Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-12-26
EVENING STAR.
LATE TELEGRAMs, &c.

No reliable information can bs obtained in
reference TO the Cuban Instruction. Many
rumors are in circulation. it Is stated thst
troops in the Eastern department are concen.
uatisg 10 attack Baz,mo, and. il possible, fight
decisive battle. Commerce Is languishinR
and credit low. Merchants and artisans are
all dssirous Of end 10 the present condition
Of suspense. Prisoners continue to arrive In
Havana. and the prisons and forts are already
well flled
An encounter took place at ST. Joseph. Mo.
Wednesday, betveen Hon. J. Il. Early, a prom
tnent iavyer, and Colonel T. A Green also a
lawyer, in which Mr. Early was shot and
sliied Inc affair grew ont Of an article pub
hshsd IN the Herald of tt: day before, reflect
ing upon Green as lawyer, which Green
supposed Early 10 b. the auinoT Of
Eighty convICts in the New Jersey State
fllsOn refused 10 work on Tuesday afternoon,
on account OF the alleged tyrannOus conduct OF
temporary superintendent. they We're so
persistent and ceteTmin-d IN Their demands
mat n " as found necessary 10 relieve the or
GoXiGuS superintendent, whsreUPoa they went
10 " OK with lusty cheers.
District Attorney Courtney publishes a letter
IL 10" NrW lola LucHiHg Post, ceayIng any
itsPSI>iUliIty fCT TIL I,us tpODemsnt Of tue tTIa
o. The parties indicted for whisky frau rs, and
says be A. ready, esg-T, and willing 10 Try any
Che - .il OF their ca - as soon as ne can Ia Sc
AT OlPOrt unity 10 30 60.
INDEMNIFY was offered by the Hsytleu Gov
mt for toe capture OF the French ship
Ltboa and toe hm-rIc4n sch1Orer DshII
WEIcn We're captured by General t,h1vaIier
CHARGED with attempting to ran tie BLOCKADE %
- Marks il wa accepted nv the captain o
can.
IL addition 20 The reward of : I 600 Offered by
HE Governor of MaryIaLd iasG week for tn
arre>t and conviction o. the murderers o
Don-i;ts Love, Esq. tn Coal Central Company
o. Aiis gaEy county have offered an additional
$l,'tG Mr.. Love was IN the employ of the
ftoB.
In the case Of sally Anderson. under sem
ID u 10 al. h.
NORWOOD. and arrested a few DAYS after
wards by the Richmond authorities, the Mayor
mas applied TO General SLOVENIAN 10 know
NLat 10 DO with her, as the county authorItle
lave made no requIsitlCl for her.
Inc great BILLIARD match at Chicago, between
AcDeNut and GOldth " late, for 50 ~ a side AL q
tLe eamPIonshiP OF the United States, termi-
haitd tuesday night Shortly after midnight
McDeNlt was declared the winner. The score
al me close OF the game stood-Mc Dewitt, l,50O;
GOIGIn waite, l,i-5.
Lieutenant Governor Dunn of I,ouisi,ns
1th's having sent any such despatch tue
louisiana Senators about the unprecedented
troubles npon the meeting of the Legislature is
attributed 10 HIM by the Tribune's Washing
ton special.
The liabilities of TrumbuIl, SIade s. Co., dry
SoOus dealers Of New York and Baltimore,
MO recently failed- are stated az sl.sD0,oJ0.
Their eCOks- however, show a surplus of
sumo.
dispatch from Amherstburg, Ontario,
fNSu"c'-' S'ty u HTc DrOkS out on wednesday
hieht III southwark Lunaiic Asylum, and one
woman was suffocated and two others badly
burned.
Thomas H. Wynne, OF Baltimore, has be.n
elected Superintendent of the Richmond and
et.rS0uTg Railroad.
There are great reIoIcings in Arkansas over
the arrival Of General Grants staff to inyesti-
gaze militia outrages.
The city of Philadelphia has had presented
10 Al an ADDITION of eighty three acres TO its
public PARK on the SchukilI
lUcker Go bankers, OF LOUSY Ky,
failed Tuesday for large amount The exact
Liabilities are not yet announced
The blockade OF Hay ii has been declared effrc-
i've an d recognized by all foreign ministers.
The New York Fire department Is to De or
gained Tito EIne brIgades
" b ian has been further respited until the
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