The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-12
NEWS viz NEW YohK.

| NEW YORK. Sept. A11.AThe Official
Ireport of Major1GeheFal Baifd2on the
New Orleans riots, isphblished in the
Tribune this morning, zaIt is-very
lengthy, containing his official corres-
pondence with Mayor Monroe, sSecre-
tary Stanton, and LieateAaAt G6ver-
nor Noorhees, and details the sAfents
of the riot as already published, He
says there was no hour during the con-
tinuance. of the riot when perfect order
Ecould not have been irestoredby a
command to the police, pfr6mIthcir
chief, to put up their pistols. ,zad :,
o. NEW lNStEEw YORK, Y Sept, lO;TNotgith-
standing the mildness of thu weather,
the cholera has again increased. There
were sixteen new cases and eleven
deaths reportedyyThe report, Of last
week showed total of 656 deaths in
this city, of which fifty were from
idIh Brooklyn cholera is fast disap-
pearing, only two fresh cases occur
ring there yesterday. During the last
week there were 250 deaths IN that
city, of which twenty seven werefrom
cholera .Jf9qa mta Ia9d ot $40
I9a The Tribune learns that the Censti-
tutional Amendment will pass the
New Jersey Legislature to-day, and
that Hon. l.. G. Cattel will be eiected
to the United States Senatei without
Opposition sitef5omsG 93em
A Herald special says the closing
hours in the Fenian Congress at Troy
were passed mainly in the discussion
of political 9 matters. The question
was upon the rendering of the Fem
ian vote to the radicals for a aconsid-
Grafton, but it ended only in the pass
age of vote of thanks to Gen. Banks,
for the passage of a bilkto repeal the
neutrality LAVISH A resolution was
passed directing the Senate in case of
being unable to recover the arms con-
fscated by the United States govern
ment during the recent raid, to apply
direct to President johnson fOnther.
The Herold's Ottawa special says a
steamer belonging to. an American,
was seized recently at Montreal, on
suspicion of being engaged by the
Fenians. Itis thought that mo raid
will be attempted unit, about No
a Herdld special says families who
have been rendered homeless BY the
recent fire at Sing Sing, hayeIi been
provided for by the people of the viii
lage, A public meeting to raise money
for them will be held at that place on
Wednesday evening. ~y
The HerdLd's special says that Sur
geon General Barnes is lying danger
ously i'll at Chicago, with eongestive
chills.a But slight hopes are entertain
ed OF his recovery. iaa .Hosdi3
Ia New YORK, Sept. 11.ruTbe iTri6-
une's Augusta, (Me. } special says:
The victory in this State to-day for
the Union party is unequaled Our
majority is fully 25,000l Ourqaverage
majority for the past eight years has
been less than Is, ,000a We have car
ried every Congressional district
the closest by nearly 1000 majority:
We have swept every county, elected
every Senator, and nine-tenths OF the
House. The total vote is very full
one. o z.,ge.eo oesr,
NEW YORK, Sept. 11,-Nine new
cases of cholera we're reported in this
city to-day ti 1.~-us' - -
. SANDY Hook, Sept. 11-Thestean
ship Pierce is passing this point and
will reach her dock at two o clock this
Madame Restori and Signor Byzo-
niti are passengers at,1,,fs
NEW York, Sept. 1.-THE Post
says one of the most stupendous
frauds upon the Government which
has ever came to light, has Just been
developed in Brooklyn, and involves
a contract for supplies at very low
bid. Having previously entered into
an arrangement with Government off,
'cials in the Navy Yard to superintend
the delivering of the goods, BY which
they would get receipts for three or
four times. the amount delivered, and
get pay for them, in this way during
the past four years the Government
has been defrauded out of overa mil
lion dollars. The information is given
by one of the parties implicated, who
has turned States evidence. The
case is undergoing further ipvestiga-