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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-19

G. g. W. RAILRoAD.-Judge Bell, of
this city, received a letter last Satur-
day from Col. q. M. Allen, Of Vim
cennes, from which we learn that the
contract was closed on Friday be-
tween Gen. Burnside and the Penn
syIvania Central. and other railroad
companies, to furnish the necessary
material aid to build the Cairo e Vim
cennes Railroad without further de-
lay. This contract between General
Burnside and the Pennsylvania Gen
trail, and other companies. is eondi-
toned upon the preservation. intact
of the eight hundred thousand dol
lars bonus originally provided.
It is now only necessary for Wa
bash. aud every other county between
Cairo and Vincennes to renew their
pledges of assistance to have hands
along the entire route with shovels,
spades, picks, Irisk buggies, and better
yet, plenty of money to pay all debts
and build the road in an incredibly
short space OF time. Wabash County
is asked for $75, 900. Voters will do
we'll to remember that this will be
our last chance to secure this Rail-
road. The failure OF q single county
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-19
Editor Hicksbura Herald.

Editor Vicksbur0 Herald:
1 deem it my duty tostate that aIter sur
ferfug thirty wears with pTolapsus-an1,
nearly incapacitated for business, DR..
Banning, by the application OF q pie or
given me SO much relief and rest rom
pain that money could not purchase the
sort To- IL at once. WM. BEATTY.
vicksburg. Miss, March q, 1870.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-19

to vote her proportion of the 100000
is sufficient to break the contract
above spoken of, and il is folly for
men to say that the road will be buJS
whether it is voted or not, for tue
very terms of the contract is has I'd
on the result of the railroad election
o n the 18th of August next,-Nt.
C1rmel Re0ister.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-19
WINcAssETr, Me-. Oct. 2ts

WINcAssETr, Me-. Oct. y, 1863.
SIR: You Uterine Balance having cuEeo
in my family an extreme case OF OLetlne
A~nteversion OF eleven years uurresans
which resisted the best skllI IN L1L4pS
and America, i desire TO inform AL IeeDas
ladies of the fact, and encourage them 10
ppSon SAMUEL d. D0ANE.
On RAru,~y1
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-19

SIR: When my wife came under your
q and applIed your Spinal Prop,
she. besides severe uterine weakness had
for six months endured total paralysis Of
slightest movement even OF her toes; but
now, In three months, she does her own
o work, and IL seems as II the stones
would cry out Were [ 20 hold my peace.
Your ObediGut servant
WI ~SPRIEGSTFD,
Rochester, ". =, Dec. q, 1851,
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-19
Editors I,aaea.

AUttUT8 IlueI.
1 desire to publicly recommend to suffer
ing females DR.. BanDtng's tnvaluasle
brace for ladies. Ny wife has Ior Two
weaknesses, but procuring this brace two
weeks since,A she has become 3 new being.
she declares its valu to be oeyono price
CHARLES 7. COURSE.
CoIum5u-, Mise, Feb. 7, 1870.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-19

CHICAGO & ILLINOIS SOUTHERN
misunderstanding votes on the
9th Of August for or against q sub
scription Of $4,000 to this road, on
condition that the road crosses the
Wabash at GRANVILLE, and that the
Depot be built within the corpora
ton. Sensible. as to the Depot. but
foolish as to the bridge GrdyUiAe
Independent.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-19

More than one and q half million dol
lars have been subscribed for one hundred
and twelve miles OF the Louisville, New
Albany & st. Louis Air Line Hallway
ZerTe HGute Express.
And more than three-fourths of
this amount is not to be paid until
the road is completed Where is
the "needful" to come from to con-
struct the road so as to entitle it to
this million and a half contingent
subscription p TincenReS San.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-19

TIE surveying party is hard at work
running lines aud prospecting for the
location of the bridge across the Big
Wabash, at GRANVILLE. for the q. & I.
s. Railroad. Our old friend, Mr..
the engineer who first run
the line of the G.. & NJ, is with the
party GrayUille Independent.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-19
POPULATION


To tie largest cities OF the United
States. the average proportion Of vot
ers to population is rather less than
one 10 seven. Il is less 10 New York
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-19

SULLIVAN has a railroad project, as
will be seen by the following, which
we clip from the Union of this week:
1--WE have another proposition for an
East and West Railroad. 1t is now
proposed that we give the Company
So 900 per mile, and there being twenty
miles, our proportion will be $12O,OOO.
It is proposed to take our bonds paya-
bic in fire gears after the completion
of the road, With the privilege of ex-
tending their payment to a period OF
twenty years at 10 per cent. interest.
This is a reasonable proposition, and
we suggest that a meeting be held at
the Court House on Saturday after
noon next, 10 take steps TO procure
this road, if possible. and to devise
the best and most satisfactory way OF
getting st the matter."-1err H0tae
Gazette.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-19

Moran AND SouTH RA1LRoAD.-Mr.
Charles i. Hopkins returned from
Cincinnati last Wednesday evening,
where he had been to attend a meet
ing of the Board of Directors Of the
above named road. He reports the
contract let for the building of three
hundred miles of the road-that part
lying between the Ohio River and
Lake Michigan. The contractors are
s. X. Beckwith & Co.. of Cincinnati,
who are to have the road completed
with cars running on it the entire dis.
lance, inside of three years. They
are to build and equip ten miles of
the road, commencing at this place,
before any money can de drawn by
them. As soon as they can get their
force organized, work will be begun
in earnest at this point, and pushed
through to BoonVille with all the
rapidity that can be made by a large
force.-Net1burg Recorder.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-19

For JailOr-Milt Terry.
For Coroner-Abram Dehar.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-19

Union Republican Ticket for Cald-
we'll County, Kentucky.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-19

THE Terre Hsute Express reports
a case of starvation. in st. Louis. A
young man of Terre Haute was the
victim.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-19

by SAMUEL ia Deputy.
Attest; j. D. HnWLAHDs CitTk, iy2 i4t
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-19

For County Judge-P. n. barley.
For County Clerk-Will. II. Bay
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-04-21

given Of the Spsuisrd, John Ortis, falling
ipto the hsnds Of the savsges, who bound
him to the stakes. and we're about to burn
him, when daughter Of the chief inter-
ceded for him aud saved his life. The
ingenious Smith improved upon this
simple tale. He wrote . letter to the
Queen Of England. recommending the
"Virginis Princess" to her. majesty, 10
which he used the following lsnguage ::
"After some six weeks fatting amongst
those savage courtiers, At the minute Of
my execution, she hasarded the beating
out of her own brains to save mine; and
not only that, but so prevailed with her
father that was safely conducted 10
jamestown"
The tricR succeeded to admiratian
Pocahontas became the lion Of the Loeo
don season. The king and queen received
her at court With gracious civility; the
bishop of London gave her . banquet, and
King James consulted his council upon
the question, whether Rolfe had not com.
m,ttea . grave offence in marrying a
princess Of an imperial house After a
years stay in England, poor Pocahontas,
sick from the change in her mode Of liv-
ing, and yet unwilling to 60, set out with
her husband on her return home. While
waiting st Gravesend for the sailing Of the
ship she died, and was buried in one Of
the parish churches of that town.
Rolfe returned to Virginia, where he
found q considerable estate. His son,
Thomas Rolfe, after being educated in
England and growing to manhood there,
Joined his father 10 Aaserica He left
ono son that son had daughtee; tha,
daughter became the mother Of family
Of daughters, wSo married respectable
young men Of the colony and thus che
blood Of Pocahontas circulates to thi,
day in the principal families Of Virginia
Later in life, John Smith, being il
London poor and neglected, appears tt
have fallen into the hands Of the book
sellers, for whom he wrote various yer
sions Of bis travels end adventures. Il
ives at this part Of his life, and to make
these works more attractive, that he ex
paBded che tale Of Pocahontas into tho
form 10 which we usually 6nd it. Hi
writings have been received with full
credit almost to the present day. A cop!
Of his history Of Virginia was sold tn
other evening In Now York, for tw'
hundred and sixty-swo dollars.
ought to add, in conclusion, that tn
first person to detect and expose tn
cheat was Mr.. Charles Deane, . distin
guished member of the Massachusctt
Antiquarian Society.-(James Parton i
N. Y. Ledger.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-04-21
TERMS or ADvER Using
chinese Purishnen.s asd BuriaIs.

"Eusebis," A,c corresl onjsut Of fbe
Observer, writing trom Shsnghae, gives
the following interesting account Of the
mode Of Furnishing criainaIs in that
city:
Ia walking through The city ! came in
different parts upon the police stations
where iminals Of different grade. were
undergoing differe8t degrees Of punish
ment. Some were simply con6ued iM
large cages, the spost of the Isssers by.
Others wore immense collar, made Of
two wide boards brought ,ogethcs at theif
edges, With . hols large snossh for the
neck. The collar 10 so wide thst the
prisoner cannct reach hi. head with hir
hands, and Is dependent upon his friends
or upon charity, not only for his food
but fsr getting it to his mouth. Others
had their heads juttinx out Of the tops
Of cages, which were SO high that ahey
could not sit down, aud 90 low that they
could not stand up. and they we're con
demned 10 pass days and nights 10 this
unco nrfortable and even tofturinp position
Not long before | srched Shsnghae, some
erin inuls who had been guilty OF u capita,
offence, were condemned to death nd
placed in these esgcs, where they died OF
starvation terote the eyes Of The people,
no one b ing allowed to furni.h them wi u
food. Tortrfs, rs l subsequently, learned
farther by witnessing il, enters = eely
into the ideal OF punishment Il onx the
Chinese and is freely resorted to for the
purpose Of extorhng confession from the
accused. Outside Of the walls Of Shnng.
hac I noticed enclosures Of two or three
acres each, surrounded with close walls
OF brick or stone, twelve OF fifteen feet
in height, apd learned that shey we're
called Maqnays and were receptsclcs for
the dead Of other cities. The Ch.oesc
are Slanish pc pie; ehey have numerous
societies, secret, comprising the mass Of
the populatios and those coming from
the same city stand by each other in all
circumstances. When they 20 abroad
they keep up the same spirit Of attach
ment, and It ono dies away from home,
his remains are deposited 10 the Maquay
named from his a,tivo town to be rec
moved at the proper time.
he Chinese all expect to 90 home at
some time, and 10 be tuken home aftsr
death i,hey do not go before. Tho freight
Of the dead Chine.e from California "a
their native province, is quite an item ia
TIE carrying trade between the awo shores
Every steamer has more or Jess Of them
on board, although it is MT generally
known to the passengers. On our voy
age out VIC had four hundrcd and 6fty
Chinese passengers in the steerage. among
whom there we're several deaths. but the
bodies were enbalmed and taken on with
the ship.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-04-21

Recently Captain Mason, ef Way Key.
Fls.. vas ssssdiOg on the porch OF hls
hotel, vhsn an elderly lady came out
Of tho building The rain had hem
falling, and consequently the middle Of
che street Was wet. II should like to
get scross The stsest without wstting ny
fse<." said the lady. II osn help you 10
cross" tho Captain responded. "Oh
dear | shall feel 90 much obliged to
you," the lady said; "my feet have soi
been vet in twenty years" "For hs.v.
en's sake, madame" said the captain,
"dpn't show them to .ae."
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-04-21

A servant girl, vhs had just bsen id.
mon,shed BY her miseress to bs very care.
fui 10 "washiug up" the best toa things,
vas overheard shortly afterwards 10 the
back kitchen, indsiging 10 the following
soliloquy While 10 the act of vipiag the
ssgav basin: III I wss to drop this
ere basin and was to catch Il, I s'poss
I shouldn't catch It.; but IL was to
drop It aud wasn't to catch It, I reckon
should just catch It," .rt .f.r ~
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-04-21
sW EET HEART.

t. SW EET HEART.
Dip southwark, Earth, end bare shy breast
To meet the kisses d the sun;
And in thy subtle throbbings feel
Another golden spring begun.
Wake. violets that lie asleep
In soft blue dreams beneath the snow,
And rend the naples amber blood
Through all its veins in passion aow.
And, by and BY, eail Sssk the birdsj
Call back the bloom to shrub and trees
But not from highs or depth, 0 Earth
May you call back Sweet Heart to me.
Tho msrsst seed that fsil BY chance,
The msrest grass ade on the plain,
Shall thsill to hsss your lightest step;
But at her grave you call II vain.
OF bird and bud, and warm south wind,
shs-brieb.er, sweeter than them ALL
In como existence, rich snd strange,
Heeds neither spring nor loves recall.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-04-21
THE ROBINS HAVE COME BACK

THE ROBINS HAVE COME BACK
AGAIN. t
There's . sound upon the housstop,
a. answer from the plains
There's . wart1s In the sunshine,
A twitter In the rain,
And through my heart at sound Of these
There esnes . nameless thrill,
As sweet - odor to tAe rose,
Or ver1ure to the hill;
And ai1 these joyous mornings
Ny heart pours forth this strain:
"God bless the dear old robins
whe have come back agaln."
For they bring thought Of summer,
Of dreamy luscious days,
OF kingcups 10 the meadows
Making . goldea hase;
A longing for the clover blooms,
For roses oil sglow,
For fragrant blossoms, wherc the bees
With droning narmurs 60;
dream Of all the bes9tios
or summers gslden reign,
And sing "God keep the robins
whe have come back again"
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-04-21

-
Every pam girl hss ono consolation
though not . pretty young lady, she will,
V she Gvea, be . pretty old one. 2''''
A young lady be,sg aalsel BY rich
old bachelor, "lf not yourself, who would
you rather be ?" replied ssse,ly and
uodsstly, 'Yours truly.""zad ..edi .ga,
I.issss Abe example Of the locomotive.
Hs ruus along. whistles ever bic work.
Jet asssr tskes aeything hut. ya.er HAes
be wants to wet his vhistls," ;s
A Texas negro. on hs;ug ars,xsd for
bigapy said !: "Why Aii I hast 60.
but four 'mendussts yet, snd de Law
spsnay 1oss d e,'orsa ass afeen p
A debating society dowa Ras. ha.
been TOR long time engaced 10 discus.
sion OF the question: "If you had To
have . bile, whore would yos have it7"
u has anally been decided. "on smother
fellow" ''''
The Eau do NIL" nov color. h.s
been produced in Paris. II is . delicate
mixture Of gray aad green shot with ni
ses, which 10 said at every movement Of
Of the body 10 give 70 the robe ''ths %.
pect Of doviag WATER t,e ,r,-,,.
"A lsdy Who, throsgh The sutusn Of
life, bad not lost al dreams Of As spripg,
said to Jessold: u eaaaot iIagins
what makas my hair tnra gray. I soue
times fauey II nsst be- the ssscnee OF
soes@sry With which my maid 10 10 The
habit Of brushing It. v hst do You
think 2 ~ should bs sftaid. u,dsme," Z"
replied the distinguished dramati,t, "thas
lit is the essence Of thyue." '''.''l 4
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-04-21

"SoMErIME."--The following is one
of Mr.. Prentics's little waif, 80 many Of
which appeared in che Louisville journal
in It's palmiest days:
"Somet,m e''-It 10 the sweet, sweet,
sweet song. warblcd to and fro among
the topmost boughs Of the hcsrt. and
filing the whole air with such joy and
'ladness A. the songs Of birds do when
the summer morning comes out Of dark
ness, aud day b born on tho noun.
tains. We have all our possessions in
the future which We CALI Sometime ~
Beautiful flowers and singing birds Gre
there. only our hands seldom grasp the
one. or our ears hear the other. But, oh
reader. be Of good cheer, for all the good
there is . golden "sometime !" when the
bills aud valleys Of time are oil passed
when the wear and fever, The dissppoint
mcnt and the sorrows Of life are over
then there 10 . place and the rest ap
pointed Of God. Oh, homestead, ovel
whose roof fall no shadows, or ever
clouds; aud. oyer whose threshold III,
voiec Of sorrow, Vas never heard bull
upon the eternal hills, and standing viii
|thy spires and pinnacles Of celestis
beauty among tho palm trees Of the city
on high, those who love God shall resl
under thy shadows, who're there is ..
more sorrows nor pain, nor the sop0d o
Weeping "Sometime." g
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-04-21

An eccentric American was lately Wis
iting ~ Epglisk oobiense, at bis seat ia
the south Of Eoglsnd. Our fellow ceus
ssyman vas 10 the habit Of saying, "Hov
very sppropriater' b. vsy Of ooanss-
dstisn, whether eprqpes or not. The
statuary 10 the grounds received this
comment 70 oftsa - 70 nstlls the host,
Who dstsrmiusd to sonplss his guest.
80, atoppiog before the family vault. and
pointing to 6gufs sear, Of Gssersl Jack.
son 90 horssbsck. ne said: "How do
you like that statue Of General Jackson p
SHOW very appropriate |" wee the ready
reply. "How do you make that OutT'
"Oh, General Jaoksen vss always st
hsms among dead Eugiishnsn," vas the
answer. The hose subsidsd.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-04-21
The shadows Of lhe Fatare.

A most singular chain Of circun,stan.
ces preceded the assassination of Henry
w., Of rrance. In the morning Of the
day on which he wss murdered by Ra
vsillao, Friday, May IA, 1920, be was ez
cecdingly pensive. In the hope Of com.
posing his spirits be threw himself on
his bed, but was unable to rest Thrice
he rose, and thrice he Cell on his knees
in prayer. Soon sitter, repaieing TO the
eresence chsmbor, his attendants endesv
ored TO divert the melancholy which
preyed SO deeply on bis mind. Bsin.
naturally amiable and cheerful, he tried
to fall 10 with che we'll meant plessantry
of his mobiles, and attempted to smile.
but concluded thus: 1--WE have laughed
enough for Friday there will be weep
ing on sunday"
His Queen, Marie de MeJicis, mad
been crowned bot the duy before. La
Brosse, q physician, is, BY some, reported
90 have said to the Duke de Vendome on
that evening, "If tho King survives a
danger which threatens him at present
he will live these thirty years." The
Duke entrea ed the King to gran. this
physician IN audience, and repeat wha,
the old gentleman had been saying. His
Majesty. wish unusual usperity and has
tiness, replied: "He is an old fool fol
telling you such things, and you are Z
young one IL you believe him." The
Dukes rcjoinder was given respectful
and sensible: "Sire. one may not BE-.
licve such things, but one may fea.
them" Bayle, however, has endeav-
ored to shake the credit of this who,.
story. ......--.. g.. ..
The same day, a. tho King and Q Q,eer
we're walking through an apartment O.
the palace, the King stopped to speak
with somebody present. The Queer
stopping at the same time, he said to her
as by spirit Of involuosary prohphecy
go on, 60 ou, Madame, the Regent
IA few nights before the catastrophe the
Queen dreamed that all tho jewels il
hes crowa were chaaged Toto pearls. and
she was tola that pearls wers signihca
tive Of tears. Another night she started
and cried out In her sleep, and walked tn
King, who asking her what vas the mat
ful dseam; but know that dream
arc mere illusions" IL was always O
the same opinion" ssid Henry "how
ever, tell me what your dream was.
Il dreamed" continued she, THAT yo'
were stabbed with knife under II
short ribs" "Thank God T. added th
King. "it was but a dream" On tn
morning Of the fatal day His Mujest
was, as we have before observed, unusu
ally low. More than once he said t
, those about him: Something or othe
hangs very heavy on my heart" b.
fosc he entered his carriage ho too
leave of tho Queen no fewer than thre
times. and had not passed through man
streets ere Ravaillac gave hin that fat,
thrust which deprived France Of one {
the most generous and humana sovcr
eigns she ever had.-Dublin Universit
Magazine.
The Lincoln County herald., 1870-04-21

ATTEMPTED ELOPEMEMT OF Two IN
FANTs. Two little Infants in Nashville
lately loved. They were about the ages
Of Paul and Virginia, the girl fourteen
and the boy year or two older He
was . bashful youth, still equal to the
pretty speeches which win the heart Of
budding womanhood. This girls mother
was the only obstacle in the way Of hap
pincss, and the youth could not face the
lioness In his p.th, therefore an elope-
ment was agreed upon. The mother and
daughter we're about TO start for the die.
tant wilds Of Omaha. Tho youth was. 10
an underhand way, on hand at sbe de.
pariuro, and as the train stavted OF the
maiden merely leh the motler minute
and stepped of into the srms Of her lover
as il we're. But alssi the course of true
Iovo 10 apt to run rough, % the poet did
tnot quite soy though he might with
great propriety have done So The
mother took ~ next train back ut the
next station, aud search WAS .iastiiuted
fcs the couple who elepel BY staying At
home. They Nsre founA snxiouslv
awaiting the arrival IL . clergy man,
license, aud . friend, but misery and tia
mother came 6rst. The girl sss eivss
- her parent and the boy to The police,
and the. next mornings new start was
oade for Um.ha BY the mother and
daughter, while the lover snored dismaliy
10 the "lock up Al aQporsAnity 10
nov afforded chem to pine away aud die,
10 20 disposed. I~Ni sfGinp