The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-08-14
C0YDESsED TELEGRAMs.


President Grant left New York, on Fri
day, for Kane. Penn.
MAI. General Hancock is spending a few
DAYS with friends in st. Louis.
Two more bales of cotton of the new
crop have. been received at Montgomery,
Alabama.
A fire in Portland. Maine, on Thursday
night, destroyed six private residences.
Loss SI5;0G0. Partially insured.
The Universal Peace Society meets st
Mystic. Connecticut. on the 18th and 29th
instants.
Several large cases. were caEted. away
from Fenian headquarters N New York
on Thursday. a--tf.I srrsf - -
4 a meeting of persons interested in the
AIaba ma claims. wi be held in Boston, on
the 18th inst. EE3E hFM t-l
4 The cadet encampment at West Point,
SElll, on Meaalay, august 18th, be removed
to the nlcuntains.T The cadets will live In
shelter tents, and VIII be fedon army fare.
Lieutenant ]. ]. Ellis, Sd United states
Cavalry, died at 6aIneTons New Mexico, on
Thursday, from Injuries received by fall
ing from his horse, TWO days before.
h sCapt. Fields. of the United States Army,
Agent of the Seminole and Creek Indians
is in st. Louis, en- route 10 Fort Gibson,
Indian Territory.
The trOt betwe Mountain Boy and
Lady ThoIne is postponed TIL MOnoay, the
track at St Louis being TOO heavy on ac-
count OF rain this morning. He
E The yacht Meteor, owned and COM
handed by George Lor1l1aro, OF new
York sailed, on Thursday, for voyage
around the CEYorld. Mr.. LoT1llard expects
10 be gone several years.
Genera! q HReehe, Spanish negro. and Il d
nnder orders from President Baez, on
Thursday purchased of the United States
the war steamer AlgonQniD, now being
made ready tor sea at the Brooklyn navy
yard.
Judge AIcCunn, of New York, on Thurs
day. appointed ThomasrJ. Barr Receiver
ii all monies placed In the hands of Au-
gust Belmont and Peter II. Sweeney, by
JohnDeMahony, arising fropa the sale Of
Fenian bonds.
The tailor strike IN New York draws to q
close. The Executive Committee will at
once issue a declaration that it has ended.
The men ACKNOWLEDGES they have been but
partially successful, and Dut few hrms nave
consented TO pay the fun bill OF prices. "a
Z, A Denver dispatch says that Governor
Mitchell, OF New Mexico, has issued
proclamation, declaring ali the Nayajoe,
Slla ana Apache 1ndians outlaws Wnen-
reservations, and authorizes the citizens
Of the Territory 30 kill every such depre-
dator. & Aegt 'i.-
The Executive Committee Of the Pa ison
Association have favorable answers from
many Governors on the expedtency of an
TntefnatIonaI con gress ON prisona disci-
pline. Il is probable that at the next
meeting Sept, 30, steps Will be taken 70
convoke the Congress. The Committee
suggests ft be held in Paris, London or
Dublin. CE
An excursion party, to be composed of
merchants and others, OF -. Louis, VINO
fornians the benefits tot be derived from
trade with and via st. Louis, VIII leave
Sc. Louis on September lst. Two OF Pull
mans famous cars have been engaged,
and the trip viii consume twenty-five
days Eah8a aaft
The raid on the New York brokers COM
menced by Mr.. W ebster, the late Assessor
of the Thirty second District, Is to be con-
tinued by his successor, Mr.. Clever and.
About one hundred and fifty brokers have
been reported for alleged VALUATIONS OF
Those who reside in Brooklyn Will be
cited to appear at the U. ,. D1strlSt Court
in that city on the l4th or 10th inst.
The movement for nominating an inde-
pendent municipal ticket in San Francisco
has eliminated in call for selected
convention. The Democratic nOm1na- |
tfons gave undisguised dissatfsfa elton. 1t |
rs charged that open u corruption prevailed |
in the Convention, and thata majority of |
the offices were put up for. regular par-
chase. Never since the days OF the Vigil |
lanca Committee has there been such an 1
interest. manifested in municipal affairs. /
The leading journals demand decisive and |
i'm edlate action, and compare the affairs I
of the CITY at present with that of 1856, and |
urge general reformation. FW-
Atthe caucus naeetfr & of the prohibitory
Iiquor law party, held in Lemont Temple, |
Boston, Thursday night, to make choice |
Of delegates to the coming DFohibitoTy |
convention, although 1t was an aggregate |
city caUcus, not more than sixty were !
present, Who made choice OF about double |
tnat number of delegates. Complaints |
were made that there was no apparent ia /
aerest on the part of the general puolIc in |
the ObIecB OF the caucus. Several noted |
anti prob billion men were nom mated |
among me delegates.