Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-04-09
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4 NEw YoRK, April 7,--A dispatch re.
: ceiEed, from Boston, Philadelphis snC
PotsviIle, Pennsylvania, reports the
firing Of salutes By Republicans, com.
4 mem orativ,s of@tbe passage sef the Cigr
Rights bill oven the President veto, b
the Senate p
u :. "A dispatch states that the Upper
Eouse Of the Provisional Pafliament OF
New BFUpsFiok, yesterday adopted res.
oluiiops urging confederation, according
4 40 the Quebscs scheme Which, together
with the address, asking that lhe ques
ton of union Of North Amer can Prov-
inces be submitted to the action of an
Imperial Parliament, was forwarded to
n the Qaeen of England
4 A Washington special says that the
4 Ways and Means Comnittee have de-
cidad 10 repoftin favor Of the repeal of
/ the revenue tax on printing materials,
sueh. as paper, link aBd type, together
with the materials which en- ter into their
composition. The association of Vest
ern printers and publishers have been
urging upon the Committee the request
that soda-ash, : wire gauze. bleaching
/ powder, feltiDg cloth and the materials,
used in the manufacture of paper, shall
begput on the free list. That the pres
ent dnty of twenty per cent on nnsized
paper shall be reduced to not exceeding
six per cent aud they hold that the
cheaper paper ia the greater will be
the demand for that article The Com
mittee is-disposed to favorabIg eonsids.
this last suggestion, as it is believed The
revenue would not suffer loss By its
adoption Z q
New York, April 7---Judae McCann
has granted an injunction against Geo.
| Scott and otherst en- petition of Daniel
Drew, restraining them from buying in
10000 shares of the Michigan, Southefn.
aud Northern Indiana Railroad. stock,
valued at about $4,000 Mr. Drew
claims that he had borrowed 100000
in shares of the stock, and that the de-
fendan;, and others had conspired to
make acorn ersinl fhe nafket, causing
an unnatural rise in the price, and
eres,Iy danfasing paTiieA in his position.
The case is not YET decided.
The Tribune's Washington special
says; Provisional Governor Hamilton is
lrepoFted enroRte to Washington, to SEE !
what is to be done with Texas. The Sc
cessionists bavs seized upon the entire
pol slceh couirol Of the State, and. are
carryina exerg hinR with a high hand.
3 The Tribune claims this morning that
ihe Feuian expedition has sailed though |
destination unknown. 49,
WasAiHeten specials state that Lieut..
General Grant gave splendid reception |
at his residence in Washington last |
evening, which was attended by Presi
dent johnson, Thad Stevens, the French |
Minisserapd Mad sJaagez, Minister Ro. |
mero, Alex 'H -tepheus aud many
members of Cangfsss nnd ladies Of the
Capital. msrn
NEw YoRK, ApriI The steamer
Taiisman, at thia It, yesterday, |
brought adTiGas from Jamaica dated
KinstoA .Mafehl2fq THE special Com
misSion FOR the trial Of prisoners. charg-
ed with offences during the revolt, was /
stiil sitting but hoped to close its Ia6ors 4
IN few days. $3.50 So
The Herald's correspondent, in. view
of the situation of the colony, notices the
depreciation ef the atf4enltaral and I
financial interests, and The gradual de.
scent of the bulk Of its inhabitants la
the social scale. He attributes the state
OF affairs now existing on the island to
the failure of England's system Of rule
;trevet Brigadier Generah w Thorn
atoniof the United STATES Arm Vi died last
night at headquarters on Governors S. !
Island. sr4F
The distiIsries.in this city we're seized
yesterday BY the united States authori-
ties, ON charge of distilHng whisky
without the proper Government lieensea
The latter wiz be Investigated BY the
United States authorities-
The ship yards sof Green Point are
still deserved The rnsn refusing 10 adopt
the eight-hoUr system
. The TFibunei states that after. tbe ia
junction obtaiped hg. Mr.. Drew, w,laga'nst3
Scott, Cofran d Co., was served yester-
day, and gthe stock purchased fof them
BY Messrs GFcsebeck & Co the latter
swsre enjeired from paying Scott, g6fran
& Co the difference due them on the
stock, about $50 600 /, The injunction
was destroyed, and the money paid by
Messrs. Grosabeek y Co., and there the
matter rests for~tlie moment. The whole /
affair viii be the subject of litigation, in
whieha good deal Of the secret history
of the stock will be developed
The World says Or w Wednes Jar. ewes
ming 800 men left1thsA city, under Iiree-
ton os the powers that were at Union
square, for the purpose of making an
attack on the British North American
pchsessions, in the direction lof New /
Brunswick Guns stores and ammani>
non. had been aec$nulafed in thisscity +
for the last three weeks for invading
Gsnsda or New Brunswick, and, Sin the
event Of failure in both Of the formers
Iocalities, It'll Was inlendad to make adj
version on Halifax, Nova Scotia The /
reported movement on Bermuda was
simply intended for q blind, to bewiIdsrli
the Ceionial Rnthorities as Rhesohject- |
i've point TITS nGdefsto0d that eileen
field pieces were put ON board of tvs 4
merchant vessels, osteneibly bound 10
Mex -Qrlaans. hns reality boandefor4 \
the Bay of Epndy, from whence the at
tack isto bsatnade on St. Johns. or Hall,
fax PEesidsnt zRobarts and GensIal
Sweeney afe alse "a Essinfnga every nerve
to put an army in the field Eel
Last night d FIRE broke out in Colum-
bia- College, Fifty First street, near
Fourth vehns. The Adamage to the
building and furniture is about $1,000;
fully Insured. ,3asx ssaaA s.
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