Evansville Journal, Volume 19, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 9 July 1868 — Page 3

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THURSDAY. -JULY 9, 1S68j A ROMASTIC LXCiDEAT. CHAPTER II. "Well," said iuy uncle, with hh han.l on the hell when I entered the library that afternoon, "am I to nug for ftetherhy anil Stauley?" " If you think Miey can be of any service to you." "Well but, Alan have you left her an accepted suitor? Is it all right?" "No, sir : it u a very nasty cut indeed." "Cut!" roared my uncle, "cut! do you mean to say she wouldn't have you? Tell me all about it. What bard heart.-? girls have now-a-daya." " 1 assure you, Wood says she will carry the mark of to-day's work to her prav" " Vou don't mean to say you told that chatterbox Wood about your proposal? Why Wood will tell it to all his patients." I'roposalr i really don t under stand you. Uome, come, Alan, Jinesy; apart, of course it is all right, ch? Those fellows will come up directly and we will execute the will forthwith." " Hut unfortunately Miss FJuron is still insensible; she was flung from her horse this afternoon and her head is seriously injured." " Whew!" said my uncle, solemnly, "iashovery " At this mouent the door opened and a footm;a ushered into his presence, .Netherby, in a russet garb and an awestruck countenance, and Stanley, pale with terror, and repeatedly stroking his hair to my uncle. " Hillo! What? I don't want you!" he shouted to the unlucky fellows "go and be hanged to yon both lor a couplo of " t&c., &c.; long before he could finish, the wretched rustics had lied to the servants' hall, while I shouted with laughter. The old man tiung himself into his arm-chair and moodily resumed: You will have to wait and try again; meanwhile, make yourself happy with the pheasants. The I. 1'. Department will have to lose your valuable aid for the preseut." . " Unfortunately, Briggs handed me a telegram from lenox as I dismounted. The Kuttack Provinces want at once, 000,000; I must run back and see about it, I suppose, or else there will bo some terrible blunder. There are not above two of the subs that know where the Kuttack Provinces are. I don't want the department to be cverhraled in the House; some fellow will be proposing to give us Cape-8herry, so I must at once Wish you bood-bye! " As I spoke, the carriage passed the windows., and ere long I was ones more wh'rled off to the great Babylon. The KutUick loan was duly negotiated, and dRionth more found us busy upon tho ribbee Succession Duty. .Lord iyor'8 day, with the usual raid ot Whitccuapel upon decent hats had just passed, when among my correspondence arrived two private letters. One was directed in a bad hand that had been bold cnotuh for a Premier's, but now it shook sadly here and there, and the letters were occasionally blurred and smudged like the same worthy fingers when knotted with gout. This could bo from noone but my uncle. "Dear Alan," it began, " I thought you would like some news from Ashton, this dull weather. MisfcFluxton has quite recovered: young Quiekspeke is to marry her in a month. 1 do not think you would have had any chance, unless she had been ignorant ot your proposal to Miss Gibbons, borne men never know Comet port from Oxford mixture. My sister Jane's boy is., fond of a country life; I trust the new ministry will not forget 6uch devoted public servants as yourself. Nctherby and Stanley have just come in to witness my signature, so I must end. Ever your affectionate uncle, "C. II. Norms." "Lambton," I cried to my head clerk. That functionary appeared prompt as the genii when Aladdin rubbed his lamp. " Oblige me by putting this letter in the hottest part of the fire," and tho note was consumed to ashes forthwith. .Now for the other. It was writ ten on black-edged mourning paper. irom tho severe affliction depart ment; the handwriting was firm, yet delicate and ladylike. " Ship Ecpiirates, Gravesend, I Nov. 11, 180-. i M Dear Mr. Woodward: After your kindness to mo at Ashton, and my promise to let you know what my plana were, you will not bo surprised to hear that I am aoine to India as .governess to the Hon. Sir 11. Prynne'a daughters. We sail in an hour. You will soon learn to thank me for sparing us the bitterness of saying farewell to one another. You carry with , you my loving affection and best wishes for your happiness; a kinder fate murht have saved me from sign ing myself your most sincere and sisterly friend. K. O." " Lambton a hansom immediately !" 1 reacned (Jravescnd to hear the Kuchrates " sailed d urine the night. She might touch at Plymouth, but it depended on the weather. Of course, the Uarribee Succession Duty papers could follow me to Plymouth; my namo could be signed there as well as m London. 1 went down by the night mail, and next morning called upon the agent of the , packet line to which the Euphrates belonged. He informed mo decisively but courteously that there was not the chance of her touching at, or even fighting' Plymouth. She had dis charged her orders at Folkstone, the telegraph had that morning brought . 'word, and was rapidly making the bes ot her way down channel with a ravor me wind, sometimes when passen gers joined at Plymouth their vessels , put in there, but tho Euphrates had shipped her full complement before leaving uravesend. What was to be done now? It was certain l should not see Ivato again I W19 chflfrinn.l novtalnln ...... ously grieved. 1 settled with myself wune Buimng my eigar on the Jloe My affection for her was so deep that a couri uuiiui aionce and philosoph ically consign her memory to that limbo of lost loves to be found at the Doitomor most men a hearts. Yet it . was absurd for a man of the world like myself, who hobnobbed familiarly with ministers ana nau me entree every house worth knowing m Mav fair it did seem absurd for me to be so hard hit at losing a simple clergy man's daughter. 1 could not return - to town at once. It was- to xvJe hoped that the Carribbean l&illionairea could wait a little longer for . their documents. I am not sentimental, but it would be pleasant, I fancied, for a time to live fl the world forgetting, by the wftrld forgot." And so I determined to pay a welt, now it was so near, to the Lizard, Affer a driye of a dozen

miles from Ilelston, tho little omni

bus deposited me, with two more passmrpvs. inmates of the little village, in an open court-yard at the back of the only inn in the locality, it was dusk, and beyond two or three squalid cottages and a cheery radiance of the kitchen window before me, I could see nothing save moon and mist. There was not a tree, not a bush, not a twig, nor had we passed any for the last two miles. Heather swept by the keen breeze and a vast cloud-curtain overhanging tho cliffs facing the sea closed in the prospect. 1 shivered and went in to find sour cider the only beverage attainable, unless tried tho landlord's wine and spirit store. " Ye see, sir, 113 don't often get gen tlemen here but in bummer, and there isn't much drinking among the men. The teetotal sect is a main trouble to tavern keepers," and so saying, tho host consoled himself with a pull at eider, "sham" enough to cut his throat. ... 1 slept well for 1 had tho inn to myself, and next day descended to the shore. There was a magnificent sea rolling into the little bay under a brisk souwester, turbid and swollen under the horizon, and breaking here and there into angry foam, which was overwhelmed forthwith by the succeeding surge, as a luckless trooper who falls into a cavalry charge is trampled under foot by his comrades. The coast was composed of serpentine rocks, cruel and sharp, like wolfs' teeth, where they receded from the shore, but split into a hundred jagged reef-like masses where the sea roared and leapt and chafed in sheets of 6urf before me. A lurid glare overhead, athwart . which dirty yellow ish cloud drifts were hurried with their ragged edges catching the gleam for a moment and then swept into tho mist, boded no good. I thought, for mariners who should uear these ironbound coasts. It was a splendid spectacle, and aa the day wore on I watched with the old light-house keeper the waves increase and every sail seek the offing. At nightfall a tremendous gale was raging, the wind howled, and a lecion of demons seemed disputing the cliffs with the waves. Ham lashed down in torrents, and surf was seen b'ing in sheets over the moor. Tho old salt shrugged hia shoulders, wished me good night, and went in. About midnight 1 was roused by tho shouts of men running under my windows. I cotild hear their anxious voices over the roar of the storm. The landlord camo to the door, knocked hurriedly, and said, "There is hirge ship on the rocks off the Old Head, sir; would you like to see the life-boat go out?" 1 did not wait for ft second invitation, but soon joined him, clad in a boating coat and a sou -western tied well on my head. We were almost carried off our feet as we came out upon the cliffs by the Head. It was an awful sight. By a straggling moon we could discern mouutains of Burf hurled over the rocks beneath u3 and gleaming like sheets of flying silver. Out to sea was a writhing, howling wilderness, each surge striving to out-tcp its neighbor. Haifa mile out. lit by a couple of blue lights, lay the hull of a large vessel, broadsides on the waves. You could hear them boom and hiss, and shriek a.i they flew over her and overwhelmed her in foam. Every now and then a gun was fired, and the sea, covered with topmasts and wreckage, was vividly lighted up for a moment to pass into thicker darkness thau ever, as the report reached our ears. We ran down to the zigzag path to the cove. Iter crew were already hauling down the life-boats. They wanted one to fill up her quota. It was not hatred of life now I had lost my love that impelled me to offer my services; it was that stirring desire which comes over a man in serious ssues to lend his arm and take his ife in his hand if he can only save others. One who has pulled in an Oxford eight oar is sure to get at home even with the ponderous oar of Iile-boat. lho crew hesitated, and some preferred waiting for Simmons, but be bad some distance to come. and no one could say for certain that he knew anything about the wreck. Meanwhile the scorm blew in furious gusts, no more gun3 were fired from the stranded ship, the waves were evidently driving the men from beow. There was no time to be lost. Will you obey orders?" asked the cockswain. Ill do my very best and drown with you, my lads, if we fall. Hurrah r they cried, put on the jacket, and take your place. "Wow then, easy lads, shove her off," shouted the cox. ; " now's your timet ...... 1 he willing arms of the crowd pushed us down the slips and ran us out well into the surf, some getting knocked down and all thoroughly urencnea m the operation. ienu to it' laasi sticfc fr vour oars and we'll soon reach her." Theso were the last commands I heard. A nuge rouer sprang over us ere we could clear, the surf, filled the boat with water, and half stunned me Hold hard, mate!" said the man who shared my bench, " we shan't ship any more. -:- - Wo did not for some time get a far ther wetting; the difficulty wa3 to keep one s scat as the boat rode mad ly up some mountainous, wave to shoot headlong into its trough, and then be knocked about in the broken water before the next swell came, and the previous movements were repeat ed. It was desperate work. too. lav ing hold of the waves with the oar, such was the swiftness with which they flew by, and the force with which they beat upon its blade. I was exhausted before we had made half the distance, while my comnan ion chewed his quid and pulled away with supreme indifference. " What ship is shef I said to him. "1 thought a collier, at first," he return ed, but isiil tells me it 9 tne You fear-at-easel Us can't abide them fumn names! ohe s an Indiaman Tho Euphrates! 1 thought, and Kate in danger! with clenched teeth I felt no more fatigue, but pulled mei - it- Vii i cnanicany, amazing my neignoor py my eltorts. 41 W 1 ll 1 - Jjook out! roareu tne eKipper "grip for your lives! and with the words a thundering swell cauzht us obliquely on" tho starboard, ' snapped two of the oars, and overturned the boat in an avalanche ot loam, in a lew seconds, wmcu seemeu ages to a submerged man, gripping the safety line tor dear lite s sake, she righted herself. I picked myself up from the confusion of ropes aad stores in which I lay, seized my oar, hanging by its lanyard, took a long breathe and once more we made way, the water running out oi the talse bottom oi the boat as we picked up two of our mates float ;ug along upborne by their cork jacseta. , ..' boon jre gained the Euphrates, and "u " ar as we dared venture into the caldron of surf around her; a few sailors appeared nn dir nnA several womea were wailing on the pood as every minute th hnaa co leaptover them, carrying away one occasionally in tnpir grasp. We could

not help those ill fated souls, as we were lying on and oT, while our cox flung the sailors a rope. All the boats, bulwarks, and deck, lumber had been swept off, and evidently most of her crew were lost already. While we wero drawing up, the end was at hand. Three . immense rollers, in close succession, riding high, and hissing as they come on, discharged themselves viciously on the Eiu.hT.itpa. There was a roar, a

loud cracking, and amid the shrieks of the women, the noble ship heeled over and went all at once to pieces. We drew out as quickly as we could from the confused surges and dangerous proximity of the wreckage. It is a marvel to me, looking back on that frightful night, how we survived, considering what cross waves boarded us at this time, dashing spars and hencoops over us, and tossing the heavy life-boat like an egg shell, where they would. Each of us did his best to save the poor creatures who were borne by us. Eight men and three children were picked up. Then we steered right into the heart of the wreckage and got in two ladies, but alas! neither was Kate. The moon now shone brightly over the awful wa3te of waters; no more bodies were to be seen, and the coxswain gave the word, " Home." Still I peered over every wave, and soanned every trough in hopes of seeing ha, what is that? Kate's pale, upturned face drifting by ! In an instant I dropped my oar, leaped into the seething chasm, with twostrokes was upon her, and grasped her hair! We were borne on, a surge flew over us, I was stunned, smothered, became insensible, but still I clung to my prize, and my cork jacket held us both up 4 Whentho sun was high in . the heavens next da v. bringing out the seagulls in strong relief against the still sullen waves that c haled round the Lizard head, I awoke to find my self famous. Kate was safe and in a fair way to recover. speedily from her fright and immersion. The crew had picked us up after a severe struggle with the currents that set in so strong ly off the Head. Our love-story had oozed out by some means or other, I learned, and Kate and myself were receiving no small amount of public sympathy. It was strango to find rumor with her thousand tongues busy in this remote coruer of the land. Then came reporters by the dozen, like birds of prey which instinctively fly to their proper food. I became a hero now it 1 had been only a suc cessful financier before. He was a made man among them who could only catch sight of my umbrella. I was daily drawn out into numberless paragraphs headed, " A deed of daring " ' Noble action " " Gallant exploit," &c, as a small lump of gold is beaten into fibres enough to cover the country. Then when Kate and I were married as privately as we could at Landwednack Church (the most southerly church in England and the parish church ot the .Lizard), the enthusiasm of the papers knew no bounds. The " romantic incident," which at last gave me the love of my lifetime," was blazoned far and wide, and many a leading article in that dull time of the year resolved in gushing superlatives and lost itself in praises ol marriage, the 'perennial paradise of humanity," to do us honor. Four gratifying results followed this event: I. I was presented with the gold medal of tho lloyal Humane Society and their thanks inscribed on vellum. Other men, I believe, get silver medals and thanks written on parch ment. II. Lord Ilanipcr suddenly re membered the Inspectorship of Seal ing-wax and Walers were vacant and by Jove, sir! that industrious and gallant Woodward shall have it." It is worth. $3,000 per annum and a sinecure. III. I received another letter from Mr. Noma, saying he had revoked his will and was making a new one iu my favor. "Excuse haste. Alan; Netherby and Stanley have just come up to witness the signature. IV. And lastly. It anything were wanting to the perfect happiness which should always wait upon true love and success! ul heroism, this morning has supplied it. I have just become the happy father of twins. They are to be named Hero and Leander, and they are at the present moment going off swimmingly. DRUGGISTS. H. J. SCHLAEPFER. PURE DRUGS, MEDICINES, AH CnCMICALS, WiuoM find lirandioH, Where yoa cad find the largest btock of .louei a rnui es in me vvesu Physlctans prescriptions filletl at all hours, day or night, by none but expe rienced rrescripuon lmigsjisis. inayzti uom CLOUD & AKIN, Wholesale Druggist AND MANUFACTURING CHEMIST No. 5 Main Street AGENTS FOR GEORGE a REED'S DOMESTi LIQUID DYES. , UENEKALi AOENTS FOR DR. ARUISTEAD'S TONIC SYRJi UNIVERSAL OINTMENT, and FILE OINTMENT. All orders oromptlvf filled. inf. F. A. Weber & Co., HATTERS, HATS. tX)RNER MAIN A SECOND STREETS. U3ny27 dtf

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F. BAKKBMrTH, , M. HtTMIHKT," Kvan-sviiltr, laii W. B. AKCI1KH, Memphis, Tenn. BANMSMITH, HUMPIIttKY & CO. OommiRion -AND Forwarding HI e r c h a n ti: 'iioward . now, MEMPHIS, TEinr. feb21-d3m A. 8. HATHUKST. J. J. WKTTTArBl Haylinrst & Wliiltnber PRODUCE, COMMISSION AND TO WARDING MERCHANTS, " ' No. 6.. -South Water St. Dealers In Flour, Bacon, Hay, Oats, Cor and Country Produce. TU. Sr. MIR9....M,,.. ....G. H. BTA1 . BAIRD & START, (Successors to "V. M. Ai iman 4 Co..) fl KSERAL AGENTS, PKODIJO. 3T Forwarding and Commission Hi chants, Evausrlllo, Indiana. Refer to J ti. Wheeler, Pres't. First National Bani and Sam'i Orr, Vice President Evau.wiil. National Bank. Agents for Ohio River Salt Co. noll-1 WE WOri.l KKMISI) Pt friends and former patrons that wi are at the old CORNER of VINE aai WATER STREETS, tttill In the trad o: Z.IQUORS, VLOUlt, COMMISSIONS, 4. and should be pleased to see them. H.D.ALLIS&CO. H. d. a i, lis & co : F0RWARDIN0 AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, RECTIFIERS, and Wholesale Dealerj LIQU0ES, FL0UB, Corner Water nnd Vine Streets, VANSVILLIC, 1KB." Janldtf. P. S. DtrsoucHET, late of Evansville, lad. John Gilbert, Uolconda, 111. P. S. DUSOUCHET & CO., ' GENERAL 1 COMMISSION MERCHANTS, ' No. 33 Pordras Street, NEW ORLEANS, LA. Orders and consignments solicited. References W. J. Lowry & Co., Hodr Carr & Co., Henry Ayres, Esq.. J. O. Dm Kouchet & Co., Evansville; J. W. McCoy t Son, TQeo. Steiger & Sou, Uolconda: A. C McCollister, John Rarter, Wm.H. Lr kins, John R. Everton, Mt. Vernon ;Hnr Hill A Co., C. R. Davis fc Co., Warsaw j 8. Vanmeter A 15ro., Bowllng-Ur .en, iy A. J. Hurris, Uniovitown, Ky. novffi d3m BKN. HUBR3. K. W. PATRICK F. . Vlltl IIUI1B3, PATRICK & CO., Forwarding tz CommissiCB MKllOUANTS And WIlAltrnoAT lK4ll'KIETVf AO 11 NTH J E.Jtl'.antl PttMX. KAILK0AB2, and General Asenls star Union LIriJ aul dtf JEVANSVIIXB, IH3, PUILIP DECREE, Tblrd Street, bet. Sycamore aad TU Manufacturer of Compound Lubricating Oils for all kinds of Machinery, Also! : -. LARD OIL, SOAPS, and CANDLES PURE CATAWBA WINE of m7 OW KrowtU. : , 'nnh21l PETER CASEY & 00., ' Coniiulssloi SJercliaitts For the sale of HAY, CORN. OATS, BRAN. FLOUR, MEAL, BACON, LARD, and Western Produce generally. No. S3 1EVEE STREET, apt 8 dtf VicgSBUHq. Misa. C. W. KERNEY & CO., Commercial Brokers, PRODUCE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Ko. 4 SYCAMORE STBEET, marll d3m EVANSVI1.I.K. DUKE NICHELS0N, COMMERCIAL BROKER, KAILK0AD AND STEAMBOAT AGENT, No. 5 North Water St, apttf KVANSVILLE.UND. ARCHITECTS. ALLEN & CLARKE, ' Architects & Superintendents. Office Crescent )ity Bnlldint, secono floor; entrance No. S.l Main Street. Plans and specifications furnished on reasonable terms. f ne2.S UGui If. M0RSINNA, A. It O il I T C T. ffice No. S CHANDLER'S TiUILDlNG Corner Eirst and Locust Streets, Evansville, ind. ar-Plans and specifications for all kiuls of buildings furnished at short notice, and on reasonable ternce. v . if mchl5 d im CINCINNATI ADV'aS. BARTON & POOL, Commission Merchants, So. 49 WEST FRONT ST., Cincinnati. Ijnch25 dlj S. M. Bakton, M. it. fooiXJ WT DERT AKEBS JOHN W. & GEORGE W. BENSON, (Succefjsors to J. C. Hensou & Son J. . ATo. ISS Main Street, EvAssviUE, Ind., HAVE ASSOCIATED THEM, selves together Xor the purpose of carrying on the . .... ... Undertaking and Embalming business. . ;:; ; The best slock in our line to be found in ihe city will beltept constantly on hand, spiydlin

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Regular " Evansville and fowling Green Weekly ; Packet. i ,-! tx The elegant SteamerALP. If. EDWARDS JOHN ADAMS..... -Waster, ..OX-EKJI, Leaves Evansville every MONDAY, at ti o'clock p.m. - i , . Jel7 dtf , , W.H. KUST & CQ Agents. Regular Tuesday and Friday Packet ! -' fnf Pfartn poll a -nil TJ-iiifA - The finely appointed steamer Ben. Howard, Mastr; ' ' ,, Tom r.RASHKAR, Clerk' Will ply as-theregttlar Thesdayand Friday pa.ck.ct lor Cairo aud all way landings. Leaves Evansville every XUESDAif and FRIDAY, at4p.m. - - c Jia-,ve5.UBiro ?very WEPNE3DAY and SATURDAY, at 5 p.m.- , . . . . Through hills of lading given for freights over the Mobile & Ohio itailroad. For lrelght or 'passage pply on board, or to . R.K. DUNKI -CSON & CO., or DUKE N1CHELSON, ; - . dect'ldu , i ; f r - ; .t . Agents. , . NOTICE TO SHIPPERS, V ' Throngh bills of lading' given ' to all points ou the Moolleaud Ohio Railroad, per steamer Cumberland. . . . , Regular . Evansville, and Tennessee ". ; . : River Packet. j : !: For i raducab, Johnsonrllle, and iuastport. .1 The fleet and famdu9 Steamer &JSJM1J ORE, i ALLEN DUNCAN, Master; - ..: Val. sohenson, Clerk: Leaves Evansville for Eastport and all Tennessee River way landings as a regular weekly packet, evert SATURDAY at tour p.m., taking freight and passengers at lowest packet rates, and giving especial attention to the Ailing of orders. For freight or passage apply on board. " ' feb7 tf . . , , Dexter's Independent low-pressure Packet QTJIO K STEP i . - ; H. T. DEXTERMastek, ' " Ijeaves Evansville for Cairo every MONDAY and THURSDAY, at i p.m., posiilvely. connecting at l airo with St. Louis, Meruphia, and New Orleans packets. . DUKE NICUELSON, AgenU Janl tf - t . . , ... , Regular -Green River, Pond, River, and Rough Creek, Packet ; ' The tane Passenger Steamer r. JAMES ORiA.Y; ; J ok McRkvnolix. Master, . , ; Will ply as a regular Semi-Weekly Packet between Evansville and Paradme, Frostbur, Harllord, and all way laud lugs, carrying freight aud passengers at lowest rates. - . . . fmarlldtf ForPadacah and Cairo, m Regular . Wednesday and 'Saturday . , !, - I'ackel. '. ; The magnlflcent t.klowh 1 steamer ' (J us. Dumoichkt, Master; ' " ''''. ' W. 1. Kuwikr, ( Tlerlr, feaves h'.vansvlllo very WEDNESDAY ami SATURDAY at 4 p.m. : :, leaves -I'alro every Tlf TItSDA Y aud HlJNUAl' at& (j.iu., making close connections at, Cairo with tlrnt-chtss packets for Si. ixiuls, Mem pliitTUul New Orleans. Coiiiiecls at Evansville with lhE.5tC. R.R., and tbel'arascou for Louisville. For freight or passage apply ou hoard, or to f .Sl.UUMI'UKlir suu or DUKE.JS1C11KLHON. Jan' tf A gen is. Regular Evansville and Henderson Daily Packet m -; : The fleet and splendid sldewheel steamer si IXollio 1 IVox-toii; CHARLEY PERKINS, Master: : ! . i 1 i En. Tkkrt, Clerk, Will ply as a regular packet between Evansville and Henderson, offering unemialeu accommodations 10 travelers aim hip ers. Leaves Evansville daily at 3 p.iu ,eaves Henderson daily at 7J-4 a.in.. mak' iug close connection with the E. & C. R.R. jaul7 dtf . . .-., -. . , ' CLOCKS.; Wholesale Clock:. House. 1 GEISSLER & DELANG, ! " TV'IIOLi:SAl.E "' ,;: 1 Clock ;!Oc alers, Seep constantly on hand a FULL assort lien t of Setn Thomas and other American blocks; REGULATORS, OFFICE AND ALL CLOCKS. . , Send lor Price List to .t .i No. 48 MAIX STREET. marlO dly A. C. ROSENCRANZ, . Watclics, Clocks, Diamonds, SILVER AXD PLATED WAKE. WATCHES REPAIRED. . ! I ' No. 12 SEONI STKEET, : ;'; : ! 1 -. EVAKSVII.X.K, Iisr . Jewelry and Silver-Ware manufacture to oraer. deca dtl RE Ali ESTATE. Xew Real Estate" Agency, J. 1. FJIlott & Son ' TCTAVE pkm:i a kkal estat Ja. Agency for tho sale of and renting o lauds, houses, &cM &c , : ...... Persona having houses or land to rent or sell, or persons wishing u purcliase or rent, will do well by culling on tht in at their ortice, ou j ; r:;1 Third Stroot, near Locust, ; in lOlliott'M ltlxlii, Jnnetl tf j W. II. itMJSMAN Ac CO., , Real Estate Agents, No. (.; Main btrect, . EVANSVI1.T.K, lNn. A Notary Public in the oflice. fap!3 dt J " I DENTISTS. . ) DR. JKesident dentist, Over First National Eankj - iorner Main and First Streets, ,'" ' A y . " Evansville, Ind., TVT ANl'FAtTrBEB Of t'ONTIK'U JJA. ons Oum .Work:, Gold, Silver, Volcitnite.coralite, and Amber Plates, Carved Work, Artificial Palafcea, &c.; . ADMINISTRATOR a of - Nitrons Oiid (an excellent and sufa aBtesthelic), Chit roiorra, Ether, and also several local par lyzers. , . , . , NEURALGIC Affections treated. . MY FACILITIES are as good and hj: establishment as large (consisting of riv roonifi) as any in the United Status. I RETURN MY, THANKS for the ex tensive patronage received during the pal EIGHT YEARS. nichOl .. .Merchant Tailor. I. S. tAiidersoii Can be found at' ? tY I NO. 8 CHANDLER'S HLOCK,

. B."l.. "It" ' Jj JE W" i 'r Oilier River Items See Fourth Page. Tea STEAM BOAT PRINTING. No printing establishment 'In the West has better facllil ies or greater ability for doing fine Steamboat Printing. Our assortment of Job Type, tltouih very lanje and complete, is constantly belna; added to, and our job department is under the personal supervision of one of the best Job printers in the United States. We are preps red to print posters, plain or fancy. Bill Heads, kills Lndin?, Cards, Deck aud Meal Tickets, Hilts of Vara, Mates' Tickets for Labor, Ac, &e. orders loft with either of the wharf-bouts will be promptly attended to. W"ther niil Water. The weather was cloudy yesterday morning, and much pleasanter than for several thyg past, the mercury bavins fallen to eigh.ty.four degrees at 9 a. M7 Heavy threatening clouds had concentrated in the wef iriviW

promise of a speedy shower, while 'a refreshing breeze blew stiffly from the southeast. " . Arrivals nnd Heparin res. s The only arrival up to noo.i was the Mollie Norton, from Henderson. The Chattanooga, with a considerable num ber of orphan and indigent children, left between nine and ten o'clock for Spottsville. : " ! Boats lne. Among the first boats due hero are the Abeona, to St. Louis; Wauanita, from St. Louis; Westmoreland .and Dexter, from New Orleans ; Tennessee, from Cairo ; Morning Star, from Louis ville; Minneola, for Memphis; Rob Roy, from Cincinnati; Sam. Orr, from Eastport; St. Marys, for New Orleans. . Miscellaneous. : Business was very dull on the levee yesterday, with no arrivals tip to noon, except the Mollie Norton with a mod erate trip The Chattanooga left for Green River, first locks, at ten o'clock, with quite a . crowd of children and grown people. ; Liberal contributions were made by various citizens, of provisions for the occasion, and the clildren looked pleased and grateful. They anticipated a delightful day's pleasure The Armada was the only boat in port excepi the J, P. "Webb, which seemed to be making no preparations up to noon to leave ....There was not much freight offering for any point.... ..Several new spots of tho Band bar were uncovered during Tuesday night .A flatboat loaded with lumber lodged on the bar yester day morning, and was pulled off by the "MinyoungV .-A light rain set in about half past ten o'clock yes terday, which served to dampen the dutit and cool the air somewhat The following was sent to the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, on Monlay: " Wasiiinuton City, duly C. "Tho bill for fiOO-foot M.aii bridge has just passed the Jloune by a vote ot eighty yeas to tweuty nays. .i, . A. Q. Ross." lEoalH I.euviiiir Totlay. For Cairo. The lightning-winged Quickstep, Captain 11. T. Dexter, is the regular and unsurpassed packet for Cairo and all way landings at four o'clock, promptly, to-day. She is beautiful, fleet, and finely appointed. Jlur clerks are - those accomplished,., and obliging young gentlemen. Jack Crammer, Walter R. Peni nine ton, and Charley Ulmsnider. For Louisville. Tho magnifi cent Morning Star is the popular packet for Louisville and ail way landings this evening. Ilcr cabins are spacious and elegant; her staterooms roomy and well ventilated. Capt. E. P. T Ilollcroft commands, and John Ouerbacker and Dick Hutchinson, two of the best clerks in the business, have charge of the office.' For Canelton. The OllieSullivan, leaves at snarp iu tnt3 morning, for Cannelton and all way landings. Capt. J. T. Hugo and John II. Triplett arc her obliging and fleers. popular ofFor IIendersox. The beautiful and fleet side-wheel steamer Mollie Norton leaves as usual, promptly at 1 o'clock' this evening, for Hendersc-n, having most elegant cabin accommodations, . and great speed. Captain Charley Perkins and the Terry brothers, licr chief officers, arc accomplished and . accommodating gentlemen , ' ,"... 'For MEJirms. The Dean Line's splendid steamer, Minneola, Captain W. R. Miller, will be here to-day cn route to Memphis and all way ports. She is a first-class steamer, elegantly appointed. . Billy Grubbs, her chief clerk,-is a perfect gentleman and a deservedly popular officer. U lean I MKT Iron oar ExcIiniiurCM. . Cincinnati. The Commercial of Tuesday j iew io " n ' ......j tm KweriiiK to U description of the tain Onorae V. Norton, who wa A lew days sine; me iwiuy oi a man, anle lain . ap is lost. Iv the explosion oi ine iiarry nean, was found I" Hie hl Kiver, at the heait of Straight Ripple, on the Ohio shore, just, helot. tJalllpoliH. He was bald, with M whiskers, and nearly all his clothing gone. The Mt. Joe Union learnt from a pent leinini who came down on tho York town, that t hPi boat ran into an immense herd of liullaloe that wereKwiiiMium; the liver, about fifty miles above the mouth of tho 1 eitowstoiie. two ot which " were killed. They made no attempt to avoid thestcamr, frequently running against-it. The r.eulon also killed two laitlal'M-s on the down trip and captured a couple of calves. Which slie brought, ilown Willi her. Most of the inoiiiilaili lioat.s b:tve reiiorte! a Breat scarcity of buitaloes I his season. Loi;isvili.k. The Courier of Tuesday says : There is danger of a cut-otT in White River, which will leave AugusU several miles inland. The draw imn of the new bridgo over the canal has been completed. It was opened yesterday to let the Camelia pass down and the Itobert. 1 ulton pass up. The Lady Urae.e. ix.-int; unalile t reshio her Cinciuuatl freight., will leave for that port this niornlns. Ij'pon her return hero she will enter Ilea Louisville aud Cairo trade. ST. Louis. The Democrat of Tuesday says : River fcteadily declining at this point, nd low water to all points above will soon be general. The M issouri was rising slowly at Omaha on Sunday, but the tipper Alissouri will he declining iu a few days. From Lexington to the ihoiitl it is falling, with nix feet m the channel. The trouble increases near St. l'auU Steamers still crosa the lower rapids, and hud leet atwve Keokuli. Kreivjht from the upper Mississippi and the J I linois oomes in very ltinitd iuautiiy; but it te nis to bo imiie abundant on the Missouri, as two boat i which arrived yesterday from that Btream, refused trelnionxue wayuown. intii..miinuuu nfllm Illinois river trade, only two steamers will run at present to Peoria. inRtead of three. The weat her con tinues excessively hot, with numerous elomls fremieiitlv ill siyht, butie much desired and needed rain - cent in one or two suoweij .u..a. , Mpuu ..:,,am is 111'" VH 1 1 1 n or , . A v ( M )'l UeHI 'l nil...'-- 1 Missouri Hi ver boats, among the orricers. !uriiii. , f I wo Omaha boats, which "....i Saturday uleht. had sevuru attacks of a complaint . closely resembling t lioler, if it whs not the Jell disease, and

ono of thefh was no m vt iciy vkin,i n,-. he considered himxeif about Jml t m ho didn't go up. boui. up, but W. K. McAlpine, deck pnsn-pr ,i Welcome Irom Kansiw to Kt. V,', desunely jnmpt-d ov-rhoard whuV th Ixtatwns airround at Uuck horn, aud J. ' drowue.U He fonueily lived lu "iexa and said he had a Jan?,, amount of cau i J He?avetliename of Tom Al-.arider st Louis, as that o. a gettlpinau v lio wlili t

.. . ui ;iriivill. Jie iff etlects, and was atom- on tne Uo:it. no il.i wu.-i ycriKvuy sooer, aaj appeared sane. 1 qui to The Democrat's Cairo special fays: The Richmond had a tslim trip. Hip greater partot h.jrcuruo iM i,, on imp Indiana, owing to HderaiiKiiint.f her i". chinery. 'Jhe Richmond wilt lav up hi-ie for the season, and re-ships on the Indiana, liMni? her out. 'i'he Richmond m---; aground live days at. Walker s i:;tr Wii'i the river falling rapidly. Kverv person except Captain Neal, despaired ofgettun" her afloat, but his perseverance ;innlisovercame all obstacles. tiaiKi's were sunk under her guards and umped out, raisinp her HUflicieully to allow the Indiana and iaiuler to puil her over. HARDWARE. FRED. P. STRAUD & CO., DKiLKttS IX AM) c U Ti:2R 1 Offer to wholesale and retail buyers, at OltEATXY KEDCtXfl PKICEH. Hall, Semplk & tro.'a Sual liea and Cratlles ; Haj and Mannre Forks t Hay Rakes ; A No. 1 Scythe Sloncs; BLooT:a Grass, Oraiu, ami Lawn Scythes; WadswortiTs Red Hover Grass Scythes ; Ilrier Scythes ami Hay ... . Inivea; rass IXooIts; Rraws and Enameled Kettles IScrca Grindstones; Ueliuout Wheeling Xnlls; BuilderH Hardware; Mechaii icis' Tool; Ac, 4i-c. Terms cash. FRED. P. STEAUB & CO., No. 74 MAIN STREET, malSdtf J Ret. Second and Third Streets. II. I. Wells Moil, JVo. 31 MAIN r.L, Jmpoi tera and Dealers iu HARD WAR I Cliains Jl'nu.'o, Log 11 ames;' t'ardM. Ilaltor Chains: olion and Wool Scythes, ?,n, at lis, Ui-ftin Cradle!:. Koi ks. oe.f, K:ike-i, (Sheep (shears. tt m m . . .... . . . ..... IWIl'niS np:i(i?s, ym.-t-i..": Mm. CrosHI 111. and Cireiil: r Hums; and Uriudstones. Ktiii'm Table and Pocket Knives. (Sieves Ioiho ami Shot! Hi llshes, Oirry-t 'onilis. Hails, IjOcUm, Hinges, Screws, 'i'aoks, ScaluH, ami a l.irgu tock ol Carpenters' anil Coopers Tools -and Kuildcrb' Ilarduare. II. K. WELLS & SON, 3J Main Street. np28 SAMUEL OKIt. 3 AH. DAVIDSON. .1. I. OUU SAMUEL ORR CO., DEALERS IN IRON, JJEIi:!. finvln O"0. Axles, (Jarrlac Flow Bolts, and BELLOWS, ANVILS, VISES, SCREW PLATES, HORSE & MULE SHOES, HORSE NAIL.'), Wagon & Woodwork We have constantly on baud a .;ood stock of the well known and universally approved "WAYNE" brand of 3PIjOW STEEL. A I.8U, Tinners' Tools, Tin plate, Common and Charcoal Sheet Iron, Galvanized Imitation Rmsia and Russia Sheet Iron, Wir.), Sheet Zinc, Spelter, Block Tin, Pig Lead, Bubbitt Metal, Lead Pipe, &c. Our stock o" evervlhln' In our line will he kept lull and well assorted. uraers ailed with cart aud promptness. WROUGHT SCRAP IRON Bought at the highest market rales. Wattir Strcot, EVANSV1LLH, IND, dec 1 dlinl CARPETS. CAR 1? M. E. FRENCH & CO., Nos. Hand 41) Main SI., KVANSVIILE. Tho largest anJ most complete o; ineiil of J.oil-IIouse-FuriilHliins oil-i in tho SSTATE OF INDIANA. In STYLE. QUALITY, and PJtlCIC, w ik" y all coiifi;TiT;oN, i;a.- uu Vj;iST. In addition to all our other lines of goods, we have 40,000 Rolls WALL PAPEFJ, at UNUSUALLY LOW FIOUItKH. Ry means of a NEW INVENTION in tho prwductlon of ii 1. 1 I A 1c I. O It fAPDRN, which we coot rol in this market, we are now enabled to sell these elogaut goods at about 25 PER CENT. less than thev were ever before oilei -"u u this market. -UIVE I'S A CAM.." itprnatf;