The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-29
LATEST NEWS.
Gen. Ortega is still at Brazos.

+ The cattle disease prevails in Oregon.
The Louisiana State fair closed with great
Y, ecldt on the 9th. 1t has been most thor
@ oughly successful enterprise.
~ Gen. sedgwick crossed the Rio Grande
on Thursday last with a brigade of United
States troops and occupied Matasnoras.
1t is understood at Washington that the
q movement of Gen. Sedgwiek across the
"A Mexican frontier was made without the
81 knowledge of the President, a statement
1he probability Of which is somewhat
Is doubtful. u rsife~ 81
= New Workers enjoyed sensation on
Tuesday evening. The Worlds extra con-
tanning the news from ireland created a
4 furore of excitement, uaequaled since the
! days of the great Union victories. ADA 81
z Judge Nelson, in the q. s, Circuit Court,
I. at New York, has delivered an opinion in
& the celebrated libel suit of Isaac Cook vs..
: Tribune Association. This decision sus-
: tains the plaintiff. ,s..f & + Ie s, q
y A Queenstown correspondent oftheNe
a York World represents that the Fenian ex-
. fcitement has nearly reached its cnlninat-
ing point, and that the long meditated
c blow for Irish liberty is about to be strnek.
I'll. c. Bell, alias Major Hines, of Frank
L lin, KY, has been arrested at Nashville for
completely in the recent robbery of a pay
train. The gallant Major was formerly on
Morgan's staff. s.
meeting of all parties interested in the
navigation of the Mississippi River, is to
be held at st. Louis in January, to adopt
measures to secure aid from the general
Government in the construction of a canal
arOuldtho, MiSSiSSippi ra nidSF#E ~
1t is rumored that Reverdy johnson viii
take seat in the Cabinet, and that the
81 Democratic Legislature of Maryland will
elect Gov. Swami to fill his unexpired
term in the Senate.
Five thousand clerks unitein q petition
to Congress to increase their salaries
They find it almost impossible to support
themselves and families on present pay.
A joint stock company has been formed
in Cleveland, with a capital of 500, 0O0 10
erect new opera house in that city, with
seating capacity for an audience of 800 or
1900 persons ~ 2 hc=19'lfisiI ,awo9d Sa
az The Commissioner of Pensions has re-
ceived two hundred and ninety thousand
II applications for an increase Of pensions,
under the act passed last session. al
~ The suspension bridge over the Ohio
River at Cincinnati will be opened to Pc
destrians'en next Saturday 1t is said to
he the Longest single span: bridge in the
world. being 1,O57 feet in length, and has
been erected at a cost ofs2,OOO, 900.
" George Washington, a nephewsaof the
y great Washington, died suddenly a few
days ago at Wilmington, Ohio, while all
n zendingt TO a case in court The remains
have been taken TO Prince William Coun.
ty, Virginia, for interment. Ia
4, Louis Napoleon has ordered his aids ia
Mexico to hasten the departure of the
French troops. fTfyy 81
a. The Presidents message will be concilia-
tory in terms. He win propose some addi- I
tionalConstitutional amendments, provi- |
G ding for the election of President of the
30 United States and Senators, by the direct |
votes of the people. without the agency of |
the Electoral College and the State Legis- |
1latures A S8G4 VIZ
aa 0IHE VERY LATEsT.-As we go to press /
q we receive dispatches from New Orleans |
winch throw discredit upon the reported |
= occupation of Matamoras by Gen. Sedg- /
WICK The story is probably a canard, got I
Z Yen up LOT The purposes of speculation.