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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12
ZOE % B eak OneseIf of Bad Habils:

Understanding clearly the reasons,
and all the reasons, why the habit is
injurious. Study the subject till
there IS no lingering doubt in your
mind. Avoid the places, the per-
3ns, and the thoughts that lead to
he temptation. Frequent the places,
associate with persons, indulge the
thoughts that lead away from temp
alton. Keep busy: idleness is the
treDgth of bad habits. Do not give
10 the struggle when you have broken
r0lr resolution once, twice, ten
ines, q thousand times. That only
lows how much need there is for
Gu TO strive. When you have
afokeR your resolution, just think
he matter over, and endeavor to
understand why it was you failed, so
hat you may be on your guard against
recurrence Of the same cireumstan-
es. Do not think it a little or easy
hing that you have undertaken. 1t
folly &c expect to break off a habit
5 q day which may have been gather
.ng strength IN you fer years
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Hours,

re are dark hours; dark hours
mark the history Of the bright
$. For not q whole month in
1r OF the thousand of the past. per-
hapz. has the sun shones brilliantly
all the time. And there have been
cid and stormy days 10 every year.
hna vet the mists and shadows of the
iarksst hours were dissipated, and
ai.ssd heedlessly away. The erUelest
De the ice letters have been broken
aud dissolved. and the most furious
torn loses its power to alarm. What
g parable is all this of human fear,
IF our inside world where the heart
WORKS at its destined labor. Here,
leo, Sc have the OYershadowiDg OF
dark hours, aud many a cold blast
ehilis the heart of its core. But
vlat matters it? Man is born a
hero, and it is only by darkness and
storms that heroism gains its greatest
and best development and illustra-
ficn; then it kindles the black cloud
INTO a blaze Of glory, aud the storm
bears it rapidly to its destiny. Des-
pair not, then. Disappointment will
be realized. Notifying effect may
attend this effort, and that one; but
only be honest and struggle on, and
t will work we'll.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

EVANSVILLE, IND.
Annexation Notice.

R NB Row MGltG hE AAff'l
~ 10 the Mayor Aue common
of ble City OF EFausFllIa, lhHk The
ing described territory ~c1ulgu1uF ..
city, and ROT D. lted 81 iaid of
HlIiDca ~ lhH N accurately d~esol9luf
tLe Same hy mflca and bOanaa, and which
said territory ls described as lOlipWF. DO
Wit.
Commencing 40 the southwest corner of
Bray 3 enlargement 81 the city OF HVnua-
willie, and thence running north 30a feet 90
Erie Canal; q uOTthensterly along
said canal 4o8 feet TO D hAlrsectiUu Iiue.
passing north aud south through tno cone
TIRE Of section 29, Tom & south, Range 10
west, I'm Marlborough County, IuUlauue
thence north along said hnll-goctiuu lime
JOV teel 10 the quarter quarter section core
ner; thence wet Uu enc quarter quarter
section line 63l feet 90 the southeast lime uI
Chestnut Street of said city thence south.
westerly along the side OF Chestnut street
9JS feet 10 the northeast side OF Tenth
| Street Cfs8id city thence along Hnia north
east side Of Tenth Street 62A feet 90 tna
northwest bank or the canal aforesaid
thence s0uthWestelly along said cauHf
bank i7j feet 70 the nalt-aecblQn line paag.
Ing east n west through the centre ut
Section 20 aforesaid, aud from thence cast
GGy feet along 8Rtd half-sectlOn line f1 tho
place Of beginning, ought 20 be annexed
partlheTeof; the said Mayor and C0m=
mon Council Of said city, being dcalt0ua
That said Territory should pc annexed %
aAd made a part OF halu ellys lor Ine Iuia
owing reasons, 90 Wit: First, that EHLd tuE.
ritDry if contiguous TO, and 20 "a large exc
tent surrounded by, said city second fnHt
said territory shares ia the benehta of s.Ws
/ cIhge and other Improvement new mHuH
and necessary 10 be- made, aud should HH
| annexed, so AS 10 shane iu tho BURDEN NJ
taxation equally with other property H.ma
/ ilaIly situated and now within Tho caruua
rate limits Of said city and, third ilHE Tine
jurisdiction OF said CITY over aaid LetLALu 3
Is necessary to enable The Common GOuHs
/ Gil Ofsatd city 60 Opcn and lmy out suitable
streets and alieys, and also 10 provide
necessary and prOper drainage luI .aII
territory. A. is therefore ordered Chat fL.
| Mayor end Common Counc OF said u.I#
/ give due notice, according TO the require
ments OF an Act OF the General Assembly
/ OF the State ot Indiana, approved march
9Th, 1865, that they VIII, un The l.tu ouY at
| December 1859, present 90 the Board or
Commissioners OF WnmuerDurWM IouutH "a
petition for the annexation as q port e.
said CITY, the territory ~hereiubalore dee
! scribed. A. ~. MCGEIFF, CIUrIE.
by ID. A. MCaRIUT, HouHlr.
City Clerks ONCE, October ~, 1860,
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p. n. ELIAS
Grand Distribution
$4,000 WORTH of
Diamonds, Watches, JeWelry
Silver Ware and Store Fixtures.
Tickets. Due Dollar Each.
Including the SECOND GRAND
CONCERT.
The Draa1ing aoiU Positively Take
Plnce Saturday, Jan. Is, 1870.

Mr. r. H. ELIAS has been adj Y sed by his
physician 10 discontinue the Jewelry BUSH
ness, that he has been pursuing for so
many years,on account of its.belng too con-
hning and Injurious to his health. Many
of his old customers and the most prom1-
advised him to make a GRAND DESTRI-
BUTTON OF his entire stock and Fixtures,
and have promised him their aid and in
1uence. THIS JeweIry Store was estab-
lished by Joseph Draper in 1892. He was
succeeded by H. Z. Elias in 1853. r. II.
Elias, the present proprietor, has been en-
gagged in the JeWeITy BuSiDeSS Twelve
Years He can refer with just pride to all
the Jewellers OF Cincinnati, and most OF
the principal business houses, with whom
he has had the pleasure of doing business.
They will all testify 20 his honesty and
stralghtforWardness. The patrons can rest
assured that the utmost fairness and hon
esty wl1l be the greatest aim Of Mr.. Ettas,
so that all will share equally in the prizes
/ offered.
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To Joseph p. Elliott, Samuel orr Dewitt.
&. Keller, William BaEgr. INOmH E
6arvln, B. j.. Day, and thu heirs o. HuGh
ROnulds, deceased:
RYOTT8E ~ EfEREnV GIVEN. THAT
~ tho petition referred 90 in Gao above
notice was presented TO the Board uI
Gun Commissioner Of NnuuarUur.H
County, on the 18Th day of December. lal8
aud that the same was received auo cone
sidered; and 30 is ordered by said EoarI.
that the further hearing and couaidela
ton Of said petition be continued nutL
the 18th OF January, 1870 and thnE notice
be given by the County Auditor, uN uHuH.
cation In the Evansville Daily Journal.
that said application ia now peuoiuH bee
fore said Board, and that 40 VIII Do heard
and decided on the said I7th day oL tHuu.
airy, 1870. VICTOR BIatAt
Auditor Vamderburgh Hnuf
Evansville December 18th, 1869.
lde20 d1JbI
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12
Thefeeta and el elegant Passeng Steamer
Il No. y

Capt. LEE HOWELL;
ROB Z. MCMECHAN, Clerk,
Leave Evansville, as above, every Wed
NESDAY, promptly at 3 o clock Pm.
The O line OF steamers VIII run
during the season as above, connecting al
DanVille with the L., =. & n. Railroad.
and at J~ohnsonville with the y. IL n. w
Railroad, for all points East and West.
Having been thoroughly repaired and re-
furnished throughout, they offer special
Inducements 10 passengers and shippers
tor speed, safety, and comfort.
Orders for pig iron, dressed or undressed
yellow pine lumber, LETT with cur Agent
VIII receive prompt attention.
Shippers can rely on the boats of this
line lsaHing promptly, paying special at.
tentiou TO COLLECTIONS and way business.
For freight or passage apply on board. OF
10 VA. II. CONAET,
nov8 aft AGENT.
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First and Pine and Second an(
Elm Streets,
EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.
Portable Engines (saog mall si,ze), and
Portable Circular SaC Mills.


Important Notice.
The usual amount of steam used to do
saving with by the Portible Clrcular Saw
Mill is from l25 TO 100 pounds pressure per
square inch. / a educe this amount
and require only from 60 to 50 pounds per
square inch, at which steam Is not con-
sidered In the least dangerous, and is, at
the same time, more economical in the
saving of fuel, &c. We append the follow
ing certificate of the first of my new style
POrts BILE Mills, for the noting and careful
peruSal of saWyers and all those desiring
TO purchase, and solicit q call and careful
examination, they now being ready on
hand and making, mOunte on four strong
wooden wheels, with wide tires and heavy
iron axles, easily drawn from a place., and
always ready for operation in a few hours,
or mounted on legs q Wooden sktds, or
otherwise:
MR.. KRAFT THE Portable Engine you
furnished me, l consider as satisfactory n
perfect in every respect as any machine 1
ever saw, runs light, uses 30 pounds Of
steam for running a double 90 ana 30 inch
circular saw mill Tor a common days BUSH
ness. An average days work. 5000 to
10000 feet of lumber, easy. with IS pounds
of steam a. j. CALDWELL,
LynnV1Qe Ind.
Other sizes for farm and plantation use
and ell other requirements.
nov I5-6m c. KRAFT.
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ARCBITECTS.
Z. MORSINNA

n MGAt54NNA5
a "a Q E ( \ Il . II.
Esee-Ho. 3 C8ANDLERfS BUILDING
corner First and Locust Streets,
Evansville, Ind.
~ Plans and specifications for al kinda
Of puiiding3 furnished 81 short notice, and
gu reasonable Terms -iu1cht5 0Saz
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PHAIONs "PAPaIlN IO1T0F8
For BeautlyIng tho skin and Com
DleXiOns

NLeAL0ua
Removes al ErupttOmH, FrechleH. Pine
pIpg. Moth Blotchos, Tan, gtc.s and UauuaEH
Inc skin a0n. fair, and blooming.
For Ladies En- the Nursery 40 Of LuW1Iua
For Gentlemen after shaving 30 hae mo-
equal.
remedy for diseases and blemlsba 81 Ono
Skin.
|
PHALON'8 "PAWHTAH SO
the Toilet, Nursery, and Bath.
chap the skin, Price 25 cents per
FLOR DE HuAWD.ap
"EEOK DE MAYO"
a New Perfume for Ghe HamdkaICUIaE
Exquisite, Delicate, Lasting UrnGrHHu.
PHALON IL B0Nf New InrH-
Sold by all DRUGGISTS NHw
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

Among the FIRST boats due here are the
Quickstep, from Cairo; Morning Star, from
Louisville; Sam. J. Hale, from Memphis;
Lewellin from Eastport; Nick LongwOrtb,
p. W. Gtrader, Indiana and Dexter,
from New Orleans; Alice Dean, for Mem
phls; Lawrence, for Nashville; Virginia,
for New Orleans; Evansville, from Green
River; Alpha and Emma Floyd, from
Nashville.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

We thought. On Monday, the weather
was too balmv and beautiful 10 last, and
sure enough, there Yves a great change by
yesterday. The day opened with a light
rain, ard the clouds looked dark and low
erIng, with prospects Of more rain. The
river during the twenty.four hours ending
at 3 r. n. yesterday, had fallen four inches.
Mercury 40- at Ga. n, and so 40 Dor
arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals ard departures up TO p. ".
include only the Sam. Orr, from Cairo;
Petrolia No. 2, Henderson and return Le-
Claire, PASSPORT 70 Louisville; Saliie, New
Orleans TO Plltsburg.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

Captain G. ~ rouge tfAtsEAplab captain
John Kyle, nom Little Rock, Ark, on
saturday, that the America, from Cincfn-
natl to Fort Smith, had arrived at that
point, and would proceed mp the Arkansas
on the following day. He also telegraphs
shat there were four feet and falling IN the
Arkansas River at that point.
Tho first ice Of tho made
was running in tie Ohio, past this city.
yesterday. 10 is no impcdimentto nayi-
cation, however.
Limestone fOhio) Furnace win be sold
on Tuesday. It's appraised az 636,Vyf. T.
-. IOdWick is the Receiver.
six aches of snow fell at Athens Gas
on Friday, the heaviest fall since 1913.
People nearer the report an
averages OF twelve inches
a Mobile steamboat Captain recently
dropped a i've hundred dollar
on The Mobile wharf, N before ne could
turn round 10 was blown tntotne river n
lost. Tine number not having been taken,
IL rs a total loss, except 10 Uncle sam, 10
the wind which did the deed can hardly
be said 10 have blown anybody good, or
anything but bad.
The Times OF Monday evening says:
Twelve thousand was the rate at which
the Portsmouth q Big sandy COMPANY
purchased q three-fourlh interest ia the
Mountain Belle. The dfnburg will enter
the Evansville trade his week as a regu.
lar packet.
The Chronicle says:
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-08-31

The LATE EXPRESS RoDDERY-The
following are the particulars of the rob-
berry of the United States express car ON
the Mississippi Road, on the morning of
the 9th instant: Shortly after the train
left Scott's station, two rough-looking
men hastily entered the car from the
rear platform. They were dressed in
dark clothes, and their faces we're con-
cealed by calico masks. In o moment,
comprehending their design. the mes
senger rose to resist them. They de-
manded the keys of the safe in which
the money was deposited, and seized
him. He struggled with them despc-
rately, but they forced him down on the
floor. In the course of the struggle, he
was struck repeatedly on the head and
face; one blow, it is feared, breaking the
bridge of his nose. Having bound him
to a heavy chest, they rumaged his
pockets until the key of the snfe was
found, and then proceeded to possess
themselves of the money. Having rob-
bed the safe, as they thought, thorough
ly, they locked it again, and threw the
key behind some boxes in the car, where
it was found. II is stated that one pack
age, containing $4,000 in greenbncks,
was left behind, having been overlooked.
Trains are not generally run at fast
rate between Scott's station and Jeffer-
son City, and tho robbers succeeded in
jumping off safely.
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Important DeoIston---Taxation by Coun-
Eii' ty Vote for Railroads.


MIR. ED1roR: The very life Of the State
depends upon our restraining the dis.
guised system OF coVsscation now being
carried on under the name of taration.
When the power of taxation is given
those who have little or mono of the tax
to pay, it becomes property-holders to
apply every check the law of the land
affords.
The Legislature in 1868, (XIv Stats.
p. 75,) passed an Act au uthorizing Coun-
ties and towns, which might be elm
terested in the construction of the Air
Line Railroad, or any branch thereof"
to subscribe to the capital stock by au-
thority Of vote of the people. While
this particular railroad ought to be en-
couraged. the exercise of this porer is q
most alarming phrase of radical confscn-
ton.
Now, the exercise Of such a power
under authority of an Act Of the Legis-
lature, has time and again been decided
illegal and cold, by tho highest courts.
No lawyer will claim that Section s, Arti-
Gle 0, of the Constitution, confors any
such power. The Act of the Legisla-
ture can only be relied on. The Su-
premo Court of Michigan has recently
delivered an opinion (three Judges to
one) in precisely similar case, in which
it pronounced the Statute cold. The
opinion is very able, we'll sustained by
legal authority, and delivered by Judge
Cooley, who is himself good authority
upon such questions, both in England
and America. A full report of this case
can be found in the American Law Reg
istcr, vol. Q, no. s, p. 487.
The principle decided is that no Lo-
gislative Act can authorize tax to aid
i'll the construction of q railway running
through County, township or town.
All taxes must be laid for public pur-
poses, and not for private enterprises,
although in common parlance. the latter
may be Of q public nature. For exam
pie, subscription may be voted by q
County for court house, but not for a
railroad.
I would add, that the Supreme Courts
Of Iowa, Wisconsin and California, have
made like decisions.
PROPERTY HOLDER.
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The Reform Canvass.

We learn from the Charleston Neus
that Reform meetings have recently been
held at Landsford, Lancaster Court
House, Liberty Hill and Camden, upon
which occasions Judge Carpenter, Gene
raj Butler and other speakers spoke with
effect to large and attentive audiences.
OF the Camden meeting the NeDs says:
CAMDEN, August 29.-The long ex-
peoted Reform meeting was held here
to-day. About 5000 persons were pre-
sent. Judge Carpenter and Generals
Butler, Kershaw and Kennedy, Colonel
Shannon and Mr.. Leitner delivered ad-
dresses which satisfied the reason and
aroused the enthusiasm of the vast
gathering. The Rev. Jonas Byrd made
noble speech. Everything passed of
quietly, and the whole meeting was
splendidly successful. Much good was
done.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-08-31

SUDDEN DEATH or AN Ex-CoNFEDER-
ATE OFFICER. Wednesday last, Gen.
Edwin G. Lee, son inlaw of Rev. Gen.
Pendleton, fell deal ut the Yellow Sui
phur Springs, i'll Virginia. while walk
ing on the grounds. Disease Of the
heart, it is stated, was the cause of his
death. For several years, however he
had suffered from consumption. Tie
Sheperdstown Register says:
''He was young man of extraordina-
ry talent and qualifications. He was u
lawyer by profession, but has not prac-
ticed any since the war. At the begin
ming Of the late war, he was aid-de-camp
to General T. J. Jackson, but was soon
appointed major aud assigned to the
thirty-third Virginia Infantry, Stonewall
Brigade, and upon tho reorganization of
that regiment in 1862, he was elected
lieutenant-coloncl, and soon became col
onel by the death of that officer. He
commanded his regiment in several bat
ties, but his health falling he was ns-
signed to post duty at Staunt6n, and in
1864 was promoted to brigadicr gene
raj"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-08-31

EXEMPTIONS FROM STAMP Duty AFTER
OCTOBER 1sT.- Acting Commissioner
Douglass has addressed letter to T.. NJ.
Patrick, Esq, stamp agent at New York,
stating that the only instruments subject
to stamp duty under schedule B, which
are held exempt from tax after the first
of October next by the terms of the Act
of July Il, 1870, are "promissory notes
for less sum than 500, receipts Tor any
sum OF money or for the payment Of any
debt" Section four Of the Act alluded
to also provides that mo stamp shall be
required upon the transfer or assignment
of mortgage where it or the instrument
it secures has been once duly stamped"
The agent in his communication to tho
department states that many business
men seem to think that the tax is re-
pealcd on all forms, and the acting com
missioner i'll his reply authorizes the
publication of the decision to set aside
that erroneous impression.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-08-31


OCTnAGEs IN CUBA Tenyenncc 0f Il
Husband The Havana correspondent
Of the New York Times gives the follow
ing account of recent outragcs in Cuba
by brgands, and tho vengeance taken
upon two Of them by an American engi-
neer whose wife they had cruelty NAL
| treated
Some time during the month OF May,
n party of five robbers appeared ut
plantation, possessed themselves of seve-
raj good horses, taking also various arti-
cles of clothing belonging TO an Ameri-
can engineer on the plantation, and
then disappeared. The engineer, who
was in Havana Mt tho time, became furi-
Gus on his return, and INDUCED in severe
threats against the perpetrators of the
robbcrics. Some friend Of the bandits
communicated these threats to them,
and few days later they again appeared,
took the engineer by surprise. tied him
hand and foot, and then proceeded to
lash him with whips and thongs until
the man had tainted three times from
loss Of blood and pain. They then tied
him up on n chair before his dwelling,
and two of the number walked into the
house and violated his wife. Since then
the engineer has been almost maniac
and bent on revenge.
Last Friday, he received information
that the two bandits wcre then at
ncighboring plantation, and without nd
vising advising anybody Of his intention
hc armed himself and had the good for
tune to find both of them lying on the
floor in an incbriate condition. TO tie
them up and rouse them sufficiently to
understand the situation, occupied but
| little time and with the hclp of some
negroes he brought them to lis own
place, ordered fires to be lit md then
threw both of them into big sugar ket-
ties filled with water, which soon began
to boil. Tho men lived fifteen to twenty
minutes until the water began to boil
Their attempts to throw themselves out
Of tho kettles, and their demands for
water and cries for pity were hcart-rcnd-
ing, but their cXecntioner took Il fiend-
ish delight in throwing in occasionally
Il little cool water, which, however, in n
moment began to boil again. At the
end Of twenty-five minutes, both had
ceased to exist. When tho fact was
mentioned to tho Captain General, he
remarked, 81 don't wish to know it,
and if such thing has happened, I fully
approve of it as man, but rs Captain
General, have so far no knowledge of
the matter. Beasts in human shape
must be treated rs beasts, although the
punishment was inhuman and cruel;"
and so the matter rests. The engineer
has returned to his plantation, and
swears not to rest until he has caught
the other three. Some Spanierds at
tempt to call these bandits insurgents,
but this is mere subterfugc, as all of