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Kentucky Correspondence. The X. Railroad The Pros- - pects of the Wheat, Tobacco, and Froit Crops Congressional Debate - between Brown and Ritter Remarks by John Feland, Esq. HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY, April 1st, 1867. "Editors Journal: The session, of the Spring Term of our Circuit Court has prevented an earlier statement from me as to the rosnect of success of the Evansville, Henderson, and Nashville Railroad enterprise in our county. For about twenty years our people have - talked of a Railroad, out . the abandonment of work ; on the road " about two years before the war almost crushed hope on the subject. Yet when the sale, by the Commissioner, of the old road, road-bed," &c.i was, at an earlv day of the term, confirmed fey the Court, and General J. T. Boyle was announced a President of the new organization, confidence greatly ., revived. ( s- 7 i These things, taken in connection with the lively interest; manifested in ' the road by your'Cxty, Henderson, and other Tjoints. have aroused ,the ' ; long dormant interest of our people in the project, and petition are being rapidly signed, asking the County Court to subscribe $200,000 to it. j j I The blighting influence of slavery on enterprise and public spirit being removed, we find a great many of' our citizens' taking an earnest interest in this matter, who formerly opposed a railroad tax, and who were contented with " niggers and mules, " as means f transportation both for person and produce. I think a better day is dawning. : , . i The winter here has been the hardest and ' most disagreeable, in .many respects, ever " known to , us, - and , farmers , are mournful over the prospect of a crop, or rather the lack pf a prospect. Few .plant-beds 5 for tobacco have been burned, and this ought to have been done in January or February; nor have farmers been able to do plowing. Wheat is the only thing that seems to promise inuch; that is .fine, indeed; but. the drawback here is that but little of it was sown. ) I Those who pretend to know say the jfrultls aU killed but as they almost A ever season, youf .'correspondent still cherishes some hope of reveling in the delicious juices of the peach and apple. Messrs. Ritter and Brown have had their opening discussion here to-day. Each made two speeches, and each, of course, appealed to the people for .votes. . Neither of them, ; however, lased that appeal upon any expressed Ilove of the Union, nor upon soulstirring sentiments of patriotism. .1 ' heard no love for the Union, nor rev- ... ereoct; iui tier uautuuus avuweu. me Hag of our country was not described - as entitled to any love or veneration, nor vet waa there any denunciation of treason or rebellion." No; both gentlemen evidently expected to win favor, the one for his known sympathy with the Sotith during -the war, the other for what - he . had , done for t traitors since their .return, in secur'ing enfranchisement - and pardon for them. I thought -there was a good " Opening for a reply from a Union man. Mr. Brown, amid the wildest applause, .avowed, the authorship of the " shoot- ' c flown-Union-men.-who-yolunteer" letter, and yet; said he could take the "iron-clad oath.". Of course, he can take jit ; wat rebel is it wh o can't ? During' the applause, a prominent fJonservative remark-wl fJiaf. Via was , almost Hpersuaded to believe Kentucky I I After the two gentlemen had. made their first speeches, John Feland,

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Was aunouncea we tail are of the attempt to have a Radical Convention at Calhoun. He expressed the sentiment of the Radical party here, when ne eam ne greatly enjoyea , tne scene we had just witnessed, and the woollug the gentlemen were giving each. .- other, and that it convinced him not only that neither of the gentlemen . ' V would make us proper representatives but tnat tnere was tne greater neces sity for, a Radical .candidate ; but ; he eaid aa the Calhoun meeting had failed

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Lotus Mignot, an American artist, who has resided for some years past in ..Lyndon, has lately had a picture tropical scenery on exhibition at the unusu lnsurauon. nis picture nas elicited the encomiums of London Critics. .

Gubernatorial Canvass. Speech of CoL Barnes at Louisville. Col. Sj-dney M. Barnes, the Union candidate for Governor of Kentucky, and John L. Helm, the Rebel Democratic candidate, met - at Louisville last week in joint discussion. We had hoped to give the discussion in full, but none of the Louisville papers had sufficient enterprise to report it. We find, in the Courier, a garbled re Bort of Col. Barnes' speech, from r which we make the following ex tracts : Col. Barnes was introduced to the audience bv the Hon. Joshua F. Snp.wi. who stated that Col. Barnes was-the first man who planted the flag of the Federal army on Lookout Mountain. " " SPEECH OP COL. SIDNEY M. BARNES Fellow-citizens of the -city of Xouisviller I trust you will give me!0ur patient and candid attention. 1 do not know how long I will speak to you or really what I will say; but I will attempt to present to you fairly the issues between the- two or three parties in the State of Kentucky. I have been nominated as a candidate for the office of Governor upon the Union ticket not byjmy desire or my request; I had no agency in thi matter.- My party made this demand upon me, and never having: known in the army how to disobey an order, I did not know how to disobey or refuse to be a candidate of the Union party in the State of Kentucky. (Applause.) I have had no time to prepare any set speech or reduce anything to method. I have "been in the midst of my courts from the commencement of them to the present time, and I quit my courts to come here and arrange this canvass and meet Governor Helm in reference to appointments and to show a disposition in good faith to carry out the principles of my party. , I am a Union man, without an if or a but. (Applause.. (!l hate- never.;for one moment since the commencement of this struggle permitted myself to think of abandoning ;the great principles of the Union party of this country. (Applause.) intend i; so j long as God gives me breath, to maintain and de-' lend: them.;. (Applause.). ; Ii regard my existence as staked upon the fortunes of the great Union party of this country.-- I' regard ihe- existence of my family, and of i your families, as staked upon the issues of the day. It is no time; then,"foT anyJ man'who is the friend of his country! to abandon, in the hour - of conflict . and strife, these srreat principles. We have been assailed and are assailed as no set of men ever were assailed. Every kind of slander and yituperatioo that could h tvd&oad m l nrtal ' r -". hss ... upvu - uiau been heaped upon . us. . But we- have gone torward witn a nrm and steady principle, intending au tne time to maintain the perpetuity of the institutions of the country and make war upon all its enemies. (Slight applause.) I don't antend - to permit myseltito be driven , into any, deten81 ve . canvass. s 1 My ! notion is that Union- nnnciDles' defend themselves.. The first thing to which I . propose to invite your attention, is the platform of the Union party. (Mr. B. here read the platform of the party, with which all are familiar.) Now.. fellow-citizen?, that is the platiorm upon which 1 have been nominated, and I pledge myself tosustain the principles there enun ciated. T I consider that they are sound, wholesome, and true, and such principles as any reasonable and candid man can support. There is not one syllable in . this platform that pled ires us to negro suffrage or negro equality.- But we have been charged Tit .L- J.Af. A. 1 1 wun mis, ana mis is me ouraeu 01 the song against us, coupled with op pression on the part ot Uoncress : and an effort has been made to prejudice the public mind against us. It is un just, and if I were to say unmanly I don t think 1 would be mistaken. 1 assume as a fact that no set 01 men can with truth maintain the fact that the party in the - State -f. Kentucky has ever advocated it.,rl am opposed to negro suffrage because of the fact that tbev-are just free.' They" have been in duress, and not in a condition to understand the institutions of the country. What may come in the future,-what i effect the; education of the nesrro ; will have upon his . des tiny or the destinv of the white race are questions to be developed in the future. I don't propope to assail any man;personalJy.,TIexpgct to conduct this :eanvafr'upon high and honorable principles.1' I have - nothing to say againstmydistinguishedfriend (Helm) . asc.a .jnan. .. 4. , naye , .uowa mm xor twenty t years s ; gentleman and a statesman, as a man ui icai mus m uis profession as a lawyer. In early manhood we acted in full concord. In '43 I worked faithfully 4br nisvelevation to power irthe fitate. ; we worked together until the great troubles came upon the country - Since that time we have parted. : I presume that he can give reasons why he is found in one party and I in another. I will attempt to give the reasons why I am m the parry to which I claim to belong. If, in investigating the record of public jnen and; the; positions assumed by public men, I hit him (Helm) Or the shoe fits him. I shall thave toennit him to wear it. Referring to the late war and the consequent troubles brought upon the country, .addressing ex-Governor Helm, he said: My friend, I insist, before this as

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sembly met here to-night, that you are, -to some extent, responsible for the great evils that have fallen upon the country;. - I undertake to say that your party is responsible directly and unequivocally for these troubles. I undertake to say that it was your duty, as it was mine, to have used every exertion in your power to heal the dissension and the unfortunate difficulties that beset the people. What have you dor. a from that hour down to the present? You have made a relentless and cruel war upon us. You have denounced . us as men intending to establish over the American people a military despotism, and you said, in your Lexington speech, that the question-was fairly presented to the people of Kentucky, and not only to the people of Kentucky, but to the ; people of this great Union, whether this should be a military despotism,or whether , republican institutions, should-pre vail here. You have attempted by argument to establish before the sovereign people of be State of Kentucky, i that everything we have done and everything we have said was with a ? view to 'oppress the people of"thefcSouth, to 'destroy their property, to destroy their liberties, to break down their manhood, 'and that they have beenrigbt in the struggle; and that you . hav been fighting, together with your frierrdsY for, the maintenance of constitutional and republi can principles all the time, and that we have been fighting: for despotism and anarchy; why this is a bold charge to be made against those who attemptted to sustaia this country and went into the army in .good faith.. .When the tocsin of war was sounded I , left a wife in a sick bed. , The Secretary of War made a. demand upon me to raise a regiment in defense of the Union of the States. I did not stop to question whether the Government was right or wrong. m (Applause.) I considered that it was the bounden duty of every man that owed allegiance to the Constitution and laws of the country, to use his utmost exertion , to roll back that tide of oppression that was coming in upon us from the South to uphold the flag of the country," and to' preserve the States of this : Union intact. ! I went - forward and made ' speeches upon every hilltop and along all1 the valleys between the mountains of Kentucky. - I raised twelve companies of men in the county of ' Estill for the defense of the glorious " institutions of ' the country. (Applause1.) I headed ten companies and went to the tented field and bared my breast to the storms, of war. I attempted't'to ' discharge ','iny duty. Now, the ' great - Union party 1 of the State demands at' my-hands that I maintain the great principles which I fought for then, y The question is, am I to be loaded with infamy 1 and ' dis grace, in the attempt to maintain the lnsmuuons 01 my latners,4 or your fathers; am I . to be denounced as a Ban jntavor ot negro equality and negro suttrage? rilI tO be denounced ad being in affiliation with a party that desires the overthrow. and the des- ' truction of the liberties of the people?; s Are you to be so denounced? Are you to permit ' the soldiers that went to the wars to maintain their glorious Constitution and will you permit yourselves to be thus denounced, in your efforts to sustain us? .Will you make this record upon, us, that the present generation may condemn us,, aud that we may be condemned by all future generations as the greatest despots that ever , lived, and make treason and traitors respectable? Are you prepared to record such a verdict against the .. Union men of the State of Kentucky and the Union? I undertake to say that you are men of too much sense, too much justice, and too much love of country, ever; to do it. (Applause.) ' " ' 'T ' Col. Barnes . concluded by sayingthat an arrangement had been entered into between Governor Helm and himself to canvass the State together at the same time in the month or May, He then made some humorous allusions to what Governor . Helm had said, and he thought they would travel very pleasantly together, and that the . people of the State would share their corn and bacon with them, bu he desired his friends when they came to the election to vote not for Governor Helm, but for him. ' ' ' ; f - - CONFECTIONERIES. Confe ctiorieries H. V. AHLEEIXG. H. T. HA8SLKK. AHLERING & HASSLER, Wholesale and Retail Dealers la ; Candies, ' ' Foreign Fruits," Toys, and FANCY WARE, So, 13 South First Street, EVANSVILLE. We manufacture our own Candies, and are prepared to supply the Wholesale Trade at the lowest rates, and warranted of pure quality. We keen a full assortment of Foreiero Fruits and Nuts, Canned Uoods, fine Prenerves, j eines, c Toys &nd Fancy Ware of every desciiptloa, for presents and at tractive amusement. , , , t: f; FIREWORKS' n full supply and general variety. Agentafor 1 D. I. Mallory A Co.' Oyster.

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Excelsior Stoic Yorks. BLE MKER TILLMANN & 00. Foundery, corner Sixth Street .and Canal. Office at H. K. Blemker's, No. 14 Seoonr Street, bet. Main and Sycamore. THIS Jk'EW FACTORY IS NOW T fall operation, and is manufacturl COOKING STOVES. For Wood and Coal, HEATING STOVES, For Wood and Coal, All of the latest and most approved pat terns. Skillets and Lids, Oven and Lids, ; Odd Lids, Sugar Kettles, Jbog-IronSy Grates, and : Castings in general. Also manufacturers of TINWARE, COPPER and SHEET-IRON WARE and dealers in ' : . MANTLES and GRATES, 5 ; s i TINNERS' STOCK, ' 'if .TIN-PLATE, 'i, SHEET-IRON and COPPER WARE, - ' JAPAN WARE, - . BRITANNIA WARE, , ( ; BUCKET-EARS, . , : -WIRE ' , ' : BASTINO SPOONS, r.'.i . LADLES and SKIMMERS SHOVELS, AC, Ac ; in fact, everything in onr line. A large and complete BLOCK .All warranted as re presented. . ted. irucra uu ouu iiciia oeiore purcuasing anywhere else, at ..,,t,!: : :!f .,. , ... . H. E. BLEMKER'S, . J 14 second street au!3 - Evansville, Ind. WILLIAM HEILMAN (Successor to Kratt A Hetlm CITY FOUNDEK1 Manufacturer amd Builder of PORTABLE A.NI STATIOyARY STEAM ENGINES AND B0HJ&RS, SAW ; AND GRIST 311 LL . MACHINERY, ; ; Threshing Machines, Cotton and Tobacco lressee 1 CIRCULAR SA W MILLS, ' : AC, AC, . . EVANSVILLE, IND. Hheet Irojt and Coppeb Wobx Ji&de to order on short notice. w . f XROiV JLND BRASS CASTINGS of every description. Dealers in Steam Ganges, Gam Belting Firn Rrickn- WrouKhl Iron Pipes. Boltinc Cloths, Ac, at manufacturers' prices. REPAIRING "done at short notice. apr25 DENTISTS. DR...1 HAAS, . Resident Dentist, Over First NationaTBank, j I x T Corner Main and First Streets, ; . i M : a :rit Evansville, Ind., nAjrcFAcrrREK or coarTixuous Oum Work, Gold, Silver, Vulcanite, Coralit, and Amber Plates, Carved Work, Artificial Palates, Ac. , "ADMINISTRATOR of Nitrons , Oxide (an excellent and safe aneesthetic). Chloroform, Ether, and also several local paralyzers. - -.:... NEtTRALGICAfftctions treated. MY FACILITIES are as good and my establishment as large (consisting of fivb rooms) as any in the united States. ' I RETURN MY THANKS for the extensive patronage received during the past EIGHT YEARS. ; mch.l DR. J. C. BIERBOWER, Surgeon Dentist, Office, No. 10 FIRST STREET, bet. Main . . and Locust, Tenders his- professional services citizens of Evansville and vicinity. to the lfe26tf ' . Removal. ' E. GILBERT A CO. HAVE RE. a moved to tbelr new four-story store, . 31 North First Street, where they will be pleased to see all their old customers, and as many new ones as will favor them with a call. : A fall assortment of Groceries, etc., always on hand, and for sale, at the lowest market prices. We will give medal inducement to all tk(m buying for CASH. nova dlv

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QTJEEIfSWARE. DANIEL 6. MARE. JAS. X. WARRIX. IXFOKTEKS OF ASD WHOLESALE DEALERS IN TT-ERCHAJITS FURNISHED WITH JUX Common Ware alone, if desired. We keep constantly In our warehhouses As sorted urates 01 au uommon w are 01 iu very best make of goods. . Also, many dif ferent assortments of Common and Stone China Ware. , ! . We are the only firm In this city that imports Assorted Grates direct from . England. We keep patters and styles of goods that no other house In this city has, or can get In the English market. Our wares are Imported via New Orleans, direct, and bought with gold, thus securing every advantage within the reach of any house In the West or East. Onr stock is the largest In the State, and will be sold at prices entirely satisfactory to the trade. , t - nov7 dtf - 1 BOOTS AND SHOES. J. S. RICHER, DEALER IN BOOTS & SHOES -;i v 20 PER CENf. 50 PER CENT. IE T ' X 23! luu ?ER CENT. HANDSOMEE NEW, STYLISH, and GOOD , Gentlemen's Sewed and Pegged Boots, suppers. Balmorals, ana Gaiters. LADIES' LEATHER SHOES OF ALL KINDS. POLISH BOOTS, BUTT0XED BOOTS, BOUBLE-SObED, COSGBESS, ANA BTBOX. Misses' Bfilmorals, Polish and Oon gress Boots. CHILDREN'S SHOES In every style ever invented. WE HATE THE LARGEST AND most complete assortment of goods ever shown In any Retail 8 hoe House in the West Cincinnati nd Chicago not ex cepted -all of which we are selling as low as any omer retail aeairs can uuy. . , No tersons In their right minds can think of buying Boots nd Shoes before examining our stock. , ' - -- We have many styles of goods made for ns that can be found nowhere else. Dealers supplied with fine goods. Odd Sizes, or anything not fonnd In wholesale nouses, ai prices as tow or lower man joobersseU revolar ooda. . ..- , , All goods direct from manufactarers at ' JY S. RIOKJER'S, ' ' '- ; ' '. : : 'Jff-t :-.!. ...... , Main treet. 60 OPTICIAN. " -sv P t.- - . a w - M i 5" - B IB r H 3 2 o 5 ' 1 S o a rO 3 i-4 trs p s 9 . .. , EggsL Eggs! Eggs! IWILt PAT IS CESrS PER DOZ-, cash, for FRESH EGGS, in any quautitv. delivered at the United Btates House, No. 211 Main Street, up 1867. RIC1 to 1st dav of May, HARD RANGER. mchlSdtf

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74. JACOB STRAUB & SON, DEALERS IN HARDWARE & CUTLERY, 74 Main Street, EVAWSVILLE, I NO. Special low prices offered to Cash Buyers. mc d2m Circular. mHE COPABTJtEBSHI P BETWEEH JL the undersigned, nnder the firm of WELLS. KELLOtiU A CO., Is this dr dissolved by mutual consent, Mr. H. ii. Wells-retiring. Books and accounts wU remain with the successors, BU2TTICHE&, KELLOUO A CO for settlement. - - HIRAM K. WELLS. CHA8. H. KELLOOO. EDW. BCETTICHER. .Evansville, January 1st Itfdv. .3 i (TTIGI1R, KELLOGG & C 'Sucee$sorsJto' Wells, Ifellogg '& Co.,) 13 FIRST STREET, SIGN OF THE - IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN HARDWARE AND AOENTS FOR Best Gum IScliing. JL of the late firm of WELL8, KELLOOv k jo., have this day formed a copartnership, under the name and t-tyle of BQ3TTICHER, KELLOGG & CO and will continue the' Hardware Baslnew at the OLD 8TAND. , Thanking our maay friends for their liberal patronage, we respectfully ask a continuance of the same to the new firm. , .. EDWARD bOCTTICHKR. CHA8. H. KKLLOU(i. H.yausville, January 1st, iw7. I jan21 dtt 31 31 HARDWARE HOUSE. H. K. Wells. W. F. Well. lAte of Wells, Kellogg A Co. H. K. WELLS & SON B AVE TAKEN THE WELL know) stand recently occupied by rs. tieorge 8. Bonntag & Ce., 31 Main ; Street, where they will transact a General ETA H D "W A H E The senior carttier of the late firm WELL8, KELIAXiU & CO. would tbanx his friends for their patronage in the past, and ask a continuance of the same to t he new firm of , H. K. WELLS A BON. feblSdly . J' . GEO. S. SOX.YTAG & CO., , '.. . DEALKIW IN i Anvils, Vises, Bellows, Hand and Sledge Hammers, Horse Shoes, Horse Sails . Stocks and Dies, Butchers' Files! Coil Chain, Leather Belting, No. 29 First Street, feb!9 dim EVANSVILLE, IND. C. KELLER, Importer and Manufacturer of all kinds of Guns, Pistols, and Rifles, and Dealer InPowder Lead, Capn, Shot, Cartridges, Ns. (3 HAIN HTREET, mchlS d3m Evansville, Ind.

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