The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-10
LATEST NEWS.


Gold closed in New York, yesterday, at
1924. a tn1s ai<" f
.s The thermometer in New York on Sun
day, indicated go in the shade. anpoJ =
Heavy rains also fell at Cincinnati yes
terday morning.
Most of the whisky shops were open in
New York on Sunday 3ES&
Two deaths from cholera were reported
Sunday night in New York.
Geo. Peabody is on visit to Canada,
where he will spend some ten days.
One fatal case of eholera'occurred in New
Yore on Saturday evening.
The work of manumission is gradually
but surely diminishing the slave popula-
ton of Porto'Rico.
The sugar and coffee crops are represent
ed as being not over one-half crops.
Santa Annals Private Secretary died in
San Francisco on the 18th of June.
Efforts are being made to secure the par
don of Paymaster Paulding.
1t is said the Tariff Bill will be defeated
or recommitted.
A fire, involving theloss of $4,000, occur
red in Little Falls, sunday morning.
The Rifle Works of Weaver & Fulton, in
Philadelphia, were destroyed by fire on
q Saturday night. Loss, Sl50,000. ga 80
A Mr.. whitney and his son, Of Forrest
vile, Connecticut, were killed by light
ming on Sunday evening. Mrs Whitney
was seriously injured, ~
The steamer New York, from Aspinwall,
brings 81, 430, 900 in specie.
The 2lst New York Cavalry were muster
ed.out of service at Denver City a few days
ago. Most of the soldiers WIN remain in
Colorado.
Judge Howell, of New Orleans, has, by
proclamation, called together the State
Convention of 1864.
silThirty three cases of sun-stroke are re-
ported in New York on Saturday, twenty
two of which proved fatal.
The Imperial troops were carried from
Bagdad, Mexico, by French men-of-war.
The Liberals occupy Bagdad, and are going
for thespecia1 trains sSss
The people of the South seem very gem
erously to respond to the call for the Phila-
delphia Conventionao Conventions to
appoint delegates have been held through
out Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.
conglomeration of Northern and Southern
rebels and traitors
Z Letters to Mexico are required to be
opened and read at the Post Office in the
presence of Maxamilian's agents, and OBJ
jectionable letters are sent to the Imperial
Commissary, who submits them to the
Court Martials. ~ 'IdE
Parties in Vera Cruz seem to doubt that
the French troops will be withdrawn from
that country, but there is reason to believe
that they are mistaken in their conclu-
sions.
The new commercial regulations by the
Imperial Government are very severe,
each commercial house being required to
pay tax from 81, 900 to $1,000 per annum.
1t is announced from st. Domingo that
the same liberal policy towards foreign
enterprise that marked the former admin
istration will be continued. The country
is genearlly quiet. r.5-
The Liverpool cotton market, on the
18th, was buoyant, with an advance of I'D.
There is also an advance in the provision
market.
In the London money market, on the
18th, Consols closed at 3614@S67s and United
States 5-20's were 640641l.
1t is asserted that Judge Howell will be
indicted by the grand jury of New Orleans
for issuing his proclamation calling togeth-
er the Convention of 1864.
The Democrats of Louisiana have held a
Convention and appointed delegates to
the Philadelphia Convention. aI
Heavy rains fell at Pittsburgh on sun
day night, and the river is raising slowly,
q with 30 tnches in the channel.
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