The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-12-08
The News.

A correspondent of the Rushville Jackso-
man. which has just been. resurrected, in a
recent letter from Indianapolis, speaks thus
disrespeetfully of the Douglas men
The Douglasites are queer animals, in one
respect somewhat resembling the prairie
wolf; let one of them squat near the corner
OF the Palmer House and commence howl
ing, and you would imagine the whole city
was full of them. Their game is brag. Be
fore the convention in this county was held,
they claimed that nine out of every ten of
the Democrats in the county were for Doug
las, but 1t has been ascertained that not one
single Douglas man has been returned from
any township in the county, as a delegate
to the State Convention, and SO it will be,
imagine, pretty generally throughout the
State. They will try to make show of
strength at the convention, by manag
ing to have some of the counties at their
convention appoint all the Democrats in the
county as delegates, with the hope that the
sound Democrats, friends of the administra-
ton, will fail to attend, and that the Doug
| lasites will, to man, be there-but it will
avail them nothing.
Several prisoners escaped from the Boon
Vile Jail, on the lst inst, in the following
manner
On the Both ult., the Sheriff was absent
on business; the jailor and his wife left the
jail in hurry during the day to visit rel
alive, who was not expected to live. Ia
/ king advantage of the absence of all, the
prisoners secured bar from the WINDOW,
by means of which they burned through
the first tier of plank to the sheet iron the
iron being very thin, they soon made way
with that, and then through the other tier
of plank, by the same process, which brought
them to the brick wall. Little then re-
manned to be done to get the aperture
opened To prevent being discovered they
kept their clothes hanging over the breach,
up to the night of the lst instant, when they
succeeded in letting themselves down by
means of sheets tied together. One of them
fell in getting down, and was considerably
injured. ae
The prisoners, whose names are Albert
Wellington, Charles NJ Center, Arson
Nally, and Charles Nally, have all been re-
captured.
The Lafayette Courier says Mr.. Samuel
Tennery was waylaid on Saturday night
last few miles from that city. A number
of desperadoes stopped him, one of whom
seized his horse by the bride and another
struck him severe blow with u club on the
back of the head, which caused him to fall
forward on the horn of his saddle. His
horse, a high spirited animal, becoming
frightened, sprang forward, jerking his bril-
die out of the hands of the fellow holding
him, and escaped with his rider.
The Legislature of Kentucky was organ
lied on the 5th inst, by the election of
David Meriwether, of jefferson county, as
Speaker of the House of Representatives
and Thomas Martin, as President of the Sem
ate. The Governor delivered his message,
which is quite lengthy document.
The Democratic Convention of Warrick
county was held in Boonville, on Saturday
last. Resolutions were passed instructing
the delegates to the State Convention to go |
for 10. Lane for President, and CYRUS L.
Durham for Governor
The main street in Mt. Vernon has been |
improved at cost OF $4,000. The work |
is just completed, and the Advocate says .
that thoroughiare is as handsome in appear
ance and as serviceable as any the most pre-
tentious cities can boast.
The latest news from the New York MAY
orally election is that Wood will succeed by
Il majority of obaut g. OOO The Tammany
candidate, Mr.. Hayemeyer, seems to have
polled more votes than the Republican NOM
inee: .r4
A correspondent of the Missouri Reou5H-
can says Frank P. Blair came near being
arrested, in village in Virginia, on his
way to Washington City. lie was only re-
leased at the earnest request of several
Southern men, who vouched for his good
while in the State.
Charles Y. Reeder, clerk employed in
The postofiice of Hannibal, Missouri, was ar
rested last Friday evening, on a charge of
robbing the mail. Money was found on his
person which was known to have been
nailed the day previous Reeder was taken
o st. Louis and tried before the United
States Commissioner, who fixed his bail at !
$1,000. a