The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-05-10

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the action of the london conference
Fears are entertained that the failure
of the Representatives there assembled,
may bring on a general European war,
in which each country caring little
for the Luxembourg question or future
position of. the, people of the Grand
Duchy,. viii endeavor to forward their
oWno particular designs by force of
NEW York, May a9-The Times
gives prominence to the following
statements 9TWe Ilhave q received, di-.l
rectly from the police authorities of
the city, Information Of recent organ
izations, which are now in progress
for the purpose of resisting. by vIo-s
lence, and bloodshed if necessary, the
execution and enforcement of the
|, Excise and other laws, which are OBJ
noxious to large class of our cfti---
zens. - =. % go 81 y S '-s,.'.-7-. - y8-
The ! World says that Superin- =
tendent Kennedy has issued orders to
: the police to notify all store keepers,
cigar stands, ETC., not to open their
places of business on Sundays here
ID fiThe Hsra1d's New Orleans special
announces the failure of the City
Bank, a private concern. Liverpool
and New York houses are mainly eff
fected The cause is said to be the
decline in cotton. The Times Knox
vile, Tennessee, special says the
Knoxville convention instructs its del
egates to SUPPORT General Cooper for
Congress. The race in the conven-
|1tion between Cooper and Maynard
will be close. Col. Jno. Baxter OPEN
eG the campaign in East Tennessee for
Etheridge, at Cleveland, yesterday.
The meeting was very large. egF
The If1ats' Washington special says
the President has informed Ex- Mayor
Monroe and others that he has
registry in New Orleans until the
the disfranchising clause is an
ion that this will keep the registry
open till September. .4aax~ i
The Worlds special says the decis-
ion in the Injunction cases will not be
delivered till December. aoa
@ Mr.. Cummings has resigned the
position of Governor. of Colorado for
the Marshalship of the Fourth Penn
sylvania District. A. G. Hunt will
probably be appointed Governor of
Colorado. .s ss,.ss s..5 $. ..37s ,4ss rs s9'79
/ New York, May 9-Snperintend-
ent of Police Kennedy has ordered
1.-The enforcement of almost absolute
! Sunday law, which prohibits the sale
or exposure for sale Of any goods on
| Sunday, except by Jews, whose bust
ness closed Saturday. Ali restaur-
ants, cigar stores, barber shops drug
| stores, &c, to be closed. az St --
'Jno. Gray and James Wilson, two
Western confidence men, were arrest
ed to-day, for attempting to swipdle an
| old gentleman. Several bogus checks
and bonds were found on them
L w II. Davis, an engineer on the
steamer Mississippi, was murderously
assaulted on Broome street by. yeung
rowdies, and is not expected to live.
The national railroad convention
adjourned to-day. Resolutions were
adopted against the use of D rivate
agencies in the sale of tickets, and
appointing a. committee to carry it
out. sx.sa1st e~.a =. ~ u : = Il ~. -5
The resolution relative to increased
rates for mail matter was reported
upon, but after debate it was referred
back to, the committee. sss- y .sT
A report was read proposing the
establishment of a permanent bureau
or association, fixing $500 assthe limi-
tation of value on transportation of
! through baggage, and. suggesting nine
classes of fare, embracing over seven
hundred different articles, and chargs'
ing only by weight. and recommend
ing that fair and rrenumeratiye rates
be charged, and that no attempts be
made compelling lines to. operate
against each Others interest which
were accepted .siFg1 as aea'
T The convention meets at Allen
tona on the 18th Of July next
The Equal Rights Association
theld meeting here today Address
| es were made by, Lucretia Mott, Miss
Elizabeth Cady Stantonand
Others, in favor of the ballot for wo-
men. gisgsssflgas lsolWIa xsifsnIfinss
The American Bible, Society ce,e-
| brated its fiftieth anniversary. to-day.
| It's receipts for the year were s734, 900.
| About a, million and "a ;auquarter of
books have been printed, and since its
formation upwards of. twenty-five and
a, half millions Ainumber of inter
esting addresses were made. eesaea -
The Radical Peace Society held its
\ annual. convention to-day. A num-
Der of speeches were made, and list
ened to- with attention, and resolu-
tions we're adopted thankin Queen
| Victoria for her efforts to prevent
| war between France and Prussia.
A large delegation of German citi-
| zens. presented to the Mayor, a peti-
tion asking for the aid of the Mayor