Evansville Journal, Volume 17, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 17 August 1866 — Page 4

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No. 6 Locust Street, Evansville, Ind. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. IN ADVANCE. Daily Journal. One year, by mall SI OO Six months, by mall 5 (iO Three months, by mail 3 OO By the week, payable to carrier 25 Trl-Weekly Journal. One year 9 7 OO Six months 4 OO Weekly Journal. One copy, one year 8 a OO Five copies, one year H 75 Ten copies, one year 15 OO General Wllltcn Arrived on the train last evening. While in the city he will be the guest of Mr. Wm. Heilman. A formal reception will be given the old veteran this evening at the Court House. We believe General Shackelford will make the reception speeh. General Veatch has promised to be present at the reception, and we are confident he will be with us on that occasion. The Germans, who have the reception in hand, have not favored us with a programme of the exercises, but we have no doubt all things will be so arranged as to make the occasion worthy our city and the distinguished soldier for whom the compliment is designed. Niblack Declines. We do not have space to-day to comment at much length upon the correspondence which we publish between Gen. Harrow and Mr. Niblack. It will be seen that we sandwich the letters with an article from the Vincennes Sun, necessary to a full understanding of the matter. Sen. Harroav writes to Mr. Niblack, on the 1st of August, iuvitiug a joint canvass. Mr. Niblack arrived at home in Vincennes on the 4th, where he found Gen. Harrow's letter awaiting him. On the 7th, after talking over the political situation of the party, and the District, he authorizes Greene, his ''man Friday, " to make a public challenge to the whole Union party to discuss the living issues of the campaign. On the 10th he answers Gen. Harrow, in the face of the announcement in his own home organ, declining to make the canvass desired. His reasons are various, but not one of them, nor all of them together, will be accepted as sufficient by the people. It won't do, Mr. Niblack. The people want to hear from you on several important subjects, which concern you and them, and it is but fair that you should appear before them in company with your gallant competitor, and gives an account of your stewardship. Pon't postpone the matter till the last week of the canvass. Like an honest man and a faithful servant of the people, we call upon you to do what you authorized the Sun to announce you would do. We will refer to this subject again. In the meantime, let us hear from Mr. Niblack and friend Greene about that challenge. The Democratic Party not More. The proceedings of the Philadelphia Convention, which we print this morning, convey the news that the " old and time-honored Democratic party" is no more. It was buried yesterday, by its ungrateful sons, who repudiated its very name because they feel that it has been made odious by their own treasonable and disloyal conduct. By assuming a virtue they do not possess, they hope to divert the attention of the people from their past treachery, by taking upon themselves the name of the "National Union Party." Our special correspondent favors us with an interesting letter this morning from Philadelphia. It has often been said figuratively that the South had forgotten the result of the war, and now it seems actually beginning to come to pass. The Mobile Register says: 41 When did Grant whip Lee? We recollect that he once smothered him to death with a quarter of a million of Irish and Dutch; but we never heard of General Lee being whipped by anybody." Democratic Hand Bill. The following extract is from a hand bill printed and circulated in Jackson County announcing a speech from Senator Hendricks, September 14, 1863: " Let all who favor peace all who desire to be free from the death grip of this infamously wlckedf imbecile and tyranlcal administration. Its arbitrary and illegal arrests, and its draft and conscription laws, by which peaeable citizens were dragged from thalr homes) and all their endearments of domestic life, and batcher and be butchered."

Mingle, mingle, mingle,

Mingle you thai may, n v rheads. And you that wore t e gray. Anon. We gave, yesterday, a sketch of the leading characters in the Copperjohnson Convention. There was great parade made yesterday, and at the previous sessions, of devotion to the country, and a high standard of loyalty. It must be a blind infatuation for the President, and an ardent longing for office, which induces the men who acted with the Union party throughout the war, to consort with rebels and Copperheads now. The President, in execution of his unscrupulous designs, is bent on detaching as large a portion of the politicians as possible from the Union party, and forming a coalition strong enough, if possible, to break down the present working majority in Congress. But while efforts are being so strenuously put forth to draw away Union men from the party, the strength and hope of the coalition must come from the ranks of the Rebellion at the South and the Peace Democracy at the North. Those who are in the Convention as Union men, leave no constituents behind them at home but Copperheads. They are not a party; not even a fraction; simply a clique, and a very small one. Who does Judge Pitcher represent? Does any of our readers know of a single voter whom the Judge can claim as his constituent? And so it is with all these men, who claim to be of the Union party. They mingle in sweet fellowship with the enemies of the country. South Carolina and Massachusetts politicians may stalk across the stage with theatrical precision, but the farce is too broad a comedy to deceive the people. The coalition may be perfect at Philadelphia, but it will only be a union of Copperheads and Rebels among the people. Resolved, That our delegates to the Philadelphia National Union Convention are expected to co-operate only with loyal Union men. Thus reads one of the resolutions adopted by the Johnson Convention at Indianapolis on the 19th of July. Under such instructions the delegates .1 Tk1 'Till- y. . go to tne rniiaoelpnia Convention. The proceedings published this morning and yesterday show with whom they are co-operating. Twelve months ago did Gooding, and Rose and Kilgore consider the men who in Indiana had denounced Abraham Lincoln as a tyrant and usurper, who opposed the war in every shape and by every means in their powsr, who sympathized with the rebels these, did they consider loyal Union men? Were Perkins, Hendricks, Dowling, Mierrod, 1erry, Hanna, v hahivliin, luyai umuu men in me true acceptance of the term? But those are not the most objectional associates of these immaculate patriots. In looking over the list of delegates, in addition to the names mentioned yesterday, we find, Williamson, of New Jersey, who had been charged with openly applauding the assassination conspirators. Af!. the Democratic delegates from Pennsylvania were opposed to the war, the draft, the soldiers voting, and all the loyal issues of the late contest the: bitterest kind of Copperheads. At least half of the Democratic delegates from Maryland and Missouri, and some of those from Kentucky, have been imprisoned or arrested by the Government for disloyalty. The whole Southern delegation, with very rare exceptions, have been in the rebel army or legislatures; all of them insist on the repeal of the test oath, and not one in fifty of them could take it. Among other rabid ones not mentioned yesterday, we find the name of Col. Langdon, who publicly advocated raising the black flag as the only means of securing the independence of the South. John R. Ridge, an editor of a paper in Arkansas, is a delegate; he has hoisted the name of Gen. Lee as the next candidate for President. Vallandigham has been made the seape-goat to bear away the disloyalty of the hundreds of traitors, North and South, in the Convention. And out of all these elements the President is going to organize a great National party which is to save the country and restore the millenium of peace and fraternity. And Sol. Merrideth and Dave. Gooding are expectto transfer the great Union party of Indiana to this lovely fellowship. The Washington correspondent of the New York Evening Post sends the following to that paper: "The postmaster of this city, It is understood, is to be removed, ana" one of the proprietors of the National Intelligencer will be appointed in his place."

THE RVATSTSV1LLE DAILY JOURNAL, FRIDAY, AUGtJST 17. 18(16,

CORRESPONDENCE. GEN. HARROW AND MR. NIBLACK. Hon. W. E. Niblack reached home Friday evening. He is in fine health, and "eager for the fray" with any gentleman who wishes to discuss the living, political issues of the day. Vincennes Sun, Aug. 7th. GEN. HARROW'S LETTER. EVANKVII.l.K, I.NIl., August 1, 186s. Hon. W. J? Niblack, Vincennes: Sua a Sir: I write to propose a joint discussion of the political Issues of the hour, before the people of this District. Should you approve, please notify uie at an early day, when and where we may meet to arrange a series of appointments. . Very truly, your obedient servant, W. Harrow. NI BLACK'S LETTER. Vincennes, Indiana, V August 10, 18116. J Dear Sir -.Your letter, of the 1st inst, proposing a Joint canvass of the District was received several days since on my return from VVashingty City. My engagements in the Circuit Court of this county, which is now In session, have prevented an earlier reply. Two years ago, while I was a candidate for the position I now hold, I resolved never to make, or attempt to make, anything like a thorough joint canvass of the District again. Joint discussion necessarily restricts debale within comparatively short and arbitrary limits. A Joint canvass requires appointments to be made usually long In advance, often prevents a candidate from going to points where he Is most needed, tends generally to embitter a contest, and, to meet all engagements, Dnposes an amount of labor often Intolerable. This year I have many invitations to attend county meetings, and to accompany public speakers from abroad who expect to visit the District, with all of which engagements for an extended joint canvass would seriously conflict. I feel, therefore, compelled to decline anything like an elaborate series of joint appointments. If it meets your views, and shall then be agreeable to you, and if nothing shall in the meantime occur to render it inadmissible, I will be very happy to make a brief joint tour of the District immediately precedi ng the election. I am not yet prepared, however, to arrange appointments to that end solar in advance. With the hope that iny,suggestions will meet your views, I remafft Very Respectfully, W. E. Niblack. Gen. W. Harrow. Evansville, Ind. Colorado Not Represented. The only delegate for this State of whom we have authentic intelligence is a Mr. Hiram Lightner, and he will not be present at the Philadelphia Convention because of his being arrested as a thief. He was preparing to leave Denver, but going into the Adams Express office, he picked up a bar of gold, worth $3,000, and put it in his pocket. It being missed, Lightner accused a negro boy, and suggested that he be hanged. The Sheriff, however, concluded to search Lightner, and he found the stolen property on him. It is a pity the Convention had to do without the company of this delegate. Arm in Arm. We were led to believe that there was a happy time among the delegates at Philadelphia, but the regular dispatches did not enter into particulars, except to give that thrilling stage scene enacted by the brethren of Massachusetts and South Carolina. We were, however, favored by a friend with a copy of the Cincinnati Times, yesterday morning, in advance of the mails, whose reporter tells us about the lovely times the members of the Convention are enjoying among themselves. The dispatches on this subject will be found on the second page, which all the friends of the Convention, especially, should read. Democratic Rebel Nomination. We iearn that Wm. J. Allen, best known as Josh. Allen, was nominated for Congress on Tuesday, by the Confederate Democratic Convention held at Shawneetown. The undisguised rebel S3rnipathies of Allen with the rebels, during the war, renders him a fit representative of the Confederate Democracy, and as there is a gallant Union soldier on the other side, the issue is fairly made up, and like it was in Kentucky, it is the " blue jacket against the gray." May victory crown the right and the toSlJL.Ji-Jii Col. R. W. Thompson This distinguished gentleman will be present at the mass meeting, which is to be held in Daviess County, on the 22d inst. We are glad to learn that we may expect two or three speeches from him in other parts of this District, us soon as he can be released from previous appointments. Our citizens remember Col. Thompson as one cf the most finished orators in the West a tower of strength among old Whigs, and a thoroughly devoted loyalist. He will meet a hearty welcome from his many admirers and old friends.

i From our own: Correspondent. The Philadelphia Convention. Philadelphia, Aug. 14, 1866. The sole and all-absbrbing topic of interest here is the Convention, that should have assembled to-day, but didn't some say because the Wigwam was not completed. fur the reception, others gravely state that because of to-day being the anniversary of a great arid suudeu political disaster to the Southern Confederacy, that was. However, this last is of course absurd, and the real reason is, that sufficient workmen could not be obtained to complete the building as contracted for. It is probably as well that it is so, for if would be a matter of sheer impossibility to reduce to anything like order the great mass of "surging, turbulent and excited humanity, short of a day spent in caucusing, committeeing and assembling of the various delegations separately, that some systematic plan of action may be adopted and acted upon. The interest in this great assemblage is not restrained to those alone who have an immediate share in its workings, but all, even those who have condemned the whole movement, who doubt its necessity, and those who do not have a moment's fear that the great party that has so ably conducted the country through her past terrible trials will in any degree be injured by this combination. Yet, even these look with a curious eye upon the process, the experiment of thus bringing togeiuer eieiueuis so counicuug ana so heterogeneous. The delegates have been for several days, and are yet, pouring in, in great numbers. All sections of the country are well represented. Those who are looked upon as ohief directors, among whom we find Fernando Wood, Blair, and Edgar Cowan, have been in the city for several days. The various delegations have, bo far, been meeting separately to discuss and talk over matters previous to the universalgathering at the Wigwam. At the present stage of affairs, the whole thing reminds one forcibly of the fel low who won the elephant at raffle. , He had him on his hands. It was easy enough to call these people together; it was a simple matter for the leading spirits to plan what they would like to have done, and to agree among themselves how it should be done, but they will, I imagine, have found before they have concluded, that to plan and to accomplish are things entirely separate and distinct. Although every one anticipated a difficulty would be made as to the admission of Vallandigham and Wood, yet no one was, prepared for the almost vindictive hostility displayed towards these men by the very delegations from whom the most leniency was to be expected. War Democrats and Republicans will not, can not. consent to the presence of this man, or rather these men, and jeyen if they could, they do not desire to do so, for swell they know that their admission would bring odium upon.the whole affair, or, as some one has expressed it, " he a lure passport to political damnation."' It is said that Wood has already declined, but that Vallandigham persists in his determination to claim his right to be admitted. Knowing ones, however, say that he will withdraw his name. This much, however: The mere withdrawal of these men from the Conven tion will not bear directly upon the ! matter as it should. It will be a blind, a pretence to gull the public; for, whether in it as active members, or out of it the weight of their influence, the treason of their couneilings, and the dangerous dogmas (political), they entertain, will be listened to, and to a great extent abided by. There was a meeting at the National Guards Hall last night, of the 'Democracy, reeoguiziug Heister Clyuier as their leader. Speeches were made by Governor Orr, of South Carolina, Montgomery Blair, John R. Faunce, and others. They met to dedicate the Hall to the principles of freedom; to extend the right hand of fellowship to our brethren of the South; to prevent the establishment of two Governments; to tell every one that if the Union perishes the country cannot exist; to resolve " That the States whereof the people were lately in rebellion, are integral parts of the Union, and are entitled to representation in Congress by men duly elected, vho bear true faith to the Constitution and the laws, and in order to viadicate the maxim, that 'taxation without representation' is tyranny," And "that the white race alone is entitled to the control of the Government of the Republic, and that we

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are unwilling to grant to the negroes the right t.vijte, etc., etc.,. All the States are frlK'rf presented : many of them by very large delegations. The intention is, if possible, to have the Democrats and Conservative Republicans of each State represented in the Committees. The two parties, however, have been caucusing separately, and will continue to do so until the Convention is organized. Sineo writing the above it has been officially stated that Vallandigham has withdrawn and will not claim his seat in the Couveutfon. There was a preliminary meeting this afternoon at the Wigwam, and some introductory business gone through with. Nothing, however, of importance was transacted. Jfchas been raining almost continually for the last two days, and consequently the usually clean streets, for which this city is famed, are sloppy and disagreeable to a degree. Business, as usual at this season, is somewhat dull, but places of resort and public amusement are reaping a harvest from the great number of people collected. Hotels, hoarding houses, in fact all houses where one has the least chance of obtaining access, are filled to overflowing. The " Continental " presents a sight rarely witnessed by provincial eyes, and it affords such much interest and amusement to stand on the stairway and look upon the surging crowd beneath, each individual seeming as though the weight of the nation was resting upon his shoulders alone. Big men and little men, tall men and short; fat men and lean; handsome men and a preponderance of homely men, all jostling, elbowing and shoving one another as though in mortal combat. Thigood luck of your correspondent is on the increase. The "La Pierre House" is a trump; and so are the clever and hospitable gentlemen who run it. Messrs. Baker &

Farley have been thoroughly broken to the business, and have opened this house under exceedingly favorable auspices. It was ready for the public on the 1st of May last, completely furnished anew from basement to garret, and that in the most elegan and costly manner, l would very strongly advise all your readers' who may happen to come this way to give Messrs. Baker & Farley a call. We are a judge of such little matters of creature comfort, and consequently speak advisedly. There is no cholera here of any consequence. What the -crowd may bringjforth in that respect we 'know not, but hope for the best. "The advertisements in a live city pifper generally reflect the state of affair with considerable correctness. great scourge, the eholera. In look ing over the papers-jve find them full of advertisements, especially of chol era medicines, mixtures and specifics; and Life Insurance companies. And we have no doubt the two classes of business nien,. druggists and Life In surance agents, have had their busi ness materiallyincfjjiased in the last thirty days in fnat city. We hope we may be sparedifrom the presence of the destroyer, but it is always well to have your life insured, cholera or no cholera. And we kuow of no way in which our readers can better find out which the good Life Insurance com panies are than by examining the ad vertisuig columns of the Journal. The Cotton Mill. We are gratified to learn that this muoh needed en terprise is in such shape that we can almost say it is a fixed fact. Negotiations aVe on foot which bid fair to conclude in its early establishment here in this city; and what is especially gratifying, it will be in the hands of some of our most enterprising eit izens, whose eounst tiE with it iar.a guarantee of success. We hopeto give further particulars iu a little while. Keep it Before the Teople. Keep it before the people. It has already taken 712,800 to pay off the extra pay to Congressmen, who voted themselves $o,00u a year and seventeen months backpay! Evansville Courier, Aug. I6eh. -3 And keep it before the people, that William E. Niblack and M. C Kerr, the only Democratic Congressmen from Indiana, voted in favor of the bill, aud that every Union man from the State voted against it. Mr. Kino, of the New Orleans Times, telegraphed, after his visit to the White House, that the meetings of the New Orleans Convention were " nothing more than a debating club.'' So .forty men were killed and more than a hundred and fifty wounded in order to suppress a debating club !

Raymond, of the New York Times, says Congress is responsible for the success of the rebel ticket in Kentucky. We suppose it was the radicals who made the reconstructed of that State, on a recent occasion, cheer for President Johnson and General Lee, while they gave groans and hisses for Grant and Sherman. RELIGIOUS. Liberal Christian Worship. Rev. J. G. Forman, Unitarian, will lecture in the Court-H0u.se, corner of Main and Third Streets, on Sunday next, 19th Inst. Subjects: In the morning" Fidelity in small Thlnwi;" in the eyenlpg " The Blessing of a Christ-like Spirit. ! Services at the usual hours. Seats free. The public are cordially invited. 2t

WANTED. WAKTE-GIRL Toeook, wash, and iron for a family of two persons. Good wages given. Apply immediately at aulSdlw JNO. 10 -Main street. WTAJiTED-Byan experienced Pilar - fT maceutist, a situation either in a wholesale or retail Drug House. I posted in all branohesof the trade, and can make himself generally useful to his employer. Address, PHARMACEUTIST, aim 1 1 11 . (Care of Journal Office.) "ITT ASTER - PERSONS W1SHFNO WW to dispose of Heal Estate by sale or lease, or those desiring to buy or rent dwellings, fcc., to call on J. H. i A III KK, Attorney-at-Law and Real Estate Agent Third Street. Julytitf FOR RENT. FOR REST ROOMS Three nicelyfurnished Bed -Rooms, on Locust Street, between First and Water. Inquire at this office. anlO dlw FOR REST HOTEL The building known as the Kentucky Hotel, situated on Water Street, between Locust and Main, is now vacant, and will be rented on favorable terras. Immediate possession given. Inquire of CHARLES KELLER, No. 9.5 Main Street. au!3 dtf FOR SALE. FOR SALE SECOND-HAND PIANOS At WARREN CONYNOTON'H. uug2 dtf FOR SALE ASD FOR REST Houses and Lots. Dwellings, Ac. i. 11. GARDNER, Attorney -at-Law and Real Estate Agent, Third Street. Julyfitf flH SAI,E. I OFFER FOR SALE J to the highest bidder, or otherwise the building now occupied by rae as a Chair Pactory, together with the lot oi which it 8(and; said lot fronting 00 feet on Fourth Street, running back JU feet to Canal St. Possession given upon completion of my new Factory. LJul23m ED. Q. SMITH. CLOAK - HAKIM. EST A H I. IS II- . MENT FORBADE. Being denirotm of retiring from business, I offer for sale all my stock of Millinery and Cloaks, and will rent the store to the purchaser. MRS. CAROLINE SCHAEFER, Je30 on Third, bet. Main aud Sycamore. JEW ADVERTISEMENTS. . . . . 1ST E W STOCK. LOW PRICES. WE HAVE J I.NT RECEIVED A Urge aud well-selected stock titf STAPLE AND FANCY DRY G O O T s, which we are now offering at the lowest prices. Oreat care has been taken in the selection of the stock: and we feel conftdent that we can please in price and quality of goods. Call at OHtTTE ft JENKINS'S, XO. l.?3 MAIN STREET. ' umx Awl .i .mf au!7 dim Evansville, Ind. Indiana Asbury University. TWENTY-NINTH TEAS. milE FIRST SESSION OF THE JL Collegiate Year 18X6-7 will commence V eduesday, September 12, 1806. This institution is under the control of an emcient Board of Trustees, clergymen and laymen, appointed by the four Conferences of the M. E. Church In Indiana, and under the direct patronage of said Conferences. Location health v. Courses of study sub stantially the same standard of discipline as high instruction as thorough as in the bet Institutions of the country. Scholarships provided for soldiers, securing tuitfoaiM-jv , voting men who design entering this in stitution should communicate with the President. Rev. Dr. Bowman, or some member of the Faculty, as to the require ments for admission. PiiiL.AJNlJi.K WILEY, anl" d3w (3t a w) Secretary of Faculty State of Indiana. Vanderburgh County. In Hie andei burgh c ircuit c ourt, October Term, A.D. 1S66. Robert A. Hill,-administrator of the estate of John c. sergeant, vs. jacoo u. wtuart and Frank W. Keott. IT APPEARING BY AFFIDAVIT ON file in the office of the Clerk of said Court that the defendant Jarob.O. Mtaart i ..1.1 n ,1... 1 ( i. . . , . , f T...1I Notice of the penaency or this artion I therefore given to said non-resident defendant that the same will stand for trial at the next term of the Vanderburgh ntuit Court, to ie besfun and held at the court-house In the city of Evansville, in the county ana sttate aforesaid, on the sec ond Monday in October, lWi. Witness Blythe Hynes. Clerk of said Court, this 16th day of August. 1866. BLTTHE HYNES, Clerk Vanderburgh Circuit Court. R. A. Hill, Attorney for Plaintiff. aul7 w3t SASH. DOORS, L JMBeI &c. Ilunnel t Sons, Manufacturers of Sash, Doors. Blind, Frames, dec Also, Dealers in ' ' ' MICHIUAX PA'A' I. jrsrnvn . Keep constantly on hand Lumber of'evorv description, Pine and Poplar Fleorlni? weatnerboaraing, Shingles, Lath &c Sawing of everv desr-HrMr ',. order. " w Orders from abroad nHii u attended to. " Factory and Yard, Corner alntjt street and Canal, &Prn Evansville, Ind.