The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-23
Domestic Affairs.

A committee of the Massachusetts, Legis-
lature is investigating charges of corruption
against the State constabulary.
The members of the House of Represen-
tatives, at Washington, are generally very
anxious for early ad dournment.
The San Domingo Commissioners expect
to arrive at Washington tonight by rail from
Savannah, where they landed from the steamer
Tennessee.
The Indians in Nebraska are committing
various depredations. On Tuesday they set
the prairie on fire, about twenty miles south
of North Platte, and drove the settlers from
their homss.
The District Court of Wyoming Territory
met at Cheyenne yesterday, and four ladies
were among the jury. A Sioux Indian, who
had murdered two men last October, near
Fort Laramie, was found guilty and sentenced
to be hung.
The Senate of Virginia yesterday finished
the long railroad war in the Legislature by
passing the House bill for the sale of the
S ate's interest in the Richmond aud Peters
burg Railroad for half million dollars, to
several gentlemen of Richmond
The coal investigation still continues at
Harrisburg. A large number of iron and
railroad men are present to testify to the
great damage the coal strikes are to them.
John Siney, president of the Miners Associa-
ton, was called yesterday afternoon, and tes-
The investigation will be closed in day or
two.
Governor Holden, of North Carolina, was
Yesterday convicted on six of the articles of
impeachment by mixed vote, some Demo-
Gratis voting for acquittal and some Republi-
cans for conviction. The sentence of the
court is that he be deposed from office and
forever hereafter be disqualified from holding
any place of Office, emolument, or trust.
Foreign Affairs
The National Guards search all trains
leaving Paris.
Bismarck has been elevated to the rank
of Prince.
New projects have been appointed for
eighteen of the departments of France.
The italian Senate has approved the con-
vention recently made with Austria.
General Won Moltke has been presented
with the Order of the German Cross
Lyons, Marseilles, and Bordeaux, where
trouble was anticipated, remain tranquil.
The army protecting the Assembly at
Versailles numbers forty. seven thousand.
An order has been issued in Prussia to
stop the return of the French prisoners for
the present.
The communal elections which were to
take place yesterday in France have been
postponed until to-day.
In the National Assembly yesterday
Theirs thanked those Deputies who faced the
fury of the Paris insurgents.
"A number of cities and towns of France
have forwarded resolutions to Versailles pro-
testing against the revolution.
The cabs have resumed their trips, the
theatres are open, and railway trains from
Paris to Versailles run regularly.
-Thiers has sent another circular to the
projects of the departments, stating that
advices from all the provinces are reassuring.
The iDsurrectionary Central Committee
has decided to respect the conditions of peace,
but considers it just that the largest portion
of the indemnity should fall upon the authors
of the war.
"A decree of the Government of National
Defense postpones the maturity of CONNER
oial bills, and prohibits landlords from ex-
pelling dodgers for non-payment of rent until
the issuance of fresh order.
-Semi-official statements are to the fleet
that the Germans will take no part in the in
ternecine strife of the French, but will merely
guard their own interest by pressing the full.
filment of the compacts made between the
two countries.