The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-17
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Later from Indianapolis.
"a Onion of the Society of
the Army of the Cum
berland.
seconI Days Proceedings
Adjourned to tIeet in
Cleveland. Ohio.aiu.a5
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LATE .sNlS New " York Items.
Spanish Gunboats Expect
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AddiiiolaI List of Failures.
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Congressional Proceedings.
Adjourned to EIeet in
Cleveland. Ohio.aiu.a5
Late New York Items.
Spanish Gunboats Expect
ed TO Leave. b, s7am
AddiiioIaf List of Failures.
congrti tisI essi onal Proceedings. Poc,eee lgs



stFGy the KlOtilla by TOFpedOcs-
it is Frustrated - RepOFted At-
tempt TO Burn some OF the Vessels
by The lubaRs-0ther Items. ro,.-o
NEW YoRK, December, 16. The
Spanish fOtiIla is expected to leave
New York to day. .u
DaA bold plot for the destruction Of
the gunhaats by iorpedoes WAS ffus !
trated by their sudden, removal to
anchorage In the steam, on Monday.
1t is reported that an attempt will
be made by the Cubans to burn some
of the vessels before their departure.
d General Butler has a, long reply to
Greeley's article callI8g on him to.
take prominent action in removing
the disabilities of the late rebels
Butler says the Southern leaders who.
misled their communities and bFopeht.
war with all its attendant evils upon
the country should be punished, as
examples to deter others in like cases
oil ofending. think had an example.
been made of some half dozen Eofathe,
leading men of the South, especially
those educated at the military
schools of the United States, and en-
trusted with commauds in eur aFh44ek !
resigned their tfnstFto take commands.
in the armies Of the rebellion, andi
those who, being entrusted with places.
IngCongress or the Cabinet. used their
places 70 batch treasons forpent fnsu ur
rectiou and Gnaintaiu rebellion, to de-
stroy the Gostrnmeutg ought to have
been signally punished, and if that
punishment had been awarded which
every other tgoyeramept. in like cases,
has meIed cut, at this day all matters
IN the rebel States eh now disturb
the public peace, would havesi been
settled and quiet; commercial pros
periiy. agricultural industry, immigra
tion of laborers, capital and a revivi-
fcatIon of every benefcent enterprise, !,
would have filed the Southern coun-
try, aud every insurgeat State would
have, long ere this, been re-admitted
into the Union. All that remains now.
to statesmen is to see that every safe Z.
guard is given to the loyal aud true
men of the South.a white and1black ),
who stood by Ghe eir1 country iniEthe
darkest hour OF its history, aud pro
lection of person and property and
equality Of political rights should be
assured ; therefore, in any aotio al
may take in Congress or elsewhere, L
shall haVo1this end oniyin view.
Butler wishes. not only the ad0p
ton by enforcement OF the Fif-
teentha Amendmcnt. and wiilthse all
his efforts for the passage Of laws TO
secure the latter. This is not for politi-
cal pu rposes but for the substantial Il
benefit of the South scfaI 9Ai -
s.i.NEw YoRK, Dec, t6. z,Ehe 1pfess
says there were a number of iaddi-
tional q failures of New York msr-
chants aRno1nc5d this AFTERNOON, !
chisfy in a small way.gl The itistl in !
! cludes Isaac Proger, dry goods HIS.
I Le5rand, JAS Beck, shirts BosW0rth !,
White Il Belcher, millinery goods /;
! Cowles q Case, domestie5 goods; w :.
j Holsbs Il Co., wooden ware, Baker
1 q Montague, produce, and Sprague &
/ 'Hrighf,~ propFiet oFs.-0f- Park Hotel.
/ There are a numbervef out-of town
1 failures announced. viz: S. b. Tap
/ pan, boots, aud shoes, Newburyport,
4 Mass. Hopkins, Harrington &lSmith ,
1 boots and shoes, Boston; Ryer,
/ Croeker q Co, dry goods, RRiIadel
4 phia; Milder, Schloss 81 Stein, hOsiers,
/ Philade1pEia; Hastings, BTiten1&-O Go,
4 dry goods. St. Louis; NJ. Levy & Bro,
+ dry goods, San francisco; II. H.
/ Kebdal hats and caps, Cincinnati
i g. r. Hess d. Co., dry goods. Iowa
4 Citoi s. May u Co. clothing, Omaha
i and j. W. Bond IL Co, wool manu-
4 facturers, Trenton, NJ J.. ~ =
The streets have been ctilled with
I rumors for some days past in regard
to the failure of pfaprominent domestic
H commission house. .b1tqit is under
\ stood they are without foundation
II apdIit Is stated the firm is worth
Il g co., COO over its liabilities.
H The Post reports the failure of the
extensive dry goods house of HeBard
| Cole 4 Co., of Baltimore. !. Several
large Importing houses of this city
/ suffer severely The liabilities aTere
ported ASSOC, 900. 40 AsE8
1 The -E1press says Wall street. wit
H messed a somewhat remarkable feature
/ to-day of some uptown National
Ii Bank showing that 1t wo9ld be we'll
] for Secretary Boutwell, TO send a
II special examiner tosNew York to look
II int the affairs of some institutions
4 under the national system. 80 -'-,iN-
Il Gray, the aBsconding5 broker, il
Il appears, on Friday was put in charge
II of some detectives connected with q
H banking firm of this city. These de-
tecives knew all the circumstances
H of the case aud did not inform Street
until Gray disappeared. The 4 Com
naercidL Adreriser reports that be
Il paid the detective $4,000 for his re-
n lease.
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