The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-09-02

Place as Piiflad lphia- Railroad
Matters Miscellaneous News, sc.
- NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-the Soldiers
and Sailors National Executive Com
mittee met at the Astor House to day.
Present-The Chairman Gen. H.1A.
Barnum; Secretary u p. Chipman,
and members Gen. q. j Standort,
Gen. A. W. Davidson of Maryland
Gen. j.. w. Fisher. of PennsyIvania
Gen. j. E. Russling, of NGJ., Col.
Hiram AppelmaD, of Connecticut
Col. A. III. Grimshaw. Of Delaware.
and several soldiers from the neigh
boring States.
A grand monster mass conve utIon
of soldiers and sailors was fixed upon,
and in recognition Of the hospitality
extended to the soldiers and sailors
during the war by Philadelphia, that
place was designated for the conven-
ton. The meeting will last two
days. October LIST aud 3D. All the or
CARNATIONS of Boys in Blue, and
other Republican organizations, and
soldiers and sailors generally, are In
vited.
Arrangements were made to extend
special invitations to leading soldiers
aud sailors of the war who support
Grant and Colfax. - o aoIo5-
Governor Curtin was requested to
invite, on behalf of the Comnittee
the loyal war Governors who were
his contemporaries, and Governor
Geary was requested toJInvlte all
loyal Republican Governors, now act
inp tn this COnvention
1t is expected that $4,000 oldiers
will be present. making it one OF the
grandests administrations siuce the
war. es..sfslr g-,eer ssse9
placed in the hands of General Calls,
Chairman, and General Russell, Sec
Committee. ....-. ..---.....
General Owen. on the part of the
Boys in Blue in Philadelphia. and a
member of the National Executive
Committee of Pennsylvania, said an
address will be prepared andssubmit-
ted to the. Mass ConYeutiou.
The Herald money article says the
terms proposed by the representa-
tives of the Atlantic and Great West
ern Railroad Company to the Erie
Company are briefly as follows =:
The road is to be sold to the Erie
Company for the sum of $56, ,764 .305,
and the Buffalo extension for a fur
ther sum of 81, ,382 600. The. Erie is
to pay for the same by assuming all
! the divisional bonds of the Atlantic
| aud Great Western Company, to the
amount of $12-S9 900, and BY issuing
preferred stock for divisional stock OF
the Atlantic and Great Western Com
pany to the amount of $16s 69, 275.
! and common stock to the amount of
$50 082, I25. The Erie Company is
moreover to pay one dollar in gold on
each pound sterling for the iuteres st
past due on the bonds of the Atlantic
and Great Western Company, in order
to take the latter out of the hands OF
the Receiver, paying him at the same
\ time fees to the amount of Sl2S. 600.
Melvin Foster and Mons. Rudolph,
the mysterious Frenchman, played a
match at billiards last night, of eight
! games. Foster won six of the eight.
In trial at the Fashion Course,
on Monday, Hickory Jack beat Lady
Wells, best three In five, the mare
winning the first heat.
A man named Ficke, residing in
Hoboken, accidentally shot his wife.
| Her life is despaired of. ~
The German machinists and metal
workers this city are aboutforming
\ a protective association.
Two men have been arrested on
suspicion of being concerned in the
robbery Of bonds from the office Of
Mr.. Morris, on Wall Street.
/ - x0a~ xunuon
died, in Wall Street, by a confidence
had entrusted him to change it into
A Frenchman living In Pearl Street
claims TO have invented flying ma
chine by which he can be propelled
rapidly and safely against any current
of air.
The Patterson races will be held on
the 18th, 10th aDd 18th inst.
Peter Mcclure and Joseph Hyde
rowed six mile race from opposite
Twenty eighth Street, East River, to
Harlem Bridge. Hyde was passed
by his competitor, who won IN about
48 minutes. .4@.+
Robert Collyer preached in Boston
Sunday in favor of women, and their
acquisition of the rights they claim
: for themselves through a few repre-
sentatives He was net sure the offic,
of President of the United State
could not be better filed by woman
J than by a man.
!, Elk Governor Thomas Fl. Seymour
of Connecticut, is quite i'll. The dis
ease, at first taking the shape of
, nervous fever. has now assumed ty
! phoid character. 's- -A
! The Chinese Embassy sail henc
! for Europe September 9th.
The councilmanic contempt Q
court has been postponed until Octo
Der.
George Powell, butcher, has bee
} arrested for completely in the Susan
. nah Latin abortion case na
The losses 20 American marin
! insurance companies for Angus
r amounted to $948,O00, and for th
2 first eight months of the yea
) $4,000, 800.
George Bruce and Henry Wilmo
3 have been arrested, charged with tn
4 recent larceny of $21, 900 worth @
e bonds from a brokers Office in Wa
t Street.
E The body of a man was found nea
one of the boilers of the Breme
q steamship Deutschland, in remark
r able state of preservation. Nobod
aboard the ship ever saw the ma
: i alive, and he is supposed 20 has
smuggled himself aboard at Bremen
The coroner's verdict was, death b
sufocation.
The Express says warrants hay
been issued by u. s. Commissions
e Gutman for the arrest of prominer