The Evansville journal., 1869-04-19
TELEGRAPH SUMMARY.

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Gold closed in New York, Saturday q
1887.
20 several eases of small pox have soeeprFed
I'm Springfield, Massachusetts, during the
past week. .r .5~p
George Crowley was committed 70 Jail in
Springfield, Massachusetts, on Friaays1u
default of bail, corrape on Mrs. Toomy, ?
woman. OF sixty years, r..s.va ..assr
SpaI's Lighter House and Sparks Barrel
Works at Cleveland, We're destroyed by re
ON Friday. Loss $4,000 ia each ease. In
surance on the former s, 500; on the latter
g s5.0OO@ 43fj
The Government Commission. appoint
&c ed to Examine into the feasibility of the
Eass River bridge, has accomplished its
tex and approved all the calculations OF
Mr. Roebiing. the engineer Authority
will doubtless be given to begin the work
on the returp, next week, OF the comnais-
sloners from a visit to the West.
James smith was arrested IN New York
on suspicion of having passed one of the
forged Jay Cook q Co. checks, and has
a been committed on complaint duly made.
He has been Identified by the teller as the
man TO whom he paid the 5000 check
He has confessed ne passed that check,
the operation, and gives the names or the
parties who forged the 1ive checks.
The Rev.Jos MonIone, formerly of Pom
taco, Illinois, after preaching ag,i inst the
evils of swindIing. for several years, has
taken to the business "a iRaseIf.a Procuring
a lot OF letter heads that read, "Ohice of
tae sEufargO Express and Commission For
7warding House." he addressed them TO
parties throughout the state, Informing
than that he had express packages for
them and would send them upon the re-
ceIptof back charges, usually amounting
TO from sI25, to So. A city detective was
put on the track or the sWfndfet and
arrested him at the American ExIIress
et9aice, first having q nOtice-senL h ira of the
arrival of money for him.
Representative Stokes, of Tennessee, pe-t
piled TO Apdy Johnson. at Nashville. on
Saturday, to an audience of $500 to 5000
persons, a large nnmber of " hom were ne
grOes. He vipdieated Congress against.
the assaults and aspersions of Johnson
accused Johnson of being the author of al
Ihe troubles in Tennessee, by instruc, ing
Governor BrownIoW to call on General
Thomas for troops; showed the fa1facy OF
Johnson's declaration that he had freed
the negroes of Tenne ssee. While he would
not, say that Johns on was insane, he
thought that if Andy was to retire to his
home in Greenville, the groauings of his
conscience would give him no ponce,
and he would soon die of remOrse.
He accused Johnson of having betray ed
every party and ev erybOdy who had ever
trusted him: as having been IN inebriate
and most profane man; said he had eX-
ceeded his authority under the Constitu-
tiOn. in imprisoning citizens of Nashville
In the State prison, andin assessing special
taxes on others, whilst Military Governor.
johnson was prating about the Constitu
tIon, and yet he had declared IN apubIic
speech in Nashville; {" show me a man
that talks about the Constitution, and l
win show you a traitor" He warned
the people to beware of Johnson
He was on dark mission, plotting
TO disturb the peace, and perhaps to incite
b revolution; and in conclusion he urged the
disfranchised masses to cease making in
cendiary speeches to abstain from murder
and assassination, and they would very
speedily be given the right of the ballot
So long as they INDUCED In acts of lawless-
ness, and were prolific of-threats, they
never could get what they desired lie said
he intended to be at Breakwa'e er, In tn5
path of Johnson, and would expose his
dark and damning record to the pubic
gaze. The speech was about three hour,
and a half in length.