The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-12-03
Indianapolis Corr6spondence.

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EDITORS JOURNAL Was it ever heard
that two friends met in the street, or the
parlor, without exchanging remarks about
the weather? Why, then, should we not
do equal honor to the subject in our news
paper correspondence Let this be my
apology for stating that the rain storm | re-
corded in my last bulletin, resulted some
what as storm did that Hood somewhere
chronicles: First it blew, and then it
snew, and then it thew, and then it friz"
And it ''friz' so hard here on Saturday the
oath inst, and the previous and following
nights, that the mercury stood all the way
from zero to six degrees above. aud ice form
ed on White River six inches thick That
will do pretty well for fall weather on and
about the 40th parallel of latitude Bat
All that is gone by, and we are having now
clear and balmy days, with the softest and
brightest of nights. These sudden changes
bother our Yankee friends when they hap
pen to meet them among US.
The Supreme Court has set every day
this week. Numerous decisions have been
promulgated on cases before them, but ROne
yet of any general public interest--none in
which your city, for instance, has any con
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The Circuit Court of the U. S. is still in
session also in the Senate chamber. They
were obliged TO take possession of it imme-
diately after extensive repairs and re-paint-
ing. Judge Huntington, whose health is
very frail At best, is not able to stand the
new paint, and for the last day or two has
deputed Judge Otto to fill his place The
bar of the State is largely represented here
and the Pocket portion Of it ably so, by
Judges Law and Baker, not 10 mention nu-
merous lesser lights. The law is a great
institution. Happy is he who has least 10
do with it.
Robert Dale Owen has an admirable let
ter in the Journal of to-day on the subject
of South Carolina and her secession Berry
Sulgrove does not wholly agree with it, and
states his objections with his usual point
and clearness. don't think he sustains
them, or that Owens positions and views
can be controverted. l attempt no synopsis
! of the letter, presuming you will, of course
give it to your readers entire. You may
not agree with it fully, but it is still inter
esting to know the opinions and views of
such man on so grave question of State
/ policy. 1t is interesting to notice the evil
dence the letter contains, that the writer s
reverence for the Scriptures has greatly in
creased with his years. He certainly can
not now be the bold deist that he once was,
/ if common fame did him no injustice
Judge Perkins, by appointment, delivered
a eulogy at 2 P NJ, this day, in the Senate
chamber, to a crowded auditory, on the life
and character of the late Governor Willard.
Like all the Judges performances, it dwelt
in facts and not fancy, and was therefore
/ the more interesting and suitable The
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and quite failed to do justice to himself or
his effort, on which account | am glad that
the publication of the eulogy was provided
for. Separate and apart from Wizards
glaring faults of character, no one can deny
that he has furnished the world brilliant
example of What ENERGY can accomplish
1t is very remarkable fact, that in State
like ours, abounding 80 largely in political
aspirants of much ripper years. and many oil
them superior both in talents and education
to the deceased, he should have risen to the
highest Office in the gift of his fellow citi-
zens at the early age of thirty-seEen.-
Honor to his virtues, and charity for bis
faults
Our postmaster, john VI. Talbot ESQ
met with an accident yesterday which ha;
deprived him of his left arm, and may result
in his death. He is a regular Nimrod
among birds and rabbits, and went yester-
day afternoon two or three miles into the
country, with bis son, n lad of about fifteen
to shoot quails. Having occasion to gel
over a rail-fence, he leaned his gun agans
it, got over, and drew his guu through
taking hold of it with his left hand II
that process one barrel exploded, lodcins
the charge in the left arm near the shoulder
shatteriDg the bones of the arm to splinteIs
He was gotten home by his sen in terribly
exhausted condition, and suffered intensely
through the night The arm was amptl
tated this afternoon Mr.. Talhotts slender
constitution, and the great loss Of blood he
suffered, cause much uneasiness among hi!
friends as to the final result 1t is little
remarkable that something over "A year ago
Il clerk in the Post Office, under Mr. Talbot
narrowly escaped the loss Of his rght arm
from the accidental discharge OF his gun
while in wagon on his way out to somt
shooting grounds; and about two month:
since, Mr.. H. 5 son, the lad who was viii
him yesterday, was severely wounded ii
the foot, while bird-hunting, by the acci
dental discharge of companions gun.--
There is a lesson in these casualties the re-
suit rs they are of carelessness in the us,
of guns, not to mention the scores OF SINH
lar ones that occur every year, which is too
obvious to need reciting.
Our public schools opened on the 26tl
inst OF them may speak hereafter.
Thanksgiving is the next subject of practi
! omitted to make a note OF it until too late
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