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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-12-19
RICHMOND.
Reconstruction OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
lions. dc.

RICHMOND, Va, December 18.-In
the Reconstruction Convention yes
terday. the committee on finance, to
whom was referred the resolution in
structing the Auditor to suspend the
payment Of any interest on the State
debt until the Convention was salts
fed that there was enough money in
the Treasury to pay the whole, report
ed adversely to any action on the sub
iect, having received assurance from
the Treasurer that the State will be
able to pay all demands as presented.
The report was adopted.
\ resolution to interfere with the
lease Of ferry, was laid on the table
by a decided majority. Speeches
were made In which the ground was
taken that the Convention had no
right to determine questions Of law
or grant injunctions. A Resolution
appointing a committee to report
whether the Convention had the
power of legislation, and ask General
Schufeld's opinion, was laid on the
table.
The following resolutions were re-
ferred: For Incorporating a proYis-
lou in the Constitution that emigrants
to this State shall not be sued
in the courts here, for debts in
cure / before migrating, and exempt
ing a certain amount of real and per-
sonal property of such emigrants from
seizure for debt. For changing the
system Of State laws from a redeema-
bic TO a preventive.
The preamble in this resolution re
fers to the prostitution of the liberty
Of speech and the press: for the pun
ishment Of attempts to intimidate a
ratification Of lections; for prevent
ing citizens from being distressed by
disloyal tax-collectors Tor taxes levied
years ago.
a coIored delegate offered a reso-
luton prohibiting distinctions on
railroads or other public conveyances
on account of color, which was re :
ferred.
A resolution to adjourn over the
holidays and waive claim to pay du-
ring the adjournment, was laid over.
Convention adjourned.
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came in and began talking with the
landlord about the danger to which
the Union men of his place were ex-
posed from guerrilla incursions.
Among other protective measures, he
suggested that a Government steamer
should be stationed there to remove
the Unionists whenever a raid was
threatened. The landlord heard him
patiently to the end of the chapter,
and then quietly suggested that a
a steamer, and would afford abundant
means of transportation for all the
Unionists in that city" 1t was
not quite so bad as that in
Winchester during any period
of the war. There were men here
who were ready to die in vindication
of their Unionism, and one revered
patriarch, whom I knew wellin other
days, was dragged from his home here
to die in Libby Prison for his love
for $ the old flag" Samuel r. At
well, VIM. Andrews, Geo. w. CHM,
Henry Besor, Joseph S. Jackson and
the Sidwells still live" having
passed Though frey furnace " seven
times hotter than it was wont to be
heated"
Do you remember that it was at
Berryville, beyond Opequan Greek,
twelve miles from here, where the
original Simon Legree of Uncle Toms
Cabin, lived till the pangs Of guilty
conscience dispatched him to the
everlasting bonfre?" His real name
was Jim Castleman, and he actually
murdered faithful slave by string
ing him up to a beam by chain fast
ened about his neck, and heat
ing him till life was nearly
extinct, then leaving him thus
hanging all night, his toes just
touching the ground. OF course he
was dead in the morning, and of
course the murderer was never pun
ished, except by the law of divine
retribution. Conscience troubled him
till his flesh would hardly cover his
bones; and, mere shadow of his
former self, he sneaked into the
grave. H. p.
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Vice Presidents, Ethan Chamberlain
n. Y, Cotton; Charles Dickinson
Conn, Brass, German Silver and Cop
per; p. ". Gates. Ill. Machinery;
Jno. McNulty. Md, Sugar Rein
cry; g. ". Cochrane, Massachu-
sets, Shot and Leather; j. r.
Burchard. Wis, furniture; E, W.
Stevens. Penna., Iron; d. NJ. Rich
ardson, Michigan. Watches; Pre-
served Smith, Ohio, car building
Robert Montgomery. Indiana, furni-
ture; B. Hamilton, Maine, cotton; j.
III. Woodman, Vermont, cotton. Sec
retaries, Jasper E. Williams, Cleve-
land; H. McAllister, Jr., Philadel-
phia; A. T. Goshorn, Cincinnati; &.
L. YATES, Massachusetts; j. Il.
Dover, Illinois.
The report was adopted, and Ray
mond took the chair. briefly return
ing thanks for the honor conferred
by the Convention.
J. S. NeWberry, of Detroit, offered
the following resolution
WHEREAS, the proposition and
call for the Convention animated
from the Detroit Manufacturers Con-
vention, and by their action they
specified particularly the subjects
which they wished considered by this
Convention; and, whereas, the dele
gates appointed to this Convention
were appointed under such call E;
therefore,
Res0lvtd. That as the sole purpose
for which the Convention was called
was to obtain from Congress the i'm
mediate removal of all taxes upon
manufactures and productions, except
luxuries, and to change the mode of
assessment and collection of revenue,
and the appointment and removal of
revenue officers, we will confine the
action of this Convention to that pur-
pose strictly. -
After brief discussion, the resolu-
ton was adopted unanimously.
A general committee, to whom
should be referred all resolutions,
memorials, &C., for consideration and
report, was appointed as follows
Maine, f. A. Dow, B. F. Hamilton
Massachusetts,. E. E. Emery, VIM.
C. Plunkett; Connecticut, Charles
Dickinson, George johnson; New
York, John Williams, George w.
Chadwick; Pennsylvania, H. w Oh
liver, Jr.. A. Campbell; Maryland,
James A. Garry, G.. p. Tiff
fanny; Ohio, S. III. Barton,
james Mason; Indiana, Rob
ert Montgomery; Illinois, S. j. Rus
sci, Charles L. Wilson; Wisconsin.
i. Blossom, Geo. Esterly; Michigan,
E. B. Ward, d. NJ. Richardson; Yer
mont, j. H. Workman. The Com
mittee were instructed to receive and
consider all resolutions, suggestions
and memorials submitted to them.
The Convention then adjourned till
half-past 2 P. NJ.
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SAN FRANCISCO.
Democratic Legislative Caucus-NO
Choice Of United States Senator
Yet-BentOn Mill Dam Property
Swept Away.

SAN FRANCISCO, December IL
The Democratic Legislative Caucus
adjourned tonight without nomina-
ting for United States Senator. They
agreed not to cast vote in joint con-
vention tomorrow to prevent an
election by the Republicans
A letter from Alta California, from
Mariposa County, states that the Ben
ton Mill Dam, property of Mariposa
County, had been swept away by the
food, and is a total loss The last
portion of the wreck went over Grown
Lead Dam, two miles below. on the
10th inst. The work was Just finished.
Loss. near $4,000.
A telegram from Oregon, Wash
ington Territory, announces great
damage in that section, by storm
The town of Monticello, on Cowlits
River, has been destroyed by floods
Serious damage has been done to the
telegraph throughout the country.
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Indiana Items.

Wood of a good quality sells in
New Albany at s. 70 to So so per cord.
The Leo Hudson Troupe are play
ing at Madison.
Captain J. FL. Fawcett has donated
600 bushels of coal to the poor of
New Albany.
A new Eneampment of Odd Eel
lows viii be instituted at Petersburg,
Indiana, during the holidays.
Boat building in New Albany may
soon celebrate its fftieth anniversary.
The first steamboat ever built there
was the : Ohio" in 1913, By Messrs.
Shreve 4 Blair.
Governor Baker and General Nat.
Kimball attended the Grand Reunion
of Soldiers, at Madison, on the 18th
instant.
James B. Langsdale has received
an appointment as Lieutenant in the
Second United States Artillery. sta
toned in California, and is under Or
ders to report at Fortress Monroe.
George Porter, brakeman on the
Terre Haute and St. Louis Railroad,
fell from the ladder of freight car
near Terre Haute, on Monday, and
had one of his arms crushed by the
train, which passed directly over him.
Allen Hanley wanted to marry
young lady, The daughter VI Mrs.
Payne. who resides IN Clay County.
The girl refused and Hanley burned
the old Iady's barn. His future ad-
dress viii be State Prison, Jefferson
vile.
A Mrs. Hoover, Of Lima, was Sc
verely burned. Tuesday last. Her
clothes caught fire while lifting a
boiler from the stove. She immedi-
ately ran out of the house into the
streets, enshrouded In flames, where
she was caught by friends, covered
with blankets, and the flames gmoth-
cred, but too late to save her from
dangerous, and probably, fatal burn
ing.
Last Saturday, a man of good ap
pearance swindled a good many la
dies of Terre Haute, in this wise: He
represented himself as the agent of a
Chicago lottery. He offered the la
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CLGV ELAND.
National Convention Of Nanufac-
tuYerS-ReSOlutiOn Adopted.

CLEVELAND. o., Dec. 18.-The Ma
tional Convention of Manufacturers
assembled in this city this forenoon
at 10 o'clock. About 200 delegates
were present, representing Maine.
Vermont, Massaeehhuse3tts,, Gonnecti-
vania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan.
Jno. S. Newberry, of Detroit, was
chosen temporary Chairman, and L.
B. Subway, of Chicago, as temporary
Secl etary.
After recess, the committee On per-
manent organization, through e. B.
Ward, Chairman, reported the fol-
lowing: Permanent Officers Con-
vention-President, b. A. Raymond,
ILL.,, representing the Watch interest
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New York, December 18.-The
Herald's Lima (Peru) correspondence
says: President Prodos had made a
regular attack on Arequipa, the prin
cipal stronghold of the rebellion, and
had severely defeated his opponents,
who, however, still held the main por-
ton Of the city. Three days had been
given them to surrender. A point
was gained by Prodos where he could
command the barbados with his
heavy artillery. Colonel Balta, the
chief Of the rebels in the north, had
also been severely defeated.
The Times special says: There
seems to be no doubt that S. S. Cox
will be nomed for Minister to Austria,
and Ex-Governor Ford, of Ohio, to
Ecquador.
Much excitement has been caused
in Washington by the disappearance,
last night, of Colonel Ely Parker, of
General Grants staff, the moment
when every preparation was made for
his marriage with Miss Minnie Sacket.
General Sheridan, accompanied by
his brother, Captain Michael Sheri-
dan, and Colonel Forsythe, of his
staff, arrived from the East last night.
General Schofeld is expected to ar
rive IN few days.
The Herald's special says: There is
a material difference, it is claimed,
between the AUTHORIZATION bill of
the House, and that reported to day
in the Senate. The former stops all
contraction and canceling of notes,
while the latter only applies to the
four millions a month, which the
Secretary is authorized by law to con-
tract.
Mr.. Sherman, in a private con-
versation, to-day, said he should not
call up the anti Contraction bill till
the Funding bill was disposed of, and
that if the latter was passed, there
would be no necessity for the former.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S-Among the
papers laid before the House yester-
day, is a letter to General Grant, from
Major-General Sheridan, dated New
Orleans, January 18th, 1867, in rela-
ton to matters in Texas, particularly
referring to the condition of the
Union men and freedmen in different
parts of the State. which, he SAYS, is
truly horrible. He says the Govern
ment is denounced, freedmen shot
and Union men are prosecuted IF they
have the temerity to express their
opinions. This letter Genera Grant,
under date of Headquarters of the
Army of the United States, January
18th, 1867, endorses as follows: Re
spectfully forwarded to the Secretary
of War" Attention is invited 20 that
portion of the within communication
which refers to the condition of
Union men and freedmen in Texas,
and to the powerlessness of the mill
tary in the present state of attairs to
afford them protection. Even the
moral effect Of the troops is passing
away, and a few days ago a SQUAD Of
soldiers on duty were fired on hy cit
liens in Brownsville. In my opinion,
the great number of murders G. Union
men and freedmen In Texas, nos only
as a rule go unpublished, but uninves-
tigated, constitute practically "a state
of instruction, and believing il to be
the province and duty Of every good
government to afford protection to
the lives, liberty and property Of her
citizens, | would recommend the de-
claration of martial law in Texas TO
secure these. The necessity tor
governing any portion of our terri
tory by martial law is to be deplOred.
If resorted to, it should be limited in
its authority, and should leave oil
local authorities and civil tribunals
free and unobstructed, until they
prove their inefficiency or unwilling
ness to perform their duties. Martial
law would give security, or complra-
lively so, to all classes of citizeus
without regard to race, color or p0lit-
zeal opinions, and could be continued
until society was capable of protect
ing itself, or until the State is return
ed to its full relation with the Union.
The application of martial law to one
Of these States would be a warning to
all, and if necessary can be extended
to others" vs.
[Signedl us. GRANT, General,
The letters Of General Grant we're
listened to with marked interest and
attention. The members who have
been the most emphatic in the praise
of General Grant as the future candi-
date for the chief magistracy Of the
nation, accept his letter to the Presi-
dent as a more open and reliable ex-
preston Of the Generals opinions
than they have as yet been able to Oh
tain, and they appear to think they
have drawn out sufficient light to
increase their endorsement Of him.
No action was had by the civil
authorities upon the foregoing re-
commentator.
Advices from Columbia state that
Sontez Gutierrez has been elected
President. The Isthmus Railroad
had been overfowed by the heavy
rains, but no damage was reported.
Mosquera had reached Panama on
his way to Peru.
The Senate Finance Committee, IN
presenting the Funding Bill, su bmit-
ted a report in which they refer to
the claim that the principal Of the
$40 bonds is payable in gold, and say
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Kentucky Items.

Rebel Semmes has finished his
course of lectures in Louisville, and
has gone to Frankfort, where be will
lecture for season.
Two acres of land near Yorktown,
Nicholas County, were recently sold
for $500 per acre.
A protracted meeting of consider
able interest has for some time past
been carried on at the NJ. Z. Church
at Princeton, KY. A large number of
persons have protested faith in Christ
and joined the Church.
The Hopkinsville Conservative has
no objection to George II. Pen
dleton for President, but would pre-
fer Hon. Jno. w Stephenson, or,
perhaps, to speak out plainly, JEFF.
Davis would suit better than either.
The negroes in Louisville are in
great terror on account Of the circu-
lation Of the report that the Medical
Students of that city are habitually
decoying colored people into the stu
dents Hall, after which they are
seized upon and dissected at once.
The Flemingsburg Democrat re-
lates the following: Mr.. Ben. E.
Warder, living in the vicinity Of
Mayslick, Mason County, raised on
his farm a wonderful pumpkin. It
was very large, and on being cut open
presented a living, growing and
blooming vine within. It was sound
even after the seed had sprouted, run
and blossomed. IF any Of our neigh
bors, or their neighbors' neighb0ts,
can beat this. let Us hear from them.
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that, without deciding The question,
they propose a substitution Of new
bonds, clear and explicit in their
terms, for the 500 bonds as they be-
come redeemable. They further say
if this exchange is refused by the
bond holders, it will be time enough
to determine whether, by the condi
ton of this bond, he may not be paid
in lawful money.
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BURLINGTON, VT.
Shock of an EaFthQuake-Tt Las ed
Twenty Seconds.

BURLINGTON, VI, December 49,
At three o'clock this morning, a very
distinct shock Of an earthquake was
felt in this city, awakening most of
the inhabitants, and lasting twenty
seconds. 1t was felt throughout Yer
mont, and in New York as far south
as Whitehead, and throughout Can
ada, from Belleville to Sackgiile, New
Brunswick.
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ROCHESTER,.
Large Meeting Of the Friends Of
! General Grant.

ROCHESTER,, n. Y, Dec. 18.-A
large meeting of the friends Of Gen.
Grant for President, was held here
last night. A Grant Club was organ
lied, with the following officers:
President, J. Van Voorhees,; Cor
responding Secretary, Capt. Ralph o.
Ives; Recording Secretary, B. Frank
Enos. Twenty Vice Presidents were
also elected.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Fire at Misunderstanding of the Re-
publican Convention at Concord,
New Hampshire.

CONCORD, n. H, Dec. 18.-The Re
publican Convention meets here to-
day. The State Central Committee,
last night, adopted a resolution de-
nouncing Andrew johnson and de-
claring for General Grant as the Re
publican candidate for the Presidency.
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BUFFALO, n. Y, Dec. 18.-Spring
Abbey burned this morning to the
ground. 1t was a sort of sporting
hotel, in the upper part Of Main
Street. Water is very scarce in the
upper part Of the city, and if fire
should occur the engines would al
most be powerless to stop it.
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WASHINGTON.

Between Generals
Grant and SheFidaR-impOrtant
Letters-SOntez Gutierrez Elected
President or COlOmbia-Senate FL
nance Committee and the Funding
Bill.
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MONTREAL, Dec. 18.-A severe
shock of an earthquake was felt in
this city at 3 A. NJ.
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The expense of the poor in Vigo-
County during the year 1866, was S16,-
113 30, which bill was passed by the
county.
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dies a chance to draw on the
spot, and if the article drawn WAS not
desired, no money was to De paid
But IN every ease. the articles named
on the card were worth ten times the
price O. a ticket, and the money was
eagerly paid.
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NEW YORK SPECIALS.

S. s. Cox to be Named for Minister to
AuStFia-EXcitemen at Washing
ton About the Disappearance OF
Colonel Eli ParkeF-The Arrival Of
General Sheridan-Gen. SchOfield
Expected.
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INSURANCE.
EVANSVILLE INSURANCE co.

EVANSVILLE INSURANCE co.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL............gIO1 100000
PAID Up GAPITAL....-.... ............... 10000
FIRE, MARINE, & FLAT BOAT RISKS
Taken at fair rates.
JOHN 5. HOPKINS, President
JAMES r. CUTLER, Secretary.
DIRECTORS:
Charles VieIe, John IngIe. IT..
]. :. Hopkins, William Brown
ellison Magbee, I DIR. r. W. SAWYER,
Robert Barnes, G. Preston ~
Or. NJ. J. Bray,
]. \. Knox, Business Agent, who viii
also attend to Life and Accident Insurance
Office, corner of Main and First Streets,
in First National Bank Building. apIS 6m
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WIN. P. HASTINGS,
Scenic Artist and FrescO
Painter

All orders left at Osborne & Tileston's
Paint Store, Locust Street, will be promptly
attended to.
CALsTMINE sEATINGs neatly dene.
v25 d2"''
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Gen. Schofeld Expected.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-02-21
Mysteries OF Bees.

A Scotch paper concludes an article
on bees, as follOws:-The ways and.
workings Of bees are mysterious enough
Ito baft3 the most scientific observers
There is, no doubt, much nonsense writ
| ten about them. q Foriistanoe, the queen
is popularity kuowni as avery sHswelli's
indivinual, very much larger than the
common bee, and of brighter and varied
colors; this is. very poetical, but quite in.
correct. The queen bee is precisely the
same color Ds her subjects, Is scarcely
any larger, and can be distinguished from
them Onlyby being aolittlsilongeEin in the
the body. sya q. .otdaggid az
{ But there is sufficient Of The marvel
Gus about the bee-kingdom Without nsr
cassitating any romance. Take the act
Of sWarming. for Instance; the highest
fight Of selence=-tls eIecrtc teisgraph--
is simplicity itself 6COmpased with this
extraordinary pr5ceas, The first swarm
from the straw skep usually alights on q
bush or branch Of tree Before swarms
ting 6owever, some Of them collect on tho
llrOuP3 OOaHO Ola tuD Alto, gtVl tnSl oubo Va
which twenty or thirty Of them cling the
others pass over them and hang on by
each other in clusters till the ball is often
as large as a man. two natH. when all
| is ready and the royal command given,
lthay all come pouring out in stream 40
thick as mans wrist, and take atuEn
through the air. qigiy 90 hi IaqNaaao D.
Suppose them to settle on asthorn
three inches in circumference, their
weight, for the cluster ia as big as boys
head, wiIl'ben6 the thorn stick nearly to
the ground. Comparatively few Of them
have hOld7of the branch; the rsst all
IhoId on by each other. How can those
who have hold bear the weight Of the
mass2 How long'Rould man hold on
! by the branch Of treo if the weight ef
800 men we're suddenly attached to him;
And YET wO suspect every bee with . hold
sustaina 20 much higher proportion OF
weight if the cluster below. This is one
Of many mysteries Of creation that ruocks
lot human science. onagag Qiil " 9ga a74
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-02-21
NUMBER 81
Annolher Alpine Tunn el.

. a D." a . a ~. Y
Tue project OF traveraing the Alps by
. tunnel upder Mount Saint Go.hard,
after having been for Mn years the obs
ject of minute study, was lately, as may
Be remembered, definitely adopted by The
Italian Goyernment.3 o A recent number
Of the Jourualades TraYA9x Public gives
some details as TO the colossal propor-
tiOns Of this enterprise, which win require
eleven years for It's complete execution.
Tne tunnOl will be nearly twepty- one
miles long, including the covered passa-
ges rendered nposssary in narEain places
BY the danger Of Ayalanchess Twill on
ly require sir shafts in few places, in
fact only four, The Southern entrance
OF the passage will BE- about 1900 feet
above the level Of theses, and the northS
ern exit tneaflyithe same. The horizons
tai position Of the line will be about one
third Of its entire length, Php highest
tgrad;ent will be ontbe Italian side, about
la per cent, the average being about u.
Where theinclination does not exceed A
THE l 600, ordinary engines win be en-
ployed but Wheu the gradient is. surpassr
dc, special ones will have to- be ussd.4-i
4 The expeBseiof the tunnel alone Is estis
tmased at $2,800,000. .csassBp alus