Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-08-02
TO Correspondents.
pRcm1sCUoUs PARAGRAPHS.


Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton is in Paris
for medical relief. he 10 blind, and has
found no benefit from the prescriptions
OF English physicians. s' &.
Mr.. Burlingame, o s. Minister to
China, and Mr.. Pruyn, q. s. Minister TO
japan, were in Paris on the 18th inst,
on their homeward way. z,
A sharper at New Orleans lately se-
cured 500, 900 from bank in that city
on forged drafts, purchased two steamers
for $50 600. and then deeamped with the
remainder of his spoils.
A committee has been appointed by
the Union Merchants Exchange of ST.
Louis to msmorialize Congress for the
improvement of Western rivera
During the month Of June last 92s,-
6l6,755 OF naval prize money was dis
tributed from the Fourth Auditors office,
in sums ranging from $1,000 to $S9, 900.
The New York Tribune reports sn ex-
traordinary. .number of divorces in that
city, owing to the disruptions of the war.
The present Fate is about two day.
There are said to be ssventy-foar ,di-
vorce cases awaiting trial at La Crosse,
Wisconsin. Every complaint 10 said to
be soldier or q soldiers wife. Wa
don't believe il.
The soldiers stationed at Atlanta made
raid the other day upon the 6rst two
drsy loads of water melons that had ap-
peared this season, and helped them.
selves. OF course Uncle Sam will have
The bill to pay.
Abd-el Ksder has come to Paris tc
live there, bringing With him two ladies
of his harem. They wore oriental cos
tunes and were closely yelled on enter
ing that wicked city. The enir himself
was dressed n white and wore the grand
Gordon Of the legion Of honor.
1t 10 said that when Barnum asked
Horace Greedy what be should do aftel
his museum wss burned up, the philoso.
pher advised him to take life easy and az
fishing. 1--we been waiting to go fab
ing for thirty years" said Il. g., "anC
haven't had q chance yet.
The author of the recent high fights
of imagination in the city news column
Of the New York Tribune, is Mr. Juniul
Brown. he is the man who saw th,
contortions of the snakes, the hoilinl
struggles Of whales and alligators, ant
the combats of bears and tigers in tbs
conaagration of Barnnm's Museum.
Hon. George S. Boutwell,, of MassA
chusetts, made q speech in Tremon
Temple, Boston, last Wednesday night
in which he urged that the rebel State
are not States in the Union, but tha
over the territory and people thereof thi
jurisdiction of the United States ia com
petent to all territorial intents and pur
poses.
In New York, at IL o'clock Saturda,
night, the thermometer marked SO
During the day it was SO in the shade
and at Boston il was 90. Here the tenn.
perature was comfortable, and at {
clock this morning it was 690. No
| worth while to 60 East in search of COO
weather ut present--CiA Gazette.
The New York San shows that % i
purchased, in 1860, the same articles
for the support of family Of parent
aad four children, that cost SO l3 il
1864, and $l4 Al at the present time
and concludes that the condition Of th
laboriug man now 10 more favorable
than in 1860. vi. i a-ss sisE
Chicago dispatches report the whea
crop seriously damaged By ths late rain
iu Minnesota, Wisconsin, Northern Hi
nois, Iowa and Missouri. Half croy
is the estimated yield. In Northern IL
diana aud Southern Michigan, along th
line of the Michigan Southern Railroad
| the crops have not suffered seriously.
There are $1,000 troops concentrate,
at Memphis II is conjectured tAatthi
force will be divided into small squads
/ which viii be posted at various point
lthrougboat that section of the country
for the purpose Of repreSsing any fres
manifestations Of rebellioGs spirit, an
punish promptly ell o1trsges upon whit
inhabitants and freedmen. 7a1a
On Thnrsday, prisoner arrived fror
Memphis at Cairo, en- ronte for Washing
ton, around whom there exists muc
mystery. he was heavily ironed an
strictly guarded. The officer having hiT
in charge would give no information b
yond the statement that "his captur
was the most important one made 10
some time" There are eoDiectures tbs
he 10 the son of Mrs. Surratt.- hi
The Chicago Tribune recommend
that oil the Southern railroads ahoul
be taken charge of and permantly bel
by the Government, on the ground chs
every one of them has been at vG-iou
times, and often ostentatiously teadere
to the rebel government, BY vote of th
directors aud By action OF the officers
By the terms Of the Con6scation A Z
They are as clearly fprfened 10 the FeC
> eral Government as the rebel eanno
. and war vessels. The stock of loyi
holders In them was all forfeited atth
outbreak of the rebellion, and any pr
aenss of loyalty in the present stoel
holders, or any of them, 10 self eF
dent lie. The Tribune thinks that q
! Government Ehould ksep snd run then
. or repair tbsm as military roads, ti
competent and loyal companies sha
!: come forward and purchase them ct