Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1873, Page 1

‘THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays Excepted, AT THE STAR BUILDING Pennsylvania Avenue, cor. Lith St. BY THE EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY, &. BM BAOPPRAANN, Prev't. a erreren VENING R in ndsbribers at TEx Forry-rore MoxtH connter Two Crnts each. By mail—three months, 21.50; six months, $3.0, one year, $5. THE WEEKLY STAR—Pobdlished Fridar—9).0 ayear. B# Invarinbly in advance, in both cases, and ne paper sent longer than paid for, ig Rates of advertising furnished on application. rred by carriers t NTs PER WERK, oR BALLS, &. A *PHE Geann ANNUAL BSLL WASHTNETON care Hinnaste BEN. VOLENT SOOIETY, No. 1. ae st Masonic Temple on MON- D: aary ite , aimoitting go the memnher=. rpuup aNNcau BALL ° WASHINGTON LIGHT GUARDS, (0. B, Ist REGIMEST N. G., ODD FELLOWS’ HALL, NAVY YARD. NEW YEARS + VE. DeceMore Sist. 157 Ticket>, admit as Gentlemen and Ledt-+. DOLLAR = ntlemvs and Indios dec LECTURES. Y . LecTur LINCOLN HALL. THO MAS NAST. Toesiay evening, December 4 JOHN B. GOUGH, Toosday evening, January 77. $1; Gough, $1. No extra charge for reserved sonta. iagrarn Warren Choate & Co.'s, 941 Penn- sylvacia avenw Lectures begin promptly at $o’clock. Doors open a7. dec3-tr NEW PUBLICATIONS. \V ASHINGTON INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. Geo. ALFaED Townsenp. SON, =25 Nivru Street, GENERAL AGENTS FOR ALL SUBSCHIP- TION BOOKS, STATIONERY CHKOMOS, PICTURE FRAMES, BOOKBINDING, $c. te. te. noval- D MOHUN & Co. CHAB Pues 0. BOOKSELL' AND STATIONERS, 1016 Pennsylvania avenue, Bevan lait, 8 vo. 923 Domesticated An: © SCREY O > BUOCESS IN WALL STRERT. Se . Bull, Bears. Profits on“ pute an? cals,” costing 910 and Valentine Tumbridge & Oo. 29 Wall street, New York. EDUCATIONAL. LADY POSSESSING edge of Music desires their residence. Terme mederat H.L.,” 730 13th street northw: Etecution. MRS. E. A. STETSON LOGEE will give lessons privately or In classes lings for benefit of chareh or benevol-nt objects. Stammering and all defects of speech speetily remedied. Residence, 73 H street northwest. deel-1m DRY GOODs. REDUCTION EXTRAORDINARY! EEct Phinven 10 cents. BEST PAPER UAMBRIC. 10 cents, BEST FLAT CAMBRIC, 9 cents. ELEGANT PARIS KIDS, 65 cents. ‘cents ane bE OR ee". 1205 F street, bet. 1th aud 13th. COAL AND WOOD. Coste AND woe nov#s tr _2 We bare on hand a select assortment of AL Omice 1204 Pennsylvania, Mill and Depot 7th Btreet SVODWIN Y¥. ATLEE. AtLee’s Wharf, foot of Sixth street, DEALER IN WOOD AND COAL. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Liberal deductions made to the trade. loaded and stored or delivered. CvaL: decli-tr Cost: WOOD: woo: JOHNSON BROT! WHOLESALE ‘inp RETUUL wi Arriving daily at our depst AYD VOW WE Go Down! Down! Down! NO RESERVE! NO TRIFLIN( OUR ENTIKE STOCK MUST BE IMMEDIATELY REDUCED, AND WILL BE FORCED OFF WITHOUT RESERVE. efeaeeieeeecek Cumkenonpecee WE ADOPT THIS GREATLY REDUCED PRICE LIST TO INSURE 4N IMMEDIATE CLOSING OUT OF OUR ENTIRE STOCK. COME AND SEE. very jomometers ml Sime Watcnes chromism, a Position and temperature, and = Vo. 42—N2. 6,479. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1873. vening Star. TWO CENTS. "SPECIAL NOTICES. Havana Lottery. IMPORTANT NOTICE. For the coming drawings, commencing January Sth, we haveredaced the price of tickets, aa follows: Wholes @20, 10, 4 BB, 1-5 S4, be @2, 1-20 BI. ‘Woe are prepared to fll all orders. Oirentars sent EVENING STAR. __DOUBLE SHEET. Washington News and Gossip. Cates Cui NG To Succegp Ministss . Mion. ‘Highest price paid for Spanish Bites SicKtws.—The resignation of Minister Sickle Pave Taye ttect Nes York, | af envoy extraordinary to Spain has been ten- dered, received and accepted by President Dreka’s Dicti Grant, who, upon the reassembling of Congress will nominate Hon. Caleb Cushing to fill the vacancy. It is understood that Mr. Cushing bas signified an intention to accept the mission. A new and usefnl Holid tlon cf Blotting Case, which writers are Hab) " street, Philedelpuls, " Bend for descriptive price ree! 2. for descr! list.” a decé-: Tae New Year's Kecerrion at Tae Batch beat Waite Hovse.—The usual New Year's recep- } KP ae FR, Jeciiabie, tamtan. | tion will be held on New Year's day at the taneous bleak or brows; ef all draggiste” and 16 | Executive Mansion: Bend ctrest_ Bow Nerk. Feeoly At 11 o'clock a. m., the Prosiden* will rective “ ~ | the members of the Cabinet and foreign Miuis- AMUSEMENTS. ters. At 11.20 @. m., the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, Senators and Kep- resentatives in Con; , the Governor of the District of Columbia and suite, the Judges of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and of the Court of Claims will be received. 4t12m., the officers of the Army and Navr will be received. At 12.30, the Assistant Secretaries of Depart- INCOLN HALL. TUKSDAY EVENING, JANUARY Grn, 1874, MISS ANNA E, DICKINSON. sURECT “FOR YOUB OWN SAKE.” of seats ¢ommences Saturday morning, Jan. uary 3, at Warren Choate & O.'s Bookstore ments, the Assistant Postmaster’s General, the Pevneyivania avenue, Admission SVcoute: reserved | Solicitor General, and Assietant Attorney Gen- seats 25 cents extra. aect-t eral,and the heads of the several bureaus will be received. At 12.45 p. m., the Associated Soldiers’ of the War of 1812, and members of the Uldest Jnhabi- tants’ Association of the District of Colambia will be received. ‘The reception of citizens will commence at 1 P. m., (atwhich time th» gates of the inclosure will be aa) and will terminate at 2 p. m. Carriages will approach the Executive Man- sion by eastern gate and leave by the west- ern gate. L!8cots HALL. ICTS INSTRELS B Band and Burlesque Operas bi 9 With more crowning, triumpnant success! ng Jast concluded » most brilliant saan of two weeks ‘at the Varieties Th jew Orleans, the paiace of ity and fashion of the Crescent City, before large, refined and select audiences Tole recelste running each INTERNAL Revenug.—The receipts from this source to-day were $191 .016.62. PxrRsonaL.—The people of Georgetown are ening from ON ‘eppear as above, in an entirely new, lad t " liked i i . Admissior e 0 welcome back the much Fepre- General, s0¢ ; Reserved tate fae; Golyred sentative of the First Indiana District, Hon. £00. geass eS oon Boe eo Wm. E. Niblack, who has, with his family, taken up bis residence at No. 46 First street. Wz ARE GLAD TO 6xE that the stupidly ab- surd canard about Senator Edmunds taking @ SOHAS. H. KERSHIN, General agcut ;ORD'S OPERA HUUSE. eee EE ELITE AS ae + THAR. 100 bribe to vote for the confirmation of (Wednestey Deven b-t 2 Cotempora | Williams hasn't life enough to flutter even.— cor sume siarthing Tecou Springfield Republican. Postar Carp Decision.—The Third Assis- tant Postmaster Goneral decides that any num ber of individuals or firms may print their ad- vertisements on a postal card before it is depos- ited in the mails. THE Senate Committee on Transportation ar- rived at Mobile at noon yesterday, and were handsomely entertained by the Board of Trade and the leading business men of the city. The P N@ SiN in which the crleorated actor and anthor, Mr. DOM INIOK MURRAY, will assume five different aliases and ‘ious characters, Night, last time of * Escaped From Sinz Sing.” Matinees every day after Wednesday during Xnone Week, . GRAND CHRISTMAS On MONDAY next. PANTOMIME ard MARLEQUINAD, expreasly for prc duction in Wsehiveton, eutitind UNCLE 8. favs, tt AM. THE EXILED SANTA In which a full dramatic company, the Martinetto- ND BEAUTY’S MAGIU-GLAS Havel Company, the Premier. Ventr= , ng busine ean taust of thee Wold, ir. KB. DAVIS, ines 2! | COMmitteo Teft for New Orleans at + o'clock blo '*, will appear. dec2t-tt Pm. ‘THE BONDS OF TRE LOAN 1358, which ma- ture Jan. Ist, are being received at the Treas- ury department in considerable sums in ex- NATIONAL THEATER. Mx. J.G. BavitLe......Bole Lessee and Director. GRAND BoEtpay ATTRACTION. TUESDAY, DECEMBEE 23. EVERY EVEN- | change for new five per cent. bonds. The ING, XMA8, AND SATUBDAY MATINEE* re thus far will approximate nine hundred en ly original drama, in four acis,by Mr. George Fawcett Bowe, entitled THE GENEVA CAOss, As acted for nine weeks to crowded houses at the Union Square Theatre, New York; received on ite first representation hare by a delighted aadicnce with great demonstrations of gr and univer- cel thousand dollars. Kvkitrx Parpons RecomMENpED.«Attor- ney General Williams has recommended par- dons to issue to Ringgold Young and Neii Haw- mon , kins, of Alabama, now serving out sentences in fe Tee cee Methenietie sect at tie ane: | the ‘Albay ponttoutiany, foc participation in Sisint, Mr. Henry -8. Pago, from | kuklux outrages. Covent Garden Theatre, London. oer ho will appar ach evening and at the’ matinees tu one of his un rivalled solos. 9 Graud Christmas and Satarda: Matinees. Monday, Dec. 29, Boucicauit’s ‘LE! ASTRAY.” dect-tr Tre Vingimivs.—The Navy department ix in receipt of additional advices from Rear Ad- mira! Scott, giving details of the surrender of = the Virginius, all of which have been antici- HAYS 300 BEARD OF THE RING, pated by press dispatches printed several days That circled the great city; Cd in ‘Tug Star. There was found on the Where is it now ' Bing ' King! Virginius about tifty tons of soft coal, and the Where is it now ! Sing! Bing! Without remorse or pity. Thoboidest, best, ana most graphic of American contemporaneous dramas fouaded on facts, will be produced on WEDNESDAY NIGHT, at FORD'S OPEBA HOUSE by DOMINICK MUKBAY and com pany, with striking realistic scenery, Cheap Prices, the Holiday weeks, 75 and 60 cents Mstinees Thursday, Friday, and Satarday, 25 and te centa. ect? ASHINGTON THEALER COMIQUE. WwW 11th Street, below ‘emma. Avenue. og om were started, but failing to work, and it being ascertained that it would take some time to put her in running order, she was taken ‘a tow by the United States steamer Dispatch bi nee the arrival of the Virginius at Tortugas, Lieut. Commander D. C. Woodson, of the Ossi- [ea ‘=! aiid in command, under orders for New York. A Parent Coxvextion TO ne Hetp in Wasnincton.—A call signed byJ. M. Thacker, deputy commissioner of patents; Hamilton A Hill, of Massachusetts, and Wm. P. Blake, of the centennial commission, of the committee . | appointed at the ternational patent congress EXT eee Cae EAE ES y, | a Vienna to organize brasen, oacehe estes ‘The young American Actor, just been issuedfor a patent convention to be Mr SaM'L & CHEST eld in this city on the 15th of January next, for ported by the be f the purpose of ‘discussing the subject of patent protection, and, if thought desirable, of organ- izing @ United States patent association to overcome the difficaltres to which American inventors are subjected in attempts to secure some protection for their inventions in forgign countries. A Loxc Warr.—Last week the Catholic church here sent agents from house to house taking a census of their members. When the man reached Donn Piatt’s house tue colonel , | Was busily writing in his library. The servant ‘ise the Sensational Dr: To te Bem TLD SEEALER. Bea) peccenes a yal ri . ‘ENicuT. ‘GEO. First sppeerance of the celebr rane Andrews, Banker, Whit +4 Misses Carrie Av brought the m to him, A man is in the NEES THIS want peer and wants {0 know if you arg a Catho- Oe AN ine TO RDAY ic." The coignel replied, & Not Sek, he must Monday, Tuesday and Wed! Nigit and Wod- | “=:t Swhile.” The servant returned to the ay Matinee will be preset ted th a said: ‘Col. Piatt says wait awhile.” ery Bmore: did the census taker wait, aud ee aud Saturday | still’ the converted man did net appear. Uf jatinee, ‘ic | course the colonel knew nothing of the ser- (costosEs Yant’s mistake, and finished the article he was FoR writing before passing the parlor on his way to MASQUERADE, his office. Great was his astonishment to tind PBIVATE THEATBIOALS, that the man had wasted so much time and he and TABLEAUX, still a heretic. The colonel was so full of con- at L. MOXLEY’s, trition that he was tempted to subscribe to all dect?-2m 60% 10: strost northwest. atone for the mistak Courier-Journal. NAVAL ORDERS.—Surgeon -J. K. Tyson to the naval hospital, New York; Surgeon George H. Cooke to the navy-yard, Norfolk, Va.; Act- ing Assistant Surgeon T. S. Sowerby to the Na- val Academy, 10th -January next. Detached Commander C. A. Babcock, Lieut. Wm. 0. Ce" the articles of the Christian faith, and thereby )BEE MUSICAL CONCERTS in Lowisville EVERY Hear eWnEY, PAY ASD EVENING. lear cent $6000 ORCHESTRION, Performing the latest Operatic ana Natlexal Music, MB. SOHWARZENBERG'S, 468 Pennsylvanis avenue, south side, Between 4% ‘This instromert representa an immense Urchestra, with Srume, cymibaley and chime ao” Free Odds and Eads, ‘We must blame much of our bad weather the last few days on the New York World, which headed its first page on the 25th inst., by an im- ploring ‘Hail, Father Christmas, Hail.” It would seem that a Washington aspirant for fa. vor had improved on this in a weather bare: entitled, Christmas, 5) addi want to see New York, and go one better.” —The Paily Graphic has, besides the usual corps of editors necessary toa great daly, an “Art Editor.” Knowing this, a correspoadent, who had noticed the appeals of the Graphic for phot- ographs and sketches for a gallery of champion idiots, tal things too much for granted, and wishing to insvfre his inclosnre reaching therigat person, directs to ‘The idiot editor of the Graphic.” The fellow overevched himself. Not'a soul inthe Graphic corps considered the communication to belong to hig own depart- ment. — It is unfortunate, but trae, that it has been found necessary regularly to detail a posse of police to preserve order during the services in certain of our churches. It ssems there are a namber of bad little boys who frequent these churches who consider it great fun to get in the pews behind the devout worshippers, and to tie their legs together. It is bad enough to have legs tied together when both loge belong to the same Individual, but imagine the predic- ament when a leg is tied to a—a—a—ahem!—a “mb. That isto say, when a buttoned boot is tastened to a manly shoe. Alas! we shudder. — Apropos of shoes or. boots is the following tleeping-car story: A gentleman occupied an upper berth in a certain section and a lady the lower. In that dim, uncertain daylight which dawns on travelers in heavily-curtained ‘“‘sleep- ers,’ the gentleman above referred to tried to find his boots, but nowhere about his narrow bed conld he see more than one of them. Look- ing downwards he thought he saw another on the berth below him; so reaching down he tried to liftitup. Strange to.say, it lifted to a cer- tain height and then fell trom hishaud. He tried again with the same result, and yet again ith no better luck, when suddenly the bcot a ceney became endued with life and evad- cd hisgrasp. Then the s.tnation flashed upon him and he became contrite. Contrition ‘s a good thing, but it may also become a nuisance, lor fancy the gentleman in the upper berth apologizing to the lady in the lower for mis. taking her boot on her own foot for his own. —Apropes of the death of Mr. Frederick Dent, it is told that his grandfather suffered during the revolution by having his house burned at the mouth of the Potomac and his tather had his burned in the same place during the war of 1812 to 1815. Sam Cox's last soubrijnet will be recognized As most appropriate when we remember that the ‘dew-drops” always gather about «« Sun- set.”"—Ohio State Journal. A Wasninoton Parent AGENT IN TROUBLE. On the &th of October last charges and speviti cations were made by Gen. Leggett, Commis- sioner of Patents, against Thomas H. Upper- man, of Washington, D. C., a patent agent ising before the United States entOttice. the date mentioned the said Upperman was notitied to appear before the Commissioner on or before the 23d of October last and answer to two charges and eight specifications, each of which charged him with wilfully, fraudently and corruptly withholding or misapplying moneys which he bad received from clients os- teusibly to pay Patent Office tfees. The Com missioner eaye in his review of the case: “The hearing was postponed until the 15th of November, ultimo, when the accused asked a further postponement of thirty days, to enable him ‘to answer the charges in the severa! papers, or to make good to clients and office the amounts therein named,’ which was ated. On December 15, the accused ask a stil further postponement, saying: ‘I cannot truth- fully deny any of the allegations entirely, but et I canas fruthfally and earnestly say, that in no single act of mine, since {have been a practitioner before the office, was wilful fraud intended toward my clients.’ ' Being informed, by letter from the commissioner of the same date, that no sufficient reason was shown for ares further delay, the accused, on Decem rT tant, addressed a letter to the com- missioner, in which be sai: Ido not ask that you longer recognize me as a practitioner be- re the office, because you are only performing your duty;’ but requested to be allowed, “ts jake the several sums good to office and cli- ents’j without having his ‘name published as defrauding both, wnen no fraud was intended.’ Upon a careful examination of the proofs and the records of the office, it appears that the foregoing charges and specifications are fully proved, and they are also fully confessed, ex- cept as to the intent. The acts are admitted to have been done as charged, but a fraudulent motive is denied. This denial, however, consists in the mere statement of the accused, not under oath. and is the old story ot the dishonest appro- priation of the money of others, held in trust, with the expectation, perhaps, if fortunate, of replacing it. Butthe fraud and crime are in the acts of misappropriation, and cannot be excused by alleged intent to return the money, whlch — intent, notwithstanding the extensions of time that baye been granted, has not been followed up by thé actaal return of a single cent. In the meantime, the stream of com- plaints trom other victims, u tional charges should be base to flow into the office, even to set for hearing these charges, There appears no palliation of the offenses herein charged, proven, and confessed, aud it i therefore ad inde. ¢ fara Taomas A. vpperman has been guiltyof such ‘gross mis- conduct’ as to demand that the Commissioner of Patents shall refuse longer to recognize him asa ‘patent agent, and it is accordingly ordered, in virtue of the authority conferred upon the Commissioner of Patents, under sec- tion seventeen of the act approved -july 8, 1370, that the said Thomas H. Upperman, or any firm of which he may be a member, be hereatter forvidden to practice before the Patent Ofice in any and all cases.”” “+20e- Tar GREAT RaILRoap STRIKRR IN Tre West—The Locomotive Engineers Oppose a Ke- duction of Their Wayes.—The locomotive engi- neers on a number of roads in West Virginia, Ob‘o and Indiana, that are operated by the Pennsylvania company, under the general title of the Panhandle road and its connections, struck yesterday against a reduction of ten per cent. Ou their wages, which had been ordered from the headquarters at Philadelphia. Oa the Panhandle route the strike resulted ina general chimes completo. Gibson, Surgeon J. H. Tinkham, and Passed | stoppage of trai: » leavi Dol S, old LAG RE alw@e on draught. Assistant Paymaster 8. D. Hurlbut from re- | Oble, after noon. yesterday. AR Associate OLD No.) Om Exhibition and Sale) hz cruiting duty at Burlington, Vt., and placed on | Press reporter interviewed delegation of en- + Cop ar 7 3 waiting orders, Comman Joseph P. Tytte | gincers lart night, and was assvred that all they o MARKRITER's, TH Gt. | and Master H. M. Tallman’ from recruiting | want ls a restoration of the wages paid previows Mo. 439 Tth strect, betwoon D and streets, eight | “uty at Detroit, Mich., and placed on waiting | to December 1. They also dectare they will not aun dh ree pnawe Ota eiow's Balt. a poco yg manna &. keel = Passed imeertere bp bid one who wishes to run their jy ugravings, Obrom: . ai urgeen M. rennan, from re- | engines. The offle stock Paper a Window cruiting duty fy Chicago <a on waiting they can to Keep the can dent phe Of Ts ames, Picture Oords and Tes | orders; Lieut. Commander Wm. Whitehead, | even passenger trains to leave Columbus yes. lan. District, Lieut. J. A. Chesley, and Surgeon Thomas IH. | terda: » four went out and three to remain. Penrose, trom recruiting duty at Toledo, Ohio. ahd placed on waiting orlers; Lieut. Z. L. Tan- Nothing better is expected for to-day. Up to midnig uno freight had Teft since noon. sé ner, Master F. E. Upton, and Passed Assistant | Dispatches port - fing on berets | Surgeon E. H. Ware, from recruiting duty at taneous striker Oral tee Prassneser tee bon between 8th and Tih we, Butlalo, N. ¥., and placed on waiting orders, | Handle railroad. Superintendent bilison, who Hotes by mat) promptly attended to. Oash paid .fis-t beret went out on the 9.45 p, m. train east, reports an Tax ConcRessionat Liprarny Destons.— | attempt to throw it off the track at the Pendle FESTIVALS. The commission to select plans for a new build- | ton eastern o! jumbus, ~ ing for the Library of Congress, have awarded | Sbout Paging oe oe says the ‘ON ERT AND EXHIBITI: the first premium of $1,500 to the design sub- | Sround the reli tenes esti 1 C LOND AY Fi FowpaT Rea tk Kh | mitted by Messrs. R. J. Pelz and J. L. Smith- . At the first obstruction Leroy hacodlaal 8 |. A happy time may be ‘ulgred by all mayer, architects of this city. Mr. Smithmay- fimmpea the track, and striking the second, it Bs sect A" _ | or, it will be remembered, has taken ier. eee Sack ena ot ann wien “ 2 atactel \c- 7 the Terra Cotta works at ‘Terra (fees eon acerca d atk: Ouse Tre neers land ai itteb urs rena railroad, ‘Central, Great Eastern, Unit ae Northw }, Pittsburg, Fort Wayne to Schulze, Schoen & Chicago, Pittsburg. Cincionati and St. of New York. Ten out of thet Tosis, Tnssenapel incennes, and Jeffer- bi ‘80 pote Bing e | Sonville, Madison A IONDAY . Dec. 29, 1873. $100 each. ‘These designs were by Sams Sion, ae - sk; Dancing tc - jam. » | Boston’s Curistaas Caimm—A horrible PP sag het AY hee Bg yg anne Ag ay Sng A.B. oe » J murder was committed on Providence court, in to be given to Columbia Division. 3. of F. See ugblin, E.G. Lind, jutton, F. | Boston, early on Wednesday morning. ‘Tre ae FAlupeete atche | Peughandler, F. H. Bicknell, and Schumann & | sound of shots and shouting drew atten- I There i tion to the spot, where the aie tound the gaeiteiesl Roth eateemusereeceuy | 5 he Seven wlesteg, that ot sours, Pots & | Sedna tee atan whe coe foes, ound. te ng, In the Dulising of, church. the friends | Spithmayer, condition. 5 ‘Hogener wasin the room, ofre crearcenton, ands generous public, arefn- | fir; The interior te erran bat pe, _ Ho afterwards ir wilt contin id EVEN fro} From this central a Sey continue EACH BV#! BES serve eu ad or dors ra cont reom yed Huelier in the ee Rertion eliding, He exclai FO 28 ME SBT OF JRWELEY. At | Se. test the trent. The oes saving cont., go to "S | chiefly for newspaper files and Jewelry Btore, 1066 Penaiyer eee the ger t is in many wesc a (AENERAL EMPLOYMENT OFFION—Alser | Uke of the Museum. In the four knew what designed for wings, &c, The ‘struck h Sate Se as Bh ure imvrior forthe sae’ of fie library i of ana aim volumes, and itis plauned. thatit eaa'be ee well-known come- C4 = ‘oh wee bird Targed to recetve 3,000,000. By the se. of the while perform- Lissa treet, % ‘pith the Capital te, not incon- Newark, New Bors} = with the is though it near Towson- "A SBT _OF RODOERS & SONS SURPFIELD not a copy of the It has no domes, Mr. Owens is A Nea Pee Mme eee | Geeta reese eae vauin avenues” died | Sbove the reer. ie iE AEE, Bat ln tT fete Grit En 2 PEER ond CH LEG WAH TF ee 4 t Hil ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIBS. RIAN OF CONGRESS, LinRaRy oF Coneress,} Waenrroron, December 9, 1573. 5 The customary annual enumeration of books im the Library on the Ist of December, 1875. exhibits an aggregate of 25%,752 volames, and about 45,000 pamphlets. Of this aggregate, the law department of the Library contains 31,190 yolumes. At the corresponding date of the las: year (1872) the Library contained 246,345 vo! umes, thus showing an increase during the year of twelve thousand four hundred and seven volumes. ‘The accessions of the year were derived from the various sources namied below Books. Pamphlets 6,249 +0 By purchase. By copyright plicates).. <a B By depositof the Smithso: ‘Institution 5 By presentati By exchange. Tota) The wamber ceived xcluding du- 3,1 . OT 5,456 signation of articies re- brary under the laws which make it the depositery of all copyright matter will be found below:—Books, 6.2 204; periodicals, 5,007; dramatic IL; engravings 086; musical composition: compositions, 9; photogra) and chromos, 954; maps and charts, 40s; print, 1; drawin, ind designs, 16. Tutal number articles, 23,946. As the law requires the deposit of two copies of each publication protected by copyright, the number of separate articles received, excluding duplicates, was 11,975, of which there real volumes of books, and 2,543 periodi- cal The whole number of copyrights entered dtaring the year ended December 1, 1573, was 15,352, and the amount paid into the Treasury by the undersigned daring the same time, on account of copyright fees. was $15,404 30. The entries exceed those of the preceding year by 1,184, and the receipts trom copyright fees are increased tothe amount of £1,120.59 over those of last yea - ‘The unexpended balances of funds under charge of the Joint Committee on the Library were as follows December 1, 1875: Fund for in- crease of library, $10,228.15; fund for contingent expenses of library, #1,53.90; fund for expenses of exchanging eo documents, $1,2); fund for a plan for library building, $1, ; fund for purchase and printing of unpublished his- torical documents relating to the early French discoveries in the northwest and on the Miss sippi, $10,000; fund for ornamenting the (i tol withworks of art, €15,441-21: furl for por- traits of Presidents of the United States, $1,930; fund for completion of three volumes of Wilkes’ United States exploring expedition, $6,858.96; fond for salaries in botanic garden and green- houses, $7,574.41; fund for improving buildings, &e., in botanie garden, $ und for im- proving botanic garden and greenhouses, 9 ES 02. sas Tespecttully renew the recommendation, made 1n my last report, that the copyright law be so amended as more clearly todefiae the articles which shail be lawful subjects of copy- right. Under the present statute, the vague designation of “prints” has always been made to cover printed labels for use on articles of manufacture. An amendment of the law, ex- cluding these things from the protection of copy- right, (to which they clearly have no pro) relation,) and providing for their registry future at the Patent Office. Joint Committee on the Li favorably to the House of ees by ihe Comm:ttee on Patents at the last session of Congress. In the pressure of public busin ess, however, it failed to become a iaw. The collection of the English county histo- ries, for which a special appropriation was made im the last Congress, has been sue sess- fully proceeded with, and ail but seven, out of the torty counties of England, are now. repre- rented in the Library, besides many of the town histories. and the local histories and geneale- 4 of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The great interest of these works, and their vglueas elucidating the history and genealogy of that country from which most American families derive their origin, together with the fact that the most extensive county histories were printed in+mail numbers and are constantly rising in price, render thisa wise and timely purchase. it is satisfactory to add that the cost of the col- lection (including what were already in the Li brary) will come within the limits of the appro- priation of five tbousand dollars. ‘The large copyright business, placed inex clusive charge of tis oftice since i879, continue to be ransacted with promptitade, within tue very limited quarters at my disposal. A:lli- tioual space. however, for these numerous and valuable records, and for the clerical busines involved, bas become an absolute necessity Already the larger vortion of the criginal re cords of copyright have to be kept in adark store-room, removed by two tlightsor stairs from the library, involving great loss of time in the constant references that must be made. The urg-nt necessity for more room for the Protection and arrangement of the great and overtiowing Library under my charge is again brought to the attention of the committee. The large additions of the pas‘ year are not excep- tional, but are likely to be repeated, if not exceeded, in the annual growth of this Library, which is the enly one national in its character, and enjoying the — it a Peg accessions througu {be law of copyright, as we as the deposits of the fibrarg vu, {ne Smithsonian Institution. The undersigned will nu. Fepeat the statements so fully made in his last report, setting forth the impossibility of any permanent provision for the Library and copyright depart- ment within the Capitol, even with any enlarge- ment of that building which could be agreed upon. The accommodation of a collection of vouxs now numbering over a quarter of a mil- lion, and which in less than twenty years will outnumber half a million, while at no remote period it will very largely exceed one million volumes, together with the annually increasing importance of the copyright department as office of public record, plainly demands the erection of a separate building specially de- signed for at public library, and adequate to the requirements of its manituld depart- ments. This will not supersede the necessity of retaining in the Capitol a sufficiently exte sive selected library for legislative and judic use. By the act of March 3, 1873, Congress thorized a commission, consisting of the chair- man of the Joint Committee on the Library, the chairman of the Committee on Pablic Buildings and Grounds on the part of the Sen- ate, and the librarian of Congress, a plan fora new building for the library'of Con- gress, with an appropriation of five thousand lollars to procure architectural designs, and with further power to select # plan, and to su rvise the location and erection of a building. The latter portion of the trust reposed in the commission will of course be inoperative with- out further legislation by Congress. The commission advertised in leading news- papers in the large cities of the country for de- signs for a library building, and at the same time furnished to architects a series a series of outline specifications to guide them in submit- ting plans for such an editice. A premium of fifteen hundred dollars was offered for such a design as should be adjudged the best by the members of the commission; one thousand dol- lars fer the next best, amd five hundred dollars for the third best. Up to November 15, 1873, when the competition was closed, twenty-eight iu ‘as approved by the y, and reported designs had been received, and the award, which is payable on or before Dec. Sist, will shortly be ade by the commiseion. m: The im lance of a prompt provision for the Pita of a sew ii rary baliding will be apparent when it is that the in- Sicprptn Si cturaaton a ihiben ts alcores in already overflowed; that the one hundred sup- plementary cases of shelving introduced two Reap he potas mongrel the ourplasareaearly all tilled; that the Eieroue necessity of books on the im many quarters alread: beem reached; and that it will not 4 much longer to provide any of i tor ‘con- tude. hole subject is Dapeng g to the early atten- e Com! , A. R. Srorvorp, Librarian. Hon. Timothy 0. Howe, Chairman of the Joint Com- mittee on the Library. Caban Afnirs. DEBS—AAILING BVIVORS OF TI OF THR EDGAR ViReiNivs onrw. Oficial information to Cudans in this city announces that Gen. Miguel Aldams is to take the place of Gen. Quesada as Cuban agent in Pew York. Owing to the prevalent disestistac- tion, Castello, who was instrumental in the ap- polutment of Quesada, now assumes the posi ion of ager? for a time himself, and in order to harmonize the two parties bas secured the sition to Aldama, the leader of the dissatistied element, and that gentleman will soon enter upon his new position. THE STEAMER EDOAR STUART, which bas been fully overhauled and put in sea- going condition at Jenkins’ wharf in this city is expected to sail very shortly. She is cleared for Janaica,and it is stated her papers are now in the possession of the collector of this port. It is also stated that the authorities at Washing ton have been investigating all the particnlar of her proposed departure, and the Cubans claim that they can discover no irregularity She will take out nothing but gers, ax! will in no manner whatever violate fhe national law. The commanders of the Edgar Stuart are men who have landed expeditions safely in Caba and what course they will pursue when clear of American waters remains to be seen. A lag go of Cubans will leave this city to morrow fer New York to mect the United States steamer Juniata, and escort to Baltimore Senors Manuel Silveiro and Amador Saco, formerly of the Stuart, who are among the survivors of the Virginius crew. They were both officers on the Virginius, have fought in Ouba, and their escape from death by the Spaniands is only to be attributed to their extreme youth. Silveiro being only seventeen years old. After ashort stay in Baltimore taey will join the crew of the Edgar Stuart. Gen. Aguilera, vice president of the Cuban republic, who has been at his residence in this city for some time past, has been recalled to active duty, and will pos- sibly sail on the Edgar Stuart.— Balt. Sun, 2th FatLvre or A Horet-Man.—The announce- ment of the failure of the lessee of the St James and Grand Union Hotels, creates @ genuine sensation among the professional hosts of the metropolis. Bir. Elias Hotchkiss, the lessee of these well-known houses, finding him- self pecuviarily crippled by the recent mone- tary disturbances, called a meeting of his cred- itors and announced bis inability to meet his obligations. Mr. Hotchkiss last year renewed a four years’ lease of the hotel for $30,000 a year, and immediately thereafter redecorated it at & cost of $15,000. It accommodates 25) persons, is provided with elevator and steam-heating apparatus, and other modern conveniences. It was well patronized from the day of its open- ing, but toward autumn Mr. Hotchkiss foand himself unable to meet the expenses ef both hotels, and last Thursday made a statement of bis affairs to his creditors. Wm. Hi. Burroughs was appointed receiver, and the nouse is now corducted on a strictly cash system. The Grand Union, on the corner of Forty-firat street and Park avenue, cost, with the ground, nearly $500,000, and contains 550 rooms. Mr. Hotch- kiss leased the hotel for a term of five years, beginning with the present year. Mr. Richard Semers, of the Sherman House, Chicago, was engaged as manager, but the hotel was never # financial success. But few guests lived in the house during the summer, and Mr. Hotchkiss needed all his capital for the St. ./ ese. Ata meeting held last night Shaw was chosen to conduct the hotel on bebaif of the creditors Mr. ay roe liabilities are estimated at $220, 000.—N. F.C mn APrPains in MontGowery Cornty, Mo.-— atrons of Husbandry.—On Friday, the inet., Olney Grange of the Patrons of Husband- Fy was organized at Sandy Spring, in this coun- ty, by FE. J. Or, deputy for the state, with the following officers: -loseph_ T. Elisha J. Hall, observer; W. H. Farquhar, lec turer; J. Holland, steward; C. F. Kirk, assis- tant Steward; Dr. W. E. Magrader, chaplain K. B. Farauhar, treasurer; Washington Bowie, secretary; Samuel Hopkins, gate keeper; Mrs. Joseph ‘I. Moore, cereas;’ Mrs. Chichester, pomons; Mrs. Margaret Magruder, flora; Mrs. vashington Bowle. lady aesistant steward On Friday the 20th, deputy E. J. Obr, orgen- ized Rockville Grange, with fhe following of Moore, master; ol : john E. Hor- P. Bi . cla Wilson, C.; Mrs. J 5 By Proxy, F.; Mrs. S. D. Higgins, L. n Death.—Rosa Brown, an old colored woman, and a former servant of Judge Bowie fell dead on Main street in Rockville at about dusk, on Friday evening last. Land Saie.—The farm belonging to Mr. Thos. J.D. Bowie, in this county, and advertised for » George Peter, eaq., trustee, was sold on last at $1.05 per acre.’ George W urchaser. The farm contained 529), le Sentir “a In ‘ORK.—A com- mittee appointed at the late so-called New Yors workingmen’s meeting a* Cooper Institute waited on Commissioner Van Nort yesterday, and presented a letter demanding work or pay for the same for those in enforced idleness, which was brought about by the government sanctioning speculation in our circulating me- dium. They also demanded that work should be Tarnished to them, abrogating all contracts, and demanded a speedy answer in writing. The commissioner said he would send ‘them an apswer. Another delegation of real working- men waited en Mayor Havemeyer, juesting hm, [0 *ign certain ordinances, which have passed the Loard of aldermen, for improve- ments of streets Aha Avenues, #9 that they may obtain work, The ce conn would sign them. THE BITTER ANT INESEP: DICE which prevails on the Pacific coast is cropping out afresh. A monster petition is now in circula- tion asking Congress to al ate the famous Burlingame treaty. We are fornia papers that the idea is sanctioned by some of the leading men of the state. Anti- Chinese societies are being formed, with the Young Men’s Christian Association at their head. It is stngular that, after the immense commercial advan’ reaped by the Ualitor- nians under the treaty, they should undertake such a ctusade. There is little probability that it will result in anything more than a temporary — to Celestial immigration, if it does even ACCIDENTAL Dra’ BY Polson.—Mr. Sam uel Pendleton, of Wallingford, Conn., was al- most ere neces # killed on Thursday evening bn an accidental dose of poison. A few friends been passing the evening with his family, and were about going home, when Mr. Pendleton asked his wife to get some grape wine made last summer. Sbe reminded him that he had put it down in the cellar, and he started to get it. He went in thedark and brought ota demijchn, got a glass and tasted the contents, and instantly called to his wife to give him some acid to counteract the poison. In less than five minutes he was dead. Mr. Pendle ton was a silver-plater, and the poison was a silver solution containing quanide of potassium . A CHRISTNAS GIFT FOR THE Poor.—Hon Shakepeare Caldwell, formerly a member of Con: Louisville, Ky., but now of New the poor on Christmas day for hospital 98 i Hi : i iE TELEGRAMS TO THE STAB, ea The Railread Strike im the West. TRAIBS STILL DELAYED, BUT Bo YIOCLERCE REFORTED. Lovrsvitte, December 2.—The Fas of the Jefiersonsiiie, Mitchell and Te clals of jefferson v1! thelr intended actioa diavapolis railroad of tt the trams wer not Scott, general ecpermtendent, thinks thateby Monday he wil! be able to resame a reporter, youteed ‘that the bers of the are te! * mem! on on the Jefermavilie, Mitchell aud. Tne tation to Pitts id by the Cali- | deputations, who waited on Mr. McCullough, general superintendent of the Pen tvania compan’ , and remonstrated against the reduction. Hie referred them back to the officials of this division. It is understood that the members of the upton on the Jefferson- ville road awaited a telegram from headquar- ters at Pittsbarg before inaugurating the strike. The telegiam was received ay morning, and the strike commenced at 12 o'clock noon. All tratps starting ont before that time were brought safely to their destination. No vio- lence is reported. ADS ON WHICH TH * §O STRIKE Cmcdeo, December rain di«patchers at the offices of the Ilitnois Central, Northwes- tern, and Pitteburg and Port Wayne and Chi cago railroads tn this city, deny the report that the engineers and firemen on these roads have struck, and assert that there is strike on these roads, as w: reduced. The engincers of the Great Eastera railroad have struck. ax here reported THE INTERRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL. Isprawaro.is, Inp., December 5.—A train which left here on the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis railroad last night was thrown from the track, outside of this city, by an open switch, and was abandoned. The regular Lou! ville train last night went through, bat no train bas arrived from Lonisville since § o'clock last night. On the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St Louis railroad no trains have gone through or arrived since 12 o'clock yesterday. The train due here at 60'clock last evening is reported to be at Bradford Junction, Ohio, There is a large crowd about the Union depot, but no riotous demonstration has been made as yet. A train is now ready tostart for Columbus, and will ——_ get of about noon to-day. A serious listurbance is reported at ‘this morn- ing, but no particulars bave received. END OF THE STRIKE. New Yorx, December It is reported here that President Scott and M: McCallough, of the Penneylvania railroad, state that on- gineers’ strike is ended, and ail the troabie over. TRAINS ON TIME. era! | Failroad com; graph that al and and Pittsburg railroad, Pittsburg and | burg and Wheeling, bot freight and o ger, arerunning on time, the men having re- sumed full allegiance to the company last night. ‘The passenger trains on the Fort Wayne road are fully manned, and no difficulty to them is apprehended. The county she and state | police of Obio and indiana have given Trance that all men willing to work shall be protected, and the public not be deprived of these highways. Mr. McUullough believes that within the next forty-eight hours the str.ke wili be entirely ended and work resumed New York Notes, A CRUSHED @RULEY between veland and between Pitts. New Yore, December 27.—Thos. Carrigan has been arrested on the charge of causing the death of Alexis Angellot by crashing in his skull with a stone tober la: PAILURES ANNOUNCED. The failure has been announced of Bancroft & Krenth, dealers in hats and caps, and Miteh- | ell, Letray & Catlin, dealers in faucy goods. The houses are not large. THE Ov ANDING LOAN CERTIFICATES amount to TAR BANK #TATEMENT. The following is the weekly bank statement Loans, increase, $12,000; cie, increase, 526,400; legal tendera, increase, £9,300; de- posits, increase, $1,035,000; circulation, in 20.200. BN HOLLIDAY'S TWO WIL ate of Westchester county, New itted to probate the will of the drawn March, 167! y. A second The sw York, has Wife ‘ot Ben Holliday, leaving to Ben her propert: hed been drawn in August, 1°73, in which Mrs. Holliday settled her entire property on Ben Holliday, jr., and her Geaghters, ud unmarried. subject to extraordinary cou- tions, and cutting her husband from any ad tion of the property. He contested the vali of the document, and on the trial testumeny iven that at ime of making the will Mrs, Hollid: not tn her right mind timore Cuban Ex; ition. THE FACTS ABOUT THE EDGAR STRWART. Battinorg, December 2. veral sensa- tional dispatches having been sent from thi« city in regard to the fitting out of the fillibus- tering steamer Edgar Stewart for an expedition to Cuba, and it having been stated in the local press this morning that she bad cleared from this port for J: ica, the followin, thentic and official statement in regard to the Edgar Stew art is furnished the press. The steamer now lies at Jenkene’ wharf, watched daily br ens: tom officials. Her register is in the ‘ her son, arried the collector of this port, and one Allowed to leave UN” r any out tho rau _knowk ‘ashington. The Stew- iferd, Conn., in 1869, and ber papers is owned by Zimri ma w. Butcber, of York. On the 2ist of March. 2 she obtained an en- ew York and sailed coast- London, where, on the 28th of the fame month, she surrendered her enrollment ind obtained a temporary register. She ar- rived at this port on the Ist of Sanuary last from Key West, under command of Rudolph Sommers, her cargo consisting of seventy- one tons of old iron, and has been lying — at On eee ever since, . fey, H tcegrein. ¢ Aguero, representin, | ber owner, contractz.! with parties to repair the | boilers and machinery to the extent ot a few thousend dollars. These repairs are going on. otal be completed under four or five weeks. ] ragedy. THE STOWE PRATRICIDE AND L Dayrow, Onto, —The part: lars of the Stowe fratricide, and the subsequen’ hanging of Henry Stowe, snow that the two | brothers. with some companions, after drinking whisky freciy, commenced shooting at a mark | Jobn Stowe ipsisted upon loading the rifle for each competitor, and Henry contended each man should charge the gan for himself. | Henry, however, led to the demand of Jobn until it came to his tarn to shoot,when be demanded that the riff ven to him to load. High words followed, in the course ef which Henry charged John with dishonesty in not putt any ball in the gan when last loading it. John called Henry a liar; upon whic! shot Jobn doad, with immediately seized party, numbering fo: fo a mill, from hanged him to a li then repaired to the “office and, upon returning, found their victim dead. Seeming to realize forthe first time what had bappened, those who participated fied, and bave not yet been captured. The parents of the brothers Stowe,who reside in Penasylvania, were informed at once of the terrible affair, and arrived yesterday afternoon and took charge of the remains of their sons, who, it seems, were their only children. that i i if a of | i i i 3 5B ler states ri 3 oat, wens an. ‘that it will reach a of years, it is asserted. eee informed inthe nearly double those above given. 7 S7-Bix of his deserted wives are for Mr. in and his lest ing bar oncredefeward Of GMy dollars for bis