The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-02-05
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Late Washington Items.
More Nominations and
Combinations
Dispatch from Evansville
TO Commissioner
DslanO
Late New York News.
Additional Details Of the
Late Battle in Cubs.
The Spanish Loss 1000.
News by Atlantic Cable.
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK.

Details Of the Late Battle In Cuba
A complete Victory for the CubaBs
fetal Loss OF the SpaniaFds 1. 200
to 1 $50 Killed. Wounded and Pris-
OneFs-0the= Items.
NEW York, Feb. 4.-McFarland,
the killer Of Richardson. was visited
in the Tombs yesterday. by a Mr..
Rogers, of Philadelphia, who prof
fered $500 to the fund for his defence.
3 The details of the important battle
of Maria Dejaun Rodiegues. between
Jordan and Pueblo. on New Year
day, are received according to the in
telligence gathered purely from the
Americln and Spanish sources. The
victory of the Cubans was complete
and decisive. The main battle was
fought at the point above named, one
of the approaches to Guarymaro, the
Cuban seat of Government. 1t lasted
all day, and ended with the retreat of
Pueblo, after a total loss of 1,200 to
1000 killed, wounded and prisoners.
The Cubans pursued and harrassed
the flying columns ohthe enemy until
the latter reached Arrayo Hondo,
where Pueblo intrenched himself and
stood siege of fifteen days, suffering
great privations. and killing horses
and mules for food.
The approach of the Spanish col
umns under General Goyeneche, in
duced the Cubans to raise the seige,
and Pueblo escaped with 5he rem
nants of his army. to the small sea-
port of Baga, whence the Spanish
vessels removed it to Neuvitas. A post
script adds the rumor that Pueblo has
been seized by the enraged Spanish
volunteers In Eeuvitas, and is cap
tive in their hands.
Mormon missionaries are engaged
in promulgating their peculiar doc
trines in Freeport, Hampstead, River
head and Medford, l.. |. They say
they have made many converts.
The case of Jervey ct al. VS.. Hart
ct al. came up yesterday in the Su-
preme Court, special term, on a mo-
ton for an injunction and the ap-
pointment Of a receiver. This case
involves some very delicate questions
of law, arising out of the late rebel
lion The Consolidated Steamship
Company was organized in 1868, by
the Legislature of South Carolina, for
the avowed purpose of running the
blockade In and out OF Charleston,
and the question now is, can a part
nership agreement be enforced under
such circumstances.
An assistant in the Newark, New
Jersey. City Clerks office, embezzled
$4,000 and fed for California.
1t is announced that at an early
day following the official promulg4-
ton of the Fifteenth Amendment by
the Secretary of State, the American
Anti Slavery Society will hold a fit
ting commemorative meeting Ia this
| city.
Yesterday the Convention ofDele-
gates to the Trotting Association
Congress, from the Associations
throughout the United States, met for
the purpose of receiving the report of
the Committee on Rules and Regula
tions. The latter being unprepared
to report, postpcnement until II NJ.
to-day, was made.
A special Washington despatch
says of the action of the Executive
Session in the Senate yesterday, in
the nomination Of Hoar to the Su-
preme Bench. all the Southern Sena-
tors except Warner, of Alabama, and
Gilbert, of Florida, voted in the neg
ative. Williams, of Oregon, was the
only Senator from the Pacific Coast,
who voted yea. Both New York
Senators voted nay, as did all Demo
Gratis. Morton was not present, but
would have voted yea. Sherman was
also absent. 1t is definitely known
that Mr.. Hoar's present intention is
to remain In the Cabinet.
NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-Prince Ar
thur leaves for Boston, tomorrow, to
attend the Peabody obsequies.
The American Fire Proof Ware
house Company, having discovered
that some of the stolen bonds of the
Company were In possession of Pick
ney Il Bros, on Wall Street, have
summoned the latter before the police
court for examination, they refusing
to give any account of how they be-
came possessed of the bonds.
At meeting of the u. S. Assess
ors, yesterday, it was decided that in
the improvements made to increase
the value of property. shall not be
allowed as deductions from incomes
The Post says the statements in a
morning paper that new frauds have
been discovered at the Custom House
and that deputy collector was i'm.
PAANo@NSN IL q COuSpI 10 u6lIdQO
{ the customs by certifying to silks as
cotton, is pronounced utterly without
foundation. No such frauds have
been discovered, and no secret inVes
tigatlon IS going on, as reported.
Henry A. Wilmending. of the vel
/ known auction house of Wilmending
Hognet & Co., died yesterday after
noon, after brief illness.
! A fire in the Rosin Oil Works o
J Leavitt & Smith, at the corner ol
; Wolcott and Ferris Streets, Brooklyn
caused the loss of $4,000.
A report in the morning papers
{ that the assistant city clerk of tht
Newark City Treasury had forged
, Mays name to checks amounting t.
$50. 900 IS without foundation.
Additional details make Genera
Puello's defeat in Cuba still more de
cisive than was represented by th
e first advices. He, it now seems, barel
E escaped total annihilation, saving
t remnant of his column by a rapid re
! treat from the field of battle to Or
: rayo HoGdo, after losing 1,60O men
t A dispatch to the Secretary of tn
e Navy from Capt. Oven, of the u
) steamer Savannah, dated Koy Wes
announces the arrival Of that YessC