Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-08-05

ior General IN the regular army, to date
from the 30th of March, for gallant and
meritorious services.
The reports from Washington are that
a large emigration to Mexico viii take
place this Fall.
The mysterious prisoner, whosesirsns-
portation over the country caused so
much comment, and who was supposed
By some to be the veritable John Fl. Sur
raft, turns out to be somebody else. He
gives his name as John s. Ryan, and
was arrested in Memphis, on suspicion
Of being engaged in the conspiracy 10
assassinate the President A''.4
Il Quite a respectable vote will be cast
in Nashville at the ensuing State cleo
ton, The registration Of voters viii
reach from five to six thousand. 81
"A correspondent writing from New
port, r. l., says the hotels there are VII
famous, charging IS, per day, without
giving q fair meal of Victuals. .s1s ~
The corn on the Iowa bottoms is said
to have been greatly injured BY the
rains; it 10 acalding and turning yellow
in some localities. ishim ss ailogaaaiba
Hon, A. P. Stone, prominent Ohio
politician, and 8 resident of columbus,
died suddenly on Wednesday morning,
under the following eireumstances:s q
He was attending to business, Tues
day morning. and was supposed to be
in his usual health. In the afternoon
be was seen walking toward Green Lawn
Cemetery. which issomething more than
two miles from the city, and subse-
ouentIy was found by the sexton sitting
By the graves Of two children he had
buried, deeply engaged with some pa
pers. Two hours later he was sill there,
and was invited by the sexton to ride
home With him, bat be declined Asst
began to grow dark the invitation was
again extended, and again declined
Upon returning to The city, the sexton
informed Capt Van Dorhm, sor in-law
to Mr.. Stone, and friend, of bis where.
.abouts, and they took q carriage and
droye out to the cemetry.. They found
him lying on one of the graves asleep
Upon rousing him he expressed some
surprise; said he had oversight himself;
got into the carriage with them, and re
turned home, talking pleasantly all th'
way. He retired at q late hour. In TIL
J morning he was found in bed in stu
por, and died in few minutes. It i
supposed that his walk to the cemetery
when it was excessively hot, was .ih'
lcaus of his death.
In Manchester, Connecticut, on Mon
day right, Mrs. StarkSeather and be
daughter we're murdered in their beds
being stabbed in many places with I
/ outcher-knife and their skulls broken i
with an az. Suspicion rests upon Sc
of Mrs. g., who is supposed to have per
1 petrsted the deed for the sake Of gettin
possession of $400 fs saoa.
1 The Eastern shore end of the Atlanti
cable was landed, and connection mad
with the land instruments, on the %
uItimo, in the presence of large cor
course Of people. Enthusiastic speeche
| were made BY the knight of Kerry, 81
Robert Peel, and others. Three cheer
were given for the Queen and Presiden
johnson. .' 4a'aa n 'e.
1t is now thought that there will be n
serious opposition by clergymen.in Mi;
souri, to the putting in operation Of tina
clause of the new constitution Of tina
State requiring them to take an oath O
loyalty as prerequisite to the exercise {
their ministerial functions.
Reports from Plymouth, Indians, stat
that crops promise more than an aver
| age yield; from Gosport, Indiana, tha
the damage to corn has been overcast
mated; from Massillon and Mt Gileat
Ohio, that the crops are good, with th
exception of wheat, which viii be onl
about one-haIf an average yield; an
from Defiance Ohio, that wheat is yer
badly damaged, while corn promises Al
abundant crop. $50 --esS.e sa'
The population OF Nswbern, Nortl
Carolina, which, before the war
/ was only 5000. is now about 10000
making it the largest city in the State
L
Three thousand dollars were sto
len from the Bellefontains Railroad de
pot at indianapolis on Monday Th,
thieves were arrested on Tuesday, AM
the money recovered sass srsla 81 +
| European dates are to the 23t
ult The Euglish parliamentary cleo.
tons have resulted in the choice of So
liberals and 27S Conseryativss--s Lib
eral gain Of "a The cholera has al
most disappeared at Alexandria, and i
decreasing at Constantinopls. Diplo
I matte relations between Great Britain
and Brazil will soon be re-established
/ Twelve thousand people are said 4
have left Matamoras, Mexico, within tht
last two months, and many more arr
anxious to get away.
9I The colored population of Cincinnati
celebrated the anniversary of genera
emancipation in the British west Indies
with grand picnic on the LIST inst.
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B0- Our correspondent, I" Junipe
Virgins, in his letter on our frs
I page mentions new rebel dodge tina
has bean innuguratAd Th;. - no.bin,