Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-05-21
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| onereo resolution that until the As
the ny snan have examined and decided upon
| - Sonouct OF the Louisville Presbyterian
| M Mnmissloners, the Reform shall be excluded
H nom tne Assembly; which, under considerable
81 sas'on, mus passed by vote Of pol ayes against
oo nays committee of seven was appomted
| soreport upon the case Of the Louis vile pres
pysry; also upon the case Of Drs Brooks and
ans nae.son, ofSt. Louis; Van Dyk yke, OF Brooklyn,
| the dsoI.rm commissioners, who either signed
| ~ nc ueclarsaon or testimony, or approved of
| &c principles, and who deserved to stand or
| iall WIN Its merits. The excluded commits.
| nv m from Kentucky are Stuart, Robinson,
III, wilson, and Elders Wickliffe and Harden
| IN tne New School Assembly nothing of IN.
| terest has taken place
BY General Canby's order, the enforcement
vi Inc quarantine and health regulations of
| louisiana will be under civil control on the
In. 1n hopes are entertained of repairing the
| IeVees, should the river continue falling
| Reperts OF abundant crops on the lower coast
| are confirmed. The sugar plantations are
@ waters are sa r,sia Ksd river and the
| nooos. There is a crevasse at Gilmore's
| aoove shreveport, and others are expected
| Inere is untold suffering in the flooded dis
trlcts and 1t is feared that the rise OF the Red
j river Will increase the deluge, seriously m
crease The suffering. and ruin the crops. The
Louisiana cotton crop will be exceedingly
small.
The accident by which a train on the rail-
road near Clarksville. Tennessee, fell through
bridge nearly one hundred feet high is stated
10 have occurred TO a wood train with heavy
engine. The west span of the bridge became 4
| total wreck SIX whites and thirteen negroes
were preeipitated into the water. But one
negro was killed. Smith Erwin, he engineer
was badly bruised; also George Akens, brakes.
man. The fireman was not hurt. J. &. Davis.
the conductor, was bruised about the bead
Five or six negroes were more or less injured,
and the rest were uninjured. The accident is
attributed TO the rottenness of the umbers of
the bridge.
achf +ba
who was until recently in the Government
employ, was found dead last week in the
cemetery in the northern part of the city of
Columbus, Ohio. He left his boarding house
on Tuesday last ana was not seen afterwards
by any one who knew him, until his dead
body was discovered. Some BOYS saw him
near the spot where he died, but they took him
Tor drunken man and paid little attention 10
him. lti supposed he died from exposure: at
least, verdict was returned to that effect by
the coroner's jury. Nomarzs of violence were
discovered.
The Republican State Committee of Illinois
have called State Convention, to meet IN
Springfield, on the eth day Of August next, to
be composed Of the Republican Union voters
OF ILLINOIS. The Convention will nominate
candidates for State Treasurer, Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction. and q member of
Congress al large. A Congressional Conven-
ton Tor the Third District Mr.. Washburne'sl
has been called TO meet at Freeport on the 18th
OF June next There is no doubt of the re-
nomination OF Mr.. Washburne, with scarcely
any show Of opposition.
The Grant House in Franklin, Pa was
burned Saturday morning. lady Jumped
from window on the fourth story, and died
OF her injuries. Two servant girls perished
In the flames. The fire is supposed to have
been set for the purpose of plundering the
mouse. The house cost S6l 200; insured for
$4,000. The charred remains of one of the
missing girls have been fospd The names of
the girls are Jare Dawson and Bridget Kelly
The body recovered was so much charred
that 1t was hardly possible to recognize it,
,MAwspaPer accounts from To.~-, I----.-.-
aha' A'tssisslppI, Ae.------~~, aIa-a,na, Ueor-
gia, Florida, South and North Carolina rem
resent the growing crop of cotton seriously
injured by the cold weather, heavy rains. and
overflow OF the cotton lands. The planters IN
consequence are Respondent. Not more than
one-thIrd of crop will be realized. Planters
throughout the country are plonghing up bad
stands and are planting corn. Tile estimated
crop cannot exceed one and half million
bales.
The Episcopal Convention organized in New
Orleans on Friday, appointed standing and
other committees, and elected delegated TO the
next convention. 1t rescinded the resolutions
of the St. Francisyille Convention of 1861
separating the Church from that of the United
States. Resolutions Of condolence, and ac-
know lodging their appreciation of the services
ofthe father ofthe Diocese of Louisiana, the late
Bishop Polk, wree unanimously passed
Northern capital is pouring INTO East Ten
nooga. New houses and factories are spring
ing mp IN every direction. Many farms are
being purchased by former army officers and
the tide OF Northern immigration seems to have
set in toward that direction. Several exten-
sivs steam saw-mills, iron foundries, and a
large cloth mandatory, reprojected at Chat
tanooga.
General Steedman and Fullerton had an ln-
terview with the African NJ Methodist Episcopal
Conference on Saturday. The information
is a general concurrence in the opinion that
friendly relations between the two races are
F1orida, North and South Carolina General
Steedman and party left Augusta Saturday
night. and will make investigations along the
plantations on the river.
The suit Of John NJ. Way in the supreme
court of Massachusetts, for $4,000 damages
ground for the suit was the plaintiff being COM
PEELED 10 raise nag and make a loyal speech
by some OF his neighbors. who thought him
disloyal.
executive clemeney in behalf of John Mendey,
the Springfield, Ohio, murderer, who is under
sentence for life. Governor Anderson gave
the case very thorough examination, and
positively refused TO grant pardon.
Twenty-six soldiers of the regular armv
have been committed TO the Ohio penitentiary
for deeertion and subordfnation. Their terms
Of confinement vary from eleven months TO
The steamer Lion on trial trip last week,
exploded her boiler opposite Hochelaga, two
miles below Montreal, Canada Six lives
were lost, and seven persons severely injured
The Governor Of Ohio has pardoned James
Gilden, sent to the PenIteutiary from Law.
renee county in 1853, for attempting to XIII q
man.
A Honolulu letter Of April 21 states that
large number OF whaiers had touched at the
port Of the Sandwich Islands, and that brisk
whaling season next fall is anticipated.
tornado visited CLARK county, Mississippi,
last week, destroying the crops, demolishine
dwellings, barns, &c.
A line Of steamers is to be established be.
tween New Orleans and British Honduras, via
Ruatan.
The yellow fever is prevailing at Vera Cruz;
the smallpox at Truxillo. and the cholera
badly in Guatemala. '
Bishop Lay, Of Arkansas, was elected by the
Episcopal Convention at New Orleans as the
successor CT Bishop Polk. '|I,.-
Mason, Of Trent notoriety, is staying at ST.
Lawrence Hall, Montreal, Canada.
An extensive coal mine has been discovered
At SOQke. near Vieforsa