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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-17
FREEDMEN's SCHOOLS IN GEORGIA.

F. FREEDMEN's SCHOOLS IN GEORGIA.
The report of the Superintendent
Of Education for Georgia, submitted
in June last, shows the whole num-
Der Of freedmen's schools in that
State to be 232, with 235 teachers and
1928 scholars. No longer ago than
October Of last year there were only
48 schools, with SO teachers and 2,755
scholars. These figures show an in
creas in seven months of 184 schools,
III teachers, aud 10,5O8 pupils. The
schools in existence in October were
located in 20 counties. while those
reported now are situated in SO coun-
ties. The freedmen entirely support
100 schools and the same number of
teachers, and 40 other schools are
partially supported by them. The
Freedmen's Bureau supports a
schools and 30 teachers, and North
ern societies sustain 81 schools, and
pay the salaries of 78 teachers. There
are 3.045 pupils in the schools sus-
tanned by the freedmen, 9,093 in those
sustained by the Bureau, and 1925 in
those supported by the societies at
the North. OF the 80 teachers en-
ployed. I47 are white and SO colored,
and Ga of them are residents of the
Northern States, and III are resi-
dents of Georgia. The total monthly
expenses of the schools are reported
tosbe $10.500, of which the freedmen
pay 8 $500, the Bureau pays 81 925,
and Northern societies furnish the
75. Ssf s
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-17
4 Democratic Orator ON Negro Edu-
cation.

There has been considerable local
discussion in certain circles of this
city on the subject of negro schools
and negro education. Our City Coun-
Gil has been petitioned to remove a
negro school house. because it's exist
eaee in the city is deemed a nuisance
and certain Democratic Ceuncilmen
are very oficious in their efforts to
have q follow the Pest house beyond
the .ity limits These gentlemen are
not very well read in current Demo-
cratic literature. In looking over
the interesting report ofthe exercises
attending the laying of tie Corner
Stone of the Normal School at Terre
Haufe, we notice that a number of
leading politicians Of both parties
made speeches on the occasion. We
find their speeches sandwiched in
pairs, Senator MORTON being followed
by the eloquent young Democrat,
BAYLEss w. HANNA. We make the
following extract from the report in
the Terre Haute Ecpress.
SENATOR MORTON
Said if this republic is to be sus-
tanned, shall live and be prosperous.
It must be by the general education
and enlightenment of the people.
Both white and black must be edu-
Gated. He was glad that n of the
first votes he cast in the United
States Senate was to pass an act for a
system of public schools in the South.
In which there shall be no distinction
OF color He was sorry to confess
that the State of Indiana now ex-
four or five thousand colored
children from the benefit of public
schools, and hoped the day was not far
distant when this shall be remedied.
for there is a great advance in public
sentiment.
He said the prospects of our State
are glorious, and no State has a
brighter prospect ahead, nor has any
State a more glorious record for the
past. aa tte
HON. B. w. HANNA
Came forward as the next speaker.
He said he was fully conscious that !
no words he could utter would add
anything TO the interest of this occas-
len. We have heard with pleasure,
he sentiments of aoisdona, e1oquence +
md power of the distinguished gen.
who have preceded, but all
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-17
THE CUBAN SUBMARINE CABLE

The CUBAN SUBMARINE CABLE
The cable is composed of seven cop
per wires, covered with three coats Of
India-rubber, which are again cover
ed with hemp. the whole being coated
with galvanized iron wire coated with
zinc. The shore end of the cable is
two inches in thickness, weighing at
the rate of two tons per mile, laid to
a depth of $50 fathoms: connected
with this piece, which is one and a
half miles long, is a medium-sized
cable an inch and two lines in thick
ness. fourteen miles in length, weigh
ing one and hree.quarters of a ton
per mile, and sunk to the depth of
200 fathoms. The same proportions
are observed on both ends of the ca
BILE, the centre cable being thinner,
having a diameter of ten lines, weigh
ing one and a quarter tons per mile,
and submerged to a depth of 400
fathoms. The communication from
Key West to Punta Rosa, through the
Florida Bay, is by another cable 1873
mile long, nine lines in thickness,
weighing three-qaarters Of a ton per
mile. The entire submerged length
of the cable is 1911 miles.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-17

The RICHMOND CLERGY.-Gover-
o PIERPoINT. of Virginia, not long
since made some charges of disloyalty
against the clergymen of Richmond,
and they held a meeting last week
and adopted an address in which they
stated that since the restoration Of
the Government Of the United States
over the Southern States they had in
instance exhibited d~isloyalty in
their pulpits, or used them as politi-
cal agencies against said Government;
that they had in no instance propo-
gated from them what are termed
rebel sentiments; that least of all
had they, in the discharge of their
ministerial duties, expressed, directly
or indirectly, a hope of the esta blish-
ment of any other than a republican
form of government in this country.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-17

HORACE GREELEY stated the other
day. in a speech before the New York
Constitutional Convention. that he
had personally participated in an
election where a member of Con-
gress was chosen directly by votes
brought out Of the almshouse in New
York for that purpose the intent be-
ing as the effect was, to elect a mem
Der of Congress by the votes brought
from the almshouse.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-17
Henry Vincent in the United States.

1t will be remembered that this dis
tinguished Englishman visited the
United States a few months ago, ard
in an extended tour through the
country, made a thorough examina-
ton of American institutions. In a
recent speech to his countrymen he
commented upon the operations Of
our political system, from wAch we
make the following extract:
And hene he might be asked what
he thought of the working of repub-
lican institutions in America? Hear
1t was almost impertinent in a stran-
ger to offer a criticism on so great q
subject after a brief visit to such a
country. Of course there were many
things in American politics. and the
working of American institutions, to
~startle a stranger. The excitement of
the last fall elections, the strong per-
sonal denunciations of political oppo-
nents, the demonstrations in the
street, the booming of canton, the
torchlight professions, all made him
anxious and nervous; but, in convers-
ing with educated Americans in Phila-
delphia, they all said oh, we discount
all this; this is our method, we attack
our opponents right and left, and try
and demolish them, as well as their
arguments. But when the election is
over, all will go we'll again; and he
found in New York and Pennsyl-
vania no traces of passion a week
after the elections we're deci-
ded. There were evils to be cor
rected, evils that were i~neidental to
all human institutions. Sufficient
care was not taken to prevent what is
called 'eolonizlDg; hat is, bringing
in strangers and ~crowding them into
houses, with fraudulent voting de-
clarations, before an election; and he
thought the Americans were too easy
IN allowing foreigners to vote before
they had by time and education
learned to understand American in
st~itutions.f
He thought. moreover, that the
great evil was the little interest felt in
the caucus, or preliminary meetings, |
to nominate candidates for the local
or General Govern ment. Some peo-
pie must attend these meetings, and if
INTELLIGENT and working men do not
attend, they must not find fault with
those that do. TApplause. Still, he
must say. that Observation-Disclosures few
drawbacks, notwithstanding the igno-
rance of many Europeans, notwith-
standing the scramble for Office some
times made by unworthy men. Ameri-
can institutions worked well, and the
native-born Americans and a large
number of strangers were in every
worthy of the liberty they en-
Loud applause.l For the
strength of the Republic was mot in
her electoral power alone. 1t was in
her free churches and in her free
80
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-17

THE Montgomery (Ala.) Sentinel
says Every man of two 'thimbles
full of common sense knows well the
Republicans of Alabama viii elect
eighty out of the one hundred dele
gates to the Constitutional State Com
vention. as certain as the election is
held"
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-17
Agents for the Journal.

JAMES L. THORNTON, Princeton, Ind.
CAPT. LEVI FERGUSON, P~etersburgh, Ind.
RARRY r. SAITH, Washington, Ind.
". J. L. HEA1KENwAY, Boonvi1le, Ind.
G. r.. DEBRULER, Newburgh, Ind.
JOHN NJ. LOCKWOOD, Mt. Vernon Ind.
J. NJ. FOSTER, Fort Branch, Ind. 80
j. w. WEAVER. Poseyville. Ind. 81
8. u. CoRwIN, Somerville, Ind. !
Capt. WHITING, Cynthiana, Ind.
Z. J. ROGERS New Harmony, Ind.
@ A. HARPER, Owensville, Ind.
HARVEY BOND, Hazleton, Ind.
THos. M~CCUTCHEE, Sandersville Ind =
URBIH MARES, Black Hawk Mills, Ind.
They will also receive and forward to us
orders for Binding and Job Printing.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-17

ear During the erection Of our Neso
Building, the JOURNAL Business
Office piN be located In the rear
Of Cloud d -Akin's Drug Store.
Hnsrance through the Alley on Main
Street, merit to Marble Hall.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-17

Nor only has the President been
proved entirely mistaken in his asser-
ton that he never saw the recon-
mendatien to mercy in Mrs. SUR
RATS case, but the very words he
used after reading it have ~transpired,
and were these: I'VE must be pro-
tected from female assassins as well
as male assassins."
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-17

REDUCTION IN FARE.-The Erie
Railway Company is now issuing first
class tickets at the following rates:
Dunkirk to New York, (469 miles,)
So; Buffalo to New York, (423 miles,)
$6 70; Salamanca to New York, (415
miles 81 Is.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-17

Qua neighbor, the ,Courier, -aad,
other Democratic organs. have fire.
quently in the past, denounced Judge
HoLT for bis alleged completely with
CoNovER, the man convicted of per-
jury, and who has proven himself an
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-17
The RIruALIsrIc. Movement IN

letter, pub
lished on our second page, gives a
very interesting account of the pro-
gress of the Ritualistic movement in
the Church of England, and the deep
feeling which it is exciting at the
present time. It is a movement which
will be watched with much interest
by Christians in this country.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-17

Our circulation an Indiana and
Ninois IS greater than any other nea0s-
paper published IN this City.
In kentucky II rs more than all the
cher EcansriHe papers combined.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-17
NExr GovEnNoR.-Nsny Of g 81

MUIR NEXT G0vERN0R.-Wany of
our exchanges are suggesting a candi-
date for Governor, and we must adj
nit that we have heard of none more
acceptable to Us than Gov. Conrad
Baker. We regard him as a man fully
capable Of discharging the duties Of
Governor, besides, he is a .gentlenan,
worthy of the support of the RepubIi-
can of Indiana. It is useless for us
to enumerate the causes for the pref
renee we have to Governor Baker at
the present time, as we shall have
more occasion in the future. Suffice
it to say, that we have no better man
in the State.-SnuiUan County Union.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-17

The circulation of the JOURNAL IN
the City of Evansville is three times
as large as that Of any other neaospd-
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-17
Shingles Shingles ! Shingles ! /
= Am DELIVERING TO AxYPART

OF q city a numbe one article of
fopiar shingles at three dollars and fifty
cents per M. These were well steamed and
cut of yellow poplar timber. sraooth as IN
shaved. mayH tt JOHN +. GLOVER.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-11-29
525 M l. T. s
or rus
UNION PEClFIC RAILROAD
fsHH tluA
Running West from Omaha
aci-.a Cae. lU.I
Across the COntinen ent,
.r..N .o UIrl1
ARE NOW COMPLETED.
Running WeSt from Omaha
ACROSS tn Q COntfnent,
ARE NOW 0OMPLETED.

This brings the line TO the eastern base or the
Rocky Mountains aud IL "a expected tRat the track
will be aid thirty miles further, to Evans Pass thO
highest point on the road, by January The maxi
mum grade from the foot or the mountains 70 the
summit Is but eighty feet TO the mile while thAtof
many Eastern roads Is over one hundred. Work
In tho rock.cuttings on the western slope Will
continue through the winter, and there Is now no
reason TO doubt that the sutre grand ne 10 the Pa
c1o will be open for business ia 1870. u
The means provided for the construction Of thfa
Great National Work ample. The Uuited States
grants It's Six Per Cent Bonds at the rate OF from
$4,000 70 t4B zoo per mile, for which Il takes seoona
teas security. and receives payment to large Il nos
to the full extent OF its claim in strvces. These
Bonds Issued each twenty-miIe section IL
finished, and after IL has been examined by UnIted
States Commissioners and pro be in all 70
spects hrat-oiRss road. Thoroughly supplied with
depOts repar-shOps, stations, ana all the necessary
rolling stock, and other eqalpp ents.
The United States also makes donation Of 1880
acres Of land TO the mile which will be a source Of
large revenue to the Company Much Of this land In
the Platte Valley Is among the most fertile in the
world, and other large portions are covered with
heavy pine forests and abound IN coal OF the best
quality.
The Company Is also authorized to issue It's own
First Mortgage Bonds 10 amount equal TO the
issue Of the Governm' Dt and no more Hon. n d.
Morgan and Hon. oakes Ames are Trustees fer the
Bondhoiders, and deliver the Bonds TO the Company
only rs the work progresses thst they always re-
present an actual and productive value.
The authorized capital OF the Company is ONE
HUNDRED MILL IN DOLLARS Of which over
Ave millions have been paid upon the work already
done.
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14,0O0, would have as much power as Penn
sylvania, with her six hundred thousand %
Finally, in the most important matter Of
amendments 10 the National Constitution, the
States stand upon an equality. The rati6ca-
tion is by States, as States, no difference being
made on account of population.
A comprehensive view, like this, of the ire
mendous powers of States, when once admitted
TO the Union, may well make us pause in
thOughtfulness over this problem Of recon
struotion. Upon any plan which has yet been
suggested, it is full of the gravest dangers to
the States that have sustained the Govern
ment and that now constitute the Republic.
The admission of the Rebel States, In any
shape, is a perflous matter. It is putting the
vast and varied interests in great, pOpulous,
and wealthy communities like Pennsylvania,
New York, Ohio, ETC., too much at the mercy o.
a minoritg
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lergely increased In PittsburR and some OF the 4
hoest works ia the world are now located here
have not had time 70 visit any OF these. but
may do so on my return from the West.
The oil interest Is a comparatively recent one,
but has already assumed great Importance The
Allegheny river aud the railroad to OH City |
afford excellent facilities for the shipment OF
crude oil To Pittsburg. There are many large
oil refineries in the olty and It's Vicinity which
do fine business.
This city IN the early part of the season was
the theatre of one of those unfortunate contests
between manufacturers and their workmen
which are the symptoms OF the unsatisfactory
relations OF labor and capital For about four
months the iron works ceased operations
neither party feeling inclined TO yield 10 the
other. The labOrers finally yielded and work
was again resumed. the puddlers who struck
for nine dollars ton now getting only seven
and half, with prospect of still further re-
duction. The strike caused great suffering and
loss to the workmen. and deranged the trade to
q considerable extent, customers being forced
to go to other places and open up new accounts
Pittsburg and its surroundings have lately
been consolidated, SO that it is now q city Of
some 200 900 Inhabitants. This advances 1t vel
along towards the rank of Chicago, ST. Louis
and Cincinnati II is a much wealthier city in
proportion than either OF these. Many of it's
suburbs are very beautiful, being adorned with
the mansions and grounds OF the wealthier
citizens. The constant cloud of coal smoke
which hangs over the city, and the universal
deposit OF coal SCOT, are not pleasant features
tothe stranger, but the iphabitants do not seem
to mind 1t, and the place is proverbially
healthy. The valley in which the city lies is deep
and narrow. The view from the surrounding
heights at night, whom the forges and furnaces
and rolling mills and foundries are all agl0w,
lighting up, with lurid glare. the murky
depths beneath, is sublime. What with the
coal smoke and the Indian summer haze of the
atmosphere, the city looks blacker and
gloomier than ever to-day, the sun rolling
down the western sky like great red globe OF
| fire. s. sr -l4r 1a.- y.u
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
| made some fine improvements since was last
| here. The new Union Depot is dne structure,
and well adapted TO the comfort and conveni
ence of passengers. A very fine and large
| round house has been built in place of the one
that was burned down. The hotel in the depot
is well kept The so-called "Oyster Saloon and
| Restaurant," In the same building, is vile
| swindle, which travellers will do we'll to shun.
/ They will charge you forty cents for three
| dilapidated oysters In pint OF stale milk and
| amount for q cup OF stuff called coffee, but
| innocent of any resemblance to the genuine
! article. together with a sandwich of like char
| acter. "......H
! ] leave this afternoon for Chicago, via the
| Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad,
| and you shall hear from me again at that
| point. , M eea r.. T. ID. L.
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TIE VKrO RRvERsBD.-Select Council, on
Wednesday, acted as we were assured they
would act when the wishes OF their oOnstitu-
ents were consulted, and by the decisive vote
of Is TO passed The bill for the widening OF
the pavemeDts on Broad street, over the veto
of the Mayor. The vote on the question stood;
--Yeas--Messrs. Bumm, Campbell, Coleman,
Duffy, Fox, Hopkins, Kamerlsy, Kersey, King,
Manuel, Marcus, MoCutoheon, Page, Richie,
Shermer, Smith, Wagner, spering-1S; nays
Messrs. Barlow, Cattell, Gillingham, HodgdOn,
Jones, shallcross, and Stokley-7; absent
Messrs. Pollock and Shern. Thus, sitter the
most violent opposition, led on by the con-
tractors, and assisted by their friends both in
and out of Councils, the will Of the people
was successful. All that dilatory motions and
strong appeals could do was done in both Cham
bers. But the intent of the contractors failed,
and all who attempted to use official influence
to aid their schemes met with the most signal
Tebuke. The bill is now law, and the work
SO eagerly pushed forward by the men who
had the Nicolson job will have to be removed
by them, SO that the pavsments may be
widened. Great additional beauty and cOuve-
niepce are thus secured for our splendid thor
oughfare, and it will be in the future the great
street of the people of our city.
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Cur Down THE FEEs.--We are glad to see
that movement was made in Councils looking
towards a reform in that department of our
system of official reward most needing it. Mr..
Thomas M. Coleman favored, in Select Council,
a petition to the Legislature requesting 1t to
repeal the law authorizing the acceptance of
fees by the District Attorney, Clerks and Pro-
thonotaries of the various Courts, and that
law be passed in its stead allowing these Off
GERS salary. This is what we have before
recommended. 1t is the only proper regula-
ton which will prevent corruption. 1t win cut
down the enormous fees of $40, 900 year for
doing literally nothing, which is now the
reward OF those who are so successful as to
get these Offices. 1t is quite time that some
such step be taken. We are at loss to see
why Clerk of Quarter Sessions should have
$4,000 year for keeping docket and en-
oorsing his name on the records of the Court.
Le' the reOOmpense be in proportion to the
ieOor ana responsibility. Mr.. Coleman de-
serves great credit for the fearless manner In
which he favors reform. ana a. he doas I'M
continue COMM as he has begun his term. he will
prove an invaluable member al coaroi,,s 40 W.
nope Ine matter will not be allo,-aa a. -
but VIII receive the early attent,or ~ ~ IiesI I..I
Councils ana the Legislature. " "V'''
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MERCANTILE Observation-Disclosures will be
found an announcement by the chairman of
the committee of citizens to aid the raising
of fund of 100000 for the Mercantile
Library. The gentlemen named are all Of
them our first citizens. The cause is most
excellent one; the institution is deserving
one; and il proper energy is exerted, we see
no reason why the required sum should not
be secured. We commend the movement to
the most liberal support of our citizens.
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Celebrated Modern Painters.

Unusual care has been bestowed upon the
selection Of their Works Of Art this season, q
far greater extent of country having been
visited than usual, and a very general acquain-
tance with the great Artists of Europe has
resulted in the acquisition of more choice
and extensive assortment of Paintings than
they have ever before exhibited.
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Earnings of the Company.

At present the proats Of the Company are derived
only from its local trafc, but this is already much
more than sufficient TO pay the interest on all the
Bonds The Company can Issue, II not another mile
were built It is not doubted that when the road
completed the through traffic of the only line con-
Meeting the Atlantic and Pacific States will be large
beyond precedent, and as there will be oomPett-
tlon, IL can always be done at profitable rates.
II will be noticed that the Union Pacific Railroad Is
in fact, Government Work. built under the super.
vision OF Government officers, and to large extent
with Government money, and that its bonds are
issued under Government direction. 1t is believed
that similar security is carefully guarded, and
certainly no other is based upon q larger or more
valuable property. AS the Companys
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The artists represented are prominently as
ollows:-
ADOPM sTADEMANN,
CEH. HOGUET,
II. FRBEDRICHSEN,
MAX MICHAEL,
A. BBAITH.
w. AMBERG,
l. j. H. DE HAAS,
DE VOs,
DE NOT ER,
CARL MILLNER, .s.,
,u J. ARNOLD. asI b
'.- A. MARTIN, .aas .gIHgnti
~ MEYER Won BREMEN,
e.. CARL BOXER. stl .ts.
.r.n y A. RREYER, , Or t l
500 to M. HERxOG, .'
aaI n. RHOMBERG,
-st 1na JACOBSEN, ile
fa SHMMLER,
t-- q. JBNGHEIW,
FRIED VOTE.
A. LEU,
-lsd REKMER DAHLEN,
l3 MENO MUHLIG,
ntl w. vEBsCHUUR, .l.t
'l2N CARL HUBNER,
N. WERNER, sI,t.
HERMANN RETHKE.
VAN STARKRNBORGH, .ae
.r Won SEBEN, $3.50 HI
s.#rt PAUL WEBER, Lsi-rd
au EMILE sCHOULTE,
.re n. zHnA1ERMANN.
KAUFFMANN,
r. LOSSOW.
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