The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-05

NEWS VA aEw soRM.

New YGRR, October 4,=The Board
OF Missions Of the Protestant Epiee0a
pal Church, held their thirty FIRST an
nual meeting yesterday, at tho Church
Of the Ascension, ia this city,
Reports Of the COMMITTEES on Do
mestie and Foreign Missions were read
ans, approved, The Annual sermon
was delivered by the Right Reverend
II O. Lay, D. D., Missionary Bishop
TO the E0utb west, IN the evening,
A Centenary Meeting. was held
here last evening at the Seventh
Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Addresses were made by Rev, Mr..
Woodruff, Rev, w, A, Boole, Rev, l.,
y, Wsad, aud others, ft..,tf
The edhsetfatian Of the HeE, Chan
ming Moore Williams, as Missionary
Bishop 10 China and Japan, took
place yesterday at -, Johns, Episyo'
pal, Church, IN this city, Twenty
four Bishops were present, aud up
wards of one hundred ministers, The
ceremony was very Impressive and ia
terahting,
The corner stone Of new church,
FOR the use Of Rev DR., 0sgood's con
@egatian, was laid yesterday at the
corner Of Park Avenue and Thirty,
Fourth Streets, .Apprppfiate address
.es were delivered by Key, DR., Osgead, /,
Bellows and Chaplin, A large nun
her of miscellaneous articles were de-
posted under the stone, kN
- The headquarters of Santa Anna
Continue crowded with visitors, Goo
"A Buckley, President Of the Knights
Of the Golden Circle, has offered his
sword aud sympathy 10 the Gauss
Gen Sweeney had long intaryisw
with the old ehieftain yesterday on
she subject Of foreign enllHtjnepLs.
> The adhefents OF Gen, Urtego, the
GIaimant Of the distinguished honor of
tfeligeFing the Mexican Republic, On !
s1lblt bitter hatred of Santa Anna
They claim that sha ~ aepy Of the
NFfeneh Gbyefnments aud That they
have documents 10 prove ID, OfteEu
will leave the city SOON for Mexico
--Ludge Clarke Yesterday repealed the
Order Of arrest in the ease 1f l., B
BrasheF charged with uBlawfnlly ap-
proprating some 800 bales of eott6a,
Aaid TO be the property Of Mr., Jere
miah Heall and other eitigeps OF the
State Of Georgia Subsequently an
other order of arrest was granted aud
additional aihdayits presented 10 the
Couft.aui flhHs raIna aslf-lt1I
Rear A dmiral Francis II, Gregor, Il
y, ~, died very suddenly at one
o'clock this mofIing, ia Brooklyn
lie was one Of the most distinguished
officers Of the navy, aud was at the
time of his death Superintendent Of
iron olada and steam vessels eonstrue-
ted ia New York, lie died OF infla I
nation of the bowels,
CHARLES Tucker, II stranger, Of De-
trolt, Michigan, waa fobbed Ia this
city on Tuesday night of $1,000, ont
of $4,000, which he had brought
here 70 Invest IN Govefnment seGurl
tlea, I4.a .a,...a,.
The Commissioners of Emigration,
la their report for the month of Sep
tember, show that II, SOD enigranta
arrived at this port durlng that tame,
John Fauty aud w Conter two
aspirants for iugillstle lhonors, went
TO the Jersey shore from Brooklyn,
yesterday, and fought for one hundred
dollars aud a minor championship.
Tweniy rounds were fought,
aud Faaly weh 40 baHlS beaten that
he had 90 be assisted home,
Five fresh cases of cholera were re-
ported Ia this city Yesterday, Burial
permits for seven cholera dead were
iAsued
4 HeraM Now Orleans speoial
aayA a huge swindle Of the Govern
ment 70 tho amount of about half a
million of dollars has been amothered
by United States detectives The
party implicated In j, Lowenthal, of
No 2Ol, Pennaylvania Avenue, Wash
ington, who il u claim agent there,
and who left here yesterday 90 avoid
arrest II appears, az elaim agent Ia
Washington, ho was Ia the habit OF
getting from q, nihble. notary public
of this city, blank sworn aihdasits,
setting forth that certain discharged
privatea of regiments were entitled to
certain amouata of back pay aud
bounty, Lowenthal illled them up
by forging the names of discharged
soldiers, and by indaraipg them got
checks for tho amount from Pay
naster A. ID, Robinson aud others,
of Washington. One or tho deteet-
ives was present and saw him forge
hrNetAl Oh tnehn uoenAhpHin' Hhu "
warrant was issued yesterday BY
Judge Augustine, but llowenthal had
left for Washington, carrying with
him about twenty checks of from one
hundred to three hundred dollars, IL
Is asserted that lnrge number OF
paymastera and otzena are partners
OF Lowenthal IN the swindles which
amount to about million of dollars
The Times's Washington special
says the several Boards of Examina'
ton of officers to he appointed in the
regular army which were ordered tt
meet at Chieago, New York, and
Washington on the lat of October