Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-11-05
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fenian trials has moderated The Episco-
palian minister, ID. +. Lpmsden. was tried
Saturday. The courtroom was densely
crowded. A large number of witnesses were
examined, and the Jury returned verdict Of
mot guilty. The prisoners wife, who was
present, was very much affected. His Lord
ship. before discnargtng the prisoner, &C mon
lshsd him on the use OF ardent apiriis,it having
eyman, was IN a stste of intoxcation during
the commission Of the acts charged IN the in
djciment
On Thursday young servant woman, re
siding near Greenbush, opposite Albany. N
Y, poured some kerosene oil from a can in,o
a stove to quicken the fire. An exp,osion took
place. She was snveloped IN the flames and
ber back badly burned. Whilst convey ing her
TO the home of her mother, the horse attached
10 the vehicle in which she was took fright.
and, becoming unmanageabie, ran away The
occupants Of the carriage were thrown out. and
~ Is supposed that the unfortunate woman re-
eeived internal injuries. She died mex. morn
ing.
The steamer Tom Stevens arrived at st.
Joseph from the Upper Missouri with S20,O0O
in treasure, on Saturday. An agent OF the
Smithsonian Institute was on board, with a
large number OF petrified animals tor the inst
tu'e and Philadelphia Academy of Natural
Sciences. There are over 800 different kinds of
small animals, extinct and living, and bears,
Sc., of mammoth size. The collection WAS
made by Professor Hyden, in Dakota Terri
tory, near the head OF the Whit river.
Hiram Patterson, Radical, has been elected
State Senator from Sumner and Smith coun-
ties. Tennessee, over Bailie Peyton, Conserya-
tive, by over 100 majority. Wright, Radical,
has been elected representative from Sumner
county over Bonhour, Conservative, by as
majority. Clements, Radical. formerly a
member of Congress, has been elected repre-
sentative from Sumner. Smith. and Mace
counties, over Caldwell, Conservative.
Considerable excitement prevails at Mem.
phs, Tennessee, over the arrest made Friday
night of Superintendent Beaumont, of the me-
trepolltan police, together with T.. w. Pratt
ms chlef detective. for malfeasance in Office,
levying black mail, &c. The case was brought
up, and number of witnesses for the prose
cution examined. The trial was continued
until Monday morning.
The Hon. A. II. Stephens, in private letter,
incidentally alludes to . statement published
in Northern journal regarding himself and
brother I'm the matter OF the constitutional
amendment, and characterizes ID ay utterly
without foundation. He thinks the I.egisla.
ture should REJECT the amendment promptly.
The jury, after an absence Of about an hsur
at Danbury, Conn returned the verdict Of
guilty against all the robbers of the Adams
Express Company. The counsel for the de.
fence have filed a motion of arrest of Judgment
for alleged misconduct of a Juror, and also a
motion for new trial for error on the rulings
of the Judge.
General kiddoo, the superintendent of the
Freedmen's Bureau in Texas, is about making
tour through the State to examine the condi-
tion of the freedmen. He announces hlmsei
altogether opposed TO the determination ex-
pressed by many to decline making yearly con-
tracts for 1867. which he declares will be ruin
ous to their moral and physical welfare.
The Merchants Union express car, on the
New York mail train from the East. took fire
saturday morning near Palmyra, and befC re
the names conld be suppressed the frea ht
was damaged TO the amount of - 600 by fire
and water. The burned freight was me suy
In the case of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence
railroad bond holders, who applied for an in
junction to enjoin the Grand Trunk Railway
Company and their EN- ployees from preyent-
ing the bond holders taking possession of the
road, the Injunction was refused by Judge
Tapley. ta# a-- p =
A number of cases Of muskets have been
seized at the railway station at Woodstock
Canada West, under suspicious circumstan
From the erasures on the boxes they appear
to have been the property Of the United States
Government The consignees are not known
General Halleck has received intelligence
that the remainder of the money stolen from
the pay ymaster general Of Idaho had been re-
covered, and two Of the soldiers OF the ath in
fantry who committed the robbery had been
captured.
fire Friday night on Franklin avenue. St
Louis, destroyed the -four mill of ID. q. Green
wood, the ham factery OF Chas. Mueller, and
several adjoining buildings. The loss amounted
TO S25,O00, on which there is q partial insu-
rance. .-- . 1864
The mortuary report of Louisville, Ky for
October records two hundred and twenty
deaths, seventeen of which were from cholera
most, il not all, having been imported from
other localities.
fire occurred in Boston, SATURDAY. night
causing a loss of S300,000 to S40O.OOO. II com. /.
meneed at Al Franklin street and burned n We
or six buildings on either side of the place Of
beginning.
The City Councils OF Cincinnati passed a
resolution requesting President johnson to
use his influence to have the sentence of death
recently passed upon Rev. Father Mcmahon
and Colonel Lynch remitted.
Information has been received of the capture,
on the plains, by the lndians.lof Mrs. p. O.
Gintry, OF Missouri. Her husband was tern
poraiIy absent from the camp. They were on
their way TO Idaho.
A double murder occurred at Coidwater,
Michigan. Saturday night. Ebenezer Leach
met his wife walking with George d. Brown,
Young lawyer, and killed them beth. Cause
jealousy. ..rr
The New York Times says General Baeley
aud staff and the field officers OF the SarsfieId
brigade have sailed for ireland, via Bremen,
at which port they are 10 await Stephens ar.
rival. -t. - E..
The crops in Texas have nearly all been
gathered. More has been saved than was ex.
pected, but the cotton crop is still very short
A German named Schwartz committed sui
eide at Hillsborough, OHIO, Friday, by shoot.
ing himself through the head. ---.
The steamship Pennsylvania. with the Tooth
British regiment on board, arrived at Quebec
Saturday. 49,. .-. =. - ... -. .-
The total revenue of the Canadian Govern
ment tor the month of October amounted to
Sl.i7l.et0, and the ex xpenditures TO s9022OO.
The almshouse IN Falmouth, Me- was de-
stroyed by fire Friday morning. Three OF the
inmates were burned to death. ..-
The receipts at the Illinois State Treasury
office for October, from all sources. amount TO
Sl34, 40 80.
Mayor Booth, o.. Brooklyn, has received let
tiers from General Grant and Admiral Farragut
acseff.t.sg the gold medals tend dered them
The Cincinnati Commercial reports the burn.
ing OF barge with 200 barrels of coal oil at
Maysville, Ky. The loss is S250,O00.
The Indians have appeared in Bandera
County, Texas. aud are driving in the settlers
A dispatch from New Orleans says: General
Sheridan has not been ordered to proceed 70
washington or elsewhere. = -'2H
Meredith r. Gentry, of Nashville, died yes
terday. ..... -. -,.. t.--.. =
All Saints Daywas obser we'd as general holi.
day in New Orleans.
TIE LATRsT SENSATION SToRY.-As q sam
pie OF the stories manufactured to Influence
the elections 70. morrow. we give the following
dispatch from New Orleans, dated Nov. I'd
1--WE have received information from a gentle-