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VOLUME XVI.
EVANSVILLE, INDm MONDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1863.
ESTABLISHED, 1831
SADDLERY.
RKMOA AL.
jlHE UNDERSIGNED FIF.M HAVE BE
J. moved their Saddlery establishment to the
Corner of Main and Second Street, in the room oc
epied by Fred. Krone, deceased.
C. WOLFF & J. KROEPSCH,
axcfactobkbs or ai dealkbs in
Saddles, Harness,
GO LARS, &c, &c,
Main Stree , Cor. Second,
(Store formerly oceuppied by Fred Krone.)
99.A1I orders attended to with dispatch
Work
wnrntuted.
uovlft-ly
W. r. COKWIN.
i. . MWiite
THE NEW FIRM.
' E, THE SUBSCRIBERS, WHOLESALE
Manufacturers of Saddles, Bridles, Collarc,
ili ir i, -as, ac. desire to inform the public that we
have largely increased our stock on hand, and by
close application ourselves and the employment
of soot! workman in our shops, we are aWe to fir -
nlsa on short aotles any and all kinds an 1 quanti
ties of w-rk to Riiit the trade. Those who will
f.iv r u- with call, can satisfy themselves, that
Iney procure, at lower prices, good sulwtan
hi',. Gtscy ana -lur thlc work of ns than th.ycan
itiivficr..' t-lse. (and fsr better than 'be Eastern
Tiie meinix-r .,: tiie tiroi boiusj practical work-.i--.
thantaaVsea, sulondliis; personally to all
r- . :li pi-n'iiptfit., c ,r and drp:itch. doVr-
:ii : . n0" li.-!l rttel m tyk o 6 nil
.i 1 . : 'V.rk -iv.. hctier aat-isfajjtiou to
:' . :i.iitg . f".i 'Undent If will S to
I I ni I- al sie for tlsMasaelves
irei i. i -N where.
-;.-ir.- nu i.ui-n-' Street, above Inn Sls-rwool
: .. Imteuea r'!rs: ..! becotisl jttfsts.'Ko. :tl
''. Imrautso all we sell.
W F. 0 KWIX A Cm.
. '"X l' iULB IS
' . id Jaddlerj Hardware.
.: A I S "! RBJCT,
: rr,,B. JKIilASA.
!' i.KTED MY AUBAsKi-
v t PCnrdpncii and Ainertcan minir
- ;r .i direct ?npply of all goods in f:y irn
' " ! io offer inducements that can not Cul
r- tike tutfirest of all engaped in the bti.it hs-.-
- m - rrtel.
... e in .
le,
Springs made
ofc ae best Stl
Bands, enameled ai'
all kinds of Leathb.
Cloths, Lininir3 for Carriages ,
v'arniiihes, Castings of all kinds; MHf
si ddle Trees, English Bridle Leathers , .
Bits, firnip, Ppnre, Hames, line Silver,
oi all kinds; Jenny Lind Oig Trees ;
-;inf Pads ; Taylor's Patent Iiamee; Fly
- . Sh&i T'.ireads: Horse Blankets; London
th Webs, American Girth and Rein
1 -. t-,rh cotton and worsted ; Lon
don Welt Skins, asnperior article ;
T . ry ; Gutta Percha and Brass
rtned Hartengai Rings;
iinperier Kerseys fer
llorse Covers , the
best quality of
Carriage
Bolts ;
Patent Gig Trees, Ac, Ac., fcc, &e.
i kuep in fact everything appertaining te either
' ranch of the business, and understanding bth
branch thoroughly, we would respectfttlly write
r.r attention before purchasing elsewhere.
T am aan Agent for Ward's Patent Spring Sa
SEGARS, &c.
IBOEDER fe LEMCKE,
WltOLrSALE ! a r.vSS IN
C'igars, Smoking, Chewing Tobacco,
Snuff, Pipes, &c.
Ev'AHSVILLE, IND.
: li-tve tit)vr, tuitt viU kei-it, uti band a complete
... wcli Hwrtrrt stock "f
CiGAHS St vrOBiCCO,
lii'.: b.iilE TO THE PUBLIC
LOW FIR CASH.
rjo :'. ers wiilltndit totheir interest to call and
isr.iio nir prices. We are enabled to sell to
; hem as low as nny liuoee in the Yv'est.
nv-.i.vw ' flOHROElJKR A LEMCSK.
OOTS & SHOE
W. H. WALKV.R.
DE C. EVANS.
WALKER & EVANS
Retail Dealers Kaclnsively in
B00TS&SH0ES
No. 81
MAIN STREE1,
Evansville,
Ind.
We devote our whole time and attontion to the
3oot and Shoe Trade Exclusively
Consequently can give yon better bargains thast
;lii)e whoare " llallhliui. " in B.ots and Shoes
in cuttnectioa with other businecis.
Citjr and
sep5-ly
County Orders taken at
par for Uoods.
STGVE WORKS.
v.. BR'.NRMF.Yr.B. A. HKLSUHG
SOUTHERN STOYE WORKS.
BRSNKMEYER & CO.,
Manufacturer of
StOTM, Hollow Ware, Iron Halllngs,
House, Fronts, Verandas,
italeonies, Castings In General,
UDrrBt, TIN AND SHEET IKON WABE.ic
Koom Main Street, opposite. Cotrt
ttuuse.
"Vssssssirj Near the Mouth of Pigeon Creek
EVANSVILLE, IND.
ORDERS 30LIfnrD.-e my
NOTICE.
(;1T1 K Or THE EVAN9VILLE OAS
UUHT COMPANY, October 1.
T
HUE ANNUAL ELECTI-N K-K
J
g mi I BasttsssH BsBsS.
w y "tsgizricnBr j
ssssT-
THE
Directors of this t'ompany will lc held
Monday, tuo Ah dai oi Uctobor, 1863.
BOOTS & SHOES.
It? .
m : ... :
A N D
y
SHOE HOUSE.
MAIN STREET,
Are again in Market with the
largest Stock of
OOOL GOODS,
. GOOD, for we sell j
that kiml of Stock), to be j
rouns in any House or our
& , j " ' r" "-
:t(juaintaTice Past or West,
i'licv wo;v iioujrht for ('ash
lit-
-
firm who
Sjiencls thfi reatei pari Of llis !
5 J
SOsst i for
that
express
lrpossS
Vifh niaiiv years
".qierieiaice in the lousiness,
we flatter ourseWes that we
niuierstand it well, and with
facilities at our command, we
Oan. .xa.c3L Will
Sell Goods as cheap as any
Jobbing House in the coun
try, we care not where that
House may be located ; if in
the East, we will add trans
portation. We would re
spectfully call the attention
of the trade to an examina
tion of our Goods. We like
to sell good woods ; they
speak for us whereever they
go.
MOEGrAlf, HEAD & CC
"
HAT HOUSE
It is not a mooted question that
3103 GAN, READ & CO.,
TSTo. 63
& ixx Street,
Have the Largest and Hand
somest stock of
H 4 T S
To be found m any one
House in the West. Men's,
Boy's and Children's Hats of
every Fashionable style in
vague either East or West.
Men's Black and Colored Fur and
Wool Dress Hats.
Men's Black and Colored Fur and
Wool French Hats.
Men's Blactand Colored Fur and
Wool J Planter and Planter Hats.
Men's Black and Colored Fur and
Wool Burnside, Monitor, Cochran,
&c, Hats.
Men's Plain and Colored Leghorn
aud Straw Hats.
Men's Panama & Palm Leaf Hats.
Boy's Fur and Wool Hats, (great
variety.)
. Boy' Leghorn, Straw and Palm
Leat Hats.
Children's Fur, Wool, Leghorn,
Straw and Palm Leaf Hats.
ij sl--s i iosjtabial
The above Stock has just been
: purchased directly fit the Manu-facturci-b
u!' Ki-w England for
! CASH, at few rigures, and we will
I ell as low as any jobber East,
P? .abooTV ' y$be',A lis uii- -
transportation added. Call and
examiue our Goods before buying.
No trouble to Bhovv goods.
MORGAN, READ &
t . M c. es), '.fi 1oi
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NOTICE.
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KS. -BiSNHNM TSTil, A LAPY KHOJl
rniany, celebrated by lu r skill a plivei-
ciauforall kinds of diseanea, is prepared to give,
j to every sick person, mlormatiou on Hie origm.
r.'Xar.i k many " uc;
! aforesaid information tnno- "my uy exam-
M V vry Wtc.v..: n
; The Doctres is at her office, in Id.ss.sng, near
Cbrie Miller's. Hoars for consultation from J to
' 1J o'clock a. in. and from '1 to 5 o clock p. in.
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PUBLISHED BY
JAMES EL MrNEELY.
F. M. THAYER.
JNO. H. McNEELY.
UMDE& TUB FIB.X Or TBI
Evans ville Journal Company.
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LOCUST STREET,
BETWEEN FIRST AND WATER.
MONDAY OCTOBER 86
Reply of President Lincoln to the
Missouri Delegation.
Instruct tons to Oen. Schofleld.
Address of C. D. Drake, Chahman ot
the Delegation.
TO THE RADICAL. I XIOX MSN OF
MISSOURI.
It becomes my duty as Chairman of
the Delegation from Missouri, which re
cently visited the city of Washington, to
confer with President Lincoln in regard
to Missouri affairs, to lay before you his
reply to the communications submitted
by the Delegation to him ; which reply
is hereto subjoined. It came to my
hands on the 19th inst, and would have
been immediately published, but that I
felt it incumbent on me to accompany
its publication ' with some remarks ;
which 1 have not until now had
time to prepare My remarks will be
such as seem to me justified by the occa
sion. They will be dictated by no spirit
of disrespect toward the President, per-
sonally or orlicially.
A nerusalof tiie President's letter will
satisfy you that, except in a single point,
the visit of the Delegation to him has
failed, for the present, to attain its ob
jects. This will be ;i vource of rejoicing
to our adversaries, ;'.s it be ot regret
to you, and to all men of unconditional
loyalty in the country.
Nothing was more manifest to the
Delegation while in Washington, than
that the sympathies of the unconditional
Unionists of all the loyal States were en
listed on our behalf. We were recogniz
ed as the representatives of the true
Union party of Missouri ; and will be so
recognized hereafter by the whole body
of such Union men as have swept Con
servatism and Copperheadism from the
face of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Iowa,
and will in due time perform the same
glorious work in other States. Had
nothing more been effected by our visit
to the seat of Government, this were a
cause of present congratulation, as it
wiil bsjif future advantage.
Though the President has not judged
it expedient, under all the circumstances,
to meet the wishes of those in Missouri,
whom, in our interview with him, he ex
pressly recognized as the party upon
which he must mainly rely for the sup
port here of his Administration ; yet that
recognition by him may be expected to
bear fruits in future which will probably
compensate for present disappointment
We gave him an appropriate opportu
nity for signifying that he was in accord
with the Radical Union sentiment which
is everywhere rising, and will be the con
trolling force in the elections, State and
National, in 1864; but he declined to
embrace it. This, however, should be
no discouragement 10 us, or to any who
think with us. The safety of the country
is in that Radicalism which would strike
at the rebellion witn every avauaDie
means, and which deems it indispensable
to the overthrow ot the rebellion to de
stroy utterly its sole cause and life the
institution of Slavery. The loyal peo
ple of the land are rapidly embracing
that great truth, and he who rejects or
ignores it will live to see and regret his
mistake.
That the President should have virtu
ally adhered to Gov. Gamble s adminis
tration, notwithstanding our representa
tions, does not greatly surprise me. I
could not overlook the important fact
that two members of his Cabinet were
avowedly our opponents, and that their
presence in Washington abides, while
necessarily ours could be but transient.
Their influence has doubtless triumphed
for the time ; but it is a short-lived tri
umph, even if continued to the end of
the President's official term. Before
that time the people will have pro
nounced their verdict In the trial which
is to precede its rendition, it is yojr duty
and mine to perform our parts steadily
and manfully, unrepressed by present
failure, and unawed by official opposition,
however potent
In connection with the remark of the
President concerning General Schofield,
it is due to myself and to the Delegation,
and necessary to the truth of history,
that I should make an explanatory state
ment The President notices certain
charges against General Schofield, which
may thus be enumerated :
1. Imbecility;
2. That General Schofield. on purpose
to protect the Lawrence murderers, would
not allow them to be pursued into Mis
souri; 3. That General Schofield has pur
posely withheld protection from loyal
people, and purposely facilitated the ob
jects of the disloyal.
When I say to you that no such char- j
ges were made, either in the address of
the Delegation, or in the letter of their j
Executive Committee, (both of which
have been published.) and that I heard ;
no such charges made by any one in our
interview with the President, you will
understand my surprise at his reference j
to them. For myself, I feel bound in
honor to say, thus publicly, that I have j
no knowledge which would lead me to
make or believe any of those charges. I
For what, as a member of the Delega- i
tion and the Executive Committee, and I
as the author of the address of the for- ,
mer and the letter of the latter, I felt
justified in urging against General Scho- j
field, I am responsible; but for no more, i
I felt justified in assailing his adminis-.
tration of the Department of the Mis- :
souri, on the grounds stated in those
documents; but not in laying to his 1
charge any of those three enumerated
points. And I am unable to say with
certainfy whence those charges proceed- ;
ed. Of course they we're before the Pres-
ident, or he would not have noticed them.
You will observe that he refers to four
documents submitted to him on the 3d of
October. One was the letter of the Ex
; ecutive Committee ; the others were
! statements made out by subcommittees
ot the Delegation, from three Congres-
sional Districts, and supposed to embody
. merely representations of the condition
; of things in those districts; at least, that
was the object of the Delegation in au-
thorizing their preparation. Those three
I documents were not submitted to the
Delegation or the Executive Committee
One of them I read; the others I did
not. That which 1 read contained no
the I charges of the above description.
1 am,
: therelore, led to the conclusion that those
J&gg were ombracd in one or the
other of the papers which I did not read.
jf so tie author of the paper containing
! , '. , ..
them is alone responsible for them.
In like manner, the point concerning I
. " . .
the removal of Colonel Dick as Provost
Marshal General, and the appointment
of Colonel Broadhead in his place, was
not referred to in the address of the Del
egation or the letter of the Executive
Committee; and must therefore have
been contained in one or the other of the
statements prepared by sub-committees.
I regret that the charges contained in
those statements were made, for they
were selected by the President as the
points to be answered, to the almost en
tire exclusion of those urged by the Del
egation and the Executive Committee.
You will observe that his letter does not
meet the grounds which we presented in
those papers. It is, in fact, more re
markable for what it does not say, than
for what it says. It is equally remarka
ble for an apparent want of appreciation
of the true posture and needs of Missouri
affairs.
We stated to him that a pro-slavery
policy dominated in Missouri, and that
Gen. Schofield had made himself a party
to that policy; but the President did not
see it, though his hope of support for his
Administration is in those with whom is
the anti-slavery sentiment of the country.
We set forth that General Schofield
had identified himself with Governor
Gamble's pro-slavery administration; but
the President did not heed his friends on
that point, though he had yielded to the
demands of those who are in reality, and
will ere long show themselves to be, his
opponents, and removed from this De
partment General Curtis, who would not
identify himself with that administra
tion. We represented that General Schofield
had shaped his policy to conform to Gov
ernor Gamble's pro-slavery conservative '
views; but the President does not reply
to that, though General Curtis was dis
placed in consequence of his refusal to
suffer Governor Gamble to shape his
policy.
We-alleged that General Schofield had
subordinated Federal authority in Mis
souri to State rule; and we gave the evi
dence of it in his General Order No. 39,
of August 27, 1863, wherein he, in effect,
admitted the necessity for obtaining Gov
ernor Gamble's permission to enlist men
into the Volunteer service of the United
States out of the Enrolled Missouri Mili
tia a force of State troops embodied
without authority of law; but the Presi
dent ignores the point, though one of the
prominent causes of the array of Gov
ernor Gamble's whole power to procure
General Curtis's removal, was that offi
cer's decided and proper refusal to recog
nize that force as one to which he should
commit the protection of Missouri.
We claimed that Missouri was as much
entitled as any other State to be protect
ed by the National arms, and that neith
er law, justice, nor equity demanded that
the burden of protecting her should be
thrown upon her people and her treas
ury; but the President thinks our de
mand very extraordinary, and asks
whence the National forces are to come,
and whetner they shall be withdrawn
from Banks, or Grant, or Steele, or Rose
crans; though there does not appear to
have been any serious difficulty in re
cently detaching a large body of troops
from the Army of the Potomac, to en
force the draft in New York, even while
that army faced the greatest army in the
rebel States. In this connection let it
be said, that there is probably not a
Radical Union man in Missouri, who ob
jects to Missourians being employed to
protect their own State. The objection
is to their being compelled into service
as a State force, and subjected .to the
command of pro-slavery men, and used
for the advancement of a pro-slavery
policy.
We asked the President not to allow
the Enrolled Militia to be supported at
the expense of the United States, be
cause it-was odiously conscripted into
the service without lawful authority ;
because its existence is a hardship to
the loyal men of Missouri ; because its
aid in carrying out the measures oi tne
Department Commander in some points,
against disloyal persons, had been de
nied by Governor Gamble's order ; and
beeause the power in Governor
Gamble's hands of appointing the field
officers of that force 13 used to prescribe
Radical Union rai'U, and appoint in
their places men of doubtful loyalty, and
in some instances, men who, iu the form
er stages of the rebellion, were violent
secessionists; but the President in his
letter does not deem these points worthy
of remark.
We declared that from the day of
General Schofield's accession to the com
mand of this Department, matters have
grown worse and worse in Missouri, till
now they are in a more terrible coudition
than they have been at any time since
the outbreak of the rebellion ; but this
does not seem to have arrested the
President's notice.
And finally, we entreated him to ob-
serve what our MidtVtS -nundantly
showed that in our ill-. a:.-' J,tate the
conflict is between LoyaKy and Disloyal-
tv
that everv Radical Union man is
wholly and truly loyai, woue me great
mass of the Conservatives are, and have
been from the rise of the rebellion, no
toriously disloyal; but even that does
not challenge his attention, so as to lead
to a reference to it in his letter.
Thus it is shown that the material
noints nresented bv the Dek-jration and
J . I T 1 " I . . 1 .
Executive Committee were passed by, j
and the case, apparently, decided in ref-
erence to matters not urged by either.
The only point in which our mission
was successful, is that of the order of the" j
President to Gen. Schofield concerning j
elections in this State; which you will
have noticed, with gratification, has
been complied with, by the issue of Gen- !
eral Order No. 120. It is only justice!
to General Schofield to say, fiat he is- j
t sued that order after a conference with
' a committee of Radical Union men, in
the course of which he manifested every
disposition to do everything in his legiti
mate power to secure a fair election, i
Readily adopting a suggestion from
them, aud afterwards adding an addition- '
al safi'sruard. which had not occurred to
them. This result, of itself, compensates
for the visit of our Delegation to the
President.
Radical Union men of Missouri, the
case is before you. You have done your
duty in the premises, and though you
have not gained all that you hoped, there
is no occasion to despond. Your cause
is just, in the sight of Heaven and of
men, and must be upheld. Great princi
ples like ours never die. All that is
needed to vindicate and spread them, is
brave, earnest, and patient hearts, and
stern, resolute will. The issue is upon
us, and must be met. Again and again
I urge you to realize that it is between
Loyalty and Disloyalty. With the
most solemn earnestness, I invoke every
man who loves his country, hates trea
son, loathes traitors, and abhors Slavery
as the 9pring, and life, and power of the
r- .jeiuon, to penorm uis wnuie uuij- m
tl is great juncture of our affairs. On
tiie. third day of November, let every
such man devote himself with all his
might to the great cause of his country
and freedom, and the setting sun of that
day will see the power of disloyalty final- ;
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lv and utterly broken in Missouri.
C. D. Drake.
St. Louis, October 22, 1863.
THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER.
Executive Mansion, 1
Washington, October 5, 1863. j
Hon. Charles D. Drake and others, Com
mittee :
Gentlemen: Your original address,
presented on the 30th ultimo, and the
four supplementary ones presented on the
3d instant, have been carefully consid
ered. I hope you will regard the other
duties claiming my attention, together
with the great length and importance of
those documents, as constituting a suffi
cient apology for my not having respond
ed sooner.
These papers, framed for a common
object, consist of the things demanded,
and the reasons for demanding them.
The things demanded are
First That General Schofield shall be
relieved, and General Butler be appoint
ed as Commander of the Military De
partment of Missouri;
Second. That the system of Enrolled
Militia in Missouri may be broken up,
and national forces be substituted for it;
and
Third. That at elections, persons may
not be allowed to vote who are not enti
tled by law to do so.
Among the reasons given, enough of
suffering and wrong to Union men, is
certainly, and I suppose, truly stated.
Yet the whole case as presented, fails to
convince me that General Schofield, or
the Enrolled Militia, is responsible for
that suffering and wrong. The whole
...
can be explained on a more charitable,
and as I think, a more rational hypothe
sis. We are in civil war. In such cases
there always is a main question; but in
this case that question is a perplexing
compound Union and Slavery. It thus
becomes a question not of two sides
merely, but of at least four sides, even
among those rho are for the Union, say
ing nothing of those who are against it.
Thus, those who are for the Union with,
but not without slavery those for it
without but not with th"ose for it with
or without, but prefer it with, and those
for it with or without, but prefer it with
out. Among these again, in a subdivision
of those who are for gradual, but not for
immediate, and those who are for imme
diate, but not for gradual extinction of
slavery.
It is easy to conceive that all these
shades of opinion and even more, may
be sincerely entertained byhonest and
truthful men. Yet, all being for the
Union, by reason of these differences,
each will prefer a different way of sus
taining the Uuion. At once, sincerity is
questioned, and motives are assailed.
Actual war eoining, blood grows hot, and
blood is spilled. Thought is forced from
old channels into confusion. Deception
breeds and thrives. Confidence dies,
and universal suspicion reigns. Each
man feels an impulse to kill his neighbor
lest he be killed by him. Revenge and
r.4.i;;on fallow. jv.nd o.lt tins, as be
fore satd, may tro nonest men
only. .But this is not all. Every foul
bird comes abroad; and every dirty rep
tile rises up. These add crime to con
fusion. Strong measures deemed indis
pensable, but harsh at best, such men
make worse by mal-a (ministration. Mur
ders for old grudges, and murders for
pelf proceed under any cloak that will
best cover for the occasion.
These causes amply account for what
has occurred iu Missouri, without ascrib
ing it to the weakness or wickedness of
any General. The newspaper files,
those chroniclers of current events, will
show that the evils now complained of
were quite as prevalent under Fremont,
Hunter, Halleck, aud Curtis, as under
Schofield. If the former had greater
force opposed to them, they also had
greater force with which to meet it.
When the organized rebel army left the
State, the main Federal force had to go
also, leaving the Department Command
er at home, relatively no stronger than
before. Without disparaging any, I af
firm with confidence, that no Command
er of that Department has, in proportion
to his means, done better than General
Schofield.
The first specific charge against Gen
eral Schofied is, that the Enrolled Mili
tia was placed under his command,
whereas, it had not been placed under
the command of General Curtis. The
fact, I believe is true; but you do not
point out, nor can I co"hceive how that
did, or could injure loyal men, or the
Union cause.
You charge that upon General Curtis
being superseded by General Schofield,
Franklin A Dick was superseded by
James O. Broadhead, as Provost Marshal
General. No very specific showing is
made as to how this did or could injure
the Union cause. It recalls, however,
the condition of things, as presented to
me, which led to a change of Command
er for that Department.
To restrain contraband intelligence
and trade, a system of searches, seizures,
rrmits, and passes, had been introduced,
think, by General Fremont. When
General Ilalleck came, he found and
continued this system, and added an or
der, applicable to some parts of the State,
to levy and collect contributions from
noted rebels, to compensate losses, and
relieve destitution caused by the rebel
lion. The action of General Fremont
and General Halleck, as stated, consti
tuted a sort of system, which General
Curtis found in full operation when he
took command of the Department. That
there was a necessity for something of
the sort was clear; but that it could only
be justified by stern necessity, and that
it was liable to great abuse in adminis
tration, was equally clear. Agents to
i execute it, contrary to the great Prayer,
1 were led into temptation. Some might,
; wkile others would not resist that temp-
j tntion. It was not possible to hold any
tsj a very strict accountability; and those
: yielding to the temptation would sell
permits and passes to those who would
pay most, and most readily for them;
and would seize property and collect
levies in the aptest way to fill their own
pockets. Money being the object, the
man having money, whether loyal or dis
. loyal, would be a victim. This practice
. doubtless existed to some extent, and it
; was a real additional evil, that it could
; be, and was plausibly charged to exist in
greater extent than it did.
When General Curtis took command
of the Department, Mr. Dick, against
whom I never knew anything to allege,
had general chafcre of this svstera. A
controversy m regard to it rapidly grew
into almost
unman3geable proportions.
One side ignored the necessity, and mag-
mhed the evils of tiie system; wniie tne
other ignored the evils aud magnified the
tipcossitv: and each bitterlv assailed the
1 motives of the other. I could not fail
I
to see that the controversy enlarged tn ; olentlv by others. In this you have a
the same proportion as the professed Un- discretion to exercise with great caution,
ion men there distinctly took sides in ! calmness and forbearance,
two opposing politieal parties. 1 ex- j With the matters of removing the in
hausted my wits, and very nearly my pa- j habitants of certain counties en masse,
tience, also, in efforts to convince both and of removing certain individuals from
that the evils they charged on each other
TrDrQ 1 1 1 V i ( i n f ,n (h. AaaA n i. rl nAiiM tint
were inherent in the case, and could not
be cured by giving either party a victory
over the other.
Plainly the irritating system was not
; to be perpetual ; and it was plausibly
: urged that it could be modified at once
with advantage. The case could scarce
ly be worse; and whether it could be
' madeetter could only be determined by
! a trial. In this view, and not to ban, or
brand General Curtis, or to give a vic
j tory to any party, I made the change of
! Commander for the Department I now
learn that soon after this change Mr.
Dick was removed, and that Mr. Broad
head, a gentleman of no less good char
acter, was put in the place. The mere
fact of this change is more distinctly
complained of than is any conduct of the
new officer, or other consequence of the
change.
I gave the new commander no instruc
tions as to the administration of the sys
tem mentioned, beyond what is contained
in the letter, afterwards surreptitiously
published, in which I instructed him to
act solely for the public good, and inde
pendently of both parties. Neither any
thing you have presented to me, nor any
thing I have otherwise learned, has con
vinced me that he has been unfaithful to
this charge.
Imbecility is urged as one cause for
removing General SchGfield, and the late
massacre at Lawrence, Kansas, is pre
sented as an evidence of that imbecility.
To my mind, that fact scarcely tends to
prove the proposition. That massacre is
only an example of- what Grierson, John
Morgan, and many others might re
peatedly have done on their respective
raids, had they chose to incur the per
sonal hazard, and possessed the fiendish
heart to do it
The charge is made that General Scho-
fiolH en mmnso tn mn ast tan .nwronpp
murderers, would not allow them to be
pursued into Missouri. While no pun
ishment could be too sudden or too severe
for those murderers, I am well satisfied
that the preventing of the threatened
remedial raid into Missouri was the only
safe way to avoid an indiscriminate
massacre there, including probably more
innocent than guilty. Instead of con
demning, 1 therefore approve what I un
destand General Schofield did in that re
spect The charges that General Schofield
has purposely withheld protection from
loyal people, and purposely facilitated
the objects of the disloyal, are altogether
beyond my power of belief. I do not ar
raign the veracity of gentlemen as to the
facts complained of ; but I do more than
question the judgment which would in
fer that these facts occured in accord
ance with the purposes of General Scho
field. With my presemt views, I must decline
to remove General Schofield In this I
decide nothing against General Butler.
I sincerely wish it were convenient to as
sign him a suitable command.
In order to meet some existing evils, I
have addressed a letter of instruction to
General Schofield. a copy of which I en
close to you. As to the " Enrolled Mili-fethaVhlowSwV-wlatlsV-exact
value. Let me say now, however, that
your proposal to substitute the national
force for the " Enrolled Militia, " im
plies that in your judgment the latter is
doing something whieh needs be done ;
and if so, the proposition to throw that
force away, and to supply its place by
bringing other forces from the field
where they are urgently needed, seems
to me very extraordinary ; whence shall
they come? shall they be withdrawn
from Banks, or Grant, or Steele, or
Rosecrans?
Few things have been so grateful to
my anxious feelings, as when, in June
last, the local force in Missouri, aided
General Schofield to so promptly send a
large general force to the relief of Gen
eral Grant, then investing Vicksburg,
and menaced from without by General
Johnston. Was this all wrong? Should
the Enrolled Militia then have been bro
ken up, and General Heron kept from
Grant, to police Missouri? So far from
finding cause to object, I confess to a
I sympathy for whatever relieves our gen
eral force in Missouri, and allows it to
serve elsewhere.
I therefore, as at. present advised, can
not attempt the destruction of the En
rolled Militia of Missouri. I may add,
that the force beiug under the national
military control, it is also within the
proclamation with regard to the Habeas
Corpus.
I concur in the propriety -of your re
quest in regard to elections, and have as
you see, directed General Schofield ac
cordingly. I do not feel justified to enter
upon the broad field you present in re
gard to the political differences between
Radicals andConservatives. From time
to time I have done and said what ap
peared to me proper to do and say. The
public knows it welL It obliges no one
to follow me, and I trust it obliges me to
follow nobody. The Radicals and Con
servatives each agree with me in some
things and disagree in others. I could
wish both to agree with me in all
things; for then they would agree with
each other, and would be too strong for
any foe from any quarter. They, bow
ever, choose to do otherwise, and I do
not question their right. I, too, shall
do what seems to be my duty. I hold
whoever commands in Missouri or else
where responsible to me, and not to
either Radicals or Conservatives. It is
my duty to hear all; but, at last, I must,
within my sphere, judge what to do and
what to forbear.
Your obedient servant,
A. LINCOLN.
INSTRUCTIONS TO GENERAL
SCHOFIELD.
Copy.
bXECCTlVE M
ANSION,
Oct. 1, 1S63.
Washington, D. C
General John M. Schofield;
There is no organized military force
in avowed opposition to the General Gov
ernment now in Missouri; and if any
such shall re-appear, your duty in regard
to it will be too plain to require any spe
' cial instruction. Still, the condition of
: things, both there and elsewhere, is such
as to render it indispensable to maintain,
I for a time, the United States military es-
taoiisumeiu iu mat otaie, us wcu a iv
i rely upon it for a fair contribution of
i support to that establishment generally.
Your immediate duty in regard to Mis
souri now is to advance the efficiency of
that establishment, and to so use it, as
; far as practicable, to compel the excited
people there to leave one another alone.
unaer your recesn oraer, winca 1 nave
approved, you will only arrest individu-
; als, and suppress assemblies or newspa-
: pers, when they may be working palpa-
ule injury to tne military in your charge;
i and in no other case will you interfere
' with the exnrpftsion of nnininn in anv
form, or allow it to be interfered with vi-
time to time, who are supposed to be
mischievous, 1 am not. now interfering,
but leaving to your own discretion.
Nor am I interfering with what may
still seem to you to be necessary restric
tions upon trade and intercourse. I
think proper, however, to enjoin upon
you the following: Allow no part of the ;
military under your command to be en-,
gaged in either returning fugitive slaves
or in forcing or enticing them from their
homes; and, so far as practicable, en
force the same forbearance upon the
people.
Report to me your opinion of the j
availability for good of the Enrolled !
Militia of the State. Allow no one to
enlist colored troops, except upon orders
from you,or from here through you.
Allow no one to assume the functions j
of confiscating property, under the law
of Congress, or otherwise, except upon
orders from here.
At the elections, see that those, and
only those, are allowed to vote, who are
.entitled to do so by the laws of Missouri, I
including, as of those laws the restric
tions laid by the Missouri Convention '
upon those who may have participated
i the rebellion.
So far as practicable, you will, by
means of your military force expel guer-1
rillas, marauders and murderers, and all ,
who arejknown to harbor, aid or abetJChem
But in a like manner yoa will repress 1
assumptions of unauthorized individuals
to perform the same service, because un
der pretence of doing this they become
maiftiders and murderers themselves.
To now restore peace, let the military
obey orders ; and those not of the mili
tary, leave each other alone, thu not
breaking the peace themselves.
In giving the above directions, it is not
intended to restrain you iu other expe
I dient and necessary matters not falling
wiimu lucir ruu"f.
Your obedient servant.
A. LINCOLN.
MUSIC STORE.
WARREN & CONYNGTON'S
a a d
Bazaar of Fancy Goods.
PIANO FORTES, MELODEONS, HARMONI
UMS, Accurdeons, Violins, Guitars, Flutes,
Clarionets, and everything asnallr kept in Music
Stores. The only stock of
Sheet Music and Instruction Books
For all instruments will be fonnd bore. The very
best Italian Violin, Guitar Y"lincollo and Banjo
Strings always on hand.
Fancy Goods, Toys and V-n.. ,- at Wholesale
and Retail.
Old Pianos taken in exchange for new ones.
Instruments of all kinds repaired and tuned.
sep4 No. 1 MAIN STREET,
Kvansville.
SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
J. SMITH'S
SHIRT MANUFACTORY,
KTo.O Seoond. t,
(in brat's block.)
SHIRTS MADE TO ORDER FROM MEA9
urment and a fit warranted. A stock o
ready. made Shirts and Collars alwayson baud, and
at prices that will suit the uurchaser. Tucki
and despatch.
Thankful for past tivors tht- subscriber respect
rally solicits a cuntuance of tiie patronage s.
liberally bestowed lor tbn past five years
oenw
J SMITH
DRUGS, &c.
WS H. 2. STODDAED,
No. 17 Main Street,
EVASSVIL' 1XO'
IMPORTER, MANUFACTURER, AND De!L"
I er in Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Oils, Paints,
Varnishes, Glass, Brushus, Lamps, Dye Stuffs, and
all articles usually kept in a first class Drng Store,
with a large aud varied assortment of Patent Med.
icines and Perfumery, together with every descrip
tion of Ambrotype and Photograph Goods, con
sisting f Cameras. Chemicals, Cases and frames
constantly on hand, and sold at reasonable prices
Orders from Merchants and Artists promptly
attended to, and forwarded as instructed, a
Tre
PRINTERS 'AND ""PUBLISHERS. Just
received a frsh lot of Wade's Printing- Ink,
comprising Book, Card and an assortment of
Colored Inks in cans, nc
WM. H. P. STODDARD'S. 17 Main strtot.
ALEXANDER'S PATENT CEMENT. FOB
-V Roofing and Railroad and St amboat pur
poses. A very superior and durable article at 17
Main Street.
JYK. LYON S PERIODICAL DP.OPS HAVE
AJ arrived. Call an4 sr. t a bottle :t 17 Main
' at
Street.
""10AL OIL A superior article ; white and near- (
ly innderous, lor sale bv tb gallon or bar
rel, at 17 Main street.
LAMPS, LAMPS A new sjpply just received,
at 17 lain street.
BULL'S FAHNESTOCK'S, M. LANE'8 and a
variety of other Vei mirages, at the City Drug
Store, 17 Main Street.
HALLE NBEROER'S FEVER AND AGUR
Antedote for sale at 17 Main Street.
BRUSHES An endless varietv of kinds and
qualities can be had at 17 Ma"in Street.
GROCERIES.;
PINE APPLES
10 dox 2 lb cans Fresh Pine Apple,
10 " 2 Quart Bottles
For sale at
ELLIOTT'S FAMILY GROCERY.
JELLIES JELLIES
C dozen sssorted kinds rbdm Jellies.
At ELLIOTT'S Family Grocery.
HAMPAIGNE CIDER
8 dozen Quart Bottles Champaiirne Cider.
For sale at
ELLIOTT'S FAMIL'. GROCRS&.
RA1SENS AND CITRON
20 boxes Raisers,
100 lbs Genoa Citron.
For sale at
ELLIOTT'S r.VMiLY 'iftOCEBY.
CtONCEXTRATED MILK -'
4 dozen I !b cans Concentrate Milk.
Just received anil f-.r wal-
At ELLIOTT'S FAMILY GROCERY.
P SINKS
200 lbs Turkish Prunes,
2 dozen Jars Finui-ii I'run-.
Fur sale at
ELLIOTT'S FAMILY GROCERY
PRIME PICKLED PORK
10 barrels choice, for sale at
ELLIOTT'S FAMILY GROCERY.
SOMETHING si. V
6 gross Mix's l atent Ventilator for C.l Oil
Lamps. Witn thi- boroer lid chimney Is needed
Call and see afcejfi
At ELLIOTT'S FAMILY GROCERY.
t 10VFKE
Vy 20
I sticks choice Ri" 'offer, for sale a:
ELLIOTT'S FA 51 II.Y G KOCKBT .
BrSUSUES
IU dusea assorted sir - F ratal rlhwlies,
5 .'. LIUir; 4
jn . " asSortrd kind Scrob Brashes,
10 . - -t u SIioi- B-nshee,
2 " Flour Brushe. .
Just received aud f r .il at
ELLIOTT'S V: MILY GROCERY.
, 1,"
-"HENCI1 MUSTARD
8dov.-n Oetintlte FpMK-b Mustard, for gale
At ELLIOTT'S FAMILY GROCERY.
NOTICE.
To All Whom it May Concern.
X'OTICE is hereby givi-u, thstt. petition signed
it ny rreenoid cri-wus
P: ' .in toirntlmi.
Vanderbnrh conntv, Iudiatia. i!l h presented
to the Hoard of Coiuuuesiotiei-g of :outity on
the first Mouday iu Decern tier aexti nt th.- Court
House in Evaiisville. iu said rounty, for tbe ap
pointment of viewers to view, mark attd locals a
read commencluir :t s foi,:t on tb-y road
leading from Fulton Asenne to th- Salt
wells, where the diTialnir rantn t-u and
1 eleven int'-rst-c said roaa, and runriTitt thence
I 'on the raufte line time nrrh, throaga lathis own-t
aud occupied ov Daniel Morgan, 51. P Jones'
1 heirs, E-G. B. Wahlo. Wm. M. John Greek,
1 Jo ,n Whit-h.a.1. Jr. .lobe Shsnk in, Philip
1 Baus hr' heirs, U.o P.. Watk'-t, J. T. Walker,
Scract'tn. !. ij I. v ' l Byford,
Ij L. Blttrolff, .l it '. .- ' . - it,
i tit north st oomamiii eoittli was! .j ,t rr-
tion 13, town 15, son: r ne II, -' Bad '" '
north westerly, on t Iu-toad aon ased t. t i-ilv s
' mill, on Pigsoii rrwk, h slsf WI'h of aUnit oik;
mile - oclS aw.
MEDICAL.
B. J. DAY, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON.
EXAMIKIC SURGEON FOR PENSIONARY.
OTTICE On Second Street, between Main and
Locust.
RESIDENCE At- Sherwood House.
Evansville, January 6, 183-
s. w-Ithompsok, at. d.,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
OrriCT a xd Residkscx No. 35 Wiua Stkut
(At Dr. Eonald's Old Stand.)
EVANS V.I L LE, INDIANA.
nov29-ly
IVORYTYPES,
PHOTO GRAPS
AND
-Cteirca. Pictures.
ALSO,
WEDDING CARDS,
Mounted in Beantifnl Style,
A T
Adam's Photographic Gallery.
OVER POST-OFICR.
PICTURE GALLERY.
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NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.
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Tallow, Lard, Grease & Oils.
Th undersigned pay their
Particular Attention
To the sale of the above articles, and
SOAP STOCKS GENERALLY.
. iyU-vtfri' rarvaor07 ur
and
Quick returns Made
on very advanced terms. We mail onr Weekly
Circular gratis to all sending their address
to A BR AM KMGHT & SOSS.
3 Water Street, Bf. Y. City.
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VARIETY STORE.
PTJSHEE'S VARIETY STORE,
No. 20 Main Street,
IS THE PLACE TO FIND FAMCY GOODS,
Combs, Brushes, Pocket Wallets, Card Oases,
Tablets, Scissors. Knives, Watch Keys, Guard
I Chains. Thimbles, Needles, Pins, Tap Measures,
1 Beads, Belt Clasps, Goggles, Spectacles. Ther
' tuomctors, French Harps, Pop Gans, Ivory Rat
Marbles, Chessmen, Dolls, Corset Clasps,
I tics, Penciles, Games, Bobber Balls, Toilet
Steel Pe - Violin Strings, Work Boxes,
Soap, Jewelr, , "-ther Dusters, Bird Cages,
Writing Desks, . ties' Faaer Work and
Cbildrens' Carriages, La- wholesale and re
Traveling Basket, Ac, e., a. sepil
tail.
DRY GOODS
KEEN & PRESTON
HAVE JCST RECEIVED A LARGE AND
general assortment of
Desirable Dry Goods,
Which they invite the "trade" to call and ex
amine prices aud qualities; believing, knowing,
they can save dealers additional freight and ex
peases iu going farther Eastward. janl5
A. C. PUSHEE,
CHALEB IN
Forefgn & American Fancy Goods,
COMBS, BRUSHES, PURSES, WALLETS,
Satcbcis. Toilet Soaps Rubber Goods,
GAMES, YANKEE MOTIONS,
Ladles' Baskets, Chlldi-ena Cabs, &.c.
No. 20, Main Street,
EVANSVILLE, .... INDIANA
dec'23
LAW CARDS.
WHF. H. WALKER, Jr.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
EVANSVILLE, IND.,
Ortite on Third Street,
octl3-ly Opposite Ccrtrt House.
3 H AISLES DENBlT,
Attorney at Law,
Has ieeumrd the practice of Law. Office tin Third
'tm-t. litid'Jl.
at Hall s Block, up stairs. feb2
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Attorney
RE ID,
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C 0 LLEG1IH0 AGENT.
OFFICE On Third Strt, third door from
Main Street, in the Creaeeat City Bank Building,
EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.
:,bii-l
Jas. T. Walker,
JUST! OF THE PEACE
AND i .
s.geitt for oliCatutug Peustsat,
Back Pay aust Douaty
H)K Mm UABGKD SOLDIERS AND FOR
V th Widows and otW-r U-jjal representatives of
bo- who die in the set vice of t!ie Tnlted States.
Oflice on the North-West side of Third Street,
uear th. Washington Hons, ad nearly opposite
theCoaxt llou e, Evans v H e, Indiana.
All business utnit--4 torbim will he promptly
attende-i t jylS-ly
SOAP AND CANDLES.'
Xhilip Oeclcei,
(SnccMsor to Worker A Kramer).
nufacturer of Lard Oil
SOAP AKD CA3DIES.
Also, an extra rtk-leJ .
UNAw,
IValers
are
E Uti.l N E. D -A U OIL
n Eositi, So-ia, Ashes, Ai Also
Catawba Win
raisiiui, iu U&litiai to snit pur
chasers, t
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Kvs - H.Le lNPlAXA.
t" i per Beaotubls la
Janao-ly
I R Tf LL I 1 NCE OFFICE
"pHE UNDERSIGNED HA? OPENED AN
I Intelligence OAW on Third Street, four doors
weet of the Washington Hotel, where he will glv.
strict aud prompt atteotiou to all business in thai
tine. JOHN WAYMAN.
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