Evening Star Newspaper, March 4, 1870, Page 1

THE EVENING Sia? PUBLISHED DAILY, Sanday excepted, ! At The Star Building, SW. Corner Pennsvivania Av. and lth St, - | ' BY THE | < EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY socdleerubesas STAR is served by carr - err 4 ihe Clty and District, “wien Q Ot the counter, Two Cx™ cq.* "SE MONTH. Copies pening Star, : Paice ror MaIL™ 4 —Th; One Dollar and. Fftiy Cents: ctx’ Months Three, Dollars, OBe ary, 9 papers are sent from the for. ==, 85—N&. 5.297. EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. INTERNAL Revenve—The reecipts from this source to-day were $565,572. on Friday ‘a year. SPECIAL NOTICES, MILMAU‘'S GOLDEN COD LIVER OIL. Pure and reliable, « althy | Vivers. and nrearpa: Sout by ail respectable dro 153 Broadway, N HALE’S_VEGETA‘SLE SICTLIAN HAIR RENEWER. is of its remedial proprietics ts a vegctable IT WILL RESTORE GRAY HAIR TO ITS ORTG- INAL COLOR Je will keep the Hagr Trem falling out. % cleanses the Scalp, and makes the Hair SOFT. LUSTRE AND SILKEN. It isa splendid Hair Dressing. BR P. HALL & OO., Nashua, N. H., Proprietors. Secretary BouTwece has on hand 2190 ,66),- 6¢0 worth of bonds purchased last year for sink- ing fund and special purchase. ‘Tux Hovse TkRRITORIAL COMMITTEE have a Wi before them to revoke certain acts of the ‘oming Legislature which have interfered ‘with the operation of the Union Pacitic railroad eae JepcE RrcHarp BUSTEED, who has been re cently uequitted of the charges against him, will leave Washimgton to-day to open the spring term of the United States Court in Alabama. BATCHELOR’S HAIR DYE. This «plundid Hr Dye tx the best in the world. Marmiees. veliabh ec gene om wet Sy, t . be lusive LAG goes = “ Wad. Becchciors Hate Oye kinked tite aace | ‘Tux Prestymnr has accepted an invitation to Untarnished reputation to uphold tts integrity as he only pertect Hair Pye—Black or Brown. Tuxgists. Applied at 16 Bond be present at a grand mass-mecting in Wood- stock, Connecticut, on the Fourth of July next, pe feStr_ | in honor of the day, and particularly in honor Te | of the passage of the Fifteenth Amend@ment. AMUSEMENTS. er ——— ee ———— Tne Hovsx Foreicx Arrarrs Committee ALL'S OPERA HOUSE. | agroed substantially on the details of a bill yes- , i terday ‘to regulate the landing of foreign tele- ee graph cables in this country, but refused to RAND MATINEE OF make the matter public until it is perfected. RIP VAN WINKLE, —_—— -MORROW SATURDAY.) 2 O'CLI . be To — se A pas) 2 CCLOOR: ‘Tez Overa Disaster.—Secretary Fish has reestved a despatch from United States Minis- tar-Delong, dated Yokohama, February 1st, and forwarded from San Franciseo. The list of those saved, is the same as previously published i the Star. AT CHEAT PRICES WADE s< RIP VAN WINKLE. e to see this Taleated Actor. ington should see this famous performed. ud 25 cents Orchestra je; 15 cents Upper Cir- mht ‘Tue FIrvreenTH AMENDMENT PROCLAMA- T10x-—The President, it is stated, decides not to issue his fifteenth amendment proclamation un- til Georgia is admitted to representation in Congress and the official notice is received from ‘Texas. THE SENATE TERRITORIAL ComMITTEE have agreed to report favorably on the confirmation of Mr. Solomon’s nomination for Governor of Washington Territory in place of Mr. Flanders. The committee have not yet decided the case of Governor Ashley, who was superseded as Gove ernor of Montana. Brsrxess.—Senator Revels has instructed the drorkeepers not to deliver the cards of any visitors to him during the sessions of the Senate, as he does not wish to be disturbed in the con- sideration of the public business. Senator Sum- ner, we believe, long since laid down a similar Tule. Tue Bit yor Apoxition ov THE Test OatTH—Senator Ferry’s bill for the adoption of the test oath was this morning reported back from the Committee on Political Disabilities, to whom it had been referred, with the recommen- dation that the bill pass. This action of the committee indicates the early passage of the bill. ‘ PAREPA-ROSA GRAND ENGLISH OPERA. THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING, March 4, will be repeated. ty particular request. Mozart's master- piece. entitled THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO. With Parepa-Rosa and a Double Company. SATURDAY NIGHT—First time in Washington— Baltes New Opera. t! PURITANS DAUGITER. SATURDAY—FEA DIAVOLO MATINEE. Seats for any nights for sale only at the Box Uffice Of the Theatre. from 9 to 5 p,m. and in the evening. Doors open at 7; overture at $ o'clock. Tbe, Management have much pleasure in annonn- i an engagtinent wi jatit i" ctress, - Mrs. BOWERS. Su by Mr commencing Monday night, Ma: ly 100 © Y EACH EVE Admission. rved Seats, £0 cents Doors open, at? = Brever Cor. Caries E. Bint, of the Engineer Corps U.S. A., having been tried and found guilty of conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline before a general HITEHURSYT GALLERY. UNPARALLELE INDUCEMENIS ONE-HALF TH court martial at Mobile, Ala., has been sen- EVENING. DI tenced te be suspended from rank and pay quE onane 2 proper for the period of three months, and to be CAP reprimanded in general orders. WING, at the WHITEHU ppc Pa. avenue. bet. 435 and at! the magnificent Uillof Mau Views. Classieal Statuary, Cop ters. Minor Comicals. &c.. & Tum Oratori0.—The sale of seats for the or- atorio of the “ Messiah,” to be sung at Lincoln Hall by.the Philharmonic Society on Monday Seatiy The PEOPLES PLACE OF AMUAEMERE, | evening next, commenced at Ellis’ music store = vce ocunmcnees ats. Admission. | this morning, and already more than haif of the “08s proceeds, each in_one dollar her quarter in a grand seats have been disposed of. Madame Parepa- Kora, Mrs. Seguin, Nordblom, the new tenor, and Laurence, the baritone, have been engaged for the leading solos. tirely Cart. C. F. HALL, the celebrated Arctic Ex- plorer, will lecture at Lincoin Hall to-morrow ing on a subject with which he is entirely tamiliar—‘Arctie Explorations, past and pros- Pork THE BENEFIT <i THE POOR OF WASHINGTON. cilnens al thin city ound others: “etrenwed to him by | tive.” ‘Tho lecture will be Mustrated by CAPTAIN C.F. HALL charts, &e., and an Esquimaux family, in full Arctic costume, will be present. The entire proceeds are to be devoted to relieving the poor of this city. _ Brevert Lrevt. Cor. M. 1. Luprxeton,former- ly Chiet Quartermaster of the Department of Washington, and who, shortly after the war, was assigned to duty chief Quartermaster in the Department of New Mexico, where he has since served, was, by the recent order from the War Department, ordered back again to this city for duty im the Quartermaster General’s Office, and has just been relieved from duty at Santa Fe, by Captain G. W. Bradley. Will lecture on his . ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS, STAND PROSPECTIVE, ATURDSY EVENING, March sth. 7. Leet commence at 5. . ed by two Mammoth 5 Reg: and the Relics of Sir Franktin + Expedit ‘The Exjuimanx Family, consisting of man, wife, C + Will appear in full winter Arctic Cos 5 rare entertainment Hall, to be donated to Seats $1. To be had at mh at = @ecents, K t's music ste INCOLN HALL. or MONDAY EVENING MARCH 7 1870, HANDEL'S GKAND ORATORIO, THE MESSIAH, BY THE PAREPA KOSA TROUPE, UE Tur Commrrres appointed at the recent con- vention of the tobacconists of the United States, in New York, to represent the interests of that business at Washington, have arrived here and had a long interview with Commissioner Dela- no yesterday, to urge the reduction of the tax Mr. ALBER’ upon tobacco. They will have an interview to- Dr. J. P. CAULFIELD, Conductor. day with the House Ways and Means Commit- s AY “i GHOSTS OF NC OMEETEA OF 30 PIECES. | tee. The committee aden to think they are m. $1.50: Reserved making considerable progress in the object of their mission. ABINI'S DANCING ACADEMY, reet. between 9h and 10th ste. Mr. MARINI respectfully snnounces that the last season will Tut District ry Concress.—The Senate Committee on the District of Columbia this morning authorized Senator Lewis to report baek the bill authorizing the Corporation of Washington to subscribe to the capital stock of the Point Lookout Railroad Company, with an amendment, which provides that before sub- Scribing to the stock the question must be sub- mitted to a vote of the people, and if two-thirds are in favor thereof, the stock to be taken, otherwise it cannot be done. The committee also fixed Monday morning next, at ten o'clock, as the time to hear both sides on the proposed territorial bill, and they Tequest all persons interested in said bill, either for or against it, to appear before them at that time. Tue OrgRra.—Plotow’s “ Martha” is so fa- miliar tothe musical public here, that any com- pany essaying to perform it has an up-hill task to avoid unfavorable comparisons with the standards of excellence set up for each charac- ter. Thé Parepa-Kosa opera troupe came out of the ordeal with flying colors last evening, many of the large and critical audience present claiming it to be the best representation of the opera, as a whole, ever given here. The cast of the principal characters was the same as by the old Richings troupe, except that Parepa sang the title role, which she did in a style which won her the most enthusiastic applause. To- night the “Mariage of Figaro” will be re- peated, and at the matinee to-morrow we are to commence on S55 ct he UESDAY. All © Fequested to join the! Penss!vania avem (south side.) A™™ REPOSITORY, 245 F STREET, Between Tierteenth and Fourteenth Streets. OIL PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, PHOTOGBAPHS, CHEOMOS, BOGER'S GROUPS OF CULPTUB! ABTISTS’ MATERIALS, STATUETTES, &c., &c., PICTCRE FRAMES, CORD AND TASSELS, &c., &c. VELVET PASSE PARTOUTS, PARLOR BBACKETS, &c for Mr. Hamlin in the Senate this SMITH & STRONG. “No. 456 and Fy hn “en jails, ee ‘the District. "TO MAKE ROoM FoR AN IMMENSE SPRING sroce PA ON EXHIBITION \No. 436 AN sAkciiiees, az. betwe = Rigut Des above Odd Fellows? Hall, Casi yer Name and Number. ap %t-ly STBASBURGER BROS. WILL SELL as George . Bohrer, Charles H. Parsons, 8. W. Robin- son, George T. Brown and David A. McNair. BOUTS, SHUES AND GAITERS of all kinds cheaper than the cheapest. Give them a call, at 906 SEVENTH STREET. Old number 373, between I and WASHINGTON. D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1870. Tue contRact for furnishing the Post Office Department with mail locks and keys for four years from the Ist of July next was, last even- ing, awarded to James C. Mix, Esq., of Syra- cuse, N. ¥., at the following rates: Iron locks, 33 cents; iron keys, 11 cents; brass locks, 65 cents; and brass keys, 13 cents. Nowrvations —The President sent the for low img nominations to the Senate this afcernoon: George A. Butler, of California, to be Consul General at Alexandria, Egypt. Almon A. Thompson, of Michigan, to be Cen- sul at Goderich. F. P. Meigs, of Tennessee, to be Consul at Montevideo. James N. Mason, of Arkansas, to be Minister Resident and Consul General at Liberia. James Riley Weaver, of West Virginia, to be Consul at Antwerp. David J. Wiftiamson, of California, to be Con- sul at Callao. DEATH oF AN Extxext Drvixe.—Our whole Methodist community was saddened this morn- ing by the intelligence that Rev. Dr. McClin- tock, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, (whose illness was announced in THE STAR yesterday.) died at his late residence in New Jersey, at half- past seven o'clock this morning. Dr. McC. has for some time past been the popular President of Drew Theological Seminary. He was con- sidered the ripest scholar within the bounds ot the Methodist Episcopal Church. He leaves, about hulf tinisLed, one of the most complete The- ological Dictionaries ever issued by the church, at the head of which he stood, by universal ac- ceptance. Buta few Sabbaths since this emi- nent Divine delivered before a large congrega- tion in Foundry church in this city the annual missionary sermon. Young, hearty, vigorous, and eloquent, all present conceded his power as & Minister of the Cross, and for a day or two he was welcomed by his brethren and friends with the greatest attention. He has fallen, after a brief ilmess, and his death will be deplored by the entire church of which he was a Minister. Professor Marshall, First Assistant Postmaster General, and brother-in-law to Dr. McClintock, leaves there by the train this evening for th late home of the deceased. Visirors To THE NAVAL ACADEMY.—The President has selected the following gentlemen as members of the Board of Visitors to attend the anmual examination at the Naval Academy in May next :—Thomas Cadwalader, of New Jersey; Stanley G. Trott, of South Carolina; General W. Keynolds, United States army; John R. Bartlett, of Rhode Island: Moses Taylor, of New York; Paul Dellingham, of Wisconsin; Prof. H. Bilbilson, of Minnesota. ee. SwaLLow-Tatts.—“Howard Glyndon” makcs @ just war upon that hideous abomination of society-wear—the swallow-tail coat. It is a for- torn relic of a past age which should never have been divorced from ruttied shirts, knee-breeches, silk-stockings, and buckled pumps. With the prosaic oh-no-we-never-mentionems ot the nineteenth century, and the sedate calf-skin boot, or the modest half-shoe which accompanies the aforesaid never-mention’ems, swallow-tails are simply hideous. Howard paints the miseries of the wearer of the swallow-tail, at the opera, atthe ball, at the dinner-table. in a way that comes home feelingly to the victims of t fashionable monstrosity. “Isn't it enough, says H., ‘that he has such an_ aggravating cat- in-a-strange-garret-ty sort of feeling from the mere fact of invested with this odious gar- ment? “Isn't it chough that he doesn't keow lumselt any more when he gets a glimpse of his fea ae outer man in the mirrors bc Bam wall? his arms bang down ply about like great, stupid pings that his waist is a ridiculous parody; that h’s Tack, in outline, looks like a curved ridge: that his legs are continually bewildered by the flapping of those horrible appendages just above the That, in fact, having on nothing below the waist worthy the name of a coat, he feels like an over-grown school-boy in a tight round- about—isn’t all this enough? But then, oh, heavens! ob, horror! to be stared at—to be smiled at—to be criticised—to be gaped after! Verily, the cup of the swallow-coated man, encom- around by an unconventional crowd of pea-jacks and sack-coats and coats with shirts to them, instead of swallow tails, is full to over- flowing with bitterness! Poor fellow! I can forgive him, even if he begins the alphabet at D and tacks some more letters to it, not exactly in regular order. +202. Tne Cottyer-Epwanps Prize Ficnt.—A Mr. Tracy, of Cincinnati, was chosen referee, Dooney was second for Edwards, Barney Aaron for Collyer. At 9.45 time was called, and the men approached each other and shook bands, a formality recognized as neces- sary as far back as the memory of by age man cc ‘The weather was bitter col nd both ing <0 _— the waist, let hasty whacks way of “ wari Edwards struck Maret, ot his second call, but Edwards hit knocked Collyer fairly off his feet, cut severe) ty a the forehead at the same From this the Englishman had little to do in defence, and tumbled his advei now this way, and now that, the unfortunate Collyer coming up only to be knocked down round atter round. Forty-two times did the referee call up the men, but the last call was unheeded by Coll- er, who lay senseless from the effects of per- haps the most terriffic blow of all that had boen struck. The fight being declared over the limp and battered form of Co! pind was conveyed to a hotel, where restoratives being administered, he vom! vl To sum up the whole of the brutal affair, Edwards was declared the win- ner, after fighting 42 rounds in 35 minutes, for which he received the cheers of thos> _ ent, and his share in the main stake. Poor miserable Collyer t more blows than dollars, more curses than cheers, beset ut ie than caresses, and lost in those 45 admiration of a class he has been for six years fighting to- uphold. Edwards was very little hurt, and came away with the crowd on the steamer. Collyer was so badly injured that he could not be removed 1c d. Tue Morpaunt D:vorce Casz.— don eontribute the continuation of the nes Mordaunt divorce case. evidence of Sir Charles Mordaunt is interesting as indicating the general, in TWO CENTS. TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. This Afternoon’s Dispatches. SPECIAL REPORTS. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE M. E. CHURCH. Whe Vote on Lay Delegation. Special to The Eeening Siar. Farprnick, Mp, March 4,2 p. m.—The Con ference has just voted on lay delegation, with the following result: In the affirmative, 92; neg- ative, 52. ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS, GOLD STILL TUMBLING! Stand from Under. Down to 1L13\. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. New York, March 4.—Gold opened at 13x, the lowest since the battle of Bull Run. a Adjournment of the West Virginia Legisiature. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Waerttxe, March 4.—The Legislature ad- journed this’ morning at oneo’clock. A large amount of important legislation was lett untin- ished for want of time. The contest over the capital question ended Thursday night in re- taining the location at Charleston. This is, therefore, probably the last Legisiature in Vheeling. ‘The Governor and the head of the State De- es will leave for Charleston in a few jays. Russia Condoles with America and ‘China, Telogrophed Exclusively to The Evening Star. ST. Perersvra, March 4.—The Emperor has sent a communication by telegraph to the Government authoritics at’ Washington and Pekin, expressing his profound sorrow for the aftiction both nations must bear in the death of the Hon. Anson Burlingame. cote Extra Session of the Louisiana Legis- lature. Exclusively to The Evening Star. New On.eans, March 4.—Governor War- mouth has issued a proclamation calling an ex- tra session of the Legislature, to commence on Monday, March 7tk, and to continue ten days. It is ramming here, The Sublime Forte Providing for the Pope's Stray Sheep. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 4.—The Sublime Porte has granted the large mosque as a church to the Armenian priests ex-communicated by tie Pope. ee The Thunderer > the Mormon Ques. on. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Lonpon, March 4.—The Times in an editorial to-day intimates that the Pacific Railroad will extirpate Mormonism in America. —_-e The Empress of Russia Writes to Mrs. Barlingame. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. St. PETERSBURG, March 4.—The Empress has has written a tender and consoling letter to Mrs. Burlingame. Sere jueem Isabella Runni: Through = Her Fertaue.” ively to The Star. Telegraphed Maprip, March 4.—It has transpired that Queen Isabella has spent over tive millions of her capital within the past eighteen months. The Paris Observatory. Télegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Paris, March 4—Charles Eugene De Lanny has been appointed tg the charge of the Paris Observatory in the plce of M. Leverrier. ee The Missing Steamer City of Boston. Telegraphed Exclusively to the Evening Star. Loxpox, March 4.—The Board of Under- writers have again declined the risks on the missing steamer, the City of Boston. pedis ei «eins M. Rouher. Ezclusively to The Evening Star. Pais, March 4.—It is again reported that M. Rouher res to become @ member of the Corps Legislatif. A Youyo WomaN ABRRestep or Forcsry.—The Providence Herald of Wednes- day last says: ‘The tacts of a forgery case in which the ——— is “es woman have just been —. ight. Annie L. Hardy, about the ist of February, uted @ check at the Pawtucket (R. I) javings Bank to have it checked. Bank, It was drawn on the Globe National , Boston, by John A. Blanchard, of the latter city, = hundred dollars. This check was endorsed “with the name of F. Harding, which Miss marks, claimed was her own name and signature. She received the money, and in due time the check, with others, was sent to the Bank of Mutual Redemption, Boston. ‘The remained until within a few days, returned to the Pawtucket bank as a fraudulent and forged paper. This led to the investigation of the matter, and the whereabouts of Miss Handy having been learned, Officer Goff pro- ceeded there, a vill near Cambridge, Magsa- ie name of Wakefield, and er. The officer returned with her last Friday. She was arraigned on the charge of forgery before Justice Gregory, and held in the sum of $1,500 for her appearance March 2. Failing to tind the necessary surety, she was taken to Providence, and is now ined at the . What the most interest to this mat- r is the fact that she had resided in the family of a gentleman involved in the matter alluded to above. In this affair she will be an important witness, and her testimony will go tar towards estab! the innocence or criminality of one of the respected citizens =. theprtegrel The young woman was employed in the family asa dressmaker in which the incident occurred upon which is based the suit for about twenty-one years seg of good appear- ance, but, strange to say, manifests the utmost indifference Upon which she has been arrested.” NovEL Co-opgrativeSToRe.—In Fall River, jon. There is a spinner’s store for , a "3, and two weaver'’s stores, b besides co- operative stores on the English plan. The first four are conducted as follows: er S ized of 100 men (entrance fee. cents), ry ishired. A week to monthly ry day each member gives in his order. Two afterwards he ives his goods, and any money he may have toomuch. Each member. cxs.—James » ® prominent tenor PT he ae choir ‘Church, is found to have elo} with the wife of J. Williard, an ‘eminent vor. trait painter of Sturbridge, Worcester, Mass., leaving @ wife and four children. Williard’s wife formerly resided in Chicago, and was mar- ried to him @ little over s year ago in Boston. Officers have been looking for Mrs. for sometime, and Le baal mg Og shor ‘The officers served upon here oce! Process of divorce, issued by her husband. Cxxsvs oy SourH CaR0LtNa.—The cénsus South Carolina for 1860, just published, Seperate eat 572 males, 144,158 white females and ti He i ae ik unl 39,415 seven conservatives will be added to the next Legislature. Swkpex—The bring the the Ccbartitation an as to BSpecers hasta Sno aed FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. This Afternoon’s Proceedings. Fripay, March 4. SENATE.—Mr. Vickers presented a memo- rial of the Baltimore Board of Trade, asking the erection of a light-house at the entrance to York river, Va. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Rodertson, from the Committee on Dis- abilities, reported a bill to provide for the repeal of the test-oath act. Mr. Vickers, from the Gommittee on the Dis- trict of Columbia, reported a Dill to exempt certain church property in the District of Co- lumbia from taxation. Mr. Hamlin, from the same committee, re- ported, with amendments, bill to i ate the Mc tropolitan Presbyterian Church of Wash- ington. r. Revels be sore & memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, asking the speedy passage of a bill to remove the political at legal disabilities of all the citizens of Missis- sippi; which was ordered to be printed and re- ferred to the Committee on Disabilities. Mr. offered a resolution requesting the President to communicate copies of all cor- respondence between the Department of State and the United States Minister to France re- arding the so-called Memphis, El Paso and Pacific railroad. Passed. Mr. Sumner asked totake up the bill to 1 the charter of the Medical Society of the trict of Columbia, which he said ought to have been d the day the Senator from Missis- sippi (Mr. Revels) was admitted. There was no controversy about it. Mr. Trumbull hoped this bill would not be taken up. There might be no controversy about it in the Senator’s mind, but there was contro- versy among the Senators. ‘Mr. Sumner said this society had refused to give equal rights to colored practitioners. The testimony was «ndoubted, and the bill should ass. P'Mr. ‘Thurman said the bill would be defeated. Mr. Sumner.—Very well. Every measure for equal rights has been def¢ inthis chamber, step by step. ir. Vickers said the bill should not be taken up in the absence of the Senator from New mpshire (Mr. Patterson), who had the bill in the committee, and who had more in- formation on this subject than any other Sen- ator except the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Sumber). Mr. Davis stated that Mr. Patterson had in- formed him that he was opposed to this bill. Mr. Sumner said the bill met the concurrence of Mr. Patterson in the shape in Mich it had been |. The color ple felt indignant androre about the delay in the matter: they were deprived now of the opportunity to obtain 2 a medical education, and the Senate, after having admitted the Senator from Miseissippi, should not go back. ‘The motion of Mr. Sumner wasthen rejected— ayes 21, nays 26. “Mr. Stewart moved to take up the bill to secure to all persons the equal protection of the jaws. Mr. Trumbull then called up the bill to change the judicial cireuits. Mr. Trambull concluded the explanation commenced by him yesterday. i ‘The bill was further discussed by Mr. Davis until the expiration of the morning hour, when it went over. Mr. Sumner stated that he had a day or two since entered a motion to reconsider the political disabilitics bill. He had made this motion at the request of a Senator on this floor and of other persons, and the cause was that it had been suppoted that several names which were onthe bill had been placed there surreptitiously. He now withdrew that motion. ‘The funding Dill then came up as unfinished business, when it was, on motion of Mr. Hamlin, postponed until Monday. * Mr. Hamlin then called up the bill to incor- porate the New Era Printing + whieh was amended by adding four more corporators, and was then passed. Also, bill to incorporate the Washington Hos- Pital for Foundlings. Passed. Mr. Hamlin then stated that he would now give way to the Committee on Pensions, but if time was afforded he would be glad to call up the bill to incorporate the Columbia railwa: which he believed would pass without objection: and it should pass, because it would give im- mediate employment to a large numbes of la- borers who stood sadly in need of work. ‘The Committee on Pensions then reported a number of private pension Bills; which were passed. HOUSE.—The question pending when the House was called to order was the calling of the reported by Mr. Butler as the re of the Committee om aetion. At the A number of bills for the Committee on Inv: posed of as recommended. A A bill to pension Jerry Gordon, a colored man, who, as a teamster, his legs at the battle ot Bull Run, occupied a portion of the morn- ing hour, and was finally passed. "En motion of Mr. Ingersoll, (Iil.,) the Secreta- He of = ee was waren} oo to louse al in relation expedit ‘inst the Pregon Indians in Montana, Ir. Wood (N. Y.) rising to a personal expla- Ly ittention ae Gn gh re x ary mittee, to say whether evidence before the his statement. , and asked to correct that part of his testitimony, and it was suicken out. ‘Mr. Wood said that if the correspondent knew these fi As the the privi- leges of the gallery, he hoped would not pondents knev there was somo fon fo den’ we Their charges. He in conclusion, passed. On motion of Mr. Butler, (Mass.,) the House to the consideration ef on Senate bill to establish a collection district at Referred to the Commit- see isan eactovinenen Senate the ie Seaca rete National Theological Lstieate of the Dist of | F ’ f i iE HA Loc vAL ‘The United States Hotel om Fire. | DAMAGE BY FIRE AND WATER. | About 9% o'clock this morning smoke was | seen issuing from one of the upper stories in the | back building of the United States Hotel, and | an alarm was raised, when officer Mc igan went to the box at the corner of 44 ceowct See Pennsylvania avenue, and endeavored to tarn in an alarm, but failed, and then ran to police headquarters, and an alarm was struck for box (1, (Adams? express oitice.) The apparatus of Nos. 2,3 and 4, and the Hook and r Com- pany, were quickly on the spot, the track ran- ning into the alley. No. 3 taking the plug on street, south of the avenue, and Nos. 2 and from that at the corner of B and 3d streets, the two last-named forcing water through the back way, and the other through the bar-room and up the main stairway. Inconsequence of a beam being between the wall of the back building of the hotel and an adjoining building it was | with some difficulty that the ladders could be i Fer a time the flames baitied the ef- forts of the firemen, who were ably assisted by the police, including the detective corps, and a general alarm being sounded Union Ne. 1 re- sponded. The flames were finally extinguished, not, however, until a large quantity of water had been thrown into the building, flood g the floors and damaging the ceiling. Three of the servants rooms were burned out, as also a por- tion of the roof, occasioning a loss of pera; three or four thousand dollars. This loss will tall principally on Mr. W. 1. pperman, who owns that portion of the building in which the fire originated. Mr. Upperman has an insurance of about $10,000. That portion of the building owned by the estate of the late Joseph Follans- bee, on which there is an insurance of $6,000, was also damaged somewhat by water. > Destructive Fink Tuts Mornxine—The alarm of fire turned in at 4 o'clock this morning from box 9 (Sui General's office) was caused by the burning of the block of three story buildings on the southeast corner of 1ith and F streets, known as Smith’s row. The fire —— in the attic of the corner building and was first discovered by Mr. W. H. Sincel who lives three doors below, and he immedi- ately ascended to the roof of his house from whence through a trap he obtained an entrance into the house of Mr. Jabez Jay adjoining the corner and notified the inmates, who had barely time to . The corner building, the first story of which was occupied asa restaurant and the ‘upper stories by an Italian family, was almost entirely destroyed as also the house of Mr. Jay adjoining. The house of Mr. Sincel, adjoining Jay's, was con- siderably also, the back porches being entirely destroyed. The three-story frame house of Mr. Wm. D. Crampsey, adjoining on F street, ‘was also to the amount of =2,000), the oe to of the building, not being cov- ered by insurance, although they were all insured for small amounts. The fire depart- ly on hand, and but for their us conflagration would have ensued. The origin of the fire is unknown. oceupicd respectively by Wm. C. » Herman Smith, Henry Sincell, Smith Petit and Jabez Jay. The total U“Grampecy owner of Use balsnue te which Be U. Crampsey, owner e buildi: im ich he resided, was insured for $1,800. a! THE COMMITTEE, consistit Dulin and Wedgewood, wi =. of the — bg or ington Association for the Improve- ment of the Poor to > aie the mecessary ar- rangements with Captain Bridges, for issuii tickets for bread and fuel only to the poor of the District of Coiumbia, have completed the rangements, and will issue on Monday, the 7th oe for — vet — a direc- me supplied wi ickets by Captain Bridges. resentation of ‘Rip Van Winkle” at Wall's Opera House, as a very house witnessed the performance last ever angi He will have a benefit to-night, when, in ition to the stand- ing play, the Irish farce of “Paddy Miles’ Boy,” will be performed. There will be a matinee to- morrow, at cheap prices, for the pleasure of the little ones. THE LADIES con: the E street Bap- and Fair at the lecture room of the church on Tuesday and the following evenings of next week, the proceeds to be for the benetit of the Sunday School. Among other attractions will be a miniature — rink, said to be the most beautiful ever exhibited. ——— a Tae Firro WARD amp THE TeRRIrortaL Qurstioy.—it was the Fifth Ward Working- men's Association, of which Commissioner ESS. which passed the resoln- to “territorialization,” pub- shed in yesterday’s Star, and not the Firth Ward Republican Club, which has never taken any action on that questio: mn. ‘Tue Kirkwoop Hovse.—The furniture, ete., of this establishment was sold at auction this M sixty-sixth Save or Moxxy.—At the meeti of the Excelsior Building Association last night $4,500 was sold at 30 per cent. cancelling twenty shares. The purchased twenty shares of its own stock. This Conference met again in Baltimore, yes- terday. The opening exercises were cond ucted by Rev. F. M. Milis. Rev. J. 8. Martin made a verbal report of the Washington district, stating the number of con- > at — eleven pe ad <r a very favorable report o! work. Revs. wy. Tudor, J. Landstreet and D. Shoaff testi- ly to Mr, Martin's devotion to his high character as a Christian and aman. Rev. W. S. Baird. elder of the Win- Bishop Ames then took the chair, and the committee on nominations presented their re- port, and the following were elected as the ¥: rious committees: American Bible Society—John Baer, W P Newman wd ae: ag eg yo A Sot See Elie me may, ca, kW. , James A auley and Samuel V- Leech, Jchn “kh Job Smith, Govt Sinipeem ain ‘liam " ickineon Coleg —3.\8. Hinklp. A. A Ames, Wiliam "Hl. Chapman, A” Gibson and Kgward inset Executive Committee of Couteremce Meson Goce ieiges. ty—J_ 5. loekip J. Kdwin Amos, John W "4 Wileog and =e L. ten Pa J.B Vanucter,W TL. Weck and Amor 3 cider Frvelimen's Aid Seciety—W. H. Laney. JR. Cad — BOM. Lemon, HC. Met aniel and Geo. W. ebeapryor Local Breachors—T. A. Morgan. J.B. Reese, C. it Savage. Jun W. Davis and Ee. Andersen ed Memotre—T. M. Eddy. Job A. Price, W. AE: Gilson and Gt baker Jas. H. Brows, aa Geo hind i tare DW. Ar ius, BH Smith sand Parsonage Furst Marsh, J.W. Cornelis > Mullen, and Church Literat mings, R.N. Baer, F. Macartaey and KC. Hasiup Seminaries WM iank, W are—8. Hh. Oum- LJ. Winerman Temperance Canse—Geor » Wm. . Osborne and ‘Tract Canse—James B. Stitt, KE. E. Shipley, J Duey Moore, SA. Wilson and WM. Walsh.” Conte W. Carroll. Elder transfer of Kev. 1. Dougherty, from the Central Pennsylvania to the Baltimore Uonfer- ence, with his appointment to the North Baiti- more Circuit, was read. The report of the Preachers’ Aid Society ot Se See Seteene Conference was presented Emory Bang! TRE PROPOSED UNION WITH THE M. B. CAURCH sorra. .The following paper was presented by Kev. of the Methodiat Episcopal N. J. B. Morgan, viz: Whereas the Bishop Church, in the spirit of Christian charity. accordance with the action of the late General Ou: forence. made certain overtures to the Bishop of the Saath. looking to the of Methiodiam of wh M cthodist Episcopal Church mnion of the two great bodies « they were wely the effic and whereas the union of the two bodies woul highly promotive of the interests of Ghcistianity im general. anc of Methodisin in particular. through ‘out otr entire country: Therefore Aesolved, by the Baltimore Conference of the Methalist Episcopal Church tn Conference assem bled, That we do hereby e: our hearty approv of etien snr Binge aad Tone declare our readiness to Co-operate in any consistent, and benerable measures thet tend to the two bodies awote the harmony and anion rganizati ‘Christian labor eu one 01 jon of ernment. 2d. Kesoleed. That in view of the former intimate existing between ourselves and the the Bastimore of the Ten composing t! Conference Methodist Episcopal Charch South, the Bishop be, and ber quested to appoin! itors. our brethren te convey, surance of Christian fellowship and goodwill Dr. Slicer briefly advocated the adoption of this paper; and, on motion, it_ was, by a rising vote, unanimously 4 » Bishop Ames spoke of the a of advances from the larger to the smaller bodies, as appli- cable in this case. Dr. Slicer and John Cases. Dr. Butler, Secretary of A. F. ¢. U., Dr. Newman and Dr. Dashiell were introduced by OO paki Il, of Dickinson College, presented . well, inson Ce 5 a statement of its condition; which was referred to the Committee on Dickinson iF 4 , re. these, 30 = = to the ministry, and 5 enter the work at this time. The re of the Board of of the wean Geaiacomae & &. Uanen ee eae and E An abstract of the of the Church Ex- tension Society of the M. E. Church was read and referred. Chaplain McCabe, Financial oe of the eg, Owen addressed the Conference. =4,656 been paid by the Baltimore Confer- ence for church extension, and $525 it to the Conference. were a @ committee to ure en- larged ation for | Protection of camp Kev. Watson Case was appointed Conference TRE TROUBLES IN THE METHODIST ROOK Con- BLP. chester district, Kev. E. F. Busey, presiding el- i a. —— Rev. Bav- fications Ly ina healthy and condition. Rev. Dr. Roszel, presiding ib —-, | = 2 omg ® | be made to send churches as having been it during the year, the whole ss ty. Testis the persons Ser enisene eecttwices nana |e Ider Lew! ict, ate hee J. ce | We mention the Bie Sremang wake e uth ati | een ea ct, respectively reported their work as pros- | 227 Pothe character of the following ministers = Gibbons, Thos. Sargent, John Neh] phda SmntheoF. M. Mille; Davia Ties ae illiam G. this aCaREARTIAL SYSIEB Iy TEE Pauneriva- the of yesterday says: “A strike has begun | Lanabam is on the anthracite regions, but there is | ference. This reason to believe that it will not widely extend | against confiding in this “statement.” if this or be of long duration. Advices from the Hazle- Ssest Soouinneccien ioe itt author. If in thet place and vieiaiee withthe exeaplon of | tims unaoticed we are all utterly defenodleas. The Sine fb the immediate einy of Wilke meni teterred tor He seid that it was due 4 that they will peoume work tn a. fow da The futher he" canvaseed. He then moved that ‘Delaware and Hudson, and ‘Pennsyi- {Be Pasage of his character be reconsidered and pa ype tegen g wc aged re {he matter be referred te the commitzes to believed that they will be affected by the pa A had strike. Ata meeting of the miners in | been which was ordered. yore on the ft instant, ce | TF Morgan 2 paper in regard to Delaware and men voted not to suspend | the the Tules of the until some rature time, whem it becomes more which was referred tos committee im other districts. The Delaware, of L. F. Morgan, A. E. Ja. accaearn ond ter ga ot Dose Concerns’ matter is exciin a ag Sr bold mal strikes but tne Edvioes are tht the pine srmpethy with these promineet acters tn the Sipal operations are of investigations. How it will cul- Zon Gf work fore "Dr. Butler addremed a large congregation this can be afternoon on Komanism. men and the Chaplain McCabe some of the swectest music we have ever =< Fee ol Fees Sento ER POrE—The anon tarp te tied % Roy New. so Pree pre ta fy tind resulted tm some 9400 for the Slt. Pieassne Iie opinion Ie Reence whl soma ‘te ka tarned” bis harp for the asombloa ‘of tha y¥—— ak iideads ‘who. were” simest’ ited. to ot Soren ieee eee pee a of sweetly of those ‘openly fiack bented Rgeat mercy -