The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-03

1st proximo. In nearly every case
the persons to vacate are those who
have within the past twelve mouths
absented themselves without leave.
commencing with those WI lost most
time without good and sufficient ex
cuse.& 81 Esksba
gTfhe Times iObarlestoni apecial saws
that. General Sickles' violation of the
laws was this: He issued an order,
which was in effect "a Stay law, land
postponed the collection of debts, by
the action of the State courts, inIthis
district Tor certain time. This or
der was evaded very generally by
means of the, ,transfer,of these debts
from citizens Of North ard South
Carolina to. 1.-The citizens of other
States, thus throwing the causes of
action into the jurisdiction Of the
United States courts. which were
open. General Sckfes' order, No. 10,
forbade the execution of judgments
thus obtainedA Jii44aJ b.go9
General Grant has ordered the dis
charge of one half OF the clerical force
employed in the Paymaster Generals
office, the order to take effect this
week The pptn beBt thus thrown out
Of emptoyment is twenty aeai
iue surgeons, in the United States
seftice have died, during the past
month. in the cholera and yellow
fever localities Of the West ana South
west 4" t." 1Af
c. z. Cutting, Assistant Examiner
at the Patent Office, died this morn
ing Of typhoid fever. The deceased
was 4 brother-in-l law of Senator Doc
little. = ifJU8t
WASHINGTON, September 1.-Gen
Hancock in his testimony before the
Indian Commissioner, is very decided
in his opinion that serious war ex-
lists, and even declares his belief that
If he troops were withdrawn not
white man would remain in Colorado,
and the great highwaysyto the Pacific
would be closed The Indians, he
says, are amply provided with the best
modern weapons, even making use of
field glasses.uQ = aaq0qn e3iai
The expenses Of the department.
have thusfarbeeu substantially those
of peace enlistment. He placespthe
number of hostile Indians engaged
between Arkansas and Platte at 500
or 2, 600. TOR 1Aas 80 -libn
The Worlds special says: Returns
from internal revenue to, the Depart
ment here show a falling off Of fifteen
of ldollats3 in revenue fer the
two mouths past, as compared with
the returns for the corresponding PEI
riod last year. 7si A..
Notwithstanding the chronic reti-
cence of General Grant, an officer
who has daily intercourse with him
has informed us that he has expressed
himself privately against unqualified
negro suffrage. This fact is corrobo-
rated by leading Radicals, who declare
they will not take him for President
unless he comes out square on the
question. AA
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-Some facts
compiled from official documents are
published which throw additional
light upon our Indian troubles. Let
ters from Gems. Grant, Hancock, and
others, written some time ago, made
it appear that the savages were bent
upon war, and had no honest inten-
ton of keeping at peace with the set
tiers. They sent numerous threats to
the agents, ordered the military not
to cut wood, and wound up by send
ing message requiring the removal
of the soldiers, or they would help
them to leave the country. The
Indians also expressed their decided
determination not to permit the con-
struction of railroad. through their
grounds. Upon Gen Hancock NOV
ing his force among them the impress
sion prevailed that he had come to
murder them and destroy their vii
lagos. The compilation closes with
an account of the numerous murders
and depredations committed by the
red skins.
The Herd1d's dates from Rio jamie
ro are to the first of August. r
The commander of the Brazilian
force, MARQUEE de Caixias had, at
last. determined to abandon the posi-
ton from which the allies had so long
vainly struggled to advance through
Paraguay. All the troops have been
embarked aboard the feet, prepara-
tory to forming a junction with Baron
De Harrall, who is on the Upper,
Panama It has been, however, dis
covered that the Paraguayans are to
be met on the way They have forti-
fed several positions on the route,
among them Sansolano, which is now
reported to be quite formidable po
sition to pass.
WASHINGTON, September "A
warrant has been issued from the
Treasury Department for $4,317,-
O65 90 in coin, in payment of interest
due on 10-40s up to the first instant.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
received a dispatch from special
agent Bell, at Galveston, stating that
the yellow fever there is fatal beyond