Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-04-14
TELEGRAMS. Ac.

made up.n their constitutionaIity They had
Passed but one ordinance tha: accorded fully
with the Presidents policy, and that was the
one declaring the rebel war debt null and void
He appealed from the action of the convention
TO the people. The convention had passed an
ordnance exemptIDg all persons who, under
authority OF civil or military power, had in
ficted injury upon persons during the war,
from being held accountable. Such ordi-
nance would net and should not shield them
Ine loyal people of the State should work To-
gether He believed that provision should be
made 10 admit negroes TO vote il they became
elevated and came up 10 a certain standard.
Ihe constitution had refused this, and refused
10 give tie blacks any quota of the school fund,
or make any provision for their education.
Ihey can, however, De taxed TO assist the
whites in sending their children TO school. He
intended to announce TO the people the names
OF those who have worked against the interests
OF the State.
A large number Of Fenians have arrived al
Passport, Me, in the steamer from New York
killian returned last night with thirty or forty
men. Reports state thai Castine is deSigaed as
EeDian rendezvous. and that three hundred
men are to concentrate there. Casune is pecu-
liar!y accessible 10 the British provinces
During the Revolution and War of iSl2 it was
heid ny British forces from Nova Scotia. Last
year lis battery was attacked by rebel raiders
and lis selection by the Irish patriots shows
their appreciation of its importance as a mill
tary position. About thirty Fenians arrived
AZ Calais, Me, Thursday from Eastpor: They
have been quiet and 1derly No disturbance
has occurred. The excitement here and at St
Stephens is abatn5. The voluntee across
the border are industrIously drilling, and are
WlCe awake against surprise.
Al Il meeting of the New York Board of
Health yesterday, DR.. Stone. one of the men,
beTs, submitted q report that owing to the short
time The board had been oraaniDPd il will be
impossible TO thoroughly cleanse the CITY be-
fore the hot weather. The report adds tina;
there is no doubt but what the cholera will
soon he there. At present there is but one
hulk in the harbOr lit for q quarantine vessel,
and this cannot accommodate over goo persons
The report recommends 10 the Governor to
issue an address, setting forth that the danger
ola visit of the cholera is imminent and giving
The Board of Health power 10 increase the ex-
pendItures for the care of the sIck and to close
or remove all buildings dangerous 10 public
health. II also asks increased powers to July
10. ana II at that time there is no cholera in the
city, such power shall cease, but if the cholera
visits the city, such power TO be extended 10
September Is.
A painful accident occurred near Willis
ton, VT, on the Central road, yesterday morn
ing: 1t was occasioned by the burning of a
bridge twenty feet in length, which spanned
a carrIagc-way The fire took place in the
night, and the night express going north, due
there about 4.3u, having no knowledge of il,
was moving at full speed. The engine leaped
over the chasm, but the cars, consisting of
baggage car, two passenger, and two sleeping
cars, piled one upon another into the gap, in a
badly-wrecked condition. Frenchman
name unknown, was instantly killed Con-
uuctor Appleton was seriously injured in the
spine, and Is in a helpless condition Six or
eight Others Were more or less hurt; TWO unite
seriously, but none fatally
The steamboat Financier. bound from Pitts.
burg TO New Orleans, was burned Thursday
night at Remington, twenty miles below
Plftshu-g, Pa. Eight lives were lost. The
boat and cargo, consisting of agricultural i'm
plements, IRON. nails, and glass, were totally
destroyed. Insurance on the boat, S25.O,H: on
a ~ rfVn = 81 n
The fire was occasioned by the explosion of a
Kerosene lamp in the hands of Miss Darragh
Hoo. Annls, the person recently arrested in
Boston for the great robbery of Mr. Lord i'm
IN New York, has been released by Judpe
chapman, of the Supreme Court, on a writ of
hdLeos corpus. Annis has been under the
charge OF Chief of Police kurtZ. but without
any legal document for holding him. It's as
serted that only S2l7,UtU of the stolen property
has been recovered.
Edward w. Green, the murderer of younp
Converse at the Maiden Bank, about two wears
Jail yard ut East Cambridge, Mass He be-
haved with great calmness and composure and
died with hardly a struggle.
The 18th U. s. cavalry were mustered out in
Nashville, Tennessee, yesterday. Its band sold
their instruments for s5OO; and devoted the
proceeds TO the Lincoln monument. All the
volunteer troops, white and colored, of this
division will be mustered out by May4
Hon. Daniel ). Dickinson died Thursday night
at The residence of :. q. Courtney. his son-in-
law. HIS death was occasioned by straHgu-
lated hernia. He was down town the same
day attending to business
The brig Eucla and schooner Hampden have
arrived AT bermuda with rags, and mad been
placed in quarantine under suspicion of
having the cholera aboard both vessels
John Lambert, an Englshman has been ar
rested in New York, charged with having
stolen S2O'5OO from W. 5. Adams, u. S. collec-
tor at Astoria, Oregon.
The franchise bill which DISTINGUISHES those
who participated IN the rebellion, and pro-
hibits them from holding Offices has passed
the tennessee House-ayes: Al; nayes. Is.
Another important Fenian arrest was made
yesterday morning. The excitement in To-
ronto, Canada. has somewhat abated