The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-04
THE TRANSFER MADE WITHOUT
BL00DSHED. a
ADDITIONAL FOREIGN NEWS BY
q, a.5ea STEAMER CUBA. 4e 5
REDUCTION OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
TREATY CONCLUDED WITH THE
SIOUX AND CHEYENNE IN
DIANS. g
MEMS wa NEW YORK..

NEWS VIA NEW YORK.
New YORK, July s. Valparaiso
dates of the 10Th have been received
The Minister is preparing a statement
of losses suffered from the Spanish
sbombardment.s Specie is abundant.
American gold is at a premium, but
drafts on United States for small
amounts are cashed dollar for dollar
I In Chill currency The Presidential
aeleetion was to have taken place on
s the 29th of June. Penez and Gen.
Bulus are to be most prominent can
didates. BaIeize, British Honduras,
advices 18th June, say the Colony had
again been thrown into fearful state
Of excitement by reports of Indian
raids on the northern frontier, but
that the attacks were greatly exag-
gerated. a, ..aafn55 11J "
u New YoRK, July 3.--The morning
papers contain the following specials
from Washington: The June state
ment of the public debt will not be
published until the statement showing
the operations of the Treasury for the
fiscal year ending the Both uIt., is
completed. The reduction of the
principal of the debt during the
month of June is reported to be about
13,500,000, making the total reduc-
ton on the ma ximun principal of the
debt due since July 1st, 1865, of more
than 100000,
The Commissioner of Indian Af-
fairs received a telegram this morning
from +. B. Taylor, President of the
Laramie Commission, dated Fort
Laramie, June 18th, announcing that
satisfactory treaty had been con-
cluded with the Sioux and Chey-
ennes. ..r.. ,
IA communication from the Secre-
tary of War in response to resolu-
ton of the Senate, enclosed a report
from General Dyer, chief of ordin-
ance, in which the latter says: Harp
er's Ferry cannot, in his opinion, be
ever again used to advantage for the
manufacture of arms. The retention
of the property of the United States
at that point Is not necessary or adj
vantageous to the public interest, and
he recommends that as soon as the
depot can be broken up all the public
lands, depot, and other property is to
be sold and the proceeds of the sale
applied to the construction of the ar
mory in the West. as authorized by
law. e.f, 49, a.ls IIis. hsuat.r.5.3 ~ SOS +
= The Niagara Ship-canal bill meets
with more opposition than was antici-
pated. It'll asserted that political in.
terests have got mixed up with it,
The bill releasing the San Francisco
and China Mail Steamship Company
from their obligations at Honalulu
will shorten the passage from San
Francisco to China from seven to ten
days. 1t will enable the American
lines to compete In point of time with
the English mail line. - &c. "
~ The Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany asked to be relieved of a portion
eff service under their contract with
out reduction of contract price e
The Senate in Executive Session
to-day confirmed the Commissioner
under the act to reimburse the State
of Missouri for. expenditures in en-
listing, equipping and provisioning
militia forces to aid in suppressing the
rebellion, and also confirming the
nomination of Jno NJ. Humphreys
as Collector of Customs at Richmond,
Va. 80 5..es 49,
Generals Steedman and Fullerton
having completed their investigations
in Mississippi, arrived in New Orleans
yesterday, from whence they will make
ap and forward their report of Ala
bama and Mississippi. This con-
cludes their investigations except
Louisiana and Texas. a4
A Times special says during the
past week the Senate has rejected an
unequal number of the President
nominations, most of them men Of un-
exceptional military record Among
the reflections of last Saturday, were
Col Rufus Cheney of Wisconsin
nominated as Assessor of the First
Congressional District of that State
Col. Geo. Ginty of the same State
nominated as Assessor for the Fifth
District. Col. Ginty served gallantly
in the late war; two of his brother;
we're killed, and his father served dur
ing the war as private soldier. Col
Cheney served with credit as a pay
master. The Senate also rejected
Col. Al. Hunter, nominated as As
SCISSOR of the Fifteenth District O
Pennsylvania, who was an officer o.
good record VIM. Edwards, also
faithful soldier, was rejected as Post