The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-03-23

q mile vide, which adds greatly to the
value # the lands. Bottom land on
this stream IS now valued at fifty dol
lars per acre, which for this new
country. is considerably or the steep
order.
The name Of this river is accounted
for by the following legend: Once
upon a time. an Indian girl, a be-
witching little savage, with black hair
and saddle. colored complexion
rather good looking, much on the
Pocahontas order, especially In that
she was an Indian, was crossing this
river on a pony, and, when about mid
way, she held up her beautiful little
hands, elevated her artless eyebrows,
and, and in her sweet Indian accents
exclaimed, 'Wauka rusa-ughF In
plain English, she said. 1t Is hip
deep!'-the immodest little hussy-
and meant by the pronunciation OF the
three last letters, it is devilish cold,
| tell you'll"
In my last letter TO the JOURNAL l
promised to give, In a future letter,
some account of the Kansas LeglsIa-
ture. I find it difficult to comply
with my promise. | presume it Is
very much like other State Legisla-
lures. and will, no doubt. compare
fayorably with those of other West
ern States 10 its general makeup Its
proceedings this Winter have been
very much on the monotoDous order,
and | have, like a dutItul subject,
made no attempt to keep up with it.
The Democratic members are seat
tering and few between, yet they
HI ..4O~k fNTnHA
Whittlesey, Of the Courier, of your
city, to be determined to not only
keep even with their Republican IN
tagonists, but if possible to go ahead
of them in comforting favors and
privileges, both political and social,
upon the coloTed mar and brother.
At the beginning of the session, a
Democratic member of the House
moved the election OF a little niger
as one Of the pages, made a brief
speech in eulogy of the diminutive
kinky headed candidate for official
honors and emoluments, all Of which
was applauded and carried unani-
mously. The first four weeks of the
session, the new members" fire.
quently exploded in the most terrific
burst of eloquence and patriotism,
and the American Eagle and the
Star Spangled Banner, the Declare
ton Of Independence, and our poor
old fore fathers, whose ashes are so
frequently and so rudely disturbed,
as usual, caught fits 10 the customary
style; but, after each fellow
had had his turn and had
demonstrated to his constituency and
the world that he,could make a speech
as well as the neXt man. things subsi-
ded into monotony and business. |
dropped into the gallery of the
House one drizzly Saturday afternoon
and took a quiet survey of the mem
bers below. | must confess, that as
a crowd of men, they were not extra
ordinarily prepossessing and many
of them were even considerably on
the contrary order. My first impulse
was to think derogatorily of the mass
of law makers below me, but l sud
denly recollected our own kiZer, who
q winter or so ago was wont to speak
affectionately of his venerable Dem
ocratic constituency" After that
!, / could not find it in my heart to say
or thiok aught in derogation. For
once, at least, | attended to a voice
; that said, " You live in a glass house
B be careful of your rocks" But still,
l think l may venture the inquiry,
why is it that State Legislatures arc
the worst selected and worst paid off
GERS in the country? As a general
rule, a man Of respectable attachments
and business. is unwilling to accept
this office; for, if he is honest, he is
certain to come out at the small end
of the horn. Financially, a man had
better be a constable or a fence viewer
| must insist upon it that this is a
burning shame, and yet 1t is an evil
prevalent, l believe, throughout the
Union.
Among the leading Republican
members of the House of Represen.
tives Of this State, is the Hon, John
: Guthrie, formerly of Loeansport, Ind.
| a Captain in the 46th Iud. Vols,
/ defeated Republican candidate for the
, Indiana State Legislature in 1864
aud an emigrant to this State in 60
| He is now serving his third term as &
member of the House, this session al
Speaker, pro tenn, which is suficient
J proof of his popularity and efficiency
He is a citizen of Topeka, and a law.
yer by profession. By the way, In.
) diana is fully represented out here, OF
every side and in every department.
Messrs. Pomeroy, Ross and Clarke
United States Senators and Repre-
sentatives of this State, have come IL
| for their full share of abuse, by the
present Legislature. They mast bt
: bad men, even if the mt hundretl
part of n per cent. of what is openly
said of them be true.
No public man, or those ambitious
to be SO, in the State, so far as
/ know, dares to speak favorably o
them. They literally have no friends
r and, as 1t always happens, every body
seems to think it is their especial du
e ty to give them a kick from behind.
5 Senator Pomeroy is now openly
charged with having, by letter, Offered
Q to vote against the impeachment o.
4 President johnson for the exceed
G ingly cool sum of one hundred thou
sand dollars. Now, my theory of the
t matter is this: Ii Senator Pomeroy
q intended this as his ultimatum, anC
Q was resolved and desperately fortified
y against being "jewed" down, l am IN
e able to construe it into other than
compliment to his Roman integrity
and invincibility. One hundred
Y thousand dollars is a goodly sum, anC
a mans virtue must be a goodly vir,
ture if it requires such a goodIy sun
o to purchase 1t. Ii We are to listen tC
the rumors that FIJI the air, most O
our Congressman act on a diferen
: principle from Senator Pomeroy. /
: is to get the most you can, but, by al
means, get something. But here
comes Senator Pomeroy, who deposcs
and says: My price is one hu1dreC
thousand dollars; take me at that, OF
Let me alnnn and dnnIt hnthn mn ,