The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-19

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flying column in a wood near Mitchels'
Town, was a most exciting affair. The
determined bravery of the Fenians,
as well as the rapidity of their fire.
elected the admiration of the sol
diers. The three Fenians fought 12O
soldiers until one of their number
was killed, and the remaining two
captured. o., ,-s,...4......
/ An action Of much interest and i'm
portance was tried yesterday 10 the
Supreme Court, before Judge Mason
1T involyes the validity ofaa judgment
rendered ia the Sixth District Court
of New Orleans, byla Judge who had
Itakenoa judicial oath to support the.
Constitution Aofa the Confederate
States, who rendered. the Judgment in
question in. February, 1862, after
I Military law had been proclairned
there, and aftepq qJudg ge Peabody had,
by authority of the President, eqtered.
upon the duties. of his Ofhee- Judge
Mason ordered a verdict for the
plaintiff, subject to the opihiolfoff the
General Term, thus sustaining the
judgment rendered by the New Or
leans Court.
TIE Hefald' . speeial gssgsl thearet
NOR still prevails In Washington that
negotiations are pending for fthe pur-
chase of. British America by the
United States. Mr.. Seward is pro
posing to give the Alabama claims in
part paw. rio ia55 baa
Anexpedition is being organized by
the State Department to explore Rus
sian America, and acauaint our peo-
-ple with the value of their recent ac-
uuisition. Tt Will start about The first
week in Nav ,s..,-s~..,.. \. .s
The HernLI's Queenstown. Ireland.
saws tharA Is almost a
ganeraI ar axoaus to tba TTnited States
The class of neonIe emigrating are
eeneralIy of the comfortable farming
class
The -Wo~1,yls wa III fnotnn Ssnafc;,
p;ves few ex X tracts from the testimo-
nv given before. the. judiciary Com
t;vas rel.t;va tn the srrast of .Tohn
81. Surratt, whose trial is expected
to take nlace' next June It would
anpear from the evidence given by
Dr.. Mcmillan. that Surratt was igno-
rant of the seonspiracy TO assassi1ate
President Lincnln. thouOb marty to
the nlof-fA ) hawct T9TgTfE
Tho Times sne@;al savs the Senate
Jus;c;arv Committee have demanded
from Secretary Browning his authori-
tv for investinr Mr. Roov with the nre-
roeativAsaof Indian Commission as
noted .vesterdav IA. - - !
The Senate has rejected the sale. of
o g.nSssAto @ * - e. I D..
e;fSe' f R.;lraad car a. one me m;li;an' JalI.rs
on nu rad;. adiaT Th;S M .s .g AZ n iand ,a yh;ch
SecretarV Harlan sojd to the Con
necticut Emigration Company ;. aud
which sale was set aside BY, his sue
cessor, who sold 'itl as above.
1t was developed to-day through
the remarks of one of the judges of
the Supreme Court that had the AT
torney General .interposed any OBJ
lection to the filing Of tAa Georgia In
junction Case. the Court. would have
sustained that objection. as it did in
the Mississippi Case.sxHI bsIB zkii
The Tsibune,s special saws: Attor-
new General Stansbury Is aaid to have
recently remarked to the District At
tornev of Virginia. that Jeff. Davis
must be d;snosea Of anr;ne tbei com.
ing term of the Circuit Court of the
United States. which meets at Rich
mond the sfrst M Monday in May. .ssssr'sls
The Governor of Arkansas saws
that she is sready.fo organize iinder the
Reeonstr,sot;cng SsN z USS9
Fnrfbar ;nvesfigat;on concerning
tbe coin and 'huIIion csnt,,rad 0on.the
sownsaII OF Of .tbe Gonfass-acv shows
concldsiveiy that Il Belonged to The
rebel Governmeatsn Notwithstanding it
was claimed bythe Richmond and