The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-07-10
NrAmonr the remarkable events Of the

HSrAmong the remarkable events OF the
wear. in Southern Indiana, is the foundation =,
and growth of Tell City, in Perry county !; !,
possession of the land from the farmers =
who formerly owned it, was not taken un
tho 18th of April last, only eighty-hSe
DAYS ago. and now it has population OF
nealry 1900, and more than one nun
,-.d new buildings have been erected
chiefly dwellings, which have cost from $500
to 81, 500 each; among them is full aver
aoe of the best class. There are, besides
several expensive hewn stone structures iof
stores and dwellings in progress of building-
The wonderful growth Of the place, seems
in no way to abate, but to be going on with
increased acceleration. The sound OF the
/ hammer and the saw is the increasing music
of the Mace. Neither the Sabbath nor the
shades of night wholly arrest it. Providing
a shelter has been the first great conSidcra-
: ton with the new comers, and they have
no. had time yet TO determine upon their
future employments. Factories and work
] shops of various kinds are proposed. a
u foundry. a rolling mill, and an extensive
!, cabinet ware factory are talked OF, nut as
Il vet all are employed in building, except
i few retail traders, and the usual compile
L ment of tailors, shoemakers, blaeksmiths,
Il wheelwrights, tinmen, &c.
Mhat tAs community j e a9 IL sH HlpPf
= gent. There arc few new settlements any
where, that can present more respectable
!. class of population, in appearance, or one o
= a higher degree of physical and intellectual
=. activity. 1t would appear as if the associ
:. y alton had gathered together the best spirit
among its countrymen. Nearly all of then
have been long enough in the country to be
81 come acquainted with its language, laws ant
y institutions. Most of them have been resi-
81 dents Of the largest Western cities, and hav,
read the newspapers and kept pace with tn
times The people are not mass of hcav
he German phlegm and immobility unleavenc
a by the American spirit but show unInistak
ch able signs of being fss. community. II
DIV success will depend, in great degree, upo
Ige the direction that is given 70 its industr
~ and intelligence. Ii its labor shall get int
ia the right chute, and be sustained BY sull
cient capital, it will become one of the bus
ion est and most prosperous places on the Obi
on- river. Now the people arc full of conten
no. ment ard hope; confident of the future, an
5er are delighted with the location and It's &c
If vartages.
,oh The Agent takes census once mon,l
-. and each enumeration gives IN increase I
the value Of lots, in which there IS inst nc
81 active speculation Lots laid cut G
LAID, The p.op-ieto-s Of which, year ag
n though. !. could never exceed IL price g
= Fer acre, az aov selling actively ter e
% $3.50 to- spc.s so feet by 10.
III On Monday, The Fourth % July Wa cei
brated there by barbecue ard series
- political speeches IN German, Preach IN
rst English. There werc, by estimate, mo,
wo than 1900 persons present The day pas
ing cd of happily, without single unpleasal
i1 W disturbance in the mixed mass of vario
hat nationalities assembled, though lager be
= flowed with the freedom of the current
c the Ohio River.
lch On Wednesday, a party Of more than q
aP shareholders arrived from Cincinnati 81
,in. Louisville, on a steamer chartered by ther
vas selves for the triP. y picnic was gott
tee up in the groves for the entertainment
the visitors, at which numerous address
tied were made, aud the day passed happily al
the To the qualification of all present. Some
,rk, the visitors took IN their abode in the no
= '.G :: town, and others went home to prepare (
NO, n REMOVAL.