Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-05-04
TELEGRAMS, &c.

"A mass meeting was held at Camden, ". j.,
Thursday evening, by the citizens, irrespective
of color The call was made for all who be-
iieVed that the black man, If ft to vote in
South Carolina, was fit to vote in New Jersey;
FOR all who believed that the Declaration OF
Independence and the Constitution OF the
United States were the expression of the anti
slavery sentiment of an anti slavery people.
Senator Wilson addressed a large audience
on Citadel Green, Charleston, 5. c., yesterday
afternoon. About 1000 negroes and 200 whites
were present. HE speech was two hours long,
and consisted mainly in the aIraignment OF
South Carolina as the foremos. champion of
slavery, and advising the pee ole. white and
black, TO unite upon the platform of the Union
Repu blican party.
Great numbers OF refugees are arriving at
New York from Ireland. They give very dis
cosreging accounts of the state of the country
and say that the movement in Ireland is en-
hrely abandoned. 1t is said that Colonel
Roberts has made a special call upon the Fe-
nian Brotherhood for aid for the families of
the Irish State prisoners.
Judge Kelley accompanied by Colonel J. A.
Taggart, started from Philadelphia yesterday
Tor southern tour, to occupy about six
weeks They intend visiting hville, Men,
phis, Vicksburg, and New Orleans. returning
by the seabOard route. Judge Kelley with
take the stump against all comers, prov ided
he has at the closing Of argument an half hour.
The colored voters of Baltimore participated
In the Republican primary Meetings, the at.
tendance of this class of citizens being very
large. The colored people took great inter-
est in matters and showed that they unders stood
the questions al Issue Nearly all the wards
sent mixed delegations of white and colored to
the convention.
The street-car difficulty in Charleston, S.
O., was at last settled yesterday, by the direc-
tors agreeing to admit all classes of citizens to
all the cars. But few negroes availed them.
selves Of the privilege, although the conces.
sion was not generally known.
General Sheridan has issued an order mod.
flying the Louisiana State law requiring the
mem bers of the police force TO be residents of
the city five years to two years, and has or
| dered Mayor Heath to remodel the police force
so that one -ha at least may be soldiers.
Speaker Gibbons, OF the Pennsylvania Legis.
| lature, addressed a large audience OF blacks
and whites al Richmond, last night. He urged
| them to cling to the Kepu blican party and to
| abandon all hopes of confscation.
| Foster Blodgett has been appointed Mayor
ofAugusta, Ga, by General Pope. The Mayor
and new Councils were inaugurated yester-
day, in the presence OF large number OF citi-
zens. The appointments are satisfactory.
| General Wilcox, commanding al Lynch
burg, has ordered that II. Rives Pollard should
not deliver his lecture on The "Chivalry OF the
| South" in Lynchburg Pollard has appealed
| to General Schonela.
| The Moulders' Union ar Ironton OHIO, is ON
| strike. Some Of the moulders went to work.
but the strikers run them out Of town al nig ght
and in the row one of the strikers named Chas
Seyeran, was killed.
| The double daily trains have been resumed
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schedule gives the time between New York
1 and Memphis at sixty hours, and New Or
| leans at eighty six hours.
AprlZe fight was fought at Denver, Califor-
| MIA, Thursday, between two men named Reed
| and Fitzgerald for thousand dollars
| Ninety-eight rounds were fought, when Reed
| was declared the victor.
General Carl Schurz has purchased an in
| terest In the WeSttjche Post, in St. Louis and
| will hereafter become joint editor with Emil
1 Pretorious.
Yesterday morning James Yeats of Bickers
| willie, N. j., killed his little grandchIId aged
| eight years, with a hatehet, and then went to
| his own house and hung himself.
l ID. NJ. Cautary, a merchant. residing about
| eight miles from Richmond, Va, committed
| suicide by shooting himself yesterday morn
| ing.
| The Mayor OF Louisville, in a message TO the
| Councils, states that the population has IN
| creased from $1,000 TO l45,0 600 in the past two
| years.
| The Merchants Hotel, al the corner of State
| and Washington streets, Chicago, was de-
| sroyed by fire yesterday. The loss is sl5,OOO
| insured for 5000.
| Joseph Leslie has been found guilty Of mur-
der in the first degree for the shooting OF Miss
| Miranda Cuyler at Sharpsburg in August last
| About fifty barrels of whisksy have been
| seized by the revenue detectives during the
past two days in Richmond, Va.