Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1874, Page 1

- * THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays Excepted, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, usylvania Avenue, cor Lith St. BY THE EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY, a. BICEP MANN, Prevt. served by = ° THE EVENING STAR ¢ ar fers to D WEEK, oR their m= at Tex Cexts Forty-rork Cents Pax MostH, Copios at the | Gounter Two Cents each maii—three months, O1.50; six m $5.00; one year, 95. THE WEEKLY STAR—Published Fridar—91.90 Syear, GF Invariably in advance, in both cases, and Bo paper sent longer than paid for | SF Rates of atverticing furnieh~d on application. DOUBLE SHEET. Washington Nows and Gosaip. | ipts from InTeRNAL Revenve.—The re. his seurce te day were $05.15 Waire bas n arose npon the | 2 matters. r Genera’ re a. Babcock is Apr Tr Firt mem!» Capitei te day. OF count of the Met on the Spenker's table the fact that twenty had » hes Tur Mewrers of the House Committ the Distric aod around jeted since the d the improveme which has been © onof Congress Tu® LATEST ARRIVAL at the Capitol is an enthusiastic patent agent from Alexandria, Virginia, who has taken quarters immediately in the rear of Georgs Washington, in the hall of the Old House of Kepresentatives. He brings with bim a model of an engine that can climb up a hill just as fast as it can slide down. Gotd Mepat Por Hemamity.—The Secre- tary of the Treasury yesterday forwarded to Captain J. P. Crosby, of the American ship Mores Dale, of Philadelphia, a handsome gold watch, awarded to him by the government of Canada in recognition of his humane sery'ce: im rescuing the crew of the British bark Mo- rocco in March, i575. SzNaTOR SUMNER.—A Boston corresponcent of the Springfield Republican gives these inter- esting facts about Senator Samner: ‘‘Every- body seems to be for Senator Sumner’s rei tec tion, and even Butler is juoted as in favor of it Apparently the Somner resolutions will ba re- seinded with scarcely a ripple of opp: only one Senator out of 4 being found, the other day, to make a stand against the first step direction, and he teit obliged to an- nounce that he should vote ior Mr. Sumner.” Ocgan Corgses ror Steam Vessets.— Mir Conklin’s bill to provide for an international commissson of the mercantile powers, to lay down ocean cour: for steam vessels and othe-- wise provide toi eased safety of sea travel, directs the President to appoint a commissioner Ow the part e United States to meet with Fuch other sioners as may be appointed by foreign maritime powers, whose co-opera- t on he shall ‘nvite for the above-descrided pur- pose. The U $ mer is te be confirmed Every gress is now blockaded with p' scems to be 6 new w Houses of Won- stands. This of filling up the niches “cathedral aisles.” If the evil cont will not be many years befure it will by sto gain ac Senat of an elevated railwa id that an enterprising Yank plication for a corner ¢ and, in addition, w t belongs to Congress p in front of it. He thinks the “ big injun” would be more appre- ciated in such « position than in the dark re- cesses under the dome where he now moulders. ConrreMations._The Senate in executive session yesterday confirmed the following nom inations: David MeM. Gregg, of Peansy! ap pen @ cigar stand, $ Tecumseh which Of customs, Pritz J : ter, Mass ; William I United States at thal. collector of c: is at Saint Marks, ¥ la. Nathan Patten, collector of customs of the di trict of Texas; Luther Lee, jr., collector of cus- toms at Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va. Also, tne nominations of several land officers and In- dian agents, and a large number of postmas- ters and army and navy promotions. ‘ant treasurer Isidore Biumen- GaLtamtTrey or a Mripsarrmaw Comrtt- MENTED.— Mention has heretofore been male of the gallant act of Midshipmen Lucien Scott, of the United States steamer Alaska, on her home- ward voyage. While e gaged in reefing sail, a Sailer named Anderson was struck by a block, ard knocked from the maintop into the water. In addition te a severe scalp wound, his shoc'der Was dislocated by the accident. and, the steamer gOing at the tate of six or seven knots an hour, would undoubtedly have drowne! bi tere a boat could have been lowered. Mias man Scott ut hes p- Stingly sprung overboard to bis assistance. Seizing the drowning man, be s¥am with bim to a life-buoy, and there sup- ported bim till they were rescued. The Secre- try ofthe Nuvy has com Joung midshipman in a ge APPOINTMENT OF CADETS AT THE MILI- TARY ACADENY.—The President has appoiuted the follow ing-named es cadets from the United States at large to the Military Academy at A) Point :—Walter Stone Alexander, son of tenant Colone! B.S. Alexander, of the en- g neer corps; J. Walker Benet, son of Col 5. V. Benet, ordnance corps; James B. Raw lins, son of General Rawlins, late Secretary of War, Charles J. Messmore, of Michigan, son Colone! J. E. Messmore, of the volunteer arm: Wm. E. Alm f Solumbla, so Frederick F. son ot ex-Surgeon General Foltz, of the y; George C. Strong, of Massachusett-, Strong, of the volunteer army, who was killed im battle; Wm. English, son of Lieut. Col. English. infantry, and dobn Green Lugenbeei, son ot Colonel Pinck- bey Lugenbeel, U. 8. A., 4a Lawren: Hearv, son of atormer sergeant of the 5th i fantry, as first and second alternates to su ppls the place of any of the above appointees who may fal. Cost or THE Prorosgep Postat Tet APH SysTex.—In reply toa resolution of the House cr Kepresentatives inquiring how many em- ployes of all grades it will require to carry on the postal savings institutions in the United States and territories, as recommended by the Postmaster General, ‘and for like information in relation to the postal telegraph, Mr. Cres- well replies that it is proposed to contine the operations to the pos'al savings depos'taries, of ves, Classed as follows: third, 779; below . posed to apply this system curing the first year to the test class nd extend it gradually thereafter. On proposed basis the number of clerks i= esti- mated at 140, at an aggregate salary of $155,000. In reiation ‘he telegraph he reaffirms the cor- rectness of the estimate, given in his report for iei2, that an aggregate telegraph force of )0, including all grades. at an annual cost of would ple to work the postal p to thirty millions of mu per anpum, which is double the number transmit- ted by all the companies operated one year ago. Perits or “Coastine.”"—A hand-sl three boyson it dashed into the emigrant tre » Tom the Lower Dock Hill, on the Hud XK ver railroad, at Sing Sing, Thursday One of the » & Col er yog. bad bis named Rese hed his leg and eollar-bone >; anc the third was severely though not fa- tally wounded. Ex-PresipestT Bazz, of San Domi-go, who > » on sane ty, Rig et prerend be soon Urope, ig i the dime tor which there at preseut © ot visit Washington. He tho: ‘Bonexation was not passed. an: fon of San Domingo to a wa the only thing that would Tmanent peace on the island. TER GLADSTONE has issued an address at Greenwich, asking ‘Sdvice ot her mi at, emetes — BRES.—At Y: Chief Justice Shannon, lengthy a: of venue arent offensive expressions, . nee | Walbridge Bristow is | Mrs. Bancrott Davis, Jalge and Mrs. — C ening Sta ry vot. 48—Ne. 03. Society. Dae tdvantage was taken of the fine weather yesterday to make the Friday receptions large and agreeable; and, as ladies having Friday for their “day” are scattered all over the city, it may fairly be said that the town was dotted all ever with spots of gayity. Some of the ladies | who received were Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Boa- and Miss B: 1, Mrs. Ross Ray; Mrs. a oon Piattand M P, » Pani; Mrs. Bingham; Mrs. Kd exander Jettrey; Mrs. Wiliam M. dancin t her hoase; and Mrs. enera ber daughter, Miss Phillips, who we & matinee dansaute at’ their country resi- ence. These last two receptions were specially lant. —Among the ladies calling were Mrs. Fish, and Miss Johnson, Mrs. Redfern, Mra. Morsell Mrs. Dorsey and Miss Wack, Mrs. Betret. Mra. Carpenter, her friend Mrs. Gen eral Wallen, of New York, and the lovely Miss Jessie Wallen, who isa debutante. Both these last named ladies are guests of Mrs. Carpenter, | on Capitol Hill. on | 8 —Mics Preston, of Kentacky, is expected to y to-day, and will again be the le. She will receive a most cordial welcome from her many friend Mrs. Donn Piatt is expecting Miss Julia Worthington to pass the remainder of the win- ter with her. This news will be received with great pleasure by Mi+s Worthington’s large circle of acquaintances, —Last evening General and Mre. Dunn gave & most agreeable party to Mrs. General Pope. —The Washington “German” will give an elegant entertainment next Tuesday evening; Mrs. Alexander Jeffrey a large party on Wed- nesday evening; Mrs. Gen. «J. G. Foster a “‘ket- tledrum” on Thursday afternoon, and Governor and Mrs. Shepherd a masquerade on Friday evening. —Invitations for a dancing party next Thura- day evening, at her elegant residence, have been issued by Mrs. Bloomer, No. 1321 M street northwest. —The next german to be given by the Bache- Iud will take place at Marini’s on Wed- yy, the 4th of February. FORTY THIXD CONGRESS, Satvepa January 2 THE ATE was not in session to-day. HOUSE OF KEPRKESENTATIVES.—The House met in committee of the whole for de- bate, no business whatever to be done—not more than thirty members being present. and attendance In the galleries was about in the ame proportion. Mr. Bundy (Ohio) was the first speaker, and addressed the House upon the sudject of the finances of the country. Mr. Kobbins (N. C.) addressed the House in opposi the civil bill, contending passage would be not to eleval colored man to the level of the white, but rather to drag the white man down to the level of the negro. He also contended hat there was a natural difterence between the rac #. Mr. Cain replied, saying the gentleman had oken of their efforts to educate the negroes They had the stocks, the whipping post, and the thumbscrew, and’ the these were the means they used to “bring these barbarians nto a state of civilization.” [Applause.) In the course of his remarks Mr. Cain made some ~harp retorts and was trejuently applauded on the republican side, and was personally compli- mented by nearly all the republicaus present at the close of his speech. -<0-- Seizcvres Dur mar, through + THE WaR.—CGazaw ard, Jones & White attorneys, has begun, in the United States Cir- cuit Court, an action against Hugh McCulloch, as Secretary of the Treasury, to recover the value of 57s bales or AS igmer cotton which, as is alleged, were unlawfully seized and sold by the defendant in October, 1865. Mr. McCulloch, by United States District- Attorney Bliss, after pleading the genera} issue, interposes several special pleas, among which are these: That the cotton in question was seized a3 abandoned pro perty in Georgia; thatit was taken possession of ‘nobedience to laws of Congress and the Presi- fent’s Proclamation; and that, theretore, the Secretary of the Treasury cannot be held per- -onaily responsible for anything that was done in the premises. The Importing and Exporting Company of Georgia has also begun, by the same attorneys, an action to recover from Mr. MeCulloch the value of 1,461 bales of Upl: cotton. Mr. Bliss is the attorney for the 3 ense, and the pleadings in the case are almos* identical with those in Lamar’s case. Several cases involving the same ¢ have recently been tried in the United States Circuit Court, every one of which has been decided in tavor of the plaintit?.—V. ¥. Tribu New Yorr’s DayGenous Crassgs. meetirg of workingmen, under the ai the German Free Thinkers Union, called for last night, in New York, wasa failure. Under the advice of the police, the proprietor of the saloon where the meeting was to take place, re- fused the use of the hall. Phe workingmen, numbering about 2,000, then proceeded to T'win wall, where a sbort meeting was held, and a resolution passed authorizing the committee to epgage Cooper Institute for the pur; of holding @ mass meeting, and inviting all ( man societies tobe present to protest aga'nst the action of the authorities at Tompkins b jed with | avcther to the long the = 4.9. Keone, 5 strong power retary e Howard ultimately secure Dhie, wae arrested last evening on acl quare on Tutsday week last. The Tribune says meetings are held pightly in the smaller halls on the; ast ride of the city, ard international and discontented workmen listen to 8; es which are often violent. One of the leaders at a meeting held in avenue A, @ few evenin, since, sad they could count over 10,000 well- dril'ed men, and that many of these’ were a —_—* the German regiments in the National guard. AN Ixcrpent at a Par at Avprence.—Anne Brewster writes from Kome to the Philadel- phia Evening Bulletin: The Pope isin exe health and spirits. Last week at an audience, there was an American Protestant clergyman and his wife. The Pope talked with them some moments in French; as his Holiness passed to other visitcrs, the clergyman rolled out in Amer- can Latin enthustestically (that is, Lat nounced according to the Cambridge sf} ae the Latin Catholics pronounce it): “May your Holiness live @ hundred years.” The Pope turned quickly, dropped his French snd said brusquely in’Italian, shaki bis right hand impatiently in front of his ear as if the sound gave him pain, “Thank you. thank parery much; but it is no use for you to a in to me, with that cannot understand it.” Sees * Tae Law or tHe T PLATPORM.—Mary Angell sued the Dry Dock and East Broadway railroad. of New York for $5,000 for killing her usba: pand, according to the test ony, was on the tront ¥ latform ot the car, and after twice telli: Ft e driver to stop, and being car- ried beyond bis destination, rather than be carried further, jumped off. He fell, and the wheels passed over his legs. After lingering rome time he died. The detence was that jumping from the front platform of a moving car was under all circumstances negligence, pons te Court so holding, the widow was non- suited. ——————— Axnotugr Ooat Ou F. LITY.—' ot inex on ATALITY.—The di occurred eyed morning, adds ist of victims of coal oll ac- | cidents, and is another mute appeal for islation looking to the prevention of such disasters. Miss Hahn, with other members of the Fog fhe seated at a table on the night of the instant, when alamp filled with coal fore them e: oil standing be: jloded with great violence, Lape, or gg of severely, and the Cay Woo J fatally. She has sufering intense which was terminated with ber death 'y morning.—Balt. Ga- zette, 24th. ConriscaTeD $12,000 oF CHaaity Fumps, firet vice president and Association of Mem- WAS HINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1874. REAL ESTATE OPERATIONS IN WASH- INGTON FOR 1873. A STRIKING EX BIT. ‘The Wonderfal Growth of Washington Its Assured Prosperity. Reat Estate Office ’ Wasninaty uy Eptron or THE he transactions in real estate in the city of Washington for the past year exhibit a very satisfactory progress towards a grand and substantial futare for the material prosperity of our city, and is a matter of congratulation to all who have faith in the onward progress of the nation’s capital. The record of trausfers herein set forth are those only of Washington city, and do not in- clude the numerons transactions in Georgetown property, or the District outside of Washington. ‘The recorded transfers of Washington city real estate for several years are as follows: No 10,093) re as follows The recorded transfe Months No. of Tran August, neaees September... °° October... 904,010 November . 849,100 December 534,000 3, $12,195,300 (Of these transfers for 1473, nearly one-third in number were for property located west of 13th street, and north of Pennsylvania avenue.) By this comparative statement it will be seen that the money invested in the purchase of Washington city real estate in 1573 is within a fraction of the whole amount invested in both years of 1870 and 1571; also that the operations for 1573 exceed those of 1572, both in the num- ber of transactions and amount of consideration, byapwards of 20 percent.! ™ This increase in the real estate transactions tor 1573 is remarkable and highly encouraging, im view of the fact that during the last three months of the year all business operations throughout the courtry were paralyzed to a great extent by reason of the financial panic. ‘The first immediate ettect of the money crash was quite severe upon Washington by reason of the loss or lock up of a large amount of deposits vccasioned by the failure of several banking institutions; bit not a ngage in othe business failed or suspended, and no commun im the country so rapidly regained its stability or is in so good condition for progressive devel- opment. Some of the reasons therefor are ex- plained in the fact that, by a careful compila- tion from the government records, we have ascertained that the United States government disburses in Washington something over $15,- 000,000 yearly—S1,500,000 per month ! A large portion of this sum is disbursed to those in the employ of the government, who number, in the several classes and grades ot service nearly 10,000 persons. Large expendi- tures are made for supplies, repairs, rents, &e., &e. ‘The government disbursements here increase yearly with the establishment of new depart- ments, bureaus, commissions, &c., male neces- sary by the constant enlargement of the busi« ness of the government consequent upon the ‘apid growth and developement of our vast republic. These government expenditures in our midst being constant and regular, give a stability and steadiness to Washington prosperity, and pre- vents toa very large extent the disastrous ef- ects of panics and “hard times,” which pe- riodically ailict the commercial and manufac- uring cities of the country. In almost every city, during the late monetary crisis, manutac- ‘uring and business establishments were closed snd thousands of employes discharged, causing business prostration, shrinkage im value of property and general distress; during the same time in Washington none of the thousands of persons in the employ of the government were lischarged, ard Uncle Sam paid fully and reg- ilarly at the end of each month, andthe vast »usiness of the government goes on as usual, steadily increasing with the growth of the coun- try. Not anemigrant lands on our shores, not 4 quarter of section of land is entered, but in- creases the business to be transacted at the seat of the nation’s government. A Lod portion of the real property which changed hands during the past year was pur- chased by new residents, persons of wealth at- tracted here from ali sections of the Union by the “comprehensive plan of improvements” by which Wasbington was being redeemed from the accumulated filth of long years of stupidity and slothfulness, and began to assume some of the essential features of a modern cen- ter of civilization. This class of new comers is rapidly on the increase, and, private enterprise in connection with the continued enlargement of the government's interest centered here, made necessary be bod vast and rapidly accumu- jating business, which swells with the growth of our wide-spread country, must eventaate, within a brief period, in clustering within sight of the capitol dome several hun thousand intelligent, active American citizens. much of our substantial prosperity illus- trates the — strides of progress with which Washington ching to the front, and as- suming its proper place -among the energetic and enterprising cities of our vast republic. With a united ; urpose on the part of our citi- zens in pushing forward improvements and beautifying our city, the more generous will the government be in its appropriations for the adornment of its own property; more rapidly will capitalists seek investments in our midst, and thousands will gather here to enjoy the many and increasing attractions of the nation’s capital, and Washington will soon be the pride of every American citizen. Very Tespectfully, Kitpourn & Latta. ANoTHER Excitine Erisope 1x Tug Ticn- BORNE CasB.—George H. Whalley, member of Parliament, appeared betore Lord Chief Jus- tice Cockburne, in the Court of the Queen’s Bench, yesterday, to answer a charge of con- tempt of court in writing to the press persisting in the truthfulness of the ny of Jean Line on his examination wr the de~ ingle firm fendant in the Tichbor was ad- Judged guilty, and senten: afine of £250 and be imprisoned until alley re- fused to pay the fine, and left the court in the custody of an officer. There was quite ment in the room when he departed. A Street Murper tn Crvernnatt.—At Cin- cinnati, Ohio, about 1:30 o’clock Thureday af- ternoon a fatal attray occurred at the corner of Third and Plum between Mr. Koch, a dru and Andrew Miller, agent of the At- lantic and Great Western railroad. It seems the men have not been on ied terms for some ‘hureday afternoon ated, the quarrel was renewed. an offensi to Koch, drew and stabbed his death in = GADABOUT’S COLUMN. [Written for Tie Evening Star. Colonel Donn Piatt, albeit a rather aggravat- ing man with the pen, whose puncturing power he seems to be unaware of, is a personal victim of the lame, the halt, the office-seeking, and the odd. A few weeks ago two clergymen called to see him, one resident and the other visiting; for the clergy read the secular papers with all the in- terest of the girls in Toulmouche’s picture, who lock the library door and climb the shelves far- hest from theology. THM FIEND OF THE SANCTUM, A singular scene presented itself in the Colo- nel’s sanctum. A very raw-boned, gigantic woman, with black eyes, 4 vellow skin stained on the cheeks with some red war paint, and coal black bair, was seated before the Colonel with a Wasket of cold victuals at her feet. She paused a moment as the twain entered, and the Golonel, in the politest mental agony, drew breath to salute his guests. + Brother Piatt,’ said the resident Divine, “this is the Kev. Doctor Nesturcheon, of Perth, !, author of the Infidelity of Medicine.’ or, Uve heard of you id the Colonel; en on 1uy mind to eail on you. Are you hed for y and ” says the Doctor; ‘I pre: Henry Slicer in the town called Baitimo my throat is like a dasordered bagpipe.” Gentlemen,” broke in the weird woman, “that man Cunnell Pie-et, 1 love! [ told him how shameful the guvment had treated me and my po’ husband, and he said I might gather up the newspapers in his office every week. But ing her voice) it ain't for the newspapers that I come to see Cunnell Pie-et. Bless entlemanly soul, it’s to see bim !”” his «Ma conscience !”’ said the Scotchman. « Gentlemen, it's for the great trath of sper- retualism that my husband has been abused. Maybe you're not sperret-men? Never mind! Maybe you've got ary pair of old breeches at home worn out in the seat or bust in the back? My husband's got on Cunnell Pie-et’s now, and they're a leetle too broad for him; but you can see that the Cunnell’s a big man. He ought to be ud yell), tor he’s got genuous, he’s got a heart, he’s got a moral grandder.” The Scotchman looked at the resident ch E man upbraidingly. ‘“ Dactor,” he said, ‘this is an uncoo extreordenary hut 0’ the de’ll thou’s brought a mon of Cod to!” “Stand up, Cunnell Pie-et; said the dame,’ rising full six feet in her stockings. I want to show you the livin’? truth of the sperret-world. For a holdin’ fast to these livin’ truths my po’ husband is docked by that thar treasury of his country. But we'll die in our tracks. Stand up, Cunnell Pie-e.!” ‘The blue-eyed Colonel, with politeness supe- tior to fear, rose up avd trembled. The weird woman brushed back his luxuriant brown hair—nota thread turned grey—and with such triction of her big palms as made the blood tly to the scalp, proceeded to scrape him, at the same time bringing down her open hands with powerful musculur force, so that it almost seemed tire sparks were emitted from her tinger 1a mejum,” she said. ! ‘This dear Cupnel Pte-et I will put under the livin’ enfiuence, if be dies under it. Don't you feel 1 unnell Pie-ct? Look into my eyes right straight, Cunnell Pie-et!”” By this time the Colonel’s hair was in wild contusion and bis eyes were popping from his ead. The gaunt woman was performing the double-jointed act with such energy that you couldn't tell whether it was ber fingers that snapped or her blazing black eyes. In the height of the pertormance the Scotchwoman made a diversion by saying, solemnly: ‘Almighty God! she's fever proof! ‘The pest walked o’er her very root. She tauld me sae, and then her loof Held out for her annulty!” The colonel took advantage of the diversion and struck his bell good woman,” he said, ¢ if you wantm breeches I'lltake ’em off right here. I'll add my boots !”* “Ard, man, I’ll throw in my spectacles,” said Doctor Nesturcheon. But the interview was closed by the timely arrival of the foreman, before whom the woman wilted as he said: ** Colonel, some of these lunatics will kill you before 1 can get to you some day?” POTOMAC RIVER. Grave river in the mountains bred And broadening on thy way, So stately that thy stretches seem The bosom of the bay. Uhy course is like the nation’s life, Through which the current flows; \lready past the cataracts, And widening to repose. hy springs are at the Fairfax stone, Thy great arms northward course, a. gs and break the mountain bars, With ever rallying force; Bat in thy nature is auch peace, ‘The beaten mountains yield, And lie their mven battlements Within thy silver shield. Through battle fields thy runlets wind, In tame Lay ferries shine; Thy ripples lave the ancient stones, On Freedom's boundary line; Where every slave the border crossed, A living host repass’d, And of the sentries of thy fords, John Brown shall be the last. Yet, O, Potomac! of thy peace, R ae let faction feel, n¢ Of Mosby and MacNeill. The long trees bloom where Stuart cross’d, And weep where Ashby bled, And every echo in thy bills, Seems Stonewall Jackson's tread. Too much we loved in other days For hasty flood to bar, And twice was kept at Vernon's grave However rolled the war. Like thee, Oh river, human states By many a rapid rage, Betore they reach the deeper tides ‘And glass the pertect age. Brief is the span since Calvert's bute Were still the Indian's sport, And Braddock’s columns stumbled on The borderer Cresap’s fort, Till now the tinted hills grow fond Around yon marble heignt, Where freedom calmy rules a realm ‘That tires her eagie’s ‘light. And still the wild deer sip thy springs, The wild duck haunt thy coves, Andall ee. the fisher fleets Bask o’er thine oyster groves; The strange new baas thy trout pursue, And where the herring spawn, The biue sky opens to let threugh Thy own majestic swan. Haste, Nature! Raze yon shiftless halls, Where pride penurious bides, The while the richness of the hills Kune off to choke the tides. Where every negro cabin stood A freeman’s hearthside wa «i broad estates of bramble Fill and revive these fair arcades, 'reedom born! O race to Fi t The tinkling herds that roam the gla les, The barge’s mellow horn, The lonesome sails that come and go Repeat the w'sh again: ‘The ardent rivor yearns to know Not memories but Mzw! THE PHILADELPHIA CENTENNIAL. A good instance of the power of a democratic i i i [ i gi ite és a8 EI fs 8 : i | acres, Mr. Goshorn thinks the government TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR, THE ROYAL WEDDING should build. It is already designed and ap- proved, and is to be of wood covered with iron. If this is voted by the government, we hope a provision will be injected that the édifice shall be takendown at the close of the show and set up in the national capital. It is to be in pavil- ions, readily dissected. Mr. Goshorn bas been in Washington all this week. —Mr. James Scoville, publisher of the New York Daily Sraphic, spent Friday and Saturday in Washington. His establishment occupies tive stories of a building in Park Piace at a rent ef 215,000 and employs one hundred persons. The stock of the coi mainly owned in Canada. The + and other lailies order all their job work in printing colors trom the G Full Particulars of the Ceremontes and Festivities, New Yorx, special says ruke of ony of Tg and Princess Maria. com he presence of a vast axsemb e Winter Palace. The various gal eries were filled with ladies sumptaously attic d. The prevailing costumes were peculiar! 5 Russian, the ladies being mainly in velvet and — Therg isa > ork E=- | tiamonds, and the men were tn un 5 ess is toe bought out and made an adminis | iy" ¢\ception of the Amert tration organ. Jas. W Simonton, Agent of the New York ciated Press, has been in Washington this After assembling, & processior with the grand eqnerries aud chat officers of the court lead AS week. In hia resident days hore his office for | ‘mperor, Empress awhile was at the corner and F streets, | oon! Princess of W. und bis house on cth street, in the rear of the | Tiai’ or Germany. and Unitarian Chureh. ee Arthur. Then the bride ar —The Maynard mansion on Pennsylvania | Sire the Hassan naval n avenue, at the corner of 25th street, is the most rae on a i ft th was splen y Spparatied remarkable instance of underpinning in the | "a. SPIER trimmed wit was borne by four Tho mense procession, the Impe Princesses, and court off Wales wa: District, a lower story having been inserted which brings the great oblong pile nearly to the street grade, and the grounds have also been reduced sv as to show the nills and houses beyond. — Three tons of statue to one hundred and nineteen tons of base in the Scott monument shows that the moderns lay good foundations. THE CURB-STONE BROKRR. Sniftiy Snipp was a lender bold, Who life at the curb-stone spent, And nothing pleased him that people did,— Not even his three per cent. He damned the Yankees, but nothing lent To the chivalry he had shaved; And he damned the District government ‘That his native city was paved. dressed ess was dressed | ot style Princess was of bln Arthur, in the e brigadte.t pg as groomeman. All wore silver wedding favors. The procession upon reaching the Kus- sian church was received by the metropolitan head of the Russian church, the holy synod, bearing crosses and sacre: vessels of holy water. The Emperor conducted the bride and bride- groom to the middle of the church, assuming his station with the Empress immodiately be hi Around the bridegroom stood Prince Arthur and the Grand Dukes. The wedding rings, borne on golden salvers, were deposite. on the altar temporarily by the Imperial Con fessor until placed on the fingers of the bride and bridegroom. The nm: cent chapel w Muminated with innumerable wax candice: th floor was covered with velvet crimson and gold carpet, and the pillars and aitar covered with gold. "The Greek marriage ceremony was unique. In the absence of music, chants and imtoned prayers were given. During the service crowns were held suspended over the b. the bridal i Prince Arthur hold crown over the Duke of Edinburgh, and Sergius that over the bride. The Imp fessor then said: “Thon servant of Alfred Ernest Edward, art crowned for this hand maiden of God, Marie Alexandrovna, in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Gho Then the epistle to the Ephesians, first chapter Prine Pride he never could understand, And pity he never could find; But he telt the kick his 'prentice boy Once gave him somewhere behind, And it stings to-day in the self same place, And rankle it ever will, That the "prentice boy is Governor, And he on the curb-stone still, The only money that he ever spends Is aye for revenge so dear, The only object he has for friends Is to whisper lies in their ear. He signs petitions to Senators, He keeps a newspaper cuss, And his pinched little soul distills in ink And Ubels anonymous. His liens are tirst on the debtor’s door, mages and 20th to 2d verses were re: And he sighs for a debtor’s jail; reading was concluded, the G of the He is frat in the stows of usury, riage at Canaan, in Galilee. was read And first at the bankrupt’s sale; And he hisses: ‘* Here be a lot of mine ‘That is worth a hundred pence; But the crimes of the Bode of Public Wuke Will fetch it to sixty cents!”” When a dollar and sixty cents he gets, He hisses again in a trice + If it wa’nt for the Bode of Public Wuks Two dollars had been my price!”” But the devil will pay full price for him,— And Snitily expecta it well,— To shave hot coals for a hundred years On the curbstone board of —Judge Snell. the crewns were removed. he marriage le in the other. n of this ceremony the sacram brought forward bridal pair, the vhich both kin 2 sche ate glican service. ley officiated Report of Transfer of 30.000 € vated Ok Bec wii ones nia Salmon fecom US. Hatehing | (00 \h2 the Grek sorene 4 at Bloomsbury. | octor of divinity iood and gown, now Va. and Eavi- at the altar wearing his Epis the jeweled collar of the Ord around his neck. He was lish clergymen, The members of the Eng’ colony, including bankers and merc ered at the left of the altar. Consyp them were Governor .Jewell, the A ister, Lord Lottu: F. Brittain, January 1ith, 1874, at 5.25 p. m., left Blooms- bury, on C. R. of N.J., with 8 cans for Phillips. burg; weather cold, but fish lively and healthy. Ati.20 p.m. lett Phillipsburg on B.D. R. Rt. tor Trenton, arriving at latter at about »30 p. | corps diplomatique. m. Here had ,to wait till 11.15 p. m.; so placed | Prince Gortschakot cans in sheltered position and added fresh w: Rurd her much colder, but fish all health: At 11.15 left for Baltimore on Penna. K. K., where we arrived at 6.35 of morning of 15th, too late to make connection on the B. & O. K. KB. till 8.10 a. m. Deri trip gave every attention tothe fish, which at this point looked all wel indeed, so well had they carried, that fresh sian chorister lads, in long crimson dress When the marriage procession entered the bride walked between her father and the bride- groom, with Prince Arthur bebind. Upo' conclusion of the service Dean*Stauley warmly much colder here, the water here only just 33° | Ceremony at the Enghick Peace, ths Haman Fahr., whilst water in cans still kept ii> to 42°. 3 — I 2 Empress, being a confirmed invalic and much fatigued sat down, and seemed to be overcome with emo- tion, holding her handkerchiet to her eyes when the married couple came to salute her. Criticism was made cf the appearance of the bridegroom; his reserved and solemn manner created an unfavorable ifmpression. The Prince and Princes of Wales’ affability was cheered on their coming on the street. After the ceremony a banquet was eee at the palace, Madame Patti singing, Subsequently a call was given at St. George’s hall, at which the grand R sian polonai:e was danced by the Imperial fam- ily and guests. At the conclusion of the ball the bridal coupe marched to the bridal cham- ber, accomyanied by the Emperor and officers of the court. After the retirement of the cou- ple the festivities were continued, the Emperor being present, nies cian Foreign Notes THE DISKOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. Loxpox, January 24.—The Queen will proba- ed hold @ council on Monday, when the dis solution of Parliament will be formally pro- claimed and new e lections ordered, which are to be completed in thirty-five days. TRE ROVAL WEDDING. Special dispatches.from St. Petersburg de- scribing the marriage ceremonies say the bride was visibly agitated. The city was splendidly illuminated last night. WHALLEY’S PINE. It is said the sister of Mr. Whalley has paid the fine impored upon the latter, yesterday, by Lord Chiet Justice Cockburn. Leicester scuare has been presented to the city. nd is to be converted into an ornamental park, Left Baltimore at 8.10 a, m., arriving at Har- per’s Ferry at noon. Fish still looking well 4s possibly expected; to this point no loss at all. Here we had to wait till 130 p. m. for train for Winchester, which being only a freight train with L eared car a'tached, we did not make Winchester till 445 p. m., where we at once were met by a wagon, and without delay start- ed for Baker's and Jettkin’s springs as directed. Loss of fish to this point imperceivable. On arriving at Baker’s spring, (six miles from Win- chester, and over very bad road,) found it im- possible there to put ont any fish, as a few yards trom the spring itself the water all sinks through a loose sandy soil, and was informed no water was there at all during @ dry season. Then went to Jeif- kin’s spring, which ‘in every way seemed a very suitable = but not large enough for the whole of the fish; so I only placed 16,000 here, determined on putting the rest in the Opequon creek, as directed. This could not be done till the following morning, as the creek laid seven to eight miles out of Winchester in exactly an opposite direction. So on arrival again at Winchester placed the four remainin, cans in the stables, and & fresh water an attention for the night; (this was at 10.45 p. m.) At6a.m.of 16th ntended fish with more fresh water, and now it was that I found our loss for the whole time since a the hatch- a house at Bloomsbury was merely nominal, thirteen being the num) of dead fish taken out of the caps. Immediately after breakfast started for “‘O'Neil’s dam,” hae gegen ot the Opequon. Here I found a ing about five teet +quare and six feet deep of water at 49 coming from the earth at about tweni ns per minute, and the outlet in every way tavor- able for the young fish; so at once placed in three cans. or about ten to eleven thousand, and returned to Winchester by 1.30 p. m. Handed one can over previous to our start this morning to two highly responsible citizens— Messrs. Gilbert Barnhardt—who had a reservoir on their premises, in which | saw the young fish ‘3,000) placed. These two geutlemen undertook to transfer them themselves without cost to the headwaters of one of the tributaries of the Senandoah river, on Monday, Jan. 19th, called the Saratoga Farm Spring, about 1) miles from Winchester. Every attention was shown us at Winchester, the whole of the prin- cipal citizens being enthusiastic in welcoming such a valuable addition to their waters as these young salmon will be,and I have not the slight- est hesitation in saying, from my own opinions formed on the spot, that the young fish will be well protected and cared for, as every one down there sees, and duly appreciates, the great bene- fits conferred on the community at large by this voluntary and great boon granted to taem by the general government, by stocking the Poto- mac and Shenandoah rivers with these import- ant and valuable food fishes. We left Winchesteron the eveningof the 1°th, at 4:55, Neer ad our empty cans and apparatus through with us, and duly arrived at Blooms- bury at 4:25 p. m. of the 17th. I must also men- tion that every court and attention was shown us by the officials of the different rail- roads over which we passed, both going and en "Henny B. Downs, Superintendent. BN \. 9 D. F. Brrrrarn, Assistant. Troutdale, Bloomsbury, N. J., Jan. 18, 1874. The es therefore as follows : ac. In Jeftkin’s Spru about... in head of ‘Opequen creek, ab’t. THE WEATHER is very tempestuous to-day, and communication by ts legraph between this city aud various other points, is interfered with. THE LONDON PRESS ON GLADSTONE’S Corr D'RTAT. Loxpox, eee’ A —The Times of this mort ing, comment on the address ot Glad- stone announcing the disrolution ct Parliament, says the document reflects the characteristics of the genius of its suthor. The Times also doubts the wisdom of the re- peal of the income tax promised by the Pre- mie: ‘The Post eays the address almost amou nts to & coup d'etat. The Standar! is contident of a conservative majority in the elections, and severely con- demns the anrouncement of me dissolution. All the journals agree upon the popularity of the financial measures promised in the address. preach “hart End of the Miners’ Strike. THE RATES OF 1573 TO RE PAID IN IST4. Witkesuarre, Pa., January 23.— The following proposition to the miners was made public this morning: “Office of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Com- and 13.—Gentlemen: I hereby make you the following proposition: That work will be resam- ed by the company at once at the prices of 1573; and under the same 44 ee be s z 5 16,000 10,000 ——%6,000 pat, Shenandoah. ‘arm Spring, (head. one of the tributaries of ya In Sarat ‘waters o! 4,000 An ExaMr_eE ror Mucuanics.—The Hon. Mr. Resear the new Premier of Canada, was mi ko any years: | A History of Lafayette Square. ITS MANSIONS AWD THEIR TENANTS Reyiew of BO. Tayloe’s Momort . r The mont elegant sp made for private « Fors mer tng ever Dustriet of Columbia, isthe Memorial Biography of Ben in Ogle Tayloe. Was printed in Philadsiphia, and is 964 | pages long, with large letter.prea in bor ers | ith marginal annotations. The wid vt second wife of Mr. Tayloe, Phebe Warren paid for 4 fornished the matter to Mr. Winslow S. Watson, who composed it. His | ctyiots 0 deltc rect as th o- rial motive, and the pe form of mausoleum, th, th ill keep it rever book for the District of Colum boring parte of Maryland and ¥irg t he most valuable episodioal work we possess, THE TA most the only one in this kept even with suc oe FAMILY Tegion which has ssive generations through lects it has maintained ter than ry t ie diffenit for us te understand what re rece and soctety could have produced the al proprietor of the Wart ‘e t. is neither k man ook at int ¥ of the times, or made many . enterpris acity for # class w test fami in the Dw rmbia, the | > mansions Virginia heights, the other on t the Maryland side TRE CURTIS PANT began in offi :e-holding, and its progenitor wae Amongst those greedy courtiers of the little capital ef William of Orange, who acc mpanied bis king to Eogland when William dn father-in-law Custis was ms revenue on the eastern shore of Virgt his dese | family, and the heir of both Martha landridge, who had no esta’ of, and Washington, marrying the m the benetit of the property and a p tory. The Custises themselves con comparatively unimportant, like hingtons ve Tayloes pursued more even tenor, and ced upon their superior riches misnomer, and this memoir adm: William Tay- f the change of nam ath, is unknown, ‘apt to ‘hb of mechani: smacks of noth ne of Jants intermarried with the Parkes extates married to speak the other ous Treader will mated too m certainly Tayloe journalist corrected form, is « an Kt, by the puzzled 5 ANCESTRY am Taylor and setth wit Virginia about 0 + County, near the mouth of the Rappahannock; there he mar- ried Anne Corbin, who lived autii 1694. Their son, Colonel John Tayloe, married Elizabeth Gwynne Faun‘leroy, and added to his estate three thousand acres im Marsland, called Na oy. for which he gave Ms) sterling to | Jgnathan Forward, of im the year 1.00. | HYs son, John Ta born Isz1, built in s,onect the largest’ mansions in Virgi called Mount Airy, aud being an only son, course his inherited property was consid | It us very easy for the found John Tayloe Taylor, of Cw with J obn and for this reason 1 tor their reputations as ed few pabsic honorsin Vir- smongs' aristocrats, ginia. John Tayloe, the founder of Mount Airy, married Rebecca Plater. of Sotterly, St. Mary's county, Maryland, in her brother was soverpor of Maryland for @ part of the year and bis daughter, Aun, married Philip Barton Key, of Georgetown. Uuly one son, ot eight children, sorvived the founder of Mount Airy; but his wealth, racing horses, and style of living gave bim a colontal reputation, apd bis eight daughters married in notable tamilies, the eldest wedding Colonel Edward Liosd, of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, whore estate is best known to literature through phy ot Frederick Douglass, whos: e there. Another danghter ightfoot Lee, another married 4 nephew of General Washington, The third Tayloe died at Mount Airy when bis son was but eight years old. OLD JOHN TAYLOR OF THE OCTAGON. The latter was brought up by bis brother-in- aw, Kalph Wormley, and sent to Eton, Eng- and, to be educated, and he graduated at Christ College, Cambridge, in the second y. of Washington's administration, having for ac- quaintances there Wellington, George Can ning, and Sir Edward Thoruton—the latter British Minister during Jefferson's administra- tion. ‘When the fourth Tayloe came home, about 1282, he took posession of the largest estate in \ irginia with an incowe of $60,000 = year, and forthwith married Ann Ogle,of Belair and An- papolis, whore father was the son of a colonial governor of Maryland, and who was himeelf elected governor by the federal party, six years after Tayloc’s marriage Tas loe’s grandmother- in-law lived to 1*18, although ber husband had been appointed governor of Maryland as early aa 1737. ‘The link between young Tayloe, with bis English tastes, and the Ogies, would appear to be a mutual love of horsefieeh. The and bride kept separate equi . and drove with postillions and outriders from the lower annock te Washi: and Annapolis, and the busband wae pro bably the head of the tart in Virginia and Maryland between 1795 and 1s10, He would have left, however, no more reputation than any country gentieman of his tune, but for the patronage of general Wash- ington, who made captain of ft the het | Insurrection, and the year Wash- ington died he declined & major’s commission im the Unsted States light dragoons, seeking, instead, to be elected to Congress; but the Jet- ferson party deteated him, and he established his winter residence in Washington city in the Octagon, now the Hydrographic office, whieb we may say, almost with strictness, was built at the beginning of the nineteenth centary. THE HOST OF THE OCTAGON. For twenty-eight years the second John Tay- loe, of Mount Airy, was a winter inhabitant of Washington, and, although high living gave bim the dyspepsia for much of that time, he was associated with the highest social life at the Awerican capital, from the occupation of the city by Congress to the eve of the election of General Jackson. General Wasbi responsible for Tayloe’s selection of city as a place of abode, patarally wishing young i of such wealth leisure to concerned in improvement of the