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The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17
A Strange StOry-A Naval Battle of.
the Coast of Maine.

The Portland Argus of Tuesday, Ilth
inst, has the following singular nara
tive:
We received and published a report
of battle off Schoodac Island ON
Thursday, July %, giving some partic.
ulars of it. Since then the fact of its
occurrence has been confirmed bv the
arrival of several vessels at different
ports, whose captains either Saw or
eeard It, We are now in possession of
facts that satisfy US beyond the posi-
bllity of doubt, that an engagement
DID occur between two steamers on the
day and in the locality named, and that
from tifty-three to ffty-six shots were
exchanged. 1t appears that large
propeller steamship, painted black, was
lying for some days prior to the 23d nit
on Grand Menan bark She was at one
time so near the schooner Ohio. Cant
Dolliver of fremont, that the cantain
feared she would drift on TO him. and he
hailed her, expressing his fears of such
result The captain of the steamer
told him to have no fear; that he would
not harm him. She laid alongside the
CnIo apouI IWeHIy-IOur hours.
The battle occurred between 10 and
III o'clock in the forenoon, about ten
miles east southeast from Bakers Island
Mt Desert. The day was perfectly clear 81
and the battle was witnessed by Cant
Richardson off Cranberry Island, and
others from the lighthouse on Bakers
Island. With a glass the vessels conld
be seen with perfect distinctness. The
persons in the lighthouse counted 6fv.
three discharges from guns CT very hea-
Wy caliber. ~s.
Capt. Carver, of schooner George
Alioorn, from Calais, arrived in Ire
mont about three hours after the engage
ment. lie reports that he saw the whole
engagement at about ten to twelve
miles distant from him The engage.
ment lasted about three-quarters of an
hour when the vessel which was taken
to be the United States gunboat ran for
the land, and the other steamer sn,
posed the one that had been lyino .unnn
Grand Menan Banks, followed her in as
near the shore as, she dared to, appar-
entity, and then went on The gunboat
vent into Southwest Harbor. in Ire
mont, sent boat ashore, and a messen.
ger to the post Office The officer of
he boat, on being asked what the 6ring
meant, replied: ave had an ENGAGE
nent with Confederate privateer. and
unk her. > The boat returned to the
teamer, which then started off west
ward.
The facts in regard to the battle ara.
onfirmed by Capt. Ward, of the Gsbing
chooner Signal, of fremont, who ar,
lVed in port the next day. He was ".
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17
z. O. Notice.

The following is the section of the
new postal law requiring prepayment of
all mail matter delivered at any post
office.
-, "Sec. 8. And be 1t further enacted,
That no mail matter shall be delivered
by the postmaster until the postage due
thereon shall have been paid; and no
box at any post Office shall be assigned
to the use of any person until the rent
therefor has been paid for at least one
quarter, for which the postmaster shall
give a receipt, and keep a record thereof
IN his office, which record shall be deliy-
cred to hrs successor" ~
The practice of giving credit for items
OF postage, and putting tickets in bones
therefor, is discontinued. Tickets nc.
cumulate, and fall out of the boxes. and
box-holders are dissatisfied sometimes
on account of hostages that they cannot
account for. There is only one correct
and satisfactory way to pursue, and that
is to collect on deliUery
Persons coming to the Post Office will
therefore bring change along with them
and pay their postage as it accrues.
JAMES III. MCNEELY. P M
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17

JOHN NJ. BoTTs's COMMODORE" The
Nashville Union says Gen. Rosecrans
captured, at or near Winchester, the eel
ebrated horse, Commodore, formerly
the property of John NJ. Bolts of Vir-
ginia, confscated and sold to Maj Gen.
Polk for $4,000; and has notified the
Government at Washington of the cap
ture of this noble animal The Secre-
tary of the Treasury has directed DR..
Brownlow to take charge of the horse,
take good care of him, and at the prop
er time forward him to Kentucky or
OH -l,o--All--e.>l; &c M d alta Sc ON
titled to the proceeds, the law provides
method of recovering them through
the Court of Claims. No other mode OF
restoring the horse to Mr.. Bolts is, al
this time, practicable. Mr.. Bolts has
stood faithfully by the Union under great
dificulties-has been in several South
err prisons, and all loyal men will be
gratifed to find that this capture enures
to his benefit. Commodore is small
horse, about fifteen hands high DARK
bay, thin in flesh, and about twenty
years old. He shows his blood, howey.
er, and is no ordinary animal.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17

Coon RESULTS OF THE RIoT-A cor
respondent, in reply to the question,
"Can the mob have done any good?" re-
plies:
Certainly. Every effort is positive
and negative. 1t may be positively bad,
and yet negatively good. You .remem-
Der the poor drunkard who said he was
preaching temperance: you preaching
temperance; what do you mean?" "Ohl
I am practical illustration So New
York-which is SO great in many things
so like Tyre, queen of the seas, and
like Babylon, magnificent in its wealth
and vanities-has been serving the rest
of the country as a practical iILustra-
ton; and right glad must Boston and
Philadelphia and Cincinnati have been.
-Erc hunQe.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17

ANOTHER BIRD CAGED.-J. NJ. White
was arrested yesterday by Frank Morris,
on charge of having stolen a revolver,
some time since, from man named Ne
Even, at the Crescent City Hotel.
White had a hearing before Squire
Stinson, who held him to bail in the sum
of $3.50, to await the action of the Grand
Jury. Failing to find the required bail,
he was sent mp to the Asylum, corner of
Main and Third streets. nc , .
Thus, one by one, the thieves that in
fest our city are being detected and
Gagged. There is, however, much work
of the same kind to be done.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17

ing about six miles southeast from Duck
Islands, saw the fight and saw the black
steamer run out to sea by Mount Desert
rock
There was town meeting in fremont
on that day. The heavy discharges OF
artillery shook the buildings and ratified
the glass so much as to alarm people,
and many went to Southwest Harbor to
learn what it meant. They there saw
the steamer come in and the beat
come ashore. Those at the town house
counted ffty-six distinct discharges OF
heavy guns,
These are the facts, amply vouched
for, which we have through the politeness
of Captain Booth, of the schooner Ceres
from fremont
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17

49, WASHING 0UT.-The heavy rains of
the last few weeks have washed con-
siderable hole in the street between the
journal office and the river The fact
is, the cutters on Locust street are not
of sufficient capacity to carry of the
water that accumulates during very
heavy rain. We doubt not it would be
economy to widen or deepen the cutters.
In the meantime the street should be re-
paired ...
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17
Notice to Shippers.

Inc Evansville and Cairo Packet Com
pany VIII receipt through freight to Cum.
oerland river as far up as Linton, at the
same rate as regular Cumberland river
packets. We will also give through bills
OF ladlng to Memphis and all way points
at same rates as Louisville packets
Our connections are such that there will
be no detention at those places.
P. D. VETS, Agent
Evansville & Cairo Packet Co
Aug. l3.-lw
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17
TO CONTRACTORS

DkoPoSALs FOR BUILDING A HIGH
County, Indiana, will be received by the scbd ~
Trustee OF said City on Saturday the I5th a.
gust, Io65, at the Canal Bank The draSiy,o =.
ah tca ~ lor said building can be seen al
Bond with approved security will be reanirsd
l"r the faithful performance OF the contract
sum mot not less than the contract prices. III d
aulOtt II. Y. WHEELER. Schnol Tr,,..
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17
Court Notice.
STATE or INDIANA. In the Marlborough
NANDERBUReH COUNTY. Term. ls63. No. 81.

er.ru or 1NnI,NA ! In the Vandernurgh
81 ~ . - " ~ 800, Circuit Court. October
'i'A Term, 1868. No. 81.
Philip Kramer, E 60
Catharine Miller and
Elizabeth Miller, -sz-.-.
heirs at law of
George Miller, deceased. -tz
TT APPEARING BY AFFIDAVIT ON FILE
in the flee of the Clerk of the Court aforesaid,
that the defendants above entitled action, 1.-THE
object of which is to enforce judgement against
real estate in the hands of said heirs resi-
dents of the State of Indiana, Notice of the PEN
dency of the above entitled action 1.-THE Object of
which is to obtain leave to issue execution for the
balance due ajudgment rendered at the June
term, 1857, of said Court against said deiendants)
is therefore given TO said William Boyle and Sam
uel G. Bradley, and that the will stand for
trial at the next term of the Court aforesaid, to
be begun and held at the Court House in the City
of Evansville, in the County and State aforesaid,
on the second Monday in October, 1868.
Witness, Louis Richter, Clerk of said Court this
18th day of August, 1868.
LOUIS RICHTER, Clerk G. C. P. V. C.
aug1S
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17
Notice to the Public.

r. - Coin offers for sale large lot of
good furniture, consisting of bureaus
'aoles' oedsteads, sofas, lounges, chairs,
"ashstands, cooking stove, carpets; also
one new carriage, one set of silver mount.
cd harness, 30 boxes of dried herrings.
and large lot of dry goods, will be sold
next saturday, Aug. 18th, at 9 o'clock
a. NJ at auction. ). j. COIN,
Auctioneer
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17
COLLECTORS SALE.


Collectors Sale of Real Estate for the payment
of the costs and expenses of Sidewalk Improve
ments.
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN, THAT BY
N virtue of precept issued by the May or OF the
CITY of Evansville and TO me directed, will sell
at public auction, at the door of the Court House
in said City, Thursday, September Sd, at 10 O'Clock
a. M, the following Lots or parcels of Real Estate,
or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the
amount charged and assessed against said Lots re-
specify " for the costs and expenses of making
sidewalk improvements upon said Lots, together
with the costs of SALE and that the said sale will be
continued the next day thereafter, viz: Friday
the 4th of September, at 10 O'Clock a. m, at the
same place for the purpose of selling property
as may have heen sold ON the day above mentioned
and not paid for:
CRESCENT ENLARGEMENT.
Lot o, Blk }, Chas. w Mackey owner,....S4 7I19
Lot 8, Block 3, o. Z. Read, 7112
Lot l, Block 4, L. 0lmstedt & Co. owners, 46155
Lot 2, Block 4, do 60 do -. 2I1a
Lot 6, Block 4, Brown owner............... 1 60 :
WILLIAM G. BOEPPLE,
au17 Collector City of Evansville.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17

NEGRO TRooPs-Gen. Blunt, in pri-
vate letter to friend, speaks of the con-
duct of the negro troops in The battle of
Honey Creek Springs as follows:
One Texas regiment went in with
only sixty This regiment was opposed
to the LIST Colored, and the negroes were
too much for them; and let me say here
that | never saw such fighting done as
was done by the negro regiment at the
battle of Honey Springs They fought
like veterans, with GOODNESS and valor
that is unsurpassed. They preserved
their line perfect throughout the whole
engagement, and although in the hottest
of the fight, they never once faitered.
Too much praise cannot be awarded for
their gallantry. The question that ne
groes will fight is settled; besides they
make better soldiers in every respect
than any troops | have ever had under
| my command. Among the trophies, l
have one piece of artillery, two hundred
stand of arms, mostly English Enfield
rifles, and a stand of rebel colors N
The New Albany Ledger has been de-
voting considerable space lately to prove
that the negroes are worthless as SOL
diers We commend Gen. Blunt's opin-
ion to its consideration.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17
TO CONTRACTORS.

fEHE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY or
Il Ey nsyille will receive scaled proposals until
Saturday the 9th day of Septem Der 1868, for grad
ing and paving the following alley, viz:
The alley situate between Main and Sycamore
Streets and extending from Third TO Fourth
Streets.
The contractor to furnish all the materials and
to do the work agreeably to plan and Specifications
on file III this office.
A. PFAFFLIN, Clerk.
City Clerks Office, August 8, 1868.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17

Das= The guerrilla thieves along the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad are very
impudent, and are almost daily robbing
and stealing at all points where there
are no federal soldiers Their career
will be brought to sudden stop ere
lonp
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17

MILITARY RoADs.-By order of Gen.
Burnside, the negroes in some Is counties
around Lexington, KY, are being pressed
into the service of the Government to
build military roads in that State. The
greatest activity prevails in Gen. Burn
SIDES Department, and stirring news
may soon be expected from that quarter.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17
STRAYED.

EROM THE UNDERSIGNED, IN UNION
Il Township, near Henderson Ferry. about the
LIST of June, Chesllut Sorrel HOrse about fifteen
hands high, a small white star in his forehead,
white hairs shoulders caused by eolIay, and
blind in right eye. Any finding the Horse
will be satisfied for their trouble by returning
him TO Chris. Miller, Evansville, by notifying
the undersigned. aus Iw SULTAN STULB.
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Soldiers, Claim Agener

MCBRIDE u WHITTLEsEY are still pro-
@ curing back pay for discharged soldiers
enslons and Bounties for soldiers and
WIDOWS T9ce under the acts of Congress of
IooI and 1862. Their terms are low.
Give them a call Their office is on
Third street, below the Crescent Citv
HAIL. febl4-Iy
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HOME INTERESTS.

For THE SIX MONTHS SERVICE.
those companies or parts of companies
which are organized for the six months
service can obtain transportation to In
dianapolis by applying at the Washing
ton House on Monday or Tuesday next
Apply to C. f. Finch,
Captain, 18th Ind. Vols
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17

nsa. 1t is estimated that the cost OF
the horses which Morgan lost during his
late raid was not less than $2,000,O0O.
He stole more than he lost, it is true, but
as they were all re-taken they don't di-
minish the total loss of his experiment
to the Confederacy. Horses are now
worth in Richmond about $500, and can't
be had at that. ...
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17
$40 REWARD.

DYA RECENT ORDER FROM THE sECRE
ID tary War TEN DOLLARS wiH be he &after
paid for the apprehension Of q deserteF. ICapt-
Blythe Hynes, Provost Marshal, is now ready to
pay TEN DOLLARS and all expenses for every
deserter delivered to him at bis Headquarters in
this city. The money viii be promptly paid ana
all loyal citizens throughout the District are
urged to send forward all desertcrs in their respee-
tive neighborhoods. jy29
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17

Re- Gen. Rosecrans is just now Civ
ing his special attention to the cotton
spectators, who are following his army
1t is said some ugly developments are
likely to be made.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17

BE- The pirate Semmes is reported
to have said, while gazing upon the leap
ing flames of ship he had set on fire,
that he regretted that he had not an art
ist to portray the scene IN all its beauty.
Semmes' regrets are pathetic.i
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17

B1 That is an interesting United
States Commissioner at indianapolis who
binds men charged with resisting officers
and encouraging assertions, in the enor-
nous sum of $500, to appear at the next
term of the court If there was nothing
in the case the accused ought to be set
at liberty. Ifthe proof was strong, they
ought to be bound over in sums that
would insure their appearance in Court.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17

Ba~ Mr.. VIM. Hanueman, President
OF the State Sanitary Commission, goes
down to Vicksburg in charge of tie
Sunny Side. His efforts in behalf of the
brave soldiers Of Indiana are erecting
him a monument more durable than
brass.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17
ne. A Young and beantifnl Cormon

geA1 a young and beautiful German
woman named Elizabeth Steltz, commit
ted suicide in Lafayette, on Tuesday last,
by taking poison in peach. She was
from Kentucky, and had been deserted
by her husband, who had been seduced
into the rebel army by the arbitrator,
Buckner.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17

aeA- The following named officers
have. resigned:
Col Geo p Buel, of 5Sth Ind.
Col III sa ;fMHipSf, Brooks of 80th Indiana
Ist Lieut.. Francis Riddel, S7th Ind.
, % ID lent VIM. Irwin. Co. A, 4th Ind.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17

AFFAIRS IN TENNEssEE.-An intelli-
gent gentleman, who has recently been
a prisoner within Bragg's lines at Pu-
ask, informs the editor OF the Nashville
Press that the hatred Of the Tennessee
ans against the Mississippians was so
bitter at Pulaski that when General Van
Dorm was killed. people said on the
streets of Pulaski that they wanted his
The people are deplorably destitute of
provisions. Government wagons 90
about peddling off f.--'','e OF 'tffI
cpd Q = Few pounds of bacon.
Most of their provisions and stores are
at Atlanta. The withdrawal of Brace
fell with crushing effect upon the rebels
When he left Tullahoma he had but fif.
teen thousand infantry. This fact is
well ascertained. The rebel cavalry is
being greatly weakened; when Forrest
left Shelbyville he had but fifteen thou
sand soldiers, all told. Our informant
states that before the troops fell back,
changes were taking place among the
people in favor of the Union. They are
fast losing all confidence in the ability
OF the South, and concede that Tennes-
see is lost.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17

~ Gen. Green Clay Smith has ten
dred his resignation as Brigadier Cen
eral which will be accepted that he may
take his seat in Congress. Z a.y -
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FOR SALE.
- ''--------------
FOR SALE.
To Steambnafmen

X 'oh SALE, AT FIGURES SATISFACTORY
to the purchaser, the Chimnpys. Stays a,,d
Guys, all the Doors, Shutters and Trimmings Sash.
Iransons, Ventilators, Patent Roofing, Fend.rs
Stsyings and Life Boat Of the Steamer Lebanon
NO. z All new, in good condition, at Elizabeth
town, Illinois. Apply to
NATHAN JACKSON,
augl4-lW Elizabethtown Ills.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17

Bag The tobacco season is about over
and the crop of last year is mostly
shipped.
The tobacco trade of the past season
has been immense, almost incredible, in
this region. -s---
More than 10000 hhds. have passed
through and by this city, the larger por-
ton of which was handled by Crane,
Brown & Co., or Morris Ranger. A few
hogsheads are still arriving almost
daily, but the season may be considered
over -0
Morris Ranger, the Tobacco King of
this region has gone to New York to rest
for a month or two until the new crop,
which will be far larger than the last,
shall begin to come in, when he will re-
turn with countless greenbacks to renew
his operations.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17

Bar The Cincinnati Enquirer calls
Rev. Mr.. Grundy, late of Memphis, a
renegade" That is just what the rebel
papers South call him.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17
LOST.

an FRIDAY EVENING, On FIRST STREET
" between Cherry and Main, small Breast Pin
set with jets in the form of leaf. The finder viii
be rewarded by leaving it at VIM. E. Hallock's
Drug Store, on First Street. au1s
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WANTED.

IT BATTERY ROCK COAL MINES, so
n miles below Evansville, on the Ohio River,
ten good coal diggers.
We pay seven cents per bushel for digging coal.
and settle with Green Backs at the end of every
week, aug1l-lw J. ii. TRABEE.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17

GSE~ Gen. Mcclellan had narrow
escape at Sagharbor the other day. JAS
Talmadge, a nephew of the Rev s. L.
Mershon, of Easthampton, was drowned
while bathing in the surf, and Maj. Gen.
Mcclellan and several others, bathing at
the same time, were in imminent peril
from the heavy under-tow.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17

a.. Our readers will recoiiect that
Judge Trimhle, candidate for Congress
in the First District, was arrested some
timeAggo. The gadge has been one of
the firm Constitutional men in that dis
trict when heroic men were, at the COM
mencaAent of these difficulties, scarce.
lie did not believe, however, in this war
being used for revolutionary purposes.
He was sent to Henderson prisoner,
and kent there until after the election,
when he was released.-LouiSrille Dem
ocrdt ~"-
The less you have to say about Judge
Trimble's loyalty, the more creditable it
will be for your own. The Judge is
uery " constitutional" When Kentucky
was occupied by the rebels he formed a
copartnership with a notorious rebel
svmpathizer and made an independent
fortune by furnishing the rebels with
supplies. The following is an instance
of the "constitutionality of his loyalty.
A young farmer of Kentucky, who ap-
reared anxious to be true to his country
and yet make something handsome
wherever he could legitimately, was tell
ing the Judge that he had splendid LOT
of fat hogs, for which he was offered Essd 4
go for he was satisfied they were for the
rebel army.
''What kind of money did they pro
pose paying you for your hogsT gravely
inquired the Judge.
Gold" was the response; ''there wal
! no difficulty on that score"
2 "Well," responded this constitutions
Scion, the Offering of gold would be suf
fcient evidence to my mind, that the
hogs were not for the Confederacy, and
l would have no hesitation in letting
them &C"
Is that the kind of loyalty the Demo
crQt denominates CONSTITUTIONAL l
the Democrat has any misgivings as tt
the correctness of our statement, an ex
animation of the books of the W. B
Terry, which was seized and con6scatet
at Paducah for contraband trading, will
materially enlighten it as to the charac
ter of Judge Trimble's loyalty.
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WANTED.

400 BUSHELS ONIONS WANTED, FOR
COO which the highest market price will be
paid in Cash at JOS. z. ELLIOTT'S,
aul5 No. % Main Street
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GROChRs.
FOR SALE.

~ ACRES OF GOOD LAND, WE'LL TIM
~ bered, within five mills of the City of
Evansville, one half mile south of the Canal
Prices reasonable and payments easy For further
particulars call on SILAS STEPHENS
auI3 Canter To.r,sf;
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-17

RAJ The heated term still prevails,
and men swelter beneath the scorching
sun with an agony that has scarcely
ever before been felt
Even the copious showers that visit us
every few days do not cool the air FOR
any length oftime, but seem to add ardor
to the heat.
notwithstanding the intense heat the
city remains remarkably healthy, and in
this respect-will compare favorabIy with
any city in the State. - :.