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

Among the rebel prisoners that ar
rived at Indianapolis was Lieut. Henry
McLaughlin of an Alabama regiment,
formerly of that city He is brother of
Lieut. Col. John A. Mclaughlin, of the
47th:: Indiana. Both brothers fought al
most face to face in one of the fercest
battles near Yicksburg, one in command
of a regiment and the other in command
of a company. Lieut.. Mclaughlin re
moved from Indianapolis some years
ago, and married at Florence, Ala
where he has wife and child. He was
visited at the Soldiers Home on We'd
nesday evening by his relatives, who con-
versed with him freely for some time.
Hendricks county has done itself
credit by its liberal tender of aid to the
Government as the following letter
shows:
DANvILLE, Juue Sd, 90.
EDITOR OF JoURNAL-The Board of
Commissioners of Hendricks county,
have this day made an order rendering
to the Governor a loan Of $4,000 to EN-
able him to defray the expenses of car
rying on the Benevolent Institutions OF
the State, and for taking care of our
brave sick and wounded soldiers in the
field (. K. CRAMFO,KiR1,a
The Richmond organ of JEFF. Davis
objects to receiving Vallandigham into
the Confederacy. We presume that jeff.
is afraid that Val. may beat him for the
next rebel Presidency.
4; The Hon. Joshua R. Giddings, our
Consul at Montreal, had a very severe
apopectic attack on Wednesday Of last
week. -...r.
Elk Governor Wright, of Indiana, ac-
companied by Oliver Hays, of New York,
sailed for Europe in the Borussia. Gov
ernor Wright is United States Commits
sioner to the Hamburg Worlds Fair.
Jacob Barker, the millionaire banker
of New Orleans, now eighty-four years
of age, has just finished writing histo-
ry of his life, which will. be published
next month.
A man advertises himself in Phila-
delphia paper as " A great natural Bone
setter" Vanity Fair remarks that what
wewant is great natural Bone breaker,
to break the backbone of this rebellion.
The New Orleans PicGyHne says that
musquito bars are the only ones that
can be opened after 9 o'clock.
Humphrey Marshall, it is reported,
has been arrested and sent TO Richmond
for treason and diSloyalty to the Confed
crate States
The rebel prisoners in Washington are
said to display astonishing bravery in
attacking .. S. rations of fresh bread
coffee, &C., &c, as if hitherto complete
stranger to such acar.tare-
Refugees assert the Vicksburg news is
paralyzing rebel confidence in Tennes
see. The destitution of the army ant
people is increasing. -f<aEI.--
The official report of Gen. Stonemar
TUuu7red5 a ilti4sssiiHg , 4lqsSeSi;z u Q1fifaEtf
ed, e. Missing, l49. Killed, s. The
command of Gen Stoneman captured
43 officers, 635 men, 202 mules, 80
wagons and CSC horses.
The contrabands on Paris Island. nea,
Beaufort, S. c., are under the manage
ment of Mrs. Francis d. Gage, the wei
known writer. SO well has she dis
charged her duties, that the contraband
under Government employ lave draw
no rations for FIVE months past, and
from the appearance of the crops, will b.
self-sustaining.
"Mack" writes to the Commercial
that in the battle of Baker Greek, nea
Vicksburg, May 18th, Lieutenant Perry
of the 47th Indiana, was with his com
pany under the hottest of the engage
ment His regiment occupied such ;
position that his command was yer,
much exposed and was suffering dread
fully. One of his comrades suggested t,
him that he ought to avail himself of
little cover Immediately in his rear
Perry looked at him calmly but-resolute
ly and said: g No, sir; the 47th neve
gives back an inch" A moment after
ward he was shot through the heart ant
felI-without groan Two of his men
on seeing him fall, wept like children.