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Another Fatal Shooting Case in baltimore.
Some excitement was caused through the
wes.rrn section cfthe city ye terday morning
character IN that locality, was shot fatally
whilst attempting to cut the halyards Of q flag
pole on Pennsylvania avenue. Aa investiga-
following facts: Some time bstweea three and
tour O'clock yesterday morning party of men,
OF which BRADY was one. went out Pennsyl.
vauia avenue, near McMecn,n street, for the
purpose of cutting down and carrying away
the halyards of hickory pole erected near
that peiRt by the democratic conser rvatives of
the twentieth ward The halyards were passed
around rt ar chimney OF the house OFF. Wal
te myer, opposite which the pole was erected
ana To which easy access could be had by
climbing from rear shed. Probably expect
ing some ruch attack, two young men named
John Waltermyer, alias Bowers, and John
kepler has been on the watch, on the steps OF
Wultermyer's house. Bowers however, had
gone of a few minutes before to help load
during his absence the party of men came up,
and one OF them mbing on the roof, cut the
haiyards, the ends falling to the street.
Another Of tneEerowd then hauled the
the ropes with them. kepler remained on
the steps, pretending to be asleep. Bowers,
coming back almost immediately after ards,
was told of the occurrence, when he, accom-.
panied by kepler, followed the party down
the avenpe, and coming up with them. de-
manded the return OF the halyards; an alter.
catlon ems ned, during which, II Is alleged,
Bowers was struck over the head with billy;
Bowers then drew horse pistol and hred, the
contents, consisting Of forty one buck shot,
taking effect in the left breast and shoulder OF
Brady, killing him almost instantly. Officer
Baker reaches the spot almost Immediately,
and arrested Bowers and Kepler. The body
OF Brady was removed to the western police
station by Officers Cole hous and Vandanaker,
when Coroner Greentree summoned jury Of
inquest, which returned q verdict that "death
was cause by a pis tol shot fired at the hands
Of John Bowers, alias Wal'ermeyer" Bowers
was committed by the coroner on the charge of
shooting, to await the action of the grand jury
The body OF Brady was then taken charge of
by his friends, and removed to the residence
OF his mother, No. li3 Hoffman street. He was
about twenty. seven years of age. and leaves
widow and one child, who reside on Pierce
street. Baltimore Sun, 23d.
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III Generals Hooker and Mcclellan are in

UrGeneEais Hooker and MCCLELLAN are in
Psris. l.4 5Estss.fs'a rli-.I's- tsa -. -
a0An Ohio democrat came home oil the way
nom Chill, south America, to vots the straight
tleket. s3-t 500 t.'A 80 ys
1Thirty thousand Arabs, say correspon.
dents, have died Of famine. Eas
~A yellow fever panic exists ct Memphis.
0Tbe Epgliah press is ridiculing the msa-
gre results Of the great meeting Of prsiates at
Lambeth. 3 TFI4@ y
n0Ths "Great Eastsrns will leave France
next May With the pew Cable.
TrA gang Of counisrfeiters has been broksn
mn IN PiattsburS, N. T., and q number OF ar
rests have been made.
Z0Fivs parsons came TO grief at Troy, n. Y,
last Monday, By ealing sheaA cAeess.n ~
~Amona the candidates for United States
Senator in california II Greed Haymond. q
nephew OF General Raymond, OF Riehmond,
~ number Of Catholic priests have left
Montreal o. & mission 10 Florida. ~
r. Coa. A. D. Stewart an old paymastsr In
the United States army, died In New Yelk
last week. .sths4a 500 Tgsz@ss q
~ The English compound honssbsldsre
ara toSchIightnG and demanding reform Of
the Reform Act. -
~Frederick Douglass has given his brother,
who was slave for f0rty.six years, Q cottage
home for himself and SIX children.
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THE ELECTION In VIRGINIA.
A heavy White Vote Polled-The Polls to
be Reopened To-day.

RICHMOND, Oct 22.-The election to-day
passed Of more quietly than was ant cips,rd
Several disturbances were Quelled by the
military. Troops are in reserve at the Capitol
eiry. The cavalry Also patroled the streets.
The result Of the first days voting shows 567
bite maiofty. The canvass is very active
Twenty-Five hundred whites have not voted.
The extreme Radicals are making an effort to
have the polls open for three days instead of
two. The military (under Gen. Granger) and
the city police will be kept on duty all night.
The polls will reopen to- morrow It is i'm :
possible to tell how the State nas gone.
isRCoND DIsPATCH1
The vote to-day was as follows: LyGchburg,
653 whites and 761 blacks, being 372 less than
the mum Der registered Terry's precinct, 335
for convention and 2G5 against.
Amherst county, 100 whites and 3l3 blacks.
Norfolk, l.3s4 whites and 1880 blacks, being
5l4 less than the number registered.
Petersburg, 21l for conven ton and 19l
against 1t. Pauletts precinct, 453 for con ven-
ton and 285 against ii. The Conservative
ticket received 295 votes and the Radical ticket
ass.
at Lynchburg the lives OF the negroes who
voted the Conservative ticket were threatened
by the Radicals, aud a disturbance occurred
this afternoon, during which three negroes
were wounded. Order was restored by the
military aud civil authorities.
Staunton gives d39 for q convention, and 472
ageinet one
county by SEQ majority.
A small white and large negro vote has been
polled in the valley, and the convention there
has been voted down, and Conser vative men
elected. i
The news from Rockbrldge insures Con-
servative triumph.
ALEXANDRIA, Oct. 23.-The following is the
Yaanlf nj R1QNffan " in ho oItx
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From South America.

Rio Janeiro correspondence, dated Septem.
Der "a, says the allies still occupied Tacubaya
A new Cabinet had been formed on the Argen
tine Republic, which indicated a modifica alton
of the policy OF the war and opposition to the
triple alliance. This was considered of i'm
portance in connection with army movements
on the Platte. Reinforcements were loudly
called for, and the army seemed to have no in
tention Of attacking Humaita without them
he fleet was bombarding the fortress daily
Gen. UrquIza, in Uruguay, was preparing
with heavy force Of Insurgents to overtime %
Flores and resist the alliance. The Brazilian
General Assembly clo.ed on the 23d with an
adde's from the I'm peror. = =
Aoyices from Buenos Ayres, dated Septem-
Der "a, state that Cordova had experienced an
other revolution. but 1t was quelled after q
short fight. The Minister Of Foreign Relations
for the Argentine Republic had resigned on
account of the impossibility Of defeating the
Paraguayans. General Asboth, the United
States Minister, was still very low. The
presidential election takes place in January
The most influential paper in the country had
nominated Don Domingo Sar viento the pres.
ent minister at Washington, for the position.
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MURDER AND ARRRsTs.-Some time apo
Mr.. Frederic Powers OF Fitchburg suddenly
disappeared from home under circumstance, ,
that created the impression in the minds of
many citizens that he wiIfpHy deserted his
wife, who at the time was In delicate health.
No trace Of him was found until Yesterday,
when his body was unear he'd BY some labor.
els from sand bank in West Fitchburg bear
ing unmistakable evidence that foul m urder
had been committed for the purpose of rob-
berry, as the deceased had received a con
siderable sum OF money from his employer ON
the day he disappeared. His skull was ap-
parently crushed in By some heavy weapon a
gag was found In his mouth, and three Knife
Two Fren chmen and an American, whose
names our informant cid not learn, have been
arres ed on suspicion OF having been impli
Gated in the fonl deed. and some strong eyi.
dence is said to exist against them. Upon the
gag in the mouth OF the deceased were found
several ridges made by q niche in the knife.
blade with which 1t was wittled out One OF
the parties was observed making gag similar
10 this on the day Of Powers disappearance
and be was arrested yesterday, a niehe being
found upon the blade Of his pocket knife cor.
responding with the ridges on the wood An
other of the parties is said to have had the
deeeased's wallet in his pocket. They were
ell committed to jail-Boston Transcrtpt 19fh.
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Who Has the Fastest Horse?

Tie following lie ter Is p nbiished in the New
iorh HeIald of yesterday
NEW YORK, Dctooer 10, ls67.-Yonr
paper OF this morning contains q letter
purporting to have been addressed to me nv
NJ. Bonner. of the Ledger newspaper, reIa-
Il t., an alleged contest between him AZ nv.
sci for the ownership of the fsstsss tro,,ing
horse III the world 1t oocsS'oned me some
surprise that Mr.. BonRer shonld have ven-
tur,d TO make the statement that such contest
a I'd ever existe6 between him and m self, a I'D
srii more that q gentleman should have fir >,
Addressed me such letter through he puol 9
press, for yopr publication was the first
heard OF II. IL looks to me as II Mr.. Bonner
had sought noioristy either for himself or his
horse, in a manner not in entire con tcrmify
with The rules Of propriety. Mr. Bonner says
heexpected me to disavow challenge made
to him by my trainer, Sam Mclaughlin, be.
cause of my knowledge Of the fact that he
never enters any horses In public race. II
my trainer had consulted me previous to Civ
ing the challenge, must confess that shou Id
have seen no reason why Mr.. Bonner should
nave declined the test, unless he was distruet-
ful OF his horse. The proposal was that Mr.
Bonner's horse, Dexter, should trot my horse
Mountain Boy-pot for any purse or stake
put tne money received at the gate should be
bestowed upon any pnblic charity which Mr..
been unwilling that Mountain Boy should be
pnt to the test nor should / have regretted
that ssme worthy charity should have been
thereby TINS greatly enriched.
The whole story, Mr.. Editor is this. Dsx.
ter 1s q horse some ten years DID, has been key.
eral years in training, and some four years on
the turf. He has ACHE we'd great celebrity-I
believe him fully worthy Of his fame; but to
assume that he can never be beaten may. per.
haps. be mistake. Some two years before
Mr.. Bonner became his owner, he was offered
to me as mate for my horse Post Boy, for
the sum of $500 My answer was that 1
would not have him at any prIces as be was
not considered kind roadster. As for Noun
tam Boy, purchased him at q much higher
price In the month of May, 1866 He was then
six years old thought him the best horse of
ms age ever saw: In the spring of 1857 put
him in training His performance speaks for
itself think him the superior OF Dexter l
nave not been aware, Mr. Editor, that any
strife has existed between Mr.. Bonner nd my
self Tor the possession Of the tastes morse But
II 1t were otherwise, and such a contest has
been pending, all must admit thai Mr. Bonper's
declfnation of McLaughlias proposal has
brought that contest to q close
g. VANDERBILT
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A ANITRo-GLYCERINRE EXPLOSION learn
from the Bangor Wing that an ex pIosion OF the
dangerous combustible known as nitro. plyce-
rine took place at the silver mine in Guilford,
Maine, on Monday morning last. 1t seems
that box containing about fifteen pounds of
the combustible sat on the forge in the shanty
where the tools were prepared, and where The
men were in the habit of warming tn YES.
AT about eight O'Clock Monday morning four
OF the men stood In the shanty together, and
neTipe. About Il We minutes after they left tn a
shanty-two OF them going to work in the drift
and the other two going home-a % ost terrific
explosion TOOK i1tp place tearing everything in
drills into pieces and Cutting places out Of
them as If they had Seen bitten out, and stun.
ming the men, VINO were one hundred and
twenty rect thto the drift. Had the men re-
manned FIVE min utes longer in the shantv all
must have inevitably met with instant death
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-10-23

Court, says the Rockingham lVa.) Register,
on Monday morning directed the petitions Of
the different Methodist churches In this county
to be spread upon the minutes OF the court. It
will be remembered that our Leglslatpra, al
its last session, in order to eettle aud quet ths
division in the Methodist Church in Virginia.
passed law authorizing the congregations OF
the churches TO- determine, By the votes Of their
members, to which division OF the church they
would attach themselves; that such action,
upon the approval Of the Judge OF the Circuit
Court, should be spread upon the miRutss rot
the court, and that the same snould vest the
in that division Of the church for which the
majority OF the members cast their votes. An
Overwhelming majority Of the votes OF the
several congregations IN hockingnam Wefs
cast for the NJ l.. Church South. 'afa,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-10-23

SHOT FOR AN OUTRAeB.-At Meridian, Ala,
Mr.. BreckinIidge met DR.. Burton on the street,
and without speaking TO him drew a revolver
and fired at him five times. Four balls took
effect in the person Of Dr. Burton, killing h,m
almost instantly A cap snapped the fifth
time, thus preventing discharge. Breckin-
ridge made no effort to escape. and was at
once arrested, and is now in Jail. Conflicting
ing to the Tragedy. 1t is sttted, however on
pretty good authority, that Mrs. Brecknrdge
informed her husband, and made affidavit to
the effect that Or. Burton had grievously in.
and outrsge her person. Acting upon this
Information Breckinridge sought out DIR. Bur.
ton, and meeting him. Immediately shot and
killed him OH the spot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-10-23

TAKING THB ARMs.-On Wednesday .iv1t 4
considerable number Of musket, were. taken
from persons belonging to the difYeren { militia
regiments, who had brought them ont. contrary
10 the order OF the Beard OF Polio q AT the
Middle d1ctrict str ton house there re twenty.
five muskets, and at the South era district
three, which will be turned over upon an
order of the Colorel Of the regimees TO which
they may belong. The order TO- the peiice is
TO take the man with 1t ana hoAd him for ex.
animation. An order from the Commandins 2
General Of the militia forbids the carving oi
10 uskets at night without an order from head.
quarters TO do eo.--BdltimoTe. Gazette; Z3d, ~
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A CHILD BITTEN TO DEATH BY DoakRY
At Narragansett, r. /, last Tuesday, t-so chill
diem OF Mr.. Amos Champlin were p,iayine In
an orchard. One OF them got upr,n the wall.
when donkey which was kept a the orchard
seized the child and dragging aim down com
meneed TO frample and bite nm. Meanwhile
the other child seeing whe occurred made for
the house and informed. It's mother that little
Horace had been xii ed by the donkey. The
mother FASTENED 10 the orchard and saw the
te1rioie spectacld5 of the brute gnawing the
poor chiid's ttroot aud face. The poor WON an
gave scream which SO startled the donkey
that he retreated few PAGES, when the mother
rescueo the child from further harm. The
throat and face were so shockinpiy mutilated
tnaf the child died on the following day.
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DESPERATE PRIZE FIGHT.
Bill Bsyee and Denny RerSan the Contest
apts-1hlrty-sevenR r ennds + Fouyht-Ree-
can the Winner


Bill Bsyee and Denny Reagan the Contest
auts.1hlrty.sevenR r ennds + Fouxht-Ree-
gan the WInAer. r-.s r-- By Sd
NV Yokx, Oct. 2I-A prize fight occurred
New York on the New Jersey Central road.
rhs Contestants wsEs Bail Boy ee and Denny
keegap. Boyce nails IRON Jersey City, and is
a u'onioer by trade: stands 5 feet { inches in
te'sbI aud weighs l33 pounds. Raegan stands
. 'ei9 Inches in height ALL d weighs I4p poun dis;
re hstts from Elizabeth. and has tue reputa-
ton OF esing q hard fighter. The maeo re-
sulttd Hem challenge thrown out bv Royce,
leat he could defeat keesan in the ring in nall
su houf- Ths light was TO be al ca.cn weight,
IN one hundred miles or New Jersey at a
pace 70 oe pameo by the party winning the
named High Bridge, but OWING to the da a ser
OF interruption from the authorIii.s AZ was
dst rnlned to night about tour miles be-
low Spruce Run, where the parties ar
rived a little before daylight ana a ring
was pitched amid the curses and impreca,ions
OF the crowd. Meanwhile lively betting was
going en-, and offers OF six to four were mads
OIL Reagan who was looked upon as the sara
winner OF he contest The men were brougn,
upon the ground at 35 q. m. Both appeared
tough men, Boyce having a hard ana deter
m ned look, while Reagan was calm and col
iected, and seemed confident OF victory Boycs
was attended by Jim Variey and att Moru
and Ned Cly mer and Jeek Curry did the
the ring, and at once commenced TO strip for
the fight Regan threw his hat in the ring aud
soon followed it and went INTO the left corner
TO divest himself Of his clothing Thirty
seven rounds Were fought and both men were
badly punished. Boyce, notwiths tanding the
severe punishment he had received, persisted
In fighting after he had evidently lost ali
chances OF winning. The fight lasted two
hours and thirty minutes. Reegan was puI
into blanket and carried to a house near nv.
and his cuts and bruises attended TO- Royce
vas almost entirely discarded by hts friends,
the outsiders having to take care of him ANA
convey him 10 place of safety so as to pre-
vent his arrest. The parties all returned safely
to Jersey City yesterday afternoon.-Special, 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-10-23

W a slr.gHlar and fatal accident occurred
70 a nttle on Of Mr.. Wheeler, hotel Keeper. at
OsooI n. Tin ton county, Mo, few days ago.
years, rus amusing himself in front Of the
no.si " running up and down the street with
d sic 4 some five or six feet long in front OF
sur Jck something ard he came against the end
ne was holding with such violence As to break
q blood vessel. As soon as injured he COM
H1enced screaming and ran into the house, and
falling upon the floor. he said, s4fraudma, /
have killed myself with q stick" He was
taken up and carried into room and, after
| vomiting few moments, he sank rapidly, dy-
| ing in less than half an hour after recei vine
the In niprY..- - .---rl Z. n II - =
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FRNIAN ARREsTs.-Compla is made to
the Administration that Minister Adams has
neglected to urge the British Government for
the release Of John Nsgle and John Warren,
held as FeBians, without charge or trial, in
prison in Ireland. From official sources it is
learned that Sir Frederick Bruce, just prior
TO his death, upon suRgesticn from the Presi.
dent and Secretary McCulloch, had recon.
Dended the release OF these two men, and It is
learned 1ren the lame source that our Gov
srnment has appealed to the British authori-
tiles tor immediate consideration of all the
csses Of arrests Of Eenians who claim to be
citizens Of this country, aud the discharge at
once OF all against whom no valid charge of
violations Of law can be suDstantiated. -
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BISHOPS WHO DID NOT SIGN THE PAN-AN-
GLICAN DKCLARATION.-An EDRiish paper
says only one prelate of the Northern province
has signed the address to the faithful, which is
the res nit of the Pan Anglican Synod at Lam.
beth-the Bishop Of Che ster. The others-
namely, the Archbishop OF York, the Bishop
Of Durham, the Bishop OF Carlisle, the Bjshop
OF Manchester. and the Bishop OF Ripon-hay We
declined TO sign. The bishops OF the Southern
province who have not expressed their CON
currehce in it are the Bishop of Bath and Wells
the bishop OF Chichester, the Bishop of Exc.
ter, the Bishop OF Hereford, and the Bishop OF
Peterborough. The IRISH bishops who have
not signed it are thsse Of Osory and Ferns,
and Tuam. The bishopric of Derry is vacant
OF the Scottish bishops two have not signed,
namely, the Bishop of Edinburgh and the
Bishop OF Brechin; the former probably hay-
ing been unable to attend in consequenc of
his great age.
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Charle lesion Courier of Thursday says: "a
private letter from PendIeton statcs that a
serious outbreak had just occurred at Pickens
Court House. South Carolina The particu-
lars as narrated are these: A meeting of the
Colorod League Association bad been dis.
turbed by the interference of q man while in
toxicated. The meeting of the League was
adjourned, and its members proceeded to the
place where had a sembled q debating society
of young gentlemen of the town, and in an in
furlated manner attacked hem. In the mele /.
killed A military force from Anderr a.
had been ordered up to the scene Of distp 10.
ance." e -
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NOMINATIONS IN MoNrGOMyRY COUNTY,
MD-At the Democratic and Consery yative
con vention Of Montgomery county, Nd, held
were made:--Clerk Of ths Circuit Court. E. Il
Prettyman, BY Acclamation; Register OF w Ills,
Robert w. Carter; States Attorney. George
tor, VIM. Brewer; House OF Delegates, N. ID.
OEutt, Sampel Riggs, Of r., and Thomas Y.
Coniey Orphans nCeurt, VIM. Thompson, Of
B., HazelrB b. Oashsll and DR.. n. II. Sommers;
Thomas J. Holland, William Reed, B, O. Hott,
and John L. Dufsih. G.usga I'D Hgry Z
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Majority for Convention. ......923
Dispatches to the Gazette, from Louisa, Gull
peper, and Orange, indicate that these coun.
tics have gone for the Radicals. 4
FORTRESS MONROE, Gct. 23-The election
at Norfolk is not completed. and the polls will
be opened day. The whites polled 1884,
and the colored 1862. It is supposed that
Walker, Conservative, will be elected. At
Hampton, Virginia, Colonel White, Radical,
Is elected. There is no excitement
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