The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-10
LATEST NEWS.

Gold closed in New York yesterday, at
1885.
There were acknowledgements Of cholera
reported in Cincinnati on Wednesday.
ST. Louis dispatches stlll represent the
Indians as belligerent on the plains.
A johnson Convention was held at Sar-
atoga, N. Y, yesterday. Doolittle made
the speech.
Major General Hunter at his own re-
quest has been placed on the retired list,
after forty-two years service.
A severe storm occurred at Rochester,
New York, yesterday. A schooner was
wrecked.
Some men with blackened faces, perpe-
trated robbery at PhiIadelphia on. We'd
nesday night, relieving an old man of 81, 400
A Johnson Mass Convention was held at
Detroit, Michigan, yesterday. Resolutions
indorsing the Philadelphia Convention
were passed, and delegates to it appointed.
A great prize fight for the championship
of England. came off on, the 7th between
Jem Mace and Joe Goss. Mace was declar-
edethe victor in twenty one rounds.
Judge Van Trump has been nominated
for Congress in the Sixteenth Congression-
al District of Ohio by the Democracy, and
q John A. Bingham by thefUnion party.
~ Augustus Billerbeck. a Cincinnati clerk,
q has been arrested for embezzling thirty
: thousand dollars, enough TO make him
respectable, sa.4a.si. il.,r- flrss .sIfspsfe.
The immense roof in process of erection
over the freight depot of the Michigan
Central Railroad i'm Detroltfen in with a
crraaf smash on 60 badly inSurfno a
number of workmen.s H.. tsi.;r..f .t4-s.5v
EuA printer named English attempted to
hang himself, Wednesday, on the stand
erected for the speakers of the Democratic
meeting at indianapolis.
GOV. Wells, of Louisiana, has published
an-address to the loyal people of that State.
We will print it tomorrow.
The claims of soldiers for money taken
rom them by the rebel authorities while
prisoners of war, will be received until the
LIST of October. % Il y
General John A Logan was nominated,
by reclamation, for Congress at large, for
the State of Illinois, at the Springfield
Union Convention, Wednesday.
A private telegram received in Chicago
froIn Honorable William H. Seward, an-
nounces that President Johnson and his
Cabinet expect to reach that city on the
9TH, intending to remain two nights. The
aelegram does not state for what purpose.
1t is probable that q soldiers ticket.
headed by R. NJ. Hough, q prominent pork
packer and whilom soldier on General
Fremont's staff, will be put in nomination
at Chicago, in opposition to the Went
worth ticket. ~ ss ..t
Senator Howe, of Wisconsin, had a
grand reception at Milwaukee, on Tuesday
evening on which occasion he made an
elaborate and able speech on the Presi-
dent and Congress. Governor Fairchild,
General Paine, and Judge Paine also made
speeches.
Great enthusiasm prevails at st. Peters
burg over the visit of the American squad
ron and the iron-clad monitor Miantono-
NAH, with Assistant Secretary Fox on
board. The Russian fleet had gone to
Helsingfors to meet the American vessels
European dates of the eth and 7tf have
been received. 1t is expected that a def
mite treaty of peace will soon be signed by
Austria and Prussia Italy seems to he
left out in the cold. The Italian and Aus
trian Generals are negotiating on their
own hook. Special peace negotiations are
about to be opened between Prussia and
Saxony.