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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
Saturday, August 4

Saturday, August 4.
Council met. Present the Mayor anC
/ Councilmen Bischman, Decker, Dannettell
Foster, and Roelker-5.
The minutes of the meeting of Saturday
evening, July 28th, and of subsequent
meetings, were read and approved.
The Street Commissioner submitted hi!
/ report of work done on the streets during
/ the week ending Saturday, August 4th, to
! gether with bills for same to the amount O
/ $9l 61, which was received and the bills
allowed. -.-
Bills to the amount of $32, for work done
at the upper Market House, were also al
/ lowed.
The Evansville Gas Company were al,
lowed SO % in payment for 274 feet OF
boat gunwales, at cents per foot.
Mr.. Hugh Duffy and James NJ. McCleaveI
were allowed 50 each for repairing cutters.
Mr.. Jacob Boone was allowed 81 for re-
| pairs on the City Lookup.
Frederick Buente & Co. were allowed
S29 70 for brick furnished to the city.
Mr.. John Mutt was allowed So for haul
ing cinders to Oak Hill Cemetery.
Mr.. VIM. Baker was allowed Sl25, one
months salary as Mayor of the city of Ev-
ansville.
Mr.. p Burke was allowed S75, one
months salary as City Clerk.
Mr.. f. S. Martin was allowed $45.S5, one
months salary as City Marshal.
Mr.. John Smyth was allowed S37, one
month s salary as Street Commissioner.
Mr. Louis Hutmacher was allowed S25,
one months salary as City Lamplighter.
An order was passed appropriating S40l
for payment to the several Councilmen for
services rendered whilst acting as a Board
of Equalization.
The Mayor then presented the monthly
statement of II. Nelson & Co., showing the
amount of sales made by them during the
month of July to be $500, for which the
Treasurer's receipt for So was filed, being
one per cent. of the amount sold. The
statement was received and filed.
The Mayor thep submitted the agreement
of Sebastian Kessler and George Koob with
the city of Evansville, for taking up and re-
constructing that part of Division street
sewer constructed under the contract of An
thony Hewson and extending the same to a
point twenty feet north of Eighth street
The agreement was approved and ordered
to be signed by the Mayor and sealed with
the seal of the city.
The Mayor then presented the bond of
of Messrs. Kessler and Koob, which was ap-
PAO'SN .1iiO NANSl Sleu ~ 70 PIaNOU oH hio'
The Sexton of Oak Hill Cemetery re-
ported the number of interments during the
month of July to have been thirty-two.
1t was then ordered that the owners of
property on Main street, between Third and
Fourth streets, who have given their obli-
cations for their proportion of the ex-
pense of bordering Main street, be required
to pay to G. Foltz, the contractor, the last
third part of their obligations
Upon motion the Council then adjourned
to meet on Monday evening, August 9Th, at
P. NJ. P. BURKE, Crk
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07

s<S- The grand feature of the Black
Guards procession on Saturday night was
the mounted marshals Grand Tycoon Ca
witt was the most noisy and conspicuous, as
usual. He ordered his subordinates around
as if they had been niggers or convicts, and
was obeyed with characteristic alacrity.
The second in command was "Yaukee
Doodle Felker.' He had a great deal to
say and do; he ripped and snorted along
from one end Of the line to the other, as if
life depended on his speed he rode ON
little pony, and ''wore feather in bis cap;" ="
his dlminutive steed was The terror of old
women and little children.
We mustn't forget to make honorable
mention of Landlord Byers. With the zeal
of a new convert, and the impetuosity of
Don Quixote, he spurred his Rosinante to
the charge His tall, lank form, and fierce
moustache, topped off by his red Jockey
cap, looked the personifcation of grace.
His mein was stern and commanding
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07

ga Mr.. JosErH p. ELLIOTT, remembering
kindly the printers, yesterday sent this Of
Gce two of the biggest, sweetest, "luscious-
est water melons we have seen this season
AS good as we ever saw or tasted. One
of them was dissected Immediately by "the
boys, when what sight met the eye =
The rind wasn't more than half an inch
thick, and all else except the seeds was pure
good eating. All hands pitched in and
were soon too full for utterance' Even
two of us who had had chills couldn't re-
sist the temptation Could chills and fever
find, lodgment within those red and pink
cells, filled with ambrosia and nectar p
4" Nary time,' and so we . went in - with
the rest and bade the chils defiance.
MoRAL-Mr. Elliott has some more, SINH
lar to these q Go thou and do likewise"
Pete will wait on you with his usual smile.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07

a LARGE METEoR.-It will be recol-
lected that on last Friday morning, we men,
toned seeing a very brilliant light the even
ing before, that resembled the light OF
a meteor. The light was of intense brilli-
ancy and entirely outshone that of the moon
which was shining brightly at the time.
1t seemed to be as vivid as fash of light
ming on a dark day, but was not so sud
den to come and go. The meteor that
proves to have produced it was too low
down in the southeastern horizon to be
seen by US, or, so far as we know, by any
person in this neighborhood. If it was seen
by any of our readers we hope they will
give Us the result of their observations.
The following extract will show how the
meteor appeared elsewhere
Last evening at ten minutes past 10
o'clock we witnessed one of the most beau
tiful and brilliant celestial phenomena
that has occurred since the great meteoric
shower of 1892. A huge meteor appeared
in the southeastern quarter of the heavens
at a point equidistant from the moon and a
point on the horizon-probably fifteen de-
greeS east OF south. 1t far exceeded, both
in size and beauty, any display of a similar
description it has been our good fortune to
see. But for the sway of reason, the OBJ
server would have been tempted to believe
that the moon had tired of her office, and
was rushing with the speed of comet up
on her welI-served superior, leaving in her
course trail vieing with the rainbow in
the number, and with the sun, almost, in
the brilliancy OF its colors. The moons
light, although shed from an unclouded sky,
was as effectually paled as if the sun had
burst forth in meridian splendor. The me-
teor sped from the northeast to a point
about fifteen degrees above the horizon, and
five degrees east of south, where it disap-
peared. The tail was fully five degrees in
length The display, we should think, last
ed about half a minute.-Kad. Cour.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07
ENoRMoUs PLUM.-Mr. Al

ENoRMoUs PLUM.-Mr ALFRED NJ.
MCGRiFF (the gentleman who furnished US
the magnificent peaches a few days ago,
credited by mistake TO " Robert Griffith },
has brought us the finest green gage plum
we ever laid eyes on. Its circumference is
almost six inches-only lacking a quarter
of an inch of it. The plum is healthy and
well proportioned. Mr.. McGrif raised it in
his own garden in this city.
The more fine fruit we see that is raised
in this vicinity (and we see much of iD the
more we feel tie want Of Horticultural
Society, to encourage fruit raising by prem-
ums, etc. This vicinity is capable of being
made as celebrated for fine fruit as New
Jersey or any other locality except the Pa
cifc coast.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
BY THE E.. W. LINE.
Exclusively for the Journal.
Kentucky Election.

PARIS August IL, a M.-Combs leo
ahead.
Georgetown, II M.-Combs 100 ahead.
Louisville, 10, A. M.-Combs 1850 ahead
Lexington, 10, A. M-Combs 1875 ahead
Blue Licks, 10, A. M.-Combs II ahead.
Elizabethtown, II, A. M.-Combs 246,
McClarty II. -----------=
Glasgow, Il, A. M.-Combs III, Boiling
&c, McClarty 10.
Covington, 10, A. M.-Combs $40 ahead.
Williamstown, II, M.-Combs "a ahead.
Frankfort, u, M.-Combs 1877 ahead.
CINeINNATI. August 6, P. M.-The election
in Kentucky took place to-day for Clerk of
the Court of Appeals. The returns indicate
the election of Combs, the Union candidate,
by a large majority.
Georgetown precinct gives Combs 1872
majority Williamstown, Combs 81 majori-
ty +; Frankfort, Combs l47 majority; Mays
lille, Combs l53 majority Fayette county,
Combs 700 majority Bourbon county,
Combs $50 majority; Nicholas county,
Combs 125 majority Campbell county,
Combs $50 majority Covington city,
Combs 500 majority.
Louisville, 9th, Evening.-For Clerk of
the Court of ppeaIs-Combs, 4,275 Mcf
CLARITY, 1893; Boiling 384; accounts from
the country favorable for Combs.
Henderson, 6th.-Henderson county, gives
Combs over 400 majority.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07
A Serious Charge.

The Enquirer, after racking its brains for
over two months for some serious charge to
bring against Old Abe Lincoln, has at last
found something that it parades in big cap
ital letters in a very ferocious style, before
its readers, as q "deadener." Here is the
charge that is to demolish the big Illinois
Giant mot the little one).
The Enquirer says that Old Abe signed
the following paper:
eve the undersigned, citizens of Sangamon
county, and State Of Illinois, agree to pay
the several sums set opposite our names res
pectively to Stephen I. Logan, on demand
made by him, said money to be appropriated
by him for the defence of the peaceful in
habitants of Kansas territory against the
invasion or armed violence of persons not
inhabitants of said territory, nor acting by
the authority of the United States, when
ever he shall be satisfied that said money is
needed for that object, and that it will be
applied to no other
Well, now, that is terrible, isn't it. The
people of Kansas were overrun by murder
Gus horde of outside barbarians, trying to
force slavery upon them against their will.
Those robbed and outraged people, weak
in numbers and poor in purse, were con-
tending for popular sovereignty for the
right of government that our Douglas
friends talk so much about and profess such
friendship for. They called for outside aid.
Money was collected for them in various
parts of the country, and we think it prob
able that Mr.. Lincoln signed the paper the
Enquirer says he did. We do not know
whether Mr.. L. signed the paper or not.
Our neighbor says he did and we take it for
granted that he did.
Now what sort OF a state of things do we
find to exist2 Abraham Lincoln con-
tributes his means to have justice done 10
those poor struggling settlers, and to enable
them to govern themselves and have slavery
or not, as they please. a..
While Lincoln is thus trying to have car
ried out the principles of Popular Sove-
reignty, Douglas, the ostensible father of that
" great principle" is endea yoring with all
his might to force slagery upon that pro-
testing people. Yes, Stephen A. Douglas
the friend, par excellence, of the squatters,
while they are spilling their lfe's blood for
the privilege of governing themselves in
their own way, without outside interference
is standing up in the United States Senate
10 the service of his pro slavery masters,
and shouting to the poor Kansas settlers
Slavery you shall have, whether you want
it or not-''we will subdue you kansas
shall be Il slave State in spite of you.
We thank the Enquirer for the word.
We wanted just such an opportunity to show
the difference between Lincoln and Douglas
on this important point.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07

By Messrs. HEALY & WARREN are re-
ceiving one of the largest stocks Of Books
and Stationery ever brought to this market.
They have also purchased a fine assortment
of Pianos, Melodeons, Musical Instruments.
Sheet Music, &c, and will hereafter keep
everything in that line constantly on hand.
We hope this enterprise will be appreciated
by the people of this vicinity. They are
both gentlemen OF good business qualifca-
tions, and deserve the patronage of this
community.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07

BI Evansville seems to be furnishing
melons to all creation. Resides all that are
shipped up Green river and up the f. and
C. Railroad, it seems that they are going up
the Ohio in large numbers. The following
is from a New Albany paper of the 4th:
The l.. C. Ferry came up from Evansville
early this morning, and put off about 300
watermelons at the wharf The GREY EagEe
will be up tonight with about 700 on
board.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07

gEA. We notice that even the most reck-
less of Old Abe's opponents are obliged to
speak well of him personally. They dare
not attack his integrity.
Hon. J.. J. Crittenden, that noble Ken
tuckian, lately delivered a speech ia Louis
Vile ia favor of Bell and Everett. In the
course of it be spoke in the highest terms
Of Mr.. Lincoln as native of Kentucky and
gentleman. Hon. Humphrey Marshall, in
s. late Breckenridge speech in Covington,
said good word for our candidate also.
1t is very gratifying to have a candidate
who is so invulnerable.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07
-. Nc Zee it announced in the Indiana.

By We see it announced in the Indiana
polls Journal that Hon WILL. CrMBAcK of
Decatur county will address the people of
Warrick county on the 18th inst The place
is not specified, but we suppose the speech
will be delivered at Boonville, where the
Republicans have a pole-raising on that
day. Mr.. Cumback is II very fluent speak
er, and will make many friends in this por-
tion of the State
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07
Local and Miscellaneous.
BUSINESS LOCALS.

ssg~We call the attention of all parties,
Republicans, Democrats, and Americans, to
the fact that our. young friend, WIN. f. HAL
LOCK, has just received direct from the man
ufacturers another large lot of Campaign
Flags, Badges, Medals, &c, which he offers
at n small advance above cost. Call and
see specimens, now on exhibition, at No. ,
Marble Building, Main street
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07

Ha-Our friends of the New Albany
Ledger are defending Mr. F. Y. Carlile in bis
controversy with this paper. We we'll
recollect that, when Mr.. Garlic was editor of
the Journal, nothing was too hard for the
Ledger to say against him. Now the Ledger
is lecturing US for abusing Mr. C. The
Ledger is mistaken. Mr.. c. said we abused
him, but we did not. We only showed up
his serpentine political record. Perhaps
the reason of the Le3gers present defense
of Mr.. Carlile, so greatly in contrast TO its
past treatment of him, is to be found in the
fact that Mr.. G. is one of the nurses of the
Bell Everett movement in this State, and
the BelI-Everett movement is a good trump
card for uglas Democracy. What say
our friends f the Ledger
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07

PHILADELPHIA, July 6, MA meeting of
the stockholders of ne Philadelphia and
Baltimore Central Railroad was held at
Avondale. A resolution was adopted au-
thorizing a lease of the road within 20
days to the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Company, unless a subscription
be raised TO carry on the road under the
present direction.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07

rsS% Well informed persons give the
North Carolina election to Ellis, Breckin-
ridge Democrat by from 5000 to 10000
against Pool, Bell man, assisted by the
Douglasites. This result makes the pros
poets of the Bell and Douglas coalition in
the South look extremely gloomy.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07

THE DOUGLAS MEN-Eminent Douglas
men in Philadelphia, recognizing the idea
that Pennsylvania will decide the contest
and prompted by cordial hatred of the
Administration party, boldly avow their
determination to vote for Lincoln rather
than suffer the election to be thrown into
the House, and thus assure the success of
Gen, Joe Lane.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07
PoIittcaINotice.

The Centre Township Lincoln Club will
meet next Friday evening, at o'clock, at
the Mt. Pleasant School House, better known
as the Fairchild or Payne School House. All
who are opposed to the present Admins
tration are invited to attend. d&w.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07

New YORK, August 6.-The Tribune 5
Washington correspondent says: l hear the
Peruvian Minister, who has gone to New
York, is instructed by his Government
to return home in case our Minister at Peru,
Mr.. Clay, should suspend his relations there
on account of the refusal of that Govern
ment to comply promptly with the demands
of our own.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07

INDIANAPOLIS, July 9Th, M.-The whisky
receiver in Adams, Mccormick & Co.'s dis
tillery at Edinburgh, Ind, exploded yester-
day afternoon about o'clock, instantly
killing Marion Meadows. Mr. Adams and
Mr.. Penney were badly burned but will re-
cover.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07

CINcINNATI, Aug. 4.-Charles McDougaI,
of the firm eff West & McDougal, left for
parts unknown last night. The book
keeper of the firm went with him. 1t is
stated that they took $35, 900 belonging to
the firm with them.
The house has been doing large busi-
ness in cheese butter, seeds, and produce
generally, and had large custom from the
South and West.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07
Rs~The Enauicer is sfilI mnkinn {

BSB~The Enquirer is still making fifty
cents per day off of its readers by publish
ing that threequarters ola column of false
hoods on its first page. That matter has
now stood about eight weeks This makes
about sixteen dollars clear profit off the vic
TINS who are obliged to take that paper
Wen, that ought to pay if itdoesnt.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07

LOUISVILLE, Aug 5th.-Wm. B. Clifton
of the firm OF James Hewitt & Co., Liver
pool, died here yesterday, having manu-
mitted all his slaves, four hack loads of
whom attended his funeral, to-day, as chief
mOurners.
There were several cases of sun stroke in
the city to-day.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07

BEg' The getters-up of the panoramas in
the Black Guards procession on Saturday
night last, spelled " Maine Law several
times, Main Law. That is fair specimen
of the literary quality of the inscriptions, to
say nothing of their lying and indecent
character.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07

gSA- We learn from Kentucky friend
that Lincoln and Hamlin flag has been
hoisted in Edmonson County, KY, and
that those gentlemen will get more votes
than any Republican candidates have ever
had before.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07

WHEELING, Va. August 4.-There was
Republican demonstration in this city this
evening. A pole was raised, cannon fred,
and speeches by Hon. Alfred Caldwell, A
B. Campbell, editor of the InteHgencer, and
others
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07

ggWe see it stated that Hon. JOHN
HICKMAN's health is such that he is not able
to make Western tour. We are sorry for
this, as there are hundreds of persons in
this Observation-Disclosures ofhis brilliant,
honorable course-who had hoped to hear
him during the campaign.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07

5eS" We intended to have made some
comments this morning on the speeches de-
livered on Saturday evening by Messrs-
Dixon and Dnnni"g, at the Douglas meeting
but shall have to defer them till tomorrow
on account of a throng of other matter
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07

sy- The Indiana Farmer says that the
cattle disease has broken out near Chicago,
Illinois, and that one farmer has lost twelve
head.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07

RELIGIoUs.-There will be meeting of
the members of the Sabbath School I Union
of the NJ Church this evening at 8
o clock.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07

ST. Louis, Aug. 6th ght.-Efght-
cen precincts heard from give Blair 1917
majority for the short term, and 2,23l ma
jority for the long term.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-07

e2There was destructive storm Of
rain, thunder and lightning at Springfield,
Ills, on the Sd inst.
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AN exchange says that the supply of
ice in Memphis has given out.