The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-23
THE CHOLERA AT NEW YORK.
European News by Atlantic
Telegraph.
NEW YORK.
FenIan AppealT-NeW York Custom
House Lord Bond R0bbery-West-
erm Union Telegraph Company -
Tax ON Cotton - Cholera on the
Mercury-InsuFance Convention.

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NRw York, Nov. 22.-The Cen
tres and delegates of the Fenian !
brotherhood in this vicinity held o |
meeting al the Appollo Rooms ID /
Prince Street, on Sunday night, and
addressed d final appeal for aid in the
revolution which is about TO bo inau-
ourated in Ireland. to all citizens OF
the Metropolitan District and New
Jersey. .m
IL il stated that the Congressional
Retranehment Committee, while in
yestigating the affairs. Of the New
York Custom House, discovered that
the clerks were taxed four dollars a
month for political purposes, and II
they refused TO pay were discharged.
A very handsome sum has been made
BY the Collector in the patter OF
bonded warehouses, and itl is said ne
now makes $4,000 year out of his
Office.
Before Justice Bowling yesterday
afternoon, at the Tombs Police Court,
the witnesses. against Frank HELEN
and w. II. Babcock, brokers, were
examined, tending to prove an alleg-
ed oomplioity in the, Lord bond rob
berry. Bail was refused, and they
were remanded, the case being post
poned until next Friday afternoon.
New YoRK, Nov. 22.-The Har-
monv Fire and Marine Insurance
Company have determined to go into
liqnidation with assets amounting 10
$500 600 sufficient to meet all claims.
NEw YoRK, Nov. 22.TThe packet
ship Mercury, from Hayre, Oct, 10Th
arrived last evening She left with
452 passengers, 81 of whom died or
the passage, mostly Germansa Ih'
disease is not stated, The vessel u
NEW lYoRK, Nov. 22.-The West
ern Union Telegraph Company ha
inst opened their newly completed
fine overland to California Via Den
lyer. City, Bridges Pass and the over
land stage route, az now travelled
This line is\in addition TO the old on
via Fort Laramie and the Sout
Pass. The new one is constructed I
n superior manner, and there WI
probably be butlittle future interruI
ton in telegraphic commumeatlo
with the Pacific. a4tA
The Western Union Company hav
also. opened their new line betwee
Salt Lake g ty and Montana, thu
bringing the mining districts OF TN
territory into direct communicating
with the rest of the telegraphic wori
New YoRK, Nov PA specl
meeting of the sChamber OF Cor
merce took place this afternoonS I
the purpose of receiving a report tro
the Special Committee appointed
consider the expediency of presentil
a memorial TO Congress in favor
the abolition Of the tax on cotto
The report recommended that the q
be abolished, on the lgronnd OF
being inexpedient just at this time,
we'll az oppressing, and practically u
constitutional. and was adopted.
NFw YoRK, Nov. 22.-The disea
which broke out on the ship Mercu
on her passage to this port, alrea
noted. is now pronounced to be oh
era. II appears that the epiden
broke out among the passengers sho
re after the vessel left Havre, and c.
tinued its ravages up to the mom
when she arrived at Quarantine, i
disease Is SAID to be OF a severe ty
and all the symptoms show that l
Asiatic cholera Quite o large NJ
ber, ,of passengers are still suiiESgy E,gy
from the disease on the, ship. ~
wants and necessitiese howeverx
being promptly attended TO by
officers on board and the quaran'
officials faa M3t* ~, =
New YoRK, Nov. 22.-The 7
yention, representing about thirty
surance Companies througnlout
United States, was in session al
this afternoon at the ChamDe
Commerce. A series of resolutl
embodying full details of the maj
in which the organization shall
future be conducted, were adop
.iofficers were elected for the ems
year and the body adjourned.