Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-19
MAP OF SWAMPTOWN.

One of the most amusing sensational efforts
of the people of Swamptowu, is given daily by
the Cairo TIMES. 1t publishes map at the
head Of its columns, cut out on pine oiock,
with jack knife, creditable alike to the artist
and city. The standing Introduction reads as
follows: 1.-THE Commercial Position of Cairo!
Great Natural Gateway betwee the North and
East and Southwest !-Cairo's River and Rail-
road Communications ~ with column of ex.
planation, in which we fail to ind single allu'
sion to the size Of the frogs. the agilily OF the
toads, the bite and music of the masquetoes,
or the moveable facilities of the shanty pala-
ces of the Cairorers. Nor is tho well-known
fact stated, that business firm composed OF less
than five cannot exist for longer period than
a year As one must attend promptly to the
ebilis and fever, another to intermittents, o
.hird to the dumb ague, . fourth to getting
killed the fifth is expected, with broken con-
stitution and the ''acclimated' hue uf sick
mula,to, to fulfil the duties Of executor, and
wind up the business.
On this magnificent map of Cairo we find
,ha villages of Chicago, st. Louis, Cincinnati.
Nashville, Memphis, New Orleans and Nobel
located at convenient distances, in small letters,
while the great cities Of CAIRO and Cos""seus
OCCUPY due prominence. The damaging omis.
sion of the names ofsuch cerrespondingiy great
cities as Shawneetown. Mound City, and
other landings, must call forth the jealous in.
dignation of Oairo's sister Competitors. VI
course, Evansville, with 30, 600 or AZ, 900 IN
babitants, Is not located on that map. Thanks
TO YOU, gentlemen The nero idea Of assooa'
ton makes us chilly
We clip the above from the Evansville Daats
Cowter. The Evansville papers, Journal al
yell as Gg;.fiel seize upon every opportunity
presen.ed ti,em Of throwing dirt at our city
and citizens The mansgers thereof, fee
that our merchants, from the liberal treatment
extended to the people of Tennessee, whom
the merchants of Evansville had first dealt will
4uq oulrageously overcharged and swindled
are now, and for the past three months have
been, favored with the patronage of that peo
pie, in preference to the sharpers of thei
Iurgn. When the embargo on trade with the
insurgent States was officially removed
Evansville, through her business men. fitted
out steamers and sent them laden with goods
10 all available points OIL, the Tennessee river.
They adopted as their motto
when you catch black cot, shave him to the tails
and all the cats ofwhatever color they caught
they shaved them.
They sold goods which the necessities of tbt
people imperatively demanded, at figures
ranging from one hundred to three hundred
per cent. more than the home market price
and received therefor specie in payment, ant
it Was not until tha Cairo ohaM4er Of Com
merge sent uR the Tennessee the steamer ,lona
Pp,ceH, that the scales fell from of the eyes of til
Teanesseeans, and from that tine to this Cair
has sunk in the estimation Of Evansvians
exactly the same proportion that she has RAISE
IN tho estinatinn Of Tennesseeans. We pre-
Lume the courier will dispute these hets ash;
tlts .Joasr5aa9 but we Lave the relevant tosl
mony Of the dupedto substan'iate our declar
ton.
Nor is the well known fact stated that
business firm composed of less than five cann
exist longer tnan q yeeaf'
We challenge comparison not only vii
Evansville, but any other city in the Union,