Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-12-23
EVENING STAR.
LATE rEIrGR.Nx. D..


Havana icdrnaIs are silent on affairs in tha
insurreciIonary district. Various reports ara
IN circulation of encounters between the troops
and insurgents. The troops lately arrived At
havana from Spain have been sent to the sea,
OF war. The Havana PAS, organ OF the Cuban
party, has suspended publication on account
OF the Government restrictions placed upoa it,
Further particulars of the stu pendous frauds
on the custom revenue at the New York Cus-
tom Hous- have come 10 light From the an
davI OF Thomas X. Toole, one of the spacia,
sgehts 81 the Treasury Department it appears
time TO time, been in voiced as clocks ana shades
The Seymour (lHdians) Vigilance Commit
xe nsN- issued circular In which they say
.nat ptISons who may attempt TO carry cut
CsrIain threats which have been made aga INST
mem VIII be summary dealt with il they
penaTe cviiiy toward the Regulators they will
be allO wed 10 live.
The WOman's Sufrag4 Association of >,
LOUIS l. actively engag Il in getting signatures
10 memorials 70 Congress and 70 the y ate I,ey-
lslature praying fOr the privilege Of voting
The memorial 20 Congress is signed BIZ over
s,tcc persons and II VIII be forwarded to.day
Arguments the case OF the contest of tb,.
viii If James II Roosevelt, who died IN ISi}
leaving the bulk oihis property for the foun-l-
mel Ced yesterday IN The Supreme CoIrt Of
New York. "
JUds- CardOza appointed Gratz Nataau ref
e.tT 10 .'Ae ne compulsory affidavit Of Alex
aUdsr = liv IN, VICE yrss 10. n a thu E-5a Ran
way company, Tor ~, On the argument now
I.rdIn- "a he case O. Belmont -. ne Ell,
Company.
Mr. Fuiia Crogaa died in New York On
Mout9y from thu effects OF brutal treatment
TeC"iN' a. the hands O.. her drunken husband
who was iEfurIaisd because 4 few DAYS a-g
she cave birth % a stilI- born child.
General S-Oneman has extended the Stay
law IN Virginia until the first OF July next;
with the understanding that whers debtors
pay al the accrued interest, the law Will M.
slit further extended
Two piCkpockets Were caught in the act on a
tam .; The Noble and ONO Railroad. near
passeEG-Ts and Citizens a. the station and
AangtO " i tree.
A material trsin en- thu Manassas Gan Rail
rCad ran OF the tack last evening between
GaInesNLIe and Manassas Junction, killing
thTre or four men AM wJuudIUS seven.
Il sleigh with passengers crossing the river
a. PTalrIe du CnIeu, broke through III nc. and
drowned the horses. The passengers Were all
saved except one child, frozen 10 death.
The Brush sloOp Charles was seized al
CaTthagena, snd Condemned by the aUta0TI-
ties An English man-Of-war was expected
there to investigate the matter.
Several hundred barrels of whisky, valued
az so5,." lately seiZed, were cohd.mEed 10 the
use Of the government Iu the United S;a:es
Court at Cincinnati yesterday.
A bridge of iron and masonry. spanning the
MiSslssiPpi, between DunleIth and Dubuque
l'scO feet .ong, costing SaOO,OO0, has been CON-
pletrd.
James Calvin has been found guilty Of uur.
der II The first degree Tor Killing i policeInan,
IN Memphis, last Chris tTnas.
A suit by Mrs. u. Il. Wilkinson, a-aipst the
chicago tribune, was commenced III the CIR
cult Court Of Chicago yesterday.
Messrs- Tucker & Co. extensive bankers aud
stock brokers, OF Louisville Ky, tailed yester-
day
Navigation OF the Mississippi river has been
resumed 10 points south of ~. LOUIS.