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V-. 51?N9. 7,807. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 0, 1878. TWO CENTS.
THE EVENING STAR.
riJBUHHFn D % IL T, Kieepl Sunday
A T THE STAR ? JILDIJJH8.
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8PECIAL NOTICES.
V ,T> IMWUVMIIIT TtlB A BPIC1AL
#., y TY.- DRAWBACKS and BOARD O*
A I D1T CERT1 FICATttSmirchas?dat tlie highest
puces. at th- oM stand. No. 1425 Pennsylvania
?\?-mc. four doors a'>ove Willard's Hotel.
i(#-2w W. H. SLATKK.
I
I O o. F.- The Officers and Membersof
the K. \V. bKAM> LODOE will m ei at
th- II II THIS EVENING at 7\. o'clock, to make
ar;a> i nucts to attend tha funeral of Bro. u.
Wm, in p. o.. To-morrow, (Wednesday.)
B> Older of the rand Master.
tt 1*. HAM. SWEET. Or. Secretary.
UNRIVALLED
IN QUALTY AND PRICK.
n T1IB ARLINGTON C? Mtl'ERATIVE
SL_\y BU1LD1N? ASSOCIATION will hold its
31t r- miliar monthly uieet!n?, for twyineut of
ilu??. ,nd making advances WE1)NE>1> ^ April
lO'b :it 7 p. tn., at the Board of Trade Rooms,
HP? Market Space. Advances ma le to stockholders
are ilit ided Into 1VO emi.H monthly instalments.
CHARLES B. BAILEY, President.
J^O. JOY EDSON, Sec.. 711G st. ii.w. It
1. O. O. F.-KH4ND LODGE.-The
B unarterlv communication will I?e held on
WEDNESDAY EVENING, 10th iu-^in^at 7'2
o'ckx k. r* H. SW EET.
jjjjj nr Orand Secretary.
*r Ot> NEW i:l ll.I?lN<; ASSOD1 ATloW
*?*;>' TleMIMET Bl 11.DING ASSOCIATION,
ierently organized, v.ilho'd its tirst meeting.ror
the iii\ mrnt of due?, on THUKdDA^ , the ll.h
mutant. a' 7 3?> o'clock p. m.. at St. Aloyslous
b.-.l House, l-.t st. n.w.. N'tween l and K sts
aj8-4; DANIEL j>ONO\ AN, Sec'y.
TT ^d SI'KCIAI. NOTICE.-There Will he a
I/-V meeting of the Stockholders of the IN
LAND AND SF.ABOARD COASTING COM
PANY of the District of Columbia. lutheDirec
t? r?" room of the National Metropolitan Bank, on
* FDNEsDA Y. the 10th day of Anril, for the
i<im?*eof ele. ting Nine Directors for the ensuing
year. Foils will be opened at 12 m. and close at 2
^"a.GO-lOt SAMUEL F.ACON. President.
BUFFALO LITHIA.
HlINYADl IAN OS,
Aj-d A PPOLLIN A K18
SPUING WATERS,
Jlist receiTtd
MILBURN's PHARMACY,
n arl4-tr 1429 VKSNA. AVtNt'K.
*r~ ? i> INDIA RUBBER OOODS
|L "> FOK IS V A 1.1 OS,
Consisting of AI If ClTSlDONf P'LLOWS,
HOT WATER B \<iS. HE BAGS, SILh. ELAS
TIC STOCKINGS, Ac.. Ac.
For sale by w s THOMPSON,
?>arlo-tr Pharmacist, 7"3 15th st.
ft-.,t> HAYWAKD A HCT< HINSON,
|Li> 317 0th STKiufcT Northwest,
Wi'h very extensive fa?-ilitics for nianufac
tnriift:, are now showing a line of Marl>lelzed
MaistW ? nnequaleil for richness of design and color
and rivaling in extent any establishment in the
country. Architects designs for Mantles and
Wa.uM'oatinRS closely followed, and imitations oi
rL,- and b^ntiful marbles exa<tly produce".
3S?n? for BAKSTOW WROUGHT IRoN FUR
Nif* Is, Baltimore KITCHENER KANGES; also
the Russia fire-place STOVE. Contractors for
Plumbing and all T'n and Copper Work. \V ith a
laiKe force of competent mechanics in their va
rkms branches and long personal expenen-e, will
do good work cheaper than any other nouse. ni2 ly
Champagne Wines of
MOET A CH AN DON,
MOET A CHANDON,
Established 1843.
RENAULD, FRANCOIS A CO.,
novl-eoly Sole Agents for U. S.
y?KDIiT K?AiDEKED BY
THE people.
Hi; OPENING OF SPRING WEAR
CROWNED WITH SUCCESS.
Al.L UNANIMOUS IN THEIR PRAISE:
THE MOST ELEGANT DISPLAY OF SPRING
? LOTH1NG EVER SEEN.
Such a Maguificcnt Slock.
Such Elegant Styles.
Such Splendid Garments.
Such Lew Prices named for Perfect Fitting an-i
Reliably made
CLOTHING :
Never before have the People had an opportunity
to select Irom as great an asboi tinent.
NEVER BEFORE HAS CLOTHING BEEN
SO CHEAP.
No one can afford to buy until they have visited
ns. If we had the s|iac?\ words would fail to de
scribe the Bargains we offer this Spring. Tne
pinching times demand Low Prices.
WE HAVE MADF. THEM.
SEEING IS BELIEVING.
CONVINCE YOURSELF.
In the Men's. Youth's, Boys' and Children's
Bepartments can be found evkbttuinu that can
he thought of in the way of
SPRING WEAR.
We have made the most Extensive Preparations
for an
IMMENSE SPRING BUSINESS.
Doubly so of any Previous Season.
No one need ^tay aw ay thinking they cannot be
suited.
For the Laborer, Farmer, Mechanic, Clerk, or
Meuhaut, all can rind
JUST WHAT THEY WANT.
Jk. ITllAl'Si
1011 Pennsylvania avenue,
mai'JO-tr Between 10th and 11th streets.
rr<HE NAILS.?Judge Prentiss certifies: "Dr.
JL SCHULTZE cured mine 18 years ago." (Thou
sands like of painless cases of bunions, corus,
ulcers, chilblains, rheumatic or swollen Joints, Ac.
Office. 903 Pennsylvania avenue, upstairs. Ladies
mud children attended as usual. Call or too lata, dl
K
LATIKU'S COHiH LOZOUES.
There is unquestiona!>!v no remedy so certain in
it* elf.ct*. ASTHMA. WINTER COUGH, IN
CIPIENT CONSUMPTION, aad all disorders of
the THROAT and LUNGS alike yield to its influ
ence. The highest medical testimony states that no
better cure for these complaints exists, which has
been proved by considerably over half a century's
experience. They are sold by all Chemists. Fifty
ceutsjier box. E^ FOUGERA A CO., New York,
Bpei-ial Agents. nov90-t,tl>,s.5m
SPRING l-ATTERNS RECEIVED-/>r?j?*
umkiitg from Parisian St;/If f. ?S. T.
Taylor's Patterns and Journals o* Fashion. Knife
Pleating and Fringia?. S. J. MESSER,
naarl5-eo2m 1213 i ennsylvauia avenue.
A LADY. J (ST BETl'B^ED limn
South America, has twenty -.pravs of.s
exquisite FEATHER FLOWERS. mada?
in theCnnvent? of Bra/ll, for trimming
Ladies Hats.
Also, twenty-five BEATTIFl'L BIKDs fur
same curios*. Call at WINDSOR HOUSE. F
*treet. apS-?; *
STTF
I EI) OIL. MASIttOES.
MARTYN1 AS,
EAST INDIA GHERKINS.
PICKLED TINY TIMS,
ONIONS.
AUTUMN CLUSTERS.
WORCESTERSHIRE.
BEEF STEAK.
JOHN BULL.
MUSHROOM.
and other SAUCES.
New crop SWEET OiL.
B. W. REED S SONS,
_ap8-tr IVIO W *t. n. te.
rj^Ri.fHs: tkujiks:: TRlSK*:::
TRAVELING BAGS.
SATCHELS,
In great\ai >? ty, of MY OWN and other makes,
and at ptm >-s lower than ever, at my FACtor\ and
S At. I ?R?'(IX s.
4 '4H Seventh Street,
One dcor aoove Odd Fellows' Hall.
IAME4 S. TOPHAM.
_ . TOO UDMR.
I r unks, ot any style desiretl, made to order on
the premises.
?. , ^ HBPAiHISO.
Tiuths, Ac.. Ht|.aired, and Trunks covered at
aht rt notn e. a^S-tr
J|OE?EV WuisHL
At
WITMER'S, tirm.ee,
. mai?-tf 1918 Pennsylvania ow.
OI D CLOTHING, Ac.-L. rice, dealer in
seiond-haud < LOTH IN G, BOOTS. SHOES
Ac.. 623 7th street southwest, offers great bairns'
He pays the hi*he?t prices in Cash for the tseverai
a?t eles named above. Orders by mail attended
1#. cov 6-ir
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington Sews and Gossip.
Government Receiits To dat.?Internal
revenue, ; customs, frfcjf,673.35.
Subscriptions to the four ner cent, loan to
day amounted to $225,000.
Assistant Doorkeeper Donnoyan, of the
House of Representatives, has tendered his
resignation to Doorkeeper Field, who will fill
the vacancy by the appointment of one Stiles
oi V< isconsin. Donnovan is an Ohio man. and
it marks a new departure, as it were, when an
Ohio man loses his grip on an office.
The (.'host of oi.d John Brown.?The
state of Kansas, it is said, will present as its
contribution to the national statuary hall in
the Capitol, a statue of John Brown, which
act it is feared, some of the southern mem
bers, will not accept as in the spirit of concilia
tion
Navai. Notes.?The Swatara, last heard of
at A spin wall, is expected at Key West in a
few days. The Adams, at Panama, is expect
ed to sail early in May for tlieSamoan Islands,
relieving the Swatara. which has been looking
out for American interests on that island dur
ing the revolution. The Enterprise arrived at
Norfolk this morning.
The senate Committee on Finance today
agreed io recommend an appropriation of
$7.\U-0 to reopen the mint at New Orleans. The
bill peud'ng to repeal the resumption law was
also considered, but 110 action was taken. Tiie
committee deeded fo hold a specia' meetiii"'
on I riday next to voie on the subject.
The Coming Walking Match.?In view of
the probability of tne change of the political
complexions of the Senate and House after
March tth next, the officers and clerks of both
branches of the legislative departm^it con
template arranging a walking match-?hat is
Hie Serate clerks are to walk over to the
Hoi;r,e, and the House clerks over to the Sen
ate.
A r.io Day's Wokk.?Yesterday larger
requisitions for stamps, envelopes, etc., were
lcceived and filed at the Post Office depart
ment than 011 any other dav, with a single
exct ption in the denartinent's'historv. Requi
sitions for over l-l/Oft.OOO stamps, over 2,m<mo
envelopes, and nearly fneaow postal cards,
aggregating $f37,tjlO..'g in value, were tiled.
Doorkeeper Field took possession of his !
office to-day, and was soon besieged by a horde
of hungry office seekers. There seems to be
an impression that he proposes to make a I
e.ean sweep, and the outs presented them
selves by scores, some "diseased"' and some
willing to be if they can by such means get
??nice. Cen. Field will move slowly in the
matter of changes in the force now employed,
though he does not deny that he will make
some removals. It is to lie hoped that the old
red tape system, which had its origin under
the old doorkeeper will be abolished: that is
that the doorkeeper will not be prevented
front taking cards direct to members instead
ni having th' in sent through the assistant
doorkeeper of the House, as heretofore, to lie
delivered any time within forty eijit hours
after he received them.
TiiE Metric Bill.?Inasmuch as the bill in
troduced by-Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, with
reference to the metric system, is meeting
with criticism, tor departing from the metric
standard, the friends of that gentleman sav
the bill was not his own. but was introduced
1 l-y him at the reiiue^t of Mr. Bonihart, one of
his constituents. .Mr. Stephens i> still too ill
to attend the sessions >.f the House."
<>lr ponds Not so Popular Abroad.?
1 hailes K. t'arr, special agent of the Treasury
department. who has been stationed in Lon
don or some time in connection with the syn
dicate, returned to this city yesterday, bring
ing wi.h him eleven million of four per cent,
bonds. He says the sale of our bonds ceased
111 Kurope upon the pas-age of the Matthews"
silver resolution, and expects that they will lie
sent back to this country at the rate of six
million a week. He says all the syndicate
agents w-ere discharged 011 March 1st ia^t. and
that ex-Assistant Secretary Conant is in New
1 ork.
The Portsmouth has arrived at Havre,
twenty days from New York, with goods for
tlie I ai is exposition.
Naval Orders.?PaymasterC. F. Build and
Assistant Engineer H. L. Slosson, to the Alaska
at New York; Assistant Engineer J. K. Bar
ton, detached from the Marion and ordered to
return to the Cnited States.
After a Mint.?a delegation of the Cin
cinnati Board of Trade will be accorded a
hearing by the House committee on coinage,
weights and measures 011 Thursdav, 011 the
subject of locating a mint at Cincinnati. The
committee w ill recommend the reopening of
the mint at New Orleans and the establish
ment of a new one at some point not vet de
termined upon.
A M arine Corps Retiring Bo\ri> met at
the barracks this morning, before which Sec
ond Lieut. Suuser is ordered to appear. The
board consists of Majors Nicholson and Hay
wood. Capt. Collier. Surgeon Hudson. i'asse.l
Assistant Surgeon Owen and Capt. Bart
lett?the latter as judge advocate of the court.
The Silver. Mills.?Ten pairs of dies for
coining the new silver dollar were shipped
from Philadelphia yesterday to the mint at San
Francisco, and ten pairs to the Carson City
mint for a similar purpose. It is expected that
the coining will commence at both these mints
111 alt iiit ten days.
Mrs. Matilda Fletcher, of Iowa, ap
peared before the House committee 011 educa
tion and labor yesterday, with a plea tor the
introduction of industrial expositions of the
pupils' voluntary handiwork 111 the schools of
the District of Columbia, to be held once a
month. She urged that such expositions would
popularize usefulness, stimulate industry, in
vention and thought, and reveal to teachers
and parents the particular talent of every
pupil, thus enabling a choice of pursuit which
could not fail to bring success.
Another Contest Settled.?The House
elections committee has agreed by a unani
mous vote to dismiss the South Carolina con
tested election case of O'Connor, democrat,
against Cain, republican?the sitting member.
The U. s. ?loop-of-w ar Wyoming, under
comir and of Capt. J. C. Watson, which left the
Brooklyn navy-yard Saturday, for Havre,
carries a crew of 17o men. including a marine
guard, ller cargo consists of exhibits for the
Agricultural Department and the Educational
Bureau. The Wyoming also carries the
steam engine which is to supply the power
to run all the machinery at tne Exposition.
Her officers say she will make the passage
across the Atlantic in less than three weeks.
They expect to use steam all the way over, but
will also take advantage of fair weather for
sailing purposes. Before she sailed Secretary
Thou pson had her surveyed by a board o"f
naval officers, who pronounced her seaworthy
in every respect.
Tin: Postal Commission sailed from Cedar
Keys. Florida, yesterday in the steamer Lizzie
Henderson for Key West and Havana.
Likely to he Confirmed.?It is probable
that the nomination of John W. Easby, of this
citv. for chief constructor of the navy will be
confirmed by the Senate, notwithstanding the
adverse report. The fact that Easby's integ
rity is unquestioned by his opponents is having
a g< od deal of weight, and Secretary Thomp
son is anxious to have him confirmed.
Personal.?Richard C. McCormick. com
missioner general for the United States to the
Paris exposition, and Auguste H. Girard Cas
pcris, of this city, are registered at the Hotel
Splendide, in Paris. ?Ex-S?cretarv of the
Navv. George M. Robeson, has been taken into
the Hunter minder case at Camden. N. J., as
associate counsel with James M. Scoveland
Aaron Thompson, who represent the prisoner.
? ? Representative Blackburn, of Kv. has his
arm done up in a sling, by reason of a car
buucle.
Loss or AN AMERICAN Brig.?The Depart
ment of State has received from the U. 8. con
sul at St. Thomas information of the total loss
of the brig Abbie C. Titcomb, of Portland,
Me., on the Onagada reefs, 011 the 12th of last
month. The crew reached St. Thomas in an
open l>oat on the 13'b, and were taken charge
of by the consul.
Four Members of the Cabinet. Secre
tary Kvarts, Secretary Sherman, Posmaster
General Key, and Attorney General Devens
were absent from the Cabinet meeting to-day.
Assistant Secretary Hawley represented the
Treasury department, and Assistant Secretary
JSeward the Department of Xiate. No business
of importance was transacted.
Skirmish with Tkain Robbers.?The P.
O. department has received a report stating
that the officers engaged in trying to arrest
the robbers who stopped the train on the
Houston and Texas Central railroad, and
robbed the express and mails?have had a
skirmish with the outlaws who are in force.
The assistance of the state authorities has
been invoked to effect the capture
The House Committee on Pacific Rail
roads to day directed Gen. Chalmers, of Mis
sissippi. to report favorably to the House a
Pacific railroad funding bifl identical in pro
visions with the bill now pending in the Sen
ate. This is a black eye for Jay Gould and
his lobby,
A Trii mph of Fish Cclture. ? The
Smithsonian Institution has just received a
salmon weighing23J4pounds,caught on Satur
day last, in the Delaware river, at Trenton.
This is believed to have been derived from a
stock of salmon eggs presented by the Ger
man Government in 7873 to the U. S. fish com
mission, of which about five thousand were
successfully hatched out and placed in the
Delaware river.
Bad Showing for the District Bill.?
The tariff bill now pending as a special order
and the legislative, executive and judicial ap
propriation bill, which can be called up any
? lay as ;i privileged report, will put off further
i onsideration of the bill to provide a form of
government for the District of Columbia, for
weeks to come. if. indeed, not indefinitely.
Gov. Hendee will, however, endeavor to get
some Saturday for its consideration.
Why the Letters Were Punched.?
Compliint was made to the Po".t Office depart
ment last January that letters received from
Persia had been perforated by some sharp in
strument. Inquiry was made at once ot the
Persian postal authorities as to tlie cause, to
which a reply was received at the Post Oitlee
department yesterday, dated Teheran, Feb.
25th, to the effect that the perforations com
plained of were made during the fumigation
at the Russian frontier to which all letters from
Persia were subjected, owing to the existence
of the plague in that country, and the estab
lishment of quarantine regulations. The letter
from the Persian postal department concludes:
"1 am happy to inform you that the plague has
disappeared, and the quarantine has b<-en re
moved." The comparatively short time, less
tnan six weeks, which is required to transmit
a message from so distant a nation as Persia,
shows the efficiency of the international postal
Union.
Confirmed.?The Senate, in executive ses
sion, yesterday, confirmed the nomination of
Boyd 11. McEeron, register of land oltice, Con
cordia, Kansas.
Sitting Bum..?No late advices from Sitting
Bull have been received at the War office, but
every possible precaution has been taken to
give him a warm reception should he come
over the border from Canada. If lie pursues
this course with the full force he is reported to
have at his command, it is not believed that
the government, with its present resources,
can furnish a sufficient number of troops to
impede his march, much less successfully com
bat him. without leaving uncovered and
entirely defenceless more of the most
important frontier position. With his
ten thousand well armed and finely mounted
warriors, Sitting Bull would give ample em
ployment to nearly the entire force of the
army, llis passage of the border would ne
cessitate the withdrawal of a large portion of
the United States forces from the Texan fron
tier, Arizona and the department of the Co
lombia. and even then it is considered doubt
ful if a long and bloody war could be pre
vented.
Against the coolie Trade.?Secretary
Thompson to-day issued orders to the com
manders of all American men-of-war in the
South Pacific waters concerning the coolie
trade. The order, after citing the laws up m
which it is based, says: "Whereas informa
tion has been communicated to the Navv de
partment by the officer in command of the
North Pacific statioh that American ships and
American masters of ships are now en'.raged
in the coolie trade in violation of the laws
quoted; that the wrecked American vessel.
H. N. Carlton, has been recently discovered on
the island of I'lolokai, in the Pacific ocean,
with about 50 Chinese on board, over and
above the number testified to by the U. S. con
sul at the port of her departure, and that two
r other American ships are expected to reach
1 Honolulu with carpoes of Chinese, under such
circumstances as are calculated to create the
reasonable belief that they are engaged in the
coolie trade; therefore, by direction of the
President, you are hereby instructed to employ
any and all ships, officers, marines and sea
men under your command, to keep watch
upon all vessels navigated or owned, in whole
or in part, by citizens of the United States, as
you may have reasonable cause to believe to
have on board any subjects of China, Japan,
or other oriental country, known as-coolies,
and if thereupon you shall find sufficient proof
that such vessel or vessels are so employed you
will cause her to lie carried with her officers
and crew to the most convenient post or dis
trict in the United States, and delivery to the
T.S. marshal of said district to be dealt with
according to law."
Deckease in Internal Revenue.? For
the first nine days of April, 1877, the receipts
from internal revenue sources, aggregated
$2,823.5Z1.92. The receipts f?r the correspond
ing period of this year, are $2,431,771.95, show,
ing a fallingoff of $388,749.t?7. The receipts for
the ft seal year of 1877. up to April 9th. were
$ms.908,322.29 and for the same period this year
<83,179,933.95, showing a decrease ot $5,728,383.21.
Disbursements for the P. o. Depart
ment.?Superintendent Burnside, of the P. ().
D? is undergoing examination by a sub com
mittee ot the House expenditures committee,
consisting of Representatives Caldwell and
Watson, m reference to his disbursements for
the department. His statement as to contin
gent expenses for the year ending July 1, 1877,
shows that in some items for which specific
appropriations were made he had remaining
unexpended balances, as for example, in sta
tionary. $792.13: fuel. $3,534.20: gas, $787.07;
furniture, $2,115.60, and hardware, $131.08;
while in other items more was spent than was
specifically appropriated, and the deficiency
was made up from these unexpended bal
ances. Thus, for plumbing and gas fitting, the
PVPP6< f\f O V nanrl i ?t i ??ap rvi./>w ? "
1 . - ?- ? (-?????? i Ilil^CCliill^*
eous. $9,271.03. Col. Burnside stated, in the
examination yesterday, that he saw nothing
wrong in this diversion of funds from one
item to another: it had always been custom
ary in the department, and his accounts show
ing this condition of affairs were audited by
the Treasury department. Among the mis
cellaneous items, for which $8,000 was appro
paiated and $17,271 expended, are $200 for
street car fare, of which $170 was received by
the Metropolitan, $6o by the Washington and
Georgetown, and $30 by the Columbia liue;
$1,121.52 for ice:$049.S3 for washing towels;
$883.77 lor towels and sheeting; for lambre
quins and curtains, $900; for awnings and
flags. $1,061.68; for watering streets. $200; for
law books, $195; and for winding clocks, $100.
New England Sayings P>anks in Trouble.
The recent suspension of one of the savings
banks in Pawtucket. R. I., causes so much
disturbance in the minds of the depositors in
the other two insitutionsin that village that at
the request of the trustees Gov. Van Zandt
has appointed a commission to examine the
Franklin and Pawtucket institutions for sav
ings, and probably a temporary injunction
will be asked of the supreme court until the
excitement is somewhat allayed. The Well
fleet (Mass.) Savings Bank, with deposits
amounting to $422,1.3, and the South Boston
Savings Bank, with deposits amounting to
$1,565.9^2, finding themselves unable to meet
the demands of their depositors, have been
placed under the restrictions of the new sav
ings bank law of Massachusetts.
A Fire in Forsyth, Ga., Sunday night, de
stroyed the only remaining hotel and three
storehouses. The telegraph office was burned,
but is now reopened, losses aggregate $13,000;
insurance about $L000. The origin of the fire
was accidental. Three weeks ago Forsyth
suffered severely by fire. ?
A Large gold Brick was cast at Helena,
Montana, yesterday, from the product of the
Penobscot mine, and is valued at over $5o,000.
The mine is located about 18 miles from Silver
City, Montana. The brick is the product of
150toiis of ore. and the cost of production was
m,1mkh
FORTY-rirrn congress.
Tuesday, April 9.'
SENATE.?Mr. Eustis presented resolutions
of the legislature of Louisiana in favor of the
improvement of the navigation of the Red
river. Referred to the committee 011 com
merce.
.Several petitions relative to the repeal of
the bankrupt act, transfer of the life-saving
service, for pensions, &c., were presented and
referred.
Mr. Burnside, from the committee on edu
cation and labor, reported bills per instruc
tion, in meral and social science, and the in
troduction of industrial expositions in the
schools of the District of Columbia. Placed
011 the calendar.
Mr. Morrill, from the finance committee,
reported a bill to repair ami put in operation
the mint at New Orleans. Placed 011 the cal
endar.
In reporting the bill Mr. Morrill said that in
the opinion of the committee this would afford
all the additional mint facilities that would be
required.
Mr. Ferry introduced a bill to regulate com
pensation to railroads for the transportation
mails. Referred to post office committee.
On motion of Mr. Maxey the Senate took up
and passed the bill to provide a code of army
regulations.
On motion of MnCockrell the bill to pro
vide for a public building at Kansas City, Mo.,
was taken up and passed.
_ On motion of Mr. Teller, the bill to author
ize the construction of narrow-gauge railroad
from Bismarck to the Black Hills, was taken
up and considered. A large number of
amendments, including cutting off the
branches and striking out the words "nar
row gauge," were agreed to. Pending final
action the morning hour expired, and tne bill
went over.
Mr. Blaine, from the committee 011 appro
priations, reported the general deficiency bill
1 laced 011 the calendar.
The Chair laid before ihe Senate a commu
nication from the Secretary of the Navy in
answer to a resolution of February 28, 1S73,
relative to live oak timber land reserved by
the government in the state of Florida. Re
ferred to the committee011 public lands.
The railroad funding bill came up as the un
finished business.
Mr. Edmunds addressed the Senate, com
batting the idea that because the railroads had
proved of benefit to the United States they
were entitled to extraordinary consideration,
lie dissented entirely with Messrs. Matthews
and Hill as to the unconstitutionality of the
proposed legislation. The words of'the act
said "not less"_' than five per cent, should be
paid in. Did not this, coupled with
the reserved right to alter, amend, or
repeal, imply that more than five per
cent, would be required to be paid^u. lie next
referred to the question of what constituted
net earnings, and defended the definition
given in the pending bill. The fact that by
the act of 1864 the proportion ol directors to be
appointed by the President 011 behalf of the
I luted States was changed without question,
showed a recognition ol the right to alter or
amend. If the corporators should sueced in
breaking down legislation at this time, it
might be that the time would come
when the voice of the people would be heard,
and affairs placed in the hands of honest men.
The provision for the payment of the obliga
tions of the corporations was purely an admin
istrative act, and required a different applica
tion lrom time to tune, as the circumstances
changed, as new roads were built, as new men
came into the directory, or as the stock has
run up a dollar by the bulls or bears. Yet it
was proposed to tie the hands of this sovereign
administrative power, that gave these mono
polies, behind its back for twenty-two vears,
nearly an entire generation.
He did not think the gentleman from Maine
would upon reflection think this was an en
tirely sale mode of procedure. He said that it
might happen that ihe stock should pass into
the hands of foreign holders, who might be
devil the roads and bring about a state oi
things where there would be no net earnings,
the interest 011 first mortgage bonds would not
be paid, and all would go down in value. Yet
the Senator from Maine ih the innocence of
his nature, supposing everybody was as honest
as himself, would scald his hands and allow
himself to Le put in a bag and placed in the
custody of the Union Pacific railroad.
Mr. Blaine, interrupting, said the Sena
tor had referred to .lay ?;oiilcl and said
Mr. Edmunds said he had not referred to
Jay Oould or any other individual.
Mr. Blaine insisted that in a reference to
a stockholder who held a large quantity of the
stock, and who was painted blacker than he
really was.
Mr. Edmunds said there were many men
who were not so black as they were painted.
There were Senators w ho were not as black as
they had been painted in connection with
stocks. He had not indulged in any personal
references.
HOUSE.?O11 motion of Mr. Clymer, the
naval appropriation bill, with the Senate
amendments, was taken from the Speaker's
table and referred to the committee 011 appro
priations, and the amendments were ordered
printed.
MR. WRIGHT'S STUMP SPEECH.
Mr. Wright introduced a bill to issue four
hundred millions of dollars of greenbacks, to
be used in the erection of public buildings and
other works of improvement.
The reading of the bill was demanded, and
the clerk had read for some time, when
Mr. Wood objected to the further reading of
that stump speech.
The Speaker ruled that when consent was
given to the gentleman to offer a bill he hud a
right to demand its reading.
Air. White (Penn.) insisted upon its being
read.
Mr. Aldiich said when the consent was
given the House did not know that a stump
speech w as to be made.
The bill was then read through and referred
to the committee 011 banking and currency.
Mr. Wright asked that the bill be printed in
the Hecora.
Mr. Townsend (N. Y.) objected. The labor
ing men in his district could not afford to pav
for Mr. Wright's stump speech.
THE TEMPORARY CJ.ERKS' BILL.
Mr. Durham, from the committee of confer
ence on the bill authorizing the Secretary of
the Treasury to employ temporary clerks, sub
mitted a report that the committee of confer
ence w as unable to agree. Mr. Durham stated
that there was only one item upon which the
conferees were unable to agree, and that was
with reference to the appropriation of $20,000
for increased railway postal service. All the
other amendments were agreed upou.
Mr. Dunnell, Mr. Sampson and others in
quired with reference to the needs of the pos
tal service. They were prepared to show that
increased service was required in their dis
tricts.
The Speaker said the report showed that the
confrerees had disagreed upou all points, and
not upon any special item.
Mr. Blount thought he could explain that
matter. The committee had agreed upon
everything except this one item for postal ser
vice. It w as not necessary, and he hoped the
House would stand by their committee.
Mr. Durham moved that ihe House request
another conference.
Mr. Sampson moved that the House recede
from its disagreement.
The Speaker said that motion was in order.
The confrerees had reported a geueraldisagree
ment.
Mr. Sampson understood Mr. Durham to
say that they had only disagreed upon one
item.
The Speaker replied that the report showed
a general disagreement. It wust be voted 011
as a whole. ?
Mr. Baker(Ind.)a member of the commit
tee of conference, inquired if the report could
not be referred back. He had signed the
report without reading it, and it did not
recount the facts.
Mr. Banks ai gued that the report could not
be recommitted. The Senate had an equal
contest in this matter with the House, and
the only course was to accept the report and
order a new committee.
The Speaker said there was a question of
fact involved, and about that the conference
committee differed.
Mr. Sampson insisted upon his motion to re
cede.
Mr. Banks made the point that the only mo
tion in order was to concur in the report of
the committee aud appoint a new confer
ence.
The Speaker inquired if it was not in order
to instruct a conference committee.
Mr. Banks-replied it wa*: not, for then it
would not be a full and free conference.
Mr. Durham asked leave to withdraw the re
port. in order that another report might be
submitted in accordance with the facts.
After further discussion the report of the
committee was agreed to and a new confer
ence was ordered, aud the same conferees
were appointed.
Mr. Singleton, from the committee on ap
propriations, reported back the Senate amend
ments to the consular and diplomatic appro
pi iation bill, and upon hb motion the said
amendments were non-concurred in, and a
committee of conference was ordered.
Mr. Buckner, from committee ou banking
and currency, reported a substitute for the
bill to retire "the circulation of the national
banks. &c.
Mr. Eames made the point of order that the
bill involved an appropriation of money, and
must have its first consideration in the com
mittee of the whole, and Mr. Burchard made
the further point that the bill proposed a
change in the mode of paying customs duties.
The Speaker overruled the first poiut of or
der and sustained the last.
Mr. Buckuer then by the direction of the
hanking and currency committee, offered a r ?
solution assigning ttie 23d day of April, for 1
the consideration of the 1>H1 and upon order
ing the main question on the resolution the
yeas and nays were demanded.
The House, by a vole of 12ti yeas to 105 nays
ordered the main question, and the resolution
making the bill a separate older, was agreed
4 /v
The District In C'oncrrm.
MOFFAT AND 1113 11ELL PI N* II.
Pr. Moffat, of Richmond, Va., the patentee
of the Moffat register and the author of the
Moffat liquor law, now in force in Virginia,
was before the House committee on the I)is.
trict of Columbia this morning, explaining the
merits of his patent and the benefits of the
law. He urged its adoption in the District ol
Columbia.
View of Roaeli.
Johnny Roach, the same man with whom we ]
used to clinch, "that's so," looks like a Cath
olic priest who was attached to the Society of j
Jesus. He has an unaccommodating and in- j
terested deafness, and can hear a business j
proposition through a partition,but a question !
trom an investigating committee lias to be
printed on a sign for nim. He smiles a deaf
and adjustable smile, ami wears clothes of
passable respectability, as if he would not ha\e
it forgotten that lie used to be a common
smith,and put a head on rivetsand filled moulds
with metal. His complexion is parboiled and
accompanied by a sandy wig of the color old
comedians wore, lie is'thick set and muffled
up like an undertaker, and speaks low about
the subject of ships and subsidies, as if lie
meant to refer to "the deceased." .John is a
good speech-maker, with a touch of Irish wit
and pathos, and he will go as far out of his
way, 011 occasions, for a newspaper reporter as
for a Senator. As we looked at him, Morton
McMicIiael said:
"Some of our people impute one's success to
luck. As I look over this shipyard, one-half a
dozen towering hulls of iron ribs, involving a
great credit or great accumulations, I think
v.hat is called lin k is only the idler's expres
sion for energy, sagacity and faith."
John Koaeli lives on Fifth avenue, opposite
the Cathedral, and is said to be a fast sou of
the church. 1 observed that other warm dis
ciple. John Kelly, at the head of the sachems
and aldermen, climb the gangway and view
the Scene with subdued enthusiasm. Roach
has heretofore done his forcings of heavy ma
chinery in New York, but is hereafter to do
them at Chester. He owns the Morgan works
and was interested in the Etna works; but
fuel, fresh water, cheap labor, cheap iron and
modern ship.craft concentrate on the lower
Delaware, where Roach bought out a t?ig ship
yard and shops for a paltry sum. There re
sides his ablest son. and he maintains 2,5 *?
workmen, who were neatly dressed and para
ded before Hayes. Said Mr. H. K. Greeu, of
Tiffany's:
"John Roach employs the best talent.
There's his constructor." Faraii, who models
and arranges the parts of these iron ships;
there's not his equal in the world. There's his
engineer, who took out the City of Tokioto
San Krancisco; he was so natty and thorough
that Roaeh has him on his staff permanently
Now there's Tisdale, who went out to Brazil to
get the subsidy. Roach said, 'Hang on! I).?g
ihose English for seven years, if necessary,
but we will have the subsidy they are getting.'
i At last John Bull drew off the New York line
i and Roach carried the $150,000a > ear Brazilian
J subsidy.''"
Roach wants, it is said, $200.0UO a year from
I the American Government besides. Theen
! tertaininent of the launch probably cost him
! $10,0(A>, yet such a launch, after our long pov
erty of ships, should have been a holiday, a
happiness and a national occasion. I looked
over the vast throng of perhaps 2o,o00 people
invading the shore and the surface of the
river, and 1 felt that the American man who
could take pay to injure, discourage or pre
vent the establishment of our own steamships
was a dead beat. We ought to be allowed to
buy the ships, but not to be mocked because
we can build them. The present pair of
steamers for Brazil cannot be put into the
stock market at the peril of the subsidy.
Therefore, they w ill not go the way instituted
by Jerome, Brown Bros, and Stock w ell.?
[" Oath " in Graphic.
Detected by a Seai. IIixg?Hove a Liver
xcho Shot his Rival Dead Came to be Ciir
tvred.?Last night the sheriff of Dodge coun
ty. Neb., passed up the Texas Central road,
having in charge a man named Marcus With
ersau, accused of murder. Withersau was
paying court to a young lady named Bradley,
who resided in the town of Fremont, Neb..and
was engaged to be married to her, when a
stranger named Joel Lauridge came to the
town. Lauridge succeeded in a short time in
claiming a good part of the young lady's at
tention. This greatly displeased Withersau,
who is of a very jealous temperament, and he
was not slow in giving his apparent rival many
evidences of his ill-will, openly insulting him
whenever an opportunity was afforded.
Yet young Lauridge, being received with
favor by the young ladv.continued to visit her.
The engagement net ween Withersau and his
affianced was unbroken, and the wedding day
had been fixed upon.
One evening Withersau, on his way to the
town to visit his affianced, met her in company
w ith Lauridge. out riding, and, seized by a fit
of jealousy, he galloped up to thein and shot
Lauridge, killing him almost instantly. He
tied the country, and it was thought that he
had gone back to Canada, where be had for
merly lived. He wore on his hand a seal ring
of the young lady, which was mounted by a
gold cross, and it was this that led to his cap
ture. A young man named Swazey, a cousin
of Miss Bradley, had enlisted in the United
States army, and was ordered along with his
company to Fort Duncan, on the Rio Crande.
He had never seen Withersau, but had fre
quently heard his cousin describe the ring be
longing to her. which Withersau wore when
he shot Lauridge. One day he saw a strange
man at the fort wearing the identical ring, but
on inquiring the stranger's name he gave it as
Bill Foindexter. The soldier wrote to the au
thorities of Fremont, giving a description of
the man and ring, and the sheriff, being satis
fied that the wearer of the rinu was Wither
sau, came after and captured him.?[Dallas
Herald.
Outrage f>v Seminarians. ? The East
Hampton (Mass.) seminary students defaced
the principal's house on Saturday night by
painting the pillars as barber poles. All their
rooms and baggage were searched by the fac
ultv during the Sunday church service, and
some clothing stained with paint was found.
The students threatened a rebellion on Sun
day night, and four watchmen were detailed
to watch the principal's house. All is quiet
to-day.
Preserved in the Grave.?Last week the
body of Mrs. David Whalley was taken from
a grave where it had laid for five year, in the
Presbyterian church-vard, at Freeport, L. I.,
for the purpose of placing it by the side of the
body of her husband, recently deceased. It
was very heavy, and upon opening the coffin
was found to be as perfret as when buried,
white as snow, and natural in expression. It
api>eared to have been completely petrified.?
[xV. Y. Herald, 8th.
A Legislator Arrested.?E. F. Bullard,
late a representative in the Pennsvlvania leg
islature, who escaped from the custody of the
sergeant-at-arnis at Harrisburg. w hile under
charges of embezzlement, has l>een arrested
and is held at Wyalusiug. Bradford county.
Fa.
Dividing thePropertv.?A P?r:land. Ore
gon, dispatch says it is asserted on good au
thority that arrangements have been perfected
by which English and Germau bondholders
who have for some time jointly owned the
Oregon and California railroad, the Oregon
Central railroad, and the Oregon Steamship
Company divide their property. The English
bondholders take the Oregon Central railroad,
which they have controlled for some time, and
the Oregon Steamship Company, and the Ger
man capitalists take the Oregon and Califor
nia railroad.
A Morphia and Quinine Ring.?In Phila
delphia intense excitement prevailed in the
drug market yesterday, owing to the advance
in the price of morphia and quinine, drug
dealers from all portions of the state and from
New York and Baltimore endeavoring to have
orders filled, but there is none to be obtained I
at any figure. I
*3*The joiners of Manchester, 4.000 strong,
have been on a strike since May, 1S77, to n >
effect as at the last meeting of the employers
it was ascertained that all the shops were
fulL
THE EUROPEAN' PROItl.KM.
Ho* (lie Case Now Slaml
TRENTON, N. J? ELECTION.
SUIT AGAINST A UNION GENERAL.
?
THE ErROPEAN WAR (LOU).
Indication* of the Financial Baroni
flfr.
London. April ?The stock market was
quiet yesterday, but prices in the loreign d<*
partnu nt were upheld hy quotations from the
continent. Kussians at one time toached the
lushest point since Lord Derby resigned the
foreign secretaryship, it is surmised in some
quarters that continental prices are supported
by a combination which is endeavoring to ne
gotiate a new liussian loan. One of the mem
bers of the Berlin hanking house of Mendels
sohn was in Paris yesterday seeking the co
operation of the Paris liuaacial houses con
cerned in last year's loan to place about three
hundred million francs more. Several Piris
dispatches state that Herr Mendelssohn re
turns to Berlin unsuccessful.
The Heliale in Parilament.
The market became flatter towards the close
yesterday, in consequence of apprehensions of
disclosures that might be made in Hie i'arlia
mentary debates on the address Jo the Oueen
The general etlect of the debates, however,
will be reassuring. The government's niea
siiics are supported l>\ a large maj<>rit\ 111
I arliament. while the language of the minis
ters was moderate concerning the purpose of
those measures aud hope ot tlie ultimate sue
ce-s of the diplomatic effect of the powers.
1 lie most interesting aud important part ol
the debate was Lord Derby's statement. This
shows the dilfercnce lietween l.ord l>erby and
his colleagues to be of long standing and af
feeling the substance ol their entire K.istern
poiicy. Lord Derby disapproved of the early
summoning of Parliament. The date u'ti
niately fixed was a compromise on a proposi
ti<>n Parliament should nioct <*iirli?T. II**
disapproved so strongly of the vote of credit
that he temporarily retired from the cabinet
and for fs hours his resignation was m I. nd
Leaconlield's hands; but now i; is not the <\ili.
liig out of the reserves which induced him to
resign. 1 here areother reasons, but what th"v
are he cannot divulge until the propositions
of the povernment, from which he dissented,
are made known. It appears, therefore, that
the government has come to some resolutions,
which at present are held in reserve. While
the government has held from the outset that
Russia cannot lil?erate herself from existing
engagements without the consent of the oth-r
I </ontiacting parties. Lord Derby attaches little
I importance to tui' necessity of requiring from
her a formal acceptance of that principle. He
I recognizes that if the congress should meet
| such a principle must bu laid down, but he
! does not emphasize it as a primary requisi'e
i for a tinal arrangement of any kind. II.'
; regards the failure <>f the congress as compar
i ati\ely unimportant. He d<)es not reco^uiz**
I in the consequences of that failure a state of
affaiis justif\ jug or requiring forcible defense
I ot British interests. They might l>e the sub
ject ot further negotiations,inwhich objec
tions to various points ol the treat v ol Stn
I Stefano could be discussed between the indi
j vidual powers, but he deprecates on everv
' ground Lngland going to w ar on.account o'i
( such interests as are involved in these ones
' tions.
SI. I'ptpr*iHiru Pacific.
St. Petersburg telegrams are very |?t?? i? i??
They say that the feeling gains ground that
some formula w ill be invented which will re
move the oltstades to the assembly of a con
gress, and that Prince Liismarvk is evidently
| interesting himself to this end. They declare
that Russia has not southt to exclude Kuropt
1 tmm considering the solution of the Eastern
i question, and does not regard the method
I proposed by the treaty of San Stefano as th
; only solution Russia can accept. Russian di
I plomatists say, let Austria and Englaud state
? the solutions they desire. Perhaps by mutual
I concessions some satisfactory arrangement
, can be found. Here is a wide basis for au
I agreement, seeing that all recognize great
? changes are necessary, and real guaranties
i must be secured against a renewal ol the re
cent disturbances in southwestern Europe.
I while the problems to be solved, apart from
national amour propre, would not be simpli
I lied by a Luropean war. Lord Salisbury's d.s
cular is said to offer .1 b?tv argument for the
congress, for the questions raised by it are so
numerous a nd important as to require many
months for their discussion through tlieoidi
nary diplomatic channels.
The Feeling at Vienna.
While this is the language of inspired com
munications from St. Petersburg, in Vienna
it is known that Austria's written objec
tions to the treaty of San Stefano,
which reached St. Petersburg two days after
lien, lgnatiefl's return from Vienna have
given great dissatisfaction, the rumors
saying Austria claims entirely too large con
cessions. In \ ienna Count Andrassy's friends
declare that there is no question of* driving a
bargain at all: that Austria has simply
pointed out the European interests which are
damaged by tha treaty of San Stefano. and
w hich Russia is bound to respect. Neverthe
less. Count Audrassy still clings to the idea of
a congress, so closely, indeed, that in some
quarters it is declared that it is his only hope
of uetting anv settlement whatever accepted
by both the Hungarian and pro-Russian court
party,and in default ot such aeceptanceCoiint
Andrassy's position w ill be untenable.
Turkey Turn* to England.
The drift of the news from Constantinople
is; again distinctly pro-English. The position
of \ eiyk I'asha. president ot the counsel of
ministers, is said to be strengthened, and new
objections have been taken by the Turks
against Russian military movements. Rus
sian garrisons have relieved the Roumanians
at >nldin, Nikopolis and Lahova. so that the
Russians now hold tlieHanube from its mouth
to the Servian frontier.
M1RDER HILL OCT.
Two More Victims of (be fiend La
Pace.
New Yokk, April A dispatch from St.
Alexandre, Canada, says that there now
seems to be no doubt that Joseph La Page
who was hanged at Concord, N. IL, on the
loth of March for the murder of Josie Lang
maid, was the |>erpetrator of a cold blooded
murder here some ten years ago. Mrs. George
Eountie and her daughter Minnie, aged six
teen, were the victims. The daughter had
been outraged, and her body cut up verv
much like that of the Langmaid girl, except
that the head was not severedJrorn the body.
l.a Page was here at the time, and w as heard
to make threats against Mrs. Fouutie and her
daughter.
Ex-C'onicresHman Vance iu San Fran
olM'o. Intano.
Cincinnati, Anril 9.?A telegram has been
received from the proprietor of the Lick
house, San Francisco, addressed to Mrs.
Vance, stating that her husband. ex-Congress
man I,. Vance, who mysteriously disap
peared from this city a short time ago, was
there and was iusaiie.
The Market*.
BALTIMORE, April 9.?Virgiula sixes de
ferred, 4 V, do. consolidated. 5'J.; do second
series, 31: Korth Carolina sixes, old 15 do
9^8's 8ug5tr 8trong ?"d ^tive!
i ? Al>ril 9--Cotton heVt tinner
but quiet?middling, nominally 10-Halo . Kiour
quiet and held steady. Wheat. southern tirnl
2'""w-Muthen red. l 25
138- No ' * Fe,msyl**"h* '*<1, l S5i
i w'nter rT<luw.e!iI?ni- sjK>t and April,
3, i 1 ? 1 29al.30. Corn, southern
: we8^rn dull and weak and ? and V cent
decline-southern white, 5it52>*: do. vellow, 52;
western mixed, spot and April, 61a51^': Mar. 53:
June. 53 ^a54. Oats dull and lower?southern.
33a35; western white, 83aS4; do. mixed, 31?32;
J ennsylvania* 33:t3S. Rye dull and nominal, 62<
05. Hay quiet and unchanged. Provisions dull
and heavy but unchanged. Butter, choice active
and very firm, but not q notably biglier. Petroleum
dull .and easy?refined, nominally 11*. Coffee a
shade firmer but quiet?Bio cargoes, 14al7.
Whisky dull, 106. Receipt*? flour, 3.400; wheat
35,000: corn. 152.800. Shipments?wheat, 43.000:
corn. 117,600. Freights to Liverpool quiet and
unchanged.
NEW YORK. April 9.-Stocks strong.
Money. 7. Gold, 100*. Exchange, long. 486;
short. 488'^. Governments arm aua lower.
NEW YORK. April 9.?Elour dull and heavy.
Wheat dull and futures 1 cent lower. Corn a
slia^e easier.
LONDON, April 9, 12:30 p. m -Consols.
94 13-16 for money aud 94 \ for the account
U. 8. tour-and-a-half per cent, bonds. 104
1807 s, N8*b; ten-forties 106 v: new tin*. io&?'
Oenlrai&S, '8 ?entr*1' 78 ?? Pennsylvania
LONlioNT April9, l p. m.-Consols, 94V for
money *cdW 16 W for the gccouBt. % or
A I n inn (.rnrml Sno(| for Dainh'
In a tonKlitna I'Ijiimhiion.
Nr.w Yokk, April 9.?An action against
MajorGen. I'hil'ip H.Sherman In which one
James A. WhaW-n seeks to rccwri ne.irly
IfW'.OWiI* on the fAh>n?(ar of the l". s. circuit
court, and will probably I>e reach for trial in
foiirwoladayortiio. The suit Is br. eight to
obtain damages for Ihe aliened unlawful
''conversion to his ow n use" of the st??ck of a
Louisiana plantation in the month of August,
1W. 1 hi1 property scheduled in the com
plaint amount'* to ?iji'.rt*'. and embraces
horses. cows. pius sheen, and mules by the
hundred. sjovels, spades, ploughs, carts,
wagons. hoes, and other farm utensils, together
with ab? ut 3<n hogsheads of sugai ami i'** bogs
heads of molasses, in fact tin- o.?m|>!*?;?? sto.-k
of the hillona plantation in St i'hai )es Parish.
It is understood that the defence will show
that ail these acts of appropriation were done
by the general n the cajtacity a? military oflb
cer and on In hall of tlie I". S. uov eminent
?w he was acting as commander of the
military department of the gulf during the
??any period of reconstruction. and further
that the inventor> is largely exaggerated both
as to pliant it> ami value.
Sofrftarj Sherman In Wall Mrrfi,
.? KK.* Abril i?. secretary Sherman
vivtedthe sun treasury this morning ami had
a long interview with Assistant Treasurer Mil!
house. A t 1 o clock this afternoon a confer
ei ec was I e;:uu Ivtweeu the Secretary ami a
number of prominent bankers whom he had
invited to meet him.
Tlie meeting is strictly private, its object
it is uudeiMood. is an interchange of views in'
regard to the financial condition of the country
and the practicability of resuming specie pay
ments by the 1st ol January. lVTv.
A Mltrd Virion .
Tkfntov N .1., A pi il *>.?The inuuicipal
election in this city turned out to l?e a mixed
victory between the two parties. The demo
crats can \ the mayor, school su|terintendent
and receiver of taxes on the citv ticket by .i
reduced inability. The republicans carry
two out of three chosen freeholders, and live
out of seven couucilmen. giving them a ma
unity in tmth todies. They gain two trus
lees of public schools, and carrx tlu.-e wards
that usually give democratic majorities.
The Kritloh miliar* I'oroM.
The milltaiy fonvsof Great Kritaui as now
organized are composed of (1) the
army. <2i the first class army and militia re.
serve. CI) the militia. (4) the volunteers, and
(o) the second class army reserve. The regulai
or standing army (aliout l;rj,nno strong) .-or
responds in organization and duties with that
<?1 the smaller regular army in this country.
The first cla-s armv and militia reserve have
no counterpart in the American system. They
are composed respectively of men who have
served three years or thereabouts in tlie reg i
lai' atniy. and ihe militia. These men now
form part of the civ il population, but asso<.n
as Parliament sanctions the royal o der, they
will Im* expected t ? repairtotliel?ri-;.t le depots
at which they are enrolled.
The militia (s.'..im? strong) corresponds in
some respects to the National Guard of this
state, l?ut tlie discipline is nearh as st iingent
as in the regular army. The miliTia is only
intended for home deience. a.id cannot Im
sent out of the I nited Kingdom. Tin* mem
t>ers of this branch of the service are paid a
small sum a inually. The volunice s dvi>.noi
strong) correspond more closelv tothesta'*
troops in this country than the militia. The
regiments are comjtosed mainly ol voungmen
engaged in business occupations, and are
Commanded l<\ otlicers selected by themselves
and approved by Ihe government*.
The second class army reserve (bl.<*m strong)
is composed ol ol<l |ieusioncrs. w ho ar?? now on
iluty . hut are expected to repair touii'itar\ <lc
potsaml serve when calks I out.
what THE OOVEKNMENT MAY HO.
In a recent article on the British irmy su
Garnet Wolseley gives interesting information
which throws light on the contemplated
measures of llie government. "According to
our existing military system," he -.ivs. ?? upon
war being declared, the miliiia is called out
and liantis over its reserve at once to the line,
who, together with our first-class army reserve,
would give us altout 4o.?*n good men'to bring
up out line battalions to war strength. Our
secomi-class army reserve. consisting of old
soldiers. ait In ugh past ihe prime ol life. would
supply us w ith alsnit 1 ".,??!?? bayonets ?|iiite fit
for garrison duty. Tlie four companies of reg
u'ar infantry now at each of tin* seventy
j brigade depots would at ouce be formed into
cadres of seventy depot battalions, and *?egiii
recruiting lm'aliy. io tlieui w m'd In? dis.
! t?a1 cited all the men who last year joined the
i battalions it is intended to engage in ac'ive
service."
| T1IE FORCES KT EM.l.AXIl'S l OVMIND
lkcgaiding 'he forces which Kugland may
call into ie<|uisitioti. Sir Garnet Wolselcy
makes an interesting stat?in? ut: "At no pre
^iotis p.ii.td," he says, "of our history have
we ever been so strong, in a military sense, as
at present. In KM we were very weak in lie'd
artillery: the military force in these islands
was under 7'Umi men. and then' was no re
serve whatevci Ueyoiul some pensioners, who
were toooid for field serv ice. Were war de
clared tomorrow, about toi.oon drilled m**n
would fall into line if required, supported l>\
?i'J field guns, maunetl and hors?>d l?> tIt** royal
artillery. That number would roughly be
made up as follow s:
Standing army (at home)
Army and uiiiitia reserve 4<0?m
Militia k^mit
Volunteers is ?,(*?.
Second class army reserve in,nut
Total 4I4.4?i
IX. Tnbunt.
The Kalal Stage Aeeidem.
THE < IIAKGE THAT THE WOMAN WHO SHOT
MI.LE. VOLASTE HAH BEE* IHUNKIV'O.
A New York Sun special from l'awtucket
April 7, says: Mile. \ olante, who was shot in
a variety hall here on Friday evening by .leu
nie Franklin, Is dead. Mrs*. Franklin Venn
fully to appreciate the enormity of her reck
lessness, and says she will never shoot again.
There is a rumor that she was drunk at the
time of the accident. The show has a bar
room and green room combined, in w hich the
performers are expected to drink all that the
visitors will buy for them. Lottie was en
gaged to an express messenger, who was ae
cideiitallv shoi in St. Louis lour years ago. A
story islafloat that a few days ago she
nuarrcleu with this vouug man and was
discarded: that she feigned to t?o uncon
cerned about the atlair, but her unnatural
actions attracted Hie attention of her friends .
tnat on the night ol the accident she ap|?eared
in uncommoiily g<w>d spirits, but as she went
on the stage for this act she said to Mrs. Frank
lin, '? I hope to God you will shoot ine to
night that Mrs. Franklin did not pay any
attention to this remark, but noticed her mi
) usual liehavior. and that instead <d holding
her head steady when Mrs. Franklin was
shooting the apple from it. she voluntarily
lifted her head just iti time to receive the fatal
, bullet. Be this as it may, the mciiittcrs ol tlm
: company, with a large number of the specta
tors, seem to ascribe the cause of the accident,
j to her moving after the apple had been placed
upon her head.
i Mr. Franklin, the husband of the markswo
? man. arrived from New York on Saturday
I morning, and was much shocked to learn id
the accident. He expressed the utmost coufi
| denee in his wile's ability to i?erfonn the haz
ardous feat, and his taith hi her skill is unim
paired. In this connection ij may be said that
i while performing at Fall River not long ago.
he was shot in the hand by her. As far as
Mrs. Franklin is concerned the fatal shooting
setmsto have been accidental. She is very
much overcome, and as soon as Miss Volante
died she went into hysterics, and is now under
utedical treatment.
The Increase of Socialism in <;ekmanv.
Up to 1800 socialism hardly existed in Ger
many. At that time a man rose who, favored
by circumstances, succeeded in transplanting
the novel doctriue from 1'aris to Berlin. I>r.
Lassalle, a young scholar of uncommon gifts,
ambitious, passionate and a boru agitator, by
his fervid w ritings and speeches, managed to
create the nucleus of a party. What assisted
hint m his dating enterprise was the conniv
ance of governmental and conservative poli
ticians, anxious to set workingmeu against fh?
middle classes, who, in the parliamentary con
troversy then raging, had rendered themselves
objectionable.
Without dwelling upon the sad feature of
the incipient agitation, or entering at this
stage u|>on othei and more natural causes at
the root of the evil, let it suffice to speak here
of the rapidity with w hich the conflagration
spread when the igniting spot had once kin
died. After abortive attempts made in two
preceding elections, the socialists in 1871 suc
ceeded in collecting 13j,0UO votes and return
ing two members to the German parliament.
In 1874 they had vH'.'*# votes, and nine mem
bers; in 1877 they registered 4H7,IKI0 votes, de
puting 12 members to the national legislature.
The importance of these figures will oe appar
ent from a comparison of the numbers of
voters. In ls77 the total of enfranchised elec
tors in the German Emigre amounted to 8,94.:.
000. Of these 5,557,700, or about ?5<? per centum,
haviiig voted, it follows that nearly one-tenth
of all the votes given were socialistic?an ex
traordinary result for a movement not twenty
years old. and in a house having only :fc?8
seats.?I London Time? Berlin VorretpoiHt
ence, March to. .
Killed in an Election How.?At Harris
burg, Kvn Isaiah Gabbart, who was shot Sun
day in the public square by Henry Noel died
yesterday of his wounds. The combat took
place in the presence of many citizens, and
had its origin in an election row. The men
met, and adyanciug towards one another fired
every chamber of their respective revolvers
then clinched and fought it out by using their
pistols as clubs. \S hen separated it w as as*?ei -
iHU'eniihat IA?bbart ha<1 bren mortally wound
ed. Dying lie exonorated N'oel.
.GR4!fI) Lowe of Michigan Free Ma
sons, at a recent meeting, passed a resolution
aeciaiing the manufacture or sale bv a Mason
of intoxicating liquor," as a beverage," a Ma
sonb-offence, punishable, at the discretion ot
tie lodge, by suspension >r expulsion.