Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1866, Page 1

| 3 4TBsTtTunaeawe PROM Oak HALL, BEADGUABTERS CLOTHING DEPART MENT. SMITH BROTHERS & (O., Bee. 460 and 464 SEVENTH STREET. TWENTY PER - ENT. SAVED BY BUYING FOUB FALL AND WINTER CLOTHES NOW. ‘We offer an immence stock of SUMMER, FALL aND WINTBE CLOTHING AT TWENTY PERCENT LESS 1baD the same goods con be manufactured for to- ie ‘erecdcan Save greatly by buying now for next a inter’s use. CLOTHING to order fer meat Fall aa Winter st much less than they will “Four immediate attention to this advertisement > as at . He. 460 and Crocite Post Utice. si J. BEIBERG: . Buccessor to H. F Loudom &Co., g LITARY CITIZEN SAND MILITARY AIR. a M tan Hotel, tate 107s Pot slvanie aven tf ci a 0. PERSONAL. DAME BROBERIER, the wonderful As- MAiciogist and janet Renter, having, lately Scaeviiee, hie wonderful lady was born with al '» present and stills. Ge an $1. Presen' residence No. 290 10th street, corner of O street, ei) im BREMIAH Ss. BLaCE WwW Orr cK, DaNem a Pras Attorneys-st-Law in the Supreme pict facreneay Boma MON. 6.9. BLACK, Dtice, 405 lath strests (dlrectly oppestte Wil- jotel.) de 18-tf BANKERS. BABeew 200, Corner Louisiana avenue and Seventh streets DEALERs IN COVEREMERT SECUBITIRG, @OLD and SIL pin LAND WARRANTS — L WIS JOHNSON & CO., BANKBEES, anD DEALERS IN FOREIGN EXCHANGS GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, STOOKS, BONDS. GOLD AND SILVER BOUGHT AND s0LD. mae g** COOKE & Ov., BanuKBES, Wifisenth strett, opposite Treasury, Buy and sell et current rates, and Keep always band, o full supply ofall GOVEBNMENT BONDS, 7-30 TREASURY NOTES, CEBTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS, &e., And pay the highest prices for QUABTERMASTER'’S CHECKS AND VOUCHERS au 2-atr First National Bank OF WASHINGTON, COOKE, (of Jay Cooke & Oo.,) President, ‘WM. 8. HUNTINGTON, Cashier. @OVEENMENT DEPOSITORY aD BISANCIAL AGENT OF THE UNITED STATES, My ) eF., OPPOSITE TEE TREaSURY DEPARTMENT, Government securities with Treasurer Unites Etates. a ONE MILLION DOLLARS. gs We buy and sell all classes of GOVERNMENT SECUBITIES at current market rates. FURNISH EXOHANGE end mske Collections on ALL THE PRINGIPAL CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES. ‘We purchase Government Vouchers on the MOST FAVORABLE TEEMS, and give carcful and prompt attention to ACOCOENTS OF BUSINESS MEN AND FIRMS and to any other business entrusted te us. FULL INFORMATION tn regard to GOVERE.- MENT LOANS at alt times cheerfully furnished, WM. 5. HUNTINGTON, Cashier. ‘Wasuineton, March 20. 1888, 8 EXPRESS COMPANIES. DAMS EXPRESS COMPANY. FFICE 514 PENNA OF FOE PANCH Urside sO #19 PENNSYLY. ere AyanU, OPPOSITE sonteran. OWBeTEEny Agt SOUTHERR Merchandise, Money. and Valuables kinds ere cad with dispaten to all coomntinie shecees COLLECTION OF NOTRS, DEA¥TS, ayp BILLS, Made in accessible parts of the United Btates, ©. O. DUNN, agent, Lif Washington, BD. INSURANCE COMPANIES. M ANHATTAN LIFE INSUBANCE MM COMPANY NEW ¥. OFFICE ¥0 476 SEVENTH STREET, Sm" T. TER, Agent, —___ SSS t. LIGHTER, Agent, )IBEMEN'S INSURAN FSS RGTON AND Chonogtoey, 42a OFFIOB Ho, 4, over Bank of Washington, ie eee SPECIAL NOTICES. Aesth Bap een tt 7 a ti i tele raoxttonsne, extrecte and e:scn- aan eather aa LOOMING CEREUS.” Gold everywhere. ‘able; + Will call on QRi. Palen tse iteale ge telligeneer. Bopublican und German SUBELY, > a STEADILY, indent. [iyia-zt!) JOHN LOLABK.. on ner ian ({245D FIC-Nic oF Fae 5uas0e SANDERS BETRIOF BUCH e! TH RK, cenipe. MONDAT, AUGUST Cth 1866, every coop of Kionzy Dismas®, REBUWAtisx, Gzaven, Uaimany Disonvens, Weanness and Paine in the Bacx,, FuaaLz Oomriaints and Trovsrne srising from B2cneszs oF any Kinp. COME, TB APFLICTEDI TRY SMOLANDER’S. TAKE NO OTHER BUCKU. Bold by all Apothecaries. Price @1. D. BABHES & 00., Hew York, and BARNES, WAED &00., Bew Orieans, Southern Agents. BURLBIGH & BOGEES, Wholesale Bruggists, Boston, Mass., General Agents. fob 10-ly S87 BUTOBER'S LIGHTNING FLY KILLER makes quick work with files, and if commenced early, k: the house clear all summer. Lapk out for imitations. Get jem-eolm fatcher’s only. COLGATE’S AROMATIO VEGETABLE SOAP A superior ToILet Soar, prepared from refined VxcEtaBre Ors in combination with GLycERINE and especially designed for the use of Lanizs, and forthe Nursery. Its perfame is exquisite, and ite washing properties unrivalled. For sale by all druggists. MOTH AND FRECKLES, Ladies afMicted with Discolorations on the Face, called moth patches or freckles, should use PER- BY'S celebrated MOTH and FRECKLE LOTION. It isinfallible. Prepared by Dr. B. 0. Perry, Der- matologist,49 Bond st.,W.¥. Soldby all drug- Giste in Washington and elsewhere. my 18-eo8m ————— she hones 8T, pomsicS'xew CATHOLIC CBRUBOR we suena thie to've the grand Pic-Nic of the Col it the No.1 place for Pic-Nics. Two Rands have been for the oocation, There: wit'be fireworks thd we etous {iruminatiog of 20 Ohinese Lanterns on the grounds at night. ‘We intend to have the very best police resula- tlon op the ovcasion. Tiekets only 25 conte each iy 2hdtd G™*™ pay la aa cat EXOUR- 8T. PAUL’S LUTHERAN CHURCH. . DOWN THE POTOMAC, stopping Saat AT GLYMONT, FRIDAY, JULY 27TH, 1866 Boats will leave 7th street wharf at 7:452.m., andl 424 mn. A pleasant time may be expected. A fall Band the followin, Department; Andrew Noerr, ith and E atreete; F. W. Pratt, First Natioual Bank, or of the Com mittee, Geo. Ryneal, 39% D street, bet. 6th and Tth:J..A, Wiedersheim. Mun & Co.,7thand F -t«.; A. W. Eneblinz, 259 Pa, av,.or from them at the boat. ‘Sin tickets, $1; ticket admitting centleman ¥, $1.00 vy 24-20" an I ¢ ‘BAND PIO0-NIO I BY THE VIGILANT FIBRE COMPANY, own. D. fe9-eoly t i SECRET DISEASES. On TU: ¥., July 81. 1886, Bax. an’s Girt ‘At ANALUSTAN. istanp, ARITAN’s Giyt 3st bemost cortaiz, safe and - ; effectus! remedy—i: , the only From 2 o'clock p.m. to2 o’clock s. m. TICKETS, $0 CRNES. 4-8 dy o discovered. eee mond is F ENIAN BROTHEESOOD. GRAND to NIc IDAY, JULY 27131. " ‘Tickets 50 cte., admitting gent and ladies, j23-2t* ‘HE ISLAND SOOIALS ‘Take great plearure in avnouncing to their friends and the public generally that ”” rhe HO mercury. ti te 6 the soldior's hope, and Littokd to those who ds Rot want to be exposed. Male packages, §2; fe- le, SamaRiTan’s Boot anp H. Jur A tt searren tas pe eratae Coe: y , 5 ce 5 le Bold by BOL Yerd. Wee adverticersie, POF wottl o a foe tees! is ge Et ‘rom 0! young, from rich and poor, bhp § bigh a and lowly, comes the Universal Voice of intend giving their SEVENTH GRAND HALL’S VEGETABLE SIOILIAN HAIR RENEWER. It isa fect and miraculous cle. Cures AFTERNOON AND EVENING PIO-NIO = “pon Bakes hair arow. A dressing Lyi hair into Beanti ‘Treeses. WASHINGTON CITY PARK, 7th street, But above all, the great a, rapidity On THUBSDAY, July 25th, 1366, nydiy parte AY Main To its ORIGINAL ‘We wish our many friends and io Useita times. and PHAR ns Manse ec ase aa | te cht oak wee SORA, rere Sleasere aba enjoyment. © Gopet youthful | cay de done uot dye the hair, but Celebrated String Band has been engaged forthe ion. Ticket }. 50 cents; admitting « gentleman and la- nie RRR, it with new life and It will not take @ long disagreeable trial to prove ith of thi . ‘The first at Tickets. the trot is matter. eqpilention tne, Breet af Arrancements, £5: yeu will see the Natura. Coton poten wrt " Adams, T F McUosk. G R Dix- ven: one on.B ‘ad Maboner,, § Mutioy Bieter | ane ora preeeORE YOU RNOW IT, Mutchinson, M guisler, _ Budd. pee Rey ee oi fomorable Me and 3 G Dudley. C 8 Noyes, J O’Brien. J H Weeden. se PLEASURE 18 OUB MOTTO.” FIRST GRAND EXCURSION OF THE —T LAFAYETTE CLUB, tiful week for Bails Sicilian Hair Renowe: article ie.at all tikeit in effect. You will find it Ouran 78 Ry pati 3 oe ee ig Try, ND ‘o PP 2s A aremany imitations. whee yeu procure e genuine. mano’ only by is PALL & 06., Nashua, N. H. ell, @ Miller, D JF 23-3" of Georzetown, D.€., will be given dens resorted aed TWO BAD OASES OF PILES GUBED BY DR TO GUYRON, STRICKLAND’S PILE Y, WEPNESDAY, AUGUST 1ST, 1566. The splendid and commodious steamer Wawas wert bi been chartered, and will le: foot of . Gi of Janesville, Wisconsin, writes for tue banedit of all whe salle? with toe. Blise, that be bas been tronbied for ei, years with an aggra- veted case of Files, and his brother was discharged cet, Geergetow!, at 8 o clock a. m., pr um the arm: incurable, (he bet: juite pare- at the wtreet whirl Washhig- | yeed with the Piles.) Bott thevedietrsee! cree o'clock. re one bottle of Dr. STRIOKL, will be farnished by an experi- | PILE BB: ¥. The jon of these eveed caterer at city priers. A superior Ogtilion Band has been sccured for the occa-ion. recei: . , ought to convi: those suffer- tug that the most Benravated chronig canea of Plies ere pared by Dr. ickiand’s Pile ly. Itis re eaiats, everywhere. Sold Oy. J. W. RAL @ 0O.; CHAS. OHRISTIANI, 371 Pa. Avenne and 60% Winth street. oo M-1y jUPERIO“ REMEDY. We can coitaentiously Sg sg by bated col a - ARDS MELLIN COS COUGR BaLaea t gives relief almost instantaneous, and is withai no’ Glongrosnbie to the taste. There is nodoubt Best preparations tn averend.ie air that {ts obs 80, LJ a stor tisine tor it. We have tried it ring the past week, and jef from a most Gh. Luts prepared by Br. Berickiand. Ne, 138 Pane etree: end eal sion will be post ‘lickets, atmitting & geutleman an( Ia . Cowmittee.—J, Stanton, J. Kuhn, C R. Hutchivs. GW. Thomas. M. Donaldson, W. B. Seb tien, J. Morgan, J. Qninu, A, Hunte, A: Bhaw- iy 33-8t* OOK OUT FOR THE GRAND ANNUAL PIC NI©O of the AMERICAN BASE BALL OLUB. at Analostan Island, on TUESD. aly 2 895. meg? aad. ewe. ia t, Cineinnatl, Ohio le by @! FOR JOLLITY AND FEN! i ie fold by J. W Nata S06. lao a FIBST GRAND AFTERNOON AND EVE- ABT Eye t? Fe evenuoand f MARRIAGE AND OELIBAOY, an Essay of JOLLY OLUB, Warning and Instruction for Young Men. Alse, Diseases and Abuses which prostrate the vital Wille given at JUENNEMAN’S Pleasure Gar relief. Sent free of Address Dr. J. den. corner 4th and B sts., Capitol Hill, TUESDAY, JULY 24. Dancing te commence st 4 o'clock. Our lad; friends are Terpeetiatly. invited, aa there wilt be no invitations freeued. Th selves to spare no pal the party of the res< Price one has been engaged for the occasion. lice w fowers, with sure means of ¢ members pledge them ee Ee B. LOCK WOULD, Wasabi: 344 D Peon’a avenue. witait Teeth with gold apd insert TEETH on “Rubber reduved price. Teeth éxtracted with- iy 16 im* REMOVAL, A B. LEWIE, D. VED from 242 to 260 bonn evennt mon doors, Mah Reterred Withont Palm. OAL wot ‘ 5 toy callar eh to extract, "Y would eavieo them ol be in attendance te preserve order. mitting a centleman and ladics, 25 -ta, of Cou. #f Arrangements. jy '91-3t" AMUSEMENTS. ee | a a aad EXTBAORDINABY. 8T ALOYSIUS HALL, First street. between I and K streets, LEWES office, and re | MONDAY, July 224, af persone should Afverneon at3 o'clock. Evening at # o'clock Tedu @ price very low, NZAGA HALL, the fect, call and see for your- F street, between 9th and 1th strects, ond se tha nsw and improved eet IUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, Pa ates and 25th, pad (Evenings only,) for the benefit of the SISTERS OF MEROY. ‘The famous Necromancer and Scientific Titustonist. P . H. J. SARGENT, Having kindly volunteered his er vice for the ba ‘ve purpose, will Sppear in his wonderful per- A SiGBT IN FAIRYLAND, OF 7: TRYLARD, HE ABODE Concluding each evenin ri) the World Wonder, CHANGE OF PROGRAMME NIGHTLY. Don’t forget time and piace—st. Aloysius Hall, 2 TR Ee July 24 and 25, D MATINER for the accommodation of * Hall, Monday sfternoon, cemmencine @t3 o 5 TICKETS, 24 CENTS; to be had at Music and s byewue; between f2th and 19th solv Book Stores) algo at the door of the Hall. The | PRIS 18 TO, @1VM NOTION, That the, sub- Piano wed 6: occasions ts from theceles| Exc: , brated wtsith umewt of Sohn Fr ils. 300 Fa: | o¢ Waseda ouniy fe’ thetbiceheat oskase avenne, dy 21-8 . letters ‘testamentary on ay ane e8- tate ef Jonas » late | of » a per. 1.W. & M. P. KBKIS DANCING ACADEMY, DiCop docgaaca. ” Sit" persone paving olsen againdt ee cans oe oreo ts the ¢ Opposite Metropolitan Hotel. Sect a dea Bhd ts iven under my hand this 14th day of July . 1866, i lé-law3w" = witibda oLidi ABLES , D : —— "p Olansea, same exenings, from 8 to 10. Se Er w'* Brkt ere fous,” a gel MAROC case Se SORTED MEI a Sd Mo! n PU TELEGRAMS. &c. A dispatet from Savanuab, Ga, yescerday says:—Ten deaths from choléra haye ovcurfed 5 tteetws Corporation Afinire. oe yesterday morning among the troops on Bosrp of Alpermxy, July 23d. — The Tybee island. -H. D. me =e Board met ‘at the usual hour: present: Messrs. 5 died of tever. a! desertions from the treops. The paesengeres on the San Saivador continue well, ly one death from the cholera has occurred Nonew cases have been re- pe athe pysicians do prehend & eM par aes Meersayr, 0. S. Noyes, Cross, Edmonston, tan: THe ree, QGalick, Lewis, Given, Mo- * T. E. Lioyd, Presiden: SLv. Noyes, Sesreary Oe = The Chair isid before the Board a commani- cation from the r announcing his General Thomas W. Sweeney, Secretary of moral etinean tain tat the inate. War, F. B., and Jeader of the late Fenian | 94! Revenue taxdue the United States Gov- erpmeén by this Corporation; the act to permit movement against Canada until arrested George Seitz to retain a frame shed ad: the United States authorities, together wil ee Cone car, commander of se t wing, poy i gente the actto abate a no cein . A. an an, by Also, a communicati: from th sreuy 2 staff, have been — oN: Y., | ausmitting a letter from Senator Rasrinene: r. a os vesting the of an actto widen the became their surety. The principal citizens of Et vement on Burlington, Vt, gave them a complimentary Sete om the occasion The released officers left for New York. Accounts from all seetion of South Carolina represent the crop prospect for cotton and corp very gloom: The injuries are occasioned by ‘want of rain, and they are now considered ond remedy. The rice crop, however, wherever planting bas been resumed, is re- ported in good condition. The New York mail bag, due in Montreal, Canada, Saturday night, was stolen from the Bonaventure station shortly after the arrival ot the train, and has uot be been fonnd. The theft was an adroit and hasty one, as the bag was seen at the station buta few minutes be- fore, and officially handled. A boiler in Harris & Dayton’s sugar refinery» on Leonard street New York, exploded yes- terday morning. The steam rushed into the lower t of a@ tenement house adjoining. and fatally scalded a man and woman, and severely scalded eightor ten others. Mr. Butterfield. the cashier of the Bowdoin- bam Nationa] Bank, received by express his pocket-book, containing notes and private papers. that were among the booty taken by the robbers of that bank. The troops that recently arrived, and are stillarriving, in Canada from England and the English colonial possessions are to remain in the provinces, and none are to be sent away of those which were there previously The New York Board of Aldermen directed the street commissioners to immediately re- move the battery barracks. They were io be need by the health commission as a@ cholera hospital. Twelve new cases of cholera reported in New Yerk yesterday. Four proved fatal. Twenty-one cases of cholera and four deaths Were reported in lyn. Mayor General Cullum, superintendent ofthe Miltary Academy at West Point, is in Mon- treal. street north, between i3th and 14th streets west; referred. Mr. Magruder introduced a bill for rebuild- ing the abutments of the Bridge on Ith street West, between Land M étreets north; passed. Also, introduced a resolution requesting the Mayor to have the Cor, Police officers patrol both sides of every street ip the city to Teport all cases of leaky hydrants and waste of water; Fenian . Barr presented the protest of Henry Barrow and others against the construction of a sewer in 10th street west, from K street to the canal; referred. Mr. Given presenied the petition of E. Gid- dings and others, asking the repeal of the law taxing insurance agents; referred. Mr. Edmonston introduced a bill authorizing and requésting the Mayor to construct a brick arch over Tiber Creek in H street north, and appropriating 26.v00 for the same, payable from the Fourth Ward tund; referred. Br. A. Lioyd presented the petition of Mars garet Gorman, praying to be compensated tor the d-mage done by the freshet on Sunday nightin washing away her yard; referred. Also, mrroduced a bill amending the dog law, by forbidding the killing of dogs running at large, and substituting a@ fine of $5 to be imposed on the owners of allsuch animalsranning atlarge, im violation of the law, referred. Also, a reso- lution requesting the committee on gus lighw to inquire and report as to what further legis- Jauion may be necessary for the proper lighting of the streets, &c. Mr. Noyes proposed’ to amend by also in- quiring what-legisiation may be necessary to earry into effect the provisions of the law of Congress for 4 change of burners of the lamps; agreed to, and resojution 5 Mr. Noyes presented the petition ot Andrew Wiley and others praying the opening and im- provement of the alley in square 4 referred. Also, introdneed a bill to construct a drain through the sea-wall in the Seyenth Ward: passed. Mr. Gulick, from the finance committee, aeked to be dit tion of the petition ot Edward Swann; the con- current resolution in reference to an amend- ment of the charter, s0.as toembrace the whole District of Columbia; and the joint resolution for purchase of a of the late W. W. Seate: here being one in the City Hall al- The rumor that a number of Fenian pris- oners confined in the Montreal jail had made a successful escape proves wholly untrue. The Austrian Consul at New York has openeda subscription for the benefit of his ‘wounded countrymen. Seventeen thousand five hundred emigrants voter armved in New York since the Ist in- Stant. The Tennessee Legislature had a quorum yesterday, fifty-seven members answering to ‘The most elaborate honors of every conceiv- able kind were Bria to Major Genera! William T. Sherman, in Montreal. A break has occurred in the Erie canal, four miles east of Little Falls. Fifty remevals have been made in the New York custom-house during the past week. IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE. Ne Armistice Yet—The Atlantic Cable. The steamship Scotia, from Liverpool on the 14th, has arrived at New York. The Great Eastern commenced the laying of the Atiantic cable on the evening of the [3th instant. All was well. The mediation for peace has made no apparent progress. The Prussian army contiued to advance. The Austrians were re- gaining strength. The Birmingham Banking Company have suspended Loxpon Monty Mar: closed at 374867% for money. U.S. Five-twenties, 674a6;%. Illinois Central Shares, 7548764. Erie Railroad, 39404. Bullion in the Bank of England has decreased during the week £553,000. The telegraph fleet armived off Valentia on the 13th instant, and the cable was success- fully spliced to the shore end, and the Great Eastern had commenced paying out the cable. Signals were sent threngh the whole cabie and they were found ‘pertect. English politicai news is unimportant. The Government stated in the House of Lords that preparations are being made to arm the British troops with breach-loaders. The accounts ot the French Mediation are conflicting. Nething authentic had transpired. The threatened jntervention ot France is not confirmed, but the French vessels have gone to Venetia. 1tis reiterated that Prus- sia has declined the armistice. The French journals declare that France, Prussia and italy ve come to an arrangement upon Td ae to be made to Austria upon the that Austria is to be excluded from the German in- tervention. | The London Times declares that England would not lollow France in an intervention calculated to aggravate present evils. The Prussians had rested at Sivitlan, which they made their headquariers. but resunfed their march, &nd the vanguard ef their army was reported at Zusina. General Benedek’s arm: ‘was reorganizing on the Lith instant, and his force was computed at 100,000 men exclusive of cavairy an referred. reported ment, bill for drainage of squares 456 and 457; Pour A. Lioyd, from ¢laims committee, re- ported favorably on (Council) bill fr relief of Joseph Stern, Mr. Owen, from committee on fire depart- Ment, reported favorabl: of tbe Mayor: For Board of Fire Commussion- ers Thomas Berry, John W. Thompson, Uhas. 1. Canfield and J.C. Clark, and the nomina- tious were unanimously confirmed. Also, in- troduced @ bill to take bi relay and widen the gutter on the east side of square 202; passed. Mr. McCathran introduced a bill appropri- ating $500 for repairing streets, gutters, Ac. in the Seventh Ward, injured by the late ran: passed Several bills from the Board of Common Counci! were read and referred. ‘The bill imposing taxes for the year 1566 was returned from the lower Board with certain amendments, which were concurred in and the bil) passed. Mr. Lewis, from the committee on improve- reported favorably ou the nomination . Barnes, as Commissioner of Improve- Tents for the Fifth Ward: and the nomination was unanimously confirmed. The special order being the act amendatory of the act for the regulation of collection fines, forfeitures, &c., so as to hold magistrates re- sponsible for collection of fines im i by them, was considered and passed. journed, Common Covnorl.—President W. W. Moore m the Chair and all the members present ex- t Messrs. Anderson and Wright. ht message Was received from the Mayor an- pouncing the approval of an act for mel tection of pavements and streets from Tele- graph Companies: an act to construct a sewer trom the mouth of the 15 foot alley, running to 5th street, in square 515, to connec? with the sewer in G street. Also, meesage urging “the propriety of mak- ing provision fora public pound as @ recepta- on the nominations artillery, and it was daily in- | cie for all dogs found at large at certain pe- creasing. Toe London Globe the the year Pracgns within & week or ten days of Lad ¥ oud so sve the = Vienna. The Bavarians assert that the battle near Kessenger had noresult. General Cual- dini occupied Rovirga. Lonpon, July 14—Evening.—The Paris Mon- iteur says that negotiations are still progressing and the best of feeling prevails between France and Prussia. 6 Loxpon, July 15.—The Vienna Presse of the 4th instant says that the proposed mediation ot Napoleon is ended for the present and Aus- tria must trust to her own strength and re- sources, She had resolved to make the most strenuous exertions to maintain her position as Segreat Power. The Malian General La Ma- mora has d. General Cialdini has oc- cupied Padua. The Austrians are concentrat- aE their forces for the protection of Tyrol and jstri: ry QuxENsTOWN, July 15.—The Great Eas ern is paying out the cable. Reports of Saturday afternoon ber are that 135 miles haye been laid and the signals are perfect. ractice of either shooting or potsoning them.”’ Khe Mayor says ‘In doing so care should be taken that the sum demanded for those re- claimed should be sufficient to reimburse the ? for the expense of impounding all which may be unreclaimed.” The communica- on was referred. Also, a —_ transmitting estimates tor the public sc! js AMOUNLNE to $97,000. The Chair stated that the estimate was 20 per cent. in excess of the estimates of any pre- vious year, and by a recent act of Congress 20 244 cent. will have to be appropriated for the nefit of & race pot of us,ana not belonging to the District. There were numbers of per- sons who are not citizens receiving the benefit of the schools, and it would be well tor the committee to inquire Bow the benefits of the schools can be copfined to bona fide citizens. /Mr. Pengh said be conid endorse what had been said, and asked that the message be Tinted. ree Pirhe message ‘was referred and ordered to be rinted. . The following were. introduced: By Mr. Baker—Bill for a sewer in 16th street, with lat- terals: referred and ordered to be printed. B: Mr. Jo’ ition for @ sewer in L between idth street and \ ermont avenne; re- ferred. By Mr. ogy he requesting the Register to inform the the amount of tax for bui BretaL Murper of A WiFrr.—Charles Younger was lodged in Pe last Monday, charged with the murder of his wife. 1t seems she was decoyed into the woods and most fiendishly m |. Others are implicated. Her body was found buried in a hollow made by the root of & fallen tree.—Wount Pleasant (West Virginia) New Era. Eating Joe CrraM;—Hall's Journal of Health says:—Never eat ice cream immediately the ang eating a meal. It destroys all the heat of | Un directing rid the bod 5 Which is needed to digest the food. | means 8 peacize tote -fae. Salt’ or the 5D- Feaths have fréquently been caused by this | Propristing yt fe kee common practice, and disease is often bred by | UDvs. Xcs paid By “oad - ee mould eat ice cream Bafure two | PAP De requires that ru eg — oe CA we shall pay 270,0W of the $100,000 to build a Camp MEETING.—We understand there wil] | pew jeu, colored scheols, and be two camp meetings in this vicinity during .CO0F and iw a time che the present summer. ‘The one by the- Metho- | city will haye no f to pay any im- dist Episcopal og at Golden Rage to provement ee ens J c. hy the Episcopal tivodis ieee: By Mr. Simms-silF to rebuild a bridge at where i Trappe district. time not yet defi+ - the intersection of 2d.and Boundary streets; re. nitely #ettled. — Fas(an (Md.) Journal. Tred. Also, srg 3 eye pee in uo Walter Onad ot yy a a =, ¥ Ho andi y Teferred. By Wick. vin an deayored to commit sui: tition to. between vel Canal Beiter ofthten we a@revol — either jE sep get ogg Calvin G. Parnas, fom, gata oa the ay ‘et the it en- He arenes Island, died'of cholera in Boston on Thursday | * Sua ate ae oa has oce z ere. 2 5 ts {7 Anaumber of persona at Avingdon, Me. eating ice- cream. The doctory bdve decides that poison ut of uinsemrens wees A RUmerGmneBaL.—At the close of the bat. ue of Sado k, the Austriaa conmanger i sa een “ALL is lost por Hiter's jake “0 “Go ti had nest thing » Mucb of the resobution instant as requests the and tbe commissioners to pass the ac- counts for work done in square | adopis By Mr. Simmes. gorvinean)-Aa eTsely on ‘Aloer men's bill for the construction of A séwer in 13th street west, from I to N streeis zeircted. Also, Dil for water maim in fast, irom D street south to Georgia avenue, Ppareed. Also, for sewer in alley in square jes, recommitted. By Mr. » (clmime)—Ad- versely on the peution of w Hansell; committee discharged. Also. an adverse re- port on the petition of Wm. P. O'Oonner: isi over Also, adversely on DIM for the relief of Jas. Dorman; . Mr. Talbert, from renee gg made & report as to seat occupied ir. £ Morseil, o: the Third Ward, pte by by Mr Jos. Downing. The report states that ihe ques- ven yeep Was in relation to certain aor cast in the 2d precinct, The judges certify + there were I? tickets Baving the name of Ww Downing, aud 5 with the name of Jos. Down- tng voted, which were rejected. 0 tickets, one with the name of F. Morsell, and one Morrell appeared to have been counted by the fitung member. The votes thus connted gave Mor-ell 269 and Downing 365—a majority of & votes for the former. The committee are of the opi: tha: as there e name of Down- Was no other candidate by ang than J. h,and none other by the name of J. or J. W. Downing, the judges erred in not counting the twenty-two votes rejected by them the sane rule been applied to Downing as was to Moreell, the former woulda have been elected by four votes, and had they counted the whole vow, di the Obris- tian name, Downing would have vy Sears vom. The committer wert, bow - ever, unw: perce, of tbe core where Gn Gurvdoes exist as to the legal construction tobe puton sur- names not baving the whole or part only of the Obristian names given, they referred the question to the Corporation Atiorney, whose opinion they asked to present asa part of the Teport, and offer the following resolution Resolved, That Jos. M. Downing ts entitled to the seat held by B. F. Morsell, the sitting mem - ber of the Third Ward To the Commitire eof Elections tu the Common Courcit -—Gentiemen: There is no law of which 1 am aware governing or controlling the committee in deciding on the admissi- bility ot ballots when a contested election is under consideration. The rules which baye irom time to time prevailed in the House of Representatives have been so mu fn by purty feeling as to afford no reliable guide. in tbe contested election between Secor Crawtord and Addison, as to the office of Mayor of Georgetown, which underwent a judicwl investigation in the Circuit Court, that Court Inid down 4 role which seemed to me & safe and just one, indeed the only one consistent with common sense. It isin sub- stance that where there is but one person of the same name, a candidate tor the office, that every vote with that neme plainly written or prnted, is to be counted. It makes no dit- Serence whether the trne christian or given name, or the true initials, or the several given popes are correct or net, if the true surname (family name) is given the vote is to be re- ceived, The reason of the rule is. that the intent of the voter is to be ascertained, and effect given toit. He may be mistaken in the given name or names, OF in the initial letters of those names; Dut if be uses th® (rue surname and it is so fpelled as to leave no doubdt about it, and there is no other candidate for the same office of the same name, the intent to yote for Ubat man is apparent. Jos. H. Brapity, Corporation Attor'y. City of Washington. 19th July, 106. On motion of Mr. Peugh, the report was or- dered to be printed and made the order for Monday next, but subsequently it was re- committed. with instructions to take testi- mony, &c. Mr. Walker (wharves.)—Adversely on the bill abolishing the office of assistant harbor Master; COM Mittee disc |. Ajso, adverse- yy on the resolution to abolish the office of jarbor Master: committee discharged. Mr. Mead introduced a resolution requesting the Mayor to cause a suspension of the shoot- ing of dogs. it was stated that orders bad already been issued to suspend the shooting, and the reso- lotion was withdrawn Mr. Morsell presented a petition for the re- pea) of the law in relation to imsuranee com- panies; referred. The bill fora sewer in the alley in square 457 was received from the Aldermen, rh an amendment. which was concurred im. Aldermen's bills to repair certain streets, gutters, &c., in the Sixth Ward; and w take up, relay and widen gutters on the east side of square J, was passed. A burober of other bills from the Aldermen ‘were referred. At 10.30 the Board adjourned. MISCEGENATION —A Yankee soldier was mnarried 10M negTO WomAR at Sidney, 2 eub- urb of Kichmend, Virgimia, on Thursday tast The man has since been arrested, RETURNED CALI roRgN1IaAN.—The Shepherds- ‘own (Va.) Register says: Mr. Jeba Jones. of Berkeley county. who left some seventeen ears ago for California.bas recently returned is wife deeining him dead, married several yesrsago Mr. Samu! Muller. S7-An artist-observer of the flight of tbe double. hended engle assures us that the House of Hapeburg will speedily adopt the designa tion of the House of Mishapsburg. ven the Nephew of bis Uncle can’t prevent it. 87 Some of the stockings are striped, and ornamented at the top with a fringe of Jace about two inche~ deep, which falls gracefully over the knee. We shall give fuller reports as our investigations proceed.—Padueak Jour. ScubvEN DEaTH—On Thurday evening, Dr James Woodward, brother of Wm. M. Woor- Ward, proprietor of the Ragland House, in Ricbmond. Virginia, retired to bis room and ‘was toon after found head in bed. Thos boemaker, fell dead in the same city from the eifects of heat. 87 Mr. Silver's folks, of this place. killed a ben the other day containing eleven fall-sizea egge and forty-one smaller ones. Nearly all the full-sized eggs bad shells on them ‘It is ble that, "brough absent- mindedness , the en had neglected to lay for several days.— Bluffton Bonner A QUARTER OF TWELVE Ben, why were you out so Jate fast night!” “It wasn’t so very late—only a quarter of twelve!” “How dare you =t there and tell me that! i was awake when you came, and looked at my watch. it ‘was three o'clock.” Vell, isn’t < & guar- ter of twelve?” S87 For violating the persons of two little girls in New Haven a negro has been let off with the mild punishment of $100 fine and one year’s imprisonment. ®7 Tennessee was the third State admitted to the Union after the adoption of the Federal Constitution. The State constitution was adopted in February. 1796, and the State was admitied June Ist of the same » The Stare ‘was formed from territory of North Carolina. S7 It is said that a large edition of the song, “When this cruel war is over,” rewritten ana adapted to the various Powers, has been sent to Europe. 87In Boston, Thursday, David Bennett ‘went to the depot to meet bis father, who came from Canadas on a visit, and fell on the steps of his own house and was killed. 87" A ‘Western reporter wails bitterly over a fuperabundance of pic-nics, and, ving a headache op the morning of July 5, says: “They are variegated fooleries. They are sul- try stupidities. They are ¢! le funeral marching with melancholy step rows of pies, and cakes, and ice- U7" The New Jersey True American says that at the dence of Mr. G. W. Grant, in Trenton, on noon, thesun played a ‘which tere ey. at with sneh Sntenre uy ‘was inserted im the gellar ‘Wood, thai it set fire to (he wood and burnt a hole the tize of the crown of a man’s bat. 87 The A) ta Press bas this odd para- ph: “Miss S Finch bas been appointed Pockmistiecs at Belair, Ga. She was duly / “sworn im’ « few days ago; and bence the bas- to enjoy their usual mail faciliues.” Moses Grate, a few days since, was mar- Tied in Albany, aving ‘caine there recenuy from — where he another wife liv- ing. po wypy ig ea al 7 67 A Kagsas paper says: horse thieving Ryo ay io tbe aur on Hein Siassly retiees toe atter-tielr ad Se ATegitive batloon made a brief landing ian ahe 's hat, i FA yn na ~ again ofa ie Dh cata ‘Montana, hat were f moe quiet or VerDed, and adds @ have an neue ¥ pay commitier, Band F | seven men bung on what tree.”