Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-10-25
TEIEGRAMS, Ac.


The prisoners who were remanded 70 Dan.
bury, Conn. last August On the charge OF rob.
bing he car of the Adams press Go. last
Jan nary were br Sught M IN the Su perior Court
TUESDAY for another trial. Counsel forthe pris
eoners moved for posiponeme OF the motion.
was cenied by Judge Loomis, and the trial will
proceed. Mcclure, one Of the prisoners who
was released on bail, 10 not on hand: he having
been arrested, with Others, on charge Of a bold
burglary and bank robbery At Bowdoinham,
Me, at the time when he had fled frCm New
York 70 avoid arrest, immediately after the
Express robbery, when he was supposed to be
in Canada.
An expedition left Evar.port, KY, on Sat-
urday tors point on Green river. to arrest the
parties engaged in abducting and numbering
Lieutenant Hampton from his home, opposite
Owensboro', some months ago They succeed
ed IN capturing two OF the persons, named
Davidson, the chief assassin, is still at large.
The prisoners were taken to Rockport, and
Will be carefully guarded until tried. Hamp-
ago and fully identified, but the matter has
been kept quiet until now, to facilitate the ar
rest of the murderers.
The trials for indictments for bribery and
corruption in the last New Jersey Legislature
commenced Tuesday. The first case called
was the State against Charles Rush, of Hud-
SON county. The State produced but one wit
ness. Attorney General Freinghuysen and
prosecutor Hageman appeared on the part of
inc Stdtc. ana j. r. Bradley, "A. II. hlcnarQ-
son, and Leon Abbot for the defendant. Mr.
Bradley contended that the State had failed TO
make out a case.
The Republican convention at Chester, Mas
sachusetts, renominated Hon. Henry L. Da Yves
for Congress by ninety foar votes to eleven for
Trask was tben nulta- Radical candidate. The
resolutions adopted take Radical grounds. and
declare that the Government which mas con-
ferred citizenship on all false to itself il il
withholds the ballot from any.
Iti said that the Cuban Government has
purchased of the United States two monitors,
at an expense of S2,OO0,C0O. and as the Cove
ment has no available funds two wealthy
merchants Of Havana gave their security for
the amount.
Two representatives. of the Swedish Gov
ernment, properly Observation-Disclosures q. "A.
Augstrom. Royal Institute. and Professor
Richard Alderman, OF the Royal Swedish
Mining School, arrived In New York, Tues
day, 10 inspect the various iron interests
Late advices from Montana state that forty
men, who had encamped at the mouth of Milk
river. were attacked by a band Of Sioux In
dians, and after five hours fighting the Indians
were driven OF, with twenty one killed. Four
whites were killed and several wounded.
q The Penno Freedmen's Relief Association
bama, last Sunday. and would have COM
menced a colored school on Monday, but some
incendiary burned 1t 70 the ground.
MRS. Rebecca Dayler gave birth to a child at
IA uoihheNufes OulO, DlOnOdy uignt. cut It's
throat with a knife, put il under an old house,
and confessed the deed directly afterward.
The annual session OF the Alumni Institute
OF the Chicago Theological Seminary was COM
menced Monday evening, and will continue
two weeks, ending on Friday, November 2.
The storm of Sunday night did great damage
in Indiana. 1t has been felt severely far
east as Detroit, as far south as st. Louis, and as
far north as Milwaukee.
the man who murdered Luther g. Thomp-
son, in Pennington, Mass, on Saturday, has
been arrested in that town, and his examina.
tlon is now progressing there.
1t is positively asserted in some quarters in
New Orleans that President johnson has
urged Governor Wells to force the amendmen t
through the Legislature.
In fucatan the war between the castes sti IL
continues, and from what may be gathered
from the meagre reports the Indians have thus
far obtained the advantage
The order establiSh hing a quarantine ar New
Orleans has been rescinded.
Chicago had slight snow storm on Tues
day. -
Snow commenced falling at Rochester New
York, at one O'Clock yesterday afternoon.