The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-11-02
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- t' New YORK. Oct. %.
III. B. NJ, sloop-of.war Cocatrice arrived
q, Panama on the 18th, from San Bias, with
$500, 900 in silver for England.
Disturbances occurred at rabago, owing
to the arrest Of some seamen be longing to
the American ship Ophir, by the U. 3. Con-
sal.
Their release wac attempted and fight
ensued blu, was soon quelled.
A further shipment of Australian gold
amounting to S45 900, arrived at Panama by
Adams Express.
We have Melbourne dates to the 18th of
August. The mining intelligence is fsvora-
Bile, and a number Of new mines have been
Uncovered. Price Of gold It's Sd.
The government gold escort was attacked
bya gang Of bush rangers and robbed of
nearly $1,000 in gold. Several of the guardr
and fo1r of the robbers were killed. All
composing the escort but two were more
or less wounded.
The American steamer Unicorn from Pa.
mama, Tor Sydney, has not arrived or been
heard Of
An English company are in treaty for the
purchase Of the steamer New Orleans at 49,
900 pounds sterling.
MELBoyRxE, lS.-The markets show little
IL any change. Holders are firm in expec-
tation of an improvement In prices. The
supply Of flour is very great, and Cos PERIL b
has been refused Tor American, though small
lots sold lower. Groceries, bacon, &c. are
very dull. Building materials are rather low.
There is o great demand for hardware.
There was a fire at Valparaiso on the LIST
of September, viii ch destroyed twelve DWELL
Ing houses and the same number OF stores
4. IS $500 900,
The President has granted the usual exc.
guator to Reuben Wood, U. 8. Consul.
The screw schooner Isabel, sent out by
Lady Jane Franklin TO the Arctic regions, ar
rived ut Valparaiso, where owing 10 dsa-
greement among the ulcers, the whole ex-
pedition was abandoned.
aslf Arrival o. the RerIsn,
New yokk, Oct. 20.
The steamer Berlin, from Bermuda esd,
burst a gun, while firing for pilot this morn
ing, and injured the chief engineer so badly
that he died in few hours.
Business at St. Thomas is improving, and
the Island is quite healthy.
The Danish ship Enchantress, from Navy
Bay for Jamaica, with fifty passengers, put
into Causaguioa in di-tress. The captain
and thirty passengers, and a large part o the
crew died ON the passage.
The N ,rsha wasssngssn Case-The
River.
Tn the Martha Washington trial to-day
John Whestly, a clerk of Kissane's, confess
ed that he perjurcd himslf on his examination
before the commissioners, as to Kissaue's
having shipped 200 boxes candles on the
Martha Washington. He swears that he
knew of no such shipment, but was induced
by Kissane to perure himself.
Six feet water in the cha nnel to Louisville.
The river has rais:n three feet three inches
altogether. Licking river is running out to-
day.
PrrTsBURG, Oct. 90.
The river rose three feet last night. The
weather still cloudy. The river rose only a
ew inches at Portsmouth last night.
Easai Iaatlroad Accidems..Bal!oon -.
scnsiS0.
LANCASTER, Pa, Oct. &c.
A man named Daniel Peters, from Mariet.
ia, attempted to gee on the cnigrant train
while in motion, ted, and was instantly kill.
cd.
Elliott, the rronaht, who made an ascen-
sion nj Baltimore to-day. lahded near Chris
eana, in this county, making distance OF
eighty miles in an hour and ten minutes
The last thirty miles was done in the almost
INCREDIBLE 'tiae Of t@Itty minutes. He says
ne reached an attitude of four miles, ard was
aarried along by u Heavy gale nearly the
whole distance.
CiSciSxATf, Oct. 90, ".
.-ucur duh, advance is not SUSTAINED Saic-
of 6so bbls at s. rs Whisky quote 24s, decline
salrs Of 25 hhds bacon shoulders at 6c packed and 50
hhds sides at s}e, packed.