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THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON CITY: FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19, 1884. V The Dew Dollar WerkU Star, fuller than ever of Metrojolitan news and gossip, and Choice literary reading, is now on our counter ready for delivery to the public. It has recently been greatly enlarged and improved, and now undoubtedly presents much more matter tor (he same amount o' money than any other weekly in the country. Embraced in its enter taining contents are the following articles: Latest war news from every department of the army; L?a!e in tell if ene* from < jbattanooga and Ixcoxville; Position of the Kebel and red-ral armie s thfcre; Accounts of Oen Banks, move ments in bis department, and of Sherman * operations iu Mississippi, Also skirmishes in the Army ot the Potomac. News ftom the South; Movement of reb^l ar mies; Jeff Davis' late add ret a to hi* troops; ?U-t.el place, prospects and opinion", as tbown by their own papers, and an interest ing bu< g?t of general rebel news. An interesting account of the escape of the fx. ion officers Irom Dibbey Priso i; Scenes and incidents connected with the escape: Domestic news; Foreign new*: Telegraphic items and clippings fro? the press; Tales, tkeubt s, descriptive articles, ice., Ac. Also all loci news of interest the past week; Editorials, Ac., and a column lor the tanner and housekeeper. This is just the paper above all others for per sons sojourning in the National Metropolis to ?end to their friends at a distance. Price only five cents per copy, or#U? per annum; postage prepaid by stamps when so arranged. urrii; ial. Bjf the President of the L'nited St&t't of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whkrbas, by my proclamation of the nine teenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, the ports ot the States of South Carolina, Oeorgia, Alabima, Florida, Missis sippi, Louisiana, and Texas, were, for reasons therein set forth, placed under blockade, and whereas the port ot Brownsville, in the Dis trict of Brazos Santiago, in the State of Tex is? has since been blockaded, but as the biojka.de ot said port may now be safely relaxed wita advantage to the interests of commerce: Now, therefore, be it known, th it I, Aura. bam Liacolk, President of the Cnited Stated, pursuant to the authority in mi vested by tie filth section ot the act ot Congress approved on the IJth of July, jm>i, entitled *? An act fur ther to provide for tne collection of duties 0.1 imports, ai.d lor other purposes," do hereby declare that the blockade cf the said port of Brownsville stall so far cease aud determine from and afier this aate, that commercial iuter ccnrse with said port, except as to perso.is, thug;-, ai.d information hereinafter specifl d, may from this date, b-< carried ou, subject to the laws ot the Cnited States, to the refuta tions prescribed by the Secretary of t ie Tiots 11 ry, and until tie ie eilion shall have b-eu suppressed, to such oruer? as m.iy bi promul gated by ihegtnerai commaudiug .h* Hepirt mtiit, or by an othcer oul> authorize J by bun atd commaiidia g at said po--t. I'ms pro.ii.i xnaucu uoes noi auihoi lze or allow the ship ment or lOLVfjuiJie of j.eisons iu or intending to enter tne ter>iie of tne insurgents, or of things or in ormaUon intended tor tueir use, or tor their aid or comfort, i.or, except upou the permission oi the Secretary of V\ &r, or som'4 ofheer duly authorized by nim. ot tne fjllow jrg prohibited arti let, namely: canuon, mor tar*, fire-arms, piste i , boaibs* grenades, po m cer, ssJ.petre, suli hur, balls, bullets, piau.*t swords. bcarding-caps, (always excepting the quantity ot the said articles which may be nacestary for the delense of tne sh.p aud tnoso who tempi se the ciew,) saddles, bridles, car tridge-bag material, percussion andoth reaps, clothing adapted for uniforms, sid cljth of all kinds, hemp and cortiagt-, lutoxicatmg drinks? other than teer and liKhtnative wines. To vessels clearing from lotetga ports, and destined to the pert of Drowusville, opened by this proclamation, licenses will be grauted by Consuls of the United Stites upon satis factory evidence tLat the vessel so licensed will convey no persons, property, or informa tion excepted or prohibited above, either to or fr m the said poit, which license sbsu be ex hibited to the Collector oi said poit immediately on arrival, and, if required, io any otlicer in charge ot the blockade; and on leaving sud pert every vessel will be required to hive a clearance from the Uollctor of tue Cu-stjim* according to 1-iw, showing n ? vl>ia iocs of t.it> <onci ions of the licence. Any violations of said conditions will miolre the forfeiture and condemnation of the vessel md cargo auti the exclusion of all parties concerned iro:n aoy further privilege of entering ihe Cai ei Stites during the war lor any purpose whatever. In all respect*, except as h.-rem specified, the existing blockade remains m full force and eflect as hitherto establish* d and maintained, nor is it jelaxed by this proclamation except in repaid to the port to which relaxation is o: h is been expressly applied. In witne&s whereof I hive hereon*o set my hat d, ard caused the Seal ot the Cnited Staiej tj be affixed. I>one at the city of Washington, this l^tn day of Febrnary, A. D. 1*61, and of th ? fgiEAi..] ir.dpp' ndencr of the Cnited Stales of Arceiica the eighty-eighth. Abuaiiaii Linooi w. By the President: W U. Sr*AKD, Secretary of Slate. liKlifll. l'RIS??NKR??. Ttrfe pr?stu? rs of war anneel hrre yester- 1 tiay Irrm the front, ard weae comnai'ted to the j C?d Capitol. The+r i ames are Win. Scott, j 4th Virginia ravalrj ; II. tt. Smith and Jamev Wlfl;^;d. 7th Virrinia cavalry. I'KISOfkEBS OK STATE. The Pre vi st Marshal oeLeral Army ot the Po'on ar, >est?rr?y sent to tbis city five meu i as pricoui rs of S'ate. Col ln^raham commit. : ted *h> m to tl e Old Capitol prison. Tux tit ii>Tios.?We find th?? foU< w ib|e pari'giaj-li i.. t. e I'nilacelpbia lu- i quirn, i. K,ipp eo tiom Masbinetou: ? ? Imoriu c>i iu froai H il itnore ludi at?? th ? (riuni h ot fcieniy Winter Uavi-, iu the re.-enl i ekciu.is, in i ai tying the i?t-ie?ate Oo.ven Uonsfcr Secretary Chase tor I'restdent, acd tr.i radical platform over tl?e Blair conserva tive s, v. ho ran ticket*- headed 1 4 Lincoln.'" | Ihe lac t are hat the only question th it at t pi si n?'rflienc8 the l ui?n voters ofMiry 1m d is Emancipation iu our e>wu State, and it ; t IjOI a (< leva, e bas been eleced to the St tie CiiMU i<n w it I > any % ie w ou the part of the ; pe< j4i w ho eli cted to- m to meddle in the Pres- ! ideiitisl qni et on. If a vo'e should be tak >n in ; tbat Convention cr an) where el&e iu Mtry- , l;.t.d. at the puseut tine, on the choice o' a ? d cate ii r tlie president y, we have no h-a^, Itat on ir expr??$ing the b? 1 et that fully three fot.r'bii nouid d?clar< themselves in tavor of , the re-m minatii.n ot Pienaent Dincoln. In- > Ce?d, a moot ot the ? ounty Conventions, rjs o utiOLS lavorli g Mr. Lincoln were adopted, ? i d it it is the intention of Washington pjliti c ens 10 'orie a rivlsicn imo&n the Cni^n mea ?: Msr> 1st d on ibis quest on at the present* t me, vt tl ink tl ey will be disappointed? tic hiiniTG Amencon iMPOKTAkT Seizor* ? During last week tie f?ueot Marshal Alel'h dt succeeded in cap turing oo? of the larce<-t muU o i the way to i X.'nie ever captur-d in tais s? *tion of coaotry. Jt coneUted of letters from all parte of the U?i teci Spates, and h id been lert at a sure on BU- ; t:rr.ore str>et, with a rneu?ngn u> deliver it to a 1 t>>y It was ?iv en to th^ boy tied n pin a news- ! Esper, red by him dellve ed to ths schooner ; eat.iound to Herring Hav, Anne A.ruadel ! cc uo?y. The schooner was taken on the river on snsr4cioa of having goods bound for Dixie, *nd upon s* arch the m til was :ound ta ablack traveling bag belonging to one of th* h tndi ot fe, aid. An investig?tion traced it to the store *?>ok- ? of, where the f.t;u were leame l about |i besides tee mMI a *m*'l Int of giols was ft no* aboard <or Dixie, among which wai a ?trail package tor tier. Winder, Pro* >?t Mar shal (leaera*. Richmond, and a number or ex c?i e?* n??i>s oi the harbor of Uharlestoi, and c>Ui<r Important points of mt!lta-y ta'erest. h- sides the above the tor$? of <*lc Flwil d#e?>ye??d a targe deposit of gua cape, xrlittery hrafci, ??rate. kc? which htd beea left cn the roa<t?lde b* a blockade rtnn r. Th1* lot of go<?(a that were packed cvastst^i ot the Wv* Bctk and a nambr of copies of th* A-nw 0mrfArtrjt irMitrtit of the United States, ?BM4. American F*t>. ft. 9f Wood la tl per oord at Wo^fM, yt, TELEGRATIIIC NEWS. MISSOURI A ^FAIRS. GRN. KWINO 8CPKKCBDKD. ST. Loci#, Feb. 18.-Oan. Ewing lias baea superceded us commander of the I>;?trtct of the Bolder by Col. Ford, of tha 2d Colorado car airy. The 6lb Wisconsin infantry bare re enlisted. Over thirty-fire hundred negroes have been rocrnited in Missouri during t^ie past three months. FROM < A1KO A.\O THE WEST. Cairo. Feb 19.?The report published in the Cairo Democrat to-day, that the Memphis/??< Irtin has been suppressed by military au'hor ity for publishing contraband news, is doubt less untrue, as llles of that paper, Including >esterday's issue, have been received here Cnprain Madison, of the Second Tenn^see coloied artillery, was lately shot dead by a citizen below Colnmbn9. Over two hnndred recrnits from Wisconsin arrived here to-day. FROM NEW ORLEANS. Nbw Y oil k , Feb.58.?The steamer Creole ha3 arrivtd trom New Orleans on the llth in9t. M:e J a>sni the Havana, for New York, olf Cnpe Florida. T be steamer Cchawba arrived out on the!^, with nine bundled and fifty m*r>, under com ma id of Col. Tnomas, of th* ,-th Ver.nont. The steamer Gtorge Washington arrived ont on tl.e Till. Cf?p?a:n J-t? phen O. Hoyt, of St. Louis, ana tive of Mas^a> nusetta, has been appointed act ing ir ayor of New Orleau?. Christian RosUm? declined to run for gover nor. The l<onse of ft.ivld Berwick, of At'akapas. w as rc:bb? d of ??:5,50<) by scutr soldiers, who are under arrest. A gmnd review of Oen.Lee's Union cavalry division was beld near New Orleans on the !>th, crmprislng the brigades of Colonels Lucas and Dudley. The veteran 1st lndUna artil lery, five hnrdred strong, left on the loth for Cairo on a furlough. Neail> one mile of the levee at Point Coupee recently fell into the Mississippi. Tfce 1. vee r ear Baton Kouge i? nearly out of ret air, and an oveillow is apprehended writh th^sprirg rise. Over four thousand five hnndred veterans wtre registered in Nevf Orleans previous totDe 9:h Irst. Caf>t&in Char'es R. March of the lath Maine regiment, was fccidect illy shot on Matagor da I?l8nd, en January 21, and died inst.intly. Admiral V ai rnnut and a portion o? his fleet have left New Orleans. There is nothing ol interest from Texas, not even a ekirtr ish. From Chattanooga. CiNCIxkati, Feb. IK?Jobu Morgan is said to be in the vicinity of Daiion with a consider ate cavalry toree." preparing for a ra d. General Watts ot Alabama, telegraphed to the citi>.eiis to prepare to receive uon combat mis lroto Mobile, as that place will soon be attacied by the Federals. Motile papers U ink that Sherman's plan is to i f netinte to Central Al tbama, compelling the evacnutien of Mobile. There is no indication in n^wj report* that Cei:eial Orant is preparing for actiyo oi>era ticrs. From \Ve?t Yirgiuia, Ni:w Yoek, F>1>. lb.?The Herald's *?pecial dispatch, dated headquarters West Yiigiuta army, ba? ?he tallowing: From reports of de ter-? rs and refugees, it is evident that the reb els are making extensive preparations for a raid along the Virginia and Teiineeee railroad. Ki>:l;tteii (rnerrillas have been captured iu W. bst?r, ti.dudiFfc old John Dudkv. Lieut. Sncderass, of Mariinsbnrg was one of the rob bers of the passengers on the Baltimore and Ohio railrcad train. W eather lair but cold. IttMHuiore t ity Constitutional Con vention . Baltimokr, Feb. 18.?Tb? city convention to n< mn a?e a ticket for a constitutional con vtrtiou met to night. Resolutions endorsing the Adrain'Stration of President L:ncoln, and in tavor of his re-election, were unanimously adopted. |V--^M1F?10?AHY MBETiNG ?A MUsionary #e? tu<c w.ll beleld >n Asbnrv Oh arch, coiner of K an<1 llth *tre?ts. cn Sl.NDvY. 2W. instant at 3 c'cloe* p.m. Addr?E?;? will t> ? d? liyerid by i'ev. X P. Piiilp-. Iter. Mr WtiU, of Wyoirin* recce, aiid others. The pu.btic are retp^o fo lv invi'ed. ff> !9 f." ~~i=-fOH TI1B BSSK/IT 0* THE CH~U8 TJAN COMMISSION. 03 WASHINGTON LF.OTCJRB A.SSCCI ATION. X SXR1KT TtAPTIST CHUKCU. Between Eix'.h and Eer?ntl? Etreata. TDBEEVKnTh LB3TURS Of this C'. tir*e *111 be d-livered oa PAl VRfcA Y K\ BNING, FJSBRU ARY 2?, ? v RBV. J W. MANNING, D. D . or BOsTO.1. fciuacf.?"ilepnbliehia Msuhood." The L^^'nre wl'l o.-.F>m?r o? at H Vcloek. I o. re c f libufcS ^p? n at 7'4 o'^loc*. a it-ii-'.B Fifty Cert% 1'or 'a e at th? Hotel)! Hook Etuiee afJ at the duer on the evening. * ,* 7h? A'Koriatlao. d**iriu* t^ with tbeir Mlrir citi*"ns in coDtri'iu'in; to tii.v* roMprh^rirr tfce Com li-slaa, ir! ! cis iott? t be ircof *bla nra to t>?at ipecial JOHN PIKRPONT. Pr,?iieac. L *1 '? II At T P. T r?-a*ort-r f'WIt r?* HB1 Til cr>N IA N LIOUaU-DS. R 80b (Jka? GSK ?i 1 conim<'a^? conrne of Lej'urj'* ?p PF1D4Y tVSNING, K?-b.-uar? l!i*B, on ta? " Face* of Man * 7keleotnr? will comoieoce at 8<' C Tfce invited. AS mlttsnce free. f. W Jt ry^^IC'K CPKAM, OOSFKOTIONBRV. & r ._ LkJ"? KsceptU'D". Partiei*. t* e.i>lint;?. Ball*.Sip perp. Fairs mJ other niteriflin'mnth l imited ;it f.tifrteft cr tice and most rev?ouable ti r:u?. Ice CrifiTr and Ice- made by steam power, war rnpierf to be the fx'ct in the r't y, wholes lie aud rJ ta I. dvlivTed to any r>".rt ef tHe ei!v. Cha'"5"t,'.'> 1!u"-h. Jellii i t'yr?'nid?i n ci W^edditigrCaken m% it< toirtler, at JObBI'H SHAPKIRLD'rf Confoettoa ery, Sixth t-t.. bet.G and H. f* ll-Aa* ry^p?INFI AMATORY llWBU?ATI3M GCR>D. An ?tfx?o?l. e?rta>D anl n'riHWiit care fi'Vii ueicta' difease. Never fii'n. No. ii 19 1 ktreot n<?rtb, b' *weon 6tii and 7tn ?t-?et yreet ff.aeoJtt*! C.RSKNiM. FOR fAI.K-T?o WVcant 8 M ),t SUvar P!ate4 t'fiovv C*?Et?,e?rh Mi feet 'o-n lo re at it"'J enn ft? t? 3t" rp OTTY bACNORY I PI* Y*t?sIti?bTnint dvi?o?d tt le ru ctmple^eof thp Urd I-. t"e t'mt-i wit: t-< r>acty to receire oider* for w^pbiDs ab^n*. th-2? Si if MrTorv. ft* 19 <-?????.* 15 1' S/C ? f?Al F-flOO f\/?n e.??o ted EMPTY I Ttl.-ard CO AV?'?Gf<K HA??IKH a*. eft ois pric*" Ifuqnire at AM JOIIN8f?J? Ar Ct? t, to P?nw. avenae, betwiiea 9th ?'ii :-ti. _ tow st f|V< TPB PTHI-T-t-I r fv > b*en iofor.ne 1 tut I n y i ?ra? v^nld be aw-d op a ti^Jiet to be vit-. 1 'd Ge'.tfcetf ?n on **'>ndar i ext. i<i cpv ai*! c to tte Tnrot ditia al I'n'oo Ticket " Khonll tH5< t r ?r. I v itb lav nclr>n f. ier.d* t^? hoo? th i' it wis I fcen'.thipt my r'rrsent,ar-rt t^at 1 a- notaca^dt cat?. f?r e'tLer brtoch of the Ooato'ta fa^lH-St* W.!].TKNH*Y. I t MBERI.AND COA i.. W. R SNOW A DO., W110LXEA1K AND KIT AIL DBALBRH AND tHIPPKRSi OP CUMBERLAND COAL. CIFct-corner of Iil*h and Water, Georgetown, D. 0 iloeXr?comer Market and Canal M< an ere Cosled it tvr Ccvered Du?V<, 107 W?t?- street, ore block above High, ihreetboa "ftrd tf.rp on bard. fe 10 Im ( ^KNERAL MrCLKLLAlCS P.BPORf. 1 In a?c-rdai)f? with Pb plan of publishing all im pcrtar t cfficial report* of eaospaitcoa, TUB ARMY AND NAVY JOURNAL For FsnacAaT 20tli aad 27 th, will contain TH* ENTIRK REPORT Ot MAJOR GXtfBRAL MoCLKLl AN, printed from the official copy, with the att??taUoa of the A'jutant-0?aeral, and accompanied by a (arefu If prepared index, adding greatly t > its vain# for preaervatl-n aad reference. The Report *R1 be contained la two suppleoieniar> aheeuj, ah'eh nay be obtained of newad^elerg reneral lf, at T?" C*rr?iach,ln addltioa to the regular p?k*e cf tacJoois, L<t?aeeeta>, aaaklagthe two d able number a. ceatalaiac the B a tire Raport, with a larceaMmat of other vahwble aad later aaticg Uiatter, coat bat rwarr carrs. Oopiea aent by vail, poatpall. oa receipt %t the prtae, by W. II. CbUBCa, Proprietor, t?? Broadway, Mow OFFICIAL. Bedr-Guard* sad Ordrrlln. War Department, Adjutant General's Oft a,) Wiiikx.iQtbn, January 11. 1981. J General Orders, Ao. 15.?Otttcers are hereby prohibited from detaching body-guards sad orcerlies from other commands and depart menu. When rscorta and orderlies are re quired by a general officer, he will detail them Item his own command, or they Will be as* j signed to him br the general commanding the i forcee. When officers are transferred irom one commend or department to auother, nit troops so detached or assigned will t>e returned to their regimenta. All troops'now detached from a department to which they belong will b* im mediately returned to the headquarters of their regiment*. By command of Major General Ualleck. E. I>. Towksejid, Assistant Ad jutant General. Permission to Re-Enlist. War Department, Adjutant GtntraVt OJfi.ce, > ' Waskivgtim, D. C.t January IS, 1?61. j U'tteral Orders, Ao. 25.?All enlisted men now in the regular army who?e terms of service ex pire during the present year are hereby per mitted to re-enlist any time belore the 1st of March, 1HVJ. On re-eclfstins, they will be en titled to the extr.a bounty of frTW), authorized bv General Orders, No. 20, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. U., January 14,1-01. By outer of the Secretary of War. E. I). Towmpksd, Assistant Adjutant General. i Appropriation* and Bounties. H ar Department, Adjutant General's OJfice, Washington, January 10,1P6I. ^ General Orders, No. 2rt.?The following joint resolution is published fur the information and guide nee of all concerned: A Mksolutios amendatory of the joint resolu tion " to fcupply in part deficiencies in theap propria-ion* for inn public printing. an>i to supply deficiencies in th? appropriations t> r bounties to volunteers.'' Resolved by the Menate ar,<i Houfe of R-pre t%r.ta~ tires of the United Staff* if America in L'ongrea aiftmbled, .That the mouey viid by drafted per sons under the act for calling out the nit:on*l lor ce*, and for other purposes, approved March 3, Jffc3, or that mny l*? paid under any act for like pi.rposf", stall be paid into the Treasury of the United iStat' B, and shall b? drawn out e n requisition'1, as are oth^r pubiie moneys, for the expenses of the draft and lor the procura tion of substitute lor which purpose the money so paid in is h-reby appropri wed. Approved January 16, lMit. By order of the Secretary of War: E. P. TowsRK*r>, Assistant Adjutant General. Improper Enlistment* Wa* P-p-ir!>n'nt% Adjutant General's > Washirj'in I'ebrnary ut, l-'H. $ Special Orders So. HQ.?[Extract.]?":t0. Fir-t Lieutenant Kob< rt B.Smith. 11th united States ii.fr.ctry, now nnder arrest, will prore d to Fcrt Monroe, Virginia, and from that ;> >int make explanation to the Adjutant General of tbe Army in Yeference to hia neclect of duty ar.d violation of the iri!is'"rio<r regulaiiou* of tbe Army in mustering boys and men untitled lor the military service into the i6th New York aitiUery." Jij order of the Secretary of War ? E. D. TOW NMtNU. Assibtaut Adjutant General. War Department, Adjutant General's '"'iee, f Washi);5tor., February 10. 1H?I. \ Sp*i~ial Orders A'o.06 ? [Extract.]?"31. Lten Uiitu i E. P Bige.uw, United States Array, now tiniitr arrest, will proceed to Fort Monroe, and from that point make explanation to the Adju tant General of tb?? Army in reference to his i.eg |??ct of duty and violation of the mu<t*ring r ^ulatious ol the*Armv tu mtiHterins: lx>ys and ntVn uotrtted ?',r iht* military service into the IflUi New York ariilKry."' Hy urder of the Secretary of War E. H. TowvEtn. As.-i't.igt Adjutant General PERRONS W i 6 il I N U TU LSABN TH U fr'KJCNCH L?n#u??e. Adirts* for punctilios Unx SHI. Pent Office. f? IM-a?r" WHF BrCK<VH*AT ?tffe Jtnlut iee?<ived another lot i?f Bait H ?iii? Buctwbo?>, T >.ose that nave b --en wsliin* ran cow tve to p pile i. It in pat up ic ?> lb. pv.ks^ss saituMe fo- A-,?? itn l ftru iy n>?, for (t?ie by h > AN A VK!Vt! 6 fei" r!iif C':r * ?t<d ;?tb str??^V eC^ABOCtiDliAMi -We ks,vs r?r., 1T-1 k? otfcer lot of those Sugar Oarfcd tinai- Th<.?<) test oere di?*pp?m!eJ io not tott.ag lomi of tli# 1m'. lot c&n n? sup<> i?*l *t EfiAIf A PlRBIK i?. fsIS 3tif cor. K ar i ?',? strf^ts. UQLACBON TACI10H UNi KTi 8?!AH, i'.Y Oon'iu*i?ile-Koxt-? ! A Parkr.lT S f<.: jJS At.tob!0?T-?phv tea c<Tr#*p->id?t.e? r.f l.vnua B^^cfcer, eilitfd bv his'"n Ubar>H vol I: $ i ,'r> Ctitoniau*. bT ?. Bal??r Lfttoa $1 4". M Wliortrr's ll*oJ Bo?.?k of tUs r**tftsieat. f^ir Vt:AN < K TAVL(;it. I y BOH TON ?JOT BN AL DT MOnui-FOH 1 i MA1UH Jc^t ree?>iT-"J frotn ?aris fall o? beaut) fcntJ ? iec?rci> f'-r tcs Lull*". <-OD*is'iu? of Presses Closki H< riu?ts <?tc. nllatest st?I?f. For ??!? lUltLIN&TOS'H H cki-tore, O'lson BuiMing, career Tour hti?! a half street fcal Penn. avenue. fe I7-St* f 1 b K A T UAKOA1N - * Vew ?rau<t Hiufcra "l PIANO >'0R1'&, f^?<r l*rg? corner-, I?rge serpentine monlJin^i, ?li-Kftotir carTed !*tr. ?tc.. Is fur ssl?? a y-ntis '1 s at 'ea*i?-it V&sfti' ?tor. si-'l to t>*seea ?v* I'rof. ALKX. WOLOWSKl'8 K 1H f ^.r^etorii-r of Jiih. Ai?o, tn<* of G?or#e A l'r??S?>'s n-w ipJtUdiU MKLOlJltONH. H.;twi hj ! an>l lo??lo;k, r.tv. f>? lii iw (?OTTAU* 81TH!' > COT1AGK 3BT3:! COTTAGB HETS :: WALNUT, OAS. IMITATION AND I'AtNlgD, With akd without M akklk Tops, Tbe largest assort orient i?. AJ^na tar*# bud uicete W'r!rotctol Of rlCi D TABLBfe ace OHAIKB. , ? ur t?*ocs I* tow c itaplet* Jp. etsrr partii- F Ci**- The fcublic ars inritedt^ '?alt ?dJ j . an ire. T BOTH' IR ft. WILSON, le lfi 6t | B?v J Ir.- n Hall. No. P-*. f? ? xi ft n % <\ - e ? \.V X U K Y AND IOOSOHT. TDU PATENT DOUBLX TUBS PIPS. r? too a<t?*ecy for Washiretjn, j fl?-cri5eto*u, Alesiitilria ?u<l tbe Army of ;h- Po- ? ton *c, we ivt:? p'ep&r. <1 ?? flli >U orders for tb? f.ILABHA r*D DOUBLK TOBH PIPK. W:r fMico^Sdeutlr reo./iii^nes<l it as Ui? 03SAP *i;T Wi ll KH t IS BS*T Pit-* IN rss. readers fnrnisk?'l dreulara sod i>r>?l!?ts j Cut'ers farniiihed wltU ptijolist* ?uJ <\*l inforiua i j tion< n spp?ic?1ion. All orders filled at far tor r prlcss. l iteral disoouoU to tb? tntm OJiOKOK W. COCliaAN A 00 . 39"* Putt&sylyania arenue. felC-tf W ikS'iiu?'on, D 0. j Pcsr 0T K ICS, WASHINGTON. D C.. February 13,1W4. j I E?it ur Pkoposals will be recsirod by m? for j rne ??t k from tbe date hereof, fore nveyln/r the I I United hr?t?s M*iis betwn<?n ifcf Wss!ilngvou0i:y i ; Pest 0fl:c* and ths Baltimore and 0lito Kailroai | D? pot, as frtqacntly ms>yb^ roqairi d. The s?r rice to commems tntbe I<t of March n?*t, anl i ! continue untd o'he: wis?? ordered. Tae p-opo?als | I must be accompanied by the written #-uar&ntv of two rerponsible oltlce&s st to the abilhv of the | bidder tope i form tbe bervSse satisfactorily if *8 cepted. The ?a?ons used mnttbn subject to my I approval, azdb> aueh as aie-neeessary to oarry ; 1 the entire mail e*eh trip in s safe, dry, ai<i s"0u'? ! manner. The acceptances any Wd Is tubjeette , tbe approval of tfct Postmaster General Mails are tow sect and received by th? trains j leaving and arrirint at the Depot at tbe fo.lowin* : hours: . . LtavinK Vrathineum. Arrtmnt at Washtmgion. \ 6.10 A.M. 4.S0 A. M. 7 A.M. 11.*'A.M. lt .46 A. M. B.2^ P. M. 3 W 7.90 P.M. fet6 <^6t B. J .BOW SN, goetaast^r. JAY OOOKE A CO., * BANKERS, ?? AMD j Beaten In Government Secarttle^ ; N?? 452 Fifteeath Street. If* BUY AND 8XLL, | AT MARK ST BAT1W, U. S. FIVK-TWKNTY BONMi which are bo longer ismed by the Treasorr. to ?abeeribers, the whole amount authorised fcaviatf been taken. ?? ALSO- I C. 8. SIX PSE OKNT BONIW OV &M1, BSVSN-TI1I&TT TRSA8URT NOT SB, F1VB PBR OSNT. LEGAL TSNDBR N0TS8. j CERTIFICATES OP IN DEBT EDM MSB, COIN, CUBRBK0T, AMD EXCIiANGS. We pay the higheet p'icee for AEMY AND NAYY TOC0HE&S E.'ftA ABB QUAETERMAWEE'lJ QXRTIVXOAYR CtfSOXJ. te <-dif - mWKESCe. AUNSBtUBfB Usestt to tie end e#th?mk ??S?s.w2sr 4 O'OMHJK P. M. i W* AM A?JTUOajt*D TO RTAT? that ftfr? will be the asual reception at the Executive Nanslon, oa Saturday, February SOth, from t until 3 o'clock r. x. Important from Florida* occupation op Jacksonville hy o*se RAL OILMOU*.. ^DYANCR peyond that point VICTORY OV*H 1HK EMEU Y NKAR JACK !??N VILLE CAPTUP.f OP A RKB.il BATTERY. RKREL STE AM BR PFI3TROYED, CtfTTON BURNED. AND A LA BO 1 NI'MJIER OF RKBEL PR190NKKB CAPTURKD. Baidwi*, VtoatpA, Feb. 9th, isu. Major G'vrral H. IT. I/alUck, f/en'ral-in- Thief: General:?I hare tbo honor to report that n portion of my rcmmand, tinder Brigadier General T. Seymour, fonvoyed by the gun boat Norwich, Cnpt. Meriam, ascended the St. John's River otfcthe ?th in?t, and landed at Jacksonville on th* alternoon oithat day. Tlie advance, under Cot. Gny V. Henry, compris. lug the 40th Mas?. infantry; the Independent Battalion, M*?. caTalry, under MajorSterens and Elder.1-: Horse Battery B. lit artlllary* pvthtd forward into *?bf Interior. On the Ftb, passed by the enemy drawn ?pin line of battle at Camp Finnegan, 7 miles from Jacksonville, surprised and captured a battery 3 miles in The rear ot the camp about rffidnight I and reached this place abont sunrise this morning. At. onr tipprcacb the enemy absconded, and snr>k the steamer St. Mary's, and burned 27t> bale* of cotton, a few miles above Ja k.-on yl?l?. We ha^ taken, without ihe loss of a mm, about one hundred prisoners, eight plecps of artillfry, in serviceable condition and well supplied with ammunition, and other valuable prop* r y to a large amount. <4. A-Gilmcuk, Major Gen'l (5j?n'g. FROM WKVTEHM V IK6I9f I A. CAPTURE OF NOTORIOUS GUEBRILLA'-* A -coutliifc party sent out from B?v<r.'y, to Y.'el-*ter county ba* returned with s-'venteeu prisoners ; amon? The number tbe notorious ?oerrillK chief l?au Pnrky. A scooting party has hl?o iftnrr.ed from Pocahontas county with live prisoner", of Which one ii Maj >r Adams, of thf 4a?i Rebel Infantry. I>t;AUt ?F Alt AKAIV t'OBKK-POSllE^T.?A det patch frcm the Army of tht? Po'o aic says that Mr. Theodore Harunrd, the army corres pondent of the associated press, db d at head quftMtrs yfsterday atti ruroa, of pneumonia, after l.early two we?ks sirki.eas. He wa.s a c.tizen oi Washington, where b? haves a fam ily. lie was formerly employ* (I in the ageucy offl< e of the associated prej-s in this city, aud h id b> en acting as a corretpondcn'? for morn ttan two y?-ar?. Ills d?dtli v ill he deeply rt? grett? d by many friends. ??TAdi vorce case which excites consid jrabi" mu-rest is on trial in th-- New York courts Tbe suit is brought by Sarah K. ^felville agait st ber husband, llenry B Melville, to procure a aecrteof diverse fjoui biro, in oou wqneuce, it is allrged, of divers acts of adultery on his part, .and also to decide ffc.* |>ojsessioa of tbe children of both parti-s. The defendant te a vtell-kuowu jeweler uouig business in "Bl. tvker str^t. lit* denbs all Uk-* atateiiient* ot bis spouse, and eays th .t he, not she, is tt?e apgn- vd paity. &y Two aif-n, Cltsua L?ee and Charles I?un | cru. have b-en arrested in Baltimore on ch ?rj;e ot euterirjt a house and becominc accessory to an cutrajre perpetrated oti toe person oi a ymng I girl ti8med Kmrr.a Jenkins. VsriBR ABKKr'T.?Th? c--lehrat?'d Prim>* Salm Salni was arrested in New York yes<jfr da\, by ort!?-r of Gen. Hays, it s^rni th?.t the 1'r lice* has of late r? pres< nti>d that he wis OjI I otiel of sheG-?hregiment Naw Vmk Vo!nnt?er-?, thereby greatly annovlag the conmandunt ot the leicimept, I.ieut -Col. St>-iubauson. He H also 1 h:<rged vyitb .^witjdlinc young rn-?n who wi-h to s< cure positions,by a !\e. ti-i 11 j; through tt;e (i>-rnian papers for oftlc^r* for the regiment, s <id officer* having already been uopoiuted.? 1'lula. Inquirer. COJXOB E8H10 NAU - ? ? - ? XXXYIHth COhaKKgS.-KIR^T NKS-SlOtf. Frihav, Ftibrnary 17. Sknatk? Mr. Foster iutrodused a b.ll to ' p.ovtut* U>r rei titi?r abaudoued laud-, 'f?p- I ct'utt, ?uil i:oti>er m ii>?utr?cti?'uary oietrtc'-1, pi 'be dii. imoit f>i t'.ii- Pierici?-nt. Referred. Mr <iIin:?^ ii ltod? eed >. bill'o tu?eud (jie 1 acs euthoriz'nsr tbo ?Jorporation of t^??or!r?- ; town. I> <', to lay and colleet a w.ter tax, a > p.o^e.l Referred to :"~i? C-'mmttte"- I . ii tin Ln-tr\'t oi Coltnnhia. Trerejtrtvi the Conference Committee on t' t Enrolment t?tll was then hikjyi up, und various inetnb?-rs di t.a ed it. ? If* I'fK ? TVIr. >Z!dridge ctft red u re^alulion, v. h.ch w:-.s staging :hut Motday next, beiujr lb. v:dui February, the anniversary of , tl e birili ilny V Hfcbii-gton, the Hous ?. w-l^u ! it adjourn to-cay, will adjourn till Tuesday U? \ t. IV!r. B a r, ? f JWi->ofrri, iiitiix'ueed a bill, v. b cV v a- r^tert; <1 to the Sele -t 1' > r.m tt-? oj the Ket?el?it;us S it ? - ??, pioti' tug fjT tu^ cu - pat ion ol abandn.# d evta'? - in the r^aolliocs Siat<>, Hii't th** care <-f -t-t fr.^ tiy .hi pro lauuttu n of the 7'resi^.ent. of fie I'uitd r>;ates. Mr. Bumrnt. of Intl., from the Com-ni't e for the District of <Columbia, rep?>ried a bill to provide lor tbe improvement ot the Potomac opposite to Washington. <H' motion of Mr. Wil?#n, the Coiamit'^- on the Judiciary w? re aatboriz-d totakelestim >av in the 8ko ot the Hon. Andrew C. Milter, fu.lg-j cf the T'nited S.tr.'es J?is*rict of Wi 'onsin, agair>-t v In m charges are jnadi* In several nti mortals. The Houve, on motion of Mr. Hal^, resnlved i>eif into a committed of the whole on :hn pri vate calendar. '] he Botisetub&eqnenily p-i ?led abnnt twelye pri- :ite btlls. Mr. iHtiih'g, from the Committee on Military Afiairs,. iepor-ed hack the Sina'e resolntior., authorizing enlistnu-nts and transfers of p^-r t< c3 from tlie army to the navy, and it i parsed. Mr. Arafcrose W. Clark, fr >ra t'ae Committer 011 I'rit.ting, mnd? an alver?s repon# ot> th" prop<eiti 'i! revrrcd to them t.-?priut fifty chon iitud additional copies o; tien. MoL'lelian's report. ?dr Cox trove I that th? nnrnv-r t n tb. n MBd, gi-< icg as a reuson for tha motiou that the i im mb*rs bnve 110* rec? iv* <i thetr proportion of 1 the r-port* prnvUfSlv ordered. The H >naa? 1 y<fls6?, nays 71?refold to lay tbe resolution | a:id immi'mrti' 011 the table. j Tfcf cr>otiun to print t??o (hoiiatuid wai a^cn-nd | to?yeaa 16, nays bl, ! 1'ELEGRAPmO NKW3. FMOM CUATT<V^OOC?A< I C KC R.GIAM8 ORMtrtKb TO tH ft t AST ' CF TUX CHATTAHOOCaiE IU?KP.. | OCR AWAY NO* HOVIXU-OM DALTON. CcSSEOTlOII BHTWEMN POLK'S POItOK KSP M0B1LB 8MVEHJ1D. KBStUi BATJI NO HOPE OF RIPlLLDiQ HliERM AN. Cilif ik* ati, Peb. 19 ?The GatttUU Chatta noo?a dispatch says Um w^athsr has beea yery 00W for ma past two days. Troops on tt?? mat ok and in camp haye suffered oooaiusraMe. There was a slight fail of enow yesterday. Got. Brown, of Georgia, has ordorad all the eitlwua, wUik fhalr froperty, to mot* to th? east aide oi Um OatttUooeU* riw, on pita of baring their property confiscated. It is reported tbat the rebels are building an immense armory at Macon, Georgia Gen. Stedman baa assumed command of ( bat: at .?ofra. 1 be CommeraaPt Chattanooga dispatch says Adjutant-General Thomas ia here organiaing colored troops. The atatemf nta telegraphed from here that this arm y is moving cn l>alton ia talse. Colonel liarke returned from the rebel linea with two officers and twenty-six privates, *hcse exchange be affected under a Hag of iruce. ? General Sheraan'8 troops hare destroyed the bridge s over tha Mobile and Ohio Railroad, thereby severing connection between Folk's lerces and Mobile. Rebel papers report a battle at Enterprise, Miss., with unknown results. The rebels have no hope of repelling the ad vance of Shprman. Information la received that Johnston, think irg we hare weakened this point by retnf ore ing tbe array at Knoxville, is preparing to attack Chattanooga. FROM HILTON HEAD. RETURN OF TKTERAN3. THE EXPEDITION TO FLORIDA A 8UCCJ39. OUR FORCES PTSHING THROUGH THS fTATl, Nxw York, Feb. 10th.?The steamer Atlantic has. arrived from iillton Head, on the 10th in stant. She brings the following detachment? of vete rant :?11* men of the 5*id Fa., Col. tioyt; 275 mm ol the 10th Conn., Major Greely: 40? ra?n ol the 24th Maes., Captain Redding; 183 men of the f-nth N. t, and 43 men of the 3d N. Y. ar tillery General Gil!more aad *tatt arrived at Fort Roy al on the ICth. The expedition to Florida was a complete success. Several points have been capturpd, in addi tion to Jacksonville, and the forces are push ing through the State of Florida. No part of the expedition had returned. Among the passenger? per the Atlantic ia Col. J. J. F.welF, bearer of despatches from General Glllmore to the War D?partra"n'.. FROM THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. CAPTURE OF A NUMBER OF MOSEBY'S MSN. liKAl'QrAKTKHf ASMV OS" THE POTOMAC, Feb. IK?A scooting party from Gen'l Gregg's commaud at Warrehton captured to-day, at Pi.-dmont, twenty-eight of Moseby's men. BRITISH Cil'RBOAT AHttlVEO Niw Yobk, Feb. 1??The British gnnboat Medea ha? arrived here. LOCAL NEWS. Another Horrible Tragedy. A MAX CHAEGK OK 3fURDBBLSO Hlf WIKF. I.ast night, about IS o'clock, the police at the Fourth Ward station were informed that a woman named Tnell, who resided at & house on 3d street north, between F and G, had been murdi red by her hu^t?and, Cornelius 1 uell. Roundsman F.cklolF. with a squad of the pcii e. ?fei.;ed immediately to iuv<?i?tirate the tacts, and found in and around the hjose ?strong proofs of lonl work toward gjmn one. Efforts v/ert- at once made t?i prevent the irwilty party from l^avine: the city and to rtfr him. Roundsman Llckloft' took the two little children, a boy aged :) years and a girl ??ed 5 years, to the Fourth Ward M'tuort. Roundsman Kelly fonnd an axe with rrnrKs ot blood upon it, but which had evi dently been wasb<-d, andteveral small articles. us phototraph-*, A."., which he also tnjk to the etauon huvse. About 9 o'clock this raoraiug patrolman. M. Morriee met Tnell near the |*ih Hospital, arrested him and took hun tc rhe Ronrth Ward station. Tr.rll, it seems, had got a coffin for hi? wife tixm Mr. Plant, undertaker, representing -h*t f>h?? hnd di- d ot small pox. and that it was ad vis;tbl? to bory her withont ceremany. To o!hf i s he represeu'ed that she had fallen down stair.- in a tit ol drunkenness. Justice Gihereon proceeded at once to extm irw the witncMtCs who wer? summoned. Hm. Cimdcnin. Superi?u-ad"nt of Glen wood c. melt ry, sworii.?Said that ysterday a man cowe to bim lor a permit to bury a female. W i netb did not recognise the prisoner as hat msi:: tiut rei opni zed him as tbe man who cam1? with tht* t>ody this morning. The man who drove the wagon in which the body wn brenpht, i?ft; but the prisoner remained and help* d U> dig tl.e grave. The prisoner sail that 'be name of ihe woman w:is Jan* Farrali, and thru ^be died of small-pox. Ciu-Ainc f-v^V, colored, testified thit she I vt-s in the hotifc * nearest the prisoner, cn Ttnr>', between F and G. She did nut see the wagun, but heard it drive np to the side i? the alley. Mr. Tuell'a children w*re in witD'-ss"^ honse. and Tnell cume in and asked his little toy where hfp mother wad; this was '?ate ju tie afternoon. Witness i em irked to Tuell thai ^e thought his wife was in the hoaue sr.d locked np. J'. Mvrrice. patrolman, t^snfied lha' he went to I?i tiirias Rcpi'Hl 'o r<>e if .he decaaed had b'<^n taken tliere. me- tht* prisoner, and ariet-ttkl bim on. snspicion. ASK?-d him where bin w?le was, ati i he said she wh? dead, and buried in (Tl^uwood t'enietery. Mr. .v'hwistj tf stifled ibat he f-old a cofBn to Tuell, and an old ?nst? who was with him paid for it. Tuell ss.id it was a i-mall pox case. Ca.rtte i:>rl'aia lesliiieo that he was a qasiB* f. v. uh the prisoner. Yesterday, about stx < \ U ck p. m . j rlsoner wenf to wi-oess'* house; li? -ecmcd to'l.e^xeited. Witness a?k-*d him t-jf rra'a-r li? said hrtiwlfe was dead. Ft!-! nrf, ; ok" s ev;p of t? a, and at erwards w > 'v ent ont. Tnell i-ald he conld not ro.to mn rh tjxii. ise; that Ihe prit-st said she could not be bu:ri in tl.e Catholic burial grouud, and he w;: t< d witness to go to Mr Plant's :uad get a cch ii Witn es went wi.h him, got tbe coflln, w nt to Tneii's- hou~e, put the hody. wh^cn wrapped Ir. a fh^et, in the cctRn. and car ried it to witness's s,?abl?* about uine o'clock. Tb;K mornir,c carried i' to G ten wood O^ni" ti iy. Titell sa'dh-swif- f-U down tliesttpr V.hii^ drills'X A Frk-lof, roundsman, te-tin d that he war t ? ? -he bouse aboutdnylight thi? in>rnicg, the {?at'o'man hiving been w.aiching it durinc th" i^hi Fonnd the two ebifdren in o d; th? -i e i was gune; tho bvd was hloo^v ?va ,, w the floor; and sr>ra<* children'^ clot <? viere 'here upon th" lioor and lo<)ked as it iLt-y hnC been used to wipe np the blood. .Ins the sou of the prison??, was qnes ioreit, but not sworn He ^aid he saw Ins laihtT??eat his mother ur?-etairs tir-.t with a h:>mnnr, and afterwnrd down stairs with a-: axe He identified tbe axe and Uaium-r. l-'atber told ?s (witness and his little sister) to, o and stay in Mrs Sewer* till h^ came tor us. i! hsd not In- inoio^r enco she w is r? a'eu After w iUiess and his sister wat t.? trfd. he shw two m?*n put som^'-biag ou ^ ^tie-ober and t-arrv I' out. The evidence i loeed here, and .Tnstice r *ou committsd Tn^.l. and held Balland in cc to?'.y to give b;iii for his app,-iarauce as a wit I uell is a yoontr man. nppar^n !v 'IS year o' a j ??; has -fce?-n engaged an a svkmtn or driver ti! this city for some lime p-i?t. lie heocnei to v? ry little, coucerued abtWt his arres:, an,i v. inn he took hi" seet in the trial ro>m, his Ut t'?? rtaushter went to htm and h ?took her uu on hh knee without exhibiting any uouauil fet?l 1 \ broken photograph was exhibited and Idea tilled as the likeness of his wife. Itapp?ar3 to t,. that* fa good looking young woman, or it kjX 21 * <-ars of aae. . . . Thf'bedy wilt b? disinterred and an inqnest held in.'int<Sla'ely. Hawv-y Hoi sr Cask.?Trtalo* Ma*t Awh Mali-.? Criminal C'.yrt, J morning Ihe case of Mary Ann Hall charged w-uh keeping a bawdy house oa the corner of \ % strnet and Maryland avenue, was taken up. fcfr. Jo^ph H. Hfitdley, Sr., appeaalng for the ^ojfUrr Gt*i?i*tl teetifled to having teen hac^ tre-queEtly hi front of the house, from.wMtf dom &*en fr malea alizht. w i b?n*? abcut two years sirce^had a;alu ^?l ^ y<ar Fince, be was called there by ?W?J ^fco complained that a gentleman had Mlk*d liinj,mud witntss wasinrited in and wajwj uuul the gentleman camo down. - Witness 11 iu teen when the Anderson Zocavet were he^, ? number of women there, hut never had ee? n any of any account on any other occasion. Tbe front door bad a ball and chain on It, ap that it could be opened about aix lnchea that persona might be seen before being admitted. Witr.es* was called there another time anoat a watch which bad been loat but lie did not ace t ny women on that occasion Charlet WalUr (late Justice ef the Fence) Witness baa had occasion to ro to the houae in question three timan within the naat ^ighte-n mcniha. WHneea knowa Hary Ann Hall, bat _ i not know whether ?he nv#d th*r? he ?w on bis visit there eight or ain? ^>1? ' It aroeared by the action of V weddlna party was going on-chamnarn^wVi being banded around?there weie air *r ,,*? citiaena and ffffral officers present Wiu?il? remained until Llent. Wood, of the Patrol bad examined the paseee on the first tK socond time ba went In company with Tj?,lt Franklin, bnt saw nothing bnt what be saw the first time. Witneee went them th? ih.r.i time w'th Sergt. Hepburn to search for a riri who was missing from lfaltimore. He si, wgbt or ten women in a lower room T?,i rb?,^Wrr" ln *?? parlor he had soen at the guard bone*. W ituess has beard tbat the?? f^L0.w"? ProsUtutee. One of them was talk. *">d the other women were to c(fleers of tne Army and Nary tnere on teveial occasions to take iter?on? rmm the doer6' Tbia?^01?* ,n' met MiM K*? ?<? tne doer. This was to or or five months aco a yellow man came to him and mid Mi*s Hall hfm Vn* l?T bim: Mi" HaU "aid ?h* *eat for biro to take away a couple of disorderly dwrs who were in front of the door, and wit nf&s started them away. Abont a year since he was called about t* o clock by Mirt Hall from a window to take away a colonel, and witness took him to ih# guard-bouse. At another time he wont to ti>? bt.nw .thinks It was in November) on bust nsss. He went In the parlor and touni It verv handsomely furnished?first-class furnlinr* ?very showy. 'Witness saw Mi<e Mary in the parlor, and had some conversation ab >ut som* parks whom she thought were bogus dete, tivea. Witness saw on this occasion thrr? girls, who were said to be prostitutes. Th.?se women were called in to give a description wf the mec, and one of 'hem ( Miss Kate ) said sne knew one of them. Miss Kate looked :n ihouch she had just got tip. Tl.ere was no man pr-. sent but hinmlf. This was about to o'clock in tbt- morning. \Vitness had seen other ladle* hi oiflerent times. Witnei* did not ask how the^ Indies employed thsm^elv. s. but did not se? anv Implements of industry about the ho.ise wunf ss has seen backs go there at all honrs of the Digbt, with officers and soldiers, and soma times females. W. ii. Kflly (deterUve) testified that he went to the fconse in November last on business in company wi'h Detective Barry, and an eld.'rl* lady met th^m at the door, when they ask*d for Miss Hall, were invited in, aud ?ft->r wait inp some time they were invited into the back parlor, and Mr. Barry asked if she was Mm. Hall sbp r plied yes. Mr. Barry *'ke,i if shs was the keeper of the houie; to which she re pl>ed in the affirmative. Witness and M Harry left after !r:msacilur tbe business the* were on jin tela'ion to a wacb.i MichoflHarry, (detectiv.-,) t'-titi d that he h d been tn the house thr?-e tim-s. Tb? first tim* was IS cr months sine, wh?>n he did not ?*? this lady, (pointing to M:;ry Hall.) This tjtue went into the btsemenl and saw four or live wumen. Had seen som? of th m before in New York, where he was formerly adetec , rs the others be bad seen in Washington on the avetyue. U itness went th-re agiin <m the i-th of November last, when he met M Kelly whose testimony tie corroborated. Witness cm tba? occasion saw e. lady who h is since leTrn^,i was named Mrs. Isaacs. Witness went ther? again to mqnire about a difficulty which to^fc place previously. Witness hu parsed the hcase often - nd had s?en hacks the'-e. lio'tri Stnyn, formerly a c rporation police man, testified tbat he h-id been to thehou^e bnt net Jor three years pa*t. He had set>n' women go to the house as late as p> o'clock a night. Witness looked npon them as lew I wemen, for he had b?en a hacktnau, and 1-al frequently backed tiv-ra. Tn* Oeand Ent> rtainmu?t now opec at Of d Fellows' Hal, every atVrnoon and even ing, embraces In its persmale the smallest and prfttiest woman in the world, It u said, and tre two smalt-st men in the world; togfttvr with the best musical company, vocal an l in atrnmental, ever organized. There ar?? seT. eial f? atures of the entertainment, etch ami,It worth the price of adtnissiou?either the oer f'rm:T.ces ot the li'tle fo ks. ti.e vocalistn of Messrs. Franklin and Smith, the origin*' ?? f'on tirentaile."or of tbe beautiful and accomnluh^d* fliifcb Kliinger; the performances of Mi s El IingM on tbe piano, or of Prof. Brooks on the piano and violin. And after the exhibition u OTOr, the r.ear vjpw of Cora. Foote, standmr or a table besidj <he door, shaking hands wiih 83 K? out- ,s again of lt*ejf worth tbe price of admission. For th? accom modation of the crowds that flock to enioy thi* ectertainment, we understand there are to be three exhibitions to-morrow (Satnrday), cam menciBjr at 11 a. m., 3 p. m , and ? p m , re. apecUvely. K ' WsnniBti.?Yesterday morning a Iar*<? aud lashwnable company a?semiled at thn Church the Epiphany to witness the rnntials of Mr. Alexis E. Evslaphrire, of Buffalo, and Miss Jnieline L,. McCormick, the adopted danghtf r of Lieut. Comm'r Magaw. of the navy. Tbe ceremonies were performed by the Rey I?r. Hall, according to the rtteeor the Protestant 1-pist opal Church. A large number of offi a ot the army and navy were present, as well aa many ladies., and after the ceremony a brilliant reception toon place at the residence of Duport Penior So Nort?' Afternoou l??ebaPPy couple Madv. to J{Krvki>.?On Wednesday last, private Albert Cole, of the rtf j,,r6;T vol. unteers, went Into a bawdy house k-p? hv a Miss Kohuer, at No. 45?i C street, and while there was robbbed of 8lfio. Th? case wai re. ported to C'apt. Dolan, who referred it to one of his detectives, to Investigate. The deteftivs w?=nt to the house and aT?sted two of the girls ard took tbern to the Central friiardhiu* , where they were se&r hfd. but. the money not hf irg lonnd on them, the detective c.rdert d the pr >prietress to refund the amount to which ^he did, end th? girls were dismissed. Foi'bih W'akh Station Oasb? ?Mary Q. Conner?, telling liquor without license ; %jj. Marfhall Adams, larcny of a h >rse; dlsraiis ed. Kobt. Williams, rtrunk and v'grant: di?? mused. Mary Coi>on|ly, drunk and rtUord >r ly; dismissed. P. ?. Sct>tt, drunk ; iiUuaia??'?d. Bcpj. fiarney, stealing c*l; do. Cornelius, murder of his wife ; jr.l} for court. IT Hi I J?N ST SIMONtf, V H NATIONAL WA60" AND CO.1 CH WORKS 'Knrst Office, m New M*r*?t n r?et, a> <i.' Ui?ciory, comer Second scd UumbcziAal iif . Ppil?<l#ip>il?, P* SOCTHkhN 1>?P0T, Gr?vie-ftre?t N?w Op] aos. La . ? CKNTB%I, DK?>r, ' 1(7 Water etrret, PeAr?et?wn. D C an and fifty kfrd <-f Ctrbs. Drs?* Wteehsrrnws Timber Wk?%is *c k r r? ad a P'*H rrciy use. C n ?ai*l< on h nl * ol Hard lumber. All w: ri w irractel, !tl? IIS FUR!* I T II H K . Jgp fubnIture. OAK Mil' WALNUT OFflfl TAPll.t, ARM CHATh8 CCO HiATrjS3, IXTINMON PfNINtt TiBUJi, COTTAGE Hs t#Ts on 1 afid at ur W?-e 3' oiat < 11 ta? ???r cf ths Acctloo R oas). % li-s? At->et r.f ih? #b"*e. t< ^eth r with a si ir . ntoi of HcrgBMOLD Frusirn i?. Vbloh we are determined to c oii out at a very icia * Ktvkice for cash. 100 PATBN'T ARMY M0TT8 W h WALL ft OO , acutb eorB?r Nln a .lJ Pea i ave _fe 19 IChroiiae.l Br J 0. UctrU IAI ft OO . toet<0'i?<ri ^ hEAT fALJ. O? rHOICK gt ROPCV^ OIU "* Paintings ?On snl i\T!TR')tV NI SGS. February 2^tk aa1 27t#, eiaa n?os n< at 7 o'cb . ??? will fc?il at our Au-.tioi H >u n?, n ?r. 5 Ih >8* p str-H?t, a !#ree ?irt npTentM cti<-c'i'i cf Oil Paintings, which bsv* hwn e*">c*et wita rreat care, ?rd m eort ?hvcriH'# re'?< oi?. fn f rta ward flermar y ^urJr e th? p??t je?r impT' e*'direct It by Mr A Tr.'m^n. n priiiu? ?a ? sb!e CTi^ira1 V;.etprrs by ?ir 'reot ?ti ?'< a-nl fio ? c. iie? f f scire of llw* of?t ccl?t?rat-d Plrtoti ?f old trast^rs new in the d:ffaract ga'iariai of 5 c rcp*. Airon^ tie sntjeeta m?* fonrA G*?taa and Vt*urta Ijfu 8 te, HIstnr'cal snbJ'C's, Convr?? t *Tr?1 puces. Aar'e ?Hu'al sod dtrs?t vl-wa. 'a OiCertCt Strop an C t?<?. Catil> pie ei. Vii'ite vkws (lame, tn It ard Flower oie???. li*a<lac*Mi ft c with ? great Tar'?*y of a'a? a? d ? .bj ?ct ? .1 fi? i?h ib? wbola f >nni?*,it is K?H?v?l, one of the beat ecligation* ever off??ed la tMa pity. Tbe attention of tie lover* ?f gooi Pictarea, la r?>iecifally tnvi fd to tbis sal* . . 1 re Pie'ores w ll ^e ope* to tke pabilo from M cday SW Inat., i ntii d*y of aale. 1 frsM <ii*b f 19 M J O Moorirngft OO . Aa?*?. 1ADIIB, ObLT LOCK APTaihl-W, ? .?n? j prepared to do an? kind of lai^r >U?rr by ?kll fnl lands, on rseb terms 'hat oaaoet fkntosatiafy, We do Tonr Stamping ln ele??et at>U. aad ne tilths, ktS ?!?> t" i? bejandtr. oo that ws a s not coa?e?tet ultn an* other place of tfes kiad ia ihs city, where K?t ?1o? Mr?-'tlaa? is ^fcl F "treet oppo I'oTia P?t nt 0*c J* Look onttbst sou do not miMa%e tie atr??t *? da lyreesive new Pattern* or Br?i<5 aud * nbroi ders Ju-t oafc and stamp yuar ?o:ds whl's *?* va)* llarbll? twd ln* r<?atl'd ?ne '' " (V>WbPAPiB BOHTB ?OR ?AJ.t-4e .aoa^ 1^1 lest bewepaper B' ute in waaH???tieeltv a be sold at a ba^kaln a????n ? "f o d??se "W?ebln?ao? Ptar," Wa?bU/toe. ?>. v. U T* *f ronrsam a?? ? Bra??M Bovr?. Hotels famiHae aad "aUere are lavHei te ?" tioteis, Tamilian. p ,s?try aal biHmi Mi ttkirf ,a . r j oar eteek of M*aa.Hams. P.s?tl-v aa< ?e?a.aWM BanaMes a^ band and tee -aJe la *?antlt?ea. Butters ana par "r "i mwiUM.trop.