Evansville Journal, Volume 21, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 29 July 1870 — Page 2

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Fill DAY. JULY 29, 180. ICJXT CABMEL COBRESPOXDIXCK. I V feetfh of Kount Carmel The City Md Its Prospects The Flshltg t rounds An Anecdote Public Schools Railroad Matters The .Newspapers Politics, etc. Mr. Carmel, Ills. July 28, rr Editors Journal: Believing that a letter in regard to Lit. Carmcl and its prospects in the fat are will not bo uninteresting to yoar readers, I have jotted down a fe-T items. It. Carmel, as its name would in- , ate. is situated on a high hill or ' tcr several hills and presents a v cicturesaue appearance. It condj 1,800 inhabitants, according to Li late census, and has a regular : ; y government. The corporate limits i .trace. three Wards, and the city vernment is managed by six Countr.en, presided over by a Mayor. It isually a very quiet and orderly y, although they have a City Marsuai to arrest, and a Police Judge to fine, all offenders. The residences in Mt. Carmel are c f a superior order, Bhowing prosperity cn the part of the citizens. As a mai-ufacturing town, Mt. Carmel, for in population, can not be beaten in Southern Illinois. There are three furniture factories, one door and sash factory, one chair factory, one woolen iriil, two flouring mills, one iron louidry, a large hub and spoke factors', two stave and shingle factories, f j-ur large saw mills, a marble yard, an i Beveral buzgy and wagon establishments. From what I have enumerated, it will be seen that her claims as a manufacturing town are ful'y justified. lt. Carmel is admirably situated cn the Wabash River, ten miles from Trinceton or Fatoka, and a branch ra;:road, to be finished by January 1st, 1S71, will connect the city with th -3 E. & C. Railroad at Princeton. Tha Patoka River empties into the Yt'tbash directly opposite the city, acl the mouth of White River is only brut one mile above town. The dam at the Grand Rapids, two mi.!es above town, is the great resort for the disciples of Isaac Walton, who report thither in large numbers, and engage in the pleasant pastime of ensnaring the finny tribe. Through the kindness of an old comrade in the Sixty fifth Indiana Will. Chipman, got. of Draper Chipman, Deputy United States Collector at this place I wa-i driven to the fishing ground on n4 Tuesday, and engaged in the sport. When we reached the dam we io'.:nd a number of gentlemen already th ere, among whom were the Revs. O. W. Hughey, of Mt. Carmel, S. B jwers, of Vinoennes, H. O. Chapcan, of Patoka, and Joseph Woods, of Princeton, who met here by appointment, for a day's recreation. lie 7. Mr. Bowers has not been in very good health lately, and looks as thoueh a coupla of weeks' rest would do him much good. As a fisherman, I was unsuccessful, asi after a trial of three hours, without catching . a fish, I gave up the spirt, and concluded that having the tasks of my hands almost sunburnt to a blister, was a sufficient return for all the fun I had. Rev. Mr. Chapis in had a fine streak of lack, and "?noled " several very fine piscatori-1 al specimens. ! Speaking about getting sunburnt, reminded me of an anecdote, told me about a citizen of Evan3ville. It seams that a well knows 'Squire of Eransville, naaaed Joshua L , came over here some years ago on a fi.-hing excursion. On reaching the il im, he entered into the sport with ff 'eat zest, and as the water was quite shallow below the dam, he pulled off L s boots, rolled his pants above his knees, and waded around for several hiurs. Old Sol's rays were unusually warm that day, and when the 'Squire got ready to go home, he discovered that the cuticle of his exposed ancles had been badly blistered. Of course ho suffered considerably, and when he reached home, he sent out for a physician, to whom he showed the condition of his sunburnt legs. The Doctor. ioojtcu very wise, ana without inquiring the cause of the trouble, immediacaiy pronounced it a very dangerous case oierysipilas! This seemed so exceedingly funny to the 'Squire that he laughed heartily for some time, and in his good humor almost forgot the pain he was suffering from his overcooked "calves." - - Mr. Carmel has three fine free ec aool buildings, with an excellent attendance during the scholastic year. lhete is also a private German school. The citizens take great pride in their school facilities, and it is a circumstance that speak3 greatly in favor of the city. The people of Mt. Carmel are evidently a moral people, if churghe3 are a index. There are six churches, rsjire-ienting the Methodist, Presbyterian, German Evangelical, Lutheran, Christian and Catholio demominations. The' people here are considerably erjited over railroads. They will tare a short road from here to Prinoetoa in a lew months, with a probability of the completion of the road (.New Albany & St. Louis Air Line) through to St. Louis. On the 6th of A r gust, they hold on election to deciae whether this county (Wabash) w- l take stock to the amount of $75,Va e Pairo & Vincennea Railroad, ioth of these roads are gradf?! rehtKe00UQty- 11 ia doubtlal whether the proposition to tako stock will carry, as some of the peoF" tAink the road will be built any"0 T-. lh3 view of the matter, however, is not considered correct by the bet posted men with whom I have ?f7rteaTd'-Malt,h-ough' U ia bought Ke road will ultimately be built al. Lough, perhaps, at a somewhat diaThe prospects for Mt. Carmel beinjr a considerable ciiy, are thought to be quite flattering. There is no doubt bat what a railroad will infuse new Ida and energy into the place. Prop erly, x am ioia, nas advanced considerably within the past year, and when i. earies oi ine iron norse is heard," (I believe that is about the usual expression,) it will wake up the emire community to the fact that they are in communication with the outsi world, and have only to stretch f orth their hands to grasp the benets that will accrue to them. ' lit. Carmel is accessible about five or fcix months in the year by steamboats. During the balance of the yfiar, communication and transportsV Ja. U fibt is kept up via the J.. & C. Railroad to Patoka, and thence across the bottoms to Mt. Carmel by stage and wagon. Oa the paspage through the bottoms, the only important item elicited waa the declaration that the two remarkable

tbiTics of the Ssicrcer wa3 the fatnen of the coons and the great scarcity of

mosqunos. ine latter was pleasing intelligence to myself, as I dislike too much familiarity on the part of these vrwiimnna " Kill n(tit-ft ' ' 1 almost forgot to mention that there are two newspapers here, the Register and the Democrat. The fiegisler is the best paper, and is conducted by Mr. C. I Wilimans, who, in addition to his editorial labors.has alFO lately been appointed Assistant U. 3. Assessor. The Register is an excellent medium for the Evansville merchants to advertise their establishments in Southern Illinois, as it goes to a large list of subscribers. The Register is staunchly Republican, and deserves the united support it receives. ,. Wabash County went Democratic at the last election by about sixty majority. Mt. Carmel is. strongly Republican, and was carried at the last election by majority of nearly one hundred, reus h win De seen mai so far as political matters are concerned, the " honors are easy." A railroad meeting was held at tne Court House last night, and Gen Green B. Raum addressed the citi zecs in favor of $75,000 to the Railroad. He knottv toints a the subscription of Cairo & Vincennes explained all the issue, and uvoraoiy imnrcssed his hbarers. I have not time to attempt a synopsis of his remarks. In conclusion, I must eay that 1 have never been in a city where the peorla were more sociable and pleasant in their intercourse with strangers. They make all new-comers feel, "at home," in a very short space of time. The Mount Carmelites are an energetic, go-ahead people, and deserve all the railroads and other improvements that they are able to pay for. Yours, Tom. SPEECH OF SMATOS MORTON. Delivered at the Academy of Huslo in Indianapolis, July 27th, 1870. BIFCBLICAKF, BEAD and CIRCULATE FACTS FOR TEE PEOPLE. Ladies and Gentlemen : I am in a very poor condition tonight to make a speech, and shall not Enoak to vou as loosr nor as fully as I had expected to do. The theater of war, which was closed in this country a little over five years ago a bloody drama of some six years has been reopened in Europe upon the wanton act of one man. Napoleon III. has made war, not only without cause, but even without a pretext. Rivers of blood will flow, thousands and hundreds of thousands, perhaps, of men will die for no other purpose than to fasten the ways of his dynasty upon the throne of France. When we were embroiled in civil war, this Napoleon sought to take advantage of our situation, and supposing we would not interfere, attempt to establish an empire in Mexico. He besought the British Government to unite with him in recognizing the Confederate States. He was our enemy in all things. But for this we should not hold the brave and generous people of France responsible, for it was not their will and act. ; On the other hand there were many thousands of Germans in our army many thousands of them laid down their lives for our cause, and Germany stretched out her hands toward us across the sea. The heart of Germany was with us in that struggle, and now when her hour of trial has como the heart of the Republican party in tho United States will be with Germany. Ap plause.J Ine great Uermamo tamily Bigu tor liberty, lor higher civilization, and for national unity. And that brings me to the consideration to-night of the great fundamental and central idea of American politics, more important than all others, and around which all others should re volve; and that is the idea of Ameri can unity, lhatwe are one nation. tnai we are one people, no dinerence how , extended our country may be. from the gull to the polar sea, from the Pacifio to the Atlantic ocean; no difference how diverse the climate in soil and in attraction; no difference how divided by rivers and mountains and vast plains, we are but one nation, living under one constitution and en joying now the same liberty and the same equal rights and the same justice to all. I am glad to be able to say tonight that this idea of national unity animates and vitalizes the Republi can party ot tais nation, it was this idea1 of national unity that put the rebellion down,-that preserved tho government, that abolished slavery, that gave equal rights and equal justice to all, and if our government ia preserved, it will be by this idea of national unity. And here, mytnends, is a great gulf between the two parties. The idea of the Democratic party is that this is not a nation; that we are not one people; that we are a confederacy of States; that the sovereign and independent States are held together by an agreement called the Constitution of the United States, and that when this agreement shall be uissolved or repealed, that then each State becomes a separate and distinct people. That is the old Democratic idea. It was the idea that made the rebellion, and it is the idea that will yet destroy the country, if it shall be aesiroyea. un tne contrary, we hold that this is one people; that this is one nation; that the States are but sub-di visions for local and domestic purposes ; that while these States have well aad fairly established rights guaranteed to them by the Constitution of the United States itself, yet the States are subordinate to the cation, and are parts of one entire whole. This is the very breath of the life of the Republican party. It is the great idea that will hold us together. It is the idea that should be implanted in the infant mind; it is the idea that should go with an Amerioan wherever he may go throughout the world that he is not simply a oitizen of the State nf In diana or New York, but a citizen of a mignty nation, now having forty-one millions of people, and soon to have sixty millions, and as we believe not a great way off an hundred millions. I J to tb,3 dentally, my attenlor Uerman unity. There that Slit If and bet" Germant by any miserable ffia of 'LTion while American unity i3 ' trolling and f.ndameltaAK Republican party. loc Now. my f riends, I want to Bay one word about the general condition of our country about our general prosperity, and I can say here to-night with perfect truth, that this city befinniog right here in the capital of ndiana this State and this nation, were never so prosperous before as' they are to-day. We are now enjoy ing a national prosperity wnich we never bad before; we never had anything like it; and we are enjoying State prosperity, and a local pros perity and that which we have here,

Vav 'have. !T2 A crfftirr or less decree.

in every part of this State and almost I every other State. Examine your own city examine your own community for the truth of what I say. Was business ever better than it is now? Has labor ever been so well rewarded as it is to-day? Have the wages of labor ever purchased so many necessaries and even luxuries of life as they now purchase? Was there ever a more steady or certain employment tor labor? How is it with the mechanics? How is it with the manu facturers? Their business is steady; it is coming upon a solid foundation; the inflation and uncertainty has almost passed away. We are now having regular steady . prosperity ; not a spasmodic, feverish action that grows out of an inflated currency. We are coming out of an unnatural condition ot things. We are having health in business. We are having regularity and steady tides of prosperity. Sometimes nations have spasmodic prosperity that which appears to be prosperity, but is not in times of great excitement and great inflation, and this spasmodic prosperity may be compared to a spasmodic action of the human body. Men may be sick or feverish, or become intoxi cated, and appear to have unnatural strength for a time, but it always ends in disease, prostration, and sometimes ill ucuili. Vf o aic nun wuiuiug iti c reeular and solid prosperity. And my friends, there are those who regret this very much. There are these now croaKing and grumbling, and saying that it we do not change our govern ment if we do not change our parties that tee country will go to bankrupt cy and ruin. I say to business men of all pirtics here to-night, I say to my Democratic fellow-citizens, as well as to my Re publican friends, you were never doing so well before in all your lite. Why do you want to make this change? What have you got to gam by it; Will it do you any good to have Richard Roe and John Doe in office? Have you anything to attain by doing that? You are now doing well, better than yoa expected a year ago, and better than I expected. But some o them say mat retorm is necessary, and 1 am advised that there is a re form movement on hand in this coun ty. I want to say that reform is the normal conaition of all good govern ments. Every good government always in a condition of reform. It is a great mistake to suppose that you can get through reforming. That is impossible. When you achieve one reformation that brings another one in view. Just as when ascending one range of mountains you can see anoth er, one further off and still higher when you accomplish one reforma ticn you are in a condition to begin another ; so after getting on the top o one range of mountains and refresh ing yourselves, you are ready to as cend the second, it is certain you cannot ascend the second range be lore the first. Reformation, to be successful, must be progressive, step by step. We can't make but one big national reformation at the same time, for if we undertake to make a great many we are very likely to fal in all of them. The Republican par ty has been the greatest reform party this country has ever known, or any other country has ever known. What we have accomplished in ten years has been vast and glorious. We have done that which the poet dreamed of, but what the philosopher despaired of. and have now reached a prosper! ty and development that is even more dazzling than the tales ot Eastern ro mance. On the subject of county reform and that is talked of a good deal here. I am not familiar with local politics It is Said that the fees and salaries of some of the local ofhees are too large. 1 am inclined to think that is the mil- , case, xnat is an abuse growing up with the population of large counties ana ciues, ana tne time nas come to retorm it. ine Republican party, at the last State Convention, committed itself to that reform. It has promised to matte it, ana it will make it. As saia 10 you peiore, we do but one thing at a time, and the time has come to do that, and the Republican . ... party is commmea to it and will ac complish it it it remain in power ae xremocratio party is not committed to that reform. I believe the State platiorm says nothing on the subject. Besides the Democratic party is not a reform party: fapplause it never has been a reform party it is not lmDuea witn tne spirit ot reform. while the Republican party is. But my attention, my friends, was partio ularly struck with one feature in the reform attempt in Marion County Looking over a paper the other day, x saw a notice ot a meeting at Mason 10 Hall, where certain reform candidates were nominated, or certain nominees were ratified in some wav and I believe the candidates for audi tor, and clerk, and treasurer, and per haps sheriff, came forward and promised that all their fees and emoluments over five thousand dollars, for after paying the neo essary clerk hire and expenses of the omce should be paid over to a fund for building the county court house. Well, now I do not know that build ing a county court house can be re garded as a particularly charitable or benevolent purpose, but these gentle men propose to pay over all above $5,000 to build a county court house. Now that is a pretty good thine. Five thousand dollars as a net in come over and above all necessary expenses, especially as they are to settle the expenses with themselves. (laughter) and have no account to render to anybody else, is a pretty good thing. But then it was entirely safe on the part of these trentlemen. you know, because they don t have to give in an account to any tribunal or court, or anybody but themselves. They settle with themselves for nec essary clerk hire and necessary expenses of office, and I don't think that anybody is foolish enough to sup pose that a court house will ever be built bv that kind ot contribution. Applause That is one of the most transparent traps I know of in the way ot public reform. Uut there is a worse feature about it than that, to which I will call your attention, and one I i . mi i was surpnsea at. xnose pledges were made, I believe, to Mr. Hendrioks, and to other solemn witnesses who were present to hear them. And what i3 it? It is simply a bribe to buy an office: that is all. It is ncces sarily and essentially corrupt and demoralizing. Why, suppose a man goes to a member ot Congress and says, "Sir, I want you to get me an appointment from the President, and if you do so I will give you one-half the salary. You will say at once that is corrupt. Suppose a man goes to Governor Baker and says, "Gov ernor. 1 want to be appointea to a va cant Judgeship. If you appoint me I win give you one-nan tne salary, to be by you devoted . to any charitable or benevolent purpose you choose. Would anybody doubt that is entirely corrupt? The good subject of the purpose to. which the money may iro does not aid or change the view. He proposes to give one-half the salary lor the appointment in other words, to fcuy it, nnd it ?ould

! bs one of those transactions for

which the Governor would be liable for impeachment, and for which he should be impeached did he accept. It makes no difference what may be the character of the ostensible charity for which the ealarv ia tn be given, it does not change the principle that the man proposes to give onehalf of the salary for the sake of getting the appointment in other words buying it bribirg the Governor to giveit to him. Now take one of the county ofScers. Whatever the law gives to him in the way of fees and salary that is hh it is his property as tho house and lot for which he has got a deed. Whatever the law gives is his, and when he proposes to give one-half or one-third to the Court House fund, for the purpose of getting the people to elect him. he is simply proposing to buy the officeoffering a very small and contemptible bribe, which, besides, is illusive, and nothing from it will ever be realized to the taxpayers of Marion County, to get him elected to that office a principle which ought not to be encouraged for a single moment. I will illustrate it: Suppose that these gentlemen propose to give all over $5,000, and the Republican candidates come forward and say " we will give all over $4,000," and other men propose a thousand dollars more for these offices than these gentlemen will give; if the principle is correct they ought to be elect ed. But here comes in an apcatle of retorm ana unaeroids them all goes $2,000 better. Laughter. He says, "if you will elect me, I will give all over $2,000 to the fund for building the court house." You see what the effect ot this principle is. Then if the principle is correct, the County Commissioners ought to issue advertisements, saying they will urge the people to elect those who will egree to receive the smallest salaries and will give the most to the county. This is not the true principle of reform. It is spurious, corrupt, demoralizing. The right way to reform is to reform the law, applause, andcuttheirsalaries down to sums which will be regarded as sufficient to pay them for their services. I do not think that any man who would propose to the tax-payers of Marion County to buy an office of them, or who would propose to the Governor of Indiana to buy an appointment of him by giving part of his salary. I do not think any such men should bo entitled to the suffrages of the people. Now, my friends, allow me to review briefly the condition of affairs in Indiana, ine uemooratio party is unchanged. They have the same anti war leaders they had during the war; they have the same principles; they have not accepted the results of the war, and I may challenge you now to refer to a single Democratic platform where they have accepted the results of the war. I say to you the party ia not changed, either in its principles or its officers; and if this party was not entitled to confidence r.nd eup port during the war, it is not entitled to support and confidence now. Look at their platforms and their newspapers. And right here in this townhave they anywhere accepted the re suits of this war have they anywhere conceded that our system of recon struction shall be allowed to stand if they come into power? Have they abandoned their State sovereignty principles, that result inevitably in secession and rebellion? I was looking over a Cincinnati paper yesterday, and saw a notice of a meeting of the young Democracy of Cincinnati. They organized a Demo cratic club called the oung Men's Democratic Club, and adopted a plat form, the very first resolution of the platform was that the States should be independent. These are the young Democracy of lT'Ja. 1 say to you there is no chanze in this party; and when vou talk about the mission of the Republican party having been performed, I call your attention to this fact: This old organization is led by the same men, controlled by the same influences; is now supporting the same principles they did during and before the war, and if they were in power they would seek to undo all we have done. I do not know how far back they would go; they could not re establish slavery; thev could not brios the dead rebels to life; there are some things they thev could not do: but wa know thev would do all they could do: and do evervthmir in their rower to re-establish tne lormer con dition of things. Now have they any policies to propose, and how? I have heard their speeches in this town. I have read the newspapers, and I a?k what new policies they pro pose. Where you have got unbound ed prosperity, such as you never en ioved before. I ask vou how they pro pose to improve it r uo tney ten yoa how they can increase it? Do they tell you what change would be for the better Because it thev have notnin? to offer to better vour condition and mine, they are not entitled to our confidence and support. What gooa thinir has this nartv accomplished in thp. last twentv vpars. take the State or the nation? I would be glad to nail their verv ahlest advocate to the stand to-night, and put him on oath more solemn than that at juasonio Hall the other dav and ask him to tell what good thing his party has ac nnmnlished in the State or nation in the last twenty years. They talk a Rreat deal about the national debt. They seem to talk as if this debt had been contracted for the benefit of the Republican party, whereas this debt waa contracted to preserve the country, to preserve the government. It was contracted as a neeeasitv or the rebellion, ana me men wno rnaae tne rebellion are ro enonsibla for this debt. Now. I state an old thing that you all understand, but still 1 want every man to bear in mind when Democratic orators talk about the national debt, that the Democratic party is responsible for that debt. Rnt for their conduct thero would have heen no war, and but for the war there would be no debt; therefore, the debt comes home to them, and if it is a heavy aeor, they are responsible for it. and they can't complain in regard to it. . . feome people talk as it tne missiou of the Republican party had been performed. Well, my friends, our mission is not performed. We have done a great maay good things, but until what needs to be done has been done, the mission of the Republican party has not been performed. A.s I have said to you before, the Democratic party is not a reform party. Reform is not in its nature. It is a conservative party. And wbat does that mean? That means to hold on to old things. Conservatism is the very reverse of reform. Wo claim that we will change wherever reform requires us to change, or the good of the country requires U3 to chaDge. Now, my friends, one word in re gard to myself. A good many of you have heard me speak very often in the ast ten years. 1 have spoken in hours of defeat and in hours of gloom ; have spoken in hours of victory and in hours of joy, but you never heard me speak ot myself, either to tell 01 what I have done or what

I lave cot done, or to defend myself againBt any of the thousands of calumnies that have been launched against me since I have been in public life. You Lave never heard me on that subject. I have been assailed as perhaps no public

man in this or perhaps any other of the Western States has been assailed, but I have never condescended to defend myself against any assault. I have turned from them on my heel with indifference, and I have left my vindication to time and the intelligence of the people. In 18U, in that bitter campaign, you all remember the systematic and concerted attempt to overwhelm me by personal defama tion of the most atrocious cnaracter. It was concocted by the vilest of the vile, and it was winked at and countenanced and sometimes repeated in private by men who claim to be decent and respectable. That attempt failed. It failed ignominiously. In 1863 the plan was changed a little, and there seemed to be a concerted arrangement to destroy whatever political influence I might have by misrepresenting my political opinions. That was done all through the campaign of Governor Baker. Opinions were constantly and systematically attributed to me that 'I never uttered, and those I had were systematically misrepresented. This thing was continued in the campaign in Ohio, in 1869. I was invited over there and made Eeveral speeches, and was followed by Democrats who carried out so far as they were able that which was done in Indiana in 1863. But this scheme of misrepresenting politioal opinions culminated in a speech made by Mr. Voorhee3 in this city some three or four months ago. This speech of Mr. Voorhees was extensively advertised by telegraph, and by letter writers from Washington City, for some weeks before it was here. It was advertised as being a young 30-inch gun, which was designed for my destruction at the first discharge. Everything was done that could be done to call the publio attention to that speech. As it turned out, it caused a good deal more attention before it was made than afterwards. Laughter. Well, Mr. Voor hees, I believe from this very place where I now am, made a speech of some three hours in length, devoted almost entirely to myself. You must not think I am going to try to answer that epeeoh to-night. Life is entirely too short for any such thing; nor would it be important to you or tome; but I want to make one single remark about it. Throughout all that long speech there is not one fair and candid statement in regard to myself, the Republican party, or General Grant's administration. Many statements are entirely. unfounded. There are many things, in fact, so perverted and misrepresented as to be made to mean the exact reverse of the truth. There is only one misrepresentation in that speech to which I wish to call your attention, not because it is important for my vindication, but I wish to place the Democratic party, or that portion of it which Mr. Voorhees represents, in a proper light before the public. I refer now to the greenback question; and first, I will give a very short history of greenbacks. Oa the 25th of February, 1862, the first act authorizing the issue or emission of greenbacks was passed by Congress. The second act was passed in January, 1863. Also a last act was passed, March, 1863. Under these several acta tour hundred millions of greenbacks were issued. Of that number forty-four millions were re tired during Johnson's administi ation leaving three hundred and fifty-six millions still in circulation. 1 wan you to bear these fads in your mind In tho great loan bill of 1864, under which most of our money was bor rowed and bonds issued in that bill there was a guarantee to the effect that not more than $400,000,000 of greenbacks should ever be issued That was put into the law because it was believed that moaey could not have been obtained without the gov ernment first giving that guarantee. Men of means would not lend their money unless the government would agree to keep greenbacks within rea sonable bounds. The law limiting them to f4UU,UUU,UUU has never been repealed, is as binding to-day as it was then. Now Mr. Voorhees in a speech be made in Congress, along about the middle ot rebruary, enter ed into a calculation in regard to the national debt. I might illustrate the point by just referring very briefly t3 the subject. In view of that I will read an extract from my speech, formerly made, which gives precisely the idea I wish to give to-night: In that speech Mr. Voorhees en tered into a minute calculation in fiarures. to show that our public debt $1,550,538,966 were without consider ation, fraudulent, and should not be paid. That the whole amount, only $1,371,424,718 were fair and honest, and should be paid." Now it occurred to me to pul these two sums together, and I find, upon putting them together, they make the sum ot three hundred and seventythree millions ot dollars more, than the debt was. There was a mistake of some $373,000,000. Mr. Voorhees, in commenting on this part of my speech, ea: d he had not made any mistake. Why? Because he had convicted in future interest! But simply made nonsense of the whole thing. He was proposing to enter into an analysis of the principle of t te debt to show how much was genuine, but when these two sums were put together it made nearly $400,000,000 too much, and when he came to explain this little discrepencv of nearly $400,000,00, he said he coanted in in terest yet to accrue, whioh of course defeated the whole idea. He went on to say in that speech that this large amount of fraudulent debt could not be paid, and if the creditors should insist on payment of that part then tne government would be exonorated from paying the other part. He knew the creditors insisted upon the payment of the whole of the debt, and that the condition bad alreadv haDpened upon which he said the whole of the debt should be repudiated. In other words, the speech meant to simply declare for repudiation. I am Buffering verv much with tlie heat, and have been in a sick bed all day. I want to speak to von. howeververy briefly in reeard to this nnestinn of the tariff, but do not believe I have strength to go through with the sub ject. I will therefore pass on in my speech, and tell you something about what Congress has done during the last eession. I will 6ay to you in the first place that we passed a bill, and a bill which I had the pleasure of voting for just before I came home. by which we reduce the taxes eiehtv millions of dollars: we repealed fiftyseven millions of internal taxes at one dash, and twenty-three millions of tariff duties, makinsr altogether eighty millions. And f want to say to you that this treat measure of reform was not able to secure a sinclA Democratic vote. Our Democratic friends are very much opposed to laittuuu. xutv are very mucn on pes'"! to tho ttriS"; batyet when we

presented a I";! that reduced taxation eighty millions of dollars it did not receive one Democratic vote. Tho most of them voted against it, and some of them dodged. concluded to morrow. SUMMER DRY GOODS

SCHAPKER, BUSSING & CO. Now offer their entire ttock. of ; fJuuiurier ry Goods At Greatly Kedussd Prices. 20 CASES STRAW HATS, Just received oa consignment, and selling fcr less than Half their Former Prices, And other Millinery will be sold correspondingly cheap. All fclnda of Millinery work done to order at snort notice, In a No. 1 first-class style by the most experl enced Milliners. llosquito Bars and Fixtures. vve have the cheapest and test fixture In ose. Ready made Bars always on band or made to order on short notlcs. SCHAPKEf, BUSSING & CO IVo. 19 IVlain St. IJy25j CHARLES V1ELE & CO., lYIIOt.liSAX.32 G- R O C 13 K &OUTI1WEST CO UN I! II First and Sjcamorc Streets EVANSVILLE, IND. au9 dtf ISA-AC HJULA-Wi. UAVID HBUMAjRF, I. & I. HEI5IAO, WholeeaJe Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Liquors, if Alia, COTTON YARNS, GLASS WARS 4:4; & 4 G inraST STEEET, fNATIONAL BLOCK.) Kvansvillk, Ijrn, FISH DEPOT. MATTHEW DALZELL, Wholesale Dealer In Groceries, Naila, WMte Lead, Lime, Cement, &a, JTo. IS Water Street, dAXlOftv RV.WKVI7,T,. IlT. WOOLEN MIIXS. Evansviile Woolen SHIIs. JEANS, FLNNEL3. "BLANKETS, STOCKING YARN, &c, Comer Canal asd Bond. Streets, Evansville. Ind. Highest market price -paid for Wool la Go'jdg r Cash. Orders left at tha Mrnrrr . kto sr.i. Tf??fA..I1AN,i b Parties wishing to sell WOOL or parcbabe OOOVS will recelva prompt attention. maBSm THE GREAT AGENTS IN C I, O XT I CORDIAL. KUON For the Blood,' pnosriioittus (Combined) For tin Nerves; WILD CIIEI1RY Fcr the Stomach and Lu2gs; BLOODRO OT For th8 Liver r MANDRAKE For tha Eowels; WILD POTATO For the Kidneys and Bladder ;: GOLDEN-SEAL For tha M-coira Surfaces ; A COMBJXAl IOX Uucqualed in ilic World For the J1iwbs foromn ion to ttls cii' abit feud debilitated cUiiate. jyi

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THOS. C. SMITH & CO., Commission Mcrcli'ts Dealers in Floor, Hay, Oat, Gratis Heeds, and Produce generally, Xo. 5 sontii Water Street, EVANSVILLE. Orders promptly attended to. I JalO dly C. O. Lyon. e. O. Machzck. LYON 5c IVXiJLOIIliiN, Produce and Commission McrcliantH, Dcalert in Hay, Corn, Flour Oats and Produce Generally. ICo. 39 North Water Street, POVl33m EVANSVILLE, IND. JC H. XAIfiCIIILD. JOHN W. BINQHAlf FAlRCiiILD & BISGIIASI, CoiiimLssioii Mercli'ts NEW ORLEANS, LA. Personal attention, and prompt returns BUSINESS CAItDS. Osborne, 27 IiOCUfil Street. Osborne, SIGN PAINTEK. Osborno's Show Cards. Jnn!2 dtr o o" cr o t p Ob STATIONERY, JOHN II. ECOTT, JBookneUer, fJtatloner 5 E W S D E A L E tt, 5o. 53 Miia btiiset, cor. fcecend, anlSdly Evassvilli. Ivn. FISH & MUTES, VVhoifesaie BooJ&sllera & Stationer, SCHOOL BOOKS, BLANK BOOKS, M1SGELLANEO US BO OKS, PAPER EN VEL OPLS, rVo. lO Mnirx Street, Ev&usville, Indians. JnlvUly itotionsTetc. Clement, WJiile dl' Co. WHOLESALE DRY GOODS and NOTIONS 23 and 21 I'JK.NT NT., WA NHVrr.T.K. TW1, INS Hit AN CE. PJEXSEN & BAKER, General Insurance Agents, AND ADJ03TEES OP LOSSES, No. 10 Main Street, Up-Stalrs, EVANSVILLE, INU. Dwelling Uonses Insured for a term of years at greatly reduced rates. Three Years at the Price of Two ive Tears at the Price of Three. JAlv Insurance u Specialty. Total Cash Asset Represented 0er Twenty-Seven Million Dollars. The following are among tha Companies ATNA Insurance Co. of Hartford, Conn. Cafch AsKeU 5,noo.ooo. PMWMX Ins. Co. of Hartford, Corn. Cash ASHetts m.. ...... ..1,700,.J0. CONTf.VKN J'AL Ins. Co. of New York. Cash AfcMeU ... ......2,:i5o,ooo. NOBTlf AJIKKKMN Insurance Coo. Hartford, Conn. Cash Assets .C300,00. DCaCUANTN' Ins. Co. of Hartford, Ct. Cash Assets .ft&OO.OOO HOBT1I AMEUICAS Insurance Co, of JSew York. Cash Assets SOO,OOQ. FUCK SIX Ins. Co. of Erooklyn N. Y. Cosh Ael. ............ ....!, SOO.OOO. TOSKERN A N. YUHU Fire I us. Co. Cash Asseta.... ............ fraoo.ootfr.oo CI S LIFE Ins. Co. of Hartford, Conn. Caah Asm tl ...... 13,000,000. NEXSEN & BAKER, Agents, 10 MAI3 STS?, EvanBTllIe, Ind. JanSO dly DEITTISTS. Over First National Bant, Corner Usla and First Street, EvansYllle, Ind Y-JTASCFAtTrraF.a or covrisr. J i JL ons Oara Worn, Gold, Kilver. Vol; eamte.Corallte, and Amber Plates, Carve Work.. Artificial falatea, &c. ADMINISTRATOR of Nitrons OTld 0.n excellent and safe antithetic), Ctut xttform. Ether, and also several local pan Cyaera. rsfKURALGIC Affections treated. MY FACIL1TIK are as good and ro av&bllsbment as large (fon"lsUng of rivk roms) as any In the United Btats. r KTTPUV MY TMAXX.t4.rj ir iuo w t5 vo pa t ron s e recei """'i .'T' mcit.il OtI DU. HEATH'. matiy years' exierlence In caring the debilitated aud Hieased disclosed the startling lac I tbat i breo-fourths of those sotrerlDg with Dystieosia. JS'ervou DebUity, Exhaunted Vitality, Confumptto. Cacercu4 Affection, DUrate of the Liver, J:trp.v, 2'araliiris, and DUtatet of the Jil'Aney and Jitaddfr, were caused by and could only be cured after curing them of H.Tiiinal Weakneit. His immense practice has made lilt treatment as near perfection as possible. Many of bis patieuts bad paid from JIUO to KJ.OW for metuclne and treatment before seeing him. NO belter proof tbat patients cannot be cured without a searching examination of all symptoms and ompllcatlons, and scientific treatment by an experienced pbyBlclan. Tboe at a cSUtauce can be cured ao their homes without an interview. Advice free at 710 Broadway, New York. There are so many unsuccesiilut puyMelau, Pr. Hkath will merely say he Is ibe author of two elaborate vnrVn on Medicine and Bnrftry and one jiq cttcujicai. Iyl3

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BAJiCKZ. H. riNSIB r. IVi.lt i y A I - f rAVL, K. MOBTIAUEK. S. II. KENNEDY' 6 CO., CoiuiiiisKlaii Elervlz " I n tOU Tii K LAI.K Oif Flour, Provision, Cera, V. Lii.Ij And Western Produce ceneruiiy, 55 ana 57 1'oihha" fiTKKfrr, f V Oi'.Li .A ' , LA. Consignments solicited, and lih.-raj n-- -,, advanci made on .h5p:i!t-i,iH tr t ho tsLo v -horwe, by W.M.aKj.. out) dnm Kva.nhvh.ijc, in FOSTEE & GWIN, COMUlS3I02f HERCIIANT3, 2TJ W ORLKAI. ij, ESPCIAJL ATrS K TIO-N ;1VJ 1 fi Western .Prod ace. Cons'erjmflnta cf Flonr, Corn, lot and all kinds of Wmtern Produce i-oMcMt-d Liberal cash adViinc-i Binds on h)1 ti,f j rovtite, either for hi le In .New OritaiiH c shipment to New ork. FOSTEiZ, UVY; Cc lJO. Commission IIere2sa:t i r 41 WATZZJl KU:r.iT, noyl-d3m NEW YORK B. K. Dt5KiKo:- ...J. E. IUjski.'i. E. E. DUNKeHsON & CO. Forwarding & Commincic. IVIer di rint o AND GENERAL A O i: south encorFAST FREIGHT LINE, 0B THE ITANSYIilK A C!iAirF0Ri;3VILbr TEH KfC IIAITK L 15IASAi?0Ll3 BLLK7()TAIX.:, LAKE SK0U& 4i ESIE EAILKOAUEVANSVILLE, IND. Liberal cash adv mccs made on connier menu. (. ).. i;, f r. b. xnreoucHs-r. ti.e gilb?r , DUSOUCHEI & GILXIT.T, GEXKKAL COMMISSION II ER CllA .75 A, So. 3 PoySrcs Elrcct, HEW OKLIIAINk?, 1 A ' OTders and O'jkbI juruentH soiK :tc-d. Jy5 dtf ILiRLOW J. PHei.P8, of New Orli - n-t, J. O. McCiri.T.O'JM, of Louisville, Ky. E. Nott, of Ne Orleans. Pfieljps, KcCuIIoch C PROD UCZ, PRO VISION, Commirsicn lie?, chant-, 112 GUI VI EH BTSELT, noy34 dtf NEW OKL!-;.A N.I. mi. C. BROTTU & CO., Forwarding and Connies: c Bier cl5.a.ntf.-;, WHARFEOAT PEOPllKT Railroad and Fast Freight Lh EFASS'VIXI.E, t'SI. Jan8 dly A. S. lUYHUUST, PRODUCE, COMliimiON A?:i WAR DIXIt MKKVJIANT. NO. ..-. .Hcmlh V,i-'.,r Denier In Flonr. Laoon. Hm.t.a;v and Couniry Prodoon. O. W. JtEHNKY. F0SWARDI5Q AM) COM MILSIO MERCHANTS, Proprietor of W - ti 1 ! IC'vitiiMv. 1 1 i, I ' Iy8! BATI1D L 'j'i!AL C3"ro :kai. a i:m i. i'ivjim orwurdlni; mil Commi'iou cuants, Kvansvllle, linllao.'i. lu .t i. t. Wneeler, Prus'U Flnl National 1.. . null Ham'l Orr, Vlo lrBldent kv..i'.. National lianit. Agents for Mauon C ty Halt Co. u-L. frleada and 1 mer puironn laiu are on FlKM'l' tsTl.k.t.T, one Unor uulo Vine, next to L. Flttrnon's 'I'm HNm, . in tbetrado of VOlUi hliOUii, to..MimiOJSU,Sie.,a.iiu should I see them. li. jj. ALL,i a. . II. 1. Aiji.i:, i. est., F0RWAHDIN9 .UiD CC?ir.m.M MERUilAWTtf, ItECTIFlJEim, and Whola! L'wm LK1U0IIS, FLO UK, F I R S T S T R E E 7 One door below Vice, next to L.. Vim -ot Tin Bhop, t.VA?VJI.I.S. J Janl dtf. Jolinson's Real Ilstata and Pater? Ag incy. BITS I N Efc.H a n d I ? W K L L I N G KOUMF 4 Building Lots a -id k arum, arm tlintx . . ed lands, cheap, and on easy letmn, IV. ajN'raoi an B.1DUH prtcuru. Real Kidate and 1 atfut At'f.iit, t - Third Htreet Evannviiie, lud. JenU ly SOMETHING F ill LVEKYCODY. AT MC'lIf.F.lI 'EH'.-s I'K I SCKir. TION BTOKB, oan be fourjd, beMu.-, tun largest and bml assorted stock iJrURH, 1'atent Med clnes, and Meilicin..; Wines In the West, the following ilst ol SPECIALTIES: Qtponges and Chantols Bklns. pomades and Toilet Powders. pixtracta, Cologne , and Toliet Waters. 1 cudray 'a Bachet iowdera. TJndia ItabberSj rlnges and Breast I'uni , 11 kinds of Comla and Hair Erushea Tadlcs' and OontU men'B I'ocltet JJco .-' fglooth. Nail, and I lesh Brushes. Ink tanda and Match Hufea for I: pocket. Englisb, French, and American Tol.'-t boaps. Shoulder Braces, Trusses, acd Suppoiters. All of the above articles will be sold . very low prles. ltlMKMBH.K THE PLACE, COIOIH MA1.V ASB M.CO.M) ST v. ARCHITECTS. " O Sk. It I. aOBEBT EOTD. I WOC It BOYD . WOOD, -A JEt O EC I T IE O II? ? , No. 1 Chandler's Block, Corner Flr.-it and Ix3ust BtreetH. JSVANaVILLK, IMl). Plans and Specifications prfparod short notice ad reasonable irui; 'iiuia u f