Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-01-19
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The house OF Joseph Wagner, about 1
20 and half miles from The city, on Z
le BardstoTn road. was entered by i've I
uerrlllas on Saturday night, in Federal
inform After threatening 20 shoot the
mates they carried away aboat sixty
olisrs worth-of property. Il is not .
nowu who beaded the gapg.-LoHisrills
'oprHnL
The New York Commsrcjat 4dUeTt1ser
.rges the claims Of General Rosecrans
Is the successor Of Geaeral Butler
The splendid services Of General Rose
,rans certainly entitle him 70 the con-
alteration Of the President IN filing the
7seaney.
The Halifax papers announce the
death Of Hon. Alexander Stuart. Judge
Of the Vice-Admiralty Cou-t Of Nova
Scotia, position be held sixteen years
l. was before him that the case Of the
steamer Chesapeake, captured by rebel
pirates on the passage from New YORK
to Portland, was ried, and be gave
decision restoring the vessel 10 the /
owners
About 10000 pieces Of Roman money |
principally Of the reigns Of Augustus, |
Tioerius, Claudius and Nero, have been |
discovered IN the bed Of the Mayenne,
at ST Leonard. Their presence is ex-
planned By the fact Of dangerous ford
having formerly existed at this spot, and
the custom of travellers 10 throw in the
river piece Of money Il rofo.
Two thousand of the rebel prisoners
at Elmira have made application to take
The oath Of allegiance-four hundred
within the last fifteen days None who
mace the application are subject to ex-
change, and all who apply must either
bave been eonscripted or, il volunteers,
must show that they are also deserters.
Great fear has come over a portion of
the population Of Canada growing out of
the demonstrations made BIZ the Fenian
Brotherhood The Kingston &C. W.
British American says that it is known
that fifteen hundred Fenians are al
ready organized in Montreal, and that
paper adds: I've hear daily Of organ
ICED bands in all directions in our own
much-favored and very peaceful coun-
try. and we also hear that the Roman
Catholic churches are the storehouses Of
deadly weapons, aud that priests Of the
altar are arsenal-keepers for these law
less hordes
That paper says the people in many
localities go to bed armed, and not only
does this feeling exist in back townships
but in every section 10 the Province
Hon. Charles Smith, recently elected
Senator for Louisiana, was born IN
Maine, bat in early life resided ia Rox.
bury. lie left home there at seventeen
years Of age, and went, FIRST, to the
West, and then 70 Louisiana Since be
left Roxbury his parents have removed
| to Lowell, where they now reside For
many years they had not heard from him,
directly, and until his election they dio
not know what had become Of him. The
Lowell JournCl says be is now on a
visit to his father, in that city
FArAL AcciDEsr. We are informed
| BY the Alton (IlI) Telegraph, that IA.
tai accident happened to q private Of
| the l4th Illinois, while on guard duty
/ on Wednesday night Two Of the senti-
/ nsls while on duty approached, and, 10 5
| playful manner, charged bayonets At
each other Unfortunately. the trigger
/ Of one musket caught va the cartridge
box Of 10 holder aud Immediately il was
discharged, the BAH entering the left
breast Of the other guard He fell i'm
mediately aud was dead almost instantly.
Poor fsliow, a little indiscretion has
ended useful life Il will ba we'll for
/ ali who handle Gre ares 70 recolleet
that they cannot be handled too care
| fully We hope the discipline Of the
regiment, already good, will be 20 much
4 improved that no one will think Of point
/ ing his gun or hByonet at bis comrade,
even in sport Tbe deceased was from
Greene cDeaty. aud belonged 70 Co. F.
lie ran around two or three times, ex
claiming, Ny God, am shot" and
died IN FIVE minutes
How SLAVES Low THEIR CONDITION.
The Louisville Journal Of Tuesday gives
the following graphic picture Of some OF
the beauties Of slavery. It appears that
the boy was sent 10 jail for no other
crime than desire for liberty, and that
in the refined city Of Louisville
| About o'clock yesterday evening
quite an excitement was oceasioned by
the conduct Of large, stont-buiIt black
boy, the property of Mr.. Dent He had
made bis escape some months ago, and
since that time has been engaged on
the steamer Pioneer. Mr. Dent, having
heard Of bis whereabouts, proceeded TO
The steamer to get his boy, but he refused
10 come ashore With the assistance of
the Captain and the Mate Of the steamer,
he was brought as FAR as the stage plank,
when be pulled away from the officers
and jumped into the river. He tried to
secrete himself under the guards of the
steamer, but was not permitted TO re-
main long ia that predicament The
crew of the steamer Rocket pulled him
on board. His fluctuations we're not
yet over, for his owner again attempted
10 take him; but he chung to a cable
with such tenaeity that il required the
utmost exertions of four men to compel
ham to release his hold He was then
brought back as far as the stage plank,
when be repeated the dangerous altern.
alive Of jumping into the icy river rather
than be captive, and be was again
rescued from bis perilous situation BY
the deck-hands of the steamer. BY this
time his clothes were nearly ali torn
from him, and it was necessary to pro.
cure wagon to take him TO Jail, but not
without considerable cries and entrea-
ties.