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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-07-15
0HEREFF,s SAFE JV'O. aaO.

Notice is hereby given that by virtue Of two exec
cutions issued out Office of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court OF Yanderburgh county, and State
of Indiana in favor of the State of Indiana
Charles Schauher and Martin Sehmall, replevin
bail, and TO directed, hare levied upon, and
FRIDAY, JULY 18th, 1861,
Between the hours of ten o'clock A. NJ. and four
O'Clock n. of said day, at the door of the Court
House in the city of Evansville, Vanderburgh
county, Indiana, offer for sale at public auction the
rents and profits for term not exceeding seven
years, of the following described real estate to-wt
Part of lot No i've (5), in block No. seventy-seven
Cd in Lamasco City, so called, being fifty feet
front Third Street, by eighty five feet on Frank
lin Street, being in Vanderburgh County, Indi-
And should said rents ana profits of said real
estate not sell for sum sufficient to satisfy said
writ and costs, will, at the time and place,
offer for sale and sell the fee simple OF said real
estate, for the satisfaction of said writ and COSTS
JOHN S. GANITT, Sheriff v. @.
James n. Shanklin, prff7s atty.
June Goth, 1861. june2l-3ww
@ HERKRR'S s.GLR .N-O. 2I9.
~ Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of an
order of sale, issued out of the office of the Clerk Of
the Court of Common Pleas of Vanderburgh coun-
ty Indiana, in favor of Joseph Devin, 7. 3. Ernest
J. Ehrman, and Elizabeth Ehrman, and to me d.
rected, in pursuance of which writ, WILL on
WEDNESDAY, JULY Sd, 1851,
Between the hours of ten O'Clock A. N. and six
o'clock P. NJ. of said day, at the door Of the
Court House in the city of Evansville, State Of
Indiana, offer for sale at public auction the
rents and profits for term not exceeding seven
years, OF the described property
The North-East quarter of the, North East quarter
IF Section No. eleven C1), in Township NJ. six (6)
south of Range eleven (1l), West, containing forty
And should said rents and profit Of said real
estate not sell for sufficient to satisfy said writ
and costs, WILL at the same time and place, oher
for sale and sell the fee simple of said real estate Ior
the satisfaction of said writ and costs, without re-
gard to valuation or appraisement laws
JOHN s. GAVITT, s. V. u
James 7. Embree, PITTS Atty ,o q,v
June, 18th, 1861. JuHe
. R-g-N- .gT5O CTs. PEE 100 LBS.
-, delivered Dy JAS. ERsKIEE & co.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-07-15

oVsrCOGs DsbfEfEU, and fla eE.4sF eEsssss
Of disease, loss Of sleep, finds in Hunnewels ToIu
AnOdyne, one Of the most perfect remedies, to
which the young testify as having no parallel
and the aged, even in whore the sufferer
were over so years of age, declare that they seem
to have a new lease of life.
These complaints are often aggravated by indi-
gestion, and the giving of pills OF doubtful compo-
nents, with mercurias are obstacles to its sue
cess. Therefore, attention is asked to a Pill, not
only designed to assist the Anodyne ana be in per.
feet harmony with it, but as a perfect Family
Physic in the most staple form. They are more
fully described In Pamphlet to be found with all
dealers, may be had of proprietor by asking fol
them. See advertisement
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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-07-15

Is the only knswn remedy for Rheumatism, Govt
and Neuralgia, and the pernicisus effects of Mercu-
~, and it is with the greatest satisfaction as to
its merits, that call the attention of our read
to the advertisement in another column of om
paper of the Anti Rheumatic Band
iusv 2-2tdkw
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-07-15

8 piles fss fhOb Forms Cured! Read fhfs.
" I can only account for my present sound health
from the constant though moderate use of BGR-
HAYES HOLLAND BITTERs-having from my youth
suffered, at intervals, from Piles, in both FORMS
sometimes 50 severely as to completely PROSTATE
me. have, for several months past though sub
ject to loss Of sleep and unusual physical effort,
been entirely free from any symptom of this dis
ease, while my general health is very much improv-
ed
Persons doubling the authenticity of this certi-
fcate, requested to call on or communicate with
the proprietors. They viii take pleasure not only
in referring them to it's author but to many 9th
who have used the Holland Bifters for the same
| affection, with equal success,
| iylY2- midday
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-07-15

1~Hs. n. ksAtehsE0s's HaEr EPVs.-- THIS
splendid Hair Dye has no equal-instantaneous in
effect Beautiful Black or Natural Brown no
staining the skin or injuring the Hair-renledies
he absurd and i'll effect of Bad Dyes and invigo
rates the Hair for life. None genuine unless
igued q w. A Bachelor Sold everyW 'sre.
CHAS. BATOHELOR,l )prIetor,
septic 81 Barclay-st. Nau York
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-02-15
War Terms.

The Columhiad or faixhan pronounced
pay-zan) is large gun. designed principally
for firing shells-it being far more accurate
than the ordinary short mortar.
a mortar IS very short cannon with
large bore, some of thirteen inches in dame
ter, for firing shells. Those in use in oar ar
my are set at an angle of 45 degrees, and
the range of the shell is varied by altering
the charge of powder. The shell is caused
to explode at just about the time that it
strikes. by means of fuse, the length OF
which is adjusted to the time of flight to be
occupied by the ball. which, of course, cor
responds with the range. The accuracy with
which the time of the burning of a fuse can
be adjusted by varying its length is surpris-
ing; good artilerists generally succeeding Ill
having their shells explode almost at the ex-
act instant Of striking. In loading a mortar,
the shell is carefully placed with the fuse di-
rectly forward. and when the piece is dis
charged. the shel. is so completely enveloped
with flame, that the fuse is nearly always
fired. The fuse is made by filing wooden
cylinder with fuse powder, the cy Under being
of sufficient length for the Longest range, to
be cut down shorter for shorter ranges as re-
quired.
\ Dahlgren gun is an ordinary cannon.
except that it is made very thick at the
breech for some three or four feet. when it
tapers down sharply to less than the usual
size. This form was adopted in consequence
of the experiments of Captain Dahlsren OF
the U.S.N., having shown that when gun
bursts it usually gives way at the breech.-
The Niagara is armed with these guns, ami
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard there are sixty
weighing about 5000 pounds each, and six
of l2OOO pounds weight each, the former Of
which are capable CT carrying nine inch
and the latter a ten inch shell distance Of
two or three miles; anG there is one gun of
this pattern which weighs 1876 pounds, and
is warranted to send an eleven inch shell /
miles.
A casemate is stone roof to fort sufiic!
emily thick to resist the force Of cannon balls,
ana casemate gun is one which is placed
under casemate.
A barbette gun is one which is placed on
the top of the fortifcation.
An embrasure is hole or opening through
which guns are fired from Notifications.
Lo,p holes are openings in walls to fire
musketry throush.-ScieMifc Ame.icaa.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-02-15

O. Fanny Fern having used up all the
live stock is now after the dead men with her
caustic pen. She troubles Shakespeare as fol-
lows: Il boldly declare at the point of the
bayonet, that can't read Shakespeare hate
all your what no there's and excellent
wretches,' and go to's,' and 'pri,hee's,' and
'cannonized bones and things. When any
body says to me in honest Saxon, Fanny.
how dye do? understand it; if they saw
Fanny. love you, understand it, and don't
blame EN-; but don't want them to be for
ever turning mp the vi ties of their eyer at
the moon, and calling on Venus and the Dip
per to witness how willingly they would shed
their hearts 'Jallud' for me. l don't want
them to be making pin cushions of them
selves to stick daggers in. every time look
at strange hose and doublet.
If man was going to kill me, | shouldn't
naturally expect he would stand and hold a
conversation with the ever burning sun or
the 'fdrmament' mortal hours before he fin
ished me; at any rate, I'm not the woman to
stay curled up in heap, with one expectant
paw in the air, waiting my doom till that O.
ration is over; he could take his time to
talk to the armament when | was "a damp.
unpleasant body Stuff; don't talk to me
about Shakespeare; he has said some things,
l know, but not one that is not better said in
book that will live long after his is forgot
ten." The publication she alludes to Is "Fern
Leaves" undoubtedly.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-02-15
State of Things in Fort Sumter.

The laborers and women from Fort Sum-
ter, who have arrived at New York on the
steamer Marion, state that there had been no
reinforcement of Major Anderson up to the
time of their leaving OH Friday last. Sew
enty nine persons, including the officers and
band, and exclusive of working corps of
some twenty men, under Capt Foster, consti-
tute the whole garrison, force generally felt
to be insufficient for a rigorous or prolonged
defence of the place. at is shame" said
one of the most intelligent of the party, "that
they should be left there to be destroyed if
the government cannot send them help they
ought to let them come away When Lieut.
Talbot returned from Washington, the COM
manG were assembled, and the decision of
the president communicated to them. The
expressions of confidence reposed in them by
the authorities at Washington gave them
new heart, and every man declared he would
fight till the last, and die rather than surren-
der. A great many guns have been mount
ed on the second and third tiers, and they
are now in as good condition to defend them
selves as they will ever be, excepting that
they are short handed. \ light is kept burn
ing throughout the night in each of the case
ments, and everything ready for instant ac-
ton. There is no lack of ammunition, and
any quantity of grenades Of destructive
character have been prepared for use at close
quarters. There have been no deSertionS !:
no disatfection exists, and the entire COM
mand entertain the highest respect and even
admiration for Major Anderson, with whom
they are ready to stand or fall i'll their coun
try's defence. For the first time during their
stay at the fort they received quantity Of
fresh beef On Thursday last but they could
not tell where it came from, or whether ar
rangements had been made to obtain con-
tinued supply. The rations have consisted
of salt provisions. with beans and a moder-
ate quantity of vegetables. TIE -four is re-
duced to twenty days supply, and hard
bread is dispensed twice week TO exc it out.
OF sugar and coffee half barrel of each is
believed to be all there is left. The oil is al
so getting low, and the greatest economy is
practiced in the use of these latter articles.
There is good supply of pork and beef,
which must constitute the main reliance of
the garrison unless they are soon supplied.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-02-15
From the Boston Journal.
The Cri:teu,ien plan.

Ii passes our comprehension how any citi
Zen OF Massachusetts, not thoroughly and
consistently identified with the Breckinridse
faction Of the last presidential campaign, can
come forward at this time and tender the
Crittcndcn plan rs a suitable and effective
measure Of adjustment. The following are
some Of the reasons Why We feel so:
/. The Crittenden plan Is the Breckin-
ridge platform, only 1t is more extensively dit
ier,nt from all the other platforms submitted
to the Judgment of the American people in
November, IN that 1t PROPOSES to make an IL
repealablc part OF the Constitution what the
lirrokin!i,!Sc party claimed should be the
subject OF Congressional enactment> alone.
=. The plan thus proposes to inauSuraie
greater pro-siavcry aggression than was ev-
er before attempted at one step in this coun-
tly, by putting distinct recognition ot slave
property into the Constitution, ana plcdSlng
all the powers of the government tor It's pro-
tection-hitherto confined only to the most
ultra slavery propagandlsts. This preten-
sion is mocAery III the name OF 'compro-
mise"
). The plan being made applicable to all
future acquired territory to the South, be-
comes a bounty on tiilibusterin.-a cause OF
disturbance which has hitherto been only sec
ond to slavery itself
1. The modification of the plan in the
Brcckinridge platform met the approval of
only onc-siXth OF The Voters at tic November
election. and there IS no evidence except Il
few sucn recent movements as the meeting
in this city to-day, that the number OF It's ,d-
mirers has essentially increased. The idea
of Il compromise, therefore, where the sur
render is all on one side, is made much more
absurd by the fact that the side which yields
is FIVE times more numerous than the side
/ that takes.
,. There is not particle of evidence that
the tender OF this plan will propitiate the Sc
ceded statcs or that it is the only tender
which is likely to modify the action of the
border slave states. The former spurn all
compromises at present, and the position of
The latter is not yet defined.
G. 1t is utterly impossible to carry through
such plan under the circumstances. Should
1t ge, the necessary two-thirds of Congress
of which there is no rational chance-i,
would require the assent oftWenty-tive states
Six are now protessedly out of the Unicn
and seven will soon be, and these will no,
vote at all. The dissent of three Others
would defeat the plan. Five times, at least
that number would vote against the plan
The New England States alone would be SURE
to consign i; to oblivion.
:. The tender, therefore, on the part of
or citizens, of scheme which is as imprac
ticabie as it is unjust-which the loyal state:
would not grant, and the seeded states would
not accept ii they did-seems to US oaly cal
cdoted to complicate tie difficulties Of M
crisis, ty dtstracting still tather the puJA,
m,d cih u useless quarrel, md by nspi,ln.
tulse hopes on tie strenIh Of a mora saJ
se,riency in the Free States, rhich does no
erist on large scale.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-02-15
To the Friends of Temperance.
The Vermont State Temperance Society

The Vermont State Temperance Society 10
making special efforts to enlarge its sphere
of usefulness by increasing its membership,
and circulating good temperance publications
and securing the cooperation of all good
men. Vermont has wholesome temperance
laws but mere statutes are not all that is
needed. Many are being ruined by the
dreadful vice of intemperance A certain
poisoning influence pervades almost every
community, and by means of false reasoning
and pernlcious examples. tends to pervert
the minds and corrupt the habits of youth.
1t is time for all true friends of the temper
ance cause to do something more than to
wish it success. The plan now adopted by
the executive committee of the Society is to
call for volunteers, to act simultaneously in
all the towns, instead of employing a general
travelling agent To accomplish this, Mr. W.
W. Atwater of Rutland, has been appointed
by the committee corresponding agent for
the Society, and has forwarded copy of the
constitution and pledge, and circular to one
or more of the friends of the cause in every
town in the state, who are requested to act
as agents in securing as many subscribers or
members as possible. The terms of MEM
bership are one dollar and all persons for
waTding their names and the amount of their
subscription either through such agent in
their town, or directly by mail, to the CORES
ponding agent above named, will receive free
for one year copy of the American Tem-
perance Union Journal, an excellent family
paper, the price of which is ore dollar per
year, besides helping the cause with the pro-
fits, to be used by the society in its further
efforts.
We are authorized in making the above
statements by Mr. John Howe, Jr, of Bran
don, chairman of the executive committee
We highly approve of the plan, and hope it
may secure the success of which the cause is
worthy.-EutlandH Herald
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-02-15

in the constitution in reaffirmation of that u
Universally admitted principle, how much more
needful is it that the constitution should de-
clare itself of binding obligation and deny
the right of anv state to overthrow the gen
eral government. Why should not an amend
ment be proposed and submitted to the peo-
pie, with the rest, providing tnat no state
shall withdraw from the Union without the
consent of all the states, first asked and OBJ
tanned, and that any attempt to secede with
out such consent shall be resisted by all the
power of the general government. The
South would be most unreasonable to insist
on its propositions for amendment if it will
not at the same time consent to some such
guarantee for the preservation of the Union.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-02-15

~ Many bad people would be less dan
gerous if they had not some goodness.
No. Some mems minds are SO badly tum-
bl d that they can't be made up.
n What no one with US shares seems
scarce our own.-Coleridge.
NJ What many man calls conscience
is only a wholesome fear of the consta-
BILE.
Fewer persons are killed in bold advance
than in cowardly retreat.
q One reason why the world is not re-
formed is, because every man Is bent on re-
forming others, and never thinks of reform
ing himself.
C. you would be man OF genius
hold intercourse with men of genius. by
being in contact with magnet you may be-
come magnet.
II A great poet says that "the noun
tains stand fixed forever" We know, how
ever, that it is no uncommon thing for then
to slope.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-02-15
Now | lay me down to sleep,
| pray the Lord

SOWING YOUR WILD OATS. In all the
wide range of accepted British maxims, there
is none, take it for all in all, more thorough
ly ahominable than this one as to the sowing
OF wild oats. Look at it on what side you
will, and | defy You to make anything but a
devils maxim of it. What a man-be he
young, old. or -aged-sows, that, and
nothing else, shall he reap. The only thing
to do with wild oats is to put them carefully
into the hottest part of:he fire, and get them
burnt 10 dust, every seed of them. If YOU
SOW them, no matter in what ground, up they
will come, with long. tough roots, like coach
grass, and luxuriant stalks and leaves. "a
sure as there is sun in heaven-a crop
which it turns ones heart cold to think Of
The devil, too, whose special crop they are,
will see that they thrive-and You, nobody
else, will have to reap them, and no common
reaplng vii! get them out of the soil. which
must be dug down deep again and again
Well for you if, with all your care, YOU can
make the ground sweet again by your dying
day.-1om Brown at Oxford.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-02-15

~ King Victor Emmanuel has sent a
present to Teresita. Garibadi's daughter,who
is now with her father at Caprera. 1t is a
diamond necklace, with earrings to match,
and was to have been presented to her on
New Years day, but the stormy sea prevent
ed its being received in time. 1t is rumored,
bv the way, that Miss Garibaldi is about to
marry Sinese professor who has been lately
visiting Naples.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-02-15
Terrible InundatiOn i'm Holland.

The recent inundation in Holland, occur
ring at the coolest period of the season,when
the rivers were covered with ice, proved high
ly destructive and was attended with great
suffering. A letter from Rotterdam, giving
an account of the calamity. says:
Suddenly the dyke yielded, and the wa
ters poured through-the ice-masses and the
flood rose above it, and swept on in their ter
rife course, submerging fields, barns and cot
tages, drowning the cattle, destroying ALL
The aged and the sick, the women and chill
dren. sought refuge in their attics, where, be-
numbed with cold, without bedding, clothes,
fire or provisions. they had to pass days of
ineypressib!e terror-of horrible starvation.
For a long time it was impossible to approach
them. and it is feared many cottage has
been swept away in the food, and its inhabi-
tants frozen TO death on the ice-masses. One
family of seven persons was rescued from the
attic in which they had sought shelter, SO
thoroughly exhausted by cold and hunger
that they could not even answer the questions
of their deliverers. A poor mother with her
infant. to which she had given premature
birth. was living in bed in the bleak attic of
her homely dwelling while her husband, from
an aperture in the roof, sought, by cries and
signals, TO attract the attention ola few brave
men, who, at the imminent risk of their lives,
were endeavoring to make their way between
the icc-blocks in order to rescue some of
their perishing fellow creatures from destruc-
ton. They went to the poor fellows help,
descended into the attic through the aper-
ture in the roof, through which they return
ed, bringing with them the mother and her
babe. Ii was time, for the waters had already
risen to within two inches of her bed. As |
write fresh intelligence arrives from the in
undated districts detailing additional scenes
of wretchedness-people diving from hunger
and cold their houses cut away by the ice,
as corn is mown down by the harvester's
Scythe church which has stood for hum
dreds of years swept down, as puff of wind
sweeps down house of cards; and the pros
pect is even yet more fearful. Holland has
often suffered much from foundations. but
never within the memory of living man has
an inundation been accompanied by SO much
distress and destruction-with somuch heart
rending grief and despair"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-02-15

VI Eve did not know as much
as a, her daughters of the present day. Had
they been IN her place, instead of being de-
celved by, they would have deceived, the de-
vii.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-02-15
JUvENILITIES (From the Home Nonthl,

JUvENnITIEs (From the Home Monthly.)
A pair of little twin sisters, who were ex-
ceedlnsly fond of flowers. watched the first
indications of spring with intense eagerness.
One morning they fancied that they discov-
cred through melting SHOWS, few peeping
grass-blades. and heads of crocus. Rushing
into the house, one exclaimed. Mamma,
mamma. God is taking off the white bed
spread oh. yes, added the other, 'and
he's going 10 put on the lowered counter
pane
A bright New York baby, Just beginning
to talk. was very observant of all that passed
around her. She saw gentleman, with a
dog. enter house on the opposite side OF
the street. He shut the door and left the
dog without. who, by various canine move
ments of scratching and whining, manifested
painful impatience. Moved by his desertion
and complaining, she thrust her small face
through the bars of her nursery window, and
cried IN clear. earnest tone, Ing bell, dog
gle, Ing c bell
y father came home from his business at
early evening. and took his little girl upon
his knee. After few dovelke caresses, she
crept to his bosom and fell asleep. He car
rled her himself to her chamber, and said
Nellie would not like to 60 to bed and not
say her prayers Half opening her large
blue eyes, She dreamily ar,iculated-
Now lay me down to sleep,
pray the Lord
then adding in sweet murmur, He knows
the rest she sank on her pillow, in His
watchtul care who .giycth His beloved
sleep
Father, think you told 4 lie in the pulpit
this morning. said the little son of a clergy
man. why, what do You mean??' Sir. YOU
said, 'oae more word and hare done Then
you went on, and said great many more
words. The people expected you'd leave of,
cause you promised them. But you didn't,
and kept on preaching long while after the
time was up