Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1869, Page 1

“THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Sunday excepted, | At The Star Building, j 8 W. Cerner Pennsylvania Av. and lth St, BT Tax EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY. wei by carriogs to their ezb- i City a trict at Tey CENTS PRR Sartor Fonry form Cusrs Pex woxtu. Copies sf the’ counter, Two CENTS. Prick FoR MarLixe -—Three Monthe, and Fifty Conte, Six Three Dollars; On Year. Five Dollars. No papers are scat ici “ge ofBee longer than pai - ; THE WEEKLY STAR—pubdiished o@ Friday worning—One Dollar aud a-hali a year. TRE STAR ie serv er SPECIAL NOTICES, Tsoi PERIFNCE OF THE LARGEST AD- THY Feriseit iN THR UNITED STATES, Apeentaise DITAMTYENT, ’ a . Thewex—F ner in which you are —(Commen iad iTS EFFECY IS MIRA‘ HALLS VEGETABLE SECILIAN HAIR RENE leo BEFORE YOU & the old. gray, disco! orernment Stamp over er Bid others are tune “RP. HALL & CO., Nashua, N. H., Proprietors. For sale by all druggist«. atin PERRY DAVIS’ PAIN KILLER, Asan ixternal remedy, has no eqnal. In cases of Chelic, Summer Complaint, Dy «peps: Asthma. and Bheumati«m, it will cure in 1 ¥athing with it freely. . Its action is like bad sores, burns, a epral For the sick headache, and toothache, don’t fail to try it. In short, it ia Pain Killer. no 23-Im BATCHELOR’S HAIR DYE. This splendid Hair Dye is the best in the world; the only true and perfect Dye; harmless, reliable, ok disappointment: no ridiculous Tints. remedies the ill effects of bad Dives: inv and leaves the Hair soft and beautiful, BLACK OR £ BROWN. Sold by all Dr s and Perfumers; openly applied at Batchelor's Wig Factory, No- Ye Bond street. N'Y. ‘Seoly poet a AMUSEMENTS. THIS EVENING. LAST NIGHT ¢ WESTE N4tteNAL FuEaTR imperson- Tayleure's 's thrilling EMENT. ay. arranged 69. HUMPTY t time here. presented READI Miss ELLA 4 At CARKOLE HEL. © Sire tm MONDAY EVE December 13th, a < Tickets. 50 cents; te at Parker and at W h S$. Thompson's. Drugyists, corner 1th New York av : "KTON 1. Beoween Oth and emma Seats can be secured, without extra charge. fro Tuesday. Lecoey pe : = M: en ae store, . Doors open at 7 o'clock: Concert will commence a Boelock. ine est Y a. GYMNASI * Open Daily from? CLASSES FOR ¢ jomday . Wednesday. Migfeeday: Weaneslsy r 9th and D streets. ‘Terms: $9 per annum ‘$6 for members of the Associat det-coln " LEY, B 443 Tenth wirest essen dose above ¥, L COSTUMER FOR FANCY AND MASQUE BALLS, Fo! x a LEMEN AND CHIL- A EE oe 200 °'= PAINTINGS! ‘or sale Fi Exhibition at BARLOW’S GALLERY OF FINE ARTS. ‘A large number of ODERN PICTURES suitable for Pioliday fone will be found cuenest Gam. No. 23 S=®VEN PER CENT. FIRST CLASS GOLD BONDS, AL PAYABLE IN GOLD IN FIFTY PRINCIP. ® % , PAYABLE IN GOLD LN NEW INTEREST FONE ORLONDON, | FREE OF UNITED STATES TAXATION, ISSUED BY THE BURLINGTON, CEDAR RAPIDS AND MIN. WESOTA RAILWAY CO. BEING A AGE CONVERTIBLE SINKING SIRST MORTG. AGUND BOND. SECURED BY THE A FIRST CLASS INVESTMENT, Ls NV CURRENCY NEAKLY TEN a ‘ek CENT. PER ANNUM. TRUSTEES: J. EDGAR THOMSON, of Philadelphia, Pa, ES L. FROST, of New York City. Winancia! Ag: nts for the sale of the Bonds, HENRY CLEWS 2 co, 32, Wall Street, Now York. BP Theee Bonds may be obtained at 93 acd ae- erned interest, of LEWIS JOHNSON & CO , Barkers, and Mtb etreet, Wi er ee avenue wae ye HIGHEST CASH PAID FOR LADIES’, coccte aE 2 HARTOGRNSIS, 941 Th atrert ‘Shoes. cto. at E. 8. HA! , 24 atreet. 5 througa: Seomece, a cad 5. ‘Any order rs FENANCIAL AND COMMERCTAL. a . oa . =; > The New York ot contin ned fairy active yesterday until ater two o'clock, when !t Worked more ¢asily. amd at the cloxe balances i were effected as low as six per cent, 4 % Government Securities, Wasniscrox, Doc. 9, 1889.—Jay Cooke & Co. furnish the following qactadous of Government Seeurities: ¢ : + a on Tae : Five-twen: ales. wenties, Se -Sgeeee o%, B4—N2. 5,225. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY. DECEMBER EVENING STAR. "Washington News and Gossip. INTERNAL Revenve—The reeo'pts to-day from this source were @199,988, 1969. TWO CEN FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS, | TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. This Afternoon’s Proceedings. |" This Afternoon’s Dispatches. Tavrspay, December 9, 186. gts ai SENATE—The Vice President presented ree ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS. olutions of South Carolina Legislature asking the recognition of Cuba. Referred to Commii- FROM THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. What the King Thinks of the United Tue Senare, after ashort executive session this afternoon, during whieh no contiru:itions were made, adjourned until Monday. careful eewration and compass of topical tn- | eae terest. tex: embraces thirty-dive separate Bankers’ end Broker James mt. heads, with the usual appendix of statistical | 2” a oe tables. It is accompanied by mapsof the ditfer- Lewis Johnson & Co. quote stocks and bonds ent pablie land States snd Territ and markets 00 follows: bya conneeted 1uap of the of the whole country. showing dhe pr ‘Of the public sar, sat pee » by a mercatorial chartof the » Nomwrnations.—The President sent the fol- lowing nominations to the Senat Lay F. Dillon, of lowa, to be U.S. Cirenit 4 the Eighth Judicial District; $. Pierre Reming- ton to be Collector of Customs for the district of Oswegatchie, N. ¥.. vice George Parker, 1e- tee on Foreign Affairs. ‘Mr. Saulsbury asked leave and was evensed TRAL CRAVEN has been ordered to rom service on the Committees on Mines and is stele wi 1 excell 4 s of Port Admiral at San Fran- || moved. Salas Stim ope Revolutionary Pensyons. Telegraphed Exclusively to T.¢ Evening Star. wath tables of valuable statintles ‘lustrating the | 5 The Serax Counr was w-liy engaged | | Mr. Anthony gave notice that be sho A8c18cO, Dec. 9-— Advices from Hone- | geographical, industrial, and commercial rela~ conan wet G - . upon the case of Zephenia' t gary day call attention to the subjec he h 2 tors of the United States. Cumbertand, 27:Quick Marshal Harlow, Ex-Marshat Public Printing, where reform was haperatively ar The operations of the publie land system | during the tisea! presei and Captain Franklin to the King. Admiral made a speech, and ©: pleasnire im making the personal ac) aintance R. Dermott: appeal from the deja ed 4164; Western the District ef Columbia. This suit, it will be tou Water Power, New York Centr: Stranakan and Judge Oalver, ot New York, are at the Arlington. flemanded. It was tne to put a stop to the ex- travagant amount of printing whic stantly ordered by tho two Hous. aS con- Cading June 30, ie, were az the pubic land States and | €xeept Wyoiming and Alaska. Sur- remembered, was for work won the bi - 4 4 - | Eric pref 45 ng.20% Mi . : nthony, from the Committee on Print- | of His Majesty. He said the Ame have Leen completed in Ohio, indiana, | © E 2 roxkn Dexano had a long interview | known as the Avenue House, at th ad resolutions t9 print copies | took great interest’ in thes Sichigua, Minow, Aichene, tate | 228s Mick on, Srotern, % cn esdent this morning, daring which J 7th’ -treet and Mark Department reports, takiag the | Uresperity of his - kingdom, de ad I A sketch of the | Soingect, fn | Swarts spouts oecasion $0:m1 he above reuiarks. sired to cultivate friendly relations with ven, ineludmg the pro- | Rock Toad, i Aes | nternal revenue officers in various Tux RecoxstRvCT * | Sit. Carpenter intronuced a bil to tix the sal- | his people. He regretted that, the vesel he practice under them. | . a 4 2 i fasekaling, ban ieesd ary of the Chiet Justice at 12,000 and of tha | temporarily bearing hist was of a class that the public domain is Alton, ; Chicago and Aton a Walker fied. Wiassd, the Associate Justices of the Supr Court at | forbade sooniyy is Majesty om» board with which, = the past | cred, 424; Ohio and Sti certiticates, boa = Mest per annum. Referred to Comuittes on | proper honors. The King responded that he was “were surveyed, involving | Sry "1 ence to the adm always gratified to weleome naval officers of the of survey. The entire arca | 343 Adame Express, 0 5; W. , ote, adjoarned until Drake ttroduced d States, and was espegially pleased to American Express, 3 eee a 9 NG Val Express, —. Market 5143; Merchants "i + rail nan ier anna the Admiral on the present oceasion. Satarday, when they will receive other statc- | unit ors of President and Vie nt and of hhe had received frequent assurances of strong. Gold, 123;ga128%. ments, but gave notice this morning that they Representatives in Congress. Hefetred to Ju- | the interest and good will of the Government 4 [By Cate. tuterview with hij be in writing. diciary Comuittee. and p ple of the United S: ho welfare nt qghsDON, Dec. 9, Tp. m—Consols, for =n07 ees a Mr. Kellogg Introduced of his ki mM; assurances upon which he had receti 2x; for account, 32yax; Bonds, 1862, 85) 5 REC curys # ROM Custoys.— The receiptstrom SALARIES OF THE JUDGES OF TIE SUPREME | Mississippi Fntey Levee © the fullest reliance, aud which were cordially ase of 340,100.38 over | i ‘S4; 1807, B54; i Sig; Ulineis, 9945 ms at the ports below named, for the 7 . nd ir. Carpenter introduced in the to-day, a bill increasing the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Uni- ted States to $12,000 per armum, and the salary Associate Justices to $10,00), present salaries are $5,000 for the Chief 86,000 for the Associate Justices, nt, it will be remembered, recom- mends an increase ir pay in his message. reciprocated by himself. ‘Thanksgiving day was appropriately observed by the Americans of Honoluia.. Tne Chinese immigration question cugrossed the attention of the people. A remarkable thunder and hail -torm had visited Hawaii. The mountains were covered with snow. . fon hy seainenesg Erie, 20 y; Allantle, 26; it oe ate Rererred to Comni = - ~ Fyre pms Pants? p. m.—Hentes, 72f. Se. 4a LavERroot, 1 p. ™.—Ootton market steay. Some minor details of the pre-emption laws | Sales 10,000 bales. Middiing Uplands, 11),; Mid- require revision, but the general features are dling Orleans, 11%. > | ‘ROW sett and Wer king smvct! ie me stead policy is the worthy supplement of the The Markets To-Day. pre-cimption. A great increase of appropriation | Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. of public lands by actual settlers under these BALTINoR®, Dec. 9.—Cotton firm ant quiet; two classes of laws is shown. It is estimated that | Middling Uplands 244. Flour quiet an.l steady: by direct and indirect operations of the land | Howard street smpertine, #47) do. extra, system during the last tseal year, 69,000 small | #5.25a86.25; do. Samuily, S6.2ae 2B, City Mills tarmus were added to the treeholds of our Re- ‘5285.75; do. extra, 4 public, about double the entire number of land owners in England, as reported in the decen- nial census of 1561. We hage # the principle of to town sites! and have given tpoctel feclittes 6 week ending December 4 were, as follows:— ; 4; New York, $1300, 92,578.51; Baltimore, $165,870. . November 20th to 2th, $1 2359.48, lary of th miner offered a resolution instracting the Committee on District of Columbia to en- quire into the propriety of repealing the charter of the Medical S 44 District of Colum- Via, and of sn g San Franc i. To’ Tar “G. A. do a very handsome and thoughtful thing in putting the newspaper folks in the very front seats at the Lincoln Hall lee- tures. These seats next the ‘votlights are not conridered quite eligible by most lecture-goers, but the press-gang being generally deaf and short-sighted, i> is, we repeat, a very thonght- ful thing in the managers to put them just scene = ENGLISH ITEMS. Rise in Rebel Bonds—_The Government to take Possession of the Tel Lines—The Peabody Faneral F! Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. » Lonpon, Dee. 9.—The prices of rebei bonds have considerably improved recently in view of the proposed settlement ofthe Alabama claime= ‘The government will take possession of the Mr. Sunmer said this Medical Association had refused to admit to meibership certain colored praetitioners in the istrict, one of whom had served with distinction as a Surgeon in the late war. One of the clanses in the charter of the association provides that none of its members shall hold consultations with any medical prac- titioners who have resided in the District for six superfine, £0; family, $ia¥8.25, Western superfine, 4.7 a®4 : Je extra, $5.25a86; do. family, $6.25a7. Wheat de prime to choice red. Sicagi38. ‘Gorn’ @ white, Sac; yellow SaS2e. Oats steady at 58e. Rye nominally at $ia$i08. Pork gu $33. Bacon—rib clear do. DLORED PRACTITIONERS.—It will be seen by the Senate procecdings that a resolution was adopted to-day instructing the District Com- mittee to inquire into the propriety of repealing niet ict | months without becoming members of the so- > town-building on the public . Our rural | $ sides, 18} a! there. cobras ot = momen lege sp pes means ciety. It was a disgrace to the civilization of ee kg Serirevidon ce a iact | and urban froprictors are estiwuated at tive and | al9\c-; shoulders, 15 aibNe.; heme, 2c. Sou- | © umbia, on the ground of its course in re- | the age that this Medical Society was attenpt- sete cat Be seit ‘ | a half-millions, or one in eight of our people. | quiet at 1c. Whisky At $1.03, ASLO. NaTIonAL E1ont-Hovr Exscutive Cow: gard lored practitioners—refusing to con- | ing toplant i if in opporit recently enacted. t equal rights, and he now gaye notice that, so far as he was concerned, he did not inten’ to allow it to do this if 2 law of Congress can prevent it. These colored practitioners were entitled to the same privileges here as the white ones. ‘This attempt to proscribe the colored practitioners yas not only degrading to them, but degradmg to the society. MITTEE.—A meeting of delegates from the States of Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, California, and sev- eral others, composed of the representatives of the several labor and mechanics organizations in those States, assembled in this city last night, for consultation on the eight-hour law. Geri’! This landed yeomanry exercises a far greater e and’ half millious of European eoldiery on ve and a uropean on the establishment, propping the unstable uilibrium ef feudal society. = ‘he liberality of our naturalization laws has drawn an immense immigration from Europe; about 10,006,000 of our population are due to this case.’ have largely availed them- The delay in the sailing of the funeral fieet is in art owing to an accident which occur- to Her Majesty's steamship Tnconstant, which went ashore at the Isle of Wight. She is now in the dock at Plymouth, undergoing re- pairs. — es Bold Diamond 5 Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. sult with them, &c. Senator Patterson seemed to doubt whether the grievance could be reme- died in the way proposed. Mr. Sumner thought, however, there ought to be some remedy. Baw Dec. 9.—Vi 44% Did, 454 asked: do. 1867, 49 Tad, to ea AE bite Carolinas, new, 30 bid, 39 asked. Néw Yore, Dec. 9.—Stocks steady. Money Leese, Bxchanee, long. 835; short, 3 So asked: new, 63. ‘North new, AN IMPORTANT MeEasuRE.—In the Senate this morning Mr. Trumbull, from the Judiciary new, 27x. : x Mr. Patterson inquired how a reform was to Ives of the hind): visions of our landlaws, | NEw York. Dec. 9.—Flour dull and declining. SM Winn was chosen president, Colonel D. 8. | Committee, reported a bill defining the jurisdic. | ne ieeat Euppess thocuarter was tepeaton. | Atsauy, Ince 6-4 bold and soeantalced- ‘Alsorbing an immsuse amount Of public and. | Wheat dull and in buyers’ favor. Corn a shake Curtiss secretary, and Mr. P. Corcoran treas- | tion of the courtsof the United Stren Ip cortun Would that accomplish. You coukd not | bery was perpetrated in this city this evening. | It is estimated that foreign iminigrants mee | firmer. urer. Measures were inaugurated for promoting cases, as follows : compel the white practitioners to consult _—-— +s20ee- —-—_—_ as pei About six i thief entered the jewelry he colored. tore of W. jiams, 488 Broad: ere < ‘ort land b: eae wee greg How BurcLams ame Tasare> 1 New the passage of @ more complete and eficient | “phat under the Constitution the judicial | With the colored, store o . 458 Broadway, an- | gold value. Grants mvs bese soaae ee |_| Ne he. ; Mrs No. You cannot do that, but | der the pretence to buy, but really for the pure id soldiers of the different wars of the | YORK.—A night or two since, a» Mis Hawkins, cieht hour law vy Congress at the present ses- | power of the United States does not embrace | alt; Stmmer—No. Yo remedy. ‘The idea of | pose of theit. While Woking at cliamoml ping | yucca aa 20 residing nearSt. Peter'sChurch, in Westchester political power or give to the judicial tribunals any authority to question the decision of the political departments of the government.on political questions; and it is hereby declared that 1 courts of the Cnited States in the administra- an ot tee shall be bound by the decision of political departments of thé government on Republic, thus testifying the nation’s gratitude to kts defenders. Our immense grants in aid of popular educa- tion are vindicated asa social necessity, theonly means of securing such a diffusion of intelligence as will serve as a basis of (ree institutions. The Continental ordinance of 1743 set apart section 16 of cach township for the support of common schools; this donation has been repeated on the repealing the charter has beon suggested. by some of the members of the society, who wiil then organize a new society where toleration shall prevail. ‘The resolution was then adopted. Mr. Thaycr moved to reconsider the yote passing the resolution ordering the floor of the mate to be cleared ten mimites before the ¢ dropped it+on the floor, behind the counter, and ax Mr. Robert D. Williams, a son of the proprietor, was about to pick it up, the thiet seized the tray, containing about $2,300 worth of diamonds, and ran towards the door. Mr. Wil- liams pursued, but was compelled to retreat, at the muzzle of a pistol. A confederate of the thief opened the door, and the latter backed village, was retiring, she discovered a dim light in Cp and called up a pall xd xant, and sent him to the sexton, Mr. Butler. The two cautiously approached the charch, and peering in at the open window saw a man, by the aid of his dark lantern, cutting out a parwt re Tur Sraxtsi GuNBoar QUESTION is in Course of settlement by diplomacy. It is known that they have been detained by the gevernment on complaint of the Peruvian minister, his repre- sentation being that they were designed to re- lieve other Spanish vessels which were to be em- th Political questions, of the door leading ito the audience-room. M Butler raised his revolver and tired. A pier Sec. 2. That it rests with Congress to decide ‘opening of the session. ont. The door was then clésed and fastened on | admission of every new State in the Union, and | shrick attested that the shot had taken. ttc ployed in hostility against Pern. The S: itera ty Sey on cua co With fore | _ lz Drake hoped the resolution would not be | the outside by means of ‘a piece of rope with a | Aaw te admiasion ‘of Oregon the amount of | «nd Mr. Butler hurried to the residence of J minister yesterday presented. a paper to the See- | mer legislation, 1 hat no civil State | Tecomsidered. Every day there was a great | ring attached tocachend. One ring was placed | Jandhas been duplicated, sertion 9, as well oo tice Baldwin, and cailig him up, they both, re- crowd of people rushing in on this floor, and paired to the church. Here they found the tier, on the door knob, and the other ona lock that when he came in he had to elbow his way to his retary of State denying the premises of the holds the iron bar that encircles the shutters of Peruvian minister, and giving the pledge that government exists in Virginia or Texas, and no er 16, being gramted for the support of so-called civil State go ramen in either of te 1 it ied. If he lodked | the ,sh dow, thus fastening Mr. W » Je for the support nd a ditiguedt san one he : — | 4 mee , seat, often to iind ocenpied. he lodked he ,show-window, thns fastening Mr. Wii- ‘Lar rants yeen made for sap) é * fey the gunboats are not to be the means of carrying | St¢, States shall be r ms Yala or | over a document or paper some one was looking | lia n the store. The thieves escaped by | of uuivemities aud colle A special donation fects of the hall thathad entere: legal State government, cit ecutive or Hicial power or — authority of the United States, untill Congress shall so pro- Vide, or until suchState government is repre- tented in the Congress of the United States; and it is hereby declared that the act of ntit An act to provide nment of the rebel s over hisshoulder; it he spoke to one there were three or four others listening. Mr. Thayer.—The people who come here are from every State in the Union, aud I think they might’ have the poor privilege of -coming here and looking ‘This chamber is certainly not too sa- them. I have no objection to allowing on the floor until 12 o’eloc! —Let them stay to " mY A large quantity of skeleton keys burglar’s tools was found in his pos Should the thief recover, he will be } maimed and disfigured tur lite. = es ot Boston arc tit em on a war with Pern or any other nation with which the United States are at peace. ‘The Peruvian minister, on reeciving a copy of the Paper, expressed himself’ satisfied with theexpla- i the Span minister, the detention of the h ginboats is removed. Distriet Attor- dle acquainted with jomatic proeeeings, and will so sue an order for the release of the gunboats, when they will be transferred by the contractor to the auther: Jrmping into a cutter. ‘Three of the rings ‘opped by the thief in the store were recovered. has also been made to the States 6f 30,000 acres for each Senator and Kepresentative they were entitled to under the apportionment of 1860. ‘The aggregate amount of {aud finally accruing under all these grants will be not less than ‘he disposition of these grants several of te States is given in the report. The policy of grants tor internal improve- ments, and hae gare for railways, is considered at length, and a sketch of the railway system of the United States is given atlarge. Its history iteelt ee eras: Ist. Its defame sdigepld nt, Sue erie Iti ad to await the slow accum: cessary Capital for itt comstruc 5 ondary stage in the i ley, in which. by the donation of public lands po ody un- a The Winnipeg War Fizzling Out. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Donal G. who arrived here a few days ago, ree cable dispatch from the Hudson Bay Company to proceed at ance to Red River to assist Gover nor McTavish in the administration of the ter- ritory, or tosucceed him in case of his demise. ne ae 0m aland Governor McTavil repre: culties In the Territory to be sub- : 3 more passed THE WORKING WOMEN receive substantia forth mn their belaif b ber of the “Woman's maturing plans sor the benefit ot » men, in Which others will assist. Mis. is also at work with the same irea, Iva attention more to the matter of indestris | te ing for poor children, expecially by the kir garten method. Mrs. Batchelder and es; Ihave no doubt it will be them. - The motion to reconsider Wwhs then agreed to, the resolution amended £0 as to Mo feted the floor to be cleared five minntes before the opening of Senators and Rep tatives om such States shall be a:tmitted into the McDougall will enter the territory as sens away at the same problei of industrial Dear c Henny K. Crare— ] Congress of the United States, or Congress | ‘¢ Ses!on, and was then again adopted. 5 the Queen’s proclamat: pA sats aus shhowennct boo and #ome time ago aa K. Craig, for several years | shall recognize such State government as valid, | HOU Mr, Shanks (Lud.) introduced a bill | and the authority of the Don Salucs it imparted te the co de ta deksine | apropriation of 93,000 ‘to try au experiuier ur past on the retired list of the army, died at his | #34 meanwhile all acts or parts of acts author- | to perfect the reconstruction of Georgia. Re- | and the « ues part . 3d. im the public schools. peal, writ of ror, habeas corpus, mg before said Court for re case vil or criminal, or other proceeding arising ont of the execution of said “act to provide for the more efficient ernment of the rebel States,” and of th supplementary f an appeal in any case from the judg ef the Cireuit’ Court of the’ United States in a habeas corpus proceeding to the Supreme Court, or which authorize Su- preme Court to issue a writ of habeas corpus or other writ to bring before it for review any judg- ment of a cireuit or any other court, or of any Judge thereof, ina habeas Lay oa og or pro- eeding, be, and the same are hereby, suapend- ed. And no law heretofore passed, extending the judicial system of the United States over any of said rebel States, shall be construed to Tecepeiee any Gate quveramnent existing therein until Senators and stage west of the Mississippi, in which it in st liecat atmone grest Winaeront strength to project itself across great wilderness tracts to reaeh our Pacific States. At the elose of the present year there will be in operation 47,000 miles of road. The tonnage of 1868 is es- timated At over 100,000,000, representing a cash value of $12,000,000,000. At the close of this century we will have not less than 100,000 miles in operation, with a tonnage beyond present es- timate. The enormous expansion of railways was one of our national necessities. The liberal policy of landed and loan subventions by the govern- ment was the F goog mond of this fwred to Committee on Reconstruction. On motion of Mr. Sehotield, (Pa.,) the Presi- dent was requested to transmit to the House of Representatives the charges, tinding and all rr in the late court-martial case of Charles L.. Green, Assistant Surgeon in the United States y. Mr, Stevenson es) offered a Dill to place certain articles of common use on the free list. Referred to Committee of Ways and Means. Also, bill to provide for the settlement of cer- tain patent right claims. Referred to Commit- tee on Patents. Mr. bec pcr ag introduced a bill to repeal the fourth section of the act of March 3, 1369, to change so much of the bounty act as prohibits the tiling of claims after a designated time. Re- ferred to Committee on Claims. Mr. Fox (N. Y.) asked leave to intrdduce a on I street, near 19th, yesterday’aftor- neon. Gen. Craig held the third oldest’ com- mission in the army, having been commissioned a First Lieutenant in the second artillery on the Iith of March, 1812. He was a native of Penn- sslvania, and was upon the active list until the Ist of June, 1862, His seniors are Gen. Sylvanus ‘Thayer, who was commissioned in 1808, and Gen. Gustavus Loomis, who was commissioned in 1811, both of whom are now on the retired list. General Craig served in the war ef 1312-14, and during the Mexican war with distinction, having been brevetted twice during the former, and once during the latter. In May, 182, he was assigned to duty in the Ordnance Department, with the rank of Major, and on the 10th of July -see- TrON of reading the Bible in schools Sebool Board in Hud- son, Ohio, one of the patrons of the Catholic) protesting against his child bei obliged to neglect her studies and listen to the reading of the panuecuren, eudomgage in hayana to mse with read ing of the Bible, the vote stood two ior aml= three | the motion. The matter was com- promised by allowing children indis take part in the spiritual excercise to stay at until their close, or to remain passive if present oe 202. S7 Little Minnie Warren hopelessly ill. ,89-New Orleans has Sunday bailoon ascen- sions. 87 Bridesmaids are becoming unfashionable. ecutive council will meet at once. an rr nable representation from t al breed population will receive the earliest atten- tion of the government of the Territory. eo is ee The Ecumenical Council. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Rone, Dec. 9.—The ceremonies yesterday at- tendant ou the openieg session of the Eonment: eal Council lasted five hours. The city has been entirely tranquil. Mluminations fireworks were contemplated last evening, in honor of the occasion, but were postponed on account of Tain. — Fire and Explosion. Telegrophed Exclusively to The Evening Star. S7 Dollar stores are novelties on the Pacitic mat Representatives from said | Te*0lution authorizing the appointment of a se- PETERSBORO’, ONT., Dec. 9.—Several stor Coast. he was assigned to duty as Chief of the Bureau | State shall be admitted into the Coi of ey —- Ce td prepenphes investigate | on the corner of George and Hunter streets were 7 Communism has found a home in Iowa. of Orduance, with the rank of Colonel, in which | the United States, or Cor shal reeng- pcg old in New York ore ee destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss about $15,000. Near Marengo there is a colony of 1,300 inhabi- Umineratyceecad bi bro e at | nthe Prenat hereby directed ohottnd | Rieter the. “Protent or “Beetgary™'ty | acavlonan of guntow der secured hete by sar ah nee cosreee ten tnd anda universally esteemed by all of his brother of- | proceed with all prisoners held insaid State te | the. ‘Treasury or any itfticer of the Gov- } of them are not expected to recovers me ootk, ona dloramens The colony was orgs ized ficers, and respected by all who knew him. The } mi authority without regard to any civii | ¢rument was connected with or instrumental in je ? = ca such fluctuations. jcofield (Pa.) objected. Chur (XN. ¥.) introduced a bill to es- lish a new Judicial District in New York, to be called the Middle Judicial District. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. Iso, offered a resolution, which was agreed to, requesting the Secretary of War to transmit to the aoe all meg Leaner in his possession in relation repairs and improve. ments of the harbor of Oswego, N. Y. Mr. Smith (Oregon) introduced a bill asking the consent of the United States for the con- struction of a bridge across the Willemantic river, Oregon, from Portland to the eastern bank of the river, Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Wilson (Ohio) offered a resolution, which was agreed to, making it the duty of pension agents to prepare vouchers and transmit the same to the post office address of all claimants tor pensions, and receive the return before the pension money is forw: Mr. Yan Trump (Ohio) presented the joint revolution of the Legislature of Ohio withdraw- ing its consent to the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Mr. Swann (Md.) introduced a resolution, which was agreed to, —~ — the Secretary of War forall information in his possession in wr atone the improvement of the Patapsco iver. Mr. Loughri (Iowa) introduced a bill to extend the nce tos bs. tor led. 7 and also a bill to extend time for filing claims for bounties; both of which were referred to the -ommittee on Pensions. Mr. Bingham (Vhio) offertd a resolution to pte ho & the re} poied the Commis- funeral will take place from his late residence on Friday. ImPoRTANT Decrsion.—At the present term of the United States District Court at Dubuque, fowa,an important question was argued and decided in connection with a charge of fraud on the Government. The facts are the following: E. H. Doutrich was arrested for fraud on the pension office, whilst the Hon. C. ©. Cox was Commissioner of Pensions. The accused sub- ‘tequently escaped, but was rearrested and com- mitted to prison. On bringing the case to trial it was ascertained the indictments were fatally defective; whereupon the court directed that a juror be withdrawn and new indictments be framed, the prisoner meanwhile being remand- ed to prison. The new indictments having been presented, the counsel for the accused made a motion, and argued it at length, that the liberty of aparty could not be twice put in jeopardy, and thatthe proceedings heretofore had should be considered as acquitting of the charge. Af- ter an exhaustive argument the court ruled that the indictments must be maintained, on several grounds, but especially because if convicted on a defective indictment no sentence could be pronounced, and therefore a trial thereon would be of no effect. The court was then appealed to and granted a continuance, on the motion of the prisoner’s counsel, until the third Wednes- day in April next. Hon. W. F. Sapp and James P. Tustin for the Government, and Messrs. Wil- son and Dond for the accused. ARTENUS WARD set the fashion of the incon- sequential lecture—that is to say if his “text had the small-pox his sermon would’nt catch it” so far apart were they. When Artemus lectured at Willard’s Hall upon the “Babes in the Wood,” and had not a word to say about those unfortu- nate orphans until the close, when he remarked that “they were the offspring of rich, but respect- able parents, and died young,” he greatly mysti- fied the matter of fact people in his audience. “Mark Twain's” lecture last night upon the Sandwich Islands, did deal somewhat with the subject, but the lecturer's approaches to it were so elaborate and involved so much masterly strategy of the sort displayed by our early Napo- leons of the rebellion, that the audience began to think they were the victims of another A. Ward joke. Mark’s fun is of the quaint, close, dry order of the New Englander, and the slow passionles manner in which he gets off a good thing an] apparently abandons it to its fate, as the ostrich leaves fts egg#, reminds one irresistibly of some in 1865, S7-A man died recently at Keokuk, was pre- and for ing or ority whatsoever. in Paris— —— tthe Cable Clause. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Panis, Dee. 9—That portion of the Presi- dent’s message relating to neutrality in the matter of the ocean cables is printed here to- day gl the first time, and causes great excite- ment. TaRirP AND Taxatiox.—The Washington correspondent of the Springtield Republican says: “The Ways and Means are a little embar- rassed by those parts of the message which refer to tariff and taxation. The President very squarely recommends that nothing shall be dene tilt next session except take sixty or eighty mil- lions from the taxes, The effect of this recom- mendation is to make the of a general ——— up-hill work. This morning, the Com- oriental movements an increasing power on the Pacific pemccemnlyege scalp § fc ie conquest a thing nas- int lung anne Mele pansion in Asia, the Oriental nations Jean upon our moral suj rapacity rope. This wil reauit. rst. in commmescial on- Pagepen he the Wnited States, and ultimately of nations. S7The full vote on lay de! im the Methodist Church now stands 140,476 for, and agate —— The Monitor Terror. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. EonteN, Dec. 5. The double-turroted mon- error, formerly the us, Was put in com esterday. he is in command of George M. Kansom. Her destination is un- known. Ieebergs in the South Atlantic. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Liverroor, Dec. 9.—Vessels arriving here from the South Atlantic report vast nunsbers icebergs in those waters, teem Bank of Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Panis, Dec. 9.—The bullion in the Bank of France has inereased 10,700,000 franes since the last official report was made, the 3d instant. ——_cce—_____ Forkien News py Casie—The London pudiation has been practice ty a te States rej n practiced by all the tage ol Massachusetts: associat with the theo- ys which widely obtains in the Union that bts may be paid in paper, injures securities. | Oilers of conversion will arouse dis- Tuesday, as they were ‘ordered, and subject of taxation will ly get befure the House till va.” Frxprxe Bitt.—Mr. Morrell, of Pennsylya- nia, introduced yesterday a bill “to fund the debt of the United States at a lower rate of in- terest, to make the National Banking system free,” &e. It authorizes the Geovctaty the o issue trredeemable coupon or SALOON, UNDER METROPOLITAN HALL, PENN's AVENUE, NEAR Li Tu StReet West. GEORGE Proprietor. Spee i e H i ; rf fe ; é | i i j | = 2 F nineteen See a Suez lany_utterance. ‘We say apparent, because :les- 87 McFarland perpetrates a conundrum for that steamer pite his woolen manner he laaghs a goo} deal Beecher. He wants to kuow how ‘Beecher Plymouth will not nccompany the rem or under bis bushy eye-brows and sandy must Would like to have his wife married to some one | Mr. Peabody to America, but will return to the tache; and after every shot aimed at the risibles elese who might take a fancy to her, while he | Mediterranean. was alive?” of those in front he takes a business lock from those keep gray eyes to see how his missile speeds. We shail not undertake to repeat any of the fine things—fer Mark ean be eloquent and pathetic as well os droll—or the funny things of the lecture, tor they are his property, to be used @ good many times in the course of the winter, and be bas eutcrod already by news- paper deprcdations. , #7 The “ Hali-Breed Republic” isthe unpleas- applied to the Winnepeg regio: Sy coe Canadian papers: s : i i i