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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-08-03

LoUIsVILLE.-The C0Ur1er-JOmaaL
of Saturday says:
The Pink Varble will go on the
canal docks to-day for repairs, after
which she will enter the Cairo trade
The tow boat A. j. Baker arrived
from New Orleans yesterday with a
tow OF six empty barges. Nearly all
Of her crew are laid up with fever
The tow boat Falls Pilot yesterday
assembled the falls with an empty
barge in tow, a feat never accom-
plished before at this stage of water.
The Mary Houston has deferred
her departure for New Orleans until
D Pm. Monday.
CINCINNATI.-The Commercial of
Sunday says:
New Orleans freights rule firm at
81 % for whisky, 81 30 for oil, 81 per
Dbl. for pork, and 35 cents per 100 for
bacon.
During the past month three steam
ers were destroyed by fire, two sunk,
and accidents happened to five. Only
one steamboat died during the same
period.
The firm of Rose & Bachelor,
steamboat agents, has been dissolved
by mutual consent. Mr.. Harry Rose
will carry on the business at the same
place.
PTTsBURa. = The Commercial Of
Saturday says:
The marks last evening indicated
five feet ten inches and rising. The
weather during the day was all that
could be desired. Trade on the land
ing was dull, freights to most points
being scarce. The season has been
long one.
CINcINNATL-The Gazette of Sat
urday says:
The new stern wheel steamer Jen-
ME Howell, now lying al the foot of
Ludlow, will be completed a week
from to-day. She is being built by
Captain A. NJ. Halliday, for the Red
River trade Her Dimensions are as
follows: hull 146 feet long, beam 352
feet, hold 81 feet Her wheel is Is
feet in diameter, with thirteen buck
cts "a feet long. She has three
double-fued boilers % feet long and
30 inches in diameter, two engines of
Al feet stroke, with 10 inch cylinders.
Her cabin is 40 feet long, and has
twenty four commodious staterooms.
Width of cabin ten feet. Space be-
TWEEN decks eleven feet. Ceiling of
cabin seven and one half feet high.
She has a texas 40 feet long, and II
feet wide, containing ten rooms for
officers and crew.
Captain George Wolf yesterday
purchased from Mr.. Laugelin, the
steamer Armadillo. Terms private.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-08-03

The weather yesterday was clear
and warm, the mercury standing az
9Oo at 2P. ~ The river is still fall
ing, with a good stage of water for the
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-19
Woman's Victory Incomplete

The Milwaukee Sentinel seems tc
be alarmed at Mrs. Stanton's sug.
gestioh that women should veal
mems clothes, but keeps its courage
up by the following reflections:
But we console ourselves with
the reflection that fl our trowsers
are carried, all will not yet be lost.
We shall be measurably secure un-
til repeated assaults have battered
us down to the stature Of women,
wrenched out our boards, hoisted
our bass voices into soprano, pared
down our big feet and hands and
noses, contracted our chests, ex-
panded Our hips, and parted our
hair in the middle. These things
accomplished, five can he induced
to climb on a chair at the approach
of a mouse, and screech violently
at the unexpected appearance of a
spider, the metamorphosis will be
complete, and we shall be at the
mercy ofbrutal men, and compelled
to suckle infants, sew on buttons,
and do other disagreeable things,
for women's wages. And then,
how humiliating to think that when
wemen's victory is thus completed,
she will appear far more elegant
and graceful than any real man =
the thing is dreadful to contem-
plate, Our nerves are only quiet
when we reflect that in proportion
as elegance and grace are more
conspicuous in women, in the same
proportion will the concealment of
sex be turned into revealment. We
should be thankful for even this lit
tie safeguard against the brutal men,
this triding protection against fall
ing desperately in love with other
men, to our undoing.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-19

which we have witnessed would,
without their help have been retard.
ed, none who look at the facts can
fail to see. We cannot shut our
eyes upon the present, we cannot
forget the past The building Of
the Central Pacific Railroad, in so
large part by Chinese labor, is only
a small portion of the beneficial re-
suits to be credited to Chinese i'm
migration.
And yet, just here, in the matter
of labor, we find the loudest com
plants and assaults against these
Asiatics put forth. We might OBJ
ject, with some show of argument
and reason, against these people as
Of q different race, color and relig-
ion. But even here the answer
may be returned, that they are not
dlsturbers Of our peace, and order
and institutions. They are not
here as propagandists to overthrow
our civilization, supplantng it with
their own peculiar Institutions
1t would be q humiliating confes-
sion Of weakness on our part to
suppose such a peril imminent
In this connection, too, tits proper
to say there is no real ground for
that other apprehension, the utter
ance Of which we hear sometimes,
that the country will be harmed by
their exercise of suffrage. Not,
certainly, if left to themselves they
do not desire the privilege of vot-
ing-they hardly, perhaps, think of
it. Protection, justice, kindness
they do need. These they wish,
they have right to them, and it is
hoped these will be more aud more
secured to them. But, as already
stated, they do not come with any
intention of seeking citizenship,
and while here temporarily they
show no desire to become citizens, ,
and unless the right of suffrage is
forced upon them, it will be long
before they will exercise it, or seek
to exercise it.
Meanwhile, they are with us, and
fulfilling the providential mission
for which they are brought hither.
They acquire our learning and arts,
and more and more will they be
by our civilization. Above
all, the efforts which from the first
have been made to impart to them
the truths OF our religion, and new
er wholly without some favorable
result, now, Using more extensive
ly the medium of our language, in
addition to their own in the Chinese
so called-how
much greater may we not hope, will
be the effect of outstanding infu-
ences
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-19

The WRONG SMELL.-A high Of
fcer of the Sons Of Temperance
presenting himself with the smell
of grog he had been drinking upon
him, at the door of q "division"
for admission, was waited upon by
an Irish sentinel, to whom he gave
the password, when the following
passed:
"Sir," said he, can yez are Mister
.O'Wright, the Grand Worthy Pa
triarch of the State of Khaintucky,
1 do be afther belavin."
"Yes," said Jim, you are per
fectly right, my friend but why do
you ask the question p
"To tell yez the truth, then, sir,
and shame the devil" said Pat,
"yez do be havin' the right pass
word for Son of Temperance, en-
tlrely; but by the Holy Virgin and
the blessed Saint Patherick, yez got
the wrong smell"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-19
A BLIND KISS.

DO you mind It, Harry Hardy,
To the cottage down IN Tie lane;
When yOu went with Mary SOmels,
And with little JanU1
To the apple-pearing frolir.
On the soft November hight
When the fnll mOOn lOOks sd 30 ihellO,,
As II climbed DelgardO's height.
Well. did M think to tell you-.
= And | meant tO tell yOn all
When we took a little respite,
In our cosy little hall;
Aud Susan Lane--the teacher
Proposed novel game;
II wasi Hiss and guess in blindiOld--
/ do not know its name.
sat completely blinded,
And guessing all amiss.
When dozen girls had kissed me,
recognized a kissl
For well knew no other
Had such 4 sweet curess;
Or could stir Thy bOsOm's fcrvOr.
With such a thrilling press.
Iguessed IT wrong a purpose
For did MT wish to tell,
Thai one in all the party
Could Kiss with such a spell
But I'll tel you Harry Hardy,
1t was dazzling little jane
The gushing little damsel
Walked with down the lane
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-19

Mendel was so overcome by grie
that her memory failed her entirely
so that on returning to the stag,
not a word could she remember O
her part The audience waited fol
some time in astonishment at the
silence maintained by the actress
the actress gazed in piteous embar.
assment, until, by sudden inspi.
ration, and almost mechanically,
indeed, she remembered that she had
a rehearsal copy Of the play in the
pocket Of her apron. She drew it
forth without hesitation, and began
to read from it with the greatest
selfpossession imaginable. At first
the audience knew not whether to
laugh or be angry, but presently
memory, pathos, forgetfnlness Of
all but her art had returned to Mile,
Mendel, and in the uttefance of one
ofthe most impassioned sentiments
OF her speech she flung the rehear-
sal copy iuto the orchestra and
went on with her part without pause
or hesitation. The applause of the
audience was so tremendous that
one of the witnesses to the scene
has told us that the great monster
chandelier in the center of the roof
swung to and fro with vibration.-
But on her return to the dressing
room the excitement proved too
much, and she tainted away. On
coming back to consciousness it
was to find Duke Louis at her feet,
and the head Commlssionaire stand
ing by her side, bidding her take
courage, for the pearls had been
found. "Where are they?' ex-
claimed she. care you sure that
meme are missing? Have none
been stolen r. Duke Louis then
clasped around her neck the string
of pearls, complete at last, no
longer sown ON the velvet band,
but strung with symmetry and fast
ened with diamond clasp. What
more could be done by a faithful
lover? He had spared neither
pains nor sacrifice to attain his end,
and Mile. Mendel consented to be
his wife. The Empress OF Austria
appears to have been much moved |
by the story, and suggested the
nomination of the bride elect to the
title Of Baroness de Wallersee, |
which thus equalized the rank of the |
gances, thus enabling them to mar
ry without difficulty. They live
the most retired life possible in
their little chateau on Lake Stain
berg, where the Empress Of Austria
is about to visit them. They say
that the Duchess Louis of Bavaria
never puts off night or day the neck
lace of pearls, the clasp of which
she has had riveted to her neck; !
and that in consequence of this pc.
culiarity she is known all through
the country round by the name of
the Fairy Perlina, from the old
German tale of the Magic Pearl
Paris Cor. Court journal.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-19

Ray of Hope Temple No. 229, meets ev.
cry Monday evening at their Hall in Ely's
block. l. +. King, W. @. T.; B. 7. Will
liams, W. v. r.; ]. R. Powell, W. O.,
Maggie Ustick, ". r. S.; B. H. Millikan
WA. S.; A. H. snider, W. F. S.; Mary
Millikan, W. t.; T. D. McElwain, W M
Lizzie VanDeman, W.D.M.; Jennie Will
son, W. 1. g.; VIM. Eskridge, W. o. g.
Mrs. j. snider, W. R. H. S.; Mrs. VIM
Smith, W. L. H. s.; Geo. Carpenter, P
W. G. T.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-19

An order has been introduced Id
the Common Council ct Washing
ton, D. c., "to prohibit the raising
of musketoes" in that city, and i'm
poses a penalty Of from IL to 80
on every person who shall allow
any bucket, tub or other receptacle
Containing water in their yards
without having the same secuseiisy
covered, to prevent musketoes
from propagating.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-19

James Bell, was convicted, in
Philadelphia, a few days ago, on 4
charge of larceny of some tools
He was addicted to the use of hq.
nor, and to raise funds to procure
some, he took the tools given him
by his employer and pawned thefi.
To raise money in this way is not
according to law, but to spend it
for rum is.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-19

Robert Alexander was sentenced
to one months imprisonment by
Judge Pierce, Of Philadelphia, for
committing assault and battery up
on his wife, attacking her while
reading paper. According to the
poor woman's testimony Robert
was once a very decent man, but for
the last four years he has been con-
tinually drunk and abusive.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-19

William McKeowan and George
Briggs on Tuesday engaged in a
social drinking, in one of the Pitts
burg saloons. Result: William
fractured Georges skull with paw
ing stone, That wasn't very social,
but lawful.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-19
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

Judge of Fayette Common Pleas Court
"A. s. D1okEf, of Highland County.
Probate Judges. B. YEoMAN.
Prosecuting Attorney.-H. B, MAYNARD
Eheriff.-CoNRAD GARIs.
CLERK of 0ourt.-R. MIILKAN.
Auditor.-ABEL Mo0ANDLEss.
Treasurer. 0. JOHNSON.
Recorder-Z. W. HEAGLER.
Suryeyor--JAMEs A. MCLEAN.
Coroner. JOHN A. PARRETT.
Commissioners. ALLEN HEAaLER VIII
LIAM CLARK, ENos REEbER
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-19

Temple Lodge, No. 297, meets at Wash
ineton every Tuesday evening, at their
hall ON Court street, j. N. VANDEMAN,
N. G.; H. P. CHERRY, V. g.; Q. PARvIN'
r. s.; L. @. KARNEY, P. S.; Q. l.. GETz,
Treasurer.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-19

Fayette Lodge, No. lO7, of Free and Ac
ceptpe Masons, meets on the first Wednes
day evening after the full moon, and wher
the moon fulls on Wednesday, on tha'
evening. MILLS GARDNER, W. M; ]. P
RoBrNRoN, S. W.; P. E. MoREHoUsE, j
W.; A. M. STIMsoN, s. D.; H. L. ROBIN
son, j. D.; j, MIsER, Treas; B. H. Mil
1IKAN, Sec.; L. O. KARNEY, Tyler.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-19
"How Can I coompn

The following story is good be-
cause it is true. We had it from
the lips of a good woman, who was
told it by the principal actor her
self: sven 1 first come to Fliadel-
fy to serve, was very tincivil,''
said Katrine, now a tidy servant in
"a respectable family; 1 laugh
mooch, | feel ashamed to remem-
Der how ! behave ven know SO
little. Shon, tat vas my beau
Shon, he took me to that teater one
night, ven l been in Filadelfy but
tree weeks. We sits in te gallery,
and we not see goot, and Shon said
he would got d better seat. So he
puts his leg around der post, and
shlides down mid der pit, and looks
up and calls out, 'Katrine Katrine
COON down! tish a good place
here = and l lean over, and said l.:
How can | COON, Shon p And he
said, shust shlide down So l put
my legs round derpillar, and shlides
down, Donder! how the people
laugh! Dey laugh SO dey play no
more dat night upon te stage. Ev-
erybody laugh and yell and whistle
all over der house! / wos much
ashamed, den, tough l knew not
any harm. But now / plushes red
every time | thinks mid it,"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-19

OF immigration from emma and Ja-
pan is, on the whole, a great ma.
tional benefit. This gain of labor
ers and labor has come to us natu-
rally and in the manifest fulGllment
of the law Of demand. So true is
this statement, that old Californians
well remember with what interest
the earliest arrival of any Of these
people was greeted and welcomed
Special efforts were made to assure
those pioneer Asiatic adventurers
that they were not only welcome,
but desired. Among the interest
ing "reminiscences of that early his
tory is the public reception given
to some hundred or more Chinese
in San Francisco in the year 1850.
THE gathering was upon the Plaza,
under the marshalship of the Chi
nese Vice Consul, and in the pres
ence also Of the municipal officers
and other citizens. The event is
thus noticed in the volume of can
nails of San Francisco" ;-"August
28th. "A novel and interesting Ger
emony took place this afternoon in
Portsmouth Square. Mayor Geary,
Vice Consul, Frederick A. Wood
worth, Rev. Albert Williams, and
other members Of a Committee ap-
pointed for the purpose, assembled
on the platform to present the Chi
nese residents with religious tracts,
papers, and books, printed in Chi
nese characters. The China boys
as they are pleased to be called,
having formed themselves into pro
cession, marched to the Square, and
arranged themselves in q circle up
on the platform. They were cloth
ed richly in their native costume,
and made a fine and pleasing ap-
pearance. Here the presentation
took place and addresses We're made
by each of the gentlemen above
named, which were interpreted by
As-sing, one Of the Chinese, The
Mayor, on this occasion, extended
them an invitation to take part in
the funeral ceremonies that were to
occur on the following day." Ac-
on the Goth of August,
when the funeral pageant in com
of the death of Presi-
dent Taylor occurred, "a large
company Of Chinese residents" as
stated in the "Annals," "took part
in the imposing ceremonies" And
the next day, a communication in
Chinese, of which the following is
a translation, was presented to the
SAN FRANtlsco, CA1., August 30 1850.
70 the Hon. John ". Gedry, May |
or Of the city Of San Francisco
"S1R;-The China Boys wish to
thank you for the kind mark of at
tention you bestowed upon them in
extending to them an invitation to
DIN with the citizens of San Fran
cisco in doing honor to the memo
y of the late President of the Uni
ed States, General Zachary Taylor.
The China Boys feel proud ofthe
distinction you have shown them,
md will always endeavor to merit
your good opinion and the good
opinion of their adopted country.
The China Boys are fully sensible
If the great loss this country has
sustained in the death of its chief
ain and ruler, and mourn with you
n sorrow. Strangers as they are
you, they kindly appreciate
he many kindnesses received at
lour hands, and again beg leave,
With grateful hearts to thank you.
"As-sING,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-19

John Meagher, and express was
on driver, in Cincinnati, on the
morning of the Goth, struck his
wife on the head with an axe two
or three times, cutting off one ear
and fracturing the skull. Suppos-
ing her dead he rushed to the river
and drowned himself Meagher
had been married ffteen years, and
of late he was very intemperate and
disagreed with his wife. She will
Scarcely recover. There are sever
al children in the family,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-19
POOK OF NATUREl

It treats Of private matters" in which the
married and those contemplating marriage
are deeply interested. Full of beautiful plates
illustrative Of the subjects Of which IL treats.
1t contains facts in Sexual Physiology of
great value to both old and young. Price
observation. For a circular giving full in
formation about this work, send stamp
and address 10 W. A. HOMES, Drawer s2S,
Cleveland, o. Jan q, '69 gly
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-19
nA-HF.
"In behalf of the China Boys"

Gin behalf of the China Boys"
Thus the courtesy shown these
people, among whom were several
intelligent and wealthy merchants
and others, whose bearing, if not
their position, was that of manda-
rims, produced a most pleasing eff
feet, as the design also was friend
ly and conciliatory. So also, with
out any risk of contradiction, I am
free to declare, the general uniform
attitude and action ofGovernment,
and all wise and good citizens on
the Pacific coast, have ever been
such as to assure Cinnamon who
are among us and to attract their
countrymen to US. The policy so
early inaugurated has been contin-
ued, as the result shows, for 1.-the
cry is, still they come" The gen
eral fact, too,. answers all the spe-
cial objections which, from time to
time and just now characterized by
peculiar zeal and spirit, have
been made against Chinese immi-
grafton.
On a subject which calls forth
and receives various ideas and the
ories, it may be allowable in me to
express my own thoughts briefly
in the view of this practical ques-
ton. / do not sympathize with
those who seem to discern "evil
and only evil continually" in Asi-
attic immigration. An experience
of twenty years has not brought
out any disastrous result from this
large and increasing social element
among us. Commerce, agriculture,
manufactures, and the fourth sup
port upon which society rests, min
ing, have not suffered, as far as
can discover, any injury from this
cause. On the other hand, each and
all of these general interests, with |
all their varied incidents and forms
of industry, have been by this
agency largely furthered and aug
mented. That which, from the |
first, was so much required and
.wished-labor-the Chinese have |
given to us. They came oppor-
tunely, they came to supply an ac-
knowledged want. How greatly
the enterprise and advancement !
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-19

FRUIT FROM CAL1toRHGA.-To
day the Chicago marketi is we'll sup.
piled with California fruit-onee 6
rare luxury IN this city but now
thanks to the Pacific Railroad, no
longer SO, and likely to become as
common on our tables as the
peaches of st. Joe, or the straw
berries of our own State. A car
load of fruit from the Golden State
arrived here yesterday, being the
first fruit car through from San
Francisco. The freight is So cwt,
or about S940 on a car load. 1t oc-
cupied five days on the journey,
and the cargo, which consisted of
boxes of plums, peaches, grapes,
and other ripe fruits, was in splen-
did Chicago RepUbli-
can, july 80.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-19
SCHOOL EXAMINERS.

D. @. EAsTMAN, P. E. MoREHousE, J B..
PRID5Y. The Board meets at Washington
on the third Saturday of every month; also
the first Saturday in April, May, August,
September, October and November.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-19

WE HAVE JUST PRINTED vari.
w ETY. Of Justices Blanks, Constable'a
Sales, &c. All ofwhich we have on land
and for sale at the Herald office.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-19

James Barbary, drunk, smashed
in the skull of one Hornell, bar
keeper, in Brooklyn, on the 18TH