, 1863-05-15
PERSONAL.

Col. Munday, in command at Louisville, has
ordered al1 the gambling houses in that city
closed, and the sporting gentry to leave town
ut once. The Journa! warmly commcnds this
action.
Brig. Gen. 7. s. .Crittcndeu OF Indiana has ten
dered his resignation to Gen. Rosecrans. The
reason he resigned Is, that certain charges,
which he had preferred agninst Col. Caldwell,
OF the slst Indiana, for disloya1ty, were sup
pressed by his superior officers. The Lieu
tenant Colonel, Major, aud Adjutant, Of the
s1st, Lave resigned for the same reason.
Coy. Morton has been apprised By tho
proper authorities that all officers and men,
captured and paroled up to the 1st of April,
have been exchanged; also, all persons dclir-
cred at City Point up to May 9th. The ee1cess
Of prisoners is now upon our side.
The Cincinnati. Enquirer states that the
paragraph going the rounds Of the papers, to
the effect that Mrs. Douglas, widow Of Ste
phen a. Douglas, deceased, has right of
dover in sone Of her husbands estate, in con-
sequence Of her neglect to join with him in
certain conveyance of property, is incorrect.
Ar. Douglas "died insolvent, leaving his wife
nothing but the inheritance of q glorious and
patriotic name"
The Richmond Enquirer says the loss Of
stonewall Jackson, whose arm has been am
putated, would be Ill replaced BY the acces-
sion Of Il, 900 veteran troops.
Mr.. E. E. F. Williamson, who is alleged
to hare been Secretary to james II. Mason,
Confederate Commissioner to England, vas
arrested In Baltimore on Saturday, upon
the charge Of having recently come from the
South.
The Galveston (Texas) Telegraph, Of Marcel.
23d, publishes speech made in that .city the
previous week by General Houston. The
speech is Of considerable length, and in il
General Houston declares that his fo1dest,
best wish is in behalf Of the Southern Confed-
eracy.
Coy. John 4 Andrew, Mayor Lincoln,
Hon. Edward Everett, Hon. Robert c. Win.
throp, and a number Of other leading citizens
of Boston, having read with great interest the
letters written from the seat Of war to the
Boston Journal, By c. c. Coffin, Esq, (.sCar1e,
tou,'O giving descriptions of some Of the
principal battles Of the unfortunate war which
is now raging in our country, Including Bull
Run, the attack upon Island No. 10 and Fort
Pillow, the battles Of Antietam aud Fort Dom
elson, the naval fight at Memphis, the engage.
ment at Fredericksburg, and tho lombard
ment Of Fort Sumter" have invited Mr.. Cof-
fin to give public lecture in that city upon
those themes, to which he has consented
This is compliment most worthi1y bestowed
4 more Intelligent, discriminating and truth
ful correspondent than Mr. Coffin il not to be
found in the army.
james Madison Cuts, second Comptroller
Of the Treasury, died at Washington Monday
morning. Mr. Cuts was the fathcr of Mrs.
scnator Douglas. For many years he hsd re-
sided in Washington, where he was esteemed
as an amiahle and worthy citizen. He had not
been well for some months, and his death Was
not altogether unexpected
Tho Lebanon (Ohio) Citizen says that
General Robert c. Schenck will resign his seat
in the Thirty Congress, and that Col.
Charles Anderson will probably be nominated
for his successor. This, it will be remember
ed, Is the new Vallandigham district. It Is
also whispered that Mr., Kalbaeisch, member
elect from the Third district, In New York,
contemplates the resignation of his scat; and
that Mr.. Henry c. Murphy, now "Union"
State Senator, will be chosen his successor,
The Springfield Journal learns that Isaac
Keys, well known aa. the efficient
Assistant United States Marshal for the South
| ern District ot Illinois, has fee.iYea the up