The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-31

State of the Union, which when
united, / hope will be 80 formed as to
be beneficial to the nation, Just to
every citizen, and carry out the design
of the trainers of the government ac-
cording to the principles expressed in
the Declaration of Independence.
Santa Anna has been tried at Vera
Cruz and sentenced to death. He
has petitioned the Supreme Govern
ment for mercy. ltc 3a
A private dispatch received this
forenoon from California, says the
Democratic majority in that State ex-
eeeds 5000. The vote is light.
New YoRK, October 3d. The
storm, which began on Monday, ef-
fected considerable damage in this
city and throughout the neighboring
county. The cellars and Easements
along the river fronts were inundated
by the swollen tide Numerous chin
neys we're toppled over by the wind,
and the ferry-boats plying the Hud-
son and East River experienced great
difficulty in navigating. The water
rose to the sitting-room in some of
the ferry-boats.
A sloop was capsized off Hoboken,
and one man was drowned.
A large building was blown down
in Hackensac, New Jersey. e
of the results ON the coast we have
yet TO hear, and no doubt the account
vii. TEEN with wrecks and disasters.
In the U. 5. Circuit Court, yester-
day, Judge Benedict presiding, the
Jury brought the verdict of guilty
against Benjamin Z. Oakly, charged
with embezzling letter from the
General Post-office A motion for
stay ofjudgment was argued, but its
decision was overruled, and the pris-
oner was remanded to Jail. . ~
The HerGtdS Washing ton special
says several prominenI, Southerners
have recently expressed to the Presi--
dent their conviction that a general
outbreak among the negroes is immi
nent. They say nearly every negro
man in the South is we'll armed, while
the whites are almost entirely with
out means of defense. The impeach-
ment of the President is believed to
be the time for the rising. The gen
tlemen strongly urge upon the Presi-.
now distributed through that Sec
ton.
The Herald's Richmond special
says the returns from all the counties
In the State of Virginia, except two,
have been received at the military
headquarters in Richmond The total
vote polled is 164,198. OF this vote
104,2S were for a Convention, and
50, 1S0 against it, the majority for
Convention being 45, ,109. Eighty
nine thousand five hundred and thir-
ty three negroes voted for the Con-
vention, and 629 against it. Thirteen
thousand whites voted for, and 5S,033
against Convention.
The Worlds special says the Su-
preme Court of this district to-day
refused to grant a writ of error for an
appeal fromlthe lower court from a
decision upon the e0nstIfutionality of
she Confs cation Law. The decision
covered several cases where property
has been confiscated for the life es-
tate, in this district. An effort will
be made to have the constitutionality
of the law tested in the United States
Supreme Court. ea
The statement of the national debt
for November 1st, will probably show
only very slight reduction. The
payments from the Treasu ury, on vari-
Gus accounts. for the last half Of Oc-
tober, have been heavy. The coin
balance will be considerably in
creased, but it will be at once reduced
again by the fve-twenty interest,
which will be charged off on the 1st
proximo.
NEW YORK, October 30.-Building
No. 343 Broadway, was damaged by
FIRE this morning, the occupants los
ing heavily, viz: A. Blum & Co.,
importers and manufacturers of ho-
siery. &C., loss, $15O,OO0; Pardee,
Bates & Co., jobbers in silks and
wooden, loss 10000; Wolf & Moses,
$4,000. The building was owned
by George Peonscott, of Paris. All
are fully insured. The origin of the
fire is unknown.