The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-12-24
EDITORIAL Correspondence.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. q, 8!


INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. Il, SO.
Having been away from Evansville fol
over week. have gathered a few items
that may be Of interest to our readers. The
weather is settled into steady "spell,' and
as there is a good snow on the ground
sleighing is all the rage The young folks
especially, are putting in their time well,
and many sleigh full of them "runs all
night" Single-horse sleighs hire for one
dollar an hour, large ones in proportion, and
notwithstanding the hard times, the livery
stables can not supply the demand. "Well,"
az Mrs. Bedott would say, young folks
will be young folks"
Lectures and shows are all the go, now.
"The Old Folks" l see advertised to per-
form at the Metropolitan Hall formerly
Theatre), and at Masonic Hall DR.. Boynton
is Iecturing very acceptably to large audi
ences on the subject of Geology. He is
provided with fine apparatus for illustra-
ton. He is to that subject, what Professor
Mitchell is to Astronomy-that is speaking
of him as a Iecturer-and as the former
was invited to your city and gave very
entertaining and instructive course last
year, would it not be good idea to induce
Dr. Boyrton to visit Evansville and give
course of his scientific lectures
The war between the two wings of the
Democracy yet RACES with undiminished
ferocity. Nothing can prevent Irregular
muss in their convention next month
Everything will be cut, dried, sorted, and
labelled by the Administration Central COM
mittee, and the attempt will be malo TO
force down the Threats of the Douglas men
whatever dose is prepared foF tAem. They
will come up in full strength-they will out
number the Lecomptonites- will fight
fercely-tAey will die hard. But die (po-
itically, as {" National Democrats, so-called)
they Will. When their leaders let the Lee
compton minority again out-general them,
will the rank and file in the Pocket and
elsewhere submit to the outrage2 OF will
they refuse to be represented at Charleston
by Lecompton delegation We shall see
have it on good authority that Henry
5. Lane will accepts nomination for Gov
ernor from the Opposition, if it is the gen
eral wish that he should run 1t is entirely
unnecessary for me to say that he is an A No
! man in every respect and will get the
nomination if it is understood that he will
accept Candidates for the several Offices
to be nominated by the Opposition Conven-
ton are beginning to be mentioned
Among others, have heard Henry s. Lane
and Judge Morton mentioned for Governor;
VIII. Cumback, Judge Otto, and VIM. X.
Edwards for Lieut.. Governor; Judge De
Bruler for Attorney-General; Jonathan S, |
Harvey, of Jacksonville, for Treasurer OF
State; James Burgess, of Danville, for Clerk |
of the Supreme Court; BENZ. Harrison, of
this city, for Reporter of the Supreme Court |
In due time, there viii De plenty to choose |
from.
notice that the editor of the Madison |
Courier has been paying his respects to the |
journal in rather a left-handed way, in re-
gard TO our comments on his plan of calling !
q straight-out Republican Convention, !
instead of an Opposition Convention.-
We shall have aGeply to make to our dictaz
torial friend in few days, If he wishes to,
defeat the Opposition movemeat by declar-
ing his radical Republicans. holier than
other men, and refusing to. cooperate with
other equally honest opponents to. Lec1gnp-
tonism, we cannot consent to la4 him pur-
sue such 9 destructive course without put
ting in a protest
Business, except pork packing, is dull
here, Money for general business pur-
poses, is a'gfuJ scarce. The majority of peo-
pie, however, think they spy the beginning
of "the good time coming" somewhere
about the opening of spring. J.HM