Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-10-28
EVENING STAR.
LATE KILOGRAMS, &c,

Ice mississippi State Executive Com uittee
OI me Natonsl Union Republican party for.
Nhctd Yesterday to the Secretary Of War at.
hdsvits and other oficiai communications 10
tooslsotla'e the statement made several seks
.sO N dispatch 10 President Grant, BY A A
PISS. chairman, TO the effect thar Gen Ames
cfu not intend TO hold a fair election The Sec.
retaIy OF War is asked to direct Gen Ames 70
appoint as registrars an equal number Of X ad.
iCals and Conservatives from civilians.
"A grand Democratic mass meeting and pro-
session Took place la New York last evening
tor h purpose of ratifyipg the nominations II
TIE Syracuse Con vention. The procession in
which every ward was represented extended
over several miles. Toe main meeting, held in
HaIL Addresses were made BY s. s. Cox.
Senator Casserly, and others.
At the same time that the earthuuake WAS
felt Ia New EnEland and the Northeastern
coast. on Friday last, there was a very married
earfeq Jake wave felt on the shores OF the pa
Cific at San Francisco This indica,es = vio
lent earthquake IN some distant part of TIA
received.
According TO reports received az the Dspart.
pent OF Agriculture. there has been a falling
sn o. oGe,.hiId Of the tobacco crops in Viz.
glnla and Maryland. and Of one-tenth In the
west The recent frests, il is believed will
cause a further decrease in the West.
"A Ire destroyed he old Dutch Church. corner
81 aIon ana william streets, IN New YORK,
Yesterday. This church, which has recentIy
undergone repairs, Is more than a csuturv old
and has always been regarded as one Of ths
landmarks of the city.
n freight train on the Chssapssks ana oh,o
Railroad ran into an accommodatiou train on
the Richmond and FrsdeIicks burg railroad
Yesterday morning, ~ the junction. Smashing
three others.
a crowded mass-meetIng Of German Repub.
iiceUs was held at Cooper Institute. New YORK
last night. General SIgel and others spoke
ana resolutions ratifyIng the Safe Republican
nominations were adopted
The w0rkmen At the Ere railway shops In
Jersey CITY renewed their strike on Tuesday
but returned 70 work on Mr.. Jay G ould acced
ing 70 their demand TO reinstats all the hands
al the shops along the line.
Charles Norris aged eighteen years, aud ONLY
ION OF Dr. Joseph Norris, OF CharlortesviIIe,
Virginia, was instantly killed on Tuesday
while cunning, by the accidental discharge o.
his gun.
Two hundred members of the Society OF
Friends from the Nor passed through Rch-
2nOnd last evening, to attend the ANIMAL meet
ing AT Greensboro, North Carolina.
John Cashier, carpenter, attempted suicide
at hotel in Cincinnati, yesterday, by cutriug
ms throat With pocket knife. Its thought he
cannot recover
The results Of the Belgian elections for den.
miles, 80 lar as asc-rtained, Indicate thar tue
strength OF the Ministerial party will De con-
sIderabIy reduced.
N j. Las been elected a Professo In toe Pres
hyterian THEOLOGICAL Seminary AT Prince Ed
ward Courthouse, Va.
The trot,ng match at the Memphis Fair,
mile heats best three in We, for 500. was won
by MorTisSsy, beating Frank and Lackey In
2.4"X ,2.t0, 81
MIR. T.. W. Fitzgerald, late a merchant of
ElchmCEd. Va committed suicide yesterday
mOIIiI =, by blowing out his brains.
a heavy snow Storm prevailed at Buffalo.
New York, last night, and the street cars had
10 employ snow plows.
The Chicago tailors continue on their s.rlks
Several employers have acceded 10 their de.
mancs
A bill calling q State Convention, II is ex-
pected- Will BE- passed by the Tennessee Lsgis-
IaiuTe to-day.
al parties having agreed to postpone their
differences, the ministerial crisis In spain is
over
Farmers in Duchess county, N. ", report
having telt the recent earthquake.
Porto Rico withdraws its request to be lie,
alone by Spain.
lee a quarter of an inch thick in Richmond
and Lynchourg, Va, Tuesday night
The Synod OF Virginia meets in Richmond
To-day