Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1873, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. , PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays Race ted, | AT THE STAR BOTLDING | Pemnsylvania Ayecuae, cor. lita St. EVENING STAR. | __DOUBLE SHEET. Washincton News and Gossiy), Juvinest Kavance.- The ressipts from thie petree to-day were ST 7 Tee Rovss Com rency |s regarded yf ing ant Car- | tz.tioa. Baxeor, Me,, bas applied for the Iet or | 5 esriersys em. Coxxrsstosea Suota, of the Puliaa reaa | leexpected to return from St. Maal on Tacstay or Wednesday of next week. Tur Sexare Committee on Forcign Rel | Yions will hold iis first regular meeting on Taes- | @ay nest ad | ‘Tee Sexaty Transportation Committes will leave Washington on its southern trip adoat | the Ith instant. Cart. Tuomas Pattison reports to the Navy department the arrival of the U.S. S. Richmend, under bis command, at San Fran- cisco, forty days from Valparaiso. Tax Navy DerartMent received a tele- mto-day stating that the iron clad steamer janhattan left Wilmington at 5 o'clock this morning for Key West. ‘Tue wowrwatron of Elinu asthe next repnd- liean candidate for the Presidency deesn’t rever- Derate so much as it might. The atmosphere is too foggy.—Hoston Post. Srorat onpers from the War department of the Sd instant extend four months the sick leave of Major Elisha H. Ludington, assistant inspector general, and given him permission to go beyond sea. Tue SexaTE Committee on Privileges and Elections, of which Mr. Morton is chairman, met to-day and took up the credentials of the Louisiana contestants, Messrs. McMillen and Pincbback. Senator West appeared as counsel for Pinebback, McMillen defends his own case. Navat Onpzrs.—Lieut. Commander C. Schulze, to the maval rendenvous at New York. Detached: Master \. G. Paul has ported hi- return home, baving been de mm the Saco, Asiatic Station. mo, and bas been placed on waiting orders. Sreaker Brag, when the committee on mileage was announced yesterday, said that although mileage to members had been abol ished. nevertheless they were allowed their traveling expenses, and it was to andit the ac counts ari-ing ohtof the latter payments th: be deeme:t it necessary to have such a commit- tee. Born Horses 6 RESS baring adjonrn- ed until Monday, Senators and Representatives were as thick as bees to-day in tue Executive departments. Among those who called apon President Grant were Speaker Blaine, Senators . Ramsey, Bore Ames, Robertson. 9 bert, Killinger, Farwell, Tremarne and the entire Missouri a nm, West, Carpenter, | Mesars w and ‘Pax Pexrteyts. sentatives and a dozen Senators have signifiet an intention to write speeches on the repeal of the salary bill. A meeting of the House Special Committee on the subject was held yesterday bat ne bill was agreed upon to be reported. The committee directed their chairman to ask for an ezder to have all the bills introdaced on the subject printed so that they may have them | regniarly before them, and from wh | hope to be able to agree upon a bill which will | meet the unanimeus support of the comn Persoxat—Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe now in Washington, is on her way to her winte: home on the St. John’s river, Florida. -*--3en ator Norwood, of Georgia. has arrived in this city. ‘The widow of Hon. James Brooks sailed for Evrope last week with her danghter Mrs. Brooks is not in the of health, ant seeks a genial climate in which to pass the | winter. Mr. and Mrs. Gouverneur Morris, nee Carnes, will spend a part of the win son in Was m. ----E. A. Upt Mass.; Kev. Chas. M. Dupey. Philadelphia; and Anthony and wife, It. i, are at Willard’ Thomas §. Scott, the railroad king, is in town. No Detres ow Cente 1. Goons.— tary Kiebardson bas written a lett.r to Gen. R. Hawley, president of the U. S. Centennia’ Commission, informing him that goods brought inte the United either of the ports c Reston, New York, Baitimore Portland, Me., Port San Francise mat the International tion, to be held in Phila delphia in ibe allowed to go forward to such exposition buil - vision of custom: how: ty, and at ose of the exposition wil! be allowed to go forward from the port from whieh they are to be exper No duties will be levied upon such goods unless entered for consumption in the United Stat 8 ern) aoe | in naval efrcles rega ¢ ¥ V2. 42—N2. 6,462. Arxtety About ihe Steamer Kansas. REASONS WAY IP is PRAKKD SHE MAY RB LOST There is ve dguising the fact that anxiety ting the safety of the United States steamer Kaneas increases with @icbh parsing beur. The vessel loft New York Ou the 14th of November tor Santiege de Cuba. ard is ppwards of fifteen days over dac. Five @ays atter her departure, the scewmer Jani Not so fasta venwel, left the sexe port and ar- rivet at Santiago on the 26th of N mber, It is argu d by moany that if any accident had be- falen ber mec Ty she wontd have put in at Rome cous? | n heard from; or if at prevailed herdepartare, The Kan vestel of the third rate, o 1 carcies three guns. Pre Santiago she had seen r mander Lull, on the S hope that she may have arrived at Santiago after the departure of the last mail teat, now in New York, is not geo eral! d.from the fact that our Gov- two fast sailing tuge at Key West «ron over to Havana in eight hours, communicate with the Navy Depart” he had reached her destination in tafety. The verse} ts officered as follows: Com- der Aller V. Keed, Lieutenant Commander Edwin H. Miller, execative officer; Lieat.. Prark N. Nichol's and Royal R. Ingersoll, nav- igators; payma-ter, C. F. Bemis; assistant sur- geon, S A. Brown; engineers, J. P. Kelley, B. ©. Young: commander's clerk, F. A. Benson; pay master's clerk, T. S. Rider. Command r Keed I< an old and experienced feaman and entered the service on the 27th of September, iy5$. having seen eighteen years service, ten of which has been sea duty. He was born in New York. Taw New Ocean Matt Contracts.—The Postma-ter General bas addressed a letter to the agents of the ditterent trans-Atlantic steam- ship lines sailing trom New York, informing them that he is prepared to receive proposals in writing for the conveyance of the mails from New York to perts of the United Kingdom and continent of tract term of two years, commencing Jan. 1, 14. Each proposal ust name the steamships tendered for the ser- vice, the.sailing days from New York, and must be accompanied by satisfactory evidence of the average speed of the steamships offered for the transportation of the mails. They are further informed that it ix purpose to effect such an arrangement of the sailing days of the respec tive lines from this side as will secure the bist practicable mail service tor th« partment and the public; and that the com- pensation is estricted by law to the amount of sea postage on the nails conveyed. He also in forms them that at noon on Monday, December 15, next, be will consider such proposals as shall then have been received for the purpose of awarding the contracts, and will hear such oral statem< nts explanatory of the proposals as the respective lines tenlering for the service may desire to present for his further informa tion. Now (NATION oF Postar astens.—The follow- nations of postmasters (Presidential be sent tothe Senate on Monday next: Bay tlett Be Muidietown, Conn.; John W. Hill, Waterbury, Cona.; Wm. M. Pile, Wil mington, Del.; L. D. Williams, eadville. Pa.; Joseph Hutson, Peekskill, N.¥.; Wm. Ward Rework, N.5 Mark L. De Motta, Lexington, Bo.; Nelson M. Page, Fort Dodge, Iowa. he Island of Cuba. sHiIvetor, D. C., Decembor 6, 1573. m the first’ page of your issu an article on Cuba. The convex line facing tothe north. The latest re liable authorities give the distance as 125 miles ts southwestern, or nearest point to Yucatan: = greatest lengt! owing the line of its cer. ec} as 00 m 1 breadth, from 11 to 155 miles; area, 45.1°0 English miles—thus gt * 2.580 miles more of arca than the state of Ken- tucky. W. HO. Wuar 1s Sarp or Ove IMvRovemEnrs.—The Washington correspondent of the Chicago Inter- Occan writes provements in the city i here, for the subject ha and minutely treated that pie of Chicago know as well or bett-r than ourselves how many miles of pave ment have been ‘aid by the indomitable Board Public Works, and’ how many houses have by equally indomitable landlords lore vat even than the improvements have been the expencitures, and many are tha com plaints raised by tl led to bear them ‘The troth of this comp’ ted matter lies at t bottom of co deep & well that it seems peless t try to reach it, but this mueh may be said, the k completed has given universal satisfac- tion: and only where it bas been inexeusably layed, to the great inconvenience of bas any complaint been mad our guests who. having k en of t war left it, will fail to thank the board for the comfort and beanty conjured out of the muddy streets of Washington. tributor to December's Atlantic pronounces the work ‘an wsthetic failure instead of artistic ruccess.’ Perbaps, but if ‘sestnetic failures’ impiy rougbuess leveled to smoothness, mud changed for asphalt, verdare and fountains on the site of dilapidated market houses, regularity Tor irregularity, uniformity for incongruity, en- t siftiessness—let us have ‘esthetic Tae Late Fire THE Postar (arp Maw vractony.—Mr. Eh. W. Barber, jird Assist- ant Postmaster General, to-day received a letter from epecia! postal card agent Tyner, at Spring- field, Mass., in which he speaks of the fre yes- terday morning as follows :—“ Iam unable to t any satistactory ideas as to when we can postal eards. mpletely burned and furniture ¢ proved to be of great a the tire from reach'r The regis- it, with prevent al card manntacto’ ping we had stored in and with yesterday's work to be added, ng the cards in sheet, uncat, the amoant But the water Tue Toracco axp Warat Crors.—The report of the Department of Agriculture for November ard December make the tobacce crop six per cent les= im yte ‘The crop is in the best co: all the New England toba ing precedence of Virginia in that respect s« S always Marylaud. The everage prodact Of potatos is fifteen per cent. less than la: year. The hay crop is about half @ millions « tons less, last year’s crop being not far from twenty-four million tuns. An analysis of the official returns for fifteen years show that the United States furnished the largest supply of wheat to Great Britain of any other country, the porportion being twenty-seven per cent., while the proportion for Kussia, which has been sapposed to be the largest contributor, is but Seeety four cent. The greater portion ‘of the Yest of the supply has been contributed by Ger- wany, France, and British America, leaving but sixteen per cent. to all other sources of su; 7 al ply. ‘bis year France. instead of exporting. ail have to import whe: tor herself. — . Tue Sraxise Comrricatios.—If the gov eroment is in receipt of any alarming intelli- gence regarding our Spanish complications it does not divulge the fact. It is a matter of 1 that the Virginius was to have been deliveres up day before yesterday, but delay was granted and is y this government solel: wind ie Havana. pan! government requested our government to delay the surrender of the Virginius and transfer the veasel to the custody & neutral Power, and in the meantime have her status detined by @ mixed court, and if sach * tribunal decided that she was not. legs! capture she would be at once surrendered Sethe United States authorities. This propo- “oR was submitted to the Cabinet yesterday, it Is reported. and unanimously declined. Last might Mr. Fish int anes Pe arty notitied the Castelar govern- government to ac- Vettes a Fequest: aud, further, that the , tates | upon the terms ef the rotoco! m. aecede to the req. or of the Administration was not the approbation of the Sen- = aiations, which had terday a te State department Pisvehite posed to make i concessions as are in keeping win, di, is grder not to disturb the alrendy “3 dition of Spain in maintaining v monies con. Jacinta evramety ant ‘already entered into. °™* °F the protocol terprise for sb failures’ by all means, even though the luxury be expensiy UnxconstituTiona SYLYANIA CO ert Their & N OF THe PExn- Cox VENTION— rt.—Judge jadelpuia the commissioners ap , the Pennsylvania constitutional con vention from holding an election, and decided that the convention had uot the extensive powers it had attempted to assert, and that it bad been guilty of an act of attempted usurpa- tion of authority in setting aside the election rystem prescribed jor Philadelphia, and inaw grating @ uew one, under which an adop tion Or rejection of the constitution should be conducted. The opinion further declares that the true interpretation of the phrase ‘and man: ner in which this election shail be held” did grant the convention the high authority it had attempted to assume, and that to conduct this election In away diflerent from that of all gen eral elections was an unwarranted exercise of authority which had not been given members of that convention when they were delegated as agents of the people to amend and revise the constitution ot state. or court of P restrained ANoTHEI REIBL NNING AcctpENT.— The Norfolk (Va.) Landmark of the 4th instant has the following:—An old gentleman, B Wade. jr., about seventy-five years of age, from New York, who has been for some time at the Club Honse.on Curritack Sound, came into Norfolk S y afternoon and gave an account of @ most horrible and distressing accident which oceurred in Currituck on Saturday. An eld gentieman. Mr. Carrmgton, from (awego, N.¥., about the same age as Mr. Wade. who bas also been hunting in North Carolina, was = and Ba some ym . wiing-piece was discharge: against his head, kil im instantly. fie friend bo _ who Lg Me oa very old, manag ‘ashore wi Doat, a few hundred yards from the Club House, and though too much overcome to walk to the house, suc- ceeded in calling the attention of other The body was ‘tak Mr. Van Slack’s, held. friends, en on Sunday morning to where an inquest was to town Dear with their con’ Hi mi lore ine ein the ini Ge business 3,000 000, water. 4 factory in Halt loa sine. t walla, At Garey, Manitoba, destructive tré occurred. Peet ment bai ‘was totally consumed. books ‘aud omfcial documents weresaved. ~ oficial documents were sa F ae. leading oa in, a sign’ their intention of lating example of Mee Attor: aw the -General Williams by announcin; ‘no wine will be sery- been thele Tecepelons thie winter.—¥. Y. Ez- s7In Richmond, Va., a firm of colored per- sassafras oj] on a large scale. 4 Evening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1873. TWO CENTS. New Publications. R FACK W'S HER FORTUNR. A novel. ety ben New York: Harper 8’ Bree, | Through 5.0. Parker.) > MOIR AND LETTERS OF SARAH COOL DGB. Rdited by ber danghter, New Yor! Barper & Bros. | Through J.C. Parker.) A bock composed of epistolary extracts can never be a wholly satisfactory one, because its contents are mot only relative and fragmentary, but unauthorized and unrevised. But the let- ters of Sarah Coleridge (the interesting daugh- ter of the poet Coleridge) will bear the test of publication, abounding as they do in touching descriptions of personal feeling, acute remarks and wise reflections. THE OULVILLE FAM KB. wnediey, author « ¥. Anovel, By Frank Frank Fairleigh,” &° everson & Bro, [Througu THE Lazy Tou F TWO IDLE APPREN TICKS. By Chorks Dickens Philadelphis: T B. Peterson & Bros. [Through J. 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By Charies Dickens, New arper & Brcs, (Threagh J O Parker.) ‘This is from the ‘household edition” of Dick- ens’ works, issued by the Harpers, with original ilustraticns. The illastrations for Little Dor rit are by F. Mahoney, and for the most part are drawn with spirit and are well engraved. TBE TWO YRIENDS OF FARLEY, AND BES SLES BLUES B&LLS. Boston: Henry Hoyt {Throngh Wm, Ballantyne] LANGUAGE LESSONS. An introductory Gram Mar ano Composition for Intermediate aul Gram. mar Grade By William Swinton, A - York: Harper & Bios. [Through J.C. Parker | This manual forms the second book of Har- per’s admirable «Language Series,” consisting of four works on the ind ese District Affairs Congress, A COMMITTEE OF THE DISTRICT HOUS# OF DRL- EGATES APPOINTED TO RECOMMEND FUR- | THEE LEGISLATION HY THE NATIONAL LAW MAKEK: Last evening a number of members of the House of Delegates of the District Legislatare and members elect met at the lmllof the House, in pursuance to a call, and Mr. Halse was called to the chair, and G. A. Kuhn, assistant clerk of the House, appointed secretary. ‘There were present. Messrs. Cox, Chase, Cla- gett, Berry, Brewer, Hulse, Hunt, Smoot, Sliep- herd, Long, Taiiaferro, Trimble, and Urell, of the present House. and Messrs. Gordon, Flem ming, Boswell, Yo and Underwood, elected members of the incoming House. Mr. Trimble stated that the object of the meet- ing. as be understood from the conversation of the few members who had mooted the subject. was to consider the propriety of appearing be- fore Congress by committee, in their capacities of representatives of the people to procure need- ed legislation for the District. In order that the matter might be brought directly before the meeting, he offered a resolution “that a com- mittee of seven be appointed, with the presiding officer of this meeting as chairman, for the par- pose of taking into consideration what additional egislation is advisable to be recommended to Congres affecting the interest of the District of Columbia; said committee to report to an ad Journcd meeting on next Wednesday evening. at7:s0 o'clock.” ‘The resolutions were debated at some length and it was claimed that the people were entitled to the selection of members of the Council, that the right of suffrage should be enlarg Lhe resolution was adopted, and the followin: were appointed us the committee :—Messrs fiulse, Trimble, Clagett, Boswell, Smoot, Un- derwcod and Berry Tax Srracce Trust Morrcace Recorp ED—Lromissory Notes for $14,000,000 of Indebt- edness —The recorder ot deeds yesterday re ceived for record 4 copy of the trust mortga; of the A. & W. Sprague Manafactaring co: pany, ot Rhode Island, where all ihe property belonging to individual members thereof, to Zachariah Chat- fee, in trust for the benefit of their creditors The total amount of indebtedness is acknowl- edged to be fourteen million dollars, tor the liquidation of which sixteen thousand tive han dred promissory notes are given, all payable within three years after January 1, 1874, bear. ing interest at seven and three-tenths per cont. These notes irawn as follows:—Two thou- sand of $50 each; 3,000 of $100 each; 3,900 of 200 each; 3.000 of $500 each; 4,000 of $1,000 each, and 1,500 at $5,000 each, the work at the mills to be carried onin the meanwhile, and all property to be exempt from attachment until the maturity of the notes. ‘The mortgage is signed by Amasa Sprague, treasurer of the A, & W. Sprague Manulacturing company; Wm. Sprague, Amasa Sprague, Mary Sprague. Fannie Sprague, and A. & W. Sprague, aud it would bave required $14,000 worth of stamps were that tax now in for STOKES IN StnG SinG—He is in the Hospital with Typhoid Fever Patients—A report a New York paper has recently paid a visit to Edward §. Stokes, who is in the hospital at Sing Sing. Stokes wore the regulation bed-tick shirt, and was tucked under three or four army blankets. “Great God!” said he, after shaking bands with the reporter: “isn’t this an awtui place. Think of it, Here 1 am kept in a room where there are typhoid fever patients. Last night two men were carried outdead. Oh, what would I give to get out ot here! L hope I shall be weil enough hext week to go into one he shops. I had a terrible shake last night. I've had the chills and fever and asthma ever since I've been here. I haven't complained any, and will ask mo favors.” Stokes’ face seemed flushed, and he said his eye-sight was fallin, fast. He could scarcely raise himself in his bed, and when he was bolstered up and could look through the red window, he said, ‘I wish I was out thers The reporter told him that In- gersoll and Farrington had just arrived in the prison. Stokes said in astonishment, «You m’t say so!” Then he spoke of Tweed, and how surprised he was when he heard that the i acd len Bron Ht ge Island. ‘ Four years is a long time,” said he, “for me. ‘The prison officials were talking of sending ms to Clinton or Auburn prison.” A convict said that the priso it po Te ad about being closed, and looking at the typhi it too bad bd of qe ailare fects An etal tena mel her skull had fractured in two places. Death was almost instantaneous. The body Was removed to the residence of the brother-in- law of the deceased, Mr. Robinson, keeper of = aoe on the road, on rey aeney aah beers her mind became deranged, and after al'eforts to restr: ad she removed to the the distressing re- sult Tra Vi ae ee ae i aa oe wishes she to =~ with bor with: felt to ein vaso etura ing to his home, he swallowed arsenic, and in a short time was a His having re- Only to ind him dead. = cemay a6 tho Ere piriciane te bee to ‘fatal. ber the condition en | reported very , - The Heuse Committees, ‘The foltowing is a complete list of the stand- ing committees of the House of Representa- tives announced by Speaker Blaine yesterday afternoon; Om Elections—Messrs. Smith of N. ¥., Thomas \ Hazleton of Wis., Todd of Pa., Pike of N.H., Robinson of Obio, Harrison Ten Hyde of Mo., Speer of Pa., Lamar of Miss., Crossland of Ky. ‘On Ways and Means—Messrs. Dawes of Masa, Burchard of Lil., EB. H. Robert» Waldron of Mich., a Niblack of I On Appropriations—Mesers. Garfied of Onio Haile of Maine, Wheeler of N. Y., O'Neil ot Pa., Starkweather of Conn., Loughridge oi Tyner of Ind., Parker of Mo., Marshal! :, Swann of Md., Hancock of Texas. On Banking and Currency—Messrs. Maynard of Tenn., Farweil of Il., Merriam of N. Y., Hawley of Conn., Hunter of Ind., Phelps of N 4J., Hubbell of Mich., Niles of Mias., Randolp) of Pa., Mitchell of Wis., Durham of Ky. On Pacific Railroad —Messrs. Sawyer of Wis. ypherof La., Killinger of P joughton of ‘ai., Crocker of Mass., Willams of Mich., Cannon of IIL. MeDill ot Iowa, Wells of Mo.. Barnum of Coun., Standeforth of Ky., Cream- er of N. Y., Neal of Ohio. On Claims—Meesrs. Hawley of T., Shoe- waker of Pa., Lansing of N. Y., Dunnell of Minn., Nunn of Tenn., Smith of Ohio, Burrows of Mich., Howe of Miss., W. R. Roberts of N Y., Eden of Ill., flamiiton of N. J. ‘On War Clains—Meesrs. Lawrence of Ohio, Hazleton of Wis., Cobb of N. Conn., Woodford of N. Y., 5 Nn. Smith of Pa., Wilson of lowa, Holman of Ind., Harris of W. Va., Morrison of Ill. On Commerce—Mesers. Wheeler of N. Y¥., Sawyer of Wis., Conger of Mich., Hooper of Mass., Negiey of Pa., Stannard of Mo., Parsons of Ohio, Clayton of Cal., Holman of Ind., Bromber; la., Willey of Texas. On Public Lands—Messre. Townsend of Pa., Dunnell of Minn.. Orr of lowa, Bundy of Ohio, Morey of La., St. Johnof N. Y.. Philips of Kan., Bradley of Mich., Heretordof W. Va., Herndon of Texas, Clymer ot Pa. On Post Offices and Lost Roads—Mesers. Packer of Pa., Stowell ot \ Platt of N. Y., William< of Mich., Page of Cal., Danforth of Obie, Cobly of Kan., Cannon ot Ill., Randall of Pa., Keed o1 Ky., Atkins of Tenn. Om Manufactures—Messra, Farwell of Il. Hawtborne of , Biery of Pa., Ransier of 8 C., Field of Mich., Whitely o! Woodsworth of Ohio, Waddell of C., Wilson of Md., Bowen of Va., Blount of Ga. On Agriculture—Messrs. Hays of Ala., Lam- rt of N. Y., Hazelton of N Begole ot ich., Wilson of Io Ray of Ill, Ross of Pa.. Cain of S. C., Davis of Va., Hatcher of Mo.. MeLean of Texas. On Indian Ajcirs—Messrs. Averill of Minn.. Lowe of Kan., Butier of Tewn., Rainey ot 5. ©.. Richmond of Pa., McNulta of [ll., Lorson of N Y., Haris of M. Adams of Ky., Comingo of Md., Giddin, On the Judiriar Wilson of Ind., P Y., Fry of Me., Cessna of Pa., White of Ala.. Ward of IL}., Eldridge of Wis., Potter of N.Y.. Jewett of Ohio. Public Brpendi — Messrs. Hay Whitley of Ga., Richmond of P: N.H., Wilbur of N.Y., Smith of N. Micb., Hines of A N. C., Luttrell ot On Military Affairs—Meesrs. Coburn of Ind., Donnan of lowa, Hawley of Ill., Hawley, of Conp., Gunckel of Ohio, Albright of Pa., Mc- Dougall of N.¥., Thorneburg of Tenn., Nes- mith of Oregon, Young of Ga., Hunton of Va. On Mi Mi utler of Tenn., Hazle- Ross of P: Bogole ot Clark of Mo., Robbins of On. District of Columbia—Messrs. Hale of N Y., Harmer of Pa., Cotton of lowa, Rice of ill., Hendee of Vt., Clark of ., Pelham of Ala. of Del, kidridge of Wis., Barnum , Leach of N.C. Land Claims—Messrs. Myers of Barrere Agaire—Messrs. Scofield of Pa. Naval Gooch of Mass., Hayes of Ala., Platt of Va. Packard of Ind., Scudder of N. ¥., Barleigh of Me., Purman of Fla., Archer ot Md., Whit thorne of Tenn., Lamison of Ohio. On Foreign trairz—Mess ot Pa., Willard of \ a Narke of N.Y., Ward of > Md., Williams of Wis., Robinson of Iil., Cox ot N. Y., Banning of Obio. On Terrilerie essrs, McKee of Miss., Gar tis of Pa., Williams or Ind., Havens ot Mo. Hosrkius ot N.Y., Crounse of Neb., Fort of N N., Hines of Ark, Schumacker of N. Y., Brow: of k Mills of Texas. 5 On Revolutionary Pensi: ‘Messrs. Schoema ker of Pa., Lansing of N. Y,, Sprague of (Ohio, Willi#ms of Mich., Smith of La., Crutch: Tenn., Bland of Mo., Caldwell of Ali of N. Rawls of Ga. On Invalid Mensions—Messrs. Rus) Wallace of S.0., Barry of Miss., McJunkin of Pa.. Mellish of N. Y., Martin of [., Smatlo N. H., Sener of V ang of Ky., Crittenden of Mo., O'Brien of Md. ‘On Orth of Ind. E.R. Hoar ot J., Albert or ays and “anals.—Messrs. MeCrary ot F. Hoar ot Ma: Hurlburt of [t.. Lewis or +» Sherwood of Ohio, Tenn., Taylor of Pa., Smith of Pa., Archer of Ky., Wolfe of Ind., Stone of Mo. On Mines und Mining.—Messrs, Lowe 0: Kan., Negley of Pa. Guflington of Macs.. Rusk of Wis., Hubbell of Mich., Page of Cal., Sheats of Ala., Lynch of Mies., Kendallof Nev.,Southara of Obio, Harris of G On Freedman's Afairs.—Messrs. Cobb of N.C.. Nunn of Tenn., Kainey of 5. C., Townsend ot , Cotton of ‘lowa, Morey of La., Barber o! Wis., Sener of Va., Comingo of Mo., Eden of I, Adams of Ky. On Education and _Labor.—Messrs, Monroe ot Ohio, G. F. Hoar of Maxz., Elliott of S. C., Dar- rall of La.. Field of Mich., Crook of N.Y’, Me- Dill of Wis., Rapier of Ala., Storm of Penn. Whitehead of Pa , Glover of Mo. On Revision of Laws.—Messrs. Poland of Vt... E, R. Hoarof Mass., Lawrence of Ohio. Duell of N.Y., Barber of Wis., Pendleton of It L., Moore of Pa., Cason of Ind., Stephens of Ga.. Kendall of Nev., Knapp of Iil. Om Coinage, Weights and Measures—Mesars ass., Houghton of Cal., Harmer of fiil., Willard ef Mici., Sayler o° Ind., Strait of Minn., Mills of Texas, Ber y ot Ohio, Bell of Ga., Ashe of N.C. On Patents—Messrs. Congers of Mich., Eames of RK. L, Smart ot N. ¥., Clements of Ill. Crutehfield of Tenn., Dobbin ot N..J., Sayler of Ind. Smith of N. G., Sloss of Ala., Parker of Mo., Magee of Pa. pie Public Buildings and Ground:—Mesers. Sessions of N.Y., Killenger ot Pa. prague of Obio, Hersey of Me., Pierce of Mass. Lowndes ot Md., Straight of Minn., Wells of Mo., Perry of N. Y., Milliken of Ky. On Reform of the Civil Service—Mesera. Kel logg of Conn., Willard of Vt., Woodford of N ¥., Sheats of Ala., Hurlbut of Ill., Butler of Mars., Strawbridge of Pa., Willard of Mich., Sa; gd of Ohio, Luttrell of Cal., Whitehouse o! —Messrs. Bundy of Ohio, Biery of Ee Bey t Iil., Nesmith of Oregon, Parker of On Accounts—Messre. Buffington’ of Mass., Sawyer of Wis., Hosking of N.Y, Wallace of 8. C., Archer of Md. On Expenditures of the Slate Department— Mesers. Packard of Ind., Cobb of Kan., St. Jone or N. Y., Morrisen of Iil., Lamison of On Espenditures of the Treasur: iment — a, Messrs. Sypher of La., Snyder Ark., Phili of Kan., Schumacher of N. ¥., Southard of On Expenditures of the Navy Department— Messrs. ‘Williams of tude, iaupare are paid Pa., Bright of Tenn., Geddings of On E: itures the War Department— Megers. McJunkin a Pa., Burrows of Mich., alls of Fis, of Pa., of T Ohio. Clymer of Pa. r on Bilis— Messrs. Darrell of La., Pen- @leton of R. 1., Harris of Ga. TEE GALE of We bledamage ‘various THE CUBAN SITUATION. The Delay im Delivering the Vir- pius—More About the Massacres_- © Naval Preparations Continued. ‘The statement published yesterday that there 8 not one United States naval vessel at Ha yana is accounted for by the fact that it wax part of the agreement between Secretary Fish and the Spanish Minister that there shoald be no show of menace whatever on our » to ip crease the excitement at Havana and elsewher: in Guba. The plan of release was intended to be effected yesterday in the quietest ner possible. An associated press dispatch from this city says: THE DELAY IN DELIVERING TH Occasions disappointment, but thi heved to be the fault of the Madrid govern ment. The embarrasements surrounding th: matter are appreciated, and therefore, withou formal prolongation of ‘time the admimstratior will wait until the delivery can be effected in » way that will give the least offence to Spanish It is believed from what has been pri ly learned in official quarters that it wa- not agreed between Secretary Fish and Ad miral Polo that the Virginins should be snr rendered at the port of Havana, but that th vessel should be taken from the harbor and convoyed beyond its jurisdiction, and then be delivered to such United States vessel as might be sent to receive it, preparations being made to give timely notice of the transfer. It is con- sidered this course would give less occasion for offense than that one or more ot our ships should go directly to Havana for that purpose. Our government leaves to Spain the fulfillment ot its obligations, but if this should prove im- practicable the facts will be reported to Con- grese for action. THEY WON'T GIVE UP THE SRIP. The editor of B/ Crenista, the Spanish g | in New York city, stated yesterday that he had received mapy letters from Spanish officials tv Cuba since the signing: of the protocol, in which it was firmly stated that the Virginius would not be given up to the United State government. SPANISH SENTIMENT IN NEW YORK. The adjourned meetivg of the Spanish citi- zens poet BS New York and Brooklyn which was to have taken place Thursday night, at the residence of the editor of £0 (ronista, in New York, was a failure. Though ample notice had been given fora meeting at 8 p. u., a8 late ax 10 o'clock less than twenty persons’ put in ar appearance. During the ing it was reported that Senor Conta, editor o! Cronista, stated to some of his friends that he had received in- telligence from Washington to the effect that President Grant had asked the opinion of the Attorney Gencral relative to the propriety of arresting him (Sefer Conto.) The news created some feeling. YANKKES GETTING SPAIN READY FOR WAR. A New York evening paper States that a fac tory at Ilion, in that State, is filling a second order for eighty thousand rifles, ou Spanish ac count, to be shipped to Cuba. The same fac tory furnished three mitralleuse for the Cubans which were on board the Virginius when cap- tured. ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE MASSACRE OF RYAN, VERONA, CEBPEDES AND DEL SOL. A late letter from Santiago de Cuba says:— Gen. Kyan, a short while previous to the hour for going to the place of execution, obtained permission to write some letters and ‘make his Will. Before being granted the permission, he was compelled to make anoath that he would not make any attempt to escape. About 5 o'clock on Monday morning the fated four were marched tothe “Slaughter House,” which is about ten minutes’ walk from the prison. Ityan was dressed in a blue flannel shirt and light pantaloons, wore a white felt hat looped up at the side, and carried asmall silver star on bis left breast. «‘Heshowed,” said the mate, “‘more grit and courage than one would have thought possible. A person would :magive he was going to his wedding instead of to his death.” The others, too, acted like brave men, especially Cespedes, the youngest of the three, whos courage never foran instant quailed. On the way to the execution ground Kyan spoke two or three times to the Spanish officer who walked beside him, protesting that his execution was without justification, as he had not had a fair trial, or any trial at all, in fact A Catholic clergyman offered his ministrations Dut he refused f0 speak to him and moved away On arriving at ihe slanghter-house Mr. Coffin states that the Spanish officers directed the con: demned men to kneel down with their faces to the wall. Kean and Cespedes protested agains, this as an indignity. and asked to be allowed t> kneel with their taces turned toward their ex ecutioners. Finally, however, they submitted and assumed the required position. Then there Was a pause for an instant, followed by a flash anda report, aud the four were writhing in the agonies of death. Theirsufferings did not last long, and all were dead withiu the space of four minutes. The reports circulated in this cits that 4 Spanish oficer thrnst bis sword throngh Ryan's heart, and that the heads were chopped off the four murdered mev and carried in tri umpb through the streets, Mr. Co‘fin pronounced as altogether untrue. The moment life wasex- tinet the four bodies were placed in a cart and taken to the cemetery, where they were thrown into a rude hole hastily dug, and some shoyel- tuls of clay thrown over the remains. BUMRIEL, THE BUTCHER, PROMOTED. A letter from Hayana says: ‘Gen. Burriel has been made Field Marshal, and it is understood that he will probably return to Spain within 4 few days. There have been rumors that he was going home in disgrace, to be tried by a courtof inquiry for the exection of the Vir. givius prisoners, but his promotion would not seem to indicate any such condition of affairs. Ther mors uptavorable to him grow out of the fact that he has been serenaded and teasted on his way from Santiago to Havana, bat that here he bas had no public reception, although he has been in the city some days. It is tur- ther said that he is not in favor with the Minis ter of Ultramar, who has publicly manifested his cokiness toward him. OUR NAVAL PREPARATIONS. Fifty men were taken on at the Brooklyn apt bin yesterday under orders to push the work forward as fast as possible. Engineer Ricker reported yesterday for duty on the Ko- anoke. She will not be ready for two weeks. The Colorado will, no doubt, sail on Sunday. It was thought she would be ready to-day, but everything appears in confusion on her decks. An Il-inc fon yas »laced on her poop deck yesterday. e Florida will be hauied into the dock as soon as the Colorado leaves. The Span- ish steamer Arapiles is still lying in the dry dock, though she appears to he reaty to leave The Spaniatds are anxious to have her tloated out, but it is said that the flood-gates at the dock need repairs. A number of men were en- gaged yesterday in soldering up the seams in tbe dock. The Swatara lies abreast of the dock and will have to be hauled to some otter loca tion before the Spanish ship can be got out. At the navy yard repairs on the Dictator are t) be pushed forward as rapidly as possible, and the torpedo shed has been put in order for pushing rapidly the construction of torpedo boats. Hun dreds of men are applying for enlistment, and all able-bodied seamen and landsmen are ac cepted. The Powhatan satled yesterday from Wil- mington, Del., for Key Wi The Manhattan leaves to-day. SENOR CASTELAR’S TROUBLES. A cabie dispatch from Madrid says:—‘ It is reported that a dis: ment has occurred be- tween Castelar Salmeron. The Corres- pondencia says that in the event of a crisis on the reassembling of the Cortes, the left will Pago Salmeron and support Pi_y Margall for the Presidency.” Ewtrro CAsratan. Madrid, 10th November, 1873. Vireis1a VicTIns oF TaR VILLE pu Hav: ‘mation has been that D1eaeTeR.—Infor: received those who lost their li Havre A ves on the Ville du of Albemarle county, Va. aa ‘Sigouy: ney, sq. of Boston, married Amelia Louise, the eldest daughter of Mr. Rives. She was an amiable and accom; 1) and beloved wh a moter of ‘ise still lives in Albe- oF coTTon” has been sold Jast time in the a rood it TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. his Afterncon’s Dispatches Associated FP: bas recently Reports, CUBA. The Latest News from all Quarters— @ Naval Preparats joms, &e, puri COAL POR OUR CUBAN PLERT. Naw Youk, December ¢ the Brooklyn navy yard sa: ated The officials at the department 000 tons of coal, and that the schooner A. W. Smith, which recently tE took or the re ply a Co lizabethport, cargo otitte Key ‘t that the A. n privateer ANOTHER FILLIGUSTERING Jersey, undoubtedly This disposes est. W: Smith left to sup EXPEDITION ON Foor. ‘The World says that both of the Cuban fac tions here have been planning a new expedition from this city for some time, and that negot tiens have been carried on with Captai Bowen, who commandea the Virginius He has selocted the vessel and a portion of th: men for the new e: payment of a suitic New Yor Suppl: ol to have ber T The Alarm in &@ month. sels. New Yorn, December 6.—A tug-boat has tion, and only jent sum by his employers. THE STORESHIP 81 December 6 to be repaired again, and placed in mission. The government is anxious to ady as soon as possible. TORPEDO ROAT ALARM. progress, of work on the torpedo boat Satisfactory, and it is hoped that this formidable craft will be —_ its the PLY. The storeship ready for service Provisions are coming into the navy yard in great quantities, and as tast as received are sent to the various yards and ves- A POWDER BOAT. been purchased by the Government to be used asa powder boat between the navy yard and Elis’ Island. THE SLOOP OF WAR MACEDONIAN is being fitted out at Norfolk for a storeship. GETTING KEADY THE BIG GUNS. St. Louis, December 6.—All the heavy ord- nance which has been stored in the arsenal here since the war. is being shi ped to Pensacola Among the large guns are many one hundred pound parrotts an PROTEST AGAINST THE RELEASE Naw York, December 6—The editor of FY Cromista has drawn up a lengthy protest against the release ot the Virginius, whit be printed and after eno: tained will be sent to the GETTING THE PRIGAT Boston, December was receiving supplies of coal, provisions, and guns at the Charlestown navy yard yesterday, and it was expected thatshe would not be ready to gointo commisson until the middle of the week. Many of the Franklin's officers have re- ported tor uty, and it is probable that she can Efforts have been made to easily be got mortars. VIRGINIUS. i. lors enlist a8 many sai yous, and these ha the last two weeks. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TORPEDO BOAT is one of the principal matters in han, aud here constant activity will be continued until it« jd authorities, ANKLIN READY. ‘The frigate Franklia as possible at the render- been so successfal that 200 landsmen alone have been puton the Ohio im completion. The Brooklyn cannot be got ready it is thought under two weeks. . ACTIVITY AT TRE PHILADELPHIA YARD. PHILADELPHIA, 3. — Ei thousand thirteen huzdred aud fifty-tive men are now employed in the navy yard on the frigate Cansndaigua, and the monitors Terror and Ajax. The two la‘ter will go intocommis- sion by the middle of the week. daigua will be completed Ly the end of the wee’ nt. December The rates Eighteen The Canan- — w Street To-day, New York, December ¢.—Moncy easy at 7 per cent. on eall. Foreign exchange is hig rates advancing to 108% for 60 days’ sterling bills, and 199 for sight. The actual business was at a reduction of from those Fates 109, and advanced to clined to 1: were 7 to4 per on moderate business, he ankers prime . per ct Gold is higher, and opened a , and afterwards de been strong and higher, without any important reaction up to the end of the second advance in prices ranged from \ t leading features were Pacitic \ Union, Lake Shore, Northwest, ail. The and the i, Wester: Waban, an Union Pacitie. State bonds were strong and in vetter demand, with a considerable between bidding and as erence ng «notation: at the board were light, and contined to Mis sourt sixes at sic eee The California Senatorship CO, Decemsbr dents at Sacramento are still San Franc and Tennessee, new, at 77). 6.—The depen ‘min the belie that they will elect Governor Booth to th. United States nate, but it is reported that th: democrats will eed Dyer pa Aight on thei own account. They will hold a caucus on Mon- day kg and will probably concentrate on re Jud; ager, of this city, an avti-railroad man for the long term. Wallace, Hays and Howard are spoken of as democratic candidates for the Ex-Senator Cole is endeavoring to have himseif taken up in place of Booth, as compromise candidate. If the democrats deter short term. mine upon a +trict par ces. afiect Booth’s ¢ GOV. ROOTH OPPOsky 7 Say Francisco, Booth, in bis annual message fay: of our treaty weth China, whte Chinese emigration to this coast. ty Aight, it will seriously HINESE IN MIGRATION ember 6 —Governor a revision shall restr’ He also vors legislation to enforce a system of uniform freight and passenger rates on railroads in the state. THE STEAMSHIP COSTA RICA, which went «shore pear the entrance of this hi Mapnip, December 6 or bas been repaired, and is reagy to go to —_e—___ Affairs in Spain. ROMRARDMENT OP CARTAGENA The teries keep up a steady tire on Cartagena. The insurgents are reported to bave good spirits. They made a sortie trom the city vesterday. Gep. Ceballos bas been relieved of the com- mand of the besieging foree, and Gen. Zavala has been appoin bis successor. Terrible and Fatal Accident. AvpErRet, Pa., Dec. 6.—This morning as fifteen miners were descending No.3 slope ot the Hony Brook Coal Company's mine in a car, a staple rin, yards, broke and the car descended All the men were thrown out and Ale ander Brown avd John Richards were killed; John Doviin was severely Dolan is not expected to live. caped with si(gut injaries. ‘be others es- The Texas Eiection DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY OF 46,00. GatvzsTox, December 6,—The following: Thirty-three counties gate majority of 2 a ws has the ve an aggre é for the democratic ticket, wing a net democratic majority in forty-four counties heard from of 15,062. claim the state by 49,000, Damage by the Storm in Canada. Src, December 6The gale in New Yor«. ronto on the 4th instant wag The democrats Severe. The Union station, the Paziiament buildings, Cen- tral prison and a great man; or lens ; fences ters torn off and tions. banks crease of $1,971 i tenders, increase, 82,332,700; 87,675,000; circulation, decre indows iy churches were blown down, shut- smashed in all direc- or Tar will shortly ch signatures are op- paid for carrying Government bonds steady The stock market ba wernment bat- | 1 | Busnor Ccaarns’ New Cuvrce 0. | | aud Patrick | a bering on , basin it mo visions for correcting, tke preseet faulty pao east of the Capitol. It therefore seoms to me, tol and chiefly for the following reasons, that it best to adopt a plan that would «im plify and be a substantial improvement on the resent, and that would be susceptible of an~ Resited and uniform extension, so as to accom modate itself to the future growth and rey. ments of the city. The system of designating all streets in a city running in one direction bs letters, and all others crossing them at right angles by numbers, has been found to be the implest’ and most comprehensive Now, as our city is only extending ics b ries in @ northerly and westerly direc occurs to me that the following system fully provide for all these conditions: T tered streets should begin at the mos: southerly toor be~ portion of the city amd be contin yond the permanent northern boun extending into and including Georg the numbered strects should be commen: the Eastern branch and numbered ously to the western boundary, and on throagh Georgetown. Where short streets occur, ran- ning one or more squares, they should be desig nated by \ after the respective letter or nam- ber. It will be apparent to any one that this Il greatly simplily the «ystem of numbering avd lettering the stree same time it is susceptible of ur sion. This, with our presont adm: of numbe houses, ( numbers t of street farther sugg would do a wise thing by order sarvey that would extend and mark out all the ave lead out of the city, the fall width to the bo: ary of the ten miles square, fo that the opening ot roads and the laying off of building plots may in future conform to the general plan, and be in harmony with the designs of the city. T Imerease the Police Force! Editor Star’ We have a fitet-class police force with an ficient and tried chief, but it Incks the numerical strength to cope with the increasing tendency tocrime. Our territory now requiring special watch is double in extent what tt was when the force wasorganized. Thethief aware of the necessarily limited number of men on duty in some sections of the city and almost certain of his escape, i# daily becoming bolder and bolder. It is not the fault of the officer. He can no more be in two places at the same moment than can two bodies occupy the «au space at the same time. Certain regulation require that he shall be here and there at pepe and who better than the thief is of this? We learned only yesterday that. there existed an organi certain section of the west end; this plan | ever, we are happy to kuow has been w | the Families b been put ou their guard and each house in the section in question | will hereafter be occupied by ite own spoctal repared to make the batt: at, sharp and decisive.” | policeman Intruder“ slate yi Let us baw not compel t hours consecutively some forty squares of terri~ tory. Le Adairs at Manassas. W WAY TO SELECE A POSTMASTER (Correapondence of The Star.j * Manassas, Va., Decemper 6, 1873. The contest between Mrs. Pine (the present assistant) and Mr. Depue for the position of postmaster of this place, made vacant by the resignation of Mr. ree ©. Round, is to be decided in a new way. To-morrow (Saturday) an election is to be hell at the post witice; Mr. Kound indicating that whoever gets the largest m 1 number of votes will be ating card, published in the 2 week, that he had the consent of the Post Office department to make such an arrangement the person elected was competent and able person. All who get their mail this ettice, including males and females, who are sixteen years of age and over, will be allowed to vote, Mrs. Pine has done nearly all the basi- ness Of the office for some time past, and has proved bereelt fully capable. The manager of the office has given entire satistactio Mre. Pine is very popuiar, which will 1 be demonstrated to-morro to their Wishes in regard to the 1 we have no doubt impressed him with the beitet that the present assistant is the choice of our poo- ple, although they uodoubt respect ler com petitor. -s0-- A Sensation in ee Secial Cir- cm. During the past two or threa days a ramor has vailed quite extensively the northwestern sectic the eficet that a well-known physic come estranged from bis famil., that led to the domestic quictiy though anxious! derstood that phystela had thus been introdace i family, and ow ing the “yaent in ai ecame a constant visitor. It is umacy that is said to have e pb >wn up betw y excited the suspicions « mer. A few days ago, it the physician, soon after receiving a call from the young herself retext of other eng » and teft the louse with the ostensible inteation of being ab- some time, leaving the young lady to be en- med by her husband, who was at homo when she called. The lady, however, within a | short time after taking her departure, retarned home, dly to her husband, aud not finding either him or the young lady in the parlor, expressed her surprise, and proceeded to her chamber for the purpose of laving aside ber wrappings. Upon trying one of ihe aoors, | she found it locked, but pas-ing throngh a com- } mu g room and another door she entered | the cham » Where she discc ered, to her sv prise, her husiand aud the young lady to- gether. The evid of guilt, it is stated, were of an anden charactor no room explanations.” On was left for following Jay. it is stated, physician bert boure, taking her two children with her, parctits’ residence on it has also been stated ication for an injunction ree | sing of his property, | tating 4 svit for divorce and alimony. | dweiling lately eccupicd by the physician ts BOW Vacant —Hallimore Gazette, TIox.—Bishop Henry W. Lee of the diocese of lowa bas written a long letter to ex-Bishoy Cummins, expressing regret at bie action, am earnestly entreating him to recousider bis de- termination ix reference to joint commanion. He protests earnestly against the movement for @ Separate organization, and says: A soe sional or schismatical movement at this time would, in my opinion, be a greater evil than these we are now bearing, and from which we may bope to be relieved indue time, It were far better for our extreme ritualistic brethren to finally secece to the church ot Rome, to which they are tending, than for yourself and others of like mird to leave such a church as ours for @ pew ecclesiastical orgauization. A Bas Batt Scrt—Four professional base ball players yesterday entered suit in the Baiti- more city court agai inst some geutiomen who are held to represent Baltimore ase ball club. and who are asked rr , Carey = 05, Wm. Craver sin; / Hastings Scott $577.50, and ‘Thomas York #521, which aggre: ‘te with costs aclaim for $3,200 for * an services” as base ball- and tbe on feike like. cnn scene marae hake Seat fore. ‘Green lisy io Fe) [ | i i