The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-02


vithstanding tho outrageous charaey
ter of the gerTymandering of the
wards by the City Council, the I'M
popularity of Mayor Walkers admin
istration promises to secure the over
whelming defeat of the party. The
handwriting is upon the wall, and the
Democratic Councilmen eem able to
interpret it for themselves. They
are not yet satisfied with their work,
and we understand that another eff
fort will be made St the next meeting
of the Board to make still further
changes in the boundaries Of the
wards. All right, gentlemenl The
people have made up their minds.
and all the gerrymandering your in
genuity can devise will not save you
from condemnation. VIZ rather like
these attempts to make Democratic
wards by ordinance. 1t shows that
the Councilmen realize that they have
forfeited the respect of their constitu-
ents, who only await the opportunity
to pronounce Judgment against them.
The dissatisfaction is not confined to
any one ward or block. 1t exists
everywhere. The outrageous taxa
ton of the past year, and the little to
show for the money expended, have
convinced the people that the credit
and prosperity of the city depend
upon a thorough aud complete change
of administration uly VIII Mayor
Walker resign after the people have
rendered their verdict? We shall see.
MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR "A KU
KLUx DEMONSTRATIONS Y Yesterday
was the regular time for the meeting
of the Board of County Commission
ers. At the appointed hour, Mr..
Decker, the member from this city,
was IN his place. ready to proceed to
business. Mr.. Biseh, the Auditor,
had received, during vacation, the
resignation of Mr.. Hawkins, of Union
Township. On the arrival of the
morning train, Mr.. Bowers, the Com
missioner from Scott Township, was
seen passing up Main Street. On
arriving at the corner of Main and
Third, three or four men surrounded
him, and carried him off in q most
mysterious manner, since when he has
not been heard from. Mr.. Decker
waited the entire afternoon, and still
nothing was heard from the missing
| Commissioner, and consequently the
Court was not convened according to
law. This mysterious affair is so
much like the Ku KIux demonstra-
ticus in the South, that apprehensions
exist of foul aplay. At a late hour
last night, the mystery was still un-
solved. We trust the missing man
will turn up, this morning, and give a
satisfactory account of his. absence,
which, of course, must be enforced,
as so high-minded a gentleman as
Mr.. Bowers would rot willingly fail
to discharge duties imposed upon him
by his office. syasf bea .vab-oi i4i
THANKs.-We neglected in yester-
days JOURNAL to acknowledge the
prompt delivery of Nashville papers
of Friday upon our table. at 2 P.M
Saturday, by DR.. G. Q, Green, Mai
Agent on the Morning Star, many
hours 10 advance of the mails. DIR
Green also sent US a copy of Thu
Freedmen's Savings Bank Register
aud a copy of the Report of tn
Freedmen's Savings and Trust Com.
pany, an institution organized for The
special benefit Of freedmen. to enabl
them to save their earnings. The
receive deposits Of sums not less thai
81, and on all sums of $50 or over pa
four per cent, if deposited for not les
than thirty days. Many Of the color
ed people in the South and East hav
already saved large sums of moaey
| 1t would be a good thing to have a
institutution of the kind established
in this city. 50
; -@-
PERsoNAL-Among the stranger
: in the city yesterday, we had tn
pleasure of meeting w. o.. Whiting
horn, one of the proprietors of tn
celebrated Picket (tobaeco) Ware
house, of Louisville, Ky ne 'H.
Joseph K. Frick, the d~istinguishe
Architect, of Hopkinsville, KY, is
, the city on a visit to his friends, an
5 to renew his subscription to the Dali
: JOURNAL. He expects soon to max
Evansville mis- home.
: Rev. Stephen Bowers, Pastor Of th
Methodist Episcopal Church at Viz
) cennes, was in the city yesterda.
Also, John G. Noble, Editor of th
J. Paducah Herald, and ex GovernC
: Dixon, of Henderson. 5 s5e55
MORE EXPRESS GoMBTNATIoNs,-
On the 24th of February, Jay GOul
S issued the following order: as
+ "On and after March i, the Err
Railway Company will run the e.
press over their entire road an
branches. in place of the Unite
States Express Company. The ex
press will be under the charge of {
A. Fuller, General Superintendent
with headquarters at New York. Raj
road agents will act for the exprei
: until further orders.
: This order would cut off the u
Express from the Atlantic and Gre'
Western roads, and the Adams E.
press from the Ohio & Mississippi
The order produced some feeling