Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-03-22
TELEGRANS, Ae

Inc s"aiher Eagle, from Havana, has ar
rived. News meagre. 1t is authoritativeIy
denied that n single case of cholera hat an.
peared in Havana. The smaII-nox is da-
rreasing. Mexican dates to the ISih have haen
received in Havana. JuareZ is said 70 h.yo
been defeated at Cuajimqualpa by a BODY of
Imperial cavalry. The leaders of Jua~sZ es
capped on foot. The resignation of HedP.,iio as
Minister of Finance has been accepted and
General Almenter has been appointed in his
stead Several changes in the Imperial Cabi
net have been made but they are OF little con-
sequence.
Mary Ellen Kearny was shot dead, Monday
evening, in the doorway of her fathers house.
in Roxbury, by John Moran. The parties had
been keeping company, but Moran's character
being rep1ted bad the father of the young
woman had forbidden him the house The
alleged murderer surrendered himself TO the
police. Another cause for shooting the young
woman, is that the statement that she had ac-
cidentally learned the contents of letter from
a man, named Mallory, in Philadelphia, writ
ten to Moran, announcing that the man they
garrot had died of his injuries, and caution
said Moran was recently in Philadelphia.
Montana advices 10 the Sd states that the
people there are now opposed to State organI-
Zation. The discharge of Daniels. the notorious
murderer. by Governor Meagher. caused much
Indignation. The election for members of the
territorial Legislature passed off quietly
Madison county went Democratic and Beyer
county Republican. Only partial returns have
been received from the other counties dis
patch romCamp Lincoln, in Arizona, says in a
fight with the Indians about thirty savages were
Killed, and several United States soldiers were
slightly wounded.
At the Union Convention in Providence, r.
l., on Tuesday afternoon, VIM. Green was
nominated for Lieutenant Governor, Heratio
Rogers, IT, for Attorney General, John r.
bartlett, for Secretary OF State, and Colonel
George W. Tew, for General Treasurer No
resolutions was presented. General Burnside
has accepted the nomination for Governor.
L he Unichlsts fired salute of one hundred
guns in honor CT the nomination of General
Burnside.
large meeting of oystermen was held in
Norfolk recently, for the purpose ottaking INTO
consideration the arbitrary features of the
present law regulating the oyster trade, and
10 maugurate measures for testing the consti-
tutlOnalIty OF the same The existing regula-
tIons are very unpopular among the OYSTER
men of Norfolk. The meeting unanimously
adopted series OF resolutions setting forth
their views on the subject.
The family Of Urah Townsend, of Tarry-
town. n. Y, consisting of himself wife, and
four children, were poisoned by something
eaten IN their own house. The eldest daugh-
ter, aged nineteen years Is dead,a nd the others
are in critical condition. One or two are
unlikely 10 recover. Mr.. Townsend is a Justice
OF The peace, and the deed Is suspected TO have
been done III revenge by some unknown
parties.
1Be Rhode Island Democratic state COnyen-
tion met yesterday. No nominations for State
officers were made. A committee was an
pointed 10 bring forward a ticket hereafter, if
do oemed eXpedient Resolutions were adoptPd
declaring the Constitution TO be the foundation
Of American liberty, opposing taxation
without representation, and endorsing Andrew
johnson.
II is currently reported, that c. G. CIay. the
companion in imprisonment of JEFF Davis In
FOrtres Monroe was on Tuesday, on his parole
of honor. granted the freedom OF the grounds
inside the fortress during the daytime.
Tuesday the liquor seized AT Taunton, Mass,
on the 18th instant was taken away from the
Stare cons tables by u. 5. Marshal Richardson,
bles threatened but made no resistance
Sterling King, who confessed himself guilty
of the attempted assassination OF Secretary
Seward, CnGeavOred to commit suicide yestsr-
day morning by sevPring 4 blood vessel OF his
arm. His recovery is considered doubtful.
Tweuty-six hundred bales OF cotton have
passed Cairo for Cincinnati. during the past
TWO weeks, Of which eight hundred were
from ST. Louis and one thousand from New
Orleans.
dispatch from North Carolina says: Gen.
Ruger has issued an order prohibiting bureau
off GERS from calling on local authorities for as
sistance. The Gee trial will probably last two
weeks longer. The smallpox is disappearing.
Doctor Charles Beck, formerly professor
in Harvard College, died at his residence in
Cambridge, Monday, of apopiexy.