The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-06-21

would derive the greatest bene-
mt to their place. They offer every
thing within their power by wav Of
Indueement- There was a meeting
held at the Court House, in Carmi. on
the 18th, at l o'clock P. NJ, and on
the 18th meeting was held at Nc
LeansbOro at l o'clock Pm. Both
meetings were largely attended BY
the best men of the counties, aud all
uniting without regard to former diff
ierences In such expressions of en-
/ eouragement as could scarcely have
been expected. They say simply@nd
without dissent or reservation on the
! part OF any one of them. that they
/ nave the means and will do what
ever IS necessary to be done.
Indeed, these expressions by /
all persons and parties are so |
strong and decided as to make the /
impression that the land owners /
would gladly give the right of wav. /
and the citizens would turn ont ea
D10Sse and do the work with their own
hands II IL should become necessary
But this is not their most favorable
proposition. They have already pro.
cured from the Illinois Legislature a
very liberal charter for a road to
Evansville. This they propose to give
10 the Evansville Company, together
with a donation Of a fixed and reason
able amount per nile in money, upon
the single condition that they will
bind themselves to build the road
within a reasonable time, the Evans
vile Company to own the road at its
completion.
Every where in Illinois the people
met the Evansville people in the most
hospItable manner, and in every case.
both at Carmi and MeLeansboro.
upon inquiry for hotel bills and stable
blils for our teams, we resolved the
same answer-that they were already
paid. One gentleman of the party.
when he arrived at home, was out |
Just ten cents, and another fifty
cents. 1T the people Of Illinois had !
been able to have anticipated these
wants before, they too would doubt
less have been provided for.
The country by way of Little Chain. ]
on the Wabash, Carmi and McLeans- {
borO, is such as will seldom De found .
anywhere for ease In the construction q
Of railroads. At the Little Chain
on the Wabash, the bank comes up
10 the river on both sides moro nearly &
and IN more favorable manner than !
4 any other point on the whole river. r
There is a rock bottom for founda- :
Ion, and the stone for the piers can {
De taken from the river bed. From q
he Little Chain to Carmi there will :
lot be, at any point, a grade of FIVE T
eet, aud for nearly the whole dis 4
ance from the Little Chain TO Enfield, i
hrteen miles beyond Carmi, a road n
ould almost be made without moving
shoyelfull OF earth. except TO ballast o
he road-bed. There is some broken Z
ountry between Enfield aud Nc i
4eansbOro, but by a circuit 10 the a
outh, increasing the distance about 4
ne mile. valley may be followed 20 +
/ never saw a country producing -
lore hnely In everything than this
art Of the State is doing this year. ot
he corn looked a little late, but
yerythirg else was forward enough. n
nd bearing abundantlY.
The people Of Mt. Vernon. Illinois
leLeansboro. Enfield, and Carmi, Is
lth the people Of Mt Vernon, ia q,
as state, propose to make US visit m
efore long, for the purpose, at this a. a.
lace, Of making final arrangements ev
n the commencement of the work on ho
1e road.
On our return, when In the Wabash su
ottom, about one mile this side OF ne
le river, we got into a mud hole of ia
lch fearful depth that one Of the us
orses fell down, and ia his struggle
rise, together with the effort Of the 20
her horse to pull US out, the coup-
ng on the right hand side broke, and "a
le front wheel on that side pulled
1t from under the carriage. letting n
1wn that corner of the carriage bed. va
be other side Of the coupling held ma
st, and the horses still pulling at II,
Ie carriage, turned it over on its mc
de, gently depositing the load Ht S1e
as filthy a mudhole as the whole a
,untry could possibly produce. yeol
ben the horses had been secured an
I'd quiet was restored, cloth coats. fur
at had been taken off because Of ma I'D
Ie heat and had been lying upon the pu
rrIare seats, were seen fast settling we
the bottom of the pond, and silk On
ITS were sailing rapidly away before oth
prosperous breeze that Just then
evailed. Successful railroad men
1Ow no such word as fail, and our J
isiortuues were soon patched up, if
1t repaired, and we tugged on toward
{. Vernon just IN time to catch the AZ
by which conveyance we =
rived at home at 81 o'clock on Sat- qa'
day night ALPHA. dul