Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1869, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Sunday Excepted, At the Star Bullding, f Corner Pennsylvania Av. and Lith Street aT TzB EVBNING STAB NEWSPAPER COMPANY. ‘The STAR w served by the carriers to thei? Pl im the City aad District at Taw CENTS PER WEEK. sage og lage of without wray Cxxts PRs :—Three months, One Dollar and Fi Cents; six months, Three Dol- one year, Five Dollars. No papers are wat trom the ofes longer an pai for. EEKLY STAR—published on Friday poring One Dollar and & Halts Year. v=, XXXII. Che WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1869. bening Stat. N°. 5,053. | INSURANOB. L?f® INSUBAHOB. PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Assets, 6 00,000. ENGRAVING, ven. a all information will plication persenally or A canvasser wanted,to whom the most liberal pv will be given by the company. Dr 8. W Daldwell, one of the examining physt- clams. may be found st the office every day after 3 o'clock. Dividend of @ per cent upon the premt- um received in D8 declared in January by the company, and now ready to be delivered. JOHN RIGGLES, Agent No. 1, Washington Building. Cor. 7th st. and Pa. ave. CARD PLATE PRINTING. LITHOGRAPHING myli-Sw* FIRS INSUBANOB. noOK BINDING other responsible companies. tl; = JOmN RIGGLES. Agent, Cor 7th and Penna ave. ‘erms same Loss paid prom my H-3w* RULI PAPER THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PRINTING. &e. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ATTENDED TO BY IN THE WORLD. FRENCH & RICHARDSON, THE NATIONAL LIFE INSERANCE COMPANY Booksellers, oxens UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Stationers. WASHINGTON, D. 0. AND Practical Engravers, JHABTERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF OON- GRESS, 334 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, BETWEEN NINTH AND TENTH STREETS. CASH CAPITAL $1,000,000. JAY COOKE & Co. NEW Books, SEW BCOKs. GENERAL SOUTHERE AGENTS. NEW BOOKs. B NINE MONTHS eoDW. "S NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE, is WeODWARD'S RC soomes ees : ‘ith the practice rostrata Seawutes | SAVE BEEN ISSUED. INSURING IN ROUND houses, for Country, bard v SS E $15,000,000. 7 Ww WEST; CALIFORNIA IN TEE Discos By Chas. Loring Brace.......: THE SEXES BEBE AND AFTER. By Wm. Holcomb, M. D.... ee | Bo better evidence can be furnished of the STABILITY OF THE COMPANY faver with which the public regard the ASPEOTS OF HUMANITY .. woe rsameene GS 75 OF of Sr to simpiity aad reduce the cost of TOMMY TBY. AND WHAT HE DID LIFE INSUBANCE. presmaaiaaians 5b) septy vor A rexicy. = SCIENCE OF RIGHTS. By J. G. ~= chee eer BIE SES PLETON SHORT TRIP GUIDE *EUKOPE. Ratton of 1300” a2 08 aos DR. SMITH’S OLD TESTAMENT BI TORE pane Rapes 92 00 BLACKFORD & HAMLINK, 466 SEVENTH STREET, opposite Post Office, L AGENTS FOR THE DISTRCT omnes OF COLUMBIA, La IPROOAL METHOD FOR MAMTINING SPANISH OB BNGLISH....21 50 SACRED AND CONSTRUCTIVE ART. B; B. Otis. oO. = --emmeanenncanmmeeenerocesanee $1 20 the “Duke PRIMEVAL MAN. By piace at ons of Ar- 91 50 MEN, WOMEN AND GHOSTS. By Phelps $1 50 ‘THE GATES AJAB. By Phelps. JAY COOER & 00. $1 50 | General Southern Agents National Life Insurance Company of the U.8. A. THE GATES WIDE OPEN. bs oe! < STICAL MANUAL OF TREATMENT OF ity Saal Nu OL EC A MANUAL OF PRELACY AND RITUALISM by Coleman comer 3 OO LAMELESS PRINCE, AND OTHER bg" ssecinarel rnmanvaeaemnlle 1ONAL CAPITOL SALT-WATEB DICK 0. neee $2 00 RATIO! r AMER! YEAR BOOK AND Na- URANCE COMPANY THonee ane TER FUER i569... 33 Se LIFE INS THE MALAY ABCHIPELAGO. By Wai OF WASHINGTON. tons ae 93 30 FISHING IN AMERICA. By Scot! $5 30 YESTERDAY. TO-DAY,AND FOREVBE 22 00 ADVENTURES 1 Chartered by Special Act of Congress. ALICE'S La ¥ POLICIES HONFOBFEITABLE. THE POETICAL WORKS OF ( HAS. G. HAL- i j WEE $2 50 PIM, (Miles O'Kelly BECOLLEOTIONS OF LOBD BYRGN, b: SO BRSTBICTION ON TRAVEL OB OCCU- Al cncgpeions ree PaTION. Guic- 225 THE CA METHOD OF DBAWING__.91.00 KATHLEEN, A Novel. Paper...........__50 PHEANEAS FINN. Paper...........$1 23 DIVIDENDS ANNUALLY. BO COMPANY AGED MORE ECONOM- REAKING & BUTTERFLY. zm - = IOALLY. ayraguens JOURNAL, Monthly Part. W. FOB HEB SAKE. Paper... THE BRAWNVILLE PAPER. By Mows ¢. 37. MATTHEW G. EMBBY, President. le nnn am JOHN B. PATTERSON, Secretary. GUBEB, DISCOURSES QUEER aise THOMAS M. PLOWMAU, Vico President, ABISTEB'S STORY. By Bmily Bowles_.¢2 50 bBA. i ee Orem POCA OBA. Mevedio | 5. 0. MALL, M. D-P. HOWARD, uD, GEO. M. DALLAS’ LETTERS FROM LONDON. Medical Board. From BARG Co BO a caecaeeaeee eo TYPHAINB'S ABBEY. A Tale of the 1: tury. By Count A. De Corbinesa. Sv RINGDALE aBery General Agent, District of Columbia, ree aud tere of an IMPROVED MODERE POCKET DICTIONABY OF THE FiRi - FFICE—Garr’s Bi \° ‘23m GUAGES. By FE a ee wee ten. St 2: —- ore by MADAME DE STAEL. rical Novel. ‘Amely Bolte. Jéanc,< loth. worical Novel. By ABNESEVERIN. By Madame Augustus Oreven. Ms, & suthor of “A Sister's Story.” ism, cloth_§1 30 N ye Bidet V BLO. REMI ¥ BY wars ov EU ROPE B * SBew youn fort ogi the “Views Afuct ‘Caifernia snd Mexico BW Y BURCHELL mis fe Cor 1éth and F sts,, under Ebbitt Hou SPECIAL NOTICES. ——— werk 3} a) Biiver, | Eisetro- ggssiM ergy, GORHAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY Provipexce. R. 1. STERLING HICKEL SILVEE PLATED 3 reeetved from the trade ot ae these y be obtained from responsi dealers ery where ap 8,13. 17. 22.7; May 1,6, 11, 18, 20, 25, 3,8, 12, 17, 29, 26-18 ANHOOD. the Ganse awl Cure of pre- the treatmentof Nervous ce te ou wham this bonk Letwer such person volds ‘or or Clereyman "— BETTE ts. Address orth Unarles my 13-17 SPROTAL NOTICE — “urtis beg to notify his Washington patient« thet, owtug to sive practice in Baltimore. he will im fr able to devote only the following day terests. and cau be conscitet ox, from lto :and Stes p ad to m and 6to$ p, iMard’s Hotel SPRCIALITY treatment and cure of Nervons Debdility. aud all diseases arising from abuses of the system my 13 3w Pre tion of Pare: Mxpicat Ti NDAYSD a. THE PAIN KILLER, So justly celebrated. was introduced to the pablic About twenty-five years sg°,and now enjo; abs Dy her medict = dipti ery. cholera Diatiem, comghe and colds, scalde, barns, ote, tis without an equal. Sold by all the erincipal ruggiste.— Daily Plaindealer, Cleveland, Onso. ap 29 Im PHALO! ‘PAPHIAN LOTION” bs | BEAUTIFYING THEE Iu AND COMPLEX- ‘10! FRECK' 5 For GENTLGMEN ster SHAVING1¢ esto equal pis oy A ON” is the only r= ‘blemishes of the . PHALON’S “PAPHIAN SOAP"? end BATH, will not cs ROTA Ta ees tera rb r I ai ‘BU RG OL PEER PHALOB jew York. fe8-ly AMUSEMENTS, N4tronan THEATER. IT Tw bape wieat! or M Bt DODONS, AND THE GB%4T STAB COMBINATION. MuOH tbo ABOUT NOTHING. a ks FRIDAY BVENING, BENEF'T 0) -JIDDONB. MASKA. . FY peemiaendes D 5 Sa’ BARD AT 2 O’CLOOK. |ABRIED LIFR. *REAT V) BITION PIC- t ‘m abundance. Tick (OSITY IN THE wet OUBI T WORLD IN SHAPE OF HORSE FLESH! A TWO-LEGGED COLT! curtosity is now on exhibition between Ist an: int from Pore Pobsce: Mt aetat, by a rom Ps! Ma r, Wood. "It ig the most wonderful trea of to see it my 17 6t* M ETZEROTT HALL. I — OLE BULL'S GRAND COON agin ARUBA BURNS Mar 8°W BARTON. the tayo o the fav: tt & Co.’s music store, comme on Wednesday worning. May 19. at o'clock. Doors open at 75; at 8o'clock. THOMAS R. TU Pa Manager, 15-6 IM tx the most irhibition, "Will comtimests on? stl ‘ET: T HALL, and give Enter tainments. E 6 cece WATINDE VE and IATUBDAY. at 3 » er reuings. Songs. — Lecture, cg pr nm every evening during the week. my feet ee Se ee Ho, 456 im i Ast cauuzry, 304 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, BETWEEN NINTH AND TENTH STREETS, A choice collection of OIL PAINTINGS: Ger. man iy ROBlieh end American OHRUMOS, Per apn ei sagiasaiatt kag Vinwe, PARLOR Seackare aie tquare PICTURE SRAMES, CORDS, Franie mode to order. Pric . rare cnre Frame mole to ota e SERONOT 06 16-1y Proprietors. Wirmwer & cCOo., MAY BUILDING, Beventh Street, opposite Post Ofice Dep't. WINE HOUSE. FINE OLD SHEREY, PORT AND MADEBIA, CHAMPAGNES, SOLE PROPBIETOBS. ZBIGLEB’S WHISKY, 3 GALLON. DEPOT OF THE CALIFORNIA WINES, BRANDIES, &c, 00,000 CIGARS. We zall attention to the superior —e the Goods oftered. 486 486 SEVENTH STREET. ' SPRING STOCK HOW OPEN AT MARKRITE Ho. 486 SEVENTH STREET, Between D anp E Steexrs, 8 doors above Odd Fellows’ Hall, EMBRACING NOVELTIES 1" PAPERHANGINGS, WINDOW SHADBB, PIC- TURE FEAMES, PICTURE CORD AND TAs- SELS. PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS. OHRO- MOB, PICTUBE NAILS, RINGS, &c, Please remember meme and number. A BARDWADOL HOUSES ASD xX J. W. KENNEDY 2 00., 345 Penn. avenue, opposite Metropolltan Hotel. DUDES NEMS, ALACEMTES 5D SPLIT CANE. for Obair Bottoms, GUNS, PISTOLS and AMMUNITION, AGBIOULTUBAL IMPLEMENTS, FAIRBANKS’ oRaSiar espe omens Se cretion ew Bow: TE—STOIK W.. GfL7 200. st BFnaw. “tae ma Pier OB CBEAP FLOUB AND FEED CARBOLL’s, cor #24 st and Pa. m $7 to 913 5 per barrel; Hay $13: ai discount to dealers "Oats @ ct Corumeal the cheapest im thecity, ap 3)-1u* EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. InteRwat Revenve.—The receipis te-day from thfs source were $856,166. Tue PResipENT ba. appo' it] Sinue) W Harned, ot New York tobe Coasil at La fice chelle, Gey, W. Kryzanows & has been ana ated Supervicor of Lu‘eraal Leveaue f > the Staces of Georgia, Alabam:, and Florida. Mr. La Rrestars, to-merly Vice Consal at Havana, bad au inverview w.ti the Presideat this morning, in referei Tue Commissioner ¢ appointed Dr. Harvey F. Moatgome Rochester, New York examining surgeon at that place. a3 Brever Cov. R. . BATCHNELDBR, () narter- masier, has been ordered to report to the com. mending General of the Fourth Military Dis- triet fer duty as Chief (.uartermasier of tuat Dis_riei. Tas Jrowr1aR’ JOMMITTEB of the Honse ot Repreventetives, appointed to take testimony ia the Bu d impeachment in- quiry, Will lave heze for Mobile on Monday next. POSTMASTER GEERRAL CRESWELL yester- day appointed Will H. Lowdermilk Postmas- ter at Cumberland, Md. Mr. Lowdermilk is the editor of the Oicilian and Telegraph, a Re- publican journal in that city. THE WHITE Houss—The usual crowd ot visitors was at the Execative Mansion to-day. At ope o'clock the President went to the Treas. ury Department and hai 2 long interview with Secr: ‘ary Boutwell. Co, DB Witr G. Cimon, for several years past on duty at the Wer Department with the Board of Claims, leaves here this evening for Atlanta. Georgia, whe.e be bes been ordered as Judge Advoca:e General, Deprriment of the South. Rxpvction oF CsertcaL Force at Tae NAVY DEPARTMENT.—Tbe force of the Navy Department and severrl bor-ars thereof will be reduced in accocdane> w:. late acts of Congress and aboet twency clerks will te dis- mis.ed between th‘s t'me and the first of July. ‘Tax MILITARY LNDIAN AGENTS.—Thearmy Office * recently detai'ed to execute the duties o: Indien Superintendents and Agents will re- ceive their imstructions iu a few days, und be as:igned toduty. As yet, only thirty of them have reported to the Commissioner of Indian Affeirs. THE Comnissiorre of te General Land Offce hos rephcd,in apswer ‘o the inquiry whether the granting of the rightof way to railroad compantes by homesiend sei'lerswould afiect their ritht under the law, that, in bi opinion, such action doc> not affect the cetiler’s Tight, #s be dos not thereby alienate the land in sack sense as is contemplated im the home- stead law. CHARLEs J. Perrit, £3q., of Philadelphie, for several years a clerk in the office of the Secretary of the Navy, bas res'gned his position to accept the position of confidential clerk to Commodore Taylo-, commanding North Pa. cific squadron, and will leave here for the Pa- cific im the course of a few days. Tue NAVAL ACADEMY.—The aunr? ex. amination 0° the cadei~ at the Naval Aosdemy at Annapolis commenced thi~ morning ana ‘will continue about aw 2k. During the week the cadets are examinc4 by the Professors in the presence of the Loard cf \ isitors in their various studies, comprising gunnery, ma- chinery, navigation, &c. &c. The quarters are also thorougly 1spect-d by the Board. ‘THE SOLAR ECLIPSE OF AUGUST 6T1.—Prof. Asaph Hall, U. S. Naval Observatory, left here yesterday for New York with his ivsira- ments, and will sail trom thence for San Fran- cisco, where a Government ves:el will be ready to convey him and party to Norton Sound, Alaska, for the purpoce of making ob- servations at the begianing of the line of to- tality of the eclipse ot ihe sun, which takes place on the Gh of August nexi. NATIONAL Bank Revisiom.—The Secretary of the Treasury has commenced the revision of the list of National Banks designated as United States depositaries, with a view to reducing the number to one in exch Congressional dis- trict in the several States where they exist, not including, however, those districts that are in and bordering on cities. The number of depos- {tories will be reduced at least ove half. There ‘will be a number of changes,end some now acting as depositaries be discontinued. SECRBTARY BOUTWELL to-day issued the following circular : Treasury Department, May 20. 1569.—Sir: By direction Of the Presiden Mine several offices of the Tr~isury Department will be closed on Saturday, the 29th day ot May current, toen- able the officers and em} C23 to in the ceTemony of decorating the graves of the bon- ored soldiers and sa‘lors of the Army and Navy who Jost their lives in defense of their count: 7 and in the preservation of the Union. BoRGE S_ BourwELt, Secretary. NAvVAl ORDERS.—Commander Wm. E. Hop- kins has been ordered tothe Philadelphia navy yard as equipment officer. Lieut. Charles M. Thomas bas t-sn order: i to the naval station at Leagre Island. Lieutenant Co: been detached trom val Academy and directed to hold himself in readiness for duty on board the Lancaster. POSTMASTER GENERAL CRESWBLL has just issu-d the following order, by direction of the President: “Saturday, the 20h ot May, 1569, baving been selected by the Grand Army ot the Republic for the annual ceremony of deco. rating the graves of the Union soldiers and sailors, it is ‘ordered, by direction of the Presideut of the Uniisd States, that the Post Office building te closed on that day, to enable its employes to participate in the ceremonies.” Recmirrs FROM OUSTOMS.—The receipts from customs at the ports below named, trom ,were as follows: $259,857.06; April 30,) acres, acre. Mr. was Panny thad recently accompanied 3, the ‘oraey on his Southern trip to t the and the siate of society fenerally” His retprn and ultimate purchase im Loudon is sig- nificant of the favorable impression made by our rich Iands and beautiful country upoa those seeking desirable mvestments, TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. | This Afternoon’s Dispatches. gases sone bai SENATOR WILSON ON THE EIGHT- HOUR LAW. Bostor, May 20.—Senaior Wilson addressed be Oneriesiown Eigh'-Hour Leigne last evening on the re cen: law of Congress, arguing that it was enacted with the unders anding that Government workmen were to receive fall pay for eight hours’ work per day. He further considered the relations between capital snd Ixbor. acd spoke ia favor of co-operative asso- cations, whica he thought would generally Succeed, and prove a benefit to the working classes. TWO THOUSAND ADHERENTS OF QUEEN ISABELLA ABUUT TO INVADE SPAIN. MADRID, May 20.—1) «pitches have been re- ceived bere announcing that aboat 2,009 adkr- Pents of Queen Is ibella, vader Gosss: aod Pe- have assembid at Perpicnaa city, near the S a th were ne .tly ready to cross yernnent has takea the Recess ity step3 io preyeat suc 92 invasioa if possible AMERICAN BAPTIST HOME MISSION SOCIETY. Bostox. 20.—The American Baptist Home Mission Socie:y ba- chosen the folio Officers Presiden: Lion. J M. Hoyt, of Cleve land; Vice Presiden’=, Wm. Buckuell, of PDi! delphia, Wm. McPherson. Trea-urer, Ebenezer Cauld a tors, W. artment; Recording ‘Secrevary. Rev. ague, of Boston; Managers, E. D. Newark, J. B. Wyck, ot New Yor! Fulton, ot Bosion, Rey. L. Boston. held a social gathering and festi- The society val last evening in Tremomt Temple, waich was avlended by some eighteen hundred ladies 8nd .ent en. DESPERATE ATTEMPTS TO MURUVER. Etuira, May 20.—Last Tuesday John Field and Gorge Mat.news cold a lot of railroad ties to the agent of the Northern Ceniral Rai). Toad at Rodine’s S:atios, Lycoming county, 'ne wroc cds of which were to be diviu.~1. Matihews received the pay for them, and ou the came evening his wife took F.eld’s stare to him, when Field said he should tave more, avd abuced Mrs. ws. Mr. Matthews then went to see Field, and the jatter strack bim over the head with an axe. This morning Consiable Charles Grey arrestod Field. while toe latier was ploughing, but permitted him to enter bishouse. Field soon returned with an xe, struck Grey with it, and fled to the woods. He hes not yet been recaptured, but some twen- ty-five or thirty men are in pursuit, and will search the woods thoroughly. Matthews’ coa- dition is critical. Grey is badly hurt, but may recover. TROUBLE IN THE CHARLESTON CITY COUNCILS. PS cer tome ape 8. pe bao J a ty Council, recently installed py a decision of the Oourts, is now hol the proceedings of which are violent and disagreeabie character. rie ty ef the body are sceking by ordinances to strip Pillsbury, the new Radical Mayor, of his it to aj may exercise unc! contrel of the offices. ‘The meeting last night closed with a row, in the course of which the Aldermen cursed each other rougbly and indulged in bloody personal threats. The disorder is confined to the whitrs; the n°zro Aldermen behaved with compara- tive ae orum. There isto be another meeting to-night. THE Boston, May 20.—The first mass rehearsal of the Boston’ singers in the Pace Jabil-e chorus, numbering over 3,000, took place im the Music Hall last evening under the superinter - dence? of Carl Zerrabais, and was pronounced, by the musical critics, an extraordinary suc. cess. It was the largest chorus ever assembled in this country. —_____. ST. Lo 3T. Lovis, May ~.—Delegetions from the Meieben «’ Exchange and Board of Trede to the Commerc‘al Convention at New Orleans leave to-morrow a.!>rn00n. Tweniy-even barscs are lying below the city Icodiog iron ore for P.ttsburg and other points. SOUTHERN RAILROAD INTERESTS. Orxcimnati, May 20.—D. N. Stauton, of Bos- top, President of the Wells’ Vailey Ratiroad from Chatanooga t> Meridian, Mi:s., will be bere to-day to lay important proposals betore the Southern Ri frogs. 2 3 SH Boston, May "0v of St. Jonn, NB. gia, is of Plymei flying. ‘he underwriters have sent a steamer off to hef assistance. CONVICTED OF MURDER. CLEVELAND, O., May °0.—The second trial of Mueball on tbe charge of abstting the murder of Stanner resulted in a verdict of guiliy of murder in the firs: degrce. ———$——_____.. THE ELECTIONS IN CERMANY. MumicH, May 20.—The elecuons recently held bere have generally resulted in favor of the union of the North and South Germany. ——-ore-___. Forgicn News py CanLe—The London Times and Telegraph continue to lecture the United States on the Alabama question. Anniversary meeting of the Peace Society was Beld in London yesierday. The resolutions adop'ed regret the tion of the od claims treaty, avd hope if the statesmen of the two countries are unable to grapple with the emergency, thai the reason and christianity of the two great Anglo Saxon nations may iuter- poseto prevent war, ane rejoicing in the rctiv- 'y and earnestness o! American peice societies. ch An ugly riot took place in Tyree, ireland. 1t commenced in a hgnt between two Mobs. The police interfer-4, when the oppo- Sing mobs juined against them ana tnreateced to overpower them. The police were com- pelled to we their firearms, and discharged several roands irom revolvers and muskets ito the crowd with itial effect. One of the rioters was ips'antly killed and wounded. Three police were wounded, one Rot expected to recover. The mob disper_ed soon a,'er the firmg commenced, but not until several of the rioters bad been secured and taken to the station-house. The town is now if Government was ther increabed' by eucfonckments of the Bes: oa Bari bes laid before the Minister ‘orei a prelimir: treaty tween China and Franes, simfiarin pom negotiated with Great Britain. Legation to conclude 87 The United States Court Charlestown, West Virginia, bas given a decision in fivor of ex-Senator Morvill, of Maine. by which b title loa large quentity of land in West ginia is es.ablished. FINANCIAL AnD COMMERCIAL. Money shows rather more activity in New York; brokers, however, find no difficulty in supplying their wants on stocks at 7 per cent., and balances are left with leading dealers in Governmeu's at 6 per cent. Disconats remain steady St 7a8 per ceat. for prime paper. The Stock matke: shows less gexeral activity, bat ison the whole stronger. —_— —_—_ Government Securities. Wastkineror, May 2%, 1569.—Jay Qooke & Co. furnish the following quotatiens of Gov. ernment securities was, Lewis Johnson & Co g uot 1m home and foreign markets New Yours, M: pon new, 120, }. COUPON, 170 \: W.40's, i09%,: Pacific Mail 9 \; Omo bb gre epi Mart) ox Atian~ ic ) Rone; an’on 6%; Cumberland, 25; Western Union ‘Telegraph, Dicksil ver, Contra Teor : ate, ‘Sa Ven! 16 1» BK Michigan Uen teas s2 yas: P- ™—Consols, Bords.75'\., que: rad steady; Illinois, %a 6. Frie, 18a1#%. FRawkroct, | p. m.—Bonds, °5. LIvearoot, | p.m—Uotton «nie-and firmer; sales of 10,000 bales report: 4: Middliag Up- lands, 11 all; Middling Orleans, 11%. —_—_.—_—_——. Markets, To-day. BaLtimons, May 20.—Cotton firm at % c's. Flour dull ead pr-ces ‘rr zalar. Wheat ecbanged. Gorn firmer; r Cup's light; prime white, &>5*; yellow, *3 6. Osis rad rye up- ebang-d. Pork firm at@3'.75. Eicon firm sctive; rib sides, 16%; clear Ao., 17K; sboalder: ‘* 4; Dams, 11-0. td frm ati’. Wh sky = eld at $1.01, wiih very listle in the mar- —-—_—_. Baltim: Steck Market Te-Day. Battimogsz, May 20.—Virginia 6's, o'd scribed, 50 bid, 50% asked. North Carotiuas, Rew, 55 asked. —e—_ Wall Street To-day. Beef — May 20.—Stocks sirong, but — S at 7 per cent. Ster! 09 “Gok ; 144.) 6-805, 1802, cour 109%. North Car- }. Virginia's, ex-cou- Pon, 574; Toscana b.) New Yor«, May 20. The Assistant Treas- urer opened bids for $1,000,000 of Gov- ernment gold. It was awarded at “3.77 to 43.91, mostly to peer —_ = Gan gn el ig firmer at 9%. * ay. firm, batiell off a frac- tion. Railways active and excited, and a fur- ther edveace im prices has been established. New York Centra! bas reached the bighest quoiations on record, viz: 158,a15$\. South- ern State sccurities dull. ——_o———— New Yerk Flour and Grain Market T. New Yor, May 2 ing Wheat gu jay. —Flour dull and droo; pric’s iavoring baye.s. Dry Goods, It must be acknowledged that the spring bus.mess in dry bes thus iar been disame pointingly smait and most umsaiisiactory to all % season is not yet passed, and there must still be considerable trade: but at present itis very dull, sad prices bave a dency. There is a very small in bi and sheetings irom the mana- leach: fasturers’ agents, and bardly any quotable tome Oe the prices of staple makes. in bie shirtings there hes been rather more doing in the better qualities of lesding makes, and prices are better sustained than for inferior gee ues, But transactions are not large. iuting cloths are dull aad saies low; but the Stock in first hands is not excessive. which causes prices to be steady. Sales of standard have been made.rom7\ to® cents. A consider- able business is doing in medium styles of Prints of seasonable colors. Prices rally firm and the demand is reasonably good better, perhaps, than for any other Kinds’ of do- Mestic cotton fabrics. Ginghams are in ve! limited request, but prices are well maintained. Printed lawns and being at this sca- son im better demand, sell readily at tuli Prices for the new and desirable styles, but the common qualities do not command good Prices. Rolled jaconets and cambrics are with- out any marked . The demand is fair, and prices are fully sustained. All other de- scripuons of cotton goods are without notice- able changes. The demand is sluggish snd prices are barely maintained. Muslin de laines Sre not much asked for at this season. Most of the summer styles have been closed out, and but few new goods are put upon the market. Woollens are ly dull. Fancy cassi- meres and doeskins are in a better demand, and Pr.ces are con: they have been. tas no improvement being man! mand them. oe goods sensibly diminished during the Past fortnight, but the er satisfactory to the importers, do not leave them much cause for complaining.—N. ¥. in- dependent. Cox vENTION—Letrer Senator Spranve —Ne diet ‘and it was come time before the business of the convention could proceed. ‘Senator Fowler addressed the body. Hesaid the greatest captain im the country had said a enough im the nore me national and the railroads across the con- tinent were the Key to unlock that 3 but he (Mr. Fowler) disagreed with ind. vidual, and thought ‘the cotton of the South was worth more ‘all the gold in the Mourtains. He caid the na‘ional debt was _ jethodists has sprang up in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the — HINTS ON CARPETS HANGINGS. AND PAPrER- a ‘ of Ax- m Mogue:t. or Witton looms to del-rnt th ¢ Doves acommon -ingraie,” ifthe de- -«a and eoloring be artistic, bapara ar of w e Meut to the apartment. Weof-a woade", estaplty®™est. woo Gispiayed, and devoutly wish that cOUld be the school where those who desiga Paverns for canpets, etc.. shontd be tastracted. + Nature never did petray the aeart that loved bes r. To the woods, ye ws s.ady there ‘be Perfect beauty of coloriag m that Mossy car- pet spread wide beneath your feet; gare apon the rare combiaation of haes, the tra Cover its velvety sartace; he ex- quisite blending of subdued tums; bere aad there the corr'iine berries, and tiny white Rowers sprir xied ov ort and go home to de- Stroy )OUI Lideous drsigus, and prepare those Whose colors Will never weary the eye, and Whose design will partake of the divine. We remember a carpe’ which was Perfectly Deautiful: it the green Moses, Qbd Over its surface were scatiered boagnris of Scare: verbenas, inierspersed With Hlses of the valley and their Irncr-sbape leaves, and still another of entirely ferent style, yet It was of the softest wool, textmre and edges Tan & broad shaded blue border of velvet. The foo sank inte the Fielding fabric. It was of grest cost, and seen &s the ground-work of elecant varaitare, rch draperies, rare bijouterie. aa prciares, the effect was perfect! D.scretvon is required. ia selecting a carpet. The lovely wood colors, ‘Which are so altractive. soon grow dal and aongy beir beauty is gone. Dark-ground Works, which ete often chosea amser the TRIStAKER Impression that they Will not Sod, aliractive. ckiy show the tea: of dust, aad will Wear balf as to of hebter Dark browns and black will soon wear the Gyes vsed om these colors seem to de. oy the duramity ot w Wane is rongesi ¢ ull it* natural moveqnickly than hght gorea are colors of great durability: biae ar CrHUSON not as fast. Dark carpets of green maroon tints are ofen selected for Ball ® @iping-rooms; snd i! requires but a few wee to teach their possessor of their undevirad tor such locations. Exeb foot-step ts disor bie, ad dusi-pans and brash are alway Tequisition, whereas, when light colors chosen, no such annoyances arise. Small ures <bould always have the preference in pets: the Warp reus under and over m Oftener the.oby grewly wmecrsasing its tb ‘aess. Tarkwo and Persian patierns are bi. 4 cacommend+ on this account; the designs are rich, Sma are most suitable for nat! or ‘Scoteb ingrain carpets are com- ’ | ing into much favor for floors which come to much wear. The texture fastreng and good, ana the colors, like ail 4 18 to the more expensive three- ys, as the third is apt to tray. French 1% are the tbe exquisite of all. The wools are more and the colors are more tasictully blended. Tue Mo- quette bas a deep, thick pile, with Caina blue, | lavender, pink, or scarlet wien together, and tied with wisps ef Scattered over a surtace tint running top and bottom of the wall, is very elegant. Parellings of rosewood and fluted silk — ings are always handsome. Frescoed arealso charming. Trae, we cannot attain to the superb frescoes of the ancients, those of us Who are possessed of this werld’s im abundance can procure rare arusis, Bo will make their walls pictares of beauty. Crimson velvet and gold paper-hanging are back ground for statuary or light up finely. ats inmstes was sadly affected. Chambers red with hangings covered with * vely green are very noxious. We regret it exceedingly, for it is our favorite color; but we know that green craps, or tarle- tan, Worn &s ball-dresses, will prodace faint- Bees in their wearers from its poisonous pors. So we must banish from our ments the b-sutifully tinted greens, until some fortunate inventor can supersede the arsenic employed im their coloring, and we mast pro- bibit our daughters from the use of it in wardrobes.—i/rarih & surcharged wih the bealth of the ? : est ; te g i ' F g Hy i eve jad dicd a day or two Bot efforts to save bim, aed that be should follow bim in a died the next day. S87 Brighsm Young bas just reached three Score and ien by taking his seventieth wife. S97 Nesrly four thousand persons are said to Dave starved to death in London iast year. @7 Dulce, it is said, bas offered 210.000 to leave Cuba. Cespedes thinks not. 87 The city council of Petersburg, Va. bas Appointed fifteen white and four megre police- men. Sv There wa. snow on the Biue Mountain, east of — Virginia, on Thurs- day and ‘Weather bas Friday lest. been li | i i Ly 87 During the sto: m on Wednesday last, a lady Was siiting near the fire-pince in her tes- idenor, at ville, 'y, ind. bolding a yo! child on knee. A bolt of lightning ran down the of the house, No. 250 PBENSTLVANIA AVENUB, Betwoon 181’, and ifth strects. TEETH BXTxACTED WITHOUT PAIN. ee ooszi 8 THs CLAIM AGENTS ape nest SSTATE BRO- So.4 PLANT ILDING, Corner 1sth strect an: York avenue, zySenm WASHINGTON, D. 0.