Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1871, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. Published ily, Sundays Excepted, AT THE STAR BUILDINésS, Pennsylvania Avenue, corner Ilia 8S, THE EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER cowy. oh, BAP PRIN, Prevt. THEE subscribers at Tex Cents rsx wx 'x. or For- ey . Copies at the counter THE WEEKLY eyear. SF Invarial nd no paper sent paid for. BF Rates of advertising fnrvish ° SING STAR ie served by carricr to } I~three months, $1.30; hed Fritay—$1 50 vance. in both cases, on application. | 2. B8—N2. 5,859. vening Star, WASHINGTON, D. C.. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1871. TWO CENTs. EDW. KA EGO S HUMAN E_ L. SCHMIDT, a Eith street. betwe BEANE OFF NEW YORK LIFE CASH ASSETS OF Rw “ ue rk L a ponail the moat approve ™Siberal tos flored to wollcitor: speak esac HENRY D HALL, dee22 In* Sole Agent for District of Columbia. Vv JINTER AND FIRES ARE APPROACHING. ENSURE YOUR PROPERTY IN RELIABLE COMPANIES WITH A. S. PRATT & 80) ¥. MC. A. BUILDING, esr FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ORGANIZED AUGUST 26. 1870 @ASH CAPITAL... Ofte: vavis pepherd « Building, No e. «MOSES KELLY, | WM. B. TODD, Vice SAMUEL CROSS, Secretary RECTORS Wm. B. Toda, Chartes Just, John T. Lenman, Moses Keily, CLOTHING rates as low as ix consistent with a the Com au Ninth and D streets, ME NATIONAL METROPOLITAN $100,000 LL, “RoBI NSON & €O., FINE CLOTHING! $21 PENNA. AVENUE OVERCOATS WALL. ROBINSON & CO., gat deeds tw Nn“ WALKER & €0., 611 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, Between 610 aN 71H St« CLOTHING FOR MEN AND BOYS. BUSINESS SUITS, of Melton, Seoteh and Domestic »f our own manufacture, equal to the masitre re Best custom work, and fully 2 per cent. cheaper. FALL OVERCOATS, at reduced prices. BOYS” SCHOOL and DRESS SUITS, in ages from rs aud upwards, in great variety of quali- thr BOYS’ OVERCOATS and TOGAS. N® OVERCOATS, of various fabrics, adapted ux season, and at prices less than the to tbe prese same wake of guuls can be purchased elsewhere. White, Colored ani Cassimere SHIBTS, of superior ‘At. S’ UNDERSIIRTS an] PRAW- Ss, TIES, SCABFS, BOWS, £¢. - aol tr r MEN Sand BO EKS, GLOV & — ———a F J. HEIBEROES. - (Successor to H. F. Loadoa & Oo...) CITIZENS, ARMY AND NAVY, MERCHANT TAILOR, Metropolitan Hotel, (late Brown's.) yintt No. 369 Pean's arenue. BOOKS. STATIONERY pure ‘SOLOMONS’ NEW BOOKS LONGFELLOW's DIVIN od. AUNT JUS SCRAP BOOK Nim il. & BISHOP POTTER'S KELIGIOUS FaiLOS: OPrBY. - AYS. = a ABOUT BOOKS. Herbert Spencer's PHILOSOPHY OF STYL: } ay OF OTHER DAY= Tt}. ST CHILD. TABLE LANDS HLOSOPHY.- OLKS Miss Proctor. Ls rE) E 3 by 5 eo" ie, i] 2 eee ae es = 4 oe N te VISITING CA :. NGRAVED AND NTED. 7) B HILP & SOLOMONS, deci __ 911 Pennsylvania arenas. DRESS SUITS DRE=S SUITS! DRESS SUITS! DREss SUITS! NNSYLVANIA AVENTE, TRAGEDY bis y+ ao v 3 Sugseereseceeer: AMUSEMENTS. EW NATIONAL THEATER. WARMTH AND COMFORT! EVERY EVENING Vals WEEE, AND SATURDAY MATINEE. Bonciean OST at SEA + RITER’S. 86 Seronth street, between D e! roe abeve Odd Fellows Hall, eo. Riso: ‘Largcet Stock Paper Hangings, Window eS tare Cords and Tassels oy See spi-ly* LECTURES. TURE WILL BE GIVE! THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING, December 27, aT LINCOLN HALL, DR. JAMES GORDON MILLER, Of the New York RB Mission Subject + THE SUCIAL EVIL. Bookstor: cure commence at 3. PIANOS, &e. (CE—Having determined te y the celebrated SCHO * Philade phia, wl Rica) niente. te agniticent ne. fin: “das! more darable then auy Sther Place inde, 1 how offer the sameat 33 or first class staliments he: ARL RICHTER. 935 Penna.ave. :CELVED ONE ROSEWOOD a . GRAND CONCERT PIANO of TX octave from the Pg en Factory, of George Steck & Co., New ‘alao, al selection of PIANOS from Wm. Knal Wm. McCammon & Co., Albany. wl band PLANOS and ORGANS for oy termes, . invited to examine the fustramente, Toning ant he pairing PIANOS at No.4 Blov- ith «tre v eonsylvanis avenne eed tr ERO. REICHENBACH JQONNEIS AND HATS FROM PARIS, JUST BECEIVED. MADAME DUBOIS’ HUMAN HAIK STORE AND FRENCH MIL- LINER Y ESTABLISHMENT, No. 14 musylvania avenue, between 2th and 13th sts. BONNETS AND HATS 0 order made ti IN THE LATEST. New styles BRAIDS, CU Ibe the above at reasonable RREADY MADE DRESSES, at M. WILLIAN'S, ip Silk. Draped Bic. Serge, &c. Bony kd ETaNp CLOTH COATS, z ‘OPERA CLOAKS, EMBROIDERED JACKETS, &c., &e. CLOAKS and DRESSES made to order, on reason- able terms. Special attention paid to ALTERING VELVET obaks. M. WILLIAN, 907 Pennsylvania avenue, 2 No. 7 Cite Trevise, Paria. \ ISS E. A. McCOBMICK IS IN CONSTANT M RECEIPT OF THE ND MOST ELEGANT DESIGNS )NNETS AND ROUND HATS FOR THE WINTER SEASON. Alse,a fine stock of MILLINERY and FANCY CDS. t_of GROS GRAIN RIBBONS. L GRAND OPENING 4 at . KING, Jr., MASONIC TEMPLE, COBNSER NINTH AND F STREETS, LaTEST In | of an entire New and Selected Stock of | MILLINERY ana FANCY G00! FLOWERS, PRATHERS, BIDBON: FRENCH PATTERN BONNETS AND HATS, And all the LATEST NOVELTIES of the Season: LADIES’ HOSIERY, GLOVES AND OORSETS at the lowest market rat seR-tr / ERY IMPOBTAN (0 LADIES.—HAIB CUT- LING done at cents abet. eee. no? 715 Market Space. VORSET! LING AT BEDUCED PRICES co = BAP ELLER S i i RECEIVED—A4 One assortment of Berg Is HYR EMBROIDERED SLIPPER BERLIN ZEP! BTTEENS fec., &c., which I am ‘pared to sell at the lowest srices.Oall and be convinced. ‘Po LERCH, Z14 Teh stroce anso-tr ween @ and H. EW STYLE OF CUBLS JUST RECEIVED at oes A ONELLER'S, noy 715 Market Space. _ EDUCATIONAL. SINGING SCHOOL.—Mr. J.C. BROWN will *S open a Singing School on FRIDAY EVENING, the 22d instant, in the 13th street The couree to consist of twelve lees for gentlemen; $1 for ladies. BOARDING SCHOOL FoR YOUNG LADIES AND CHILDREN-— Old Hadiey, Ma The winter term will commence on WEDNES- DAY, Jan. 24,1572. Cirenla be obtained of Judie CHA Court of Claims, Washington, D ing the Principal RS. S.A. PE M SELECT SCHOOL FOR BOYS, $1704 | Street, E oc9 tm? VALU See te te tale a eRGnOn CHOLARSHIPS SCH IN THE WASHINGTON BUSINESS COLLEGE, 71h and ood in the International & FIGHT SCHOOL (Classical, Mathemetical and Foglish) at No 1209 F SERERT NW. Room Noi) fecond oor, commencing MONDAY EVER- ~ December, ‘ Becitations, Moudays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, | from 6 to 9 o'clock p.m. PROF? FA. SPRINGER, A. M.. eat Bud Acadet ncastm Principal evr t street WW, SH, FRENCH, AND 35 Bee tiiote ron FOURS Mgs ANGELO JAOKS No. 915 New York avenue, north xbies, ON, Principal. west. se23-ly GENTLEMEN’S OUTFITS. — Sho wuterr «2 nvorr, 3h 906 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, FASHIONABLE HATTERS AND FUERIERS. HAVE THE LATEST STYLB HOLIDAY SILK BAT, FOR WINTER, NEW AND HANDSOME. och: ————————— \GTON HOTELS. WASHID j “pur ARLINGTON,» VERMONT AVENUB. T. BOESSLE & SON, oc lly Proraretons. oTICE OPEXING, OF 4 NEW STATIONERY STORE | AND BLANK B Linwogna Paine, EN AND BINDING DONE TO OB The public sre invited to call and ow stoc! K MANUFACTORY. Under Natious! Motropelitan Bank Coder rT and next door to Co. selt-tr ‘asbington. DO. ILADELPHIA ALE, PHILAD ELPHIA LAGER BEER, CATAWBA WINE, APPLE CIDER. PALMER & GREEN, UNION BOTTLING DEPOT, 57 Greene street Georgetown, D.C. }. for cas! } ‘ViNG. PRINTING | C. oO. Ww 5 2 BBBITT HOUSE, oo WASHINGTON, D. oO, ARCHITECTS, &e. G. STARK WEATHER, ENGINEER AND See ERY INDENT. e prices. old su }, corner New fork avenue sal iat treet eee “ ONE IDEA” CLEAN SWEEP CLOTHING SALE, At Oak Hall, 525 7th street, Bee SPECIAL NOTICES. ors, &e., for the Holida: bundred r citizen. feel _them- es under personal obligai to C, GAUTIER, 1217 and 1219 Pennsylvani enue, for be- ble, threngh the virtnes of he celebrated Bit- participate in the festivities in ident. to the Holiday Season, Alshough Mr. CU. takos much pride in thus being a public benefactor, he does not allow the other duties of his business to cacene. his obser- vation. Already his store = with the immense stock of Liquors and Cordials imperted for the Hol- iday trade,and which have been selected with care for the wants of rons. ‘Those in. want of Whiskies, Brandies, ines and Li meyer Be Snore favor him with a call, and be assured that what they buy in his line will be not nly pure but unadulter- ated. be Cause and of Consamption The primary cause of Consumption is derange- ent of the, digestive o . This derangement Produces deficient nutrition and assimilation. B *ssimilation I mean that process by which the nutri ment of the food is couverted into blood, and thence into the solids of the body. Persons with digestion thus impaired, having the slightest pre-dispesition to pulmonary disease, or if they take cold, will be very liable to have Qonsumption of the Lungs in seme of its forms; aff Thold that it will be impos- sible to cure any case of Consumption without first Testoring a good digestion and healthy assimilation. The very first thing to be done is to cleanse the stomach anc bowels from all diseased slime, which is clogs these organs so that th: cannot perform their functions. and then rouse up and restore the liver toa healthy action. For this Bitar the surest and best remedy is Schenck’s Vs jandrake Pills. These Pills clean the stomach and wels of all the dead and morbid slime that is gansing discase and decay in the whole system. They will clear out the liver of all. iseased bile that bas accumulated there, and roure it up to a new and bealthy action, by which natural and healthy bile is She ctomach, bowels iver are thas cleansed . bowels, oot Schenck’ ‘ake Pills; but there # in the stomach an excess ef acid, the organ petite poor. Inthe bowels the d requiring strength and sup- ost. It ig ia condition like this that Schenck’s Reaweed ‘Tonic ‘proves to be the most valuable remedy ever discovered. It is alkaline, and its ase Will neutralize all excess of acid, making the stomach it will give permanent tone to this nd create a goul hearty appetite: prepare ‘he system for the first process of & good estion, and ultimately make good, healthy, living Alter this preparatory treatment, what ns tocure most cases of Consumption is ring use of Schenck’s Pulmouic Syrap. Syrup nourishes the system, purities buted te the diseased lungs. bid matters, whether in the ube then | assists T.in the form wen it ripens. It is purifying properties Syrup, that all ulcers and cavities are healed up sound, and my paticnt is eur ‘The essential thing to be done in curing Consump- tion is to get Upa good appetite and a good digestion, a0 that the body will grow in flesh and get If @ person has diseased Iungs,—a cavity 0 there—the cavity cannot heal, the matte ripen, so long asthe system is below par. What is necessary tercure is anew order of things.—a good Appetite, x good nutrition, ths body to grow in flesh and get fat; then Nature is helped, the cavities will hs f Will ripen then, by the great of Schenck’s Palmot strength. Consumption lungs aren: is entirely gon the other to T have seen gennd lung, This is what Schenck's & Gensnmpticr only plan to cure ifs person is very bad, if ly destroyed, or even if one lung if there is enough vitality left in pe. stre ‘i se tem of all the disease that is i ay ‘ever the form may be 1: is important mend a Re mt to be cold, while using m: “a, reason. A man who has but partially from the effects ofa bad cold is far mo r « long is there imminent danger of a full retaru of the discase. Hence it is that I so strenuously caution pulmonary patients against exposing themselves to an atmoxphere that ix not genial and pleasant. Con- firmed Consumptives’ lungs are a mass of sores, which the leas ere will inflame, ‘The grand secret of my success with my consists in my ability to subdue infammati Of provoking it, as many of the faculty de Hamed Jung eatnot, with safety to the patient. be exposed to the biting blasts of Winter or the chilling winds of Spring or Autamn. It should be carefully from all irritating influences, The utmost ould be observed in this particular, as wi out it acmre under almost any circumstances is sy impowsibility he person nutritious dict; and all the Medicines sontiaued until the body has restored to it the natural quan- tity of flesh and strength. Twas myself cared by this treatment of the worst kind of Consumption, and hase lived to get fat and hearty these many ye one Inng mostly one. I have cnred thousands since, an‘l very tauy fave’ been cured by this treatmeut whom 1 have never seen. ‘About the first of October Lexpect to take posses- sion of my new building. at the northeast corner ol Sixth and Arch streets, where Lshall be pleased to size advice to all who may require it. 17°" © ‘all directions accompany all m edlics, that a part of the world can be readily 6. wld be kept on a wholesome and M For sale by all draggi deale 8. THOMPSON LILLY & CO., 26 Hanover street Baltimore, Md., Wholesale Agints. sats.t.th.tr rg aE Ee ERTS wn wot ; Harmless, reliable, lantenbncreen does not contain fend; nor any pitalte poison to, luce paraiysis or death. Aveld the vaunted and atv Preparations boasting virtues they de not possess. The genuine WA. Bachelor's. Hair Dye bus had thirty years Rularnished reputation to uphold its, integrity ag the only perfect Hair Dye—Black or Browu. ail drtggiste. st 16 Bond street, New THURSTON'S IVORY PEARL TOOTH Pow- DER is the best article for cleansing and preserving teeth “Sold by all drngetsts. Price. 25 and 50 cents. JOUVEN'S INQDOROUS KID GLOVE CLEAN EK restorce soiled gloves equal to new. Sold by all druggists and fancy Roods dealers. Pricey "25 ecnts, de S-ly GB" REDUCTION IN PRICES ar A. STRAUS’, POPULAR CLOTHING HOUSE, 1011 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, Between 0th and Ith streets, N. W., IN ORDER TO REDUCE STOCK. OVERCOATS. somes Bowne mmmas sewbas GLENGABYS, 10, 19 15, axp 915. DOUBLE BREASTED BOX COATS At 7, 8, 9, 10, ay: BOYS’ BUITS from $4 to $8. 1011 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, decss Between loth and lth streets. Lanai e gate : i Whe EVENING STAR. | TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. Washington News and Gossip. President ——— This Afternooa’s Dispatches, sob lS ate SS REPORTS. FROM EUROPE TO-DAY. Telegraphed Exclusively to The Evening Star. Slow Recovery of the Prince. . m —The noon bulletin ¥ med the stand, and was cross examined by Mr. Steele. Witness was employed in the departmen: of the 's office in Washington, from . In the latter Reception. The announcement is made by authority tha at 11 o'clock a. m.on Monday, ist of Jannary the President will receive the members of the Cabinet and Foreign Ministers. At 11:30 #. m. the Judges of the Supreme Senators aud Repre- sentatives in Congress,the Judges of the Supreme Court of the District of Colum Court of Claims will be received. At i2 m. officers of the Army and Navy will be Surgeon 1866 to July, 1869. about four months employed as copper company near Baltimore, which position al. The gave as the reason for tion as chemist of the copper com. that on one or two occasions the president requested him to make rom what was shown by his analysis, which he declined doing, and re- ‘Witness was rated on the boo! General's office as hospital steward, port for duty at the laboratory. to assist Dr. Craig i aly sis he might be called on to make. W never before made an analysis of the the human body for po The cross-ex ticularly to the process of the sev of his analysis, and their correctness. and witness was asked if th thousandth part of a grai spots he obtained on ‘the porcelai ness replied, “1 absolute! . In reply to another question, wi could manipulate the one-th part of a grain on porcelain. asked to compute the number of milligrammoes in one grain. He did this, and the result was ured by the counsel. Lonpon, Dec. P from Sandringham to-day report: Prince of Wales passed a quiet nig’ convalescence is retarded by a above the left hip, accompanted No inquietude is felt as to the tion, but regret and disappointment at the ness of his recovery are generally express: Hopes had been raised thot the Prince would be gO out before the and of the hol and preparations for public rejoicings had been Non-realization of these expectation~ per on the festivities of the season. A-Bad Sign. +4 p.m—The Queen retura copper compe: aintul affection rince’s comddi- with orders to re) His duties were :30 o'clock the heals of Bureaus of the several Departments will be received. 5 o'clock the Associated Soldiers of the War of 1812 and members of the Oldest Inhabi tants’ Association of the will be received. The reception of citizens will commence at 1 o'clock p. m., (at which time the gates of the inclosure will be oyened,) and will terminate at 2o'clock p. m. Carriages will approach the Executive Man- sion by the eastern gate and leave by the western Lonpoy, Dec. District of Columbia to Sandringham to-day. the thirteen dark S ; —The mail steamer fi of Good Hope b: counts of the manne ment of the annexa' ' Witness was next in which the aunounce- on of the African territory to the British dominions was received by the in habitants. “The intelligence that the treaty had been finally concluded produced much excite- ment. Mr. Brand, president of the Free State a formal protest against the transfer of the diamond fields to Great Britain. coveries of gold in considerable quantities had been made In the Transvaal republic. ‘The re~ ports attracted many adventurers to that quar- Diamond seekers were abandoning the cts for the newly discovered gold country Capetown continued thronged with arriving and returning fortune hunters. The business of the colony was making great strides. different trom that to the French tables. or calculations of witness ¢ with those of the hard pressix Being asked how muci witness said bad declined to give an answer as to the quantity of antimon; an opinion as to the quantity of tartar em*tic. ess is not skilled in anatomy, and has had no experience in post mortem examinations, The witness was further minutely examined as to.| metallic colorsgand left the stand at 12:45—the | cross-examination havi three-quarters. Before leaving the ness said he was an istry in Gcorgetown employed in the Surgeon ( born in Ireland, y ton college; had analyzed the organs of one ani- mal tor strychnine, which is the only one he remembers at present. The counsel for the prosecntion now an- nounced that they had closed the evidence on the part of the state THE FIRST WITNESS FOR THE DEFENCE. A balf hour was 5 the counsel, when Fran ot Latimer & Cleary, W allied and sworn as the first witness for the de- c He remembers au interview at his office with Gen. Ketchum and Mr. Carasi; the day was xcestively hot, and Gen. K. was suffering from A question as te K. in regard to his general hea!th on that day d Mr. Cleary testified | amount of pur- | June Lith. After ett the stand. SERVANTS ON THE WITNESS The answers lid not always examiner, Mr. INTERNAL REV he receipts from this source to-day were $165 SECRETARY Robeson returned from New Jer- seylastevening. Tae Ware Ho vators Chandler, Fer- ry, Morton, Scott, and Lewis were at the White House to-day, and saw the President. Mr. BensaMrn Dunrrer, 0 has been promoted from a second to a third class ‘kship in the Third Auditor’s Office. ‘Tue Commitee investigating the Burean of Engraving and Printing expect to complete their labors on Friday of this week. PAYMENT oF INTEREST.— The Secretary of the Treasury to-day commenced the payment, without rebate, of the interest due January 1, 1872, on United States bonds. Tue Presipent’s F received a di morning, stating ¢! Grant, is improving,and that his physicians re gard him as entire he declined to give orth Carolina, ce. rer of@he Interior. of public journals, proposes to increase the stringency of the laws and regu- lations for the control of the press. stood that the minister’s intentions h: proyal of the President, and the journals mo ing will soon be made to feel their effect. THE RING FRAUDS. Flight of Tweed. RE WON'T STOP TO SEE WHAT THEY AR T@ DO AROUT IT—HIS to check the lice protessor of chet i. 1d studied one : ROPERTY Ti The President cock uitation between | viune says it has ed information that Tweed has fled, and i id flight trom the « skulks somewhere from the sheri dsmen come forward to save him This statement of ¢, it seems, is based on the fact th: © Farley is reported to have to the sheriff of his withd Also, that neither out of danger. Tue Treasury INVESTIGATING are at work daily, and thus far hay no further defalcations. ‘They finished a cgre- Xamination of the red until new bor imprisonment tement of Gen. | by the conrt. Tweed’s bail bond. Hastings nor Jay Gould would attempt to mination required aud justify in the ‘h they have oftered themselves. Tweed learned ot Farley’s intention, it is sappeared immediately, or he would pt last night in the county prison. He was at his office in Duane street at about four but thereafter pune asserts, np too last night he had not been seen by those who sought him. Tweed’s son, I Hotel, has offere: man in the place of Terence stated that Charles G. Cornell, water register. and Charles Devtin will take the place of Gould and Hastings. The examination of sureties tinues to-day, K. deposited the t chase money for his house o1 « brict cross-examination ONE OP THE ” ation, and works | expense to the District with the committee daily. Ellen Dedreck, colored, was sworn and tes tified :—Lived in Baltimore from +) to July, 181; previous to that time i went to live with Mrs. Wharton in October, 157; was living Ketchum died there; remembers the day Gen: waited at the tea u General K. and Mrs. Chubb took d tor supper frizzied beef, and ham, biscuits and bread and butte coffee, and raspberries. General K : at supper he spoke as it he © or three meals; he certainly took three cups of coffee, if not four, bat will not say four posi biscuits; he ate of and George W.C trom London, w! lear havereturned her they went two months since with a party of gentlemen con- epartment, carrying w funded loan. ith her when Gen. nected with the Tre: reveral millions of th remainder of the party United States on the c K. arrived th riey, and it is Prowotions ty Gey. SPINNER’s Oprice.— Mr. Southwick Guthrie. fourth-class clerk in States Treasurer's office, has been promoted chief clerk of the division of accounts in the same office, vice F. A. Marden, all dutaulted, removed. Horace H. Whitney, a fourth-class clerk in the same office, has’ been promoted to assistant paying teller, vice Scth Johnson, alleged detauiter, removed. OvR ConsvLar Sysres the agents of the United States to visit Am: can consulates in foreign counties, bas made a report to the Secretary of the Treasury in which he says that the consular service, so far as his observation goes, is not only exceedingly irre- sponsible in its practical operations, but in the ditable to the nation. the result of three important detects—insuiticien- cy of compensation, the appointment of «ustita- ble persons in many eases, and lastly, th ishing crudeness and inpertection of ox Corporation co will take steps Sweeney and Hugh Smith as commissi the extension of Kiverside Park, on account of their absence from the city are said to be absenting themsely result of the action of the g the table except bread: thinks he was helped only once to raspberries. ng asked ifshe waited on General K., and attended his room, she answered that she took n a glass of cracked ice to him on Monday eve- the only occasion; that General iliar man, aud she did not like to during the illness of General K there were @ gieat many persons h times servants n to bring things for Mr. Van Ness; the closets and retrigerators were not kept locked; medi- vt in the washstand in Mrs. Whar- the second story, which was then Ness; ‘nothing was kept lad free access to the was all parts of the house: saw the vial or 1 in court by Dr. Williams; had it was shown her by Susan: she r. Keim, one of It has been reported ti would terminate his coun cution of the ring su Barlow came into offic he will endeavor to bay when Attorney Geuer: w » Conor's aid. ILL-GOTTER GAIN Jt is probable that the counsel for the it will soon move to attach Tweed’s property. ication has been made restraining property, and it i> 'weed’s lawyers are about to move to have this application deuicd. earful Railroad Smash Up. IN RUNS INTO A MASS occupied by Mr. locked, and wit ‘Tweed trom dis expected that seen it before thinks on Friday evening. detlaration of Susan at te time aly jected to, argued, and ruled out by the AN AMERICAN Lixk iN THE TicHnorne Cas —A communication has been received at the Treasury Department from the counsel for the defendant in the celebrated Tichborne case in England, in which the Secretary is asked to furnish all the information in his possession con- cerning the whereabouts in certain months in 1854 of all registered vessels of the United States bearing the name of th in this case showed th: TH OF THE FIREMAN. New York, Dec. train was within three-quarters Vt Lackwaxen, on the Honesdale branch of the Erie railway. one of the rocks on the lred tons, tumbled ailroad track, a few proaching train, which wa- The engineer (D. W Johu Shultz) were thrown in Coal Prices. One hundred ty thousand t Te auction to-day in the sales rooms of the Scran- ton Coal Company, corner Wi Place. There wa buyers, and the b A notable decline from the prices obtained last The following are the prices obtained last month tor different quali- ties of coal, and those obtained at today’s sale: Lump coal, $3.42 to $3.47 <; steamboat coal, grate coal, $4 to $4. 4; Stove coal, $5 to * uut coal, $4.02); to $3.87 \. © St. Lonts on the Qui Alexis Becomingly. St. Lovis, Dec. 27.—Arrange: reception and entertainment of Alexis have been completed. The Duke will arri January 5th. A committee will meet him some miles from the city, and on will escort him to the Southern Hotel, where sumptuous apartments have been pre; him. Monday evening ball and banquet at the Southern Hot lodged on the a large attend- ding was spirited. ce the contestant for the Tichborne estates was a passenger on board an Erglish vessel vamed the Bella, which foundar- the South Ameri month was apparent. from the engine, the latter being thrown on hi head, and was y killed, white the engi- ‘The locomotive wrecked. The center of the train was thrown high into the air, forming for aninstant a huge pyramid. Then tifteen of the down an ¢mbankment forty ALMONERS TOT a —Under an act of the Legislative Assembly, the Governor is au- thorized to disburse to the destitute of the Dis- Such moneys as he may re- tal of the Washing- Under the authority of d the following well- cars went crashin, feet to the river. - The Mexican Muddle. New York, Dec. 27.—The Herald’s Matamo- Tas special says advices trom Monterey to the 20th instant are positive that certain govern- ment commanders, in league with the revolu- tionists, will turn the entire border over to them. Trevino and Canales, governor of Tamaulipas, are now consulting at Lineras. The attack on Mier is postponed his force furloughe¢ forces have mostly been movement on San Luis. have arrived for the payme: Twenty-nine thousand are du Strict orders have been against any goods going tree trom the zone te ve to Receive trict of Columb’ ceive trom the franchise rent ton Market Company. thisact he has designat known citizens to act us almoners of the funds fi whieh will be placed in their A. S. Solomons, Wm. A.S. Pratt, Richard James E. Fitch, john F. Warren Choate J. Wilson, @. 8. Church, J.T. H. Hall, George F. Gulick, Fred. L. Moore. ‘iiam H. Ward'and Andrew B. Tinney. committee will meet in the p: Men's Christian Association at ten o'clock toe morrow morning to perfect an organization. Socrery Cart-cuat. ments for the there will be a grand Monterey, has cn to Martinez for thousand dollars = the troops. How tue Ku-KLUXx Onservep Caristwas— 4 War of Races Inaugurated.—A special despatch to the Missouri Democrat from Sedalia says Christmas day witnessed a preconcerted attack | of the ku-klux at Marshal, Saline county, and | vicinity. A large number of armed men turned out in pursuit of the negroes in the district. Patrols were placed near the to’ alted and questiones ness was suspended and mob viole It is not known how many negroes were kilied, but a man who left Marshall at vlcven o'clock p. m., saw the dead bodiesof five. | hanging by the neck and lying on the road. ‘lo saw one terribly wounded, having his At latest advices the crowd arlors of the Young —Rumor says Mrs. Fish is looking tor a house; and rumor thus raises hopes which we trust will not be doomed to dis- appointment. — Secretary Robeson has taken the elegant residence on K street, belonging to Mr. Henry Willard, and will take possessi the 10th of January. On dit, that his marriage will take place on the 15th of January. —The masquerade Clarke’s country home, five miles ont of town, was one of the merriest ever given in this sec- tion. The party returned to the city about seven this morning. — Francis de Haes Janvier, the poet, who tor- merly resided in Washington, is soon to marry the daughter of Dr. Sims, of Philade!phia. —The pleasant “literary reunions” held by Horatio King and family will be resumed this season, commencing January 6th, and will be continued every Saturday evening. They have proved heretofore both entertaining and in- structive, and those who receive invitations may count themselves fortunate. Iurortant TOTHE HoLpeRs oF MUTILATED Currency.—On and after the Ist proximo de- faced or mutilated United States notes and tractional currency mstead of bing redeemable as now, only by the United States Treasurer, ject to discourit for mutilation, will be re- deemed at their full face value in new notes or currency by the Treasurer, the se trearurers and United States, ries, and will the Arkansas | traveller was Rock says arrivals from Chicot county rn that after the shooting of the murderers, s: ders, Garrett, and Dugan, and the destrac of Garrett's store, where Wynne was murdered, the crowd immediately dispersed, and the sherifi and posse haye since remained in peaceful pos- Sanders, Garrett, and Dugan had been notoriously bad characters, one having committed several murders, and another having whipped a negro and broken his ar previous to their combined attack on Wynne ‘hese circumstances rendered the megrocs when assembled, uncontrollable antil they had secured themselves from any other violence at ~houlder shot away farmed men were starting 0: they would clear out t, and swearing session of the place. a the country. last evening at A Buroar Snor wits a TrarG lly” Healy, a noted bur; yesterday found in Geo foundry, on Ferry street. of shot from a trap gunin hisside. On Thanks- ing day the foundry was robbed of a quan- ity of castings, and, to prevent any further was placed so as hich a quantity of giar, E. Parker's b Newark, with a load eee Another Victim of Poison or Abortion. Cincinnati, ©., Dee. master on the Pittsbur; oad, who left corpse of Mrs. Mc arrival at Li telegram from the corpse was seen well-known house of assignation there, and there are reasonable grounds for suspicion that thr woman was either the victim of poison or abor- apon a drawer in wi f work was kept. To this drawer the trigger of gum was attached by a cord, so that the of the drawyer would discharge the gun.—J. F. Sun, 25th. THE Liquor Proninitionists have issued a Wm. Shreb, bag- d Fort Wayne rday with the Joy, Was arrested a, Ohio, in compliance hi officers, who alle; have been taken —— Quebec Has a Trunk Murder Myste: New York, Dec. 27.—A Quebee di abox was found the other day at Trunk railway depot, containing the mutilated body of a female in a partially decayed condi- tion, The limbs had been cut off an off them in large pieces. The box been left by a stranger whose name is unknown. An investigation is pendi veces ~ i Candidate for the Presidency on the Laber Piatform. ae San Francisco, Dec. 2.—The National & movement in favor jaring him the veral assistant itories of the and a bank ‘be received at their full face valu by all officers of the Treasui 1 ayment of currency dues to provided that three-fifths of the ited ‘ragments jens thas five-eighths will be re. FaMiLy.—Post Jeltor shot Labor Union inat of George W. Julian, of Indiana, by a unanimous resoli choice. ly by the Treasurer of the United more than one-half and les« presented, half Less than half will be redeemed enly on afi: ing portion has been tot Z 0, 11, 12, 13.50, 5. , and t YOUTHS’ SUITS at 1 AND @1 petal is Pomen insured for $15,000. express, at the expense of the the government contract with Company. Heretofore nothing less than $500 fl Rad Satt Lake, Dec. 26.—There are further slides, with loss of life, in rts of snow bitning canons. ‘The weather is snowing to-day. New York, Dec. SR specie to-day were $257,000, fl redemption. It expected that the new rules will result in and marked improvement of the condi- 4 the currency. is i ‘The Market Company and the Coun- Se Roe ier I was very mach sw prised to read annerd paragraph in vo ‘usually careful and candid and I fearsome Pae connected with Tut hes been gros 'y imposed ters, Zant iyo vac en Vana Sr ue without paying siall rent or licens», whi)» the regular dealers are compelled by law to pay larket © wmpnuy to and certainly they on én dations have be-a supplied ie tt for the pur 5 ‘hat the apt own Prices: ty Infienaat at their treatment.“and some ei them who have at tended Center Market for many years de this ie the Inst time they rh certainly to the vicinity cities it is considered a wil countrymen to bring tn prota. © the chi hat the Market Company have done a brutal and senseless thing in driving the countrymen from Louisiana avenue to the Dieak out of the way place near bith street bridge, Xc.,” the Market pany, for the fol lowing reasons, plead not ° Ist. The company have y undred feet of platform she rear of the market. which are key harge of thirty very dealer to eucoarag cents a week for each dealer on Louisiana avenac to sell his pro- and in detiance of , straw, oats, ood, an rT coarse and Walky artic been senting in the mad and fi mn i estirred Louisiana avenue le.) were simply required to ndred feet further west, upon the level space which the law of Congress bad ed for that pose. Congress is imperative in iu requirements, and ought long ago to have been entorced. It declares that from and after sixty days from the passage of this act, May 20, 1871.) marketing of the products named herein (bulky articles) should be excluded, &c., from Penn sylvania and Louisiana avenues, and the side- sand pavements thereon.” The reasons which led the Market Company to aid in en- forcing the law in regard to Louisiana ave were that marketmen from Ale: even Baltimore, had taken possession street, and many of them were selling interior food, without license or restriction of ‘any kind. This caused great complaint amoug the regular dealers, some forty or fifty of whom held & meeting and passed the following resolation “Resolved, That the Market Company Metropolitan Police be requested to enforce the | law of Congress prohibiting marketing on Penn - | sylyania and Louisiana avenues, Retol » That copies of these resolutions be d to the Market Compa \l the Me- tropolitan Police,” which were hauded me in the following note “Wasnineron, D. C., Dee. 1%, t Jn view of similar coms laiuts which had been mace for months past by market men and oth- ers, the building committee had ae to the District authorjties that they wouill grade the | wholera’e market ground, build platforms, pre- pare a large room, which should be hept open during the inclement season night and day for the accommodatian of teamsters and others who have heretofore remained on Louisiana avenue all night without sheiter or even a place to warm themselves, and ax soon as the temporary sheds at the market could be «pared the Market Com- pany would cover the whole -pace with suitable roots and sheds toshelter man and beast without x charge to the dealers, such as the District authorities might T collected This fair and reasonable proposition was as- sented to by the District authorities, the ground was graded, and 300 fect of new and substantial platforms built, a large and commodious room opened at the corner of Tenth street, square from Center market, where all the coun- trymen can transact their’ business in a com- fortable manner hitherto unknown while standing in the middle of a muddy street. If this action of the Market Company or the District authorities is “brutal or senseless” or in guy may improper. I confess I tail to sce it, and 1 think the public will also fail to discover any outrage. The Market Company has firmly op- posed all attempts by bucksters or middle-mon to crowd out the farmers or country dealers, and in connection with the new buildings will set apart ample space at cheap rates to accommo- date all the real jucers. In conclusion, I beg the reporters and news- paper men to in te the action of a com- pany that is honestly ving to give the capital the market in the world, before giving cre- dence to the wild stories of a set of men who are hankering after the old-time sight, at the corner of 7th street aud P: lvania avenue, when an ation of horses, broken-down w: a old women, and shanties filled with cockroaches and bed-bugs disgraced that cent Washington, D.C. N. G. Onpway. » December 25, 1871. — enna Tue Wortp To Stor cy 1873.—The Second Adventists are at it . At @ convention held in Rochester, they have definitely settled the time for the total destraction of the world. it is to take place in 1873. Dr. Barbour, who has —— several charts trom which he bas lectured extensively of late, from Boston to Rochester, on the coming of Christ in 1873, made a epecch on the signs of the times, and cited ar- ticles in the London Quarterly, the Edinburgh Review, Blackwood's, and several American mag- azines, quarterlics and newspapers to show the enormous proportions of the Commune, its rapid past year, and its present threaten- ing aspect. There were (he said) 500,000 mem- bers in this country and millions in Wye Wendell Phillips was a member. and said in recent lecture In Music Hall, Boston, that “E: rope was resting on a volcano that threatened the destruction of all her thrones.” And if the church would not discern the signs of the ex, the world did, and ‘-men's hearts were failing them for fear and for looking a‘¥er the things that are coming on the earth.” mow Gavor—The first narrow-gange for pasenger travel and freight, coo- structed on this continent, has been opened and clared successful. The road is known as the Denver and Rio Grande,” and is now built tween Denver and Colorado City, a distance r seventy-six miles. It has # three-foot track, ¢ rails weighing only thirty pounds to the 1, and the maximum curvature issix to the hundred teet, the maximum grade being -tive feet to the mile. The weigh twelve tons and cost only $7,500, the freight engines fifteen tons, costing “aM pense per mile of building, as equipped, ix $1 hich, on account of high transportation charges of material from the | cast, ix greater than the cost of a similar road would be in this part of the country. The esti- mated cash cost of such a line here is from $5,400 to $16,000. —N. TF. Jour. Ce Tae ANTHRACITE Coat Trane.—The trade is nesriy or quite over for this season. At a meeting of the Board of Arbitration of the L + on the Wthinstant, it was unani- reed to continue the ‘rate of wages 161 tor the year 1872. Coal prices are in all the large markets, but not quotably igher. A good deal of anxicty is manifested as to the next year’s trade, and an interview be- tween re} ory fae aoe A. in the Schuylkill region an carry! companies, nderstand, is appointed for to-morrow in- city. One suggestion is $2.7! ages, sliding down to $2.25 as a road will de its part in commanding for the re- gion Its full share of coal production for 162.— Philadelphia Ledger, 25th. Rirvatiem.—In New York on Christmas ~ 4