Evening star., 1870-02-12
LATE rELEGRAMs. &c.

In the Virginia legislature, yesterday Geo.
Rye, Of Shenandoah, was elected State Trcasu-
native of Shenandoah, and In that county cast
his vote for Hale, Fremont and Lincoln for Pres
dent. He was secretary Of the State Constitu-
mated him explained that il was done a. an in
dication that Tirginians intended to forget past
party differences
DIR. Charles b. Brickner. well-known physi-
clan, theatrical lessee and dramatic author Of
some note, was killed ut chmond, Va yester-
day, by the discharge of pistol in his hands
He was the author Of Cabin and Parlor,-
play for n long time performed in Southern the
atres as an offset to :. Uncle Toms Cabin"
The President has directed the remittance of
the unexecuted portion of the sentence of the
mlftary commission, from the Fifth Military
district, In the cases of Charles l.. Pitcher and
John a. Richardson, citizens sentenced in Octo-
Der last to imprisonment for four years in the
penitentiary.
The trial OF Jack Reynolds for the murder of
William Townsend will commence in New York
on thursday next his counsel proposes to put
IN plea Of insanity. The citizens Of New York
have given twelve hundred dollars to the muir
dered mans family.
In Cuba, General Goge Neche, with a strong
division, left Puerto Principe on the 5th instant
to commence a campaign against the ins,ir-
gents. Ii expected that General Pueblo
would soon leave that city and again attack the
rebel forces.
The murderer of Felipe yeldez, in Havana,
on Sunday last, was aetuated by motives OF a
private revenge, and not political, was
thought Subscriptions for the family Of Green
waldt are coming in freely.
Last evening a mass meeting of the Repub-
hcans Of Baltimore took place at Broadway
Institute to express their qualification at the
action Of other States in indorsing the fifteenth
amendment.
At Springfield, Tennessee, on Thursday
Thomas Hackersmith, q lad about fourteen
years Of age, accidentally shot and killed his
cousin, Mrs. X. Ii. Bibb. The boy is now a
raving maniac.
On Wednesday night an attempt was made to
| cial and Farmers Bank, of Baltimore, for the
| purpose of rObbing that institution.
The distillers of the second district of Ohio
will test the constitutionality of the tax assessed
under the ght hour fermentation rule, on
| Monday, in the Cincinnati courts.
A number of colored men at Louisville have
formed an association for the purpose of build
ing first-class steamboat to ply on the Missis-
| sippi river.
Travel from Chicago towards the Pacific Is
| unusually heavy this week. The trains carry a
| greater number of passengers than ever before.
| bill against discrimination in the matter OF
pay to public school teachers on account or sex.
| Heavy snow storms are reported on the plains
east of the Rocky Mountains; on the west less
| snow has fallen than for many years.
The Ohio Woman Suffrage Convention met
| at Columbus yesterday, and concluded to peti-
ton the Legislature for the right to vote.
The question OF prohibiting the Bible i'm the
public schools of Cincinnati will be decided by
the Supreme Court there on Monday.
| The bark Answer, from London for Boston,
f0undered on the 18th ult. The mate and seven
Others were saved.
The Nebraska Legislature convenes on the
18th to ratify the Fifteenth Amendment.
Those Cinnamon are digging on Texas