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Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-08-08
CONCERNING THE RAISING OF TIE
BRONZE STATUE or CHIEF
JUSTICE MARSHALL.
BY INNS RANDOLPH.

| We are glad to see you. John Marshall, my boy
SO fresh from tho chiscl of Rogers
| 10 take You stand on the monument there,
Along with the other old codgers;
with Washnton. Jefferson, Henry and such,
Who sinned with great transgresson
In their old fashioned notions of Freedom and
Right,
:. And their hatred Of wrong and oppression
You came rather late to your PEDESTAL John,
For sooner you ought to have BEEN here;
For the Volume you hold is no longer the law
And this no longer Virginia.
The old Marshall-law, yon expounled of yore,
Is now not at all to the purpose;
And the martial law of the new Brigaler
Is stronger than baJoos coypus.
So keep you the volume shut with care,
For the days of the law are over;
And it needs all your brass to be hodingit there
With "JUsTIcE" inscribed on the cover,
Could life awaken the limb of bronze
And blaze in the FURNISHED eye,
What would ye do with your moment of life,
Ye men ofthe days gone by?
Would you chidc us or pity us; hlush or weep,
Ye men of the days gone by?
Would Jefferson tear up the scroll he holds,
That time has proven lie
And Marshall shut the volume of law,
And lay it down with sighy
Would Mason roll up the Bill of Rights.
From race unworthy to scan it?
And Henry dash down the elegant sword
And cang it against the granite?
And Washington seated in massive strength
On the charger that paws the air.
Could he see his sons in their deep disgrace,
Would he ride SO proudly there? ?
He would get him dawn from his big brass horse,
And cover his face at our shame,
For the land of his birth is now "Ditrict one'-
Virginia was once the name
Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-08-08
DEMOCRATIC MISSOURII HER PAST
AND PRESENT CONsIDERED.

A corresponded writing from Bowling
Green Mo-. to the La Crosse Democrat
says;
The political history Of Missouri has
been truly eventful, and it may with
truth be said that she is the rock upon
which "The Ship Of State" was wrecked.
The question of the abolition of slave
ry was never successfully agitated until
she presented herself for admission into
the Union, and then the prevailing party,
with a characteristic spirit of compromise
yielded that fatal concession which prov
ed the opening wedge by means of which
the tide rushed in and finally bore down
the much-ioved and dearly veneratcd
bark. But Missouri has ever been Dem
ocratic. For thirty years she honored
Benton with seat in the Senate, but res
olutely turned against him when he Of
fered himself for Governor on the Free
Soil platform, and elected Polk, who,
previous to that time had shown eviden.
ces Of his fidelity to the old and true
principles Of government, and since then
he has in the hour Of darkness and dan
ger, shown that his declarations Of fidel-
ity were heartfelt.
But Missouri was destined to err IA
tally and ruinously when the hour ofap.
preaching dissolution drew on. The
principles Of Douglas Democracy had, to
very great extent, alienated the affec.
tions and sympathies Of the people, in a
political sense, from the people of the
South, and when the question of Union
or disunion was presented the fierce free
dom-shrieking carried the day, and Mis-
souri,, acting upon the spur of the mo-
ment, declared against the South, and
clung to what she fondly believed was
the Union. But the reaction soon COM
menced, and though it carried three
fourths of the people with it, it came too
late to prove effective; to retrace the
steps taken would be to rush upon almost
certain ruin. The tyrant ruler laughed
at the terror of the people, and threaten
ed to place Missouri, in the same miser-
able condition as Maryland-a threat
fully executed in short time. The cap
ture of the militia at Camp Jackson, and
the massacre of innocent unoffending
women ard children in the streets of St.
Louis, followed soon. Jackson, the
ablest Governor Missouri ever had, was
forced to abandon the capitol, and Bo-
ornstein, the thick-headed perpetrator of
the St. Louis massacre, mounted the
chair and proclaimed himself the provis-
ional Governor Of part Of the State.
The widest disorder prevailed, and
Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-08-08

terror ana despair followed the peopl,
Throughout the days and nights Of tha
period, while the clouds grew yet dark
er, and dread Of coming danger more uni
versal The storm at length burst, and
swept with destroying influence the
whole State. The war.cloud has passed
away, but it left sky streamed over
with blood. The curtain of gloom has
lifted, but our beautiful plains have been
blackened our woodlands charred; our
fields desolated while the low green
mounds tell of numbers who sleep be.
meath, and speak to us Of hearts that
long waited their coming, but who will
never pour forth their joy or love to them
on earth again. The white billows of
peace roll uneasily over our land, but no
security can ever come-no hope of the
future ever be entertained-no national
pride cherished-until the power that
wrought all this destruction is humbled.
1t may be urged that it is weak and ig-
norant folly that prompts person to be
continually referring to the past and con-
Juring up its woes in order to disturb
present tranquility, but | am to profit for
the future by the experience of the past,
and these references are made for no { tn
er purpose. | care not so much for those
who are gone, for they are beyond the
fear of want and the danger of ruin, but
1t is for the living that my deepest sym
pathies are moved, and whom l desire,
if possible, to save from the fate Of those
gone before.
The sluggish hours Of night are far
advanced as l write these poorly express
ed thoughts and wishes Of heart desir.
GUS alone OF accomplishing good to the
suffering ones Of our country. l look
forth from my window and drink in the
pure free air of heaven. The pale Wes-
tern moon sends its shimmering silvery
light over the still and silent form of na-
ture, falling alike upon the smooth pol
ished surface and the blackened dismal
swamps, while the cloud-belted eastern
horizon sends back the fierce glare of the
lurid lightning. The night is both i'm
pressive and expressive. Oh, God, when
in Thy pleasure and good will may peace
and quiet reign over our blood stained
landY When will the widows mourn
ing, the orphans wall, and the starvel-
ing's cry be hushed with comfort and
consolation? May we not hope that the
day of Thine avcnging is at hand, and
the devil and his minions will surely be
driven from the land?
Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-08-08
MARK TWAIN ON ETIQUETTE"

MARK TWAIN ON ETIQUETTE.-"Et
iquette varies according to ones sur
roundings. In the mining camps of
California, when friend tenders you a
"smile," Or invites you to take "blister"
-vulg arly called drink-it is etiquette
to say, "Here's hoping your dirt'll pan
out gay" In Washoe, when you are
requested to "put ip blast" or invited
to take your regular "poison," etiquette
admonishes you to touch glasses and say,
"Here's hoping you will strike it rich
on the lower level l' And in Honolulu,
when your friend asks you to take cid"
with him, it is simple etiquette to say,
"Here's eighteen hundred barrels, old
salt" "Drink hearty" is universal /;
that is the orthodox reply the world O.
yer. In San Francisco, some times, if
you offend man, he proposes to take
his coat off, and inquiries, "Are you on
it" If you are, you can take your
coat off too. In Virginia City, in form
er times, the insulting party, if a true
man, would lay hand gently upon his
six-shooter and say, care you hecled ?"
But in Honolulu, if Smith offends Jones,
Jones asks, with rising infection Oh the
last word which is excessively aggrava-
ting, "How much do you weigh 2" Six
teen hundred and forty pounds l-and
you" ''Two ton to dot-at half past
eleven this forenoon, peel yourself, you're
my blubber !"
Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-08-08

WoMAN.-Dlrs. Stephens, the story
writer, has somewhere thrown off this ex.
cellent passage: "Woman-woman, tru-
ly she is miracle. Place her mid flow-
ers, foster her as a tender plant, and she
is thing of fancy, waywardness, and
something of folly-annoyed by a dew
drop, fettered by the touch ofa butterfly's
wing, ready to faint at the rustic of the
beetle. The zephrys are too rough, the
showers too heavy, and she is overpower-
ed by the perfume of a rosebud. But
let real calamity rouse her affections. en-
kinlle the spirit of her heart and mark
her then. How her heart strengthens it.
self; how strong is her purpose. Place
her In the heat of battle-give her a
child, bird, anything she loves and pit
les, to protect, and see her, as in a rels-
ted instance, raising her white arms as a
shield, and as her blood crimsons her up.
turned forehead, praying for life, protect
the helpless. Transplant her into the
dark places Of earth, awaken her ener-
gles to action and her breath becomes a
healing, and her presence blessing she
disputes inch by inch the strides Of the
stalking pestilence, when man, the strong
and brave, shrinks away pale and alright.
ed Misfortunes daunt her not; she
wears away life of silent endurance, or
goes forward with less timidity than to
her bridal. In prosperity she is bud
iull Of imprisoned odors, waiting but for
the winds of adversely to scatter them a.
broad-pure gold, valuable but untrain.
in the furnace--in short, woman is a
miracle, a mystery.
Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-08-08
NO. 80.
From the Platte (Mo.) Reveille.
A HORRIBLE REMINIsCENcE OF THE
WAR.

Our citizens will remember that in the
early part OF the war, two citizens of our
county, Gabriel Close and Black Triplett,
were arrested by squad ofCol. Morgan's
Illinois regiment which was stationed at
Weston. They were arrested 1T Mrs.
huykendalls near this city, charged with
being bushwhackers. Whether the
charge was true or false we know not.
Securely guarded and bound, the prison.
ners were started to Weston. At Bee
creek bridge the squad halted aud de-
termined to murder the two men. The
fiends in human shape who disgraced
the uniform they wore, told their victims
the result Of their deliberations and pro-
ceeded to carry into execution their he'll
lish designs. The bound and helpless
victims were told to run for their lives.
Triplett refused and was shot, the muz-
zle Of the guns and pistols being SO close
that his hair beard and flesh, were horri-
BILE burned by the powder, until he was
scarcely recognizable. Close made an
attemtp to run, but mired in the treacher.
Gus bed of the creek, where the brutal
soldiery deliberately fred charge after
charge into his body, after which they
thrust their bayonets through his head.
Not content with this monstrous barbar-
ism, they then dabbled their hands in
the blood Of the murdered men and
wrote in great, uncouth letters on each
end Of the bridge, in characteres of blood.
the letters gu, s." The horrible letters
are still there. Every traveller between
Weston and Platt City will notice the
terrible, bloody letters staring at them
from either approach to the bridge.
Kind hands often attempted to obliterate
this awful sign Of blood and murder, but
to-day it is as plain as when it was first
mado by these brutal wretches. Time
aud the elements refuse to destroy the
letters.
The memory of Morgan, the comman-
der of the regiment, is faithfully preserv-
ed by the people Of this country. He
burned this town and laid in ashes our
Court house. In the corner stone oft
new Court house just about finished, is
placed a parchment recording this fact.
Wherever he goes Gods wrath will fol-
low him and future generations will
speak the name of James G. Morgan
with shudder.
Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-08-08

ga blessed mother" writes to the AL.
lentown, Pa, Democrat for advice, which
she gets thusly; "The only way to cure
your son Of staying out late o nights is
to break his legs or get the calico he
runs with to do your house work"
Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-08-08

won't you take half of my poor 3D.
ple = said pretty damsel. "No, thank
you; would prefer better half'" ElIs
Oiushed, and referred him to her papa.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-05

James. 1t is understood that the
Government received sixty per cent.
of the seizures. There are still a
number of suits to be tried. 1t is
expected the compromise to-day will
lead to an amicable adjustment of the
remaining cases.
Idaho advices of March Goth, state
that the Indian ,outrages in the Boiz
and Snake River Valleys are numer-
GUS. There is hardly. any stock left
to work the farms 'e=s.
The Indians attacked the Owhyee
stage, and killed the driver and two
passengers. The others escaped on
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-05

Election I'm Kansas City-Paper Mill
q Burned-Death of George w. Ran.
dOlph-Fire in Nashville.

NASHVILLE, April 4-The soap
factory of Ayres 4 Co., and the ware
house of Marshall & Doyle in the
northern suburbs, was burned last
night, together with their contents.
The loss was about $4,000; insured
for $1,000. 9tTz
The residence of Jno K. Edmunds,
former sheriff of Davidson County,
six miles out on the Murfreesboro
pike, was burned this morning. The
family barely escaped, losing clothing
and everything.
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SAN FRANCISCO.
The Steamer for China-Seizures FOR
IS Violating Revenue LaE-HOstility
Of the Indians.

SAN FRANcIsco, A pril 3.-The Col
orado sailed to-day for Yohokoma
and Hong Kong full of freight twenty
cabin passe ngers, and 250 steerage.
and $4,000 in treasure.
The China brig Jennie sailed for
Hong Kong an hour before the Col
Porado intended to sail.
In the case of, the steamer Carriers
cargo, consisting of -four, wheat, and
1890, 900 in treasure, a compromise
was affected to-day between the Gov
zernment and claimants
A large number of wine cases are
to be tried, Involving g-.the seizures
! during the collectorship of. Colonel
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EUROPE.
BY the Atlantic Telegraph.
ENGLAND

--s ENGLAND.
LONDON, April 4. The annual
budget was presented to Parliament
to-day. 3aIss
The excess of receipts over expen-
ditures-for the year, and balance re-
naming in the Exchequer is officially
stated at f2, 500, 900; the estimated
income for the present year will ex-
ceed f69, 100000, and the estimated
expenditures are f68, 900, 900.
It is proposed by the Government
to retain the present tax on malt, and
impose low duty on receipts from
marine assurance, and also on termin-
able annuities.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-05

Z New ORLEANS. April 3.-The
levee in Cordovia Parish opposite Nat
chez. has given way. The disaster
cannot possibly be repaired before
the water falls. The upper parishes
will be inundated. An engineer is at
work at the crevasse below Baton
Rouge. Reports say that they cannot
get men to work, and if they could,
they have no money to pay them. 8rr
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New YORK, April 4-The Cham
Der of Commerce to day adopted reso-
It - =, 4utiens in sfarorsof the continuance of
the Secretary of the Treasury's sys-
tenn Of contraction.
New YoRK, April 4-The United
States Commissioners Court, yesters
= 81 day, in the case of Daniel Moony,
which included certain questions
f9ash9S bsa tJsRs SHss o nterpa fna paTfRBs Rsvs
nue., Commissioner Osborne decided
.s-.-s that Deputy Collector has no author
zaea ity to ma ke. a seizure outside of his
$50 a own district, unless it is specially del
.egated to him by a Commissioner of
Internal Revenue. elas - I
series of voluminous and detail
ga ed af6dayits have been made by Dan,l
ts'sf Drew, Fiske and Belder, Saml w.
Boocock, w c. Dornin and Emmett
D. Burr, in reply to the charges con-
tanned in the complaint of Joseph B.
Stewart, and denyipg. nearly every al
legation in reference to their stock
Mr:t Harlburd. Chairman of the
House Committee on Expenditures.
0Igpbhshes a card l. in reply to MT;
-.... he desired no further hearing of any
kind, ,seither by counsel or OF herwise,
lust prior to the introduction of the
resolution regulating his reuioyal.
New YoRk, April 4.-The Her
AIDS Little Rock SArk.,1 special of
yesterday says the State Union Con-
yention has been in session all day
zafH ), and evening.
ezra DiII a platform with resolutions was
adopted of an ultra radical character
and approving the Congressional plan
of reconstruction and re-admission to
the Union.
The resolutions condemning the
President, opposing confscation. and
< erFkFas recommending a concilatcry course
towards rebels we're tabled. s@ e
A State Central Committee was ap
pointed and instructed to establish
State Union organization. ta
The Committee to wait upon Gen
Ord reported that he heartily approx
ed the objects of the Convention, ant
was desirous of cooperating will
them 4 q ~ -
io iis e The Convention will doubtless ad
<sll!a journ ,to-merrow.uua "
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itla Il The Great Eastern Expected.
SPECIALS FROM THE cAPrTA AL.
q CcepPterrhheadg City IT Ticket.
INDIANAPOLIS.
The COpperhead City Ticket-Th e
new Cathedral-Sale OF Sinking
Fund Building. m9l
Especial TO Evansville Journal ]

<&f Especial TO Evansville Journal. .ss
INDIANAPOLIS, April AT the
democratic preliminary convention
last night, it is understood that the
way was paved for the formal adop-
ton of the workingmen' s city ticket,
of which, Mr. A. Lowe, (the renee
gade Republican who didn't get con-
frmed, as Pension Agent, is the
:" bright particular star -
The pensicn agency here is not yet
in funds, but Mr.. Virgins expects to
receive his commission and a con-
signment Of greenbacks in few days.
1t is understood that the BuildiBg
: Committee of st. PauPs (EpiscopaD
Church .havesadopted the plan sub
mitted by New York architect, for
; the Cathedral which they proposerto
erect. 1t is to be the largest and
most magnificent Church edifce in
the Western States. Several leading
members of the St. Paul's Congrega-
ton have subscribed $4,000, each, in
aid of this magnificent enterprise.
The offer of $4,000 by the Indian
apolis insurance Company, for the
State Sinking Fund building, lot, and
appurtenances, is considered very l7b-
] eral-the full value of the proper
ty-and there is little doubt of its
acceptance. on The return of the Gov
sarnor@s > = = Z
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FORTIETH CONGRESS- - Executive
Session. 85ev
WASHINGTON, Apr

WASHINGTON, April 4. 2
{ Morton offered O resolution that 10000
copies of the Army Register for 1855 be
ordered printed for the use Of the Senate.
Chandler submitted joint resolutions
from the Legislature of Michigan, asking
q grant of lands to construct railroad
from the iron regions to the Straits of
Mackinaw. Laid ON table and ordered
printed. stft.Nl
Salisbury offered resolution that here
after no Chaplain shall be elected or ap-
pointed by the Senate. objection was
made, and the resolution went over. ~ 5f
On motion of Sumner, Senate went into
executive session.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-05

RICHMOND, April 4.-Geo. W. Ran
doiph, formerly Confederate Secretary
of War, died yesterday
An explosion In the Glover Hill
coat pits, Chesterfield County, occur
red yesterday ITwenty-fve white and
fifty negro miners were killed. The
pits to-day are burning, but the shafts
are closed to extinguish the fire so
the bodies can be recovered.
Senator Wilson went to Petersburg
Il day. ise b.
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RHODE ISLAND

PROVIDENCE, April 3.-The State
election to-day resulted in the COM
plete success of the Republican ticket
for State officers, members of Com
gress and the State Legislature The
vote was very light. Mr.. Dixon IS re,
elected to Congress in the Second
District by aDoqt zoo majority :.
Neglected without opposition.
The following are the State officers
elected: Governor, A E. Burnside
Lieutenant Governor, VIM. Osrene
Attorney General, Millard Sayles;
Seeretary-of State, John r. Bartlett
Treasurer, George w. Tew.
The Senate will stand Republican,
%; Democrats. s. House: Republi-
cans, 81; Democrats, g. - ,ai
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PHILADELPHIA, April 1.-Two cars
loaded with petroleum, took fire this
morning while crossing the iron bridge
on the Pennsylvania railroad overthe
Schuylkill river. Loss $4,000.
This was the fire supposed to be the
Quaker City Oil Works, which was
un.nJuTeQ. fep1
Samuel G.. Morton, a prominent
merchant, died last evening.
DR.. Caspar Wistar, an esteemed d
physician, died this morning.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-05

7- LOUISVILLE, April 4-Steadman's
Paper Mill, near Frankfort, Ky, was
completely burned yesterday morning.
Loss $4,000; no insurance. -s5zs
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ST. LOUIS, April, 4.-The entire
Radical ticket, excepting two Coun.
cilmen. was elected in Kansas City,
Tuesday.
Several car loads of colored troops
went out on the Pacific Railway on.
Tuesday, for service on the plains.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-05

ToLEDe, O., April 4.-The large
brewery Of the Union Brewery Co.,
on GClair Street, was destroyed by
fire this afternoon. Loss, 500, 900.
The stock was insured at $500 No
insurance on the building. IsH4stTS
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-05

GALVESTON, Texas. April 3.-News
from Camp Verde is to the effect that
the Indian spoilation continues. The
rumored massacre of twelve families
by the Indians is not substantiated.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-05

WASHINGTON, April "A letter
from the Surgeon of the United States
ship Germantown, dated Panama,
March 81, says the yellow fever is
prevailing in Panama, though it is
attempted to conceal it. There is no
fever at Aspinwall or on vessels.
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Boston, April 4.-The annual Fas
was observed to day in the usual man
ner. l e-f@ &t&W b9Ii
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ITALY.

FLORENCE, April, 4.-The Italian
ministry have rendered their resigna-
tions, and new ministry viii be
formed
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) Election Returns.
CONNECTICUT.

HARTFORD, April 3.-Full returns
from every town give English 49.797,
and Hawley "A, ,800. The Senate
stands IL Republicans, 10 Democrats; !;
House 127r Republicans and Ill
Democrats. "a
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NEW YORK.

Gossip from Morning Papers-UnfOn
Convention i'm Arkansas-NegrOes
49, Exercising their Privileges-The
y GFea Eastern Expected-Mexican
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. by the
President, &c. ~ w5g 6Il &