The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-11
LATEST NEWS.


Gold closed in, New York yesterday at
1885. q q tJId.s ioI ,rH g
war on the railroads was commenced
in the Illinois Legislature on the 10th inst.
The Virginia Legislature rejected the
Constitutions! Amendment yesterday. !
The us Minister, Rousseau, has been
received by the Honduras Government.
Forty-six United States soldiers sent to
San FraAeisc6, Icvia Nicaragua, died, on
their passage, of cholera, i,a,' .itsos = =
The Nebraska and Colorado bills passed
the Senate on thee eth inst, with amend
ments providing for negro suffrage. y lia
M. D. Browning, brother, of Secretary
Browning, has been appointed United
States District Attorney for Iowa. siu,,l
James Wilson, an old and highly re-
spectacle acitizen, died at Cincinnati on
the 10th.
The vote by which the bin passed in the
Senate, changing the time for the COM
mencement of the session of Congress, and
beginning the Fortieth Congress on the 5th
of March next, was-yeas, 26; nays, 2.
Instructions were received, yesterday,
from theoSelieitor General countermand
ing the order for the removal of the con-
demned Feniaps to Kingston.
The London Times, of the 10th, concludes
that the proposed impeachment of Presi-
dent Johnson foreshadows revolution in
the United States, and points out the dam
ger of such proceeding. M lah-
The revolutionary feeling among the
Greeks in the Mediterranean is spreading,
and instead of the rebellion being arres:.
ed, their cause is gaining strength. r. 81
The receipts of the Federal Government
from California the past year amount to
Sl5,93l 800. The disbursements for the
same period foot up sl2,047, 300. 6
The great snow storm of last week pre-
vailed throughout the South from the
Ohio River to New Orleans. In some
parts of interior Alabama it was from five
inches to a foot in depth. Be- ff ,qr 81 81
Gen. Howard is at Charleston, South
Carolina, and delivered an address
to the freedmen on Monday even
ing. advising them to be industrious, abide
by their contracts, and see to the educa-
ton of their race. =" ~
George Wagner, who murdered his wife
in July, 1865, has been sentenced to be exc
~eAOSo oAoeAOh ASO, ny d wow OIh SOoIJ.
The Ways and Means Committee on the
9th had up the question of reducing the in
ternal revenue tax on cotton from five to
three cents per pound, but did not decide
it. There were memorials from the New
York Chamberof Commerce before them
in favor of such reduction. 4 su. =.
Senator Trumbun started from Wash
ington on the Sth, for Springfield, but was
met by telegram, at Pittsburgh not to
come on, if he had any hopes of reelection
as Senator.
AT Topeka, Kansas, the House, on the
10th, passed the Constitutional Amend
ment by vote of rs to 7, and il will doubt
less pass the Senate by a large majority to-
morrow.
Anew Orleans telegram says the revenue
cutter McCulloch has been ordered to Ha-
vana, to await sealed orders.
Governor Wells, in the coming session of
the Legislature, will recommend the en-
ployment of penitentiary convicts in con-
structing railroads and other public works.
A boy, named Richard Mccormick, was
arrested in New York, on the 10th inst, for
attempting TO draw a forged check for &c.
800 on the Fourth National Bank, purport-
ing to be signed by Jay Cooke & Co., and
committed for trial. ut
The State debt of Wisconsin was reduced
$4,000 last year; sl2,OOO,eOO were expended
for war purposes since the outbreak of the
A complete official list shows that one
thousand and sixty-one American ships
were transferred to the British flag in the
past five years. One hundred and nine
American ships were sold in London
Gen. Grant has directed the superintend-
ent of the mounted recruiting service. at
Carlisle Barracks, to forward recruits to
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, for the 7th
United States Cavalry.
The Painters National Union met at Buff
falo on the Sth inst. Bourke, of New York,
was chosen President, and w. T. Creuy, of
Baltimore, Secretary pro tenn. sJIE Z
Mrs. Demiss, of Erie County. Ohio. was
horribly mangled and killed in an acci-
dent on the railroad, near Green Springs.
ON the 5thfnst.s She thrust one of her fee &
through thenear window, and, 1t being
caught in the bridge, her leg was torn from
the socket. She lived but few minutes
after the accident.