Evening star., 1866-10-24
TELEGRAMS. &C.

piled by one pipe. eighteen inches yn dia me-
Ter, carrying water from the st. Charles river
efhces will not take any new risks oonfiuing
themselves 20 renewing old risks Ii was
OWING TO this want of water that the citv,
tooueh situated on the bank of n great river
tS'. Lawrence.) with smaller stream (the ST
Charles) fowing into II close at hand, was
for an hour without water in the district OF the
fire. '7.0
Accusation dispatch from New Orleans to
toe New York Tribune says:-"rhe military
authorize the Investigation of the statement
MADE 10 them in writing, that the rebels in this
eity contemplate rising and massacreing of
Union cltiZrns on the lst of November, All
saints day. Large supplies of arms, with
some Drass cannon are known TO have been re-
Gently imported. Captain Stone In command
OF The gnn beat So uadron, has deemed il erpe.
dlent to moveh his command toa position which
VIII insure him The protection of the U. y
troops. The gunboats are not in conlmiss,o
and are without armament"
The Official vote OF all but eight counties
gives the Radical majority in the state of In
diana at y, ,095 on the State ticke THE other
counties have been reported unofficially, and
about balance. Their official vote will not vary
the result. as above given, fifty votes Colonel
Grover, (Radicai,) in the 4th districr. will con.
test the seat of Holman, (Dem) 1t is reported
that General Graham, Radical in the ID dis
trict. VIII contest the seat of M. T.. Kerr
(Dem.)
The Fenian headquarters in New York pre-
sent lively appearance. Forty thousand uni-
forms are said to be making They will be
simiar 10 those worn by the United States
army with the exception of the buttons The
caps are to have a green band and the harp of
Erin in front. There is no trulb in the reno RI
that Colonel Roberts has sold the arms under
his control 10 Santa Anna.
General Sherman was at Fort Dodge on the
7th inst. and stayed over Sunday at an Indian
council, in which the General laid the iav
down to the Indians. He has given them eigb,
days in which TO bring in the other three
women they have. and if they do not return
them without presents, he told them it wouId
be war The Indians started home to have a
council among themselves. =
The Vermont Legislature yesterday elected
United States Senators TO fill the vacancies
occasoned by the deaths OF Senators ColIamer
and Foot. Hon. l.. r. Poland was elected To
fill The unexplred term of Senator Foot, aRd
Hon. j ustin ). Morril was elected for the term
OF six years, commencing from the 4th of
March next.
In the action against certain parties for de.
stroying the Bangor Democrat Office, in
August, 1861, which has been on trial before
the Supreme Court in Belfast, Me- for a fort
night the Jury brought a verdict of SgIs
against John Tabor, of Oldtown. and SamueI
A. Mann, of Bangor, and not guilty as to re-
mainder.
The Bridgeport Comm Furniture Com.
pany's factory, consisting of three large brick
buildings, was almost entirely DESTROYED by
fire about O'Clock Monday evening The loss
is estimated at about $4,000; insured for about
$4,000. Nearly one hundred men are thrown
out OF employment
A portion of the 18th T. s infantry from,
Newport, Kentucky, and the 9th u. s. colored
infantry, have lately arrived at New Orleans
They are encamped, with a large number of
other troops, at Green Vile a distance of a bout
II We miles from the city.
Seven buildings on Fulton and Front Leyee
streets, New Orleans. occupied mostly as
wholesale groceries, were destroyed by fire
Monday morning, involving a loss OF $500 600
persons were severely injured.
Private letters from Mexico, dated October
ID, published in the New Orleans Times saws
General MeJia has orders 10 retake Matauooras
MaximiiliaE is at Carnovola. The Mexican
Timss asserts that CarlotIa was fully success
fui In France.
Japan All ices to September I2 have been re-
ceived at San francisco. Rumors were afioat
that the Ty coon had died at Jeddo His suc
cessor is said TO be a man of great energy O
character, and IN favor of foreign intercourse.
convention of Democrats and others dis
affected by the denomination of Hon. A. ]
Rogers met at Orange, n. j.. yesterday and
nominated Hon. John Hugler, of Bergen coun-
ty, for Congress from the ith district
The million and a half suit In Canada be.
tween the Commercial Bank and the Grear
Western Railway. that has been at ue for sly
years, has been closed by dIrect negotiations
satisfactory TO both parties.
The coroners jury on the bodies OF the VIC
tins of the explosion at st. Louis. last veek
have returned averdict that the explosion was
the result OF the ignorance of the engineer
The Presbyterian conference sitting in ST
LOUIS, have passed series of radical resolu-
tions, condemnDg President johnson and en-
dorsing the action of Congress.
In the special election held in seven conn
ties of Tennessee, five Conservatives and three
Radicals were elected to the Legislatures
gain of two BadIeals
Atthe Republican Congressional con vention
held at Sing Sing, N. Y, Hon. VIM. A. Robert
son was nominated for Congress by acciama-
nation.
The people Of Lower Canada are again
panic stricken over a rumor that the Fenians
are congregatng at st. Albans and Malone.
The relief committee at Toronto, Canada,
has received S35,0O0 in aid of the sufferers alone
in Quebec.