Evening star., 1869-07-09
EVENING STAR.
LATE KILOGRAMS, &c.

Information has been fled by the United
.,,ates District Attorney against SolOU worth
4 coffee, pepper, sugar, and cigars In the
hands OF thirty-six merchants In s.. LOUIS,
eIIeged 70 have been fraudulentIy removed
from bond IN New Orleans last marca. Inc
YxrtIes N ST. Louis clam TO De enurely lnno-
cent of auy completely an the fraud, having
r-CsIVed tRe articles the regular course Of
'Tade.
The annual convention OF the Operative
Pi..tsrars of North America Assem- bled in Bos-
- Va sdnestay, and elected the following Off.
,.Ts for the ensuing year; Charles NcLaary,
rr E0stop President; Joseph Craig, of Port
tsId ard Thomas A Hogan, of Chicago, Vice
PIs-id,nts: William ]. 15erts, Of Detroit Sec.
T-tsry: and Edward Gallagher, OF Brooklyn,
Treasurer.
YIN. H. Sanford, cashier of the Central
Ns.iousl Bank of New York city, Is 8 default
- ~ tie amount of sICOOOp Speculation in
:. Ii led TO the defalca'i0n. He leaves q wife
sad children in destitute Cireumstances in
WSs'yCTt, Ci. His character for years has
been ITTsproachable.
General Gioc0uria was discharged in New
Tx Yesterday after the examiuauoR OF seye-
rat Witnesses amid grtat cheering by crowds
a. CUbAn recruits, who Were present. The
w ETrEch. could not he found anywhere,
-.ad Government said they had got through
= n him.
Tie Charlotte aud South Carolina aud Co.
Iur5bia and Augusta railroads v-re yesterday
usOiIda,ed under the title OF C1aTIot,e. Co.
luu.bia and Augusts Railway Company. Tbs
arrangement make continuous line from
4 haTlo:'e 10 Augusta, I95 miles.
a violent assault win g razor was commit
fsa yesterday ~ negro a. Whl'e PlaiCs. y.
y. upen Peter BUnta, JT-, son of the propri-
efCT Of one o. the princiPH hotels, cutting of
e,n ear. and cutting his th-Oat 50 badly that il
r-ay prove fatal. The negro escaped.
Richard Fletcher, lately deceased, left a
rp-IdUaFy legacy 10 Dartmouth College, estI-
mated at SbO.O0G; also, SSJ-0DD 20 the Bapti>'
Publication Society of Philadelphia the income
10 he employed In employing cOlporters.
The Old friends in BIughampton. n. ", of
Gilbert e. Walker, Governor elect of Virginia,
fired salute of 2i guns IN honor OF his elec-
uJn- Governor Walker was. until few years
sgO. a citizen of Binghampson.
A number of New York brokers have been
summoned before the Grand Jury 20 testify III
regard TO violations of the usury laws, and
there Is much excitement IL Wall street in con-
sequence
Extensive fires are raging in Washington
Territory, between Martinez and Humphreys.
Ihey have destroyed several miles OF telegraph
ilne, together with bridges, houses and other
property.
The Governor of Georgia has commutsd the
death sentence Of the negro murderers o. two
> nite men (Germans) 10 one years imprison-
nept. and the people are indignant.
A Denver dispatch says Wells, Fargo & Go.
fave Withdrawn their coaches between Sheri-
ian snd Denver, the Post Office Department
Eayirg refused to renew the mail contract
The Massachusetts State coustabulary are
making spirited raids upon the d drinking saloons
uf Boston. One stock OF lager beer, valued at
~i,4U1. was seized on "Wednesday.
The morocco manufacturers national ex-
change met st Cape May yesterday, and
Organized by the election of officers.
The excitement over the Virginia election
has not yet subsided, and Richmond was bright
with fireworks last night.