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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-15
A Change Of Programme.

Some months ago, when the Ala
bama election was pending, the
Southern papers were loud and per-
sistent in urging the conservatives
to stay away from the polls. Now
that Congress has said a majority
Of the votes cast will determine
the fate of State Constitutions,
these same papers are equally per-
sistent In their appeals TO the peo-
pie to both register and vote. Be
fore, it was ignominious and contain
ination to go to the polls, now it Is
pusilianimous and unpatriotic to
stay away. The end to be accom-
plished In both instances is the
same, viz: the defeat of the friends
of Reconstruction and the Union.
The books of registration, in
Georgia, were open five days last
week. Every one who was in
favor of Georgians ruling Geor-
gia was expec ted to register
his name. The contest, it is ap-
parent, will be, to a great extent. be-
tween the black Georgians and white
Georgians. The latter are in ma
jority in the State, and if they vote
as unit, the Constitution will be
defeated and the reconstruction pol
icy adopted by Congress rejected. In
such an event, the State will remain
under military control until the peo-
pie become satisfied that it is better
to accept the terms granted them by
a magnanimous Government than by
persistence in their rebellion to suf-
fer the penalties which in justice
ought to be visited upon those com
hitting the crime.
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The Frnlt Prospects.

We publish this morning, a large
number of extracts from our ex-
changes in Indiana, Illinois, KEN
lucky, Ohio, Tennessee and Missouri,
giving the latest accounts of the Fruit
prospects since the frost and freeze of
last week. The accounts are some
what conflicting, but the prospects are
that there will be in the West a fair
crop, unless it receives more serious
damage hereafter. Many of the ex-
tracts published were written before
the full effects of the cold snap
were sufficiently determined, and our
impression is that the injury has been
considerably exaggerated. The theory
advanced by the President of the
Cincinnati Horticultural Society will
doubtless be new to many-that the
cold rain and sleet did rot injure the
fruit, because each bud had been en-
cased IN a sheath OF ice.
We have made examination and
inquiry OF the condition OF the Fruit
buds and bloom in this vicinity, and
are happy to say that the report is
much more favorable than we had
expected after the severe storm, frost,
and freeze of last week. The most
serious injury was sustained by the
early peaches, which were in full
bloom; probably half of these are
killed, but sufficient have escaped to
make pretty fair crop. OF the later
varieties good crop may be anticipat-
ed. There is a good prospect for pears;
the cherries are not thought to be in
jured, and the apples have escaped
The Strawberries which
were in boon were killed. but enough
have thus far escaped to make fair
supply Of this delicious berry, it is
thought. Grapes are not sufficiently |
forward to be materially injured. So |
that altogether there is a good pros
pect for sufficient supply of the fruit |
Injuries the coming season.
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Bridging the ohio.

The Cincinnati papers and steam
boat interests have at last awakened
to the Importance of properly regu-
lating the general system of bridges
over the Ohio River. and there is
some hope that out of their agitation
good may accrue to the whole shipping
and mercantile interest on the river.
At a meeting of the Pilots Asso-
citation the following, among other
resolutions, were adopted:
ResolUed, That no bridge should be
permitted over the Ohio River, with
a less length Of span than five hun
dred feet. In the clear, over the main
channel, or Of less hight than one
hum red and three feet above low
water mark, where the rise and fall is
as much as at Cincinnati.
ResolUed, That the pilots do not de-
sire to offer any factious opposition to
bridges where public necessity require
them; but they do insist that compa-
MES building bridges over the Ohio
River shall show some respect to the
interests Of navigation, which, in the
past, has done so much to build up
the cities and towns along the river,
and which; In the future. IS to be the
means of cheaply moving the vast
commerce of the great Ohio and Mis-
sissippi valleys to tideWater, as we'll
as the rich products of. the South,
which are to return to US in exchange.
The Gazette makes the following
proposition, which should receive a
friendly response from all the river
towns:
Instead of abandoning the river to
take care Of itself, and instead Of the
towns upon it entering into a strife to
see which shall put In the cheapest |
and each one neglecting
all restrictions, on the ground that
some other had done as badly, all the
river towns should call a conference,
and send delegates, to decide upon
general regulations that shall preserve |
and promote all interests. All are
identical, and the interests of all the |
people are the same All that IS
needed to satisfy all is concert of |
action.
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From MAY TO NOVEMBER, 1868,
Full Club Rates, - 20 Cents.

The Presidential Campaign of 1868
promises to be one of the most inter-
esting and exciting in the history of
the country. The issues to be dis
cussed and determined by the people
are Of the greatest moment to the
peace and prosperity of the Nation.
It is highly important that the voters
be properly informed and thoroughly
posted on the political situation. The
most effective way to accomplish this
is to place in their hands a sound and
reliable Republican newspaper.
In order to enable the active Union
men of Southern Indiana and Illinois
and Western Kentucky to secure for
the WEEKLY JOURNAL a wide
circulation in their respective neigh
borhoOds, we have placed the terms
for the Campaign at
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The NEWS

Gold closed in New York yesterday at
8S3S@lSs16.
Sergeant Bates. the man with the flag,
has arrived at Washington all right.
A severe hail storm passed over Augusta
Georgia, on the 18th, injuring fruit ana
vegetation.
General Meade has issued an important
order to the military authorities TO pro-
vide for a fair vote in the Georgia election.
The New York Herald says Gen. Baez
has been refused passage on the United
States steamer Saco to Jamaica.
Representative Ashley and other Repub-
lican speakers, addressed Radical meet
ing at Charleston, on Monday night last.
A fire at Leland, Illinois. yesterday. de-
stroyed thirty thousand dollars worth of
property.
The steamer Zodiac, of the Boston and
Savannah line, was burnt at Boston yes
terday morning. No cargo on board.
The Conservatives of Georgia are going
into the election campaign with great
spirit. A large and enthusiastic meeting
was held at Savannah, on Monday eve
ming.
The murder of MCGEE still continues to
excite the Canadians. Meetings are held
in various sections of the State, deRounc-
ing the crime and sympathizing with the
family of the deceased.
The attempts to float the steamer
Monongahela, at Santa Cruz. had been
twice unsuccessful. An American brig
had been fired upon by the fort at st.
Thomas.
A fire in a tenement house in New York
damaged the building some ten thousand
dollars. Several of the occupants were
badly burned, and others escaped by
Jumping out of the windows.
The penalties of the law against traitors
in Mexico are to be modified. General
Altorre, in Yucatan, has been instructed
to release all his conScripts. The Mexican
Congress is taking in o consideration the
prospect of a railway to the Pacific, and
establishing steamship lines on the ocean.
In the services connected with the eulo-
pizing Of AIcGee, in one of the Montreal
churcnes, the Fenians were denounced
and the Bishop was greeted with cheers.
The crowd was so great that some Of the
people We're badly crushed. Secretary
Seward telegraphed that he hoped the
murderers would be arrested.
The Erie Railroad bill was mp before the
New York Senate on Tuesday. A PROPOSE
ton was made authorizing the road TO dis
pose of convertible bonds amounting to
ten millions, for the purpose of complet-
ing. operating, and furnishing the road.
Without action, the Committee of the
whole rose and reported progress.
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For the Journal.

Shadows fit above our hearthstOnes,
Cling around us as we move,
Ltnger ever in our pathway
Dim the lustre of our love;
Wander at our side forever,
With a strange persistent will.
Turn where ere we may, we see them,
Haunting shadows, strange and sttH
Half of life is in the shadow,
Shadows haunt our very dreamsf
They dance upon the mountain top
And mingle in the streams.
They. cast spell around as,
Lead us many weary mile, aaa
Far away to " Fancy's Palace
There to leave us with a smile,
Sweet Fancy's magic sunlight
Shall gid " Loves rosy morn,
And the shadows fee before 1t
Like the night before the dawn.
All! Life has many shadow,
Which is still, and grand, and sweet,
Which shall make the pathway smoother,
20 our weak and erring feet.
wlaich ddorn our nature,
Govern us, and make us true,
ProUe the mission we are seeking
Leave US work enough TO do.
Shall we mock the growing shadows,
OF the years now rolled away?
Let them shrink into oblivion,
There lie hidden from the day?
Nay thy Fathers hand hath shaped them,
And he Ioveth thee the more,
i' Faith" looks beyond the Shadows,
To the brightness yet in store.
E.H.A
HENDERSON, Kentucky, April. 1853.
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MARRIED.

GREIF-PAXTON-On Tuesday, April
l4tn, at the Parsonage of the Church Of
the Assumption, by Rev. Father McDer--
mot, Mr.. VIM. =. GREIF, of Paducah, Ken
lucky, to Miss s. E. PAXTON, of Carlisle,
Indiana. No cards.
Though one of the fairest Of the.
daughters of Indiana has come to Greif,
we cannot but congratulate her, and hope.
that all her future Gre1fs may be like 1.-the
uses of adversely sweet The happy
couple departed on their bridal tour upon
the gay Mayhower yesterday, attended by
the blessings and kind wishes OF their nu-
merOus friends.
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Agents for the Journal.

Fl. A. HALL, Princeton, lad.
Capt. LEVI FERGUSON, Petersburgh, Ind
HARRY r. SMITH, Washington, Ind
W. j. L HEMINGWAY. BOOnVille, Ind.
G. r. DEBRuLER. NeWburgh, Ind.
JOHN Nj. LOCKWOOD, Mt Vernon, Ind.
]. N. FOSTER. Fort Branch, Ind.
R. w. WEAVER. Poseyville, Ind.
:. b. CORwIN. Somervtlle, Ind.
Capt. WHITING, Cynthiana, Ind.
z. J. ROGERS. New Harmony, Ind.
O. A. HARPER, OWeusville, Ind.
HARVEY BOND, HazletOn, Ind.
THOs. MCCUTCHEN, SandersviIle, Ind.
URBIS MARRs, Black Hawk Mills, Ind.
They will also receive and forward to GA
lRde rs for Ending and Job Printing.
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CORRESPONDENTS. The following
item, from the Pittsburg Conlmercjul,
we commend to many would-be news
paper writers:
A Correspondent sends us some
thing to print, and says he hopes we
will put it 10 some vacant corner"
We respectfully inform him and all
other correspondents that there is no
such a spare corner" in the Com
nlerciaL and furthermore, If a cor
respondence or article of any kind is
only fit for such a place, it is not
worth publishing at ali
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-15
aSauce for Che Gander.n

The Indianapolis Herald and other
Democratic State papers are making
great ado about the result of the
Evansville election, last week. Not
withstanding the fact that State or
National politics hardly in the re.
hottest degree entered into the dis
cussion of the canvass, and that it
turned almost entirely upon local
questions, the Democratic organs
claim that it is a decision against
Governor BAKER, because his
brother was the Republican candidate
for Mayor. THAT" says the Herald,
he should fail of success now, when
bis brother is before the people for
the Office of Governor, is indicative
of the fate that awaits his party next
Fall"
Says the Madison Courier: But
it is a poor rule that is not appli-
cable to all candidates before the peO-
pie. The result of the election at
Evansville may have this indication,
DQb Al II mas Why uOb Apply buC cdlh0
reasoning to the triumph of the
Republicans In the election in In
dianapolis for Center Township, Ma
rion County? Mr.. Hendricks, the
Democratic, Bond-holder candidate
for Governor, now lives in Indianapo-
lis. The election in Center Township
was one of the first guns from
Indiana, fired from the home Of the
Democratic candidate for Governor,
and the Republican majority is in
creased from four to eight hundred
doubled Put that in your pipe, Her.
aid, and smoke it at your leisure
That Mr.. Hendricks party should
fail so disastrously at his home, which
is also the center of the organization
In the State, is a clearer and better in
dication of the result IN October than
a municipal election held in the
southern part Of the State, and in
one of the only two Congressional
districts in the State the Democrats
have any well founded hope of carry
ing in Decentralization Courier.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-15

THE strongest advocates of General
GRANTS election to the Presidency
are the New York merchants, who
are at the great commercial center of
the country, and know best who is
the right man to place at the head of
the Government in order to bring
order out of the present confusion of
our finances and business. It has
been currently reported in the Demo-
cratic newspapers, that the we'll
known merchant, A. T. STEWART,
who has been at the head of the
GRANT movement in New York, has
abandoned the General Mr.. STEW
ART, in recent letter, gives the most
emphatic denial to the report, and
says:
So far from having withdrawn from
General Grants support, | am daily,
as far as one individual can, exerting
all honorable means to bring about
his nomination and election; believ-
ing it to be the only effectual way Of
giving peace and prosperity to our
present disunited Union.
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A STORY EVERY WEEK.

Let every friend of the Union, Of
Free Institutions, and of the True
Principles Of Government, push for
ward the good work by securing for
the CAMPAIGN JOURNAL a wide circu-
lation. 4
County and Township Committees
Should at once commence a canvass
to place a copy in the hands of every
r ,,,, i:con and doubtful voter.
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Evansville, Henderson & Nashville
RallTOad-Gen. BOyle's Letter.

We published yesterday the letter
of General BOYLE, President of the
i Evansville, Henderson & Nashville
1 Railroad, to Mayor WALKER, asking
that change be made in the sub
scription of 100000 voted by our
| city on the first of July last.
Of this subscription 5000, 600
was to be paid when the road
was running to Hopkinsville, and
also twenty miles southwark from
Henderson and twenty miles more, to
MadisonviIle. graded, and this $780,
600 was to be applied to the pur-
chase of iron, chairs and spikes. The
remaining 100000 was to be used 10
buying iron to lay the track between
Madisonville and Hopkinsville. It
is only asked to change the time of
issuing and delivering the 100000,
and apply it to buying iron, chairs
and spikes to lay the track from Hen
derson to Madison7ille. This $780,
900, with a portion Of the money
which the Company has in cash, will
enable them to purchase the iron,
and the remaining money and the
bonds of Hopkins County will com
plete the grading and bridging and fur
nish the ties to jacksonville and to the
coal mines beyond that place. It
appears to be safe to buy the
chairs and spikes and iron, for the
other means the Company has will,
it is positively stated, prepare
the road bed for the iron. Gen
eral BOYLE Is confident that by
uniting and concentrating the means,
the road can be built to a point be-
yond jacksonville. This would leave
only a gap of thirty mics to be CON-
pleted next year, if no further work
was done at Hopkinsville. But the
General confirms the belief that he
can build from Hopkinsville in this
direction from 10 to 20 miles, which
would leave only a gap of Is to %
miles. 1t would appear from
the progress made in building the
E., Il. and n. r. r., that Evansville
can now, by prompt and liberal aid,
secure the completion of the road,
and make the connection with the
roads at Nashville. Sure
ly, it is to our interest to accom-
plish such a result. If we make
the change in the subscriptions,
the 100000 IS TO be used only in
buying the iron. General BOYLE has
arranged with Mr.. john II. BARRET,
of Henderson, and Mr., JOHN INGLE,
Jr., to make the purchase of iron,
&c. 1t could not be entrusted to the
of safer and more ex-
perienced gentlemen.
We publish this morning the petit
ton of number of our citizens,
among them the largest property
holders and taxpayers, to the Mayor
and Common Council, asking them to
submit the question of a change in
The subscription to the vote of the
people. It is of the greatest impor-
lance to Evansville to secure the COM
pIetion of the road, and with the
favorable report Of the road now
we believe the people
will vote for it with great una
nimity. We trust that prompt ac-
ion will be taken so as to secure the
of the road to Madison
7ille before. Winter sets in.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Notice of Dissolution.

RTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
IN the partnership heretofore existing
between Henry Richstein and Fred .Karges,
under tue name and style of Richstein &
Karges, was dissolved by mutual consent
on Monday, April 18th.
The business of the firm viii be settled
by Fred. Karges, who continues the bust-
ness at the old place, on High Street, be.
tween Leet aud GOodsel Streets, and is
alone authorized to collect and pay all
debis. HENRY RICHSTEIN.
FRED. KARGES.
April I3, 1865. [apl4 d8t
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REFERRING to the impeachment
trial, the Baltimore American says:
There is one other feature of the
trial worth noticing, and that is the
different line of conduct pursued by
Senator Wade, Of Ohio, and Senator
Patterson, of Tennessee. The latter
is the Presidents son-in-law, an in
mate of his household, and doubtless
discusses with him each day the pro-
gress of the trial and the chances of
acquittal, as they may appear through
the gossip he picks up on the floor of
the Senate. Senator Wade does not
vote, but Senator Patterson never
fails, as Washington parlance has it,
to "vote for his boarding house"
The contrast is as marked as the
character of the two men who fur
nish it.
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Kn.KInX.Klan.


If our readers desire to be further
informed as to the movements of the
Conservative Rebel Democracy of the
South, the sworn allies of the Indiana
Democracy, let them read the EXPOSE
ton of their recent bands which we
publish IN this issue. It had It's origin
in Tennessee, but is now reported in
Kentucky and most of the Southern
States. The latest manifestations of
this aew phase Of Oopperheadism are
so formidable that Gen. MEADE hiss
deemed 1t necessary to issue an order
enjoining special vigilance On the part
of the military and civil officers in his
Department, in order to protect the
community from the organized scoun-
drels. Gen. MEADE would scarcely
have issued such an order had he not
been entirely convinced of their mum
Der and purposes. and the attempt by
Democrats, North and South, to
make it appear that they have been
exaggerated, is completely answered
by the Generals action.
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The Gar and the Carpenter.
MASONIC HALL.

rEvHIs POPULAR PLACE OF
amusement WILL SHORTLY OPEN,
For the Summer Season,
Under the management of W. M. HOL-
LAND, with FIRsT-CLAss COMPANY,
selected from the Louisville, Indianapolis,
Pittsburg, and New York Theatres.
SB- POPULAR STA RS have been en-
gagged, and VIII appear in rapid succession.
APPS diff
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-15

OUR Henderson Correspondent,
who, for some time past, has been
strangely silent, furnishes US this
morning with some verses which have
in them more of substance than SHADOW
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THE Courier, in It's account of the
demonstration on Monday night,
says there were one thousand voters
marching in procession for three
hours! IF its thousands are no more
formidable at the ballot box next
Fall, the Republican victory will be
an easY one.
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The sober sided, Conservative Buff
falo Commercial says: 1.-THE extrava-
CANT jubilation of the Democrats over
the Connecticut election is a very
natural consequence of long lack of
opportunity in that line. The party
has been so steadily in the vocative
that it has lost all control of its emo
ton in the presence of even the small
est success. Ten years ago that party
could safely count upon carrying a
large majority of the States of the
North, and now its oracles become
frantic over a show of success in one
Of the smallest States. aud that, too,
the one which, in 1914, set the first
example of rebellion"
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PoLLARD's Southern Opinion orna-
ments the head column of its first page
with the cabalistic letters K. K. K,
inserting between the KS a couple of
skulls and cross-bones. Under this
piratical heading it devotes several
columns to the work of the new rebel
organization.
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Notice to Debtors.

A LII PERSONS IND EBTED TO
IA the late firm of Rfchstein & Karges
are requested to call and settle immedi-
ately. FRED. KARGES.
april dot
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-15

A NEW Story Is commenced in this
issue. 1t will be extended through
several numbers.
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THE Courier has something to say
about old Republicans in the
ranks of the demonstration " on
Monday night. We guess that, like
It's one thousand voters in process
sion," was mainly in the befuddled
IMAGINATION Of the Reporter.
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AMUsEMENTs.

NEW METROPOLITAN,
FIRST ST., bet, Sycamore and Vie.
MARTIN GOLDEN, Lessee and Manager.
Second Night of the Re-opening.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, April 10,
on this evening will be presented the
popular Comedy entitled
PAUL PR'Y,
In which AIr. J. L. Barrett and Victor ]
Hanlenbeck viii both appear, which
will be followed by pleasing
afterpiece.
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During the Campaign, the discus
sion of POLITICAL QUESTIONS
will receive the most prominent atten-
ton; but the past high reputation of
the JOURNAL will be maintained with
undiminished interest as a
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CAMPAIGN RATES.
FOR SIX MONTHS
THE
WEEKLY JOURNAL

Is the LARGEST and OLDEST
NEWSPAPER in this section, and
Is in all respects
Equal to any Paper in the West,
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Commercial and Family Paper.

1t will contain the LATEST
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS, full
MARKET REPORTS, SPECIAL
CORRESPONDENTS, STATE
NEWS ITEMS, LITERARY and
RELIGIOUS MATTERS, and
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The EVANSVILLE LIEDERKRANZ
and EVANSVILLE ORCHESTRA will
give, on the 18th. 18th, and 3Oth of April
at Turner Hall, Lortztng's beautiful Opera.
The Czsr and the Carpenter,
Tickets 20 cents; reserved seats 81; and
textbooks at p cents-tO be had at Warren
q ConyngtOns. Fish q Barriers, +. Cells
Music store, ScnlaepfeF's Drug Store, and
at the door.
Doors open at o'clock to commence
precisely at o'clock.
For particulars, see bills.
ap14 till 80 THE COMMITTEE.