The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-15
Late News Items.

Gold closed in New York, yesterday, a
1875.
a young girl a2ed fifteen years, who had
been arrested and confined in a station
house in New York, ON charge OF stealing
n watch. died on the l4th inst, il Is thought
from grief and shame.
By the falling OF a floor In paper mil
in New York on the 18th inst, lad about
I9 years old had his leg broken, and gIrl
was seriously injured About hfty girls
were working in the room at the time.
A New York dispatch of date the I4th,
says "a fire broke out al 3 O'Clock his morn.
ing on the premises of d. Appleton s. Co..
book publishers, corner OF Grand aud
Greene streets. In less than fifteen min
utes the whole OF the i've story building
was in flames.
The camp meeting at Sing Sing, New
York, closed on the 18th inst with great
love feast, and final grand march around
the ground at midnight. During the SER
vices = subscription amounting to 500 was
taken up to defray the legal expenses nee
esslry To obtain the release of a young girl
who is said to be confined in a Catholic in
stltution because of her conversion to
Methodism.
y Detroit dispatch, of the 14th, says the
schooner Ounderberg. of Detroit, with a
cargo of e5rn for Chicago, sunk last night
at Point su Barques, Lake Huron. A lady
passenae, Z, the wife of one of the owners,
was drow ned. The crew was saved. The
vessel coIhded with the propeller Empire
state.
Washington dispatch, of date of he
l4th, says: The services over the remains
Of Thaddeus stevens were performed this
morning, and, escorted by procession,
they were taken to the Baltimore Depot,
whence they left for Lancaster. Large
crowds viewed the remains last night and
this morning, and large numbers of people
lined the Quite OF procession.
AT New York Surveyor Wakeman hav-
ing occasion to suspect that a regular
smuggling business was carried on by par
lies there in connection with the Havana
steamers, set a watch, the result of which
was the capture OF the sIoop. " Four Bro
thers," belonging to the State of New
Yorz, and employed by the Health Officer
as a tender 10 the hospital ship, Falcon"
The Custom official, on taking possession
OF the vessel, found secreted a very large
quantity of cigars. The persons on board
the vessel We're arrested.
A Brownstown, Indiana, dispatch dated
SON county Hon. G.. A. Blcknell presld-
ing, had before 1t to-day the case Of the
robblng OF the Adams Express Company,
Mike COlIeran and Wall Hammonds,
charged with robbing The company by
jumping ou the express car and overpow-
eriRg the messenger, on the night of Sep
temper Sth, 1867, near Seymour. Both
prisoners We're defended by the notorious
Jason Brown, the celebrated thieves law
yer of Jackson county, whose boast Is that
no thief whom he defended has ever been
convicted. Colleran, however, in opposi-
tion TO the advice OF his counsel entered
the plea Of guilty, and was sentenced by
the court to i've ears in the penitentiary
and fine of five hundred dollars. Ham
monjs, under the advice of counsel, APP
piled for continuance, of which under
the statues OF Indiana, the CO urt had no
power to oyerrule, and it was accordingly
granted.
a Saint Louis dispatch of date the l4th
says: Adams Express Company was robbed
of about 1000 this morning. 1t appears
that two men rented an Office on the Sec
oud floor of III Second Street, yesterday,
ana put out the sign" b. +. Goodrich &
Co" by last nights train the Express Com
pany received a package from OdIn, Illi-
nOis, addressed as above. purportIrg to
contain slI7 20. This morning the pack
age was delivered by the messenger, who,
while waiting Tor a receipt. was seized by
"a tnan in the office, and another applied
chiOroform to MIN. The messenger strug-
gied violently. and not yielding readil Y to
the influences of chIoroform was struck
three heavy blows on the head with an
ison bar and knocked senseless. The rob-
bers then rited the messengers pouch of
its contents, and escaped. The package
was no doubt bogus one, and the whole
affair put up.