Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-01-03
TELEGRAMS, &c.
The monetary panic is increasing at Havana.

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The banks have ostens oily resumed payment,
save that known as Bossier's which will prob
ably completely fail, as the assets are insuni :
eienf There have been nightly meetings OF
the various branches of business men, MGR
chants, grocers, &c, which have been quite
stormy, and no measure has been arrived al
TO relieve the situation. Many failures are ex :
pected.
Both branches of the Massachusetts Legi-la-
ture organized yesterday. After organization
the Governor and members OF the Legislature
were escorted 10 the Old South Church. where
sermon was preached by Rev. DIR. Warren.
OF Cambridge. Edward T. Walker one of the
TWO colored representatives, was appointed on
inauguration of Governor Bullock will take
place on Friday.
The Legislature of Maine convened at Au-
gusta, yesterday. Hon. N. M. Burpee, OF
Knox county. was elected President of the
Senate, and Hon. Lewis Borden Speaker of
the House of Representative. Both were
,aominees of the Republican caucus. Both
branches adjourned uRtil to-day, when Gen
Chamberlin, the Governor elect will be in i
augnraied and deliver his message.
A few days since despatch was published
rejecting on the Consul Of Spain at Phila-
delphia. An investigation shows that the
charges then made were groundless, and that
that oRicial had done nothing more than his
duty in regard to the clearance OF the steam h I'D
Stars and Stripes from Philadelphia tor Ha-
yaDa.
The dry goods trade in New York is quiet.
with but few sales. The market, ,notwithstand-
ing the extreme lethargy, Is IN a healthy con-
dltion, and the future is looked forward to
with much hope, but without much specula-
ton as to when the spring trade will open.
Few believe In heavy trade during the year,
but healthy tone is expected.
The city government of Portsmouth, N. H .
organized New Years day. There having been
no choice for Mayor at the popular election.
the two branches of the government met in
convention, and elected jonathan Dearborn,
republican, by %j votes, over Frank Jones,
Democrat, who received votes.
General Braxton Bragg, formerly of the
Confederate army. is on visit to New Or
leans, for the first time since the close of the
war. Lieutenant General Sherman and Gen
Bragg were intimate friends while serving in
the regular army, and dined together on the
oath ult.
The Isle of Wight, around which the Ameri.
can yacht Henrietta, and the British Yacht
Viking owned by Prince Alfred, are to sail. is
twenty three miles long and fifteen miles
wide. The sailing distance will be about
ninety miles.
The investigations by the Congressional
committee into the New Orleans riots are con-
Quoted with secrecy. 1t was the intention of
the committee to close their labors yesterday,
and leave for Washington last night The
testimony taken is volumlnous.
Henry Hurd a reporter Of the Boston Jour.
nal. had his pocket picked of a gold watch
valued at sever ii hundred dollars, while view
Years day.
The mystery about the four dead bodies
brought TO Boston by the steamer Saxon from
Philadelphia has been cleared up. They were
intended Tor dissection and were legitimately
obtained.
The Government securities stolen from the
Mechanics Insurance Company of Newark
N. j., have all been recovered in Montreal.
through negotiations with the scoundrels tha
carried them of.
The Governor OF New Jersey offers a reward
of i've thousand dollars for the apprehension
OF the burglars who shot Mrs. Aaron Ward,
Jr., in her own bed room, IN Newark, on the
night OF December 81.
The receipts of cotton at all the Southern
ports for the last four months foot up 100000
bales 1t is generally believed by the cotton
factors that fully cLe-half of .he present crop
has already been delivered.
A man named Waterman was killed yester.
day morning by falling through a scuItle at j
Il. Games billiard table factory, in Court
street, Boston.
Joseph Z. Shaw, a prominent citizen of Rox.
bury, Massachusetts, was run over on the
Providence railroad in that city and instantly
killed.
The severest snow storm which has occur.
red in Texas since 1852 prevailed at Galveston
yesterday.
The girls employed as spinners in the Rox.
bury, Mass, cotton mills are on a strike against
a reductien of wages, and have left work
The Iron -moulders' Inter national Union. as
sembled in convention in Boston, New Years
day,
The Congressional excursion party left
Chat atranooga, Tenn, on New Years night, and
are expected here this evening.
There is great distress in Havana, and seye.
raj houses have been opened for gratuitous dis
uibution OF soup.
The Captain General Of Puerto Rico has al.
lowed vessels TO come TO certain ports OF tina,
island to obtain beef cattle.
1t is stated that Capt. O'Shea was mistaken
for T.. o. 1. X. Stephens, and the latter has not
been in New York for some weeks.
The James river is blockaded with ice from
Richmond to the mouth Of Warwick river.
Midnight robberies are Of nightly occurrence
in Montreal, Canada.