Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1867, Page 1

“THE EVENING STAR ISHED DAILY, (SUNDAY EXCEPTED) oe THE STAR BUILDING, Southwest corner Penn’a. avenue and 1th street, BY Ww. D. WALLACH. oa Ris served by tae carriers to their oneumehe in the City and District at Tax Casts ren weex. Copies at the counter, with or without wrappers. Two Cants esch- ob price FoR MaILIne:—TBree months, Deilar and Fifty Cents; stx months, Three Dol- lars; one year, Five Dollars. No papers are went from the off.ce longer than psid for. The WEEKLY STAR—pnblished on Friday morning—One Dollar anda Half a Year. PERSONAL. jo, XXIX. HOTELS, , RESTAURANTS, &o, SPECIAL NOTICES. S7 MAKE-BELIEVE FOREIGN PERFUMES = genvin bythe duties—fiood the mm =p aia P ete un the most = METOALFRS can tectit er to ite magical eouly sare cure far Bhouma- 2 yaad “i dette” SE REB’OURADWIOK & 00. K_ BEWOOD Hous, Geeee? i “Wesninae D.C. raat flower ¢ver us Sgciisinee alee farnished at cost. ia tyeeyebore.* jen 2 VING, ‘GREAT BUBUMATIO BE- CURTIS Cia ao : macau, eiit ghee life ngs, Inciudl he wonder of the age. , bet ween 43% jtreete. Uittes bore from 910.8. m-and 6 t09 Situated in the most central location the city, midway between the CAPITOL AND PRESIDENTIAL MANSION, Only @ short distance from al] the Departments, Patent and Post Offices, Smithsonian Institute, HoH. DUDLEY &00., 30 enn T THE NeW OBBAP SSAMPING BUUMB 439 9th street, opposite Patent can get at our redu on Yokes, ready stamped. ‘ker, - shah cf Physiological qicereaieas ae 4 Kither for erat lor e ‘Address Dr. J SKt ofthe very laces desiens, selee' ard Association. ad. a Feceipt ot them weekl ue new patterns. as wi s« make and stamp *ny pattern bro: oO 7 Working Cotton at red: iF envel . free of mrcape le LLIN HOUGHTON, BENOH AN Ta URANT Doe P OTEL ABD BES- BEMEDIAL INSTITUTE FOR SPEOIAL CASBS, 4 Bond street, New York. . CLARE, ATTORNEY AND COEN- ton AT LAW AND NOTARY PU No. $26 Ith street it. constantly sup- — Diseases, na sealed sure and send for them, with choice Liquors, and the Kestaaraut with everything that the desire. Boarders by the day, week or month will here find excellent aceomm: rates Also, nicely-turnished roo tained either with or without board. pI wr geno ly tmpostors, without references ti Enclose a stamp ddirectto BE. LAWBENO no stranger shou! = New York ave., four doers street. All orders left at the Drug Store of NALBN & BEO .corner %h st an! Pa. ave, day, will be promptly attended to. a *BANK M STBINGF. OONSTABLE A» 3 5 Collects Rents, Debts and Claims ef all kinds. Heriness placed in his hands receives prompt at- t Beterences given tfrequi 11 Sib street, above dence 501 Lstreet, between 9th snd 10th. N Orders by mail promptly attended to. ADiEw If Is ACKNOWLEDGED THAT POT, on 9th street, fouPhas the best selection of Purierns. ever oF ‘B'S BE3TAUE. No. 385 Penna P. EMBICH wishes to public general! y recent cases in twenty four hours. No mineral balsam, no. mercury. Only teu pills to be ta&en. It "1 and a friend te those who do oe exposed. Male packages, $2; fe- Sas aRiTAN’s Boot AND HER JvrIces—A positive and permanent eure fer Spy @. avenue; resl- LIQUORS cannot be en. Call and gtve him a tr: WOOD AND COAL. OO A LII AT GREATLY REDUCED PBIOEs. Gross tons of 2,240 Ibs delivered in a the city Onestnut Waite. st gad Farmace White Ask, Oak and PINE WOOD constantly on hand. t of Tth street. Sag E63 oth lis. Scrofala, Utcers, Price 91 25 per bottle. d. See advertisement. SUCCESSFOLLY, SMOLANDER'S EXTRACT BUOKU be bad of getti: He will make sud stame ANY pattern. YONFIDENTIAL —Yo Cc yored themseives ‘Dy corte bieh unfit them for business. merried life; also, middle in advence of ves under the treatment of of sh, $7 25, Stove, Egg in secret babite, 3); Bed’ Ash, $3.75; every case of Kipnzy Diskas8, BuxUmatisn, leasare, or the Graver, Urinary Disonpens, Wraannss and Parnes fn the Bacg, FrmaLs OomPLaints and TrovsiEs arising from Bxcxssks ov any Kivv. ¥B AFFLIOTED! TBY SMOLANDEB’S. TAKE NO OTHER BUCKD. Bold by all Apothecaries. Price @1. D. B. & OO., New York, and BARNES, WABD &00., Slew Orieans, Southern Agents. BURLNIGH & BOGERES, Wholesale Druggists, Boston, Mass., General Agents, COLGATE & CO.'8 WINTER BOAP. Recommended fot cuarren HAN®s and forgeneral TOILET Use during coLD weatnER. It oe of all druggists and faney goods dealers, eo. or at the w . BROWN & 80: ‘reet, between B and ho. ses, feel a debilit; Sny one, shoul ed lad. .'} Bent toany ad- on Feceipt of 25 cents. UART & O0.. Bosto; _ Both a8 cheapas the ain & liberal share of ‘oal prices sre a8 follow ASH, Egg and 8 font iat = 33 URBUBD ASH. 593 GBOSS WEIGHT, 2,240 LBS. TO THE TON. Always on hend sud aualities of WOOD of eve: vered in any part of the city. U Ith st., between B and F sts, [slat I ry E QUEPS, OROSBES, a. ed fi atural form. is FLOWERS, and, BRAT late of y ith street, between @ ADIES WHO ARE DESIROUS OF A SKILL- and lished P mit’ Dr HEBEY, MORTON, gaged in Washi; MBS GUILD. Dealer in New and Second hand iid Farnitare Be and Varnished. 12th a -) Highest price paid for Has removed to No. ician, shouid con- constantly receiving the ry description, de- ILL OPEN A PROVISION s' ETH - fie Dat, Jaa. hh, | OnE THORS DANCING. vwRE BLACK. WARD H.LAMON, C. ¥. BLACK: MAES REACTAW OPFOR. FS.J. W. & H. P. KREIS’ DANCING ACADEMY, Pennsylvania avenue, bet. 6th and 7th ste. Opposite Metropolitan Hotel. New Classes forming-every evenin, as 2 enter our ch 8 0 Pr Pri b BLACK, LAMON & 00. Qounseltors and Attorneys at-Law in the igeetend * a" 008 Of se Street, (directly o; ite Wil- th (aireots onpeaite WE EBZBERG'S LOA OFFICE. 1952. TOHZS. Dia- G APPAREL, Busivess stricth; North © street, between 434 an immediately in rear of the — ad made Wa EWEUSY, WEALIN DENTISTRY. ‘AL ASSOOIATION NN’A AVE, Between 12th and 13th streets, Teeth extracted without Mitr: Oxyde or BADSTREET’S PATENT STRIP: The best invention of theage. Bxcludes tuew rain, cold air and dust from doors and windows of Depot, 562 7th street, o ILTON & CO. T PARIS FASHION DREveING) ® OF HAIR B, LEWIE'S DENT. ergry description posite Centre Marke: ae 2 2w pain by Pimtostestag Gentlemen s Glasses ings, from 8 to 10 0'c! further informatio: . or address a note jr commencing with the fi ARINI’S FASHIONABLE DANOING the country for Gay ; also, an improved ¥: a Associatr ‘eeth on Gold, Stl ibber at ‘hal * Boston prices, All done can have ituschsap All work done in best manner. aud warranted to | country, hag 1: satisfact’ TO} fll do well to call and éxamine our work. de matt bts office in this city. pel wear these teeth who cannot Wear others, person can wear bo ‘ersons calling at my o! it any styfe and Brice ¢ to these who are particul cleanest, strongest and at art can procure, the will be ‘e ful . Rooms in this ity—No. 338 Pe: tween 9th — ste. Also, 9 ag Gy igh. the hours o the Academy. EK. ALLIOT, NCH HAIK- DRESSER 2 13th and ith ste. 1, with whom he arrived iow been established for tne last Washington and Newport, en- patronage of the corps dipiomatique, and sons Wishing bal im the Cpe | nemed cities. and hours of tuition for yo asters. Tuesdays, Thureda: ‘ing, everything that belonge't at very reasona: Je prices. LOUISIANA AVENUE. J. H, CRANE & 00. Have on hand a large and fine assortment of GOODS, suited to this marke! CHEESE, EGGS, APPLES, RAISINS, FIGS, OLTRON, NUTS, HAMS, CODFISH, MAOK- EBEL, HEERING, SOAPS, CANNED GOODS, eptiemen’s classes from 8 to 10 NB —Private instruction venience of the pupil Maser Seagal y jach as BUTTER Tr on loan or made to Se fpr abiekment of 3 street. between D a py to. Swaitorders. th rat Ford’s and Gra Barrels Moore’s celebrated OBAM- ‘heaters, Washington, PAGNE OIDEB, by barrel or gallon. Allthe above goods are offered at the lowest market price, and warrante! toeuit, J. H. OBANB & 00., 53 La. ave.. between éth and 7th. G PEat BABGAINS! the balance of red: je omen Poetaree B°**, Sty at the Bkate Depot. POULTNBY & TRIMBLE, Ho, 200 West Battimore street, Baltimore. Md CLOTHING, &e. J. HEIBESG! Motwopotitan: 50 conta te 6, R BS from $1.10 to $30, ANT TAILOR, f , fete Brown's, 362 Peansy' a —__————— The subsertbers are clos! t DUCTION OF PRICES, their FANOY DEBSS ‘ous at tON Ns DUGTION-OF perc oxR ORs, oF HCE: On and after this date I will to all other dealers w. (Late Mussey, Collins & Co,’s) PHILADELPHIA DRAUGHT LADELP, S*® ATE DEPOT. of all Mads, from $1.50 to 915. P N) 1 RTOS, Baltimore, Md. LADIRS’ BKATES en elegant stock of we ea ich we are i marked in Dials figuree at the lowest supply to my cus. 3 ADIES’ DRESS GOODS, ¥, — Ls LO AKING GL 6 Lani asa end 0: x LA aimee 8 to taking accounts of W. M. SHUSTBE & BBO., No. 35 Market Space. ry Closing out cheap CK. ETs ABLE LINEN Biawnaets amp TOWELS ED a cell from all in ol 3,000 Dbavbe! and STOCK ALB rived, and for sale at ttreet. et ee POTATOBS, just ar- the foot rh at FEILADSLenEA P. a PHIL DEL Pula a DE*UGHT OB X ALi DLAUGHT OB X ALE AT $11 STOCK OB XX ALB AT ‘UCK OB XX ALE AT between 7th and 8th streets, ite Center Market 8, CABINET MAKEB AND r, School Feratture as, bet VAOCOLATE DOUBL! Cc r adil py es tears tent; melange, * 2. MP. KING m BON. King Place. nue and 1534 street. GBS D SWEET MaLaGa GRAPE acing PLAC, NUTS, BAISINS, ws T. hee 7: Corner Vermont West INDI, TEBMS CASH. All orders promptly attended to, Puiladelphis Ale Agent, ‘eone ang Olive streets = of 8th and K streets north, Ni G8.CUBBANTS, T am néw recetving from Boston direct, the very 88 MACKEREL, Oorner isth and Protgeetat andor, Jost RuonivED 7 sx yLD STOVES TAKEN IM EXCHANGE SRRrag, ip greet vain, BuMOYWV al, THE MATION removed | and which rare! very much more than NEW STORE. aera BOOTS AND SHORS. 502 7th street, ender "Now Oheap Wtere, for GEORGE B. WILDE, OOLLAB obrgis hat se qnoron = oom- fF ROus obra pats Are ly direct receivers for (mot Patepeco) and been extensively city, wewould Inform ie ae Vuses (Tears of the Buoro,”) ele for all who are exposed 2M. P. RING 8 908. a 7°LD PENS—A fine assortment ases, Mc.. for sale at nian "se FRANCK TAYLOB. WASHINGTON, D..C., MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1867. FROM EUROPE. DORN, riat in which it become so pressing that it demands the Grate attention of the Eo the opinion of the Globe that a general corter- ence of the leadiag puwers will be proposed on Advices from the East re; an insurrection is on the pomt of Paxis, Jan. 11.—The Japanese embasey has arrived in this city, and will shortly leave tor Amen a. Several of the yacht clubs of France propose to confer medals of honor upon James Gordon Bennett, Jr., the owner of the success- ful yacht Henrietta. iL.—An interdict Bas been laid upon the continuance of religious eervi: Scotch Protestant chur. she Papal autborities, and m is sid that they threaten to put a stop Siso to the services held in tbe Americ: ha: N°, 4,322. te North German Gazette TELEGRAMS. &e. From private letters the following items of Mexican news are obtained: Zacatecas was occupied by the Liberalson November27?. The French steamer Lucifer brought to Acapulco the news of the occupation of Mazanilla by the Liberals. it was rumored at the last-named port, wher the Lucifer left, that Cortinas had also been taken by the Liberals. Colemaad- vices of Deeember 24th state that the Imperial forces were totally defeated by the Liberals, near the city of Guadalajtra, which w&s oc- oupied bv the latter under General Parra. The Chancery Court, Judge Campbell, at Nashville, Saturday, decided that the bill of the Tennessee Legislature creating a Metro- politan force for Nash ville is unconstituttonal, on the ground that it was a partial law; that the commissioners were not constitutional of- ficers; that the Inw attempted to take from Nasbville her franebise, which conld not be done, and that the law was irregularly passed, the amendment being acted upon withont a quorum, An &ppeal to the Supreme Court WAS granted. Two families of Carter county, East Teu- nessee, named Roberts and Johnson, have been waging 2 bloody war between eaeh other for twenty years. During this time fourteen men belonging to the twe families have lost their lives, and on the evening of the 5th inst., mm Elizabeth, Tennessee, the sole surviving males of the two families engaged in analter- eation which resulted fataliy to both. This domestic war originated about a dozen fence rails. Ten delegates from New York, Boston, Phil- adelphia, and Baltimore have been inyited to attend @convention atSt. Louis next month for the consideration of measures of improve- ment on he tUpper Mississippi river. Qyer even hundred delegates will be invited trom Ohio, INinois, Mississippi, and Missonri. The Kentucky Court of Appeals has decided that Tomppert was illegally deposed by Gene ral Council from the Mayoralty ot Louisy Ne, and he will therefore supersede Lithgow, the present incumbent. The excise law was strictly enforced throughout the city of New York yesterday The police met with no resista About fitty arrests were made for violation of the law. A young lady named Obristiana Kett was murdered at Dayton, Ohio, Friday. She was found lying in the kitchen of her house, with her head terribly shattered by a pistol ball. No cine to the murderer. There is a close match in the Maryland Senate, in regard to the Senatorship, and one member is said tohave the casting vote, but the chances are all in faver of Governor Swann. The Union Tennessee State Convention to nominate a candidate for (Governor meets on the 22d of February. A number of counties in East Tennessee reccommend the renomination of Governor Brownlow. The Washington Territory Legislature does not recognize the military headquarters of the North, transferred to Portland, and has passed a memorial to be forwarded to the War De- partment remonstrating against it. A dispatch was received at Ottawa Saturday night, by the cable, to the effect that the con- federation delegatesin Engiand had decided to remove tbe capital of the confederation from Ottawa to Quebec. A large and enthusiastic meeting of the friends of the ten-hour system in the factories assembled in Huntington Hall in Lowell, Massachusetts, Friday evening A petition fora license law to regulate the liguor traffic 1s being circniated in Boston, and bas already received alarge number of signa- tures. The receipts of cotton at all the southern ports during the past week exbibita falling off ot abont seventeen thousand bales, as com- pared with the week previous. Patrick O'Neil and Patrick McGrath were convicted at Toronto of being implicated in the Fenian raid. They will be sentanced to-day The lower House of the Nevada Leristature bas adopted the consututional amendment by 4 strict party vote, 34 to 4. The Senate of Maine have agreed to take up the constitutional amendment fora vote on Wednesday next. There were eighty-one deaths in Boston last week. A company has been organized for bridging the Mississippi at St. Louis. Tbe Ohio river is full of ice, and is making Davigation very difficult. CHOLERA ON A STEAMER.—The passengers who arrived at New York by the steamer San Francisco, from Nicaragua, Saturday, report at San Juan del Surthey found 70 Passengers from the steamer Santiago de Cuba, of ‘whom 300 were soldiers, who had been left by the Moses Taylor. They found the steamer San Francisco at Greytown, with 6) more passen. gers for the America’s retarn trip, being 1,300 inall. Official reports state that nine of the passengers and twenty-seven soldiers had died of cholera. Ifthe America tries to carry them all the cholera is nearly sure to break out on board. She leftGreytown on January Ist, and the day there were three cases of cholera in the steerage, and three other deaths during the voyage. @ put into Key West on the 6th, chiefly to allay tne fright of the passen- gers. Twenty-one frightened passengers de. serted the ship there. Another account says twenty-six soldiers and one officer, Major Gamble, fell victims to the disease; also, two passengers and four employees of the river steamer. Up to the time the San Francisco lett, for forty-eight hours there had been no new cases. No women or children had died, HOW TO GET RID OF THE NaTIONAL Denr. There are twenty millions of people in the Worth. Ifeach one of these would destroy a five cent. currency note daily it would amount to & milltenof dollars in a day towards the re- moval of the national debt. If this were done every m4 for & year it would diminish the debt by three hundred and sixty-five millions of dollars yearly, which is more than the whole internal revenue produces. We know aman who thinks it his duty te burn a fiye- cent billevery day on this account. It is tees than the tax on a glass of whisky.—N. ¥. Post. THE Riven.—The unbroken expanse of snow and ice on the Potomac, from the city of Wash- ingtom to Fort Washington, visible to the eye Trem this piace, continues, and the river is frozen over below that jimt, very nearly if not quite to Lower lar Peimt. In some places the ice is very thick. Our ice gatherers bave bad 4 fine opportunity to procure good crops of fine ice for next summer.—Alez. Gaz. aay 7 It was decided in the New York Vourt ofCommon Piéas on Thursday that the liability of a baggage expressmar was not limited by the words expressed ona check, «Will not be ble foram atount éxceeding 85 Qpon any article,” snd that the word “article pe to each item of the-contents of the trunk, and Il, colored, bas taken Dea- reps order in the Episcopal Chureh in Ken- tu a7 Two gyarts of liquor were discovered inan _— Fond sage. the an pw pong stage, horses an, were Oana- dian officiais. Feapiocren eity meniearapcan im eee s. ) are ran on Sun. especial request o the preachers of theeity. ty 87 A nice young man in Philadelphia robbed nis mother of a $100 silk dress, and used the money realized from it for liqaer. 7 Female teachers fn Hartford live on sal. aries ranging from $200 to $500, The Press says it s worse than matrimony. . S@-A number of MiMin-county (Pa.) fa ers have bought real estate in te Meenanarets Valley, West Virginia. #7 The Salem witches performed most ofthe feats of the mediume of the present day. —_ even raised themeelyes bodil: into thoaire it the testimony of multitudes of persons at that time is of any value. = ‘*7A colored man in Huntingdon, Pa. was | powoned by eating deer. He saved himself by amemetic. . ~ S97" An exchange says that it is just as sensi te h Move to undertake to get married with Set courting, as toattemprany ess with. ont advertising; both often prove ve. “Nellie the twelve y ar ie PRebUtE, Ges OG RIOR dlp Mong may be to, likewise, Aman with amen. wife rg ae by throwing her money in i “<7 Daring themonth of December 9,638 omi- TAYLOR, | gran arrived in New York, denies that Bismarck has issued an ic crreular, as was recently . 13.—A motion bas been intro. duced into the Hungarian Diet declaring that y issued for the reorganization rmy is void, and all who order its execa- tion will be punished for treason Panis, Jan. 13—Evening —Dispatehes from the East report that @ ministerial crisis has taken place ai Constantmople, and also that the Porte bas recalled his ambassador Athens §lt is also re of remiforcements have been landed in Candia from Greek ships, and that the Cretans are receiving fresh sup- plies ef arms again St. PETERSBURG, Jan. 13.—The Czarand the court were present at a ball lately given in aid of the suffering fam- ilies of tbe Cre Lowpor, Jan. 13.—Advices from China report that ® great fire Corporations to Tax On Thursday last, we learn from the Rich- mond Dispatch, the Uourt of Appeals of Vir- ginia beard, in that city, an appeal from the Cirenit Court of Alexandria, the object which was to test the power of the Gity Coun. cil of Alexandria to tax the real and person: property of ‘he Orange and Alexandria Rail- road Company in that city. Tne Council laid a tax for the year 1859 of one hundred cents on every hundred dollars on ail ¢! real and personal, of the city. personal property of the railroad company was assessed for taxation and levied on by the officer: an@ the company instituted an action against the Council to recover damages for the injury. ‘The tacts were agreed on by the the case was enbmitted to the dec! The grounds on which the railroad company resisted the tax the act of March 18, 1856, chapter 35, (Session Acts of 1955-'56,) provided s mode o railroad companies, and exempted them from other taxes, whether State or corporation. 2. That the council of the city had no authority to tax the engine« and other rolling stock of It was agreed that the princi- pal office, the work-shops, the corporate funds, and the regular meetings of the directors of the company, are ali in the city of Alexandria. and that the engines. &c., were repaired and kept there when notin actual nse. The court (Judges Moneure and Joynes) held, first, that the act of March 18, 1856, did not apply to taxes by corporations, but was confined to State (axes, and therefore the prop- erty of the company in the city was liable to be taxed by the council gines and rolling stock were, under the facts agreed, liable to taxation by the « members of the impe! were:—1. That 13—Evenmg.—Reports from Madrid state that Garibaidi bas gone to the island of Candia. Loxpow, Jan. 12—Evening. ibis morning has on the subject ef the impeachment of the President of the United States, and says the scheme looks like 8 fatal blow at the Uonstitu- tbe company PrEsTu, Jan. 12—M. Deals has issued an ad- dress in which be condemns the patent lately issued for tbe reorganization of thearmy. He says tbat tbe carrying out of the scheme will certainly prove fatal to the arrangement of the present difficuities, and adjures the Empe- peror to concede the claims ot Hungary. Mapgip, Jan. i2.—The proffered mediation of the United States in the differences between Spain and Ohili is regarded as almost a cer- tain forerunner of honoraple and permanent second, that the en- Virginia New: The Petersburg index says :-—« From the dis- triets south and west of Petersburg, and espe- cially in those localities most remote from cities and tewns, we hear universal complaint of the difficulty of obtaining labor among the “freed- men,” and the difficuity seems to be owing, in A great measure. to the comparatively small number of those who have chosen to remain in the country. The foolish propensity of fNockmg to the cities which Humboldt ob- ated slaves of Cuba, has followed by those of the on serious inconvenience Vien wa, Jan. 12.—The mornin, this city to-day ments that the Soblime Porte into service to quell the Greek insurrections in the Mediterran THE Metnopist E; The General Conference of t session in New Orleans, in May tas’ of aresolution for changing the name ot t chureh to “Episcopal Methodist Church.” and also adopted & measure providing for lay delegation in the General and Annual Uon- The vote on both these measures was comsiderably over two-thirds, the requi- majority in all organic Bat before they could pass into iaws the ratification of three-fourths of the mem- bers of the Annual Conferences present and young was necessary. These questions have been submitted to all the Annual Conferences, except the Baltimore, and the; inthe Riehmond Christian week, from which it would appear that both measures have been lost. the votes of the Conferences shows the fol- lowing result For change of name... Against change of name., For lay delegatio' Against lay del os Lay delegation lacks 33% votes to make it a law, and there are 50% votes to be over- come to effect a change in the name of the served in the emancipa been ©0 generaily South, as to occ’ both to whites and blacks.”” The Richmond Dispateh says -—“ Notwith- standing the uncertainty of the political status of this State, capitalists are making some in- vestments in Virginia mines in an interestng letter, gives an encouraging account of the measures taken to develop some wonderfully extensive ta and manganese im the county site constitutional Gen Imboden, Tecently discovered mines of bary of Rockbridge.” «Quite an animated contest for Mayor and councilmen of Lexington occurred Iast Satur- day. There were two tickets, and Governor Letcher, for Mayor, headed the opposition tcket—and that ticket was elected by a small majority, but the election is to be contested. The game of keno has been decided to be ille- gal by the Commonwealth's Attorney of Pe- lersburg, and Mr. Thomas R. Jeter, the pro- prietor of the only establishment of the kind in Petersburg, bas been officially notified of this by the Mayer. votes are given dvocate of this The footing uw The Advocate says -—“ The Baltimore Con- ference is the only one now to vote, and it is not probable that the result will be materially altered by the vote of that conference. Both measures, therefore, may be considerea as lost "— Petersburg Index. A MAN ATTENDS A WEDDING AND THEN SHooTs HIMSELY.—James Farnham, a resident of Wilhamsburgh, shot himself at about one o'clock this morning at his father's honse, South Eighch street, in that eity, near Fo stieet, and died & short time afterwards circomMstances, as they are related, areas fol- jows: Farnham’s sister was married last eve- ning at the house already mentioned, and af- ler the wedding the married couple went to Jersey city, and wok the cars for Philadel. phia and Washington. when Farnham, who accompanied them tothe cars, returned to Williamsbargh, atthe honse in South Highth street—it as reported that he boarded elsewhere—he shut himself 1m 3 room where the suicide took place No special cause for the act is known to have existed Farnham conducted himself singularly after the wedding, emaccouat of the fact it was sup- posea thata young lady whom he had asked to dance with him refused two or three times ee &7 The statistics from the census returns for the Metropolitan district show that New York has not reached so large a figure im its popula- tion as has been supported. obe million of inhabitants, New Yori ci’ tarms hardly three quarters of a million. lyn bas a little less than her boasted three hun- dred thousand—the two cities together footing vp 1,022,764. The total population of the Me- tropolitan district ws 1,284,570. In New York there are 32,024 more women than men, and im Brooklyn the excess of women is 13,55" Instead of having It was after midnight ATTzMPT TO Ron 4 Bostoy Bank attempt to rob one of the State street $s was made in Boston on Wednesday. A gentleman doing business with thebank left a i bonds to a large amoan A few minutes after the rubk was missed, and at the same moment a Man was seen going out the door with it under An alarm was given, when the thief quietly put the trunk down ana gained the street, where he was soon lost to view. Srxcrtar Deatx.—On Jast, ason of John Ride, late of Lackawannock township, Mereer county, Pa.. started out to Jook aiter his rabbit traps, and not returning for & considerable time, his mother became alarmed and proceeded te look for him. barking of his dog directed her steps, and she soon found him iying dead on his face at the foot of a tree with arabbit in bis arms. SaLmon HatcHine IN Eastern Rivers.— We learn from the Manchester Mirror thatthe salmon spawn deposited in Baker's river, N. H., some time ago, by William Lattle, E: Mr. Littie bas received word from Joseph Ciement, in whose care the spawn Was left, that the hatching was commenced. A peculiarity noticed by Mr. Clement is that as soon as they hatch they work down through the pebbles on to the sand, and that ic requires careful searching to find them. There is now only one question to be settled before tne the- ory ot stocking our rivers with salmon shall be established as a certainty, and thatis in re- gard to the fishways. If they shail be so'cen- structed as to make it te find and pass over bind the cou was doing weil. Friday morning Tacticable for the tish em, but few ory will elapse before the object in view will have been 87-Nine theaters were burned in 1866, which is nearly double the loss of 1 standing second. The following is a list of theaters burned Inst year: Pike's Cincinnati; Acagemy of Music, St Louis; Academy of Music, Uincin nati: Louisvilie Theater: Broadway V: Nashville; Phonix Theater, Orleans. eee S27 There is much excitement at Norwich. Conn., over the fact that a Spiritualist, named Charles Williams, had nearly starved his daughter, aged thirteen, by giving her only one bow! ef gruel per day for three weeks, and for forty-eignt homrs she bad nothing to eat or drink. The girl bad been kept in close con- finement in her room attem pti herself down trom the third story, she fell, and When the facts were discovered, some selectmen took charge of the girl, whose recovery is doubtful, and the mob made an assault on Williams, who defended The authorities inter- seme’ t hurt. 87” Incredible as i: ma; drones come snaps Se ee Sonat aes 1 ¥! are occu; by a! least These houses do Bo Goutal a Proper ven’ , and are so dark, owing to adjoin’ tenement buildings. that on 8 clondy aay the inmates can neither see to read or sew without arti- ‘Seo i bimself with an axe. single room having fered, and he has been locked por Raertencestietevatetin Sas: 4 Sav Np SInGuLan AccipENT.—The Rich- mond Times of Wednesda: singular and says :—Yeste: stressing accident |, by which Usieb «Quaries, age: rs, the son of Mrs. Indiana Quarles, of addux Hill, lost bis life. The chiid put inte his mouth a small sea shell which it had j mother's work basket, when the shell, sipping down its throat, lodged in the » causing almost immediate suffoca- effort of the frantic mother to little sufferer proved unavailing, it possible to reach or dislodge SEED ads Owens) VET SE @7-E. Frott, agent of the Children’s Aid So- ciety of New York, has arrived in St. Lonis with a company of forty boys,bound to Kansas, where homes will be provided tor them. the lowest dregs of but bave been weil cared for, and present a neat They attended ch and attracted were picked ureh in St. Louis on Sunday D tion. pinta salsa se ee being found im| UN&XxAMPLED ConTRIBUTION.—The Metho- Ce collection now foow up over is not yet all in. tel Drew of New York, gave $500,000: Mr. Baldwin, of Ohio, $100,000; Mr. Rich, of Bos. tos, $75,000. amd many others from €20,000 Tt relates that as Dr srowne county, was re- rom visiting @ patient a few days horses took inigbht and u: vehicle. The doctor was thrown out, and the horses continued their mad career; but the ees aries Heed, of London, the well- known author of “Griffith Gaunt, or Jeal- ousy,” and also of several other works tion, has commenced an action for libel in tne Court of New York against H. weetzer. Henry Sedey, the proprietor of the wee! knowa as he Honed Table. The lays bis damages at @20,000. tll bis insensible master was to The doctor has re- from bis inji 3 S7 Winter sports—sleighing, skating, cough- ing, sneezing, blowing your handkerchief, buy: and swallewing “cough of cayenne peper tea, bot wh: ‘kets in the day time, al around your throats at night.—Boston ir wns SE ree eens: | e@-A young Indy from North Carolin was ot to speak | iefttemporarily in ebarge of the house of a friend in Norfolk on evening. Soon after the family left she discovered a man iurk— and not liking his looks she. a & gun and shot him, but whether dan. ELorexsnt.—The Lyachburg News says an OT Rc, she was not able to say, ae he- elopement took place from the tremendous yell of Danville @ day or twosinca, ‘A gay And festive youth of the tender age mmers, ran Off with a dulcinea of - ‘The man left bebiad him a wife and 8 large number of children. &7-The New Orieans peopie have been tn. duiging in the novel sensgtion ofenow-balling. ; 7A fellow in Harrisburg, who Was chas. ing a party of girls upon the ice, fell and broke |S nose. ties of the London sea- is, imported, from Aue.~ S7 The emissaries make far get women than men to go to Utah. The ‘new Tycoon.of Japan is named Slattahassie. | a7 An American citizen ia now taxed about four times as much as a citizen of Engls s7-General Phil. Shefidan denies that he is abont to get married or run for the Presidency. —S7 The Ue ig at out at ete a7 The yg Enguirer has made the a7 The New York police scooped forty gan- evening. &7-Gen. Wood thinks ome dollar acd a balf per month too much for teaching the colered. ea. S7-A Bergea toad ple have died ip the world of of eating pork.—Boston Post. thousand people live under the pavements in New York. S27 Base ball on 1¢¢ 12 8 new Wrinkle. S7-Ex-Governor Letcher is talked of for next Mayor of Lexington, is E Ph A mg many an Eve tempted by Satia eget Riverine besmchortnca S7 This is the season enemy—if he is « poor Vi 2 in London beat her busbana ith th writh & poker becamse he failed to bring 87-A bumper of milkmen in Fe ve refused to serve their S7-The white folks of are raising funds to bu colored tolls of that town. iston. Me., tarn ocala. en Customers | s@°A York county man got atigty ‘with nis’ & ebe: ~'y Ayeg wife and atlempted to throw her into