Evening star., 1869-08-24
EVENING STAR.
LATE fELEGRAMs, &c.

Miss Hill, niece of General A. p. Hill, of
Virginia, was accidently shot and killed by her
brother. .in-law, MI @. W. skinner. at his resi-
dence, in Washington county, Alabama, few
the house 10 spend the night with q sick neigh
bor, and was engaged in reeaPping his loaded
pistol, when one OF the barrels exploded, and
the ball from II entered the side OF the unfortu-
nate lady, killing her Instantly
General Ames has issued the folio wing order
to commanders of military posts In Mississip-
pi The commanding General directs that
yCu do not obey in future any writs of habeas
corpus issued by the United States District
Courts or Circuit Courts, or any order made by
custody. should such a writ or order be
served upon you. report tie fact by telegraph
Tvoyoung girls, residing near Station IA on
the Georgia Central Railroad, were brutally
outraged By negroes, some days ago: and the
crime was followed up by one OF the fends cut
ting of the arm of his victim In revenge for the
1ossof bis own arm, which he alleged he had
fiicted by her father, who formerly owned
him.
The London Telegraph. yesterday, In Its
sporting article, aliude$ again to the inter
university race. IL says many Of the bes
Judges of boating offer 10 bet two to one on the
Oxford 1t predicts the 0xonians will win,
but believes the Harvard men will make a
better fgnt than was anticipated by the sup
pOrtsrs of Oxford.
At Staunton, Va, Sunday night, q party OF
young men, who were ont in search Of John
Stanley, prorrietor of a livery stable, entered a
house and were fired upon by Jacob Sherrer,
ore Of them being shot through the heart.
Stanley, who was suspected OF being in the
house at the time, has been arrested. All the
parties are of respectable position.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
says q despatch from Cincinnati, have ar
ranged to carry flour from Indianapolis,
Lafayette and Cincinnati to Baltimore without
change Of cars cheaper than the present rates
from those cities 10 New York.
The Press ball comes on at White Sulphur
Springs. Virginia. on Tuesday, August 81.
Among the managers are General Be iuregaId,
the Turkish Minister, General Wise, ex.Sena.
tor Bright and others. Ten ex-Coufe derate
Generals are there-among them are Generals
A gang Of i've New York shop-lifters fell
upon Pouehkeepsie yesterday, aud robbed the
merchants Of over $1,000 worth of goods. Three
were Afterwards arrested and $500 worth of
goods recovered. The others escaped.
The Democrats of Baltimore county yesterday
nominated Nicholas Burke for Sheriff; Amos
q. Harryman, Francis q. Fossett, BENJAMIN
Gorsucn. and Daniel j. McCauley for County
Commissioners.
Railroad freights from New York to Chicago
have been advanced to IS cents per ewt; to
CINCINNATI; IS cents; to Louisville, 50 cents,
and TO st. Louis, IS cents. IL Is not certain
that this advance will be maintained.
The crops generally in Western Pennsyl.
yania are unusually luxuriant- The potato
drouth, ii is said, but everything else, incIud.
ing fruit is abundant and good.
The carpenter shop or Travers Carter & Co.,
and the Christian Church at Seymour, Indiana,
were destroyed Dy fire yesterday. The church
had Just been completed. Carter 3 loss is about
$2O,UO0; no insurance.
a tempest at Cronstadt, Russia, yesterday,
caused mo-itor % break from her moorIngs.
dashed into frigate and caused her 10 sink.
Sixteen Of the latter's crew were drowned.
Joseph Herriek was stabbed. IL is supposed
fatally, in Albany, Sunday night, in an affray.
Adam Zemmer and Bastran Dallar have been
arrested charged with the sffencs.
Seven laborers were precipitated to the
ground In New FORK yesterday, by the fall of
scafold on a new gsS tank on East 21st street,
and all were severely injured.
The thermonetcr Stood 10i in the shade at 2
p. m, In seymour, Ind yesterday. A number
OF men were overcome by the heat, but none
xerlously.
The body of man named Trayers was found
In pond at Hyde Park, New York, on Satur.
Gay. He committed suicide, by drowning. on
Friday.
The consolidation of the New York Central
and Hudson River railroads, il is said, Is Ak
ranged and ready for ratification.
death from Asiatic cholera occurred yes
terday in New York. The victim was q Ger
man named Cohen.
Frederick Law, of Elizabeth, was dubbed to
death by policeman Fanel in Bergen, N. Y,
Sunday night
Peter II. Walker is under arrest in New
York for an attempt to shoot his brothers wife
and children.
Seven hundred buffaloes were killed by the
week.
Corn and cotton in Tennessee are badly
damaged by the unfavorable weather.
Ferdinand q uttmsn blew the top Of his head
on with pistol, in St. Louis, Saturday.