The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-12-14

The -Nevvs.--
The Terre Haute Express says arrange
ments were made on Monday, at a meeting
of the stockholders of the Terre Haute, AL
ton & st. Louis Railroad, to surrender it to
the second mortgage bond holders which
was done yesterday. This arrangement will,
it is thought, relieve the road from all en-
barrassment.
The Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, says John l.. Robin
son and Daniel w. VOORHEES,, while in that
city, asserted most positively that the
Charleston delegates from this State, would
not go for Mr.. Douglas. Robinson even
proposed to bet something on it, but being
taken up, he concluded he had other uses
for his money. Voorhees, says he will die
before Indiana should instruct for Douglas
If such are his feelings, we presume he has
ordered his coffin.
The New York Herald gives the follow
ing picture of the result of the recent cleo
ton in New York city:
The voters of this metropolis succeeded,
on Tuesday, in electing the vilest and most
rascally corporation we have ever had,
prominent among its members being three
indicted criminals-one under Indictment
for murder, another for plundering the
treasury, and the third actually under sem
tence of Imprisonment in the pententiary,
for felonious assault. We may be prepared,
then, to see every kind of corrupt job -four
ishing in the new Common COuncil-open-
ing of streets here, widening streets there,
making railroads in another direction, and
a universal scene of plumber and robbery all
round.
The correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga
zette says that n full reconciliation between
Mr.. Buchanan and Mr.. Douglas is now
thought likely to take place, and is the talk
of the House. The same correspondent
adds, this will insure,the gravitation of For
ney and most of the anti LecomptOn DEM
ocrats, to the Republicans. Only J. G.
Davis, Adrian, and Riggs are suspected of
weak backs. It was rumored that Mr..
Douglas sought an interv Jew with the Pres
ident for the purpose of effecting a reconcil-
iation.
The Hon. Joshua F. Bell was unanimously
nominated by the Opposition party of Ken
lucky on Saturday night, for United States
Senator. At Mr.. Crittendens request, his
name was not before the Convention.
Jere Clemens, the ci-aep0nt Democratic
United States Senator, and now Tennessee
Know-Nothing editor, has arrived at Wash
ington, and is about to use his influence
with the Southern Americans to induce
them to coalesce with the Democrats, and
under any circumstances to defeat the Re-
publcans.
A German named Fritz Rubel in St |
Louis, on Sunday last, made a wager that he
would jump from the roof of threc-story
building into n bank of snow seraped to-
gether for the purpose. If he succeeded, his |
opponent was to pay for as much beer as he
could drink during the day; if he failed, he
was to furnish the beer. He made the Jump, |
sinking into the snow up to his armpits, and |
getting considerably stunned. He was able |
to call for the beer, however and drank till |
he was as Timber rs rag.
A meeting of the Irish citizens was held |
at Indianapolis on Monday night to take
into consideration the bad treatment they /
had received at the hands of the Democratic |
party. Resolutions were passed demanding |
their rights, and also expressive OF the opin-
ion that a portion of the Democratic party /
of that city was as g indelibly branded with |
the ear marks of Know Nothingism,H as /
were any Of the Republican party.
The Democratic State Convention of Mis-
souri, is called to meet at Jefferson City on
Monday the 9th day of April, 1860. This
will barely afford the delegates time to get
TO the Charleston Convention.
The Washington correspondent of the n.
Y. Tribune says Mr.. Slidell will attempt to
make the annexation of Cuba an issue be-
fore the Charleston Convent ton.
A double delegation will be sent from
Jackson county to the Democratic State