Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1870, Page 1

THE EV PUBLISHED DAILY, Sen Sanday excepted, | At The Star Bulldings, Cerner Pennsylvania aud Ith st. BY Tus EVENING STAB NEWSPAPER COMPANY. THE STARK ts eorved Dy carriers to their eub- eer the City and E wei or Foaty-roca Cex at the conpier, Parcs ron Ma Three Months, 91.50 oa Year, 9600 No papers ave evet from the office longer than paid for, TER WEEKLY STAR—published op Frigay | %, 386—N2. 5,549 morving— 31 30 a year. | a ENING $§ STAR. INSURANCE. AMUSEMENTS. iid ATIONAL THEATER. Loss by Fire. EVERY EVENING and MATIY,RY SATURDAY AFTERNOON at? e'eteck, Bernandes For = se nal Peotemime » INSURE AGAINST! T, j ee eer 8 | THE OLD WOMAN welt LIVED TY A sHoR. NEW YEARS WATINER MONDAY AVTRENVOW. xt 2 o'clock. | yan S UPERA HOU isk. A. S. PRATT «& SON, ®REAT ALL TONGHT. TWO S. ABS AND TWO GREAT #LAYS, yorr =. at Niday Week. Bold tr Ne. 3, ¥ ™@ C. a. BUILDING, THIS ¢ PSDAY) N 16H c, DECEMBEs 27 rH, = ‘The Torki#h Speetaenior Drama of ALOR RE OU RIOSITY. & Nartene®, wertopontrran SEO" BESS Wie clea ber rigit FIRE INSU R SNCS COMPAS » acon ¥ a Moral Drama of ACh SERPPARD OB fn Shopbe wane averse. ™ TAMUBL CBves. J.B. Biake, Wm Ww Ww ott, STAINMENT TE(® TOESDAY) BVESING. For the benedt of the Soldier phane it Y_ % 6 2 Grmyasitx, ° CORN BX NINTH AND D STS Fitted ap inet and cold water baths lockers, ae , &. T.M. BATSON AND RUEWISELACEFORD, | THs B%petamarter iia eel ee | GEAND MUSICAL ESTENTAINWENT orre vem | CEEVIT OF TRE ORPHANS WHO See TO THEIK 4.000 5 te icy pes THE KECENT WH BELN ae -OLUBKS IN THIS BISTAICT, SOLDIBRE AND SAILORS ORPEAN HOME, 4ND WHO INSTER PROM BECT COMPANIES aT YIN THE CWEST BATES. LiNcéLs FALL, der the auspices ef the* GA. b. THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE Pog eer gy BAND will COMPANY OF NCW YORK. CASE ASSETS T 910,000,006 | Sidresr nt S ocho OLDEST COMPANY THR wv prep TES. AND 7Be Lays EoT WORLD, Heve fH roa } BGTON © gbrte BAT THe LNSU- j wn | OT RETR Oty the pietclben Uciette Ord. T.M. HANSON ANDE.LEWISBLACEFORD | SUrnano's0u6 calm ton Eapi |e gonctade wit 619 SEVERTH STREET ‘The dividend et. to 2 farnonic and Choral Societs kets 30 Cou! or this yen have varie ban gd a shores. dio 24-3 eta EP aMOU SOUND LIVES ARB j sTiLe. AOUBPTED S oot | Mase RABE COSTUMES. NORTUWESTERN } - MUTUAL LITE EXSURAXCE He, pi DeeM ST aRoe, c ‘ a MILWAUKEE. wis OUMIS and. ¢ GauacreR DRESL J. M. VANDYKD, President, eae cet BEPERSHITH.Y Pree AUG GAYLORD, we ASSETS, 65,000,009. POLICY HOLDERS, ¢ ‘The } = tn of this Compan added a ‘ly to my stock of LA- S anc AlLpies tagee t these advantages va: bite! s s — . s ‘Tb rhe aa me , t ° J i « . w EDS SpAYS ra ’ Wania te 4 the" polse 7) ON SEMINICION Pane wy pie AND SaLE . eee % furnish te orazer.$ a paranc: st ioe feos al ‘ MARKRITER: pauls i ¥. KNIGHT. Geperal Agent, f 809 Se th street. Yo. 4"6 Sevent! + between D and E strets. = ee | He Ae Re Score shows Uatd Pollowe’ Walt “a a7 a) Ps eagtin Paintings, Engravings, Obromos, &e. MEOATION Als. Also, Largeat Prien Paper Haigings, Wi the District. esse remeniber Name and Number. ap25-1y" a th —o i tat Tex Cente ram | he 2K MONTH. Copies | Re ae LL DELIVER = conan ADDRES: 4 Sailor « Or ith all the modern ayraratus, aod with ter denr-t EVENING. DECENE+R 27 1870, Mey at intervals from ee OHOTLER COLD AX will delivere short Chorus, “ Ballela- oatoure trom che Phil- for ‘sale by canvaseers sya | throughout the city ‘und Mt the mice snd book low 4 Lata Frames. Picture Cords aud Tassels, : re y Colteg The best of references ges Applic: vogpedet € & Biv ros, a a Wt lech te bow! skiing. of corarr Kh street and ais avenen. itiaee? | Sole 3 fcr the anie of the coleby Penney !vaula avenu ___ dev tat | em Rate Co and Wm / OUNG LADERE. x HOOL | Pianos On greane Ok weSdeons for talooe moat sccommodating (Est, SUisRED OvER 20 Years.) ersKcond | UAz TEE come es MONDAY | Sgvember 3 < oe } sit r to to815 per quarter =i ae —— eee | BALLS, PARTIES. &e. H EDIUAL DECARTUENT, Ss > =z 3@ of Clinic al “hectares tm Freedmen’ Bon _* e momncing Sie ¥, Uctober 1 SURGICAL CLINIGwredeee eae T Sy. ww, by | SECOND GRAND MASQUERADE BALL or DAMON CONCLAVE, TO BE GIRS AT ‘ersity Clinfeal In MASONIC TEMPL M.D af 3 pho. m.. by Pro cr Mondays at 3.309. m., by Pro- | P.H.Sirvug, M.D. ni | rus tae t Tick pines acer Secteat. 9. | TICKETS «92.90 ” 2 ol t | Admittiog a Sgotemen and Lad: sfactuding per. aunemecen Pa maneres SoaNs Wie Tot ive | | Prof. Sebrorder's Broce and Wiring Bund bacters wae and lth street EXxetise, reescs 2 STITUTE tor ¥ ee pal. 91S if ¥rench LADIES 9 | A.D SHAW. ¢ tbat. Land Rt —Tho- 7° ping =. —— : eo i= $ maeteer on MonbaY, Oct. 34. | or es api ~a90i7 fy F PATTERSON, | wt 1321 Vermont avense.__ | CLOTHES OUT. WOOD AND COAL. ee D Woon. Our Great Clothing Sale: ny “WED uot WHITE AcH COAL an dem | MAGNIFICENT GOODS OX THE MARCA! from estat aaa * eb I wilt sell for 7 days ats amall advance over cost for Gast “ule Best quality CAK an¢ PINE WOUD. Orders cag To Corner isth street and P “ : sylvan: o NE ety ae, at the Yards Geueet wpast A SUIT FOK EVERYSODY iN TOWN! NOW 18 YOUB OBARCE! JAMES GLEASOR, PEOPLE GENERARY TALK BIG. BUT IF sem-tt [Rep] Coal and Weod Merchant. YOU WANT BIG BARGAINS, AND Owe stock is | Lane sTocKs To SELECT THE. is apefecieiy oe anh erate cased oan in mri; 53 Sut Inctory prices for cam, of on we THE PLACE 70 COME To Is Oe a Fiesssiskee 5 Seaton Sole agente of Bee P | : . wa Ree Son Bawlin ays pines nna | USCAL BOXES AND OPKEA GLAssms M Tis 20st received, at pipes aim METZBRUTT & Co. GEIB @ FINCKEL, So. 1012 F STREET, near lth street, SHEET MUSIC a ac MERCHAN. SOLE AGENTS FoR DUNBAM & 5UnS ao me mea BY #3089 | po es. \Seernnengesses daa - PIANO i ¢ Phat te sold around £ =i axo j By Tom, and Dick, = Seckcene Brewn. PELOUBET, PELTON A, CO."S PARLOR OB SG. _ TUNING AND REP AiRING bos-ly pesca BROTHERS, | ote 400-SBVENTH AND D ©. L. WILD & BRE aS FATES? pancrs Ge ABDBER'S yg LENT GALLERY Figeres lively dancing to mus From 412 Seventh street factured aud for sais at Mo, £20 11 TO 921 PENNS¥L 1a AVENT herwren ! Over Wall, _— ad totning Depot, ait kinds immediate Bariding. bee Le F. C. BEICHENS4CH’S Piaue Store No. $23 lth Street, above Penna. Avenue, od FLIANOS terms; Piano and P. K. THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1870. he well known caterers, man. B. 1. SWINGLE, Sec’y, | O KIMMELL, Treas. JT. FORD. se-Hon. Win. Hew. | G GLASGOW WH mrCARTER, Gen. John 8. Crocker, Zi at &th onsal-Geueral. Prof Heur ——— sedi 4a” L ASSES Sk AT MENA 7D H. B. 7sD ENTIRE WINTER STOCK MOVING OFF: e vag eat wide of the SPECIAL NOTICES Dr. eg wt advises ta Ginter Having i for ti tan ten th lant inet whole time and attention tof stedy of lung tise Tang diteanes and consumption. I feel that L understand fully the course that ought to be pursued to agen atolerably bad case of diseased lungs to healt! ‘he fad most iaportant stewie for the paticnt 19 did taking colds and the on thie, ptinent for this purpose, ta orinte SNowth: down in the S Palav a point I can recommend, % good hotel iokept thers Oy Penscmaes Taser vrinter “al Ae there whose Inogs bad been t Who, tuwler the heal in Florida plain ag times, bat armsa return of appe nerv.lly increase the fit these who wre tr: ordered stomnach. deran id liver. 2 Boston, Baltign: Mandrak Dillioms bs Wise elt-getab onsnmgtion, expecia On the other har pr rm tatitten. heé fact that natives sof Florida v_those of the one ahicd.s it gn ane ee Midd solargely etiil thers are many there" Wivat a vast pereentage if consumptives were a3 easily alarmed in regard to taking fresh eoll as they are abont searlet fever, pox, &e. Bet there are not They take what they term a little cold, which they ars eredulous believe will founda AU hope foro Bly sivicw t9 persons whoer Tanze are affeeted, exon sliahtly isto lay jn a stock of Srhonck’s Pulyay: Schenck's Seaweed Tonic, and $0 Pith ral to Florida. I reeommay Gecauge tam thoroughly T know tha mird with their setion, ey are need ia striet aces orctane they will do the work that is re plishes, nature will dot the rest. The ph prescribes for col chor nicht-swe Ads ines the patient to walk or ride owt every day. HL have a corpse on his hands before eumptives who have toe to Blorida Thea tis ® a In fact they are ex ail caves where pargative my Ifyon ha or the too. 2 rake snevery night other ui you may then drink eects and eat fiers ms. pears. apples. pl eaches or corn, without the Tisk of is bo = fe sick by them They will protect those who live in {a damp situations agoinst chills and fevers. ‘Try hey are periectly larmlpes. They can do you good ont, T havea abandoned my profeaional visite to Boston end New but continue Pinger Ph ie LS NORTH SIR TH ST Phia, every Saterday, from 9 a.m. to 3 ¥ho wish @ thor vugh examination wit! the Respi ih Gollara: The Resps- can readily leaen whether they are But I desir ait distinctly ‘uiderstond that the alne of my med depeuds entirely upon their being takew strictly seconifng to dircertrns: Tn con eA Will cay that when, persons tatke aml their systems are brought into a m thereby, they are not so liable to o with diseased Inugs can bear a re without the fi SCHENCK. M oom 15 North Sixth strest, Philadelphia, AnD TOOTA POW TNODOROUS GLOVE mt ators equal to new. Solid wey goods dealers. Price, BATCHELOR’S HAIR DYE. spleadid Hair Dye is the best in the worla Harmless, rei ble, {nsientanes ae, dons not coutain lead, no: erialie ison to produce paralysts or death: Avoid the vauhied and deiusiveprenererioos boasting virtues the ¥ do uot possess. ne genuine, Ww, A. Beicholor's Hair Dye bas had carry y ars ee re) eg bold ite integrity as tie ‘only ‘perfect Hair Dye Black or Brows, Bold vay }. Applied st 16, Bond gba pet LECTURES, INCOLN Wann * rEiway EVENING 7 BEgRM BER 3oru, TT. NIGHT U Ti 2 es eee mis 2: ie eae ; LINER Ee -STITCHED HANDKER- sia EMORY BAXTER'S, No. 1920 PERNSYLVANIA AVENUE. Before purchasing elsewhere. ded am Al of the quaint, curi- pa eae Pub ce ist and 2d ots, east, ror oe . Co, source to-day were $053, thd wow " i cided preference to Me ie cots Dortly. Th ling « i a jackson: ite, or ° ls, wus or cough. tut for those whose lungs are eased a wore syuthera poiut is earnestly recom con years prir to 1989. I w nally > \ P y k, —cibracing every. porel ase of rN K : “Scheme! _EVENING STAR. Wi ashingtcn News and Gossip. The InTRNAL Reveenve.—receipts from this 09, SrcreTaRy Romesoy is expected to return here to-morrow. Gey. SHerMan retarned here from New York on Saturday evening, and was at his office to-day. Mas, SEcRITARY Bsxtxyar is semewhat bott x to-day, but we regret to learn that she ix still very low and bat litle hope is entertained for ber recovery. Tue President received » and will not be in his office for the reception visitors during the holidays. There will be no meeting of the cabinet, and no “usiness unless of aspecial character will be attended to until Tuesday next. ‘ine Govgrnonsuir ov UTAR.—A telegram ty, says: The name of Chier ‘an is used at Washington in con- » with the Governorship hout his an It is anthoritatively stated that he is not aud will not become a candidate. Visitors to-di Tue UNITED STATES STEAMER TENNESSEE is now at the navy-vard here, being fitted up for carrying the commissioners contemplated by the resolution of vernor Morton to San Domingo. Sife will be got ready tor sea a. once so as to convey the commissioners as oon as they ate appointed. CunieTwas Reenion at THE Waite Hovss. The President's father, Jesse R. Grant, Esq., Postmaster at Covington, Ky., is in the city and Aguest at the White Honsc. Master Ulysse Gran’, Jr., the President's second son. is home tor the holidays from school (liar sard College) Goo Lis Christmas dinuer with his parents * Hosrrrar Stzwanps Exrra Pay.—Unrder adecision of the Secretary of War, pee stewards, United States army, employed as clerks in the Depariments, receive no extra- duty pay to which ¥ claim to be entitied under the laws of Congress. They will bri their cares before the Court of Ulaims, aml have engaged Hon. A. G. Kiddle as their counce). + PRRSONAL.— We regret te lear: » by telegraph, of the eucten death, at San Francisco, on Christmas afternoon, of-Walter Scott Poore. the younger and only brother of Major Ben. Perley Poore. He had been a resident there since his boyhood, and his genial disposition bad won him many friends there, as well 23 ai the places which he visited when he came East His remains will be brought to the family home- stead, in Macsachi , tor interment. Tae Anuy Boar, of which General Han- cock is president, now in session here for the examination of officers charged with un@tness for the service from-ether causes than thove contracted in the line of slaty. tracted eessions to close up the Ist proximo, when the new cperation. A large number of officers are ye tO be examined, and it will hardly be p sible for the board to conclade its labors by Saturday next. law goes s transmitted to the Commissioner of the General Land Office a suit of tea-plant- Producing coil from Yedde, in Japan, forwarded by U.S. Consul Chas. 0.5 mixture of si manganere, In to Oisture, trom their deticien: sand. Specimens received so the Commi-sioner frum © reater proportion of sand wi er elements lea are on exhiby 1 the Land eam. end will rerve for comparison roits from California and other parts ublic domain capable of producing the i Soctar DvTms oF THE Lares ov rie Cavinet.—It is whispered in social circles that the ladies of the Cxbinet, having found it utterly out of the possibilities to return all the calls they receive during the “season,” propose this Winter to exercise a discretion in t ter, All who know the extent to whic! ladics are occupiedin their social duties, will readily appreciate the nccessity of such a ju + Whey receive hundreds, almost t! vands, of calle af etiquette irom absol strangers, andso'ong ws they are “at hom! on-e a week, rendering everybody welcome, it should not be expected of them that they wi'l, in nape case, return card for card through the t who throng their parlors during a Winter They cannek Seupte wore time thau heretofore tosvch duties, and yet that time has hitherto been insufficient for these formal aa ef etiquette.— Wash, Cor. Yew York rimes. Society, Erc.—Secretary and Mrs. Bout well ve a seri¢s Of receptions this season, at Sitanen On 12th street. Mr. and Mrs. James M. Carlisle have issued cards for a large party on Friday evening next, at their residence, on D street, between 34 and 4th. A number of young gentlemen of this city are making arrangements for a series of weekly “* Germans” at varions houses, to close with a grard one at Masonic Temple. There was & pleasant Christmas mas: juerpde party at the residence of Henry 1). Cooke, Esq., corner of Stoddard and Washington streets. Georgetown, last evening. @uite # large party Were present, in quaint and amusing costumes. A. J. Bentley, Esq., law clerk of the Depart- ment of Justice, was married last evening to Mrs. Mary Christic, a widow lady. The cere- mony was performed by Dr. Cha’ and the wedding was & strictly private one. From Klett gy aetlctead ete ‘B.—* Marrivd. On Wednesday, December ith, t Lexing ton, oo Bock, to James Ook, coran.” * pole t 27th, in Washington, D. C., Maggie Beck cred, wife of James Cor- coren, aged 21 years.” The first cf the above notices was published in Tue Stan about three weeks agu: the other appears in our obituary column to-day, and togetber they te!l a cor:owful story. Mra. Cor- coran, who stood before the altar a bride just twenty days ago, died of typhoid fever at half- Past leven o'clock this morning, at No. 1509 H between 15th street Ay ent a vi ‘enn., 7b in which Mr. ‘Stahiman” Paice or “or Goat. “With a surplus of coal for at least 60 days over the needed supply, and wiuter vearly one-third over the halderok cos! bd wipe 8) Ad ee ‘The true remedy is te buy no more than ls absolutely neeessary. ged miners’ strike is in parta trick ofthe ing compatics to advance prices and in Peet, the foolish work of those whD love idlen poverty better tban three orour dollarsaday.— ETE cpresa 21th inst. OF A prisoner arres'est for drunkenness in Boston 260¢ ‘Lhe bewame intoxicated om. © Semperanss e Foening Slat. WASHINGTON, D. C.. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1870. TERRIBLE CALAMITY TN. RICHMOND. light metre, BURNING OF THE "SPOTSWOOD HOTEL. | Fear, and: Naving gained access SEVEN OR MORE LIVES LosT. and Iacidents. Tae memory Thrilling Seen Richmond is an affiicted city. of one horror docs not pass away betore they have another. Only a few months since the eslamity at the State Capitol caused a fearful loss of life, which is yet widely mourned, and now we have information of the burning of the Spottswood Hotel, on Satarday night, while it was filled with sleeping guests, several of whom the tlames. To add to the terrors of | it was the coldest experienced in iich- teen years. The gcound was rd, frozen snow, and the thermom- | perished the night mond for t ered with I eter stood at The Kichmond Dispatch wing account ORIGIN OF 7 es the Spottewood Ho the night clerk, to it is to scour the floors. thought be detectedsthe§simell of smoke looking carefully be presently saw it curl! weather-t sarding of t used asa pautry. mediately given, and Mr. Knowles atham, ot Lynchburg, spot, tried to get in the room to extinguish the it found it impossible to get in without a Presently, however, the door was broken down. and the flames werd seen crawling up the walls and licking the eviling with their tlery tongues. It was tco late for buckets of water, and a messenger was sent to sound the fire- ery of fire was raised in the house, and the halls of the second floor were in a few minutoe file with frightened, stupe- tied, half-clad people, throwing open the dours, and otherwise clearing the path of the fiery cle from 4 fissure im the old wine-reom, of lat key alarm. Meantime th ment. TAB MUILDING IN FLAMES. Those who escaped say that tn aspare of time almost incredibly short the smoke had filled the whole house, and the flames made their way through the thin woodwork partivors with ity. The Gre cd extreme co: ground with remarkable pro: Water could not be made 5 speedily Tn less than half an hour fire was i every one of the five floors, and the passages air and almost impalpa- bie ashes. The scene was now one of fearful ray withstan; were choking with be INDESCRIBA TD! Men, women ing building. and striving to getout. smoke — blinding, those not thoroughly ac waiting for r known, a}! who left their eecape, though with Life womans ery for help or f that did not bring a m: of these who lest their li finding the flames in their in the rain hor The floor then cow an mite Tah rhode taypls Hungeriord’s banking esta y destroged. tofer which W. D. Blair & On Sth stre he old frame wWasstayed. The Sollowing are the names of persons know to have been URNED TO DEATH IN THE HoTEr smus W. Koss, clerk of the La! mily Kennearly, house- keeper, who leaves a family in Baltinor, uel M. Robinson, clerk with Eliker « i A. Thomas, Agent tor the Parc rama of the Pil . H. Pace, of Danville, Va dviong the war; Mrs. im 's Progress; “nited States Mail Agent senger of the Southern expres Captain Sam’! C. Hines, salesman in the whole sule house of Moses Millhiser, ‘11 Main street. BURNED TO DEATH WHILE TRYING TO SAVE WIS FRIENDS. Captain Hines’ room was on the fifth floor, in the corner next to Cary street— ble part of the puliding: but it isknown that he came down stairs to beg some one to help him get Ross and Kobinson out, Tcom# adjoining his own. The vneertaking was £0 perilous that he could not procure any assis- tance, and (noble follow that he was) be re- turned through the blinding smoke and flame to the attic. determined to make a ting! effort to is friends. Ie reached the room in safety, and was presently, it is stated, seen at the window erying and beckoning tor hil). response bedding Was placed below the window id to jump and he world b: caught. But suddenly the flames bu from the very window where he stoo: caught in their scorching embrac: Was seen 1 a few minutes afterward the floor fel! Mz. E. King reports seeing Mr. Robinson ata window in the fifth story, near corner of the balling. borg and Le was tol ard into the room, a: ral beds were placed dire dow, and he was urged to may have escaped, h: 5. Wilcox, of Layne ry Kroth ing-houses or elsewhere. J. B. Farris is an Richmond and G: in the stor fifty ‘. bens er heard of, and it is feared that the flames caught them sleepin left their rooms. Mr. Farris has a wite ‘nsboro. never and two children in some one bursting into “For God’s cake, want to save ANOTHER WARCLO ‘ly at the scene of the fire yesterd: morning. and, having saved the one hn went forward to to fave the ten there the feors vaultunder the the hotel suddenly fel Mag a.crash, and their retreat was entirely cut ff. ‘was an immense cloud of smoke, and the flames seemed about to swallow them. In ten nfinutes they would suffocated or burned to them found the grating in the pavement above ed his fingers throug! ds's attention was t and, the grate bei e. robably have th, when one of both were drawn LOST AIS MONET PUT £45 _Mr. Eldridge, of New ¥ ) Wason one of th is room @ Vallis hg Out ef the win: ies by DN. W hb company, I. , for $6,000. If any other The buildings oc- Currant and others, and owned by insured for $11 Aliriend & Son, ager running to the ‘Ani's estate, were im the Mutual Assurance Society of V irgiui irginta State Insurance Com nd forss.000 in the National, of Baiti- The amount c. Currat for $8,000 in the V for $5,000 in the North & 28, ager ‘The property of Sublett, Luck & Bishon wes insured for $3,000 in the Southern Mutual In ti surance Company ch Peyton & Elierson min the North British and y's library was partial ed tur $1,000 in the nel Insurance Com} ia State Insurance Com ve insurance about <#¥). sewing machine establishment, in the hotel building, on the corner of Sth street, was ams Stock less $2,000; insured tor $1,500. Gerson, stoves and tinware; stock valaed at 5,00, totally destroyed,insured for full amount | in Continental of, New Y. he estate of De: ners, but the k. The bomen parvall destroyed, and insured for $s in the matual Assurance Society of Virginia. also bad $4,500 on the kitchen of the hotel. H. Marsh, music dealer, lost near! and had no inserance. sax au lide OF TRE OLY The destruction of the wood by firereminded the old citizens burning of the ‘Eagle Hotel,” P a large area of the square between T weirth aud Thirteenth ¢ Streets, front the se ad chikiren were in the burn- Il who were awake were With fire on every sideand uflovating smoke trating everywhere, tlis was no easy ainted with the land- marks. The screams and prayers of the struck terrified the self-possesse J: th either trampled under foot on the narrow stairs or.sank where they stood paralyzed by fear, Fortunately. however, there were those within who retained their presence of minrl, and those without bold enough to rics the danger to save a human life ms found means to one, and there was no The Matua! of saving Cows and ‘dene eu ets and sheets. the stewar der % om the third the grocery and liquor store of rom .oljowin, ilding in the rear of the Spotewocd, ard belunging to the concern Was partially destioyed. At throwing them out of back with the flame the fire, after ¢ ore ou the corne 5 o'clock the fire rs were encased in ics aniuch a the New York guests lost all correspondent | rrowiy escaped. bing, and the ladies bad to walk bare- foot over the snow to reach shelter. pStoT BY a LAnw—Genflomen from across he river report that a day or two ago Mr. T. B. +,0ne of the school trustees of Prince corge’s county, Maryland, attempted to eject from a schoul-honse, about’ seven miles from the ferry, the teacher A dtise Pergason, who bad been ‘dismissed, and to who had been appointed by Ferguson refasi ey seized her, when she dr shot at him, the bail p He then thrust her out stall another la:ty cate the premises Mr. | e Sisy oorupying of the deors and she tell ound, but soon rising ahe shot at him ut without effect. A warraut was issued for the arrest of the ludy, and she was Daiied _for ber appearance at court.—dles. 6 DIsarrRaRaNnce Plock, of the bark Adolp que to Londo: New Hebrices Islands be Inland had entirely ot it was to be ceen cean where it » Says that while ace more dep! ¢, is that Aurora was one of fertile of the group of Isla wot which it formed a, member: the southwest beneath the wiu: but seemed ter- ty-six miles in length and amp, rified by the depth of the fall, atid TRANSIENT BOACDERS MW The traustent boarders, e mens the to! hy in ad for this ™ hod best re nedy ing disease — 2 on of which time, direct be seen the felon. en out with the point | Mr. Leib, is : Jeorge and E. H Andrews, Syracu-e ew York city, and John lolman, jr., Jackson, Tenn. Soure or ai! of these may have found refu pire surface of the blis whieh can inst of a needle or it private board- route agent on the Danville railroad, and Mr. messenger between MvcRpER anv Sux —& double horror oc- | curred on Friday evening at Collamer, six miles | ¥. Lorenzo D. sarrett, Years, murdered his father-in- Sixty-seven. Gar- latter's barn-yard, from Syracuse. aged thirty-two law, James D. Tallman, rett attacked Tallman in and broke his akul! —_ an axe, then went to ; and that they eeee Wil» Tre) PF Ro SF Three bu: county safe in “apiece. a7 A New Yorker has a ~ 7 = dan matey on account of 87 Says the c: on course yor stn eee barrel of eee tolenety wideose thee Bato aean sncaped or several cone burned soa a0 satura Segre te ee destroyed. sen tet any Sy pe ‘ay, ef ‘be talks Se eee ans SA oe which he hav or ‘TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. This Afternoon’s Dispatches. Associated Press Reports. THE WAR IN EUROPE. Lrlegraphed Exclusively te The Beening Star THE PRUSSIANS $.NK SIX BRITISH SHIPS IN THE SEINE. Lowpon, Dec. 27 —The sinking of six Eng’ ist | ships in the Seine by the Prussiaus for the pur pose of obstructing navigation has occasionet great indignation here and throaghout England. | The British vice comsa! at Rouen has presented to the Pressian commander « formal pro‘st again't the act of spoltation committed upon | Britesh subjects. MESIERES SURROUNDED. Mesiercs ts surrounded by 15,000 Prussians, and eiege |s imminent. Al D PRUSSIAN PILLAGING Bowpracx, Dee J.—A dispateh from Po on tbe says 10,00) Prussians, with arti lier occupy Blois, and have tydiscrimmmately pillaged doth pablic and private houses There aro 9,000 Prut-‘ans at Orleans wh city is also pillaged. Prussian officers and mo are all engaged in the w A dispatch f the enemy evacuat unde, at whi beuf and Bou ace they had an ¢ There is no Crow Cue UMMALY ‘ FSTERDAY’S Wan NEWS Nx Dec The following is ae mary of veatenday's news hing William repor’« that Manteate! ga a victory pear Amiens, and captured 1,000 si ng In Paris h nis organizing « Breet. its destination is unknow! it is estimated thatthere are Franc onvicts in England have deca 600,00) waste ammunition by an meffectual caunona ie on the Prussian positions n. Manteuftel is in pursnit of the Prenol of the rerth, and ha: captured some pr omers at Albert. it is stated that the Belg an civic g’ be reorganized ws mi guards. Fight persove were killed by & railway ac dent, near Hatfield, this moruing. BISMARCK'’S WAr NU G TO swirzt LAN Bariix, Dec. 5.— Count Bismarck urges upon Switzerland a better observance of neu trality. a GEvrRaL CaBUB NEWS. The New Kiang of Spate em fente ¢ RENCE, Dec. %8.—Prince Amadine, ac- companied by the Minister of Marine,’ has started for Madrid. Be es Ciaidini fottow-. and is to receive tn ti! Spauish capital the tle of the Duke of Gaita. The Li Markets laverreot, Dee The market for yarur and tabrics at Manchester ts firm. hange tm the Spanish Council -Kivero President nil, bas resigued, and is succeede: rarily, by Sagosta. TT f micum ND Fier. Eight Lives Knewm te have bree CHORD, Va. Dec. 33-—Joka HM. Holman, , of Jackson, Tenn., ts now known ceriain!+ Wineckoen tabaee atthe Spotswood, mak the eighth victim. ‘The James river ix froren over this morn'ng Mr. Gernstoin, of Washington, Sate Kicunonp, Dee. —Nathan Berm weia. of Washint e Spotewood H»- t ned ing CHNOND, Deo. Vaden beste Lave turned up safe toof? of Lyeneht id, reported nv Destructive Pire im Marrisond Haarisoxeres, Va., Dec. stractive fire oc a here th Long’s stores and ¢ a whol before the bames were salinod. The totle establistacnts wore destroyed, TF convents —The First iwegity Enter y's workshoy Mersre. Smiths ant The American liotel on the opposide side of Main street, was con- siderably damaged. All the glass in the win- | dow> were broken yk ‘he intense heat. M Switzer eee ates iy hurt, but mot ser:- The destruction of property witl amount to $100,000, half of — is not insured. cmneeginee ot Tn, Labor Reform im New Coxvonn, N. H., Dee. 7.—The_ inbor-reform party of New Hamp-hire held @ Stwee comven- tion here to-day. nominated Lemuel P Cooper, of Craydon, tor Governor. Ievatn: hons emo: Aging the well known political ams. the party were a oa ae ary re~ solves approvins the of Senators Samne . Scliurs and Trambull on tho Dominion gees: tion, and 4 Cong oppésition ‘to. land grants and extravagance, George Koberts, of Rochester, was renominated tor Kailroad Commissioner The following Congressional were made: ist district, Ellery Laconia: 2d district, W./ I distr . D. Baker, of Claremont. ° The Georgia Election. ATLANTA, GA., Dec Lawton’s majority ix 3. 1 ticket is elected. Henry county gi in Cattosa cow is 336. The democrati ge y Price largely electe majority is 4s. elected. The Sou rloct Ryan and Hi Havana, Dec. 25.—Advices from Panama to the 2ist of December hare been received Jamaica. The Cuban Colonel Ryan had rived there on the izthon the steamshi een from New York, with a large qaantity of mwipenition and arms intended for Cabs. A nuaber of Cubans were expected to join Ryan at Aspinwall, whee are 15) men Ryan. The steamer ro “4 ‘rrive fro trom New York (the Hornet) yan aud his compa- ioms to Cuba ‘uaa hot aezived a at Aspinwall. First National Bank of onus, 3 W. T., Dec. 2.—The First Na- tional Dank of Cheyenne bas been organize! witha capital of 100,000, -2ee- —_____ FIBANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The weekly statementef the New York ass- ciated banks proves more favorable than anti- cipated. While the legal tenders have fallen of