The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-10-12
The Loss Of the steamer Evening
Afar.

The Loss Of the steamer Evening
Star.
The Now York Herald, In speaking of tho
loss Of the Evening Star steamer, with two
miodrcd hnd any passengers says:
AMONG TuE PROMINENT rAssENoERs
Was General E1W t'a'Gcy, long and Gi-
yorabiy known ~ q RES estate auctioneer
In New Orleans and occupying the rank Of
General ia the Louisiana State Militia.
with General Palhey were his wife and
child Miss SlOO. whose name appcared I'm.
the list of passcngcfs published Yesterday,
was the daughter OF Thomas lioo. Fresi-
dent of the sun Mutual Insurance Compa-
ny. @, New Orleans and niece TO the gene
tlemar to whom the original grant across
the ifthmus OF Nicaragua was made. D..
Prctto was n rndnbcr Of the nrn Of Wolf
q Co. of New York. and Ncis & Pretto. of
New Orleans. i'e haG Tvs, .c.urned from
Europe, ard was procCcdipg Ome with his
Wits who had come to New York for tic
purpose OF accompanying hin Jp the trip
back.
THE NEw ORLEANS OPERA rRourF.
Among the passei gers on board the i'll
tated vessel WAS the opera troupe of Mr..
! Paul AlliaiIa, comprising fity-niac sing
ers, o-tistes and musicians, whom the
! iraaagor had engaged H. Paris During
\
halla, the manager, was strongly advised
- convey his artists TO New Orleans by
rail, but learihg that the voyage void
prove too iatguing for tho ladies' of the
.roupe. he decided upon securing their
passage by the Evening Star. lie did not
however secure his own berth on board
but proceeded TO New Or cans bv land,
thus avoiding the sal fate that awaited the
members Of his company. While In Paris,
MIR. Alhaiza received the news Of his
fathers death, and lost brother two
weeks later. His second brother, Mr.
! CHARLES A'haiZn was one Of the passep-
/ lgcrs by the Evening star
ps. sPAuLDiNG's ciRcus COMPANY,
numbering about thirty persons, was also
on board. The organization hal ON the
vessel quantity of ,.araphernalia and
| baggage, but no horses.
GUESTS FOR TUE NEW ORLEANS sERAaIIos.
Niuety-seyen young girls whose ages
varied from fifteen to twenty-two. were
among the Unfortunates. These hal been
engage by, the ma'roEs of supdry New
Orleans iadtsoHs de joie TO take apartments
! IN their respective establishments for the
wlnter. The mat 'ons, VINO hid come to
New York about a month since. for the
! purpose of making selection among the
many inmates of the fashionable mctroDol-
tta1 houses were DiaDca Robbins. Jennie
Aing, hlora Bedell Susan Kingsley, Pau
line Meade and Josephine Heepan.. all well
known in the circles of the Southern depai
monde With the exception of Flora Bedell
who proceeded 70 New Orleans by rail. ali
were passengers Oh board The Evening Sta.
as to the real names of these poor girls who
accompanied Them but ltte information
could be gathered, From the earliest days
of their entrance upon their career of
sorrow, they had cast them aside, aud sub
IT. led IN their stead the Inevitable mons
0ie erre. lnasmTch rs all the prominent
places of resort in the cit + bad furnished its
quota of Inmates, there was, yesterday, no
little sadness displayed by their late COM
pnlicns when the news of tee loss Of the
steamer came TO their ears. ~