The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-05-21
Editorial Not s.


the people, to resign, if the odious
was again presented for
legislative action.
IT is stated that Senator MORTON
is preparing an argument on what
constitutes a quorum of our State
He maintains that it is
two-thirds of the actual membership
of either House. and the number viii
vary with the variance in actual
membership. In case of the resigna-
ton Of forty members, the House
consists of what is left, and two
thirds Of them Is a quorum.
THE Princeton Democrat says the
wheat crop In Gibson County never
looked finer than it does the present
season.
REvERDY JOHNSON has notified
Queen Victoria that he must bid
farewell to British beef and British
port, and go home. With full heart
and yearning stomach he turns away
wiping his eyes with his coat tail,
aud bids the scene of his fsasting and
fooling a sorrowiDg goodbye.
PARTIES from Tennessee say that
ex-President j JOHNSON has completely
fzzled out, and no longer possesses
any power to seriously annoy the Re
publican party in that State.
THE Democratic county ticket just
nominated in Memphis. Tennessee, is
composed entirely of carpet bag
gers" It is as follows: For Judges,
L. PERKINS, of Illinois; WILLIAM
WALLACE, of Georgia. For Attor-
neys, g. STAHL, of Illinois; T. A.
RYHN, of Iowa. There were two
other Offices to fill, but no nominations
were made because the party had run
out Of competent " carpet baggers, "
and had NO native it was disposed to
trust.
UNITED STATES SENATOR HENRY
WILSON, of Massachusetts,, one of the
most honest and practical of our
statesmen. publishes a paper in last
weeks New York Independent, in
Vindication of President GRANTS Ad-
ministration, in its two months's ex-
perienee. 1t is a candid and unpreju
diced view of the situation
GEN. BARLOW, the United States
Marshal at New York, says that the
Cuban revolutionists have received
very little aid from that city. and the
stories of expeditions of men and
large shipments of war material are
purely sensational. The Government
has pledged itself to observe and en-
force the neutrality laws, and the in
structions of its officers at New York
and elsewhere are in conformity with
this assurance.
AMONG the weddings in New York
last week was that of j. ARMSTRONG
MURRAY, of Almeria, Spain, grand
son of the Duke of Althrop, and Miss
MARION GILBERT. The ceremony
was performed before a very brilliant
assemblage in Calvary Church. Mis-:
GILBERT's wedding dress, which was
made by the court dressmaker il
Paris, was of superb white satin, Gu
in small points around the edge of the
skirt, and underneath the points was
narrow fold of white tulle. Owe
this was point lace overdress, and {
point lace veil of exquisite pattern
There were seven bridesmaids, re
spectively attired in pink, green, or
ange, white, blue. lilac, and fawn
eOlored silks, deliberately trimmed ant
made with long trains.
PARIS seems to be in a state of con
siderable excitement just now. Pc
litical meetings and disorderly crowd
in the streets are receiving the con
slant attention of the police, and ri
otous proceedings are of hourly oc
currence. The Government has is
sued a warning to all disorderly as
semblages, and the Minister of tn
Interior has advised the dispersion Q
all meetings which threaten breache
of the peace.
JOHNNY GLEN, of Ohio, the drum
mer boy who dropped his drum for
musket at Chickamauga, and shot
rebel colonel who demanded his SUI
render, and was subsequently wound
ed In another engagement, has bee
appointed a cadet at large to Yves
Point by the President. He was bu
twelve years of age when he beat hi
drum, and is scarcely seventeen nov
GLEN was quite a hero at Chats
nooga, about the time Gen. GRAN
arrived there. The regular officer
in a certain sense adopted the littl
fellow, with a view of giving him
chance, and we presume that he owe
his present appointment to their il
terest in him.
THE Illinoise Legislature has pas
ed very stringent law for the maj
agement of drunkards. It class
them with idiots and insane person
and gives their persons and proper
to the charge of guardians or tt
overseers of the poor. When al
one has been declared insane, or
drunkard, the arrangement must q,
ist for at least one year, except IL
guardian ia previously removed fc
misconduct.
IT is stated that Secretary FISH
in receipt of letters from persons VII