The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-07

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s NEW YORK, March 6-For the
wa first time, one of the most fashion
able gambling houses on Broadway
"a was entered last night by the police,
and large number. Of. gamblers ar
rested Itwas kept by John Hart.
es.vsa TNEw~fY DIRK, March .6.--The Her
ads Mexican correspondent says the
American Consul at Vera Cruz had
protested against quartering French
troops upon resident Americans. One
= Z sAmerican citizen wassarrested for re-
fusing to supply quarters when called
upon. The protest finally had some
effect and the qaartering was discon-
tinued.
xayV a. 1gIsham. Harris eef Tennessee, ex-
- - " Governor lex-Gonfederate, has
gone to Havana, where it is supposed
he is to meet Breckenridge, Mason,
Slidell. Benjamin and others.
The Herald Chilian correspondent
says the English and French Minis
tiers have advised their countrymen
IL to refuse payment of the contribu-
tions that have been ordered to be
forced by the Chilian Government.
There appears to be lack of hearty
sympathy betweensPeru and Chill.
The United States steamer Tusca-
rora had gone to the Fejee Islands to
punish the savages for barbarities on
American seamen.
NEW YORK, March 6.-Gov. Pier
pont, in his message to the Virginia
Legislature convened inextra session
to consider the Military Reconstruc
ton Bill, after alluding to the manner
in which Virginia was forced into the
secession movement against the will
of a majority of the people, reviews
t4H the history Of the. past two years, dur
ing which time the Southern people
had unwisely conducted themselves In
Al. &-r~fIa IL No
grets the rejection of the .Constitu-
tional Amendment, and alludes to a
Confscation act Following the re.
lection of the proposition now offered
he wishes to escape this danger
Three-fourths of the people of Vir.
ginia were well disposed people, and
the cause of irritation proceeded from
few. He therefore urges the acceptior
of the situation, and the adoption O
the course marked out In the measure
just adopted by Congress.
The reading of the message was lis
tened to with the deepest attention
Judge Turner sustained it in an effec
tive speech Other speeches were
made on the same side, but the Hous
adjourned without action.
The Irmes's special says Genera
Buffers plan concerning impeach
ment is to appoint Select Commute
to sit during the recess, and at th
same time pass a bill authorizing Tn
Speaker to convoke Congress in ex
ira session at the demand of the Com
mittee, but it is thought he will hav
to include the Judiciary Committee
1t is probable that recess will b
taken from Saturday next to May o
October
The Tinsess special says the Wad
tariff bill requires that the Secretar
of the Treasury shall select standar
samples of the woods named, and de
post them in the custom houses.
is found that the wool growers an
manufacturers are not prepared
furnish these samples, and the Secre
tary will be obliged to send to Europ
for them, and it will be two or thre
months before they can be obtaine
and any wool passed the custom
houses The law is also so LOOSE
drawn that the Department has nj
yet been able to determine whether
affects goods in bond
The question of the assignment
commandants to the five districts I'll
der the Reconstruction Bill was col
lo1d ;sidered in the Cabinet yesterday.
complete list was not decided upo
but it is understood that Schofe
will have the first, including Virgini
and Hancock the fifth, includil
Louisiana and Texas.
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