The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-22


Gold closed in New York, yesterday at
1875.
The opposition steamer Oregonla, LOT
Panama, sailed on the 2lst- with s625OOO In
treasure and 6,OOO sacks wheat, from New
York.
The steamer Resolute exploded her boil
er at Olympia, Washington- Territory, on
the 2Oth inst. Five persons were killed.
John Kennedy was executed at Canton,
New York, on the S0th instant, for the
murder of Thomas Hand in 1867. He met
his fate with apparent indifference. Hand,
VINO was killed, it Is said lived for many
years in dread OF death by violence.
Advlces from Havana by steamer state
that the exodus during the Summer
amounted to sixty thousand persons,
many OF whom fed through fear of chol-
era. In July and August there were ], $50
deaths from that disease.
A New York dispatch, of date of the 2Ist,
says: Two men Rt. the Brooxlyn Navy
yard while under the river in s diving bell
yesterday, were suffoeated, the air valve
becoming choked. One of them is dead,
but the other may possibly recover
A Danbury, Conn, dispatch OF date
20tn. says; Tho dam connected with the
large fouHdry OF Harrison Flint, IN this
place, was torn away this AFTERNOONS by
the freshe., carryt & with 10 the stone
bridge below the foundry.
A New York dispatch OF date the 3lst
says: The yacht Challenge, OF this city.
was lost on reef near Para, South Amer
lea, July 2sth. Her crew were picked mp.
and ousht to this city by the steamship
Mississippl yesterday. s-al a1sl aa7
-.
were buried AZ Oak Ridge, Springfield, III,
on the 10Th inst, A large conc yurse of peo-
pie, embracing the oldest citizens of the
place, Accompanied the remains TO the
tomb. Mrs. rrumbun was tae frst child
born in spriN gield. &ht I fCTs Eft
A Cincinnati dispatch OF date the 2Ist
says: A boiler in tho Globe Rolling AttlTs,
ON Front street, near the gas works, e1-
ploded this morning, nearly destroying
the entire building. One man was seri-
Ously injured, Loss aeout $4,000. W "
A New York dispatch OF the 2Ist says:
Peter Hanson, German sailor, died this.
morning, of Asiattc cholera. at Bellevue
Hos y tai. Yellow fever is again reported
atthe Quarantine. Smiths silk button fac
tory, in Brooklyn, was robbed yesterday,
Of two thousand dollars worth OF proper
ty. e,,it.ff.,l
A dispatch from Central City, Colorado,
says the Colfax party has just returned
from Hot sulphur Springs in nne health
and spirits. In coming over Bowlder Pass
they were in a severe snow storm three or
four hoars. Generals Sherman and Augur
left st. Joseph, Missouri, for Omaha on the
Goth. 2" 4A ta t.f4 H-t
washington dispatch of date the 2Ist'
says: The examination Of CoIored Zouaves,
for r.oting week ago, while q company
of them from Georgetown were on their
way to the Capitol TO relieve the guard
over the remains of Thaddeus stevens, has
been concIuded. They were fined for dis
orderly conduct, and sixteen others were
required TO give from threesto i've hum
dred dollar 8 bail for a further hearing at
the court. r-. Il.
The United States Consul at London re-
ports that John V. Munson, of Calais,
Maine, and John O'Conner, OF Brooklyn. .
New York, have been brought 70 that port,
having been picked up It sea, about forty
miles southwest by south of the island Of
Nevis, their vessel, the Squirrel of Port
Washington, having been lost on the coral
reefs near Barbuda- ,asf
An Omaha dispatch says letter for c.
r. smith dated July 26th, states that the
entire tribe Of Mountain Crows came to
the Tort yesterday. The treaty recently
made at Fort Laramie was read TO them,
and was received with satisfaction, except
the clause establishing schools on the
Teservatiou. They demanded that the
troops should remain TO protect them
against the Sioux, who, they said, had de.
clared war. Major Bart, commanding the
fort, withdraws his command July 29Jh
1869. which is the cornmencement of th'
abandonment Of the country by the mill
tary.
BY mail advices from Hayti we hav,
conhrmatory details of dispatches through
this cuba Gable, that Cape Haytian wai
surrounded by the revolulionists, and tina
communication with the interior was Gu
of. The insurgents probably Intended ts
blockade Port Au Prince with the captures
corvette sylvaua. The town Is airead.
closed on the land side. Gen John Ly mol
had taken supreme command OF he revo
lutiouRry forces. Minister Hallista, on hi
cruise along the coast IN the United State
steamer Penobscnt, had been received wlu
unlsoaI honors by salnave's represe TIA
tives. His conduct Is much condemned.
san Francisco dispatch, Of date tn
goth, says; The Pacific fsailroad to-da.
commenced running trains 90 Davisvil'
connecting there With the stas es for Sacrs
mento. The morning papers of the late
place are now delivered at San Francisc
on the forenoon OF the same day they an
published. The Central Pacific Railroa
is now completed 26S miles east OF Sacrs
mento River and six miles OF the trae
was laid August 10. and the Compan
promise TO lay seven miles per day,
necessary to outstrip the Union Pacin
Road, and reach salt Lake first. ai :