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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-16

! The greensboro Monitor q that there
are about n hundred new buildings nov
being erected in that city. A fair exhibit
for that fiourishing place.
The Louisville Courier learns that John
A. C~rittenden, Esq, Doorkeeper of the last
House of Representatives, is again a can-
didate for tn IT position.
The corner stone of the Baptist Eduea-
tional Society's building. at greensboro,
will he laid next Wednesday with appro-
pirate ceremonies. The Masonic fraterni-
ty will conduct the proceedings.
Last Saturday, at Mount Washington,
while Mr.. Henry Thomas, of Louisville,
was sitting in front of a hotel in the for
mer@ named place, DR.. George w. Collins
came along, and stopping within about
ten feet of Thomas, commenced To fire at
him, but did no serious damage. Collins
fled. but was pursued, caught, and lodged
in jail.
a fellow from louisiana, named ]. w.
Kills, attended the Academy OF Music at
Louisville. in company with "a friend and
"A C supIe of the fair frail ones of that city,
on the night of the 18th, secured a private
box, got drunk, raised a quarrel ~itn a
policeman, and got shot twice. His male
friend escaped, but the yemntes were lodged
in n station-lIouse.
The Henderson Reporter has received
from a fsrmer of that neighborhood a pet
rIfied tortise or terrapin. three and a half
inches in length by two in breadth which
Mr.. s. assures us was dug out OF a solid
rock at a depth of sixty feet on his place.
This interesting relic of past ages is a very
heavy stone for its size, and IL was unde-
mia bly, al original tortise, that crawled in
and out of his testaceOus abode with ell
the caution and dexterity that the modern
mollusk exhibits. An examination OF the
stones shows that 1T is allied to the primi-
tive rock, being apparently red sandstone.
The Lexington tdtesmon Is out In a bit
ter article against the growing practice of
gambling at County fairs, betting on horse
races, &c. That paper shows up some dis
graceful proceedings at the Jessamine
Fair. which it condemns in strong Iau-
guage, closing the article as follcws: This
gambling at agricultural fairs is a growing
and danger us evil. Cannot some remedy
be applied that will check 1t at once? If it
cannot be done, and continues to increase
as il has in the past few years, it will re-
suit in driving away from fairs the class of
persons whose absence would be the great
est faif-n !
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Governor BakeF-A False Statement
Corrected.

The indianapolis Journal of yes
terday, has a communication signed
L." under the caption, Who shall
be our next G~overnor?" which re
quires special notice and prompt cor
rection. We copy the material por-
ton of it:
The Democratic party will find no
difficulty in finding a candidate who
is not only an eloquent and shrewd
stumper, but who has none of the
vulnerable points of the Milligan''
school. On the contrary he can show
a record that, however defective in
point of fact it may be, can be hand
led with marked effect by an un-
scrupulous candidate. To meet such
a man successfully, the Union party
must put its shrewdest and most
eloquent and popular stumper at
the head of the ticket. If
Lieutenant Governor Baker fills the
bill he is the man for the nomination.
If Will. Cumback fills it he is the
man, and so with Washburn and 9TH
iers, whose names have been suggest
ed. Patrick Henry remarked, that he
had no way of judging of the future
but blythe past. In determining the
strength of any candidate proposed,
we may well follow a similar rule. By
reference to the returns of the State
election of 1864, on file In the Office
of the Secretary of State, the follow
ing figures will be found, showing the
strength of the several candidates on
the State ticket proper:
For Governor. o. P. Morton.--....I52,0 S4
Lieutenant ~overnor, Conrad Baker, 147 ,795
Secretary OF State, Nelson Trusler. ...l5O,45
Auditor OF state, Thos. B. .150,5 $50
Treasurer OF state. John /. Morrison, l50, 49,
Attorney General, ID. E. Williamson. I50.49S
superintendent of Public Instruc-
lion. q. w. 81
Clerk Of the supreme Court, Lac
~ People wiW figure on these eturns.
and if no more promising candidate
can be found than one who runs over
four thousand behind the head of his
ticket, aud over two thousand behind
the least candidate on it, then thew |
say he is the. man for the place.
There may be some explanation of
failure to keep up with the ticket
that willis et usealI right on the cues
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Important to Advertisers.

The circulation of the JOURNAL IN
sle City Of EcansuiUe as three times
a large a that of day other neaospa-
per.
Our circulation IN Indiana and
Mlinois IS greater than any other neaos-
paper pu5Ishe{ IN this City.
In Kentucky Il is more than oil the
other EoansriHe papers combined.
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the Government a merit worthy of
civil honors and promotion, they de-
serve, and doubtless will obtain, the
full benefit OF the Reconstruction
Law of last Congress. We say this
not in a spirit of threatening or bra
vado, but as the honest convictions of
our mind based upon the feelings and
expressions of the leading Union men
Of the country.
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Magazines.

DEMoREsT's for September Is re-
ceived from the publishers. 1t is
always the advance guard If the
%monthlies, and u the earliest
styles. The ladies will fnd the fash.
ion plates, patterns and fashion arti-
cles. as well as the stories and selected
matter, highly interesting. 1t is for
sale at all our news depots, or can be
ordered direct from the a.publi.her in
New York.
THE LONDON SOCIETY for August,
an American reprint of this popular
London Magazine, issued in the best
style of the well-known publishers
Hurd 4 Houghton, of New York
Contents of the present number:
Mary Eaglestone's Lover, Illustrated;
Summer on the Spanish Frontier; At
Dinner in the City; Recollections of
an Absent Man. Illustrated; Phases
of London Society. l., Illustrated;
Beautiful Miss Johnson, Illustrated;
Cheap at a Guinea, Illustrated; Ex-
moor; Another Word about Switzer-
land: Lesr's Fool, Illustrated; Play
ing for High Stakes. by Miss Annie
Thomas; Monsieur Rousset's Ghost,
Illustrated; Upstairs and Down, H.
Illustrated.
HARPER's MONTHLY FOR AUGUST
is received from the publishers. a
out of date, and has already
noticed by us. Among the arti-
cles are the following: Personal Re-
collections of the War, eighth pa
PERI with illustrations; The Turks,
the Greeks, and The Slavons. with IL
.ustrations; Tom Marshall, of Ken
lucky; Private Correspondence of
Webster.
EVERY SATURDAY comes to hand
'egularly, and is always welcomed. as
t contains the choicest selections
rom the best English current ~litera-
ure. 1t can be found at all news
or ordered from the publish
RS, Tickner & Fields, Boston.
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Agents for the Journal.

JAMES H.. TuoRSToS, Princeton, Ind.
Capt. LEVI F~EfsGUsoN, Petersburgh, Ind.
HARRY r. SMITH, Washington, Ind.
w. j. l.. H~EHMENWAY, BOonville, Ind.
G.. r. DEBEULER, Newburgh, Ind.
JOHN NJ. LOCKWOOD. Mt. Vernon, Ind.
j.. VI. FOSTER, Fort Branch, Ind.
J. w. WEAVER. POseyville, Ind.
8. Il. CORwIN, S~oaerville, Ind.
Capt. WHITING. Cynthiana, Ind.
+. J. ROGERS. New Harmony, Ind.
@. A. HARPER, Owensville, Ind.
HARVEY BOND. Hazleton, Ind.
THos. M~CCUTCHEN, Sandersville, Ind.
URBIS MAERs, Black Hawk Mills, Ind.
They will also receive and forward to us
-iers for Binding and Job Printing
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ton, and induce the friends of Cum
back and Washburn to accede TO the
request of Delaware" and le;
Lieutenant Governor Baker be nomi-
mated by acclamation.' but it will no:
be expected that such figures will
arouse much Baker" enthusiasm,
without some explanation.
The only explanation which is
needed is that the correspondent L."
has perverted the facts into a false
hood. The vote for Governor BAKER
in 1864 was not. as stated by L."
lover two thousand behind the least
candidate on his ticket" but on the
contrary was greater than that for any
other candidate on tie .tfcket except
Governor MORTON. Il" claims to
have obtained the figures from the
office of the Secretary of State. IF he
did he has willfully misstated the facts.
In the summing up of the> vote Of
the State by districts, in the
general abstract, it is true that BA
KER's vote is set down at 147, 795, but
the error is very apparent, and would
be detected by every candid man who
was seeking for the facts. In trans
ferring the vote of the Eleventh Dis
trict for BAKER, which was 1862, it
is enormously copied 1868; and this
error goes into the general footing
Immediately below. The correct vote
for Gov. BAKER was 150,S02, which
is next to that for Governor NOR
TON, and greater than that for any
other candidate on the ticket.
Whoever copied the statement Civ
en- by IL" from the official record
must, if he was an intelligent man,
have seen the error, and how it occur
red. The correct figures are on the
same page, and bat a few inches above
the ones, and are very CON
spicuous. Where such a discrepancy
in the vote existed, an honest and
candid inquirer after the facts
must have scrutinized the figures
sufficiently to have detected
palpable an error. We must be-
lieve that the statement made by Il"
is a deliberate and malicious attempt
to prejudice the prospects of Govern
BAKER with the Republican par
ty. 1t is a trick so contemplate hat
it must react upon the gentlemen in
whose interest it was made. General
WAsHBURN is not understood to be
an aspirant for the nomination for
Mr.. CUMBAcK is. It is
incumbent upon him or his friends
to promptly disavow any SYM
pathy with, or knowledge of, the
communication. We do lot know
who is the author, but the commune
cation smacks very much of the pa
of an army non-combatant,
whose services were principally de-
to a per cent. agency business
IN Indiana during the war. The in
tial answers the %supposition.
By reference to the vote for the
Republican State Ticket in 1856, when
MORTON and BAKER we're the stan
lard bearers of the party. it will be
'een that the vote for BAKER was
to that for Morton, and greater
han that for any others on the tick
It. Gov. BAKLR's popularity is as
we'll established as his honesty and
illness for the Office; and we predict
hat he will be nominated by the Re-
publican State Convention by accla-
despite the disingenuous at
acks of such irresponsible scribblers
IS IL" fo4oi!
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To MoRRow's issue will contain our
usual religious miscellany and church
intelligence. Notices Of services for
the Sabbath and other items will be
handed in at an early hour to day to
secure insertion.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
ROckpOrt Collegiate Institute,
R%oCKPoRT, INDIANA.

Next term begins MONDAY. SEPTEMBER
ID, 1857. Admits both males and females.
Boarding department exclusively for
young ladies. The buildings are new
well finished, and beautifully situated in
a grove OF native forest trees.
This institution offers superior induce
ments to the youth of Southwestern In
diana. STRI T DISCIPLINE and THOROUGH
SCHOLARSHIP constitute its motto. Give
the pocket" School a trial. Patronize
home instii utions.
aul6 DIV o. H. SMITH, President.
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LETTERS from two Of our Evans
vile tourists will be found on the
second page.
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Coroners Inquest, No. 10.

-ELD ON THE BODY OF PETER
ANTON whose body
Eeler. on Main Street, between Fifth and
Sixth Streets, in the city OF Evansville,
Vanderburgh County, State Of Indiana,
on the 18th day OF August, 1867. The jury
from the evidence that the deceased
was from switzerland, and that he came
to his death oy apoplexy. AT the time OF
inches high. Nothing OF value was found
on the body.
afeF EAMUELeP HAVLIE, 1A
Coroner Vanderburgh County.
aul6 dl, w3t
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hue Fruit u r.
so doz. assorted Self Sealing Fruit
Jars.
% doz. escorted WaxsSealing Fruit
Jars. -ta.
10 doz. assorted Stoneware Fruit
Jars.
For sale as low as at any other
house in the city.
titf VICKERY BROS,
Eureka Bazaar, ~
IS Main Street.
auI6
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Bacon Hams.

600 Choice Canyassed Hams for
sale, wholesale or retail.
Also.
.Af1a -LfHitff attff
A lot Of Country Hams, at from
l2l to 15c. per pound, at ~
VICKERY BROS,
Eureka Bazaar,
IS Main Street.
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Na
VI Iou1E. III.
j 4. - pss,i.l1s .ssaiss q e. i.alaa
os. o;ss;sssr Z II 20. !. =: - .sssd per =.
.sesae s.is9 v - bod. ~ J. 3.
eensral dseaaa;oa of plans 5or esAtiag - II
dians togstAsF ~ Aaa, bat nolhiag ds6nill
deesrninsa upea. Il = pessatls, hs~evss,
that q attempt will he nads 70 assemble ~
northern Chsyennss, Sioux, Rlackfest and
other nofshern hostile TRIES, somewhere On
the P1atts river, perhaps q Fort Laramie
and the aoalhern Chsysnnea, AsrAPshoes end
other southern tribes q Fort Smith or soma
other point on the Arkansas river.
Il 10 deemed impoftAntt0 meet these Indi.
ans q the earliest day possible, but q they
only assemble in counsel during full moons,
the meeting cannot take place till early ia
Septembsr, - the next fan moon 10 in seven
days, which will not give the commissioner
time to communicate with the different
tribes.
In the meantime the board expect to ex-
anime the western country, with view to
select reservations for hostile tribes, and also
with view to domicilating, if possible, oil
the tribes vest ofthe Mississippi, hostile and
friendly, in process Of time. IF they do moi
complete such selection prior to the Indian
meeting, they will continue it Afterwards,
being convinced Of the necessity Of making
= thorough and personal examination Of the
territory to be selected.
The commissioners present are Colonel
Tsylor, Gen. Sanborn, Col. Taffan. General
Sherman, Gen. Harvey and Senator Hender.
son.
Gen. Terry was, at last accounts, at Red
Wing, Minnesota, and will join the commits
sioners somewhere on the Plains.
The board will bold another session to-day.
After struggle Of Eve weeks by some
of our street railroad cars, to increase the
fare to six cents, they have abandoned
it on test and established the old rate.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
CHICAGO, Angus

CHICAGO. August Z.
A l.asalle, Ills, special says: There has
no change taken place to o-day in the position
Of the strikers. Many Of them have large
families, and quite number Of them are
living in shanties owned by the companies,
while those who are attempting to control, in
many instances, have wives and children
nearly naked. Not few ere now subsisting
on a short allowance of the coarsest of edi-
bles. Contributions are being received from
smaller organizations elsewhere, but these
are by no means sufficient to meet the re-
quirements of those who are in need. There
are nearly four hundred of the strikers, and
as many more out Of work whose employ
ment depends entirely upon the operations
of the miners. Should the contest end dis
astrously to the men, many of. the merchants
here viii be ruined. They have given the
men goods on credit, under the belief they
would succeed. Some establishments, it is
said, have accounts which aggregate $4,000
or 81 900 against the men. All such men
will inevitably fall beneath the blow which
the loss will entail.
pork packer named Edward White. Of
Milwaukee, has been arrested for selling last
spting 5000 worth Of what purported 70
be lard and pork, but which proved to be
barrels filled with sand.
The ceremonies of laying the corner stons
Of the new Methods. Church at Geneseo,
H., we're performed yesterday BY Steward
Lodge, Free Masons, assisted by large dele
cations from Lodges in Rock Island, Peru,
Princeton, Davenport, Alton, and Other
towns and cities.
A man calling himself Farley, but whose
real name is Ed. Piper, was arrested in Mad
ison yesterday, charged With swindling sun
dry banks in Iowa and Vermont, on forged
paper, to the amount OF $40, 600.
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FROM WASHINGTON.

WARRINGTON, Aug I.
The Secretary of the Interior has decided
in response to applicants, not to authorize q
State residue only in the trust lands in Kan
sas, but await the action of the Senate on the
treaties before it, which provides for the dis
position of lands in different ways.
The Grand National Agricultural Exhi-
bition and Horse Fair will be held at the Ma
tional Race Course, near. Washington, COM
mencing October the 18th. A premium list
in money and medals, to the amount oi
$500, coo will be awarded.
The receipts Of Internal Revenue to-day
are less than a half million.
The War Department has issued an order
that hereafter milage be computed by the
shortest route usually travelled
notifying local inspectors Of steamboats,, that
once every year to inspect the hull, boiler,
machinery and equipments of each steamer
belonging to their district, ard to approve OF
the same, before granting certificates.
This inspection includes the lock safety valve
as well as other equipments.
New York, August /.
The Tribune publishes Buffers report as
commissioner OF exchange duringa portion
VI tHe TeUetHOuf Ac Shys. Al DSCcMbcTs
1868, he found the Confederate Genera q
anxious to exchange man for man, but the
Confederate Government refused to do SO
with Butler, on the ground that he commands
ed negro troops; our Government refused to
admit the right ofthe Confederate authorities
TO OUTLAW our officers. The exchange ms
tinued until March, 1854, when Butler had an
interview with Ould, which convinced him
that retaliation would compel the rebels 0
asaEdon their refusal to exchange colored sol>
diers. Our Government referred the matter
to Gen. Grant, who in April directed Butler
to decline, till otherwise ordered, all further
negotiation, and shortly afterwards instruct>
ed him to to consider the determination Of
the rebels to make distinction between white
and colored prisoners, and the refusal on
their part to agree for the exchange. Butler
was instructed to receive the sick and wound
ed the rebels would give up, butto send no
more in exchange. In August the rebels
offered te renew the exchange, man for man.
Grant then telegraphed the following impor-
tant order:
1t is hard on our men held in Southern
prisons, not to exchange them, but it is a
humanity to those left in the ranks to fight
out our battles when every man released on
parole or otherwise, becomes active soldiers
against us at once directly or indirectly. II
We commence the system Of exchange. which
liberates all prisoners, we will have to fight
on until the South is exterminated; if we hold
those caught, they amount to no more than
dead men, but at this particular time, to re-
lease the rebel prisoners. would insure Sher-
man s defeat, and would compromise our
safety here.
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FIRES.
CHICAGO, Aug. 7.

CHICAGO, Aug. Z.
The fra at 80 Randolph street, last night,
was occasioned by syuantity Of benzine be-
coming ignited BY the carelessness Of . young
man, who dropped lighted match upon the
floor, which was saturated by the infamnble
substan ce.
For half an hour the benzine burned very
lively, notwithstanding the great quantities Of
water pom red upon it. The benzine would
burn floating on the water.
Explosions repeatedly took place, which
had the effect to create considerable excite>
ment.
No one was seriously hurt, and by the ex-
ertions of the firemen the flames were con-
fined to the benzine warehouse, and when
that was finally burned, the danger was over.
Loss not over So, 600 or $4,000.
Fairbank, Peck / Co.'s oil refinery, estab-
lished recently in Bridgeport, was totally
consumed by FIRE this morning. Loss esti-
mated at $15O,OOO. Insurance Sl05, 900.
About 5000 worth Of cord wood and
lumber belonging to Thomas Clapham, was
also destroyed. Tho disaster will throw
about one hundred and fifty hands out Of en-
ployment.
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FROM CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. Aug. I

CHICAGO. Aug. 7.
The Base Ball match to. day, between the
Printers and Reporters, was rather a novel
affair and was attended with considerable in :
terest There was not good player in the
game and the great awkwardness Of some oi
the players afforded much amusement The
game occupied about FIVE and half hours,
resulting in the success of the Reporters
At the close Of the 8th innings, the Prin.
ters were q ahead but the Reporters on the
9th inning had the surprising fortune to score
81, while the Printers on their ninth had the
misfortune to count but one, leaving the
score at the close, so to 80.
The day was frightfuly hot and sultry, and
the long game told pretty heavily against the
men who we're all unused to outdoor exer
else.
The Printers really had the best nine, and
in batting especially far excelled the Report
ers. The latter will doubtless tell wonder.
full story of their prowess in the national game
in Tomorrow s papers, and perhaps goso fal
as 10 challenge the Exc e. siors to measure
bats on the first cool day after the now ia
nous reporterial nine have recovered theil
normal condition of muscular agility.
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FROM THE FAR WEST.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. Z.
Omaha dispatches state that the Crows,
Sioux and Shoshones. have driven the miners
away from the South Pass. They killed one
white man and two others are missing.
Washakee has notified Brigham Young
"a recall the Mormon miners from the new
diegiass, - the country belongs to his
tribes.
Asjarga band Of Siouxs crossed the Black
Hillson Friday evening, going East. They
wer6struck By Mr.. o. Mel s;engineering party
aad ono Indian killed.
TSelye death from cholera occurred It It.
'Ths steamG Wsiter b. Dance On rouis
for NoatanA, struck snas q The mouth o
IL Nisseasi sivsr = 2o'sleck this morning
and tovs : large hole in her bow. throw
|ing eoasiaesable quantity Of 0ovsFHmen
ltht in - NseS - - dkck han1, ~
rae 1ve