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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-10-11
To Business Men {!

The weather, at present writing,
promises to be very unfavorable to !
morrow. The Democracy usually
claim that a rain storm on election
day is a sure indication of theSsuccess
of their ticket. We remember sew
eral instances in this county. when
the result did not justify this asser-
ton. The greatest victory the Re-
publicans ever gained in this county,
was won during one of tie coldest
and most pitiless rains that ever
made an election day disagreeable.
What Republican does not remember
with pride and exultation the great
victory achieved by his party in 1864,
that terribly unpleasant and rainy
day. made glorious, however. by the
patriotic enthusiasm of the American
people
No interest is so involved in the
bad or good manage ment Of city and
county affairs as that of the So called
business meo. Yet, strange to say,
politicians always count largely on the
apathy or Indifference of this very
class. We, therefore. call the atten-
ton of business men who are Repub-
licans. to the necessity Of vigilance
aAd activity on their part. We conf :
IDENTIFY anticipate that they will make
their arrangements to go to the polls
early; also. that they will exert
all their influence to have their neigh
bors and acquaintance go with them
and vote the straight Republican
ticket. Surely, 10 intelligent bust
ness man needs any more evidence
than is furnished by the present
Democratic City Council to coavincs
him of the folly Ofplaciog the control
of the county in the hands of that
party as at present organized and
managedl
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The Battle of sedan-HOrrIble Scenes.


DR.. w. FL. Russell sends the follow
ing account Of the battle of Sedan,
and the scenes on the field, to the
London Times. He writes from DON
cherry on September 3:
The greatest event Of our times has
occurred under the eyes of those who
saw the battle of Sedan. / think the
British public must have had enough
of battlefield horrors and hospital
scenes. There will be plenty of let
tiers describing KrGnken- trdgers, bur.
ial parties, wounded men, heaps of
dead, the hideous reverse of the
medal on the other side of which are
the bright emblszonments of glory
and victory. | will not dwell on the
topic, but ask your readers 70 be con-
tent with the assurance that no
human eye ever rested on such revolt
ing objects as were presented by the
battle fields around Sedan. Let them
fancy masses of colored rags glued
together with blood and brains. and
pinned into strange shapes by fraR-
ments of bones. Let them conceive
mems bodies without heads, legs with
out bodies, heaps of human entrails
attached to red and blue cloth, and
disemboWeled corpses in uniform.
bodies lying about in all attitudes,
with skulls shattered, faces blown
off, bones, flesh. and gay clothing all
pounded together as if brayed in a
mortar, extending for miles, not very
thick in any one place. but recurring
perpetually for weary hours, and then
they cannot, with the most vivid
Imagination, come up to the sickening
reality of that butchery. No night.
mare could be so frightful. Several
times | came on spots where there
were two horses lying dead together.
in harness, killed by the same frag,
ment. Several times / saw four. FIVE
and six men, four, five and six horses
all killed by the explosion Of one pro-
iectile, and in one place there Law no
less than eight French soldiers, who
must have been struck down by the
bursting of shell over a company, for
they lay all around in a circle, with
their feet inWards, each shattered in
the head or chest By piece of she'll.
and no other dead being within 100
yards of them, A curious and to
me unaeceuatable phenomenon was
the blackness of most of the faces Oh
the dead. Deeomp osition had not
set in, for they were killed only the
day before. Another circumstance
which struck ne was the expression
of agony on many faces. Death by
the bayonet IS agoniziDg, and those |
who die by steel, open eyed and |
mouthed, have an expression Of pain
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on the features, with protruding
tongue. 4 musket ball, which is at
once fatsl, does not seem to cause
much pain, and the features are COM
posed and quiet, sometimes with a
sweet smile on the lips. But the pre-
vailing expression on this Geld of the
faces which we're not mutilated was
'one of terror and of agony unuttera-
bic. There must have been hell of
torture raging within that semi circle
from all sides With real tempest of
iron, Kissing. and screeching, and
bursting into the heavy masses at the
hands of an unseen enemy. / cannot
imagine anything so trying to the
bravest man as to meet death almost
ingloriously in such scene as that
nothing so maddening to soldiers as
to be annihilated without chance of
demonstrating so awful to the
fugitive as to see his comrades blown
to fragments all around. him. 1t is
well that wives and mothers and fond
sisters were spared the sight of their
beloved ones, and it is well that in
France it is only mothers and sisters
who will have to deplore the slain.
Whether the Prussians buried their
dead eaIly-the night of the battle
itself-or not / cannot tell, but their
losses we're almost nothing if they
were to be estimated by the number
of bodies on the field. Soldiers well
know how deceptive is the appearance
of ground viewed from an elevated
point; and during the battle which
ragged for fifteen miles before and
around US there were outbursts of
firing from valleys and knolls which
seemed purposeless, but which were
at once explained when the positions
were gained. / was surprised. know
ing the French had capitalized, and
that the Emperor had surrendered.
to see great columns of the German
army IN motion towards the heights
over the Meuse, and the Sixth corps
and the Bavarian corps, in reserve,
Fastening up In the same direction.
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InsDectOrs OF EIectlon.

Board OF Commissl oners, Vanderbureh
County, June Term, 1870.
AYOW HEBE THE BOARD PRO-
~ coed TO appoint Inspectors for the
several Precincts of Pigeon Township, and
the following named persons are here ap-
pointed inspectors of Elections for their
Precincts, and as herein named, Lo-wft:
LIST Precinct, Edwin McJo johnston, In
spector.
I'd Precinct, Mathew Henning Inspector.
Sd Precinct, VIM. E. French, Inspector.
9TH Precinct, Christ. Heddrich, (rrustee),
Inspector.
5th Precinct, Isaac Heimann, Inspector.
9Th Precinct, Martin St6Iy, inspector.
7th Precinct, William Warren, ST., In
spectoI.
sth Precinct, John Schubert, Inspector.
9Th Precinct, VIM HunnelI, Inspector.
10th Precinct, Alexander Maddux, In
spector.
And II is further ordered that the voting
places in the several Precincts remain at
the places designated in the formation of
said Precincts.
va sTATS OF 6E GdASt5, (ss:
1, Victor bIsch, Auditor of said County
do hereby certify that the above is a true
copy of the order OF the Board of Com
missiOaers made at their June Term. 1870
as appears of Commissioners record. on
file in my office.
Witness my hand and official seal at Ev--
rsEAr.1 ansv1lIe, this September 3Otn,
VICTOR BISCH, AVG.
Oct6dtd per AUG. BRAUHS, Deputy.
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and willfully receive the vote Of any
person not entitled 20 vote, or refuse
TO receive the vote of any person en-
titled to vote; or aid, counsel, procure,
or advise any such voter, person, or
officer to do any act hereby made
crime, or to omit to do any duty, the
omission of which is hereby made a
crime, or attempt to do so, every such
person shall be deemed guilty of q
crime, and shall, for such crime, be
liable to prosecution in any Court In
the United States of competent juris-
diction, and. on conviction Thereof,
shall be punished by a fine not ex.
ceeding five hundred dollars. or By
Imprisonment for a term not exceed
ing three years. or both. 10 the dis
erection of the Court, and shall pay
the costs of prosecution.
The same penalties are imposed on
any officer Of an election who Vio-
lates the law.
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EnOtted

Three or four we'll known Demo-
cratic pimps were very busy on Sat
urday, Sunday and yesterday. locating
CArpet-baggers 10 different parts of
the city. The thing was most uO-
blushingly doae. Fortunately. how
ever, the manner in which the half
drunken fellows did their work gave
Republicans q most excellent oppor-
tunity to spot the importations,
We are greatly mistaken. if. when
they present themselves at the polls
to-day, they are notmet with evidence
that will consign them to the peniten-
tiary, in case they persist in voting
Republicans have been cheated toe
often already, and are not disposed tC
submit tamely to any more operations
of that character.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
THE WAR IN EUROPE.
HOrnIng aad ArternOOn DIspatehes.

LONDON, October 10.-BaIIoons are
constantly leaving Paris, and are al
ways watched by the Prussian hus-
sars. Two balloons containing q
great quantity of official correspond
ence, were recently captured.
The Prussians are pushing their
works near erome's Park, near Meu-
don, and on. Bimbarian hill, near
SeVres. When completed the Prus
sian artillery will command Auteril,
Possy, Grenelle and other parts of the
west and southwest of Paris.
The Tours government is beginning
to prepare the public through the
press, for the cession of French terri
tory to Germany.
The Li6erte consents to slight REQ
tifeation of the frontier, near Weis-
senburg.
Heavy guns have been brought to
bear upon Pfalsbourg, and the bonn
bardment will soon be opened,
Heroic sOrties are incessant at
Metz, and the Prussian commander
has given orders for increased vigil
lance.
The Prussian Oommissariat has
been removed to avoid capture. t
The Foreign Ambassadors at Tours
are negotiating for quarters in Bor-
deaux, in view of the contemplated
removal of the Government thither.
Tours, October 10. = Gambetta's
proclamation has the following: By
order of the Republican Government,
| have left Paris to transmit to you
the hopes of Parisians and others of
those who are seeking to deliver
France from foreigners.
Paris has been invested for seven
teen days, and presents spectacle of
two million men, forgetting their past
differences to Withstand the invader,
who expected civil discord. The rev.
olution found Paris without guns or
arms of any kind. Four hundred
thousand of the National Guard are
now armed, and one hundred thous-
and Mobiles, and sixty thousand reg
ulars are assembled.
Foundries are casting cannon, and
women make millions of cartridges
daily Each battalion Of National
Guards have two mitrailleuses and
field pieces, and are preparing for
sorties. The forts are manned by
marines, and are supplied with arti!.
lery of the greatest excellence, and
served by gunners the first in the
world. Hitherto their fire has kept
the enemy from erecting the smallest
works. ra
"Easceinte on the 4th had only 500
cannon; now it has $500, with 400
rounds Cor each. Every defense has
its men at their posts. The Nationals
drill constantly. Behind the enceinte
is the third line of defense which
is adapted to the genius of the Paris
ians. This has all been achieved
amid genera patriotism.
TIE impregnability of Paris is no
illusion. It cannot be captured or
and there is no danger of
sedition or starvation, which the
Prussians have been counting on"
VIENNA. October 10.-Thiers had
an interview with the Austrian En-
peror on Sunday at noon, which is
said to have been satisfactory.
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THREE of the most respectable
Germans in the City. whose word
stands as high as that of Mr.. j. G.
Shanklin, assert most positively that
they heard him declare that ANY
American born citizen was superior
to any foreign born" Mr.. Shanklin
says these gentlemen were mistaken.
How could they be mistaken, when
the remark referred to came very near
producing an unpleasantness between
Mr.. Shanklia and some Of the Ger
mans who heard him make it. Is it
not more likely that Mr.. Shanklin
was somewhat oblivious on the ocoa-
sion in question, and cannot remem-
Der correctly the language used by
him. The statement of Messrs. Zum-
stein, Tomhemelt aud Darling
would convict Mr.. Shanklin before
any Jury.
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EXANINE The TTCKETs.

We know Of great variety of tick
cts which have been printed, ostensi-
bly, to give voters the opportunity OF
voting for whomsoever they please
without taking too much of their val
liable time in scratching. For in
stance, we know of tickets with all
the names of the Republican candi-
dates on them except the name of
William Warren. Jr, James w.
Lauer being substituted in its place.
Other tickets have been circulated
ostensibly as straight Republican tick
cts, except that the name Of Judge Par
rett is placed on them. Tickets have
also been circulated in different parts
of the State, with the names Of two of
the Democratic candidates for Su-
.preme Judge, substituted in place of
the Republican candidates for the
same Office. We do not think these
tickets will deceive anybody, but
nevertheless it becomes the Re-
publican Rallying and Challenging
Committees to be on the lookout,
and caution voters against the decep-
ton. We regard it as hopeful sign
that these little subtorfuges are, in al
most every instance, the work of Dem
ocratic candidates or their friends.
Republicans will experience no diff
Guilty in recognizing the genuine
straight Republican Ticket" 1t is
so plain that a wayfaring man may
read as he runs. However. to make
everything certain. scan closely every
name
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THE charge made by the Courier
that Col. ]. H. McHenry, of Ovens
boro, is implicated in sending negroes
to this city from Greensboro, in order
that they may vote the Republican
ticket, is simply absurd. The charge.
however, is only made to cover the
election frauds which the Democrats
have been boasling all the year they
intended to perpetrate. and which
their actions for the past two or three
days show they are working earnestly
to consummatc. Republicans must
be on their guard against these fraud
ulent voters. By vigilance and firm
ness the purity of the ballot-box may
be preserved. Indifference on their
part will show that they deserve to
be cheated, as they will be. Let every
Republican be ready and willing 10
do something, and all will go well.
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send In the Returns.

Oar friends in different parts of the
District will confer a'great favor uron
us if they will forward us all the re-
turns that they know 20 be correct
as fast as they receive them. We care
nothing for rumors. Send us reliable
figures by mail or telegraph. Our
forms will be kept open as late as four
O'Clock in the morning, with the hope
that we may. by that time, be able to
give our readers some idea as to the
result of the election.
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The State ana Congressional Ticket.

We warn our Republican friends
throughout the State against all the
tricks the Democracy may resort to.
to induce them to vote for the Demo-
cratic State and Congressional candi-
dates in consideration of Democratic
promises to support local Republican
candidates. In view of the fact that
we shall have a close vote on the
State and Congressional tickets, it is
hazarding too much to throw away
single vote for the trivial gain of an
important local Office. No faith can
be placed in the promises of Demo
Gratis who make such bargains, and if
Republicans are induced to make
them, they can be sure that they will
be cheated. Such a course might
give the Democracy the State or
a doubtful district.-Indianapolis
Journal
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RFpuRIICAN TICK KS.

Section % of the Registry law of
1867, which requires ''all tickets to be
written or printed on plain white
paper, without any Distinguishing
marks or other embellishments there
on, makes il the duty of Inspect
ors of Elections TO refuse all ballots
of any other description, does not
prohibit the name being placed at the
head of the ticket. In the case of
Drulinger VS.. the Stat, q 10Th Ind, page
308, the Supreme Court decided that
the object of the statute is secured by
requiring all ballots to be uniform in
external appearance, and that the law
can not be construed to prohibit a
distinguishing mark on the inside of
a ticket" We advise Republicans
throughout the State to place the
words Republican Ticket" at the
head of the tickets in the several
Great effort will be made
to practice frauds upon the voters by
printing and circulating all kinds of
mixed tickets, and this distinguishing
mark should be used as a safeguard
against fraud.
In accordance with this decision of
the Court, the Republican tickets of
this county will have the glorious old
name of Republican at their head.
No honest man or good patriot need
be ashamed of them.
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FOR SAFE.

ES02 sALE-v MAIN
~ STREET PROPERTY-That splendid
property known az the Egler property,
situated on the west corner of Main and
sixth Streets, fronting 751z feet on Main
Street and l59 feet on Sixth Street. Said
property Is offered for sale at low ngureE
on easy terms. Apply to
J. z. ELLIOTT s. SON.
Real Estate Agents,
Corner Locust and Third Streets.
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ELECTION TICKETS I

The following article from the
Indianapolis Journal shows that the
Republicans of the State design plac-
ing the name of their party at the
head of their tickets:
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Death of chief of Police Jourdan.
NEW York, Oct 10.-Chief of Po-
lice Jourdan die at IL: Is this morn
ing.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-15
BANKRUPTCY.
Important to Commercial Men and Lawyers
Text Of the Latest Amendments
of the Bankrupt Law.

For the information of our commercial
readers and members of the bar, we pub
lish the full text of the latest amend
ments to the Bankrupt law, as follows:
[Public-NO. I'LL
AMENDMENT TO T XIX.
An Act to amend an Act entitled Gan
Act to establish a uniform system of
bankruptcy throughout the United
States"
Approved March 2, 1867.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America, in Congress assembled: That
the Jurisdiction conferred upon the Su-
preme Courts of the Territories by the
Act to which this is an amendment, msy
be exercised upon petition regularly fled
in that Court, by either of the Justices
thereof, while holding the District Court
in the District in which the petitioner Of
the alleged bankrupt resides, and said
several Supreme Courts shall have the
same supervisory jurisdiction over all
acts and decisions of each Justice thereof
as is conferred upon the Circuit Courts of
the United States over proceedings IN the
District Courts of the United States, by
the second section of said act,
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted; That
in case of vacancy in the Office of Dis
trict Judge in any District, or in case any
District Judge shall, from sickness, alb
senee, brother disability, be unable to
act, the Circuit Judge of the Circuit in
which such District is included, may make,
during such disability or vacancy, all nee
esssry rules and orders preparatory to the
final hearing of all causes in bankruptcy,
and cause the same to be entered or is
sued, as the case NAV require, by the
Clerk of the District Court.
APPROVED June 30th, 1870.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-15
PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE.

MEMPHIS, August IA, 1870.
The following editorial appeared In the
Avalanche of this date:
THE APPEAL of yesterday, in speaking
Of the census returns, travels outside OF
the record to bespatter the AUdLGRche with
its dirty abuse. Says the APPEAL: The
Avalanche is a renegade to its own convlc-
tions.' Now, if this were true, he UG-
Ldnche would be stronger and better than
the APPEAL, because the APPEAL has no
convictions of its own at all. 1t is a mere
political prostitute that seeks the ban
quoting halls of success, and will go
wherever it hopes for gain. We have had
occasion to comment on the animus of the
APPEAL heretofore, but its recent conduct
forces the conviction OF our mind that it Is
inclined to ignore truth and disregard de-
cency. The APFFALis very Jealous in its
efforts to make inc AUdLGnche Radical. If
it were equally Jealous in making itself
decent, it would be s better newspaper.
This occupation may suit our neighbor
and its genius evidently runs in this direc-
ton. The APPEAL may crafty its little
soul and hug lies 10 its bosom, and show
them as facts to its readers daily; indeed
its diet may be rank p~oisOns upOn which
il will grow fat like King Mithridates.
Its convictions in this work will of
course be disregarded. The census taking
of Shelby county was q happy topic on
which to attack the AUdLdnche with the
dirtiest, littlest and meanest piece of filthy
abnse that has ever emanated from a po-
litical martyr"
Col. Galloway, as the author of the ar
ticle in the APPEAL, regarded the above
as inadmissabEe and personally offensive
in disputations between gentlemen.
Acting upon this superstition he re-
quested me to serve as his friend in the
premises. As such, 1 submit the follow
ing correspondence, which explains it
self. GEO. r. PHELAN.