The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-15
A very large crowd asse",'.'-I
the depot, and as the trsin moved OF

| it dispersed. a@ sos -ef afgFan
One hundred and twenty-five mem
/ bers of the printers Grant and Col
fax Club escorted Stevens 8 rem aims
from the Capitol to the depot, aud ]
committee of three of their number
! proceeded with the corpse to Lancas-
ter. .----- -. - ----.-
Brevet Brigadier General Rufus
Saxton is to report n person, without
delay, to the comm anding General oi
| the Department of the South, for
assignment to duty as Chief Quarter
master. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
G. a. Reynolds, Assistant Quarter
master, will report to the command
ing General and the Chief Qaarter-
master of the Military Division of
Missouri. for assignment to duty.
Last night while colored military
organization from Georgetown was
passing along Pennsylvania Avenue,
on their way to the Capitol, some one
on the sidewalk threw stone. INTO
the ranks, which vas responded 10
by several shots from the company,
and one or two persons on the SIDE
walk were injured, one very seriously.
The affair is undergoing investigation
WASHINGTON, August IA state
ment of facts concerning the Texas
cattle disease has been made by y. IL
Dodge, statistician of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, as the result OF
an extended Investigation. lie makes
the following points:
4. That the disease is communIcat
ed by cattle from Texas, Florida, and
other portions of the Gulf coast.
2. That such disease is itselfun
known in Texas, or on the Gulf coast.
3. That the cattle communicating 1t
are not only apparently healthy, but
generally improving in condition.
4. That while local herds receiv
ing the infection nearly all die, they
never communicate the disease TO
others. "a - -
5. That either a considerable in
crease in elevation or q distance OF
two or three degrees of latitude from
the starting point, is necessary to de-
velope the veins I1to activity and VIZ
nlence, and further progress of two
degrees of latitude, and feWsWeeks
t.f time, is sufficient to eminate the
po Isoa from the system. f.a
6. That Texas cattle removed TO |
other niasmatic sections, rs the Mis- |
sissipoi bottoms. up to the sixteenth |
paralley. communicate no infection to |
local herds. =.@@ Il
T. Medication has, thus far, been of |
no avail, and concludes that the dis |
ease cannot become generais that 1t /
can exist only with movements OF
Texas cattle. which should be Fegu- /
lated or suppressed, and that it does /
not result from travel, but from cit
matte causes. ~
The President has recognized the
Consul at New York, |
St. Paul, Chicago, San
St. Louis, Philadelphia,
Richmond, Charleston,
Galveston, Milwaukee, and New Or
leans. rsu ,ca rQ
The following was received at the
Navy Department to-day:
1o u. s. NAVAL OBSERVATORY, I
Washington Aug. II, 1858.
Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary OF the
Navy:
SIR-T have the honor to report
I1at Nckes comet was observed here
b is morning by Prof. hall. IL was
lie ar the place predicted by Messrs.
3rceker and Venasten, at 3 O'Clock
his morning, August 13, ID b, I'm
ahe comets right ascension was b b,
9 m, and declinatiOn 30 degrees, 52
ainuies. Your ob't serv't,
b. f. SANDS, Commodore, Supt.
Rev. DIR. Curly, of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, this
ity, formerly Chaplain of the United
'tates Senate, is lying seriously Ill at
Ilifton Springs, N. Y. The disease |
5 said to be cancer in the stomach.
The party shot last night by the
ring from the ranks of the colored
iouaves, was a negro who was siand-
ng on the sidewalk and received the
all in his leg. After the firing COM
nenced large crowd gathered, aud
of serious riot were APP
aren't, which was checked by the
'rompt action of the police and others
1he wounded man was carried to a |
urgeon and the bali extracted.
WASHINGTON, August 14.-Qufe a
lumber of ofreports have been received
{ the Internal Revenue office. with :
egard to the operations of distillers, .
&c, calling for the atten- !.
ion of supervisors. They are gen.
rally laid aside to wait the appoint
lent of supervisors for collection Ia
be district within which the cases
ave arisen demanding the attention
f an official of that character
Mr.. Rollins is expected home early
uring the present week. 1t does not
ppear that anything of a definite I
haracter has traRspired to confirm
ither the opinion that he will resign !
r hat he will continue to occupy his
res ent official position.
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