The Richmond palladium., 1867-01-17


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5-Deetruction Of Johnson, Lane &
Co.'S warehouse. New York, with con
tents, by fire. including two thousand
bales of cotton, loss, $350.OO0.
The Spanish frigate Blanca attacked
OF Anard by the Chilian and Peruvian
feet; thirty seamen Of the former killed
: S1The Governor OF Canada calls ont
10000 men TO resist an apprehended
Fenian invasion.
l0-The Lord bond robbery discover
ed; Mr.. Rufus L. Lord. banker. of New
York, robbed OF bon,ls and securities to
the value Of 81.500, 900.
Z 13-New Hampshire election; Sinclair.
Dem, defeated by $4,000 majority by F.
Smyth, in election for Governor.
Rejection Of the bill for the admission
Of Colorado Territory - State OF the
Union. -z e..-s,e-
+ l7-Destruction by dre Of the Buffalo
depot OF the New York Central Railroad;
loss estimated at $l.O00,O0O.
1S-The reported arrangement for the
transportation Of 1000 Austrian troops
to Mexico to aid Maximilian protested
against by Secretary Seward.
Fire at Port au Prince; 1000 houses
destroyed, and 5000 people rendered
houseless. u
2:-Great hre ut Petroleum Center.
Pa over 0l5O. 900 loss.
Burning of the depot and machine
shops At St Johnsbury, Vt. Of the Pas
sumsic Railroad Loss 01,0 900
23--Destruction by 6re OF Pixies Opera
House. Cincinnati. Loss 81. ISL 900.
Battle between the Imperial and Lib
ersl armies at Mazatlan; defeat of the
former, with loss of 700 killed and $50
prisoners.
81 President vetoes the civil rights
bill
/ 2l-On fire at Petroleum Center. Loss
Sl25. 900.
Valparaiso bombarded by the Spanish
fleet.
q James R. Hawley (Rep., elected
Governor of Connecticut.
3-Explosion on steamship European,
at Aspinwall. caused by nitro glyceriae
oil; 20 persons killed. Loss over ST.
100000.
Ambrose E Burnside elected G ov-
ernor of Rhode Island.
5--Pavment suspended by Ward Il
Brothers, bankers. Of Rochester.
Suspension o. Beatty Brothers & Co,
tea dealers of New York; 100000 liza
bilities.
Failure Of James H. Clapp & Co.,
bankers, Of Boston.
Order Of evacuation Of Mexico by the
French troops communicated by NJ.
Drouyn de L Huys.
6-Mr. Seward expresses dissatisfac-
ton at Austrian subjects engaging in
war against Mexico with the sanction Of
Austria, and threatens the United States
not to remain neutral if such q course
should be continued.
| 7-Dcstruc,ion by fire Of the Ameri-
can Hotel. Broadway, New York, valued
at $780, .OOO
| Destruction Of four buildings. corner
of Fulton and dway; loss, $500, 900
Passage Of the Civil Rights bill in the
| United States Senate, by vote of 33 to
Is. over the Presidents veto.
9-Suspension of Rich's Exchange
Bank, Buffalo
The Civil Rights bill passed in the
/ House Of Representative. by . vote OF
122 yeas to Al nays, over the President'a q
veto. e
| 16--Terrible explosion at San Fran
cisco, California, Of two boxes Of nitro
glvcerine; fifteen persons killed and 9
block of buildings destroyed loss 500,
900.
An attempt made to assassinate ths
Emperor of Russia.
IS-Release Of Clement C. Clay, or
parole. from Fortress Monroe.
Great Gre at Titusville, Pa, destroy
ing q great portion Of the town
| Arrival of the steamship Virginia
from Liverpool. at quarantine, New Yorl
with ]. .OOS passengers on board; 81 los
on the voyage through cholera, and abou
100 lying sick.
| 2O-Iuterment Of the remains Of PHILLIP
Emburv, the founder of American Metho
t9ism, at Woodland Cemetery, Cam
bridge, New York.
Redistribution BY fire OF the passen
ger and freight depots Of the Detroit
Milwaukee. and Michigan and Southern
Central railroads At Detroit; loss 800,
600
g Six burglars entered the residenc
Of the cashier Of the Harrison Nations
Bank. Cadiz, OHIO. carving of in bond
and cash about %: 0.O00.
3e-Burnin2 Of the American Clocl
Company's factories at New Haven
Conn, loss, 100000.
MAY.
1lCholera arrives in New York. deat
Of its first May victim. Mrs jenkins, 9
her late residence, Third avenue An
Ninetv-second street.
2Discovery of the great forgeries Z
John Ross. the forger, amounting {
94S7. 900. in New York; fight of th
perpetrator.
The Memphis riots between blacks an
whites; twenty four negroes killed an
large amount Of property destroyed
Battle between the Paraguayans. Braxi
= ians and Argentines ut Estero vallaca
the allies defeated.
+Suspension Of the Merchants M
tional Bank. Washington, owing . larg
amount to the Government.
10lConstitutionA Amendment adcp
ed by Congress by vote Of 12s to 8
! Arrival Of James Stephens at New Yorl
11-Financial panic in London, caa.e