Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1869, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR, — PUBLISHED DAILY, Sunday excepted, | At The Star Building, ; §W. Comer Pennsvivania Av. and lith St, | BY THE BVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY. STAR is served by carriers to their sab- oe ro City and District at Tex Cants PER wrk, or FoRTY-FOUR CENTS PER MONTH. Copies st the counter, Two CExts. Farce ron MarztXo -- Three Months, One Dollnr I Fifty Cente; Six Months, Three ‘ne To Five Dollars. No papers are sent from the Jonger than paid for. al ening Star. St, B4—NE. 5,248. BALLS, PARTIES, &c. QECOND ANNUAL BALL Ly or THe SCHURTZEN VEREIN GERMANIA, tbe held at OD FELLOWS HALL, Seventh t. between D amd & _ MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1870. Made ample arrangements, and make this Ball «access ‘The spar 3 cowry respect > Tee takin Buerger Schmetzen will alse 2 “Tickets @1, admitting a gentleman and ladiees-a1 de hod of the members of the Sockety ana ath Bans Rewtsurant, th street, opposite Oud Fel Ors y By order of the Executive Comamittee. de S-® RICHARD PAULSON. Secretary. FAN BROTHERHOOD —The &. NEAL BALL of the WASHINGT CIROLY.. Fi, FAP PY SEW Year. ; SECOND GRAND FALL OF CAPITAL LODGE. No.7, 8 T OR- On NEW YEARS EVE. my. F aml 20th ste. yan and ladies +P HE ISLAND PLEASURE CLUB WILL GIVE Pimst GRAND BALE a ISLAND HALL. ( DAY. Dee. AT LN coo NEW YEARS EVE mmittee having this Ballin hand have male angetwents for the occasion. and all who at. peod on ® night of enjoy Chase's National String Band has been Tickets $1. admitting a gent. and Indies. GRAND BALL at THE THE HALL FUND, Under the auspices of the MASONIC HALL ASSOCIATION, On WEDNESDAY EVENING, January 12,1870 Tickets $2. admitting gentleman and ladies; to be had at the principal book and music stores and ho- tele, Masonic Hail, and of the Committee of Ar- ©. A. Appel, Geo. D. rangement= NW. D. Lar bert Ball. = eGrott) ‘ommmittee. “delt-eo ___ CLOTHING, &e. (reste OUT SALE . ow LARGE STOCK or FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING AND Furnishing Goods, REGARDLESS OF COST. ‘Te Close Business of the late Tuomas A. STEVENS, kmown as STEPHENS & CO., 310 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, Between Nixte anv Texts Srarers. CALL EARLY AND URE BARGAINS. BUSINESS MUST BE CLOSED. STOCK, GOOD WILL, FIXTURES, AND dew LEASE FOR SALE. OVERCOATS, $12 To 240, 18 MELTON'S. CHINCHILLAS, WHITNEY AN BEAVERS. D CAsToR YouTas evERCOATS, $8 TO 230. BOY'S OVERCOATS, $5 TO $15. BUSINESS SUITS, $15 TO $50. All the Jatest styles in coloring and mixtures. BoYs’ SUITs, Fer ail ages, from 3 to 17 years, in all = mor- elties, both of style and mate: TALMAS AND CAPES, LIVERY COATS, READY MADE AND TO ORDEH. WALL, ROBINSON & CO., 322 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, dels between 9th and 0th streets. Noss WALEEE 2 CO., 386 Penn's svenue, between 6th and 7th streets. CLOTHING FOR MEN AND BOYS. BUSINESS SUITS, of Melton, Scotch and domestic ‘Cassimere, of our own manufacture, equal to the Te WF TG a cama FALL OVERCUATS, at reduced BoYs’ BCHOO! x ties and styles. pore. ¢ VERCOATS and TOGAS. s NAc pomeentgnde J rarious iL. BAR’sS CLOTHING ESTABLISHMENT, CORNEB SEVENTH AND E STREETS, WASHINGTON, D. 0. THE LARGEST STOCK OF MENS, YOUTHS’ AND, BOYS’ CLOTHING IN THE CITY. FW GOODS RECEIVED EVERY DAY! BNEW STYLES EVERY DAY! ALL OF MY OWN MAKE! ALL OF MY OWN MAKB! BANU ATS USE RECEIVED. ee mE EEE ot SRLS a vee oe OUBNEE OF SEVENTH AND E STREETS Is the best place in the District to buy, GOD CLOTHING ATA SAVING OF 99 FEE BUSINESS CLOSED ON SATURDAYS UNTIL BVENIN eer heen tb eee F J. HEIBERGER, * (eccessor te H. F. Lovpox & Co..) CITIZENS, ARMY AND BAVY, A ee ages from three years and upwards, in great variety of quali- v to rices less than the same el % SPECIAL NOTICES, seetissie NewS NDISPENSABLE. There are some simple remedies indispensable in any family. Among these, the experience of years astnres us. shoukl be recorded PERRY DAVIS’ VEGETABLE PAIN KILLER. For both inter- nal and external application we have found it of great value; e<pectally can we recommend it for colds, rheumativm, or fresh wounds and bruises.— Christian Era. de 21-Im ITS EFFECT IS MIRACULOUS. HALL’S VEGETABLE SICKLIAN HAIR RENEWER. It is a perfect and wonderfal article, Cures bald- ness.” Makes bair grow. A. better than any “oll or “pomat dry. all, the Sonar i the 3s rE it: srith whick it festores CRAY HALH TU 1TS ORIGINAL COLOR The whitest and worst looking hair resumes its i be. iteure. It ¢ dye the hair strikes at the root and Alife ttwith now life matter. cet application will do good; you will sce the NATURAL COLOR returning every day, and BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, + discolored appearance of the hair will ig nce to lustrous; shining and’ boat" Ask for Hall's Sicilian Hair Renewer; no other article is at all like it in effect. See that each bottle has our private Government Stamp over the top of the bottle. Aid others are umi- a. tat i. ‘h. P. HALL & CO., Nashua, N. H., Proprietors. For sale by ail druggists. ded the old MILIAU'S GOLDEN COD LIVER OIL, With Hypophosphite of Lime, a great improve. ment; made with the best of oll Known, it unites ¢iticacy with pleasant flavor and easy digestibility. Sold'by all recpectable druggies. 3, MILHAU'S SONS, 153 Broadway no ¥-TYF tin New York. ___ AMUSEMENTS. ¥ fhe FLY SHOO FLY he : SHOO FLY on, SsHae ELY! FLY! SHUO FLY! i VES TALBOTT, YE MACK, ROGERS, ~~ HAMALLS. (Change of programme each night. C@ATINEE SATURDAY, AT 2 O'CLOCK desist" PHAT BOY,” Agent. _ ALL’S OPERA HOUSE. KELLY & LEON’S MINSTREL THURSDAY and FRIDAY. Dec. 30 and 31 Afternoon and evening of SATURDAY, January GRAND DUTCH 5 « SHOO FLY. Ke. as bef a : deR0-3t MATINEE SATURDAY at 235 o clock. Admis- ts. sing 33 au TATIONAL THEATRE. SPALDING & Rartey, Prop’s and Man's. FAREWELL FE of the distinguished Artists M: W.s R.axp Mus. W. FOR POSITIVELY & Comm: MONDAY EVENIN CHANGE OF BILL NIGHTLY. DUE NOTICE WILL BE GIVEN OF THE oP! G BILL. Box SHEFT Now OPEN Weare ed, lt MAMMOTH ILLUM 24-6 Heuneylvania aveuue, between rr npn ak 3p. ai Brening Exhibition q t 3 \. Tm. 5 bi ie "Admittance, 36 cts, Children, 13 ies and ectioole. ra, BIBS, ASuauae, | rates to TURES OF A | Falen par ave mrorrs) N ATIONAL THEATKHE. SECOND AND LAST WEEK. ‘The Great Magical and Spectacular Pantomime of ‘ACK AND THE BEAN STALK. wTiides, NEW BALLETS. ively last werk of the celebrated AROM. oe coke PANTOMIME TROUPE, ND ANGE- Po ZANE, horean Artist Muces. RIC! s. CELLIN: the great Ter} wire WwEst ws deez 6t Lig L=t 2, &SLATER'S N. 0. MINSTRELS AND BURLESQUE OPEKA TBOUPE will Give FIVE NIGHTS PERFORMANCE At St. Peter's Parochial School Hall, gn Festteot south: between 3i_ and th attests oat, 7 in, ry December 27, 1360. ro- cena forthe benent of the school. Adimitance, 25 cents. Doore open at 7 p. m.; performance, at B > 7 S 5 YY, BC: 4. GTM AS nce Wh and D streets. Open Daily from7 a. m. to 10 p.m. jay and Friday a also, ‘Wednesday, and Thuraday, at 73s p. 1. FOR LADIES— ‘Tuesday and Friday Evenings, at 7% o'clock. 9 per annum; §6 for members oe f the THE BEST AND NEWEST MUSIC, for Balls, Private Parties. &c., String or Brass, can be. furnished by applying to H. DONCH, 341 8th; and oth ots.” Orders may, also be Teft ns bet. ; may ) Fries’, 39 8th st. wost,or Brown & Co.’sdrug- BE Hol SR St gr Brown Gy sara - MOXLEY, 443 ‘Tenth sireet,pooond door above ¥ L OOsTUMER FOR FANCY AND MASQUE BALLS, A LADIES, GENquEMEN AND oa L OIL PAINTINGS! For sale and Exhibition at BARLOW’S AULEMY OF TINE ATS. A large number of nS = ca Ease ART Y, A™ 245 F STREET, Between Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets, -AINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, we PHOTOGRAPHS, CHROMOS, &c., ROGER’S GROUPS OF SCULPTURE, ARTISTS’ MATERIALS, STATUETTES, &c., &c., PICTURE FRAMES, CORD AND TASSELS, &c., &c. VET PASSE PARTOUTS, = PABLOR BRACKETS, &c A Fine Assortment for HOLIDAY PRESENTS. cc 16-19 SMITA & STRONG. mt “EER about five fee t Vigorous, amd possesses pan any beholder. Mie nose ts large and prerci WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1869. EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. Ex-SExaToR Drxow, of Connecticut, and fam- ily arc spending the winter in Rome. GENERAL SHERMAN will receive to-morrow after one o’clock at his residence on I street, between Ist and 2d. ‘THERE WAS NO CABINET MEETING to-day, and the President was in his office but a a very short time this morning. SreneTany Bovtwett returned here last evening from his visit to Groton, Mass., and was at the Treasury Department to-day. ‘Tue FRENCR CABLE AND HASSON’S AGENCY seem to be beating the old cable and the Asso- ciated Press in foreign news. Corvector Casey, the President's brother- in-law, arrived here last night from New Or- leans. INTERNAL KevENUE—The receipts to-day from this source were $216,852; for the month ending December 31st, 11,402,239; and for the fiseal year to date, $85,987 502. SPEAKER BLatxeE has gone home on account of the sudden illness of his mother, and will not be here on New Year's Day; and consequently Mrs. Blaine will not receive on that day. GENERAL GEoRGE A. CusTER was dined in Detroiton Monday evening by the members of the Audubon Club, to whose museum he has made many valnable additions. Mr. A. B. Mctuert, Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department has gone to Hartford, Conn., to see about erecting a United States Court and Post Office building in that city. Tae Vacant Iowa SenaTorsutr.—The Gov- ernor of Iowa telegraphs that he will not ap- point a successor to Mr. Grimes to the United States Senate because of the near approach of the meeting of the Legislature of that State. Prnsonat—General MeClellan and wife ar- rived here last night, and are at the Arlington Hotel. ‘The wife and children of the late Secretary Stanton have left here for Steubenville, Ohio. ‘Tay Hover CoMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS has adjourned until Monday. The Committee has nearly finished the Legislative and Execu- tye, Pensionand West Point bill. The former appropriates about twenty-five millions; the Pension bill abont thirty-two millions, and the latter about one million dollars. PREPARING FOR THE Levee.—The carpets have been removed from the ante-room at the Executive Mansion, and the hall carpet cov- ered, preparatory to the reception to-morrow. The platform from the window adjoining the hail by the side of the East room has been erected, over which the crowd will pass ou from the East room. THE STANTON FuNp.—It is understood that the movement to raise a fund of $100,000 for the benefit of the family of the late Secretary Stan- ton.is progressing very favorably, and that a large amount has already been subscribed. Senatir Chandler is reported to have subscribed $5,000, and other gentlemen nent in political ire have given equally peas a A Protest EntErEp.—Colonel P. P. Pich- lyn, chief of the Chocataw tribe of Indians, yes- terday entered a protest before the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, on behalf of his tribe, against a violation «f the treaty made with that tribe, by collecting internal revenue tax in that coun- try. This was induced by the seizure of a to- bacco factory there a few days since, stated in Tux STAR day before yesterday. Commissions KEApY.—There are over one hundred commissions in the office of the Secre- tary of the Treasury to be issued to Internal Revenue Collectors and Assessors in various parts of the country during the coming week, and new bonds are to be filed by the Collectors with new oaths from the Assessors. These ap- pointments were made during the recess, and were therefore ad interim appointments only, Having now been confirmed by the Senate, they will be regularly commissioned and file the pro- per bonds. A COMMITTEE TO VISIT THE WESTERN Dis- TILLERS.—At the urgent request of the distillers of spirituous liquors in Cincinnati to Commis- sioner Delano tor the appointment ot a commit- tee to visit their distilleries to witness the pro- cess of mashing under the 48 hour system, and hear arguments in relation to the assessment thereunder. Mr. Delano has designated Deputy Commissioner Douglass and Third Deputy Com- missioner Given as a committee te visit Cincin- natti. ‘hey will leave here on Thuraday or Friday next to discharge the duty assigned to them. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY Ricwarpson will fléave here on Sunday even- ing for bis home in Massachusetts, and he has no expectation of returning here to resume his duties as Assistant Secretary. It will be remem- bered that he tendered his resignation some time since, but at the urgent request of Secretary Boutwell consented to remain until the close of the year. Although he has been solicited by both the President and Secretary Boutwell to withdraw his resignation Judge Richardson declines to do se on the ground that his private matters in Massachusetts demand that he should retire from the Treasury Department and re- sume his position on the bench in his native State. IT 18 BTATED by the Catholic Mirror that “‘ex- Secretary Stanton, some months before his death bad turned his attention to the subject of reli- gion, and was but recently engaged in an inves- tigation of the doctrinesof the Catholic Church, under the instruction of Father O’Connor, formerly bishop of Pittaburg, with whom he lately had several conferences. In all human probability, had the life of Mr. Stanton been spared a little longer, he would have become a Catholic.” Contrariwise, the intimate personal friends of ‘Mr. Stanton say there ir no ground whatever for the supposition that he was inclined to Catholicism—that he was baptised by Rev. Dr. ‘Sparrow, of the Fairfax, Va., (Episcopal) Semi- nary, afew months since, and that Dr. T. Starkey, of the Church of the Epiphany, wasa regular visitor to Mr. Stanton, up to the time of his death. ‘THE ANNEXATION OF Batis CoLUMBIA— Vincent Colyer, of New York, on Wednesday bad an interview with the President, and pre- sented to him a memorial another, signed by merchants of Nanaimo and | ti # i i il Ht i fl ‘Te “protest” of ex-Governor E. M. Peas>, of ‘Texas, against the election of Gen. Davis, Re- publican, Governor of Texas, addressed to the President, reterred to in yesterday's STAR, ex- cites a good deal of amusement on the part of the members of Congress here. It is presumed the Republican success in Texas is a sore point to Pease, Hamilton & Co. ‘THE ForeiGy MAIL Service.—Yesterday at New York Postmaster General Creswell con- cluded and ratitied the contracts tor European mail service from this country. The first steam- er, under the new arrangement, will sail on Saturday, so that the action of the Cunard and Inman lines will not result in any disadvantage to the service. The Canadian Postmaster Gen- eral has offered an arrangement for servicefrom Portland by steamship to Europe at two cents. A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION for the four vacant second assistant examinerships in the Patent Office has just closed. There were twenty-four competitors for the positions, em- bracing clerks in the office and applicants from outside. The examination was placed in the hands of Prof. Scheffer, librarian; J. H. Adams, superintendent of the report; Mr. G. A. Nolen, one of the principal examiners, and was very thorough and searching. The successful aspirants were M. H. Doolittle, United States Observatory; H. P. Sanders, of New York; ‘Thomas C. Woodward, of Iowa, and Charles W. Chapman, of Connecticut. Messrs. Sanders and ‘Woodward were clerks to examiners in the of- tice prior to the examination. Srrnits 1x Boxy —It is reported thatthe del- egations here in the interest of western whiskey manufacturers have succeeded in favorably im- pressing the members of the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance in the matter of extending the length of time for which spirituous liquors may remain in bend, and they have strong hopes that legislation to that effect will be recom- mended. It is also understood that Commissioner Dela- no rather inclines toward an extension of time, if accompanied with suitable restrictions and the laying of a slight additional tax; but he does not propose, we believe, to make any recom- mendations in the premises, preferrin, to leave the matter to be acted on by Congress amin- fluenced by any expression of official opinion. ‘THE New York Sun says that the Post-(fice Committee of the House of Representatives tind in their investigation in regard to the con- struction of the New York Post Office “that the contracts have in all cases been given to the lowest responsible bidders. Mr. Mullett, the Architect of the Treasury, has followed that rule in the extensive censtractions hitherto in his charge, and there is no good reason to sup- | sor that he has departed from it in the present instance. Besides, his doings have all been un- der the careful suy of Mr. Boutwell, the Secretary of the Treasury, a most determined enemy of jobbery of every kind. As for the plan, we have not examined it minutely in its tails, but it appears to us to combine economy with convenience and beauty, and to be in every way better adapted to its pui than the plan devised by the Commission of 1867. The difficulty in the case we understand to be that Mr. Mullett has not given the contracts to a corrupt ring, who fancied themselves entitled to havethem. The members of this ring are be- lieved to include several individuals who have wn rich in the mighty job of our new Court- louse. We shall observe with interest the pro- gress of their present conspiracy to fatten them- selves still further at the public expense.” 202 Mr. Routwell’s Boston Lecture. The New York ublish a more extend- d Pee deta Boston fr8 evening. concluding portion is given as follows: It was true, the Secretary remarked, that the eventaof the past ten years had left their diMical: pe a vast pul t and a system of tion that was deemed burdensome. nation. If the country remained at peace (and there was no irdication to the contrary) the on lic debt would be soon considerably reduced, and its tinal liquidation would not be very remote. Ithad been asserted, Mr. Boutwell said, that the Americans, as a nation, wer) Sfacping—saxious for extension of territory. assertion, he desired to emphatically contradict; for within the past twenty-five years the Government has repeatedly rejected prot territory. _ stanced Mexico, which ‘was once in om meer the United States troops; but the Government accepted only a few outlying Si an id for them liberally. ‘The Sasdwich felanae he knew, had been tendered years ago; and other islands have from time to been offered and rejected. We take nothing by oppression. nations take by force of arms, ours by force ot ideas. If by such force others desire to join us, we will der their proposals. There should be nothing in our public debt to prevent such an extension by peaceful means. ‘e should so re- peace that in other war our credit would nold good. Taxation is an evil that should be reduced as quickly as possible, But there,are greater evils. With us it meant the reduction’of a debt—with European nations the support of standing armies, In alluding to the destruction ef American commerce by the war, Mr. Boutwell said that none doubted what the remedial course should be; though no platform could be devised to ac- complish its restoration—the union of Govern- ment and people. In closing, he said that there was a future America that could be better com- prehended now than in 1869. England’s Ameri- can colonics are yet to accept the American idea which bagede vee the Continent, Lge, € the Pacific under commercial control, w! ick has juered the worst and set up the better. The world will soon learn the people for the to a government of the people against their wishes a Mr. Boutwell trequently applauded. Forricn News py Casix—tIn the gislatif last eve 4 Olivier announced that he had his Ministry, as fol- comp! lows :_-Minister of the Interior, M. G Te; Minister of Foreign Affairs, M.’Balault; Minis~ ter of Justice, M. Richard; Minister of the Pub- le Works, M. Duvernair; Minister of Com- mcrce, M. Bourbeau; Mi the Suet Cals and adds that singe fro easeh SoS i f fe ell cat # HH ii iF f Hi Ee TWO CENTS. TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. This Afternoon’s Dispatches. SPECIAL REPORTS. INTERESTING EUROPEAN NEWS. aime London Times on the Unfriendly elena intense Enpiens aot te iea—The Russiaa Emperor Hypo- Latest from via the French Cable by Has- Lonpon, Dec. 31—The London Times, in its editorial this morning, after reviewing the principal events of the year now closed, and explaining the present status of England in her relations with other nations, says:—‘« The un. friendly fee! existing ween England ‘America is theonly disquieting element in Ont Gee bron internal prowperig. Te hes ‘boon our g n iy an over! aye- tem of diplomacy will not settle difficulties at present existing between the two ites, to renew ne; justment of the Alabama claims until the Pres- identof the United States is pi recon- sider the inadmissable demands which he has heretofore promulgated as the ultimatum of his count mn.’ Lonpon, Dec. 31—The Lancet, the recognized medical authority of London, asserts in an arti- cle of its edition of to-day that the Emperor of Russia is suffering severely from hereditary hy- pochrondriasis. He often refuses to e of food for days ata time, and indulges in other morbid seer ed which are rapidly undermin- ing his physical constitution. emer rer-maaet am Pert au Prince red by the Hay- tinm Hevelutioniegs [By Hasson’s News Agency.) Havana, Dec. 31—The city of Port au Prince was captured by the revoluti army of Hay- tion the night of the 18th foment . . Se aces ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS. THE RED RIVER REBELLION. A Canadian View of it_A Small Mat- = Govt ads Fight Sooner Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Cuicaco, Dec. 31—The following is the Ca- nadian view of the rebellion om the Red River, as given by a special correspor roa Glate tov. —— with Col. Den- noon from Fort Abercrombie. The party seems somewhat despondent. The state of the matter Red River is not so much from the formidableness of the insurrection as from several other causes. In fact they seem to ceca es as a small matter, as a very small sec! of the inhabitants are con- cerned in it. The ideas ling the Indians are ppt homey One thing, however, is certain, if anything like annexation is attempted, the In. dians will rise tea man, and the consequences of such a rising would be dveadfal. In fact ‘the people here, though distant, are in terror at the dea. In regard to Col. Dennis, who, instead of instigating the Indians to fight, used the strong- est and happily successful endeavors to kee) them hore and prevent a shot from being Hi he had a party in the stone fort when the bill of rights was published, and he peacefully dis- banded them, awaiting further tiations, which the French expressed their wil to enter into. He moreover stopped a large party of Sioux on their way to fight the Americans, and went to Pembina to report to the Governor. me whole matter is evidently in a fearful mad- le. So THE CRISIS IN FRANCE. No New Yet_Mons. Ollivier Not a Good Cabinet Maker. Exclusively to The Evening Star. Panis, Dec. 31, 1.30 P.M.—The new Ministry has not yet been formed, there are no far- ther developements in the direetion of its forma- tion. It is feared that M. Ollivier will be mable to form one. —— The Proposed Niagara and Erie Ship Canal. Telegraphed Eaclusively to The Evening Star. Orrawa, Dec. 31.—The Official Gazette, pub- lished to-day, contains the following notice: Application will be made to the Domin- fon Parliament at its next session for an act of incorporation for the Niagara and Erie Canal Company, ith power to con- struct a ship canal from the Niagara river, near Fort George, to a point near the village of Tha- rold, on the’ Welland Canal, and to extend to Point Colburn or the upper Niagara river at Chippewa. peels Sd Postage Rates Between the United States and Canada. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. OTTAWA, Deo. 31—On and after the 1st day of anu ye rat on pass- ing between Canada and’ the Gaited Kingdom will be as follows : If sent prepaid by the Can- nda mail packet via Quebec or Portiand, in Wim- ia half ounce. Letters from Kingdom posted unpaid or jd, less than the paper rates will on delivery with donbie the amount deficient postage. poets Sit Emigration to the West. Telegraphed Eaclusively to The Evening Star. a. oa Dee 31.—The rari of og grant the year ending > pots d to Governor Haven, shows vauber ot e rou; uml wo $5,000; being an ase of 3,076 on last year. ‘Six thousand seven hundred proposed to settle in Ilinois; 6,274 in Missouri; 4,356 in Wisconsin, and 3,733 in Ohio; and the remainder in Indiana, Kentucky, Min Tennessee, Iowa, Kan- sas, Mickigan, Nebraska, and Louisiana. Another Young Lady Shoots Her Seducer. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. WHEELING, Dec. 31.—Yesterday afternoon young lady’ named Botham, who had heen Seduced by aman named McNash, visited his House and called him out, demanded the ful mt of his promise, and dre’ him through the bowels. She then surre: herself aE authorities, McNash will tot recover. He was to marry another lady in a few days. ep aas Still Alive. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Cuicaco, Dec. 31.—Dr. Samper, who was sup- ed to. have been mu by'Mr. Nunema- ‘s for bes boom Reurd fees ene Nedanguter, —e——. Omaha im Favor of Railroads. to The Evening Star. Cuicaco, Dec. 31—The vote in favor of issuing bonds amounting to $350, to the Omaha and Southwestern bas been in Omaha by 1,505 majority. gees Baan A United States Consul Semtenced for ‘Nereis say ie to The Evening Star. LASGOW, 31.—Wm. Vice Consul at thin port, has boca sentenced to Sands ree a See Telegrephes Boctasioely to The Evening Star. ‘VAN, Dec. 1—The steamer Cleopatra from New’ York ‘trivea this morning. The Sugar dull. alled for Hamburg. Union Pacitie for November was $714,885; ex= 2 en eR Cold Weather in Germany. Telegraphed [ Cacaco, Dec. 31—The receipts A of the $499,608. ‘Things.’ RZ Dotan neta bag tent racing = peas ; The Government transactions in five-twenty | bonds at New York yesterday resulted in the sate of $1,000,000 at 111, which price, however, to be considered. There has been asharp de mand on Wall street for money, and rates on call Icans have ranged from seven per cent. cur- Fency to one-sixteenth of one per cent. per day, number of transactions af seven er cent. gold. In addition to the calling in of Ty to dividend disbursements, ications that artificial means have been employed to increase the stringency. Comm reial paper is dull, and ually as last queted. se Siocon Government Securities. Wasninoton, Dec. 31, 1809.—Jay Cooke & Co furnish the following quotations of Gevernment securities: | ing time for him, and f | crison that the tire of pas | aroused in hi | and be rates are nomi- Five-twenties; Jan. and July,‘ jan. * Five-twenties, Jan. and July, ’68. Ten-forties . BNEW YORK- RST BOARD. USK G-B0's.Tn&y, 67.115 5-20's,Jn&Fy,°68.. 114, Ten-torties Tons | lence for him in his unhap; ia By Bankers’ and Brokers’ Telegraph. Lewis Johnson & Co. quote stocks and bonds in home and foreign markets as follows : New Yorx, Dec. 31.—First Board—U. 8. 6's, » 118345 ia 8 coupon, 114%; 5- itty 109; =. 18x; Canton, ‘d, 144; Western Union Tel 4; Pac Mar se 3. pre! Boston W: Li York Central, 853; Eri strong. Gold, 119481204. Loxpor, Dee. 31, 1 p.m. : eee for money, 92%; tor account,’92y. Bonds, "62, 4%. 10-4s, 3%. Illinois, 102 4 WW: Atlantic, 253. and advancing. ceipts for the wee 000 bales, of which 34,000 are American. Sales for the week @,000 bales, of which 48.000 were for trade, 12 bales, ‘of whic! lation. Stock in port 335,000 177,000 are American. atloat, consigned here, 268,000 bales, of which 178,000 are American. ae, The Markets To-Day. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Battrmore, Dee. 31.—C Uplands, 25. Flour steady do loward Street, superfine, $4.7 extra, $5.25a86; SARS, ly, 86.25a87. City Mil aS600; heavy; bacon, quiet; rib sides 18; clear do. alty; shoulders, 15¢.; hams, alec. Lard qu at 18k. Whisky dull at 98c-asi. Bartmwore, Dec. 31.—V: 43 asked; do., 1806, RE, Dee. ia 6's, old, 41% 32y bi, Ss sakes. . Money per Ex > 11 ibe, SE dense ans ae esa Virginia 6's, ex-coupon, 47%; new, 5s. Gatelina sixes, old, 40; news 384 Dec. 31.—Fiour _unch: land unchanged. Corn 1e beeen Secret Sessions of the Roman Council. {Correspondence New York Tribune.) Rome, Dec. 14.—The mysterio: resy ‘ations for the Council were ue to shroud its proceedings. Evry member of the Council from the Patri- archs of the Esto to the most obscure stenogra- ‘press injunction of the Pope, enveloped cont pher is under the ex; and is bound by his the outside Srorkd. The most i is youchsafed to the public at large, and whatever ‘yond the contents of the official documents that are issued trom time to time, bas po better foundation than you may hear, be; The fathers are punctual in attendance. few are now to be seen in the streets. its usual aspect, and is he intense ecclesiastical , Which prevented many of the Protes- from breathing freely. There is a secular travelers than before f the Council. The hotel ty ins to wear somewbat relieved of tl the Counci always bring rain or the fact, produce ‘worse ly meeting of the Quakers ‘They say the p in New York or —_—__+se-___ BILL To License GAMBLING b | CaLiror has been introduced in the State, by Senator Green, enti A 5 i i i H i ii! ht i i f f HI i é f it i ie if i I: af f f ea The Ayer-Oliver Tragedy. letter in the Kichmond Enqairer on this we extract the fol ow {"wul iwtroduce the accumal. Look at Fe i H a countenance | that e faces that plainly telix yo rate man to have for a fricnd, b to have for an enemy. Firm! tenacity of purpose arc indicated by his featares, and these qualities are sv shade | and softened by anexpression of good hamor and geniality ata first sight it makes one like the man. The lawyers in this case talked a good deal ting time,” and an argument was ‘made by the commonwealth’s attorney to show | that the period which intervened between the | time when the accused | ter’s condition and the time whea he killed her first heard ot his sh seducer wax sufficiently long to prevent the pro vocation from being effective =e Jogal justin. cation of the homicide; that the frenzy of mind. the monomania which one of the witnesses sail the announcement of his daughter's dishouor produced in Mr. Ayer, would have cooled down | and died out, and éonsejnently could not serve as a legal excuse for this act. It may have been so with some persons whose mental organization was different fram his, it is not so with Mr. A There was ne re with Fuclgr on arid revenge which a this deep se nhim long ar tied to judge char . ‘This sa remarkable case, as well asa sad sorrowful one. The -cd was. an English man who had recently come to Virginia, and had already gained it) a high degree the conti- dence and esteem of the pec he had made his home. Great sympathy is felt for his innocent family. enger 1s also ar Englishman bv birth, ded from childhood inou wi he has lived, as has been clearly exhib | ited Ly the presence of many ot his friends trom | the counties of Fauquier, Loudon, Fairfax and Culpeper, to express their sympathy and condo- There can be no quests of his acquittal | upon his final trial. dudge Robertson stated that there had been twenty-nine prosecutions i ¥ | this country for offences somewhat similar to this, and in no instance had the accased been convicted. No petit jury in Virginia © empanneled who will find him guilty. The com- mon law of the State, if I may se speak, sanc- tions his act and justifies it. Our statute docs not provide adequate punishment in cases of seduction. They hang a man for stealing a hore, and leave the father to a pitifal ac for damages before civil court against a m: who has blasted the fair fume of hix daaghter foréver—a proceeding “hich is repugnant to the feelings of the Southern people. has we deen resorted to in this State that lam aware Viewed in the light of stern, strict, undbending law, Mr. Ayer may have committed a crime, when all the circumstances of the case are © sidered, he wil! not be punished for it. = +s0e- Virginia News. But few persons out side of the State have any adequate idea of real extent of emigration trom Virginia. Itis not eontined, either, ax it was x ear since, to the able bodied young men, ut embraces every age and sex. Af the present rate, some think a very few years will make colored people as scarce in Virginia as they are in New York or Massachusetts. The flood in James river is very great, and there is no likelihood that the Kichmond city te for near a week yet. an y of water in the reservoi cease answering pon them to-day. oo RULES or THE Cacncnes tx Recaxp Te MARRYING Divorcep Persons.—The Toledo Commercial says: After some inquiry, we have ascertained the regulation of the denominations named below to be substantially as tollows, viz: Protestant Episcopal—No minister is allowed to solemnize matrimony in any case where there is a divoreed husband or wife of either party still living; but this is not to apply to the innocent party ina divorce for adultery, or te parties once divorced seeking to be anited Catholic ChurchDivorce, except as to bed and board, not recognized in any case; and ne divorced party to be remarried while the other ing. Preslyterian.—Divorce recognized for adal tery only, the innocent party to be allowed to remarry. We understand this to be the posi of the reunited church, as it was of the rece branches. We think most, if not all of the Pres- bytenan churches adhere to the same. Methorist.— Substantially the same as the Pres- Congregational.—This denomination having no common authority except the Bible. cach s»pa- Tate church determines such matters tor itself under the advice and counsel of associations, but we think there is little ditference in practice in it, the rule of the Presbyterian and Methodist oe — the one followed. japtist.—Like the Congregationalists, the Baptists have no ecclesiastical authority, each church determining all questions for itself. The . however, is substantially the same as that of the three ng nations, the Bible rule being guide. mn penne A DEPAULTING CASHIER CooLLY Assistinc IN THE Diseovery or His Crime.—The investi- by Mr. Charles Callender, Government mspector of National Banks, in the case ot Edward J. Oakley, the defaulting cashier, will not close probably for two or three days. The examination yesterday led no first Mi Ueavelys and fenders f unrave! if funds abstracted were entirely for use of his us : ss 222+ —___ WHOLESALE BANISHME®T OF Ccnans. New York Times’ Havana ing under date of December prominent Cubans had their Veet aay i - respectable and talented men of Havana.” Sa GaTHERING oF InisH VOLUNTEERS Ix Mas- SACHUSETTS.—A despatch from Boston. Fenian volunteers, armed, pas oumeped and