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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-05

Arrangements are on tue wing Tor q
Grand odd Fellows Celebration. of the
whole State on he Goth Of April next, on
the anniversary ofthe return of peace to
the country.
Last Friday q .counterfeiter named
George H. Johuso was arrested in In
dianapolis by soGle Cincinnati detectives.
He was taken o CINCINNATI.
John Anmeck, or Huntington County,
fell on the ice and broke q leg. A young
lady living in the family of John Lawler,
same county, fell aud broke her leg while
feeding pet lamb. The residence of the
Assessor of salamony township, same
county, was destroyed by fire, with all
his books and papers.
The anniversary of Washington's birth
day viii be celebrated at Rockport by the
Grand Army of the Republic. General
VeaIch will deliver an address on the oc-
.casion.
Alveren McDoTman, of Wells County,
ran away with Frank Porters wife.
Frank overlook the pair at Camden, and
Kicked up a rumpus when Porter shot him
in the face. A Wells County magistrate
decided thstthe shooting wasdone in self
defense
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-05

VINO nave eHcientfy co-operated 20
sustain it, and to whomsit is indebted
for whatever of good results have at
tended it, again take the natter In
hand, bringing into the work the
school house influence, the inquiring,
energetic, thoughtful young mind of
the city, and the probability is that
the object will be attained, hoing
library be established Bringing inits
train all those refining influences and
benefits which are the legitimate fruit
of the increase Of knowledge conse-
quent. on the use of bpeks.I D 9KIE
z While thus faYoring, aoGeyiyd on
The library question, [ enter, nay pro-
test against calling on the women to
accomplish ii, eithsfaBy getting up a
festival, by tableaux, or any other
species of exhibition. Not that I
would ignore their value or refuse
their aid in the movement. On the
contrary, their aid and influence are
Important, and should be. brought to
bear, but not in the, ways suggested.
Whatever is done should be so done
as to secure lasting results. The pro-
vceeds of an exhibition would be a
temporar. expedient, and, 1 will add,
a not very, creditable one for an object
which should require no such means
to sustain it. AS / have said, let the.
friends of library put their hands to
the work, both men and women, let
them subscribe new stock in and re-
organize the Evansville library AS
ISOLATION; erlet them, on a new basis,
reorganize that Association, adopting
some principle Of contribution which
will make it sustaining leach one
agreeing to contribute annually for
say five years, given amount the
aggregate thus pledged to be ample to
scoSer the necessary expenses aud pro-
cure a reasonable annual addition Of
fresh new boekg then fix d moderate
rate Of subscription for the public
who maytdesire access to the Library,
aud the probability IS that before the
five years are gone, the subscriptions
alone will maintain and continue the
enlargement Of what. will have be
come an indispensable need to our
growing population well conducted
public library and reading room 10
3 On the other hand, if we cannot in
some way sustain library, but must
resort to masquerades and soup parties
to do it, for one, I say, let the matter
drop, and let us not thus publicly ac-
knowledge that to aid in so important
a work, our pockets can only be
reached through our stomachs and
our love of public shows. 90 q
- ans Fis - SIGMA.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-05
I STATE IrENfS.

Thirty thousand hogs have been packed
at Madison this season.
A stock company, with capital of S40,-
900, has been formed in New Albany, to
build Masonic temple.
General Orr, of Laporte, has donated $500
to the soldiers monument fund of that
county.
The Game Law, in reference to quails,
forbidding trapping, snaring or shooting
them, came into force on the lst instant.
A man named Brooks, charged with the
murder of an old woman at Clear Springs,
jackson County, was arrested last Friday.
General Carl Schurz, the editor-in-chief
of the Detroit Post, will lecture before the
Young Mems Library Association, at In
dianapolis, on the 18th instant
A religious revival has just closed at the
Rockport NJ. E. Church, Rev. ]. III. Ketch-
am officiating. Forty were added to the
church. aDW 8Ns@
A saw log, five feet ten inches in diame-
ter and estimated to contain 2500 feet
of lumber, is on exhibition in, Anderson.
The rolling mills of New Albany baa We
commenced running again on full time.
giving employmentto large number OF
hands, most of whom have been idle a
considerable portion of the winter. 5i.,
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-05

upon the Democracy of Washington
City. We referred, a few days ago, to
the attentions which. the gentlemen
from Africa were receiving at the
hands of the Democratic candidates
in Georgetown, where an election is
soon to be held. The Democratic
City Council Of Washington has
had claim before them for
some .time) for sthe payment Of
the salaries of the teachers in the col
ored schools. Before the passage Of
the Suffrage Actit could notbe allow
ed. But since che negro has had con
ferred uponhimithe right to)vote, and
as an election ,isappr0aphing, wherein
the negroes hold the balance of pow
er, the justice5ofg the claim isf easily
discerned!' The ayorsent'a message
to the Council, asking the claim to- be
allowed and accompanying it with a
letter to the Chairman of the Com
mittee on Public Schools, as follows:
MAYORS 0FF4oE. WAsH1NGToN, )
~ -T8D UZ january 2l, 1867 So
John G.gDudzey, Esq, Chairman: tEss-a IA
2 My DEAR SIR May / ask your attention,
as chairman of the school Committee of
the Board of Common Council, to a bill
which passed the, Board Of Aldermen,
some evenings since, making an appropri-
alton to pay to the trustees of colored
schools the. amount found to be due them.
IT is intpoFtar,t that this bRtshould be acted
on at once. ard r therefore urge upon yots to-
pass it tonight. orFfa ~ .<l4,,xl4
Very respectfully,
yssUet isE RICHARD WALLAcH,. Mayor.
The claim was ordered to be paid
by unanimous vote So il. appears
the colored man is no longer a ,lniser-.
able " niger, who has no rights.
that the white Copperheads of the
District are bound to respect. He is
now not only u a man and a brother, .
but a citizen. whosevote will be essen
tial to elect the next Mayor and City
councils. 1T is neither polite nor.
safe to treat his right to a share in the
school fund with contempt,
81 =
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The library Question.

That5thee" Evansville Library Asso-
citation y has about ceased to'haFe any
vitalitysis' ayselfTevidentsfaet.o 1t is at,
the same time undenable, that such,
an institution, properly sustained and
regulated, would be both useful and
creditableA to the city The views of
your correspondent, d. Ell. c. as to
what is needed in the way Of a Libra
ry, describe precisely what we had in
the first years of the Evansville, Lii
brary Association. 1t occupied eli
gible rooms, one being the Library
Room, new books being continually
added to the shelves; the other, a
Reading Room, " neatly furnished, ;"
" lighted up in the evening, and sup
piled with the leading papers of the
country, and with the leading periodi-
Gals, both American and English. It
had an efficient Librarian, who gave
his whole attention to his duties as
such, and maze the rooms cheerful
and delightful resort for all classes of
the community. The use Of the read
ing room was free to strangers tenn,
porarily sojourn;ng in the city, ana
the price of subscription to citizens
who were not stockholders, for the
use Of the Library, was placed at
low figure, within the reach of all
And yet, the institution failed to
secure the support and encourage
ment that its attractions and merits
invited. and was allowed gradually to
sink into its present EN- barrassed and
collapsed condition. WhyFwas IT'D
Simply because the education of ma
.iority of those who could and should
sustain such an institution, has
not extended beyond the Price Cur-
rent and the thrilling yellow backed
histories Of the " Pirate Of the Gulf
z Baron Munchau$en, y Jack the
Giant Killer" and works of similar
edifcation and entertainment. In no
other way can we account for the
almost entire indifference of our com
mnnity in an institution which was
one of the most creditable things we
had and which was calculated, if pro-
perly managed and sustained, to exert
permanent and, perhaps, a more ex-
banded influence for good, than any
other single moral power in force
among us.
1t certainly does not necessarily fol-
low, because the Evansville Library
has practically proved failure, that
by new efort'it may not be galvanized
into renewed life. or some new insti-
tuition, Of similar character, be put
into operation and prove successful.
Thanks to our public schools, a new
element is coming up, whose know
ledge is not limited to bar lead, mer-
rimac prints, gunny bags, and mo-
lasses; and, from this element, we
may reasonably hope for the sustain
ing interest and support, which are
indispensable to the prosperity of
all merely literary and cnlighten-
ing institutions. Therefore, let
tic effort be made. Let the
few, whose intelligence and en-
terprise originated the Evansville
Library Association, with all those
.Ig1ItE .Hfe .4H{IIaff n4tloNI- 8u3 hAffl3i
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-05
. Examination.

tN A4AeSiAA1AtSp4S4ls ftfBtE ffr -5li
saIHE SEMH-ANEgtAL ENAKESA-
& ton of the Public Schools OF Evans
willie comm nee on Monday, the 18th inst
and continue as follows.- q F9ttOt @e3 ~
TUES DA Y, FEBRUARY ETH. q ~ J
I'd Girls Grammar Miss Call, Principally
from to II m. p lofl999 70 'ts1ftsp 7,
I'd Boys Grammar (Mr.f Peck PRINCIPALLY.
from ~ to AZ pm. q dtaarsp t7n p
WEDNESf Jay, FEBRUARY 9TH 1h ~
High Sch6oi (Mr. Willett, PfneipaD from
9 am. to412 pm. ~ it-t ittT bh1
The Mayor and members Of the Common
Council parents. guardians, ana friends of
education are invited to 0ttend. t9it q
The exercises will commence promptly
at the times specified. - it ~ -
To avoid Interrupt sso,4, visitors are re-
quested TO be presehtas the opening OF the
exercises.
4 BY order of the Boat, III Trust eeS. 's
CHAS. II. BttpfERFIELD
JAMS diff perintendent.
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Important Notice.

An INSANE MAN NAMED Nc
a. A a : NEA Ssc3ped rom tne to1uantg
years of age; OF medium size. * liberal
reward wii4bepaid 10 any one whoshah
return him 10 the county house or 10 the
county jail. f-te ALEX. DARLING,
jan28dtf. - 90 ha Sheriff V. G..
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-05
hats AND GAPS.
HI A Us. GAPS.
and
9 TRAW GOODS.
Merchants, Attention

WHEN YOU ARE .sswTNGING
round the circle" of our Wholesale
Houses, drop in and examine our stock o.
goods, as we have one of the largest and
best-selected stocks of Hats, Caps, Ladies
and Misses Trimmed Hats aud Shaker
Hoods ever brought TO this market, which
we will sell at prices that will give you
large margin for profits. If you buy youi
Hats In Cincinnati, Louisville, or ST. Louis
bring your bills with you and we win du-
plicate them, and save you freight. Ifyou
can't come, send us your orders, and we
will guarantee the goods to suit, or you
can return them to us at our expense. q
LANPHEAR & MITCHELL.
No. IS North First Street, +
toAi3 las fA.fA6tt SAat AAsAa 05A5
CNext door TO Hollingsworth Bros.)
nov2O dom EVANSVILLE, IN-.
al luut arfG ..uI.lf y ol niDl
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~ Dissolution.

YEyHE go AKsIsi ERSE7EP Fas:ys3FSs-
n fose ext ting between the undersigned
III the Hat. Cap, and Fur business was DIS
solved on The. LIST day OF JanuaiT. 1871. by
mutual consent. Both partners ara author
lied to use the firm IN settlement OF tAe
partnership business.
PHILIPPE VAuTIER.
ALEXANDER MARJ0NNIER.
Persons indebted to the late firm Will
please make immediate settlement.
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A GOOD CIIANCE
Dissolution of Copartnership.

= = ing between A. Liter and :. w. Ander-
son, dealers in coal, was dissolved on the
10Th INST. by mutual consent. The business
will be continued by the undersigned, at
the old stand, No. Z South Water Street,
and full supply Of excellent Coal will be
kept constantly on hand upon the opening
of navigation. te4 A. LITER.
"A T =
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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-05
OFFICIAL..

IErrERs REsrAISiSG UNCLAIMED in the
Pc --Ofice at Evansville, State of Indiana,
on he 18th day of February, 1851.
Persons calling for any of these letters
viii please say :" Advertised, giving data
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-05

The Democracy and the Negroes. !
The comforting of the right OF sG.-l
frage on the negroes of the District Of.
Columbia is having a marked effect
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Notice.

eL NUblCs.
yr1HE BUSINESS WsLE BE CON
III tinued as heretofore, with all the adj
vantages of the change OF connection. NJ.
Vautier residing in New York will enable
me TO get the best grades and most FASH
ionable goods at the lowest rates. Thank
ing our patrons for past favors, 1 hope by
strict attention to business and increased
facilities, to merit the continued support
of an appreciative public.
janl6dtf hl A. MARCOtsNIER.
Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-08-29
"INDEPENDENT l. ALL THINGS, NEUTRAL IN NorHwGn
SILVER CITY, OwYnEE COUNTY I. THURSDAY AUGUST 20 1867
WITHOUT THE CHILDREN.


Oh, the weary. solemn silence
Of house without the children
Oh, the strange, oppressive stiffness
Where the children come no more
Oh, the longing of the sleepless
For the soft arms of the children.
Ah, the longing for tho faces
Peeping through the opening door
Faces gone forever more
Strange it is to wake Mt midnight
And not hear the children breathing
Nothing but the old clock ticking,
Ticking, ticking by the door.
Strange to see the little dresses
Hanging up their all the morning,
And the gaiters-ah their patter,
We will hear it never more
On eur hearth .forsaken floor
What is home without the children?
'Tis the earth without its verdure,
And the sky without its sunshine;
Life is withered to the core
So we'll leave, this dreary desert,
And well follow the Good Shepherd
To the greener pasture vernal,
Where the Lambs have "gone before
With the Shepherd evermore
Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-08-29
THE SUDDEN CHOICE.


A few years ago / made one of the sew
enty-nine passengers on board the fast
steamer Emily Barton, bound up the
Tennessee. A pleasant, intelligent 60
ahead captain, good steward, and social
refined company, made the trip one of
pleasure; indeed, long shall | remember
the saucy Emily Barton and her superb
living freight. One lovely summer after
noon, it was whispered that we were to
to have wedding before the boat reach
ed her destination; said whisper started
first low near the ladies' cabin, and speed
ly made its way to the hall, the boiler
deck, and even to the main; like the
snowballs down the mountain, gathering
size, form and momentum, as it rolled
forward, until the principals in the in
terestlng scene were not only pointed out,
but the persons-some scraps in the his.
tory of each-fction, fact and surmise,
all hashed up ingeniously leaving you
in the half pleasant, halfpainful suspense
and doubt that opens the eyes SO wide
and strains the drum of the ear so tight
to all transpiring around you. Well, we
landed to wood at a magnificent beach
bottom, the tall, heavy laafed trees, with
silver gray trunks, making deep cool
shade, while they, with the grassy green
bank that bore them, were in the CLASSY
river, SO clear, so true, that inversion only
pointed the false from the real.
Cutting this charming spot in twain,
came murmuring crystal brook, scarce
four spans wide, to lose itself in the mass
Of Tennessee waters, they in turn to be
alike lost in the boundless sea.
No sooner was the staging out than
there emerged from the ladies' cabin
fine manly looking fellow, dressed in
faultless taste, intellect beaming in every
feature, while all over his face, perfect
happiness shone like phosphorus on the
sea; and leaning on his arm was the most
loveable woman it has ever been my lot
to behold; her fine hazel (tell.tales that
they were) speaking deep emotion, and
her expressive lip quivering with sup
pressed excitement, while her step, dress
'NN St"NS "nS thdu VI uuecu. Il mere
they are ~ "That's herw o, how hand
some!" burst from many lip as we in
stinctively made way to let them pass to
the altar, and where that was we had
about as clear an idea as transcendental-
ist generolly has of what he is talking
about. But one thing we all seemed to
know, that there was fun ahead, and that
to fall in their wake was the way to see it.
As the ladies passed, gallant arm was
offered to each, and thus we marched out
of the cabin, down the stairs, across the
staging, and up the sloping bank. Some
fifty yards up the brook the pair stopped,
and joining hands, they stood with the
clear water between them-bridged as it
was with the twining fingers, and crossed
BY stream of love as pure as itself. All
was silent, still, until broken by the min
lister reading in an impressive manner:
"And the rib which the Lord God had |
taken from man made he a woman and |
Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-08-29
NO. AZ.

Then we danced, we laughed, we mado
children Of ourselves-yes, 1 am afraid
we made fools of ourselves. BE that as
it may, when the watch changed at noon of
night, the bluffs ON the dark shores of
the river returned only and unbroken
the u echo of the hoarse coughing of the
Emily Barton's engines, and our dreams
vainly tried to vie with the lovely reality
OF the evening.
Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-08-29

THE UNDERSIGNED have their rooms neat
ly furnished and are prepared to do all kinds of
work ia their line in the latest and most improv-
ed styles of the art Those wishing to obtain the
superior enameled cards, which will make them
look much better than they really do, can oc-
complish their wish by giving us a call
L0CKETS and RINGS neatly filed, and
Copying done to order and at prices to suit the
times. LESLIE JUNK,
Silver City July II nS5 If.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-06-14
HChief Justice Parson. was one of,h

VChief Justice Parsons was one fthe
ablest men that Massachusetts, ever produc-
cd. Ills power with a jury was extraorli-
nary. tie avoided, from principle, all ut.
ternP,s at oratory, being convinced, as wns
often said Of Mr Choate, that a reputation
for eloquence was formidable obstacle to
success. lie talked directly to the jury, in
simple language, with great coacisencss,
putting the case with clsarncss, pressing il
with strong logic, aud making them feel
that he had no doubt they must agree with
him. His most elaborate arguments did
not exceed an hour, and rarely went be-
yond half an hour. An eminent lawyer
tells an amusing story Of one Of his early
pleas. The case was an important one,
aud Parsons was unknown to most persons
outside the bar. When he began his mr..
gument he leaned one foot on chair, aud
one elbow on his knee, and began to talk
rs IL he were explaining the matter TO 4
company Of neis,bon, and there could be
no doubt about his version oft. The law
yer saw at once that he was winding the
jury round his finger, bat they were uncon-
scious Of the process, for when they had
given him the verdict one Of them came
to the lawyer, and said naively, "whs is
this Mr.. Parsons? Ito Is not much Of q
lawyer, and don't look or talk as II he
would ever be one but k sems 10 Be real
good sod Of mos"
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-06-14
AHARNY orASTs.

! in arcecos Ieeturp, hsior tho ssoca-
ton 'ior tho advancement Of Science and
I An Of; New YsrksM. On Chaillu' sPoke-ss
fa'loss Of 10 Pre-, black ant. found in The
regions Of Equatorial Africa:
In these equatorial forests there arc found
. vast number Of ants, some Of which arc
., terrible to man, and even 70 the beasts
OF The wood, from their venomous bite
their hcrce temper, and voraciy. that their
path is freely abandoned to them. The
most remarkable and moa dreaded OF all
il the black Bsshikonsy. Bashikonsy 10
the nsme given Il by tho Bakalal There
arc two other varieties Of Bashikonsy %.
side the black kind. These black Bsshiko-
nay may be vol called tho lords Of the
forest Il 10 the most vomcious creature
ever met. II Is the dread Of all living ami.
mails, from the leopard to the smallest in
secta Il d their habit to march through
the forests in long. regular line, q line
about two inches broad, and oftcn several
miles in length; oil along this line arc lars'
or ants who act as officers-stand outside
the ranks and keep this singular army In
order. II they come to . place where
there arc no trees to shelter them from the
sun, whose heat they cannot bear. they i'm
mediaiely build an underground tunnel
through which the whole army pass 10 col
umns to tho forest beyond. When they
grow hungry, as by sudden command
the long file spreads itself through the for
ests. advancing forward, attacking and de-
vouring all living things with a fury that b
quite irresistible. The elephant and the
gorilla fly before them; the black men run
away every animal that lives in their line
Of march Is chased.
in an incredibly short space Of time,
those that are caught arc overwhelmed,
killed, caten, and only tho bare skeleton re-
mains. They seem to travel day and night.
Many time have been awakened out Of
sleep and obliged to rush into the wutcr
to save myself from them. When they
enter house they clear il Of every living
thing. Cockroaches are destroyed in an in
stant; rats und mice spring around the
room in vain. They will not touch vegcta.
bic matter, thus they aro very useful, clear
iny the country OF many Insects. When
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-06-14

Baos,pE OF PorAssiun roR HIDaoruo.
sn. The Indianapolis Journal contains an
account Of Miss sel'ia Eller of Beck's Sta.
lion, Hamilton county. Indiana. who ives
bitten by rabid dog abou, two months ago.
The wound was very slish, one, aud NV
ing no alarm, was, unfortunately, suffered
To heal without being subjected to treatment.
She was stacked bghyirephebia. opia,es
proved bat liulo use. Finally the physician
sdmmisssed bromide Of Potassium, incrcss-
Ing The quantity 10 about two oanees per
day. For three days there wss no change
pccep,able; the disease then abssed In vic.
iencc, and the patient has since recovered.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-06-14

A TouaH Srosr.-wo overheard the
following u day or two since, which Was
considered by tho listeners to DO slough"
especially when il is known that the hero
could not be tempted ITO lie." One zen.
tleman was telling OF hens nest that he
constructed with "trip door" in tho bot.
tom. which the weight Of an egg would
open. This being placed on barrel, "the
biddic," si,sr laying one, looked fos il, aud
finding nothing, laid another, and so contin-
cd to do for several hours
sOh that is nothing" says our friend
from SHOWN cast" any f,,hcr made a mes,
of,hs, kind and placed il with.,ho hen up
on il, over hogsbcad. and she laid Il full
ofeggs. The next day he set q dead hen
upon the nest and Matched every egg in two
weeks" "And every egg Matched two
chickens" said u .hy-s,nnder. thinking to
add good sequel to tho stoy.
"No they didn't" said jonathan, "you
needn't Try to IN axe ma lie, for you cant"