Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1870, Page 1

— IE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Sunday excepted, At The Star Buildings, <b 11th wt. EVENING STAB NEY ‘ ed by ¢3) THE STAR is © Ae Be ha City a Foemmg Star. an paid for lished on Friday THE WEEKLY STAu—pub) Morning—S1 50 a sear. AMUSEMENTS SPECIAL NOTICES. ° Dr. ENCK advises Consump'ives to 3 se to Florida in Winter. at thirt Nowa: theatre THis KVESING, MB AND MES. BARNEY WILLIAMS, GREAT DOUBD.E TRILL, THE FAIRY CIRCLE AND May ing Decte tim portent Hh. ane th ALL HALLOW EVE. MCVDAY, THE EMERALD RING. PERKA H(¢ 1 SE. ent have “mane h pleamre in ar- BNG AGEMENT FOR ONK WEEK ONLY, me on MONDAY NOVEEBER 28, ate bess vexpense. ned and unequal MES. \ATES BURLESQUE A OPERA TROUPE, erin mg the entire poem) Theater, B ar tthe Olymp Tas. Music, Ballet, super? for tive months, to the performanc= BEST EVEB GIF, @ pince xelected will b: afi the Ob pat one they § stion THE i the Fairy Barle: ei entitled THE PAIK ONE WITH THE BLOND WIG, With eeloetions trom ail the rae; the mu me ander the direction of Mr. Antony . Beith, (1 a or of the Paceps Kos A AN. GEEMSN AND \ME SCENERY Interspersed with Irish Son<4 and Dances by the tale: a - HARRY DONOMUK. at Odd MONDAY «nl TUES. 2), 1570, for the ban ™ y Yard. ter = ecmmences at § cents Wy 4L0's OPERA HOUSE. GRAND CABSIVAL OF NOVELTIFS THANKSGIVING CUMMENCING MONDAY SIX NIGHTS AND TWO MATIN ASECURCSaEEt EXTRAORDIN rope's Great Artiste. = . SYLVESTER. Crown Prince of Iitusion and Morarch of th Myrtic Realm, assiaced by the Wonderful Versatile . Mies ANGELIQUE SCHOTT, in their new end amusing entertains ett of Which If WiltCH- on WHERE ARE WE NOW Wd Talking Geneieting of their Intest productions jon. the only one in the world; ‘oating in Mid-air—the Marvel and Faces. the Growth of Beard. Professor Willis Cobb and his renowned troupe of “Performing Dogs, Goat ani Monkers. derful gymnast. Leotard: ti Gest, and © ir ‘The prices of admission for sale of reserved seats open music store. J ASQUeRADE costumes. a hence it lays the other tilt. until the tux: hope for cure te persons who iste lay hls » m vaician wh. fuer L BBS E: Tanld Teepcctfulls larite the attention of my ada and the public generally. = Hakky BONE 309 7th strest Private Theatrical: ‘Tab! ix, ac, Grensnd st short notice, Parlor Scenery sad arta d polken No. 486 cases whet gel up # gv No. 486) ON E£EXMIBITION 778 AND SALE Srnzer. aT MABKRBITER’s. He 456 Seventh street. between D and E strets, eight doors above Odd Fellows’ Hall. Choice Off Paintings, Encratings, Ch Also. Largest Stock Paper Hangings, Window Shades, Picture Frames. Picture Cords and Tassels. tm District. ber Name and Namber B aELOW 8 GALLERY ow OIL PAINTINGS FOR BALR. Just received some fine PICTUBBS, 1336 Pena events, bet 12th and Ith ste. dye Leok! Look! Look! AT THESE PRICES: apis ty" — on t 4. Bay fa If vou have nartaken te fr * OVERCOATS. DOMESTIC MELTON. oS WHITNEY BEAVER............... 310 312 CASTOR BEAV eoveree nse AZ SO ESQUIM AUX $15 and $16 60. ENGLISH MELTON...... = S17 morcow.. $18 and $20. APES AND FTALMAS IN GREAT VARIETY. WINTER SUITS. FINE ALL WOCL 8UIT= — DERBY stirs STESE ACTS DEMAND IMMEDIATE CON NG N.—Disease should be guarded against’ ne GE Maat be cured, "The alternatives aro death or EE SUITS such con uences as rend: ite urden. Combat DEESY SU? ‘$13. | te maleriss parity th od, put the nerves in r Camm sis. | ord romote the ap. ia or rhenma. DEBEY sviTs. SILK MIXED, cay only be done with safery, c ness by Charles Gantier's Sat * pcpolar opinion. andorsed by BHGLi-i MELT $20. ent physicians. ‘ y driven them cut of thre N ACK SUITS nt Se. driven of 6 mar ——— ane been ix troduced Gautier's Natiy may be hd of all druggi ESSAYS TOR TOURG MES oe eicia) Ril SS OC. + on Socis] Rv AN EABLY CALL IS SOLICITED, aT ani the propriets or impropriety of getting Marricd” ve wig mariiary help for’ those who feel wuttted fo A A > huatrimonisl happiness. free, in sealed envel _ = — Ra Aedes, HOWARD ASSOCIATION: Box P POPULAR CLOTHING HOUSE, = = LECTUR it ISS LILLIAN S. EDGABTO: THE CIFTED AND BEACTIFUL ORAT! Will deliver the Sixth Lecture in the GRAND ARMY COURSE, AT LINCOLN HALL, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25. Subject: * WHITHER ARE WE DRIFTING: Doors open at 7 o'clock; Lecture to commence at 8 2031 PENNSYLVANL AVENUE, BETWEEN 10ru AND 111m STREETS, unis doors east of 1th. FF. & BEICHENBACH'S Piano « No. 423 1th Street, above Peana. Avenue, (Betartisuep Over 20 Years.) Sole agency for the sale of the cel: brated ELANOS of Wine Rusbe # Cos Baltiners aut Wa isons st accommodati: Organ Tuning and Repairing Admiesion Tickets, 2 cents; Reserved Beats, 75 ore Seve conte. BEAT BARGAL Jatter cap be procured at the Bookstore of J. Gq==“" ed ©. Parker, on 7th ot.” m2 St 1™ —— MEN & WINTER ENINGS, sy pip ao ge ny MONEY CAN BE SAVED OY rUxcHasiNe Bintie Miocene ait to select (om; G00) fi % oral Views, Ascent o! Comic Views.ete. in age 4 mic Terms le. es terna for children's particn, Hl WIL 917 D vrects Serece mien 10th, N.W. n03-2m* BANDRERCHT FS, at 12 cts Pysutinl assortment of LADIES’ and @ENT'S | ¢*KAND COURSE OF LECTO. DK ERCHIENS. at very low ‘ G ‘Given rd of somes rriee wien | chlvalYSAPASY Catia, BAPKINS AND Fou sat red LN BALL, BHAWLS, BLA. ANWELS. anda gene: Fal assortment of DRY GOODS. {Rep j ocid Sgremier a sc ‘M. iH. MILBUBH. nat a Bind Han PAZAAK —| in . , CRDRECLUTEIAG sorte, Teh Sgeee's Christian Amociation, Judictary Square. prom and uy le rect, betweun dth anasto” atrene a between GB eee. nell HICH ISTHE BEST WwW ists SEWING SaCHiNEr tacreasing the greatest and z demand throughout the civilised HOWES LATEST iMPROVED. slip S00 gor ooet. erace thes tar hs mechine G@ally— 100 cent. more then any other gompeny, “This cugnt to be eulcicut proof of the <_WATE FIELD. Ber tear 8 3 deaaeey ‘Sroms. fcCiounevey. Tt ABD ALL OTHER KIND OF JEWELEY, At $1.00 por ect. at 5. BE! BS, an EEE snae CHILBREN— Under tae care Here ite cerhood apply tothe SISTER charge, 1916 Pecosyivaniasyenue, 2cl¢ im” J WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 26, 1870. EVENING STAR. DOUBLE SHEET. Washington News and Gossip, INTERNAL REVENUE.—The receipts from this source to-day were $216,74- Mason Gen. W. S. Rosecrans has been elected president of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland for the ensuing year. ArrorntMENTS.—The President has appointed Joun H. Bibb postmaster at the University of Virginia, and S. F. Stilley postmaster at Wash- ington, N. c. ARMY OFricens DiscHaRcED PROM Toe RVICE.—Capt. George Baldey, Capt. Charles Snyder, unassigned, and Capt. Henry K. Put- nam, “Ist infantry; First Lieutenants William Harmon and William Stone, unassigned, have been honorably discharged the service, at their own request, under the provisions of the new army law. OTTO oF Roses ix THE Treasury Vautrs. Awong the many articles of value which Treas- urer Spinner has charge of in the vaulls at the Treasury, are a large bottle of otto of roses pre- sented to President Van Buren by the Inman of Siam, valued at $800; a lot of fine shawls, and other rare gifts presented to different Presidents, Besides the above are the ewords, and other valuable articles stolen trom the Patent (fice several years ago and subseqnent- ly recovered. It will be necessary for Congress to make some disposition of these articles in order that the vaults may be cleared. Tne RatiRoap Comrary OFrictatty Not FIED THAT THEY Must Pave.—The W ashing- ton and Georgetown Railroad Company have within a few days ‘given as one excuse for not paving ther tracks properly, that they have had no “official” notification from the Commis- siovers that they would be required to do so. This isa mere dodge, as the president of the company was notified by the Mayor by word of mouth that the commission had decided that they must pave their tracks to cor- re-pond with the rest of the street: This loop-hole of escape is now, however, cut ef altogether, as the paving commission held a meeting to-day, aud a notice to the railroad company to paye their road with wood was drawn up by the Secretary of the Interior, and signed by all the commi-sioners. Secretary Delano, who is a good lawyer, and has carefully examined the provisions of the paving act, has no doubt that the company are required to pave their tracks to correspond with the rest of the Avenue. Have WE ANY Ant-cenivs Axon U are not going to impose an essay on our readers in answer to the above formidable question, but would merely itemize one or two bits of good work now on free exhibition in the windows. We see some heads, life-si crayon by K. Reichmann, of this ¢ class merit in their way. The dr. light and shade, the nm, all show ence. A bit of landscape in oil, by A. Shindter, depicting @ brook and woods, ander stormy wind and lightning, is also good; has the » ment of the scene in a notable manner. We may also mention Horatio Stone’: tine model, in clay, for a colossal statue of Benton, which is now stored away in one of the basement rooms of the Capitol. ‘Chis model is propounced by Wait Whitman (who, as he says, often vi< it to take in its majestic breadth and gr worthy to be classed with the great w. Italy or the antique. By the wa done by Dr. Stone, who lately re city from abroad, toward hi the discoverer ot the circul. fora bronze casting for the Central New York? Park n perte for the coming session, and looks as tresl: as a bride in ite dress of spotless white. Something has been done in grading aud beautif, surroundings, and it is to be hoped th priations will be made for conti General Freneb, the Serge Senate, has made the north wing of tae itol equal co a series of d:awing-rooms furniture having been cleaned and varni while new carpets have been laid down on the floors. The carpet on the Senate charaber is a super-Wilton, with golden colored tigures on a green ground; and it is uoteworthy that within sixty days after the order for it was flashed under the Atlantic by cable, the earpet—one thousand yards—was woven, brought over by steamer, and delivered here. In the marble rocm, andin the reum of the Committee on Printing, carpets have been dispensed with, aud the beautiful tessalated pavement is ex- posed to view, with here and there a large rug. Why these exquisite tloors have been covered with carpets we cannot im: . Colovel Ordway, the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House, has bad the hall, the committee room: on his side, put in the best order, although he bas been remarkably economical, and has reno- vated his old carpets and furniture so that they look about as good as new. order ‘TROOPS ORDERED TO FLORIDA.—The Presi- dent has ordered troops to report to the United States Marshal at Tallahassee, to preserve order on Tuesday next, when the State Boardof Cau- vassers is to announce the result of the late election in Florida, trouble being feared from the Ku-Kiux, Tue Portland Press says: “Senator Lot M. Morrill continues to gain slowly. He is suffer- img from over-exertion during atime when his system needed rest. It will require continued rest to remove his disease, and it is not expected bat he will be able to return to Washington tor some time.” THE MitiraRy Comurssion Tro EvRrore— General H. G. Wright, Colone! Michel, and General J. G. Barnard, appointed last July by the Secretary of War to exam! upon the various means of narber rection tions in use by England, Kussia, Prussia,zand Denmark, have returned trom ‘their mission. —The marriage of Sec- ond Asetstant Engineer Wm. S. Moore, of Mas- sachusetis, to Miss Virginia H. Eastman, daugh- ter of Gen. Seth H. Eastman, U.S. A., will take place at the Church of the Epiphany, on Thurs- day evening next, at 8 o'clock. Mr. Moore is now on duty at the Bureau of Steam Engineering the Navy Department, and Miss Eastman resi wwith ber parents on Kx street, near isth. A 2 Chureh, and & Hanited sember tor tharreseptk a. ma ma) at the Louse. stance Beale aud Annte Forrest. Among the guests will be President Grant and several members of the Cabinet, besides 9 large ber of prominent army and na’ officers who are personal friends of Gener! and Mrs. Eastman. Mr. Moore graduated at boat Naval Academy as Fics ron song yu man universally esteemed. Mise Hartman is one of our beightere Mellon highly educated, and is noted particularly ior my accomplishments. Dr. Thomas Emory, son of General W. H. Emory, U. 3. A., will be married, in this city, on the 15th of December,to Miss Percie Me- Carthy, the daughter of Hon. Dennis McCarthy, Representative from the Syracuse, N. ¥. dis- triet. Dr. was at t in Virginia at aud resided for a ume . we iehi surgeon on the MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. Mile. Nilsson bas exchanged notes with the delighted Bostonians to the tune of many thousands of dollars on her side of the account. One matinee performance by her at the “hub” brought in the snug snm of $8,500. She will delight Washington after Congress gets in ses- sion, and the city is fu! “Les Brigands,” Offenbach’s latest work, con- tinues to have a run at the Grand Opera House, New York. It issaid to be rather an epera com- ique than an opera Louff, though many bonfe effects are produced. The plot aiso gives oppor- tunity for sine scenic effects. For a wonder it bas no “‘indelicacies.” The “Lydia Thompson Troupe” are drawing largely at Wood's Museum, N. Y. Leffingwell doing “Romeo Jafter Jeakins” nightly at ba Edwards’ Theater; at Wallack’s a suc- cessful season of ‘old comedies” is in progress; at Booth’s, Jo Jeffefson is still tn the ascen- dant. On Tuesday night his “Rip Van Winkle” reached its one hundredth performance at that theater, and the occasion was very properly made something of a festival by the manage- ment. Mrs. Lander is performing a successful engagement in New York. The Philadelphians are all agog over the coming debut upon the stage of “Miss Lizzie Pierson,” the assumed name of ‘a well-known Philadelphia beile.” Mrs. Drew and company ate pertorming at the Arch-street Theater, and Clarke at the Walnut. Edwin Forrest is playing in Savannah. He is said to show sluggishness at times, indicating tailing powers. +. 1, Davenport is ill, and was obliged to give up his engagement in Baltimore. Sontheim, a new tenor, iscreating an immensc furore in Stuttgardt. A new tenor is needed badly, as the old stock is pretty well exhausted, aud it looked lately as if there would not be material to replace it. Mr. Wemyss Jobson, an eccentric genius from the old country, of the Count Joannes descrip. tion, and who has figured as French general, historian, exile, martyr, Queen's surgeon, &c., now wants to astonish the New Yorkers with his personations of Rob Roy, Othello, Hamlet, &e. The theat | managers don’t seem to bite. Boucicanlt is writing a bran new sensation piece for little Lotta, who is now playing at Al- bany. Mille Rose Csillag, the prima donna who is soon to make her delut in New York, under the management of Mr. De Vivo, has a mezzo-to- prano voice, resembling in quality those of Al- boni and Malibran. She first appeared in Vien- a as Fides in“ The Prophet.” Adelina Patti and Marie Sass are in St. Pe- tersburg. Carlotta Pattiisin Peru. Pauline Viardot-Garcia will spend the winter in London. Sims Reeves is rusticating at the Bridga of Al- lan, Scotland. Pauline Lucca is back in Berlin with her husband, Baron Von Rhaden. Henry Nordblom, the Swedish tenor, has male a me- cessful debut in London. Hans von Bulow, the pianist, is coming to this country early neat year. Miss Kellogg intends to organize an English opera troupe. Henri Vicuxtemps, the violinist, who first visited this country twenty-five years ago, and is now here with Nilsson, has ‘ays been held by the best musica) crities to be a finer per- former than Ole Bull, though lacking the tender- ness aud feeling of the Norwegian. He id now to be more sympathetic in pertormance, and lis later compositions display more char acter and power. ‘The resultis that the veteran divides bopors nightly with Nilsson. ae pes = A Word for Washington. A correspondent of the Ohio State J: writing from this city has the following under date of the the peor iningle stood ef any country. A’city with more natu with more pictnresyue surrounding hard to find, and for a people thoroughly alive to busin ctive, energetic, and enterprising, Washington is second to none; the streets are fast becoming beautitully transformed by a system of parking, wood pavement and sundry other good anfi useft:! improvements. ‘The canal, so long an eyesore, and a nusiance, ing dredged, cieaned out, and putin uavi- gable condition, while an elegant market house pout to be erected on the site of certain mis- le sheds, heretofore designated by the name. In every eection of the city new and beautiful blocks oF brick houses are being erected, with nid convenience that mod- ern art can suggest, and yet with ail this, the city of Washington is made the butt and “stool pigeon” for every newspaper seribbler to vent his ignorant ridicule aud meaningless sipeen upon. That the people bere are behind the age is a mistake; that they are carcless aout dave- oping the material interests of the city is false; and as fer the repeated assertion of the “wicked ness of the city,” with its 112.000 inhabitants, 1 venture it will compare favorably with that of any other city in the Cuion, with the same pop- on. Pennsylvania avenue is now being paved with wood, and the work is progressing rapidiy, and by the Ist of danuary will be comp eto = NAVAL ORDERS.—Assistant Surgeon Charles N. Gravati,ordered to the naval hospital at Philadelphia. First Assistant Engineer D. P. eCartney, ordered to the navy-yard at Wash- ».C. Master Wm. M. Paul, detached e Portsmouth and placed on waiting Master Wm. H. Beeliler, detached trom » Nipsic and placed on waiting orders. Chap- lain M. C. Brittain has resigned. ‘S WINTER VASHIONS. KVENING DRESS, The prevailing style of the season for full dress is a plain dress-coat of @ blue-black West of England cloth, the waist about one and a halt inches below the natural waist, and the skirt of medium length; cloth collar and lapels, with five holes worked in, and rolling almost to the waist seam, the lapel being of mediui size, aud not quite so much pointed as formerly. A distinctive feature of the season is the introduc. tion of side edges on the skirts, which has avery stylieh effect. The vest is of the same shade, neatly embroidered round the front and bottom, @n extra hole being = watch chain, and in length is one inch shorter than the forepart of the coat. Small jeweled buttons are worn with this vest. Trousers of same shade of doeskin, sufficiently heavy to set well without being uncomfortable, cut rather dary is heme’ in fast season, @ good ™ g over the it. This suit is the correct style. and in good taste for a gentleman in any position to wear wherever full dress is required. A G ‘TLEMEN itton very low, and 3) trousers dark ne, to match coat. At a full-dreas wodding the groom should In'verg nylish and appropriate, ore bemeTeaes Trop care t that the embroidery is very neat and dulot in me of the mevoy g London tailors are intro- ducing white instead ot blatk silk skirte! pe OR startling effect, and y ‘become fashionable here pyrand-y0.-Hees le pss bolas 7-3" Rt TWO CENTS. TRE CENTER MARKET OF THE PAST AND PRESENT. THE MARKET OF THE FUTURE. GROUND BROKEN. Relies of Old Fogyism—Carions De- velopments—An 0) Market Shed “Entert Meals at ours” — “Oysters,” “Roast Lamb, es — A Market House Dining-room ef Ye Olden Time—The New Order of The axe has at length been laid at those last relics of the era of old fogyism in our midst, the dilapidated sheds on Center Market square, where by the side of honest industry a body of indolence has so long led a scanty but easy life, and groaning and reluctantly gives way to ¢ imperative demands of progressive modern ideas. Yesterday morning the NEW BUILDING ON SEVENTH STREET was laid out by the proper officers. The north- west corner of the proposed building being ob- structed by ashanty, a parley was had with the occupant, who claimed as his own a square oF % fect in length by 17 feet in width, forming a corner stand at the intersection of two of the most frequented aisles of the market. The space he (hus oceupied was labelled STALLS NOs. 267, 268, AND 209. Now, any person doing business in Center Market was required, whilst the piace was under corporation control, after having been assessed by the Market Master, to pay his due: to the Collector, and with the Collector's receipt m band to walk over to the Ke; 's office and there to obtain the license which alone qualified hum to do business in the market. In the above case, reference was therefore had to the oificia! Tecord book of the Register, which showed that for stall 267 nothing bad been paid since June Soth, 1869; that there was no payment at all on record for stall 268; and that stail 269 had heen paid for until June 30th, 1870, at the rate of TWENTY DOLLARS PER ANNUM. virtually therefore, a most valuable corner- stand, occupying over 600 square feet, had been up to June 30th at the rate of 81.05 per nd since then has been held free, gratis for nothing. Such easy terms, it stands to reason, did notinduce any extra-exertions to make this business-eenter attractive, a corres- nding income sufficed for the enterprise of Rie host, who ocenpies a place from the legiti- mate proceeds ot which half a dozen thrifty families might live in plenty. Let us look at the premises, We find the fronts marked, ‘‘ Eating-Honse,” ‘Meals at a)! hours,” “Oysters,” *licast lamb,” ae ae and entrance-doors from both fronts to a dining- room of we seen a leaky 6) Tevices of which are patched up with sheets of felt, kept down by stones in Swiss mountain tashion;the smoke pipe= from cooking-stove and parlor-stove have black- ed all the wood work around them and are ready to ignite «{ at 2 moment's warning The drip from the projecting eaves falls on the aislesin which the ladies must walk whilst doing their marketing. A deep, wide, stagnant poo’. sach as a fat pig would delight in on a hot sum: mer day, marks the discharge of the slops of the kitc?en into an obstructed gutter, over the better vart of which is built an adjoining butch- er stal: with ice house and store house. Entering the ‘‘dining-room” we tind it to have a clear height of 7 feet, where itis not sagged down. It is lit im dim weather by kerosene lamps, the floor is strewed thickly with sawdust, the side is about a foot out of plumb, and papered in some way agreable to the cock-roaches, those unbidden but numerous guests, hospitably en- tertained without pay. Pictures decorate the walls, the likeness of “Schiller” indicates a Teuton as s former owner. The ceiling is boarded and duly smoked. THE FURNITURE consists of a long table with oilcloth tacked to the top. Upon ii there are 5 castors, and plenty of sali aud pepper, 12 chairs are ready for the pay-guests, and a pumber of small side tables will accommodate those having private business onhand. A retrigerator, water cooler, safe a1 closet for storing away coffee and sugar com- plete the furnishing. In one corner of the room we noticed a ragged carpet, a soldter’s cloak and a pillow of ticking, the sleeping apparel of the tidy mulatto boy who is in charge of this branch ot the proprietor’s hold on Center Market. In another corner we find a giass case with broken panes, which shows that if business is dull in the eating line, the sale of cakes will be re- sorted to. Whilst we looked about, a carrier hangs programmes of the performances at tha “National” and “Wall's Opera House” to the side wi ‘This completes our survey of THE DINING ROOM, and we forbear to speak of the adjoining kitchen. Now to the details of the case, the Market Company in spirit of mutual accommodation, proposed to the stail-holder to move his kitchen aronnd the circle, tree of expense to him, and to leave his headquarters undisturbed, which was accededto. So an opportunity was afforde: to view the results. The fire in the cooking- stove being smothered, the sidewalls of the kitchen were torn down, anda COSMOS OP COCK-ROACHRA with msriads of kindred types of creation was presented on the hidden inner side of the boar ds, more prolific than grasshoppers were ever seen before; they did not move, ax the temperature Was not congenial, buta kettle of hot wate: iously poured over them by a colored boy, adoi killing them brought them back to ve life. a # busy life as made al) Yprecipitately! A short demolishing carpenters the prophet of the new market, were br back to their daty; they tore up the floors, and apparently one electric «park setiled down to spot an army of little bootblacks with bags, b parting from the prolitic vermin a rich rut y j harvest of dry bones and other articles best valued by the owners of junk shops. ‘Thus ends a chapter of METROPOLITAN LIFE, the like of which we have seen equaled a quar- ter of a century ago in the slave huts spread over the outskirts of rice plantations on the Dismal Swamp, where master and slave vied with each other in feasting upon cornbread, salt fish and pork, with their dull existence bright- = by the faaee of oy! banjo. lowever, the car of progress is in motion! God speed it! rep ——_—_——-»ee- Cartaiy Kipp’s TReascees._a singular seqvel to the wild talesof the pirates of the Hudson is givenin the New York papers. Jerry Lanigan, tiller-man of a canal-boat from Buf- falo. ieporteds Monday, that about 11 o'clock the night before, while passing down the Hud- poe poy sel West Point, a fiash lit up the sky &@ tremendous explosion followed. Looking ashore, he saw a bonfire and men fighting over @ chest. Taking three of his crew be rowed asbore and saw a big piece of the rock in the side of the mountain blown out,and a hole made down to the water; the men were fighting was a :y for Ci Ps: Mod, aging fo Osetia mone, for it by pvpeieoy? lights _ oe creating excitemen: mer. IY aguccessful biast was itn Mabone’s salary th he ewe td the Atlante, Mtoslseippi and £23,000. a SF The Parisians were rot inst. A Bostonian the Ist churches and the Tyocwm trom thle ant TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. THIS AFTERNOON'S DISPATCHES ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS, THE WAR IN EUROPE. THE EASTERN QUESTION GCORTSCHAKOFF'S ANSWER TO GLADSTONE. RUSSIA INSISTS UPON HER DEMANDS. The Feeling in London and Vienna. AFFAIRS IN FRANCE. PIGMT NEAR QUESNEL. THE PRUSSIANS ROUTED. PARIS STILL HOPEFUL, Telegraphed Exclusively to The Bvening Star. PRUSSIAN REPULSE. Loxpon, Nov. 2¢.—Advices from Tours hare been received up to last evening. Gambetta returned to Tours Friday. Thursday two French batallions attacked a force of 1,500 Prussians, who were entrenched near Quesnel, and had three cannon. Prussians were routed and pursued as far as Quesnel. PARISIANS OFFERING TO SURRENDER THEMSELVES. BERLIN, Nov. 6.—Reports have beenreceived here from time to time announcing that large bodies of citizens, and in some cases the regular troops of the garrison, at Parise have come to the Prussian outposts and of to . Dut were invariably have latterly been confirmed m the German headquarters at V x, Nov. 25 e Times’ ‘correspondent telegray that hundreds o: Teguiar troops reg pee, the garrison of Paris are daily offering ta surrender, and that they are starving. Except the sick, y are ail turned back. THE SITUATION AT PARIS. Loxpon, Nov. 26.—Advices have been ro- ceived from Paris, by balloon, up to Thursday noon. They represent the situation as favor- able, and the public morale satisfactory. The guns of the besiegers were al! quie! PRUSSIAN MOVEMENTS. Details of the movements of the Prussian army operating against Garibaldi bave been recei red to-day. After their repulse at Neuts they pil- Jaged Citeaux and concentrated at Dijon. A force of 20,000 Prussians occupied Belierme, in the department of Enre-el-Loire, on Tnesday night, the 22d instant, but retired towards No- gent-le-Kotrou on Thursday. ANOTHER CIRCULAR FROM JULES FAVRE. Jules Favre has issued another circular, bear- ing date of November 2ist, giving his version of the late armistice negotiations, and the reason of the sudden rupture. He says that in giving plenary powers to Thiers he thought the prin- ciple of revictualling Paris had already boen conceded, THE EASTERN QUESTION. Lonpox, Nov. 26,—There are no new develop: ments in the Eastern question to-day. Tne feeling at the stock market is much improved RUSSIA NOT YET READY FOR WAR. New Yoru, Noy, 2j.—A Tribune special cor- respondent at St. Petersburg, Friday, writes “ An address of thanks to the Emperor has been received from the Smokeask district, and the nobility and the Bessarabian Diet, ‘and all classes of the population. The St. Petersburg Gazette says Kuseia cannot dcaw Ler decls- tion, por leave it without practical conse- quences. Such a proposition from the English press only compels her to pursue more actively than before a realization of the problem set be- fore her. Noone in Kussia wishes for war, bat all classes would rather consent to war thau to & humiliating retraction in the presence of threats unsupported by auything else than references to the sanctity of a treaty directed inst the country.” rhe same correspondent writes onthe 22 “Russia is not ready fur wat, aud not be before spring. No stop has been taken ic slace 4 eet on the Black Sea, or to fortify its coasts. It will need eix months to arm completely, and to raise the money nesded for war, and to put the Nicolaie iron-clad -bip yards again in working order.” RUSSIA'S ANSWER TO GLAND. Loxpox, Nov. {By cable from private sources.|—Count Gortschakof’s reply to FE, Granville’s note, which was read in the Cabinet session last evening, does not withdraw Russia's claim to a modification of the treaty of Paris, but repeats the reference to violations of the treaty by other Exropean Powers. Ie mects Granvilie’s complaint that Russia desired to repudiate the treaty without tirst appealing to the other Powers, by expressing a doubt whether ch an appeal would have been succesat ul The morning papers say the Ministry will stand firm. THE ATTITTDE OF PRUSSIA ON THE RUSSIAN QUESTION. Versaiites, Nov. 23.—The Doily News says it was contidently asserted that if Odo Russel) iseeeking the help of Prussia he will not suc- ceed, though Prussia might remain neutral. THE ATTITUDE OF AUSTRIA ON THE EAST. QUESTION. Viena, Nov. 24.—Two letters from Count Van Beust to Count Chotek were aid before = foyson gar ene. In the second Von eust says :—** re made no secret of conviction that the late treat an unworthy position. Hence ined that she 'ESTH, Ni heme mitted Tenasea the nD 01 monarchy in the Black Bia thst no Russian reply had recei and cautioned the “nde bers against too much of war or x) in tion in the present state of RUSSIA AND ENGLAND. 7 ! Bvening Star. HY J i 5 t H if i FY A i i gf i fr ul The | From vane New Cable— Storms | and Floods. T-legraphed Eaciustvely to The Evening Star. Havana, Nov. ¥.—Though no official no | cation has been given of event by the oftt- | cere of the Panama and West India Telegraph Company there is authority tor announce ng that the telegraph cable between Jam: and Aspinwall bas been laid. and that | graphic communication with Panama is plete, It is understood that messages of ves | day's date have been forwarded from Pan to London | Pawawa, Nov. 22—¥ quence of heavy rains in the couutry near B ba Vista the railroad has been sw tothe extent of eight mi food is now Kubs.d ing. A severe norther bas prevailed for five | dave. ‘The Arizona,on the 18th, cut ber haw Sers, and put to sea. ~ ° From South America_Insarrections Peru and Belivia. 0d Baclusively to The Beening Star. A, Nov. 26.—News from Lima of the been received. A conep.wecy ction lad been discovered and the leade p> a letter from ex-Preeident Pracio, now at Valparaizo, to Sen- | ator Bena implicates both. The édttor of Bi Naciona! was accused of participation in the movement, and smpr soned In Bolis ia. on the 22d ultimo, a revolutionary movement, headed by General Rendon, was ai- Havana.—In oo: tempted. He prociaimed bimself Presides, Martial law bas been declare: the Stare of Potosi. At t is imminent between the gov- the revolutionist erpment foro ° m tate a Well and A Woman Thro: K “Criminal Neg- led Verdict, | leet.” CINNAT!, Nov. %.—The coroner's jary in the case of Mrs. Hesing, who was thrown into a weil and killed by its caving in, retarned a ver- yesterday attributing her death to iminal neglect «i Edward Lopp. - Seizure of an American Vessel by the (anadians. Eastrort, Mr., Nov. The schooner Whi wh, Of Giloncester, was selred yest day by the Domini Lily and taken to 5: arrived here thi+ m —_—o——— | A Japanese Prince | New Yorks, Nov.2.—A Japanese Prince avd suite of ten officers arrived here to-day, and are wow at the Metropolitan Hotel. —— Government Securiues, 07 Cooke & Co. furnish the following te-day : Buy's. Seii"e. ; Sea's ue 108. ; AMETICRD Gideon nneeern | — -_——.o-—_—— ! Dry Goods Report. | The business of the past week te quite up to | the expectations. 1 olen guod= there has | more activity, and the clothing houses | have been free purchasers of fancy cassimeres in Brown Shee tings and Shirtings there bas been @ moderate degree of activity, and the stock in first hauds has been seusibiy reduced. Prices stendy. The business in Bleached Shec(- ings and Slirtings is only moderately act ve. ‘There is no anxiety on the part of agenis to in- duce purchasers to buy largely, and the jobbers Gre not disposed to do more than sapply the im- mediate demands. Printing Oloths are more beld at an advance of y to uness in Prints has been ie firm! oe ufacturers are now @ in incing their spring styles, and ‘dark Prints in the hands of agents are rapidly reduced. Sprague’s dark fancies are held at 10%, c., 9 days, less 4 per ct. Cambrics are held by manufactarers’ steady prices. Silesia: Bales to jobbers are emall. rolled jaconets, prices remain steady. im good demand ior best makes. Cottonadcs— The demand is e ual to the business of the sca- son. Ginghams are at unchanged quotations. Muslin de laines sell more freely and have im- proved in demand: b; mand, but without change in prices. Blankets sell rather more freely; chiefiy in single bales; nochange in prices, wbich are firm. Flaunel= areindemand. Fore: go0ods.--In black vel- vets and most descriptions of seasonabie mi! nery there is a very demand, 454 prices are higher for desirable styles.—V. F. /a- dependent, 24th. see. A Precwatic Can for street railways bas been tried in Chicago, with promise of succe--. ‘The motive power is compressed air, the u chinery being sinrlar to that usually worked by steam, and placed under the seats. There is no noise, no smoke, no heat. It is said that this method of running street railway cars will be much cheaper than the system now in vogue For instance, the Chicago experimentalists say ts $708,000 J um there for ., can be done by the ccar 01 , and be better done at that. ‘The rate of speed is a mile in ten minutes. React ~- — Carecn Brewep 1x ManyLann.—The M. E. Church in Surratt’s district, in this county, known as “Bells” was entirely consumed by fire on Sabbath last. The fire originated from @ tpark on the roof during the session of the Sunday school. All the movable articles wore saved.— Marlboro Gazett-. —— - Warrers of experience upon nature strongly recommend the use of mosquito curtains in tropical regions as a precaution agaiust maia- ria. They ‘sift’ the air, and besi tend sur- prisingly to keep the temperature within thew uniform. a 87° A son has just been born to the Dutchess Of Aosta, wife of the new King of Spain. 67 Matinee balls for the special delectation of in New York. Milinols, says & r, Dect whet Bext.f coteh tile pipe ink. = h, between T 12th streets west. with house connections t et feet seach side of the pip’. T be ‘aniforan fr . 1 tw ite termipsty holes similar sewerage Bidders will s:ate but one pri - Pipe, Which shall include the house compen tions per ach. WM. FORSYTH, 2 Inepector. &e. BLIC NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Office Of Superimsendeni and Inspect € Ld . cele weRt, fr 108 @ Barrel Bewrr, tive fect inside Hiameter, in Twelfth street east, froma thie north line of K street south. and to connect with ibe Sewer constructed by the WASHINGTON GLASS HOUSE, Corner 25th street weet and N street north, BRFSS ee Tc Shari Fares Sate oe «