The Evansville journal., 1868-11-14
LATEST NEWS ITEMS

Gold closed in New York ysst 'rday al
1S354@isSzs.
The Erie Canal is repaired, and naviga
tion will he resumed today.
a nre in Bennington, VT, Thursday
night, destroyed property to the amount
OF So 60
quantity of ar."s from the North have
arrived at the North Carolina state AR.
seual.
Commodore Wander bilt has purchased
the steamers Erie and Ontario at Bosto D
and wiirrun them in the Pacific.
The Congressional Committee on Re-
trenchment are stin investigating whisky
frauds in New York.
Horace Mann, eldest sou of Hon. Horace
Mann, oiei in Can't bridge, Mass, on Wed
nesday aged "A years.
Rev. Phineas stowe, Pastor OF the Baptist
Bethel for Seamen. died In Boston on Fri
da,, aged 54 years.
The Governor and Council of New
Hampshire have appointed the subordi-
nate officers of the Stats
Secretary McCuIoch and Commissioner
Rol ins had another interview on Friday,
but did no. come to any definite concu-
sion on points of difference between them.
Mr. Gamble and Mrs. Higgins, accused
of being implicated crimInaIly with the
death of Mrs Gamble, in New York, have
been discharged.
The New York Metropolitan Board OF
Health are moving for the suppression OF
undeig ground lodging and sleeping rooms.
General Grant and family were at the
Metropolitan Hotel yesterday. He goes to
West Point to-day, aud returns to New
Yoril on Monday, where he Will spend
week.
DR.. Hays, the explorer, expresses the ut
most confidence that he can, with a good,
stout ship, reach the Polar Sea, and de-
clares his wilItn yness to attempt 1t in the
interests OF science and for the honor OF
the nation.
The eonscription to fill up the efrecti We
forces of the Russian Army and Navy
takes place next July. Four persons out
of each thousand will be taken by the
consci iptiUn.
Rev. J. W. Rogers, Rector OF the Church
of the Blessed Virgin at Mem phis, has sig
nified mis- purpose to unite with the Roman
Catholic Church.
The sentence OF Mrs, Victor to be hung
on tie 10Th instant at Cleveland for Tie
murder OF her brother, has been commuted
to imprisonment for life.
Mayor dcMichael and members of the
Philadelphia Commoa Council have gone
to Boston 10 note the workings of that city
government.
The Dyer Coart of Inquiry met in WASH
ington CITY on Fri ay, and adjourned
after a short session u afford the prosecu-
tiou me % examine the evidence In ghe
case
T g receipts frora customs from Novem-
Der q 10 tue 7un IN iu$,ve, At Nv TorE,
b ton Philtde phi9 aYd Baltimore az
greg tel s2.4s6,Si2
Tnr Letveu torth 10 serya.iUe says no
Kan-as = mite Is laaaitn ,u4y Repub =
can, an that he l.o yer House will have
bil X Democra $ Ia it.
FTo sr, uer- ua n II Canter. whie
dru. 3, a-tae the MA ing editor ot
The New 10 K sun, sir. England Botn
got wuipp Il, VIZ, arrested and lodged in
Jal.
The Cigar Mauufaeturers Assoc alton of
New York have a2reed TO advance the
price OF ma ufacturing one dollar per
tnousaI i'll the Isl OF January, and then
one dollar IN IRE til the 1st of MAY.
The Gov ernment authorities at Havana
are quiet anout the oyress of the revolt.
but are believed to be unaole to suppress
the rebellion. The Insurgents obtain arms
from st Bonineo.
TIE Mechanic,' Banx. Brooklyn, was
robbie IN Tuesday of $1,000 by an adroit
t lei, wao emptied the drawers while two
co lfederate, engaged the attention Of the
two clerks on duty.
The World reports another hIiibustering
NOV ment on foot. and predicts an early
descent ON Cuba from either New York or
New orleans. Recruits are coming In
rapidly. and 1t is believed large numbers
have alreadyie ieft Tor New Orleans, whence
the exp dition will probably sail.
Itts reported that Puerto Principe has
risen IA revolt, and that five war vessels
have been dispatched TO the scene of the
insunectlon. II IS eIsO reported that a
Commiss! oner is on his way to urge Sec
relary seward TO recognize the insurrec-
tionists as belligerenis.
General w. f. smith has telegraphet
the Captain Geoeral of Caba that ne is not
IN any way co nected with the fillibuster-
ing expedition htting out for that Island.
The Captain General, in his reply, begs
im to assist as lar as possible in discour-
ag n such an unlawful enterprise.
Rev.Dr. Littlejohn. of Brooklyn, will de-
cIiue tn Bishopric of Central New York,
but will be candidate fer Bishop of the
Iex Dioe 9se OF Long Island. to be elected
next week.
\ cal has been issued for a General Con-
veation OF Evangelical clergymen and
Iaymen, to meet in New York City next
week. Object: Development of Christian
zeal.
II Is said to be understood, In lobby
circles, that the Broadway Railroad scheme
Will become a law at the ensuing session
ofthe New York Legislature. Jas. Moone
and Michael Kenedy, in Jersey City, have
been heid to bail for being concerned in
naturalization frauds.
The hotel at Mack NEE, on the Nash.
VILE aud Northwestern Railroad, wa;
d .stroyed by hre FIR day morning, and
a woman and her children, in whose room
the IRE originated, We're burned TO death
After a spirited debate in the Tennessee
Legis lature on Friday. over the resolution
to declare Senator Senter's seat vacant, the
resolution was indefinitely postp 1ned
Senteris Presidents OF. tue Senate, aud be-
comes Governor in case of the death ol
resign tion Of Gov. Brownlow.
A railroad accident occurred on the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad on
Thursday morning, breaking up the train
breaking the legs I the engineer, and Sc
verely injuring several passe gers.
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