The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-05-03
TEIEGRAPHlC!
Reported expressly for the Daily Journal
BALTIMORE, Nav /.

BALTIMORE, May i.
New Orleans papers received. Isaac E.
Morse has been especially instructed by
Attorney General Cushing to prosecute
Postmaster Kendall. In preliminary exam
nation it was stated that it could be proven
that notes stolen from letters mailed at Men,
phis were afterwards disposed of by Ken
dali.
M. p. Rowland, Floyd's agent at Savan-
nah, was drowned of that port on Satur-
day.
u. Treasurer's shows amount in Trea-
sury on the 23d, subject to draft, was $780,
$685. 1887.
PITTSBURGH, May /.
Rivers feet 9 inches water in the chan
mel. Weather cloudy and warm.
CINCINNATI, May 1.
River has fallen inches. Weather warm
and cloudy.
Flour very dull, sales at 80 so; whisky
SO, firm; fair business doing in cut meats;
sales Of bulk shoulders and sides at 6a7c,
hams &c; bacon shoulders and sides 7a8c;
lard dull; groceries firm.
New YORK, May 1.
Flour declined l2kc, sales Of $3.50 bbis
good Ohio at $40 l24alo %; Sosthern un-
changed. business limited. Wheat tribe
lower; corn shade lower, sales 1900 bush
mixed at 81 09tal Tor pork unchanged
sales to-day 1900 bbls; beef firm; Ohio whis.
ky s63c.
BosToN, April 90.
| Resolutions were reported in the House
affirming the justice Of the claims upon the
United Ststes for French spolialions and de-
nouncing the refusal Of the government to
indemnify the parties rightfully interested.
| SYRACUSE. April 80.
The accommodation train from Rochester
last night ran over a horse near here, which
threw the rear car down ON embankment OF
20 feet, smashing the car, containing eight
passengers. Nj. o. Wilder, Of Canandaigua
was instantly killed. s. n. Ingersoll and
Clinton Brainard, Of New York, VIM. Hall
of Skaneatlas, Joseph Lees of Syracuse. Mr..
Baker, Of Rochester, and the brakeman were
all badly injured.
! New HAVEN, April 80.
Clark, a merchant, shot Richard White on
Saturday evening. The murder was induced
by White having married Miss Bogart, &c
whom Clark was attached. Clark was ar.
rested.
| New York, April 80.
Col. Kinney published letter expressing
his confidence in his expedition, and says ht
cam OF be delayed but few days in conse
querc, oflegal proceedings against him, ant
disclaim contemplating violation of tn,
neutrality laws,saying that no preparations o
a military nature has been made, and that h,
has strictly complied with the Instruction.
contained in Marcy's late letter to him.
BosToN, April %.
The total loss by Ere last night is estimat
ed at not less than 100000. Insured In
Boston $4,000 or $50 600. The Mutua
r offices are the largest losers, several Of then
having $4,000 involved. The joint stool
: Offices have mostly escaped with small losses
The firemen continue at work, the flames
not yet having been subdued.
Among the sufferers were Messrs. Noal
and Lincoln. coal and wood yard, the PEG
! Piles Ferry Company. Geo Matthews, Clarl
and Baker, g. Co. The ship Pharsaiia, will
r a valuable cargo Of cotton and tobacco, wa
o burned to the waters edge. Several othe
n vessels suffered some damage.
Two thousand bales of cotton were burne
on the Battery wharf, and large quantit
of beef, pork, and rosin on Lincoln wharf,
A lorge quantity of wood, coal and lurnbe
were destroyed.
Three engines and one hose carriage wer
S destroyed; the iremen being surrounded b.
FIRE, were com lied to escape in boats.
o Loss estimated at $500 900. PROBABLY
Il about one-half insured.
Thomas Wigglesworth, one Of our oldes
$ merchants, died this morning, leaving tw
!. millions worth Of property.
NEW YORK, Apr 100.
" We have advices from Santa Fe to tn
,r 18th ult., which state that two companie
d urder Col. Fauntleroy met go Utahs an
Apaches armed and mounted on Chowatc
pass. Five Utahs were killed and two Jra
goons wounded. On the next day they fe
. in with the Apaches, killing six and takin
some prisoners. The command then return
: ed to Fort Massachusetts. 1t is expecte
Is they will go to Grand river OH the 18th.
On the 22d Kit Carson, Lieut.. MsgrudeI
: and Capt. Williams company, on leavn
:. Puncha Pass. saw a party of Uiahs, kllle
). ). one and wounded another. The comman
e recruited for fifteen days at Fort Massachr
sets, and then proceeded on the second ez
&c petition against the Utahs.
/ Gen. Garland left Santa Fe on the al
e for Albuquerque, where he will expedite tn