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The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-30
CONDRNsEB TELEGRAMs.

FRIDAY, Dec. so,
Gold closed in New York, yesterday. at
llO5s.
The Canada Air Line Railroad is under
CONTRACT for its entire length and Will pe
completed as speedily as possible.
Editha Lola Montez, familiarly known
as Princess Editha. has become hopelessly
insane, and has been sent 10 the insane
asylum on Biackwell's Island.
The steamship City of Brooklyn. from
Liverpool Dec. 70, via Queenstown; 10
New York yesterday morning.
The report that Gen. McCIelIan's resi-
dence on Orange Mountains had been d9"
stroyed by IRE on Tuesday night is not
true. The burning OF WOODS In the Ylcln-
fly caused the rumor.
Four hundred tons of teas and silks,
from Eastern Asia, via san Francisco, are
en- route TO New York, over the Union Pa
cific Railroad, constituting forty car
loads. This Is the second shipment of like
Character within few weeks.
A Terrs Haute dispatch announces that
Nils on will positively sing in the Opera
House In that city, on the night OF the lIth
Of January, the declaration OF the Indian-
apoiis papers, claiming that she sings onl 3
In Indianapolis, to the contrary notwlth-
| standing.
General Hancock's Army Board. now Ia
session at the War Department, will be
dissolved on aturday night owing to the
/ limits of the Law Tue Board will, by that
| will have examined all officers except
| three or four, the evide zee in whose eases
has not been received. The Re suit OF the
Board, In Its session OF several months, viii
De the dIscoArge of about tive. ty officers,
whom the Board found uuf1t for gerv Q ,.
Many also, have resigned, in anticIpaIi N
/ or tear of an unfavorable report. As ihe g
omcerS cams from the active list of the
armys the vacancies OccasiOned by their
/ retirement can be filled by the most capa
| BILE gupernun erary officers, and The rest
of the latter class can be discharged under
/ the existing law.
The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-30
]. o. R. r. Rennrf,

CIECLNNATI. Dec. 29.-Gen. Morris
and VIM. T. BosE, receivers of the
Indisnapolis, Cincinnati and Lafay-
cite Railroad, submitted their first
report to the Court last evening in In
dianapOlis, for q period of thirty FIVE
days. The receipts of the main
branch for that time was $l73 .061 81
expenditures $78 006 50. gain of $95, :
054 81. Whitewater Valley branch
gains I,299 Is. Harrison branch
gains 1881 32. Martinsville branch
loses 81, ,629 "a. Hagerstown branch
loses S0,71G. The various e4P~-see
in the shape of the salaries of exe0u-
tive officers and foreign agents are not
included. The gross expenses have
been beyond the average of the whole
year of the branch roads. White
water Valley branch has q rental la
bility of S13 Gil for the psriod not in
cluded In the above, showing a net loss
of $12, ,311 IS; Martinsville branch, ,$5,-
25O, showing the net loss of that
branch to be $6,S79 "a; Harrison
branch, after the rental is deducted
will leave a gain of $28, ,205. Hagers.
to Ru branch will show less of 81,
1877 80.
The receivers state that it is their
conviction, based on actual expert
ment and observation, that no one
branch can be operated under existing
contracts without serious loss. The
report asks for authority to pay rent
of ground ia Cincinnati. and also
for Judgment sgainst the conn sny for
stock killed, &C.; the latter amount
ing TO 50 900. They further represent
| A. oE
the company ara secured by a pledge
of the stock, bonds and other property
| of the company, and other portions
are secured by mortgage on lts real
estate, and that in some cases the deb
thus secured by pledge and mortgage
| especially some that are secured by
pledge of bonds and stocks, are past
| due. and that creditors who are
holding the same threaten TO sell the
pledge for the satisfaction of debts
They say that a certain result of per
mitting such sales will be the partla
sacrifice of the securities pledged. anc
q serious loss to the trust. The az
gregate amount of the indebtedness
secured as aforesaid by pledge anC
mortgage is about 1900, 600, and the,
ask authority to borrow on their notes
and bonds as receivers, 5000. .OOl
for the liquidation of their indebted
ness; the loans to be charged on th
net earnings as preferred claim. The
conclude by saying that on or befoT
the 25th of January they will file q
inventory of the property of the road
a schedule of the Indebtedness. Whicl
they had not yet had time to prepare
especially, as . good part of the debt
are not on the company's books, bu
consists of unliquidated demands nc
get reported to the company or enter
; e3 ON the records
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FRANCE.
FoRTIEICATIONs Co8IPLETED.


= BORDEAUX, December 20. - Ad-
vices from Paris state that new forti-
fcations have been completed By the
which throw shells beyond Versailles.
that city is. therefore, now considered
untenantable for Prussians.
TIE AROUSED PEOPLE TO BE EARMED-ABoUr
THE EEGLIsH CORREsPoN DFETs - prTcr
EVACUATED BIZ THE GERMAes.
BORDEAUX, December 29--The en-
tire population Of the eastern depart.
ments is fully aroused TO the emer-
genoy Of the situation, and assist the
| troops 10 their utmost in all the bat
/ ties and sklrmjshes.
TIE government is taking measures
| for the distribution of arms among
| the people every where.
/ NJ Gambetta arrived here to -dsy.
from Lyons.
It is asserted that the Prussisu an
/ thorities, inceused at the reports made
| by the correspondents of English pa
pers with the German armies have
| after treating them very harshly sent
them beyond the lines of occupation
Official dispatches just received an
aounoe that tho Prussians hastily
evacuated Dion at the approach Of the
/ French forces. This is the frst re
suit Of the campaign undertaken ID
the east, by orders Of the war depart
/ ment and which Was hasiened b. th,
/ exertion Of Gambetta ct Lyons.
oAzIaALDL IN uIToa
/ CHAIoNs SURkoEE, Dec. 27.-Th.
/ advanced guard Of General CrarIbaldi'
! army entered puon this neraiPg.
The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-30
Imnnrfant Snlt-Census.

NEW York. December 29.-One OF
the important suits commenced in the
United States Circuit Court is that
against Morris Ketchum and others,
to recover various amounts alleged to
be due By them to the Third National
Bank of Chicago aud other financial
institutions.
The report that General MeClel-
lan's residence, at LlewellyR Park,
was destroyed BY fire, Is untrue. The
burning woods in tae neighbOrhood
gave rise 10 the rumor, which was
printed In tbe Newark morRing pa
pers, aud telegsaphed to this city as q
fact.
The enumerators, employed to take
the second census Of this city. have
already sent in returns of forty-two
| election districts, and there is only az
increase Of four names in each cleo
tion district over the previous returns
At the present ratio of increase II
the lower districts. the addition to the
popuIation, according to the SECOND
census. will not be over 1000
The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-30

TIE California big trees have been
a wonder to the civilized world
which has visited them on excursion
trains and pack mules. The trees
| have been sometimes named the
Westinghouse Gigantica, the We'll
I lieztouea EBormoss, though the
/ prsvaii0e nenee IS che osqaOia, so
called because you can't see qUoit
ah 90 the tor. ah as Capt, C0srigain
roul8 g9w. 1he tree ls undoubtedly
related % the ca oars q Lebanon
which were blk herbs to those days.
but not up 20 the California STANDARD.
+ The SOod is very similar 70 red cedar
/ and would make just ss good lead
penoils, If the lead only grew ip iE
As for the trees themseIves, they are
+ almost Too large fer shade trees, shore
gfound costs more than I'VE dollars
au acre. as each ono requires that
amount of territory to stand on.
The rsasoa, ia fact, why they
lqrow ia California Is that they
Dts-empt tina land sad held il
IundsF the homestead law fa7oring
Il oii settlers. The cifoau ference Of
/ .bc largest tree IS 80 great that tami
f-s living % one side speak e dih9r-
eut olai from those ca the ether.
In many resp a's these people arc di-
ane,rlcatly opposite saoa ether.
Ths t0D 5Fea0hes ara % hlsa thol q
California aft0uomer Uncovered an
eclipse. which hnal : proved 30 be
unused b7-a crow shat aaa stopped o.
/ the nHDe .fnb of lAs tree % piss hi.
! fsash. 15 abseafea sts ever In1 q
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MeetiRgs in TammaBy Hall and
g0Opar Institute.

NEw YORK, Dec. 29.-At Tam
many Hall, q general committee met
so-uight, at which VIM. NJ. Tweed
presided, and said that the committee
met with the double purpose of ar
ranging prelimiBaries and q lifting
reception for the Irish state pris-
oaers, who are expected to arrive
daily. This announcement was re
ceived with great cheering. Richard
O'Gorman, Congressman elect, and
Roberts, made speeches. Appropri-
ate resolutions were adopted. Peter
3. Sweeney headed a subscription list
with 81 900, and $4,000 vas Sub
seribed. The amount is to be in
creased Is $50 600.
The French Democratic Central
Club had a mass meeting, tonight,
at the Cooper institute, TO express
sympathy for France. Gen. Jos. Bart
lett, x-Minister of Sweden, was chair
man, and Aug. Belmont. Victor
Place, John Mitchell and VIM. Hurl-
burt. Vice Presidents. Speeches
were made and resolutions adopted
expressing sympathy for the French
Republic.
The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-30

TIE prospectus Of the Louisville
Ledger. the new Democratic Daily,
concerning the establishment of which
much has been said in that city. ia out
last. Il will be Published By the
Louisville Ledger Company. and the
first number will be out February
Lat. IL is designed by its rroi isctors
to become the organ Of the Demo
cratic pary, State and national and it
does not intend to devote any space
70 the consideration Of dead events.
II proposes to discuss only !" living
practical. vital questions" This will
make the third daily English news
paper in the city of Louisville. The
city is large enough to support three
handsomely.
The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-30

aEnMAN YlGroRx AT NoTELLEs DEErED.
LILLE, December 27.-AB Official
contradiction is gigen to dispatches
from the PFussians. which falsely rep
resent ths~battie at Pont NOyelles as
a German victory, and claim to have
taken sons French troops prisoners.
Not single Frenohman was captured.
but the Prussians have lost heavily IN
the battle and from sickness. Ia the
north and northeast Of France the
villages are eneumbered with the Ger
mau wounded. Great numbsTs Of the
German soldiers are suffering from
opthalmia. There are 1900 sick and
wounded Germans at Chalons Sar
Marine.
kEcrr AvRON SILENT.
VERSAILLES, Dec. g. Mort Avrou
IS silent to-day, but the forts In the
usig hborhcod reply to the Ere Of the
German guas.
The Prussians on Moaday advanced
and occupiad Bahoume. fourteen
miles south-esstsfrom ATras.
The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-30
1nfernafinnnI ExnosItInn:

New YORK, December pa spe-
eiaI meeting OF the American Insti-
fnte was held this evening to carry
ont the plan of the International Ex.
nosition of 1876. Horace Greeley
occupied the chair. He hoped the
Institute would take such measures
as would render unnecessary the rival
schemes, which had been lately start.
ed in Philadelphia and Washington.
A circular for general distribution
was read, and, after some amend
ments, was adopted. A memorial,
setting forth the claims of the Insti-
tute for recognition, was prepared for
presentation to Congress, and signed
by the officers Of the Institute.
The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-30
A Rotten Insurance Company.

NEW HAVEN, Com. Dec. 90 "A
meeting of the stockholders of the
Home Insurance Co, Of New Haven,
was held to day. and the following
facts elected rhatthe stock has new
er been over 500 600, though nomi-
nalIy 81, 600 600. That the Company
reported iu 1857, fuads which It never
possessed, and that at the prssent time
It's Indebtedness exceeds It's assets
about 100000 Il was voted that all
agents be notified 20 stop issuine Pol
ioies; the order 10 take effect from
the hour Of its passage. a COMMITTEES
Of FIVE vas appointed, With the aid o.
two lawyers 70 investigate affairs and
report on Saturday. Dec, 81, as basis
/ for further action.
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Verdict Randarnd.

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-The jury in
the case of Annie Hamilton, who was
on Thirty fifth Street, rendered ver-
dict this afternoon. They exonerated
the owners Of the building from all
blame. as the materials we're good,
and the building erected according to
Law. They found the Law defective,
and recommended that special pro.
vision be made for all isolated build
/ iDgs.
G. II. Sykes will withdraw from the
position of publisher of the Daily
/ Democrat on the 1st Of January, but
he will hold the same position or
/ Brick Pomeroy's Weekly. =
The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-30
81. Louls Harket.

BY Teiearapn.l ST. LOUIS, Dec. %.
CoTToE-Duii aud prices nomiuai nG lic
FLoUk-In good demand on orders g. Il
low grades shade higher superhne wins
ter 81 2544 90.
NuEAF- Firm and generally held above
buyers views; Emau sales OF No ? r5d
winter at 81 q.
GoRN-Higher: mixed and yellow Ecarce
and wanted a. East st. Louis for the East
ern market; mixed in buIE at 43JSE4Tc.
OAT5-Firm al 80 1940c in bulk.
BARLEY None in market.
RYE-Held higher.
HIGHWIHEs- Wanted sc SOC.
ToB AoCO-Eone In market.
HEMP-NOmfnal; bagginR 28d2ld
PRoVIsIOHS-TherS Is but little dlgposi-
ton to buy or sell, and only small orc sT
or business Is done; pork held al eiB 50'
TUX shoulders &c; clear rib ie5<c; oleaE
sides lO<c; bacon shouiders 9<QlOe: clear
RIO IZc; clear sides l21Sc; sugar cured bans
179lI1acs lard quiet at 1i1Sc for primo
steam; hogs stif and higher aE as a0.
The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-30

MEMPHIS, Dec. 29-John Bell
Crockett, 8 grand son Of DaVy Crock
ett, was found murdered on his
trading boat. 81 BFadg's Landing. Eve
miles above here, on the Arkansas
shore, yesterday. His head was h6T-
ribly crushed With Gn iron bar, lyiug
near q door, which was locked. The
boat had been plundered Evidently
the murder vas committed for the
purpose Of robbsRv. 4 Inera is 10 clae
"a the MuFaeFag
The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-30
News From Havana

HAVANA, December 20 -Advices
from San Domingo of the 10th con-
tain the following news:
General Cabral was in the neigh
borhood Of San Juan, with 600 half
starved men.
The stories seat via Sc. Thomas
sud Puerto Plata. announcing revolu-
tionaTy movements, are mere inyep =
tioos.
The government Of Saa Domingo
&c apts it's notes of Custom House
evenly pei cent. discount, but the
isa had been PROMULGATED that duties
she'll IN future be paid 10 gold.
American provisions are plentiful.
The United States steamer Ysntio
returning from her trip 10 assist ia
laying the Aspinwall cable, ran ashore
at the entrance to the bsrbor Of San
Domingo, with s fell head Of steam
0n. It would be necessary to dis.
charge her armament and coal to gel
bel afOat.
The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-30
Revenue fire - Fatal Accident :
Mortality.

CHICAGO, Dec. 29.-Tne Internal
Revenue receipts in this District for
the past IL months. .foat up 81, ,954. .08l,
being $269, ,882 in excess of the
amount received the previous year.
The Touring Mill of George Smith
ct WatertoWn, Wis, was burned last
night, including several thousand
bushels of wheat. Loss $40, 900; in
surance S2l, 500.
Nathaniel Blanchard. an enterpris-
ing and respectful citizen, while
ascending the roof Of his own mill
on the opposite side of the river, lost
his foothold and fell TO the ground, a
distance of forty feet. and was almost
instantly killed.
The total number of deaths in Chi
csgo during the past year have been
7,351, being 179 less than the previous
wear,
The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-30

OMAHA This is the title of a new
town just aid of on the farm Of Rev.
r. M. Davis, at Palestine Church, on
the Springfield and Illinois South
eastern Railway. IL is beautifully
situated, and all the lots included il
the town plot are susceptible Of IN
prcvement. The community is noted
for good society, excellent health snd
first rate schools. 1t is eighteen
miles from Carmi, twenty miles from
MeLeausboro, twenty-five miles
from Harrisburg, and eighteen miles
from ShawneetoWn. The neigh ..
borhood is thickly populated with
well-to do farmers. Lots are offered
at fair prices. Several lots have al
ready been sold, and houses have
commenced going up. DR.. J. G. Har-
rell has the honor of raising the first
house in the town. This is q first
rate location for business men with
ready capital.-ShGa0neetoton Mercury.
The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-30

BALTIMORE, Dec. 29-John 81.
Surratt delivered lecture at Concor-
dia Hall, to night, before $50 persons,
He was afterwards arrested by the
U. s. Deputy Marshal, on charge Of
not having paid license as q tobacco
dealer in this city two years ago. He
was taken before u s. Commissioner
Rogers, but waived examination and
gave bail in 81 500 for his appearance
at the March term of the u. s. Dis
trict Court.
The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-30

Qua dispatches this morning con
tain a lengthy account of the great
honor conferred upon Pr. Wm Fl.
Seward, by the Mikado Of japan.
The correspondent of the New York
Tribune seems 20 be in ecstaoies over
the fact that Mr.. Seward vas permit
ted to have al interview VITA the
great Japanes. Il may be interesting
to know that this august individual
eondescended to talk with our sx-
Premier without so much as a ell
oyer his face, and the event nay be
big with important conasq qaeac5s. but
we fail 10 reoognizs it in that light.
1t Is, however, gratifying 20 know
that our o0untrymen have been the
first to break through the exclusive
ness With which the Chinese and
Japanese have been hedged In for so
many centuries.
The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-30
Business Troubles and Eaclr Causes.

BUsIReEs Troubles and EhoEr Causes.
The Onited States Economist, q
standard authority on matters Of trade
and business, says
"All persons acquainted With bust
ness affairs Ia this city aud through.
out the Uniied States, kaoW that
there has been no period in a series of
years when there vas so great De
preston Of trade aud so mueh real
difficulty for business men TO sus sain
their positions. Nor is this depres-
sion confined 20 mercantile circles.
Il extends to farmers nlauters. me-
ehanics. and the entire industrial
community. From ell parts Oh be
country Wo hear the same complai0ts
Of The scarcity Of money and Of the
difficulty Of making aud colleotiug pay
meDts. Indeed, Il ia probable that at
no period si1ee the fnazoial depres-
sion Of 1857 have the people suffered
more from strsi5enod means, or been
forced to ecOoomise on shorter al
! iowanee Of e0nu1 odrtles. OF course,
there is 10 downright poverty among
any class, but there Is an absence Ol
the ability to obtain the comforts, and
even luxuries, 10 HhiOh our more
favored population have become ae-
custOmed."
The oauscs OF this depression, &C
cordiug to the Economist, are due to
/ excessive taxation to the gold-hoaTd
/ ing policy Of the GoVerHmsnt 90 thG
outTageous tariff. which l8terfereG
with the exchange of commodities
aud robs Peter to pay Paul, and
finally to the war il Europe.
The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-30
WeatheF RepOFt

SUMMIT MT. WAsHINToN, Dec. 20
Att Pm. the barometer stood %. OBJ,
being q fall since last report OF
367 1000, and the Thermometer i
above zero. Relative humidity Al 100
Wind north; velocity of wind 81
miles per hour. The weather was
clear all day. The wind has increased
since this morning from 36 70 81 miles
per hour, accompanied BY . rapid fall
IN the barometer.
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Cincinnati Market.

By Telegraph CIECIgNATI, Dec. %
FLoUR-Firm al unchanged; family
Is A005 81.
WHEAT Firm
CoRN-Scarce at 64055c.
OATs-LoWer at 35q45e.
RYE-S4 g85c.
BARLEY-Firm at 95c9sl O5.
WHIsKY-S7c and firm.
Hoes Weak al the close at IS 90 f0r i've
81 rs 81 80 Tor dressed receipts 4 800 head.
PR ivIsLoNs- Weaker and easier 20 buy
Pork Sl5 y Bulk meats 41<c. SIC nd IU56 @,
packed. Green meats go and $50 for
shoulders and sides; l01<011kc for hams.
Bacon dull at loo, 1I1Sc and l2c.
LARD-lk9l21zc and dull.
Butter and cheese unchanged and quiet.
OILs-Lard oil drm at Djc.
6EEDs-CiOver seed 105zc,
GOLD-ll0h.
ExcHANeE--Dull at lilo to 90 discount
buying.
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ExtensIon Granted.

Boston, Dec. ga meeting of the
creditors Of the American PloR Man
ufaoturing Company. whose suspen-
sion has been announced, was held
to-day, at which . disposition was
manifested in favor of granting an
extension of three, six aud nine
months. The suspension, in some
degree, is attributed TO the failure OF
TreadWell & Co., a large hardware
house in San francisco,
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Chicago harket.

By Teie&rapnI CHICAGO. Dec. 20.
FLoUR-ExtTa superdne spring qufet and
hrm at 81 2zg5 %.
MaEAI-Dnlt and prices Ag5sc lower;
NO Chicago spring 81 oral OK Ter cash.
or Tor Januarys aud u Oo1691 o. for last
haII OF ine months this hfternOon 10 BleFdY
win moderaIe demand at II O55605i "a for
cash tl O7dl 07H for January, Rnu el Gga
l 0S1% for last half OF the month.
CORN-Ia in fair demand. but at lower
prices, having declined 11z9lsZo, No. :
mixed 431si this afternoon neglected and
unchanged.
CATs-steady with moderate demand.
at 89c for No z.
RYE-Quiet and fEmer at 72c.
BAELEY-Duil but unchanged.
Steady and more active at
Sec in iron.
Mes PoRK--sIs l21ks1s 25.
LARD-ll1<c.
HoGs-Dressed active a. 81: lly5 5nsued
firm but closed dull at IS 9Oa6 90
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PrnaaIa aAnnInpIzaa.

NEW YoRK, December ga Lon
don dispatch says that Earl Granville
has received q dispatch from the
Russian government az Berlin. apollo
giEing for the outrage on the English
vessels in the Seine, and stating that
pecuniary indemnity will be given If
demanded and stating that the COM
mander who was guilty of the out
rage had been court martialed and
dismissed from the service.