The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-12-13
Odds and Ends.

from Buck ner's army, the Union men would |
possibly be able to protect themselves.
Odds and Ends.
Sixty thousand pounds of ginseng have |
been purchased By the dealers in the arti-
Gle at ST. Peters, Minnesota, during the
past season.
Rev. Peter Cartwright, in a recent camp
sermon to Col. Updegraff's regiment, de- |
clares he "wilI fight the rebels to death, if |
for no other reason than for breaking up |
the Democratic party"
The felt army hats are out of favor. They
are soon to be discarded for a more becom- |
ing article.
The Charleston Mercury reviews the Sill
dell and Mason seizure, and thinks that if
Great Britain is hard up for cotton, that it
will be glad of making the COURAGE"
pretext for declaring war against the United
States.
Gen. Tom Thumb visited the estate of
Mr. Ira Matthew, on the Kalamazoo, last week,
and INDUCED in a hunting expedition. The
little fellow shot a deer, whose length,
when measured, proved to be six feet one
inch, girth three feet nine inches, and his
antlers twenty two inches in length
weight about I42 pounds. a fine specimen
of those denizens Of the forest.
We have already stated that young
''lady" belonging to SlidelPs party slapped
Lieutenant Fairfax on the face when he no.
tilted the "Embassador" Of his arrest. We
learn from the account Of an eye witness,
furnished to the Panama Star, that the fe-
rocious female alluded to was SlidelPs
daughter, aud that not content with pitch
ing into the Lieutenant, she melo-dramat-
ically barred her breast and babe him strike
her dead.
The Board of Delegates of American Is
raelites composed of representatives from the
principal congregations in the United States
were in session ia New York last week, and
adopted a memorial to Congress to rescind
the clause making it necessary for all army
chaplans to be "ordained Christian minis
ters" The number of Jews in the army of
the Potomac alone is stated at 8 1000.
I. The IR0N RULE-Never borrow a
paper, hook, umbrella, horse, cart, plow,
shovel, spade. pickaxe, chain, or anythi ng
else whatever, if yOu can possibly do with
out it, nor then either unless with the con-
| sent of the owner.
H. THE SILVER RULE.-Not only use the
article borrowed as carefully as If it we're your
own, bat more so, for it is not your own
nor retain it beyond the time agreed to-
without the owners verbal consent.
III. THE GOLDEN RUuE.-As soon as
you have done using the thing borrowed,
return it with thanks and be ready to re-
turn the favor.
The hustle and activity continues on
| Long wharf Boston, in connection with the
| forwarding Ct supplies for General Buffers
/ expedition. Immense piles of hard wood
I large quantities of lumber OF all varieties,
| and many thousand of brick, show that our
| soldiers are 10 be provided with substantial
| structures on the rebel coast, and be COM
| fortably warmed. The ships George Green,
| Idaho, and Bullion are rapidly filing with
| these materials and with provisions, small
steam engines being used to facilitate the
loading of each vessel. They will be ready
| to sail in a few days.
| PROPOSED REMoDELIEG OF ITALY.-It is
said that the project of the new Italian Con-
| federation proposes a Northern kingdom,
| with Victor Emanuel at its head a Papal
| State, including Umbria and the Marches,
and Ne8politan kingdom under Francis
| II. Venice would be given to the Northern
kingdom. The great obstacle to the realiza-
| ton of this plan is Baron Ricasoli; but
every kind of intrigue was at work to
| displace him. The financial condition of
| France was still very precarious, and H..
| Foud was exercising all his ingenuity in
order to lay the basis of q new budget.
| The DEFENDER OF PORT ROYAL ARRESTED.
| A letter addressed to a Georgia officer
| from his sister in South Carolina was captur-
| ed in Virginia a few days ago. The fair
writer is very much enraged at the cap
ture of Port Royal and Beaufort, and says
many of the wealthy families of the latter
| place are now ruined, and are hiring houses
in Charleston for $I2 per month. She
| says Gen. Drayton, who commanded the
| South Carolina forces at Port Royal has
| been arrested as 2 traitor, because be order
| ed a retreat before there was any necessity,
as they had time to save everything; in
stead of which they retreated with such
precipitation as to leave their arms behind.
The officers even left their swords.
FATAL ACCIDENT.-We learn from the
Elizabethtown (Ky.) Zouave Gazette that
| on Tuesday, during the march of the Ist
| Wisconsin regiment from West, Point to
that place, a young man named Fisher, be-
| longing to the regiment, was accidently shot
With several others, he WIS trying to get
drink from q small run of water, when a
gun in the hands OF another soldier acct
dentally exploded. The ball entering
through the jaw, came out at the eye. The
poor fellow lived but short time.-Loujs-
ViEle journal.