Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-03

gomery, on the 4th Of May. A Richmond
paper says the council, az which about
thirty ministers are expected 10 be pres
ent, Is temporary expedient in lieu Of
General Conference. Such cannot nov
be got together
The woman who makes the best shirt
for the ST. Louis Sanitary Fair is to have
prize Of $500 in silverware, also $50 In
silver ware is offered for the second best
The Baltimore Sun says that butter IS
selling In that city at from sixty cents to
one dollar per pound, aud large num-
Der Of families have ceased to pur-
chase IL
Ben. Wood fernando brothar) has
gone West to arrange the Copperhead
interest for the Presidential contest
One Of the best remedies for the high
prices Of provisions is bean broth, beef
skin soup, Goldfish and potatoes, and
plenty Of bread, the material for making
which is not unreasonably high These
things are healthy substitutes for roast
beef, sirloin and mutton chops.
A farmer in Canada recently lost his
wife, and on the day appointed for the
funeral, when the guests had assembled,
he persisted in having the funeral post.
poned Several sympathetic friends,
who endeavored TO reconcile him 10 a
final leave of the loved remains, ELECTED
from the distracted man the fact that he
had been disappointed in the attendance
OF professional gentleman, to extract
several teeth containing gold filling,
which cost him sl2 some years previous
The London Record has a femarka-
bls article on the rapid, decline and
downfall Of idolatry in India, since the
government have withheld their support
from the horrid system Everywhere
before, the idolaters felt secure, for the
British Government protected them
But now that protection Is wholly with
drawn, and the Hndoos are already
pleading for some modification Of the
act. The temples, they say, will fall IN
ruin the idols will be despised, and the
priests will be starved out
Recent orders from the War Depart
ment designed to stop the destruction Of
cavalry horses, authorized a Board OF
/ Inspectors to report regiments and COM
/ panIes that neglect and waste their
horses, to be dismonnted and broken up,
aud transferred to other organizations,
/ the officers TO be mustered out Of the
service; and commanding Generals Of
armies and departments are empowered
( to dismount aud transfer 70 infantry
regiments any man who uses up his
horse by neglect or cruelty.
Victor Hugo contributed to the Metro
+ pol.tan Far a sketch of the house oecu-
pied by BENZ. Franklin in l7Ss, in Pa
sey, France.
An Irish girl, fourteen years Of age,
was taken from the Poor House in New
Haven some time since, aud provided
with a home in good family in that
/ city A few days ago she astonishea her
/ benefaetor by announcing that she must
hereafter "havr half dollar more
week, as provisions were double what
they used to be, aud she couldn't live on
her present wages.
The Richmond Examiner, in an arti-
Gle about the snub that Slidell received
from Macmillan, says:
Who is this MAximilian, and what is
his empire, that we should court his no
tice and invite him 10 give us so cool
cut2 Our Government has existed three
years; his empire IS not yet quite born
Ours has stood alone, emphatically and
gloriously alone-his cannot walk, and
must be carried for many day in the
nurses arms We have sustained. for
three years, the shock Of tempest OF
war, so potent and terrible that the one
tenth part Of it, directed against him,
would sweep him. crown and all, back
into the Atlantic ocean.
Col Baird's regiment, the s5th Indi.
ana, has gone to the extreme front, be-
yond Chattanooga.
Morton Smith, formerly a conducto-
on the Mississippi Central Railroad, who
was captured some time ago with per
eussion caps and gunpowder in his pos
session, which he was trying 10 smuggle
to the enemy, notwithstanding be has
taken the oath Of allegiance 70 the Uni.
ted States, IS to be executed at Memphis
on Friday
A gentleman who arrived in Cincin
matt on Tuesday night, from Milwaukee
states that Gen. Pope, with several thou
sand of his troops, is preparing 70 leav'
: for Washington. The militia will occupy
the posts rendered defeneeless By the re
: moval of troops.
: Mai. Gen. Daniel f Siekles arrived il
Louisville on Thursday morning. HI
left Friday morning for the front on
tour of inspection.
E Capt VIM Buck, military conducto
; on the Louisville & Nashville railroad, ar
E rested on Thursday, on board the ul
e train q young lady named Miss Ferris
: from the South Il was claimed that sh
had come into the Federal lines withou
anv authority, and was subject 10 aires
: on suspicion Of being q rebel spy. 4
n Glasgow junction, Capt Buck turned hi
y prisoner over 10 the military conducto
e, on the down train, with instructions &
e report her to the Provost Marshal c
+ Nashville. Her case will be investigai
e ed, and if found guilty Of the charge, Sd
5. will bitterly repent leaving Dixie on
d mission 10 Yankeedom in search of Yar
5 kee news. She is said to be young, az
IS complished, and beautiful
q CHAMP FERGusox.-It is now asserte,
8 saws the New Albany Ledger, that ii
Of notorious Tennsssee guerrilla, Cham
d Ferguson, was net killed by Stokes
cavalry, as reported, but only wounde