The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-11
NEWS VIA NEW YORK.

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gress adjourned sine die yesterday,
having been in session all Saturday
night. Col. w. r. Roberts was re-
elected President, P. Meehan, Presi-
dent of the Senate, and G. w. Fitz-
gerald, speaker of the House. Gen.
Sweeney was disposed off as Seereta-
ry Of War, but no successor was
named; his accounts were satisfac-
tory. but he was believed to be in<
competent. Gen. O'Neal was appoint
ed Inspector General of the Irish Re-
publican army, and Col. Bailey, Chief
Military organizer. 1t is still hoped
that Cen Sheridan will be prevailed
upon to accept the command of the
forces. Another movement on Can
ada will undoubtedly be made during
the F@a, if the contributions are
plentiful.
A fire occurred in Sing Sing early
yesterday lmorning, which destroyed
oyer twenty buildings, including among
others Varden's large file works. The
rest were stores, dwelling houses and
barns. Fifty families were rendered
houseless, and the loss is estimated at
5000, 900. Nearly all the buildings on
the corner dock were swept away, and
the homeless families provided for by
the VILLAGERS, and the American Ho-
tel was thrown open to the sufferers,
manyof whom breakfasted there. and
received every kindness that could be
bestowed upon them
In the afternoon the subject of the
FIRE was adverted to by the clergymen
of the different churches, and collec-
tions were taken up to afford the suf-
ferers temporary relief To- morrow
a1ppblic meeting will be held for the
purpose of raising money to help the
afflicted out of their troubles loa aa
The losses, as far as ascertained, are
as follows: Vanorden, File Works,
$4,000; insurance $4,000. Kipps'
Lumber Yard, $25, 900; : insurance
$4,000. National Hotel $4,000; in
spFance $1,000. j, Frouk, Grocery,
$4,000; no insurance. Samuel G.
Nichols, Grocery, $4,000; insurance
$1,000 VIM Dell's house, $4,000.
Oberlin House, IS, 600; partly insured.
"a Delaney's Grocery S6000q no i'm
surapce. Moses Stanton s Grocery.
$4,000 David Ross, dwelling 50, 900; !;
insurance 5000 Il Patrick Scanlon's 5
dwelling, 81 ,800y Joseph Wells dwell
ling and barn, $1,000 Shakspcar's
house $500; insurance $400 Mrs. Cot
toms boarding house, $3.50: fully in
sured.. Jas. Holmes dwelling, 81, 900 !
partially insured James Shuttle, dwell
ling, $4,000; insurance $1,000 The
Bloodgood tenement house, $4,000
New YORK, Sept. 10.-A 1Tibuaes S
Washington special has the following
items: Rumors of the intended re-
,signation of Gen. O. D. Howard as
Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bu-
reau, are again afoat There is no
truth whatever in the statement. Gen.
/ Howard is an officer detailed to the
charge af the Freedmen's affairs, and
cannot resign. He could be relieved,
but no application to be relieved will
be made, as the President would con.
stFue the wish into an acknowledge.
meht on the part of the General that
he was unable to administer the af-
fairs of his department, and Mr..
johnson would claim this in justifca-
ton for the dismissal from the army
of a well known gallant officer.
Gen. Howard friends insist that
he shall not place himself in such a
false position, and Secretary Stanton
plainly and emphatically asserts that
so long as he is chief of the War De-
partment, Gen. Howard shall remain
Commissioner of the Bureau.
Major General Schofeld, command
ing the Department of Virginia, head
quarters at Richmond, has made the
significant move of taking up his resi-
dence at the avowed rebel hotel-Athe
Exchange. The Union citizens of
that city have been led by this and
similar acts towards loyal sentiments
to indulge In no fattcring comments
on this new crowd of officers.
Fractional currency printed $780,
100; shipped S253,000; destroyed
1896, ,858. Funds on hand, Urited
States notes, large, $700,000 medium,
$500, coo; small, $8S2,765. Total,
$9,721 ,651. s.1''if
The Post says the extent of the
failure of the American Cotton Plant
ing Company has been exaggerated;
that but $2,200 were subscribed by
the Directors, and less than 50, 900 by
the public, and that the Treasurer has
announced his readiness to account
for all the money he has received. s I
Fourteen new cases of cholera since
Saturday are reported in this city,
with five deaths, and four cases and
five deaths in Brooklyn. .asa
Ten boxes were found in the sub
urbs of Brooklyn yesterday, one con-
tanning Onondaigua County war bonds
to the amount of $33, 900, and s.. 600
worth from Seneca, ST. Lawrence, and
Greene Counties, and State of Michi-
gan, and the other containing large
collection Of burglars tools. dies for
| the seals of the State of Michigan,
Greene County in this State, and the
Second Avenue Railroad Company.
FROM SAN FRANCISCO.