The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-03-31
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THURSDAY, March 81.
Gold closed in New York, yesterday, at
81 n,
ahe steamer City OF Cork, from Liver
pool, arrived at Boston yesterday.
the Mississippi River il now open to Du-
buque, and boats are running to that
point
Reuben b. Russell, a well known live
sock man, accidentally shot aud killed
himself on Tuesday while hunting near
u B3uevue, Ohio.
The Oregon Central Railroad Company
sold It's property franchises, &c, to the Or
ag0n 4 California Railroad Company,
Benz Holiday, President
Passenger travel on the Hudson River
was re-opened last evening. The first boat
of the Peoples Line was to start for Ale
banv.
A Tribune special of yesterday says the
Presidents proclamation declaring the
adoption of the fifteenth Amendments
wOuld be promulgated yesterday after-
NOON
James Fisk, Jr., was defeated In his as
I1irations to become Colonel of a militia
the 9th 3h eIec{ng he coione7
B.aine.
Tweed's Charter BIN passed the Lower
House OF the New York Legislature yes
terday-yeas l16, nays 5. The excitement
was unprecedented, and great crowd
was present from New York.
A prominent shipping and commission
house Of Philadelphia suspended yester-
day, causing great surprise. They have
large connections with houses IN New
\ ork end IN the South
Dispatches have been II ceived, an
nouncing the death of Sigismond II.
Horstmau. of Philadelphia. in Rome, of
naiarious fever. His daughter died there
last week.
The latest news from the San Diego
gold fields, announce the discovery OF ad-
ditional placer diggings, prospectively
about 20 cents a pan. Water scarce. and
les have been made. Provisioas are scarce
and the excitement greatly subsidized.
A mass meeting was held last night at
Cooper Institute, New York, to consider
the school question irrespective of party
or religion. Its aim Is to organize OppO-
sitton to the appropriations OF public mon
ey for the support Of Churches and Of Sec
tartan schools
Saunders ID. Bruce and Hamilton Busby,
Of the It5Ef, Field and Farm newspaper,
were 2rratgned before Judge Bedford, in
on tuesday, on charge of libel. preferre
BY george Wilkes, OF Wilkes Spirit The
defendants pleaded not guilty. No speci-
fied day was hxed for trial.
The Blue Earth City (AIinn.) Press of the
z6th, gives details of the freezing TO death
OF q woman and three children named
Bates. whose house had been burned
during violent snow storm; also OF two
brothers named Coleman; a German
named Durhardt; a Norwegian, name uu-
known, and four other unknown men. in
various parts OF Iowa.
Theodore Tilton is cut in a card in
which he proclaims himself commissloneC
10 procure the name and address of every
person in the United States, who takes {
friendly interest in wOman's enfranchise
nent. He says the purpose OF this regis
tration is to know to whom to send I'm
portant documents. The friends of Thu
cause are requested to send In their name
at once.
Gen. j. III. Martfndale has accepted al
invitation to deliver an grafton before tn
Society of the Army of the Potomac q
Philadelphia on the 9th of April. Tn
Society will meet in the Academy of Mu
sic at 1 o'clock, and the banquet will TAX
place at O'Clock in the evening, at tn
Continental Hotel. Mem bers of the So
cietys attending the reunion, will, upol
proper Identification, receive tranSporta
ti0n at half the usual rates upon almos
all of the northern and western railroads