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Year: 1866

EFFECTS OF THE SToRM.-Thc heavy rain
of Friday last washed away several hun
lred feet of the banks of Bloody Run, south
Of the gas works. This soil, with large
amount washed from the hills above, was
carried into Gillic's creek. and from thence
into the river, thus furnishing more work
for the dredging machine and imposing a
still further tax upon the city treasury
1t would undoubtedly he wise policy in the
City Council 10 make an appropriation for
the building OF stone wall on either side
of the run, below the Gas Works. The pro-
pcrty belongs to the city, and this improve
mcnt would vastly enhance its value. 1t
will have TO be done eventually, and if it
were done at once considerable expense
would he saved in the matter Of dredging
the river. Gillie's creek also needs some
attention, though the improvement alluded
to above is ot paramount Importance.
Year: 1866

DRrxEs.-Needle-gun whisky was all
the go OH Saturday, and the consequence
was that several jolly fellows fell into the
hands of the Philistines and were lodged
in the station-houScs to cool Oft. The
whisky that is now retaled in Richmond IS
dangerous stuff to meddle with.
Year: 1866

TIE OPERA.-To-nieht the Ghioni and
Susin Opera Troupe will open an operate
season of six nights, which we hope will
be such as the fame and popularity Of this
company should insure. We have no
doubt, however, that the people of Rich
mond, who are noted admirers of music,
will welcome Max Strakosch and his ar
tistes as warmly as their means will admit.
Should the season not be as brilliant and
as successful as the Signor may expect,
we beg that he will attribute it to the true
cause.-the impecuniosity Of the people.


Tonight we will have Eerdi's celebrated
opera of Ernani, with very attractive
caste. Many of our people remember that
this opera was produced with fine effect
here last spring. The members of the
old troupe now with it will sustain the
same parts as they then did, and the re-
manning ones will be taken by the new
members of the company, who are spoken
of as even better than the old ones.


Madam Ghioni, whose superior acting,
good voice, and fine appearance we well
recollect, will sing the part of Elvira; lrfre,
who was n favorite tenor, and Maretzek' 3
right t-hand man in New York last winter,
enacts the part of Ernani and Susini, with
his rich, deep voice and admirable pre-
sencc, takes the role of Silva. He is par
ticularly fine in this part. Maria, young
man of handsome appearance, and with
feeling baritone voice, will appear as
Charles V. This part was taken by Man
cusi last season. The chorus and orches-
ira have received considerable additions,
and are now fully able to support this fine
cast. The entertainment will bc OF the
highest order; and our people should not
fail to avail themselves of the opportunity
of hearing q fine Interpretation of one OF
the finest musical compositions ever written.
Seats can be secured without extra charge.
Year: 1866

THE ENBEH DAYs.-The solemn fast in
the Episcopal and Roman Catholic churches
known as the three autumnal Ember days
commenced OH Wednesday last and closed
on Saturday. The object of the observance
of these days is to consecrate to God the
four seasons of the year, to obtain His
blessing on the fruits Of the earth, and to
be of Him worthy ministers Of His Church.
1t is a curious but accidental fact that at
the same time the Hebrew world, in the
celebration of Yom kippur, the great Day
of Atonement, were observing fast as
rigid as that OF the Catholic and Episcopal
churches.
Year: 1866

HOLLYWOOD MEMoRlAL BAzAAR.-A
meeting Of the Executive Committee OF
the Hollywood Memorial Bazaar will he
held in the lecture-room OF the Second
Presbyterian church at ii o'clock this
Monday morning. All ladies who desire
to obtain work, or to furnish material by
way of helping ON the cause, are requested
to meet the committee at that time and at
every succeeding meeting. 1t is proposed
to open the bazaar early in the ensuing
winter; and the industry with which the
lady managers are working, gives promise
that the enterprise will be a success.
Year: 1866

Only one step more remained to be taken.
Jefferson and the leading statesmen of his
day held fast tothe idea that the enslave-
ment of the African was socially, morally and
politically wrong. The new school was
founded exactly upon the opposite idea and
they resolved first to distract the democratic
party, for which the Supreme Court had
now furnished the means, and then to estab-
lish a new government with negro slavery
for its corner stone, as socially, morally and
nolitieallY RIGHT
Year: 1866

The fourth of March came. With instinc7
tive wisdom the new President speaking
to the people on taking the oath Of office,


put aside every question that divided the
country, and gained right to universal
support, by planting himself on the single
idea of Union That Union he declared to
be unbroken and perpetual; and he announ-
ced his determination to fulfil the SIMPLE
dutyof taking care that the laws be faith
funy executed in all the states. Seven
days later, the convention of confederate
states unanimously adopted Constitution
of their own; aud the new government was
authoritatively announced to be founded on
the IDEA that slavery is the natural and nor
NAL condition of the negro race, The issue
was made up whether the great republic was
to maintain its providential place in the his
tory of mankind, or a. rebellion founded on
negro slavery gain recognition ofits grinel-
Die throughout the civilized world. 10 the
disafected Lincoln had said: A'fou can
have no conflict without being yourselves the
aggressors. To fire the passions OF the
southern portion ofthe people, the Contede-
rate goves nment chose to become aggressors
Year: 1866




A young lady of New York was in the
habit of writing for the newspapers on the
subject of intemperance. Her writing was
full of pathos, and evinccd such deep emo
tion of soul, that friend of hers accused
her of being maniac on tho subject of in.
temperance, whereupon she wrote the fol.
lowing touching lines:--
Go feel what have felt,


Go bear what have borne
Sink meath a blow father dealt


And the cold worlds proud scorn;
Then suffer on from year to year
Thy sole relief the scorching tear.
Go kneel as have knelt,


lmplore, beseech and pray
Strive the besotted heart TO melt


The downward course to stay,
Bo dashed with bitter curse aside,
Your prayers burlcsqued, your tears defied.
Go weep as have wept,


Der loved fathers fall
See every promised blessing swept


Youths sweetness turned to gall,
Life's fading flowers strewed all the way,
That brought me up to woman's day.
Go see what have seen,


Behold the strong man bowed
With gnashing teeth-lips bathed in blood


And cold and livid brow;
Go catch his whitening glance and see
There mirrored his souls misery.
Go to thy mothers side,


And her crushed bosom cheer;
Thine own deep anguish hide


Wipe from her cheek the bitter tear;
Mark her worn frame and withered brow
The gray that streaks her dark hair now;
With fading frame and trembling limb;
And trace the ruin back to him
Whose plighted faith in early youth,
Promised eternal love and truth,
But who, foresworn, hath yielded up
That promise to the cursed cup;
And led her down through love and light,
And all that made her promise bright
And chained her there, mid want aud strife,
That lowly thing-a drunkards wife
-AtAN S'oihPOu oh Shlluhoou DToWi 50 Hllu
That withering blight-the drunkard's $ child.
Go hear, and feel, and see, and know,


All that my soul hath felt and known
Then look upon the wine cups glow,


See if its beauty can atone
Think if its flavor you will try,
When all proclaim, tits drink and Giel
Tell me hate the bowl


Hate is feeble wordl
loathe-abhor-my very soul


With strong disgust is stirred
When'er see, or hear, or tell
of that dark beverage of He'll
Year: 1866

We remarked, few weeks ago, in
speaking Of the condition Of the State,
that produce was likely to be so abun-
dant, this season, that it would probably
force economy in the use Of sacks. We
now invite the attention of teamsters,
livery and stock men to this subject,
and solicit aid in the accomplishment Of
so desirable an end. Last Fall, sacks
that would hold an average Of one hun
dred ponnds were worth about twenty
three cents, and the barley they con-
tanned about eighty-fve cents; or the
sacks cost about one-ffth Of the total.
Not over one-half of these sacks are
ever resold, and those which may be, do
not realize one-half Of the original cost,
so that the consumer actually paid from
twelve to eighteen cents hundred more
on his barley than he ought to have
done. And all this without profit either
to the producer or the merchant.


Suppose now, in anticipation of the
coming crop, inducements are offered to
warehousemen to purchase and store
grain in bulk. No one, of course, is
prepared for so great change in the
custom of the country; but talk of the
matter, and let dealers see that both
producers and consumers appreciate the
wastefulness of the present process, and
no danger but some will be enterprising
enough to make the experiment. Farm
ers can afford to sell, for even less than
the difference made by the cost of sacks.
Nearly all our grain growers are COM
paratively poor. Having gathered their
crops, they desire to sell, Immediately,
enough to pay the expenses of harvesting
and threshing, and then to wait till they
anjudge for themselves of the prospects
for prices. But in addition to these
necessary outlays, they are compelled
to sell an additional quantity to pay for
sacks to carry their grain to market.
Generally, they all come to purchase at
the same time, thereby increasing the
very expenses they desire to avoid. If,
now, they could dispose of their crop in
bulk, and thus be relieved, at the most
pressing time of their necessities, of this
extra burden, they could we'll afford to
sell at lower price.


Dealers would not hesitate to buy, if
they felt that consumers were prepared
to receive grain in this condition. Let
it. therefore, be generally known That
transfers and stock men are ready to
purchase feed in the cheapest possible
form that it can be offered in the market,
and this most wasteful custom is ended
forever. Barley can be proftably raised
at six bits hundred. More profit,
indeed, can be realized at this price, in
bulk, than at o dollar and ten or fifteen
cents in sacks. Why not, then, econo-
mize when prodigality is profitable to
none but the sack makers, and really
matter of little moment to them. What
is said Of barley sacks is even more true
of those for wheat and rough vegetables,
such as onions and potatoes. A subject
Of so much moment will certainly not
be overlooked much longer.-Sac. Bee.
Year: 1866

WEBSTER ON PAPER MoNEY.-As
the comparative merits of metallic and
paper money are being extensively dis
cussed throughout the country, the
opinions of our statesman of former
period are worthy of consideration.
"The very man," said Daniel Webster,
''of all others, who has the deepest
interest in sound currency, and who
suffers most by mischievous legislation
in many matters, is the man who earns
his daily bread by his daily toll. A
deprecated currency, changes of price,
paper money falling between morning
and noon, and falling still more between
noon and night-these things constitute
the very harvest time of spectators,
and of the whole race of those who are
at once idle and crafty; and of that
other race, too, the Catilines of all
times, marked so as to be known forever
by one stroke of the historians pen
men greedy of other mems property and
prodigal of their own. Capitalists may
outlye such times. They may either
prey on the earnings of labor by their
cent. per cent, or they may hoard.
But the laboring man-what can he
hoard9 Preying on nobody, he becomes
the prey of all. His property is in his
hands. His reliance, his fund, his pro
ductive freehold, his all is in his labor.
Whether he work on his own small
capital or another's, his living is still
earned by his industry; and when tie
money of the country becomes depre-
ciated and debased, whether it be
adulterated coin orpaper without credit,
that industry is robbed of its reward.
He then labors for a country whose laws
cheat him of his bread.''
Year: 1866

A mvsterious murder was committed about
Eve miles from this city on the south side of
the river on last Wednesday night. As near
as we can learn, at present, the facts are as
follows: On yesterday the murdered man
was found in guiley, some distance IRON tue
road, on the farm OF q Mr. BURTON A
wagon was discovered about two hundred
yards from where the man was found. On
examination of the wagon. considerable bleod
was discovered on the bottom OF the bed.
This showed that the murdered man was IN
the wagon when the foul crime was commits
ted. The cap of the murdered man was also
found. The cap had ball holesin the back
of it, made by pistol or revolver shot, and
the weapon was SO close to the mans head
when discharged tnat the powder burned the
cap. After shooting the man, the murderer
or murderers drove on some distance, as
blood WIS traced rlon5 the road, and then
turning of the road. and driving some dis
tance threw the murdered man in the gulley,
then drove the wagon just AS far ints the
woods as it was possible, then took the horsss
from the wagon and .sskedaddled


On the discovery of ths murdered man,
word was at once sent to the proper anthori-
ties in this city, and after an examination on
the spot, the man was brought here last even
ing. An examination Of the papers found on
his person showed that he was from Lineville,
Mo-, and that he was tealnst r in the em
ploy of a merchant of that place, and was on
his way to this city to purchase load oi
goods for his employer, and that he brought
with him for that purpose $3.50 IN gold and
some currency, the value of the entire
amount being about $3.50 in currency. His
orders were las shown By the papers to buy
the goods Of Devin 4 Son and DIR. J. l..
Taylor. The orders were dated Dec. 10th
and 18th. Lineville, Mo-, and directing mer>
chants here to whom they were addressed. 70
send goods by teamster, not giving his name,
and as yet the murdered man has not been
recognized. From all the circumsta. ees
in connection with this terrible affair
we are inclined to the opinion that the
murdered man was followed from Lineville
by some person or persons, who knew that
be was coming here TO buy goods and bad
money with him. Ii is quite probable tha,
the man who committed the murder, had
either rode with the murdered man from
Iineville. or had got in the wagon TO ride, 7
short time before the deed was committed
in order 10 have better chance TO make sure
work. 1t il evident that the man who fired
the pistol had IL against the head OF the I'M
fortunate victim, as the cap was burned with
powder. and be must have been in the wagon


The money and horses were then taken,


A reward Of $500 will be offered for th'
Year: 1866

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a.
The President to day, in conversation with
a friend, expresses great confidence IN the
final triumph Of his restoration policy. He
also took occasion to condemn the project
being agitated in Congress fer the overthrow
Of The State governments of the South, and
declared it would release them from the pay
ment Of their State debt, and impose them
upon the United States. Mr.. Seward has
expressed the same confidence in the triumph
of the President
Year: 1866

Vallandigham hung out his Tag when he
received the news that the President had ve-
tocd the Frtedmen's Bureau bill The dis
patch does not say whether it was the Federal
nr thr Corfhderafp Hso
Year: 1866

After a while they began to bios
som, but they were not great deal
better than many of the daisies that
were growing in the grass. 3is


She then said to her mother
Mother, why is it that my beautiful
daisies, which [ took so much pains
with last summer, don't look any
more beautiful than they do?. =


will tell you, Hanchen," she re-
piled; because you let the grass
grow all around them. You must
take pains with them; you must keep
the grass away; and the ground must
be kept soft or your .daises will be as
bad as ever they were. Don't you
full in anything you must always con-
tinue to be careful and industrious?
Your care for the daisies last year
is not sufficient for them now. You
must remember that it is with plants
as it is with your own mind. When
you stop improving them they will
cease to be beautiful. [ do trust that
as long as you live, my child, you will
never cease to be Industrious.


Hanchen's mother then called the
two elder children to her side, and
told Hanchen to stand between them.
The mother then asked them this
question: 81
Children, don't you remember the.
large wild rose-bush that we saw
the other day growing beside the
stump of an old tree? "ta !. y5e


"They all said: " Yes, mother, we
remember it. y


We'll, why were those blossoms so
small, and why are the blossoms on
our rose bush so large?" diint +.


Then they all said; " Because no.
body takes care of the rose beside the
stump, but we take care of ours.


/" That is right, she said "and
now let me tell you something that
you may never have thought of. be-.
fore. Many of the most beautiful
plants in the world are nothing but
wild flowers. They were small and
by no means beautiful. But men in
different countries have taken up
those wild flowers, and planted them.
and taken good care of them, and by
| that means have rendered them very
beautiful. And so with many other
things in this world. We find them
in the wild state, and God seems to
say to us, eff you will make them
beautiful, you must take care of
them" And if you would avoid all
unkind words, and all bad thoughts,
and never commit bad act, you must
always be careful of your own hearts.
Now, will you promise me that you
will always take care, and attend
carefully to what you do and what
you Think"


They said, with one voice: We
will, mother-we will, mother"


Two months from that time was
Hanchen's birthday. She was ex-
pecting present from her mother.
The happy morning came, and under
Hanchen's plate at the breakfast ta-
BILE there was small parcel wrapped
up in red tissue paper. -Y Ia


Hanchen was delighted, but she
could not think what it was. She left
her seat and kissed her mother, and
then began to take the wrapper off,
To her great astonishment she found
that it contained little breastpin,
and right in the middle of it there
was carved little daisy. f- fa


Hanchen preserved that little
breastpin for many, many years. She
grew to be woman, and every time
she looked at it in later life she re-
membered the lesson that it taught.
Year: 1866

An aged widow woman sat one
morning at the doorstep of her neat
little rustic cottage and was plating a
straw bonnet; for it was by making
bonnets that she supported her three
children. There was a neat little
yard in front of the house, and bright
daisies we're peeping up among the
grass all over the yard.


Her youngest daughter, who was
eight years old, was named Hanchen.
That little girl was gathering a bo-
quet Of daisies to put in her vase ON
the mantle piece. After she had
gathered her bouquet she brought it to
her mother, and said:


Mother, can you tell me why some
of these daisies are large and some are
small?"


Her mother said in reply: "Some
of the daisies grow on richer ground
than others; some are almost de-
stroyed by the grass, while others
have less grass around them, and can
grow to be larger and more beautiful.


Ohl that is the reason, said Han
chen. Then if / should take up
some Of these little daisies and plant
them in the little border where our
flowers are, would not they become
beautiful 1owers?" as


Her mother said: They will be-
come much more beautiful than they
are now, but you never can make a
daisy grow to be rose, or tulip, or
buttercup; but if you plant some of
the daisies in the border, and take
good care of them, and keep the weeds
away, you will find that they will be-
come really very pretty ~


Then" said Hanchen, L will try
it, and you will see, mother, that my
daises will be almost as beautiful as
your cowslips.'


' So Hanchen got a large knife and
took up about a dozen daisies and
planted them in the border. Not
more than a month elapsed before
they grew to be very large, The lit
tie leaves of the flowers became as
soft as silk, and the central part of
the blossoms was like velvet itself
When Hanchen's mother saw how
beautiful the daisies were, she said
these words, which that little girl
never forgot:


Now you see what industry has
done. You took good care of those
weeds-for that is all they are-and
yet by being attentive and industri-
Gus you have made them look as
beautiful as almost any flower we
have That is just the way that you
can improve yourself. IF you will
read when YOU become older, and
study carefully, your mind will grow,
and you will become very intelli
gent girl; but if you neglect your
mind, and idle away your time, and
spend all your hours in play and
foolish. talk, your mind will be just
like the little daisies growing in the
thick grass. But if you are attentive
and industrious, you will reap the
advantages of it as long as you
live"


By and by autumn came on, and
then winter followed. Q The months
passed by; the snow melted; the
April sun came, and Hanehen's
daisies began to grow again. But she
noticed that the grass peeped all over
the flower border, and clustered all
around her daisies. She said to her
self:


| was careful with my daisies last
year; | took great pains with them;
and | think that is sufficient for
them; | will just let them grow now,
and | suppose they will be a great
deal larger than they ever were."
Year: 1866

RT TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
IN that the undersigned will apply to the
City Council of the City of Evansville, for
permission to erect on the Northwest half
of Lot No. 1874, in the Donation Enlarge
ment of said city, a frame building as an
addition to the house thereon. twelve by
fourteen feet, and one story high.
Year: 1866

In the first place, hams should be placed
so far from the FIRE that the smoke will be
absolutely cool before it reaches them
Then they should be hung in a room open
to the atmosphere, not tight like q barrel,
and should not be smoked rapidly as they
would be in barrel, until nearly black on
the outside. A moderate smoke made twice
as many days as a ham weighs pounds,
will make good, sweet smoked meat. e New
er commence smoking until your hams have
hung long enough, after being taken out of
the pickle to be thoroughly dried. The
English dry their hams and use them with
out smoking !; they are far preferable that
way to hams smoked as recommended
shove, in barrel or any similar contrivance.
rs Many persons heve spare room about
their buildings, sometimes inithe garret or
dwelling, in which bans can be eIsmoked,
by making q fire outdoors, or in Q stove.
and conducting the smoke through. a long
pipe. We have seen a very nice smoke
hotise where the fire was built fifty or sixty
feet from the building, in alittle oven, dug
in the ground, the smoke being conducted
through acovered trench up ashillside to-
the base of the building, and then through
wooden pipe to the garret, where the
meat was hung to the rafters During the
smoking operation window was kept open
in each end OF the room.


Remember, as q rule, the slower you
smoke meat the Better. The best wood is
green hickory, then maple, beechs ash, ap-
pletree. Never uselocust !; the bark I'M
parts an unpleasant, favor to the meat
Several other kinds OF wood do the same.
Corn cobs make very sweet bacon. Never
use any wood thatniakes black smoke
Never use rotton wood or saw-dust.H The
last day of smoking it is good plan to
burn a fewnpePpet pods.-Solo" Robinson :