Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1874, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays Exeepted, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Avenue, cor. Lith St. aT THE EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY, &. M. MAUPPRANN, Prev't. ——__e——_ THE EVEN! te served Dy carriers arene Fd sont gas ventet Two Oxwrn each. By mialithree months, 81.50, six months, $3.00; one year, 88. THE WEEK AR— Published Friday—91.50 0 Fae EF Tavarlably tm advanceria both cue and BO paper seut longer paid for. BF Rates of alvertising furnished on application. 2 SS YS ans See s WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1874. TWO CENTS. AMUSEMENTS. Form orera HOUSE. M&. PRANK 5S. CHANFRAU, In the great American Drama, by Spencer, of ACT, THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER. The great Drama of KIT owerfal portrayal of seuthern and western lif ash with fam and and Beats—Ooart a = ardice—Gambii Daeting—The amer— Fire ¢. Louis, yt ana—Characters and pictured from life— is going to ruin.” WATINEE SATURDAY. Begins at 3, over st 1030. Admission,75 and 53 th BIECH. WAMBOLD & BACKUS SAN FRAN- CISCO MINSTRELS are coming mard tr N4tiosan THEATER. MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1374, Grince—Tthe J “The Uorntr; ‘KIT MR. DION BOUCICAULT, ‘The Emin=nt Author aud Actor. MONDAY AND TUESDAY EVENINGS, — sep vr. KERRY. . USED UP. Magvificentiy cast and mounted. re DADDY O'LOWD nt COLLEEN BAWN. d Drees Circle. General Admission mara 2t x HINGTON THEATER COMIQUE, wenn Street, below Penna, Avenue. T WEFK COMMENCING BCH 2 Gbasp FAMILY MATINEES WEDNESDAY abD SAT’ - CHANGE OF BIL! AT BACH MATINEE. irst appearance of the great European celebrity, —— WLLE CERITO, The T-ansformation. Dance re. ‘The popular Seng and Dance Men, The great lc Singer, Gay Linton ‘The beactt » Miss Lacy Adams. The fascinating 1-ad) Globe-performer, M'ile Gere! SIGNOB J CARMELLA’S BALLET TROUPE. THE GEM BALLET TROUPE: Let by ine Detntiful aod dashing Bremicres, BEMMELSSERG SISTERS, MISS FRANK CB BISTIE. and Corps de B silet. The exciting Sensational The Robbers of the Abbey,’ concledes the ever yatertein- . ‘The BEST ENTERTAINMENT in Washington. merd-tf 1 INCOLN HALL 2 FHEODORE THOM v D nc i 1 , MARCH 11, ONLY GRAND CONCERES. MB. MYBON W. WHITNEY, ‘The celebrated Basso, will appear, together with other EMINENT SOLOISTS, THE UNRIVALL ORCHESTRA Peck ov At mon, One DouLan. served Bear-. Fifty Coats Extra. The sale of seats will commence THURSDAY MORNING March 4, at Me'zerott & Co.'s Masic Btore, where the programme ef the Qoncert can be Doors open at 7 15; to commence at 8 o'clock Steinway & Son's Pianos are exclusively used. mart-tr NINTH GHAND ORGAN Concent. The Charming VERCELIUS SISTERS, At the CONGREGATIONAL OHUROG, 10th ani @ streets, WEDNESDAY EVBNING, Marcu 4, 1574. LOUISE, Sopren FBAS K, Contralto; EBA. Mer70-Soprano; Master ALLI® THIERS, Accompanist; in & Delightful Progremme. DR. J. P CAULFIELD, Masic.! Director. Tickets, 75 cents, at Music and Bookstores. as meal febis mn Promptly attended to. Cash paid.fis-t YG WINTER STOCK. IF YOU WANT BARGAINS NOW IS YOUR TIME. CLOSING Overcoats oor CLOSING Business scits ouT CLOSING Cape Overcoata oot CLOSING Dross Suits oUuT CLOSING Box © our CLOSING Youth's Suits ouT CLOSING Diagonal Coats OUT CLOSING Boys’ Suits out CLOSIRG Cassimere Pants OUT CLOSING ‘Office Suite our CLOSING Sack Suite ouT CLOSING Children's Overcoats our CLOSING Walking Suits ouT IN CLOSING OUTTHE WINTER'S ENOR- MOUS STOCK I HAVE TO DO IT 41 RATES WHICH ARE 4 GREATER ADVANTAGE TO THE PUBLIC THAN TO MYSELF. BULI HAVE SO MUCH ON HAND THaTi MUST SELL IT; RO MATTER HOW LOW THES PRICES GU A. BTRAUS, THE POPULAR CLOTHIER, 1011 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUB, _jan29-te Detween loth and lth streets. MAtTzes! MaTZOS! MaTZzos! NOTICE TO ISRARLITES! ‘The undersigned begs lea o inform man, friends and customers thet ‘hie Matzo pe ty bicom, and that he is ready to serve Soar te mecpensee, Maer resent; co send your orderest ans -_ No. St BS aMISON Dee EET ain BALTIMORE. MD. = 3% street sont! feb27 -6r' orders Jngton, D-O. [_2088 in ranncn. PROFESSOB L. B. OOLLIERE Is prepared to give lessons to Private or General Classes, a4 well as to Bingle Pupils, at his Room, 939 Pennsylvania avenue, or at the pupils’ reai- dences. Business hours daily from Sto m. feb3l-cotw* T . “porrs CLOTHES WASHER “AND ax UNIVERSAL CLOTHES WRINGER, end you will wonder bow the washing waseverdone ‘the. You can find them st FRANCIS’ House-furnish- 4 fobas-3." fog Store, 435 7th street. NE Oe Pa’ PES, M2*S27 ParnapEr rata ae ; Ro ci for delivery. "LC. PALMER, Gols Agent, oy Depor— street feb 8-1 %. Washington News and Gossip. INTERNAL KEVENUE.—The receipts from this fo urce to-day were $22; 825. Tee SeraTe Finance Committee to-day heard an argument by Wendell Phillips in favor of excmpting the Mercantile Savings Lnstita- tion, 0: Boston, from taxation. Tae Hover Committee on Territories this morning discussed various bills of general ap- Plication to all the territories, including a gen- eral railroad bill, but took no final action. Tue Fortirication Bitt.—The Senate Committee on Appropriations this morning agreed to report the fortification bill, which has passed the House without amendment, and sub- sequently reported it. c Tue CorPoraTtion of the City of London have sent to the library of Congress a beautiful bronze medal, in commemoration of the national ng gee for the recovery from illness of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales. In HIS PRAYER in the Senate to-day Chap- lain Sunderland called the attention of the Most High to the frequent libels on our public men, and prayed God ‘‘to palsy the tongue and Diast the hi of the slanderer.”” Cot. Cox, Pension Agent, wili commence the quarterly payment of pensions to-morrow morning. Widows, dependent mothers and —— require two witnesses at this pay- ment. CorrirMATions.—The Senate, in executive session yesterday, confirmed the following nom- inations :—Samuel Bard, to be postmaster at Atlanta, Ga.; Rodney W. Daniels, collector of customs at Buflalo Creek, N. Y. AND Now a member of the Smith family— christian name, John—residence, Chicago, gets up on the stool of repentance and sends six hun- dred Gollars to the Treasury, to be placed to the credit of the ‘conscience fund.” Tue Howarp Cover or Inquiry to-day met and adjourned until Tuesday next,to await the arrival of Colonel Nelson H. Miles, 5th in- antry. who has been detailed a member of the court in place of General McDowell, whose wite isil m New York. Hox. WM. E. Caampier was heard by the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections to-day for Senator Spencer in the contested election case of Spencer vs. Sykes. He spoke for an bour, when the committee adjourned to meet at 2 p.m., when he was to resume his argument, A GEOLOGICAL SuRVEY OF THE TzRnITO- RIES.—A resolution will be offered in the House of Representatives to-morrow, directing the Committee on Expenditures of the Interior de- partment to call for a statement of expenditures during the past six years of the appropriations for a ‘geological survey of the territories.” AFTER A FIGHT of three months for contir- mation as postmaster at Atlanta, Ga., Governor Sam Bard yesterday won the battle by a vote of nearly two-thirds of the Senate. The contest was a lively one throughout, Bard being active- ly opposed by three members of Congress from Georgia, one being from his own district. Tue Bayxrurt Bitt.—The House Judiciary Committee at their meeting to-day considered the Senate amendments to the bankrupt bill, and after some discussion they decided to recommend non-concurrence and ask a Com- mittee of Conference. It is believed in this way the bill may be perfected satisfactorily to both Houses. THE Prick or Concressional PRINTING.— It bas been alleged that the Government Print- ing Office is in the habit of charging much more for work done for the Post (tice and other de Partments than is charged bv private parties Lhe House Committee on Printing has com- menced an investigation of the charges, and to day examined several officers of the Post Office department on the subject. To-morrow the Congressional printer is to be heard. Nomrvaty —The President sent the tol ‘owing nominations to the Senate to-day: Chas P. Ramsdell, to be marshal of the eastern dis trict of Virginia; J. Baldwin Hay, consul at Swatow; George 8. Fisher, consul at Beiruit; John Graham, consul at Guatemala. Postmasters. obert E. McDonald, Char- lotte, N. C ; James E. Hoag, Coxsackie, N. Y ; Phineas D. Crosby, Dankury, Ct. DISTILLERIEZS SUPPRESSED.—The Secretary of the Treasury to-day forwarded to the Senate (in answer to a request) information relative to the number of distilleries suppressed within six months past. The report shows the number pressed to be 259, of which 76 were in North Carolina, 71 in Tennessee. and 37 in Georgia. The Commissioner of Internal Kevenueroughly estimates the daily productive capacity of each at 30 gallons. PARDON voR THE Woman's Ricuts Evxc- Tiox InsrecTors.—At the written request of Senator Sargent the President yesterday di rected the Attorney General to prepare the necessary papers to remit the fine and impris opment of Messrs. Hall, Marsh, and others, the Rochester election inspectors, who were tried and convicted in June, 1573, of registering Miss Susan B. Anthony and other women and re- ceiving their yotes. The inspectors are now in prisen. ComPetiTion THE SOUL oF TRADR.—Yer- terday the card of a restaurant keeper, who keeps a place called Congress Hall, on Capitol Hill, in close proximity to the Capitol, was placed on the desk of every member of the louse. There seems to be @ rivalry between Sanderson and this Congress Hall as to the ad- vantage in distance each presents to the thirsty Congreesman. The whisky is said to be good in each place, and the only obstacle to be over- come is time in making the trip. . Tse Hovse Committee on Commerce this morn ng agreed to report for the favorable ac tion of the House the bill providing for the pay- ment of the bonds of the Louisville and Port land canal company, with the amendment that the Secretary o' ‘ar instead of the Secretary of the Treasury may purchase and pay for any of said bonds at their market price. Tne com- mittee also agreed to report a bill authorizing the Seerctary of the Treasury to designate the month in which fur seals may be taken for their tins in Alaska. All bills relating to ports of entry, the granting of American , and the change of the names of vessels, were re- ferred te Messrs. Conger, Willey and Parsons, as a sub-committee. Sewaton Pease, or Misstsstrr1.—a Con- necticut correspondent writes that Henry R. Pease, recently elected to fill the vacancy in the United States Senate caused by the resig- nation of Gov. Ames, of Mississippi, enlisted from Ellington as a private in 25th Con- pecticut regiment in the war. In February, 1863, he was discharged in Baton to take a cummand in @ colored regiment, one of the first formed in the Gulf department. He was poe de to @ position on Gov. An- & drew’s staff, filling the itiens of corps in- structor and assistant j fp advocate, bly su] the state. with ters at. New Orleaus, admitted to the Union. He to rissippi and = mee! ‘= a elected superintendent of edu- past four years. Protest AGatner Om OF Force. ‘The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has at, dressed a letter to referring to the red in number of em- AgNY ORDERS.—Captain J. C. G. Lee, as- sistant quartermaster, is relieved from duty at Jeffersonville, Ind., and ordered to relieve Cap - tain G. W. Bradley at Charleston, 8. C., who wil to 0, , Utah, and relieve Cap- tain G. A. Hull, mili storekeeper at that lace. Captain Hull will report for assignment 0 duty in Philadelphi DisTRinvtioy or PuBtic DocumEents.—Mr. Hale, of Maine, introduced in the House yes- terday a bill in relation to the distribution of public documents, which provides that the Con- gressional Printer sball hereafter distribute primted documents as follows: Five copies to each member of the Senate and House; one copy out of the residue of the edition of each document cago shall be mailed, in the order of appli m,tO any person making applica- tion therefor and enclosing sufficient postage stamps or money to transmit the same through the mails. This applies to all publications ex- cept such as contain lithographs or engravings, which shall not be then distributed unless 4 sum suffictent to cover the actual cost of such plates shall accom the application. INVALID Pewsions.—The House Committee on Invalid Pensions this morning agreed to a bill which provides that all pensions granted on account of disease contracted in the United States service or wounds in battle since March 4th, 1861, which have been granted. or may hereatter be granted, on application filed pre- vious to January 1st, 1875, shall commence ite of death or discharge. The bill also provides that in case application pensions is not filed prior to Janu- ary Ist, 1875, the pension otherwise shall commence from the date of filing the last evi- dence necessary to establish the same. The limitation herein prescribed does not apply to claims by or in behalf of insane persons or mi- nor children of deceased soldiers. A Formipance Prosrectine Expxzpitiox. The War department has received a telegram sent by General Custer from Fort Lincoln, Da- kota, on the 28th of last month, to the assistant adjutant general of the de; ment of Dakota, saying, printed circular sept from Boze- man, Montana, is being circulated among citi- zens here inviting men to join what is styled -The Wagon Road and Prospecting Expedi tion.” The circular states that the expedition will take = for six months, and will have twenty-five thousand rounds of ammunition ex- tra and three pieces of artillery. vel Bozeman is the starting point. Tongue river valley the country to be prospected. The expedition is advertised to move this month. Behteving this expedition liable to embarrass military opera tions and precipitate difficulties with the in dians, I send this for the consideration of the department commander.” NAVAL ORDERS.—Capt. Francis A. Roe, tached from the Boston navy yard and ordered to command the Lancaster at Key West. Capt. J. Nicholson, trom the command of the Lan- cester and ordered to wait orders at Key West. Lieut. Commander Charles E. Clark, detached trom the Mahopac and ordered to the Asiatic squadron per steamer of Ist May next from San Francisco. Lieut. Commander John W. Phe!ps has reported his return home, having been de tached from the Monocacy, Asiatic station, and bas been piaced on waiting orders. Lieut. Gom- mander Thomas Nelson has reported his return home, having been detached trom command o° the {daho, Asiatic station, and placed on wait ing orders. Lieut. C. M. Anthony, detached from the Canandaigua on the 10th instant and placed on sick leave. Caipenter Josiah P. Carter, detached from the Wabash and placed on waiting orders, Tue Bawquer To Carer Jvstice Wayre The complimentary banquet to Chief Justice Waite by the Alumni of Yale College, resi dent in Washington, at the Arlington last night, was attended by about seventy gentlemen. in- cluding President Grant and the associate jus- tices of the Supreme Court. Representative Kellogg, of Connecticut, presided, and at the conclusion of his epening remarks ‘be propose. the health of the President of the United States, who had given them the happy occasion for this meeting, and in conclusion he proposed th. health of the Chief Justice, saying, “May he live to do bis duty as an upright judge, on that feareth God and eacheweth evil, until more than fourscore years, with his eye undimmed, and in possession of his faculties.” The Ubiet Justice responded, and in conclusion said ood beginning is 4 step toward a good endin, the choice of Chief Justice might have fallen on one more able or more worthy than myself, but not uponone more honest or more earnes: in his desire to pertorm the duties of the office faithfully and well. tHe gave the toast, “Our Alma Mater. We all love her. May the time never come when she may wish shi ad loved us.” Hon. Peter Parker and President Porter, of Yale College, made speeches. A let ter was read from ex-President Woolsey. Hon. Ellis H, Roberts, of New York, of the class of 1850, also made a few remarks, and Dr. C. C. Cox recited a poem appropriate to the occasion, when Wm. M. Evarts, of the class of 1437, with Chief Justice Waite, responded to the toast to his honor. Judge Pierrepont and others made speeches. Mr. WALKER, oF THE CHICAGO “Tixgs,” Looxs For “Gat,” anp Fiyps Him.—One Walker, the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Times, who for some time past has been engaged in the business of libeling public men, private ladies, and his brother correspondents received @ severe castigation this morning at the hands of Mr. George Alfred Townsend. The affair took place at one of the newspaper offices on Lith street, in which Mr. Townsend and Walker accidentally met, and was caused by a statement forwarded to the Chicago Tim-: by Walker, to the effect that Townsend lives in a house given bim by the ‘Wash. ington ring,” to purchase his commendation. Mr. Townsend, on encountering Watker. this morning, charged him with writing the false- hood, at the same time saying that when he (Walker) came to Wasbington, he (Townsend) bad befriended him, and that his kindness had been repaid by an infamous libel uj ym him. Walker, wincing under this onslanght, satd he was “looking for him” (Townsend) tery a as he wanted to have a talk with him, and add- ea that he received the information which he sent to the Times from his (Townsend's) office. Mr. Townsend thereupon called him a liar, and seizing Walker's umbrella followed it up with a number of vigorous blows. . Walker grasped the umbrella and began to retreat, when Mr. Townsend struck hima number of times with his fist, fetching the claret, which flowed coptously. it Secrged proceg a have gone hard with Walker had 't not been for Mr. James Holland, of the Associated Press, who happened to be present and who, assuming the role of the peace maker, separated the combatants, thus saving the further effusion of biood. Walker was severely pesiemed and Towns:nd escaped untouched. ‘aiker probably concluds that “ Gath” is pes. ag of vigorous hitting from the shoulder as well as with the pe Mz. JAYNE OW THE RAMPAGE AT THE CA § ITOL- @ Committee on Ways and Means this morning had under consideration the sub- ject of payments of moleties to customs fraud informers and the seizures of books and pa- of Boston was oe The cit; resented rerious accusation peed firm should be entertamed in the parties concerned. . Jayne then lest his ation of thloves against hiss, aid he dotied tue nO . efforts of ail concerned to him dow: Proceeded tn roti interrupted by the man, Mr, Kelley, whe declared that acting chairman, the District A@airs in Congress, ‘THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE. Mr. Boutwell, chairman of the District Inves- tigating Committee, was absent again to-day, aud consequent!y no meeting of the committee was held. The accompanying documents for- irded by Gov. Shepherd yesterday have not t been formally turned the committee. Meanwhile they are in the special charge of Mr. T.8. Burr, of the Audi- tor’s office, assisted by a detail of ‘the clerks of the District government. Mr. Burr has been requested by the Governor to look after these documents during the investigation, and see that none of them are lost. It should have been stated yesterday that these vouchers account for every dollar expended by the Board of Pub- lic Works from the time the new District gov- ernment went in op’ ration up to last Saturday night—February 28th. This atternoon it was stated that Mr. Boutwelt was ill at his residence, on Connecticut avenue, and that consequently no meeting of the com- mittee would be had to-day. He appeared in his seat at half-past two this afternoon, looking romewhat feeble. No call for a meeting of the committee had been issued up to the hour named. THE WATER SUPPLY. Mr. Robertson submitted a resolution in the Senate to-day, upon which no action was taken, directing the Secretary of War to report to the Senate, at his earliest coavenience, what ds ger, if any, exists of a water famine in this city; what is the average quantity of water that flows over the Great Falls of the Potomac river per day, and what isthe hightof the same above tide when the dam from the Virginia to the Maryland shores is completed; what quantity of water per day is necessary to feed the Wash- ington aqueduct and the Ubesapeake and Ohio canal at the Great Falls; what is the size and discharging capacity per day of the aqueduct; how high is the bank of the distributing reservoir above tide level; that is, the capacity and distance of the same from Great Falls and the centre of Washington city; how many water-mains have been laid trom the distribut ing reservoirs, their size and discharging capa- city, in the center of Washington city, and what proportion of their discharging capacity per day is consumed at present by the cities of Washington and Georgetown. RAILROAD BILLS. A bill _bas been introduced in the House by Mr. Archer, of Md., authorizing the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to construct a lat- eral branch road from their Washington branch road, outside the city of Washington, to co: nect with the Metropolitan branch, and to in troduce said new branch and said Metropolitan branch at such point on the northern boundary of the city of Washington, and to locate anu construct them anew on such route within said city a8 may be agrecd upon between the said ny and the Board of Pablic Works o: strict of Columbia, in @ direction fron such point of entry to their present depot or such new depot a8 may be erected by them on square No. 615; provided, that all laws now in force respecting tbe location, construction, an‘ nse of their existing roads shall apply aud be in force as far as applicable to such nowly constructed roads. He also introduced a bill, which, with the other, was referred to the District Committee, authorizing the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to locate and ‘construct a lateral road within the District ot Columbia, outside the limits of Washington and Georgetown, from any point on their Washington branch to some point on their Metropolitan branch, and thence to the valley of Piney branch, and thence along the same to the valley of tock creek, and thence aleng the valley of Rock creek to the mouth of the said creek at the Potomac river at George- town; the said company to exercise the same power, rights and privileges, and to be subject to the ‘same restrictions, in the extension and construction of said lateral road and the use thereof, as they may exercise or are subject to uuder and by virtue of an act of Congress en titled ‘* An act to authorize the extension, con- struction and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad into and within the District of Columbia.” AN Important Bitt.—Senator West yester day introduced a bill providing that the Court of Claims shall have sole jurisdiction on all claims accruing against the United States by ‘oyal persons for al claims of property destroy- ed, occupied, used, or taken by the army and navy ot the United States fur the use and in the service ot the United States. Also, that all per- sons who have been restored rs0n OF pro- lerty after participation in the late rebellion, by reacon of any amnesty proclamation or per sonal pardons he President, and who re- snmed their allegiance before the final ending of the war, are entitled to the provisions of the act. Also, that all claims now pending before end undetermined by the Southern Claims Com- mission, (which is abolished,) Quartermaster General, Commissary General, Third Auditor the Treasury, and other executive depart- ments, shall be transferred for adjudication to the Court of Claims, who, after rendering jadg ments on the same, are required to report the same to Congress’ for their action thereon, al:bough either part? the United States or the laimant, can appeal for a final review to the Supreme Court of the United States in all cases where the amount in value is over $3,000, so that when the action of Congress is had upon the same the full equities and law of each claim will be made up for their determination. It peorites that commissioners shal! be appointed in each judicial district by the Court ot Claims. The commissioners are authorized to summou witnesses, take testimony, &c. oe _— A Very Brioat “Srar.”—There is searce- ly a daily paper in the United States that ts not indebted to the Washington Star for some ot the most important news items from the Na- tional yor spel which appear in their columns. It has reduced condensation to a science, and the special correspondents lind it difficult to pe fei on the text of the a gern cop from which many of their special dispatches are manufactured. Where it does not furnish the exact words used in the telegrams, it points out to the news-gatherers the sources from which they glean best paragraphs. Of late THe Stax has been laying the ri ig public under additional obligations by reviving some inter- esting historical incidents that had become dim reminiscences through the lapse of years. Saturday’s issne the story of the of gun invented by Commodore Stockton, the United Sta frigate “Princeton,” is ad- mirably told. This melancholy accident, by which the Secretary of the Navy and six other gentlemen (some of them prominent in the naval service) were killed, occurred Febraary be 18H, just thirty years ago~—Baltimore Amer- ican. Tur Suir AGarnst Ba. In relation to the order of arrest against Baez, ex-President of San Domingo, obtained at New York by David Hatch, of Connecticut, in a suit for damages for imprisonment, the New York Tri- bune says: “In conversation with a reporter last evening General Baez reiterated his inten- tion to give no bail, and claimed that the state courts here had no jurisdiction. He was Presi- dent of Santo Domingo when he imprisoned Hatch, the country was then ina state of war and under martial law, and no foreign country could hold him responsible in its local court» for his action as the President of another coun try. He bad found Hatch guilty of acts that ucder the circumstances were overt acts 0! treason, for which he was liable to be shot; and life was spared.’ a EXPLosion 1x A Broapway STorE.—Yes- terday afternoon an explosion took in building No. 900 Broadway, New York, occu- pied by Emil Gere, who let his show window to & parior artillery company for the sale of a new of a brass boxes of these caps, contat: over 750,000, exploded. A clerk named Charles Newton was hadly wounded about the face and arms, while bes clothes were torn toshreds. J. M.Ewenand Miee R. G. Dunn, who were passing at the time, ere also badly wounded by fragments of the show window. Loes 85,500. school was the measurement of oysters ‘at ment Griefield and Baltimore, In the House of Del- egates petitions were im favor of conrolidation of Baltimore cify and county, the formation of a new cow Prince Geor; | FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS, Tuxspay, March 3. SENATE.—The chaplain, in his opening prayer, supplicated Divine Providence to re- buke the giant demon slander, now stalking forth and casting a shadow over all the earth, and that the hand of the wilful detractor might be paralyzed as he wrote. atior TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. lew STRIKE OF FEMALE UMBRELLA MAKERS. New York, The female umbrella and parasol makers of a leading house in this city ace on a strike for an increase of wages, EX-PRESIDENT HART isstilla prisoner at the counsel advise him not to give bail. of the eaRTITION AGAINST INFLATION sits currency and for calling in the i jon of the reser es, signed be al rof bankers and business men, to’ sented to Congress, is publiched this morning. THE WURDER OF MISS LAWLER. is, from the Committee on Appropr:- ms, reported without amendment the fortiti- cation hoe popey Dill, and gave notice that he should itup for action at the first prac- ticable opportunity. Mr. Logan, from the Committee on Militar Affairs reported adversely on bill to authorize A coroner's jury found a verdic™ against Om the lease of the lazaretto site, near League | cer John Doyie tor the murder of Mary Lawier Island, for a powder magazine. and be was sent tothe Tombs to await the ac Mr. Fenton presen’ @ memorial from a large number oi leading business men of New York, expressing alarm at the unlawfal action of the Secretary of the Treasury in issuing the reserves; that never before had any civiliz-« government resorted to putting out irredeema ble paper currency in time of peace, and asking Congress to immediately prohibit the perpomes | from ‘ssuing &uy more of the reserve, and to withdraw at once the amount issued to this date. Referred to the Committee on Fi tion of the grand jury. THE CAPTAIN OF THE BARK EVERETT Gray, which was searched by Spaniards, says th. vessel was a league from the shore of Cubs at the time. No violence was attempted. Since the proclamation ot conscription was made a strict lookout has been kept upon the shipping The Spanish residents are professed to be read: and eager for a fight, but more than one o: them have offered the captain money to take them away secret! STRIKE OF ERIE RAILROAD WORKMEN. The employes in the Erie shops at the Sus- quebanna depot strack yesterday. The alleged reasons for strike are that new ations bad been introduced. Many of the and ablest workmen were discharged without any assigned cause, wages were cut down and paid When it suited the company, to the men for the last four months kept two months in arrears, pastes restricted, anda few men utterly un- skilled in the trade placed to work on the same Wages as skilled mechanics. TRE STEAMSHIP RISING STAR, from New York for Aspinwall, before reported at Bermuda iy distress, appears to have had a very rerious time. She arrived in a sinking condition on the night of the 1th ult., whe: the vessel was put aground. She was then leak - ~~ about three feet per bour. Her boilers also gol adrift during the gales in which the ship sprung aleak, said the signers to the memorial repre- t least £500,10,000 of capital. The bill for the relief of Hanson Harmon, ot Wilmington, Delaware, was passed. Mr. Sargent, from Committee on Appropria- tions, reported House bill appropriating $1,400 to pay government telegraph operatives in the Capitol building. Passed. Mr. Logan, from Committee on Military Af- fairs, reported bill authorizing the Secretary of War to issue a supply of arms to the state of Nebraska. Mr. Cragin called up bill to correct errors in certain prize cases, which was discussed until the expiration of the morning hour, when the bill went over. Mr. Robertson submitted a resolution calling on the Secretary of War to inform the Senate whether there is any danger of a water famine in Washington city, and for information gen erally as to the water supply for Washington. nd her steam pipe broke nearly in two, and was only made available by lash Mr. Hamlin objected to the resolution and | ings of canvass, ropes, Ac. Had it broken e said that be thought all the information was | tirely across, the vessel must have foundered in now in possession of the Senate. five hours. The Chair submitted sundry resolutions on MURDER AND strict pete matters passed by the legislature ot ‘ansas. Atan early bour this morning a murder and suicide occurred in Prince street between two Mr. West submitted a resolution instracting the Committee on Contingent Expenses to en- thony Barli and Peter Tarchini. They were quire asto the propriety ot furnishing each formerly in with another man named Sicardy. Senator with ® copy of atext book publishes | Barli did not attend to business, which was the | by W. H. & O. H. Morrison. Also, including | source ot repeated quarrels between him and the the national banking laws and information con- | other partners, who bonght him out two months cerncerning the public debt. Adopted. ago. Barliand Tarchini meta week ago and Mr. West moved to postpone the centennial bill and take up the army appropriation bill. Mr. Sherman suggested that the centennial bill could be disposed of in au our, and that the finance resolution, which had been post- poned until to-day, could be proceeded with. Mr. Sumner advocated proceeding with the appropriation bill, and expressed the belief that it Congress went ‘into the centennial busines- it would result im an expenditure of thirty mil- lione. The motion of Mr. West was lost—ayes 10, Does 30. Mr. Carpenter said that to-morrow, when the Senator from Indiana, (Morton,) who was now detainea from the chamber by indisposition, would be present, he would ask to take up bir Louisiana bill for the purpose of making bis promised remarks. Mr. Hamilton (M4@.) gave notice of his inten- tion to submit remarks n Louisiana affairs. ‘The Centennial bill was then proceeded with. Mr. Sherman said that the pending bill was not @ proper one to be —. it committed the government in a wholesale way and without any restrictions. It placed it inthe power of the commission to contract bills to the amount of Sfty millions which the government will be compelled to pay. He submitted a motion that the bill be referred to the Committee on Appro- priations, and then if that committee reported ack a carefully oes bill, he would be will- ing to vote for a large appropriation, as he was in favor of having a grand celebration on the Fourth of July, 1576. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—The House took up the bill reported yesterday by Mr. Townsend, (Pa.,) to secure homesteads t actual settlers on the public domain. The bill was amended by adding a provisc that no oath should be required of any on desiring to secure a homestead, except the oat: to support the Constitution of the United States This was mainly for the benefit of the people ir the southern states, who, under existing laws requiring the taking of the iron-clad oath, can not avail themselves of the benetit of the pre emption laws. The bill also repeais the preemption law: It was further amended by @ proviso th: lands granted to railroads shall be subject the provisions of the bill in all cases where su roads have failed to comply with the conditions of; the grants. ‘The bill was then passed as amended. Mr. Butler ( Mass.) entered a motion to recon- sider the vote whereby the House yesterd: yoted authority to the Committee on Expendi- tures of the Loe toengemoe J —. to send = reons and papers, pending the investigation Hd affairs ih the western judicial district o* Arkanras. Mr. Sener, Mr. Speer, and other members of the committee objected to the motion, and con tended that it was now too late to make it. The Speaker ruled that the resolution passed yesterday by unanimous consent, and that therefore a motion to reconsider could be en- tered. When the motion was called up any other member could move to lay on the table the reconsideration. quarreled. They did not meet again until this mcrning as they were going to work. They quarreled again, when Barli drew a revolver and shot Tarchini in the breast, after which he shot himeeif in the head, both men being in- stantly killed. SBALOUSY AND SUICIDE. August Maddison, of Jersey City, attended & ms: querade last night with a young woman to whem he was engxged. Becoming jealous 0° a fcrmer lover he went to an undertaker’s office Woere he wae e ved. and shot himself. ‘. : The Cold Water Crusade. THE WESTERN MOVEMENT A PAILURBIN THE QUAKER PHILADELPHIA, March 3—The liquor cra- sade is quiescent. It seems that by far the number are opposed to praying bands sorties upon the saloons, and running the gauntlet of the coarse and jeering crowd= whodovetail between the invocation sentences in nowise complimentary to the lady reformers. They think that & popular sentiment, reaching above ridicule, should be created Layee sep the community by a comprehensive series of temperance meetings, and earnestly condacted. Those who believe in the Western move- ment are not flattered by their success bere, and sre doubtful of the public support. The liquor sellers have announced that they do not intend to do anything that would look un- manly, but will simply call upon the police for redress if praying bands invest their places and stop what they are licensed by the city to trans- act—a legitimate business. At present, there- fore, the crusade movement is at a stand still Mayor Stokley is awaiting the opinion from the city solicitor before issuing @ proclamation toenforce the Sunday law by closing the sa- loons on that day. a “Cave-in” of a Burning Coal Mine CREAT CONSTERNATION AMONG T NERS FAMILIES. New York, March 5.—A Wilkesbarre dis patch says: Yesterday the miners who hav« been for the last two months fighting the fire at the Empire mine, near this city, ceased work, having become convinced that their efforts to control the fiery elements were becoming more hazardous and unavailing each day. Subse- quent events proved that the apprel were not unfounded, for last evening a most extensive ‘-cave-in” of the mine occurred, ceeding in extent the fall at the Baltimore mine ashort time since. Great consternation prevailsin the neighborhood of the mine, and tamilies are | grin to leave the dangerous proximity. The tire now has full scope and threatens to ruin utterly one of the most valu- able poseessions of the newly-formed Wilkes barre and Lehigh coal compan; —— Local Option in Kentacky. THE WHIEKeY VICTORY AT PADUCAH. LovisviLte, March 3.—A special dispatch from Paducah relating to the success of the whisky men in the election yesterday says: This is the first election held in Kentucky un- der the provisions of the bill recently passed by the legislature, obliging a city or county judge e bi q c is hi biti: gale Mr. Conger (Mich), from Committeeon Com- | of jiuor upon & petiiion of 2 elven ta merce, reported a bill to amend the actto pre- | Vote of the people. vent the destruction of fur-bearing animals in Alaska. Passed. The House thn proceeded to the considera- tion of the bill r from the Committee ieee The St. Louis Fire. Sr. Lovurs, March 3.—The insurance on the ttock destroyed by fire in the cellar under the on Railways and to regulate commerce | gojia; last night ie €35,000. Good by rail among the several States, and sxleabines ke Gxmneeh Goer eorman tally ir. McCreary (lows) addressed the House. | sured. Burrell, Comstock & (o.'s loss, excli A Water-color Painting Society. Epitor STaR:—Was pleased to see your val- vabie paper take the lead in cailing attention to the great need of a suitable building for a tists’ studios. . carers a ron, ur paper su; ose engaged in watercolor painting the propriety sive of damage by smoke, is $67 Notes. BOMBARDMENT OF BILBOA. Lorpow. March 3.—A dispatch from St. Jean de Luz, a French town eleven miles southwest of Bayonne, dated to-day, says the Carlists have kept up a steady bombardment of Bilboa for the of organizing a society for mutual benefit, ant alro for the purpose of bringing together such | ‘t#ixdaye, | artists and rs for ex- poletees by our own ibition and sale. New York city has @ flour ishing society of this kind, and has jnst clesed ifs seventh annual exhibition. Can we nothave a society here worthy of the capital, and sv impeachm: tate Treasurer Hayes. TorEKa, March 3.—rhe Kansas House of Representatives last night, by a vote of 74 to § 20, adopted @ resolution of impeachment against that we may not be compelled to go to New York to exhibit and find sale tor our “paintings: | State Treasurer Hayes. Bere should art have its headquarters and Sa Coal Gas. flourish best. Provipence, March 3.—Two servants of Col. Will those favoring the organization of sach | Beck, at Fort Adams, were found in bed this & society address the subscriber at the Star of- | morning overcome A Mg gas. One is dead fice, so that when enough shall signit'y their and the other insensible, though yet alive. cesire an organization may be immediately perfected. Samos. March, 1874. THE CHARLESTON (S. CU.) RACES were wel attended yesterday. e firstrace was a hand icap burdie, two miles, for a purse of $350. The race was won by Hitchcock's chestnut col’ PRovipErc & rumor that e prize fight bg aon J on on Dutch Island. The sheriff has ieft Newport for the scene in a revenue cutter. —— Ex-President Fillmore. Burrao, March 3.—The condi President Fillmore has remained w since last night. ©. The second race, a mile dash, for a puree df $200, was won by Lewis & Co.’s brown filly Ortolan in 1:52, Fi The third race was for the Conso! ne from it- The burned in she was almost yee were confined iy Sum, 2d. YaRp ARM—In Ralti- Wm. Gilbert and Stepnen fog ty the bargque Ww, confer- former partners in business named Menare An- | the is im favor of the {wo and threo, and baving with the * Baloo: hi bave Leen notitie t itt saloons by W, that if they do not close their would be visited oie A was hel; t and pray red for in the Chie two or t laches ree penton nent citizens, which are ciaimed to forgeries. clergy Of the city give the move- ment their unanimous vp The work is still prosecuted with zeal in Dayton. Columbus, and other interior townsin Ohio. Whisky deal- ers in Columbus say that the trade begins to feel the cftects of the movement. A BOURBON VICTORY IN KENTD: KY. At an election held in Padmosh, Ky., yester- day, a vote wes taken on the question of sup- pressing the drinking s#loons of that citv. There *as considerable excitement, Bheky end anti-whisky partics worked well. The whitky men were victorious by about 3 majority. and both the McKar, Tae New York Stock OPREaTOR. McKay, the person charged with the recent stock exchange (letter) ries, has quite history, according to the Bataio Express, seems to know all about him. We quote "He is the Fon of the late Ferdinand C. D. McKay, who in bis lifetime was one of the most nent lawyers of western New York, and was at t ttorney for Wyoming county. McKay was educated, we believe, at ‘and after his graduation entered reuite, which be 0 tw premium of $15,000. He was the as principal in the transaction, and asked and received & commission of ten per cent., which reduced bis payment to $13,500, for which he was to receive $20,000 in 1873, or sooner in ease of death.” year enGowment for 20,000, single cash it as well | A Sewsatiowal Case in Matwe.—At Hoal- ton, Me, one of the most notable libel cases in the annals of New Engiand is now on trial be~ | fore Judge Peters, of the Supreme Judicial Court. dowellzn Powers, a lawyer of that | place, is the plaintift, and the Houlton Times | the defendant. Powers is a prominent politi- | clan, a member of the present House, and on | the Judiciary Committee. He is a ‘married man, perb: forty yeare old. His action is based on an editorial published in the Times about a year since, charging him with ““irrega- larities in connection with the collection of pensions, and particularly with improper rela- tour toa young colored girl. The matter has been a disturbing clement in Aroostook politics, the trial creating the most intense interest here. In his opening, Mr. Powers, who seemed to be ddreseing the crowd, was called to order by the Powers was terribly excited, and called one of the witnesses for the defence “ad—d The specifications of the defendant prom- very sensational Nar ase T ivamia Coat Traps—The total of anthracite marketed for the week end- ing on the 2ist ultimo amounted to 2 and for the coal year 1,911,988 tons, 2,131,024 tons to corresponding time jast year, being @ decrease of 220,036 rH The bitumi- nous tonnage for the week is 41.483 tons, and for the year 271,004 tons, giving « total of all kinds for the week of 245,320 tons, and for the 2,203,052 tons, against .004 tons to the same time last year, being a decrease of 122,952 tons. At Port Ricbmond for the week end! ult. the receipts of coal were — shipments 6,200 tons, leaving band. We have no quotations for coal trade continues steady, and the has been without change in any important feature. The Scranton public eale of coal at tracted less attention than usual, and, as was expected, in view of the lower spring rates, the prices realized were decidedly lower, though Shove the prices of February last year.—PAia~ edger, 2 Frientrvt RaiLnoap DisastTeR—Bigh Persons Burned to Death—A& dispatch from Montreal says: A feartul accident occurred on the Great Western railway Saturday night. The Sarnia eccommodation train left London at 6:30 p. m., and consieted of empty tauk cars, egage and a second-class car and a coach. en seven miles west of London the coach took fire, it is supposed, by the falling of a lamp. The fire was not discovered until the in~ terior of the saloou was completely filled with flames, which spread through the coach elmost ivetantly. The passe were compelled to jump from the reer platform and ¢ the windows. The train was stopped as qu ae possible, but before they could be extricated eight persons were fal iy suffocated and burned; and a large number injurned. Such of the injured as were unable to proceed to ceed to ther homes have been made as com pre poseible at the hotelsin Kekoma and endon. HI 3 THE DEATH OF How. Jonw 8S. Mictsom, of Virginia, is apnounced by telegraph. He was a lawyer of note, and in Isis was elected wo repre: sent the Norfolk district in the Thirty-tiret Congress, and recleeted each successive term until 1800. He was democrat, bat © posed secersion, and & member of the committee of thirty-three en the rebellious states in the winter of 1861. He took ne active part in the rebeliion, remaining quietly at Bome ia Nor- folk. He had recently been urged upon the President for the vacant position of United States attorney for the eastern district of Vir- ginia, to succeed Mr. Wells. “to incerporate the Hampton and Fort railroad company,” to build « railroad trom some point in the county of Elizabeth City to Fort Monroe, beginning at any point on Qaeen street, and running ns and pot more than three miles west of the gov- ernment reservation, as the company's offi- cers may elect. and continue along the line of said road or street over Hampton creek bridge at Fort Mon- to the government reservi ~—— officers of the company may deter- mine.” ‘OBA IN Possession OF THE Pa~ TRIOTS.—Senor Aldama, the agent of the Cuban republic in New York,’ states that the patriot forces make good their foothold. about twelve thousand armed men, and three times as many could be put in the ficld if sufi- cient arms and ammunition could be procured. Nearly half the area of the isiand is in ther . OF te them are troops num- bering 25,000 regulars.and 25,000 volunteers, who are for reinforcements. Tue Eicexoxp Boxp Roprery.—4 number bankers and brokers Rich- ‘grand jary, with the ob- lore the Jury, of gaining information in to the bonds +g Soione! Coleman, geous. Even ber lectare yegpe bem very i ie rapidly’ guinkog i ines has subscribed €5,000 ward the Reese seaniee ar = oe coutahip te not