The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-29
NEW p ITENL~

Gold closed in New York. Saturday, at
13lH.
Eighteen States have ratified the Consti-
tutional Amendment.
The final vote on the Tariff bill will pro-
badly be taken to-day.
The whole French force has arrived at
Vera Cruz, en- route to France.
The Judiciary Committee will report a
bill to give Government patronage only to
loyal newspapers in the South.
The President has thus far sent to the
Senate over four hundred civil nomina-
1otions, and among al only one postmaster.
1t appears, that if the Government is
obliged to give notice of the sale of gold, it
will be at the mercy of the Spectators.
The story about quarrel between Gen.
sherman and Minister Campbell, is total
g ly unfounded.
It now looks as though the efforts to re-
duce the tax en- whisky would be ineffect-
isgs"all, ya1 la bra ,.sa.sn.e Bs.a asBo
mat StelPaul, Minnesota, Christ Church
= was destroyed by fire on Sunday morning.
n Loss, 900; insured tor $4,000.
eE Minister Dix has urged the French Gov
10 ernment TO abandon Lhe system of search
ing strangers baggage on their arrival in
France. At'''-
General Thomas testif1es that in the mil
itary department under his command,
81, eutrages committed unon freedmen, by
white men, are not punished, and there is
no prospect for justice for blacks before the
Courts.
On the 18th inst, at Memphis, Hiram
Skinner, of Cambridge, Ohio, was robbed
of gold watch and $500 on the steamer
Mississippi, while asleep in his state room.
The President, yesterday afternoon, re-
turned to the Senate, with his objections,
the bill for the admission of Colorado. He
vetoes the bill on the ground that the pop
,plation is only 5000 &c .GN
The wife of HIr. VIM. Morley, residing
about mile south of Cadiz, Ohio, on the
Wheeling road, gave birth lately to four
living children, two of whom, however,
O. have since died. a4ins L'tH13 G
Representative Moulton, of Illinois, has
loreceiyed a memorial of one hundred citi-
zens of Clay County, Illinois, praying for
the impeachment of the President, on the
ground that he has committed malfeas-
ance in Office.
A New Orleans dispatch says that
Boure County, Texas, is in revolt. Capt.
Tremble, late of an Illinois regiment,
planting there. was recently shot, wound
ed, and his life threatened. He came to
New Orleans and returned with twenty
cavalry to remove his family. He found
that his wife and child had been driven
from home into Arkansas.
CONGRESSIONAL. SUAiMARY-SENATE-Ja
uary 29.-Hendricks presented a petition
from the superintendents of 'Puplic In
struction in the states of Indiana. Illinois,
Ohio, nd,Yermont, asking for the estab-
lfshment of bureau of Education -. A
Rbill was passed, compelling every person
,aeopy-righting a book, engraving, photo
gtaph, map or chart, to send a copy of
the same to the Congressional Library;
and directing all pestmasters to for
ward the same free of postage. -. -..
A resolution was passed, calling upon
the President in FORM to report how often
the Governors, Judges and Secretaries Of
all the Territories, have been absent since
their appointment...... Poland gave no.
Hce that when the One Term amendment
to the Constitution came up, he would
move to amend by extending the time 10
six years..~.. Poland introduced d bill to
amend the National currency Act, by
allowing shares of National banking asso-
Citations to be taxed by State authority.
The Tariff Bill was taken up. The duty
on iron ore was reduced to &c. The duty
on bay rum was fixed at 81 80 per gallon.
HoUsE.-Various bills were introduced,
including e to repeal the tax cotton
and sugar; one providing a criminal court
for the District of Columb a and one pro-
viding for amendment to the Constitution.
tQ.a.. Kelso's resolution for the impeach-
ment of the President, was offered on
the 18th OF January, which Sloan moved
to refer to-a select committee ........
The House proceeded to the consideration
ofStevens Reconstruction Bill, and was
addressed by Julian, Scofield and Cullum.
Stevens modified his bill in several par
ticulars, striking out the 9th section,
which declared any State abrogating the
provisions of the bill should thereby for
felt its representation. After considerable
discussion, the House came to vote on
the motion to refer the bill, and it was
ferred-SS to s.. The Democrats ali voted
in the affirmative.
STATE ITEMS.
Hugh Dobbins, of Shelby County, has
MIC that wei0hS Q72 nOunds a GOOD Sizad