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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-13

Milward's Needles are the best.
STOVES AND holesale
and retail, at ]. B. MEsKER's,
Sycamore, bet. Second and Third SITS.
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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-13

Rockport Stage (via Newburgh and Boom
ville,l carrying the mail, leaves at A. NJ,
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Arrives by p. M, Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays.
. New Harmony Mail Stage leaves Mon-
days and Fridays at A. NJ. Arrives Tues
days and Saturdays by p. NJ. s.......-. s.s-.,s,
cept Sundays} at A. M Arrives. daily iex-
eept Supdays)yby Up. NJ. , i - IL
To NEwBURG.-Hack daily Except Sun
day1 from the Merchants Hotel, at 8
O'Clock p. NJ. A-A ~ ta.A*ts' z ~
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-13

Clark's Spool Cotton is the best.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-13
RAILROAD TIMETABLE
Evansville and Charlottesville.
GOING NORTH,

Leave Arrive. Arrive.
Evansville. Vincennes. T. Haute
Accom- 'odt'n, $50 A MI 10 "a AMI 40 NJ
Mail.-...-..-...... 800 A N IL as N 2:55P II
COMING SOUTH.
fta Leave Leave Arrive
Terre Haute. Vincennes. E'vflle.
Vincennes Ac.....-........ 500 A N 9.07 A d
Freight & Ac. 40 A M 1880 P N :38 NJ
Mall. 40 NJ 1855 P M 10: 40 p N
+ Tsrre Haute and Indianapolis.
y 49, g $50 Leave. Arrive.
Day Express. .-..-........-.. 2:30 A M III Is NJ
Night Express ............. $40 NJ 10 80 p M
Mail .............-.-........--..5 :45 lao M
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-13

By Merchant ailors' rev goods arr
irving at the new establishment-54
Main Styeet. iRa 8g.Nl GOO s'f
mar5 If eon SETH d DARLING.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-13
'erre Haute and Indianapolis.
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad

FROM VINCENNES.
Going East. Going WIT.
ESQ :56 NJ
Express ...... .................. 9:35 N $40 M
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-13

Bag Fine fresh strawberries re-
eeived every day, at No, rs, Main
Street. aje5-H.W Cook e HEALY. A
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-13

Hand sewing try Mi1pards Needle,
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-13

Takenone otherth than Cyarlss Cotton
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-13
Grand Fourth OF July Celebration
,sa at the Fair Grounds.

O1ark's ..Spoot Cotton is 6 Cord to so
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-13

RETRENCHMENT We. regret to
learn that the old established Adams
Express Company are finding it nee
essary to'retrench expenses by with
drawing their advertisements from
the city papers. vs. - -.sass.s..., =,
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-13

Ladiesl use Clark's Spool Cotton.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-06-06
hOss-trOts

When in perilous position 1t is danger
GUS to look down. The sight is very apt
to create dizziness and fright, and lead to
y fall. A boy on shipboard was sent out
on one of the long, high yards to do some
work. He finished his task, but as he
walked back to the mast on the single
round yard, he looked down to the deck,
dizziness came over him, his head began to
swim, and in another moment he might
have fallen and been killed. But the watch
full eye of the captain saw the lad danger,
and he cried out to him, in tone that
could but be obeyed, "Look aloft, boy, look
aloft /" The astonished boy looked up,
recovered his poise and selfpossession,
and reached the deck in safety. my boy"
said the captain, "when in danger, remem-
Der to look up"
1t is always dangerous to look down on
people and things below us. Your head
may not swim with dizziness, you may not
be paralyzed with fright, but by looking
down on bad persons and unworthy things
your heart may grow dizzy, and in spite of
your good resolutions you may fall almost
before you realize your danger.
The desires and the feet usually follow
the lead of the eyes. Look much at wicked
companions and impure objects, and you
will almost surely go downward and be-
come bad, too. 1t makes an immense diff
ference, boys, whether you look down or up.
Many of the best young men have fallen
because they looked constantly at compan-
ions and scenes that were unworthy and de-
graded. Many of the most promising boys
have failed in life because they had no high
aim-because they looked not above
The only safety for you, boys, in the
world, so full of perils and pitfalls, is in
looking up to persons and things above
you. The upward look steadies the heart,
and keeps the whole being sound and
strong The more you think of great and
good men, the more you will wish to be-
come great and good yourselves. The
more you associate with those, the wiser and
better you will become Heart and hand
usually follow the eyes. Look up, you will
most likely ascend.
Boys, give you motto to day-Look
aloft When you are tempted, and your
heart grows dizzy with wrong desires, re-
member the sailor boy, and look aloft In
your private hours, in your walks, plays,
conversations, keep your eyes fixed on men
and objects above you. Look aloft in your
meditations, and He who dwells above will
reward your upward look with the prizes
and the prospects he has reserved for only
those who look aloft. ~ $500
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-06-06
The south.

The Sheriff of Victoria county, Texas,
has refused to take greenbacks as lega.
tenders. no
Judge Reeves, of Texas, has decided that
negro witnesses are not admissible upon
the trial of white men.
The Inauguration of Harris marble statue
of Henry Clay, in the Court House at
Louisville, took place last week, and was
one of the most brilliant demonstrations
ever made in that city. The procession of
the different orders and associations was
very long and imposing.
q A man named jeff Lee, under sentence
of death for murder in South Carolina, has
Informed General Sickles that the killing
was done while he was aiding Union pris-
oners to escape, and if he had not killed
the deceased he would have lost his life
himself The General has ord cred an i'm
vestigation. .it$ s-sl- "a, n.
The Maryland Constitutional Conven-
ton, by vote of rs to "a, has struck from
the bill of Rights the clause declaring that
slavery shall not be permitted in that State,
and substituting in its stead one declaring
that slavery shall not be re-estabIished, in
that State, but, having been abolished I'M
der the policy and authority of the United
States, compensation in consideration
therefor is due from the United States.
A gang of rebels in Athens, Alabama,
on Monday night last, committed brutal
outrage upon Captain d. III. Bingham, late
Assistant Doorkeeper of the. United States
Senate. They took him from bis residence,
and after severely handling him, ,daubed
him all over with printers ink Captain
Bingham is an incorporating Union
man and thoroughly hated by the rebels,
and they took this method to manifest their
spirit. i.a dir
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-06-06

We cut the following from paper pub
lished many years ago, but it is just as APP
plicable to-day as when first published
If you wish to be always thirsty, be a
drunkard; for the oftener and more you
drink, the oftener and more thirsty you
will be.
If you seek, to prevent your friends rails
ing you in the world, be drunkard, for
that of itself will defeat all their efforts. o
Ifyou are determined to be poor, be a
drunkard; and you win soon be ragged and
penniless. 4
Ifyou wish to starve your family, be a
drunkard for that viii consume all your
means.
If you wish to be imposed upon by
knaves, be drunkard; for that will make
your task easy.
Ifyou are resolved to kill yourself, be a
drunkard that viii be a sure mode of des-
truction.
you would have no resources when
past labor, but work-house, be a drunkard,
and you will be unable to provide any.
Ii you are determined to expel all COM
fort from your house, be drunkard, and
you will do it most efectualy.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-06-06
Great Agricultural HOss-trOt al
t& BilIInSsville.
JOSH BILLINGS. REPORTER.


~ Agricultur is the mother ov provisions ;
she is also the grandmother.
If it want for agricultur, thar wouldn't
ny beans, there wouldn't be emmy sucker
fash.
Agricultur wuz fust discovered by
be an honest way to get a very hard
living. r
Pumpkins owes awl her success tew
agricultur, and so does lettuce and buck
wheat.
The Billingsville agricultural society
opened Oct. ten, and waz powerful
success. - ~ ~a
The receipts ov the Agricultural Fair
waz upwards oy $4,000 (f mi memory
serves me rite, and think she duz. Il
The Hon. Virgil Bickerstof, the
next agricultural member ov Congress
from our district, sold the agricultural
poles.
A puss ov ten dollars waz trOtted for by
sucking colts, that had never trotted before
for money. aa ~
There waz thirteen entrys. Tnea
Thar waz $4,000 people on the track to
y NAAS
rite, and think she duZ). 3.5
The puss waz wun amid vociferous ex-
carnations, by red colt, and the way
in ov handkerchief, with a stripe in
his face, and the fainting ov several
fust class females, and one white foot be-
hind.
SEKUND DAY.
1t rained like perpendicular awl day,
and no trotting could be had so the au-
dience awl went hum, cussin and swearin,
and offrin tew bet four to six on the Pete
Tucker colt. S4.Es azt<
-aa fst .4 THURD DAY. 5i 7-Y
The sun histed up in the east more bu-
tyfuller than ever saw her before (if mi
memory serves me rite, and think she
duz).
1t waz fustrate day for agricultur, or
emmy other man.
A puss ov $50 waz trotted for, by sum
year old colts. -
This race did not attract much affection,
on account ov the time bein so slow. Time,
minits and 3S seckunds.
bus ~ FOURTH DAY. re- ,.
This waz for or years old, who hadn't
never beat 2.25.
Thar waz 26 entrys; they couldn't awl
trOt to once, so they took turns.
This race waZ won after bitter contest
by Pete fuckers colt.
He waz Immediately offered thousand
dollars and a fustrate farm witch waz well
stocked, for the colt by three different
agricultural men, but with great deal
ov indignant good sense, he skorned to
stoop so low.
Pete Tucker and his whole family are
awl boss.
FIFTH DAY.
1t rained agin harder than ever, and the
day waz spent in betting on the weight ov
horses
Thar waz several good hoss-swaps also
made. .a
One man swopped two bosses for one
this struck me as bully good thing, but
everybody else sed it waz soft.
At the end ov the fifth day come
away.
1 got so full ov boss that ever since
when laugh kant keep from WINNER
ing. r-.Tf. .a...f
The fare waz kept up for 10 days, and
some red hot time waz made. '......
think 2 minits and 10 seckunds waz
made, Gf my memory serves me rite, and
i think she duz).
I forgot to say that there waz tew yoke
ov oxens on the ground, besides several
yokes ov sheep, and a pile ov carrots, and
sum worsted work, but they didn't seem
to attract emmy sympathy.
The people banker for pure agricultural
hOSs-trOtS ..
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-06-06

spired to murder the captain and other
officers and take possession of the treasure
($200,O 00), scuttle the ship and take to the
boats. The officers were armed with Hen
ry rifles. After sharp fight, killing one
and wounding two or three, the officers
succeeded in putting the mutineersin irons.
The crew were all negroes shipped in San
H ran cisco
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-06-06
SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
General News.

The report by the Atlantic cable that our
Government has offered to sell the Milan
tonomah and other war vessels to Russia,
is denied at both the State and Navy De-
partments
In Washington the extraordinary num-
Der of 1904 votes have been registered
of whom S,212 are colored. The number
of votes cast for municipal officers a year
ago was ,5,7S3.
The trial of John Fl. Surratt, on motion
/ of the Government, -haS~been postponed
until the 10th of June, in order to afford
time to procure the attendance of several
important Witnesses - =, ex.essg
| 1t is stated that secret circular has been
issued to the Fenian circles, calling them
to arms, and that fifty thousand of them
are ready for the field, with fifty thousand
more to come, if needed. IS 2''eal ...
1t is reported that the Fenians are organ
izing another raid upon Canada. 1t is said
that 10000 men are to be concentrated on
the border within month. The Canadians
are preparing for defense @''' any
Lieut.. Gen. Sherman has been obliged
to reconsider his intention of taking voy
age to the Mediterranean and the Holy
Land, owing to the threatening state Of af-
fairs in the Indian country in the far west,
of which he has command. .-77 -.,..-.e
fAT The business of the Japanese Commits
| sioners has finally come to light: They
have, after negotiation with the President
and Mr.. Seward, became purchasers Of the
iron-clad ram Stonewall, for which they
pay four hundred thousand dollars in cur
rency.y This includes the vessel and arma-
ment, and. we are to put her in first-class
order.
Advices from Washington state that the
judiciary Committee have about concluded
the impeachment investigation. One of
the last witnesses examined was Secretary
Stanton, who testified at great length before
the Committee, on the 31st, but the sub
stance Of his testimony has not TRANSFERRED
1t IS believed that no report will be made
until December.
1t is stated that Mason, the Southern spy,
sent here from Toronto to give evidence
in the Surratt case, can also throw light
on other matters. He processes to know
facts about the burning of boat on the
Mississippi, between Cairo and Memphis,
in 1864, whereby the Government lost two
millions of dollars in Payma sters' funds,
and says he was in the plot for the destruc-
ton thereof, but was never paid according
to agreement. M ~
As showing the condition of the Treasu-
ry, it may be stated that between now and
the first of next January, there must be
paid sixty-eight millions in gold interest,
forty-six millions in currency interest, eight
millions on the gold interest of 1847, and
elghty-six millions compound interest notes
besides the current expenses Of the Gov
eminent. To meet these demands the Sec
rotary will have the internal revenue say
one hundred millions; custom receipts,
eighty millions !; miscellaneous receipts,
five millions; three percents authorized at
the last session of Congress, fifty millions.
and has cash balance of one hundred mil
lions The Secretary anticipates no trouble
in his Department prior to the time for
the regular session of Congress.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-06-06
John tells a story of Thomns

John tells story of Thompson and
Rogers, two married bucks of New York, who.
Thompson supposed was his residence, but which
ms companion insisted was his own house.
thompson rang the bell Justify, when. window
ing - l'iEe ''''5s siSf
. Madam " inquired Mr.. r., 'sisn't this Mr.
T-rhompson's house?''
No. replied the lady, this is the residence of
Mr.. Rogers fsTlS'YY -
well" exclaimed Thompson, "Mrs. T-Thomp
son-beg your pardon-Mrs. Rogers, won't youN
mst step down to the door and pick out Rogers for
Thompson wants to go home.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-06-06

AN Essay ON THE RED MAN. = An
Idaho poet has been exasperated by Indian
depredations into the preparation of the follow
ing:
Lo, the poor Indian! whose unscrup' lous mind
Steals our best OK, nor leaves horse behind
on, no! his soul was never taught to stray
Into corral at close or break Of day.
Upon that cloud topped hill all day he lies
AT night he steals what in the day he spies; @
Then hurries off his tilicunis to meet a,
Eating as they kill, killing as they eat
They then once more their lovely squaws behold
Enjoy conpubial bliss. nor thirst for gold
10 steal s not half their natural desire,
lis their delight to set house on fire,
And shoot the inmates who attempt to flee.
Old Beelzebub bears them company.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-06-06
UP IN THE BARN.
THOMAS LAKELAND.

Old Farmer Joe steps through the doors
AS wide to him as the gates OF TheDes;
And thoughtful walks about the floors
- Wherein are piledshis winter stores,
- And counts the profits of his globes.
Ten tons of timothy up there. e.s.s -.s.--ss7. Z,
And four of clover in the bay;
Red-top that's cut, well middlln falr,
And bins of roots oblong and square,
To help exc out the crops OF nay.
A dozen head of cattle stand -, &9
Reflective in the leaf-strewn yard :
And stalks are stacked on every hand,
The latest offering of the land
To labor long maintained and hard.
Carloads of pumpkins yonder lie
The horse is feeding in his stall,
The oats are bundled scaffold high,
I. And peas and beans are heaped hard by, {:
AS if there was some festival.
At length old Farmer Joe sits down. sa
A patch across each of his knees;
He crowds his hat back on his crown, .s.'
Then clasps his hands--so hard and brown
And like a farmer takes his ease. i'sh
Is How fast the years do go ~ says he
:. 1t seems, in fact, but yesterday ~
That in this very barn we three tat
% David, Ezekiel, and ME no eft
Pitched in the summer loads of hayi5
" David-he sails his clipper, now; a-.
Ezekiel died in Mexico :.
Some one must stay andride to plough,
Get up the horse and milk the cow - a.s5
And who, OF course, but little Joe.
Z" might have been--I can't tell whatl
Who knows about it till he tries?
might have settled in some spot
p Where money is more easy got;
Perhaps beneath Paciic's skies. =.
81 might have preached like Parson Jones:
Or got living at the law
might have gone to Congress, sure;
might have kept Water Cure ..
Imight have gone and been-oh, pshaw
" Far better is it as it is;
What future waits him no man knows;
What he has got that sure Is his; t-
1t makes no odds if stocks have Tiz,
Or politicians come to blows - p
G. Content is rich, and somethin' more
/ think I've heard somebody say: ~
If it rains it's apt to pour; 5000 e.. -t
And am rich on the old barn floor,
Where all is mine that can raise. BARS
6 I've ploughed and moved this dear old farm
Till not rod but what know;
I've kept the old folks snug and warm
And lived without a twlDge of harm
don't care how the storm might blow.
&C And on this same old farm I'll stay
And raise my cattle and my corn;
Here shall these hairs turn wholly gray;
These feet shall never learn to stray,
DButI will die where was born u a1-tt
And Farmer Joe pulled down his hat,
And stood upon his feet once more;
He would not argue after that,
But like a born aristocrat,
Kept on his walk about the floor
q o.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-06-06

The quantity of oysters brought to
Baltimore in single season is fully
100000 bushels. Some of these are
packed raw in cans, iced, one gallon in
size, requiring about 4,250000 cans and
100000 cases. The balance of them
say 100000 bushels, are Theoretically
sealed.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-06-06
Religion ON Sunday.

The tides comes twice day in New York
| harbor, but they come only once in seven
days in Gods Harbor of the sanctuary.
They rise on Sunday, but ebb on Monday,
and are down and out all the rest of the
week. Men write over their store door,
Business is business" and over the church
door, /" Religion is religion" and they say
to religion, Never come in here" and to
business, "Never go in there" Let us
have no secular things In the pulpit" they
say we get enough of them through the
week in New York. There all is stringent
and biting selfshness and knives, and
probes, and lancets, and hurry, and work,
and worry. Here. we want repose and
sedatives, and healing balm. All is prose
over there, here let us have poetry. We
want to sing hymns and to hear about
Heaven and Calvary in short we want
the pure Gospel, without any worldly in
termixture." And so they desire to spend
a pious, quiet Sabbath, full of pleasant i'm
aginings and peaceful reflections; but
when the day is gone all is laid aside. They
will take by the throat the first debtor
whom they meet, and exclaim, I" Pay me
what thou owest. 1t is Monday" And
when the minister ventures to hint to them
something about their duty to their fellow
men, they say, ''Oh, you stick to your
preaching. You do not know how to col
lect your own debts and cannot tell what
a man may have to do IN his intercourse
with the world" Gods law is not allowed
to go into the week. If the merchant spies
1t in his store, he throws it over the, coun-
ter. If the clerk sees it in the bank, he
kicks it out at the door. IF it is found in
the street the multitude pursue it, pelting
it with stones, as if it were wolf escaped
from a menagerie, and shouting, Back
with you. You have got out of Sunday
There isno religion in all this. It's mere
sentimentalism. Religion belongs to every
day; to the place of business as much as to
the church. High in an ancient belfry
there is a clock, and once week the old
sexton winds itup; but it has neither dial
plate, nor hands. The pendulum swings,
and there it goes, ticking, ticking, Jay in
and day out, unnoticed and useless. What
the old clock is, in its dark chamber keep
ing time but never showing it, that is the
mere sentimentality of religion, high above
life, in the region of airy thoughts; perched
up in the top of Sunday, but without dial
or pointer to let the people know what
o'clock it is. of Time, or of Eternity
s@92@g al REV. Ell. W. BEEcHER.
THE Portland Transcript SAYS:
IS We heard an arecdote the other day which am u.s.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-06-06

Cincinnati has cooperative furniture
with a capital of $2,000,000.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-06-06
Rev. I'll. w. BEEcHER.

Tile Portland transcript saws:
" We heard an anecdote the other day which am us
ingly illustrates John Bulls incapacty to appre CT
ate anything that ism English. The weather was
somewhat foggy, and one of the sailors belonging
to Liverpool steamer in our harbor, was owe +.
heard to say to one of his mates, This is
weather as is weather, none of your blasted blue
sky!'n
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-06-06

THE GREAT DRY GOODS HOUSES OF
CHICAGO The return of sales to the office
of internal revenue for the year ending
May 1st, 1867, are:
Field, Letter & Co., ,325.039 II
j. ". Farweu & Co., ,94s,329 90
These figures show considerable in
crease over last year, and indicate the grow
ing importance of Chicago as market for
the entire Northwest.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-06-06

Old Farmer Joe steps through the doors
AS wide to him as the gates Of TheDes;
And thoughtful walks about the floors
~ Whereon are piled his winter stores,
And counts the profits of his globes.