The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-01
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NEWS FROM EUROPE BY CABLE.
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THE TRIAL OP JEFF. DAVIS TO
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NEW YORK, Sept. Z9.-Ihe Her
ads Washington special says, one of
the last official acts which Secretary
Harlan performed the day before his
resignation took effect, was to execute
a eontraet hygWhiehy Tie FeserEe lands
of the Cherokee Indians, in Kansas,
consisting of 500, 900 acres, ceded by
the Indians to the Government, were
sold to the Connecticut Emigrant So
ciety for one dollar per acre
.sttslr eases of cholera were REPORTED
In this city yesterday, and three burial
permits were granted. In Brooklyn
two deaths were reported.
Gen. Santa Anna. has located his
Headquarters on Staten Island, and
has opened a regular business bureau
for th etransaoti6n of hdattersI Hooking
tothe deliyery,sf Mexico fnoIn Breneh
authority. He is occupied $50 Teport
gees constantly with, various people
Oa. that subject, and has enlisted the
sympathies of the Fenian Brother
hood. laIth3 ahH
Colonel Roberts, General. Sweeney
aud other Fenian Chiefs are. Jealous
in their attachment to their cause,
and are educating the Irish to thai
belief. nf Ftfb h-idi< -
Three large ocean steamers have
been purchased for them USE ID is be-
lieyed, in transportation to Mexico.
II is further stated that the old Gem
eRal is about to return to his home.
.~On Thursday last, Madame Rstori,l
accompanied by her husband, visited
tlfe family of Funani, the seulptor
who was murdered on the 23d inst
immediately after the occurrence she
sant one hundred dollars to the widow
10 defray the funeral EXPENSES, aud on
the ThursdayaafterEthea Marquis de
Gfills presented to- oleaeh of the lehil=
dlena sum of money! Madame, /, Ris-
tori signified her intenti0n OF placing
to- the credit of the family with
Messrs. Duncan, sherman H Cbn the
sum of 81 600, as basis of a fund foF
their benefit, to which ather aharita-
bic persons are invited to contribute.
The Herqd'sI ,WashiRgt99Esspeeial
says, it has trapsplred that the pay
master who embezzled several thous-
and dollars of Government money by
cutting from the z 80 bonds In his
possession the matured coupons, and
appropriating the proceeds 10 his own
use, is Lieut., Colonel Chas, FL Win
stow, Chief Paymaster Of the pay
district Of the Gulf. at New Orleans,
The Ifibune's Richmond special
says il is generally understood here
that JEFF Davis will not be tried next
October, and is positively stated that
his counsel will be notified of that
fact morrow. The United States
District Court will probably be held
in this city, and at Norfolk in Novem-
ber, and the Circuit Court may be
held here at the same time, but it is
as yet uncertain whether the counsel
of JEFF. Davis will appear there or
not, Judge Underwood is undecided
about coming to this city. as he is
satisfied that there has been q plan
laid to assassinate him, ."'
The TibuRe's Roughkeepsie special
says Edwin Thorn's horse Homill,
won the prize gold medal at the great
trot before the Duchess County Ag-
ricultural Society this afternoon, at
Washington Hollow, in 2,45. In the
race on Fashion Course yesterday,
between Lucy, Cora and Rnsamond,
Lucy was the winner, Time of last
heat, 2:2S.
A World special says; The Secre-
tary of the Treasury has removed Dir.
Hastings from the lucrative position
of physician and surgeon TO the United
States Marine Hospital al San Fran
cisco, California, and conferred the
office upon DIR. Joseph G., Tucker.
DIR. Hastings is brother In law to
Senator Suniner,. of MASSACHUSETTS,,
and DIR. Tucker is brother to Aunon-
gate Gideon Tucker, of New York
City. su 1Etft
A Heralds New Orleans special
says: Two colored soldiers, who
fired their revolvers at the police, a
few days ago, and were arrested, have
been turned over to the civil authori-
ties for trial The Department Com
mander, on his endorsement, tells the
Recorder to try them, and if found
guilty, TO punish them, This is a
precedent that will, no doubt, be fol
lowed in future. Gen. Mower, of
Sherman's army, is the ranking officer
here, in the absence of the Chief
Commander in Texas. SsGfkE
Northern capitalists are still largely
lnyesStIng, money IN Louisiana, Texas,
The political influential newspaper
of this city, has an article this morn
leaning towards the acceptance of the
constitutional amendment by the
South, A\f 6N A1
A st, Petersburg paper says, all
preparations on the main land and
thesoundings in Behring's Strait for
the completion of the lime Of telegraph
between Russia and, America are near
ly finished, In the course of the pre-
sent month the telegraph will be con
strueted oyer a. distance of $500 miles
beyond Perel, and the lines will be
finished from Grauley Horeu to the
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