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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30

shows that tie actual amount of earth
filed into the Third Street Sewer is
1,090 yards. You also fnd herewith
an affidavit, sworn to and signed By
myself. stating the number of hands,
carts and days, and also the work
done.
by comparing, you will find that
the filling up of said sewer has
cost the city rather below than above
fifteen cents per yard.
hold it to be my duty to vindicate
myself, as well as the party which ap-
pointed me, from spending the city
money unnecessarily.
Respectfully,
FRED. EBERHARD.
Superintendent.
Tn filing mn Third Sfroat Sauver i
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30

LoTH TO LEAvE.-The favorite
steamer Quickstep. which has been
laid up for some time on account of
the low water, resumed her regular
trips yesterday, Several Of the
boys" who have been enjoying them
selves during the vacation, wore long
faces because they had to go to work
again. "OhI she halcyon days Of
youth"
THE MISUNDERSTANDING the
inclemency of the weather, the Epis-
copaI mite, at Colonel Denby's, last
evening, passed off finely.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30
hosiery !! hosiery HosIery /!

A large lot of Hosiery at very low
prices and nice quality at
HUGHES,
nov23-1w No. 46 Main Street.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30

GoEMERoIAL.-The regular Week
: " Financial and Commercial Business
Summary viii be found on the Third
Page. The late rise In the river, and
the continued rains, giving promise Off
good stage of water, gives q more
cheerful aspect to trade. Now is the
time to advertise, for as soon as the
crops begin 70 move, money will be-
come more abundant.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30
STEAMBOATS,.

FOR SALE.
A STEAMBOAT BELL. - VIII be sold
cheap. Apply TO JOHN sINZICH.
nov28 diff
FOR OWENSBoRo AND LOUISVILLE.
The elegant steamer
A PALESTINE,
aszzsszzzzss Ike Schultzs, Master;
Phil. b. Branham, Clerk,
VIII leave for Louisville and all way ports
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER BOTH,
at O'Clock Pm.
For freight or passage apply on board,
or to- w. q. BROWN & CO.,
It Agents
FOR MEMPHIS. VICKsBURG AND NEW
ORLEANS.
The feet and elegant passenger steamer
~ p. W. STRADER.
- A. Stein, Master:
Alex. Stewart, Clerk,
WIN leave for New Orleans and ali way
ports, on
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER Isr,
at O'Clock Pm.
For freight or passage apply on board, or
to W. q. BROWN q CO,
and HUMPHREY, LEWIS 81 CO.,
3O-2t Agents.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30

pa American Corsets, only SOC,
at Schapker. Bussing & Co.'S nov26
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30

SALE OF NEW ToBAcco.--The first
hogshead Of new Green River tobacco
was seld yesterday at the new ware
house of Martin. Gardner & Co., on
the corner eff First and Second Streets.
The tobacco was raised by Mr.. STRAIT
ton, Of Daviess County. It was
graded at common leaf. and sold for
SO GO, which was good price. The
above firm also sold a hogshead Of
te5acco.to go to Northern Missouri.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30

CRIMINAL CoURT.-Daniel Weir
stedt, for selling liquor to a miner,
tried before the Judge, was fined 50
Albert Fisher, on the same charge,
tried by the Judge. was fined S.. Two
other cases against Fisher were mol
lied.
Simon Calm, on a plea of not guilty
was tried before Judge Robinson fol
selling liquor on Sunday. He was
found guilty and was fined SIS. Also
for selling to minor, fine of IS was
assessed. Two other cases against
Simon were nollied.
Louis r. Foster, who was arrested
for foraging shirt from a neighbol
boarder, had his case Investigated and
was discharged.
A large number of cases were con.
tinued until next Monday, and num-
Der were nollied.
A new term of this Court will com.
mence December 9th.
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City N e W S

a. See local notice Of Game. "
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30

B See GILBERT & Co.'S adver-
tisement of two Of the best and finest
Stores 10 town far Rent. oc29-tf
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30


EVANSVILLE LIBRARY AssoCf-
ATIoN.-The reading room of this
institution is well supplied with read
ing matter for the long Winter even
ings. The newspaper and magazine
files have recently been replenished,
and offer an agreeable variety TO the
public. The following periodicals are
now regularly received:
ailies-Nsw York Tribune, Indi-
annapolis Sentinel, Chicago Tribune.
New Orleans Picayune, Cincinnati
Gazette, Memphis Avalanche, Louis
Vile Courier ournal, Evansville
Journal, and Evansville Courier.
Semi Weekly-Vincennes Sun.
Weeklies-Harpers', Alta Califor-
MIA, Banner of Light, New York
Ledger, Vincennes Times.
Monthltes-London Punch, Harp.
ers', Merchants Magazine, Black
wood, Atlantic, Central Union Agri-
culturist.
Quarter7ies = Westminster Review,
North American Review.
Besides these there are over three
thousand bound volumes on the
shelves.
The terms charged for the use of
these valuable stores of literature are
reasonable. For the use of the read
ing room and the privilege of taking
out books, 50 per year, 81 80 for six
months, 81 for three months and fifty
cents per month are charged; twenty
five cents per month entities the sub
scriber to the use of the reading
room.
There are many persons whe would
do we'll to avail themselves of this
| opportunity to combine mental profit
with pleasure. We appeal to our
people to patronize this worthy insti-
| tuition.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30

R~ II. G. BridweII & Co, corner
Of Main and Third Streets, have a
full stock of Drugs. Chemicals, Pat
ent Medicines. American and import
ed Perfumery, Toilet Soaps. Brushes,
&c. Prescriptions carefully com
pounded. Fresh Blue Lick, Con-
gress and Rockbridge Alum Waters.
je17-n
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30

FL. Hermann, Candy Manufacturer
and wholesale dealer in Toys, Candies
and Fireworks, has just received q
new and large stock of Christmas
Toys for the holiday trade, for sale at
the lowest Wholesale prices.
ii. HERMANN,
nov17-tf No. As Main Street.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30

The BALL To NIGHT.-This even
ing. the Firemen's Ball will be given
at the National Hall, and from the
number Of tickets already sold, it
cannot fail to be a grand success.
Everything has been done to make it
a nice affair. The object of the ball
is to raise funds to enable de boys
wat runs wid de masheen, ITO procure
waterproof suits. A splendid supper
will be served at midnight. Those
who wonId pass a pleasant evening,
must not fail to attend,
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30

OApCIiutEHL6Bts
In filing up Third Street Sewer, /
have employed the following hands
and carts.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-04-13

as to receive interest enough to keep
her comfortable and is nov able to en-
joy the precepts of the old family Bible
without tear or molestation. Her time
and attention is devoted to the bringing
up of her bright blue eyed Alice, and if
the happy smiles of the countenance
may be considered an index Of the heart
snd mind, little Alice bids fair to be
shining star in the community of which
she at present forms but unit
At the meeting house in the center of
the village, may be seen every Sunday,
sitting about half way up the south aisle.
a lady about thirty years of age, dressed
in deep mourning. with face glowing
with the beauty oi holiness, but ON whom
NAV be seen deep traces of passed sor
row. At the public house, in the same
place, and at the same time, may also
be seen being in the garb of man,
bloated and sotting ever the poisoning
bowl The one is the possessing widow,
the other the protesting neighbor.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-04-13

During an experiment with an atmo-
spheric pressure gas machine in an Office
on Congress street, Boston, the other
day, an explosion of chemicals took
place, filling the room with flame, and
bulging out the front wall and granite
window caps. The flames spread fierce
ly through the lower story and up the
staircase, cutting off all escape for the
twenty Or thirty persons employed in
the rooms above. The fire had reached
the fourth story before any means of es.
cape was found. Then a ladder was
thrown across an alley fifteen feet wide,
whose length was barely enough to rest
on the sills, and on nothing but
a board placed on this frail bridge, five
stories high, four young women and fif-
teen men passed. trial that made
some of the men SD dizzy that they
straddled the ladder and hitched across.
but all the girls walked bravely over.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-04-13
A Character

Of no little celebrity among the advo-
Gates of universal equality here is Mrs.
DIR. Mary Walker She forms In her
own person the advance picket of the
reform movement. She is slender,
girlish little body. with thin pale face,
in which one would hardly recognize
her The first time 1 saw her she was
walking up Pennsylvania avenue in her
usual habit, followed by the quick. in
quisitive glances of hundred pairs of
eyes. From her costume, | supposed
her to be youth of the male gender,
there being nothing in the heavy shaggy
overcoat and square cut pants or does
kin or broadcloth to indicate her identi-
ty with the fair sex. A second revealed
the two rolls of long brown hair hanging
down TO her shoulder blades, and sug-
gested that here, sure enough, was the
tabled .What Is It2' Attired in this garb,
she goes quietly and fearlessly about the
citv. into the Capital, up to the White
House, and especially wherever there is
a convention offering the least possible
opportunity to put in word in favor of
the oppressed sex. A friend has given
me bit of her personal history, and,
while stoutly resisting the suggestion
that she is monomanlac, says she is
trine that her dress is the most becom-
ing, convenient and healthful for her
sex, and to that she is bound to cling
with a woman's tenacity of purpose.
She was q surgeon in the United States
hospital during the war, and was cap
tured by the rebels and thrown into Lib
by Prison, where she says repeated eff.
forts were made to assassinate her, by
poisoning her food, and by shots fired
by the guard from the room below her,
at places where she was known to have
been standing moment before. The
reDels demanded q Brigadier General in
exchange for her, and this demand led
to her long detention in Libby Prison.
She is a grass widow. having been once
incompatibly married The local papers
give currency TO statement that she
has repeatedly applied at the White
House for an interview with President
Grant, but has uniformly met with re-
pulse, her card being quietly dropped in
to the waste basket, and she compelled
to retire without the coveted interview.
After numerous rebuffs she is said to
have sent note to the President, inqulr
ing when she could see him, and receiv-
Ell for answer: Not until she came
SEX AS her dress has become her idol.
it seems probable that this reply
amounts to an exclusion from the exec
utive presence.-W ash Cor. Gin. Chron
icle
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-04-13

The hopeful expressions of the new
Secretary Of Treasury, concerning his
ability to anticipate payment OF interest
or principal on considerable Gums of
our bonds. and the abundance of money
for the ordinary operations Of the De
partment, find pleasant confirmation
in the monthly statement Of the Public
Debt, prom 'tiy published this morning
The debt has been reduced over two
millions and half, in spite of the issue
OF nearly three millions of bonds to the
Pacific Railroads Thus, aside from this
extraordinary expenditure, which is to
be stopped within another month,
the actual reduction Of the Debt proper
during the past month amounted to five
aud q half millions; while the present
condition of the Treasury such that it
this statement had been delayed four or
five days, after Mr.. McCullough's fash
ion. it might have shown a reduction of
some four millions more Thus, our
Debt is diminishing. our receipts are in
creasing, and, under the honest Admin
istration we are to have, we shall more
largely increase; while simultane eously
the extraordinary outlays required by
the construction of the Pacific Railroads,
their clio e, and give US a hap
py conjunction of elements favorable to
the Public Credit The situation is au.
spicious and cheering. Who can now
fail to see the path to resumption? Con
tinue to appreciate the credit Of the Gov
ernment, collect its revenue and stop
its expenditures by such means rs are
in the easy reach Of the Ad-
and the time is at hand
when we can sell for gold n long bond
at low interest in any quantities desired.
Then, the business of the country comes
pack once more to solid basis, for Re.
sumption is achieved. c
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James Harper.

Last Saturday evening. james Har-
per. one of our most honorod anal useful
citizens, entered into rest When he
died it was a fair and rare companion-
ship that was broken; for through more
than fifty years he and his three broth
ers, who survive him. had worked and
planned and succeeded together No
publishing firm is better known or more
highly esteemed, at home and abroad,
than that Of which our departed friend
was the senior member. He was an hon
es.. warm hearted man; and none the
less a devoted Christian hecause he was
AS CHEEKY and gcniel as sunshine There
was in him, too, a spring Of genuine hu-
NOR which often had a sparkling over
flowing. even i'll the cares of business.
Mr. Harper said a reverend visitor,
who had an intirmity of forgetting that
other peoples time was no more pre-
cious than his own, L know what your
brother John does, and what Wesley
does, but have never been able to dis
Germ what You do It's secret re-
piled Mr.. Harper, but if you'll keep it,
Ii tell YOU And then leaning closer
to him, and lowering his voice. he said
to the expectant listener, Il entertain the
5ores,' To the rising generation sIr.
Harper has left an example whicA it is
safe 10 follow, and inspiring to consider;
for. associating him elf in Church rela
sions will, Christian people, AMI working
at his trade, aohen he was u boz.
be soon made his mark, he kept his in
tegrity, he oyercame obstacles, and he
made familiar friend of success, This
printers boy became Mayor of New
York, but he honored the Office, for he
had grown into a true aud trusted man.
Although on heaven side Of three score
and ten, his form was straight, his eve
was clear, his step was firm, and he low
ed to live, for be had a happy home and
h ad long been vefsed in doing good 1t
was an accident that he died, and sud
den death is dreadful; but it would have
been sadder. perhaps, to see that fresh
ness OF youth, which be had kept into
old age, fade slowly away with his men
tai powers, till only wreck remained
When such men leav. US, 1t seems to
those that hope for heaven as il he had
just gone for a little with q kind good
bye.-( Church Union.
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TESTIMONIALS.
oepxsssuaaH. n. z, May Z, ,e7.

- OeDSNsBuRaH. n. z, May 1857. 9
Mr.. MoKELvEY: Dear Sir-Your Life Com
pound is working wonders in this section, and
have every reason to be thankful for what it
has accomplished in my own case and that Of
my wife. My complaint, as you may remem>
Der, was Liver Disease in its worst form. had
not taKen your medicine more than three weeks
when felt so much encouraged as to order .
box for my wife also, who was suffering from
what the physicians termed disease Of the kids
neys. This was in November last. We have
now taken two packages each. and am happy
to inform you that we have good reason to con-
cJ ude we are both permantly restored to health
and that, by your Life Compound. Encouraged
oy its good effects in our cases, several Of our
afflicted neighbors sent to you for the medicine
and l am informed by three of them, with whom
am intimately acquainted. that they, too, be
lievo themselves entirely cdred by it.
You may make such use ST this statement as
you may deem proper.
With gratitude,
Rev. B. R. GORMLY.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-04-13
According to the Washington corres-

According to the Washington CORES
pondent of the Indianapolis journal,
Congressman Shanks. OF this State, has
introduced into the House two or three
propositions, which will be great all
to Indiana soldiers, aud they have heen
referred to his Committee On the Militia
insuring them prompt and favo able
consideration. One of these is to fnrn-
isa artificial limbs TO discharged soldiers
and seamen wherever needed. making a
very necessary and servlceahle change
in tho cumbrous and expensive plan
which has been in operation since the
close Of the war Tho other, and one
which will be more directly valuable to
Indiana. Is an act to provide for the dis
tribution Of clothing TO the inmates of
all legally constituted soldiers Home in
the several States. This places all such
Homes as the one established at Knights
town, on par with those Homes estab-
lished by the United States at Augusta,
Dayton and milwaukee, SO far as the
item Of clothing is concerned. How
valuable this aid will be to our Knights
town Home. in relieving the State Of the
expense Of clothing it, inmates, requir.
IS no words ~ determine. Il General
Saanks succeeds in getting the MEASURE
through Congress, he will receive the
praise he deserves from the people Of
his own State.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-04-13
VOL. XXXIX.l
THE WISH OF TO-DAY.

EH J. @. WHITTIER.
ask not for gold to gild
With mockng shrine weary frame;
@ The yearniu2 Of the u ind is stied-s
ask not now for fame.
A rose cloud, dimly seen above,
Melting in heavens blue depths away
Oh, sweet fond dream of human Love!
For thee I may not pray.
But, bowed In lowliness of mind,
make my humble wishes known
only ask will resigned,
Oh, Father, to Thine own!
To-day, beneath Thy Christening eye
I crave alone Tor peace and rest,
Submissive in Thy hand to lie,
And feel that it is best
e& A marvel seems the Universe,
A miracle our Life and Death;
A mystery which cannot pierce,
Around, above, beneath.
In vain task my aching brain,
In vain the sages thought l scan,
/ only feel how weak and vain,
p How poor and blind, is man.
And now my spirit sighs for home,
And longs for light whereby to see,
And, like a weary child, would come,
Oh, Father, unto Thee!
Though Oft, like letters traced on sand,
My weak resolves have passed away,
In mercy lend Thy helping hand
Unto my PRAYER to. day!
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-04-13
A New Temperance Argument.

An article in the American Homeoe-
pathic Observer for April, by DR.. John
Horney, deserves the attention of all Ia
borers in the cause of Temperance. 1t
advances the theory that alcoholic Ii
quors are the predisposing cause to that
class of diSeases known in common par
lance, as private. And offers in proof
thereof cortain facts in the history and
present condition Of our race which, it
seems 10 US, go very far to sustain him.
history Of our race from Adam to Noah
there is no evidence of the existence of
such diseases, nor from the regeneration
of our species after the deluge until the
final establishment Of the Israelites as
nation, do we find traces of them. Not
even in Egypt or during the wandcrings
of the Jews under Moses or afterwards,
are they to be found. But after the es-
tablishment of the Jewish patton in the
promised land, where the grape abound
ed, and wine had become the common
beverage, proofs Of contamina alton of
these diseases are to be found in abun-
dance. As the victims multiplied they
became the objects OF hierarchical de-
nunciation and civil prescription, and
the special application of sleeper" and
"unclean' were applied to them.
He also contends that the diseases re-
ferred to were unknown in Greece and
Rome until the introduction Of alcohol
ic beverages among them, and of the Or
gies of Bacchus, and that the nations
cor auered by the Romans became in.
tested by them only after commencing
the use of such beverages in imitation
of their captors.
In the present day he contends that
those people who do not use alcohol in
any form. the native Inhabitants of the
of the Mahommedan people whose re-
ligion forbids the use, are exempt
from these diseases and ali their sequeis.
The writer then goes on 10 state the
nsodus operaadi of alcohol predisposing
these diseases. but we leave the subject
with the remark that he apparently
makes strong case, one at least wor
thy the attention of lecturers and socie
ties in the interest of temperance as
something new and promising rich
field of inquiry.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-04-13

England, like Germany, is ready to
acknowledge the rights OF all inhabitants
of a country to give up their allegiance
to their native land, and to acquire citi
zenship in the country to which they
may emigrate. The Royal Commission
ers have just made report in favor of
recognizing naturalization as alternating
British subjects from their allegiance to
England-N. Y, Tribune.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-04-13

The total number OF. hogs packed at
this point last season was 56.466.
against 52 .465 the previous season. The
average weight Of hogs packed, In the
entire State, the past season was about
2o2 D pounds, against 2O5k pounds
the SEASON previous. The average
yield OF lard last season was 23 ST
pounds, and for the season OF 1867 &.
22 l-6 pounds.-[I Ind. journal.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-04-13

Jacob B. Julian has been member of the Wayne
County Bar for thirty years and informs that he has
never been away from Court q whole day during
term tme.--(Bir
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-04-13

Unity, New Hampshire, is evenly bal
anced. 1t cont aims population of four
hundred and fifty males and four hun
dred and fifty females.