Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-20
SAC Items.


4 ueE court house, sixty feet frort.
by one hundred feet in deptb, and fsst5
TO ortg-fge feetin height, sud finished
10 good style, 1870 be erected IN New
A.bsBy
yEsUsaSD Mans Miss 9IkFy Ellen
Wa, says the indianapolis Journal, sho
served IL the 34th Indiana, under tie
ngzae Of danes Wise aud whose ehaEso-
I ter Il without reprOscd as a lads aud .
soIdier, has been msTried 70 Sergeant
Forehand, OF the Veteran Reserves.
Mary Ellen has retired from active sarv-
ice, and gone into recruiting business
May she husband her resources, aud be
"Forehand-ed in the matter Of war ma.
tsFial
LAFAYETTE Asp RocKvILLE RATLzoAD.
"A subscription has bean started for
stock for railroad from Rockville, via
\ the uarrows of Sugar Creek, Middleton,
/ Pleasant Hill, Shawnee Mound, to Lafa
ys,te, or some point on the Wabash Val
ley Road We understand that wealthy
farmers along the route are moving ia
the matter,-Lafayetts Journal
DIsrARDLY oUrRAGEs By IxDIASA
GuERRmLAs-We. record daring cut
rage on the l. n A. 4 C. r. R., by
which the lives Of heavy train OF pas
sengers-citizens and soldiers we're
placed in peril. On Friday night a par
~ Of HoosieF guerrillas, beast intoxi-
Gated, and bowling for JET Davis, left
Reynolds Station, twenty-five miles
north Of this city, aud staggering down
the railroad track toward Lafayette, dis
appeared IN the darkness An hour later
and the south bound passenger train from
Chicago came along and pulling out Of
Reynolds az an average rate Of speed,
struck a rail which had been placed
across the track about mile frotn the
t station Sprague, one Of the best Engi-
neers ia the country, was at his post and
in the clear moonlight saw. the obstrue-
ton; but supposing i the shadow of a
telegraph pole across the track did no,
! shut down his engine until II was too late
to check the speed Of the train, and
striking the rail pushed il forward about
twelve rods before It threw the engine
J from the track The locomotive wat
pitched into ditch and completely
wrecked
The remainder Of the train kept b
i the track, or at any rate was not mate
, rally damaged, nor was anybody hurt
} Mr.. eprague and bis faithful fireman
stood at their posts in the cab, and, by =
mireele, picked themselves out Of thu
! wreck without a scratch worth mention
ing.
It is well known that the Michigan
+ Central and the l. n. A. i G. X II
have been busily engaged for a week o.
ten days IN the transportation OF mer
and supplies to the front, sometimes car
Fging q thousand men aud several extrI
3 trains Of cattle ia n day. The convic
r ton gains ground that the dastardIy per
D petrators OF this criminal outrage wer,
3 aotnated BY reasonable hostility TO this
s Government Ii will be remembered
I that about year ago, under som0wha
similar circumstances, a passenger train
I containing returned soldiers vas thrOwI
into the ditch near the same place, anl
Il is high time that the military authorl
I ties Of the country should place maileS
hand on the guilty wretches - Latay
cite Courier.
Tue NoRraERE INDIANA PRIsoS. III,
newly elected Republican Board Of Con
9 troll for the Northern Indians prison, or
g Saturday last made formal demanC
/, upon tb, present Board for official rec
ognition. Judge Swaar, Hastings spc
Tiger, who constitute the present Board
, yindicate their Democratic antecedent.
by holding ON fenacionsly TO office, like
e grim death to a deceased African. TheJ
? hold under the Constitution as 1t Isl
they have life tenure in the Office, o.
something of that sort, and, as Demo
G crotic officials never die nor resign
! there is q slim chance for the new Board
? However, the courts may seeit in a differ
4 ent light 4 little persuasion with tel
r foot pole may induce the present official
+ to reconsider. a maudamus, or some
: sort Of damus as the lawyers call it
! has been sworn out, and the case viii
= come up on its merits at the irst session
3 of the Supreme Bench Meanwhile W,
i are assured the interests of the Stat
} and her onvicts will not suffer.-Ld
fayette Courier
R@~ A shooting ARRAY occurred at Mr.
. Days Saloon in this place, on Saturda,
! night, between Pleasant Carlisle AM
! VIM. P Hudson, in which the latte
received three shots from a revolver il
the hands Of the former. Two Of tht
' wounds received by Mr. Hudson it wa
+ thought st the time would prove fatal
5 bat we are happy 70 cay, that the indi
Y cations now are decidedly favorable 4
/ his ultimate recovery. MIR Carlisle wa
Z, subsequently arrested, aud on Monda,
0 underwent an examination before II. A
3 Brown, Esq which resulted in his &C
' quittal, upon the ground that in shoot
e ing Mr.. Hudson he acted in self-defsnee
e We for6ear further remarks in relation
1 to this unfortunate affair, as the matte
: will probably be the subject of furthe
legal proceedings - BoonpflLe Enquirer