The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-09-04
Late News Items.

Gold closed in New York yesterday at
lE5s1.
The Republicans of the Second Congress
ionaI DIstrict Of Nj .sourt have nominated
q. a. FinkelBurg for Congress
The Messrs. westheim, OF st. Joseph,
Mis- our, h ave failed. Liabilities $4,000; /;
assets 900.
a Boscobel, Wisconsin, dispatch dated
the 3 4 says the Third District Republican u
Convention nominated General Cobb for
Congress to-day
At Green Bay, on the 81 last, Philetus
Sawyer was nominated for Congress by
the Republicans.
At Watertown, Wisconsin, on the Sd
inst, Hon 3. F. Hopkins was nominated
for Congress BY the Republicans in the
Second District.
a Havana special OF September I'd says:
Porto5ellO surrendered August 18th,
to General Monagas ami General BruzuaI.
The commander of the besieged place,
was wounded, but managed TO escape to
Caracoa, where he died on the 18th.
4 Burlington, Vermont, special of Wed
nesday, sayg: Returns from i54 towns give
a majority Of 20 l67 votes, and a Republican
gain over last year OF GI99. The remain
ing towns will Increase the net gain to lO,-
600, and give total majority of 10000
a New York dis aatch dated the 81 says
Baldwin and WormaH yesterday signed
articles to prize fight, within six weeks,
for 81 OOo a side. The gunboat Galatea will
sail for HaytI in q few days, with full
cargo of war munitions. over one hun
dred eustom-house officers were discharg-
ed this week.
Marshal Falcon, exp fesident of venezu.
ella, now eontemplates going to Europe.
a battle had taken place at cape Haytien
on August eth. The rebels were repulsed
with The loss o: one gun and many men in
Killed and wounded. 1t is reported from
st. Domino that the European loan of
two millions TO Baez Las been negotiated.
Accounts from Greece say the Cretan in
sureetton is fionrishrDg. The TURKS are
neatIy worn out ami discouraged, and
IL Will be with great dlfficulty that they can
continre the contest, while the Christians
are flushed with success, and infuriaLed by
recent massacreS to desperate enterprises
Through the Intervention of Gen. IgnatiR
the z rte has ueen Obliged to dismiss PER-
t Pasha, commanding in CanGia, and
other officials there.
A saudusky (Ohio) dispatch, OF date the
81, says: Hon. w p. Noble, regular Dem
ocratic nominee for Congress from this
dlstr ct has withdrawn in consequence of
the refusal of part of the Democracy to
support him. Another convention is call
ed, 10 meet at Clyde, September eth, to se-
lect d new candidate. Hon. Robert Lee,
candidate of that party who refused to
support Noble, viii probably Withdraw in
favor Of the nominee of the Convention.
"A dispatch from San Francisco, Date of
%, say. Mazailan advices OF August 25th
state tnat General Patoni was assassinated
August lStn, in the city OF Durango by the
officers OF the st II of General Canto, com
mGndIng the garrison. Eatoni had been
ordered by Cauto to report at the
military headquarters. Not comply
ing immediately, he was shot dead
in the house of one OF friends
His murder mas caused strong feel
ing against General Canto. On receipt of
the news, General Caroua despatched a
courier with Official instructions to the
authorities, ordering General Queterar to
taEe command.