The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-05-06
Prof. Larrabee.

of Prof Mills as though it were complete
justification of Prof Larrabee from the charge
of specializing off the School funds and MAX
ing about $4,000 in the purchase Of school
books. to which sum the State Treasury was
entitled The Rev. Mr.. Larrabee, after being
dismissed from the Office Of Superintendent
of Public instruction by the People, has again
been nominated for that Office by the Old Line
party. He is also one Of tho editors and pro-
prieters Of the Old Line State organ. Occu-
plying these positions, there is very natural
desire on the point of the Old Line press to
shield him from the attacks of his opponents.
They have used Poi Mills card as if it ware
a quietus to a very foul SANDER Prof Mills
very probably rendered justice to Prof LARA
Doe go far as one phase Of tho charge was con-
cerned but if the friends OF the latter think it
Tescues him from his peculiar dilemma, they
may fnd themselves much mistaken. tits in
Prof Larabce's power to exculpate himself
from the charge which has been made against
him, lift be not true. Let him explain to the
people how it was that he went into office
poor man involved in debt, and in two years.
with. a salary of only s., 500, stepped out of
Office cloar Of debt, and with money enough to
buy large farm, one-half of the Sentinel Of
fee, &c. &c. all of which would have required
at least twenty Thousand dollars OF means. lie
remains quiet, while his friends are active in
trying TO disprove the charge Of his miscon-
duct. When with word, if he has actei hon
e,Hy, he could sink the charge and its origina-
tors into oblivion, why does he not say that
word and clear his reputation?
AS soma thing applicable to the subject, we
give the following from the Breokyille Amer
lean: - ssa --
. FURTHER JUSTICE Te PRoF. LARRABEE.-
The ) nunel OF last week publishes u card
frem PROT Mills, which i. claims an as entire
vlndlcatlon of the course, OF Prof. Larrabee IN
the pu chase Of Library books. We would
publish the card entire, bat onebo1y has bor-
rowed the paper and neglected to return it. 1t
shows from the eF, Is on nle in the Supelintend-
ent'a Office, that the books were sold to the
State it % per cent discount on the tiarperS
ret Ill prices. From the tUHo of the Sentinel.
we suppose that this is the best vInd!ca ION OF
the Professor that is to be expected aud We
give him the benefit of it, renlafking that it Is
entirely conhrmatory of the facts which we
published last week: 4hat the books cost In
diana Is per cent. more than the same kind OF
books cost Ohio that year, and about Is per
cent. more than the purchases of this year are
to cost -t .raa
The tIarpers, and all other extensive pub
fishers, have printed catalogues of their books
= with the retail price of each appended This
is the price at which single book i bought at
their counler and intended to be the pr.ce at
which they are to he Ietailed all over the
country-even IN country stores in the interior
of the States. But any person bus ing ten
dollars worth at q timc--preacherS of all de-
nominations, and school teachers buying even
a single hook, -receive, at their counter %
per cent discount. Wholesale book sellers buy
a few hundred dollars worth, get discount of
from 81 to 40 per cent, yet tho State of Indi-
diana. buying about $4,000 worth, pays just
i what a preacher or school teacher would paw
for a single book Derby discounted to Ohio
~ per cent-l7 per cent moro than was dis
icounted to Indiana. al ID. -suie s.
Whether Prot. Larrabee or the Harpers re-
ceived the benefit of this II per cent. cannot
) he known. nor is it important to the people of
Ind ana. The loss is the same to the State n
Il either case Yet Prof Larrabeo asks again to
DO entrusted with the management of the
school fund, and partizlns are to be driven to
} his support, in the face of all these facts.
! If anything was wanting to convince the
I people of the mischieyious inaVe noes of party
lsuch facts as these must do it. No man. in
his private business, would again employ an
: agent who had managed his business so badly,
/ yet for the sake of purity. Prof Larrabee will
. receive the entie v,te of the party But for
tunately for the country, the spell is spoken,
and in their own name, and independent of
party dictation THE PEOPLE will right these
: wrongs. Haa s
CANAL.-A break has occurred on the Dom
|, COLA Level, about forty miles from this city,