The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-29
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New YoRK, Decem Der 28.-The
European steamship lines refuse to
carry mails after the first of January,
for the sum offered byth Postmaster
General, viz: two cents per letter.
Mr.. Cresswell is now here, endeavor
ing to arrange matters.
+ AL the conspicuous. persons impli-
Gated in the drawback frauds, the.
Times says, with-two exceptions, have
been taken as Government Witnesses
The latest additionto the number is.
Samuel 7. Blatchford
The Star says there is great distress
amongathescigar makers of this city.
Some Of the heaviest manufacturing
firms have discharged at least 900
hands, within the past three weeks.
Other trades and business are suffer
ing in like proportion, owing to the
unsettled copdition of the gold mar
ket. ~
Wholesale clothing firms, whose
employees are numbered by tens of
thousands. have almost entirely
ceased manufacturing goods for future
sales. The same is true of carpenters,
bricklayers, laborers, coopefs, and
others thousands of workmen being
Obliged to leave the city ia quest of
work in other localities.
It is understood that Mayor kalb..
fesch, of Brooklyn, in his annual
message. viii unfold some facts re-
lating to unfaithful police Justice. In
at least one case there are very re-
markable discrepancies between the
actual amount received In fines, &c,
and that returned to the City Treas
ury. 80
The officers. Of tho Kings County
Alms House pronounce the report
that they expelled disabled soldiers
because they voted the Republican
ticket a sheer falsehood. iA
B The EUeaing Post places the loss of
the Merchants Exchange Bank, by
the Irregularities Of Cashier Oakly, at
$500, 600. 1a@
New YoRK, Den. 28.-The state
ment to the effect that irregularities
had been discovered In the Mer-
chants Exchange National Bank,
proves to be true The committee,
now in session, has discovered, so far,
deficiency of S150,000, and the
amount will probably prove TO be
much larger. So far, no names of de-
linquent parties have been made
known. The bank claims to be fully
| equal to meet the defalcation.
NEW York, Dec. 28.-The Erie
ferryboats, Jay Gould and Jas. Fisk.
Jr., collided with terrible force this
morning, midway In North River, be-
tween Twenty third Street aud the
Jersey Slips The Gould ran into the
Fisk amidships. crushing in her sides
and bull, the Gould having her bows
badly stoved. The Fisk was towed,
kalmost In a sinking condition, to
Allison's ship yard, where she now
lies. The Gould is moored at the
ferry wharf at the Erie Depot. None
of the passengers were injured. The
damage is estimated at $40, 600.
There were no signs of activity on
the Spanish gunboats at Quarantine
to day. Men are being recruited in
this city for the various vacant posi-
tions on the guuboats. 1t is now con-
sidered impossible that a departure
will be effected before next week.
$ A motion was made to-dayin the
case of RoWena Lawrence VS.. Benja-
min +. Butler, brought to recover the
value of Twiggs' swords and other
property, seized by General Butler In
New Orleans. The motion is to va
cate the order of arrest against But
Ter, on the ground that the taking wat
under orders of. the United States
and that there was no conversion OIL
decision reserved.
A bundle, containing 100000 worth
of bonds, stolen fifteen years ago, wa.
left at one of the police stations thi;
morning by a boy, who escaped ar
rest.
NEW YoRK, December 2S.-Thc
steamship San Jacinto, from Savan.
nah, reports that at 1870 A. NJ, Dec
%, she passed two Spanish gunboat
off Hatteras, supposed to have beer
accidentally separated from the mail
feet a.tI 5AE u ass III
NEW YoRK, December 28.-Post
master General Creswell arrived thi
, evening, to make arrangements TO
transporting the mails to Europe
! He declares his determination t.
, carry out the provisions of the posta
: treaty with Great Britain, at any cost
! Thomas Hays. night watchman
+ while on duty this evening at the foo
! of Montague Street, Brooklyn, wa
! shot by Edward Perrl, iunk dealer
and died Immediately a
In the Supreme Court. to day
! Judge Barnard sustained and ordere'
: a continuance of the injunction grant
e ed by Judge CORDOBA. -
f In the case of A. 7. Compton. OF tn
/ firm of Pardee & Co., against tn
. New York Stock Exchange in th
r matter of certain transactions in gol
with one Foote, a member of til
e Exchange, the Court ruled that tn
, plaintiffs property cannot be reaches
Il against his viii but by due process o
law, aud through regularly consti
g tuted tribunals. The Stock Exchang
b is voluntary association of individ
: uals, unknown TO Law as a Court c
n Judiciature, and it can receive \,
!. eounteBanee iron this Court ia an,
!, attempt to stretch its authority, eithe
r directly or indirectly, through tn
medium OF a oopartnership, owe
. persons or property which have neve
been voluntarily submitted to it
o control
! MILWAUKEE, December 28-Mar
5 / istee boats to-day report a fire q
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