Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1868, Page 1

EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY SUNDAY EXCEPTED AT THE STAR BUILDING, S. W. Corner Pa. avenue and Lith street, BY NOYES, BAKER & CO. — eee The STAR is served by the carriers to their subscribers in the City and District at Tzw CENTS PER WEEK. Copies at the counter, with or withoat wrappers, Two CxxTs each. Price roR Mattixe:—Three months, One Dollar and Fifty Cents; six months, Three Dollars; | one year, Five Dollarr. No papers are sent from the office longer than paid for. The WEEKLY STAK—published on Friday morning—Ome Dollar and a Half a Year. vo. XXXI. Che Evening Stat, THE ATTEMPTED MeRPeR IN NOR- FOLK, VA Remarkabic Confession of the Prisen-r. ‘We recently cave tome of the particnlare ore ho: rible attempt in the edburte of Norfelx by her ne murder a nly (Mre Witngor | warh-rweran: Sarah Caps Wto Bad teem for several yrirs Lae ' and charities Y 0 brutally @ wats. nerr, When found, was lyiag un with bead and face by ac A terribt was and a wery valuable gold watch. All tie iadney ong be War Trcoverrd, and there are now * that Mrs. Winninger will get well sen from the aunexed conf « . WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1868. N°. 4.643. AMUSEMENTS. NATIONAL THEATRE. SATURDAY EVENING, Jan Last Appeatatce of ME JOHN TRO UGHAM, First and only time of the New and Original Bur- | EPrawons on, TEE LAST OF THE FOLLY Gs recite OF Mon/ay—GRAND DU ROLSTEIN. WALL'S OPERA HOUSE. WALLACK and DAVENPORT COMBINATION SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, Cast NIGHT Of the Beantifel and Toucting Drama of the Pas- mons, by Charles Dickens, 0! OLIVER TWIST! J. W. Wallack . E L Davenport rtain rises at 8 Miss KATE REYNOLDS, he Celebrated Comat t ti ne, will appear in tie Thrilling Seneation Drama of NOBODY'S DAUGHTER. NATIONAL THEATRE, SPALDING & BAPLEY ...........Manogers. MR. H. L. BATEMAN’S PARISIAN OPERA BOUFFE. FOR POSITIVELY ONE WEEK ONLY, Gommencing MONDAY EVENING, January 27. THE GRAND DUCHESS OF GEROLSTEIN. Opera Bouffe in Four Acts, by J. Offenbach, in New York and Botta Te Me Bese Troupe ‘with the most unpreeedently great success in OVER ONE HUNDRED CONSECUTIVE PER eclipsing even thelfarer with wb vor with which it was received © Capitals of Europe will be hington 'Y THE ENTIRE TROUPE, Comprising all the ORIGINAL IN Brought by Mr. B: expecially for ti im Paris at produced in DOMPARABLE ARTISTS, man from P. jast summer, urpose. together with the GRAND FRENCH CHORUS, €f fifty voices, justly pronounce in Boston the finest chorus « American Continent. FULL ORCHE: ef thirty performers. com New York Phiit: ‘The gorgeous characte PARISIAN COSTUMES. made by Mons. Nonon, Costumer of the Grand Opera, Paris, APPROPRIATE AND W DECORATIONS, and the renowned MISE EN SCENE of the Opera. as originally produced by Mr. Bate. man at the French Theatre, New York RN Janrary 22. at Store, and at the Box Office. ODD FELLOWS’ HALL. 81X NIGHTS WITH OUR ANCESTORS! COMMENCING MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20rn. Concerts of Sacred ard Sentimental Music by FATHER BALDWIN’S ULD FOLKS, consisting of twenty-four sccomplished Vocalists . trumental Perfurmers ‘Tones chat our Forefathers sang, Anthems of the Pilgrim Fathers. Hundred Years Ago ve been indorsed by smunities in other cit with pleasure, but wi ‘usical of being fraught not only beneficial results. SS MINNIE SMITH, MR. BENJAMIN, MISS HATTIE GREEN, MK: BALDWIN, MASTER ARMSTRONG, ‘The astonishing Boy Soprano, and the entire Company in Sacred Sonze. Matinee on Wednesday and Saturday aiternoons. Admission, 25 and W ceuts. Secured Seats to be had at the Music Store of Mr. Ellis. Fur Matineos— Children, 15 cents; Adults, 25 cents. CARROLL HALL, WASHINGTON, D. c., G Street, between Ninth and Tenth Streets, MB. CHARLES DICKENS WILL READ IN CARROLL HALL, FOUR TIMES, asunder- ON MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, CHRISTMAS €AROL, => THE TBIAL FROM PICKWICK. ON TUBSDAY BVERING, FEBRUARY 4 i. DAVID COPPERFIELD, ND MB. BOB SAWYER’S PARTY, (From Pickwick.) OW THUBSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6 Doctor MAgic¢oLD, ~*~ THE TRIAL FROM PICKWICK. ON FRIDAY EVENING, FEBBUARY 7, NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, (at Mr. Saucers’ Sebools) BOOTS AT THE HULLY TREE INN. ‘The Readings will commence at 8 o’cloce, and be compri«? within two bo: The audience is earnestly requested to be seated = minutes before the commencement of the Bead- © cach nia avenue, on mencing at 90’clock @. m. La COTEBIE CABNIVAL. BAL MASQUE, To be given at MABRINI’S ASSEMBLY BOOMS, Estreet, near Ninth, ON THE EVE OF WASHINGTON S BIRTHDAY, FEBRUARY 21, Wander the Direction of PROFESSOB L. G. MARINI. ST Puturs advertiaoments will furnish fell par- tieulare of the coming Usrnivel. js HOLIDAY GOODS. s rh ORANGES. LS as RCT w NT ETS AEs GRATES. “y EK PRU NECTARINE at : Ww. HELL, de Ot si Under Bebiee House. JEWELEY. H « 0. HOOD, No. 33% Penna. ave., bet. wh now other rich J 'D SILVERW A! PISSORS. TA NIVES. SILVER SASS. ke Misce MEAT. Domestic of superior quality, yest made end for sale at KING PLACE, ecrner Vermont avenue and 1sthgt. Bk i. Parzs, oe ron ES. PATE DE FOL 3, i SA) M THE EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. Receptions Last EVENING —The second re- | ception this season of Speaker Colfax and Mrs. and Miss Matthews, his mother and sister, took | Place last evening at their residence, No. 7 j President's Sqvare, and was attended by as | large and brifiiant an assemblage as that which | met there last week. Visitors began to arrive | shortly after vight o'clock, and from that time wntil cleven the parlors were crowded. Mr. Colfax reemived his guests in his usual pleas- ant manner,and after a friendly word or two | with each, presented them to the ladies, who extended a weleome no less cordial. | Among the many distinguished persons pres- | ent lastevening were Baron Stoeckl, the Kus- sian Minister; Senor Gutierrez, the Costa Rican Minister; Mr. Rangabee, the Guecian Minister; Jno. Hitz, Swiss Consul General, and lady; Postmaster General Randall and lady; Senators Williams, Corbett, Ramsey, Cattell, and Morrill, of Vermont; Representatives Butler, Indy and danghter, of Massachusetts; Niblack, Ross, Allison. Garfield, Seigle, Bont- well, Ashley, Shanks, Swvens ot New shire, Beck of Kentucky, Getz, Cavan: Coburn, Hill, Julian, Lafin, Lincoln, Wil- | liams of Indiana, Trimble of Kentucky. Van Wyck, Nunn, Mullins, McKee, Loughridge, MeCarthy, Flanders of Washington Territory, and others, and Judge Miller, of the United States Supreme Court, Governor Smythe, of ew Hampshire, Gen. Lippincott, ex-Gov. Ward, of New Jersey, ex-postmaster General King’ General Dent and lady, Admiral Lee and Indy, Prof. Hilgard, of the Coast Survey. Hon: Wm. E, Chandler and lady, Hon. Isaac N. Ar- nold, Hon Peter Parker, Lewis Clephane and lady, General Lestie Coombs and many other prominent persons. Mrs. Matthews wore a rich wine color silk, with black lace trimmings, white lace collar and pearl jewelry, coiffure of point applique lace and narrow black velvet, white gloves. Miss Matthews worea white gros grain silk with trimmings of silk fringe, Dair dressed with narrow blue ribbon and tinsel net, pearl jewel- ry, white gloves, and fan. Mrs. General Butler wore a black satin dress, with low corsage, heavily trimmed with black lace and bugles, black lace tunic. Her jewelry consisted of 8 magnificent diamond cross, sus- | pended around her neck by a gold chain, and | diamond ear-drops. Miss Blanche Butler wore white tarleton over green silk, trimmed with white lace. ‘The toilettes of many other ladies were very rich and becoming. Altogether this reception Was one of the most pleasant of the gay season. Secretary McCulloch received his friends lastevening at his mansion. on Hf street, near Seventeenth. Lieut. Gen, Sherman, Gen. T. | Kilby Smith and lady, Gen. Pope and lady, Maj. | Gen. Eaton, Senators Cattell, Morrill, and Wil- | liams, Hon. Ben ja: Butler and ladies, Hon. | John A. Kennedy, Gov. Ward, of New Jersey, | Judge Olin, Secretaries of the Russian, Aus- | trian, and Prussian legations, Mrs. Gen. J. A. | Logan, and other distinguished personages were present during the evening, and enjoyed a social hour with the Secretary and his amia- able lady. After a bountiful lunch had been | partaken of, the visitors departed near mid- night, bearing home the remembrance of a | pleasant even ing’s entertainment, | Coxscrence.—The Secretary of the Treasury | this morning received a letter from a Catholic priest at Los Angelos, Calitornia, enclosing $200, which a party desired to be placed to the credit of the conscience fund, » Mex WANTED AT THE ARSENAL.— Wash- ington Arsenal, Washington, D. C.. January 25 1867. —The STAR will oblige me by announcing that no more laborers are required at the Arsenal ‘The many erroneous statements in the papers have brought to us Aundreds of the needy and unemployed, only to be disappomted. My great regret is that it is not in my power to give employment to all. To guard against any fur- ther misrepresentations, both as to our persina! and official relations, 1 will cheerfully give any information touching the affairs of the Arsenal of public interest, Very tfally, £0. D, Ramsay. Ge. B. P. Ruwxxe, attached to the Freed- men’s Bureau in Kentucky, this morning had a long interview with Secretary Staaton, during which he urged the continuance of te Bureau in that State. GoLp vs, Greenpacks.—Among the many interesting and important cases now before the Supreme Court is that of Willard vs. Tayloe. In 1554 Mr. Tayloe agreed to convey te Ms- Willard, at any time during the;coming ten years, the building known as the “Mansion House,” adjacent to Willards’ Hotel, for a specified sum. After the breaking out of the war, Mr. Willard declared his readiness to accept the proffered terms, and tendered his first payment in greenbacks, Mr. Tayloe de- manded gold, and Mr. Willard now seeks to old him to the performance of his contract, on the ground that greenbacks are a legal tender. Read” | ‘The case has been prepared, on the part of Mr. Willard, by George Howe, Esq., of Brat- tlehoro’, and will be argued by Mr. Unrtis and by Judge Poland. The counsel for Mr. Tayloe are W. S. Cox and J. D. E DesionstEep Devositary.—The Third Na- tonal Bank of Nashville, Tenn., having de- posited the necessary securities with the Treas- urer of the United States, has been designawd asa depositary of public moneys and firancial agent of the United States. Po.rricaL.—The effort to change the time for the meeting of the National Democratic Com- ‘Mittee to an earlier date than previously fixed, has been abandoned. The 22d of February, therefore, stands as the day for fixing time and vincoof the National Democratic Nominating Convention. The following gentlemen of the Committee have already siguafied their inten- tion to represent their States at the meeting :— John S. Millson, of Virginia; Wm. Aiken, of South Carolina; Wm. L. Sharkey, of Mississip- pt; George G. Houston, of Alabama; John Han- cock, of Texas; A. H. Chappell. of Georgia; Judge Marvin, of Florida; A. B. Greenwood, and | Of Arkansas; Joseph McCorkie, of Nevada: Thomas Sweeny, of West Virginia, and Jo-eph Patrick, of Nebraska. Edwin Cooper, of Te Hessee, itis thought, will be appointed in the tH place of Col. Campbell, deceased. —The Pennsylvania Republican State Con- vention is to be held in Philadelphia on Wed- nesday, Mareh 11, seven days after the Demo- cratic Convention at Harrisburg. This Con- vention nominates an Auditor General and a Surveyor General, and selects four delegates ‘at large to the National Von vention to nominate bata Democsatic majority in the ©alifor- nia Legislature .bave adopted resolutions for the appointment of & commitiee to investigate charges of corruption In connection “with the recent election of Mr. Casserly, Democrat, as MS von, Wiliam P. Maulsby, of Frederick, s ‘a candidate for atta hae ooh ‘Tue Jousson-GRANT I MEROGLIO.—The facts 3 fe t the jail in Portmouth:—Mr. Marr TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. RECONSTRUCTION, FORTIETH CONGRESS. ! concerning what was the exact nnderstanding Mistiserrri.—in the convention yesterday. | son, 1 ied. Nien. ann anne se oeens between the President and Gen. Grant in re- the committee to inquire iuto the trithfulorss ¥ «: God saw gard to the restoration of Seeretary Stanton seem to be involved in impenetrable fog. and the most satisfactory solution of the difficn Ne of This Afternoon’s Proceedings. Sarurpay, Jan, 25, THE Sew atx was not in session to-day. This Afternoon’s Dispatches, FOREIGN NEW! of the chargers agninst a portion of the pe the Stace, contained in Gov, Humphrey's proc Jamation, reported that they were satisfied (hat the charges were unfounded, and that they be- judy Meut book. « twill be known ; 1 prayed « CABLE TO-DAY. o-day that «be might I don t know what 1 was “nat mad om heved the Governor had been misled. A irtier sot al » it and is that there was a misunderstanding all around | ay ay siaian WarcRuesta Claims to be | Hovsx or Rernesentativen—tn acoont- | pered she! Humphreys, cube ied oP Nanaia pepptse — | hens in regard to what was said or agreed upon. Equal to France She will met Allow the | Snce with the order yrsterday, that the dav | pert, denies that the convention hae ‘any right I curriad the elothes We have given heretofore the statements of the | Bal of Power to be Disturbed—The | Should be devoted wo debate, the House resolved | to inquire into his official sets, but he viene over to ber on Sacumday, and while up sta case made by the friends of the President. On Archduke Albrecht of Austria Ordered to prt Ea mye of the Whole, (Mr. Paine, | them chat the proclamation was tsued at the | Miss Fannie said she wanied m= to can bo: the other side, this positive coutrndiction ap- Take the Field—ins: ‘ion in Spain— beg hy cs Fea BY Ty arbadededl address | BAtADCe of Gen, Ord. Letters from citizens to things to her mother, Mra wit went ‘ tinuation of Fenian Excitemeut— he (N. J.) pi wo S| the Governor were referied to Gen. Grd. All up stairs and got the bottles and eh aned pears in the Washington correspondence ¢ More Arrests—The Attitude of Congress | [ie House upon the state of the Union gener- | the evederor being at the disposal of Gen. Ord, them; we thea went down stair, and tre New York Tribune: Criticised. ally, upon the Constitation, and the reconstruc- | the commitwe was seferred ‘to him for further 9 while Miss Fanuie went Up stairs again: 1 WaAsutnetos, Thursday, J: 1808.— {Special Dispatch to the Star.} Hab meavnres as he understood them. He then | informa The report was recommitied for took tbe axe and followed ber and bid at in evening, between 9 and ii o'clock, Mr. Joun- | New Yor, Jan. 25.—The following hax been | PrCceeded to attack the policy of the Radical son granted an interview tw two correspondents of New York Democratic papers, aud, aivor some assumed reluctance on gave them what purporis to be the statements of four members of the Cabinet relative to the alleged understanding tetween him (Mr. Johnson) and Gen, Grant on the subject of the restoration of Seeretary Stanton. McCulloch, Randall, Welles and Browning are the four Cabinet officers whose testimony is adduced. The documents which haye beni thus made public are said to be in manuscript at the White House, and among them is a letter from General Sherman on the same subject, which Mr. Johnson, tor his own purposes, did not see fit. to give to the world. n reply to these communications, your corres. pondent is authorized to say that the statements thus put forth are untrue, aud that neither the President por any one of the Secretaries publish over their signatures what is thus tributed to them by irresponsible parties. my clothes. party as one that was calculated to prove ad- verse to the best interests of the country, aud to lead to destruction and danger, Mr. Price, of Lowa, replied to some of the foints made by Mr. Sitgreaves. Mr. Siterwaves wd alluded to thy case of the Prodigal Son, and compared bis ease to that of the returning southerners. As soon as the rebeis came back ‘a8 did the Prodigal Son, they would be ready to receive (hem, Mr. Cavanan; remind the gen' Son She had a tamp sod pitcher a im ber band: when she got in her room jad thetn down: Sarab Tbhorouckgood came a litde while adler and went inte dhe roc Where the men sicep; before Sarah or 1 went up Mi-« Fanme had been up stairs Jong enough make up her bed; 1 went into the room auc said, “Miss Fannie, mocber told me to ask you to giNe her some socks or the children; a pair that Willie and Tommie had worn out, sbe went to the bureau and got them out and pave | them to me: she then went to the basket, ar While stooping over the clothes 1 struek ter with the eye of 1 ale fell between (he chair and the raised her head and jon tt me” Letrick her again Up and Coed to fend herself by t hands over her bead: she caugh p handle of the « nd 1 snatched away and hit and struck he The tax bill was adopied. received bere by cable: ; TOULLA, ABYS#iNIA, Jan, 14, via London Information hus been Teceiyed here that Kin: Theodorus is in camp in position betw Waddon and Delanta,near Magdelena, where it is presomed the captives are held. Native rebel chiefs bavedrawn their fore in front, and by this hostile attitude aid the op- erations of the English. The General Gotazyd of Tyre is also near, He js. Friendly se foreign ers aud sent aA message to € Napier, British Commander in chief, Napier will probably advaner from Scafe to Untaller. Sr. Perensnurc, Jan. 5.—The Jour: . Petersburg, organ of the Government, in Jug the Federal Goveru advance its prr diem and expenses to the ¢ Yention was introduced, The conveution re fused fo table it, by a vow of 191 te 3% it wax Tiertvd to. special commatiee, which was in- structed to report to-day. A Tesolution that they Finauce Commmitiee see on what terms tho convention could megoUate a Joan of from fifty to one hundred thousand dollars was adopted A resolution to adjourn until pay be obtained up to date was tabled, The coa vention’s finan cial agent stated that he had received $ from the military State treasurer, which he held subject to thé instructions of the con yen- tion. A resolution was immediately offered to pty eve member fifty dollars. Noi acted he usual section defining and punishing son Was adopted. Adjourned. Lovistana.— Yesterday, in the convention. (Montana) said he wanted tw ‘roan that when the Prodigal came back his father fell upon his neck und wept, and the returning Southern States had not been thus received. Mr. Morell (Pa.) asked and obtained leave to article says that Russia is equal to France in | print the remarks he proposed to deliver upon strength aod presumes that itis not her wish w | the subject of the fi es. cross her frontiers but maintain peace. She Mr. bears no ill will to the other Europ but does not wish to see any of then Xt took the floor, and pro- ceeded to address the House upon. the recon- Grant's friends assert that it is'@ conspiracy | Ponterance, and Russia will not ThefupresneGours | (DN is Felation 10 | rips caahercanettution atl amecan acters | and iny onthe ted Reece ay eee to weaken bam, with the loyal Bronte of the ee ee cenit substitutes, This article forever disfranchis:s 8d 1 picked her up and put ber on to country, and that Johnson, who thus stabs heli — eee ted : ; Saral n came in; we got soni MoN- of the War Department, assured General Das been ordered to prepare named Hest, returning trom Troy, New York, | fry inter ait otlount ior antlers of pemeenn | Sun we euree baci Medeor one locked: we Grant again and again of his confidence, | MAdY (0 take the field. Bye eee ene the other evening was‘tsked | anda during the wer, ui disfranchidhee nie; | broke Mopemand 1 onet a tet Beaten. esteem and respect. They also assert that Mr [By Cable to the Associated Press.) py # portly female. whom he met on the road, Johnson does not publish the Sherman letter, that Gen. Sherman is cognizant of all the tacis in the ease, and that the President stared in Gen. Sberman’s presence, to Gen. Grant. 1mn- mediately after the first attack, that it was wholly wnanthorized by him. ‘Gen, ¢ from his position, is precinded from rep! to these assaults: but when they are mad un official form they will be denied officially by him. Meanwhile, I have authority for giving the report the most unqualified contradiction. 1878 those disfranchised by the recon<truction Fann actx. Pending the discussion, the convention adjourned. Virersta—In the convention yesterday, a resolution was adopted to memorialize Congress for an extension of time of the act. This is the first article the convention has adopted. Ac: comes beiore the United States to-day under the habeas corpus act, which test the constitutionality of the recon<tru 0 act. The prisoner is in Libby prison for mur- der, and the point made is, that General Scho- field has no right to bold him, if not 2 soldier or tying on the bed with a pistol in he he said, « Mind, Sarah, it has got a ball * L went up to ber and wok it out of her hand, carried it into avother room and bid il; came back and suuck Mics Fanny with the axe; she rolled off the bed, and we wrapped ber up in a bianket: T bit her with the handle « for a ride. He assented, but had his suspicions arouxed as to the sex of the person by her awkwardness in getting into the sleigh, and by the very unfeminine appearance of her feet and shoes. He therefore devised i clewer plan to rid Dimself of what he supposed might pro an unpleasant neighbor. Riding of a sh Loxpos, Jan, A dispatch from Madrid says that news has been received there from the provinces of Arragon and Catalonia that a y rising was anticipated in favor of the Dou son of Don Juan. The widow Carlos had sent forty million reals to 2 insurvection, the axe whem she fell 7 | ting told ine not to do all the mo which Sarah the bed. because som, y other way; we two wardrobe. estand thre Wn Sulirs in the kitchen and di- vided it; you have got what I had: I don"t know distance, be accidently dropped stopping the te: to dismount a his di m. politely req: recover it, unde spirited and horses ngerous tor Tue Wire Hovse. —But few visitors were - igh Anything about the other: 1 washed the axe with ee ik Fi . proximity of a house, Mr. Best | S#ilor im the United States service. 2 b Wate On Ube & at the Executive Mansion this morning, nearly could readily obtain aesktence In camsot ns Sourn Canotixa—The Convention yester- | YSN Y ye gee all of whom had an interview with the Presi- fusal on the part of the robber. should his co day was the scene of a0 interesting debate be- Te nnd things home, dent. Secretary McCulloch was with the Ex- Lrvervoc nion prove our, to do as be requested. | tween colored delegates, on the question of re- was a jot of mon ecutive this forenoon. it ike PS olay age got T sulkil ache Seas praia ireb aoe. nga insieas tersieg pone is the wardrobe, becans: rhe bad paid me 2 hates, y inuad | vorw, ani| Q, i i erty of it: maand padou't ku Luang about it, PERGONAL.—Colonel KR. M. Johnson, of St. | dull. Tarp. nt | akon to No sooner wa~ te ought to suffer at sheriffs | nobody but Sash ond yes of kanes eaeet it; wee % a we Mr. Best w le, by reason of their participation in the war: | s, : men’s re Louis, Mo.,and Col. A. C. Ellethorpe, of Bea the word and, on the other hand, that the sales weeld O:.] Ger aie mine Saubeirmnnaatien fort, N.C., are stopping at the Metropolitan Mir- Fann wns a good woman, and 1 y exXered " ‘ ving the robber on the way side | made to speculators and strangers, who would don’t ki bok: a et os ok eee Ambrose E. Burnside, | Sunriuce amv execedinely wateltul, furious with chagrin and passion. After driy- | bold the property at exhorbitan’ rat | Scouting sees L Shrew ab atater mates Governor of Rhode Island, was Baltimore Aman tamed Michael Gough was-ca; ptured | [UZ OD some distaves, Mr. Best concluded he | ding the development and enterp Zo and have felt vad ever simce. Some. “Professor Char! Davis, of | aast Grening while act of porting © epditious uid exumine the muff, and io his surprise. | Colored race. fixed itso as to make the whit people at the Ebbitt House. ver thakaeong, Beate lan iu 1emarkable corroboration of his sus- | FLonrpa.—The Convention down on maand pa, » wild not get any eras oe + Luformation having reached the Goverument | Pcions a8 to the character of the “woinan” he | terday. ‘The question of priv Work. I ferl that God has pardoned me for Tue Workine Peorie.—In St. Lous it is | that Thomas Simon, the ‘sheriff of the Island ‘an aie aoc ey ~ a" ever: a — and some time Rd taken up inangn- | what J have dour; 1 keow 1 have been oon stitted that the people are organizi 4- | Alderney, was identifiet with the Fenians, he fe con ed in at, Was apparent | ing misrepresentations of the press. The com. | verted: did not want to kell Miss Foon; be tive bee Tne iets F Gatlin, [wan Seretas precteny appreben diseut | jhem, that he had narrowly eseaped from the | mittee om privileges and elections reported and | did Iie yt ant te 1 was going w oe wal ba ganstinge debi Jd hot for | rl i pgeclh ho hands of an aseass: after an earnest and excited debate, the report | get married, and Miss Fannie bad promised me classes, co-operative | ene na Wes enmaialiten the tees ———— was made a special’ order for Monday next. | something foundry for the manufacture of hollow-ware is | cent resolutions of the Uuited Sees Hae Tur Risks or Tic Distittatiox.— | Adjourned to Monday. | r eT suggested at Troy. Itis said that «number of | Representatives. declaring the eynmath pmue In=pectors Ghegan, Donnelly, ai Trxas.-The Conservative Convention at | A Premch Marder. excellent journeymen moulders are inte nation with the Fe a Taggart went on Wednesday to No. 1si* M: They had been informed th here practised. They premises, whi A. Houston bax adjourued. session w stormy. The resolutions declared an unalie able determination to oppore negro suilrag They advise the voters to defeat the Con vention if possible, and if not to elect delegates w Will oppose negrosuffrage. It is reported that there will be # convention called at Galveston to unite the Johnson Democrats aud the imoder- ate Republicans, ; The Court of Axsizes of Agen (Lot-et Tonne) have just been eagaged in the tfial of a man named Beg for murder, The crime was remarkable for the msignificant motives wh) had ied to it. The accused was the tenant ; & small farm, belonging wo a widow nam: anne Lague. aged sixty-e pird a Toom in the 6o! The jour this subject, in the movement. Fifty carpenwrs were arged from the Kittery, Maine, navy last week, The woolen mills at North Brid; port, Connecticut, closed work on Satur: last, and will not resume for six weeks or mo: ‘The milis have been running for some tin 4 Joss, and the proprietors intend putting in a water wheel to run the machinery. so a= 10 lessen the expenses. A large number of hands are thus thrown out of work. A overy of off the back kitchen, in which were ngsheads of mash, and back of this room wos found ashed contaming astill of 150 gallons ncity. for making yeast. It was ascertained beneath the building was a cellar, having Apertures of ingress or egress. The officers eke down the foundation wall at the front of and discovered another still, with 0 gallons, a worm, and furnace. held by the man. tebe had occasion to ge de-paix for allow - stray into a field of millet be- He was condemned pay a was immed Information h vernment tht anor Greasin —But few people are aware that they do wagons and carriages more | injury by greasing too pleutifully than in any longing to fine of two franc ity of Arazon. r ot well made wheel willendore | ward heard to declare that hejworld be puper mill is to be started at Canonsburg, to crush the movement. bepress that the fraudulent parties | common wear from teu to twenty-five years,if ; venged. From thai day the may Pa.; the woolen factory there bas proved Archduke Albrecht ed Recess to this place through a trap in the | care is taken to use the right kind proper | peared, and a w later her pe: covered remarkably snecessful. The ship-buildi has been named as Lnspector of the Austrian et Foe: covered by a carpet, and | amount of grease: but if this matter is not at- | with wounds. and a porss» of the a Arniy. ancetiied t te ‘1 = tT close by terest, quiescent elsewhere, is acti = * onfi<catea, bys- | Fels to, Mee dll ie PPM. OT Ree, Ww surgieslexaminatic e by a musth, WIL Two aks car cobhe le erage A very silly rcmor iy enr- broken. and the liquor Tun | for it will penetrate the hab aud work ite way | bad only recently been placed im the Clot bh, N. H. Ine snips, the Me {parts of the wnt, and bi isledciphia Ame out around the teuons of the spokes, and spoil | Deze was naturally suspected of the mare. and Yo Semite, have recently departed { been extensively printed, to the effect ‘that ad the wheel. Tallow is the best lubricator for | and his farm having been gone over, a vas tropics, and a least a dozen others are nearly | Prussian Government has secured the use of 2 1 spor MAN WITH A Drs- | wood axletrees, and castor oil for iron. Just enough grease should be applied tothe | spindle ofa wagon to ae it a light coating | this is better that more, for the surplus put on | will work out at the ends. and be forced by 1 shoulder-bands and put washers into the bub around the outside of the boxes. To oil an axletree, first wipe the spindle clean with a cloth wet with spirits of turpentine, and United States na: Losxpos, Jan. 5.—The latest ntlligen from the army in Africa is ty the efiee: that thie Aby » King is confronwd by tie rebels in own dominions, and near his ewn p: ‘The rebels were drawn u ot King ‘Theodore’s torees, and a battle Pamunent ‘when the lust courier left. completed. ‘The shoe trade at Lynn, Mas« Sgr erga od reviving. It is thought that business will be good in Febrnary. The manufacturing in ests of Cohoes, New York, are at present con. siderably depressed, owing to the wnseittod condition and uncertain prospects of bnsine.s affairs generally through the country. All 1h ENENT OF A CLR A con's T Daily Union suye:—Rev. Jason W. Kellogg, of the Met dist persuseion, who held for some time { the Seventh Street Church, has umours to exceed. in importance hi~ ties, und from current report has zone off with the wife of a farmer named More- house. The woman is a daughter of Dexcon discovered in which the earth Lad been Pecestly disturbed. The soil being removed, handier. chief, stained with blood. and Wet had sers-d sea brad-dress, was found. as Wells some gray hairs, This had evidently been the of the woman, and from the fuet 0 being saturated with blood there was suppose that she bad been interred wiky tu} alive. Beze then confessed that he ped pied the Dearborn. has all along borne a | then npply afew di of castor oil near the | the woman, but said that be had . rolling mills in Allentown, Ps., are par hy FROM HAVANA. Pipe wig Mia Sieomey eventos the cote shoulder “und pd. One teaspoouful is suffi- | with aclod placed over her mouth. He idle, owing to a strike among the puddl A ¥ erend gentleman being at Dearborn. where be | cient for the whole—Ohi Former. first placed the body iu thebole in the 1 reduction of #1 per ton was made in the wages, stnce he left the parsonage of th —- - but fearing that it might be discovered, be hag which the men retused to accede to, and Nenth Street Church, in this city, called on | | Avyasma. tn Lovnor x (Qouxsy, Va—The taken it up and thrown it into, the river. He «| Leesburg correspondent exandria Ga- | prete had been caused by the difficulty. All the mills along the 1 pei inee ied Us eset ond otee pate Ghee ot ies Eis spade in exhuming the corpec. Be was are said to be in # similar condition. * cd ‘There was nothing of interest transacted at Court. Several criminals are awaiting trial, but the late decision of Judge Moneure in they Maithews case, (iried and convicted according to the terms of the Jate act of the Assembly, and -entenced to be hang for murder,) has brought Jommon wealth’ toa baltand the © "6 At. — will wait for a Grand Jury, and proceed. according to the Constitution of the United States in cases Bow on hand, for fear Moncure’ Havana, Jan. 25.—Veneluega advices have been received to the 9th instant. The rebellion far as Yp+flanti by the husband and father of the misguided woman, where they ascertained that Kellogg had dis; ofthe team and gone Was increasing, although the inmnrgents bad | Westward by rail, ich road the infatuated been beaten and forced to Guarze. General | couple have gone is resent unknown, but Pulgar. principal conspirator in the plot a=- | Mr. Ladd, the father or Mrs. Morehouse. ix on sassinate President Falcon, bad disappeared. | the track, determined not to the pur. Colonel Escaroy, ot Maracaibo, bad been suit until they shall be found tenced to five years imprisonmat. Preside Falcon had issued an address w the Geners of the Venezuela army, urging vigilance and activity in regard to the Tebels ix the Republi Antigua advices to lth, state “here had br hocks of earthquake sine the condemned to enty years’ hard labor Tue ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS notice a great decline in the speculative enterprises in that country, as compared with former years, ‘The decline of speculation enterprises which require legislative sanction is shown by the fact that in the present Parliament there are only two hundred and eighteen private bills set down for examination by both Houses, while in 1566—a short two years since—the corresponding total was six hundred and thirty-three. Of the bills prosecuted in 1864, no Jess than four hundred and nine reterred to railways, and of these Scotland furnished fifty. The pending Scotch railway bills are only seven in number. THE CHARGES AGAINST GeNERAL CcsTEeR.— At Leavenworth, Kansas, on Saturday last, Judge Adams rendered a decision in the case of the State vs. General Custer and Lieutenant Cook, charged with the murder of William Jobnson, a private of company K, United States cavalry, in favor of the deferdants, The point made by the defense, claiming want of juris- diction, was not sustained. The principal poiu decided was that General Custer marched from Riverside Station, Colorado Territory, to Fort Wallace, under orders from his superior offi- cers, and did not “flee from justice, n the indictment, —_——_— THe COLOR QUESTION INTHE SONA OF TreM- PEeRakce.—The Grand Division of the Sons of ‘Temperance of the State of New York are in a muddle. On Thursday, during the delibera- tions of that bedy at Albany, a proposition w strike out the present restrictions upon colored members of the order, whereby shoy are de- Semmudl torn yiphtheie soto nan . being repressited tn Grand and wate, visions, raised a lively row, but th» opposition to the restrictions was defvated. Tne ALBANY Constitutional QOonvention continues in existence, but is doing nothing use- ful. The New York papers of all parties are making unlimited game ot it, and one ot them says: “The lapidary will have but a brief duty of record on its gravestone—Horn 1867; died 186s, of exhaustion of speech.” Ix Wisconsin, by & recent amendment to the Constitution of the State, the pay of members of the Legislature is limited to #350 each, be the session long or short. The result is that the present Séssion will continue but six weeks—a period long enough to do everything that is necessary. fe of Stamford, was arrested on Tuesday norco ing, on the charge of having obtaiaed $90 0 t ofa bank on two for purporting have been given by his wife. It Haley a short time ago marned a widow mmod Ann Smith, who py ber own industry bad managed to save some funds. She and a dsagh- ter by her first husband, about 4 years old, had some pension money ai their command. After Mrs. Smith's marriage to Haley, she =e store, which she and her daughirs om and accumu! ‘@ litile more money, five huudred dollars of which Mrs H. deposited in the Stamford ik. in ber own name. A short time afterwards she became sick quite suddenly, and remained in a state of unconsciousness for about a Week. and then died. After her death Haley tumed his step-daughter out of the house became the wouid Dot consent tosell rum. He alorefured to give up his wife's clotbes vo the dsughter This circumstance led to an investigauen of the case, when it was discovered that Haey had drawn the money from the bank on forged or- ders, during the period that his wife was in an unconscious state. The case was brought be- tore Justice Ayres. who held theaccuysd to bail in the sum of $1,009 0n each case. Itis sup- posed that he will be committed forsrial. The cnse hus caused great excitement, and the friends of his late wife pow insist cuanenhe- mation of her remains, for the purpose of dis- covering. if possible, ‘whether her’ death was not the reeult of ome foul play. Tre Bexxenore Rowrery.—The New York Herald gives the following accountof Mr. Bennebotf, who was recently robbed of bonds to the amount of #25 ),000.a: OF City, Penasy!- Benunehoff is said to he wordh $7,000,000 DratH Oy CHARLES Kran, THe ACTOR.—By Allantic cable we have intormation of thr - | demise of Mr. John Charles Kean, the renown- n | ed tragedian, who died on Thursday, in Lou- 20th of | don, in the 57th year of his age. Deceased was the son of the great but erratic genius, Edmund Kean, and born at Waterford, England,on the !=th of January, 1511. His first appearance 1 | on the stage took place at Drury Lane Theatre, 0 | October 1, 821, as Norval, in Holmes’s tragedy They were Douglas,” when he wax butseventeen yeur= He made no decided success until the year {$29 when he made a most permanent hit as Eaward Mortimer. On the following year country. In 1&3 he returned wo un (as a | us other cusses.) i An old bedridden colored man named Lewis Curtis. was consumed by fire on Friday last, on the late Dr. Hunter's farm. near here, together with his cabin. A man who stayed with had left the cabin, and it is supposed his bed canght fromaspark. Both he and it were to- tally consumed. A Biow at Lorrenivs iy New Hawr- SHINE —A few years ago, on suggestion of the At General, a law was enacted which ‘ante ie deposit of lottery circulars in any office in the State a punishable offence. This could net be avoided—it came pat to the point. prosecuting officer of the State bas watched the operations Sry closely for months ast, but net till recently he been able mber. It Was reported .hat Getfard would return to Viti. ‘The Dominican insurgents were reported Ww prepared to resist Cabal ‘The ports of north coasts were in their possession, pected soon to storm the Capitol. St. Thomas dates to the 19th instant bave been received. No intelligence has as yet reached the Isiand of the official transfer to the United States having been consummated, and the query Was general that it is 2 question of 1m he station of British Royal mail steamer- has been transferred to the Virgin Jorda Island. RECONSTRUCTION IN GEORGIA. {Special Dispatea to the Star.) ATLANTA, Jan. 25.—Mr. Ashburn announced Yesterday in Convention the mtention of him- self and party to ask Congress tw give validity to whatever Constitution may be tees et oul submitting it to the people. This bas carsed grvat excitement, and will meet determined op- position. PRIZE FIGUT 1 NADA. {Speeral Despateh to the Star.) MONTREAL, Jan. 25,—A prize fight took place to-day tor tive hundred dottars 2 side, between Jasper Matthews, of this place, and Davy, of Burlington, Vi. Matthew was the winner, A Drsrenste CKARACTRR— Jail—A negro, vamed He of convieted at the last term of the circuit court for Dorchester county, Md., for assaulting wuh au axe one of his own color, and sentenced to be confined in the county jail until the first of May next, has recently exhibited symptom msanity, causing the jailer, Mr. Jos. K. Bram- ble, considerable annoyance. On Satu y last the prisoner ne perfectly demoniacal, and broke the hai uff which it bad been found necessary to plaice upon im. ‘The ke snot being awnre that he freed his is cell, when the feuters, had two ent dvrangs of the stove legs firmly established, and in after years he yud several visits to this country, He was generally Tecognized as the Forrest of the European stage. Tue West Lxpiax TRovpLes.—An arrival San Domingo brings the following iutet- ligence: Commissioners were sent out by Pres- identCabral to obtain assistance. Ex-Prexi- dent Jeftrard tormally refuses to interfere in the irs ot San Domingo. Dom: refugees at Turk’s Island are in great distress. Bairists held jon ofall the important towns in an Domingo, exceptthe capital, which t Were preparing to storm. Advices from Hav Wi reper that heen gets was at Cape aytien, preparing for 2 vigorous campaign agains Choe He openly declared his inten- tion of rer isting by force of armsthe contempl: ted cession of the Bay of Samana to the Unite Suites, - letters in the Milford Light and soon re- plies began to come, 2: manager once 2 mee came to the office from Boston, bagged his game, and returned. But sheriff Scott, being pnt'on duty in the case, arres rator, one A.C. of Boston, held ‘to bail by the the Grand Jury, as charged nea othe ullusinious Tinie of petroleum aristocrs Raitroap yore ot Bese ARGED—A large number (forty-seven it is migied os imown as the Mavastas shops, in thix city. T! shops were turned over to the Orange, Ale andria and Manassas Rail the workmen who, up to the time of fer, were employed by the Manaasas dismissed, ax ir services were no needed. It is unfortunate that such anecessity should exist, in view of the present difficulty of obtaining employ it. It is thought when the Manassas road |, as daily pas. senger trains will be run over it, that a neces. sity will arise for the establichment of a shop for repairs at ite terminus in the Valley.—Alez- andria Gazette. e ad ‘an cans were oil disco very. He is the latest ofthe oil princes and basa number neither of whom of scions, +, Fecomm taken, and the ‘unanimoue! k er cemge gs the office was motion, a committce was appointed General Schofield and request him not to nt an Assessor at present, as the would take charge occasion ae. mau, armed with one which’ be had wrenebed off, flew ui him with wa) by hon a Teerived several #evere blows from the dangerous weapon with which the maniac had provided himself. this time there was rable excitement in the vicinity of the cit came w the says: { record on its gravestone—Born 1867; of exhaustion of speech,” ‘Was overpows iain on in the : cides 0 “ Mouxtimn 1 a Court. Ta Mert few da: er for heme of Mite Don et tween the cguneck during which Thomas Mt- dis- e Gover. eS A ba, TeeteeD oie 2h solve ble? ) ee wet 2 fi s a . 7 met pi don oe! ie seats > : eligi ede