Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1867, Page 1

ee. EVENING STAR. PUBSISHED DAILY (SUNDAY EXCEPTED) aT THE STAR BUILDING, 5.W. corner Penn’a avenue and Eleventh street, BY NOYES, BAKER & CO. — AR is serves by the carriers to their cease tn the City and District a: Tam Osxta pan weed. Copies at the counter, with oF without wrappers, Two OgnTs eack. Puier ron Marine :—Three months, One Dotiar and Fiy'y Cents; six months, Three Dol- ers; one year, Fire Dollars. Neo papers Gre sent from the office longer than paid for. The WEEALY STAR—published om Frie Gay —One Doilar and o Half « Fear. ve, XXX. f * ening Star. WASHINGTON. D. C.. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1867. N&, 4,604. ~ AKUSEMENTS. NATIONAL THEATRE. NESDAY, DEC. Tt. THE pistis UISHED TRAGEDISN, ME. EDWIN FORREST ONLY NGHT OF VIRGINIUS Jacivding ast ILLIE MISS LILLIE. oy nARTON BILL, AND THE SUPERB COMPANY. Thursday—OTHELLO Friday—GLADIATOR. - ‘METROPOLITAN HILL, Penasylvaaia avenue, between Itch amd 12th ste. IMMENSE ATTRACTION; 5 8 ™ ‘ vie po Liobt Weght Obampion of Americas, and hie - cote Pevile: be EDDIE L¥ PAST Comte ¥ OR, Grew! waltet. MASTER STEVIE R MISS RES. MARIE DAEL. MISS MIN CLARE, aj apetion with Benz COMBINATION TROUPE. i aoe 15 Cents toding a Kefreshwent Ticket. DENTISTRY. TISTRY —Dr_ M. LOOMIS, at aa, aves, mls 6 Di bran, ertabning to the a professi Cleft Palates ani Maiformations of the remedied with the aki! of long expe- r BAT eR. Admission ae DENTIST, No, 320 Paw VANIA AVENUE, bet. 9th amd jth sta. All operations performed ing to the 4KT OF DENTAL sone ial oc 2-6m* D* “ewik s Davis” DENTAL a Wi 3A AVE So. 260 Between 2th and 13th streets. TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIS. No will be made for ex: here Ar. ‘tractin: Teeth are inserted. although the jTatent w: pay for eration when performed, whtes Go Seon re mye esceiat ‘Dow m: oD Seid, Silver and Rabber'st New York, Philalel All persons wishing den. National Capital Insurance Cempany HOME OFFICE. 500 NINTH STREET, WASHINGTON, D.C. CHARTERED BY * TAL ACT OF CON 3. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL. @AsH CAPITAL... Company Inenring public than any otter ¢ ited States, by combining th two great cle- of Life and Accident Insurance, of the joint iple. The premiums charged ars nearly Compe- TS WANTED IN EVERY © « AGEN AN STATE CITY AND mmev’ A cue third lower than charged by Mutual BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Semmes, 5 Li John B if. Plant. Biley 4 BZ Pies, J. Be ark. Jr, Jd. ty Bon. Green Adams, JW. Parish: om, Green MCRobert Lech. EXECUTIVE OOMMTE YR. Thos. Lewis. Plowman, Riley As Stina, 5. F-Bc0e8, A) SR gh ee ACprastas Poulson. FINANCE COMMITTEE. Jobs BE. Eivan. Charles Kloman, BiG Emer, _ EgwiaClaphane, ene L.A tC Aa ocl-ly PAWNBROKERS. ICENSED __PAWN-BROKER—B. BURN- STINE 473 13th street, three doors south of Penesylvania # ken, liberal “advances on Gold Watches. Diamonds, Jewelry. Pistols. Mechani Tools, Ladies: and Gentlemen's Wearing Apparel Tee oid Gold and Bilver bought. Business confidential. ne 15 Sum Eos sae Tsa2_ b HERZBERG'S LOAN OFFICE, meee ASST Fie tween rete, Immediately in rear of National Hotel. Advances made in all sume on merchandice at the mest sesaonetle: Fetes, and for any length of time, oe 1-8 "HE OLD ESTAE! T Sages ED FIRM OF LICE! NBROKERS 34 FOUR AND-A-HALY STREET WEST, Bear Pennayly: venue, OMer the highest cash sdvances on all kinds of Merchandise. to any amount and for aay time desired at reasonable rates. Interest on large sums greatly reduced. Bustrees con! ial. ba <3 boughs for cash and sold at private sale, “DANCING ACADEMIES. _ MAHsts FASHIONABLE DANOING ACA- heteneem Ith amd Wh. NI-S SECOND QUARTEB commence on TUESDAY. December 3. «Circulars apply at the Academy, ur at the Muafe Suores Marini’s Assembly Rooms can be rented for Balls no 2 and Private Parties. ROF. EREIS* DANCING ACADEMY, Pennm site Metropolitan Hotel. “Ladies, ie and Saturday Masters, Tresday Boon from 3 tS o'clock. and sy evenings. Ball ean le rented for ADVANCE IN PRICES IN CONSEQUENCE UX PREIGHTS ASD TOLLS HAVING AD- ) onde — - 9300 SLOT AT YP su Valley. soft had Ash 30 Come 325 ¢ Summer € 7% riand Eun 600 terland Lam . 7a AK AND PI eo 4 We are the sole agenta for the sale of the cele- brated Balthoore pany's Coal, and are pre- IER BROWN & SON, eet, between Band F, and wharves at foot of AMERICAN WATCHES, £COLD CSRAT GOLD WATCHES. 4 A large assortment of LADIES American apd Fore; « large bo CPVISS a splendidlet of LADIES vogh Ae Coral. carved in th ELRY k ent of Htruscan Goh! 1 A Blamed Beery ond Fiager i «. Chars, acd an i o 7 Te entire stock L will sell forts per conte hag any “thee i ity. avery ro BS cage LEANDER, & 210 Penna. ave., veat 1ith strect, be what is i. vod ma riving and? Der chance, af the rooms o oeney a! to the wi irerage ity, aepie, sian, snr apogee a eacollel bs any pal fuer. im Pai ‘ National Hote ad i Mine + et the ery Do. 4 Market ke place wbem all tb < are = De he faille dee not n 2s Deouber, tostamt, 6 TIONS TRIMMIS' ud oe WORK aa s THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON NEWS (XD GossiP, THE REerURtican Passioentral Nowins. TING Convanrios.—The National Kepubiicaa Executive Committee, to mx the time and place for bolding the Repnbdiican Presidential Nom- imaiing Vonvention, me: w-day at [2 o'clock at Willard’s Motel. Gov, Ward, of N_ J, pr: tided, aud the following-naried memoers oF the committee were present —N. B. Smithera, Del, W. 5. Cowing, Va; 8 Judd, Wis; HoH Starkweather, © Foy. Claflin, Mass: | Wm. Windom, Minn.; Thos. G. Turner, K D-. R. Goodloe, NU. M. wyer, Onlo: Gent Pile, Mo.; Horace Greeley, N- Fowler, Teun. Jomn B. Otarge, N.H: N. Garduer, Vt; S.A. Proviance, Pa,: John D Defrees, Ind, B. ©. Cook, I> D.F. Siabbs Towa; Henry W. Hoffman, Ma.; Goy. Batier Iveb, and B. ¥ . Hessey, Me, After some discuss:on, Wednesday, the 2eth éay of May next, was fixed as the Gme for the Conveation to assemble. A lenginy debate | then took plicé as to where the Convention Bcould Re held Cincineati, St. Louis, and Chicago were advéesied as suitanle places, and at three o'clock ive wore was taken, aud resulted m the selection of CBicage by a vote of 2 for Chicago and. 10 for Oineineati. Un motion, the vote for CRrcago was decizred uaanimous. ‘The committee then adjourned to meet at the call of the chairman. ° SectRTy, RTO.—Mr. Malet and Mr.Suetfield, Who were attached to the British Legatio ‘Ashington while Lord: Lyons was Minister, Daye accompanied him to Paris, and hofd@ in “qhe embassy there the sume position they did bere. ——Mies Jananschek, the celevrated German Sctress, commenced Iast vvening an eagige- mént of four nightsin Baltimore this week, in the characiers of Medea, Adrienne, Deboran, and Mariavne: abd we understand quite a umber of her countrymen. residents here. are going over to hear her. By the way, wouldn't & short engagement at the capital do something toward making up the 53),0W. which we are. #orry to hear she Bas sunk since her arriva ou our shores. —Dickens seems to have s good effect on Me ory goods travie. Ut is said that thé clove. | Gealers of Boston soldi s16,1) Worth o | to bis audiences during bie stay at the ba. | _——Prot. Mar Batley, the elocutlonis:, who Fecently lectured here, is said by a young Indy | of New Haven tobe theonly gutiom in in ‘nat \ $2 who understands how to eare for a lady in [@ sup ye: room. ——Miss Anne Maria Wendell, danghi-r of | Cornelias Wendell, Esq.. was married at noon to-day to Capt. Frank Taylor, of the First U |S. Artillery. The ceremony was performed ac the residence of the bride's father, and wit- Ressed bya iarge number of friends of the parties. Rey. Dr. Hewirt, of New Yoru, was the officiating clerzy man cid | To nz VErorD.—The dill striking out the * word white” in att Inws of the District of Columbia was preserted to me Presideat last ight. There is nodowb: but that it, will be Veloed, should Congress be in session at the expiration of the ten days allowed for Execu- tive action on the pill. é Rrsicxsp.—Uolone! A. Long, for some time past of the President's staff, has resi mned that position, and will, im January, be a:-ign- ed to service tm the Commissary Departnent i this city. MURETERED OvT.—Speciat Orders No. 515. | jmst Issued from the War Department, directs tha! the following maimed of®cers of the Vet- eran Reserve Oorps be mustered out, nnd hon- iy discharged the volunteer service of the om Account of their services bemg vo longer required: Brevet Brig. Gen. John B. Callis, Lient.Col. 7th regiment from May 14, 1567 | __Brevet Major A Prestum, Captain loth regiment: from Sept. “i, 1557. } vet Colonel Audrew Mahoney, Cap‘ain | 4th regiment; trom May 19, 62:7. } , Captain alee W. Tyler, 19ch regiment; giment; from July 14, Firs: Ldeut. Frank P. Gross. 20uh regimen: Angust 25, 1567. Brevet Captain Levi F. Burnett, 2d Lient. ‘2iat regiment; trem June %, 167, ‘THe Recess.—The Honse yesterday adopted & concurrent resolution ter ap adjournment «ver the holidays, from Friday. Lee. 20th, vntil Monday, January 6th. The Senate will | probably concur in the House vote, though | Mr, Sumner may oppose it on the ground that the President needs watching Sbould tie President not take action before the 2th upon ‘the bill striking out the word « white” in the laws of the District, an adjournment may be delpyed. Extra COMPENSATION.—A New York paper Sates, we know not upon what authority, that Gen. Grant has written a letter urging the restoration of the additional twenty per cent. compensation to the Government clerits. g irom & person so eminently jast everytBing, and yet with *o Keen an eye to proper economy in the ndminisiration of Gov- ernment, this recommendauon ought to nave, as we dowbt not it will, great weight with the committee ip Congress charged with the sub- ject. Tre « Brack ‘T"—NoT THAT Cat nvr AxoruEn Cat.—Mr. Evans, correspoudent of the Boston Pes aud Balumore Gez-te, says be gb: bis copy of the Message tolelegraph North from Mr. Overton, correspondent of the Cin- cippati Kuywirer—that is to say, it was eubd-! tohim by Mr.0. The following correspon- dence is submitted by Mr. EB. to show that he ‘Was vot the original + black cat ;” Was i aad Br Message by earaph tor to-morrow’s piper if you will tke it. “Lepgth at least 10,00y words. Advise me forthwith. Laren. Wasntmeton, Dee. 2) IX67.— Editers Cincin« aati Enquirer: Please Answer immediately, so all deiays msy be avoided. OveerToy. Wasnixcton, Dec. 3, 1507 —Editors Cincin- neti Enquirer: I belteved sent the only copy West. Overton, VERTON, LATER. i Editors Cincinnati Enyuirer Xgent the ny sage to you, but aliawed Evans ta telegraph i | No. ee ee Ovarron. ComwitTer on ELecrions —Mr. Scofield, of Pennsylvania, who has beéa detained at Bome by illness, was again in his seat im the ‘House yesterday, and the Commuitee on Elec. | Wong will Bow proceed &t once to report upoa | the cases of Mersrs. Trimble, Young and Brown, of Kentucky. \ GENERAL Por® bés ordered the election to té beid in Alabama for ra:ification of the new State Constitution omQbe $th of mext Feb. ir Judge Smith, the Republican candi« | date} tor Governor, is now Rege, and says the friends of the constitution feel certain of its ‘waves. ‘Tae WITS Hovse—A veryusrge crowd of were at the Executive o- Tux Jenxrxs of the Stam presentshis ac_ knowledgetments to the Jenkins of the Lrpres, ot Bis literal leaded aotice of a brother chip, /When ine STAR has a column ond a halfof ed- ftorial space to throw away, the courtesy may be! reciprocated == to. aa equivalent extent. In the pieantime he can only of his brother of the Beprese that he seems to be rather @ stupid sleepy Jenkins with uot suficieut industry or capa. city to pick up “ites,” and’sho wing the jealousy uspally displayed by persons of his atra-bil- joRe stamp for those more succeesfal than abemselves. (But what he Iacks 10 fmanstry bemakes up in style; only the “son of s Bish- ” could achieve | nrases of ¢hoice Eaz- hsb-HiM, English as glitter through uis col- umn and 2 half of fashion mater; —orillian's like'thecs, showing his capacity toirei: upoa “polished” and “edacated” society; “It nas always seemed to us that when Americans Went (sic) t0 Enrope to put themselves throncn ® process of refinmg, the:r opportunities for enjoying g0od soctety at home must Rave been what limited.” «If they wonld Only en- (joy Mt (atv) Nike “honest people what a blessing it (vie) wronlid be.” And here Jet us inform our female readers that seeing how bunglingly our cetemporaries did (sie) their Coart Depart- b PRESENTED To THE PrEstDENT —Yesterday 'morhing Mr. Robert Crawford of Cumnocr AYshire, Scotland, was presented to the Prest- dept aud General Grant by Secretary Seward. »Mr. Crawiord lately represensed the Horough of Dudley ia Parliament, and was a warm friend to the United States during the Iste war. By 4 TyrooRariiwat ERROR, the titte of the Commmitiee on Reconstruction, as auzoun- ced by the Speaker yesterday, was give in our Congressional proceediags as the Commit, tee on Retrenchmen: powuaiercs Ov Treen:ToRy.— Hon. Cadwal- ader C. Washburn made a vigorons speech this morning in opposition to the ncaulsition of néw territory as Jutely eutered upon by the Government. In regard to the purchines of St, Thomas he qQoted from Anthony Trollope, (the commis. signer seat ont by (he Britizn Government to examine the Panisn West India Isiands with A view to their purchase.) to show the worth- \egsness and unhealthiness of that Island MP. W. proceeded to pay his respects to Alaska, -In@teating ai utcer want of respect for that Acquisition. Mr. Washburn was listened to with mach attention by the House, Now atrons.—The l’resident this morning sept to the Senate the name of GH. Hollister, of Connecticut, te be Minister Kesident and Consul General at Hoyt. He alse seat in about seventy-flve nominations of officers im the regular and voionteer army for breve: ranks from Mejor General down to Captain, Pevrte Lamy ty Towa.—The Commissioner of the General Land Office to-day travsmitted Governor of lowa indemnity patents #1, 06,75 avd =4, embracing 10,119.41 Acres of land selected by the State of Lowa under the act of Maren 2, iu eu of swamp Iands in Hamilton, Taytor, Wright. F avd Anderson counties, Lowa, located mijitary bounty land warrants and scrip. Sournens Rattnoaps --The Select Com. fmittte om Sonthern Railroads wis moraing Teported that they have concinded the taxing pf testimony om all points embraced in the in- Siructions of the Honse, excep? as to the + ex- Pediency of deciaring forfeited lands granted maid of railroads to Florida, Alabumu, Mis- sissippi, Louisiana and Ar! "tin whieh eade 1 testimony is tow being procured through the War Department from the military commanders in those portions of the Soutn. Upon the other points they will be prepired to report in a short time after this tesumony sbalt have been printed. The testimony taken jow report, and ‘ask that the same may nted. be p (Rigned)—J. W. McCiurg, Ulysses Merenr, H.D. Washburn, Jonn W. Chanter, Pailetus Sawyer. The testimony, which is very voluminous, embraces the evidence given by some fifty Witnesses, DerictencY ArrrorrtaTion.—The Speaker aig before the HOuse to-day « commuaication fiom Secretary Browning, transmitting a copy Ot letter fromthe Commissioner of Pensions, He asks for an appropriation of 510,000 to supply deficiencies in his office for the current iiscat-year. The Secretary recommeuds the pproprianon Says the appropriation for Contingem@t expenses of the Pension Bureau, made at the recent session of the Thirty-ninth Congress, Bas been most judiciously expeuded. that portion of the fand applied te the imvesti- #8tion of frauds practiced upon the Burean Davying resulted ina saving torheGoveramen; of a sum exceeding the appropriation. PELeonaL.—General Duff Green isin Wa-h- ington, looking much broken, but showing his noted vivacity in talking tpon political mat. ‘ters. He was about the House hails this Morning. leaning Apon a staf vearty as tall as imeelf. ----Hion. Horace Greeley and Hon. Ww. Darling, of New York, are at the Epbit; House. yeneral W. S. Hillyer, of New York. and Jos. Morphy, H. K. Kaigaul, Wil- diam Donghton, aad J. Hoovy, a Republican committer from Philadelphia, are stopping at Wallara’s Hotel ) Mk. Caney introduced in tue House to-day, Bill (which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, enacting that the provisions of theenct fixingthe compensation ofthe baililts ‘Qnd criers of the courts of the District of Co- ' Fombia.” approved February 22, 17, be and they are bereby extended so as to apply to the bailiif's ama criers of the several courts of the United States. UIsPosaL or Puptic Lanns.—Commis- x Wilson, of the General Land Office, has fectived returns sRowing ® dispysal ul 1¥.si3 fcres of the public Iauds during the mouth of November last, at the local office. at Nebraska Oity, Nebraska. The greater portion of the Ignd was located sertp. takem ander hom-- sie sh, and located wit mui- tary werrdnts. THE AGRicULTURAL Derantuent — Re- bucTion or Fores.—Phe House Uomniistee op Agriculture, this forenoon, nad 4 fong and or mae of agsioubiure. ring — ter a complete reor; izAUOR De mart ‘war discussed, cry the members of pro Col. U. “The wor! of curtailing has already mmenced, and experimental farm bas erst a Ws Tturist of the Department, Gleason, who tor of spperini have been sara with, a] the: , wre for x superinien. Sor a Wane. Sa, saer eas Mapr, bas also been: 5 - ‘expresses bi to part with Major { } 7 4 AT A Mexrring or T2B Exsction Cov- MIVTSE this morning, the case of John G. Brown, member elect from 2d Congressional District of Kentacky, wW&s under considera- tion, His seat is comtested by a Mr. Smithy upon grousds of disloyalty. The main argu- ment before the committee to-day was to estab- lish the principle that if the acts charged aguinst Brown are proven, that precedents fally justify the committee in recommending that his seat be given to the minority candi- date. No decision wat reached, and his case Will be taken up again tu-morrow. Tue Jount UovMITTe® ON OnpNANCR mey to-day, and appointed Geerals Batier and Logan 3 Snub Committee to take testimony: ‘They have summoned fof to-morrow Gane Raméey, Obtefof Urdpance durmg the earlier Part of the war, ead others. The investiga- tion Will be on'the subject of projectiles. Tne Committee is overwhelmed with applications from inventors, who seem to think that it is orgamized for the purpose of testing new guns ‘and projectiles, Wheress i WAS raised to in- quire invo supposed 1al-adminisrration in tae Ordnance Bureau. FURTHER PARTICULARS A8 TO THE Loss ow TRI: SyRaMeRs De Soto axp Mononeanena A telegraphic dispatch received actne Navy Department, from Thomas Savage. acting Consul General at Havana, dated Decomher 10, 1967, says:—From Consul. Jamaica. Earth- quakes at St. Thomas, Toledo, aud St. Croix hegun on the 18th of November and continued on Monday, 2uth. Destruction of lives and perty great. Je Soto ashore: washed into ‘bor bottom upwards. Crew saved. Mo- ongabela thrown jnto Middleton, Saint Admiral Palmer bas arrived at ita- THe LNDIAN Peace Comwissios met to-day atthe Capitol in the Senate Committee Room on Indian Afftits. A snb-commitiee consist- ng Of Senator Henderson, (General Sherman and Commissioner Taylor was sppointed to pfepare a report of operations of the Commis: son. Harney having arrived this morning. A DELRGATION OF QUAKERS arehere,with a perition to the Preeident, Congress, and Indian Burean, relative to the Indians. They waited upon the Indian Commission ati ts mestiug to-day. and presented their petition. They ‘wil also call upon the President. They pro- pose reform in the Iudsan policy of the Gov- ernment, and sbow, according to their ideas, how it ca» be done. Mr. Anthony introduced in the Senate to-day, 9 bill (which was referred to the Judiciary Committe.) enacting that all and singular the taws,th declaranions,and acts of confiscation or fortertare, passed, made, or Cone by the late so-called Confederate States of America, or made, had, or done, directly or indirectly, by or auder their or jee color of their authority, or by the judgment or decree of any court acting under their or ihe color of their anthority or jurisdiction, shall be and they are hereby declared to be null and yeid to all intents and purposes. THE SENATE ComMiTTex on Naval Affairs, at their meeting to-day. authorized the Chair- Man fo report a resolution allowing Admiral Thatcher to accept the decoration of honor from the Hawaiin Government. The Uom- malttee also consivered & bill authorizing thy President to appoint retired Naval officers to positions & Consuls, butit was noi detinitely agreed upon. DISMISSAL OF FBMALBCLERKS.—In the course of one or two days there will b® about ihirry female clerks dismissed from the Kedemprion ‘Division and Secretary's office at the Treas. ury Department. This reduction is necessary on account ef ihe scarcity of workin those offices. It is thought that there will be about filty female clerks dismissed from the various bureaus in the Treasury about the last of the month on Account of the work being rapidiy on the decrease, Tae Ways ann Means Comittee met | again this morning and discussnd the whiskey question at great length. The discussion wa« general in its character. and no conclusion ‘Was reached. It is the determination of the cotmmit'es not to report any measure until they am mature one that will be likely to meet the exigencies of the case. H. 5S. Saxvorn, our Minister to Belgium’ And lady, were at ine Capitol to-day. There 1s TO ex a meetung in Washington te-night of delegates from yarions State Leagues to the National Union League. InTERNAL Revenve. this source fo-day were 3300 be receipts trom ol. sore. The Prize Ring. WitHpawys nis Moxey.—The New York Clipper saye:—Tom Alem bas withdrawn the $1v origmaliy deposited in our ds fora match with Bul Ryall, and which he afier- ward luformed us he would leave as an earn- est of bis desifa to meet his qaondam opponent. Joe Gors, upon his expected arrival from England. Allen's little anap in Baltimore hasn't been Gf much protit, pecuniar ly or otherwise, as his pupils professed to be m the filthy when he spplied therefore, Thomas was just so much eul of pocket. His former friends there seem io have shook nim, too, for he was to have Jett for Cleveland, Oio, on the 5th instant. J) pe don't adopt a different course he won't tare any betier there. All challenges to him will he useless Tae Barrisn Cuaurioxsiir — Goss awl Wor wald.—Atwr % war of words and the pub- lication of propositions and counter-proj fions trom Mace, Wormald. 0 Baldwin, Goss And Hurst, (bere was at accounts a pros- peet of & match between Joe Goss and Joe Wormald for £200 n side and the champioushi us Goss had covered «(staked by Vother Jos. and the articles were to be drawn up in pable at the Intiex's benefit. Ga the pccasiou of x testimonial to the trish Giant, the bene fic again reiterated Bis intention to get on Amatch, if possible, ere his departure for America. He said he had been robbed twice in his matches with Mace and Wormald, and that if any one ;Was willipe to meet Bim in @ fortnight he was ready to make the mutch at once. He wanted to k why so many were badgering bim bad announced his Purpose of pro. ceeding to the United States, and it was well Snown that he bud madé preparation to do so. His engarements id mot allow ot Dis re- maining longer in Boahine he didn't ihink he would be wD, |, and Sis dia itt it Joe Wormald was the only one to ond, ‘Snd as he wanted six weeks to get fit nothing came of it. J The inventory of the estate of ‘Elias Hot ited in the Probate Court at Fuir- ‘field, Gt, amounts to about $615,000. i y jealous of the rj 2 Sitton fo bis harem. = < iff. Houston, haba hey 5 sawing sOciety on ¢ CO-Operatt an. dy: tbe co-operative Pi e advantages are BF Chicago now has the most Pork-pecking establishments in ihe Be Why should a ebeap butter? Because ‘ber dear. enterprising Yankee has established rapa per im eoatghale CRina, called the pgha: News-letter. » More tham five thousand Japanese Guring the and it was not a good A Miss Kir! che right of | wo SSiie rere Connetticat, extensive country. loving wife object to she onght wo love bat- All the members were present; ‘ienera! | ie Gaerne tas 8 bill to inet is rh ee CONGRESSIONAL. SENATE. Yesterday the language of the President's mes- sage— Mr. Johnson desired to spesk on the resola- tion, but said ff 1: was agreeable to the Senate he would preter to have it postponed; and at the suggestion ot Mr. Sherman, the further eousideration was postponed to Thursday st one o'clock. After a short executive session the Senste a0journed. Hovar—At the closeof Mr, Chanier’s speech yesterday utternoon in opposition io the coniis. cation bul— Mr. Eldridge followed on the same side. He commeneed by declaring that it was time the Union was restored aud that the he Were enjoying the fruits of their vi ro Why, be aekeds had not the Upion been re~ The faithfal ana historian Which bad control of the Goverament. ‘The mii was postponed til! the tet of Jana- aty mext. Mr. Schenck offered concurren: resolu‘ion for an adjournment over the holidays from Friday, we Wh, sll jay. the oth of January next. Alr. Farnsworth moved to liv it on the table. Negatived, only sixteen members vo:- ing for the motion. Mir. Lawrence (Ohi0,) called for the yeas and nays, and for tellers on the yeas and nays. Hoth "were resused, aud the concurrent reso- lation was adopted Mr. Ingersoll asked leave to offer a resolu- tion directing the Committee of Ways and Means to mvent the ways and means necessary to uplock and put in cirealation the enqrmous amount of $15-,167,-20, pow locked wp im the vaults of the Treas: er such thereot as may not be required to pay interest on the pnblic debt; hut Mr. Gartlold objected. Mr. Asbley (Ohto.) made some remarks in Support of his proposed constitutional amend- ment: and then the House, at 4.10, arijourned. pviche 4 elit ate Wepnmspar, Dec 11. Senary.—The Obair presented « memorial of eight hundred citizens of Michigan asking leged defects in the homestead law be remedied, Referred to Committee on Public Land Also, 8 memorial.signed by an immense num- ber of naturalized citizens, setting forth at great length their grievances, and as the rights of naturalized citizens be d at ed by | law. Referred to Committee on Foreign Re- lations Mr. Johnson presented the petition of M, Mortara, a citizen of Pennsylyania, who was awarded a ice ape the United States by the mixed commission sitting for the two gov - ernments, and who states that the Secretary of State refnses to pay but in the depr-ciated car- rency of the United States, amd asking that he be paid in com. Referred” to Uommittee on Foreign Retauons. Mr. Anthony introduced 2 bill declaring null vord ajl acts of confiscation and forfeiture sed by the rebel anthorities, Referred to Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Willey introdnced a bill anthorizing the sale of ihe lands, tenements and water power belonging to the Untied States at Harper's Ferry. ferred to Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Fessenden offered « concarrent resoln- tion providing fer a joint committes to revise and Hx the pay of fliers ot the two Houses. Adopted. Mr. Howard intro@aced a bili amending the Act gramuug land to aid in the construction rauway trom Lake Superior to Paget's Sound, Mr, Sherman called up the bill providing ‘hat sll balances remaiming from the sale of captured and abasdoued property in the hands of Alr. Spinner, av special agent, be covere by his warrint,as Treasurer, and be not there- ater drawn from the Treasury ualess by an- thority of law. Mr Sherman, jn explainmg the bill, sald that the sum from the sources named reached several millions, Aud if was im the power of the Secretary to apply it towards paying claims from the former owners of prep- erty, and the object of the bill was to prevent nny Use of ibis Money unless by authority of Congress. Mr. Edmunds said this bill did not cover the necessities of the case. It was understood that there was now several Rundred thousand of this fand in the hands of parues 1a New York. He had an ameudment providing for the recovery into the Treasury of all these ums, and preseribing penaldes for any un- .wiul appropriations of it. Mr. Trumbull objected to the resolution as Tecogmizing the right upto this time of the Secretary of thy Treasury to appropriate this money. The Secretary never had any rizht to use this money. ‘The Seeretary nad applied to | ‘ne Attorney Generai tor his opinion, and that officer gave as his opinion that the process of this property must id into the Treasury, and there await the Fenan of the Board of Clanns. This opimion was given two years ‘Ago, and yet, in the face of that opinion, the Secretary bad since paid out, on his own autbority, several hundred thousand doilars. Mr. munds agreed with the Senator Trumbull) as to his construction of the but theught he was rather unjust to the Secre. tary. Preceding Secretaries had also, under the advice of the Solicitors of the Department, assumed to decide what was captured and abandoned property, and the opinion of the Attorney General liad not touched uj this Ymca ie (Mr. 8.) thought this ac*ion of the NecTelary Was entirely wrong: but stated this ionch in justice to bun. Mr. Fe-senden expressed his desire t> say | something on this subject, and asked that the bill lay over umul agreed to. Mr. Cragim called up the resolution to pay Jie salaries of Olerks of Committees now p a und of special Messengers and Pages during the reer=s. Passed. The bill changing the name of Samuel Chase Barney, jr. to Samuel Chase de Krafft, was taken uy returned to the House, ‘with Amendment: m the Dis change their names « preme Court of the D: rons. The amendmenis were agreed 10. bill Dow goes to the President. \o-mortow; which was © their rea- and the ‘Phe Honse concurrent reeotution providing | for au adjournment trom December 2 to Jan- vary 6, was read Mr. Sumner objected to its present consider. ov, and it went over under the rules Mr Sumner presented a memorial trom (sen- | eral DS. Brisbin aud 30,000 colored men of Kentucky, asking Congress to bestow upon them the right of suffrags, aud stating thar of Uhis is done, they believe that the murder, ar- and rape now so prevalent in Keatucky ‘will be put an end to. = Mr. Davis.—Mr_ President, 1 pronounce that & foul and malecions libel apon the State of Kentucky, The (om was then referred. Mr. Morrili of Vermont, called up his bill to Merease the yaine of I temder noes to par, Mr. Morrill then the foor and read ‘an elaborate argument ip favor of the adoption Of his bill. Its passage would establish such confidence that trom the day of its passage, the inequality between coin and legal tenders would begin to diminish, and by the time specified for the redemption of jegal tenders an cuin, (July 4, 1569,) the legal tenders Would be xt par equal to cot ve becol it is ereM 7 siemens that we demorail our paper currency that canses our securities 10 be at such 3 discount abroad, but if the holders are satisfied that our efforts Will soon restore our currency to par, the se- curities will rise in the same proportion. He majotained that the thme fixed for the resump- tion of s) Yee oe Was not too near @ erica. He lieved, Bow, that there was at Bs! 140,000,000 Of specie now Roarded up, which the passage of this measure would bring from —_ its ____ imglorions _ retreat. Hovse.—The Speaker 1aid before the House a communication from the Commissioner of Pensions, asking ap Appropriation to meet de- fictencies tation for that eb of t ittee OD ihe publieverrice. Matorred to Vote: iS. . (Indiana) rising to & personal ex. dion, tent to tue Clerks desk pnd, had a the New York Tribune, Telaws %0 we ed justify our course. Sir, I do col speculate about the future deeds of the President. I know SoA past, nd im the fight of the past the indians dele, mo judges their daty and acted. The ‘ident will, in bis career of mal-administration and crime, I do not for a Moment doubt, do something for evil. He tsa genius in depravity, and Bet merely av obsti- Maliguity and passion have never been fath- omed nor exbausies,and will aot be auring nis term of office. 1f 1 may judge of the effect of the President's lave message of dedauce, ae'ing Ov ertheinflammabie of Southern rebels, and followed swiftly the strong vote of the House denouncing its juris- diction over its bebeving that a new apd misrule will be the 1 cannot besicace in as! impeaclLmept. Of myself ard the yet transpired. We have neither the right mor the disposition to do his, Dut give our own yote for the fol- good and sufficient reatoms: Because he assvmed power to cal! conventions to set up Governments and to decide the «aalitica- tion of voters in 7 of the Siates ta! im re- betiion: because he these ments uncenstitution: selfas valid civil and denounced Congress for lawfully exer- cling the powers aad performing the acts which Be exercised and performed in violation lowing of Iuw and theComsutution ; becanse becreaved | the efiice of Provisional Governor as a civil office, which is unksown to the Constitution ADd appointed to such offices in the rebel States notorious traitors, well them to be sac, and they could notenter upon the duties of office without the crime of perjury, Be- cause he deliberswiy trampled under his foot & Jaw of Congress of I-62 prescribing an oath of office, which Iaw be wa= bound to execnte, and appointed to under the tnws of the United States men who were well Enown to bim as traitors who could not tuke the oath required. Because he refused to execute the confiscation mwsand and by the Most monstrous abuse of the par. doning power in innumerable instances made Limself the powerful ally and the best triend | of the conquered traitors of the So: whose Unmatched crimes have thus tar utterly de- | fied even the ordinary administration of ernm- inal justice. Beeause ae mentas defined in the tation clearly comprebends 1 offences of w! the President bas been guilty in the case ree before the J wise be anempty and unnecessary mockery, Jeaving Congress wholly powerless to protect the vation against the most wanton aet of Ex- eeutive mal-administration and lawlessness. And because, ally. im the language of the majoricyot the Judiciary Committes, be bad retarded public prosperity, lessened the pub- lie Tevennes, &c. Mr. Julian here quoted from the close of "he Judiciary Commitiee’s report, and said these Were some of the reasons which compelled six of the Indiana delegation to vote in the affirm. tive. We bad no occasion to carry oursel ves into the future to find @ justification for owr votes. Under our views of the evidence and the Iaw there was bu* one aliernative left us but to vow as we did. Mr. Proyn (N. Y.) risi Pplauation, ref-rred to the Place on Monday last in relation to the refer- ence to of the President's message relating to Russian America, and referred parucojarly to the remarks of Mr. Butler on tat occasion, Position assumed by Mr. Bi Was pot bound to make apy carry the treaty made by the senate not correct. He contended that when a ude in faith by the Senate it priticn ‘garry out the ten and #Aary approp’ m . Ruy Other Course would be a violation of faith. A treaty nate aby. soo Sate ae Jaw bi ing upon jonse, ‘muet be concurred in by the latter, Several gentlemen desired to optain the floor lanations, Objection toa personal ex- toa: to m: al exp! ny was Mr. Bromweil (11.) fivally obtained leave, and said be bad been accused of dodging the ‘Vote on the question of impeachment. He had voted in ue of the 57 who se eye for an © ‘onity for epesking, and yet the names of Bromwell, Broomall. and Butler were omitted in the count,aud be was accused of dodging. He had not nat bad voted or impenebment, believing, before God and man, that Mr. Jobnson had committedacts which demanded impeachment. He had not Spoken or lectured upon this subject of im- peachment. but Rad voted as he beiieved right. Mr. Wilson, (Lowa,) from Committee on Ju- diciary. reported beck 3 bill in relation to the jovernment of the Rebel jerred to the Committee on Reconstraction. Br. hetcham, (N. Y.,) from Committee tees § Affairs reported a bil) granting a right wayto the Hudson river railroaa certain property at West Point. Passed. Mr. Lodge, (Lowa.) from Committee on Mili- tary A: ‘® bill to amend te act of the ficer was brevetted. 5 Mr. Garfield, (O.) from the same Commitiee, Teported a resolution direc ing the Jot Gom- mitiee on paying employees of both Houses of Congress, to fix the pay of Clerks of Comm tees by law. Adi a. Mr. Welker, (U.,) trom Oommittee on Re- trenchment, & resolution directing the beads of departments to transmit the amounts paid to clerks and employees of their cepartments. z r. Weehbarne, (11..) from Commitee on Ppropriations, asked to be discharged from tne comsbeeention o. the petition of B. B. French, asking certain compensation for ser- vices in the office of Commissioner of Public Buildings. Committee discharged. “ a GovERROR Swaen’s Mitit1a—The court of inquiry formed for the purpose of jing the cases of certain members of the 6th and &th as Commander-in-Chief, tindings of the court. tee Tae Wonxixo, Paorie.—The Pittsbarg reports & prospect of giess works of that city, of several of the g'a88 factor- wes Dave closed their works. and intend to keep them closed until therr oe pe ae of wages, Tuerepotied font Ww -five workmen been from the Bordewtown (Nod) on gccount of the want of Lonisville Journs} says unem, Be time wi! and laven 6 that men employment today in New Haven, than at Qny previous time im the last net. be | Among the vice | Hunter, ieee | ver Over acts. of e° Brealdeni TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR, | Pex | wes said Suthorities, wRo elected that this was -The demonstr: Dec. 1).—The Conserwi Convention sesembled at Rot a » but of Virginians. or tue war we were sssared th ration at Liverpes! fre- The Rebelt [By Oante to the Ase Livaxroo1, Dee. 1! posed by the Fenians on Sunday ne: City, bas been peremptority forbidden by the ave fearfal of the coms+ nen- o@8 of 60 Violent an express.o® Of ill-feeliag wards (be Governmeat _Lonpon, Dee te Choma ted Pres 1l.—Late dispatches fr at make mention of 8 new aud m serious outbreaks im the province of Oatl: At the imetaccoun's « the tars merping. There were eigh: hundred dele- | gates present, representing ali parts of the ‘State. | Hon. A. H. Dower of Angasta County, theatre ce & Con the repudiation of the Contederae deni, nas the emancipation of the slaves, we would ne restored to our rights in the Unio, but ia | stead of these promires being falfiiled. a po has been inancursted placing the Sou | Staves under ibe control of an teferior rior ‘We bave met to appeal to the Norm mo: t> permit tbe inMiction Of this disgrace upon t- te may be wresied from us, bat ~e | Our | Will B@ver agree to the role of an alien ana | amterior race; we prefer the rule of tbe bayo- and others | impertant Age NEw Yorx, Deo. 1 presidents are RM T 08. S. Bocock, Ex-Gow. Le [Special Drepatch co che Star } of Pitt Cooke against the Nate Nationa! Back of Boston, in which be Hangs id thatthe Natonet located In ether States or comnties may. | be sued i the courts of this State, and we of National Banks orgauired under the act | Congress is a foreign oor MeADINg of the statotes of be proceeded ' Oui | Maj. Ge | Joinson, Brt. Brig. oration within jew York, and may agains! by a tachment. Seciety of the Army of the Cumberiand. [Special Despaich to the Sear.) CUFODBATL, Dec. 11 —A eal for a Gonven- | Hon 10 organize a « Society of the Army of the beriand,” has n. W. D. Ge n. bern isseed, egoed by Ky. Whippie, Ma, a. KW. P. Thurstoa, and nm E Ove, The G im Cincinnati on the om ebruary, It6-. The society ts i | include aii the officers of che Cumberland. and to resemble to the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. Arrest of Leonard Huyck a Broker onthe Charge of Stealing Rev- enee Stamps. NeW YORK, Deo. .—Leonard Haye Eawin A. Weed—the first « banker, tormeri: New Verk the Star) 4 ’ of Wasnington, and the inter a New York | broker—were arrested yesterday in (is city, charged with stealing $5,200 worth of revenue stamps in Baltimore, They were arraigasa before Judge Hogan. Severs! witnesses on | Doth sides were examined, aud the accused The Grant Mevement in New Jersey. (Spectal Dispaten to the Star.) | ‘were remanded till to-day. Newark, N. J., Dec. 10-7 o’elock P.M —A | Convention of the Grand Army ot the Repab- | le was beid tm this city this afternoon, deie- tes beimg present from Camden, Elizapetn Se other points. After the | Jereey City a | jourmment. an imtormal meeting of soldiers ‘was beld, and a resolution adopied declaring Gea | the Bext Presidency. j j | j U_S. Gravt u he people's candidate for The Cont Famiue—Bankraptey Cases. (Special Dispatch to the Star.) LOUIBVILLB, Dec. 11.—The coal famine bac | caused the suspension of several factories, | ton. arms, bot - They bad paren: from the effects of poe. ‘A renee D. Price, who was very intimate with in bankruptcy have of Kentucky to date. distress is | fail to bring out cost Three hundred throwing bundreds out of employment. Grea; if the upper streams speedily and six:y-one applications been made in the Discricr The Broekiym Poisoning Case. (Special Despaich to the Star.) New YoRx, Dec. 11.—Very little lign' bas | 8s yet bees thrown on the recent poisoning case at Brooklyn. Anopinion prevatis wid vious, mahappy Tictancholy stateol mind. the present j Municipal Election in Manchester, S.H. | Mawebesrer, N.H , Dec. 1i.—Jas. A. Wes- , Demecrat, bas been chosen Mayor over Clars, | 900 majority tmeumbeut, by Arrested, NEw YORK, Dec 11.+Two men, concernea im the shooung affray on elecuon nignt, ia which Henry Weifenbach was Killed, Dive Deen arrested and fully identified. New York Market. jeiek owed Dec. ‘see — aa is jull and drooping. t quiet an Corn dulland beavy. Rye st Te: cents setter. Pork quiet; Mees $21.75. Lar % cents tor Mi ve steady. Onts vu = Tutpeatinetayor bay. - easier at $2.56 for s Tragedy im Breekiya, New York rk. tly died Joe them, bas beep arrested on suspicion. and commit:ea to Swail Ube resull of che coromer's investuga- The New York Commerciat of yesterday evening says «Phe excitement tm retntion to the meian- cboly death of Mre. Bij ter, at No. 30; Atlantic street, coutin’ ou, AD various fa. far come to I}, merves and When @anghter wi bea ‘iplicity of as di ere jizabeth Fall and aaugt - t are commented on, are advancea iscovered that the mother and dead, ft was observed ths! che Bad not been dis curbed, but was arranged by some third as it clans WhO MAde the pi» jo state that the evidence: they were seized with violent comya!- ‘by the contraction of we Sontortions of the limbs. If «0, the bed clothes must of necessity bave been, oeanotber Api factis tbat the door of the room they ty he | each hay the room occu) was unftsveged—en tnusual circumstance. They fad prepared themselves, to retiring for the nugn’. on, ‘hed bern ae POE NF - a ny TSE ER pre The kid sore Seas $ Bossa ware GR et ae pe eo san be Sor had tbe Se Ges Lane tne, A en Fe mat Sel a: F. Mati -._.} preper meatd of Real amy sendds Wil! oe te POTPRSCsOuRE | Boon, etaile wil | pas ine tguss moruing. aS night gown. 5