The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-10-23
Washington news.


& WASHINGTON. October r22.--General
Krigganaweki, Supervisor of Georgia
and Florida, reports, under date of
October 18th, that Jackson and
Washington Counties in Florida, are
under the control of an armed mob,
which has risen to prevent the exc
eution of the revenue laws. The lead
er of this mob is one James 2. Coker,
who is represented to be a wealthy
and influential man. He has threat
ened Assistant Assessor Low, of Ma
rina, with personal violence, and has
challenged him to fight, and that Of
fcer writes 20 the Supervisor that he
only canvasses his district at the haz4
ard of his life. Assessor Wilson
writes corroborating his Assistants
statements 4ACGI s IS ts3AtA8
The Collector of Customs at Jack
sonyille, Florida, j. A. Dockery,
writes TO the Supervisor that the State
Tax Collector and his wife had been
brutally murdered in Washington
County, adjoining jackson; that there
had been seven murders in Jackson
County, since the Sd inst, and the
Deputy Collectors and Assistant AS
SCISSORS of Internal Revenue are In i'm
minent danger. The Supervisor has
called for troops.
Supervisor Smith. of the Western
District of New York, and Supervisor
Southworth, of the Western District
of Pennsylvania. having resigned, Ex-
Senator John O'DonnelI, of New
York, and General j. B. SWeetser, of
Pittsburg, have been nominated by
Commissioner Delano, to fill the va
cancies.
The custom receipts last week were
So, ,662, $685. 1I1
WASHINGTON, Oc'. 22.-It is not
true that Minister Washburne has ap-
piled to the State Department for
$4,000 in gold for contingent ex-
penses. The facts. as they are OBJ
tanned from an official source, are that
Washburne, Minister Curtin and Mr.
Moran, First Secretary of the United
States Legation at London, recently
severally applied to the Government
to allow them each between So, 900
and 81, 900 additional, for Office rent.
The records of the Fifth Auditors
Office show that since Minister Wash
burne has been in France, he has de-
clined to receive certain allowances
until he could legally satisfy himself
that he was entitled to them
Citizens of Wisconsin, resident in
this city. formed a Republican Club
W4sH1NeroN, October 22.-It is
said to have been discovered that the
newly elected Senator from Virgins,
Mr.. j Johnston, as well as DIR. Gibson,
one of the Representative from that
State. are still laboring under disa-
bilities imposed by the Fourteenth
Amendment.
WASHINGTON, 0et6ber 3. - There
was a scene of much interest and
alarm in the Supreme Court room
this afternoon Mr.. Phillips had
| opened the argument In q case n
which Thomas Ewing, Sr, had beeL
counsel for twenty FIVE years, and was
followed by Mr.. Carlisley Mr.. Ewing
had listened with more than usual at
tention to Mr.. Phillips, and seemed
to be much excited By that gentle
mans argument; and Mr.. Ewing, in
reply to Mr.. Phillips, spoke with more
energy than he had displayed for
years. After speaking twenty min
utes, he complained of indisposition
and asked permission, which was
promptly granted. to sit while con-
tinuing his argument. He attempted
to proceed with it, but fell from his
chair unconscious. The court in
stantly adjourned.
The officers of the Court and the
counsellors present hurried to bis