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The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15

The Washington correspondent of
the Cincinnati Commercial gives what
he expects people to accept as pen
and ink portrait of CARL ScHURz.
He says:
Carl Schurz is a man of great tai
ent; indeed, | may say that he IS
man of genius. But he has no more
heart than hollow turnip. Nature,
true to herself, has harmonized his
outer man with his inner parts, and
it is not lovable. Tall, thin, and an
gular, he looks like a hawk In i'll
health-ugly enough to scare horses,
and as self opinionated and egotistical
as that elongated agony, the pronoun
/" |, :, always is when endowed with
two legs and set in motion.
Nevertheless, / would like to see
Carl in the Senate. His brain proud
votes and speeches would stir up the
heavy dullness of the chamber like
huge forty-pounder booming through
the fog of a morning He would
stick up like a whales back from an
even sea of sameness. His phase of
character is never so offensive as when
~ III tuC " ~ PO- 4 LIZ
German seems to aggravate the evil.
Egotism is offensive at all times, but
egotism in German is enough to make
saints howl, and Carl is personally
unpopular, and having no money to
spend, suppose we will not see him
ID the Senate.
CARL SCHURZ's history proves him
to be man Of intense sympathy and
affection. His sacrifices and success
full efforts to liberate his preceptor
and friend, KINKEL, from one of the
dungeons in Germany, demonstrated
that he was a true friend and had a
big heart. He may be egotistical-
most smart people are-not excepting
the Commercials correspondents afore-
said. This correspondent is also mis-
taken with reference to General
SCHURz's finances. Our information
is to the effect that the General has
plenty Of money to spend, but that
he is too proud and has too much
self-respect to spend it to secure a
seat in body that is already dis
graced by men who obtained their
places through so discreditable an
instrumentality
The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15

A SUIT is pending in Louisville, on
a writ of habeas corpus, in which a DIR
SAMUEL E. MCKINLEY, of st. Louis,
is the plaintiff, and the Mother Supe-
rior ofSt. Ursuline Academy of Louis
vile, the defendant. MCKINLEY 5
daughter, a'girl twelve or fifteen years
of age, was placed in the Ursuline
Academy in 1867. The Mother Su-
perior now refuses to surrender her to
her father, on the ground that he is IN
fit to care for her. People who pretend
to know say that the true secret OF
the contest over the girl is the fact
that she will, on the death of her
grandfather, come into possession of
a fortune amounting to not less than
a million of dollars.
The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15
Financial.

The regular Washington corre-
spondent of the Toledo Blade con-
cludes a lengthy letter upon the
various financial plans submitted to
Congress, as follows:
In short, whatever may be said of
other plans, it is clear to me that Mr.
Morton will succeed. We should be-
gin to redeem, however, not at the
end of two yeaas, but whenever the
gold reserve shall amount to the sum
deemed sufficient, or when (takiug
Mr.. Morton's figures as a guide) the
su m of two hundred millions has been
accumulated. There may be a little
stringency while this sum is In course
of accumulation, but l do not see why
it should amount to anything like the
disturbance suggested by Mr.. Greeley.
If it has to be drawn, to any extent.
from abroad, it will shorten up our
imports to that amount, but nothing
further. AS gold does not enter into
our currency as circulation, boarding
it will be like boarding -four or corn
The first tendency will be to make it
dear, but this will be counteracted by
the approaching measures of resump-
ton, cause which will grow stronger
and stronger as we near the time.
Then when the necessary amount
of gold is secured, and we finally
come to resumption, there will not be,
as Mr.. Morton suggests, an imitation,
because a dollar of the currency re-
deemed will be replaced by exactly a
dollar of gold, and the amount in cir
culation will be precisely the same as
before. Nor can | see that there will
be any other change of values than
this: goods imported will have fallen
as the difference between gold and
greenbacks has diminished; and the
knowledge of this fact will more or
less affect the amounts ordered.
| confess | do not see why the banks
should not resume at the same time
with the Government. There will be
gold enough in the Treasury to re-
place the greenback reseserves, and it
would seem that the banks should
stand precisely in the same condition
that they are at present But delay
will endanger nothing and | rather in
fer that they would resume without
waiting the compulsory time.
1t seems to me, therefore, that the
friends of resumption may safely rail-
ly around Gov Morton as his plan is
clearly safe, and will work out the de-
sired result without the ''plunges" so
often predicted
The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15
TEE Cincinnati Chronicle sa,

The Cincinnati Chronicle says an
other big job-the . Sutro Tunnel
Bill has been introduced into the
House by Mr.. ASHLEY, of Nevada.
Parties interested have been working
it up for some time. They have con-
cluded, we presume, that the ma
chiuery is properly oiled now, and
that the tunnel will go through Con
gress as easily as the contractors will
be able to go through the tunnel after
it is completed. The estimates only
call for an expenditure of few mil
lions, which is nothing to people
aud Government like ours, whose
burdens are so light and growth SO
rapid.
The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15

A GIGANTIC PRoJEcr.-Mr. Edwin
L. Brady, late Engineer In the United
States Navy, has matured a plan for
doing away with the East River at
New York. He thinks that the ruin
of the harbor, if the East River re-
mains open, is imminent and inevit-
able. To save the harbor he has pro-
jected dixie from the South Ferry
across the shadows to Brooklyn. This
dixie he would have several hundred
feet wide. with ample dock room, and
space for streets and warehouses. The
docks on the upper side would accom-
modate the Sound steamboats, and
Eastern commerce. Those on the
lower side the various lines of ocean
steamers. From these docks and the
warehouses Mr.. Brady calculates an
income which, IN few years, would
pay the cost of the whole work, which
he estimates at $16,000,000. He an
ticipates some opposition to the pro-
ject from the Eastern States. but
thinks the advantages to New York
and the West are more than sufficient
to compensate for any damages which
might be done to the trade and COM
Inerce of New England.
The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15

INMATES of the Soldiers Home.
near Washington, complain that the
garden vegetables which they culti-
vate on the grounds of the institution
are chiefly appropriated by the Sur
geon General and other army officers
In the Departments. They dislike
being foraged upon and left destitute
in this way. and appeal to Congress
for protection. Army men in the De
partments are by far the best paid
officials in Government employ at
Washington. Can it be that, in ad-
dition to this, they turn bummers,
and prey upon the veterans under
their care2-C Gin. Chronicle.
The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15
Sale of Unclaimed Goods.

10 al a0IlO1ll at may c0ncern:
RY Office Is HERERY GIVEN. that
4W the unclaimed packages at the vari-
Gus offices of Adams Express Company in
southern Indiana Will be sold at Public
Auetlon, TO the highest bidder, in the city
OF Evansville, at the Auction Room of
6lram Nelson, Locust Street, opposite the
Post-Ofnce, on the 4th day OF March, 1863
unless sne same shall be called for and ali
charges paid thereon. A complete list of
these packages may be seen at The several
Post-Ohces, Express Offices, aud other
public places where the packages were
consigned. VIM, o. LANGAN
decS Dim Agent
The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15
CARPETS.
VIM. K. FRENCH. CHAS. Killing ELHGsF Err.
CARPET WAREHOUSE.
wuum

VIM. K. FRENCH. cHAs. king ELHGEF Err.
CARPET WAREHOUSE.
VIII. z. FRENCH 3 CO.,
EVANSVILLE, IND.
TYHO WANTS A NICE CARPET
wv at reasonable price, and no trou-
BILE about it?
Now is the time to make your Wife or
Friends handsome CHRISTMAS Present, and
at the same time MAKE home as comfor5-
able and cosy as a palace.
Low PRICES, GREAT INDUCEMENTS
AND GOOD ADVICE:
In order to reduce our stock before MAX
ing our annual invoice on January Ist
1869, we propose for
BR THE NEXT 80 BAYS Taa
to offer our Carpets at the lowest possible
figures that will pay cost. carriage, and eG-
peaseS.
Also, in order to give employment TO
our Carpet makers aud Uphoisterers cur
ing the dull season, we propose to make atp
aud lay doiOTs all Carpets we sell till Janu-
ary lsG FREE OF CHARGE. Ali goods
delivered free. All work guaranteed.
Our stock of Mattings, Oil Cloths, Win
dow Shades, Damasks, Lace Curtains Cor
niceS, Wall Papers, and House Furni shi ~
Goods, generally, Is larger than all Others
un that line) now IN our city com bined.
We propose to sell hem as low as these
goods are TetatIed in the United States.
We are exclusively in this line of business.
What others can do elsewh here we propose
trade" City Business Is divided: Don't
go to q shoe store for putty or padlocks.
Don't buy rice OF rat-tail files in a crock
cry store Don't ask for mutton in a mir
dry goo is in a drug ore Aud, alb 3ve all,
Don't buy your q r ETS in DRY
GOODS HOUSE. This advice Qike our
Carpet-making tor 30 days. is given gratis
tor the benefit of "AU GOhon1 IL gaaU con-
GERM" Give call.
Evansville, Ind Dec. l, 1868. Ide5
The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15
Postponement of Henderson County
Land sale.

Aduu Cdlos
gKNHE UNDERSIGNED. WHO WE'RE
Ill appointed Commissioners by the Ken
lucky Legislature 10 superIntend and con-
duct the - Henderson County Land sale "
of VIM. McLath, Esq, take this method of
announcing to the public that the drawing
OF prizes in the enterprise has been post
pOned until the lst day OF September, 1863
When, on the LIST of october last, the enter
prise was laid before the public, IL was
confiSently expected that 1t could be con-
cluded by the l4th of January. 1869, the
day nxed for the drawing; but several
causes, none of which We're anticipated, !,
and which could not be controlled by the
Commissioners nor by the owner Cf the
properly, combined to prevent it. Among
these we may mention the failure to OBJ
tain printed matter at the time contracted
for, the extreme strigency OF the money
market, and the distius in the minds OF
the people of enterprises like this, induced
by causes which are yet fresh in The recOl-
lection of the public.
Though tickets are now being rapidly
sold, a sufficient number have not been
disposed OF to justify transfer of the
property without bringing loss upon the
The farming lands embraced in the en-
terprise, nearly eight hundred acres of
which are cleared and tiilable, will be
rented ont for the pre- ent year-1869. Good
bonds for the rent VIII be taken, and these
bonds will be assigned TO the persons who
The money for the tickets sold is Ia the
bands Of the agensS, and should any share
holder be dissatisfied with the postpone
ment, his money will be refunded on the
presentation OF his ticket.
The undersigned think it Will not be
amiss to say, in this connection, that hey
have no pecuniary interest IN the above
enterprise, nor will they have in the fu-
ture. They will not receive one cent for
their services and they do not now, and
will not at any time, own, hold or control
q single ticket in the enterprise: nor one
dollar received from the sale OF tickets will
be used by them. nor can the owner of the
property touch, use, or control any part of
1t until after the drawing takes place; and
Gn Tor FFlT4c nv ny n n "a
contingency, prove a failure, all money
received from the sale of tickets will be
promptly returned on presen tatlon of the
tickets to the agent from whom bought.
b. BANKS,
w. s. HOLLOWAY,
ROBERT Il. GLASS,
Z. l.. STARTLING,
GRANT GREEN,
1anlI dAW w. =. ELANY.
The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15
Agents fnr fhe J0urnal,

Il. A. HALL. Princeton, Ind.
Capt. LEVI FERG UsoN, PetersbuTgn, Anu.
HARRY r. SMITH, Washington Ing.
w. j. l.. III HEEdnTENwAY, BoonVlAles 1nus
c. e. DEBRUIER, Newburgh, IND.
JOHN NJ. LOCKWOOD, Mt. Vernon, 1ho'
]. II. FOSTER, Fort Branch, Ind.
X. w. WEAVER, Poseyvtlle, Ind.
6. &. CoRwIN, Somerville. Ind.
Capt. WHITING, Cynthiana. Ind.
f. J. ROGERS, New Harmony. In.
HARVEY BoND, Haz Teton Ind.
THoS, MCC UTCR EN-, Sandrsv1lle, Ind.
URRIN MARRs, Black Hawk Mills Ind.
They viii also receive ana Forward 10 Us
orders tor Binding and Job Printing.
The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15

pretty closely. and we find the name
of only one Democrat among them.
Did he vote nay with the full assnr-
ance that the resolution would pass
anyhow, in order. by his vote to pro-
vide for the statement of the Enquir-
er that Democrats voted against the
resolution2 1t looks so.
The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15
mo. 1,z6S.1
United States MarShaps Notice.


United States of America, District of In
diana, IS:
XKYHEREAS, a LIB z l. OF 4 NJ
w formation was filed ia the District
Court of the United States for the District
of Indiana, on the 18th day of November
1868, by Charles w. Weisert and Charles L.
Canet, through their proctor, Mr.. Marsh,
against the steamboat WeStmoreland. her
engines, tackle. furp1ture. and apparel,
seized at said District on breach of con-
tract civil and maritime, on damages of
SIS, and praying process against said goods,
and that the same may be condemned and
sold therefor.
Now, therefore, In pursuance OF the mo-
milton under the seal OF said Court to
directed and delivered, do hereby give
public notice to all persons claiming said
goods, or any part thereof. or in any man
ner Interested therein, that they be and
appear before the said, the District Court
OF the United States, to be held at the city
of Indianapolis. in aud for the District of
Indiana on the first Monday of February
next, at 10 O'Clock OF the forenoon of that
day, then end there to interpose their
claims and make their allegations In that
behalf.
BEN. SPOONER, Marshal. q. s.
Attest: j. ID. HoWLAN.D, Clerk.
jana dl4t
The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15
solid silver Ware

Manufactured expressly for our trade, and
many smaller articles, particularly appio-
PIRATE for Holiday aud Wedding Presents.
Constantly on hand a choice selection OF
WARE. which viii bs
sold at a very close proht
Particular attention given 10 the Re-
setting OF Diamonds and other Gems, in
the most novel and artistic manner.
An examination Of our stock Is respect
fully solicited. fdel2 dly
The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15
Notice.

WE WANT no CLOSE UP ALL
our accounts at the commencement
of the new year, and wish all who know
themselves indebted to please call and set
tie. and obIige
jana vICKERY BROTHERS.
The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15

The Detroit Tribune grinds out this
short hymn Oh JoHNsoN's amnesty
proclamation:
The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15

Blow ye the trumpet, blow.
The scarce expected sound:
Let all the traitors know.
To earth's remotest bound.
That Johnson's jubiles has come.
Returns ye sneaktng rebels, home.
The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15
FIVE PER CENT.

In other words. we will sell ONE DOL
LARS WORTH of any and all goods In
our store FOR s5 CENTS. to be paid II,
cash or its equivalent at the time Of purchase.
We propose to sell, as heretofore, as low
as any other house in the city: and in
addition, as an inducenent to buy for
cash, we will throw of cents for every
dollars worth you buy at retail.
This is no humbug or deception, as those
who have known us for the last fifteen
years will readily believe; and strangers
who wish to be convinced have only 81
try.
WE EXCEPT NO GOODS. -
Staples and Fancy Goods will share alike
in the slaughter. Bring your cash, so as
to be prepared to get Is cents back for
every five dollars worth you buy.
Jan4l vICKERY BROS. 7s Main st.
The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15
TICKETS can be purchased of

L. h. LYME, Farmers Bank, Hender-
K. B. ALEXANDER, Commercial Bank,
Louisville, KY;
THOS. Z. A. BROOKS, Covfngton, KY;
JOHN c. LATHAM, President Bank OF
HOpktnsville, Hopkinsville, KY.
James L. DallaIn, Commercial Bank, Pa
ducah, KY.
|4- Books opened at these points on the
Ist of October, 1865.
PHI LIP HOKNBROOK, Esq, Water
Street, between Main and sycamore, and
SEMONIN, DIXON & CO., No. north
First street, will order tickets from the
Agents at Henderson, KY, for those who
desire to purchase. se25 dtf
The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15
TIOK It's, > >.

THE DRAWING WILL ia h II
III place at Masonic Temple, in Louis
vile, Kentucky, on the lst day OF Septem-
ber, 1863.
Agents will furnish pamphlets giving
description of the property, and contain
ing the act of the Legislature GisthoraztH0
the sale.
commissioners who will manage the en-
terprise are named in the act of the Le2is-
lature, and their integrity ana reSpoust-
billy are endorsed in the certificates
(which will be found in the pampnlets)
Of Governor John w. Stevenson, Hons.
Garrett Davis and Thomas G. McCreery,
United States Senators, Hon. John I.
Bunch, Speaker of the Kentucky House
of Representatives, Hoa. Archibald Dixon,
Joseph Adams, President of the Farmers
Bank, L. G. Dallam, President of the Ma
tional bank, John ii. BaIret and others, OF
Henderson, KY; Hon. w. 4. Parrett, Judge
of the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judi
clal District, and M. S. johnson, Judge of
the Court OF Common Pleas, of Indiana;
Hon. VIM. H. Walker, Mayor, John 5.
Hopkins, President First National Bank.
and others, of Evansville. Indiana, and
many other gentlemen of position and
prominence In Kentucky and Indiana.
The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15
FANCY and STAPLE GROCERIES,

We will, during the month of January,
sell at reduction of
The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15
GROCERIES.
Cash! Cash!
Highly Important News!

Wishing to reduce our stock of
The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15

The Washington correspondent of
the Cincinnati Commercial gives what
he expects people to accept as pen
and ink portrait of CARL ScHURz.
He Savo.
The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15

Is now offered to the afflicted throughout
the country, after having been proved by
the test of thirteen years in the New Eng
land states, where It's merits have become
as we'll known as the tree from which, in
part, it derives its virtues.
The Evansville journal., 1869-01-15

Jan1l d&w
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-02-04
Ki)bouIn's Store, Q N c E M O H Ez

Now the rail oad war Ing come to an end, And the people are bound to be in bonds, Let all your goOdly footsteps daily tend. I 10 the Cheap Store close by the depot ponds; Bring all your friends, don't forget single l, For there's the cheapest bargains under the Sun Bring the Lame we've power make them walk. Bring the dumb, our prices will make them talk Bring the blind ,oul nice goods will mske them
 see,
 ing the deaf, our gleat spell shall make Bring your wife-don't fail to learn how lit
 tie pelf, Will bring away the goods from Kilpourn's
 shelf.
 Three special bargains offer to you all, To see them good friends, don't fail to call And first have pile of shoes, Bought of the Bankrupt Jews, I'll sell them for half their cost, And pity the maker that has lost. The pile is worth $2. 2.COO, just, I'll take one half; don't ask for trusI. And next the Flour trade wants word. Though cries for bread are seldom heard. Just nifty barrels in week are bound to go; And every price and kina I keep, you knew. lis cash I'll have. for trust is dead, Wien Flour is made up into bread. And third, cold weather has come st last, With snow and ice and chilling blast; So in good kindness am not 10th, To cell you cheap your heavy cloth. If one car get good bunco,nbe Satinet, For fifty cents yard, why need he fret Yea more. good fine cassime,e, each yard, For just one dollar. Who would not be a bard? All kinds keep and sell them very cheap, have a mighty heap, wiib prices never sleep, And last to end this punning. l Il add a little dunning. Do you owe me. Will you pay? If you do, pray don't say nay. To be brief the subject isn't funny, Coed friends I'd like little money.
 Yours ruly D. e. KILROURN.
 of "Cheap Grocery Fame
 Litchfeld Station Dec 1868. 12 t!
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-02-04
Wolcottyille Savings Bank
 Office i'm Granite Block,
woLCoTTvILLE, CONN.

WOLCOTTVILLE, CONN. hEPOSlTS received on and after August D 18th, l868 s
 Deposits made on or before the 1st day ol any month will draw interest frem that day.
 Loans made on the usual terms
 The affairs of the bank are under the slirec. tion of competent board Of Trustees.
 Office hours from to l2 a. m and from to 3 P. m.
 b-a x. N. H0LLEY, President.
 E. I. HUNGERF0RD. Treasurer. St
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-02-04

Proverbs for the season: 'sUse Renne's Magic Oil" "Can't keep house without it. '.It works like charm "A few more bottles left" "A Yankee invention worth trying" "Cures quickly for little money" Sold everywhere.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-02-04
In subsequent issue the Pauadi,as

In subsequent issue the Pauadi,m says: 4G
 We are informed from persons in that neighborhood who have had opportunities of learning the facts, that the principal, ii not the only charge on which Mr. Parker was deposed Whatever Dr. Beecher may have had to do with it) related to immorali- ty rather than to doctrinal error. If this be true 1t is sufficient reason why the af- fair is not mentioned" in any of ssthe bi- ographies of Dr. Beecber."
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-02-04

Several western legislatures propose to limit railroad fares. They are now double those of eastern roads, and even those are at least twice as large as they ought to be.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-02-04
CONNECTICUT IN THE OLDEN
 TIME.

We clip from the New Haven PaUadium the following interesting Personal Recol- lections" by Henry Reed in tue Cincinnati Gdzeue
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-02-04
11-2 HOURS TN ADVANCE

OF any other line. Mondays and Thurs
days this train has an Elegant Drawing
Room Car through from Chicago to New
York witho out change.
The 500 A NJ. train from Chicago 6 33
P. M. from .. Sandusky) arrives in New
YORK at 100 the second evening, " ith sill
yer palace ears attached through from Chi
cago to N. York without change, 81 hours
in advance of any other route, and in time
to max connection for Boston. No other
line offers this ad va ntage. T.
Special train On Saturday Afternoons
with silver palace through car attached.)
-Trsins from principal Western Towns
which connect with tbea Saturday, Evening
Train from Chicago and Ft. Way ne, and
Sunday Morning Train from Crestline, run
through on Sunday without delay arriving
in New York. Philadelphia, Baltimore and
W ashington City. Hours in advance of all
rival lines Pares always asslow as the
cheapest route east.
| Particular attention of Travellers is in
vited to the hotel accomm cd afions of this
route, especially at Pittsburgh and Al
toona. The New Union Depot Hotel, at
Pittsburgh, has just been opened to the
public by the Peansylvania Central Rail-
road Company, and Is unquestionably the
| finest establishment of the kind in Americ.
EDW ARD H. WILLIAMS,
Genl Sup't. Altoona, Pa
T. L. KIMBALL, Gen. W Pass Agent,
n39 Chicago.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-02-04
Horrible Tragedy In Iowa.

Chicago, February la terrible
tragedy occurred in Merwin comfy,
Iowa, thirty. miles from Desmoines.
On Saturday,a a man named George
Shaffer who had twice deserted his
wife, returned recently and ordered
her to leave her fathers house. On
Saturday he went there with load
ed revolver. His wife's mother met
him at the door, After knocking her
down with a chair, he served his
wife similarly, and then shot her in
the head, killing her instantly. He
next fired three times at himself,
without effect, failing in which, he
gashed his throat with butcher
knife. The neighbors found him
living with his head on the bosom OF
his dead wife, and one of his chill
dren in his arms. He declared his
predetermination to kill his wife,
even if he had to murder the whole
family. He was taken to Red Rock
His age is 25. ...