Evansville Journal, Volume 17, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 9 August 1866 — Page 2

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THE EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1866.

LEAVES FROM HISTORY.

Record of the Disloyal Democracy. It will be remembered that tbe Legislature of Indiana, elected in the Fall of 1862, and which convened at Indianapolis in January, 1863, had a working majority of Copperheadsmen who were opposed to the further prosecution of the war, and called loudly for peace. Its action was revolutionary, treasonable, and in full sympathy with the rebellion, so much so that it is generally known as the Rebel Legislature. The blatant vopperhead, fcAM. Jjtjskirk, was Speaker of the House; William E. Niblack was the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and leader of the House; our distinguished fellow-citizen and patriot, A. T1 n7iTtiniir.ni. - !. rU,,-l. . TlIAO E. Garvin and John. A.Rietz, Representatives, and George W. Flwu, Senator. To show the loyalty of that body, and its devotion to the soldiers and the war, we give some of its resolutions : Resolutions Offered in tbe Disloyal Indiana Legislature of 1863. SECESSION COUCHANT. January 29. Mr. Brown, of Wells, offered joint resolutions No. 6: "A joint resolution proposing a general convention of all the States in the Federal Union, including the socalled Confederate States, with a view to the restoration of the Union , with all the dignity, equality and rights of the several States unimpaired : " Whereas, We believe the following language : 'Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always, and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the old identical questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you,' embodies great truths and wisdom; therefore, " E I ) I,.. I i J A iir.vjucu uy t lit urnicruc jistemuty of the State of Indiana, 1. That it is the imperative duty of the Chief Executive of the Nation to proclaim, and we, therefore, for and in the name of the people of the State of Indiana, demand the establishment, as soon as practicable, of an armistice, to the end that a convention of all the States may be held for the adjustment af our national rJifnenlties "2. That we hereby instruct our Senators and request our Representatives in Congress to labor to provide, and for and in the name of the people of the State of Indiana we demand that the present Congress shall provide, for'a convention of all the States, to be held at some suitable point at the earliest practicable period, with a view to the restoration of the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired. "3. That, in the event of the present Congress failing to provide for such convention, we hereby, in the name or the people of the State of Indiana, invite each and every State the Federal Union, including the so called uonleaerate states, to meet delegates from the State of Indiana, in convention, at Nashville, Tennessee, on the first Monday, it being the first day, of June, 1863, each of said States to send as many delegates to said convention as shall equal the number of Senators and Renresent! tives to which such State is entitled ;

in tne uongress ot the United States, ; i-u"l"t anu wnicn never naa an exist according to the census of 1860. ence north of Mason and Dixon's " That for carrying out, on the part 'ine- The object of the latter was the of the State of Indiana, the object i overthrow of the Government; the set forth in the last two foregoing ! object of the former was self-protec-resolutions, there shall be elected, on tion against the tyranny of our rulers, the first Mondavof Anril in rh i Such socities would alwavs ho. formed

usual manner, and at the usual' places I of holdmsr elections, thirteen dele gates from the State at large, to represent them in said Convention at Nashville, Tennessee, unless the present Congress shall provide for a Convention, as in the second of these resolutions designed, in which case said delegates shall represent Indiana in said Convention. And the election of said delegates shall be certified to the Governor of the State, and commissions shall issue to them in the manner, a3 near as the same may be practicable, provided by sections 44 and 45 of the act regulating general elections. And further, in the event of Congress failing to provide for a Convention, as designed in the second of these resolutions, said delegates shall be entitled to a per diem of five dollars during their attendance, and mileage at the rate of five cents per mile for every mile traveled in going to and returning from said Convention, which per diem and mileage shall be drawn from the State Treasury upon the warrant of the Auditor of State, upon a certificate of service from the presiding officer of said Convention. January 15. Mr. Ferris, an indorse? of Jest-e D. Bright, introduced a series of resolutions in favor of a National Convention and an armistice, which Mr. Noyes (Republican) moved to table. The majority, by a test vote on each resolution, refused to table, and ierredthem t0 the Committee on federal Relations. This committed the party to these propositions, .ju wan bo understood by the Copperhead press. The Cincinnati Enquirer ?f Jnuy 1863J Pay in Publishing Mr. Ferris resolutions: "The movement for an armistice

for ;i suspension of hostilities and for a general convention of the States, !s being pressed with great vigor in several State Legislatures, and will

undoubtedly be adooted by some of them. In the Indiana Legislature, Mr. Ferris offered a series of resolutions, from which the following is an c x t rici " ' Resolved, That it is to the people we must look for a restoration of the Union and the blessings of peace, and to these ends we should direct our earnest and honest efforts, and hence we are in favor of the assembling of a National Convention of all the States, at Louisville. Kentucky, at the earliest practicable period, to so adjust our national difficulties that the States may live together in harmony, each being secured in the rights guaranteed respectively to all by our fathers. "Resolved, That we earnestly recommend a cessation of hostilities for such period as may be necessary to allow the people of the North and South to express, through a National Convention, their wish for peace, and a maintenance of 'the Union as it was, and the Constitution as it is.' " On the 24th day of January. 1862. Mr. Shaffer introduced the following resolutions : "Resolved. That all efforts by threats or epithets to commit the present Legislature or the people of Indiana to a line of policy in the prosecution of this unnatural civil war, repugnant to the Constitution, and in open violation of the rights of the several States, meets with our unqualified condemnation. " IZemfoed, That we are opposed to the prosecution of any war, the objects of which are to interfere with the domestic relations, be they what they may, of any State, North or South." They were respectfully referred. ANOTHER POINT-BLANK REFUSAL. February 9. The House had under consideration Mr. Packard's proposition to register deceased soldiers. Mr. Lamb moved to recommit the resolution, with an amendment "pledging that the sacred cause in which our patriotic soldiers fell shall never be given up, nor traitors' feet be permitted to tread upon their graves. It was killed by a strict party vote which tabled it. DISLOYAL January 14. RESOLUTIONS. Mr. Burton intro duced into the House a series of reso lutions, which were referred to the Committee on Federal Reiations, by a ?trict party vote, fifty-seven Democrats voting to refer, and considering it a test vote, in regard to the principles of the resolutions. The last two are: " Resolved, That Indiana has viewed with alarm, and borne with forbearance, the arrest and imprisonment of her citizens without authority, save the straps upon the soldiers of the military officers, and without cause, save some vague charge of dislovaltv. until justice, liberty and humanity proclaim it intolerable, and cry for ritribution. " Resolved, That while the President persists in his Abolition policy in the conduct of the war, and sanctions the indiscriminate arrestand iucarceration of her good and loyal citizens, denying them the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, Indiana will never, voluntarily, contribute another man, to be used tor such wicked, inhuman, and unholy purposes." BURTON FOR AN ARMISTICE. In defending the ecret Democratic organization, Mr. Burton, whoconsidered opposition to the war in any shape loyal, spoke as follows in the House, January 22nd, 1863: Mr. Burton replied, admitting the existence of an organization for mutual protection; but it was not the Knights of the Golden Circle, which lie na known something about at Jie ? aD' war- e have determined that this war shall be conducted constitu tionally and right, or not at all. I know their purposes. They are loyal. What good will the investigation do? If the society exists, its name is Legions-its members to be counted by thousands. If the people are banded together, they will have their own way, and you can not help it. lie oppc did osed the war from the start, and so now. War could not secure peace; only compromise any honorable compromise. Rather than continue the war, as a last resort, let the rebels go. An armistice would bring back calmness and peace." To show that the Legislature was not alone in their policy of opposition to the war, we publish the resolutions of some of the mass meetings of the Democracy heU while the Legislature was in session about that time, and in which members of that body participated : GREEN COUNTY. The Butternuts met at Bloomfield, February 27, 1863, and adopted a series of resolutions, reported by Hon A. Humphreys, Representative trom that county: " That the Democracy are now, as they ever have been, of the firm belief that the war, if persisted in, is disunion eternal and final separation; that the Union of our fathers was a Union of concession and compromise, and must be so perpetuated; and that we request our Representatives both in the State Legislature and Congress, to use all honorable means to procure a cessatiou of hostilities for such a period of , time as will give the people North and SOuth an opportunity to

meet in Convention, and, if possible, settle our unhappy national difficulties." In the 5th they resolve : ''We hereby declare our opposition to the further prosecution of the war as it is now being waged ; that we are not in favor of furnishing the present Administration ANOTHER MAN, GUN OR DOLLAR, FOR SUCH A HELLISH, UNCHRISTIAN CRUSADE." PUTNAM COUNTY. At a county meeting held at Greencastle, February 21, Senator Johnson presided. As a response to the speech of Jason B. Brown, of Jackson, they resolved : " That we earnestly recommend a cessation of hostilities, for such a period as may be necessary to allow the people of the North and South to express, through a National Convention, their wish for peace and a maintenance of ' the Union as it was and the Constitution as it is. ? "As the deliberate sense of this meeting, that not another soldier and not another dollar ought to be furnished for the further prosecution of

this war for negro emancipation. WAYNE COUNTY. The Democrats passed the following resolutions at Cambridge on the 20th of March, 1863, under the leadership of Lafe Develin : " Resolved, That the further prosecution of this war will result in the overthrow of the. Constitution, in tJte overthroio of civil liberty, in the overthrow of the Federal Government, in the elevation of the black man, and the degradation of the white man in the social and political status of the country. " Resolved, That we are in favor of an armistice, and the calling of a national convention of all the States, composed of delegates selected by the people, believing that to be the only mode of settling our national difficulties, alike honorable to the North and the South, the East and the West. " Resolved, That the majority of the clergy, for the past two years, are the devil s select and inspired representatives, preaching envy, malice, hate, vengeance, blood and murder, instead of love, charity, Christianity and the doctrines of Christ, and they hereby receive our unqualified and indignant condemnation. " Resolved, That we say to the Administration that, as the Lord reigns in Heaven, it can not go on, with its provost marshals and police officials, arresting free white men for what they conceive to be their duty withiu the plain provisions of the Constitution, and maintain peace in the loval States. Blood will flow. Thev can uot and shall not forge fetters for our limbs without a struggle for the mastery. Resolved, That we counsel the Dem ocrats not to violate constitutional laws ; but there is a time when for bearance ceases to be a virtue ; and if our political opponents continue in the work of destruction because of our political opinions, we shall be compelled to adopt the old Jewish code of an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth ; and we now give notice that if another attempt at mobocracy occurs in our district, we shall retaliate by defending our rights Sentinel. March 23, 1863. RUSH COUNTY. A mass Democratic Convention, at Rushville, Jan. 31, 1863, unanimously resolved, "That we are unqualifiedly opposed to the further prosecution of tins abolition war; and believing that, in its continued prosecution, there await us only the murderous sacrifice of legions of brave men, ignominious and disgraceful defeat, shame and dishonor at home and broad, public ruin, and the serious endangerment of our liberties, we unhesitating- declare that we are for peace, the cessation of hostilities, aa armistice, and the settlement of existing difficulties by compromise or negotiation, through a National Convention. COTTON WARPS. ' r j. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL THOSE HAVING A SELF-ACTING. HAND-LOO M That we are prepared to furnish them, on short notice, Warps for Weaving Jkaxs, of the best quality, ready to weave, as low as can be bought anywhere. Orders will be promptly attended to. Send on your beams. JOHN W. GRUEN & CO., Corner Bond street and Canal. Evansville Wool Factory. The Umlersiened resDectfullv iinomicc to the Public in general, but most esDeoially to the tanners, that they are prepared to take in Wool for manufacturing into the iouowing unoas, viz. : Jeans, Blankets, Coverlets, Plain and i-LAIU r LANNELS, LiINSEYS, SATINETS & Stocking Yarn. On the most reasonable terms and short notice. We have also a good supply of the above Goods ton hand for sale or exchange for Wool, so that persons living at a distance, who bring or send their Wool earlv can have their goods right off. Price list for manufacturing will be sent on application. Olfice and Factory corner Bond street and Canal. JOHN W. GRUEN & CO. apHim COAL. R0CKP0KT COAL. ARE HOW READY TO DK. liver ItOCKPORT COAL to anv Hurt of the city. Orders promptly filled. Office No. 28 Water Street, over Venneman & Heh rue's store, julyii; dlw SPEER & CO. Fire Limits. TITOTK'K is HEREBY GIVEN THAT Xlt I will apply to tne Common Council of Evansville, on August 13th, for permission to erect a frame shed on Lots Nos. 40 and 11, Huston's Addition to the city of Evansville. HENRY KLEE. july31 d2w

CARPETS.

Just What in Needed. CARPET WAREHOUSE AND House Furnishing Establishm't Wm. E. French & Co. HEADQUARTERS OF SUPPLIES FOR Families, Steamboats & Hotels. l VELVET CARPETS, THREE-PLY CARPETH, TWO-PLY CARPETS, INGRAIN CARPETS, VENETIAN CARPETS, COTTAGE CARPETS, LISTING CARPETS, RAG CARPETS, HEMP CARPETS, WOOL DRUGGETS, CHINESE MATTING, MANILLA MATTING, COCOA MATTING, VELVET RUGS, BRUSSELS RUGS, OIL CLOTH RUGS, VELVET MATTS, RUBBER MATTS, COCOA MATTS, ADELAID MATTS, WINDOW SHADES SHADE FIXTRES, SILK RAM ASK, WOOL DAMASK, WINDOW HOLLANDS, LACE CURTAINS, GILT CORNICES, PICTURE TASSELS, CURTAIN HOOKS, I s 0 r P x H P O "9 O 33 O C3 2! S3 r m s I oe H C - 5 0 Hi H l-H O r1 O o 3 c P M X -- STAIR LINEN AND OIL CLOTH, SILVER-PLATED STAIR RODS, PAPIER MACHE STAIR RODS, POLISHED BRASS STAIR RODS, TABLE LINENS AND NAPKINS, LINEN AND COTTON SHEETINGS, LINEN AND COTTON PILLOW CASING, RUBBER SHEETING (Water Proof,) WOOL and RUBBER PIANO COVERS, VELVET and BRUSSELS FOOT STOOLS, TABLE OIL CLOTHS, &c, &c. Experic need Paper Hangers and Upholsters will be furnished when required. Carpets cut and made to order. Oil Cloths fitted and put down. Cornices mounted and put up. Window Shades hung. Window Valences, of elegant styles and new designs, made up and furnished on short notice. All work warranted. Prices guaranteed as low as In any similar establishment in the United States. Give us a call. WM. E. FRENCH A CO., No. lO First Street, UP-STXTR8 SUMMER RESORT. Lake Superior Line. GRAND PLEASURE EXCURSIONS TO LAKE ST PERIOR. Five Grand Pleasure Excursions Will be made as follows by each of the Steamers composing this Line: Steamer IR0NSTDE8, burthen 1127 tons. Captain J. E. Turner, leaves Cleveland THCRSDAYS, June 2Sth, Julv 12th and 26th, August !th and 2Hd. .Steamer TIC N CITY, Captain John Huli laran, leaves Cleveland MONDAYS, July i 2d, 16th and 30th, August 13th and 27th. , Steamer KEWEENAW, a new and staunch side-wheel boat 850 tons burthen, ; Captain Albert Htewart, leaves June 2oth, July 9th and Ski. August 6th and 20th. Steamer ILLINOIS, staunch and commodious, of 1,000 ton.- burthen. Captain B. G. Sweet, leaves THCitSDAYS July 5th ' and 19th, August 2d, 16th and 30th. , These steamers are well appointed, hav ing most competent ana carelul officers are staunch and strong, the largest and most comfortable on the route. They leave Cleveland at 9 o'clock, P. X., after the arrival of the evening trains, and Detroit on the evening following. staiw Rooms mny be secured by addressmg the Agents. l'F.TTIT & HOLLAND, CLEVELAND, OHIO. s. P. BRADY & CO., PETroit,;mich. jyl6-dlinl Collector's Sale of Real Estate for the Cost and Expense of Bowldering Street. TfJOTIC'E IS bv virtue HEREBT tllVEK, that, of nrecept Issued by the Mayor of the city of Kvansville. and to me directed, I will sell at public auction, at the door of the court-house in said citv. on FRIDAY, the 13th day of August, 1866, at ten o'clock a.m., the following lot or parcel of real estate, or so much thereof as may be neoessai-y to pay the amounts charged and assmsed against said lot, together with the cost of sale; and that said sale be continued on the next day thereafternamely, Saturday, August 14th, at the same place, tor the purpose of selling such property as may have been sold on the day above mentioned and not paid for viz.: Lower Enlargement. , Lot. Amt. L nknown owners...Und. frac. 1 $203 04 JOHN SCHUBERT, Collector. Evansville, July 29, 1868. july31

DRY GOODS.

SCHAPKEB, BUSSING A CO.'S COLUHE5T. & CO. Wbolanle and Beta! DEALERS IN Dry Goods, MILLINERY Fancy Goods, 47 A 49 Main Street. EVANSVILLE, IND. may21 tf OCTOBER ELECTION. Union State Ticket. For Secretary of State, NELSON TRUSLER, of Fayette. For Auditor of State, thomas b. Mccarty, of Wabash. For Treasurer of State, GEN. NATHAN KIMBALL, of Martin. For Attorney General, DELANA E. WILLIAMSON, of Putnam. Fof Superintendent of Public Instruction, GEORGE W. HOSS, of Marion. Union Congressional Candidates. lit Diit. GEN. WILLIAM HARROW. 2f Dirt. GEN. WALTER Q. ORESHAM. 3d Dist. GEN. MORTON C HUNTER. 4i Dist. COL. IRA C. GROVER. oth IHst.G EORGE W. JULIAN. Hth Dirt. GEN. JOHN COBURN. 1th ?. -GEN. HENRY C. WASHBURN. 9th Wst-HON. SCHUYLER COLFAX. County Ticket For Senator, THOMAS C. JAQUESS, of Posey. For Joint Representative, JOHN S HOPKINS, of Vanderburgh. For Representative, E M I L B1SCHOF. For Treasurer, COL. JOHN RHEINLANDER. Foi- Commissioner. PHILIP DECKER. For Coroner, SAMUEL P. HAMLIN. BOOTS AND SHOE 3. Oateh Ac Lozier KEEP EVERYTHING IN THEIR line. Ii you want BOOTS, GAITERS, SHOES, BUSKIJTS, OR SLIPPERS, Go to Gatch & Lozier. You'H be suitrd in prioe and style. Call every day. P. S. Come Saturday's too. 37 Main Street. Evansville, Indiana. GATCH 4 LOSIER. FLORENCE SEWING MACHINES On hand and for sale, at Gatch & .oziek'h. This Machine makes FOUR DIFFERENT STITHES. FabCric?t A? belngGATCH Tmtl jm 37 Main Street, Evans-rtlle, Ind.

LAW CARDS.

J. a GARDNER, Attomey-at-Law. Office with James T. Walker, Justice of the Peace, in Bierbower's new building, Third street, nearly opposite Washington House. All business entrusted to him will be promptly and carefully attended to. Particular attention given to collections, and prompt returns made. Refers to Messrs. Miller, Gardner Co., No. 4 First street. Messrs. Ragon & Dickey, Nos. 3 and South Water street. Messrs. Roach 4 Torian, No. 14 First street. Messrs. Cloud 4 Akin, No. 5 Main street. Messrs. Head A Menifee, No. 13 Main street. Messrs. Minor Dallam, No. 16 North First street. Can also refer, if necessary, to a number of eminent practitioners in Kentucky. may 10 tf Conrad Baker. C. H. Bntterfiefd. Baker A Bntterfleld, 4TTORNF.YS.AT-LAW-WILL GIVE prompt attention to all business inteu to their care. OFFICE Third Street, between Main and Locust. VANSVILLE, IND. july6d8m. JAMES T. WALKER, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND AGENT FOR OBTAINING PENSIONS, BACK PAY AND BOUNTIES XOR DISCHARGED SOLDIERS, AND Jt for the Widows and other Legal Representatives of those who die in the service of the United States. Office on the Northwest side of Third street, near the Washington House, and nearly opposite the Court House, Evansville, Ind. All busi..-ss entrusted to him will be promptly attended to. . Janl8-ly. WM. RE A VIS, " XI. S. Claim Ajrent. Also, REAL ESTATE and COLLECTING AGENT. Office on Main street .bet ween Third and Fourth, No. 86i (over Keller's Gun Store). Evansville, Ind. sepl9'65 MORRIS S. JOHNSON. JOII.VSOV cV JESSE W. WALKER. WALKER, Attorneys-at-Law. Office on Third street, nearly opposite the Court-House, at the building formerly oc cupied by the late Dr. John T. Walker. novl.5 311 ALVAH JOHNSON, Attorney-sil-r.au-. NOTARY-PUBLIC, and REAL ESTATE AGENT. " Soldiers' and all other claims procured. Office Evansville, Ind. aptl5 dtf J. M . SHACKELFORD S. K. HORNRROOK Shackelford A Hornbrook, ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS, Office on Third Street, between Locust and Main, west side. w Prompt attention given to Collections. augSltf DENTISTS. DRS. HAAS & COOKE, Surgeon Ientists. Rooms over First National Bank, Corner Main and First Streets, Evansville, lad EELING DULY THANKFUL FOR the very liberal patronage received dur uring the past seven years, and being permanent resident of the city, desire all persons (whether they need, their professional services or not) to visit their rooms and see the various styles of work, manufactured. Improvements and inventions are being made, and everything that will subserve the interests of their patients is secured by them. Their establishment and facilities are equal to any In the Eastern cities. They have several Anaesthetics for alleviating pain when extracting teeth. Cheeks that are sunken can be restored to nearly their original contour. All desirable styles of ARTIFICIAL TEETH made anywhere in the Urtited States are made by us. Irregularities ol Children's Teeth successfully corrected. Those having Decayed Teeth should either have them extracted or filled (the latter if possible). The health of the parties and the remaining teeth demand It. Neuralgic Affections treated; also Cleft Palate. aprlS IVBW PERFUME FOR THE HANDKERCHIEF. A Hos Eniilc. Oeliente nnd Frnurttrnt Perfume, llisiillcd - the Rnre mm Kenutiful Flower rrom trliieh it lain, its nnme. Mannfsctnred only by PII1I,0 & KOV. Beware of Counterfeits. Ash for Phaln)t, Tnlie other. Sold by drnggUu generally Milk! Milk! Milk SMITH & RIMS WOCI.I) ISFOKM THE CITIZENS ol Evansville that thpr .. o....i a. Milk Wagon, and are prepared to supply them with rr J GOOD FRESH MILK, warranted pure. All orders left at CROSS A CROFTS' win meet with prompt attention. may? d3ro

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