The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-31
News wa new YoRk.

WITS. JeH. Davis lett this morning
for Fortress iMonroe-called hither
BY a letter from DIR. Cooper, stating
that her husband was iii.
The specification and charges
against the Bureau officers in North
Carolina have been prepared, but the
Commission hasn not yet been appoint
ed. They are to meet in Raleigh on
the 18th of June. M ad I8HI +
The Congressional Committee ap-
pointed to follow up the action of
Steadman and Fullerton is being made
up, and viii leave for the South the
first of next week e fo9if /
The Postmaster General will send
to the Senate, in day or two, reply
to the Senate resolution of inquiry as
to the expediency of connecting the
telegraph and postal system. under
the direction of the Post Office De-
partment. He viii show that in his
judgment the telegraph system cannot
be cannected with the postal service
with advantage to the Government,
and will give at length the reasons
why it would not be proper or expedi-
ent to connect the two systems. ii
Mr.. Hoover, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Banking and Currency, is
engaged in investigating the conduct
of the National Banks. Bg s3sfi8d
The Times special says There is
the best authority for denying the re-
port in some of the papers, that the
proceeds of the recent sales of gold by
the Secretary of the Treasury have
been applied to the purchase of Gov
ernment bonds. ia9 asT4asseg
|s New York, May 30.-The Tele-
graph Company of the Board of Fire
Commissioners have decided against
the'present telegraph system as very
unreliable. fers4 .4e8 6e.
"A Washington special says that the
result Of the commission that is here
in behalf ofWIeneral Santa Anna may
be summed up in a. few words. Col.
iMazoura and MraBaize arrived in the
city ON pWednesdayl evening. On.
Thursday they called ina a. body upon
the EMexiea n minister, Senior Romero,
and had a somewhat pretracted,
though not an Official, interview. The
following dayo they presented their.
compliments to Secretary Seward. In
the forenoon Of Saturday they had
another interview with. Seno4, Romero.
In the aftern6onsof tire same day Col. Z
Revas called on the Mexican minister
alone. He visited him AGAIN yester
day and to-day, remaining an hour OF
more upon each Oecasion What
trans spired at these interviews has not
been allowed to be made public. 1t
is Known, however, that they called
on Romero as Mexican citizens. and
that they were received by him in his
individual capacity e g .
1t is generally believed that they
desired his permission to proceed to
Mexico in the interests of the Liberal
Government; and it is also believed
that Gen. Romero declined to commit
himself or the Government he repre-
sents in an official manner, until he
has had an opportunity of communi-
eating with its head, and learning his
wishes Beyond this nothing is
known; all statements are mere specu-
lations. #2@ u
Mr., Baize returned to New York
yesterday. aaai 99ia91s9I 9lola
Col Rivas and Mazoura will probas
bly, leave tomorrow I ai.a da7i-R 9-
New York, May 30.9The steamer
Peruvian, from Liverpool, has arrived
with seven hundred and fifty-one pas
sengers; she lost, during the passage,
thirty-6ye from cholera, twenty-eight
now are sick on board, who will be
transferred to the hospital ship. 81
New York, May Bottle ship
carpenters nowslon the strike here
have adopted "a resolution to- the
effect that if the I bosses would ap-
point a committee to confer with the
strikers, the latter would be ready to
meet them and hear any proposition
they had to offer, The men, speak in /
very decided terms as to their deter
to obtain the eight-hourlsys
tenn, which they declare was the ques-
tion at issue; {, ,iafs ,ff tr. f.-.ts..@.'.
The North Carolina State .Oonyen-
tion continued its deliberations yes
The resolution to sell the right of
the State in certain railroads to re-
sponsible parties was referred to a
committee gaiIss D. .Hsflw .ope
A resolution appointing com
mittee to wait ON the President with
view to restoration, was made "a
special order. There are said to be
ten strong Union men in the Conven-
tion and only twenty-nine rebels, u
4i The steamer Columbia arrived here /
to-day, bringing Havana dates to the
26th. 4
Smallpox continued at Porto Rico,
and had spead to several points,
though it was decreasing at the latter
place. '4@ oasX - siaaos -
New YoRK, May 3O-Gen. How
ard has transmitted to Congress, re-
ports from Generals Whittlesey, Sew
ell and others, regarding the admins
tration of the Freedmen's Bureau in
reply to the statement made by Gen'ls
Steadman and Fullerton. These re-