Evening star., 1867-03-20
TELE9RAMS. &c.


One OF the most remarkable meetings ever
held in Sonth Carolina took place a. ColVm
hia, Monday. the occasion being a celebration
by the negroes Of the passsge Of the bill en- :
franeh lsing the black race. BY invitation.
General Wade Hampton, ex-United States
the Hon. w. J. Tally, and James g. Gibbs ad /,
nress.d ihe meeting; also. the Rev. David
Pickett and Beverly Nash, both colored. SeRti-
mems were expressed highly honorable TO
h'h sldts. The negroes ale gratified with the
spirit OF political affiiIation WITH which they
b, We been net, aud the citizens are equally
pleased TO hnd the colored men identified with
nefrue interests OF that Stare.
General Sheridan issued an order yester-
day, in which he says no general removals
from onice Will be made uRless present in
cumbents fail 10 carry out the provisions Of
mr law, or Impede reorganization, or unless
delay In reorganization necessitates changes
Pending reorganization. IL Is desirable and
intended that there shall he as Iitlle distur
b nee OF the machinery of the various branch
es of the provisional governments rs possible,
consistent with the law OF Congress aud It's
successful executions; but this condition is de.
pendent upon the disposition shown bvl the
people, and the length OF time required for re-
organization. ..r,.. a.
The ST. Louis Repnblicdns special CORES.
pendent from Cairo says that the crew and
passengers rescued from the steamer Mercury,
recently sunk in the Arkansas river, have ar
rived a. that point. Many Of the passengers
were badly frozen from standing in water, tae
shaliowest places they could occupy being
crew of the steamer George ID. Palmer plum
dered the wreck Of the Mercury, and after
tnose saved from the wreck were transferred
Z" the Palmer their baggage was rified, and
even the underclothes Of the ladies and the
boots, shirts, &c, Of the men were stolen.
A young man named Clarke was arrested in
Jefferson City, Mo, on Monday, On the charge
OF robbipg his employers, Messrs. Sterling,
Watson Co., of ST. Louis, OF 81. 800 Clarke
was about to be married, and was arrested as
De was entering the house of ais intended
Two thousand dollars in cash and other val
uables were found on hts person.
The French traasport.ship Detrando, from
Tahiti, arrived at San Francisco Saturday;
the first vessel of regular monthly line 10
thar port. The French Government, in view
changed the base of supplies from valparaiso
To San Frenciso.
A meeting was held at Savannah, Ga. Mon.
day, at which about three thousand negroes
speakers addressed the assemblage The
speeches were confined TO the topics of UNI
Sersai suffrage and the right 10 SIT on juries.
The towns of Helena, Arkansa sas and Friar,s
Point, Mississippi, are still submerged from
four to fifteen feet, he inhabitants living in the
second stories. Great suffering and destitu-
ton prevail and the loss in steck along The
river has been immense. "
Ihe Pennsylvania Senate has been con sider-
Ing the House bill submitting the question
whether cars shall run in Philadelphia
on Sunday to the voters Of that citv The bill
passed in the Committee Of the Whole and was
then laid over till to-day.
The wholesale dry goods house of BagwelI.
Meyer ~ voorhees,, corner Of Maine and Vine
street, ST. Louis, was eLtered by burglars Sun
day night, and over 10000 worth of goods
principally silks, were stolen.
The revenue OF Canada for the month of
February was S.s0,9s5, and the expenditures
were SoO9,TSO. The amount of provincial
notes In circulation on the 9th instant, was
81, $1,000.
A resolution was adopted by the Chamber
OF commerce OF ST. Louis, yesterday, under
which committee of nine prominent citi-
zeDs were appointed 10 solicit money and food
for sufferers In the Southern States
The municipal election OF Newbern, N. C.,
Is TO be held early next month, and the colered
citizens OF that place determined TO cast
their votes in accordance with the provisions
OF the reeonstrne elton law.
snow Storm OF great severity has pre-
vailed In Western New York since Saturday
The railroads are completely blocked MP.
fire occurred in Me mphis Tennessee
SUNDAY night and destroyed Howard's row
Loss Sl5t,Wa; insured in Northern cities
Thirty liquor dealers in Boston discontinued
their traffic last week.