The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-21
NEW YORK.
Chilli Refused the Mediation OF Eng
land and France-SOuth American
C0ngress-.Sherman and Campbeil's
Mission TO Mexico - Arrival of
Steamer New York.

Steamer New York.
New YeRK, Jan. 20.-A heavy
rain and snow storm set in about 6 p.
NJ, accompanied by a strong gale.
New YoRK, Jan. 20 The delayed
mails from various points reached
here yesterday, and several mails
which started hence have returned.
Calvin Northrugse has been found
guilty of an attempt to poison his wife
in Bedford, Westchester County.
Sentence was postponed until the frst
Monday in February iol .as..7t ags
n By the explosion of a boiler in the
Washington, Iron Works, at s New
burg. on Thursday, Hugh Elwood,
the foreman, was killed, and Owen
Murphy, John Rush, Thomas Per-
rett, Jas, Tnrnay, and Jas. Culver,
were severely wounded. The boiler
was detective, and the owners of the
sshopdwere censured by the Goroner's
sJ1pry. i 59l d ID na; u az5 7iIia4 sssaI5
A large number of arrests were
made yesterday for the violation of
the Excise Law. Ninety prisoners
were required to give bailao,1.
A man named George Hull was
shot last evening at No. SO Canon
street, by an ex-policemanl named
Browning, who discovered Hull on
ratherltoo intimate terms with his
(Browning' 81 wife. The wound, il lis
said, win not prove fatal. Another
account says Hull was only trying to
prevent Browning doing violence to
his wife. Il - sT'ss9sil a2lt $is ~. +
John Desbrow and VIM. Gallagher.
counterfeiters, were yesterday SEN
fenced to twelve years each at Sing
Sing. John Bradley and another re-
ceiyed lighter sentences for similar
offences. IssoisisTI
Sixty-five thousand dollars have
been received for licenses under the
excise law during the past three days.
The ship Mercury, with cargo for
the Paris Exposition, still lies at her
pier unable to sail owing to the ice in
the harbor
Judge Daily has decided that fines
imposed upon members of trade as
sociations according to the bylaws
for working under the scale of prices
adopted by the association, are legal,
and can be collected by the action of
the law theisam as any other debt.
New YORK, Jan. 20.-The steamer
New York from Aspinwall arrived to-
day. Advices from Valparaiso, De-
cember Is, give confirmation of the
rumor that Chill has refused the me-
diation of England and France on
the Spanish question. = = s{llif fgaig,,C
The South American Congress is to
meet at Lima, and the republics
eh@have not yet given in theirlad-s
hesiou to the league, are to be aiii-i
vited. g 10 ol s.n.,if ~, III , ~, :
The bark Tecumseh,I with go
cannon for Valparaiso Notifications,
had arrived lo ii 8 i aayIlint
Lima advices to the 18th say that
on the night of the Goth an attempt
was made to assassinate the President
at Callao. A shot passed through his
sleeve. The assassin, a CHILEAN, had
been arrested 70 81. ~ aHg1'l "
The steamer Pakai had arrived, i
from Panama. with Melbourne dates,
November 10Th. asa-
SIDNEY, Dec. 2. and WELLINGTON.
Dec 9.-New gold fields of great ex-
tent have been discovered in the We'll
din Mountains, about two hundred
and eighty miles from Sidney, which
Government officials state will give
employment to a large number of
men for three or four years. Sinking
about fifty feet through the hard soil,
the holes at the bottom are yielding
an average of five grains per dish.
About five thousand miners are al
ready on the ground. The yield of
the gold fields generallyishow fall
ing. off in 1866 to 1875, 900 ounces
against 231 900 in 1865. IS ~
Several failures occurred in the
breadstnffs trade, including, M. A.
Viennam, engaged in business with
America
California wheat held at Sidney at
IS. a 5s. 3D. and -four at s13 a ELS
10s.-an advance.
The ships Pioneer, Sunshine. Ber-
tina, Woodlands, Spirit of the Seas.
Warrior, and Siam had arrived from
San Francisco.