The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-18

NEW York. Oct. 17-An immense
gathering of Republicans took place
at Cooper Institute last evening to
ratify the nominations of the Con-
vention at Syracuse. Speeches were
in which Grant was hailed as the
candidate of the party for the Presi
deney in 1868.
At a meeting of the Metropolitan
Revenue Board yesterday, a. resolu-
.tion was passed directing the District
Attorney to bond all distilleries, now
under seizure, the owners of. which
belong to- the Distillerss Association,
which releases them from seizure
while holding the premises under the
bond. pending the further decision of
the cases. - - II p
The Metropolitan Fire Department
has ordered tax .of 800 to be levied
on the Chief Engineer, and propor-
tionater sums on the employees of the
Department to defray the expenses
of the Republican party at the next
State electiou.1 9lf -Dag .bHBH
Senator Morgan has obtained the
consent of Secretary .McCuHoch to
leave Callicutt's s vacancy in the Brook
lyn Revenue District upsupplied, till
that entleman's 5 trial ltakes place. An
individual posted in revenue matters
asayssthere are. .six3hundred illicit dis
'tiileries In full operation in that dis
trict ux sxAx 81
There were 36, ,23O voters registered
in New York and Brooklyn yester-
day, making. the totallregistered for
|. ,Tog pay the interest on the $40
bonds, which fall due on the 1st of
November, twenty-four millions in
coin will be deposited at New York.
There will be $1,742,951 of it dis
bursed. s.i,'
The Republicans General Commit
tee last evening adopted resolutions
docking to a Reunion of the Regular
and Radical General Committees in
this city, and declaring their deter
mination, as the old guard, to stand
by the country and party
None of the defendants iuu the Ken
tueky Bourbon casshaving Appeared, !,
either in person or by counsel, before
United States Commissioner White
yesterday, tor the purpose of proceed
ing with an examination, the parties
were recorded as committed for trial
before the Grand Jury
A verdict giving $15,755 to the
plaintiff was rendered in the Supreme
Court yesterday in the case of Elisha
Biggs VS.. the Evansville and Illinois
Railroad Company.
The forthcoming report of the Com
missioner of Customs it is said will
exhibit very satisfactory result of
the preventive and detective service.
During the last fiscal year consider
ably over a million Of dollars have
been added to the Treasury from the
seizure and sale of smuggled goods.
while the expenses of the system have
been comparatively small.
The Times special says parties in
terested are hard at work making up
case to prove the liability of the
Government for the counterfeit Z 30s.
The Government will resist the claim
to the uttermost.
Whisky dealers continue their fight
against the Metropolitan Revenue
Board. The Secretary meets their
complaint by pointing to the fact that
whisky is higher since Messmore's re-
moval than it was before.
General Dennison testified before
the Judiciary Committee, yesterday,
that while the officers of the Mary
land militia were men who served in
the rebellion, or sympathised with it,
several regiments were composed OF
! loyal men who could not be relied upon
for any hostile demonstrations against
the Government.
The report that Generals Pope and
| Ord have been ordered to Wash
| ington is untrue. K
The. Worlds Norwalk, Conn. D. lspe-
cial says: At the Charter election
here, to-day, the Democracy was tri-
Ia~.o and inaroarod