The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-08-26
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National Committee, appointed at the Phil
adelphia Conrention of 1856, wiIlmeet at
the Astor Honse in New York, on the 22d
day of December next, for the purpose OF de
termining the time and place for holding
the Republican National Convention TO NOM
mate a candidate for President. 1t is ex-
pected the Convention will be held-in- some
western city, and indianapolis has been pro-
posed. If it was likely that the Conyen-
ton would be composed OF conservative
men, who would unite upon a broad nation
al platform, and a candidate who would
unite the opposition ofthe North and South,
we would propose the meeting should be
held upon the neutral territory occupied by
our city, where on one side we extend the
hand of brotherhood to citizens of slave
States and with the other embrace our
brethren in the free States We could give
to each an equally cordial and heartfelt
welcome. But this spirit of harmony and
magnanimity is not to be hoped for. Aaf
The Lafayette Courier reports the shoot
ing of a horse thief, on Friday night last,
near North Bloomington, Illinois. Several
horses having been stolen, the Sheriff of
Woodford county, and Mr.. Miller, of De-
catur, pursued the suspected thieves, over
taking them few miles from Bloomington.
Conscious of guilt, each of the horse thieves
drew revolver, and covering his man, sep
arated to strike out across the prairie. The
Sheriff followed one, Miller took the other /;
and the former pressed his fugitive so close
ly, that the latter turned, and made some
movement as if to fire, when the Sheriff
suddenly fred bis own pistol, and shot the
man through,,the breast. He fell, instantly.
dead from the saddle, without word, the
ball having passed through his heart. The
other man, seeing the fate of his comrade,
gave himself up quietly. Both the living
and the dead horse thieves were taken TO
Bloomington on Friday night.
A couple of passengers-a lady and gen.
tleman-met with serious accident on the
Jacksonville Railroad, on Tuesday, by
carelessly permitting their arms to extend
out of the window. A freight car which
had been switched off, was left standing so
close to the track that as the train passed
their aims were dashed against it, inficting
an ugly flesh wound on the lady's arm, and
breaking the mans in two places. Travel
ers should pay more attention to the warn
ings stuck up in almost every car that runs.
GEOLOGICAL SURvEY.-The Indianapolis
Journal says the Executive Committee of
the Indiana State Board of Agriculture will
meet in New Albany on the first of Septem-
Der to complete Arrangements for the geo
logical survey of the State. Prof. David
Dale Owen has accepted the Office of State
Geologist, and will commence the work Of
the survey about the first of October f
The Marion Journal says that chicken
hawk made descent upon a canary bird 3
cage in that place the other day, knocked it
down, and let the bird out, but got its claws
so entangled in the wires that it could not
escape, and met the death it intended for its
victim. .,. ....-..... 80. :;
| The New York Central Railroad, after
payinga three per cent. dividend amount
ing 10 seven hundred and twenty thousand
dollars, besides all expenses of running, in
terest on bonds and sinking fund comes. out
with surplus of fourteen thousand dollars.
The Fort Wayne Republican says that an
rangements for a balloon ascension at that
place by Mr.. Barrister, are so far completed,
that the seth has been fixed rs the day for
the ascension. - ..... ..