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Council Proceedings.

. CoUNoIL. CHAMBER, July 23d, 1866.
v Council met in regular session. His
Honor Mayor Baker in the chair.
Present. Couneilmen Dean, Hun
mel, Heilman, Smith, Mills, .Reitz,
Wiltshire and Terrence, Absent,
Miller The minutes of several pre-
ceding meetings were read and APP
proved. The following bills were
A. Tenvorde, salary So; j. Stra1b
& Son, sundries 81. 90; G. TomhemeIt,
sundries $1,000; T. Bullen, hauling
engine, 5000; john Bodger, repair
ing sstreets $h53;ilJ. LStfaubi & Son,
lsundries, $40; Herman Salem, po-
ice, $14OQ; James 7, Cox, do. $500;
II9bt. Anderson do. $1400; chr,
Hrmap do. S14.00; Louis Frederick.
3 DO -sl40Q; Phillip Klein do. S14.OO; b.
. DusaberryI do. $500; 2. Klein, Chief he I
ct ID d gice s. ~ !, 81 flizsf. R9li6s9e,
Jag 3ob Neutche, killing dogs, SGD; to,
sur drlesfor labor, SLID 90; Sebastian
Ku elm, N wharf, 81, 1890. 1.,-.-
dayor Baker submitted contract
With BefShfv e. Allen for sewer on
Lot sust street from nth to 9Th streets.
sS9Everal sdewalk reports were sub +
mite, j and approved. The following
additie onal bilswere allowed Journ-
al Cont 9any, hr printing ordinances,
s66285 e Sam McCleip. labor, $780,
Adam M cClein, do. $500. 7A q
The wharf report 1895 so; was sub
mitted anoS appro-edG aee'a se-o a
Hunnel = Torre1ce were appointed
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DIR. n. A. ARMISTEAD

= ONCE on Third street, between Main
and Locust; residence on Third street, be-
tween Walnut and Chestnut (adj Joining the
new Methodist Church twill prompt at
tend to the duties of his profession, in city
or country, at all hours of the day or night.
may18 Dim ..sa1 i1lIos 300 -
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against the health and convenience
ofiour citizens; secured Bythese i'm
provements.l Future generations viii
bless thosehwho devised and accom-
plished these great works sasoa
.. s,5v L 49, q z - 159.a Fir
JusrIcEs CotiRT BEEaFeRE ESQUIRE
WALKER-The only case, that at
tracted any interest in Esquire Walk
er's court yesterday wasIoa case of re-
plevin. '''+ $50 81 .!sS gt siso3-i7a49
Mr.. R. traded horses with Mr..
with a guarantee that the, horse,
traded to R-'was of "a certain age.
/ R. afterwards rued his bargain, be-
lieyihg be had been deceived and
sued out a writ Of replevin for the
horse, whiche>in the meantime had
passed into the possession Of a, SECOND
party The case was. tried. by jury
and Judgment, rendered for the. de-
PENDANT. Tt attracted 4. large crowd of
spectators. .i lsytie ;9iIigeuael %
sab Robt. Hill attorney for plaintiff,
GEM Shackelford attorney c f9rr defend
anu .1asg ssao8
., BEFORE EsoUtRE oSrNsoN-We
thought we had a first class item, as
we, were beckoned into Esquire Ben.
Stinsonls oficesiyesterdayt afternoon.
/ And as we listened to the d q Squire 81
story of a designing feminine taking
pin and doing for one of our 'ufisophis4
ticated and unspspecting dry goods
merchants, our, spirits reyiYeds and
we sharpened our npeneiLafreshcas we
awaited, the return of Frank Norris,
who had gone in search Of the Yio4.
later of the statutes, inasuch7 cases.
made,and provided? NJ Presently Frank
returned and ushered into the pres
epce,9f helaNgust aaniet, gentle,
middle aged, matronly looking lady.
whose pale but gentle countenance
plead ''notguilty," splSinlyasif it had
been spoken in words.al She was the
wife of a respectable, and wen to do
citizen Of Scott Township, who seeing
his wife walking in company with a
we'll known nyrmidon of the law, met
her at the door to inquire what it all
meant A short explanation ensued,
and Mr.. Coolidge, at whose store the
counterfeit bill had been offered
withdrew the charge, all present be-
ing fully satisfied that no evil had
been designed by the lady IT was a
bad counterfeit $50 United States
Treasury note, very likely to deceive
persons not accustomed to handling
money, or those unsuspecting such
issues. People living in the country
should have money examined by an
expert before receiving it, as they are
very liable to be deceived. 55aui. 70
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irSBECTAEs NOTICES.

THERE is NO ARTICLE of Lady's apparel
which adds so much to her health and
comfort as MADAM FoY's CORSET SKIRT
SUPPORTER. Examine it, and be conyine-
Cd on this tfhisfn. trheS are sold every
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THE New OPERA HOUSE. Mate
rails, are rapidly accommodating for, the.
New Opera House, and Locust and
First Streets are becoming pretty well
blocked up. The work of excavating
the basement is being pashed forward
with commendable energy, and the
work Of laying the foundations viii.
be commenced in day or two. The.
building will be built in the most
solid and substantial manner, and the
structure when completed will be one
of the finest ornaments }of the city.
and when the JOURNAL Company
shall have completed their office, the
corner Of Locust and First Streets
will be the great attraction of the city.
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CITY NEWS,
,lGoYernor MOrt0n's Speech.
We are, prepared to- furnish an

We are prepared to- furnish any
number Of, copies of Gov MIoRFoN's
NewzAl ba9N speech printed in large,
clear type book form, on excellent
paper, at 81 % per hundred copies, or
e" d9llggrT4gff " III Il. We urge the
Union men in this Congressional Dis
.tfss 81 wen az IN Southern Illinois,
to- eirculate sthisudgalnahle, campaign
document Orders solicited from all
parts of the country ssUohsTaW
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CoRREo.TrIIotlN..1--In publishing the re

'CoRREoTIIjolN.77I publishing the re-
ports of those of our dealers, who
paid a license of $50, or over, the
name Of lCi HI Richter, grocer was
substituted for that of j. 81 Kicker of
the Boston Boot and Shoe Store.
Mr.. Kicker has been in the city but a
short time, not even year we dbe-
lieve, and is one of the retail dealers
whopayssa licenseof's5O 4JIh
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; @g In OyF list Of Marriage Ii
censes. yesterday, we printed thenam1e
of Miss GEIGER, Geizer, which, of
! - TTGTIyfT rI813 9flixsli6i s-4f3iRi >
course, was wrong. -n 8 n 30
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IN HENDERSON. We
learn that there were two cases of
stabbing in Henderson, all The parties
being respectable young men. Neither
case is likely we believe, to prove
fatal. ..,...er .,.6,,f,s1
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= Messrs' Hoagland and Sher-
wood. .ha3e our ,waFrhest thanks for
latest papers, delivered daily, 1.-THE
fast AGams Elk press never, had more
competent or gentlemanIy messen-.
gers. .aaa"saa -, ,..,s..ss
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Sam Jones will sing favorite bali
lad at the Columbia Hall tonight
Madison Courier.
Sam Jones informs us that he thinks
the Courier is mistaken He says
that having impaired. his health by
close attention to business, he has
been ordered to the Martin County
Springs to recuperate, and it will be
impossible fore him to appear at Co.
lumbia Hall tonight.
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GONE TO. THE PRISGs.--Quite a
number of our citizens have gone to
the Martin County Springs, to recu
perate during the hot weather. We
hope. they may retufnIrefreshed. o ,
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10 PROGRESSING. The several build
ings being erected in the city are pro-
crossing with satisfactory rapidity.
Gilbert's block is completed to the I'd
story above ground, Mr.. Henning's
marble front is fairly started, and Mr..
A. Refs new building by the side of
Mozart Hall is well begun. An ar
rangement has been made by which
the proprietors of the Mozart Hall
will use the wall of the building be
ing erected by Mr.. Refs. with extra
pillars in the wall to sustain the roof
of the Mozart Hail. afit4F aid 'i'f
John Wesley Hughes who owns the
adjoining lot, contemplates building
this fall if his cotton crop, which he is
closely watching, gives sufficient prom
Use to Justify the undertaking, and on
the same contingency he will also
build on the lot now occupied by the
copper-smith shop adjoining Mr..
Henniug's new building. These. i'm
prpyements when finished will be a
grand addition to the business aspect
of First Street, Other buildings
Throughout the city are being pushed
forward with the energy which char
acterizes the master builders and me
chanics of Evansville. Ill 15ol
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ONE STEP MORE. We, hope to see
one step further taken in the improve
ment of the block on Water Street,
between Sycamore and Vine. We
mean the demolition Of tie old wooden
buildings labelled, Lafayette House,
and the one adjoining, and the e5rec-
ton Of fine brick book in Il Aeir
stead. The two small bricks imn ne-
diately above the new block, DIV
going up, could be much improved. 3
having new fronts put in, md anothea
story added. % With these improve
ments, that would be one oithe hand
soonest blocks on Water Street, and
would add greatly to the river view Of
the city, aa b tsal q @ as1
.tfrI
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{ IMPROVEMENTS IN HENDERSON,
We learn from the Henderson Re
porter that the spirit Of improvement
is rampant in that city, and that many
of the g old fogy' element have be-
come infected, and that others not
willing to build have been induced to
sell out, to those who are, Wear
glad to hear of this renewal of the
progressive i IN our beautiful neighbor-
ing city, and would be glad if some5of
them would visit our city and inocu-
late few of the ss'sold fogies here. "
We have few of them we should
like to see afflicted in that manner.
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PoETIcAL.-A letter with the fol-
lowing poetical address passed through
the postoffce in this city last Week:
Send this note to Charlottesville,
For you must know it is my will
That it should go with stamps plenty,
Direct now to lock box twenty.
Now Indiana is the State,
And in the Office this must wait,
Butthere know twill not be long
Until the reader comes along.-grrya
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News FROM MICHIGAN. - Major
Robinson has recently returned from
a visit to- Michigan, and reports that
the Union mensof that gallant State
are a unit on the question of the Pres
ident and Congress He did not meet
a johnson man in Michigan ex-
cept blatant Democrats = and they
were scarce. He also, reports the
wheat crop of Michigan fair average
one, and of excellent quality.
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RAILROAD TIME-TABLE.
Evansville and CraWfOrdsVill

WoTSNz 7s11Eo0 E
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against the health and convenience
ofiour citizens; secured Bythese i'm
proyements.l Future generations viii
bless thosehwho devised and accom-
plished these. great works satoa
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-27

Shall Rebels be Forced into Congress
As Congress has been so intemperately de-
nounced for not at once admitting representa-
tives from the Rebel communities, it may be
well to look for a moment at the character of
some of the men wLo have been selected as
Southern representatives.
Two of the members from Virginia were
members of the Convention that passed the
ordinance of secession.
North Carolina sends up for representa-
tives Thomas @. Fuller, a member of the
Rebel Congress; Josiah Turner, colonel in the
Rebel army, and Bedford Brown, member of
the Convention that passed the ordinance of
secession. For Senators she sends William
A. Graham, Senator in the Rebel Congress,
and John Pool, Senator in the Rebel Legisla-
ture OF North Carolina.
Mississippi presents herself in the persons
of Colonels Reynolds and Pinston both
colonies in the Rebel army, and Mr.. Harri-
son, member Of the Rebel Congress. Alcorn,
one of her United States Senators, was in the
Rebel Mississippi militia.
Georgia sends up for the House of Repre-
sentatives Cook and Wooford, two Rebel
generals, and for the Senate Alexander Ste
phens, Vice-President of the Rebel Confe-
deracy, and III. V. johnson, Senator in the
Rebel Congress. South Carolina demands
admission into the senate for Perry, Rebel
judge, and Manning, volunteer aid to Beau
regard at Fort Sumter and Bull RIM; and
into the House OF Representatives for Ken
naHu a Rnhnl aO1nual MoGnuoY, hi
general in the Rebel army, and Farrow,
member of the Rebel Congress.
These are the 'loyal" men for rejecting
whom Congress has been daily denounced.
These aIe the men whose absence from the
halls OF legislation is assumed to invalidaUe
the acts OF Congress. These are the men
with whom Northern Copperheads threaten
to unite and form an illegal and revolutionary
Congress, and thus plunge the nation into
civil war.
Let the people remember that one great
issue to be decided this iall is whether such
prominent, active, leading Rebels as those
above mentioned-men who were the very
life and soul OF the Rebelion-sball be forced
into Congress. The Democrats demand that
they shall; the Union party say neuer. Is it
not an insult to tree people to ask them to
allow such traitors as these to be made their
lawmakers? Pennsylvania is asked to have
her influence in the Senate balanced by
brace of Rebel colonels Is th$s what our
brave boys in blue fought forP and is the
peace of the country to be threatened, and
civil war inaugurated, because these traitors
are excluded from Congress? The people
will answer these questions at the polls.
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against the or giving aid or comfort to the enc
mics thereofi but Congress NAV, by a vote Of two
thirds In each House. remove such disability"
lhe intention of this section is TO give The offices
to the Union of the South that We shall have
perpetual peace, and so that Jefferson Davis and
other traitors like him shall never again control
this Government, ana thus endanger its liberties.
If those leading Rebels should continue TO hold the
offices in the South, we shall have no peace, but,
on the contrary, perpetual strife. They have done
enough already. They should have no further say.
Their children will succeed to the rights which
they will lose by their treason; this is enough, In
all conscience This section you will observe, ap-
plies those Rebels only who have heretofore held
office and taken oath to support the Constitution
Of the United States; should any hardships arise
thereby, Congress may grant rehet by q two-thirds
vote.
section 4. The va idity Of the public debt OF the
united states, authorized by law, Including that in
Cured in payment of bouues and pensions tor services
IN suppressing insuTrectiOn rebellion shall not be
questioned; and neither the United states nor any
state shall assume paw debt or obligation in
CURED In aid of insurrection rebellion against the
United states any claim loss nc Ou of
any slave; but all such Cebts Obligations and claims
shall be held Illegal and void "
This section will cut off all future hope the part
of the Rebels OF securing payment for their slaves
OF the Rebel debt, and thus relieve our country
from future sectional strife.
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"lN TIE LAST DITCH when political
party is reduced to the necessity of uttering
open falsehoods, which can be at once de-
tected, we may be pretty sure that its cause
is desperate. We hail it as cheerful sign of
the coming contest that the Democracy is
compelled to deliberately lie in regard to the
issue of the fight. In the Ledger this morning
the following explanation of the first section
of the amendment is found as an adver-
tisemeut:- |- al' .-. t.'h.
Section Makes all negroes citizens. 1t de-
prives Pennsy lvania of the right to say that toe
white man alone shall vote. 1t gives the negro
in every Stale the privileges and immuuities'
enjoyed by the white man. What are privileges
and immunities They are to vote, to sit on
Juries, to be our equals in every respect. 1t
gives the negroes the equal protection of the
laws. What is equal protection? 1t Is that he
may by la,o force himself into our company in
the cars, in the hotels and in the lecture room.
Privileges and1 lmmunties' ana equal pro-
lection meann negro equality" 3D. ,a-.r
The authors of this card, evidently the
Democratic State Central Committee, pre-
sumo on the ignorance of their readers, and
offers wiltul insult to the intelligence o.
every Democratic voter. Why, every child
knows that this construction of the section is
false one. What it really means is, that
civil rights shall be extended to every person,
black or white. What are these civil rights,
as decided by the Supreme Court? They are
the right to hold property, sue and be sue,
and act as witness In a criminal case.
They do not include the right to vote, to sit
on Jury, or to hold an office. This all in
! telligent Democrats fully understand, and it
is deliberate insult to all of the party to sup
pose that they had not sufficient brains to COM
prehend the true issue. The same card says
oUnder 1t negro Congressmen can be elected
! from many OF the Southern States. Negroes
will govern at least three of those States. Ii it
be adopted, and the Southern States grant negro
suffrage under it, then the negro is used In those
States to outweigh the votes OF the poor white
men, North and South. This section means
negro suffrage, or punishment for refusing It,"
This also is entirely false. How can ne
groes be elected to Congress, when they are
actually excluded by the amendment from the
enumeration as we'll as from the ballot? They
cease to have any existence, so far as repre-
sentation is concerned, unless the whites of
: the South so desire. II they cannot vote, by
what law of logic do they hold ofhce2 How
can negroes govern unless the whites give
them the right of suffrage? Under this Law
they are utterly excluded even more than al
present, for now three-ffths of them are
, counted as citizens. Hereafter they will al
, be excluded. In regard to the last clause
, has not the negro been used for ninety year
) to outweigh Northern poor white votes
I The only difference is that hereafter, if b,
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A ..Democraticn Appeal.

Our Democratic contemporary is out in
double-leaded leader to the "Union Men OF
Philadelphia" That is cool, decidedly, for
the representative organ of party that did
all it could to secure the triumph OF the Re-
bellion, and that is running disloyal man
for Governor, whom General Grant says it is
an 81, suit" to ask any Union soldier to vote
for The "Union" men to whom this appeal
is made are Just such "Union" men as de-
nounced President Lincoln, hindered enlist
ments, got up draft riots, refused to allow
our soldiers to vote, and declared the war
"failure." They are the sort of "Union" men
who did all they dared to promote disunion.
"But," says our contemporary, "the people
want peace. They have had enough blood
she'd" Why, then, does your party continually
threaten a renewal OF civil strife? Why are
you plotting to overthrow the popular branch
of the Government by usurpation and revo-
lution2 The people want peace, it is true,
and they see that the right way to get it is
through that great measure of peace, the
Constitutional amendment. The "peace"
that you would give them is seen in Memphis
and New Orleans.
AS a specimen of "whistling to keep ones
courage up" take the following :-"NeVer
were the skies brighter-neyer were
our prospects OF victory more sure and GER
tain" The skies have been peculiarly
"bright" in Vermont and Maine lately for the
disunion Democracy perhaps that is what is
referred to. prospects OF victory"-does
our contemporary refer to the utter break
down of the fusion movement with the con-
seryative Republicans Does 1t allude to the
wonderful change in sentiment indicated by
the unanimous support of the Constitutional
amendment by such influential organs o.
public opinion as the New York Herald
Times, Post, etcp Ilft. ....a.r
~The Republican majority of the past il
melting away like dew before the rising sum-
saws our contemporary. 1t don't look tina
way in Maine, where we have Just carries
every county, elected our Governor by tn
greatest majority ever given, and gained fiv
thousand votes over last year ru.
Our contemporary speaks OF Its "hOl
cause" Is it a "holy cause" to try to eleC
auch a man as Clymer? Is it "hol
cause that threatens the countr
with renewed strifeS Is it a "ho
cause" that constantly appeals to the fler'
passions Of the mob against an innocel
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INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE.
Proposed Amendment to the COnsti-
tuition.
THE UNION REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.


Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representa-
tives Of the United states Of America; two-thiIds Of
be proposed to the OF the several States
as an amendment to the Constitution OF. the linked
Legislatures shall be valid as part OF the Constitu-
Article IA, Section l.. All persons born natu-
rallied in the Ui lied states and subject 70 the jurisdc
the state wherein they reside. State shall make
Of The nO
any State deprive person OF life, liberty, pro
laws" =
This section makes citizenship uniformin all the
States and protects citizens both North aud South;
for example, South Carolina must treat PennsyIva-
mans with the respect that she treats her own
citizens.
''section 2. Representatives shall be appertloned
among the S states Snn 70 tnsE TeSPeGs
State IudIng lnoans not laxed but whenever the
dent and or the United States IN Con-
gress executive ano judicial oicers or the members of
Of such y tse Ss5g ysSs Of age and cit
cept participation in rebellion Or other crime, the
basis therein shall be reduced in the
to the whole numb Of male citizens twenty-one years
This section fixes the basis of representation in
Congress upon the population OIL the several States,
with this provso, that where State denies the cleo
tive franchise to any of its qualified male citizens Of
q years of age (which any State Is allowed to do
under this sectonl that then its representation Iu
Congress shall be proportonably reduced, thus
regulating the representation in Congress by the
number of voters in each State Under the old Con.
stution the South had three.fth OF all her slaves
added to her free population to fix her representa-
tion In OonRTessi nov tkat slavery abolished she
will have two-fifths more added thereto, and thus
come back under the old Constitution with increased
power, and would thus make the vote Of one white
man in the South nearly equal TO two in the North
This is the why the Rebels are no,o opposing
| this part of the amendment.
Section Q. No person shall be Senator or Repre-.
sentative Congress elect0r OF President or Vice
President or hold any ONCE civil or military under
the United States, or under any State who, having
previously taken an oath member of Congress BIZ
as an Ocer of the United States member OF eny
State Legisature or as an executive or clva ofcer
any State port the Con sti tuition Of Ihe United
States shall have eng aged IN insurrecton OF rebellion