Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-08-16
EVENING STAR.
LATE TELEGRAMS, nc.

Governor Bullock. of Georgia has written a
letter 10 member of the State Legislature,
stating that in accordance vi I the proyisio =
OF tie new coas- tut % /, tie Mayor and G. )u l.
q! OF Colu nbus, no were appointed by m :
rary authority, in accordance with tIe ws O,
the United Sizes, VIII cons'nue 10 b.a A le0aI
government for the ci:y until their success -ors
snail have been duly el 81 and On Ii6e5
The let was called oat by the de N nd of =.
T. Wiikir<, for.rer Mavor, upou r. L. Mo :.
the rece II Mayor by mil l-y appo a nent, 10
surrende- Is office % him UpOi the g.ould
tnat militia y authority has ceased to exist in
the Stale.
Several hundred citizens of Aus.in, Te- Is,
serensded General Reynolds ON the eve lin 2 O
the 29th ult., upon b ring of his appo ri nent
TO the co rrnand Of the dis-ric., and il replying
20 an ADDRESS by Governor Hamil la, he sa d
thai the pres6n troubl~s in the State aro e rom
Ihe fact taat there is n class Of men there who
are con 1uatly t.lling ne people bat the laws
OF Couk .ess e not laws. He hop Ito h. able
IA rev months 10 bi Ing all th e t-oubies to
an end.
Large fires are again raging in ne woods in
the neighborhood of Belle Ewart and Leiroy
on the Northern ra'lroad, in Cana IA MT
Sayes' saw mill. at the former place. we ev
era! Tim: on fire A million dollars worth of
lumber and fores. has b N des. royed
Nj. y. It. Barnum ran a foot race on Friday
nj The Profile House. N. Ii. He had several
competitors, but dis-lnced them ALL atier which
ne was borne from the field on the shoulders
OF the crowd. Several thousand spectators
witnessf the race.
p. y. Whittemore, chairman of the Central
Executive Com mmittee of south Carolina has
issued call for a convention of the party 70
meet IN Columbia on the Sth of September, to
nominate candidates for Congress.
report comes from Nagasaki that one hun.
dred and hfty-seven nat'ye Japan Christians
had been taken out from Nagasaki in steamer
and dIoH ned. The Consul demonstrated incl
feetually.
A railroad collision occurred on SATURDAY. ON
the OIL Crr * railroad, Pennsylvania, by which
hVe persons were killed and fifteen others Sc.
TIously injured
large Sey monr and Blair meeting was held
IN Wetumpka, Ala, on Saturday last. Speeches
were maie by ex- x-GOyel aor Watts and other
prominent gentlemen.
Hon. George II. Pendleton and Gen. Tom
Ewing, IT., are TO speak in Bangor, Me-, on the
10th instant, in Augusta on the 2lst, and in
Portland on the 22d.
Colonel Robert E. withers, the Conservative
candidate for GOyeI nor in Virginia. has retired
from the editorial chair OF the Lynchburg
DGily NsWs.
DR.. Rice, Paymaster's Clerk Hendce. and
four sailors ti 4 II Gently on the Units States
steamer Ossipee. on the coast of entral Amer
lea
The present winter in New South Wales has
Oeen one of the mildCst ever known and an
ncipations Of 4 plentiful harvest are lndulced
The Canadian Minister of Customs has de-
sPatcnea spc ciei agent TO investigate the ex-
In New York barber, Saturday all the mar
lies IN the pleasure boat which was run down
by the City of Baltimore were rescued.
Whitewlng and Eva we're the vietors in the
New York Yacht Sso~sron's ocean race be-
tween Newpori zad Assk Island on Friday
last.
AT the Rsnssel12 park.(N. Y races Oh Sat
nrday last, LStSA wsn the hurdle race and
Clara Clarita ", seccnd race.
Five additiOna Seymour and Blair fals, in
dinerent sections Of Portland, Maine, were
inro~n TO the breeze on Saturday night.
All available army recruits at the different
recruiting Stations ave TO be sent to California
new planet has been discovered by Pro-
lessor watson, at the Detroit Observatory II
shines like star Of the tenth magnitude
More Indian depredations and murders are
reported IN Kansas.
New placer diggings have been discovered in
The ives. .ern portion Of Montana Territory.
Another case of drowning occurred at Allan.
tic City on Saturday.
The Democratic majority in Montana is 2,sOo.
Peru was quiet and prosperous al last advices.