Evening star., 1869-08-12
EVENING STAR.
LATE KILOGRAMS, &c.

Judge McCunn, of New York, has decided
TO discharge Pratt, the alleged Texan rioter and
murderer, from custody. though, a. Pratt Is in
militsry custody At Fort Lafayette, it does not
appear how he II TO do IL. The points Of bis
decision are-frst that murder 10 not U nited
places ever which the government have ex-
clusiye Jurisdiction; second. that the prisoner
had not been committed by Q United States
Court.
The counting Of the vote on the new Virginia
State Constitution and State of1ces now being
finished, General Csnoy has signifsd his in
teniion Of promulgating the result Of the late
election thus TAR IN few days Fully ten days
must elapse before the vote on the members of
Congress and the Legislature is counted. and
1t will be over two weeks before the result of
the latter vote Is announced.
Governor Palmer, of Illinois, il reported as
having made q speech, Monday, in the Repuo-
lIcan Convention at Springfield, which was
states Rights In politics. He had nothing 70
question, becsuse he Is opposed to the surrsn-
Der OF the states control Of suffrage to the
Federal authority.
Five hundred persons belon ging to the Lyman
Cansdss, held q family gathering on Tuesday,
At Mount Tom. Massachusetts,. Rev. DR..
Lyman Coleman, Of Lafayette College, z tston,
Pennsylvsnia, delivered the genealogical ad-
dress, and characteristic letter from Henry
Ward Beecher was read.
Senter's majority In Tennessee Is 81. 600, with
nineteen counties to hear from. The Sate
Senate. composed of IS members, stands 81 Con-
seryatIves, Conservative Republicans. The
House, composed OF 81 members, stands s. Con-
servatives, 9 Radicals and 6 Conservative
Republicans, with two districts to hear from
A band OF Blackfeet and Pigeon Indians,
numbering about q hundred and fifty. attac ked
an or train twenty miles from Camp Cook,
Montana, on the Sth instant, killed twenty
cattle and one man, and sustained a loss to
themselves Of two men killed and several
wounded.
The attachment suit of Davis and associates
against the contractors of the Union Pacific
railroad has been dissolved by Judge Lake.
and the property attached by the sheriff ordered
TO be released The suit will be continued in
the ST. Louis District Court.
David T.. Reid, a prominent citizen of Mo-
bile, who was accused of firing the first shot at
the Republican meeting last Thursday night
gave himself Mp for trial Tuesday, and was
honorably acq uitted by the Mayor yesterday
morning.
road from May 10 to the LIST of August foot up
S1,773,I53- The receipts of this month, Ii n
expected, will be greater than for any pre-
yious month, on account Of the new freight
Mr. Etheridge, of Tennessee. made a speech
at Milan, in that State, on Saturday, in which
he announced his intention to oppose paying
any portion OF the twenty million debt con.
iracted under the Brownlow administration.
Mrs Dr. Schrader and her mother, of Red
Rock Marvin county, Iowa. were both
poisoned Tuesday by taking dose OF bella.
donna, given to them by q blundering druggist
Both died in few hours.
The Spanish in Cubs are not sufic'entIy well
provided for by the cOmmissary TO make any
move al present Tne insurgents are said 70 be
laooring under the same dsac vantage.
Two brothers, named Frederick and James
Hodgetts. were drowned IN the St. Lrwrence
river, near Prescott, Canada, ON Monday
night by the capsizing of a boat.
Edward III. Hoyt. formerly of New York,
an Nanfl lu from (taI a
IN his room on Tuesday. He had committed
suicide by taxing Iaudanum.
The Turn-teachers and Turn-worts at Chi.
eago have taken preliminary steps for a Ma.
tional Convention, to fix upon a uniform
method Of instruction for classes.
The Chicago Turnsrfest's total receipts were
about twenty thousand dollars; the expenses
amounted 10 twenty-four thousand eight hun
dred dollars.
The first bale of cotton of the new crop in
Georgia was received Al Macon yesterday. II
IS ciasses New York middling, and will bs
sent 10 Boston.
The Supreme Court of Ohio has refused tc
grant the writ OF error in the case OF Thoma:
Mulhall, sentenced to be hung In Cleveland on
the 26th inst.
Six mammoth Ice-nouses at Crystal Lake
Mich, were destroyed by fire, with their con.
tents, yesterday morning. The loss is very
heavy.
The internal revenue officers of PhiIadelpnia
made a seizure Of 1900 cigars, for non -pay.
nent OF tax, yesterday.
The Governor of Alabama has refused tC
grant a petition asking tnat the city OF Mobile
be placed under martial law.
An Omaha dispatch of Tuesday says seven
teen car loads of butter We're sent TO Califor-
MIA on that day.
The late heavy and continued rains in Geor.
gla have caused rust In the cotton in various
portions of that State.
The coinage of the branch mint in San Fran.
cisco for July was SI,O40,00O; since July LIST
S6,OOO,UUO.
A Helena (Montana) dispatch says recent
election for the removal of the State caritaI &C
Helena was carried.