The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-04-11


ton" 4 beautiful mass of a reddish, highly
polished, marble from Bremen, ornamented
with gold leaf letters and brazen ornaments. }
A mass of porphyry from the Alexandrlan 1
Library in Egypt. A piece of original
mosaic from the Temple of Carthage, sup
posed to have been found over 5000 years
| ago. Also piece of rough sculpture from
| the Temple of Augustus in Egypt, 5000
wears old. An hour can be passed very pro-
fitably in examining these gifts to perpetu-
ate the memory of the Father of his Coun-
try. Other blocks Of various kinds of stone
are on exhibition that were donated by Ma
sonic, Odd Fellows, Temperance, and Liter
| airy Societies, Sabbath schools, dramatic
artistes, Hebrew, Chinese Turkish and
! Greek associations, and patriotic individ-
uals.
The work on the monument will be re-
commenced in the spring, but it is not
| probable that it will be completed for many
years. The donations are not heavy, oW-
ing to the political troubles, and the hard
| times; and if this Capital is destined TO fall /
into the hands of the Southern Vsndals, /
the people of the North will not be anxious /
to volunteer any further material aid |
to the work Better for the Monument !
never to have been commenced if it is not !
to be completed, or if completed 1t Is to
grace the capital ofa slaveholding cOnteder-
acy-
alluded in my last to the bidding and
letting of the new loan. Two suggestive
factsN think omitted TO mention, viz: that
over four times the amount was bid for that
was advertised; that is ST, C0o,00O was the
amount of the loan authorized, while
$40, 600, 600 were bid for. The other fact
ls. that John a. Dix the late Secretary
of the Treasury touL SIS, GOO at "a cts. on
the 81. This manitests the strong conf
dence reposed IN the Government by man
who is posted IS TO its capabilities.
Fright opposite the Avenue House is the
2 Central Market. There are two others-the
Western and the Northern-but the
first mentioned is the principal one.
= Market is held on Tuesdays, Thurs
DAYS, and Saturdays, and holds all the
forenoon The attendance is very
e humorous. A stroll through this market is
e highly interesting TO a stranger. It COM
bines the mercantile business Of Washington
in miniature Almost everything can be
IS bought there. 1t is emphsficoNy aauLtnc an
g, parCo. There are stalls fer fresh meats,
= sailed meats, smoked meats, green vegeta-
- bles, fish, butter, cheese, bread and cakes,
= refreshments, meal and foar, dried fruits,
} trinkets tropical fruits. eon4ectlonaries, tin
G. ware, queenswa stovewaPe, earthenware,
in and hunred other articles needed in house
r keeping.
The market buildings ara cqpsposed of two
ID pretty substantial, enclosed market houses,
is one long open market house, fish market,
Of and scores of shantics and booths erected
NJ by private parties. There is hardly neat
ly kept stall or booth IN tho whole concern
y A walk through the meat market is disgust
ID ing. Many of the stalls arc tended by
I'll dirty, greasy darkies, who handle the meats
without the slightest regard TO neatnesS and
cleanliness. 1t don't seem chat the market
is ever secured or scrubbed. A great por-
ton of it is open and exposed to the cloud;
of dust driven into every opening by tht
violent winds which sweep up the Potomac
f." The country teams that come in remind one
n of {" Old Virginny" To bring in five OIL
-. six dollars worth of truck, the service:
= of "a big OK wagon, two yoke of steers, and
TO about three niggers are required. The pro
70, lit in such instances is q all in your eye
S. But l suppose the old fogy farmers are salts
~, fed and other persons ought to be.
> Prices ia the market range, according Il
cy the answers to my detailed inquiries, from
on ten to fifteen per cent. above Evansville
- -rates--EQgs l recollect, ReEe selling at 2.
III toes at 81 to 81 % per bush; apples ST pei
We bush; beef, choice cuts, IL cts. per lb roasts
a. 10 cts; turnips 373 cts. per bush; turkeys
or 81, that sell with us for so to rs cts Fish
: sell quite cheaply. They do not sell by the
q pound, as with us at home, but at so much
1e apiece or bunch. The prevailing" kinds for
i'll sale are shad, rock, Ga kind of bass), her
~ ring and cells.
Oysters are staple i'institntion here
- and cheap as any one could ask. There is
y, an establishment that is much patronized by
r. lovers of the bivalves, where they are put
ha shell and all, into basket and boiled and
then opened and seasoned to the eaters
NC taste. bushel, with the " trimmings
IS costs only so cents and they have a very
delicious taste, cooked, as they are, in their
~ own liquor. The oysters one gets here are
ba greatly superior in flavor to the best we can
ot get away from the seaboard. The flavor is
or necessarily impaired by putting them up n
a cans Tor transportation.
~ Cabinet meetings are now held regularly
h. on Tuesdays and Fridays, and special meet
a. ings are called generally every other day in
no the week, except Sunday. The sittings are
-. very prOtracted. It's understood that high
4 ly important business, in relation to our ma
a tlonal troubles, engages the attention OF the
= President and his advisers.
- Near the Capitol is square of ground
devoted To the uses of a conservatory. There
IS are several greenhouses, one of which is
= devoted TO the growth of imported plants of
. the rarest descriptions. One house is deYot-
- ed entirely to geraneums, another to roses,
IL H4OIiLeI " uan4iitsi etc. RANTS OF rare va
!, rieties are distributed over the country on
the order of Congressman. In this way
new varieties are dfused. Great care is tax
(, en- in training plants and flowers. BY expe-
. rlenced botansts. A visit is delightful to
= lover of floral beauty.
1t is astonishing to think that the old
l, terms penny" ftp and levy are still
= in vogue here. Change is made to a COP
Il per, strictly. Articles that with us would
cost the even half-dime or dime, here bring
= six or twelve cents, which are vigorously
y required to the odd "penny."
1t seems to be well understood here that
!, the President intends to live up to the poll
: cy enunciated in his Inaugural and that