Evansville Journal, Volume 20, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 26 March 1869 — Page 2

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FRIDAY. April Mazazlnes. We present below the contents of the various Magazines for the month of April, which have thus far been received. The table of contents, es a general thing, is a fine iudex to the character of a periodical, and from these tables our subscribers can easily make their selection of magazine reading matter: Atlantic Monthly. Contents: Mai hone; an Oldport Komancc; part iv hv T XV. Iliffifinson. lne mis by T. W. Ilipginson. me mis of Birds, by Thomas M. Brewer, obiocraphy of a Shaker; First r. by F W. Evans. Run Wild, moii Autob l'n(r. V.w Raviinl Tavlor. A Stran?e Ar rival, by J. W. lKorcst. How irowin the Great Northwest, by S. II (lav.- A Carpet-Basher in Pen nBvlvania. bv J. T. Tiowbridge. The Foe iu th3 Hocehold; Part II , by thft author of "Victor and.Jacqu line." Our Inebriates, Classified and l"!lnrifiel. Doorstep Acquaintance, bv XY. I). Howies. The Pacific Uailroad Ooea. bv Saml. Bowles. A kido with a Mad Horse in a Freightoar, bv W. H. II. Murrv. Td-Day l.v Mm. S. M. 15. Piatt, lleviews and Literary Notices. Fields, Osgood ft Co.. Publishers, JJoston. Toe Phrenological Journal for April contains the portraits and Biog raphies of Harvey P. Peet, LL. D., the eminent instructor of the deaf and dumb: James T. Brady, the dis tinguished lawyer; Henry Barron, ih. I c-isliitor: Heniv l'ratik. the Jewish publisher; besides sketches and illustrated articles on Hiram lowers and John Stuart Mill: 1'hrenolosrv aud Reliirion: Fish Culture, with nino eugravings; Napoleou's Head; Noth ii hut a Baby; the 1 'Ian chette Mvsterv: Creseondo. an lllus trated Poem ; Japanese House ; a good Inheritance: Industry aud Respecta bility: Is thertf an onen Polar Sea? Music. Price a year or ?') cents a number. S. R. Wells, Publisher, :'S Broadway, New York. Putnam's Monthly Magazine To-Day: A Romanco, Ch. x. xr. xu, by R. B. Kimball; Conflagration, h J.,).l'iatt; Incidents in inc opantsn Strugcle, by Elie Reclus; A Stranded Shin. Part II. bv L. 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The first number looks very bright and handsome with its glazed blue cover, and presents a table of contents valuable to all readers. (Of the series ot newspaper articles by A. Maverick, it says:) These are in a vein which will recommend thein more to readers than to some of the distinguished subjects whose charac ters are outlined with an unusual degree of freedom and not a little caustic humor. Subscription $2 per year. Horace W. Love & Co., 37'J Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Onward Captain Wayne JReid's Monthly. Contents: The Lost Sister a tale of the Grand iChago; Parhe lion; Longings After the Lonely; The Vultures of America; The Lost Lover; Beautiful Birds; The Three Clerks; Order in All; A Dead Man Defended; The Protecting Flag; 1 Think of Thee; The Yellow Chief; A Ride for Meat; A People's Beauty: Sorrowful Eyes; My First Attempt at Authorshin; Lovely Louisiana; The Ancient Homestead; The King's Dwarf; Things Worth Thinking of; Trifles; Books; Books Only Glanced At. Arthur's Home Magazine. Contents: Music, Grandma's Polka; The Grahams and the Armstrongs, by T. S. Arthur; Intellectual Progress of Husband and Wife; A Bachelor's Story, by Mrs. Emmio L. Griffith; Washington and Warner, by C; Running Away, ty Agnes Rain; Why? by Jennie Gaige; How the Five Dollars were Invested, by Mrs. J. E. McConaughy; A Lost Genius; The Deerings ot ;VTUry1' ,by Virginia F. Townsend; Magdalen, by Faustine; In Llossom-Time- Boy's and Girl's Trea-ury ; The Home Circle; Evenings Y ith the Poets; Hints to Ilouse-ketpcrs-ioilet and Work-Table; New Publications; Our Correspondence; Editor.-' Department. In addinon mis numner contains five pretty illustrations. very Once a Month is the name of a little story book issued monthly by T. L. Arthur & Sons, Philadelphia. It is a compilation of interesting articles copied from other books, together with crigiual articles. The last or April number ha3 a very attractive table of contents. The Children's IIoub, a Maga-

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The Westminster Review for Jauuary offers the following attractions: The Struma for Empire with Mahrattas; Richardson's Clarissa; Our Criminal Procedure, especially in C:tses of Murder; Mr. Blight's 'poaches; Art anl Morality; The Adtilierat'um of rood and Drugs; Mr. Darwin's Tucories; Contempora ry Literature. BED KNIFE: oa, KT UAFSOX'3 I AST TRML. Ky I EOX f.EWI?, AUTHOR OF '- IJIK .WAfi'W TRAIN," ' 1HK Yt'l'K'II Fi.SHNK." "TI18WATKR wulk," y.rc., KTC. CHAPTER I. A LIFE ObOKIOlMLY STAKED! Towards the close of a beautiful day iu June, 18C7, a man and woman, mounted uron tleet horses, came gal lopin? over ono of the great plains of the West, and drew rem in me snaue ot a clump of cotton-woods upon the f n beautiful river, lhey had ri-hh-n far and rapid y. 'iheir steeds wen mntin?. and covered with sweat :im1 foanl. We must irve the horses a breath inz t-'PMI, -saiu i lie iuruii;r, uj.pius to nil i .i. . - i : . : the ! round: auiuis couipamou nod ded a graceful assent, as she followed i i i ex mume. The coupla were evidently lather and daughter. 'J ;:e man was iu the prime ot lue, hale and hearty, with a large irame, which was sinewy and athletic, with oat ceasing to be rented and prepossesinsr. Le had the keen, shrewd look peculiar to the advance guards of civilization, and there was an hon esr. irank expression on Ms sunbrowned lace tuat proclaimed his in tciritv aud courtice. In her way, ins daughter was equal - - - - . ly iii:turcsou j and attractive. In the early 11 u-ili ot womannood, with a part, sweet and tender lace. with eves darkly glowing, with coral tinted lips, and coeeks softly flushed with the hue of the rose, with amber cai Is floating behind her, she was as irraci Jul as a gazelle, as ligkt-hearted s a Lird. as lovely as a flower, and as .-Dinted as an untamed antelope. .1 he stream bv winch the couple 1 a J halted was Wood River, a branch d the Platte, in Nebraska, at a point h!tv mi'cs northwest ot l'ort Jvcarny " Are you tired, Miriam?" asked the hunter, George Dane, with father !v solicitude. " Tired, father?" rejoined the maiden. wun a nappy lausrn. un, no. How could 1 be tired after a day like tliiTf Fvery minute has been filled w i 1 1 pleasure and excitement. I feel as fresh as yonder bird." The father smiled uoderstmdinuly, with a look full of the londcst alloc tion. 1 can guess the cause ot your iuhtness of heart, said he smilingly " The return, now daily expected, of a certain Hubeit Erle. from the mines of Idaho, may account, I Eus nec. for your present gladness." A heightened color appeared on Miriam's lace, for the name mentioned was that of her lover. Slio answered the glances of her father, however, with a f rankness that attested his entire -sympathy with her, and said: "True, father, my heart has been unusually light for several days past How could it be otherwise, since I know that Hubert is coming?" Mr. Dane did not reply. lie was looking, with kindling eyes, over the fair flower dotted plain; and his next remark showed how widely his thoughts had strayed. "J. wander what mother ha3 boon doing without us all day, Miriam. She must be lonely, with no one to speak to or share her meals. I shouldn't wonder if we could see our home from this point," and his face lighted up with a soulful glow. "Ourcottago is uot more than seven miles dis'.mt; let me see?" He drew from his coat a pocketglass, adjusted to his s;ght, pointing it iu a northerly direction, and gizeu through it long and earnestly, towards his ranche upou Carrey's Fork. " Yes, I see it," he said, at last, with a long, deep and joyful inspiration, as if the sight relreshed him in every nerve. " There is our cottage, as plain as day. I can even see the v ncs you planted before tho windows, Miriam. And there, on the grapevine bench, under the big elm, sits your mother, busy at her sewing. Bless her! She does not imagine we are looking at her. Look, Miriam." He yielded the instrument, to his daughter, who obeyed his injunction, her lovely face glowing with smiles as she regarded the distant home-scene. "Dear mother!" she murmured. " It is a treat to her to bo able to sit out under the trees without fear of molestation. There are no hostile Indians "hereabouts now are there, lather?" " No. Red Knife, as you have already heard, was killed yesterday by a settler, and his band has retreated towards the mountains. I will confess, Miriam, that during all the time we have been in the West, I have not felt so light-hearted and care-free as tdnce we received news of Red Knife's death. You have just seen how this joy bubbles over in me. Ked Knife was a demon, rather than a snvare." Miriam shuddered, and her features even paled at the memory ol the Indian mentioned. He never spared a pale face," she said, striving to speak calmly. " Desolation and cruelty marked his path. For more than three years he has raged to and fro upou the plaius like a ravening wolf. He was the terror of the border." " You have named him appropriately, Miriam," said the hunter. He had a fiendish hatred of the white race, and his victims have been many." Mr. Dane held out his hand for the glass, and Miriam was in the act of restoring it, when a strange, gasping, panting sound s rtled them both, and sent them quickly to their saddles. The hunter wheeled his horse and looked down upon the river bank, from which direction the sound had come, his manner self-possessed, but his countenance indicative of alarm. The maiden followed his example. Her eyes were the first to discover the cause ot the sound that had startled them, detecting a man's figure creepiug along through the uudcrgrowth of bushes lining the shore. At the same moment, their presence m turn was detected, for the man dropped suddenly among the protecting bushes, as if he had been shot. "An Indian?" whispered Miriam, drawing from her bosom a revolver. The hunter shook his head, continuing to watch the spot at which the man had fallen, his hand on his

rifle, his manner that ot one ready

for action. Suddenly, as the man showed a haegard face peeriog cautiously from his concealment, Mr. Dane s anxious countenance broke into a smile, and he cried out : Hallo! Is that you. ThomD3on? Do you take us for Indians, that you skulk there in the bushes?" The individual addressed was si lent a full minute, as it seemed, from sheer amazement; then he sprang out from his hiding-place with a cry of relief, and advanced swiftly to wards the father and daughter. He was a man of middle age, or the ordinary type of backwoodsmen, strong and brown and stalwart, oi tne rude, rough type that seems to belong to the border. Iii3 lace was naggard and white, although covered with prespiration. His breath came through his parted lip3 in qaiCK uneven gasps. He had run far and swiftly, and looked as if about to drop from faW hat has happened, xnompson : asked Dane, with keen anxiety, the man's singular appearance giving him a sudden shock of alarm. The Indians! gasped Thompson, scarcely able to command his voice. They are coming! Red lvnite and his band divided my wife my children! Help me! Help me!" What talk is this?" cried Dane, agitated in Fpite of hi efforts at selfcontrol. " Red Knife was killed yes terday" 1 He was" only wounded," inter rupted Thompson. He 13 coming to take his vengeance on nstsetueis. He has divided his band into two. They were up at the Deer r ork this mornme. and are now commg mis way. The points to be struck are your linnif and mine." " My God!" ejaculated Dane, as his informant paused in his excited, breathless narration. A horse! a horse! " cried Thompson, reeling with fatigue. " I can go no further on foot. My wile, my children God nitv and save them!" He looked from the hunter to his daughter in agonized and mute tup nlieation. Dane snatched the class from Miriam's hands and placed it to his eyes. He looked to the northward saw his urettv cottage, hia wife busy at her needle under the trees and it lanced at the dim line of the horizon stretching away eastward and west ward f rom his home. Suddenly tho class dropped from his hands his face blanched to the hue of snow. From the west, scemine to emergo from the clouds ot scar let and Fold, he had beheld a band of mounted Indians riding boldly to wards that unprotected home, towards that unconscious and helpless woman With a frenzied cry, he put spurs to his hor3e. aud dashed away like madman, shouting to his daughter to follow him: at the same instant Thompson staggered forward and fell in the maiden's path, holding up his hands in anzuish. "Mv wife ! iev! ehildren !" he croaned. There was no hesitation in the sou of tho brave Miriam "Mine is but a single life: he has seven depending on him." she said aloud. As she spoke, she leaped from her saddle, and, with a gesture, command ed him to take her place. "But your danger!" faltere Thompson. "The Indians ' Miriam asain nointed to the snddle "Go." she commanded. "Think onlv of vour family, and be gone!" Still Thompson hesitated, sweeping the homon with eager glances, to assure himself that no immediate dancer threatened. A change came over his face as he looked, and he uttered a wild cry, catching up the glass Mr. Dans had let fall, and look intr through it. The sight he beheld convulsed him with terror. Not a mile away, to tho west, he saw coming over a ridge in the plain and approaching rapidly, a consider able body ot mounted savages. " They're coming a band of red skins directly towards us! he gasped. "I'm lost! Fly, Miriam, while you have the time!" The maiden took the glass and gazed through it an instant at the approaching foe. A strange light appeared in her eyes a light possessed only bv those upon whom God has bestowed a consciousness of His great protection the light of a heroism which death itself cannot master. "Sure enough," she murmured, " they are coming! The leader is Red Knife. Go, neighbor Thompson on the instant!" "We can ride together!" cried Thompson. "No! The horso is tired. We have been to Willow Island. We should be overtaken before we had gone two miles I" " Then we'll die together!" "No! no! You must mount!" With a prasp so sudden and firm that it startled uim, the maiden pushed him towards the horse, and in another instaut he found himself, more by instinct than by thought, seated in the saddle. "Away, Selim!"' cried Miriam to her steed, with an imperative gesture. "Away!" The horse broke furiously over the plain, giving Thompson only time enough to flash a look of gratitude towards the maiden, as he dashed away to the northeast, towards his menaced home. A moment later, Mr. Dane looked over his shoulder took in at a glance the situation of affairs, recognizing the peril as well as the heroism of his child bowed his head solemnly, as one submits to the inevhable, in approbation of her conduct, and then ne swept on to the rescue of his wife, his soul torn by such emotions as are seldom brought to battle together. And Miriam, throwing herself flat upon the ground, remained alone upon the plain, in the very path of a score of mounted Indians, who were galloping towards her with the swiftness of the wind! ----- CHAPTER II. A CURIOUS AND STARTLING MYSTERY. Skirting the Black Hills, forty miles west of Fort Laramie, a party of horsemen were riding eastward. They had left Fort Bridger eight days before, taking the route of the North Platte, and were now following the Oregon emigrant road, among those long ridges, dry beds of rivers and sterile plains, by which the region of the Black Hills is distinguished. The bulk of the party consisted of ten cavalrymen, under a lieutenant, who were returning to Fort Laramie, their post of duty. They were well mounted, and had several led horses in their train, loaded with their provisions and appurtenances of travel. The balance of the party comprised three civilians, who had seized the opportunity of crossing the mountains under military escort. Two of these were emigrants who had settled near Fort Bridger, but who had tired of the great solitude, or been frightened by the Indians, and were now return-

ing- eastward in search ot homes

nearer the haunts of civilization. The third civilian was Hubert Earle, the lover of Miriam Dane, the settler's daughter, whom we have just left in such deadly peril. He was a splendid specimen of American manhood, rragnificently formed, broad-shouldered, deepchested, as vigorous as an -athlete, and rode his horse, fiery Mexican steed, with the grace and case of a Centaur. At the moment of his introduction to the reader, he was riding in the rear of the little train, busy with his own reflections, which were evidently as bright as the morning itself the forenoon preceding the events we have recorded. His thoughts were wrapt in the sweet memory of Miriam, who had wept so bitterly at his departure, and who, he expected, would smile so joyously at his return. The dear little soul! he mur mured aloud. " Where is she now? " His eyes darkened with tender sweetness, his lips quivered with the ineffable love that flooded his being with a happiness akin to pain. He pictured their meeting, the pretty home they would share together, the years they would spend in each others society, the tender mutual ove and care that would bless all their coming days. He had left her a poor adventurer, to seek his fortune among the mines of Idaho. He was returning to her a more than moderately rich man, with bills of exchanee in his chamois money-belt of sufficient value to support them both in luxury as long as they might live. It was not to be wondered at that his thoughts were pleasant. buddenly he was aroused trom his trauce like silence, by cries of delight from his companions, and by the tact that they had cheeked their speed. Looking around him quickly, he beheld the cause of the unusual excitement. To tho southward, at no great distance, a sma 1 herd of buffa loes was grazing lazily, seemingly uot at all alarmed bx the near presence of a f ormidable enemy. The wind was blowing from them, the horses were fresh, and, as he looked at the tempting game, Hubert felt the spirit of the hunter grow strong within him. Giving rein tohishorse.he galloped along the hue to speak to the Jjieu tenant, but was mot half way by tha officer, whose sparkling eyes and eager demeanor attested to a kindling ol Ninirod-like zeal. '"What do you soy to an hour's snort. Mr. Earle?" shouted the lieu tenant, as he bore down upon his friend, for Hubert was a decided fav orite with every member of the party "I think it would be a downright shame to turn our backs on such rsolendid crime, was the quick response. W ho could cat a dinner ot salt pork, with those fat buffaloes so OH near vac Tli3 lieutenant smiled, ghnced up and down the line, reading the eager longing faces of his men, and resoived to carry out his own and the general desire. At a word of command from him. the party set out at a quick gallop for the scene or act'.on. The buffaloes allowed the enemy to approach quite near, the wiu 1 favor ins the hunters: but at length began to snuff the air uneasily, to shake their heads, and to look for the cause of their apprehensions. A moment" later they had behel the enemy, and with frightlul bellowines and mighty tramp, had begun their wild, mad flight to the south ward. The chase was a long one; and it was not until the hunters had run the buffaloes upon a spur of the Black Hills that they Kot a good chance at them. They then brought down sev eral plump young bufialoes, and din ner became the watchword. "It is noon, and we'll have din ner," said the Lieutenant, observing that the bapgage animals with their drivers were approaching. " Kindle a fire, boys, and we'll have steaks and roists in abundance." While this order was being oarried into effect, Hubert and several others were engaged in surveying the sccna. "A lonely and desolate spot," said Hubert, thoughtfully. " It ljoks as if man had never visited it." "And no wonder," returned Brydges, " siuce it's five miles off the route. hat could any man want here, unless he might be in pursuit of buffaloes?" There being no answer to this question, Hubert proceeded to find an excellent grazing spot for his horse, tethered him. and flung him self on the ground in the shadow of the hill. Ihe Lieutenant and a portion of the men followed his example. Plenty of low bashes were found dry enough to burn, and several fires were soon kindled. The choicest portions of the buffaloes were readily prepared for cooking, and it was not long before the oder of burning flesh was diffused on the air; four or five hungry soldiers serving as cooks. It was a wild picnic seene on those lonely wilds, and every man there cnjoyei it with true gipy zest. S lddenly a shout from one of the men who were strolling around, arrested the attention of the others. "Hallo, boys!" he cried, "I'm blest if here isn't a cave in the hill! Come, see the hole under these bushes. You never saw anything hidden neater in your lives." "Jones thinks nobody ever saw a cave before," said one of the loungers. " For my part, I think more of something to eat iban of a hole in the ground." This sentiment was echoed by the others, but the inquisitive cave discoverer, nothing daunted, approached the fire, took from it a torch, returned to the butte, parted the bushes, revealing a dark aperture in the face of the rock, and disappeared within it, his light giving back a yellow glare for a second after he had cased to be seen. The camp revelry went on, the cooking progressed, the minutes passed, and Jones did not reappear. If that fellow had found a gold mine in there he wouldn't call one of us," growled the lounger who had before spoken. " I wonder what Jones has found. I'll jest take a look, as dinner isn't ready." He arose lazily, abstracted a stick of burning wood for a torch, proceeded to the cavern entrance, and disappeared from vie . "Probably," said Hubert, "there's a larga cavern under that hill. If we had time, it might pay to explore it. Under the present circumstances, I am like Brown, and prefer my dinner to scientific explorations." The meal seemed to be ready, for the rattling of tin cup3 and dishes began to be heard; the lieutenant's small camp-chest was unpacked, and the cooks shouted to the strollers to come to dinner. " Have Jones and Brown come back?" asked the lieutenant, as he rose to a sitting position, tnd glanced towards the cavern. The man replied in the negative. " Go after them, King, and hurry

them up, said the officer. U c must resume the inarch after dinner.

and cannot afford to waste time here." King, a fine young soldier, took a torch, and eatered the cave. The dinuer was dealt out hot savory steaks and roasts the coffee measured, and the meal commenced, but none of the men who had entered the cave made their appearance! How singular ! " ejaculated Brydges, testily and impatiently. "What can keep thoce men? King has been pone ten minutes. Here, Serjeant Halsey, hurry those men up The serzeant, a brown, strong man of middle age, hesitated, and ventured to stammer: "I beg your pardon, Lieutenant, but I think there's something wrong inside the cave. There's three men in there all hungry and knowing that dinners ready. Surely they'd come back if they could, lerhaps there s wild beats, or some strange Nonsense, fcerzeant! interrupted the lieutenant, frowning. "I give you five minutes to bring those men back, tro! The seigeant s face paled, but. without another word, he took up a torch and eutered the cave, disappearing from the gaze of his friends. lho minutes passed, the lieutenant and the men ate their dinner meehanally, awaiting anxiously the expect ed return; yet none of tho four came back. The words of the sergeant bad made a deep impression on the minds of his hearers. A general tlooin fell upon the camp; and the men east treSuent and fearful glances in the irectiou of the cavern. Even the lieutenant anl Hubert lelt a strange depression creep: nr over them, which neither could resist. " What can he the matter?" at lensth demanded the ollicer. "The Sergeant's in trouble, I should judge, .by this long absence, lhere can t be gas in the cave, or il so, he would probably have time to cry out. There can't be wild beasts, for those four mpfl were all well armed, and would at least have fired. Which of all you men will g into the cave and learn what the matter is?" There was a lieneral shrinking back Every soldier was brave in an Indian tiidir, but uot one dared to face mysterious and unknowi danger. Not ono wished to rik tkc complete and total disappearance from earth and human knowledge that had befallen his comrades. "Whoever will venture in search of the missing men shall receive from me a hundred dollars in gold!" ex claimed Hubert, in his clear, ringing tones. " W ho speaks first for the money?" 1 he offer was tempting; but it was not accepted. Not a word of reply was made to it. Hubert he-ilated, giving a brief thought to Miriam, his loved and waiting Miriam ! His face then glow ed with a heroic liaht, and he said, in tones that did not falter: " 1 will go in search of the men. Lieutenant Brydges. Only your par ty is now so small, and it I do not re turn iu twenty minutes, you may resumo your lourucy. "But, Eirle" expostulated the Lieutenant. " th'u: is positive mad ness. You must not rik your l.fe. We will wait a while, and if the men do not return, we will move on. " They may need help," replied Hubert, steadily. "They may have encountered well, God knows what. I can t imagine. If I tire my rifle come to me. If I fail to return with in the time appointed, move on!"' lie went up to the nearest fire. pick his ked up a blazing, stick, arranged nue for instant use. approached the mouth of the cave, peeped into it cautiously, aud listened intently for some sound ot life within. No sound came. All was as still as death vithiu the cavern. The next instant Hubert had vanished therein. All was now breathless suspense. The licuteuant and his men gather ed around to listen for the report of the rifle. The minutes passed, but it came not. - Five minutes dragged by ten fifteen, and still no sound reached their cars. They could see a brief space into the cavern, by the light of their own torches, but nothii g but rocky walls and floor met their gaze. Twenty minutcj were thus passed. The time was up, and Hubert had uot returned. The men looked at one another with pallid faces. As if turned to stone, they stood an awe-stricken group about the cavern's mouth, until the minutes had more than made up an hour and still they liugered, Duriug this time they had cleared away the bushes from tho mouth of the cave. They had tried again and again to pocr into the dark depths of the opening, but could not. The Lieutenant had called repeatedly to Hubert, bat received no answer. At length he proposed to tic a rope around his waist and descend into the sinister abyss, but his men objected unanimously. "What's the use?" a?ked one. "There's something here that no mortal man can conquer." . " We can't rik your life, lieutenant," said another, ".lust think how few there are of us." The time continued to drag on. At last, when two full hours had passed, Lieut. Brydges staggered to his feet, and said : ' This is horrible terrible beyond expression ! We havt lost four of our comrades and this noble young stranger, whom I loved as a brother. This fearful cave must hold the secret of their fate, be it what it niav. Let U3 Without a word, but with white faces in a sort of mute terror, the men mounted their horses and resumed their journey. The above is a!l of this story that will be published in our columns. The continuation of it from where it leaves off here can be found only in the New York Ledger, which is for sale at all the bock stores and news depots. Ask for the number dated April 10, 1SJ9, and in it you will find the continuation i of this beautiful tale. The Ledger is mailed to subscribers at three dollars a year. The publication of Rev. Dr. Tyng's great story, which has be?n written expressly for the Ledger, is jast commenced in the Ledger, so that our readers will get the whole of these two stories in it. The Ledger has the best stories of any paper in the world; and Ilenry Ward Beecher, James Parton and Fanny Fern, have articles in every number. 30,000 OFFICE under the new Ad ministration. We prepare ap plications in form for Government ;poslt:ous. spcure Congressional anil oilier necessary influence, and netonallv oresent ine claims of applicants. Forcircnia- or insrrnrcions address, with stamp, WIXCHESIEH fc IIAYDKN, WasUlngon, D . C FAIKBAXItS' STASDJ ol all muds. UOKSBKOOK A CO., No. S .Nortli Water Street. oc'23 dRm Kvansville, lud

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JOilN II. SCOTT, ookseller, stationer AND N JZ W S J K A I E U, No. S3 MAIN STREET, cor. Second, aula dly Evasstilli, Ind. FISH & BARTER, Wholesale Booksellers & Stationers, SCHOOL BOOKS, BLANK BOOKS, MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, PAPER ENVELOPES, AND CJesiernI stationery, Mo. If) 3Xaln Street, EYansYllIe, Indiana. Joij91y CINCINNATI taper Warehouse. CHATFIELD &. WOODS, MA.VVFACTVKEKN AND WBOLK8ALR PAPER DEALERS 77 and 71) Walnut Street, Keep couhlautly on hand a complete aNortmetit of FLAT-CAP, FOLIO, I)KMY, MK1HIM, KOYAL, AXU 81TK11-K0YAL FLAT M-nTKUH, various wpIkIU-m; KI,.T CO.MMKKCIAI, AND l'At'Kr;X NUTKM; Hulbard' UUZKU COVKK PAPKItM. Son. 1 and a; also, other brands, of all colors; FBINTKKS' CARD HTOCK, in Rheetn, colored and white; alw, Cl'l CAIIDS, lu lull variety ol qtiulitiea and RULED LETTER, NOTE, AND CAP PAPERS, Various weights and Qualities. MANUFACTURKK3 Or PAPER It AGS Si FLOUK SACKS, All Hizos and nura-bern, firtit quality of pap!r. Avf Paprr, Manilla Jitrr, Hook Paper, irrttjfHiig JHtjier, CkUoieii Imlrr Paper, Hum itine-r, Niamh Ihtper, Liiiutle Paper, Tar Jtoariht, Utruw liuardi. -, r.entliera or all Itimlrf For Binders' use, together with TOOIjH an? UIMMIKS 91 AI'III.NEKY. All of which we offer al lowet market pri3e. Orders by mall promptly filled. CHATFIKMJ WOODH. 77 and 7tf Walnut Street. tnar21 dtf 4 iucinuadl. GEORGE CRAWFORD & CO., - o M .11 1 SM I O V M i-: II c; MMTA lMTOKTKKS AND I.KAI.KILS IN Soda Asli, Sal Soda, Caustic Soda, FOUNDRY FACING i, Plnxtrr, lAmc, Cement, Sand, l'limitiloe Kloite, HcmIm, etc. So. 200 Walnut Street, CINCINNATI, OHIO. ' Jan2(i ::m I.Kvvrs Ruffnkr, Jh., Evansvllle, Ind. John UibHKHT, Uolcondti, Hit). L. RUPFXKlt, Jit., & CO., Is O li It 1? W C? IC 11 Xt tt4. AND COMMISSI ON M ER C1IA N TS. AUKNT3 KAN AW MA SALT COMPANY. WHKKUNO NAILS WOKK.H COMP'Y, v imim l l.lurM riAJUtt 3in,L, 8T. LOUIS FLOUK MILLS. Xo. MAIN STBEKT, JaSl EVANSVILLE, INI). A. H. HAYUUitST. 3. 3. WllnTllH Ilajliurixl & lYiiittiiker, r&oiucK, voM.vis.froy amd W AM) I NO MKliVUAHTX, No. 6... South Water BL rea!erHin Flot-,r, It&cou, llny.Oaui.Co and Country 1'roduce. v. EAIB J. a. it . btai BAIUI) & START, (HncesBor to W. M. Alkiaan A Co.,) Gi:nkkai. aue.vin, iKom.!j Forwarding nd CoinraiKsloii M chants, FvwtHVille, Indiana, lit ;er to Ci. Wnwler, Fres't. Firt National Fan) aiKi.Sam'i Orr, Vice Fresldeut Kvausviu. National i'.antc. T7a Agent for Ohio River Salt Co. noiw WE woii.u kein i o tr k friends and former patron that we nre on FI KM r isi'ttb.l-.T, one door below Vine, next to L. Fierson'K Tin Hhop, Ktlll in the trade of IjIQUtjK-S, h'lAWJt, VOMMISHlOAti, Jte., and should be pleaxed to wee them. II. 1). ALLlrt & CO. II. I. Al.l.JS A !., FORWARDING AND C0MMI3310V MERCHANTS, KFCTIFIEKR, aud Wholesale Dealer! liquors; FLOUK, &c F 1 R S T S T R E E T , One door beiowr Vine, next to L. Fierson's Tin Shop, F.VANSVII.I.K, la. Janl dtf. F. M. DuDoocHer, late of F-vannvUle, lctf John Uit,nFiiT, Oolconda, 111. P. S. DUSCUCUET & CO., GENERAL COMMISSION MER CF1A NTS, No. S:J Foydras Street, NEW ORLEANS, LA, Orders and connlgnmenU solicited. nov U;im PHILIP DECKER, T'dfrd (street, bet. Sjetsiore aad flxr Mann fact orer of Compound Lurlcatlna Gl'a for all kinds of Machinery Also, LARD OIL, SOAPS, and CANDLSS PURE CATAWBA WINK of my ovr growth. Vacli2rtlv Wkldost Brothkus, Paris Landing, Teen A. W. HiDEBOTTost, EvatiHvUie. Ind. WELD ON BROS. & C0 Cotton and Tobacco Factors, I'llOBK E ANII (OHMISS10. MEUCIf A.TM. Office Uok. VINE & WATEH 8TUEKT3 KTAS8VILI.E, Inu. KW Special attention, given to purchasing supplies. mayld3m MATTHEW DALZELL, Wholesale Dealer In Groceries, Nails, Wtite Load, Lime, Cement, dec, Ho. IS Water Street, UeclU illy KvANvii-i-t. Inn.

HARDWARE.

TO CITY GROCGRH Country Mereliant.s, BUYINU FOR O J!L. S II, We offer oar entire stock of HARDWARE, Culler, Kails, &c, AT LOW 13RICE Call and examine at FRED. P. STRAUB & CO., No. 74 Main Street, BETWEEN EC.I AM TJIIKIK mhlU GEO. S. SONXTAO & CO., I M V O IfcTiaii H HARDWARE. GUNS AND PISTOLS, Farming & Mechanics' Tools We have removed, since the destruction of onr stock by Ore nu the 21mI of Decem ber, to I lie old Loeweutbal stand, at Hit) comer Of Flr.st and Main Street, and have now In store one of the moot complete slocks of good in onr line that an e found In tbe Went, pnrchiiKed on a dull market lor CAHH, and will be ottered to l lie trade at sticli prices as cannot fall to Impress the buyer. We liavo no Old Slock! Our good lire nil 1' KM Nil AXD OMIAX, Just from the factories. We offer special inducements on Table and l'otket Ciillcry; Chains, Hames, and Collars; Axes, Hoes, & Cross-eat Haws; m;n.ii:iis' iiAumvAiti:. '211 MAIN STiiKirr. (OK.NKK OF FIjIST, Jai!9 KVAN.SVILLK.INI. WATCIIKS JEWELRY, SILVERWAIl K. I.OUI.S ITT It OM1 1', DEALER IS Watches. Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles, Clocks, Plated Ware, GOLD PKNH, t. At the very lowest Eastern prices. . Solid Silvern arc & Jewelry Made to order. Special fcttentlon given to repairing fine Waicben. A good Htocfe of American Wtcl.e.s Always on hand. 3IA.I7V ST.' 1 lell dt;ml C O I I. F. SANS0M & CO., : General Dealers iu COAL, nun Agents' lor the celebrated AlKiJltU COAL. All order accompanied wittl tbe ensh will be promptly attended to. Ferrous wiHlilna to contrail for heavy lowing on the river can be accommodate. I, the proprietor hav-: iiiK control of tbe Kiiperb tow-boat itiioeri r n:inu. onu-e Ao. a Second Urrel, between Main and Locunt, Kvau-iViile, lud. A noVJO dly nr. C7AII-V v CO., DoalerH in Uuiiorw, Rectifiers of tbe Celebrated WAKA8HaJdAFxYWIHf-.TEN',,:" And DlNtlllein ot Cologne Hplrils, HO. IU -T'-' KVANSVIi.. IND.

R E I T Z

H A H E T , Crescent IToumlry, Corner or Canal and Insle Sts., EVANSVILLK, INDIANA, j Manufacturers of STEAM ENGINES, ST3AM BOILERS Portable Circular Saw Mills, AND Machinery or CTfry Inscription BELTING, STEAM GA UGERS, FIRE BRICK, WHO UG1I T IRON PIPE, dc, f c. Repairing done at Short Notice. Also a gent a for Stillwell's Patent Heater ami Lima Catcher. uov7 ly '!'! Uill AIV .V 'JO.lee Una Ivh E''om n 3 ry M miu '. ! in tilt an I J.'ulldei of Klc:un:?;i:cInf'H, circular; .Kaw 15UI'.: (trim, anil Hai;tr MHIn, Tooacco Hwcr, Vjil' t.i in In;; Mf ( li ,lie-, 1 1fi II-l.-ry.ui'l JViliilni: Maca'nery. Mall .Mii;,t.'om m llei'M, 1 In use Kroi U, Cellar (Jrales, , JOM L BRASS CASTINGS. V'f eveiy description. u t!-liinry ;l Mil: M itile aud Repaired, '.n.alero In L itlu Fire HrlcfcH, Steam UftU'es, dud Vr itit iron Pipe. Old iiinterlalM bochl W bavn I no fi, tM y of the bent Maitnii Win k men, and will nv all HI fiiln.'tfd to iih oi.r Individual sttenUtO, ni! orl.TK promptly, variant our fore, Hiid cti'irvM reasonable prleen. Ca'.ee an.t t' ouin'ry, corner ot Find aud utt Htr-eti, LtHiiHv die, Ind. H, H. v, oi li men win. to all parta to fit Hp w.irK and l i '-p.! ri n fOi,m H fl lfl1'ZK. Til UM AN CO WILLIAM HEILUANI (Hawwwvr to Kratx A Hull in Manufacturer ad Bnlldorof POP 4ULK AND 8 TA TION A H T TEAM ENGINES AND E0LLSI13 SAW AND GRIST MILL iMACIIINEllV, Threshing fluachicca, Cction Bi Tobtioco JPretsci CIRCULAR SAW MILLS. AC, Ac, EVANSVILLK, IND. rg-!HiRT I ron and Coppxk Wokk made tc order on niiort notice. ZXOX AND BRAm CAUTINijtl of everv UcHcription. .Dealers li Htoarn Oacges, (Jam Flt!ii Fire lir ck.s. Wrought mn it " UlotttH. Ac, at luauuiact jrrn' pric'oa. RHPA IR IN d doje at ahort notloe.