The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-01-26

quarters-61lleers Relieved from
their AsSignment-Fhe Case Of
Senator hlll-RepOrt OF the Ma,
j0rlty Committed.
WASHINGTON, January 25.-The
Election Committee heard this morn
ing a further argument from Judge
Paschall, of Texas, in behalf of Simon
Jones, the contestant of Colonel
Main, deceased. who had been seated.
Colonel Hunt and Mr.. Menard, coll
ored, desiring a further hearing, the
committee will continue the case, and
further argument will be heard to-
morrow.
The Reconstruction Committee
this morning heard a delegation of
Virginia Methodists, in opposition to
the plan of the Committee Of Nine
Hundred aud Twenty. 1t modifes
the Constitution in the matter of
the church property order issued from
the headquarters OF the army, which
directs that contract made with a
private physician by the Surgeon Gen
erai or Medical Director of the De-
partment, will be annullcd only by
direction of those officers or by that
of the Commanding General OF the
Military Division of the department.
BY direction of the President the
following named retired officers of
the United States Army are relieved
from their present assignments, aud,
should they so desire, will proceed to
their homes: Mai. Generals: Ricketts,,
Eli. Long, and r. w. johnson. Ma
jor Generals and Brigadier Generals:
j. w. Ripley aud Robert A nderson.
Brigadier Generals and Colonies:
Washington Seawell, John w. Simon
son, Gustavus Loomis, Charles s.
Merchant, Hannibal Day, Pitcam
Morrison, AlDemarle Cadr, John w.
Abercrombie, Kelsha g. Marshall and
Martin Bunker. BreVet Major Gem
erals and Colonel. Harvey Brown;
Colonel Moses Il. Walker. Lienten-
ant Colonels: ENOUGH Steer, i. ia.
Alexander, David Il. Whitney, g. w.
Patcher. Brevet Colonels: Ia. Jones
and w. II. Walcott. Majors: Frank
FL. Larned and w. T. Prince. First
Lieutenant r. E. Brownell, and Bre-
vet Captain Patrick II. Mooney.
The following officers have been as
signed to duty In accordance with the
brevet rank: Bvt. Major Gen. Bu-
chauan, Colonel of First Infantry,
and Gillem, Colonel Twenty fourth
InfaDtry. Lieut.. Col. Taggart, Pay
master. has been relieved from duty
at st. Louis, and ordered to the Pay
District of Omaha.
One thousand miles Of the Union
Pacific Railroad is now finished and
in operation, the Central Pacific Rail-
road Company having built 500 miles;
| but 26I miles remain to be built.
| There is now no doubt the entire line
TO the Pacific will be opened early
this season.
The earnings Of the Union Pacific
| Railroad for the year 1868 are Off
cially reported at S506. .665, l61.
This foreno II Inspector Tilkes re-
| ceived a tele gram from the Baltimore
police, stating that a burglary had
| been committed on Friday, on Bal
timore bank-name not given-and
$I25 coo stolen. The property con
sisted of 100000 in treasury notes,
$l5. 600 In Central Pacific Railroad
bonds, $6 900 In Union Pacific Rail-
road bonds, $1,000 in Five Twenties,
s.. 900 in Washington County Mary
land) bonds, $30,O00 In New Orleans
and Opelousas. s.. 500 in New Or
leans and jackson Railroad bonds,
$25, 900 in Western Maryland bonds.
The report of the majority of the
Judiciary Committee in the case Of
Senator Hill, of Georgia, bases his
exclusion ON the fact that he received
the votes of the larger number of the
members of the Legislature who were
disqualified under the Fourteenth
/ A 4 hn cd
fact of the expulsion of the colored
members of the Legislature. The
Committee also state, on the author
ity of the agents of the freedmen s
Bureau, as another reason for MIR.
. Hills expulsion, that Georgia Is In a
condition of anarchy, 336 murders
having been committed in the State
between January 10Th and November
LIST, 1863. and that its civil government
has evinced inability or unwilllngness
to protect the rights of all its citizens
Mr.. Trumbulls minority report
concludes that Congress having de-
clared Georgia entitled to admission
it is not competent for either House
to refuse admission to her regularly
accepted Representatives. and thai
the charge that the Fourteenth
Amo0Omc0b Was uOb Id1luCO W
Georgia in good faith is not sustained
by particle of evidence.
In the United States Supreme
Court day, a decision was given il
the case of Benton VS.. the Mayor an6
Aldermen, of Iowa City, reversing The
judgment of the Circuit Court o
Iowa.
In the case of the st. Paul & Pa
cife Railroad VS.. G. H. Schermer
3 and against g. d. Humphries, the de
4 eision of the Circuit Court of Minne
t sofa was affirmed.
In the case of the United State
: VS.. III. Shoemaker, the judgment o
> the Circuit Court of Michigan wa
reversed.
} In the case of the United States VS.
John Mcclure, the certificate of di
r vision between the Judges of the Cir
/ cult Court for the Southern Distric