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Year: 1859

lew days since, as our readers will remem-
per- we noticed the sudden disappearance in a
temporary arrangement of mind. Of Mr.. VIM.
A: Hall, n well-knOwn cotton broker of Mobile.
All will be gratiiied to learn that the lost man
has been found, and, after one of the sti ansest
episodes OF human life. is now alive and appa-
rehtly restored to reason. among his friends
again. The Mercury thus relates the facts,
stranger than fiction:


About O'Clock Sunday morning, Mr. Hall
came to a house in the neigh hbOrhood of the dry
dock. occupied by persons who were acquaint-
ed with him. lie was in a sad plight, and
could with difficulty drag himself along. His
clothes were sOiled with mud and torn by brush
and bramble. His boots were also bursted.
and his hat-a new one when he went away
battered and bruised. His face and hands
we're sore and swollen from exposure, and the
bite a mosquitoes. The people of the house
took him in and cared for him kindly. Some
shmulants were administered and some food
and comfortable bed placed at his disposal.
and word sent ~ his friends.


MI Hall has been absent eleven days. during
which time he has probably not tasted food
He has probably been all the time in the swamp
south OF the city somewhere bstween the dry
dock and the light house.


Yesterday morning he was quite rational,
and could give IN this q count of himself:


lie had been sick and came into town on
the 81 inst, to transact some business That
night he slept in his Office. and got up the next
morning feeling badly, but went out to attend
to the business he had on hand. The last he
remembers he was ON the corner near Cox,
Brainard Co. Office, when he was attacked
with dizziness and blindness. Then it seemed
that something was after him to hurt him, and
he ran down Front street towards Mathew
Press, since which he remembers nothing until
he seemed to wake up, as from n sleep, yester-
day morning about sunrise. When he came to
consciousness, he found himself lying in a
swamp, without having any knowledge of
where he WAS. In trying to find his way out
he came into the road that runs through the
swamp from the dry-dOck to the bay shore be-
low the lighthouse; and so came out TO the
house we have designated. lie had no notion
of the length of time he had been thus uncon-
sciOus. lie asked the day Of the month and
upon being told, was first made aware of it,
The advertisement his friends had put in the
papers was shown him, which he read with
deep emotion and fearful eyes.


1t is wonderful providence that Mr.. Hall
has survived throughout these gloomy eleven
days IN deep, damp. dismal swamp. where he
has undoubtedly all the time been. without
food or shelter Ii will he remembered that
there have been rain and storm while he was
thus exposed.
Year: 1859

A PARAGRAPH TO BE READ.-The follow
ing paragraph deserves the attention Of
every business man:


Some say "they can't a ford to advertise f"
In this country, where every body reads the
newspapers, the man must have n thick
skull who does not see that those are the
cheapest and best mediums through which
he can find customers. Put on the appear
ance of business and generally the reality
will follow. The farmer plants bis seed,
and while be is sleeping his corn and pota-
toes are growing SO with advertising -
While you are eating, or sleeping, conVers-
ing with one set of customers, your adver-
tisement is being read by hundreds and
thousands of persons who never saw you,
and never would have heard of you, had it
not been for your advertisement in the
newspapers.
Year: 1859

FASTENED across to Sullivan and found him living on
the pavement, dead did not see the flash, but
heard the report; Miller remarked, when arrested
that he was perfectly willing to accompany the of
tcers to the station, but that he had no idea who
shot the man, Lyons said Miller was the only man
he saw at the time of the firing, and he could re-
cognize else; the Captain of the Police then
sent for more force, SO that they could all be ar
rested; witness told him it unnecessary, as they
were all willing to go down with him to the stations
the firing was in the rear from him; saw a man or
a cellar door, but cannot remember exactly where
1t was; have known Sullivan about six months; he
was married man, having been married shortly
before coming to this country from Ireland: he was
compelled to flee from that country on account Of
the Phoenix conspiracy; regarded him as a quiet
well-disposed man, but one that would defend him
self.


John orem, sworn.-Resides at 153 Ensor street
witness was working nght-work in the candle fac
tory of Smith d Curlett; heard noise about IL
minutes after II, and went to the thrd-story win
dow to see what was the matter; saw party o
young men going towards the bridge, singing a.
the time; two of them stopped in front of No. l04
in few seconds two men came running up Holi
day street, from towards Saratoga; of them
stopped on the pavement in front of No. l04, ant
the other ascended the porch of No. LOG; the one
that stopped on the pavement seemed to be dressed
in light clothes almost instantly witness heard the
report of a pistol, and saw the young man fall
witness then saw the man dressed in light clothes
run on tiptoe for about fifteen steps, when he stop





man who went up on the porch was dressed in
dark suit; witness was about forty feet, or thu
width of Holiday street. from them; is certain tina
the man who ran had on light pants; the moon wa
shining fully on him, and he could not be mistaken
the trees obstructed sight of the man when b.
started, but as as he emerged from their shad
he could see him distinctly; Sullivan was standing
still when ne was shot, witness is satisfied that th
man who fred is one Of the men who came running
up street; the man, when,he fired, about tfteel
feet from Sullivan.


Henry Mitendorf, sworn Resides at 127 Contra
avenue; was working in the factory, and witnessed
the affair; corroborated the testimony of the for
mer witness in all its particulars; he was con6den
that the man firing the pistol was in the middle o
the pavement; the firing was shortly after tn
parties came up Holiday street. -


lat this stage of proceedings, the Corone
thought it advisable for the jury to accompany tn
two last witnesses to the place Of murder, in orde
to arrive at proper understanding ofits location
In short time the jury returned, and the investi
CATION was proceeded with. lsai -


DR.. Gerard Z. Morgan, sworn.-Made the pos
nlortem examination; found the ball in the brai
Year: 1859




RAILROAD WEDDING.-On Saturday even
ing the passengers on the train known as the
"Chautauque Express of the Lake Shore
Railroad, witnessed rather a novel incident
no less than wedding. A party got on the
cars at DHnkirk, including some who had
been invited by the conductor Mfr. Haight, 10
witness the performance of the ceremony.
The bride, if not fair, was certainly fat, and
considerably past forty whilst the groom was
older, If not wiser, than the bride. The train
was put in motion, the manly groom and his
blushing bride took their places, and the Rev.
Mr.. Edison, of Dunkirk, soon made them man
and wife, literally at the rate of twenty miles
an hour. The bell was rnng, the train stopped
to allow the reverend gentleman and invited
guests from Dunkirk 10 get off and walk back
to the depot, and then sped on its way again
The newly married couple got off at Salem.
the first station above Dunkirk, apparently
well satisfied with their hasty wedding and
short bridal tour, as well as With themselves
and all on board. We did not learn whether
the whim of being married ''on a train'' was
to be attributed to the bridegroom or to the
bnxoin hride.-BmGoto Express, A3gast %.
Year: 1859

LOST CHILD FoUND-AH Erritfas Searrh
On Monday morning the 18th instant. little
daughter of Benjamin Morse, residing near
the lower end OF Greenwood Lake strayed
from home, taking to the noun tains. She was
not missed until about two hours afterwards
when search was made, but no trace Of her
was discovered. An alarm was raised and
the whole neighborhood turned out, exploring
every nook and corner for a long distance
around. That night the search was continued
with lamps, but without success. Tuesday
and Wednesday the crowds increased until
they numbered three hundred in ALL divided
into thirty or forty groups still no intelligence
Of the missing child. On Thursday morning
while Anthony Rhinesmith was conducting
An exploring party in the Bnrnt Meadow
mountains, about four miles east OF the child's
home, he observed Il little one rushing through
the underbrush as if afraid of pursuit He
sprang to her and soon found her to be the
object of his search. She had subsisted all that
time without food and slept on the ground
Her age is three years and seven months Her
parents in despair had given up all hope ofeyer
again seeing their loved one alive, and suspi-
cion was beginning to be directed against u
neighbor for having decoyed her off and mur-
dered her. The qualification OF her parents
cannot easily be imagined.-Peterson IN "
Guardian, August ~.
Year: 1859

FASHION IN EAST INDIA-The upper class
of East Indian ladies are making violent re-
sistance to the Introduction Of English gowns
among the lower classes Of female coolies, as
the gown enables the poor woman to cover the
breast, and that Is a privilege hitherto belong
ing to women Of rank only. This has occa-
stoned so fierce jealousy Of classes that the
government has been obliged to interfere,
which IL has done by passing a law permitting
all women TO dress as they please.
Year: 1859

FALL CRoP or STRAwBERRIKs.-The Pat
terson IN. J.l Guardian says that the mar
kets of that city are quite plentifuIly supplied
with trawberries, which readily bring and
cents per basket. This is the second or fAil
CROP and the berries are remarkable for their
sweet, delicious superiority over the spring
crop, and as the second bearing season is never
very prolific, the prices are high.
Year: 1859

The PHILADELPHIA EVENING ARGUs.-The pro>
pretOrs Of this most excellent paper have reduced
the price of subscription to three dollars. This
change has been decided upon in order TO bring it
within the reach of every labOring man and me-
chauic of Pennsylvania. 1t affords US much pleas
to bear testimony to the high merit of this
ling democratic paper. Its editor is of the old JEFF
fersonian Jackson school, and is not only sound in
principle, but msnly in the avOwal of them. We
know of no paper more worthy of liberal patron
age and an extensive circulation.
Year: 1859

ACCESSION TO THE APPEAL We have the pleas
ure of announcing that Charles Stone, Esq who
has for seversl months past occasionally assisted
the corps ed toriaL Of the appeal in their duties will
hereafter be permanently associated with US in ca
tering to the public Mr. Stones well knoEn abili
ty, readiness and experience a writer, will serve
to give additional attraction TO our columns aud
We trust will still further commend the Appeal to
its patrons and friends In thus giving employ
ment to talent and worth, we are determined that
,ne appeal shall be rendered worthy of he liberal
support it receives from a discriminating public
Memphis Appeal Jan. 8.


We congratulate the p,Oprietors of the Appeal
upon their securing the services Of our friend
SToEE ia the editorial department Of their paper?
His literary sttainments and experience amply quail
iy him for the duties of editor to which, by the
way, he is no stranger. He knows how to meet
and perform the drudgery of editorial life, and
hence more desirable accession to the editorial
force of our contemporary could scarsely have
been made.
Year: 1859

FATHERS ADvIcE.-Now John, listen
to me for I am older than you, or l
couldn't be your father. Never do you
marry a young woman, John, before
you have contrived to happen at the
house where she lives, at least four or
five times before breakfast. You should
know how late she lies in bed in the
morning. You should take notice
whether her complexion is the same in
the morning, as it is in the evening, or
whether the morning wash and the
towel have robbed her of her evening
bloom. You should take care to sur
prise her, so that you may see her in her
morning dress, and observe how her hair
looks when she is not expecting you.
If possible, you should be where you
can hear the morning conversation be-
tween her and her mothe-. If she is
ill-natured and snappish to her mother,
so she will be to you, depend on it. But
if you find her up and dressed neatly in
the morning, with the same countenance,
the same neatly y-combed hair. the same
ready and pleasant answers to her
mother, which characterized her appear
ance and department in the evening,
and particularly, if she is lending hand
to get the breakfast ready in good
season. she is a prize, John, and the
sooner you secure her to yourself the
better
Year: 1859

Observation-Disclosures on'y know
how to forgive; it is the most refined and
generous pitch of virtue human nature
can arrive at. Cowa.ds have done good
and kind actions. Cowards have fought
nay sometimes conquered. but coward
never forgave; it is not in his nature; the
power of doing it flows only from a
strength and greatness of soul conscious
of its force and security, above all the
little temptations Of resenting every
fruitless attempt to interrupt its happi-
ress.
Year: 1859

A CAREFUL FATHERS ADVICE. =
Some years ago there lived in the back
part of Duchess county, New York, a
rich old farmer, who was decided rep
rebate. and like many other sinners
very much afraid of death. At one
time his only son. Ezekiel, was i'll with
the small po1 The old man was very
much afraid of the contagion, and could
not be induced to visit the suffering heir.
At length Ezekiel was pronounced to be
in an almost hopeless condition, and the
old man was informed that if he ever
wished to speak to him again in this
world, he must avail himself immediate
ly of the opportunity. In chamber
on the ground floor of the wing of the
house, fronting on the garden, lay the
sick man, covered with pustules, and
blind from swelling of the eyelids. The
father, trembling with fear, went out
from the kitchen, into the garden, and
after finding his way through the usual
number of sun-howers, hollyhocks and
marigolds, at length reached the open
window of the sick room. There, crouch
ing on the gronnd, to.remove himself as
far as possible from the contagion, he
called out, "Zeker "What, father" re-
sponded the sufferer. "Zeke, they say
you're right bad, and there's no hopes;
try and pray leetle cause if yer get
well it wont Aurt ger and ef you die it
" wal be a id good Ming".
Year: 1859

A beautiful thought is suggested in
the Koran "Angels, in the grave
will not question thee as to the amount
of wealth thou hast left behind thee; but
what good deeds thou hast done, while
in the world. to entitle thee to a seat
among the blest."
Year: 1859

R a woman is either worth a great
deal Or nothing. If good for nothing,
she is not worth getting jealous for if
she be true woman, she will give no
cause for jealousy. A man is brute to
be jealous of a good woman-a fool to
be jealous of worthless one but it is
double fool to cut his throat for either
of them.
Year: 1859

V A Scotch newspaper relates the
following curious case of the recovery
of lost marriage ring:


"About the end of July or the begin
ming of August last, woman named
Catharine Ferguson, the wife of miner
named Mclean, at Clifton, near the
head of fLoch Lomond, lost her marriage
ring whilst engaged in putting in or
building peats, and not understanding that
every search was made for it at the
time, it could not be found. About a
fortnight ago the cat brought a rat into
the house, and around the neck of the
rat was the missing marriage ring. II
is supposed, as rats are known to carry
off coins or pieces of silver or gold, that
the ring had been taken to the rats
nest, where it had gone over the neck
of one of the young ones, and remained
there until the animal had advanced in
growth, and curiously enough, been cap
tured by the cat. Mrs. Mclean, who
had been about year married, was no
less rejoiced in getting possession again
other lost ring than surprised at the very
singular way in which it was recovered.
Year: 1859

one less to hunger till vision seems to
pass before him, the hard lines of the de-
sparing face gradually soften, and the poor
man almost smiles, seeing afar off rare
device--a child-seraph 8 head, with a crown,
or, in field aZurc-and upon the clouds
written, or in his heart spoken, he knows
not which, the words, " She shall not hum
ger any more !"


That is fearfully nice equilibrium that
exactly proportions the supply to the de-
mand, so that the most n man can give of
strength and labor shall just produce the
least of food and drink and raimcnt that he
and his household can live upon, but there
is no provision in it for sickness, or accident
or the bubble-burAt of giant speculations
with their attendant panics, or the sure palsy
Of age. When any ofthese come upon him,
it is indeed " hard work to live; )" but be-
lieve me, my friend, it is harder work to
die. do not speak of the dread of another
world, or of the instructive clinging to this,
common to all humanity, but of the grim
want and desolation that he knows shall be
born out of the ashes on his hearth, and sit
at his table among his dear ones. And it is
"hard work TO be buried.p But, no---the
city will takecare of that; there is some.
where Potters Field for him. In view Of
all this, the towards go and drown them-
selves; but the men that live and struggle
on, these are the brave. In the hereafter
for them, it shall not be &" hard work TO
live"
Year: 1859

business Matters snail receive particular
attention in this paper. We desire, and
will endeavor, to make the JourRaIa a relia-
bic source of commercial information
Manufactures and Agriculture means
of wealth on which we are all dependent
shall also receive duo attention at our
hands; and the development of our un-
equallcd advantages shall be urged with
zeal.


As n Fansiiy Paper, containing choice Sc
lections of literary matter, for perusal in the
quiet of home, We promise that this journal
shall be equal to any We do not mean to
fill it with tho trash of TIE cheap Eastern
weeklies, but our readers shall have all the
intructive and entertaining literary matter
that they may require for their mental
health and enjoyment.


But the specially of our paper will be the
Ne'os. In order to secure the latest and most
reliable intelligence, no pains or necessary
expense viii be spared. We are determined
that when this paper is looked to for the lat
est foreign and domestic news, there shall be
no disappointment. As means to this end,
correspondence viii be encouraged.


The Eeaasoi2e Journat is one of tho old
institutions" of "The Pocket" 1t has
grown with the growth and strengthened
with the strength of this portion of our
commonwealth, and can lay just claims to
the consideration and support of those adja-
cent portions of Illinois and Kentucky with
which the interests of Evansville are iden-
titled. We, therefore, do not hesitate to so
licit patronage from those quarters.


Our ambition is to produce paper en-
tirely worthy the growth and importance OF
the country tributary to this flourishing
city. We confidently expect to receive the
good wishes of the people for whom we labor
in the shape of subscriptions, advertisements
and job work for this Office. This material
aid we do not ask as n gratuity, but expect
to give full value for all We receive.


We have decided on the cash prepayment
system, as the only correct ono, and have
reduced the prices Of our subscription as low
rs they can he made with safety. Our
terms are invariably cash IN adgance. In
return, we promise the" full worth of the
subscription price.
Year: 1859

Tie Jersey City Common Council held regular
weekly meeting last night. the President MIR. VAN
NooRsT in the chair, and full Board present.


Annnoi Statement oftke Con'roIer.-The Controller
sent in his annual report for the year ending May l.
Year: 1859

Bsas- Lord BroCgham is certainly one of the
great men, of the day. Therefore a pen and
ink sketch by enc who has lately seen him will
be welcome. That is the world renowned
Lord Brougham and Vaux. He is not going to
the Commons, we will venture to say, for that he
never does. No; you see him turned the other
way. What queer looking character it is =
See how loosely his clothes hang about him
That hat of his, too how closely it is pulled
over his brow 1t is not, however, a whim Of
his to wear it so, but necessity compels him, for
his forehead is so large that he would never
keep his hat unless he were to pull it well
over his brow. He looks very, very old now,
and well he may, for he is in or over his eighty
first year. For such age be walks well, and see
how voluby he is chatting to the friend on whose
arm he hangs. 1t would be worth something
now to know what he is talking about-perhaps
our foreign relations or it may be the last dis
covered fossil fish, the Palace of the People
at Muswell hill, or some new machine, or fresh
theory Of light, or-but it is in vain to conjec-
ture. There is joke abroad that one day at a
conversazione he was talking learnedly about
Hndoo poem written 500 years B. c., when
suddenly, some hint given, he began to dis
course with equal knowledge on the philosophy
of cooking beefsteak.
Year: 1859

DIszPPRovED.--The fourth division o. the
Memorial to Congress adopted by the Pacific
Railroad Convention, reads thus


Fourth, That the Government donate to the
State Of California all the public land within her
limits, excepting those which are mineral "Also
that Congress authorize the re- payment to said
State of the sum of S2,706,5I2 claimed to he
legally due said State, having been collected as
customs at the Port of San Francisco. between
the dates of Aug 9th, lS4S, and September 9th.
1850; these lands and this sum to be dedicated
to the State Railroad Fund, and to be used in
the aid of the construction of a railroad running
from San Francisco to the eastern frontier of
the State, as the Legislature of the State shall
direct"


We doubt the propriety of asking Congress to
donate all the public lands in this State that are
not mineral, to the State, with the condition that
they be used in the construction of one single
road. Other railroads are much teeded in the
State, and some of our public lands should be
reserved for their benefit. For instance the
extension of a railroad from 0roville to Shasta
would be greatly accelerated by large dona-
ton of our public lands.