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Year: 1867

In yesterdays impression we pub
lished the valedictory of Mr.. r. S.
Spfou1e, who has long been connected


with the Courier as its editor. He
stated that the reasons assigned by


the proprietors fer his retirement
from the paper were of a pecuniary
| nature, and as the statement, unac-
companicd by any explanat tions from
the pub blishers, may lead to false i'm


pressions as to the present financial


condition of the Courier, we desire to


say few words upon the subject.


During the long, continued low


stage of water in the Ohio, business


of all kinds has necessarily been very


dull. Merchants, the bulk Of whose


trade comes from the, towns along the


lower Ohio, the Cumberland and
Tennessee Rivers, fave not felt iusti-
fed in paying large advertising bills


when the mails and packets to that


section of country have been so ir-
regular and uncertain, and as
natural consequence, the dull times
have affected us In common with
all other classes of business. An
other thing which has com
PEELED us to economize in every
possible manner is, that we have
not received that support from the
Democracy that our position as the
chief organ of the party, in the First
District, merits. The circulation of
our paper in the city proper ought to
be at least one thousand copies, and
could easily be raised to that number
if our Democratic friends would give
US one day of good, earnest assist
ance. With a hearty and Jealous sup
port on the part Of our friends at
home, we would be enabled to employ
the best editorial ability, and add
greatly to the amount of reading mat
ter now published. Our desire is to
make the Courier in every respect a
first-class newspaper, and as soon as
we see a disposition on the part of
Democrats here in Evansville to aid
US In the undertaking, we are ready
to put into the concern a capital amply
adequate TO make the paper rank with
any of our Western Democratic CO.
temporaries.-COurier, 22d.


just so, precisely. Easily under
stood. Gentlemen Democrats, walk
up TO the Captains office and settle.
The organ squeaks badly. Its ma
chincry needs greasing. Seriously.
wouldn't it be better for the propr;-
etors of the Courier to make it paper
that Democrats couldn't do without,
than. to be whining about their neglect?
and subscribers usually
support those papers only which they
are satisfied gives them the worth of
their money.
Year: 1867




The letter purporting to have been
written by General DENT, brother
in-law of General GRANT, to a
Charleston paper, wherein it is as
serted that General GRANT viii ac-
cept the nomination of no party, and
must be taken, if at all, without a
platform or even an avowal on his
part, has been pronounced by Gen
eral DENT forgery, and g an inven-
tion to injure General GRANT. y The
worst of it is, the exposure spoils the.
editorials of the Tribune and one or
two other papers, (there are but few
of them) gravely showing that it will
never do to take General GRANT.
Year: 1867

There seems to be decided dispo-
sition on the part of many of our CO.
temporaries to curtail expenses. Their
necessities compel retrenchment. No


business feels the pressure of a close
money market so quickly and keenly
as journalism. Many business men
erroneouslyregard their patronage of
newspapers as a species of luxury,
the first to be cut of, when trade Ian
guislfes and money becomes scarce.
We notice that several papers in the
State have reduced their size in order
to effect reduction in their expenses.
Others are publishing less reading
matter. Our contemporaries in New
Albany seem to have entered into a
friendly rivalry as to which shall be
the least paper in size and contain the
smallest amount of reading matter.
This is all right. There is no reason
why newspapers should not represent
the business of the city in which they
are published. IF no business is done,
the columns Of the paper ought to,
and generally does, represent the
fact in its advertising, local and news
patronage.


Mr.. SPROULE is a clever fellow. and
we regret that the finances of the pa
per for which he has done faithful
service will not justify his retention
as editor. He is a ready and forcible
writer. and a politician Of large ex
perience. The Courier, we appre
bend, will miss his ready pen very
much in the pending political cam
paign. r<-
Year: 1867




The Evansville JOURNAL Company
has in connection with its excellent
Job Printing Department, a Book
Bindery that is by. far the best In
Southern Ind ana. The work turned
out by this Company is not excelled
anywhere In point Of utility, and, we
think we may safely add, comeliness.
Our attention was called to blank
book at the Clerks Office the other
day, that was gotten up by the jour
NAL Company, and we have no hest
tation in saying that it is the best job
of the kind we have ever seen. Cap
tain Miller, Clerk, is delighted with
the job, and spoke in express terms
of praise of the workmanship dis
played on the book and of the ma
terial of which it was made. While
in the city 4 few days ago we called
on the Superintendent of the Bindery.
Mr.. John w. Gorse, and learned from
him the secret of the Company great
success. Trey. employ frst-class
binders and purchase their material
direct from headquarters, SO that
while they know just what they are
getting, they save at least 25 per cent.
In their purchases usually paid to
jobbers by Western consumers. This
enables the Company, we were as
sured to furnish their work at from
20 to 25 per cent. cheaper than the
same quality of work can be had any
where else in the State. For some
time past the JOURNAL Company has
been improving its facilities for doing
first class work, and has succeeded in
establishing itself in a good and
profitable business, which it so richly
merits.


We are of the opinion that the
State of Indiana does not hold bet
ter and more skillful book binder
than John w. Gorse, and we there
fore advise all who wish anything
done in that line to entrustit to him
PrlacetoR Clarion.
Year: 1867

The BLACK Rock MISEs.-Owners of feet in
the Black Rock mines are looking confidently for
ward to success. The Sage Brush of October 5th,
says: 1.-The Black Rock country appears to be at
tracing the attention of business men of this and
and the adjoining counties. Evans will start his
mill to running next week under the supervision
of Mr.. lsenbeck and if he succeeds in working the
there up to the figures realized at Dalrs mill,
or at Gold Hill, those mines will then stand thou
sand per cent above everything that man has ever
known. The lowest figures ever realized from any
of these ores worked by lsenbeck's process amour.
ted to sl4s, and many patches worked as high as
$3.50. This taken in connection with the infinite
amount of ore in sight forces TO the conclusion
that the mineral resources of this district will far
exceed that of all the world beside Several heavy
teams passed through town this weak, loaded with
lumber framed and dressed for stores and saloons
at Black Rock, and Judge Goodwin has Ave stamp
mill in transitu for that place
Year: 1867

DxArH OF JOHN RoLLy RrDGE-1his gentle
man. very generally and favcrabiy known through
out the State, as man of acknowledged literary
ability and poeticai worth. died at Grass Valley.
Nevada county, On the 5th instant Of brain fever.
At tie time Of his death. and for some tine prior
to that event, be was editor of the Grass Valley
National He had been connected with various
papers of the State and vas the author of several
popular works, and numereus poems He was a
man Of good education and generous impulses.
gentlemanly in his department. and warm and reli-
able in his personal friendship. He claimed 10 be
the rightful chief of the Cherokee nation in oppo-
sition to John Ross, whose supremacy was estab-
lshed in turmoil and blood, resulting in the death
of the father of the present subject and the defeat
of what was known as the Ridge party. At the
close Of the late war, Mr.. Ridge visited Washing
ton with the hope Of re-asserting the claims OF
his family in the Cherokee nation, but the rival
Ross faction, who had dragged his father from hi
bed at midnight, and murdered him, were too
accomplished courtiers and politicians to be caught
in q minority, and were favorable to the rebellion
when that held sway in Arkansas, and the first to
give adhesion to the General Government, when
the rebellion gave ont signs Of decay. The attach
ment then shown to him by the Cherokees in Wash
ington is said TO have been something remarkable.
His funeral took place at Grass Valley the 7th,
from Emmanuel Church, and was largely attended.
The remains were escorted to the Church by the
Independent Order OF Knighthood, of which body
he was member, and the Grass Valley Circle of
the Fenian Brotherhood, the impressive burial ser
vico of the Episcopal Church was conducted by the
Rector, Rev. D. D. Chaplin, after which the long
procession proceeded to Greenwood Cemetery,
where the last sad rites were held and all that was
mortal of John Ron Ridge was consigned to the
tomb. The large concourse of citizens and friends
who were present, the heartfelt sorrow that was
manifested, and the sober quiet that existed
throughout the town, all the stores and places of
business being closed testified the esteem and res
pect in which the deceased was hold by all who
knew him. He leaves accomplished wife and
one daughter, who have the sympathss of numer-
Gus friends.
Year: 1867

QlY virtue of n Writ of Execution issued
~ out of the District Court of the Second Judicial
District in and for the county of Butte and State of
Caifornla, under the seal thereof commanding me to
make the of one thousand dollars United States
Gold Coin bearing interest at two per per month
from May 1st 1865 until Judgment also for thiry-two
seyentyfve one-hundredths Dollars costs of suit and
all accring costs, which judgment docketed in said
county on the twenty day of April d 1866
wherein I d Bush is plaintiff and the Eureka Mining
expose at public sale to the highest bidder for cash in
Company defendant, l have levied upon and will
United States Gold coin. at the Court House door in the
town of Oroville. in said county, on SATURDAY THE
9TH DAY OF NOVEMBER A D, 1867 at twelve O'Clock
NJ of said day. all the right title and interest of the
said Eureka Mining Company defendants in and TO the
following described mining ground, to-wit:


All that mining ground situated in Oregon township,
Butte county, California, to the north of Ia
bic Mountain Consolidated Mining Company's ground.
and to the southwest of the rim rock OF Saw Mill Ra-
vine, and the mining ground of the hydrarc Flume
and Tunnel company: Also The Eureka Mining Com
panys claims. commencing with the rim rock on the
valley side of Table Mountain. and running thence
within the mentioned boundaries. to wit: Butte Table
Mountain Consolidated Mining companys claims on
the southwest and the Saw Mill Raune Rim Rock and
the Hydraulic Flune and Tunnel Cos claims on the
north east in southeast direction to the centre of
Butte Table Mountain, located by mining laws OF
May 31st 1865. The width of the ground claimed by
said company between the Butte Table Mountain Con
soidated Mining company's ground southwest and
the Hydraulic Flume and Tunnel company's ground to
the northeast is four hundred 800 feet more or less
Also certain ditch constructed by said Eureka Mining
Company 10 convey water TO their mining grounds
commencing the Old Stable of Moore Il McDanel's
at Cherokee Flat and running along the northwesterly
side OF Sugar Loaf Mountain Mill Ravipe
thence along the side of Table Mountain to their
claims.


Fw DAY, sheriff


BY J. Vt. GIKYsoS. Under Sheriff.


Oroville, October 10th, 1867.
Year: 1867

A DOUBLE TRAeEDY-Two RIVALS KILL
EAcH orHER.-A tragic affair took place
near Germantown, Henry county, Missouri
ON sunday, March Sd. Two young men
were paying their attentions to the same
lady. and on the day above mentioned, met
at her house with a view of escorting her 10
church. One was disappointed, and aiteI
some discussion about bride he claimed
to have loaned the successful party he went
Immediately to the fence where the others
horse was tied and commenced removing
the bride from him. Party No. 2 fired MI
revolver at him, the shot taking effect ant
bringing him to the ground. Again ant
again was he fired at, and each time tn


wounds proved the aim of his opponent
have been unerring. 1t was now his time
and mastering all his strength, he detache


his revolver from his belt and fired, the ba
! taking effect in the pit Of the stomach, an
ranged towards the heart. The latter live
only a few hours, while the former who WI


FIRST shot, died the next morning"
Year: 1867

TnB sABBArn.-Th is the lOveIiest, bright
est day Of the week to a spiritual mind, These
rests refresh the soul in God, that finds nothing
hut turmoil in the creature. Should not this
day be welcome to the soul, that sets 1t free to
mind its own business, which has other days to
attend to the business of its servants, the body
And these are a certain pledge to it Of that ex'
uected freedom when it shall enter on an eter
nal Sabbath, and rest in him forever who is 'h'
only rest of tho soul
Year: 1867

HOW TO MAKE A WATERFALL.
Take four pounds of rags and q bunch OF


shavings,


An old tin pan and bunch of straw
Then steal an old hat of somebody's leavings,
And swear its your own to get clear OF
the law.


Next get an old stocking and stuff it with
paper,


And if it's possible, put in a molei
Then get some old china and nutmeg crater,
And make them all up in a nice little roll.
Put all these things in net OF red,
And glstening beads must cover them all,
| Then fasten it on the back Of your head,
And you have Glove Of waterfall"


Madder colors red. That is the reason
why, the madder one gets, the redder he
grows.
Year: 1867

Savage hostilities are raging with unusual
fierceness on the Plains, in Texas and in all
parts of the Indian country. Trains on the
Pacific Railway are destroyed passengers have
been scalped and burned; and steamboats, on
the upper Missouri have to run the gauntlet oil
Indian ambushes We hear of very little doing
in the way of military movements to repress
these outages; but Gen. Sherman Is compe-
tent commander, and we are willing to assume
that he is acting for the best. Meanwhile, the
Peace Commissioners have held meeting IN
st. Louis and resolved to invite the tribes to
meet them in September mt Fort Iarah ana
Fort Laramie, in order to make arrangements Tor
their removal to reservations. This may he re-
assuring to some persons, but we confess II Is
not to us. Suppose the savages won't come to
the cOuncsl Suppose, If they do come, thcy
wont consent to remove TO reservations !
Either contingency is extremely probable.
Before September, il the war continues To
make as quick progress rs it is making now,
the whole Far West will be in blaze, and
any white commissioner who travels about
among the tribes will be apt to leave his scalp
behind him. A few months ago capable peace
commissioners might have stopped the spread
of hostilihes and restored good feeling. few
months ago Gen. Sherman told us we might
have peace or war; just rs we chose. The
fronticrsmcn chose to make it war, and now
we must put our trust in the army.


But after we have gained our victory there
will he grand work for the Peace Commis-
sioners to do. They will have to provide
against n repetition of the horrible scenes OF
tbis Spring and Summer. They will have to
reform our whole system of Indian manage
mcnt. stop the barbarities of the whites, check
the dcprcdatiOns of swindling agents, see to 1t
that our intercourse with the red men shall
not be rs heretofore, a huge, intolcrable cheat,
but shall he inspired by the justice, charity,
and moderation which ought to characterize
a Christian people. How to do all this is
perplexing problem; but we think that the
Commissioners are going to work the right
way. Terrible experience has proved that
nothing but evil can come of the contact of the
wandering tribes with the frontier settlers
evil to the savage quite rs much
as 10 the Christian. Pioneers are not apt to be
the gcntlcst and best of men, nor the most
patient of petty wrongs. The Indians get
little civilization from them except rum and
whisky. 1t is aeshameful fact, but the only
way to improve the condition of the savages Is
TO keep them out of the reach of the most OF
our own people. Then missionaries and be-
nevolcnt teachers of the useful arts may have
fair chance to do them good. There seems to
bo no practicable way of securing this isolation
except by the system of reservations. The
Peace Commissioners are already in search of
suitable lands. When they have found them
let us hope they will devise some ctlcctual
means of keeping intruders ont of them and
taking the Indian agencies away from rascally
political vagabonds. Then we may hope for
peace.
Year: 1867

The report printed elsewhere upon the treat
meut suffered Ivy nearly two hundred emigrants
upon the ship Baccareich, which sailed for this
port from Antwerp June 2, shows In brief that
the passengers were so shamefuly stinted IN
provisions Chat when four Of family OF nine
had died the nine ratiOns were insufficient to
satisfy the hunger of the five who were left;
that the water was kept in sperm oil casks, and
was, therefore, unhealthy and disgusting; that
the bread was sandy, burnt, and moldy; and
that there was neither a doctor nor drug
store on board. The wonder seems to be not
that nineteen persons died on board, but that
nineteen came through the course Of treatment
prescribed by the shipping house Of Strauss
e. 10
Year: 1867

A territorial newspaper states that an oppor-
tune accident has relieved Wells, Fargo & Co.
of some annoyance arising out of their con-
tract for carrying the United States mails by
the overland stage route. About 100 tuns OF
mail matter had accumulated at station
known as the North Platte Bridge, waiting
their pleasure to be conveyed West. AS there
was a good deal of express freight to be car
ried, they had not found it convenient to at
tend to the mails, and the mass was becoming
somewhat of an embarrassment, especially as
the bags were rotting. They were piled up in
heap near the bridge, and the waters rose
recently and swept away mails, bridge, and all
Year: 1867

The English House of Commons last night
had a long and exciting debate on the amend
ments to the Reform bill made in the House
of Lords. All these amendments, with the ex-
ception of one providing for the representa-
ton of flinOrties, was agreed TO.
Year: 1867

But little is known Of Kings business or ante
cedents. o. the deceased woman still less is
known. She had frequently stated to Mr..
Blanchard that she was a native OF Virginia,
but the police state. that her mother and sister
reside in BROOKLYN. They further alege that
she was at one time a waiter girl at the Louvre
concert Saloon, where King had formed her
acquaintance. She was about twenty-four years
OF age, and was a beautiful brunette with black
eyes and Jet black hair.


The room which was made the scene of this
fearful tragedy is a small apartment on the
fourth floor, in the rear OF the house. and is fur
nished plainly yet neady, with stained oak set
OF cottage furniture. King had preferred it on
account of its being the cheapest.


As soon as the details of the tragedy became
known In the neighborhood, an intense excite
ment was occasioned, accom- painted by a craving
to gaze with morbid curiosity upon the victims
of this fearful occurrence. The pohce, how.
ever refused admittance to all but those whose
official duties called them to the scene of the
tragedy. The inquest to-day may develop some
further facts In respect to the antecedents of
KING and his wife, or paramour, as the case
may be,-N. Y. World.
Year: 1867

LAWRENCE, Kansas, June Ex-senator Wade
delivered a significant impromptu speech to-
day, in reply to calls from crowd OF citizens in
front of the hotel where the eXcursionists
dined, He declared unequivocally in favor OF
female suffrage, reiterating views expressed in
the Senate last spring. He declared that neither
Johnson nor the devil could tempt Congress TO
desert the people; said that the Sou herners
now had the mlldest terms offered them they
ever would get; and that If they rejected them
the screw would be driven another turn,
and they would be compelled TO yield. The
Senator added that the shadow OF another
struggle was over us; that Congress, which
has done so much for the slave, cannot
quietly regard the terrible distinction which
exists between the laborer and employer. Pro.
perty is not fairly divided, and a more equal
distribution must be wrought out. II your dull
heads, he said, can't understand this, the
women will, and canvassers upon the eve of an
election will have to tell the laborers what they
will do for them, Men should not be compelled
to labor until life is worn out, and being is
curse, nor can this always be the case here,
where every man is capitalist to a certain
extent. These inequalities are not felt as they
are in the East Every man, then, who was
subject to q capitalist ought to leave him, and
get two hours nearer sundown forthwith. He
(Wade) pledged himself TO advocate boldly and
persistently the natural rights of men, and pre-
dicted the most important commercial results
from the completion of the Pacific Road He
was frequently applauded.


CoVode and Train made fiery speeches.
Year: 1867

We feel it duty incumbent on us to call up
on every citizen who values the right of suffrage,
and who desires the privilege of voice in the
selection of those who may hereafter be called
upon to administer the laws, State and county.
to no longer delay the enrolment of their names
upon the GREAT REGISTER of the county. On
ly little over one-third of the voters of this
county have yet performed that duty. Procras-
tination in this matter indicates n triGinp esti-
mate of the value of the elective franchise Let
naturalized citizens remember that they have on
ly to produce the evidence of citizenship, and
that there IS no e1pense attending tie act Of regis
Eafion! Let prominent men in the several pre-
cincts urge upon their neighbors the necessity
of performing this duty without delay.
Year: 1867

SHOULD WOMEN RIDE AsrRIDE 1.-The New
Orleans Pieayune thus speaks this sub
ject Among other grave questions now dis
cussed in England, and in which the writers
Tor reviews as well as the editors of daily jour
mails take sides, is as to the propriety of ladies
riding astraddle after the manner of men, or
whether 1t is not more proper for them to sit
with both limbs on the same side Of the horse
as has been the custom among civilized nations
time out Of mind. If we had many dollars
as we have seen women ride astride, among the
Comanches, the Caddoes, the Pawnces and other
prairie Indians, should be much better Off
pecuniarily than we are now and they rode or
looked graceful enough and seemed at ease and
at home with one leg on one side their horses
and the other on the other. Yet their costumes
were intended for this style of female equestrian
ism-ther dresses were not in the least in the
wny-and we would rs soon expect to see wild
squaw sitting at piano as on side saddle. Ii
our ladies to change their habit of riding
they must change their habits rs well-must dis
card the long skirt, of course. And what cos
tune will they adopt? Not the Mcnkcn style
certainly, the Black Crook or ballot next-to-
nothing mode. The Bloomer costume might do,
if curtailed or raced but when the ladies
make up their minds to mount men S saddles
after the manner Of men, we have little doubt
they will hit upon appropriate and becoming
misunderstanding in the way of costume
which will be snowy, dashy and elegant, with
out being Amazonian or Hippodromish-a dress
easy and graceful, and which will make
them feel entirely at their ease. And, slightly
to alter Cowpcrs facetious account of John
Gilpin's equestrian trip to Islington:


When they fins go out to ride