Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-07-27
TELEGRAMS. &c

Yesterday, in the South Carolina Conven.
tion. time was consumed In the discussio and
election OF the officers OF the s. ate Cen tral
Committee of the Union Republican party.
who were white men. and vice president and
secretary, colored. One white delegate ten :
dered his resignation, as he could not su bscribe
to the platform adopted by the convention.
The president OF the convention, a colored
man, in accepting 1t. eaid he was glad to do so,
as they did not want Jndas among them
Resolutions were adopted thar a copy OF the
to the President OF the United States. to Gen.
Sickles, and TO the Executive Committee Of the
party at Washing ton.
special dispatch to the Louisville Ky /,
Banner reports that collision occurred in
Knoxville Thursday night. resulting in the
wounding OF TWO negroes. Frank BLAIR was
addressing the Conserv atives, and the meeting
was frequently Interrupted by negroes who
cheeIed for Brownlow. Toward the close OF
or ten shots were fired, resulting as stated On
learning the news at the colored church, two
hundred negroes formed in procession and
were proceeding to the scene Of disturbances,
when they were met by an agent Of the Freed :
mans Bureau and the police, who persuaded
them to desist. thus preventing a bloody riot
In Richmond, the District Court commenced
its ssstien Yesterday. Judge Underwood, in
his charge, said the grand jury would have
new class OF cases before them, in which ilis-
gal registration W ould be charged. He urged
moderation, as many had registered upon the
strength OF the Attorney Generals opinion,
and that Of the district commander, and had
not intended to commit perjury. If any were
presented it sheuld not be the ignorant, but the
prominent men who knew better
Letters from Cuba Of the 2:d, state that Mr..
Everett, the engineer Of the submarine tele-
graph, in company with Mr.. Arantave, In.
spector General OF that Isisnd, went out On
the 10th to survey the landing section at the
bottom ofLa Chowera cove, and it is decided
10 lovy M Ia
out effecting the landing, but buoy no both
ends until properly tested, and then effect tho
splicing at once.
About one hundred and fifty sergean,s,
whose term of service has expired, will leave
Havana for Spain on the Both instant Accord.
be promoted further. and are therefore cash
Tered against their will. This will doubtless
be cause OF mischief, because these men will
resent their discharge and join the revolu-
nonary ranks IN Spain.
Seventy. five Indians attacked a survevine
party OF the Union Pacific railroad on Bitter
creek on the 23d, mortally wounding p T.
brown, the engineer in charge OF the party
Brown died on the 23d The Indians virtually
have possession OF the road between Fort
Saunders and Fort Bridger
A despatch from Fort Harker. Kansas, saws.
on the authority OF Colonel Smith. chief sur.
Reon. that no new cases Of cholera have occur.
red there, and that the epidemic is rapidly
sutsiding. Four cases have occurred in pass.
ing tf1ins.
The Government employees, lately sent to
work on frontier posts, are reported suffering
from the cholera near San Antonio, Texas,
where they are Quaranti tined. The freedmen
ct Alleyton are also suffering from cholera
Many farmers in Niagara county, N. Y,
have contracted to deliver new crop amber
winter wheat at SO per bushel to the Lockport
millers. Rain is wanted for the growing
crops.
The Hon. David Mckee, an ex-member of
Congress, and postmaster at Lafayette, In.
dian. shot himself dead at his home yesterday
morning.
Richmond is full OF rumors about changes
Of city Offices, and it is understood that the
military authorities are about to make maav
new appointments.
The freedmen are holding meetings through.
out Georgia, and are addressed by Republican
speakers, white and black, who urge upon them
the necessity OF supporting their party.
A boy named Houchey, a newsboy on the
South Carolina railroad, was killed bv the
tram running over hlm near Bambury yester-
day morning.