Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-03-07
rELEGRAMs. &c,

The destitute condition OF great part Of the
negro population Of oYktown and its immedi-
diafe vicinity. eccasiphed 1t is said by large
surplus number whoare without employment
OF any kind, and barely MAINTAIN an existence
by the most precarious means, has excited the
attention OF the Freedmen's Bureau, and in
sIuctions have recently been sent to the super
lntendent OF freedmen in that District TO re-
move as soon as practicable this surplu as popu-
latlon OF Y Yorktown, and TO scatter the negroes
10 more distant points, where they will be
compelled TO obtain employment on farming
lands. or In any other spheres where their la
Dor may be demanded.
Collector Smythe. of New York has ad-
dressed letter to the President, am rming tina
the New York Gu ustom- House was never more
economically and efficiently administered than
by him. He further states that reforms and
economies will be accomplished as fast as prac-
ucaole. He has weeded out incompetence ig-
norance. fntemperance and vice from it. and
hlied vacancies with competent and honest
men from both political parties, and men of
no politics. Mr.. Smythe repeats that he ne yer
received one dollar Improperly in any form,
directly or indirectly, and OF course, ever
distributed what he never received.
A storm has been prevailing in Tennessee
and the bridges have been washed down in al,
directions. The bridge on the Nashville and
Chattanooga road at Whiteside's Station. one
hundred and ten feet high, has been carried off
There is no communication north or east as
the bridge over the Tennessee at Chattanooga
has beenwashed away. IL was $40 yards long.
The country IS flooded.
Considerable excitement was created in Nor
Iok, Va, on Saturday last, arising out of an at
tempt made by a captain OF a schooner to kid
nap young colored boy. The mother of the
boy made complaint to the Mayor of the city
who arrested the captain aud held him over in
the sum of three hundred dollars bail TO an.
swer before the court.
Governor Brownlow, In theK nox Vile Wild,
reminds the people of Tennessee that the en-
franchisement of the colored race will give the
Srnfn fhraA
States Congress. and suggests to the Isgisla
ture the proprIety Of restricting the State a.
soon as the franchise bill shall become a law
A dispatch was received in Baltimore YES.
terday, and read in the Southern Methodist
Conference, announcing the death of Bishop
Soule. of Nash vile, at the age Of 81 years He
was the senior bishop of the Methodist Church
in the United States.
Colonel Ed. X. Weir, Sr, has been nominated
for Congress by the I'd district Union conven.
ton Of Kentucky. John Young Brown is the
Democratic nominee. The district was repre-
sented in the Thirty ninth Congress by Bout
well G. Ritter, Democrat.
The new metropolitan police bill, which
passed second reading at Nashville. Tennes-
see. is creating panic among the tax payers,
and the citizens boldly protest against it as in
famous.
John Schwab and John Highly, manufactur.
ers OF whlskey, were arrested by the assessor
OF the Sd district OF Ohio. for defraudIng the
Government Of the tax on manufactured
spirits to the amount of S3D0,000.
The Cincinnati City Council, i'm special ses-
sion, passed the ordinance providing for the
purchase Of the gas works. by a vote Of %
yeas TO nays.
The Hon. Jabob Benton opened his canvass
In the ID congressional district of New Hamp-
shire on the 5th instant.
A bill was reported in the Senate OF Virginia
Yesterday, calling u convention. The House
committee will also report bill of similar
character.
The Memphis Avalanche deties Brownlow
and the rump Legislature.