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Year: 1865

Is ST.. LOUIS TO BE AN INLAND Town
We understand, says tn st Louis Dai-
ly Press, that wager Of $500 side
was made in Alton last week that if the
rise in the river is as great this spring as
it was in 1858, the Mississippi would
break through Long Lake, opposite the
mouth Of the Missouri, and thus leave
st. Louis eleven miles from the river. The
gentleman who offered the bet is owner
Of ibe land which is being cut through
by the current Of the Missouri, and be
states that less than quarter Of mile
breadth of land is left a. barrier.
Year: 1865

THE plan is now generally adopted in
Gen. Grants army, when burying The
dead, to place in the grave, with the body,
sealed bottle, containing q paper on
which is written the name and other par
ticulars respecting the deceased.
Year: 1865

A SocKDoLooER.-A western paper
publishes the following: I'VE knew au
old man who belived that what was to be
would be- He lived in a region infest-
ed by very savage Indians. He always
took his gun with him when going into
the woods, but this time he found that
some of his fsmily had taken it, As he
would not go without it, his friends tan
talzed him by saying that there was no
danger Of the Indians; that he would not
die till his time come anyhow.


"Yes, yes" said the old fellow; "but
suppose l was to meet an Indian, aud his
time had come, it wouldn't do not to have
my gun"
Year: 1865

Many and fearful have been the tales told
to the crcdulous people of the Southern
States about lie Yankees, during the past
Tour Year. their leaders have spared no
pains to intensity their hatred and dread of
the North, and have seized every occasion to
fire the southern heart with stories Of
what the '.Ysndal Yankees had done and
would do. The people Of the South have
believed 1t ali and amusing stories are told
Of th,ir surprise at being dccenty treated,
where our armies have marched into their
cili,7 The rebel government was not sell
dom the peipetrator Of outrage and robbery
upon them. and the lawful Yankees must
Of course. in their opinion, treat them in
Gnitdy wore. But aside from occasional
individual acts of license unavoidable in so
large an army, the conduct Of our officers
and soldiers has been humane and consider
ate gnd the Southerncrs have learned that
not only 1.-The devil Is not so Llack as be is
painted. but that IN fact he ia not a devil
at all


Inc kindness with which they are treated
viii DO much toward restoring them to
better mind towards the Government.


\ letter from Mobile in the Chicago Tn
juas furnishes a good illustration. The
writer says


a lady whose husband had left the city
when il was evacuated by the rebels, and had
guarl placed over her house for It's protection
found her only child, a babe, taken very i'll in
the night. At her request, the guard readily
went IN search Of physician for her and brought
q regimental surgeon. She looked at him, ac-
cord.ng 10 her own account, with silent dsmay
and palpitaiing heart, not knowing what he
would DO; but when said she. his hrst move
ment, after locking AT the child, was TO stcop
over and kiss him. knew he WAS all right
A. she related the incident tears OF emotion IN
voluntarily ran down her face.


II loving and respectful kindness on the part
of both men aud uficeTs composing this army,
can conquer rebel hearts, Mobile - certainly
coIquepd CITY No ono, TO observe the conduct
Of the troops. would imagine they knew this TO
have been a bitter hole OF secession.
Year: 1865

FIRE IN UINEsBURGu 1.-THE barn Of y. W.
Stone in the rear of L. Andrews store, and
near the center of the tbiekest part OF the
village. was discovered to he on fire at ono
o'clock Thursiay, just as the people were
returning from public worship. The wind
was light but the blaze and cinders were
waited directly over the buildings towards
the south to tho end of the village, and not
less four dwelling houses and several barns
we're at one time on fire The engine from
long disuse was out of repair, but by vigOI-
Gus hands che village was saved aud the
damage confined mostly 10 one barn
which was empty and insured ; several eIti-
zens were pretty severely burned by the
Hanes, while on the roofof an adjoining
building.
Year: 1865

thank not being put, the crowd left the room to
Wood and his friend.


You may think this manifestation of feeling
harsh; but | assure you that ii Was what the
human nature Of honorable men was not able 10
stand, to behold the countenance of one who I'd
devoted his life to Strengthening the arm that
has covered America with devastation and grief,
IN the very hour when that arm hI1 4 led up the
measure Of its inquiries
Year: 1865

The Union men Of the Sixth Con-
gressional District of Kentucky have
nominated that sterling patriot, Green
Clay Smith, for reelection to Congress.
The Convention, wisely we think, re-
solved in favor of the Constitutional
amendment for the abolition of slavery
throughout the United States. The is
sue has to be met, and we are gratifed
to see that the Union men are not
finching. We are satisfied that if the
merits Of the amendment are thoroughly
and fairly canvassed before the people
Of Kentucky they will endorse it BY
handsome majority. The preiudices
of the people in favor Of the perpetua-
ton Of slavery are strong, but when the
true Union men learn that the future
peace and prosperity of Kentucky, as
well as Of the whole nation, depend upon
the eradication Of the cause of the terrible
war through which we have just passed,
they will not hesitate to make the sac
rifee.


The sooner the amendment is adopted
the better, for until the question is def
nitely settled labor in Kentucky will be
in chaotic condition, and much suffer.
ing will be experienced in consequences.
Once assured that they will be as undis-

turbed in the enjoyment of freedom 10
! Kentucky as in any Of the other States,
I the blacks will remain there and work
cheerfully for their old masters at a
reasonable compensation. Our observ'
alton of the negroes who have taken
refuge in our own city teaches US that
as a class they bear little malice towards
their former owners, aud would never
have left them could they have been as
sured Of their freedom and compensa
1 ton for their labor. Wisdom, we think
dictates to the Kentuckians the propriety
of laying aside prejudice and accepting
and adapting themselves TO the changed
condition Of society in all the States
with promptness and grace that viii
90 far towards robbing the change of iti
humiliation aud distress.


We commend the action Of the Union
men Of the Sixth District to the favora
BILE consideration of ell friendn Of tbs
Government in other Districts.
Year: 1865

NEW 1Ohht OoptohOot 90


Atthe session of the Episcopal Conven-
tion, Ex Governor John A KING, after the
address OF the Bishop was concluded, Of
fered the following resolution, which was
unanimously adopted;


Resolved, That this Convention cordially
respond to the sentiments presented by the
Bishop of the Diocese in his address re-
spectiug the return of peace to our land,
and the stste of the church in south ern
dioceses. ---s.


The Bishop in his address had said
the northern brethren should do all
that in them lies 10 re establish the unity
OF the church. There we're no nobler spirils
in the pale of the church than are 70 be
found in the south. He was happy thus tc
testify TO their warmth, and to express the
estimation in which they are held by him
Year: 1865

NKw York, September %.
An attempt was made yesterday by 8
young man to swindle the Park Bank by
forged check of the Chemical Bank,
drawn to the order OF late clerk of the
former bank. The forgery wss detected
but the forger escaped.
Year: 1865

RECIPE FOR MILK-R1sING Bread see
you wish to receive recipe for making milk
rising bread. | therefore give you grand
recipe for making it.


Take two cups of boiling water, two cups
of new milk, and one teaspoonful of salera.
tus--make batter of it and put it into q tan
pail to rise. Keep the water little more
than luke-warm. The cause of its being made
acid, is not being kept warm enough, and let
ting it stand too long.


Try this recipe, and if your bread is moi
GOOD, send it all to me and will send you
sooa in retuzu.-Cosatsy GsstlsnaM
Year: 1865

A MAN in New York city few days since re-
tired to his woodshed, and committed suicide by
nearly severing his head from his body with q
butchers cleavsr. Ill health is assigned as the
cause. A timely use of Pinkerton's Wahoo and
Calisaya Bittcrs, would have certainly prevented
this terrible affair by impartng tone and vgor to
to the body, and producing heathful and cheer
full condition of the mind. They do it every time.
For sale everywhere. DIV
Year: 1865

CLIFTON, Z, W., sept. IL


An unknown passenger on the night train
from the West shot himself in a sleeping car,
and was found in his berth by the conductor
when near the Suspension Bridge covered
with blood and his pistol in his hand. His
letters and boots were marked Dubuque
Year: 1865

An AGE IN HEAvEy.-It was a beautiful ex-
preston of Burkes upon the death of his son,
that his child in this world would be his an
cestor in the skies. Elder born in glory
the junior of the household is the senior in
heaven.
Year: 1865

D6- The Mobile Tribune thus speaks
of the Confederate securities:


We are quite certain that not one
dollar of Confederate bonds or treasury
notes, or cotton owned by the Confeder-
acy, viii be of the least service to any
man that lays claim to it. We should
as soon expect next month lot of me-
groes. at auction. Any one who nurses
q delnsion in regard to the matter, had
better discard it at once. He can find
repose in not hoping for any profit from
Year: 1865

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT 1 WILL
lN apply TO the City Council for permission to


erect frame Blacksmith Shop on the corner Of
Walnut and Fourth streets, IN lot 1876, Old Plan
of the city Of Evansville within the FIRE limits
Year: 1865

| Too bashful to "pop the question: in the


usual way, Major Jones persuades his
sweetheart to put up a stocking, which


will hold a couple of bushels, on the night


that Santa Claus pays his visits. receiving


her promise to keep for ever what he gave


her In this the gallant and loveorn Maj
contrives to introduce himself at the witch


ing hour of night" But we will let the
Major speak for himself


remained up till midnight and when
they were all gone to bed | softly went in


to the back gate and went up to the porch,


and thar, shure enutf, was a great big meal


bag hanging to the jce 1t was monstrous


unhandy to get to it, but was determined


not to back out. So | set some chairs OH


the top of the bench and got hold of the
rope and let myself down III the bag but
just as l was getting in, the bag swung
against the chairs, and down they went


with terrible racket But no body didn't
wake up but Miss Stalliness' CRATE big dog,
and here he cum ripin' and tarin' through
the yard like rath, and round and round he


went tryin' to find out what was the mat


ter. | sot down in the bag and didn't


breathe louder than kitten, for fear he'd
find me out. The wind began to blow 'bom-
Unable cold, and the old bag kept turning


around, swinging so as to make me sea


sick as the mischief | was afraid to move
for fear the rope w0uld break and let me
fall, and thar sot with my teeth rattlin
like had the ager


1t seemed it would never come daylight,
and do believe if didn't love Miss Mary
so powerful. | would have froze to death
for my heart was the only spot that felt


warm, and it didn't beat more an two licks


mint, only when thought how she would


be surprised in the mornin' and then it


went on a canter. Bimeby, the cussed old


dog came on the porch. began to smell


about the bag, and then he barked like he
thought he'd treed somethin'. Bow, WOW


WOW !" sez he Begone you ab0minablc
fool, sez |, and felt all over in one spot,
for | 'spected he'd nip me and what made
it worse ! didn't know whereabouts he'd


take hold Bow, WOW, wow " Then
tried coaxing Come here good feler,
sez l. and | whistled little to him bat ii


was no use There he stood and kept up
his eternal whinin and barkin' all the night


couldn't tell when daylight was breakin',
only by the chickens CROWN and | was


monstrous glad to hear em, for if I'd had


to stay one hour more, don't believe Ia
ever got out of that bag alive"


| They got him in the morning, covered


with meal and almost frozen But Miss
Mary does not refuse his present And he
says, L" tell you what it was worth hang


ing in bag from one Christmas to another


to feel as happy as / have ever since
Year: 1865

The SECREr-'1 noticed" says DR. Frank
lin, "a mechanic among others, at work on
a house erecting but little way from my
Office, who always appeared to be in mer-
ry humor, who had kind word and cheer
full smile, for every one he met Let the
day be ever 80 cold, gloomy or sunless, a
happy smile danced like sunbeam on his
cheerful countenance Meeting him, one
morning, | asked him to tell me the secret
of his happy flow of spirits. My secret
doctor he replied, lis that have got one
Of the best wives, and when go to work
she always has king word of encourage
ment for me, and when go home she meets
me with smile and kiss, and then tea is
sure to be ready, and she has done so many
little things through the day to please me
that cannot find in my heart to speak Ar
unkind word to anybody What an infu
ence, then, hath woman over the heart Of
man, to soften it and make it the fountain
of cheerful and pure emotions ! Speak gent
ly, then; happy smile and kind WORD
of greeting, after the tolls of the day are
over, cost nothing, and go far towards
making a home happy and peaceful"
Year: 1865

A Coon CHARAcTER-A good character is
to young man what firm foundation is
to the artist who proposes to erect a build
ing on it he can well build with safety,
and all who beheld it with confidence in its
solidity-a helping hand will never be want
ed but let single part of this be defect
i've and you go on hazard, amidst doubt
ing and distrust, and ten to one it will tum-
BILE down at last, and mingle all that was
built on it in ruin. Without a good char
acter poverty is a curse with it, scarcely
an evil. Happiness can not exist where
good character is not All that is bright
in the hope of youth, all that is calm and
blissful in the sober scenes of life, all that
is soothing in the vale of years, centres in
and is derived from a good character
Therefore acquire this as the first and most
valuable good
Year: 1865

have it properly marked and sent off to its
destination.


In the packing-room we noticed several
employees at work making what is known
as the "Resortc" hat, which is nothing more
than one of the ordinary slouches with the
rim surrounded by rim of steel wire sim
liar to that used for hoop-skirts, and which
is 80 tightly clamped that the brim has all
the firmness and durability of that of the
stiff felt hat, while the band has the fiexi-
bility of the soft slouch. This invention
has almost entirely superseded the stiff
brim
Year: 1865

We saw boy the other day borrow
stick of candy from a comrade to show him
that he could pull it out of his ear. He
swallowed it, and then twisted himself in
various ways to extract it, but at length
informed his companion that he had forgot
ten that part of the trick.
Year: 1865

We see it recorded that a soap pedler
was recently caught at sea during a violent
storm, when he saved his life by taking a
cake of his soap and washing himself
ashore. This soap, or the story, mnst have
been made from very strong LIE.
Year: 1865

LOVE WILL FIND WAF-A couple.
not many miles from Manchester, carried
on their courting in rather novel man
ner. A young man had fallen in leve
with the daughter of his employer, but,
fer certain ideas of wealth, a match was
opposed by the father The CONSEQUENCE
was that the ysuEg man was forbidden
to visit his EMPLOYERS house. The old
gestleman was in the habit of wearing a
cloak. The couple made him the limo.
cent bearer of their correspondence. The
young lady pinned letter inside the lu.
ing of the old mans cloak every day, and
when the father went to the counting
house. and threw off his cloak, the lover
took out the lady's epistle, read it and
sent the reply back in the same manner
Love and ingenuity were finally sue
cessful.
Year: 1865

LIES AUTUMN-Like the leaf, life


has its fading. We speak and think Of
it with sadness, just as we think of the
autumn season. But there should be no
sadness at the fading of a lite that has
done its work well. If we rejoice at the
advent Of a new pilgrim to the uncertain
ties Of this worlds way. why should there
be so much gloom when all these uncer-
tainties are past, and life at its waning
wears the glory of completed task


Beautiful as is childhood in its fresh
ness aud innocence, It's beauty is that of
untried ife 1t is the beauty Of promise,
of spring, of the bud, Holier and rarer
beauty is the beauty which the waning
life of faith and duty wears.


1t is the beauty Of a thing completely
and as men come together to congratulate
each other when some great work has
been achieved, and see in its concluding
nothing but gladness. so ought We to feel
when the setting sun fings pack its beams
upon life's purpose well fulfilled. When
: he bud-drops are pliGbted and the mil
de ~ blasts the early grain, and there goes
all ho 0e Of the harvest, one may we'll be
sad but when the ripeued ear sinks amid
garniture Cf autumn flowers and leaves,
Why should we regret or murmer?


And 90 life that is ready and waiting
for the "well done" Of God, whose latest
virtues and charities are nobiest, shoud
be given back to God in accomplishing
reverence, We rejoicing that earth is capa-
BILE of SO much sadness, and is permitted
such virtues.
Year: 1865

*.*Devoted to the cause of Republicanism,
the Interests of Agriculture, the advancement
of Education, and the best good OF Potter
county. Owning no guide except that of
Principle. it will endeaver to aid in the WORK
of more fully Freedomizing our Country
Year: 1865

The State Journal on Saturday morning
devoted an editorial to the subject of outrages
on women. On this subject it said:


mot long ago it was our pride that in
America, women could travel from one end
of the country to the other perfectly secure
from insult


That was when the Democratic party had
sway in this country. Further on, The Jour
nal declares:


"Times have changed, we are sorry to say
and il repeated oulrages, under aggravated
circumstances, are any warning, we are IN
duty bound to declare that it is unsafe for a
woman to journey even from one town to
another without escort"


The Abolition party has ruled this country
for over four years, and the morals OF the
country have become such that, according to
the testimony Of the central organ Of the Abb
clifton party OF Ohio, now 'it is unsafe for
woman to Journey even from one town to an
other without escort" God knows, the
country is sufficiently taxed to enable "wo,
men" to Gravel from one end of the country
to the other perfectly secure from insult az
they were able to do in the days when the
Democratic Party administered the Govern
mens and the country was lightly taxed
Year: 1865

THE Hartford Times has the following first
rate notice of third-rate abolition dema-
gogue:


Senator Wilson, who IS about as poor
specimen Of a statesman as could be produc-
ed in Massachusetts, is.putting on some pea
cock airs before his coIored audiences. He
addressed a negrolmeeting in Washington the
other day and said he wanted Southern men
to underestimate number OF things; and he
served notice" on them that on the first day
of the next Congress he should introduce a
bill for the personal liberty of every free
man on this coutine1it7 The Southerners will
not probably complain Of any such bill, and
good. many white men at the North who
have been deprived of their liberty without
due process Of law, wonld hail such bill
with Joy; and there are Mexicans, Peruvians.
and Haytans; who may feel an interest in il.
Wilson said he belonged to a set of men who
sleep on the field of victory, and who cannot
be defeated. It is said that Wilson went
! down 10 see Jne u'St DUH ASuA Oat'lOl oHu
that when they began to fire and charge fu-
riously, his coat-tail stuck out at right angles
and his hair did not lie very smoothly upon
his brow He had no notion of sleeping or
the field of victory" whichever way the bat
tie might turn. Wilson declared that there
was nothing more sublime than the record
Of the black man in this struggle, and he in
sisted that they should be IAN ornament anC
a blessing to the country" He closed by de
elaring that the touching words were ringln!
in his ears. that in the. future the black MAJ
would keep the jewel of liberty in the famil,
Of freedom" That fellow ought never to as
sociate with white men; and we should thinl


the colored mel. would be slow to own him
Year: 1865

DrRrss the time we remained at Goa, We
made an excursion along the coast to the
neighboring village of SerOda, inhabited by a
remarkable race OF women, Who are eeleOrat-
ed throughout the western parts of India, for
their great beauty and unusually fair complex
ion Tbev are Hindoos Of the Conkany caste
but differ in many respects from any other
tribe They are not allowed to marry, nor
are any men, except the priest belonging to
Year: 1865




A New York. journalist says that there
have been men enough slain in the war of
the rebellion to encircle the State of New
York, if their dead bodies were laid in one
continuous line. If they were laid ID cof.
fins and corded, they would count thirty-nine
thousand cords. Ii laid in a wall twenty
feet thick and thirty feet high, it would be
over one and one fourth miles in length. If
five feet thick and ten feet high, the pile
would reach across the State. If piled upon
a ten acre lot, they would be nearly two hun
dred feet high. And if laid upon the ground,
they would cover every foct Of soil in JEFF
fersOn county.


Seventy-fvo thousand tons of human
blood have been spilled on Dizie's soil
enough to turn every spindle in Lowell, and,
if the tears were added to the blood, it wo'd
turn the machinery of the continent; and
the unavailing sighs would fill every ocean
sail. The millions of wounded and manned
for life must be taken into account in sum
ming up the grand total of evils incident to
this bloody and fanatical war.


And the end is not yet. We shudder at
the news of the death of twenty persons
killed by the accidental breaking of a rail,
or the sinking of steamboat, and if two
hundred are lost by any means, we are fairly
horror-stricken, and are ready to wreak VEN
geance on any one who has been negligent
or careless in the matter. But when tens
of thousands are cut down in one day, we
shout " Halelujahl" and can hardly contain
ourselves for joy, while we thank Heaven
for the human slaughter. $40
Year: 1865

THE INEVITABLE PENALTY OF CRIME.
THERE'S no den in the wide world to hide
a rogue. There is no such thing as conceal
ment. Commit crime, and it seems as if
a coat of snow fell on the ground such as re-
veal in the woods the track of every part
ridge, and fox and squirrel and mole. You
cannot recall the spoken word, you cannot
wipe out the foot-track, you cannot draw up
the ladder so as to leave no inlet or clue.
Always some damning circumstance trans
pires. The laws and substance of nature,
water, snow, wind, gravitation, become pen
alties to the thief -Emerson
Year: 1865

How COLUMBUS LoOKED.-The personal ap-
pearance Of Columbus was not bad index of
his character. His general air expressed the
authority which he knew so well how to exer-
else. His light gray eyes kindled easily at sub
cts of interest. He was tall and well made


complexion was fair and freckled, and in


led to ruddy. Trouble soon turned his hair


:, and at thirty years Of age it was quite


lite Moderate IN food and simple in dress,
temperate in language, bearing himself with
courteous and gentle gravity, religions without
being Journalist, repressing his irritable tenn
per with lofty piety, he was the model of a
Christian gentleman. The devout reference of
his success to Divine favor with which he con-
cludes the report of his first voyage to the SOW
eregns of Castlei is highly Characteristic Of the
man.. .r r- I'D.