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The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06

An impBSSibiiity.

Some gentlemen of the Butternut per-
suas;on argue that they are for the New
Charter and at the same time are friends
of Free Schools. Now, they certainly
know that under the New Charter good
Free Schools-Schools deserving the
name-cannot be kept up. The expert
meut has been tried in other cities-in
Lafayette, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis,
Terre Haute, New Albany, &c.-and in
no place where the New Charter has
been adopted are there any schools wor-
thy the name, unless they are kept up by
private Subscription, as, we believe, they
are in Madison In the places first men
toned, the schools are sustained from
four to six months in the year in sickly,
inefficient way, and are then closed the
remainder of the year. No teacher well
qualified for the business can afford to
follow the business only about half the
year, and live from hand to mouth the
remainder Consequently the schools
under the New Charter are burlesque.
Here, under the Old Charter, they are
kept open nearly the whole year, on the
best 1ootiugI and are taught by teachers
among the best in their profession.
This is the difference between the
schools under the Old and New Charter
The people of those cities which have
destroyed their schools by adopting the
New Charter, now look up at Evansville
as Dives did to Lazarus, and yearn fol
the blessings which we enjoy, and which
they have lost, perhaps irretrievably.
There are only two waysin which thei
condition can be alleviated: |. By al
amendment of the Constitution, allowing
them to levy special tax for the bette
support of the schools. 2. BY the cleo
ton of a Supreme Court which will over
rule the decision which destroyed tn
schools. The latter is an improbabl
event. The former is six yeais in tn
future, according to the opinion ofJudg
Perkins.
Let US, then, retain our Old Charte
by the election of Council of goo
School men, not of the fshy kind; an
then let us elect as Trustee a man who
pre-emiuently friend of our system {
Free Schools and the Old Charter, an
we shall have no trouble. Otherwise W
shall
When men say they are in favor of tn
adoption of the New Charter, and ais
in favor of our present excellent School
they cannot be sincere if they are INTEL
gent men. They know, or onght
know, that good Free Schools can not
kept mp under the Ne,o Charter. 1t
an impossibility. Schools may be Ike
up under it, but what kind of school
Perfect burlesques.
favor of Free sc66fts a tls tue 1h~ he jjfha
ter, ask him lchat kind of Free School
If he tells you, the kind we now have
tell him that kind cannot exist under Il
New Charter any more than light al
darkness can co-eXist
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06
Township

VoTE FOR THE SoLDIER-Mr. HENRY
PLGGER is one of the Union candidates
for Constable. He was formerly mem
Der of Willich's bully Thirty-second In
diana Regiment, and at the desperate
fight at Munfordsville, KY, was shot
through the right hand, and so disabled
that he had to leave the service. Before
the rebellion, he worked at Kratz q He'll
mans, but is now unable, on account of
his wound, to resume his old occupation.
Under these circumstances, he asks 10
be elected Constable; and we can not
doubt that his fellow-citizens, for whom
he risked his life and became perma-
,.-tl-l, III r.. h;.,s -, The way
of obtaining a livelihood in business
that he can follow.
We hope to be able to announce Mr..
Pl@ger as one of the four successful
candidates for Constable
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06


Unconditional Union and Free
School Ticket.
For City Clerk.
Adolph Piafflin.
For Marshal.
Hiram Nelson.
For City Collector.
William G. Boepple.
For City Treasurer.
James Davidson.
TUT city hS5OSpers
Three TO BE- Elected.
John NJ Gleichmann.
--..- John W. Gruen. -
For School Trustee.
Horatio Q. Wheeler.
For Surveyor.
For Street Commissioner.
John Vogel.
For COunciImen.
First Yard
William Dean.
Second Ward.
Joseph P Elliott.
Third Ward
John A. Birkenbusch.
Fourth ward
Jacob Froelich.
Fifth Ward
Henry Doddenhof.
Si1tb Ward
Joseph C 0verell.
Serenth Ward
Adolph Hoelscher.
Eighth Ward.
Fred. W. Cook.
Ninth Ward
William Mills.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06

The Question Settled for Six Years.
The Constitution not Amended
The Old Charter our only Depend
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06
In Favor of the Union and the
Schools!

This is what the Butternut leaders VIII
tell you.
What kind of a Union do they favor?
A Union with that old dotard, Buchanan,
as President the Union as it was,
you know-with Floyd, Cobb, Thompson,
and Toucey in the Cabinet, and fancy
on the Supreme Bench-stealing going
on by wholesale-an expense of one
hundred millions of dollars year in
time of profound peace-the army scat
tered to Texas, California, and the from
tier, and the navy dispersed to the ends
of the earth, while a gigantic rebellion
Observation-Disclosures trampGng the Fede-
raj flag under foot, and stealing the
property of the nation-the Supreme
Court deciding that negroes, human be-
ings, had no rights which white men
were bound to respect, which would not
be said of dumb brutes-the accused
institution of Slavery sought to be spread
over the free North and into the new
Territories = Lecompton tests imposed
on white men-opposition presses thrown
into the Missouri River, and opposi-
ton speakers and writers mobbed and
murdered. This is the kind of Union
the Butternut leaders admire.
What kind of Schools do they favor
The only kind that can exist under
the New Charter open four or five
months in the year, and closed the re
mainder-the buildings out of repair
the fences down, and everything seed!
and wo-begone-no graduation nor sys
tem-no high school like ours, equal t.
most NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of meagre at
tainments, employed half the year ant
living on hope the other half, and per
haps boarding around" for living
parents sending their children away iron
home for their education, If able, an
raising them in ignorance if in slende
circumstances.
This is the school system the Butter
nut leaders would fasten on the people
Voters of Evansville and Pigeo
Township how do you like the picture
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06

BS- Vote for John A. Birkenbusch,
the grocer, for Constable in the Third
Ward Mr.. B. is heart and soul for the
Union and the Schools There is no
discount on him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-08-18
ARMY OF THE POI'OMAi;, :,
From the Associated Press.


Affairs remain quiet at tie front. Picket
firing has ceased entirely, ard both arnl''@
seem 20 have settled down III state OF lothar
gy.
The Federal cavalry occasionally capture
small squads of the Confederates near Fal-
month and Stafford Court House.
There is no large torce Of the Confederates
north of the Rappahannock, though sort OF
picket line has been established from United
States Ford to Aqua, via HarWood Church
and Stafford Court House
This line is very weak, and offers little or no
resistance to scouting parties.
The degree Of destitutlon in the Confederate
Army exceeds that of any previous PERIOD.
Autumn is looked forward to by them with the
most serious apprehensions.
No information has been received yet lndl~
eating hat Lee has been reinforced to any con-
siderable extent. A few conscIlpts and con
valescents are arriving from time to time, but
it is not believed that any portion OF the
Southwestern army has joined the forces III
Virginia.
Those citizens arrested within the lines are
being examined, and those who take the oath
allowed to remain The others are sent 70
Washington tor confinement OF beyond th5'
lines
Yne activity Of the cavalry sent IN pursuit
OF Moseby has checked his operations, and tic
section between Washington and the army j.
nov comparatively free from guerllllas HoW
long this will continue, however, IS 70 be dc
termlneG.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-08-18

The steamer City Of Washington, from Llv-
err7ool, with dates to the 4th inst, has arrived.
The change Of tone on the part Of the Lon
don Saturday Review, hitherto one Of the
strongest advocates Of the Contederates IN
England ezcites much comment. That jour
nal looks upon the recent Federal victories as
great, if not decisive, and III o measure gives
up the cause Of the South as virtually lost.
The Liverpool Chamber Of Commerce held
their half yearly meeting on the Sd inst. The
speakers expressed the opinion that the Amer
lean war was not far from close, including
James Spence, the secession advocate.
The Polish National Goye1nu.e.,t has order
ed forced loan Of t57enty-one hundred thous-
and forms. 4 proclamation from the same
source rejects every con promise not based up
on the independence Of Poland, with the res
toration Of the boundaries OF l,72.-Seyeral
insnrgent leaders have been hung at Warsaw.
The Washington Chronicle says that the
disparaging number Of soldiers secured by the
Government when compared with the num-
ber 4 persons drafted in Washington, excltes
unfayorable comments, which are not Justified
by the peculiar character Of the population.
There is a goodly number Of aliens, and very
large proportion Of the inhabitants are not cit
izens. and are enormously enlolled here >
Mr.. Eli D. Howard was drowned on Thurs
day last, (l3th inst,> while endeavoring TO
cross Broad creek, at the ford near Brlstoe $
Station. duing heavy freshet Mr. Howard
was native Of Frederick county, Maryland,
but has lived great portion OF hls IlEe n
Washington
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-08-18
(}OMMU NICATED.

IN these DAYS. when ice is dear and some
times hard to be had, q very excellent drink
can be made OF one sixth to one fourth ot
good vinegar, about three -fourths water Of or
dinary summer temperature, and TWO taile
suoonsful Of fine white sugar to an ordinary
tumble full; good brown sugar will do in the
absence Of white. TO many persons this ia
not only healthful but a very agreeable drink.
II * an excellent substitute tor lemonade, how
ever well prepared. This drink has been used
with great benefit by dyspeptlcs, who cling 10
if AS a heaIlhiul and lnVlgoraung drink. 1he
nroportlons OF all ingredients can De regulated
according to taste.
Among the recent arrivals at New York
from Enrope we observe the name OF Count
Anl;ch who comes as Minister Pleri potentiary
of Ans1ria 10 succeed the Chevalier Hulse-
mann who recently returned home after a res
;dance in this country in the same capacity Of
twenty ty-fye years
4 meeting of the National Democratic Com
;++oa :. called at the St. Nicholas Hotel, in
tho ,;tv Of New York, on Monday, September
-rb for the purpose Of fixing the time and
n)ace of holding the next National Democratic
Convention, and to take into consideration
sucb other matters Of interest as will probably
come before the Convention.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-08-18
FROM CHARLESTON.

The r. s. transport steamship ;. Il. Span-
ding at Fortress Monroe reports having lett
Morris Island at ten 0 clock Friday morning,
the 14th instant
On Thursday evening the monitors were al
stripped and prepared for action, and at day
light Friday morning the batteries on Morris
Island opened their fire, VIII III lasted only ~
hour or two, when it ceased. The monitors
did not fire shot, and as soon as the bate
ries ceased firing the monitors put up their
awnings
No explanation is given for this move
'"The strongest confidence is expressed OF ia
7orable result, -
The informant says that during the short en-
gagoment Friday morning, he saw several shots
strike Fort Sumter, which caused the bricks
and mortar 20 fly profusely
One of the officers Of the transport, who LETT
Morris Island on the 18th, says that upon re-
ceiyine certain restrictions in regard to convey
ing news BY Quartermaster Dunton, he asked
him what he should tell his friends at Fortress
Monroe. The q, artermaster said, 'Tell them
a great battle will come of here Saturday, 18th,
or Sunday. 10th, and that We will be v'cto-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-08-18

y AR NEWS.

i he Potomac Flotilla that 1t IS reported a
l,roo hodr rofConfeaerat cavalry IS IL the neigh
b,rbood Of Dumfres, and that they intend TO
oIont batteries in that locality. Near the Ieo-
oomico river Northumberland county, about
t01 Confederate cavalry have been seen recent
i, and vessels report that the whole county,
from the Potomac to the Rappahannock, IS
fll Of them They are engaged in enforcing
The Conscriptlon. :"
The report that Gen. Eosecrans was moving
towards Fast Tennessee it appears was erronc-
ors Private adyioes frou the army state that
the forces have been divided into two grand
divisions, and moved forward toward Chatta-
2o2ga On Monday Ok last week, hg different
routes
4 refugee from Tennessee states that he
had many opportunities TO learn the plans Of
:he Contederates and that he is convinced
from positive information, that they intend III
yadDg Kentucky in large force, as soon as the
corn shall have become dry enough TO grind IN
% meal, and ioI' feeding purposes.
A man, who represents himself as govern
ment teanster, arrived in Covington, KY, on
Uo0!ar. and reports thar on Thursday, Aug
i. a detachment Of Scott Confederate oaval-
ry attacked and captured train Of one hun
Ircd and sixty government wagons near Lon
don. Kentucky
4 cavalry expedition from Corinth has re-
leased TWO hundred Confederate conscripts, =
Another party Of Confederate consoril IS after
fight with their guard, escaped to Corinth
and entered the Union service.
Quack doctor has been arrested IN Paris
On the charge Of killing woman by burning
her 10 death in an attemptto TO cure rheumatism
BY new process. The cure practiced by him
vas olut his patients, lying in bed Of reeds
freshly plucked from a river, in baker $ oven
Ill their couch should be reduced to powder
by The heat. 4 woman, who had suffered
much, agreed TO allow him to try the expert.
nent, and the result was her death,
Colonel Bramlette, the Governor elect Of
AentucAy, has written the following card to
The Louisville Journal:-'tL see that the Seces-
Sion patty, through its organ, the Louisville
Democrat, is charging that in my Carlisle
speeoh | approved negro regiments. " The
charge is wholly untrue. In no speech have
failed TO state that I, With the Union Demo
'facy, condemned the employment Of negro
soldiers, and was pledged 10 use all constitu-
oo0a! and peaceful means to get rid Of them.
Some barrels Of alcohol, shipped to this
port nom New York as cider, have been seiz-
u and ocnfScata6 as c0ntraband
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1863-03-13

DEMOCRATS FOR TIE WAR. The recent war
meeting in New York was managed mainly
by Democrats, and afforded gratifying evi.
dence of the revival Of patriotism among
some Of the most influential men Of that
party. JamcsT. Brady, II was said by Brooks
of the New York Express, would not be pres
ent. but Mr.. Brady was there. and in the
course of his speech administered cutting
though indirect rcbuke to this renegade New
Highlander. He said after referring to the
statements in the Express:
I'll thank God that it has been permitted
me to be present on an occasion when any
ono human being would attach Importance
to my voice 10 saying that stand up now, as
always have done, for the preservation OF
the Union and the Constitution Of the coun-
try. cloud cheers.) When began life l
heard, as afterwards heard, word called
Yankee. II certainly does not apply to me.
But the South has applied that word to oil
of us ut the North. Now am free to say
that discover in the Yankee character some
particular features that l no more admire
than do some Of the prominent traits in the
inhabitants Of the land from which Isprang.
But nevertheless accept the name Of YAM
kee as applied to me in the spirit Of our fore
fathers in the revolutionary period; and II
the South can find no moro OF disgrace 10 be
attached to it than its undying struggle for
the preservation Of this Government, whether
slavery exists or falls, I thank God for 1t.
loud applause.)"
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1863-03-13
The Blessings Of Slave Labor.

The New York Post illustrates some oil
the "blessings of slave labor" in the present
miserable condition of the Southern Cities
Take for example the city of Mobile. II
publishes statement which may DO relied
upon, to the fact that soap Of a poor quality
was selling at $l.75 per pound, corn meal
SIS per bushol, butter Sl.75 per pound cotton
spool thread $1.25 per spool, mems boots
$35 to $50 per pair, ladies' sleeves sos per
pair, flannel $40 per yard, lard 81 per
pound, second hand school geography
Sl.50, and 30 on. Now il is evident that
these articles, which arc of home production
in any decent and intelligent country, are
not to be bad in Mobile, and probablynot in
any other rebel city Of the South. Why
no,2 Because they discourage intelligent
labor, industry and enterprise, as beneath
the notice Of white men, while on the other
hand slave labor is employed only in one di.
rection, that of cotton raising. Notwith.
standing their S'sacred" and fertile soil, they
are in want of the common necsssaries oflife.
They cannot lay this to the blockade, as the
articles in question do not come to them
from abroad. No, they themselves are alone
to blane-their admirable system depresses
labor to its lowest functions, and they are too
iguorantly proud to learn that free labor is
the true source OF the prosperity and happi-
ness Of man. ~ 70.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1863-03-13

WILD CorroS IN LOWER CALIFORNIA
The St. Louis Republican has late Califor-
MIA papers by overland express. From the
Alta (>an Francisco) II quotes the follow
ing:
"The gentlemen sent by the Lower Cali
foraia Colonization and Mining Company TO
turned to this city on the Oregon, having To-
Gated on beautiful and fertile plain, twen-
ty.fvs miles wide by thirty miles long. in
che southeastern portion OF the territory in
she vicinity Of La Paz, south Of that city
The land IL said to DO fully equal TO the best
in California. and Is now covered with a
luxuriaat growth Of wild cotton, and is well
Wstarea and wooded.
"rhey speak in the highest terms Of the
country and its surroundings. Their loca.
tiou fronts on yantana bay. which is the
chipping point Of the San Antonio mining
district, in which the company have secured
n valuable silver mine. The residents OF
Lower California are exceedingly anxiou,
that Americans should settle there. and the
government Is aidisgths colonization scheme
sllin lis power"
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1863-03-13

TIn debate in the State Senate the 2nd
inst, Z. r. wiggin, Esq. who occupies a
seat in that body for the first, and we hope
for his own credit and that OF the people 10
this senatorial district, for tho last time, ID
reported to have ussd the following language
"r know OF no Democrat who ever hung on,
flag with sirteen stars. l do know some Repub-
licans who have done so, and II was done by q
Republican organ in my own county"
As this is the only Republican paper pub.
lished in the Senator's "own county," It il
n fair inference that the Union and Journal
is the Republican organ, which is the subject
Of the Senator's attack.
The language is positive, the gentleman
states what he kno,cs. For once in his life
he took brief res. from cultivating thai
sublime style of oratory for which he is SC
peculiarly fitted, and condesccnded to sneak
around his neighbors' dwellings and places
Of business, and perform the school-boy tasl
Of enumerasing tho number ofstars which
adorned the Gags they flung to the breeze
He conned his lesson well, and for the
prouptuess Of his recent recitation in the
State Senate. his admiring friends viii un'
doub.ediy present him all sorts Of copper
trinkets,
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1863-03-13


As to the number OF stars which have hap
pened to be on Gags hung from this office, We
know nothing. That matter has, wopresume,
been governed by the size Of the flag. con-
venience and taste OF the manufacturer.
- But the substance of the charge in the
language above quoted is, when taken in its
connection. that flag with sixteen stars,
designed and intended, Us an emblem OF dis
union. has been hung from this Office. We
pronounce the charge false, and utterly deny
that ever Gag with sixteen stars, or any
other number Of stars, was hung from the
Office Of this paper, as umbol Of any such
wicked purpose. .rf
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1863-03-13

From Tennessee.
.-..--...-- NEw York. March TO-.
The Heard has the following:

-. ..,--...-- NEw YORK. March 10.
The Heard has the following:
FRANKLIN, Tenn, March 0.
An officer Of Gen. Changers staff arriyet
here last night from conference with Var
Dorr's rebel force, under q Gag Of truce. Tn,
rebel officers acknowledged loss in tho late
fight of $50 killed and 400 wounded. Ou
total loss was l406. Killed and woundet
100. The balance are prisoners. The rebel
had force Of 10000 engaged, consisting o
cavalry, mounted infantry and artillery. 0ul
force was 5000. The rebels acknowledge
that they were poorly fed and mounted and
nearly whipped.
Our pickets were driven In yesterday and
the enemy is believed to DO in force three
miles distant. A battle. for which the right
wing is we'll prepared, is imminent.
CINCINNATI, March 10.
A special dispatch to the Gazette from
Franklin, Tenn, says large force Of artil.
lery, infantry and cavalry moved yesterday
against the enemy posted ut Spring Hill.
II the rebels male stand, there will be a
heavy engagement. ns IL is the determination
that Coburn's disaster ut Thompson's Station
shall be retrieved. ,-,r..f. 20 -.'.
A special dispatch to the Commercial from
Murfreesboro' says report reached there
yesterday that Van Dorn's rebel forces had
been defeated and o greater portion Of them
captured. Gen. Rosseau has ordered that all
persons whose natural supporters are in the
rebel service, and whose sympathies and con-
nectiona ara such that thew cannot Give as-
surance Of their loyalty, will hold themselves
in readiness to go south of our lines within
ten days.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1863-03-13
City Election.

Tho annual election of city officers took
place on Monday lrs.. So quiet was the a.
fair, that one would scarcely have known
that anything unusual was going on. NOW
and then. Democrat who in times past was
apt to DO jealous on such occasions raised
his voice little, but, startled at the sound
subsidized at once. The end Of the election
was, that all the drudgery Of the day fell on
the Democrats, not Republican relieving
them even or solitary clerkship. More
than this, tho Democrats have got to do oil
the work from Mayor down to hog-reeve, for
the entire year. Poor fellows, wepity them.
but they have been drafted into the service,
and no substitutes are allowed in this case,
at any price.
John Q. Adams was the Democratic, and
Oliver Perkins the Republican candidate for
Mayor. We give the returns below: