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/ Committee, reported back bin pro-
Y ling for the surrender of persons
! convicted Of certain crimes, and asked
that 1t be put, upon the passage Of the
oil as amended. By the Committee,
and provides that no person who may
I have been duly arrested, tried, con-
vleted and adjudged guilty of murder,
perjury, assassination, arson, robbery
or forgery, and when conviction has
not been reversed, shall not be al
lowed to enter or remain in the United
States, and authorizes the President,
on the production of satisfactory
proof, that when any such person has
entered or is about to enter the United
States. to return or cause to be re-
turned, such convict to the country
from which he comes, or In which he
may have been so convicted.
The bill passed without division.
The House proceeded to dispose of
the amendments, fifty nine in num-
Der, reported from the Committee Of
the Whole on the State Of the Union,
to the Legislative, &C., Appropriation
Bill. HHl If
= All the amendments having been
disposed of. the bill passed W.
The House went into Committee of
.(Washburne, Of Wis, in the Chair, }
on the Army Appropriation Bill
The bill apprOpriates, in the aggre-
gate, $50, ,O82, ,093.
The bill was discussed by Pile, Lo-
gan, Schenek, Blair and Butler.
Without dispesing of the bill the
COMMITTEE arose.
= The Speaker presented a cOmmuni-
cation from the Secretary of the
Treasury relative to the transfer to
the Interior Department the power of
jurisdiction over certain Indian mat
ters now exercised by the Treasury
Department Referred to the Com.
mittee on Indian Affairs.
Also, a message from the President
with the report of the Attorney Cen
eral as to pardops granted to persons
convicted of making or passing cOun-
terfeit money. Referred to the Judi
ciary Committee.
Also a message from the President
with correspondence and information
relative to Russian America Refer
red to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs.
Blaine asked leave to offer reso-
luton requesting the President to
communicate all correspondence IN
reference to confering on Lieut. Gen.
Sherman the breyet rank of General,
and the correspondence in relation to
the establishment of new Military
Division. ADOPTED. = .f.
Logan introduced an act revokipg
the authority Of the Secretary OF the
Treasury to pay spereen ntage for the
sale of Government securities or
bonds, and repealing all laws author
iziDg the appointment of an Agent
for the purpose Of negotiating or SELL
ing Government securities or bonds. /
Referfesllto Committee. on. Ways and
Means. Adjourned, e-rF - saI
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ATLANTA, GA.
The Convention Affair or Honor
fewaF Cut short.

ATLANTA, Ga, February 19.-Tn
the Convention the resolution in
structing the next Legislature to en-
act such laws as Will compel all com
mon carriers to provide equal accom-
modations for all persons, withoa
discriminate on, was tabled. The reso-
-lltioR to prohibit the Legislature en-.
acting such law was badly defeated.
The Commanding General was re-
quested, by resQlutipn, to protect the
people from the oppression Of bail
processes, until they have expFessea
their Will in regard to the Constitu-
ton. ah a EAEE .HAAA s&Ae
The affair of honor between DR..
WestmereIand and Powers, of Allan
ia, was cut short yesterday, by the ar
rest OF the former.
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NEW YORK.
DefaHIting Cashier-ReYeRue Inspec-
tor Convicted for EXtOrting Money.


New YoRK Feb 19ZFhe cashier
of Ezra Goodrich q Co, Exchange
Place, is reported to have SI8g.O00 to
$500 900 worthy Of his employers
money IN his hands. atq ait d9old
In the United States Gireuit. Court,
yesterday, before Judge Benedict,
James b. freeman was, convicted on
a charge or having extorted money in
his official capacity as Inspector Of
Revenue. Sentence deferred u7
a Shanghai correspondent states
that the radical change in policy BY
the Chinese Government towards for
eigners, and the appointment of Bur
llngame, were brought about by the
ilfluence of the DoWager sEmpress.
who IS acting for her son, the present
Emperor. ~
NEW YORK, February 19.-The
Worlds Richmond dispatch states
that during the sessian of the State
Republican Convention the weather
was stormy, aud but few members
were present. They are to meet again
to-day.
Hauxhurst seems TO lead In the
gubernatorial race. Hunnicutt goes
to CONGRESS.
It is agreed to nominate a negro for
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate.
A Washington special to the Ira
buae states that Lieut.. Gen. Sherman
has sent word here that he has writ
ten letter to the President, respect
fully asking to be relieved from COM
ing to Washington to take command
of this Military Division. This letter
is addressed to Gen. Grant, and is to
be submitted to the President by
him.
Senators have written to General
Sherman ssking him not to think of
resigning, should the President insist
on his coming here to assume the
new command.
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5upr 3me Court Decisions.
INDIANAPOLIS.
Supreme Court DeeislOns-Delegate
to the COnVentiOn-HOtels Packed
Harmony Expected.
Especial to the Evansville Journal.l

Especial to the Evansville JOurnal.l
INDIANAPOLIS, February l9-The
Supreme Court rendered the follow
ing decisions this morning, in cases
on appeal from the First Congress
ional District:
Evansville & Charlottesville Rail-
road Company VS.. John f. Young;
Vanderburgh Common Pleas affirmed,
with ten per cent. damages. Elliott, J /,
John Clayconib q al. vs.. Isaac
Cohn; Vanderburgh Common Pleas
reversed. Frazer, G. j.
Evansville & Charlottesville Rail-
road Company VS.. Nancy Duncan !;
Gibson Common Pleas reversed
Frazer, c. J.
John Thompson vs.. Charles Mel
son; Posey Common Pleas reversed.
Elliott, J.
A large proportion of the delega-
tions are already here, many having
arrived on the ear trains. to be fols
lowed by Others Tonight. The city
is literally packed with people, and
the feeling is really excellent There
can be no doubt that the meeting viii
be very L -e,and entirely harmonioass
District lEletings have been held, and
were largely attended. From a meet
ing held tonight, there can be no
doubt that the platform will be one
upon which all Republicans eaneoheer
fully unite, and one which will show,
at the same time, that there is still
strength in the eternal principles of
the party of liberty.
The Democrats who we're looking
for a want of harmony in this re-
spect may hang their harps upon the
willow at once. There will be lively
strife for three or four of the Offices,
as to the result of which it is useless
to attempt to prophesy, as there are
several good men whose chances seem
quite evenly balanced. This strife is
carried on in the best possible humor,
and clearly indicates that nomlna-
ton by the CoaYentiop to-morrow
will be equivalent to an election in
October -bTE 81
The First District tonight made
the following nominations for Dele
gates to the National Conventions
L. Q. DeBruler and C. NJ. Allen
contingents, Andrew Lewis and J. Q.
jacques. eo 9 5a-Ia III
For State Central Committe-John
w. Foster. 90 ao1-h lol .-t
For District Elector-Andrew i.
Robinson; contingent, J. ". Wart-
man, Of Spencer. y'
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BUFFALO.
Men d-COnEening of the
Spiritualist Convention

BUFFALO, February 10. = George
Thompson, Thomas Thompson and
William Alexander were capsized in
an open boat yesterday 10 the Niagara
River and drowned The accident is
supposed to be caused by the boat
getting ia floating ice
The Spiritualist Convention of
Western New York convened here
yesterday. A large plumber of dele
gates were In attendance.
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ALBANY.
state Constitutional convention.

ALBANY, Feb. I9-In the State
Constitutional Convention last night,
the article on the Legislature was
amended by striking out the claus e
authorizing the sale of street rail-
road franchises at public auction, an d
the article on militia was amended by
restricting the number of the Nationa al
Guard, In time of peace, to 10000
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-20

Sheriff George Bahn WITH posse Of
citizens attempted to arrest him. Ee
endeavored to escape, and fred sew
eral times at the officers. The fire
was returned, and Wooden was shot
in the abdomen, and fell from his
horse. The wound is SUPPOSED to be
fatal
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MT. VERNON. ..ao
A Man Resists an OficeF-Is shot and
Fatally Wounded. 81
Especial TO the Evansville JouFnal.l I

Especial to the Evansville Jourhall p
MI. VERNON, February 19. A
young man named Ezra Wooden was
shot to-day at Point Township, eight
miles from here, while resisting an
arrest. A warrant for his arrest on
the charge of assault and battery has
been in the hands Of officers for some
time. He successfully resisted it on
several occasions. To-day Deputy
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FRANKFORT.
The Democratic Caucus-ThOmas C.
McCFeary Elected United States
SenatOF-A Banquet I'm PFepaFa-
tiOn-Buslness OF the Legislature.

FRANKFORT, Feb. 18.-The Demo-
Gratis of the Legislature held a caucus
last night to nominate a Senator. .Af-
ter eight Intellectual ballots, the eau
Gus adjourned at a late hour to meet
again at 81 O'Clock this morning. The
last ballot stood, McCreary 46, Bright
80 and Stanton "a On the caucus
meeting this morning, Bright (who
was not a candidate, but received a
large vote Notwithstanding, and Stan
ton withdrew their names and Thos,
@. McCreary, of Davies County, was
unanimously nominated He has al
ways been a Democrat, has a clear
record ,saEd Is regarded as one of the
first men. in the State Id intellect.
This isfhe first Office he has ever held.
In the Legs lature. to-day.the vote
stood, McCreary,' 10; Barnes, Radi-
cal 9; Harding, third party, 6, ae.
The Senator elect will give a grand
supper Thursday night, in honor of
his election, at the Capitol Hotel. Tt
promises TO be the grandest affair of
the season Aside from the interest
this contest has occasioned, nothing
is transpiring here.
A considerable amount Of business
Of a local nature was transacted in
both branches Of the Legislature.
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ST.. LOUIS, February 19.--The to-
baeeo factory Of George B. Pogue, OF
Hannible, Mo-, was seized {, few days
ago, for violation of the revenue law;
About 4, 900 pounds of manufactured
tobacco and lot Of tools, machinery,
&c. we're taken possession of.
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BosroN. Feb. 19.-The United State
SupremeCourt, to which an appeal was
made. sustained the will of Mrs. Abb
gail Toring, of Boston, who donated
one hundred and seventy-on thou
sand dollars to various charitable in
stitutions
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-20

NASHVILLE, February 19.--John
Sullivan, who was arrested in louis
vile a short fine ago, charged with
robbing the Southern Express at
Dresden, Tennessee, has been con-
yicted and sentenced to the Peniten-
tiary for i've years.
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TO BRICK MAKERS

HAVE A MACHINE GUARA n.
tped TO make $500 to 1000 drst-ciass
Bricks per hour, according to facilities for
removing them. Can be worked by two
horses or steam. offer to demonstrate
these facts by Machines constantly work
ing In this city. SAMUEL W. JOHNSON,
Agent, 81 Woodward Avenue, Detroit
Michigan. ffeb1) DIM lp
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PTTTsBURG, February 19-J ames
Gibbons, Vice President of the Fenian
Brotherhood, and CoI..P Z. Walsh,
Military Organizer, delivered speeches
to an immense meeting of Fenians
and friends of Irish liberty to- night
at Union Hall. The meeting was
very large and enthusiastic.
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AUBURN. N. Y, Feb. 19.ZC. r.
johnson, Assistant General Superin-
tendent Of the Merchants Union Ex-
press, died suddenly last night at
Clifton Springs, Of inflammation Of the
heart.
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SAN FRANCISCO.

Fenian Organization to be Placed on
a War F0Oting-ResOlutiO Asking
the Annexation OF British COlum-
bia-The Southern Pacific Railroad
Survey. =
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Late Foreign Intelligence.
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California Fenian Organic
alton on a War Footing.
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Nan Shot in Posey County
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-24

munity is never SO hopeless as when
there is a wide interval between its high
est moral rule and the one in daily use.
\ Malay may assassinate freely and yet
DC very good fellow but when
Christian assas9nates freely, and his TEL
low christians do not think the worse of
him for it. the case is one which puzzles
the most ardent reformer. In what does
the moral condition ola society in which
such a man "a Martin grows up differ
materially from that in which Milo
killed Clohius? The South differs from
all other civilized communities in the
modern world in having carried its men,
tal and political and religious training
tar beyond the point at which nations
usually acquire profound respect for
human life. A Southerner would listen
with the deepest interest and deepest
sympathy to an exposition Of Christian
doctrine from any Northern or English
divine, and would Guido man of any
civilized state in the tcrvor of his adhe-
sion to the great principles of political
ethics but you wsuld not be surprised
TO hear that he had the same day killed
his man treacherously and in cold blood.
There is in this a deeper difficulty for
legislators than we are yet fully aware
Of"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-24

Treasurer presented his annual report
which was accepted, and on motion. he
WAS instructed to pay to the treasurer of
the County Agricultural Society an
amount of money sufficient to enable the
said treasurer to pay all the unpaid pre-
miums awarded at the last fair, amount
ing, with the sum already advanced, to
nearly $500. The clair, on motion,
appointed Emerson Hall, John Bacon,
2nd, and L. A. Parks, committee to
present nominations for executive COM
mittee The committee reported the
names of Horace Fairbanks, f. A.
Parks, b. Moulton, A. G.. Chadwick,
John Higgins, John Pr Carr, II. NJ.
Hail, {. Il. Sylvester, d. Currier, John
Bacon. I'd, and Joshua Bemis, and they
were severely elected. Upon the ad-
journment of the company, the executive
committee organized by electing Horace
Fairbanks, president, L. A. Parks, and
Barron Moulton, vice presidents, and A.
G. Chadwick, secretary and treasurer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-24
DuU Times.

No such winter as the present has
been experienced for the past ten years
at least. People are anxiously looking
to Congress for relief, with how much
prospect of success we cannot tell. The
manufacturers of New England say they
are taxed to death They do not believe
it good policy for the government TO at
tempt to pay the public debt in the next
twenty years. AS much, certainly, as
The industry of the country ought to bear
Of this burdrn, is the interest of the debt
The effect Of the high taxes on industry
IL to discourage manufacturers. Every
where mills are running upon short time
or reduced force, or are stopped altoSeth-
er. Capitalists prefer to invest their
money elsewhere rather than to manutac-
ture goods and throw them upon fall
ing market, and pay the manufacturers
lax, both upon the goods and the ex-
pense of selling the same.
The west is clamoring for reissue of
two millions greenbacks to relieve the
stringency of the money market. They
say New England has made the money
during the past few years, and now she
may pay the taxes. The effect of more
expansion would only bring temporary
relief, at the best, and the effort to get
back to specie basis would thus be still
further postponed. Tile Nation of Jan
2G, has the following sensible remarks on
the plan Of paying ones debts by giving
notes:
"Ths inflationists take a good deal of
comfort from the refusal of the Senate to
pledge itself against expansion, and their
hope. are still further strengthened by
sinister rumurs from the Senate Finance
Committee. Moreover, the grand plan
Of paying off debts with the debtors
''note>" seems to be finding favor with
Republicans out west. We believe there
has been no time within the last fifty
years when it could be so safely said that
republican government Is on its trial. -
Should the repuIiationists carry the day
and particularly thould they attempt the
transparent humbug of paying the pub
lie debt in greenbacks, what we shall
have gained by the war Will be the rep
utation of being the most muscular and
lomg-winded, most ingenious and bare
faced of the great historical knaves The
greenback scheme far SURPRISES the old
MEDIEVAL plan Of aduIcraIing and clip
ping the coinage, just as printing surpass-
ess writing
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-24
4 Problem for Congress.

The reader will reco;lcct an account
Two or three weeks since OF an attempt Of
one Martin to assaSsinate Judge Busteel
in the streets of Mobile. He Just failed
in his attempt The state of society, and
The great moral obIiqnity that pervades
the cntiIe domain of the late shareholders,
is wildly but truthiully shown in the fol-
lowing article from the Nation:
GLOW far anything legislation can do
is from reaching the bottom of the South
crn difficulty was well displayed the 9TH
er day IN Mrs Martins card in the Mo-
bile papers, asking the public to 'sus-
pend its judgment" with regard to the
conduct of her husband in attempting to
murder judge Bisteed in cold blood in
the street, in the most brutal and cow
ardy manner, he (Martin) being the dis
trct attorney, or, in other words, the
official prosecutor Of criminals. He ap-
preached the Judge unawares, shot him,
and continued to fire at him cooly after
he fell. His wife now writes to the pa
pcrs. with much feeling and perfect sim
plicity, asking people not to condemn Mr..
Martin before they know all the circum-
stances. and gives ia to understand that
Judge Busted lad been intriguing against
Marin 10 get him out of his place This
may be true. 1t is true that Martin was
under prosecution himself for malfeas-
ance, but neither of the charges has any
thing in it very surprising. What is re-
markable in the affair is the condition OF
Southern morality, as Illustrated in the
frank avowal ~ IL women Of education
an position of her belief that the public
VIII agree with her in thinking that I'M
handsome conduct on the part of Judge
VIII justify the public prosecutor in AS
sas>inaiing him in the street in dav-liobt
Moreover, we have not the slightest
doubt that her confidence is welI-foundcj
and that majority of the Southern non
pie would concedc that behavior on the
part Of the judge which in other parts of
the world would simply lead TO a mere
hostility OF feeling was sufficient to lusti
fly his murder The occasional glimpses
that one gets, through such incidents as
This, tito the working of the Southern
mind, we confess dishearten US far more
as to the future than any stories we hear
OF disorders arising out of mere political
leehnS' The moral condition Of COM
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-24

The LATEST AFFAIR OF HONOR
The duel between {. y Pemoertun and
one DeblieuX, Wall street bank clerk
both OF New York. aS stated by telegraph
arose from An ALLEGED Insult to a sister OF
Pemherton by ,blirux, who had accom-
panied her to ball at Irving Lii. 4
row between the two men in the ball
room WAS prevented 10y friends. Next
day Dcblieux wrote TO Prmbcrton, de-
manding An apology. This the latter de-
cIined To give, whcreupon Mr.. Deblieux.
who is Southcrncr, sent 4 friend to
Pemberton, challenging him to fight him
or, IN case OF refusal, to prepare for con-
sequences which must result at their first
meeting. The matter was put into the
hands OF friends, who felt inclined TO con-
slider the matter 4 good Joke, AMI that
the courage OF the bclligerents would all
''ouze out at their finger ends" before the
hour OF the duel arrived. But it turned
out otherwise, very much to their alarm,
and all efforts at reconciliation failed
Pemherton being determined on blood.
All tlCNOul!t Vi INC siIldlT SAYS
''On W ednesdav evening the duclli,ts.
accompanied by their confidential friends
left New York for Paterson, where they
stopped all night, keeping their plot
against each others peace from the pub
lie ear. On Thursday morning, after
breakfast, the party PROCEEDED in carriag-
es to Goodwinsville, near Paterson, and
retired to secluded spot to carry out
their deadly purpose. Friends again
tried to settle the difficulty, Pemberton
being willing, but Debiieux was inexora-
Die III his demand for blood, remarking
that If Iemberton ATTEMPTED to leave the
ground before lie had given him satisfac-
ton he would shoot him then and there
As 1t was now evident that this gentle
man ment all lie said, the final prepara-
tons were made, the friends OF both par
ties exactng promise that single shots
only would be exchanged, whatever the
result. In conceeding to this proposal
DeblieuX remarked, One shot will do
me, | only ask but one ) and as he said
SO he looked perfectly cool and uncOn-
cerned. Pembcrton, on the contrary,
evidently disliked the affair and took his
position with evident embarrassment of
manner and with tremulous land. The
words one, two. three being given, with
the utterance of the last came the report
of either pistol simultaneously. Debli-
eux stood unhurt, Pemberton's ball hav-
ing passed 10 his left, lodging in tree
close by but he had succeeded in max
ing good his word, for his antagonist was
found to have recei, ed a dangerous cash
in the side of the head and Slight tract
IRE of the skull, the ball escaping the
brain only by half its own diameter.
Pemberton's wound was hurridly dress
ed, and the entire party returned to Pat
erson as quietly as they had left it, and
thence took return cars for the city, where
they only arrived and separated, mutual
ly Satisfied no doubt. 1t is to be hop
ed that Mr.. Pemberton's wound has seen
its worst his friends think So"