The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-04-19
CITY OF EVAN SvILLE
THURSDAY MORNING::::::APRI 10
Presentation OF a Splendid Breast Pin
- the Editor Of this Paper! speeches
ON the Occasion. &c, &c!!

The Ex- Constables of Evansville, band
of noble appearing men who looked as if they !
had seen hard service in the cause Of their
country, lager beer and Pigeon township
justice, came in procession to the Journal
Office Tuesday morning. The natura!
modesty for which such officers are distin-
suished, made their entree somewhat con-
fused, but the on,y dsagreeable result was
the demolition of chair, upsetting of desk,
and knocking the contents of an ink bottle
over the only clean shirt in their ranks
Finally they arranged themselves against
the wall, at once took lean on it, and thus
maintained very tolerable degree of rank.
ness. The speaker of the occasion, who had
only one eye bunged, and was therefore put
forward on account Of his superior good looks
and perfectness under ordinary constibular
circumstances-stepped from the rank. threw
one leg over chair back to steady himself,bit
off a half plug of tob eco, which he borrow
ed of a gentleman W it'll white hat, and thus
commenced:
MISTER SAxDERs-Dear SRI take my
pen in hand to inform you, hoppin-(fellow
in the rank laughs and speaker kicks back
at him in cow fashion) Mister Editor-I
meant to say-city Of Evansville, county of
Vanderburgh, State of Indiana, ss.-you are
hereby commanded to appear before the
Vanderburgh County Circuit (another kick be-
hind) that is, as was going to say, we Con-
stables as loas, of Pigeon township, includ-
ing all Evansville and the Body-'em Coal
Mines, having been audacicusly ousted by
the combined enemy of Old Liners, TURNER'S,
and felers generally who don't like the
Know Nothings. and the high honors. to say
nothing Of the perquisites Of our Office, Civ
en- to id (beg pardon) dod rotted Irish and
Hollanders--we want to. sir, do justice, SIT,
to your distinguished services, cir, in telling
our Teller. citizens how id, or darned sorry,
sir, you in common with them were for the
exigencies CHATS it, Charlie. amt itD yes
sir, internal exigencies of politics. which
turned US out and put fellers in who can't
talk decent English or read supener. In
behalf then, of these Teller citizens-they're
oil looking at you, sir, except the Teller
whose both peppers are closed-as | was say
ing in behalf of these here boys, and to show
our future occupation to be honest one and
more honrabul than our old one, I present
you splendid brass Breast Pin, represent
ing a GOOD sdv, which we hope you will
wear as an eblem ofyour exstntic Fright Char
iieD merits, and inhuman regret at our retra-
cy from public office to the hickory, oak, and
sugar tree of private life. Therefore know
all menby these here present-but here it is
sir, and I'm done.
The speaker majestically approached US,
and stuck the pin in our shirt bosom.
"Gentlemen!" said we with a startling
flourish of our right dexter, which made the
Ex-Constable orator jump back, end fall into
rank-"Gentlemen-Iti is superlatively ri.
diculous for me to attempt to express the graf
i6cation which tears my vitals. at the unex
pected, remarkable, and l may say with a
modest blush, unmerited testimonial of your
distinguished partiality, liberality and condo
cension. But if the heartfelt distu rbance
OF my ordinary political, social and mora
equanimty, when 1 heard this gloriou.
country of ours, had concluded to dispense
with your-may | say itl-indispensibte ser
vices, rendered night and day among th'
brush and mud and briers and human will,
varmints of Vanderburgh county, and tn,
proud marks Of which you now bear. in tn,
shape Plunged eyes and crippled knuckles ant
swollen probosces: if | say, these anguishin!
regrets have soothed your feelings, so terribly
lacerated by this blow, then can only say
wish this splendid token ofyour apprecia
ton were-eighteen caret gold. shall
wear it, gentlemen, and in gazing on it re-
fleet on the nobility OF those who, as Cincn
natus Of old when the country he saved M
longer needed his services, retired to tn,
plow-when the country you helped to saw,
no longer neededyour services lin fact told 20,
directly it wouldn't have 'em, retired to sh
saw and buck and woodpies of private life.
-Four hats at once made balloon like ascen
sions, and three hoorays followed them. AT
ter q cordial extension of further courtesies
aregretful gaze at the breast pin, and res
pectful decline on our part to stake some
thing" the Ex-Constibulary force withdrew
and left US in condition of delightful agita
ton utterly inexpressible. A long life an,
always something to lrood with, to the En-
Constables.
10 Mr.. Wright was fined SIS and costs yes
feIdaY fer washing ahaen skins in the Car