Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-08-15
LETTER FROM THE WEST.
Evansville ns seen by u WIlm1ng'
tonian-A BIgi and Thriving. city
The sunday, Laws Totally DIS
regarded. bad 4,D.. Ian

Special correspondence Ol the STATR J0tRhAh
EVANSVILLE, IND., August I.-In the
Year 1913, Robert M--Eyans, an extensive
land owper In southern Indiana, laid Out
town on his properly and named II
Evansville. At that period The country
was vile aud sparsely settled. Indians
and Wild beasts roamed over The territory,
and the crask of the hunters rife was
heard where now a thriving city. Of
about 5000 Inhabitants stands. 40
usual with all cities, the Egansyillanfl
ambitious for theif.cily's popularity, ,clnim
moro than what Uncle Sans censustaker
credited them with. This Is the way thd
city business directory has il
"The census of 1879 only credits Evans
Vile With 2l,S30 Inhabitants bnt this is
manifcsty mistake, as tho vote cast in
the Congressional election in Qctober Of
that year was 4,GG5.
frhe average of votes Is orc TO every
seven Inhabitants, which would indicAte
a population Of thirty-twO thousand, but
even estimating one vote for every siN
inhabitants, the population was ss,99Os
which Is, probably, about correct. In
the Congressional election Of lS72, thcre
were over igo thousand seven hundred
votes cast, which, vi an average OF oui
for every six inhabliante, would show
The population last fall IN have been
between lhirty-four and ihiriy. i've
thousand"
From comparison Of this city with the
elze of Wilmington, the census Of whies
was oHly little over $4,000 in 10, 1
should jusgc that the individual who was
the author Of the foregoing paragraph
was In the habit OF "seeing double
Perhaps lls his natural vision.
Now have always heard the estimate
was one vote for every four Inhabitants,
and that would make 1t but little short OF
the actual census of 20, which was pro
badly correct. "You cant make a
whistle out of a pigs tall" to use n
homely saying, neither can 10000 be
stretched Ia 10000 unless there Ia won
deriul degree Of elasticity about the poo-
ple here. l would youch for tho fact,
however, that the ideas OF lndianians In
regard 10 currency are OF that.nature.
Previous " the laying out Of Evans
lvllle there was town adjoining, since
| ipeoTpofated int Evansville, consisting
of iow houses, called Lamaseo, and by
that name this whole place was des'g
nated, An indianapolis paper suggested
from the fart that poor Old broken down
mules being lIsod Tor towing boats on th'
camel that ran lrnia lake hrie here. bni
4 nov IN dlsuse, LII. NAME was deriYa
n FROM Leups ~ CO, From time to tunI
\ this city has incTgafediin size and Duhl
\ nesb Importance, 40 that nov
Il IL Is considered tie most import
II ant point on the OL-o river wee
n of Luulsyille. Largo quant!.ies a
tobacco are shipped to AN points. spon
II dld steamers ply up and down the rivor
\ tho finest of which are The IAomPs3l
A Dsaa and Ro6s. y. Ice. These boat
ouiy make occasional trips on the Ohio
n their regular routes being ,betwecn 81
III Louis aud New Orleans. The Dean j.
now Gu Eor way from Cincinnati 10 Nov
II Orleahe, having stopped pt this Place
few hOurs. There ere here great niachln
shops, furniture n1anufactoriee, ard clho
establishments Of Industry, controlled
mainly by Germaus, who are largely i
the ajority in the city.
II AZ in most western towns the sunIH
II IA very loosely kept. Although thef
N are very stringent laws regarding %
III observance they are merely Il dead lctIei
N as bar rooms and Hi kinds Of buslnes
NJ houses are To hu found open on that dnS
Il quite in contrast with Sunday loving Wi
inington, whose people pay The eirlctes
regard TO lis sanciity and look with horro
\ upon those who would dare desecrale II
)ll sacred hours. Just now the political oul
/ look is making silr OF its Dudd
Nj waters. The conventions of the dilirl
] ent parties have formed their plAtiormi
!, having In them sorry messes 10 tanpt th
J unwary. But bah what do platform
amount W whea elections are over Az
your oillco seeker Is ensconced In olllus
Principles aud promises ihat have bee
: made are forgotten 10 the eager de sire ie
pelf. Another power has risen In the han
which promises TO- eradicate evils IN pu'
! lie afiairs--the Grangers. Let us hol
that It too will not fall into the hands
! demogogues 10 subservc their purposes
, | sadly fear that republics VIII be tonn'
D indeed, TO he failures. .....
, The people here want more none,
4 Z" fnhation," they cry. Would II mol ,
F, we'll for them to adopt the idea recent
!. suggested Ny cartoon OF Mast,
1 Harpsrs', to tear each dollar bill In w
4 pieces, aud call each dollar An ldC
/ about as sensible, In my poor Judgmen
o az 70 Increase the volume Of the preseI
currency. This will do for tho capital
A 10 paw out for labor, but the laoorln
) man wants sound money that will lu
, chase lin articles equivalent TO lts la'
Z value scRIBBLER.