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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-05-25
Il. BURKE, Clerk.
City CIerk's 0fice, May = 1870.

A9D R T. % RI TKO.N' .S'O T. IA e.
u order tor Brick Pavement. Council Chamher,
MAY l., 1860. Aud it Is hereby ordered and
directed, by the Common Council of the city Of
tNaus lllr that the owners of all Lots and parts of
Lots fronting on or adjoining the north west side
81 Mulberry street, between Water and First streets,
in sad city, their side walks to he brought
10 the proper Cily Ertdr aud that tl.rY side
walk, Class Ne. !, i" h- laid down thereon, within
thirty days from the publication Ut TINS Or,'cr.
J.. 81 LK +, CleIk.
City Clerks Ofiice, May IT 1850
}A00TIfE TO GO.N'T ~ q 4 - ~ -.
o The Common Council of the city of Evans
Vile will receive proposals until the St day OF June
A u. 1850, for grading and filling the alley i'll
Block No 80, in the Eastern Enlargement al said
city, running from Vine to Division street. and be
Fifih and Sixth streets, said alley be gTa-
ded aud hlled 10 the proper grade the may
hr shown hy tl,a City Surveyor.
=. BURKE Clerk.
Clerks Office, May IIth 1850.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-05-25

HDHChkD .HGsS.--I5 RAkFR.EG Es
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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-05-25
CITY Clerk oalee, May 1860 :


40 II 4 o II Ii FEO-N' sS'O = T. r.
y Order for Brick Pavement. Council Chamber,
May II. lSGG. Aud now il is hereby ordered hhd
directed, by The Common Council OF the City Of
EJ aIsE lie, that the owners OF all Lots aud
paris OF Lots fronting on OF adjoining the north
side al Water street, between Uak and Mulberry
streets IN said city, cause their sidewalks to hr
br"uSh to the proper city grade, and that they
cause side walk, Class No /, To he laid down
thereon, within thirty days from iii" publication
al this order.
4. BURKE Clerk.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-05-25

And great variety Of notions of all kinds, all of
which selling below Cincinnati prices as
determined to draw The gond trade 10 EvAu7
vile. Come and examine far yourselves at
marc j. IL hIAGHEE Il CO. >. First 81
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-05-25
CO-PARTNERSHIP.

gCOR E.a DIES, MIS- $ u 8, .a.N'D
n children. Steel Spring Skirts a superior ar
tiole, Tor sab. cheaper than heretofore at
MILLER & NIEHAUS'S,
am, AZ Main street
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-05-25

MH AJss'TE s.-sx.N' .4CPAFR ROK
90 10 attend Grocery aud drive express
wagon. Must know how to write fair hand, and
come Well recommended. Apply at No 1872 Posey
Block, AIain street. marl6-n
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-01
gtltttt0 Gale.
JFroa, the Atlantic Nonthlyl
MY l. Asst L Q Y E

had counted many more in nv girlhood.
in the frst flush Of bluSs0mng. and a few.
good men and true. whom | never meet even
now without an added color for. at one time
cr another I thought | l1yed each Of them.
"Why didn't | marry them. then?
For the same reason that many another vo-
man does not We arc afraid to trust our
own hkinsS. Too many of them are but sun
rise vaporS, ycry rosy TO begin with but bY
mid dav as dingy as any old dead cloud with
the rain all shed out of it. | never see any
OF those old swains Of mine. wishaut feeling
profoundly thankful that do4't belong to
him. l shouldn't want 70 look over my bus
bands head 10 any sense 30 they al get
wives au1 children, and | lived ~ o.l m.,d,-
although | was scarcely conscious Of tae state:
for, if my OWN cycS orother peoples testimony
were to be trusted, / Coat i9oN Old, and j I'D
quite sure | don't feel 50, bai came TO my
self on my thirty-Stcoud birthday, an o.u
maid most truly, Without benefit OF clergy
And thereby hangs this tale Tor on that
birthday | first made acquaintance with n!
last love,
Something like month before, there had
come TO Huntsville two gentlemen in search
OF game and quiet quarters for the summer,
They soon found that hotel IN a country VII
lage affords little Sociusicn but tue woods
were full OF game. the mountaiG-bTooNs swarm
cd with trout too fine TO be given unaud they
decided to take house Of their OWE. After
some search, they bNcd On an old house sc
forgotten whose folly 1t Vas ca..td, il.i q
mile and hall from town staining upon a
messy bill that bounded my HeilS, square and
n Il - - Il ~ ID
lection except ragged pine-iree 'hat thrust
It's huge limos beneath the empty %'Huo~S, as
though II were running away Win s'o.eh
house under ITS arm, lhe place was muSly,
rat-eaten and tenanIed by a couple Oh ghosts,
who thought fever, once quite fatal within
the walls, no suitable discharge from the
property. and made themselves perfectly free
a the quarters in properly weird seasons. But
money and labor cleared out all the eob-we5S,
(for ghosts are but spiritual c0b-webS, You
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-01

LEag GzAa,-Tle ycas in which young IL
dies are permitted to pop the question WiIi
not commence until the 29Jh OF February
Any year divisiJle by 1 without . remainder,
is leap year, which comes every fourth year.
The solar year is SG5 days, hours IS min
uteS and Il 10 seconds. For convenience
We drop these hours, minutes aud seconds in
our ordinary reckoning, and call the civil year
Cos days. Hence we lose nearly day 10 this
reckoaing every fourth year-wc actually loose
in years, four times five hours, 4S minutes,
and IS seconds, which is not quite day
But for round numbers again, We call il q daT
and therefore add . day to every fourth year
Gaming it the 29th Of February
OF course bY thus adding = whole day, Ea
add little too mach-neariy D miaut-s @
year That in 100 years Toud a-1rat t..
say 1920 minutes, and OF course If this dis
crcpaucy aISJ were not provided for, In the
course of centuries it would TiJiate the calender
Therefore, once every hundred years q leap
year is skipped for three consecutive centuries,
on the fourth century it is retained because
the balance is little the other way again
Thus f0r three centuries We have aa excess Of
$3.50 minutes, leaving I discrepancy Of egg
minutes This, then, IS partially corrected by
continuing the leap year as usual on the fourth
century, putting Us within about 4S0 minutes
or eight hours OF being right ct the end Of
every fourth century-near enough right for
all practical Purposes.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-01

FREEMASoNRY and GRInIRoNs worthy
police captain, says the New York Post. enter
tanned fancy to become a Freemason. and
was accordingly proposed and elected A
friend accompanied him to the place of meet
ting, which was in n building the lower
part OF which was used as place Of entertain
ment
The ncophte was left in an apartment next
to the SERVANTS room, while his friend went ur
stairs to assist in the opening ceremonies
A Celtic maiden, who caught glimpse OF
the stranger, resolved to take part IN his initi1-
ton, aud procuring gridiron, placed it over
the range. It was not long before the captain
looking inqnisitiyely through the door, saw the
utensil reddening in the heat The recOllec-
tion flashed through his mind of Masonic eau.
didatts and some peculiar ordeals which they,
were made to encounter
What is that, Bridget ?" he eagerly iIquir
ed
"And sure,' replied the Hibernian virgin,
L" it's only the gridiron that was told topIacC
over the Goals"
"Who told your asked the eager police
man.
And was it not the gentleman who came
with you?7
"What could he want Of it 2 demanded the
captain.
And sure, ri can't tell, replied Bridget;
they are often using it it belongs to the pco-
pie above stairs. | always heat it when they
want to make q Mason"
This was too mach for the excited captain.
and taking to his heels be soon put safe dis
tance between himself and the lodge.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-01

\ DYING MAx's RzFEST.xcE-A few years
ago Rev. Mr. B, 4 faithful, fearless
preacher in one OF tLe bin towns OF Hampshire
county, preached i pointed sermon against The
use Of ardent spirits, especially designed for
q member of his congregation, who was in the
habit of hiring his help at low prices in con
sideration Of the frequent treats that he furn-
ished his workmen. Old Nat felt himself par
ticularIy hit by the discourse, as the ooIf fitted
exactly, and therefore abseRted himself from
church for some two years A few weeks ago
he was seized with his last illness aud express
ed . great anxiety to see Rev. Mr.. B,
before he died. His son went post haste for
the minister, who of course was quite ready
to respond to the dying mans summons.
On entering the room, he vas greeted with
Z cool Sllutation, " Mr. B, am about
10 die and | have sent for you that yoa
might have chance 10 apologize to me for
that Igaor sermon preached TO lie lcw days
ago
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-01

NATURAL OYsTER BEDs.-Along the jersey
shore, where the rivers empty into salt water
there are natural oyster beds, whence is pro
cured the seed oysters which supply the plant
ed beds In the spring the oyster in the na-
tural bed deposits its spawn-a white gelatin
Gus substance, which adhercs 10 whatever It
touchcs-and in this way spreads a large
growth Of small oysters, some not larger than
the head Of pin From these seed beds the
oysters are taken and laid in shoaI salt water,
to be easily taken up when wanted, and where
they remain for several yeors till they get sufi-
cicnt size for market Thousands of Uushels Of
the small seed oysters are in this way distTi
butei along the shore on the planting grounds
or sold to be carried away for planting to other
States. The practice is to take these seed
oysters away in the spring and fall! II allow
cd to remain in their beds over fall, they will
separate and spread, but it removed at that
period OF the year the young oysters die bv
the thousands. II they do not get beddcd
early in the mud, the tides, blown out by the
winds, leave them exposed, or, adheFinz to the
ice in the winter, they are lifted ont their beds
and either carried away or crushed Unless
something is done for the protection OF these
natural oyster beds, it is believed that they
will all be destroyed, and even those engaged
in the business, it is said, acknowledge the dc
structiveucss Of the present mode of operation
and desire that the period of taking heoysters
for planting shall be confined to the spring Of
the year Forty days from the first Of April,
it is believed, would be sufficient for all plant
ing purposes, aud an effort viii be made at
Trenton to get the Legislature to limit the
planting to hat period Clans have been
nearly destroyed 10y the continued rakiDe OF
Of the bars, and the seed is How only kept up
rs those hid in the bottoms Of the deep chan
ncls.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-01

L.Fs.-Ab, there is 4 touching beauty in
tie radiant up-.ook Of . girl just crossing the
limits of yoa,b, aaI commencing Ler Journey
through The checkered sphere Of Eomauh0oi
Il IS all deg-sparkle and morESag glory TO her
aEdea.. buoyaut spirit, and she presses forward
Cx1.ug- IL biisstal al.iciF-toas- b. the
g.lbeg.1g heat OF tue conflict Of lie cElcFs oGi
the deg drops ezb4le The gaglalds Of hope
shattered aui dead s,gca the path aud too
cfteB. ere uo5a-tiIe, The clear brow aud sweet
smile are exchanged f5r the ~e4gy lo0k of ole
lgH-iEg FOR the evening rest, the twilight
oi,tkc night. Oh may the good God give an
early sleep unto these many
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-01

Wlsnog ASD FoLLv.-I have often thought
that Il the milds Of men were laid open, We
should see bat the difference between that OF
the wise man and that Of tho fool There are
in6uile reTerieS, numberleSS extTayaganceS, and
4 perpetual train Of vauities which pass through
both. The great difference Is, that the frs,
knows how TO pick and Gull bis thoughts i9E
CONVERSATION, by supp-eSsiug some, aud con
muaieating others, whereas the other let taem
al indiifereutly tly out in words Tais sort u
discretion, however has no place in private
conversation between intimate friends 0n
such occasions the giseSt men oftea talk Ike
the weakest f5r in1ced the taking Wiih 4
ts-ell IS nothing else b1t thiazioz al7u!
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-01
TOWANDA:
Thursday Morning, March l, 1860
srlrttcN Qottrn.
THE LAST GOOD NIGHT.

Close her eyelids press them scntly
Der the dead and leadcn eyes,
For the soul that made them lovely,
Hath returned unto the skies;
Wipe the death drops from her forehead
Sever one dear golden tress,
Fold her icy hands all meekly,
Smooth the little snowy dress
Scatter foWers DER her pillow
Gentle flowers, so pure and white
Lay the bud upon her bosom,
There-now softly say, Goodnight,
Though our tears flow fast and faster,
Yet we would not call her back,
We are glad her feet no longer
Tread life's rough ana thorny track;
We are glad our Heavenly Father
Took her while her heart was pure,
We are glad he did not leave her
All lifc'S trials 10 endure
We ire glad and yet the tcavdroP--
Falleth for alas We know
That our fircside Will be lonely,
We shall miss our darling 50.
While the twilight shadows gather.
We shall wait in vain IL feel
Little arms, all white and dimplcd.
Round our neck 50 softly steal
Our wet cheek viii miss the pressure
Of sweet lips - warm and red.
And our bosom sadly. sadly.
Miss that darling little head
Which was wout 10 resi- there Swceuy ;
And tlo>e goiiCn eycs 50 bright,
We SHALL miss their loving EiaucCs,
We shalt miss their son Goodnight
When the woerowS : sun Is shining.
They w5G take this cherished form,
They viii lear 1t to the yhaCsh.yari.
And ccusigu it 70 ihc worm
Wcn-what matter, Il {, only
The clay dress eur darling wore;
God hath roued her as an av-cl,
She hath need q. lhis no more;
Fold her hands, and DER hcr pillow
Scatter flowers All pure aujwh.tc,
Kiss the marble Jrov, AMI whisper,
Once again, a last 'oduisht.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-01

lz- Ms. Snithers has great idea Cf her
husbands military powers. e EortaO wears.
sags She. :. he Eas liea.lEzl- in tae horse
la1ziEls. 4iteF which Ee sas promoted 10 the
Cagt4l-ey of : gegolaE couF-aE Z 52Fl--3s
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1860-05-26

NEVER DO Too MucH AT A TME.-Sir Ed
ward Buwer Lytton, in lecture recently
delivered gave the following history of his
literary habits: "Many persons, seeing me so
much engaged in active life, and as much
about the world as if / had never been STU
dent, have said to me, "When do you get
time to write all your books ? How on earth
do you contrive to do so much work :? shall
surprise you by the answer ! make. The
answer is this 81 contrive to do so much by
never doing too much at time. A man, to
get through work well, must not overwork
himself, or, if be do too much to-day, the re.
action of fatigue will csme, and he will be
obliged to do little tomorrow. Now, since
] began really and earnestly to study, which
was not till had left college ard was actually
in the world, may perhaps say have gone
through as large course of general reading
as most men Of my time. l have travelled
much, and have seen much have mixed
much in politics and the various business of
life and in addition to all this, | have pub
ished somewhere about sixty volumes, some
upon subjects requiring much research
And what time, do you think, as q general
rule. have devoted to study-to reading and
writng2 Not more than three hours day I;
and, when Parliament is sitting, not always
that. But then, during those hours, have
given my whole attention to what l was
about"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1860-05-26
Sflistellantous.
Desperate Battle between the Moors
and Spaniards.

The correspondence Of the London Times
gives the following account of the final battle
between the Spaniards and Moors, fought or
the 23d Of March: | think l have already
mentioned an attack made by handful Of
Moors, on q whole battalion, in which four or
five of them were bsyoneted. In one of the
villages, the possession of which was so
sharply contested, horrible conflict took
place The rush and cane built novels were
blazing, and Spaniards and Moors fought
among them, struggling to throw each other
into the flames One young ensign, after
using his revolver, was seized by an athletic
Moor and tossed into the midst of burning
hut. His men rescued him. grevously burnt,
and nearly sufFocated by the smoke. The
Moors, when their ammunition was expended
or their arms we're broken, gathered stones
from the groand and hurled them at their op.
ponents. A foreign officer told me that be
saw tall, we'll mounted Moor ride delibe-
rately down, sabre in hand, upon ten or
twelve Spanish skirmishers. He cut at one
of them, but the man made a movement, and
| his shake was only struck from his head. The
Moor then seized him by the collar, dragged
him few PAGES; tossed him to q couple ol
men on foot, who appeared from among some
brushwood, and forthwith cut off his head
A captain of cavalry, when riding along to
| take an order, was attacked by q single Moor
on foot who, however, got the worst of the
fight for the officer killed him with his sabre.
a great many Of the Moors we're armed with
! English muskets and bayonets-old flint
muskets, bearing the Tower mark.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1860-05-26

SEQUEL TO A TRAGEDY.-Our readers will
generally remember the Mercer and II Heberton
tragedy that occurred in Philadelphia many
years since. A man of some wealth and
social position, named Heberton, had seduced
Miss Mercer, young woman of seventeen,
and refused to repair the matter by marriage.
A brother took vengeance into bis own hands,
waylnid the seducer in ferry boat, and shot
him dead. For this he was tried for murder
and acquitted. Since that period he led a
wild career, and finally, about two years
siEce was shot 10 a restaurant in Pbiladel.
pha. The sister was married few years
subsequent to the death of Heberton, lived
unbapply with her husband. was drowned,
and we find her death recorded in an ex.
change. The whole family have now passed
away.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1860-05-26
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THE DEVIL AND THE LAWYER.

The devil came up to the earth one day,
A nd into a court house he wended his way,
just as the attorney with very grave face
Was proceeding to argue the points in the
case"
Now lawyer bis Majesty never had seen,
For TO his dominion none ever had been,
a nd he felt very anxious the reason to know,
Why none had been sent to the regions below.
Twas the fault of his agents his Majesty
thought,
That none of these lawyers had never been
caught,
And for bis own pleasure he felt desire
To come to the earth and the reason inquire
Well, the lawyer who rose with visage SO
grave
Made out his opponent q consumate knave,
And the Devil was really greatly amused
To hear the attorney so grossly abused.
But soon as the speaker had come to close,
The counsel opposing then tiercely arose,
And be heaped such abuse on the head Of the
first
That made him villain, Of all men the worst
Thus they quarrelled, contended and argued
so long,
Twas hard to determine which of them was
wrong,
And concluded he'd heard quite enough Of the
"fuss,"
Old Nick turned away and soliloquized thus /:
"If all they have said of each other be true,
The Devil has surely been robbed of bis due !;
But I'm satisfied now, it's all very we'll
For these lawyers would ruin the morals of
u-ll.
They have puzzled the Court with their vii
lainous cavil,
And I'm free to confess they have puzzled
the Devil;
My agents are right to let lawyers alone,
If | had them they'd swinde me out of my
throne"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1860-05-26

SINGULAR CAUSE OF DEATH.-An Infants
Breath Sucked by a Dog.-Benj. +. Thomp-
son, a child of ten months, whose parents
reside in the rear of Jefferson street, Smiths
Hill, was left asleep on the bed by bis mother,
while she made call at the house of neigh.
Dor. When she returned, after the lapse Of
an hour or so, the child was dead. The ex-
planation of the cause Of this sudden death is
sought in the fact that two dogs belonging
to the family were left in the room with the
sleeping child, one Of which, it is said, mounted
the bed, placed its paws upon the little fel.
lows shoulders, and then drew his breath
until he was sufocated. The child was in
feeble health, aud it is possible that the
weight of the animal upon its body may have
induced a spasm that proved fatal. We
understand that when the child was found
the dog was resting its head upon its body
Providence Press, 9Th inst.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1860-05-26

A CONVENTION OF HEBREW CHRISTIANS, or
converted Jews was lately held in New York,
when an Association was formed with the
title american Hebrew Christian Brother
hood" Its object is to propagate the Gospel
among the Jews. 1t has already its new
organ, the Brdelite Indeed published in New
York, with nearly one thousand subscribers
Among the converted Jews in this country
are found one United States Senator about
thirty Christian ministers, besides College
professors, physicians, lawyers and prominent
merchants. The number Of Jews in this
country is computed at one hundred and fifty
thousand, and not twenty-five thousand as has
been enormously stated. Some of their
prominent Rabbls are of the opinion that they
will number one million few years hence.