The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-07
Custom and Internal Rev
enne Receipts.
The Knoxville Convention,
A New State Oh East Ten
nesSee., xrvx
The President and the Col
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other persons, including 0neI Other I
brakesman, implicated in the robbery |
of the Adams Express Company on |
the 9Th of Janusry last, were arrested
Yesterday and held for trial The in
yestigation will disclose the manner
in which they carried out their plan
In the metropolis, and the numerous
agencies used to make their perpetra-
tions successful.
NEW York, May 5.-The Times
special says: Count Gurowski, the
author of three volumes entitled
Count Gurowski's Diary, died in this
city this afternoon of inflammation OF
the bowels.
1t is not known exactly the full
amount the Government will lose by
the failure of the Merchants National
Bank, but irrespective of the sum
which may be lost on account OF the
deposit of Paymaster Paulding, the
Government would be the creditor OF
the Bank to about $4,000. The U.
s. Treasurer holds on bonds to secure
deposits, 100000, and $4,000 to Sc
cure the notes of the Bank; also,
$4,000 in gold, being the interest due
the Bank. Against this total amount
is to be charged $l80,000 CIRCULATION
of the Bank, and $4,000 deposits. 1t
is understood that Paymaster Paulding
had deposit in the Bank of over
half a million dollars, supposed to
have been made up of sums drawn on
other depesitories2 aud transferred to
the Merchants National Bank, con-
trary to an order from the
War Department, which directs dis
bursing officers to keep their
deposites in repositories upon which
the Government draws, In favor OF the
disbursing officers requisitions, The
last draft drawn by the u. 5. Trea-
surer in favor of Paymaster Paulding,
aupon the Merchants National Bank,
was dated January 4th, 1866, for one
hundred thousand dollars, and drafts
upon other depositors to the amount
of several hundred thousand dollars
in favor of Paymaster Paulding have
been executed since that date. =
The Secretary has awarded to DEMO
; -&R Roberts, ,kef Boston, the.contract for
furnishing the Treasury Department
with burglar and fire proof safes fol
one year, for ten dollars persuperficlal
foot. They were the lowest bidders. e
The House ommittee on Claims
out of claims amounting to $40, 600, 600
presented. fol, consideration, have al
lowed but 100000 to Oterhauser 4
Co., of New York, for compound in,
terest notes lost at sea by the wreck
ing of the steamship Republic on {
voyage to New Orleans. =
The Worlds special says: A com
aunittee ofic0nference HAVING agreed OIL
the amendment to the habeas CORPUS
act, it has passed both houses, ant
only awaits the signature of the Pres
.ident To- become a Law. It8 protect
every officer of the Federal Govern
ment who, acting under orders, made
what is known as arbitrary arrest
during the war. 1t also removes al
against such officers from tn
State courts to the Federal courts
AS has been before stated, it tranfer
over two thousand cases of that kin
from Kentucky local Courts to tn
United States Courts. The, bill pro
vides that the production Of the tele
gram or order by an officer for sue
an arrest is sufficient for his defenc
IN G1lS dCb
The Finance Committee had unde
consideration, to-day, the bill intro
=. .duced; by Senator Sherman to redue
81 the rate of interest on the Nations
debt. and for other purposes. Tt
Committee are understood to be n'fs
yor of this measure. 1t is stated tn;
Secretary Mccullough is very anxiol
that it should be. adopted with as Ii
tie delay as possible, and has acco
dinghy addressed letter to both t
Senate and House Finance Commi
tee to that effect. It will be report
----t to the Senate early next week and Il
mediateIy put upon its passage. L
Subcommittee on, Finance to. viii
was referred the bill to equahze t
currency of the National Ban
among the States, made their rept
to the Committee to-day. No actl
was taken on the subject and it "
postponed until next meeting.
a The Ilibuees special says DUR
the month of April, the, New 70
.4a State Agency for the collection OF $
ar diers' back pay, bounties, &C., and
which Col. J. E. Lee is Superintel
ant, settled and paid claims invOlvl
the amount of one hundred a
eighty seven thousand dallars.
The receipts from Internal ReyeI