Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-18

THURSDAY..............JANUARY IS
Latest news.


Gold closed in New York yesterday at
81 40. ....'..s ................
Eleven inches of snow fell in New
York on Monday night.
A Ere at Bergen, New York, on Mon
day night destroyed fourteen buildings
Secretary Seward is expected back in
about two weeks frcn his Southern
trip -...-..~..e.y-~..-s
The President has informed pardon
seekers that no more pardona will be
granted Mt present. al
The United States cotton license and
tax 10 Galveston, during the past four
months, amounted to 963f, ,000
Private letters. received in San Fran
cisco report that the blockade Of the
Gillian porss is to be raised 80 as to
5 allow Spain to attend to Peru. 81
S Colonel Mosby was arrested at Lees
burg, Virginia, few days ago, and is.
now in custody Of General Ayrss. The
Cause of his arrest has not sranspired
A dispatch says Secretary Harlan
win not resign his position in the Cabi-l
net before the 1st of February, 1867.
The steamer Continental, with Mer-
csrs emigration party, of one hundred
women and Fifty men, lee New York
Tuesday for Washington Territory.
e Governor Ward, of New Jersey, de-
Iversd his inaugural to the Legislature
Tuesday. He expresses full faith IN the
ABILITY, patriotism aud fidelity Of Presi-
dent johnson. .sia seastaa
S A prize eight took place near Port JAR
via, Tuesday, between Jim Kerrigan and
Merris PhelaD, for $1,000 The fight
lasted twsnty.nine minutes, and was
won by Phelsn.
Il il believed that the recent destruc-
tive FIRE at the Columbus (M!ss) Arsenal
s~sa caused by incendiaries to cover
easit Of Goverament cotton stored at the
Arsenal
"A y
A Joint resolution of Senate authori-
zi1g the Committee on Reconstruction
70 send for persons and papers. passed
the House Of Representatives Friday by
5sas l28, nays 30.
A warehouse in Richmond, contain
ing large quantity of cotton, tobacco
and other articles, held By the agent of
the Treasury Department, was destroyed
BY Ere Tuesday morning. Loss, $780,,
900 @ -'a..'i
9 The body of man, supposed TO be
murdered, was found at Fort Mckee,
near Pittsburg, on Monday afternoon.
The body had not been recognized at
last accounts, and the case is shrouded
in mystery.
A man named Charles Hen, 9
Frenchman, parolsd Fort Donelson
prisoner, was murdered on Monday
night in Indianapolis. His head was
horribly nAaglad, and there was bull
let hole through his sknll. No clue to
the murderer, AZ yet.
The Examining Board of the United
States Marine Corps will meet in New
York today, to decide upon the quslif-
cations Of candidates for appointments
as Second Lieutenants. There. are only
ak vacaneies to fill, and there are over
ave hundred applications on file. as6
A terrible ARRAY occurred on Satur-
day in train of cars on the Memphis
and Nashville Railroad between two ne
gro soldisrs and white men, which re-
snlted in the death of one white man,
and slightly injuring several. others.
One negro jumped from the train, while
the other was riddIed With bullets, and
had his throat cut from earto ear. iissa
A dispatch from Brownsville says that
Lieut. Murphy, of the 10Th United States
colpred regiment, attempted to capture
an Imperial gunboat on the night Of the
3D. bnt was repulsed. Maximilian has
ordered seventeen Liberals, recently
captured, TO- be shot Gen. Weitzel has
protested against ttis barbarism. but
. with what success has not transpired.
AT an ARRAY in Richmond, Kentucky,
on Monday last, q man named Doty
Z killed Humphreys and Arch Kasan.
angb, also wounded a young man named
Maupin badly, probably fatally. 1t was
censed By previous difficulty. The
killing end wounding we're done BY q
couple Of young men, one or both o.
them formerly Federal soldiers. 1'ai
An internal machine has been sent tc
Judge Field, of California, now in Wash.
inRton. II was opened at the War De
payment, and found to contain twelve
large mstalic cartridges, with heavy BALI
nicely adjusted With Illuminating pow
der, 20 90 to explode upon the raising o
the lid There was a line written apor
the inside of the I'D as follows: "Las
October you decided the Puebla case
The affair has created considerable ex
citsmsnt, following SO quickly as Il doe
anon the Wade and Summer affairs