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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-07
The Democracy and the COlOFed YO-
teFs.
From Cincinnati Gazette, April 5th.l
LIBERALITY, EQUALITY AND FRA
TERNITY.

From Cincinnati Gazette, April 5th.l
LIBERALITY, EQUALITY AND FRA
TERNITY.
The election yesterday showed the
ameliorating effect Of equal rights on
antagonisms of race and color. No
opposition was offered TO the colored
vote, nor any unfriendly feeling ex-
hibited toward the colored voters.
On tho contrary, they were actively
e~lcctioneered by both parties, with all
the sweetness Of manner that is applied
to such uses. In wards where last
year il a legal voter, having a visible
admixture of negro blood" had offered
to vote, he would have been set upon by
"a crowd of Irishmen, and would have
been lucky if he escaped with his life,
the Irish crowd recognized them as
equal sovereigns, and their touch OF
the ballot as making the two races
akin. In the first Ward, where the
citizens Of Irish and African descent
do n%umerously inhabit. the declara-
ton of Mr.. Fitzgerald in his speech
to the colored people on Saturday
night. which was distinguished for
the entire absence of that blarney
which is traditional to his race, that
no had eaten with negroes, drank
with negroes, grown up with negroes,
and in fact owes what he is and what
no expects to be to negroes, did not
in the least ALLEVIATE his Irish Demo
cratic voters. but on the contrary they
accepted this as the natural utilization,
and continually affirmed chat he was
a better Democrat than the Demo
cratic nominee.
And throughout'th city, although
there are as yet no laws to protect the
blacks IN the right to vote, their right
was recognized and accepted, and all
feeling of hostility to their enfran-
| chisement was changed to a kind in
terest ia their welfare, and n benev-
client desire to aid them in casting
their first vote intelligently. 1t is a
phenomenon for the Investigation of
the scientific, as to the question of the
depth and ineradicability of the pref
udice of color, especially with the
Irish, in whom, from their finer ma
ture, it vas supposed to be most deep
scaled. 1t is a symptom worthy the
notice Of the statesman, as to the
question OF the ballot as n personal
protection. 1t is a cause for devout
gratitude on the part Of the Demo
cratic party, which has believed and
lamented that this barrier of color
was impossible. And it is a pregnant
sign that the ballot once in hena As
its own sufficient prnteoti0n. ana thal
it's continued possession will depend
on no constitutional prohibitions.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-07
Railroad Matters.

The work on the Evansv lille, Hen
derson & Nashville Railroad is being
pushed forward by the contractors,
and in a very short time will have
reached the great coal fields of Hop.
kins county.
The engineering party from St.
Louis is out upou the line of the Ey-
ansvi lie & Carmi Railroad, perfect
ing the survey for the estimate upon
which "a proposition will be submitted
to the Board of Directors to build
the Road without delay.
MEssRs. Mann and Rosenbaum,
directors of the Mt. Vernon, Gray
vile & NATION Railroad, telegraphed
from New York. under date of the
LIST inst, that the building of the
Road SIS certain" and that the con-
tractors engineer is on his way to
Mt. Vernon.
DR.. LEWIS, of Princeton, viii ad-
dress the citizens of Poseyville on the
subject of a railroad from Princeton
to Mt. Vernon, on Saturday, April
23d.
THE people Of Orange County are
strongly in favor of the building of
the Sandusky Railroad from Seymour
through Paoli and on to Evansville.
ALLUDING to to prospect of the ex-
tension of the Evansville & Craw-
louisville Railroad, from Rockville
to Lafayette, the Terro Haute Journal
remarks: The extension of the
Evansville e. Charlottesville Railroad
to Lafayette in one direction, at the
same time it is extended to Chicago
in another, will mako il one of the
most valuable roads in the State. The
city will soon be able to sell its stock
at par, and invest the funds in water
works, or aiding other roads,"
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-07
The School DeclsIon.

There can be no mistaking the
meaning of the vote yesterday on the
school question. Cincinnati has de-
clared. IN a way that nobody can mis-
understand, with an emphasis that
nobody can fail to catch, that by the
public school system, as it exists to-
day, she is going to stand. The issue
that was presented was plain and
sharp. Her position is no less plain,
not a whit less decided. A Catholic
party was openly, avowedly, uncom-
promisingly at war with the schools,
Aiding that party, under the claim OF
struggling for the freedom of con-
science, were many who p~rofessed to
be warm friends of the public schools.
To both the party and its allies the
city speaks this morning very firmly
very decidedly.-Ci Gin cianati Gazette
April5.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-07
..The Bank MononolIsts.,,

The Courier, the election over, has
not lost its fear of. or abandoned its
abuse Of the Bankers of the city. In
yesterdays issue it exhorts the Demo
cratic Council to be on its guard
against the eorrupting influence of
the bank monopoly" on the water
works project. It also parades the
names of two of the Bank Presidents
in a ridiculous illustrated article. The
editor is evidently fearful that the
Mayor and Council are in danger OF
being unduly Influenced by the capt
talists Of the city. who happen to be
Republican in politics. We were I'M
der the impression from a reading OF
the Courier editorials previous to the
election, that it's candidates for Co-n-
cilmen were secure from the machina.
tions of monopolists, and exalted
above the seductive allurements Of
capitalists.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-07

THE Courier thinks our refusal to
publish Mr.. Carpenters Card, in
which he returns thanks for his elec
ton to the Council, "a petty piece Of
radical littleness, too small for con
tempt" Mr.. Carpenter was the reg
ular Democratic nominee, and a
Democrat himself, and it was a piece
of impertinence on his part to ask a
Republican newspaper to publish his
Card, which was of a purely politica,
character. The Republican party
opposed his election, and a Repub-
lioan journal had no reason L
give him the benefit Of its col
umns to herald his triumph over IL
party friends.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-07

TUE glory Of great blessings is just
now showered down in sufficient
quantities to satisfy all the weak
kneee Democrats who failed to vote
on Monday, The wooden nutmeg
State, Gold C%onnecticut,) has elected
Hon. James II. English Governor,
and the whole Democratic State ticket.
Courier.
The great blessings arc limited to
the result in Connecticut and Evans
vile, as the dispatches from all other
sections Of the country show that the
elections on Monday were almost uni
formly favorable TO the Republicans,
as indicated by the result in Cincin-
natl, st. Louis and other cities, east
and west. And the Democracy are
fairly entitled to all the credit they de-
serve for Gov. English's election in
Connecticut. The vote Of the State is
always very close. and he is elected
by less than a thousand majority. Ii
must be remembered, however, that
he was a war Democrat. and is OPP.
posed to all the pet theories and
measures supported by Western Dem
ocrais. He is in favor of the Eff.
teenth Amendment, and in a recent
speech expressed himself very decid.
eddy on that subject, boasting that as
far back as 1863 he was an Alliance o.
The Republican party On The enfran.
chiSement Of The ~negroesi Such is tho
difference between the Democracy Of
Connecticut and Evansville.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-07
The coiored VOTE In ClnclnnatI

The Cincinnati papers, without re-
gard TO politics, unite in commenda-
ton Of the orderly and becoming man
ner in which the negroes of that city
exercised for the first time the right
Of suffrage. How strangely different
the tone Of the following extract from
the Enquirer strongly Democratic)
from the utterances of the Evansville
Courier:
Notwithstanding the apprehension
of trouble at the polls yesterday, no
election in Cincinnati ever passed off
more orderly. There was not a dis
turbance in all the city that we could
hear of. The day was beautiful, and
an unusually large vote was polled,
the chief interest eentering In the
Bible issue. For the first time in the
history of the State the negroes were
invested with the right of suffrage,
and it is due the much-abused and
long-suifering race to say that they
discharged their right of f~reemanship
with great dignity and decorum. They
made no effort to control the election,
and nobody interfered with them. 1t
is fair to presume that there was not
a negro Of lawful age in the city yes
terday who did not get to the polls,
and who did not record his vote. And
they anne early, too.
The Commercial I'll independently also
agrees with the Democratic organ, in
its testimony, as follows.
We had an ordinary election yoster-
day. The cOlored citizens were not
H A.-E-1 -, kIo 0-~~@ &c A.
right to vote, and behaved with great
propriety. winning good opinions on
all sides. With few exceptions they
voted straight Republican tickets.
The Bible candidates carried several
of the closely contested Wards, and
will have q small majority in the
Board. They arc indebted to the col
ored vote for their success.
The Gazette (Republiean) says:
The eolored men who had just been
enfranehised under the recent proc
lamation generally voted. The whole
number Of votes cast by colored per-
sons was about eleven hundred. They
voted quietly, and without molesta-
ton. 1t is but justice to them to say
they behaved with eminent proprfety,
and throughout manifested an earnest
desire to ascertain where their duty
was to be found. As might have been
expected, they generally voted the
Republican ticket; indeed, they did
this almost without exception, and it
was noticeable that they waived pres
ent objections to men who they had
reason to believe stood up for them
during the war. They, too, generally
cast their votes for the School Board
candidates who are in favor Of the
Bible in our public schools.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-07

WHITTLEsEY has become so exhil-
arated by the success Of Monday, that
he is perfectly oblivious to his late
letter inviting Fred. Douglas to share
the hospitality of his bed and board.
The Courier is again full Of abuse of
the niggers." is again broadly on
the platform Of "a white mans Gov
ernment," and calls loudly for the
overthrow of negro equality and
negro legislation"
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-07

THE Indianapolis and Terre Haute
papers Of yesterday, were full of ac-
counts of the Clay county excursion.
Our Geographic dispatches gave a very
succinct report, and we will hardly
have space for the details. Yester-
day was spent in examining the manu-
featuring enterprises and facilities OF
Terre Haute. The day was spent in
visiting the foundries, nail works and
rolling mill, tho new iron bridge of the
St. Louis, Vandalia, and Terre Haute
Railroad, the Normal School and 9th
or objects Of interest. At two O'Clock
a grand dinner was served at the Terre
Haute House, and the excursionists
left for indianapolis on the evening
train
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-07

The Executive Committee Of the
Western Textile Fabric Association
have decided to hold their next an
nual exposition in indianapolis. The
exhibition will bring together a large
number of manufacturers and mer-
chants from all parts Of the United
States.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-07

THE returns from the primary cleo
tions in tho Fourth tRichmond) Dis
trict indicate the nomination of Judge
Wilson over George w. Julian, the
present Representative 10 Congress.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-07
WATCHMAKING.
FOR SALE.

EO8 SALE-VALUABLE MAIN
IL STREET PROPERTY-That splendid
property known as the Egler prOperty,
situate on the west corner OF Main and
sixth streets, fronting 1914 feet on Main
Street and $50 feet on sixth Street. Said
property is offered for sale at low figures
on easy terms. Apply TO
j L. ELLIO1T 81 SON,
Real Estate Agents,
Corner Locust and Third Streete.
elg diff
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-07
TnE Terro Hauto Lrprcss Of Mon.

day says.
A friend, in Indianapolis. writes as
that voorhees, was much disturbed
during the lasttwo hours of his speech
by the snoring Of the Hon. j. r.. Nc
Donald. who sat near him on the
platform.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-07
.EvANsvILLR-1 Mn
experimenting BuiIdIng.

gTYEEE undersigned being an old and
4 practical builder, offers his services 10
the citizens of Evansville as "A Superin.
tendent OF ildtn WIN be found al
the office OF b. +. Tribe, corner Walnut
and Fifth Streets.
mh30 II WILLIAM HUNNEG.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-07
YedIOck.

THE BASIS OF CIVIL SocIETY.-Essays for
Young Men. on the n and happiness
of Marriage, and the evils aud dangers of
Celibacy; with sanitary help for the at
tatnment of mans true position in life.
Sent free, In sealed envelopes. Address
HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Pox p, Phila-
delphia, Pa. lfelO d&WSm
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-14
miscellaneous Items.


Duluth has daily paper 7x9 inch
es. called the Morning Call. A Mr..
Payne is editor.
A total eclipse Of the sun occurs on
the 22d of the present month. Get out
your smoked glasses.
The wheat shipments Of Hudson
during the past year amount to 636, 572
bushels.
In speaking Of the wheat crop in
ST. Croix county the Hudson Star and
Times of last week says:
The heavy rains after harvest, dam
aged several hundred thousand bushels
10 such an extent as to render it unfi, for
markc:."
Strike out the word "hund:ed" and
The item will have some grains of truth
in it. But taking il rsrbatins it is oil
bunccmbe, or something worse.
Charley Wright, Of Clifton, slaught-
cred two pigs, eight months old, which
weighed 800 and 2s5 pounds respective,
ly. They were half breed Chester
WhiteI Who can beat them2
The death of w. F. Prindle, ESQ f,
of the law firm of Bartlett & Prindle,
Eau Claire, is announced in our Chippo
wa Valley exchanges. He is spoken of
as a good lawyer and a very excellent
citizen. ASA
ID. G. Hill 10 drawing plans for the
county house to be erected on the poor
farm of Pierce county. 8 - =.
There was shipped from Diam ond
Bluff this season, 1852 bushels of
wheat, and l.242 bushels OF barley. all
purchased and forwarded by Frank S,sr
rett. for Diamond 10. So says the Red
Wing Argss.
The Polk county Press last week
entered upon its eleventh volume with
increased evidences of prosperity. Nv.
Flfeld. it's energetic proprietor shakes
up a lively local sheet. "a sn 8 1855
On the Sd Of Dec. the steamer
Woman x took a lsree excursion party
from Taylors Falls and Osceoia 10 Still
water and back. Prescott and Hasiiags
are still ahead four days on the exeur
siop business,- a. far as heard from.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-14
pierce County court--In Probate,

IN lne matter Oh the last VIII anu testament
Of James Boomer. deceased.
ON READING AND FILING an instru-
~ ment in writing. pulpOrting TO be the
lasi will and testament of James Bloomer,
late of Oak Grove, in said county. deceased.
and also the accompanying petition of Mary
BloOmer, of Oak Grove. in said county, rep
resenting among other things that the said
James Bloomer lately died at his residence
in the town of Oak Grove. in said county :;
that the said instrument is the last will and
and testament of said deceased and that
she, the said petitioner, is the dert cal Mary
Bloomer named and appointed IN and by
The said last will and testament. executor
thereof; and praying that a day be appointed
for hearing the proofs of said last will and
Testament: s.....5
1t is ordered that the proofs of said insiru-
ment he heard bSf'fe the Judge of this Court.
Om Monday, the ninth day of January. 1871,
at 10 o'clock a. at his office i'm the city of
Prescott. :And it is further ordered That
public notice thereof be given TO all persons
interested by publishing copy of this order
for three weeks successfully. prior to said
day of hearing. in the Prescott Journal, a
weekly newspaper printed at Prescott in
said county. WILLIAM HOW Els
35 3w County Judge.
Dated December Z, 1870.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-14

The bin providing for the estension Of
the laid grant for the S.. Cr1x & SUI
perior railroad came before the How .
last week Tuesday, and its consideration
was made the special order Of business
for The f'll'wing Tuesday yesterday
What Congress did with the bin ye-
terday We are unsble 10 say rs Mondays
dispatches are the latest we Lave re-
cei,ed at the time we 60 To press. We
sincerely hope that an extension Of the
grant may be secured. for thai railroad is
an absolute necessity 10 this Valley and
must be built.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-14
Pierce County court---,n Probate


In the matter of the estate of Nelson @.
Glass deceased.
~ reading and filing the petition OF MAJ
~ Iette T.. Glass administrative of said estate
Getting forth the amount of personal estate
that has come to her hands and the dispos;-
ton thereof the amount of the debts cut
standing against said deceased and DIES,
criptton OF all the real estate of which said
deceased died seized and the condition and
the value of the respective portions thereof
and praying hat License be TO her granted to
sell the whole of said real estate; and il ap-
ptarirg by sad petition that there is not suf-
hcIent personal estate in the hands of said
administrative TO Lay SAID debts and that it
IS necessary in order TO pay the same to sell
the whole of said real estate including the
homestead.
III IS therefore ordered that all persons in
terested III haid estate appear before the Judge
OF this Court on Monday the sixth day of
February ISL, at ten o'clock A. NJ, at his of.
fice in the City of Prescott then and there TO
show cause IT any there shall he why license
should not be granted to said administrative
10 sell said real estate according to the pray
er OF saiu petition.
And IT is further ordered that a COPY of
this order shall be published for four succes-
sive weeks prior TO said day of hearing in the.
PRESCOTT Journal weekly newspaper pub
lIshed at Prescott I'm said County
Dated at Prescott, Dec z, 1876.
WILLIAM HowRs.
55'4w. County Judge.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-14

blighting Consequences may be avoided,
but without surrenderirc aay right or
obligation due to the United States; a
Eeform IN the treatment of the indians,
and IN the whole civil service f1Is comp
try; and, finally, 10 securing pure, I'M
tTsmmeled ballot, where every man en-
titled to cast vote tnaysdo so just once
al each election, without fear of molesta
tim, or prescription on account of his
political faith, nativity or color"
On such platform, large majority
of the Americas people will De proud to
stand .
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-14

Fl tfFFs Foreclosure Sale. 9Yl 81
State OF Wisconsin-CireuitC Court Pierce
county.
Z. N. Redmon against Joseph Loub.
pursuance OF Judgment and decree of
Il this court rendered in this action Al f,,e.
regular May term of the said circuit court for
1870. / shall on the 7th day of January,
1871 at 2 O'Clock N. at the front door of
the Post Office in the city of Prescott in said
county offer fG sale at public ysndue. and
sell to the highest bidder the following des-
cIIbed real estate to wit: The north Rsss Of
the se14 Of section Z, and the swL of the
nwA of section 5. all in town 90. of range
IL. Said lands are situate in theeounty OF
Pierce and state of Wisconsin. -~a'z
Dated, Nov. 18th, 1870.
CHARLES SMITH, Referee.
WHITE & BurToS. plff's Att'v,. 32.7w
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-14
CongressSonai ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.


The official returns Of the vote of Wis.
eonsin, at the late election, have been re
ceivcd at the office of Secretary of State
From them We CLEAN the following ma
jprities:
In the lst distsict, Alexander Mitchell,
(dem.) rceeised l6 $50 votes; w. P.
Lyon (rep) received l2.25o votes
MitcheiFs majority 39s.
In lhs 81 district. G.. w. Hazleton
(r.p.) recsived IL, 467 votes; A. G
Cook lem) 500 votes. HazIeton's
majority, 1890.
In the 3 district, Barber (rep re.
ceived 1868 votes; Stracban (dein.
s,l56 votes Majority for J. A. Barber
3.347.
In tho 4th district. ]. A. Watrous
(rep received o Csc votes; C. A. Ed
rsdge (Ism.) l5,0l6. Eidredge's ma
joritv $3.50.
Ia the 5th district, Sawyer (-op.) re
ceived IL, 25s votes; Stringham (dem
1882. Majprity for P. Sawyer, 436.
In the 9th district J. 81. Rusk (rep.
received l5,042 votes;A Meggett, dem. J
9,506 votes, Rusk's majority $3.50.
The majority for Samuel FallOws for
State Superintendent is 026. The
majority against the grand jury system
is 1923.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-14

l. ton of lumbermen to the following COM
municatIoa. just received from the Governor
of the State of Wisconsin:
STATE OF WISCONSIN, EXECUTIVES DP'r,
MADISON, Sept: 18th 1876.
Gen. Sam. Hartman, Somerset. Via
GEyERAL-Tno duty of protecting the
ii nber on the lands granted to the State hy
the acts OF Congress Of June Sd. 1856. aud
May 5th 1864. to aid in building a railroad
from Lake ST. Croix to Lake Superior. stills
devolves upon the State. | understand that
some, who are disposed 10 tressapass on the
same. claim that, inasmuch as the grant was
not renewed at the last session of Congress,
the State has no further authority in the
premises. Such is not the case. The State
will remain charged with the protection of
these lands until Congress ultimately refuses
to renew the giant by declaring it annulled,
and ordering the lands into market
YOu will. therefore. guard the lands with
the utmost vigilance. and proceed with all
vigor against depredaiors thereon.
Ina letter TO this Department, dated the
7th inst, the Secretary of the Interior says:
-" The arrangement entered into between
YOU and the Commissioner of the General
Land Office. on the Sd of July, 1863, and APP
proved by this Department, by which the
protection OF said timber was delegated to
the State authorities is still IN frii force, and
trcspassers must govern themselves accor-
dinghy" Very respectfully.
Locus FAIRcnILD.
AS the legal guardian of the lands en-
braced in the grants from Congress TO the
State of Wisconsin. aBore referred TO, here
by notify ali parties engaged in lnml'ering
in tie vicinity of these lands, that trespassers
thereon will ''e promptly arrested and be
punished crfsninally. and all timber cat thers-
ON ssized and confscated to the State
Dated Somerset. Oct. 10. 1870. 29-3m
SAMUEL HARTMAN, State Agt.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-14

On motion, Aldermen Smons, Nc
Gray and Rechert be appointed CONF
mit,ee to confer with COMMITTEES from
board of supervisors in regard to pur
chase Of Jail building in city of Pres
colt.
On motion, Alderman MeGray was
instructed to purchase four dozen pals
for city purposes.
On motion, council adjourned until
Monday evening Dec. 10Th. 1870.
NJ. T, DILL, City Clerk.