The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-02-11

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sGg- In the interchange of Ieaden and
iron compliments between soldiers it is
thought more blessed to give than to re-
ceive.
E6T Mexico really shows signs of spunk
"a hundred Thousand men in the field, and
no surrender without a struggle. Good.
We begin to believe in Mexico.
BN- Uncle Sam has been selling bacon
at Point Pleasant, Va, at one cent pound.
He is bully boy for trade-gives $I0O for
a horse and sells him for 25 cents. q
e65- Mr. Waterston, in a recent lecture,
sai1 that he loved England for her hospi-
tality, and her many beauties but she was
like the old lady who said that, in taking
chloroform, she lost her eoaseieationsHess.
G6E- /" / declare said Aunt Betsy, i" he
was the oldest creature that was ever put
into skin. He wasn't like any other man
IN any thing; he never eat his breakfast
till the next day at noon
s9~ Passing along the street few days
ago, we observed, in q partially vacant
house, the following notice: "The upper
part of this house to let, containing three
rooms, cellar, kitchen, and backyard"
Say A traveller telling Gen. Doyle, an
Irishman, that be had been where the bugs
were SO large and powerful that two of
them would drain mans blood in one
night, the General replied" Ny good sir,
We have the same animals in Ireland, but
they are called humlbags.n
dnofb Marv 90 rob
How wicked are naebi
To Abrahad's bosom
Scarce one goes in ten.'
Quoth John to Mary,
Why should they, my dear,
Since daily they find
Far swester ones here"
A SHORT NovEL.-Sweet Margaret Fame
came up the lane, from picking the ripe red
berries, and met young Paul, comelV and
tall, going to market with his Cherries
Stopping, she blushed and he looked flushed
perhaps it YVES the burthen they carried
when they passed on, their burthens were
one, and at Christmas they were married.
Cox ON CRINoLINE.-The late Sir Thomas
Cox found no other object among his
"household goods" more fit for detraetion
than his wifes crinoline. eff hoops have
no other advantage" sneered Lady Cox,
one day, "'they keep the men at a proper
distance. and that's great blessing" @To
the men," growled Sir Thomas.
BT A Spanish priest, once exhorting
the soldiers to fight like lions, added in the
ardor of his enthusiasm: 81. Ell
"Refiect, my brethren, that whosoeVer
falls to-day, sups tonight in Paradise"
Thuuders of applause followed the senti-
ment. The fight began, the ranks waver-
ed, the priest took to his heels, when sol
dier, stopping him, reproachfully referred to
the promised supper in Paradise.
'gTrue, my son-true." said the priest,
'fbut never eat suppers."
sg The revenue of the Post-ofice for
the year 1861 is said to be nearly as great
as for 1860 while the cost of transportation
was less by $4,000, 900. This saving of
S., 900, 900 was the annual loss by carrying
the mails in the Southern States. The
South was OPPRESSED by an appropriation
of $4,000 to purchase sugar cane in the
West Indies for the planters of Louisiana.
Charleston was OPPRESSED by the expend-
iture of millions for custom house in that
city So was New Orleans OPPRESSED in
the same way. Beauregard was superin-
tendent, and both buildings are failures
A MopRL PRoclAMATIoN.-Thep present is
war oflong winded proclamations. The
people would be glad, however, if our gen.
erals would borrow some of that terss and
direct style which distinguished the fathers.
Witness the proclamation of old Ethan Al
len to the Febellious town Of Guilford, Va,
in 1850:
"PRocLAMATIoN.- II, Ethan Allen, declare
that if the inhabitants of the town of Gull
ford do not instantly and peaceably submit
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Vermont, said town shall be rendered as
the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah-by-4i
ETHAN ALLEN
History tells as the Guilfordists read the
proclamation and very sensibly dcQaaesced
SMUGeLIxa ALONG THE OHIo.-We learn
from a gentleman of great intelligence, who
has personal knowledge of the facts he
states, that sbe smugglerS are doing heavy
trade across the Ohio river, below Hender-
son. Very large quantities of supplies of
every description are landed at Uniontown,
CaseyviIIe, Carrsville, Ford's Ferry, and
other points. We urge the officers to break
up these nests of vipers Immediately. They
are doing great mischief. few days ago
we mentioned the arrest of several persons
over in Illinois, who were largely engaged
in smuggling, among them a lady from
HopkinsVille, KY. If we are not misin-
formed, and we are satisfied we are not,
this woman has been doing heavy busi-
ness in centraband trade for some time
She is the agent of gang who are posted
at varions points from the East on to Nash
vile and Richmond. One of her confede-
rates is man of considerable means living
in Hopkinsville, KY, who is said to have
large sums of money on deposit at Cincin-
natl and other points to aid his agent IN
her operations. The woman was arrested
once bsfore, but got off. We hope that she
will not be allowed to escape again. She
is shrewd, self-possessed, imPudent Wo-
mat. with various aliases at different points,
but is known at Hopkinsvilie as Madame
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