Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1869, Page 1

. STR SRT, THE EVENING STAR. Al the Mar Buliding, 8 W. Corner Pennsyivenis Av.and Lith Stree: sv Tas BVBNING STAB NBWSPAPER COMPANY, —_—_o— Fhe STAm served by the carriers to thet? sabscribers in the Oity and District at Tas OSRTs Pax WEE Uopves at the counter, witl et withoat wrappers, Cums each. Paics sox Line.— Doliar and Fitty Cents; stz lars; one year, Five Dol months, Three Dol- liars. No are sent from the office longer an paid for The Lab ap ny oe —— nd Half morning—On OFFICIAL. LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, Passed at Third Session of Fortieth Congress. oe [PuBtie—Nv. 381 AN AcT making appropriations for the sapport of the ormy for the year ending Jume thir- tuetb, eighi@en hundred and seveaty, and for ether purpos: Be tt enacted by the Semate amd House of Represen- tatroes of the Unilen States «f America em Congre assemoird. That he t liowtmg sums be, and ine same are bereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for tae -Oppert of thearmy fer the year ending tne thir ieth of Jum~-,eizbieem huadred and seventy For expen: Tecr@itng aed transportation of recruits, fifty thoussed dollars For pay of the army, eleven million dollars. For commutation of officers’ subsistence, on withon five hendred thousand doliars For commeatation of forage for officers » twenty thousind doitars For payment in keu cf clothing for officers’ servants, two bundred thow and doltats. For payments to discharged suldiers for clothing Lot drawn, two hundred thousaut bsistence in Rimé for regular troops ees, four milnen five bendred thou 8. For contingencies of the army, one hundred Uousend dollars. For medical and hospital department, two bondred thousand dollers. For army snd medical museum, five thou- sand dollars. For the purchase of artificiat limbs for offi- oldiers, and sailors, forty thousand dol. For medical and other necessary works for the brary of Surgeon General's office, two inousand dollars. For expenses of commanding general's office, five thousand dollars. For expenses of the sigmal service of the army, five thousand dollars. For regular supplies to the quartermasters’ department, to wit For we Yegular supplies of the quartermas- ters’ department, consisting of fuel for officers, enlisted men, ards, hospitals, storehouses, and offices; of im kind for the horses, mules. and oxen of the quartermasters’ depart- ment At the several posts and stations, and with the armies in the field. for the horses of the several regiments of cavalry, the batteries of artillery, And such companies of infantry as may be mounted, and for the authorized nar- * horses when serving im the fleid tposts, inclading bedding for the ; Of straw for soldiers’ beddin of For the general and incidental expenses of the quartermasters’ depariment, consisting of postage on letters Packets rec-ived and sent by officers of the army on public service; expenses of courts-martial, military commis- sions, and courts of inquiry, including the ad- Gitional compensation of judge advocates, re- corders, members, and witnesses while on th: service, under the act of March sixteea, eigh teen hundred and two; extra pay to soldiers employed under the direction of the quarter- masters’ department in the erection of bar- Facks, quarters, storebouses, and hospivais, in the construction of roads,and other con. Iabor. for periods of not less than ten days, un der the acts of March two, righteen haadred And nineteen, and August fourth, eighteen huu- dred and fitty-tour, including tho-e employed as clerks at division and department head- quarters; expenses of expresses to and trom the frontier posts and armies in the fieid; of es- corts to paymasters and other disbursing offi- cers, and to trains where military escorts t cannot be furnished: expenses of the inter. | ment of officers killed in action or who due whem on duty in the field, or at posis on the frootiers, or at pests and other When ordered by the Secretary of d of noa-commissioned officers aud authorized office turaiture; bire of ip the quartermasters’ tment, meluding the hire of interpreters, spies, and guides for the army; compensation of clerks to officers of the quartermasters’ department: compensation of forage and wagon-masuers. Buthorizd by the act of July fifth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight: for the appreb-nosion of deserters and the expenses incident to their pursuit: and for the following expenditures Tequired for the several regiments of cavairy, the batteries of light artillery, and such com- panies of infantry as may be Mounted, viz: the purebase of travelling forges, blacksmitus’ and shoeing tools, horse and mule shoes and nails, irom and steel tor shoeing, hire of veveriaary surgeons, medicines for Borses and mules, Picket ropes, aud for shoeing the horses of the corps nsmed: siso, generally, the proper aad Authorized expenses for the movement and operations of an army, not expressly assigued to any other department, one million dollars. For the purchase of horses for cavairy snd arullery, two bundred and fifty thousand dui- lars. Fer mileage. or the allowance made to officers of the army for the transportation of themselves and their baggage, wRen (raveiling on duty Without troops, escorts, or sapphes, one han- (Greg thousand dollars. For transportation of the army, imeluding bagesge of the troovs when moving eitaer oy lead or er, of clothing. camp, and garrison equipage, from the depots of Philadelpnia, Cincinnati, and New York to tae several posts and army depots, and from those depots to the troops im the field; and of subsistence stures from the places of purchase, and from the places of delivery under contract, to 5 places s- the circumstances of the service may Tequire {hem to be sent; of orduancejordnance steres, And small-arms from the foundries aad armories to the arsenrls, fortiticatiens, frouti-r ports, and army depots: freight. wharfage, tolls, pnd ferrisges; toe purchase and hire of borses, mules, oxen, and harness, and the pur- chase and repair ot wagons, carts, and drays, nd of ships and other sea-going vessels, sod boats required for the transportation of sup- plies aud for garrison purposes; for drayage Bud cartage &! ihe several posts: bire of t-am- Sers; transportation of fands tor the pay aud otber disbursicg Gepartments, the expense of sailing public transports om the various rivers, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic and Pa: cific: for procuring Water at such posts as from their situation require it to be brought from @ distance; and for clegring roads amd removing obstructions from roads, harbors, and rivers, to the extent which may be required for actual operations of che troups in tue field, six abd one-baif million dollars. For the commutation of quarters tor officers om military duty; bure of quarters for troo, (f storebouses for the safe-keeping of mili ‘tores, and of grounds for sui men's. tor the Dospitals, and « ring puo- lhe butidings at estadlismed posts, one miilion goliars For beating and cook stoves, filwen thous- and dol For the ordnance service, required to defray the current expenses at the arsenals of ree-1v- ing stores and issuing arms aud other orduaac+ supplies. of police aud office auties; of rents, tolls, fuel, and hebts; of stationery and office turnitare: of tools aud instrameats for use; of public auimais, forage, aud venicles; imciden- tal expenses of the ordoaace service, including those atiendisg practical trials and tests of orcuance, smali-arms, and other ordmance sup- lies, two hundred thousand dollars: Provited, hat no money appropriated by this act sail be used to parchase any mew cannon or small arms. FOR REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS OF ARMO- RIBS AND ARSENALS. For arsenal and armory at Rock Island, Iili- | nots, ope million dollars. /rerided, That one- Bailf of this amount shall be appiied to the con- struction of the bridge connecting Kock island with the cities of Rock Isiand and Davenport. Augusta arsenal, Augusta. Georgia, one thousand dollars. For erecting 4 brick armory and smith shop at the arsenal at Columbus, Ohio, fifteen thou- sand dollars. For grading and Grainieg public grounds at ssid arsenal, five thousand dollars. For Benecia arsenal, Beoecia, California, tive thousand dollars. ‘or Wavertown arsenal, Watertown, Missa thousand doi. y street, poste! Frankiord arsenal, Peon<ylvania, o1 Mousand three —— and nimety-three do! ia ry cents. So weed ae ee fort, Virginia, owe thor = a For Leavenworth arsenal, dollars. For Pikesville arsenal, Pikesville, Mary- as, five thousand For the preservation and necessary repairs of the fortifications and other works of defence, two hundred thousand dollars. For surveys for military defences, two Bus- dred thoutand dollars. And tbe Secretary of War is hereby author- tard to have prepared and published the report of the results of the exploring expedition aad survey of the line of the fortieth paral! Pre. vided, That the costof the came pede. LISHED DAILY, Sunday Excepted, } | gens that at @ wedding which was solemn: | perhaps is brought too readily to the minds of | around the Gulf. ed Out of existing aj opriations im the War Department: And Provided further, That the letter. press work sball be doue at the pab- lic printing office. For tae purpose of catting owt @ road from De Lath to the Bois -fort lndian reservation, in Minnesota, tnere bereby appropriated the sum of ten th id dotiars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War. Suc. 2. amd be it further enacted, That there shall be no mew commissions, no promotions, and no enlistments in any infantry f infantry regiments is d to twenty and the Secretary of ‘War ts hereby direc’ea to consolidate the infan- try regiments as rapidly as the requirements of the public serviee and the reduction of the it. farther enacted, Tha: no ap- porn ments of brig dier generals shall be le until the pumber ts reduced to less than eight; sna thereafter there shall be buteight brigadier generals in thearmy. Suc. 4. And b¢ it further enacted, That kere- After the term ef enfistment shall be five years. Suc.5. And te it further enacted, That of the fifteen bands mow in the service, organized uo- der the provistons of section seven of an act en- tiled “An act to increase and fix the military peace estabMsbment of the Unied ap- proved July twenty-eight, eighteen hundred \d sixty-sx, all, except the band at the Mili- tary Academy, sball be homorably discharged without delay. and shell receive full pay and allowance to the date of such discharge: Pro- vided, That there shall be enlisted in each re- giment @ chief musictem, who shall be instrac- tor ot music, with a salary of sixty dollars a month and the allowances of a quartermaster sergenmmit. Suc. 6. And be it further enacted, That until otherwise directed by law there shall be no Bew appomtmente and no promotions in the Adjetant "s t, in the Inspec- tor General's department. in the pry de; ment, in the quartermasters’ department, in department 1 the department, and is department. in the engineer in the medical Sec.7. And be it further enacted, That brevet Tank shall not enjtle an officer to precedence or command except by special assignment of the President, bat such assignment shall not entitle any officer to additional pay or allow- ances. Approved, Mareh 3. 1869. ———_- e+e —__ THE FRANKLIAN COUNTY (PA.) OUT- RAGE, The followimg particulars of the recent hor- rible outrage in Faanklin county, Pennsylva- nia, are taken from the Valley Spirit: Un Thursday about noon a negro went to the house of Mr. Wm. M. Uliver, im Guilford towa- sbip, about two anda balt miles from Coam- bersburg. Mr-Qliver and his wife were both Sway from bome. A step-daughter of Mr. Ui- iver, named ida Reinhardt, who is about thir- teen years of age. had also been at a neighbor's house, but at noon went home to feed the pigs. She was in the house getting the necessary feed, when the negro went there and had the door locked. He came to the door, but she re- fused to admit him. He pretended to be bun- ery, and demanded }, threateniog to burn down the house if she would not iet him in. ‘Terrified at these threats she opened the doer, when the scoundred seized her, threw her upon the floor, and outraged her person. The littie girl is pretty badly injured. The megro then took with him from the house a razor, belong- ing to Mr. Oliver, and a small sum ef money, which was lying on the mantel. Mr. Oliver's house lies in @ southeasterly direction trom the town. The negro then left, and crossing roads and fields, got around to the road leadiag from this borough im & northeasterly direction from town. . About @ mile from here a gentleman fesides by the nameof John Landis. Tne negro ac costed @ little boy whom he saw there, and asked him if there were any men about. The boy said mc. Just then a youn, med Lydia Detwiler was seen passing through a fleid some distance off, and the negro went over towards her, and caught u two to her about jundred yards from © father’s house, is in Green township. He attacked her at once. and accomplished his pur; the oung lady resisting to the best of her ability. From the Weut in the direction of Mr. Jacob Fry's house, and when within a coupie of bundred yards of it he meta young tady named Miss Leah Lehman. He attacked her siso, and & most terrible struggle took place. He struck her on the back of head witha clu, om the face so that it 1s covered with black marks, and choked ber so as to leave black aud biue marks upon her neck. In the straggie he took @ razor from his pocket and drew it close to ber throat, tBreatening to bili her. She grasped the razor and broke the handle off, which she stitl has in her possession. Not- withstanding this heroic resistance, the black scoundrel succeeded im accomplishing bis pur- Pose with this aay also. ‘We understand th it she is still confined to her bed from the injuries received. On Friday mornitg Sheriff Fletcher arrested 4 colored man named Cambridge Adams, ofen called Norris. who corresponded with the de- scription furnished bim of the villain, and lodged him in jail. The prisoner, on beimg questioned, told a straightforward story, and | there was some doubt as to his guilt, but fur- ther investigation showed he haa been lying. Daring Friday there was great excitement, and open expressions in favor of lynch law. Tne sbenf, feeupg alarmed for the safety of the prisoner, called on Captam G. W. Skipner, mander of the Housam Zouaves, fo! and among other risoners pointed as the one who violated ber dam | person. There is not the jeast doubt the pris- ‘over 1s the guilty cri mal, and we hope the remainder of bis nataral life may be spent Witbin the boundaries of the penitentiary. Tne prisoner is as black as the ace of spades, ab at five feet four inches high, of rather a stout botid, and * & Most wicked counte- nance. The three victims of this flead are ua- der the care of skillful ppysicians, and are iu a fair way to recover trom the injuries inflicied on their persons. Lite’s Vaga Marries his Mother. {From the Athens (Als.) Post, Murch 6th 1t will be remembered by many of our a near Rustyhut, Ga., some time im 1545, that the bride’s father was killed ina difficulty wi the brother of ber Busband. This occurren: many of our readers. It is, to those ac- guajnted with the circumstarce, known that the bride of but a few hours attempted to k ber busband witha pistol. T ife and hus- band parted. She went to an interior village ia Texas, and he remained untii the breaking outof the war on bis plantation, although he marriedin the mean time, and was born a son, which son entered the army of Confederate States, and followed the bansers of Dick Taylor, Magruder, and others of the noble chiefiains who commanded the soldiers After the war the youug man wandered about through the Gulf State-, and finally located in Texas, where his father’s former wite hved. She bad resumed her maiden name, and was the pi tress of & large and well-payiag hotel, where she had sconmeleteden inmense mepeeenl peony oe tbe village the young man stopped at the ho- tel, and was well vided for by the enter- ‘either knew the relation of eac! is in to be vA now journal expected Sead ‘te eight “, eight cases prom, Z were dectsr' paps: of bydrophstia somequenuy mani D: C., SATURDAY. MARCH 27, 1869. nening St WASHINGTON NS. 5,007. EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. ANTERFAL Revenvs—The receipts to-day 4} from this source were $287,940 79. Jouw James Pratt, the Ohio poet, is spoken ofas Consul at Naples. Gov. BULLocK, of Georgia, now in Wash- ington, was a compositor in the Herald office at Utica, N. Y., a few years ago. INFORMATION from Greenville is to the effect that ex-President Johnson is very mach better and out of danger. ComMANDER James W SHIRK has, by direc- tion of the Secretary ot the Navy, been ordered to duty at the Navy Department. Tux Secreraty or Tae Navy has ordered Commander James H. Gills to tle Washing- ton Navy Yard, as equidment officer. AcTixG Master Epwin Basson, and acting ensigns J. O. Winchester and L. A. Waterman, have been mustered out of service. LigvTexant ComManpgr A. G. KeLLoce and Lieutenant D. 0. Woodrow, of the Navy, have been placed on waiting orders. Mies MARY W283, of Missouri, was to-day appointed a copying clerk im the Pension Bu- rean. ABOUT SIXTY FRMALE BMPLOYERS in the Printing Division at the Treasury Department ‘Were dismissed yesterday om account of the scarcity of work in that bureag. Rav. J. J. Kane, Chaplain United States navy, from the United States steamer Contoo- cook, off Havana, Cuba, arrived here yester- day. and is at the Kirk wood. Senor’ Luwve, the Envoy for the Cuban Provisional Government, says that the revolu- tionists have twenty-five thousand men under arms, and would have many more if able to Provide arms for them. PRESIDENTGRANT was slightly indisposed, and received mo visitors to-day. His illness does not seem to be serious, bat is a temporary Prostration from the over work and harass- ments of the position since his inauguration. THE SBoRETaRyY or Wak has appointed Michael J. Hewston as Superintendent of the National Uemetery at Salisbary, North Caro. lina, and ordered him to immediately assume charge of the sam: Tue Navy DerartMant has to-day issued General Urder No. 1S, approving the finding and acquittal of Captain James H. Strong, of New York, late of the Canandaigua, tried by court-martial. SeNoR Lemus, the envoy from the Provi sional Government of Cuba, and Senor Valiente left here this morning tor New York, but expect to return in the course of a few days. BY DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY OF Wark, Brevet Major General Daniel E. Sickles, Col- onel 424 U.S. Infantry, (Veteran Keserve Corps) will, at his own request, report to Gen McDowell, President of the Retiring Board ot New York. Hor. W. A. RicHagpsom, the new Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, took the oath of of- fice this morning, ana entered upon the dis- charge of bis duties. He occupies the room adjoming Secretary Boutwell’s, immediately at the head of the stairs. BREVET MAJOR GENERAL ADELBERT Ames, of the 2ith U. 5. Intantry, bas been assigned to duty ae Commissioner of the Bureau of Reta gees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands of Mis- sissippt. Brevet Major General J. J. Rey- nolds, of the 26th U.S. Infantry, bas been a<- signed to the same position for the S:ate of Texas. Vacancy.—The nomination of Judge B. F. James as a member of the Appeal Hoard at the Patent Office not having been acted upon at the last session, @ vacancy now exists in that Board, though it 1s probable that it will not be filled until a new Commissioner of Patents shall have been appointed. THE ILLWEss of ex-President Johnson was in the nature of paralysis of the right side, and ‘Was the result of a complication of disorders from which Mr. Johnson has long been a sut- ferer—neuralgia of the nerves in the region of the right eye, frequent violent vertigo, and the formation of stone in the bladder. ComMissiongR OF PaTents.—Mr. Hanter, an ex-representative from Indiana; Mr. Fisher, an eminent patent lawyer, of Uincinnati; New- top Crawford, Esq, late Principal Examiner im the Patent Office;a brother of Gen. Sher- idan, and several others, are spoken of in connection with the office of Commussioner of Patents. SECOND AssIsTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL McLE&LLAx (who has been succeeded by Hon. Giles A. Smith) to-day arranged all business of his department, preparatory to retiring trom the office. Mr Smith having been confirmed by the Senate yesterday, will probably qualify on Monday or Tuesday. The S-cond Assi ant Postmaster General has charge of the con- ‘tract office, and makes all contracts for the transportation of the mails. SkcreTaRy Cox having decided that the &ppropriation made in the Patent Uffice de- ficiency bill was applicable to the payment of salaries for the month of Febrnary last, as well &s hereafter, the clerks in that office will, on Monday and Tuesday, receive tne remaining half of their February salary, having been paid for but one-half of that month. Al! the clerks ¢f the Interior Department and bureaus thereof to-day receive their salary for the month of March. DiscHaReED. — Seventy-five females em- ployed in the folding room of the Government Printing Office, were discharged to-day. An Sdditional number bave been employed for some time upon the agricultural report in past- ing in the illustrations, a new feature. This work being completed necessitates the present discharge, which, however, only reduces the force to the regular number. A number of fe- males now employed in the sewing room of the bindery will be discharged on Theseday next. img, at an aonnal salary of Loumwe Slade, daughter ot sppointed to s similar position on the July, 1668. Both ot them still Rold their posi- tions, and are spoken of as efficient clerks, PRurarusst oF lwTseEeT—The House img thoee to whom interest is due on the first of | May to come ter ward and receive the same, ese the abatement. 4 2 ConcratuLatory VisIt.—Abdont half-past three o'clock this afternoon, the Pennsylva Bi'DS sojourning and residing here called on Secretary Borie, and Mr. Josep’ M. Wilsoo,in & neat address, introduced them to the Secre- tary, Who responded in appropriate terms. Tax Turep AvpiTor’s UrFice —Hon. Read er W. Clarke, who was confirmed as Third Aucitor of the Treasury Department, has taken the oath of office, and will enter upon the dis charge of his Juties on Monday, Itisramored that there will be a pretty clean sweep in that office. There are at present three hundred and sixty clerks engaged in the bureau, the law allows but two hundred and seveaty-three. Ninety-tour have been detailed trom the Re- gister's, Treasurer's, and other bureaus of the Treasury to the Third Auditor’s, bat are paid Out of the appropriations for the burean from which they are detailed. These will be sen’ back to their respective bureaus, and if there is not room for them there of course they must be removed. The places of al! Democrats and Johnson men will be filled by Republicans. A DELBGATION of the Board of Trade bad an interview with the Senate Committee yesterday in regard to District matters and more particu- larly to urge the repeal or modification of the present usury law which so cramps business here. As there seemed to be some difference of Opinion amongst the members of the Commit- tee as to the proper limit for interest in special contractsit was suggested by some of the dele. fon that as Congress might repeal the provision of the usury law making the penalty a forfeiture of bo h the principal and the interest,allowing the interest forfeiture to stand. This suggestion was adopted by the Committee, and Mr. Vickers wae instructed to reporta Dill to that effect. VERAL Missiesirrians, Republicans and Conservatives, among them Judge Simrall, Captain Fisk, Hon. Mr. Watson, Major Nofford, ex-Governor Brown, and Judge Jeffar called P Nea evening, in com: wi Judge G. W. Dent, upon the President, and spent haifan bour in conversation with him in relation to Mississippi affairs. Judge Sim. Fall stated to the President that they hid calle. to respectfully ask that the President and Con- gress interpose to prevent harsher —_ than thoee required by 8. being forced bl sa the people. That in their opinion the plan indicated by the President for the resto- Fation of the States 1s eminently wise and ju and meet fully the exigency of affairs in M .piseippi. The President said that he had no doubt but that Congress would act wisely and justly mm the mawer, and would pass such a was would bring peace and restoration to State. Thet he was free to admit that in pinion the speediest, cheapest and most satistactogy folution of the Mississippi problem was for ress to submit the constitation framed bythe late convention to the people. ‘with the p:ivilege of votng ssparately upon three or four clauses of the constitution. He further stated that he thought one elec ion was sufficient to vote upon the constitution, aad to fill the various . Tmat he Amee, forg the State, whom he thought compe- ‘ws and the reconstraction acts of Congress. The delegation retired, ex- pressing their entire satisfaction with the views Ot the President. SuRvEys 1m Wasuinotron Tereirort.— Commissioner Wilson, of the General Land Office, bas just received advices from the U. S. Surveyor General at Olympia, Washington Territory, showing the completion of the sur- vey of One additional township in that Terri- tory, embracing the town of Steilcoom, and covering an aggregate area of seventeen thou- sand two hundred and seventy acres. The surface is rolling and level, with an average second-rate soil, generally well adapted for grazing purposes. The greater part of the tract is timbered, consisting chiefly of fir, oak cedar, with an andergrowth of sal sal, and sweet bi The town of Steilcoom is hand- somely located on Puget Sound, and contains pape bundred and fifty inhabitants There isa large and valuable water power on Steil- coom creek, in this town-bip, which extends for over three miles. Two large flouring mills have been erected and are now in opera- tion in the township, and an extensive saw mill anda large woolen factory are in process of erection. There are large tracts of valuable lands, surveyed and unsurveyed, in this region still unoccupied by settlers, offering saperior inducements to persons desiring to secure homes on the public domain. Comrie ations BY THE SENATE,—The Sen- Ate yesterday confirmed the following nomi- nations:—Reader W. Clark, of Ohio, Third H. Grinnell, Collector of Customs, New York, Alonzo P. Uornell, Surveyor ot Customs, New York; E. A. Merritt, Nava! Officer of New York; Pendleton G. \ dete are Collector of Customs, Cuyahoga, Ohio; E. A. Pifrey, Ool lector of Customs, Salem and Beverly, Tiasea.- chusetts; J. Wilson, Gollector ot Customs, Puget's Sound: T. J. Babson, Collector of Uus- toms, Gloucester, Massachusetts; Wm. Kapus, Collector of Customs for Alaska; R. M. Smith to be Collector of Internal Reveaue for the 3d district of Marviand; Wm. Thompson to ba Justice of the Peace for Washington County: Commander Calhoun to be Captain in the Navy: Lieutenant Commanders Carpenter and Kirkland, Commanders; W. K. McSherry and one C. Kelton, Second Lieutenants, Marine Sorps. There were a large number of other nomina- tione, principally of Uollectors and Assessors of Internal Revenue and Postmasters. ImyORTANT MILITARY OgpER.—The follow- Ing order bas ust been issued: HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADTUTANT GENERAL 8 OFFICE, WasHINoTON, March 27, 1569. GEwzRaL Onpurs No. 20. Wark DePaRMenr, Washington city, March 26, 1869.—By direction of the President, the or- der of the Secretary of War, dated War De. partment, March 6, 1669, and published in Gen. eral Orders No 11, Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant General’s Office, dated March s, 1s¢9, except #0 much as directs General W. T. She 1 official business, which by law or regn. lations requires the action of the ident or Secretary of War, will be submitted by the Chiefs of Staff Corps, Departments, and Bureaus, to the Secretary of War. All orders and instructions relating to milits- Ty operations. issued by the President or Secretary of War, will be issued through the General of the Army. Jno. A. RawWLins, Secretary of War. By command of Geneial Sherman : E. D. Townsmmp, Ass’t Adj't General. Tax Inpian TROvsLES IN ALasKa.—Gen- eral Davis’ official report of Indian oa: in Alaska is published. The Indians implicated im the recent murders belong to the warlike pica fitted * cumeane “or boa ere comm! many mu! rat and heretofore always escaped punishment. Upon Bearing of the reoent tnurders, General Davis roceeded in the steamer Saginaw to the neigh. ood of the tribe, and findi: deser: ordered their villages raed. “the ok TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. This Afterncon’s Dispatches. ——_o—__—_ FROM HAVANA. Shipwreck—Steamship Seized by Pas- 1 8. * § Havana, March v6.—The schooner Virginia Price, from Manzanilia for New York with lumber, was wrecked Saturday on Jardenallas — and became a en —. Crew saved. e steamer Comandiearia, the regular packet between Havana and Cardenas, lett this port on Tuesday iast on her regular trip to Uardenas, carrying about forty passengers. Nothing heard oi steamer afterwards until to-day, and fears were entertained for her satety. News nmounces that several of the passengers of ti steamer, who have lately been prisoners in Fort Cabanas, threatened the crew and teok possession of the steamer, and disembarked the lady & portion of the crew, and the taig at Roques, and then proceeded, it is supposed, to Nassau, N. P. The disembarked crew and Passengers were subsequently taken up at Roques Key and carried to Card ————— THE PHILA’ LPHIA MURDER. PHILADELPRIA, rch 27.—There are no new developments in regard to the death of Smith, the janitor ot Girard Hall, The detec- tives are working energetically, but thus far bave been unsuccessfal in obta:ning the slight- est clue which would lead to the detection of the perpetrators, pce a Se WRECK OF A STEAMSHIP AND LOSS OF LIFE. _Loxpom, March 27.—Telegrams from Hong Kong rece: pet to-day Teport the total joss ef the Pacifi, jail Steamships Company's steamer rman, seventy mil north of Yokabama. She bad a ber of Japanese troops on board, all of whom were drowned, OR ER , 27.—Alvan Wilkins, a stock broker, was yesterday robbed of $5,000 ia bonds by confidence mes, who had the desk arranged so that the bonds put im the 1 Pigeon-hole were LADIES ELECTED ON A SCHOOL CoM. MITTEE. Concorp, N. H., March 27._The wife of Alderman Wm. Brown and Mrs. Unandler Eastman have been elected members of the School Committee at West Concord. The Board consists of five members. DEATH OF A @OMINENT POLITI- CIAN, SALEM, O.. March 27.—Thomas S. Woods, editor of the Ohio Patriot, and a promirent poll- _ o1 Columbiana county, died here yester- ay. t —____. MARINE DISASTER. PORTLAND, Ms., March 27.—A side wheel Steamer, disabled, was seen near Wood Island yesterday wanting assistance. Name unknown. ————_~ore-___. = FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. tional Currency. The amount shipped during the same Tod was as follows: To Nauonal Banus =a others, $152,243. Assistant United States Treas. urer at New Orleans, $100,0w); do, at New York, $200,000. Total, $452,243. The amount of securities held by the Treas. Brer of the United States in trust for National ks, reported lay, Were as follows: For 200; for ts of Total, £375. 153,451 Baok U. 8. 6's, 1881... Five Twenties, 1802., Re ieaoe oo ve Five Twenties, Jan. & J ‘SS. Five Twenties, Jan. & July, °67. bday gd Jan. & July, 8. . COmpoR, 113 ij Mail, 8x; Omo 19%" Attan. ‘land, none; 375; Quicksilver, By Cable. = aren mnt, $30; Bonds @hyy’ Kil, money, %: a : Tb ois, ik a9T; Erie, 24: “ Finet Day.—The sixth session of the Wash- ington Annual Conference convened in the John Wesley M.E Church, Winchester, V: on Thursday. Right Rev. M. Simpson, D. D. Presiding. B. Brown was elected Secretary, and ©. 0 Fisher, R.H. Robinson and J. W’ Dansbary assistants. The Bishop presented the annual report of the Book Committee and a paper on lay dele- gation—referred to &@ committee consisting of — Ss Wilson, G. W. Lewis and Alex. en: Pp, Viz end the followin; Danabury, W x . O. Echols, Wilson Lee- wood, Andrew Edmundson, John Hughes, Washi: Carter and Jobn’H. Randa). After publication of the usual notices and some remarks by the Bishop, the doxology Was sung and the Conference adjourned. Virginta News. W. J. Cousins was arrested in Richmond on Monday, upon the complaint ot the Collector ofthe Revenue, ulford, who charges Dim with having defrauded the U.S, of 81,60) tax due on tobacco. Cousins is also charged with removing the machinery and contents ot his factory, at Rocketts, in order to prevent the seizure of the same. The accused.was bailed in the sum of $2,000. Mr.C. ©. Baldwin, of Rockbndge, owns land obout twenty miles above Lynchbarg, containing probably the largest deposit of slate in the world. 1t isan almost solid state moun- tain, ited three miles from the . There is 4,500 acres in the tract, which also contains iron ore. The Lynchburg News learns that a company is in process of organi- zation to fully develope the valuable mine. The man who recently wen! room in Charlestown, W. Va.. in tate ofnu- dity, has been notified to quit the place. H- refuses. Something else may possibly follow The “Southern O pinion,” Rewspaper i Richmond. bas again changed hands. The Green woed Gold Mise, in a is said now tw be worked with profit. fee ct ALBXADDRIA anp VictmiTY.—We cl following from the Gazette of last evenin, —Last night, between 9 aga 10 o'clock, as Mr. John O. Hill, ot Princ= George's county, Md., was on bis way from ti Mansion House to the Marshall House, where he was stopping, he was suddenly confronted on Fairtax street, where the Ferry Slip Alley enters it, by man Who sprang out of that alley and said, “1°ll relieve you of your hat,” suiting the action to the words. The robber then see- ing Mr. Hill's handkerchief protruding from bis coat pocket, seized it, saying “and that too.” Mr. Hill having by this time partially recov- ered from his surprise, made an effcrt to call for assistance, when the high wayman exhibited & long knife, and telling bim he would cut throat if he opened his mouth, searched Pockets and took from them all their contents, amounting to some twelve or fifteer doilars, and then disappeared down the alley. Alezaniria, Loudon aud Hampshire Railroaa— We learn that Mr. Lewis McKenzie, the Presi- dent of this road, with bis wonted energy, ‘With the other officers of the company, hasten. ing the preliminaries for the prosecution of the extension of the road to Winchester—and that the no time is lost in making all the a: ents for surveys and for work. The extension wil! be vigorously prosecuted. Zand Sale.—Messrs, Green & Wise, Reai Estate Agents, have sold the farm of W. T. McFarland, at Guilford Alexandria, Loudon and Hampshire Railroad, containing x acres, to OC Stoy, of New Martinsville, Weet Virginia, for $26 per acre cash. Clerk of @ Court.— the recent appoii Gator trate this morning before Justice Beach, and will at once enter upon the daties Took THE VatL.—On the seph’s Academy of P! in Mt L4 Be of that day ee Pricets, were pitenat 0 ba, eit ‘& large number of persons the cerc- Sele ae epee a, Spectator. . fol of butter or lean lard, a Pitch of ealt, and a smsii handful of pop a over the fire. — or vs “ne wire oF cress, pop Tt any ane knows 8 better method above, let Rimgive it SF The Atlantic cable is 5 S7-Two ladies in Lancaster, Mass. lately t i i Hie it H HH : —.—__ Financial Matters in B; Battimons, March ‘Virginias, scribed, old, 484 bid; 48% asked: do. 1565, 51 bid; 53 asked; do. 1867, 50 bid; 51 asked. —-—__ New York Grain Market Te-day. New Yore, March 2;.—Flour firm, but not very active. Wheat firmand fairly active. Corn dull and drooping. ——p =e Wall Street To-day New Yorg, March 27—Stokedull and un- settled. Money sharp at 7 per ‘x. Gold 314. North Carol: 57y- Virgina coupons 56; —+2+e-—___ Pierre Soule of Louisiana. {From the New Orleans Bee, March 2). In the Second District Court, Judge Dap- Jantier. Messrs. Charvet and Duplantier coursel, have filed petition of Allain Eustis, of this city, praymg for the interdiction of Hon. Pierre Soule. The petiti that Pierre Soule, residing in th) bas been for several months laboring un- der an habitaal state of insanity, which is no- | torious and Cio to all who see him, or converse with » and that owing to said state of insanity he 1s utterly incompetent to take care of bis person or to administer bis es- tate: and that all of his acts show clearly that is out of bis ght mind. Petitioner further shows, that Pierce Soule was married to Ar- mate Mercier, now deceased, and that the sole issue Of said marriage 1s one son, Nelvil Soule, of lawful age: that Pierre Soule is owner of property, movable and immovable, im this city, and that owing to the insanity aforesaid be cannot administer the same; that he is I the place aforesaid under the care 01 daughter-in-law, Mrs. Angelia de Sentmanat, wife of Nelvil Soule, the said Nel- vil Soule being at present in a delicate state of ; that she bas done everything in her power, and employed the best medical aidand Assistance to cure him, but without success; Petitioner having been requested, as Qn intimate friend and relatives, by the said Mrs. le, to procure the interdiction of the said Pierre Soule, he is under the painful ne- cessity ofapplying to this Honorable Court tor fis interdiction, and that the said Pierre Soule be interdicted as an insane person. And Pe- titiouer prays for a general relief. Upon 8 supplemental petition Judge Davig- neaud appointed Allain Eustis, the petitioner, 4s temporary administrator for the preserva tion of the movable and immovable property of the said Pierre Sou! cesta VETERANS at A Discount.—The present Enghsh War Minister dissents from the hith- erto universally held opinion, that veterans, or old soldiers, are more desirable. than sew re- cruite. The great inducements to re-enlist- ment hitherto held out, are now therefore withdrawn. Hereafter no bounties, compensa- tions, or allowances of any kind are to be granted to soldiers for re-enlisting, and any man having once accepted bis discharge, will ‘Rot be re-engaged for the army. S7Ithas become law in nnesota that no Public school trom which colored children are excluded shall receive any part of the school ‘S7-A Western reporter sent in as a day's work, “Wheat is scarce.” Its extract was Probably too abundant for him. 7A Jersey exchange, noticing the fact that the steam man bas gone to rg, maliz- Bantly observes: “He will be no novelty, as all the men steam there.” SFA plate glass establishment in Massacha- sets sapere J —S the form ot — boards loughs, festern lands, where the soil is very destructive to tron. SSS ee FLOWERS ES, TLANTS, renee Sartre, Se eee Se ieee be had at mr “Goncora Bab onth | How macy pounds from thr growing curt To the rory point of the restiess we! | Grandfather ties the kerchiet knot, Tenderly guides the swinging weighs, Aud carefully over neeD peers, | Toread the recoré—“only eight.” ’ The father inughs ai the uay girl; ‘The tair y. mother siags the words. 153g; New York 138: heading, Ss; | WEIGHING T4E BaBy. | Softly the echo goes aroun: W bile grandmother smooths the golden curl. Ard stooping above the precious thing, Nesties a Riss witbin » prayer; Murmuring softly, «Little one, Grand did not weigh you fair.” Nobody weighed the buby"s smite, Or the love that came with the helpless one igbed the threads of care, ich & Woman's life is spao. Paeient aod faibiul ato dean, Nobody weighed tb y's soul, For bere op earth no w-ights there be That could avail. God only koows Its value in eternity Only eight pounds to hold «soul, QT That claims 2. *ECIAL NOTICES. aber tia SCHENCK’S PULMONIC SYRU °, Cennuiant Saft e i i : Af oi fa ali aca | wi iv. stomec | thete power to make ie to tak i b will to the the it wil | rep acd 50 per battle. or ae '% Pills. 3. cents per box. | Wor sale by all Draggiets. to the attention from one of ou) bouts year I wee rhage of the Lungs, and bev most incessantly siuee—til T ‘We commend re note of Allen's Lune Balsam. by which 1 have been greatly relieved. in fact almost anentiy cared. J. Dec. 14th, 1888" marz3-Is | FARMERS, yourself wun Pesse DAVIS’ P; KILLER at thie ci ru nie Fea par pag Dande—use it inevery case | Sod iy’ ware for if It does not effect but the old, long tiled’ Peery Davie® Pain Kite, bas never failed. = HALL’S VEGETABLE SICLLIAN HAIR RENEWER. Benews the vitality of the scalp. P. HALL £00., Nashua, H., Propri.tors. 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