Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-08-10
EVENING STAR.
LATE TELEGRAMS, &c.


Wade Hampton made a speech in the South
Carolina Democratic Convention Saturday.
Abiding TO recent reported utterances of his,
eRce 10 the Confederate flag he said: This
statement IS, in every respect, false. On the
contrary, " hen i spoke of the flag of the Con.
federacy, remarked that IL now was furled
forever, 10 Be buried IN the grave Of the lost
cause
Rumors OF the discovery of gold on the Zam-
besI river, beyond the Transyal Republic, near
the Cape of Good Hope, have thrown the latter
colony into great excitement. 1t IS said tha,
GOLD m heavy VEINS lnbedded in white aurlfer-
Gus qusrtZ has been found IN thirty different
localities, and that there are immense surface
strata rich in gold, the one twenty-five miles
broad and the other sixty miles long, with
parallel veins and width of from two 10 three
miles.
The sentence of Ratsky, who was convicted
of the murder of Fellner. a diamond pedler, in
Brooklyn, some years ago, and who was serv-
ing life term Sing Sing PRISON, has been
COnmU ted by Governor Fenton 70 ten years,
commencing with the date of his Imprison-
ment. He has two years and half Yet 10
serve.
The Pacific Mail Company's new steamer
Alas ka sailed from New York on Saturday for
Aspinwall with a full compliment of passen-
: gers, including two hundred and nfty-seven
soldiers for the first regiment United States
cavalry in California. Her freight amounted TO
for the Pacific Central railroad.
Robert Dunlap, late of Auburn, Maine, died
and left behind him S1,6OO in United States
bonds. He willed 800 10 his wife, one-half of
the remainder TO the Baptist Church IN Buck
field. Maine, and the balance to the Baptist
Missionary Society. His wife waived the pro-
visions of the will and asked an allowance.
The Judge, after hearing the case gave her the
whole .6sp.
Abbie NJ, wife of Oliver BowGen, Jr.. of
York, Ne, TO whom she had been married
about TWO months, dIed suddenly al the Office
of DIR. Powers, in Boston; and there being
suspicion of foul play, the Doctor has been
arrested and committed to Iail, 10 await exami-
nation on the charge of murder next Thursday.
The Alabama Legislature his passed the bill
authorizing the legislature TO cast the elec-
tOral vote of the STATE in the Presidential elec-
ton.
Mr.. Charles Francis Adams, our late Minis
ct 10 FL gland, has published a letter announ.
cling his continued adhesion 10 the Republican
party.
MI Edwin A. Stevens the millionaire and
extensive owner of property at Hoboken. op-
posIte New York, died III PARIS on Saturday.
New York is expecting the arrival of a lot of
diseased cattle from the West, and will have a
strong force OF Inspectors n various points ~
intercept them
Rev. Charles Eagen, a Catholic priest n Au-
gusta, NJ, has been indicted by the Grand
Jury fer libel.
The Central Pacific Railroad is now built TO
Humboldt river. 80 miles east OF San Fran
cisco.
The reports received regarding cotton are
less favorable from Alabama, as Well as
Florida and Mississippi. In the latter the
worms are doing much mischief, and planters
feel quite discouraged. Two million bales is
now becoming favorite figure in the South
a probable extent OF the growing crop.
Major William Monks, OF Ho we'll county
Missouri. was taken out OF his mouse one day
last week and shot by six men from Oregon
comfy.
20 aJu-y a. Parkersburg. West Va, on Thurs
day. TeIerred 10 the Fourteenth ArrIcle of the
Constitution, recently adopted, as being valid,
and entitled 10 support.
AT meeting of ex-Confederate soldiers In
Memphis, Tennessee, on Saturday evening,
The action of the ex-COnfederafe Generals al
Nashville was endorsed and peace councils
warmly approved.
Messrs. II. Abbott. Thomas Kenseti, and John
). Gilman, of Baltimore, have purchased the
Eidora Railroad, a branch of the Iowa River
Railroad, in Iowa.
The people OF Nova Scotia have resolved TO
'suse every means to eXtricate themselves
from a confederation that has been forced
upon them without their consent and against
their Wills.
Further official returns from the Kentucky
election show large Democratic gains. Steven
sons malority Ia now estimated al 9O,UOJ.
A bill has passed the Georgia Legislature
eaempting one-armed and one-legged men frcm
taxation.
ne SOuln Odroilnd Dcfnccrd'lc state Con-
yentiCn has adjourned, having chosen An
electoral ticket and endorsed the Democratic
platform.
AfiidavIs have been pu lished in South Car
DINA ewspapers charging Gen. Nagie, Comp
trolier of the State, with being Il forger.
The new United States screw gunboat n.
nosha was successfully launched al the Brook.
iyn navy yard 81 high tide on Saturday.
The Chinese Embassy arrived at Niagara
last Saturday.
Queen Victoria has assented 10 the extra
dinOn treaty between Canada and the United
States.
The Parliament Of Canada Is further pro-
regued until the 9th OF September.
The failure of a heavy commission house in
Chicago is reported.
The shock of an earthquake at Port Chester
N. Y, on Saturday, is reported.