Evening Star Newspaper, February 10, 1874, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays Excepted, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Peunsylyania Aveuue, cor. Lith St. sY RB EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER CONPANT, S&S. BH. AUPE MANN, Prev't. * NG STA! ed Dy Carriers t VENING STAR is serv 7 ¢ a THE BNE inc at tas Guers fem WaEK, on TY. a Crvte Pax Monts. Copies at the Fear Piro Cevrs cach. By matl_three mouths, 1.50, six mouths, $5.0; one year, ' EEKLY STAR—Published Friday—91.50 eo emE WP incsriably io envances in bothcasecraaa be paper sent ionger than paid-for, WU" Rates of advertising furnished on appitcation: AMUSEMENTS. ORD'S—COMI) ENGLISH OPERA. OPERATIC COMPANY, CHORUS. AND BCE ESTS. NO CHANGE IN PRICEs. Adtais: 1 WS cents, 75 cents, ang §1 MKS. OATE TEE FASCINATING NIGHTINGALE. Ard Br largely avamented pe Qrely for th Preuces t the Opers H SEASON oF is7s. © GEO. FELIX BENKERT'S FIBST CLASSICAL CHAMBE MABINIS WALL, TUSSDA FEBRUARY 10ru. oR GME: -- Hnmmel. sere and De Perabea’ fe Seavola,“Dieh leib . as ... Handel. ji Lik STUSOH Preiade, Chopin Vo. 48—N&. 6,517. —_—— WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1874. EVENING STAR. | Washington News and Gossip. INTERNAL KEVENUE—Tue receipts from this source to-day were $214,542. . SHERMAN was on the floor of the Sen- TRE CAnINET session today was of very There was no business of im- portance under consideration, and al! the mem- | bers were present. brief duration. nt Paymaster R. P. Paulding to the ir ad Canonicas. First Assistant Engineer . B. Hine, to daty in the bureau of steam engineering at Washing- t Mrs. Lirrixcort, accempanied by a delega- tion of ladies, was heard by the House Com- ee on Appropriations this morning advo- ng an appropriation of $2 090 in aid of the Soldiers’ and Satlors’ 'rphans'’ Home at Get- A DELBGATION OF SILK IMPORTERS were ‘ore the Committee of Ways and Means thi< Beethoven. Jeorge Folix >. Ich hort ein Bach Das Veiichen, Mozart MAD. JULIE 8TOSCH. € SEPTUOR, iu 0 minor Pian. G lein ranechen,* Schube ei hoe wean; Oboe, R. Hantel Como. H. W. Guenther. Concert to commence at § o'clock precisely. The Concert Grand is oi Steiuway’4 make, from Metzere:t & Co. Single Admission, $1 t oOo FOLKS’ CONCERT, AT UNION CHAPEL M. E. CHURCH, 20th stre:t, cear Pen ON THURSDAY, EVENING, Febroary 12, 1574 sivania avenne, i] A follcherue of over FIFTY VOICES, incinding the BEST TALSNT® in the city, in Tickets, 25 cts. Doors epen at IN4FION4L THEATER. ‘Mx. J.G. Savitie.... Sole Lessee and Direc*or. MONDAY, FEBRUARY *%, 1-74 Engagement for SIX NIGHTs and ONE MATI NEF the favorite iS ang Actor, K MAYO, Theatre arming * Backwood = fdyl.’" AVY CROCKETT. “This rule to all: Wheu I am deal— Be sure you're right, then go ahead.” Davy Crechett -Vrank May The be aatifal aad acconziish. i actroas, ISS ROSA BAND. Will make her frst appen in this Teeatre, as ELEANOR VAUGR FPBIDAY—PENEFIT OF FEANK MAYO. DAVY CROCKETT MATINER SATURDAY. ASHINGTON & COMIQUE Ww iith Street, Penna, Avenue. A MYRIAD OF TABS ' 4 F NEW STARS: fuil costame. o'el’k. febl0-3: EW 8’ MYBIAD O D CHILDREN— TCRDAY. epearance of the charming Actress an‘ allio Mason. Frat sppearai Vocalist, M Blanche Stanley. ngtis!) Duetists, Stuart ing ard f tpatiog premier> Frank Chrisis. The favorite Ac uses, the Harrre Sisters. Th Terpetchore=p -Miss Addie Graham he popular Song and ance Men, Messrs. Moore and Fesman. The popular Banjoist aud Dutch Ac- k Ralph. The pleasing srio-comi innie Seamisn GREAT Ww Scenic Act, YTTO GF PRUSPERO INTRODUCING TWELVE BEAUTIFUL LA- To conclude with a Dramatic Sensation. MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. [PSCOLN Hatt. 4 FUR ONE WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY EVERING, THE GREAT OKIGINAL MILTONIAN TABLEACX, from Lendor, Bogla! bited in Washington Ps when not lees * during the thirty- Farth-r particulars Togranunes, and newspaper advertise- How this week in ra: snecession M.DORLASD, Manager and Dire (CORCORAN GALLERY OF AKT. On and after MONDAY, February 21,the Gallery ‘Will be open to the public on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS, from 10 a.m. to4 p.m, with a charge of 25 cents, including catalogue, for each person. On TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND SATUKDAYS ec aas SP MOSTLY" FRary nana 3 even! o » Febraary %h, a FBIDAY, February ish, the Galicry ‘ill be open from Sto 0 p.m. Admittance 25 cents, with cata- order of the Board of Trustees. feds ce WM. MACLEOD, Curator SOUTH GRAND CONCERT a AT THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, (TExtTu ann G StTREETs,) WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11 ORATORIO UF THE MESSIAH, BY THE 7 PHILHARMONIC SOCIBTY. With s CHOBUS OF ONE HUNDBED VOICES. of Broo! 16, or. MISS CLEMENTINE LASAR,( ly.) So- prano; MBS.) P. CAULFIELD, alto, Mit OO RWER, Tenor, MB. LE GAN- Orcanist, GRO! W. WALTER W Admission, 7Scen's. Tickets at Motzerott’s at Cheate & Co.« r sti if Ap ASScEBADs COSTUMES FUK LADIBS "2 GENTS, ANU CHILDEBN. FOR BALLS. PARTIBS, ANU PRIVATB THEAT- KICALS, st L HARBY DONEHUEB’s, i29-Im_ 307 7th street, J doors north of Pa. are. WSTUMES masqurrapes, ’* PRIVATE THEATRIOALS. ar *S TABLEAOX, L. Mo "3, — wow uly MOLE. Bo.) Ui be m Exhiditi, Sad Sale) Naw He ‘Ten Or. MARKKITERS, Tem Br. Bo, 439 be cheep between D aod B streets, eight re above Odd Fellow’s Hail, Ohotce Oil Paintings, gee See ey 2 remember Name and Number. je}-1y" LL KINDS OF CAST-OFF WEARING ap- PAREL can be ssid to the very ha peaes very ad eddress' call! beng Fn Hotes by mail promptly attended to. Oash paid fs-t LECTUR G? TFo-niene MILBURN’S GREAT LECTURE “HAT A BLIND MAN SAW IN ENGLAND,” ar FOUNDRY CHURCE. ( Fourtconth ont @ streats,) Adcutsion 30 cents, Doors per at 7 o’ch: Mer. 10 SRM QURAN SESrMon Eran “KISSES,” sardag ey: SET aa Previous to given by a morning in opp silks to sixty per cent., as a manufacturers of the fabric at a previous hear- ing accorded them by the committee. Fire Revize Bitt.—The Committee df Ways and Means to-day author- ized Mr. Dawes to report the Boston relief bill, ch member reserving the right to debate the bject on the floor of the House. Mr. Burchard as authorized to offer an amendment includ- ing Chicago. Repuction oF THE ARMY.—This morning the House Committee on Military Affairs dis- cussed at length the subject of reporting a bill looking to a reduction of the army. No vote eb OD the proposition, but it to meet to-morrow morning, at 10 o'clock, for final action on the subject. THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE this agreed to report, with amendments. introduced by Mr. Boutwell on the 21 instant “to revise, consolidate and aménd the statutes in relation to estimates, appropriations and public accounts.” cated by the Tae Boston TRERE 18 GREAT DISSATISPACTION among people of taste and artistic culture who visit the old hall of the House of Representatives in con sequence of the unfavorable position in which K of “Columbus betore the is placed. There is a bad light on the picture, and noone can look at ic with any satisfaction, owing to the strain on the Pp menk« of Salama If 18 UNDERSTOOD that a compromise has been effected between Gov. McCook, recently nominated to be governor of Colorado, and those who have been opposing his confirmatio’ The basis of the agreement 1s that McCook shail t nate, and immediately This course is insisted on by k to vindicate in @ measure the hich have been made against him. € contirmed by the S thereafter resign. 28 Busteep InvestiGaTion.—The sub committee on the judiciary this morning resumed the investigation of the charges against Judge Busteed, of Alabama, as set torth in the memorial, praying for his impeachment. Sey- eral witnesses were examined. was in personal attendance and took part in conducting his defence and the cross examina- tion of his accuser: Judge Busteed TAL RatLway CLERKS Aprotntzp — ussell has been appointed a railway postal clerk, Washington, D. C., to Weldon, salary $1,200 per annum, vice Geo. H. Durfee, to take effect the 15th instant. . Mustin, jr., has been appointe:l assistant railway postal clerk, New Yi salary at =1.000 per annum, vice Robert Car. ton, resigned. ‘ork to Washington, Business or tue U.S. Surreme Cover. All the associate justices of the Supreme Court are here, Davis excepted. They are engaged in writing opimions to be delivered on the reas- sembling of the Supreme Court on the 24 of March. There are on the docket about four bundred cases, about one hundred and fitty of wnich, it is supposed, will be acted upon betore adjournment in the spring. The business is represented to be in an unprecedented state o: forwardness. T INVESTIGATION CoMMITTEE. The Senate branch of the joint committee to investigate District affairs now stands: Bout- well, Thurman and Allison. equently chairman of the Senate commit- tee. and it is understood will occupy the same osition on the joint committee. On being jintment whether he in- ir. Boutwell replied that while the position will be a very laborious one he is not im the habit of dechunin, any proper duty to whieh he may NomINaTions —The Preident sent the fol lowing nominations to the Senate to-day.—b4- ward S. Karney, U. 8. marshal for Washing- c. egister land office, right, receiver do., rr 5 ington, collector of customs for district of Perth A: Es collector of customs, Mr. Boutwell is asked after his tended to ‘‘stick”” Passamaquoddy, Postmas‘ers.—Dolphin Stevhenson, 3 bury, Homer, N. ence L.. Chapman, Kurtz, Athens, Ohio; Isaac W. ang Song Pa.; John C. C. Jones, Susjue- Hoskins, Sioux E. C. Bainbridge, Oli Point Gen. BUTLER took the floor to-day to make & personal explanation with reterence to ver- tain publications charging him with being in- terested in the Sanborn contracts, ial friend ot Judge Ducell, &c, sent fo the Cierk’s desk to aphs in the New York Herald, Tribune, and ston (lobe bearing on the subject. He said the matters charged therein were |! ‘d that remark subsequently, and said he would not go on in that strain, as he m be — LB geome agh 7 could properly use the language of one w! newspaper men tried hard to elect President at the late presidential election, when speaking to the Lieut.-Governor of New York on a certain cecesion, which language was, villain, you lie.”” Tue Retirexent or The Senate Military Committee held a meeting this morning and discussed various measares, among them the bill introuuced by Mr. January 16, 1574, making President to place w army any officer of bave been borne on the Ar: five years, or who shall ¢; that the provisions of th: cable to the marine cor itaes,and that the the lieutenant- gener: the operations of th reached, but there is the partof the mem! amend the bill soas to make the age of retire- ment sixty-five instead of sixty-two. Tue House Commirres on Commence.—A delegation of Ohio river steamboatmen were heard this mori Commerce on the ment of th be read the para- ies. He however “You lie, you OFricers.— m the retired list of the ie army whose name shali my Register forty- be sixty-two years of is act are made ap- ar: shall be exem; No decision was idently a dis; bers of the ree ital x-officio a cases into the United ComMIssIONER SMITH EXONERATED.—The commission appointed by the Secretary of the of Puiladelphis, and a@ St. Paar ¢ Commissioner E. P. Smith, of 8 ction of contagious dis- Ai | t i i : i i H ee Hi et : d Society. ‘ The recepcions yesterday were large an ex- seedingly agreeable. At the navy yard and marine barracks there were two co’ mt streams of carriages arriving and dep rting. Mrs. Chipman, as usual, received a very large number of calis, and charmed her guests inew by her sweet gracious wa; nd pleaza nt fae. — Mrs. Dunn did not receive. — Mrs. Lander was at home to mauy risitors asalso was Mrs. Cobu of Indiana. —Mre. Richard Harrington, and her hand- some sister-in-law, had a pleasant reception, — Of course, as is invariably the case on Mon days, I street, between 2d and 3d, was almost blockaded by carriages, the receptions of Mrs. Bradley, Mrs. Sherman and Mrs. Bartley being the atiraction on that square, while a short distance beyond Mrs. Senator Kelly kept open house. Mrs. Sherman always welcomes her callers with that easy kindly grace which gives token of the warm heart’ that prompts the gentie voice. There is such a charm about her- self, her family and her house that if she had receptions twice a week ‘eae ¢ would probably be not less largely attended. As for General Sher- man, he is ~imply delightful, and his presence has come to be considered indispensable when his wife receives. His flow of conversation is remarkable, because he never speaks without saying something. Mr. Simmons, of Rome, who made the fine bust of General Sherman which stands in the back parlvr, wasone of the callers. Mrs. Sherman, Miss Lizzie Sherman, Miss ‘Whelan and Mrs. Bacon received. Mrs. ee and Mrs. Thacker assisted Mrs. and M Bartley. — Mre. Swayne ani Mrs. Field did not receive yesterday, but the other ladiesof the court were at home, and had many calls. _ ne ay Need cena the rounds yesterday were Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. Judge Key, Mrs. Hamilton Smith, Mrs. Dr. Stearns, Mrs. rill, Mra. Ricketts, Mrs. Embr: Piatt, Mrs. Banning, Mrs. Carlis lignynd Mrs. Westmoreland. —To-day the receptions will be numerous and scattered over a considerable space, as it is “Georgetown day” as well as the day on which many agreeable ladies in Washington, including rs. Governor Shepherd, are at ome. —Mrs. Embry will give a dancing reception to-morrow. —Mrs. General Jeiiries and daughter, Scott Place, hold their last reception for this season to-morrow aiternoon from 3 to 6 o’clock. er- Mrs. Donn Mrs. Bou- ConrieMations.—The Senate in executive session yesterday contirmed the following nom- imations:—Richard N. Brooke, Virginia, con- sul at La Rochelle; Taylor Bradley, Nebraska, agent for Indians, Winnebago, Nebraska agen- cy; Cicero L. Bristol, pension agent, maha, Nebrask: Postmasters—Gerothman W. Cor- ‘ingburg. N. Y.; Gilbert Robertson, y ‘ohn R. Miller, Peterboro’, N. r ©. Law, Hot Springs, Ark.; Daniel Grafton, W. Va. Wilson, RETRENCHMENT AGAIN.—Those champions of economy and watch dogs of the public purse, the House Committee on Appropriations, have extended their observations over to the Senate, and wantto know why Secretary Gorham can-_ not cut down in his clerical foree. Like the ma. jority of government oflicers, Mr. Gorham w.ote the committee a letter, which was read this morning,to the effect that instead of reducing, it was his heart’s desire to increase his already overtaxed force. The letter was discussed, at length, in all its economic bearings, and the fruit of this labor, it is understood, has been tc determine the committee to recommend that a smaller gare ion be made for that office, to the end that some of the employes may be dropped. SPEAKING Of exeGov. ‘moth, Mary Clem- mer Ames says in her letter to the Brooklyn Argus: He is said to be engaged to Maud Banks, the rosy-cheeked daughter of Generali Banks, on whose unfortunate staff he at one time served. Whether he ever becomes an ad- dition to his family or not, he looks like Gen. Banks sufficiently to be hi: son. He is taller, thicker and blacker, but has precisely the same outline of forehead, nose and perceptive faculties. He has straight, jet black hair, and very black, alert eyes, glancing out from under his jutting black eyebrows. Every motion and expression is quick with intellect.1 He would be a marked man in any assembly.” THE WIDOW oF SAMUEL SwWARTWorT died on the 6th ins t Montclair, New Jersey, at the age ot eighty-tive. Her husband was collector of this port forty years ago, and created a great newspaper stir by decamping to England as a defaulter to the government, from which he had appropriated a large sum for purposes of spec- ulation. One of his speculations was the pur- chase of the marshes between Newark and Jersey City, which he ditched and diked. The dikes, however, were perforated by water rats and rendered useless. A great part of the lands laid, therefore, for many years useless, unti the iate Samuel Pike, in connection with other: undertook again to dike them. This time the Tats were nonplussed, as thin plates of iron were driven down the centre of the dikes. As far as the land has been thus improved it has been made well available for gardening pu. poses and has become very valuable.—). ¥. Cor. Phila. Record. A RIGHTEO! SENTEN: lartin Higgins, the New York hackman, convicted of outrage on Mary O’Brien, a girl from Philadelphia, whose trunk he was employed to carry from the depot, hasfbeen sentenced by Recorder Hackett to twenty years in the state prison. The gir) was a stranger in New York, having just ar- rived, and had placed her check for in the hands of the hackman. The circumstances of the case were simply shocking, and a more pb seep sentence never was passed. The brute offered in court to the girl, but she in- es refused, ‘showing thereby her good sense. Farat Exriosioy A GLYCERINE Fac- Tory.—The glycerine factory of Mich’! Brady, at Fort Ticon » N. Y., which has been posed the — pene) = in started tday morning. four o’clock yester- day afternoon the house exploded, killi: My two men named McMahon and Keefe. Their re- mains were terribly mangled, parts of them hetag found in S ferent places in Kg aves 8 they were mi some repairs, it ht they hitsome conceated glycerine, which caused the explosion. Japan anp Hi Forgion Poricy.—The relations between the government of Japan and toreign representatives, except the representa- tive of the United States, are ing more and more inharmonious. Japan still resists pleas for opening the country, and requires a strict enforcement of the treaties as they stand until a revision shall have been agreed. upon. Mr. Bingham acquiesces; the other envoys are vehement in opposition Proro: New ATLANTIC CaBLE.—A com- has been organized in England with a pital of $1,900,000 to lay a light cable from ireat Britain to Halifax via Azores Islands. ‘This will make the cable take a great sweep to the southward, and will avoid the Newfound- land landing, which the present cable compan: monopolizes. The tolis fixed to be one shill- LBIGHING AccIDENT.—Mr. W. H. estan Union, Telegraph Com. m- Mi thrown from | District Aqairs in Congress. PRTITIONS PRESENTED BY MR. CHIPMAN TO- Day. In the House to-day Mr. Chipman filed a me- morial of certain watchmen in the Treasury department praying for an increase of pay, on the ground that the sum of $60 monthly now paid them is inadequate to the support of a man nd his family. Jt was referred to the Commit- tee on Appropriations. He also presented a petition with upwards of three hundred signatures, praying Congress to enact the House bill passed in 1857 repeating the act whereby the city and com it Alexan- dria was retroceded to the stace of Virginia. Ir was reterred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Also, the petition of Patrick Hickey, a resi- Gent of the District of Columbia, praying for a pension for military services rendered at various times in the army of the United States. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK TO BE INVESTI- CATED. The following: resolution introduced in the House this afternoon by Mr. Beck, of Ken- tucky, was adopted: Whereas, the First National Bank of the city of Washington recently became insolvent, and is now in the hands of a receiver, in conse- quence, as it is alleged, of lending to or placing in the control of a single firm the whole of ‘t= capital stock, as well as a large portion o. ine moncy of its depositors, which, ‘* true, isin pal pable violation of ‘the national’ banking act; and gir the circamstances at- tending the jure of said bank and of the management, under which so gross a violation of Taw, if said statements are true, could have taken place, demand an investiga- tion to the end that remedies may be applied to guard against like frauds in the future: There- fore— Resolved, That the Committee on Banking and Currency be instructed to examine into the condition of said bank at the time of its failure and into its prior transactio: and general management; that they have power to send for persons and papers; to administer oaths, aud to report by bill or otherwise. ew York Evening Post tells an anecdote of the late James W. Genard and the Duke of Newcastle, when the latter accompanied the Prince of Wales on bis tour through the United States. Genard one day took the Duke to a public school in New York, and while address ing the pupils, out ot courtesy to the Duke spoke in praise of monarchical institatio: He did not know, he said, anything better than a good king, and appealed to the Duke to sup port his theory. The latter, however, aware that too ready ‘an assent to this proposition would hardly be courteous in the guest of a republican community, adroitly turned the question by saying that “he thought that a goo 1 queen was an improvement on a good king,” and at once changed the subject. Tux Terrors or Lyncw Law [trvstRrat xD.—The fearful punishment of the colored murderer, Wyatt, in Cairo, IlL, last week. well illustrates the terror of mob law. Wyatt robbed and murdered a defenceless woina some time since, and all efforts to tind out his whereabouts were ineffectual, until one morning last week he was seen to ride through the streets ata lightning pace, on horseback. An officer, procuring @ horse, got ou his track, but the negro, mounted on the swifter steed, was in- creasing the distance between him and the sheriff, who commanded him to halt. Wyats paid no attention to the sheriff's command, but urged his horse on the faster, when the olficer fired two shoes at hin, the last of which strack bim under the left shoulder and lodged against the skin of the left breast, intlicting a painfal though not fatal wound. This brought him to a halt, and thesheriff took him back and locked him up in the county jail. A throng of incens- ed citizens surrounded the jail, determined that Wyatt should not be permitted to escape through legal technicalities or the law’s delays Toward night the crowd grew larger, and no one could be deceived as to what they were go- ing to do. As soon asit was dark the crowd broke into the jail and took the prisoner out in- to a neighboring thicket, where they hung him up and then let bim down, when he asked them it they were going to killhim. They told him they were, when he sai: ‘Well, then, I don’t wan't to die witha lie inmy mouth. | killed the woman and took her monsy.” He had no more than said this when @ man jumped up and throwing a rope areund his neck swung him up. Atter having n satified that their victim was dead the crowd dispersed, no oue of them being allowed to care for the murderer's coeiees which was left hanging trom a lim» ot the tree. Tue Next Porg—What the Ltalian Govern ment Thinks of the Vatican Election.—The Franco Italian Correspondence of mccoy mn of the Chea tae! the great lay powers during te election of Pio Nino’s successor, says :—It is quite true that, on the initiative of the cabinet of Berlin, a semi-ofticial exchange of ideas took Pay) before and after the publication of the ull in the Cologne Gazette between Germany, Austro-Hungary and Italy in reference to the more or less near vacaucy in the Holy See. But we can contradict in the most formal man- ner, at least as regards the Roman cabinet, that any accord was established, or could be, between those three powers on that grave sub- ject. While admitting that the peace of the world might be endangered by the futare pon- tifical election, the Italian government decided upon not following Germany in the preventive meagures she pro} and categorically re- fuses to pledge itself by @ collective declaration not to eg ep & Pope elected under other conelsions n those which have hitherto been 0 The thesis sustained by Italy in those diplo- matic interchanges of views—a doctrine which appears to be approved by the Vienna govern- ment—is that the suppression of the temporal rs has removed trom all states any reason for interfering with the conclave, and that the successor of Pius 1X., who, as king, would have fallen under the governmental action of rope, reduced to the part of pontiff, can only interest Catholic consciences, those latter alone having the qualification to decide as to the le- gitimacy of the choice and the chosen. DROWNED IN 4 WaTeR-Bucket.—On Thurs- day night the infant child of Mr. John Eatz, living on the corner ot Webster and Washing- ton streets, was drowned ina bucket of water. The mother has been sick for some time, and the bucket was placed by her husband at the side of the bed for her convenie: during the night. After they had retired Mr. Eatz says that he was sudaenly awakened by his wife, who cried out that the baby was killed. Hastily getting out of bed, he found that his child hai fallen trom the pillow,on which it had been lying, headforemost into the water-bucket and drowned. The infant was but ten weeks old, and was without power either to scream or to extricate itself after falling into the water. ‘The coroner was summoned to the house yes- terday morning to hold the inquest. Before do- ing so the body of the child was examined by bysiciaus, who ve their opinion that the leath was caused by accidental drowning, and such was the verdict rendered by the jary. Louisville Courier Journal. _ WHERE 1s NonTON?—The affidavit of ‘Mike’ Norton, which was read in the supreme court on Saturday, and which was sworn to before a notary public of this city on the 1ith instant, is still @ prominent topic of conversation amon; liticians, and others. His intimate friends a! leny any knowledge of his whereabouts, and they state that the affidavit was as sur to them asto the public at Mr. still refuses to disclose how or wheic the cffidavit was obtained. There was a rumor in circulation that Norton was amend the act to revise and consolida’ statutes relating to the Pest Uice department 80 as to prescribe an oath of office to be taken by post office officials. Passed. reported adver publication of advertisements for mail routes in the Congressional district in which such routes are located, instead of only in five papers in each sta reported favorably on a bill toso amend the postal code as to allow the name of a sender of a book, paper or pamphiet and his address to be written on the wrapper without subjecting the same to higher rates of postage. tee, reported bills for the relief of Jas. L. son and J. A. Beck for compensation for In¢ — Referred to committee of the whole. Louisiana, M4 the Morey bill, which would divide Judge Du- rell’s district and relieve him of office, and thus save him from impeachment. The best Tt Committee and requested the committee not to take action on the subject of Sanborn’s contracts with the Treasury was not a word of trath in the statement, and appealed to the Wi Raymond, when in he!” THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK TO 3. FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS, | TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. | {:"f2"" 23'S: TvEsDAy, February 10. SENATE.—Mr. Anthony presented memoria! of citizens of Khode Island, praying against any withdrawal of bank circulation from that state. He submitted some remarks in accord with the prayer of the petitioners, and a dis. cussion ensued on the subject,which was finally decided to be out of order. presented joint resolutions of thy Missouri on the subject of alleged illegal charges made by the Union Pacitic rail road, and requested the Judicia: to give the sudjectearly attention, questions of great importance to his Committees it involved te. Mr. Sumner presented petition of the colore: normal school at Harper’s Ferry, asking the of the civil rights bill. Referred to Ju iene, Committtee. ‘Mr. West presented memorial of New Orleans chamber of commerce, asking that the United States mint at New Orleans be reestablished Referred to Committee on Finance. ‘Mr. Cameron, from Committee on Foreigr Relations, reported favorably the House Cen- tennial resolution. Mr. Gordon introduced bill to remove the legal and political disabilities of Raphael Semmes, of Alabama. Mr. Bayard offered a resolution requesting the President to transmit to the Senate the information called for by the resolution of the Senate of March 1, 1873, inquiring whether any officer of the army stationed in South Carolina has received compensation from the legislature of that state for services performed in the line of his duty, and whether said officer has been admitted to practice at the bar of that state, and whether such officer has been detached from his comma Mr. Wright objected to the present considera- tion of the resolution, and it went over. ‘The bill for the relief of Dr. Edward Jarvis was passea, THE DISTRICT INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE. ‘The Chair annoanced the appointment of Mr Allison to fill the vacancy in the District In vestigating Committee caused by the declina tion of Mr, Morrill, of Maine. The Chair also announced that Mr. Boutwell would be the chairman of the committee. Mr. rdon introduced a bill granting aid to the Atlantic and Great Western caual. Keferred to Committee on Trai tation. Mr. Sherman, from Committee on Finance, reported, with amendments, bill to revise, con- solidate and amend the statutes in relation to estimates, appropriations, and public accounts On motion of Mr. Stewart, the secretary of the Senate was directed to inform the Senate what time will be required after resumption of specie payment to enable mints of the Uni States to manutacture silver coin to replac fractional currency. Mr. Jones introduced bill authorizing the coinage of twenty cent pieces. Keterred to Committee on Finance. Mr. Allison offered a resolution to print 10,000 copies of the report of George P. Marsh on ir rigation. Referred to Committee on Printing. The unfinished busin being the BANKRUPT BILL, Was then taken up. Mr. Edmunds moved an amendment provid- ing that any arrangement tor 4 ~ettlement en- tered into between a bankrupt and his creditors shall, to be valid, be confirmed by the signa- tures of two-thirds in number of the creditors and one-half in value. Agreed to. Mr. Thurman moved to ili the blanks in the juth section as amended witn December 1, 1573 so that the provisions of the amended section shall apply to all cases of involuntary and com- pulsory bankruptcy commenced Since that date. “Agreed to. A number of other amendments were ortered and rejected. HOUSE OF KEPRESENTATIVES.—Mr Knapp (Ill.) offered a resolution reciting that it was alleged that mamy of the redemption banks had suspended payment to their depos- itors, and had issued certitied checks and clear- ing-house certificates, and that a opont an- derstanding of the condition of said banks is necessary to proper legislation by Congress, and theretoré calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury to report, as at early a day as practi- cable, all information in his possession in rela tion to the issue of certitied checks by national banks; what banks are responsible for taeir redemption; a:d also what banks are stil) in suspension. Keferred to Committee on Bank- ing and Currency. Mr. Bradley (Mich.) reported a bill to extena the time for the completion of the Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan ship ca nal in Wisconsin. Referred to Committee of the Whole. POSTAL AFFAIRS. Mr. Packer, (Pa.,) trom the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, reported a | : » the Mr. Danford, (Ohio,) from the same commit- tee, reported adversely on the bill to allow iegal manuscripts to be sent through the mails at reduced rates, aid on table. ») trom the same committee, ly On the Dill authorizing the Mr. Stowell, ( as at present. Laidon table. Also, INDIAW. BILLS, Mr. Butler (Tenu.), from Indian committee, reported a bill to amend the Indian appropria- tion bill for the year ending June : to authorize suits against the administrator or administrators of the estates of Indians of the eastern band of Cherokees residing in North Carolina. Passed. sti, 80 as ‘Mr. Harris (Mass.), from the same commit- tee, d @ Dill in relation toan Indian re- servation in idaho which 18 claimed by the American Board of Missions and the Secretary of the Interior. It authorizes an appeal to the gourts to determine the value and ownership. assed. Mr. Comin; Me ), from the same commit- ohn- an MR. BUTLER RISES TO EXPLAIN, Mr. Butler Mass.) asked and obtained leave to make a personal explanation on a subject which he said not only involved his own rights, but also accused him of an attempt to intlaence the action of the Judiciary Committee and the Committee of Ways and Means. He then sent up and had read a despatch published in the New York Jeraid on Saturday, in which he was pong eg with an attempt to defeat the ac- tion for t ¢ impeachment of Judge Durell, in advocating what was known’ as root that this was untrue, he said, was in the fact that he never knew until to-day that the Morey bill was before the committee; it had never been eyen taken up yet. He then quoted from the New York World and New York Tribune, which charge that he, (Butler,) in his efforts to save his friends in New York, had as the Attorney of the Secretary of the gone before the Ways and Means tment. He said there ays. and Means Committee to answer to one of Teply was, ‘You lie, you The National Grange evening's ses- ge was devoted en- tirely to the consideration of the report of the committee on amendments to the by-laws and constitution, which resalted in the adoption of & mass of verbal amendments and alterations % The amendments to the con stitution are to be considered to-day. One of these provides for the establishment of «istrict granges in the fifth degree, not to exceed one in each county, to be com of masters and past masters and their wives, who are matrons and such fourth degree members as may be lected thereto after having been examined as to their proficiency inthe work. These granges shalt bave charge of the educational and basi ness interests of the order in their respective districts and shall encourage, strengthen and aid subordinate granges reprosente:! therein. Dispensations for such granges shall issue trom the stace grange, And under such regulations as the state grange ma: sfopt. The British Elections, CONSERVATIVE GAINS, Loxpon, February 10.—Twenty-seven mem bers of the new parliament were elected yester day, making the total number elected 505. Of these, 23 are conservatives and 253 liberals and | persons about the banking house. home-ruiers. Conservatives have been retarned | told to go after Bro for eighty seats occupied by liberals in the lest | On his return to the b Parliament and liberals have replaced twenty- | Eagan. who was there t eight conservatives. The numberof members | took him into custody, and he w returned from Ireland up to this morning is 55. These are divided as follows; 31 home-rulers, 1¢ conservatives, and S liberals. It is announced that a reconciliation has been | George Fenton with attempting to det effected between Disraeli and the Marquis of | out of T Salisbury and the Earl or Carnovan, and that | to jail to await r consented to assist | claimed to be fro: the marquis and earl h Diraeli to form his ministry. ee Foreign N THE WRATHER IN ENGLAND. Loxpon, February 10.—The weather in Lon- don and vicinity to-day is fair. Elsewhere in | in Europe, was receiy: the country snow prevails. ‘THE CARLIST WAR. MADRID, February 10.—The Imparcial says the government has agreed to an exchange of prisoners with the Carliste. DEATH OF A PREN: Pants, February 10. French author, is dead. A VIENNA NEWSPAPER SUPPRESSED. H AUTHOR. Jules Michela, the | that he had not ij if l i vy t, 18te. LF i T was flied with a tes, such as ary tele, ae a envelope, whi The members of the bank! recognized the al dispate tempt to cwindte, ant yesterday morning @ clerk warsent to the tel b ice in this city to make inquiries in reference to it. He received the following written wri, « We have nothing on February 7 from Nice for you. Yesterday morning a man of neat arance small of stature, entered the banking house and nted 4 bill, diled up in a printed bill. head, as follows LTIMORE, March 17, 1873. 7. W. Carnet! EB. bt of Edward Jenkins & Sons 2) Two sets of Harness, G. P ene 2) Two Lap Kobes = $155 * Keceived payment, “ Rowarp Jexqrms.” George Fenton, Clerk with Massrs. Jenkins. * There was some delay assumed in an exami- nation into the cerrectness of the Dill. After some .uestioning, the man said bis name was jeorge Fenten, that he was a clerk in the house of Jenkins \ Sons; that a fellow clerk vamed Brown bad as p inand cotlect the amount. He also stated that Brown Cid not desire to come himself, as he (Brown) had previously had some differences with some ton was when he started house, UMicer pose, at once conveyed to the office of -Justice Maddox,on South Test, where & warrant was sued out on the oath of Mr. T. Harrison Garrett, charging te » © accused was then com mitted mh examination. Fenton ith this matter, it_may be same mode of swindling was undertaken in New \ork ® short time since, and was successful. A d ; purporting to eral George B. McCiellan, Dow by the General's bankers in New \ork, stating that he bad par chased a horse for $450, and that when a bill for that amount was presented, it should be paid. The amount was handed over to the swindler upon application, and when the General was | notified of the fact, be telegraphed in reply aught a horse, and knew nothing in reference to the transacti | more Am 5" Viewwa, Fepruary 10.—The 'a’eriand news- | ae paper, of this city, has been suppresse its office and material contiscated. rk Ni MURDER TRIAL. New Ngw York, February t0.—The trial of John | was edue: cholas W. Daryeaon | curate . Was commenced in | Is01, an E. Simmons, for killing > the 16th of December, 15: the court of oyer and terminer this morning. ARREST OF A MASKED ROREER. John Campbell has been arrested and tied as one of the party of masked men wh bed the jewelry store of Adolph Hauck, in th avenue, some time ago. ~ e Burning of an Opera House” BETHLEHEM, Pa., February 10. berger's New Opera House was burned last night. The fire broke out between twelve and ove o’clock. It is supposed that the fire was 4 caused by crackers used by the German ba during theis concert last evening. Loss, 20,000. $50,000; insurance. ° Killed in a “Whisky Quarr Cincinnati, February 10—1 rel at Osgood, Ind., last night, killed his grandson, Emanuel V ——-s00- << The Temperance Cause. THE WOMEN'S CRUSADE IN OHIO. A despatch from Cincinnati says :—* Hills- | and poetical lore boro, Highland county, was probably, on Sat- urday. the most excited town in the state on the temperance question. Tire occasion was a grand Tae Penxnsyty gathering of the triends of temperance from al! | tade bas a very the surrounding towns, and was rendered no- table by the presence of Mr. Van Pelt, the re- formed bat-room keeper, who accompanied a ir and | Dears or Davin Frimpnice Stra | David Friedrich patch to Tue STAR of y udwigsburg, Wurtemburg, 2c, DAK; ted at Blaubeuren and Tabingen; was 1539, Was professor at Maulbroon the next year became Repet-r Theological Seminary, Tubingen, also lec in the Cuiversity in the Hegelian Outside his own circle he was unknown previous > when he published his Lite of Jesus, reached a fourth edition in 1810, was translated and published in London in 1846, and in this country in 1850. The boldness of this work, its vigor aud acuteness, attracted imme- Hilden- | diate attention, and the whole Protestant world discussed it with velemence and energy for >; replies to it appearing almost immediate- y in Germany, France, England and America. Strauss was deprived of Lis place as Repetent and became a teacher in Ludwigsbarg, and afterwards in Stuttgart. In the work which crea‘ed such @ sensation, Strauss tries to redace christianity to a series of popular legends, and to make it mytuological instead of historical. Jesus be makes out to have been a rabbi of Galilee of pure life, an enthusiastic teacher and innovator much loved. After his death popular legends clustered around him, his teaching+ were poetized, and from this mass ot legendat € come to us four canoni- Typha! gospels. A Coat Travr.—The couraging outlook, for though there is supposed to be stocked at the ‘pal coal centers and shipping points at t 60.000 tors, the amount is inconsiderable cal and several delegation from New Vienna. He attracts | Compared with the enormous consumption of large numbers wherever he visits, ant has al- | Coal, Teady been invited to a large number o! plac The report that be would be at Hillsboro hav- Ing been widely circulated, there was « large | 80d at the cities easily reached by influx of country people who came trom all di rections, on foot and horseback, in wagons ant sleighs, and literally filled the little overtiowing. Everything was favorable for a large meeting, the weather being pleasant aud Sleighingexcellent. Some towns sent large del egations, and if moral support wili assist Hills boro in the cause, Saturday's meet- ing will stow that the whole cour try is fully alive to the question of the hour and enlisted in the cause of tempera’ At an early hour the Presbyterian Chu! where the morning exercises were held, wi crowded. The exercises were brief but earnes and were followed by a bountiful luncheon pre pared by the ladies of the town. The people then assembled in the town ball, where devo- tional exercises were conducted and short speeches made by several clergymen, one of whom announced himself as a reformed drunk ard. Mr. Van Pelt also addreesed the audience in a rough, uncultivated, but evidently earnest and sincere manner. His remarks were listened to attentively, and when he had concluded, the audience called loudly for him to relate his experience as a dealer. He hesitated at this, but thea is becoming more urgent, be spoke briefly of his past life, confeesing that he was ashamed of it and preterred silence in regard to it. “Mr, Van Pelt’s conversion having ended whirky selling at New Vienna, the ladies there are aiding all the neighboring towns that call upon them. (n Friday evening Mr. Van Pelt spoke at Leesburg, Highland county. Those who bring liquor into New Vienna, and are so unfortunate as to show themselves upon the streets intoxicated, are immediately arrested, and they generally receive all the punishment the law will allow. At Cambridge, Guernsey county, temperance matters are being discussed, | with a probability that the movement will soon extend there. At Blanchester, Ulinton county, the L ers succeeded in winning over the two dru, iste of the town, but at last accounts had made no progress among the saloon keepers. One of them, whose place of business faces the railroad track, to admit ladies to his saloon, and be will be assailed from a car, which has been placed at the ladies’ service by a railroad superintendent.” DestituTIoN iy New Yor‘ New York paper of yesterday publishes an elaborate arti- cle on the subject of poverty and destitution in that city. The reporter interviewed a broker, several panic-ruined clerks, and others who were on the verge of starvation. Several instances are known im which respectable la- dies have stayed in bed for days and nights to- gether because they had neither food nor fire, and one woman, a widow, who had pawned everything else ip the world but a velvet cloak, in which she hid her misery and rags, absolute. ly stopped a lady going to church and begged from her fifty cents with which to purchase the first food she had eaten for forty-eight hours. The report gives an insight into the dark side of city life, taken from the lower strata, and shows the terrible distress that is stalking the streets of the metropolis, precipitated in a great measure by the commercial and fiuaucia! panic. Norton’s Tanmanxy Kino Discrosvres Imer, he is parol to aemy Gis sceonphe’ tent e re} 1m mi Po Se o1 the part of the bank with the late ring. Palmer said be bad no with Norton, notwit of the latter, who, i ie £. fl AF Es: i i cing little more than one week's produc- tion when the trade is at its full. The demand for coal on the lines of the ery ny by ¢ railways is good, and asall apprehension of disagreemsnts in the coal regions hetween miners and opera- wn ty | tors are supposed to be adjusted for the season, there is reason to believe that the trade will open strong on the Ist of March and that it will con- tinue satisfactorily through the entire year. The policy of advancing a small percentage in prices monthly, it is understood will be continued theougheut the year. It is stated that anew schedule of coal prices will be arranged on the 20th instant, but will not govern the trade until March at the shipping points. The monthiy advance will be as follows: Five cents per ton April, May and June; ten cente more will be added for July, August, September, October end November, making & total ad vance of nine- ty cents up to December.— Philadelphia Ledger. THE ATTEMPTED ASSARSINATION OF Twa- KURa.—The following are the particulars of the attempt to kill Iwakuara in Yeddo, Japan, on the night of the 13th of Jauuary: As f kura was returning from the Miki tempo- rary residence to his own dwelling, bis carriage was stopped near the outer castie moat by @ bamboo pole stretched across the road. The sices of the vehicle were cut through by swords, ard Iwakura, bastily descending, bimeelt attacked by several armed men, from whom he received wounds in the loins and shoulders. He Tan to the moat. close at hand, and sprang into it, remaining hidden for about an hour, after which be returned to the Mikado’s house, to which foreign surgeons were summoned, who at once discovered that his injuries were in no degree dan, s. He will probably be able to resume his duties in a few weeks. This is the first attempt ot th ination of a high ficial since the rder of Hirasawa S: » early im 157: clue to the would-be m1 ers bas yet beep discovered. A Line Suit GROWING OUT OF TRE Patta- DELPHIA Campaion. — Yesterday Charles 8. Gray, late democratic candidate for receiver ot | taxes of Philadelphia, brought suit net | W. C. Greene, publisher of the Sui Trae- | script, for libel, in having char, Ben with being’ a thief and a swind’er. case was beard before Alderman McColgan. A copy of the paper, containing the aftidavits which com- pose the alleged libel, was produced. Mr. Gray lestified that be was the party mentioned in the affidavits. The contents of the published affida- vits he swore te be false and untrue. On cross- examination be stated that he bad lived in Philadelphia for fifteen years, and for eight ears in the same house. Greene was held — to answer at the present term of the co! THe Sa wan K s YesTenpay.—The third day’srace of the Savannah club, post~ poned Friday on account of rain, took’ place yesterday. For the handicap stakes, one and @ quarter m’ Wanderer, Urtolan and Labetha _ as & fine race, and was won by Wanderer in 2:15\. Ortolan was second. For the second race, three-mile beats, Bessie and Granger were entered. This was a beautiful