The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-12-27

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and inaction that had slept there for
ages. 1t is finished about two miles
this side of Trenton-that is In all
about nine or nine and one-half miles
from the State line. IF the weather
Is not too unfavorable. they hope to
finish it to this place during the
month of February. So mote it be:
[ have been waiting for several
weeks for an item of news with which
to interest your readers. l still have
not found it, and feel very sure that L
shall do so until after Christmas. In
deed, everything is entirely lost in the
din of the strife for Office among the
modest, but hungry, Democracy. The
noise and fury thereof exceeds that
of the terrible battle between the un
Gagged lions, tigers, cougars and bears
of the menagerie, that we're thrown
off a railroad track down South,
few weeks ago, over the car ass of a
deer. The battle lasted for four hours
and the noise was heard for miles
around So it is here, except that
the battle will probably last several
months, as our election does not come
off until next August. The reason of
this terrible strife is, that Circuit
Judges, Clerks, Sherifs and Common
wealth Attorneys are to be elected
then, and worthy Democratic scribes,
lawyers, &C., are hungry for the sup
posed gains to be derived from filling
such Offices.
There are now twenty (20) candi-
dates for Circuit Clerk in sight, and
several more in embryo. About ten
(10) have developed their inclinations
to be Sheriff.
4 whole brigade, en- fschelor, are
ready to take the field for Jailor
when the race is ready. (By the way
what an affinity the Democracy have
for jails They are mostly hereabouts
a flock Of jail birds.1 For Common
wealth's Attorney almost every jack
anape in the District Of proper age.
and who has the legal ability to copy
the form for an indictment laid down
in the code, is offering himself for
this position. Some very clever fell
lows are also wanting it, but then you
know that out OF so many there Is
almost sure to be one or more clever
ones. Still, the race will not be as
able an one as was that'betWeen Lin
coin and Douglas for the Senate of
the United States.
But the most brilliant array is
among the Shadows that present
themselves as candidates for Circuit
Judge, an important position. and to
the discharge of which legal attain
ments and ability should be brought
With but perhaps one or two excep-
tions, the whole list is that of the
most absurd pretenderS, men who,
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have never been encouraged by the
people to practice law; men of no le-
gal attainments, and men who, but
for the present bubbling of the seeth-
ing cauldron Of treasonous Democra-
cy. would never know enough law to
understand how Circuit Judge drew
his salary. Radicals, that is, Union
men, can only hope that at least SOME
of this shoal Of ofice-seekers will be
defeated. One or two of them must
be defeated, unless offices become
more distensive than formerly, or un-
less our Legislature create more Of
them.
Speaking of our Legislature, re-
minds me that your readers can not
fail to perceive that it is most likely
to fulfill my prophecy of last Spring,
ID pFONIuIDg III some way 10 pay T6D0l
losses of negroes during the war. We
rather think some little lack of their
supposed omnipOtence will be devel-
oped here.
By the time this reaches you, the
Republican Central Committee of our
very small party in Kentucky will, no
doubt, have issued a call for the
assembling of Convention in
Frankfort 10 the month of Febru-
airy. to nominate delegates to the
Chicago Convention. We take oc-
casion now to thank the National
Committee for allowing Kentucky to
have that much voice In the election
Of the next President, which we all
hope will be Grant, if he belongs to
the party, and will so say; otherwise,
the best man who will We don't
want Grant to speak out " now par
ticularly, but only In time for the
Convention As General Grant is a
Republican, We believe he will run on
a platform o which no wise Republi-
can can object; and should he con-
.sent to do that, it will be speaking
I.out enough for me.
1t is a rainy, dull day, and | hope
/ your readers will excuse so large an
amount of scribbling.
lvao5 Very truly, EDELwEIs.
4.f Indiana Hams