The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-24
THE FAILURE OF ALDEN, FINK &
WESTON, AT C0H0Eg. II
.wA W4 8AfFAfsE.Asa tH4HNW NWM
Half - Million Dollars Ens
43ii HiYo1ycd. iota le ~
The Fourth Artillery Regiment and
Company Of Troops Ordered
TO Baltimore.
EENIANs PREPARING ron WAR.

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New YoaK, Dot. 23.-The Post's
Washington speoial says: Gen. Brook,
commanding the Fourth Artillery
Regiment, has been ordered 10 Fort
McHonry, Baltimore, with an addi-
tional company Of troops.
New YoRg. Oct. 23.--g'ho heirs of
of Anneke Jauno, the original owner
Of the Trinity Church property, arc
about 10 contest the right Of purchase
10 tho property. .g.a ial M.
The 4EiJmes special aays., Gen.
Sherman was at Fort Dodge on the
7th, and remained over Sunday. The
General gave the Indians eight days
In which TO bring In the other three
white women they have, and II they
do not return them without presents
he told them IL would bo war. The
Indians started home 10 hold a oo0n.
oil among themselves. On leaving,
thoy said II wo did not hear from
them In FIVE days we might look out
for something olae. The fvo days
expired last Friday, and wo are on the
alort. ain'la s. Aii@
The Times Washington special
says: Nothing further hes trabtpifod
In relation To the Mexican question,
partly owing no doubt 30 tho Illness
OF Col. Campbell, our Minister 10
Mexico, who has beon confined 10 hia
room< Gppe his arrival, as Ia. htated
last night. However, what | have
though Insufficient, inay be considered
of strictly reliable character, and
will boifnther tolegfaphod m b low
days,
New YoRK, October 3.--The Her
aids special says the failure Of Alden,
Fink Il Weston, at echoes, involves
a loss Of half n million of dollars,
only about three hundred dollars hav-
ing been secured by assignment. The
heaviest losers are: John l.. Thomp-
son X Sons, 100000; Manufacturers
Bank of Troy, $4,000; Hugh Rankin
of Troy, $4,000; Gould Il Rockwell
of Troy, $4,000. Six weeks wagoa
due the factory hands, have been as.
snmed by Thompson y Sons. One Of
the heaviest WOODEN firms of Troy is
said TO he involved 10 the amount Of
about $6O, 900, and u Is thopght will
Tho HeraSsrs Bridgeport special
says the Bridgeport Furniture Com
pany's factory, eousisting of three
large brick buildings, was almost
totally destroyed by fire lnAt evening
The loss Is about SO 900; insured for
about $4,000. Nearly one thousand
men arc thrown out OF employment.
The company had d very large stock
on hand, aud the buildings and stock
are almost total loss. % efn f.p'1
A Hraid's Washington special
says Tho report of the insanity Of
the Empress of Mexico is believed in
diplomatic circles.
When Maximilian left Europe for
Mexico, he was under distinct
pledge to the Pope, to restore tho
Church property TO the clergy, This
he found impossible 20 do, when the
angry correspondence between the
Pope and himself took place, The
Empress was despatched to explain
the difficulty, with what result is seen,
New YoRK, Oct, 23.-Thc brig
Velocity arrived here. She reports
eneountering hurricane on the lst
lnkt,, Hnu SuHtlink huehA AttHHstSt VH
The 9th inst. met a brig and n schoon-
or, both disabled on the 18th was
boarded by the brig Ospray, OF 81.
Johns, N. b., which had on board
the crew Of the schooner Saltillo, Of
New York, short of provisions. The
Velocity being also short, was unable
to supply them. On the 2lst saw The
steamer Theodore d, Wagner, from
Boston for Charleston, on FIRE. Rem
dered themfpll tho assistance posai-
BILE, and got all the women and child
ren--sixteon in number-4-on board
the brig, when the crew, finding il
impossible TO save the steamer, ahan-
doned her. Thirteen came on board
the Velocity, the remaining seventeen
going on board the Schooner Enoch
Pratt, bound 10 New York.
The bark Starr King reports that
in gale on the 10th she. took from
the bark Mary Elizabeth the captain
and orew-twelve in numbor.f The
captain reported passing the wreck OF
the schooner Mary II Dyer. with
four men on board, but was unable to
assist them.
The bark Chinesean reports that
on the 2lst, in latitude 37:4S, longi.
tudo 1924, ! A. NJ, she saw screw
steamer on fire, with another steamer
lying by her, supposed TO have taksr