The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-12

ern, as the President was about getting in
the carriage to return TO the L1ndell,
deputatiOn of brother ships waited upon
him, tookahim into the tailor shop OF O..
w. Alexander, and presented him with
fine suit of clothes. The suit was grac1ons-
ly received, and the President drove of ia
vorably impressed with the loyalty of AL
exander's jours. ,,.- .sas qs -aeraH
COULDN'T SEE IT.
Alag was hung out on Chestnut street,
nearly opposite the Republican Office, with
this inscription: " Welcome to Grant and
Farragut." An enthusiastic -Johnsonian
called upon the proprietor and ordered
him to take 1t down or hoist the name of
Johnson also. The Dutchman stoutly re-,
fused; the policy man insisted, and was
knocked down twice, and retired in dis
gust. The German had been a soldier, and
his flag. ~ 5000 Ks7 fe 1sHS4 &c
nai- MALAPPRoPos 5ALLUsIoNs. n DG9T
While the President was takinga glass of
champagne with the. Press Club, some one
took him by the hand, and said: Andy,
III stick TO you as long as I've button on
my coal" An ex-of1icial put in: "If you
get button off your coat, the President.
will sew it on. Andy turned red in the
face, and calling for glass OF whisky,
poured it down his throat, and beat hasty,
retreat.
to TREAsoNABLE SHEET. s
On Washington Avenue, near the Mis-
souri, engine house, in front of feather
sheet. on which was inscribed:
candy Johnson, the Renegade ~
This ensign created good deal of excite
ment, and the police advised the man of
feathers TO take it in, but the indomitable
renovator renovated 1t, and stuck it out
again. Mr.. Charles Elleard and one or two
others coming along and seeing the INSULT.
ing sheet, broke down the goose Fuckers
door and destroyed the flag, and had the
9asa INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS. Ell
On the upward trip of the Ruth, when
she was opposite the town of Brooklyn, a
flock of wild geese was seen lowering over
the boat, in triangular order of procession
An, enthusiastic committeeman, counted
the birds and found that they were exactly
thtTty-siI in number, one for each State and
one for each boat of the fleet. This was re-
garded as q good omen by the CONSERVATIVES
sooth-sayer, and raised quite sq1awk
among the faithful. sG-9 T9AE ESQ
ANOTHER OMEN. .awod
Asthe Ruth neared the city of Alton the
same committeeman was observed stand
building on the side OF the hill Turning
to a stranger. he said, !" All, I spent six .
months of my life in that building, but
consoled the melancholy man by saying,
" My friend believe majority Of us here
have seen the inside of that building"
The house alluded to was the old Alton
Penitenriary. During the war it was used
as a, military prison, and not few of the
citizens of st. Louis of Southern procIivi-
ties were lncarcerated there. = 1rsts v3
.tregfg SIGNIFICANT, -. 4.s,-gs --.
During Mr.. Johnson's speech, Saturday i
evening, at the SoutheI MHo teI and while
relating that he bad been accused as 4
Judas, and to this replying that he had no
Christ-had crucified none. a gentleman
who was in the service at Nashville while
MI. Johnson was Military Governor of Ten
nessee, and processes to know much of him,
exclaimed: !" How about Wilkes Booth ?'t |
This question was asked of Mr.. johnson |
four different times as he paused in his
speech. This gentleman says he has rea-
sons to believe that this question was so |
significant that no doubt it was the reason |
why Mr.. Johnson remained silent on the |
subject. st |4et
For the benefit of Mr. johnson. If he de-
sires it, we will furnish him with the name |
of this gentleman.