The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-14
NEW YORK.
Extensive Robbery An Inhlman
Wrefch4-Destructiye Fire-Tariff
SWindling = Gen. Dix's COnfirma-
tiOn DOubtfal.F iaA4lAiiAA =. =

New YORK, Feb. 13. - Yesterday
afternoon George Deserer, an exr
change broker, doing business at No.
2 Park Row, was robbed of nearly
81 800, while riding up town in
Broadway car. The thief escaped de-
lection. rs t.sa.-4,f.. 55,i slif
!. A man named George Lester, living
IN The town of Pleasant Valley, seven
miles from Poughkeepsie, has been
detected in an attempt to starve his
wife to death, and performing inhu-
man operations upon her. He is at
large, but the police are after him.
The wooden cloth mills, at Glenham,
Duchess County, were nearly destroy
ed by fire, ON Monday night. Loss,
about $4,000; insured for about $780,
600. q el7.i24 -l
George w. Chadwick, originator of
the bogus North River Bank, of H6-
boken, was yesterday defeated in a
suit against AmasasM Barber. elG1
The Times special l-says the, Ways
and Means Committee will continue
to hear delegations on the subject of
the duty, The duty on jute was rails
ed, yesterday, from five dollars to two
hundred dollars per ton, and the duty
on Hemp and fax was raised accord,
ingly. Flocks have also advanced from
threeto twelve cents per pound. There
will be an Increase in rates on foreign
books.
| Reports from North. CaroliEax state.
that the Legislature has virtually .re-
iected the reconstruction plan devised
BY the Southern Governors.
II The Herald's special says the free
traders are not represented in the
delegations interested iina eotariff.
BILL Everybody goes in for the high
est figures. and everybody gets all he
sEants. The lobby is so great that the
passage Nayfp fp the Ways ahafMeansl
COMMITTEE room is obstructed. A
more favorable feeling exists in rela-
I1tionAto the admission of Colorado.
The Tribune's special says the Ways
and Means Committee are not. unim-,
peded by representatives.
h2 The House progressed consid-
erably with the tariff bill to day. The
restoration yesterday of the House
rates on woolen. and yorsted goods,
seemed to- settle a long vexed oues
ton, but it was settled to-day by the
efforts of Mr.. Slater, of Massachusetts,
and the old, difference between the
wool growers and wool manufactures
has been revived sufficiently to
threaten acontest in the House,
Many treacherous and hostile in-
fuences are atwork to delay sand de-
feat the bill. .YHHFIH9kM
No definite conclusion was reached
yesterday ON the nomination of Gen.
Dix as Minister to France. There is
much opposition to his confirmation,
and the result is doubtful.
The Committee have decided to in
crease the rank Of the Minister resi-
dent at Brusselstto a fullgmissiongg a
heF'World's special says that the
prospect of the passage of the Bank
ruptAbill by the House is good. The
amendment(of thelsaIfiei being such as
the House will agree to.
New York, Feb. 13-Washington
specials say the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations will report against
the confirmation of Hugh Ewing, as
Minister to Hague, and favorably on
John aGeys, as minister to Liberia,
and S. s. Sandford, Minister to Brus-
sells.
The Ways and Means Committee
are raising nearly all the items in the
Senate tariff bill. They this morning
struck out the clause permitting the
Pacific Railroad Company to use, for
eign iron. "
Rumors are current of Cabinet
changes, to the effeN that Seward and
Randall viii go out. Nothing is
known definitely about the matter.