The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-15
NEW YORK.
Burglar Proof Safe Lawsuit-Gen.
Sherman off for the Holy Land /
Mexican NeWS-WashingfOn Sick
Improving -ss Appointments = and
Combinations = Tenure OF once
Bill COnstrued-Great Boat Race.

New York, April I3.-Ina the Su-
preme Court, yesterday. in the case Of
VIM. A. Sanborn VS.. Silas G. Herring
. and Others 2 verdict was rendered for
the defendant. The action was
brought by the plaintiff to recover
s24. 900, which had been stolen from
a safe purchased by him from the de-
fendant's agent at Chicago under
representations that it was burglar
proof. - The safe was. broken into by
sledging the pindle Iof the knob ON
the outside of the chest, and the YER
dict is rendered accordingly.
Secretary Seward issued circular
letter to the Consular agents and
Ministers Of the United States, sta
toned at ports likely to be visited by
Gen. ShermaH's expedition to the
Holy Land, commenting the General
and his party to their consideration,
and intimating that any attention paid
to him BY foreign States will be CRATE
fully appreciated by the Government.
The Secretary of the Navy has
given orders to. supply the Quaker
City, the vessel in which the party
Z sails with ARTILLERY. and flags 70. be
IThs Hsasids Matamoras CORES
.popdent gives further news from the
vicinity Of Queretaro up to the 22d
.uitsi Nosdeubt at present exists that
the fight resulted in an Imperial de-
feat. 20 The fighting was very stubs
born, and the losses are admitted by
Escohede to be, very heavy on both
sides. . The Imperial chiefs had is
sued d. proclamation offering ten dol
lars to any soldier who would Join
them with his arms, aud five dollars
for any one who would join them with
out arms. 1t is. probably intended as
abait for deserters from the Liber-
ais. The commander of Matamoras
had again, requested a loan of the
merchants of that city, the amount
desired being SO, ,000.. Advices from
the Western coast of Africa, which
date at Sierra, Leone on the l4th OF
February, report that the Natives
were giving trouble again to the
English in the Gambia. .,....,,.. -
The Heralds Charleston special
says: : Ia sesea =
The firm of Frazier, Trenholm 8
Co, of Charleston, of which, ,the late
Confederate Secretary of the Treasury
Is a sfUttlUClss dhN Asdu eeO,Sf oAASAA e.6o--'
at Nassau during the war, have been
notified to appear before the Judiciary
Committee at Washington to give tes
timony relative to the business O
blockade running and the assets O
the firm remaining at the close of the
war. - sSsa -:
The Times special says: Judg'
George C. Hough, of Idaho, and Gen
Winters are rival candidates for tn,
sGoyernorship of Washington Terri
tory. with the chances In favor of tn
It has been proposed to make ne,
Territory out of q portion of Wash
ingtou and Idaho, but the project ha
been abandoned for the present, an
the parties representing the Washing
:. ton interest have united on Judg
Hough for the Governor. yoH
The Presidents. health Is reperte
much improved to-day. 80
Hon Thaddeus. Stevens and Ho'
w. T. Chandler, r,Assistant-Seereta
of the Treasury the latter of who
has been quite sick, are both nat
better. &c. - :
The TiJstaae's special says a lar
humber Of appointments were agre'