The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-09
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Gold closed in New York yesterday at
lSS. no 5t, + ,@a .,, l9
Gen. Steadman has declined the APP
pointment to Investigate the Fort Phil.
Kearney massacre.
The. result of Assistant Secretary Sew
ards mission was to have been laid before
the Cabinet yesterday.
1t is estimated that the reduction of
taxes. proposed will reach about twenty
millions of dollars.
Thomas H. Chambers piano forte fac
tory, No. IA East Sixth Street, New York,
was destroyed by fire on the nth. Loss,
$4,000; insured.
Ia New York special says General Hill.
yer has been appointed agent of internal
revenue for New York City,.
IA EoBby is Bin washia ston for the bur- b Z
pose of obtaining the guarantee OF the
United States Government to some fifty
million dollars of the Mexican bonds, 10
be. issued by the Juarez government.
EFhe stearnsionr milLof VIVA. Holiday a
Co.. at Elmyra, N. Y, was burned on the
sth. Loss $4,000; insured for s29,OOO. r.rrr7ws
jim. Carrollton,s o, s. Treasury Agent at
Mekpliis, from 1888 to 1866, has been ar
rested on a charge. preferred by Mr.. Titus,
Treasury Agent, or embezz ing public
money and property. to the amount of
$4,000 ,li81IEeE& ~
The great low pressure steamer. Rich
meh4 ,NVais successfully launched from ttia
marine railways at Madison, Indiana, on
the1h. GTsko0 9a8sg 4zEAss2 1TEw
The steamer Cleaner, bound for M M
phis struck snag TIVE we miles below
Pine bluf, on Wednesday, and sun k 10 the
main deck she was a good boat, valued
ats24 900. and owned by Dan Able, &SGo, rs
sThe, ,Tobacconists, C invention at wash
ton appointed a committee o wait on the
Committee on Ways and Means, to present
various resolutions adopted 400 h promo
ton of their material interests. a Igor
The President has approved the bill pro-
/ vidfng that alcohol MADE or manufactured
from Justified spirils, upon winch tax is
( imposed by law; la d and burning fiu.d,
made or nsanutaerured fronaf alcohol or
spirits of turpenLine, or can'phene, upon
which a tax posed by law Is paid, shall
be exempt from tax 80, $3.50 !.
A st. Louis dispatch says hal few days
ago Judge Moody, of Ihe 81 = hoais Circuit
Court de i've ed an opinion thai The oath
prescribed blythe ofate Constltu ion as a
qualification for jurors, was void; espec-
ialIyssu SineA the decision of the United
States supreme Court inIthe Cunmings
case, and that he should not require per-
sons 'unm2nsd in "a isc9aesyo take ii.
W .shinglon speciai say, taat the AK
bill waste have been rep, rtesf on the Stn.
} There are buufew arttcIes motive free, list
anf lhi1se are ,Qf, minor iuIpsr ance7such
aslealAsFo Ath iBs1 mssi llldeI SlsQOD u Z
exempt.G Observation-Disclosures seaa9 unfforfi,
at 5 aIs.f e.eiItluHsM sE9n1EH hnG 9ibBHs1 &
"utff, . w u. n aM 9r9nW ,saai0 bslIRn-aVOGH
10 ia hssAoSAl4a EERIMAKYrTs SENATE
Beb!e. = iison repolata alsFs ,asf q bit 10
fhcfeitSe the pay Of. Qh;34gf 9fsgA4e-
ito thtrlsssx VIA 4
per month ...--. dickson Introduced a hi
amendalory of the Post Office law relative
to letters held for pos age, ana dead et,ers
& Referred 49,. Ross Offero d /, resolution ,b.,t
after tn commt ncement of the n XII Con
gre,s, ublicali ms of debates in Conoross
be transferred from the Globe to the C1g,.,,.
icie . W de called up the bill 10 admi,
Nebraska, and, without debate, it was