The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-09-22
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Governor Walker. of Virginia, was TO be
inAugurated yesterday.
Theexamination OFF. w. Minor, charged
with poisoning the family OF DIR. Jeariss,
OF Lowell, resulted in her discharge.
The steamships Colorado, from Liver
pool, and MerftInac, from Rio Janeiro,
have arrived at New York.
The booms Of Martin & Co. and Keen &
Co. at Anaka, Wisconsin, have been car
rted out, and millions of feet of logs have
been swept into the stream.
Twenty. one persons belonging to Rock
po1t, Mass, were probably lost during the
gale, en- the Sth inst. seven bodies nave
received Christian burial. All were en-
gas ed in the fishing business
The house and stables of Captain Chas.
ii. smith, at Cape Elizabeth, Name, were
burned sunday night. Loss not stated.
insurance 500. Il was the work of an in
ceDdlary.
A fire Monday evening, on Main street,
Richmond, Va, destroyed several large
buildings, including carry q 20. 3 ,I naTu-
ware tore. and the store OF klnsey Davis.
The fire 0eparl ment proved very 1neIn-
Client. Loss uot aScertained, but IL IS over
900.
The CONGREGATIONAL Church In West Con-
cord New Hampshire, undergoing repairs,
was burned yesterday morning; loss SlO,-
600; INSURE $4,000. An insane man, named
Spear, from 5ston, is in custody, suspect
The strike among the miners at Port
Uudsop. New York, still continues, and
freouent attacks are made upon wOrKmen
empIoyed upon the Erie Railroad bed.
Several men have been severely beaten
for working against the orders OF the mob
Danger to life and property Is imminent
Adispatch from Norfolk, Va, says that
three negroes were swallowed up Dy tne
terrible confiagration now raging IN !, the ne
Dismal swamp. They were employed IN
vettfna lumber, and the fire surrounded
Them while asleep in a hut and burned
them to u crisp.
A dispatch from st. Paul says: After two
drv and pleasant days. a heavy thunder
storm occurred unday night, putting the
Grain in shock back to its former wet con-
ditiou. Tne river is again rising, and is
now sixteen feet above low water mark
a staae unprecedented at this season,
Within the memory OF the "oldest 1nhao-
liant"
It's announced that about week since
| the obligations Of the Mississippi valley
4 TeIeoraph Company, whose lines run from
/ II. Louis 10 St. Paul, along the river bank,
ayIo,,,'t of sl50OO3. the fndorsers being Jas.
! Duncan, T.. Warne, J. >. CaVenoer ana =,
/ NJ. Rowse. In consequence of this efforts
i are new being made 70 sell the pro oRe[ey perry VI VI
i lie Company, and 1t is said the Western
i Union Com pauy have offered SlO0.OOO casn,
and the Atlantic and Pacine com pan1y pl1
! s1g5 COO in STOCK. A meeting of the STOCK
/ holders will be held II st. Louis on Thurs
day to take action IN the matter.
The New York Times says: We are
creditably iuformed that the new agent o.
1 TIE Methodist Book Concern, Rev. DR.
| Lanahan, has discovered, IN that estao
iishmeut, great corruption ana Iranu, IN
volving losses to the alnounL OF seVefa y
hundred thousand dollars. The subject
now undergoing investigation. as sooI
as the details an be given to the publ,
| without prejudice to any but the cuipaDie
parties. they will be furnished. These
| frauds, il is said, have been going on To-
some eight or n1ne years, and or course
! their full extent Is not yet ascertalhe'
with precision.
The following Information is from Jone
| County, North Carolina, which Jotne
IenoiT, where the arrests of eighteel
made. A few evenings since Mr.. DaVl
Green, a respectable citizen OF Jone
County, while crossing Chlguepln Creek
seven miles from Trenton, ana less Ihan
mile from his residence, on his way nome
was ffred at by party OF men eoHceale
in the undergrowth. Eleven buckshe
1oolr rfTect. seven in his left side and tw
| in his head. He was taken up suOrIy q
- ter he was shot and carried into o nous
] doing AS Green was a Democrat II
9 | supposed that members OF tne AOJ
League attempted his ASSASSINATION.
4 Col. w. Powell, the Colorado explore
q returned to Chicago on Monday, n@Nln
succs ssfuny Travelled the entire Gran
!. Canon from Green River to the pom
f where the Colorado debOuches into til
4 open plain, in the Territory OF Arlzon'
u From the point where Col. PowelPs la
g ! letter was written, the expedition d'
y scended the river about four hundre
: miles, between walls almost vertical, RAM
J, ing from 500 to so feet in height, the IL
n feTiorrirn OF the canon being from 2,5f I
1000 feet above the bed of the river. Mo-
u than two hup dred waterfalls and cascade
e emptying them elves over the wal
Of the canon into the main rlve
: were seen IN this distance, presen
k ing almost every variety OF natur
i scenery. The geological formation of IL
y canon consists principally of hmestol
q ano sandstone Granite was found only
% three places, and in limited amounts.
II dfscoyeIies Of precious metals were mac
II and no indications of silver or gold we
.e found in tue bed OF the river One sectl'
.e of the canon was found 10 c0hs1s1 ,,n, " Nc
dne and beautifully polished mar o
is which is at present entirely 1naccesslo
N The country traversed is barren Deyo
D deScriDIIon and is pronounced by Color
"a Powell not susceptible Of cultivation, eV
by irrigation.