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Saturday.
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Satardav IveBlag, December 19,
, IL TROVATORE,
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PAT IVKN1MO, Fabraarr 4. ISA. ttabacrlptloa
book aow opca al tbt Academr
dtcll-tf L. 0. MAB11TI, Director.
Blerchant Tailors.
OLORGE HI2IIOLING,
lla jaat reoalvtd a ttt larga atock of
IMPOntED WINTER DRESS OOOD3,
Aftd 1 prepared to warraat a parfact fit al LO WEB
JfUlCla than any othar llrat Claaa Uouaolatb
citr.
Alao, a flaa a tort tot at of QaatlcniaB'a Furnlih
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MERCHANT TAILORS,
CORNER NINTH AND D8TREETS
nAVjso just PoacnisiD x vert cnoici
LOT or FALL GOODS,
WktKVlTIOVB TBIESSS TO OITE CI A CALL
IBtWI
WILL USE OURI1I3T ENDEAVORS TO PLEA8E
ALL WUO MAY IIOHOK US WITH TIU1B
rAlUOHAOE.
TOE BEST 07 WORE AND UOPEBATE
CUARUES IS OUR UOTTO.
Stoves and Tinware,
h e v e n t n eon
STUEET. OOZ,
JUST BECEIVED A NEW BOTFLY Or
MORNINQ Q LORY 3
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BKILKS AND ORATES FOB UErAlUINO 01
STOVES.
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Mcnr City Unit.
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Real Estate and General laiaranee Agent,
Itooma Xoa.33 and 37,
No. 407 F atreet, between iHlxtli nnd
fleveulls atreeta.
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ATTORNEYS AT XiAAV,
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School Furniture.
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Tha nndarilfnti ratpoct fully Informa the aom
monllr at lara.aa4 apMiallv tUa Truitwa and
Taaebara of all Vablla aad PrivsU Soboula, the
Chorea Lycmat aad dlvarcuy aatborltloa, and
tha froprlatora or tactnra Boom, aad of all Tntat
HaalaBdoibar alaaa of Eaalbltlana, that, aa aols
Axaal for Kobarl fatos, patealea and man cue
tarar. No. W Oaorr at real, w York ally, bt
haa a a aaaorltnanl of Iba mml Hodarn Btrlaa of
(UBflituui aaapian to iaa aoovo purpoa,
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j VTAlBIRGTOItFlCTS AND IMPRESSIONS.
liiTEairAt,'nmJrpR McntfTS rtitcrdar
Amounted to 337(134.
ak&trrLiBl hkidteldd nol to brlnr la
hit bill on fUtaott until afltr the rcacaaof
vac tt it ;
XT IS 1TATKD that Iton.arcaa Ola Smith
haj'taadtrtd hla'riilgaatloa iOorrporof
Mootaa'bat that It hn not ytt bo ae-
etpttl
Beit. Ma. E. W. DanrHts. Jndra ftJrocate,
haibtanortlarad to repair to thta cllr And
reportfor Umporary duty to the Jaitee Adro-
oRte uencru or me army.
htxXi Liiut. A. A. WooDHitLL. aaalatant
urreoo. haa baa a orderail to repair to tbla
city aod teanme bla duties In tho Surgeon
Otneral'a OOlee.
RlPDIfl T Rain-it I at nhts laaiial kn nt,1j)ti
dlreetlof MaJ.Oeo. O.O. Meade to repair to
this elty on public builntu fat aacji time this
uonm aa la his Judf meo. th public lot treat
will permit.
SnATon DaAKi.lt la aald. la bitterly op
poied totht propoaltlonof graatliig seneral
amnaitytoUhoiawho took part In the lata
reDeiuoD, anu la preparing an argument
against It, to be publletted In the State of
miaiourl.
Rir. Mb. Uctlbr aanouncea a discourse
for to-tnorrow night, in the Eleventh atreet
Lutheran church, for young men especially,
npoo the "Successes nod Failures of Life.
A Urge number of ioudjt men attend this
ctfursh,
Trn receipts from customs at the ports bolow
named, from December 1st to 5th,lnoluilre,
were aa followsi Doston, 23t,QMAtt New
York, $1,379,812.03; Phllndetphla, $11,011 08
BAlUmore. MJl(U2i New- Orleans. (Novem
ber Ztat to SOtb,) 1303,273 13( Sin rraoe!sco,
NOT. 1st t9 7th,) 201,040 21. Total, 2,035..
B19.U.
A nuoLCTtoir Is to be Introduced In the
House, on Mooday,cmngfo,r a special com
mUteo to. Inveatlgate the frauds tbTaTwcre
practiced at the ballot-box In New York city
and Klogs oounty, New York, at the lato I'reil
dentlat and Qubernatorlal election. Several
members of the Union League, of New York
city, have been here urging an Investigation.
TaiMCTEOTOf.IT.Uf BAIUWAD CASE h&S SS
sumed another phase. Some dare aro an In
Junction was Issued to prevent further Inter
isrenoa tj the corporation with the laborers,
and the work wee resumed. Yesterday Mayor
Bo wen applied to Judge Olio, and obtained
another injnnottoo, the effect of which was to
atop the further prosesutloa of tho work
wit bin the elty limits.
A OlSEftAt COURT MARTIAL IiBS btOO Of.
dered to meet At Fort Monroe, V , on the 16th
instant, ror the trial of auoh prisoners as may
be brought beforo It, and the following-named
officers detailed foralntyon thecouiti Brevet
ung.ueo.J. itoberti, Urevet Uolonel O. V.
Henry, Brevet Major O. B. Bodoer, Brevet
Major J. D.Shlon, Brevet UaptatuO. T. Bis
sell, First Lteutenanta J. E. Wllaon And B. V.
Ryer, Second Lieutenants R. D, Potts And T.
r.ThornburgbAnd Breret Col. C. 17. Willis
too, Judge Advocate.
Oisiral OaAii-r, Secretary Schofleld, and
Oenerala Oeo. U.Thomaa nod A. II. Terry
wllllearo here thla evening for Ohlcigo, to at
tend thereunlon of the Wei tern Armlcs.whfeh
takes place In that elty on the 14th And lClh
Instant. They will be accompanied by Gener
als Parker, Porter, Dent, Baboock, Dome took I
and Badeau.of Oenenl mot's ataiTj Colonels
SehoDetd, Oimpbell, aol Captain Ennls, of
the Secretary's ataff, besides m large number
of officers now In this city who were formerly
connected with the Western armies. Several
Senators and Representatives will Also ac,
company the party.
W yesterday published a paragraph to the
effect that a commissioner had1 been sent to
Spain with reference to the puroliase of Cubi.
TheiYewYorkTVttiiMorycaUrdAyhRSAdii
patch from WAshlogtoo, stating "that Caleb
Gushing haa gone to Europe on a secret
Government mission, having reference, tt Is
thought, to the Alabama claims or to the pur
chase of Cuba."
Thla confirm a, In p.rt, what wo statej,
aadtn further confirmation, It was reported
last night in weiMorormej circles that Mr.
Gushing was really charged with that mission
abroad, and that ho was fully, authorised to
ofee any earn, not exceeding two hundred mil
llona of dollars for the la I and or Cubs.
TnapjuniylvaolaOoagreialonal delegation
had a meeting on Thursday to make arrange
ments and nx upon a tlmo for formally ao
oounelng the deaths of Mr. Stevens and Mr.
Finney In the Haute of Repretcatatlves. A
eommlttee composed of Mesirs. Kelley, Co
rode, and Cake, were appointed to arrange a
list of speakers In memory of Mr. Stevens, on
Thursday, ao4f0r Mr, Honey on, Friday. The
announcement of Mr.Sterens deith will be
made by Mr. Dickey, his auocenor, who will
be followedby Messrs. Broomall, Kelley, Gels,
Moorhetd, Miller, (lake, Poland, Dawes,
Orth, Sypher, nod Donnelly, and upon Mr.
Finney by his sueossior. Mr. Pettis, and the
following eollf agues, who served with him In
the Pennsylvania Legislature; Mesirs. Sco
field, O'Neill, Lawrence, aud Randall.
Tui Washiptotov coanssrosDiNT of the
New York WorM telegraphs as follows In rela
tion to tho Secretaryship of the Treniury.
The IKorAl publishes the paragraph In Its col
umns, double leaded i
It la now underatood In well-informed clr-
oles that Hon. E. 11. Waahburno, of Illinois, la
to pa ocerei
Oraat'a U&bli
to be Secretary of the Treaaury In General
ointment decided upon, but on
net.
This la the only Cabinet np-
inis you may
'fc.
The fact that thla decision was arrhed at
waspaaaed around among tho guests At Mai.
ahalf U Robert's the other evcnlor, In your
city, and telegraphed to Washington to Jay,
in ma most auinoniAiii
most authoritative manner. Grant baa
no hcattatton in sa jlng to any one who speaks
to blm about tt, that 'Waahburoe Is a thor
ougbly honest man.' It Is this belief on his
part, together with his personal indebtedness
to Wasnburne, which has Induoed Grant to
coma tathladaolalon. Waahburna had alariro
addition to tha number of his friends to-
Hok. Gaonoi T. Baowa, Sergeantit-Arma
of the Senate, has been much complimented
by Senators and the host of ladles and gentle-
meu who dally visit the Senate galleries and
committee-rooms, for the excellent taste he
has shown la the refitting and refurnishing of
he Senate Chamber, committee-rooms, aote-
rooms, msrble-room, ladles' retiring-rooms,
galleries, and reception-room. Also, the re
porters' room and ante-room New carpeting,
sofas, chairs, aad wlsdow-eurtalos decorate
the different committee-rooms, while tho desks
to the Senate Chamber have been newly var
nished, the chalra newly upholstered, and all
those little eoorenleocos Added that are so
much appreciated by the members, in facili
tating tbem In tho transaction oftbelr publlo
business. The ladles waiting rooms are at
tended by female waitresses. The reporters'
gallery has been well Arranged, and manyoe-
cessaryoopveoienoea added. The rresiaenra
room, used only by the President of the United
States when he visits toe Bsnatt, loons nice a
small palaoci It la the general admiration of all
visitors. Yesterday, a number of ladles and
gentlemeuvlslted th Senate Chamber and the
rooms adjoint nr, ana were received and es -
a.ua
pnliiwt '
WASHINGTON.
corted, around by the courteous assistant
Whom Bergeant.ar.Arms urowft' always has
attached to Ms corps of Senate officers.
TaBCoMKirrBBoir FaiaDHSis' Atvaiu,
to which was referred tho question or contin
uing the Freedmen'a Bureau In operation la
the States of Virginia. Texas, and Mississippi.
of which Mr. Eliot, of Mass , Is chairman, hAd
a meeting yesterday, and OeavO. O. Howard,
Gen. Sloneaan, and GovV Wells, of Y.f were
before the eommlttee. The two last-named
gentlemen gave It as their opinion that tho
bureau ahould be continued In these Statee.
Gen.. Howard was understood to Oppose t(ie
continuance of (thla branch of the public ser
vice) but arter hearing all the facts as stated
by Gov. Wc.U'and Genf 6tonemAo,h la un
derstood to have modified Jila views some
what, and will reconsider the tabjeet.and It
If thought he will ultimate! approve the
proposition for a limited eonttouancoof the
bureau. It Is still uncertain what the
eommlttee will report, and rumor had it
last evening that they woold report In favor
suspending all operations under the direction
of thouenerAiaovsrnmeoi in ben air of tho
freedmen.
Porno n n I.
Hon. JohnT. Wilson, Representative from
the Eleventh Ohio district, arrived here yes
terday, Mr. Wilson's district is claimed as
the banoer district, because It gained a larger
number of Republican votes than any other
in the State, giving htm a majority of over
2,000, while the same counties gave laat year a
Democratic majority of WO. lion. A.K. Me
Olure, Pennsylvania Judge Hugh L. Bond,
Maryland, Hon. II. A. Smith, New York, are
at Wlllarda. Hon. J. M. Humphrey, New
York, la at the Seaton House. Hon. N, P.
Banks. Massachusetts! Hon. W. II. Bsrnum.
Conned lout, are at the Ebbltt House. Hon.
Thomas N. Stlllwell, Indiana, Is at the St.
j am ft' jiOiCi.
Mow lnbIlcatloue.
"Fallsx Pbidi, or the Mountain Girl's
Lot,' by Mrs. Emma DEN Soutbtvortb,
Author of "The Lost llalraii," The For
tune Seeker," "AUworth Abbey." Published
by T Hi Peterson A D-o , Philadelphia. For
sal by Phllp A Solomons. (Notice hereafter.)
Wild Lira UxDiatna Equator,' nar
rated for jonng people, by Paul Da Challla,
eatbor of "Stories of lb Oorlll Country, "
ko t with numerous ograrlogs. Published by
Harper A Bros , New York. For sal by
French k Richardson. '(Notice hereafter.)
"Ton ArAcaa CoOrtrt, a tour through
Ariiona and Sonera," bj J. Ross Browne, an
thor or "Ynisf," A), Illustrated by the au
thor. Published by Ilirpar A Bros , Nsw
York. For sale by Frsneh A Richardson.
(Notice hereafter )
"Lompos QuARTiniV Rrvisw," for Octo
ber, (American edition ) For sale by French
& Richardson,
FnoH Jos. SoiLttaoTox. corner of Pennsyl
vania avenue and Foar-andahalf street, we
hare "Barton's Oomte Recitations," "The
Amateur Theatrloals," and "Fairy Tate Dra-
maj," alia, Tht Atlantic Monthly And Our
lvuug Folk; for January, and the Old
Franltin Almanac for 1889.
Fnou Paibr A Solomox we here "Ran
dom Thought," pronounced by Simon Wolf,
esq , coder the ausplees of Eureka Lodge,
No. 50, 1. Q B. B., and addreis delivered at
the annual Installation of the oDljera of La
fayette Cbaptsr, No. 5, by Companion Simon
Wolf
Mai SOTnwoRTa's Nxw Novbl, "Fair
Plat," is In prets and will be published In a
few days by T. B Peterson A Brothers, Phila
dslpbla It will oommand a large sale, as It
has been pronjunesd by those who hare read
the proof-lb a tr, to b fally equal, If not
soperlor to anything eve: baWre written bf
this pop alar American authoress It will be
I tsued la aJarg doodad a volume of six
hundred pages, In uniform styls wltb all her
prtvlous works.
Heater Vnuirhu.
Mrs St an tori writes to tb Hi volution in
aooount of the visit of the ocmmltte of tb
Wo rklogw omen's Association to Gov. Geary
and Hsster Vaughn. Mrs. Stanton thus gives
htr Impressions of Hester Vaughn :
On seeing the poor si rl. oar Interest In bsr
was greauy intsnsiaau, ana w icu more man
verepnvlneod of ber Innocence. Hester Is a
snori, stout gin, witn a reona neaa, oign,
broad forehead, an open, benevolent face, light
brown hair, soft bio eyas, and fair complex.
Ion. Eh bs a qulst, self poisatied manner,
and Is gentle In her movements and speech.
She can read and writ, and la very Intelligent
for one of ber da u. 6b showed us several of
Leigh Richmond's storlss that ah had been
reading, aod exhibited uodergarmt that sfa
hid mad that ware very neatly embroidered
Everything aboot her Indicates a test for or
der, eleeollniai, aod beauty. As we were left
alon with ber. we bad a full, free talk cf more
than an hour. Sh aent over tragi scenes of
toe last year, bn told us of her young davs,
her bom, how mneh she feared ber father
might bear of her disgrace. She said the
wished sh had glvsa some other nam In
court. "
When w told ber that tb families with whom
shs had lived had petitioned tb Oovernor for
ber reloaie, aod spoken In tb hlgbeat terms
of bsr devotion and faithfulness totielrlo
tereitr"Oh yes," sh said, with great aim.
pllelty, "I never harmed any one but myself "
ller oell Is about 11 fset square, has a largo
window that sh can open or shut at pleasure,
water and beat at ber command, with a ven
tilator In tb celling Bhe has a trunk full of
olotbss, n namber of books, a table aod two
stools. Whll w were there the door stood
wide open Oh"' said she, "how pleasant
It seems to bar that door open. You bav
no Idea how dreadful Ills lobe shut up all
alon tbes long, dark nights, with mice aad
ani) cockroaches. I have had my fingers bit
ten while sleeping."
Rouax Catholic Missionaries TbR
mtn Catholic Church In this oltv Is verv active
jait now In missionary workv Tb Minion
woicu nas ntn neid oy in iieuempiorm
Fathers In Dr. MeQIynn eboreb, Twenty
eighth street, during the pait five weeks, has
cleied. Tb reverend pastor regards lit re
sults as of the most satisfactory kind. Baring
the first three wseks, the exercises of which
were intended entirely forwomeo, nine thou
sand women received tb saoramentef the
Knot art it The last two weeks were devoted
exoluilvely t the men, six thousand of whom
received tt leoratneot. Fifty persons of other
faiths, It Is atated, wire converted and actually
received lntothohuroh during tb.miailon,
wtu xotk vonimtrex(.
AaaatCAX CoxaaxaATioxAL Ukios -Rev.
Ray Palmer writes to tbo Indeytndtnt that
sine tb 1st of May last tb American Con
gregational Union has paid, appropriations to
tb amount of nearly twetre thousand dollars
to twenty-ilx churches, and they stand pledged
to nity-tnree oioer enurenee ior nearly twenty
three thousand more. The opening ef tb new
States ipaajelly of Miisourl, Kansas, Ne
braska, aad California to Christian effort,
Tirl ttl artvAnAlna I l.tavjtr B-ijtahnf&SlMBB M..L&
the dsmands for asslitaoaa lathe bnlldlog of
church edlfloe continually more urgent. Ap
i pnoauona ar more numvroua man ever,
D. 0.'. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 12. 168.
LATEST TRLEORAPHIC 7JEWS
BY THE AMSOCIATBD rltEllS.
rr
ECROPE.
The) Loisclon lree on (be rreal-
deutM Memg;j-Earl Mpencer Ap
polaleeULord t.leDtena)ait of Ire
lanaiwrai Cadi a nerolatloss-Bla-mareat
sceila Declare for Peace
Deiporate Battle at Cad I a -r out I -eal
Exellemeat In Southern Rpan
lab Provtsseea.
Losdov, Deo. 11. Th telegraphle synopsis
of the President's annual message, and the an
nouncement of the manner or its reception by
the United States Senate, have evoked tho
following comments from the London Journalat
The DaUu Ktwu Radical, say that Preal-
dent Johaoon'a peralstent opposition to th
nation 1 the cause of the partial failure of
the message.
The writer to ehow that there Is no
hope for a restoration or peace and unity In
Amerlea utTlfthe accession of Orant to the
Presidency.
The Morning stinurd. (conservative,)
strongly deprecates the refusal of the Senate
to listen to th message, aod pronounces such
action disrespectful to th Executive office.
The Morning lltrtld, (Conservative,) snpt
The message of President Johnson com
mends Itself to everybody Interested In Amer
ican affaire. It is the warning protest and
testament of a stetesman politically dying."
Loxdov, Deoember II. The appointment of
EarlSpencer to be Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
le officially announced.
Lou do v. December 11 Evening. in tho
House of Commons to-day, the election of the
epeaker was confirmed by th Crown, and the
membero qualified themselves by taking the
oath.
Paris, December 11. The Qtutolt aaserts
that th revolutionary movement! at Cadiz te
lastlgated by ageats of Isabella.
Biniiv, Dec. 11. In thecoursoof a debate
to the Prussian Diet on a bill for confiscating
of the property of the Elcotor of Hesse, Bis
marck, alludlog to the recent war agitation,
eald: "The fears of war which were prevalent
during the summer, heve now paased away."
VI exit A, use. ii. is ic earn mat uaron on
Becke, will be Appointed embassador from
Austria to tha Sublime Porte.
Madrid, Dee. 11. The proposal of capitu
lation made by tho Insurgents at Cadis, were
rejected At the expiration of the Armistice,
and hostilities were recommenced.
A desperate confllot took place, In which ar
tillery wao used both by the Government
troops end the Insurgent!.
The loas In killed end wounded waa heavy
on both sldss, but the result was lnaeelsive
The Insurgents still occupy the Hotel do
Vllle end th surrounding district. The rebels
hnve detained within the Hotel de Vllle all
the foreign coneuls they could seize, and hope
to prevent the threatened bombardment of
that portion of the elty ny a vessel of war
lying In the harbor.
Great political excitement prevails In Xcres
Malaga, and Terragona.
Oeo. Prim Is now on his way to the south
ern provinces, and It is hoped that his pres
ence there will restore traoqullllty.
CUBA.
Proajreaa or tho Revolution Nklrm
tah nanr xfanaanlllo The Govern
ment Tlctorlona Contradictory
fltatenienta.
IUtawa, Deo. H. The DUrio to-day pub
llahee the following new from the Interior i
The Spanish troops at Manzanlllo, rein
forced by sailors from men-of-war In the har
bor, had a aharn skirmish with the insurgents
near the town. Ten of the latter were killed
end many wounded.
The troope captured a largo number of
horaee and some Important correspondence,
Th government loss Is not reported.
Th Dtario also states that slnoe the battles
of Oobre end Guantamo too rebela have volun
tarily given themselvee up to the military
authorities And received pardon.
The revolutionists flatly contradict these
statements, and report that they ar con
stantly receiving reinforcements of men, arms
end Ammunition.
Within a week about fifty young men, (some
of them belonging to the first families In the
laland,)bave left Havana, to Join the Ke.o
lutloolsls.
The Spanlarda here continue to subscribe
money, and furnish recruits for the Oofcrn-
meet.
CAWAUA.
The Northaveateru Territory Infer-
Colonial Railway Commissioner.
Ottawa, Dec. It. It Is stated that Sir
E. Cartler and Mr. McDougall, In consequence
of the ministerial changes In England, will At
once return to Canada, and make another trip
after the next aesslonof the Domlnlone Par
liament, to settle negotiations connected with
tbo acquisition of the Northwestern Terri
tory. The Privy Council held a meeting to-day
and appointed commissioners ror tb inter
colonial railway, as follows t Mr. Watch for
Ootarlot Mr, Brydge for Quebec, and Mr,
Ohaoder for Near Brunswick. Col. Coffin
will act temporarily for Nova Scotia.
i .- -OMAIIA.
The Paclfle Railroad BrldfreRcpalretl
Cold Weather The Iudlann Unlet
and I'eacefnl.
Ouaiii, December 11. The repairs to the
temporary bridge across the Missouri are com
pleted. Th cold weather or tbo paat three
days has mado the passage of toe river oy
teams perleetly sare. The thermometer, tnie
morning, was eight degreea below sero.
General Ulalr and Commissioner uogy ar.
rived from the Weal, and left for St. Louis
thla morning.
Arrivals from the upper Missouri reserva
tion report that the Indiana are quiet nl sat
isfied. A large number of Sioux, including Spotted
Tall, oceopy tho reservation abote Fort Ran
dall. YVosftana "JtisTraffe.
Providixck, R. I., December It. A State
Woman's Suffrage Convention waa held her
to-day, with a very large attendance Bin.
Elisabeth Chase, president.
Addresses wer mad by Colonel Hlgilosoo,
Pauline Wright DavIi, Lucy Stone, Frederick
Douglass, Mrs. A. F, Shepherd, Rev. John
Dogden, Dr. luery u. Jackson, s. B. roster,
Abby Kelly Foster, and others. A Stat asso.
elation was formed.
Weather Reports
WiLUiWQTOjr, N. C, Deo. 11, The weather
la cold and ralnyi thermometer 40. There waa
a slight snow this evening.
AuariTA, Oa., Deo, 11 There was a heavy
elect last night. The weather la boisterous
andcolJ.
FoRTRKSat Moanon, Dec. 11. A heat y snow
atorm from the north set In at 9 o'clock thla
morning, and lasted all day,
Ntcniner Mlaaliia.
Nxw Yonx, Dec. 11. The ateamer Union,
which sailed from Loudon on tho 3d or ucto-
ber for this port, Is still missing, and It Is
feared has been lost at sea She had a cargo
of Iron, but no pasaegers.
Tfw
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THE HILL HCRDER.
The All Red Hnrderera In Court
notion to Qnaah the Indictment
Interesting Preeeedinjre The Wo
tlesa Overrnled The Aeenked Plead
Hot Gnlltr.
PaitUDstrniAaj Deo 11 Geori aod Ca
milla Twitohell. charred with the murder of
Loirs, Kill, were brought Into court this morn
ing, The District Attorney asked that they
be arraigned. The counsel for Mrs. Twttchell
moved to quash th Indictment against her,
and read her affidavit charging, la , effect, that
the Dietrict Attorney had tampered, with and
Illegally advised and influenced said grand la
queet to alter their determination to Ignore
said bill of Indictment, and find that a true
bill against ber was aot warranted by the evi
dence presented to them, being moved thereto
oy the counsel and Advice of the said District
Attorney, and not by the evldesce as sub
mitted. iter counsel proposed to substantiate the
allegation contained tn the affidavit, and
offered to call the district attenttyiad ask
him whether he had not entered the nand
Jury-room and urged that body to find a true
oiu against Mrs. Twiieheii.
The Court aald the district attorney waa ex
empt from examination.
Thecounool then proposed to call an officer
of the eourt who was la attendance upon the
grand jury, and provo that he was with the
grand Jury, and that they would not find a
true bill against Mrs. Twltchell for some
time.
The Judge saldi We cannot hear that the
grand Jury hcaltated to Aod a bill, for that
would be disclosing their proceedings
.Counsel. Then we will send for tho xrand
Jury,, end let them state facts.
Judge. That cannot be done for they are
worntoseeresy.
The Counsel replied that If this action of the
district attorney was unlawful, and yet It could
not oe proven, men toe assertion that the
grand jury la the bulwark of our liberties
Is All bosh.
Judge. No grand Juror and no other person
can be examined to provo what waa said In
that room.
The eounsst offered to call the foremen of
the grand jury nod ask him If twelve Jurors
united in nnamg the bin, but the court re
fused to Allow this.
The motion to quash was overruled, end
the prisoner wero then arraigned and plead
no guilty.
Th above action of the prisoners' counsel
waa taken aolely on a newspaper report.
KENTUCKY.
Cold Went her -The Late ateainboat
DIeaaterFatal Boiler Exploelon
Lotjiitille, Dec. 11. Tho weather during
tnepaatiortr-eight hours has been steadllr
cold. The thermometer this morning was 80
degrees above zero. To-night It stands 8 de
greee above.
At a meeting of tho board of trade held this
morning, resolutions were adopted deploring
tneiosaor Mr. unrrln, ofthe Armor Garvin,
Belt & Co., aa estimable rentlemenand mer
chant, lost lathe late Ohio river steamboat
diMaUr, directing that the board room b
draped In mourning, and requeatinr members.
mercnants, and friends to wear a badge of
mourning for thirty daya.
A boiler attached to the engine and aaw
turn owned by Mcciure . MoArd. at Bu-
ford' atatlon,on the Nashville and Decatur
raiiroad,exploded yesterday, killing Mr, John
son, the engineer, and mortally wounding
another employee.
A LA II ASIA.
Death of a Prominent Cltlaeu--Lc
ajtalatlve Proceeding; - Tho Km
Ulnx Ulll Under Dlacnsalon.
Moxtooxkbt, ALA, Deo. it. roday has
been th coldest of this season.
Hon. W. B. Fannin, for manyycars a promt,
nent member of tho Georgia Legislature, was
burled In this city to-day. He died suddenly
of apoplexy,
The Legislature la engaged principally In
granting privileges to railroads. Most of the
bills on which action has been taken are of a
purely local character.
The Ku Kluxblll Is now under discussion in
the House.
There lebut little probability of An early
Adjournment.
Great dissatisfaction exists on account of
the long session.
The Legislature has been In session three
month! altogether since July.
MEW YORK.
Proceeding In theCourla Destruc
tire Fire In IVnahluctou Connty.
Naw York, Dec. 11. In th Watsoo-Creary
reranuo case to-day a verdict was rendered for
th Government.
The Kentuoky Bourbon caae waa postponed,
owing to the abaence of some of th defend
ants, It bslng ncoeasaryto try them all to
gether on th charge of conspiracy to defraud
th Government.
Justice Shandlcy to-day discharged Ueckery
and Moore, chargeJ with the commiaslon ef
the Broadway thentre outrage aeveral months
ago, and fully exculpated them from Any legal
wrong.
Taor N, v., Dec. 11. A great fire occurred
at Greenwich, Waahtngton county, New York,
this morning. Six stores were burned, and
the losses will probably amount to (100,000,
mostly covered by Insurance,
MONTANA.
Meeting: of the Lefijlalattiro Tho Uo
eruor's neaiage.
St. Louis, Deo.U.-The VlrglniaCltj (Mon
tana) Telearaph of the 9th Instant says. Acting
Governor Taft delivered his menage to the
Legislature to-day. He recommence the en
couragement of Immigration to Montana from
Northern Europe aa a -counterpoise to the
rapid Influx of Chinamen. Ho favors legisla
tive assistance for the better development of
tho mining Interests, and asks for nn Improve
ment In the sohool system.
Nnlclde.
Mvupiiis, Dec. 11. A young man from St.
Louts, named El ward Joumcll, committed
aulclde thla morninc, by shooting himself
through the head. The auso was his failure
to obtain employment.
MouKSTAnr Imiakitt The jury In the
case of Cole, tried at Albany for the murder of
II li cock, has capped th climax of absurdity
In relation to tb doetrtnes of loianlty by de
claring that Cole waa sane tb moment before
hi killed Ms man and the moment afterward,
but that their minds were In sore agitation
and s miction to determine whether b was
Insane at the moment irhen he fired the fatal
bullet. Th Judge. Instead of endeavoring to
repel the conssqusnees of such paltering with
principles which ar plain to every parson
pollening common seme, told tbem that If
they had a doubt, th prisoner should have
the benefit of it.
Encouraged by such a remarkable judicial
expresalon aa Ibis, wbloh, in feet, waa all tb
exeme thai they needed, they brought In a
verdict of not guilty. It therefor oeems by
this remarkable opinion that Col was san
the moment before he fired th pistol, he was
raving oraiy when h flrad it. not knowing
what he was aboot, aod reooverei bis senses
the taomeot hit vlotla fell. Thlsrsmsrksbl
dlsoovery ottDomntarytniolty, precede! aod
followed by sanity, Is really the most extraor
dioarydereloprmentofthoage. Pn y
plMirtra,
PRICE 3 CENTS.
.Lateat Telesrraphle Brevltlee.
The ateanter Vnlorl, which sailed from Lon
don for Near York on October 2J, la still
missing. She had a Oarro of Iron, but no pas
sengers. Fir In Waahlnxton couotr. New York
yeoterday, destroyed $100,000 worth of prop
erty.
Fortress Monroe witnessed a snow atorm
yesterday.
The London iVoos doubt the restoration of
peace to America until Grant' - Inauguration.
The ijundon Mtrntna sttnitrd deprecates
the refusal of the Senate to listen to the
President' message.
The London Mornfno Iitreid aayi President
Joonson' message Mls the warning protect
nod testament of a atatesman politically dy
ing." The murderers of Mrs. HIU war before Uie
Philadelphia eourt yesterday, and plead " not
guilty," after a futile attempt had been made
to quieh the Indictment.
The Canadian privy council ha elected U-
ter-eoloolel railway osaaalAaloner. M
The Government troop have had another
Victory over tho Cuban lnaurgents.
The New York courts acted on several Im
portant caae yesterday.
a. boner explosion ou the nashvuie and v
oatur railroad killed one man and wounded
three other.
Edward Joumell, falling to gat employment,
committed sulcld In Memphis yesterday,
A State womans' suffrage nssoolatlon has
been formed In Rhode island.
Earl Spencer Is Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,
Bismarck again declares for peace.
In the Hill murder eaae yeaterday, the court
reiterated the deolaioa that xrand jurors can
not be compelled to divulge Any portion of
their deliberations.
It Is cold everywhere.
Spotted Tall ha become peaceful aod set
tled on a reservation.
The Omaha railroad brldgo has been re
paired.
Oeneraluiatrand commissioner uogy Arc
on their way to St. Louts.
The thermometer at Omaha is eight degrees
below zero.
Hon. W. B Fannin, ot Alabama, la dead.
The Alabama Leglalature Is considering Ku
Klux bills.
Baron Von Becke will represent Austria At
th sublime roue.
A terrible battle ha been fought at Cadiz.
It la beUeved that Isabella lsplred the Cadiz
Insurrection.
Great excitement prevails In the Southern
provinces of Spain.
Waahlngrton a net Grant A Parallel
In th addreis recently delivered by Judge
HoopsrO. VanVorat ofNawYerk, before th
National Clob, on th character and ssrvlces
of General Grant, th following parallel b
twn Washington ani Grant was made.
'Great as were the services of Washington
for bis country, those of Orant wer none the
less so It was the military genias of Grant,
and which has Justly gfrsn him the cognomen
of the Groat Captain of th preient day, aided
by the courage aod peneverano of th army,
and th patriotism of tb people, to which w
ar Indebted for the xlstne of our united
republic to-day, and for tb distlnotion in
whlob. Mantlet. It Is trn that Grant docs
not, as Washington did not, dasir tb offiea
It Is trn that h ha don nothing to procure
his nomination forth place, and makes no
Sort to.render his sueceis certain. It Is tru
that, nrevlous to his nomination, he daelarad
tbat t did not detlr the otfic that h pre
ferred th plao which h already held) and
tnat Bine aim nomioawon ui nu loroiaaan
General Howard, who. la chare of th Freed-
mn's Bureau, waa about to make , tour of th
soutbsrn states to advocate his claims to the
office. It Is tru witbhlca as It was with Wash
ington, tnai no4 no amnition forth honor,
power and patronage whloh th office would
eoofer on htm. Still Grant poaieues In aa
eminent decree ah th qualities which th oro-
Ser, wis and Jait administration of th office
emands. It is th quality of tns greatness
to b allied with modaaty. In Washington this
was oonsplcuons, and tn Grant It Is no lass so.
eaon owerrea oareruiiy tn object to t at
tained and th difficulties to be overcome.
Each noiselessly, without parade, but firmly,
adjusted th means, oolleeted and disposed
th foro for th undertaking; and when suc
cess came, although Its lmportano was pro
fonndlv understood. It was aulatlv announced.
Irving th graceful biographer of Washington
lavs of blm:
1 Th eharaoter of Washington may want
som oi tn poeucai .mnia wuonaasaioana
delight th multitude, but It possessed pra
denoe, flrmnss, aagaelty, moderation, and
over-mung judgment, courage that never fal
tared, patleao that never wearied.' How
much of tbla language li Jaitly applicable to
urani; in mm you aaa in same firmness,
moderation, sagacity. Judgment, and ooarsgei
General Dlx, an axoclfent Judge of men and
character, and who bu bad large experience
ia pnoi.o Boaixa, ooio military Ana eivie, inns
writes of blm: I hv thought for a year
that Orant ahould b President The craitl.ro
ei nts nam win enaoi (oao more man any
other man to heal tb national distensions,
whloh seem to mi to be as far from a letli fac
tory solution as ever. Then he Is honest, both
from Instinct and habit and as be hasgoid
sens, perseverance, ana a moueet em mat a or
his own capabilities, I have no doubt that he
would call abl men to his councils, and listen
to their advloei and Ibeltov that he would
be a firm, conservative and incecsifal Chief
Magistrate. There are points of corresoon
denoe between these two leading men the on
oi in igntntn ana tn otor of tn nine
teenth entarToorriDOndcne In character.
and In th circumstances which gave etch
prominence, tb on living In th Infancy, the
einer in tn ariy maonood of th naiuo
They are, and will Id tb future continue to
b, th marked and dlitlsgulihed men of their
times."
A Yoi'xo Girl Killed ar Wuiskv Ys
terday two workmen, mptoy4 Inabikery
near th City II all, obtained a quart of wbliky
aod aoh took a drink Leaving It, th pitcher
was found by a young German girl, named
Augusta Stefilo, and th entire contents drank
Tb girl was but IS yesrs of age, and Imme
diately beoam stuplfled under the effaoti of
th liquor. Restorative wer given ber, but
without effect, and sh sank gradually until
this morning, when she died The girl worked
la tb bakery, had been tn the country but a
few days, ber parents still living In Germany,
and has only on relative her, an aunt living
In th country. When tb body wis taken to
tb station home this morning th flesh wai
white as marble, exceptltg about the neck,
where th evidences of strangulation wr
plainly visible In th discoloration. An In
queit by the oounty surgeon showed that th
girl cam to bar death as related above
Mthuauket IViicormrt, ic 5.
AcKxowLEDuuaaT or Tiuelt Services.
Rear Admiral Turner, commanding tb United
Statee forces In tb Pacific, has forwardsd to
tboNavy Dipartmeot a latter from General
Uorey, United Statea Minister to I'eru, en
eloilog a copy of a letter from th Peruvian
Government thanking the republic of Chill
and Bolivia and th representatives of the
Uoltsd States of America and Franc for
tbelr generous conduct toward th people In
the south of Peru, who suffered from th con
eequenees of the earthquake In August lait.
Rear Admiral Turner has also sent to tb De
partment a complimentary letter from tbe
commander-in-chief of the Peruvian navy
regarding the services rendered by th patisd
aulilant surgeon cf th United Statea steamsr
Wateree, at Arloa, at the time of tb earth
quake In August last
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TIIR NATIONAL 'REPUBLICAN
PUBLISHED EVERY MOllNINO,
(SaaJaraaxcaptao',)
IV W. .T MDnTAOII,
Ktrlhtut Corn r of Tenth and D ItrwU,
(fl9at!BFB..l.aL...... t
BBilifarBlibtd to aab.ttb.r.(br.arrl.raalft
MallfobicriUfi.lS.Mp.rnii,,, ioo rotili
maalba 1 ad S1.S0 for tbiaa moatha.liMiirtaily la
aJofinro.
PEN, PENCIL AJTD SCMSOBfl.
Naviqatiox hu closed! al Hertford.
A voral reform association la about to b
organised la Decs tor, HI.
Tna Banger and Ptsoataqnlt railroad In
Maine has been graded for thirty milei.
Tea King ef 81am died of astronomy he
ceugb a favtr whll obiervlog th oIIps.
Maa.P.T. Dibtrick, ef New Orleans, has
lost each ot bar three husbands by suicide.
Jxrr Datii waa seen lolouroeylng tn Won
temberg toward tb end of October.
Tna civil Hit of th Dak of Bx-Mtu!o-geft
nildbarrhaaisa Is 150,000 florins, ($100,
006 )
Tan Boston Harvard Alamnl have voted to
raise an ndtvmnt fund ef fir bnndrad tbntt.
and dollars.
Trr vintage near Lahniteln. on tb Rhine.
nded tn October. Tb new win Is said tola
excellent.
Tna population of BaTarla. at the centos
taken Dee. 3, 1867, which Is fust published,
was 4,824,415.
Lards In Southwestern Georsrla have re
cently sold at from ten to twenty-two dollar
no acre.
BTiixaison th Morris canal has eloieJ.
although It might be continued for irrl
weeks
Tax National Gallery has just purchased In
Rome, for 3,000, a large picture aserlbd to
Michael Angelo. Th s a bleat is th "Entomb
ment of ChrliL"
Tna property known a th Southern hotel
In New York has han sold for $871,000. Th
purchasers wer Messrs. E. II. Ludlow A Co.
McKay-, Adams k Co , the ship ballders of
East Boston, have stopped their works on ao
coast of financial embarrassment, throwing
hundreds of meohanlcs oat of mployment.
Tiie San Francisco Commissioner of Emi
gration has susd tb Paclfio Mall Company
for a violation of tb paiienger act, plaolng
th penalties at $5,000,000.
At Srxmv the Imports of MtroUum from
the United Stat have larrelr !neraad this
year. That port Is th moil Important for
tn importation ei pitroieam on tn uaitto
Sea: 135 vessels have arrived there thla veer.
loaded with oil, ani th merchants ther are
still unable to flu their orders, but draw larg
quantities irom uretnen.
NEWS ITEMS.
Tueodorr Tiltor has bn lecturing on
" Statesmanship," In Nsw York.
EnaLisa opera by th Richmra ODcratronc
has been eneceiifnl In Cincinnati.
Tnc new opera bulldlnr at Alliance. Ohio.
Is expected to be com pi sled by tb S2d
Miss Laura Kirxb made her first annaar
ane In Richmond last night.
Trr Pennsylvania Antl Slavery Soetatr. or
ganised by Benjamin Franklin, was addressed
on Thursday by Wendell Phillips.
Toe Alusnt of Dartmouth Collar el.
brated their fifth annual dinner at Detmon
IcO'i, In New York, oa Thursday rsnlng.
Ose MAir killed and three badly wounded la
tb result of an affray la a boos of III fam At
L Crosse, Wlsoomlo, a few days sine.
Da Fsvxiuorb. of Waihlnrton eountv. Fa..
having quarrelled with his two stepsons,
named Atchison, was shot and Instantly killed
by thslderof th latter.
Charles Oarriiox, of New York, whll
elk log alone Twanty.fourth avian, on
Tha rid ay evening, was struck by a paailog
Biago nan, noriea upon a rauroaa traex, ana
4 paulng train took off both his legs, killing
him Instantly,
Laxn-owxERiof McKeao, Elk, and Cameron
conntlea. Pen neilv ante, bav been holding
meeting, and agitating tb question of build
ing railroads to eonnect with Buffalo, Roohei
ter, and other cities la the Stat of New York.
Tb movement has good proapeot cf suocesi.
The Colllalon on the Ohio Distress)
lug; lucldenta.
From tb LoutivtH Journal, of December
7, we collect the following from among a num
ber of thrilling Incidents tbat attended the
terrible steamboat disaster tbat occurred
lately on th Ohio river
A touehlcg appeal was mads by Miss Jooei
to a gentleman on board. As th woodwork
was becoming too heated to bear, and tbe
flames were forcing their way gradually Into
th cabin, sh went to him saying, "Oh, Mr.
--, yon have talked to m this evening,
you have danced with me, you know who I
am and where Icon from) aav me' Oh,
sat mi! Ob, sav me!" lie told bar be had
a wife to save, and conld not help her. Poor
girl, sh Is beyond earthly help now.
A gentleman with bis sister, a lovely and
acoompllsbed young lady, wer passengers on
tb United Ststes. At tbe first shook, th
gentleman was thrown from his bed clear on
the floor. Haitlly pulling on his pantaloons,
be ruibeJ to tbe stateroom of bis sister, burst
open tbe door, and setting ber In bis arms oar
Ked her down on th main deck where, pro
curing a shatter, he threw It overboard and
leaped after It with his slater In his arms, lie
placed bar neural1 on tha ahuttar. ani waa
SWlmmlDa? behind noahlm IL with Ma nrutlana
load, toward the eh ore, when to bis horror, a
big. burly, and able-bodied man swam up,
pushed his sister off th hoard, and climbed
apon It himself.
Tbe young girl sank with a sarsam, and If
she came to tb surfac It was so dark and
lb oonrusion so great tbat n could not find
hr. Maddened at th dastardly aot, h
mad after th author, and salting him by tb
throat a stroggl to th death ensued. They
roio and sank, together, still struggling, aod
wben last seen were grappllngwlth each otherr
Whether either was saved or both weot down
together Is not known. Tbe sister sank
beneath tbe wares and was lost, but she was
terribly avenged by her brother.
A lady on board tb States relates that as
sh aod ber huiband war moving toward lb
ahor. lo tb water, sh saw on of tb iff.
boats fill J with popwho bad epd. But
all at one th America begins backlog toward
shore, and mereilesily tb rod rudder strikee
the boat, oruihiog and upsetting it. Nona of
tboto passengers war saved altar weeping
on danger, only to meet death In another
form
Tb bridal parties on board lost verythioe
but their itpln apparel. Calloo look th
place of elegant veitmeatl Red worsted
hoods or bonnets, or anything tbat would
cover their nskedness. Clothing was gone;
elfgsot trousseau, which had cost io much
time and trouble In getting together, wore
lapped up In th hungry flames. Money was
gone, and penniless, utterly naked, three of
tnenawij -married coopie changed tneir warm
bod for lb ley water In tb rlverj half dead
witn frigut and two thirds iroseo, tney ooiy
reached tho frl'ndly shore to b greeted by a
piercing cool wind
Ukitaaia! CoarBAiaca. Tb fifth union
of tb "Conference of Unitarian and other
Ckrlitlsn Churches of th Mlddl and South
ern States," will be held la th First Unitar
ian chureb, Wilmington, Delawer,on Wednes
day and Thursday, Deoember 10lh and 17th.
Tbe first servloes will be held on Wednesday
evening, the 10th, at 7 30 o'clock, when th
opening sermon will be preaobed by Rev Ed
ward Everett flat
Tb Conference Includes in following
churches. Unitarian churches of Philadel
phia, Uermantown bum iiortBamwriaoa, in
Penniylraola, First Independent oh arch, and
Church of the Saviour, In Baltimore, and the
Unitarian enurones in Washington, u, u.,
Vineland and A too. New Jersey. Charleston,
Pourh Carolina, aod New Orleans, Louiilane
All the churobea will probably b represented
by delegates or by tetter.
arc iwonierenc win do an iy. , v..,
and Ui if iiltns will be open to the publlo.
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