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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-15

aQ0 oJQer leduorS III ILLS Dldto, bAio"
all the weight Of their influence against
Col. JACOBS and his friends in the
last Congressional race? Does the Col
onel not know that, in parading proof
of the rebellious p%roclivities of the
faction championed by the Louisville
Courier, he is only presenting SO
many additional reasons to the lead
ers of the Northern Democracy to APP
prove and assist it?
This is all right and proper. It is
fitting that Coils. JACOBS, HARLAN,
and others should be paid for their
services in this State in the campaign
of 1860, in behalf of the Democratic
party, in such coin as those who sym
pathise with the enemies of their
country may be expected to circulate.
Those gentlemen labored hard in In
dianain behalf of VOORHEES,, HANNA,
NIBLACK and others. How proper
that the latter gentlemen should re-
ciprocate, by doing all they can to de-
feat them in the present anvass in
Kentucky.
We apprehend Col. JACOBS will find
very few Democratic papers in the
Northern States so much as printing
his address. 1t is for this reason we
give it the benefit Of our circulation.
There are a few Democrats who are
still unpersuaded of the reasonable
intentions of their leaders, To
those We especially commend Colonel
JACOBS article. He points out the
designs of the leaders of the Ken
lucky Democracy clearly and boldly.
He asserts, unqualifedly, that they
mediate another rebellion or rev.
olution, and purposely renomina-
ted and elected men who would not
be allowed to take seats in Congress,
that a.pretext might be had for ar
raging Kentucky against the Govern
ment. We presume Col. JACOBS
knows whereof he speaks. If Ken
tuckians think they will enjoy a feast
of that description, the sooner they
set the table and spread the viands, the
better. The people of the North and
the truly loyal of the South are ready
for the sounding of the gong. But in
this W. think the Colonel is mistaken.
What he regards as Threatening revo-
luton is only a little harmless brav-
ado and buster. which can result in
nothing more dangerous than the or
ganization of another Military Dis
trict, and the appointments of a new
commander.
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Notice to Contractors.

- nAk<1B MI -
- received at the office of the President
OF the Evansville & C~rawfordsville Rail-
road Company, until twelve O'Clock, noon,
on the 10Th day Of July, 1857, for making
the excavations and entertainments on the
new line of the f.. e. g. X. r., extending
about th~ree-quarters of a mile between its
departure from the old line at the north
end of the Evansville depot grounds and
its intersection with the old line, near the
cemetery road.
The work is to be done under the direc-
ton, and subject to the approval, of the
engineer, and to be finished By the 10th
day of September, 1867. Payments will be
made monthly on the estimates of the en-
gineer.
Proposals must be addressed to John In
gle, Jr., Pres't +. d g. II. r., and endorsed
"Proposals for Railroad Contract"
The Company reserve the right to reject
any bids not deemed satisfactory.
The profile and estimates can be seen at
the Office of the engineer. l
JOHN INGLE JR.,
President r. & {. Railroad.
CHAs. C. GENUNG, Engineer.
jy6 q till jyl4
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THE delegates of the recent Re-
publican Convention in Texas re-
port that in many interior counties
the lives of Union men are in con-
slant jeopardy, and no political~meet-
ing can be held. The civil authori-
ties are in league with murderers, and
justice is a farce. Some members
travelled by night, and then secretly,
to escape being waylaid. Until Con-
gross empowers the Military Com
mander to remove disloyal officials,
free speech cannot be secured.
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EDITORIAL NOTES EN- ROUTE.
Evansville AbrOad-The BelIefOn-
taine Railroad and its Evansville
BusineSs-The War of the Express
Companies.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July g.


The good effects of the vote of
Evansville in the subscription to the
Nashville Railroad are already ap-
parent. 1t is accepted abroad as an
Indication that u people not only
have faith in the future of the city,
but are willing to do whatever is
necessary to secure its prosperity. l
have in my present trip, not only at
Terre Haute and indianapolis, but
over the road yesterday to this place,
heard u subscription frequently
alluded to, and it appears to be a
foregone conclusion with all who
speak of it, that the Nashville Road
is a fixed fact-that it will be built.
And all agree that it will be of i'm
mense benefit to Evansville. Our
Indianapolis friends, especially, are
beginning to realize the truth that our
city is her earnest rival, and that there
is a strong probability that Evansville
may, in a very few years, compel her
to yield the supremacy. These ac-
acknowledgements of our city's pros
perity are highly gratifying to enthu-
siastic believers in her manifest
destiny"
Yesterday I came over the Belle
f~ontaine Railway to this place from
Indianapolis at the rate of about
thirty miles per hour, making the run
in ten and a half hours. The Road
is in first rate order, a large portion
of it having been recently relaid with
new heavy iron, and runs perfectly
smooth, hardly a jar noticeable. It
is a luxury to travel in this way. The
Bellefontaine route, owing to itsIdi-
rect connections with the East. has
received the appellation of the Bee
Line" 1t is the most desirable route
to the East from Indianapolis, either
via Cleveland and Buffalo, or by
Pittsburg and Allentown. The Belle
fontaine, it will be remembered, was
to have been a part of the great Ev-
%ansville, Indianapolis, and Cleveland
Straight Line Road, of which We
heard so much ten years ago. and of
which we have had a spasmodic agi-
tation recently. 1t is already doing a
heavy business with Evansville
through the Cotton Express and the
White Line, represented by our enter
prising citizens, Messrs. DUNKERsoN
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NEWS ITEMS.

Gold closed in New York Saturday al
l@H@l3eA.
Senator Sherman, of Ohio, has ar rived
in New York from Liverpool.
Among the Mexican hllibusters are
several dies erters from the United States
service.
1t is stated that about a hundred fill
busters have left.New Orleans for Me xico
Important Mexican intelligence will b.
found in in our telegaphic dispatches this
morning. t1&3N4 AkA
The American House and adjoining
building, at Boston, were destroyed by fire
on the 18th inst. Loss s25 600.
The Tneatr Comique, at st. Louis, was
destroyed by fire, on the 18th inst. The
origin of the fire is not known. Loss not
ascertained. H.g& kAf3ttAsA
Shernemeier's furniture factory at Gin
c~innati, was destroyed by fire on the night
of the 18th. Loss Sl7 Goo.
The Express war has taken another
phase. The American Express Company
has been ordered to show cause why a Re-
ceiver should not be appointed and its af-
fairs wound up.
1t is stated that a fight took place near
Fort Wallace, on the Goth ult., in which
six cavairymen were killed, and the SOL
diers driven back to the Fort.
II is stated that the cholera broke out at
Fort Harker on the 2Sth of June, since
which time a dozen soldiers and several
citizens have died.
Extensive deposits of coal have been
discovered ON The line of the Union Pacific
Roilroad on the Kansas branch. These
discoveries will settle the question: of fuel
for the Kansas and Pacific Railroad.
1t is stated that Postmaster General Ran
dali intends applying to Congress for
authority to extend our postal arrange
ments into japanese ports as far as they
are opened.
An interesting correspondence between
Generals Grant and Sheridan will be found
in the telegraphic dispatches this morn
Ing. It will be seen that General Grant
denies the statement published in the pa
pers that he favored a reprimand of Gen
eraI Sheridan for the removal of Govern
or Wells and other civil officers.
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KENTUCKY ITEMS.

John A. Bell has purchased the George
town Times. j. B. Rucker ~retires.
The Louisville Democrat says that Hon
James Guthrie is the Astor of that com
munity. His axable estate is valued at
ssl0,S96.
DR.. Edward Williams, of Cave City, KY.
feeling i'll last Thursday. too q dose of
what at the time he thought quinine. but
which was some poisonous nostrum,
which endangered his life.
The meeting proposed to protest against
the appropriation OF s2o0,0 600 by the Fayette
County Court, to improve the siackwater
navigation of the Kentucky River, fell
through.
The Baptist Church at Lexington, de-
stroyed by fire last winter, was opened for
divine. service last Sunday, under the pas
torate of the eloquent and energetic
preacher. Mr.. w. H. Felix. S-
Two m~oulders, who did not recognize the
Moulder's Union. were attacked and badly
beaten in Covington, on Thursday eve
ming last. The offending parties were ar
rested.
A new church has been completed in
Covington, called the Union Methodist
Church. Bishop Simpson and DIR. Eddy
officiated in it last Sabbath.
On Sunday, Goth ult., Mrs. Foster, of
Glasgow, while out riding, her horse be-
coming unmanagable, was thrown, and
her hoop-skirt getting e~ntangled on the
horns ofiher saddle, she was dragged some
with her head on the ground,
dangerously fracturing herskuli in several
places.
The Georgetown Times reports that on
Wednesday evening last, a son of Mr.. Will
hanson, employed in the wooden factory
of Ashurst, Bro.'s& Crenshaw, got an arm
entangIed in some of the machinery and
had 1t torn in a frightful amer. The
little fellow is doing as wen as could be ex-
pected. &cBE G I1EI@f&
d. K. Craig, formerly of Pittsburg, at
to end his existence last Thurs
day night at the U. S.,Hosel, at Louisville,
by taking an ounce of laudanum. The
discovery of a note, in which he gave or
ders concerning his body after death, led
the saving of his life. He gave no
reason for the rash act, as he called ii.
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The House of Representatives has
appointed an Assassination Commit
tee with Gen. BUTLER as its chair
man. The committee is expected to
thoroughly investigate the circum-
stances connected with the killing of
President LINCOLN, aad report them
to the House. 1t is proper, although
the matter has been postponed for SO
long a time, that a calm, fair and
thorough examination should now be
made. The SURRATT trial now goes
on, as well as those which have pre-
ceded it, and the Investigations of the
Judiciary Committee, have brought
oat many facts Of great value to the
further prosecution of the subject.
We are glad that the House of Repre-
sentatives has authorized the investi-
gatien, and that a man of Gen. But
LER's .acuteness and industry has
been put at the head of the commit
tee. We have only to add that the peo-
Pile will expect that the new committee
will rigidly con6ne itself to its pro-
fessed object. If it goes off on ir-
relevant inquiries, such as whether
Mrs. SURRATT was rightly hung, or
anything of that kind, then the COM
mission will prove a sham and the
serious wishes Of the people will have
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:. A COOP MEAL.-Travelers to In
dianapolis or the East will find the
Union Depot Eating Saloon one of
the best in the country, East or West.
Under the'superintendence of Mr.. 1.
W. Heurie, it is all that the most fas-
tidious could desire. We really do
the travelling public a favor to call
their attention to it.
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INDIANA ITEMS.

Mr.. Walker, of Decatur County, caught
a badger in his house a few nights g He
let it go.
A wild buffalo from the plains was para
ded through h streets of New Albany
last Friday. Natives excited.
Jim B~radburn, a worthless fellow, was
shot and dangerously wounded at Scipio,
Jennings County, while stoning a house.
During the past six months the Relief
Committee of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, at New Albany, expended s165 20
for the aid of comrades in distress, or
families of deceased soldiers.
The people in the vicinity of Indianapo-
lis are still troubled with highway robbers
Last Friday night Mr.. Nathan Stafford
was robbed of a small amount of money
and some goods he had purchased, while
ON h S return home on the National Road.
A young man named Stonecipher fell
from a wagon in New Albany, last Friday,
and the wheels passing directly over his
body, he was so seriously Injured that his
life was despaired of.
The Foster-Lozier debate has ended. The
friends Of both parties claim that their
champion came out best. .gt
Advices from the Hot Springs, Arkansas
say that Gov. Morton's health continues
to improve. Except his lameness, he IS
now as well as ever.
Gen. Tom Browne, of Winchester, has
been appointed attorney for the Morgan
Raid Commissioners, who are now in ses-
sion at Corydon.
The Commissioners of Wells County
have ordered that sle0, 900 in county boa dis
be paid to the railroad company that first
builds a railroad through their county /;
and have made a tax levy to raise the
amour The offer is liberal and wise.
The Indianapolis Jourpal records a sua-
den death which occurred on Frida in
that city, ct the residence of Mr.. Ran
dali, West Washington Street. Mr..
Randall is a railroad engineer and was
away from home. His wife was left alone
awhile, by other inmates of the house,
and on their return was found lying on the
floor dead-the victim, it is supposed, of
heart disease.
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THE course taken by the two
Houses of Congress on the Recon
struction Bills seems to promise as
good results as any other that is con-
ssistent with the requisite promptitude.
Each frames and discusses its own
bill, which will be adopted, probably,
to-day or tomorrow. Then the two
bills will be carried into a conference
committee, which ought to be COM
posed of the best men in both branch
es, and a common measure, will be
agreed upon, to receive the renewed
consideration of each House. In this
point of view, the more unlike the
two original bills are, the more com
prehensive and searching will be the
consultations of the conference com
mittee, and the more carefully framed
the final measure. Thus far the ac-
ton of Congress shows a true appre-
citation of the magnitude of the ques-
ton, and we cannot doubt that it will
so terminate as to solve all the re-
manning problems of reconstruction.
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SURRATT's DEFENSE. would

SURRATT's DEFENSE. = 1t would
seem as if the counsel ofSURRATT have
a hard task before them to break
down the evidence of the Govern
ment proving his presence in Wash
ington on the day preceding the as
sassination of President LINCOLN.
This they profess to be able to do.
The testimony thus far fails to do it..
The Government has shown by eleven
witnesses that he was there on that
day-ive or six of whom are persons
whose ~veracity none will dare under
take to impeach. One of these wit
nesses shaved him; another met him
and talked with him; others ex-
changed salutations with him, and
another swears hat SURRATT told him
he escaped from the city the day after
the assassination. The defense in
tend to introduce witnesses who will
swear that he was in Elmira, New
York, on that day, and it will be for
the jury to decide as to the truth of
the different testimony.
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A HARD HIT.-The Boston Jour
nal says that a few days ago, at a din
ner at the Merchant Tailors' School
in London, Mr.. DIsRAELI made a
speech. to the effect that American
politics were no guide to those of
England. America" he said, was
a colony. and had no great national
traditions to keep her straight, as we
have; and then, of course, she had
boundless lands. &C., g." Mr..
ADAMS, the American Minister. was
sitting opposite him. Mr.. DIsRAELI
declares in privste that he never saw
him. Be this as it may, MI. ADAMS
got up and with much dignity but
evident annoyance said. that IF
America was a colony, then she had
the traditions of the mother country.
But if she was not a colony, but a
great nation. she had the traditions of
her founders, and her founders we're
Englishmen who left England be-
cause they were dissatisfied with
English institutions Mr.. DIsRAELI
thus suddenly got a rap he did not
expect. fF8NI@ T4f3 4W8J1tk
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q TO-, and evansville agencies,
but-When the Nashville Road is I'm
ished the Bellefontainer will reap a
rich harvest of transportation to and
from the South via our fourishing
city.
The principal topic of conversa-
ton among transportation and rail-
road men, now, is the war of the Ex-
press Companies, which, as our read
ers have observed, has commenced
again with renewed vigor. The old
compaaies assert with great positive
ness that the Merchants Union is on
its last legs, really in a state of bank
ruptcy, and publish evidence in the
attempt to prove the charge. The
Merchants Union, on the contrary,
assert that the Company is in a -four
ishing condition, that it is already
doing more business than most of the
old companies, and hal its business
is rapidly growing upon it. 1t says
the recent call made upon the stock
holders was for the purpose of ex.
tending its operations. making it more
efficient and better able to cope with
its proscriptive competitors. This
last call only makes, I believe, TWEEN
ty-fve per cent. In all, paid up.
The Merchants Union alleges, and
with much show of truth, that the
old companies have combined to put
it down aud, to this end they are
charged with all kinds OF false repre-
sensations, in addition to the leglti-
mate warfare of competition and re-
duction Of rates. 1t is quite difficult
for an outsider to get at the real facts
and sift out the substantial truth. But
as far as l have observed, and from the
expression of opinion I have heard
on the present trip, the stockholders
of the Merchants Union are with a
considerable degree of unanimity ad-
herring to it, which is a favorable sign
for it; and the Company is receiving
a good degree of sympathy and parti-
a support from merchants and other
shippers. So there are no apparent
outward signs of early bankruptcy.
Whatever may be the merits of the
opposing interests, as between each
other, the public are being benefited
by the controversy in cheaper rates,
increased facilities, and more accom-
mediation and attention to their
wants; and they are interested in
having the competition a permanent
one. The breaking down of a mo-
nopoly or a public combination is al
most always, if not altogether, a bless
ing to the people. And in this in
stance it will be profitable to the car
rying trade of the country, if all the
Express Companies can live and
flourish.
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They tell of one of the unterrifed
at Bridgeport, Conn, who was espe-
cially eager to see the Presidential
party, exclaiming, as he rushed up t 0
the car, Il don't care shucks about
johnson; it's Parson Nasty that L
want to see."
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A GENTLEMAN asked Mr.. Beecher,
the other day, what he intended to do
with the characters of his new novel
now running in the Ledgsr. He said
he was bothered to know, but felt
tempted to get up a grand railroad
accident, and kill them all off at
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Builders. Look Here.

DIDS WILL be received at the Office
- OF Hornbrook d. Co., until July 18th,
1867, for the building OF a dwelling house
on the Marlborough County Fair Grounds.
Plans and specifications can be seen at my
Office. WORK TO be com pleted before Sep
TENDER 10th, 1867. The Trustees Will reject
all bids if not in accordance with their
views. p. HORNBROOK,
Treas. V. G. A. and II. Lam Assn.
iulylZ dtd
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Notice to Contractors.
TvHE COMMON C0rJyCIx. OF THE

i City of Evansville will receive sealed
proposals until Monday. the 18th day OF
July, 1867, for grading and paving the fol-
lowing alleys, viz.:
For grading and paving the alley situ-
ated between First and Second Streets, n
extending from Vine 10 Division Street.
Grading and paving the. alley situated
extending from Chestnut to Cherry Street.
Grading and paving the alley situated
tending from Walnut to Chestnut street.
Grading and paving tne alley situated
between Second and Third Streets. and
extending from Vine to Division Street. Fl
By order of the Council.
A. NJ. MCGRIFF, Clerk.
City Clerks Once, July 6, 1867.
jy6 Union copy.l
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DIED.

WALKER On Sunday morning, the
18th inst, of Quinsy JANE BELL, daughter
of Chas. III. and Sarah Jane Wake r, aged
two years and ten months.
The funeral Will take place this Mon
day. morning at 91h2 O'Clock, from the resi-
dence of her parents, corner of Tenth and
Vine Streets. The funeral service will be
held at st. Pauls Church, corne of First
and Chestnut Streets, at 10 o'clock. The
friends of the family are invited to attend
without further notice.
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OF two New York ladies, one at
tended at the ~aristocratic Grace
Church, and. the other at the humble
st. Paul's. The former, one Sunday
morning, sent a request to the latter,
her friend, that she would go to
church with her, to which she re-
piled that she would have been happy
to do so, only that she was dressed
for st. Paul's."
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The Lafayette Journal, Of last Friday, re-
cords the following: aN-t 81
"A son. aged about@f0urteen,z0fsM
Mackey. who lives at the upper end of
Fourth street, died very suddenly day PEI
fore yesterday He was employed at the
gas house. Upon going to the dinner table
he remarked that he had no appetite, and
shortly afterwards complained of q violent
headache. He as compelled TO go to bed,
and in two hours time was a corpse"
The Chicago q Great Eastern Railway
Company v not been paying the hands
on that road OF late, and as a consequence,
last Thursday about one hundred men
seized a train at ~Logansport, switched of
the passenger cars, and babe the engineer
proceed with the locomotive and baggage
car. They were all sober and effected their
purpose with deliberation.
A loving couple, who had eloped from
Centerviile and stopped at Indianapolis,
last week., taking rooms as Williams aud
wife" suddenly came to grief by the APP
pearance of the cruel father of the daugh-
ter, who suddenly rufled the course of
love. The gal declared h would run
away again If not permitted to marry.
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s6r During the erection of our New
Building. the JOURNAL 81 Business
Office uiU be located in the rear
of Cloud & Akin's- Drug Store.
Eatrancs through The Alley on Main
Street, neat TO Marble Hall.
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been trifed with. But the respecta-
BILE character of the committee as a
whole leads us to dismiss these mis-
givings with their mere mention.
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Important to Advertisers.

The circulation of The JOURNAL in
the City Of Evansville is three times
as large as that of any other nea1spa-
per.
Our circulation an Indiana and
Illinois is greater than any other neaos-
paper published IN this City.
In Kentucky 1t IS more than all the
other EvansuiUe papers combined.
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EVANSVILLE BUSINESS COLLEGE
Corner First and ZINE Streets,
EVANSVILLE, IND.

rULL SCHOLARSHIPS issued for
co..
All are invited to call and examine our
course OF instruction, or sem address and
receive by return mail College Circular,
with specimens of Penmanshfp and Flou-
rishing. L. 8. MAYFIELD,
jams dom Principal.