Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-15
Muster-out of the Thirty
a5a Fourth Indiana.
&C.,


General Sweeney Restored.
New YoRK, Jan. l3-The CONNER.
eiaEs Washington dispatch says: A
probable unsuccessful appeal has been
made to the Wat Department for the
restoration of General Sween ey, the
Fenian commander-in-ch chief, to his posi-
tion in The regular SERVICE
General Grant, under orders from the
President, is withdrawing the troops
from the Southern States, except garri.
sons of the United States forts at impor-
tant points. srah wnf4issgaN
The official dispatch from the United
States agents abroad, received at the
State Department by the last steamer
from Europa refsvorablesto Am erican
interests The plans for the extension
of European confidence on our continent
have receigeda death blow by the resto-
ration Of the Union.
Is 1t is expected the Mexican difficulties
will be solved by the withdrawal OF the
French troops, Of which there are in
creasing indications.aA aa II
|ss There are grounds for believing that
the State Department at Washington and
the French Government have an ander-
standing uponlthe subject which ia said
to date from the termination of our civil
war.
The judges of the Supreme Court are
in consultation to-day, on the constitu.
tionality of the test oath, about which
there ia difference of opinion.
It is certain that Secretary McCul
loeh' finance billwill be- amended for
it's passage. ,p- -
- The Post says Some of the Fsnians
of this city profess to believe Stevens
letter Is 4 forgery, and that il was de-
signed to overthrow the opposition TO
O'Mahcney before the truth could be
known. sli-%-as ~ X g ~
The Winoski is waiting for her oppo-
nent, the Algonquin, to get ready for the
sea race. She will commence on Mon
! day next another DC hour trial, which,
terminated, will be followed by another
of the same duration. 1t is then sup
| posed the Algouq1in will be ready for
sea, and it is confidently asserted that
| both vessels will start about the 26th
! inst.
Full particulars of the loss of the
steamer Mary A. Bosrdman are pub
lished. Two pilots, Henry Sequen and
| Stephen w. Jones, behaved in the most
noble and heroic manner, hazarding
their lives in small row boat to rescue
passengers. The row boat was two
hours in reaching the propeller, the sea
dashing her off repeatedly. Great credit
| isaalso given to Capt. Bird, ,of the steam
er Chas Campbell, and his crew, in their
efforts to save the crew and passengers
| of the Boardman, by their heroic eff
forts sAll the crew aud passengers
were saved &A&AS@ 4AA a
The Commercial says the stock mar.
ket shows slight recovery. -
The rumor on the street, yesterday
| of the failure of firm upon an Erie
contract, arose from a misunderstand-
I ing ! .4-..-sv - s....- -
Governments are steady but inactive,
there being disposition to wait unit
the action of Congress upon. the loan ID
consummated.
The shipments of specie to-day
amount to $S63,260. g~7
The total shipments from New York
will be about $590,000 .-
in Moneyis abundant, and idle balances
are hawked about at FIVE per cent The
prevailing rates of brokers, however, il
stilI six per cent. Discounting is active
at 81 per cent. Foreign exchange il
nominal. The transactions toward the
4 close of the business. yesterday were
large at I97 rs for sterling, which are
sEsthes quotations this morning. Gold with
out change. The demand is moderats
for customers, and the price steady al
yesterdays figures. -.