The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-12-06
LATEST7NEWS.

1t is thought that Hon. Reverdy john
son viii soon relieve Secretary Seward of
his portfolio. ar ~ IL .
as The friends of Senator Wade are push
ing his claims for the Vice Presidency in
place Of Foster. Saebs
Senators Cowan, Doolittle, and Dixon
Ii have been placed at the tail of the COM
mittees on which they have hitherto
served, rs y " gsEENTW
at Memphis on'the Sd inst, negro wo-
man augmented the family force by four
promising infantry recruits rwrxsr
= Secretary McCulloch, participating ac-s
ton which Congress is likely to take, has
ordered Mr.. Van Dyke, Assistant Treasurer
at New York, to SELL gradually, a few
millions of gold.
The British government has offered a.
reward of one thousand pounds for the
arrest Of Stephens =
the United States Senators elect from
Nebraska, Thayer and Tilton, have arrive
ed in Washington, and Mr. Maynett, the
Representattveelect from the same State,
Is shortly expected, 4.
Rumofs are In circulation THAT the BUSH
ness committee appointed at the Republic
can caucus, have agreed to report in favor
+ OF impeaching the President. Ff +.
r a dispatch to the Cincinpatia Commercial,
dated Brownsville Texas, November SOth,
says: Gen. Sedgwick occupied Matamoras
on the oath ult., and the American flag
now floats over that city. ~
Bingham, of Ohio, denies the truth of
7 paragraph extensively published, that he
inn ioIo To-oe
dent, on the grounds of completely in the
assassination Of the late President, Lin
coin. Ys.sf4 {sf4e f4 ~
A company of colored emigrants sailed
from New York. on the 5th,l for Liberia, to
found a settlement, to be called Lincoln,
in honor of the late President M
The steamship Coneordia, now at New
York, has been chartered by the French !
Consul to proceed to Vera Cruz and Garry
portion of the French troops from that
port 70 Havre. ~. -fa.t4er1 fs.vif,f.a7 el
r. The tax levy to,carry on theicity govern
lnent of Cincinnati, for 1867 and 1868,
amountsto S2,e30,000. The city debt, up to
: date is So, 25O. 600. Assets of property owned
by the city, slO,O0OOOO. rriia,,s gga "a
Eight thousand Ave hundred dollars
have been received from Snyder, the de-
faultfng salesman ofRennetrs hat store at
Cincinnati.
The great fire at Kansas City on the 18th
ult., was the work Of Scott, Cutter g. Co.,
who desired to dispose of over-insured
property. Cutter while being confronted
by the Insurance Agent at the Office of the
Chief of Pc Ice at st. Louis, attempted to
kill himself by jumping from o second
story window, but was not seriously hurt
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STATE ITEMS.
"A most inhuman case of childsbeating
is reported at Madison. The Courier says
+" 1t is disgrace to the city, and "shouId |
be looked after" Collaborating is bad |
enough, but the way they have at Indian
apoiis of reversing this order of things, |
and "pummeling the old man." is still |
worse.
A-PIoUs PLAcE.-The Madison Courier |
says the principal thoroughfare of that ]
city was filled again on Sunday with |
rowdy boys, who whooped and yelled, and |
played their games, no one daring to mo-
lest or make them afraid. uaVk
We learn from the New Albany LEDGER. /
of the 4th inst, that there are in that CITY |
"temaie drunkards that are noted as being (
old soakers." Horrible depravity
A new paper the Daily Seymour Union,
has been started at the fourishing little !
city of Seymour, by ii. NJ. Beadie, Esq
Two Circuit Judges, BickneIl and Eckles |
have decided the dog-tax law of this State |
unconstitutional. The Supreme Court, we
believe, have not yet passed upon its con-
stitutionality, and the dog-tax il still be-
ing levied and colleeted in most of the |
counties. aaf s8eIasisa qosQ "a |
The Lafayette tOs.rssr tells of an, old
bachelor of that city, who, with an es to
the comfort OF winter quarters bet half
dozen chairs with friend on Fleet
wood" on the race the other day, land
winning, of course, the loser, with malice
aforethought sent him a half dozen small
chairs with round holes in the seat.
If you want good set of furs goto Fox's.
-NeW Albany Ledger.
u We have always found ii very difficult to
persuade Renard to part with his fur.
An old gentleman from the country was
arrested during the forenoon on saturday
IN state of beastly intoxication. The
last we heard of him he was calmly sleep
ing on the effects of his potations In the
y calaboose, preparatory to being called up
for triat.-LgayetteJ ournat. -. A
gentleman ~ in beastly state and
locked in the calaboose!" Queer sort of
gentlemen ,, they have up that way
A1Madison cetemporary, speaking of
the " pretty girls y in that city of "rowdy
boys" says they are graceful as a;wave all
laced with spray" If the present angelic
crop is equal to that of a few years ago, we
are prepared to believe the wave story
"a life on the ocean wave is very good
thing in its way, but commend our ven-
cradle craniology to a resting place on the
"spray -laced waves" and the i" ruby-crest-
ed pillows :" of Madison.