The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-22


the editor of Harper's Weekly. He,
however, spends most of his time at
his rural home on Staten Island, gen.
orally coming to the Office but twice
week. He is the most charming man
ment to the profession. In physique.
manner, dress, general appearance
and culture, be certainly comes very
near to an ideal American.
Politicians change as suddenly as
the weather. The other day several,
if not nearly all. of the Tammany
leaders were for Chase for the Presi-
deney-tO- day they are against Old
Greenbacks, and are pronouncing
for Seymour. We viii lot be sur
prised to see Mr.. Seymour the NOM
inee of the 4th of July Convention.
He is the ablest and most popular
man Of his party.-Net0 York Com
nlercial Advertiser, 18th.
Mr.. George Wilkes, in his Spirit of
The Times, dominates, Arson Burlin-
game for the Presidency in 1872, en-
a progressive Oriental platform. 1t
is a good idea, but attractive as it is,
we will not be led astray by it. We
are committed to the support of
Horace Greeley, in 1872, as the tax
payers candidate, and nothing shall
tie npt US to desert our colors. If Mr.
Wilkes would only put it off till 1876
we might be ready to go with him.
-Nel0 York San.
The octogenarian Auber, after
drawing upon his youthful souvenirs
in his Premier jour de Boheur," is
now winding up. the account in new
comic opera entitled La Reve d
Amour, the first act of which is fin
ished. The venerable Lothario will
make a good pendant for NinOn de
l'Enclos. Flotow, the composer of
Martha" has sent a work to the
Opera Comque entitled "L'Ombre, "
which will be produced early in the
winter.-Pdris Letter.
Persons around the Pope affirm
that he becomes more and more
troubled In reference to the term of
twenty FIVE years, which according to
the Roman superstition, is the ex-
treme limit of a pontifcial reign, and
he even expresses fears whether he
will complete the period. He has
UGGn DdA 0uCdSy 0uA Ing TIC
last few days At the festival Of the
Ascension he looked Ill and detected,
and his voice was very weak.-Letter
from Rome May II.
Mr.. Chase, like Mr.. Clay, has writ
ten one letter too many. Had he
been content to douse the glim of
these "old lights" and feel his way
In the Democratic path by the fitful
glimmering of the political FIRE
that alone shed ray upon benighted
/. Democracy, he might, by the manipu-
lations of the New York political
stock jobbers, have become the sue
cessful Fourth of July candidate /;
but he has sung out Hail Columbia,
home of the free, once too often, and
must take seat with the mourners.-
CleUeland Herald.
One look at Mr.. Bonner's frank,
open, intelligent face, and you read it
all there. Busy as his life has been,
it is this day as fresh and care-free as
a boys. The eight printing presses
that revolve so steadily, smoothly,
surely, day and night, in the base
\ typical of his tireless energy, and its
/ VI AEcuAtS. LAs 4 saw JUG bldu n
sheet after another placed evenly on
I the rollers, and then tapped ever a
/ perfectly printed Ledger. | felt like
4 rolling up my sleeves and requesting
semc workman in charge to abdicate
in my favor, so beautiful seemed the
mechanism.-Fdnag Fern.
General Grant and friends express
/ themselves as more than satisfied that
the impeachment turned out provi-
I dentially as it has. Mr.. Chase at
tends the Methodist Chapel here; his
daughter, Mrs Sprague, Is an Epis-
copalian; General Grant goes to DIR.
Sunderland Church, Presbyterian.
/ The Congressman ali want to go home
to get on the stump. Senator Yates
made a speech expressing dissatis-
faction with the Chicago Platform
the other day He has recovered
health, and looks a great deal better.
Colfax is radiant Grant is positive
The Democracy are looking for Eli
sha still without a Shiloh Wash
ingfon Letter to Chicago Tribune