The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-12-24


NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Five more
whisky distilleries were seized in this
city yesterday. aE u aeE 3
The steamer Sandago, from Grey
town, with California passengers, ar
rived. bn D0L lM iea 9ioe)7 q
Twelve ocean steamers left here
| yesterday for different parts of the
world, taking an aggregate of70O pas
sengers, and cargoes valued at over
50, ,00O, 900. 90 5EHs bns 1gl8 Z
Christ Church, at Rye, N. Y, was
burned on Friday night. Loss, $s5, =
900. 1lr& 10 4iifai -
The mails from Gambia give details
of disasters to the Turks at the Con-
vent of Arcadon. The Convent con-.
| tanned $40 souls, including $50 women
and children, leaving 197 men to de-
fend it against Mustapha Pacha's army
of II, 600 men. The Cretans refused
to surrender, when the Turks bonn
barded the Convent for two days and
nights; and, after preaching the walls,
the Turks poured into the court of
the Convent, when monk fred a
magazine, hurting the Christians and
the Turks into the air. Two thousand
Turks were killed and larger num-
Der wounded; only 80 men and go
women and children of the garrison
were left alive. Over a thousand
Turks were burned. Seven Cretan
villages were destroyed in revenge,
for which, the Cretans have burned
twenty-seven Turkish villages. m -
NEW YoRK, Dec. ga Dublin
letter to the Sunday Nesos says Gov
ernment officials are frequently sold
by stories that Stephens has landed
at different points on the coast, keep,
ing troops and gunboats- constantly
on the move. The Phoenix Park, in
which is situated the Government
magazine, has been surrounded by
heavily manned earthworks and pah-
sades. Troops are continually arriv-
ing from England, and suspected
Irish regiments are being transported
TO England and the colonies. Despite
all exertions of the authorities mid
night meetings, for drill and exercise,
are held all over Ireland, and the peo-
pie evidently are awaiting Stephens's
arrival to rise in spite of the great
odds against them. sa., ..t
NEW York Dec. 23.-Wm.s Nc
Gaun and Robt. Chambers were sent
to Jail yesterday in default of $4,000,
charged with defrauding B. Mosley
out OF $S, 900 at faro. + ng b1s $
Rio Janeiro letters of November
26, state that no further collisions oc-
CURED between the Paraguans and
Brazilians. In the fight of October
30, at Perjuly, after repulsing the Pa
lraguans the Brazilians sailed out
| from the fort, but were surrounded
and cut up badly, losing six hundred
killed and wounded, besidesasnumber
of prisoners. The gunboat .Parauay-
Fba was badly damaged by the Para
guans October 29th, and was compell-
ed toirun ashore to prevent sinking.
1t is stated that three more iron clads
have joined the Brazilian feet.
! The Emperor of Brazil emancipa-
ted all his slaves. sr- >
The .. s. gunboat Shamokin had
reached Cumser with Minister Wash
burne and suite on board.
The mediations proposed by Chilee
and Bolivia, have been rejected by the
Argentine Government.
| A Valparaiso letter of November
17th. says, THE bark Fanny, of New
London, with ten Parrot guns on
board, for the Chilian Government, is
forty days over due.
/ New York, Dec. 23.-The last Paris
| papers give particulars of the trial