Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-09-06
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| cay in extra session. The Governors message
urges the modification Of the negro code so as
10 xiend the jurisdiction OF The civil courts
oHr ali classes OF citizens. II recommends the
admission Of negro evidence in all cases as
MEASURE Of justice and policy. 1t declares the
present stay law to be unwise and unconsti-
tuuonai, but advises the abolshmeL.t of i'm
pnsonment for debt, and the extension OF the
ban nkruptcy law. II urges a provision for the
impoverished people OF the State rendered
oestitute by short crops, and suggests the sale
OF state bonds fer that purpose. The message
closes with hopeful view for the recupera-
Unien.
Michchael Murphy. president of the Hiber-
man Society Of Toronto, accompanied by Thos.
Han1on, Thomas Sheeoy, Michael Stafford, p. o.
capped Fenian prisoners from Cornwall, have
arrived at Buffalo, N. Y. Murphy states that
tne rsgulars on guard along the frontier were
nowhere to be seen. They look remarkably
Wen, considering the hardships they expe.
rienced on their perilous journey. The lead
ing men Of the organization in Buffalo say this
is only the beginning of the trout ble the Cana
dlaDs will experience while a member of the
brotherhood remains in their possession. The
delegates TO the Fenian Congress at Trey left
last night.
In addition TO the ravages OF the cotton worm
through Central Alabama, in Mississippi and
Texas, the fields OF the river parishes OF Louis.
lana are now being made desolate by the worm.
whlie the drought through the northern half
Va AOoieIouu Hds IcOuctO tue crop 20 one Oale
for every ten acres, while a second overflow
is coming down the Red river. The drought
prevails through the cotton region of Arkan-
sas, and has ruined the crop. The prospects
are so bad that the freedmen are voluntary
giving mp their interests in the crop rather
than work the season through.
The four days fair of the New England and
Vermont State Agricultural Society opened
Yesterday morning on the grounds OF the Wind
ham County Park Association, about a mile
south OF BrattlebOro, vi. The attendance was
not very large, the State election Keeping eyery.
body at home. The display Of cattle, horses
and sheep is very large, the most extensive
ever held in the State, and will compare favor
aoly with the fairs Of the New England So.
c:e.y held at Springfield and Concord.
The great Conservative meeting at Cumber-
land, Md, is being held to-day. A long array
OF speakers has been invited among them Sena.
tors Cowan and Reyerdy Johnson Hon Mr
Crisheld, Richard O'Gorman, Esq, and others
Governor Swami was also invited, but has
written 10 say that owing 10 a recent domestic
af,lctlon u Will not be IN his power to attend
He states his full sympathy with the move
ment as one looking 20 prompt reconstruc-
tion of all the States
Major General Nelson A. Miles for the pas.
fifteen months in command Of the Military dis
trlct of Fortress Monroe, comprising seven
counties of Virginia, has been relieved from
his command, and Brgader General H s
Burton, colonel of the 5th U. S. artillery, as
sumes command of the district and the custo.
dianship of jeff Davis.
Commodore Lawrence Rousseau, formerly
Of the U. 5. Navy, and afterwards of the rebel
navy, died at New Orleans, Tuesday, aged
seventy-six years. He was buried without
parade, but his funeral was attended by an i'm.
mense concourse OF the most respectable citi.
zens.
The Savannah Railroad convention ad-
Journed yesterday afternoon. The Macon dele
CATION declined to recommend a city subscrip.
ton 20 the stock, as IL might embarrass the city
In meeting subscriptions already made other
roads. The work was highly approved and
aio promised when practicable.
An extensive auction sale of Government to-
bacco took place in Richmond, Va, yesteroay
bacco sold for two dollars and half pound
Manufactured old and damaged brought forty
ty-two and a half cents
The sultry weather has had the effect to in
crease the cholera in New York. Eleven cases
and seven deaths were reported Yesterday
Four cases and two deaths reported in Brook
lyn.
The express train from Albany ran off the
track six miles east of Rochester at s O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. Five persons were killed
and many injured, The killed are all residents
of New York 5 ate.
George TrusseI, owner of the trotting horse
Dexter was shot dead in Senaca Wright's sa-
loon, Chicago, Tuesday night by his mistress
"Irish Molly" Jealousy is the supposed
cause.
The Cincinnati Board of Health raports the
whole number of deaths last month at IsI- Of
which 1,l33 were from cholera
Seventy-fiye deaths occurred at ST I.ouis
from cholera Tuesday
There Were sixteen cholera deaths in New
Orleans, Tuesday.