The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-05-30

else received one m1lllOn dollars Tor
licenses granted since the first of
April.
The japanese Commissioners pur
chased the ex-rebel iron clad ram
Stonewall, now at the Washington
Navy Yard. They are to take her
with her present armament, our Go v
ernment putting her in. sea going
condition; The price paid is said to
be Sf00, 900. +. ',--a-..-.
A sporadic case Of cholera is re-
ported in De Lancey Street. No fa-
tai result
The yacht Vesta, from England,
while out at sea encountered heavy
winds, and the crew attempted a mu-
tiny, having demanded her command
er, Capt. Law, in vain to return to
England to escape the storm. The
Captain succeeded in restoring order
by very rigorous measures.
President Roberts, of the Fenian
Brotherhood, sails for Europe on
Saturday.
The steamer Santiago de Cuba
will be saved.
Nathan Sargant, Commissioner of
Customs, received news from an agent
stationed on the Northern frontier at
Yangtown, Dacota, which represents
smuggling to be carried on to sur
prising extent, and Government
officials, with limited means at COM
mand ARE powerless to prevent it. Fire
arms, ammunition, blankets and cut
lery, and all the varieties of goods
used by the Indians, are introduced
from Canada, and. sold to tribes in
Dacota, free of duty.
-s The Times understands that the
monitor Mantonomah, now In Euro
pean waters, was bought by France
for about e200, 900 sterling. s alt
The various Committees of the
Life Saving Commission have made
partial reports on the subjects pre-
sented for consideration. Ttrf
4 The following are the inventions
recommended to the Secretary of the
Treasury for adoption: Andrews &
Bros, super heating steam boiler,
Miller's heaterand surface condenser,
Banks universal boiler alarm, guage
and low water detector, American
Steam Co. S gage, Keen 4 Bro. S. steam
gage, Waddles' hydraulic marine
steam engine. Governor Guards
steam guage, Andrews & Bros,
steam pumps, r. III. Andrews single
acting force pump. Lansdale's steam
Syphon pump, Ascraft's patent felt
protector for steam boilers, locked
safety valves, American high and low
pressure, Rebinson's low pressure,
Farrar's low pressure, Nanson's high
pressure. McMurchy's high pressure,
Massey's leakage alarm guage, Levy
q Bros portable fire extinguisher.
Surgeons non inhamable fluid,
Browns fire proof paint, Kenny's
engineer signal bell, Gisborre's com
municating apparatus for officers
on steamers, Wallingford's marine
fog horn,y Wardens signal light,
Van Never's ship-side or deck
light, Lilliendahl's line rock
ct for wrecking purposes, Frazee's
life boat and raft, and life boat de-
tachlng apparatus, Masseys, Grif-
fith's, Browns, Levels, Aliens, Me-
Farland's, Raymond's and Frazee's
improved lowering apparatus, Wap-
pies improvement for reserved rud-
der braces, Covington's steering ap-
paratus for Western stern-wheel
steamers, Captain Frazee's steer
ing indicator. Copeland's wire
tiller rope, Wilson & Haner's life-pre-
serving mattresses. Benedict, Yorng
& Twomblys patent combination
hose, Osborn & Massey's adjustable
hose coupling LDa4 x9aJ~TSa3
The Committee on Shears self bail
in life boat had not presented Il report
when the Commission adjourned. 1t
is understood to be favorable
Dion's fre-alarm communication
was. recommended for hotels and pri-
vate dwellings, but was not deemed
practicable for marine purposes.
A Washington special to the Post
says the President, this morning, re-
ceived the record of the first sentence
of citizen tried by a military COM
mission under the reconstruction act.
The case is that of Walker, In New
Orleans, sentenced to Imprisonment
for assaulting ,colored man.