Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-01-14
TELEGRANfS, &c.

From private letters the lowing items of
Mexican news are obtained: Zaca.ecas was
occupied by the Liberal. on November ~. The
French steamer Lucifer brought TO Acapulco
the news Of the occn patton of MazanilIa by the
Lioeraie 1t was rumored al the last-named
port, when the Lucifer left, that Cortinas had
also been taken by the Liberals. Colema ad-
vices Of December cath state that the Imperial
FORCES were totally defeated by the Liberals,
near the city Of Guadalaisra which was oc.
cupied bv the latter under General PARA
The Chancery Court. Jpdge Campbell, at
Nashville, Saturday, decided that the bill of
the Tennessee Legislature creating a Metro
politan force for Nash Vile is uncon stitutional
on ne ground that it was a partial law; that
tne commissioners were not Institutional of.
hcers that the law attempted 10 take from
NASHVILLE her franchise, which could not be
done, and that the law was irreRularly passed
the amendment being acted upon without a
quorum. An appeal 10 the Supreme Court
was granted.
Two families OF Carter county. East Ten.
nessee, named Roberts and Johnson, have
been waging bloody war between each other
for twenty years. During this time fourteen
men belonging to the tive families have lost
their lives, and on the evening OF the 5th inst
IN Elizabeth, Tennessee, the sole surviving
males of the two families engaged in an alter
cation which resulted fatally to both This
domestic war originated about a dozen fence
rails.
Ten delegates from New York. Boston. Phil.
attend convention at ST. Louis next month
for the consideration of measures of imnrova
mept on he Upper Mississippi river Over
seven hundred delegates will be invited from
OHIO, Illinois, Mississippi, and Missouri
The Kentucky Court of Appeals has decided
that TomPpert was illegally deposed by Gene
raj Council from the Mayorslty of LOUSY lie
and he will therefore supersede Lithgow, the
prese Mt incumbent.
The excise law was strictly enforced
throughout
The police met with no resistance About
nifty arrests were made for violation of the
law. '
A young lady named Christtana Kat, uas
murdered at Dayton, Ohio, Friday, She was
found lying in the kitchen of her house win
her head terribly shattered by pistol bali
No clue 70 the murderer.
There is close match in the MARYLAND
Senate, in regard to the Senatorship, and one
member is said to b. ave the casting vote but
the chances are all in favor OF Governor
Swami.
The Union Tennessee State Convention to
nominate candidate for Governor meets on
the 22d of February. A number of counties in
East Tennessee recommend the renominaton
of Governor Brownlow.
The Washington Territory Legi stature does
not recognize the military headquarters of the
North, transferred to Portland, and has passed
memorial 10 be forwarded TO the War De-
partment demonstrating against IT,
dispatch was received at Ottawa Saturday
niRnt, oy inc cdoie, 10 the erect that the con-
federation delegates In England had decided
10 remove the capital Of The confederation
from Ottawa TO Quebec.
large and enthusiastic meeting of the
friends Of the hour system in the factories
assembled in Huntington Hall in Lowell.
Massachusetts, Friday evening.
petition for license law TO regulate the
liquor traffic is being circulated in Boston and
has already received a large number of sigma
tures.
The receipts of cotton at all the southern
ports during the past week exhibit a falling off
OF about seventeen thousand bales, as COM
pared with the week previous.
Patrick OF Neil and Patrick McCirath were
convicted at Toronto of being implicated in the
Eenian raid. They will be senten ced to-day
The lower House of the Nevada LegisIatnre
has adopted the constitutional amendment by
strict party vote, "a to 4.
The Senate of Maine have agreed to take nm
the constitutional amendment for vote on
Wednesday next. -
There were eighty one deaths in Boston las,
week
A company has been organized for bridging
the Mississippi at St. Louis
The Ohio river is full of ice, and is MAKING
navigation very difficult.