The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-08

NEW YORK ITEMS. tfstf
-NEw York, Sept. There were
seven new cases and five deaths from
the cholera reported yesterday. The
reports from Brooklyn showed no ma
terial change in the disease. ~ IS.
A meeting of the Board of Health
was held. yesterday, and the Sanitary
Superintendent's reports showed that
sixty-nine cases Of cholera have been
reported during the week. ending yes
terday. Of this number thirty were
fatal. In Brooklyn there were twenty
five confirmed cases, cflEhich eighteen
were fatal
The Ottawa, the pioneer steamer of
the new line b0tween New York and
the Baltic pSrts, arrived yesterday
from Copenhagen direct, making the
voyage In l4days. a 4 ( &a.s-~&
An accident occurred on the Free
hold & Jamesburg Railroad, New
Jersey, "Wednesday, which resulted in
the killing Of one man, and the injury
of three others. The train ran off the
track three miles from Freehold, and
the'engine and tender were upset. ana
three or four cars were smashed.
A special from Troy last evening
says that the Committee ON Credentials.
of the Fenian Congress completed their
labors at late hour this afternoon,
and that the Congress was organized
and ready for business.
Gen. Murphy, of New York, was
elected Speaker ofthe House, but de-
clined the honor. when Mr. Z. G..
Gallagher, of Buffalo, was elected
j. .09BOlBnen. aofi iRochester3 was
elected Secretary The members of
the Congress were sworn to secrecy,
and resolution adopted forbidding
the Communication of anyaefl the
business details Of the session, to the
press for publication. The Congress
then adjourned to O'Clock to-mor-
row morning when President Roberts
address%ill be presented. The de-
lay IN the report of, the Committee on
Credentials was occasioned by the ap-
pearapce of certain delegates, who
claimed to represent circles In Canada.
Their credentials were scrutinized
most.elosely, but whether they were
admitted or not, / am unable to
learn One delegate is here from
Prince Edwards Island.
1t is learned from good authority
that the-feeling against Gen. Sweeney
is rather on the increases among the
delegates, but it is almost impossible
to predict the result of the Congress
sionaI action in his case, as the tables
may, be entirely turned upon his adver-
sarieS .eAe tD.f
The address of President Roberts is
an able and statesman-like document,
and treats of the origin and progress
of the Fenian brotherhood, from its
conception to the present time. - l. - Ae.
The next movement is being
thoroughly discussed by the members,
and knots aboutthe hotels and streets.
A dispatch from Topeka, Kansas,
says it is reported from Fort Sarah
Junction of Fort Riley and smoky
roads,. that seventy Cheyenne Indians
have Started from Picket Town set
tlement, Colorado, to recapture two
children taken from the Indians in
the South Greek affair, and then clear
the Smoky Hill route of all whites,
while eighty-fve more Cheyennes
have started for the Arkansas to com
NIT depredations there, and that they
have sent invitations to the Sioux and
Keowas, and Camanches, to join them
and sweep the whole frontier from
Kansas to Colorado. .Isd hne i.
The Plates broke up two settle-
ments on the Solomon, and ravlshed
number of women. They swear
that the whites shall not occupy their
territory.
Gen. Sherman writes that the set
Elements are ninety miles too far
West. and that he has not the troops
to protect them within 100 miles OF
Fort Riley,
The stock agent of the Overland
Mail Stage Company was met by a
band of Indians while taking out
stock for the road-the, stock from
that route before the raid
The Union State Convention
have unanimously recommended the
Legislature to submit the question of
striking out the word white in the
State Constitution, to the people. "
J. Crawford was unanimously. re-
nominated for Governor, and Major
u. Green for Lieut.. Governor.
New York, Sept. THE steam
ship Charles A. Farewell, owned by
the Union Navigation Company, took
fire this morning and was burned to
the waters edge and sunk while lying
at the pier 36 East River. She had
a full general cargo, which was also
consumed. Loss $4,000 on cargo.
Eight cases of cholera reported to-
day. Only one fatal.