The Evansville journal., 1869-04-19

! cludis4g refugees auttl 0tbt1sh AH&Stiie
with considerable supply storesyapc
munitions arc gathered at ttIis poin &
and General Benegasei, under whose
command and, protection they are, has
called for retnforeelne2tf~
The W5F5ds Washington dlspatc p
saws: A Senator from the Paelhc
coast is authority for the statement II
that an extra sess7on Of Congress VIII
be called withia sixty days. unc
l-doabtedly for the consideration o, o.
the annexation Of Cuba to the
| Tinted States. either peacleiy or
forcalSv She same dispatch say she
President ]sas.besa made aware; since
THURSDAY. that a very Atdrinidable GX-
ne6ition Is openly npFepaFltg IN this
country. at twos points she~ + 9I'T
and New Orleans, with the aVoWeu 6,.,
design of proceeding to Susaso u le
men at work to get up that e1pesdi551, IL
ton, deelarethat- the .GoyernmG3rl q Z WI WI
manage to let it alone very a9roltiyh ;
Itis stated that the instructions tos
Minister AI tle4l are being prepared
at the State Department. lie Is eK-
pected to take his department 10 10"
davs Tt Is understood that his III
structions will be In keeping with the
.opiniuns promulgated by General
Grant. relative to the liability OF Eng
land for al property destroyed by the
Alabama. In this respect 8hey Wlil
differ entirely from the iustructlons
given TO isx Ministers Adams ana
johnson. 8Mr Motley IS having / re
quent conferences with EX-.A * sAI tioIhey .
General Evarts, IN regard TO inter ua7
tional law. aud ltls thought ne VIII
be given wide range III aes9lellittl
future treaties. . ]ha 50 -lr
Thomas Brenuqn, ,indieted.wlta the
notorious se0undrel lReddy, the biackC
smith, fur rehbing asreountryman OIL
fiftV dollars, was tried atathe Court OF
General Sessions yesterday, and sen
fenced to ffteeh years IN the state
Prison. Reddy is promised the same
sentence. when convicted.
NEW York, April 17.-Intepse eX-
cite meat was aJedat0PrOduce Ex-
change, this afternoon, on the dis
,.ov ~ tpf y 1defaleation amounting to
more than S1G0,000 The deiaulter
Il Mr.. Peck, of the firm OF Parker,
Peek IS 20. owners Of aDiron elevator,
at the foot of Degraw Street. Brook
Ivn. -Four or five firms, doing bust
ness on Produce Exchange, placed 10
the hands of the firm ut different
times. beginning with last Fall, pro-
dnee amounting IN the aggregate to
a follows: Corn. 113,754. bushels;
oats, 70. 454 bushels; and rye, 1861
bushels This, it is alleged, Peck
disposed of at market rates. amount
ing to about $160 000 Yesterday
Peck could not be found, and an exam
nation of the books revealed the
fact of defalcation. Although most
diligent search has been made, no.
trace of his whereabouts can be
found.
Report says that he has sailed for
Europe The known losers are the
United States Warehouse Elevatipg
Company, Wade & Estg, John W.
Mott. Thomas a. Benker, aud II. II.
Benker. ID A. q Brothers, Kent Il
Co, Whitlock & Wallace, Tompkins
& Co, Smith & Downing, John II.
Poole & Co, J Ilitcham & w. Dun
nea. Mr.. Parker, partnerfof the de-
fauIter, is lying SEX at his residences
and much sympathy IS felt for him by
those who have had dealings with the
| firm. It is due to the Warehonsing
| ASSOcldblO0 tO say tiItb tttN ht III Oi
Parker, Peck u Co was not members
1t is rumorcd on Change that one
or two of thc firms who have suffered
by the dcf1lcation viii be obliged to
suspend. This IS the heaviest de
falcation in produce ever committed
in this city. !.
| Considerable excitement was caused
by a report that strong expedition
was about % sali from New York,
with the taetit approval of the United
States authorities This is ascertain
ed to be at least inaccurate in details.
| Numbers If men, it is true, are being
drilled III various parts OF the city
Arms are being bought in large guam
titles and stored in convenient de
pots, but still the metropolis viii not
bc the point of departure for any large
expcditionary force. For this, we
must look farther south.
"A Boston special says orders were
received yesterday from the Secretary
of the Navy, directing all war vessels
at Portsmouth and Charleston Navy
Yards to be ready for active service
Immediately. .. tF8