The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-25

Gold closed in New York yesterday at
I451sal4S4s
the clothing cutters I IL New New York have
organized strike for four dollars q day.
At Worcester, Mass, on the 2ttt,- -, 900
people witnessed the regatta rece. III ~
General Grant and party arrived at
Georgetown, Colorado. on the sd inst
and were to have left for cheyenne on the
2ith.
A skirrnish, between some soldiers and
Indians, near Fort Reno. occurred lately,
In which the soldiers were driven back,
and one man killed and one wounded.
Edward Morgan, Governne ent IN spector
of steamboat boilers, at St Louis, commit
ted suicide on the 9th, at that place, by
shooting himself in tlss head. q
At Auburn, New York, on the 23d, the
WelIs Seminary for young ladies was
dedicated. 1t is the gift of Henry Wells,
the express man, and cost sl50,OoO.f afaI
At Buffalo, New York on the 24th three
incen diaries received sentences one for
seven years in the penitentfary, and two
for fourteen years sscn.A ~ &EA IN
1t is now supposed that-the crew Of the
American steamer General sherman,
which was wrecked m the Chinesa waters
have been beheaded by the natives where
they landed. 4''4 S--G
The Sheriff, at scranton, Pennsylv {
has issued a proclamation of warning to
the strikers in thaG place, and, IA case # Is ].
not needed, he wlH call on the Governor
for military aid li sIE1 1a7.. .ess,
In Springfield, Mass, on the night of the
23d, Major M. T. Wood was knocked down
by hi hwayman, and robbed of q watch
and some money. he was beaten until
he was insensible. Entr.a ~ -s.-
The New York Sam publishes letter Of
General Hancock to General Steedman.
dated July 4th, in which he stated that he
was not a can didate for Vice Presidents.
and that he would not accept the nomina-
ttOn il rendered him. Ni- iie 8att
The various Trades Union of the country
are still aiding the Journeymen brick
layers of New York, who have been on q
strike for some time, but Is now about
ended as nearly All the men are at WORK.
The end OF the Union Pacific Railroad Is
now about 7l0 miles west Of Omaha The
editorial excursion on the 2Sd Witnessed
the laying OF one mile OF track in three
hours nd lett for home. sr
There have been heavy rains in some
parts of the East. A heavy rain fell at
Baltimore on the 24th list. The lower
part of the city was Inundated, and great
damage TO property was sustained The
river rose at the rate of two inches per
minute. The Hood was great. A car was
swept from the track in the street, and
several persons drowned. t.., -......
New York dispatch dated the 2lth
says: officer John Smidick, of the
twenty-fist precinct, was shot and IN
stantiy killed on the corner OF First Av-
enue and Thfrty-second Street last night
BY one John Reed, who was arrested. He
does not deny thstdlling, and gives as hts
reason for it, his desire to revenge himself
on smidick for being arrested by him.
A dispatch from Burlington, Vermont,
dated the 24th, says the steamer Initial
States, of the ChampIain Transportation
Company, going south. just after leaving
her wharf in this city, col1ded with the
schooner W. Wright, of Burlington, loaded
with slaves. or the three men on board
the schooner, one Charles Blair OF Bur-
nngton, owner of the schooner. was killed
outright, and another, Cyril Warner, was
Knocked overheard and drowned. the
other, Peter Meddon, was badly mi ured,
and brought to this city on the steamers
boat. .t'
One OF the securities ON the official bond
OF W. l.. Wigoud, at Richmond, Virginia,
collector of city taxes. having Withdrawn,
the city Council, Thursday night ppoint-
ed a cOmmittee to secure the books and
dnoney from him. WigOud this mornin G
refused TO give them up, claiming that the
Council was not a legal body, and he, hav-
ing been appointed by The military, could
not obey their order. General Stoneman
was appealed to, and Issued an. order re
moving Wigoud and putting Edmund
Winnie in his place. The Collector handed
over his books and papers under protest.