Evening star., 1870-01-10
EVENING STAR.
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.Jay Gould, Presid.ut, and James Fisk. Jr.,
Treasurer of the Erie Railroad, answered an
Indictment in the Passaic IN. J.) County Court
for spn9g S rob sns
Patterson, by exacting illegal charges for trans
porting locomotives over their road. They were
held for trial. -Four hundred suits are being
!, prepared for them all along the road for over
charging freights-
The Indiana Democratic State Convention
denounces the Congressional reconstruction
measures and its attempted interference with
the supreme Court; favors repeal of the present
tariff; declares that that $40 bonds are payable
in greenbrcks; goes in for the abolition OF ma
sonal BANKS; Is down upon tne s,aa rif;eeHsn e; nun
Laws concerning GENERALIZATION.
Caldwell. who for sometime past has been
held for hearing in Montreal under the extradi-
zion laws, charged with the perpetration of
frauds in the United States, was discharged by
Judge COursol, and before a warrant for his ar
rest on other charges could be served his cOun-
sci locked the courtroom door in the face OF the
high constable, and enabled him (CaldwelD to
escape
The Supreme Court of Alabama decides that
there has been no property in slaves since 1868.
any of the courts of Alabama from 1851 to 1865
il null and void, and that all officers OF courts
and legislatures during that period were usur-
pers.
The revolution in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, is
increasing. In Puebla the insurgents had cap
tured several towns defeating the Government
troops and capturing and executing Genera
BOcardo. There are fears Of a general revOlu
tion but this is the natural condition of Mexico.
A rumOr prevails in Havana that the Fl Rayo,
formerly the X. X. Cuyler, sold by New Workers
to the Colombian Government, has been trans
ferred to the Cuban insurgents, and Spanish
war vessel has been sent to watch her Off Ven
eZuela.
No action has vet been taken in Charleston,
6. c., by the United States Court in the case Of
the alleged Cuban privateer Anna, now in pos
session of the United States authorities. mo-
tiOn to vacate the warrant of arrest will be
made to-day.
Great freshets have occurred in the Province
OF Chiapa. Mexico The water completely
washed away many farms lying along the bor-
ders of rivers, and il was computed that not less
than 200 lives were lost.
Reuben Crow was assassinated at Aberdeen,
Tenn. on Thursday night cOlored man
named Burrell has been arrested on suspicion.
He imphcates two white men, who, he says,
hired him to commit the deed.
John Nixon. highly respected citizen Of New
Orleans. was shot and killed at the Boston Club
in that city Saturday night. The affair Is some
what my ysterious and 10 arrests were made.
On Friday the Missouri Legislature ratified
the Fifteenth Amendment for the second time
The copy voted upon last year was imperfect,
and hence the action OF Friday.
About - 600 acres Of land near Abiline, Kan
sas, have been sold to a Scotch emigration as
sOciatiOn at Glasgow for s165,Oo0. EmigrantS
will leave Scotland in February and March.
II is stated that the Winnepeg insurgents in
the British Northwest have seized ESQ from the
Hudson's Bay Company, and have bought a
printing press with ESQ of the sum.
The two hundred and fifty Chinese from San
Francisco via Pacific railroad, ST. Louis and the
Mississippi railroad, have arrived in New Or
leans and will leave to-day by railroad fol
Texas
Another counterfeiter has been arrested iy
New York, and the detectives are after the
whole Staten Island gang, with the prospect, II
Is alleged. of securing them.
The great billiard match between Deery anG
Dion, for the diamond enc and $1,000, tool
place at San Francisco Saturday, resulting in
favor of Deery by 500 to ,i92.
The Erie Railway Company has compelled al
station agents TO give bonds ranging from 81 ,OO(
to $1,000 Tor the faithful performance OF theiI
duty
The capture Of Port au Prince by the Haytien
insurgen Is confirmed The whereabouts and
fate OF Salnave are unknown.
1t is announced in st. Louis that Tom Allen
accepts Jim Mace's challenge to fight him in
Canada or Louisiana.