Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-04-30
TELCGRAMA, ne.

'he passenger and freight depots OF the De-
'roi' And Ailw2uHie and Michigan Southern
railroads, and the ferry steamer Windsor,
~ere destroyed by fire Thursday night. The
loss 10 the Detroit and Milwaukee railroad viii
Ieach Sstd,UO0, and the Michigan Southern
raIlroad viii probably lose S21epl The fire
Wss occastoned by barrel OF kerosene oiI,
Wnich ieaksng. was ignited from q lamp. The
nre spread In all directions. and i'm a few
seconds the building aud ferry boat Windsor
were were wrapped In flames. lamenrable loss Of
'tle occurred on the boat. The Tribune gives
the names of twenty. eight deck hands. fire
ineh-aRd potie who are imposed 10 have tye.n
burned or drowned. The boat was towed 10
tne Canada shore, where she burned To the
waters edge. The passenger trains on both
roads are running without interruption
temporary shelter has been prov idrd, and no
detention Will occnr IA the Transmission of
freight
About one O'clock yesterday tSunday morn
ing six burglars entered the residence of the
cashier OF the National Bank OF CadIZ. Ohio,
bucked and gagged the cashier, and compelled
ms wiie 10 deliver up the keys of the bank and
safe Proceeding thence 10 the bank, they af-
fectad an entrance without much opposition,
aud robbed the sale of $500 600 in United States
bonds and SJ0,OO0 in deposits. After locking
tne Waterman AZ the safe they made good their
escape IN hapd-car, cutting the telegraph
Ia TWO places. The robbers abandoned the
hand car at a station near Alexandria station,
ten miles west OF Stem ben vile, and took 10 Ihe
woods The surrounding country has been
aroused, and large force is IN pursuit The
president OF the bank has offered q reward of
$4,000 for the apprehen sion OF the robbers aud
the recovery OF the securities, $1,000 for the
former and Sl5,UOu for the latter.
The trial OF lsham Henderson was continued
in Nash Vile, Tenn. on Saturday His coun-
sci denied the jurisdiction OF rhe court The
court oVerruled the pleas. Colonel CoyIe,
acting for Henderson, asked Ihe court the rea-
sons for overruling. ThG court declined to
give the reasons, aud adjourned till the 3Uth
instant THE Secretary OF War; in Z telegram
A rnl
President sustains him i'm his course in the
henderson case. lsbam Henderson. before the
adjournment of the court, pleaded not guilty
10 pach ON charges and specifications pre-
ferred against him. The case will be pro-
ceeded with to- day. r.. .......
Judge Fowler issued an attac hmert in North
Carolina for the arrest of General Ruger for
refusing 10 recognize the writ Of habeas corpus
issued in favor OF Major Gee, nov on trial
before military commission. General. Ruger
refused TO be arrested, and so the matter will
stand till II can be laid before the President
PrObst, the inhuman murderer ofthe Deeriny
iamily, was convicted OF murder in the first
degree Saturday The court adjourned till
TUESDAY. when he will be- sentenced. The
Jury were ont OF court abeut thirty minutes
The nineteenth annual meeting OF the Ameri-
can Medical Association will be held IN Ralti-
more tomorrow. large attendance OF dele.
gates from all sections of the country is ex-
pected.
The negro testimony bill passed in the Ten.
nesSee House OIL the 1irst reading, and will
soon become a law. General Fisk is urgent
for its passage, in order that he NAV abolish
the fIeedmen's courts.