Randolph journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1865-186?, 1867-01-24


Ngw York. the O,her day. there va.
an ARRAY of titled distinction, viz.
On prince. one dlSo. ona lord.
two coGu.~, one martui~e. The latter
tho only ludv present. was the
wife ol the re5uraing French Niu.
i-ter.
.AN cicgant marble alonameni
has been erected TT Lttlet0n, New
Hampshire, 80 the memory OF that
brave soldier, Colonel Edward J.
CrO~S, who was Killed at Cattvsbnrg
after leading his regiment, the fifth
New lIarnl'ShiIp. through the st.
verest struggles OF the Army of the
Potomac.
John Goldsmith died ut lis resi-
dence in Elton. Oaio, On the 23d OF
Dseember, at the age OF ninety-One.
IL had lived on the same spot over
sixty years. had been resident oi
Ohio for severity years, Il church
member .or nearly sixty wears, had
s served in .he war vf ISL, and leaves
a Witc aged ninety. with whom he
had lived over ,iXty->iX years.
One OK the late,; gift enterprise
SWindle- i advertised from Wind
>os A,htabula County. Ohio. and j.
ca.ied the Franklin Benefit As-
ISOLATION, OF which II. ". b. Love
Joy acts - special agent. The A.
-0ciatiOl claims 10 have been organ
ized in January, 1863: President,
VIM. y. Logan, OF Chicago; Vice
President, Lyman b, Nichols, of
Cleveland, ohiO; Secretay, q. W.
Cisco, Columbus, Ohio; Trustees:
Hon" " ". Cox, OF Cleveland, is
raep' Washburne, of Cincinnati,
and Jonathan" &. Wentworth, of
Chicago. .All these names are those
OF prominent men who are know
all over the country; but none OF
them (the sWindlers are too sharp
for that) are those OF the men whom
one at first would suppose are
meant ClerclNld P'0m Dcdicr.
The Senate has concurred in the
House Amendments TO the bills for
the admission of Nebraska and Col
ogado. They viii be submitted to
the President, who will, it is re-
ported, sign the former and veto the
iattcr.
\ dreadful tragedy occurred N
Valparaiso, Indiana, night before
last. \ jeweler named Chaunccy
Page beat his wife almost 10 death,
then murdered al aged man and
his wife, and then set fire 10 the
house. The bodies Of the two MUIR
dcred persons were consumed, but
the wife manged % escape. The
wretch escaped. Intense excite
mon. c,iSts in Valparaiso over the
dreadful tragedy.
Some inquiry having been made
about the amount OF money 10 be
paid for the arreast OF John II. sur
rat, il is worth while 70 call attcn-
tiOn tu the iaet taat the order offer
ing reward for his capture was re-
Vokca by the President some time
hate in the ial! Of 1863.
The clerks Of the Attorney Gen
erl office are husiIr engaged in
rrap3~Wg thr IiSl ~ persons who
were enla .ed IN the rebellion and
have hcrE purduacd, to be furn-
i,uei 10 the ilOase. tne lit OF
tAose Mna lctt inc Dnitcd States
iongre-,, tae army ana naHy, and
thoS' wuu hcid commissions u Gen
rrai~ ~ the army. W. sent 10 the
House a few days since. When
completed the Ii. Will compri>a
nearly eighteen thousand nam =.
The kansas branch of the Onion
Pacific Rlilroad has been completed
tSen,y mile, west of Fort Riley,
md graded t0rty-iive miles beyond.
The earnings are expected TO aver
age 500, 900 monthly for the present
year.
Taa aggregate increase Of the
population oi the United Safes by
Immigration during the last year is
925, ilS. OF these, 2l5.9lS are from
Germany and the British Isles
-l04,Il5 being Germans, 6S,9i7
Irish, @G,lsl English, and 1919
: 10Th representing at Il moderate
average, an actual accession OF
wealth to the country of >l07, ,954, GOO
The heaviest snow storm known
in New York city for several years,
srt in Wednesday night, and the
snow WAS still falling ut last ac-
counts with unahated fury Ii is
now over a foot deep on the level
and two or three in the drift.
The Posts Washington dispatch
says that General Sickle-' testimony
before the committee relative to
affairs in South Carolina i very
strong. lie declares that many
counties of that State require con
-tant military control 10 secure 10