Evansville Daily Journal, Volume 11, Number 131, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 11 January 1859 — Page 2

"? EVANSVILLE, IND. . TUESDAY MORNING JANUARY 11

The Canal. We have been shown a letter from W. D. Griswold, Esq., of Terre Haute, in which he announces that the Trustees have finally come to the determination to abandon the Southern Division of the canal, and to make no effort to repair and open it for the Spring trade. Some immediate action by the people along the line and in this city, is required to concert measures to prepare the canal for navigation the coming season. It is proposed that public meetings be called at all the principal points along the canal and in this city, that shall appoint delegates to a general Canal Convention. The first and most energetic movement must be made in this city, where the value of the canal has never been fully realized and will not be felt till it is lost. ———<>——— Legislative Proceeding. Very, little was done in the Legislature on Friday, with the exceptionof receiving the Governor'snessage, which we print in another place, . ilost of the time was occupied in discussing how the proceedings of the respective bodies should be published. A project was brought in of employing a Legislative reporter in both branches of the General Assembly, to furnish the report to the papers for publication. It was finally de.ternunfid to fall back on the old plan of taking three copies each of the Journal, Sentinel, American, and two German "STeeklies.T.,At twb o'clock, the Senate having gone into the House, 'theGovemor delivered his message. . i- . - SSL-The English Cotton supply association, who" have been searching the world for a region to grow cotton that shall render England independent of the United States, in a recent report asserts that fifty millious of dollars are estimated to be annually drained from England by America, over and above what may be considered a fair remunerative for cotton, and that this fifty mil. lioni would pay the whole wages of the working, classes id the cotton manufacturing districts of England, for twelve months, or it would soon build roads and irrigate lands in Tndia sufficient to furnish all the cotton needed. Population of Oregon. Gen. Jo. Lane and some others, who draw upon their imagination for these facts, have stated the population of Oregon to be nearly 90,000. The last California papers say the census of Oregon Territory, jutt fa ken, shows the population to bo 42,8G2. : The number of voters is stated to be 9,910. Governor's Message. Senators and Bepresentalives : At the special session of the General Assembly, I asked your consideration of those questions only which I thought demanded your immediate attention; and deferred, until the present, any recommendations ex cept those which should 1 presented to you at the time when the Constitution of the State should require that you should assem ble as the representatives ot the people. . On the 9th of March, 1852, an act was ap proved, entitled "An act to authorize the formation of companies for the detection and apprehension of horse thiuves and . other felons, and defining their powers." Cuder this law,. Associations have been formed that have arrested and punished in dividuals without bringing them to trial before the ordinary and legal tribuuals of the State- . It is, better that every person. charged with the violation of the lawj lie arraigned before, and tried before the courts of justice. I recommend to yon the repeal of that Jaw There would be no necessity at any time for honest men to form associations for the purpose of arresting and : punishing criminals, if the Stete and counties made a sufficient allowance to indemntify their police officers in arresting and bringiug to trial those, who violated the law. You cannot expect Ahat the sheriffs and other police officers will devote their time, and expend their money to bring those who violate the law- before the tribunals of justice, unless they receive a reasonable compensation. While this class of officors are unpaid we may expect that an indignant , people who have been outraged by criminals, will disregard the law, and punish without authority those whom they believe have clone wrong. ' " ,:' 1 " Section 2 of article 4 of the Constitution of the United States requires that " a person charged in any State with treason, felony, or othercrime, . who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall, on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to theState having jurisdiction of the crime." " ' - During my term of service I have declined to surrender to the authorities of the other States, those persons who are charged with offenses, which, at the time of the establishment of the Constitution of the United States, were misdemeanors. .. Since the adoption of this section of the Constitution, several of the States have so changed their. laws that mauy offenses which were then misdemeanors are now felonies. The authors of this section evidently, in providing for the surrender of fugitives fron justice, intended to include only those who are charged with crime, and not those who were charged with misdemeanors.. At was not their intention to require" of a "Stale that one of her citizens should be surrendered to another State, when he wa3' simply charged with that which,', was thea a misdemeanor, although a State making such a demand, should, by her law, declare what was then a misdemeanor is now a felony. For. instance, when the constitution was adopted, an assault and battery was a well known offense, and legally defined a misdemeanor. No State had a right to change the character of that offense from a. misdemeanor to a felony, and upon a person being so charged with such alleged felony, escaping from the State of his residence to another State, require of the authorities of that State his return. Without any stich prevision in the constitution, each State would be at liberty to surrender, or not, iany person within her borders charged with an offense. . There being no act of the Legislature directing that a person should be delivered up.JJI have considered the Constitution of the United States as alone controlling the surrender of fugitives' from justice. The citizens of the State are deeply interested in the preservation of the public records. Hitherto there has been no safe depository for them. The officers of State Jbave been compelled to rent rooms in which

to place the records. It is impossible in this city to secure the use of rooms that are safe against accident or crime. If many of the counties are willing to make large expenditures in the erection of buildings for the preservation of their records, I am satisfied that the State can, with fir greater proprietv, provide a building for a similar purpose. The destruction of the records of the State would entail upon her citizens lasting conflicts concerning the rights of property. The expense of the litigation which would arise from their destruction would far exceed any expense in the erection of a building suitable to accommodate all the officers of State. I suggest to yon, therefore, the propriety of erecting, at an early day, upon some of the public grounds, a building wherein the Judges of the Supreme Court and the officers of State may be enabled to preserve the public records. The Trustees of the Wabash and Erie Canal reported to me, in Daccmber, 1857, the condition of that work. The report for the year 1858 will be laid before you at an early day, which will inform you as to its present condition. I regretted to see, in their report for 1857, that its revenues were greatly diminished; and I am informed that during the past year there has been no improvement. It is, indeed, feared that the revenue will prove wholly inadequate to keep the canal in repair, and that by them alone it cannot be maintained. I am further informed that the bondholders are unwilling to sustain the work by any other means than those derived from its revenues, having already invested one-half of the entire debt of the State in the work itself, besides advancing $800,000 for its completion. They have informed the Board of Trustees, in the most formal manner, their determination to close the canal, and abandon the work whenever its toll3 and revenues shall

prove inadequate to its support iteporis of 1858 will disclose the extent and nature of the action of the bondholders. The abandonment of the work would SerioUSlyetiiburrasstbaro who ri4- in tha.1 vicinity of the canal. If the work should be abandoned by the Trustees, there is no law under which it could be maintained. Frequently the attention of the Legisla ture has been called to the necessity of increasing the salaries of the judicial admin istrative and executive oflicers of the State, Section 12 of Art. 1 of our Constitution de clares that "justice shall be administered freely and without purchase, completely and without denial, speedily and without de lav. Upon examination 1 nnu tüere are more than nine hundred undecided cases in the Supreme Court. The law requires the Judges of the Su premc Court to be present at the Capitol but sixty days in each vcar. That is as much time as they cau spend here upon their present salary. If they receive a compensation sufficient to enable them to devote more of their time at the Capitol the con sideration of the judgments they are required to revise, the number of undecided cases would be much diminished. The citizens of the State must be greatly embarrassed for the want of decisions concerning their personal liberty and rights of property Believing that the most ready mode of se curing early decisions would be to enable the Judges of the Supreme Court to remain longer in consultation, 1 recommend to you such an increase in their salaries as will sup port them in the discharge of their duties, and ailord them a reasonable compensation for their expense and labor. They would be greatl' aided if they were supplied with a sutlicieiit library, lney should be authorized to purchase, for the use of the Court, a library over which they shall have the entire control. While I have thus urged the necessity of the increase of the salaries ot the Judges of the Supreme Court, I do not regard it as less your duty to provide for the Judges of the Circuit Cifurts. Many able and accom pushed lawyers have accepted positions as Circuit Judges, entertaining the hope that the Legislature would be willing to pay them a reasonable compensation for their services. It would be difficult to select many among them who would not receive in the practice of their profession more than twice that which they receive for their official services. ' The State has no right to re quire of one of her citizens that he should toil to see that crime is punished and justice Administered, without giving that citizen a reasonable compensation . No increase or diminution of the salary of the Governor of the State can be , made after his term of service commences. Be fore the next regular session of the General Assembly the people of the State will have elected a liovernor. Inasmuch as there is but a short time intervening between the commencement of said session and the in auguration of the Governor elect, I regard it your duty to take into consideration the subject of his salary. I have no hesitation in recommending to you that you provide for hivn such a compensation as is worthy of the Slate ot Indiana. . The- laws of the State in regard to the qualification of voters and the election of officers are inadequate to protect the suffra ges of honest men against fraud. On sev eral occasions within the last tew years men have left the comity ot their residence. cone to others, where they had uo perma nent homes, where they did not intend to remain longer t han the day of election, have there cast their votes, and thus determined who should he the oflicers and representa tives of the counties they visited. The in speetors of elections, in some of the town ships, have denied to legal voters the rigl of expressing their choice of oflicers. A government which depends entirely upon the action of a majority of her people cannot lie maintained for any length of time unless that people are permitted to deter mine, wunout violation or irami, wuo snail be their oflicers and representatives. Every citizen who is desirous of maintaining peace, every citizen who is attached to, and willing to sustain our form of government, should be anxious that no illegal vote should ever be cast, and that no legal voter should be deprived of the right to cast his vote. A law should be passed inflicting severe penalties upon the oflicers who superintend elections, if they deeliue o receive a legal vote, or if they admit one which is illegal. Likewise provision should be made to punish, criminally, any man who leaves the county of his residence, goes to another with the intention of there voting, and then returning to his home. - If an illegal voter could be punished by imprisonment in the Stale Prison, bad men would be deterred from wrongfully voting- , -The General Assembly of 1857 failed to make any appropriation for the benevolent institutions. The reason for that failure was, I think, not to be found iu any hostility entertained by the members of the Legislature.to those institutions. They knew that the constitution of the State provided for their support, and that they were objects of charity around which the hearts of their constituent clustered with affection. No appropriation having been made for their j support, the question arose, whether thsy j should be dosed or the money in the trens- j ury paid out for their support. Believing ; that the Constitution of the State reflected : the will of her people, and not being author- ! i ied bv law to control the action of the j Treasurer of State, 1 did not hesitate to ad

rise him to advance any nnappropnatea i

funds in his possession to maintain every in stitution. He doubtad whether he had the power thus to act. By his failure to advance the necessary, means, the Hospital for the Insane was closed on the 3d day of April, 1857, and the Institution for the education of the Deaf and Dumb on the 10th of the same month, that for the Education of the Blind not until the close of its regular term. The Treasurer of State, upon mature reflection,, became satisfied that you would approve his conduct it he advanced the means to ' sustain the institutions. He accordingly signified his willingness thus to act. Thereupon the officers ot State, on the 16th of September, 1857, by unani mous resolution, .advised him to pay the money of the State in his possession to sustain those institutions, and they were open ed. He has paid from the treasury the money for their support, and for this advance by him I recommend that an appropriation be made. Whatever conflict of opinion may exist concerning national or btate policy, on other subjects, I am unwilling to believe that it is essential to the success of those who entertain either the one opinion or the other, th?t the most afflicted of our people should fce deprived of the education and comforts which alone can make life to them desirable, much less that those who have been deprived of reason should be denied the best hope of restoration. If economy alone wa3 consulted, these Institutions cost les3 than the counties would be required to pay in sustaining their inmates -at home. In addition to that, there are secured to the Deaf and Dumb and Blind, far better opportunities for improvement, where they are gathered togetherej in numbers, compe tent' teachers . secured, who demote ser vice ot a ate to tueir improvement. And as to the inmates of the Insane Hospi tal, every well advised physician will express his opinion that the best prospect for the restoration of their reason is to be foundjn placing them in the asylum. The institutions have been conducted-iih mun. my and skill. The reports of their officers urge upon you that appropriations be made for theenlargementof the Hospital for the Insance, and the repair of the others. I most cheerfully join with them in their recommendations. I recall your attention to the condition of the Penitentiary. The number of convicts there confined is 484. The prison is crowd ed so that they, cannot be employed with profit. ' When the warm season arrives there will be great danger of disease. V ith "re ference to the remedy which should be applied, I refer you to the message delivered at the special session. The reports of the Directors and Warden will be laid before you. They exhibit the result of the- system adapted for the government- and management of the State Prison. So fur as the health and discipline of the prisoners are concerned, the result of the new organization has been beneficial. The State has pacuniarly suffered no loss. On the 28th of January, 1834, an act was approved establishing a State Bank. Said act, by its terms, ceased to be a law on the 1st of January, 1859. Under this law the Bank commenced and continued its operations as a corporation authorized to issue and circulate notes, discount paper, und transact all other ordinary banking business, until the first of January, 1859. At that time its outstanding circulation was $4,208,725, with a debt due to the institution, principally from citizens of this State of SG,095,3G8 12. Between the 1st January, 1857 and 1859, the Bank redeemed nearly all its circulation and provided amply for the redemption of that which has not been returned. SLe has collected from most of her debtors the money which they owned. The gentlemen who have conduced this institution are entitled to credit for the ability they have exhibited in the management of its affairs. The State is interested in the Bank. She invested in its stock $1,390,000. The money to make that investment was procured by the issuing of 5 per cent bonds, the last of which will be payable July 1st, 18C6. The President of the Bank and four Directors, all chosen by the Legislature, were constituted of Board of Commissioners of a Sinking Fund. They were charged with theduty of receiving dividends upon the State stock, paying the interest upon-the bonds, and investing the siiplus in mortgages upon real estate, for the benefit of the fund. The gentlemen who at various times have had charge of this fund have managed the same with care and fidelity. The report of the Commissioners shows that its nominal profits are 2,780,604 36. By the law creating the Sinking Fund that Fund was appropriated: First, to pay the principal and interest upon the bonds ; second, the expenses of the Commissioners j and lastly, to the cause of Common School education. The faith of the State being thus solemnly pledged, enabled those who negotiated the bonds to sell them at a premium of $29,496 92. There is now due upon these bonds 979,002, payable between the 13th of September, 1064, and July 1st, 1860. Unless the fund should be diverted from its original purpose, those who control . it will .at all times be -a'-ile t pay promptly this indebtedness. But had there been no interference on the part of the Legislature with the original act, that fund would now amount to 3,000,000, and by the time the interest can be drawn for common school purposes, more than $4,000 000. t. Unfortunately, however, during the years 1841 and 1842, $670,388 04 were applied to other purposes. True, the State engaged to return the amount with interest. This, however, has not been done. But without resorting to the collection of the mortgages held by the Commissioners, there are VI,052,896 25 of available means. This will be sufficient to pay the bonded debt. I think the State could not divert any more of the fund to the ordinary expenses of the Government. Justice to the holders of the bank bonds requires that an amount sufficient to meet them when due, should always be at the command of the Commissioners. And the interest of education. iu this State requires not only the preservation of what remaius of the fund, but an early return of all that the State has diawn from it. Those who, twenty-four years ago, saw in the fnture the prospect of creating a common school fund, not by taxation, but by faithful administration of the law, are worthy of our commendation. They believed that it was the duty of every citizen of the State to lend whatever influence he had to the education of the sons and daughters of Indiana. Shall ' we, at this day, when from the result of their action a noble fund has been created, lay our hands upon and destroy it forever? Some there are who do not favor the education of the children of the State. Great injustice is sometimes done in providing by taxation the means necessary to sustain the schools. But there is a fund which never cost a citizen of the State one dollar, which, if left untouched, will in 1866, amount to over $4,000,000. After that it3 annual interest will be equal to one half our present school tax. I hope therefore, that this fund may remain where it was originally placed. The term of service of the Sinking Fund Commissioners having expired on the 1st of January, 1S50, I recommend that you establish by law, a

Board, conferring upon them full -power to settle with the late Commissioners, and receive from thein the funds and securities in their possession. . . At your last session a bill was passed continuing the late Board until the first Monday of April, 1849. I withheld my approval of that bill for the reasons presented in my message. I entertain no doubt that the fund would be entirely safe in the hands of the late Commissioners, and that they would manage it with integrity and ability. The Constitution gave the Legislature the power of establishing two systems of banking in this State, The first Legislature which assembled after the- adoption of that Constitution passed a general banking law, under which ninety-one banks were organized. Before the meeting of the Legislature in 1855, experience showed that the law which authorized their establishment was insufficient. Forty-one of them had failed to redeem their circulation. The friends of the general banking system seeing the deficiency in the law', urged the passage of the act of March

3, 1855. Since the passageofthatlaw there has been but one bank organized under it, that has failed to redeem its circulation. At the last session of the Legislature, an act was passed establishing the Bank of the State of Indiana. The full amount of stock rendered by law was'subscribed, and it commenced its business. The circulation 13 now 4,502,345. Its notes and bills discount ed 5,154,549 07. Its cash .on hand in gold and silver, $1,085,895 93. From the time that these laws we-e passed, the cur rency authorized by the State has been promptly redeemed although i in the inter mediate time, the financial crisis of 1857 has been passed. ' V hen you consider that between the passage of these laws and the present time, the State Bank has withdrawn four millions of dollars of her circulation and called in six millions of dollars of her indebtedness, and without which laws the State Bank would have been unable in so shorta period of time to collect the debts due to her one TiairoTwhic4r-Wangßd in reality to the State, you must regard the legislation of that session as lightly benefi cial to the financial interests of the people as anyjcould have been which provided for the establishment of banks and the circulation of paper currency. The Bank of the State has quietly acquired the position occupied by the old State Bank. Those who formerly directed the one now control the other. ' If the rule could be uniform throughout the L nitcd States it would perhaps be bet ter that no" paper currency was circulated But, inasmuch as that uniformity is practi cally impossible, I think Indiana has established a safe system of banking as any other State in the Union, giving to her people as high security for the redemption of the notes ot tue bank as any ether State. The last Legislature levied no taxes for the years 1857 and 1858. The officers of State were therefore deprived of the ordinary revenue which should have been pro vided to sustain the various .departments and institutions of the State. Believing that there was no reasonable prospect that the members of the Legislature, if re-assem bled, would change their policy or action, I did not call them together, choosing rather to wait until the people had elected other re preventatives. Notwithstanding the failure of the Legislature to levy the taxes, the offi cers of State have endeavored to carry on the government, and in so doing they present to you, as the result of their action, that they have only been required to borrow $330,01)0 165,000 in June, and 165,000 iu December, 1Ö58 which has been applied to the payment of the interest upon the public debt. They have paid from the General Fund to the Swamp Land Fund 83,000. They have drawn from other funds about $20tj,OÜO. If the revenue for those years had beeil collected, upon an assessment equal to that of 1S5C, it . would have amounted, in the two years, to $1,200,000, which would have left in the Treasury now 3C0,000 of a surplus. Still, with all this failure to raise the revenue, there is yet in the Treasury- sufficient means to sustain the Government until the 1st of uext March; and if authority is given to negotiate a temporary loan for 200,000, the revenue which will be derived from the taxes of 1859 and 1860, levied at your last session, w ill pay every debt created, and sustain the government until the end of the year 1861. The taxes of the State must necessarily be collected by tha county oflicers. Uithertothey have had no direction by law, as to the kind of money they should receive ; the result of which has been that the Treasurer of State, in times of financial, difficulty, has been compelled to exercise his discretion in receiving front the Treasurers the mouey they had collected. Between the time of the receipt of such money by. the County Treasurers and the payment of the same- to the State, much of it has depreciated in value. While the County Treasurer acted in good faith, receiving for the State's taxes the ordinary currency of the country, it would have been wroug for, the State to decline accepting the same from them, and it would have been equally wroug to hold the Treasurer of State responsible for- any depreciation in such currency while in his possession. But in the receiving, holding and paying out of the money thus collected, the State has sustained many losses. -. . The State has never yet provided a safe depository for her money. While the Treasurer has been requi x-d to give a boud for the faithful return of all by him collected, he has been compelled to exercise his judgment in selecting the place where it should be deposited. The result of the exercise of this juudgment has sometimes proved unfortunate. Is it not, therefore, beiter that the Legislature should determine by law, the kind of money which shall be received by the various County Treasurers for State taxes, and provide a suitable place of deposit, in which the Treasurer cf State shall retain it, until the law requires its disbursement. In determining the kind of money to lie received, is not the highest safety of the State secured in requiring it in- the constitutional currency of the government? If you provide that the taxes may be paid iu the notes'of banks, you simply loan to those institutions the taxes you have collected. You also confer upon the Treasurer the power to discriminate between the various banks what bilk he will fiist disburse. , . The effect of conferring upon the Treasurer the power to discriminate as to what money he will pay out endangers the public funds. I therefore earnestly recommend that a law be passed providing that the taxes of the State shall be collected in legr.l currency; that a safe building be erected, in which such money shall be placed; that the Treasurer of State receive a proper compensation for guarding and preserving the same, and he be required to pay, when : legally demanded, the same money ht has ', received; and that if he deposits any of it ! in any other place than the one established : by law, or loans any of it to any individual or corporation, he shall be punished. 1 I am desirous of co-oparatiug with you in the enacting of any law which will iuure to the welfare of the people w.e represent ', and the interest 'and honor of the State of 'Indiana. ." Ashpel P. Willabd.

. New Summary. J(g-gThe new coins of Canada are about '

to be put in circulation. The Canadians have adopted the decimal system, and their i new coins arejto conform to it. The coins ; are ot silver and bronze, lhe cent is somewhat smaller . than the British half-penny, and of a brighter color, some white, metal having been mixed with it in order to bring it to the required value. The twenty cent I pieces are a little smaller than the English . shilling, and ten and five cent pieces are the same size as the American coin of the me value. The silver differs from the copper in design. The former has only one i row of beading, and the maple leaves, in stead of running all around, arc arranged the same way as the roses, shamrocks and thistle upon the British money, with a crown dividing the one branch from the other. The letters and figures used are plain, being ! proportioned to the size of the coin. The i edges are not milled. i Bjrhe Northern Bank of Kentucky has j declared a dividend of five per cent of its I profits for the last six months. The Lexington Gas Company has declared a dividend of four per cent out of its profits for the last six months. The Agricultural Deposit Bank of Lexington has declared a semi-annual dividend of five per cent. The Farmers' Bank of Kentucky has declared a dividend of five per cent." J5T"By the latest .mail from Europe we learn that the Spanish Budget had been brought forward, and that it showed the estimated national expenditures to be 1,870000 nnder the estimated receipts. This looks but little like being compelled to sell Cuba in order to raise money to keep up the Government. gy A disastrous flood recently desolated the eastern extremity of the Island of Jamaica. The beautiful Botanic Gardens, one of the few creditable institutions of the island fostered by the Legislature has been swept away, with its valuable collection of rare and costly exotics. Among the useful productions which, it is presumed, have been swept away, is the celebrated China grass, superior to flax in the manufacture of a substantial fabric, and infinitely more expensive. This grass was growing as luxuriantly as any of the common native grass. BThe tax payers of Grant county, Wisconsin, have held a meeting and resolved to pay no part of any tax, either State, town, or county, now claimed of them for this year, and may be none hereafter. jMEW advertisements: Money! Money! Money I Last Call. f THOSE JJ0 WTJS'tt THEMjBL selves indebted to JO UN ttASCII will please call immediately and settle their accounts. Jf not settled by the 10th of February, I will give all remaining debts into the hands of a collector. I have a few more of those dainty kid and lasting Gaiters left, which I will sell low for cash. I ahull hereafter do a strictlv cash bunineHS. JOHN BÄSCH, No. 8. Second street, jauG-lw EvanKvillo, Indiana. QTviJS'lt FBOJt VJVMtEMVSTME9 ;eived in store and for wile 5 tons Oil Cake, a superior article, " 60 tons Hay, 15 tons Bran, - - - ' ' 5 tons Shijwtnff. 5(K) bushels Corn, 300 bushels Barley. And for sale chcau for cash, at the feed store of BUSTON, AVater street, under Telegraph office. junll J E JL, JL X.V . ' JLT COST. TO J make room for a Spring stock, -we now offer our stock of goods at cost, consisting in part of Press Goods, Shawls, Cloaks, Cloths, Cassiuiervs, Flannels, Muslins, Prints, tie. Tornis cash. j.inll-2- JAMES OAKLEY & SON. -enpEHJtl'B COMMERCIAL COLMJf LEGK. A premium of Ten Dollarn in Gold will be paid to the graduate of this School, upon presenting a diploma or certllieaW from a committee appointed by the Southwestern Agricultural Society, fur tho best set of Books executed anil exhibited at the next Fair of said Society, to be held at the City of Evansville, by the Graduates of Behm's Core im rcial College Open to tho competition of all who may enter after this date, without regard to residence. janll-dlwXw4w JEREMIAH BEIIM.Prin. mTTcEii'MOSS3 BJtL.ES, J JL choice article, just received and for sale by 8. E. GILBERT & CO., janll No. 4 Sycamore street. rgrT.jfc CajBLE850 BOXES JL hard pressed, for sale very low. lanll S. K. GILBERT A CO. ' XVUAJS'UE. IfE WISH TO ex change I)ry i'ine Lumber at the lowest prices, for One Thousand Dollars worth of Connty Orders. We will take tho orders at95centson the dollar. ALSO We want$:itMH) in City Orders, tor which we will give Tine Lumber, at low prices. - jan8 NEWBERRY & CLEMENT. received and lor sale at thnew Lumber Yard, corner of Main and Eighth streets. janS . , NEWBERRY A CLEMENT. gl REEJY .ff K.VA", J Walnnts, Oatmeal, Sweet Potatoes, Parsnips, Split Peas, Poultry of all kinds, English Black Oats, Canada White Oats, Eggs, Onions and Turnips, at reduced prices, at '.. H. COOK & SON'S. .J YSTE H& SE IEVT ' JF. 1M1. TImore Oysters at SI 15 per can ; 0M cents per half can, at jansj Z. II. COOK A RON'S. T9A äfnÄf4S ! BJIÖS .'Wanted iu Mms exchange for Groceries. jaiiS . OLMSTED A SABIN. E a v r. .1 it e vijys-!J'fe-VILLE A WABASH PACK KT. -The steamer JOHN TOMPKINS. Sutton, master, will run iu the Evausville ami Wabash trade during the season. For freight, r passage, apply ou board. jun7-md Jflk Ott IO S TSTB.iED' ERO.n MJP the subscrilwr, a Black Newfoundland Dog, about four months old answers to- the name of " Frank. " Said Dog has white feet and breast, and white stripe running np the nose, and tail tipped with white. Any one returning said Dog to me at the "Patent Bread Bakery," on First street, near Main, will be suitably rewarded. jan7-2t THOS. E. B .VICK LEY. "itBB JiOMSSES, MJ' JO l.lt WW 10 gallon kegs. For sale bv jauG, OLMSTED SABIN. Wanted to" Exchange : JE1IJBST-C'J,JS8 .V. 1 J-AK.MJY'fJ Mr LAND in Iowa for improved Lota in this city. Apply soon to 31. A. LAWRENCE, jan4 Evansville, Ind. JBfOCtt BROTHERS WII,I, REMOVE their large stock of Groceries to their new store on the same lot they occupied previous to the fire, next week, where they will bo pleased to greet their old customers anil as many :iew ones as possible with extra good bargains to begin thu new year with. jan4 mmiyAssESsirÄ'T"äjjy voeKM. FEE on nbda choice N. O. Sugar, 11X1 hags Cofl'ee, 75 bbls choice new Molasses. On hand and for sale at 1859 prices. 'jan4 BABCOCK BROTHERS, . )EVAJ'S.100 BUSHELS EXTRA. Texas Pecans just received, superior to any other made and for sale low. jau4 BABCOCK BROTHERS. ROVE RYES W 100 boxes assorted Tobacco, 500 do do Window Glass, 30(1 kegs do Wheeling Nails, 10 tierces new Rice, 500 pkgs assorted Te.-is, 50,000 Lights, ass'd Window Sash, 150 assorted Panel Doors, 500 kegs White Lead, 100 doz Painted Buckets, '25 doz assorted Tubs, . 25 do. Wash Boards. . With a full stock of goods usually kept by grocers, on hand and for sale bv jau BABCOCK BROTHERS. L.JT BOXT FOB SJU.E.- WE have an A No. I Wood Boat for sale cheat) 70 feet long, in prime order, with or without skiff. jan4 BABCOCK BROTHERS. glORBME 100 coils assorted Manilla Itop, ' 50 do do Hemp do, 25 do nenip Packing Yarn, . -25 bundles Cetton Twine, '25 coils Cotton Line. For sale by j"4 BABCOCK BROTHERS. 4tä.j'l bbl 8 Tanners' Oil, " 25 do Machine Oil, 10 do Linseed Oil. For sale by " jan4 BABCOCK BROTHERS. JT XU UO R S. WE IIA VE X EUI.JL JLä assortment of Foreign and Domestic Liquors and Cigars on band and for sale. jan4 , BABCOCK BROTHERS.

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-gr mjb ajyn cMvrJLd SOU bills choice V hite Lime, 108 do Ilvdranlic Cement. On hand and for esiilnbyjan4 BABCOCK BROTHERS. H a .;i - : . . WW 10O bbU Rectified Whisky, Ü5 do choice old Bourbon, 25 do do do Kye, 25 do do Amoriran Brandy. In store and for salo low. janl BABCOCK BEOTTTTR3, U8TREIEI fEU 15 bushels Sweet Potatoes, - 2 bbds Sugar, 1, l.ksaml 20 b Kamine, 75 dozen Eggs, 1 1 bbl Lard. For sale by jan4 OLMSTED A SABIN. T-fl.V .n.VAl, TUE 1th inst., a RED WATCH SEAL, with a part of gold chain attached. The finder is requested to leave soch at this office, and a lileral reward will be given. dec31 lw IlIILS J.VJ SflHES 12IHI kegs assorted Nos. Nails, . PK do do Cut Spikes. 50 do do Wrt. do, 50 do Fine Blue Lathing Nails, 25 do 4d Barrel Nails. For sale by dscSl ORR, DALZELL A 0. E f V L-3 B E WAJS'S fmA-,SlLLK AND CAN X ELTON TRIgSÖfigWEEKLY PACKET. The tine light draught steame EOLIAN will ply regularly during the season, between Evansville and 'aunelton, leaving Evansville every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 12 o'clock M. Leaving Caunelton every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 8 o'clock A. M. For freight or passage, apply on board, or to P. G. O'RILE Y, Agent. jaul-tf EH WAR If O. SMITHS WMIOLESALE CHAIR MANUFACTURER, Market--V street, Evansville, Ind., will keep on hand and make to order every variety ot Cane and Wood Seat CHAIRS. Th Trade supplied at lowest rats. Hotels, Steamboats and Halls furnished promptly to order. Being prepared with all the improvements in Machinery, Ac, and cheap lumber, 1 can offer to dealers in the West or South as good a Chair, and at lower rates, than can be had in Cincinnati or elsewhere. Chair plank and timber for chair stuff wanted. Terms cash, or approved paper. All work warranted. jaul-ly (3 HAPPY JEW YEJB TO .ILL. S. As the old year has just closed, leaving ajoyous or sad remembrance toa41, I take this opportunity of offering my grateful thanks to my numerous friends and customers for their liberal patronage in sustaining the cash system, and will duly merit a continuance of the samo. SAM. EMBICH, janl No. 49 Main street. J!pTERESTi.Vt TO EJRJftERS. M SEED OATS FOR SALE. Just received due from England, 100 bushels of prime Black Oats for seed, weighing 42 lbs per bushel Also, 5n bushels prime white Canada Oats. Call and see them at. Z. H. COOK SON'S, janl No. 22 Main street, and No. 2 First at. rm B R TJ L. OF MtB I COOWS.-J JL fine and cheap lot of Dry Goods just received, which must be sold in order to make room for the Spring trado, and therefore yon may expect bargains at the Cash Store of SAM. EMBICH, No. 40 Main streut. N. B. If you don't wish , pay your old debts. janl UJYUBE8 AS 30 boxes Papered Soda, 1 lb, - 50 bales No. 1 Batting, - 50 boxes Star Candles. 25 do Lipct Axes, 20 do Cream Tarter, 50 do Ground Spice, -2odo assorted Tacks, 5 do Carpet do, J , 50 bbls Vinegar, . 10 do Ccnieut. For sale by : : decSl ORR, DALZELL A C'. JfRUMTS! FRUITS! FRUlTsTZ Dates, Prunes, ' Dried Peaches, peeled, Dried de, impeded, Dried Apples, Green Apples, Potatoes, -Eggs, c. janl OLMSTED A SABIN. QHOES: SHOES!! SHOES!!! Just OF received, a tine assortment of Ladies' and Children's Shoes; Men's, Ladies' and Children's Overs and Sandels, at SAM. EMBICU'S, No. 49 Main st. N. B. Pay your old debts, or . janl VIEW TE.1R'S tilFTS.OOBEL,L. WW & CONYNUTON have received a new stock for such gifts The Album do Feroglio, A beautiful collection of rosewood Desks, And a great variety of Books in antique and elcf nt bindiugs. Also, a new supply of Children's looks. dec31 JF REsit Jnni wtLs25 boxes Pepper Sauce, 25 do Extracts of every variety, 10,000 feet of patent Safety Fuse, 12 dozoo boxes retined sparkling Zcletin, 12 boxes Butler's Ink. Also Door Mats, Baskets, Churns, ' Wooden Bowls, Trays, Ac, of creat variety, in store and forsaloat Z. II. CCOK A SON'S, dec30 22 Main ösreet. tfiHURCH OP THE ASSUMPTIONS, ?Lr SECOND STREET. The interior of this church has been lately finished and supplied with many more pews than required by the congregation ; consequently straugeis to Hie congregation who may desire to have a pew in the said church, are informed that the pews will be indiscriminately rented on the 2d day of January, 1859, between two and 3 o'clock P.M. Tho church is warmed by a fttruare uud lighted by gas. For the future., nn til contrary notice, the vespers will be at 7 o'clock P. M., and there will beashort lecture between parts of vespers. dcc31 TUTTLE'S PATEJVT CROSS-CUT SAWS 1 case just received. Also ou hand 24 Rowland's German and C. S. Mill Saws, 5 dozen Wood Saws, framed, for sale low by " dec30 JACOB ST KAUB, No. 40 Main st. g9ElTTEJMiTRZiJ,"LEL, OP E JL 2000 sweet Oranges, 8 lioxes Lemons, 3 bbls Texas Pecans, 3O0 Itw Fresh Dates, 30 drums new Figs, , - 15 bxs Raisins, ' ' ' : 1 cask Currants, KKJ casks Citron, Received this day and for sale by decSl Z. 11. COOK A SOS. Iff BZ.. PEARL BARLE 1 'f .. 1 bbl Split Peas, - 30 bush White Beans, 1 cask Rice, 2D do Dried Apples, 45 bu D'd P aches, 15 do fresh Hommiuy, 20 Hamb'gh Cheese, 30 Pine Apple Cheese, 10 Eng. Dairy do, 10 Nutmeg do. Received and for sale by - . - docSO Z. H. COOK A SON. "f t HI SUE LS EAR t o7l.! lOU 2O0O bushels Bran, 1000 do Shorts. For sale by dec30 , Z. II. COOK A SON. B l KT RECEWEU AT O LM ST E It M A- SARIN'S 5 bnsh Dried Apples, ' 5 do do Peaches, ' 5 bbls Green Apples, 1 bbl soft-sllell Almonds, 1 frail of Dates, 25 boxes Raisins, 12 bbls Vinegar. dec30 OLMSTED SABIN. URJ T OUT. AS A PORTION" OF our stock is damaged by fire, we have con cluded to close out entirely, at costs. AU are invited to come, as we will give good inducements for caslu dec30J J. OAKLEY A SON. SA WEIß C I P BESS Shingles ; 60,0000 feet dressed Pine Flooring, the liest quality ever sold in the city. For sale, cheap, at the new Lumber Yard, corner of Main and Eighth streets. dec22 NEWREIIKY A CLEMENT. . glOUJS-TY ORIIEBS.I WAJT 91 OO S iu County Orders, for which I will pay UOcents cash, or 95 cents iu goods, or ou retail accounts. . decz9 CHARLES S. WELLS. JTJ.VJ WH A SALT 4ÖO HBL.S. MA. for salo low by S. E. GILBERT A CO. . 2JTÄ O O B SPHiJV&SSO.tlETHiJ'& jLF new and jtui the thing. Just opened at decl3 CHARLES S. WELLS. ISSOLUTIOJS OF PARTNERSHIP. The ffrm of Bittrolff A Son was dis solved on the 11th of Decvmber, 1858, by the retirement of J. L. BITTROLFF.Sb. Allacconntsdnethe old firm"inust be paid immediately to BITTROLFF BROS., successors. J. L. BITTROLFF, J. L. BITTROLFF, Ja. W9A RTE RSUi P JVO TICE. LOUIS JL aud GEORGE BITTROLFF having purchased the interest of J. L. Bittrvlff, Sr., in the firm of Bittrolff Son, have entered into a partnership nnder the style of BITTROLFF BROTHERS, and will continue the Watch ami Jewelry business at the old stand, No. 48 Main street, between First and Second. Havingccmibiued the storks of lKth Houses into one, we have now on hand the fiticst, largest and best sclecti'd stock of Gold and Silver Watches, Jewelry, Silver Ware, Clocks, Siiectacles, Ac, ever seen in thi city, and which we arc selling off at prices very little al-vve the cost. Those who wish to buy line Jewelry at very low figures, are invited to call at No. 48 Main street. dec22-lni BITTROLFF BROTHERS. &4lJ'lRIES FOR FAJItLV USE J Washboards, - Ink, Indigo, . Geese, Chickens, Flour, extra quality. Goods delivered free of charee. dec25 OLMSTED t SABIN

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TtWB.A. JIACFARLAvVB BESPKCT9l r-JtlulIy announces to the citizens of .vnville that he has leased the above .'lall for a short season only, for the purpose of giving a series of first class Dramatic KnTertni-nmonts. j M w i. Mß a. .1.1 JiANAi.i', umEMBF CHANT TAILOR, Mitchell's Block, Main street, Evansville, Ind. Headquarters for elegant Clothing made to order. " Geuta' Furnishing Goods, such as Shirts, Collars,' Cravats, Handkerchiefs, f-c. Also, a variety of Piece Goods, made up to order in tho very best style and manner, at quiok terms, small profits and extensive sales. dec22 i .V B I E S.ALnOJIiS, FILBERTS, Bra7.il Nuts, English Walnuts, Figs, Dates, Raisins, Cn mints, liock Candy, Oysters, Lobsters, Sardines, Alum, Epsom Salts, Sulphur, Roll BrimstomvCopperas, Madder, Ext. Logwood, Indigo, Cream Tartar, Soda, Bedcords, Blacking, Batting, Cloves, Cement, Cigars of all kinds, Nutmegs, Ginger of all kinds, Glass Jars, Tumblers, Lanterns and Flasks, Lemon Syrup, Mustard, Matches, Pep)ier Sauce. Spanish Moss, Stons Pipes. Powder, Safety Fuse, Tobacco of all kinds. Fancy Soaps, Starch, Vinegar, Cordage, Letter, Note, Cap and Writing Paer, Teas, Flour, Camphor, Envelopes, Saltpetre, British Lustre, etc., etc.. j. A supply of the above kept constantly on hand, and for sals low, by S. E. GILBERT A CO., 1m2 iveamore strewt, near Water. 0A L HODS Wholesale and retail, at dec7 C. S. WELLS, No. 13 First street. JfELA WARE STATE LOTTERIES. MJr CAPITAL PRIZE 40,0001 Tickets $10 NOTICE. This is to inform the public that we have disposed ot our entire interest in the Lottery Grants held by us, chartered by tho States of Delaware. Georgia, Keulucky, and Missouri, to tho firm of WOOD, EDDY A CO, to take eitert on the fist day of December, 1858. And wc most cordially recommend our successors to our former friends and patrons, leeling assured that the liusiuusi will us continued with the same integrity and promptitude which has characterized it us conducted by ourselves and predecessors for the last thirtv-five years. , GREGORY A MAURY. ,t Wilmington, T. Ncv. 15th, 1858. , WOOD, EDDY& CO., MANAGERS. (SrccEssoBt. to Gkegoby A Mai-rt.) ? "J The undersigned havisg become owners of the ONLY LOTTERY CHARTER IN DELAWARE, offer to the public ihe following scheme, to bo drawu each Wednesday in January, 1S59, in Wilmington, Delaware, ir public, under the superintendence of svorn conimissiouors appointed by the Governor. Cia ßü draws on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 1859. flats 74 draws on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 1859. Class kO draws on Wednesday, Jan. Vi, 1859. Class 9S draws on Veduiday, Jan. 26, 1859. THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED .AND S1KETY-SJX I'HIZES! Neairly One Prize to every Two Tickets: . 78 Numbers 13 Drawn Ballots. MAGNIFICENT SCHEME! " TO BE DRAWN Each Wednesday in January-. 1 Prize of..... 1 " 2 Prizes ol..... ...$4'J,o0O is ..$40,oOO ....1(K27. ....10,000. 6,000. 18.827 .. 20,000 ....12.000 4,0 8,000 3,500 7,000 4 15 15 15 25 202 65 t 65 65 130 4,745 27,040 1,500 6,0110 800 ..12,000 00 400 3O0 250 .... 100 70 .... '40 30 .... 26... 10 ... 7,600 6,000 7,600 ......50,500 ...... 6,500 4,550 "2,600 3,900 94,900 ....270,400 32.Ä9G Prizes amounting 10 .'...8578,177 Whole Ticket StO; Halves 5; Quarters t2K. Certificates of Packages will be sold at the following rates, which is the risk: Certificates i-l Package of 26 Whole Ticket8...$149 50 " " 26 Half " ... 75 75 " ' ' 28 Quarter " ... 37 37 In ordering Tickets or Certificates, enclose the amount of money to our address, for what you wish to purchase ; name the Lottery in which yon wish it invested, and whether you wish Wholes, Halves or Quarters, on receipt of vhiih, we send what is ordered, by first mail, together, with the Bcheme. Immediately after the drawing, the dravyn numbers will be sent with a written explanation. totTPurchasers will please write their Signatare plain, and give the name of their Post offic, Connty and State. - . . NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Those who prefer not sending money by mall. Can use THE ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY, whereby money for Tickets, Id sums of Ton Dollars, and upwards, can be sent ns AT OCR RISK AND EXPENSB, from any city or town where they have an efiic. The money and order must be enclosed in a "GOVERNMENT POST OFFICE (STAMPED ENVELOPE," or the Express -Co. cannot receive them. Address Orders for Tickets or Certificates to WOOD, EDDY 4 CO., ' dec29 Wilmington, Delaware. npHE FUYEST COLLECTION OF JL present books ever in the market. Wouien of beauty from Semtramis' to Eugenia Straflerd's Gallery. Favorite English ballads properly illustrated, and a hundred other valuabU works beautifully illustrated and embossed. Call and sec them before buying elsewbsre. It costs nothing w look. r dec22 ' D'iBELL A CONTNGTON. : g1REEJ APPL-ES-IO HABBELS JW Green Apples, in fine ordor. for sals at dec21 Z. H. qOOK A SON'S. WWO ! FOR THE HO LIItA 18. JVST MM. received at JOHN BÄSCH S, a large lot of Plain and Fancy Gaiter Boots and Shoes, for Ladies, Misses and Children. I have also large lot of Boys' and Youth's Boots, which I will sell at wholesale prii es during the Holidays. Now is the time for bargains. Come quick, or yon will loom money. . . JOHN RASCH, - . dec23r9t ' N. 8 Second street. fflk EJTISTR FV JT. . BAIBO, M. It., Jmjr respectfully informs the citizens. ot Evansville and vicinity that he has located hero iiermanently for the pur pose of practicing Dentistry in all its. branches. ft Plate w-ork from a single tooth to full sett, at Eastern prices. Teeth filled in a superior manner. ALL WORK WARRANTED. OfBi-e No. 45 Main street, under City Gallory. dec23 .. - - AIUBMST.JIAS AJTIt JEW EAR S PRESENTS, consisting of the following Books: Gallery of Famous Poet, . ; . ; Women of Beauty and Heroism, Lays from the Land o Luther, -American Scenery, Book of Beanty, Leaflets of Memory, - Gem of the Season, The Atlantic Souvenir, The Oriental Aanuar. The Sacred Allegories, Bow in ihe Cloud, " Bryant's Poems, Tom Moore's Works, Josephine Gallery. Rhymes and Roundelays i-oe-s roeticai works, The Priuce.i . . t ot Bibles, Prayer Books. Also, i find asortmeut I'saims ami iiymns, aim many outers too numerous to lientioii, together with a fine (election of Writing Desks, Work Boxes, Cahos, &c Fossae cheap at . HEALEY'S, v dec22 Cor. First and Main sts.. Evansville, la. PTfk HA OS COFFEE J 6 O SA CMCS CFVF Flour, for sale wholesale or retail. decll OLMSTED 3t 8ABIN. - f tf lk BBLS. mJlOLASSESf mi wjf 2 hhds Sugar, - 25 boxes Raisins, Almonds, Dates, Prunes, Ice. OLMSTED SABIN. dec 25 SPECIAL, jy'OTICE OF JUSSOLC3 TION. The limited partnership between Nathan Rowley and Francis Ämory in the coa! mining business was dissolved in the 24 tb December inst. Nathan Rowley is authorized to settle all the debts of the concert), and collect al! debts due for coal delivered. . , NATHAN ROWLEY, . dec.28-3t 7 ." FRANCIS AMOBY. Bti H. BARTOJV8 (BO CHE ST ER) JLF9 COOPER TOOLS A No. 1 goods ; and also Patent V. Crozes just received and fur sale by dec28 JACOB STRAl'B, 40 Main street. TS w. l s.ino.v, ,m 1 .n A earn' V rel, No. 1 Pickled Herring, No. 1 ifealod and Magdalen Herring. For sale by - declS Z. H. COOK A SON. Evansville Commercial College, :-mmO. 7, JORTH FIRST STREET, ft EVANSVILLE, IND. This Institution presents every inducement to young men wishing to acquire a thorough practical knowledge of Double. Entry Book Keeping, as well as a general Business . Education. ' This institution has been in successful operation for over five years. For Catalogues or other particulars, call at tlie Rooms, or aiklresa . , - decl3-ly JEUEMLAfl JJEHM, Principal. WfAATHA SALT. 500 BBLS. Jkm. Salt, in good cooperate, for sale at Agenta" prices.. ..; - WHEELER A BIGGS. , RE SB CAJT PEACHES, FRESH Can Straw berries, Fresh Can Quinces, Fresh Can Pears, Preserved Quinces, Do ' Pears, Do Lemons, Strawberry Ji m, Brandy Limes, Do Peaches. declS Fresh Can Green Gages, Preserved Peaches, " " Do - Oranges, Da ' Pine Apple, Orange Mannalad, Pear do, For sale by - r Z. H. COOK SON. N A DA' SEED OAT.öO bushels for. sale by dcc7 ORR, DALZELL. CO.