The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-19
LATEST NEWS .


1865.
1t is reported that the English mission
will be rendered to David Dudley Field.
1t is said desperate plot has been DIS
covered to assassinate the Pacha of Egypt
At Boston the snow storm on the 18th
inst was the severest since 1857. The snow
is three feet deep.
A gunboat will be stationed at Kingston
Canada, until Spring, in consequence OF
the number of Fenian convicts in the
penitentiary there. ~
Exports from Canada to the States during
the year are as follows: Wheat, 6l0,eot
bushels; barley, 100000; butter, 64,Ue1
pounds; -four, 10000 barrels; lumber, H.
100000 feet.
A destructive fire occurred in Nashville
on the night of 18th inst, by which $50, OOC
worth of property was destroyed.
Hughes bill to punish boilers was read
in the Senate the first time on the 18th,
it having passed the House.
On the night of the 18th, a man from
Kentucky, by the name of A. B. Missioner,
committed suicide at the Spencer House
in Cincinnati. unn re4 EYfFF
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1t is thought that majority of the Wes-
tern Indian tribes are now on the war
path, intent on plumber and murder.
Hon. e. B. Washburne, of Illinois, will
sail for Europe shortly. He will be abb
sent about three months. !, CT go
A lawyer named John H. Grauf has been
arrested in New York on charge of forgery
to obtain the back pay of deceased SOL
dier.
There has been a decrease in the negro
population of Virginia amounting to
10000. sgsSsNAo10 9s3sctA Ns941J s5Aa ~
The Republican Convention to be held at
Nashville, Tennessee, on the 22nd of Feb
ruary, bids fair to be the largest ever held
in the State.
During the past year, about -Sl33, 200 were
deposited in the Treasury by the Patent
office, after paying all expenses of the Of
flee. This makes the total amount now to
the credit of the Patent ONCE nearly $500, :
600. Hbt1U tIN 3tAs BltA te5Jl
The committee of the Kentucky Legisla-
ture appointed to inquire into the pro-
priety of removing the State Capital, have
reported in favor of removal, but do not
recommend any particular place for the
future seat of government.
A Government herd, consisting of sixty
horses and mules were stolen by the Indi-
ans on the 18th, from Fort Laramie. In
their flight the Indians killed two men,
1t is said that the Ways and Means Com
mittee have divided on the tax On gold
bills. They agree that gold should be sold
in open market, but are Undecided on the
amount or manner.
The New York Herdld's Richmond cor
respondent says the people of the South
have made up their mindsto shake OF the
inactiOn of the past few months, and take
hold of the vital questions of the day with
Vigor.
1t is reported that secret organization
with revolutionary purposes, exists in
North Carolina. Outrages of an aggrava-
ted character have been committed on
negroes, and officers of the law are afraid
to pursue the perpetrators with the reme-
dies provided by law. = -t.t-AsA ~ A
At Savannah, Georgia, Judge Fleming
of the Supreme Court, refused, under State
law, the application of Aaron A. Bradley,
colored man of Maine, permission to
practice law IN Georgia. = .-,SA
A resolution was offered in the Legisla-
ture of New York, yesterday, favoring
Territorial governments in the States dis
organized by rebellion and civil war.
Referred. ~r;4so,yrg Fte trfoffg4
Official news has been received to the
effect that a column OF French troops 1000
strong, fell into an ambuscade near San
Juan, and were entirely cut off, losing all
their arms and materialsiof war, besides
go prisoners.
Yesterday both Houses of the Indiana
State Legislature went into joint cohven
ton and elected the following officers
General w. @. Gresham, of Floyd, Agent
of State; A. II. Common, of the Indian
apolis Journel, State Printer; Gen. r. II.
Milroy, Canal Trustee; Rev. B. F. Foster,
Librarian; F. NJ. Meredith, Terre Haute
Express, and NJ. p. Ghee, of Vincennes,
Directors of Southern Penitentiary, and
the other Republican nominees for the
Northern Penitentiary and Benevolent
Institutions.
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