Evansville Journal, Volume 18, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 30 May 1867 — Page 2

r THE EVANS VILllE DAILY JOURNAl! THURSDAY." MAY 30; lbW l;

LETTER FKOM THE CIPilAL.

Indianapolis, May 23. Editors Journal: . , ,. ... , SUNDAY IN THE CITY. It is good to have one's earthly habitation where the saeredness of the Sabbath is duly regarded; where the Lord's House is crowded on Sunday, and the " House of Lords " on every other day in the week; where professors of the tonsorial art are forbidden to ply their razors on that holy day; where the druggist, who sells you your cigars from Monday morning till Saturday night, refuses to accommodate you with a single weed on Sunday, and piously turns his attention to the sale of Plantation Bitters; where a stillness approaching that of the Puritan Sabbath reigns in the streets, and no sound salutes the meditative ear ave the solemn rumbling of the street cars, and the Brignolian braying of the mules who draw them ; where the front doors of drinking saloons are barred and bolt ed so that the clicking of glasses and rattling of- dice are toned down to the proper Sunday" pitch, ere they strike the ears of the solemn crowds wend!ing their way tochurch or Sunday , Schobl."",TAll these are hopeful indications of advancing civilization and social progress, delightful accessories of urban life. TIIE BLACK CROOK, or, rather, the wretched abortion of that magnificent spectacular drama which fleeced our play-going people a few weeks ago, whetted the public appetite to a " feather edge," but being only a counterfeit of the gorgeous original, and gotten up in a style not in accordance with metropolitan tastes, (because the manager supposed Iloosiers had not been educated up to . an ardent , admiration of the " naked truth,") it failed -to satisfy the aesthetic sense which, in Indianapolis, aswenasin more pretentious cities, demands an unobstructed view, a clear field I for "prurient j curiosity. In view of this unsatisfied state of the public mind, a number of excursions have been arranged over several of the railroads operating between Indianapolis and Cincinnati, to enable our people to witness the veritable " Black Crook," now in its third or fourth week at the National Theater in that city.:." The fare has been reduced on one road to two dollars, and on another to one dollar and seventyfive cents for the round trip. It is expected that every body but infants and their nurses will avail themselves of such an opportunity to witness an exhibition which, combining the maximum of feminine beauty with the minimum of "clo'es," presents attractions altogether irresistable to the properly cultivated mind. REVS. LOZIER (METUODIST) AND FOSTER, (UNIVERSALIS!,) The respective champions of " orthodoxy," and " heterodoxy," have fixed upon the first week in July, as the time, and Morrison's Opera Hall as the place, for their great debate upon the future state of man. Mr. F. desired an earlier meeting, and suggested that July nights might be a little too hot for the coaJ'ort of the audience, but his opponent pleaded prior, engagements occupying all his time till that date, and politely hinted that however hot a summer night might be it would be no more than a judicious experiment in calorific effects for a gentleman who was evidently traveling on the route that leads to the "Lake of Fire." Mr. F. parried this thrust very neatly, and finding he could not secure a more satisfactory arrangement, accepted the time named by the chaplain. It is said that timid friends, apprehensive of unprofitable results, have made strenuous efforts to choke off the lingual belligerents, but they don't choke off worth a cent, andhaving confideace in the soundness of their respective beliefs, as well as in their ability to defend them by " proofs from holv writ." they are each determined to " gang their own gait " and bide the issue. VV ithout expressing any opinion as to the profit ableness of such controversies, or the merits of the question to be discussed, your correspondent will venture to predict a spicy debate, and crowded houses, and to say to each of the champions, " Lay on Macduff," etc. CORNER STONES. Oifjthe Fourth "of Julyt the comer stone " of the Soldiers Home at Knightstown Springs will be laid with imposing ceremonies worthy of ..the day and the occasion. . The G. A. R. of this post, and other camps in this section of the State, will 1 take part in the exercises. - Gov. Baker has been invited to deliver the oration, and though he has not as yet siguified his acceptance of-the invitation, it is generally believed that his deep interest in the institution, an interest that has been shown to good purpose whenever occasion has required it from the inception of the work to the present time will not permit hi in to decline. On the sixth of June, the cornerstone of St. Paul's Church, corner of Illinois and New York Streets, . is to be laid. At that time the Diocesan Convention will be in session in this city, and the presence of a large number of clergymen and other dignitaries of the Church will, render the ceremonies of such an occasion unusually interesting and imposing.. The Rev. Mr Stringfellow has the happy facuHy of Arranging the most import-

ant events connected with his Church, so as to have them occur at the most

fitting times.-His Chapel was hurried to completion the day belore Christmas, so that the dedicatory services might occur on the day which of all others in the year, is the most appropriate for such exercises. Now he proposes to secure the attendance of all the Episcopal clergymen of the State at the laying of the corner stone of the Cathedral, by having it occur in Convention week. He is an indefatigible worker, an able pulpit ora tor, and an acceptaDie pastor.' xi nis noli tics are not exactly sound, he :has the good taste not to obtrude them on the public, and so long as ne sue ceeds in inducing rich men, who were never before accused' of giving foo freely for any purpose, to shell out in .ten thousand . dollar installments to build a church and support the gospel, it may not . be well to fling rocks at him on account of his political sentiments.. One- can afford to think well even of Cops., who give1 their time and money to good works, and it may be well to forget, so far as possible, the Ditter reelings mat wex:ouia not suppress during the sad years of the recent past. ",'".' Mark Tablet, THE raiOX PACIFIC ' ; RAILROAD TROM 05TAHA, AERRASKA; What lias Been Done, and When it Will be Finished. From the New York Independent. "i'No 'great enterprise was ever begun about which so little has been said and so much has been done. The public have a vague idea that a rail road 3 being. built from, somewhere in the East to somewhere in a farther West than a rail-track has ever before been laid ; but where it begins, or what route it follows, or where it is to end, we venture to assert, not one in a thousand can tell..?" : For a dozen years we have heard that a great Pacific Railroad was to be built, and a dozen names and a dozen companiesf and a dozen routes from the Southern Texas to the Northern Lake Superior have upon Congress as the best means for uniting aud Pacific shores. boundary of boundary of been urged greatest and the Atlantic Bubble after bubble was blown, and turn when touched,:. each burst in by,, the sharp point of practical experience The imperative need of the work was admitted, but jt was too vast for individual enterprise to attempt. No combination of private capital istsJwas willing to risk a hundred million dollars in the construction of 2,000 miles of railroad through a wilderness. As the undertaking was strictly national, so no power less than that of the nation was sufficient to accomplish it; and large as the cost necessarily would be, the expenditure would save a much greater cost to the country. But the government did not wish to enter upon any new system of internal improvements on its own account; and its only alternative was to grant its aid in the most careful manner to such responsible individuals of suitable character and energy as might be willing to risk a portion of their private means in the construction of the road. THE COMPANY'S CHARTER AND ROUTE. This charter was granted and perfected by vdnous acts of Congress, and the Company comprises men of the highest reputation for integrity, wealth and business experience. Among the officers are General John A.Dix,- President; Thomas C. Durant, Vice-President; and Hon. John J. Cisco (late Assistant Treasurer of the United States), Treasurer. The capital authorized by the charter is one hundred million dollars, of which it is estimated that not exceeding twenty-five millions will be required, and of which five millions have already been paid in. Surveying parties were at once pushed out in various directions across the continent to find and locate the best available line between the Missouri River and the Pacific Ocean. This was established at Omaha, in Nebraska, on the east, and will finally be at San Francisco, in California, on the west a distance of nearly 1,900 miles. The Chicago and North Western Railroad is now completed from Chicago to Omaha, a distance of 492 miles; and several other roads are rapidly building to unite with the Union Pacific at the same point; so that its eastern connections will be numerous and complete. The general line of . the road from Omaha is west up the Valley of the Great Platte, and thence across ' the Slains a distance of 517 miles, to the .lack Hills, or easterly spur of the Rocky Mountains. Col. Seymour, the Consulting. Engineer, Teports that the grade is much more favorable than was anticipated the maximum to the Rocky Mountains not exceeding 30 feet to the mile. and from , that point to the summit, or divide of the continent, it will not exceed 80 feet to the mile. From the Rocky 3Iountains, the best practicable route will be taken to Great Saljt Lake City, and thence by the Valley of the Humboldt River to the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Central Pacific Railroad is now being rapidly built east Irom feacramento. Cal., and is already completed about j 100 miles, and will connect with the ! Union facinc. WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AND ITS COST. As we remarked before, there has been very little talk, and a great deal of work.. Almost before the, public were aware, it had been begun. On the first of January, 1867, the Union Pacific Railroad was finished for 305 j miles west from Omaha, and fully ;

equipped with locomerrr?sV - rolling stock, repair shops, depots, stations,

&c, and the company have on hand iron, ties and other materials, sumcient to finish the roai to the Rocky Mountains, or 517 miles from Omaha, by the first of September, 18G7. It is expected that the whole line through to California will be completed in 1870. The first 305 miles were graded, bridged and ironed, with a heavy T-rail, and supplied with suitable Depots, Repair Shops, Stations, Loco- . motives. Cars, and all the necessary appurtenances of a first-class road, ; for $50,000 per mile, and it is be- : lieved that the remaining portion will not increase the average cost to more than $66,000 per mile, exclusive of equipments. MEANS FOR CONSTRUCTION. "When the Government determined that the road must be built, it also determined to make the most ample provision to render its speedy construction beyond a doubt. 1st. The Grant op Money. The Government issues to the Company its Six per Cent. Thirty-Year Bonds at the rate of $16,000 per mile for the whole road, and, in addition, for 150 miles across the Rocky Mountains this grant is trebled, makingjt $48,000 per mile, and from the termination of this ' section " to the California' line (about 898 miles), the grant is doubled, making $32,000 per mile the whole amount being; $44,208,000. . These bonds are issued by the Government only on the completion of each section of twenty miles, and after the Commissioners appointed by the President of the United States have certified that it is thoroughly built and supplied with all - the machinery, &c, of a 'first class railroad, Ihe interest on these bonds is paid by the U. S. Treasury, and the Government retains, as a sinKing mna to De applied to repayment of principal and interest, one half the regular charges made for transportation by the Companv against it. lhese bonds.which are a second mortgage, are not due for thir ty years, and it is not improbable that the value of the services to be render ed to the Government during that pe riod will constitute a sinking fund sufficient for their redemption at maturity. :' . . . 2d. The First Mortgage Bonds. The Government permits the Com pany to issue its own mortgage bonds at the same - time, and on , the same terms; and for the same amount, and by a special act of tCongress these Itonds of, the Company ' are made a First 3IORTGAGE, on the entire' line, and Eropertyof the road, the Government onds being subordinate. The amount of these bonds" to be issued by the Company is limited to an amount equal to those, issued by the Government to aid in the construction of the road. 3d The Land Grant. While this is certainly munificent, at the same time it is most advantageous to the Government, for without it all its own lands would remain almost worthless. It is a donation of every alternate section for 20 miles on each side of the road, or 12,800 acres per mile, and amounts to - 20,032,000 acres, assuming the distance from Omaha to the California JState line . to be 1,565 miles. Much of this land, especially in the Valley of the Great Platte, is a rich alluvium, and is considered equal to any in the world for agricultural purposes. Hon;. E. ' D. : Mansfield, the- learned Commissioner of Statistics for the State of Ohior estimates that at least 9,400,000 acres will be available to the Company within a moderate length of time, and that it is far within bounds to estimate this entire grant at $1 50 per acre, or $30,000,000. The Illinois Central has realized more than four times this sum from a similar grant. Ihe interest on the bonds is more than provided for by the net earnings of the various sections of the road, as they are completed. On the 305 miles on which the cars are now run ning west from Omaha, the receipts tor the nrst two weeks m May were $113,000; and as the road is extended towards the great mining centers, the business in freight and passengers constantly increases and as . there can be no competition from rival roads, the Company has lull power to charge remunerative prices. PROSPECTS OF FUTURE BUSINESS. It needs no argument to show that the traffic of the only railroad connecting the Atlantic and Pacific, and passing through the great mining region, must be immense. Although our annual product of the precious metals is now iOfficiaily estimated at $100,000,000 per annum,a vastly greater sum will be -obtained as soon as the Union Pacific Railroad opens the way to : the golden regions of the Rocky Mountains, Now, the difficulties and cost of communication! are so great, that none but the very richest veins can be worked; but with cheap transportation, hundreds of thousands of hardy miners will sr . -cessfully develop other mines, th i. t with les3 costly working, will be ev: more profitable than the average c c those now in operation; and the business of this constantly increasing mining interest must pass over this road. The records of our shipping offices fIiow that not less than 50,000 passengers now auiiuauy travel by sea be tween tne vtiantic ports ana can Francisco: and these reckoned at $150 eac h (about one-half the steamer price) would produce a revenue of $7,500,000. - The overland travel is even greater. In a single year, twenty-seven thousand teams, comprising a vast number of emigrants and travelers, r departed from two points only on the Missouri

River on their westward journey. If the truth of this statement was not familiar to all frontier's-men, it might well be questioned. I But, estima tine the overland through travel at the same figures as that by steamer, and we have $15,000,000 as the minimum estimate on the same number of passengers. Buc the facilities for cheap and rapid transit furnished by rail

road always vastly increases the amount of travel with the same population. The difference between the numbers who would take an ocean steamer or a prairie wagon and a modern palace-car, with its luxurious state-rooms, where the traveler eats and sleeps almost as comfortably as at home, may be as great as the difference between the numbers who were jolted over the mountains in an oldfashioned stage-coach and those in an express train between any two great cities. Then, is it not safe to say that this through travel will be at once doubled on the completion of the road in 1870, and, with the rapid increase of Pacific Coast population in the next few years, more than quadrupled? Is it at all extravagant to assert that the through passevger business during the first year after the nrsftram of, cars runs from Omaha in Nebraska, to Sacramento, will be worth twenty-five millions of dollars? 'When to this we add half as much more for its way passenger business, and more than us much more than both for its freights, expresses and mails, etc., ' are there not the best reasons in the world for believing that the Union Pacific Railroad will be one of the mostprofitable as well as one of the grandest works of modern titnes ? ' r TIIE , SECURITY AND VALUE OF ITS BONDS. We have made these calculations, that the public may h.ave some briefdata of facts from which to form their estimate of the value of the Union Pacific Railroad Company's first mortgae bonds. Besides, men of the greatest railroad experience in the country have shown their confidence in the stock by liberal subscriptions, and this stock must be subordinate to all other claims.1 But there are stronger proofs of the security and value . of the first mortgage bonds than any we have named: . 1. , That for the safety of the country, as well as national economy, the road is indispensable. 2. i-That by an investment of about fifty millions in a Second Mortgage on the road, the Government practically guarantees the principal and interest on the first Mortgage. Excelsior Stove Works. ISlEM KER, T1XI.MAX & Co. (Successors to II. E. Blemker), MAXVFAtTl'RERS of the fine and heavy EXCELSIOR STOVE, the most famous durable now made, and the CHARTER STOVE, and the good and cheap .- . Armada, Stonewall, Kentucky, TENNESSEE, and PALMETTO STOVES, and a great variety of HE A TING STOVES, all of the latest and most approved patterns, i Also. Light and Smooth Country Hollow. Ware. Hkillets and Lids, Ovens and Lids, Dog-Irons,- Dinner Pots, Tea-Kettle'; and particular attention paid to the manufacture of House-Work CAST-IRON FRONTS, GRATES, fcc, &C. Also Tinware ; and Dealers in Tinners' Stock. If desired. Cooking Stoves warranted for twelve months. Orders solicited before purchasing else where. Foundery, corner Sixth Street and Canal. Store and SampK le Room at No. 14 Second Street, H. E. Bleinker's old stand. BLEMKER, TILLMAN fc CO. xnay29 Notice Of the proposed Widening of tTie Alley situate between .Block No. 2, Fourth Enlargement, and Block No. 3, . Carpenter Place. : WAY IdTH, ISO. O'S MOTION OF CODSl'ILJIAII Reitz, seconded by Councilman Heilman, the following order was onanimously adopted ana passed : Ordered, That six weeks' public notice be given, by advertising in the Evansville Daily Journal, that on ihe fifteenth day of July, 1807, the Common Council of the city of Evansville will make an order to widen the alley situate between Block' number two (2), Fourth Enlargement, and Block number three (3), Carpenter Place, extending: ' from Third Street ' southward toward .. Second Street ; the"i . distance of. the length of Lot one (1), Block three (3), Carpenter Place, being one hundred and forty-two and a half (144k) feet, more or less, removing the eastern. line or saia alley six () teet eastward the entire length of said lot, increasing the width of the alley from six (6) to twelve (12) feet. . .. And should any person aggrieved, t any time within six weeks, apply to the Common Council for redress, by petition or remonstrance, in writing, left with the Clerk of the Common Council, and cotaining a statement of the injuries complained of, and the amount demanded therefor, said petition or remonstrance will be considered, heard, and determined by the Common Council on the said fifteenth day of Jnly, 1S7. Anil it it further ordered. That the Clerk record in the Minute Book of the Council the plat of the said alley as proposed to be widened, which plat has been prepared by Charles B. Bateman. City Surveyor. mayS A. M. McGRIFF, Clerk. WM. G. FULLERT0N, Dealer in FABHIXG IMPLEMEN TS , ts is l: x FARMING MACHINERY, and HOUSE. KEEPING- ARTICLES, ; ; NO. 4 MAIN STREET- 1 decs dtf Evaxsviixk, Ixd.Z

Q JEENSWARE.

Xew Queensware House. LICHTEN & ICUENHAUSER, IMPORTERS OP CELTlSrL, GLASS QUEENS WARE, ' , .'. and HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, So. 3 South First Street.' E ARE SOW OPENING THE most splendid asnortraent of Fai Articles ever imported, to this city, and t stock of WHITE GRANITE WARE; Is now complete, and only wants looking at to induce all to make their purchase! o: us ; and our stock of COMMON WARE is large, and will be sold as low as toe lowest in the United .States. Bohemian Clasn and Silver- ,, ? ... . , 1'lateU Ware. Oar assortment of Bohemian Glass and Silver-Plated Ware is one of the finest ever selected for the trade of this city; and we have the advantage of our senior partner residing In the city of New York, and at all times on hand selecting the latest styles and patterns of ware. oca d3m ' HOLLINGSWORTH BROS., IMPORTERS OF OUEENSWARE G I ASS WARE, Ac, &C, - In all their various branches, TTAVE BEES IMPORTIXfl XX, direct from Kn gland since August, lain, and are duly poted as to the demands of the trade, in quality, style, price, etc. Besides the experience of years In this business, we go into the .English market WITH GOLD, and bny as cheap as any house In the United States. mnort ana sell a stvle of WHITE GRANITE GOODS which no other house In the city can iret from the factories direct. Tfiey are very desirable styles, and will sell more readily than any goods In the mar ket. Such is the opinion of good judges. That Evansviiie is a chean market f Queensware no one is likely to dispute. ana we aeera it unnecessary to multiply woras. - You will find ns at the old stand, IVo.'SO First Street, and So. 8 Sycamore Street, au26 dtf EVANS VI LLEJ. IND. CONFECTIONERIES. Confectioneries H. M. AHLERINO. AULERING H. T. HAS8LXB. & IIASSLEK, Wholesale and Retail Dealers In Candies, Foreign Fruits, Toys, and FANCY WARE, No. 15 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 aualitv. We keep a full assortment of Foreign Fruits and Nats, Canned (ioods, fine Preserves, Jellies, Ac. Toys and Fancy Ware of every description, for presents and at tractive amusement. FIREWORKS n fnll supply and general variety. vif'.H.. 'j AgenUor t -" - 1). I). M allory 4t Co.' Oysters oe2t dlv - 7 BAKERY. EVANSVILLE STEAM BAKERY and CAND Y M ANU FA CTOR Y, By A. W. CHRIST, No. 105 Main Street, bet. Third and Fourth (opposite Court-House). Alt KIVDS OF CRACKERS, Bread, Cakes, etc., as well as all kinds of Candies, Toys, and Fancy Sugar-Ware, of every description, for wholesale and retall, at lower prices and to better satisfaction than by any other house in the whole Went deel dly DAILY NEWBURG STAGE ; SHIVER A BRO., Proprietors, X EAVES TlfE AJIeRICaS OUNK . r aally sc a p.m. r are i. Has Kood stock and a careful driver. inayl dtf

BANKING.

first National Hank OP EVANS VI LLE, IND. ' XT. Depository, Organized June, 1803. CAPITAL . 9300,00. Hopkins, President; JOKN S. James H. Cutler, Cashier. Directors, G. Maghee, John Ingle, Jr., Charles Vlele, M. J. Bray, Wra. Brown, J. 8. Hopkins, Kobart Barnes, F. W. Sawyer, C. Preston. Doing a general Banking, Exchange, and Col 1 ection Bu si t ess. Revenue Stamps for sale. nov301y INSURANCE. w. A. Page, . Notary Public J ElXlAB SHABFC W. A. PAGE & CO., FIRE, RIVER, LIFE, and ACCIDENT Insurance Agcnfg, . Corner Main and Water Street (Brown, Dunkerson A Co. 'a former offbe,) Evaxsvillk, Ixv Home ' Insurance Company OF NEW YORK. Cash Capital $2,00000 Assets, July 1,1866....;.... 3,596,:00 Washington Insurance 6. . 1 . C OF . NEW york : I Cash Cam'tal $I00B Assets, July 1st, 18CG C88.3U Columbia Insurance Compacj OF NEW YORK. Cash Cavital $500,000 Assets, July 1st, 1866 590,000 Fire and Marine Insurance Co. OF COVINGTON AND CINCINNATI. Cash Qipital $350,000 Assets, July 1st, 18GG.. New York Accidental Ins. Co. OF NEW YORK Cash Cavital $250,000 ; Assets, July 1st, 18CC 270,000; Insures against ACCIDENTS of every description. r ';'). Northwestern Mutual Life In surance Company t OF MILWAUKEE. Cash Asset, $2,000,000? The greatest success of any Life Company , ever organized. FIRE, MARINE, 4 RIVER INSURANCE POM CI FN IK8lTt:i I5T THEAUOTE well-known Companies, and all loHses mptiy aujusti anu paiu at tnis oince. W. A. PAOR A CO.. Apents, Corner Main and Wal-r Streets, I.. .. .. . .. . 1 1 . . i .. .i j ivniiiviur, j mil (Brown Al)unkeron'i former otllce.) aulS dly DRY GOODS. JAQUESS, HUDSPETH & CO, WHOLESALE Dry. Goods and Notions, No: 0 North First Street, ' ' , Evansville, Ijd. : CASn PAID FOR COTTON. . We also Forward Cotton and Tobacco, j and make advances oo same. febl2 j DRY GOODS. O. MAGIIEJ3 Sc OO. WHOLESALE DIALERS IN STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS NOTIONS, AC, FIRST STREET, (Bet. Main and SycamorO KVAKSVILI.1 Iwi., fi&lA TIIE ATTEXTIOX F TIIE VS trade to their large and deslrole stock oT CJoodf Just purchased, and wlib they are offering at great bargains. nov20 MAC KEY, NISBET & O., Wholesale Dealers iu D. Y GOODS AND N0TIWS, Wo. 11 5f aiu Street nov20 dtf EvaksvillkInd. L. Q, 3IILLER. J. S. OAONEK. j. M. BVCKKEB. MDLLER, GARDNER & C , . r WHOLESALE DEALERS IX STAPLE DRY GOODS and NOTIONS, A'o. 35 First Street, (Gilbert's Jilock,) mchl5 d till Janl Evansvillb, It. FLAT-BOAF CARGOES. The Rising Sttf Insurance Compar ' OFItfslit? Sun, Indiana. --. THIS Oil ASD RELIABLE 'OJ pany well known to the busine river me, has established an agency: this city to insure cargoes of flat-boats . rates ad on terms low as any compal' can saf ly take such risks. Apply to . LLEN C. HALLOCK, Ageut. jUtt Om No. 10 South First Street.

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