Evansville Journal, Volume 20, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 15 July 1869 — Page 2

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flAIy JOURNAL tVAXSVILLK JOURNAL COMPANY. 15. 19 THUIf D Y. -JULY Editors Jourtlstt: Wft hceii now seven days 'Out on the ocean eailiug," and are just over the extern edga of. tbe Grand " nff tbe soutuefn coast of ISewfoandlaod." Wo bave had very litt o wind up to this time, and consequently Lad to depend almost .entirely on .m Thn sea. thus far, has been remarkably calm, considering always .u..:f;...n ncean whose waters are never still. Unless we shall be iavor ...i I-h a breeze to accelerate our wore days t reach Londonderry, our K destination. I shall not close this letter, for some days yet .i... . ..ar,nr the opportunity to chronicle whatever ot importance that m:y transpire. . . To that -portion of j-our readers ho are accustomed to visit New v.,L- ,tv remarks on the route to that point would necessarily be uninteresting, but to those who are uot thus accustomed, a lew observatiots may not be amiss. From Indianapolis we traveled over the Crestline and the Pennsylvania Central Railroad. The principal objects worthy o mention, uch as are not Feen on all railroad routes, are the beautiful mountain scenery and .the tunnels. Along the banks ot the Ohio River from Rochester .to.. Pittsburg, the scenery is very tine, and must command the admiration ot all travelers. The Ohio River between these points is about of the Wabash River be tween Ntkw Harmony and the Ohio River. . Pittsburg is quite a city, it does a heavy inanulacturini? and mimog busiuess, and has many costly edi fi.fs This buildincs are all blackeued with the dense cloud of smoke which bangs over the place, arisiog from consuming carbon. Alter a hmse is- erected in that city thfl first thicsr in order seems to be to 6moke it we'l, and then it is ready lor use. ihe Imildinsrs oresent the aDDearanea ol Aim without decav. . Passiog Pitts burir we meet with nothing of general interest until we commence the acent of the Western slope ot the Alle ehenv mountains, when we are met by a succession of mountain scenery that is really grand. On both the Western and Eastern elopes ot the Allegnenies, tho eye ol the traveler is de lighted with many objects ot mountain scenery which would afford the artist subjects for some magnificent landscape paintings. One ot the most remarkable objects of interest alonar this route is the GeUetzon tun nel, which was constructed, at a heavy cost, under the highest ridge cf the mountains, and is even-eighths of a mile in length. In ascending the Kastern slope we pas through another ttrnoel called " Zpruce-CrefL" tunnel, which is about one-third of a mile in lensrth. Arriving at New York we met the fifth member of our party, which was then complete; consisting ot 1 rot. Richard Owen, of Indiana University, Kloonuneton. Indiana, Jame Hughes, jr., of the aamc town, A. II. Fretaseat, New Harmony, Indiana; Wm. Woods, of Tatnaroa, Illinois, and your humble writer New York, to use a common phrase, is a " right tharp town. Our company having to complete our preparations for the sea voyage, which occupied all of our time before the departure of the vessel, it is sufficient for me to say that we did not see New lork. Having cbfuoed our passports, and Becured our tickets, we went on board the steamship Britannia at Hi o'clock a.m. oo Saturday the 12th day of June, 1SG0. At 12 o'clock the steamer loosed from her moorings, and roudly steamed her course dowu the ludon or North River. The pas seDgers were mostly Scotch and Irish, and the parting aeceno between them and tbe friends who had accompanied them to the vessel, was deeply atlecting. Many and rich were the blessings invoked upon each other. The pier was crowded with spectators and warm hearted friends, wlto had come to bid adieu to their loved ones, perhaps for the last time. I was entire stranger to all of them, and consequently no one said "farewell" to me. We passed Castle (Jarden and Governor's Island on the left, and Stateu Island, Bedloc'u and some oih.-r islands on the right of us, passing out throunh the Narrows, between isandy Hook and Long Island, we launched out into the great ocean. In a few hours we were out of sight of land, and our vessel was committed to the wiud and the waves. The ship "pitched" considerably on account of tho roughness of the sea, at the same time keeping up a constant rolling motion. The rolling of tho vessel is her rocking from one side to the other in the water. The pitching motion is. caused by heavy waves or swells of the ocean, coming under the ship at right angles to it, or nearly to. As the ship approaches one of these billows or swells she plunees into it, sometimes burying her prow in the tide, and scattering the spray upon the deck of the vessel. The bowsprit is then raised high in the air, as the swell passes under the centre; but as-it rolls swiftly back it sends the stern of the vessel high up, and plunges the bow again in the foaming tide of the next suc ceeding billow. Although I was not accustomed to be out of sight and out of reach of land, yet I stood it very well as long as it was day; but when the shades of night had settled around us, and naught was heard but the working of the engines of the vessel and the howling of tho relentless deep answering to deep, and I went down into the cabin to consign the mortal body for the night to that narrow berth, two feet by tix, which was tossing up and down full ten feet every half minute, I acknowledge to & feeling not altogether akin to that of the most heartfelt composure. At every descent the loud wave came dashing against the vessel, wtuv'h seemed, for the moment, to have lost her balance and was sinking down beneath the waters. My apprehensions were in bo perceptible degree diminished, when, in taking up the nautical record to examine the soundings, I found that in some portions of our routo we had only some 1G.0OO feet, or about three miles to go down to reach the bottom, and in other portions perhaps much more. It is not at all unlikely that older seamen would look at things in a different light, and perhaps feel guite differently. But I am not writing the experience of others. I 8et out to write my own views and impressions. GULF STREAM. Vhen 1 walked up on deck the

next tnorning, our vessel had gotten

fairly ontinto the (?ulf Stream. This is au ocean stream of warm water,

flowing from the Gulf of Mexico in northeasterly direction, keeping about fifty miles from the Atlantic coast; and being deflected to the right by Nantucket Island, it sweeps around in a curve, skirting the southern coast of Newfoundland, on parallel about 42 30 north latitude; thence proceeding in au easterly direction, rapidly increasing ia width, until it reaches the western coast of Ireland, England, Wales, Frauee and Portugal. The rapidity of this Gulf stream is the greatest near the Gun or Mexico, and its velocity diminishes as it nowa; on in us eoarse. r As it passes off the coast , of Florida, its current flows at the rate of about fifty-five miles per day. While at a point off-the coast of Newfoundland, iis velocity has diminished to twentyfour mics per day. Immediately after pa-sing Newfoundland, the Gull stream is encountered by the Arctic current of cold water, which comes from tho iceberg of the North, and sweeping dowu by the eastern coast Labrador, it flows perpendicularly into the Gulf stream, greatly lessening its temperature and diminishing its velocsfy. At t ertain'seasons of the vp.ar icebergs ot enormous size are drifted South by this Arctic curreut, and become formidable aud Iniureruua obstructions to . ocean The width of the Gulf stream at Ms narrowest place off the coast of Florida is about fortyHtf- miles. It increases in width as it Hows alonsr. until it shoots out uu aantroUed into the Atlantic Ocean. The meau depth of this Gult stream between the Tortueas aud Havana, is about 4IH fathom?, the deepest point hMnr SOU fathoms, four hundred fathom mav al-to be regarded as the me n dcruh uo to Ihe region ot tap llatteras. Beyond that point me .l.nili i-i sunuosed to increase very r.inntitr. At luo miles northeast oi -... .1 . ! Cape llatteras, Lieutenant Lee, U. o. Niirv. tmimi the denth ot the stream to be 1.4UU latuonis. At ZJ nines j i - - - . . . ., uon th i.f Nantueket. L:euenant Berrv man found it to be 2.920 fathoms Smith of Sahla Island. 4Ui north lati tude, the bottom was sounded at Z,tM fathoms, and south ot the Grand liank. olTNewloundland. at three anCerent soundines. the depth was 1,700 2 710 and 3,130 fathoms. Iu 1837, Com Davman found the bottom in 51J 43' north latitude and 33 30' west longitude, at 1,G00 fathoms. COAST CURRENT. There is a counter current of cold water flowinsr back on the north and west of the Gulf stream, and binding closely upon the coast ot Nova Scotia and the eastern and southern coast oi the United States. Ono remarkable feature about these currents is that although they have been flowing contiguously to each other, aud in oppo site directions for unrecorded ages vet their waters have never become minted with each other: but each maintains an almost unbroken vertical wall atrainst the aggressions of the other. GRAND BANK. Directly south of Newfoundland is a high bottom of the ocean, extending about three hundred and hlty miles north and south, and about two hundred and fifty miles east and west, irregular in contour. This high bottom is called tha "Grand Bank," off the coast of Newfoundland. It is nearly all submerged by the ocean, from twenty to four hundred feet mean depth about one hundred and eighty feet. Tho waters over this bink are very dark. This Grand Bank is visited by large numbers of fishing boats, which are anchored upon the bank, for the purpose of catching the codfish, which for many yeais have frequented the Grand Bank iu inexhaustible supplies. THE FOG. Long before wo reached the Grand Bank, we wore enveloped iu a dense fog. which Fettled so closely aud thickly around the vessel that the officers could see but a few rods ahead. Thij lasted four days and nights incessantly, during ail of which time our ship sounded her steam whistle at intervals, every few minutes, as a warning to other vessels, of our approach. Notwithstanding this precaution, we came very near runuing over a good sized fishing schoouer from Portland, Maine, which was suddenly discovered ouly a few rods ahead, and almost directly iu front of us. The schooner was anchored on the Grand Bank, and could not g.;t a way. Our engines were immediately stopped, and it was ouly by the utmost effort of our officers that the schooner could be saved. She reeled and tossed upon the waves produced by our vessel. Our passengers were alarmed lest the bowsprit of the schooner should pierce a hole through the side of our ship. It came very near crushing oue of our Ufa boats, aud did carry away one of our life buoys, which was fastened to the guard above the deck, aud rubbed against tho side of our ship. The schooner had a fiue lot of fish oa board, and ouuht to have supplied us with that commodity tor the remainder of our trip, as a reward for our successful efforts in saving the men and their boat. But as they passed by their parting adieus consisted of a copious profusion of well pointed imprecations, savoring strongly of a sulphurous base. Oa Wednesday night, June 13th, about one-third of the cabin passengers on board held a very interesting prayer meeting in one side of the saloon or dining room of the ship, while tho other thirds were busily engaged in playing cards and other games of a similar character, in the other side. In this connection it is but just to say that although I would have been rejoiced to see all attend the prayer meeting, yet I have not heard a single oath on board, nor seen the least Dad temper manirestea since we left New 1 ork. OFFICERS. Our Captain, Mr. Campbell, is an excellent man. He belongs to the free Church of Scotland, and attends all religious meetings on tbe ship, when not required to be on duty. He mixes familiarly with the cabin passeneers, and tries to make all feel comfortible. The officers are all clever gentlemen, and very accommodating. While I now write the head steward has just brought mo a dish of nice apples and lemons. STEAMSHIP BRITANNIA. The steamship Britannia, upon which we are sailing, is a British vessel, belonging to the" "Anchor jjine or ocean steamers, li is a very stoutly built vessel, six years old and well preserved. s It is not as fist as some steamers, even of the same line, but is regarded as a very safe one. EDIBLES. We have long siuce dismissed all fears of being reduced to starvation during our ocean voyage. We are furnished with four meals per day breakfast at 8 a.m., lunch at 12 M., dinner at 4 p.m. and tea at 7 o'clock P.M., with as much between meals as we

may call for. Supplies on the tabls ,; are not scanty, but are enriched with ; a superabundance both from the Eu- ,

ropean and American luarKeis. EXERCISE 'WALKING ON DECK. The passengers Lave "adopted two modes of exercise on board. One is to walk the deck, back and forth, which is done a great deal sometimes singly, sometimes in pairs, and sometimes in squads of four, six or eight; keeping step as soldiers in marching and countermarching. This is a very healthful exercise, especially in dry weather, as it not only gives exercise to the body, but it affords a fine opportunity to expand the lungs and enjoy thq pure sea brecic. . b; SHUFFLE BOARD. Another,, exercise practiced on TJoard is the use of the shuffle board, which is marked out by draw ing chalk lines on the deet or tue vessel, and is so constructed as to contain nine squares. Each of these quares are numbered, so that tue sum ot tne tnree squares e-ouuieu cither way will make fifteen. At each end of the board is a semi-circle. or rather a semi ellipse, attached; the forward one counts t-n on and the near one counts ten off when the block rests in one of them at tho end of every round. The block counts according to the number in the qure in which it lies at t he end ot each round. If the block touches any line, it counts nothing. This game is played with either one or two on each i , ii i. . i. r i. i siue. j'jacii set vi oiocts is luamtu or painted to distinguish them fjuiu the other set. A player on one sidj taKes tne siici., places one of his blocks oo the tow-line, and slides the block into one of the squares, endeavoring to have it, rest tin the largest number possible. Then one man on the other side takes the stick, and so alternate ly, until all have played, when the round is counted and the result re ported to the counter, who is also the judge when the block is on tho line or not. A number, as one hundred, is selected as the standard of the game. The side that reaches that number first, is considered the victor. This is quite a favorite exercise on the ship, and is usually played by two on each side. Oue often gets his blocks placed nicely on the board with a good count, but his prospects are all blasted by his opponent, who comes after him an 1 knocks his blocks into the wildest eoufusioo. Ihe ono who plavs last on one round, commences tho next The blocks are circles, cut from inch oak boards, with lead in the centre to give them weight. CLOTHING ON SEA. Many mistakes are made by persons crossing the ocean for the first time, in regard to the character of the clothing proper to take along with them, and they ofteu enter the vessel too thinly clad. There is no opportunity to supply this deficiency after the ship his kit the port. I would say, let no one start on a voyage across the ocean without a suit of solid Winter clothing. This is iixlispfuxiljle to comfort and health! There may be some days, during tho trip, when lighter apparel would bo more comfortable, and if it be convenient to take along a lighter suit, so much the better. But a warm, a Winter suit cannot be dispensed with. In all fair weather the passengers all like to be upon deck, taking some kiud of exercise. Tho very speed of the vessel creates quite a breeze, which is often cold, and sometimes pierciii. Nor is the fact to he overlooked, that a vessel leaving New York and sailing to Northern Ireland or Scotland, passes many hundred miles north of tho latitude of Southern Indiana. Slippers cuu easily be dispensed with. They are really not uecded on ship board: boots will answer every purpose, j'jven inet-e are dampened by the heary fogs which ofteu prevail tor several days and nights in successiou, wetting the deck of the ship aud falling iu heavy drops from the rigging. A lowcrowned hat with a two iuch brim, I would regard as preferable. A. tall hat is more liable to be blown away, while a cap exposes the ears and ueck to the burning rays of ihe sun. 1 provided myself with a cap, aud as a conse quence, my tare and ears are now .shed ling off their first parched coat. SEA MONSTERS. On our route thus far across the oetan, we have seen qiiite a number oi porpoises, two sharks and six whales. Tue whales do not pp ut up so dense a volume ot water as t r,a l been led to conclude. It shoots up very rapidly, and in falliuir much re sembles a very heavy shower. It is thrown up, 1 should think, from seveu to ten feet high. As the whale comes to the surface, he spouts up the water aud then goes down again, f-xpOMug ouly the upper part ot his Ifral and back, and several feet of his tail, which projects out of the water as the head and body descend. FOWLS. DuriDg the first part of our sea voya we were followed by a flock of birds which the sailors call "Mother Carey's Chickens." They are a species of the " Stormy Petrel," and arc a great favorite with seamen. These birds follow the vessel to pick up the crumbs that are thrown from tho ship. Sometimes the passengers amuse themselves by catching these birds with a hook and line. This practice, however, is strongly condemned by the sailors, who at once commence predicting an unfavorable voyage. It is said by some that these birds never approach rtie land, but that they lay their eggs and hatch their young in a pocket in the wing. I confess, however, to a good degree of skepticism upon this point, but have not the means at command to. ascertain the facts. These birds accompanied us about the first fifteen hundred miles, after which , we saw them no more. Since we parted company with the stormy petrels, we have received tho kind attentions of a large number of sea-gulls, which follow closely behind the ship, to pick up whatever is thrown out. They often settle in a little group upoa the water, and enjoy a nice ride upjn the waves, sometimes fighting over a large crumb or piece of flesh. ATLANTIC CABLE. We have already passed over the celebrated Anautic Cable., which stretches from St. Johns, Newfound land, to Valentia, on the south-west coast of Ireland.. That great line which, reaching out its arms in all directions, binds, with its electric cord, the great nations of the earth, and sends its electrified streams of intelligence deep down amid the rocks of old Neptuue's Kingdom, where the huge sea. monsters leisurlv roam, and where the merry nymph and myrmaid narmiess izambol and n av. As we passed near the spot where the former cable broke, 1 could but think of the anguish which the brave Cyrus W. f icid and his enterprising coadju tors must have experienced when they saw their cherished hopes vanish for the time, and lor ausrht thev knew forever, as their cable sauk rapidly to the bottom, 1,000 fathoms below the

rarface, Nond but a miad spurred on

genius, and a heart full of strength as tKe newly strung bow, would ever hate successfully undertaken to bring up the lost cable from the depths, 9,000 feet beneath an ever-restless tide. SABBATH SERVICES. To-day is the 24th of June, and by the reckoning at 12 o'clock M., we are in 53 north latitude and 16 05v west longitude from Greenwich. We are now within three hundred and eighteen miles of our destination, on the northern coast of Ireland. Two Sabbath days we havo spent on the ocean. On both of which days divine services wert- observed on board the vessel. Professor Owen, of our party, read discourses which he had prepared for his students before leaving hBie, but havinar an especial reference to this trip. The sabject of his first discourse was. Is there a Moral in Travel?" The subie-t of the second was, "God is Love."JBoth discourses were ably written and well delivered. All the passengers of the first cabin and a portion of those of the second were in attendance, and seemed to manifest a deep interest in the exercises, and to realize that we are morall) as well as physically out upon the ocean, not only ot deep waters, but also upon the great ocean of life, and to feel tho importance of securing a safe lauding ou the right side ot each. WATCII HOURS According to the regulations of the vessel, each twenty-lour hours is divided into watches of four hours: as 4 o'clock, 8 o'clock, 12 o'clock There is a bell on deck near the cen ter 'of the vessel, which is rung every it a It hour, commencing with each watch. During the night, at every ringing of the bell, if the ship ia sail ing along all right, the Quartermaster at the rear deck first,' then the for watd man at the bow, cry out with a loud voice, " All's well." If it is not all right, we all know it at once by the peremptory and decisive orders given by the commanding officers DAY AND NIGHT. The days here are becoming very long, and the nights very short. Darkness assumes her supremacy about 10 o'clock P.M. By 2 o'clock A.M. it is light enough to read a book making a night of only four hoars. WEATHER. Providence has kindly given us pleasant weather the greater portion ot our voyage, ihe heavy fog here tofore mentioned being the only ex ception. We have had no high winds but rather a lack of a good sailing breeze. There has been, for the last two days and nights, a pretty still breeze, which is still blowing. Ihe sailors seem to want a high breeze bordering on a gale, but I do not. am not that kind of a seaman yet. VESSELS. There is scarcely a day that we do not meet or pass one or more vessels on the route, going one way or the other. Sometimes we are in sight of two ships at the same time. They occasionally pass within 200 or 300 yards of each other. OCEAN VIEW. it is truly a grand sight to be per mittcd to stand on ihe deck of a ma lestic ocean steamer under lull head way, with her sails all trimmed tor the breeze, and see the noble ship bowing gracefully to the honor ot Neptune as she bounds over tho huge bil lows and kisses the foaming tide; then to view the mighty waters, and wave dashing against wave and leaping into the air; tending all around as lar as the eye can reach, until they meet at the horizon and beautifully blend with the so!t blue curtain which Nature lets down to enclose all that is called this world, and to thut out from mor tal visiou the unseen and sublime mysteries which lie hid beyond While sailing on a calm sea, the ship appears to Lo always in the centre of a basin ot the ocean, about ntteen or twenty hiiles iu diameter, the edges of which seem to rise some twenty feet above the centre. Of course this is imrnaginary and deceptive, The probability is that the ship win not land at Londonderry; in which case we shall sail direct to Glasgow, iu Scotland. I will now close this letter, which is already much too long. There will not be time, after the receipt of this for a letter to reach me at Loudon, but it would afford ms great pleasure when I arrive in Paris in Trance, to be the happy recipient of many letters lroin the friends in Indiana, many of whom, I hope, wil favor me with a line. Any corres poudouce mailed at Evansville. Indi ana, by the Uth day ot July, and at rec ed to me m tuns, will reach me in time. IVe.rse direct to Alvah John son. care, of the American Minister at Paris, Franc?. Although I have had a barren fiel Irom which to gather the lacts em braced in this correspondence, yet trust it will not be devoid of interest Postage, I believe, is twelve cents on a single letter. Alvah 'Johnson DRUGGISTS. JOHN LAV 1L, Wholesale and Retail Dragg Dealer iu Hedicincg, Paints, Oils, BrmTu-s, t&cn MA 1ST ST., beL Second and Third, Kvausviile, Ind. Particular attention given to CUTTING W1N1MJW OLASS to any sire. jun21dtt CARRIAGES. J. is. Urkkn. K. L. Ukiih J. 15. GREEN CO. CARRIAGE MANUFACTURERS, Transfer Ornaments at Cincinnati prices. Ma ill Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth, tfttllrt-il&wlim KVAJJvrLX. Intx Collector'3 Sale of Real Estate To pay cost and expenses of street, alley. auu siuewaiK improvements. 1ST OT I (! E. IS HEREBY GIVEN lliHt by virtue of sundry Drecents vii vide, and to me diree'ed. I will sell at ublic auction, at the door of the Court ouse, in said city, on Moniav. August second, cid) 180??. at, 1U o'clock P. m.. the fol. lowing lots and parts ot lots of real estate or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount charged and assfisxed against the hame, together with the cost of su e, said courses aud assessments bein for the cost aud expenses of street, alley ana siuewatu improvements, aua mat sai sale will becou'inued on the next day mereauer, uameiy.ruesuay, August Ih-rd lsb, at tue 8me li ur and place, for the puiposeoi selling such property as may uave oeeu iu ou ine uay nrst above meuiioueu, ana uol pia ior, viz. : For assessment ot street improvements, Original Flan, thirty-seven and a half (a'i)teetot lot Dumber ninety-nine, (991 adjoirlna lot number ninety eighty, (SXj), owneu uy .lrs. p. m. feiman. tj, 87. For assessments ot aliey improvements, Donation iularemeut ot the city of Ev ausvilie, lot number two hundred and thirty-seven, tiJ7), owned by William Huuuel. 90 T,:.. For assessment of al ey improvements, Dona' ion r niargemeut or the city of Kv aiisviile, lot number two hundred and tliirtv-eigut, (.5), owned by Win. Trafton For assessments of aliey improvements. Donation Enlargement of the citv of Fv. ansviile.t" I be undivided one-half of 105 by 7 feet of the southwesterly part of lot number two hundred and forty, (240), own ed bv Thomas iv uarviu, jn For assessments of alley improvements, unsvilie, to the undivided one-baif of 105 by 75 feet of the southwest seveu-tentu part of lot n umber two hundred and forty, (210), owned by D. C. Keller, 815 as1. JolIN OKKEK, Collector. Evansville, July Stb," istii. Jy8 Donation r.Uiars;emeiii oi me -uy oi n,v

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Tlio Cash Grocery, 7G MAL ST. IsinU'iill Blast. All. THE GOODS AT THE CASH O KoOJSBY are new and ot the very best quality. The prices win sun. nemember. 76 Main Street. HyK BARREIJiof assorted 8a gars re4 3 celved at tbe Cash ttrooery, and for sale at unprecedented lovr rate. Call and Bee, at 76 Main Street. THE C (Kll GROCERY, 78 Main Ht., will not do a credit business; therefore, cash buyers may expect bargain at 76 Main Street. Mill r.nn b,".jm 4'AHKIAUEH A treat variety, ranging iu price from H 00 to 824 00. at V 1CK.KRY BKO.'M. 7$ and 76 Main Street. OOI.KVM UAKISU rUWHEBAcknowledged to be the ti6t in use, lor sale at VlUKliKI bko.'s, 73 and 7tS Main tttreet. TlWTTHETMINIl for tbe season J Uurkee's Lemon SuzarorCoucentrated Lemonade, oue spoon (ul maltea a glass of Lemonade. For sale uy VIC'K ERY BROS., 73 and 76 Maiu street. T?BF.P COOt. I Ice Cream Freezers at m- very low prices at VICKERY BRO.'S. 73 and 76 Main Street. KEEP CLEAN Babbitt's beat Soap the best in the wot Id, at 10 cents per ii Ci'emlcal olive Kd'ap, il bars for 1 00; Proctor & Oamble's Cincinnati soap, 4 bars for 25 cents. Othei soaps equally low al VICKERY BKO 7.i and 76 Main Street. MATTIIEW DALZELL, Wholesale Dealer In Groceries, Nails, White Lead, Lime, Cement, &o, No. IS Water Street, declO dly KviFflTtLll, I WD. ISAAO HUMANlt. DAY HKIKA.XM. I. fe I. II EI MANN, Wholesale Dealers in GROCERIES, Foreign and Domestic IAqwrt, NAILS, COTTON YARNS. ULABSWAKJt Ac, ftc, Sos. 60 and 62 Mala Street, Between Second and Third, EVAN8VHJ.M, Dp. FISI1 DEPOT. ov20dtf City I'eed Store. rT f TOSS PRIMS HAY; SO TONS tl Vf couutry , bran; 10 tons vblpstaff; choice dour in sacks: fresh bolted meal. corn, oats, tc, at lowest cash prices. Uoods ueuvereu iree m tue city. T. W. MURRAY. Third Street, between Main aud Locust. , ebDtim 12v:uiHville Grocery, 13G MAIN STREET, HAH OK Stan tly stocK of HAND, AND IS CONreceiving, a well selected Fancy and Staple Groceries, Which are sold at the lowest living rates. IMPORTANT TO BUILDERS AND COX TRACTORS. Having bought the Sand Bank formerly owned by Mr. K. Cross, I am prepared to furnish a No. 1 article of Buildiuic Sand also, frehh Plaster, Lime, and Cement, at the lowest living rates. apr2l JAMES CROFTS. CriAftLES VIELE & COtf II OLKSAL K o. x o o is HOUTHWJCST CORN MB First anil Sycamore Street, Eva nrnxi. I as. au9 dtf INSURANCE. J. W. NEXSEN, General Insurance Agent, AMD ADJUSTER OF LOSSEi, MARBLE II ALL, No. 9 Main St I EVANSVILLE, IND. Dwelllne Houses insured for a term of years at greatly reduced iateat. Three Years at the Price of Two Five Yean at the Price of Three. Idle Insurance a Specialty. Total Cash Assets Represented Oter Twenty-five Million Dollars. The following are among the Companies represented : 32T2SA Insurance Co. of Hartford, Conn. Cash As.se ts 83,000,000. PHffll.MX Ins. Co. of Hartford, Conn. Cash Assets 81,500,000. CONTINENTAL Ins. Cash Assets Co. of New York. 82,000,000. MOR Til AMKKICAN Insurance Coo. Hartford. Conn. Cash Assets - ..500,OO0. MFltCH AMV Ins. Co. of Hartford, Ct. Cash Assets ..8300.000 KOKT1I AMERICAN Insurance Co. of Xsew York. Cash Assets SOO,OOQ, 1MIO:vix Ins. Co. of Brooklyn, N. Y. Cash Assets ....$1,700 OOO, J2TNA LIFE Ins. Co. of Hartford, Conn. . Cash Assets . , ,, y ! nmi iimi, J. W. NEXSEN, Agent, 9 MAIX STREET, ' KransTllle, Ind, an30 dly

FGR SALE. EIOIIT 'HOICE CITY LOTS, lying contiguous, ia one of tbe moat tiesirable portions of the city. Terms eaiy. inquire of J OHN GKE1C. Jy3-d2w

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GEO. S. SONNTAG & CO., IMPORTERS HARDWARE, CORKER FIRST AND MAIN STS. EYAIfSVILLE, I.'D. jy2 June lt, 18G9. We offer the following at Bottom Price for Cash: Blood's Cast-Steel Grass, Grain, and Lawn Scythes; -Blood's German Steel Grass, Grain, and Lawn Scythes; Willard's Cast-Steel Grain Scythes ; Wadswokth's and Blood's Red Rover Grass Scythes ; Wadsworth's Brier Scythes; Grass Scyth-j and Snath, complete, only $1 50, worth $2 00. German Grass Hey thes and Hlckles; English Grass Hlckles; Hall, Semple & Co.s Snaths and. Cradles ; Hall, Semple & Co.'s Hay Forks and Hay Rakes ; Pork Handles and Cradle Fingers; Hcythe and Grind Htones; Brass and Enameled Kettles ; Apple Parers, and , Parers, Corers, and Slicers; Building Hardware ; " ' Belmont Nails, at latest reduced prices; Chain Pumps; Beat Tools of all descriptions. The above for sale, wholesale and retall, by FRED. P. STRAUB & CO., 74 Main Ntreet, Between Second and Third. TERMS CASH. , . IJunl f Union. Detnokrat, aud Courier copy. J 8AMUKL ORK. J AM ICS DAVIIIXON. J,L.OUb SAMUEL ORR & CO., PKAI.EK8 IU IRON, STEE L. tlv.i'latk, wire, . zinc, ; ;,. ' SPRINGS, AXLlSri, Horse and Mule Shoes, Tinners and Blacksmiths' Tools, WAGOX AND Bl'(iGT W00BW0RK WROHOIIT fitCKAP IKON BUCOH1 At tbe highest market ratea. ' Water Street, lanUdtf EVANSVILLE, iND. mETTlCUKU, KELLOGG &lo. (Hucceaaora to Wells, KeilogK A U,) . . y rh IMPOKTKHH AND JOBBKlWor 13 'JETirst 4ti-eett SIGN OF TJ1K ,.' . big iL.r)iL,boK: AX I S, AX IIS, ax us, a.i:s AXKN, A. XIX, TABLE CUTLER, TABLE CUTLERY, TABLE CUTLERY, POCKET CUTLERY, POCKET CUTLERY, . , POCKET CUTLERY, , Truce Chain, Truce Chains, Trace Chain, Planters Iloes, Planters' Hoes, Planters Hoes, Mechanics' Tools, Mechanics' Tools, Mechanics' Tools, BUILDERS' HARDWARE, " BUILDERS' HARDWARE, ' BUILDERS' HARDWARE, ' ' COTTON AND WOOLCARM, COTTON ANO WOOL CAKIM,' COTTON AN1 WOO a. CAKUM BEST-RUBBER BKLTINO, , BKHT RUBBER B KL, TIN (J, BimT RUBBER BELTING, Mill and Crosa-Cut Sawa, Mill and Cross-Cut Saws, Mill and Cross-Cut Saws. CASH buyers will find It to-tnelr advantage to examine oar Block before purchasing elaewhera. At the Old Stand, 13 First St BQTTICUKR, KELLOGG A CO. tylS JOHN IVINSON, BRASS FOUNDER AND FINISHER, Steam and Gas-Pipe Fitter, Manufacturer arid Dealer' In Bleani" and Water Oaugea, Hpelter aud KabUilt Metal, and all Articles apper- , tatning to a Braaa Fonudry. STEAMBOAT A!tD QKXKRAL BLACK8MITUIXG, Water Street, bet. Fine and Leet. EVANSVILLE, IND. WCaah.pald for old Copper and Braw

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JE OFFER FKO.V T1IIM tne best-selected atock of Summer and Seasonable AT ...... VERY LOW JPItlOJWH. Viz. i In the . DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT, A very large stock of tue ' BEST PRINTS And tbe moat popular brands Bleached & Unbleached MUSLINS At the lowest market rates.' DRESS GOODS DEPAR TMENT la now more complete In It ansorltiient than ever before offrtd in thin market, and at ASTuNl.HHiNULY LOW hATKS. Ill, 11 K NII.KN. And all the new Bhadesof FANCY SlLKH, At SSo., 60c.. 75c., and ft per yard less than their value, and tvarrunted ail stlk. the as.serliou of some , nuhcrupulous competltorti to the contrary notwithstanding. . Black and White LLAMA SHAWLS, Ilowifry, ilovcK, . PARASOLS AMD SUN UHBRKLLA8, . NOTIONS in endless variety. MIL LINKRY hTOt'K will be cloiied out cheap during the balance of the aeaitou. Mosquito Bars and Netting. The bent style of Mosquito Bar Fixtures just received and made Up to order at short notice. SCHAPKER, BUSSING & CO., JiOH. 47 and 49 Main Street. JuuSS S3 M H SPRING of 1869. CLEMENT, WHITE CO., Nos. 22 ami 21 FIRST STREET, Are now receiving dal y additions to their stock, their buyer, Atr. J. M WHITK.beIng now in the Kasdern markets for tbe second stock this Spring. In making this announcement, they would a'so say to the patrons of the old bouse of fABPENTKK, WHITE St CO. that they are better prepared than ever before to maintain tbeir business lelatlous with I hem; and wliu a delerinlu-illon tf adbere to or SMALL PROFIT, on goods, with the advantages of the LATE REDUCTIONS IX PRICES EAST, they believe Uiey can make It to f he Interest of buyers in this market to at lea divide tbelr patronage with them. They invite the atteni ion f the trade to their stock," aud pledge themselves not t be undersold by any bouse in tbe West. CLEMENT. WHITE A CO. April 15th, 180(1. aprlfldtf FOR SALE. rOK NALK VALUABLE MAIN HTREET PROPERTY Tli at splendid property known as the F.gler properly, w lusted ou the west corner of Main and Hlztb Streets, fronting blt leet ou Main Htreet and l.ri feet on Kixtli street. Haid property is offered lor sale at low flgutes ou easy terms. Apply to J. P. ELLIOTT A HON. Keal Estate A vents. Corner Locust and Third tetreetg felS dtt EAGLE CAliUIAGK WOUKS. IMIAMMKItSTElX, MANUFAt-rUKKK OP LifrUt Cnrriagos, Fancy Trotting .Buggia?, Khlfllui; Top liuKi, Itorkauaya, nuU NprluK Wagons, COB. OF FOUUTII AND LOCUST STS., EVANSVILLE, IXI). Special attention civen to repairing of all kinds, and re-paiutiug done at Him shortest notice aud ou the most liberal teims. A. General Assortment of Work Constantly on Hand.

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C OKgliS til Q 11 CAIIII p. s. BjHoocnrT h.o oubkut DDSOCGHET : GILBERT, voMMisswTmwciiAms, So. ED Pojdrns Street, NEW ORLEANS, IA, Jy5 dtf " CODH,lKn,fce'lU' solicited.

Forwarding & Commission IVIsvelt2titK, AN l) O K, N E UAL AO E N T H south: shoes FAST FREIGHT LINE, OVER THE EVANSYILI.K A; ( li H FO I! I) K V I L L E. TKRRK IIAITK & J.VDIA.NAI'OLIS, hkllkfontaim:, lake shouk a; kkik kaili10au3, EVANSVILLE, IND. Liberal cash advances made on coiiMfifnmen is. mninii Haki.ow .1. PiiKi.t-H, of New Orleans. J. (i. McCrr.i nni, of Louisville, Ky. E. Noil', of Is'rw rleiins. Phelps, McUuIIoeli Co., PR O D lCE, J R O 'IS 10 N, AM) (it NKKAt, Commission Merchants, 112 (ilitVUIi STllKKT, uov'Jldtf NT!W OKLEANH. J. C. MWilH'HKT. F. 1). lIUSUUi'Mit J. 0. DUSOLMJHKT & CO, ()0 '1T0 r A ('TO IS M, Product) and Pro7isio'n Merchautd, 30 AOUTII WATKli STllKKT, I.VANaVILLK, 1.N1V. Orders and consign mt'iiis solicited. el5 F. H. EURMAN & CO., Commission I.Iorchanta For tho Parch Lsoand Hale ot FLOUR, HAY, C3IIN, OAl, SALT, LIME, CEMENT, Ac, Nos. IS and 19 N. Valcr Street, mal'2 dtf EVANHVILLE, 1NO. PETER CASEY & 00, CoiiiiuIhhIoh 93ereliitiit.!( Korthesaleor HAY, CORN, OATM, KUAN, E LO U li, M E A L, liACON, LAitO, and Western Produce generally. No. s-i li:vi;i: n iki;i:t, api8dtf Vlc-KsiiiTUO, Miss WM. ('. HStOWN & CO., Forwarding and Commission TV1 i- h si n tw,, WIIARFBOAT PROPRIETORS, Railroad arid Fast Freight Lina Agants, I'.VA!MSVI1.I.F., IMI. JanHdly Lkwis HtJKF.N i! it, J h , I' VimHvill, Ind. JdllN til I. UK KT, (ilih ill 11 In. L. lUIFTNKi:, .JR., & CO., 1C1M PACK MIIH, A Ml COMMISSION MERCHANTS. AO K.N l'S KANAWHA SAM' COMPANY, WHEKLIMJ NA1LH WllKK.S I'O.MP'V VERMILION i lol II MILLS, KT. LOUIS KLOUR MILLS. .No. 5 XOK III ii'ATKK STKCET, Ja2l 1VANSVILLK, INI. Wki.imn I;ihithkkh, I'm is Lh ml lnt 'i'enu A. W. SiliKimriiiM, KvHiisvtlh', Ind. WliU)0N UliOS. & CO., Cotton and Tobacco Factory I'KOISI 41. AM) ityi II ISlKIN , t i.KH II tIS. OrtSce fou. Vi:E v. WATI.lt HTKLLTn, l.V.l.NSVII.Lt, I Ml. "pfi'tiil allciitiou vjlveu to purchaIng auppbes. ' may itf it liu I.. M. HAIU.,1 O. H. St.. U A I H I) & S T A 11 T, (HutVCHKOiM to "V. M. AlKunin A('H., GIN l it I. AJI N I S, I'ltlilll't;. bol W i.Mll" .1 i.l 4 c mi II. IhI. .li Ml lianLs, Evansville, 1 rnlhiri -i.- lu-.tm tut li. Wbetil-r, h ir-l Natli'iml Lsai und Ha.in'1 Orr, V'h-e I'l wlib-iit l.Viinn v i i, NatiOUHl Kank. A&fUts itir Olilo It! ver r.lt t 'o. Uulld WE mil i. it 1: n iivn i: it ll'll'irt a 11,1 I.l) Illr-r (IHlrOUS tllHt v t) ai on Ellt-'i' SJ'KKKT. tmr d.:ir Imlow VtlJM, o-jtt Ml L. i'K'tMlll'M Till Mll(l, Mill in lli Irmiw ot UOJCS; h'l.UUli, L'U.iJ. MJtfHlOSifl, At., unu should bo .leMnid (O nee them. 11. it. A LLiM v i t i, II. II. Al.I.IS A- ., FORWARDIMQ AND COMMli'.SI'iP 1ME1LC1IANTS, It ECTl F 1 10 Its , and Wholotalo Imaler MUUORS, If LOU U, c F I R S T S T R E E T , Oue door below Vino, next to L. Plorson's Till Hhop, KVANyVILI.B, I Jauldtf. A.S.HAY1IUIWT. J. J. WUITtAKAI. ' Ilajliurxt .it lVIiIttaker, PRODUCE, VOStltlXUION Ay I) MUXWARDING MERCUAtrra, No. 8 : Honlli VftterBL Dealers in Flour, lianm, Hay, OtU, Cora aud Country i-rotlum, S. M. BARTON, CommiMMioii 31 tin ii r, No. 83 West St'toml Street, CINCINNATI. Liberal advances nmde on consignment. se7 d U' (ireat Westoni IScspatch FAST FREIGHT LINE. I'MTK!) STATKS KIPKESS CO., PUOI'HIKTOIIS. Agent3 Erie Railway Company. AotlfC MllpiMTH. Til k i it i: A I H' i: h i i: it .' li i Si'A'l'Cll, ou tin- l lli ol Mitren, took chiirgeol ihct-nttrt' riliiol.'till KicLHHir ol the EKiE RAILWAY and Us limuch.-,. Tl O RE A i' W I-.-'! KilN OKKPA'I i 'It as u West iioimd l-reiKlit Line, lias bran lavonih y kiutwii to oun mei elm n is for tli -IbmI TwelVH Yf-srs, and lis ni.i iiiiirtTS mtw oiler tu Shipper- I h I r iinreii-.,-.t laellnies, guarauteeiurf us lavurnhle rutes und us tiiuok time van h i ottered hy mi) oi her lino. Ttie. additional ffct, that tho OREaT WESTERN lEsPAl'CH is owned by tiia L'nltd Slates Einress t.'oinimuy, win guurautet all Us tins of Lading, otijjbt not to be lost sinlit ' I by shipper.-i. For rates, aud tae settlement of all claims, apply to nrYP . K. N. BLX BV, Acont, aprl7U3ifll Efaunvuia, Ini.