem
Der Of Congress from Michigan, is now
in town, and we understand purposes
staying the greater part of the summer.
Mr.. Howard has quite a reputation at
home and abroad from the fact of his be-
ing one Of the Kansas Investigating Com
mittee, appointed by both Houses to 60
to Kansas to take testimony in regard 10
the frauds and the outrages that had been
committed in that territory. He was al
so one of the committee of conference to
report on the English swindle, and he
made the minority report which went
strongly against that miserable bill. A:
he is so well posted in Kansas history,wc
respectfully suggest that he give US a pub
lie speech ia relation TO them.
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Republican State Convention.

A State Convention Of the Republican voters
or Vermont will be held at Montpelier, on Tues
day, the Twenty-Ninih day Of June next, for the
purpose Of terminating Candidates to be supported
at the next State Election, for the Offices Of Gov
eruor, Lieutenant Governor and Treasurer, AMI
the transaction Of any other necessary business.
Subjects OF serious moment wiz be acted upon
in this Convention, and a representation from all
the Towns in the State IS importantand desirable.
I. Z. CmTTENDEN,
81. CARTER HALL,
CHARLES CUMMINGS,
T. Z. WOODBRIDGE, C,1ni5.es
I'D. HATCH,
ELISHA WHITE,
ALEXANDER RIDDLE,
May 1l,h, 1853
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TIE FoURTH.-The" glorious fourth"
will be celebrated at Coventry, with be-
coming reverence. No pains will be
spared by the people of that village to
DO the honors the occasion and their
guests demand. TIE Coventry Artillery
Co. will be out in uniform, and the deep
mouthed cannon viii speak as loudly as
in the - times that tried mems souls
though with not such death-dealing omer
as then We think we may safely prom
Use all those who may attend a good time
as they are to have one of the best ora
tors in the Country,and have also engag
ed tie Craftsbury Cornet Band.
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- A long suffering but fully aroused
woman of Maiden, armed with revolver
and club, marched into liquor shop,
where her husband spent his time and sub
stance, and before the astonished eyes Of
the proprietor and friends demolished all
the elements of the nuisance visible
She turned the occupants into nonresist-
ants, and with the club did the other part
of the work.
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entire circuit except the probable obscu-
ration of Owls Head by trees near by,
and embracing Cancels Hump, Mansfield
Mountain, Mount Norris, Jay Peak, Ball
Mountain, Mount Pisgah, Mount Hor,
Burke Mountain and the White Noun
tains.
Whose business is it to name Noun
tains, and other natural objects? There
are many places in the county, of inter-
est to the tourist, which either have no
names or their names cannot be found
out by ordinary enquiry. The Glover
branch of Barton River, a beautiful and
valuable stream mas no name. L seems
desirable that some attention should be
given TO the subject of names in the
county.
E. HARRINGTON.
:
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"a The next steamer is expected to
bring a general disclaimer from the Brit
ish government respecting the proceed
ings in the Gulf, but the impression en-
tertained in diplomatic circles is that the
right Of visit will not be abandoned. The
administration is now inclined to insist
but will probably retreat after prosy
correspondence.
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~ The chief of the Snake Indians,
residing near Utah, lately died, and his
relatives, in addition to the killing of his
favorite horses over his grave, buried with
him, alive, a little boy, Of whom the de-
ceased was very fond, in order that he
might accompany him to the spirit land
They wrapped the boy up, alive, in q
blanket, and placing him in the grave
with the corpse, buried them together.
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ISDIANA.-The Opposition COnven-
ton in the Eleventh Congressional Dis
trict of Indiana, was held at Wabash on
Wednesday, A correspondent, who at
tended the Convention, writes to the
Cincinnati Gazette as follows:
"YOu will no doubt be pleased to
learn that we nominated (being the third
time) Hon. John Z. Petit. He receiv-
ed 60 votes on the oath ballot, 81 hav-
ing been necessary to choice. The
contest was made against him on account
of the rule, in Indiana, making two
terms successfully the longest time given
one man. But Mr.. Pettit's popularity
overruled this custom. He is no doubt
the choice of large majority of the
voters of this District, and will be elect
ed by larger majority than ever before.
Indiana aciH be redeemed merit autumn. .
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a. William NJ. Connolly, the Cincin-
natin reporter sent to prison for harbor-
ing runaway slaves, was released from
Jail last Friday evening, when he was
received by procession of 600 Ger
mans, who escorted him to their hall and
lionized him for the evening.