Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-10-26
TFLEGRAws. &c.

baltimore police con- missioners commences to-
day b. fore the Governor, at Annapo,ts. Some
nfty vi nesses have been summoned to sustain
tse charges II Is Understood that the CO nsei Of
me commissioners. whilst denying the Jnris-
dichon OF the Governor 10 try the charges, have
deter Imtped 10 be prese mt 10 watch she progress
OF The case. Whether they will take part In
the examination of the witnesses "a they bave
oeen notified TO DO, is not determined. There
II much tpeculation as to the conrse the affair
Will tetp. Many think the case will BE- aban-
donec Tor want of fsucicient e vidence- On he
other hand il is claimed thar new evidence has
been procured, and that it Is designed TO Wig
oronsiy push the affair to a speedy conclusion-
Cbas M. Rub, members ofthe last New Jer-
sey assembly, from the 5th district Of Hudson
couHiy, on trial al TreDton. has been found
guilty OF bribery on the third count of ms in
Offering the bribe of xi50 to Mr.. Staats, mem
b-r from Somerset, TO iniuce him to vote for
the Newark and New York railroad bill. He
was recommended to the mercy OF the court.
Daniel Holsman Is now on trial for offering z
$1,000 10 George w. Thompson, member Of the
Assembly from Bordentown, TO defeat the
Morris and Essex contract, and $4,000 to vote
in favor OF the "Wet Basin" ball. Bradley,
kipsman, and G. M. Robson for defence.
Il The presentation of medals to veteran sol.
-diers and sailors Of Kings county took place at
Albany, N. Y, yesterday. The following
were present: Governor Fenton, Admiral
FarTagut, Rear Admiral Bell. Generals Nor
Smith, Cook, and others, and a large crowd OF
soldiers and citizens. The medals were pre-
sented bv Mayor Booth. of Brooklyn, and re-
ceived on behalf OF the soldiers by ex- Mayor
Wood. Admiral Farragut was surprised with
beautiful gold medal
Mathew Gibson, a citizen, charged with
numbering Sergeant Schenck, 9th United States
cavalry, in Polk county, Texas, has been ar
rested by the civil authorities and held for
trial under bonds. He was afterward arrested
by orders from General Heintzelman, and then
brought by writ Of habeds corpus before Dis
trIct Judge Goode, who decided that the mill
tary had no jurisdiction over his offence, he
being a citizen. s...ssr..- ls---s..r.
The Hanoverian ship Fortuna, from Liver
pool for New York, with general cargo Of
merchandise and salt, encountered hurricane
on the 3d and 4th instants, in latitude 81 deg
A min, Longitude "a deg min, and on the 9th
was abandoned in sinking condition. All
hands were rescued by the ship Winged Hun.
ter, from Calcutta. -'...'-
A freight and construction train on the
Memphis branch OF the Louis willie and Nash.
vile railroad coIlided yesterday morning near
Hussellville, Kentucky. Part Of the cars were
precipitated over fifty feet embankmeut
Dick Thompson, one OF the oldest and best en- :
gineers in the country, had both legs crushed
The Buffalo Courier has a special dispatch
from Toronto. which says that Colonel Lynch.
the Fenian prisoner, is to be hung on December
13, and that great excitement prevails over the
IT, and Will oppose any attempt at a reprieye
The Rev. Mr.. Lumsden be tried TO day
The following missionaries embarked from
Boston Wednesday, in the ship Bennington,
under the auspices OF the American Baptist
Missionary Union: Rev. J. J. Stoddard, wife
and one son, and Rev. NJ B. Camfort and wife.
for Assam; and Rev. j. N. Gushing and wife
and Miss NJ. A. Cottries and Miss A. r. Gage.
for Burmah. .tN .-...-
j. NJ. Avery has refused to surrender the Of
Aan ,( Tntf
mento district OF California TO John BigIer.
who has commission from the President on
the ground that the Presidents nomination re-
quired the con firmation of the Senate
A letter from Judge Chase was read in the
United 5 ates court at Trenton, N. J., stating
that although circuit court Judges cannot hold
court until a new assignment by Congress OF
districts, yet the circuit cousts might be held by
district judges. .-- 40
The United States steamer Sacramento. com
mander Collins. from Boston for the East In
dies, returned Wednesday in consequence of
breaking the main steam valve Of her engine
on the third day out.
The ship -chandlery shop of William a.
Goodhue, IN Salem, Mass, took fire Wednes-
day from the ignition of kerosene OIL VIM
Gray was smothersd to death, and Geo. David
son was badly burned. .g- F r..s -
A match game OF base ball between the At
lantics and Eureka, of New York. took place
Wednesday at Williamsburg. The Eureka ga We
mp the game after the seventh innings, the
score standing IS to "a.
At LAWRENCE, Mass, George A Kinnestou.
one OF the Beverly bu rglars, who was engaged
in an affray with the State constable at Chelsea
beach some Time ago, was yesterday sentenced
TO the State prison for twenty years.
The Republican majority in Iowa reaches
thirty fl We thousand hve hundred and forty
three, with twentytwo counties to be heard
from.
Havana advices of October Is says It is
freely reported that the Captain General Ler-
u Qvpd w a h,,;
SAID TO have left Madrid. ,'..--
On and after the first day of November the
tariff on all messages passing through the At
lantic cable will be reduced nfty per cent.
rs Prince Achille Murat and DIR. Gwiu for
merly Senator from California. arri we'd at Bos
ton, Wednesday, in the steamer China.
The failure Of George A. Summons, oil dealer,
of Boston, for s25U,OOO, is reported. II =