Evening Star Newspaper, February 3, 1870, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. . PUBLISHED DAILY, Sunday excepted, | At The Star Building, | ' SW. Corner Pennsvivania Av. sad Lith St, BY THE EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY. riers to their sub- THE STAR Is served by car at Ten CzNTs PER seribers in the City and Denys PER MONTH. Copice CEN -—Three Months, One Dollar Ping Cents, Six, Months, Three Dollars; Ore Dollars. No papers are sent from ‘ne Gflice longer thar paid for. SPECIAL NOTIC!S, BATCHELOR’S HAIR DYE. ‘The test om the world—does ® 4 contain lead—n Vitricl poisons te paralyze thé system or produc Geath. “ie ts perfeccly harmicse—eehable—eastanta neous. Avoid the Sg nah deinsive Jreparations basting vi eZ do Dot possess, if you wo & The ; mW. A. 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THIS EVENING and every evening until further notice, | Tom Taylor's Eccentric Cemedy, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Florence Trenchard. s LAURA KEENE As perform 1,000 nights. @ Beats secured at Music 8 Will be given of the revival of Bow HUNTED DOW yaration. Chas. Dickens* CHRISTMAS EVE. INCOLN HALL. POPULAR SCIENTIFIC LECTURES YNESDAY and FRIDAY EVENING, pemmencing JANUARY 12, (o F ished scientific men : W. HAWKINS, of New York, on Nat- 'P COOKE, of Harvard University, on y. ‘S, of Chicago, on Geology. ares emmence at 8 o'clock. Bingle cents; admitting lady and gentioman. 7S tickets, cents. yHITEHURST GALLERY 4 ND P. 3 *TH ILLU NA » . wate ake tr MAGNIFICENT REPRESENTA- TIONS every ev ning, at the WHITEHURST GAL- LERY. 424-6 Pa. ave., bet. Og and 6thsts. Excel- t 7%; o'clock. Admittance, 25 Special rates to families and KINDS, AS USUAL, T. jain | 200 OLL PAINTINGS! For sale and on Free Exhibition at BARLOW’S GALLERY OF FINE ARTS. A large number of MODERN PICTCKES suitable for Holuda, Presents will be found amongst them. No. 23 Penna. avenue, between 12th and 13th streets, south LAMBS Looking @ Picture Frame Establishmen 17-6 i REPOSITORY, 245 F STREET, Beween Trericenth and Fourteenth Sireets, OIL PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, CHROMOS, &., ROGERS GROUPS OF SCULPTURE, ARTISTS’ MATERIALS, STATUETTES, &c., &., PICTURE FRAMES, CORD AND TASSELS, &c., &c. VELVET PASSE PARTOUTS, PARLOUR BRACKETS, &c A Fine Aesortment for HOLIDAY PRESENTS. ec ely SMITH & STRONG. Ne. 456) ON EXHIBITION 4No. 456 kart H ND SALE 7H Brauer. AT MARKRITE SrRet. No. 456 Seventh street, between D end E street Eight Doors above Odd Fellows’ Hall, Qheice Ol Paintings. Engravings. Chrome, Be. apuly PARTIES, &c. GRAND MASQUERADE BALL, at MARINI ACADEMY, MONDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 71a, 1570. tmittin A=" QUARTETTE CLUB E Strzer, EEN ¥ill AND TH, a Gentleman and two La all the members of the Clab; sand at Patent 02 5t BANKERS. [eo AN, Pres. J. A. RUFF, Treas WASHINGTON CITY SAVINGS BANK Corner of Seventh street and Louisiana avenue, PAYS INTEREST ON DEPOSITS. Open daily from 9-30 a. m_to3 p.m.,and on SAT- URDAY EVENING. from 6:90 to 7:9 p.m. 3a3-ly Paes COOKE & Co., BANKER Buy and sell at current market rates GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, LD AND SILVER. Orders for STOCKS, and BONDS promptly exe- cur INTERNAL REVENUE STAMPS farnished. jeStt Le" JOHNSON & CO. BANKERS, s¥ AVENUE, CORNER TENTH PENSSYLVANIA AVENE, TENT! DEALERS I DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE. Government and Corporation Bonds bought an¢ ln other Marketable Securities etherbenee o AMES M.SCOVEL. J. K. H. WILLCOX. SCOVEL & WILLCoX, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT Law, ©. 4, MARKET SPACE, (Board of Trade Rooms.) WASHINGTON, D. c. Prastiee in ali United States Courts and before the im Bepartments W-- LYCETT, i + BOOKBSINVER AND PAPEK- RULER. No. 1012 Pennsylvania avenue, between loth ith streets, south'side. sa Books clegantly or plainly bond. 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Tue Committee or Oxe HuxDRED on A CHANGE oF GOVERNMENT FoR THE DistRicT. ‘The following committee was appointed by Judge Fisher in accordance with the resolution passed at the citizen’® meeting at Lincoln Hall— to urge upon Congress the importance of having a government for the District of Columbia with power to legislate upon all rightful subjects of legislation not inconsistent with the Constitu- tion of the United States; the right of suffrage to be in no wise abridged: William 5. Huntington, Dr. C. H. Cragin, Riley A. Shinn, George 'W. Beall, Henry D! Cooke, Alfred Pope, Adolphus Hall, Thomas L. Tullock, A. B. Mullett, A. B. Olin, James A. Magruder, William H, Pluilip, H. Péek, Georze M. Vanbook, James H. Young, J. R. McC: nell, George Martin, Thomas Logan, Z. D. Gil- man, Fitzhugh Coyle, W! Funton, Lewis J. Davis, J. C. McKelden, William Ballantyne, Gen. 0. O. Howard, Gen. W. T. Sherman, Ad miral Dablgren, A. R. Shepherd, Moses Kelly. Hallet Kilbourn, Jno. T. Mitchell, A. 8. Solo- mons, J.W.Thompson, R. M. Hall, Wm. Syphax, H. Stanbury, ‘Jno. B. Blake, Jas. Wilson, J. b.Defrees, J. J. L. ‘L001 S. tland, A Grant. A. P. Fardon, W. J. Wilson, Dr. ©. H. Nichols, D. K. Cartter, Andrew Wslic, W. G. Metzerott, E. M.Galaudit, G. N. Mich ler, Edward Clarke, John L. Kidwell, Georg: H. Plant, K. B. Mohan, Wm. B. Todd, 8. P. Brown, J. W. Boteler, €. F. Peck, M. G. Em: ery. F. B. McGuire, H. A. Willard, Peter Park- er, 8. Acker, S.Norment, Wm. TE: Baldwin, 1. A. Gobright, W. J. Mu . S.No s° Kauffmann, A. ft.’ Herr, John Purdy, F. H. Smith, Lewis Clephane, Collins Crusoe, Clinton Lloyd, Thos. B. Bryan, Geo. W. Cochrane, B. F. Morsell, James Y. Davis, Wm. B. Moses, William H. Morrison, Franklin Philp, John Little, Thos. P. Morgan, . H. McChesney, J. . Lewis, N. P. Chip- man, A. G. Riddle, 0. D. Barrett, William H. A. Wormley, John T. Johnson, John A. Gray, George W. Hatton, Alex. Gar- den, Gen. J. G. Parke, C. 'P. Patterson, Admi- ral D. D. Porter, Gen. A. A. Humphreys, Gen. E. D. Townsend, D. L. Eaton, Benj. F, French, Thos. M. Plowman, Adolph Cluss, Charles Klo- man, J. R. Elvans, A. L. Sturtevant, W. W. Corcoran. ‘The committee will meet at Metzerott Hall on Saturday evening, 5th inst., at 8 o'clock. A full attendance is desired. Groner P. Fisner, President of the Convention. InTERNAL ReveNve.—The receipts to-day from this source were $869,587. J. McLeary Brows, Secretary to Mr. Burlingame, is at the Metropolitan Hotel. “Tae Pretty Faust” at the National Thea- ter this evening. REPRESENTATIVE Hoac, the Democratic member from the Toledo (Ohio) district, is lying dangerously ill in this city. Patt Grrarp, who married the lovely octo- Miss Wormley, as received a letter from his people in France, sending bim $1,500 to pay his debts and to take him home with his bride, h's femily having become reconciled to his marriage. SENATOR Srracve’s whereabonts is the sub- Ject of inquiry in several of our exchange pa- pers. The Senator has not been at the Capitol since the Christmas adjournment, but we un- derstand that he came here last week, and after two day’s conference with some of his labor re- form friends, returned to Khode Island. Tre WALL Street Panic—Mr. Calender, the Bank aminer of the Tenth National Tan‘, and its operations pending the September panic, was before the Banking and Currency Committee yesterday. The committee also examined Mr. Bartlett, Private Secretary of Mr. Boutwell, who wrote the despatch for the sale of four millions of gold, the messenger who carried it to the telegraph office and the opera- tor who sent the message, and Mr. B's testi- mony is reported to have elicited the fact tha: nobody here but himself saw the despatch, from the time it was handed him until it reached the operator in New York, and that it was sent di- rect to Mr. Buttertield, and was not taken otf the line at any point before reaching New York. The telegraph operators in New York who re- ceived the despatch are next to be examined. The committee this morning examined Mr. ‘Tinker Washington, Superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph Company, and sev- eral of the operators in that office, in relation to the dispatches sent by Secretary Boutweli during the panic. ‘The State Dixver at the Executive Mansion last evening was a brilliant affair, the guests being the Foreign Ministers residing here and their ladies, with several Senators and Repre- sentatives, The President occupied a seat at the centre of the table, with the Baroness Ge- rolt upon his right and Madame Blacque, wife of the Turkish Minister, upon his left. Further on the right were Blacque Bey, the Turkish Minister; Senora Dona Freyre, wife of the Pe- ruyian Minister; Gen. Acosta, Minister of the United States of Colombia; Madame Mazel, wife of the Netherlands Minister; M. de Cata- eazy, the Russian Minister, and Count Colobi- ano, Charge d’Affairs of Italy. On the lett of the President, beyond Madame Blacque, sat Secretary Fish, Senora Dona Mariscal, wife of the Mexican Minister; Col. Freyre, Peruvian Minister; Mrs. W. E. Niblack; Senor Don Maris- cal, Mexican Minister, and Senator Carl Schurz, Mrs. Grant sat immediately opposite the Presi- dent, supported on her right by Baron Gerolt, the Prussian Minister; Senora Dona Garcia, wife of the Argentine Minister; Senor Don de Magalbaens, the Brazilian Minister; Madame de Catacazy, wife of the Russian Minister; Senor Don Roberts, the Spanish Minister; Mr. Mazel, Minister from the Netherlands, and M. de Bulle, the Danish Minister. On the left of Mrs. Grant were M. Berthemy, the French Minister; Mrs. Secretary Fish, Baron Lederer, the Austrian Minister; Mrs. Senator Schurz, Senor Don Garcia, Minister from the Argentine Republic; M. Deltosse, the Belgian Minister, and Mr. Rangabe, Charge d’Affairs of Greece. An one end of the table were Count de Faver- ney, Secretary of the French Legation; Hon. Koderick R. Butler and Hon. W. E. Niblack. At the other end, Mr. E. H. Allen, Charge @Aftairs of the Hawaiian Islands; Hon. N. P. Banks and Count Lewenhaupt, Charge d’ Affairs of Sweden and Norway. The table was orna- mented in a beautiful manner, and the dinner served in magnificent style. ‘Tae WasHINcTon Market CoMPANY.—Mr. Tanner introduced in the House this morning a bill to incorporate the Washington Market Com- building or bi at the intersection of the canal and street, commencing fift; feet south from the northern side of ia one and running thence northerly west side of Seventh street to the south side of Penn- sylvania_ avenue, thence west the south side of Pennsylvania avenue to east side of %h street; thence along 9th street to the nal; thence the canal to ginning, and to use and oce: erection of a suitable public market house, also = such ogee od com visions of the ‘are simaltar t WASHINGTON, D. C.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1870. IurortantT FIsanctan —Mr.| THE BALTIMOBE i MEAsuRE. — Mr. LEO bill to authorize the and congolida- tion of the bt, to facilities, and to ¢stablish specie payments : te it ’, for the purpose of , coupon or registered bonds of such denomina- tions, not less than fifty dollars, as he may think Broker to an amount not exceeding four hun- red million dollars, redeemable in coin at the pleasure of the Government, at any time after ten years, and payable in coin at twenty years from date, bearing interest at the rate of five percentum per annum, payable semi-annu- ally m coin; and the bonds thus authorized may be disposed of at the discretion of the Secre- tary, under such regulations as he shall pre- scribe. either in the United States or elsewhere, at no less than their value, for coin; or they may be exchanged for any of the outstanding bonds of an equal aggregate par value hereto fore issued and known as the tive-twenty bonds and for no other purpose; and the proceeds of so much thereof as may be disposed of for coin shall be placed in the Treasury, to be used for the redemption of such six per centum bonds at par as may not be offered in exchange, or tore- place such amount of coin as may have been used for that purpose. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Sec- retary be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue, on the credit of the United States, coupon or registered bonds lo the amount of $400,000,000 of such denominations, not less than $50, as he may think proper, redeemable in coin at the pleas- ure of the government at 7 time after fifteen yeers, and payable in coin at thirty years from date, and bearing interest not exceeding 44 per cent. per annum. payable semi.annually in coin; and the bonds authorized by this section may be disposed of under such So aoepater as the Sec- retary shall prescribe, in the United States or elsewhere, at not less than par for coin; or they may be exchanged at par for any of the out- standing obligations of the government bearing a higher rate of interest in coi the pro- cee of such bonds as may be sold for coin shall be deposited in the treasury, to be used for the redemptien of such obligations bearing interest in coin as by the terms of issue are or may become redeemable or payable, or to re- place such com as may have been used for that purpose. ; Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Sec- of the Treasury be, and’ he is hereby authorized to issue, on the credit of the United States, from time to time, coupon or registered bonds of such denominations not less than $59 as he may think proper, to the amount of ££400,000,000, redeemable in coin at the pleasure of the Government at any time after 20 years. and payable in coin at 40 years from date, and bearing interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum, payable semi-annually in coin; and such bonds may be disposed of either in the Uni'ed States or elsewhere, at not less than their par valuc, for coin, or at the discretion of he Secretary ‘for United States notes, or may be exchanged at not iess than par for any of the obligations of the United States outstanding at the date of the issue of such bonds. And if in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury it is thought advirable to issue a larger amount of 4 per centum bonds for any of the purposes herein or hereinafter recited than would be otherwise authorized by this section of this act, such further issues are hereby authorized: Pro- vided, That there shall be no increase in the aggregate debt of the United States in couse- quence of any issues authorized by this act. See. 4. And be it further enacted, Thi authorized by this act shall be exem taxation by or under natioual, state, or local authority. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the cou- ponsof said bonds may be made payable at the ‘Treasury of the United States; or at the offic of an authorized a 7 i either in the cities of London, Paris, Berlin} Amsterdam, or Frankfort, in dollars or the equivalent thereor, in sterling money, in francs or in thalers. Sec. 6. And he it further enacted, That the Sec- retary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, an- thorized to appoint such’ agents in the United States and Europe as he may deem necessary to aid in the negotiation of said bonds; and he may advertise the loaa herein authorized and the conditions thereof, in such newspapers and journals in this country and in Europe as he may select for that purpose; and a sum not ex- ceeding one per centum of the bonds herein au- thorized is hereby appropriated to pay the ex- pense of preparing, issuing, and disposing of the same. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That in order nto execution the provisions of the tion of the act entitled “An act to au- thorize the issue of United States notes and for the redemption or funding thereof, and tor funding the floating debt ot the United States,” approved February twenty-tive, eighteen hun- dred and sixty-two, relating to the sinking fund, there is hereby appropriated out of the dutics derived from imported goods the sum of one hun- dred and fifty million dollars annually, which sum during each fiscal year shall be applied to the payment of the interest and to the reduction of the principal of the public debt. And the United States bonds now held as the sinki fund, and the United States bonds now held in the Treasury shall be cancelled and destroyed, a detailed record thereof being first made in the books of the ‘Treasury Department. And the vonds hereafter purchased under this section shall in like manner be canceled and destroyed. And a full and detailed account of the, applica Gon of the money herein appropriated shall be by the Secretary of the Treasury to Con- with his annual report; and the aggregate amount of the bonds canceled and destroyed shall be stated in the monthly statements of the public debt. Sec. . And be it further enacted, That on and after the Ist day of October, 1870, registered bonds of any denominotion not less than $1,000, issued under the provisions of this act, and no others, shall be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States as security for the notes is- sued to national banking associations for circu- lation under an act entitled “« An act to provide a@ national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the cir- culation and redemption thereof,” approved June 3, 1864; and all national banking associa- tions organized under said act,or any amend- ment thereof, are hereby required to. deposit bonds issued under this act, as security for their cireulating notes, within one year from the date of the passage of this act; in default of which, their right to issue notes for circulation shail be fdtfeited; and_the Treasurer and the Comptroller of the Curreney shall be authorized and required to take such measures as may be necessary to call in and destroy their outstand- ing circulation, and to return the bonds held as security therefor to the association by which they were deposited, in sums of not less than one thousand dollars: Provided, That any such association now in existence may, upon giving thirty day's notice to the Comptroller of the Currency, by resolution of its board of diree- egal tender notes with the Treas- urer of the United States tothe amount of its outstanding circulation,and take up the bonds ledged tor its redemption: And provided further, an ink oes posi any as such secur: be of either of the classes of bonds hereby authorized on which the maximum rate of interest is fixed at four and one-half or five per centum per an- num. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That amount of circulating notes which an under said \. See. 10. And be it further oe pr ee acts thereof, with the Treasurer United amount not Tae Licnt-novse Law iN THE Navy Yarps.—In the Senate this afternoon, during the consideration of the bill authorizing the of the Navy to transfer certain BeeTeaary of ce, avy te tran ent fof AND POTOMAC AD. Its Mode of Entry into the City. Proposal te bring it to Center Market. In the Senate, yesterday, the bill to extend the time for the completion of the lateral branch of the Baltimore and Potomac railroad, author- ized by the act approved February 5, 1867, and to change the location in the city of Washington along the bank of the ill Sontatie Bes ened ble recit that a Y by the Senate ‘and House charter was granted by the of Represe: tative of tne United States, and Spproved by the President February 5, 1867. ving to the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company the privilege of constructing a lateral branch of their railroad into the District of Co- lumbia and the city of Washington, and that, under the act, the time for the completion of the lateral branch was within four years from its passage, and as the work on the line of the road within the city of Washi m is very heavy and will consume a long time in its construction, and as the work hasalready been delayed m submit- ting the plans and location to Congress for their approval, hence the bill proposes to repeal the seventh section of the act of February 5, 18 and to extend the time for the completion of t lateral branch of the Baltimore and Potomac railroad to the Ist day of February, 1875. The company is also authorized to adopt a line in the city of Washington from South Fourth street. curving to the right, either to the north or south bank of the , northwestwardly to Virginia avenue. Mr. Sherman asked whether it will take until 1875 to conclude this railroad ? Mr. Cameron.—No; but we finda great deal of difficult work e termini of the road, at its terminus in Washington and its terminus in Baltimore, and it is desirable to have as much time as possible to finish that difficult work. We shall have the road in operation, however, soon after this time next year. Mr. Sherman.—I certainly should not hav voted for chartering this railroad, which I did with great pleasure, if I thought the company ‘was going to take so long to build forty miles ot roa Mr. Cameron.—Let me tell the Senator from Ohio, who has a just appreciation of this sub- ject, that it requires a tunnel under the city of altimore a mile and a quarter in len; may require some tnnnelin; but the road will be in ri this time next year, or by year, between Baltimore and Washington, with the exception of the termination in city ot Baltimore, and perhaps the termination here; but the cars will be running so that street road- in the city can connect with them. Mr. Sherman.—What is the objection to put- that requirement in the bill ? Mr. Cameron.—Because it is better not to hamper it. Accidents may happen. Mr. Sherman.—I do not like to put off th completion of another railroad to this city for four years when I think capital can be found to complete it ina year. Ifthe Senator will put his idea in the shape of an amendment to the bill, reserving until 1875 the right to complete the termini in the two cities, but requiring the road to be in running order between Baltimore and iene in one year from this time, I think it will be better. Mr. Cameron.—All [ want now is to change the road from the southern side of the canal to the northern side. This is a road in which every- Lody who comes to Washington is interested, and we expect to have it in operation early next year. We have within fourteen miles of the whole line now graded. Mr. Sherman.—I will take the Senator's word that it will be completed by the Ist of April next year. 4 Mr. Cameron.—Between the two places. You shall have that. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont.—I call the atten- tion of the Senate to section two of this bill. It will be seen that it allows the railroad company to go through the city either onthe south or nosth side of the canal. 1 do not know but that may interfere with plans that are already before the Committee on the District of Columbia aud the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, which contemplate that something shall be done with this canal—that it shall be covered over, one half of it, and the market building allowed to extend to the north bank of the canal, which is asked for by the citizens of Washington. Now, to authorize this road to go along the north bank may interfere with what 1s contemplated by the Committee on Public Buildings in relation to the new market. Then, again, | desire to call the attention of the Sen- ate to plans which have been heretofore often presented tor having a public mall extending faom the Capitol to the President’s grounds; and ifso, here is the connecting link. I doubt as to the policy of allowing this railroad to go along exactly in the track of where we propose to have a public —. ‘ameron.—W ¢ only ask to have the site of this railroad chanj trom the southern to the northern side of the canal. If coming on the north side shall interfere with the mall or the drive the Senator talks about, it is already inter- fered with by our charter privileges. The only diiticulty is that by Keeping us on the southern side you compel us to take down some expensive buildings nda much larger sum than ex] will be necessary if we cross the conal and take aline which is not occupied at all. That is the only difference. It does not interfere with this great work. Besides that, these committees have been for years talking about this drive and this great im- provement, and every year we areabout as far from it as we weré when we began. I have always voted and shall continue to vote to buy property about the Capitol necessary to deco- rate this great building, and I am surprised that the a who have charge of that subject should have let it sleep so long. I would not bring even this railroad in here in such a way as to interfere with the beauty of this great city; but we requir? above all things another railroa¢ to this District. Passing through Baltimore now wastes an hour always, and it takes about one- fourth of the whole expense of geing to New York to pass between this city and Baltimore and over the latter Ln 6 w, We are compelled, in order to make a ‘oad which shall be equal to the times, to make a tunnel through the city of Baltimore more than a mile and a quarter in length; and we shall have to tunnel here in some places. It will require probably two or three years to tinish these tunnels. That is a sort of work that you know cannot be hurried, Mr. President. The stockholders in this company are spending their money freely, and by April next they wiil have a from itimore here completed except at the two termini, and their passengers will be carried from the temporary end of the road here, wherever it may be, to the depot at the Center Market, saving money to everybody who comes here, and saving him time and adding to his comfort. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont.—The Senator is mis- taken in supposing that he asks nothing more than to go to on to the nerth bank. ‘The section vides ‘that said company is hereby au- Horized to adopt a line in the city of Washing- ton from south Fourth street curving to the right either to the north or south bank of the canal no thwestwardly to Virginia ly think we ought to have a little tim: tosee whether this will interfere with what is , and in relation to the action of os the United ego tee —— perbaps, torgottten that the Senate than once—I think @ bill appro the unds, with a view to h: ae the ublic. a view a dnd Properit decorated and inclosed,, So the Senate and the Committee on Public Buildings have not been remiss in relation to that sul But in relation to this matter it is imy various rebding.” I hope ‘the | 3 not insist Perha Mr, Cameron.—I will relieve the mind of the Senator from V« by strike out “either,” and simply say that itthe company shall be allowed to run the road to the ‘bank. They have the right on the FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. | TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. $23 2: This Afternoon’s Proceedings. Tuvrspar, February 3. SENATE—Mr. Chandler introduced a bill to reorganize the Marine Hospital service, and to provide for sick and disabled seamen. Referred to Committee on Commerce. Mr. Abbott offered @ resolution, setting forth that violations of the public peace are of fre- quent occurrence in various Southern States, and that ion of life and property by the General Government are tho right of every cit!- zen, and instructing the Judiciary Committee to inquire what is the power of the General Gov- ernment in the premises, and also to inquire into the constitutionality and expediency of estab- lishing a national police, for the better enforce- ment of law. —— Mr. Terry offered a resolution directing the Postmaster General to communicate what infor- — = may — relative to ypergh yeoins or ‘oster Blodgett, late postmaster at Augusta, Georgia, for compensation during hissuspension from office, and whether said postmaster was qualified for said office by being able to take the vath prescribed by act of Congress. Adopted. On motion of Mr. Kellogg, the Committee on Commerce were directed to inquire into the ex- pediency of abolishing ports of delivery, where the same can be dispensed with without detri- ment to the service. : Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on Finance, reported the Funding bill. r. Morrill (Me.) called up the joint resolu- tion authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to transfer certain unexpended balances of appro- priations to that De; mt to the Bureau of Steam Engineering, Equipment of Vessels, Yards and Docks, Machinery, &. HOUSE.—Mr. Fitch, (Nevada,) from Commit- tee on Public Lands, reported a substitute for the bill for a railroad from Mobile to the west- ‘Tm boundary of Louisiana. Referred. Mr. Tanner (N. Y.) introduced a bill to incor- porate the Market House Building Association of the District of Columbia. Re! to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Reeves (N. ¥.) offered a resolution direct- 1g the Committee of Ways and Means to inquire into the expediency of amending the revenue laws by laying a tax ot two dollars anda halt per capita on dogs. pted. Mr. Cobb, (Wis.,) from the Committee on Military Aftairs, reported a bill to amend the additional Bounty act of March 3, 1309, Passed. Mr. Allison (lowa) introduced a bill to enadie persons who use the metric system of weiglt= and measures to transact business therein at the public offices of the United States. Also, a billto bring the metric system into general use. Both of which were erred to the Committee on Coinage. Weights and Meas- ures. Mr. Cullom, oo) from the Committee on Territories, reported a_ bill to aid in the exeen- tion of the laws in Utah. Ordered to be printed and recommitted. On motion of Mr. Schenck, (Ohie,) it was agreed that the bill to reduce into one act and amend the internal revenue laws be mace the special order for the Ist day of March. Mr. Orth, (Ind.,) from the Committee on Fer- eign Affairs, reported back the memorial of the U.S. consul at Vienna asking increased com- nsation, and asked that it be referred to the Committee on Appropriations. So referred. ‘The House resumed the consideration of the resolution, reported yesterday from the Com- Foreign Aflairs, in relation to the im- mittee on F prisonment of Aumerican citizens in British prisons. Mr. Willard (Vt.) resumed his —— in opposition to the resolution, contending that was an expression of sympathy with an insur- rection — a friendly Government, and as such should not be entertained by the House. Mr. Williams (Miun.) asked whether the gen- tleman recognized the right of Great Britain to imprison men for words spoken or acts done on American soil. Mr. Willard said that question was not in- volved here. When that came up at the proper time he would meet it. He then continued his remarks in opposition to the resolution. Mr. Willard, in conclusion, contended that no good result could come to the Fenians trom that con- tinued a. Mr. Wilkinson (Minn.) argued in favor of thy resolution. He had no reterence to Irishmen or Fenianism in his advocacy of the measure, but he wanted the Government of the United States to show itself strong enough and powerful enough to protect American citizens of all na- tionalities everywi oe e. 0 yas an |. The only Fenian raised wa> one of the imagination of the gentleman from Vermont, who had raised a Fenian only to knock him down again. Mr. Wood (N. Y.) supported the resolution, and complained of the construction which ha: been put upon it. The resolution was one sim- ply calling up the President for information. ‘ending further discussion, the morning hour expired, and the resolution went over under the rul Mr. Butler, (Mass.,) from the Committee on Reconstruction, reported a bill tor the adm: sion of Mississippi. [The bill is exactly — as that under which \irgmia was admit- ted. Mr. Butler said, as the bill was identical in form with that under which Virginia was ad- mitted, and as the subject had been fully dis- fter allowing his colleague Beck) to offer an amend- ‘tered in the committee, to stion. He deemed it but itleman to allow him to offer tered an amendment declar- ing Mississippi eutitled to representation in Congress, without conditions. Mr. Brooks (N.¥.)—The Democratic mem- bers of the committee had agreed to the bill, but unwill ‘There was a difference between this ¢; id that of Virginia in that a general of the army of the United States had used the military power of the Government to procure his election to the United States Senate. Without further debate the question was takenon Mr. Beck's amendment; which was rejected—yeas 85, nays 98. The question was then taken upon the pas: of the bill, id it was passed by a vote of ayes to 56 nays. gion st Ea Fe OE Tne Recent Mcnper 1x New York.—The Coroner of New York city held an inquest on Tuesday afternoon on the body ot the murdered grocer, Townsend. room was crowded with spectators, as were also the various pas- sages leading thereto. The wife and children of the murdered man testified to the circum- stances of the case, and at times were so over- come with emotion that the inquest could not proceed. The facts testitied to were simply a corroboration of these heretofore reported. ‘When the prisoner was brought forward to be examined he stolidly refused to answer any questions put to him by the Coroner relative to hisname, age or nativity. Coroner Flynn be- came iit nt at his conduct, and remarked that his ce Would not save his life. «How many years will it be?” inguired the Prisoner. « There will be no years about it,” replied the deputy coroner, Dr. Shine. « No,” replied the corener, “I wouldn't give yeu more than six weeks to live.” FIRANCAL aXp voMmERCIAL. The New York money market is easy at 5 to 6 cent. with exceptions at 4 and 7 per cent. eid vetncs antes passat to 8 per cent. TWO CENTS. | U.8. 18..May yay eel ly wooed ° = This Afternoon’s Dispatches, | (9 Banter,’ Broter’ nd Commereiah Lines of Lewis Johnson & Co. quote stocks and bonis THE CHARGES AGAINST THE - ISIANA LEGISLATURE, Gov. Warmenuth’s te the citi. zens of New Orieans— He Tells Them Some Wholesome Truths—The Cause of the Improvident Legislation. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. NEW Onteans, Feb. 3.—The committee ap- pointed by the citizens at the meeting on Lafay- ette Square, on Monday night, waited on G: enor Warmouth this afternoon, and Presented resolutions, The Governor, in replying, said he 134; Northwest ~ was glad personally to see’ theme “Hedeairea, | Fort Wayne, m4: Alton cea Tene Haute, 3: However, to aay something relative to that mect. | Toledo and Wabash, S3y. Chi and Alton, ing, in justice to himself and the Governme: 144; Chicago and Alton 4, 1444; Obtoand he represented. “He stated that ho had vetoed a | Misti-sippi certificates, 264: Adams’ Express, at many bills making subsidies and grants to | 64°; Wells’ Express, 19; American E viduals and com which in a few m- U : stances had been passed over his veto; that there | were many in the Legislature ignorant of the | manipulations of the lobbyists; men who had recently been enfranchised.’ They have to be taught “1 think, gentlemen, that if sou will give ms the support and assistance which you ought | im Nome and markets ax follows: ew Youre, Feb. 3.—First Board—U. 8. 6%, 1881, coupon, 118; 5-20's, 1882, 1154, Ban's, ines, coupon, 1154; 5-20", 1154; 5-20", new, 1865, coupon, 114; 5-30" 5-20" 186, coopon, 1144; 40's m.—Consols for money for account, #2¢a%- Bord 10-40's, 84.5; Tino togive from your standing in this community. Ki8, 11 a. m.—Kents firm at 73f, 8c. we shall be able to restrain these ple from | LIvERrooL, 11 a. m.—Cotton market open Fupning into the excesses complained of in these | Steady. Sales estimated at 10,00). talon Nf resolucons. Let me make one complaint against | ding Uplands, 11; Mi! ‘Orleans, 145, You, gentlemen, as the representatives of those ——— ae in oe ee behalf you appear: = a td The Market Te-Day. lature with passing corruptly many bills | Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. looking to the nal ment of indi- , ferro py gpl am ge to | , BALTIMORE, Feb. 3.—Cotton eat and no: be tions are nally, at 244a25. Flour qui Howard . S175 ASS, that these individuals and — do. family, $6.25as7. very best people. For instance, this bank that is being lobbied through the slature the hardest kind of work. We have ble to defeat that bill twice in the House, and now it is up again. Who are doing it > Your Bank Presidents. The best people of the city of New Orleans are crowding the lobbies ‘of the Legislature, continually “whis- Ly Pering, (bribes into | these men's ous te . uiet. Rib sides, “Wate pass this measure. How are we to defen _ ides, the State against the interposition of these peo- | SICA? do. 16gal6\; shoulders, Ialhy; hams, ‘ 20. Lard quiet at I7al7y, Whisky dull at 97ause ple who are potent in their influence in this . 4 community. Phe Govefnor went on at length, Bavtimorg, Feb. 3.— Virginia 6’s, old, 1806, 52 making disclosure: 2s to how various measures | Bid. S2i¢ asked; do., 1866, 90 bid; do. 1806, 54 bid; were engineered through the Legislature by | North Carolinas old, 41). bid, 45 asked. these same good citizens, to sign one of which | | New Yorx, Feb. 3.—Stocks strong. Money he was offered easy at faS per cent. Excl : dition, Mayor Conway had offered | 94 (Gold, 214. Five-twenties, 1862, him any consideration to sign it. The bill was 33 a Virginia sixes, ex-coupon, 62), new, 63), SS =~ Foal — referred to was the five Carolinas, old, 43, new, 254. million gol nll for redeeming the city | |New York, Feb. 3.—Flour dull and dectining. money. “He was also offered $50,000 to sign | Wheat dull nged. : the Nicholson pavement bill which he setost = — heavy. ee ‘The Governor complained of the refusal of the leading men of the State to counsel with him, although he had invited them to do so. He ssid he made this complaint to them as an in- dividual. “I make it asa citizen of Louisiana. T came here to settle among you and by accident 1 have been elevated to the position I now oc- cups. and if you and the twenty-five hundred citizens who were present at the meeting which sent you here would only give their support to me and the honest members of the Legislature there would be no diffeulty in restraining im- provident legislation. I think have a right. to ask it and if vou will give it I assnre you that many of the evils complainedof will be avoided.” In the course of his remarks, the Governor stated that Auditor Wyekliff had robbed th ¢State of half a million dollars. He said, in conclusion, that it was his purpos? to administer the affairs of the government of the State to the best of his ability for the interost and weltare of the people, and he invited the HORRINLE DEaTH—A Man Shoots Hit Entire Face Away.—A horrible case of sui a yesterday morning at dwelling No. 19 South Charles street, the victim being John Phillips, aged 54 vears, and by occupation a tin and sheet iron worker. A short time since Phillips became pecuniarily embarrassed, and gave a bill of sale upon his furniture for a debt of $60, the money to be paid on the Ist of the present month. The first of the month found him unprepared to liquidate the bill, and he was informed that a constavle would distrain upon the farniture unless the money was paid yesterday. At ten o'clock yesterday morni the due bill, in on nf a settlement. Phillips, when apprised of thele visit, became very melancholy and refased to speak upon the subject. Finally, how- anon he remarked to the constable, “Do whatever ease,” and thy assistance and cooperation of all good citizens. | up stairs. He had’ not tabeentel niece — upwards of two minutes when the report of a EXCITING NEWS FROM CURA. es Tang through the house. The wite of Wholesale Slaughter of Cavems, | Plillin and the constable immediately repaired . : : met their Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Siar. gaze. Upon the oor was stretched the dead Kry West, Feb. 3.—Intelligence from Ha- | body of the wretched man, and by his sides Xana has been reccived that up to 1# o'clock | weapon known as a “ horse pistol,” aud from Seater 3 “4 _— rad gone . = killed pod ——— im which bis face was rent 0 rounded by Spaniards in a tumult growin soned r " out of the Gar cae, A tee ty rend shri it ts any that he shot himself in the mouth, the bullet tirel Dy counts the carnage had not ceased. Th Cabans head and embedding itseit' in ‘the mae So seem to hav n murdered without any | terrible was th th respect to positions. This news has just been stot that the entire take oP ten 8 the pistol that the entire fabe of the m: 4 received by the agent of the Cuban Janto here, | the greater part of his cad was blown eat Hos Mr. Ramos. . none and tongue were found sticking to the —2————— ceiling, wi its of blackened flesh and tuf Escape of a Carlist Leader from the | or ir bespattered the walls. Coroner Carr Spanish Authorities. was notified of the tragic affair. and held an Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Mapnip, Feb.3.—The notorions Carlist leader, Marquis Homozo, who was recently sentenced to perpetual banishment for participat: u the recent Carlist insurrection, has escaped. He was on bis way to the port of Cadiz, in the cns- tody of asereeant of the civil guard, and the —— is that his escape was the result of a collusion, as the sergeant himself has not since been hear from. - Destructive Fire in ‘Towanda, Pa. inquest, the jury rendering a verdict of death by suicide. Phillips leaves a wife and tive chit- dren.—Baltimore America: Forres Paris state th Cante—Advices fro: Corps Legislatit yeste day the proposition of reny, thatthe Presi- dents of the Chambers have a right to demand an armed force when necessary to insure the freedom of their deliberations, was debated Emmanuel Arago, in a speech, recalled the fact that a simular demand was made in the Cham. Telegrephed Exclusively to The Evening Star. bers ten days before the coup d'etat of 1851, bat Paitaperrima, Feb. 3.—A fire at Towanda, | Was then ted. After an exciting debate, Pa., Saturday night, d ed | the prop ‘as defeated. The government aa ceeer ote ing | has commenced to make the much-talk-of pre- the rooms of the Christian Association; the New | fectoral changes, but so far the removals and Tok eee Pritadetpaia Railroad office; Rowell | #ppointments have been of litte importance. 10, dry-goods; F. J. Campbell, boots and | License has been given for the pertorimance of shoes; Tracy & Moore, dry-goods, Conding, | Vietor Hugo's dramas in Paris. "A public mects Russell & Co., agricultural implements, and | ing was dissolved on Monday night last, in Paris, many smuller stores. by the authorities, beca of the muse one Syeakers compared Ollivier to Judas Iscariot. he Pairic yesterday ailuded to the rumors of the expected reduction of the French army and navy, and asserts they are without foundation, and expresses the opinion that the present army and navy are not too lorge. Jn the Spanish Cortes, yesterday, Casteliar made ane‘lective speech against the payment Of the clergy by the State. © ~ Since the assembling of the (cumenical Council rome of its members have died and four left the city of Kome. armen The Great Eastern. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Loxpon, Feb. 3.—Dispatches received here from Bombay announce that the Great Eastern = signalled off Mallabar coast on the 29th of January. ~ ‘The Suez Canal. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. ALEXANDRIA, Feb. 3.—It has been fairly de- monatrated vesse ‘drawing no more than ~~ ix fect of water are able to pass through the ORKIDLE THEORY—Mow Soon Dove the Suez Canal with safety. tine End Conscwusness.— The approaching Cw execution in Paris has revived the old question whether death instantancously follows upon the severance of the head from the body. Ina let- ter to the Gavdois Dr. Pine! asserts that decapi- tation does not immediately affect the brain. The blood which flows after decapitation comes trom the large vessels of themeck, and there is hardly call upon the circulation of the brain remains intact, nourish- - of England. Te egraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Loxpox. February 3—The amoant of specie in the Bank of England bas increased 22+,009 pounds stetling since last Tharsday. ‘sas The Bank of France. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Panis, Feb. 3.—The amount of specie on hand to-day at the Bank of France is 10,100,000 trancs more than last Thursday. THE MicRaTion OF Fist! —Attention bas re- cently been directed to the appearance of anew and strange fish in the water of Lake Ontario, Sencea Lake and otter lakes in the interior of New York State. Specimens were sent to Prof. Agassiz, who pronounced the fish to be a ** water ale wife,” but did not attempt to account for its presence in the lakes. It, + RS fish had come into the lakes i OP] that the tion, it is because it is physically i ble fron the atiantio, by way of the St Lawrence, | that it should do so, all 9 © ch arse and this: has been. for the transmission of orders from the brain to that Prof. the trunk being served. But there remain the same fishin of smell and of sight..— a shad or mud shad, and at shad, from its bay & muscular Broamy.—Some time in October last John the gizzard Winters, of Greenwich Township, in Warren pee ten married to a high! a cise} same 5) ve Bay, and spent their honeymoon in Hack- ‘boasting of his im- into the parts unknown, Sa eee Se aur ee two _ On another wife living in meshes town to town abundance. ao A Fravputent Widow. justice in Hack- thew D. of forgery, but from the ‘Go is now in the seas ved i F ie pp Naini J through the land, S7-Tennyron will visit Paris in the Spring. S7-The selectmen of a Connecticut town ad- s7-New York milliners already advertise | Tertise # remand of 62 for, the return of « stolen spring bonnets. egv'in California savants fare “‘sharp;”” The gambling houses in Bryan, Texas, are | “weed sharp,” S7°St. Joseph, Mo.. nearly ‘naturalist “toad sharp.” ponses, ond tiakms the change ania Seguares understan is 87-It will cost $25 to see Prince Arthur dance | ores. phar ol ats Crete dinner in Sante Barbara, Waen be hana bardsce nn Mk® sherring ? | Oza lemoan pomegranates, olives and straw- S7-Chinese coin is becoming a circulasing | berries were served from the garden, and medium in some northwestern the table was adorned with lemon, apple, straw- Le _ has two new towns which bear the oeagatne nad Canadian town Figeer aeeenee: |e oe bail” in that who city. Se ae as ae <3 is :