Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-01-25
A Gard.

The attention Of the undersigned has
been directed to an editorial which sp-
peared in the Evansville Journal OF the
l9thiust, entitled "a Mistaken Idea
which is calculated TO prejudice the IN
terests Of Knox County. The drlit Of
the article is 70 induce votnateeTs 70 0e-
lieve that while Knox County apparently /
Offers q bouty of six hundred dollars to /
each volunteer, IN fact only q county |
bond is given, which, in reality, Is not |
worth that sum Of money. Now, the |
fact il. Knox county has not proposed to |
Issue any bonds, but has pledged her
faith 10 issue 10 each volunteer credited
to the county an order On her Treasury
for the sum of six hundred dollars, pay
Hble January lsi, 1866, and bearing in
terest from date These orders viii be
Issued in sums not less than fifty dollars.
as desired By each volunteer We also
feel satisfied that these orders will be
readily cashed at a small discount By the
citizens Of that county, discount not
greater than that on first class paper
We would simply remark that all
orders on the Treasury Of Knox
County at the present time have
been promptly honored, and we knotc
that the people Of that county are able
and tcitting to place in her Treasury suf-
hcient funds to pay the boanty orders,
the issue of which have been recently au-
thorized. The article also casts elur
upon the credit osKnox County, and
refers 70 the fase6 sbat her public prop
leffy 6as heretofore been offered for sale
Ne do not believe that the gentleman
who pennsd the article intended 10 do
injustice Intentionally to Knox County,
but suppose be had been misadyised rs
to the real facts Of the case Now the
fact in reference to that matter is that
the subscription made by Knox County
to the OHIO & Mississippi Railroad was
for long time in litigation, and durins
the peHdaney Of the legal proceedings
the public property Of the county was
nsalieiously and unnecessarily offered
for sale BY the attorney who prosecuted
the claims against the county
Al length the matter IN contro
versy was compromised and ther
the citizens Of Knox county
promptly furnished the money agreed
upon by the compromise when due. We
would not thus notice the article alluded
| TO, il we were not convinced that efforts
: are being made By other means to de
preciaie the bounty offered BY Knoi
county in the estimation Of eolnnteer
/ from Knox county and thus to induce
4 them TO credit themselves to other coun
ties. Now we do not wish 70 draw aul
i inyidious comparison between the bouu
}, ty offered By Knox county and AIRY othe
county in our District, out we DO wis
& ii understood that Knox county is vii
ing and atle TO pay the bounty she ha
, offered.
It We especially warn all volunteer
from that county not TO be imposed upo
by interested parties and led to believ
that the bounty offered by Knox count
B ia fictitious, and thus induced to cred
r themselves TO some other locality. w
D. do hope that no citizen Of Knox count
v will listen to any such misrepresenf'
= ton, but will show their faitb- in thei
= County BY giving her the benefit Of Il
IT credit Of their enlistment
In conclusion we simply say that II
II agent Of Knox county was ever antho
ICED to recruit in Vanderburgh or az
other county IN the District We do ri
wish or intend TO defraud any county, an
J, do not wish TO Be defrauded out Of Il
d credit OF the "volunteer" citizens froi
our county.
BESRY s CAurHoRS, Crk X. C.,
D W. W. BERKY, Treasurer X e
O. ]. B. Decker,
1T William ]. Barr,
n II. d. Wise,
f. d. Helburn..