Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1869, Page 1

ome THE EVENING STAR. exterd, diversity, and secu thetr business. On this basis the Tea of domenne NTS PER MONTH. | their import. would so far increase their | a* to give to the domestic producer all the | encouragement that would necessary. He recommends also the following, modiica- | tious of the taritt —On sy ~~ tw | 6 | colen ‘will be so far reduced &s to give reat relief 0 the consumer, and lead to an PUBLISHED DAILY, Sunday excepted, ie i mmediate and Seon . At The Star Building, ; And on this "basis ‘uly "San the ‘wool-grower SW. Corner Pennsylvania Av. and Lith St, = 4 — ae < aes Ml net 0 the com finer wools it sumer — res to say, that the supply of these wools hase gut EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY. | Soctr cocmmmsitons eee tear ge tempore Se = e be ob THE STAR is aaaa be carriers to thelr sab- . | inevitabty folios SSuaenenee ‘the duties w been tn, the id Dintrict at TRY CENTS OAS g > : y ron a Nae TERE Serres ees, ¥ FoR Martive —Three Jeonthe, Ce m One i fty Cents, Six Months. Three ears Five Dollars. Ji yevere are cent from See sate V°%, 84—N2. 5.234. WASHINGTON, D. C.. MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1869. mor Us ear. a iron, a duty per tor; present duty ik, 9 cents per hundred ing—One Dvllar-and a-half ISEMENTS. J NGRESS, REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COWMIS. | ly forvign countries in preference to our other — a amare EVENING ST ‘AR. TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. FORTY. FIRST CO GRESS, \ONER OF THE REVENUE. Semin y crac _ That this now is the cass, | or sided; om all sawed modity we have to The point to which the Commissioner would cht duty, 3) per eet en woal or every vartet ly direct attention, and which, altho: an ‘omtire removal of all duties; present dati ted out in former has recetved tittle onanthracite 40 cents per ton, on bituminous consideration, is: that there is no such thing | £1.25 per ton. On firewood, an entire removal possible as the resumption and continuance of of all-in present duty, 20 per cent. specie ae, fiero [Sent nae pa of this per ore, ire abnormal system of fore andexchanges; present ‘duty, * 3 s and for the simple reason that gold will netsieg | dof peepee coon This Afternoon’s Proceedings, Mowpay, December 20. SENATE—The Vice President presented the report of the Special Commissioner of the In- ternal Revenue. Mr. Kellogg presented memorial of citizens of New Onicats asking the establishment of a at An Interesting Document. The Secretary of the Treasury to-day sent to Congress the fourth annual report of the Special Commissioner of the Revenue, Hon. David A. ‘Wells, upon the industry, trade, commerce, and revenues of the country. Like its predecessors it is a document of much interest. This Afternoon’s Dispatches, ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS. Fatal Explosion of a Locomotive. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Puitaverrata, Dec. 20—This bering Ae] to the Read- Washington News and Gossip. INTERNAL RevENve—The receipts to-day from this source were $643,461. ; pound each pound of pure copper contained there, ived puIc ADVICES have been re here, * a z uy long ago have left us to the last | import. at present. satetant i “WEDNESDAY EVENING —The Celebrated hatter, the new Governor of Utah, | locomotive “Annapolis,” belonging on Naval Affaire. one Reterredto Committee | The experience of another year, the Commis- | ‘istisr, had not the Goris ot eke nee gov. | The Comminionsr ferther tan cteese PAY mAs NG — The ane the effect that he is considered our of danger, | ing Railroad Company, exploded near the cross bg Onieialitne Ge Prius missioner says reaffirms the principle be! ermment been available for the settlement of connection that the duty on oo yer i R ee % thee ing of the Reading and ‘Trenton railroad, killing | | Mr. Anthony. from print 8,000 copics of tke | announced that the progress and growth of t! reign balances in the place of gold. | sheets, known as braricrs’ copner WARES CEERA BOCSE. | aug coxxroricer Avexte Bartroan— | Me engineer, Joseph S Gio j.and ‘nluring ‘three | guiogies om the late Senator Femenden, the por, | country, through its elements of vitality, v will be willing, bheaues it fat, orem, Rations | per in the form of ‘reds, bolts, nal GHAND CHRISTMAS WEEK price tae or Gree anc me eae tL nT Ne erased was vary eiatae) | eee eee ere oe oeraaay |) rent metemnl roseroes and an daharent spicil | (os Tange prouuct for protet “And to ac: | GRAND HOLIDAY W of the stock of this road; that is 1,300 shares a’ a ad Mr. Patterson, srom Committee on Itetrench- sat degree independent of legislation, and of | COMHlish this, there must be contraction, for, to | ¢! MONDAY. DECEMMER 20Tm, $25 cach. > meade! Pope to the | ment, reported bill to annul the leasing of the | the impoverishment and sBroeier enich the | oemetinag oen eet See ee ee | prnnee Mgeinnd == a fe and on whic stom ly occurrence ng war has necessarily occa- | ™4%-taln enhundres sun-heinp, an on AND EVERY EVENING DURING THE WEEK. | tue forse Recoxereuction Coxmrrtze | Telegraphed Beclutively to The Evening Star. Frente eee ae ts Bak — Syl © payer MOE | ent duty. $13 y. THE WORLD'S FAVORITES, met this morning and heard statements from Pied Dec. 20.—From the fact pat Cardinal Mr. Patterson said the Committee were satis- : — xevewsh agit temier year a es ° mp MINSTRELS, | Governo bese tative Tift, of | Mathien had receive of absdnee, as | fied that there was no “put up job” in this mat- | ing June 30, 1569, was S3ivHoaie et, The n depends | SS. seeees Seem ates rips Se an be et crs | eeeandm acme pires that | ter, ashad been charged, and that the arma | national expenditure for the same’ period was | Wholly upon the answer to t question | On leat BURLESQUE OPERA T Georgia, relative to - he isto yroceed to Par mission to the | to be paid (#12.500 a year in gold) was not too | $521,'99,197.15, leaving an excess of revenue | how much curreney there 9 redeem. | Japanned and AND BRASS BAND. that State. peror from His Holiness the Pope. - over expenditure of $49,433, 140.46. On the Ist of September, 1885, the amount of the public debt, then at its maximum, was, less cash in the treasury, $2.7%,68,5147. At the commencement of the present tiscal year, July 1, 1869, the amount of the public debt, less casi: and sinking fund in the treasury, was $2,4%),- 602,$80.58, showing a reduction to’ that date of 687 090.85. Within the same period, taxes which if continued to the present time would much, but there were doubts as to the power of the Sccretary of the Treasury to effect this lease. itéct of the Treasury expresses the n that it would. not be expedient to build und, on account of the earthquakes cted that locality, but there had been much worse earthquakes in New England, and yet they did not hesitate to put up handsome buildings on the very spots which had been Seven hundred milhons of kept redcemable with lew than seven hundred | millions of gold, beeanse with such anaziount of currency, it would inevitably be and hence gold would bear every holler of paper woul al With four inndr the other han would probably i not being in e and 35 per cent. soak, and all other barks used for the tanning of leather, an entire removat of ail | duties; present daty,'10 it | an entire removal of duty: prese | cent. Lastings and serge or hair, known as lasting and serge, when the same are woven or made into patterns of size and form, and in such manner as to b shoes and bootees ev: 25 EMINENT ARTISTS. BVERYTHING NEW. BRILLIANT AND AT- T Cart. Groncr H. Coorer has been detached RACTIVE. from ordnance duty at the Norfolk navy-yard. Pred cor he Colorado, now ONDER-LITTLE MAC. and ordered to command ti Ldriiatentapt fitting out atthe New York navy-yard, as flag ship of the Asiatic squadron. meant une The London Times Censurés the Gov- ernment. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Lonpon, Dee. 20. ‘he Times to-day blames the Government for its vacilation at London- derry fa protecting rather than forbidding a display. The result, however, the Times ad- s—Orebestra Ch: W cte to commence at 8 o’elock. del7-3t™ ‘Tue TENNesseR DELEGATION in Congress, T 4 E é e er and »- | mits, was better than wrs expected. and others discussed the bill, and it | bave yielded, in the egate, upwards of | would not sulfer de and, gold and | bined with India pS See ae ee Sa ——— pala oa or acl $20,000,000 per annum, have also Paper being on otherwise equal ter x | moval of all duties, , , ER 20. Tesenative Hawkins, have prepared andwillsub- | greayy Failure im the Flour Trade. - Morrill (Vt.) from Committee on Finance, | Or relingwshed. To tind a parallel to such re- | would he preferred for its greater coneetbenes | ber, pound, and ber MONDAY. D BER 20, 1569, 5 Ont Dutch 1 “Look OUT FOR mit to Congress a protest against the validity of | s-isgrephed Exclusively to The Evening Siar. Teported favoratly bill to exempt canned fish | sults, the financial history of other nations will | in use. just as in 1800 the bauks were fully able beer garg Began me ND THE BEAN STALK the recent election in that State, praying that it The failure of the tirm of | fem duties. be searched to no purpose. to redeem all of their circulation which was | leat or powd aren entire al pang i evening du- | may be set aside on account ot its illegali 1 ard & So, doe dealers rien Mr. Trumbull, from Judiciary Committee, re- The amount of the public debton the istor | presented for payment, although having but | Present duty, 45 per cent. ad valorem: So ened new ore eran 2 eee S000 abilities “at Buffalo and s40,00 at | Ported jomt resolution declarmg Virginia enti- | December, 1869, less cash and sinking fund in | cightecn cents Sf orcas om oe Having bat ur the treasury, was $2,453,55¥.735.23, making a mediate liabilities. It is not the ratio be! total reduction since the Ist of Septeniber, 1865, Tne Nosmxation of Mr STANTON Coy- gold and paper that 1 +. S86 per ton, or Oswego is announced. It is said their ereditors | an eutire removal 0! will not lose heav: tled to representation in Congress. Mr. Sumner introduce eds to be regulate FrnMEv.—The Senate being in Executive session - adjustment and natistact chspoli- | of ype ay 2, and for the current calendar ae 7 es th ot paper in | _ we gl ol rer « me EADINGS, GRAVE AND HUMOROUS, is morning when the nomination of Mr. Stan- ina casa ation claims. Referred to Committee on Foreign | year, Of $97,147 466.02. circulation and the P of mationel predue- | ee ae kon 4 ss MONDAY EVENING NEXT, nage liz; the United States Supreme Mr. Corbin in Covington, Ky. Relations = The Commissioner thinks this an opportune | tion and exchange. o it is the instrument. | ‘uty; present duty, S0ccrts per hundred pounds, Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Crxerxxatt, Dee. bel R. Corbin, of C Mr. Schurz introduced a bill to reform the civil service of the United States. 74S, by Court was received, immediately acted upon the ular as the declaration may be mission, » the Com- | Om time to place upon record the exact cost of the nate paper, of waste material of any kind war. The sum of $1,171,914,498.33 represents manufacture of paper—ai " pstee Hoag seer miseloner is constr: — Se Believe that contran- | St only tor the mamatacts i agery ire EV. DR. MORRIS, same and confirmed the nomination by a vote of | New York ¢ ton, the gaest of Mr. Schurz said that appointments to office | the cost of the war to the United States Govern- | tion, direct and w uised, is the one necessit a present duty, 10 per cent. oo are is " 46 ayes to 11 nays. ee ones ne ewe of are mostly made upon tae’ oneenanenaution of | ment down to June 30, 1869. To this sum should | of the situation; the only edy for existing raxs. a crude material et Loe * ———— pale eh oe ne ee politicians of high and low degree. and the | be added the value of the Pensions now paid by | evils so far as the currency has rel tion to them, apron entize re- Purker's, Ballantyne’s, and Tue Hovse or REPRESENTATIVES was opened mamer in which those recommendations are ob- | the Government on account of the war, if the | and that the nation cannot emerge from its ¥, 20 per con: prbdepeiuairamaes xa to prayer to-day by Rev. Dr. Morris, of Bal- | FINANCIAL AND COMMERCEAL. | famed ire well known: The Presiient ae] | nme were eenitaliae eke’ gt ight’ years’ | embarrassments and dithculties untilthe makers Beads of Departments are overwhelmed with these recominendations, aud have ‘no time to sift them properly. The system is not calculated e the zealot good officers; they know that iable to be removed on every change ministration, and the only incentive they have is to keep ‘their political record clear. Men. as soon as they get experienced, are made to give way for those who are inexperienced. A late Collector of Customs, in three years times, made 40 changes out of 270 officers. A systeni should be inaugurated which should pla officer on probation for a year, and then if he i found honest and capable, he should not be sub- Ject to removal unless for'a cause. F Mr. Schurz explained that his bill provided lates tor office, for an examination of all cand and for the appointment only of those who pos? ications. The bill pro- purchase of the present annual payment, would amount to about two hundred 1 But er large, must still further I by other items if we would reach the true cost of the war to-us as a people, the above representing only the expenditures of the National Government. ‘These additional charges show an aggregate destruction of wealth. or diversion of industry which would have pro- duced wealth, in the United States since 161. nine thousand millions of dol. minally in excess of the entire increase of wealth, as returned by the census, for the whole country from 185) to. 100 ‘This, then, was the cost of the destruction ot Ty; the cost of compromise. It 1s three times as much as the slave property of the country was ever worth. It isa sum which at interest Would yield to the end of time twice as much as Aietniateaters ofthe law have the honesty | “utY, mains cdaged = lar oe en courage to take it up y r san entire removal « duties; present teeta | Beet silk-plush, silk linings, Taking up the question of taxation, the Com- | and silk hat-bands, ent in suc ’ missioner estimate can be reduced to the ively, extent of fit The three principal | removal of all duties; present duties, cipts under the internal revenue are the taxes ou! distill aud cere The Commissioner in the interest of general liquors, on tobacco, and comes. The rate | ¢ ¢ indastry would farther recommend the taxation on the first two of these has been | entire remission of the duties on the following fixed at a standard which the | Specific articles oF of classes of articles:—Ivory ear has proved to be the most productive, | Uhmanufactured and imported direct from coun- ke taxes on Whisky, beer, and tobacco should | tics of production; Ivory nuts, not, in the opinion of the Commissioner, be | ry Is, livin see - wre bm yh ng modified, unless it ts desired to repeat the dis- | ; of extrac Is, de or agreeable experiences of former yeare and to | Partially refined tartar; Barks, all medi An- pe Potaate the power of corrupt organizations. | timony, crude or regulus of; Cam) income tax demands essential moditica- | Cuteh or catechu; Corkwood, tion. The Commissioner would recommend that, | Feathers and downs for beds: usic. timore, who gives an evening reading at Li THE REST AN coln Hall to-night for the benefit of the Memo- Pre Parties. rial (Lutheran) Church of this city. He read here last winter to a greatly delighted audience, his readings being very enjoyable entertain- ments. The New York weekly bank statement proves quite unfavorable, to the great surprise of the street, the expectation having been general that the operations of the ‘Treasury in bu; ing bonds toa greater extent than it sold gold the item of legal tenders would have at least shown an in- crease. On thejeontrary, however, there is a de- crease of over two milliens, while the total loss in reserve is about a million and three-quarters, the itom of specie increasing by the small _am- ount of three hundred an ey thousand dollars. to exe Fat Kot. bet 9th and at H. Fries’, 35% sthat. west,or Brown & ¢ store. corner 17th st. and Pa. ay New Yorx SwinpieRs.—From letters on file in Treasurer Spinner's office it appears that there are at present twenty-eight swindling firms in New York city, all of whom propose to cheat the Government, and make those rich FF ES who are faithful to the promises exacted from ‘Teceday and Friday E hat 7: them. Steps will soon be taken by the authori- ‘Terms: $9 per annum; $6 for members of the | ties to break up all of these concerns. Assoc a det-colm CLASSES FOR ¢ Monday. Wednesday. and F: ‘Monday , Wednewlay. and pacers z Government Securities. Wasnincton, Dee. 20, 1869.—Jay Cooke & Co. furnish the following quotations of Government securities: sessed the req qual Hue stock: Gans és a si in i i r “1 and unrefine SS 7 U.S. 6's, 1881... vides that Presidential offices shall be fora term | the annual ‘¢ product of the South in its best | beginning with the neat regular assessment, the | Of all kinds, unmanufiactare. L. MOXLEY, POLYGAMISTS TO BE DEPRIVED OF CiTIZEN- | Five-twenties, 1862, ins of cight years, and Department employes for | estate. Without faltering, and without tamper- | present rate of five per cent. bs reduced te three | used in es ears ot wernt, Gusta B 443 Tenth street, second door above F, L sutr.—Mr. Cullom, chairman of the House Com- | Five-twenties, 1864 1113, | tive years. A Line Service Board is to be ap- | ing with the public faith, itis now the duty of | per cent. upon the net income of individnals. Bam 2 bt a2 ndia-rubber, crude a lite; COSTUMER mittee on Territories, has prepared a bill, which | Five-twenties, 1865, 111% | pointed to determine upon the applications of | this people to undertake the far easier task of | The reason for this recommendation is that the Sues Seekena orem her) . unmanufactured;Cud- FOR FANCY AND MASQUE BALLS, vs Five-twenties, Jan. and July, °65 1y dates, and honorable acknowledgu payment for the service already rendere tax of five per cent. is excessive and constitutes | Hear: a crued and Sumsuefactured; Horns, in he will introduce at an early day, it is reported, Five-twenties, Jan. and July, ’67 14y ‘es are to be held out as incentiy we hesitate or falter, dishonor, second o a real grievance, being greater than that ever mt oy stone —, which @ total of <TLEMEN AND CHIL. taking away all rights of the Mormons as citi- | Fiye-twenties, Jai and July, 14y that which tolerated’ slavery, will overw impbdsed by any other nation, ¢ bs hy 816.56 re ‘pe was Teal ized. . A MDIES, GENTS Sarge IL, | zens or the United States, or rights heretofore | ‘Ten-forties ... : 1095 the land, and the idea of a tree people gov dinary national exigencies. An ional rea- c recommends a redaction on the duty on mselves Will become a scorn and a mong nations. he present increment of population of the United States, trom the natural increase ot Uirths over deaths and from immigration, i+ probably at the rate of 1,190,000 per annum as a minimum. ‘The number of miles of new railway constract- ed in the United States during the past yea y : i anything can be done a — =e this Congress cannot be said; but it is to | hoped that the friends of reform will do their duty in the matter, Mr, Sumner offered a resolution requesting the President to communicate copies of corres, vondence between the United States and Great ritain relative to the adjustment of claims be- tween the two countries since the re} jection of NEW YORK—FIRST BOARD. U.S. 6's, 1881. 200 th Paint rrTh exercised as citizens of Territories, until they al son is that an assessment of three per cent. | &U"y bags and gun’ abandon the practice of polygamy. would probably yield to the treasury a sum very | Pound on the maximu' nearly equal to that at present collected; inas- |_| The Commissioner farther recommends: the much as, while the reduction of the rate would | flowing modifications of the taritt, with a view fford a great and welcome relict to the classes | Of increasing thereby the national revenue, or pay, it would at the same time bring | f facilitating or simplifyin laws tor the ach of the tax great numbers who now | Celiectionef revenue. Wines.—1n all wines, ir- id giving in lists at all, or, while doing | Tespective of quality, (champagne am - s0, force the Sonetlments of thei income so as to | 5Parkling wines excepted,) a specitic duty of ing th ord ca f 's,Indey,'67. 114 "In&3 "88. ing 109 of sale and on Free Exhibition at BARLOW’S CALLERS GF FINE ARTS. A largenumberot | parravaext or Posraer.—Gen. W. Hl. be k oli Presents Ww mand amongst them. wast Terrill, Third Assistant Postmaster General, Heuns. srenne Tr lth an th streets, south | decides that all domestic letters which are not . Bict is ee Oe al en, ueseIA ane: full ile WS ThA Gee sk Se | treated as wholly unpaid, and accordingly held —— By Bankers’ and Brokers’ Telegraph. Lewis Johnson & Co. quote stocks and bonds —— = . A reaty Senate. Adopted. | Will, it is believed, approximate to - | escape contril entirely. cents per gallon is reeommende: , Sass for postage or returned to the sender. “Ir paid | i home and foreign markets as follows: Be ene UCuRY 00 tee: Benktey Aiioeed | A ee en eee Santee: | Coenen with this reduction of the gen- |The Cammisioner recommends a duty of ° one full rate they should be despatched to desti- New York, Dec. 2.—First Board—U. S. 6's, HOUSE.—Under the call of States and Terri- | cluding the year 1565, the year of the termina- | eral rate, the Commissioner would recommend | tht € cents per square yardon China straw mat- a re y 1881, coupon, 118%,; 5-20’s, 1862, coupon, 113 tories for bi 5 re eter e, | tion of the war, of about thirteen thousand. that, while the absolute exemption to ali per- | img; three cents per pound on macaroni and s f », Cop jories tor bills and resolutions for reference —= a nation, and charged with the postage «lue at the | 5-2n's, 1804, coupon, 1114; 6-26's, 1865, conpon’ | COT the diswtae ok Inced and referee, |. The telegraph system of the tate: sone should be allowed to remain as now fixed, | Yermieelli; two cents per pound on, auretinod Bancven Trissenth and Fourteenth S: prepaid rate. 111 ss; 5-20", new, 1865, coupon, 113%; 5-20's, 1sor, | OPS ollowing were introduced and referred ended during the past by at least | namely, £1,000, the exemption on account of | glue. The present duty levied on kid gloves is een Thirieenth and Fourteen ————— ‘ coupon, ais 5-20's 1868, coupon, saad (Yt)? A iin providing for a | S¢¥en thousand miles of new wire, ax compared | rent should not be left indefinite, as at present, Soieiodoietie ckeeas ebtiaon penrgan pose wa FEORGIA BILL 3 ® Horse—tIn ti pon, 108% ; -aeecpart Deed GP ictiary ‘ estimated extensi i ¥ % * R it <uf- eed b ad valo~ on reais ILL = 35 ow ae he | coupon, ‘ sal Eiaishieue Itaskeiee pa ane timated catcusion of Bae ety HA AC i ted Log oes rem ‘into. s speciile lat od ree dollars por — be ation tom ): Bi © the | in.t8e6. . of the laboring classes, for instance. $200, dozen on gloves of leather and skin of ever; ee OS, beg | eee rn Committen, reperted res- it Reed tanta eulate the | “phe industrial resuscitation and development | “1S eeerine cle proposition, seriously advo- | description. On China preserved ginger awl APHS, CHROMOS, &.. | olution providing that the House take up the 84; Brie, 21% : for tee examialion Of offender. Eornn, of the South is progressing favorably. The year | cated in many quarters, that this tax should be | Chow-thow a ic duty on these articles of RS GROUPS OF SCULPTUBE, Georgia bill which recently passed the Senate, Hy, Keading, 3,5 Mich. © the Laws. nlers—Kevision Of 1 16) has also closed anspiciously. ‘The aggre. | wholly removed, the Comaiennaes thinks that | 'W0 dollars per ‘box, with a proviso that the lin ARTISTS’ MATERIALS, and proceed to vote on the same at four o'clock. Michigan Southern, 85; | Illinois Cen | “sy ‘Mr. Stone (Md): A Dill to established a | SMe. Of the crops has almost’ unitormly Le paieution of the country should be called to | portation of the’ same be restricted to OE te ie BE Tee rats opposed this, and began to tilli —; Cleveland aud — Pittsburg, 3 post route in Calvert couuy, Md. Post, offices Fictten while prices have continued to prove | the fact that this tax was paid during the year oxes not in excess of seventy-five pounds PICTUKH FRAMES, os 4 dilatory r = thwest, 8%; Northwest preferred, 81%; | And Post Roads, ‘i ia ighly remunerative. |The true diversity of em- | Iss by so small a namber as 250,000 persons ont gos weight. A specific duty on suspen- CORD AND TASSELS, &c., &c. | buster with various dilatory motions, calling | Rock Island, 1047; Fort Wayne, #4; Alton acs By. Mr. Welker (Ohio:) A bill detin loyment which results from freedom has now | of the entire population, yet representing an | ders and — braces made of cot ton Mama VELVET PASSE PARTOUTS. yeas and nays, &c., in order to stave off action | T Hi Zi Toledo “and Wabash, 5); | clearly the jurisdicti powers os come 0 the South, for the tirst time, pos income of not less then #80),000,000, | India rubber combined of #1. PARLOK BRACKETS, &c | on the bill. oF es ee SALES oF GoLp AN Renate oF INTEREST.— a . ec ty Ri Secretary Boutwell has directed the Assistant = a ~~ | ‘Treasurer at New York city to omit the sale of nam @N EXHIBITION He, 486 Chicago and’ Alton ississippi eertiicates, b2 3 Wells’ Express, 19; American Express, 40%; United States Express, ah, Merehants’ “Union Express, —. Gold 2 al2i. and Southern capital can soon be a ly applied to the mannfacture of agricultara tools and implements, leather, wagons, wonder: ware, soap, starch, clothing, and similar articles These are manufactures in which iron, stee! cloth are raw materials. They employ the |: est amount of labor in proportion to product and capital, and warrant the payment ef high premeé Court of the District of Columbia. trict of Columbia. I Mr. Williams (Ind ive of the amounts remitted by reason of | also a change to specitic rates on India-rubber, renis and the minor exemptions. “Allowing, | Cotton and silk webbing; a specific rate o: tin, then, for the families of these 250,000 contribu- | Of 3 cents per pound; a uniform rate of 2 conte tors, it is evident that only about a milhon or | Per pound on dried fraits; and a reduction of 10 the population are interested im having the tax | Per Cent. ad v on green tru removed, while the remaining thirty-eight anda | He recommends that the duties on steel be half millionsof the people are interested in hay- | made wholly specific; that a large number men- ing it maintained. tioned of drags and chemicals be made free, Joint resolution in- quiring into the power of Congress over rmiroad companies running through two or more con. tiguous States. Judiciary. y Mr. Niblack (Ind.): Bill to suspend the visions of the act to strengthen the public ou” | gold on Tuesday and Friday of the present week. AT MARKRITER’S, ‘Srxest. | His order does not affect the sale of gold on “4 a . .. | Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. »prover Sone wages. On the other hand, what are commonly ‘© sum up what has been said upon the in- | mainly for the reason that the amount of Teve- Segre alt bags emppalpomaen ante. | _ Bautmmonn, Dee. 20-Cotton free Middiing | sumption of payment to cole or ate oblige: catfed maztactores, vis: iron and stee, am | come tan, tie ‘Commisnones Wot the cPiiom | aeerepete tote nn rectacally or tn the Eight Doors above Odd Fellows’ Hall, tied. The a given orders for | Upiands nominally %a2%4. Flour firmer and | tions of the Gov cotton and woollen cloth, are examples of” con- ernuy Ways and Means. p bay : oe : . ee = rate —— from peat ad too —_ wo Sontd in aes for the Cheies Engrav romoe, the payment of the January interest on and | in fair demand. Howard Street supertine, a4 7a Also, a bill to regulate the appraise: centration. They require large capital, employ | five to three per cent. upon individual incomes, | comp! ns thereby occasioned in the admin- ig ed Paperinncings: witades after Friday next, without rebate. The amount | $5; do. extra, $5.25at: do. fainily, B6.25af, City | inspection of imports, and to ext ithe same te | Wt few hands, and would naturally come mucl, | without any other change in the law, would not | istration of the tariff'and the disturbance of le- sl Pict ames, y dustry. 23 later. We already have in the United States an excess of cotton and woollen spindles, and to in- reduce the receipts trom this source by more | gitimate trade and m 3 than five millions of doliarsat the outside; while, | The Commissioner has considered it desirable, ted typ ‘Tes- | or interest due will be $30,000,000. There are Millssupertine, $505.75; do. extraa5.50n6.50 da, now in the Treasury $108,000,000 of coin. . family, $ia8.75. Western supertine, $4.75a! New Orleans, Evansville and other cities, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Portland, Philadelphia, Jom~ do. fi y, $6.25 vest cajital in more would be simply a waste, | if the exemption of rent were to be limited as | in view of the present il interest in the Name and Number. ap2-y for prime S15eei Wen Coco ences neat arm, | merce, (Ind.): BiN to incorporate the | when there are vast needs at the South requiring | suggested, or even fed at ire haraee rai question of revenue reform, and expecially in — = EXPATRIATION OF THE JEWS tx Ressta—rhe 5 yellow, Meade. Oats dull at Sscabie, | Universiy for the Bived peeks BeOenOr of Go- | far less capital, and warranting much greater | there would be no falling off nor abatement in simplification of collection, to present a statements of the delegation of Israclites who FALL AND WINTER recently waited upon the President in refer- ence to the decree exiling Jews from Russia having been denied, S. Wolf, Esq., Register of THING. Deeds of this city, telegraphed in reference to SE? 5 the matter to a distinguished member of the French Government who has been absent at the _ opening of the Suez Canal; but having returned to France, sent by cable to-day a telegram, of which the following !s a translation: lumbia, District of Columbia. By Mr. Hay (1M1.): Bill to distribute the num- ber and rank of Government employees among the States and Territories. Public Expendi- tures, Also, bill to repeal so much of the internal revenue laws as requires agricultural societies to take out licenses to hold fairs and pay a tax on gross receipts. “Wars and Means, By Mr. Van Horn ( : Bill allowing duties on foreign merchandize received at Kansas City to be paid at that port. Commerce. the recei schedule, sbowing in what manner a new tariff There then remains a large body of minor and | might be constructed, with the primary object miscellaneous taxes under the internal revenue, | Of obtaining from the smallest. musiber. of Which together yielded in 1868 less than fifty | articles, and without excessive duties, an annual miilions of dollars. Of these the Commissioner | Tevenue of one hundred and fifty millions, and Would recommend that the taxes embraced in | Which at the same time would not expose the what is known as “Schedule A,” viz., the taxes | branches of industry which have been stiznu- assessed ou watehes, silver plate, pianos, billiard | lated by protection to an: of collapse. tables, and carriages, should be entirely remit- | _ This ted. | They are inquisitorial in character, highly | food and drink, 882,500,000; textiles and wares, offensive in collection, petty and contemptible | $3*,000,000; metals, "$15,000,000; tancy ss im the revenue yielded. If these taxes are in- | *9,0,000; drugs, chemical, and'olls, 81,3 10,000; tended to have a sum} bearing, they are | miscellaneous, $2,000,000; total, #144/000,000, Neasse. Provisions quiet, and small business doing. $32a33. Bacon, rib sides $18; clear shoulders, 154; Hams, 2le; lard, 19. W quiet at Same. et vials Pong acer uer: & Sons juote 8, Ol 1, 4% asked. North Carolina's new, 98 bid oo New Yore, Dec. 20.—Stocks unsettled; but 9 ned firmer from closing prices Saturday. 101 per cent. Exchange, long, > short, 9%. Gold, 2: 20's 1862, cou) ee Vir- e..%, cones 49. North Carelina compensation for labor than can be paid in tex- tile fabrics. ‘The Commissioner estimates that, deducting the estimated cost of the war to the government and to the people, from direct expenditure and from the diversion of industry and the destrac- tion of property, as given above, £9,000,000,000, we should have left =24,188,000,000 as the accu- mulated wealth of the country at the close of the present decade. He estimates the gross an- nual product of the nation at $6,825,000,000, and dividing this among the assumed number of the - . Mo.): Bill to regulate labor | “irectly productive class makes a per ita 4 a. “Pants, Dec. 90.—The expatriations (of Jews 423;; new, By Mr. Burdett egu roduct of $682.60; which sum ai ly | altogether out of the sym; ies of modern ciy- | _ This is the last regular report of the Gomiis- AN EXTENSIVE AS60RTRENT. | crom itustia) have already commenced,and will | New You, Dec. 21,—Flour dull and withont | Sontacta with emgraute to the United States. | Product of S4#2G0, which sum approximately ization; if their object 4 to, accure revenue, | loner, tis ofice expiring by limitation Son oy continue until spring. CueMiEvx. | material change. Wheat is a shade trmer. | By Mr. Fuskelburg (Me.): Bill to re-catabtish | Of the direct producers of wealth in the nation, | they ate absurd see en times the amount | 1570. In concluding, he expresses the belief | To 8. Wolf.” Corn dull and drooping. an Astay ofice at St Lows. Coluage, Weights | Out of which the whole population have to live, | could be obtained with the same effort in some | that time, and free discussion will T™ SS eee and Measures. provide food and clothing, pay taxes and all other expenses, and accumulate a surplus of future productive capital. The Commissioner proceeds to consider the question, what causes are operating to retard national development, and enumerates among them the cor ion of the foreign trade of the the diversion and demoralization of in- the subordination of labor to capital; the failure to use our great natural resources intelligently; the want cf legislation to promote a proper distribution of the annual products of labor and capital; an inflated and irredeemable currency and unequal taxation, &c., Kc. NoWrrattéxs BY THE PresiDENt.—The President this morning sent to the Senate the following nominations : Low Prices— Fit Guaranteed. | Edwin M. Stanton, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, vice Kovert C. Grier, resigned. a Geo. W. Woods, to be Surgeon in the na’ Welles R. Bice, to be Surveyor of Customs at Selma, Ala. Joseph Shields, to be Collector of Internal Revenue for the Third Distriet of West Vir- P ostmasters—James W. Glover, st Oxford, N. other direction, and without exci half as | Confirm the correctness of his general conclu- much odium and hostility. _ sions and vindicate his position. AS Le ppg igen hen the a ssee- proposed at outset inquiry, - A Dver ar 1A © — i Inissioner would further recomend the repeal | CADUEE AT, AY of teat ye a of the following taxes, now levied under the in- | One night last week a party of gculal gentiemon ternal revenne :—Ist. The whole body of what is | were in one of Delmonito's gilded Known as special taxes or licenses—those levied Saloons. ‘T'wo of the number, no other than the on banks and bankers, and upon manufactarers | well-known politician, Col. McNamara, and Mr, and dealers in spirits, beer, and tobacco, being, | Varnum, a broker, engaged in an angry and ex- however, retained. The loss of revenue on th ith " account Will not be in excess of ten millions of | juries Mie Won ne A lady. During the Homace GREELEY To GEN. BurLer.—Mr. Greeley will to-day publish a reply to Gen. But- ler’s response to his former letter on universal a ‘and universal suffrage. Referring to Gen. Butler's opinion that some half-dozen, more or less, of the Confederates should have suffered exemplary punishment, Mr. Greeley says:—* When five more of peace shail have intervened, I am quite confident you will consider that two or three examples would have been enough; and after the lapse of five more years you Will be satisfied that to have strung up n 1865 him who wax your choice for President By Mr. McCrary (Iowa): Bill to amend the act providing for @ revision of the statute laws of the United States. Revision of the La Also, a bill making an appropriation of $65,000 complete the payment of the expenses of the election held in Virginia in July, 1869, and ex- Penses of registration in said district.. Appro- riations. be; Mr. McCormick (Arizona): Bill authoriz- ing the acceptance of volunteers tendered by the Governor of Arizona. Military Affairs. ~ In addition to the above, a large number of rivate bills, for pensions, post routes, to relieve q Varnum, exaspe eyond the dollars. 2d. The taxes on the gross receipts of | bounds of patient endurance, emptied the cone railroads, stages, coaches, insurance, telegraph, | tents of his wine giaes im the — Colonel GOODS AND PRICES: ° . . - e 2 4 proceeds press COM] ies, canals, ferries, shi Ni y ‘0. W. Parmenter, at Brandon, Vt: in 100, would have answered the purpose.” He | disabilities, &e., were presented and appropri. resbedics whieh the sienna asbler te met pas ti Vand steamboats. ‘The loss of revenue tas pociiont Sts eet See a duel, W: Clarke, at Brattleboro, Vt.; John B. Bass, | Tefers to many historical pr Pe shoe | Mey referred. to trade, commerce, and industry would seem | from this source will not be in excess of seven | witiclt Both at Quincy, Mass; Wu. H. Needham, at Oska- | that severities after a war, do not serve to save The call having been Roo vette the House to tends oes “Setting aside minor cou. | millions of dollars. 3d. The taxes on the sales i ly accepted. best ‘cota, Lown. oe “4 fered fast Monten oe ee Coe Or ok | siderations, the eBief clements of disturbances of articles not otherwise speciilcally taxed. The | ton last Saturday en route for the ee See A Vienna letter, published in Paris, says: | face of history, it seems to me. that «Pride | but which then was plaected to and went cone ee ee a ae ere commoner ha | secuee or aes alee ee After spending a few hours in the Ne- “ALE SORES ak Puicns” fs Mot Soa tse yen | tae heft ns | Mette earoartay svn | Sitar sinclar aioe & | Se sn wlth et | Sm Cn errand yr ein malt proce Dis Fes | Heetrataeeten "erator | ama ee cere aT te | PAR Ne ISS mr ren nner | Sete anesket ae eee | eae slo mone Tae ta es , getting himself proclaimed Dictator or Presi- | He cites Tennessee and the overturow of the | highest duty of the Government to suppiy a | ,, Lhe simple, reasonable rem inate oe and ncrenstg lus of receipts over cepend pg _ deat of the repablic, and subsequently King of | Republican party there as en {nstance of the | proper medinm of exchange of w xed value as and simple, without artifice or indirection. Con- | tures, would be in_ the neig) of tweuty- | a secluded spot it the Spain or of the Spaniards; the title matters lit | legitimate fruits of a proscriptive policy, and | soon as possible. . traction, however, is on account of the | six millions of dollars. oa Bh Se ET OS poshcatche as | 'mpcaches the poliey of sweeping disfranchise- | | Mr. Cox withdraw the demand for the previous | {faction, however, is opposed o reed would | In the matter of tariff reform the Commis- | $° — — tle to him. Mme. * lexican lady, ment and proseri as leading inevitably to | question, which was pending when the morning | fpevae adoption of such # policy. But it | sioner holds, with much emphasis, that the | the principals took at S7 BEMEMEEE THE NAME AND PLACER | wealthy as she is ambitious, is already playing | su ‘and defeat of | hour expired last Monday, and the resolution requires no giftot prophecy to estat. tuk tea | teatatamaneced on average duty of forty-seven | paces from wach eae nm FH gd the part of Queen in her brilliant drawing | Dent, he regards ase ation or the moro | was referred to the Commlitec on Banking and | Country must soon expenence all the hardships t., a8 under the existing tariff, upon all | Piven, both were ‘at once, and * perl liberal policy. Jn conclusion, he expresses his Curreney. 1 7 hich comtrsction ssaid entails wheter eee, Seeeit ieneres te caccumes aa 3! € 2 gaat pe openyo _ oe comfidence she hae ced a ee | tite in Moore, (S.J) introduced @ joint resolu- | Tettion and the nitisute benetits of coneacien | aud the hi, interests of | 1y) in the femoral Col. McNamara es- ‘The Winchester Sentinel thinks the A. L. & H. | abates, thousands who have cursed will thank on to suppress polygamy in Utab. “Referred to | Sotcuren or wots is te certain that | civili humanity, is well as to the | caped unhurtethe ball having only grazed his K. Kk. will pass several miles south of thatcity. | him for what we has done and dared in reswt- | Committee on Territories. prices in almost every i Of industry | proper and healthy domestic com- The surgeon in attendance examined ‘ poh ca SSIS SST SCs ae en pales, and jor introduced a resolution recit- | Wilt sooner or Inter ba a8 greatly ax | meroo and industry under no circum- | Mr. Varnum’s wound, and it mor- HABLE « Co., ue Watt, Sruzet Fonoxumms—4) Woman common tuth ‘and even of that’ of Geseral expreteed the opinion that the Post | fontraction would reauire:_ the only diterence d, and drove back to Washington cated.—Mrs. Isabella Haskins has been utler himself, pts 0 % ‘din Ne w York, with complicity on papers and pamphlets provided the | Submitted to for a permanent relief and a great on ano produne Gensonaiiner 408 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, in the Gray Pratt bond ‘jetion ee ; xho neeparablefrom the (ranking prvloge | Eva, adn the otnr wil be euered fo ne departure. "He wat carried oy gem, at ine Fume, Police Court, Ste, was ac- Oices and Post Ronde | usenet be Jet a entite and powerful as ever. ceo, japanned and ipa ie remained there. day ov twor = co% a in any S 5 ah UNVER UNITED STATES HOTEL) nd Jghn ©. Burs ‘Three faaria were * cates y Negecpront stg far a8 it involves commercial disaster | ut leather, be hereafter adzutied free of Sn han tince tds aay, eon brouglt to Gs read, Gray papers lustrial distress, Lo Hoge by oming, ae a other ~ feared that bi pee ee ee ee ee Wing al a aetna we renee Galt be ne Settad to ola, coal ether we will allow this fntrics of wool knowns lasting and serge, when has not given herecit the sigtentsonoera about svi ienseuenenenes toes ene, . Se eewaeers aaty etait mittee on Post Oftice and Post | perience again and again to repeat iteelf. ahs sand form, aud cut in such manner as to they a pou 1 get's dual se romarted wa THE DEAF TO HEAR. mak —_—— seated Ses orclen edebintnons way ‘marooned during shoes or bootees exclusively, and not | friend, ‘ye faracterstle a THE LAME ALK. it to Mrs. who was ina Se Pu cari ees See hii at ere me Unie als ton Sarees oben teeta | oetesacasumenenins ates Been Sit dead.” ‘The whole afar has wee Dr. FANYON, the celebrated i¢ Physician, ng 4 ‘panish gunboats low Ys trade which has been experienced since the | duty of nine dollars je at the St. Cloud Hotel, corner ¥ and 9th streets, | Gray soon left and was ye jpanish war steamer Pizarro. | close of the war has been adjusted by tren Farman Washington for sixty days. seen. Witness was broker and agent for Gray ‘and departed very quiet- Cram bn ry Me odes tls eerie to tanen eiillcted with Stem ‘i had bet the transmission of national or securities Brae fingkse Woatoceommmgeeeea | Sy, Evecare ame OM, "ace Mas, iipeterpanme apes ump [Sobran stant al are tc jainte, consider. turabie, has been consid. | had since ascertained that these securities were ea op seeeiios ees ‘miracuivea, Call aur oe Ceytig inks forged. Mr. Burrill said he ‘would, prove, that vie: Dela rare yeterany morning! clear {ndlcations thet the end rien fs ra ‘trunks from his house ‘been past week. | oguti ee. on eatsting in IES AT A OREGE LLDUcTIon > | {hatof Mrs. Haskins, and that these had since said to belong to the Ha cine ie ie were py ROCERIES AT A GREAT REDUCTION. been rewoved. He would, —— Lad prove mow rumored it 8 | hundred millions rT for the seven tes, rowpegae xy caaxcuarep | Tent iers ganl, gameday eye? Sod We sing’ | Saget ter fi iste +3 i ‘Would be the same inflation of prices, the same of on the general ROAST a3 disproportion between imports and exports, and aetaane Cente ier upon coal is not justifiable ‘&7 Girls of eighteen can vote In Cheyenne, WELCH S FLOUR AT REDUG aoe IESUAMY fo Giapose of the products of except in the oy ny epee pe! ®7-Girls say that men are a ‘And all ctber Goods at eygally iow ° — =, : po so wonid, @ tax upon and tee rake deal letter office is puzzled with a let- Northwest cornet of in the exce] la it | to woolen he that — deri rtbwest corner areata tae he comtry, except Uy laws ei aceded to restore Peolpertiy Ge tt ot | SF Thus far travel on the Pacite has . Coss s wausn, doton would the | what Railway BEAL ESTATE EXCHANGE @ BROKERS, f ti i: i Bo. 327 PENN’A AVENUE, South thie, oT aging potatoes with erowbars was oneof ng . si ‘gold pi} Pope a poo des Sree rae te Srey ave pet as ladies in every respect. Between étb and 71d etreets wost. the of fallfarmingin Canada. | g@-First cousins fa de ay ve one tn would zemain what: Ja now, valorem. oa o7-Mrs. Amy asked $10,000 for her a t SAM CRORE | lt creel one ars es ihe attertne Sut” —_ tak reason, ao bow, would continue'ss be taken | assure the Commuaskner that “ety cas od ese Jury amesved the