Evening star., 1866-09-26
TELEGRAMs. &c.

There was a hearing Monday before the u.
s. Commissioner at Philadelpnia in the case Of
Sl.tk q ESgar. charged with using false
brands en- whiskey barrels. The only witness
.xsminsd was the ,llector of the ID congress
slonai district, who stified that one OF the de-
fencants had given in false ftatements, and
ibat tneif orands were false. The parties in
New lork bought OF persons doing business in
Ppiladelpnia about $50 barrels on Saturday, !,
wbRn was seized az the Baltimore railroad
and and Samaen and Amboy railroad depoe.
VIII key, the balance being filled with water
The parties We're held for a further hearing
ihe following improbable story Is tele.
fraphed from Bedford, Pa:--At Democratic
meeting held in the court house on Saturday
eNehIng; tne pr sident OF the meeting, on mo-
non OF Is. h. Myers, the Democratic candidate
for Senator, addressed the meeting During
ms remarks he eaid the name of Booth would
live. He. like Minkleried, had laid down his
life for his country. That Switzerland had
her Winkleried, Scotland her Bruce and
America her Booth; and that the time would
come when monument would be erected to
tooth higher than that erected TO Lincoln
IN, sc sentiments were received without MARKS
of disapprobation. =
A suit has been brought, in the 18th district
court of California, against the Collector ofIu-
ternai Revenue TO test the constitutionality of
tne iaw OF the iast Congress requiring the peo-
pie OF ofCaiifornIa TO pay their income taxes in
gold or its equivalent by raising the amount
ofincome returned to the s.greenback" asis
The wine. e.growers of Sonora and the ada.
cent counties in California held q meeting on
the 20th for the purpose of representing to the
authorities at Was shington the iniurious effects
OF the present revenue act on the dIstillato on of
brandy from grapes, and the serious loss that
must result unless the law lie modified
On Saturday night as the Erie express train
approached Howard station the rear passen
ger car was thrown from the track, and the
mont truck breaking through the floor, Il e.
duced the structure to ruins The car was
filled and about twenty persons injured; for
tunately, however none seriously. =
The Hon. John B. Steele was thro wn from a
wagon at II o'clock Monday morning, at
Rondout, N. y, and was seriously injured
that he died al o'clock He was to have been
a candidate for Congress on the Democratic
ticket Oh 500 = :
Dates from Arizona to the 18th inst give en-.
conraging accounts of the mining operations.
and reports OF a good yield of grain, the croos
around Prescott being largely estimated. Five
tons ef pure copper have been shipped from
Williams Fork TO San Francisco.
A portion of the walls Of the building i'm
Orchards block Milwaukee, fell Monday
morning and buried eight persone in the ruins
Two were instantly killed, and the other. are
so much injured that their recovery is hope
less.
Moses Cummings, a messenger of the Ma.
tional broadway Bank, was robbed in w an
street Monday Of over s2iO0o. The thief was
pursued, captured, and the money recovered.
The figures show that the people of Cali
fornia paid assessments on twelve mlues in
Nevada, and one In Mexico, to the amount of
S4,250,CtQ.
A young man sixteen years OF age, committed
suicide at Mr. kortTight's residence, in Keyser-
vile, Ulster county, n. Y, Monday. Cause
insanity. g...'-'. =
The returns indicate the election OF Coles
Bashford as delegate TO Congress for the Ter
ritoTy Of AriZona.
There were seventy deaths from cholera in
Nashville, Tenn, on Monday.
The cholera in Memphis, Tenn, Is NO longer
declared epidemic.