The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-01-09
TELEGR.APHIC.
News by Atlantic Cable.
Appointments by the Presi-
dent.
The Res snberg Fraudulent
Naturaliz 'fiou Case.
Railroad M alters.
Postal Matters between the
United States and Eng
land.

WASHINGTON, January 8.-There
was a full attendance at the regular
Cabinet meeting to-day.
b General E. P. Blair had an inter-
view with the President this morning.
Fifty internal storekeepers were
appointed for New York to-day. who
are not assigned to duty as yet. A
sufficient number has been appointed
for all other sections excepting the
Fourth Kentucky district.
Supervisor McCreery, of the Louis
lana district, is still In the city in
tently engaged in the investigation of
the frauds recently discovered by him
In that State. He will return in few
DAYS to New Orleans.
The Rosenberg fraudulent natural
ization case which has been certified
from the Circuit Court of New York
to the Supreme Court of the United
States, will soon be issued.
The Select Committee examining
into the alleged frauds In the State
of New York has already taken testi-
mony enough to make eight hundred
printed octave pages.
Information has been received that
the Texas Convention has passed an
ordinance giving the right of way to
the International Pacific Railroad
rom the eastern and western border
Of that State, and a reservation of
twenty miles on each side of the road.
Che road is to be completed within
six years.
This road is one of the connecting
links of the international line from
Cairo to San Bias, on the Pacific
Ocean.
The Convection is debating the
question OF. dividing the State.
Trains on the Central Pacific Rail-
road are running on schedule time to
Carlem, In the northeast corner of
Nevada, six hundred miles distant
from San Francisco. The track layers
are at Humboldt Canon, twenty-five
miles further east.
No interruption has occurred from
SHOWS so far, on the twenty-five miles
of snow sheds. At the summit of the
Sierra work was progressing satisfac-
torily. The commercial business of the
Central for December, exceeded
$4,000.
A cable dispatch states that the sys-
tenn of a penny post between Great
Britain aud this country. is advocated
by large number of the members of
the new British Parliament. and that
a memorial, signed by hundreds of
the members of Parliament, has been
presented to Reverdy johnson. re-
questing him to urge the American
government to adopt system of post
age between the United States and
Great Britain.
The London Times prints the me-
mortal and comments favorably there
General Randall. who favors cheap
rates of international postage. La
negotiating the present postal conven-
ton with Great Britain, which went
toto operation on the 1st of January,
inst, the I'm ted States Office proposed
and urged further reduction OF the
International letter rate of postage,
but without success, the British Office
declining any further reduction.
An important reduction of postage
to Great Britain and the countries on
the continent Of Europe, amounting
TO about one. half the rates previously
charged, have been made by the re-
cent postal convention with those
countries. and Postmaster General
Randall is ready and anxious to fur
Their reduce the present rates of post
age to the lowest practicable standard.
The members of Parliament and
the British public who favor this i'm
portant postal reform should there
fore memorialize their own Govern
ment on the subject, as the opposition
of the British post Office to cheaper
rate of postage is the only obsta-
Gle to the accomplishment of this OBJ
iect.