The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-04

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lt Is again stated that President johnson
mas conclvded to issue q general amnesty
pro lam atlonsf It's ProviElons VIII include
Iaa. Davis, John @. Breckinridge. anc
other leading rebels.
The Union Central Com nittee OF New
y lrk met on the evening OF the Sd, and
passed resolutions against the contem'
p,ated action of Congress in the passage o
bHt impo ing tax OF ten per cent. OF
Tu ted States bonds
A special to the Louisville Courier O.
July 2d. states that a terrible Emash-up oc-
CURED al thealpir grounds at Franklin on
that day. Tue whole ampifheater fell to
Il grou, d, injurirg several workmen
severe y. Tho stru ture was newly nm
ished. an valued at $4,000. The damage
Is osiim ated at about 5000.
Mr. John E. Risiey, Deputy Commits
aioner of Iu ernsi Rev nue., to whom was
rof-rre.l the charge OF dvfrauding the Gov
ernment. brought bv C. c. Gardiner, AS
SCISSOR Of the Tsxenty-ssventh District of
Now York, against j ~. Nicks, State SEN
ator. IA 3 rendered q decision exhener-
atIng Mr.. Nicks.
On the Cd inst, Thomas Z. Casey, of the
banking House OF Archibald Oracle King,
coupon bonIs OF 1865, and while at the
desk engaged in conversation with q gen.
tIeInan, leaving the coupons lying on the
counter, an adroit thief entered and stole
The money ana made his escape.
A powder mill belonging to the Hazard
wen Powder Company, in Icittee, Con-
rectleat, exploded ON Tuesday, the seth
uIt. burning the only two persons in the
1nfIl ia a shocking manner. Their lives
are despaired of 10 Is but three weeks
since q million the same site shared a like
fate.
On tuesday. during a heavy thunder
storm. Rev. A. q. Shafer, pastor of the
West Deer Township United Presbyterian
Churcn, tea miIes from Pittsburg, was In
stantls killed by lightning while standing
ut the corner Of his residence. The de-
ceased was fifty years of age, and has been
pastor Of ftI thirty years.
The inhabitants oG Texas console them
selves with the reflections that, II murders
aro tolcraniy numerous in that State,
none of them are politieal.'' IL is doubt
ful, however, whether this explanation
viii tendato increase emigration to Texas
Julesbarg-one ofthemushroOm ''cities''
on the lire Of the Pacific Railroad--must
bo q Desirable place for invalids. OF the
ons hundred aud fifty deaths occurring
during theslx months of its existence, but
one was by disease.
copper, according TO Prof. Hitchcock, of
Amherst College, must be very plentiful in
New Hampshire. In a lecture delivered
at Concord, New Hampshire. recently, he
asserted that there was copper enough in
Gardner's Mountain. in that State, to sup
ply the United states for two hundred
years, the vein being five miles long, aud
I've hundred fe=tin deptn.
AIlss Fanny v right, while going home
from neigh boTs, where she had been TO
collect $50, in Chsmblls burg, Virginia, on
Wednesday OF last week, was murdered
and robbed. The murderer had not been
discovered at last accounts,
A gentleman residing on the Hudson
River, Is endeavoring to bring ont light
riv' DUat on now principle connected
with displacement OF water and resist
auce. The inventor claims not only that
sh0 VIII % useful TOR carrying mails and a
few passengers, out OF unparalleled swift
ness.
LincO D, the new capital Of Nebraska
now c0l tainH about o e hundred and nifty
nous, 8. rhe school lands south of Lin
con have been sold. They consisted o.
three hundred and twenty acres. and
brought th handsome price of SS5,7Ss, ol
Slll IS per acre.
The uotting stallion Dictator, Ave year
ole, an own brother to Dsxter, alreao.
shows gr, ster speed, II Is said. Than tn
Istiei sl tu- same age. Although .he tro'
ting QUALITIES OF the horse have neve
been Iully developed, his open gait, long
easy ride. with a latent power 20 quicke
ga H5if7tn zen er it not improbable tha
he VII yet attain a celebrity on the cours
eZcollln8 thai OF his unrIvaled brother.
dispatch from New London, Connec
ticut, Of date of the Cd, states that th
steamer City OF j lstOn was run into o
the nis ht OF the ~ by the steamer Stale
New York, off tie mouth # the Connect
cut River, which seriously damaged tn
II ~ named boat. Several PER- ons were ii
jured, ana three lives lost. The passenge
On the CI Y OF Boston were taken OF h
The City Of London.
IN tho House, on Friday, Mashburne r
ported bill providing that when n SC
dIers' discharge states that he Is dischargt
ly reason OF the expiration of his term
service, he shall be held to have complete
the iuu term af his enlistment, and be el
titled 70 bounty accordingly. That II
prohibition Of bounty to soldiers who ha1
rapers sua4l not apply In cases where N
amount Of bounty has been advanced !
states, counties or towns to the soldier
% his familys bnt such state, county
town shall be entitled 10 1t; that the wi
oW, children, or parents of a soldier dyil
after honorable discharge shall receive Il
acditional bounty.
Mazatlan advices of June 22d, state tn
"a serious difficulty occurred between Cor
mander Briggs, Of the war steamer Cha
tlcleer, and the Mexican authorities. II
Cnant ieleer was in q dangerous conditio
and fred signal guns for assistance. T
ship was released from danger. The Ca
lain Of the Chandelier then refused
pay for the services rendered, whereup
ono of his of GERS was searched and &C
found on his person. 1t was alleged
had attempted to eyade the payment
export duty, and from this the Captain
the ship was searched by order of the c
lector. This caused a collision, and /
Captain Of the Chanticleer gave not
that he would lombard the city for ins
10 an English ship. Briggs first demand
That the OIhcer who searched his subor
nate should b. sent aboard the ChanticI
10 be dealt with as he saw NJ. Corona
piled that sooner than submit to such
outrage he would allow the city to
bombarded, and telling him in dignf,
language thattf be had any reparatlou
MAKE be would make IL IN a manner Z
tOmary TO civilized nations, and thro,
the proper channel.
New York, July 3. - ArriN
steamer Columbia from Havana.
the 22d ult. she collided with
5shooner T. S. Grier, hence for
Del>Tare, sinking her in three n