The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-21

Yor of the Confederacy. But here again, q
bitter disappointment was in store; the
mighty secret could not be kept. The arm
ing of the reasonable bands had been go-
ing on for two years, but the unexpected
discovery nd seizure of aslarge quantity OF
arms and ammunition in this city, brought
on an explosion, and the prompt arrests by
General HOvey, of a number OF the ring
leaders, struck, terror into their ranks, and
Suddenly brought to an end the great con-
spiracy. When the arrested parties We're
put upon trial. quite q number of them
turned States evidence, and laid bare a
desperate plot, which, for magnitude and
deliberate and atrOcious wiekedness, is al
most without parallel in the annals OF
crime. In the election which followed in
October, the Union party carried the State
by a large majority, and was equally tri-
umphant in all the Northern States. In
January following, the Legislature assem-
bled, and the attention of the members
was Immediately invited to the examina-
tionsof the various accounts presented by
the GOVern0r-the monies borrowed, the
expenditures of the same for the asylums,
penitentiarieS, military purposes, relief OF
sick and wounded soldiers, payment OF in
terest on the public debt, &c--all OF which
was referred to a. joint committee of both
houses for examination, who, after in
yestigation. approved the account IN every
part, not taking execution to q single item,
and especially Commended the manner in
which it had beenskept, and recommended
it for adoption by the State officers. The
report was adopted by the Legislature, and
appropriations made Immediately to pay
of the money borrowed by the Governor,
and thus ended the g Financial BuGeau.'@
1t was a grave responsibility, assumed
under extreme necessity, and could not be
Another Institution which was of great
importance to thesState and the Govern
ment during the war, and which gave
great GRIEF to. the disloyal, was the State
Arsenal. It was begun at the very. begin
ming of the war, to furnish Indiana troops
with ammunition, w hich they tc0tld then
procure nowhere else, andwas afterwards
continued as g necessity to the State, and
by the request of the Government, and
furnished ammunition at prices fixed by
the War Department, and said TO be lower
than those paid elsewhere. 1t was only
desired by. the State. that the prices
penses, and they were adjusted upon
that basis but so wen and economically
was the institution managed that upon
tin 2. sett ~ II was discovered that
had accrued, which was paid into the State
Treasury. Is This was the first time the
state had engaged in an enterprise in
which she did not lose money; and the
Arsenal proved of more advantage to her
in pecunisry point. of view than the vast
donation of swamp lands, out of which she
had been swindled in. every part. t-iJ
gailiou 0gR9 ooNCIusIoN.o Eg9uHaGG
o. i have not attempted to anticipate the
action of Congress or the President, or to
discuss things that are settled. or any is
sues that do not seem necessarily involved
in the approaching elections; and in con-
clusion, / exhorJ the Union men of Indi-
ana not to suffer themselves to be enticed
from the consideration of the great qries-
tons by side issues, which Democratic
forward. The interests at stake are too
vast and vital to be- endangered by divi-
sion IN our own ranks upon immaterial
which, although they may be important
In themselves, can gain nothing by being
pressed at a time like this. + ~ -,ar.tltot