The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-04-28
LATEST NEWS.

Mrs. JEFF. Davis, 1t is said, has obtained
permission to visit her husband.
The Depots of the Detroit & Milwaukee
and the Michigan Southern Railroads, and
the ferry steamer Windsor, were destroyed
by fire on Thursday night. rs.,ss1 & s
The, Universal Suffrage Bill, for the Dis
triet of Columbia, win be taken up next
week by the Senate. el .ss fatia.
Col. B. h Bristow has been nominated
to the Senate as United States DistrictAt-
torney for Kentucky. 2sAe
A meeting to discuss the action of the
New York Delegation in Congress, on the
question OF DEMONSTRATION was held in
New York city on Thursday night.
It is whispered around that the Senate
in Executive session, has determined, by a
large majority, to confirm no Nomination
to fill an Office made vacant by the remov-
al OF competent officer for opinionsAsalze.
The case of Mr.. SInyth, recently appoint
ed Collector for the port of New York,
viii not be reported on until next Thurs
day. ak - tfwn@mv4
Messrs. Eyert, Clifford and Rousseau
have been retained by the Government ia
the trial OF Jefferson Davis. They are now
engaged in arranging the case, though the
fixed. .@
The Senators elect from Colorado were
on the floor of the Senate day before yes
terday, arguing the question of the admis-
sion of that Territory. There is now some
doubt expressed as to the action of the
House on the question of admission.
Attorney General Speed has left Wash
ington for the. West, to recuperate his
health. The time and place for the trial
of JEFF. Davis will be deferred until Mr.
Speed returns ~ ~
The Assistant Treasurer of the United
States has been instructed not to receive
any further deposits as temporary loans,
the Secretary of the Treasury believing
that the time has come when the Govern
ment should no longer be a borrower.
General Grant is receiving quite an ova-
ton in Richmond, and is being called on
by the leading citizens, and the railroad
company has placed a splendid car at his
disposal.
tenden, KY, but dangerously wounded
The attacking party consisted of twenty
five men, formerly guerriIlas. Twenty ar
rests have been made.
The farmers of Calhoun and Jersey
Counties, Illinois, are summarily extermi-
mating a gang of horse thieves sinfestire
that region, Four of thescoundfeIs have !
been shot by aivigilanee committee. al y 1
The Canadians have been doing a nice
thing by coming, out TO- shear and going
home shorn. They drive their sheep
across the frontier, have them sheared.
then drive them back, and by this means
escape the tax ON wool imports. The
House, day before yesterday, blocked this
little game by laying a duty on all import
ed live stock.
The steamer New Brunswick, with 200
FenAans on board, arrived at Portland, yes
terday, from Eastport, and proceeded to
Boston. Some OF. the Fenians having been
left ashore, the balance mutinied at the
entrance of the harbor, and compelled the
vessel to put back. Some of the riDglead-
ers were put ashore, when the vessel pro-
ceeded to Boston. The Fenian war, we
presume, is over. sasN safis = ss.ssof tT
ASCENDING A MOUNTAINEERING first par
ty to reach the summit of Mount Mans
field, in Vermont, this year, went up on
Thursday, 18th inst. The road up the
mountain for three miles was filled with
snow from three to five feet deep, and near
the summit it was ten feet deep.