Evening star., 1869-04-17

THE BALrrxoRr ASD POTOMAC RAILROAD.
Tie nilsriee of the City Council to Sn DGn
had bs en referred tn application OF to~ bsttt-
more ard Potomac Raiiroad Comp any for per-
mISsioB To enter the CITY by means OF q tunnel
on Wednesday, ir company with the president
of the company. Governor Bowie, and the en-
ginsers of the road. passed over the lines OF thu
survey and made thorough examination OF
the plans and specifications. The company
proposes to construct the tuunel undrr the
b. IS Of the streets. either on the line of rth-
ern aysnue under Winchester and Wilson
street.. from the western boundary OF the c,ty
to Jor~s's Falls. IL Is estimated tha, the tun
mel i'll cost but little less than a MILL IN dol
lars, and its construction will give EN- ploy meat
10 a large numbsr OF persons Work on the ex-
cayati"n has already commenced near and
bey ond the city boundary, and as soon as the
necessary arrangements are made with the CITY
au'horitIes, the work, il 10 stated, will be
pushed forward as RAPIDLY as possible with A
view of having the road from Baltimore to
Washington fully opened by the end of the
present year. The road ia question masses
through q region OF country which for the
most part. especially its lower sections. has
land along its line is Increasing in value It's
building having been undertaken by those
mostly outside Of the state, but adds its cost TO
our material resources. though, hy ITS compe.
titIon with the Washington branch of the Bal
more and ONO. the revenues derived from the
Ia Ter oy the State will necessarily be leeseusd
Ihe Council committee are expected to report
a. sn early day, and IL is presumed. after con-
sid'ring all the circumstances affecting streets,
grades. etc, will be able to recommend meas
ures which will be mutually satisfactory to
the parties ilterested.-Baltimore Sun.
TRIAL OF AN ALLEGED PHoroaRAPHrc
SPIRiT MEeIUM.-Judge Edmonds appeared
before Justice bowling at the TOmbs, in New
1ork. yesterday, as counsel for Mum bier, the
alleged Photographic spirit medium. He stated
the defence would be that there is no trick or
deception In the pretended spirit phctographs
produced by Number, but that they are eenu.
Inc ILLNESSES OF deceased friends of the sitters,
and nave been recognized As such in cases
where no pictures Of the deceased person was
Id existence, and where such persons could not
possibly have been known or seen by tine pho.
toerapher, and that the accused Is ignorant by
what power he produces such pictures. The
nearing was adjourned to next Wednesday.
TIE CHEsAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD TO
BE SOLD We learned yesterday that the direc.
tory or the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Company have in Contemplation the scheme
OF selling ont TO the Pennsyly ANA railroad
commonly known as the Pennsyl ylva ANA Cen
ual) the States interest In the Virginia Central
railroad (s2. OOOO), and the States interest in
the Blue Ridge railroad (S16s4 ,OOO), and that if
the sales were made the Pennsylvania railroad
would build q road from Pittsburg to Charles
ton, on the kanawha, or some other point In
west virginia, connecting their line with the
Chesapeake and OHIO road-Richmond (Vd)
Exdminer.
CUBAN APFAIRs-Decree Of Confscation, de.-
In consequence Of a document issued in New
conditions upon Cuban refugees for the sup
port Of the revolutionary cause, Gen Dulce
mas issued proclamation ordering the seizure
OF all property belonging TO Lemus, Leon, Cas-.
anova, Ciensros, Criardo, and others, unless
they produce proofs that they have legally
transferred their property. The Havana Iour.
nails generally praise the decree Of confiscation.
The rebel leader Adulcsre has peen Captured
and executed AT MaZZanillo. tits reported that
a schooner, with arms and men, has been CAP.
tnred near the mouth of Mantua river. a, the
western end Of the island
SThe Covington lind, Free Press tells of
8 man At that place, who is q candidate for
Postma ster, going into the church ward to copy
names from the tomb stones to 90 on his peti-