The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-06
A Grand Move to be made
Last Night.
Murphy at Malone with
eos 10000 Fenians.
Starting News Anticipated

NEWS VIA NEW YORK.


derwood was called to this city yester-
claw hV The President for consultation
concerning the trial of JEFF. Davis. 1t
is known to be the purpose of Judge
Underwood to open his Court in Rich
mond, and there adjourn tito the first
Tuesday in October. The anticipa-
tion that Davis is to be released on.
parole seems to be universally in.
dulged District Attorney Chandler
issso Ill, at Norfolk, that he can not be
present at the opening of Court. =
NEW YORK, June 5.-Specials from
Buffalo state that another Fenian is to
belshot at Fort Erie this morning. {
Large quantities of arms at p.
O'Days were seized yesterday s
"A special from Antwerp, New York,
states that the Fenians are moving,
from Malone, and are said to have
artillery. AD3a -aa4 iita =
Another Buffalo special says: On
arrival of Canadian troops at Fort
Erie, after the Fenian retreat, the
United States Consul was grossly in
suited and fired upon by the British
while standing in his door with the.
us. flag waving over his house. He
has demanded apology. zI 8qaia
A Montreal special says all. quiet.
Il P. NJ, Monday-on. the Plattsburg
border and vicinity :
"A Meeting was held at Montreal to-
organize a home guard. There is
large number of Fenian spies in the.
city. The Mayor compelled the po-'
lice to take the oath of allegiance, a.
number refused and were dismissed. /.
1t is now thought the Fenians will
make stand, if anywhere, at or near
Cornwall, and there may be "a collision
at any moment. The Canadian forces
are very strong. Their gunboat, Royal,
has gone up the canal, bound West.
The Hercules and Canada will be
ready Wednesday. The British gun
boat Rosano has arrived from Quebec
All quiet at Malone, Cornwall and
St Johns. 3.shfa srsaa 500.
An Ogdensburg special says there
are about 5000 regulars and volun-
teers at Prescott.
NEW York, June 5.--Morning papers
have the following special dispatches
from Washington: r
The public debt statement will show
the total amount of currency on hand
tobe $80,000,000, against Sol 100000
last month, and decrease of $40, ,500,-
600 in coin, occasioned by gold sales
and the payment of interest on 5-20s,
of $21 600, 600 Total amount Of gold
on hand including some 81 ,000,0 900 of
Government certificates, about $26,-
OOO,000. The total receipts from
customs from the Southern States,
last month, were $16,500,000. Secre-
tary McCulloeh' Is report-of gold sales
viii show sale of $50, 440, 900 in May,
at an average premium of over thirty
per cent, and that $15,000,000 were
sold during the latter part of Febru
ary.
New York, June 5.-Specials from
Pottsdam contain reports that Beau
harnois Canal is cut by the Fenians,
from Coteus du Loc to the st. Law
renee River They also State that
Gen Murphy is to cross at ST. Regiers
or Cornwall with forty-fye hundred
infantry Another column is to cross
at Beauharnois or La Prairie and cut
La Chine Canal. ~
General Spear, with three thousand
men, is to move from st. Albans, via
Phillipsburg, cutting the railroads at
St. Johns Junction, and the Grand
Trunk at St. Hiliare and also at St.
Hyacinthe.
These operations, it is supposed,
will cut off Montreal from suecor.
The force at st. Albans is moving.
Sweeney moves tonight for Malone
A fight is expected tonight.
A Montreal special says that the
Seventh regiment arrived from Que
bee. Five hundred more troops have
arrived, per steamer, from England,
and will be there to-day
The Irish Church made appeals to
their congregations to resist the in
vaders. -...-. 49,
Ogdensburg specials say that there
are five thousand regulars and three
thousand volunteers at Prescott, neal
Fort Wayne, and four heavy Arm
strong guns mounted.
A Buffalo special says the men sho
at Fort Erie are British deserters.
A warrant has been issued by the
, U. S. Commissioner for the arrest anC
examination of all the Fenian officer
held on the Michigan, and stron!
effort will be made to serve it in tn
morning before the prisoners can b,
brought before Judge Clinton ON
writ of habeas corpus.
Lone thousand Fenians have arrives
at3uffalo within the last twenty fou
hours.
The First regiment New York Reg
ulars arrive tonight.
NEW YORK, June 5.-A RUTLAND