The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-15
4 CrlfIcaI Corre.s ponliienIk

The Cincinnati Times has a special
correspondent out WestCEho is far
nishing that paper with some letters
OF a most remarkable character. lie
secs and hears more new things than
81 were ever dreamed of By ordinary cor
respondents, and the depth of his re-
searches, and philosophical shrewd-
ness of observations, are most
sscaptiVatings AAUd "a Fl
-,fssf Iq rrao letter from rEysasyille, ) he
starts out, With the very matter of
fact statement that Evansville has
some important Advantages of posi-
~ s.ztiUn. Situated midway Betwecn thea
fails of the Ohio and Cairo and on a
s1 short lire between Chicago and the
South. via Nashville. she must always
--ii,1t II be pl4Seef so me odnse quebes, but it
it viii be a long tip1e before che
satv can snpplant Louisville.' Thereasop
ID of this is found in the fact that
rs.,f'ssL louisville can reach Southern Gus
ifa tomers just as easily as Evansville, be-
cause the Louisville and Nashville
Road has no grades of one hundred
and nineteen feet to the mile on tres1
az tie work, as the road from Evansville
to Nashville has. 1.-THE peculiaritycf
= this road. with its grade of one hun
dred and nineteen feet to the mile,
is, that while it brings Chicago
much nearer to the S0ath, it fails to
perform a like service for Evansville
"a This rorascating ,corrsspondent.'
While rconoeding that tho E. g. G.
Road is pretty fairly managedsois
fairly captivated by the o. .SS N. Rail
& road, which he found having none
but easy grades, afe1o dangerous carpes.
and very little trestle work" while
the cars on it were ""most sumptuous
and comfortable" The climax is
aoTesgoodse9 baA 2nIbI8 WT01 hrf
Descending from great things to
small, the correspondent ascertained
that I'VE have, two daily German and
two English papers in Evansville
M but none Of them oyince much abil-
ity.'' ug6 n
The JOURNAL has a fine job Office
Its river column is highly esteemed
by steamboatmen, but as a newspaper
or a political organ, it has very little
force. Its Democratic rival the Coz.
Tier. has had many vicissitudes, and
is now owned by two Germans who
N hire the writing done. Mr. Whittle-
sey, the editor, is an able gentleman
rrr but the paper has TO benrun SO as moi
to touch German sentiment In the
slightest degree, and this don't ex.
actly, at all times, suit the American
Democracy. s 80 s9.ss ~ A#
asa We confess this eriticismiis of I
somewhat aflicting chaFacter.in tha
the measure Of ability, seems to b,
the Times, a paper that bas stood pre-
eminent among its contemporaries
for forced feebleness for the last de
eade. We are sorry to learn. too
that the editor Of the Courier is pre-
vented from displaying his ability,
by the fact that his paper has TO b,
run SO as not to touch German senti
mentin the slightest degrees" Thi
- being compelled mot 10 touch Ger
man seutimentI' .tBe Aare surprises
also to learn, don't exactly, at al
times. 1t the American Democracy.
Wei le the German proprietors- Q
two papsrs, both daily. win immedi
2 atelyset their English editor at lib
erty, that he may give US an averag
specimen ofhis liability" q7
Having snuffed out the daily papcr:
the correspondent next disposes q
the pretensioRss Of our to bacco men i
paragraph. We copy.
The Evansville papers talk goo
deal about the Evansville Tobacco
maket. but I am inclined to think it
myth. Compared with that of Cincir
natl, Louisville. Clarksville or Padr
can, 1t is nothing. Attwo little war,
houses that could both stand in on
corner of any warehouse in other ci
les and hardly be perceived, thel
are sales several times a week.
these sales, there is scarce o sing
buyer who makes that lis exclusl1
as business, scarce a. Bin gle buyer fl
foreign markets. Messrs Martin
Garlner s. Co., and DIR. EOrd are,
believe, clever. honorable genteme
and it the Evansville tobacco mark
ever becomes Of any consequence
it viii be their energy thatawiil NAL
1t so.
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