Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1864-1865, 1865-08-17
NEWS ITEMS.


thus far, are nearly so, 1000
The Petersburg Express says |
that there IS constant trouble |
between the negroes and whites in
that city.
The San Antonio Herald says
there are $4,000 troops at Victoria,
Green lake, JavorIa and Indianola,
5000 of which are colofed.
The crops in the Canadas are
represented TO be largely in excess
of those raised any year since 1910
and OF prime quality.
Railroad communication is open
from Petersburg to Raleigh, VIII
mingion and points South. The
Petersburg Weldon Road will be
in operation in a few days.
Sixty regiments and batteries,
embracing over twenty thousand
men, have been mustered out of
service since the commencement OF
the present month.
The Cedar Rapids and St. Paul
railway is under contract to be
completed to Vinton, Benton
county, Iowa, by the first Of Jaaua.
~. 1867.
The notorious guerrilla Dick
Mccain, has been arrested in
Tennessee. He vii be tried by
the civil court at Knoxville for
murder.
A dispatch from Denver SAYS
that the Constitutional Convent. on
now in session there has voted
almost unanimously that it is expe-
dent to form a State Government.
The latest news from Mexico
represents the prospect of the Juarez
Government as highly satisfactory.
Juarez is expecting, 1t is reported,
to consummate important arrange
ments with the United States.
Colonel John w. Comparet,
l421 Indiana, who was recently
tried bv Cour: Martial for failing
to obey orders in making the decent
on the gamblers of Nashville, Ten
nessee, has been dismissed the
service.
A general order is soon to be
issued mastering out all unemploy-
ed general officers in the volunteer
service. Many have already been
mustered out under a special order.
General Grant is expected in Wash
ington on the 25th.
Jeff. Davs's brother-in- law, How
ell, who was recently thrashed for
uttering disloyal language, was
sentenced, for the same offepse, to
pay fine of $3.50, suffer an i'm
prisonment of six months, and be
banished from the district.
The Secretary of the Treasury
has decided to issue no more green
backs, and will ask for no loan
from National Banks, but will
endeavor to meet expenses with
receipts from internal revenue and
customs, and by the issue of certIi
Gates.
Hon. d. P. Holloway, having
renewed his resignation as Com
missioner Of Patents, and insisted
IN lis acceptance, the President has
, appointed as his successor, Thomas
G. Theaker, of Ohio, who has long
been connected with the office as a
memb Der of the Board of Examiners.
The Kentucky Senate will stand,
twenty one Conservative and seven
teen Union. The gains in the
eastern part of the State will
probably secure a Uuion majority
in the Lower House. The Union
candidates for Congress in the
Second and Third Districts were
defeated by 1000 each.
Two thousand applications for
pardon have thus far been acted
upon by the Attorney General, but
not more than five hundred have
been signed by the President and
Secretary Seward. Herschel V.
Johnson has not been pardoned as
reported.
The following persons have been
elected to Congress in Tennessee.
Upper East Tennessee, n. j. Tay-
lor (Union); Knoxville District,
Horace Maynard (Union); Chatta.
nooga District, Asa Faulkner (Op-
position); Nashville District W. B.
Campbell (OppoSition); GAINESVILLE
District, ID. B. Thomas (Opposi-
tom; West Tennessee, Colonel
Hawkins (Union); Memphis Dis
trict, DR.. Leftwich (Union); Shelby
vile District, Edward Cooper
(Union.)
A destructive tornado passed over
South Bend, Indiana, on Wednesday
evening. Several buildings were
demolished, and many were I'M
rooted. Among the latter was the
court house and a church. The
bridge across the ST. Joseph river,