Randolph journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1865-186?, 1867-01-03
THE RANDOLPH JOURNAL.
THURSDAY. JiNUARY 5, iss7.
FOR PRESIDENT IN 1865,
GEORGE H. THOMAS.
Major General U. s. Army.
NEWS ITEMS.


mate. "a the oh'o soldiers Home.
TEg n Minneapolis. Nnuc'ots, M /
sunday, harueJ nine hnildinr-. including |
the Chronicle office. Los. hundred
iaoasand dolllr..
Gov Fs~roV - tusurste'l. ani en-
te.eJ upon hi. second term - Governor 81
New Yors. ~ iibsny. yesterday.
Tar negro volunteer troop "f Richmond.
Virginia, prpppse L. cslebr ite-Ihe I'm ,ucI.
patton Proclamation.
THr Cincinnati suspension bridge,
although not fully completed, ". opened
fsr vshicie- Of al kind, pn TUESDAY last, a.
temporary arrangement.
vEKa CK,z dates 20 the eth ult:mo state
that ths French show no purpose of evacua-
ton. Two million dollars in specie, being
the receipt. from customs, had lately
arrived from the interior for shipment to
France.
CoLo~EL HE~RY u. CuRRI~Gro~, com
manding at Fort ~ lip Kesrnsy, has been
relieved Of hi command. and vill probably
lie ordered under arrest for the late dread
fui massacre Nv the Indians of nearly n
hundred soldiers. II j. charged that IL was
through Colonel Csrrin.ton's carelessness
or encouragement that the massacre came
about
TuE Young Men. Christian Association
Of Chicago has Issued circular ia which
vouns men are advised to stay at home
rather than 90 TO Chicago for employment,
~ that CITY il ov-rstockcd with iaborers-
The same counsel will apply TO most OF the
large cities in tho North. There is n uriver-
al stsgnation in business, and. unless the
signs OF the times are deceptive. general
depression is at hand
TnE boiler Of the steamer eclipse, run
ming between Savanna and Augusta. ex.
ploded last FRIDAY. t~entv-four miles from
Savannah. The crew, il Is supposed. were
all lost, "a nothing has been heard from
them since. The steamer is a total wreck.
GE~En,L Gs,>r has telegraphed General
Schofeld, commanding at Richmond, Vir
ginia, To- send some eleven or twelve Regi-
ments Of the troops stationed there to some
other designated feint. General Scho6eld
ia reply requested that one regiment might
be allowed TO remain
4 REsIyrr COLf EcroR. nance Brown,
was waylaid at Duyall's Bluff. Arkansas,
on the night Of the 18th ut., shot through
the jaw and robbed Of gold watch and il5.
UO0. His condition il very critical. lie
hal drawn the money in Memphis, and it is
supposed was followed by robbers. No ar
rests have been nude.
ApyIcEs from Harrisburg. received at
Washington. state that Thad. Stevens will
undoubtedly be elected United States Sena-
tor from Pennsylvania, to succeed Edgar
Cowaa, ~ksse time expires March eth. IL
il also believed that Roscoe Conkling will
lie elected % succeed Senator Harris, from
New York.
Tnr New York Court Of Appeals has de-
ciJed that the Excise law passed At q re-
cent session Of the Legislature for regulat
ing the whisky traMc in New York city, is
constitutional. aud rules that the Legisla-
fure has the power to prohibit such traffic
altogether in that misgoverned city, if that
- deemed necessary.
r.r-A disastrous fire occurred in
Richmond. Indiana. OF last Tuesday. by
which The extensive pork house OF Vsnnc-
man 4 co. was totally destroyed. Their
loss Ia about sla0.OO0. and the amount of
insurance is smsll. There were other losses.
lr j, reported that a avmber Of the prom
incnt citizen. OF Georgia. Alabama, Mis-
sissppi and South Carolina ace urging their
respective legisIs lures to ndort the consti-
titutional amendment. Governor Patten,
OF Alabama. arrived In Washington yester-
day 90 urge the President to favor the
measure.