Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-08-23
TELEGRANIS. &c.

western OeSpdtCQeS S6y tubt tu0 hulb9Ey
authorities are arming all the citizens at Fort
Sedgwick for the protection OF that post. The
cholera 10 raging among the Seminole Indians.
About twenty new cases appear daily. Lata
Denver papers report Fort Reno and Phil kesr-
nsy in state Of siege An the smal, parties
their stock stolen. Colonel Green loss one
hundred head of stock in one dav. The Chey.
enne road from Laport to Phil Kearney is i'm
passible except for large parties, and even
they are frequently attacked.
The Democratic convention to nominate a
candidate for Congress in the I'd Ohio district
to I'LL the vacancy occasioned by resignation
OF General Hayes, met at Cnmminsville yes
terday. The resolution Of the Ohio State Con !.
yention and the kentucky resolutions of 1898
were adopted as the platform The delegate tes
being about equally divided between Genera
Ammon, late an officer in the army, and DR..
Fereu an anti-war Civilian, got into a
equabble, and the convention broke up in a
row without nominating. aH-
Commissioner Rollins, chief Of the Interna
Revenue Department. was present at the Sc
cret meeting Of the New York Metropolitan
Board on Monday, and great excitement pre-
as it was generally supposed, that his presen ce
was for the purpose of ordering wholesale
decapitation among them. Nothing of the
sort is known, however. to have been the re-
suit get
A new Fenian Congress, under the auspice.
of the Stephens and O'Mahony branch of the
organization, commenced it's session at No. sI4
Broad way, New York. Wednesday, Mr.. O'Oon-
nor, OF Boston. in the chair, ana about two
hundred delegates from the different circles i'm
attendance. Little business was done bevond
the reception of credentials and the appeint-
ment OF officers.
The tram from Macon, Ga yesterday morn
ing met with serious accident at the culvert
between stations ~ and l3. The engine passed
over safely. while the tender fell through
throwing the train from the embankment The
cars were crowded with passengers, but none
were hurt except express messenger who is
badly injured. The freight, express, and smo.
king cars are complete wreck.
Gen. Sheridan's special order No. 1922 aunuls
certain contracts awarded by the late Ooun-
ellis, and declares the same null and void and
the city Of New Orleans released from any OBJ
legations resulting tnerefrom. Gen. Sheridan
has not complied with the request OF the Citv
Councils to remove certain officials declared
by the Councils ineligible under the reconstruc-
ton act.
The strike on the Mobile and Ohio railroad
has assumed formidable proportions. The en-
ployees, many of whom have not been paid
for eighteen mon tbs, assembled at Jackson and
stopped ali the trains. A company OF military
has been ordered to that point, and the agents
OF the road fear that Gov Brownlow will take
possession OF all that portion of the road in
Tennessee.
The leading gamblers of New York held a
private meeting Wednesday, for the purpose
of taking measures TO protect themselves
against the Entertainments of the anti gambling
society. 1t was finally agreed, after some pre-
liminary discussion, to tax each establish men,
one hundred dollars to raise fund for the
employment OF lawy ers and other purposes
Several shop-keepers doing business near
the corner OF Broadway and Fulton streets,
New York, have just made an alliance for the
purpose OF initiating legal proceedings against
the LoeW or Fulton street bridge, on the
ground that 1t is unwieidy, impracticabie for
the purpose intended, and. on the whole is q
first-class nuisance.
Accounts from southern aud central Ala
bama state that the army worm has m ade It's
appearance on number Of cotton farms, but,
so far, has done little or no damage. II the
weather continues dry and hot, As Il has been
for five or six weeks, not much damage is
looked for from them.
The political contest in California is very
hitter and exciting as the election draws near
Efforts are making to concentrate the Union
vote of San Francisco on one Legislative ticket
The Independent party continue their opposi.
ton to Gorham. but support the general ticket.
dispatch from Olympia, Washington Ter
rltory, says he party making survey OF the
Northern Pacific Railroad found the rourr
over Cowlitz Pass to Forks Cowlitz extremely
favorable. The survey over the rpountains
will be finished in thirty days.
convention Of engineers, embracing soma
Of the most famous In the country. assent bled
in st. Louis, Wednesday, to consult in refer
ence 10 cOEstTuCung OrlQge across the MIS-.
sisslppi river at that point for the Illinois and
st. Louis Bridge Company.
The yellow fever of q very yirulent type
prevail at Corpus Christi, Texas. The vel.
low fever deaths In New Orleans from the
18th instant to Yesterday morning, as reported
to the Board OF Health, were thirty seven
The cholera ts reported to be raging in a ma.
lignant form in and around Snawneetown,
Illinois. Thirty cases and twenty deaths have
already occurred. People are fleeing In con.
sternatlon.
John McCarty, who murdered Ruth Long,
fort in Baltimore on the eth of July, was ar.
rested in st. Louis. Wednesday night, and will
be held until an officer arrives to take him to
Maryland.
The trotting race at Detroit yesterday be.
tween Brown George and run ming ma g against
General Butler was won by the team taking
the first, third. and fourth heats. The third
heat was made in 22lk.
wa. Hopper, a well-known tobacco man.
ufscturer, was arrested in Richmond yester-
day, charged with counterfeiting the revenue
inspectors brand.
At Lansing, Michigan, yesterday morning
the new constitution was signed by sixty-six
menbe The convention then adjourned
sine die.
The Austrian sloop- Of war Elizabeth sailed
from New Orleans yesterday with Admiral
Tegetof tor Vera Cruz.
The diocesan convention OF Western New
York has resolved to divide the diocese into
two parts.
Kapawha county. Va, yesterday subscribed
$780, co to the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad.