Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-12-19
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Of Nashville loom up in magnificent
proporsionE Early yesterday morning
be renewed the assault upon the enemy's
lines and carried them At every point,
capturing thousands Of prisoners, 10
cladiHg numbers Of Geld officers, aud
cannon too numerous to mention
Hoods army has been cut 10 twain,
and is sorely pressed On every side.
Ths woods and Pixies are throsged
with ssragglers, which our cavalry are
picking up BY hundreds The roads,
too, are thiekly stremn with small arms
Of evsry description which the rebels
have thrown away in their eight. Gen.
Thomss's victory seems to be complete
Hood Is struggling hard 70 save the
remnant Of his army, but with the Ten
neasee river between him aud place Of
safety, il viii be very dieieul, for him to
escape Three cheers for the noble
Army Of the Cumberland
The Indianapolis Journal learns that
Gov Morton has received authority 10
raise sons new regiments ip ihia State.
This, it Is thought, viii furnish soldiers
who have seen service "a opportunity to
procure commissions IN the new organ
izatiouA The new regiments win also
eoas in good play, IN case shsrs shoaId
be another draft
Marx r. Barnitz, : veIi-known sta
tioasty dealer IL oiaeinnAa, samossd
that city between t~o days" leaving
bis creditors TO whistle for their claims.
He vas largely in debt, both IN CinciR-
matt aHd Iha eastsrn cities All bis val
liable property vas converted into money
before his departure
The Cincinnati Gazette gives a horri-
6ls account Of = father selling the bones
Of bis dead son - substitute for q
drafted man. The story Is not credible.
The Illinois State JoaraaE says an al
tempt vas made on Sunday night, the
iish inst, 70 burn the Government wa-e-
hoases-hve ia namber--ia Springfield.
An entrances was secured ialo one Of the
houses, and q couple Of boxes Of army
clothing broken into, from which some
military pants we're distracted, the
space they occupied being Gilsd With
brown paper, which was set on Gre.
The boxes set on Gre contained military
pants and rubber blankets. Owing to
The character Of the goods and the man
neF in which the paper was stuffed into
the boxes, the Gre, after nsarly rnihing
the contents Of the boxes, vent out
Thus, fortunately, an immense supply Of
Government stores escaped des,ructios.
The illinois Central Railroad on Tues.
day paid into the State Treasury s23a,.
ass ", being seven per cent. upon
e., ,36a coo A, the gross earnings Of the
road for the six months from May lss to
October Let, 1864 The payment for tbs
corresponding six months ia 1868,
amounted to slT3,T59 rs, and for tbs
ak months preceding May Last, siTg,
O53 O8.
The U. s Senate has confirmed The
following nominations for Indiana: Ben
jamin F. Scriber, Collector Of Internal
Revenue, Second District; Jonathan J.
Wright, Collector, Sixth District; Jos.
g. Bowman, Assessor, Pirst District
On Thursday last they had a regular
guerrilla scare At Madison, Indiana.
About forty or fifty g9errilIas made
their appearance at Milton, on the op-
posite side Of the river, and fred into
the Madison packet They succeeded,
however, in capturing the fsrry-boat
They did not remain long, moving oH
towards Bedford
Il is said TIA. one Of the parties ar.
rested on the charge Of killing Enrolling
Oaeer Freeman, in Sullivan County,
has made . confession, by which the
facts in the case viii Be arrived at, and
the guilty be punished
On Wednesday night toe barn Of jain
Muir, about one ard balf miles from
IudianaPolis was set on Ere, for the pur-
pose, il Is supposed, Of burning With it .
NrS Hess sad tEo children who we're
sleeping shere that night The woman
and children, however, succeeded in
making their escape, Hardly had Mrs,
Hess escaped from the flames before she
was approached BY Nrs Muir Who
threw cup fsll Of oil Of vit.ioI into heg
face, burning her in shocking manner,
With a probability Of destroying her ere
siEhE Mrs. MEir's conduet is aseribed
to q crirninal intercourse between her
husband aud Mrs Hess The latter
was taken to Indianapolis and placed
under the care Of 8 physician.
Bounty Juapers.
John Murray and ThOs. Doyle, Of The
loth Cavalry ChAs BiIIingsley, of ths
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