The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-02-12
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Hea- The Washington Republican says
petition to Congress is in circulation, in the
name of the free colored persons residing in
the District of Columbia, praying for the es-
Enlistment of colony of their class upon
some of the sparsely settled Southern por-
tons of our own continent, where they may
be under the protection of the government
of their native country, and have its foster.
ing care, etc. 81. ..5..f;H ii. s..-.-
B9- Gen. Samuel Proper, who figured in
several financial swindles last year, in the
East, will operate in another sphere hereaf.
ter He died in Newark, n. j., last week,
at the hotel of a man whom he had swindled
out of $50 7a 7-. ...
sA. On New Years Day, Senator Hous-
ton, in a familiar conversation with a
friend, Fannounced his determination to go
to work for Texas in the way of raising
improved breeds of sheep. Said the old
soldier: ~ can thus enrich and do more
for my State, in the few remaining years of
my earthly pilgrimage, than by all The gov
erning or office-holding that ex st3p ..=
BSg@ The Baltimore papers report an un-
usual stir in the. dry goods business in that
city They say that for the last three weeks
more dry goods have been sold than in the
same time at this season, for the last twenty
years. fs352 rig asr - sf- Esg 81
g1y@ The Paris correspondent at the New
York Herald writes that the Empress Eu-
genie shows signs of increasing debility.
that she becomes thinner every week, and
that her complexion and general appearance
indicate rapid decline. At a recent re-
ception at the Tuileries she became so weak
that she was compelled to retire.
Gs"Insuring dwellings as long as the
house shall stand, by the payment of a sim
gle premium, and that only at ) per cent,
guaranteeing a return of 80 per cent. We
see it stated that this method has been in
practice in Philadelphia for several years,
and that it has recently been introduced in
st. Louis. s .tst l.r.
Hey The injustice of imprisoning wit
nesses is illustrated in the following case
A man committed a crime ina Western city.
His daughter was a witness of the fact
She was arrested and held to testify. For
one year she was under arrest, and during
that time by a course of treatment, the
iendishRess of which is beyond conception,
she became the victim first of the lust of the
keeper, then of other officers of the Jail. She
went into prison pure girl; she left it
poisoned and degraded outcast.
BslEn A British regiment, the AID High
landers is shortly expected in New York,
on its way to Oregon via Panama.
Hsa, The Westville Herald asks if Col,
Allen May has no bowels He hasn't
any thing else.
sea. A new feature has been introduced
on the New York night train. 1t is car
lighted with gas during the experimental
trip, last night, only ten cents worth of gas
was consumed IN journey of nine hours,
| and the car was lighted as brilliantly as
parlor. The metey is placed underneath the
| car, and pipes CONVEX the gas to the burners.
BaS@ The English thoroughbred stallion,
"Flying Dutchman,n has been sold to the
! French government for $2l 900.
aea, No franking privilege exists in Eng
| land. Even the Queen is obliged to pay her
! penny postage.
HsA, Thomas Downing, wealthy mer-
chant of Salem, Mass hung himself in the
Unitarian Church, in that city, on Friday
! last.
sea. Madame Stoltz is engaged for the
| opera at Rio de Janero at the rate of 25,-
0OOf. per month, $50, 900 year
HeA, The Philadelphia Young Mems
Christian Association contemplate the cree
ton of hall to cost $780, 900.
Rsgn Colonel Helm, the American Con-
sul-Geueral at Havana has recently met
with sad affection by the loss of his only
son, bright and beautiful boy of five years,
who died of scarlatina.
Bag At the reception of the Tuileries, on
the I'd of January, the ladies were, as usual,
obliged to appear in the Manteau de Cour,
or train, and the gentlemen in official or
military costume. The American ladies
who were presented are said to have scar
ried themselves and their skirts with re-
markable grace. lady's court dress is
stated to cost about 500. ....
BE-, Mayor Keim, of Reading Pennsyl-
yania, has issued orders to the police of that
city to visit the eating and drinking saloons,
and when minors are found loafng in them
after nine o clock in the evening, to arrest
them and the proprietora. This is a good
move. Boys have no business at such
places at late hours of night.
u.s., The Gallatin Examiner of the 10th
says: {" A Mr.. James McLarin, living near
Dixon Springs, about two weeks ago cut
his throat with a barlow knife, and survived
until few days since. He was laboring
under mental alteration, and leaves a larg e
family. He was unable to talk after the
deed, but in writing gave as reason that
he was troubled with the ares Of his family,
and had rather die than ave to see his chill
dren come to want. Certainly a singular
cure for the evil anticipated.
| Hsg- Pride destroys all symmetry and
grace, and affectaion is'a more terrible
enemy to fine faces than the smallpox.
assa, The Boston Courier has sly joke
at the expense ofourState. says: Among
all the wicked books written by the bril-
liant George Sand, that in which the mar
rage contract is treated with the most pro-
found contempt, and in which a vivid inn
agination riots most madly among forbidden
topics, is called Indiana 1t was once sup
posed that the beauty Of the name, its sun
ny, euphonious warmth, caused its selection !;
but now we recognize the hidden meaning
of the choice it was a tribute to our Yves
tern sister-so kind in preparing the way
before tired yoluptuary to joys more high
ly spiced.'
Bay Captain Montgomery, of Kansas
fame, in person is about the medium height,
of large muscular frame, somewhat gaunt
and worn in appearance. His features are
good, the general expression being much
like the ordinary representations of Colonel
Fremont His unkempt hair and ragged,