Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-30

Ws'rceaters Dictionary, died at his rssi.
dance in Cambridge, Massachusetts,,
lately, in the eighty.frst year Of his age.
The Northwestern UniverssIist Con-
ference, which has been in session in
Chicago for the past two days, adjourned
Thursday. The general needs Of the
denomination were discussed, and action
taken looking toward their supply. The
sum Of e33,800 vas subscribed by indi.
viduals for educational and missionary
purposes.
II ihs telegraph Is reliable, the Mex
can loan is going OF like hot cakes
There will be grief list to publish some
of these days.
The large estate OF Duncan r. Ken.
nsr, near DonaIdsonville, Louisiana, is
10 be restored. The order does not in.
elude The restoration of $4,000 worth
Of wine drank up by q detachment of
the 2la Iadiana.
Generals LoDgstreet and Hood are 10
New Orleans, with their pardons 10 their
pockets. They were called upon By
large number Of their old friends Gen
eral Lpngstrsst's right arm is hopsls sely
p.ralJECi By he wound Ia his neck.
Kit Carson, the iamous scout and Ia
dian 6ghter, bad long interview with
General Pope In It, Louis on Thursday,
in relation 10 Indian affairs In New Mex.
ico XII IS probably better posted on
Indian affairs than any other man in the
country, and General Pope received o
great deal OF valuable information from
him relative to the tribes Of the plains
and the Rocky mountains. lea 5
The message Of Governor Brownlow
of Tennessee, 10 regard to the railroads
In that State, recommends the issue Of
100000 Of bonds te pay the Interest
on the debt of the railroad companies,
and the punishment Of Mi comoanies an.
joying the credit Of the State, who dis.
criminate in favor Of the cities Of other
States. These recommendation win
probably be adopted by the Legislature.
There is no truth in the rumor tels-
graphed from Washington to the New
York Herald, that the Navy Department
had ordered large number OF war ves-
seis into commission on account Of di.
plomatic complications
Ten thousand dollars have been COL
lected for the Loveioy monument, most
ly from four counties that we're Oven
Lovejoy's old Congressional districs.
Fifty thousand dollars are required TO
build monument according TO the de-
sign Of the association.
A tug boat exploded her boiler al For
tress Monroe, recently, killing all on
board-fve men.
The Georgia Convention has memo
rialized, by large majority, the Pred
dent to have mercy on JEFF. Davis. The
Convention also repealed the ordinance
of secession.
The stock Of the rebel National Ex.
press Company, as might have been ex-
pectsd, meets with n ready sale In New
York.
The Fenian Congress having played
itself out in Philadelphia, a Military Sen.
ate is now in session in New York.
An unknown man who had taken pas
sage for Louisville, on the Major Andes-
son, Fridsy, deliberately CONT mmitted sui
eide by shooting himself in the mouth
with revolver, she ball penetrating the
brain. Deceased was q small-sized man,
with dark hair aud whiskers, and vas
clothed in cashmere pants aud vest
Coroner Carey held an inquest on the
body, but nothing as 10 his name. occu-
patton or residence was discovered
Dexter has accomplished another
feat unprecedented ia trotting annals.
la race With General Batter, at the
Fashion Course. Long Island, on Friday,
he made .wo-mile heat, to wagon, in
4;56t
OF the officers Of the Veteran Reserve
Corps, eighty-two per cent are disabled
from wounds, fourteen per cent from
disease, and four per cent from accident
The citizens of San Antonio, Texas,
held a public meeting, August 10, 1865
for the purpose OF inauguratiug sub
acription by the people Of the State, to
provide home and competency for
General ]. B Hood, he being so disabled
BY wounds and injuries received during
the late war ai to be unable TO provide
the means OF living for himself.
Il is thought that Matamoras will soor
be oaptared by the Liberal forces under
Corteuas and Escobeda-
IL is said that the trial of JEFF Davis
on charge OF treason, viii take place
before the United States Circuit Cour,
in Richmond, at an early date.
1t is said the Secretary Of War ha
prohibited the payment of bounties h
such colored troops as were not free Oh
the 18th of April, 1851. Rather an i'm
probable story.
The Georgia Convention is rapid
disposing Of the work cut out for II
An ordinance was passed yesterday, b
unanimous vote, forever abolishin
slavery. Others were passed previously
redistricting the State, and providing 9
election for Governor, members of Con
gress, &c, on the 18th Of November.
The Cleveland Herald gives, as ev
dence Of the rapid growth of that cit,