Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1872, Page 1

, > » THE EVENING STAR. Published Daily, Sundays AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Avenue, corner Lith St. THE EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER cow o. m. Messe Cap ees r THE EVENING STAR fs served by carrier to heir subscribers at TRY CENTS PER WEYK, OF LOR- t1-Four Cexts ree MONTH. Copies at the Counter Two Cxvts cach. By mail—three months, $1.50: ix months, $3.00; one year. ©5 00 THE WEEKLY STAR—poblicned Prite-— 91s year. SF Tavariably in advance, in both cases, and uo paper sent longer than paid for. SF" Rates of advercising furnished on application. bening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1872. TWO CENTs. SPECIAL NOTICES. Nattans’ Crystal Discovery. TN COSTAL Disd: CRRY. CRYSTAL DIS .OF ERY. CRYSTAL DA Ca¥ RKY: ORY TAL “OV ERY. YsTau IV EKY ” MOVERY. YsrTaL Pi euVERY. aed . The only art’ ctly harmiees. "Warramed to restore rum Oden irutl, and sap ite falling out. Large BE: tries. containing ever balf as kiuch more than an oft + Hsir prereragion, @t. sat te ceet and Peun. avenne., and street 8. Calvert , 1103 Paunsytvenia avente. Ch: istian’ Bros”. 7th and M streets GW. Cropley. 11@ Bridgs «tret, Georgetown. J.P. O ennell, sh street, Nary Yard. DP. P. Wika. cai feonsylvania avenue. Fr treets Tstand. Wines, Liquors, &<, f mM. h me bundced of es wmeal ¢ Rov 137 Pips abie threw bog mon he feat ivities imeidemt. to the ei n° Alhengh Mr. C. takes much pride public benefactor, be dee not allow t in obsor Holiday Season h of his patrons. Those. in want of Srandies, Wines and Liquors, should ith a call, and be assured that wha: they will be pot waly pare but enadulter- ne will be not only pt her} 3 they de not possess. genuine lore Heir Dye ome bad thircy years a ite integrity. a lerk_ or Brown. Bold Bond atreet, New fest 3 IVORY PEARL TOOTH Pow- best article for cleansing and by all drug Prices, NODE: UUs KID soiled gloves equal tonew. Bold ists and fancy goods dealers Price, AMUSEMENT: NEY NATIONAL THEATER. LAST NIGHT BUT ONE OF WACHTEL, ET ROPE’S GREATEST TENOR, WITH THe GkaND GERMAN OPEBA. WEDNESDAY, Ju -neral Request, ~_ Le 3 WACHTEL in by whieh right. pth n jest role of Raort, > created a furore last Fridsy ising he a m by he wu! ye LICE TMAY. Mise ¢ Mies KRAUSE, HERMAN FRIDAY—LAST OPERA N TROVATORE. SATURDAY-FARSWFLL WACHTEL MATINEE. Mr. WACETEL ju his great role of Cuaretot. s $2 50. $2. according tolo- SEE Ggeees! Mmiation, $1.50 Galery, 81: heats can ‘O-DAY at the Box Office of 9 a.m. to p.m its Looe Hace. 4 THEODORE THOWAY UNEQUALED CONCERT ORGANIZATION OF SIXTY DISTINGUISHED PERFUBMER: the CENDORFF uT. are? entire press the largest a: opeert Troupe which hasever & taken a tour either in this Witt TWO GRAND CONCERTS WEDNESDAY EX ENING. Jax THURSUAY EV ~ Company. ¥ CONCERTS ¢ wing MISS MARIE KREI BME. RELNHAKD Beare cle: jor the Hint Pianiste. x gitished V tinist, NOR BICcO HARP Togeth nthe 6 AND oF HEST A Of over FIFTY PISTINGISGED PERFORMERS. 1; reserve 90 conts 19, at Maize amme of the aad FOLKS Conc Rr. ‘That Celebrated ard Popular Trou FATHER DANIEL’S OLD FOLKS, consisting of 4 performers, attired in ancient cos 8 GRAND CONCERT AT ODD FELLOWS’ HALL, FRIDAY EVENING, January 19th. Admission, £0 cents; reserved seate,75cenia, j15-5t INCOLN HALL. MONDAY. TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY EVENINGS, January 15,16 and 17, EXCELLING AND DEFYING COMPETITION BY THE FAMOUS DUPREZ & BENEDICT’S New Orleans Gigantic Minstrels, Of Twenty Year's Orgaaization. ‘The creat chief Monarcts of Minstreley, COMPOSED .OF A REGIMENT OF ARTISTS, On their Twentieth Annual Successful Tour, Introducing their Brilliant, various Specialties. The eldest, moet reliable, and largest, emplete T: in existence. Announcing « Sar Complete ral Bs torscimmmens fuiket nine Admission, 50c ; Beserved Seats, 75c. Tobe had at Bite Music Store UBst __ ©. H. DUPREZ, Manager. EXHIBITION New No. AND SALE } 439 Ples-¢ rem: mb LECTUR E 2VEN Hi NIGHT G. A.B. COURSE 4 RALPH WALDO EYWERSON, at CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Corner Tenth and G street TUESDAY EVENING, Jascany 16, AtT-Wo'clock, sharp. wubject: “GREATNESS.” Adm: 0 cents, reserved s°ats.75 cents. Diagram at Parker's on Monday morning. — Lox HALL—Y. M.C. A. e@ouvcn, IN TWO LECTUsES. MONDAY _EV& 1G Jus 22, “WILL IT PAY!” TUFSDAY EVENING, Ja 23, * ELOQUENCE AND OmATORS.” morri ry 15. OF PARTICUCAK NOTE ®.—Season Tickets the late Scientific Course are nut geod. for thoes lectures. janl3-We LIVERY STABLES. W 45H. Nalbors sta UES 1396 change TRE ARLINGTON STABLES, £726 G Steamer. wKAR Wa DeraRtuent. \ ustantty on hand ‘monta. week or hour. the OF CARRIAGES for gartios, w ceptions, with polite aud well-dressed dri ers. Particular attention paid to ORVIT. s | | session yester EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. Mrs. Corrax will reeeive on Wednesdays euring the season, (commencing January 3d,) from 2.30 till 5 p. m. ° ‘The wives of the several members of the Presi- dent's Cabinet will receive on Weduesday after- noen of each week. Speaker Blaine’s receptions will be held on the following Friday evenings, from 9 to 11 o’clock—vizeJanuary 12th and 26th, February ‘oth. Mrs. Blaine’s receptions every Wednesday afternoon of the season, beginning January | 10th, from 2% to 5 o'clock. IsTERNAL Revence—The receipts from this fource to-day were $192,853.68. Tavriow Weep has been allowed a pension by the Third Auditor for his services in the war of 1832. Tue Canrnet remaived insession to day from noon until 2.15 p. m. All the member: were present. Mrs. Grawt’s Recertiox this afternoon was very largely attended. Mrs. Grant was assisted in receiving by Mrs. Marsal Sharp, Mrs. Sen- a‘or Conkling and daughter and Mrs. Renshaw. Ratra Watpo Emerson wo lectares on “Greatness” at the First Congregational Church to-night is the guest of Senator Sumner during his s:ay in Washington. Waite Hovse Visirors.—Senators Kellogg, Eémunds, Clayton, Flanagan and Chandler, snd Representative Buckley, were at the White House, and had Interviews with the President t-day. ai Gc ove S. OntH, who is mentioned as the next republican candidate for Governor of Indiana, is well and favorably known hers, heving heen a member of the 38th, 39th, 40th and dist Congresses. Personat.—Jerome B. Stillson, of the New York World, has returned to Washington from tie Far West—after an absence of two years— and will resume his “J. B.S.” letters to that j ural. Tex Cuicaco Pra.ic Burtprxcs.—Seeretary Boutwell has requested Collector McLean, of Chicago, to forward him the proposals received for the sale of twenty-four blocks designated by act of Congress for the site of the new govern- ment buildings in that city. .—It is said that the lections will shortly re- “pert to the House in favor of admitting C. C. | Bowen as the representative of the Ist district of | Seuth Ciro ‘na, in place of Be Large, who now holds that seat. Bowen vs. Dz House Committee on NOMINATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT.—The jent sent the following nominations to the ate to-day :— 8 £. Brown, of Obio, pension agent at Cincinnati; John F. Boyer, Tecriver of public moneys at Walla-Walla, | Washington Territory. Tre Grayp DuKe’s Fi retary of War received a tell en. Sheridan yesterday, dated “ Camp Ale: miles sonth of Fort McPherson,” saying: | The Grand Dake Alexis killed his first butfale ay in a manner which elicited the admira- Pp st Bervato—The to tion of the eatire party with me.” Th TT NguesTRian Statve.—The Sec- retary of War to-day sent to the House a com- munication recomme eutenant ott, which is now being in pursuance of the act of July 15, 1870. Tae Ways arp Means Committee will pre- sent to the House in the course of afew days the report of Secretary Boutwell in relation tothe | transactions with the Syndicate relative to ric- z the new loa The committee ex- | ses no opinion and makes no recommenda- tion upon the subject, it is ‘The Senate in executive ¥ confirmed the nominations of | Horace Weeks, to be collector of internal reve- nue for the 6th district of allinois, and Clark Cen- ter. to be collector for the 9th district of Ohio; Ellen H. Hager, to be postmistress at Lancas- | ter, Pa. The nominations of several public land cfticers were also confirmed. THE Arxy Starr.—A bill will soon be re- ported from the Senate Committ:e on Military Affrirs repealing the act of Congress of March 30, 1889, which prohibits, without special legisla- tion, all appointments and promotions in the staff of the army. Since the passage of the act mentioned @ large number of vacancies have | occurred, and it is argued by military men that the service has suftered greately in the removal | of all incitement to promotion. Tue ATTORNEY GENERAL'S Orvice.—Many Persons who have occasion'to visit the Attorney General do not seem to understand that his office has been removed from the Treasury building to the new Freedmen's Bank building, on Pennsylvania avenue, near 15th street, Scores of people—most of whom come from dis. tant parts of the country—visit the Treasur Department daily, with the expectation of find- ing the Attorney General at the old office, in the southeast corner of the building. Tne MaRYLANp “SENATORSHIP.—The two houses of the Maryland legislature to-day voted in their respective chambers for U.S. Senator to succeed Mr. Vickers, whose term expires in March, 1573. The result was as follows:— Sena‘e—George Vickers, 8; Daniel Fields, 1; D. M. Henry, 1; R. B. Carmichael, 1; John’ R. Alexander Evans, 1; James T. | Geo. R. Dennis, 4; Jacob Tome, 1. | jeorge Vickers, 15; Daniel M. Henry, | t scattering. A joint convention of the | two honses to elect a Senator will be held to- morrow. ConrimM ation: Tue TREASUKY LNvESTIGATION.—The com- | mittee engaged m investigating affairs in the Treesury Department to-day concluded the counting of fractional currency. There still remains to count, in notes, about $95,000,000, before a balance ean be struck to ascertain whether the amount counted agrees with the Treasurer's books. The committee have already counted $440 ,000,000, in currency, coin, and coin certificates. They hope to conclude their labors about the first of April. The statement in a morning paper that the House Committee on in Tux Stam, they will accept the report of th committee now investigating. the members of which were appomted by Secretary Boutwell. Tue Heatto oy Mr. Conconay.—Mr. An- thony Hyde, of Riggs & Co.'s bank, received a letter from Mr. Corcoran this morning, dated Cannes, France, the 2ith ultimo, in which Mr. ——_ erysipelas which had extended body ; that his teg was much better, and his general health had ge He however, continues by roved. it still under medical treatment. the France, between the north latitude. Mr. Corcoran will not return to the United States belore Apel or ne: ae. Tae CuARcRs Acainst Jupcz Fizity.—Wm Ieadeatass fees, &c. The committee be that con mittee will ask the House for any au- tlority to investigate them. | on I | to her daughter, wi | intelligence and vi i TRE TARIPY BILL reported to the Senate to- day by the Finance Committee, as a substitute for the House bill repealing the duties on coal, iren and salt, pro to fix the duties as fo'- lows; On all bituminous coal, fifty eents per ton: on salt in bulk, and on all rock ealt or mineral salt, nine cents per hundred pounds; on salt in bags, sacks, barrels, or other pack- ages, twelve cents per hundred pounds; on all iron and steel and all manufactures of iron and steel, of which either of such ee ye com ponent pact or value, except ig iron an) ‘steel rails. ninety per centum of present Tates of duty, being reduction of ten per cent DiswiesaL orp Treascry CierKs — The Case of the Third Auditor—Dr. J. C. Green and W. A. Hunt, both third-class clerks in the Third Auditor's office, who were recently sus- ented by the Anditor for insnbordinate con- uct were to-day dismissed by Secretary Bout- well. As stated in Tae STar of yesterday Hunt chaaged the Auditor with havin; drawn cemmutation money fuel an rations while a disbursing officer of the gov- ernment in North Carolina during the war. The facts of the cas are that the Auditor drew about $250 under a misapprehension ‘of the intent of the law, but as soon as he ascertained that he was not entit ed, returned the money, unsolicited, to the government. The Secretary of the Treasury and the Second Comptroller are satisfied that General Ruthertord bi tion of defrauding the government, and there- fore did not regard the charge brought against him as worthy of a moment's serious consid- eration. Tue Prorosep New Jatt ror TaIs Dis- tTRict.—A communication was received in the House this morning trom Secretary Delano in answer to the resolution of the 8th instant, in Tegard to the proposed nc w jail for this District, in which he gives its history and an account of the work being stopped by Congress, and says that Mr, Allen, the contractor, hasa quantity of building material at the wharves of this cit; ready for use. He has informed the Depart- ment of his readiness and desire toresume work, but the Secretary has not felt at liberty to au- thorize the resumption. Secretary Delano says Mr. Alien appears to have a just claim for the twenty per cent. upon the amount of work done, which has been withheld pursuant to the terms of his contract, and to damages sustained by him in consequence of the non->xecution of his con- tract. The balance of the appropriation on hand for the erection of the building is $169,143.62. The Sceretary concurs in the views of his pre- decessor in relation to the inseenrity and untit- nets of the present jail, and in relation to a new nitentiary quotes the recommendation of ex- ecretary Browning for a new building. and ‘no inten- comn the sulject to the favorable ¢ nside- ration of Congress. fins stains See ee a Society. Yesterday was the first Monday that the weather has not interfered with the receptions appointed for that day. It was equal toa Wed nesday for numbirs and style. Judge Bradley occupies the elegant mansion once owned and occupied by Judge Douglas, and more recently by ex-Mayor Wailach. It is a double honse, with two large parlors and a ball-room in the extension, and a iarge library and dining room across the hall. All the rooms were thrown open yesterday, and filled with guests. The street in front of the house was lined with elegant equip- ages, which were constantly arriving and de- patng It really looked like the time when Mrs Grant held her Saturday receptions, in the house two doors west. Mrs. Bradley is a charming lady, and has a little rosebud of a danghter, who is a sal favorite. There were also present her daughter, Mrs. Butler, Mrs. Brad! sister, Mrs. Hornblower, and two Misses Ste- vens, of New Jersey. Miss Bradley wore a dove- silk, with @ blue searf across the shoul- Misses Stevens, blue silk—one with t train of the silk. avd the front of her elaborately trimm: and the other an overdress of blue and white striped gauze de clambrey. — The fine residence of Mr. Justice Swayne, street, was also the center of attraction for a very large number of visitors during the aiterncon. Mrs. Sw is a great favorite with all her friends, indeed with all who know her. This pophlarity has descended also on for the first time. — The wife of Mr. Justice Strong seems to be quite independent ot out: through the pleasant duty of receiving fi In this respect she ha society people, for she in the possession of four loy ends the advantage of most m plished eded to take daughters, all the support is care of even her large number of visitors. And it is not only in a social point of view that they are found valuabl and less cominon ut in the more substantial omplishments, as our read- ers will understand when we tell them that the fine paintings adorning the parlor walls are all, or nearly all, the work of their fair hands. Mr. Strong's residence promises to be one of our Attractive places tor people of taste and culture, of which Washington hax so many, and is every year getting more. This was shown by the steady stream of distinguished callers yesterday, all of whom left the pleasant house with most agree- able impressions. — Mrs. Judge Field, on Capitol Hill, also held a large reception. She is the youngest of the court” ladies, and is handsome as well as agreeable. Her mother, Mrs. Swearingen, is spending the winter with her. — Mrs. Hillyer is a neighbor of Mrs. Field and also receives on Mondays. Though a com- parative stranger here, she received @ great many callers. She was elegantly dressed in brocaded silk, with trimmings of lavender silk and lace. — Mrs. Representative Platt has Monday for her day, and receives great attention. She was elegantly attired in a short train of blue velvet, over that a blue silk, trimmed with velvet and several rows of white lace; Leg 9 cut square the neck, open sleeves, and lace trimmings superb gold jewelry. Her hair, of which she has a profusion, was loosely flowing and caught around with a blue ribbon; short curls on the forehead, and a heavy braid across the front of her head. She looked handsome, and is always full of vivacity. She had an elegant collation ready for her guests. — Mrs. Ferris and Mrs. Hammond received together, and ail who called enjoyed the agree- able manners and conversation of the ladies. — There were numerous other receptions which deserve notice, but it is dangerous to mention = of which there is not some per- sonal knowledge, for sometimes mistakes are made — Among those presentat the Pennsylvania State Republican Association at Masonic Tem- ple lastnight were Commissioner John W. Doug.ars, Hon. Wm. McClellan and wife, Gen. Rutherford, Third Auditor, Speaker Hulse, the House of De! and Hon. Horatio Ki and daoghter. T! ratee with the fi with wreaths o! beautiful a} and the itlemen at Marini’s. — Mr. Richard Spofford and his wife, a e wieassie the New York World, to Miss Kate Searle, a ligent young lady of Montroge, Scaxpat mm Exozisu Hick dirpatch to the World says :—‘*‘ It: the will Mordaunt' case willeoon with the Prince of Wales as mee ge Another divorce case has been fited, on the trial of which the Duke of Edinburgh will appear as co-respondent. THE LOUISIANA TROUBLES. Int The President received a telegram from Gov. ‘Warmoth last night transmitting a resolution passed by the legislature requesting the Presi- dent to place the military forces in the vicinity of New Orleans at the disposal of the Governor. The latter, therefore, asked that the request of the legislature be complied with. The Presi- dent referred the telegram, with instructions, to Attorney General Williams, who forwarded the following reply: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Wasuineton, January 15, 1:72. His Excellency, H. C. Warmoth, ‘ernor of Louisiana, New Orleans: Sin :—The President has reterred to me your dispatch of this date representing that the leg- islature of the state has asked to have the mi tary forces of the United States placed at your disposal to preserve the public peace, &c. ‘here is a contest asto the legality of the e’ection of the Lieutenant Governor, and also as to the existence of the lower branch of the legislature, dispatches having been received bere from’ two persons each cla'ming to be speaker thereof, and the President does not feel that he would be justified in deciding those questions at this time and under existing cir- cumstances; and is unwilling to interfere in state matters with the military power of the government except in a clear case of lega! right und overruling necessity. Very respectfully, your ob’t so: v't Gro. H. Wittiams, Attorney General. A dispatch was received from New Orleans this morning stating that in view of the repeal of obnoxious laws by the legislature yesterday it is hoped that harmony will be restore. Amusements, WACHTEL. The great tenor sang last night in the “ Pos tilion du Lonjumea and throughout was in much better voice than when he did Chapelow last week. The audience was small, but for this the management must take blame to themselves, if they are at all disposed to grumble. When one pays for a seat for «William Tell,” one nat- uraily feels disappointed on arriving at the opera house to find that opera set aside for one of infe- rior merit, and turns away to brood over the dis appointment. Many ticket-holders left last even- ivg on this account. As opera singers are only mortal, it is natural that at times they may be visited like other people. with colds and sickness. In fact, we are surprised that, in cold theaters, like the National, for instance, the entire troupe is not laid up with pneumonia or some other such result of exposure. Nevertheless we main- tain that the failures should be rare where a with eight or nine hundred people to fornish them a certain article of music for » stipulated pric rticularly when the i ce fixed is two thi igher than it should he. There are many choige gems in “The Pos: tilion "and Wachtel rendered those in his role with ¢ seme choic tilion” is a very it, having heard it in the N. ush mp and it given in a quiet theate where the disguised newsbo the aisles with their eternal the overture is submerged After this, Messieurs Managers, let ther cease to ply their trade after the orchestra strikes up E THOMAS CONG ertised elsewhere the renowned heodore Thomas,which will delizht is in two concerts. The artists are m the best musicians in this country and in Europe, and the troupe is the largest Which has ever undertaken a concert tour. siubihieg Rains same The Coming Japanese Embassy. THE MIKADO'S DESIRE TO AMERICANIZE JAPAN. ‘The Imperial Japanese embassy, consisting or Twakura, prime minister of n, comii y extraordinary and m to the treaty powers; Ki ¥ council and i of fin them twenty-six attaches, si and interpreters, sixteen servants, an three Japanese ‘students, who are t ew York. ‘This is the most importante ever sent from Japan, and comes for tl of conterring wi ar- the governments of the y powers in on to the revision of the treaties demande made befure July of the present year. Mr. DeLong, the American min- ister, will reach Washington with the embassy. Hon. Charles W. Brooks, Japanese consul, also accompanies the embassy. Mrs. DeLong, the wife of the American minister, has in charge ix Japanese girls of high rank, who are to be cated in this country. A late edict of the Mikado says: “My coun- try is now undergoing a complete change from eld to new ideas, which I sincerely desire. Therefore, I call on all the wiso and strong- minded to appear and become good guides to the government. During the youth time it is posi- tively necessary to view foreign conutries so as to beceme enlightened as to new ideas of the world, and both boys and girls, who will soon become men and women, should be allowed to fo.sbroad. and my country will be benefited by his knowledge so acquired. Females have here- totore had no postion socially, because it was corsidered they were without understanding; but if educated and intelligent, they should bave due respect.” The Embassy will remain in San Francisco eight or ten days, and then come Sux Ovcat To Have a Vore.—Mr. Krause, who lives in the neighborhood of Detroit, has a courageous wife, and he may as well be infurm- edt the tart. ‘Also of the fact that he is defl- cient in the very quality which his wife posses fea. The other hight, i appears, Krause’ heaed some men prowling about his barn. He went +0 fur as to take down his gun, when gomething qept up bis back which made him thin! that it was much safer indoors. Again he made an effort and actually stepped ont of the house, returning with the information that both of the doors of the barn were wide open. That was too much for Mrs. Krause. Half dressing she took the gun and crept out to the barn while the husband imitated Artemus Ward’s tactics in an Indian tight, and stayed behind “(to see if any more were coming.” Getting close to the barn, Mrs. Krause saw that the thieves were about to lead the horses out, so she (gave a shout, slammed ‘the barn-dsor, aimed for where she heard the noise and fired. Off went the thieves, leaving behind the horses they had already harnessed preparatory to their removal. Mrs. Krause is entitled to vote. Sap ComBination OF Murervontcxs.—A oung lad: good, residing in Quincy, and former the Monatiquot Yous L where she td er re! ny re » Year e mother an invalid, absence the mother passed away, tad the felines of Miss Osgood started for the South to the corpse of his deceased partner for bi 4 Qn the way he met with a severe accident, we learn, was brought home the body his wife having been in the far off south. A former schoolmate of the young lady, in Weymouth, received a from her RMR pew. oe she did not expect to recover, and sent ‘the ar- ticle as a token of 2 lite In genere BS this 3 By ci : ry fl it He , i ! £ E 8 £ F FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. SRATEO Se bios meet various memorials from Massachusetts, asking the sup- Pression of the manufacture, importation, or sale of intoxicating liquors. Also, various memorials asking the pas ge of his civil rights bill. Also, of American Reform Kew York, asking for a national system of pub- ic cl Mr. Scott presented ition of citizens of Pennsylvania, asking ‘ae ps an amend- ment to the Constitution prohibitin; from being elected to any federal office im duiges in Intoxtesting i juors, or, as the pe- titioners express it, who drinks. Mr.S moved that the petition be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Trumbull thought it a proper matter to fobefore the Committee on Elections and Priv- leges. es, Sir, Pomeroy thought that it had better be re- ferred to the Committee on Disabilities. (Laugh- ter. Mr Morrillof Vermont.—Would’nt it be bet- ter to send it to the Committee on Kevolutionary Claims? [Renewed laughter.] After some further expressions of merriment, the petition was referred to the Committce on Elections and Privi'eges. Subsequently. during the temporary absence of Mr. Trumbull, Mr. Fenton presented several similar petitions from citizens of New York, which, on his motion, were referred to the Com- mittee on the Judiciary. Mr. Hamilton (Md.) presented a memorial of intinential citizens of Baltimore asking the pay- ment of the French spoliation claims. “Referred to Committee on Foreign Relations. Mr. Sherman, from ‘Committee on Finance, reported House bill to repeal THE DUTY ON COsL AND BALT, with amendment, and asked for its recommittal. Mr. Trumbull objected to any recommittal, and mrged that the bills to repeal the duty on con! and salt should be acted on without endan- gering action on them by seeking to amend. Mr. Sherman said the object in reporting the i see what the committal was asked f order to give representatives of the interests to be affected an opportunity to be heard before the committee. Mr. Trumbull said the subject was not a new one, and those who were interested had before this had ample opportunity to be heard. If the Senate was to wait until everybody was heard before the committee, there would no action on the bill at this session. He also thought it questionable whether the committee bad the power to introduce, by way of amendme! this bill, what was substantially a tariff bill. After further discussion, the motion to recom- mit was carried—yeas 32, bays 18, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE Speaker, in accordance'with a resolution adopted yesterday ordering a committee to investigate into the condition of afluirsin Louisiana, hp- pointed the following gentlemen as such mittee. viz: Messrs. Scotield, (Pa.,) McCrary, (lowa,) H. B. Smith, \N. Y.,) Voorhees, (Lnd.,} and Marshall, (11) A large numibcr of executive documents were lnid betore the House by the Speaker, and re- ferred to appropriate committe: Mr. Wilson, (Ohio,) on leave, introduced a rerolution directing the Committee on Agricul- ture to inquire ai i repent what disposition had been made by the several states of the agricul- tural land scrip issued to them under the act of 1 ind it sold, how sold, and whether oll Fe have been established in with the provisions of act, and to what exter ‘he resolution was adopted. Mr. Garfic ) presented a letter fro the Secretary Treasury, enclosing a state ment of the amount refunded to the a punt ef expenses incurred in ra which was ordered to be pri mitted to the Committee o 3 jarfield, from the Com priations, reported a bill authorizing the s tary to expend an appropriation of $19,089 al- made for the em at the aving stations on the of New Jersey; ed. (Ind.), trom the Com ciary, presented # re} Boudinet, a Cherox fae: which was ordered to be printed aud laid on the table. Mr. Biggs (Del.) introduced a joint resolution x the Secretary ot War to cause to be of the rder to ‘ost of improw- Referred to the ity and Larbor at that place. ¢ on Commarce. Mr. Dawes, (Mas=.,) from the Committ :« on Ways and Means, reported a Dill for the reliet ot snfiercrs by the tire in Chicago, admitting fon ations from abroad free 0 rg a drawback upon building - oited at Chicago tor one year, trom October 10, 18°71, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may establish, andit was passed. The mo ning hour baying commenced— Mr. Packard, (Ind., m the Committee on Foreign A ftairs, reported a bill authorizing the proper officers of the Treasury Department to “title the accounts of F. M. Cordsero,late consul at Rio Jancrio, which was passed. Mr. Banks, (Mass.) from the same com: fee, of the U 8. con- per annum. val Mr. Shellabarger (Ohio) advocated the pas ed at Tien Sin, China, ®t $3, -age of the bill, and regretted that it was nota bill revising the salaries of all the consuls whom he claimed were as a class wholly insaffi- clent salaries, ane he p ayed the absolute poverty of many of our consulsin foreign coun- tries. Mr. Brooks (N. Y.) spoke of the importane + of the consulate, and in the course of his re- marks alluded to the ascendency which Ameri- “aus had gained in the Chincse waters prior to the late war. This he attributed to the peculiar ~kill, industry, and enterprise of the American “bij lers and workmen, the latter of whom been taken to the English ship yards in Great Britain, and even to China, to work on British vessels, and he attributed the present decline of American commerce in Chinese wa- ters, the rivers of which closely res»mbled the Mississippi, Obie, and Missouri rivers in the requirements for navigation, to the high daty shich bad peen imposed by this country on hip-building material. TaxLare Prince or Enix's Love.—Suniay, the monoteny of newspaper reading was some. «bat enlivened by the prodaction of a series of ‘eters by a contersporary, which were alleged © be the now notorious ‘Fisk-Stokes. letters The letters were probably written by Mis« Mansfield to Fisk, but it is very evident to all that they are not ‘the” letters; indeed, some have gone so far as to say that they were « tored” up by Gould for the purpose of making Stokes appear blacker. There is noth- ing extraordinary in there letters; i Prince Some Q show how “Josie” obtained money from him, how faithful and at- tentive he was to her, and the company whom he invited to dine with them at her house. Then stories—qi An Axrti-Low-Nucx A: ‘tion has been main br are to ite mem! crevical with the superia thorax,and to from gothg to rule which excludes high-bodied occasions. A Frevpren Atremrr To Roast 4 Wouay On Saturdsy James Louis Steele, colored, wa« Stee = een The entrance of the Hy of Binitea terior. TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. This Afternoon’s Dispatches. FROM EUROPE TO-DAY. Pelegraphed Beclusively to The Evening Scar. The Paternal Government of Thiers. Panis, Jan. 16.—The public sale of the news- Conatitution and Gaulvis has been pro- by orders from the Mintetry or the In- Movement in Marveilles Against the Thiers Government. Panis, Jan. 16.—A meeting was held at Mar- seilles last night, at which resolutions protesti against the proponed taxation of raw materia were adopted, and a remoustrance was framed to be sent to the assembly. The excitement ran high, and some of the speakers were violent in their denunciations of the government for seek- ing to imerease the burdens om the industry of the country. a Pacific Railread tor them came gely from he securities were no less succers: om market. —— is His First Buffalo 16.—A dispatch from Camp Alexis states that the Grand Duke, accompanied by General Costar, killed his first buffalo on the plains on the Mth instant. The party were to ~tart early yesterday morning. accompanied by a large number of Indians, another hunt, come fifteen miles away, where buffalo herds were plenty. Alexis telegraphed to the Em- peror of Russia L's success in killing his first baffalo. the country ful in the Le auA, Nen., Jan. 16—A courier who ar- rived from North Platte yesterday reports that the hunting party of the Grand Duke Alexis are agrauitime. The weather is warm and pleasant, and bafls’o abandant. The party will leave this place tor Denver. Four trams leaving Ogden Sunday, the 7th, and Monday, the 8th, consolidated, ‘and also vlay’s and Wednesday's trains arrived at Cheyenne yesterday afternoon. The first train was detained three days at Creston, one day at Kock creek, and two days at Lookout. The issengers subsisted on crackers and cheese and Sanned meats for part of the time, Affairs Utah. THE NOVEMENT POR THE ADMISSION OF THE TERRITORY a8 A STATE—MINORITY BEP SENTATION—SMALI-POX, ETO. Sart Lake City, Jan. 15—In the council to~ day house bill tor the election of delegates to the convention to frame a constitution for the ad- mission of Utah asastate was referred to the judiciary Committee. The conservative Mormons are agitating the ucstion of minority representation, and express | the belief that the mojerate Gentile delegation in the legislature would be nearest their cause, or at any rate abate much of the prejudices and Uscussions existing. All this, however, is in w of state organization. ral cases of small-pox have occurred in is city and fears are entertained that the dis- case will spread. Delegate Hooper and a number of other prom- inent citizens will leave for Washington to- morrow. ‘The Gentile papers are still strenuously urg- ing coficerted action against the admission of Vtah as a state. The weather is pleasant. Chicago City Fathers Forced to Fice. DEMONSTRATION OF GERMANS AGAINST Tad NEW FIRE LAWS. CHicaco, Jan. The citizens of North Side, mostly Germans, to the number of two or three thousand, marched in procession this eve- ing to hall building to protest against he pass: of the ordinance establishing limits yas fire limits. They carried trans. d banners, the devices expressing language more forcible than elegant their ‘clings on the proposed prohibition of the ere tion of frame buildings. They denounced tl ordinance as an effort to crush out the poor for the benetit of the rich. The crowd passed into the council chamber, where they were so demon- ~trative that the council hastily adjourned, the sdermen making their way out as best they ‘onld. The excitement is intens@ o ns tersecing the great injury ‘fire ordinance is not passe wing determined to have their own homes shat material they please, ° M the citiz morning ddestr from Penn to ng Fire I nk, and the Read ‘ank buildings were damaged, bat th din saving them. Tle fire originated building in the rear of Bost Bro.’s cigar store, The loss is estimated at a quarter at a million dollars. uit was commenced o-day in the United States District. Court *gainst the Cincinnati and Indianapolis Junc- tion Railroad Company and others, by Jamas F. Joy, Moses Taylor, John Jacob Astor, and Bar- ng Brothers, of New York, and others, based m the purchase of $1,000,000 of first mortgage vonds and $60,000 of second m: bonds of he Fort Wayne, Munroe and Cincinnati road, seld by the former, the complainants averring hat the defendants withheld information of the Xistence of over $300,000 of liabilities again: he said company, inflicting damage upon them thereby. They ask that all persons havi ‘laims against the Fort Wayne railroad be ae rected to present them in court. ——— 4 Cuban Envoy Coming to Washing- New York, Jan. 16.—The World states that a cading officer of the Cuban army, who was sent »y the Cuban republic as ambassador to Eng- ‘and, where Le has been successful in obtaining ‘he friendly action ot the British government, arrived here and lett for Washington last :vening. accompanied by General MacMahon. He will have interviews with the Presi<ent, and rge early action of the United States in recog- sizing the Cuban republi = eS ie Charges Against Judge Barnard. A ‘ter interviewed = i aay 3 ins te nd Jury : K akiax. Crycryxati, Jan. Chere was a kuklux ‘aid in Bald Knob precinct, near Frankfort, Kentucky, Saturday night last. Several white were kept, all ni 'y peti oresented to the Kentucky oraying for relief from the attacks of ws. ‘> ii fi r s if i i ; BI Fag aan Se atest’ oat It is } oe snowing; the wind THE DOCTORS. Jan. 16 —The court met at % o'clock. No withstanding the sno YOr¥ part Of the court-room wae crowded, large portion of the audience being ladies. P: feror Aiken resumed the stand, an: o materials h to have alro, his experiments with a ~ men, representing the juice of thestomach. Witness full results Obtalmed by MeCuloch Libited a Xpertapent> with gelae- chloral, and with chiorn! aloye with anee ing the contents Of the ch, and said there was no im! arity what- ever between these solutions or results and that obtai bim in bis analyss of Ketcham's a. an in his senses eould mistake one for the other Dr. Christopher Johnson, professor of surgery in the University of Marylend, wa- sworn and testified: —Has been practicing m. 1 twenty five rears in the city of Bal thetical case subinitted to pre trad to Dr. Johnson, and he said in tis opin death did pot result frem cerebro «pial meuin- . This disease did not prevail in Baltimore iar with any disease of which the #\ my named in the supposed case are characteri«ty: be thought death resulted from a non-natural cat mse. Dr. C. B. Williams was called to the stand as expert on the hypothetical case, and t Dr Jobnson—that death was eitis, but froma non-nataral cx At the conclusion of Dr. Wilt Attorney-General Syester rose the prosecution were now abo: propesition to the court lead to discussion. It nv’ the jury to hear it,and be suggeste retire while the proposition was being my disew: had. The court assent j The attorney then forthe defence bad ax Professor Tonry, stati pyrene pursue t is analysis dnd experiments, and was now pre sent in court with the metal obtained by Lim. The state now proposed to produce this meta) ©» the court and to the jury, and have the exper's for the defence themselves say whether it I> metal or not. The metal was now here in q tities large enough to be manipulated to aa’ any one of its presence. They offered to intro duce this evidence first upon the ground tha had been discovered since the commencem 1 of the trial, and second that it was directly + butting testimony, and admisdbe on tha ground. The attorney-general argued in Cayo: of the propesition. —~ nd | _ At the conclusion of the argument. without a | reply from the counsel for the defense, the | Court held that the proposed evidence was inadmissable. | Mr. Steele, for the defer | denied in foto that any meial had been produced by Tonry, or that he had any present | | State Attorney Kevells now announced that | the evidence had closed on the part of the stat Mr. Hagner, for the defence, with the conser of the prosecution, read briefly from Ortila in by arsenic. nounced that the argument as about to comm. » said that they against any exhibition of feeli At 1:30 o'clock States Att and commenced the opening argum ease before the jury ° The Kew York Custom House 5 jon. Jan. 16.—The retrenchment com mittee commenced its twelfth day's session at | the hote! to-day. Affidavits were read of ap praisers that the case of goods of Claflin were not robbed while in ther office. The commit | night sessions at an up town | im testified. He ts an honest | man, and has nothing to fear from custom house utidered that the power for making a salutaryeftect in checking frauds he government, had always dee: to » tions against the power of seizure. Mr jaflin favored restoring the general order (> the Cunard line, put saw no reasen why general orders shoald be refused any company having convenient stores B. F. Midgett, for the last ten years a deputy collector, testified to daily hearing of officers receiving gratuities, and me ur have stated to him that they paid inspectors for sending goods to the general order stores. Midgett te: tified that when Grinnell was collector «demand Was made on ’ eral Dent tor the neta! order business to be given to Rodney J Hason and others. Mr. Mudgett stating that the others were General Porter, Col. Leet, and Mr lsey. He was also told by deput 1 | New Yorx Williams that Gen. Porter visit the same subject business went to the above parties. gett that he had paid Leet #5, & year after he was in z to do with the Ne louse, as Grinnell! had given Bixby. Witness in re had then be: wally from the profits of the Mr. Mudgett testified . pts in the custom ib 1 purposes. H.C. Lake, & former her, testified to paying axses-ments for elec rpores. Mr. Lake never knew of am: from the custom-house for not paying political assessments, Un being asked if he knew-eny man turned ont of the custom-houss who was tatist ed, said he was satisfied. He never asked ‘or the position, and took it under a misappre- Lension of its value. H. Shaw, an importer, thought the merchants uelt to have thre: days te get out permits Never pays gratuities to the Cerks; but a few days ago, onthreatening to report a slow ing clerk to Washington, the clerk showed great activity. tio ing removed oe or University Clab rganization of the wer i" of St. Lous. J Sr. Louis, Mo., Jan. 16.—At a meeting of the college graduates resident in St. Louis, last night a temporary organization of the Universi- ¥ 0 nia, and Colambi and Michigan Universities. A cesutitation was adopted aod temporary officers chosen. Tue objects of the club are social intercourse and closer union between university and coll be bred men of this city, with a view to ng was large, dance were Kight Rev Bishop ; Chanceller Elliot, of Wash- ington University; Gen. Lewis B. Parsons; ex- Governor Reynolds; Profs. Kenneli, Snow, 1 vidson, Preston and Harper, Rev. Dr. Peabody. aston and Lowe, and some fifty others, representing professional and Dusi ness interests. ——_e Heenan at Home. New York. Jan. 16.—Mr. Jobn C. Heenan has just returned from London, and that he was connected was entirely without foundation. Mr. declares that he is innocent of any connection with Tammany, and that the rumors to that effect were without a shadow of truth. en Maine for Grant and Colfax. Avevsta, ME., Jan. 16.—The Kennebec Jowr- nal, formerly edited by Speaker Blaine, med contains Presumed to reflect his wishes, editorial this morning, warm), the re- nal anccrts that ‘Sat will send unanimous ae ry delegation for Grant and Colfax.