The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-05

in France, and is to go for a time
among the mountains of Switzerland
for his health. oo % so2 9's y. q p.3 ~.
Green Clay Smith, of the 9th Ken
lucky Congressional District, has re-
signed his seat in Congress- and a
special election has been ordered for
September 18th, to fill the vacancy,
Did Lee surrender to Grant, or did
Grant surrender to aLee2 The airs
and attitude Of rebels north and south
would seem to. involve the question in
some ldoubtyo Will the astute editor
of the Courier tell us how It was? 1850
Charles r. Wilstach, the new May
or of Cincinnati, is practical book
binder, and is now a partner in a.
large publishing house of that city.
He was at one time Colonel in the
47th 0 hio IpfantryAq A w
The Chicago Tribune says Vallan-
digham was excluded from the Phila-
de1phia Convention-where Dick Tay-
lor. Alex. Stevens, Governor Orr and
Albert Pike were admitted-not be-
cause he tsympathized with the rebel
lion, but that he did not raise regi-
ment and fight forits q EssE So - IS &
The indianapolis Herald suppressed
the dispatch from Europe stating that
the reception of the proceedings of
the Philadelphia Convention had
caused an advance in rebel bonds.
Does it feel ashamed of the work of
its trends fqtspp 30 e9ngqUsnI om0H
The Toledo Blade says, when the
dispatch announcing the election of a
rebel CONGRESSMAN from Colorado was
received in Philadelphia, Moses
weptn for joy When the correct re-
turns from Colorado were received,
announcing the election of Chilcott, a
good Unionist, oyer Hunt, the rebel
aforesaid, it inquiries, Where then
was the good old Moses?" 3ia(9 As'
Andy johnson has appointed J. G.
Coulton, a, rabid Copperhead cross
roads politician. as Postmaster at
Bedford, in this State, in. place of
James NJ. Mathes, removed for his
fidelity to the party which elected
him Vice President less than two
years ago. sss sa
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
At the meeting of the Indianapolis
Eneampment of the Grand Army of
the Republic, on Saturday night, one
hundred and seventy new members
Joined. We are pleased to- state that
the order is increasing. fast, that the
present place of meeting is too small
for the purpose, and that the meet
ihgs will be held in Hasonic Hall
until better arrangements can be
made. .aons p
Hon, James Harlan, late sSecretary
of the Interior Hon. Samuel Mckee,
of Kentucky; Colonel FL. L. Burnett,
of Cincinnati, are coming to this State
TO- address the people at various
points, in behalf Of the Union cause.
Their appointments, under the aus
pieces of the State Central Committee,
will be announced hereafter Col R.
G.sIngersoll, the eloquent orator from
Illinois, has also consented to pro
long his labors with US two or three
weeks longer ib
A New Orleans dispatch dated the
I'D ult.. says: A plot to assassinate
General Sheridan was discovered by
the military night before last. No
arrests have yet been made, and the
particulars have not been made pub
lie. We only know that the design
was to accomplish his death by the
explosion of a shell made for. the oc-
casion.
The Worcester Spy thinks that the
nl-in-armh display was suggested
by Nasty - vision Of the entrance of
President johnson into the Philadei
phia Convention-"Gen. Buel holdih
over him a Federal flag, and, Gen.
Henry A., Wise, "a Confedrit flag, both
wavinl 'eni to the. music NV two bands,
one playin Dixie and the other
YANKEES DOODLE }Ilnc 8'dIim2 Il
Massachusetts, and South Carolina
may meet fraternally again, Wendall
Phillips is talked off, as asDemeeratic
candidate for Congress, in place of Mr..
Rice, retired merchant in gMassa-
chusetts. ala9a aitw 9noo ID ,si'io.otl "a
{ -aiirsaags Ode .rsgef 1ss4 to5 laaar