Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-05-26
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S"Iu Weonesoay morning appeared in the
Memphis, (Tenn.) Bulletin, signed by ID. H.
Roberts, charging General Runkei of the
Ereedmen's Bureau there in connection with c.
=. smith, Of the Intelligence office, with re-
fusing to contract for the employ of freedmen
without bonus Of fifteen dollars each. The
papers in several Of the Northern cities. An
examination of the matter shows that dishonor-
able propositions were made TO officers of the
bureau, and failing to accomplish their pur-
pose, ROBERTS himself, the correspondent OF a
prominent Northern paper, published the
caro-, and another correspondent telegraphed
lt IN order to bring the bureau officers into
disrepute. A statement appears in all the
papers Thursday morning, signed by Roberts.
nying and retracting everything IN his card
OF the day before.
Aside from two or three cases, including the
complaint against the Louisiana Presbytery,
being put upon the docket for trial, the selec-
ton OF Cincinnati rs the next place OF meeting
of The Assembly. and a speech from Hon. Mr..
Jones, OF Baltimore, in reply to Samuel Gallo
way, of Ohio, nothiag of special importance
transpired in the Old School Assembly Presby-
terian) IN session at st. Louis, Monday. In the
New School Assembly the time was mostly
occupied in the presentation of reports from
various committees and other routine business
The two Assemblies met together in commu-
MON Wednesday night, for the first time in
three years. Addresses were made by several
prominent clergymen from different parts of
the country.
A man named Fred. Anderson was arrested
near Peekskill, n. Y, Wednesday, charged
with horse. stealing While being pursued he
turned and fired three shots 1T his pursuers,
none OF which took effect He also made a
desperate resistance when overtaken, but was
finally secured and brought to the Jail. In a
wagon which he had deserted was found a
large quantity of clothing and upwards of
500 worth of silver ware, together with a
large gold medal. The silver ware and medal
were stolen from State Treasurer HowIand's
EINh III "a Gh hnr 4lrSan ndfw1
The message of Governor Worth to the
North Carolina convention makes no sugges-
ton in regard to reconstruction measures but
saws we m ust await the temper of the Congress
All are loyal there, including the Congress
men elect. The President is heartily endorsed.
lHe civil government is in complete operation.
Governor Worth compliments Gen. Ruger's
administration. The convention did nothing
OF fpolitical importance.
The election In West Virginia Thursday, for
the ratification or rejection of the constitutional
amendment disfranchising persons engaged in
the re belliou, passed off quietly. The returns
from the interior counties come in very slowly
Full returns received from eleven counties
thus far indicate large majorities for its ratif-
cation. Wheeling city and Ohio county gives
600 majority Tor rejection.
The trial OF John Moran, for the murder of
Mary Ellen Kearny on the 18th OF March last,
was commenced before the Supreme Court in
Dedham, Massachusetts,, on Thursday. The
prisoner and Miss kearney lived in Roxbury,
and were said to be under an engagement of
marriage, and without any known cause OF
quarrel the young woman was shot dead while
standing in the doorway of her fathers house
The testimony strongly duplicates Moran as
the murderer.
Tom Mimms, the colored man condemned
TO death for the murder of G.. w Walters.
about four years ago. in a gambling house on
Baker stret, Cincinnati, was sent TO the Colum-
bus, Ohio, penitentiary ON Thursday. The
extreme sentence OF the law was recently COM
muted into imprisonment for life.
The typographical engineers have arrived in
New Orleans TO make a survey of the passes at
the rivers mouth, and improve navigation to
inlf shipping: also, TO search for a BAYOU or
canal outlet which will lessen the yolnme of
the waters OF the Mississippi and prevent
overfows. r - : :,
The New u ork Express states that from lam
nary TO the time OF the Eastport fiasco STS,l Goa
were received by O'Mahony, of which S5o.OOI
were sent to Ireland. The remaining sI3l.OOO
were spent here. -a.--s.s = -
The long bridge across the James river. ON
the line of the Richmond and,Petersburg rail-
road, erected in the place OF the bridge de-
stroyed by fire in April Of last year, was COM
pleted yesterday. sss -
DR.. Bowdich, of Boston, has been mulcted i'm
IN $1,000, for branding a man with the letter
3D. (deserter.) while examining him during
the war.
A stack of seventy five to eighty bales of
cotton, consigned TO o. Cohen, were burned
Sunday morning. Insured in Northern offices.
The woolen mill at Bath, N. Y, was burned
yesterday afternoon. Loss S1O0OOo.