Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-18
News Items.

THERE is to be great Sanitary Fair
held at Cincinnati during the holidays.
What will our people do during that time
for our sick soldiers or their families?
A Mrs Ellen Wood of 422 John street,
Cincinnati, was burnt to death on Thurs
day night last, by her clothes taking fire
while she was Intoxicated While the
neighbors were endeavoring to rescue
the woman, one of her children entered
the house with bottle of whisky for
which the mother had sent it.
An oyster supper for the benefit of
soldiers families Ia the l1th Ward, Gin
cinnati, the other night resulted in OBJ
tanning the handsome sum of thirteen
hundred dollars. Good.
The report of the resignation of Gen.
Burnside, and the appointment of Gen.
Foster as his successor, is confirmed, and
Gen. Foster is on his way TO East Ten
nessee.
IT is reported that Mcdowell is to be
assigned to command, probably with
Baltimore for headquarters.
PRESIDENT Lincoln is busily engaged
on his forthcoming message, and can see
but few visitors. Travellers, take no.
tice
SENATOR CONFESS, of California, has
presented President Lincoln with hiek-
DRY cane which once belonged to Brode-
rick The President will highly prize
the keepsake.
SURGEON General Hammond will visit
the hospitals of Grants department dur
ing the next fortnight. He'll find them
unsurpassed in cleanliness, comfort and
attendance.
The returns of the Ohio soldiers is
changing the character of the elections
in many counties of that State. In the
Knox and Wayne Senatorial District j.
G. Devin is elected, although there was
majority of 800 against him on the home
vote; and in the Ashland and Richland
District Col Isaac Gass beats Kinney,
who had 604 majority on the home vote.
A good many of the soldiers votes were
Endorsed draft"
GEN. RosECRANs has met with severe
loss in the death of lovely little child.
The funeral took place from the cathe-
dral in Cincinnati on Saturday.
THE Gazette, a secession sheet, has
been revived at Nashville. 1t promises
to be neutral, but how can it keep from
showing its proclivities with the original
editors and proprietors2
Guerrillas are yet annoying the citi
zens of KENTUCKY to an alarming extent
TensWere captured near Paducah the
other day A cottage train of Il wagons,
which had been captured near Cumber-
land Gap on Thursday, was recaptured
the same day, and seventeen of the re-
bells killed and wounded
The Cincinnati Commercial has dis
patch from Cairo telling about two men
who, on Tuesday night last, disguised as
soldiers, went to the residences of two
citizens of William county, Illinois, and
demanded that they should go with them
to arrest deserters The citizens demur-
red; but the men threatened, represent
ing themselves to be part of the Provost
guard. Finally the citizens complied;
and, it is said, when they had proceeded
some distance in the woods, the appar.
ent soldiers deliberately shot the farmers
dead. and left them on the ground.
The distilleries of the country are all
doing large business, Notwithstanding
the high price of grain. 1t would be a
| good thing to have the Kentucky order,
putting stop to wasting corn by making
whisky, extended all over the North.