The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-12-16
Odds and Ends,

Niagara Falls
Minister ]. CLANCY Jones, from the cour
of Vienna, is expected home by the ArsgC
and will be honored by reception By hi
Pennsylvania friends.
John @. Heenan, the Benicia Boy, has az
rived in Cincinnati, intending to raise
company of troops for the war in the South
west.
Rev. W. ". King, of Chicago, formerly
well known in Poughkeepsie, was recently
divorced from his wife at her own suit, fol
having abandoned her. Within twenty
four days he marrieda lady from Minnesota
and went on preaching and rejoicing by the
way.
Boston NAVY YARD.-The mechanics
and laborers employed in this yard have
lately contributed the sum of So, 2O7, Is in
aid OF poor soldiers families. The sail and
| guH-earFiage makers have sent to the vol
unteers, blankets valued at $237,25.
Albert Pike has been swindIing among
the poor Indians by issuing bogus
orders for pensions. Pike is ascending the
ladder OF. crime, and, if he gets his deserts
we shall hear Of him on his last rung,
swinging off into empty air.
JEFF. Davis head, or confederate postage
stamps, passes everywhere in the South for
small change We presume the paste is
left off in such cases, or the change would
have way of sticking to the fingers of the
payer which would be disagreeable to the
receiver.
Hon. VIM. A. Richardson, of Illinois, will
it is stated, resign his seat in the House in
few days, and accept the Brigadier-Gen-
eralship of volunteers rendered him by the
President.
Hon. John Sherman intends to call for
all the papers and correspondence relative
to the movements of Gen. Patterson in
withdrawing from CbarIestown to Harpers
Ferry.
Prince Napoleon has selected at the i'm
periai mandatory, an elegant service of
SevTes China, for presentation to Secretary
seward. It is now on its way TO this
country.
OF WHAT OUR Army Is CoMPosED-It ap-
pears, from the report of the Secretary of
War on the army, that in more than th rec |
quarters of the regiments native Americans
are in the majority. The Germans are in a |
majority in only six. The Irish in only |
i've out Of a hundred. Nearly two-thirds |
of the army are Americans. Nine tenths |
are citizens. The average aga Of the pri-
Yates is over twenty-four years. Three |
fourths are single men.
Since the institution of the blockade one
hundred and fifty three vessels have been
captured sailing under various flags, most
OF which were attempting to violate the
blockade
There are already one hundred and sixty
f5'ie pieces of cannon ut Cairo, mono of
which are less than 32-pounders, and over
one hundred tons of ammunition have ar
rived, and more is still to arrive.
GEN. BUREsIDE's ExPEDITIoN.-The mos
quito fleet, or light draft boats for Gen.
Burnside's expedition, have been ordered
10 haul out into the stream to-day, whether
they are ready or not, and it is supposed
that the fleet will sail from Annapolis by
Monday at the very furthest.
The ARMoR VEsT.-Messrs. @. & d. Cooke,
If New Haven, are engaged in manufactur-
ng army vests, each of which will resist | ,
life ball at the distance of only forty PAGES.
number of them have been sent to mem
'eFs of the Connecticut regiments by their
riends.
The alarm In Virginia at the prospective {
ADVANCE OF the Federal army is not we have
eason to believe, without reason The
meeting OF Congress has partially with
irawn public attention from the moye-
nents of our armies but every indication
low betokens, not one battle only, but a {
eries of battles along the whole line of the | {
var The Burnside expedition, when it +,
tIikes the point aimed at, will give the
igDai, after which we may expect TO hear /
Jews, the Importance Of which cannot be .
'ver estimated. We are on the verge of t
yreat events, beside which the paltry SQUAD J
)les in Congress are as nothing. The success
IT failure of the rebellion now hangs tremb- c
ing in the balance, and before the advent f
If the new year the question of one or two
nations on this continent will probably
lave been decided.-M y. World.
THE FAMINE IN IRELAND.-Phe destitu- /
ion in Ireland is a subject receiving much !
ittentfon at present, and movements ore
BEING made to send contributions from this
country to check, as far as possible, the re-
ults of the famine. Barney Williams, the
IRISH character actor, now playing at the :
Winter Garden, has given $500 toward this
'bject.. He says, in a card: 81 have little
loubt the sons and daughters Of Erin, who :
an afford to extend hand to Iiftnb their ]
ovely suppliant country win not fail to do
O. Let those who cannot afford to give T
$50, give $40 or $40, or even 81, if their /
circumstances will not admit of more, and a
heir timely suceor may be the means of
aving many lives. As 10 America, she
ever has, and, l venture to prophesy, never
Eill, fail Ireland in the hour of her dis
ress."
JEFF. Davis to Old Abe after the fall Of
iumter:
With paixhan, mortar and petard, I
We tender Old Abe Beauregard. :
Old Abe to JEFF. Davis after the capture of
'ort Royal:
Your tender lacked power-perhaps you're in
want
have therefore sent you the best of Dupont.
The National Loan subscription at St
Iouis has only amounted to $4,000 1t is !
yer $65,000 at New Albany. {
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