The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-31
South American AdVices'
Campbell Minister to Mexico
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY

2 NEw York. Jan. 30LIn the Board
of Supervisors, yesterday, the Special
.Committee on Banks and Insurance
Companies reported in favor OF re-
funding the amounts illegally collected
from certain Of those institutions by
the county, as taxes.
that the principal merchants here
have taken steps to make Havana
general enter port for the storage OF
cotton by removing restrictions on
foreign vessels.
The United States gunboat Don,
with its secret mission, had not yet
arrived.
st. Thomas advices of the 7th inst,
and Porto Rico of the 18th, saytshat
the cholera had almost entirely disap-
peared from St. Thomas, but the
small pox had not abateda
Two telegraph lines were to be es-
tablished in Porto Rico.
Old navigators of the sound say
that the weather the present winter
has been the severest they have expe-
rienced for twenty or thirty years.
Many of the sound steamers got
fast in the ice, near Throgs' neck, and.
passengers had to foot 1T ashore.
The Times Washington special
saws he has the best authority for say
ing that the letter to the London
Times from its Washington correspon-
dent. referred to in a cable dispatch,
contains nothing of the kind attrlbu-
ted to it. In the conversation with
the President he did not refer to Con
The. New Orleans riot committee
will complete their labors in two
weeks - seI
Generals Fullerton and Grant and
Mr.. RAYMOND have been subpnnaed.
Mr.. Boyer, the Democratic member
of the committee, has not yet exam
med one-third of his witnesses, but
he has already signiied his intention
to submit minority report. ~ q &
The Impeachment Committee OF
the Southern Republican Association
has prepared partial list OF witnesses
in the impeachment case, and will
soon suggest their programme OF in
vestigating the charges:
The Trabuee's special says: i, The
Senate Committee, on Foreign Affairs,
came to no conclusion, yesterday, in
regard to the foreign. appointments
before them.
It is understood that both Cowan
and Dix will be reported against.
Stewards letter to Mr. Motley is
looked upon by the Senators as most
insulting and undignifed; and it is
considered that Mr. Motley was out of
respect compelled to submit. The
Committee will, therefore, report
against any one nominated to the po-
sition.
With regard to gold sales the Sen
ate Finance Committee favor the pres
ent policy of the Secretary of the
Treasury. They have not yet dispos-
ed of the gold bill. Ha
The Ways and Means Committee
were engaged yesterday on the tax
bill They will not report it however
till they get the tariff bill, SO as to adj
just these two measures and make
them harmonic. paid rno
No conclusion has yet been reached
concerning the issue of the fifty or
one hundred million loan certificates,
bearing a less interest than the com
pound interest notes, to take the
place Of those held by the banks
Secretary McCullcch favors the
scheme.
Compound interest notes, valued at
over So, 600, 900, have been Withdrawn
from circulation, and cancelled since
July last -" 70 ja9.a 'faf
The Senate Post Office Committee
have agreed to report the Postal APP
preparation Bill as it passed the
House.
The Herald's Washington special
says: General Salzar, Minister from
Colombia, has arrived from New
York, and it is understood that the
misunderstanding. which has been
spoken of as existing between Mr..
Burton, our Minister to Bogota, and
the Columbian Government, will soon
be arranged.