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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-09

Present Indebtedness of the City..s215,2 SS 10
NorE.-In thissstatement, made April |,
1866. the bonds issued IN 1889 and 1861,
amounting to five hundred and ei2Lty-siX
dollars and fifty cents, 1855 So, We're mad
vertentIy omitted.
Condition of the special L fund raised for
the rayment of coupo ns iDi 30 ads of the
CITY. issued to the Evansville and Illinois
Railroad Company:
On the 1st day of April, 1866, said ~
"a fund was indie bteds TO the; City ~ Bsa
in Nthe sum of ten Thousand
four hundred and forty-two dol f.
lars and ninety nine cents - SIO,4i2 30
Coupons paid May and Nov, 1866 2,3l0 90
Premium and Drafts .................... Se3 G3
Interest ....,.................... 49,. 1876 So
sl3,252 55
CREDIT.
Proceeds of the special levy of
1856 sl2 2lS IA
Balance due by said fund to the
City 1,0S3 81
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-09
VANDERBUReH CIRCUIr COURT

FANDERBURGH CIRCUIT COURT
The April term Of the Vanderburgh
Circuit Court iconvened yesterday
morning, Judge Parrett on the bench.
There was but little business done be-
sides empanneling the Grand jury,
calling the docket. making the proper
entrees in cases which had been COM
promised during vacation, withdrawn
or dismissed, and in hearing motions.
SEVERE AccIDENT.-Yesterda VIM.
Reitz received severe wound by be-
ing struck with the hook of cant
hook, an implement used for rolling
logs, while engaged in the saw mill of
Reitz q Bro The hook struck him
on the nose between the eyes, and in /
fiicted a very painful though not dan
gerous wound. 1t is thought the bone
is broken.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-09

STATEMENT OF THE ACCOUNT OF THE COL \
LEcToR-PREcEPT ACCOUNT.
DIR.
q Jno. Schubert. ESQ, Collector.
Amount of precepts received
from the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5,64o 80
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-09

inglresolutions3 sgsqgxH z d
sResolred, That an Executive Com
mitteeiofaseten citizens of Evansville
be appointed, who shall be charged
with the duty of making collections
for the purpose of relieving the desti-
tuition in the Southern States. and of
seeing. to the. distribution of the
mtesanssso collected. % ail1@
Resolped, That there be appointed
by, this meeting two citizens from each
ward to collect contributions.
Resolued, That it is the sense of
this meeting that the means SO raised
J be distributed as nearly directly as
possible to the people who are in
want, without the interposition of
other agencies. g 80 sou
Resolred, That immediate action be
taken to carry out the objects of this
meeting &sJsAH 3sts
Resolred, That the Executive Com
mittce consist Of the following gentle
men :: Samuel Orr. WI. Dallam,
VIM. Hellman, John Shanklin, John
= Hopkins, Christian Decker, Philip
Hornbrook.
ResoLced, That the Executive Com
mittee be authorized to invite the CO.
operation of the people of this and
adjoining counties in the purpose
sought to be accomplished. - ~, s, :.
- The report was adopted by the
, meeting without objection, and the
following Ward Committees were ap-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-15
The Bachelor

In the vast field of human affection,
says . cotemporary, the old bachelor is
the very scarecrow Of happiness, who
drives away the little birds of love that
come to steal away little hemlock seeds
of loneliness of dispair. Where is there
a more pitiable object on earth than he
who has no amiable woman interested in
his welfare. How dismal does his DESC
late reom appear, when he comes home
at night, wet and hungry, and a cold
hearth, barren table, and lonely pill
low, which looks like the white urn Of
every earthly enjoyment See the sick
old bachelor in the dark afternoon OF
life, when his heart is sinking to its sun
drance Not solitary star of memory
CLEANS over his opening grave No
weeping wife to bend like an angel over
his dying bed No fond daughter to
draw his chilly hand into the soft
pressure of hers, and warm his icy blood
with the reviving fires of unavailing
affectionl No manly boy to link his
breaking name with the golden chain Of
honorable society, and bind his history
in the vast volumes of the world he is
leaving forever. He has eaten and drank,
and drank and died, and earth is glad
he's got rid of, for he. did little else than
cram his soul into the circumference of
six-pence and no human being save his
washerwoman will breathe sigh at his
funeral
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-15
History Of January.

We condense the following from the
Book of Days"
1t is very appropriate that this should
be the first month of the year, as far as
the Northern hemisphere is concerned,
since its beginning, being near the winter
solstice, the year is thus made TO present
complete series of the seasonal
changes and operations, including equal
ly the first movements of spring and the
depth of annual vegetation in the frozen
arms of winter Yet the earliest calen-
dars, as the Jewish, the Egyptian and
Greek, did not place the commencement
of the year at this point 1t was not
done till the formation of the Roman
calendar, usually attributed to the second
King, Numa Pompilus, whose reign is
set down as terminating in 672, b. G.
Numa, it is said, having decreed that the
year should commence now, added two
new months to ten into which the year
had previously been divided, calling the
first Janarius, in honor of Janus, the
deity supposed to preside over doors,
. (Latin-a door, who might very nat
urslly be presumed also to have some
thing to do with the opening of the year.
Although, however, there was gen.
eral popular regard to the lst of January
as the beginning of the year, the ancient
Jewish year, which opened with the 25th
of March, continued long to have legal
position in Christian countries. In Eng
land it was not until 1852 that the lst of
January became the initial day of the
legal as it had long been of the popular
year. Before that time it was customary
to set down dates between the lst of Jan
uary and the 24th of March inclusive,
thus: January 80, l648'9, meaning that
popularity the year was l649, but legally
i6i8. In Scotland this desirable change
was made by decree of James vi, in
privy council in the year 1000. II was
effected in France in 1854, in Holland,
Protestant Germany and Russia in 100,
and Sweden in 1853. According to Yes
tigar, in his curious book" The Resti-
tuition of Decayed Intelligence" (4to.
l628)--our Saxon ancestors originally
called this month Wolfmonat-thst is
wolf month";" because people were wont
always in that month to be more in dan
ger to be devoured by wolves than in any
season else of the year, for thst through
the extremity Of cold and snow those
ravenous creatures could not find beasts
sufficient to feed upon" Subsequently
the month was named by the same peo-
pie after Yuie--thst is after Christmas.
1t is rather odd that we should have
abandoned the Saxon name of the month
while retaining those of the day of the
week
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-15
Antiquity Of London.

Nineveh, Babylon, Ephesus, Thebes,
Carthage, Athens, and many other once
famous ancient cities, have passed away.
The Eastern sun still shines, but shines
not upon their lofty towers and gates
of brass. Their magnificent structures
the admiration of the world-lie buried
in ruins their Kings and rulers have
alike gone down to oblivion; and scarcely
a land mark is left to point with anthem
ticity to their history. Yet, what was
then but an inconsiderable village has
been gradually growing for upwards Of
three thousand years, and is now the
rich and proud metropolis of the great
est empire upon earth While Nineveh
Babylon aud Rome were yet fourishing
in all their splendor, London was only a
small collection of rude dwellings, built
of wattled sticks, plastered with mud,
and thatched with straw. 1t was origin
ally called Ludgate, and according to
Stowe, the historian, was built about
twelve hundred years before Christ
probably ON tbs site of what still goes
By the name of Ludgate Hill. 1t was in
a triangular form, and when Caesar made
his first descent upon the island of
Britain, the city of Ludgate contained
about ten thousand inhabitants, and was
a place of considerable commerce.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-15

Coranda that the year isup, pay him and
send him away.
Early in the morning the plaintive cry
Of the cuckoo was heard through the
fields. The farmer seemed surprised:
"Well, my boy, spring has come, said
he. "Do you hear the cuckoo singing
yonder 2 ! will pay you, and we will part
good friends"
"a cuckoo r. said Coranda; that is
a bird which i have always wanted to
see"
He ran to the tree and shook it with
all his might, when, behold a young girl
fell from the branches, fortunately more
frightened than hurt .
"Villain |" cried the farmer
"Are you not satisfied p said Coranda,
opening his knife.
Wretch you kill my daughter, and
you think | ought to be satisfed2 am
furious. Begone, il you would not die
by my handr
"'I will go when have cut of your
nose" said Coranda. ! have kept my
word, do you keep yours" aih
"StopW cried the farmer, putting his
hand before his face "you will surely
let me redeem my nose ?" r
at depends upon whatyou offer, said
Coranda.
"Will you take ten sheep for it 2
mo"
Ten cows2'
"No | would rather cut off your
nose" And he sharpened his knife on
the doorstep.
Father" said Helen, "the fault was
mine; it belongs to me to repair it.
Coranda, viii you take my hand instead
of my fathers nose ?"
Yes" replied Coranda.
~ make one condition" said the
young girl. "We will make the same
bargain; the first of us that is not salts
fed after marriage shall have his nose
cut of by the other =.
GOOD" replied Coranda. i would
rather it was the tongue; but that will
come next"
Never was finer wedding seen at
Prague, and never was there happier
household. Coranda and the beautiful
Helen were a model pair. The husband
and wife were never heard to complain
of each other; they loved with drawn
swords, and, thanks to their ingenious
bargain, they kept for long years both
their love and their noses.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-15
" Stonswall."

The histoFlogFapheF Of the Fourth
Alabama, in the Marion Commonwealth,
thus tells the origin of the name,
Stonewall," at the battle of Manassas
Abopt two o'clock in the evening,
Gen. Bee rode Up 10 the regiment and
asked, "What command is this some
one replied, THE Fourth Alabama y
"It is all OF ny brigade | can find,
said he, will you follow me
"We will to the death" was the lRi-
yersal response. But before we could
comply with our promise, be galloped
off, leaving US alone In our glory"
General Johnston came shortly AFTER
wards and attempted to take our flag
and lead us in person. But Corporal
Frank Fits, at that time acting color
sergsant, refused to part with his trust
telling TIE 1eneyal that BE- would
eayTv. and the Fourth Alabama, Joitele
that Gag, wherever il was ordered TO be
boFss ~ &c. the General at this point
was called hurFisdly GEsF, and left US
with the assurance that he EGgia send
us leader" But before be could COM
pig with his promise, Gen. Bee returned
and pointing 10 the place where the
sharpesi muskeiry was heard, exclaimed; (;
Tonder stands Jackson like STONE
WALL Let Us 70 to bis assistance
Placing himself ut tine head Of the regi-
nent, he LED L Festwardly through a
eopse Of pines and Into feld beyond,
where at The head Of company u, be fell,
pierced By the fatal shaft Of death At
this juncture the crash Of muskeiry was
hsasd Car away 10 the vest, and Kirby
smith, With the delayed remnant Of
Gen. Johnston's army, was putting the
coup De grace 70 the work Of the day.
The enemy vas defeated-the hard
fought feld was won, and the psahs Of
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yoioss-What thsy Indicate.

There are light, quick, surface voices
that tinvoluntarily seem TO utter the slang
"It wontt do TO tie to-" The mans
words may assure you Of his strength OF
purpose and reliability, yet the tone con-
tradicts his speech
Then there are low, deep, strong voices,
where the words seem ground out, as II
the man swed humanity grudge, and
meant TO pay it some day. The man s
opponents may well tremble, and his
friends may trust his strength OF purpose
and ability to act .ldr
There is the coarse, boisterous, dlcta-
torial tone, invariably adopted by vulgar
persons, who have not sufficient cultiya-
ton to understand their own insignih-
cance. nra IHe' un
There is the incredulous tone, that is
full Of covert sneer, or q secret " fon
can't dupe me" intonation.
There is the whining, beseeching voice,
that says "sycophant" as plainly as II
it uttered the word. II cajoles and fiat
ters yeu-its words, =" / love you; i ad.
mire you; you are everything you should
be"
Then there is the tender, musical,
compassionate voice, that sometimes
goes with sharp features (as they indi.
cate merely intensity Of feeling), and
sometimes with blunt features, but al
ways with genuine benevolence.
If you are full Of affection and pre-
tense your voice proclaims it.
II you are full Of honesty and strength
of purpose your voice proclaims it.
If you are cold, and calm, and firm,
and consistent, or tickle, and foolish, and
deceptive, your voice will be equally
truth-telling. '.
You cannot wear mask without its
being known that you are wearing one
You cannot change your voice from a
natural tone without its being known
that you are doing so.-Agnes Leonard
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-15

victory were for the frst time sung in
the armies Of the South. IL iEN
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-15
A Georgia Joke,
A Southern paper state, the folio,

A Southern paper states the following;
A certain Georgia countrymen, not
having been splendidly educated, and
who was very successful as money
maker; determined to send his son of
for refinement, to the good Old North
State. When the young man arrived at
the destined point, the President of the
institution wanted to know what liRe Of
studies he would pursue, and failing TO
elicit the information from the boy, in
terrogated the old man, by letter as fol-
lows:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-15
LUMBER | LUMBER ! |
Large and Well Assorted Stock Of
Cypress and Poplar Lumber
Ar Q. NJ. vENApLE,s sAw.N1LL.

WE HAVE NOW ON HAND AND ARE
w constantly saving Cypress and Poplar
Slls ,Joists, Corner Posts, Scantling, y ddding,
Refers, Bridring, Strips, i1{ and 2-inch clear
Cypress and Poplar Plank, rough Flooring end
Misunderstanding, common inch Plank, Sheet
inc, Ftncing and fonoe P6sts, Pickee. Lathl
and Shinrlos, which viii be sold az favorable
prices to CASH purchaser.
Dimension Timbers sauei 10 order. OrderI
fllcd on short notice. Teams always AZ hand
and strict attention given 10 the delivery ol
Lumhcr.
moaiaiely north Of Bayou GaEoso, Memphis,
$ CSC. C. d JOS. vENABLE, Agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-15
ASSETS. JULY l. 1866.
Loss BY Portland Fire. July Atm.

VnS total amount covered BY the Etns Poll
7 cies on property destroyed OF damaged is
500, ,S54, on which salvage will be about hvo
per cent. Our total loss will not vary much
from $780, 900, and was promptly adjusted and
paid. This sum Is i've per cent. upon the Com
pany's assets. figure but slightly exceeding
our Government and State taxes paid last year.
or proportion equal to $1,000 loss for acom-
pany of $4,000 assets.
The necessity for insurance and the value OF
wealthy, strong corporations is forcibly il
Illustrated by this FIRE. Several weak insurance
companies are destroyed. Portland has a
population of 35000-was handsomely built,
mostly fine brick or stone structures-protected
and screened with upward Of 5000 shade trees---
bounded on three sides by water-indeed,
literally, almost rising from the ocean--and
with a steam fire department-yet IL has Sl0,-
900, 900 of property consumed in q few hours
upon holiday when its people are least occu-
pied-frem the very insigniheant cause Of a
contemplate frecracker.
Remember the triaing origin Of fires that
sweep away in few hours the earnings Of
years. Consider your best interest and give the
Etna Agent call If you need proper insur-
ance security. Pay fair rate of premium for
a good and genuine article, and with those
lights and experiences before you, procure
your insurance with shrewd judgment.
Applications for insurance promptly attended
to by II. A. LITTLErUN & Co., Ag'ts.
Is No. 2lS Front street. up stairs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-15
my DEAR Sir: Your son has arrived
etc What branch shall | put him in 2
Respectfully, -"

This was poser, and bothered the
"old gent mightily, In his musings he
could arrive at nothing satisfactory, but
waa suddenly reminded Of his son 8 i'm :
pending danger, ssd tie necessity OF
doing something speedily 10 save him.
After ''rumaging" awhile for pen, ink s.a
paper, he produced the following demor-
slized efusion:
"SIK: II the boy must 20 into a
branch, select one yourself; but for his
mothers sake don't Pus him in TsF
river
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-15
r. KxGELBAcH. CHS A. HkiNAkS
MECHANICAL ATELLIER,
No. ~ Madison st., near Third
ENGELBACH 4 HEINZEN.

WE REPAIR WATCHES, CLOCKS
w Jewelry, Mathematical, Chemical, Ply
steal and Musical Instruments, MUSIC boASs,
Iocks and KEYS; Bell Hangers, Lightning
Rods put up. and
<,oId and Silver Plating
-. a. o-der. Being both experienced and
eon. on..s, VI II, our business, all work vii be
r,,rc,snflx attended 10 and warranted.
Ola cola ana silver Bought al the Highest
Cash Prices.
a~Do not forrcs--El M.disen street %
CITRScPTRT FOR THE PUBLIC LEDGER,
- which 4 The CHEAPEST daily Fuoiisheo
in ne State Of Tennessee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-15
DRUG WAREHOUSE
Of s. Mansfield & Co.,
Nos. 3OI and 3O3 Main st.
Complete at All Times.

Our experience in the trade Of Memphis is
such that we understand rnd know the wants
of Druggists, Physicians, Merchants, Builders,
Manufacturers, Planters and others. la,
We shall have in our employ none but the
most experienced clerks and assistants. All
our arrangements will enable us TO render per-
feet and complect satisfaction.
Thankful for the liberal and extensive pa
tronage bestowed upon us he-etofore by the
citizens Of Tennessee, Mississippi. Alabama
and Arkansas. and the territory west. we hope
BY constant attention TO our own business to
merit and receive an increasing continuance.
, 1867-01-29

Referring to my general order Of yes
terday, | again urge all the officials in
my department to use every possible di-
ligence in order 10 obtain possession Of a
clandestine document protesting against
certain acts of the Government, which
appears to have been signed by some per-
sons enemies of public order. l also
again request my subordinates TO be par
ticularly watchful with regard to any
meeting of a political character in which
the said protest may be discussed, and to
arrest all the persons present at amy such
meeting, regardless Of any consideration,
whatever may be their number or their
place of meeting, conducting them at
once to the military prison, there TO await
the decision of his Excellency the Cap
tain-GeneraI. Finally, I request those
dependent upon my authority 10 give me
immediate information should they ascer-
tain that such meetings are held in the
house of any military parsonage.
"MARFORI.
Madrid dec. %, 1866"
, 1867-01-29
QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY.

We .have been at some pains TO inves-
tigate the position of this and two other
great offices. We find from the accounts
Of the three companies referred to the fol-
lowing facts: That whereas the Queen
has in hand a reinsurance fund in the fire
department equivalent to one full years
net income from fire premiums, or over SO
per cent, in the case of the other two
companies referred to one has little more
than a half per cent. of the years pre-
miums in hand, and the other has only a
triie over 25 per cent. These figures
speak for themseIves.-Huest0rs Gaardiun.
, 1867-01-29

The Americans have done another "big
thing" The yachts-men of Cowes conSi-
der q race from the Isle Of Wight to Cher
bourg quite a feat, but three New York
ers have raced their yachts in midwinter
from New York TO Cowes, the winner,
Mr.. J. G. Bennett, son of the editor of the
Herald, sailing in his W vessel. So bad
was the weather that the Fzeetwing had
six sailors swept off by a single sea, yet
the three arrived within a few hours of
each other, and the winner, the Henrietta,
had not started a rope, and made an
average passage of 2l8 miles a day, MAX
ing on one occasion $50 miIes-fast
steamers work. Cowes, though slightly
jealous, is very hospitable, and Mr.. Ben
nett has been welcomed and feted as cor
daily as if he were not related to the
Herald. Well, he has done a gallant
thing, won an enormous stake, 18,00M.,
and showed to all the world that the New
York jeuneSse doree can do something be-
sides play billiards and make money.
Why should he not be fgted?-SpectGtor,
December go.
, 1867-01-29
From the London Times, January 81
FRANCE.
From The Times Correspondent
PARIS, Jan. /, Z AM.

IF matters take the turn In Madrid
which the accounts just received from
that city indicate, the concluding pas
sage of my letter Of Friday will have
been almost prophetic. These account
are that Queen Isabella, in the u~ndOubied,
but, perhaps, imprudent exercise OF her
~prerogative, signed the decree for the dis
solution of the CorteS, but that before
she nut her name to it 100 deputies, with
the President IN. Rios Rosas) of the
Chamber at their head, and accompanied
bv the Vice-Presidents and Secretaries,
presented a respectful remonstrance to
Her Majesty against the measure. The
Cabinet-that is, Marshal NaraveZ-on
the ground that this address was contrary
to the Royal prerogative, ordered MN.
Rios Ro$as, Salaverria, Fernandes de la
Hoz, Herrera, and Roberty to be arrested,
and transported to Porto Rico or the
Canary Islands. The decree of dissolu-
ton was forthwith promulgated, and a
new Parliament is summoned for the
3Ist of March. "Madrid," the despatch
adds, and we may we'll believe it, I" is
greatly agitated." In this conduct Mar
vaez is perfectly consistent with himself.
There is, however, some slight difference
to he observed. One-and-twenty years
ago he had the entire staff of a then we'll
known Madrid newspaper arrested dur
ing the night, and sent next morning. to
Cadiz to he put on board ship and trans
ported to the Philippines, whereas those
now arrested are only despatched 10
Porto Rico or the Canaries. The cause
of the present arrest was presenting an
address TO the Queen on the dissolution.
The cause of the arrest 81 years ago was
much more heinous. The writer of a
JcuiHetom in the paper | speak Of alluded
pIayfulIy TO people who wear other peo-
pies hair; and, as Narvaez wore at that
time a very handsome wig, he took the
a~IIusion as personal, aud punished it &C
cordingly. The best of the matter is that
this occurred just a few weeks after the
new constitution, introduced by Narvaez,
was solemnly sworn to, the foremost ar
ticIe of which provided for the liberty of
the subject. I may add that the parties
in question Zone of whom is, | believe,
now a s%enator) were not sent to the Phil
ippines, owing to the fact that there was
no ship in the port to take them. They
were only detained some months in pri-
son near Cadiz, and, at the intercession
of powerful persons, at length liberated.
, 1867-01-29

formerly in force against expectation of sugars
except in casks branded with a prescribed
mark,-not that of the Estate-only applied to
sugars not exported to the mothercountry and
was given by a royal resolution communi-
Gated by a letter from the royal Westindia and
Guinea Board of Commerce dated Both Deem
Der 1777.
st. Croix, 9TH January 1867.
I. FABER. MEINcKE. J. A. S~TAKEMANN'
G. SARAUw.''
Go be continued.)