Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-04-21
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Inc ae1on of the medical board of Off GERS,
appointed some months ago 20 examine certain
buildings at Fortress Monroe with view to
their removal, has been approved, and the
WORK OF destruction will soon commence.
Among the number 20 be destroyed are seve-
Iai ordnance buildings, used as warehouses
sneds ana other structures used for divers
purposes. The object OF the destruction OF
these buildings, while cooperative with
quarantine regulations, is also viewed in the
nght oi military necessity, the buildings ever
since 'nelr erection having proved \ serious
obstacle 10 the range of the guns on the for
uess. Instructions were issued by General
Miles 10 quarantine all vessels arriving from
Key West, thus placing them in the same
category with those arriving from the West
Indies.
The Fenian prisoners at Cornwall, Canada,
were remanded until Wednesday next, await
ing important evidence. The most complete de-
tecuVe system is in operation, ,and further ar
rests Will De made unless the suspected parties
suceeed IN making their escape. A special
dispatch to the Toronto Globe from Eastport,
Name, says that General Meade announces his
determination to line the coast with 5000 men,
if necessary, to prevent Fenian mischief. The
meeting Of Parliament is postponed until
June. special TO the N Y. Herald from
EasIport, Maine, has the following:-A ware
house on Indian Island was burned last night
by band supposed to be Eenians) 10 whom
its owners (Americans) had become obnoxious
Another English gunboat had arrived.
Passengers who left San Francisco on the
3oth nit. give particulars of the collision
between the Liberals and the French AT Mazat-
Ian. The French troops marched out of the
city TO give the Liberals battle The fighting
was very severe, no prisoners being taken
either side. The officer in command OF the
French forces was killed. The last advlces
from the seat of war state that reinforcemen.s
We're en- route for the French at MaZatlan. The
military situation at Acapulco remained I'M
changed. The United States gunboat Saranac
was lying in the harbor on the 9th instant The
Imperial consul at San Francisco, Cal, Mr..
Guiltin, has received adyices O. March 81.
and asserts that no battle had then taken place.
Advices from Asrinwall state that the Pana-
ma Railroad Companys splendid freight house
is pile of ruins by the explosion. There is
scarcely building in the place that is not dam
aged. The steamer Caribbean was seriously
damaged. Nine of the crew of the steamer
European were killed and twelve missing.
Two of the clerks OF the Panama railroad Were
killed, as well as thirteen natives who were
employed on the wharf or in the freight house.
1t is also believed that small gang of native
laborers were killed. The total loss OF life is
about fifty. The loss Of property is estimated
at one million dollars.
Advices from South America state that the
Spanish frigate Blanca ana the iron-claa Nu-
mancia We're driven out of the channel at
Iabildad by Chillian sharpshooters, whose
fire they were unable 10 return. There is con-
siderable talk of the bombardment Of Valpa-
raiso. The American steamer Uncle Sam is
reported 10 have been seized by the Spanish
squadron at Valparaiso.
A fire yesterday evening destroyed James
Waters fax factory, on Ninth street, above
Columbia avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. The
building and machinery were totally DESTROYED
Loss on machinery $4,000, and on the stock
$4,000. Insurance, $4,000.
Thomas Shields, convicted of the deliberate
murder Of Robert Taylor was hung at LiblS
prison, Richmond, Va, yesterday He w6s
lmpeniIent to the last.