Evansville Daily Journal, Volume 17, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 19 December 1865 — Page 2

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Proposed law In Kegara to tne E"j v.. , -j i -i ;; presidency." ;. ry . - flOiEHqtjg'pfrcomstances of the assassination r!ot to' which President Lincoln

fell a yictimi have suggested the inadeonacv of the tresent law in regard to

..4be eligibility v of; persons to discharge the duties of President of the United .T7State 'n Cft86 tne death or disability

of the President and Vice President. Ilad the" assassins dispatched the Vice Presidents and the President of the ben

7 ate pro Um., and' the Speaker of the

' House, at the same time they took the life. oCtoe President, or even subse-

. , qnentlyt the "country would have been rr.'.'.witboot a Chief Magistrate or a legal ... executive head, and the anarchy which the plotters designed might have been terrible result ;"'. -u t - T0 provide against such a contingency id tbe future, Mr. Thayer of Maseichnsettg, has introduced a bill in! the House, which seems ' to answer the pur-.-2?poee.'"Tbi bill proposes that after' the ' Vice President, the persons entitled to .lit 'take and hold tVe Presidency will be the ' ! '.."Pr'e8l3eiji ot.'tL Senate pro tempore; , and in case there be no President of tha

'"-'''Senate, the Speaker of the House of

Representatives for the time being; and in case," there, be na Speaker of the ' the House, the Chief Justice of the United States; and in case tlere .be no .2 Chief Jaslic,- then the Justice -of the

Supreme Court who has been longest commissioned, Tha tesessity of such an extension of the number of persons

- " who would be elizible to fill the Presi-

rr dential vacancr is evident, anJ thisJ or is therefore some aunuar euaviiucui, ' needed. ''' i ; 5 j Froavtkf New TorK Tost Rnilnlltlpo tn Jamalra. ' We have at last the official report of ' Governor Eyre, of Jamaica", concerning the -recent proceedings in tnat lsiana. All our information hitherto has come iron the party of which the Governor

, in the leader. - This report is ot course

from the same side. Let na see, then, ' what the Governor can say to justify the

..i - anmmarv execution of two thousand

men and women, the flocging of hun--'dradi. of women, as well as men add - bovs. with - the cat-of-nine-tails; the de

c struction of villages and houses, and the 0 j seize re,' and hanging of. Mr. George W. ....'Gordon, one of the most respectable

planters on the island, a former justice of (he-peace, and ' member of the Legis lature. . ..." , ;;- . 'The - agricultural, population of Jamaica. .lnna nnmhera over fonr hundred

n thousand soiils., , Governer Eyre reports - officially tha. " a most serious and alarm

ing insurrection -of the negro population ';ias taken place, and has beeo attended with great loss of life and destruction i. ; ot Drooertv.". This is a crave matter, and we expect to bear ot battles loogm witn. insurgents, and bands ot reDeis pillaging estates and destroying proper ty all over tha island . But the Govern or tt report disappoints these expecta tiona. L.There is not a word on fighting in the whole document, though there is, in all conscience, enough of strategy to puzzle the entire faculty of a military colleee. "It is impossible, he writes, to narrate all the various subordinate arrangement Ot movements of the re spective- military corps in the field, or of tbe several, detachments sent oat irom them op special .service. It may suffice to state1 generally that a large number ; of rebels have- been shot with arms in .their hands; that a great many prison ers have tbeen tried and hnng, shot, or flogged, and that a considerable number of prisoners are still on haod awaiting .. . trial by court martial. ,i: Surely,- here must have been at least r:a skirmish! -But no, the brave Governor maintaining all the while that the most fertile and populous parts ot the island have risen in revolt, and reporting even on the authority of one Colonel ttojabi commanding one battalion of troops less than two. hundred i a.; number that there are still thousand of rebels around him' has the simplicity to add in tbe " very next sentence. ""No stand has ever - been made asainst the troops." And -f though they were scattered in squads of a dozen and even, half a dozen, and .traversed woods as well as plains, " not a single casuality has befallen any of our soldiers or sailors, and they are all in good health I Surely, says tbe London Daily Neva, commenting on this report .'I' " this is tbe very strangest rebellion ever seen! And so say we ..- One of Governor Eyre's first measures, he reports, was "to save the lives ' of the ladies and children." But these aDDear to have been as safe as the sol diers themselves; for though the rebel lion extended, according to tbe Govern or. over a great part of the Island, and . thou eh "many persons ' reported .that thev had seen hundreds, and even" thou , , sands, of rebels under arms," and though '" the callant Colonel ttobbs asserted him ! self to be surrounded by "thousands of ' Tebel?, tbe Governor is forced to ad mit. r's; if'""". t'mf "no ladies or chil dren. had bu injured." .But .'tmany ' lives and much property have been de atroved," he J-positively asserts. He r,on&ht to have' specified tbe places and ,I-nftMons. He eires a list of whites kill ed and wounded," but they were all kill ed nd wounded in the first, and,' so far 1M anybody har.yet reported,. Jbe only riot-that in the parish of .St. Tbomas-in-the-East. According to this official report, as, well as all other reports from der the immediate and personal direc tion of the Governor," as be. expressly - - eays, have been the only destroyers of " ISFu and property. They indeed killed , and burned indiscriminately and most . wantonly. . , - - . . . ' lr'-x Governor Eyre recounts" the seizure and execution of Mr, Gordon but it e seems Gordon was not seized at all, but Tolnatarily eave himself up; be was not among the "rioters, or "rebels," but J3 Quietly5 living at Kingston, wherQ no igns of rebellion .were seen;"! he was .t' dragged out of the jurisdictiou of the "eivM courts into the district declared; to ha rebellious; -and was there condemned ' : and ' anmmarilj haoged . by a rtniUtary: , court on the evidence o letters, , which the Governor,' trangeleriough,-fails to produce.' If lappears "certain from hU 53 nWn- upcbnDt tf.at' there ' has-been no' mnra Boandalous' murder committed, in 7, this century than that of.Mr. Gordon.: Finally, Governor Jlyte reporU that . Dr.-Uodernill'i.letter sad tha Underbill meeting in the island were the moving causes of Jhis.remariiaoie uUUU iu . J hir-h not soldier has been hurt. No Wfci mnv will wonder why this dread ful Dr. Underhill was not aTso arrested J nd hanired: xThe reason is. be lives: in Wntrland. and when the remainder of th story is told,' the" full measure of Governor 'Eyre's criminality.. wiU ;be teen. Tbe Underhill letter we pnot " '' elsewhere; to call it seditions or excit '" Jn to rebellion is absurd. "It was ' ' nnvntoiv addressed to the British Co 'iL:i ftRpre'tarv; it was made publio in ,;" T.mi,.. not bv Underbill, but by Gov ernor Eyre himself. And the meetings to which to ascribes the rebellvon were -v.u MMMiMict of his instructions. ." The London Daily News justly observes - 4 that they ought' to have been called "Eyre meetings," and not "Underhill meetings." But what shall be thought r of a high officer who .thus, s hamelessly violates the trutnr ' :, n-.y. From tbe same journal we quote the following, preferrine that it shall be read in tha wards of an Englishman: "It is puerile to attempt, as the Gov- .( trnor does, to make Dr.- Underbill reiponsible for all the folly -talked at all 'the meetings which were held ia Jamaica after the announcement that the Col- " onial Office was inquiring into the con--A-.f. t tha Island. Black-men talk ; nonsense Just as fluently, as white meo; 1 ' but ther can tais Benso (, Bort of one we believe the firstat :;Vtbe.e meetings to whictGovernor Eyre , refers. - It was held at Kingston on the . , 3d of May last, new oourt hpttse,

ana was puu"" unug, -

duly convened bj we nons a. woruau, C. B., mayor of the town, &n m requiai- I tlOD. IDS rmuiuuuin BuuiJiou vu"fi'i i ........ .iiAHia Annrftin'r littU nnaonnd oolitical economy, ana rs"8Tere-TsotMtfSt reflectious-upoh ffcf Ik. Innnl lumhlt. hot DOt a WOrd Of lainnaitv Tn fact it was resolved to send a copy f them to Mr. Cardwell through tbe Governor. The fullest confidence was exprossed in the good intentions of England, and the last resolution was 'that three cheers be given in honor of our most gracious Majesty, tbe Queen, and the philanthropists of Great Britain, for their watchfulness over the interests of the people of this colony, whom they, in their magnanimity, emancipated , twenty-six years agQ.' The chairman of this meeting, a wealthy merchant, has since been seized at a distance from the disturbed district, hurried off to the scene of excitement, placed before the -epauletted politicians tn whnm hn wan obnoxious and execu irA nnder martial law. It WOt Mr. George William Gordon. . anIr.- n i Governor Eyre s report, nd on the facts as published by his own organs, he and the Jtsntisn omcers wno have acted, under jam siana couvicieu of the most abject cowardice, the most brutal and bloodthirsty cruelties, and the most disgraceful and inexcusable falsification and exaggeration. J.he mutinous Sepoys in. India did not much excel in inhumanity and murderous leal these English woman-worshipers io ! Jamaica, who. scared out ot their wits by tbe phantom of a negro revolt, have run a-muclt over the island, Killing ana Durning indiscriminately. I he- Governor s omcial report con firms the almost incredible stories, told bf the press of his party. " It is no Ion eer doubtful that what he calls "a most serious and alarming jnsurrec tioa " was a purely local outbreak, pro duced by tbe soldiers bring on tne peo pie before the latter had committed any act of violence. It is equally well established that the riot which followed this act was put down on the first day, but that it was made the pretext, by tbe planters and the Governor, for the most shameful murders and Hoggings and in discrimate destruction of negro villages, all of which was done upon a people who made no sort of resistance. After the English gentlemen had "catted " hundreds of women as well as men., and haoged or otherwise killed ovei two thousand people, after report" ing themselves surrounded by " thou sands", cf armed and desperate rebels, and in the most imminent peril, after describing great bands of insurgents traversing different districts, pillaging and murdering the defenceless' planters' families, their Governor and 'leader shamelessly confesses tbat " not a lady or a child has been hurt, and not single casualty has befallen any of .our soldiers and sailors, and they are all in good health. Validity of Bond Prohibiting Rale of intoxicating Liquors upioion ny . Judge Kay. . ' William R. Harrison et al, v. Alexan der Lockhart. Appeal from Morgan C. C. The appellants brought this action upon a bond, tbe condition of which was flint. " tha ann1TnA vnnfn nnt pnirftcrA tbereafter, at any time, nor in any mat "ft.-"-"- .. w - - ftter whatever, in tbe business of retail ing intoxicating liquors, as a beverage or otherwise, within the original . town plat of the town- of Martinsville. . Mor gan county, or within a mile thereof, by himself or through tbe agency of any other person whomsoever. The con sideration of the bond was the sum of forty dollars. The penalty was in the sum of five hundred dollars. The breech of the bond assigned is that the appel lee has engaged in the sale of intoxi cating liquors as a beverage within the limits ot tbe original towu plat ot mar tinsville. A plea in abatement was filed, but was not verified, and -the court com nutted no error in sustaining a motion to strike out the answer. Bradley, vs the Bank, 20 Iod , 523. A demurrer was sustained to the complaint. This is tbe error assigned. The policy of the law is to permit parties capable of con trading, to make their own agreements and when founded upon a good or valu able consideration, they will be enforced, or damages given for their violation Certain classes of contracts form an ex ception of this rule,' and are declared exceptions to this - policy of the law. Among these classes are what are called contracts in restraint of trade. There have been numerous decisions in which this exception to the general policy of tbe law has been announced and vmdi cated. And perhaps this has not been done more satisfactorily by any Judge than by Selden, Justice, .in tbe case of Lawrence : vs. Kidder, JO Barbour's Sup. C R , 641. - He states the law, and the reasons for tbe law, thus " The validity of the contract does not depend in the slightest degree npon the question whether it is beneficial, or oth erwise, to the party bound. ; , I : ."The interestB of tbe publio, alone were considered in the adoption of the rule. : Ihese interests are divisible into two branches, and it will tend to eluci date the snbiect to make the distinction " The welfare of a State is advanced by the increase of. iU productive indus try. is important, therefore, that each of its citizens should be free to employ himself in that department of labor in which his personal efforts will be likely to add most to the aggregate productions of the country, ibis is the first and leading reason for the rule in question " tfut , there is another. The conve nience of the public requires that all the various - trades and employments of society should be pursued, each -in- its due proportion, a result with which the exclusion of any individual from his ac customed pursuits has a tendency to in terfere. The' two reasons for the inva lidity of contracts in restraint of trade are entirely distinct from each "other one to the wealth and profit, and --the other to the convenience of the nation." Certain exceptions are recognized as L existing, and in speaking of one excep tion to the rule, this eminent jurist uses this language: " If we take a general view or tbe subject, and ail tbe authon ties bearing upon it, we shall see that the exception we are considering rests exclusively upon the principle that when ever the reason of the rule doei not ex ist, the rule itself ceases. In the opinion by Parker, Justice, in Mitchell vs. Reynolds, 1 tr. Williams 181, it is stated, " that all the restraints of trade, where nothing more appears the law presumes them bad; but, if tbe circumstances are set lorth, that -pre sumption ia excluded, and the court is to iudge of these circumstances and de termine accordingly: ana u opomnem it appears to be a just and. honest cbn tract, it ought to be maintained. . It is very plain, that if the occupation whicb is prohibited by the contract now under consideration, is within the pro tective Zpolicy ot tbe lasr, that the con tract itself cannot be sustained, for its tnrma do not coma within tha Picpnl. ions which have been declared to tbe rule. It is witain the exception, so far as tbe restriction extends territorially, but tbe role is, that to sustain such con tracts, tbe restriction must be imposed for the benefit of some one, who will himself engage in the same general employ ment, so that the public may not suffer inconvenience, nor be deprived of the good resulting from the continued car rying on of the pursuit Lawrence vs, Kidder, upra. It remains then to determine whethe this pursuit is within the protection of the la r. Upon this question we are not aided by decisions, and must determine in the language of Seldon, Justice, whether it is within the reason of the rule. .This can be determined alone, by the course ' of legislative action,' and from that, we must learn the polipy of the laT in regard to the protection of tbe traffic Laws were passed in the reigns of Edward the Third, Henry the 1 bird, audi Henry tbe Eighth, prohibitory in their character of the sale of liquors. In the time of Henry the . Third, an act was passed disqualifying persons engaged in such employments, from holding any office of a judicial or executive character. Early in the present century in our own country, movements were commenced among tbe people, which to a greater or less extent,, have. -from time to time influenced legislative action, and at present the traffio in intoxicating liquor as a beverage, ia absolutely prohibited in some . of the ' States of tbe Uuion.1. ii - - xi '

As early as the year 1807, the Genetal AseeroWy of Itwlifcua 'territory passed

an act "declrrog that ioj-.- preventing disorders and (-the mischiefs that may happen by a multiplicity of public houses entertainment, Trf persori-e persons shall in future keep any public inn or tavern, ale bouse or dram anop, or puolie house of entertainment in any county, town or place, within this territory, unless such person or persons shall first obtain . permi8BionprJicen8e from .the Court of Common Pleas, which shall continue for' one year and no longer." " . " . It was provided that no person licensed as aforesaid bball knowingly suffer any disorder a drunkenness,,. or unlawful games, under the penalty of five dollars for tbe first offence, to be suppressed by the judges of the several courts. A bond was required to be gives to the Governor of the territory, that the person so ' receiving license 'would al ways be of good behavior, and observe all laws, ordinances, &c. By the sixth section of the act it was declared, "Tbat no person or persons, other than Bach, as are, or shali be, qualified sb to -dej by the law, shall presume, under any cplor or pretence, to sell,. barter .with, orj de liver any wine, rum, brandy, or other spirits, or strong water, beer, cider, or any mixed, or strong liquors, to be need, or within tiis, ner or toeir nouses, yards or sheds, or to be with his, her or tfceir knowledge, privity or consent, useq or drank in any shelters, places or woods near or adjacent to them, by companies of servants, slaves or others, nor to re tail or sell to any person or persons. any mm, brandy, or other spirits, or strong water, (by less, quantity or measure than one quart'- eorany beer, ale, or cider by any quantity les3 than two gallons, tbe same liquors being respec tively delivered tot one person, and at one time, and without any collusion or fraud, contrary to the true interest and meaning of, this law;, eyery person of fending therein, shall pay a' fine oftwelve dollars', on conviction by indict ment, to tbe use of tbe proper county. Laws of Indiana Territory, 1807, page 87. -'-v. lAn act was passed by the State Legis lature in the year 1818, prohibiting the sale ia less quantity than a quart at a time, or at retail to be drank about the premises of any spirituous or strong liquors without-a license there ore. A license was to be granted on application by tbe Board of County Commissioners "provided the -person so applying shall produce tbe certincate ot twelve respect able householders tbat eucb person was of good moral character, and that it would be for tbe benefit' and convenience of travelers for such persons, to be licensed as aforesaid; provided, also, that isuoh person , shall. first, enter into bond, -with sufficient securities, (to be approved by the Commissioners,) in the sum .of oUU, , payable to, the, county treasurer, that he or Bbe would no, permit any-gambling,1 Rioting or disorderly conduct in bis or her house." - No spiri tuous liquors could be sold tc minors. apprentices or Secvantsi without the consent of the parent or master. A sale npon credit to an amount exceeding five dollars in value. could not- be collected. f.awa nf 1817. n 9.0fi r r i In the law passed, in, tbe year 1825, the certificate of good choral character required of the applicant for license was to be signed by twenty-four respectable freeholders, inhabitants of the town or village, and was to contain tbe addition al averment that the granting of tbe license "would be conducive to the public good.' This, same spirit continued to pervade our legislation, ard in 1853 an act was passed requiring the consent of a ma jority of the legal voters of the township, betore a license to sell intoxicatmg liquors .could be wsueif. i i A bond was also required with seeu rities, and upon such bond suit could be instituted by tbe wite, child, parent, or guardian", employe, or other person who should be injured in perron, property, or means of support by any intoxicated person, when the principal in the bond has produced , such, intoxication. , All contracts entered 'into by any person while in a state of intoxication were de clared voidable, Laws have also been passed prohibit ing the sale of such liquors as a bever age in this State, In the language of PerkinB, Justice, 'in' Beebee vs." The State, 6 Ind 520, J The Legislature en acted the law in. ouaauoij; upon the as sumption tbat tbe -nauufaoture and sale of beer, etc., were necessarily destruc tive to tbe community." ibe-acts ot 1006 and. ot isoa were held unconstitutional' by this Court, but are nevertheless to M considered as in-. dicating the policy of the law-making power in regard to the traffic io intoxi cating liquors. J.a.J.S&w an ; act i was passed, by the Legislature requiring a license, for the sale of , intoxicating liquor, and only to be issued to. the applicant upon his showing to tbe satisfaction of the board of commissioners of the county that he was a man of good moral character, and fit to be trusted with such license, and upon his giving bond. This act prohibited the sale to minors and to persons in a Btate of intoxication, or to any person, who was in the habit of being intoxicated. It will be seen from this rapid review, tbat it baa not been tbe policy, either in England, or in this country, to encouc; age the traffic in intoxicating liquors, but that in this coun try the whole action of the legislative" power has , been uniformly - to limit, v 'restrict or absolutely prohibit the traffic. cWith us from' the time almost of our , earliest; territorial existence, to the present" moment, that policy has' been pursued,' and in . the opinion- of - the former1 Judgesof this Court the ' utmost , verge' of legislative power,'waB passed, in .the vain attempt to prohibit the sale. In the light of such a record, and with" the legislative enactment still standing unrepealed, and its power unquestioned in this Court, would it become us to declare that it was. the settled policy of this State to encourage the tranc . in intoxicating- liquors, and protect it," that it might add to the wealth of the State, or- serve "the convenience of the public? We are not placed here by the people to dictate a policy to the Legislature, but to declare and give effect to the policy they may adopt, if that policy does not clearly contravene the provisions of the Constitution. The effect of the entire legislation upon the liquor traffic' has been, not to encourage persona to embark in the business, bnt to, aede it abput with restrictions and qualifications and overshadow it with pains and penalties. The whole course of legislation on this subject prevents any presumption being indulged that this traffic, like other .employments, adds to the wealth of the nation, 'or to the convenience' of the public -The act of 1881, Supra.y clearly indicates tbat the traffic was -regarded as not contributing to the good of the public, for by the terms of the law,' the business was prohibited,;-and - no - license-' could be granted unless the applicant produced " the certificate-.of twelve;-respectable householders, that such person, was cf good moral character, and that it would be for the benefit and convenience of travelers for Such person to be licensed." .Tbe., State at that early period was lightly settled, and when the interests of the publio were considered, the travelers and the local inhabitants, stood relatively somewhat differently in making up that public, from the proportion of, class to class, existing at a latter date, when the' law as then amended required the certificate to be signed by twenty-four respectable free-holders, inhabitants of the .town pr village, and to contain the statement; that' the granting of the license in each instance "would he -conducive to the publia good" Act? of 1825. The presumption is tbas declared in almost express term, to" be tbat the traffic is injurious to the public interests, and the reason "of .the' rule protecting other emploimentaLdoes. not ..app!jU.. this one, and theretore, it cannot be -said tobe within the rale, t The formal ideclaj ration, that the granting of the permission to engage la the employment, will, in each instance, be conducive to the public good, is no lodger required, but the continued restrictive legislation upron the subject, certainly forbids us to conclude that there has been so radical a change in the policy of the law-givers, as to create a presumption in favor o( tbe trade, and bring it within the rule, prohibiting for the sake of the public good, any man to contract not to engage m that employment " 1

Id our judgment, it is not in contra station of the -policy of .the legislation of this State for an inhabitant to bind

himself, upon sufficient consideration, not to engage in the traffic ia intaxicatinaHiquorsf'tewd tbe territory embraced in the ontract may be co-extensive with the legislative jurisdiction. , -The action of the court upon the demurrer to tbe complaint was therefore erroneous. ' L ' ' - 1 ! - - - The judgment is reversed at the costs of the appellee, and the cause remanded, with directions to the court below to overrule the demurrer to the complaint, and grant leave to answer. . Harrison & Shirley for- appellants; Hendricks,-Perkins AHord for appellee. CLOTHING. IIBLST . K STREET. 53 tr O to ca P 3".: ' ' - 3 Si sr.' 03 5 3 V o " &3 P 8 5", . , S-Vgig . . ' r-t- e. . - e xr f so ? .i 3g " Jl 'a5 "' o y o "' 2.2,5' flK'fepi" IT 2 CD ai Cr" t I? a X A ..2 'o.rr. , as so n Mos.3 and 5 - ; f F I RST STREET. CLOCKS, JEWELRY, &o .0. aosnioaAH. rosencranz&son; Dealer In w a t o h:e s CLOCKS, . JEWELRY, Sec, "' " Sec, ':: "' Sbc. No" 12 SECOND S frEvansville, ; In.d.9 H aVe on tand a Targe assortment and contUntly -reoeiTing addition of American Gold and Silver .: Lever .Watches. "SVAB arttcW in' oar line repaired In tha neatect manner with d la pa ten at the loweit rate. LAW, CARD. a. K. IUTRIh 8. O. BSLCUB. & BELCHES,; i . IEAVITT ATTORNEYS AT -LAW! OFFICK ON THIRD gTBJBBT, r''i (Late ProToet Manhal'. Offloe), ' ' i T XTAN8TILLK. IND. '

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WHOLESALE NOTIONS.

j -rrA.'Tr. T.T o fBuy i OUT - OtlOZlSof a 3otion House. o M -r-O pd o C 0 ' 0 52j- OP "gSg ,2ho. 'Pi S-o i p o o Cr m . - a . P ss m rO.:. o p cn p P , P O -r - o- : t ua 22oo 0. l.U-iX - PAPER WAREHOUSE. KSW WHOLESALE PAPER WAREHOUSE, 290 Main street, South Bide, bet, Seventh and Eighths L LOTJISVIIiLE, IZTZ-. WM.CROMEY, . . - - "Whokeal Dealer In ". " L. PAPE OF ALL KINDS, DON NET BOiBD', , - ' ' BINDIl'S BOA BPS, ' : ' t CABD BOABDS. ENVELOPE!, PBINTINO INKS, Ac Having had nearly twenty yoar's rxverience In this branci of bnsices.. 1 feet co fijent I can make it to the interest cf all persons buj lag paper to eraraine my stock oerore making pnrcnases. Orders by mail cr otbarwiseaball receive prompt attnetion. ' - Oar Highest raatket price in ca?h paid far Rag. Hemp, urasa nope, Arc. - - Dii-m COMMISSION. -Nashville Commission - House. RHEA &z SMITH, Receiving, ; Forwarding & Commission Merchants, CI1BK SU Bet. MARKET & FROM, Nashville, Tenn. Wholesale Dealer In Oroceriee, Flenr, Meal, B eon, Lard, Corn, Oats, Hay, Potatoes, - Annies. Onions. Ac. a.Ws erctfuHy ask oontigum.mUfrom tbe Mbrctiant ana ueaiers oi ATaasviiiv, wu ibi. 4.. mtrlnt .tiAntliiii and DroinDt rem (ttanors. BB- Befer to Huan. Baird Start and Boach A Torlan. nlS-lm COMMISSION. JA. O. M'rEB4,B. J.MEM, JSO.B B'rSAN. McFerran & Menefee,' (LATK OF LOUISVILLE, KY.) COMMISSION I.Tcr chants, ; COTTON FACTORS. And Manufaturers Agents for the Sale of Bale Rope & Bagging. lOQ - - and - -104 WEST COLUMBIA St ' (Betweem Vine and Bace Streets,) CINCINNATI, OHIO. We Adopt this Method Of informing onr old friend and the trad generally, that w have this day opens t oar house in Cincinnati lor lb transaction of a -, . . ,. GENERAL COMMISSION A2TD C0TT01T BUSINESS. In the Purchase and Sale Of everything In the line of Commission Meichanta, ws ofter facilities equal to those ef an; boon in tbe Wf St. h-J" i Cash Advances 1 ' llP ' Will be made on Produce of all kind, and Sale rendered with promptness, and on the most liberal term. COTTON". . , , - To th's branch or oar baslnes we propose to give particalar attention, and we feel arsared that with onr past experience in the aale of this staple we can render satisfaction to those shipping to na. Oar arraBgeBect w 11 enable na te sail either In this market oc ths Eastern cities, a tbe owner may desire.-' --" '' V' " i Bale Rope, Bagging and Twine. I Having the Agency for sale ef several choice brand of Kentucky Bagging, we will t: all tinw keep a supply of thee 3 article from the best factories. ' , . , .' : " jl India' Bagging, - In roll er ba'ee, wtll-oe round in ear house. Plantation Supplies. To the purchase and shipment of snpp'ies of all kinds, we will give dne attention, and believe that we can furnish Bacon, Lard, j?lnr, Farming Implements, &c, folly as low, on order, a if the partie desiring -the goods were present. - Very Heepeet fully,McFKBBAJS A MKNSFKK. CInclnsati, Oct. 14, 1865. " - o27-2m MILLINERY. '5 C - SELLING OFF V;---;'-'At;;'Cdstr";. rpH LADIK3 WOULD DO WILL TO OAtl. at ; Mrs'.' McCormick's before pcrchaiing elsewhere, a she Is selling off fcer Millinery Stock and other Fancy Notion AT COST, and will continue to do mo until the 10. h of J anuary, on aceount of going U) aiaice ft change in the itore. dic2 dim , COAL. GREEN RIVER COAL- OFFICE, IVo. S WatTStreet Bstw'n Mai A. STaa.r, (Up Stairs) Aconstaht, erpPLv V4ist':' band, and ready tat UnmediaU delivery. -j sSMdSm

INSURANCE AGENCY.

ESTABLISHED IN 1847. Combined Capital and Assets represented January 1st, 1865, over - 18,000,000" (Eighteen Million Dollars.) t ALLE.V C. IIALLOCK, Underwriter, General Ininranct Agent, Adjuster or Average, and Notary Public. Office No. 10 Cpper First Street, near Post Office, KVASSYILLK, ISO. Policies issaed against los or damage bjr Firs, Peril of Inland baTigation, Personal Injnrr bj Accident, and application recorered for Policie on Lire, from the following first clan and in erery reepect reliable Iniurance Companie : HO LIE I1I3URANCE 01' MEW YOBK CITY. Cash Capital $2,000,000. Assets $3,565,650. ' Insure against Lo or Damage bj Fire on Dwellings ana tceir contents, kton.. man factories. Warehonaes. Stock of Merchandise, t. dace and all Insurable Property, Inland Aarzttion and Transportation shipment upon ..ie ftiver, Lakaa, Canals and Baiiroad at ratMv 1 w a tba nature of the risk will bear. ' ' ' " CHAKLK8 J. MARTIN, Pre' . 1 A. F. WILLMARTH, Vice P ,. i. JOHS MoOEK, Sec'y. A. C. HAL LOCK M SON, A r t. SECURITY i INSURANCE COMP'Y OF KEW YOBK CITY. Cash Capital $1,000,000. Assets $1,475,643. . Insures Dwellings, Store, and all description of desirable property. The insured can at their option hare participating policies entitled to scrip at regular rates, (scrip dividend for lfeo4 60 per cont.) or a liberal discount upon the premium. Also, inland navigation and transportation shipments on the lakes, rivers, canals, and railroad at rate low.as are compatible with eourtty to the assured. Loses promptly paid, without discount for interest. THOMAS W. BIBD8ALL, Pres't. BXCHABD L. HaYDOCK, Sec'y. A. C. HALLOOK A SON, Agent. LORILLARD FIRE INSURANCE COMP'Y OF NEW YOBK CITY. Cash Capital $500,000. . J." Assets $795,157. .- Insure arainst loss and damage bT fire on dwellings, store, warehouse, produce, stock ot mercnanutse, ana an aesiraDie property , uiviuing annually of the net profit to the policy holder In scrip, bearing interest without any liability to the assured. CABLISLI UOBWOOD, Prea't. ZOPHAB MILLS, Vice Prea't. J. 0. MILLS, Sec'y. - A. O. H ALLOCS k BOH, Agents. , INTERNATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE COMP'Y. , ' of kkw yobk aiTT. , j " : Cain Capital $1,000,000. Assets $1,204,188. Insure against loss and damage by fire on dwellings, stores, warehouses, stocks of mer chandise, produce, mills, manufactories and all Insurable property at reasonable rate of premium. CHABLKS TAYLOB. Bres't. -HAMILTON BBACfi, Vice Prea't. C. C. HIN, Sec'y. 0. A. DBAKE, A't. - '. . . ALLBNC. BALLOCK; Agect. MUTUAL BENEFIT Life Insurance Co, OF KEWABK, SEW JEBSKT. Accumulated Assets over ' $6,000,000 Iusnrei lives only, and is piirolr mntaal, dl Tiding annually all its e irnings an?jog the policy noiuera. it management bob always Oeen goon and may saiely be considered one of tbe beneficent institutions of the world. LOUIS O. GBOVEB, Pres't. - ' BSNJ. C. MILLKB, Vice Prea't. KDWABD A STKONO, Sec'y. A. C. UALLOOB A SON, Agent. HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE CO OF HABTF0BDCONN. , tOfgatlriodin 1310 Capital $1,000,000. t , . Assets $1,496,733. I nstrres against Loa and Damage by Firs on Dwelling and contents, Stores, Warehouses, Stocks of Merchandise, Produce and all desirable property at fair rate of premium. . T. O. ALLTN, Pres't. GEO. M. C01T, Sec'y. -U. 0. LYMAN, As't. - A. 0. HALLOCK A SON, Agents. METROPOLITAN Insurance Comp'y OF SIW YOBK CITY. Cash Capital $300,000. Assets $750,540. j Insnres at customary rates of premium agminst loss and damage by nr ea all desirable property. The policy holder may receive 75 per cent, of tbe nei pronta wiinoot incurring any; liability, or In lieu thereof at their option a liberal discount up on the premium. JAM ICS LOBI&IEB GBAHAM, Pres't. ..r BOB. M. C. GHMIAM, Vice Free't. K. A. 8TANSB0BY, 2nd JOHN O.GOODBIDOa, Sec'y. - . A. 0. HALLOOK A SON. Agents. Springfield Fire 'and Marine In surance Company, of Springfield, Massachusetts. Cash Capital $200,009. Assets $567,863. Insure against los and damage by fire en all Insurable property at rates low as the nature of the risk will allow. EDMOND TBKEM1N, President. WM. CONNtB, Jr., fiecfy. A. 0. HALLOCK A SON, AgenU. " city; . fire insurance comp'y ' ' OF HABTTOBD, CONN. ' Cash Capital $250,000. Assets $455,325. - Insures-against loss and damage by fire on dwellings, stores, warehouse, stocks of merchandise and all insurable property at reasonable rate of premium. ... WM. K. BAKIB, Pres't. ' OEOBQI W. LESTEB, Sec'y, - A. 0. HALLOCK A SON, Agent. ; ! TRAVELER'S 7" INSUEANCE COMPANY, , OF HABTFOBD, CONN. 1 ? Casn Capital $500,000; ! Insure against accident of every description, f 10 00 premium securrs a policy for $6,000, and H 00 per week compensation for personal Injury (incapaciting the ensured from his ordinary business) while traveling by any publio conveyanoe. (il&OO premium secure a full policy for $5,000, and $2500 per week compensation foi all and every description of accident traveling otherwise. JAMES O. BATTXKSON, Pret. BODNIT DXNNIS, Sec'y. ALLEN O. HALLOCK, Agent. , r . ARCTIC IEE INSURANCE COMP'Y ., , OF NEW TOBK CITY. ash Capital $500,000. :.: Assets $641,197. Insures against Toss and damage by firs on all insurable property at rates low as the nature of the risk and the real security to tbe company and of the insured will permit. " J. MILTON SMITH, Pres't. VINCE5T TTLYON, Sec'y. j. w. wiJDLir, A t . r ... ' A. 0. HALLOCK A SON, Agent. , PUTNAM Fire Insurance. Co. , .... 01 HABTFOBD, C05N. Cash Capital $500,000. Insure against lose and damage by .Are on dwellings, store, warehouses, stocks of merchandise, mills, machine shop and all insurable property at fair rate of premium. - . ' O; B. BOWERS, President. W. N. BOWKBS, Vice Pres't. - PAHIKL B0CS, 8ec'y. ALLEN O. HALLOOK, Agrat. All losses sustained by policy holders in any of the above companies will be fairly adjusted and promptly paid through this agency. Tbe undersigned will also attend to tbe adjust, ment of losses of every description under policies from other ageneke, and attend to the settlement of all matters connected with injuraeoe fer parties connected interested. His long experience as Insurance Agent na made him familiar with all sub) ecu connected with Insurance. .; AL.JL.iC.'V C. HALLOCK, Office No. 10 Upper Tint Street, Unit . Hear the Pest Offina. NEW BOOKS.'book: teade. DOBELL'S BOOK STORE, 19. ..main Street.19 N IV BOOKS Artemus Ward : Hi Travel. - Looking Around, by A. S. Boa. . : Matrimonial Infelicitie, by Barry Gray. -,-. TheMetrcpoiitee, by flt. CUir. Tbe Oil Begione. t.-.i.i-. The Australian Bushranger1 Adventures. ' New Edition of Aurora A ioyd : Mrs. Braddon. Ledr A ad ley's secret, . " j' ;Mr. Stewsrt' Intentions, --'. . Set of Tback-rj's works. Paper. ' - . - And all Ihe New Booka,--- - A full stock or School. Book, Pap.r, Ac, to suit country merchants. U- DOBLt'S BOOK BTOBE. , AUCTION. ... ; DIRAM SELSOar, . , U. S. "-A-ixctioneex, Eat Eemeved his. Auction Boom to 50. 27 LOCUST ST., (roua Doona mow ihb shxkwoos bocsi), Where he will attend to all kinds of Auction business: To the sell ing of Merchandise, Wagon, Carriages, Hone, and Beal Estate. ' ' ' . Auction days TUX6DAY, 1H0BSDAY and SATDBDAt of each week. . , . - . Cash advances en consignment. . Befsr to aU the oiljsena of Brans "lis vrao know him. - . ' -f,. WiU Alv hi wkole time to hi burins.

FANCY GOODS.

So Business Transacted en Saturday, A BIG STOCK 3 37 FANCY GOODS, Wholesale & Hetai! PTo. 11, First Street, BETWEEN MAIN AND LOCUST) To Tlio HILL I IT BUS, MERCHANTS And THo Com mu n ity at Lare. WE have jnst returned from the East with a well-selected Stock of 1 ; Bonnet and Trimming 'Eibbons. a .. . ; Velvet Ribbon, Plain and Edged. O Bonnet Velvets, Plain and Faney. . Satins and Silks. V S . French and American Flowers. 3 Feathers and Plumes. Birds and Oiher Ornaments. O A!l Millinery done to Order at Shortest Notice. , O Straw, Felt and Silk Hats and Bonnets. . , IO A Fall line of Cloths for Cloaks. JLJ. ; Cloaks in Great Variety. 12 Cloak Ornaments A Fall .Line. m We Make Cloaks to Order, in the Jfest and Latest Styles, at the Shortest Notice. A Full Line of Dress Trimmings, IS A Big Stock of Fur for Ladies and tjniiaren. 16 . A Full Line of Human Hair, in .every snapo ana style. . 17 A Large Stock of Frcy Woolen A.nit and Woven Hosiery and Gloves. IO Hat and Bonnet Blocks. ' 1S Notions and Fancy Goods too .Numerous to mention. . Let all buyers coming to town can ana see lor tnemselves, compare the price, as thev will find it as low as in any city west of New ivia auu luuauoipiua, gepl6,6m. 3. BATJM. BANKING. Capital Paid In - - $350,000 Limited tc . - - - - $700,000 THE MERCHANTS' HATI0I.AL7BAHK Of Evansville, C. II. BEMEKT ...President, ' JNO. B. UOCIIiC...... ...... Cashier, Having commenced business at Its Office, corner of . - Main and First Streets. - Offers its servict to the citizens of Evaoavil eand Its vicinity, peine prepared toarryona r ' legitimate - e General Banking Business, And to Purchase and Supply . .. X - 7-30 Treasury Notes, L Gold arid Silver,1 Bank Notes, Excliangc. Buys V. 8. CERTIFICATES, BOS DS, , and other Securities and , . Discounts FOKEIttX and DOMESTIC FAFJER. And for the accommodation 'of mechanise and others, who have Invested their saving ia the popular Government lant, it offer to receive packages of V. . Bonds, lntereat Bear. Inff Kotee nd ether Hecttrttlea, on Special Depoalt, Free of Charge, affording mall holder tbe opportunity to avoid the insecurity and risk of retaining them In their own possession. Jel-tf HARDWARE. &c. 18(85. H 0 0 CO ". IP IHLLS. KELLOGG I CO., . - Importkbs asd Dkalrbs is II A. I -V A. L 13 ApTD O U T L E E 7 TF3 Z FIUST STREET, '(SIGH BIO PAD-LUCK,) DRY GOODS. CHEAP PRICES AHD ; GOOD ASSORTMENT, BOLLE & BEYREISS, o. 43 Mala Street, XTAKSTILLE. IHD. I HATI JUSt BICKITED OCB FALL Stock. Which ambraef.. a nhoiea aelsctioa of ie tioods, Uloaks Bhawls, Balmoral Bkirts, Hood and Nubia. Glove and Bosiery, Cors-ts, Cloths, Cassi meres. Ladies' Cloths, Oessinets, Jeana, Flannels, Blankets, Tickings, Oiaghama. Caliooee, AO., Bleached and Uebleached Mo.llos, and a thousand and one other article too tedious to mentioa. Alt ef which will be sold Tear nur. Go aud see at So. 43, Main Btn set . septia. No. -43. Main Street. WHARF BOATS. !"COX HUMPHREY, ; Forwarding and CommlHHlan Merchants. ' And SPECIAL BAILBOAD ASEHrS," ! ' v ' " Bwanrrtll., lad. : ' asarWIU make liberal eash mAvnne am m.. slgnmenu of Produce and Tobaooo to Kw Terk.

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FAMILY. GROCERY! I Griffith & Bly the, 136 - - MAIN ST - - 13G WX WOULD BKSPECTFULLY INFOBltf the citizens of Evansville and tbe people fenerally, that we have opened a First Class tore, at Ho. 136 Main Street, for tbe sale of Fancy'S 'Staple G-EOOEEIES, 8CCH AS . r. MEATS, : BBEADSTDTPS, ' FRUITS, TEAS. V COFFEES, ' ' SUGARS, .', V ; OYSTERS, &c.r 1 ' t . I A full stock of which we shall keep constantly oa band for the benefit of these who may favor us with fhelr patronage, 1 t iv. j At the Lowest Current Prices OBIFFITB ft BLTTHE, ' . . 13 Main Street. LAW CARDS. Wm.Reavis U. S. CLAIM AGENT. Also, Real Estate & Collecting Agent. OFFICE ON .MAIS' ST., (Bet Third & Fourth,) No. 95, Over Keller's Gun Store, , EYAXSYILLI, Ind. - epl9 : ' , A at. SHACKELFORD j : t I : S. R. HORN BROOK. Sbackelford & llornbrook, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW , And Real Estate Agents, . . Office on Third Street, (Between Locust and-Haln Streets West Side.) M Prompt attention given to Collection. - . ' . aug31-tf A L V A H J 0 H N 8 0 IT, Attorney at Lnw, NOTARY PUBLIC ; AHD . . Roal Estate Agent. W" Soldiers and all other claim procured.' Oftcs.. KTAMSTILLB, IHD. apis dtf J.s. 'A. Walker, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE . AND Af tat for obtalnts PeusioH, ack. Paw and Bouaty I7OB DISOHABOED S0LDIEB8, AND FOB V the Widows aud other lefral representatives ol aoee who a l. In too service or tne united state. jUioe ou the North-West side of Third Street, oear tbe Washington Bouse aud nearly opposite the Oourt House, Evansville, Indiana. All business entrusted to him will be promptly attended to. , lylS-ly GROCERIES. Hominy and Buckwheat Flour. N EW HOMINT AND BUCKWHEAT FL0UB at TICKEBT BBO.'S 13. Main Bt. Fruit IW BAtSINS, CUBB4KTS, PBUKES, Dried Ai pies and Peaches, and choice Green Apple, to De Had cheap at tuj., No. 132 Main Street. Shell Bark Hickory Nats. C. BBL8. SMALL SHELL BARK NUTS FOB J sale by VIOKEBY BBOS. New Corn MeaL A GOOD 80FPLT ALWATS 0!f HAND AT VICKEBY BBOS. Cheese. OH BOXES ENGLISH DAIBT AND NEW w KJ York Cheese, in store and for sale by VICKIBT BBOS. Potatoes. P.ff BUS. GOOD NORTHEHN POTATOES OUU in store and for sale by V1CKKB7 BBOS. Oat Meal and Pearl Barley. CkT MEAL AND FEABL RABLtY, FOB VS sal at TIOKEBY BHDS. New Codfish. VTEW CODFISH, IN S'OBB AND FOB BALK -L tiy V1UKKBX UBU8. Shaker Brooms. "I ENDIVE SHAKES BBOOW8, IN BTOBE vA aod for sale at VICKEBY BBOS. Turkeys. rpHANKeGITINa TURKEYS A GOOD BTJPX ply for the occasion to bt had at VICKEBY BBOS. HARDWARE, &c. : GEO. S: SOIlliTAG & CO. IHPOKTBBS OP Hardware and Cutlery AND. Ouns and Pistols. No. 31 No. 31 IVIVIIV STREET, KY158TILLK, 15 D PERFUMERY. NEW PERFUME FOR THE HANDKERCHIEF. A Irloet Exqstiaite, Drlicate stmsl Frsirraatt Prrfssie, Ikiatilleel frens the Rare' til Brmntiful Flevrer frens which it take it name. Mannfaetored only by PUALOK Ot. JdF" Beware of Counterfeits. Ask for fhalon'Tnk tie othr. . hold by imtiS gmcrally-

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MACHINIS

HEILr.lATJ. MANUFACTURER and BUIIIER OP STEAM ENGINES ASD B O IL EES, Saw and Grist Mill aY.ACHir.ERY, TOBACCO SCREWS, GUMMING MACHINES, Chinese Sugar Cane Mills, TliresliiDg EXachines, afcc, . afce., e&C. rjiHl FBOPBIKTOB OFTHKCITT FOtJND1 ry begs leave to inform his friends and the public In general that he is prepared to do all kind of Machine & Finishing Work And everything- appertaining to the Foundry business. He is manufacturing STEAM ENGINES AN BOILEES

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and Minins; Machinery, Tobacco Bcrsws, Gumsning Machines, Ihreehlng Machines, Malt Mills, . Borsepewer, Corn fhellers. Machinery of all J -kind made and repaired ; Iron and Bras Casting ' of every description, Iroa House Front, Cellar 4 Orates, Ac ' Cooking' fc Heating f' STOVES, ; i i of the latest Improved pattern; Hollow Wtiw T Dog Irons, Ao. J Brewers, Distillers, Beotifien, 4o , J

Supplied with every description of Copper and Sheet Iron Work, Brewing Kettles, Befrigeratora, Altemporatora, Sparges, Btillhead and Worm on ae. Improved pinciple, Oolumn fur Aloohol Stills, Yuast Jugs, Caus, Byphons.Ao.; Copper, Lad and Iron Pipe; Copper, Brass and Iroa Pumps of every variety, for Beer, spirit, Oil Ae. Brass Cocks and Valvos, Steam Whist es, Ao. - Workmen sent to all parts to Bt up work and do repair oa 6 team Buliers, Copper aud sheet Iron Works, As.

Old Metals Bought. He Is dealing la and selling Allen's Improved A Pteam Guage, Wrnnght Iron Weldrd Pips anjivTubbing, hi ram Hopkios' Improved Smut Us. cbinss, Stephen Hugh s' Flower Separator,' Ger- f-r-man Bolting Clolh, Gom Elastl Beltiog, Pa:k '- Ing, Hcse ic, cf the brst kind; Tiuplate, Sheet Iron Blork Tin, Pig Iron, Babit Metal, Spelter, Fire Brick. , f He has every facility of th best Machinery and ( workmen, acd willglveall work entrusted to him his individual attention, filling orders promptly, warranting his work, and is satisfied with reasonable prices. arOfliee and 8le Booms, Foncdry, Boileryard Machlus Shop ou Pins Street, between iri

ana Eecona Strtets, Kvansvllle, Iod. ETRY GOODS. C. MAGHEE & CO. HAYE EEMOVJBD INTO THEIB New and ISlegant stoee, ;;; 12 - r FIRST STREET - - -12 (Next Door to Their Old Stand). 1 TTT,.a 4-. f- J Where they axe Opsning an OF v ... ) ' I Wfj fesi AND , 1 :, Which we haye reduced 'to

such Low Prices as to induce all to purchase, ' ' - j

CONSISTING, IN PART, OF Eleeant DeLaines. ' 'V' "i Handsome prints, &

new obyio Areas vjuuub, , Kentucky Jeans, f ! . 1 . Satinetta,;, ' i Cassineres, ' Tj L ' Cl-3ths, : Bed, YelWik White ... ' , ! Flannels, i '

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Tickings, ; " ' DriUmgs, ' , Cambrics, , ; '.. - Cantcn Flannels AND A FULL & COMPLETE ; STOCK OF . not i o nsr W ...... :. y.'.L -AND- : .-'.,;'' I TT. Al a XlOOpfiAUIXS, .)

Seamless Ba?s, 1 Winter Shawls,.'; Balmorals, . ' Zephyr Goods Blankets. & Call and see, and exam-

ine for yourselyes. ; UUe" LAW CARD. Moaau . JoBso.......ji . tum, - Johnsoa & Walker, ;: . 1 ATTORNEYS -AT - LAW,' ' OFFICE ON THIBD8TBEET, Nearly opposite ths Court U-., at th baitdlcg formerly occopled by the late Dr. Joha T. Ualk.r. dio aos iSASH AND DOORS. ' $ STEELE & TRIBLE, ' OOND BT.. BET. CHESTNUT AND OHEBBT, W MVAHSVILLM, INDIANA. tf ASH, DOOBS, WIUDOW BLIHDS f Dressed Lumber 1: s Board. Lath, Ae.. of svery descrjDtloa ooastaatl j on head. Packing Boxes of ail kind mad to or. , erdar. Sawing of svery kind done on the shortest sot Ice. aplS-ly COAL: Notice to Steamboats. A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF SOBEENED COAL oa hand at the Honey Creek Coal Landing, two miles above Bookport. Barire filled at reasonable pries. ascxatm bum! tAUA WM W.

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