The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-09-24

BOSTON, OepC ~.
The Know Nothing meetings at Boston and
Charleston, repudiate Rockwells nomination.
Resolutions favor separation and straight K.
N. ticket
PITTsBURG, Sept. q
There is feet inches water in the chan
mel. Weather cloudy.
CINCINNATI, Sept %:
Flour steady Sales of of 270bbls at So SIS,
7oobushels of red wheat at 81 25@1 &c; 200
do white at ST &c. Bacon sides 1870. Shout
ders liz; mess pork at 500. Whisky in
good demand, sales of SIS bbls at 321a @3256.
Groceries unchanged.
New YORK, Sept. %
Flour unchanged. Sales of IL 900 bbls at
81 81 for straight State Wheat firm, sales
of II, 500 bushels. Corn dull, sales of 1000
bushels at 981Sc. Pork trife higher, sales of
5000 bbls at $22 SO. Beef firm. Sales of
100 bbls Lard steady. Whisky firm.
t,sat SECOND DISPATCH.
New YORK, Sept. %.
Captain Abraham Bglow will succeed
Commodore Boorman is commander of
Brooklin Navy Yard will enter his duties
Oct 1st. Commodore Armstrong who is to
take command of East India Squadron reported
himself at the navy yard yesterday, he goes
out in the steamer San Jacinto.
RACINE, Sept. %.
! The brig Young America from Chicago to
Oswego with 1900 bushels of corn came in
collision with brig Black Hawk off this port
at O'Clock this morning. Young America
sunk in 20 minutes. Capt. and crew all saved.
she was owned in Oswego and fully insured.
CHICAGO, Sept. %.
| The brig H. Ceymour off Buffalo went
asho re during the last gale on the north side
of Monitor, where she lies high and dry, crew
save d.
/ COLUMBUS, Sept. o. a
The canal board of this State to have the
repairs made for the ensuing 5 years by con.
tract and the board have advertised for pro-
posals which will be received at the office in
this city till the 18th Nov. next.
RoNDoUL, Sept. q.
! On Wednesday evening last, Frederick
Meyar, boat maker of this city was danger
ously stabbed by one of his journeyman John
Connolly.
BALTIMORE, Sept %.
We have N. O. papers of Saturday bit they
! contain no news of Importance on latest intel
ligence from Norfolk is to yesterday after
noon via Richmond at which time there
was no dimenitio n in the ravages of the fever
: Mr.. Furgusdu President Of the Howard associ.
= alton was very ill.
ROME, IN. Y Sept %.
S At the Democratic caucus in this town Thu
J, evening David Utley Giles, Hurvley and Hen
k ry S. Armstrong were elected delegates Il
county convention by vote, GAS to ESQ.
r New York, Sept. o.
The n, Y. correspondent of the Times tele
" graph states that bitter controversy is goin
on between the Secretary of War and Genera
Scott, in regard to the 6 months leave of alb
: sencerrto Lieutenant Hitchcock. The Secretar
u countermanded Gen. Scott's permission, at tn
~ same time demanding his reason for grantin
- it. Gen; Scott responded by stating that
was not responsible to the Secretary in sue
as cases for his actions, and he would hereafte
oblige him byaddressingoficia communication
to him through the President, to whom alon
st he was responsible. The correspondence
not yet closed, it will undoubtedly be comm,
al nicated to the Senate at the opening of Con
~ gress, and will be called for by special res,
luton.
= Two boxes containing $4,000 in gold wei
49, stolen from Wells Butterfeld s. Co.'s Expire
while in transmission from Dubuque, Iowa,
o. this city. The money belonged to the Unite
m States sub-treasury, and its delivery in tn
re. city, was contracted by Adams & Co., whoen
eh. ployed Wells, Butterield & Co. for the pu
: pose. On the arrival, the two supposed to col
in tain gold were found to be filled with bullet
IN The Journal of Commerce, Courier & E
:. quirer, Express, aud others, contain severe e
itorial articles against the extortionate deman
!. against the Washington and New York tel
graph companies; whose managers recent
t. advanced their figures, ranging in some class
= of messages from 80 to 60 per cent above fc
red. mer rates. We understand from reliable a
r. thority that a new line to be worked upon
entirely novel and much improved principle
! to to be built without delay between the tv
Soss cities.
NEw York, Sept. %.
ct. Flour dull and heavy; state firm with go