The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-12-24
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Gold closed in, New York, Saturday, at
1881. .1JU1- ~stI W.T. hna
The gold fields otyictoria are prosperous.
q" The harvest prospects are excellent go
The United states steamer Lancaster has
foundered near Cape Horn. ~
Maxfmilian's private secretary was a
- passenger on the Corsica from Havana. W
slai Mazatlan has been occupied byf Corona
% and his Liberals 95assalu y
ssas7 Five more whisky distilleries were seized
in New York, on the 22d. r.
Christ Church, at Rye, N. Y, was burned
on Friday night. Loss, $4,000. iel
The safe of N. G. Cochrane, of Philadei-
phia, was robbed o. Government securi-
ties amounting to $4,000, ON the'22d inst.
South Australia will have surplus of
one hundred thousand tons of breadsti ifs
this season. afsl
A fire at Christ's Church, Melbourne,
Nov. 9th, destroyed property valued at
$4,000 lat
1t is believed in Mexico that Macmillan
49, will leave as soon as he can get away. "A
y dportionAof mis- baggageis reported to- have
arrived at Havana.
The jury in the case of Smith, on trial at
Sweetsbnrg, failed to agree. McDonald's
case was submitted to the jury on the 22ds,
The military commission for the trial of
DIR. Watson, at Richmond, Va, has been
dissolved by order of the President -
The Congress excursion party arrived at
Lynchburg, Va, on the I'D, and left for
tlaesoath Immediately. I'd AKASA -
The steamers Arago and Fulton were
sold at auction, on the 22d, for three hun
bred thousand dollars. They viii continVe
j to runlto Europe - aADsAA2 A4H1a =" "a
Sherman and Campbell report a failure
in their efforts to find the Juarez Govern
ment. sherman will be at Washington In
few days. 1'AI 0&- "@@" - =.
1t is reported that the Supreme Court
will grant writ of habeas corpus in the
case of DIR. Mudd and others confined at
the Dry Tortugas for completely in the
Lincoln assassination1 se1aI -
1t is said that prominent member of.
the House Is preparing bill to guarantees
New York a republican form of govern
aements & 0o9StsO& nEaAs H0fb0J "
The journeymen tailors' strike, in Bos-.
ton, has ended, and they have resumed
work at former prices. 100000, 50
! Il 4 n 4 "a Z
The cabinet has decided that the decise,
sion of the Supreme Court in the Indiana
conspiracy case must be sustained. III
The investigation of the recently award
ded Indian contracts shows that they are.
$4,000 higher than were thezrejected bids,
fire at Newport, Maine, on the 2lsts
destroyed the business portion of the
place, including Masonic Hall. The loss
was heavy.
The State authorities OF Massachusetts,,
have made1afge seizures Or liquors il, the
saloons at Worcester. e.
Despite all exertions of the, authorities
midnight meetings for drill and exercise,
are held all over Ireland, and the people
are awaiting Stephenss arrival. TO rise.
sE.Twefve ocean stea Itiers left, New York.
Saturday, taking an aggregatesof 200 pas
sengers, and cargoes valued at over $780,
900. r.r-.,s.,cea
Full details of the awful affair at the Con-
vent of Arcadon, in Gambia, in which more
than two thousand persons were killed,
will be found in our New Yofk dispatches.
General Grant has retu rned to Washing
ton, and reports that the difficulty in Mis-
souri, has been explained to his satisfaction
by~Gov. Fletcher.
treaty has been formed between Be-
livia and Paraguay; the former to supply
two thousand troops and carry the war in
to Brazil.
Messrs. Cramer & Williams wagon and
agricultural implement works at Cincin--
natl, were destroyed by fire ION. the I'D.
Loss 1900; insured for $751; q ~ -
Peru and Chill reject the terms of medi-
alton from France and England. Spain
must salute their flags, abandon her
claims and return the three millions of
dollars received from Pezet's Government.
The recent rejoicing over the announce
ment that Maxinilian had decided to re-
mainiinc Mexico were made by the Church
party. Mexicanswho are disguised with
Macmillan won't submit to his rule.
A shooting ARRAY occurred at Ogden,
Kansas, on the I'D, IN which the city mar
shall was killed by a soldier OF the 18th
cavalry, and two soldiers of the same regi-
nent were shot by the citizens. ti'
The Committee to investigate revenue
frauds have learned that prominent ofi-
cials in New York have made gigantic for
tunes at the expense of the Government.
They have discovered that there are over
5000 small distilleries carried on in the
city, where whisky is made for the pur.
pose of evading the tax of two dollars per
gallon, The magnitudekofEthe leak they
are endeayertngg to stops may be judged
from the fact that the amount of whisky
made in the United States in 1860 was up
wards of ninety million gallons; and, by
the last report of the Revenue Commits
sloners; twas less than ten millions. qgb !
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