The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-20
Tn E owenssills Railroad Project.

tlemen appointed by the Owensxillt
meeting, consisting of Messrs. HENRY
JAoUEss, THOMAS WALKER and JAS
MONTGOMERY were in the city yes
terday, to confer with the officers Of
the Evansville & Charlottesville Rail
roads and get their views of the sub
ject and approval of the project.
1t is proposed to divert the pro-
jected Mt Carmelsroad from Patoka,
and i,have' it run from Mt. Carmel
through Owensville, to a point on the
E. & G. R, r., at or near Fort Branch.
The distance from Mt. Carmel to
Owensville and Patoka is about the
same. say nine or nine and half
miles. The distance from Owensville
to the nearest point on the Il. 81 G.
Road is six miles, and to Fort Branch
seven miles. The gentlemen of the
Owensville Committee represent that
there are no more expensive grades
or trestle work on the latter route
than the one to Patoka, and that the
only additional cost would be for the
increased distance of about six miles.
A conference has been had with the
citizens of Mt. Carmel, and it is
thought they will not object to the
building of the Owensville route in
place of the Patoka branch, if the
people of Owensville can offer pro-
portionately greater inducements. to
the Evansville & Charlottesville Com
pany than the citizens of Patoka. In
this offer to the f. & C. Road, of
course, the additional distance would
be considered. 1t then becomes
matter of some rivalry between
OwensVille and Patoka. sd1 sot i r,qa
The country lying between Mount
Carmel and Fort Branch is one of the
most productive in Indiana, and the
people are able to make liberal sub
scription to secure a railroad outlet.
Its value to that section it would be
difficult to estimate in dollars and
cents. One hundred thousand dol
lars would not be large amount to
raise, if it would give them, the pro-
posed road. The gentlemen of the
Owensville committee are quite san
guipe on, the subject, and will retura
home, to- day to attend a general meet
ing of the people called for tosmor9
row, and urge Immediate action. Our
merchants and manufacturers viii not
be disinterested observers of this new
project: 1t will be a matter of much
Importance to Evansville to reach, by
a railroad connection, the rich iagri-
eulturalregion about Owensyille.
EaAk
The editor Of the ECo,eTtsesrii be n I
encouraged by the wonderful success
attending his long0drawn aout exposi-
ton of the palpable falacies of. Sena-
torMoRroN's- Ohio speech lis devote
ing his attention to 5 Cover nor iBA-
KER's Cincinnati speech, which be
seeks to hold up to public ridicule. I
We apprehend that in this commu-t
nifty, where the intellectual calibre Of.
the two men is pretty well known, he Z
will do Governor BAKER little dam
age. He refers to the speech as silly
twaodle, stupid dullness, III &c. &
intimates that certain portions of It
are stolen from a celebrated Infdel
writer, = and says of one of the posi-
tions assumed by the Governor, that
: no lawyer, no statesman, no man of
ordinary common sense will say so. "
In the same spirit of propriety and
shrewdness, it is anxious to know why
the Army of the Repu bic. after en-
dorsing Captain DARLING, did not in
cludeI Judge ROBINSON and CHARLES
kNowLEs. 1t is hardly necessary to.
q nswer that neither of them are mem
bers of that organizations but, we pre-
diet that the soldiers, almost In a
body, together with a decided MAORI
ty of the people. will cast their votes
for these gentlemen, for the reason
that they are. the best qualified for
the Offices for which they are candi-
dates. But the Army of. the Repub-
lie saw the Copperheads marshaling
their gangs ofsSonsof Liberty, rebel |
SO ldiers, and secess lon usympath izers,,
with the deliberate purpose to defeat |
Capt DARLING, IaSds sfiey- Resolved |
like truepsoi diersy ta stand Gbysaagal- |
LIANT comrade against such cohorts of
treason.