Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1869, Page 1

f ) i} ' | PUBLIBHKY DAILY, Sunday Excepted, Al the Star Building, 8 W. Corser Ponasylvania Av.and Ite Stree: BY aE : EVENING STAB NEWSPAPER COMPAAY. ——o ot s ws served by the carriers w tmeit PE ay B te City Bad District st Ta Cane run want. Copies at tRe comnter, with or without as Oxnts each Paice 20m MAILING:—Three mouths, Une , Dollar and Fitty Gents; siz months, Three Do,. | lars; one year, Five Doliars. No re are sect from the office longer than The WEEKLY STAR—publish¢aon Friday morning—One Doilar aud 8 Hs1g a Year. OFFICIAL. LAWS UF THE UNITED STATES, Passed at Third Session of Fortieth Congress. = {Portie—No. 401 AN AcT makicg appropriauoas for tne service of the Post Ofie Department during t= fiscal yest ending June thirtieth, ¢1-nteen bundrea and seventy. * mate em! House of Fi 8 of Ameérecea in € LOW lag sums be, propriated, for resen~ he ser- partment forthe year ghteen hundred ana moneys 1m the treasury | evenues of the said depart- y to the m 4 a the secoud of trapey including posal clerks, and mai milbow toircy-sevea thou. Pro- mshali b= pud ta tom between Fort Aber- sand ©ix nunds vided. That no part o for wind 1 nsportatioa, four hun- ars way letters, eight sation to postmasiers, four mil- haadred and forty-six \nousaad dol- For clerks for post offices, two million doi- lars For payments ( jetier-carriers, one million ping paper, fifty thousand dollars. For twine, twenty thousand dollars For letter balances, tour thoasand dollars For compensation to biaak agents and asaist- ants, eight thousand dollars. For othce furniture, two thousand five hun- dred dollars. For advertising, forty thousand dollar: cided, That no part of this sum shail be paid to uy papers published ia the District of Colum- bia tor advertising mail routes, except in Vir- ginis and Maryland Fer postage stamps and stamped envelopes, five unared thousna dollar? _ For detecting and preventing mail depreda- tions and for special agents, one handred thou- sand dollars; and no greater sum shall be paid special agents than ts hereb vided. For maii-bags and bundred and twenty tsonsand dollars. For mati-iocks, keys, and stamps, thirty- s@vrn (bousand doliars. Pro- For miscellaneous payments, including pay- | ment of balances to countries, eigat bundred and seventy-five thousand doliars. For preparing aud pablisting post-roace maps, sixt-en thousand dollars. For retransfer to money-order;ac-ount, being transferred by postmasters and us posit dollars RC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the fol- lowing sums. or So much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same are hereby, appro- printed for the year ending Juse thirtieth, egh- teen hundred and seventy. out of any mouey in the treasary not o'herwie appropriated, wiz: For sieamship service beiween San Fran- ciseo, J sand For steamship service between the United tes and Brazil, one hundred and fifty thou- sand dollars. For steamship service bet ween San Franctsco and the Sandwich Islands, seventy-five tnou- sand dollars. For supplying deficiency in the revenues of the Post Office Department forthe fiscal year ending Jure int, etzuteen bhundr-d and seventy. five milltou seven hundrea ana forty | .bousand dollars. Approved, March 3, 156”. [Puntic—No. 41 j A® AcT to authorize the transfer of lands aranted to the Union Pacific Railway Com- pany, eastern division, between Deuver the point of its connection with the Union | Pacific rui!road, to the Denver Pacific Kail way and Telegraph Company, and to expe- Gite the completion of ratiroads to Det the Territory of Colorado. He it enacted by the Senate and House of sentateres of the United States of America greats assemiled, Tas. the Union Pacific way Uompany, eastern division, be, and hereby is. an/botized to contract with the Den~ ver Pacific Railway and T ph Company, & corporation existing under the laws of the Territory cf Colorsdo, for the comsirucuoa, operation, and maimteuance of that part of its Rail. hue of railroad and telegraph betweea Denver | ky and its point of connection with the Umion Pacific railroad, which point shail be a Chey- ene, and to adopt the road-bed slreacy gradet by ssid Denver ifie Kailway and Teiegrapo Company as said hur, ard to grant to said Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Com pany the perpetual use of its right of way and orpot grounds, and to transfer to it all the Tights and privileges, subject to all the obliga- tious pertaining to said part ot its line : y. And be xt further enacted, That the said Union Pacific Raitway Company, eastern ©rvisio®, sha'l extend its railroad and telegraph 10 @ connection at the city of Denver, so as io torm with that part of 1s lime herein author- awed to be constructed, operated, main- tained by the Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company, & continuous line of rail- Toad anc telegraph from Kansas City, by way of Denver, to Cheyenne. Andallthe of law for the operation of the cific railroad, its branches aud connections, & contiouous ine, without discrimination. shall apply the same as if the road from Den to Cheyenne bad been constructed by the said Union Pacific Railway Company, eastern di vision, but Bothing herein shall anthorize said eastern division company to operate the road or fix the rates of tariff for the Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company Sec. 5. And be of further enacied, That said companies are hereby authorized to mortgag their respective portions of said road, as hei sn defined, for an amount not exceeding thirtv- two thousand dollars per mile, to enabie them respectively to borrow money to construct the same: aud that each of said companies shall receive patents fo the alternate sections of land | along their respective lines of roid, as herein defined, in hike manzer and within the same himits as ts provided by law in the case of lands ranted to the Uuion Pacific Railway Com- PAB, eastern division Prorided, Tha of the Companies hereinbefore meat be epuitled wo subsidy in United under the provisions of tb Approved, March 3, 18 No. 42 A™ ACT to provide for the ¢ District of Columbia ot . as inet by the courts of th- States aud Territor the United States or of foreign nations, «nt for taking depositions i be used im sucd ccution in t tates of America ¥ party to any s pending im any ‘auy State or Territory of the United St of any foreign nation, may obtain the testimony of any witness resid- bio, the District of or 4 notice shall Dave bee cording to the rules of practice prevailing 10 pending. given the District, or temporarily withia it, Timi tothe party desiring the same, such officer shail issue a summons to such witness, requitiug him to appear before the commis: sioneTs Bamed in sucd commission oF notice to tesufy to such suit. Such summons shail specify the time and place at which such wit- Ress is required to attend, which shali be with- io the District of Columpia. Suc. 2. And te it further enacted, That if @ suit be pending im any court of any State or Territory of the United States, or of any for- eign pasion, and it «ball satisfactorily appar by affids vit to any officer named in the nex: pre- ceding section, or to the judge of the orpbans’ court, or any commissioner for the taking of Grpositions appointed by the supreme court of the distri: t— Firet. That any person residing or tempora- rily dwelling ip (be District of Colamoa material Secondly. That no commission or take we testimony of such witness bas peea issued or giver: aud Thirdiy. That according to the course and Practice of the court im whic such suit is ing. the deporition of * witmess taken the presence and consent of Dot par- tll be recetved on the trial or Bearing of ts Sueb officer «hall issue his sam Mons requir- ‘Bg such wiieess to appear before him a Place within the District at some reasonable to vestify in such suit. “mo 3. ~} te it further enacted, That the offer before whom sucu witaess sball appear sbell take down bis testimony ia writing. and eball certify and transmit the same to the cour’ defore whick such * on bis apps he treasury as postage receipts, one mil- | and China, five Bundred thou. | ye. in | v=, XXXII. rance, be s! all refase to testify, he shall be lable to tur ame peualnes as would be Rearrea for a like offence on the trial of a rut. Swe. 3. Aid be i! fartlor ena ted, That every Withes- appesiing duu iestityme uad-r this wt shall Be tithed to recetve trom the party at Whose ib-tance be has been summoned the f-es bow pfovided by law for vaca day be shall give atrendance. Approved, March 3, 1569. [PunLic—No. 43 } the righ! of way to the Watin- plumbia River Kaidroad Com- pany and for otber purposes Bestenacted ty the Senate and Llowse of Rep vesenbatives of the United States of America in Congress astembied, That the right ot way thr ogh th- public lands be, ond the same is bereby, cranted to the Walla-Walia lombia River Ratrroad Comp amy, a cor; exiting uncer the laws of tae Territory of Washingtou, and daly incorporated for the pur- Pore of constracting @ railroad from sail town ot Walls-Walla to some eligiole pot oa the pavigable waters of ssid Columbia river, in said Territory. saul right of way hereby granted to suid raiiroad 1s to the extent of one hundred feet im width on each side of said road where it Imo y pass over the public lands; also, all neces- sary ground, not to exceed five acres at each | staifon, for station buildings, workshops, | depots, machine shops, switches, side-tracks, turn-tables, and waver stations. Suc. 2. And b+ it further enacted, That the eounty commissioners of the county of Walla- | Walla, m the Territory of Washington, be, and tLey are hereby, authorized sad empowered to | &:¢ in the construction of the Walia- Walla and Columbia river railroad by subscriving to the | ¢spital stock of sad Walla-Walls and Colam- | bas River Railroad Compiny in the nameand Qu bebalf of said county of Wails- Walla, and by issuing bonds of said county, payable at | Such ‘ime as sud commissioners shall think proper, and bearmg interest of not more than eigtt per cent. per annum, in payment for Suid stock so by them taken in said railroad company, or by issning bonds, bearing interest &s aforesa:d, as aloan to said company, to be | Used in the construction of said road, or to aid | snid company in the coustraction of said road | by the credit of s‘d county in any other man- | Ber the said commissioners may think proper : | Provided, That the said subscription, loan or other sid so given by said commis«iouers to said company shall in no case exceed the sam {cf three “hunored thousand dollars | And provided further, That the sud sub: crip- | tion, loan, or other aid, shall Bave been sub- le of said county and been mitted to the | voted for by three-fourths of the lezal vote | cast atan election held for that purpose © And | provided further, That if said yore be taken ata | speciai Election, the notice sball be the sae as | provided by the laws of said Territory for | Reneral election Sac. 3. And be it further enacted, That the « ty commissioners of the county of Walla- Walia, | in the Territory of Washington, be. and ‘bey are hereby. authorized and empowered to hold | ® special election, at such times as they may designate, after tweaty days’ public notice, which said election shall be governed by the general Territory upon the subject of elections, at which election the aid to be given by said county to said Walla-Walla and | solumbia River Railroad Company, either by to stock or otherwise, shall be bmitted to and be voted upon by the lezal | voters of said county uch manner as said | commissioners may designat® Provided, Taat this grant is made upon the express condition | that any effort by said company heres fte | obtain any laud grant, subsidy, or pecuniary | Aid from the United States government shail | work a forfeiture of this grant. Approved, Mareb 3, Istv. [Purric—No. 44.) | Aw Act regulatmg the reports of national | banking associations. tf enacted by nate and House of B + United States of America in of all reports re- ar of the national ct. every association shall make to the Comptroller of the Currency not less than five reports during each and every year, sc. cording to the form which may be prescribe 4 Bim, verified by the oath or affirma’ | President or casbier of such asso attested by the signature of at least Girectors, ich Feport shall exh and under appropria'+ head: | habthties of the associat the clos Bess OD any past day tobe by Bim specified. and shall transmit such report to the Comptroller | within five days after the receipt ofa req! requisition therefor from bith: | each associat qn | frm im which it is made to the Comptrctler, sball be published in a newspaper puplished | im the place where such assuciation is lished. or if there be no newspaper | place. then im the one pubiished nearest jan i » and such proof of publication =! | furnished as may be required bo the Comptrol- | ler. And the Comptroller shall have power to | call tor special reports from any particalar as- sociation Whenever in bis judgment the same shall be necessary in order to a iull and com. plete knowledge of 1s condition. Any associa- on failing to make and transmit auy such | port shall be subject to a penalty of oue hun- | dred dollars for each day after five days that such bank skall delay to make and transmit Dy report as aforesaid; and in case any asso- | ciation shall delay or refus« (o pay the penalty herein imposed when the same shall be asses- sed by the Comptroller of the Currency, the amount of such penalty may be retained by the Treasurer of the United States, upon the order of the Comptroller of the Currency, out of the interest, as it may become due to the assucia- tion. ou the bonds deposited with him to secure circulation; and all sums of mouey collec'ed for penalties under this section stuli be paid inco the treasury of the United States Ande it further enacted, That, nm ad- @iion to said reports, each national banking association shall report to the C mptroller ot the Currency the amount of each dividend de- clared by said sssociation, and the amount of Ret earnings im exces of said dividends, which | report shall be made within ten days after the declaration of each dividend, aud artested by | the oath of the president or cashier of said as- sociation. and a failure tocompiy with the pro- Visions of this section shall subject such asso. cintion to the penalties provided im the fozego- ing section Approved Mareb 3, 1s a Arratns ix Cora —A special dispatch to the Hevaid trom Key West states that information trom the most reliable sources bas beeu re- ceived that ‘he so-called Peruvian monitors are really in the service of the Cuban revolution- dare believed to be Dow in the vieinity nilio A Havana special to the Herald says the British Cocsul has sent the British Fundort Hergp to Caibarien, where the British sbip Jeff Davis. captured by a Spanish cruiser, bas arrived. Two steamers and two schooners bave janded men and arms at Cape Maise, Advices from the Sant:ago to the 22d instant yeport that the steamer Crocket and two schooners bad janded an expedition on the northwestern shore. News frem Nuevitas to the 2ith says tbe insurgents are very active in Vacituetz. The troops had reoceupied Man- asia, and expect to Tesiore communication with Faries. Two volunteers have been tried and convicted of committing excesses in Havana on Sunday inst. and have been sentenced to exile and impriconment. Reports of the recapture | of the steamer Comandatoro are not confirmed. Advices from patriot sources state that Ues- pedes bas replied to Dulce’s declaration of war tw the knife by 8 decree that all persons taken reatter, exeept regular Spanish soldiers, are to be immediately put to death. oo shoasock District—Ubaries A. Fisher, E.: Alexandria. Nathsuiel Jackson; Fair. ‘ax, Robert R. Wheeler; Loudo Sotomoa Wing. S7Cock-figbting ie the popular Sunday sport in Des Momes, lowa. avian & OF The evening train oot a called the «swearing ivain.”’—Bosion Post. Pw @7 Of the twins of @ negro woman in bama, one was bisck and the other perfeoly white. OF The electric cei is surpassed by om electric baby im France. an iol ‘The last extravagance sad moce is costume With three akirts. gv Each day's racing at Jerome Park isto be cloced With 6 Ganee. ” THE LATE TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN PHILADELPHIA. A Father Marders his Wife and Twe Chil- dren, and then Drowns Himself We published yesterday a brief telegraphic Sccount of a ternble triple murder and su- icide of their murderer in Philadelphia. Toe folowing interesting particulars are from the North American of that city Two years ago there came to this city from the town of East Haven, Conn.,a man nam-d James L. Biackstone, with bis wife, a stardy litde toddler of a boy, and ® female infant in mother’s arms. He was 4 fine-looking man, and he came here with sufficient means to sustain himself for & period without business. He purchased a small two-story brick house, No.515 Judson street, a neat litte avenue near Zid and Parrish streets, and there resided. Some mcnths ago he entered into partner<bip in the business of lacquering and calsomining With Abraham © Funstone, residing at No. J.s14 Sepviva street, and doing business at No. 914 Market street. rte seemed satisfied with thr business for several months, but after that showed sudden evidences of menial di-ease. He wanted for a trifle to dispos» of his int est in what really netted @ comfortapie living for both nimeelf and bis associate. The: peared in the daily newspapers of yesterday an announcement that a well dress- ed man bad jumped from the deck of a steain- boat moored at Chestnut street pier into the Delaware. A handkerchief, dropped from his pocket, and bearing the name of “Blackstone,” gave the only clue to his identity. The body ‘was not found until yesterday afternoon. Meanwhile x citizen of the town of Madison, Gonn., received a telegraphic dispaten from Philadelphia, dated an bour previous to sis Act of suicide, reading thas: “Selah Lee—1 bave killed Isabella and the cnildren, and am now going to kill my-elf. James L. BracksTuw Mr. Lee tel hed to Mr. Funstone tht he had received the above dispatch, and asked for information concerning it. This was the first intimation given to Mr. Funstore that o: rte T had slaughtered his family, aad a very brief comterente with Deputy Coroner Fletcher showed to him that the wretched man had Growned himself. The body was taken by the Corover to the it lorne, undertaker and jtened establishmen' Mr. Fletcher, with Onef Mutnolfand. has: up to the quiet dweiling in Judson street, Where it was bel that the man who drowned himself in the Delaware had first butchered bis wife and children. The carriage Grew up at the door, and the occupants alighted. The door was soon forced. Tne premises were Beat and tastetul, and gave evidence that a Tefined taste had directed them. Upon the walls of the parior, in an out of the way and unobtrusive place, hung ® neat little irame, inclosing a certificate that Isabella Lee had gradusted with distirction in the highest class of the New Haven Collegiate Institute, known as Lardsay's. ; Entering the kitchen, Mr. Fletcher and Chiet Mulholland met a fearful spectacle. The lady lay desd upon the hearth betore a stove, in which she was evidently engaged i kindiin: a fire when the crashing blow of an ax hurried ber into eternity. Beside her, with their heads just resting on her side, lay her two children. a boy of about five years and a girlof apparently two and balt. “An ax, gory with blood, lay beside them. It is evident thut the husband had gone to the cellar for kindiing wood early in the morn- ing. and that Mrs, Blackstone was in the act of making a fire when ber husband coming from the cellar with an axe in his hand, clove her skull ssunder. He subsequently killed his i te onts im the same manner, fled from his home, stopping at the Continental, telegraphed to the father of his mursdered wile, rushed to the river and drowned himself. ‘The case is the saddest that we have ever known by sctual observation, The parties thus murderrd by a husband, who could not have bern other than a maniac, were refined, gentle, cultivated. The mother was a vlonde, with golden tresses, and teeth that, even amid the bideous surrounding of an undertaker’s char- nelhouse, were like two rows of pearls. The hands were smaller than those we have seen Bpon girls of ten years old, and a wedding ring Upon the fourth finger of the left hand was the Ovly orpament worn vy her. The cbiliren ‘Wele literally beautiful. Many thousands ot ehildless parents would divide their fortanes ‘With any ove w!:o would conter upon them the boon of paternity so precious. No one could look upon the pretty tuces of the butchered babes, upon the delicate features of that mur- dered mother without a desire to exciaim, “From sudden death good Lord deliver us! NTERVIEW WITH DR. MUDD. A New York Herald correspondent gives an ‘onnt of 8 visit to Charies couny, Md., and alleged interview with Dr. Mudd, lately re- leased irom tbe Dry Tortugas. After describ- img the country through which he passed asa ia quite suitably selected by Booth as the route of bis flight, he d+scribes the home f the Doctor, and t with the family tion. From bis account of What then took place we quote as follows “It Was now evening aud growing rapidly dark. A big fire blazed on the ample hearth and Mrs. Mudd, an intelligent and handsome lady, w'th one of her children, jeined the Doc- tor and ourselves in the conversation over the eveuts of that memorable April morning after the assaseination Did you see Booth, Mrs. Madd!” we in- quited with a feeling of intense interest to hear her reply. ve she replied: “I saw himself and Har- old after they entered this parlor. Booth stretched himeelf out on that sofa there and Harold stooped down to whisper something to him.” «How did Booth look “Very bad. He seemed as though he had been drinking very hard: bis eyes were red and swollen, and bis hair in disorder.” «Did ie appear to suifer much “Not after ne laid down ou the sofa. In fact, it seemed as if hardly anything was wrong with bim then.”* “What kind ofa fracture did Booth sustain! ‘we inquired, addressing the Doctor. “Well,” said he, “after he was laid down on the sofa. and baving told me his l+g was trac. tured by his horse falling on bim during the journey up trom Richmond, I teok a knife and split the leg of bis boot down to the instep, shpped it off, aud the sock with it: 1 then feit earefully with both hands down aloug his ieg, buta: first could discover nothing like crepita- cn ull, after a second investigation, I foand on the outside, near the ankle, something that felt like indurated flesh, and then for the first time 1 concluded that 1t was a direct aud clean fracture of the bone. I then improvised out of pasteboard a sort of box that adhered ciose enough to the leg to keep it rigidly straight be. low the kvee, without at all in‘erteriug with the flexure of the leg. A low-cut shoe was substituted for the leather boot, and between five and #ix o'clock in the morning Booth and bis companions started for a poiat on the river belo “How did Booth’s horse look after his long ride?” we inquired. 5 “The boy,’ after putting him up in the stable,” the Doctor replied, «reported that bis back underneath the tor ward part of the saddle was raw and bloody. This circamstance tal- lied with Booth’s account that be had been Tiding all day previous 1rom Richmond, and BO suspicion erose uy My Mind for one instant that the man whose leg I was attending to was anytbing more than what he represented him- self.” You knew Booth before, Doctor!” “Yes,” replied the Doctor. “1 was first in- troduced to Booth im November, 186i. at tne church yonder, be sam & few words to him and never caw bim is until a little wh le Detore Christmas, when I happened to be 1 Wasbington making « few purchases, and ouse and come out here to spend the holidays. ‘was walking pa:tthe National Hotel atthe time, whena eaves tap oo torn: ¥ ent I was introduced to at the EVENING STAR Washington News and Gossip. INTERNAL Revenve.—The receipts to-day from this source were $791,950.74. RereesestTavive HAMILTON, of Florida, i Sill lying seriously 111 at bis residence on @ street. THe Secretary oF THE Navy bas ordered Commander Elias Owen to command th» Seminole on the {5th inst Tiger, GoveRson DUNN, (cotored,) of Louisiana, was upon the floor of the Senate te-day, and rv ceived a courteous greeting from Senators. = The PexstpenT has recogn ized Mr, E. G Squier, late United States commussioner in Pera, as consnl general of the Kepablic o: Honduras resident in New York. ‘THE SENATE yesterday afternoon confirmed the nommation of Charles S. Hamilton, mar. shal for Wisconsin, and Charles La Follett, superintendent of Indian affairs in Uregon. IT 18 UNDERSTOOD that Secretary Fish has tendered the mission to Mexico to General Danie! E. Sickles, and that he nas declined the Position. H. H.Trtrey, cf Rhode Island, a 3d class clerk in the bureau of Provisions and Clothing, Navy Department, has been removed by Sec- Tetary Borie. SENATORS FsRuy AND BCCKINGHAM left this morning for Uonnecticut, to beabsent until after the election in that State, which takes place next week. Prrsoxat.—Hon. Lyman Tremain of New York, Platarco Gonzales of Cuba, and J. W. Fabens of St. Domingo, are at the Ebbitt House. Paesipext Grant received several mem- bers of Congress and persons connected with the Departments this morning. Untside of these classes none others can obtain interviews till past three o'clock. Mas. De. Lavoxsg, widow of the late Chief Cierk of the Pension Bureau, will be appoint. ed as copyist in the Department of the Iat-rior by Secretary Cox, it ts said, to take effect from to-day. THR National Intelligencer and other Demo- cratic papers are patting Senator Spraguy on the back at a great rate. He is sloshing arouad so in harness, however, that they will g-t a kick presently from bis lively heels, “UNE MOMENT, Mr. Secretary.” is one of the commonest of phrases in Washington. It re- cently took Borie just thirty-five minutes to cet from the desk ot Willard’s Hotel to the foot of the stairway, a distance of thirty feet. AT PARTIES in New York now-a-days, the host ne louger supplies the geutlemen’s dress- ing-room with cigars, as,in two many instan- ces, the gentlemen have heen known to take a week's supply hcme im their pockets. Ditto in Washington. Joszra W. Briacs, Ese, reappoited by the Postmaster General Special Agent of the Post Office Department in charge of the free delivery system in the United States, this morning qualified before Justice Lawrenson, and entered upon the discharge of his important duties. PROWOTIONS IN THE TREASURY.—The fol- jowing promotions bave been made in tne Treasury Department since the 15 h inst.. Treasurer's Office—A. M. Reid. W. B. Mc K+ Iden and ©. A. Pennoyer from Ist to2d clase J.S Snowden, H. A. Moore, George W C-n- ter and H. A. Whitney, from 2d to 34 clase, THE COUNSEL oF TWITCHELL, now under sentence of death in Philadelphia for the mar- der of bis wife's motber, yesterday filed a mo- tion in the Supreme Court of the Unted States for a writ of error, and the Attorney General of Pennsylvania nas been notified that argu- ment on the motion will be heard to-morrow. * Mr. Nmtack announced yesterday in the House that the alliance between the Democrats and the “repeal” Republicans of the Heuse was dissolved. The Democrats, for a week past, bave designated the Chairman of the Ke- construction Committee very respecttully by bis military title; now they style bim “Beast Butler” again. THE NOMINATION of Emil Hochster, sent to the Senate yesterday, was tor the position of Consul at Barmen, Prussia, as ar-nounced in the STak. and not Bremen, as printed by our contemporaries, In the bill making appropria- tions for the consular and diplomatic expenses, Ac., passed by the last Congress, and published im the STAR of yesterday, it will be seen that 31,50 per annum is appropriated for the salary of Consul at Barme! APrornTED.—Secretary Boutwell has ap- pointed Mr. Henry S$. Vanderbilt (who was principal clerk of the Congressional Executive Committee during the campaign) tos fourth class clerkship in the Treasury Department, and he bas been assigned to duty in the Ap. pointment Bureau as assistant to Hon. T. L. Tullock. Mr. Vanderbilt is a gentleman of in- tegrity, and by his efforts during the campaiza won many friends, be beimg a hard-worker, zeulous and energetic. DisM:88AL OF FaMALBOLERKS.—Abont sixty female clerks, who were some time since de- tailed from the Register’s Oitice to the Third Auditor's Office, in the Treasury Department: were yesterday directed to return to the Regis- ter’s Office and report for duty, as the work in the Auditor’s Office is not =uffictent to keep chem employed. As the work in the Register's Office bas also rapidly decreased, they cannot be kept employed there; consequently they will probably be dismrseed in the course of a day or two. CHANGRs AT THE TREASURY.—About twenty temporary clerks were yesterday dismissed from tbe First and Second Comptroller's Office And the Statistical Bureau of the Treasury De. partment, but ther places will not be filled for the present, as it is the desire of Secretary Boutwell to reduce the force in all of the bn.’ Teaus, in order to see what number of clerks may be actually Lecessary to conduct the busi- ness, No appointments will be made for two or three weeks; but & large number will be dis- ‘Missed from the various bureaus of the D:. partment within the ensuing fortnight. Spring Mai, Lettines.—Postmaster Gen- eral Cresswell and his assistants this morning commenced the regular lettings for mail trans. portation for four years from the ist of July next. The service under regular letting this year is in New York State and to New Exg- land States, besides which there are routes to be letin almost every other State and Terri- tory. The competition Sppears is: and these are probably over 15,000 proposals, re- quiring industry, great sccuracy and quick penmanship; for itis designed to anaounce the ‘awards in the latter part of the present montn. Mr. E.L. Onilds, the experienced chief clerk of the Department, bas ali the preliminaries in charge. MR. WiLeen introdaced in the Senate to-day 8 jet resolution dosaiing to the industrial Home Scheadof the Distnet of Oslumbia aay furples and waste material in tae ening Star, WASHINGTON, D: C., THURSDAY. APRIL 1, 1869. Mr. Hakan introdu morning & bill authorizing the heads of ihe different Executive Departments of the Gov ernment to furnish ty any cttizens of the United States certitied copies of any public Tecord at the request of sny citizen upon the payment of fees not excerdiug ten ceuts pet folio RiGieTee OF THe Tawastey.—The pad. lished statement that At:or General Hoar bas given an opinion to the effect that Hon. G A. Halsey conld not accept the position of Register of the Treasury, on account of being engaged in mercantile par-ui's, is at least pre. matore, Mr. Halsey is encage! in manninc- tnritg patent and enamelled leather, and at his request the question as to Ris eligibility to the office, under the act of 178), was submited to Attorney General Hosr, who now bas the subject under advisement THREE ABE RUMORS at the Capitol this af- ternoon, that the President may, afzer all, con- clude to veto the bill modifying the Tenare-ot- Office bill. It is said that many of those who voted for it in the House will urge him to do so, on the ground that it is open to miscon- struction, Senator Trumbull maintains that it pro- vides for its re-instatement of an officer sus- pended by the President, unless the nomina tion of his successor has been confirmed before the end of the next session of the S-nate This is exactly contrary to the construction put upon it by the House yestercay THE EDITOR of the Dubuque Tims, in re- sponte to the query of a lady who wishes to know the reiigious faith of the members of Grant’s Cabinet, says: “Attorney-General Hoar is a Unitarian, Secretary of the Interiur Cox is a Swedenborgian, Secretary of the Navy Borie Catholic, ex-Secretary of State Washburne is a Universalist, Secretary of State Fish isa Dutch Reformer. ex-Secretary Stewart is a Precbyterian, and Postmaster General Creswelleschews churehes altegether. The religious faith of Boutweil and Rawlias is not yet known to fame. Grant’s family are Methodists, and that is the church he usually attends. The N. Y. Sua saye, Rowever, tnat Secretary Fish is an iam, and prob- ably the restis mainly cuess-work. IMPORTANT CHANGE.—It is understood by direction of the President, General Steneman from the command of the First Military District, and placing in bis stead Brevet Brigadier General Robert S Granger, Lieutenant Colonel of the 16th In- fantry. It is said, also, that General Stoneman’s removing administration bas mot been for some time ceptable to the Executive, and that his remo: of Governor Wells was the immediate occasion for the issuance of the order reterred to. As Colonel Granger's regiment has been ordered to Mississippi for duty, it is probable that his assignment as above will be only tempo- rary. Ccpa—IurortanT AcTIox.—The Hou-e Committee on Foreign Affairs, at its meeting this morning, unanimously agreed to report the following important Honse resolution in regard to Cubs: Resolved, &c. That the people of the United tes hereby declare their sympathy with the People of the Island of Caba in their patriotic €fforts to secure their independ: Bnd to cs. tablish a republican form of goverament, guar- antecing the personal liberty and the ‘equal political rights of all the people, and that Dongress will give its constitatioual support to the President of the United States whenever he may deem it expedient to recognize tbe ince. pendence and sovereignty of such republican government. General Banks. Chairman of the Commit‘re, will report there-olation a’ the earlest momeut practicable. NomINATIONS —The President sent the fol- lowmg nominations to the Senate to-day : John Allison, of Penn., to be Register of the Treasury. Fred. A Boswell, D. W. Anderson, FE: 1.. Schmidt, 0. S. B. Wall, and Arnold B. Jobuson to be Justices of the Peace for tue District of Columbia. Vostmasters.—George H. Ragsdale, Cnanton, Iowa; Perry Hodgen, Ellsworth, Kansas: Ar- thor lb. Downs, Wyandotte, Kansas; J. 0. Hawley, Warrenton, Va.; Samuel W. Price, Lexington, James S. Plummer, Tyroae, Pa.. P.O. ag, Provincetown, Mass ; {»- Iloach, Memphis, Tenn.; Henry Ran- som, Mar-hall, Texas; A M. Ellsworth, Low- ell, Mich.; Stephen li. Brown, Woonsocket Falls, R.1.; H.S.Hampbrey, Vandalia, 111; Thomas H. Wilson, Collinsville, IL; Edward 4. Hanna, Morris, 111; Homer A. Kenyon, Dwight, lil; Abner Hart, Aurora, Ill. ENCOURAGEMENT OF YACHTING IN THIS Counrry.—Senator Fenton, of New York, in- troduced an important bill this morning, ¢.l- culatea to promote yachting and improve naval architecture in this country. The bill is mod- eled on that existing in England ana France, by the provisions of which yachts of regularly organized clubs are permitted to go from port to port, at home or abroad, without clearing at custom-houses, and also exempted from ton- nage dues exacted of merchant vessels. This is @ good bill, and shouia be passed without unnecessary delay, as yachts throughout the country are anxious to avail themselves of such privileges at the forthcoming international yacht race. The billis strougly urged by Vice Admiral Porter, who has written a letter to Seeretary Boutwell on the subject. Why should not our American yachts be encouraged fully as much as those of Eugland and France? The liberatity of the Eaglish and French laws bas materiaily aided in the development o¢ yachting, naval science, and maval archi ecture in those countries. SENATOR SUMNxR this morning introdac#t anzmendment to the House amendmentact to mend the Judicial System of the United Statss, which amendment to strike outeections 5 and 6 ofthe House amendment, and insert @ section providing that if the Chief Justice of the United States, or any As- sociate Justice or any Judge of any court of the United States shall file with the Secretary of State, a certificate of the Supreme Coart of the United States that he has attained the age of ty-fixe years. orbas served at least twelve as such Obief Justice, Associate Justice presented the Senate this morning a petition of Jose W. Cas- in the Senate this the United States on the ist of April, 1869, just issued to-day, is made ont in detail in a large tabular form. The following ts a Tecapitala- tion | TRE Statement oF Tux Pusiic Dest ot 4) Words at S per cont. Beads of :851 at pr ot £40 Bonds ot 6 Dr 194,567 200 09 17.40) 00 3. a Debt bem ing | falmney $33,005 00) 00 924.025 0 | hich inter | s.3n1 8s | | 2.298 596 NAS 4 39 31S 915 8 and is terest 2 095,202,405 28 | ern 30 850 12 ted by gold nt cortifi Treasnry.... " 23.196 431 7a ‘The statement also embraces a detailed ac- count of the bonds issued to the Union Pacific Railroad Company abl branches. imerest pay- able in Inwfal morey, todate. The total issued is $5%,+52.320, on which the accrued interest is $346,107.07, mterest accrued prior to January 1 and 16, 186%, $3,341,006 05; total accrued anter- est, $4,146,113 12. OF the $3.300,006.05 interest accrued pror to Jan’ United States bas received from transportation, &c. the sum of $1.317,352.75; balance due, ® 60.34, By comparicon wi e statement of March Ist, IM, it will be seen that the principal of the debt bas been reduced #2,- 592,(39.28; whilst during the eame period the SUM Of $2,915.320 bas been issued to the Pacific Ty 1 and 16, 1569, the 10 pepsioi Lewis Johnson & Uo. qavie sucks and Dond~ & Miss Coruficates, 12). Maripora, ty % Mail, none, Canton 59, ; Oumberiaad, sone, Western Ui: oa Rone, 8y Tess none; American Express, Mer-bants’ Union. 15: Obicago & Altos, do. preferred, 1497,. Market steady. Gold, Lit \ ally. [By Cadie.) Lowpom, April 1, 1) a m.—Ooneots, G tor money; for account, %a\,. Monds, 83K; Nb- pois, 97; Erie, 26%, stocks quiet PRankrort, li a. m.—Bonds, Lrvarroot, Il a. m.—Cotton quiet. Sales Teach § 000 bale Uplancs, 12 ‘Meddling Urieans, 12 sece- FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS, This Afterneon's Proceedings. Tuorspay Mr. Harlan, from the Committee Teported & jorat resolation re- * applying for the removal of their political disabtlities to do so ander ther own Signature w worn statement giving eeneees Why they ask for relief: whick was Mr. Sumer, from the Gor oreng| Petitions, reported joint resolution peluare so the landing +f tiegrapnic of the United States “Se Also, from the same commitiee, a bill to re- imburre to the States of Massachusetts aad Maine, interest on advances made and to pro- vide for the defense of the northeastern fron. er Mr. Sumner also sent to the desk an ment to the bill to Amend the Judicial ey. of tbe United States, Mr. Koss, from tbe Committee on Indian fairs, reported joint on a Commissioner of Indian Aff-irs to appo suardians for minor Indian chiidrea entice . Passed Mr. Harian introdaced bill relating to a know ledgments of deeds and other iastrumen of writing in (he District of Cotambia, Referred to Committer on District of Columbia. Mr. Fenton introduced a bili for the agement of yachting, improvement architecture, dc. Referred to Com Naval Afuurs. Mr. Wilson introduced joint resolution do- nating condemned material to the Iadustrial Tket opens Midduag Railroad Uompany and branches, making a Home Scbool of the District ot Columbia. Re- total reduction of debt proper of £5,507,359.25, 2*TTed to Committes on District of Volamoia. This statement embraces only the receipts as postpou sbown by the returns received upto 12m. of Committer on Judiciary the Ist instant, ard would be reduced to the extent of some $4,000,000 additional bad it been | ¥** witbheld until the 6th or 7th of the month, as heretcfere. Mk. HaRLas introduced in the Senate ti morning & bill relating to che acknowledgment of deeds or other instraments of writing inthe | and the law: Mr. At ope o'clock the Indi Hovse.—Mr. Schenck, (Onio.) from the Oom- Disuict of Columbis. 1t provides that ac- | Dopded warehouses, with power to sit during knowledgments of deeds, contracts, bonds, powers of attorney, &c., concerning lands in %* ‘bey mt the District of Columbia, whethe: ed before one Justice ef the Peace only, either ia suid District or any State or Territory of the TT! United States, shail be held and deemed as valid and effectual ax though such acknowl- rdgment bad been made before two Justices. Reterred to District Committee. Mr. Gri«es, trom thi Committee on Naval Teported Atairs, this morning reportea back tothe Sn. act of 2d January, 1567, of Soheitor and Naval Judge Advocate Gen- eral, witm several important amendments. TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. This Afternoon’s Dispatches, FROM PANAMA. New Yore. April 1.—The steumer Alaska the recess of Conzrese, atsuch timesaad places y deem best: to take testimony and to report at next session off . Adopted. Mr. Twichel!, (Ma:s ) from the Committee: Post Reads, i regg. Mr. Cal Territories, bil setting aride certain ate the Dill to permanently establish the office Proceeds of internal revenue tax for the erec- ed itentiaries in the Territories of the ‘ni 4 Obyection being made, the bill went over. Mr. Sawyer, (Wis..) from the Committer on Commerce, back the bill making ap- propriations for the fiscal year June 3, is69, for the improvement of rivers sad bar- bors, and asked its reference to the Committer om Appropriations. So lo ar, Donal (Seen): — & resolution set- ting forth that room occupied Miss Vinnie Ream is now being vacated, Kesolved, That the same be assigned to the brings three hundred and fifty thousand in | Committeeon Education and Lapor aad Freea- | men's Affairs. A: treasure. Panama dates of the 24th report the arribal ot eseopendce ruarearel at Pessevertara to mquire into the outrage a; Juited State vice Consul Eder. The Committes on Foreign Relations of the Colombia S-nate have reported agninst the Cushing treaty, of January four- teentb, with the United States for the I-thmas Canal. The Star and Herald says this will force, Panama to contract for the opening of the camal. The vellow fever was along the soeth spreading rapidly coastof Peru. It Bad broken outon the United States steamer Tuscarora and Paymaster Cushing bad died of it. FROM EUROPE. Loxpox. April 1.—The roval commissioners, Sppointed to inquire into the laws of natural: zation. have made their report. They recom- mend the enactment of a law recognizing fatu- Talization abroad as alienating British subj-cts from their allegiance to England, and propose An entire abolition of the disabilities of aliens te hold landed property. Advices from wn, Teceived to-day, state that a tractof country ia Soutuera Africa, four hundred and fifty miles long and from fifteen to cne hundred and fifty miles broad. bas been burned over, Cceasioning great de straction of property. Se natives perish, in the flames. é ” ACCIDENTAL DEATA OF A MARY- LaNDER Sr. Lovis, April 1—The gentleman whose neek was broken by falling into a cellar night in Kan. betore last ~ of Hon. Reverdy Jobnsor, also of the present Governor of Maryland. and was formerly con- | nected with ‘he Coast Surve; STAY OF THE FA\ECUTION OF AMUR. | DeRER. Naw York, April 1.—Judge Sutherland, of the Supreme Court, bas allowed a writ of error te stay proceedings in the case of John Real, rder of policeman Swed- rick, and who was to have been executed to- morrow. COPYRIGHT Law. HALIFAX. April 1.—The Legislature of Nova Scotia weets April 20th. A public meeting held in Montreal on the copyright iaw, resolv- ed to apply to Parliament for an amendment permit ang Canadian publisbers toprint British copyright works upon the payment of 12 cenis to the British authors. — ADVANCE OF RATE OF DISCOUNT IN ENGLAND. Lowpo, April 1.—Bank of England has ad- Vanced its rate of discount from three to four per cent. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. ‘The New York money market was stringent throughout yesterday, and good borrowers ] | dopted. Mr. Davis (N. ¥.) tatroduced a bill to erente yacancies in office, and to provide tor filling them. HReterred to the Commuttee on the Jadi- cimry. Aiso, a bill to paowh trands upon the Uaited States Treasury. Same reterence. ‘The House then resumed the consideration of the bill to provide « Provisional Goveraor {or Mississippi — -<-e- —___ S7'Mi-s Panny B. Price, a talented actress, jomed the Catholic church at Mempnis, Tene S7-A Cleveland mechanic bas made a four- wheeled railroad velocipede. OF New Orieaus talks of a tax on velocipedes. SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICE. DOCT'R £. De Fel BGS fo bie exteusive vate Se mine oe oe ‘2 nres's end wilt attend ‘eoba’ | ang pATOaDS EVENINGS. from > = Sod SUNPaYs from Wa tm te's bm to 8 m., at No. 22 F strect, in rear of Willard’. jotel: SPECIALITY —Treatment and cure of Pebility. and all diseases eriviag from he system. mar Say SCHENCK’S PULMONIC SY Seaweed Tovic, and Mandi Pi jon. Liver it. » it take tcording'oy Stu"Mimcions Pome Uhree to be taken at the seme time. They clesase hen ‘the appetite becomes gone the fed aipeets ane makes sood blood. the patties start the secretions of the liver Schenck 's Mapirake Pills Liver Compiaint te eue of the most prominent cauees of Consumption nek» Seaweed Tonic iva gentle stimulant and 8 terative, and the @kali in the seaweed whieh this preparstion is made