The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-09
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Letters from Kentucky I'LL
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KRNTUOKY LETTERS.
ne Chicago Mountaineering Rail
ROad-The Genuine Rebel DemOc
racY In Convention.
PRINcEroN, Ky, june 2 1868.

PRINCETON, Ky. june 2 1868.
Editor Journal:
Having a,few moments to spare, |
win give you a few items of news that
may be of interest to a few of your
many readers. The first is the nomi-
nations Just made at Chicago, which
thrills the heart of every Union man
with Joy. There is not one within my
knowledge but what is perfectly de-
lighted, and l do not believe there is
a dissenting voice in Caldwell County
In the Union ranks, and she will give
the hero her full vote in November.
NV next item is our Railroad. Our
county voted last Saturday to sub-
scribe $4,000 to the capital stock of
the Elizabethtown Il Paducah Rail-
road, and carried the tax by about $50
majority. So Think ifcomplying with
all that the company requires will Sc
cure the road, we will certainly get it.
We have done all they have asked of
US, and still are willing to do more if
they require it. We want the road,
and want il badly.
Here is the third item, but the
largest Of all; or to say the least of it,
the most amusing. / Yesterday was
the day set apart By the ever faithful
to manufacture a ready-made Circuit
Judge aud Commonwealth Attorney.
Our Circuit is composed of five
Trigg, Christian, and Hopkins. They
En kn~~ Nru-k~I-r
There were three candidates for
Judge, Campbell, Of Christian Grace,
Of Trigg, and Calvert, OF Caldwell
for Attorney, Sypert, Of Christian,
and Hewlett. of Caldwell. The dele
gates commenced arriving Sunday
about noon, and kept coming till
about Don on Monday, and, as usual
with that party, as the delegates ar
rived whisky departed, and by the
time the convention convened they
were in just the right stage for work.
But to attempt to give a description
Of that rabble would require more
time than / have to spare this morn
ing. Suffice it-to-say, hat there was
more confusion and ouarreling
than at any old-fashioned muster
You ever saw, fromelthe time they
assembled until they left, for lido not
think they have adjourned yet. There
was "a perfeetrarabble One fellow
would attempt to speak and another
would call for the question, and then
No. l would tu%rn-round and give No.
2 a good cursing. They kept that up
from noon till night, and finally
Christian County, keeping up the
principles she started out on some
time ago, eceded, and left the other
four counties to Ak up things to suit
themselves, aud she would do asashe
pleased; aud they 7afnally halfway
dominated Grace for udge and our
friend Hewlett for Commonwealth
Attorney, which very much surprised
the most Of US, for we knew the party
was in the habit of nominating the
men that had committed the most
d~epredations on Union men during
the. war, and as Mr.. Hewlett had never
! done anything of the Sort, asd Sypert
had gained considerable Reputation
in a certain business, we were
certain he would get the nOmi-
nation. The Union men took
no part in the Convention, and will
6 take but very little in the election.
a good many of them will vote for
Hewlett knowing that he is a man of
some legal ability, and a very clever
gentleman. gag re-
This, sir, Is the way our judicial
Offices are filed In this county. Why,
sir, that Convention yesterday was
worse than any Ku-Klux Khan that
eVer assembled, and yet no recon-
struetion needed in this county. A
rebel rabble controls all the offices in
this county. 1t may, when y 5. G.
takes his seat, be different. We long
l8for the time to roll round. But
epough. As ever. ANXIOUS.
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