The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-16
Washington News.

N A1d4Ni1ON, NOVemDeg ID ne
following appointments have been an-
nounced: OWN j Rose Of Illinois,
Consul at Oneona. Italy; James r.
| Wheeler of Massachusetts,. Consul at
| Kingston. Jamaica, vice Gregg, sus
pended; John @. Robson of Tannas.
see, Consul at Taugur, Morocco, vice
&. a, Mathews, suspended.
7 The attorney for Mr.. Joy, the pur-
chaser of the Cherokee neutral lands.
had an interview with the President
to day, for the purpose of presenting
certain statements concerning settle
ments made by parties on the lands
other than settlers embraced in the
treaty stipulations, who, it is claimed,
occupy tracts TO which they have no
right.
An official proclamation is made of
the Convention between the United
States and Great Britain for the direct
exchange of mails between the New
Orleans Office and the Office at Beleze,
Honduras.
WASHINGTON, November 15.-Gen.
Sherman. Gen. Parker, Commissioner
OF. IRdian Affairs, Assistant Attorney
General niokey, Second Assistant
Pgstmastee General Gen. O.. A.
Smith, and Third Assistant postmas-
ter General Terrill, Gen. NJ. s. Smith,
Gen. David Hunter, General Oliver.
Col. j. G. Mccoy, of Gen. Sherman's
staff, Gen. T. Crittenden and Mai,
Gen. Henry Fitch, left here this
evening, for Louisville, to attend the
reunion of the Army of Tennessee.
which takes place in that city on
Wednesday. At Baltimore the partv
will be joined By. Gen. j. X. Smith,
Harrisburg by the New York delega-
tion, consisting. of Gen. Mcdowell,
Gen. ingalls,, Maj. DeGras and Mr..
wv. Church. They will go through
to Louisville by special train via
indianapolis. aud return here Friday
night. R-4SA f--A
WASHINGTON. November 15.-The
II louise Committee on. Foreign Affairs
o-day concluded IFS inyestigation of
the Paraguay difficulties. It is under.
stood that the preponderance of the
testimony sustained the accounts
hitherto received of the cruelty and
uniusti6ab Bile conduct of Lopez. Il is
believed, however, that the two re.
r.arts will be made up holding oppo-
site conclusions In regard to the mat
ter under investigation.
!. WASHINGTON, Nov. I5.-Ex- -Presi-
dent Fillmore, Chairman of the
Louisville Convention, has appointed
Col. Blantop Duncan, of Kentucky,
and Robert E. Sanders, Of Tennessee.
Commissioners to have charge of the
details of preparation for the ship
ment of specimens of American in
dustTy to the Russian Exposition of
1870. The other four Commissioners
are to be selected by President Grant.
Mr.. Fillmore, it will be remem.
bered, was made an additional men,
Der and Chairman of the Oommis-
sloners by theC0nEention. Samples of
cotton, tobacco, wheat, corn, rice.
sugar, hemp, &C.. or any OF the pro-
duetlons or manufactures of the |
United States, neatly arranged ia
packages, with labels, can be sent to
No. 362 tBroadWay, New York. or to |
Louisville to either of the gentlemen |
named.
One hundred thousand of American
specimens are asked for to show the |
Importance and diversity of the pro- |
ductions In our country.
The Canadian authorities have i
notified our Government that unless |
the trade between the two countries is
so arranged as ito be somewhat
special, they will be unable to with
stand the epressure from all parts of
the Dominion urging them to do away
With the system Of fishing license, and
5on1pellingsAmerioan fishermen 10 re-
main outside the limits of Che shores
Df Canada ; to establish a duty
on foreign coal, so as to give
the market of Western Can
ada to Nova Scotia coal instead
Of having it supplied, as at present,
from Pennsylvania and Ohio; to
place 81 export duty on pine timber
aud on American breadstuffs, large
market for which is now found in
Canada. under free admission By the
present Canadian tariff.