The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-09
ILLINOIS CORRESPONDENTS.
Urops-RaiIr0adp Matters - How IAN
Evansville DFuEaInor Succeeded In
McLeansbOrO -6haWneetoWn Its
improvements oand8orRF0speritg-
Political Matterss &C. g r. nof-i294
SHAwNEEroWN. Ills, June 6.

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sxiqoaS HAwNEEroWN, Ills, June 6.
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The wheat along the road from
Carmi to McLeansboro is fair, but not
so good as in other counties through
which I have passed. Corn is back
ward, as in other places, except on
sandy. soil, where il is. of course,
much further advanced: Enfelddis
situated about twelve miles from
Carmi, in White County, and is one
of the most thriving little towns in
thistpart of the State. All the houses,
or nearly all, are new, having been
built in the last two years. / had
the pleasure of meeting Captain j.
Moreland. formerly of your city. in
Enfield, he having located at that
place. teifo ii
The people are quite enthusiastic IN
the support of Grant and Colfax. No
ticket would have been o salts
factory. srj ad4a gea.. alals. 1..L.5I
At Enfield, and in that part of the
county. there is a good deal ofexcite-
ment about a railroad to lead from
Shawneetown to Edgewood, on the
Chicago branch of the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad. Individual subscrip-
tons are being taken, and it is pro-
posed Il 8raise III that way, Ia White
County, 100000 Of stock. When
that is done, it is understood the road
will be pat under contract at once.
The line of the proposed road passes
through the counties of Clay. Wayne,
White. and .Gallatin, and will when
completed, Of curse pass through q
rich and well improved part Of the
State. All the counties through
which it willapass have subscribed, or
voted to subscribe, $4,000 each, ex-
eept White. and, as stated before. it
is proposed to raise $100,000 by iudi-
.yiduaf subscription In that county.
go cLeansboro Is an old town. 1t is
rather pleasantly located, and has i'm
proved considerably in the last few
years. / believe there is no church
in the place; at least / was so in
formed The most substantial bust
ness men of the place are staunch
Republicans, and though in that
county they are about FIVE hundred IN
the minority, they are actively at work.
Most of the merchants In McLeans-
boro purchase their goods In Evans
vile, hauling them in wagons from
,Shawneetown, a distance Of forty
miles. When the lock and dam are
completed on the Little Wabash,
goods will be received at Carmi for
all the country In the neighborhood
of MeLeansboro, and even beyond
there. I was not a little amused at
ms of the prominent business men of
that place. Not long since a drum
mer at from an Evansville house
called upon him, and solicited trade
for the house he represented. The
merchant had been purchasing from
the same house for years, and of
course felt inclined to order goods,
but before the order was given, the
| drummer took occasion to make him
self very offensive on the subject of
politics. He boosted loudly that he
had served four years In the rebel
| army, and abused all who fought for
nounced Republicans most bitterly,
and, in short. made a fool OF himself
In general. As a result, he went away
without taking an order, and nowthe
merchant referred to declares that he
will never purchase a dollars worth
of goods from the house so long as
that man is employed IN 1t. He says
that he does not object to a man
on account of political opinions,
! If he has enough to behave
himself, but when the flag is cursed,
! Republicans abused and denounced
in the most insulting manner, It is
more than he can stand, He says
business aud politics ought net 20 be
talked of at the same time, and so
long as the house referred to employs
a travelling politician, he will not pur--
| chase his goods there. If the drum
mer referred to should read this he
will recollect the circumstance, and
perhaps learn to attend to his bust
ness a little more attentiyely, instead
of spending his time abusing the
Union men of the county. Such men
are not calculated to add greatly to
the trade of Evansville while travel
| ing In Southern Illinois.
In a former letter / spoke Of a ter
rible tornado which had passed over
a portion of Hamilton and White
Counties. 1t passed about a half a
mile from Sacramento. carrying almost
everything before il. l saw the
wrecks Of three houses which had
been razed 10 the ground. All the
large trees in its course were broken
off or uprooted, and for about three
hundred yards the road was piled full
of trees.
All the low lands along the road
leading from McLeansboro to this
place, have been overflow In the last