Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-05-02
fELEGRAMS. re.

Inc case OF Isham Henderson was resumed
az NASHVILLE, Tenn, Monday. Colonel CT aries
n. irving testified to buying a large number
OF mules Of Henderson in 1864 he also pur.
chaseo OF MS agents small quantities OF forage
TIE accused pastured a large lot of stock for
the witness in the summer of 1864: the witness
purchased mules OF the accused as they were
oIougnt IN after inspectiou he a pposed, until
.r;u.a .nst the bond for the good title to the
oniinaIe soIu py henderson was on file i'm his
ohcs; since then he learned that il had never
peeh nice; the witness had no contract with
nehoeIson, and no verbal agreement different
from mat with other parties the receipts for
the mules were filed out on printed blanks
slgneo H. Bruner, by the clerk of the corraI
al'er tne presentation of these receipts for
vouchers they were cancelled, and DESTROYED
to prevent being used again The original
oook OF entry at the corral has been found, and
. VIII facilitate the progress of the case.
Monday morning one of the buildings OF the
New Haven Clock Company was discovered
TO be on fire. The flames spread rapidly in
spite OF the efforts of the fire department, until
all lne buildings OF the company, seven in
number, were consumed. Eleven dwelling
houses IN the vicinity We're also burned, with
all their contents. BY this fire twenty fami-
lies are rendered houseless, and two hundred
thrown out of employment. The total loss is
estimated ar S3UO,OOO. The company had an
insurance of Sl60,UD0 on their manu- factory, the
risks being held AT the office OF Lester & Webb,
insurance agents of that city, but in what
companies is not known. 1t is one of the most
destructive fire that ever occurred in that
city.
An extensive fraud has Just come to light in
Easton, Washington county, N. Y, through
which the Cambridge Valley Bank has been
swindled ont of about S20,O0O IN oiscounting
the notes of Batry & Hoag, of Easton. Other
banks in Washington and Saratoga counties
have suffered in the same manner TO the ex-
tent, ii is reported. of $4,000 Batty & Hoag
owned two large farms in the town worth
S25,uG. with r mill in Michigan worth SlS,IU,
and Si6tGO in stock IN The National Bank.
When their notes fell due il was discovered
that hey had disposed Of all their property to
f. w. Griffen Co, of Albany, and fed the
state. since which they have not been heard
of. Their Liabilities are estimated AZ S5o,OOO.
On Wednesday last Henry G.. Wheeler, of
New York, was arrested on board the steamer
Asia. Wheeler is president of the Brunsw wick
and Florida railroad, and also connected with
the project of the AtchInson and Pixies Peak
Railroad Company. who claim that Wheeler
withheld and secreted bonds TO the amount of
S2W,Ot0. He was committed in default of
S2tH,cOO bail.
The steamer South America has arrived a,
New York, from Rio Janeiro, and reports that
Professor AgassiZ had completely recovered
and viii Visit Ceara. A report by the way of
thousand Paragsayans had crossed Parana. AT
Candrluria, driving back the Argentine and
BRAZILIAN vanguard, and are advancing to
give battle to the Brazilian army.
"A hic ycsiciuaf, III SOutu DOsIOu, On DOSLOn
wharf, destroyed two one-story buildings
leased by the Government for storing bonded
goods. Among the property destroyed Were
four or five thousand hogsheans of sugar and
one hundred hogsheads of molasses. Messrs.
Atkins Co, Nash Il Spaulding, and Burgess
d Sons are among the principal sufferers.
Eight or ten buildings on Shawnee street,
Leavenworth, Kansas, occupied as clothing
stores and saloons, were burned on Saturday
morning. The stock was saved in a damaged
condition. Insured in Eastern Offices. There
was no insurance on the buildings. The loss
is estimated a S25,H0 or S2O.OO0.
A fire broke out Sunday in the sorp factory
OF Kier, Adams & Co, on Liberty street, Pitts.
burg. Pa. The mandatory, with several
small buildings adjoining, was totally de.
stroyed. The total loss amounted TO about
Sl5tOC, on which there is q partial ins urance.
The origin of the fire was accidental
The pottery OF Thomas Cofen, near Pitts
burg Pa, was burned yesterday morning
The fire communicated with the glass house of
Adams d Co., and frame building, which
were entirely consumed. Total loss Sl6,OOO:
insurance, S3,4G0.
Advices rom New Zealand report that the
natives at Opitiki were numbering all the
Europeans they conld capture. A company.
with a capital Of f20,ODN, had been organized
to work New Zealand flax.
All the hotels at Louisville, Ky, are
crowded with delegates 10 the Democratic
State Convention, which met TO day.
Advices from Galveston, Texas state that
the Cd battalion of regulars had arrived
there.
General Heintzelman has left New Orleans
for San AEtonia, mis- future headquarters.