Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1870, Page 1

THE FVENING STAR. | FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. PUBLISHED DAILY, Sunday excepted, Thie Afternoon's Proceedings. At The Star Building, Ay. and Lith St. TMURADAY, April 28. 8.W. Corner Peaneylvan } SENATE —Ae Samer ~ostentel = witine> < rinlef the National Executive Com: EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY. « people of the United Staten, ashinetiet o-—- | the word “ white” be strack from the te THE STAR ix served by carriers to their enb- | zation lewe. Ble (Mr. 8.) bad maineuen wane in the City and District at Tax Cunts PER + to this effect af the last session, which ad beem : | . He the : © FORTY-FOUR CENTs PSR MONTH. ier counter, Two Cents. —Three - = Six Months, $3.00; One Year, $5.00. No papers s | «« white’ crlccen free melnce “Sie WEEKLY wraps! o= Pons] | WS%. 85—N2, 5.344, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1870. TWO CENTS. [Seca te oe er | Secesl save’ seen coestecnonat, Ne Somee THE RICHMOND DISASTER. | sot.snd bruisea; Jone R. soy taes Hike WD's FIRST MORRORS = | Sisson: but the committee wate ee ee a it, broken; William Taylor, of Kichmond co... bad that Senator. A TERRIGLE CALAMITY. | injured, Juage TA. Meredith, badly injured: 1811-1870. Mr. Sumner hoped the Committes would mot lemry 4 ‘this bill as the Comm: Ther aod of of Paddy Lape fe nouns THE Crvy IN MOURNING. Hichmond Theatre, in 1811, will WB read with | give a pension to Mrs Linco, en AMUSEMENTS. __| EVENING STAR. | TELUGRAMS T0 THE STAR. ATIUNAL THEATRE. : sa eae syEnie, F Afternoon’s Dispatches. | TONES a eaeed aes —_ Washington News and Gossip. I ite vow and original Rapier pitied oy | _ Inranxat Revexce—The receipts from this | ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS. 2 injured; . Elam, mournful interest in connection the details | Mr. Hamlin called up bill to provide for the MUCH ADO ABOUT A MERC Source to-day were $634,580.38, TE BREE Retz. pondent Petersburg Courier, badly hurtin back: | of the twin calamity which oceurred menage | Speceeinent of S esaerapper 0 the 4 re mace O'Drizns Comedy of THE GREAT CALAMITY: MILLED. 3 D. Leffew, sev: hurt; F. C. Wilson; — . ** | Court of the District of Columbia; wi was RE 8 ERTORSAS ARO TMELAND. | _ Stcrrrany Ronzson decider not to rais> the pa ped: fntefnally: Peter W. Ralston, exaudior-in's | ne Buguirer of Dec. 28, 1811.) | Mtr. Wilson introduced bill te incorporate the otLock . it_ | Oneida, But to sell her toa wreckingcompany. | RICHEMOND MOURNING! | @VER ONE HUNDRED WOUNDED. | critical condition; Capt. W. C. Dunham, former erwhelming Calamity. National Academy of Science and Arts. bd ” THE TREASURY Ne * fe P a a ‘eal am sal im- WwW ccausay ooama Bhieampecm ye a a Con ALL PLACES OF BUSINESS CLOSED. | LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED. ured; Col. George W. Bolling) of Petersburg, we feel at this moment, it falls tolour it * Fowed by the ath Ameniment with certain ox - PP ‘J - * adoun; Isasc cord one mort ‘scenes h -omunittce ‘olitcal een |S pi ir ce sense A Sakura | Seeaeaee neces armen: | EBs maton an oe ~ r . New Yor! nese ae 'm. T. * y e Te: must excuse the incoherence ot 8 mm A personal explanati Wie Ee ee beet coca ANOTHER DEATH. The terrible disaster in Richmond yesterday R. T. Howard, cut under | narrative; there is scarce a dry eye in this dis- | Tegard to certain statements made in the House (The distingn ished Prima Donna Soprano;) ASSISTANT PayMasteR Ww. N. Preston =~ caused profound sorrow in this city, and there | the chin, left leg bruised; L. M. Porter, severe | tracted city. Weep, my fellow citizens; for we | Concerning the Sutro tunnel. MIAE FRIDA DEGERELE, bas been detached from the Navy Yaté in this EX-GOVERN@OR WELLS BETTER. | bas been the greatest anxiety among all classes | blow on the left anoniien, 7 Holt, of Charles | have scen a night of woe, whieh scarce any eye | Mr. Trumbull called up the report of the Ju- sig. PETRILE, Bienes city, and ordered to duty in the Bureau of Pro- — of our citizens to learn the particulars. Shodiders How. Photias Fe Doce ce tpseker | acute: OF gar hath heard, and no tongue can | iiciary against the claim of i Seen SiG. SARTO. the Famons Basso, visions and Clothing. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. The Richmond News of last evening has the | Of United States House of Mepresentatives, | “How ean we describe the scene? Nopen can | by Abijal Gilbert rapt San tead wna aRed SIG. LOCATELLI y RICHMOND, April'28.—To-day, all the houses kg ae 9 5 . following account: foot mashed—will have to be amputated; | paint it; no imagination can conceive i by the claimant, which 3 sie. NOL: Tue House Commitrer on Expcrions this | of business have been closed, having crape on “Our has this day been visited by one of | S. Schleisher, of Broad street—badiy hurt about | whole theatre wrapt in flames—a gay and a: y Mr. Howe, was also read, after Which the cnon th BEGNQLLS majihag agilds G aike eee he sae hig the doors and the inscription: ““Clocod-on ac- | thoee terrible calamities ‘as do not occur | bead; Thomas Cullingsworth—injured in abdo- | mated amembly suddenly thrownten the very | resolution otthe committoc, declaring “Mr. Gil- ‘ SiG. Penmsylvania, who contested the seat of John count of the calamity at the Capitol.” more than once in two or generations. We | men; he spo § Soy hed ee a — ra, eS Som, oe bee | — to his seat, was agreed without wal HURSDAY EVENING, April 28, Covede, $3,500 for his expenses. Foster put in| The streets have been filled all day-with fu- | have '@ mourn the loss of We the falling in of | ard Roanc and brother, of Chaties City.—badl ;and oid age aud geulas over ‘Mr. Fenton introduced btil to Incorporate the LOCIR DLLAMMERMOOK. | a Dill for 94,000, neral corteges. the floor of the room of the Court of Appeals, | cut, face, arm and leg; W. A. Hi bai Promiscuous ruln—shrieks, | Washington Transportation and Telegraph FRIDAY PVENING, April 2, In the funeral procession of the dead police- | which had assembled for the .purpose of dehy: | ly mashed; J.T. Chase—wounded in the chest, go human agony in every shape—this | Com) ue to facilitate telagraphic comma- Verdi's Grand am DEPARTURS OF Troors ror ‘THe West— | men both sets of police Join. ering its decision in the case now ing, in | not dangerously; John Hart, of Rocketts—inter- the heartrending scene that we are called <= 7 a nited States and Europe. Bey PT ROVATORE, Five companies, numberi: ly 400 Lye x hich the question of the is to be | nal injuries; ‘Thomas Carroli—wounded in right | upon to describe. We sink under the effect. r. Trumbull introduced bill to revise the SATURDAY EVENING, April 3, companies, ng nearly 400 men, of | All the late political feeling seems to have | Gecided. ‘The interest felt im this question | side; W. R. Tompkins—injured slightly in the | Reader, excuse our feelings for they are the | IWS relative to the mint, assay oMcs, amt Br Ain 5 the 17th U. S. infantry, arrived here yesterday | been forgotten. caused the largest attendance that ever before | back; W. B. Wheeley—hurt in the left shoulder; | teelings of a whole cit coinage of the United States. Admission, $i, Reserved Senta Orchestra and | fom Virginia, and left at 11:30. m. en route for | ‘The bells of the city have tolled all day, and | met in the room. Thomas 8. Baldwin, clothing merchant very | - Lat as collect oes ideas an well as we can. On | The joint resolution for the relief of certain Beer jnare covered with the forms ol | rhe Richmond Journal of last evening aa} “There were many touching incidents co: DEPARTURE Ov THE PrestpeNt.—President | Thos. 8. Baldwin one of the injured died to- Grant and his family left this city in the 12.45 | day. He was from Newark, N. J.,andowned a TURDAY FVENING, | train to-day for West Point to visit his son, who | large clothing house here. That is the only 1570. “| isacadet there. ‘Phe President will return to | death which has occurred since yesterday. rH. C. SHERMAN | this cityon Monday next. Secretary Cox and | Both Houses of the Legislature held an infor- “eit! commence on Mon. | 1®4¥ accompanied the President’s family. mal meeting this morning and agreed to unite yu the dena: the alkenes maimed, has fallet curtain rose on the second act of the panto- onus like a bolt of thunder from a cloudiess mine—the orchest: a was in full chorus, and Mr. sky. nected with this catastrophe. Wives im search | West came on to open the scene, when sparks of | could Bats on account of this controversy. The Court of Appeals was being formed; the | of their husbands, sisters in search of their | fire began to fall on the back part of the si . Mr. Spencer moved as a proviso that no offi- judges hed ansivent and two were just entering | brothers, and mothers any mag ot | and Mr. Robertson came out in unutterable dis. | cer restored to the active list shall be entitied te the room, when the floor, crewded with «| every one the whereabouts of troversy between the line and the staff, it seemed as ibno bill in connection with the navy me Circles iY co Ne hich occurred ond | seriously hurt; General Montgomery D. Corse, | Thursday night a new play and a_ new after- | Officers of the navy was taken up. Oe ante ee eke ee ae Oe ccammence on | eet Cty: lows. the streets wear the appearance of Sunday. sinc the burning MP Re taeule be thrhas'| of Alctaaanic_ wart ou the biees Con Gomes | pines och cael tm tar ecemeer an Eanes, |, legromanee appointment of a board to Tne PAY, Avril 35, ar 4 a. m., at Ellis’ Music | Jom BrovcHaw at the National Theatre to- | 4 cTowd of about seven thousand people is | brought to our people such ashock as theoccur- | W. Brent, of Alexandria—thigh broken; Capt. | Crowds swarmed to the theater—it was the | determine upon the cases of officers who claim Store. apd tf night, in his own burlesque of ‘Much Ado | 20W assembled in the park, hearing addresses | rences of to-day. iin time of war, when men’s ~ae W. Allen, port-warden—seriously hurt; | fullest house this season—there were not less =arre poe unjustly retired. SECOND CONCERT About a Merchant of Venice,” of condolence from Gov. Walker, Judge Ould, | 80uls were braced to encounter , we | W. E.Williams, policeman—seriously hurt; Capt. | than 600 it. The play went oft—the 3 t. Drake said a bill to remedy the injustics Ss & Merchant of Venice,”’ and the elegant Jud © : * | looked with a kind of forced composure upon | W. E. Gentry—seriously hurt; Capt. Chas. Epps, | tomme jan, the first act was over. The | to which some officers had been a oy Thal ote comedy of “The Gentleman from Ireland,” by | Juiee Cramp, han lbtes eat = ta, | death and wounds; buton a bright and beautiful | of police—badly hurt. whoje scene was before us and all around us | been passed fifteen months ago In the Senate, ? iy 7 time round % was mirth a wity. 5 ! what a hor- louné, was ‘CHORAL SOCIETY. ee ae capitol. Ls rani oe re pd mer pee Ng ocd TOUCHING INCIDENTS, rihaprovebetin Gi pao aunias waeen tie | unacted on, on account of this interminable com: | ! FIKST SEASON, 1569-70. he AT LINCULN HALL, APRIL Direttor one eir sons—all | tress, waved his hand to the ceiling, and uttered | back pay, which was rejected. closely-packed audience, estimated at at least | with grief on their countenances and despai these a ling words, “The house is on fire.” Mr. Drake moved 300 y in amendment that officers The sale of red persons, was seen to little, and th looks. It was a sight to touch the hardest he: His hand was immediately stretched forth tothe | who have been in pursuance of the day woruing, April 25th. at Metzerott & Uo. s Music : with the citizens in any general funeral proces- | assuming momentarily the shape of a inverted | Very soon after’ the catastrophe occurred. | persons in the stage box to hel: thers on the | ninth section of the act to amend certain acts Sere. @ THE Ersuce Covet-MAntiAt to-day exam- | sion that may be determined upon. Sone sank down like a huge crater. Mr. Wm. | almost an instant as it were—those who were | stage. and aid their retreat in that direction. | relation to the navy March. Aduvission. GO cents: reserved seats, 75 cents. | amined Admiral 8. P. Lee, Commanders Wm. H. Grant was just entering the room as the | uninjured commenced most active exertions to | This is all that we caught of the stage, the cr: be entitled to recei of y aghthe promotion the same le presence ot mind, ran at once to the fmony gallery, stairways, and tons of fallen | house—every one flew from their seats to gain | that they were whole mass was precipit |, and, with com- | rescue those who were buried beneath the heavy } tire,fire, passed with electric velocity thro’ mendab! bell-house and gave the alarm. When he | laths and plaster, and whose ans could be | the lobby and stairs. The scene battles all ne- sent home this morning, the hearse being fol- Be soe Bargpt pon ase | L- Greer. Yesterday Hon. Messrs. S. L. Hoge, | lowed by white and colored members of the ta and Sale 7H J. A. Baldwin of South Carolina, and Mr. M. | Senate to the depot. c ete. ‘The body of the colored Senator Bland F fichats on application to Metscrott & Co.” apart | N. Jeffers and George Brown, and Capt. James bed premoted, entitled -d the of dust were issuing | heard rising in mournful noe above the | scription, the most heart-rending cries pervaded | under the laws then in force regulating the pay Sratet. ae = STREET. | D, Landon were examined. Ex-Gov. Wells is better to-day. from tea wtedos ‘atthe north and east sides | noise and confusion incident to the horridocca. | the use; “save me,” “save me wives asking | Of @fticers of the retired and reserved lists of tha No.486 ne peng Ha E streets. = ————— and rose like a huge co-umn of smoke above the seo beige hhap. f come a a rance. | for ee = children — | pont 3 and Td uinth section of said actis 20 “ _ OMINATIONS.—The i building. Most of the stores, espec' on in street, | ing, w! u athering element came rolling | bereby repealed. Ghoice Oli Peintioge, Regravinges: Chrom lowing nenduations ts the toot | ae ee TEED TRIAL. "With the characteristic promptness Governor | were closed, and’ many ot” them draped is | omits curling Ramee abd coleea an cocks | The amendment was agreed to, and the joint Ino, Largest Stock e a ir. Greeley still on the Witness Stand. | Walker had taken command, and with a word | mourning, as was the first station house. ‘The Beceem be devour every human beirg in the | Tesolution was then . ‘tare Frames, Pi _ john T. Nixon, Judge of the U.S. District | Telegraphed Eaclusively to The Evening Star. and bearing that no one dared to dispute, pre- | police force lost seven of its best officers and | building. Many were trod under foot. Several | ‘The bill to provide for the better security of Wally, 2c. in the Distr be moray 2 ie nde mead: New York, April 23—The court room is | vented Sea raeh Of ek tte tts batiding. H {BOE ea ae a tlrown back from the windoas.trom welch a ee of —— in whole or im i. . fohn Pratt, U.S. Marsh: x crowded. Mr. nation stood half way u} ps 0 west en- immediately upon hearing of the terrible were stru; ¢ stairways | part by steam, and for other purposes, was __ Please remember Name and Number. ap 25-ly — A. M. Brigham, Postmaster at Natick, | moi ny cwsenay intereae, Sit: Greeley ~ Hied | trance, and ‘ordered each one who attempted to | accident, Gen. Canby dispatched one of his aids, were immediately blscked up, the throng was so | taken up, amended, and a F NOTICE. aa. that the substance of his last interview with the to stand by him until he was needed, and | Lieut. Heintzelman, to Governor Walker, offer- | great that many were raised several feet over Mr. Morrill (Me.) called up House resolution OETA RAND REOPENING THe Wasnixe. risoner was the relation by McFarland of an | 98 the wounded were removed and men were | ing any aid it was in his power tofurnish. The | the heads of the rest; the smoke threatened an | &Ppropriating $3,000 to defray the expenses of @) io AE SEESE MANNS PLEASURE ASHINGTON AND CINGINNATI RAtL- tacnt connected with the first shooting, up | Called for, he allowed them to go in, adding “‘if | stretchers and ambulances in charge of Dr. | instant destruction.’ We cannot dwell on this | the inves before the Committee on Exiu~ eee BOMBAY. ord 150. 1950. RoaD Bitt.—The House Committee on Com. | town. On cross-examination Mr. Greeley said a mean to work.” When we entered the | Kose arrived on the square and were put into | picture. We saw—we felt it—like others we | Cation and Labor in the case of Gen. O. O. How- the isy for Pic-nics. merce this morning considered the Washington | he knew Richardson in Kansas in 1859. He ouse we learned that Captain John Poe, un- | use. Both Dr. Rose and Dr. King, of the regu- ve up ourrelves for lost. We cannot depict it. | ard. Passed. ‘spis-im™ GEO. JUNEMANN, Proprietor. | and Cincinnati Railroad bill, and, after dis» (Richardson) was never regularly connected | der the Governor’s direction, was in commind, | lar service, were busily employed in adminlster- ny leaped from the windows of the first story HOUSE.—Mr. Porter (Va.) asked but failed ——— = = sen, tie Chania oar a ‘us~ | with the ‘Iribune. Witness was aj plied to, to | 8nd as well as he could under the circumstances | ing to the wants of the wounded. and were saved. Children and femaies and men | ,. otain i bs 7” 1 r A218! S SLEVENTH ANNUAL FLORAL | sion, was directed to report it | get a lawyer for the prosecution. “Oni: applied | giving directions. Looking into thedoor | comz oF THE KILLED AND wouNDED—wno | Of all descriptions, were seen to precipitate | t obtain leave to offer a bill to relieve Isaac MAY FESTIVAL AND BALL, back to the House, with the request that the | to Judge Pierre, and he refused. Witness said | of the Hall of the House of Delegates we saw THEY ARE. themselves on the ground below. Most of these | H- Christian, of Charles City county, Va., of a SSG Ga committee be discharged trom the further con- } he had no interest in the case. fhe whole Hor filled to the depth of six or eight | yawara M. Schoticld was a native of St. | S20Ped; though several of them with broken | Political disabilities. NEW MASONIC TEMPLE, side: of the ‘Mr. Graham here asked a question relative to | feet with the timber and plaster which had tor- : ty | ee thighs and hideous contusions. | Mr. Stephenson, (Obio,) from Committee ow THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1570. ration — the Astor House ir. Graham said he | erly separated the two stories—while a score | Louis, but in 1867 was appointed city asseesor by | Most, if not all, who were in the put, | Elections, submitted a report in the case of the ‘Tickets. admitting gentleman and lady. i or more of strong and earnest men were doi his brother, Major Gen. Schofield, then mili escaped. Mr. Taylor, the last of the mu- | third Louisiana district. [The resolation of the 14 ing , Extra ladies ticket ay Tne Cuanczs Acaner Gx. Howann.— | Proposed to show the bias of the witness, and ‘THE FRIENDS of Senator Craigin, of New | Of Tevenge, having this case in his eye. hat he w: impli fair that their utmost to rescue the injured. mande: Virgi: siciams who quitted the orchestra, finding | committee declares Mr. Darnell entitled to the For salc at Ellis’ aud ott The Committee on Education and Labor to in- | required to be well, copreaaen 4 to ‘defen ime We take pleasure in Seating that not the Sieneanttacs ar eueeeaed. He bp hia retreat by the back way cut-of, leaped ints | seat.) Mr. S-gave uotico that he would call Si am enece wteinn te participate are re- | Quire into the charges against Gen. Howard thi selk ~ | least among them were John Cooley, | States army ofticer during the pit, whence he entered the semi-circular | the case up at the earliest day practicable. quested wo joim at once, for no echularewill be re- | morning bmd bef ‘ aq. | .2be Recorder said he should exclude it | the doorkeeper of the House, and Walter | “Rf Maury, Jr., was a eof Richmond, | #¥enue Which leads to the door of the theater, |_| The House then resumed consideration of the Geived after Saturday, leth iat ‘apm ing Peale he te, Hall, Esa- | Graham excepting. Mr. Greeley: If he wes | Clarke, a barber—they seemed’ endowed with | aiswscr andcoh of the men kroen broker and | 40d found it nearly empty. He was the last | bill to establish a Department of Justice; and a qq | trough whom the sale of the University prop- | asked to contribute to the expenses of the prose- | more than human strength, and their example | }anker of the same name. that escaped from the pit. How melancholy | Mr. Lawrence (Vhio) addressed the House m ita BAND Wendy tat all ines ton furnish, me | Cr*Y and Barry farm were negotiated and he | cution he should do so. Knew ove person who | Was nobly followed by other colored men, who | "Ww" $). Biasd reolered) was a member of the | that many who were in the boxes didnot also | favor. UBIO tea coe “h. DOROR no testified in reference to the amount paid had contributgg money for this purpose. | StTove to do their utmost to assist in removing | Virginia Senate, now in session at Richmond, | j4™p into the pit and fly in the same direction; | The bill was then passed. Uniers left at reationes, 537 mighth werset whom, &e., & unt paid, BY | Never asked @ny one’ to. contribute. "ite: the sufferers. ‘The noise and din of the strug- | andrepresented tne Senatorial district composed | Mt those who were in the boxes above, and be- |, Mr. Peters, (Malue,) trom eats ~ betwee th, or headquart enc. membered wri subj le to remove the ruin was not loud eno ies of N F the — boon repertot ‘ z cnet Retween KE and G sireets south, or headauart. red ing an article on the subject | gle enough of the counties ot Nottoway and pn Ee aoe parchase's portrait of G eppgrers, and, 2x-Governor FIEnry Ames swe aidiatreana val SEES revealed Mich-gans Dut has resided in Virgin n. Geo. H. Thomas ta streets apizim* | a Never Wife. ar eoneed wy bo written, ? most of them had no other resource than to de- aced in the library. Famed. a spam = lampshire. are sanguine of his re-electian to autOFial ih relerence to this case i ’ | apart of the form of some of the buried, the Hh 3 scend the stairs. Many escaped in this way. but r. Jenckes (K- 1.) from Committee on Ven- ABLOW S GALLERY Tbs pilic ars incited | o.. comate in June next. A good deal of inter- | per other than the Tribune, Witmess was inter, | workmen increased their exertions. Ma‘or General’ Bototicld and was the candidas. | °° Front was the pressure that they retarded | tiation of the Hall of the House, reported b= Teevived front the late sale of Jacob Thom est is manifested in the result by New England | viewed by areporter. Read the account in the | No one who has not seen a similar occurrence | of the Kepublican party at the recentelection | ©! other until the devouring element ap- | 4 joint resolution appropriating $3,000 out of York. on exhibitien from a can form any idea of the difficulty attending it | which ree th ff Vul- | Proached to sweep them into eternity. Several | the contingent fund of the House, to be ex- in comeauetce of the dint which led the au | Fer the Present. ineambrnt whowe ope Tne sommenee tat aes Ree ae [bane ens bitier vorinin of he were compelled to cease their exertions and | (0) 3\tn ate Si ere Some cven jumped trom the second-stery win- | _ Mr. Jenckes saidagreat deal had already been politicians, owing to the number of candidates in | SUu afterwards. Reporter did not tell him his 7 ame. Did not thi the field. It is stated that Mr. Craigin has one | published. Did not aoe he war toleg intere hundred and twenty-four votes on the first ba!- | viewed. naylv ania avenue, between 13th and Ith streets (south side.) isa mb?-tr ‘ — — lot, whi i Mr. Graham here read the intervi rush toa window to relieve themselves of the ". H. Chi »sj- | GOW; Some others had been dreadfully barat. done in the way of getting information on this iN lot, Which would secure his re-election, ; view alinded | test aud gete mouthfuler fresh air. ihe beck | acces Norfolk Virginie. bat at Geappont. | The tire tiew with a rapidity almowt berond | subject, but’ the vfews ot different. scientitis Buicxoti’s Ores TRrovre—This company | ,, HiT, Grecley denied several portions of it, par- | and ladder company hurried to the reseue with } ment tothe position of Attorney inthe United | CX#eple; within te minutes after it caugl:t the | minds were various, and this appropriation was 243 F STBEET. johnnie a sanati ae eo wighite at ‘Waa ticularly those that put oaths in his (Greeley’s) | @ Promptness that is worthy of all commenda- } States District Court for Virginia, removed to | “Bole house was wrapt in flames. The colored | for the purpose of examining the reports that . jected |“ ; utiment; never encourages n ments,and one of the counsel for Mayor Chaho »: 0 c ‘om the res ¢ 1¢ best plan for ventilation. aa Donizetti's romantic opera of “Lucia di Lam- | Mrs. McF. tachment to Richardson; | their ladders planted at the windows, and with | jn ih. question now pending in the Court o: | "use—tome have no doubt talien victims. The | | Mr. Garficld Utio) asked whether the Com- mer: x” for the initial performance. ‘Their preg “a atter to Mrs. Calhoun: did eee ee weary rte Appeals of Virginia. pit and boxes had but one common avenue, | mittee on Ventilation bad any power to remode? OLL PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, = “ give Mrs. joun @ letter of introduction to | a# they descen e ground. Gen. New- Solonel Pichegru Woolfork was one of the | “MY through which the whole crowd could es. | the hall. or whether it was contined to the sub- PHOTOGRAPHS, CHROMOS, &c., | &S*ement just closed at the Academy of Henry Wa berry, the superintendent of public buildings. | most prominent citizens of Virginia, and took | CAP, S&ve those only who leaped through the | ject of ae iilation of the room as at it sit = cS Masic, Phiiadelphia, was a deci % le what view did i etter? | Was also conspicuous for his well-directed ex- i i g windows. uated and located. He made this {i be- BOGER'S GROUPS OF CULPTULE, tha pene? at ae wae oe Vins shuiaion of thts etaens ‘vas Objecied | ertions, and did good service by controlling and | 2u,active part in politics and legislation p But the scene which ensued it is imposible to | cause he had some doubts whether ant urzioce ARTISTS’ MATERIALS, raise of the excellent voi € Bri to by Mr. Garvin. directing those who were working faithfuily, Gen. Thomas H. Wilcox, who was one of the | P&int—women with dishevelled hair; fathers | could be available until the plan of the hall was BIATURTIES, 80 B00 | ree aloe g heat wolces of artic ctcty ce | gett, Graham said he had aright to show that | but without system. killed, was @ major general in the Confederate | jivpnile tor thee ie rch eg uuldeen, | changed. "In his opinion the hall ought to be PICTURE FRAMES. > eh, tion particularly the | Mr. Greeley and others had control of this case, PT ha dhg Fy eget) he | SMY, And served during the war in Longstreet’s | tory “alled the whole asta oe onan er ai, | pearer to t Go ee CURD AND TASSELS, &c., &c. | successful presentation of “Lucia di Lammer- | and that his testimony was not impartial. He pal ce levll = ide of the walls of the sirinoe, doing much of the fighting ich ren- | envi, ry Pong sha kee —_ ‘ the —e - now _ yoy no free alr cam VELVET PASSE PAERTOUTS, moor,” which, as is well known, requires dra- | bad aright to show if the witness was bribed, | buil ie led the cause of this frightful | dered that division so conspicuous during the ne. 2 escaped, plu Teach it. He suggested that the Committee PARLOR BRACKETS, 2 | matic and musical ability of a high order. and he should have a right to show if the wit- | calamity. The old Hall, in which the lower | struggle. Gen. W. wasa native of Alabama. | ®8#im into the flames tosave some dear object | rooms from the east and west parts of the hall, A Fine Assortment for é) a nesses were biased. House meet, was s0 very high that when it was | about forty-four years of ‘age, a skillful soldier, | °! their scgeee, = iy! perished. The Gov- | should be removed, and the galleries other- HOLIDAY PRESENTS. Tur si Mr. Graham did not wish to impeach Mr. necessary to have additional offices in | and aman of great bravery and danger. ernor, per! , shared this melancholy fate. | wise constructed, and that would Po ut \ xe Scrno TUSXEL.— While Adolph Sutro is | Greeley’s testimony, but be wished to show the | the capitol, a floor was thrown across, and thus | “ion. I. 8. Bocock, whe war we seriously | Utmers were frantic, and would have rushed to | better access to the pure aire He {id nat oc ly ASS SMITH... | advocating his Tunnel franchise in Washington | jury that they should regard it with very many | tWo stories made of ope. In doing’ this the | weictied that a leg had to be amputated, was a | (estruction but for the hand of a friend. The | kuow but it would be best to remove the ' ee rare L E CTUR E city, against those who desire the abrogation of Cvs of ees = oie instead Rodgreaise the pales 4 fe native of Buckingham county, a Representa- = tolled—almost the whole town rushed to . — ie would aw * Recor: nadmissible. e wall, rested them upon a ledge or offset in ates Ci ~ fatal spot. fe rorward é sECTURES. _ | the Congressional grant to him and associates, | gine Regorder ruled it ons tiie wall, which projects not more than four | 4350, tuthegsenien ee Tre sersedes Somaias {2 | | ‘The flames must have caught to the scenery | the countiy, and there would be snore debate HIRD FREE LECTURE they are driving the actual tunnel under the Samuel Sinclair, publisher of the Tribune, | inches, and on this frail support, timbers | the House of Kepresentatives, and’ was io, | 170M foie light behind. Kobertson saw it when | and less oratorical effort: for, members mountains toward the Comstock lode with great | was the next witness. He knew McFarland and | measuring at least two feet by eight or ten | somo years chairman of the Committee on X.. | t ¥8Sno longer than his arm. Young saw it | got up here, and the J were full, they ON PHYSIOLOGY AND PHRENOLUGY, | energy and success. The telegraph says they | Wife; Temembered an interview between them | inches thick, were rested, the constant tendency | Val Afairs. In Is61 he linked his fortunes with On the root when it first burst through. Every | instinctively’ felt that was an audience 0 have advanced nine fat the house of witness in 1567. of which was to press out the walls and lessen the the seceding South, and served in the Conted- e theater was consu a8 wellas | present, and branched off into an oratorical, AT HARMONIAL HALL, hundred and sixteen feet, % State what occurred. support. For many the floor has been | erate Con, the dwelling house next to it; but what is wealth SS display. He also said somethi: ToO-NIGHT, almost, if not quite, one-twentieth of the whole his was objected to by the defence, on the | concave to an eatent that was alarming, but | “Henry If Elivson, one of the proprietors ot | 1 comparicon to the valuable lives which have | should be done with to the lighting of BY DR. PAYN®. AUTHOR i> | distance. As yet there seems no change in the und that McF.’s insanity was not'claimed | familiarity had, as usual, removed the doubts of | the Richmond Dispatch, waselected bythe Cie | SoBe forever. ‘The whole town is shrouded in | the hall. It was really fearful to sit here at*au = | ground, but at any moment they may strike | Defore the intercepted letter was received, and +P HE CANYONS this interview was r to that. T some rich lode, and they anticipate doing so be- A long abess ooaed between the counsel. Paper np Bic Woe. Heads of families extinguished forever. | evening session with a thousand gasburners Where everybody who could, worked hard, i Chahoon ne eased cr wicnabling act to succeed | Many and many is the house in-which a chasm | pouring their ‘down, scorching the scalp we ywever men- not pro] to discrimi: 5) has been made that can never be filled up. We | and tne brain. [t was a clear case OF THE COLORADO. fore they reach the Comstock. That would in- | At length the tei tion among those who didexcetlent services, us | 4<g¢0r8° Chahoon was appointed by Gen. Scho- | Cannot dwell om this ; but look'on the | by slow process. ‘The committee, he tho ngth the testimony was admitted by the x 1.88 | field mayor of Richmond. “The coutest for the | Carnot _ 4 ? a. sure speedy success—San Francisco Daily Morn- | Recorder. seen by us—Mr. Exall, Mr. William | mayoralty between Chahoon and Ellyson was oy Magne tle TS sae Sn | outa fore have contre! of this . ing Call. ‘Witness—Mrs. McFarland said the prisoner | Beale, Captain John Poe, and several of the } the occaion of the dense crowd in the court, | CoBceive the calamity which has fallen upon us. | also. Major J. W. POWELL will deliver a Lectureup a wanted an interview with her. She refused icemen, whose names we could not ascertain. | room. A LIST OF DEAD AND MISSING. Mr. Morrill (Me.) suggested that one great the abeve samject forthe heue@t of the IlMinois go ANOTHER ACADEMY.—The Washington cor- | Util bax teener would be prone Mrs. MoFar- our friend Zetelle showed discretion in ge caute of the foul air in Hall was the prac- publican Asseeiation, at Metzerott Hall, ot the N.Y. Eveni see: fend coe Fetener that conduct had driven Seo pn OE ee eeeene eine were Eatenen in the Desperate Fight Between a Sheriff 2 oiees ony gor yt loon . vi 5 ~t ee ‘vening Pos! > o the fection she had with wi T and stimulant lobacco smoke. MONDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1870. ‘Senator Wilson has prepared a Bill incorpora- | she would no ionger live. with him. ‘This inter: | A spontaneous tribute of sympathy for those | _ SBd Pesse and Two Desperadoes. turned into perfect smooking rooms, and uatit ve bi Ti nete—-Stngs pamianton. 89 conte, admitting lady | ting an academy of literature and arts, naming | view occurred on the 2th of February, 1867. | Who suffer by this ae cer: Pe been | Telegraphed Exclusively to the Evening Star. this was there could not be proper gentleman, 7 ceuts. To beebtalned of member | about two hundred of the moet lite- | McFarland spoke to witness that evening, ask- | Paid by the whole business early | | Lovisviiie, April 27—On Tuesday at Glas- pape pgp ag ete he Association, and at thedoor the evening of | rary men, and persons in artinthe | ing bim to speak to Mr. McElrath in his favor. | €¥¢Ty house is closed, and the emblem of mourn- cr Junction a terrible fight between be so well adapted to = as Lectare apa it ur mel pened incor arse Such 9 bill is Whenees ne McFarland me saat eo tp8- ing is hung on their doors.” : aeaet auttes A a il. The might smell of tobacco, but it = emed necessar, Q counteract the bad | ratio ‘itness tried ‘THE DEAD. t. The Shi: , BALLS, PARTIES, &. faaiuence of a. newly incorvorated tastitation | Ma. Thought, the prisguer spoke to | prom varioussourecewe compile the following inortally wounding two moctorton te arr Gupnguabed tx ax tecaeicneh ted eons {old hum now would be the time to prove him- | lst of the killed :—First on the list of tho dead | The desperadoes escaped, but the citizens ant- HH. 2: oppeube mAr Bats tae 2 ee "| sett a great lawyer. ‘MeFariand sald from this Groadful calamity, we havo the mame | finer Gown mith dogs end captured them. col git -yR,MONDAY, May {th, ‘commencing st There were sales of 8,000 ton of Scranton | £ vas The prisoner was in the | ofoReO Howard at: | febt. ‘They were placed in Glasgow Jail unvter ppg ote coal in New York yesterday. The attendance | habit of calling on witness pet ag Roberts, f Smet tote 2 mrt wil PEERS nae | Stearate Stareriss em | rhir'amuat cee cr degae ieee L by ; ; grate ACHUCA, py silisa and Master MH A0aSi 45; egg 84.524 084.57; stove $5.258a mered x Tdegregied Moe png Louisia Mayo, $5.30; chestnut $4.27a84.32),; a decline in all de- of Mayor Chaboon, of ‘Mass. Sew Yi y ” New York, April 28.—The residence of Chas. Gree: scriptions except lump. time witness saw McFarland, he theatrical B: Reynolds, "ont Palisade avenue, West Hobo- ade, Drs. Wi « ert hy uly ver ware, mo. '* lizabeth Stevenson, . Cow Pre Advices from Dota state that the Spanish for- - | &c., to the value of over $1,000. The burgiars | child: Pateey $ ‘Fanny Goff, Betsey John. | vious question. Sle sews, Teena end aoa | Pak baw miteore tenn Got | Pcrans Du Braker © pGNS ewer a | Shueticee ney Minne mer uate wine | hs eet MAE omaaera 5 produce r at | Gibson, M: " hours’ fighting, the rebels were defeated. —o- Washi: Market, was robbed at French's | Migs Mary Page, Mrs. Latorrest, Mr. Almanice | t'on of the contested election case from the fift: Gircus in Hoboken, jast night, of 81,080. The ory circus seemed to have with New York robbers. Many others were boldly robbed, im and the police were powerless. FAMILY BACURSION TO GLYMONT, ° ON MONDAY, May 20, Fearful Explosion = a Fireworks e Y : ™ Eeclusively Evening Star. tonne Brown's chugt detec etek on New ¥ Ae A curred in "B ‘ks factory, Jersey City 1225" Feansylvania avenue, of at urges at 10 o'clock this ral workmen pa ee its present stunned, but none The win- = oe dows all over’ the < The referece have. ‘and the buildings bris. to ep ea Sour Grapes_Primee Frederick mot a |ADRID, April Journals of this “Sor be tne and deny the statement Dy the Epocs aie Tangular coenee prederick of Prasdan sand tae tier CHEESE, Batttacas © A M. EB, | race. such report had had at Paris. } tae a Cuencn—in tis Conference, im sewion at rReu —_—-—_— a Pa coo OTT TE Paar een took for his text the wenoel ce 12th . | Pelegrephed Baclusively (YH $SSUP MILLER. ARTHUR FeNvaLy. | After the sermon Norman Sterett, Pai a Hebron, John P. Cox, John E. ott ~y) MILLER & bi we py Stewart, James A. Scatt and samt a wr For it ngeromty ATTORNEYS AND COU} OKS aT Law, | Were ordained accordance withthe Po Pht, _apstt FIFTH STREET, N. w. ee ee fe ag Re hE France, ‘The amount Novice 10 THE CREDITORS OF Conference partook of the communion, tbe wig LES will reas bsvigg claims aaminet the late tom ot | ith the benediction. net © ‘B® BlhOPs | or the Republic m Ne aaa teare 2s 02 9g eaters te Dhaiocuatns dest uaa or fiual distribetion ands depitaL | Nowrmatioxs ‘Cries iwe 4 i i wena eae seigihati_| Sen ten gromtied tacts Rarer | sed ene PT 88 BxRsicat accuraiiy awed wun Puddles for amociates. Martin Grover, of Alle- | in this city cries of it was end other Breciaciss, by merely Rapalie, of New Vork thd a rah ‘Prime Minister Olivier The perticulass. when the speakers, who many columme Pwaring 4 Sete quastvons. pre ‘On the u 161), and January, B. 8B. HEMPLEg, OPTICIAN, ‘Deaths from stervation in London ~~ repented se jalt-ly Nextto the ational Motel, | late been alarmingly common, RE det cemeretn 7 Prince Fiore pousparte will sailfor this || sg-The country early in in June. & z a ) g 3