Evansville Journal, Volume 18, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 22 January 1868 — Page 2

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THE I F DAILY WFDNESDA.T. JANUARY 22, IW&..,F2

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' Peieksbit.gh. jnii., Jan. 2D, l.soK. Editors Journal : . The untcrrified Democracy of this eoanty met in solemn convention at this place, last Saturday, to ratify the State ticket. Printed handbills had been struck and circulated all over the county, but they failed to bring out more than about thirty f the faithful. Win. Barr was chosen President, after which a motion to ' ratify " was made and carried. The President introduced the " Hon. Sy. Ilolcomb" (what a joke.) of Gibson County. Holcomb came torward and said he had the pleasure of an intimate acquaintance with T. A. Hendricks (good joke cn Hendricks,) and with the most of the gentlemen on the State ticket, and knew them to be men of honor and ability. Ilolcomb eaid he would make no statements that the records of the country would not bear h:tn out. He bad no document, however, to prove bis assertions true, but would vouch for them on honor. Another good joke on honor. The heavy burden of taxes was well port raved to the people, but Holcomb said he would rather not stop to consider who brought the taxes to the country. Suppose not; it nrght implicate the democracy of both North and South He wanted to see the best way to get rid of the debt, and recommended that the negroes take care of thempelves, and not have the acents of the Freediren's Bureau, who were lazy misiiotai ics, teaching the negro how r.ct to tcork. Congress must stop their rxtravzganee. They bad voted themselves f2,000, and it was a shame. Shame on Niblack! He defied any gentleman to show a Republican in Congress who was in favor of retrenchment. He talked heavy about loyal men being in favor of their government, (guess ne foreot the war record of his party). Hoi-, comb said National Banks must be done away with. A banker at Evansville said to me (H.): " Friend Holcomb, (joke,) I will tell you why there is no money to loan. We consider it disreputable to loan for more than 12 per cent., so we put our money into the hands of a good friend who shaves notes 18 and 20 per cent." How are you, Evansville banker? Mind who you talk to; all men are net gentlem n of honor." Holcomb was wonderfully in favor of paper money. He owned up like " a little man " to a change in his party on the paper money question. Holcomb spoke highly of General Grant, but said if the Republican party nominated Grant, the Radical would fly the track, and nuke,hii!i i Grant) easy beaten. This di.'eipie of eff. Davis, and second fiddle to Bowles & Co., wound up by savin;: that the Democracy didn't want t stir tbeRepublican party too much, for fear it would stink. (Wonder who could stand stink better than ' Hoi comb)? I would think Holcutuh was used to stink by this time. If I am not mistaken, there was stiuk about pome estates in Gibson Ocubty, in which minor heir3 and others were interested, which ought to be very unpleasant to the gentleman. I sup" pose Ilolcomb has forgotten a little stink he got up at Petersburg in 3864, with some soldiers, in wliich he (H.) had to take a back doer au 1 ""git." Holcomb had said, in a p ibiio epeech in the Court House, that Lincoln was a traitor, and anybody xh would vote for him was the same. The bovs didn't like that, and they made him ''"git up and cluck." I really ask yardoa, Messrs. Editors, of your numerous readers for the space occupied in writing about this poor, contemptible mass of corruption; but as he puts on considerable airs when he gets out from hoiae and tries to look respectable, I thought some of your readers might take an interest in reading what jokes may be , played off on the unsuspecting Democracy of this county. I don't know of anything bet'er for a "winding up" on Holcomb than a quotation from Byron, written for his dog's tomb stone: " O man, thon feeble tenant of aa hour, Debase J by slavery or corrupted by power; Who knows tiiee well rnusi quit thee with d.sgus!, . Va'.n mass of animated dust. I may not be exactly correct in the quotation, but I know it was about a dog, .and no one will doubt but that it will apnly very well to the case in point. Yours, &c. Filo. x ' Explanatory. ' Editors Journal: I notice that the Courier is misstating one of the ideas advanced ly "Six Republicans" in their " Declaration of Principles," published in your columns cn the 7th instant, and endeavoring to hold you responsible for the platform of the aforesaid six. Let me here say that no person is responsible for the Platform or Declaration but the half dozen who fathered it. The following is the language thus misconstrued or misrepresented: "5. The completion of reconstruction in the South, and admission of the late rebel States to fellowship and representation in the Union, so soon as the people there ' accept the situation ' that they have placed themselves in, and guarantee ' equal and ' exact justice,' political and civil rights and protection to all persons alike."

'Lv Lou.ru r tries to Uiukc t .-pe.U' that this is a declaration ''that all torn are enticed to equal eirij .ad political rights." Our language is ui-t rted in order that we may be p'xeed in a false position. It is evident, in reading the paragraph, quoted, that it refers only to the late rtbel States, and not to the whole United States. It would be absurd to require the people in the late rebel States to guarantee rights, justice and "protection outside of their respective States as a condition of their admission to fellowship -and representation in the - Union: ..Ooily a very careless or a very unfair readier could justify such a construction; The expression relative to the extension of political rights to all persons alike in the late rebel States is perhaps not .sufficiently explicit. :Of course it was not meant that political rights the elestive franchise, for instance should Ve extended to minors, women, Indians, idiots, insane people, and persons disfranchised for crime. It was not deemed uecessary to be so exact in the use of lai.guage as to except all of these classes in teiius. It was thought that the ordinary manner of expressing such ideas in newspaper writing was sufficient for our purpose. It was, however, meant by the writer of the communication, that as a preliminary and requisite in reconstruction the adult male negroes tn the late rebel States should be allowed to vote when not disqualified by some of the causes above stated. There are certainly few, if any, Republicans who will not insbt that the negroes there shall have ibis porent acd effectual means of protecting their rights and perpetuating their freedom. Without negro suffrage in the late rebel States, as a means of keeping the element lately - in rebellion- in check, and giving the people who were loyal during the rebellion some chauce to protect their rights, I think reconstruction would be a farce and an outrage on those people, white and black,, who have stood by the " stars and stripes." I pity the Republican who is so squeamish and prejudiced ou the subject of negro suffrage that he is not willing to see it exercised even in such desperate circumstances a3 exist in the South. Because we are willing to-, see it exercised there, it. does not . follow: that we are in favor of its extecsion all over the ' Union., That is a question for each State that did not forfeit its con trol of the subject by the crime of rebellion, to determine for itself in its own way. The question is not up for" discussion in Indiana,? nor is it likely to be soon. The hullabaloa that our po itical opponents have raised and are raising about it, is merely intended to throw dust into the eyes of people whose . prejudices are stronrer than their reason. Let no thinking Republican be deceived. The, leading idea, in writing the Paragraph on Reconstruction, was to disabuse the minds of those who think or pretend to think that the Republican party intend to prevent the late rebel States from being represented iu Congress, and to debar them from an enjoyment of the benefits of the Uuion, until after the next Presidential election. We do not believe that any considerable number of t he party, if any at all, havft such an iotention or desire.. So far as "Six Republicans " are concerned . we would - not, for mere party - purposes, if . we .could,, prevent' the " reconstruction " of those unhappy and perturbed. States a moment longer than the interests of humanity, the welfare of the whole people and the perpetuity of the Union require. We say hasten reconstruction, but do not

; hasten so fast as to outrun the rights of man and the eternal justice of God. If we do, reconstruction is only another term for oppression to tha loval element in the South, and decay and death to our whole . political system. After all that has passed the negroes in the late rebel States are entitled to the elective franchise. It is right and necessary that they should exercise it to offset the votes of inveterate, unrepentant, and implacable rebels. Without it their freedom, which cost so much blood and treasure, would, "like Dt-ad Sea fruit, turn to ashes on their lips " and be a mockery in the sight of Heaven. One of the Six. A Card from the City Surveyor. Editors Journal : Will you have the kindness to publish the following correspondence and communication, injustice to one who, when assailed, is denied the privilege of replying in jthe columns of the paper making" the attack? - : ChaS. B. Bateman.' Evansville; January 17, 18C8. Editors Evansville Courier : Gentlemen : I find, in your nape of this morning, an article calculated ! to injure my private reputation as a citizen ' and my professional reputa tion as a Civil Engineer. I am, there- ! jure, luuipcuuu iu Claim, as a riiiii., that you publish the enclosed answer. Should you decline to do so, please return the papers. Yours, respectfully, Chas. B. Bateman. This note was returned through the Post-Office endorsed on the hack as follows: "Respectfully declined. Editor Courier." Evansville, Ind., Jan. 18, 1868. Messrs. Editors: Noticing in th j Courier of yesterday, ! the 17th iBst., an attack upon my pro- , fessional ability as a civil engineer,! founded upon an erroneous statement

as 'o the suit of Isaiah Haas vs. Jacob Lowry. I deem it but justice to TOysfcjf and friends to eorrect-u few-tri fling errors in those statements. 1st. It is not stated in the Courier that Dr. Haas claimed damages to over 1,000 the verdict only awarded him ? 100. 2d. My measurements were by no means proved "incorrect," but merely the fact that the amount of earth taken : off the streets by that measurement wa not all delivered to Dr. Haas. 3d. The instrument used by me was not proven out of order, and totally 4 unfit for use," but only that an engineer's level would have been a better instrument, and that the wires were not in a vertical a"sd horizontal position, a position that is not absolutely essential to the correctness of the instrument. 1 . rl'neTer attempted to prove that all the earth excavated from the streets went to Dr. Haas'; nor did I know either the position or capacity of the lwle the said earth was removed to. Now my calculations made 4 391 78-100 cubic yards of earth. The whole length of the streets from which the earth was said to be removed to Dr. Haas' was 2,711 feet 8 inches; the width throughout was 40 feet 5 inches. Every fair-minded and intelligent man who saw those streets after the excavation had been made and before the gravel was put onT knows and will adroit that the said excavation was fally a foot deep. Allowing it to be a foot deep for that ler.gth and width, it would 6how that 4,067 49-100 cubic yards of earth had been taken off of those streets. My calculations only gave them a depth of 1 1-10 feet. But again, supposing that there was only 1,800 cubic yards of earth taken off the streets, as stated in the Courier, that would only give for the same length and width (and I would state here, that the length and width are indisputable, and can be proven by actual measurement at any time) a depth of 44-100, or a little over five inches. Is there ; any sensible man in the community, who saw those streets after excava-1

tion and before graveling, who will venture to assert in the face of -the citizens living on the line of those streets, that those streets were only cut down five inches below their original level? Possibly euch a man can be found; but .his; assertion would hardly be . believed. I could - find some rather amusing inconsistencies in ', the. very best professional evidence," that was supposed to show my " measurements and estimates to beincor-rect''-r-such .as that a hole J00 feet long, 80 feet wide and 5 feet deep, and therefore only of a capacity of 1,488 43-100 cubic yards was expected by one' engineer to take in 4,000; and how, after ; having 1,800 cubic yards dumped into it, the said hole was not half full. How it is possible to find the exact depth of a hole after it is filled, though unknown before, by cross sections, and how an engineer has no U3e for a rodman, but is required to stick his leveling rod in the ground,, and operate both rod and instrument by himself at the same time and place? These matters being below the notice of the author of the article in the Courier, are decidedly below mine, though satisfactorily proven by the aforesaid best professional ability. With regard to professional ability, I have only to say that a Civil Engineer, like others, is best proved by his works. Since I have held the office of ' City Surveyor, there has been graveled twenty-three squares; bowldered five' squares; a goodly number of alleys payed, and sidewalks laid down with brick. The city wharf has also been carried on and finished. All this work has been done under my supervision, and according to my lines, grades and stakes. On these works known to be done by me, I am perfectly satisfied to stake my reputation so far as they go, and I confidently defy any former Surveyor to show an equal amount of work done, in the same time by him, or any work showing superior ability in the same linethan these streets, alleys, and the city wharf exhibit. These works were done with the aid of the much abused, but very useful, old transit belonging to the city; it being the only instrument the city had at that time the level being in Troy, New York, undergoing repair. The same transit was used by the City Surveyor who preceded me, in all his work; and. as far as I am informed, was the only instrument used by him. With this work executed by me, visible to all, accomplished with the old transit, I must say I think it is somewhat late in the day to assert tht we, I and my old transit, arc incompetent and useless. ' And all I hiive to s:iy, in conclusion is, tt: at if an "acknowledged ignoramus," with an "improper instrument" can accomplish such work, the city has really and actually no need for anything better. Yours, respecttully, Chas. B. Bateman. HORXUKOOK & CO., DBALER3 IK Asrricnltnral Implements, and Oils. AfcttiHs Jor "Fair blinks'" Scales. We keep on band s general assortTnert ot tnenejastlv celebrated Balances. They arc durable aiil warranted accurate, aaa the ::v?apert, all m;nt?s.coijaideretl. Sizes rorr me rirachm to laO tous. f lanS) dUm NATIONAL HOTEL, Corner of Main and FlftU Street Y1NCENNES, IND. n. H. nCNKIXO . .-.Proprietor. Bu-ssbs run to and from th House to Depots on time for every train. 'Bun will carry pahaecuers to any part ol tbe city.; OclUU

Jr. i. 1 " ' OUR NEW THREA'i" Six-Cord, Soft-Finish SPOOL COTTON

Every number warranted Six-Cord to No. 80. Put up in neat wHite boxes, containing twelve spools each, a convenience to the retailer. A complete assortment always ii store and for sale in Evansville by H. M. SWEETSER & CO. 20 Main Street; MACKEY, NESBITT & GO. . 11 Main Street, Miller, Gardner & Co., FIRST STEET, And the trade generally. way2 Tn.Th.8at MEDICAL.. Great Xew England Remedy DR. J. W. POLAND'S WHITE PINE COMPOUND, v-h sow orrDREn to the aJL flicted throughout the. country, alter bavins been, proved by the test of eleven vears in the New England States, where Its merits have become as well known as the tree Iroia which, m irt, it derives its virtues. . The WMte Pine Compound : Cures Sore Throat, Colds, Coughs, Dipthe' ria. Bronchitis,' Spitting of Mlood, and Pulmonary Affection generally. It ' is a Remarkable Remedy for Kidney Complaints, Diabetes, Difficulty of Voiding - Urine, Bleeding from the Kidnegs and Bladder, Graccl and other c&mplainls.'' ' In Novemler, 18T5, 1 first advertised It nnder the name of White Pine Compound. In twr years from thai time there had oeen wholesaled In Manchester aloneoue hundred thousand dollars' worth, where it took the lead of all the cough remedies in the market, and it still maintains that' potation. There are good reasons for this; His very soothing and healing in its nature, is warming in the stomach, and pleasant withal to the taste, aid is exceeding cheap. As a remedy for kidney complaints the White Pine Componnd stands unrivaled. It was not originated tor that purpose; bat a person in using it for a congh was not only cured of the cough, but was aluo ccred of a kldne difficulty of ten years' standing. Since that accidental discovery, many thousands have u ed it for the name complaint, and have been completely THE WHITE PINE COMPOUND. "It was early in the spring of '52 that this compound was originated.. . A member of my family was afflicted with an irritation of tbe throat, attended with a disagreeable cough. I had for some months previous thought that a preparation tiaviag for its basis the inside bark of White Pine might be so compounded as to be very useful in diseases ol the Throat and Lungs. To tent the value of it in the case alluded to, I compounded a small qaanti:y of the medicine that I had been planning, and gave It in teattpoonful doseK The result was exceedingly gratifying. Within two days, the irritation ol trie throat was removed, the couh subsided, and a speedy cure was effected. The above was wrlten by Dr. Poland ii IStiO. Since then, as in .Manchester, th White Pine Compound has taken the iea of atl cough remedies, as well as preparttious for the cure of kidney dirBcaltles, Is every city, town, village, and . hainlei throughout the New F.nijiand States. This reiredy is as safe and pleasant to take as it is effectual. . THE WHITE FINE COMPOUND, (IDOBGE W. SWKEf, M. It., Proprietor. . Prepared at the NEvV" ENGLAND BOTANICAL DEPOT, 106 Hanover Street, Boston. Under the supervision of Rev. J. W. Poland. Cloud JAkln, Wholesale Agents. For sale by Keller & White, Wm. H. P Stoddard, T. C. Btidwell. H. J. dchlaepfer and by Druggists generally. feb9 dlw, wit 11. STOVE WORKS. Excelsior Stove Works.

BLEMKEB, TILLMAN & Co. . (Successors to H. E. Blemker), :- MAM'rAtTCRERS of the fine and heavy ' EXCELSIOR STOVE, ; the most durable now made, and tbe famous , CHARTER STOVE, . and the good aud cheap ' ; ; ' Armada, Stonewall, Kentucky, TENNESSEE, and PALMETTO STOVErS, and a great variety of HE A TIXG HTOVEH. all of the latest and most approved patterns. Also, Light and Smooth Conntry HollowWare, Skillets and Lids, Ovens and Lids, Dog-Irons, Dinner Pots, Tea-Kettle; and r 'articular attei'.ion paid to the manufacnre of Home-Work CASMEOIf IH93TS, ORATES, 4c, ic. AlsoTin ware; and Dealers in Tinners' Stock. If desired. Cooking Stoves warranted for twelve months. Orders solicited before purchasing elsewhere. Foundery, corner Sixth Street and Canal. Store and Sample Room at No. 14 Second Street, H. E. Blemker's old stand. BLEMKER, TILLMAN A CO. xnay29 :

DRffGS & CHEZ3:iCAX,S

78 Jlalii Street. 79 SPARKS & nCQUET, WHOLESALE DRUGGIST? Dealers in Paints, Oilf, Glasa and Futtj , " Physicians' carefully selected. anl4. JOIIA LAVAL, Wholesale and Retail Drngs.. Dealer in - - " Medicine, .Paints, Oils, Brushes, bc, MAIN ST., bet. Second and Third, Evansville, ltd.; Particular attention given to CCTTINO WINDOW ULASS to any size, ijuttildtl T. C. B RID WELL & C0n' fXate of Owensboro, Ky.) DRUGS, , MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, PERFDHERY, TOILET ARTICLES, PAINTS, DYES, fee. Comer Third and Main Streets, Evai?svxi.x.e, Ixr,. Prescriptions carefully compounded, day crnighu inovl.1d.im CLOUD & AKL, Wholesale lrur2riMt AND MAXLTACTURIXti CHEMIST No. 5 Main Street AGENTS FOR GEORGE H. REED'S DOMES! LIQUID DYES. UOERAL AGENTS J- OR DR. ( ARinSTEAD'S TOXIC SYR ' UNIVERSAL OINTMENT, axd . PILE OINTMENT. ";All orders rromptlv fJI-d. THE 1TREST MEDK1XAL LIQUORS in market ate always to be louna at SCHLAEPFER'S Drug Store, Cor. Main and Second Streets. n3v2'.'67d6na . Opera Img Store. STEWART & BUTLER, Apothecaries and Druggists, A'o. 18 First Street, (Opposite the Opera-House.) IS THE 1 . A C PURE TO (1ET ' Drugs and Medicines, Chemicals, Dye-Stuffs, Perfumery, and TOILET ARTICLES, Combs; Brushes, Ladies' PorteMonuaies, &c. Pure WINES and BRANDIES for Medicinal Purposes. Genuine Patent Medicines. - Prescriptions careluiiy prepared at all bours. Don't forget the Opera Drug Store. novid3in cli 1 vl oj3 fe v 9 I the place to get your Prescriptions filled, as fie has constantly two accomplished and careful prescription is's in attendance. Prescriptions Jilted at all hours, day or night. nov26'67 d6m O JEENSWARE. Jew Quecnsware House. LICHTEN & ICIiENKAUSEB, IMPORTERS OF CHIISr, GLASSQUEENS WARE, and HOUSE FURNISHING GOOD, Ao. 3 South First Street. WE AltE XW OPENIKft THE most spleifdid assortment of F Articles ever imported to this city, and T mock of WHITE GRANITE WARE it now complete, and only wants looking at to induce all to make tbeir purchases oJ us; andourstock of C0MK0N WARE )s large, and will be old as low as tbe lowest In tbe United States. Bohemian Glass and SilTeri'lated Hare. ' Our assortment of Bohemian Glass an ver-Plated Ware is one of tne finest ever selected for the trade of tbiaclty; and w have tiie advantage of our senior partn residing In tiie city of New York, and i all tunes on band selecting the latest styl o f at i ems ot ware. tu - drnt

DRY GOODS.

SCHAPKER BUSSING in Nos. 47ac;l in Mala Sirect, Will fcell off tbeir large st'ek of Staple and Fancy Dry iotlr VER Y C II K A. I, In order to make room for tbeir SPKIXG STOCK. jan29 G. MAGHEE & CO., No. IS FIRST fS T., 'Erantoille, Indinna. RE KOW Ol'EMXO A LAItUE stock Of NEW and DESIRABLE .. ' . . . 1 , ' . , ... :, STAPLE AXD FACT . ' '-' Hosiery, Motions, HOOP SKIRTS, Ac, Ac. Having bought this stock tor cash sine' the great decline, they .will give npeelal Inducements to buyers, and Invite all In In search of cheap goods to examine their stock. novlS dtf O. MAOHEE & CO. DRY GOODS. FALL STOCK SECOND AU1JIVAL AT THI MAMMOTH ; HOUSE or UpSPETII, AIUMS & CO.. "63 MainStreet ,'. . WE NOW OFFER TO THE ft' Itlie a large and wellselectet stock oi Fall and Winter Dry Ooods. 1 Having bought new goods recently, and selling all our goods at prices only Justified by present low prices East, we, respectfully tequest the public to call and see our stock in Dress Good. All the newest shades in French and lritfh Poplins, French Merinos, Err.press Clothx, WiiiKeys, Melange Scotch Plaids, and A 11-Wool Delaines. Our stock in Woolen Ooods is the largest in the city. In Cloths of ail colors, l'aHimeres. Sai ineu. Tweeds, Jeans, and Flannels, we are able to offer to customers Inducements no other bouse in the city can. Ourntock of Notions is large, comprising everything expected to be found. We have a large stock of Knit Goods, Khirts and Drawers. Hooils and Nubias, Shawls and Hoop-Skirts, Blanket", dec. Dometie GJotitls. We have now in stock, in Bleached and Brown Muslins, Canton F.'annelH. Prints, Checks, and Hickory Ktrlpes, goods of the bet brands produced in this country. ri-1 . , l ........ , . . ... ill ...11 i, t rr , fi r fa" .ttt va alue in , . ;....! HUDSPETH. ADAMS & CO, 3 Main Street. oc24 'AiTTBIVTION! ' Wazon-Xakers. an 3 Dealer.9. TTTt: BEMKK TO ('ALL T ti E ATyfw TENTION of wag n xjJd carriage makers acd dealers to our plendld and well-assorted stock of wood-work and manuiacturing material, now in store and arriving, comprising all the latest Improvements In tools of all descriptions. Bl'Otil , (AitmUil, Hlid WAOO.V WHKLIA made In the best factory In the West, from sound ieasoned timber. Spokes, Bows, Swingle Trees, Felloes, Shofts, Wagon-Makers' Savoed Material, Uubi, Bars, Flow Handles, Ac. J3iifzfzy X3olw, As oried styles and variety. W00DR0W, REITZ vA CO., Xew Iron Store, dec.8 SO. 97 MAIN fcTREET. T. II. Rucker, M.I PiiyMician hii1 Surgeon, , OFFICE ON TUIB1) KTBCLT. BE. t ween Matn and Locust southwest aide, Evansville. Indiana. Particular attention given to Female Diseases. i4J 4m