The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-14

Coz ACKNOWLEDGMENT bill introduced
on the 18th, to pay the. reward Offered for
the capture OF Jefferson Davis.........B Bill to
secure the speedy completion of the
Southern Pacific Railroad Resolution
offered relative to the protection of Ameri
can interests. .......A joint resolution CIV
ing Government employees at Washington
20 per cent. addition al pay, passed by q
vote Of 90 against AZ
STATE LEGISLATIVE SUdSIARY.-A Joint
Resolution was offered in the Senate, on
the 18th, ratifying the Constitutional
Amendment...---Abil bill was introduced TO
establish a Soldiers and Seamen's, Home.
.........A bill was offered defining the rela-
tons between master and apprentice,
making eight hours instead of ten a days
work 1@. A. Joint RespEution was intro
duced appointing a Joint Commi tee of
five Senators and Representatives to con.
fer, with, a view of establishing House of
Refugel<.......A bill to apportion the State
for Legislative purposes. OH
BY CABLE.-The steamship Java arrived
at London, on the 10th, from Boston. 49,.
AdYices from London arctic the effect that
the Lords Of the ADMIRALTY are busily en-
gagged in the preparation Of the estimates
for the large increase of the naval arm
lately ordered. The Times thinks thai
the scheme for the impeachment of the
President docks like a fatal blow to the
Constitution........M.D eak, in France, has
issued an address. He condemns the pat
ent lately issued for the reorganization of
the army. At Madrid, Spain, the prof
fered mediation of the United States in
the differences between Spain and Chilli,
is regarded almost certain as the forerun-
ner of an honorable and permanent peace.
...... In Austria, the journals of the 18th
contained the official announcement that
the sublime fort called One Hundred and
1Fafty Thehsahd Is on duty to sdueif the.
Greek invasions. the evening of
the 18th, in Liverpool, the cotton market
closed dull and lower; middling upIands,
I4s4d; sales did not exceed the noon esti-f
mates {, 900 bales. ,3od1 bBs oi00d 10 z
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STATE ITEMS.
The Met lure Library, at Logansport, has
almost ceased to exist. The books are
mostly lost and destroyed. -,
, Hpnf Jehh DT Defreek eff InaiSnapelist
for Washington City Saturday evening. y
A new paper ag fjtsf been q Started at.
MitcheH, 9hdiaR4a Ned ri lfateheH Com Y
nsaecSdI sldsn9 Inv sG s93i1q iona ls y
UFqea SAt ff FAN hI5li to-
night Subject a- ources Of danger to the,
Republic"-on Tuesday night Impartial
Suffrage"
few evenings since a young man !
named Clark died suddenly, while attend 4
ing dawt1gpegts a sh6rG @ance from
Lafayette, this State. He had been aff1ict- 4
ed with consumption.
A catamount, or some other wild ami
NAL, perhaps CT the lupine species, but
evidently, an enemy to the canine race, 4
inhabits thefl woods g. short distance from
Washington, in this State Several dogs |
are said to have come, TO can untimaly
death of late by this creature, III as,teeo
railroad is talked of from Attica, a |
station on the 7. w. & w. r. W., to Rock |
vile, thirty-six miles South, and also one |
from Covington, the County-seat of Foun- |
tain County, station on the same road, |
TO Terre Haute.
Besides the revenue tax ana State license,
the city authorities of Greencastle charge |
$500 for the privilege of retailing liquor in |
that city.
The statement recently published that
s7OO, 600 worth of railroad iron had been
purchased by the Grand Rapids and Indi-
ana Railroad is contfadicted by the Presi-
dent of the Road, Joseph K. Edgerton,
RE q q 81 EsT Coz 4
a convict in the penitentiary at Jeffer- 4
a day or two since attacked one
Of the guards with knife, avowing his in
tention to kill him, and might have sue
ceeded but for the timely interference of
another one of the guards, who knocked
Henderson down with billet of WOOD. /
Henderson did not appear hurt at first,
but on visiting his cell an hour afterwards 1
he was found dead 97q 0G 4
A State paper learns of distressing in
eident swhictlds said to have occurred near /
Orleans, Ind, few days ago. A little |
child, while returning from school, is said |
to have been attack ed and killed by PAN
Their. Rather tooF fishy" to go down well. |
: Fhe Mitchell G(Ind.) fCYnIf9erctgz gives
particulars Of the horrid tragedy that oc-
CURED near Orleans, Ind. on the night of |
the LIST inst. Two young men named re-
spectiFely Weirs and2 Parish, sought The I
hand of a young; lady. Weffs was sue |
cessful-Parrish grew Jealous. and at a
party short distance from the above |
named place, he stabbed. w. six times.
killing HIM Instantly , The murderer fed |
to the;woods and made his escape, but has |
since been arrested. = G#E
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BY a special dispatch in this paper |