The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-01
Late News Items.

Gold closed in New York, yesterday, al
l44sSa145.
Edisoatch dated at Eostun;s ;slst alts say 81
Judge Samuel d. Bell, ex-Chief Justice oi
the Supreme Court, died In that city to-
day, aged II years.
Thomas $. Hornbeck, thirty-two years
old, hanged himself In his fathers barn
in Grahamsville, Sullivan County. New
York, few days ago.
Flora Temple, now twenty-three years
old, is still living, and this Spring has pre-
sented her owner, Mr.. Welsh, at Chestnut
Hill, Pennsylvania, with a fine foal, in
form ana cdlora mn niatuEe editlonof hers
self.
Charles B. Braker,s saloon keeper in
Philadelphia. who, for the amusement Of
himself and friends, keeps IA rattlesnake
was bit by the reptile on the 30th, from
the effects of which he died.
A Montreal dispatch, of date S1st, says
Miss Matherson, daughter of DIR. Mather-
son, an eminent Presby terian minister. Of
that city, was drowned sat CacOnna on
Wednesday, while bathing. Mills, the
gymnast, was shot in the mouth yesterday
by one Nolan, in q drunken row. Mills is
In precarlous condition.
The Commissioner of the General Land
once, in reply to inquiries, that home
stead entries can only be made upon sur
veyed land, after q return to the proper
distries iand office Of the ahicial plot of
the survey; also, that the right of a settler
under a homestead entry attaches only
from date of entry. sta ~
Judge Blatehfond hes decided that a
mortgage upon distillery given prior to
seIznre of the premises for violation OF
the sTevenue laws, did not exempt tn EN-
from seizure. asseaE2 ataFlss
Divers. are. at work with a new subma-
rIne exploring apparatus, at the spot
where the English frigate Huessar is sup
posed to have sank in~l7S0. The men re-
manned under water nearly an hour, and
Rnceeaded in finding, as they believe,
traces OF the sunkenvesseI. aas Raan5f
.as An sAiana. Canada, dispatch dated the
31st says the representa- tfyes Ofi American
Insurance. companies arrived here yester-
day, and deposited the amount with the
Receiver General, which is required by
the insurance act. Those who nave eom-..
piled with this act VIII be gazetted on sat
urday.
Asa Johns, NIB, disuatch dated the slsts
ult. says that Sir John a. Mcdonald and
other Cabinet Ministers arrived there yes
terday, and pro. eeded to Halifax last night
The Nova Scotian members held caucus
to-day TO decide on the course TO be pur-
sued concerning the Confederation. D
The committee of the Senate appointed
20 fnqaire into the ofneiAI conduet of SEN
ators in connection with the fmpeach-
meut and trial of President Johnson took
no action whatever in relation to that
subject. l.liHa tee t.stssesaanaaa 81
The French Government having re-
Gently granted exclusive privileges to a
compsny for the purpose, telegraph
cable is to be laid down rom Brest, in,
France, direct to the city of New York.
The company has "a capital OF 6i,0oO,0O0,
4 and expeets TO lay the cable next June. FL
Miss Julia Wallace, of Kent, Newton
County, Indiana, has been boarding IN
Michigan City for some time, the lake
breeze having been recommended for her
health. She seemed 10 be sresiless ana
despondenr for some days, and on Sunday
last took an overdose of morphine, which
caused her death.
The Baltimore Sun 1ntimates that. an
opportunity OF a connereiaI connection
with a house in England for American
business, has induced Jef Davis to go
abroad. The trade of the Southern people
likely TO be sattraeted bys the nR me or MI. :.
Davis is the inducement to the English
firm for Offering the connection.
The State election in. Kentucky takes
place next Monday. August Sd. sFenne see
holds her election ten days later, on the
18th. Vermont follows on the LIST of. Sep-
tember; California on the Sth, and Maine
on the l4th Of that month; Nebraska on
the 9Th ofOctobeF; Pennsylvania, Ohio. Iu-
diana and Iowa on the 18th; zWestN irginia
on the 22de and New York, New Jersey,
Delaware, Maryland, Illinois. Michigan.
Wisconsin, Minnesota, AAIissouSi, Kansas,
Nevada and MASSACHUSETTS, elect their
Stale officers on the Sd of November-the
day OF the Presidential eIection.8 = "a
Some time ago. it VIII be reme1nbered
Commissioner Rollins handed to the Pres
-tdent his resiZnation, to take effect when
a successor should be appointed. Thisswas
during the session of the Senate, and the
appointment ofza successor , eqnired the
Senate'sy approval. Since the adjourn
ment, the President has proposed to accept
the resignation and make an appoint-
X ment, which he could legally do, to hold
until Congress 8reasgembles.f Mr. III Rollfns
Is desirous of retaining the office, ,sand con-
: tends that the meaning of the condition
OF hts resignation was the eScon firmatIon oi
a successor by the Senate. This view. II
appears, is sustained by Attorney General
Evarts, and Mr.. sFsollins Ewin therefore
stick" unless the President Shall deter
mine to suspend him under the Tenure
OF ONCE Law, which is not likely 20 bt