The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-05-11

Eay~The New Albany Ledger says the
failure to nominate at Charleston leaves the
Democracy of the country in painful and
UNEXPECTED dilemma. We apprehend the
November elections will leave it in a much
worse one.
A "MILL1Na MATCH took place on the
Indiana side of the falls of the Ohio on
Saturday morning last between the Flying
Dutchman," of New Orleans, and John
Welch, of Louisville, for 500 "A side. Eighty
three rounds were fought i'll one hour
and fifty minutes, resulting in the defeat Of
Welch, who was pretty badly punished.
Dublin Tricks was one of the seconds.
The junior of daily paper in Boston,
residing in the suburbs, was 'outraged" on
Sunday, by the sexton of his church, who
seated in his pew n young lady of rather
dark complexion. The editor, with his fam
ily Immediately withdrew. Imagine their
surprise and shame on learning that the
young lady was the daughter of rich Gu
ban planter, and a-slaveholder.
THE inventor of the Whitworth rifle
states, in proof of its enormous strength,
that he loaded one of the barrels with a
leaden plug, so long that full charge of
powder was unable TO drive it out. On
firing the powder, the plug remained in the
barrel, and the gasses OF the explosion all
escaped through the touch hole, leaving the
barrel uninlured. The experiment was re-
peated four times, with similar results.
In Lynn, Mass, the business is slowly
improving, the papers say. "All iirst-clasS
shOemakers are employed, and, from person
al appearance, those who work on the
cheaper grade will soon have enough to do.
IL. u. 4 4 L.
workmen, rs the spring and summer sales
were about over, and the manufacturing for
fall sales does not commence until June or
July
AN IRIsHMAE's SfEEcH.--" Och, Jamie,
nm did you never hear ev my spaach afore
the llberniau Society,"" ono, Pat, how
could ], for sure | was not on the ground"
Well, Jamie, you see I was called upon
by the Hibernian Society for a spaach and
be jabers 1 rose with the enthusiastic cheers
of thousands and tins of thousands, with
my henrt overlooking with gratitude, and
my eyes full Of tears, and divil of a word
did spake i
szls' Can any of our readers interpret the
following superscription with which a wit
ty schooI-boy lately directed his letter to 1,
friend2
Wood
John
Mass
Fearing they may not, we give the solu-
ton of the apparent senselesS direction II
is--John UaderWOOd, Andocer, Mass.
WaIsKY DUEL AT MUSHROOM Mon
day last Il German and all lrshman Mt Mus
kegon obtained quantity of whisky, and
went into a back y ard 10 drink it on II
wager, 10 be won by the one who should
drink the largest quantity. The freshman
drank two and a half pints, and the Ger
man three pintS. The Irishman, Thomas
Cation, died during the night, hit the Ger
man saved has life by eating a quantity of
cold tallow, which sickened him, and caused
his stomach to eject Its contents.
THE CHINESE CoINAGE-The Chinese
have no silver or gold coin of their own
Silver in shoes " of various sizes, general
ly about fifty taels (Gl6 WORTH and gold
in bars or leaf are used where foreign money
is not current. The banker puts his stamp
upon 1t, and the " touch is thereby sufii-
GENTLY guaranteed. Any tampering with
the quality is rare, but, of course, roguery is
sometimes attempted. AS general rule,
however, perfect trust may be placed on the
value; slight examination satisfies the
shrofs. The reliance placed by the Chinese
upon the stamp or chop of the banker may
he gathered from the fact, that in Canton,
foreign dollars are so marked by the guar
anteeing stamps of those who pay them
away, that the original character of the
coin is often obliterated. And in the North
where Carolus dollars unstamped are pre-
ferred, it used To he custom to mark them
with the bankers seal in .-[TweIve
Years in China.