The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-12-27


visional Governor.
The January gold interest was ready for
payment Yesterday.
Lad mines In Owen county. Ky, are being
successfully worked.
-Trisl of General Mercer for murder 4. nov,
going on in savannah.
Pr. Christopher Metz. an eminent surgeon.
died At New York, sunday last
From September II TO October =. Gilman.
put IN the Fenian treasury, s7.7eo.
Hogs were 6rm IN Nashville. sunday la,
Al slO . 70 slO IS. the latter rather asking
rate.
Old army officers desire brush with the
Lattsr-l)ay saihts-in default u the Mexican
question.
"A large number Of negroes surrounded the
jail at Manchester, and released two negro
prisoners.
Engineers are now surveying a railroad
route 70 connect winona with the Milwaukee
and -. PAUL road.
Major Wickersham has overruIcd the
sentence of two negroes, ordered "a be -oI,l 10
servitude for larceny.
Welded voc, the strong divorce case. had
nun the nineteenth day last Friday, when the
evidence was conclude,
A flowing wei b.s been struck ON Marro-
bone Greek, and on reached at ten feet. in
Franklin county, Tennessee.
"A colony of my families win embark IN
July. from Maine, for Jaffa, the ancient .Iop
"a, carrying Yankee improvements.
During the storm on the line Of the Buffalo
and Erie road, two trains colIlIed. A fireman
named Anderson. and two boys were killed
The Hamburg ship Newton. Captain
Herting. from New York FOR Hamburg. went
ashore At Nantucket, sunday night. An hands
lost
More than three hundred thousand
Frenehmen have committed suicide. during
the present century, by statement iu-t pub
lished.
There was much Christmas 1t the mterna-
tional Restaurant. Louisville. Four or i've
shots passing, put stray one into the bar
keeper
". : Glore, the Louisville Councilman ON
trial for bribery. has been expelled. by vote
Of l. ayes-not for bribery. but Tor unbeeom-
ing conduct.
Tho Niger Will have his Christmas for a
straight week. The preparations in this
direction have caused some excitement IN
Southern towns
II j. said the French are daily becoming
more unpopular in MoXico, and their with
drawal will be followed by the immediate
downfall of Maximilian.
Commodore winslow has been ordered to
the command the Gulf squadron. The gun
boat Florida Is fitting at Brooklyn Navy Yard
Tor the new West India squadron.
The Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railroad has declared quarterly dividend of
two and a half per cent. free; three and half
per cent. on third mortgage honds
There was negro riot Chriima- at Alex
andria. Virginia. Four white men are report
Ell killed. and number wounded: .iX negroes
killed. Firing continued until late hour At
night.
Christmas was celebrated with frorc a
New York. BROOKLYN. Jersey city, etc. In
various places have people taken their horns
and they footed them on the streets Of Indian
apolis
Our state exchange are full OF calls FOR.
and accounts Of. holiday festivities. The PRINT
ers Of this city are on the qgi rire for the 18th
of February. when they purpose TO have the
ball Of the season.
Miss Lucy Rushton's Thea,er opened at
New York on saturday night-th Miss her
self as Mr.. Teazle. and Charles Walcot. sr.. as
sir Peter. Arrah Va Pogue j. running at
Niblo's. The Florences are al Pixies Opera
House, Cincinnati.
The city charter Of Louisville 80 stands
that the Council prefer charges, they sit as
judges, and they elect a successor for the
Mayor they impcach. Tomperi has 50 gone
by the board" Tor refusing 20 sign contracts
ordered by the General Council.
The fall Of apples, not by force Of gravity.
at New York, bat from inflated prices OF last
August, has brought down one Marshall for
$500 600, involved his agents and some local
banks in the interior. Farmers near Rochester
New York. sold entire orchards en- time. and
lost all.
The Rock Island Union understands That
the Chicago aud Rock Island Railroad Com
pany have served an Injunction on the Mssis-
sippi Railroad Company To stop them from
crossing the Old Sterling and Rock Island
track, near Port Byron. The object is 10 pre-
vent the Mississippi Company from making
connection with the Port Byron road 10 Rock
Island
The Grand Jury Of the Superior Court Of
Lownds county, Georgia. made recently gen
ersl presentment, in which, after referring 10
the great Increase of crime which has taken
place since the close Of the war. they call the
attention Of the authorities 10 the turbulent
condition Of the blacks. in consequence of the
presence Of negro troops. and the evil innll-
ences 10 which they are thus subjected. The
jurors state that the negroes Of that county
have not only been permitted 10 purchase arms.
but they boast Of being more numerous than
the whites. and. while refusing To- work for
reasonable wage, declare that they iu'end to
have their rights.
The Rochester 5tien say: In giving an
account tie other day. Of the Canton Bank
Company : fraudule.lt financial transactions n
Batavia, We stated that more arrests
would soon be made. Thursday a resi-
dent @. Clarkson. in this county. named
Philemon Allen, was arrested and taken
20 Runalo. where h j. alleged he ob
tanned valuable span of horses in considers
tion Of 81, 900 Canton Banking company ,lran.
The horses were recovered. Deputy sheriff
Burt. Of Batavia. Yesterday arrested one
Wright, who i SAID o. bc concerned in the
circulating and passing ef tho ,lrafts. and la,l.-
81 him in iail. Clark. who's name appears ~
signed 10 most Of the drafts. has also hem
arrested. and Is nov iu custody III Buffalo.
General >iekies NOnpluSSed.
On recent occasion. General sickle. .af m.
Federal army. accompanied IN-;tostrtor
Aiken. Of south Carolina. on a visit o. Ills -,
Island plantation. On Icho~~,. Island o. assist
IN persuading his forInsr slaves IL enter int.
labor contracts for the ensuing year. They
found the negroes totally unwilling. however.
20 enter into such an arTlm- cement. rs. intiee.l
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