Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-08-17
General News Items.

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Preston King has.been appointed .Col-
ieetor Of the port OF New York, in place
Of Simeon. Draper.
There is great activity reported in the
settlement Of public lands by actual set
tiers, under the homestead law
A general order is soon to be issued
mastering out sll unemployed general
officers in the volunteer service. Many
have already been mustersd cut under 3
special order. General Grant is ex-
peeted in Washington on the 25th.
A dispatch from Denver says that the
Constitutional Convention now in session
there has voted almost unanimously that
it is expedient to form a State Govern.
ment. 1 tus bsi5su-
A New Orleans correspondent of the
New York Tri6ssne has been sent home
under arrest for eFiticising.ths admins.
trstioh of Gen. Candy too severely.
The Rev. Robert J. Breckiaridge, of
Kentucky, has been elected President
of the Union College OF Jefferson and
Washington, in Pennsylvania.
The Cedar Rapids and ST. Paul Rail.
way is under contract to be completed
to Vinton, Benton County, Iowa, by the
lst Of JannaEy, 1885, yd gois q 5cs
The notorious gaerrilla Dick Mccain
has been arrested in Tennessee. he
will be tried by the civil court at Knox.
vile for murder. f.........
Minneapolis ia shown by the eansus
returns to be the second city in Mime
sofa. It contains 1907 Inhabitants
les more than there are in Winona.
There are rumors that Gen. Joseph
E. Johnston is willing to accept the po.
sition Of superintendent Of some South.
ern railroad, and his name is mentioned
in connection with that position on the
Danville road.
The counsel for Capt Wertz, the COM
mandant Of the Andersonville prison
whose trial viii commence on Tuesday
next-sre ex-congressmen Hughes, OF
Indiana; Gen. Denver, Of Kansas and
Mr.. Peek, of Chicago. @ q. -
Rev. Dr. Thomas ]. Conant, who has
translated the Bible from The original
for the Baptist union, has just finished
the final revision ofths New Testament.
The book will shortly be published in
elegant style, quarto form. M
The census returns from most Of the
States this year show but little increase
of population except in few Of the
cities, where the war caused the expen,
diture Of large amounts Of Government
money, io i" 90
A gold operator named r. NJ. Mum
ford, doing business ct No. Wall street
New York, purchased on Saturday
about $3.50 900 IN gold, for which be
gave his checks He then left, forget
ting to provide for the payment Of his
checks, aud has no. since been heard
from. : - taai 1s3aaiaa ~
The Newbern az. E.1 Times In speak
ing Of the reported discrimination Of the
people Of some eounties to insist that
the Constitutional Amendment shall b
totally. Ignored by The approaching Con
vention IN that State, says: "If the peo.
pie Of this State are going TO take ans
such position rs that, IL would be much
better TO- haze no, Convention at all, foi
it is very evident that. the State car
never take her position In the Union a. 9
| free and equal member, or be admitted
TO seat innCgngrsss, without adopting
this measure; $3.50 zah ssiss ias
| Henry Leslie, the acrobat, came near
meeting his death on the 10Th insk III
had crossed and recrossed on the ropl
below the Niagara Suspension Bridge
and com pleted one-haif Of the secons
trip by crossing 70 the Canada side viii
a peach basket on each foot. On re
turning for the last time be essaysd .
new feat, BY pIaeipg bucket Of waite
in TN frame on bis head, and holdini
q similar bucket in each hand, with thl
balance-pole. On reaching the middl,
be slipped and, stnrabled, causing ihl
three buckets TO fall, Still holding thl
pole, be clung to the rope, struggling &
right himself In a Fniuute or two b
succeeded, and reached the Amerieal
shore with . brisk step. amid cheers an
congratulations, -,, afi 5s,te.
At Gallagber's Exchange, New York
night or so ago, tnere was panic an
general breakdoSn in stocks, with II
tense excitement Fsreeries and dsfs
estions discovered in the afternoon &c
spectators in a blaze, as if tbs FotteE
ness Of Wall street had all come TO lgh
at once. Notwfthstanding favorabi
fereign news, The decline was heavJ
AS compared With the afternoon quois
tiops, Erie fell 81, New York Central
Hudson River u, Reading 81, Michiga
Central /, Michigan Southern q, Pitt
burg q, and Pt Wayne q Col
dropped from l42a to 141i. 1t was
general smash sau41
The ofHcsrs holding commissions q
Brigadier aud Major Generals, add OF
of employment, are not sending in thei
resigustions very rapidly. We have no
enough general officers under pay I
command million of men in the field
! This is an svtraFazsnee that the couI
TRY can i'll afford. If the Secretary {
War Is the formidable person some I
his friends represent him to be, why dos
be not attend TO the mafter1 He is e.
eeedingly vigorous. Here is aehanc
for his vigor to be worth something.