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Rational theater.
*VERY EVENING AND SATURDAY MATINEE.
There will be no Matinee Wednesday.
Enlevement of the Eminent Artist
FANNY I>AYENI'ORT,
Bnpported l>y the following company of
__ Uncurpsssed Stren>rtli:
Cnarle* Fiaher, Georw-e Darrell. Edmond Tearie, Harry
Pe*rsou. Sr., W. K Edward*. Lewis Baker, Harry i
H?k,W. J. Hurley, Willis Pa*e. S. M. Hendricks,
Orson M. Dunn. Miss May Davenport.
Mrs. Charles Foster, Miss Minnie
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America's Greatest Character Actor,
? MR. FRANK MORDAUNT.
hl?, ?*WS? creation of CAPTAIN MARLINE
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In four acts,
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Every one an American character.
Every character a careful study.
Every actor a thorough artist.
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DECEMBER 12?MONDAY EVENING.
The Celebrated American < 'ants trice,
BLANCHE ROOSEVELT,
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IN ONE GRAND CONCERT,
_ _ Assisted by the foilo'vintf Artiste:
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? MR. CH. FRITSCH.
The Popular Buffo,
SIGNOR LENCIONI.
The Eminent Violinist.
_ . MR-CARLOS E. HASSELBRINK. I
The Diatmfnnshfd Pianist. I
?? . ? . MR. AVM. KI SSEL CASE.
MB. J. P. LAWRENCE, Musical Director. (
Admission?One Dollar.
Reserved seats Fifty Cents extra.
'* Sale of seats commences Wednesday moraine at
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jpH ILHARMONIC SOU IETY.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14. I
MESSIAH.
Mise Ida Hubbell, Miss Anna Draswlil, Mr. Theo. J. :
? Toedt. Mr. Franz Remmertz.
Mr. Wm. Waldeeker Oreanist ;
Mr. Anton Gioetzner Conductor
Full Chorus, Orchestra and Otyan.
Admission, including secured seat, $1.
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Ylutarch's Life, 3 vola 2.26 1.50
Maeanlev *s Life Letters, 1 vol 75 . 45 a
Ma verb Novela, 12 vols 12.00 8.00
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Pickens Complete Worka, 7 vola 7.50 4.75
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r 8T. JOHN'S MUTUAL RELIEF ASSOCIjTtrw
TIONS.
A meeting for the election of officer* will be held
THIS EVENING, at School Hall. N street, between 7th
and 8th street*, at 7:30 p.m.
It* C. P. CLARK, Secretary.
{Ss? A BONANZA"W
FOR CAPITALISTS, SPECULATORS AND
EXPEKIENCED SALESMEN,
to manufacture and sell, or cause to be sold. Machinery,
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NEW PRESIDENT recommended to the Managers at
their lMt meeting, that the rate of interest on the premium
notes be reduced to one (1) per cent on all renewals
for the nt xt year, which recommendation was
approved by the Board, thus making a reduction of 33.H
l>er cent ou the rate paid last y?ar.
n3? 22t J. WESLEV BOTELER. Secretary.
9 TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE CENt'
TRAL NATIONAL BANK. OF WASHINGTON
CITY. ?The Animal Election of Eleven Directors of the
(CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK, of Washington city,
will lie held at the Bank, corner of 7th street and Louisiana
avenue, on MONDAY. January 9, 1882, between
the hour* of 12 m. and 2 p.m. The annual report ot
the transactions of the Bunk will be read at 1 p.m. of
the same day.
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JAMES S. EDWARDS,
Sccretao Board of Directors. d9-f&m.4w
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Practices before the courts and the departments.
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has on hand a large assortment of the best makes of
LATROBES, Cox, Whiteman A Cox's Celebrated Splendid
and Ruby and other RANGES and HEATING
JTOVES, Novelty FURNACES. kc.
PLUMBING, TIN-ROOFING, JOBBING. STOVE REPAIRS,
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SANITARY INSPECTION AND THE REMODELNG
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We give Favorable Estimates for New Construcions
in all our branches. a7
yj adame leger,
OF PARIS,
la prepared to MAKE DRESSES in the
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Jord, Nails, Rings, kc. Card and Cabinet Velvet Picture
Frames; Picture room Moulding, Picture Hooks,
Paintings, Engravings, kc., at
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Terms cash. Free Art Gallery. nl5-lm
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gENATORS, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS,
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g ROBINSON * CO., ~
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ois 10# Fuuntuu iimn.
Washington Neva and Gossip.
Government Receipts To-day.?Internal revenue
$766,131.08; customs. $557,671.43.
North Carolina, Next.?Governor-elect Cameron,
of Virginia, who has been In the city for several
da j s, left yesterday for his home. While herr
Col. Tlios. Keoeh and other republicans of North
Carolina had Interviews with him, seeking his
advice in reg;ird to th? movement?somewhat similar
to ti?e Mahone movement?which it la proposed
to inaugurate in North Carolina in order to break
down what is called "BourLon rule."
Movements of U.S. Naval Vessels.?'The
United States steamer Despatch left the navy yard
here to-day for San Domingo to begin the surveys
In Samana bay. The Cnlt^d States steamer Talapoosa
left the navy yard to-day for New York.
Personal.?Speaker Keifer is set down as a pros- (
pectlve millionaire, rrom extensive and valuable
lands in Nebraska. Henry G. Stcbblns, the New
York broker who died on Saturday, was the early 1
friend and patron of Miss Kellogg, and secured her i
the advantagesof musical education. Miss Charlotte
Thompson, the actress, is at the St. Marc.
(Jen. Benjamin Dana Fearing, a well-known citizen
of Ohio, and a gallant soldier, who was twice
wounded during the war, died at his residence in i
Marietta on Friday. Mr. Edward Meigs Smith,
I. S. consul at Mannheim, is engaged In writing a
historical sketch of the Cut versify, of Heidelberg.
- Ex-Representative Banning, of the second 1
Ohio District, died suddenly at his residence In
cummlnsville laf-t Saturday. Mrs. Fannie B.
Ward has returned from her long Canadian tour,
and has resumed her lournallstic pen at her old
quarters, 219 4*$ street Mr. Joseph Shillington,
whose illness was noted in Saturday's Star, Is
somewhat better, his army of friends will be glad
to know. Gov. Foster, of Ohio, is at the Riggs.
MATTEltS AT THE CAPITOL.
i
SeAate Proceeding To-day. ,
THE NEW PENSION OFFICE?SENATE COMMITTEES?
HOrSE APPOINTMENTS, ETC.
In the Senate to-day Mr. Hampton appeared in
his seat for the first time this session. i
A communication was received from the Sec re- 1
tary of War transmitting reports relative to the .
proposed new building for a pension office in Washington.
Referred to the committee on appropriations.
A memorial from the legislature of Minnesota for !
an appropriation for the improvement of the Mis- i
slsslppl river, from St, Anthony's Falls to New or- ;
leans, was referred to the Mississippi river im- ]
provement committee. ]
Bills were introduced and refereed to commit- i
tees as stated: By Mr. Edmunds?For defraying (
the extraordinary liabilities and expenses incurred
in consequence of the assault upon the late Presl- <
dent of the United States; to appropriations.
Also, for a second circuit Judge, for the 2d judicial 1
circuit of the United States; to Judiciary' Also,
to amend section 5,352 of the Revised Statutes,
in reference to bigamy and for otner purposes; to ^
J^'^lary. By Mr. Rollins?For the increase of
facjlit.es for the just adjudication of pension <
claims; to pensions.
Miller, (CaL)?For enlargementof the Yosemite
Valley and Mariposa Big Tree grants; to (
public lands. By Mr. Sawyer?Re-establishing
the court of commissioners of Alabama claims. <
a0. r ^ distribution of the unappro- ^
pnated moneys of the Geneva award; to r
judiciary. By Mr. CAmeron, (Pa.)?To re- t
lease the Philadelphia and Reading railroad i
company from certain tuxes; to finance, t
Also, to enable the vestry of the parish of the As- c
pension to sell and, in fee simple, to convey the ti
land in square 3<5, in the city of Washington, con- j j
veyed to said vestry; to District of Columbia. By I t
;7?r- 7?erman?For a scientific exploration of the i
1 crritory of Alaska; to territories. c
Mr. Frelintrhuj*en, Secretary of State. 1
The Presl dent to-day sent to the Senate the nom- \
ination of Frodk. T. Frelinghuysen to be Secre- j
tary of State; also, nominations of a number of e
post mastpi*s. The nomination of Mr. Frolinijhuy- s
sen was confirmed by the Senate this afternoon.* c
MR. FREI.INOHCYSEN'S NOMINATION CONFIRMEO.
The Senate, at 2:30, went into executive session, (
and Immediately confirmed the nomination of ex- t
senator Frelinghuysen as Secretary of state unani. t
mously and without any discussion. The oth^r 1
nominations received were referred to the committee
on post offices, and the Senate then, at 2:45 d r
in., adjourned until to-morrow. s
WHAT A REPUBLICAN SENATOR SAYS ABOCT OTHER f
CABINET APPOINTMENTS. 1
A republican Senator said to-day that except s
Frelinghuysen the President had not determined
upon any new Cabinet appointment; that Gen. v
^Xjnt w111 1)0 Permitted to name one Cabinet *
officer, and so lar he is undecided as between a
Chaffee and Gen. Beale, but the probabilities are n
that Beale will be fixed upon and will go Into the
Cabinet- Postmaster General James expected to
remain in the Cabinet unt II the end of the present y
fiscal year, but the directors of the bank of which
he has been chosen president objects tit this arrangement
and want, his services about, the first of
next year. It is therefore probable that he mar F
retire from the Cabinet in January. H
THE SENATE COMMITTEES. '
The republican Senators this morning held a o
caucus of very brief duration, at which the report t
of their committee on the subject of revising the ()
republican membership of some of the Sen at*1 committees
was received, explained and accepted 2
without controversy. As stated on Saturday, it ,
provides for making Senator Wlndom the chair- ?
man of the foreign relations committee; Senator ,
Miller, of California, chairman of the committee t
on the revision of the laws, and Senator Scwell, ~
^.^ew JersHy chairman of the committee on enrolling
bills. Mr. Windom will also In> placed on ?
the committees on patents, education and labor,
and transportation route to the seaboard. No !
comprehensive resolution on the subject will be ?
submittal to the Senate; but the various changes J
will be made from time to time separately. The !!
caucus also this morning adopted a resolution pro- I.
vidiug for the creation of a Senate committee on ,
the rights of women. Senator I/*pham will be
chairman of thLs committee, with Messrs. An- ?,
thony, l-erry and Dawes as its other republican I
members. s
THE PROPOSRn NEW PENSION OFFICE. I
The long communication from the Secretary of
War this morning laid before the Senate, explains *
the defect in the act of th? last Congress authorizing
the buMding of a fire-proof pension office. It h
will lie remembered that the omission of the word v
"and" from the act vitiated it. The Secretary ii
asks Congress to remedy the defect and provide n
for the construction of the building. ,,
EXPENSES OF THE LATE PRESIDENT'S ILLNESS. V
The bill introduced in the Senate to-day by Mr. (l
Edmunds to provide for defraying the extraordi- }'
nary exjjenses incurred in consequence of the
assault upon the late President Garfield, authorizes
the Secretary of the Treasury to nay the
necessary and reasonable expenses Incurred in 31
behalf of the late President, provided the ainrre$iooououm
allowed and yal<* does not exceed p
bill for punishment of biuamy.
Senator Edmunds to-day re-introduced the bill
which was Introduced in the Forty-filth Congress n
for the punishment of bigamy in the territories 11
and District of Columbia. It provides a penalty a
of a fine of not over $r>00 and imprisonment not p
more than five years, if a husband or wife has 2,
been absent five years und is not known by the 1
party to the former marriage who contracts a new p
marriage to be living, then the penalty does not *
apply; nor does the law apply to persons whose p
marriage has been dissolved or declared void by a c
competent court In any prosecution for bigamy v
it shall be sufficient cause for challenge of a jury- ?
man that he is or has been living in bigamy or ,
polygamy, or that he believes the practice mor- i!
ally right. The act legitimates the issue of Mormon
marriages born prior to January 1st, 1879. ?
appointments on the hol'ge side. e
Sergeant-at-Arms Hooker, of the House of Rop- L
resentatlves, has announced the following appointments:
N.#A. Fuller, cashier, vlceE. E. Winshlp b
resigned; M. C. Curtis, paying teller, vice N. A1 p
Fuller, promoted; Thomas Cavanaugh, financia. *
messenger and deputy sergeant-at-anns, vice J. p
F. Brock, resigned; Fred. W. Miller, page, vice 5
Frank W. Miller, resigned. ' F
capitol n0te8. c
Mr. McPherson, the clerk of the nouse, will tl
return this evening. w
An Ohio member is authority for the statement
that Speaker Keifer will announce his committees ?
this week. ?
Mr. John Bailey, the newly appointed chief clerk 5
of the House, was sworn in to-day by Clerk Nixon, ?
of the Senate, and assumed the duties of his office. v
Mr. Bailey has been connected with the clerk's ,
office 31 years. J
Abnor W. Rose wad to-day appointed a messen- ^
ger under the doorkeeper of the House,vlce Glllem, ^
JaK ? messenger onthe soldiers' ?
roll, vice Phillip Schmidt. ?
Doorkeeper Brownlow, of the House, allotted n
Illinoisthree sman places. Thedelegiuon m?t?! g
^aturday night and resolved, in view of the fact E
that there were 14 republican members, they were '
entitled to more. A committee was appointed to
wait on the doorkeeper to tell him if hecouid not r
Iullio18 they would not take any g
The District Im Coafrm !jj
Senator Harris to-day reintroduced the bill o
which revises the code of the laws of the District ?
Senator Rollins to-day introduced a bill to
enable the pariah of Ascension church to sell anv
jttrolol land in square 875, In the city of Wash- ?
THE GREAT MUBBER TRIAL
TESTIMONY OP ML SPITZKA.
POSITIVE OUITEAU 18 IKSANE.
EXCITEMENT THIS AFTERNOON.
The Criminal Court room was well-filled at 10
o'clock this morning, though the hour fixed for resuming
the Gulteau trial was U oVloek. Owing to
the fact, probably, that mea were on the ground
earlier, there was a smaller proportion of ladies in
the audience than usu-.il. congressmen Dearing,
of Iowa, Atherton, of Ohio, and Bowman, of Massachusetts,
were among the early arrivals at the
court house. There was considerable Inquiry regarding
the condition of the sick Juror, Wonnley,
and some fears expres-sed lest the trial would be
Interrupted. The arrival of the jury a few minutes
before 11 o'clock, with Wormley among them, set
at rest this talk. Wormley had a bandage around
his head, covering his right eye. The trouble with
the eye, the attendants say, is due loan old cut received
there, and not to erysipelas. Dr. Hptt/.ka, of
New York, who arrived Saturday, took his place
with the experts for the first time this morning.
Ex-Postmaster General Maynard was also present
and sat with Judge cox.
OPENING PROCEEDINGS.
The court was called to order very promptly at
11 o'clock. Mr. Scovllle, rising, called attention to
the presence of Dr. Spitzka. Mr. Scovllle said he
desired to ask the witness Shaw, who was on the
stand Friday, a few questions.
Mr. Corkhlll said Mr. Shaw had been discharged
and gone home.
Mr Scovllle said that he had received information
since Friday upon which he wanted to question
Mr..Shaw, and he would have to summon him
as a witness for the defence.
A. New York Expert Testifies that Gniteau
is Insane*
T)r. Edward Charles Sptukn, a gentleman, 30
years of age,with an English 'hair,was then sworn,
\nd testified that he was a physician of New York;
thnt he had made a specialty of the branches of
nervous and mental diseases for nearly six years,
liaving studied It In Vienna and in this country. He j
bad been called as an expert in insane cases twen- |
Ly-flve or twenty-six times; he examined the pris- j
jner yesterday In Jail; had never beiore seen hirn. I
' Will you state," said Mr. Scovllle, "the result,
)t that examination?"
441 will not unless the court compels rae," said !
the witness.
44 You will have to answer," said the court.
44 The result of my examination," said the
witness, 4,was that I found the man Insane."
44 Did you," asked Mr. Scovllle, "have any doubt
)n that subject?"
44 Not the slightest."
The witness' replies created some sensation in
ourt.
44He had," he continued, "examined the prisoner's
eyes with the ophthalmoscope, and the pulse
vith an Instrument known as the sphymograph.
The result ol these examinations was that both
he eye and pulse were found healthy. There was
lothing in those particulars to change his opinion
>bxt the man was Insane; as neither of those cir urnst
anees is necessary to establish th^ question of
ianity. It would l?e difficult to him to explain to a
ury not composed of experts, lie said, the feaures
of the case. The marked feature of this
nan's insanity was a tendency to the formation of
lelusive opinions and morbid projects; there is a
narked element of Imbecility of Judgment, and
rum his face lie judged he was a moral imbecile,
>r rather a moral monstrosity. He had the insane
nann .'r as well marked as he had ever seen it in an
isylum. It was consistent with some forms of Inlanity
that a man should have an accurate memtry
and a quick perception.
Air. scovllle then propounded a hypothetical
[uestion to the witness, i otnbining the postulates
>f the one which he submitted to the other exlerts,
with some new questions enlarging upon
lie matter of the so-called naofbid projects of the
ulsoner.
When the hypothetical question had been subnitted
to him the witne^ said: " I decline to anwer
any hypothetical question in a case where I
lave examined the patient; th;U does not include
he conclusions." ;
Mr. Scovllle then Included Dr. Spltzka's conclulons
in the question.
"1 should say," said the witness, "that the person
vhom 1 examined had lH**n more or l?*ss In a inor?id
mental state ali his life, and that he was probbly
insane at the time which you mentioned ;&1
if July)."
BR. SPITZKA CROSS-EXAMINED.
Dr. Spitzka was cross-examined by Mr. Davidge,
rlio asked: 44What do you mean by Insanity?"
44 That is a question which I never attempt to
nswer," said the witness. "I can give you an apiroxlmate
answer," he added, auti Uien rattled off
long definition, which completely overwhelmed
he counsel.
The witness being asked as to the responsibility
T Irresponsibility of the prisoner, the cour t ruled
he question as one of law and not for a medical
pinion.
The witness was asked if he had ever applied for j
, position in an Insane asylum and replied that he ;
lad written letters looking towards securing posi- !
ions in three different asylums?the one at Black- i
veil's island, N. Y., the one at Oshkosh, Wis., and
hat-at Danville. Pa. He had applied for a poslion
at Black well's island at the request of the
uperlntendent. Dr. McDonald.
Some questions were aske-i to show that the witless
had been a professor of comparative anatomy
n a veterinary eniiege. Mr. Davidge having purued
his questions on this point to some length the
witness mentioned over distinguished men who
ad been engaged in tue same branch. "I have no
eason to be ashamed of It." said the witness.
The question has been asked liefore from ii^geslons
coming from a certain quarter."
Mr. Davidge having asked whether the witness
ail practiced veterinary surgery, the witness
aid, with some asperity: "I never hav? treated
ny animal but the ass, and that animal had two
?gs."
Mr. Davidge having asked more questions on the
ame subject, the witness made a reference to
asses who ask stupid questions."
Being asked if he was not an expert and did not
iOld himself out to testify In Insanity cases the
fitness s ild: "I am willlug to testily to questions
n Insanity where ] receive a respectable fee. In
Ills case, however, I don't receive enough to take
ie to Jersey City. If I had desired to sell my serine
I would now have been sitting behind you"
referring to Mr. Davidge), "because 1 had an oport
unity of going as an expert for the proseculon."
GriTEAC'S KlftsT REMARK.
"That's the way you get all your witnesses,''
aid Gulteau, looking towards Mr. Davidge.
44 Who gave you the opportunity to testify for the
rosecutlon?'" asked Mr. Davidge.
"Judge Porter," said the witness.
"Where was this offer made?"
"The application was made on a Monday afteroon,
at my office." The witness explaining lurlier,
said Judge Porter made a visit to him and
sked him If he eould be of any service to the
rosecutlon, and he (the witness) told him that he |
lready had formed convictions In the case. Mr.
'orter told him that otherwise he would have emloyed
him as an expert for the prosecution. The
fitness told Judge Porter that he had been aproached
on behalf of the defence, but did not
are to take part on either side of the case. The
rltness had at that time seen the man's picture,
nd read his document, and his herldltary hls017
and the almost unanimous opinion of the
ilty who had seen the man. Upon that he had
ased the opinion w hlch he had expressed to Judge
'orter. He referred to the letter addressed to Gen.
hernian, the letter In which he spoke of the Paris
onsulshlp, the one in connection with a certain 1
idy he was to marry, and other letters. 1
The witness was examined at great length to 1
ring out the details of his examination of the (
rlsoner at the jail; he went there with Mr. Sco- !
ille; followed In behind other visitors, and was 1
resented to the prisoner as Prof. Brown, a phre- .
iologist. Being asked if he did not think the 1
irlsoner had been trained to aet a part when he
ailed, the witness said he kftev nothing about it.
441 saw this gentleman in my cell," Interrupted
tie prisoner. 44 but did not katm who he was. I '
ras wondering who he was."
Being asked if he though* Gulteau knew the i
lfference between right and, wrong, the witness i
aid that" If he were asked K the prisoner, who 1
ad been a lawyer, knew the teal consequences
f an act, he would say4 Yeftrbut that was not
he witness' standard of rtgb^ agd wrong."
"I havent been a lawyer toe* five or six years, 1
udge," said the prisoner, 44ao that doesn't help 1
our case."
Among the things the prisoMV told the witness
t the Jail was that when lie got out of Jail he
rould keep out of the w?ar for three or four
lonths, and then come back aad lecture. He had
ome to the conclusion thstve killing of the
resident had been the resuifrdl a morbid project
ased upon delusive opinion*. _ !
"Are not all murders," asked M*- Davidge, "the
esult of morbid projects?" .. ?,ik, . J
"On the contrary," said Unfitness, " I think
ueh a case Is a great except**. * a"VIi2t ,,,
hose who think crime andbJHbty are WLenUcaL
lost murders, the witness s^ are n^committed
n account of morbid projects, out from sane mo
Ives." _?
erirsA.tr dkxibs bktkavht w his cask.
The witness admitted thafr depravity was an ^
lement in tba case. <
" There is no depravity about this case, Judge," i
' 'r i v. ,, / *r
?
shouted the prl-oner, hammering the table, " I
want this question of depravity settled here. 1
h!ive never been depraved In my life. I have been a
Chrlstlnn all my life." An effort was made to stop
the prisoner, but he wouldn't be stopped. "I have
been told," he sild, "that I am hurting my case by
talking so much. I want to say I am not afraid to
go to the gallows If the Lord Almighty wants me
to go. I expect the lord God will throw this court
tna Jury out or the window if necessary t-> prot*>et
mo."
At half-past 12 o'clock a recess of one hour was
taken.
<*aitean Starts the Afternoon Sewion
with a Speech.
The court was called to order very promptly at
1:80 p.m.
Guiteau, as soon as he was brought in, started to
make a speech. "There are," he said, "a good many
poodle dogs In the newspaper business and I want
to express my utter contempt for some of these
poodle dogs."
"Let the testimony proceed," said the court.
"1 arn eolug to notify the lury," said the prisoner,
"that the high-toned press are saying that It
would be a stain on the American people to hang
a man In my condition."
Excitcment in Court*
When Guiteau stopped speaking, some one In
the crowd, near the window, at Judge Cox's left
hand, shouted, " Shoot him, now!" causing great
excitement In court. Officers Immediately hurried
to the spot, but were unable to discover who
the offender was.
When order was restored the cross-examination
of Dr. Spitzka was cont'nued. The case of Abby
Mayuard, whose reason was dethroned by mesmeric
experiments being stated, the witness was
asked if that threw any light on the question of
hereditary Insanity?
" The strongest light In the world," replied the
witness.
"No person can become insane or feebleminded,"
added the witness, "from mesmeric influence
unless he had the taint In him." The witness
said he could probably mestneme one out of
every thirty persons In the court room, and that
person might not be damatred lr the experiment .
was repeated 100 times; still, If such experiments I
were continued they would be apt to do great :
damage.
The witness described the shape of the prison- |
er's head as Indicating iusanlty. The Inequality j
In the iwo sides or the prisoner's head was, he
thought, about three times more than normal.
MOKAI. MONSTROSITY.
The witness being asked t, > state the grounds on
which he based his opinions as to congenital morai
monstrosity in the prlsoner,sald: "If I had only that
man's mean face to guide me I would say that he
might be a very depraved man, or a moral monster;
but when I find In addition these factors?
the shape of the head, ftiequ ility of the facial
muscles, etc., I am inclined strongly to believe,
and to affirm, so far as science would permit me
to affirm,that this moral monstrosity was congenital."
Th^ witness afterwards correctine hl? testimony
added a detect he noticed in the prisoner's speech
as another evidence that influenced him. The
witness said he hud detected the Inequality In the
facial muscles by asking the prisoner to smile.
"You told him to smileV" said Mr. Davldge, impressively.
"Yes."
"And his smile was a one-sided smile?"
"Yes, or you might call It a lop-sided smile."
The "lop-s!ded smiles" was a characteristic, the
witness said, of a large number of lnsjine canes.
THE KXFKKT WANTS TO SIT DOWN.
The witness asked permission to sit down, saying '
tlvit he was suffertug with an affection of the
heel.
"An affection of the heel, you say?'" said Mr. Davldge.
"I thought it was higher up."
The witness was permitted to sit down, but had
not occupied the chair for a minute when Mr.
Corkhill Insisted that he should stand up, saying
that he wanted to see his face.
"It 's a trivial matter," said the witness, rising.
"It's not a t-lvial matter for me," said Mr. CorkhllL
"He's a bad man for you, Corkhill," broke In the
prisoner; "a bad man for you."
The witness said he had found thit the prisoner's ,
reasoning was logical, but based upon false
assumptions.
At 3 oV'.odc the court adjourned, Dr. Spltzka's
examination not having been completed.
SCENES AT THE JAII. YESTERDAY.
The announcement made last Saturday week
that no visitors would be received at the Jail Sundays
had the efleet of keeping away from there the
usual 8 ibbath crowd. Yesterday there were but
few callers, and those were mostly friends of the
officers in charge. Of course, Guiteau was the lion,
but tor once he did not seem to be anxious to see
visitors. He complained yesterday morning of a
slight headache, which he attributed to malaria,
lit the afternoon he said he was much better.
While eating his dinner, about 1 o'clock, some visitors
suddenly entered his cell, and not liking to be ;
Interrupted in his ^astronomical exercise, he ex- |
pressed his disapprobation. During the afternoon j
a number of ladles went to his cell, and some sug- i
gested that they would like his autogr >ph, where- I
unou he remarked: "I am not writing today." He,
however, wrote a few of them. Some of the ladles,
as they entered the cell ( i double one, 10 feet by 8
feet.) kept as far away from the prisoner as possible,
and when he got up to shake hands with the '
visitors one of them quickly withdrew, with a look j
of horror and detestation. She said, In a whisper, |
"Oh, I can't shake hands with that man; I can .
hardly look at him." The remainder of the party j
at once withdrew. AlK.ut o'clock Mr. Scoville |
visited the prisoner, accompanied by Dr. spltzka. j
The prisoner remarked that he had written to Mr. ]
Dennett, of the ifrraM, a couple of weeks ago, and ;
expected to hear from him, but thought he must be j
out of t iwn. He remarked that Saturday was a :
comparatively quiet day for him, although lie had 1
sone- visitors. lie remarked to Mr. Scoville th it
he hoped In his lecture he would not try to make
him (the prisoner) out as a fooL
TKIAL NOTES.
Mrs. Dunmire. the "ex-wife" of the prisoner, |
spent the morning In the witness' room, waiting to
be called to the stand.
One lady in the audience this morning brought a
baby?the first baby that has attended the trial
The little one made its presence and the strength
of its lungs known several times during the
morning.
Warden Crocker has received recently a number
of anonymous letters advising him to remove
the prisoners from the wing of the Jail occupied
by Guiteau, so that in the event of a dyn imtte explosion
no other lives except that of the assassin
will be endangered.
*?
Society Notes.
Last week may almost be said to have been the
opening of the season, so far as the formal giving
of dinner parties goes. There were a number, and
hough none of them were very large, several
were both elegant In their appointments and elaborate
as to dishes, Ac. Perhaps the most notable
of these was one given at Weleker'sby Mr. Mactfey,
of Nevada, which was marked by lavish display
and an entire disregard of expense, as Is considered
fitting the entertainments of a bonanza king.
Mr. West, the British minister, also gave his first
entertainment of the kind last week, the special
guests being the Secretary of State and Mrs.
lalne, at which most of the European governments
were represented by their respective ministers
here, accompanied by their wives. On Saturday
evening the French minister and Mrs.
Outrey entertained several members of the diplomatic
corps and their wives at dinner. The same
evening Representative Belford gave a dinner
complimentary to Ex-Gov. Routt, of Colorado, at
Wlllards, to which some twenty-tour other guests
were bidden, including well known members of the
lower house of Congress and representatives of
the press.
Mrs. Ogle Tayloe^ health is gradually improving,
but she is still unable to leave her room. Owing
to her Illness and the recent death of Mrs. Barber,
at the Louise Home, Mr. Corcoran at first
thought he could not as usual celebrate his btrtliflay?the
27th of December?by an entertainment
there, but Mrs. Tayloe, who has long been president
of the-Board of Lady Visitors of the Home,
positively vetoed his suggestion, and told him that
the birthday of its founder must always be the
fete day at the Louise Home, and must be annually
celebrated, even after Mr. corcoran's owncteath.
Her earnest protest and this w
as to perpetually keeping December 27th as a festival
at the institution, has had due *?^t with Mr.
Corcoran, and it is believed his birthday will continue
to be celebrated there as heretofore
Itls the one opportunity given all of his
friends to show their appreciation of his worth and
tjia benefits he has conferred on the city.
On every fine afternoon Pennsylvania avenue is
thronged with ladies and gentlemen walking and
driving and the same is true of Connecticnt avenge
on Sunday afternoons. On Friday there was
much auestlonlng among gentlemen who frequent
Pennsylvania avenue as to the identity of a beaunfni
unknown, who was & blonde, and wore a blue
Dlush suit. Vhe Spanish minister's wife, Seftora
Barca, and her daughter, had a charming informal \
reception on Saturday, when many of their friends
called upon them. Miss Sarah Coleman, who is
in New York, is too ill to return here as soon as
she anticipated. The wife of Representative 1
Deering arrived here yesterday, and is with him j
at the Hamilton House, where they will spend the
winter.?Gen. O. B. Wilcox, commanding the department
of Arizona, was marrrled in Tucson re- !
sently to Mrs. Julia K Wyeth, of Chicago?The
friends and acquaintances of the wife of Secretary 1
Bunt will sympathize with her in the Irreparable i
loss she has sustained In the death of her father, i
Mr. John T. Adams, of Medford, Mass., who died In
that place on Saturday, aged 7* years.?Mrs. Hannah
Feblger Jones, mother of Commodore FeWger
and CoL Feblger, both now on duty in this 1
city, died 1& Philadelphia to-daj, aged SB years. i
Telegrams to The Star.
THE NEW CHINESE MINISTER.
THE VIENNA THEATEB HORROR.
The Kew ChinoMP Ullnlnter Arrived In
Kan IVanriM-o.
San Francisco. Cal., December it.?Thesteamer !
Oceanic from Hon; Eoag vl t Yokohama, lias
among her p.!ss*ngers Chung Isoa, Jr., thi' now
Chinese minister to Wishlnxton. lie Is accom- i
panted by-his wife, the secretary and suite, numbering
IS persons. The mlntst t Is about M ye.tr*
of agp ana Is said to be a man of fin.* attainment s.
The narty on leaving the steamer were driven to
the Pala-'e hotel, where they were waited upon by i
ofltclals from the Chinese consul ?te, and the customary
courtesies exchanged. The minister and
^ulte expect to start for Washington in about a
week. _
The Vienna Theater Horror.
I-onoon, Dec. 18.?Tlie Vienna correspondent of
the ItaUy Stirs says: The police imagined that
the entire audience had quitted the theater. Tliey :
Sreveuted outsiders from entering, and lock.***! the
oors without ascertaining If their was any one
lnsWe. The Vienna correspondent of the Standard <
says: New rules to insure the safety of tlie Imperial
theaters are published. The Madrid correspondent
of the I wily Ttlrfjraph sa>s: The
catastrophe at Vienna lias caused great excitement
here. Immediate precautionary measures
will be taken to secure public safety at theaters.
Affair* in Japan*
the silk difficulty comtkomisei>?cominu cabinet
change, etc.
Yokohama, November 25.?The silk difficulty l?etween
the Japanese and foreign silk merchants
his b*'en adjusted by a compromise. A?-e?itr.il
silk m irket. Is to be established In a site convenient
to foreigners and there all business will be ,
done, inspe- t.lon completed, and payment made
before delivery. Meanwhile the Japanese will
continue t-? take tSielr stiple to forelen houses,
i making eout.ra< ts as to prices, etc. Adverse reports
irom Europe aiid America have liimted silk
transactions ami the price Is much lower than before
the format ion of the yield. Silk-worm egg
I cards lind no sale, to the great distress of proi
dveera.
| There are rumors of mor" changes In the government
A well Informed native journal st-utes it
Is likely that Saigo will lie minister of war.
Ogama, foreign afftlrs and Yoshida, at present
minister at Washington, Kfll be (he head of
finance department, A native paper states that a
newly appointed envoy to Toklo had an audience i
with the Mikado and is empowered to negotiate ]
for the opening of the port of Nlnscn, ]
An outrage has been committed by the natives
of one of Aleutian Islands on the crew of the sea i
otter bunting schooner, Diana. The crew, on i
landing, were fired upon, and several of the J apanese
crew killed. One of the foreign officers received
eight balks in his body and another was '
badly wounded. <
Affair* in the Celestial Fiupire.
an imperial funeral?the rteki an minister?a i
tkkh1b1.e typhoon?a chinese railroad, etc. j
Hono Konu, November 16.?The burial of the 1
late "Eastern Empress" has, after a lapse of sev- i
eral months, at lengt h taken place. The deceased l
was the consort of the father of the lute Kmperor. i
The absence of the Western Empress and the
youthful Emperor from the ceremonies occasioned
remark and was caused by a disturbance among
the p.dace eunuchs. It w.is asserted that -he
would never be allowed to return If she went beyond
the limits of the cltv. M. But/ois. Russian <
minister, has arrived, and 1> underst<*>d to have (
brought With him the ratifleat on of the RussoChinese
treaty. A typhoon has v.sited the . oast <
o; Tonquin and the waters of the sea and river (
hive inundated plantations, causing immense c
d.imige to property and a great loss or life, over ]
two hundred bodies are already n-covered. Chief t
Justice French, of the British simrcine c<%trt of ^
China and Japan, is dead. The tfiinese governin
nt has decided to lay a railway line from the j
coast of Formosa to the sugar districts. The line ,
was originally laid by foreigners between Shang- t
hai and Wooslng, and was bought by Chines and i
afterwards torn up by Mandarin, and the material t
and rolling st'tck transported to Formosa, where t
It has been allowed to remain Idle until now. 1
General Foreign Xewk.
dion boccicaclt cosing. j
London, December 12.?Mr. Dion Boucicault Is ?
among the passengers of the steamer Bothnia in>m ^
Liverpool for New York,which sailed from queens- ?
town yesterday. t
land 8ai.es in ireland. "
Coke, December 12.?Forty farms, seized under \
execution for rent, were offered for sale, of which
number 21 were purchased for the landlord. In ,
ten cases the tenants settled the rent- . 1
rOIJOB BARRACKS IN LIMERICK. ' r
Limerick, December 12.?A meeting of magls- 1;
trates will be held to-day to consider the question (
of providing additional police barracks.
american cars on canadian railways. 1
Hamilton, Ont.. December 12.?The Dominion r
government gives permission to use the curs b"- f
longing to United States railways on Canadian <.
railroads. _ t
Wall Street To-day.
the railroad war on the eve of settlement.
New Yore, December 12.?'Tlie PostIn Its tinan- ?
clal article (1:40p. m. edition) says: At the Stock JExchange
U. S. oonds continue strong, and tlie J1
extended 5's are np to 103, and the 4\'s to 114',; '
the other issues being unchanged. Southern state
bonds are neglected to-day. Railroad bonds are
feneraily dull and steady. The exceptions <ire ,
loston, Hartford and Erie, which ad\ anced to 73 8
from 72, and have since declined to 71, and C. C. .
and I. c. Incomes, which have declined to 76 from ,
77)$. At the opening of the stock market the gen- ,
eral impression w as that tlie railroad war was on .,
the eve of settlement, and the first hour's ?
business showed a strong market. After 11 o'clock
the maiket became heavy. New York Central de- '
cllned l |?er cent to 138, and Lake Shore 1 per cent ?
to 120 V The general lLst in this hour fell Sja7., .
and the specialities )*al)$. About 12:30 the dow n- !
ward tendency was checked, and there has since
been a recovery of ',a5,, the market being dull as
we close and in tone uncertain. The ]
Elevated Railroad stocks are dull to-day, ' ,
Metropolitan being down 1 per cent to 81. ,
The sub-treasury was debtor at the clearing-house ,
this morning in the sum ol The money (
market lb about steady at 6 per cent for call loans <
on stocks, and 4j.4v? per cent for the same on <
pledge of United States bonds. Time loans are 5a ,
6 per cent. Mercantile paper of the best quality ,
ts 6.i7 percent. The market for foreign exchange t
Is dull and steady j
The Jlarketa. '
NEW YORE, December 12.-Stocks generally weak. (
Money, 6. Exchange-Ion?, 480; short, 483**. State g
boiida inactive. GoveruuieuUi uuchamrt-d, except for
and 4* mastered, which are '? higher. Cotton dull. ,
NEW YOKE, December 1'2.-Flour dull and un- *
changed. Wheat le-a\y and ceut lower. Corn ^
dull and i|a>i cent lower. Pork dull and weak, 17.'25a t
18 25. Lard oteady aud uuiet, 11.25.
LONDON, December 12, 12.30 ji.m.-C. 8. bonds,
4*. 121?4; do. 4W.p, 117*. Erie, 47^; do. peoonds, *
KHM. New York Central, 143 V At. an tic and Great
Western second mortgage tmeteee' etfrtiftcatea, lVi%.
Illinois Central, 137)6. Pennsylvania Central, 65l?.
New York, Ontario and Western, 32 V '
? ? i h
The President's Brother.?Major William Ar- %
thur, U. S. A., now in New York, was ordered from j
Helena, Montana, to report tor orders as paymaster
to (*en. Hancock. He will probably be assigned
to duty at a post in New York city. v
a
The Wily Cheyenne.?By an agreement made o
last summer between Red Cloud and Little Chief, '
tlie Northern Cheyenne, the latter was permitted J
by the Secretary of tlie Interior to leave the Indlau
Territory and go north to the Flue Ridge 1
agency, as Red Cloud s guest, until other pro- ?
vision could be made, taking with him only his E
own band. News has Just reached the Indian v
office that the wily Cheyenne managed to take *
with him to Dakota nearly a hundred more In- "
dtaus than the agreement called for. and the t?gasallas
are fearful that somebody will be hungry _
before the close of a Dakota winter. Even Red '
Cloud's generous suggestion, that when his iriends "
came to see him he could always "kill a dog, or .
something," may not pull them through.
Fires.?Saturday night fire was discovered at
the residence of Adolph Cluss, 418 Second street R
northwest, orieinating through some paper ignltIng
from a candle. Trae damage amountod to:HOu, P
fully Insured. Mrs. Cluss had her hand badl> R
burned A fire in the resident* of Mr. John Berg- p,
man, 513 Nltxeet, yesterday afternoon originating ll
from a defective flue, caused damage to amount of a:
about $70; no Insurance.^ j*
Surr Against Steward Crcmf.?Lucy Fowler, y<
formerly a cook In the Executive Mansion, has en- b.
tered suit for slander against Wm.T. Crump, stew- a<
ard oC the late President Garfield. She sets out gj
that in July last Mr. Crump damaged her reputa- 1g
Lion by falsely representing to Hrti Garfield that ia
she nail stolen provisions from the White House
larder, and she claims $10,000 damages. cs
A Card Is being sent around to public officers, tii
ahuer the frank of the blank agency of the flret tfc
Bssisttu.f postmaster general, the card is as fol- a
lows: ''The golden text. 'Civil service. There are qt
eery many i.ractertstlcs which go to make a sa
model tflvil :* i vant. Prominent among them are: m
Probity, industry, good sense, good habits, good Ti
Lemper, paUence, order, courtesy, tact, self- fo
reUa^ manly deference to superloroffltoers, Mid U
manly consideration tor inferiors ?President Arthur's
message.*
8KUTABT Hcwr left the city Saturday evening dt
tor Boston, being called then by the death of his *
[ather-ln4aw7wnicfc oocurred on that day. ?
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Ut"Ul MI MiWOW ilOM mi CAU?HS?UMBAWW
wwmct oraamtoHMtn, m
owrtcm or rtrsuc nunn, im
_T><W w*a ? run or members of Omgr&m on the
Piasld'lUt to-day up to i oviock pm. ah of tktm
who foe into the President's room did not get into
tbe library, which Is now the audience room.
About 1 o'clock those members who had not
secured an audience left The President then,
tor the first time since he has been in the Whits
House, devoted a number of minutm to the "respects"
callers and shook hand* with aU who were
waning tor that privilege. He came from the
the rreddents room to do this. There
Uiree delegations to call upon him. All
of them were on business of local Interest, and all
yw ""* One delegation wanted Mr. S. P.
Rounds, of Chicago, to be made go> Tnment
An55hrr. ne,*ded by Cot Ford, ww mado
^515^ ^W,rr ?*?*nt, and they wanted Mr.
JL . a_?. *<*mcrty foreman of the (motb*>ent
zTTf ??i*'U) Mr. liefreea. They
Oyster* appointment on account of his
Utiles* and capability,and because he is "* L-allant
AtK*lM*r delegation wan from
Capitol H11L It was headed by Mr. IV>dg*> the
pyy at,Ul fy- Mr- l^dre was ?pokesii,?n, and
talked of the gr1evan<*e* of the Capitol Hill
people. He unred that a Capitol Hill man in ths
person of Mr. C. Keun?>dy, l>e made a District Ounrat
salon er. In this drl^aiion wet* <;* nt*nU
**raworth,Col. Lookk\ Major Clark, Mr. 1 j*key,
Gen. Bunletie. Mr. BariMt. M :j..r Browning, and
Mr. Copp. To nil of these deb>jj .ttlons, titer receiving
tbem very kindl> and courteouslv. president
Arthur said Uiat he would IKiiti t?> uV representations
made by them, ai d g1\c wli.it He \ had
said due consider,tion. Miev^the ca*l*-rs to-dajr
Ht the White Hulls#- wer> Se, retarv I lucoln accompany
bytien. o. o. II w.-rd; s-naUo llrown.
Lamar, Dawes, 11 de and McMillan; and fteprn!
scatatlves > alentlne, l>wlght and Vai Aernain.
ll??n. Martin 1. Townscnd also called.
Jlra. I'rrnunn, (Mr AllrfH PoUaaer.
WHAT SHR KATDATTHE JAII. TO A HTAK REPORTER?
HKR FAMII.T HISTORY HKR Ht'BRAND KRI'R^
SKNTRD AS WANTING HKH TO HRTt KK TO HIM.
Mrs. Freeman, who was sent to Jail In default of
ball on 1 riday last, on the charge of attempting Wo
poison her hushind, was found yest< rdaj by n
representative of 'I nx star in one of the rooms on
U?e Stvxmd rtory of the Jail, she had appun-ntly
gotten through wit h her lit of depression, and was
anticipating getting out bvday on her personal
recognizance. She said "Oh, \es; I II get out tomorrow
without bill. The old man has n
and he wants me to come back to his home. ||?
don't want to lose inevw.tha lau?rh). an,1 he has
pot lonely alread>. V\ h\ t k1u> he w.,nt -.1 to send
down some refreshments souic nice things to
me but my lawyer wouldn't l ike them, and toM
him tliat 1 wanted to U v< s uctiiiic loir. er. I want
to see Friday s star, which had soni<thin^ In It
arniut my fitiully. (ant \ou mo oho t11
(The reporter iwomised and ask?*d where to send
It). **t?h, >es, I torgot; I go up to-morrow. Ths
paper told the truth when 1< said I was a Flour
noy, a niece of the governor -that Is, he wasnt
ele, ted, but run and w as d?Mcat<*d b> hlsirlend.
Henry A. mis*. I was l?<rn In Ki.iimond, <>u
lutiad street, and mv fatlier was ? ngaged on Mr.
HlWhle's p*p? r.She h< r?" rattled on a sk-t *h of
her uncles, cousins and other relations of tho
Flournoy family.
naving finished her famllv sketch, one of the
cjiards remarked to her: "You II go up in the
Black Maria to-morrow ."
With eyes Hashing fire, she exclaimed "What!
and with ihat miserable assassin? oh! I can't
and I won't."
Tin guard.?"One will be inMde and the (.ther
outside."
Mrs. Freeman - No, Indeed; that cant lie done.
Am I to ride on the saint* v. Ill le w ith such a repIll"?
I would walk flr-t; that is, It thev let me.
I)>> you think I want to go up there with a souad of
police?"
The oJTi-er then promts* d to do what he c uld to
her in going irofu the jail more pm ..ten.
ind the door was t los^d.
MRS. PKKKUAN HK1.EASKD.
Mrs. Ftveman was given a seat In the folio*
.*>urt van this morning, and In the Criminal
ourt JudfeCoK's attention w is called to the cans
ly Mr. W. P. Williamson, who asked that -he he
vieased on her p<*i-sonil recoguinnce. l?'s?rlct
Mtorney Corkhlll stMt#sl t h"it hi* aas-v ltt" had Informed
him that he did not think a ess.- c< uj 1 be
uade. The court made the order, and Mrs. Kree'"II
entering Into recognizance, siic left i he. ouit
room.
fond*?aiM?d I.???-hIv.
The advertising columns or Thk Stak continue
to be ho trowded tiut another double sheet will
l?e Issued on Wednesday. 1^-t s turdav s doublo
>het*t contained 17*2 new advertt-uMiiejifs, and circulated
(printed and s-dd) *2l.si?o copte?4
street lamps will be it^h: -<l at 5:10 p.m. and
fxtlmruished at l<:45 a.m.
Yesterday morning a stronger named I'aul Jones
rot on the wrong train on the Vei mpoiit ?i> hrancn
R. ii < . railroad. At 1st and R sttvts he att"inpte4i
o Jump off, hut fell and broke his right, ariu. lie
vas sent to Providence hospltaL
At the meeting oi the Joun |>uion branch of the
fish National Land la*a^ue. last evening, a report
vas received fr-wn Mr. ,T. Ii.o't'onneii, the ?|. legate
o Chicago, and M.-sm-s. M. K. l ivll, Daniel shanatan
and J. D. O'i'ounell were appointed a cominltee
to solicit subscriptions lorthe fun I kruHi ineed
by that convcutiun to be fontnitut^l u? ir^.
and.
"J. L. G." sends fl for "Cliis i1."
Karl.v yesterday morning a cari?ent'*r, immed
lohn T. Ke?*d, was t.>keu ill and turned into an
illey n^arthe Mount Vernon houte^on pejitisyivalla
a\enue. lietw?-en 4^ and*?th vir?"ets. Jenny
lom-s, colored, Toinnt??er(d t ? hold bis he ?d, and
vhlle so emraged n-lleved Ills i?o< ket of tan. and
itaited off. She was ? .ipturei b> <?fti ers l'.\ ru-?
md Fritz and locked up. Judge sm ll t??-da\ senenced
the woman to six montlo. 1" Jail.
Hon. Nelson Hlngley of Maine, addressed the
Dashaway Keform club last night.
The fair for the benwit of Grace ctmr<*h. which
loscd Saturday nlghu at old Fellow< Hail, realZ"<1
about *1,000, nearly enough U? llquldut-- the
lebt of the church.
The venerable and much re?pecU*d V.amliert
^ree, now in hlsMth year, Is s'-rfouslv til at his
esldence, 514 14th stm-t, and fe.?ra areCntertaintid
or his recovery. 1 he sudden death of his ^in. l>r.
'. M. Tree, a little over a week ago, was su> h a
ihock to him that he has not yet recovered from
L
Dkath of a Veteran.?Soveant John Hoach
Lied yesterday morning at the a^e of ?6. He w as
orn in this city, ana wad apprenticed at n years
if age to learn music in the marine corps, and was
<-r several years drum major or the corps. He was
wounded at Chepu!tepo<\ Mexico.
Dssns in Fee have been recorded as follows:?
uhn F. Murray to Estelle Taylor Palm*, ke 6. sq.
5; f?0a Exei-utors and trusb-es of John B. Brown
All la C. Brown, part of sitgo, avi acres; f .
nelson A. Ryon to D. B. tiro IT, hit 6, st|. 843; |S,rML
'harlotte L. Munro to James J. Clark, part ?4. sn,
SS; t . E. J. Hill to W. K. Ellis, sub. *, s.4. ?;
3,114. L. A. Bartlett to S.irah A. Sparks, Mib. R.
<|. 154; t^.tXiO James N. Capert<si to Hugh c?^
lerton, parts ? and 7, sq. 487; $1,000. W. F. MaU
Ingly et aL, trust'*es,t-o John L. Watefs,lot 11. rest;
>1,575. James J. Clark to Jesse J. Brown, part &
hi. 942; $4,000.
Filling the Vacancies in the Jpriics.?Th?
December term of the criminal Court (JudgeCoxt,
mljourued from last Monday. r?*sumed its v -ssj,?
this morning. The naui?*s of the following peiw
jons drawn for errand Jurors t?? fill vncMicies hus
'ailed and thej- were accepted; John llennon,
[ieo. T. Ke?'n, Thos. Gant, Heimls Mllard, Joshua
J lark, and Hugh J. Hart. Mr. B. V. Keyner was
woeptwl, subject to future ruling as his uualin ations.
H. C. McCauley w as excused on aci'ount
if sickness, and Xack. Dow ning was returned not
ound, leaving two vacancies to ML For ths
jetit jury. Philip Hunckel. J. c. Brooke, Jas. Fltapatiick,
Philip Iluiton. la-on Scht ll, and Joun HL
irven wen* callsd. Messrs Hun -kei. g. w. Dodlon,
J. B. Nolle, l.,eon Si*hell and K N. Gray w*-rs
xcus?*d. 4. C. Bn?oke, Jas. Fit/pal rick and J. H.
Jrven, were n-turn'-d not found. Philip llntton
vss accepted. The marshal was directed ui nit
he vacancies.
VERniCT IN THE ClKCt'S KiperV t ahe.?
n Uie ease of C. W. Fish, the circus
lder, against Coop<r 4 Bailey, to nv
o\cr 1216 for services up to October, Iismo. u'lven
0 the jury on Friday eveidng, they returned m
aled verdli-t, which was opened in court this
norniug. It was for ?? %.
Affairs in Wnl Vt ariiinftMi.
Firb.?About 730o'clock this morning an alar*
ra?struck from box 71 lor a fln- in stores No\ 3109
Old JUKI M street, owned by A. A J. W. Fre>. and
ccupled by Mr. F. G. SliuU. Nos. 5 and 1 englns
ompanles responded and exti ncuished the ilret
*lie main damage was to the stock.
Port.?Entered? Schr. Katie Ranger, Hardy,
roru New York, light. Cleared.? 8<-hr. ieutienlial,
Birdsell, for Hobt^keo, with <-oaL bchr. Klua
L Emery, Clayton, tor Havrstraw.
The Grain Trade ?Anivals, br?at Fanner*
'rlend, w ith 3,000 bushels wheat; boat Sen -ca.
rith 1.5(10 bushels wheat and 1.401) bushels corn;
oat Ellen Brooks, with bushels wheat
Ths Coal Tmads.?Ten boats iett Cumberland
uesda.v with 1.1M.04 tons of coal, as follows: For
oonretowu?Consolidation Co., 876.10tons; Borde?
o., 338.12 tons; New Central Co., 114.01 tuns. For
lexandria?American Co., 116.15 tups.
Alexandria Affair*.
pported for The Evemimu Stab.
Pastor Called.?The congregation of the First
resbyterlan church met last night and called
ev. John R. Henderson, of East on. Pa., to ths
istorate of the church. This church was estate*
shed before the Revolution, and met originally1
earlj- as 1756, In the school-house in the Market
[uare. A house of worship was built at tbe prmit
location of the church as early as 1772, tho
?ar before Christ church was finished. It has
*n without a pastor for several years, having for
arhlle united with another Presbyterian congre?
lUon as a union church, of which Rev. Dr. But.
ck, now chaplain of the Senate, w&p pastor. It
not known whether Mr. Henderson will acnept
KxroRTER'g Notes.?Yesterday was what la
died here in most of the churches " Hospital suniy,"
and the church collections were devoted to
te Alexandria Infirmary, which has beds open to
te sick and destitute. There was a single case
tramp to be sent out of town?at ptdfoe headlarters
this morning. It Is reported tlua an In*
ne man here has confessed complicity In xttm
under of " Scar-faced Charley "tbel' nlted Stats*
neasury watchman from Washington, who ws?
und drowned near Jones' Point, below this city.
st year. '
Ramos or m Thesjiom rm. ?Tbe foUowliw m?
? readings of the thermometer at the Signal OBoo
irlngtbe day: 7 a m., M. deg * 11 a. .,# dog.; 1
P-m^ttdsg. Maximum, 4L? dog.; minimum, I
i2deg. \
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