Evening star., 1869-05-08
EVENING STAR.
LATE TELEGRAMs, &c.

lis stated that after June ist the charges for
ssnls message of ten words will BE- SO gold,
exclusive OF address and signature, and one
doiIsr for each additional word, with fifty per
cent discount on pres dispatches, excepi
Cyphe1 and commercial news, which will b.
charged full rates.
The Havana journals publish accounts of
several engagements between the troops under
Count Nalmassda and the Cuban forces. Inc
SpanIaTds claim victories. General Dulce, ac-
4, rpanied by a battalion OF volunteers, visits
Natanzas on Sunday.
The bln IsgalIzing the ,ssue of the eighty per
cent. scrip OF the New York CentraI roaa 1ss
been passed to a thIre reading IN the New Ork
S.uat-. and an amendment TO the railroad con-
solIcatIoE bill was passed restricting fare on
ths Central road % two cents per mile.
Iuion county. Illinois. was lately visited by
= .esTful hail storm. some of the hallstOnss
measuring one 70 two and shalt inches III
Diameter. IN 3 nOt few as large as a mans fis',
Tue report adds thai toe ground was covered
Il some places Two feet deep.
T-oert r. Tereyck. an actor a. Fiske's Grand
Opera House was arrested IN New York yes
-rTdsy. -harsed with obtaining payment on
Twelve forged paymasteTs' bounty checks for
II - go bail
Zach stroke of the hammer on the last spike
driven IN the Pacific Railroad Will be stimuli
raEeOu-iy reported by telegraph in New York
aGd san Z -anCi>ro. The last rail will be laid
On Monday at noon
A cCmmi''ee from 81. Louis. headed by
Lieut.. GOV S,aDaTd, arrived at Memphis on
"Wednesday and left yesterday Tor New
Cri-aBS, Their object Is TO promote direct
gram trade VIA New Orleans.
It's saId that Marshal Barlow, of New York,
mas received a despatch from Secretary of state
Fisk. instructIng him use every precaution
to preNen the departure of any expedition FOR
Cuba from New York.
Brooks one OF the escaped Delaware GAP
murdeTers, WAS caught near Port Jeryls on
Wednesday. and escaped again by making
Iaaw@ t.Qr "
high
A meeting of the friends of the Maryland
Central Railroad Company, which IL TO run
fIOm Baltimore TO the Susquehanna. was held
a. Belair last week.
The BelaIr (Maryla land) Intelligencer says
that the fisheries on the eSusquehanna and head
Of the chesapeake have been doing a fine busi-
ness this season.
The bill for the removal of the New York
State capital was lost in the New York Assem-
bly, yesterday, also the bill to amend the exc Sc
law
The trial of Miss CaIrnes for killing her be-
trayer. Nicholas MeComas, was concluded yes
terday at Belalr, Maryland, and given to the
Jury.
A new congressional election will take place
IN Mexico in June. campaign opposition
paper has been started for the occasion, with
eleven editors.
Tne conference with Southern delegations in
regard TO the SOuther railroads, will take
place IN Cincinnati to-day. The matter excites
great interests
T. Ayermann- notary public of 81. Louis,
Mo-, was found dead in his room on Thursday,
having committed suicide by taking morphine
The Theta Del-a-ChI Association has deter
mined 10 reestabllsh the Southern Chapters
that Were broken up by the war
MIR. Asher Armstrong. of Oswego, N. Y
committed sHicide on Wednesday by cutting
his throat with a razor.
The AtlantICs of BroOkIys. beat the keystone
of Philadelphia yesterday. base ball. % to y.
Mslor General Hancock and family nave ar
rlyed III Philadelphia