The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-23
VOL XXI.

Regular trains commenced running on
the POughkee sic q Eastern Railroad, for
the first time, yesterday
The franchise o. the baltimore Gas
g. fO0,rtO t0 :. l.. Pusted for New York and
Brooklyn capitalists
The Executive Committee OF the Red
StOl king B. b. Ciu7, or Ctuoinnati, have
Diet -rmlned to reject black legs and stick
TO the red.
Joseph B. Adams, Repu bic an. Is elected
Mayor o. Portsmouth, and Hon; Wm. :.
Stevens. Republic an, IS reelected Mayor
OF Dover, New Hampshire.
Hon. Julius Avery, OF ottawa Illinois,
who defeatod the Dem ocrA &c candidate
for Congress, At the last election died yes
terday OF hears disease,
Al O'Clock. yesterday afternoon,
Weston sd acc lmpltshed l20 miles be
then ceased walking until 10 20, when ne
resumed, making the FIRST mile la eleven
minutes and ave seconds.
Only one passenger IL supposed 70 have
bsan lost By the burning. OF the city OF
Bridgeton, aI Philadelphia. Miss Bacon
OF Brfdgaton. has not been seen since the
steamer landed, but may have escaped.
Workmen are busIly engaged In putting
the Capitol Ia order for the approachinR
carpet In the Senate Chamber, and new
upholstery IN the Committss Rooms.
OF the s79, 900 900 currency allowed By the
last Congress. TO the South and West only
~ OgCO have J et been called for. Only
two Rold banks have been established, one
In Boston, aud one In San francisco.
On Monday evening tha steamer Mag
daIa a rakish craft OF 646 tons, arrived
at New York from Shanghai, through
lea valued &C about SS5O,000, and thirty
seven bales OF siiE valued at $500. she
sailed from Shanghai on tho 10th Of
August.
Lode, near Central City, California. was
shot and dangerously wounded by one
shannon employed In the Suderbury
Lode, which intersecis the Prize Lode &C g
considerable depth. the point OF 1ntersec-
tion being disputed territory. Work had
been stopped on the FTl29 Lode By an in
junction, which Gleason was attempting
TO disregard.
The steamer City OF Brldgeton, which ar
rived at PhIladelphia Monday night with
a large amount OF freight and some seven
| ty passengers, was burned to the water .
| edge at her wharf yesterday morning. 1t
/ Is feared that some OF her passengers per-
ished. She was large aidewheel steam
er. owned oy a company In Bridgeton, N.
delphia. Loss t6js0o0 no insurance.
A young and highly respectable lady Of
i st. Louis, who has been missing from her
home Cor three weeks WAS brought home
Il late on Monday night Ia stare OF high de-
lirtum, 0y an old negro woman. During
/ a brief lucid interval, ~ was Rscert ta1ped
that an abortion had been produced oy
two physicians OF high standing, but
i when the money provided by her seducer,
/ who Is wealthy married maDs was ex-
hausted, she was sent home She is not
| expected to recover. ana the Coroner is
after the Williams 1m pitcated.
The trials OF the deAuIting naval pay
| masters are still progressing. The irial of
| Lock wood, whose account was short $50,
QUO, was concluded on saturd y, and the
| record sent TO the navy department. This
| is the most glAring case OF syste mattc
| fraud, 1t is said, OF any OF the ei ght pay
masters brought before the court, as the
| returns were faislfied 10 Lockwood's o wn
/ haud writing. exte ndtng over long peri
cd. There A. no doubt put that ne viii be
| all the sentences Will be promulgated by
| the Secretary OF the Navy sc the same
time, after the trials are concluded.
Deputy United States Marshal Anderson
| OF new YORK, on Monday evening. sue
eeeded ia arrestlng the noted Fatty
Beu," or the Eighth Ward, upon q war
rant Issued by Commissioner Davenport,
charging him with, while acting as in
spec sOr OF the election In the Ninth Dis
tTtct, Eighth Ward, having adjourned tint
session OF tue BoaId or Inspectors, from
9 o'c OcK p n 90 8 O'clock p. NJ: f: also with
| refusing to canvass thG votes In the orde
required by law, and refusing to allow th'
unlteu states SUPERVISORS Oi the sieetlon
90 supervtse the canv2ssing OF votes, ant
attach protest to the certificats OF tn
number OF votes cast The accused wa
committed to Ludlow Street jail, aud viii
be brought before tue Commissioner TO
. day for rtxamination.
The Newfoundlanders Ia New Yorl
, and BROOKLYN propose 10 organize
Union Society and TO adopt every avalla
J BILE means Of agitating the cause OF annex
ton ia N wfoundiand. Newfoundland
ers in Boston will also form q Co-operattv
Union by which they hope to create
powerful element that VIII stirnu ate {
| renewed action the annexation of thel
country and those of the other Br1t1-l
Provinces. They VIII meet In New 1or
| City or Brooklyn within a few weeks an
draw up q declaration OF their sentiment
10 references TO the cause they are adYocal
) inQ aud transmit It TO their leading cOur
, | trymen at home. Tue late actton or tn
? British Government toward the Colony
3 | New fou ndland, is their great incentive
n | make these Strenuous efforts - becOm
= | annexed with the United states.