Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-01-07
EVENING STAR.
LATE KILOGRAMS, &c.

The annual message OF Governor Stevenson
was submitted 10 the General Assembly of Ken
tucEy Yesterday. The Governor says the peo-
Die OF Kentucky will unite, as with one heart
and one mind, irrespective of the past, in yield
ing cordial support 10 all Of General Graz
Cficial acts and measures having TO- their OBJ.
ieCt the supremacy OF the constitution OF the
United States, the restoration and perpetuity
Of the Union.
The Virginia State Treasurer having written
10 General Stoneman, recommending the pay
nent OF the members of the late convention of
the balance due them, General Stoneman t.
plies that, having consulted Secretary Scho-
field. " no commanded the district at the time
the convention was M session, he declines 10
issue order for tbe pay nlent OF said balance.
The Massachusetts, Legislature convened yes
tsTday. The Senate elected Robert r. Pitman.
If New Bedford. President, by the support OF
liquor pTOhIbilonists.
Judge DrummOnd, OF Chicago. yesterday
gave an important decision respecting the
whisky set OF July %, 1851. The court decided
that every single provision of the law accords
with the Constitution, ana dissolved the in
junction restraining the revenue officers from
acting der Us Instructions.
The i Legislature Of Delaware convened Tues
DAY The Governors message was ansmItted
yesterday. Hon. James A. Bayard. now serv
irg GU n term Of the late Stnator Riddle by
appointment, VIII be elected for the balance
The term, which expires March ira, and In
son, Z hCs r. BaydId, viii probably De chosen
IOT the tull term.
The ITgl state yft lar Lrfts a rom.
stands as follows ga The new movement for
universal suffrage, with the hope of universal
amIesty--In favor. eleven Democratic papers,
and aEaiEst II, eight Democratic papers and
TWO Republican papers
Gen. McNahOn, our Minister to Paraguay,
has had an audience with Lopez, and the re-
suit Is understood 10 be satisfactory, atOnemeut
for the recent Outragrs 10 the American flag
having been guaranteed.
Col. Catterson arrived At Memphis, Ternes-
see, from the South ON Tuesday, with four
hundred and hity militia, who marched
through the city, with Governor Clayton and
his staff In b9rOuChs, who Were received AT
the STATE House.
At Memphis, Tennessee, Monday, an Italian
named Manuel Antonio Padesta, after quar-
rslIng with his negro mistress, attempted to
Kill her, and then shot himself Through the
head, from which he lied the next day.
Via San Francisco We have a report from
Mexico that the Provinces of chihuahua and
SLalOa have been sold 10 the United States,
and VIII be occupied by American forces
within two years.
The Treasurer OF North Carolina informed
the Legislature of that State yesterday that the
failure TO pay the interest on the State debt
was caused by his inability 10 borrow money
On the credit Of the State.
The Indiana Legislature meets to-day. L. IS
thought Lieut.. Gov. Cumsack Will be uomI-
nateu for United States Senator as the sue
CessOr OF Senator Hendricks.
At a caucus of the Republican members of
TIE Legislature OF Michigan last night, Hon.
Zdcharlah Chandler was nominated for cleo
ton TO the u. ). Senate on the first ballot.
A Little Rock special says that the munich
PAL election Tuesday resulted IN the election OF
Dr. A h Hartman, Republican, for Mayor, by
Il majority of 80 in l,il6 votes.
The case OF John Glare, con victed some years
ago of the murder of MIR. Grove. In Baltimore,
was before the Court OF Appeals yesterday, on
a wit OF error
An IL sane woman at Hampton, Canada,
drowned her TIVE children in Il barrel of water.
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way.
The caucus for Senator VIII he held in u IN :
nesota on the l4th. Wilkinson's friends are
hopeful. but Ramsey's friends are confident of
his reelection.
The GestituuOn in the Red River territory is
Increasing Only two pounds of TODD is granted
10 each person per week.
Gen. Young, Supervisor of Internal Reeve
rue, has seized Anton Fredman's rectifying
house IN Cincinnati.
The Catholic Bishop of Montreal, with a
number OF clergymen, leave for Rome On the
10th instant.