Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-10-13
TELEGRAMS. &c.


day says-'By request Of the County Court OF
Galloway county. the State government has
removed large amount OF arms from Fulton
10 Jefferson Clty for safe keeping. 1t Is re-
por'ed that an armed organization is forming
10 take them INTO Galloway. The navigation
of the upper rivers IS difficult on account of the
low wafer and dense fogs. Secessionists turned
out en- masse TO. day TO see rebel tournament
which enlisted the services of thirty knights
under names enblematical of rebel sympathi-
zers" ..
The United States Circuit Court met a.
Trenton, N. j., Thursday. A letter was read
by Judge Field. from Judge r. G. G rier, stating
that he had received a letter from Chief JUS
lice Chase, with an opinion sho wing that the
United States had no riGht to hold circuit
courts anywhere until there is a new assign
meDt OF the circuits lately made at Washing
ton, so that he can hear no more cases as CIR
cult Judge until after next December. All the
cases Went off for want of Jurisdiction. The
circuit was adjourned for the term.
The Chicago Driving Park Association had
meeting Wednesday TO take into considera-
ton the best means of disposlng of the prop
erty at Driving Park. 1t was resolved that all
racing should be discontinued on the grounds
of Driving Park; that no more purses shall be
given by the association for public racing, and
that the grounds shall be kept exclusively for
a driving park until disposed Of by the asso-
citation. Riley. the driver. and Hastings, the
owner of the horse Cooley, were ruled out from
further enjoyment of the privileges of the
course for gross misconduct on the day of the
McKeever murder.
The proprietor of the Public Ledger has
caused a vigorous Investigation TO be made
in the origin of the dispatch which ap-
peared in its columns on Thursday last rela-
tive to the questions said to have been submit
ted by the President TO the Attorney General.
All the facts connected with the dispatch, the
original paper, the names of the Washington in :.
formant Of the Ledger and its correspondent,
and the grounds upon which the dispatch was
based, have been forwarded TO Washington for
submission to President Johnson.
The St Louis Democrats st. Joseph special
despatch says the latest Montana advices re-
port that forty miners out of a party Of seven
ty five, in the Green river dIggings, were
killed by the Cheyenne Indians, and remainder
driven away. The miners on the Wine river
were also driven off by the Sioux, and were
compelled TO 1ee TO the neares; forts A num-
her of Idaho or Montana miners have arrived
at Salt Laketo o spend the winter.
DIR. Robinson and Professor N. R. Smith, of
Baltimore, who arrived at Fortress Monroe, on
Thursday morning. obtained permission from
General Burton, commandant of the fort. to
have an interview with JEFF. DAVIS. They en-
tered the fort at an early hour. and remained
inside all day The object Of their visit was
not ascertained.
A dispatch from Cincinnati dated Thursday
says:-"Within the past three days the cholera
in this city has been on the increase. In TWEEN.
ty-four hours, up to twelve O'Clock last night,
sixty. six cases have been reported, of which
seventeen proved fatal. DIR. Brainard, founder
of the Rush Medical College of this city, died
of the disease last night"
The special squadron sent to the Baltic by
the Navy department last June. has arrived at
Stockholm. The Augusta and Miantonomah
left Cronstadt, Russia, at 3 D. m, September Is
All the morning Of the 18th was occupied by
the Russians in bidding the Americans fare
well.
The Universal Peace Society reassembled in
Philadelphia Thursday evening. The session
was occupied by the reading of letters and ad .
George W Taylor, Of Phiiadeiphia: James
Nett, Lucretia Mott, DR.. Leech, Ebenezer
James, and others prominent in the cause.
A cable dispatch from London yesterday
says:-The money market is slightly easier
Consols say. The following are the closing
prices for American securities: United States
five-twenties TX, Illinois Central 7sx, Erie
4sA.
In the case OF Captain John E. Bryant, late
OF the Freedmen's Bureau, charged with lar
ceny after trust was reposed on him by the
freedmen, the grand jury of the Superior Court
Of Georgia have ignored the bill.
A defalcation is reported in San Francisco
Cal, which VIII amount to half million dol
lars in currency. The proprietor and book
keeper have abseonded. and it is believed they
have gone TO China or Panama.
The mail train from Fredericksburg to Rich
mond was detained six hours yesterday after
noon by damage to the track from the heavy
rains. No train left for Aqua Greek last
night.
The number Of passengers who have ar
rived in U Quebec, Canada, since the opening Of
navigation is twenty thousand, an increase Of
nine thousand over the same period last year.
The UnitaIians In conference at Chicago on
Thursday considered and adopted propo-
sitions for . more perfect organization Of their
sect.
The Roman Catholic PIenary Council have
another public session in Baltimore on Sunday,
when pontifical high mass will be celebrated.
Forty three cases and eighteen deaths from
cholera in Chicago yesterday.
The Macon Bank Of Georgia is redeeming its
notes at par.