The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-10-21
COaDaNsaB rEbsGBAHB.

FRIDAY, october q.
Gold closed In New York, yesterday
as. II25s.
The locomotive engineers are IN session
at = ashville.
The Erie RaiIroad .v'ts are post stponed 20
Tuesday next.
Judge Troy has withdFawn from the
race for Congress In Brooklyn.
There were seven deaths rom yellow
/ fever In New Orleans on Wednesday.
The First National Bank of Omaha was
/ injured b. nre to the extent of $1,000 yes
terday morning.
! The new trial of vanderpool. for the
murder OF his palmer, commenced at De-
/ trolt, yesterday.
DR.. Ralph, one OF the Canadian rebels OF
1887. q. ed at Toronto, on Wednesday, aged
| eishty-fOur.
| The Woman's Rights party celebrated
/ their twentieth anniversary in New YORK
yesterday.
The bark Erie, accused CT smuggling,
| will be released to-day, and WIZ clear from
New York under new captain.
| vs.. the Buffalo Commercial AdUeTt5seT, rem
dered a verdict for The 0efendants.
Tbe annual meeting of the Congrega-
tioual Churches Of Missouri, are now in
session at st. Louis, and are largely at
tended
Seliey & Taylor's cotton seed mill, at
New Orleans, was burned yesterday. Loss
$4,000. Mr.: 5elley was wounded by the
falling walls.
The French steamer s.. Lqureat took
out IC0 COO stand of arms from New York
y yesterday. including 3IC00 breech- leaders,
and large amount OF fixed ammunition
The Eastern District Republican Con-
gresstonal Convention OF Rhode Island,
balloted hny- three times yesterday, and
4 wit Ina frr
Several persons were arrested in New
York for Illegal registration yesterday.
aud two highway robbers were sentenced
fifteen and seventeen years each by Re
cordeI Hackett.
President Yancy, of the Georgia AgricuI-
fural Society, who ordered the stars snd
Stripes down from the Soclety'S Flagstaff.
was overru ed by the Society and cIli-
zens, and the dag run up again.
The New York Board of Education have
in the public schools OF that city by vote
of five TO three. They will also investigate
the whole system of rewards and punish
ment In the schools.
The Cincinnati Council and Chamber of
Commerce are advised by Gen. WeitzeI to
unite In asking Congress to apprOpria
S20O goo for the early completion of the
Louisville Canal, assume control Of it,
and, ss soon as possible, abolish tolls. The
Council have adopted the suggestion.
The annual report of the Evangelical Ed 4
ucationa al Society, which metia Jew York,
citation TO be S4S zS7. and the outlay s44, ,545
A severe discussion took place over the
restton to stud nts: "Are yoh opposed
10 Sacramentarisnism, Rltualism aud Ro-
manism."
In the Unitarian NatiOnal Conference in
NeW YORK, yesterday, proposition TO
substitute Tor article ninth of the Constitu-
ton, an invitation to fellowship of all
calling themselves Christians, was dis
cossed pro aud con, In a splendid manner-
Amendme nts were ohe ed and discussed
at length.
ordered an additional force of marines to !
New York TO enforce the laws and to as |
Sist in breaking up the Infamous system |
of frauds and villaiDy pTRcticed hitherto |
by the Dem cracy OF that city. 1t is said |
that one hundred addttional marines at |
Phllade phla are under orders to proceed 1
10 New York.
Schenectady, New YORK, was visited by /
g severe shock of an earthquake, at IL 10 |
causing great terror aud mucu 1
sho @as asr11 4 50 TaIt e." In Cieveiand, ohio,
Meadeville, PennsyIvania, New YORK city, |
and in Montreal, Canada. In Cleveland /
and Montreal, buildings rocked to and fro, |
causing their occupants TO lush, terror 1
TO the street.
The earthquake of yesterday was felt at 1
Walnut Hins, Cincinnati, at 10 A. " At /
ConeautviIle. Pa, two distinct SHOCKS
started the people ont OF IN their houses.
Detroit report .s tnat / was felt generaiy
feet OF the bed of the Portland & Ogdeus-
burg RailrOai, sixteen miles from Port
land, Me. was sunk ten feet by II. In New
YOrk il caused the sudden vacation of
schools and tenement hou-es, while
shurc spires aud towers in the lower palt
4 tue city vibrate1 perceptt0ly. Il shook
Titusvilie. Pa. and aroused the fnhabit-
an is at l:'5 \ NJ, causing he sudden evac- |
uafion of several brick houses. At Boston |
1t made its appearance al III :26, displaciug /
and cracking walls, aud was felt also at |
Mont peIier, Buritng ton. Providence, Lew
istOn, Bangor, Brunswick, Montreal, Sack /
Vile, and elsewhere In New England and |
Canada, but no damage was done.