The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-12-31

tho mOIHluS Vi tue zotn inst. W hen eX-
animation was made, it was found that he
had been shot through the body. The Cor
oner held an inquest gu the body, but
failed to find any clue to the murderer.
B&S@ Mr.. John Johnston, of Geneva, n.
:, the venerable farmer, to whom is due
the credit of demonstrating the great ad-
vantages of tile draining, was recently pre-
sented with a testimonial from some of the
most prominent citizens of New York-in
the shape Of a massive silver pitcher and
two goblets, handsomely ornamented with
| appropriate agricultural designs.
THE MAMMOTH HoG-Messrs. Ayers
Mauck & Co., of Princeton, Gibson county,
received the monster hog of the season. at
their pork-house on Tuesday last. It
weighed, when dressed, seoes hundred and
THIRTY pounds. This enormous porker was
raised by VIM. S. Armstrong, of Mont
gomery township, Gibson county, and is
by Several pounds, the heaviest hog ever
weighed in Southern Indiana. Oid Gibson
against the world
BszsA We learn by telegraph that there
was an extensive IRE in New York city yes
terday. Six buildings on Beekman and four
~, >strar+v estTc,r 81 IllC1
two fronting on Fulton street We're much
damaged. Edward Black, importer of mu-
steal merchandise, Olcott, McKesson & Co,
wholesale druggists, and Cyrus w. Field &
Co., paper dealers, were among the sufferers
nsA. In the House of Representatives, 'of
the Georgia Legislature, resolution has
been passed to appoint two Commissioners
to Europe, to examine into the feasibility
of establishing direct trade between the
South and Continental Europe Hon. A
II. Stephens and DR.. McGhec, Senator from
Houston, have been appointed.
Bfl9n The committee of the bondholders
and board of directors of the Fort Wayne
and Chicago Railroad, after very harmo-
noius session at Philadelphia, on the goth
agreed upon W. B. Ogden, of Chicago, as
receiver. J. P. Edgerton, the receiver APP
pointed by the Ohio courts, has resigned
BEn. BY the last arrival from Havana, we
learn that Don Eugenio Vidas, a daring but
very lucky slave trader had landed abont
eight hundred Africans, after losing over
four hundred by death on the voyage. This
is said to be Vidas's eighty-6fth voyage, all
of which have proved successful.
B9F- We stated the other day that the t.
R. Cobb, of Lawrence county, who was
read out of the Democratic party by A. b.
Carlton, was Representative in the last
Legislature. We should have said that he
was a Senator and that he holds over to the
next session.
B1S~ Governor Wise, according to the
proceedings in the Virginia Senate, went
before that body, and made an earnest ap-
peal to commute the sentence of Edwin
Coppic, but the power was refused unani- |
mously.
nA- The funeral of Coppic, the Harpers |
Ferry insurrectionist, took place at Friends |
Westinghouse, near Hanover, Ohio, on the |
10th inst. But short notice was given, yet |
there were two thousand persons present on
the occasion. The funeral was conducted ac-
cording to Quaker rites. The face Of the
corpse was much disfigured.
BeAL. We learn from the Greencastle Ban
ner that Hon. Henry Secrest is dangerously |
i'll at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr..
thurman, in Greencastle. Mr.. SIS health
has been gradually declining for some time
past.
pa A bank is soon to be opened at Leb-
anon, Boone county, on the Lafayette and
indianapolis Railroad.
BEl7~ The Logansport, Peoria, and Bur
lington Railroad was navigated by a
train from Logansport to the Illinois State
lire last Saturday, for the first time.
Boy Col. VIM. A. Linn, Surveyor OF the
port of ST. Louis, died on the 27th in that
city. He was a son of the late Senator
Linn of Missouri.
STANDARD OF VALUE.-The worth of /
everything is determined by the demand |
for it. In the deserts of Arabia, pitcher
of cold water is of more value than noun
tains of silver and gold.
BE- Since January LIST, 1859, there have
been lis fires in Chicago, of which sixty
were incendiary. The net loss was $780,,
7O5, the insurance S3l4,325, making total
of $750,O3O.
Bss~ The Bowling Green (Ky.) Gazette,
halls the Northern Union meetingsasa good |
and happy indication, and suggests that the
Southern States take steps for an open ex-
preston of their Union feelings
6en We should like to see CONGRESS or
ganized by the election of Hon. Thomas !
Corwin for Speaker. He would go through |
without difficulty, and would. when elected,
reflect honor upon the position.
BsS- The Washington Greene county, !
Times, has hoisted the name of Edward |
Bates for President in 1860.
nsn- Gov. Willard and Daniel w. Voor-
hees, have returned from the East, unsuc-
cessfuI in their sad errand of trying to save