The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-23
NEWS ITEMS.

General ssiekles Is on his way to resume
command of North Carolina.
The Georgetown !. mnnacipaI election
takes place next Monday.
The National Monument. Association
met and selected the old officers at Wash.
ington City, ON the I'D. inlI9A5
The follawlnggs one OF the late ,coHfrnd.
atoms ofeoHector OF Customs: r. #. III.
Fries, Padneah. Kentucky .lM .tnasaoe q
Miss Annie snrratt visited the JAIN on the
2lst, and had an Interview with her bEo-
ther. .1lda Y = g Esss go
The President has committed the sem
tence of the persons who were to be hang
ed, to imprisonment at the Dry Tortugas.
Advices from Rio Janeiro state that
large number of Americans who lately
emigrated there, are forced to beg their
living, as they can get no employment.
Washington's birth day was observed by
the suspension o1rbusiness, the ciostngof
the Executive Department, and, at noon,
a display of flags.
A number of Western soldiers AID sail
ors, at a meeting at Washington City on
the 2lst, passed resolutions urging the SEN
ate TO put the Scheuck Roanty Bill on its
passage, and appointed a committee to
call upon Senators in the furtherance of
their views 2 s*i'A- So T
General Grant is on his way West.
A speciaFsaysfhe B@nkfunt Bill lis now
in the hands Of Committee of Confer
ence, and we shall probably hear nothing
more from 1t for some time.
AZ
says that three handred delegates hom
sixty Workingmen's Unions held Con-
vention, on the ed, but failed even to or
ganize. They used up the time in eo1fus-
ed, rambling debates.
The Nebraska Lesislature has rstided
the conditionsimposedb by Congress for her
admission as a State. The vote. in the
House stood 20 to 6; in the Senate it was
unanimous. The Legislature adjourns to-
morrow. eH3S n:tM sstst Z. - - -
A New York Herald Mexico City cores.
pondent says, that on the evacuation OF
the capital by the French, the Marquis
declared martial law. sbn9isl xnefa fii0
CoNGREssfoSIAL 81 MN ARY-sENArE; Feb.
0-The Chairs6nnittedt the resolutions OF
the Rhode. Island Legislature. ratifying
the Constitutional Amendment -.....--How.
ard presented the resolutions of the Wis
consin Legislature, certifying as to
the Iratification of Ii the Fourteenth
Amendment to the Constitution NJ c.
Dougan presented the credentials Of senar
tor Cole, Of California, which were filed
..-a.The bill in relation to the Indian Blu
reau was taken up.....,...O On motion Of Sum
ner, a joint resolution. supplementary t.
that for representation of the Unite,
States at the Paris Exposition, was con
sidered and passed. 1t appropriates $3.50
in addition to sl56,O00 previously appropri
ated. sss,E5A .f,4sSA Elk
HOUSE Stevens, from the Committee OF
Appropriations, reported back, witt
amendments, the Senate amendment t
the civil appropriation bin, and the Hous
proceeded to consider them all..~.....Th
Senate amendments striking out the ar
preparation for the daily ConSressioaO
Globe were, on recommendation of tn
Committee, noa-concurred in ......Th
amendment Of the Senate to make an al
preparation of $4,000, to. facilitate stelf
graphic communicated between the Al
lantic and Pacific, was concurred in....,.,
Stevens, from the Committee on Apprc
priations, reported, back the Senat
amendments to the Military Acadam
Bill......An amendment was adopted tina