The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-06-20
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Ev0nsvtAle.
Almost daily we notice the arrival Of
strangers here, who have been induced to
visit this city from what they have heard of
its rapid progress, the present great improve
ments going on in our midst, and the bright
future pointed out by the several magnificent
projects, which will have their terminus At
this point. Among these strangers. we are
pleased to notice citizens Of even larger
places in Indiana than our own city, but who
appear to think that capital and labor can 90
invested to better advantage here. than prob
ably in any other city in the West.
The large business of Evansville secured
by its great river advantages, has long since
made it familiar by name to the citizens OF
the West-and through. its merchants to the
business men of the East. They have re-
garded it as "growing place." even though
they may never have seen it. But those who
have been in the habit of visiting Evansville
at intervals, have marked with astonish-
ment a rapidity of growth scarcely ever
equaledin the history of Western cities
They are The more astonished probably. from
the fact that this rapid growth has been utter
iy vitae the aid of internal improvements.
We have been spriDging from q village to a
CT the last five years, building houses only
to crafty present " ants, and not in any spec
ulative fever, with not railroad, plankroad
or anything but mud roads connecting US
with the interior, except since the partial
completion of the Evansville and Vincennes
railroad.
Strangers and citizens may well argue,
that if we have done thus much without the
aid of public improvements, may we not con.
fdently expect q still greater growth of
Evansville, wonderful augms ntation of
even our present prosperity, upon the COM
pletion of this railroad to the Upper Wabash
the completion of the great Wabash and
Erie Canal-the building of magnificent
rsilroad in Strait Line to Indianapolis, the
capitol Of the Site and the centering point
of nearly dozen railroads.&c. completion
Of the HeRderson and Nash, lille railroad. con-
Meeting US with the Gulf and Atlantic-and
what is now probable, the buildingof road
to connect US with the Lower Mississippi
The Evansville and Illinois railroad will be
completed to yincennes in few weeks, with
the exception of tie White River bridge
The Wabash and Erie Canal running from
the Lakes to Evansville, may he pronounced
completed, as the water is now being let in
lower sections. This fact, probably more
than all others, is turning the attention o
strangers to Evansville. This has within
the last three weeks, drawn many capitalist
and business men here, to inquire for them
selves as to those things which we have re
peatedly urged as being SO impeStaat to on
city, and 30 certain to carry on to ultimat
greatness. We like to see them come. w
challenge their strictest investigation, {
upon uhat is founded the predicted greatnes
of Evansville. AS evidences, and the be;
in the world, of p esent prosperity, we .poiI
Them to the many large houses now bein
erected in Evansville. On every street, the
may see those evidences. They may thin
prosperity is high, but we tell them it mu
continue advancing unless some great final
.cial crisis occur in the history Of the cou
try.
We have been laboring to call the attel
ton of the West even more directly to tn
point than it has heretofore been, as we a
satisfied no man who visits our place, al
studies ii as it has been and as it is, its pre-
poets for the future. can 60 away disaPpoint
in his expectations of Evansville.
HENDERSON BARsEcUE.-We uadersh