The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-02
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THuRspAY. Decem

Mayor Of Augusta, Ne, yesterday, with
out opposition.
The preliminary. .sprvey Of he HiIlshoTo
and Petershoro Railroad, New Hampshire
will De made this week.
There was change In the CONDITION Of
Richardson, of New York, yesterday morn
ing.
The Wisconsin State Union Christian
Convention is now in session at MlIWau-
kee, with large attendance.
Generals Mcclellan, g. A. Gilmore, n. q.
Wright, Lyman and e. d. Stewart, are in
Boston.
Anselps Touring mills at Poughkeepsie
were totally destroyed by fire on Tuesday
night Loss $4,000; insured.
A meeting in the Interest of railroad
from Portland to Oswego will meet at the
American Hotel, Saratoga, on the 18Th
inst.
Gov Hoffman having declined to COM
mute the sentence of Messner, the GRIM
inai will be executed at Rochester, on the
l0th inst.
The weather at Louisville turned very
cold Tuesday night, the mercury. sinking
several degrees below tho freezing point.
The body OF John Stephenson, keeper of
the Genessee Light house. was found ai,,,L In
There is suspicion Of foul play.
The City OF London, from New York.
has arrived at Queenstown, and the HI
bernian, from Quebec, has arrived at Lon
! donderry.
George E. Heinsohn, the abs condfng AL
| derman, has forged notes and obleIw wise
| victImized his friends To the amount OF
nearly forty thousand dollars.
Edward Schaum, the murderer of Statt,
| In New York, was found last night at
E" Reddy, the Biacksmiih's," saloon, In this
| city, and arrested.
A. ID. Richardson was considered past
| hope at P. n. yesterd ~. snd Will pr0oa-
| bly, die before sunset. His wife, brother
and other relatives were at his bedside.
The Reformed Dutch Church at Newark,
/ N. was robbed yesterday MOI ming Of
| the com mun1on service. The burg ars
| were arrested and the property recover ed.
/ A passenger aud freight train collided
on tine orange and Alexandria Ra Iroad
damage to cars, Dut inJurtng no person.
Latest accounts from obion County, Ten
nessee, represent a quief. Two of the me-
groes thought to have been Killed by the
mob after The sffair at Jones, escap ed @ oy
are now in the Troy jail Tor safety from
the mob. Mr.. Jones is stilI at Memphis.
Robert RowI and, blacksmith, living at
Jedersonville, Ind, suleided on tuesday
night, by cutting his throat from ear TO
ear. Cause intoxication aud sptrItuaiism .
He leaves wife and three children.
The factory operatives at Dover, New
Hampshire e; are on q stElKe, ana naFe S., OF
The attention or becoming part of the
National Labor Union. Il Is reported that
the Directors VIII close the mill until the
: operatives accede to q reduction of wages.
The Wilmington & GAINESVILLE Railroad
, was to be sold yesterday afternoon to sat-
isfy the claims oftne European bondhold-
J ers, who are represented by Cnas. Morgan.
The bidders are Taomas Il. Jewatt, IN the
interest OF the Pennsy Ivanta Central. I've
} Baltimore & Ohio will also bid. President
King was expected, also Edgar A. Thomp-
? son, President of the Pennsylvanla Cen
traf.
A number of whisky dealers in Round
out and Kingston, New ork, have been
, | arrested by United States Marshal Barlow
l and their stock seized and places OF busi-
ness closed, on q charge of deIrauding the
| Government. 1t appears that no stamps
| have been used on Lneir packages, and the
| reVenus officers tu charge of the District,
IL is said, has not reported a stamp sold
for two years. The frauds are said 10
: amount TO Sl50,0OO.
r wendell Phillips in a speech. on Tues
, ! day night at the Lyceum at Newbury port
Mass, demanded of Congress TO assume
!; | The government which the Executive had
| abdIcated, ano that they compel the south
D ern States to educate their S,OOOOOO o1
ounces and ifthey refuse that the Govern
meut assume the duty at tire public ex-
| pense. Weneen is most as hard on the
o President az the political editor OF Inc Inc
U 10 the New York Tribune and Chief Jus
:. tice Chase.
The Missouri sta Board OF Agriculture
6 met in st. Louis yesterday. The Report OF
> Immigration shows that immigration t6
8 the State was never greater than at pres
v ent The new corners are mainly iron
Illinois, iowa aud Minnesota but many
are from the East and Canada. Order;
6 were given for q grand field trial OF reap
! chinery during harvess next year, as nea
st. Louis as possible. James IL. Rollins,
IS prominent member OF the Legislature e
d urging the establishment of an Agrtcul
turaI College, and complimenttng tn
Board of Agriculture for the thorough
|
The Ohio Christian Association reassem
10 bled in Columbus, Ohio, yesterday. Rev
, Charles r. Dunbar, OF q flumbus, led th'
Z, religious exercises In the FIRST Presbyt te
q rian Church In oanectlon with the Un1oi
prayer meeting hat has been held dall.
sr Tor tie last twelve years. An exceilen
,r house, formerly OF England. Subject
q Uhrist's Prayer for bis Followers" DuI
ing the progress OF the discussion, q Graz
70 street preacher made q few minute:
:, speech, and got along pretty well until
fec ions. AS IL wa pretty evident he wa
likely to prove serious disturbance TO tn
m meeting. two policemen came in to arres
- him on complaint of the COMMITTEES
O. Arrangements. but he was induced to
te quiet, and permitted 10 remain.
- Tho National Board of Trade met in th
capitol at Rich mOnd, Va, yesterday. an
G. report OF the Executive Council Tor tn
l. | mast year was received. 1t shows that tn
he constituencies, and 10000 business mel
al | Among the pa ointment questions TO con-
ii up are weights and mea- -ureS, cOnVeyanC
;" OF real estate, the regulation OF joint stoe
companies, le- al rate Tor the use OF none,
aud Ieiatio between debtor and creditor
- The following officers were elected for th
~ ensuing ear: Frederick Eraley, OF PhlIi
IN delph1a, President; r. A Kirkland, of Ba
}, timore; A. Piummer, of BJston j. ). asl
> ard OF Buffalo; Geo. Opdyke, of Ne
ID York; w. n. Eagan, of Chicago; j.
at Gano, OF Cincinnati; Geo. +. bagley,
u Porter, q LoutSVille; K. ID. Haien, OF MI
1t waukee; ID. L. Burr. of Richmond. j. /
90 BrOwD, of Portland; u. X. Shryock OF
a. Louis. and VIM. Trenholm, OF CharieStol
ed Vice Pres dents. Gen. Hiram Malbrtdg
tO deliver ed q n address. He spoke OF me r.
=; sources of the National Government an
liS its existing obligations, and predicted tni
the latter Will b. paid TO the utterTnosG Ia
,re thing, we'll those OF the state 60
ernments, before the end OF the presel
Qu | century. HIS estimate was that the pc
pie of the South Will have TO pay year
tax of Sll 20 per head, end the pc
pie of the North a tax of SO 40 per hea
I'm exclusive of county levies and corporate
Ia taxes, commercial integrity consists In q
nt. calamity mere dire TO the people Of eve
n section could happen than the diShonor
reputation. He was profoundly conVlncs
that the best interests OF the whole peop
as well as the sentiment of the century d
- mand that all our debts should be pal
z, Gen. Walbridge spoke at great lie 9Th, ar
- closed by saying that the political organ
ST. z4CiOn, by whatever name 16 be designs
ed that brings itself in harmony with q
spirit OF the age, by following the lead
nu Executive. will be the coming party. I
at man who leads it win pc the coming mi
- the real hero Of tie ntnteenth century
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