Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1873, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. FUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays Excepted, AT THE STAR BUILDING. L- Pepesyivania Avenue, cor. Lith St, 7 ¥ THE EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANT, s WEEK, or FORT? pies at the counter ree months, $1.50; . $3.0; one sear, 85. THE WEEKLY STAR—Published Friday—$1.0 Ryear. BE Invariably in advance, in both’ ‘BO paper sent longer thao paid for. ae ¥=. 42—N2, 6,372. EF Rates of wtvertising furnished on application ifs] q H i f : ! Hl Fd H f i Hs el i | : gE E a A § z f : | i i Ff b it Vd L i i by if i I 7 WASHINGTON 5 : ‘ D. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1878. x ma i: EDUCATIONAL. SPECIAL NOTICES. 7Pu® MISES OSBO! BOARDING AND WwW! Y scHhoeL eit soon 3 wan 3, at street, corner niars may be ob- tetned at the Seboo! and B okstores. Thorough wi instruction by porthern teachers. angz?-Im* ne Old Bye Whisky? MSs ‘M. CONDRON and Miss A. TOLMAN ine Old Rye Whisky, SMITH will reepen their S-tect School for Bye Wi Youne Ladies WEDNESDA ¥, Se; Circulars will be found ut the boc ft Aw U cations may ot ine NADULTRRATED, get i. Ape me may be made to, the Princi: E al a h etreet, after Augnat isa. Pale, at 506 5 ber v Augnst 334. wow ooid Yor apwarde NGLISH, CLASSICAL AND MATHEMATI versal satisfaction; pur Up ii E CAL ACADEMY, large bottles at One Dollar per bottle, of ‘cau be had Comme cf Dunbarton and Montzomery Sireets, inany q % i wn, D.C La we will return the money if this Opens Sevtewere Sta. Cirenla mah Scpcember bots after this ot theschosl | “Rites SS: ero, se Winen— Part somber tet iter thie et the an excellent stock 1a Wines—Port, ‘an cars paes the door Sherry, Ai ES I. NOURSE, Sn._| Kelty island Ostavte any’ he Liquors of all “LEGE, b.¢ Kings. ARTHUR WATTANS, Drogsist, ICAL DEPARTMENT. 33]2-tr Corner of 34 and D streets northwest. ne ou September 2d. For par- La capeN. ge —o sident ofthe College. agczl-2w Mothers, Mothers, Mothe: ser ijk aad @ | _ Don’t failto procure MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTH- ING SYRUP for all diseases incident to the period of teething in children. It relioves the child from colic, reguiates the bowels, and, by and heaith te the child, gives rest to Be sure and call for “MBS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP.” For sale by all druggists. jyl4-ecém oxs EXCURSIONS, PIC NICS, &o. afford the best opportunities for young gentlomen | _~ 12 aud 20 jotice, at the Boox- 0 Fi Wan. | SURRY docs tt give satisfaction or prove as ropro- Sod young indice between the ages of NIGHTS OF P¥THIAS. years. pn THE EVENING SESSIONS WEBSTER AND RELIANCE LODGES, NOS. are especially designed for men and women, end 7 AND 16. athe who are engeged during the day aud seek | CoMBINATION a TO POINT LOOK- promotion. THE BUSINESS COURSE SEMPrives: Business Arithmetic, Grammar, Compo- | ON STEAMER LADY OF THE LAKE, SAT- sition and Gerrespondence, Commercial Geogr: URDAY, AUGUST 93, 1843. Spelling, Reading and Deciamation, Penman Bost leaves 6th street wharf at 10 o'clock p. m., re- Book-keeping applied to the various branches turning ot a.m. Moaday. Ticke-s, 83, Dusiness, Actual Business, Practice, admitting gent and Isdy; extra lady's olitieal Economy, and Incident: ticket, $1 50—to be had’ of mombare ‘The course is tanght in two departme of the Lodges. Btate- Saks & Co. & Eberly, THE PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT AND THE ADVANCED BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. Students in each department are assigned to classes “TBE HATES, OF TUITION, by tho instalment AMUSEMENTS. Blan, place the advantages of the institution withia %, es ((ABS1VAL IN THE MOUNTA THE SCHOLASTIC YEAR BEGINS MONDAY, September | = AN ABLE OOKPS OF INSTRUCTORS om- ROCKBRIDGE ALUM SPRINGS, receive the Diploma of the Na 2 of Busines Colleges ntar formation call at the College, or freular ‘rooms can be secured at A. 316 7th strect northwest, and of Roth 1033 7th street northwest." augis-5:" ‘The management of this popular summer resort > _ bas kindly permitted the use of hie geounde, come H. ©. SPENCER, President _ prising several acres of land, and. the Inrecet end MUSICAL AC\DEMY nest lawn in the mountains of Virginia, for the Dreger Bact, Navy Yer, purpose ot bolding the Washing? pe, r, 4 sDal chrieweae ter, 19 GRAND CARNIVAL, Young Meu's Christian Asso: which will commence iD stree ESD. D WEDNESDAY MORNINGS, and 27th. The opening exercises Scottish _games—Sack KR. and Heavy Hammer Throwing, Leap! Bacing by twenty boys, Quoit row Racing, etc.,cte.,¢te, The amusements will be continued the entire day, to be succeeded at night by the GBAND CARNIVAL, which will begin its triumphal march, headed by « fine brass band, passing over the lawn, which will be gorgeously decorared with variegated lig begh arches, with nat al flags et apother, and forming beautiful eye terepereed al! over the grounis, #) that have been be profuse! Soe amg al sion; alse. Balloon Ascsnsion will be conducted, rising at r°@ iar intervals during the night. 1a or: der to make this REALISTIC PANORAMA & great snccess, the services of the well-known and far-famed costumer, Mr. L. MOXLEY,of Waahin: August the » be had will begin w at the Library Bagtish | resume the regular @ Ist, at 929 T st Goxeaca COLLEGE : iT 7, on, have beep secured, and, iu conjunction with his Between Novth Ci se. streets able assistants, will assume tie fullcontrol af the pro See ee BW: | meen, See hein cache ee Spolaatic exercises, will be resumed on MON- | | wine Wedveeday. at different times of the day, wn- DAY, September 1st, 1373. Ul the evening, when the great feature of toe event, _ sogié-toc.1 JAMES CLARK, Prosidevt. | 40 unprecedented M85.3-4cn2cs WILE REMOVE HeReE- MASQUERADE BALL LECT SCHUOL FUR BOYS to 933 13th Fill teke place. with asteunding <c/at, in the new Street, where she will resume ker daties SEPTEM. DI of i BER Yorn, and endeavor to merit a centinuation Biom of themain building of the Hotel. This of | magnificeat feature will concinde with a the generous patronage which bas been bestowed Eince js, Mra. P- may be seen at the above nom. CHAMPAGNE SUPPER, aug ber afer September Ist im" | tendered by the proprietor. Committees have beon ya OOLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY, Sppeinted, who will spare no effort to aid the man- WASHINGTON, D.C. agement in making this an affair unequaled by any Bre 13 Pereors Department opens SEPTEM- | that has ever takem placein the mountains of Vir- nia, Fhe Columbian College opens SEPTEMBER 17. EXCURSION TICKETS e Medical Oullege pent ‘ = ‘The Law School opens OCTOB fk S. = be tpereh pw all Lag gpm citiaee maich oe For cataloguns, containing fall particulars in re- | 1e€00d until October Sih, carrring passengers di ard to terme and courees 0 FELLING Let De _ | will be supplied for all visitors, but where large par- anghiccg 7 {MEE O. WELLING. EE. Ds | tien wists weit to bast to tlemoen me nine a Rand thereby preci: essary 5 RR 24450 BORRDING AND DaY scHOOL isbn tem panne FOR BOYS, 1 JAMES A. FRAZIER, Proprietor. 145 Laneale Street, near Park Avenue, Or» No.) Om Exhibition and Sale) Nzw No BALTIMORE, Mo. rset ar Haier WM.D. MARTIN, 4.M., Principal, assisted MARKRITER'S, b gradustes of the University of Virginia. Breach street, between streets Sod Gcrman tanght by experienced ative mastsrs. | 8°- 439 7gh strect, between D and street, eight all Beason commences September 15th “ Catalognes, with fall particulars sent to any ad- eon Pail engravings, Ghromos, ec. areas i%-4m | guadec, Pictures, Bramen, Picture Cotte aed Tos, LAY SCHOOL OF THE OCOLUMBIAN | sls, Biogs, Nails, &c., in the District. __ UNIVERSITY, a a . WASHINGTON B.C. cumatee Ew Please remember Name and Number. jel-1y' Zoe tneasinee se TLE 3 LL KINDS OF -OFF WEARL z Sof October oct; Profesors TYLER and Bes. | A Ut, RENDS OF Cast oF very Poot advantage DY, will continue res: todirect the stodie. | by gadresst Prec oman aa oan hye gb mn the Difficaltics fares. 0 watered by Youn, Practitioners in the Le rman t iy Sttanded to, Qnah paid. 113 Wi'te ‘elitered by ORORGE 4 VED GOLD. SILVER, BRASS, COPPER, ER. I be ‘elivered by Geonck ¥. appre. 1 Ed . a5 . + oft © Washington bar, eat F micas bought and vol me \DUATE COURSE of "« in- ended facie is hogal Praticg tas tree soetlicet hy | Lees Fenueriranin arene, he attendance fect’ themselves, ta the SUMMER RESORTS. ts Iwling office work and Bethe of jad! cial procedure im all Kinds of conrts, TSE PINKY FOUny MOxsl.,, department will be cond by the Hop. CHARLES C. NOTT. Asociste | ruts gelightfal POINT, MARYLAND. Judge of the United States Court of Claims. Price of tomac river, equi-distaat tickets for the whole course, $35. augd-to8 a Washingt, i RN RYLAND COLLEG: leased (by, the, xndersigned for 'a term of wes! TCDBNTS OF ROTH SENES ty gor ent Will be open for the reception 5 DISTINCT D&PARTMENTS, of June Under the new the has been WESTMINSTER, MD. tnoronghiy Like ee oo ingen ceiatee ‘This Institute is under the «pscial ronage of | Superior former season. table the Maryland Annual Coufercuce of the Methodist | supplied with all the delicacies of the season frou Protestant Charch. but ts strictly free from any sec. | the Norfolk, Baltimore and W: markets. tariapism, either in its course of study or ruies of | | Amusemente—Bowling, Billiards, > Fish- discipline. Male and female students recite in sep- EP ora St Opeler Lowe Qaoit A arate classes, but ail have the advantage of instruc- Crab or Lunch will be served daily. of ving charge o “ * month; children ——— Professor having charge of the sta fe Sk 9% per ‘The Vice-President, Bev Dr. Nichols, the Pre- jyi-tm }. R. PARKER, Proprietor. ress (M Owings), and several othe: der eithe Bacaity, reside inthe Co tage basting = SCMPEB BOARD. we constant oversicht of boat stadente. ‘Fhe course of study ve ‘aorowsaytnder a competnat | g Twenty, ‘ve eddttional BOARD corps of thirteen Inspectors." The Ninth Semi- TUTE, o moderate terms. Good Annual Session wili begin SEPTEMBER 2. 1x73 presale San ine woonery * wor partica = yo 08. W. LAKE, “sale Aldie, Loudon Go... Vi iE "or pray ~4 ‘tar’ ain ‘Tuition in Collegiate nction in Music (with use of CORNS, &e. D3 WHITE, CHIKOPODIST, most respest- Uy informs his patrons that’ his establish ment. No. 536 15th street, opposite U.S. Treasury, having been thoroughly renovated, is now open for the season BE 2 rnc Considering the great amount of duty the feet are RYE IET ACADEMY, Poroncenram, gbliged to perform, and their exposure to the dis- ¥ —Work recommences September Lith. Boye, | treming effects of constant climatic chauges, iit. atti 116 tm.’ | fitting shows, &c., they Reed eccastonal attention in _ ~ order that they be Kept fu « Coutfortable and nactat ion, aod as there. ts rin tamper: LADIES’ GOODS. {ng with corns with knife, ‘raror, or ‘any “other Ga: = gultable appliagces, thousands of persons coms from €ST_LOOK —Ten TUCK 5 Si and near to visit the practically experienced ns WELLER'S Tie Machee Base Tas" Qhiropodist, in order to better inure safety, com- gw fe = : MISS McCOBMICK, abt. White Femoves comne without} ‘wore ease immed! ‘aher 09 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUB.' waccesefully treats Bunions, Cla and Excrescences, and other constantly on hand « fine asertment of is, Vascular be Feot, and, if the advice given be ob- Served, a permancut cure la effected without loss of IMPORTED BONNETS, time to the patient. STRAWS, CHIPS, : Office hours from 8a.m.te p.m. Fee, FLOWERS, RIBBONS, ae., | tablished in Washington, D. O.. is6i. FUBas etrccteet Veter CAPs ona Corr. oO THE Lapres, B LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF LADIES TUITE, selling at reduced prices, at _) 3. HELLER'S, 715 Market Space, S™"rine BPOT, ‘The deep interest ‘on feel in the condition of your 617 SEVENTH STREET, rs ‘attention. I’ have jase i. femtr Opposite Patent Ose. | “red: 1, ‘cked -frot Chemises, @1 front Chemises, par ais Fine Welzet cite, toc 23 Pi 4 Four ¥ “T rir i ie Grig’ plated Bracelets Ei eat ‘hatelaine fe the bowt Ruy RS pany With a great many other new goods, at Basiin "IF imparts « bewatital glow to the faorie, Pt BBHAM & CO., Manafactarerr, BILVEREERG'S Saale iy heads) 2 METROPOLITAN DOLLAR STORR, — 319 SEVENTH STREE®, Nuak PENRSTLCANIA AVENGER. woe Een opps, Cel ae. oe Dee eer nee crear ee” | wus 368 Pou iP tae, pes = tse I § l t 1 Hi i TESTIMONY OF 5. 8. HOWISON. Iam President of the Potomac Ferry pany I wish to state that Captain Gedney Jeft with all matters pertaining to our boats; he called my attention to the discrepan tween the certificates of fi ad him to see Mr. Saville it rectified at once. CAPTAIN GRDWRY Atthe time thé inspection was made did you give any direction to the Inspectors as to th number of passengers you wished to carry? A. Q. Did you direct any one else? A. No sir. Q. Where was the captain atthe time? A He was sick with the small inspected on the 24th, he Q. Who could it have been that told the in- Spector to put in fifty? ; Mi joswell, the pilot, was acting captain al Q. What day did you cate on the bo: i _EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip, INTERNAL REVENUE.—The receipts from this source to-day were $535,995.75. ISTANT SECRETARY of the Treas- ury Sawyer did not arrive this morning, as was expected. He will probably be at his post BURNING OF THE WAWASET, Official Investigation of the Disaster, i i i ; f t [ | i F Hl it fi i LEVIN PALHEB'’S END. His Crime an Outrage on a Young Girl. TESTIMONY BEFORE THE TREASURY BOARD TO-DAY. if 54 i The official investigation into the causes lead- ing to the Wawaset disaster was resamed this morning at the Treasury department. LORENZO BROWN, JANES WEST HANCED AT BALTINORE, The Crime for which he Suffered Death coount ofthe Criminal and his Victim, cial Dispatch to 1 Augast 22d, 1s ing Jt aes West, colored, suffered the extrome penalt) of the taw in the jai! th for the murder of bis param oth of March last. this © casion was the one {Special Dispatch to The Star.) Battiwors County, August 22, 1873.—This morning, Levin Palmer, & mulatto, suffered death on the scaffold in the jail yard at this place for the crime of rape, committed on the person of a white girl named Mary Sengle, about nineteen years old, on road, northeast of Baltimore, f August, 1870. high ground about the jail affording an oppor- tunity for outsiders to view the hanging, and the wishes of the neighbors that the execution rivate as posatble, the sheriff, jetermined to carry the sentence into effect at as early an hour a8 possible. To this the prisoner made no objection whatever, but on the other hand desired’ not to be made an exhibition of, and yesterday he requested that the sheriff would carry out the sentence a at once; but this request was of Tue INDIAN CHIEFS Santanta and Big Tree arrived at Honston yesterday, under guard from the penitentiary, en route for Fort Sill, where a council is to be held between Secretary Delano and Governor Davis and the Kiowa and Comanche tribes. . PResipeNT GRANT and party arrived in Saratoga Wednesday evening and a reception was held there at noon yesterday, when about five thousand people were presented to the President. He has enjoyed his trip exceedingly, and is in excellent health and spirits. NAVAL ORDERS were issued to-day as follows: Ordered—Lieut, John T. Sullivan to the Frolic; Lengnecker to duty at the Torpedo Surgeon J. B. Ackley COLORED PIREMAN, Towsontor, x; the boat was ed on the 2th of Q. Do you know ,the nature of an oath? vhat does it mean? A, It means kissing Ww many berths were there in the fire- man’sroom? A. Two. Q. Who oceupied them? A. Me and another t up the new certil at four or five di jon was made; the boat mi one trip without any papers; posi were put up within a week after the 2th o} Owing to the man. Q. Did you sleepin the room? A. Not in the summer; it was too warm. . Was there a lock to the room? . Who carried the key? A. There was no key; it was never locked. Any body could goin? A. Yes, sir. A. No, sir; the other fire- should be as Mr. Kobinson, = execution more privat. ly conducted than on 2 order d the gallows to be taken dow a reere ted between the jail building and the penitcntiary. This prevented thousand witnessing ‘the execution this wouk! have otherwise overlooked WEET's CRIME. Weston the night of the 13th of Mare! attacked the woman, Annie Gibson, w hatchet, inflicting wounds which caused her death in two days. The; as man and wife TESTIMONY OF EPHRAIM NASH. Am a farmer; reside in Northumberland county, Virginia; was a passenger on board the ‘Wawaset; was in the forward part of the boat when the alarm was sounded; I went aft after seeing the smoke; had been there but an in- stant when somebody quiet, the boat will be Q. Do you smoke? Station, Newport. R. 1; ai to the naval hospital at the navy yard, Pensa- Fia.; Gunner W. ©. Seymour and Car- ies F. Humphreys to the receiving ship Potomac, at Philadelphia; First Assistant B. Carpenter to the navy yard at Q. Did you ever see him smoke in that room? A. No, sit; he was not allowed to smoke there, matches in that room’ A. e matches were kept in the engine ‘Were you in that room any time between lock and the disaster? Q. Was any one eise in there? A. 1 did not see any one. Q. ‘are you certain no matches or lamp was in that room? A. Yes, sir. Q. Didn't you machinery? A. No morning who . Did you kee: ne back and said k ached in a moment; ‘en climbed up on the deck bythe metalic life boat; something was said about loweri: boat, when a deck hand said let it alone; ed to see if any means were at hand to lo" and did not; it'was shoved overboard and ored man jumped with it; I then climbed up to found the fire coming I then jumped into the PALMER'S VICTIM. The victimof the outrage, at the time stated above, was in company with an oldman named blackberries on German Hill, ard and this man Palmer at- and knocked down the girl, accomplished their hellish pur- was much excitement in the com- THAT £10,000,000 Gotp Dericit Story Acain.~The New York Sun rehashes in its Washington correspondence, the old story con- cerning the ten million coin deficit in the . The attention of Secretary Richard- been called to it he reiterates his ablished in Tuz Star, t of a deficit is false in every par- r. Conant, chief of the warrant di- vision, is emphatic in his denial of the trutbful- ted ns on this point,and red the charge might just as well have charged any amount su; sted to them as the amounts claimed to Bickel. picki and wa Priteh ad old. The woman's @ was frequently quar- tr old man, and, the hurricane deck, up to the waiking beam: bow of the boat and too! im any waste from the were you on watch that morn- stay in the fire-room all the time? ‘ot all the time; I generally filled up my fires and then went On deck about twenty min- utes. active measures were taken to secure the arrest of the parties, and in three the 6th of January follow: ‘is escape, leavin, tter war convi statement, heretofore I think on the port passengers cou! from the aft forward up till the time the boat struck; saw none of the officers taft to save the lad loubt the intention o! was good, but saw nove of them but Mr. Wheel- er attempt to rescue an: e side of the hurricane dec and sentenced to death, and on the 29th of September, 1871, he expiated his crime on the gallows. REARREST OF THE ESCAPED PRISONER. Palmer, after escaping in January, isTl, tra- veled considerably, but in December last. while in Easton on his way to see his mother, was hended again and brought here.’ On ‘th of May last, his case having been removed the county, was tried in the Criminal Court of Baltimore city, Judge Gilmer—Mr. A. aring for the state, and K. A. A. Rogers for the prisoner. A veraict of guilty was rendered after the wit- nesses—the victim and Mr. Bickel—had testified positively that be was the guilty party. A DENIAL AND SUBSEQUENT CONFESSION OP ‘aseertio! says these who manufactui you off watch when the fire broke A. No, sir; would not be off for a half Q;, Where were sou when the fire was disoov- passengers. = ? le 1e Sk A On ste karsioans deck, cliter A. Lhave an impression I did; I am not quite tive of the fact; I could not swear to it; it distinct Impression on my m| Q. Did you see him take liquor ir. Q. Do you think after the fire occurred there to extinguish it? the doors between the saloon had been closed, so as to have stopped the draft, it would have prolonged the fire until after the boat beached, and it would have mitigated the disaster; if the boat had been stopped, the small boats might have been lowered and life pre- servers distributed. Q. Do you think if there had been a fire de- partment aboard that boat they could have doze any good with the pamps? A. [hardly consider myself competent to judge; 1 saw no negligence, before or after the lire, on the part of the officers of the boat. George Parker, Tue Transit oF Venus.—The Navy depart- ment has nearly completed its plan of opera- tions for observing the transit of Venns in De- cember, 1874, and for which Co: propriated one hundred and fifty thousand will be fitted out and full ents and apparatus for most accurate obser- ion and representation of the transit. of these parties will be distributed in the south- ern hemisphere by government vessels, while oints in China, jons will probably ry: Q bs the gop ee ve beegohured ind on watch to oil the suachinery e other ‘stall? A. No, Kere anything in the ficeman’s room e fire without a matcn being put ‘Ping but the bed. it wonld not take fire unless aflame was of five persons each, that would tak 'y equipped with instru- 2 was a possibilit do not; I think Leo. Knott ap) - up with other men. He was Q. Did you ever goin that room after dark’? on the 28th of June, and « had strong hopes of the i ecutive he shortly after aration for death, a er, who died when was a Catholic, he sent for « priest, ant / eral weeks past has expressed himsel! as be fully prepared to meet his (ate WHAT THE PRISONER & West yesterday sent for Warden personally thanked him for good ¢ while in his custody. week or so ago he felt as if he did not waut die, but now that he had realized the conwia- ion of religion he was no longer afrai believed that he had made his peace with and was satisfied for the law to take its In regard to bis crime he said he could not realize how he had ever committed murder. He thonght that the witnesses might have been more lenient towards him, but he bore no iti- will toward anyone. Father Noonan, rector of St. Francis Navier's Church, (colored,) and the Oblate Sisters of Providence, colored, were assiduous in their attentions to jous needs of the prisoner yesterday. ‘oonan was with the condemned man , and the officers of the ows @ great deal more had been expected of him. EFFORTS FOR A COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE. A few days ago a petition, numerously signed, was sent to Governor Whyte, asking that the sentence be commuted to imprisonment for life, to which the following answer was received: Cannot be stationed at Japan and Siberia. Expedit leave New York next May, and be absent the greater part of the year. WasuincTosians ix Evrore.—The follow- ing Washingtonians were registered in Paris August 2d :—Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Phelps, Geo. H. Skidmore, Mra. E. ©. Skidmore, Mrs. 8. S. Smith. London—Mrs. fH. Chamounix, July Brussels, July Brockenbroagh, J. B. Flagg, Q. When you went in that room after dark, did you take a lamp with you? A. No, sir. JORN FORMAN r. At this time he persistently denied his guilt, and did so until the 24th of July, asserting that at the time of the commission of the crime he was at sea. In July, however, he made a clean breast of his participation in the commission of the outrage, and then turned religious matters, and placed himself under the instructions of Rev. J. B. Stitt, of the Metho- dist Episcopal chureh, and within a few weeks past has stated that he experienced religion te glory; indeed, was anxious for the coming of the day when he should leave this world. e was quite young Q. Do you know the nature of an oath? A. I do, Q. How did you come to godown stairs before Thad been down about fifteen ta the deck hands on the fore- would go on wateh in less than jour, and { went into the fireman's room to get my overhauls, and discovered the fire. What did you'see? A. { saw the smoke fire opposite the back ‘connection; back is attention to minutes talki castle; I knew passenger, was ex- Barnard, Mrs. idence failed to elicit any ad- ditional facts. CAPTAIN GEDNEY, RECALLED. ‘The life-boat was on the hurricane deck, aft of the wheelhouse, with a bow and a stern line attached to let it down; have never exercised the men in lowering the boats; a boat was low- ered at several landings each tri was no difficulty in get Tiffany Rich, colored, a passen; id testified that his wife and child were burned up on the boat. No new points by the witness. At 1:30 o’clock the investigation adjourned sine die. Mr. Rose gave notice that the re of the commission would appear at an early ames W. Miller, and family, H.T. Man- fen, July 23— s. Prague, July 20M Mrs. N. P. Chipman, Mra. Ray. Geneva, July 30— A. Edwards, David Edes, Eats, John T. Hedrick, Mr. and Mrs. iteomb, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Chipman, smoke-box we call it. Q. What was burning? A. Well, I couldn’t say; I didn’t stay long enough to see; I went on WHAT HE SAID ABOUT HIMSEL?. He stated that his mother was not married, and that he believed his father wasa white man named Murray, and that he received bat little as barely able to spell out a few He was alight mulatto, 52 years oid, h, rather stout, weighing 1 an intelligent look. and raised on Tighiman’s Island, Talbot remained there yntil deck and reported it. Q. Did you see the other firoman? A. Yes, in . Do you smoke? A. Yes. . When? A. Well, when I am off wateh; I never smoke on watch. In THE DUVALL CouRT-MARTIAL now pro- gressing at Annapolis private Purcell, of the marines, yesterday testitied to being present at He did not see but heard the gun to the best of his knowledge leved Dr. Ivuvall fired the he, Purcell, was struck on the thumb and inst regulations for an officer to wt privates. The line the cross examination, feet 6 inches or 150 pounds, born > you ever use a lamp in that room? A. r. county, Maryland, a: 16 years of age, when he went to Baltimore and worked on some of the vessels engaged in In 1865 he went to Washington in the 39th colored regiment, in » being in the battles at , Fort Harrison ‘isher. He then returned to Balti- in shucking oysters until A Q. When you opened that room what did you A. The side of the room site the bed and clothing; it was the board Q. Have you any idea how that A. [have not, unless it caught from the back Q. Did you ever feel that tain how warm it get rather warm. WM. 0. SAVILLE RECALL when it was fired; think was burning # and belief, he bell until late last eveni use physical fot of defence, as shown will be that Dr. Duvall did not kno: were marines. It will be endeavored. lish the fact that when the place the doctor considered the perso to bestruck, and merely shot artition to ascer- . Well, it would 1867, when he enlisted in the the vessel on which he, with while on the way to Fort Fisher was wrecked, and he saved himself by swimming, and reached but went as a sailor before the wed that life up to the time of his arrest and during the interval in which be wasa fugitive from justice. HIS PRISON LIFE. she has devoted almost his entire time to religious exercises, several of the prisoners in the jail who ing in the exercises wit! ‘8 few days ago went to his cell to take his measure for his coffin and shroud, and he refused to allow any measurement to be taken. saying that he was 5 feet 6 inches high, and there was no use of any more measu also made the req that be a white one and the c: Sunday last his uncle NARROW ESCAPE OF WA HINCTONIANS — Drawing Lafa; tte Cha; ‘Down Mount Washington— Nobody Hurt. [Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.) Bran Hoves, N. H., August 22.—The loco- motive engine broke coming down Mount Washington with Lafayette Chapter of Wash ington city on board. None killed or injured from Washington, and all arrived on foot here late last night. ——_o—__ New York Notes, THE WEATHER. New York, August though cloudy, bas The wind is southeast. A SECOND COMPANY OF MERNONITES from Crimea came by the Halsatia yesterday. It includes eight families and fifty Like their predecessors, ging about $100,000 i art, Indiana. A BENEVOLENT SCHEME ABANDONED. ‘The building on 4th avenue, owned by A. T. Stewart, erected for single and wid there they could live ted ier purposes, ing deemed impossi to establish a house such as Mr. Stewart pro- Wx. Pinckyey Wayte.” warden, wrote to th jecton the 2th, and received Yeux Horst, August 21.—Dear Ir- vine: I have your favor of the 20th. sufficient reason to interfere. could justify the use of such a weapon nseless woman. Society and its protvec- tion demands just such penalties for the terror of evil_doers, and the sooner the lawless stand that sharp punishment follows crime the Ws. Prmcxyry Wayrs.” LETTERS OF THE CONDEMNED AN. This morning a number of letters were hand- ed to the reporters for publication, having been dictated by West to « friend, he being unabie I believe one day I was about the Alexandria boats, Captain Gedney came to me and said, “Has the Wawaset been reduced in her certifi- course. = Mr. Irvine, the THE WEATHER CHRONICLE just issued from poy Ted the office of the chief signal officer of the army for the week ending yesterday says: “Durin, the past week an area of bigh barometer, wit northeasterly winds and much cloud: and rain has continued in and north of New England and in the middle Atlantic states. A storm cf considerable ma; eastward from Iowa across is followed bi about as followsin the di . Lawrence valley, 5.29 inches; New atic states, 2.91; T ead, ‘*I betieve not;” I am inspec! boilers, and did not think he had refere Iney the certificate had told him it bad not No provocation not been cut aon according to my knowledge. JAMES D. LOWRY, inspector of boilers, was recalled, and testified as to the true copy of the certificate of inspee- tion in the hands of the board of examiners. TESTIMONY OF LOUIS F. CLEMENTS. Am inspector of customs in Georgetown; was not @ passenger on board the Wawaset; know nothing of the burning; was on the ferry wharf one day and Captain Gedney called mein and to be troubled because the W: take, he had better see the inspectors and have it fixed; heasked me tosend them down if I saw them; I said I would; about a week after | ‘and I said, “Did don’t know whether he understood not. » Do know Q. Tow did tee reseed stand last year The record last year stands for one hundred and For the past few nitude has passed he lower lakes and second depression now in the im. i him. Sheriff —_ oy = The weather, al- 1¢ appearance of chan, a ain fell all night’ = rs nd, 1.86; middle At! south Atlantic states, 0.53; western gulf states, 0. 0.21, upper lake region, Tennessee, 0.46; up) lower Missouri valley, Prorosep CoLony or TemPLans.—The fol- lowing letter was received this morning Ly the Chief 6f the Bureau of Statistics: NEWCASTLE On Tyne, August 8, 1873. to form a Templar Colony in some part of the world where the soil is good and the climate healthy. I am getting informa- tion from the following countries—British Guiana, and some other South American lands. To this 1am auxious to add the United States. One plan would include the settlement of 200 families, for which we would need some whefe about 30,000 or 40.000 juested get from you, the follow'ng lower lake region, Ohio valley ai per ‘Mississippi vail Minnesota, 0. several friends , and spent several hours in singing . Yesterday his mother called again leave of him and the parting was quite assured her that all wae well with soon be at rest. During the morning he dictated to a fellow prisoner the 7 are to do, . They start for at ng he him that he would lowed womeng- LETTER TO HIS MOTHER, BROTHERS AND SIs- TERS: “IT now give you the last day of my life, my last obedient with this sad heart, to think that would not come to see me, but St ae of your own kno’ CHEAP TRANSPORTATION. America, British in ‘the Georgeto: chairman thank God it is east and west. has informed his associates that nearly five hundred prominent firms have the call, while many branches of the trade bave not yet been Mr. Si man says the movement merchants with whom he knew nb issue t gener: probat for signatures to the call for the meeting will continued until all the business interests have an opportunity to be represented. zB cnet! Beod ‘MURDEI to information on hat states free grants are still ob- fainable in such quantity as to meet the nds? The new colony, wherever erected, an anti-liquor, or Maine law constitu- to be favored at ‘your earliest con- I have the honor to be, sir, yours most obediently, the to have alicense? tell the truth, before this disaster 0) ir. it was welcomed b; versed, controlled by R ieee feeding in'the 5 ne) en l was past f sin, I did not love say Father's voice, | ut it was Jesus that loved my soul. It hat that made me whole. Now Iam no more . Lloved to be controll at found out my’ mistake. TEATIMONY OF JOSEPHA R. SPRARGY. The canvass marked, “It is not such ® bad-looking thing, after all.” He was then given his breakf! and at about 7 o'clock bis Am captain of a tug-boat. I heard Mr. Clements say last Sunday afternoon that he Witiram Isaac Kay, D. S.J. T. of Northumberland. To thé Honorable E. Young, Chicf of U. 8. Bureaw knew that the papers were aboard the boat for 150 passengers, and that they were recorded in Georgetown for 50. LEWIS F. CLEMENTS RECALLED. 1 did not see the new inspection of the Wawa- set since it has been putup. The remark I made to Captain Spransy was, that it was my impres- sion that the boat could carry 150 passe: based upon the fact of the conversation I have related of a previous interview had with Capt. state of semi-intoxicat' n, quarreled with aenahiec foment ssl ht injure b caliea aughter ing he mm jure her Ne . ig whom, James Brod- into the room and en ‘her away from the poor woman, whom he wa: savagely beating, when he turned on him and with alarge knife stabbed him twice in the heart. Ob my Gud! my Life! my Love! Thee I call. Oh come *o me And be my God, m: ‘Oh! good Jesus, P: from heaven above on her two brothers, c eavored to take hii An Important Decision AGainst THE GoveRnMENT.—Judge McKennon, presiding in the United States circuit court, now sitting at filed an opinion in the road company vs. John B. Kenny, which may be of interest to railroad companies generally and other railroad paying ‘The defendant was a col internal revenue, and attempted to collect a tax upon the dividend declared by thecompany on the 30th of November, 1870, under the pro- visions of the act ot July 14, 1870. The com- pany resisted and brought suit. Judge McKen- non has decided that the act of July 14, 1870, does not apply to dividends declared during that year, thus sustaining the position taken by the company. BRILLIANT Victory ror Tag Rervsticans The Spanish Minister of War has received dispatches announcing that a battle jiace near Berga between the repub- Carlist insurrectionists, which re- sulted in a brilliant victory for the former. After a di ite conflict the insu terly defeated, with a loss of ninety and three hundred wounded. Among the latter are Generals Seballs and Tristany. The siege of Berga has been raised and the in- surgents are in full retreat. THE CHINESS SHOmMA! A North i) rince of peace, give me poace. My Jesu. dear, my King divine, Is come io me from beaven above. He chose my heart for bi He therc become my dail: With hir ‘iesh my soul is fed. my cnild, bat it shall be Not onc step longer than is best for me, And houaealt how, at last, when thou shalt how I did take thy hand straight led to heaven's gate my Philadelphia, y ase of in gaining the second floor, when he fe!l dead. Meanwhile his gel 22, interfered and the father madea lenge at him and stabbed him once, very nearly in the same place, but with- him fatally. At this in art secured Brode was perfectly mad with rage. The whole fami- ly resided on the forth floor, and were cartmen by occupation, an: almost always quarrelling. Broderick had becn drinking hard for some days and at the sta*ion house professed to know nothing of the bloaty deed. IMPOR 8 OF DRY GOODS for the week, $.,315.373; merchandise, esti- ated, $4,300,000; total, een $1,000,000; dry goods TESTIMONY OF SAMUEL W. COX. brother, John, si On the morning after the disaster I went into the Potomac Company's office, and found Mr. Clements and Mr. Saville there; they were talk- ing about passengers on board steamboats. the course of the conversation Mr. Clements said the Wawaset was limited to carry ft the office with the impression Saville and Mr. Clements nnder- t was allowed to cary 150 pas- sengers. Mr. Saville did not say so, but Mr. Clements did in his presence. TESTIMONY OF ASA P. SNYDER. Am book-keeper; reside in South Washing- ton; had been in the habit of going to the Wawaset every Sunday evening on business with the bar-keeper; in’t find him, =< “Dear mother, brothers and sisters, I am this P form you, andall the world that Tene aoe with the Lord Jesus ihave made my £ 4 < Fi ey i § t : i a GOING TO PAY UP. [t is stated in ‘ue Sheriff's office to-day Controller Green sent word that he (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.) Battiwors, August 2. — Two occurred i : a | .KERS NOT ON A STRIKES. if peetizze Hie i i Bee Ls i E i : =. H Hi pS PISS Gov. Waker, of Virginia, has deliver the aldress before thé agricultural society at the fair in i i if ii E i i