The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-26

ersS ef the New York Stock Ex-
change, died recently, aged eighty
three years.
John Hoffman, French chemist,
committed suicide yesterday with cor
resiFea spbliWate, dying in. horrible
aeony. Domestic difficulties was the
cause.
Runor says the sudden death of a
keeper of an uptown fashionable
brothel having been investigated, sus-
plcions, are enentertained that her
death was fastened by poison, al
ministered by boarder.
Jerry Crocker and Henry Andruss,
of Hartford. have gone to Troy, where
they start for this city In light Wher-
Eisss Ihhsy5TIHA rev sS;1 fS S,is Fs Of s bgR
boats on one of ths sHaarttord, steam;
ers. aud go as far as Slyshells, and
pull up the river to Hartford, W here
they expect to reach Saturday night.
The Managers of the New York,
Newfoundland & London Telegraph
Company announce that on the first
of September tariff of the rates will
be reduced. Messages of ten words
will belsent from this city to any
part of Great Britain and Ireland for
$16 65 In gold, or '$24 % in currency
The Connecticut Republican State
Convention, which was called to be
held in New Haven, on the I'd of Sep
tember, Is postponed until the 10th of
that month. as the New England Fair
Is to DE held IN shat city at the time
first announced for the Convention.
A Vienna letter says that one of
the arpashooters from America has
won a goblet. He is Mr.. Timothy
Gruese, of Highland. Illinois.
At recent distribution In the Col
lege at st. Barbe, the son of Cavalg-
nae refused to accept prize from the
son of Napoleon the Third. He re-
membered that the Emperor impris-
oned his father who saved Paris from
a reign of terror in 1848. The affair
created great stir in the school.
lit is reported in Rome, that Cardi-
nal Bonaparte will be appointed by
the Pope to the Archblshopric of
Blazendorff,l ,lFransylvania, which will
make him Primate of the united
GFeekS.E its lsf Frt..s nsffal.5 ~
A.letter from Florence, Italy, says
my observation and Information only
tend to confirm my Impression that
the. Party Of Action-is secretly work
ing throug QUIT Italy.A l. In the first
place, Menatti and Ricciotte Garibal-
dl are constantly travelling in Italy,
and make frequent voyages to Cap
reara. When visiting Italian towns,
they are known to have long conf
Dental interviews with leading Carl
baldi partisans. and it is not unrea-
sonabiy aconcludedbf these visits, I
costing long and expensive journeys,
are not undertaken for mere pleasure
of exchanging friendly salutatiOns.
NlenattI Garihaldi,l according 30 a
Turin democratic organ, has lately
visited England in order to collect
funds for a second Garibaldian inva-
sion. His brother, it may be remem-
bered. made a similar visit last year,
with very good results. Another sig
pificant peintsis that a. movement has
been recently set 90 foot to organize /
mutual relief or benefit societies
among the Garibaldians.
INEw YpRKI "A Augusta 25yr- Sheriff
o. Brien, IN letter 70 Justice Shaud-
ly, defends the action of his deputies
at Broadway Theatre, aud expresses
his willingness TO assume all the re-
sponslbillly.s Eler asserts that they
were assaulted BY an armed mob of
carpenters. scene shiiters, and actors,
and believing themselves in jeopardy
Fesented the violence with firearms.
The Fenian Convention continued
in secret session to-day. The annual
report of Chief Executive Savage was
read, and Colonel 0,Brien. the Per-
manent President, made an address.
The military members of the Broth
erhood are also holding a convention,
with Gen. Dennis Burke as Tempo
rary Chairman
There is nothing further in rela-
tiOn to the cattle disease.
John Sheridan, examining clerk in
the Register j Office, was removed to-
day by the new register.
The man who placed the rails on
4 the Shore LINE Railroad, on fhe 10Th
inst Nv hichs resulted in throwing the
engine off the track at Stoney Greek
Bridge, has been soaught. He turns
out to be "A wandering, shOeless va
grant, who says he put rails on the
track for fun, aud waited iu the bush
es .near Kby- 70 zee the result. His
name Is Wm.- Warner He belongs
in Warrick, Rhode Island.
q Itis positively denicd that the Erie
Railway Company has bought up the
Sound steamboat lines, though the
Erie Directors own a portion of the
Bristol route.