The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-06-27
News Items.


q, Yeaman. Col RcHenry says that no !
Southern Rights man will be allowed to
run in the'eistrict, and that he is for the
of the rebellion by and un-
der the Constitution, and for restora-
zion of the Union as it was
TIE RAM MoNARcH.-It is not likely
that this large and, to the Government,
valuable vessel will be of any further adj
vantage to the service the present sea-
son, as she now lies high and dry on the
bar at Flint Island, in the lower Ohio, /
with no prospect of release until there is
a rise in the river She has been
aground for several weeks +
4 Newport paper states that the Bish-
op of Rhode Island will visit Washing
ton in few days, for the purpose of
uniting in the bonds of matrimony ex-
Governor Sprague, now .. S. Senator
from Rhode Island, and Miss Kate Chase,
eldest daughter of the Secretary of the
Treasury.
That is if Gen. Lee does not gobble up
Washington, Chase, daughter and all
When large body of the prisoners
taken in Mississippi by General Grant,
says the Cincinnati Commercial, were
sent East to be exchanged, the guard
having them in charge were, at several
points, annoyed by butternuts, who were
quite demonstrative in expressing their
sympathy for their unfortunate Southern
brethren. At Pittsburgh a squad of the
sympathizers made themselves particu-
larry offensive. They agreed with the
secesh as to the character of the war,
and as to the objects for which it was be-
ing prosecuted by the United States Gov
eminent. They declared it was an " alb
clifton war -" got up to free niggers "
unconstitutional and unholy," &c,
&c, and tainted the bluejackets with
observations that they were lighting
for the niger" The blue.jackets be-
came deeply incensed, and suddenly
pitched into the butternuts; hustled four
of them into the cars at the point of the
bayonet, and took them along, treating
with derision their vehement protesta-
tons that they were good citizens OF
Pennsylvania, and had never belonged
to the Confederate army. Vain were the
appeals of the Pittsburgh captives. They
were told they need not try that old
dodge 1t was played out. And they
were actually put into Fort Delaware
along with their Southern brethren; and
our informant says they were still IL
that sympathetic company when he left
As their names were not on the roll o.
prisoners, we suppose they may be able
transportation South in the process d
exchanging prisoners, and impressment
into the rebel army. Taking it all in
all, this is probably the heaviest case o.
practical joke of the war.
General Mcclellan said, in letter
written last week to com mittee having
charge of complim entary dinner giver
to General Meagher:
1.-THE sacrifices made by all classes o
our fellow citizens in the war are guar
antees that we can not abandon it unit
we have accomplished the objects TO
which it was originally undertaken"
General Gilmore, before leaving her
to assume command of the Department
of the South, was appointed Major Gen
/. eral- Washington Chronicle
pI On our first page this mornin
will be found particulars Of the assassin
alton of Fletcher Freeman taken fror
the Sullivan Democrat
The cold blooded character of tn
preparations and of the deed are almo:
as incomprehensible as they are man
Y. L. 4,