Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-08-12
Letters from the Loeals..Ee. 0.
IKDEAMAPoLHs, August 7.

WINE Welting Tor tnS treans nnolpg
Indianapolis rather tedious, / have con-
cluded to jot down few observations on
what 1 have seen and heard here.
might write n column aud half on
various expedients that are resorted to
swindle the returned soldiers out Of
their hard earned wages. Mock suc-
tons, Peter Funk Institutions, cheap
clothing establishments, panoramic
views of the war, to say nothing of that
more honest and equally honora-
BILE method of knocking them down
with a sling shot and extracting
their scads " from their pockets; but
@ XII. W. has given fair account of
these things. ao sod Las
Two regiments of returned soldiers,
| the 154th and 155th, we believe, had q
dinner at the Soldiers Home, and
| marched through the streets to-day.
They made fine and soldierly display.
They left for their homes this afternoon
| Speaking Of soldiers reminds us that
Colonel Dan. MacAuley has been com
missioned as Colonel in the Hancock
Corps, and has been assigned to duty ct
this place.
Col. Dan. has bean q faithful aud gal
LIANT officer, and we are glad 70 see him
\ given so pleasant d posison.
Of course We called at the Journal
Office to see how matters we're moving,
and found Col Holloway and Geo. Hard
ing blooming like fresh blown roses, ="
and learned that the Journal was pros
pering in everything but its efforts to
establish the Soldiers Home at Indian
apolis, at the expense of the whole State.
They are indulging in the very singular
hallucination that the Evansville Jour
nal, New Albany Ledger, and Madison
Courier have become opposed to the en-
tire State being taxed for the sole and
exclusive benefit of Indianapolis.
At the Journal Office we made the &C
quaintance of Mr.. Duckwa all, the very
clever and afabIe editor of the Muncie
Times, loyal aad live weekly paper.
Here, also, We met our excellent old
Quaker friend, Barnsbas Hobbs, Of
Psrke county, model man and model
patriot, if he does wear broad-hrimned
hat aud plain clothes. 1
We visited the State Library and find
everything in apple.pis order.
i One room 10 exclusively devoted to
the preservation and display Of battle
Gags and colors Of the Indians regi-
ments, rebel flags csPtured By our rsgi-
ments, rebel trophies, 30, &c., and We
could interest oursslf for days in sx-
aiming them, and fill whole pagesoi
the Journal with descriptions end de-
tails of what the room contains. But
| your readers need not be slarmed; we
do not propose TO do so.
In one room 10 preserved the cata-
fAlque on which reposed the remains Of
the immortal Lincoln, while lying in
state at Indianapolis on that gloomy and
melancholy Sabbath; also, the flowers,
chaplets, &C., that ornameated the
sacred Pyre. We also met our pleasant
friends Adjutant General Terrell and
Colonel Bill Schlater, and we're refreshed.
Learning incidentally that q steam
FIRE engine, built expressly for Evans
vile, by Measrs. Lane d Bodley of Gin
cinnati, was to give sn exhibition of its
capacities, we repaired to the canal on
West street and witnessed the exhibit
ton. --g Il 81
The engine'is one of the handsomest
we ever saw. 1t 10 a. Latta engine, much
like the one already in use in our city,
with che addition that 1t is q locomotive,
having on either side q steam cylinder
eight inches in diameter, with q four
inch pump, the same alignment, the
same piston rod serving both pump and
steam cylinder ao4a 4s5to
The wheels are very strong and
broad, with double act of iron spokss
The machine requires two horses to
draw it, and che wheels revolve upon the
axle until steam is raised, when the en-
gineer, by simple process, clutches
them tight to it, and, letting ON steam,
the horses are relieved entirely from the
draught, and have only the tongue to
guide. 1t assists the horses up hill and
acts as brake on descending grade,
and there can be no excuse for not be-
ing early at 6res; indeed. it viii run it.
self, with men to hold and guide the
tongue, as was illustrated during the
day. s@@
On the trial, it threw stream of wa
ter through an inch and a quarter noz-
zle to the distance OF $50 feet, and With
a force sufficient TO capsize boy of IF
teen or sixteen, as we Jaw exenpIifed
on that occasion. -.sanE saas =
Mr.. Bodley, one of the builders, and
Mr.. Chambers, one of the assistant chief
engineers of the Cincinnati fire depart
ment accompany ,he engine, and viii
take it to Terre Haute and St. Louis
and thence to Evansville.
We believe this engine is much supe-
rior to the one We have in use now, and
we hope the City Council win waive the
objection that the engine waa not com
pleted ut the time contracted for, and
will receive it, If on trial it proves IS
good as represented, and we believe it
will 9sl Eocsf e13 saf
We regret to learn that Mr.. Bell pro,
prietor of the Bates House, died very