Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1870, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Sanday excepted, | At The Star Bullding, i 8 W. Corner Pennsvivania Av. and Lith St, ‘BY TRE EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY carriers to their ub- rict at Tay ORNTS PER 'S PER MONTH. Copies ‘on Maitixe;—Three Months, One Dollar and my pte ‘Six vnths, Three De ilars; One Yeor, Five Dollars. No papers are seut tae offce longer than paid for. ‘THE WEEKLY STAR—ponbdlished on Friday rning—One Dollar-and-a-bal! a year. the Hen ' Sd no Star. V°%, 85—N®°. 5.275. SPECIAL NOTICES. ——+ BATCHELOR’S HAIR DYE. This splendid Baie T the best in the world. Harmless, reliable. instantaneous, it Toad. tT aNweytalie poison to death. At oeaunted amt ot ce paralysis or © preparations * Wine somuine ack or Brown. Applied at 16 Boad MALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIAN HAI® RENEWER for TO ITS ORIGINAL ITs GROWTH. Our Renewrr is not a }ye; it will not stain the shin as others It will keep the Hair from falling ont. the Seslp. and makes the Hair T, LUSTROUS AND SILKEN. ‘Our Treatise on the Hair sent free by mail. BR P. HALL & CO., Nashua, N. H., Proprietors. Vor sale by all druggists. fe 2-deo&Wim AIR, SCALP AND Y¥, Dermatologist, r sear. Also, Moth Redness Send for an int r the ¢ AMUSEMENTS. — NAtiosaL tuearre. GRAND DRAMATIC WEEK. ‘The distingnished Tr ME. ELL n in his great imperse ti ‘rim ai wid Dramatic Com Wark.” supported by a spl t ny, C:tprisne many new and talented artists, aud set “MONDAY and IGHTS, Feb.7 ands, willbe pert rme subline tragely Ws= L’S UPERA HOUSE. AURA KEENE. THIS EVENING, And every evenin: i further notice. A dromatic version of Charles Christ was Caroi_ and J. R. Planche’s “Old Pringle,” in three acts, written expressly for Laura Keene, and Ie aor CHRISTMAS EVE: OR. THE MISER SDREAM. oa and 5 which entirely new scenery has T.S. Plaisted. Beats secured at Elis n of the revival of Bouci- Dur notice will be gi rED DOWN. fer tf cault’s romantic fii HE PEAUTIFUL A NATURK. AND IL OF THE WORLD, 5 hibited for the benefit of the ¥ tion.at ODE PE (i | THURSDAY EVE! MONDAY, February “and book stores, or “LLARD, Diree 200 OL PAINTINGS! or sale andon Free Exhibition at BARLOW’S GALLERY OF FINE ARTS. A large number of N PICTURES suitable, for Holiday be found amongst them. No. 23° S"URMBS Looking Glass ‘and Picture over LAY Frame Eatabiishment. nolT-6m A= BEPOSITORY, 245 F STREET, Buwen Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets, @IL PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, CHROMOS, &., BOGER’S GROUPS OF SCULPTURE, ABTISTS’ MATERIALS, STATUETTES, &c., &c., PICTURE FRAMES, CORD AND TASSELS, &c., &c. VELVET PASSE PARTOUTS, PABLOR BRACKETS, &c A Fine Assortment for HOLIDAY PRESENTS. oc sly TH & STRONG. . 486 19. No. 486 nim ann we EET. MARKRITER'S, Steger. No. street, ht ings, Chromos, &c. y Window Also, Largest Ya ~, = District. BALLS, PARTIES, &c. RION QUABTETTE CLUB. GRAND MASQUERADE BALL, ats MARINI'S ACADEMY, E Stecet, Berwees 9ru axd Worn, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 71m, 170. Tickets at $2. admitting Diained #f all Metzerott £ Gentleman and two La- the members of the Club: ‘©. '* Music Store, and at 35 7th street, opposite Patent _ BANKERS. J. B. BRYAN, Pres. J. A. RUFF, Treas WASHINGTON CITY SAVINGS BANK Corner of Seventh street and Louisiana avenue, PAYS INTEREST ON DEPOSITS. .m. to p.m., and on SAT- to 7:30 p. Jad-ly JAY COOKE & co, BANKERS, Bay and sell at current market rates GUVEENMENT SECURITIES, GOLD AND SILVER. Orders for STOCKS, and BONDS promptly exe- +) “ISTERNAL REVENUE STAMPS furnished. z LF JOHNSON & CO., BANKERS, PENNSYLVANIA AVENU! RNER TENTS STRLEF? i” DEALERS in DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE. Goverement, and Corporation Bonds bought .ané wold. Ali other Marketable Securities sold or bonght ce J. RK. wi WILLCoXx. LLoox, xs SCOVEL ATTORN AND COUNSELOKS AT Law, No. 4, MARKET SPACE, (Board of Trade Rooms.) WASHINGTON, D. c. Praetise in ail United States Courts and before the Be partments. Ja 15-Im MILLINERY and "ANCY GOODS MES. 3. x SPENCERS enneylvania aven: ‘end loth streets, CR < BOORBINDER AND PAPER-RULER. MN - 1018 Peper ivanie avenue, betwees Mth and i Uth streets, south side. Books bound. Periodicals and newspapers carctully suiceded tor” jain WASHINGTON. D. C.. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1870. TWO CENTS. EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. INTERNAL Revexve.—The receipts from this source to-day were S847 543.86. First Lievt. Ws. Stow®, unattached, has Deen erdered to report to Maj. D. J. Downing, acting superintendent War Department build- ing, for duty. Cart. BM. Pratt, en daty at the War De- partment, has been ordered to report for duty to Maj. Gen. Howard, Commissioner of Bureau of Refugees, Preedmen and Abandoned Lands, as aide €e camp. Hox. W. E. Ronrnson, who is one of the oldest members of the Brooklyn Club, refused to par- ate In the reception given by that organi- zation to Prince Arthur last Friday evening. Fenianism is the supposed cause. WaAsninxctoy GasLicnt Company.—The an- nual election of directors of this company for the ensuing year, held to-day at the company’s office, on Tenth street, resulted in the re-elec- tion of Messrs. B. H. Bartol, Wm. Orme, John Bailey, Chas. H. Rogers, and Henry S. Gaw. YELLOW FEVER oN THE SEMtNOLE.—Informa- tion received at the Navy Department this morning from the United States steamer Sem- inole, at Key West, announces that the yellow fever on board of that vessel is abating, and the cases now are of a very mild character. The Seminole has been ordered to Portsmouth, N. H., where she will arrive in the course of a few s. Twenty-seven cases have occurred on the ship. THEATRICALS{THIS WEEK.—Mr. E. L. Dayen- port, one of the finest elocutionists and most versatile actors on the American stage, will ap- pear at the National Theater this week in tragedy and comedy, opening this evening in “ Hamlet.” Miss Laura Keene begins her fourth week at Wall's Opera House this evening with “Christ- mas Eve,or the Miser’s Dream,” which com- bines some of the best features of one of Dicken’s popular Christmas stories, and one of Planche’s finest dramatic sketches. Tue Vacancies IN THE Supreme Covrt— A. G. Riddle, N. H. Miller and Enoch Totten, a committee of the Washington bar, had an inter- view with the President on Satirday, and pre- sented a petition, signed by prominent members of the bar, urging the appointment of Chief Jus- tice Cartter, of the District Supreme Court, to one of the vacancies on the United States Su- preme Court bench. The Missouri Congressional delegation also called on Saturday, to urge the appointment of Senator Drake to one of the vacancies. It is re- ported that the President reminded them that Mr. Drake was in the Senate and participated in the legislation by which the number of Judges on the bench was increased, and was therefore ineligible under the constitutional provision. 2 LEGAL-TENDER CasEs—Debts Contracted Z to the Passage of the Act Must be Paid in Goid—in the Supreme Court this morning, Chief Justice Chase read a lengthy opinion of the Court on the legal-tender cases, to the effect that the statute making ‘Treasury notes a legal- tender ate debts, could not be made con- iy applicable to debts contracted be- fore the passage of the act, or, in other words, that all debts contracted prior to the passage of the legal-tender act must be paid in gold, and parties could not take advantage of that act to cancel obligations made pri r to it in green- backs. It is also intimated in the opinion that the issuing of legal-tenders was a war necessity, afd the war having now terminated, it was the duty of the Government to retire them as fast.as possible, and no necessity existed for issuing any more. Justice Miller dissented. A CORRESPONDENT of the New York Tribune brands * devere but just terms the practice by a portion of the public press of traducing public men by making charges affecting their charac- ter upon the merest rumor put attoat to gratify the malevolence of a personal enemy. The case of General Schenck is instanced, where inju- rious imputations have been made as to the manner in which he got money “‘to buy a $32,000 stone front in Washington,” and at the same time the allegation is put out prejudicial to his honesty that he is in favor of ra‘sing the tax on whisky and a return to “the old days of cor- ruption, small revenue, and large fortanes.” In answer to these allegations the Tribune cor- respondent says: “ General Schenck is the author of the law taxing whisky as it stands on the statute book— labored for its fection and adoption, and has never inti a wish to Rave it changed. He believes it to be as perfect as it is possible to make it, and will stand by it. Gen. Schenck is a widower, and has for many pelled to sell his home at Dayton, Ohio, termined to bring them here where his public duties require him to be. He deemed it better to keep house than to board, so he purchased a home in Wa@hington city.’ He paid for it by ving some county bonds and several vacant lots in Washington (which he bad owned more than a dozen years) in exchange for it. Is it not shameful that a private business transaction of this sort should be seized upon for the purpose of attempting to murder the repu- tation of one of our best and most useful public men?’ Tre Peanopy Liskary ASSOCIATION OF GroncxTowN.—There having appeared sundry inquiries and suggestions relative to the Peabody Library Fund, and looking to the immediate establishment of a library as a nucleus, with a view of adding to the same by private subscrip- tion, we understand that the Trustees, Messrs. W. W. Corcoran, George W. Riggs, Anthony Hyde, Henry D. Cooke, and William L. Dun- lop, consider themselves restricted from : | movement for 2 to the woman suffrage . Mrs. wife of General sae the anti-woman’s naftrageides. ‘Frey think the universal voice of the women of this coun- tclasmured that te’ resale would ke that, a3 Sake pt Sion eats Sees character which they are unwilling ing toteene NomMrxatrows.—The Presi lowing nominations to the neon: Joseph P. Bradley, of New Jersey, ta be As- fociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, vice E. R. Hoar, rejected. Wm. Strong, of Pa., to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, vice Edwin M. Stanton, deceased. Ebenezer Wright to be Postmaster at Prinee- ton, N. Harvey Rice to be Postmaster at Phelps, N John W. Longyear to be Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. nt sent the fol- mate this after- ‘Tue Missovrrans residing in this city held a meeting on Saturday evening at the rooms of Representative Asper, and formed a social as- sociation, of which ex-Gov. Fletcher is Presi- dent, and Mr. Asper Vice President. Brief and humorous speeches were made by Senator Drake, ex-Gov. Fletcher, Representative Ben- Jamin, and others, and the gentlemen present passed a pleasant evening. BULL 1x REFERENCE TO THE SALE oF Liquors IN THE DisTRict—Mr. Pomeroy introduced in the Senate this morning a bill to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors in the District of Columbia, and to define the persons who shall share the responsibility. It provides that here. after the Mayors of the cities of Washington and Georgetown and President of the Levy Court shall grant all licenses for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors in the District of Coliii—bia. All applicants for license to present petitions ap- proving of the same, signed by a ma- jority “of all aduit’ persons ” residing within the ward, each signature to be witnessed by some competent person. Any e fined 2100 | Spo violating the act shall for the first offence, and imprisoned not less than three, nor more than six months for the second. No fee shall be taken from the person to whom a license may be granted, but every name upon the petition shall be held responsible forsuch person keeping an orderly house. Any habitual drunkard and disturber of the peage shall be held to be an insane person and sent t the insane asylum, inebriate asylum, or jail, for such time as the court may direct. DeatH or Hon. ‘TruMAN H. HoaG.—Hon. Truman H. Hoag, Representative in Congress from the Toledo (Ohio) district, died on Satur- day evening at the Metropolitan Hotel, at half- past eight o'clock, after a lingering illness. His wife and two children were with hin when he died. Mr. Hoag was born near $ N. ase, N. Y., April 19, 1816, and in the year 1543 removed to Toledo, Uhio, and was elected to the Forty- first Congress as a Democrat, and with a ma- Jority of 1,000 votes over James M. Ashley. jesers. Harvey & Marr, unilertakers, have em- balmed the body. A meeting of the Senators and Representatives from Ohio was held yester- day afternoon, Gen. Schenck presiding, and it was decided that the death be announced in the House to-day at half-past two o'clock, the usual resolution of condolence be offered, and a com- mittee of tive members of the House be appointed to accompany the remains to Toledo. Brief services will he held at the parlors of the Metro- politan Hotel on Tuesday morning half-past eight o'elock; after which, the remains will be escorted to the depot by the Ohio delegation, and-such other friends and mombers or Ce gress as can be present,in time to take the morning train tor Toledo via Harrisburg and Pitsburg. The funeral arrangements are in charge of Hon. N. G. Ordway, Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representati By request of the family of the deceased, the attending physician, Dr. J. post mortem examination was made by Drs. W. B. Drinkard anc T. Young, and the cause of death was found to bé abscess of the brain, which had previously be tending physician, and ls from which the itrange to say, the intel- lect of the deceased was unimpaired till death. —+200- SceNe IN THE Prize Re fight Friday between two bruisers, Jim } and Jack Dempsey, came off at the old fighting grounds, near the Palisades, New Jemsey. Both combatants were horribly beaten, Dempse the nineteenth round, showing signsof weak- ness, the battle having lasted an hour and twen- ty minutes. In the twenty-first round, as Martin and his antagonist were struggling desperately at the edge of the ring, some of Dempsey’s friends kicked Martth violently in the head; t referee, observing this outrage, declared’ the fight off, and immediately there’ was a general fight, in which revolvers, billies and bowie- knives were flourished. Order was finally r stored, the referee again called time, am Dempsey refusing to respend, Martin was de- clared the winner. ‘This was the signal for gen- eral uproar. Again pistols and knives were drawn, and an indiscriminate battle raged in real earnest. Several men were very badiy wounded. The wounded men, tegether with the principals in the fight, were hurried to the boat in which they were taken to the battle- ground, and returned to x rn h w York. How To Evcure tHe CounTEeRrEirers.—The Secretary of the Treasury is nota httle per- plexed by the skill and facility displayed by the counterfeiters in imitating the National cur- reucy. The swift and successful reproduction by them of the new fifty-cent note suggests the importance of devising some — plan by which these manufacturers of bo; money may be ‘“euchred.” The Superin. tendent of the Note Printing Bureau has = d and the Secretary is considering the fol- ring plan: To devise plates with very few lines and the plainest kind of engraving, so that the merest novice can become familiar with their appearance in a very brief space; to print the notes from these plates on light col paper of & peculiar quality, and then let the counter- feiters go to work. The idea is that the least variation in the quality or appearance of the per or in the engraving may then be at once Siseovered; and moment a counterfeit makes its ap] » all notes of the denomi- nation thus imitated can be called in at once, when the ‘Treasury: may immediately issue another plate. plan been success. fully pursued by the Bank of England tor many years. How SuveGuine 18 CARRIED on.—The tricks of smugglers are proverbial. The steamer Eagle, ‘at'New York! from Havana, on Wednee- day last, contained among its cargo twenty-one bundles of pine planks or boards, marked with the letters M.M. D._ ‘These bundles were seized offi Ras the discovery of a cumningly devised plot for cheating the Government. In the centre of each of the bundJes were snugly hid twenty-one full boxes of Havana cigars, a of 441 boxes. geregate number of ciga . Each of the inner boards of the various bundles was found to have a place cut out, of uniform a eS have ase | erly, — t eT, 80 y presented large oblong 3 Into these twenty-one receptacles so the cigar boxes were com but were covered with several uncut planks on in order to them being seen. It is not probable that there will be any claim. The cigars are valued at about $15,000.— TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. This Afternoon’s Dispatches. ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS. A GIRDLE AROUND THE WORLD. Telegraph Communication Complete Through from California Eastward Te egraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Loxpon, Feb.7.—The Indo-Chinese Telegraph Company has just completed their line from London dircet fo India. This line is composed wire and cable, and rans via Berlin, w, Odessa, Teheran, Persia, through th Persian gulf and the Indian ocean to Borba} Marlras, Calcutta, ete. Messages will be tak: from all stations inthe U. States after 15th inst., atthe folowing rates in gold: To Kurrache tor ten words, $8.10; to Kurtachee, for twen words, $12.35; to stations west of Chittagon; ten words, $9.25; to stations west of Chittagong, twenty words, 214.25; to stations east gf Chitta- gong, ten words, $10.25; to stations east of Chit- tagong, twenty words, $15.25. Every additional rds, or the fraction of ten,words, beyond words, will be charged One-half of the word Tate. Chittagong is about 92 de- grees east longitude. Explorations for the Darien 1 American Cable. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. New York, Feb. 7.—The Times has thi Panis, Feb. 6.—General Heine left yesterds for Panama to conduct the explorations for t new Darien Canal Company. Messrs. Thompson and Van Chote, agents for the American Cable Company, have returned from the H: with a concession for landing the cable from the Datch Government. Destructive Fire. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Bine Feb. 7—The residence of Cotone ‘alton ht, formerly occupied by the Hor. Daniel 3. Dickinson, was burned to the ground on Sunday morning. Loss on the building, library, stationery and farniture $7,000. The Lp 364,000 in. the following offices : The Aetna $13,000; Niaz- ara, of New York, $10,000; Security, of New York, $6,000; Home, of New York, $15,000; the International, $10,000; and the North America. of Philadelphia, $10,000. ‘The owner was on his way to Virginia when the fire occurred. es Rochefort Defies Napoleon. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Panis, Feb.7.—The Marseliais, Henry Roche- fort's ne oe this morning with a characteristic article, over the signature of Rochefort himeelf, relative to the recent notice served upon him ordering him to constitut: himself a prisoner in obedience to the sentenc > of the court. He declares boldly that he will not surrender himself, and that if the Ministers want him, they must come and take him; ani erect, ley must come prepared to us: oree. PARIS ITEMS. French Canal Freight Blockade—Suicide. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. NASHVILLE, Feb. 7—Owing to the freight Diockade at Chattanooga, no freight for points beyond that city will be taken by the Nashville and Pgs ee for the present. E.D. Wise, bookkeeper at Crayhead, Brest & Gibson’s, committed suicide this morning by taki landanum. No cause is assigned. “His iene tionally. a The French and American Postal Ser- viee. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Pans, Feb.7—The new arrangement postal service between France and the a States recently arranged by the French Govern- ment, applies solely to prepaid letters and not to Le saree oliseg = published. Steamers carrying these will call at the English port both ways. . a ———— The Coming Session of Parliament. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Loxpon, Feb.7:—The reassembling of Par- Iiament to-morrow forms the theme of conver- saiton and newspaper comment. The gencral impression is that while the administration is so overwhelmingly strong, the opposition will be helpless. The only hope of the latter will be to create diversions in the liberal ranks. pelea nie al Whisky Seizure. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Crxcrxnati, Feb. 7.—Collector Williams, of Dayton, seized a quantity of whisky for non- ayment of tax, at Arnold J. Dobbins’ distillery. le refused to pay,for the purpose of testing the legality of the forty-eight hour fermentation ru ee American Credit Europe. Telegraphed Eaclusively to The Evening Star. Lonpow, Feb. 7.—The Times this moruing re- Prints a great portion of an editorial article from the New York ‘Times of January 2ith, and com- ments _appropriatel y on ne atters assertion hat American credit is in Euro; cause ruftians slay it at Bene me Re —__¢—_ The Trial of McFarland. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. ‘New York, Feb. 7.Judge Bedford, of the Court of General Sessions, to-day denied a motion to transfer the trial of McFarland to the Court of Oyer and Terminer. The trial will commence on Monday, March 7th. qassterd Auewany The Financial Situation in England. Exclusively to The Evening Star. ‘ Loxpon, Feb. 7.—English funds are advan- cing, on the expectation that there will be a heavy flow of bullion to the Bank of England this week. a ees Death ef Governor Washburn, Vermont. igi Exclusively to The Evening Star. Woopstock, Vt., Feb. 7—Peter T. Wash- burn, Governor of Vermont, died here this morn- ing. Treaty of Peace. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Manarp Feb. 7.—It 1 eneesined thas the ‘Treaty of Peace between Spain spanish Republico will be signed immediately. ——_o——. _. The Ecumenical Council. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Rome, Feb.7.—The Ecumenical Council will soon deliberate nneness of the dis- n on the cussion of the dogma of Papal infaltbility. — FEMALE Brokers.—The on" L i 2 4 E F f 4 = ( F ake iE ef | i z F B 5 i i t ™ 2 § believe he took an overdose uninten-_ FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. This Afternoon’s Proceedings. Monpay, February 7. SENATE.—Mr. Morton presented resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia ratifying the four- teenth and fifteenth amendments to the Consti- tution; also, the assent of the Legislature accepting the conditions imposed by Congress relative to an amendment of the State constitu- tion; all of which were referred to the Commit- tee on the Judiciary. Mr. Ferry suggested that the Judiciary Com- mittee also inquire whether the Legislature of Georgia, as at present constituted, is a loyal dy. Mr. Edmunds said the committee had already been instructed to do that by a resolution of the Senate. Mr. Conkling presented a memorial asking female suffrage. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a 1omt resolution placing to the credit of the National Asylum for Sick and Disabled Soldiers the funds belonging to it. Mr. Edmunds, from the Committee on Pen- sions, reported back formally the various peti- tions from soldiers of the war of 1SI2 for pen- sions. Mr. Edmunds said the committee would have been very glad to grant pensions to these sol- diers, but in view of the present condition of the country and the high taxes, and the fact that there were so many disabled soldiers who needed pensions, they did not think it would be justiti- able to include the soldiers of 1812. Mr. Cole introduced bill to amend the act es- tablishing ocean mail service between the Uni- ted States and the Hawaian Islands, and to ex- tend the same to Australia. Referred to the Committee on Post Offices. Mr. Pomeroy introduced bill to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors in the District of Columbia. . Mr. Trumbull introduced bill to extend treaty stipulations, so as to protect trade marks. Ke- ferred to the Committee on Foreign Kelations. Mr. Sumner offered resolutions instructing the Secretary of the Treasury to inform the Senate full particulars of all bonds issued to Pacitie Railway Company, amount, dates, &c. Passed. Also, resolution instructing Secretary of Treasury to furnish report of the agent sent out to examine Consular accounts in France and Belgium. Passed. * dir. Bayard offered a resolution directing the Postmaster General to inform the Senate at whose expense the blank memorials m favor of the abolition of the franking privilege were printed, and also the facts upon which the charges of fraud in connection with that privi- lege are based. r. Thayer objected, and it went over. Mr. Trumbull called up his bill to relieve members of Congress from importun| 1 to preserve the independence of the different de- partments of the Government. ‘The bill was read, when Mr. Patterson said the Committee on Ketrenchment had this sab- Ject under consideration in connection with many others, and bills would soon be reported covering the whole subject. “He therefore sg- gested that this bill be left over for the present. Mr. Trumbull said the bills the Senator al- Iuded to would cover a very wide field. His bill referred to one particular abuse, and which should be corrected as speedily as possible; and he believed this bill could be at once. ‘The object of the bill was to prevent members of Congress from importuning the President to appoint persons to office, but of course would not prevent them from answering any interrog- atories put to them by the President in refer- ence to the fitness of au applicant for office. Mr. Schurz was as anxious as anyone for a thorough reform of the civil service, but he did believe this proposition to be either wise or dicnt. He knew that the practice now pre- vailing was demoralizing, but this would transfer the solicitations trom large politici to small ones. It would take a much more com prehensive measure than this to remedy the abuse. Mr. Howard could not vote for the Dill al- though he was satistied that there were abuses. it was certain that the President could not ad- vise himself as to the fitness of all applicants for office, but must depend. upon others, and there were no more fit, persons to advise him dian members of Congress. Williams moyed to amend by providing 1, military or civil officer of the United States shall make any recommendation to office, under the same penalties of tine and imprisonment as are prescribed for members of C 8. (rumbull asked if that would not prohibit the General of the Army from recommending deserving officers for promotion Mr. Williams had no desire to do that; but it vas known that judicial and military officers often interfered to urge the appointment of men to offices which were neither judicial or mili- tary, and as they had no more right to do this than, members of Congress his was to stop ‘The morning heyr here expired and the bill went over. The unfinished business, being the Census bill, was then taken up. Mr. Sumner called for the reading of the bill, dad through and it was accordingly HOUSE.—Under the call of States for bills and joint resolutions for reference, the following were introduced and referred to the committees named: By Mr. Morrill (Maine): Bill to aid in the con- ion of structi vessels, steamers and aide Me Hla (WoL): BAM regulate the rank yy Mr. Ela (N. H.): to ¢ rani of naval constructors and civil engineers in the navy. Naval Affairs. By Mr. Buffington (Mass.): Resolutions of the Legislature of “Massachusetts in relation to French spoliation claims. Foreign Affairs. By Mr. Scofield (Pa.): Bill to except from the operations of the bill repealing the franking privilege newspapers circulated in the county where published. “Post Offices and Post Roads. By Mr. Kelley (Pa.): Bill to promote the establishment of a national decimal system of coinage. “Coinage, Weights and Measures. By Mr. Getz (Pa.): Bill to promote the diffu- sion of knowl among the people. Post Dy Mr Hambleta Ma.): Ni x y Mr. n ‘umerously petitions of citizens of Hen , Talbert, Dorche ter, Somerset and Wicomico counties, praying the abolition of the franking privilege. Post Offices and Post Roads. By Mr. McKenzie (Va.): Bill extending the provisions of the act of July 4, 184, in relation to the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims to the loyal citizens of Virginia. Claims. doned Lands. Education and 4 By Mr. Stevenson (Ohio): Bill to amend the Bankrupt act. J: a By Mr. Arnell (Tenn.): Bill to do justice to the ot EP as of the Government. Educa- tion and a By Mr. (Mo.): Bill to amend the act construction of a of the Minow river at the Leavenworth Commerce. 2 WHERE SHOULD BE THE CAPITAL. No. IV. PECULIAR ADVANTAGES OF WASHINGTON. ‘There are other items of comparison, which, though of minor force separately considered, in the aggregate, and as weighing in the already well loaded balance, are ot value. These per- tain especially to Washington itself, as com- pared with any Western locality. ITS DELIGHTFUL AND HEALTHFUL CLIMATE. ‘The climate of Washington certainly has no superior in the country for a capital. It is reither severely cold for the Southern, nor safely hot for the Northern inhabitant. And while ithas neither extreme, it has mildly the good features both of a Northern and Southern climate. Its greater softness than that of the West. in the same latitude, by its proximity to the sea, even makes its attractive to the West- ern man, And while it is noted for its calmness, clearness and sunshine, yet, by the ixfuence of the ocean and the gulf stream, it is not, like the West, subject to severe droughts in heaith- fulness and exemption from epidemic and en- demic diseases, it has long been known to excel every other large city in the United States. ITS UNSURPASSED] SITUATION FOR MANUPAC- TURING, It is no reproach to the people of the national capital, a city founded solely for that use, that they do not enter into manufacturing and other profitable enterprises; and it may be a misfortune, bat it is certainly no fault of the inhabitants that it has so little business outside of government duties and local trade. Bat Washington is not surpassed, if indeed equalled, by any other locality of the country in advan- tages tor manufacturing, and for trade and com- merece incident thereto. The great falls of the Potomac are situated a short distance above the city, furnishing a water-power, easily brought to the city iteelf by canal, scarcely exceeded anywhere else in the whole land. And this im- mense natural power can be applied immediate- ly atthe head of navigation—a double advan- tage that mo other city in the United States possesses in so great « degree, Add to this that there is now a canal which brings inexhaustible supplies of coal direct to the city, as well as iron, and the wheat of the best wheat land in the country. Besides, wood and timber are very abundant all around; and it can draw on the extensive shores of the Chesa- peake, and the banks of all the magnificent navigable rivers flowing into that bay, tor fur- ther supplies. Limestone, marble, sandstone, gneiss, granite, and other building materials are abundant in the vicinity, or easy to obtain. Cotton, wool, hides, and other raw materiais are produced in quantities not far away. An exten- sive and fertile country reaches around, and es- pecially inland, feeding, and drawing supplies from, Washington. All of these combined ad- vantages and facilities designate an important manufacturing mterest for the capital in the not distant future, not merely in local but commer- cial manufactures. The location is especially well adapted for some particular products, cluding :gricultural implements, flour, earthen- ware, glessware, furniture, boilers, engines, and other heavy iron machinery, boats, cooper work, cotton, woolen, and leather manufactures. Thus a considerable item will be added to the eastern preponderance In these industries, ITS ELIGIBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY. ‘Washington is well laid out, with wide streets and avenues, and with elevated and picturesque surrounding sites for residences; and though a new capital in the West might possi be as handsomely located and better built at tc start, yet it could have no better advantages to build upon in the future than the present capital, which at last has made a fair beginning. All present defects are temporary only, and time will soon correct. Railroad connections with all parts ef the country are not so complete as they should be; but that result will soon be attained in the ordinary course of enterprise, and can, by special exertion, be hastened. And Washington is by no means so defective in rail- road communications as popularly reported. It is commonly said to have only one railroad, and that a “dog in the manger.” Yet two rail- roads terminate within its limits, and a third will enter, in a few months, while New York, the great metropolis, has only three, and two of those controlled by one man. There are other cities, it is trae, better provided. Boston, with a railroad in every sixteenth point of the compass, greatly surpasses it. But Boston 1s the metropolis of New England, which is more completely supplied with railroads than any other region on the globe. If we consider what railroad communication Washington alread: | has, it will be seen even now not to be very deti- cient The proximity of Chesapeake bay and the Atlantic on the east, precludes the necessity as well as possibility of extensive routes in that direction. It has a railroad to Annapolg; and no other is really required eastward. To the northeast, and the great cities, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, therd is a direct rail route. Also, due north, go Har- risburg and the cities of Western New York, there is onother, only lacking a duplicate road to Baltimore, or closer connections, and better time-table at Baltimore, with the present roads. Duplicate roads to any one point are neither es- sential nor of very great use, except sometimes, to reduce fare and freightage to proper rates by competition. But a duplicate road to Baltimore 1m a year will be ready tor travel. ‘To the north- west, there is now an indirect route, and a direct road is building. A great West-northwest road has long been running. Directly westward, one extends into the valley of Virginia. To the southwest, a direct through line extends to Mobile and New Orleans. Due south, there is another, to Richmond, Petersburg, Wilming- ton, and Charleston, with a branch road south- east, to Norfolk; while immediately southeast from Washington the great water route makes a railroad thither not very essential. Thus it is evicent that all of the main points of the com- pass are nearly supplied. There is greatly needed only the extension of the due Western road to the-Ohio river, and the completion of an air line northwestern road to the great lakes. ITS CAPABILITY OF ADORNMEST. ‘The capital is well adorned with shade trees, an acquisition that time alone can furnish. The botanical beauties of all regions, almost to the should be done wanton'r, and only from the most urgemt neorssity. ITS HISTORY TO BR EROARDED. Neither should it be lightly considered that Washington was selected and iaid out by, and Dears the name of the “father of hugcountry,”” and was adopted by the founders of the republic, nor that m its public halls and within its pre- cincts have been enacted many of the greatest and most cherished events of the nation. Thoughtless, roving people, in the sole pursuit of gain, and in a new country, may little regard these associations. But such people are deficient in the attribates which de hemor to hamani | Our country could not be trusted in such hands. | Its stability greatly depends on the pride and affection which tts history and its attainments ve inspired, and hereafter shall inspire tn the hearts of the people; and nothing ts so powerful to retain the regard of the people, and to give | prestige to Its position, as its unchangeablenese. Veneration comes from age. Had this country a history, as unsultied as it is, and of a thomsand years’ standing, it would in that alone have a | bond of oaken strength. And more :—Once set the capital adrift, and the very ship of state will have dragged anchor; and would never again be fully trusted in every sterm. The city of Washington will always be cherished for its past. Bat let us have no dead estes in this country, with memories only to revere. Kather let us honor to the living. | THE ATLANTIC SRCTION MAS THE ADVANTAGE TN EVERY ® Thns from every point can be viewed, the comparison is unmistakably | and overwheimingly in favor of the Atlantic | section. In net one respect oan the Mississippi section show an advantage. THR CENTER BETWEEN THE SECTIONS COMPARED WITH WASHINGTON, It remains only to consider the dalance cen- ter between these two sections in comparison with the Atlantic section—Pittsburgh, or Ha- gerstown, with Washington. PITTSBURGH COMPARED WITH WASHINGTON. In nearly every view, and for the same rea- sons, Pittsburgh presents the same disadvan- tages, as the farther west, compared with Wash- ington, but not to an equal degree, since it more nearly approaches and assimilates thereto. On the other hand, it has special disadvantages for the capital, with which the central West is not burdened. The most serious is that it Hes almost among the Alleghany mountains, which divide the sections, so that no direct approaches from the South can be made, because of the mountainous character of the country, the business routes not ranning there. This fact in itself fully counterbalances all the advantages of averaging the distances between the East md West, which Pittsburgh might have. Another disadvantage is that its more northern, more elevated, and more inland po- sition renders its climate so much more severé that it entirely lacks the mild medium in which | Washington excels every other locality. Another | disadvantage is that Pittsburgh is wholly untit for a national capital. It is a large manufac- turing city, and of that class of manufactures which render the vicinity unpleasant for cleanly and quiet residence. The capital should never be where bitaminous coal is the principal fuel. A person who has lived his lifetime in its smoke and scot may be unconscious of the blemish; but those who wou'd visit the capital from the unbegrimed regions of the country would suffer insufferable discomforts in its atmosphere. On the whole, there is as little propriety in Pitts- burgh for the capital as in the central West. HAGERSTOWN CONSIDERED, Hagerstown, the proper balance center be- tween the East and West, situated only seventy miles from Washington, would add so little to the equalization of travel, and is so nearly allied to Washington in most respects, yet inferior to it in as many, that no argument is left for com- parison. SPECULATORS POREWARNED. A few words of warning and advice may not be lost on a delectable class of persons whore reasons for a removal of the capital may be personal gains, or specuiation. Should by any cause or possibility the country determine to change the location of the capital, some pre- cautions should and would be taken. One would be to select a site well removed from any city or large town already in existence; to have a dis- trict, as now, under the sole control of Congress, and out of the reach of the harpy claws of lot speculators. The next would be to make the selection with entire disinterestedness, simply for proper situation, not as the gift of a State, or individual, for a bait; and to buy the whole district at the true valuation of the land as before the selection, and then not to sell a lot except for immediate improvement, and never for private speculation, nor more than one lot or parcel to each individual or company. A tinal sagges- tion is that, to build suitable public buildings ona new site, commensurate with the future requirements of the country, would ordinarily consume a period of fifty years, before the seat of government could be removed from Wash- ington, which period, if now set, few persons, of age at this time, would ever see completed, or benefit thereby. CONCLISION. It has been shown and proved by the fore- going facts that, not only has Washington the selection—that Washington was wisely selected; that the same wisdom still abides, and will endure, as a truth, forever. He i) i i | (fe ii i i id id j i i 1 ti i if Hy Af ny Fe if i i i E i i : Ei i i l Me i