The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-18

Masonic Temple, in Cincinnati, was in
jured BY fire on Friday night to the
amount of $4,000.
Walter B. Wilson was convicted of the
murder of Capt. Menter. on Friday.
The steamship Europa, on Saturday,
took out s2OS7, 900 in specie.
Gold in New York on Saturday touched
100, closing at 1881. The advance is doubt
less caused by the character of the advices
from Europe by the City of Paris, which
are exceedingly warlike.
/ A large portion of the village of Carrys-
vile, Genesee county, N. Y, was destroyed
by fire ON Friday night. Loss estimated at
100000.
The committee on the Rosseau- Grinnell
fight have postponed action for week.
Senator Fessenden is improving in
health.
Hon. James Humphreys, an ex-member
of Congress from New York, died Saturday
morning in Brooklyn.
The Russian telegraph fleet have gone
north from San Francisco. Favorable re-
ports have been received from officers con-
nected with the enterprise. ft4Eb Frts
The crop prospects in California are said
to be very promising.
Senator Summers mother died in Boston
on Friday, at the age of eighty years.
The House Committee on Foreign At
fairs on Saturday had under considera-
ton the proposition to repeal the Neutrali-
and the United States MarshaI OF New
York before them. The former is decided
ly against the repeal, and the Committee
are not likely to favor the measure
The two most prominent applicants for
the successorship to the late naval officer
odell, are Gen. w. Blunt and Col Hillyer,
the latter strongly Endorsed by General
Grant.
The House Committee will report against
constructing drawbridges on the Upper
Mississippi.
The Italian volunteers number 5000.
The typhus fever has broken out in the
italian army on the frontier. Troops are
being daily forwarded to the frontier.
Francis Joseph was expected at Prague
If the war broke out. .,-v
Bismark will accompany the King to
headquarters. The royal body-guard left
Potsdam ON the 5th.
Peto, Bettsc& co. viii resume business at
once.
Serious disasters are anticipated from the
state of the Liverpool cotton market. Half
a million bales have been shipped since
the lst of January, and shippers would suf-
Ter a loss of from three to five pence per
pound. e'-00 pe-
Prince Frederick Charleswas to leavef for
the headquarters of the Prussian army in
silesia, on the 9TH inst
Great agitation prevails in Venice in !
of the forced loan. and The re-
fusal of the municipality to Cooperate in /
it.
Large numbers had left the city in con-
sequence of the new CONSUMPTION.
The departure of Santa Anna for the
States is said to have caused great surprise
o all parties in Mexico. The news was re-
'eived with joy by the Liberals and with
much uneasiness by the ImperiaIists.
The imperial counsel is said to have been
discussing the subject "how not to STAY be-
and when thesFrench soldiers leave"
Judge Hill, of Mississippi, has decided
ne test oath unconstitutional, and per-
n1ts all lawyers to practice in his Cont.
An Imperial decree by Austria suspends
he laws for the protection of personal lib
rty in Venetfa, and other southern parts
u the Empire, and authority to do the
anne has been given the military com
nander of the army of the North.
The Austrian army is 100000. strong. of s
7hom $4,000 will be used against Prussia. ,
ND $4,000 against Italy. The Prussian
rny consists of 452 battalions of infantry.
squadrons of cavalry, and Loss field '
ieces, the largest Prussian army ever set
n foot.