Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-08-06
EVENING STAR.
LATE KILOGRAMS, &c.

A bill hiss passed the South Carolina Legs
iaiure authorizing the Governor to borrow
Sl2S,0Co; also, q bill regulating the municipal
election Of Charleston; also, & bill declaring
vacant all Offices held under the provisional
government There was q favorable repor
from the committee on the air line railroad
from Charleston TO Atlanta.
The Anti-Upion members OF the Dominion
Legislature held = caucus meeting in Halifax,
Nova Scotia, Tuesday night Nothing has ye,
Trans pred as to the result. The local govern
ment las refused TO have an interview with Sir
yohn a Mcdonald and other mem bers OF the
friSy council In Halifax The Unionists do
not favor consolidation policy.
The Republican committee meeting IN Rich
mond last evening determined to buy the Ner
Noiaon newspaper, and establish an orrsu
there, and also 20 hold a Grant ratifIcstion
meeting on the 10th inst. They are much Dis
satisfied with the non-removaf of officeholders
under the fourteenth article.
A dispatch from Lieutenant Gov GLEASON
of Flonda, says the Legislature of thai St,,s
has passed bill providing for the choosing OF
Presidential electors by the Legislature in JOINT
session. The bill will receive the sanction OF
the Governor, and become a law.
W. w. Cleary, Private Secretary of Jacob
thompson, Secretary OF the Interior of the
southern Confederacy during The war, s-riyad
IN Cincinnati on Sunday from CsnsGs. on his
way home, IN Cyn thiana, Kentucky. IL Is his
hrst visit TO his home since the war CON-
menced.
The London nmss Of yesterday csnsures the
course of the commander OF the British steam
er Chandelier for blockading the port of Ms.
zatian, and says that he should have referred
MS grievances 10 his Government.
The FLORIDA Legislature has passed a bill
authorizing the Governor 10 appoint q sacre,
ponee throughout the STATE. Tue ball rel ating
10 telegraph operators has been defeated. The
Legislature is expected to adjourn to-night
The wheat harvest through out Illinois and
ADJOINING States progressed with yigor last
week The crop is promising to be a large one
Inc corn and potato crops promise unusual
abundance
The steamer Tallahassee from washington
with Hon. Gideon Welles and party on b5srd'
is al anchor of Fort Monroe
Portugal has decided not to drive the royal
eNiles OF spain from that country, aud the
Duke and Duchess Of Montpensier have taken
up their residence In Lisbon.
despatch from Const-nunople reports that
MI Morris, the American Minister, refuses
10 concur IN the protocol OF tn Sabine Porte
allow ing aliens 10 hold lands In Turkey
John Brown & Sons cotton mill IN PniIadel-
phia was destroyed by fire on Tuesday The
loss amounted TO $I15,COO, on W hich there is an
insurance OF $500.
The Chinese Embassy have visited the prisou
al Auburn, New York, and are said TO have re-
ceiyed favorable impression OF the American
mode of Furnishing criminals"
At the Saratoga, n. ". Spring races the FIRST
race Tor three-year ODDS was won yesterday by
Bshshee; the second race for all Ages by Stone
wall Jackson in two straight heats
In TIE Georgia Legislature a bill has been in
uoduced for the purpose of getting rid OF all
mliitary appointees to State Offices, and restor-
III z the former incumbents.
Spectrum won the Brighton Cup, at the
Brighton, England, races, yesterday, beating
BlueskIn, second, and Paul Jones, third.
The cotton crop Of Georgia is estimated al
one-halt OF what was made last year The
worm is destroying the crop in FLORIDA
The Alabama Senate yesterday passed a bill
removing all political disabilities resting upon
any citizen No oath is required.
The United States Consul at Porto Rico writ $
that the requirement OF passports has again
been established there.
There was large Conservative meeting and
hag-raislng in Richmond yesterday afternoon.
Two deaths from yellow fever on board the
hospital ship at New York yesterday.
j. II. Jenkins & Co, dry goods dealers,
Worcester, Mess, faI.ed yesterday.
The corn crop promises well in Carroll and
Frederick counties, Md.
A Grant club was organized IN the Sixth
ward OF Ialtimore yesterday.