The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-04-21
Cincinnati s. Chattanooga
Railroad.
NEWS VIA NEW YORK.

5aae's Eastport special says: There is
no border war, and has been none.
No fights occurred at Calais, nor did
the Fenians capture any English flag.
There is no excitement this side of
the boundary. The presence of a few
Fenians organizing circles, coupled
with provincial confederation schemes
is the foundation for the sensation,
and the special dispatches sent to
New York papers have been villain
ously false, and there have been drawn
hither many strangers who. came to
join in the strife.
Gen. Meade, who arrived this morn
ing, will officially explode the bub-
bic.
A grand demonstration took place
last evening, in the Cooper Institute,
In aid of the American Bible Society
fund, it being the anniversary of the
signing of the protest by Martin Lu-
ther and his associate reformers. The
occasion was referred TO in strong and
impressive language by the several
speakers.
The strike of the car drivers is end
ed. They are to receive 81 90 for ten
hours. service. E1 .sS Naa3S
From the British West indies we,
have a1gices from Antigua Of slarch
z4th. and Hamilton, Bermuda The
s tlse apaisk North Axaeri=
iKfn HeEe IT
atsoL
aud the islands. ana ships Hel
raoted from England with marines
aAd war supplies. Ihe Colonial Par
.l.slaeHs nses iisa Bermuda ON the iUBn
of April. Mr.. Bayne is to assume the
government of Grenada. Maj Mundy
is appointed Governor pro tenn. of
British Guyana. Breadstuffs and pro-
visions had advanced in the Jamaica
The Tsnses's Washington special
says: Yesterday morning an officer,
apparently of the staff Of the Veteran
Reserve Corps, entered a gun shop on
Pennsylvania Avenue, near Twelfth,
and asked to see pistol, saying he
wished to purchase one. The youth
attending the shop showed him a
large revolve, which was loaded and
notified him that it was loaded. The
officer took it from the counter, and
placing his thumb on the trigger and
the muzzle to his mouth, fired, and
fell dead Instantly.
The body has been identified by
several gentlemen as that of Lieut..
Louis Ohrens, Veteran Reserve Corps
of the Freedmen's Bureau. and at
tached to General Stewards staff. He
was a anatire of Hungary. and its Is
stated he was of noble family. He
was recently On duty in North Caro-
lima, and leaves wife In Michigan.
No one is able to assign any reason
for the act, but his friends say that
for several days he has threatened to
kill himself a
NEW YORK, April 20-The Tn
Dunes Washington special SAYS Detec-
tive Baker has made a very volumi
nous report in reference to bounty
jumping frauds perpetrated under the
calls for troops. He traces the jump
ers from the time they are sworn In
till their reaching the field. He
shows that of the 100000 men called
out and sworn in. BY the Government.
only 16S.O00 reached the field as SOL
diers, although thousands of others
received their bounties. This whole
sale system of fraud is shown to have
been perpetrated in nearly every loyal
State. -rtra
Baker has already discovered about
200 pounds Of glycerine in a store
house up town, also a large quantity
on board vessel in the harbor. Il
will all be removed to some place
where its exI lo5ion cannot cause any
serious consequences.
The Senate Committee on Com
merce to-day agreed TO report in fa-
yor of Il. L. Parker as Surveyor of
the port of New Orleans, and against
Robert Elmore as Collector of Mobile,
on account Of his participation in the
reDelilOn,A .srSs5pd hoop xsrHT .ssnfH
All payments Of naval prize money
in the lists upon which no sums have
yet been paid have been suspended for
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