The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-25
LATEST NEWS.


A part of Santa Annals suite have arri-
we'd in New York. sf4-fr Eassfs5 ) gs~gsr
Specimens of tin ore, of extraordinary
richness, have been exhibited at the Gen.
eral Land Office recently:
Second Lieutenant JAS B. ssladen has
been appointed Private Secretary to Gen.
Howard.
In the billiard match between Deery, of
~. Y, and Dean, of Montreal, Dean was
victorious by 134 points in 1900.
The Excise Board of New York, up to
Wednesday evening, had received S5O,275
for licenses.
General Dulce, in Havana, on the morning
of the 18th.
Col. vasburg, of the list New York, was
re-interred in Greenwood Cemetery, on
Wednesday, attended by his late. regi-
ment.
The President has ordered the discharge
of the Special Treasury Agent at Mobile,
who was under sentence by a Military
Commission.
1t is contemplated to build new Execu-
tive Mansion east of the Capitol, and trans
form the White House into fire-proof
building for the State Department.
Advices received at the State Depart
ment by last steamer from our Ministers at
London and Paris, indicate that general
war is Inevitable. t
It is believed that Austria will send no
more troops to Mexico. The representa-
hons of our Minister, it is thought, have
opened the eyes of Francis Joseph.
The House Commerce Committee, on
Wednesday, reported the Senate's amend
ment to the House bill for a uniform sys-
fem rauaraf Va trAIs1 ea1ah.sc czAolera.
The military commission on the case of
Lieut. Col. Pauiding have decided that he
should be tried by court martial for
placing his funds in the Merchants Ma
tiOnal Bank. ads 30 s1s
Thomas w. Birdsall, President of the
Security Insurance Co. of New York, COM
mitted suicide on Wednesday, by taking
strychnine.
1t is reported that the Fenians are again
collecting at Calais, Maine, fully lined, and
it is feared they intend making disturb
ance in New Brunswick during the cleo
ton.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Times says that Napoleon did not utter the
sentiments at Auxon, attributed to him
but subsequently wrote them out and
had them published in the papers, and
placarded throughout the large towns.
A special messenger from Maximilian
reached Havana on the 18th, ON his way to
Europe. Three slavers were on the coast
of Cuba. A disease, supposed to be rinder-
pest, had broken out among the cattle at
Cordenas.
1t Is reported that James 7. Brady, of
New York, VIM. B. Read, of Philadelphia,
Droun, of Baltimore, and Geo. E. Pugh, of
Ohio, have been retained as counsel for
JEFF. Davis. The trial, it is understood, will
commence on the first Monday in June.
The trotting race between Patchen, of
California, and Vanderbilt, of New York,
ON Wednesday, best three in five for 81 500,
was won by Patchen in three straight
heats. Time: 2:3014, 2:30, 2:2254.
A man named Frederick Anderson was
arrested on Wednesday near Fishkill, N.
Y, with wagon load of plumber stolen
from the residence of State Treasurer How
land, at Fishkill.
American Hardware Manufacturers are
advised to send information to Washing
ton City to protect their interests in the
forming of the next Tariff bill. Thus far,
all the information received by the Com
aaittee on the subject is from an Agent of
birmingham and Sheffield Manufactures
The Military Department of North and
south Carolina, Georgia and Florida, have
been abolished by order of the President.
North ana south Carolina will form new
District hereafter, under command of Gen.
Sickles, headquarters at Columbus. Geor-
gia and Alabama will be a new District,
under command of Breyet Major-General
CIR. Wood, headquarters at Macon, Ga.
Adyices from Vera Cruz to the 18th, and
from the City of Mexico to the 10th inst,
report that the contemplated Withdrawal
of the French troops causes considerable
excitement in the Capital, and it is thought
by some that Macmillan will abd1cate
before they are Withdrawn Mr. Corwine,
our Charge de Affairs, had sailed Tor the
United States. Another thousand OF the
French troops had left, and q battalion OF
the foreign Legion had arrived. More
French troops had concentrated, prepare.
forvF to their departure. An Imperial
Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel were muir
= dered by their own men at Rio Verde.