Evansville daily journal., 1866-01-26
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139 IL , = Win 81 1EE
The Aberdeen Miss } Estn1y South,
reports the arrival there recently of
train of over twenty wagons loaded with
machinery for an establishment for the
manufacture Of cotton goods, This cot
ton factory viii soon be in active opera
ton, and AberdeenI can then boast the
most extensive establishment of the
kind in the State, if not in the South.
An opal mine has been discovered in
Calaveras county, California, and q
company is preparing to test its extent
and valne. slsE.84 AaafHamA Aaa
The reports as to Secretary Stanton's
contemplated resignation are now con-
sidered untrue, as that gentleman has
made arrangements FOR receptions du-
ring the winter as usual.
OF the nine thousand post Offices in
the disloyal States, about two thousand
have been reopened. Nearly three hun.
dred of these have received postmis-
tresses, because no men could be found
who could take, the oath. q 48 erE8
In Louisiana the Sergeant-at-Arms OF
the Senate is without legs, the Door
keeper of the House is without arms, the
Secretary Of the Senate and the Clerk Of
the House are both on crutchss. All of
them have belonged to the Union army.
The Idaho World says. that Judge
Mcbride is going to resign. The reason
given is that he thinks it " serious in
convenience for Territorial officers not
to receive their salary" .aa4hTia8
A company boring for oil in Kansas
have struck fluid that looks like milk,
which puzzles them greatly. They have
thus far been unable to churn it into
hntter G&k14N E9@ E49E Gs
A firm of distillers at Maitland, Cana
da, are on trial at Toronto on charge
of swindling the Government out Of one
hundred and eighty thousand dollars by
smuggling whisky into the United
States. a4s4AsAl " 1eaaHnI
The Columbus (ohio) Journal says
that during the week ending on Satur-
day last, 2s6 emigrants passed that
place for places South and West. These
were principally Germans, and 40, or
nesrly half of them, proposed to find
homes in Ohio; 35 were bound for Ken
tucky, 48 for Missouri, 25 for Illinois,
30 for Indiana, and for Michigan.
BY the first of next week the railroad
bridges on the Chattanooga and Atlanta
railroad will be completed, and freight
and passenger trains be running through
with their accustomed regularity.
Still another counterfeit of the 25
cent fractional denomination made its
appearance on Saturday at the redemp>
tion division of the Treasury Depart
ment, at Washington, and was promptly
rejected. It's general appearance was
decidedly bad.
The total amount of national curren-
cy thus far Issued is $245, 1866, $40, of
which 81, ,939, $50 was issued last week.
The daily morning and noon prayer
meetings that have recently been inau-
gurated in Chicago continue to be we'll
attended, Some of the regular business
men are among the regular participants.
The revivals at the churches also con-
finue in nightly progress with crafty
ing results. IL -
Late dispatches from Kansas City an.
nounce the arrival of the Santa Fe
coach. There has been great sufferiugt
on the plains Nine men and an i'm.
menae amount of stock have been fro
zen, and several trains are reported tc
be entirely showed in. =
The Huntsville (Alabama) Indepen
dent says it is informed BY GovernoI
Patton that arrangements have beer
perfected for furnishing twenty thou
sand rations per day for the destitute O
February, to be continued, no doubt, ev
cry month as lang as the necessity ex
lists. nn ~Ae Yg KR.F
The Lieut. Col Reed, who led the col
ored fillibusters in the attack on Bagda
on the Rio Grande, was formerly res
dent of Fort Wzyne, Indiana, and serve
one year in the 18th Indiana, as Cal
tain Of company G. a11aHl34
A SON of ex. President Polk gets 81 2
day for taking care Of mules at Mas
Vile. @Ats sA5s@
Three or four different joint stoc
gold mining companies have been form
ed in St. Paul, with q view to operation
at the new gold mines ON Vsrmillio
Lake, in Northeastern Minnesota, {
miles north of Lake Superior. =
The Mobile Register of the 9sh inr
saws: "a gentleman brought down
large cargo Of negroes by the steam
Republic, yesterday. en- route to Texs
where he is going to experiment wi
the freedmen in raising cotton. '
have heard of several others who are
this part recruiting blacks for field s,
vice in Texas.
There have been several duels Of ID
between Italian journalists. The fig
ing, though desperate, has been after
ed in very few Instance by fatal resul
bat the members of the profession +
that these combats are scandal to th
order. The directors of the Neopoli
newspapers have formed Jury OF b
or" to settle any disputes between v
sters for the press. T.