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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-25
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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-25

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Tie as early as possible, nnd avoid flunIa
~. III UahENnErMEH
Treasurer of NaucorburFh County
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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-25
Taxea.

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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-25

The MontgOmery Opera House at LaIay-
ette, until recently known as SIS Snyder's
Opera House, was burned vest erday after
noon. The building was owned by James
Montgomery, of Chicago, and was valued
at $4,000; insured for $4,000. The west
room was occupied by the Post Office. The
mail and office fixtures were saved. G. D.
Comstock's bilIfard-rOonl in the basement
was DANCED to the amount of g, 500; no
insurance. wallace BROS, gas ntters and
plum berS, occupying an adjoining room,
suffered a slight loss from the hasty re-
moval of their stock. The fire is suppc Sed
to be the result of 8 defective Hue
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-25

WASHINGTON, D. o., Dee. 24-10:20
&. M.-Hon. Edwin M. Stanton died
suddenly at 3 O'clock this morning.
His mother is living in Ohio. a
A telegram was sent her this morn
ing. A large number of prominent
citizens and persons holding high
official positions called to-day at the
late residence of the deceased, some
being unable to credit the report Of
his death, so unexpected and sudden,
until they bad satisfied themselves
by personal inquiry. The President
has issued the following ordeE
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-12
Invention for Preventing the He
calming of Sailing Vessels.

There is nothing more vexstious, per-
haps, to a ship master, than to have his
vessel becalmed, and the delay caused by
it is often a serous injury to owners and
consignees. Exemption from this an
noying and expensive evil is one Of the
advantages which hae giyen steamers the
preference oyer sailing vessels to so large
an extent To relieve sailing vessels
from this dissgreesble contingency, q
Scotch inventor has contrived an sppa-
ratus which is now being applied to new
ship at Dundee. 1t consists Of four
bladed screw, four feet in diameter,
which, when the vessel is overtaken by a
eals,, is to be fixed to the RAIDER, and is
to be propelled By skillful edsptstion of
pulleys leading over the stern OF the yes.
sci to steam winch which is used in
loading aud discharging The propeller
can he shipped and qushipped With great
ease. 1t IS calculated that il will give
the vessel speed of two or three knots
per hour.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-12
President Grants Farewell 10 the
visitors ut Long Branch.

During the morning of Tuesday last
quite number of the guests at the hotel
at which the President stopped at Long
Branch determined upon giving him an
appropriate but informal farewell. The
Presidents consent having been OBJ
tanned, the proceedings which followed
are thus given:
At.two o'clock the guests Of the Stet-
son House assembled in the parlor of the
hotel, and in few minutes the President
entered with Mrs. Grant on his arm, aud
followed by his two Children, Nellie and
Jessie. As sooD as the President and
family had seated themselves, General
Brewster, of Pennsylvania, approached,
and was recognized by the President
rising
General Brewster said that it was an
embarrassing and yet pleasant duty he
had to perform on behalf of himself and
the guests of the Stetson House, first; TO
thank the President for coming to Long
Branch, and second, for the honor and
pleasure of his company. 1t was pleas
ant to all to converse with him and TO
enjoy the presence of his family, and he
hoped that the visit was as pleasant to
himself as it certainly was to those as
sembled around. That he would be brief
and soy but farewell, hoping that the
President would be renewed in health
and strength, and long live to enjoy the
honor and prosperity Of the country over
which he ruled.
The President replied:
Attorney General Brewster, Ladies
and eentlemen-I made this visit to Long
Branch as 0 recreation from official duty.
The visit has been made pleasant by you
all. have purchased cottage here BY
the seaside, where l shall make the ssm-
mer home of myself and family, or at
least for my family aud such portion OF
the summer for myself as my public
duties viii permit"
After tbs President had finished the
ladies aud gen4szen hocked around,
and for ten minutes theFe yas quite
lively scene OF parting.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-12
A Nan Killed by a Singular Freak
of Electricity.

The Paris IntelligeHcer, OF last Satur-
day, says:
A few days since son OF Mr.. Wash
Cook, Of this county. was at work With q
wheat thresher in Geld threshiug wheat,
when the machine was permitted TO run
at great speed for considerable space OF
time, which resulted in the cylinder or
trundle head, as it Is sometimes called,
exploding with noise equal to the report
Of a six-pounder, bursting it into pieces.
The young man was struck down almost
lifeless. His flesh became black and so
soft that it would rise up In spuRgy
and puffed condition between the fngers
with only the pressure Of the weight Of
the hand. he lived little over twenty
four hoBrs and died.
The fact i detailed above as It occur
red. We must aeknoTledge, however,
that we are not scientific enough TO ac-
coant for this extraordinary generation
Of electricity. That il should have caught
ERE by the excessive friction produced by
the great velocity Of hsS.ion is not unus-
ual. but in this case there vas 20 IRE at
tending the explosion, only a report sSd
the shivered fragments Of the cylinder,
and the stricken form Of the young man,
with not q scratch or bruise upou his
body, bot completely blaekened, and hfe
well nigh exiinguished 10 . tWinklipg.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-12
street REGULATIONS I'm Ros,on.

The Board of Aldermen of Boston have
Just adopted an ordinance which directs
that no carriage of any kind, nor horse,
nor animal attached, shall stand or be
placed within ten feet Of a street cross
ing. Police officers are authorized TO
stop carriages in any part OF street TO
allow foot passengers to cross. Every
vehicle must have driver, and lines Of
dirt carts led by one driver are no longer
allowed in the streets. Anothar order
relates 10 the rspidity Of carriages around
the corners Of the streets. 1t is ordered
that hereafter the corners shall BE- turned
upon tho sslk Instead OF Q rapid trot as
hAs hefelolors been common.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-12

The reports that Bull Mountain, in
New Hampshire is giving volcanic iudi-
cations are supposed to have something
TO do with the building Of nev hotel IN
that vicinity,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-12
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ternoon Except Sunday by E. WHITMURE
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MERRITT 81 WELD. GenlAg'ts,

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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-05
TIE Daricn Cannl-Frepnraslous for {
RecOunOissanc0.

We have the information from Washington
that Admiral Davis, who has the general
superintendent of the expedition which Is to
make survey and reconnaissance OF the
route of the proposed Darien ship canal, has
drawn up list Of rules and regulations, sub
ject to the approval of the Secretary OF the
Navy, for the guidance of the surveying partyi
and that, as it is important that the surveys
should be made during the dry season, the
expedition will probably sail about the first OF
January. We are further assured that Admi-
raj Davis is devoting such attention to all
necessary details that it is believed failure
to discover the most eligible route will be
impossible.
This is all very good; but when we are
further told that it will require at least ten
months to perform the service we are some
what disappointed. From the explorations
already made from time to time during the
last three hundred and fifty or sixty years,
by Spanish, English, French and American
exploring parties, the several available
routes, from Chagres down to the Atrato
are generally known, and as the distance
between tho two oceans, excepting the Atrato,
is by none Of these routes over hundred
miles, and is by the most available, so far as
discovered, but little over thirty miles, we
should think that ten weeks, instead Of ten
months, with proper division Of the forces
which Admiral Davis may command, would
be ample time for thorough exploration Of
the isthmus. We earnestly submit this view
Of the subject to the attention of Admiral
Davis and the Secretary Of the Navy, for time
is money in this enterprise, more than in any
other commercial short cut to the Indies ever
projected since the first Atlantic voyage Of
Columbus, or since the creation of the world,
for that matter. This canal, however, will only
be the practical fulflment Of the grand idea Of
Columbus, though on a scale and under con-
ditions Of which, in their magnitude, he could
have had no conception. Nor do we think
that with the Suez Canal in full operation as
splendid success the work of excavation on
the Darien Canal should be delayed for ten
months to come.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-05
HAWAI- INTEL ReNce.

WARRINGTON, Dec. :, lsOs.
The apprehensons existing in some quarters con-
corning the safety OF the ironclad Dictator wiz %
quoted BY the announcement thai dispatches nave
been received at the Navy Department dated savan-
nah, ca, December 8, announcing that the Dictator
left Tybes Sound on tho morning Of the "a inst on
her way 10 KEY West. she had been detained within
the bar BY low water for about ten Gays. lno DC
serious had occurred Information would almost at
once have been received at the Navy Department.
T,ommsudcr LOUIS G. Satori mas been detached
from the command OF the 0ssipee on January and
ordsrcd to command the Saranac. Commander
Rrsssli, detached from equipment duty at Marc
isIand Navy Yard on January !, and ordered TO
command the Osspee. Surgeon II. U. Deane de-
tached from the Michigan and ordered 10 report to
tire Chief OF the Bureau OF Medicine and surgery for
special duty. Surgeon theodore Wolvertpn de.
tached from the Laboratory at New York and ordered
10 the Michigan. surgeon Charles II. White, de.
tached from the Boston Navy Yard and ordered TO
the Naval Laboratory NJ New York. Captain James
H. SPOTS ordered TO equipment duty at Mare Island,
Commander Henry A. Adams ordered to duty ut
Philadelphia connected with the shipment OF coal
for the havy. Lieutenant Commander George II.
Perkins ordered W ordnance duty Ut the Boston
Navy Yard.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-05

BRANAaAN DEFINES Hrs Position.
gan, policeman, has been asked to explain
how his having been several times arrested
for theft Is consistent with that high character
for honesty which every policeman should
bear. Branagan explains that he has been o
martyr to circumstances in peculiar degree.
His having been arrested for theft was not his
fault. He Is only conscious that he never
gave occasion for such arrest, and he points
to the fact that be was never found guilty.
When he made oath that he was an honest
man he did II In view Of I've vcrdcts in bis
favor on Ave trials for larceny. II honesty
five times tried is not enough for the Commits
sionerg what do they want2
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-05
The SCANNED Case.

Except to the inquirer in such distractions
as poetic justice 1t will matter very little
who shot the pseudo Alderman Scanned. Il
does not appear that Donohue did it.; and all
the circumstances seem to favor the thought
that the bullet was sped from the pistol of the
victims brother and adherent. The practical
fact is that he was hit in melee of his own
making. He was going through the ward at
the time in spirit of characteristic defiance Of
meeting of board Of registry, had assaulted
on the street man guilty Of the offence Of
being personally disagreeable to him; and
was otherwise going forward in the full con-
seriousness that he was superior to any and
every restraint that the fear of punishment
from the authorities ordinarily imposes. Was
he not a person of 'fnauence?" Why should
he dread any legal Consequence? If any
newly appointed policeman should II mis-
taken zeal arrest him, what Justice would look
him up? And If he had killed the man he
assaulted on the streets is it not perfectly GER
tain that a coroners jury of the kind that sat
in the jackson case would find it self-defencep
Or II a coroner's jury should be forced to do
more, could not there be moved in his favor
the same machinery whose silent operation
now makes Real perfectly certain that he will
never stand with his head in halter? He was,
therefore, absolutely safe in his trespass on
other mems rights, SO far as the authorities go;
and such being the case when he was cut
down by bullet, it is not to be expected that
the public will grieve much at the shot or care
whence it came. Have the people any fair
reason to wonder at these bloody encounters?
Is not the conduct that had this issue that to
which we award the highest premium? Is not
the city given over to the possession Of just
such aldermanic DULLES? and are they not
encouraged in habitually taking the law into
their own hands by constant impunity2 Do
they ever meet with any other punishment
than that of the accidental kind that has thus
2vertaken candidate for the fortune that
accompanies official station2
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-05

The Report Of tho Comptroller of tho
Currency.
The vital Importance of the condition of our
national currency is so universally felt and
understood that we scarcely need call atten-
ton to the very interesting report of the
Comptroller which we publish in full to-day.
This report shows that Of the total number of
national banks organized up to October, 1869,
one Thousand six hundred and twenty are In
active operation. 1t exhibits the total amount
of notes of all denominations outstanding on
the 30th Of September, including fragments of
notes outstanding, lost or destroyed. portions
Of which have been redeemed, as being two
hundred and ninety-nine million seven hun
bred and eighty-nine thousand eight hundred
and ninety-fve dollars; and the total
amount of United States bonds held by
the Treasurer of the United States to secure
the redemption Of the circulating notes of
national banks, at the same date, as three
hundred and forty-two millions four hundred
and seventy-fve thousand one hundred dol
lars. 1t submits to Congress the serious ques-
ton as to whether provision should not be made
for the payment Of stolen notes when found in
the hands of innocent holders. It considers
the provisions Of the statute relative to the
liquidation of the national banks, the method
Of collecting United States taxes, and the
special examination Of the condition of the
banks by agents, whose compensation, it sug-
gests should be increased. i offers variety
q
Of other suggestions in reference to the salaries
Of clerks; to the advisability of establishing
central redeeming agency; to the interest
on deposits and call loans; to interest,
taxes and profit; to the indispensable
advantages Of sound currency; to
free banking, its abuses and the improvements
which it needs, and, finally, to the urgent
question whether, through the agency of the
national banks, a self-adjusting system of cur
rency-the only one adapted to the exigenoics
Of trade and to the wants Of the country--can
be reached before the return to specie pay
ments. Mr.. Hurlburd, the Comptroller, con-
cludes his report by saying: Looking for
ward to the day when uniform values shall
again prevail, it may be that, by wise legisla-
ton now, banking system can be estab-
lished, truly national in Its character and
scope, which will furnish sound currency of
uniform value in every State of the Union. /"
Surely this is contamination, devoutly to be
wished, whatever means be decided upon by
Congress as the wisest and the most effectual
for attaining it.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-05
Immigration.

The immigration Stu tistics show that within
the quarter including July, AUGUST and Sep
TENDER over hundred thousand INN Grants
arrived at the different ports with view to
permanent settlement in this country. This
is a valuable increase to our population, not
only because Of the actual money which these
people bring with them-and that is consider
able-but 1t is valuable for the new industries
which 1t will develop and the additional force
1t will impart to the work daily going on upon
our vast Western fields. If this immigration
were to settle down in the large Atlantic cities
the advantage of so large an accession of
strangers might be dubious; but fortunately
there are now In existence organized societies,
both here and in the Western States, to direct
them to places where their labor and whatever
small capital they possess can be employed to
the best profit for themselves and the country.
Immigrants, therefore, soon find their way to
those inviting regions on both sides of the
Mississippi, where their labor becomes imme-
diately productive and remunerative. There
Is q good deal more to be done yet in providing
information and means for these people to find
their way TO the West. The Germans-who,
during the past quarter exceeded any other
nationality-are pretty well cared for in this
respect by societies located In Hamburg, Ant
werp and other cities. But the Irish immi-
grant element is not 30 well provided for. Here
there Ia large room for Improvement.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-05
Report Of the United States Trsasursr-The
Dohe.

Do0es
Treasurer Spinner in bis annual report, which
we published yesterday, speaks very encour-
agingly of the condition Of his strong and PIE
thoric money box, and well he may. Besides
the vast sum Of surplus cash still unappropri-
ated and lying In the Treasury, which, accord
Ing to Mr.. Boutwells statement for the last
month, amounted to about one hundred and
forty millions, reckoned In currency, the Trea-
surer holds In trust for the Secretary over
seventy millions Of dollars In United States
six per cent stocks, on account Of the sinking
fund and the fund Of purchased securities
which is held subject to the order of Congress.
Over four millions and half in coin per
annum is saved on the interest OF these pur-
chased securities. Thus, as the principal Of
the debt is being rapidly paid of the annual
burden is considerably diminished. Mr.. Spin
ner says that if this rate Of purchase of the
debt be maintained and the accruing interest
be semi annually invested in bonds the whole
debt would be paid off in less than thirteen
years. Truly this Is fattering state of the
finances and hopeful prospect for the country.
It ought TO show Congress the folly Of doing
anything to arrest this progress toward liquida-
ton. 1t ought to prevent that tinkering with
the finances which nearly every Congressman
is ambitious to try his hand at. Time and the
surprising growth Of the country are the best
legislators on this subject.