Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1872, Page 1

ee THE EVENING STAR. Published Daily, Sundays excepted, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Avenue, corner llth St. BY THE EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COUP'Y, | wv, Preset. THE EVENING © Shei subscribers at Tax Cents Px: Y-Four Cunts Pex MoxTH. Copii Two Cuxts each. By mail—three wou! Szmonths. $3.00; one F \. THE WEEKLY STAR—pubiish @ year. SF Invariably in adva ‘Snd no paper sent longer than paid SF Rates of advertising furnished on application. 2—— AR is served by carr! rs to % ir iday—$1.20 | sia bon cases, | © D. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28 1872. * : —— 4 . i P é . oe eis ate Shout t . x SPECLAL NOTICES. Decidedly Good. | Cov sil MIXTURE, WASHING TO EVENING STAR. _ DOUBLE SHEST- __ Washington News and Gossip. New Yran’s Recerrions.—Notice to Readers We shall not undertake to prepare this yeara general list of those who will recetve on New Year's day. We have come tg this conclusion because of the fact that in an effort to do so it is impossible to avoid omitting the names of Some Persons who might regard such an over- sight as a slight, as well as to avoid the insertion of those of others who do not desire such pub- lieity, even though they will be giad to see their iriends on that oceasion. We will, therefore, print in Tuesday's paper, for the benefitof those interested, @ list of such names only as may be furnished by the parties themrelves or their friends, so that the matter may rest on a proper footing. These announcements, which we wil! be very glad to receive and publish in brief form, should give the names of the ladies who MiSs. JON® JuHS BOYLAN, Very Rev er Carax, Ineraxn, On SUNDAY, De AT ODD FELLO® ow ne of Trish | te a Le dsote hether recentor advanced, have ured it will r as act ilis arising from a stight cough, ’cold, &c. SINPLE BUT EFFICACIOUS. ‘To be within the reach of evcry one it {s pat up and $1 bottles onl MITHUR NATTANS. Drags. doctl-tr Cor. 2dand D streets N.W. BALLS, &c. R™= EMBER THE HE, FOUBTH ASNUAL BALL FIRST WARD 'PLEA-URE CLUS, OLD FELLOWS c. on NEW Caation. LEE & PERRINS’ WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE Buyers are cantioned to avoid the numerous Counterfeits and Imitations offered = Se . JOHN DUNCAN'S SONS, New York, fawly Agents for the United States, street HT. 1s72 to all their he HALL. BARS hve Ni ocls- On Marriage. will assist in each ease, and the number of the — 2 =a Happy relief for Young Men from the effects of | residence, and they shouid be accompained also LADIES’ 800 érrors and abuses in carly lite by @ responsible signature as a guarantee of authenticity. They may be sent in at any time hereafter, but must be in hand before eleven o'clock Tuesday morning to sccure insertion that day. Intennar Revenc source to-day were $1 iments to marriage removed. New method $f trestment’” Mets cad temareable remedl Books and circulars sent free, in sealed envetope Address HOWARD AB-OCIATION N: Sth *treet. Philadel ph in, Pen shigh reputation for hon. feesiocal skill. 905 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, aaa Where she hae ail the nowes! an? mostelegant styles | A Oler¥Fman, while residiug in Bonth Americs, ~ > Gare 4 As missionary, discovered a safe and simple remedy Sense. Alc. hus FLUWKAS: WEATBRGS, ne" | forthe cure of Nervous Weaknces, Barly Decay, " dechi-tr MISS MeCORmMICK HAS EEMOVED ro ‘The receipts from this 93. THE AYTREROON RECEPTIONS of Mrs. Grant will commence on Saturday, January 11, and isease of the Urinary and Beminai Organa,and the Waste train of alanreace becuse on be bested col ————— be contined every Saturday afternvon, from ; G— The on: fous habits. Grest numbers have been cured by n Dhere itis dong Biso CEAMPLOG FINKING | Iain mable canedee’ Ernsanted bere Geeta Ge boeent | three to five o'slosk, antl ferthes orders. | ~ seeids nas anc ERECTILE ¥ of every Srerrigtion. the flicted and 7 PBACDS of all kinds, sod ESKUIDERING | fer preparing and t ill send the recipe ng, this medicine, in @ sealed Ww News or Tue Yanric. ‘The Navy Depart- BILKE of ali colors, constantly on hand. | envelope. to any one ods it. Free of Paes ment has received iniormation that the U. S. a ae mma 7 eRation Dy Bible Ho steamer Yantic, Commander Byron Wilson, ar- Bible Honse, City janit-ly opposite Patent OfICe. b AWAY WITH IMITATION HAIR, AXD GO TO THX GREAT PREMIUM HAl& FACTORY. mar2?-ty rived at Aden, Arabia, on the 23d of]November, via Suez Canal, Al! well on board. Mn. FRepenick WATTS, JR., son of the Wy AdIONAL THEATER. Busine av ©. | Commissioner of agriculture, has been designated Mu. J.G. Savitiw, Lessee and Manager. | 43 chief clerk of the department, vice J. W: s ee i treet THIS RVSRING, 46 ©, Swank, who recently resigued, to take eftec January 1, 1873. st Time of th net IC THICK PANTOMINE, BW COMIC PeE-FI-FO-FUM: Or, Harlequin Jack ihe Giant Hille # ast Time cf AMUSEMENTS. Loffer now for sale at astonishing prices an ex- tensive lot of HAIR GOOUS cf my own manufac ‘aida, Curis, Pufis, of ail ory. Ladies’ own hair pat up in ail Combings of bair settrd by the roots to avoid the tangitug of the hair. 1 to the Coiffa:es for soirees, b tore, such as Plsits, Br: jhe and coi. Tur U. S. samen CaLtrorsta has sailed ‘0 for Honolulu, to be present incase ot a possible emergency arising on the e throne of the S in which protection to Am by m Bpecs ete. etrical Wigs for 43 Im PROFESSOR DAVI3, - | ADD HIS WONDERFUL EDCOATZD DoGs. cus might be required. ADAME Ls UE: vr, st Time « ore Dansesses, = ——— MONS | a Po pemmgnebd wet TUE FUANCISCO SISTERS, Senate Conriamat RecaLLEeD.—The ENCH FLUTING sNDCURARSTARONING, | Last Time of the Talented Little Children, Senate, just before the adjournment last week, PUULTAINE, FINE LACES AND MURCINS THE FBENC® TWIN SISTBLS. passed a resolution in Executive session recall- ing their contirmation of the nomination of Samuel Bard to be postmaster at Chattanooga, Tenp., and the nomination now stands betors ROBERTSON, that body the tame as before any action was pemenion taken. MONDAY EVENING NEXT—FOB ONE WEFK MB. DION BOUCIOAULT MISS AGYES us jecat-Im' n GS*AT BEDUCTION IN PRICES OF s GLUVES. We are selling— Ore h $1 Gloves for 9 cents Two button $1 £0 Gieves for $1 25. Best quality two batten 91m 907 P. KID SsxaTor SumNz last week, and takes his usual ont-door exere . daily. The report telegraphed from this ci M4245 fs ee. New York that bis beaith isso precarions LADIES’ FASHIVUNARLE BAI DRESSER = ns tare ce mal; w Bod Homen Hai: Mann‘scturer tending Fork cheap Hiway Yair House. he has ne D CONCERTS GIVZN BY THE AN BAND OF T FANERY REGIM time. GaxeRraL Burien has greatly offended some of his republican colleagues by iuspiring a certain published statement reflecting up» Messrs. Dawes, Colfax and Wilson in conection With the credit mobiller scandal, and le will JUST OPENING 4 LARGE ASSORTMENT OF FLOW Eis, FEATHERS ant VELYE Y coLoss, probably be called to account when the House = — ot Kepresentatives reassembles. Batler is very © Prices, at bitter against Dawes, and declares bis intention 8. HELLER" to spare no Mark PIANOS, &c. ace with the po Post Special. ple of Massacu use Tr POILBABYON AT THE Tse Rawtins Statu CONGREGATIONAL CHUBCH, Phe comzuaission to = - select a statue of the late Gen. Kawlins, men a CHUMAULKER &@ ©U'S PIANOS, Corner loth dG st + northwest, Z td Gprmomecnes 2 Pia MONDAY OVEnIES oo ae 1872.arSorcrx | toned in THE StaR of yesterday, have ap- : ra boloiste—Mrs. H.C. BUTTS. Soprand; Me_O.0. | proved of the design of Mr. J. A. Bailey, and GBEAT ESDUCTION IN PBICES. EW ER, Tenor: Mr. GANNON, Basso) Dr. J. | he wiil be authorized to make the model imm which, en acconnt of their a WAULPIELD. Cooaucter; ar. VAL. CavL’ | diately. Should that be approved by the cur i ethers. have ie © tew ickets, 0 ceuts; for salo at Eilis’ Must Storm. | Mision, the work will be given to him. Were ec ee the, most popular here, ax Beate cau be reserved witnout extra chatge on Gen. Ravwline fall unite this tot hae Relliee ail over the ccuntry ‘ Sher Thersden tke mee as. en. Rawlins in tall uniform, arid resting upon the handle of his sword, and hs right hand holding « field glass, Stnce the abolition of the export bonded warehouses the exporters have found some difficulty in carrying out the details of their busine-s. To obyiate these difficulties the Commissioner of Internal Revenue authorizes the examination of packages of tobacco at the post of export, aud in case of departure of the vessel by which the tobacco was to be exportet before ils arrival at the port of export such to- baceo may go by another ves: ASHINGTON THEATRE COM!IQUE, Eleventh at., south of Pennsylvania avenue. HOLIDAY WEEK. HOLIDAY WEEK. MASTR BARNEY, || MASTER DABNEY, optlar Lialect Vuciist and Actor. Me POR ISS SALLIE MasoN The Desning Actree, Voratist, and Sonbrette, THE LROPOLD BRUTLERS, Posturers, and G W ILLIAM ANAER & CO, ALT MORK, MARYLAND. GRAND. SQUSKE AND UPRIGHT PIANOS MLLE LUNA, ‘he Dariig Female us THE WALET. TAR These instruments have been belure the public for forty year sicne b their excelienc SISTARS. or to ano’ tained an rehased pre-emi Beng and Dance aud Sketch Artists. port. Drawback of tax on tobacco withdr: i vroncanene Lome apie me BY BAST, HARRY HABT, is also allowed as in case of withdrawal from ys wnship and ; c Besa ‘They bave becn awarded sixty-five gold mud ‘AND BUGHES, manufactures. at different fairs over other competito ofther SQUARE PLANUS have their new au: Broved Overstrung Scale aad Axraflc. With: McCammon's PIANOS and PLANUS ant EY 4%0 ADDIE JOHNSON, Chsracier aud Protean Artists. GRAND CRRBISTMAS MATINEE. No Har Hortpars.—All the government clerks in Washington are required to work bat aL . | half a day during the hulidays except those of Select renteat eM FERRE AERTS OF | ROBINSON CRUSOE ASD HIS MAN | tie tata departeene and the Patent oftice ‘declo-tr Piano Warerocms, #23 ith street. : Gen. Leggett, commissioner of patents, states GOSTAY KUHN, (rormeriy Foreman or ¥.0 an iinpisisnin ithe nh Be kent enor pis bureaa is such that it must B Lighte & Co., ‘tuner for Steinway & UTER FORTY T TED ARTISTES. ae it ponid bree nad be allowed the halt Boma net late Tuner for ‘Metzsrot: rid 3] $ “Tener mae EJ. — holiday it would have got so behind that it a A NU RBPAIREK OF Pi ANUS AND ORGANS. ft Jewelry Stcre, 629 Pa cor would Lave taken his small clerical torce several months to make up fer the lost time. He says that he could not conscientiously allow his clerks the hail liday, and he therefore re- suckly. Master Harry, AND UUR MONSTER COMPANY DONT FORGET, REBLNSON OBUSOK, Fonily Mauves W ¥ aud Saturday. d2t-tr quested tue Secretary of the Interior to exempt Orp No.) On Hxhivition (New No | his oltice trom the operation of the tale aoe Mok SMUSt8G TOY OUT —Canses 456 and Sale 439 plying to other clerks in the department. ‘Sqquree $0 dance to the music —— a 77a Sr. aT Ja 87, 4 Cag mee as = For micty@.L WILD & BRO -4d De a] BABKEITER’ Gossip anoutT GEN. ScHENC.—The last foot west, between Be avenue st. Pan ; Pata sents Jor Sts biomos, aud manufacturers of FE abeve CaN Petes eee oleh London letter of M. D. Conway in the Cincin im Musical Instromentagenerally avings, Ohrome nati Commercial say ‘he Emma mining com- Musical Lust: uweute tuned re- Pianes and al! pany case, which was to have been tried about vetred. this time, has been, as many expected, privately adjusted without any hearing in court. As is but natural, the belief of the Inns is, that the revelations whicu were impending concerning Gen. Schenck rendered it necessary that the 4 matter should be hushed up and compromised EB-CLOTHING, BOOTS, BHOES, &c.. i 1 t. Bi A i AD D street, between €th ena 72k at any cost at the American minister has a ate. Notes by mail promptly attended to. ; pretty good reputation for common sense, and oc?l_ | he must see that the suppression of the case has ( pe, GOLD, SILVER, BRASS, COPPER, [RON METAL, Etc , bought at fay we lost Lim a valuable opportunity of showing to deci2-tr Great Reduction in Prices Jel-ty* 5S. JUSTH PAYS FAIR PRICES for Ladies’, Gents’ and Children’s bEOOND-HAND. C)OTHING, UMD y AT A. STRAUS’ York b r i hand FC a the world a clear page in an affair where muny "OP . 1 : PUSE, | York house.” seccnd- han s F POPULAR CLOTHING HOt Bi Perea udho sold. Notes by ‘matt & blot is suspected. pompily attended to by SUGENSTEDS; (42° | Comrriment ro a Retimin BoRmAU Oper. 1011 PANNSYLVANIA AVENUB, —— cen.—The President has accepted the resigna- RAS, Bic Di ij tion of Gen. Francis A. Walker, commissioner Between lth aud lth streets, Northweet ORNS, E 2 cr White. y Cairgoropist, of Indian affairs, to take effect February Ist, 1 (cftwelve years’ practical @xperience throughont 73, which virtuaily gives the neral a IN ORDER TO REDUCE STOCE the United Btates and yr tS YSirg | month's leave of absence, with pay. Gen. R. B. ington without pain, so the shoe'caa be atcly after the operation, and succestfully :reats Bonions, Club and Ingrowa Nails, Chilblains, Vascular Excrescences, end other disorders of the {-ct. Operating rooms, No. 035 loch street, opposite United States Treasar: Honor: S.o'clock @.m.to 6 o clock p.m. Fee, $i per visit for atten one or both fest. Apart ments for ladies @entiemen entirely sepa- rate. decd tr dv tr B.A. ©. GIVAUDAN, a French Cook and Caterer of long experience in this city. has 18th and H strecta, Cowen, assistant, and at ‘present acting Secre- tary of the Interior, in a letter to Gen. Walker to-day, informing him of the acceptance of his resignation, says: “In severing your official connection with the department, I desire to assure you of the regret [ feel at the separation, and of the great loss to the public service of ove who bas administered the responsible duties of so difficult au office with such fidelity, energy, anu intelligence, and whose personal relations with the department have been so uniformly agreeable and satistactory. ‘To your new tield o OVERCOATS. ATS for ATS for ATS for 12 OVELCOSTS K S OVERUUATS for labor you will carry my heartfelt wishes for mgton, where he wili furmish, uj the most reas- “ i i ” BUSINESS SUITS. Pleterme Bails, Diunera-duppersand Lunches, | SOUF entire success an8 happiness. furnish single dishes of avy tine toe, | GENEVA AwAnp AND THE Uxprewarren one experience and the satisfaction he has | Editor Star. I regret to observe in Ta STAR of oy him An 'OS Siva UDA, oe ae | yesterday an article, attributed to the New York it, corner of H decl7-2m Tribune, which questions the propriety of insur- ance companies participating in the indemnity fund awarded by the Geneva board tor spoliations by confederate cruiserson American commerce; = Y BIEDS, and the Tribune is represented as anticipating ‘‘a DIAGONAL COATS. rs general feeling of disappointment if it sheuld 220 DIAGONAL Coats 1 jo lla Aye turn out that ail our diplomatic finesse and treats. Te PISSOBAL Coars s Prepared Food for Mocking Bieis. | figuring bad resulted in a benefit only to the 2 . insurance companies of the country.” If “the 15 DIAGONAL Coats LE AT GREAT BARGAINS—Tweive insurance ‘conp jes of the country” were ao 13 DIAGONAL COATS for. dae D ae Oa Suisen 200.8 liberal as to take the entire risk of all the ad- ventures at fea embraced in tae award, and if they paid all the losses in full, (the only hy- pothesis whereupon they can possibly become 314 Oh strect, near Penn. avenue = ee, § = 47 *4- UTES its 8 . | — oo TS reduced to $7 10,412,135 i RATES the on?y beueticiaries,) then nothing but a spirit BOYS’ EUITS at 3.50.4 5,6. 5. an gie KA t E 8. of envy or a disposition to defeat the ends of , t Ihave a Isrge and varied it, embracing | justice can interposs to deprive these useful in- offering at cost By S50. Gana | is is a good chauce for the holidays, a: 1 ‘assoriment BUSINESS PANTS st sil ey designs. which I am $5, s stitutions et ali or any of the rights which in jaw and custom have been accorded them for | Bave made arrangements to have the National Park " . Wa PRESS PANTS ot 4,5,6,7,and¢>,ac.,ac, | opemthe Set ice we Rave, avin... | Sar acee Nonoh ba pein pI ed | novS)-Im Oorver Penn. avenue and 10ch ot bp leap the reper gy omen as Weeaa to them on accoant ot }@ decease 01 T. Gree- A. STRAUSS, RROACHES, BATE ce REPB UGE cansct betoas | jeyy The amount is ouly so much salvage ont | ATOR neon eee of the investment made trom the revenues of 2011 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, 27 Pa. ave. and HOLMES &2 the office, and every dollar gained is a loss to -&. corner ist a | tb individuals whose money is invested tn Between lth and lith streets. the companics wherein his life was in- ee Se eee eee _aeee SPtoraye, ured. | The ‘capital of Insarance "esrapa- ost EBE THE nies nts men of sitinence, widows, hea arn ord FSealiltan Rebs oeseies epree | orphars, and other benciciary. tustivations’ J. Moses’ Electro-Galyanic SPECTACLES, Pat- —— | Their profits and their loses are enjoyed and ented Jane 2, 1988. OB SALE _ Richton first-class SEWING #4- | borne ly separate and distinct individaals, just Wetthen tee TS ws 7 STi 2 00.8, As are ihe profits and lossss ot the owns of | ha ener Sond 7th sts, ec " 314 ch atrect Rear Parteevenao, | MPS and merchandise, and the one class iz no more able to bear loss than the other, and th» | Prejudice regarding corporations should not divert justice trom its preper clanunels. The rights Of insurers are not to be measured any more by their proits than losses; and if the for- mer were increased by the greater demand for their guarantees, their liability for losses be- come greater. Had our rebellion engaged as in a —— war, it is not difficnit to sappose that the . “Ub of every marine insurance company would btve ensied; so that, while they may have increased their profits, they incuré_/ ¢ 4 risk of bankruetey. But the question Das veen legally determined in every comm=rigi counter that éalvage to the amount =\i4 nan reste. ered, inures to the *"""Ter, If aninsared ship be raised from ine deep, the msurer Is a8 much entitled to recover his advance: from a sale thereot as if he bad, in paying for her lose, actuaily and by biliof sale, made purchase ef the vessel, or such portion thereot as in case of recovery would remunerate him. This is no mere opinion, but law. a8 recognized kv the highest authoritics. Why, then, shout preju- dices be encouraged to th from providing for the earliest lawful, just equitable disposition of the Geneva award? I bave no stock in any insurance company; but I feel an interest that the government shall act justly toward all. Jd. ©. G. RK. Leee- Soetety. ‘The week just closing has been marked by many and pleasant festivities among the young Happy school girls passing the holidays folke. at home have had the pleasure of inviting their companions to dances. Miss Emily Chubb gave @ smal! but most delightful party Chris tmas night to her friend, Miss Alice Brown, who is pasting her vacation with Miss Chubb. —Friday night, Mi: Slack, gave a german. riek’s, on Christmas day, at noon. Major Wright personated Santa Ola for the occasion, ina neat and appropriate impromptu. present was made happy bya b utifal ones frolicked until bed-time. rick’s a similar scene was enacted. Guire, as an organ grinder, caused the greatest merriment danced and trolicked to the music. Christmas week has passed, leaving pleasant remembrances that will never be effaced. —Many of the fashionable ladies were out call re is an prepa ous noxt Wednesday. At Mrs. Mer- It is understood that all or nearly all the promi- i, both national and territorial, to- ith a large number of private citizens, nent offic gether will be at home on that day, and the prospe that th quite as generally this year as recei niece, Miss Alida Worthington rT ladies. ‘Phis reception wi in the dehnson house, adjoining th hote ual. Arlingtor —Senator and Mrs. Cole, of California, have with them this winter their daughter, and niece Miss Whiting. The family are guests at the Arlington, and on New Year’s day the young es will receive with the Senator and Mrs. Cole, th being their debut in society. MLO ceiving on New Year's day by Major Wright his beautiful wife, who isa sister of Mrs. ; also, by Miss Kate Hopkins, who is a , aud Miss Margaret Preston, daughter who was min- ister to Spain during the administration President Buchanan. —Mr. Horatio King and his accomp auglter resnme their literary re invitations) on Saturday evening, the ith of debutani of Gen, William Preston, of K5 Jenuary. These entertainments have beex most successfully conducted for feur successive win- ters. —On Tuesday, Mr. at the honre of his father. — Mies 1 ing next. — Yesterday, Friday, December 27th, Mr. W. W. Corcoran celebrated the sc -tourth an- niversary of that he will be spared to enjoy m.ny returns of the occasion. — General Wager Swayne and his wife, and Mrs. Parsons, are the guests of thelr tather Justice Swayne, on K street. —The marriage of Gen. J. G. Foster and Miss Nannie Davis, which is to take place at St. Matthew's church on ths evening of the 9th of January, will be quite a brilliant atfair. Tae bride wili be attended by tive bridesmaids on the occasion, as follows: Misses Kate Mclatyre, Lizzie Knowlton, Nattie Morgan, Annie Smith, and Kate Roach. The groomsmen have not been announced as vet, but it is anderstood that they are all army officers. After the wodding a reception will be held at the residence of the bride's brother, Mr. Lewis J. Davis, on M street, for the family only. The handsome and happy couple will be at the Arlington ror the winter. —+e0e- B. The Temptations of the Season. Not only in Washington but all througa the country there seems be a general effor’ re- deem the holiday season trom the character of anorgie of dissipation and drunkenness. ‘The Baltimore American commenting upon the fact says: “Within the last four or five years wo have seen a perceptible change tor the better trom the customs of the past. “As the bells have pro- claimed in the stiliness of December nights the advent of succeeding Christmases, they have rang out the gradual abolition of the old and che incoming of the new, the death of a false en- joyment of the season and fhe birth of true, rational and Christian appreciation of tue time. Jn thousands of homes where but one or two years ago it was customary to hold and practice the idea that the highest dispensation of Christ mas hospitalities consisted in pscnaniey | iutoxi- cating hquors to friends, this season has wit- uessed testive boards that were innocent of anything stronger than coffee or chocolate. ud ail concerned were the better for it. It seems so supremely nonsensical that there should be one or two days in tue year when men may be licensed to become intoxicated in par- lors, where, it they showed themselves tn such: a condition at other times, they woaid probably have the doors shut in their faces, that the least application of common sense and decency to the subject — to be the effective remedy of such an absurdity. it may seem very funny that young Jones should cai! on Smith with his head iull of the fumes of liquor and attempt to leave the parlor by way of the fire-place, or embrace servant and call him ‘my dear fellow,’ but we don’t believe it is tue chief purpose of a Christian festival that it should allow a man to make a fool of himself. There is something after all ip the control of society by principles ef morality and refinement, and People who profess to follow such precepts for three hun- Cred aud sixtyefour days in the year are de grading themselves when they in ringe them on the three hundred and sixty “titth by endevy. oring to make men drunkards under the guise of hospitality.”” ——— INTERESTING TO KNIGHTS TEMPLAR —It may be interesting to the Knights Templar to learn that the grand comma! of thi nd open ed in the United States has. the enforcement of the diet of 1862. Therefore now and he ng all metallic buttons must be removed from the coats of es Templar and the Eek aoe coats ‘worn. Fhoee having present le of m! coats buttoned up mo farther than to the chin, need make no the substitution of the lasting button the Rust bare them of theraeralSyets dan ene —timply black frock coats. wi : S87 Gotham Is an ulated = sion for needle-work dogs, ~ _ hiverting of Congress nad Slack, daughter of Major ‘wo of the most beautiful Christmas trees to be seen anywhere this year, were those en- Joyed by the children at Mrs. Carlisle’s, Christ- maseve, and by those at Mrs. Kichard Mer- There was & new feature about the tree at Mrs. Carlisle's. Serrounding it was a grass plat. upon which sheep and cattle were grazing. This was en- compasred by @ beautiful miniature fence. and delivered an original poem, which be composed As Mr. Corcoran entered with bis three grand children, Major Wright, in the character of Santa Claus, welcomed bim Every . The repast was samptaous, and the little Mr. Me- 10ng the happy little ones, who And ¢0 the unusgal custom of making calis will be ob- this vear, be heid rlisle will be assisted in ree pions (by card ichard Stockton, son of Senator Stockton, gives a masquerade german yzie, daughter of Admiral Porter, gives a german, to which the youog and un- married aloue are invited, on Weduesday even- + and we are glad to say that his health is such as to justify the hope ] FRESHED IN THE WENT. | } he Biver suit Saye the river has risen « ghteen tnchessince dark inst night ars now t Bing rapidly. The river is almost choked with cating ice, whict is heavier to-day than which down yesterday, and ha: to within a fow ve bow reet. Two barges or & were sink gat belon,s c wud the stesmcr n Brooks. A Fieambonrt Crashed by the Hoe New 2A Men pocial save TWO CENTS. Grace Greenwood Back Again “ Grace Greenwood’ is back again after her Pacific-side wanderings, and her bright pen figures once more in the “* Washington Notes of the New York Times. Here is the way Coa- gters strikes her after her ab-ence : “Mr. Cameron, the inimitable, the uncon querable, wears the same look *.. nag worn i the last ten vear: na glides about in the sam+ ected, Aboriginal wi Mr. Sumner looks TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR, This Afternoon’s Dispatches, cotton worth ¢ oe exhaustion . Larne’s sash factory,in | Two bundre,* *ourand bw is of coal were Brooklyn, was burned last night, with two tene- in the , Sat Memphis. The Glisgew, Ps maid. | toad ~d ~ 2 + but bas bated not one jot or | Ment Beuses. Lossel00.0 ‘There was coned. | leat . erga ge bry volicer sll peter He | erable suttering by the occupants of the houses | ans for Ste Lowe pamte smiles less frequently than formerly, but with | thus Curned i direrlgcooae au a wath H ;, broke 3 iating effect. He aiways : seven hawkers aud was © bat was bad naals er ercler sckteee” with eome- | last night was quite cold and clear, andismod- | caaph!. with the low of Lu Dales. Over preg thing peculiarly unexpected and irresistible about it. Mr. Wilson bears on his hearty, genial countenance a chastened look of triamph. and seems none the worse for his mighty cam Faign labors. ‘Our cousin of Buckingham’ wears the same benignant expression we have all known and loved him so long. Mr. Morrill, of Maine, reminds one more thau ever of a tine eld head on a Koman coin. Pleasant Mr. Mor- Till, of Vermont, is happily unchanged, and one is equally glad to see that his learned col- league wears still his look of chronic opposition and captiousness, distrust, and general dissatis- faction. Wee he to look happy and contictir CrABMe slighty this morning. There w consid- | bartes am erable ice in the rivers and bay. Pike A FiRE West r in Goldsmith's lager beer saloon, on First ave- | $10 00: and hue, this morning, caused damage to the extent | the of $2100, BROADWAY, TO-DAY, is tilled with carte and labovers removing the banks ot snow. The principal raiiroad lines are rapidiy clearing their tr pected that by this afternoon the regular traim~ Will be runuing again. THE MASONIC LODGE OF SORROW g, | i Teencet to the memory of brother Masons and ‘simile around right childly,’ like, for im- | WL bave died during the past vear, was belt stance, Senator Nye, we sould think he was | last evening at Irving Hal, with great sulem rot long to be to us. sai “Mr. Schurz, Mr. Fenton, and Mr. Trambu’! leok a little the worse for the wear and tear of & disastrous, rough and tumble campaign, and the pitiless pelting of those Nast-y caricatures. boiler deck. The wrecking moving her © ptton of wh Should the boa during the we All the cabin furni- ate room doors have heen removed. die insured tor teburg aud Wheeling ofices instead in New Albaby as reported. Everything will be saved exce THE SCUB-COMMITTER of the Louisiana delegation yesterday w upot many prominent merchants, with to enlisting tueir sympathies in matters in that 7 state. New You, 0 4 papers of the came into the Senate Chamber one day, and | Which sails to-day, goes to sea with only ons | out in the « headed by the Bishop of pored himself near where I once saw him stand | aDd two-thirds of another blade of her propele | Paste, against Precuieet Mosquera, growing out of the latter designating Geueral Santo ma as bis (Mosq : ona is in com the g troops, and it is reported that an er has ulready occurred. lers, not having replaced those lost on her late perilous trip trom Liverpool to this t. Much anxiety is expressed at her leaving in this erip pled condition. Among the passengers is Froude, the lecturer. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST PIRES IN THRATRES. The fre marshal, who lately made an in ec tion of the theaters of this city, reports few of them in anything like an unsafe condition, and in the cases of those few, orders were given and carried out for requisite tire precautions. MEBDOUS SEAS. on @ memorable occasion, when his inopportune presence was taken as a grievous insult by Mr. Garrett Dayis, and there ensued a singular, si- lent duel of eyes between the two politicians, Mr. Butler having the advantage. Now, I ale most looked ‘0 see a venerable ghost enter on the scene, glide like a blooliess Banquo into the vacant chair of the dead Senator, and at last look the rash intruder down with eyes of immortal ire. © “It gratities me, I == fayen —— egos Mr. me Conkling bas parted with none of bis dainty bak s 8 i jauntiness, or ae daintiness, and that Mr. The steamship Thuringia, which arrived t Pomeroy has lost none ot his emPonpoint.” Slane te oe eee Be tae Concerning the men at the other endof the | rive trom Galvcson today, en pod lange Capitol she says : quantities of water Thursday, split her foresa | | *: L recognized tirst the mili face of Mr. Hoar and stove her cabin doors. which somehow reminded me of Mr. Greeley’, THB BANK STATEMENT next, Gen. Gartield’s genial countenance, then | shows @ dec! 3,000, an in- Bingham’s aquiline profile, aquiliner than ever, | crease in specie of ¢ rease in legal and Fernando Wood's snowy mustache, borne | tenders of $3.5’ 10, a decrease in deposits of Ligh in air, and Farnsworth's beard, shorn of 4,200, an increase in circulation of $3),s0). | of eipployment. halt its wealth and waggishness. There was | The statement shows a gain im reserves © immediately below ns one peculiar, two-stery | $725 470. | Twenty head, that for some moments I failed to re- DEPARTURE OP MINISTER WASHDTRNR. cognize. It was that of Gen. Banks, strangely | ‘The St. Laurent sailed to-day for Breet. Ar. | silvered over with the frosts of a single year, | Washburne is one ot her passengers. perhaps of single night. Mad the defeat of * CROSS EXAMINATION ' m anything to do with the startling nothing new. Is it because the die is cast (away untimely whiteness crowns the hea: of the warrior statesman of Massachusetts’? It i< not unbecoming, on the whole. Indeed, it is the change in our pleasant friend which we least regret. One must get used to these trans formations here in Washington. A few dars ago we dropped into the Supreme Court room, that solemn sanctuary of dullness and decorum and there we saw the Chief Justice in a new metamorphose, wearing a beard and mustach-, grizzly and of considerable length. [t strangely gagement pling, and it is feared m coftee plantations will be destroy has been verionsly inundated, many poop'e being drowned and much proper y destroyed. wind ato Wht 2 ore Fires Darnorr, Dec 2. —The Adrian car works, at Adrian, with six new coaches, was barned last De Lose $75,009. One handred and afy | mem are thrown out of employment. Troy, N. ¥., Dec. 25—H. Amold & Co."s print works, at Nerth & were burned yesterday mornin, % insarance, | #10000, Two hundred hands are throwa out i “ ve Lives Lost b: ing of tbe Perw New Yorn 2 —A Bost the number of Peruvian ts 25. nearly $1,009,009, co | trem the West Indics. S70 to-day elicited Mr Sumner’ | Lew Yorn, Dec: States that S ‘ physician visiti os The Next Speak: Nuw York, D York, bas withd for the Speakershi TCH OUT OF DANE Dec. 24. It is officialy an that the Czarowitch is outof danger. | 70,000 COAL MINERS TO STRIKE. D tis expected that 79,000 British coal miners will strike work the ist o January. Lost WITH ALL ON The Amyntas was lost wh A Wan »ARD. on a ¥ Holybead tor Wadington, aud eve: from ~ . alters him. | The Senator Chase of the old time= | yard perished. : BS IN CMASLE STON has quite passed outof sight behind it. = = — new departure that [ cannot like. It Prevaited in the English abe esterday. | FR Holiday Season im the City by beautifying. Perhaps ‘tis the result of af Several marine disasters are repor |. the Sea paign ‘vow, or wager— Anything to POLITICS IN PRANCE, Grent.’ Pants, Dec. The m of several com Correspon * Passing through the old Hall of Representa- | munes of France have r. e Cuance Deo. 25 Dea’ tives Grace cannot resist her stereotype fling « the Ream Lincoln. This sort of wartare upon the hard-working and really meritorious jit): artist is not quite worthy of a generonsehearted woman like Grace Greenwood, the more especially az she has had the toleration to warmly praise that feartal abortion, the Ames speech of Dutaure, minister of justice, del ered in the national assemble during the debate two weeks ago, on the petitions for the dissolu tion of that body. Dufanre, in bis remakes spoke ironically of Gambetta, whose speeches, he said, were the cause of needle~s agita- throughout the conntry, and the y by a resolution, directed the Stor. Here we are, in the very midst ot the festivities common to this occasion. [¢ is . cold and dreary day outside, time at my disposal, to wha’ it tham fulfilling & resolay ago, to write a short descr!) + made a month etter regarding carding Of the speech. ‘It is probable | this city to my old, old my 80, Lincoln, and also allows her heart to warm tu- | ihat the action of the nityors in ‘retusivg | urn in W_—that friend, the a Lt Of whose fa- ward those scarecrows, the statues of Roger to placard the speech will lead to the interpella milisr face gisddens my eyes € ta Sherman and Junathan Trumbull, in the racrlae ed signees 2 the meeting of the | Evaaine Stan.” Charleston “pris Statuary ball etna ey SO Oe COG ee ae arenes will AY | vow Set, te, eave in acomenerc view ‘ ——_ sees. -— teen the tutor dammare ons will pay ze dorm | & mserabie town. I know well, that in sayin: More About the Great Storm. vo wren erry ahi d sii this, Lam piecing na Mf under the ban of this community; but ‘truth is truth, and will pre vail.” ‘Tnere are i in auy way decent, as regards n this so called “City by ihe Sen, which all ihe wholesale trade ix conducted each succeeding mouth until May next. | ISASTEKS BY LAND AND BEA. Telegrams trom various points North avd South indicate that the snow of th past fe shascreated much inconvenience in local as weil as general travel, to the great tmpedi- SRIPWRECK. —A dispatch from Horg Kong eave the ship Benares, which left that port September tzth for San’ Francisco, went ashore on the Loochoo Islands, Loxpon, Dec. mevlof business. ‘Crains were stili reported “King,” the retail boulevard, and, iu winter bebind band yesterday at all leading centres. Toe Eaghne, crew were doo’ the regular promenade; * Broad,” the street d Street blockades were particalarly xevere in & voted to banking aud real estate, (with some gecral ttores al-o,) al the east end of which is the post office, (of which, more hereatter,) the which, between # a. m. and scarcely be siried “ne t uth Batter, spot to render whatever quired. New York in Philadeiphia. In Baltimore there was much inconvenience, but no positiv: blocking up of ftreet travel. In places further south, visited hy the storm, the condition ot local travel was very bad, and on all sides re ports were torwarded of trains detained and other inconveniences incident to the occasion Reports continue to come by telegraph of thi losses and sufferings cansed by the snow storm and the intense cold. The WRECKING OF A HALP-DOZEN RTRAMERS by the ice gorge in the Mississippi river at ‘empbis, was mentioned in yesterday's STAR. The tremendous pressure swept them awav from their moorings aud crushed them up a- though they were card board. A number of barges, containing nearly all the coal there was at Memphis, were’carried down in the gorge. avd yesterday the city was almost without eo: The Utah Avatanche. TWELVE MEN BUBIED UNDER THE SNOW. Sat Lake City, Dec. 7.—Bat litte addi tional intelligence has been received from th Cottonwood avalanche. It is asserted that twelve men are distauce of a mile, with frizht- ful speed and force. The storm prevalent pre Vented any warning of its approach until it was up on the line of teams passing at the poin where it crossed the road. Men, mules, wagor- and sacks of ore were carried away like wisps The body of snow where the force of shoveiers are at work is very targe and the work of exc. vation is very slow. One dead body wat reco: ered to-day. The storm continues—rain h ivate residences. ie, lam sorry to sa Un Broad street ©: ings. Walking on it stractare to Tt has.even in its present gold » of dark brown, the i of nt ay wud edifice, with its b The total amountot lo-s in money is $25),u)). | #4 Snow in the mountains. The Caion Pacid. ie of which has, (and bas had, One firm lost +130,000 worth of coal, and only | T#iu is nie hours late irom time immemorial, the enor « i three days supply are lett inthe city. Tae gas eee the town clock, whore tour works are without a day’s supply, anlthe deal- | Ome of the Fy Gang Shot Dead | gre landmarks to every ere have advanced prices $2 per bairel. Two men were crushed by the ice. i > wt Bufialo is over, and the lied as usual. ALL GONE BUT ONE. New Yor, Dec. 25 —A disuatch trom Wil- mington, N.C., ef December 27th, states that Andrew Strong, one of the notorious outlaws ot Scufitetown, was shot dead by @ young man ramed Wilson, whom Strong warned te leave the place. The bety delivered to the sherit!. who immediately paid Wilson 1,0% tor it, which is the standing reward offered by the county for any of the Lowery gang, dead er alive. Wilson is also entitled to $50.090 reward | chimes are also nndays and pu air, for a long ways "rn melodions sour these belonging erently styled 5 jobn- P. Brooklyn isstill partially blocke+ with Ice, but yesterday a steamer from Norfolk succeeded in reaching Baltimore, and anothe: gotouttor Boston. We are just beginning t» Learor comes in si brick structure. THE EPPECTS OF THE GALE AT SEA, from the state. as the only villain of the gang | strect and Fast news of the wreck of three vessels on the a Bow alive is Steve Lowery. | Brortentatious achusetts coasts and the loss of many liv. a a Charleston 4 three-story having been received. ‘The weather was clo Death of a Prisoner tobe Investigated | 9. od its door and owe in every section of the country yesterday after- Partavecraia, Dec. °s.—Tue coroner's jury | Gows (all Wide) are set in oak, noon, light snow being reported one from | to-day rendered averdict that John Tweedie | which contras uti with the materiab Omaha, Oswego, and one or two points in Can. | died om violence received at the hands ot Police Sergeant John A. Rogers, while the for- mer was & prisoner in a cell at the station house on December 11. Tweedie was arrested on a charze of drankenness, but it is believed that be was suftcring from a fit. Of which it le built. On again, at the corner of East Bay, is found the large brown stoue baild- ing, known as Trerbolm’s Bank, and across the street, fronting Broad, is the post office, an oblong building, painted brown, with its bright faccd clock in’ its cupela, and on each sid ada. It was very cold, however, especially in New England the thermometer ranging 10 de- grees above zero at Boston, 2 at Burlington and 9 at Portland. At Baltimore, 3 Cincinnati 25, Detroi , and Montreal zero. a It St. Pa w Orlean~ = = thereof floating the Awerican fiag. ast Bi: had it down to (reezing point, but it may afford ee », : tab is Charleston's commercial street, the eastern us tome constort{to know that at Key West it |, CtCAG0, De rred at Abing- | side of which along i catire length from north to south is dotted with wharves, in audout of which diays loaded to their utmo-t with co bales and other commodgities stream in c ous numbers. The city to~ Business is, of course, only seunds in bearing squibs and crackers ———————_—_——__ TRE CHRISTMAS COLD SNAP ry Cr don, Knex county, il, last night, which de- stroyed the dry goods store of B. Bradbury, the boot and shove store of Marshall & Chipman, ohne residence and two or three smail shops The logs is estimated at $15,000; partly msared. ‘The fre was the work of an incendiary. pe Two Men Scaided Death. Cixcisxatt, Dec. 28.—James Ventres and was 65 degrees al Tur SMaLLvox in WasaineTon.—The ci ot Washington and Georgetown have a populi tion of about 139,000, and the cases of smallpox recently reported run from one to seven a «ay ‘This is regarded as a bad exhtbit of the disease, and as somewhat remarkable in view of the reat width and scrupulous neatness and clean- ve zero. ness of the city, An investigation of the mat- | Andrew Diles, workmen in the Belletont Iron ‘The present bitterly cold snaphast — fC 460.— ter by conterences with the leading physician- | Works, at lronton, Ohio, were scalded to death | Jel in Chicago since the let of é aed no parai- shows that there is not @ single case of smallpox | yesterday while cleaning the botler. ‘The engi- | On that morning & furious 7 went sid in the city of Georgetown, and that neariyevery | Leer. supposing it bad been disconnected, | storm prevailed, aud thet’ | Witd and snow case that has occurred in the city of Washington turned on the steam while the men were in the this winter has appeared in the lower quarter- ~ermometer dropped bowler, The So 2 below 600 C0" ne the foramen of smali-pox as New Yor! more, or any large city.. streets were almo-: " or the city and among the most neglected ——_——_ and we Mow Weert con mon yoo 8 classes of colored people. The distance between Sleighing in PhiladecIphia. and th sew who ventured out of doors sooh re, the houses here, and the abundance of parks PuitavELruia, Dec. 28.—Most ot the street | ented it, and paid for their temert ith oF government reservations, the wide and clean | ears have resumed their trips with Gouble | trozen ears. noses. The thermometer = streets, and the extensive character of loca’ | teams. The sleighing is fine on the outskirts ‘of | terday morning in sume places marked as jo. dmproveinents, al! act as sanitary precautions | the city, and Broad street is alive with sleighs. | as 20 below zero; but, fortunately for comfort, that the physicians say exclude the bility | The weather js splendid and the cold has the wind was comparatively light. Had such ot hoes Sage ed san epidemic through | moderated. Trainsare w arriving with but | gale and storm Prevaiied a® accom; “4 the city. ‘The alarm given a short time sittce | little demotion, 1d spell eight years it would bavenn. Was caused by what should be the rule every. ——_@ sulted in virtually both travel ‘end where. The board of health throws its books Naval App: ous. business.—Chicaco Tribune, 2th. oe op eal ee dee a ee eee wun name ane” Yorx, L ‘28.—it is stated that the sa — — residence and date of removal to _bospita! louse appropriation committee sy FARTEQUARES IN THE NoRraweer.— is published in the daily papers. This adds proved of the appropriation ot #7 "009 tor ae. The earthqrake shocks of December lachron greatty to the fears of the timid, but acts as an | compou: engines, and they wiil ly be | the northwesterm coast, are said to have been Sdditional precaution. The fact, however, re- | constructed in New York and Britons hia. | the Gret ever ielt so far morth. They do not mains that we are relati There only remains an appropriation of $7. corps. appear to have a very severe, aud caused but litte damage. In Portland, Oregon: deliers vibrated and clocks ‘were stomnn, om. z00 im the Indian Territory. Shocks were felt at intervals in A Oregon ees Sr. peor Dec. 23—A dis ‘rom’ City and Pye oT ee ter ernie A, faltronsta | Gibson, Indian Territory, says the epizeotic 1 has | ae well ar at Umatilla, Dalen ed Wailea oe peta aan sal "S scaoe) appeared there, and all the gevernment | the latter place the killed Charles Alien He ean crea ee Tena. “z¢atected. The weather is extreme- ty seconds, officers, and tound armed to the teeth. Ai | yor :,,All the rivers in that section are {c@@en a over with six inches of ice. z i f & i excited crowd assembled and tried to take the latter risor cers, ——_—_o—___ cegr t Seat tchock Seeded in edging the man in fain po llan Seperted Recall ofthe Italian Minis. irdane boliings wg ry committee was organized at once, the sherif | Naw Youre, Dee. 28 It te ee pe =. and his deputies were overpowercd, and Mc- | Count Corti, Italian Minister at Washington, ee Sts Laken from the jailand hanged under | has been recalled. tt toe there will be a va: |. Boston is having s hard time of it. It has the idge ne priso Sone 1 the Britieh-American claims commis- | *™allpox badly, and jast had @ hospital wesriy TxE Wixtse tw Vinciwta.—The snow storm | “0. — for the purpose ot the diseasy Brevalled thro ¥ on Christmas Sut of bearding-houses y and Thureday. The snow ranged in depth in different localities from five to ten ii E au an d neariy a!! railway travel was retarded. In the ee Staunton the farmers are gath- or ii the m was en inche menos in thickness, and were ivened fae a Ba A clergyman told to face the “the stronghold, the other day t] she was Sevastepol of rum.”