Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-19

date In the telegrapnfS CoTrosPOuuSnSe
of the Missouri Democrat s.a 8
ATLANTA, Ca. Jan. 16.-Brigadier
General W. H. Frazier, of the rebel
army. is dead. He was a graduate ol
West Point. se5 81
Aaron Berkley, colored preacher,
who was sentenced to one years i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary for Bedi-
tious language to freedmen, has been
released on parole by order of Secretary
Stanton. .s I 6sfra 81
1t is reported that General Hardee is
to be made President of the Selma and
Meridian Railroad. -T So I
Small pox has broken out violently at
Meridian, Miss. It commenced among
the freedmen and extended to whites.
Forty cases were developed. The dis
ease has also broken out at Brandon.
The report of the Superintendent Of
the Georgia Central Railroad represents
the expenditures for the last quarter
much in excess of the receipts. The
rolling stock 10 in bad order and wildly
scattered; ISL miles have been put in
repair; l39 miles of track and bridges
were destroyed during the wsr. The
company has heretofore labored under
many difficulties in reopeniDg the road,
but these being removed, repairs will
now go steadily forward.
Rev. e. d. Baldwin, one of the most
famous and eloquent Methodist divines
in Alabama, died on the 9th instant at
Selma. a.
The roads throughout Middle Ala
bama are in a terrible condition, and
from Montgomery to Selma impossible
General Lafayette Mclean was elect
ed Clerk of the Superior and Inferior
Courts at Augusta.
The Freedmen's Saving,' Bank open
ed at Savannah on the 11th insta nt, land
deposits on the first day amounted to
sixty-six doollsrs. .sH. ana =
The Columbus Sun, which, although
rebel in sentiment, is very fair in what
it says concerningtfrsedmen. Itsays in
that vicinity planters have employed
colored men to hire laborers for them
with good results. Nest every negro
contracts. All the farmers say they
are getting as much labor from the
blacks as freedmen as formerly when
they were slaves. A W m
NASHVILLE, Jan. 16.--Hough, the
swindler, was yesterday committed to
jail in default Of 81 900 bail.
A debate took place in the House of
Representatives to day, on the till
granting civil rights to negroes. In the
morning, Messrs Richards, of Shelby,
and Freeman, of Haywood spoke in
favor of The bill Both made good
speeches. In tie afternoon, Mr.. Stei~
gold, of Perry and Decatur, made q
speech in opposition. He thought the
effect of the bill would be in some sen SO
to elevate the black man above the
white man. He declared his belief that
this should be the white mans govern
ment, and said that although he was
willing to do much for the colored man
hs could not consent to receive his tes-
,imony in Courts. - & lsriK -
Mr.. s. N. Arnell then took the floor,
and made the best and most eloquent
speech of the season. He said orr ma
tion, above all other things, demands
peace, and this can only be finally and
completely secured blythe extension OF
equal rights to all men. He declared
the privilege of testifying was for the
colored man simply,a matter of self-de-
fense, without which freedom conferred
Epon them by the nation is moekery.
He secuted the idea that this 10 merely a
white mans Government, and said the
sentiment had doomed Buchanan and
negrophobia of those who opposed the
bill and demanded, if the great Anglo.
Saxon race was afraid to do justice to its
weaker brethren He cited services of
Africans in the revolution, in the last
war with Great Britain, and through our
great civil struggle, and said they had
fairly earned this recognition OF their
manhood. In the name and interest of
| the present and future, he demanded
that legislation be inspired by love oi
1 Justice and liberty Mr.+A was listened
| to with profound attention throughout.
Mr.. Steele of Marshall, announced
himself as in favor of the bill because il
is Just and polite, This gentleman has
Deen HcOnslueE6u q A6auer OI tu6 Con
serYatiyes, and Union men were much
pleased with his remarks. He soon di.
verged from the subject, however, and
| commenced q bitter personal TRADE
against Mr.. Arnell. He charges thai
the latter had stolen his speech from
Charles Sumner-that it was intended
for Congress and not for the people o.
Tennessee, and finally intimated tha
Mr.. A. was rebel Hereupon fierce al
tercations took place; the lie was giver
and returned, and the House adjourned
in great confusion while Mr.. Steele wal
i still sfa nd;rc an tha Aoor