The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-11

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-A,r-.tr;;,,- to. and from Cincinnati
this time was on the Ohio Missis-
-rinD; Road. We found the trains, as
usual crowded with passengers. To
save time and to enable us ito arrive
IN the city in the morning, ready for
business, we took the night train,
whose time Of arrival issseyen oEeight
o'clock Am. The sleeping-car, we
learned, was packed fulI,''b WHAT'S
technically known as the night car"
-a car with sleeping chairs, new
thing on this road, and very desira-
bic convenience-we failed to fnd
With the train we boarded. The
conductor, however, was clever,
and disposed to render any accom-
mediation in his power ; and we
soon obtained seat in the ladies car,
where we occasionally gained aslittle
slumbera On our return, by day, we
took special pains to note the condi-
ton of the track from Cincinnati to
Vincennes, which forms the eastern
division Of this great'road! It was in
much better condition than. we mag
ined., Indeed, we could not refrain
from repeated expressions of gratifi-
cation att finding the road in such su
perb order. The public are certainly
indebted to some master workman for
the present safe and comfortable con-
dition of the O. & M. Road. | cannot
conceive howany road could be in BET
ter order. The whole road is primed
with sand, or gravel, or beaten stone1
and the rails are thoroughly bound by
wooden braces, rendering them doubly
safe, as well as deadening the unpleas-
antYclatter of the locomotion- We
beg to assure the public that we have
no other interest in the road than that
ofFtravelers generally-and as many Of
thepreaders of the Journal. both in
Evansville and further south, are in
terested in the best routes east, /
have thought this plain statement to
be but matter Of simple justice, both
to the road and the public, q. ~
Dur business in Cincinnatiled US to
the principal book establishments
and g. 8 public library rooms. The
Young Mems Mercantile Library is
certainly an honor to Cincinnati. and
is notsurpassed BY similarllibraries in
older cities. The officers are exceed
ingly polite, and we received at once
the privileges Of the library for the
term of four weeks. The Ohio Libra
ry Rooms were also fitted up in the
best of style, andlat the time sofs our
visit, we found much larger number
Of readers in them than in the Y M.
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In an adjoining room of the Ohio
Library is the Theological Library
Room. 1t is tastefully arranged,
and well supplied with theological
literature. We found American,
English, French, German, and other
theological journals on their tables
inviting the constant presence Of the
theological fraternity. of Cincinnati,
but were told that the clergy of the
city seldom visited the Rooms. Can
So important an enterprise succeed
where the resident clergy manifest so
little interest? It raises the question
whether such an Enterprises reallyra
necessity of the times. 800 n =
The book st0res of ihciGaRti are
mnchin advance of what they were
when we stepped into them a. few
years ago. Robert Ciark{& Co.'s es-
Establishments is certainly unsurpassed,
Everything in the literary line pub
lisbed in Europe and America is 70
be found on their shelves, Their
steek Of law and medical books COW
ers everything 1inC.he market. They
are the publishers of Judge Bicknells
law books7rone of the most eminent
Indiana Jprists. In gIancing over
their theological department we found
they had all.the pros and cons of the
theological controversies of the day
We observed, also, on their shelves,
all the late works on metaphysics. We
visited their rooms at different hours
during our threesdaysl stay in the city
and was surprised that they were
always crowded, land a dozen or more
clerks wereo kept busy waiting upon
their customers Atsmas Robert CLARK
himself, 1 judged, that was busy al
tbandaet making cont orders for for.