The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-16


At New York on the 18th, at noon, the
Thermometer stood at l0O9 In the shade
From All parts OF thspountry dispatches
indicate the heat as intense.
1t is expected that Congress will ad-
Jo,,rn on next Monday or Tuesday.
Three buildiugs In weehawken were
burned on the 18th inst Loss about SO, 600.
The cholera Is rapidly disappearing nom
Havana.s-s fF EeEnts~ re
The police embroglio has at last been
sett.sd, at louisville.
no choice was made on the 18th the
South Carolina Isegislasure. Tor United
STATES Senator. Several ballots were had.
Twenty cases OF sun-stroke,s thirteen, OF
which proved fatat, were reported Il Gin
cinpatr on the 18th inst.
Eight head OF valuable cattle dropped
dead, at Cincinnati, on the 18th, rom the
effect Of heat
The Democrats Of Chicago ratined on
the night Of the 18TH inst. The meeting IS
reported to have been large.
NIr. White. the new senator from Mary
land, called on the President at the kxeeu-
tive Mansion on the 18th inst.
The Pottsville strikers refuse TO go to
work. A procession of the strikers march
ed through the streets of that place on the
18th inst-
Thiriy.nine cases OF ssun-stroke, and
twelve deaths from that cause, were re-
ported I'm New York ON the 18th. n
Tnere were twelve cases OF sun n-stroke in
DOntreah Canada. on the 14th instant, and
four on the 18TH. The thermometer at that
piaoe stood at l0Ao. rt elass
In the Seventeenth Ohio District, Judge
j J~Winins was nominated by. the Repubn-
cans for Congress on the 18th inst.
The Republican state Central Committee
OF Massachusetts, has called a convention
for the 9TH OF september TO nominate can
didates Tor state oilces-
Between now and the first or August
over two hundred male and female en-
plOyees win be discharged from the jvari-
Gus bureaus OF the Treasury Department..
The appropriation for temporary clerks
in the Treasury Department., has been cut
down fron SIS 600 to SlOO,OOO for the local
year. .ssl xa.ai .lr...s fq
1t is expected that General Grant will
leave saint Louis this week for the plains.
Major ". a. Rueker has been ordered to
report to Brigadier General Brown, Assist
ant Payfnaster GeDerag at saint Louis, for
assignment 10 duty.
AT Pitzburgb, Massachusetts,, two deaths
occurred froin sun stroke on the l4th i'm
stant. sas4ar .atna
The Committee of the House of Conn
mons, EngIands hasreported IN favor OF
the purchase Of a house for the Prince OF
wales d Ireland.
a dispatch states that the steamer China
has sailed from Liverpool with hall
' miiIiopdoliass lnspeeie.
Several cases Of sun stroke occurred at
Detroit, Iichlgan, on the 18th inst, two OF
which proved fatal. easaz es
TIE Indians at I1iamoth RlnT, Calf or-
mia, are on the war path. Recently they
attacked a party Of whites, and killed me
of theTn.a-An active and bloody war is
anticipated
From Arizona we have adyices that on
June the 27th, the Indians set fire to the
woods near Prescott, which resulted IN
great damage TO cabins and fences.
At the Commencement exercises a
Hanover College, Boston, on the 10th inst.
business was largely suspended on aceo uni
of the warm weather.
-Four cases Of sun-stroke were reported
at Rochester, New York, on the 18th, twC
or which proved fatal.
Preston's bone factory. at Rochester, N
Y.swas destroyed by fire on the night o
thei4sh inst The loss was heavy.
The cabinet shop at Sing Sing State
Prisop was burned on the l4th inst. Il
was occupied by @. Fl. Woodruff, who
suffers a loss of $50, 600.
a b~ at south woodstock, Vermont
On IRE ht Of the 18th inst, was strucl
o. -.ng, and burned. Several othe
bu-.uiRg were also burned.
An immense Republican ratification
meeting was held at Brooklyn Academy
oathe evening of the 14sh. Resolution.
sustaining the Republican platform ant
candidates were adopted, and addresse
delivered BY Hon. Horace Greeley ant
Others.
II is thought that seven or eight persons
we're lost from the steamer Stephen Law
at New York, on the evening OF the Sth
IN an attempt 10 save the life or htll
girl that had fallen from the boat.
No adiudication or the diffeulty exis
Ing between master masons and EN-
piOyees has yet been made In New Yorh
Several moves have been mlde on tn
part or the master rnasons to effect an ol
sanitation, but no settlement of IL
trouble has yet been had.
a Washington special says that Chi,
Justice Chase has again declared himse
in full sympathy with the Democrat
party, though ne disagrees with that plan
In the platform relative to the reconstru
tion of Southern states. He believes thu
their constitutions should stand unit
changed by tae people OF the States, a
voting
Advices from Port au Prince, state th
the General Coontoocook had, on the %
July, sailed from that ~ort with impor
ant dispatches, and It vas expected ii
bearer would reach Washington on II
lSta inst. The dispatches picture SalnaN
as likely to succeed in his opposition to u
Coco rebellion. Tne Insurgents were b
seiging Port au Prince, made am assault
the LIST, and were repulsed.
The bill introduced in the Senate by N
Wilson FOR the reduction of the army pr
-vides that-the force shall be reduced
twenty-six thousand; the cavalry to
composed OF eight, the inTa autry thirty, al
the artillery four, regiments.
The Democrats Convention to non
nate candidates for State offices. and
select an electoral ticket for the State
Michigan, met at Detrofton the l5tn ius
aud nominated the following state tickt
For Governor, John Moore, of Sagina
County; Lieut.. Governor, 8. g. Com
berry, Of 81. Joseph; Secretary of sta
L. N. Bates, OF Lenawee; Treasurer, j.
Miller, Of Wsshtenaw Commissioner
Land Ctiee, Henry GrinnelI, of Kent; A
torpey General, A. c. Baldwin, of GA
land; Auditor General, Col Lewis Dl
man, of Wayne; Board of Educate
Isaac ". Bush OF Oakland. Peter Write