Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-20


now.in circulation 10 S242, ,926, 500. ass.s
= The Kentucky Legislature has passed
asbisL increasing the salaries of Judges,
The first Democratic paper in Kansas
--the Council Grove. Democrat--has
just been started. ..''.--,.'......' s,,s,,
g There are eighty-two steamers and
asyensysfve other craft laid up at Pitts
hafg, waiting for the opening Of nayiga-
Eion. sf...- gf~. ....-......e 81 .eatai.r EsqHst
The receipt of logs at Cincinnati this
season to date sum mp s25, $40. against
$50, 900, the total packing the ptegious
year. = .---s --......-~.,--.....~ q
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The oil refinery of George A Wells &
Co., at Parkersburg, Virginia, was de.
strcyed by FIRE Thursday afternoon.
LOSS, sou,OOV ........ sia.s s1A iIsassaa4
The Government report OF the opera
tons of the armies of the United States
win make 20 large vola mes and win cost
100000. s5 10. - -. '.', @.'.s-1 ss...s ..'..s
The House of Representatives Thurs
day passed the District Suffrage bill,
without any qualification, BY Q vote Of
1l6 yeas against So nays. -
The Chicago Postmaster has placed
girls inatead Of young men for clerks al
The ladies' window, to save time and fir
&n&s1r, A ~w~ns1 .an. - ~..s. s.sss5
The total reeaipts of tha present fiscal
year, from internal revenue, it 10 COM
puted at the Treasury Department. will
reach not far from three hundred mil.
hon dollars. ..~-....',A aas.i,asi
The Secretary of the Treasury has
decided that the prohibition of the i'm,
portation Of cattle. from Canada does
not apply to the Importation Of dressed
hogs is-,--a---~.-...~- p
The Kansas State Senate passed reso-
lutions on Wednesday favoriug the trial,
conviction and hanging of jeff Davis
and other leaders of the rebellion equal
~ guilty of treason. e
The Representative elected from Colo. |
RADIO has been allowed the privilege of
the floor during the pendency of the |
qaestion of the admisssion Of that Terri-
tory 40 State. .-.......'......' oB
& Secretary McCuIloch is said to insist |
that his financial bin mast pass without |
amendment Unless this be done he
can not successfully conduct the affairs |
Of the Treasury. .ai,,4v ss.lasasis
James HummelI, one of q gang Of al. |
legged thieves, was arrested in ST.. Louis |
on, Wednesday, charged with robbing |
the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Com
pany Of 100000 worth of property du-
ring the past year. - ]. :. =, - =, -.
1 BY order Of General. Hancock, the
Military Districts of Western Maryland,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Eastern Shore
and Western Virginia, have. been dis
continaed. 1 Harper's Ferry viii be
maintained as an independent post
The Louisville Courier of Thursday |
says: " The hog market at this point is
in statu quo, with no slanghtsring to-
day at any of the packing houses, with |
only one hundred hogs in pen. The re-
snlt of the packing around the falls to
date sums up 92,202 hogs. -. e
The Charleston blockade running com
panies recently published notices to
their stockholders of dividends from
profits during the war, whereupon the
United States Treasury agents arrested
Che officers and seized upon their books
and the assets. ts...,.........-.-.......--..... 81
The Supsame Court of Missouri, on
Wednesday decided against granting a /
mandamus, requiring the State Auditor
70 audit and allow the claims of O mem
Der for rsr diem pay during the late re.
cess. This decree viii save the State
some $4,000. 6
A letter from the Inspector of Gus
toms at Clarksviiie,, Texas, says the One
Hundred and Eighteenth oolored In
fantry, under Colonel Davis. crossed the
river in skiHs and captured Bagdad;
they then began plundering the place
and killing the people. The scene was
indescribable. ................... Il
"A weekly paper called the Watchman
has just been started in New York,
which 10 to be devoted TO religion and |
politics, which is to be conducted by |
both Protestantmand Catholics. A Bap- /
tiat, o Presbyterian, Catholic. q Meth
odiat, and an Episcopalian, are an
nounced as contributors. 81