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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-03-20

e extraordinary Feafs OF an Indian
Juggler--A Brass Coin changed In
to a Serpent.
An English traveller at Calcutta met with
a native juggler, whose feats he thus de-
scribes
The juggler gave me a brass coin to hold
and then seated himself about FIVE yards
from me on a small rug, from which he
never attempted to move during the whole
performance l showed the coin to several
persons who were close beside me, on a
form in front of the juggler. At a sign
from him, not only grasped the coin l
held firmly in my right hand, but crossing
that hand with equal tightness with my
left, enclosed them both as firmly as l
could between my knees.
OF course | was positively certain that
the small coin was within my double fists.
The juggler then began short incantatiOn,
accompanied by a monotonous and discord-
ant kind of recitative, and repeating the
words, g Ram Sammu," during some min
utes. He then suddenly stopped, and still
keeping his seat, made quick motion with
his hand, as if throwing something at me,
giving, at the same time, a puff with his
mouth. At that instant | felt my hands
suddenly distend, and become partly open,
Wllle experienced SelSdIlOn as II q cold
ball of dough, or something equally, nasty
and diSagreeable, was now between my
palms. l started to my feet in astonshment
of others, and opening my hands, found
there no coin; but, to my horror aud alarm
flor of all created things detest and lcathe
the genus), l saw young snake, all alive
oh and of all snakes in the world, a
cobra-di-capello, folded, or rather coiled,
roundly up. I threw it instantly to the
ground, trembling with rage and fear, as if
already bit by the deadly reptile, which be-
gan Immediately to crawl along the ground,
to the alarm and amazement of every one
present.
The juggler now got up for the first time
/ since he had sat down, and catching hold of
the snake, displayed its length, which was
nearly two feet-two feet all but an inch
and a halt He then took it cautiously by
! the tail, and opening his own mouth to its
/ widest extent, let the head of the snake drop
into it, deliberately commenced to swallow
| the animal, till the end of the tail was only
| visible then making a sudden gulp, the
! whole of the snake was apparently swal-
/ lowed.
! After this he came up to the spectators,
and opening his mouth wide, permitted us
| to look into his throat, but no snake or
snakes tail was visible-it was seemingly
down his throat altogether During the
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-03-20
EVANSVILLE, IND WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 90. 1861

remainder of the performances we never
saw this snake again, nor did the man pro-
fess his ability to make it re-appear. But
he performed another snake-trick which
surprised US very much. He took from
bag another cobra-di-capello. and, walking
into the center of the room, enclosed it in
his handss in a folded state. He waved or
shook them for some time in this condition,
and then-opened his fists, when, hey
presto the snake was gone, and in its
place appeared several small ones, which he
suffered to fall from his hands, when they
gided, with their peculiar undulating
movement, almost like the waves of the
sea, across the floor.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-03-20

THE OLD DOMINION LOSING PowER.-The
reconstruction of the Senate Committees,
resulting in the displacement of the South
ern chairman by Republicans, disgusts the
Richmond Enquirer. That paper INDUCES
in the following lamentation:
The people of Virginia must now realize
the humiliating and alarming fact that they
are living under Black Republican rule
the rule of men who 'twould as soon see a
confagration sweep over the land, or an
earthquake sink il" as to protect the slave
holder in his right of property. Just look
at the cast of the Committees of the Senate,
as they were reported on Friday last =
Sumner of Massachusetts, heads the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations Fesssenden of
Maine, the Committee on Finance; Wilson
of Massachusetts, on Military Affairs; Hale
of New Hampshire, on Naval Affairs; Wade
of Ohio, on Territories and so on to the
end of the chapter. Thus it is manifest
that the Lincoln-Seward President has the
Senate entirely &c at his heels" and that the
Government which was intended to provide
for the common defense, and to promote the
general welfare of the Slave as well as the
Free States, is to be made the mere instru-
ment of the degradation and oppression of
the former. Win old Virginia, the proud
mother of States and of statesmen, be an
unresisting victim of Northern cupidity and
tyranny Will she allow the band of dis
grace to be placed on her forehead by the
Stewards, the Summers, the Wilson's and the
Hales who rule the councils of the Northern
Confederacy No Her "pride of lineage
forbids it. Her memory of the past, her ap-
probation of the present, her love of the fu-
ture, all, ALL forbid it. She will yet pro-
claim, trumpet-tongued, to her enemies, that
Virginia is what Virginia toas!
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-03-20
HRtsTfAh AhA d. HliL-4
KRATH s. H EILM AN.
CITY FOUNDRY

Ol1 1 IOD " IN
MANUFACTURERS AND BUILDERS or STEAM
ENGINES AND BOILERS
Saw and GIist MiiI Machinery, Tobacco Screws
Cumming Machines, Chimes Sugar Cane Mills,
ThrnGtnG Machines, dCc.
EVANSVILLE, IND.
FEyVTE PROPRTETORS OF THE CRY FOUh
R dry beg leave toinfOrn their friends aud the
public in general, that they are prepared 70 dc an
kinds Of
MACHINE AND FINISHING WORK,
and everything appeTtainiug to the Foundry bust.
Mesa They manufacturing STEAM ENGINES AEn
BoIIERs of any size and power required. Saw MiH
lery and Mining Machinery, Tobacco Screws, Gum
ming Machines, Thrashing MachineT, Malt Mills,
HorsepGweTB, CoTn-shellers, Machinery of all Kinds
made and repaired Iron and Brass Castings -
every description, Iron HOusefrOnis, Cellar Graes
DC. Cooking and Heating Stoves of the latest i'm
proved patterns; Hollow Ware, Dog Irons, &c.
BREWERS, DlSFTLLEHS, KECTIFIERS, &c,
Supplied with every description Of Copper ana
Sheet Iron Work, Brewing Kettles, Refrieerators,
AttempOraturs, SpHrges, Stillheals and Worms
an improved principle, Columns for Alcohol Stills
Yeast jugs, Cans, syphons, &c; Copper, Lead and
Iron Pipe; Copper Brass and Iron Pumps of every
variety, for beer sI irits, oil, & Brass Cocks and
Valves, Steam Whistles, DC.
Workmen sent 90 all parts TO III up work and do
repairs on Steam Boilers, Copper aud Sheet Iron
Work. &c.
OLD METALS BOUGHT.
They dealing in and selling Ailen'B Improved
Steam Gauge, Wrought iron welded Pipes aud 1u-
bing, Hiram Hopkins Improved Smut Machine,
Stephen Hughes Flour SeparatOrs, German Rolt-
ing Cloth Gum Elastic Relting, Packing Hoss.. DO,
Of the best kind; TiupGte, Sheet Iron, Block Tin,
Pig Iron Babit Metal Spelter, Fire Brick
They have evory facility OF the best Machinery
and worknen, and viii give all work entrusted to
them, their individual attention, filling orders
promptly, warrbntiug their work, and AGO satisfied
with reasonable prices.
Ha5- Office and Sale Rooms, No. 60 Main street
Founder y, Boiler Yard aD 7 Machine shop on Pine
street, between First = 'ocond streets, Eyans-
villes Indiana. dccg
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-03-20
The Lawrence Model Lodging
HOmses


The late Abbot Lawrence Of Massachu-
setts left $4,000 to be appropriated to the
erection of model lodging houses, so that
the poor might have a convenient and COM
Portable home at moderate rent, and to
show capitalists that they can get fair in
terest for their money by building such
structures. His executors, after much de-
liberation, have adopted the following plan,
which is worthy of imitation by tenement
builders in all our cities:
Each building will be nearly rectangular,
Al feet wide by SO feet long, four stories
high, with French roof; built of brick,
with freestone dressings. The building will
be so located n the lot as to admit of drive
ways upon a sides, thereby giving an
abundance of light and air to all the tene-
ments. There will be four tenements upon
each of the FIVE floors, arranged with four
rooms for each tenement, with closets, such
as water closet, store closet, coal and wood
closet and clothes presses. Each tenement
is entirely separated from the other tene-
ments by brick partition walls. The en-
trance hall or street passage is in the center
longitudinally, and runs quite through the
building, with rotunda in the center, 16
feet in diameter, in which are placed upon
either side of the hall passage flight of
cast-iron stairs. The hall passage as well
as the walls of the rotunda, are built of
brick, and the floors are paved with brick
throughout rendering the entrances from
bottom to top nearly FIRE proof In the
basement will be arranged a store cellar for
each tenement, and public bath room. All
the rooms will be amply lighted and Ventil-
ated.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-03-20

MANUFACTURERS AND BUILDERS OF STEAM
ENGINES AND BOILERS,
Saw and Grist EiiiI Machinery, Tobacco Screws
Cumming Machines. Chimes Sugar Dqrs Mills,
ThrnstnE = Machines, &C.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-03-20

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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-03-20

Advertisements published in both the
Daily and the Weekly JOURNAL will be
charged the full Daily rates, with one half
the Weekly rates added
BusiHoss notices published III the local
columns, will be charged for each insertion
ten cents per line.
Charges will DO made for inserting the
notices of the following Orders Societies
and Associations at the rates named, to be
paid in advance.
Military Companies, Order of Odd Fell
lows, Masonic Orders, benevolent Societies
and Singing Societies
For each notice not exceeding lines 25
cents for each insertion; over eight lines at
this rate.
Announcing deaths with funeral notice
attached, 81 without notice, free.
Marriage notices so cents.
Notices of Festivals, Picnics and Excur-
sions, gotten up by individuals or associa-
tions, or by churches, at regular prices.
Advertisements loaded and placed under
the head of Special Notices, if ten lines or
over, will be charged double the usual
rates.
Advertisements making less than three
lines, inserted once in the Daily, viii be
charged fifty cents.
Yearly advertisers to pay quarterly.
Announcing candidates of every descrip-
ton to be charged at the rate of 81 so for
each name in the Daily, and 50 in the Daily
and Weekly, the same to be, in all cases,
paid in advance. -..-s
EVANSVILLE JOURNAL co.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-03-20
PEOPLES GALLERY,

"secure the shadow ere the substance fade,
Let nature copy that which nature made"
RERRyUERH RURyN"s E CO., OF
~ st. Louis, would respectfully inform the citi-
of Evansville and vicinity, that they have
fitted up a nice suit of rooms a. "Halrs Block
Third street, few doors above Main, and are
now prepared to take superior Ambrotypes II
CASES for the trifng of WENTY'FIVE
CENTS A fine variety Of cases always on hand,
all Of which will be sold proportionately low.
Call and give a trial. BURNS co.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-03-20
- ~ '''' OLD METALS BoUGHr.
NEW JEvYELRY

BITTPObEEs1'S IT, -.
EHREs HI VsE Just RECBRG.RD -
w new supply Of JeWclry, embracing great
variety OF every new style. We would call the %
pecial attention of the ladies osOme very excellent
and chaste Etruscan and CarbuHcle full and half
setts, which also of "A very reasonable pricr-
We have by far the largest stock Of Gold and siI
Watches, Clocks, silver Ware, Gold Pens, &c.s
of any house in this city all brought directly from
the manufacturers and importers, and are selling
at the lowest Eastern prices. II has been our on
deavOr to buy none bit genuine Jewelry, and Ve
hope to meet continuance OF the liberal patronage
heretofore bestowed upon ns.
BB- Fine Watches repaired personally, or uuder
our immediate supervision, by competent work.
men. BGTTROLFF BROS,
sept26 No. 48 Vain at. b't First and second.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-11

THE LATE INUNDATIoNs IN HoLLAND.-A
letter dated Amsterdam, February IL, says:
Thank God the desolatiOn of our inun-
dated districts begins to abate, and the
waters are returning to their natural chan
nels. But what scenes of distress, agony
and penury do they leave behind them
Some villages are entirely destroyed; not
vestige of a habitation remains 10 show
that they were the dwelling. place of man.
Nearly 10000 acres of cultivated land have
been submerged, and their cultivators been
driven from their dwellings 10 seek shelter
in schools and churches, and to eat the bread
Of charity. The number of cattle drowned
or killed it is impossible to state with accu-
racy, but it is said to amount to several
thousand. This, however, is slight calam-
ity compared with the loss of human life,
which, notwithstanding every effort made by
the authorities to render assistance, has
swollen to high figure. --.r. i
When the dyke broke at Leeuwen the
waters rushed through with such fearful
violence as to carry all before them; houses
barns and trees tuInbled down at their ap-
prOach; how, then, could the labOrers on
the dyke and their families resist the crush :
ing strength of the food and the ice masses2
The descriptions sent me from the scene of
desOlation are really shocking. What the
poor creatures, whose homely dwellings but
recently afforded them comfortable shelter,
have had TO encounter in the form Of cold,
nskedness, aud starvation, is almost ineredi.
bic. Truth, indeed, in this case is stranger,
much stranger, thaH fiction, 5-.sR -
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-11

AHEoDoTE OF JACKSON AND ONE OF HIS
SoLDIERs.-It is we'll known that General
Jackson, during the last few years of his life,
was an extremely religious man, member
of the Presbyterian Church, and regular
partaker of the communion. 1t chanced, on
one Communion Sunday, that an old Ken
lucky soldier, who had fought under the
General atlNew Orleans, and knew we'll what
manner Of man he had been in his fighting
days, attended the Hermitage church and
saw the aged warrior kneel reverently before
the altar. He was transixed with astonish-
ment
After the service was over, he was OBJ b.
served to be unusually silent and thoughtful,
and, upon being questioned, related what
he had seen. He concluded his narrative
thus: "When I saw the man who had
fought armies, parties, cabinets, and had
never fought without conquering, get down
on his knees in that church, said to myself;
well, when Gen. jackson kneels, tell you,
boys, think it's about time for me to knock
under.'N Four weeks after he Joined the
church, and lived and died an exemplary
member
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-11
THE LONELINESS OF FORrIGsERs.- "A femi.

THE LONELINESS OF FoREIGNERs.--A femi-
nine correspondent of the Home Journal thus
gossips about our English male cousins:
We have had good many new men" in
society this winter-strangers on their trav-
els, that is to say, who were introduced to us
for once at ball-but, oddly enough, not
an Adonis among them. The girls are all
wondering whether the other sex is actually
ugliiying on the other side of the water, or
why il is that no handsome foreigners come
over nowadays. There was the Princes
suite, all looking dismaly sensible, while our
New York bsau1, standing near by, at the
balls and public places, eolipsed them alto
gether. These Englishmen, particularly,
seem to take no pains to make themselves
agreeable to the ladies. They go TO parties
and play wall. flower, and their manners are
provokingly non -committal, and we have to
contIiYe all sorts of accidents even TO be
introduced to them. Is it because they feel
eclipsed by our New York bsau1, or what
is the cause of such discouraged sort OF
mannersf -
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-11

The Cbarlesten FIoating Battery a Failure
-Prespeet Of Peace IN South Carolina.
The Charleston IS. o. correspondent Of
the New York Tribune writes on the 4th
Instant e3
AS the critical moment approaches, the
rebels distTust their ability 10 accomplish the
feat OF taking Fort Sumter The prevailing
impression is, that the floating battery Is a
failure; soldiers mutiny against serving IN
her, The Richardson Guards, who were To
do duty in her, have broken up, and dis.
banded.
A more critical examination into the for
tresses they have constructed at such great
cost and labor, has given rise to grave doubts
as to their efficiency, and TO well-grounded
apprehensions that they would prove
slaughter pens before Major Andersons ex-
plosiYe shots. Cummings Point Battery.
which is of much strength, is unquestiof,-
ably too far off, the distance between it and
Fort Sumter being l,20O yards, while expe-
rlence shows that 500 yards is the longest
practicable preaching distance. The failure
Of the Floating Battery, which thew intended
70 push within 500 yards of the fort, knocks
the uBderpinning from the Rebels, -
l am reliably assured that these are the
results OF the examination which jeff Davis
lately instituted into the preparations of the
Rebels. Competent engineers, among them
hn EnRnsnman OF much experience pro-
nounce their blunders not only numerous
but great Davis is too good military man
to trust himself to go to sea in a tub. 4
All these things make for the cause of
peace. sr t.r.
A letter received here from a well-in-
formed source in Montgomery states posi-
lively that if the Commissioners sent by
President Davis to Washington are not re-
oeived in their official capacity, and the sub
Ject Of the surrender of the forts, with which
they are charged, is not recognized as one to
be negotiated about, then Davis's policy will
be Immediately to attack Fort Sumter, and
in turn all the other forts similarly situated,
There is no doubt that Davis, on coming
into Office, determined TO obtain absolute
control of the entire subject, and hold the
ultra-Charlestonian policy in subsection, so
that no mistake could be committed.
1t would seem that he had Accomplished
his object; SO that with him rests not only
the responsibility, but the power. So far
from fearing the result of this, even if the
preparations were sufficient, am encouraged
to regard the fact as favorable to peace.
Davis must see that the seeded States re-
qulre peace; that they have every thing to
gain by it, and that war must be fatal to
their cause, whatever might be the conse.
quences to the Union. Davis is the furthest
possible from fool nor is he the rash man
that he had at one time the reputation of
being. He is surrounded by counselors of
moderation, with one or two exceptions,
and when it comes to the point, incline to
believe he will hesitate long before he inau-
gurates civil war by an attack on Fort
Sumter.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-11

/ NEW INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF LOLA
MoNTEz.-The Boston Traveller gives an in
cident in the life of Lola Montez: .
About three years ago, and soon after the
late Lola Montez had been giving a series of
lectures at the MelOdeon, a man called at
the City Registrars Office, and asked that Of
hcer If he could record marriage without
having certificate of the officiating clergy
man. Upon being questioned for further
particulars, the man said Lola had recently
been married TO young man of this city,
who had been infatuated with her, but that
she had the marriage certificate, and had
gone to New York. The marriage had been
performed by her agent Mr.. Burr, who
formerly was Clergyman, and his friends
were extremely anxious that it should be
recorded. 1
After consultation, it was decided that the
man should send to New York for the GER
tificate, and few days after he returned
with what purported to be copy, stating
that Lola had refused to part with the origi-
nal. This purported to be signed by Mr..
Burr, and certifes to the marriage of a gem
tleman Of this city with Lola Montez, under
the name of Heald, that being the name by
which she was then called. After consulta,-
tion with the City Solicitor, who advised
the City Registrar not to record marriage
upon the authority Of copy of certificate,
the document YVES returned to the man who
brought IL, and the Registrar has never heard
any thing more of the matter. The bridge
groom was represented TO him to be about
twenty-one years of age, who belonged to
respectable family, living in the vicinity
of Essex street. Y..-
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-11
VANITY FAIR.IsNTs.

From the Last ;ssuo &c u,,,:,,, IT, ~
rool-o o. ..o....-. 'v - "
Some good adyice-In dealing with an nm
ueI.,AeI ueras sy aWsys pay MN ms prices and
he berei e;,i screw nm down. Tor sooner or later
n, no WIZ M surely ma an opportunity 10 retai-
death. Wv ~
sir,,,;o e;,u,,,L,,. n $50 :.
Southern ConfsJerac, odrn;uistoa fso H ao.ae sne
of sugar. Sweets IN The sweet Won lSnow
by our Grammarian--Why the President
has no mood of his own. Because he is
simply Supine.
UHic bsao boop-- c,o,,..,.
wrong. The Hic always comes after the
HOOK. A' ".. -t
Rv o,,r ryo-,rns;,o- SUL,. An -. Gu
Car0Iina 49, a. t....n Gnu ~ ooutn u,.
frst ProsiJant ~ InOl AL ~ VI UslIg tnS
She contendaS aC,oirSt O. ,.esy
States, and they odt-Jeffed her.
The Difference-Some Coercionists think
war like naval expedition should be sent
10 take charleston; others say one should be
sent to Sack-its Harbor.
R,so+l,o,, t,,.o,ou.- 1r.-....- a.
II tales n,an,S bsoa,l, per cent
. Tho b;obo,4 po... w.. -
M;neTvo, fnr M,',ii, DVtn mondn lii On hecoruI
ber frst ,Or ~ tnoiogy tel's US sne naGe
beed "PP0"'"u0e Vn 'ne VoP vi Jupiter
Song for the the newborn Confederacy-
EApropos to the Flag Dilemma.l-" Buy
DoOJ Du"'ips' .
HOW the Cotton States can save their
Credit-By giving Heavy Bale.
By our Mathematician-0ur special Math-
emauclan, wnom we employ to calculate
saws that the tangents at which the sS, sontSS,,
ern States will be thrown off bv their revo-
lution, can be found only in a Careful stn5v
of the Sines Of the times " ''i0i" e'uuy
The Rupped Patb-A citv do;I,, IN ,o.;o-
ing the sale Mt auction of s5ndrv
articles beIonoino to The Iste cba:,o arSu.
known as the Sons of Malta saws The sPuo-
ped Path was NOT sold y Won,ba., s,oISo
walked over il were bowever "n0i
70
phe Southern Cross-An Octoroon.
Tho Sortborr r,,o e-.,
s,ess thev are SIN ,9s 1ns Soutnern Oon-
shall wave over % tbem ueGuea az 70 Tnat nag
stars, and, for all we know, garters find adj
Voeates. Halt there
Put Red Eye Flag on.
Asso,,l+ ,r;.h d.,
tbe sbove bsaJ;no T rs ts'Ol-AM ~. nenever we see
- roro;,,S, ... uf " cIty paragraph now,
ted nnon Soo contoi,' b.- az colp e at
vannab for 1va tS;nI- - ote DuLlles OF ga.
the abnsed r,or;nar Irov WA ,n. plSy ~ Is tnat
Pistol on tbe occasion rofarrsd . e. '"l' WIN d