The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-21
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The John L. Stephens, the Ameri
can .steamer. which was seized by thew
Liberals Some time ago, Vas found t6 7
contain contraband articles of war
destined for the Imperialists. She
had sailed from San Francisco.
The gold miners haHeAbeen unex- k
pette9ly successful in the Metaltlaqxa /
country.
The same advices report the con
tinuahce of desultory and indecisive /
fighting and forced loans and heavy |
taxes q .E EIBOAEA y |
FFar1 British Guiana we have files |
dated Demarara, April Goth Four
Thousand seven hundred coolies Lad
been llknded from Calcutta. There
we're 2S7 men, 46 women, Al boys, IA
giTls. and 1877 infanE% CNlhe deaths
and Npne birth occurred during the
voyageDf seventy days.
The Common Council of Elizabeth
N. j. have paid their respects to Gelg
Santa Anna, and rendered him thR
hosnitaEities of that zcik IN ext week
the General will remove to a centr@
bart dfsNJew York City. -
The 5dorning papers have the fpE
| loving special dispatches from Wash
| indton : dzA
It1s- understood that the Govern
menfs Will lose heavily by the opera
| tionszofi Spectators in cotton at MehS
phiss=TsIn. Last Summer, $4O0, ,009
In Goyerhment funds = we're placed Iil
the hands of man named Carletae
which was used up in the purchase OF
cotton. The cotton went north Tor
salesand before the Government could
4 realize anything at all the consigners
failed, and the Government lost the
whole amount, principal as well as
prospective profits. Considerable in
terest is manifested to ascertain by
whose authority the Government funds
we're invested In the transaction. sit
The Episcopal, Convention, In ses-
sion at Alexandra, Va, yesterday, BY
d large ypte acknowledgements to the
Episcopal o ganizatiqp of the United
Out tofsl66 clerks "a the Post Office
left, there were 40 Union soldiers and
hno rebel@ Since the passage of the
a Congressional resolutions upon the
subject, Gov. Denison has appointed
none but thosecWhoa haveeserved IN
the Union army. -
The receipts from customs from the
four priHcipal ports sof. the United
III States fofathe week eHding on the e17th
inst. Eere as fdllows:z New York.
9 S241@44s so; Philadelphia, $197 !,
29$ go; Baltimore, 98a86 SO Bos'
ton, $477,339 06. : Z
Reports TeceiEed ahg Gen. Howard
: from all parts Of theaSouth, represent
y that Notwithstanding thesmany Smped'
! imentz ins the road Of thes freedmen
they aTe getting a5ong Welt and con,
rel aducting themselves ina manner to ge
the approval Of even their bitteres
enemies. 2. 3 : - =.
y Thee Committee on Ways and Mean
4 having broken. up the monopoly il
i the lottery business. propose to i'm
: pose atax Of at least. 10 per cent OF
), TheTreasnry Department, Ia orde
: to examine into the fraud alleged t
y have been practiced in the Kentuck
y lotteries, have sent an agent to Ne'
York to make a thorough zinvestiga
y tion of them.
u The French practice ship Jean Bar
= is now at Annapolis, with over on
y - hundred midshipmen, whoswere ther
" y to witness the annual examination
u our naval cadets. !. 4
The nominations sent In to-day t
e' the Senate for confirmation, says tn
r. r. Times special, go to show the Pres
oi dents determination to appoint
". eficGmen who served with distinctlO
Az ? IN the field. Among the naminatiof
In are VIM. N. Mccartney, as Collectt
IL 20 T.<&a,.~ol Ro~4hn Vhsr
y District Of Massachusetts, next, Gei
= = Peter5G 0sterhaus was nominated
L nns Consul to-11yons, France ;dMr: G. M
n Chandless was nominated % Collects
IN of Internal Revenue for Me Twent!
y third District of PeRnsyKania. =
= y will be recollected that esvGoyernt
u WmeE E. sJohnston waa Nominated #
es this position and rejected epy the Sci
20 90 It's reported on good authorit
,rs re says the Times speciak that the Jud
se ciary Committe9 has come TO the, CO.
ol clisien that the evidence produce
.e- before them dbes MT Warrant 81
srs charge that jeff. Davis Isl guilty =
or completely in the @sassipats9n {
ms ms It is now stated sOn andoubt'
'i.e aa' + .abthority, that Fitz; i0f North Car
90 ssa ilina, notoriety, was removed from .
a. Freedmen,s Bureau some two wee
'ho 81, ago, and Is no longer in the serviF
Ine This action was the resultbf a Coz
.nd9 of Inquiry at the time GeAps Stea
LEU LEU ms dn and Fullerton were, in Nor
ne Carolina. g
Ion Brig. Gen. Sol. Mefeditlr has be
Or o1 Nominated for Assessor f5the Fif
Ihs, District of Indiana. : 81
de- fR0M NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
sis@ FRANKLIN. TENN. MAY 19.-T