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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-27

THE Indianapolis Journal is IN
reasonable. A sewerage contract was
recently let in that city for some $12,-
600 more money than other parties
agreed to do the work for. The Jour
nat is now engaged daily in flashing
the Republican members of the Coun-
Gil who voted for the swindle. Why
don't that paper turn its eyes south
ward, to our beautiful city, and learn
how a Democratic Council does bust.
ness? We do not bother ourselves
with bids. We hunt up a sprightly,
cIeverf who knows how to treat to
the champaign and accomplishments,
and We give him the contract on his
W estimates and at his own price.
When an impractical fellow comes
along, and proposes to do the job for
from 10000 to $4,000 less money, we
denounce him as a humbug and swim
der. How ridiculous, for a Metro
politan paper to be making a fuss
over a paltry twelve thousand dollars
Ia a big sewerage contract IF the
Journal will consult the columns Of
the Courier of this city, it will learn
political wisdom in the management
of little jobs Of this kind.
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q 1IODDo3 OAoIL %
III. GREENAwALT, Sec.


A WRITER in the Aduance has this
concerning the late Charles Dickens's
domestic relations:
1.-The ugliest feature In his life is
treatment of his wife. Mr.. Wells,
his business partner and most init.
mate friend, told me last year that it
was the one objectionable act that
could neither be explained mol for
given. The causes of the separation
are perfectly well known. Miss Ho-
garth, own sister of Mrs. Dickens,
who had always lived in the family
from the time of the marriage,
was too much the favorite of the
head. For years this was the subject
of discord until it ended In separation,
Mrs. Dickens removing to Gloucester
Crescent, London, while Miss Ho-
garth remained at Gad's Hill to the
last. No charge of a criminal aspect
was ever made. Dickens paid his
wife e600 a year.. The children, of
whom eight are living, went at their
option from one house to the
other, the sons mostly residing
at their mothers house, and the
daughters with their father. A
correspondence was kept up
between husband and wife, and Miss
Hogarth frequently saw her sister az
her own (Mrs. Dickens') house. 1t
was the refusal of Bradbury & Evans
to publish Dickens statement in
the columns of Punch that caused the
quarrel ending by his withdrawal from
Household Words, and commencing
All the Year Round. Although
Charles Dickens, Jr., married Miss
Evans, the seniors never after the
outbreak spoke to each other"
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-27

WE are rather surprised hat some Ofour
enterprising business men do not take adj
vantage of the present war and telegraph
excitement to do a little advertising in a
quiet way. We see that one merchant has
offered two hundred dollars for the first
French flag captured by the Prussians.
This should be followed up. Why does
not Helmbo1d telegraph unlimited sup
plies of his buchu? The great author Of
Drake's Plantation Bitters should send the
Emperor a case of his unrivaled tonic, and
inform the world at the expense of the
Associated Press. Sewing machines and
pianos should come out strong, and Mr..
Bonner a. an opportunity of writing q
letter to Bismarck and Napoleon, giving
his views on the war, which we shall be
/ glad to quote from the Ledger. The true
! art of advertising is to gain observation
| without paying for 1t and q conspicuous
war is an unsurpassed OppOrtunity.-N
/ Y.
We have a. large number of sos
called business men in this section OF
country who need no prompting to
avail themselves of every opportuni-
ty for gratuitous advertising. They
are always ready to step into every
opening presented, and herald their
own praise by leading off in all so.
called public enterprises. These men
are always ready to talk and write,
provided they a.e never called on to
pay. They will oheerfully furnish
the newspapers with whole columns
of interesting matter, covering all the
ground in every controversy, provided
said newspapers " noise abroad p" the
authors name, and loudly aud full
somely champion his energy, public
spirit, and self-sacri6cing patriotism
The newspapers have, for years
bowed before these impudent charla.
tons, and became their obedient hew-
ers of wood and drawers Of water,
receiving as pay curses rather than
cash, aggravated by insolenee and
insolvency instead of cheerful indie
p~endence. We have in our minds
eye large numbers of these ~enterpris-
ing advertisers, and we demur to all
paragraphs like the one quoted from
the Standard. which are in the least
calculated to add to their number.
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AM EransHIIla nngherrr

The Councilman from the Second
Ward is a veritable Dogberry. He
demonstrates in his own person
''that to be a well favored man is
the gift Of fortune; but to write and
read comes by nature" As a sample
Of his writing, we copy the reso-
luton introduced by him into the
City Council. and endorsed by that
body of precious solons of whom the
Second Ward Dogberry is the master:
Resolved, That the Evansville
JOURNAL, q daily paper published in
this city, has made statement In its
columns, during the last few days,
that the City Council has authorized
the issue of 100000 nine per cent.
bonds, without limit as to time, and
that sum was under control of a COM
mittee for disposition at their discre-
ton.
Resolved, That ali of said statement
is untrue in every particular, and the
proprietors Of said newspaper are
hereby requested to correct the anne
One statement of the JOURNAL al
luded to, was in the following words.
to wit:
MORE BoNDsl-By reference to the
Council proceedings of Wednesday.
It will be seen that the Finance Com
mittee was instructed to have printed
n hun dred thousand dollars of nine
per cent. city bonds. So it goes.
Bonds upon bonds, indebtedness
piled upon indebtedness. This
is what the Democratic Council
calls fnanciering. after the plan
which that party proposed to
adopt in the general govern
ment, provided that Mr.. Pendleton
could have been made President. We
respectfully ak thoughtful taxpayers
how long the Council can pursue the
course il has marked out without
b~ankrupting the city? One hundred
thousand dollars more Of bonds to
cover the incidental expenses of the
city, for. be it understood, these bonds
are neither for railroads nor Water
Worksl
So there is nothing in the above
paragraph sustaining the allegation in
the resolution.
The JOURNAL of Monday, however,
contained the following, and this is
the STATEMENT we presume, to
which the Van Ripper Council alludes
The action of the Council in order
ing the issuing of another hundred
thousand dollars in bonds is well cal
culated to startle the taxpayers.
What is of equal cause of alarm is
the fact that these bonds are placed
in the hands of the committee, the
Council not 50 much as determining
the length of time they are to run.
These bonds are to be sold for the
purpose of keeping up the incidental
expenses of the city, and that. too.
just preceding the collection of taxes.
The inanciering ability that runs up
a debt. as our debt is being increased
during the present year. is exceeding
~ costly, 20 say the least Of it.
Well, this statement was based on
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-27

The pay OF the men Is hXed by the
Legislature, and being originally 5000
was successfully increased to $1,000
and $1,000; and the amount of pay
must be deducted 10 ascertain the ex-
penditure for which the Police Com
missioners are responsible. The
amouRt per head for general expenses
did not get above SO SO until 1867,
when Tammany first obtained a voice
In the matter, and that year it was
1851 SO. Then the Police passed out
of Republican control, the Board be.
ing composed of two Tammany Dem
ocrats and two Tammany Republicans.
As q consequence, the miscellaneous
sum per head was 1892 SO in 1868, and
$3.50 50 in 1869. Artemus Ward dis
covered by actual experiment that
playing hoss'' was not his forte; this
city is learning by the same mean that
economy in the use of public money
is not the forte of Tammany.
Evansville, apparently reckless of
consequences, imported an off shoot
Of Tammany. and placed him at the
head of her City Council. The result
is an increase of her bonded indebt-
eoness at a rate that Is calculated to
make taxpayers anxious to sell out
their property at the earliest opportu-
nifty. But the Tammauy style Of doing
municipal business has hardly got in
augurated yet. By the tables above we
may calculate how expenses will in
crease as the young Tammanyite WAKES
stronger and holder. Look at the
figures in New York; Previous to
1867, when Tammany first obtained a
voice in the police management, the
general expenditures did not exceed
$40 SO per head. That year-Tam.
many's first instalment-tbe expen-
ditures were increased to 1857 SO.
Next year they rose to 1892 SO, and
the year following to $3.50 SO. An
actual increase in three years of over
fUe hundred per cent.
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the official record of the Clerk, which
the Council yesterday gravely cor
rected in order to get a chance for Mr..
Van Riper's resolution. We copy
that portion of the Council proceed
ings upon which cur statement was
founded:
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
Wednesday 8 AM, July 20, $780,
The Council met as a Board of
Equalization pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Present: Councilmen Files, Null
hansen, Van Ripper, Richardt, Car
| pepter. Schaum, Kerth, and Doughty,
His Honor the Mayor being absent
Councilman Heilman was, on motion
called to the chair.
On motion of Councilman Var
Ripper, the following Inspectors
Judges and Clerks were appointed
TO serve at the next election. to bt
held on the 9th day of July, 1870.
Here follows the list published il
Yesterdays JOURNAL.
On motion of Mr.. Van Ripper, the
Finance Committee were authorized
to issue one hundred thousand dol
lars in bonds, the same bearing nin'
per cent. interest.
The Council then proceeded t.
equalize, etc.
By the above proceedings it will b
seen that what the JOURNAL stated wa
in strict accordance with the recorC
Of the Council, as made APP By til
Clerk.
We do not see that the correcte,
record helps the matter much. w
are now informed that the Financ
Committee we're authorized to hav
800, 900 of nine per cent. bond
struck off for future use. Certainl
for future usel Nobody suppose,
they were for past Use In the col
rected Minutes the time is not state,
which these 800. 900 bonds are I
run. We are justified in concludin
that the time is left to the discretio
of the Finance Committee, as prett
much everything else is left to the
discretion.
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state Normal school.

At a meeting of the teachers at
tending the special session of this
school, held in Terre Haute, on Fri
day evening last, the following reso-
lutions were adopted:
WHEREAS. The State has estab-
lished, at great expense, a State Nor
NAL School at Terre Haute, the de-
sign of which is to furnish competent
teachers for the public schools of the
State.
WHEREAS, A course of instruction
has been planned which will give
teachers better methods of instruc-
ton, better principles of organizing,
classifying, and governing their
schools-recognizing the fact that it
is not the primary object of a Normal
School to make scholars, but to train
teachers, yet as it is impossible to
teach methods unless the student has
a thorough knowledge of subjects to
be taught, it becomes necessary to
| give instruction in those branches re-
quired to be taught In the public
schools of the State. Therefore be it
Res0lued, By the teachers Of the
| State in attendance during the short
term of this institution, which COM
menced July Is, 1870,
/. That we hail the establishment
of our State Normal School as the
browning glory Of our free school sys-
tenn, In that it furnishes to the teacher
facilities for preparing himself in his
own State for the work of his profes-
sion.
2. That we consider President w.
A. Jones to be eminently fitted, In
every respect. for his position, and as
he is well sustained by the other
members of the Faculty. he will build
up a Normal School that will be an
honor to the State, and take rank
with the best of similar institutions
in other States.
3. That we urge upon the teachers
of the State to avail themselves of the
privileges offered them here (free
of charge for tuition), that they may
be prepared to do the most good II
the least time, and at the least ex
pense to the State.
A. That we are willing to guarantee
that if they do this they never will re
greet it, as they cannot fail to be bene
Gifted by the.drill which they will here
receive.
5. That the press throughout thu
} State be requested to publish these
resolutions.
j. HOBBS, Chairman.
| HI. GREENAWALT, Sec.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-27

EVANSVILLE is delightfully."- located.
Her climate-especialIy during the
Spring and Fall months-is all that
could be desired. Her sunsets rival
the far.famed skies of Italy. Her
business has been good, and her
growth in population thus far emf
nently satisfactory. In short, she
may appropriately adopt the language
Of st. Paul. with reference to her sis
ter cities, and exclaim: Would to God
that ye were not only almost, but
altogether, as I am-ercept these bonds
sAThe Council has ordered the print.
ing machines to be set in motion to
grind out another hundred thousand
or two, or two. another hundred thou.
sand or tWol
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-27

ToBAoCo.-There is but little news
from New York on the question of
the price of tobacco, except that it is
fat, and the holders are awaiting
news from Europe and coming events.
In Paducah and the other Western
markets, tobacco has run down at
least twenty five per cent. on the leaf,
and thirty per cent. on Tugs. Many
holders have already sold at a heavy
loss.
What the next ten, twenty or thirty
days will bring forth, we cannot pre-
tend to predict; but our judgment is
that Western holders should not sac
riice too largely, as there is no par
ticular reason why tobacco should not
continue to bear full prices. Europe
must have tobacco. and she will have
it. even at the highest prices.-Pddu-
cab Herald. q
At New Orleans there seems to be
no demand at any price. The Euro
pean troubles have suspended all
sales.
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WI understand that some of u
good friends on the City Council are
particularly indignant at u notice
Of the ordering of the printing Of one
hundred thousand dollars Of nine
per cent. bonds. The doctrine of
infallibility seems to be spreading.
Not only are we to admit the infalli-
bility Of the Pope, but We must also,
With our hands upon u mouth bow
70 the dust before the infallibility Of
the Van Ripper Councill Their ac-
lions must not be harshly criticised
for they are all founded in immutable
wisdom and inscrutable skill. TVe
the Evansville Council! Accused
be the man who grumbles because oil
his bondsl
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TaInmany (!

We copy the following interesting
fact from the New York. Tribune:
It is natural that any department of
the Municipal Government should be-
come more b~urdensome in proportion
as it falls under TammaDy control
but the public will hardly be prepar-
ed for the startling increase In the ex-
penses of the Police department, as
shown by the following exhibit:
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A CORRESPONDENT of the Paducah
Herald, writing from Galloway Coun-
", KY, says the corn crop looks
better than ever known before, the
tobacco crop is about one third
" scalded over by the heavy rains Of
the past few days, and the wheat crop
Is threshing out as well as expected.
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More Bonds,

At the meeting Of the Council, yes
terday, Mr.. Van Ripper asked and was
granted authority for the Finance
Committee to sell $4,000 ten-year
bonds, as the Finance Committee
thought it best to have some funds
on hand. So it goes. Bonds upon
honds
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-27

Hence, we advise Evansville tax
payers to take courage. Surely when
they contemplate what is In reserve
for them they can patiently endure
the evils they have.
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Evansville & sOuthern Illinois Rail-
road.

The Carmi Courier learns from the
Benton Standard that the prospects
of this road are increasing, earnestly,
with the citizens of Franklin County.
In an article on the condition Of
affairs in this connection, the Stand
ard says:
The company are very confident
that they will, within the next few
weeks or months at the farthest, be
able to increase the subscription and
donation to their road between Du-
quoin and the Wabash River, to the
important sum of 100000, which,
with other advantages already obtain
ed, will insure the construction of
this line of railway at an early day.
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THE NEW FOOD SOURCE.


CEA MOSS FARLNE.
or Carrageen, is conceded
cheapest and most delicious food in the
Apackage. costing a few cents. will make
sixteen quarts Of Blanc Mango, and q pro-
p~ortionate quantity OF Puddings, Custards,
Creams. Sauces, Gruels, Charlotte Russo,
Ice Creams, &C, &C.
CEA MOSS FARINE
- Is creating a great
sensation in the
food market. Its
delightful flavor, convenience for dessert,
&c, &c, is unsurpassed.
CEA mess FARTNE
~ "The proof of the
pudding is in eat
ms 1T" and we feel
confident hat no man or woman who has
once eaten of q Blanc Mango, Pudding,
Custard,. Cream, Charlotte Russo, or any
other delIcacy prepared with this marine
| GOdsend, will deny its claim to rank
among the table luxuries of the period.
SEA MOSS FARINE
~ Is made up without
trouble, and will
always be good.
Try it, and our word for 1t, you will con-
- Makes an elegant
Ice Cream, is su-
perior to Corn
Starch or .Arrowroot. and one hundred
per cent. cheaper.
ID AT least fifty differ
ent dishes can be
made. from SEA
Moss FARINE, all delicious, healthfuI. and
economical. 1t is the cheapest food n the
known world.
SEA MOSS FARINE
Is rich in flesh FORM
ing properties, and
makes a~deJtghtful
diet for children and all others requiring
a light and delicate food:
CEA MOSS FARINE
great improve
rent upon all sim
liar preparations, 1t is the most delight
full n delicate food we nave ever tasted"
Custards, Soups, Cru
els, &C. &C, made
from e. MOSS
FARINE. can be taken by invalids at all
times, and retained upon the stomach
while all other preparations are rejected.
SEA MOSS FARINE
convince the most
skeptical that T.
Moss FARINE will produce ~unequaled Gus
tards. Puddings, Creams. &C., &c.
SEA MOSS FARLNEs
and healthy foed
for Children and
Invalids.
EA MOSS FARINE
- Superior to Corn
Starch, MAIZENA,,
Farina, or n
kindred preparation.
CEA MOSS FARINE
lightful dessert,
and contains so
per cent. of nutriment.
SEA MOSS FARINE
fed, concentrated,
and rendered an
absolute luxury, and viii hereafter be
quoted as q food staple In the markets OF
the world.
~ For all the uses to
which the best Ar
rowrOot is appltca-
bic. at ~one-quarter the price. -
- Is superior to all
other preparations
for weak and puny
children; nothing can surpass it for that
CEA MOSS FARINE
a marvellous y.
tent, while 1t is
soothing and cooling to the blood: -
SEA MOSS FARKNE
what it is, and our
word for it, he Will
recommend it also.
- TsspIendId for thick
entng sauces., and
viii make fifty
different dishes.
- Sold only at whole.
sale by he
RAND SEA MOSS FARINF CO,
So Park Place, ". z.
ego decd view !
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War War y War
Between France and Prussia,

MAIN STREET EXCHANGE.
Large quantities of Cove and spiced
best brand, purchased previous to the
heavy rise, viii be sold to tnvalids. picnic
parties, and others at the lowest prices.
Pure homemade Catawba and Concord
Wine. the most wholesome drink of the
ssGsoDs wholesale and retail.
Main Street Exchange, betWeen Fifth and
Sixth Streets.
jyI6 I'm JOHN q SCHWEIz Err
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-27

CEA MOSS FAMINE,
Made from pure Irish Moss,
or C~arrageen, is conceded
to be the healthiest,
cheapest and most delicious food in the
world.
Apackage, costing a few cents, will make
sixteen quarts Of Blanc Mango, and q pro-
portionale quantity OF Puddings, Custards,
Creams, Sauces, Gruels, Charlotte Russo,
Ice Creams. &C. &c.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-27

LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE Rail-
ROAD EARNINas.-The gross earn
Ings OF the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad and branches owned by the
company, for the month of June last,
and the corresponding month of 1869,
were as follows:
1870. June estimate .......... .s1s9, 1857 SO
1866, 1905 2 u
9,24O 81
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-27

CEA MOSS FARINE
- Is creating a great
sensation in the
food market. Its
delightful flavor, convenience tor dessert,
&c, &c, is unsurpassed.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-21

quisiton an embarrassment rather than an
aid, we ought to do so. 1t is the plain duty of
the Senate, therefore, to consider the whole
subject from broad and national stand
point, consulting the good of the country
rather than the wishes one way or the other,
of the President. 1t would be the height of
folly to annex San Domingo simply because
the President has set his heart upon it, when
its possession might prove a nuisance of the
first magnitude and it would be equ lily
foolish to refuse to accept what prom ses to
be an acquisition of the greatest value for no
other reason than that certain Senator's have
quarrelled with the President. 1t is the duty
of Congress to make such an Investigation
into the advisability of annexing San
Domingo as has never yet been made, and to
determine as nearly as possible, first, whether
it is worth having; and second, whether we
can get it upon sufficiently advantageous
terms. In event of our becoming involved
in foreign war, our great need of a first-class
naval station in the West Indies will be de-
monstrated in very conclusive manner, and
the sooner we obtain possession of such a
station the better it will be for us. We do
not desire that the Senate should take any
precipitate action in regard to the annexa-
ton of San Domingo, but it would be graft
flying if the subject we're discussed in a diff
ferent spirit from what it has been, and if
certain Senators would cease making per-
sonal issue with the President on the subject