Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-01
TELEGRAMS. &c.

Aue general court martlal uylng tuo reeO-
mems Bureau ofhcers in North Car olina con-
Guided yesterday with the trial OF Gen. f.
Whitiesey, the argument for his defence being
delivered by his counsel, Chas. Whittlesey, of
Alexandria, Va. The case OF Chaplain Geo.
u DAVIS will be resumed and probably con-
cluded to-day. The trial of Major r. A. Sealy
was concluded Monday; that of Captain Isaac
Rcsekrans was finished last week. The records
ofeyidence in all the cases are volumineus.
The court will probably conclude the trial of
army officers and adjourn within ten days. IL
mas awaited the coming Of Generals Steedman
and r ullerton for several weeks.
On Wednesday night last, at eleven O'Clock
some half dozen rebels from Webster county,
Kentucky, crossed the Ohio river at Owens
boro' to the Indiana side, and forcibly took
from his bed Lieutenant Hampton, late OF the
Union army, carried him out 10 the river, shot
him dead, and threw his body into the river.
1t has not been found. Mrs. Hampton who
was with her husband at the time of the oc-
currence, is in great mental distress and agony.
Lieutenant Hampton belonged 20 the 35th
Kentucky, and was a 10y yal and respected citi-
zen. The attention of Governor Morton has
been called 10 the matter.
Charles O'Uonor, the principal counsel o
JEFF. Davis, arrived at Fortress Monroe yes
terday morning, on the steamer George Leary,
from Baltimore At an early hour he pro-
ceeded into the fortress, and remained there
All day in close consultation with his client.
The precise nature of his visit is unknown,
excepting that the recent report of the Judi
ciary Committee has seemed to make Davis
rather anxious concerning his prospective
chances Of a release acquittal when
tried.
A meeting of the citizens OF Elizabeth City
county was recently held in Hampton, Va.
and a resolution adopted approving and en-
dOrsing the call for the National Union Con-
ventioD to meet at Philadel phia, on the lith OF
ADJUSTMENT, and req uirins the old Whig and
Democratic State committees to appoint dele
gates to represent the district in the conveu.
tion. At another meeting held at Halifax
court house, Va, several days ago, resolutions
to the same effect were adopted.
General Terry has issued general order for.
bidding in his military department. during the
existence of martial law, all military associa-
tons for the purpose Of drill or military in
strucion, other than the militia organized by
the Governor of Virginia. This order will
put a stop to the nightly drills and parades of
the negroes, which have recently caused much
excite in Richmond.
The coolie ship Yeddo was burned off the
Java coast April l6. mutiny had previously
occurred. The chief mate, one apprentice, and
one hundred and forty emgrants were lost
The expedition of English gunboats against
the pirates on the west coast had been very
successful, having captured a masked battery
of twelve guns at Namani.
The steam saw and planning mills of Martin
Voorhees,, in Princeton, N. j., were DESTROYED
by fire yesterday morning. The loss amounted
to S15,OUO, on which there Is an insurance of
Se,0O0 in New York and Jersey City offices
The lumber firm of Mr.. Voorhees, & Co. lose
S1.0Ot', on which there is no insurance.
The Union primary election was held last
night in all the wards in Baltimore The con-
test was for the Mayoralty at the nominating
convention. Mayor Chapman, the present
incumbent, carried fourteen wards, and Gene
raj Dennison only six. The contest was very
spirited.
Sunday night at midnight the wood shed of
the Maine Central Railroad Company, at Ban
gor, Maine, containing eight hundred cords OF
wood, was set on fire in three four places
and entirely consumed. The loss amounted
to S6,00O.
The steamer George Appold touched at For
board a number of colored people destined for
Boston, where situations have been procured
for them.
A dispatch from Savannah, yesterday, saws:
One death from cholera but no new cases
Eighty four old cases are in the hospital
Four soldiers have returned to duty The
health OF the men on the island is improving
The old u. ). ship Pennsylvania, for many
years the receiving ship at Norfolk, and which
was sunk al the commencement of the late war
is soon to be raised.
Instructions have been received to contiuue
the provisional government in Texas till fuf-
ther orders. The Government Off cials in SER
vice before the war will be reappointed.
Nineteen cases and seven deaths by cholera
in New York, and fourteen cases in BROOKLYN
reported yesterday.
The Supreme Court of San Francisco has
affirmed the validity Of the militia law passed
by the last Legislature.