The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-09

LATEST NEWS.

Gold closed in New York yesterday al
1875.
Macmillan recently had narrow es-
cape from suerrillas. aass9 an
The House committee will report a
bounty bill similar to the one of last year.
1t is rumored that LOO French, troops
will remain in Mexico all summer to aid
Macmillan to sustain the Empire.
The confederation bill was defeated on
Prince Edwards Island by large ma
jority.
The Legislature of Nevada assembled on
the 7th inst. The chief business was the
election of a U. 8. Senator. H
The Ohio Democratic Convention as
sembled at Columbus, Ill o'clock the Str
inst. and organized by choosing j. NJ
Christian temporary chairman.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey has
decided that liquor bill is not legal
debt.
Madame Ristori and her corps of assis-
tants appear at the National Theatre. in
Cincinnati. the l4th inst. She will play
there for five nights.
The brig Sunny South, which sailed
from Yokohoma for Shanghai Sept. 10th,
is suppo- ed to have been lost off the coast
of Japan. She had $4,000 on board.
The confidence man claiming the name
-Osterhout, who sent General Spinner $500
conscience money, proves TO be humbug
and swindler. His check proved worth
less.
A delegation of North Carolinians con-
s1sting of Ex-senator Bedford Brown.
John A. Gilmer and others, are on a visit
to Washington City to rep. esent the inter-
Aests of that state. f.sc.-,s.1
The New York morning papers all OPP
pose the impeachment movement of Con-
'gres'. The Tribune says there is nothing
TO be gained by it, no matter how much
the President deserves it
A train on the Great Falls g. New
Hampshire Railroad, was thrown off the
track on the TIN inst. a car containing IS
passengers was precipitated down an en-
bankment, the fireman killed, the engi- |
neer fatally wounded, and several others
injured.
Judge Allen Thurman received the nomt- |
nation as Democratic candidate for Gov
sernor of ohio yesterday, by exclamation.
The leading Republican lawyers of New
York don't believe the charge of impeach-
ment can be sustained. The Judiciary
Committee hold their. first sitting on the
subject to-day.
The Carson, Nevada, Telegram states |
that the Legislature which organized OH |
the 7th inst, selected for the principal Off
ces persons who were in favor of Charles |
E. belong for U. s. Senator.
G.. Or
was nominated at Concord by the Repub- |
licans. for Governor of New Hampshire.
The internal revenue collected in Cali |
fornia, last year, amounts to over $500 900 |
over two-thirds of which is from San |
Francisco.
It is stated that the resignation of the |
Secretary of the Treasury would be favor |
ably received by the President.
The Legislature of the State of Illinois
convened ON the 7tlf inst. In the House.
General HurIbut was made temporary
Chairman.
The statement that General Grant ap-
proves the Presidents veto of the Fran
chise Bill Is untrue He told the Arkansas
delegation to go home and pass the Con-
stitutional Amendment, and pass a bill |
giving universal suffrage.
AT convention of the Manhattan Cir
cles, Sunday evening, James Stephens was
declared an exploded humbug, anu Gen
erai Gleeson elected TO the vacant position
OF Chief Organizer of the Irish Republic
The Stale debt of Pennsylvania is
SS5,62205z. Governor Curtin in his last |
message, expresses the opinion that 1t
may be paid off in fifteen years, if ecol-
omy Is observed in expenditures and the
revenues of the State are carefully hus-
banded.
There is much excitement in Eastern
Maryland over the attempt to make
Swami Senator by the repeal OF the law
making 1t necessary to take one Senator
from the Eastern shol e, and several papers
Of that section are favoring the formation
OF new State from Delaware and the
East Virefnia counties in case il Is done.
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