The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-22
Editorial Notes.

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the State University, at Blooming
ton, to deliver the Annual Address
at the next Commencement, which
takes place the last week in June
IT is reported in the newspapers
that GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND
the brilliant correspondent, poet and
traveller, has fallen heir to a fortune.
His many friends and admirers IN
this city will rejoice at his good
luck.
AUGUST BELMONT, Chairman OF
the Democratic National Committee,
Is said 10 collect regularly more gold
interest on bonds than any other
man 10 The United States.
/ The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph (Reb-
ell Democrat thinks HANCOCK and
ADAMS would make a good Presi-
dental ticket; their revolutionary
names would stir up the popular
heart and resurrect revolutionary
principles, now tranapled in the
dust.
THE New England papers say that
there is a great rush this Spring of
Eastern men to Omaha, Nebraska.
Many young men from Worcester,
New Bedford and vicinity, Taunton,
Nantucket, and the Cape have already
gone, and more are going. The Oma-
ha papers say those who come there
to engage in agriculture will do we'll,
hut such as seek employment as
clerks and book-keepers will be dis
appointed as the supply is largely in
excess of the demand.
: "A SERIES of ''parlor entertainment"
has begun in the St. James Metho
dist Church in New Brunswick, n.
J.. the edifce in which the Rev. Mr..
TYING preached against the remon-
STRANGE of Messrs. STUBBs and BoGGs.
The pastor, DIR. TIFFANY, originated
the idea, and among the readings
given last week were David Copper
field" Hoods "Song of the Shirt,
SCOTS "Marmion," and Tennyson's
" Nay Queen
Our citizens will remember how
approximately they we're solicited by
an ex-rebel officer and the Evansville
Courier, about a year ago, to con-
tribute to General LEES College.
During the past winter HENRY WARD
BEECHER, HORACE GREELEY, and
few others, were induced to give the
begging enterprise their endorsement.
A lady who was ten years a member
of BEECHER's church, and has been a
Of freedmen in the vicinity Of
College, has published a
very caustic letter upon her former
pastors recent proceedings. She re-
Iates her experience of General LEES
young gentlemen-stones and brick
bats thrown into the windows of her
horrible serenades under
her windows at night, occasional ad-
monitions on the street to take up
her abode in the internal regions,
polite salutations as " ID Yankee
o-h of a niger teacher" and
threats to burn the school-house and
nome of those engaged in instEucting
he freedmen.
A TERRIBLE story Of shipwreck
comes from Madagascar. \ French [
-essel, bound from Calcutta TO Mar
eilles. was wrecked on the reefs of
-sle St. Brandon, and the crew took
% their boats, two n number One
# them was thrown back upon the
eefs, and all its occupants were
drowned; the other made for the
learest land. La nine days all the
provisions were exhausted, and the
7eptain succumbed to fatigue and
rivation. The maze thereupon pro-
osed that they should all drown
themselves together, but the sugges-
on was rejected, and the decision
as come to to draw lots as to which
{ them should be killed and served
! food for the others. The vic i'm
as designated, and underwent his
te with resignation, Three DAYS
ter this horrible sacrifice. on the
h Of January, the boat touched at
ohambo. Madagascar, and there,
ore dead than alive, the famished
nnibaIs were kindly received, and
Mt TO tie French Consul.