Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-11-21
EVENING STAR.
LATE TELEGRAMS, &c.

AdNIces from Paraguay state tnat the allies
are besieging Lopez at EiiIets, and that four
Iron-clads had passed the fOT0ficatIons tnera
ana ''hsO Brazilian troops are marching along
the west baR * OF the Paraguay river win ,he
intention Of crossing TO Ass1ncIon, and thence
descending seven leagues, TO NiIieta, - take
LOPEZ in tine rear.
Max klingler, the boy who killed his RncIe.
and was sentenced 10 O~ hanged IN y. L,uis
recently, took an appeal To the supreme C,urt.
Ihc IudSt OF that court reversed he ,ls,tsIln
Of tLr lower court, on ttfe GROUND that The t,~I-
Oner should have been allowed further time to
sanity.
Collector CAKE, of the port Of PhiIadeIphia
reslsis an order OF Secretary McCul!och to dis =
charge a number OF inspectors whom he has
named reduction of force has beee ordered,
IN " zen the Collector acquiesCes, but he claims
that the Secretary has no right 70 name the par
Iies 10 o. discharged, that being the province OF
the Collector.
All the foreign cOnsuIS in HaytI have been
notified by SalBayc thar he intended shortly to
attack JaSmel, Aux Cayes, and ST Marks An
American man-of-Var was looked for with
anNIe-y. Several other nations have vessels
mere, but here las been NO American vessels
sine september.
Ms Patu- Il. Johnson has commenced suit
against the Indianapolis and S.. Louis Rail-
road Company for Sa5.uUU damages To- aII.ged
caIele>sness on the part of The employees OF
~" cOmpai y, which resulted In the death of
Der husband. Thomas g.. johnson, on August
lat Nation, Illinois.
Joseph Nelson, who has obtained notcriety
hy extraord mary charges against Mr. Bridges
Manager OF The Il. and Trunk railway, was ar.
rested IN Toronto, yesterday, on charge of
iIaudulently rePTes. nung himself as au agent
of the Canadian Govern m-nt, and procuring
large quaGIty Of coal in New York.
A second game OF billiards between Rudolphe
and CaTme was played in Chicago Thursday
hlght. ne game WAS sn American four ball
game, push shots barred, LOO points for - 900
aside IL was won by Rudolphe on the sixty-
seventh inning. The score stood: PudoIphe,
I,sNt: CaTme, G+9.
The dedication Of the new Mary,and RIind
Asylum, on North avenue, Baltimore, took
place yesterday. The annual report OF the
Board of Directors was read, and the pupils
exhibited to their visitors their proficiency in
music, reading, and various kinds OF fancy
work.
The United States authorities at Richmond
Va . are IN active pursuit. of the parties who
charged Commissioner Rollins WITH complicity
IN the whiskey frauds in that city, but they
have SO far eluded arrest.
An Omaha dispatch says Red Cloud. the
famous chief of the Sioux Indians. ana several
other chiefs heretofore hostile. have signed a
treaty OF peace, and promised TO behave them
selves.
A salt Lake dispatch saws new and rich
mines have been discovered ON ne White river,
the ore taken out paying from five to seven
hundred dollars per ton.
Nicholas Henry was convicted in New York
yesterday OF cOHnlving III the procurement of
false whiskey bond, with a Recommendation
To mercy.
The New York Evening Post urges the Re-
pUblcans 70 concur IL the nomination of John
Kelly by the Democratic Union organrl- =. j.
for Mayor.
Habeas corpus has been applied :or in Inc
case of Colonel Tread we'll, charged v7Ith OBJ
ialnIEG fraudulent naturalization papers III
jersey City.
The seventh Congressional District in North
Carolina Will be contested Both parties claim
the election.
OfhcIal returns give Grant iU,99J MAJORITY IN
Ohio and H-l16 majority in Indiana. sey-
mOurs majority III Georgia is 1925
"A heavy snow storm was reported on the
plans IN the vicinity of Fort Dodge. The snow
Is >aId 10 Ge two feet deep.
The printers strike AZ Leayenworth con-
unUes.