Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-04-12
UNION STATE TICKET.



Late News.
Gold closed in New York yesterday at
1874.
Seventy feet of snow fell in the Lake
Superior region last winter.
l The Democratic ticket was elected
yesterday in Trenton, New Jersey
= Alex Ell Stephens is to appear before
he'reconstruction committee.
Lewis D. Campbell has not yet been
confirmed as Minister to Mexico.
The Government continues to sell
1arge quantities Of war material
Mrs. JEFF. Davis was in New York
yesterday, en- ronte to Canada to see her
children.
The negroes win celebrate their eman-
cipation in the District of Columbia, on
1hs 18th inst, in Washington City.
Gen. Hancock's examination board
Are still investigating the relative merits
of breech loading rifles. New patterns
are almost daily being submitted for in
spsction. One invented by Col jerks,
of Ohio, can be loaded and fred 80
times in minute.
Tie Republicans at Green Point, 1.
T., held q glori6cation meeting, on Mon
day night, over the passage Of the Civil
Rights Bill.
The French Canadians held meet
ing in New York on Tuesday night, in
favor Of annexing Canads to the United
States.
The Government members of the New
brunswick Parliament, it ia said, have
sandared their designations.
!, The first citing match of the season
over the Fsshson Course, came off on
Tuesday.
Z One or two armed vessels have been
sent By our Government to protect
American interests at the fisheries on
Che coast Of the British Provinces.
The Fenians in New York were ont
yesterday,in regalia, and great excise>
ment existed among them in conset
qusncs of the supposed arrival of Head
Center Stevens, on French vessel.
The munifcent London banker, Pea
bod5, win visit this country about the
last Of May
The postmaster Of Franklin, Tennes-
see, is undsr arrest, at Nashville, for
robbing the mails.
The rumor was prevalent on Wall
street Tuesday that G. NJ. Depew had
been appointed Collector of the port Of
New York.
Bowles, Milligan and Horsey were re-
leased from the Ohio Penitentiary Tues
day, on writ of habsGs corpus, BY oydsr
Of the President.
The crevasses along the Lower Mis-.
uissippi are being closed, and the food
Ia passing off, Plaquemine parish il
stilI partially submerged
The fremen Of Mobile had parade
and banquet on Monday At the latter
toasts we're drank to Andrew johnson
ard-Jefferson Davis.
The New York Tribune observed it
twenty-fifth birth-dsy, Tuesday, BY ar
pearing in enlarged form, and giving q
entertainment at Dslmonico's in th
evening.
Fenian President Roberts has issue
IN address, saying that Gen. Sweene
has Quilted the rostrum for the field
he intimates that blow is to be struc
at once.
The new City Council of Columbu
being composed equally of Union an
Democratic members, finds its ipposs
bic to organize. One hundred al
twenty-five Intellectual ballots for Pre-
iSent were had on Monday night.
Major Gsaeral stsedman, accor
panied by his staff officers and some co
respondents Of leading papers. left Was
inFton Tuesday by order Of the Presidet
On an extensive inspecting tour OF q
Freedmen's Bureau in all the Southe
States. They proceed fret to Riehulon
and viii extend their tour to Texas.
The steamship Belgian arrived
Portland Tuesday, with one days la'
news from Europe. The critical re-
tion between Prussie and Austria exc
anxiety in AL the leading Europe
Courts. Both are making extensive "
like preparations, and as neither she
. disposition TO yield to the others
mands, war is considered elmost ine'
able. II will be observed that Eng
and American securities, like those
the continent, are unfavorably eifec
by this thrsatning attitude of affairs.
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