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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-15
Arrivals and Departures.

The arrivals and departures since our last
report include-the st. Cloud, from Cairo
to Cincinnati; Argosy, Cairo and return;
j. p. Webb, Nashville to Evansville;
Morning Star, Memphis TO Louisville; j.
II. McCombs, Louisville to Henderson and
return
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-15
MASON & I1AMLIN
CABINET ORGAN.

We have one of the largest size now ON
hand: very line Instrument for a Church
ana FAR superior TO any small Pipe Organ
We are selling
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-15
Boats Due.

Among the boats due here are the EN-
peror for, Nashville; Rapid Ann, for Ten-
nessee River; ATgonaut, Nightingale,
lawrence. Shamrock, and Bertha, for
st. Louis; Golden Eagle, Anna, and Lib
erty No. 2. for Memphis; Navigator, Silver
Cloud, Nick Longworth, and Louisiana,
for New Orleans; Armada. from Cairo;
Tarascon and Mary Ament, from Louis
vile; VIM. Butler and Louisville, from
New Orleans; and Ada Lyon. from Green
River 49,
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-15
IRON IND BRASS CASTINGS
of every description.

Dealers in Steam Gauges, Gum Betting,
Fire Bricks. Wrought Iron Pipes, Boiling
cloths, &C., at manufacturers prices.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-15
Gleanings from OUR Exchanges.

dav Sayssi. yeSyeT'-
day, with the mercury above 90o at noon.
Several faint showers of rain during the
day, did not have the desired effect ofeoel-
ing the atmosphere. AT Pittsburg last
night, the river was falling, with8 feet ia
the channel. Here it receded inches dur
ing the "A hours ending last night, with Z
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-15
1UIs.-Tbe Deniocrat says:


The A. & M. S. 5. packet Mary f. For
syth, en- route from New Orleane 70 81
Louis, with the Sd Michigan on board. and
her cabin fuu OF passengers, blew out her
larboard cylinder head Wednesday morn-
ing, five miles above Friar's Point. The
CONSERVATION caused by the escape of
steam 50 frightened the deck passengers
one negro TO jump in the river The SOL
dfers were rescued, but the poor negro
found watery grave. The accident dam
aged the machinery of the FORSYTH She
transferred her passengers TO the steamer
Mississippi.
MEMPHIs.-The appeal, of Sunday. says ?
The weather yesterday took a spree in
the forenoon, and with the assistance. of
old Boreas, caused for awhile quite COM
motion among the shipping, but luckily
no damage was done. Business was duh
upon the levee, and very few roust-abouts
OF the freedman persuasion were to be seen
ON the levee, as large number OF them
We're reposing beneath the shaded walls of
Castle Reilly. by being concerned in the
stflke f" on Friday, and threatening the
off1cers of several boats. The river is fall
ing slowly at this point, and water is get
ting scarce above.
Capt. st. Clair Thomasson, of the Allan
tic found bar in crossing over to the Ar
Kansas shore, in Plum Point bend. where
there was quarter, less twain but rub
bed over.
The strikers who refused to work on Fri
day evening, and threatened Can't. Postal
and other officers, for not accediIlg to their
terms, We're arraigned before the Recorder
yesterday morning and mulcted in the sum
of Sll each, with the exception of one Brad
ford, who sported slnng-shot, and was re-
Quired to pay $50 for doing so. About forty
Smyrna times., 1866-02-14
Ulysses ami Benjamin.
4 STORY FOR BIG Boys.

Once upon time large drove Of pigs had
broken into a field which belonged to a very
nice old gentleman named Uncle Samuel
where they were doing great deal of damage :;
and when Uncle Samuel saw them he called ali
his nephews, and told them to 20 and drive them
out There were great many boys that came ::
but as they Fan all IN different ways, they made
q great deal of nOisc but did not do any good
And when Uncle Samuel saw this, and saw
that the Oldest-whO was very nice boy in
deed, named Ulysses, although he did not
make any noise at all--was doing more than the
rest, he told the other boys that they must do
exactly what Ciy>Ses directed, or they would
never G.: the ply out, which they all promi>
ed they would do.
Then Ulysses sent some of them to one end
Of the field aud some to the other, and they
began To drive the pigs very nicely indeed
! Now there was, at the lower end OF the field, a
gate, where Que of the boys, whose name was
Benjamin Butler, had gone before 90 keep it
shut, so that che pigs could not get away into
the other field. il This Benjamin Butler was not
nice boy at all, and Ulysses did not like him,
because he had been sitting under tree gath
ering chcSnuts, which his little brother brought
him, instead of helping the other boys; but he
always made SO much noise, and was 50 read!
to throw mud and stones, that Uncle Samuel
thought he was q very nice boy indeed, and did
not like Ulysses to send him away. Ulysses,
however, went down and told Benjamin very
particularly and exactly how he wanted him to
run out and shut the gate as soon as the other
boys commenced to drive the pigs, and made
him promise that he would do so and when
Ulysses had gone back to help the other boys,
benjamin ran out TO the gate, and as soon as
he had reached it, halloacd very loudly that he
had fixed it so that no pig could ever gel
through which was a-great story; for instead
of shutting the gate rs he had promised, he
was swinging backward and forward upon il
and in consequence the pigs all ran by, which
frightened him very much, so that he climbed
upon the fence in great hurry, and tore hi.
pantaloons very badly.
This made Ulysses very angry with Benia
/. min, and even Uncle Samuel said it was ver,
careless but as Benjamin commenced to make
/ a very great noise, and threw stones at littl,
, Girl who wanted to go-by. and called her very
= Bad names indeed, Uncle Samuel thought, h
, was avery smart little boy, and did not SEM
Smyrna times., 1866-02-14

he ever had any he left it when be got married.
for be hasn't done anything since he too ln-y
to do anything. Here, Tom, you 20 to the
door and see if your father is doing anythir
and if he is, we will have it put right down in
the censhus book and call it his occupation
(Iom reported that his father warn't der
nothin'.
YOU may as we'll put it down loafcr.
7N-From your account of him think that
VIII represent his business as correctly as al,
thing, SO | will put it down loafer.
W|lt ever find out Of his doing anythir <
| will let you know. .
MIiave you had any deaths in your fam:
y within year?
W.-YOu may put my husband down a,
dead; he may as well be dead as alive, for he
is too lazy to do anybody any good. Ii be had
the ague he would be too lazy to shake. lex
pect he will die in fit one of these days, for
he IS too lazy to have his blood circu' ate. Y"a
may as well put him down dead anl done with
it. wish he was
Smyrna times., 1866-02-14

The FREEDMAN AND THE PLANTER. A
planter OF Mississippi who came to AbbcvIile;
5. e., on business, told the following in r&fexEi
encc to the conduct Of his freedmen: "a.
After the garrison camc to our place, Rg9T
circulated reportthat in future the neSf6Ss
ought not to work more than five days in t9an
week, and those ON my plantation refu>eIo TO
work six days as | required them 10 dag
Among the refractory hands was one bysthe
name ofCid IA very religious and leading uiitnit
Der of the church. tried an appeal to his re-
ligiOus obligations and reminded him that the
Bible says, Sir days shalt thou labor. DO
you believe it, Cid? Yes, Ma>sa. Well,
then, the Yankees tell you to labor only FIVE
days, which do you believe, God or the Yam
KEGS
" Well Massa, all dat's so but den, God
is CROWN old now-o-day', an de Yankees has
come an are doin' business in dare way. =
What, Cid is that now your religion. that
YOU love the Yankees better than you love
God?'
- Well, massa, you sec de fack am list dis
We pray to God to make Us free great many
year and he did not do it; but de Yankees
come down here, and dey make Us free right
away.
Smyrna times., 1866-02-14

A minister, who was going to his appoint.
ment, had to so by the house of one Of his
80 to church with the family. On riding up
to the house, he saw a little boy pceping
through the fence, and aeco,ted him as follows
well, my son, il your father at home ?"
" No, he has gone to church, was the re-
ply.
Is your mother at home?"
No, sir, she has gone to church too.
Why, my little fellow, you are left all alone,
here :"
"Oh, mol" replied the boy, "Sam is in the
house huggin the Niger gal.
We'll, said the preacher, " that's bad.
Il know it's bad, said the boy, but it's
about the best thing he can do just now.
Smyrna times., 1866-02-14

HAVE YoU GOT BABY "A bachelor friend
OF ours was riding day OF two ago in the
country, when he overlook lttle girl and bov.
apparently on their way to school. The little
girl appeared to be five or six years Of age, and
was beautiful as fairy Her eyes were lit up
with gleam of intense happiness, and her
cheeks glowed with the hues Of health Oar
bachelor lrl@nI looked at her aIiniringiy. She
met his glance with a Smi.c. and with an eager
voice Salutcd him with
Have you got baby
He was struck ahack Iy the question, and
something like a regret stole over him as h..
looked upon the animated and beautiful little
face before him
No" he answered
We'll, she replied, bringing her tiny form
proudly up, ICE haze and passed on, still
smiling, to tell the joyous news to the next she
might meet
What world of happiness to her was con-
centrated in that one idea-a baby And in
her JOY she felt as if all must have the samo
delight as herself; and it was matter of al
fectiOnate pride to her that lifted her little
heart above the reach of envy, for in that baby
was her world, and what else had she to crave
Smyrna times., 1866-02-14

THE MACKEREL SoUADRoN.- This
squadron, my boy consisted Of one twenty
eight-inch row boat, mounting twelve-inch
swivel, and commanded by Commodore Head,
late Ofthe Canal Boat Service 1t is iron plated
after peculiar manner. When the ingenious
chap who was to iron-plate it commenced his
work, Commodore Head ordered him to put
the plates on the inside of the boat, instead Of
outside, as in the case OF the Monitor and Ga
lena.
What do you mean?' says the contractor.
Why, says the Commodore, "ain't them
iron plates intended to protect the crew."
les, says the contractor.
Well, then you poor ignorant cuSs," SAYS
the Commodore, in great passion, " what d.
you want to put the plates on the outside for !!
The crew won't be on the outside-will it,
The crew will be on the insde-wont it,
And how are you going to protect the crew on
side 7"
Such reasoning, my boy, was convincing. and
the Mackerel Squadron is plated inside. -Ol-
pheus {. Ke,r's Papers.
Smyrna times., 1866-02-14

A BANK. sAFK-The vaults Of the Bank Of
France, which (says a foreign paperl contain
more treasure than any other single spot on
the face Of the globe, are accessible through an
iron door, which has three keys, and these Keys
arc kept by three leading officers The iron
staircase which leads to the vault can be de-
tAched, and, by chemical apparatus, supply
Of deadly gas eau be made to permeate every
part, destroying human life in a few seconds,
while the whole vault can be submerged in ten
minutes
Smyrna times., 1866-02-14

A lady very fond Of her husband, notwith.
standing his ugliness Of person said to kodg.
ers, the poet What do you think2 Ny
husband has laid out City guineas for baboon
on purpose to please me." The dear little
man, replied Rodgers, =" it's just like him
Smyrna times., 1866-02-14
him home to his mamma as he ought to have

nlm home to his mamma as he ought to have
DONE
A short time after Ulysses told another boy.
whose name was Godfrey Weitxel, to 70 and
smut gate that was by the pond. Now Ben
Jamin had bought large tire-crackpr which he
was sure would drive the pigs away whenever
nc fired II off; and he thought that if he kept
Godfrey back and went and drove the pies
from the gate with it himself, his Uncle would
forget what he had done before: so he told
.Iodtrey h" must stay behind. and went down
hlmSclt-whlch was very wrong.
Vow. as soon as Benjamin had come to the
gate he lit his fire-crlcker and threw it at the
pig; but it did not frirhten them at all, and
one OF them ate it and when Benjamin saw
this he was 50 disappointed that he came back
and told Ulysses that the gate was too heav,
tor hlm to shut, and that he thought it was 60
ing to rain
Then tlySSCS got very angry indeed, and told
BENJAMIN to 20 home to his mamma and sent
another hoy, whose name was Alfred Howe
Terry, t" the pond. who shut the gate without
any trouble. And when Benjamin had got
home to his mamma and found that his Uncle
Samuel was very angry with him, he went all
around IN the streets saying what bad little
boy lySScS was, and how he was always push
ing the other boys into the mud. and how he,
Brnjamin, would have shut the gate at once,
II he had not been detained to fire of an old
tlre-crac ker which the other boys made him
use and kept prai>ng himself and abusing
!ySses until his Uncle did not know what to
thIHk., But Ulysses never said anything until
he had driven all the pigs out and had shut the
ga'e>, when he sat down and wrote letter to
h!> nrle Samuel, telling him just what Ben
!amIn Butler had done; and when his Uncle
had read It he became very angry, and sent
word to BENJAMIN that he Would not believe
anything he said, and would not give him any
Christmas present, and that he must never
come to his house any more. Let this be a
lesson, therefore, TO all little boys to do as they
are told, and not to tell stories and call names,
as Benjamin Butler used to do, if they want ia
get any Christmas presents and do not wish to
be corked UP ike leech in a bottle
Smyrna times., 1866-02-14

TAKING THE CENSUS. .--Mdrshdl-What Is
your husbands name2 :,
Woman--Don you know JoeY | thought
everybody knew JOei he is lazy :oafer, that
is what he is ~.
M-YOu don't seem remarkably aimabie TINS
morning. What seems to be the matter
me in from the conveyed, and l was mad; II
Joe had been here when come home, wouldn
he have caught itY
M-What is his occupation?
W-Welf- if that amt richi- Who ever
heard before Of his having an occupationS II
-" So. Il. .sis s-E'1 as1 1T ~ ,a...
...s st a. n, oa. 4.ss 1ls - s,yRs,i ...,is e..
Smyrna times., 1866-02-14

81 say, landlord, that's dirty towel for a
man to wipe ONT Landlord, with n look of
amusement, replied: We'll, you re mighty
particular, Sixty or seventy Of my boarders
have wiped on that towel this morning, AID
you are the frat to find fault"
Smyrna times., 1866-02-14

best and most beautiful is the Mow.chok, which
is largely cultiyatedaip the central and eastern
provinces of Chinas The stems of this hand
some tree are straight and smooth, and clear,
attaining il height Of from sixty to eighty feet
in very short space of time, for it grows at
the rate of two or two and halt feet in TWEEN
ty-fOur hours.
Smyrna times., 1866-02-14

WHERE FEMALE SEX PREVAILS. Some Gu
rious statistics have just been published, with
respect to-the population in France. 1t ap-
pears that the females numbered 1874 ,O37,
and the males Is, S,G45 l76, forming altogether
9,054,O30 families. There exists 5000, 20
boys under age, and 6, lO6, 32l girls. Of8,-
579,0 ,046 unmarried persons, there are 4,479,
$50 females. There are 93l ,023 widowers, and
$3.50, l26 widows. OF the widowers 81 are 20
years of age, and there are $40 widows of the
same age. France possesses, at this moment,
l,529, l54 girls of from 5 to 20 years of age,
and l,6O8, 800 boys of the same age. The
greatest examples of longevity are supplied by
females. We find three females out of four
unmarried persons who have reached the age
of los, and two widows who have passed that
age. 1871 French men, and only 3,4O9
French women, have lost their sight; II,
French men, and only 95O9 French women are
deaf and dumb; %, ,3l9 French women have
become insane, and only 2,372 French men,
There are %, 407 male idiots, and only Is, lis
female idiots. The female sex prevails in
France, while it has constantly decreased in the
city Of Vienna, since the year 1890 in the pro
portion of three-hundredths every six years.
Smyrna times., 1866-02-14
ESSAY:-RELATaoN OF ODD FELL.
LoWSRIP TO RELIGION.

Rrad By }. B. Cooper, at the Odd Fello,cs'
Rfrje'c, held an the Lodge Room, Smyrna,
Fo'aes''ay Evening, Jan. Slst, 1866.
Smyrna times., 1866-02-14

A provoking class are the weak minded men
who can never say no I but no matter wha.
opinions are expressed, always coincide witt.
them. They are like the two Dutchmen who
held the following dialogue: .s.e0
Veil, Hans, vat do you tink ?" ''VelT
don't know, vat does you tink? Veil, I tink
vat you tink." 3" "Vell, thinks so too 7"
Smyrna times., 1866-02-14

OLD ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA-Thisi is the
Oldest town in the United States, and was set
tied by the Spaniards in 1865. 1t is situated
at the junction of two small creeks, North riv-
er and Matanzas The latter is, in fact, an arm
of the sea, cutting off Anastasia island from
the main land, and through this inlet vessels
of light draft come up from the sea. Over the
bar there is only eight feet water at high tide
This town has Jared better than most Of the
ports during the war has still population of
over four thousand. 1t is briefly described =
Regularly laid out, but streets narrow, and the
houses built chiefly of a eOngiOmerate shell and
sand stone.
They are generally two stories high, and
built open to admit the sea breeze, being sur
rounded with balconies and piazzas
Among the buildings was an extensive nun
merry, built in the Spanish style, and quite an
imposing structure. 1t has since been profane-
ly occupied as a barracks for soldiers. The
town is pleasantly shaded with evergreen trees,
and at the centre, in the old Spanish style, is
the grand plaza, fine open square, or rather
little park of several acres, bounded on the
north, south and west, respectively, by the Ca
| tholic Cathedral, Episcopal Church and Court
House. The square is Ornamented with oaks,
and contains monument nearly forty feet high,
which was erected by the Spanish colonists Of
the sixteenth century, in memory of their new
| constitution.
Smyrna times., 1866-02-14

THE SOVEREIGN OF EUROPE AND THEIR
RELIGIOUS BELIEFs.-Thcre are at the pres
cnt time, fortythree rcigning sovereigns in
Europe. Of that number ten belong to the
Roman Catholic religion, but one is excommu-
nicated thirty are Protestants; one is of the
Greek orthodox church, and one MOhamme-
dan the forty third is the Pope The CathO-
lies are, two emperors--of Austria and France !;
five kings-of Bavaria, Belgium, Spain IA
queen, Portugal, and Saxony two princess
of IIichtensten and Monaco the excOmmuni-
Gated sovereign is King Victor Emmanuel
The thirty Protestants are, eight kings or
ducens--of England, Prussia, Sweden, Dem
mark, Holland, Hanover, Greece, and Wir-
tembcrg six grand ukcS--"i Baden, Hesse-
Darmsta it, Ar,chlcnhurg. Schwcrin, Mechlen.
burg-Strelitz, Oldenburg, and SAKE. Wemar !;
seven dukes Of Anhalt, Brunswick, Nassau,
SAKE .Meiningen, SAKE Altenburg, SAKE Co.
burg, aud Scheswig Ilolstein ; nine princess
of l1ppe- Detmold, Lppe- Schaumburg Reuss.
Greiz, Reues- Schleiz, Schwartzbnrg. Sender.
hansen, and Waldeck the Eector Of Hesse-
CasseI, and the Landgrave of Hesse- Homburg.
The Greek orthodox sovcreigns is the Empe-
ror of Russia, and the Mussulman the Sultan
Of Turkey. There are also seven republics in
Europe-twO exclusively Catholicism Mari
DO and Andorre; and FIVE in which the majori.
~ of the inhabitants are ProtOstants---Switxer-
land, Hamburg, Bremen, Frankfort, and Lu-
heck
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-09-26
SPEECH AT BIRMINGHAM.


An immense meeting in favor of Parlia-
mentary Reform was held in Birmingham,
England, on the 9th of August. John
Bright made long and able speech, in y hich
he discussed the question of Reform in all its
bearings. The following are extracts
Wv orkingmen in this hall, l wish my
voice had been loud enough for me to have
said what am about to say to the vast null
titude which we looked upon this morning,
but say to you, and through the press to all
the workingmen of this kingdom, that the
accession to Office of Lord Darby is a declara-
ton of war against the working classes.
Loud cheers, and cry of We accept il.
The course taken in London the other day by
the police, and it had almost been BY the mil
itary, is an illustration of the doctrines and
the principles of Lord Derby's admlnist ra-
ton. They reckon nothing of the constitution
of their country--a constitution which has not
more regard to the crown or to the aristocra-
cy than it has to the people-a constitution
which regards the House of Commons, fairly
repre sentipg the nation, as being as important
4 part of the governmental system of the king
dom as either the House of Lords or the
throne itself. They thus despise the oonsti-
tuition, and they likewise d,spise the claims of
Eve or SIX millions who are unrepresenied.
You may work, you may pay taxes, you
may serve in the army and dght-seventy
thousand or more of your brethren are row
living under the burning sur of India, and
twice as many more are serving in the ranks
of different parts of the world, and you, the
body of the people from whom these men are
drawn, are not considered worthy to do SO
simple an act as to give vote in your great
town for your present or for any future rep
resentative. Loud cheers You are to have
no vote-no share in the government. The
country you live in is not to be your country
You are to be like the Coolies or Chinese i'm
ported into the West Indies or California.
You are to work. but you are not to take an
interest IN the country, or to consider the
country as yours. You are to be told that
you are 81 ignorant, and SO venal, and SO
drunken, and 80 impulsive, ami SO unrefect-
ing, and 80 disorderIy that it is not even safe
to skim, as il 1t were the very cream Of YOU,
to the number of lie 900, or it may be 2O4,.
600, to vote for members OF the House of Com
mons. [Cheers.] This is the tory theory !:
this Is tho faith of Lord Derby and am not
saying one word that is in exaggeraton of
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-09-26
Pitfsbufg Convention.

The Convention of loyal soldiers and sail
ors called at Pittsburg the 18th of September,
promises, at this writing, to be a very large,
enthusiastic and successful gathering. Thou
sands Of soldiers and sailors from all parts of
the country are in attendance. We learn
nothing of rs proceedings except report
that the temporary Chairman Is Mr.. L.
Edwin Dudley, private in the 18th Mass.
Regiment, and recently clerk in the Inter
nal Revenue Department, at Washington,
whence he was summarlly dismissed by Sec
rotary McCulloeh for Gttending this Conven-
ton. This Is kind of promotion full a.
significant as President Johnson's promotion
of the clerk VINO refused to aid the Repub-
licans in New Hampshire.