Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-10-30
TELEGRAMS,

On Friday afternoon the period allotted for
the trial of the steamers Winooski and Algon-
quin in New York, expired. Notwithstanding z
the withdrawal on Thursday by Mr.. Dicker-
son OF the steamer Algonquin from the trial,
the engines Of the Winooski, without being
stopped for an instant. Were kept running till
the ninety-six hours agreed upon for the trial
were completed. Subsequently the board of
civil engineers, who had supervision of the
trial, held a meeting and decided that Mr.. Dick
erson was not justified in stopping the engines
OF the Algonquin, and that of the two the
Winooski had proved herselft the superior YES
sci.
The New York Herald has a dispatch from
West Point, Mississippi stating that General
johnson, commanding the sub-district of
Northeast mississippi, has discovered stu
pendlous fraud on the Treasury Department,
and has arrested Harrison johnson, special
agent at Columbus, Miss, and all his sub-
agents In the counties of Monroe, Octibbeha,
Loundes and Noxubee, and has taken possess
sion OF their books and papers and suspended
their operations.
Advices from the Pacific coast report the
capture of twenty -four whalers by the She
nandoah. The Shenandoah was last seen by
The ship Victoria in the early part of July,
when she was steering South under full sail.
During her operations she passed through
Behring's Straits to the East Cape, where she
burned nine whalers, swhich it is presumed
toned.
The steamship Victor, from New York, for
New Orleans, was towed into Hampton Roads
yesterday, by the steamship Alabama She
encountered q terrific gale from the oath 10 the
21th. She broke her rudder chain and shifted
her cargo and boilers. The en- gine was disabled
She was leaking badly, and the crew were ex-
dausted.
An arrival from Upper Missouri reports that
the Indian commission had abandoned their
steamer one hundred and twenty miles below
Fort Sully, and were proceeding overland It
believed m xy,Ila
Its mission, as no hostile Indians are said 10 be
within eight hundred miles of Fort SuIly.
j. Barclay Harding, editor and proprietor of
the Erening Telegraph, of Philadelphia, and
internal revenue collector for the First District
OF pennsylvania, died suddenly Yesterday
afternoon OF congestion of the brain. He was a
gentleman of great energy and fine business
capacity, united with an urbanity that made
him many friends.
The boiler of the steamer ST. John, of the Hud
son River Line, exploded yesterday morning.
Seven persons were killed and seventeen
scalded, and one missing. There were only
abont one hundred persons on board there
fore the casualties were not so great as youId
have been al the height of summer travel.
The Canadians are excited at the minors of
forthcoming Fenian iEsurrection and inya-
sion from the United States, and a Toronto
paper is out with demand that the Govern
ment snail take the arms from the volunteers
least the tenians should seize them.
MIR Duncan, the State Loan Agent for Geor-
gla, succeeded in his recent visit to New York
city in negotiating loan of one hundred thou
saha dollars Tor that State at seven per cent,
on the faith of its Provisional State Govern
ment.
Judge Henry Stump, formerly Judge of the
Criminal Court of Baltimore city, died sud
denly yesterday afternoon, at the residence of
his brother in Cecil county.
II. Ii. Grove, proprietor of a Photographic
establishment under the Sun office. Baltimore
was found in his operating room dead yester.
day, with pistol shot through his head
county, Virginia, widely known, died AT his
residence, near Petersburg, yesterday.
The Hon. f. ]. Moses has been chosen presi-
dent of the South Carolina Senate, and Hon A
p. Aldrich speaker of the House