Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-04
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correspondence.
The T. d @ RaiIroGd-T The Old Post-
An hour In a quiet LITTLE City TasA-
iSlqton-- The Straight Line RafIread
Negro Equality = DesaocfdcH-A
Visdfto tAe Fdlks, &C, Ge To
WAsHIsGros, ISD., Sept %, SIS.
Friend Thaysr:
Leaving The cresesat City. your bum
bic end obedienf servant had q very
pleasant trip on that far-fsned z. 4 C.
Railroad as far as the quiet little city of
Vinesnnes, where he switched of for m
hours rambIe at the Old Post
Now, the city Of Vincsnnes does pat
on some city airs, Ead really IL has q
right 90 do 50, for, 80 far as pleasant
ness OF location 10 concerned, al do
knoW that IL has bat few equals ia the
State The fact that Knox county Is 30
hopelessiy welded 70 old iogy DsmoeFa-
CT, is q sufficient excuse for any lack of
energy or enterprise that might otherwise
be expected; still II IL 60 DO hoped that
the Light Of puFer politics may Esdeem
the city. There are indeed many more
Of the fsithf4l than Nere required for
the salvation Of IN ancient city, 80 We
must hope that yet some good may come
out Of Nazareth.
At the depot at the Old Post, met q
'bnss driver who vas quite anxious 40
convey me 20 hotel, which be eaaurad
me was az !east tsA squaras diatanR, for
which be said be would only ash quar-
ter in " fractional" but you see knsw
the fellow lied, 90 I kers sIy quarter and
walked. / suspect Il the fellow had
known who / was. be eould have hauled
ma fof NOTHING, Dot my extreme modssty
always did work against me-
- Hi wAsHIsGToK. M III
After spending an hour @ith some
friends in this quiet little city, I bad the
good foFtnne 20 meet nm old friend, Who
was conductor on gravel train, and be
very kindly offered me free pass 20 nay
destfsatioDS and 10 save the almighty
fractional" accepted bis kind olfsr,
and at six o'clock | stepped on ssvrs
Jlrean ~ dis point. tho contemplaaed
terminus Of the new Straight Line Bali
road---thai ii, RheF old r0ad-bed crosses
The o. & NJ. r. r. only about two and q
half miles east OF here, 30 yea see that
"a soon as this great enterprise is com
pleled, Washington viii at once sxiand
her borders "a As 10 take in Chslsea--
the point 81 jIncture, OF crossing-and
our people will tank little Of that
work either; for II will only make the
town about three and half miles long.
To complete this lii might be considered
q stretch OF tbs sewn, bnt BY 20 means
8 stretch d the imagination OF our peo-
pie,
Here, the county Jail contains SC in-
mate charged with the murder Of . re-
turned aoldAr What his fate will be
in these dAys Of "pardoning power" IA
10 hard 10 tell; but, enc thing X do know,
IA looks very hard for a soldier 10 have
served bis country four years, 10 return
home and be murdered BY a CeppeFheAA
Let % bope that the aveuging AFza Of
jnAlien--or, IL justice has Iost he assng-
ing erm--that some other arm will be
found 70 deal with snch men 80 they
really deceive. 34 &&
By way OF religious intelligence, we
have here Catholic protFacsed meeting,
conducted, am told by @ missionary
minister, or priest. bat "a yet 4 have
heard Of no heathsns being converted 10
the faith; however, IL faithful "hgsg.
onitiyeness" viii work reformation, /
guess that small hoss win BE- won ever
TO the faith. i metely refer to this with
the hope that All our protestant churches
with redoubls their energies, ms iE seems
this sect OF people are inat nov every
where doing | do not know that tails
sect, with Fenianism, will ever plunge
this Government into trouble, but 10 may
be we'll 10 watch as well ~ pray. Ca
tholicism has ever been Economically
sympathetic, aud for four years that We
know Of, democracy has been sympa-
theticslly rebellioua
NEGRO EQUALITY.
waa attacked By one Of the nnterri-
fed the other day on this old thread
bare subject The fellow talkeda great
deal with bis mouth, bat be was one Of
thoa who did not talk much with his
musket during the wsr. listened 10
bis barangae, cogitating in my mind
how ! would manage to follow the cd
vies of afcertAin renowned and old
counselor who said, Answer fool &C
A0AAA1k w AAM@ 4Q&AT ~94h I0Mh m4 A W@&
on the point Of o reply--which oppogtR-
nifty J was about to seize when the fellow
was out of breath-an incident present
ed itself 4 huge daskey Of the nals
persuasion came rushing out Of drink-
lry swearing most immoderaiely, and
making himself quite obnoxious gene
rslly To this spectacle was pointed
by my negro hatiag friend wish look
ef satisfied arinmpA. and cOnfenm that
for q momestit did look like equality
with soNe white msn, fog iuss preceding
the dArkey, noticed man that had
once been leadiag Democrat, acting
iast like the niger Fer little vhils
I was dumb, but the white Democrat
came to my relief mcat molly. He de-
liberately walked mp TO the |, negro ard
shook hands with him, then locked arms
with him, then be pat his ERIN around
the darkey neck, aud both re-entared
the drinkery together. told my snsag-
onist that bad TO confess that disfe vas
l. II 4 u