The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-23


Session of Congress Probable =
: Opposition to Railroad Project
More of st. Patrick's Day Riots
South American News-POlitics
i'm SOuth Carolina White and
COlOred Radical Meeting = Gen.
ROsecrans' Resignation OUTLAW
Ing In the Pennsylvania Coal
RegiOnss
New YORK, March 22.-The Times
says private advices represent that the
coal miners in Schuylkill County,
Pennsylvania, are committing most
serious outrages. The rutfians are
mainly Irishmen, and known as
Molly Maguires, and are banded to-
gether In secret organization for the
purpose of controlling the mines, and
resort to murder and robbery. 1t is
impossible to punish them, as when
arrested and tried, the juries are
packed with confreres, and they
escape. On Friday last, Mr.. Little
hales, superintendent, was murdered
with the hope of securing moneysi
which he was supposed to have, but
he had but very little with him at the
time. Threats are made against
superintendents, and all live mol
mentarily In fear of violence. Gov,
Geary has been applied to for pro-
tection
NEW YORK. March 22.-There was
a large meeting of influential citizens
last night, in opposition to the bill
now before the LEGISLATURE for al
triple railroad through the houses be-
tween Fifth and Sixth Avenues from
Washington square to Central Park.
The police continue to make arrests
of persons who were identified as
prominently concerned in the riot ON
St. Patrick 3 day. Marshal Wall was
arrested yesterday afternoon.
A preliminary meeting of delegates
from the various churches and tenn
perance societies, was held last even-
ing, in the basement of st. Peters
Church., for the purpose of giving
public expression to their unqualified
dissatisfaction at the riots, and their
censure Of the rioters.
= Yesterday afternoon the Tammany
Society bought the lot adjoining the
Academy of Music, on Fourteenth
street, which was occupied at the time
Of the fire by the Medical College, on
which to erect new Tammany Hall:
THE lot Is 1l6 feet by121 feet, and the
Society paid $4,000 for it.
Geor.. N. Carleton, who is charged
With having embeEzled half million
of dollars from the Government,
while Treasury Agent at Memphis,
appeared before Commissioner Belts,
and gave bail in the sum of $25, 900,
yesterday. to appear.
Dates from Venezuela are to the
23d ultimo. Salazar and Bolivar had
seized Carabobo, and tranquility en2
sued.
The Government of Honduras has
declared its ports open for reception
of prizes in the Spanish -Chilian war.
The. militia has been reorganized,
with the President in supreme COM
mand, as Lieutenant-General
Gen. Gleason, successor of Steph-
ems as C. o. l. R., made overtures to
the Roberts branch of the Fenian
Brotherhood, yesterday, for union of
the two sections. No action has yet
been taken on his proposition by the
Senate, which is in session, arranging
details for the grand advance on Can
ada in the coming summer.
The Herald's Charleston Is. Cyl
special says a mass meeting of citi-
zens, irrespective of color, was held
there last night. There were only
about fifty whites present. Judge
negro acted as Secretary The meet
ing was decidedly Radical. Resolu-
tions, claiming suffrage and the right
posing large land monopolies, and
I'll % Al
Code and the reorganization of the
Courts, were adopted.
The Times special says General
resignation. Gen. Grant endorsed
but before action was taken. a letter
was received from Bishop Rosecrans,
brother of the General, asking a sus-
pension of action.
The New York Congressional dele
CATION have asked, in case the resig;;
nation is accepted, that General
Sickles be appointed a Brigadier Cen
eral in the regular army.
+ There is no truth of any influential
pressure being brought to bear upon
the President for the removal of Col
| lector Smythe. The President has no
official informatian of any direliction
of duty on the part of the gentleman.
1t is believed that Congress can ad-
,journ on Monday or Tuesday next
q The Herald's special says the i'm
preston gains ground here that the
example of Gen. Hampton and others
in Columbia, in regard to the freed.
men will be very generally followed
in the Southern States, and that much
good will. grow out of this policy to
| both races. The next address of the