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V?. 52?N?. 8,028. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBEIi 20, 1878. TWO CENTS.
MKl??M^WBP?M?i ?? ? ???????
THE EVENING STAR.
Pl'ULlSHED DAILY, Except Snaday,
AT THE STAR BUIT.DTffQtl.
fiuno liwiia lvtntt<,cora?r HUi iUtmI
SI
The Evening B'ar JSewepape/ OouiT.any
*. U. KAWF.XATfN. rr~*t.
Thf. Evi shu f.TiR wrv S to ml -cri'wrs in
t'>. , t<y urr on th' r i-?n at 10
r A.- 14 - th. Coycc*atthe
i tr.t r, 2 > arli. By a: >d?;-c?ia -e prepaid ?
6*> r; ui-.iirb . one j at, .^0.
1 me Wtnu Sm-fa .ill"! d on frUw-fl a
j ;r. 10 copies lor $15; 4J to;-i.8 j
for '
U"A!1 iLail - .iptions mv-t be paid ia a I- j
MMf no] sper i;t' -v r t!. >:i a > paid f.-r.
|c" tin" ? oi k nui-le kiiovn ou an ^cation.
AMUSEMENTS.
VATH!.\AL Mayhrtr.
-a. ?Houses
crowded N tV:v Audience: Duli.-htf-!.
^ * - S. A (i^nniiLs Success. M LIS3.
*::ss mayhkw m'liss.
II. r Original Char.'.' ter.
EDMUNDS as YUBA BILL*
i K ?t ? -co Ma 1 Coach Driver.
MR LANAOAN ai JUD^E HNAGEEY,
Ac.. r'*.i.* to the Statutes.
Every character Finely Acted.
M l ISS MATINEE SATURDAY.
Wtts S;x:a ClaiiB will atrain distribute Gifts to ths
Chile n;n.
IVFRY < KIi.D V.'ILLi RECEIVE A PRESENT.
?l? <26-tr
|,'OKI>'?? . \ MH. JVwtawiwe.
TO NIGHT AND SATURDAY MATINEE.
"BUMPTY DUMPTY SAT ON' A WALL."'
Hiildri; , w tiii1 FI NNY PLOWS.
Do: " ta^toseethe CuMIC DONKEY.
Th" little I-IVE PIG an<l it* MOTHER.
T> e Fnnny Pantaloon?the Active Harlequin?the
Beautiful Columbine?the Little Fairies.
SECURE YOUR SEATS EARLY.
REMEMBER THE RUSH ON CIIRISTMVS.
Over l.( ;H) hool ChCdn.-n will attend ia a body
TO SEE TO SEE TO SEE
HUMP'I Y DUMITY.THE FUNNY CLOWN.
Mnnrtsy Ni-'ht MR. asd MRS. GEORGE S.
KNi**il T. ' r'j''. !r
fTIilATtj; COWKiVE.
MONDAY. DECEMBER 2.1. SIGHTLY AND
'i. EsE'AY AND FRIDAY MATINEES.
Eitra M:.tinre rhristnas Diy. Erirairosasnt of
Hit j< mi?r Alii- r.. ' ?? : r. Juliar Kent, in h:s irr>:\!
< r i > wrtithil vv .;,t i$iil First appearance of
Vl'itm ys (John a'. ! Emma). theSuydnm B ,t'iern.
Kitly s}.?'i pa*-.!. John Camion, Proj'. \Vhftr?. tLi?
E. i i a!? ?l l.-otrs. Charles i! anil O'lr l.i liitinoth
Mt? k fmj i:i a jrra'i-i holiday tucat. u s23
U'lLLAlB* HAUL or mimo Xight.
lUK CliA'.ITAHi.E Pt"l:?-OriES.
ON FRIDAY. LV. tmber 27, 1H78.
-A CURE FOR THE FIDGETS,"
I-THE 1>EAD SHOT."
Ti? " ( cent". To ha i at Brad A larn3, milKC
rtore.-*, bo<>k >t<>res-. a::d iit-:.a! pla -e<.
Dottiw oj cn at 7 30:toeoiui vine at s.
J l.X OIA HALL..
THURSDAY EVENING. D.veiuber 20th,
1AMES E. MURDOCH,
The'Vi teran Actor am! Elocutionist.
Select Readinu* from Scripture. Shakespeare,
I?i< k? i:f. ai!<l the Modem P.^'w,
Adiuif-Nion. >o <-em?. Reeerved r^eatc, 75 rent-". To
I-e ha?l at Ellin' iun-i?- store. de< 2.i-;it
^ATIOXAL THEATER.
KEF.LOCC. JITTA. VARY.
POSITIVELY FIVF. NIOHTS ONLY AND SATURI'AY
MATINEE.
COMMENCING DECEMBER 3d.
* GRAND ITALIAN OPERA,
MAX STRAKOSCH. DIRECTOR.
The 4?raii(l ( horn* and Orchestra Will
Consist of *4) l'tnoiis.
MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30.
" IL TIlOVAiORE
With the followin* k"r*at star cast
MISS CLARA LOUISE KF.LEi > iQ.is. LEONOR A
MISH ANNIE LOUISE CAE . . as. AZCCEN* \
UK. CHARLES ADAMS a^..M AN'KICO
SIO PANTALEON I (ni-np.>r appeaiiasce ubke).
as COUNT DI LUNA.
SIG FERRARI* > as. FEKRAXD:)
MUSICAL DIRECTOR S. BEUKENS
TUESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 31,
y "MHi.VO _Y.*?
Mim KELLOGG ML-sCAKV Miss LANCASTER
as Fill/is. as Federici. as Mijrnon.
WESTBERti, CONEY. GOT'i'SCHALK, BAUILI.
WEDNESDAY EVENING. JANUARY E
At/f I t DI I. AM.UER UOOR."
M ISS MA 1(1 A LIT! A,
Her first appearance h-.-re iu her ^reat inipcrsonv
/ t:i>n of I.UCIA. in which character she ha* c-ea'ed
the tuo?t protoiuid sensation in Chicago, St. Louis,
Cincinnati. Cleveland. &c.
THURSDAY E\ ENING, -Ian. 2 ." HUGUENOTS."
FRIDAY EVFNINti. Jan. 3 "FAVOR IT A."
SATURDAY GRAND MATINEE "LUCIA"
POPULAR PRICES:
Admission. ?1; i*-ervetl s<-;-.ts. 50 cents and 81
extra, according to location; trallt ry, 5(> cents.
The cal? of reserved seats will coumience on
Thursday morninir. 26th inst. at boxotttee. <t2:l tf
^jAKi: AO ."?iij?TAKF:.
IIA I'KRI.Y
VA1TED 3IASTODOX MIXSTRELS
WTt-L APi'E.Ut AT THE
W NATIONAL THEATER,
r BIONDAY, JANUARY (5, WJ*
Tui GaE.vrE.-T Success Eveu Knows!
H EMINENT END MEN!
THE GLITTERING CLthJ TOURNAMENT,
BY 12 STAR DANCERS.
One Dozen Soxc. ash Dance Men
In One Act.
40 in "First Part." <fO in Parade
18 FAVORITE VOCALISTS.
"The sTrr.test enters r-=t' :n the annals of mi:i-"t:cl y."?
>' <: 1' tr J. I! HAVERLY. Proi rietor.
"t1 KAN KLIN HALL, corner Gth and C st-c n.w.,
1 havuitf tx^n thoroa^hly remodeled, ia now ! >
rent at very reasonable terms. The boat hali in the
c:ty for dancw<r, concerts. Jfcc. A.idr???
J. M. RICHARDS,
0Ct36-f03m f'l D St., or ca^ on Janitor ar Hail.
C1AI.IST11KXH' EXEIICISKS.
J Under llii >i:r. <; "o r-t l>r. I'IH>via.S CALYER,
AT TEJ: GYMNASIUM,
On E st.-? et. between 0th and 7th n.w
?Fc Ia?I'e? on A!. :: Jay and Thursday,at 4:30o.
in.; Children on Wedce^-tay. at i .^o aicl Saturday
S p.m. G- ntitui-tu ou Monday, Wcdnes lay .ud
Friday, at 7 p.m. declO-Iy
No. UN EXHIBITION ' No. ?2?
L ST. I AND SALK i E Sr.
nARHIUTER'S
FREE JLifl GALLERY AND STORE.
A'o. 6,v6 E Street.
Choice Oil Pa.u!i*:?fs. Enirraviii^s, Chromo<*. h~.
alt>o, iarw^^t st vi cl Pai-er Hamr.'i's. Window
Blades, P.'.torep. JVamos, Pii-tiire Cords aaa 'lasM
*. K-i.tfs. Nails. &C..1H ta j Ointrki
ttf Toag Cash
^ ntmw rei^< it ?>er Nsme aa<i Samliw Jrl lj
Prepare for fall and winter, and aei:
your C AST < F CL(?THING to your own a.i.
I \-iTita*e, at JUSTH'S OldJ STAND. No G19 D
?uwt northwest, or Branch Store, <\? :>tb ? . n w
N B. ? For FIRST-CLASS SECOND-HAND
CLOTHING eatraordinary hiKh prices wUi be '^aid,
as I make a specialty of them.
Notes by mail wU be promptly attended to
sep2S.tr
i ~ RALLS, PAKTIKS.
L'IRST ?.K \AI? BALI, of the LONE Si \R
1 Bt'NEHClAL ASSOCIATION.New Year'.-.
Eve. 1UESDAY. D- oembcr 31, 1^7 -i. at OJd ~ J|
F? Hows' Hall. T'.ckets. admitting i. trent an ! '9
laditf. !?l. < an 1 e ! of aay member, or at -a
tl? t:?k?l i.fft. lit the liaii.
N. B ? No returii checks. dcs!M-Ct*
T COJIPAlfY'S EXTRACT OF
JU MEM. HNES1 AND CHEAPEST MEAT
FLA AGEING STOCK FOR SOU PS, MADE
DISHES AND SAUCES.
LlEBKi fOMPAYT'S EXTRACT OF
MEAT. "Is a sncoaas and a I?o.>n for which
nations should feel sTau*ful."?See " M.-j .-ai
P Ac**'" ' " Br:i-i^h Msd;cui Journal,"
CAUTION?Genr.r.c only with the fae simile of
% Bar<'. LiebiK's S.s"'aiure in Blue Ink across the
f Lal'e.
" Ccr.snn.p~on in England increased tenfold in
ten years."
LIEXIU fO.nP.LYTS EXTRACT OF
MEAT. To b: ha i of all StTekeei-ers, Graoera
and ( hemuts. So> a^rents f? r tlte I .. .ted S..4t?*i,
(wbolt stde only), C. l'AVIEi & CO., 4 1. M*rk
Ijuie. Ijc-i i1ot?. Emtland. ?nar74toly
Th. crow. jr..
?Emi u
a,rJKB EB. H OCn, OOAL,
D.s *, S.v.U, Bunds, iloniduu**, Stz.
CMIoO'l'J MarVet S- \ce,<" Poar? of Trsde
Prii ii ai o5'::'*, VVLrif. Dei-ot, and Pianuy< Mni.
foot 4th st ea^E
Orders left h :j V.-iC7!* P. P. LITTLE & Oo., Oro.
arm, corner E ** 1 -th. sts. and THOS. W.
mKITIi, 4th and Ei ?v-_ wlii rece^v. pronapi
H??titjon
VILVERSJ'OOXS.
I *5 FORKS.
Si DINNER and
K TEA SETS,
Of C t mOHt eiesrant styles,
? ManTU.-rt-tured by
f SAM'L KiRK A SON.
' cot7 ur 73/ Wttt Bolt. St., Baltimort.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
T JES* COLUMBIA COUNCIL; No. 1, Sover1
4"-.- ciokmorIsustii Xteting Ib-night. KlteI
i.' u nf UP err* -Crinmtiia < nincil ml] meet THIS
E\ tNINU. at 7 :io ..'. lock, ;.t the Hal', MO lltlist.
n. w. ?.fliers will be elect -J f >r the ensuintr six
I It." J 11 D. UU3SET, Secretary.
? , : HANONIC- A Special communication of
L I WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL LODGE.
No. 14. FRI1 >.U . 3 p. m. sharp, for the purpose of
attending th.-funeral of our late Brother. Robert
Nash. Mfn.bers of Hi?ter Lodges fraternally invited.
By order of ( HAS. II. SMITH, W. M.
It THOS. A. GADDF.SS. fecretiry.
r ?5" CAPITOL HILL \ni7e.ast~washing
t'Jd TON 1 Ml'ROVEMENT ASSOCIATION - An
adjourreii meeting of this Association will be held
at M 'Canit y's Hah. 209 Pennsylvania avenue cast
THIS (Thursday) EVENING, at 7 o'clock. The
committee of cne hundred will convene at t> o'clock
sharp. Persons desirinsr to become active members
are invited to attend this meeting of the Association
and revister their name-; and places of residence, or
send the same to the Secretary, '219 A street s.e. By
order of the President.
It EDWIN C. KIRK WOOD, Secretary.
jf I.O.O.F.?Col.I'M MAN ENCAMFMXNT, No. 1.
v u The next remilar meeting will be h-M FRlDAY
FVENINU,27th inst., instead of thee^un:,/- of
the 25th. [dec'24 2tl Wai. 11. McLEAN, Scribe.
r ^r- GltAN D LUlHiK F.X A. M. OF T(W
I = DISTRICT OF COLt MliI A.
The Installation Communication will be held
J-HI DAY, 27 th instant, at o'clock p. m.. when the
< lliters electt d at the annual communicati m ol the
Grand Lf'du-e will l>e installed.
l>y order of the M. W. Grand M?s'er.
Jwim KM. R. SINGLETON.Or. 8ec'y.
t WASHINGTON MARKET COUP ANY.
1 -%/
ihe annual meeting of the Stockholder* of the
W ASHINGTON A! ARRET COMPANY will be held
at tl'.e office of the Company, oa Pennsylvania avenue.
in the city of Wahhintrton, at 12 O'clock xo:>n\
on the ?IRST MON DAY, lieinir the t'.th day of Ja:iusry,
ls7:>. for the choice of Thirteen Directors f ir
the eiieuiutr year, and to act on any other subject
within the |>ow< r of the <"orooration.
?tec24-tnt BENJ. D WHITNEY, Secretary.
f ,'^r' MASONIC?A rtrk-ular communicati m of
i. -V HARMONY LODGE. No. 17, F. A. A. M.. will
Ih- hei't "ii THURSDAY EV ENING. December 2-'th,
at 7 o'clock Annual election of officers. Members
aie eari . ptly requested to be present.
By order of the W. M.
dec23-3t WM. A. YATES, Secretary.
A MKETlSfl OF TUB STOCKHOLDERS
I' - OF THE WASHINGTON AND GEORC.ilTt?W"N
RAILROAD COAIPAN Y, for the election of
directors. will be held at theofijrsof the counwny,
dec rifMown, on WEDNESDAY, the 8th day of Ja.Iiuai
y, 1879.
'I he polls will Ijo opened c.t 12 m. a-id closed at
2 p. la.
Transfer books will be closed on the 1 at of January,
187V, and opened on January 9th, 1*79.
II. HURT, President.
C. M. KOONES, Secretary. dec'20-td
f , NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
1."^ The annual meeting of the Stockholders of tTirW
ASHINGTON and ALEXANDRIA TURNPIKE
COMPANY,
will be he'd at the office of Francis L. Smith, esq.,
comer Wolf and St. Asaph streets, Alexandria, Ya.,
on MONDAY. January Oth. 1x79. at 10 o'clock, a.m.
Election for President and Directors same day and
place. ALBERT HE WSON, Clerk.
dec4-w.4t&,lan3
It V>~ HAVING BOUGHT THiTpaTENTS FOR
fcTv Br. Colboun's Porous Evaporator, we recommend
it as the best possible way of moistening tho
hot dry air from furnaces, latrobe stoves and steam
co:is. It is attached to the register, and renders the
air moit-t and summer-like. If you wish to avoid
headache, catarrh and sore throat use them.
HAY WARD & HUTCHINSON.
317 9th Street, xeak the Avenue.
Braes Fire Rets, English Tile, Slate Mantels. Parlor
Grates, Furnaces, Ranges and Latrobe Stoves.
Plnmbii:x. Tin Roofing and Jobbing W ork. decl7
MlLBURNSPHARMAGYi ~~
1429 Pennsylvania Atentt*.
SODA and MINERAL WATERS on draught all
tkf year.
Blue Lick, Bedford and Bethcsda Waters by the
rail on. octll-tr
THE NATIONAL SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY,
corner loth st. and New York avenue.
FIRE. BURGLAR and DAMP PROOF VAULTS,
inside of which are SAFES FOR RENT at $5 to $00
l*r veer.
BONDS, SILVERWARE, or other SECURITIES,
and all kinds of VALUABLES received on DEPOSIT.
novl9-eo3m
rE?* MATHEY CAYLUS* CAPSULES,
K-W Used for over 25 years with ifreat success by
the rhysicians of Paris, New York and London, and
superior to all others for the prompt cure of all cases
of diseases, recent or of Ion* standingPrepared
by CLIN & CO., Paris. Sold everywhere.
oct29-t,th&3-ly
^iLOSEVG OUT SALES
OF
JFALL ASD W1XTER CLOTHING,
IMMENSE REDUCTION.
O^RCOATS.
Ermine Ftir Beaver, sold for $25?Belling now at $13
West of England sold for sjs'20?stilling now at . J 15
Sil>eria Fur sold for $18?selling now at *12
Blue, Bl'k and B'n,. .sold for 815?selling now at $19
Lippett's Blue sold for $12?selling now at $8
Dobson's Strii ed sold for $10?selliiw now at S~
Germania Fur sold for $8?selling now at At?
Line Chinchilla sold for seilm< now at
I'RESS AND BUSINESS SUITS.
Enirlish Worsted sold for $25?selling now at
French Worsted sold for $22?selling now at $1H
Klbcrui Cassimere. .sold for $20?sellimr now at $j(?
Harris Ca.ssimere...sold for $17?selling now at $13
> i;i.rlish S .ripe do.. .soul for $16?selling now at $12
Globe Mil's do sold for $14? selling now at $10
Loudor Worsted?sold for $12?selling now at $'.?
Russell Cassimere.. .so d for $11?seUiiiir now at $s
Union Ribbed do?sold for $3?selling now at $tl
W ORSTED COATS AND VESTS.
J Frs nth Worsted sold for $22?seliintr now at $1H
E?:chsh Di?kronul do,sold for $2:>?seUinif now at $1?
llu.scaie Sfiie se.id for $Ui?selling nov: at $12
ltiversiue Worsted, .sold for $12?selling now at $s
PANTALOONS.
Friglish Stripe.. .?o'd for $8.00?selling uow at $C.W)
Harris Cassimere .sold fur $7.0;)? seiimg now at $5.00
< 1 lobe Mills do. . .sold for $J IK)?stUinvrnowat $4.r?o
Norwaik do sold for $5.(?0?aellinrfnowat $4.00
D.'bson':- S'd do. .sf'K-1 for $4 Oil?sellingnowat $:j.i;o
Union P.r.id sold for $'UJ0?sellingnowat $2.o?)
H'vy W o:k sold tcr $50?sellmgnow at $JL5U
j
Special attention is called :o the following Goods,
which La\e Injen reduced in proportion:
Fiue Black Cloth Suits.
Youths' Dress and Business Suits.
Boys* Overcoats and Ulsters.
Boys* Dress and School Suite.
Children's Cape Overcoats and Ulsters.
Children's Dress and Every Day Suits.
These reductions have been made to force tSe *ale
oi my still immense stock, unsold on account of th?
backwardness of the season.
A. STRAUS,
lOll l'ennsylrania Avenue,
iccl9-tr Between 10th and 11th street*.
\\ HI WILL YOU BE UUMBIUUEI)
? WITH INFERIOR EYE
GLASSES, when you get tho brst,
at a le*s price, at H. H. HEM-^S^
PLER'S, Tiie Optician, 453 Pennsylvania avenue,
[ corner street. nov30-tr
DRESSMAHiaiU.
MISSES HAMILTON,
; WW J'fnnsylvanUt Avenum,
Wish to inform the ladies of Washington that they
huve opened au establiehmeut at the sl>ove address
Wa'kinrf dresses, $8; Handsome Silk and Veivot
I Drt.-ses, $10, $12 and $15. Style and work not to be
i excelled. novl?-2in
C" A1F. FLEISriPlAA^W & CO..
I Onjly Genuine
COMPBE8SKD YEAST.
The merits ol the genuine Compressed Yeas? are
! uiidemabla.
The housekeeper who once uses GAFF. FflEISCH
MANN & CO.'t> COMPRESSED YEAST cannot be
induced to abandon our cure extract of grain.which
is a nattiral leaven, for a counterfeit article or a
i chemical compound, both of v. Uicli are to be avoided
j if woo health is a first coasideration with the cus!
torccr.
l?"None Pennine without our signatures.
C. ANTHONY DENE KAS, A.fent
! decC-tr Depot-lllH 15th str.-et.
House owners, atteotio?[-<3oT
lege Villa Farm IX miles al>ove Goortretown
on Teniiallytown road, offers the bestl/W^
of inducements lor wintering Horses at thelLd
low i>rice of $10 i>er month. First-lass
stables, with box stall for every horse. Two feeds
of gra n daily. Veterinary attendance free. Dr. R P
P. Lean reeidint- on the place. For further particu
lars eniiuae at 60S lOUi sL n. w.
pcvav-Hto L MOIIJY.
n^llE CELU LOin TRUSS A.YD SUP;
1 PORTERS,
That never rusts, reror breaks, never wears out. always
clean, and mn be worn while bath in-', is for
sale at CHAS. FISHER'S, ?2a 7th street u.w.
Mrs. Fisher devotee her attention to the wants of
r laiy patrons. decll ly
j TUB EVENING STAR.
Washington Nsw3 and Gossip.
Government Receipts To-day.?Internal revenue,
J43t?,G0S.43; custom?, ?421, jo-t.OO.
Subscriptions to the four per ceat. loan today
amounted to $620.&K>.
Tee Government Departments closed a
noon tc-day. This will be the case until New
Year's day. when they will of course be closed
for that entire day.
Secretary Evarts returned to Washington
to-day. Assistant secretary Seward is slill absent
in New York.
Hon. Jcirtf J. Knox, controller of the currency,
left here last night for St. Louis, and
will be absent about ten days.
The Bids for the purchase of silver bullion,
usually opened at the Treasury department on
Wiednrsday, were opened by Assistant Secretary
Haw ley tills afternoon.
Mr. Plaine, In reply to the resolution of the
Investigating committee asking for specific
allegations of fraud In the sou'li Carolina election.
will in a portion of his reply lay before
the committee tlie tiles of the Charleston Xe,n
ami Courier, a democratic organ which, it Is
alleged, made no concealment of the fact that
frauds were practiced.
The Silver Doi.lak.?The fall of gold to par
has been followed by an increased popularity
and demand for the silver dollar. Siuce the
fall, the orders received at the Treasury for
standard silver dollars have gradually and
steadily Increased in number and amount. The
department closed at noon to-day, so only on'1
mail was opened. It brought orders for silver
aggregating more than ?>'.?,?>??. Most of tins
demand was from the west. When the tact is
taken into consideration that ?;<>.!>? was a very
grod average two weeks ago for silver d .liar
orders, the amount called for to-da.v sho vs a
remarkable increase in the popularity of the
dollar or the daddies.
Personal.?col. John S. Mosby left Washingten
last night for San Francisco, whence he will
sail to assume his duties as American ronstil at
Hong Kong. China Col. < ;eo. A. Purrington.
9ih cavalry, r. s. A., is in the city on a
leave of absence, a guest of Col. corbiu.
The sub-committkk on the legislative. e\-ecitive
and judicial appropriation bill. Messrs. Atkins.
Durham and Foster, will hold daily sessions
duiing the holiday recess, so a; to*complete
this important bill, and report it Jauuary
?th.
I.'eak Admiral Henry ii. hoff, i". s. n., die 1
suddenly in this city yesterday afternoon, of
congestion of the brain, at the residence of his
son, Lieut. Commander W. B. lion". The de.
ceased was sixty-nine years old. His widow i s
the youngest daughter of the late Commodore
W. M. Bainbrirtge. The remains have been
embalmed and win be taken to Philadelphia for
Interment on Saturday, and funeral services
will be held at the house of hisson, 1402 I. street,
that day. Hear Adailial IlofI was appointed a
midshipman from South Carolina in 1s23. la
February, 1s32, lie was engaged in the attack on
the foils at (,>ualla Bat too. in the East Indies,
commanding a division of seamen from the
frigate Potomac. His service was almost continuously
at sea until f-GJ. when he was ordered
to ordnance duty at Philadelphia, where he remained
during the war. He was couvnisslone 1
as rear admiral in lscr.
To He Reappointed.?The President has deelded
to reappoint tlie members of the Southern
Claims Commission, whose terms of office will
soon expire. The commissioners are Asa O
Aldis, of Vermont; James B. Howell, of Iowa,
and Orange Ferriss, or New York.
Mr. J. A. Bcrbank, ex-Senator Morton's
brother-in-law, and the ex-clerk or the Senate
committee on privileges and elections, lias been
unsuccessful in an attempt to be made collector
or internal re^ enue for the nth Indiana district,
col. \\ ildman. tl^e present collector, will be reappointed
by the President.
Senator Chaffee, of Colorado, is suffering
with disease ct the kidneys, and it had been
generally understood that he would not be a
candidate for re-election, bur has concluded ti
make the race again, and has written a letter
to that effect.
The Suit Against the government, brought
by the heirs of Stephen A. Douglas for certain"
cotton captured by t he United States in Mississippi
during the war and sold as abandoned
property, has been settled finally in the Court
of claims, by a judgment In favor of the claimants.
This case has been pending for year-,
and has been the subject of much to.itroveisv.
investigation and litigation. The heirs are
Robert M.Douglas, United State* marshal for
the western district of North Carolina, and Stephen
A. Douglas, jr.
Convictions Under the Pension Laws.?
Information has been received by the Commissioner
of Pensions, cf the following convictions
in the United States courts during December,
for violations of the pension laws: Allen o
Hewitt, claim a;jen', Bunbridle. Ohio. Tiling
raise testimony and forgery; James Doran!
claunant. Philadelphia, Pa., filing false affidavits;
seth B. Jones, v. itness, Chippe>va, Vis ,
forgery; James MeWillis, claimant, Monroe.
Ohio, forgery; John O'Conner, claimant, I)av'rn'
yhl?-' forgery; Gregory Rut, guardian,
buffalo, .. embezzlement of pension of his
wards; David Douglass, claimaLt, Moscow, oido,
fake testimony and forgery.
The Blaine Investigation Delayed.?The
committee appointed to investigate, under the
Blaine resolutions, the allegations of fraud in
connection with the recent election, met to-dav
There was present chairman Teller. Messrs.
Bayard, Bailey, Kirkwood, Garland and Cameron.
The committee discussed the interpretation
made by the First Comotroller of the Treasury
that the f'2fi,OCO heretofore appropriated
for the Allison committee, and which remains
unexpended, could not tie used by the committee,
and in view of tlie fact that the inves'igaucn
could not proceed without money, adjourned
to meet subject to the call of the c' airman.
rl he committee directed the chairman to
urafi a resolution tomake tlie $20,000 heretofore
appropriated available for the use of the committee,
and to report it the first da}* upon which
congress meets.
The African Expedition.?The Navy department
is informed of t he ariival at the island of
Madeira, yesterday,;of the Ticonderoga, Commodore
Shufeldt's African commercial expedition.
she leit Norfolk on the Tthinst. This
passage, made under sail in eighteen days, i.-> a
%erj quick one. The Ticonderoga will next
make for the cape de Verde islands, thence to
Monrovia. All are well on board her.
Outgoing and Incoming Senators. ? The
terms of office of the followlngh named senators
will exireon the 4th of March next; Geo.
E. spencer, of Ala.; S. W. Dorsey, Ark.; A. A.
Sargent, Cal.; J. B. charree, Col.; Win. H. Barnum,
Conn.: s. B. Conover, Fla.; John B. Gordon.
Ga.; R. J. Oglesby, 111.; Dan. W. Voarhees,
Ind.; J. J. Ingalls, Kan.; Thomas C. McCreery.
Ky.; James B. Eustls. La.: Geo. K. Dennis, Md
1?. H Armstrong, Mo.; John P. Jones. Nev.;
Balnbridge Wadielgh, N. H.; Roscoe Conkling
N.Y.; A. S. Merrimon, N.C.; Stanley Matthews,
Ohio; J. II. Mitchell, oregon: J. Don Cameron.
FaV A ' f S. C.; J. S. Morrill, Vt.;
Hove, Wis. ^eiators Gordon and
Morrill Lave been reelected. The re-election
w- V,r,1,?r? t 011kling. Cameron, Voorhees and
W ad.eigh IS conidered certain. Senators Fastis
and Irgalls will probably lie re-elected. George
s. Houston has been elected to succeed Mr
Spencer; Gen. Williams, of Ky.. will succeed
Mr. McCieery; Gov. Groome, of Md., has been
ejected in place of Mr. Dennis: Gov. Thayer, of
Oregon, will be Mitchell's successor; and gov.
W ade Hampton will nil the vacancy caused bj"
Mr. Patterson's retirement; Gov. Vance, of
N.C.. Is likely to succeed Mr. Merrimon. George
Pendleton has been elected to succeed Stanley
Matthews; Mr. Armstrong is serving the unexpired
tei m of Lewis Bogy, deceased, and there
is a hot light between a dozen candidates, who
are all anxious to succeed Mr. Armstrong; a republican
will succeed Mr. Barnumrin Connecticut:
ex-Senator Yulee is seeking to be re-elected
to the Senate in place of Mr. Conover; Mr.
Howe Is anxious to come back for another term,
but It is said t hat his chances for re-elect Km
are very slim.
No Moke Special Coin Accounts.?Treasui
er Giltillan has written to all assistant treasurers
of the United states directing them to
discontinue special coin accounts from and
after the 1st of January, keeping but- one account,
in which no distinction will be made between
coin and legal tenders.
secretary Sherman and TreasurerGiltillan
returned from New York yesterday morning.
0
(ifs. Sheridan Is preparing a reply to the
letter of Secretary sehurz asking for specifications
as to the allege>1 mismanagement of Indian
affairs by the Interior depart nent.
A Combined Raid on Moonshiners.?commissioner
Ilauin to-day received the following
di; patch from Lancaster, Kentucky, signed by
W. J. I.andran, collector of internal revenue:?
"My deputy reports \Yavi>e countv finished,
capturing live stfils. collector Woodcock's
party co-operated in Wayne, and have cone
back into Tennessee. My party, now in Wiiiteley,
captured one still there and is moving towards
Pig Creek Gap. expecting to meet Collector
Cooper's party. Prisoners will be takea
to London for trial. Weather intensely cold,
and hard on men and horses."' This is one of
the results of a raid along the state line between
Kentucky and Tennessee. This raid is a
combined one. The internal revenue force* in
Kentucky and Tennessee have been joined together,
and are doing most effective work in the
locality mentioned.
TnE Work of Refitting the part of the
Smithsonian building formerly occupied by Professor
Henry and family, for use of the fish commission
and the officers connected with the exchange
system of the Smithsonian Institution,
is nearly completed. The change of quarters
has already l>ee:i made, and the crowded condition
of the ollices in the Smithsonian building
proper lelieved. Telephonic communication
has been established between all parts of the
building, including the new oitices. In the
work of relit ting many improvements have been
made to facilitate the work done under the exchange
system.
No Extra Session.?The outlook now is that
there will not be any special session of the 4<>th
Congress, nor will the necessity ex ist for the
convening of the Senate in extraordinary session.
No serious conflict between the two
houses is apprehended on any of 1 he appropriation
bills, and the only other contingency for a
special session of Congress, or even an estra01
dinary.session of the senate, would be the
failure to confirm some Important nominations
Thus far the President has met with 110 serious
antagonism in the confirmation of his appointments,
and outside of the New York appointments
none is expected, and even should these
be rejected, it is not believed it would c mstrai 1
the President to call a special session for t he
purpose of confirming whatever nominations
he might subsequently send to the Senate.
RESITS!FTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS.?It iS 110t
the fixed intention of the Treasury to resume
only at New York. It is the ultimate intention
to receive legal-tenders at all the sub-treasu)ies,
if tiu- transactions in New York after the
first of January next demonstrate, as it is supposed
they will, tnat resumption is to be a complete
success. When the department is satisfied
of this fact, l'nlted states notes will be redeemed
[at the different sub-treasuries
throughout the country, as well as in
New York. To do this it would be necessary to
transport coin from New York. In this case an
appropriation would have to be made for that
purpose. From present indications of preference
by tlia people at this early date for greenbacks
over gold, it can safely be inferred that
the different sub-treasuries will receive a sufficient
amount of that coin to redeem, without
calling on New Y ork, all legal-tender notes presented.
? < ?
The Following Losses by Fires occurring
yesterday are reported by telegraph:?'The
round-house of the New York and Oswego Midland
railroad, at Oswego, N. Y? with nine
engines. A four-story brick building, at Newark,
N. J., occupied by Wheeler & Ailing as a
shirt factory, and James II. Thomas, dealer in
paints and oils; loss ?-25,(KX); the Reformed
church, adjoining, damaged fl.soo. Geo. Yeatman,
a fireman, fell from the roof of the church
to the ground and was instantly killed. The
night was very cold and the water in the hose
froze. The firemen suffered greatly from the
cold. Chicago and Northwestern railway freight
depot, at Fond dti Lac. Wis.: books saved. Manufactory
of the Star Rubber Company, at Trenton.
N. J.; loss $20,000. The Globe and Niagara
flour mills, at mack Rock, N. Y.: loss nearly
fso.oco. At St. Josenhs, Mo., the millinery, liar
and cap stores of Lock wood & Co., were d image
i by lire and water to the extent of about
Ci'ristmas in Wa i.l Street?Hold i* Dead:?
This is from a interview with a Wall street
broker:
"Put isn't this gold demonstration at par
merely the result of bets between brokers that
they would buy at par before Christmas?"
"Some one has been giving you confectionery,
young man. No one lias cared enough for
gold for the last three months to make a bet on
It. There's only one reason for its fall. It's
diopped occause we've a racket that's worth two
of it. Ask Jay Gould, and he may let you in."
Visits successively to most of the brokers offices
along the street could elicit no more detinue
answer than this. Jay Gould smiled in his
ghastly sphinx-like way when approached on
the subject, and his bright little bead-like eves
j-napped and sparkled again, but he would only
say: " Bah: its of no account. There is no seanation
on the street any more. Gold is dead."
The Great snow storm which began in western
New York last Saturday had not abated yesterday.
At Watertown the depth of the snow
\\ as four feet, and no trains had arrived since
Monday night. Similar reports come from other
points In that section of New York. At Kansas
City, Mo., the weather for the past week has
been the severest known In that region for
twenty years. Over two feet of snow covers
the earth, while the mercury has been several
degrees below zero. The Missouri river has
been closed for a week and the ice is a foot
thick. All land transportation in that quarter
is now done by sleighs. Tills section of Ontario,
about Port Claiborne, has been visited bv
1 lie heaviest snow storm for many years. The
snow now lie s to the depl h of three feet for tea
miles inland. Railroad traffic is considerably
delayed.
A Texas Tragedy.?At Junction Citv, Texas,
Tom Doran and Loul3Temple fought with pistols,
and Doran killed Temple. The Litter's
father pursed Doran, shooting him twice, fatally.
lie then stabbed the prostrate man eleven
times, and cut his throat from ear to ear.
A Novel Feature of Christmas in Kansas
< ty was a grand distribution of provisions and
groceries to the poor by Mayor Geo. M. Shelly.
At his suggestion i lie citizens gene rail v contributed
a large amount of edibles, and the
provender was distributed among the worthy
destitute of the city.
Ezra Wilson Killed His Wife at Boston vesteiday,
and then committed suicide. They were
married in July, but had quarreled and senarated.
She visited Ills store to procure some
letters written during their courtship, and a
second interview terminated with the death of
both parties.
Divorces in St. Louis.?The court of appeals,
in session at St. Louis, has dccided that divorce
cases cannot he referred to a referee. This decision
places a large number of parties to such
suits in a very unpleasant position, as it nullifies
the decisions made by referees.
Electric Lights for Russia.?a locomotive
shop in Paterson, N. J., has received an order
for seven immense electric lanterns from the
Russian government. These lanterns are to be
placed at the bows of the seven largest Russian
men-of-war.
Scarlet Feter and Diphtheria in the Baltimore
Schools.?Dr. James A. Steuart, health
commissioner cf Bail imore, yesterday prepared
a circular to be sent to the principals of public
schools In the city, as soon as the holiday recess
ends, ending attention to the prevalence of scarlet
fever and diphtheria at this time, and the care
that should be exercised In this respect over
children attending school.?[Halt. Sun, 25th.
A Minister Deposed.?A council of Baptist
ministers at Jackson, Mich., has deposed Rev.
L. I). Palmer, of Jackson, from 1 he ministry, on
the charge of willful and injurious falsehood,
of being impudent and unchastc in his conduct.
Death Hastened by a Wife's Flight.?At
Columbus, Ohio, Capt. E. I). House, formerly of
the r.d Ohio infantry, was found dead in his bed
M or day morning. He had been in poor health
:or some time, his disease'being aggravated bv
he desertion of his wife, who went to Texas to
join her paramour.
Fire on a Steamer.?A lire occurred yesterday
in the ccal bunkers of the steamship
Athens, while lying at Girard Point, below
Philadelphia. Her hatches were battened
down, and the compartment filled with water,
putting out the lire. The Athens belongs to
t he Blue Star line, and was to have sailed on
Saturday for Amsterdam.
rr-Several hundred coal miners have recently
left the Cumberland coal regions to look for
work in the west.
The Snow Hill (Md.) Me**en<ter reports
that Miss Lillian Duer, the young woman who
shot Missiiearn, lias gone raving mad,
1
'Flu* Army Hcortraiiiz.ition lis!!.
what army officers think ok it.
I <.en. Sherman has sent eoplcs of the army
; bill proposed by the Burnside committee to the
i commanders of military departments and other
most prominent officers of the army. He has j
received replies from several of these officers, \
expressing their opinions as to the merits of
the prop* sed measure of army legislation.
c.en. UPTON,
commanding the artillery school at Fortress j
Monroe. says in a leiter just received by Qen.
Sherman* "The new army bill is received, and
I must say it agreeably disappoints me. congross
lias never show 11 so favorable or friendly
;i disposition befote. The provisions for reduction
are extremely liberal, wlii'.-: the propose 1
settlement of many vexed questions is so manifestly
for the best interests of the service that
l hope the bill may become a law. Command
and administration seem to be very plainly divided,
and if this distinction ls established by
law I can see no reason to apprehend the confusion
of the past. The staff will bee >me a
part of the army, and we shall be ab'e to work
hat monionsly in the future. The principle of
stall detail which you have long urged will enab'e
you by means of personal reports to reward
all zealous and aspiring young officers. I
notice that inspection reports are to bo consideied
ordinarily as -confidential.' This makes an
Inspector a spy. The last line of section 204
ought to be omitted."
GENERAL nANCOCK
writes under date of December nth:?"I have
come to the conclusion that there will not be
much harm done if the staff suffers some by the
Hurnslde resolution. When the staff and line
of an army are in hostile array, aslnourser\
ice to-day. the public service cannot t>* as well ,
attended to. I think, as if no such state of af- j
fairs existed. 1 can understand why t he line is
hostile in the encroaclim nts and greed of the
staff for honor; but w by snould Congress or its
committees lc so hostile to the staff: I think
it can only be accounted for on t i.e idea that the
pressure in Congress year by year on the part
of a numerous staff has Incensed them. I d > ,
not know who is responsible for the bill 01 ]
Buinside'scommitide, but I think if has many ]
% ot y gocd things in it. and ls likely to become .1
law.v
GENKKAI. SrnOFTKI.n,
superintendent of the military academy, says:
1 really think we have reason to be gratified
with the work of the committee; although we
would pladly gave so great a cutting down of
1 he officers if possible. The mode of doing this
is as liberal as could be expected, ii it. has to bo
done. I think yeu can rely upon the support of
nearly the entire army, outside of Washington.
In j our support of this measure."
cot. Hampton, on Monday evening last, sent
a communication to both branches of the South
Carolina legislature on the eve of its adjournment.
The signature to the communication
was in the governor's own handw riting, and
was as follows: "I had hoped to be able to see
and thank each of my friends of the general
assembly in person tor the many acts of personal
and official kindness of w hich I have been
tLe constant iccipientat their hands. Providence,
while denying ine this great pleasure,
has vouchsafed to me the reasonable hope that
I may in the future be able to do so. But on this
tl.e eve of your adjournment, which will be the
severance of my intimate- official connection
w ith you. I feel impelled to address you a word
of farew ell. Your flattering selection of me as
senator in the Congress of ilie United states is
only one more mark of the confidence and
esteem which I have so often experienced at
your hands, and which has been a never-eeasing
comfort and support to me in my hour of
success or of t rouble. That I may be able in the
future to merit as fully as I have In the past received
it, is my highest hope."
Cait. Eads Not Inmctkd.?'The grand jury
at st. Louis is engaged In investigating the
affairs of the defunct National Bank of the
state of Missouri, and will probably indict all
directors cf that concern. Capt ain James B.
Eads, of Jetty fame, was one of the directors,
but the statement that Indictments have been
found against him is premature. The New York
Svn published a long letter from St. Louis, Mo.,
the purport of which is that the failure of the
bank disastrously a little more than a year ago,
was directly due to the perversion of its funds
and credit by the directors, of which Captain
Eads is said to have been a leading spirit, to
their individual uses, without exception, the
Sunn correspondent asserts,the surviving directors
profess to be unable to pay their debts
And among the so-calied assets of the broken
bank are the individual notes of its directors
and of members of their families to the amounof
one million eight hundred and sixty thousand
dollars. It is for this that the names of Cant.
Eads and his associates have been presented to
the grand jury for indictment.
AFcnr.isiiop Pcrcbll, of Cincinnati, who, on
Sunday last. announced 10 his congregation t ha
he had written to t lie l'ope asking to be retired
on account of old age. was born at Mallow.
County Cork. Ireland. February 20. l?oo. lie
studied at Mount St. Mary college, Frederick
county. Md.: completing his preliminary course
at St. Sulpice, Paris. He w as president of Mourn
st. Mary college from is<f> to 1S33, when he was
appointed Bishop of Cincinnati. He became
archbishop in l?50. His discussions with Alexander
Campbell and the orator victors are well
remembered. His books.ha\ e aided largely the
spread of Catholicism in'the west.
A Eoy in a Mukderer's Role.?A special dispatch
to the Baltimore Gazette from Wheeling.
\Y. Ya , Dec. 24, says: A shocking shooting affair
happened at Martin's Ferry, a neighboring town,
at noon to-day. It appears that two bays, named
respectively Michael Mullin and Franc'-: Blanco,
were at tLe house of a married sister of the
foimer. Mullin was engaged rocking a cradle
which contained a three-weeks-old child.
Blanco went into the kitchen, and seeing a
double-ban tied gun asked the lady of the house
if It was loaded and started with it to the sitting-room,
where the other boy and child were,
where he shot Mullin in the head, the shot
tearing away the forehead. Mullen was twelve
years old. while Blanco is only two months his
senior.
A Litti.e Election Just fob Frx ? A special
dispatch from Rockford, 111.. Dec. ?>d, savs:
The term of postmaster for this city expires in
March next. There are three aspirants for the
office. A E. Smith, ilie present incumbent, and
editor of the Rockford Gazette; Captain T. G.
Lawler, and Israel Sovereign, a hai aware merchant,
all republicans. The judges of election,
at the call of many citizens, consented to open.i
the polls for tl.e purpose of giving t he voters a n m
opportunity of naming their choice at the billot^
box. which w as accordingly done yesterday,
with the following result: Law ler, l.csa; Sovereign,
214. Smith declined to enter into anv
election whatever, depending solely upon his
record as postmaster for the past four years.
Sovereign withdrew from the contest "about
three hours after the polls were opened, publishing
a card stating that, on account of things
not being correct in the management of the ballot
box. aeeoiding to his understanding, he
claims illegal voting, ballot-box stuffing, and
bulldozing generally by Law ler's friends.
A Congressional Election Contest.?John
M. Wlctlng, late greenback democratic candidate
for member of Congress from the25th New
"i ork district, lias notified Frank Hiscoek, the
republican member-elect, that he should contest
the late election on these grounds: Intimidation
and threats of dismissal from employment
of electors in both courtland and onondaga
counties; bribery in the use of money, especially
in the fourth ward of the city of Syracuse;
the unlaw ful counting of ballots, and the
failure to count ballots by the inspectors, especially
In the city of Syracuse: the permitting
of convicts to vote; the unlawful interference of
United States mai-shals. in preventing the free
exercise of the ballot.
Mozart's Grand Mass, No. 33, In E flat, was
performed for the first time in America yesterday
morning, at St. Mary's Catholic Church
Philadelphia, in the presence of an immens
congregation. Forty singers and a grand or
chestra, under the direction of Prof. T. E. liar
klrs, ex-president of the Philadelphia Muslca'
Association, participated. The grand process
lonal marches performed at St. Peter's, a*
Rome, also had an initial performance.
Asking toe Removal of a Fire Chief.?Some
seventy-five representatives of insurance companies,
doing business in St. Louis, have petitioned
Mayor Overstolz to remove II. Clay Sexton
from the position of the chief of the fir
department for alleged mismanagement of
fires.
R?"T!;e health report of New Orleans showone
fatal case of vellow fever for the week ended
December 13.
WGen. Jovellar has been presented with a
golden tablet by the municipality of Havana, in
commemoration of the pacification of the Island.
t*~Tbe attending physicians pronounce Governor
Hampton out of danger, but state that Ms
recovery w ill be slow and tedious.
C~Tlie "currency" man of the D>troit Fret
Pre** dont believe nature intended man to
dilnk water. He says she will freeze up the
water pipes on the slightest occasion, and never
meddle w ith a barrel of whisky when she can
help it.
L .'" "l""1"'"-'T""*' ' ' ??
Telegrams to Tha Star.
THE CHAMPION WALK Ell.
O'Leary Still Claims the Title.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
foiti;h;n affairs.
Approaching Fnd of the Oidham
Strike.
London. Doc. 26.?The Manchester Guardian
sa>s: There are signs of the Oldham strike
coming to an end. A number of hands have
been obtained from neighboring towns, and it
is believed that the now year will rind many of
the mills running at a reduction of waged.
ShipHTcrk,
The strte line steamship state of Louisiana
which struck on Hunter's rock, in I .urine I > >u >1
In land, on tin- morning or the 2-itli Inst . is ih!
on t lie rock. The weat her is very rou_rh, and it
is feared she will be lost with much of her
cargo.
Humeri lo I><<at!i.
rt ri.in, < 'nt., in c. 'A'..?The h use of .loin
0 Brion, at McKllloy, two milesfrom this \
was burned yesterday. Mrs. O'Brien and her
son and daughter perished in the tiame>. Mr.
O'Brien and several other members of the fruily
had to walk over a mile to the nearest hou-o
through a furious storm, and all were badlv
frozen. .Mr. O'Brleu v. ill probablj die.
WI.KAKV*X U IYK.
1 Hf nt j' A head of Caiu*?TiMTi
"Vs1 I? *1 mil S'lirtlicr
Aiiind.
New York. Doc. 26.?l*p to 11 o'clock Ciimorning
o'Leary was still twenty miles ihe i:i
ot campana in the six davs walk at tJHmoie'^
(iarden. At that time the forme; had 'n id
miles and the Ir.tter o'Leary maintains
his <iUick rattling gait whieh he has kept
up from t he firsts while his opponent appe .'N
as if he was tired out. although he st ru'jr-'i< manfully
around the track, opinion is univor-al
amor g sporting men that a competitor
to beat O'Leary has yet to be discovered.
Pltrcltase of Valuable Property by
A. T. Stewart ,v t o.
new Aohk. Dec. so.?The &'k<i to-day xavs
Tudge Hilton has coneiudedfor the ttrmof \ T
Stewart .v to. the purchase or the block of land
now occupied by the'.1st rcini'ient armory, and
thither the retail business of the establishment
is to be transferred as soon as a suitable building
can lie erected, leaving t he wholesale b usiness
in the great store on Broadway and loth
street. The new location lies between l'.roidway
and Sixth avenue and 35th and :w;th streetIt
is near the s:;d street station of the Metropolitan
Elevated Railroad. The price paid for
this important property Is not stated.
Frozen lo Death.
Cincinnati, Dee. -26.?a special dispatch sav-,
that near Crown Point, Indiana, on Tuesday, a
man named Henry Holmes went to the forest to
get a load of wood. Iiis horses became entangled
in the underbrush, and in his efforts to
release them he became thoroughly exhausted,
overcome with cold he lay down ou the snow
where he was found sometime afterward insensible.
His legs were frozen. He was taken
home and cared for, but no hopes were entertained
of his recovery.
. Tlie Snow Blockade.
New \ okk. Doc. 2(5.?tlio St. Louis oxpro3s
on the New York central, with way malls, duo
here at 10:30 a. in., was reported eight hours
late, owing to snow blockade. It is doubtful if
any through trains will arrive over that route
to-day. I uless there is assurance t hat th< Central
read is clear to-night the mails will be sent
by some other route.
Senteneed.
New York, Dec. 26.?Henry Baer. convicted
of obtaining 2s bales of tobacco from Sevinour \
Co., under false representations that his tirm
was solvent, was sentenced to-dav, in oyer and
terminer. Eloquent appeals for mercy were
made, on the ground or previous respeotabllltv.
Judge Davis sentenced him to the penitenttarv
tor six months and a tine of $4,OW?about the
value of the tobacco.
Suicide of a Convict.
New York, Dec. 20.?John \v. Price, a convict
in the King's county penitentiary, committed
suicide early this morning, bv han in
himself to a bar in his cell. " c
The .llarkets.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 20?Yhyinia elies, deferred
7,b; do oonsolidated. 65k; do. second aeries, 35
do. raft due coupons, 81. North Carolina s<im, old
18; do. new, 10; do. Ri>ecial tax, 2 bid to-day
Butar ptroiikr?A soft.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 2t?.?Cotton steady and firm ?
middling, 87>t9. Flour quiet ana nominally
steady? Howard street and western suj>er. 2 75a3 25
do. extra, 3.50a4.00; do. family. 4.25a4 75; city
mills surer, 2.75a3.25; do. extra, 3.5Ua4.U0; do. Rio
brancs, 5.2aa5.50; Patansco family, 6.25 Whwat
southern firm and small supply; western steady and
ft rm-southern red, U8al.05; do. amber, 1 oo.il 0s
No. 2 Pennsylvania red,1.0C>*al.t)07.; No. 2 western
winter red, snot and December, 1.05\,al 00; Jan
uarv, 1.06al.e6'?; February, 1.07^al.()7', Corn,
southern famy active an.l firm, western dull and
lower-southern white, 42a45; do. yellow, 42a44>;
western mixed, spot and Deeeml>er. new, 43V Jan
uary, 43Xa4:ps; February, 44a44>4; steamer. ?IV;
Cats oull and lower?southern. 2Sa32: western white,
32; do. mixed. 30a31. Pennsylvania, 3uaU. Rye
quiet and nominal-southern, 5oa58. Hay dull and
steady-prime Pennsylvania and Maryland. 11 .00a
14.U0. Provisions drill and .jobbing trade only.
Less lotk, 8.2;). Bulk rueat??l<x?se shoulders,
new, 2 . a3; clear rib sides, new, ;t?4a;r4 |H>r car load .
do. packed,new, 3>j and Bacon?shoulders, old,
3: clear ribeides new, 5. Hams, sfyrar-ctired, new.
S!a*JJ$. Lard?refined, tierces, 0^. Butter quietchoice
western packed, 16al8; rolls. 15a 10. Petro
leum dull-crude. 7\\ refined, 8JC. Coff<? firmRio
cargoes. 11 ale. Whiaky dull. 1.09al.0UM
Freights to Liverpool i>er steamer du!I and nomi
nal?cctton, ijd.: flour, 2s.0d.; irrain, 7d. asked
Recerpte-flour. 2,204; wheat, 30,900^ com, 47,;o?
oats. 200. Shipments?wheat, 52,000 ; lam. i;t 300
NEW YORK, Dec. 26,-Stocks flrni. Money, 4aT,
Corn o.lOO. Exchange, lomr, 482^; sftoit, 488 %
Governn:ents fiiu;. ^
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.?Flour (juiet. Wheat qu'et
Go:d, quiet; 1
< ?-? ,
The Mckder ok Makv Stannarp.?a special
dispatch to the New York Tiiafn, from New
Haven, Dec. 22, says: "The press dispatch was
in error regarding the date of the beginning < t
Jcv. II. 11. Hayden's trial for the murder ot
aiy E. Stannard. The state's attorney Inyour
correspondent that no date lias been
^raed. that the trial cannot well begin as early
as .Jan. 14, and that all that can be s;iid is that
it will be tried rome time between the middle
of January and the 1st of March. The knife
discovered not long ago near the scene of the
murder and taken possession of by the state,
has been microscopically examined by Prof. M.
C. White, who found the blood on Hayden's
knife, and no trace of blood has been found on
It, so it drops out of the case. The trousers of
old Benjamin Stevens, which were said to have
had blood on them, have been similarly examined,
and no trace or blood has been found on
them. It is still believed that the recent action
of the police here in looking for a mysterious
body, said to have been buried in the outskirts i
of the city, had some bearing upon the Stannard
case. The theory of some is that certain
persons intended to tamper with Mary's bidy.
but were betrayed by one of the party before
their plans were carried into effect, and that
the actions of the authorities, though apparently
rutlle, were really effective in preventing
such tampering.
Death Pkom a .Joke by Boys.?On the lsih
instant, while returning from night school, Ann
Robinson, of No. i;;9 spencer street, fell over a
wire stretched across the sidewalk by some mischievous
boys at the corner of Myrtle avenue
and Spencer street, Brooklyn, receiving a fracture
of the skull. Yesterday she died.?f.V. y
World, 24(h.
TheOu> Scheme Revived.?Some ambitious
schemers in Texas are slyly forming their plans
to divide that great commonwealth into rive
states. This arrangement would provide places
tor eight distinguished citizens in the senate
and four gubernatorial aspirants, and result in
a largely increased vote in the Electoral college.
It is supposed that the measure will be
popular among the local politicians of Texas.?
UYttr Orleans Democrat.
t^" The South Carolina legislature adjourned
sine die this morning, after a session of only
four weeks.
W"Rev. Father Luigt Sartori will be the
successor of Father Ryan at St. Patrick's
Church at Cumberland, who comes to Washington.
r^~Tfce British forces under Gen. Browne
occupied Jelalabad on the aoth Instant, and
were received in a friendly manner by the inhabitants.
The Ameer left Cabul on the 10th
instant.
WTfce departui-e of the Ameer from Balkh
with the RussianMl^slon Is officially coniirmed.
Of""Please I'ncheck Your Horses" is the sign
on the road from Orange, N. J., to St, Cloud,
where it is steepest.
I*7 A child, 5 months old, fell from its nurse's
arms into an open grate. In New Haven, a few
days ago, and was nuuy burned.
L?CALJNEWS.
ArrrM of n "Trick I>ortor."
?crEK?riTiei s colokki* rsoru tuk victims Or
\ XOl'POOtPT.
A queer oj\>" \Cis developed yesterday at
police headquarters. Twoeolor'Nl ? ?m>flCill<Nl
there tocomplain of having o- en swindled by
a "voiiiV'oist it, (tcr known anions ' he otlored
pwjile as a trick doctor.' t 'nc of ; !?'*>? women
is tl?e wno ol a color*\l nin r.u ied tubnev,
wboicsMwon New Juw) ivnuf. IvimM II
and N streets, and who had beca mc;-, i??r several
months wish rheumatism. The\ li.id tri.-d
a white <li " u frr ?:s*f tui)i> win . r encoura.ing
results. avl r c : -i-.-1 ir -uts persuaded
them 1 se .d fo< N >. n k <i ?r. who
rtvs Iiv tlie it ;i;ie "I Miulus Vidlle* ii." tout.
wh<?f n ;! name is s.i il t > be.???. * arroll. and
v. lso is "iel! k in?\>!?to t o }* * a* sharp f"!tow.
v.;l* Wt:!il> iiiu;iif and i-. i'.?' ni i \ I inordinary
ad eefives ,i t.t vend-* v. I ,m. Dr.
Jo.? am 11. alias >;ini is Muldletoti. it vcri' l
tiiO call, aid.. ! or i d a-i??'-Is of ; i offt'ivd
to cuse Vr. Pah.oy i t a s ; soa.V of
time for .s. l< u? ,i ll lw no. v '.>r linn f.i
have some silver, he * I. and s o >j?.t t i
start with. at t a part of : '.e money. odDabm
>"s -ii\ r tta'.'h, a '..air dollar. l>; Tor k.i fe. a
pair of p .{ eai i itiirs. s"ld pin. o-id peacll.
vateli chain and M-veral other in-lo's. with
$>."> in , ash. were clven iillu *!?? w >iv w ' h." .is
he stated, w iih the uti<iei>?at.diru tha all of
t lies*1 an le'.t s e\?-op! the money were! i 1m- returned
.111? i 1 e r-'moved thp "siv!!" wafc ,i in*
stated the oi i:.an was -nfierlti: tim>\. These
he took away with ldin. afier say iu soaie ? > !doo
gibberish,aklnssomo tn<>ut It, >.i nitons,
and coir.;s* ti,ifiii^ii considerable p 1 ".! maie.
I-efoie : a\uis he said that some out* tiaI
planted
A Thit'K OV THE ItJUI'T',
vl'Mi lio wi'iild have to remove so >n a> ho
OOWid ascertain v. here it was. This .. .aid tako
three days :.d three hours to f: :id oat The
Dabncys walbd patiently, the old nian feeling
better trom the start, ami word ? u pass* J
aln>ut tin* i.e sl,l. rho d that the tr;.v." dx*t ?r
waseurlni; the s . k man. Tuts eoiuiti * to tlio
ki.ow'ed>;e ?I 1>'< U rt.t Ford, a sle'.iy-looking
colored y\oii.an. IIMuk near bv on 41 t street,
between K and I. streets, who had. as
stated, it t o ttouba-d for several v. eek- \\ itb tlie
^rijK and afterw ard* \\ is ii - mlse in i?er
spine, she went for the same d Tor, \\ho after
hearing I er stor> . said at ottoe that she had
Iwti eonjuird: It was one of lie plainest easiM
he had e\er seen, but he eo?il 1 cure her in
twenty days, lie must have silver and cold to
work w it la. and in money as an a<U v < pay nient
on ? >. v iii. h would b' his prus' for tho
itb: ti e -live, and sold articles to b?- t>'turo?Hl
to 1 er in 11"? *??' tn. es three days, making uino
days, lioberta slie ^ave him f e $s. her
poid cit*-> and ehaln w.irtli $s??. <^t?ld breastpin,
sil\er tl iii-b'.e, a a silver irob'et, and
pi't'inised to pay him the uliole am* int In 111st;d!ii.ents.
a; d he l? n. tlr.st tellin?r >? r that
there w as se:::et'ain;; Isi the j^r< -titui t?i her yard
whieh lewenld i.a\e to sisid ?>ui a I n*iuovo
U-i'oie she would uet well, la Hire.- da\s and
three la nrs l.e wostld l?e able to tlnd At 'ho
el.*1*1 t l.e ' il:;e ST ai??d in 1 l;e li !*st * * * li>* |>*.
tuna-u. at -i '^r.ijicio a <*t,r?a!n spot d-;s d <\vn a
little w ay ; jai found a bottle eoutalnlns stii;K>thlngtl*.e>
didn't know what, and ttnir, it av ay;
t la n poin. to holRTta"s house he \\'":t 1 lirciuirh
about the same |HTloniianoe. finding a bottle,
w lileh w as alto temoved.
THE 1'AViKNTS 1'fcEI. BETTER, Rt'T AFTERWAKDS
I FTL WOKsE.
Mrs. Dahi . y said t lie old i>. in t not. .:U: he felt
Utter, but he sot wor-eaualn. Koln-rta Ford
(ir.tenuptinv' siial siie 111011 sht liei -niiseil -s
was a little better, and the jrrlpes was eleuii
KOLe. but she sot wut-s asin." '1 he re ,J ot their
story was thai tliedocior earne back asain and
said he knew what the matter was: he would
have to change the bottle from one > ard to the
other, and wait throe days and three hours,
then remove the contents or eich and both
would Ih- well of their pains. lunti patients
waited the time stat?-d. when lieeaaie. and ?hsslng
up 1 he viais. took from each s?jni.' whltlslilooking
stuff, which he said was salt, pepper,
and some grave-yard dirt and some hair. This,
Le said, would settle the diriieulty and they
w? uld tietrout*!ed no further: hut, t<-make suro
of it. in the case of Kobcrta.be would liave to
takeaway her ifat-irous. tiutins iron, tea-pot,
andseveratotl orthinss. allol which would be
returned in nine days, when they must have
some more money for him. This was the last
they had teen of him.
Detectives Me.Kifnsh and Miller, to w hom
these siraifle-n Inded woui?*n told 1 heir story,
weie convinced who the lellow was lony befoit;
they had finished, and telllnr tli^tn to wait iu
the oftlce aw hile they went straight to Jo. i'arroirsslianty,
on 4' street, near Maryland avenue.
and in le-s than twenty minute had him
locked up at the central uiard house on the
charge of obtaining money and s<hk!s under
false pretences, the warrant having been procured
by the women.
The ease was ealied in tlie Police <'ourt this
morning and postponed until tomorrow, tho
accused vuudooisi" beius committed iu default
of Jtw bonds.
< liristma? < clclrat ion >.
SIKOAV SCHOOt FEsTlVAt.s.
Ilesidei, the religious services at the ' hur hes
in commemoration of the birth of the snvtour,
mentioned in Tuesday's Star, several of the
Sunday schools have had their Christmas festivals.
The Congregational Sunday school. Mr. J. H.
Dunkler, superintendent, assetnbk' l Tuesday
evening, when a Christmas tree was lighted
and the girts distributed to the scholars. Th?i
exercises consisted of singing, rccitatloas, Ac.,
by the classes.
The 1 irst i'resbrterian school and t he mission
school had their festival Tuesday evening, and
the exercises were very interesting, consisting
of singing. r?citations, xc. "Shout the glad
I t d.ngs." with sopiano and baritone sol'is bv
Miss Carrie Kiduell and Mr. \V. itice, was well
suiip. the scholars joinlns in the chorus. Dr.
Sunderland^ readitg o; Dlcken's devription of
Tiny Tim's Christmas dinner was a pleasant
feature of the evening. The super.ntendent,
J. P>. W ifcht. invited the scholars to the Sunday
school room, w here there w as a brilliantly lighted
Christ mas tree, surrounded by a variety of
gifts, including clothins and provisions for the
poor connected with the school. A Christmas
ode,composed bj 11. J. Frost, superintendent or
the mission school, w as sung, bringing t he exercises
to a close.
There was a gala time at the North Baptist
church, l !th stieet. near 1{. Tuesday evening,
when the Sunday school had a celebration. The
church was ttnely decorated, and tlie arrixal of
"Kiiss Ktingle" dowii a chimney and out of
the fireplace was greeted with shouts of delight.
The Christmas sprite proved that he wa? a being
of extensive acquaintance among the children.
for he called each scholar up by name aud
handed out a present.
Yesterday afternoon the Sunday setiool of iho
Central lTesbyterian church (:id -,tr.eo h:ui a
ceh1 brat ion. A liuo t iee. laden w ith prizes of
all kinds, was strlpjxd bare, Itev. F?r. A. \V.
Pil/er. 1 he pastor, n.akins the presentations,
after which recitations and singing were In
otder.
At ? m. IL} church last evening, after an
Interestirsprogramme of recitations, sinsins,
no., the viiis fioin two Christmas frees were
distributed throiarb the agency of Krias KrinSle."
to the pupils, and the pastor Kev.H.s.
1 ranee, v.as not forgotten.
The I.ate F. A. Aiken.?At the meeting of
iournalists and other friends or the late Fredcrick
A. Aiken, at the office 01 the Washington
/'< r, on Tiiesdaj afternoon, Mr. E. P.
lhooks. of the Xniiotval RtpuW-< an. w as called
to the chair, and Mr. C. M. l.arton acted as
seeietaiy. ?.ia]or Den l'eiley l*oore, John li.
Met arthy. \\m. M. Robertson, In. c. c. cox
ar.il Wm. Dickson were appointed a committee
on resolutions. Messrs. P. A. Julllen, c. m. barton
and Cliff Warden were appointed a committee
or three to confer with the family of deceased
with re re re nee to the arrangements for
the funeral. The committee on resolutions reported
a series expressive of sorrow and sympathising
with the family of the deceased,
speeches were made to the resolutions and in
eulogy of the deceased by l?r. c. C.?'ox. Rev. < *.
W. Deunison. Col. ceo. U. Corkbl'I. ?;en. J.
Adams Congdon and MaJ. Den Petlev Poore.
The follow lng were appointed a committee 10
represent the meet lug at the funeral: -1 'ol. <;eo.
B. Cerklilll. F. B. Hay, John Morris, M.B.Brady,
Geo. Douglass and A. B. Taicott.
The funeral took place at 11 o'clock to-day
from the late lesidcnce of the decea?-d, on lath
street, near (J. aud it was very largely attended,
the new spapers of this city and elsewhere
belns represented. The remains were encased
in a handsome casket, on which were rtoral ornaments.
and the services were conducted by
Rev. Dr. Elliot, of the church of the Aseenslon
The interment was made in the Eaton lot at
Oak IiiiL The pall-bearers were Ben Perley
Poore. c. M. barton. A. B. Taicott. represenUne
the press; M. B. Brady. X. Davidson and CoU
G. B. corkhiU, representing the citizens.
Marriage Licenses have been Issued to Thos
L. Green and Margaret Jackson: Martin Kiu
muller, of Jefferson county, W. va.. and Alice
J. Plant: John F. Jarvls. of England, and Loui.-a
A. Heath; Joseph s. ijuesenbery, of Westuiore
hind county, Va.. and Bell Ainrustiea. of samo
place; Thomas Wilson and Estella V. Slmtns
Thomas Foster and Mary s. Baum; Daniel Colbert
asd Lizzie Hicks; Noble Adams and Mary
Clagett; Henry King and Catharine Webster;
Henry H. Club and Elizabeth Hodson; Adam
seimbach, of Baltlmoro, Md.. and Annie Walker,
of Norfolk, Va.; Loudon Taliaferro and
Sophia Porter; Samuel F. cook, of Charles county,
Md.. ar.d Bertha E. Ward, of Prince lieorge's
county, Md.; Charles Owens, of Philadelphia.
Pa., and Sarah Miller.
Fire I.apt Night.?About is o'clock last night
tire was discovered in house No. 1 i?l loth street
northwest, occupied by Charles Johnson. The
Are was promptly extinguished by tlie Ore department,
after damage to the building of
about faoo. The Are was caused by joists projecting
into a chimney flue.
IVTne headless body of a colored man was
found in a cistern In West Feliciana iiartsh, La.
a few days ago.
tysome people resemble "Grandfathers
clock,'' Inasmuch as they have "Uck?Hi" twenty
years wttfcout ttopplag.-lflraitfwd Jbrtut,

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