The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-10

commenced the 9th volume OF that
paper May 25. He has edited and
published 1t for twenty-six years, and
says that in the twenty-six years, or
thirteen hundred and fifty-two weeks,
that have passed, he has never missed
single publication:
The statue of Hon. Thomas H.
Benton. which has been on storage in
St. Louis for several months, is at last
to be erected In Lafayette Park. The
statue. which is life-size, was made by
Miss Harriet Hosmer some years ago,
and is pronounced fine specimen of
art.
Rev. ID. s. Brainerd and lady, of
Lyme, Conn.,, celebrated on Friday,
May 24th, the twenty fifth anniversary
of their marriage. The presents
amounted to about 81 200, of which
S625 was In money, $160 being in sill
yer COIN Among the handsome
presents was check for 500 from
Ex-Governor Buckingham.
The Pittsburg Commercial saws:
James Hamill is not disposed to re-
linquisf his claims to the champion
ship. and will challenge Walter
Brown to row him five mile race on
the Hudson, for three times the form
er stakes, or any other amount he
nay chose to name"
President johnson has at last made
speech on his Southern tour. Yes
terday he had penetrated as far South
as the city of Raleigh, North Carolina,
where he said: Here is where my
infant eyes first saw the light of
heaven. "ss1s.5l~ 4sf -
A Chicago gentleman found, few
days since, among a lot of papers
which ne had purchased, the original
parchment confirming the granting
of six hundred acres of land in the
County of, Kent, in the Province of
Pennsylvania, to Thomas Peterson.
The document bears the date, Tween
ty-sixth day of We First Month, One
Thousand six hundred Eighty and
Four, being We Thirty-sixth Year of
We Kings Reign, and We Fourth Of my
Government, and is signed VIM
Penn" al af - Il. 81 90 aa ~
Ex-Admiral Persano, who has no
particular tie to his fatherland since
he was court martailed, is said to be
about to remove to England. Ege,a
John Van Diker, one of the con-
ductors on the Philadelphia and Erie
Railroad, was arrested last Fall,
charged with embezzlement. alleged
to have been committed by him as
passenger conductor, was tried and
acquitted at Erie, Penn, May 90. The
principal witnesses for the prosecu-
ton were Allen Pinkerton, of Chi
cago, and members Of his police
agency, who were engaged by the
Company to watch the conductors.
The Philadelphia Press gives the
following account of the Duke of
Edinburgh: His allowance as one
of the royal family is SIS 900 a year.
His elder brother, the Prince of
Wales, has only $500, 900 per annum,
with 500, 900 to his wife for pocket
money. chignons and crinoline He
also has his pay and allowances as a
captain in the royal navy, and when
ever his uncle, the reigning Grand |
Duke, dies, he will become Sovereign
of Coburg-Goth with civil list |
(vulgarly called salary of $500, $50 |
in gold. besides succession to said un-
cle's large private property CT |
course, when he becomes petty SOW |
ereign he will not relinQuish lis Eng |
lish salary On, the contrary. shoula
he marry before that time, he will OBJ |
tain from an obsequious British Par
lament an increased annual income
for life, with liberal yearly allow
anee to his wife, and a trife of $780,
600, or so, to provide for the expen-
ses of their commencing housekeep- |
ing in one of the royal palaces, where
he will pay neither rent nor taxes.
The projected marriage of the
daughter of the Grand Duke Constan-
tine to the King of Greece is justly
regarded as a political movement of
significance. There is no romance In
royal marriages, and alliance between
individuals means an alliance between
Kingdoms. The policy of the Gar to
extend his dominions is we'll under
stood.
Professor S. F. B. Morse. the ven
cradle inventor of the telegraph. is
nov residing with his family at Paris
His health is good, and he is busily
engaged upon history of the tele-
graph. s8o
The late Mrs. Lydia L. Walker, of
Leominster, Mass, made the follow
ing public bequests: To the Amen-
can Unita ian Association, $1,000; to
the Meadville Theological School |
$500; to the Seamen's Aid Society.
5000. HAf