The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-05-04

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New YoRK, May 3.-There was a
fall of snow early this morning. sufi-
cient to cover the ground.1 4 y , Il.
It is said that two-thirds of the
$500, 900, contributed. for the relief of
sufferers by the great Portland fire.
still remains in the hands of the COM
mittee. -
The Herald Panama correspondent
says the parties contending for the own,
ership Of the Panama Railroad were
making quite lively fight over the
matter. The holders of the thirty
millions of bonds oih Engiand have
offered the whole ofgthese Ysecurities,
together with "a large amount of
money, forsthe-read, but the, present
owners have bid yet higher, and it,
was probable that it would still re ri
main in their handsafov ,s5es.s -
The Herqlds Chill correspondent
says the-SSbanish feet had not reap
peared in the Pacific go " =
Since the,resignatioa and departure
of Admiral Tucker courtesies have
been resumed between the Chilian
and United States vessels of war; gs
Work ON the Valparaiso fortifica-.
tions was being pushed ahead with
The haifbor vas fuIi of VA aMIar u, vessels Il
The Russian and American naval
officers fraternize with each ether,,
but both1fwere coldly civil to the.
French and English. -
The He2ald,s Havanna bcorrespppo'
dence says the revolution IN Hayti is
still in full activity. No election of
President had taken place, and, Gen.
INSANE continued to exercise the func. y
ton of Provisional -Presidents pGene-s
raj Victorine looms up as the chief of
the revolutionists, and hadfpreeeeded,
with troops and cannon, to- Str Marc,
to oppose Salnaves Several French
war vessels were expected there to en-.
force the payment of claims due un-
der the treaty stipulations entered M
to at the establishment of Haytien
Independence IJsEE asg "a q zr.aHIaAl
The Hcrdl9s Charleston special
says, onsSenator Wilson's arrival IN /
that city, several alcommittees andadis- y
tinguished citizens, also a number of
colored men, called upon him. Some
sixty or seventy prominent whites. .iH1'
Guiding large NUM- ber OF former.
leading secesslonlsts signed a letter OF
welcome to Mr..AFilsen, tendefing the
hospitalities of the city, and inviting
him to address them on, the political
topics of the day. - e2 Z 4
NEW YORK, May "a mass meet
ing of the colored citizens was held
at the African Church, in this eity,
last evening, to discuss the questfon,
"How shall we vote?" About ff-
teen hundred persons were present.
The speakers were both white and,
colored. Resolufioass were lunafliL
mously adopted, pledging the colored
voters support to the candidates of
the Republican party and no other. -
The Times Washington special
says that Judge Underwood has is
sued writ of hdbeds corpus for the
purpose of bringing Jef. Davis before
his court at the next term at Rich
mond on the 18th inst. aIpa "a 1870
John T.. Monroe, ex- Mayor of New
Orleans, had an interview with the
President yesterday, complaining se-
verely ofGen. Sheridan's action as re-
Private advicest from New Orleans
received here to-day, state that the
Radical Unionist expect to carry the
city at the coming municipal election.
Gov. Sharkey, of Mississippi, sex-
pressed the belief yesterday that
three if not four members of the
Court will favor the granting of the
military reconstruction injunctions.
The Herdld's special says rumors
are yet current that Postmaster GEN
eral Randall has rendered his resig-
nation.