The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-23

LATEST NEWS.

The Liverpool cotton market closed less
firm, on the 18th. sis.oat li s.I3o qfa.. 4
Peter e. Blow, brother of Henry T. Blow,
ofMissouri, died on Saturday.
A destructive fire has been prevailing for
several days on the line of the Long Island
Railroad.
There were five deaths from cholera in
New York city, and seven in Brooklyn, on
Saturday, out of twenty7seven cases. .apod
The. Senate has not yet taken action on,
the nomination of Randall as Postmaster
General. The Post Office Committee are
said to be equally divided on thesubject.
Senior Romero asserts that he has posi-
tive evidence that Napoleon is still send
ing troops TO Mexico. dous-
Ali the reports of the persecution of
Union men, ill treatment of freedmen,
and the existence of secret societies insNew
Orleans are denied.
Maj. Ross, the new Senator from Kansas,
went to that, State in 1856, and has resided
there ever since, publishing papers at To-
peka and Lawrence. He has taken
prominent part in the politics of that
State.
The Times denies that General Rousseau
had sent in his resignation, but was expect
ed to do so on Friday.
Advices from Hayti tend to the belief
that Jeffrard's Government will be over
thrown by the revolution which recently
broke out at Guadaloupe- - ,goKvc
There is a bad break in the New York
and Erie Canal, four miles east of Little
Falls, which will cause q suspension of,
navigation for four or five days. ls- osa
The cholera is spreading in the vicinity
of New York. 1t has broken out among
the troops on Hart Island, and nine deaths
occurred on Friday, and ten on Governors
Island. Seven cases were reported in the
city, two of which proved fatal. Sixteen
cases were reported in Brooklyn, of which
five we're fatal. One soldier from Hart Is
land on furlough, died in Boston of cholera
on Friday.
In the Canadian Parliament on Friday.
a demand was made for the reason why
American fishermen were granted certain
rights in Canadian rivers. Tue reply was
that the public interests would not permit
an answer at present. Mr.. Mcdonald made
some pretty severe remarks about the
ministry, and said If England was going to
stick by Canada, it was time she would
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By the arrival of the Hermann and City
of Paris, we have European dates to the
18th. No armistice had as yet been agreed
upon. Negotiations, however, continue
The Italian papers state that Prussia has
declined the armistice semi-officially The
Vienna papers state that Louis Napoleon
has taken fresh steps of a very material
character to bring aboutan armistice and
oil hos haa of
the Prussian Headquarters.
The Liverpool cotton market had fully
recovered from its depression, and the sales
during three days reached 5000 bales
Breadstuffs were dull and lower; consols
closed at s72s@s717. U. s, 5 20s 61@671z.
1t is denied that the authorities at Tou-
Ion have been ordered to. dispatch squad
ron to take possession of Venice, but are
to hold themselves in readiness to arm ten
steamers with a certain number of men.
The Rerdld's correspondence from Paris,
Vienna and Berlin considers the most i'm
portant consequences as likely to arise
from the Austrian defeat at Ladoaa The
prevailing opinion was that the war would
be continued, but the absorbing question
was, !" What will Napoleon doa q viii he
permit Prussia to batter Austria to the
eartn, ana VIII he complete the unity OF
Italy by giving Rome to Victor Emanuel?"
The people of Vienna were greatly de-
pressed by the Austrian defeat. They are
however, still hopeful
We have by telegraph this morning a
few additional items of foreign news: No
practical results had been reached in the
negotiations for an armistice, up to the
18th, and the London Globe believes a gen.
eral European war is imminent. Prussia
Is nrm in her demand, and italy is still
advancing, despite the French orders. The
French iron-clad squadron was ordered to
venice on the l1th, and the Scherbourg
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