The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-12-16
Editorial Notes.


Senator from Maine, as successor of
Hon. LoT NJ. MORRILL,. whose term
will expire on the fourth of March
next.
ONE Of the most distinguished of
the valued lives lost in the-late disas-
ter Of the Cincinnati and Louisville
mail boats, was that of Mr.. WILLIAM
GARvIN, of Louisville. He was
useful citizen, true Christian. Many
friends in this city will mourn his
loss.
THE Paducah Gazette is calling
upon the merchants and shippers OF
that city to look after the Tennessee
River and the local country trade, SO
much of which comes to Evansville.
1t advises them to make a dash at
the country strade next Spring, and
get a mouthful, while Cincinnati,
Louisville, and Evansville are getting
meal"
The temperance men of Illinois
have held a State Convention and
resolved to organize political party
opposed to the manufacture and sale
of intoxicating drinks. From the
date of the formation of such party
the cause of temperance there will
begin to decline. 1t is not the first
time that a similar error has been
committed, and a good cause injured
thereby.
THE new post-ofice building at
Terre Haute, said to be the best In
the State, was " dedicated " on Satur-
day night last by a grand banquet.
DR.. EZRA READ, the popular and
efficient Postmaster. presided, and
speeches were made by our fellow
citizen, Postmaster WHITTLEsEY,
Mayor CooKERLY, Of Terre Haute,
Hon. THos. Fl. NELSON. Capt. @. Ell.
ALLEN. of the Express, Hon. B. w.
HANNA, and others.
GEN. THOMAS NJ. BROWNE, of Win
chester, who made a series of the
most effective speeches of the canvass
in the First District last September.
has been prominently mentioned as a
candidate for the United States Sem
ate, a position which he would
worthily fill. But the Union City
Eagle says his friends will urge his
appointment as United States District
Attorney for Indiana. We hope he
may receive the place, which he well
deserves, and the duties of which he
is so competent to discharge.
THE Southern States were not i'm
posed upon seriously in the matter of
taxation without representation. The
total amount of tax apportioned to
the eleven insurrectionary States was
50. 153, 9S1. OF this there have been
collected s2,27O,6O8. at an expense of
$243, 451, inclusive of expenses of
sales. and exclusive of salaries of
| Commissioners.
| WHETHER the insurrectionists at
Cadiz have really misbehaved as bad
ly as the Government dispatches as
sert, is very doubtful; and it is equally
doubtful whether they are Republi-
cans or persons instigated by the
Bourbon influence. Spanish bulletins
and dispatches are-Spanish!
IT is reported that Secretaries SEW
Ard, MCCULLoCH, ScHoFIELD and
EvARTs tried to dissuade JOHNSON
from inserting in his message the
paragraph in favor Of repudiating the
payment of interest on the national
debt. But he replied that in four
years from now it will be the most
popular proposition before the peo-
pie. 1t is possible that ANDY intends
to run for President on that issue in
1872.
THE English House Of Commons is
Liberal by a large majority, but the
people are very much more largely
Liberal. Ten boroughs in the city Of
London poll Liberal vote of A, 467
to 1904 Tory. In the thirty-three
largest constituencies in the United
Kingdom, the Liberal majority is 49,
124. From the thirty largest cities OF
Great Britain, casting 600, 900 votes,
come fifty three Liberals, and only
thirteen Conservatives. Were the
! American system of equal division Of
representation on the basis of popula-
ton to prevail, the Liberals would
carry four fifths of the House of Com
mons.
The Secretary of the Interior
+ BROWNING. in his report, urges Con
gress to increase the pay of the Sec
retaries and Supreme Court fifty pei
, cent. and to build the former house,
to live in. He also strongly advo
! Gates an advance of salary to thu
! hordes of clerks, and to Office holder
generally. Where is the money Il
# come from to indulge in all this gen
| crosby to the official gentry? Their,
J. is not dollar of surplus revenue be
o ing received. The last monthly state
ment shows that the Treasury raj
behind - that the receipts did no
s. equal the expenses by several mil
q lions.
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