Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-07-13
TELEGRAsIs. &c.

LAie adsices from the plains report greal
eAenement in the Blue country consequent on
me presPnee OF large numbers OF Indians, W hc
mahIfesff d hostile iutentions. The whites
living Tbeyond the Blue river are Ieav wing their
nor ses and crops, and are moving into the set
uemenfs IN safety The Indians are estimated
70 70 oe n.ooo str ong, and raid by them from the
bIne river 10 the smoky hill valley is sen
ously apprehended. There are bat few troops
IN the Threatened locality. News from New
Nexsco reports a hostile feeling among the
rnSda rno,ans OF that Terr,iory 0nly one tribe Is
rope viii be in Santa lie on the 18th inst. d.
An enthusiastic meeting of Fenians was
held in Boston, Monday night. and was ad-
dressed by James Stephens, C.. o. IR He
called npon the different circles 70 enrol them.
serves immeaiately and report to him on the
l5th OF August when they would receive in-
structioss. BE said that within year move.
ment for Irish Independence on Irish soil
would take place, and called for more money.
fire broke out at lip. m. yesterday in the
Academy Of Music building, corner of Fourth
and Home streets, Cincinnati, occupied ny
Kelly Ioomis' Minstrels, caused by the
lan,tor dropping coal oil lamp, and was
totally destroyed. The audience had inst
left the building. Loss S25,Oe0; insurance un-
known. r|l#f
A disastrous fire occurred in Utica, N Y,
Wednesday. destroying Metcalf and Deering's
carpenter shop, Pierce, Bascoek g. Oo's TO-
oaeco mandatory, the cabinet warerooms of
Fritz Co, the clorhmg establishment of
Jacob Mendelshon, and adjacent buildings
The total loss Is about S20UOu. with an in.
surance of SI2,GU0. .-
The Plasierers' National Convention as.
senhled in Philadelphia yesterday. The
following societies were Tepresented:-New
York, Brooklyn, Jersey City, Newark, Balti.
more. Detroit, New Orleans, Chicago, Yon-
kers, Philadelphia, 81. Louis, Cincinnati,
Paterson. and Boston. s.'
The examination before the United States
Commls sioner at Boston, of Captain William
Grant, charged with burning his ship, the
Young Mechanic, at sea- in April last, resulted
in tbe defendant being committed for a trial in
September next
, The State executive committee of the Bell,
Breckinridge, and Douglas parties of ls6l will
the call for the National Con vention at Phila-
delphia. Four -fifths of the press Of Virginia
favor the appointments of Delegates
The cannon that fired the first shot in the re-
telhon at the steamer Star of the West, at the
entrance OF Charleston harbor in IS6l, passed
through Cairo en- route for Washington in
charge OF four soldiers of the 18th regulars
In the Maine Episcopal Convention yester
day the Rev. Alex. Burgess, OF Portland. was
elected by the clergy as bishop, but declined
The Rev. F. ID. Huntingdon, d. d., of Boston,
was tten unanimously elected bishop
Roberts, president of the Fenians. has been
indicted by The grand jury in New York, for
violating the neutrality laws He gave bail
Major Rowan's oil well, at MchIinnyille,
Tennessee, took fire on Friday evening ana
burned all night, thwarting all endeavors to
extinguish it.
The shippers warehouse, Mobile. was
Tuesday afternoon, with 1000 bales OF cotton
The loss amounted 10 SIOO,OOO, which is
covered by insurance. ... .s. = h..
Silas ID. Childs, prominent citizen of UTICA
n. Y, died Wednesday mornining from heart
disease. -
harvesting is progressing rapidly through
out California, and tits believed the crop will
exceed those OF any former year
John Mason Grier, one OF the editors of the
Philadelphia Rrening Telegraph, died We'd
nesday afternoon. after a short illness.
The bodies of Father Classius and Student
Kenney, drowned near Annapolis have been
recovered. t.t .f-t