Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-09-17
Letter from . q eesaslsnal.''I


| Editors KssHstllis Journal bra aTHaE
expeet sooa 10 De once risrs among
yuu, and By way % reminder !" drop you
lsEkse few lines fsrsis4
/ The capital prsasusaiEs ss6kl k6ssII5a
sppearancs.a sIsdisnapolis has beeosne
quits a city. The population is ssti
mated at $4,000. and rapidly on The iu-
crease. .Propsnixr aad-resss are very
high The cos. ofSdiIdisg ID sAofnscua,
aud yet the number Of houses going up
Is large. siany Of the Improvements are
vssy fine. Elegant aad expansive dwsR-
s-iaks-and hne blocks og hasips,s houses
are under construction. Street railways
are beiSg laid aosrfon washi ak.ea ana
other streets; in 9 word, progress 10 the
order Of the day. When-thu " Sons OF
Liberty establish the North western
Confederacy, there iS1d reason why To-
dianApolis may not present strong claims
20 become he seatsof goveFnwennf On
some accounts Sallivah might have sn-
perior claims, but the greater sadvAn-
tages here in the way "a Whisky would
i perhaps overbalance them. The most
free whisky will be apt 70 carry tkeaiay,
according to all Democratic precedent.
/ Political matters, though active, are
set-sery dappnStEA,iFa sas ret The
! Hvminatioul ofs McHapoleon was . wet
blanket for the peace patriots Of the
Order, and the terms of his acceptance
have moi. tsuded 10 DIR it=ont. But what
i;n1ost discourages them is the recent
I progress Of our arms, and the evident
fact that their Southern sbsethrsn are 'ini
. fair way Of being speedily scuelched
4 BY this tyrdnaieal Administration. For
the 6rst time, they begin to admit nos
Il only that we can suhiugate" the rsba
sls, but also that they are nssrlY Eshia1
4 gated already. Another good, victory ,ps
j two, and they willysll be for the vigorous
4 prosecasion Of tie war, and be trying to
prove that they we're always in favor Of
IL We must net suppose, however, that
they are idle. The .isoohssve power Of
: public plunder does not admit of ,his.
!. With them success is everything, priuci,
pies nothing. They are at work Ike
badgers, and pretend to believe thar
they are winning large Eumbsrsso Ghsie
ranks, aud witt carry ell before them
vhsn the slscsions senne- Perhaps not
On The other hand q. 6 raiOni.,. have
: both eJes open. They too are At work
s and confident Of success, even without
The soldiers vote Itiswsii understood,
however, that the Lincoln hireiings
will be ort haild atthe tight dine. Skef-
man. has halted at Atlanta to give bis
sOldiers rest There will be no better
i. way 10. rest tbsgh Atbaasto lee them come
; home FOR . fsw weeks to fsioiraItheis
i Democratic friends who lows. thea 90
d much. As the old song says -
: They are coming. they are coming. forty thea
= ssud strong"
Union meetings are held here ever
Saturday evening in the Governor
Circle, or park, and are attended BY in.
s Haeuse audiences Gov. Wright spoks
the other night to over seven, thousand
people This evening Mr.. Usher, Secre
tary Of the Interior is addressing very
large audience. Mai Gen. Hoxey.- nos
in military com mAnd of the State, is re
garded as the right man in the righr
q place It is we'll understood that re
!. sisters of the laws. win be sannarilJ
dealt WITH Those disposed to resis
=. The draft can try him and see who CONES
ont ahead Il vas said that the author
tiles dared not arrest Dodd-she Gfans
Commander Of the Kpightsi bat wheI
. Gen. Hovey arrested him rhatwss don,
about it Nothing. Not even . below
shout the tyranny OF the Lincoln Gov
ernment, nor this new and terrible frSc
ture of the Copstitution. And the
when since then Gen. Hovey arrests
another free kuerican citizen,+ sur
posed to be the Aoeorioos cut thFeat saS
=, assassin QuantF1,- gvhats happenee
4 Nothing. If, however. he, proves 70 3
: that sehivalronsz Sontksrn gentfsnah,
n. as there is egsEy reason to beliese / b
Aa Will, something happen There vi
Id De not only fracture Of the 6UnstitI
"a ton. bat an srhitrarv arrest of his III
at the same sines : he VII not be ser
ss- 70 the Dry Tovtugssy aef soths Souther
re- Confsderacy to Come BACK as Gran
az Commander OF the Knights Net zsaol
, ] Business matters are active. Spec,