The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-11-24
satire Wen Timed--Let's Have

Panic.
None OF your little, hollow, halfway,
make-believes, but real old-fashioned
break down, after the pattern OF 1897. IN
dividuals may make loss-that is their af-
fair-but the country will be surely and
greatly benefited. We shall import far
less goods and export less specie We shall
dress and dine and drink less extensively
we shall trade less aud work more we
shall economic, and haul in our horns, and
reef topsails, and come out stronger and
wiser and richer in the end. So let's have
a good, strong, fashioned Panic
True, there are some drawbacks. We
have our crops just ready for market, and
shall sell them ten or twenty-five per cent.
lower than we otherwise would we shall
sell millions worth of our Public Securf-
ties TO foreigners for twenty per cent less
than we shall be glad TO buy them back
for, after the storm blows over and a good
many mechanics and laborers in our cities
will find the coming winter a very hard
one. But then the country was never be-
fore so rich and strong as it is now--full of
Grain, full of Cattle and Swine, full of Spe-
Gle full of everything. There was never
before tame when financial tornado had
less cause than now-consequent never
before one when it would do less real
harm. Our Exports are large beyond pre-
cedent; Specie has ceased to flow from US,
and must soon begin to pour heavily in
upon US. Our Mines, our Herds, our
Farms, our Factories, are all doing well !;
panic now may save us from one when
we should not be half so able to stand it.
So let US take hold, and get up roaring,
smashing, high old panic.-N. Y. Trib.
Well said for the Tribune. 1t is very
foolish in the West to be panic stricken in
this time of her real prosperity. 1t is
nothing short of hypochondria or nerv-
business in our people to- he giving way to
weak fears now, when, if ever, they ought
to be self-reliant, confident and independ-
emit 1t is true that, down here in the ex-
IRENE Southern portion of Indiana, where
the drought prevailed severely, and where
claims exist against Kentucky which on ac-
count of short crops have not been met
promptly, money is scarce and people gen.
orally "hard run" for means but the State
at large is in a good condition and our
people, not having been living extravagant-
ly, are not very deeply in debt. Therefore
this panic cry is cowardly and Giscreditable.
s-
From the 81. Louis Republicans, 10th.
Steamer EmIgramt Burned I'm the
Missouri River-BOat and Cargo a
Total LOss-NO Lives LOSt-OXvmer-
ship-VHIue, DC, &c.
The steamer Emigrant, Capt. Terrell,
well-knOwn Missouri River packet was
burned to the waters edge, near Doziors
Landing at o'clock yesterday morning.
We are grati6ed to learn that no lives were
lost-all the passengers aud crew escaped
with their baggage.
The Emigrant left this port for Leaven-
worth City, on Sunday morning last, and
had good cargo, aud large number of
passengers. The fire is said to have origi-
mated from barrel of spirit gas in the hold.
As soon the alarm was given, the matches
were batteued down, aud the boat beaded
for shore. By this means the passengers all
escaped with their effects, and the books and
papers of the boat were gotten off safely.
One of the matches was opened and an
attempt was made to extinguish the flames
by water, but the boat was soon reduced to
a charred wreck. The passengers walked
about sixteen miles toa railroad station and
several of them arrived in this city last
evening. Mr. Mason johnson, clerk Of the
boat, also came down by railroad, and to his
courtesy we are indebted for the particulars
Of the disaster
The Emigrant WAS uninsured she WAS
built by Capt. Hugh l.. White abont four
years ago, and was purchased three years
since by Capt. Terrell, her commander, and
Geo. W. Boyd of the firm of Boyd, Burk
Co, who owned her up to the time
Of her loss She was valued At about
$4,000.
The Emigrnnt had valuable cargo,
which was, of course, totally destroyed.