The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-02-03


York, were damaged by fire yesterday
morning. The goods were badly daInaged
surance.
The Washington House, Norfolk, Va,
with most Of the furniture, was destroy e
by nre, yesterday morning. Loss S2l,J3J
partially insured.
A large sugar warehouse and several
tenement houses, IN New 1ork, were
burned yesterday morning, and at noon
the fire was still raging. The loss mad
already reached S2o0, GOO, and viii probGaly 3
reach half q million.
a fire occurred on Tuesday night, in q
tenement house. in New York, causeo by
the explosion OF kerosene lamp The
fire spread so rapidly that the 1nmatGs
were with difficulty rescued, and one man
was severely burned.
A desperate fight occurred at Newton
Stewart. orange County, Indiana. on
Thursday last, which resulted from fam
lily quarrel, between two men named
Smith and Observation-Disclosures Iaw-b0lh
parties receiving serious, If not fatal. in
jurteS.
The Iaborers engaged on the worl- OF
deepening the canal from Chicago to The
summit, have struck for higher wages, de-
81 75. The contractors, IL IL said, VIII not
submit, as plenty of men can be obta Il 81.
at 81 p. The strikers number about four
hundred.
Information mas IeacheQ chicago that
Mrs. ID. w. Higgins, the wife of the welt
known music dealer of that city, was err
ribiy, II not fatally injured by the acct
dent on the Pacific Railroad, near Ogce n.
a pleasure trip to California.
A mob of about seventy-flve men took
two men out of Jail, at Springfield, KY, on
Monday night, and hung them. They
had been guarding the jail, but had lust
oeen W1tnuraWn- -Four other pflsouers
in the Jail successfully defended them
selves, one OF them having Jerked 4 re-
volver out of the hand Of one of the assas-
sins.
The Kentucky House of Reprssentatives
yesterday, by q vote OF seventy three -
fifteen, laid upon the table the resolution
instructing the Jud ciary Committee to Inc
qulre into the expediency OF repeating Il
laws prohibiting negro testimony aga nst
while men. Le ave was granted to intro
| duce q bill providing that foreigners re-
siding twelve months in Kentucky, after
filing their declaration of Intention 81 All
be entitled to vote.
A convention OF Delegates from the
/ various tTottlng associations OF the couu-
| try, met IN New York yesterday, VIM. NJ
| Parks, of the Prospect Park Association.
/ presiding. Fifty-One associations were
| was effected, as follows: President, VI nl.
! Parks, OF Brooklyn; Vice PresidentssJ j. @.
| Simpson, OF LubUque, and Geo. II. Salt
man, of Reading, Pa; Secretaries, Geo. FF.
Smith, OF Rhode Island, and B. e. Rice, 81
( Cincinnati; A committee was appotn Ted
| vention adjourned till to-day.
The murders committed daily in New
/ York city are becoming prominent fsa-
| ture of the morning papers. On Tuesnay
| Patrick Kelley, @ whisky seller WHa
| stabbed by an unknown ruffian- Joseph
| Ballet, the leader of O gang of rOwdi S, q e
| tempted to kill John Fisher. Mrs. Catha-
/ rine Welsh was beat6n by her husba % @
! nearly to death, aud lies In a critical con
dition. Buckhart, the Sleepy Hollow
Rg jsior and a1tfmp'ffd
| Monday. The Coroner, on Tuesdny
morning, held an inquest on the
/ body of William Townsend, killed b. 3
| man named Reyno DIS. who pretended to
/ De stupid, and asked with some interest
| how many years he was likely to get. PUB
melting out of justice, and vigilanes
1 me citing has been Organized. The poles
are taking steps to preserve order
! CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.
/ EEEATE.-In the Senate, sundry memo
rials were introduced and referred .-....-
J Chandler, in the course of personal exc
planation correcting statement o the
| correspondent of the Tribune, stated thai
| under No circumstances would he vote ia
/ initiate the currency to the amount OF g
| single doIlar....;-;.;...-sundr bills were
| currency bill was taken up in C0m
mttLee of the Whole, and, after some dis
eussion, passed. Ayes ~; nays IS $50 il4
bill authorizing the issue to the Ns1ona
Banks notes for circulation to the amoun
of S45,O00009 in addition to the GO,09J, 600
authorized by the Twenty second SectiO-
of the Act to provide a uational currency
secured by pledge of u. 5. bonds, &c, ap-
| proved June g. IS6f.........The balance OF ths
session was occupied in discussions on VA
rious subjects, without any important q 9c
| tion.........Trumbull, from the Com Inlttef
| on the judiciary, reported, with amend
ments, Stewards bill TO secure to All per
sons equal protection of the laws. tn,
| bill as amended provides that ell persons
within the jurisdiction of the DuiteC
states, except antaXed Indians. 5aali have
the same rights in all the States and Ter
ritOries of the United states to make and
enio ce contracts; sue and b. sued
aud equal benefits Of all laws pre-
viding for the security of peraon ans
property as is enjoyed by all Other cill
zsns, and shall be subject to like punish
| mentE, gains, penalties, taxes, licenses au
exactions of every kind, and none other
any law, statute, ordinance, regulation O
| custom to the contrary notWithstandln2
The penalty for a violation is not tu eS
ceed 81 100 fine, and not to exceed one yea
in the penttentlary.
House The Committee on Foreign ~
fairs in the House, yesterday, reported sew
eral private bills, which pass ed. ....-..A res
, oiutfon was introduced asking the Pres
| dent to communicate, if compatible wit
| the public interests. any informs &tlOu he
possessed of concerning any Am ertcln ca
, ! liens, whether native or natural zeds Wb
may be- at this time, confined IL the lal
or prisons of Great Britain, for p01ucs
! | OfTenses, and any facts in relation 10 th
treatment ofsuch prisoners, which ne na
feel at liberty to communicate. After dli
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