Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-09
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FRIDAY............,......F FEBRUARY
news Items.

.bosh OnSunday mofninS stoek dealer
from Kentucky, named Claiborne Du-
.Esnval, was shot dead at Nashville by !
man named John Brady.
Gov. jenkins, Of Georgia, has issued |
an earnest appeal to the people Of his
's's"S State to contribute funds for the benefit
of the family of Mr. Davis.
CEief Justice Chase announces to She
bar at Washington that no arguments
will be heard before the Supreme Court
n Iafter MarchaSlst tgsmiiH# lAi
The Republicans Of the California
Legislature, in caucus, have passed q
baa resolatlon favoring the postponement Of
the Congressional election until 1857
ssssafoThe Governor of Iowa has appointed
Miss stebbins Notary Public. This
is said to be the first appointment to
that Office ever received by a female.
.sni8 boiler in the Mechanics Msnufac-
tory, at Petersburgb, Virginia, exploded
last Friday, shattering the building, and
kiIiiag four Of The employees and wound
ing ten.
aaaiW a terrific tornado passed oser the
village of Newbern, Georgia, on the &c b
2aa ult., leveling houses, fences, trees, etc.,
killing four and wonnding about doz-
en- persona
A bill has been prepared By the House
COMMITTEES on the District of Colamtia,
.ssFs appropriatiug s25, 900 for sanitary pur-
be sposss--the main object of the appropria
ton being to guard againt the cholera
next GUNNER "a
A delegation. of citizens of Montana
visited the President Wednesday, and
was By him kindly received. One OF
,,ws their number addressed him few re-
-ta6s marks, expressive of the confidence of
81 hathe people of Montana in him, 10
- 2 which the President replied
.M The Democrats Of New Hampshire,
in Convention assembled, Wednesday, :
nominated Hon. Jno. G. Sinclair for
Governor They adopted resolutions
endorsing President Johnson in his en-
deaVors to have Che Southern States
represented in Congress, and discoun
tenancng any amendments to the Con-
vi atitatiOn. aF4
Adams Express Company lost safe
: containing 100000 by the explosion Of
the steamer w. R. Carter. AS the room
Z Of the Express Company was situated
Immediately over the boilers Of the Car
e. ter, the presumption is that every thing
in the room was blown to atoms.
A macs meeting of Germans was held
kon Monday night last, at Chicago, which
adopted resolutions declaring it the duty
of Congress to impsach President John
sen, aud recommending the abolition OF
the Executive branch of the Government
entirely. 81
Judge Patterson. Senator elect from
Tennessee, has been examined by the
Reconstruction Committee. He thinks
mo Freednan's Bureau is needed in East
j Tennesses, and that alI the national
troops may safely be Withdrawn from
that State
esgs The steamer Norwich, loaded with
cotton, was burned at New Orleans
Wednesday. Most of the cotton wa'
thrown overheard and thereby saved.
At Louisville, on Wednesday, forg
ed check ON Messrs. Mitchell Arm
strong, for $3.50, was presented TO
payment at the Peoples Bank. Th
ssa teller, having doubts of its genuineness
sent messenger to ascertain its char
acter, aud during his absence the forge
decamped, leaving the check in th
30 bank esgaN has AikTg
Gen. Fl. E. Read, of the late confed
crate army, has been arrested Of Louis
vile for treason. He gave bail in $40
,ssi 900 for his appearance, OF, the 10th G
February, in theUpited States Court
that District.
Since the formation of the Atlant
fsll and Mississippi Steamship Company,
q - ahas lost the following steamers: John
Roe, by running on "a suuken wreck
Empress, snagged; James White, snagl
ed; Ben. Shekney, SINK; Niagar
Hge1by collision with the steamers Post Boz
and last. the Missouri and w. B. Carte
by explosion. These represent valr
Of about $6O0,000 The company ha,
Y also broken up the City of Memphis an
Hannibal, they having become wol
out.
I'D "a destructive fire occurred in Mer
phis on Wednesday morning, on Ma
street, between Washington and Popla
and destroyed property valued at 800
f 600 The fre originated in the d
e goods store Of Bishop Il Scleniger, Al
fl destroyed that and eight or ten 9th
busness establishments before it W
II mastered. .ses.g.y a...Ksk
I'M 80 a resolution introduced intotne Pen
,sylvania Senate last Friday, indOra
the Congressional action allowing !
groes to vote in the District of COlu
aaa bia. terminated about midnight by
Republicans voting to rscommi' the
to the Federal Relations Commit
where it will sleep.