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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22
The FirLernih Amendment.

The ratification of the Fifteenth
Amendment to the Constitution OF
the United States seems to be inevlta-
BILE. One by one, the State Legisla-
lures have passed upon it favorably,
until not a great number are requisite
to secure its adoption as part of the
organic law of the nation. On
Wednesday of last week. the New
York Senate eoneurred in the action
of the Assembly some weeks before.
This makes twenty one States in ia
vor of the Amendment, as follows:
Maine, Massachusetts,, New York,
Pennsylvania. West Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama,
Tennessee, Florida, Michigan, Hi
nois, Wisconsin. Minnesota, Iowa,
Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Arkan-
sas, Louisiana aud Kansas.
OF these States, however. the ratifi-
cation by Missouri and Kansas was
premature. action being taken before
correct copies Of the Amendment had
been received The Legislatures OF
these States will, therefore, have TO
revise their ACTION to make it legal.
1t is supposed by those who have
the best opportunity of knowing that
the following States will raify the
Amendment during the year: Yer
mont, New Hampshire, Connecticut
Georgia, Rhode Island, Mississippi
Virginia and Texas. This will make
twenty. nine States, one more than il
required to insure the success of thu
Amendment. 1t is also probable that
before the year expires, one or two o
the Western Territories will adop
State Constitutions, embodying th,
principles of the Amendment, and b.
admitted into the Union. 1t is
therefore, pretty safe to con
clude that the Fifteenth Amendment
is dead sure thing" Once full.
assured of this fact, we expect t
: witness a prompt change of front o
the part of the Democracy of GU
e State. The seeding members of til
Legislature will be canvasslng tn
State for afidavits to prove that tn
Z Election Bill and other obnoxiou
legislation was the real cause of the
resigning, and not the Fifteent
5 Amendment. They will consume til
midnight oil in hunting up evidenC
:. to prove that the Democratic part
: always was in favor of negro sufrag
: We shall not be surprised to see on
# young friend VAN RIPPER again car
}. didate for Councilman of the Thir
Il Ward. aud circulating as campaig
II document the certificate of the viii
II employees he supplanted with negrOt
Il as proof that he always preferred nj
? groes as laborers. We think all tn
IA and much more will be realized
: our city within the next two or thrC
S years.
Y, Well, we'll, the world moves, al
1T even the Democratic party must
le expected to move with it.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22

THE POPULATION OF VERMONT
Like the other New England States,
Vermont loses largely by the emigra-
ton Of her native population, but,
unlike the others, this loss is not
made up by the influx of strangers.
This is due, no doubt, 10 the fact that
Vermont is not a manufacturing
State, and therefore does not largely
invite immigration. According to the
United States census of 1860, the
gain in population in the State from
1850 to 1860 was only ninety ssUe9l an
nually. During that period no less
than 174, 765 of her inhabitants emf
grated to other States and Territories,
while only 3,198 came to Vermont
from other States. If this rate of de-
pletiou be continued, and writer IN
! the Burlington Press says there is no
reason for supposing the contrary,
the next census will show that Yer
mont has suffered positive loss OF
inhabitants and is declining in popu-
lation.
In regard to the relative proper
ton Of the native and foreign popu-
lations, the State registration reports
show that native births have in
creased since the war and foreign
births decreased, so that the fears en-
tertained by some that the foreign
born population might, ere long, out
number the American by natural in
crease. are pot likely to be realized
In 1867 there was no county In the
State where the births of foreign pa
rentage exceeded those of the native
population.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22
rhe Rreak M the Harpers.

John Paul" thus discourses to
the Springfield Republican about the
late JAMES HARPER:
THE saddest thing of late is the /
sudden death of James Harper, ia !
miliarly known as the Mayor. IT'S !
nothing against his memory, good OLD |
gentleman, that he once held Office IN
the City Government, and had some
thing to do with its politics, for he
abandoned them all after very brief
term. He was a kind hearted man,
and of very sympathetic nature. His
death makes the first break In the
Gordon of brothers which has endured
for more than fifty years. You can
we'll imagine what void is made IN
| the firm, and how to the survivors the
| building on Franklin Square Will no
more seem like itself. IL was early
agreed on as the policy of the
firm, that if any member disagreed as
to the advisability of any move, even
though the others were strongly IN It's
favor, it should be abandoned. Har-
mony of action was to be preserved at
all costs. Here, perhaps, we have one
secret Of the success of the hrm. NOW
the chain is broken. The great con-
Germ will still go on with all its busy
life; the huge presses will elang
from morning till night, and toss
the printed sheets impatlently from
their nerovous iron arms, aud the
same imprint will go out to the
world, but to the remaining brothers
the firm of Harper Brothers must have
ceased to exist. The shadow of q
. change had hung over the house
for some time. Mr.. Wesley Har-
, per, the Captain" had been
very low with disease incura
Bile in its nature, and it was thought
some weeks ago that the end was near
For this they were In a measure pre-
> pared, though as have said, the blow
: was none the less dreaded, and tn
shadow of coming loss hung dark anC
/. heavy above the house. But tn
death Of James came like a thunder
. bolt, dazing them. They go abou
e the great building like men in dreams
d their lively INTEREST," In all is paralyzed
# as it were. 1t is very sad indeed
= Prate as much as we please of death
= and bereavement, it is only when
comes home to us that we understan
G what it means. A funeral next doc
It may excite our consideration, but it
= only when the hearse drives from Gu
' own that we know what it is to los
+ one with whom our own life has bee
{, interviewer, our soul knit up.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22

,svas burdsu themselves With cay.
ue Int pure metal Nor ia this the
onIv evidence that the statement il
" "o Who can doubt il when
fFtv cents is faithfully charged for a
mouse trap, fifteen cents for Zone tap"
which seems a Snall allowance to
two dozen whisky tumblers-ftteen
cents for grinding a shovel, and thirty
cents each for two spools of silk? We
6nd also charged 81 for two days
work of Mrs. knight" which seems
hard on that worthy woman, but
proves that ia other things beside
mouse traps and taps the Governor is
| Of a frugal mind"
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22

WE have hitherto neglected 10 sea-
graduate GEORGE Il. GREENE, 81 'ee
Vineennes Sun, over his bE5ltgaat vte-
torv at the recent Demeeras1e pgseas~
rs election il that sewe> &eSaS
America seemS - have been t90
sharp for h1ua, sas, wfsA eAs SSseF
chronic o&e--eoaSess> Ne AAS reatsd
to the shades ee pEaVase 35te- lie was
beaten far the asmsaeGlon for Mayor
By WmLIA9 BaSsSSoS. a young Law
studsna. raa N1aeennes Sun is IN
der 3 e1ea
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22
The LItlIe Wabash n. 4 NJ. COmpan,

The htlle NaD1Sl n IL NJ yum pony >
We believe some of our merchants
were subscribers TO, or stockholders
in, this corporation. They may be in
terested, therefore, in knowing that at
a meeting Of the stockholders recently
held in Carmi, resolution was pass
ed, without dissenting vote. ceding
the Lock and Dam and property con-
neeled with them to the State Of Hi
nois. The State has, we believe,
made an appropriation to finish the
work and keep it in a useful coudi-
ton. The reasons assigned for the
surrender Of the property to the State
Is the inability OF the stockholders to
raise money to complete the work,
Owinq to Que or two changes in the
location of The Dam, after it had been
commenced. the cost of constructing
it far exceeded the estimates-not an
unusual circumstance, however. The
stockholders were convinced that they
could not complete the job, and there
fore cheerfully handed it over to ,
corporation which could. We hop,
the State of Illinois will be equal t.
the emergency, and make the Littl
Wabash nayigable during good par
of the wear.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22
MlnIstcr Motley.

The Pittsburg Commercial thinks
the character of Mr.. MoTLEY's in
structions may be inferred from Mr..
SUMMERS recent speech, which re-
fleets, not the views of the Admins
tration only, but Of the great body of
the people of the United States.
They will be ready within the next
few days, and it is expected that our
new Minister will speedily depart for
his new theatre Of action. A special
interest has been given to Mr.. Nor
LEY's appointment, aud the Alabama
claims and our relations with Eng
land in general, by Mr.. SUMMERS
speech, the rejection Of the treaty,
and the uuanimity of public sentiment
in support of the speech and the
action of the Senate. The manner
of his reception in England will be
waited for with no common interest
Backed, as his position on the para
mount question will be, by some o.
the best Of the English statesmen, i
is difficult to perceive how the new
demands can be rejected without in
volving the British Ministry and thu
people in radical divisions. Mr.. Nor
LEY viii not only go backed by tn
united American sentiment, but h
will be able to support his position b,
appealing to high British authority
fortified by British public opinion, b
no means insignificant. The question
has an interest for every nation an
people, and Mr.. MoTLEY's appearance
at the Court of st. James will be a
event Of no slight importance.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22

BONNER, owner of the Ledger and
Dexter for this week" has already
expended 100000 in advertising the
latest Ledger story, "Red hniie'
aud will probably swell the amount
to 500 600. What do advertisers
think Of this?
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22
Steamboat For Sale.

0N THURSDAY, THE ED DAY
~ of April. 1869. at 2 O'Clock Pm. of said
day, at the wharf at Evansville, Indiana,
viii offer Tor sale, at public auction the
steamboat Petrolia No. 2, together with
her machinery, DC. She is 100 tons burthen
I25 feet long, and her breadth 20 feet Terms
Of sale: One-third cash In hand, the bal
ance In three, quail instruments, az three.
six an nine months. with security. All
partit having claims against the boat are
requested to pre- ent the same 10 me i'm
medfately for payment.
PHILIP HORNBROOK, Trustee.
CCincinnatI Commercial, and Cairo
Times copy and send bills to Z, Horn
brook mh30 dtd
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22

In retiring from the above firm, 1 cheer
fully recommend my former partners, who
com pose the new firm, worthy of the
con adence of the trade heretofore extend
ed to the firms In which they were part
ners, as well as of the entire business COM
mun1ty. JAMES NJ. CARPENTER.
aDrl2 DIV
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22
SEvFRAL New Yorkers and two or

SEVERAL New Workers and two or
three Illinoisans, who have received
Consular appointments, are found to
have been deceptively set down as
coming from other States, which, of
course, are this cheated out Of their
share. The loss they have suffered
from this trick is deplorable.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22
WILLIAM HEILMAN, Agent.
Dissolution Of Copartnership.

YrVHE COMPREHENSIVE HERETO.
Il fore existip g between ]. NJ. CARPENTER,
/. NJ. White, and @. Clement, under the
q Co., is this day dissolved by mutual con-
sent. The business viii be continued Y
@. Clement and 1. NJ. White, undert he
firm name and style of Clement, White
Il Co. CARPENTER, WHITE & co.
Evansville, April 10th, 1869.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22
YOUvG LADIES, BEWARRl

Powders and Washes. All such remedies
close up the poi es of the skin, and in a
short time destroy the complexion. If you
would have fresh, healthy. and youthful
appearance, use HELMBoLD's EXTRACT OF
SARSAPARTLLA.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22
sAnsAPARTLLA.

A CLEAR, SMOOTH SKIN and BEAU.
T1FUL COMPLEXION follows the use OF
HELMBoLD's CONCENTRATED EXTRACT SAR-
SAPARILLA.
It removes Black Spots, Pimples, Moth
Patches, and all Eruptions OF the Skin.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22
t.yrev STEAM BOILER SHOULD HAVE
EtlllweIl's Pateat
Heater and Lime Catcher /
-. ,r..srarnr.,,-s nIr.rIcrI.TY
,.1iIIueII,s Tatent Reater

Removes all this difficulty, sending the
water into the boiler free from any sedi-
AIIVgt1o 'flse what are known as the" drive
yseIlsn for their supply OF water cannot
AFFORD to do without this Heater. IL viii
save hem much money in the purchase OF
fuel. to say nothing of the annoyance and
delay in cleansing boilers. The Heater is
easily managed, and quickly cleansed.
One has been in operation at Igleheart's
FIGURING Mill for NJ any months, and given
entire satisfaction. Another is in opera
tion in Heilman's Foundry and the Cotton
Mill adjoining
Orders Gor StilIwell's Heater will receive
prompt attention il left with
sa WILLIAM HRTIMAN A0ant
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22
GIL A 8 8 w A r f.
Lamps, LOOking-Gla
No. % First Street,

We receive our Queensware direct from
the Potteries of Stanordshire, England,
via New Orleans and New York; hence
pay no secondhand profits which right
fully belong to our customers.
Having ompleted arrangements with
MEAKIN BROS. & CO, of Stahordshire,
England, for the EXCLUSIVE CONTROL
for this market-Of their cele DRAFTED STONE
CHINA WARE, we are now prepar ed
supply the trade.
SB- Consult your own interest by exam
lining our stock before purchasing else
where. [janl
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22

IN THE SPRING MONTHS, the system
naturally undergoes a change, and Hell NJ
BoLD'S highly CONCENTRATED EXTRACT
OF SARsAPARILLA Is an assistant of the
Creates. value.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22

THOSE WHO DESIRE BRILLIA HCY
Or COMPLEXION must purify and en-
rich the blood, which HELM SOLIDS Con-
CENTRATED EXTRACT OF SARsAPARILLA
invariably does. Ask for Hetm6otd 3. TAKE
Ro other.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22

QUANTITY Us. QUALITY. HELMRoLD's
EXTRACT OF SARSAPARILI4A. The dose Is
small. Those who desire a large quantity
and large doses OF medicine ERR.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22

NOT A FEW of the worst disorders that
afffict mankind arise from CORFU ption of
the blood. HELMBoLD'S EXTRACT SARSA-
PARILLA is a remedy of the utmost value.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22

Three Years at The Price Of Ttoo
Fire Years at he Price Of Three.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22

HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT SARSAPA-
RILLA cieanses and renovates the blood,
instils the vigor of health into the system
and purges out the humors that make dis
ease.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22
gNsUrkANc.-
-
J. w. NEXsEN,
General Insurance Agent.
AND
.ADJUsTER OF LOSSES,
MARBLE HALL, No. 9 Main St.,
EVANSVILLE, IND.

Dwelling Houses insured for 8 term OF
years at greatly reduced rates.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22
HELMBOLD's
HIGHLY
Concentrated Fluid Extract
SarSaparilla
ERADICATES ERUPTIVE AND ULCER
ALIVE DISEASES
OF TIE
THROAT NOSE, EYES. EYELLDS
SCALP, AND SKIN,

Which so disfigure the appearance, PURG-
ING the evil effects of mercury and re-
moving all taints, the remnants of DIS
Asses, hereditary or otherwise, and i
taken by ADULTS and CHILDREN with
perfect SAFETY.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22
SPRING STOCK
STAPLE AND FANCY
DRY GOODS
Greatly Reduced Prices /

500 pieces best CALICO at 125<c.
The best brands 81 Bleached and Brown
MUSlI Nj az lowest market rates.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-22

NOTIONS and HOSIERY in endless va
riety, very cheap.
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-08

THE Como BLAcKsToNE.-A series of
papers published some years since in Punch
by Gilbers Abbott a-Becket, has been thrown
into book form. The papers travesty the style
of that lucid, concise and altogether admira-
bic writer on the elements of law, Black
stone,in manner that will amuse all read
ers, whether lawyers or not. We quote:
A wife cannot be sued without the hus-
band, unless he is dead in law, and law is
really enough to be the death of any one. A
husband or wife cannot be witness for or
against one another, though wife sometimes
gives evidence OF the bad taste of the hus-
band in selecting her. BY the old law hus-
band might give his wife moderate correction;
but it is declared in black and white that he
may not beat her black and blue, though the
civil law allowed any man on whom wo-
man bestowed her hand, to bestow his fists on
her at his own discretion. The common peo-
pie. who are much attached to the common
law, still exert the privilege of beating their
wives: and woman in the lower ranks of
life, if she falls in love with man, is liable
after marriage to be good deal struck by
him.
Macduff calls his children "chickens.n y
probably because he "broods" over the loss Of
" SAnSA, III LOru 6yrOnS Deauti-
iui play OF mat name, exclaims to Gabor,
Are you father?" question which as the
Hungarian was h single man. he could NOT
answer in the affirmative without rendering
himself amenable to the Forty fifth of Eliz-
abeth.
Heirs are especial favorites of our cuorts
OF justice, much as the lamb is the especial
favorite of the wolf-ior an heir with mint
sauce, that is to say, with lots of money, Is
a dainty dish indeed to tempt the .egal appe-
tite.
By the law of England girl may be given
in marriage at seven, but surely tnis must
be married. and not the age at which the GER
emony may be beiperformed.
Among the Greeks and Romans women
were never of age, and if they had their way
in this country good many of them never
would be. This law must have been the civil
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-08

Portland. Jan 9Th. 1869.
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-08
Wanted.
The Medici9se for
WHOOPLNG COUGH,

DoDD's NERvINE and Invigo a or gives agreea-
pie and almost instant relief IN the spass of Whoop-
ing Cough. This is complaint that all children are
expected to have and when comes, strange to say,
they are left to fight it through they best can lit
help the sufferers along. And when it is reflected
tnat very many OF the diseases of older and adult
years nave their origin in the tear and strain OF
Whooping Cough, this neglect would be utterly un-
accountable but for the fact that childrens diseases
hke many OF the weaknesses of women, are consider
come st ically unconcerned about them. Let them
e3sgh f lt through as we did, seems generally to be
s.e unieeiinS word. whooPing cough $ q nervous
disease and Dodds Nervine and Invgorator treats it
with COMPLETE SUCCESS. Mothers, TRY IT, and
save your little ones the worst agony of this distress
ing affection. sure and benetcent medicine.
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-08
Important Certificate.
Speedy Cure of Whooping Cough
]. W. PEoKErr, ESQ, Brooklyn. n y

- W. L hChEII, Esq, BROOKLYN, Y.
I am not in the habit of taking advertised medi-
clnes, nor OF certifying to their curative effects when
they come under my observation; bnt l feel con-
strained to make an exception in favor of DoDD's
NERyINE and Invie eorator, medicine have used
IN my family for some time past My little daughter
nad peen suffering from severe whooping cough for
sevstal weeks, and was so much broken OF rest at
ngnt that-by excessive coughing and loss of sleep
her constitution and general health seemed to be
giving away. Various remedies or paIlatves were
recommended by intimate neighbors. but nothing
was trled until our attention was called by physi-
clan not now in practice TO Dodd's Neryie This we
procured and commenced using at onceSwith an eff
feet immediate and surprising. AS the conyusIons
were hardest at night, we began by giving the Ner-
ed made its impression; the cough became less fire.
quent, and very much less severe she soon got her
accustomed sleep, rapidly revived in health and
vlgor, and in few days was as well as ever. What
was left Of the whooping cough thereafter of no
trouble OF course cannot but consider Dodd's
Nervine and Inyigor tor an invaluable romedy for
this distressing malady. l may add that have
since recommended it to several family friends, in
like circumstances, and have found it in every case
to be equally successful 1t needs only to be known
to come into universal demand.
j. w. PICKETT.
For sale by all Druggists. Price, One Dollar f16 sw
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-08
Houses and Lands
For Sale, Exchange or to Let
On Very FavorahIe Ter,,,

nNE two story and attic house, sixteen rooms,
" large stable, &C.. with much or little land, suit
able for private or public use.
Also one and halt story house. ten rooms with
barns and more or less land.
These houses are very pleasantly located ON Oak
Hill, in Scarboro, Maine, in full view of the ocean,
White Mountains, and neighboring cities and towns.
From three to five minutes walk to the Oak Hill
railroad station fifteen minutes by rail and thirty by
county road to Portland.
Also several hundred acres land part eligible for
building purposes, from five to seven miles from
Portland.
Part or all this property may be purchased at a
great bargain. Most of the purchase money may
remain on mortgage long time. Please apply to
s HENRY THORNTON,
dec2W&Su Oak Hill, Maine.
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-08
Westbrook Neutrality-suspicious. Co.

THE Westbrook Manufacturing COMPANY having
removed their place of business from the store of
Jonas H. Perley to the store occupied by the under
signed on Central Wharf, offer for sale the various
kinds OF goods manufactured by them, consisting of
Ships Duck, Ravens Duck, Sail and Wrapping
Twine sheetings, 4 Mariners Stripes; Drills, Camlet
Company are now putting in new and improved
machinery tor the manufacture of SHIPS DUCK,
which they believe will insure the best article which
can be made. All orders promptly attended to.
RUFUS e. WOOD, Treas
No 10 Central Wharf.
Portland, Jan 9Th, 1869. isdtf
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-08
Portland Plaster MUS
West Commercial Street.

THE undersigned are now prera ed to furnish to
a Deaiers and Consumers Cdicined and Ground
Land Plaster, in Bulk or Barrels. (Manufaetured
from pure Windsor N, s. Rock) Particular at
tention to shipments per R. Road or Vessels
mar1d&w2m KNIGHT u WHlDDEN.