Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-04-10
THE YE:RYrsL.A L.ATEf
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NOV YorI. speeINls. !


|. tain Virginia, aud the siege at Pot
Hudson, the Secretary of War has calle
] upon him for said reports, which th
General issat present engaged 10 pre-
! pairing
Reports we're received on Saturda
BY the Commissioner of Customs from
nregenue officer atatieneG be- ween Og
densburg and Rouses Point, detailing
the capture ofsevefal cargoes Of snuH
s gIed goods, consistipg mostly of liquors
and amounting in value to several thoas
and dollars.
The Herald'ss Nav Brunswick specia
says: s4s5n s.'. w., srs Z. ~, ssssass.-
The reply Of the Governor TO the ad
dress of the Legislative Council was com
munica.sd on Saturday evening jus
previous to the adjournment of Paflla
ment. 1t indorses the confederation
recommendation embodied in the ad;
dress to the Queey- The document
took the Governmentaparty in the lover
House completely BY surprise, and
forces upon them the necessity of re
signing, as their policy is Anti-Confed
GRAFTON. Important action is expected
in the House to-dayfand both partie-
are preparing for severe contest. The
Governor, it is thought, will go out by
Tuesday. There is great popular ex.
citement, and much indignation is felt
at the Governors course. The Anti.
Confederation party say that an attempt
/ TO force Confederation upon them will
be attended by most serious conse-
quences An important crisis rs ap-
| preaching. A rupture is feared, IL the
Home Government, as reported by the
Governor, persists in its present course
to accomplish confederation. -
Z Mr. M b Hefferrnan, sof this city,
Central Corresponding Secretary Of the
Fenian Brotherhood, denies that MIR.
Doran Killian holds correspondence
with De Arcey McGee; and says that no
man named John poran was ever eEa
ployed at the Headquarters.
A Washington special says that six
of the Alexandra rioters have been
convicted by military commission and
sentenced to hard labor inthe sAlexan-
drig Jail John Menkin, Eve years;
John Lawler, two years; John TroEars,
James Houseman and Gilbert Simpson,
six months. Oscar Maxim is not yet
sentenced, as he is liable to trial for
murder. When the criminals left Afex-
andria fov zAlbany, the female sympa
thizers and others met them at the de-
pot and eheered ard waved their hand-
kerchiefs as they left
The Worlds Washington special ssys
that the new paper here, (The Herald),
which is supposed to be inA the Fenian
interest, announced positively yesterday
that q Fenian expedition has sailed to
strike blow for ireland. @
The Treasury Department received,
day or two ago, the statement from the
Bank Superintendent at Albany, New
York, showing the number and c0ndi-
tion Of the State banks in existenceliu
that State. It appears there ara now
one hundred institutions issuing their
own notes. The amount of their cireu-
aation, up to January lst, was nine mil
lions of dollars. All State banks, after
the lst Of July next, will have to pay
ten per cent on every dollar they pass
out, whether in their own notes or those
of other banks. Before the present
national banking system went into oper-
alton, the banks in the State of New.
York had q circulation of twenty-six
millions of dollars.
The Commissioner of the General
Land Office having received number
of communications from soldiers ard 4
others who have served during tue late
war, announces in reply that there is no
law granting lands or bounty land war
rants to soldiers or sailors engaged IN |
the late war agaips the rebellion. The
Act Of March Sd, 1855, and May, 1856,
apply onlg to persons who bad served
in the army or navy prior to those dates
The Homestead Act Of May 10Th, 1862, /
and the ansendatory Act Of March 2lst,
1854, grants homesteads Of one hundred
and sixty acres to soldiers, sailors, and
citizens who might reside thereon for a
period of Eve years, at a cost of ten doll
lars, and Registers and Receivers fee.
Soldiers and sailors may file application
for homestead while in the military or
naval service, and the period thereafter
in which they may remain in. service
will be counted as portion of the five
years residence required. ~ tANf ~ -
A correspondent states that Quantrell,
the guerrilla, has been living for some
time in the Island of Cuba, earning bis
livelihood as a farmer. a. -
The Herald's Washington apeciai says
considerable sensation was cFeated in
the city on Saturday, by-the sudden
death of couple in family Jcoiored
people, with all the symptoms.of cboisrA
Investigation disclosed the fact that fhe
habitation Of the family was in sn iex-
tremely filthy sconditioH, and that othsfs
of the members were likely to suffer
from that cause. -
The Times Washington special gives
the statements ofsM.jor Walker. Of the
9th .. :. cavalry, regular army, respect
ing the political and social condition o
South Carolina E
The Major, who served with distinc>
ton through be war, has Just retufned |
from that section of the Country, and |
gives a most encouragiugs account eof |
these matters He says that the freed
men are everywhere bnsilyz and peace
fully at work, and there seemed TO be
no signs of idleness and discomfort any
where. ~
The only Serious troubles ia. the State
lately have resulted from the depreda
calling themselves Regulators. or Re.
formers. The band is about 100 strong,
and led by notorious exrebel ofhcers
who make it their chief business to mo-
lest the freedmen. By degrees they
began to plumber blacks and whites m;
discriminately. The latter have mani
Tested a willingness TO aid in exterml-
mating them, and as fast as captured
they viii be tried as outlaws, aud II con
victed, will be executed E