Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-10-29
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An. appeal was pubiished IN the mornini
papers al Buffalo, r.. ", for mass meet
! ingof Fenians AZ 81 James HsTtpa Sac ada,
Z nlghL The following Is the eonciudtns p,,rt O.
tht appeal enlistment the English 10 tern.
meht is about to re. enact on Auferican soil it
deeos OF blood, Ilsh patriots are abont to b.
sacrihced Oh the altar of English despo.Ism
Can you. will you bear It'll Or Will you rise
I'D your might and trample your enemy to the
dusti Americans A citizen mas been con-
demD92 10 death for treason TO a foreign Gov
ernmeW Are our naturalization laws null
and voidl Has the war of 1879 been fought in
yam is America 10 be republican or despoticl
Come and ans weTt' -.
San Francisco advices state that the French
commander at Acapulco has received orders
10 evacuate the place when advised of the
evacuation Of Mazatiau, which was to take
place on the 18th instant. and to destroy the
stores and supplies which be could not remove,
a part OF the French feet would go 10 Tahite
and the rect to South America The wounded In
the late engagements Is had been sent to France,
via Panama. The French fleet at Acapulco
nad ieeeiyed 3lotons coal from san Francisco
tharleja, the capital OF Michoacan, WAS close
ly besieged by the Republicans, and the gar
rison reduced to great straits -
The news that Lynch. the Fenian, has been
sentenced 10 death at Toronto causes much
discussion at Montreal. The Witness news
paper is notin favor of carrying out the sem
tence,as there was no evidence that he actually
committed murder, and his crime was purely
political Another lot OF war material has ar
rived from England The other Fenian trials
VIII not probably commence before Wednes-
day, Mr.. henzie, who is retained by the AmerI-
can Consul to defend such as are American
citizens. not being ready for trial.
A gentleman who has inst returned from a
trip among the river parishes in Louisiana re-
ports that the crops are far smaller than here
tofore stated. He says that FIVE -eignths of the
crop is already in the market from the river
region, and the residue will soon be here. The
official report of the Freedmen's Bureau says
that in Concordia parish $4,000 acres were
planted in cotton and only 200 bales were
made. There will be great suffering among
the agricuituralists.
At the convention held at Greenfield, Mass,
Levi Hayward, Of Gardner, was nominated as
the Democratic candidate from the 9th con-
gressional district The Democratic convention
of the Western Hampden senatorial district,
held at Westfeid, nominated George NJ.
Stearns, of Chicopee. At the Republican con-
vention of the joint Ham pshre and Berkshire
district, held at Lee on Thursday, J. Tucker,
Of Lenox, was nominated. % -..
Captain William NJ. New, and the other
gentlemen who had charge of the examination
into the eau ses which resulted in the loss of
Evening Star concluded their labors In New
York ) turday. The vessel is pronounced to
have been thoroughly seaworthyin every re-
spect; and IN the opinion of the Investigating
committee the calamity was caused by not
keeping her head to the wind, and also by not
providing her with appliances for SO doing .
The Tennessee Conservative State Conven-
tion met Saturday, at Nashville. Hon. Ed
mand Cooper was president. Resolutions
were adopted endorsing the Philadelphia plat
form and the Presidents policy; urging the
Conservatives TO perfect an organization;
pledging resistance TO the constitutional amend
ment, and stigmatizing its ratification by the
Tennessee Legislature as null and vsid, and
appealing to that body not to pass laws OBJ
noxious to the people of the State.
Edward Mcguire, one of the supposed Bow
doinham Bank robbers, had a preliminary ex-
nation in Batb, Ne, Saturday morning, and
was bound over in the sum of S4O,OOO for his
appearance at the April term OF the Supreme
Judicial Court, to be held in that city. He
was taken to Augusta Jail, with Bartlett and
Sims, yesterday afternoon, ....-- ,, .,..,..
A man named Josiah Rogers, of Rochester,
n. Y, was murdered Friday night near the
county fair grounds, on the outskirts OF the
city He had been to horse race, and after
leaving the track was struck by slung- sh OF,
which caused his death in a few hours The
murderer Is stifitat large. The motive for the
murder is not apparent 1t is supposed th at
the blow was intended for another person.
The officers of the Boston custom house. in
their researches among the passengers of the
English steamer China, which has arrived at
that port, for smukgled goods, noticed a lady
whose conduct and appearance We're decidedly
suspicious. Upon examination il was dis
about her person number of valuable par
cells OF jewelry, worth about three thousand
dollars. n. rr. rF., s.t t.-.-r ..-, .s..,.-
Itis reported, IN New Orleans, that Cover
nor Wells and Judge Howall, who claims to
be president OF the stitutional State Con-
ventoA Of 1854, are about reconvening that
body, and have election sto I'LL vacan cies. The
Governor says he has assurance from lead
ing members Of Congress he Will be sustained
by force, if necessary. .rF I'D b..
General HpintzeIman has sur rcnedad q anaral
Getty in command of the Department of Texas
Ten more companies of'fniantry are immedi-
ately ordered TO Texas. AL the cavalry have
gone TO the frontier. T. gs .taEJI '-- 81 =
r. Decastillo, a representative OF the Mexi.
can Government at San Francisco, pu ublishes
q protest against the language adopted by
sheridan respecting Macmillan IN his letter
touching Mexican interests. -
The examinations ofthe witnesses against the
Police Commissioners before Governor Swami
was continued Saturday at Annapolis At 3
O'Clock the case was adjourned until to day,
when it is believed the matter will be ended.
The match game Of base. ball between the
Nationals of W Washington, and the Pastimes, OF
Richmond, resulted in the defeat of the latter
after eight innings had been played. The score
stood IS TO lO.
A match game of base ball at Philadelphia,
saturday. between the Athletics of that city.
and the Unions, Of Morrisiana, resulted, after
eight innings, in favor of the Unions. The
score stood 90 to AZ. ~ ar .- s...t ft
Two or three New York papers recommend
George William Curtis, for U. s. Senator, TO
succeed Mr harris, whose term expires with
the present Congress. 49, "a o. :
sCoiwell Colyilie, the Democratic candidate
for Congress in the ID district of Minnesota,
has declared that he is in favor Of the const
tutionai amendment and Of negro suffrage Cd
Reports from Japan represent that the
Chinese have beaten the FTycoon's forces In
four battles; in the last engagement there was
great slaughter on both sides. :. A'@ F. tsH \
John Mccormick, on the Saratoga N. Y.
train, was thrown under the cars by the for ce
of acoliision, on Saturday night, and horribly
mu tiated. He died IN half an hour.
Lieutenant Baene, of the royal artillery,
died at = nebec, Friday night. of injuries re-
ceived at the late fire while rendering assis-
tance. - H #dAb8 .aice.~ 1Bg .. s-.E z
During a recent flood in China 1900 persons
apd immense herds of cattle were dro wned
Forty men were killed by the falling of a wall
Il George ID. Prentice, editor of the Louis vile
Journal is seriously i'll with Bronchitis. His
recovery is doubtful 80 ,,--ss.-. -...-..s.
- Ads ices from Japan say the steamer England
has been sold to the Tycoon for S1S0,OOO, and
the Mercury Tor Sfee 000 1ltss1S
The City (,ouncil of q uebac have daeidad IN