Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-08
THURsDAY...... 49,. FEBRUARY s
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News Items.

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The gambling houses Of New Orleans
have been closed, by order of General
Sherman.
Last year, 1s6, 900 bales of cotton,
weighing sO.50O 900 pounds, were ship.
ed from Memphis.
General Canby issued an order on the
30th ultimo, discontinning the military
District of Western louisiana.
Benno Spero, Belgian Consul at Gin
cinnati, has absconded, leaving lisbili-
ties to the amount of $4,000
Mrs. Henry e. Rochester, while at
tending ST. Luke's Church, Rochester
last Sunday evening, fell back dead in
her pew.
The large paper mill of o. NJ. Butler,
at st. Charles, Illinois, the largest in the
West, was destroyed by FIRE on Sunday
night. Loss $4,000 -
Official notification has been given
that all orders heretofore issued requir-
ing that transportation shall be furnish.
ed soldiers are revoked.
1t IS proposed to erect monument to
the late President Lincoln in New York,
and $4,000 have already been sub
scribed toward the object.
ua Ex-Governor Morehead, of North
Carolina, has been arrested for int erfer-
ing with the sale of some property pre-.
viousIy advertised to be sold. f
The House yesterday passed its sub
stitute for the Senate Fyeedmen's Bu.
rean bill, by vote of 1876 to 33. Il
differs very little from the Senate bill
The Hon Meade W. Shields, former :
ly State Senator, and wealthy and
influential citizen of Seymour, Indiana,
= died at that place Thursday morning
~, An affray took place in Breckenridge
county, Kentucky, few days since, be.
: tween John Stovell and Tom Sewers, in
\ which the latter was killed
The weather at Des Moines, Iowa, has
been very severe during the recent cold
SPELL On the 4th instant, the thermom
eter was 20 degrees below zero.
A carpenter named James Maxwell
committed suicide at ST. Louis last Fri
day. His wife had eloped, and this is
supposed to have caused him to com
init the fatal act.
The report that the Military Commits.
sion convened at St. Louis fer the trial
OF steamboat burners had been dissolv-
ed, it seems is incorrect; the Com mission
is still in existence
Adams Express Company's building
in Little Rock, Arkansas, was destro ysc
by fire few days ago, together with al
their books and papers. The loss is es
timated $685. 900.
A telegraph says it is believed thai
the Committee on Elections have agreed
to report in favor of Colonel Washburn
contestant for the seat occupied by Mr.
Voorhees,
The military council of Major Gen.
erals, which has recently bsen in session
at Washington, has finished its delIbera
e tons, the result of which will be laid be
fore the Committee on Military Affairs
in few days.
On Monday, in Cincinnati, Eve rascsl
entered the store of an old man named
Bascivco, knocked him senseless, scour
ed the house, and secured $400 in gold
which they found sewed in q maltrase
They then made their escape.
The Military Committee of the Hous
yesterday voted TO report the bill ere
ating the grade Of General in the Arm
Of the United States The pay is in
creased over that of Lieutenant Gen
eral $3.50 per month. There is no in
crease in allowance or Communication G
any kind.
BY the arrival of the steamer Liver
pool, we have foreign advices to the %
ult. The Emperor Napoleon, in b
speech on the 22d to the Corps Legi
Eattf said that arrangements are no
being made to withdraw the Frenc
troops from Mexico, and it is hoped thi
will pacify the people of the Unite
States" tawa4
At party given at the town of Arac
Eve miles from Russelville, AIabam,
on.the Both alt, out Of company Of 81
Is were fatally poisoned, from drinkin
whisky, which, it is supposed, had bee
drugged. Three Of the musicians wh
had drank very freely, died before ds,
The other victims fingered longer.
The Memphis Bulletin of the Sd inst
says: 1t has been ascertained that
regular organized band of thieves hi
been discovered between Tupelo, Mi
sissippi, and Fort Pillow, on the plan
MurrePs gang. They have relay pos
every l2 miles, where horses stolen
either terminus Of the line are riddle
rapidly to the FIRST point beyond al
passed on. The riders procure 9th
horses and return, and are, therefor
nsver absent long enough to create su
picion. This explains how sever
horses have lately been spirited away
amJsterious manner. aaG s8
10 An exciting scene occurred in I