The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-20

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Gold. closed IN New York yesterday at
1897.
The workingmen of Baltimore have or
ganizes d Working1nens Political Union.
The prospect fora large yield of tobacco
In the Southwestern. part of Virginia is re-
ported Is quite Favorable. lasaE sF10aMl
fire occurred ataParis, Ill.,g on the 18th.
which qsstroyed twenty tho s dollars s
worth of property.
No steps have been taken as yet in re-
gard to the InternationaI Convention be-
tween Spain, Chill and Peru.
The savage order of Miramon, infiicting
death upon all prisoners captured, was
countrmanded by aximiiian0 = 8
The executive session of the Senate on
the 10Th was largely devoted to the dis
cussion of Mexican affairs. ~ h
Fourteen thousand bushels of corn were
shipped 10 Mobile yesterday by the South
ern Relief Association. nA
The nomination of Mr.. Raymond as Mn
lister 10 Austria has been laid on the table
by the Senate.
The carpenters of New York are still on
a strike. Efforts are being made to es-
tablish cooperative labor shop. ifs
a u6StTQctiNe uIe OccOIIeU dI IOI1erOy,
Ohio, on the night of the 18th inst. Loss.
500, 00o.-
A convention of newspaper publishers
was held at Atlanta, Ga. on the 18th. The
object wasrto organize system Of tele-
graphic service for the South exclu-
sively. to- = gssssFsf nfse. g. 'ierss-
A Convention swas held in Richmond
Virginia, on the 18th, for the purpose of
susr ;v1
State. The-majofity of the delegates con-
sisted of colored men. 81 ..s.5se + G.e 50
Jaurez has given orders to his officers to
grant Macmillan an escort and honor
able treatment to any point on the coast,
in case of his capture
The SUIT against Major-Generaf John E.
Wool, for false Imprisonment during the
war, IL in progress in the United states
Circuit Court at Baltimore. and attracts
general public interest, other cases are
pending the result. t @ t'5'sa9
1t fiassbeen decided by udge Lowell that
the Glide built steamer Syren, captured in
Charleston Harbor, and claimed as prize,
was prize to,the Government. 81 gn
loss of $4,000 was sustained by the
destruction of an express train by fire on
the Erie Railway on the 18th inst. The
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Kentucky ITEMS. "a ~
The chicken cholera is proving very des-
tructiye TO the poultry in Davies Country.
DIR. George w. Griffiths of Louisville, late
Captain in the second Kentucky cavalry,
has been appointed Major in the regu-
lar cavalry. 80
owengGsT Turner who has filed the, poi
sition of Toll Collector at the Covington
end OF the Licking bridge ever since the
structure was erected, died on Monday
night, after a short illness. 4ea4e,s 3zss--
On Wednesday afternoon a herse con-
tanning corpse was upset by a careless
driver in one of the grave yards in the
vicinity Of Louisville. The coffin fell out,
burst open, and the corpse rolled about
on the gieen sward- Another coffin had
to be procured before the corpse could be
laid decently in mother earth.
Our sanctum was illuminated on Mon
day last by the smiling '.phizn of our
good friend. Cal. Jones, of the Rcckport
Democrat Greensboro Monitor.
''Il,snainated!" We are surprised that
the Monitor should thus allude to the pro-
verbal weakness of Democratic editors.
A heavy land slide occurred on the Ken
lucky Central Railroad, about one mile
north of Buffers Station, Tuesday morn
ing, OBTAINING the trains several hours.
1t is little singular that the three OPP
posing candidates for Attorney General
hail from Frankfort, and that the given
names should all be John, and two of
them prefix Of John NJ. ~ - y.
The subscriptions for the Southwestern
Relief Commission in Louisville amount
to $3.50 SO. ssssf.-l.-s -ts,f
Mr.. Ike Lejeune, OF .Owensboro. lost a
very interesting little child by death last
week, by eating a large quantity of
pickles. 1t had by some means got access
to a large jar of them, with the result as
stated esAlls saDf 81
Mr.. j. r. Mars, of the Danville CKy1
Advocate, will issue in May the. "" Farmers
Horne," an Agricultural paper, at Lexing-
ton.
One thousand seven hundred and TWEEN
ty-three letters were received at the
Greensboro post office during the last week
of the quarter just ended. 6&0O 3
The daughterSof wealthy steamboat
man in Louisville eioped with q poor but
handsome young carpenter on Monday
night last. The lovers are supposed to
have gone East.
1t is said that out of a population of
10000 souls in New Albany, Ind, Jajty men
and destitute people of the south GEN
erous 90 liberal p high minded p New
balmed in the hearts of the Southern
people-PoducGh Herald. eaEH1o hHa
Yes, but New Albany always gives the
Confederate Democracy a handsome ma
jority. Isn't that enough to demonstrate
its fidelity 10 thes' lost cause?s'
In the First Congressional District the
farmers are busy as bees putting in their