The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-23
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New YoRK, Nov. 22.4A HerdLds |
Washington special says the friends OF
General Geo. II, Esley, have united to
press him for the position of United
State Marshal for the Northern Dis
trict of Ohio. ~ ts4S
Fenianism appears TO be reviving in
Washington. CONSIDERABLE sums OF
money have been raised and forward
ed to New York. Meetings arc being
held in public and In private, and are
attended by many of the leaders of
the brotherhood, Taken together
with the assurances OF those VINO
pretend TO know the nature aud ex-
tent of the present movements, these
Indications would seem to portend an
early and vigorous action in some dl-
rection.
dThe appointment Of Mr.. Harring
ton as Collector of the Third District
of Indiana, it is saidgi tor be- recon
! sidered. Another applicant is here
urging his claim to that position, and
the matter ID now under consideration
by the President and Secretary OF the
"A TTn.es special says: There are
less than $4,000 troops in the Depart
ment of Washington, which includes
A the District Of Columbia, Maryland,
Delaware, West Virginia and Virginia.
The Secretary of the Treasury ID
/ making heavy drafts upon the Ma
\ tional Banks, for the purpose OF re-
ducing accruing debts Of the Govern
ment. AS much as nineteen mil lions
were thus drawn from the banks in
one day.
says; 1t is a.singular fact; that not
H wfthstanding the semi-oiticlal. an, .
nouncement, of the administration OF
the new policy of the Government on
J. the Mexican question, and the sup
posed negotiations now between
| France and the United States, the
4 French Minister here has sanot been
D consulted by the authorities, nor has
> he received any information on the
subject. save what he has learned
!. from newspapers. He has not been
5 Officially Informed Of Mr., Campbelps
4 and Gem Sherman mission l,tf
: Mexico" i -,
! The line of the Union Pacific Rail
|. road. Eastern division, having beer
q changed from the Republican Fork d
h the Smoky Hill Fork of the kansa'
n river. the Commissioner has instruct
II ed the Register and Receiver at June
J. tion City, Kansas, to restore, SOM
n COG. 600 acres of land to settlemen
and entry under the pre-emption AM
70 homestead laws, and the Register am
10 Receiver at Brownsville, Nebraska
Is TO restore about 10000 acres. Th
at restoration does not make the land
IN subject TO sale at private entry, pu
d. only renders them accessible to actua
al settlers.
A. The postal service in the eleven st
or ceded States has paid for itself an
m netted 1921 900 profit. This fact
10 mainly due to the economical mar
az agement of the present Postoffice d.
n NEW YoRK. Nov. %. THE He
ax aids Chicago special says: Much e. e.
its citement was caused there by the oil
as covery of a family, named MorriI
m starving to death. The wife say. 81
Fis sister Of John Morrissey, Men
.se Der of Congress elect, to whom 81
Try had applied for aid, but in vain:
dy The Herald's Toronto special say
OIL Ten suspicious characters were arres
mic ed yesterday under the Habeas Corp
rt- Act.
On The IT, 8. Government has'instruc
ent edits Consul to appeal for a new trl
'he for the condemned Fenian prisoner
pc, which will be done to-day. soaa 80.
/ is Large Quantities of wine are bel
I'M smuggled across the border, and
ing being seized 80 A-Af' aA'l'l
leir The condemned Fenian prisont
are are to be supplied with one substa
the tial meal every day, by the Unit
tine States Consul paying the expense.
The whole number of British reg
on lars on duty in Canada, on .Noveml
In Isl. was 14000s - rs
the II is supposed that Major Den
gain will be cashiered for cowardice wh
II Of in front of the enemy at Ridgeway.
ons, A 1rlbuae's Leavenworth spec
nner says: Lieut.. Ames, with deta
in ment Of twenty Eve men. encounte
ted; a band of fifteen Sioux Indians n
uing Fort Sedgewick, and killed eight |
wounded seven, captured forty-ei
beef cattle, fifty-seven mules, tweI
four horses, all Of their plunder,
burned what could not be brou
away. He marched 40 miles
!. thirty-six hours, with nothing to
for men or horses,
A man named Elgin, having q
Jas. rel with a family Of five brotl
most named Titus, killed two of them
aven, escaped, subsequently he was cal
by the other brothers and killed.
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