The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-12
CORRESPONDENCE.
From Spencer County.
RooKPoRT, IND, Sept. 6, 1866.

ROCKFORD IND, Sept. b. 1866.
Editors Journal:
This has been week of sore trou-
bic for Judge Niblack and the De-
mocracy generally in these parts On
Tuesday he came to Eureka, his first
!. appointment in this county. His com.
a ing had been heralded by flaming
hand-bills, and there met him, at the
appointed hour, Davy Laird and just
= one hundred and twelve other per-
II sons, men, women, and children, in
10 Guiding a dozen negroes. Of course
g The spoke his piece" Yesterday the
+. Circuit Court adjourned for his ac-
- commodation, and necessarily he had
i9d an audience. For three mortal hours
ga he foundered along, but with so little
enthusiasm that hardly ripple of ap-
~ plause disturbed the crowded court
~ room. Judge DeBruler, unfortu-
-ua nately, was sick-unable to leave his
~ room; and SO Niblack and his friends
g.. thought they would have it all their
no own way. When the crowd in thun-
der tones called for DeBruler,
90 Thomas F. responded, and Niblack
departed hastily. Tom was in one Of
.s5i his finest moods. and Niblack's record
got rough handling. As stroke after
ol stroke Of wit and sarcasm brought
. forth rounds of rapturous applause,
Sea the Democracy trembled and quaked.
s. Mr.. Niblack Jared the worst, how
ever, at Grand View, where Tom De-
Bruler encountered him, again at
nio night. n Niblack had been led to ex
n pect that his tour through old Spen-l
'di Ger would be sort of triumphal march
n 1T proved to be more like running
or., the gauntlet. BE will not soon forget
nov the Grand View exposition of the.
81 black and disloyal record he and his
~ party have been FIVE years in making.
e.. e. Bill Moreau was also here to: help
the g lost cause" The renegade
81 BLACKBOARD is a little too well known
here to sway the public mind feath-
- -, er's weight; hence we will notice him
= no further a.r. es,.f srs.o.lsa Tl4 at-
fa9 "The last, and unkindest cutof all, =
ae however, Davy" received to- day,
some six miles from here, at Scrape
Skillet, (not very classical name, you
g see,) where General Veatch, DeBruler
Tu aod others addressed crowd of peo-
81 pie on Saturday last. Some say six
nd teen, some say eighteen persons came
out to hear him speak, (your CORES
3. pondent was not present. and thus he
~ delivered himself Of his great mental
>, burdens ts5. 81 4aH 4eff7 81.
uoa used to come down here and
make Democratic speeches, and war
speeches for recruiting soldiers, and
e. always crowd came out to hear me.
/ only wish the people would do SO
now ~ SIS 6ag1 e
An old man among the listeners
said: :. Judge, you ought to haze been
H here astSaturday; the people aoere out
them The Judge Immediately left
the premises in disgust. 9sssA4
~ This letter is already too long, but I
ia must say that Judge DeBruler will add
ns materially to the strength of the ticket
in this County, and doubtless, if health
permits, viii make vigorous and sue
Els cessful canvass. ao 81
'ier We are good for four hundred ma
jority in October Already the gloom
II of defeat is settling down over the
81 Democratic ranks, and Salt River fogs
q thicken upon their course of treason.
nY ad5 .o Dig Yours, for success, fo19 l'.i
FAIRPLAY.