Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1869, Page 1

PUBLISHED DAILY, Sunday excepted, ) At the Star Building, 8.W. Corner Pennsylvania Av. and ith St! BY Prick ror Matstxe Tr and Fifty Cents; six months, Ts: one year, Five Dollars. No pape: are sept tr-m the office lorger than paid for, | The WEEKLY STAR—pabiished on Friday morning—One Dollar-and-s-balf & OFFICIAL. | Convention with the rica amit uf the | oration of the | the to Countrie | Axriote I. There shati be an ex nce between the United States of America avd the North German Unioa, by | means of their respective posi departments; and | ‘brs correspondence snati embrace: Ist. Let- ters ordinary and registered. 2d. Newspapers, book-packets, prints of ali kinds. eugravings, drawi ions of meckanical proces | angd whether originating in either of said couay and destined fer tne ctbe destined for foreicn ¢: may Te spectively : orve as intermediaries. RPMCLE YI. The offices for the exchange of Mail sail be, (¢) ou the part of the Unitea States: Ist: New York. 2d. Boston. 34. Port- Jand. 4th. Detroit. sth. Cticage. (2) Ou the par‘ of toe North German lnion: Ist, Aaches, Aix In Caspeil Bremen. 3d Hambarg. | ‘the to post departments may at any time discontinge either of said offices ot exchange, OF establisD otters by mutual con-ent. AgTicte [11. Each office shalt make its own for the despatch of its mails to t office by regular lines of communt- cation; and should at its own cost pay the | cl termediate transportation. | bowever, mutuatiy agree, | that, an ma! tracts for the de=paten of | mails from American ports. or from European | ports. "hose steamers aad lipe= should always | be employed, so far as consistent with the rates | ‘of postage, by which the maiis despatched suaii | earliest arrive at their destination; aad whea | the speed is substantially the same, teat the most favorab'e pecuniary conditions ald be preferred. It is also agreed that tne cost of interra® ocean ang territ ral transét of the spective irontiers sball be frst defrayed by that one of the two departments which esi! hive obtained trom the intermediaries the mos: camary terms for suck conv favorable pe- ance; gud any for the Single rate of iternational postage, and rule of jon, shall be:—ist For letters, 15 or alt other correspondence Menticned im paragraph two of the first article, that which the despatching office shall Qdopt for the mails which it despatches to the other, adapted to tke convenience and habits of Bat each office eof the standard ‘weight it adopts, and of any subsequent change thereof. ‘The rule of progression sball always be Additional singte rate for each additional stand. @rd weight or fraction thervet. The weight stated by the despatching office ehal! always be accepted, except tn case of manitest mistake. It ts, Bowever, understood that so long as the office singt employs the jo h as ch it des. patches, I also be accepted by the United States office as the equivalent of 15 gramm.s, ‘@ Tespect to the mails whieD it receives trom tne German office. ARTICLE V. The single rate of postage on the direct correspondence exchanged netween the two adminisiravons shall ne as follows Ist. On letters from the United States via di- reet line of steamers to Hamburg aud Bremen, «conditioned that tRe sea rate in sach case sha i Rot exceed five cents for singie letter rate ana ten cents per kilogram for uiher cerrespond- ence.) wn cents, 2d. On letters from the North German Union ¥i@ said direct line, (subject to same condition.) four silber groscheu. jd. On letters from the United States wia England, fitteen cents. 4tb. On letters from the North German Union via Engiand, six silber groscben. Sth. Of the international letter postage v England, the ocean single letter fate shal! not exceed eight cents, ner shall the English and Beigian sngie letrer transit rares exceed one cent each. Grb. It is further agreed, that whenever any otper regular lige of steam communication, acceptable to the two offices. may be employed | direc:ly between any port of the United States and any port of tbe worth of Europe at such rates that ihe entire cost of transportation | between the two frontiers shall not exceed for each sipgie letter rate five cents, and for each kilogram of o'her correspondence ten cents, im Mat case the ipternational single rate of | age by such line shail be redaced to | Un all other correspondence mentioned | Fagraph tw . the rate | spall be, for the matls despatched, that which the despatcbirg office shall adopt, adapted to the convenience and babits of its interior ad- munistration. But each office suall give notice to the other of the rate it adopts, and of any subsequent change thereof. AxticLy V1. The prepayment of postage on ordinery letters sball be opis conditions im Article VI registered letters, and on cence mentioned in paragraph two of the article, it sball be obligatory. ARTICLE VII. It, however, the postage on aby correspondence shall be prepaid insuf- fevently. 1: sball nevertheless be forwarded to | as Gestination, but charged with the deficient posiage Upon the delivery of any unpaid or imsut- ficveutly paid ietter, or of any other insut- ficiently paid correspondence, there shall be levied in the United States a fine not exceeding n od ia the North German Union an not exceeding two silber *, OF additions! charge, as nt postage on all other cor- letters, Shall not enter into een the two offices, but shall ed to the use of the collecting office. Le VIII. The correspondence men- tioued im paragraph two of the first artic ball be despatcbed under regulations to b+ established by the despatching office, but al- ways including the following — First No packet shall contain snything which shall be closed agains pon. first Ins ection, a any written communication whatever, exce ate from whom and to whom ‘he packr: nt, aod the pumber and p: placed upou oF sample of merchandise. © packet may exceed two feet in | one foot im auy Oo Ber dimension Neither office stall be bound the importation ot Inay be prohibited by the laws or regulations of the country of de 3 Fourth. So lovg as be cBergeable on any the mattis, use of the customs. At ts further egreed. that except a small lo- cal carrier's charge, (so long as it sbail exist im the rural districts of North Germany,) no eBarge whatever. otherwise tasa is herein | expressly provided, shall be levied or col- lected om the letters aud other correspondence exchap . ‘aereee 13. Ary correspondence may bs registered, a8 well internsuonal correspon- dence as ‘tbat originating im or destined for other countries to which these two saminis- toms duty may exchanged in aay be levied for the Each t shall use its best exertions | deh very, of, when tor } fs of any 4 but je wot responsible peeumiarily for the loss such : correspondence anal, | ps the two ot- fices shall be on the following basis: Fim the tual nmowat of powagee a8 regis. | ter tees collected by each on letters, added | to the the total a:nount of prepaid posiages | ter fees on other pooh wale Ss eebananes, che ae naan a Tor tae cont of the intetmediaia e tis al , that such e ibm 2 =k shall only be with the rate applicable to a oe 4 bp , augmented Foreign ‘coumtrion, and by any other tax for xterior service. “fut the Norih German office right to &x atime, if ne: Ball to despatched ‘from et ‘States for such other coustries, uniess the latter shall have the same Tule im bebalt be cor! dence despa:ched Tespon through them by the North German office. 1 + Host Depart. | | Weighing three joths (one and tree fourth V=. 31—NE. 5,185. rreye XIE. ice grants to t other the privilege of transit of the closed mai's Xchanges, in either direction, between the et \d apy other country to which the o' may s peter intonbrmanige by its usual ms of mail transportation, whether on sea or laad, and the terms of transit shali be agreed upoa ‘when the exercise of tue privilege is requtrad, ARTICLE X1V. The postal accounts between tbe two offices shall be stated quarterty, and (rarsm@itted and@ verified as speedily as prac- ‘icable; and the balance found due shali he paid to the creditor office, either by exchange on Loncon or at the debtor office, as the creditor office may desire. The rate for the conversion of the money of * two countries shall be fixed by common agreement between the two offices. AxriclLy XV. When in any part of either country ® closéd mall 1s transferred f:om one vessel to another without any expense to the « fhice of the country where the transfer ts made, such transfer shall not be subject to any postal «barge by one office against the other. ® XV1. Official communications ad- dressed from one office to the otner shall not be tbe occasion of any accounts between the two offices. ARTICLE XVII. Letters wrongly sent, or wrongly addres<ed, or mot deitverable for whatever cause, shall be returned to tne origi- nating office, at its expense, if any expense iweurred. Registered cerrespondence of all | Kinds, not defiveraple for any cause, enali also be returned in like manner. All other correspondence which cannot be deltvered shall remain at the dispositiva of the receiving office. Any postage upon correspondence re- turned which shail Rave been charged against the office of destination, shail be discharged from the account ARTICLE XVILI. Ln view of the possible de. sire of other German States co avail them- selves of the advantages of postal association witn the States now embraced in tke North German Unies, further agreed that the provisions of thi ven‘ion shall be extena- ea to and shall com prise them, whenever such ovber Statvs shali deciare their desire to join for this purpose, and notice thereof shall have been given w the United Staies Post Depart- ment. AxRTICLE X1X. The two offices shall. by ma- tual consent, establish detailed regulations tor carrying these articles into execution;and they imoy modify suck regulauons, im tice manner, from time to time, as the exigencies of the ser- vice may requir. RTIOLE XX. From the time tbis convention shall take effeet, ali former conventions be- tween the two offices and between the United States office on the one part, and, on the other part, of Bremen and also of Hamburg, shali cease to be in force, except ior the settiement of accounts which shall have previously ac crued thereunder. ‘This convention, being frst approved, shall take effect not later than the Wary next, and shall continue in force anid cancelled by mutual agreement, or otherwise, until one year trom the date when one office shall have given notice to the other of its de. sire to terminate it. Executed im duplicate at Berlin the twenty- first day of Uctobrr, one thousand eight hua- dred and sixty-seven. [sBar.} "Foun A. Kasson, ‘Special i [sBaL.j ington, Nov. 12. 1-67. "5 Having examiuea aud considered tue atore- gong arucies of a Convention for the amelio- ration of the postal service between the United States of America and the North an Union, agreed apon aod executed in duplicate a Berlin the -first day ef October, one tnonsand eight udred and sixty-sevea, oy How. Jobm A. Commissio. oF Special ner, &e of this Gepartment, and by Richard V. Phili ral of the Post Department of the North German pion, om deRalf of his department, the same are by me hereby ratified and approved ty ard with the advice and consent of the President of the United States. Ip winess whereof 1 pave caused the seal of ‘be Post Uffice Department to be affixed here'o, ‘Wich my siguature, the day and year first above written. (swaL) ALEx. W. Rawpatt, Postmaster General. { hereby spprove the aforezoing Uon vention, and im testimony thereof I nave caused the seal vi the Unsied States w be affixed. swaL.| AnvEsw JOENeox. By tbe President: Wiitias H. Sewarp, Secretary of State, Wasuincton, November iz, 1-6: Regulations for the Execution of the Postat Con- enton agreed upom between the Post De; mens of the United States and of the North man Union, on tle 2ist of October, 1567. in accordance witn Arucle XIX of the con- vention, concluded between the United States of America and the North Germaa Uaion. on the 2ist of October. 1857, the post-offices of the two countries ave established the following regniations.— ; Suction 1. Provisionally, aud until other- Wise srrapged, the offices for the exchange of mails shail be, om the side of the United sae 2. Boston. 3. Philadelphia. re 1. New York. 4. Chicago. On the side of the North Ger- man Union, The Travelling Post-Uitice No. W, between Cologne and Verviers, v. Bremen. 3. Hamburg. ‘The mails shail ve exchanged—a. Hetween the Travelling Post-Uftice 5 J Verviers, om. N Evgiand ip! rk. MSpovion 1. The sender of a Tegistered letter us authorized to demand, by @ notice on ms — that the receipt, ease, the sub-crided receipt shall bs returned Without deiay to the exchange office whence the letier was despatched. There shall be no tee levied for the delivery of a receipt. The receipt shail be printed inGerman and Eoglisa Innguage, and shall be aunexed to the letters e despatebing exchange office. oTIow III. Patteras or samples of mer- udise exceeding the weight of fifteen lot (eightand three fourths ounces) capuot be se tothe North German Union. Letter dress, Qun-es) or more, if containing articles subje. to custom or obligation= from the mails sent Unie Sgetion 1V. Each mail exchanged bet ween the respective offices spall be accompanied by & letter bill, showing the postages, fees, &c., and the charges of transit accruing to e1ca ui- fice upon the different kinas of correspondence. The torm of this letter Dill shall follow the odels A aud B, hereto annexed, and they shall be consecutively numbered by the de- atcbing office durit each calendar year. 1g Office saall acknowledge the Teceipt by the next following despatch, Secerton V. Tbe exchange offices divide the correspondence which they d igto @ suitable + excluded to the Norta German paca te the Poet or tett corner in the w Corson VIL. All letters exchanged between the two offices shall indicate by stamp, or writing thereon, oes Cry Correspondence hall be stamped in the ali,” andin ‘ne North German Union Ht | Hy ps eat ns losing shall mark bye beerrag i of tage foreign office of origin upon ie uupaid letters sent in transit. an ee Suoriow X11. Articles under band which do Rot conform to the conditions mentioned in Articie VIII. of the Convention, or wnich are in no part hall bs retained at the disposition of the administration of origin, or, if sent. shall not be subject to account. Sectios XII1. Letters originating im or des- tined for foreigm countries sent in theopen mall for transit through the United States, or through tne North Germen Union, and which are in- sufficiently prepaid, shall be transmit ed as who'ly unpaid, and ro account taken between the two administrations of the amount pre- peid. Bat if one or more full rates small bs repaid the nnmber of rates fully prepaid sbali always credited. Sxoviow X1V. Letters, and all registered ar- pote c&annot he gg esa ali Sia spectively returned to the dispatebi \° istration at (he end of every poe paid letters retarned shall ae at the office originally charged therewith. The postage on prepaid letters returned shall remain in the ba ghd #s originally eae apiik e@ expense of tran unpaid correspoa- deuce, which bas been transpor.ed by either ad- ministration im closed mails, and shall be re- turned to the despatehing office as got delivera- ble. shail be deducted from the original amoun’. for transit upon a deciai ation awount by the office clatming the reduction. No charge will be made by efther admnistra. tion for ihe transit of correspondence returned asnotdeliverable. Thebordersaux of corres- pondence wot deliverable shail follow the ‘Models F oe mane. ——e Suction re cotrespondence wrongly Addressed or missent shall be returned, with- out delay. by the receiving office to the ex- hat office which despatched it. The re- office shall also correct accordingly, in tbe column of verifiostion, the original entries of the letter bill relating to such dence. The articies of a like to persons who have changed their residence sball be mutually forwarded or returned, charged with the rate which would have been paid on the Grst destination. SEcTIONX VI. 1 be despatching exchange office shall state, on the letter bill, for the intermedi- ate offices, the exact number of single rates of letters (or weight if required) and the total net ‘weight of the other ‘which shall be despatched, in closed mails, by such inter- mediate transit. Sxoriow XVII. It is upderstcod that the ac- counts between the two offices shell be estab- proper money of the deopatouing ome’ oat ie proper money of the despatching office, but the imternational postage on the letters insufficiently prepaid letters. or be computed ‘m the money of the receiving office. The re. duction of these moneys shail be eff sted in the general accounts at the rate of one dollar for one thaler eleven silber-groschen and eight Pfennigs. Inenteting the foreign charges the letter bill, iu the money of the despatching office, the cent shall be considered the equiva- Ivnt of five pfennigs. Itisaleo understood (hat the quarterly ace counts sbali be adjusted respectively in gold, and ‘a the denominaiion of the money of the ereqitor office. Ssction XVIU. The quarterly accounts, meptioned in Article X1V. of the con vention, shalt be prepared by the respective d'spatch- ing offices of exchange. They shall be based upon the acknowledments of receipt, and shall respectively be prepared according to the models here‘o annexed, marked H or I. The accounts preared by the North German Offices shall be transmitted Department of the Ualted States. A lation of the respectlve account! defini result duke for ine debit aoa, *l be ar oy the United States office, and sball then be transmitted. with the ac. counts on which it is based, for the examina- tion of the otber office. Seotion X1X. The charge to be made by the North the it ot tor transi cloved maile, which the United States enall exchange ither direction with countr: beyond Germany, shall be as follows ‘or mails exchanged witn Switzerland or Italy 15 piennigs per 30 grammes of letters For other correspondence 5 siloer-groschen per imme. “yer malls ex¢hanged with other countrie= one balf eilber-groschen per singles letter rate. For otber correspondence 4 silber-groschen per kslogramme. Exeented in duplicate, at Washington the 2a July, 6; at Beriin the suum June, 18s. PHILirenoRn. ALEX. W. RampDact, nerval, U. 8. \. America. AMUSEMENTS. NATIONAL THEATER, THIS EVENING, Urbia THUMPEON. Postmaste; Mii When sne wii And tne Mooring Fetes "Han, THE COUD FOR NOTHING, SINBAD MATIN: Saturday, at Aa » @ cents; Ubiidren. 25 BMO YW THE DL it td ave Some Pe § Bi moved their ABT fon No. 304 Wihueroets, fn Hoce’s now building ee 4 -, re wil to the publi won as it can. be pro cif dead with © C Sesortment re in our ‘Thanking the public for past favors, recetve a continuance of their pa’ we shall at all endes| A bk. mreets, is now Popile for the com aye and hours and }. from from 8 to 10 p. m., Wednesdays end Gen- hed at the Ke oo 9-tt anced scholars of Ladies coe eaten & Acedemy or at the Mesie Btores’ 56) ON B LBIFION Mo. 406 PIC-NICS, EXCURSIONS, &c. Fo= ounr vanom. 77 Tsaac coa.e, 3m., & BRO., IMPORTERS OP Men’s Furnishing Goods, 14 HANOVER STREET, CORNER OF GERMAN, {hen 18-coSm, stp” BALTIMOBS. G*anD RapvoriON oF Parors, Do. 5 ets. entrance to Ledtes'Halr pate, street ud Penns. avenue under the ocl-tt PRICE TWO CENTS. EVENING STAR. TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. Washington Nows and Gossip, | TMs Afterneen’s Dispatches, pS ip Har INTERBAL HEVENUB.—The receipts to-day SPECIAL REPORTS. from tits ree Were $343,320.79. puget bance THE ST. LOUIS AMBITION. ASHARP ADVERTIGING TRICK. Special to The Evening. Star. Crrctmmati, Oct. 22.—The Gazette has the following report of the first day’s proceedings of the St. Louis National Capital Convention: St. Louis, Oot, 20.—The National Capital Von- vention’ met at Mercantile Library Hail this fternoon, aNd was called to order about three Jape, T. DomPur bas been appointed a temporary clerk in the Pevsion Office. Firtaen cHanous baye recentiy beea mae in the Galveston Custom Hoase. A majority Of the new appointees are colored mea. Mx. M. B. Rourmer, ot Comberiand, Mu. has been appointed. to a.clerzsnip In the Q: termasier Generai’s Office. Gun. BEtknar, the new Secretary of War, ts tepresentet to be as warm a friend ot the | prayer oy Mr. theecee Mayer tees ies eee Ouban cause a8 was bis predecessor, S-cre:ary | duced and made the following brief address of Rawlins. ¥O ORATOR A8 BRUTUS 18. Gentlemen: The very pleasant duty of wel- coming you to our city has been assigned to me by the committee im charge. 1 very much re- gret that some ope more capable speech bad mot been chosen, but mone couk’ have been selected who would more sigoereiy and more cordially welcome you to the city of St. Louis, ‘We welcome you the name of all classes of our cizens. who Bail your advent among us Oommovorn® Jno. L. WORDEN will taxe charge of the Naval Academy at Annapolis. as successor te Vice Admiral Por‘er on the 1s: Proximo. Manint's Sores Danesawre last night was & very brilliant and fashionably-attended af- fair. As heretofore his classes are large, and &s the rising purpose of the to move at mede up of the el ite of the city. #n early day the capital from its present loca- Pines Geant aad General. & a | ee ene eee central a we Will probably be present at the reunion of the | great S:ates h whose common borders Army of the Tennessee. which ta&es piacea: | tbe creat river which s' jeeps: ae wo shores, us day, washes our common ee Ky., on the 17th and 18th of Novem. together im &. Tax Navy Drragrmanr contemplates the ye teat all say Purchase of the property known as Frog Pond, | deliberations may be conducted witha spirit of near the Naval Academy at Annapolis, for the ppl ey mee ya ow return purpose of enlarging the grounds of that insti. to your own happy homes you will bear to. tion. ward us the same Kind and warm feelings with ‘which we greet you to-day in our midst. HUMBLE BRGINNERS. Jadge Lowe, of lowa, was then nominated Exrexsz OF COLLECTING THE INTERNAL RevENUB—The total amount of internal rev. enue collected in 1968 was $178,"51,012.61, and we hen Gohy: of een ae ee the total expense of collecting the seme sg, | ¥! - OC. Of Missourt, ai i 248,£50.59, being a little over 1 3-10 per cent. Ea. Harlan, of Illinois, as temporary Secre- Tus Commitrzr of the House of Represen. tatives appointed to inquire into the causes of the decline of American shipbuilding interests, is now hearing testimony in Portland, Me. ‘Their report is expected to,zecommend a re_ ‘Date of the tariff on foreign articles imported for use in shipbuilding. ann sympathy with the movement for the removal of the seat of the National Government to the Valley of the Musiesippi The following Committee on Permanent Or- ganization was then appomted:—George M. ‘Stuart, of Alabama; Wm. Gilpin, ot Californi K. K. Joues, Llinows; A. C. Dodge, lowa; Job: F. Fisboacs, Indiena; Garret Da: Ki hem Lonisiana; Frederic Masset i heim, Lon! 5 ick Muench, Missouri; Taomas E.Tutt, Montana; J.S.Ovarch, Ne- brasda; Wm. A. Pile, New Mexico; N. M. Bell, Oregon; J. 8. Jeggie, Pennsylvania; A. J. Kelier, Tennessee. UNFERCKEDENTED CONDITION AND EFFECT oF GARRBT Davis. During tbe abseuce of the committee Garret Davis, of Kentucky, was called upon for « sprech, to which he responded by saying be was unprepared to speak, Hi at the growth of St. Lo caty #8 & great commerci point; believed that the would see @ million peo; bei believe it was best for Louis to have the Capitol. He thought rather she should concentrate ail her energies ia commercial and manutacturing enterprises, build railroads, &c., And become the great center of supply for th= Mississippi Valley. His ch produced no unpleasant effect upon the Convention. THE SUB-COMMITTEE of the House Commit. tee of Ways and Means met at Boston yester- day, to examine into the present bonded ware- house system, the internal revenue tax, and kindred subjects. The members are: Messrs, Allison, Blair, Maynard, Brooks, Kelly, and McUarthy. THE STPAWERS ALGONQUIN AND SHAMOKIN were yesterday sold to Thomas Oiyde for $55,000—€30,000 for the Algonquin and $25,000 fortheSbamokin. The price for the Algonquin is the same as that paid by the Haytien govern- ment Gnd afterwards retanded by our govern- ment because the Haytiens refused te receive ber. THR FOLLOWING PROMOTIONS have been made in the General Land Office: Theoaore Trevitt, J.S. Brown, J. H. ©. Wilson, Jas. P. Tanner, Jr., George J. Buxton, and Charles 7 {kOm. 1et-00 td clase. ena SOW iti Rantin tent tarre son, U. J. Baxter, and E. 8. Brosius, from 2d to 34 class. HBERY Coorse, who is talked of ase rising competitor of Andrew Johnson for the Tennes. see Senatorshbip, is described in the Louisville Courter-Journal as a clever, modest, go0d-look- ing and pleasant young man, who hasthe abil- ity to make a good Senator, but who will puli no wire, and spend no money to succeed. P. S.—It will be seen by our despatches tha: he bas been elected. Tue Naval Court-MAgtrat in session at Boston for the past four weeks for the trial o° Lieutenant Commander Seeley, of the United States steamer Pawnee, on charges of brata! treatment of sailors, conduct unbecoming an following pames for otli rmane: icers: Presiden'—Hon. John D. Caton, of Ilmois. Libre ae Wie ne Alabama ex Governor William Gilpin, lorado; S. R. Towa; Hon’ 8k Persian tanieng en eae ow 8 E. 4 Charchill, Kentack, Louisiana; G. Thue: issouri: Thomas E” Tatt, Montana; Ohurch, Nebraska: Gov Wm. A. Pile, New Mexico; Asa McUulley, Oregon; G. B. Jeggie, Pennsyivania; A. J Keller, Tennessee; J. P. Root. Arkansas. Secretaries—D. A. Sutton, Emule Pretorious and J. GO. 8. Colby, of Missouri: Mooniight, Kansas: M. Walden, low: MUCH EMBARRASSMENT WITH LITTLE REASON. Judge Oaton was escorted to the chair, aired ‘pplause, and stated that as he had no. for nearly @ third of a century, attended a deliber- ative body, he was much embarrassed, with. vut introduction, and at the spur of the mo- ment, to find Bimeelf placed in so officer, &c. adjourned, and the record witn | « position, and he hoped the convention be = the findings and sentence have been transmit. | ulgent to bim in the discharge of the duties ted to Secretary Robeson for approval. They | ¢*0lving upon him. He deemed the occasion the convention together a very important one—the removal of the capital of tbe nation. Those acquainted with the cir- cumstances under which the capital was locat- a where it now 1s know that at that ume all {be population and wealth of the United States were copfined to & marrow border, siretcbimg along the Atlantic coast. Since then 4 great empire bas sprung up in the West, and au empire of wealih, power and enterprise. The circumstances which designated the Dis- trict of Columbia as the seat of Goverament no Jonger exist, but cogent reasons have arisen why a change shoald be made. It is not for us, however, to determine where bal be located, or even that it shall be re- moved at all, but we come together to consult tor the general good, and if afterall the reasons for and agamest Temoval have been fally Weighed, it shall be apparent that the well. being of the nation will be best subserved by leaving the capital where it is, then I venture to say that none ere will desire its removal. ‘Thirty-six years ago, when I first came to this ai x emall portion of the poputation ft the nstion was found im this region. and the great prairies bordering the Mississippi river ‘on ese side Were the Lome of the Indian and the grazing ground of Wild beasts. Now the deer and wolf bave Eiven place to flocks and herds. Almost every quarter section bas been brought under the control of the husbandman; mills and man: isctories ave sprung up in every direction. ‘will be promulgated in a day or two. APPOINTMENT OF SUPERVICORS.—Commis- sioner Delano this moroing nominated ex- State Senator Jobn O"Doni of New York, to be Supervisor of Internal Revenue for the Northern District of that State, in place of Smytb, resigned; and General J. B. Sweit wrt, Of Pittsburg, to be Supervisor for the Western District ot Pennsylvania, in place of Southworth, resigned. Mz. WILLIAM R. SMITH, Superintendent of the Botanical Gardens, has returned from Eu- Tope, whither he went some three months since by direction of the Library Committee of both Houses ot Congress. During his stay there he visitea all the principal gardens and conser. vatories, both public and private, in England, Scotland, France, Holland, Belgium and Ger. mapy, and made complete arrangements for a system of exchange of plants, seeds, roo's, &c., wath the authorities in charge of all the places be visited. THEU. S. StBawer TaLcaroosa, which lett Rere a short time since for Annapolis, to take the seamen from the practice ship at Annapolis to the receiving ships at New orkand Boston, is expected to return here in the cuuree ot afew days, when she will receive extensive repairs atthe Navy Yard. New boilers will be placed im ber, and other needed improvements made. it is said that Commander T. 8. Fillebrown, now on duty as a member of the Examining Board at the Navy Department, will be ordered to the command of the Tallapoosa, in place of Commander Ralph Chandler, Fecently de- A® APPLICATION OF BIRCH. tached. Judge James H. Birch, of Missouri, otferea 8 resolution providing for @ committee to pre- Pare an address to the people of the countr; a of removing the ‘4 under the contro! of an armed mob, which has risea to prevent execution of the revenue laws, The leader of this mob, one James P. Ooxer, ‘who 18 represented to be a wealthy and in- fuentia] man, has threstened Assistaat As. enough for the con: Adjourned ag 7:30 p. ue i ii part of the country, eources of the power on earth covld withstand the demands of the people, if they would stand united, and make their voices ‘1HE CREAT WESTREN PACTS IN THE case. Clark E. Carr, of Ilimois, was next cali the from Lilnos come bere because they believed in the mova. | ment, and whatever may be the action of the convention the thme was Dot far distact when the seat of Government would be removed to be Mi Valley. Stilt we must no* ic- ne case. We musi it e TeMOVAl Will Cost @ largeamoun of money, and we shall from rent parts of the country. Taoese sre facts, and the questions to be considered are: Isit tent? Isat right that the Meved it was, and for the reason that when the cal wl yy gone it tae greg there use that was centre of pop. ulation and wealth of the country and was easy of access. And Tesolntion adopted by Congress on the 27th of Augus', 1759, while im session at New Yor! the main point in which was that the capital should be jozsted with reference zo the centre of Wealth, population and extent of territory, consistent with convemence, and to the com- merce of the Atlantic ocean and the particular situation of the Western Si TH sir, the march of Empire bas gone t» the West. The wealth and power of the couu- try are in the West, and why cannot the people of this great country, the wealth and power baving been transferred from the ae, Fagen capital to the West! At the time Tioms. It may be said that it would not be conve- nient tor New Engiand to have rhe Oapital in | tne West. may be tree in a tums York and the Middle States. It is being in- vested in our railways, in all the intermational improvements of ovr country, stock of every conceivable kind, and in works of public imterest and »mportance. And it is the advantage of the people of this country build up the West rather than the country on the else that produce poper and influence, We have advanced to the Pacific . and can go no further, and this valley must always be the cemtre of population. ‘THE GREAT WSSTERE “WE WiLL.” Then let us say to our fathers enst of the | Alleghenies, and to our children beyend t! ‘Sierra Nevada. that we will have the Uapital of the nation in the Valley of th Mississippi, ‘as the most ceutral point im the countr: SUSPENDED ANIMATION. Adjourned until to-morrow morning ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS. UNITED STATES NATOR FROM TEN DESEEK. A Surprise—A. J. Defeated—Henry Cooper Elected. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. NASHVILLE, Uct. 22.—The opposition con- | my centrated on Henry Cooper to-day, and he was Meet with opposition | £ nee or b itexped capital should be removed! He be- | THE CALIFORNIA JUDICIAL ELEC. Trion edt ¥. Telepraphed Exclusively to Tne Brewing Star. Say Prawcieco. Uct. 21 —The election im this city yeserday reeulted in the e&ster oF | Rovert F. Morrisy mocrat, for Jadge ot whe 4B Dustriet Co MeKiestry. indepeo- 1 CeBt aOd Repablicoy esnaidare tor Judge oF be i2th Destrict Coury aud W. D. Si Democrat, for Police Judge of San Fran The majorities tor ste —For Urookett, Democrat, (sepporied also by lndependents,) 3,11, and for Waliace, Dem- Sorat, 07. The vote was omusually light. on!y 13.50) votes Deng cast, There was apathy im the judictal election. nite bas been Tecetved ae to the out the State, os it Bas been a bie to the Democrats, and the election of J. B. Crockett and Wm. T. Wallace to the Supreme Brock te conceded. Salutes im respect to the memory of Franklin Pierce were fired from the harbor fortifications to-cay THE CAPITAL. MOVER: ! SION. ONAN EXCUR- Telegrephed Fxclusterly to Tae Evening Star. | St. Lovie, Oct. 22 —The delegates to the Na- tional Capital Convention Bave gone on a rive: excursion. Tey will y. tt the ira farasces of Cirondolet and otber places of ote. THE KE DE MONSTPENS(ER To RE Kee OF sra PERWArs Telegraphed Prelunecty to Tae Evening Star Maputo, Oct. 22 —The mdications now ar that (he Deke Ge Moatpenties will be the eu <.sefus candidate for tne Throne of Spain FUGESIE IN EGYPR. Tlegrazhed Exclusively to Tae Brewing Star. ALeXaDDRia, Uct 22.—The Empress Bb: oustantinople at a FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. | Tae New York Express financial article yes erday, forestadows another combination for a lock-up of greenbacks, and other manipu- dations of a character to admonish unsuspect- ing outsiders, if Whey Bre wise, to “stand from under.” Tbe mouey market is quiet and steady tS to? per cent. ou call, With jarger tramsac- Yons at 6 percent. The currency movement i» Without importance. Discounts are high, and Tange irom tep to fifleen per cent. —_-_—_ Gove Securities. Warne rtor, October 22, 150%.—Jay Cooke & Co., furnish the following quotations of Gov- | ernment securities : | U.S. @s, 181.... ———_»—___ sense, | By Bonkers’ and Brokers’ Telegraph, James m. Gassaway, oper ator} Lewis Jobnesa & Uo. quowatoces and bonds | ip Rome and foreign markets as follows: | Baton. 130 do. pref’d. 142. | Gold, 13044131 %- Pe 6 yg 938 | a | SIX; 65's, Sly; §67%s, s: ola, Se = ites ™.—Ootton market quiet. Middling Upiands, 12a? |, 2y. Sales for che ween, 54.000 were for trade. 12400 for speculation and 21,00) for expor: Receipts for the week, 71,000 bales; ef which are Americra. | Midcling Orleans, 04 elected Senator on the first ballot: the vote re. | 8.00 suiting, Cooper, 55; Joknson, 51. Mr. Cooper is & gentleman of fine ability, and bas been a consistent Union man all the time. [Second Dispatch. NASEVILLE, Oct. 22.—The Senato Tial contest is ended, and the result bas taken every one by surprise. Johnson's friends felt conAdeut of bs success, but it sprung on him, as when the vote came to be taken Jobson received 51 votes aad Heary Cooper, of Davidson county, 55. Intense excitement prevailed on the an- Bouncement of the v: Fi Rescued Passe: Nevada Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Saw Francisco, Oct. 21.—Tne passengers and crew of the wrecked staamer Sierra Nevada arrived here to-day on the steamer Governor Wood and are among the ers; forty-two of wkom jed to spend 8 night on the sea in . The treasure and ship's papers Wyte, saved, bat the passengers lost ali their fects. To-day being the anniversary of the great eorthquake. the newspapers baye comments on the subj The steamboat Forty-Nine has been sunk in the Columbia river, above Fort Colville, aad is @ total lors. Rear Admiral Thomas J. Y. Uraven has been appointed Port Admiral at San Francisco, and ‘Will be relieved from command of Mare island Navy Yard on the Ist of January, m0, by Commodore Jobn R. Goldsboroag! Werk on the Sutro Tunnel was inaugurated on the 19th inet. A heavy storm of rain and *now interfered with the ceremonies. THE BROOKS ASSASSINATION UCASE. Testi y of Mr. Breoks—He Identifies Dougherty—The Missing Witness. Telegrophed Exclusively to The Evening Star PRILADELPHIA, Oct. 22.—The tial of the Brooks case was resumed to-d: Mr. Brooks testified to the facts of the as. sault. He recognized Mirrow as beimg in hec- ban’s store previous to to be the man he saw siruggling to get into the carriage when he Teached tt in porsuit of bis assailants Qn accowat of the ee | THE MARKETS To-Day. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star DacTIMORE, Uct. 22.—Vottou quiet—nomi- nelly at 26. Flour d t 3. Bacon qatet; Riv sides, 20820 ¢; clear do, 21; a21); sboal- ders, 17) Hams, 2éa25. Lard quiet at isu. Whisky firm.and in good demaed at sivia $12. The stock is scarce and some holders ask $1.23. New Yor«, - 2.—Fiour heavy and de. | cling. Wi dull and nomimaily tower. Corn dull and ic. lower BaLtinogs. Oct. 22.—Virginia old, 454 1366, 2 bid, 5; asked. ed Stocks ansetued 7 per Exchange, loug, ¥\ short, 9\. Gold, 5-20's, 1-62, coupon, = *. COUpon, 7%; Virginia Sixes, ex-coupon Rew, 32. Nort Carolina Sixes, old i” do. 47: de. new, eo -—__ A Washington correspondent of the Baiti- more Guccite, Veterting to Uke ignorant abuse of Wasbington by those who speak without knowledge, say's of such critics — “They luerally «© nothing of Washmg- ton, of its climate, its people, its elegant privai# Tesidencer, or its charming suburbs. If it rains while (hey are here, it is always rainy; if it i< dusty, 1¢ is always dusty; af it ts hot, 1 is ext door to the interaal regions, The lobbyists, | Dummers, thieves and carpet-baggers, whict swarm about rhe hotels, they misrepresent a= the le of Wasb.nzton. his inuch for t origin of the rumerous cslumnies upon t= Capital and is people. Now for the fact Every ome who Bas resided here for any lengin of time will say that the climate as far trom “misersble.” Few cities have more charming ~surroundings.” Tbe sanitary reports show that Washington is one of the healiBiest citirs ed States. Nor will you find eise- » in & city of BO greater population, more elegant private residences. The number now Im process of construction fs really sur- and shcwe Deither fears of # E temporary sojourners trow beooming perma- pent Tedents. Those who bave attained the entree into Washington society. mater, by the way, uuless the stranger be in unex —Wil! bear witness that a more refined and intellectual circle does not exist elsewhere in the country. summer F iF | E 1 : ; i i i £ 4 & : i fj i H 2 i | i i y : between e it bib] t