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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-12

fire engine minus the two front wheels,
and Of the pattern used fifty years
ago-the only one in the city, We were
told-added to the desolateness of the
scene. Even the boat building enter
prise which, for a time, promised to
be very successful, has been gradually
abandoned, and we were informed that
nothing of that kind was now done in
the place. In all that contributes tow
ards making a city,.in the way ofmanu-
features, Paducah is reported to be fall
ing behind the little town of Metrop-
oils, Immediately below her.
At the beginning of the war the
citizens of Paducah were intensely
hostile to the Government. Many of
them went into the Confederate army.
And. notwithstanding, she has al
ways been under the control of, and
in possession of, the Government,
she has paid dearly for her rebel
lious proclivities. We regret to see
that, in most instances, a bitter expe-
rience has brought no knowledge to
her citizens, and that, to-day, they
are as blindly persistent in the advo-
cacy of political doctrines that have
occasioned the ruin of their town, as
in the past. before insane expecta-
tions had ripened into a sad expert
ence. We are convinced that some
people will not learn, even in the
School of Experience, and that Pa
ducah is largely made up of that class.
1t is not our wish to refer to the
past for the purpose Of aggravating
present misfortunes. Paducah has
paid dearly for her blindness in ad-
herring t. a cause that was wrong in
itself. She is doubly blind in main
taiuing the prejudices growing out Of
the advocacy of the cause, now that
the cause itself is dead. We hope
that her citizens will awake to their
own interests enough to learn that
the proper way to, revive trade and
build up their city, is. to discard
their prejudices against the people of
the North, and cultivate more init
mate relations with them.
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Rising SUN, Indiana.
Notice to Contractors.
rHE COMM0N CnTNCIL nE THE

FENhEE mON tVGNthh VT hMMEl
n City of Evansville viii receive sc led
proposals until Monday, the 18th day of
July, 1867, for grading the following alleys,
viz:
Grading alley situated between Main
and sycamore Streets. and extending from
Eighth Street towards Ninth Street.
Grading alley situated etween Fulton
Avenue and Fifth Avenue. and extending
from Front Street to Second Street.
Grading alley situated betwee n Chestnut
and Cherry Streets, and extending from
Seventh TO Eighth Street.
Grading alley situated between Leet and
Clark streets, and extending from Third TO
Fourth Street.
Grading alley situated W High N
Center streets, and extending from Leet
to foods Street.
Grading alley situated between the depot
grounds on the northwest, and Orr * Har-
rison's Enlargement and II. Brinkmeyer's
Enlargement on the southeast, and ex-
tending from Lot ], Block 2, Orr d. Harri-
sons Enlargement, TO Lot 10 in H. Brink
meyers Enlargement.
Grading alley situated between Second
and Third Streets, and extending nom
Gum to Cowan Street.
By order of the ouncil
A. NJ. McGRIFF, Clerk.
City Clerks ONCE, July 9Th, 1867.
jy6 Union copy.l
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paducah

Several years ago Paducah was a
rival of Evansville. Situated at the
mouth of the Tennessee River, and
but a few miles below the mouth Of
the Cumberland, surrounded by fer
tile tracts of land on both the Ken
lucky and Illinois sides of the river;
in a fine location as regards health
and conveniences for building, there
could be seen no good reason why
Paducah should not become the me-
tropolis of the Lower Ohio, and out
strip every rival in growth and pros
perity. There was a time when her
citizens looked forward to the day,
and by faith saw it distinctly, when
their city should levy tribute in the
shape Of commerce upon all the towns
in Southern Indiana. Illinois and
Southwestern Kentucky,a land draw sus-
tenance fromathe rich valleys of the
Cumberland, Tennessee, and Wabash
Rivers. Those expectations have
never been realized. At the present
time they have been indefinitely post
poBed. aiPaducahi is nolonger a rival
of Evansville. and win become less
so as years roll on. On a recent visit,
the writer was surprised ito witness
the apathy and deadness that was
everywhere apparent in that city.
Accustomed, as he is, to the peculiar
tiles Of Southern towns and cities, be
was not prepared to see so little life
manifested in what he had always re-
garded as a promising place. There
were few signs of commerce To be
seen in the streets of Paducah. The
landing was deserted, the drays were
few and far between, the merchants
looked as if time hung heavy on
their hands, and it seemed as though
+" finished had been written all over
the city. The smouldering remains
ola buildingsthat had been destroyed
by fire the night before, with an old
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ITEMS.

A skating park will be made at Louis.
vile. Mr.. Henry, of Canada, has made
arrangements for building it.
There are at present five hundred males
and thirty females. in the penitentiary al
Frankfort. ~ .aoi3t~oa
Prof. James. Mathews, of Centre College,
Kentucky, has received and accepted an
invitation to take charge of the 4cadeIny
at Logansport, Indiana. en4@snN
Mr.. Davis, Agent OF the Memphis and
Ohio Railroad, suddenly dropped dead. In
his own yard at Hickman, Kentucky, last
Saturday. 9nem
Gov. BramIette has pardoned David
Green, who was a few weeks ago convicted
at Covington and sentenced to the peni-
stealing. kHs
The Louisville Journal describes the con :
dition of things In that city as follows:
q. Nothing to do, is the burthen Of con;
breadth of the city. Every store is q " cas-
tie of Incidence and every store-keeper
all day without getting a bite. This thus
ness is likely to endure for some time to
Gomez .
Mr.. w. j. Mcknight, Professor of Bellies
Lettres in Centre College. and more re-
cently pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church in Danville, has been elected Pres
ident of Honoyer College, Indiana. q
3. F. Avery, the great pillow manufactur-
er, of Louisville, is adding a large ware
house, 40 by 10 feet, three stories high, to
his extensive factory. This is one of the
largest factories in the West. srtx4 1f
A silver mine, two miles above Smith
land, on the Cumberland River. yields 800
ounces to the tun, and is increasing rap
idly, there being 70 per cent. lead.
During the three months ending June 80,
there were sent from the Frankfort Post
Office, fifty thousand three hundred and
ninety-fve (50,395) letters; and during the
same time there were received forty-eight
thousand six hundred and seventy-two
(4S,672.)
In the vicinity of Lebanon the Regula-
tors are still at work. They are after Col.
Hays and Capt. Fidler, who are making
speeches in that vicinity. A band of
those unhung rascals, headed by one Muir
ply. passed through Willisburg, a few days
since in search of a victim.
The Union men of Kentucky will appre-
ciate this, which is copied from the Com
naonWealh -" One of the best jokes of the
season is the v~irtuous Indignation of the
Mem
phis-Grenada OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
nah-Last Ditch Bottom of the Ocean
Courier, at the Mexicans, for insulting
our fiag!"
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INDIANA

A yacht club will soon be organized at
NewAlbany. Z - eEH9
Col. W. c. Wilson,, OF Lafayette, has been
appointed United States Commissioner for
that District TAT NNO2 e GA
Montgomery County is to give SI25. 900 for
the constEuclion~o OF a railroad from Craw-
louisville to Indianapolis.
The soldiers celebrate tho Dish otsJ uiy at
Mooresville, it being the anniversary OF
the Battle of Peach TreeEseek, Georgia.
The New Albany EedgeT reports a great
deal of sickness-principally diseases OF
the bewels-among the children of that
city.
The Morgan Raid Commissioners, APP
pointed under an act passed by the last
Legislature. are now holding a meeting at
Corydon, Ind. 4fsaF HSENH
The statement going the rounds Of the
press, hat Washington County is deIin-
quent in her settlement with the State
Treasurer, is incorrect. The Treasurer of
that county has made his settlement some
time since.
A little boy, a son of Mrs. Love. was
drowned at Jacksonville on Sunday
might, while bathing. Seven boys have
been drowned at that plac this summer.
Our modest friend, Mr.. Calkins, of the
P1inceton Czdrioss, publishes the following.
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ROBINSON of Congestive Fever, on
the 10th INST, at the residence OF his son,
A. L. Robinson. Esq, Deacon ANDREW
ROBINSON, aged Sc years.
He was a native of Bennington, Ver-
mont, and for many years resided in Le-
Roy, Jefferson County, New York.
His funeral will take place sn to-mor-
row, the 18th inst, at 10 O'Clock A. M, from
the residence of his son, in the eastern
suburbs. The friends of the family will
please attend without further notice.
Evansville, July 18th, 1867.
Watertown, N. Y, papers will please copy.
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Notice to Contractors.
~EALED PROPOSALS. Will

kOL~O1AL WILL DA
- received at the office OF the President
OF the Evansville q Charlottesville Rail-
on ne i5th Say of Juiy,i 1881. Tor makiag
the excavations and embankments on che
new line of he Il. &C. X. r., extending
about three-quarters of a mile between It's
departure nom The old line at the Dorth
end OF b Evansville depot grounds and
it's Intersection with the old line, near the
cemetery road.
The work Is tofbe done hnder the direc-
e%ngineef, and 70 beL 1hfg1eF 81 the 10th
day of September, 1907 PaYnieffts MaiIbe
made monthly on the estimates OF the en-
gineer. .nfiTnH aonfGt .nua q lyI
Proposals ma ust be adj ressed 70 John In,
gle, Jr., Pres't E.i6 o. r.. b. and endorsed
"~Propo>als for Railroad Contract.
, The Companyreserve the f1ghtto REJECT
any mot dsatistacfory.
. IPeyrofte}p} sttnatesc cap be seen az
.aoiiial tJRETEN1LF atIF55aaa.
: CH4s. c. GEEbSG, EngineeE. bas ZION
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Base Ball Excursion.

On Monday afternoon, the first
nine " of the Evansville Base Ball
Club, accompanied by several other
members of the club, took passage
on the steamer Quickstep for the pur-
pose Of playing a match game with
the Quickstep Club Of Paducah, in
response to a challenge on the part of
the latter. Several ladies were In the
party of excursionists, and by their
presence made the excursion far more
pleasant than it could possibly have
been without them. A trip down the
Ohio River is very pleasing at any
season Of the year. On this occasion
it was unusually so. The weather
was comparatively cool and pleasant;
the steamer commodious and attract
i've; her officers kind, affable and ac-
comnodating, and everything har-
monized to make the trip agreeable
and worthy of remembrance. The
excellent quadrille band attached to
the boat furnished delightful music
during the evenings, for the benefit of
those who were fond of dancing, and
the other usual facilities for " killing
time" as it is frequently termed, we're
found on board. Capt. DEXTER, who is
very appropriately called a steamboat
veteran, did all within his power to
make his guests enjoy themselves, and,
aided by his gentlemanly clerks, DUKE
NICHOLSON and WILLIAM TILEsToN,
succeeded admirably in his efforts. The
steamer Quickstep is well adapted for
the trade in which she is running,
and it is not surprising that her bust
ness and popularity are steadily on
the increase. On Tuesday morning
tie steamer was detained three or
four hours by a dense fog, but never
theless arrived at PaducAh in ample
time for the match game, which was
fixed for q O'Clock in the afternoon.
On their arrival at Paducah, the
entire party was taken In zchargenb by
the Quickstep, Club, escorted to the
Continental Hotel, and assigned com
Portable quarters The Quickstep
boys were elegantly attired in scarlet
pants, trimmed with gold bands, white
shirts, red caps and black belts. They
presented a fine appearance, all of
them being active, aud goodtlooking
young men. They evidently had con-
idenee in their skill and experience as
base ball players, and, as sportsmen
often say of their horses. looked
every inch winners of the game to
be played. Their politeness and at
tention to the Evansville Nine was
fully as much, if not more, than could
have been asked for or expected.
AT p o'clock the two Clubs march
ed together to the ball ground on the
outskirts of the city. Arrangements
had already been made for visitors, of
whom a very large number were in at
tendance. It was evident that the
game was regarded with great inter
est by the people. The players were
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Notice to Contractors.

THE COMMON OF fME
CITY of Evansville Will receive sealed
p~roposals until Monday. 18th day OF
July, 1867, for grading and paving he fol-
lowing alleys, viz:
ated between First and SeeolldStreets, ana
extending from Vine to Division street.
between First and Second Str cts, N
extending from Chestnut 70 Cherry Street:
Grading and paving the alley situated
between Fourth and Fifth Street, and ex-
tending from Walnut TO Chestnut street.
Grading and paving. tue alley situated
between Second and THIRD streets. anu
BY pyqer OF the fo9neii
CITY Clerk orncs, July Isc7
rJyona sLes9Iohw rnf ,noi1qf l~nfo ~
gef.fas rgffsd 81 boa as1f1q FBUOl - Hal
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On the second page Of this paper
will be found a letter from our Indi-
annapolis correspondent, and one from
a friend at Hopkinsyille. Kentucky.
Both will be read with interest.
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NEWS

Gold closed in New York yesterday at
1895.
Another attack has been made on Fort
Wallace by the Indians, in which thir-
teen soldiers were killed.
The army worm has appeared below
Natchez, threatening destruction to allthe
cotton plantations on overf1owed lands.
The registration In Louisianais progress
ing slowly under the new order of General
oheriuah. FEFlE8 SSH
Gen. Sherman is at Fort Harker, and it
is supposed that Gen. Hancock has reach
ed that place from Denver.
The coin interest, amounting to eighteen
and a half millions, due July /, has been
paid.
The Second Annual Fair of the Cincin-
natti Tobacco Association was held in that
city on the 10th inst. Over fourteen hun
dred hogsheads of tobacco were entered.
The attendance was large.
A large delegation of blacks and whites
have arrived at Washington, from North
Carolina, for the purpose OF urging upon
Congress the necessity of abolishing the
State Government.
o Flanders is in Washington 10 con-
suit with Congress in regard to re- airing
the 26NSGS OF the lA1SSlSSlppl River, ana
also in regard to reconstruction.
Out of III ,5S4 persons registered in Louisi-
ana, there have been only 81 AS whites,
against 74,ll6 blacks. From a few sub-dis-
t1icts no reports have been filed since the
first OF July.
The officers and men of the Imperial
army, recently landed at Mobile, have ar
rived at New Orleans. Transportation will
~ %
sired.
The balloon Hyperion" which ascend
ed from Boston on Tuesday last, alighted
al New Salem, 70 miles from Boston. A
subsequent ascension was made, after
which the parties returned to Boston.
It is said that a volcano has been discov-
ed in the Cedar Mountain of Colorado. A
volume of steam about three feet IN dame
ter issues from its crater.
An official report, transmitted TO the
Mexican consul at New Orleans. states
that President Juarez and his Cabinet left
San Luis Potosi on the LIST inst, for the
Capital, where he would be received with
great pomP and eclat as the deliverer of
his country, and the defender of republi-
can principles in Mexico.
Ould, late rebel COMMISSIONS for the ex-
change of prisoners, has been before But
1er's Conspiracy Commission, and was ex-
amined with reference to the 7, sponsibil-
ity of various Federal officers regarding
the exchange of prisoners. He was also
closely xaminedb by Gen. Butler as to the
acts of the General Government.
The Minnesota Democratic State Con-
vention was held at ST. Pau on the 10th,
and a full State ticket was nominated. A
platform was adopted, in which, as is usual
with Democratic Conventions, both Con
sress and the Republican party were de-
nounced, and great sympathy expressed
for those who are mourning a I" lost cause
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Removal.

q z. GILBERT a. CO.. HAVE RE
~ moved to their new four-story store,
No. 81 North First street, where they will
be pleased to see all their old customers,
and as many new ones as Will favor them
with a call. A full assortment of Groceries,
ETC., always on hand. and for safe at the
lowest market prices. We aciu giue special
Inducements TO al those btsytng for Cash.
aovs dlyIo5 ,3ss4ta nia4 sbE bns st1
.nHDihnA .sti3gHDaA
5iqgn &c bsasioInl EfstI eoiTa 80 q
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WIN. BUCK
Matchmaker and JeweIer.

vYYILL BE FOUND AS USUAL AT
w the old stand in g., III. Fish a. %. q
Book store, No. 10 MAIN STREET, where
you can get your Watches, Oocks, and
Jewelry iepaired, warranted to give salts
faction, or NO CHARGE.
L have made arrangements with manu-
facfurers and fmporters OF Watches and
Jewelry which will enable me to furnish
goods from Is to Is percent. less than any
other house in this city.
Plain Gold Rings made to order.
sEN4FE VIM. BUCK, 10 Main Street
P.S.-You'can always find the correos
time. No charge for setting or regulating
watches. mayo dom
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Important to Advertisers.

The circulation of the JOURNAL IN
the City of Evansville Is three times
al large as that Of any other nesospo-
per.
Our circulation IN Indiana and
Ninois as greater than any other neUs-
paper published an this City.
In Kentucky 1t as more than all the
other Evansville papers combined.
B9r During the erection of our New
Building, the JOURNAL Business
Office riW be located IN the rear
of Cloud q Aksn's Drug Store.
Entronce through the Alley on Nain
Street, neat TO Marble Hall.
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EVANSVILLE.
QUICKSTEP
MADE ON EACH INNINGa.

RUN MAD ON EACH INNIsGSa
LIST I'd Sd Attn 5th 9th 9TH Sth 9Th
9 2Ta hsSflle,z 3 3 s1S ! 8 = 8 H Ia-5
Passed balls, Quickstep. 9 Evansville, s.
Home runs, do. do. 0
Left on base, do. 8 do. 6
s IRpi1eem n,h PaFtrtdge, ESD Of the
Time ofgame-Three hours.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-26
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sherif's Sale.

CUM sERbANp, SIS. s
VSAkEN on execution and will be sold at public
auction on Tuesday, December 31st, A. ID. 1867
at ten O'Clock in tho forenoon at the Sherfs Office
in the city of Portland in said County. all the right
IN equity whiclrthe Portland Shovel Manufacturing
Company, corporation duly established by law and
having its place Of business at Portland in the coun-
ty of Cumberland, had on the 31st day of August A
u 1866 at four o'clock and lofty mnu.es in the after
noon, being the time OF the attachment OF the same
on the original witt in the action which slid exc
cutlon was obtained, or which said corporation
real estate in said Portland, to wit:
tract ofiand with the buildings and walls
westerly side Of Canal s 81 bonnS on the north
gnning In the northwesteTly side line OF said Canal
street at the corner Of said Canal and Clark ST.,
and on the westerly side of Clark street Ibence
on sand north westerly side line NJ
Canal sIest one hundred and thirty feet, and as is
supposed to point eight inches eastery of the east
erly side of the brick building longing to William
Hyde; thence on limo supposed to be parallel with
said wall t, point on the southerly side line Of
Beach street, ono hundred and seven feet nine and
alfnches from Clark street, and one hundred and
sixty feet nine inches from Canal street, thence on
the southerly side line OF Beach street hundred
and seven feet nine and half inches to Clark st;
thence on the westerly side line OF Clark ST. to the
point begun one hundred and three Ieet three
and three quarters inches, being the same parcel OF
land which was conveyed 10 the said Portland Sboysi
Company by Nehemiah G. Rice, by his deed dated
April, A. ID. 1858 recorded in the Cumberland Coun-
~ registry OF Deeds, book 317, page 342, the said
Por,Iand shovel Company to have all the right Of
sadce to that TART of said streets opposite the land
thereby conveyed 5a
rhe above described parcel ofResl Estate ia sub-
lcct to mortgage TO the Casco National Bank of
Portland, in said Comfy to secure the payment OF
one hundred and two thousand and five hundred
dollars according to the notes. one dated
April 2Sth 1866, for twenty thousand dollars in four
months, one dated May Sd 1866, for twenty five
th0usa nd dollars in four months, dated Nav 23d
1866, for sixteen thousand dollars in four months
one dated June goth 1866, for twenty-five thousand
dollars in four months, dated July 10th 1866 Tor
twelve thousand dollars in four months, one dated
July oath 1866, for forty five hundred dollars in four
months said mortgage being Gated August 24th 1866
3i6 page l73 Claim Of foreclosure for breach of
co ndition of said mortgage made May 14th 1867 and
recorded in Book S52 page 1873 All the above named
Deeds and mortgage and notice Of foreclosure are
hereby referred TO for more particular description
oithe above desciihed parcel OF Real Estate.
Dated at Portland, November 2cth, 1867.
GEO. W. PARKER,
November %. w3w48 Sharia
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At the annual Injecting az tha aboyye- manned
soc;otv ,ha ta,,o-.' ens u 'ne lpo' i,"no,
oU0'e'y' INC ioiiowmg persons were eieeted
of1cers for the year which commences Janu-
airy l, 1868. viz:
Pre.ident-T g Hersa,, Co.. ..--.-.,..
Vice Presdents"N Eos+or Jobn M
Brown VIM n Roh;,,a o. 49, TS: -. m,-i
Abner Lowell 'n' Hnp'i''e' ~
CORRESPONDING SecretarrIohn w Dana
Recording SecretarvMS r Ranko+,
Treasurer-Samuei Rolfe
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