Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-09
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es9 81 &ASks@ New ORLEANS, Dec. THE House o
Representatives have passed the Senate
- - resolution against the recognition Of
Hahn and Cutler Senator'S. In ths
House special committee reported
, against the Constitution of 1864, and
\ -. sst5 presented bill for the calling of the
a 3 Aasrl Convention the 4th Of Jauuarya Gov.
Wells sent message to the Legislature
t xs1 :, 90 that he would be naugnrated at three
2 - ~ o'clock, but failed 10 be thsre on the
.s...s y plea of indisposton. His course created
az.lsts much indignation, as he fixed no other
day for the Inauguration. To-day Ran.
ssAE Z dali Hunt was elsctedas Senator. The
other Senator will probably be elected
on Friday &
The Matamoras Ragchero Of The 10th
- ET rLplt. congratulates the citizens of that
- = H. place on their bravery during the last
81 sex ws siege, and amounted the complete de-
ii'ala feat and dispersion of the besiegers.
s. = ,ss Several leading Liberals on the Frontier
rlseif had accepted Macmillan & amnestg,
sesa and many others would soon accept Il
The telegraph lines will soon be extend
ed from Guanag1a 20 Tampico and Ma;
3 rrfb rss tnmoras. = ssa - t2 - @@es@s
= The Houston Telegraph of the 4th
Il reports the arrest by General Gregory
~ s-e Of M. Elmore, lately a Colonel, on the
ssa charge of using dogs to catch q freed
~ and falsely imprisoning him Col
Elmores plea is the dogs were used to
-- .asSa tract az unknown thief who proved to
! be negro. A writ of lhabeass corpus
was served on Gen. Gregory, who respect
J q Hsz ed it, though denying its jurisdiction
s~l1 & asked an extension to January 18th, to
81, receive instructions from Washington.
b st1as Elmore was released on bail sissl u ol
= ~ The receipts of cotton at Shreveport
sss falling off in consequence of the
sek scarcity of the staple and the decline in
% prices. - EEFa y nv 80
" - IS The Gazette says, general sprepara
Z tions are being made forrplanting colt on
4 ~ in the parishes. The parish ST. John,
> s.. makes II 900 hogsheads sugar this year
90 The price of land in the interior of
- Louisiana il looking up. At Jefferson,
z3n Texas, the head of Green river, there
81 are 1900 bales of cotton on hand aud
- .i about 20 600 more to come in. 4
.4s5 Mr. Hale, a prominent lawyer and
personally intimate with the Mexican
sisE no side of the river, has arrived here He 4
ftz ae# is of the opinion the Liberal cause is a
.as..a.-a-- failure. Hale was in Matamoras during
the siege. ~
The steamer Mist from New York has
arrived. Passengers who left New York
r on the 30ih nit arrived here's this
49, morning via Mobile ------
The Mississippi Legislature has passed
&t3A AI "a stay law over the Governors veto.
The Alabama Legislature has passed
a constitutional amendment abolishing
#rs $40 slavery, bat entered protest against
radical Interpretation. A bill was ntro-
dueed iptothe Senate, providing, that in
ce case any Court where freedmen, free
negroes mulattoes are a party no
objection shall be allowed as to the
cg competency of5the witness because Of
color, provided that no freedman or free !
woman shall be examined in any case
& a1sA'e whatever except upon the stand in open
Court. a@s 80
Geo. W. Gale, who offered 100000
re uefn for the assassination of Mr.. Lincoln, has
H. given bond at Montgomery, to appear
y when called for. .14A e