Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1874, Page 1

onset S05 BVENING SLAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays Excepted, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Avemne, cer. 1ith St. $00 NVEUING STAR NEWSPAPER. CONPAST, &. HB. RAUPPRANN, Prev't- — THE W KLY SPAR— Peete Fer = wr thas pid for, V%. 43—N2. 6.545, WP Rates of advertising farnisbed oa application —es Se WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1874. TWO CENTS. AMUSEMENTS. Fre RY) GAND CONCERT, EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. Intern AL Revenve.—The receipts from this source to-day were $231,990. ‘Tae Howard court of inquiry is not in session to-day. TE MAN-OF WAR BROOKLYN arrived at Ha vana yesterday. THERE was avery large crowd of visitors a the Executive Mansion to-day, many of whom had interviews with the President. Messas. Hoorge ano BurriNaton, of th Massachusetts delegation, did not accompany the remains of Mr. Sumner to Baston. The former was in his seat in the House to-day. duper Pratt, of Iowa, to-day made his maiden speech in the House of Representatives on the cheap transportation problem, and was warmly congratulated by his friends upon ite conclusion. ae “ ‘SGOREGATI ‘NAL CHURCH, Frest ¢ z ESING, Mince 15,1574. Base B. Organiat. FIELD. Director. Admission, 73 cts. At Bilis’, Qhoate’s and Wet- peret's. marlt JATIONAL TFHSATER. N* AY NING, Moreh 13, fay ‘he's evlabrated Th rrr B nefitof Me MAB LT 7 rougham's great Extravagaoza, eee OAHONTAS., TURDAY EVENING, March 14, Annual Ben- a nooo BUCKINGHAM and _ 1308 Netme, afr mich cncartina les, to conciede with tne a ‘A LOAN OF A LOY BD FAMILY MATING AHONTAS snd BOB Béwigsion, 25 avd & *. ri *RACE GREEN WO! x WILL 6! REC:IATIONS AND P a Ef MR. MAcFARLAND, Washington corres- pondent of the Philadelplia Press and Boston Globe, sent off a ver ‘interesting batch of Sam- ner dispatches last ight,including the partica- lars of his will. Tue SECRETARY OF TUE SENATE to-day ap- peared in the House and officially announced to that body the appointment of Senator Stew- art, of Nevada, as a member and chairman of the Joint Special Committee investigating Dis- trict affairs, in place of Senator Boutwell, ex- cused by reason of illness. SmRiovsiy ILt.—We regret to learn that Hon. Nathan Sargent, formerly Commissioner of Customs and at present president of the « 4 SONATIONS LINCOLN HALL. FRIDAY EVEN Mr fARAu ¥. AM ROM 20. ork, wiil aevist. lis & Co.’s ma- marl} 6 G, MA EBs et tos —Dnring » 80, and 75 ‘The Great Original BIRCH. WAMBOLD & BACKUS® SAN | board of managers of the Koys’ Reform School nee NCISCO MINSTRELS. a is ly ng dangerously il at bis residence, No; From B:oadway. New York; * Estab ‘ast Capita) street. At past two o | a ay he was quite low with pneumonia. It is fearod ‘Wamboli, Mr Odenrr, Mr, Beant oni Read. he will not recover, although he may linger J. Norrie. MULUALY’s ORCHESTRA: | Th twoorthree days, at died at his residence in Norwich, Conn., yos- terday, aged 63 years. He stood fourth on the list Of rear admirals, and entered the service trom Connecticut on the Ist of January, 1825. He was commissioned as rear admiral on the Sth of December, 1867, and under such com- mission commanded the South Atlantic flset lor one year and six months. “Bons of Momus,” BILLY BIRCH ant BA Us. 8 TIN ATUBDAY. alien Beruer Pawily. mar9-tf i THEATER-—EXTRA. MONDAY, March 16, 1574, For Six Nights oniy and Une Matinee previous to his departure for Ferone, R. EA. BRN. i Moxpay. r | Mu. SOTHERN | Concerts THorston Smita, by some mys Bypwestisy | AMERICAN as terlous agency, ocenpied a seat on the floor of TBUBSDAY. || COUSIN. | Lord Dandreary. | the House to-day. Having attended the preri- FRIDAY—GENEFIT—DAVID GARBIOK. : ous District Investigation with scrupuloas panc- tualityand the one now in progress, as far as it SATURDAY —Last Appear: ONLY SOTHEEN “NATISER, has proceeded, it may be that such constant at- LORD DUNDREARY. tendance on the skirts of Congress, gives him Bale of seats will commence on Tueetay morping eats may be had for ans of mar HINGTON THEATER COmiavs, 11th Street, d«lew Penna. Avenue. A New Senratioual Draws! New Variety Stars ¥-ung Ameriean Actor. J. S. NOKTON! S. NORTUN: Ia tue bighly Sensational Drama, tn three Acts and wen Tableau the impression that he is entitled to privileges hot usually accorded one who has never been a mem T OF ex-member, or even a governor of ee IT BAS BEEN STATED that no clergyman was present at the death-bed of Senator Samuer itappeare, however, that Dr. Sunderland, Chay- lain of the Senate, ‘as there. Mr. Sumner wastoo ' it pravers were offered anit i B GsLLows = Prodiced wit b et antifal Scenery. ure read by Dr. S.in the room x BRON, Dansenes. Mlle OBR- | aAjoining the death chamber. Mr, Sumner was hange’ Artist. Mons. DOWER a regular church-goer, but was 1m the habit JW SHARPLREY. Musical ending when pre: BANK’S New sci Upon th ¥ ‘hers of eminence offi $:2io,, STO cinted, especially preachers of the Unitarian Harry Batre Now act CHINESE SHOEMAKER aaamen ari ‘art's New Act. CHINESE HUES Nava Orpers.—Captain Oscar C. Badger at re e291 Coste rE BALLR®, arr 3 adap 2 has been ordered to duty as exeentive officer of FESTIVAL DECUBA! FESTIVA Ba’ pices H.C : 30 STAR ARTISTS:—J 8. Noiton,J.W.Sharp- | *2¢ BAvy-yard, Portsmouth, N. H. Comma DuWernie, Chas Sheffer, Geo. Nelson. ar!, Otte Burbe»k, Harry Hart, sigacr Iter Henn. Raxene Harrison; Jusoch Waitraker (Harry Hunter. W. Skximore, ¥ Siinp- » Mille Cerito. Josie Barron, je a Drageis we Addie Grabam, Laara der Jobn C. Watson has been ordered to duty as inspector of ordnance at the navy-yard, Mare Island by the 25th of April next. Captain Eari Englise has been detached trom the navy-yard at Portsmouth and ordered to command the gress at Key West, Fla. Commander Joho * aren P. Russell has been detached from duty avin Couster, William-. and Jas. 8. Edward spectors of ordpance at Mare Island nayy-yard FSMILY MATINEES WEDNESDAY and ordered to Washington, D. C., for exami merd-tf UBDAY. nation for promotion. Master Wm. H. Everct OLD No r has been detached from Congress and ordered 4S mara aad ee tothe Wyoming, by cess MARKRITER* Soérety axp CsaRiTy.—The annual bal! No, 439 7th street, between DP for the benefit of the Children’s Hospital will take place as usual on the evening of Tuesday following Easter Monday—this year on the 7th ot April. It willbe given at Masonie Temple. and every effort will be made to render it even more pleasant and successful than its predecas sors. Following this, the same week, {tis ra or F ictars, Frames, Peccare a8, Nails, &c., ia the Distris Be" raw Cash . EF Please remem: ¥ Narwe snd Number. jel-ty" ATi ELDS GF CAST OFF WEABING AP- | mored, a private theatrical entertainment will PA BEL can — to the very tere” be given at Willard Hall, for the benefit of th oF neared ene Crtwoen Oth uae y w; | same deserving charity; and during the wee’ Little ¥ Y o. -£13-tf Notes by mail promptly a:tended to. Cash paid. ft : lace. When ty sneceeding the annual’ concert for th Children of the poor will take these entertainments are add the Centennia! LECTURES shese snfertainments are atded the Centennial = : time, it will be seen that a rather gay com. MASON1€ LECTURE ASSOCIATION. | mencoment is promised fur the Spot lenen LEOTUBE BY rei W. S. ANDREWS, THE CELEBRATED HUMORIST. SUBJEUT—DIALACT HUMOR. at MASONIO TEMPLE, TUESDAY ZVENING, MARCH 17, 1574. Tuat “Fisntxe BILt or Discover y.”—Io conversation yesterd, a former editor of a per published in this city, of which a ma. Jority of the stock was controlled by W. W. Cor- coran, remarked that up to the time the memo- rialista filed their es against the District government he wasof the opinion that they ‘Tiexgre. snaaee ~—waeb® 0 NTS. — some ae een of Seal, ic incipal bookstores, and at the door | which were susceptible of mabstantiation ty ou evening ol the ature, *__msrlt-3t_ | competent witnesses, but that since the fling of the vague and general indictment before ths Investigating Committee he must confess that their cause is weak, as reflected 7 the speci ti- cations presented. Moreover, sai he, “I am summoned as a witness; I have never been asked as to what I could testify to, and it seems to me to be an error of judgment in a lawyer to summon a witness without first knowi could be proven by and through him.”” the “‘mems.” have presented a discovery.” Y M. C. A. SCIENTIFIC CUURSE. PROCTOR'’S LECTURES oN ASTRONOMY! THE £ALE OF SEATS FOR THE COURSE Tue Bozeman EXPEpition Down THE YEL- LowsTon®.—There has been forwarded here from headquarters Fort Ellis, Montana ter- ritory, February 14, 1574, the follow! report from itsjor Sweeizer, of the 4th ca: in to the assistant adjutant general, St. Paul: respectfully report that the exploring expedi- tion of citizens organized in zeman, Mon. tana territory, has started down the Yeilow- stone. It numbers 125, and they expect 27 more to join, (wolfers and hanters from the Mussell Shell:) They have 17 wagons, princi- pally drawn byoxen. The most of the party are on foot. They have 400 rounds of smail arm ammunition per man, 2 small cannon 100 rounds per cannon. Lieut. Doone, while on the Judeth basin an, met parties from Fort Peck who reported Sitting Ball and his band of Sioux encamped on ig Dog creek that runs north into the Missouri near Fort feck, and that a large band of Sioux camped and huntin, mountains, northeast is now open at BALLANTYNE’S BOOKSTORE. T would BRESEVED SEATS, four Lectures... e250 _ Pret. Jos. MENRY will preside. mario st SPRIWGE. NEW! STYLISH! ATTRACTIVE! FRESH AND NOBBY. traders. ppears to be no limit to the amoant of ammunition and arms these Ind! except the means to purchase with,’ SENATOR SuMNER’s WILL.—In September, 1812, just before Senator Sumner left for Europe, he wrote in his own hand his will. He bequeaths all his paper manuscripts and letter- books to Henry W. Longfellow, Francis E. “OUR CUSTOM DEPARTMENT.” FIRST OPENING OF FINE ING WOOLENS, FRENCH, ENGLISH, SCOTCH AND GERMAN CoaTiInes, TEOWSEBINGS, SUITINGS. WHICH, WITH OUR SUPERIOR MERCHANT TAILORING FACILITIES, WE ARE MANUFACTURING TO ORDER IN UNEXCELLED - STYLE, FIT AND FINISH. fF 2 ‘a Examine Our Stock. Hl H 3 8 me fl SP This Department is in charge of NIEL F. KEYWORTH, « skillful aad artistic Cutter, Iately connected with one of the prineipal Mecchant ‘Talloring Establishmeuts of Uniom Square, New York City. MABLS BROTHERS. MERCHANT TAILORS & FINE CLOTHIERS Corner 7th and D gtreets, ‘ bt feel make port life. mind was evident, yet dignified position. hand placed upon his hip, while his right rests on a volume of American statutes, which lies on the desk before him, and the expression, of bis face is thorough y pleasant and impressive as in In arranging the aetatls the artist has dis mal full suit of black, with and drapery carded the tradit the usual column ground, and placed his subject in the open Sen- ate chamber, with all the surroundings and a: cessories exactly Portraits of Mr. Sumner. Now that Mr. Sumner is no more, it is a mat- ter of just congratulation, as well to the general public as to his many friends and admirers, that there should be left to posterity so accurate and artistic @ likeness of the great Senator as may be seen in the studio of Mr. Ulke, in this city,—and upon which that gentleman was busily engaged up to the last sickness of his il lustrious subject. And this good fortune will be the more appreciated when Mr. Sumner’s relac- tance to give the time required for the neces- sittings is fully understood. as if that much was taken from bis more important and pressing public duties, and be grudged it accordingly. Indeed, the last tim we remember to have seen him in life ie was in Mr. Uike's studio as a sitter; and though his form and features were before the artist, he was yet intently engaged in reading a letter frora one of his many forc ign correspondents, and his y upon other subjects than portrait referred to is being painted fur the government of Hayti, and it is one which canpot fail to be satistactory alike to the artist, to those for whom it is executed, public at large. It is fall length, ai size, and represents Mr. Sumner in the addressing the Senate. a ie gracefal an in the He seemed to id to the md of life et of easy ands with his left back green carpet are all accurately reproduced, both iu formand color. Mr. Sumner is represented in what might be called his usual and favorite spring or summer dress, consisting of the well- remembered wine- colored coat, white vest, and eTay trowsers, with the inseparable cloth worn over his shoes. iter The mass of white in the shirt and vest is relieved by his gold rimmed eye glasses with the cord suspending them, and by fe simple gilt watch chain button-hole to the vest pocket. the whole is at once rich, and, as we eaid fail to satisty all Mr. Uike’s efforts, Lis success. It may not be general: Ulke’s commission from the Haytien govern ment covers two portraits of Mr. Sumner. Sach: One is intended for each hose the Haytien national legislature, and they are is the fact. above, running from the The effect of striking and natural, the picture cau hardiy observers. We happen to know that the last time Mr. Sumner was in the be expressed his gratification at the results of to be exact duplicates. Mr. Ulke is also engaged upon and has nearly completed another portrait of Mr. Sumner, for the Sumner (colo: city. length, and similar im size, about three-q) stadio , and congratulated him upou known that Mr. d) School building of ‘this uarter most respects to that above described, but with less fullness of detail in surroundings. Mr. Sumner manifested con- siderable interest in this picture, and seemed to fally ay preciate the double co: mpliment of giv- ing the neble building his name and placing his Ukeness on tts wi alls. Tux R¥PORT published by the Calais (Me.) Times that Congressman Hale had declined re- nomination, is denied by the Portland Press, which declares the statement the malicious in vention of the ‘ex-Collector of Passamaqnod- ay.” Tue PRoros The bill to provi the school teach and is in his charge. the House until ED ide ers uext Friday the House) for the reason that NOR! PERIATION TO Pay THE ONAL A PPRO Distaict Scsvoo. PwacuERs.—Judge Cotton, of Lowa, during the absence of Mr. Hale, is acting chairman of the House Committee on tne District of Columbia bill co: means for the payment of has been drawn up by hin It_ will not be presented to District day in ntain- ing an appropriation will be (by the point be- ing raised by @ single member) referred to the Union. bat already the Monday next, for other Under a sus; could be passed on Mo floor pmmittee on the Whole on the State of the msion of the rules the bill nday by atwo-third vot, has been assigned fur important bills. Next *riday it will be introduced and possibly be re- ferred to the Committee of the Whole. Thena point of order will be raised that, the day be ‘ovging to the consideration of District mat- ers, & perta’ Com bills in the Committee of the Whole ing thereto should have ttee of the Whole on th: day. point Speaker Biaine has indicated hi sustain. An effort will then be made to Th e will go ints the Committee of Whole, have the bill consid ered, reported to the House and passed. What Contractors Say. Cuicaco, February, 1874. Tot Editor of the Bvening' Star, Washington, D.C Dear Sir:—We have recently noticed in the Chicago Tribune from their Washington corres- pondence statements that all the contracts let by the Board of Public Works of your city have been so dre let as to d pay the contractors one hun- centum. Now, sir, we do not know how liberat the board has been with otuer contractors, as we attend to our own business only, but we are‘quite sure that all the compe- tition that could and Beston, was brou, us a smaller margi work of the Chicago or an fulfillment fee presence, with from thir and that our contract wi had, from both New York it to figure against us. ith the board has netted in than the majority of our same class has ever done, either ia other city. We devoted to the and our contract twenty thousand dollars in stock » OUF constant ‘ty to one hun- ed men for twelve months. When we receive the full payment will not exceed fifteen thousand dollars—oi third of this amoun' ing the machi: ini for our work, our net profits those gentlemen who claim that has been windled by contractors their services one month, without any capt vesced, for the I: the District frequently charged board any such rates, counted in as amon; litte sum of one bi fits of our whole year’s it will be sacrificed by turn- very and stock now in your city money. We doubt very much if auy oneof ict would give in. work, been swindled, as has been by the liberality ef the towards trends in awarding contracts at , We have certainly failed to be g friends, to the very modest undred and twenty-five per cent. on all'dar contracts. Respectfully, yours, HoLuincsworta & Coueat. Contractors for Raising Buildings. pacts: soca s, Te Tue Avxci-Oueany TRAGEDY IN MACo} Crazed b A few de tained a telegraph re; aftray which occurr e city of Macon, Gi: Abell and John alightest sbot bim give any motive for the Reading Bunyan’s Pil S. Cher lgrim’s Progres: lays since the New York Herald con. rt of a terrible shooting in adricking saloon in tween George T. . Abell, without tho then shot vocation, knocked Cherry down, rough the bowels, shot at, but miss- nson, and himsel: » and his mar- ing along awhile,died. Noone it was generally sup; burst o1 a mi covered that pover led his brain that it was . One day, however, ha; hold ofan old copy of the Pil, filled with horror b: be was urder, and the’ out- Bunyan’s descrip- tion of the Vailey of the Shadow of Death, and not bi 7 ith th bet bi ed, Dr. Joh w jiseazed ind bi settled bi he deter: suicide. that he could and Jt iy other world. has A ral t having also Arrati close Horse Lat Doorto: phy: ' alone. and for THE LATE SENATOR SUMNER. GADABOUT’S COLUMN. bees tp mata Dest ival of 11 ( Written for the Evening Star.) tribunes SS oaere se one that ose Arrival of the Funeral Train at New York. v as organization =~ Popetar ; Sammon. poy gre leave to com fere " Honors to the Distinguished Dead. Art gone, high spirit? Let the tree grow ie ny rapted on Thursday te the sen = As the special train bearing the remains of Proudly, Apes on the — ath of Mr. Summer, on the civil service Of ‘They plang to arch its boughso’er thy remains, | police, cond. 7 Mr. Sumner moved through this city yesterday rs Mr. Hazleton (Wis.) discussed the constitu. n minute guns were fired from the nary | AB4 ann Bit ee oe heen nek | hee eee tionality of the tr londly, yard. After leaving the city limits the train ran at the ordinary rate of speed ant arrived at the Union depot, Baltimore, at 4:10 o’clock p. m., and proceeded north immediately There was no demonstration whatever at the the discus that the prov sions of the constitution gave iu warrant for the proposed legisiation ‘Ansportation bill, which be odd | Some likeness of thyself the elm retains; For thou hads’t all the anger and the pains That nature gives her strong things, and the spite Le . depot, it being unknown at what hour the train | That only ruffied compromising men, a i Gnee eee te ite TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. would arrive. The trainstopped a few minute= | Wailed like a storm at thy unbending height. thence to Denmark and on to the Nort THE REMAINS OF NER. at Wilmington, Delaware, te give the members But when thy roaring frighted hawk and wren, The great biack rooks and choughs, in new de light, : Cawed in thy branches and made love again. So in the greenest foliage o'er thy grave, Tn song the black man shall thy fame requite, Whose courage was the homestead of the slave Charles Sumner, our Citizen. Mr. Sumner’s death may euggest what an ex cellent friend Washington city has lost, &n. So oe mnt remote arrived August 4 Finland and spot in Europe, where 1795. He then went into crossed the gulf again to Stock- of the committee of arrangements an opportu nity to partake of refreshments. A large crowd was in waiting at the depot. The train reache West Philade!phia at 7:30 p. m. Jersey City at 10:30 p.m. O ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK the committee of arrangements proceeded t» the Fifth Avenue Hutel. The remains were met at Jersey City by delegations of the senate and house of representatives of Massachusetts. Rev. Dr. Sunderland, chaplain of the Senate: The Ha) tien Govecmmens Honors his Mareh 14.—Yesterday, Hon. Ste- u, minister of Hayti to this country, received a cable dispatch from his government directing him to assist Tn the recepuon of the remains of Senator Sumner on their arrival im this city and accompany them to attend the funeral in ofcial eayaetty. Sorrow of the Colered . A meeting of cvlured citizens will be held to- he and they would quit Europe for good. A secret inter view was held between the wanderer and « French republican agent at Hambarg, when Louis Phillippe received money and at once ‘. .”” Captain evening In Sbilob Presbyterian church, Rev. Mr. Hinkley, Unitarian minister, of Wash- | one of the very few who had that taste and tenes Tor Pillsdelpble, pening tues ose te give expression to their sorrow onthe death ivgton; John R. French, Sergeant-at-arms of | passion for art, tradition, and historical asso | guineas harsage, and half that eum tor his ser- | Ober Rave adepend seaienne se = ie fre Ar Banderson and tenty snes | ‘atom reccwary wo keep up the wamiard o's | fan. Hartly feiow'pamenger was mu ala | Se - citizens of Brooklyn accompanied the remains, | literary and political capital. od omen : Ste€TAge passen, emigrating trom Alsace and other parts of Germany. December 24, 1796, the tuture king arrived in Puiladelphia, where he remained until a slow Swedish ship brought his two brothers. Phil adelpbia was then the capital of the United States and Gen. Washington President. The exiles heard him deliver his last address to Coa gress, and saw Mr. Adams inaugurated. Then, at Warhington s invitation, they went to visit Mount Vernon, passing, of ‘course, throagh the new and imperiect capital, without streets, aud full of slasbes and stumps. He was entertained by the eccentric and rich Thomas Law, by whom he was introduced to Gen. Jobn Mason, of Mason’s or Analostan Island. At that time Georgetown contained two bundred and Sfty houses and Ale: five hundred. The President's how: comp'ete; Blodget’s hotel,on the site of th present post office, was soofed in, and the Caj itol was raised only to the basement floor. uumber of houses were finished and remained ‘or rent or for sale, and there were more houses at Greenleat’s Poit, near the Arsenal, than any where else; 5,000 people was the population The Funeral Services im Boston. Bostox, March 14. Owing to the limited size of Doric Hall, it has been decided to hold the funeral services of the late Senator Sumner in King’s Chapel. TRE VACANT sar. The Advertiser strongly indicates its prefer- ence for Charles Francis adams to 6! the vacant seat in the Senate, and next to him, Judge Hoar or Mr. ea. The Remains En Route to Boston. Naw York, March 14.—The remains of Sena- tor Sumner were taken from the Fifth Avenue Hotel this morning to the Grand Centra! depot ad street en route to Boston. Their removal created as little stir ascharacterized their en- trance. Shortly before nine o'clock the Wash- ington colored police who were in charge of the body during the nigbi brought the box contain- | ing theensket from the parlor in the southeast | wing of the building down to the hail of the i which wasoceupled by none bat guests | sonping in the building, and who formed fn line to the entrance door with uncovered heads. Outside the hotel were collected of the residents of the neighborhood, who had been which being taken from the car were placed ou an express wagon and conveyed to New York over the Desbrosses-street ferry, and thence to the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where they were to remain till this morning, and then be taken without public ceremony to the Grand Central depot, en route for Bosto SENATOR SUMNER’S ANCR@TRY. The Society of the Cincinnati of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts, of which Hon. Charles Sumner was a member, furnishes the following information relative to bis ancestry:—Charles Sumner was the eldest son of Charles Pinckne: Sumner, and was born in Boston on Janu: 1811. His father, Charles P. Samner, was born iff Milton, Mass., J. var f 20, 1776, graduated at Harvard in 1796, was high sheriif of Sutfolk county from 1825 to 1839, and died at Boston April 24, 1839. grandfather of the late Senator was Job Sumner, who was born in Mi!- ton, Mass., April 23, 1754, and graduated at Har- vard in 178. In 1775 be joined the army, and was a lieutenant in Bond's regiment at the —~ of Boston. He was commissioned captain in Greaton’s 94 regiment January 1, 177, aut Inthe library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, and the public statuary and archi tecture, he was a critic anda propelling influ ence. Amongst the last acts ot his life we may recall bis allusion to acertain fine old tree in the East Capitol Park, which he rose to be: friend, and tosayit ought to bespared in any change of grade that might be made. He in troduced & bili to compel the Lower Mary and railroad to remove their track from tue grounds of the insane Asylum, and I was pres ent when some railway folks came to ingair: into his motive. When they were gone he said “Corporations must be made to respect the government property of Washington, which ha- been recklessly conceded to interests rich enough to buy what they want elsewhere.” He said, also, in a very earnest way thatthe time was nearly dye when every height over looking the Potomac would be populoas. I talked with bim abouta National University, and although he wasa little sensitive about the fame and patronage of Harvard, he said he be lieved that every intention of General Wash ington abont the federal city should be carried é - including the workmen; the whole place w apptired of the fact that the remains ot the il- mace is Tile. Altes See cloes Ol che warhe | Somer cr qieeecees seem, Smnes We tee serene arith, trees, exeévt around the public | instricus Senator had. been deposited im tho was appointed commissioner to settle accoun's &, ggeationot | buildings, and where vistas of streets had been | Fifth Avenue Hutel lest might. These worehene of the United States with Georgi the Hull of Representatives, at the suggestion ot e' kop" hewn through deep woods. Louis Phillippe, and bis two brothers, the Duc de Montpensier and the Count de Boujean ais, s'opped on Mason's Island, then beaaci- | fully cultivated in flowers, vines and frait trees all blooming in the spring weather; and Gen. Mason, who was @ man of great force, enter tained’ them lavish! 4 made them accom pany him to the Great Fallsof the Potomac, where the party had @ picnic. That year wa: H. K. Brown, the seu!ptor, was another instauce of bis regard for ert and relics. Mr. Sumner visited Washington when a very Zoung man, at the suggestion of Judge Story is preceptor. Ho rode on the outside of a stage from Boston to Hartford, and crossed the state ot Delaware by the old Frenchtown railroad aud thence came down the bay to Bali:more. where he tOok a stage—this was, I think, in 1*34—although the railroad was then open to ME. SUMNER’S ESTIMATE OP CALEB CUSHING. ‘The following letter is published in the Boston Advertiser : by a few policemen from the nearest Ch station-house. Captain Lear's squad Of police officers ranged themselveson the pawe- meut in two rows, through which the remains were borne by colored men to the hearse, which was in waiting. The different committees then entered the carriages, and the solemn proces- sion took ite way te tue depot in the following order: A sjuad of New York police, the hearse containing the body, followed by a Wasatnaton, Jan. 15, 1874. My Dear Cuanpuer:—I ‘should not have propored ©. C. as Ch. J., but being nominated I couid not vote to reject him. I have seen h of him lately, and have absolute faith chat in any possible questions before him his in egation “ born James M. Mason on Auslostan island, who | from the Union League club. the Waskforten r 7 . Washington. On the road he saw the first : ud, , pend aie nye ihe cl Meena panes, ont | cae ‘enieh, he knew to be such, and said ascame ted ge rp rs — gotice (colored the ee rein, saotaned by learning and ability. I do not ex that he looked upon it with wonder and curi ai ie eva mner oper he Po within sight or : Sorel diner : Raye agen as, * " pect any other nomination giving as much as mee He quartered ata large boarding house bis ; — — € acre 1g Me sad . dl bode o— ~~ 201 - surance of what yon and I desire. Thanks for | 8t the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 4\ : Hews OF ng of the body hav- street, where he met Dr. Blake, of the Board o: Public Works. When he came here to reside he took private lodgings and lived for a good while on F street, at the corner of 13th. Dur- ing the war he dined at Gautier's, and afterwards at Welcker’s restaurant, ou the avenue. His short married life was spent on I street, in the square brick house next door to General But- ler’s corner. His favorite ride in summer after your letter. Everyours, C#artes SUMNER. Honors to the Dead Statesman, The Sumner memorial meeting of colored men will be held at the Sumner school build- ing on Monday next, the day of the funeral of Mr. Sumner in Boston. Rev. Alex. Crummel, 0. D., will deliver the memorial address. Invi. tations have also been extended to Messrs. 3 * Island the priness went to Alexandria, which was wei! built and with good then by execrable roads they mt Vernon, which they found in dation, owing to Washington's long and inhabited by his slaves. Hts gar and fields looked as if he had began the nees of cultivating them for profi: instead show. The followin, * convey Louis ing preceded it. Immediately on the arriv: the remains they were borne in the same ber to a train in waiting, which shortly o'clock steamed slowly out of the d: 2 ~ —_ Foreign Notes. LATEST FROM THE ASHANTRE EXPRDITiON Loxpon, March 14.—A dispatch was received at the Admiralty office last evening trom Cape the adjournment of Congress, was out 14th | Phillippe’s idea of the most celebrated man of | Const Castle dated February 22, Saving. kit Fred. Dou, R.H. Cain, P. B.S. Pinch: | shoet eorrmment creek, the valley of whieh | the world at that period the troops except the Highlanders have’ reem- back, A. rev, J. 8S. Martin, Jas. T. Ra- “ He was comparatively silent, somewhat re- served, methodical in the division of his tim and careful in the useof it. The arrangement uf bis household was unostentatious, comfortable, end leaving bis guests to fill up their hours as he always expressed a desire to see a public reservation. Probably a statue will be reared im this city to Mr. Summer by the colored peo- ple, or by his Boston friends, or better still, by act of Congress. A good spot for such an object te. pier and D. A. Straker, to deliver addresses on the occasion. ‘The general committee will meet this evening at7 o’clock at the Sumuer building to consider such matters as may be presented. barked for home. Sir Garnet Woiseley will embark on the 7th of March. Osptain Giover, with 1.000 men, entered Coomassie two days after Sir Garnet. Wolseley occupied the town. DEATH OF A RUSSIAN COUNTESS. “ ar ; = er thi nd at the same tim@ providi The Vountess Brannow, wife of the Russian CANON KINGSLEY’S TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. might be within the railing of Latayette park ey Saw Ht, and ai sam ¢ ng . ees Bra + wife eo Russia Canon Kingsley, in the course of his teciure | Myeut.te wit (trees, just epposite hb Pleseant | Whatever was peceseary for pleasant employe Ambassador, lied last night at tue Legation in in Brooklyn on Wednesday evening, while | residence. ment. Ope morning after the usual salutations, the Prince asked his distinguished host how he had slept the preceding night. It is probable from the answer, that sowe peculiar circum stance had turned bis thoughts towards the evils too often produced in society by reprehen sible publications. However this may be, ta answer deserves to be =e: of his countrymen: ‘I always s never wrote a word in my lite whic wards cause to regret.’ ” General Washington, whose months on earth were to be few, prepared for the princes at itinerary of a journey to the western country and gave them several letters of introduction They started on horseback with saddle bags Bradley's maps, and creature comferts, and went by Leesburg and Harpers’ Ferry to Bash’ this city. peaking of the heroes und statesmen reposing in Westminster Abbey, whose ‘rest, is nadie turbed by the calumny which se often greeted ‘hem while alive, said cannot let the oppor- tunity pass to speak of your own great states- man who has just passed away, Can it be trae, this news we ‘Lave of the death of the grea! Statesman to-day! I was speaking loving word. with him at Washington at noonday vesterday He has fallen asleep in peace. God rest his noble soul.” Major Ben: Perley Poore has enjoyed th- honor of Mr. Sumner’s confidential society, jus as bis brother. ‘harles Lanman, shared the society of Daniel Webster. These two great men cover sixty-two years of public life ii Washington, as Mr. Webster came here in 1812, and Ferved almost continuously in various nosi tions, until Mr. Sumner took his place. Lan- man’s Private Life of Webster is an amiable and exquisite description of the truest and bes: of Webster's bours—those spent fishing and rambling over his farms. Poore might do goed service to himself and Massachusetts by relating his conversations with Charles Sum ner. Webster's Home. It is in order at this time to speak of Webster's DEAD. Lorpox, March 14 —The Dowager Dachess of Kichmond is dead. NO OPPOSITION. Loxpon, March 11.—Sir R. Baggallay, mem- ber of Parliament for Midsurrey; K. Rowland Winn, member for North Lincolnshire, and SirJ. Elphinstone, member for Portsmouth, all couservatives, who, after accepting office under Disraeli, went before their constituents for reelection, have been retarned withoat op- position. THE POPE TO THR AUSTRIAN HISHOPs. Rome, March 4.—T letter of the Pope to the Koman Catholic Bishops of Austria exhort ing them to combat the pending ecclisiastical biils in the Keicbsrath is dated AT WORCESTER. Ata special meeting of the Worcester city government last night a committee was ap- pointed to take suitable notice of the demise of Senator Sumner, and a committee was ap pointed to attend the funeral. The church bell= are to be tolled while the funeral train is pa-: e seventh in- bote!, at Winchester,_Bush being an immi stant. His Holinces says the measures are cal- ing through the city, and the depot is to be | ll home, which In its day was thought to bea | grant from Mannbeim, Germany. Bush turne’ | os ted to place the church in ruinous servi per pay in mourning. The colored citizens al fine affair indeed. He occupied it sixteen | them out of the honse because they demurred to | tude, held a meeting last night, and adopted resolu- nd takes occasion to renew his years,—next door to the Unitarian Church, in | 8ting at the public table. They proceeded to | against the roptere of the concordat. The tions of respect to the memory of the deceassd, | ihe tower of which was placed the first bell | Staunton, Abingdon, Knoxville, Nashville, | Pope has also written to the Emperor Francisco and appointed @ committee to attend the | hungin Washington. Welstere house was two | Loui ville, Lexington, Maysville, Chilltoothe, | Joseph personally, a@juring him to protect the funeral. 2 Stories high and double. Halt of it has been | Lancaster, Zanesville, Wheeling, Little Wath: | church within his domaine’ THE GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS. since cut off and made into law offices, with a | ‘gion, and Pittsburg, and thence to Erie, Buf- ——- Has ordered the state police to receive the body | separate entrance extending from the ble | alo, and Niagara. At Canandaigua, New New York Notes of Senator Sumner this afternoon and escort it wall. The law rooms were Mr. Webster’, ra- | York, they met Alexander Baring, afterward: SALOON KREPERS ORGANIZING OPPOSITION. to the state house, where Major Lewis Gaul Ty, very large and commodious, and a door of giats and sash opened into his parlor. which was small, but tasteful, with two mantie- pieces on one ot which stands his bustat the pres enttime. Inthe rear of the parior is the large Lord Ashburton, who bad married Miss Bing- haw, ot Philadelphia. Théy descended Seneca lake to the Susquehanna, and came down that river in a flat-boat to Wilkesbarre, and thence across the mountains to Philadelphia. After New York, March 14.—The keepers in the 10th ward are or, tective organization against crusade. with a detachment of the Shaw guards, will act as a body guard until the hour of the fancra! The immediate friends of the aeceased at first objected to any military display whatever, a: in opposition to the Senator’s well-known peace v MOOPRULL AND CLAPLIN “WoT eUILTY.” Gining-room, a rather awkw: , | isiting New Engiang, they returned to Pitts The jury in the case of Woodhull and Clatin, ws, but as a guard was necessary in Doric | with s sort of wooden coloomale ti cross tea; | burg and descended the Mississippi to New | on trial for libeling Luther Challis, have re- hall it was deemed proper that the colored | hide an angle. where the plate and buttery were | Qrleans, and embarked trom Havana for Spain. | turned a verdict of ‘not guilty. Judge Souther. ‘oops that first offered their services to the | kept. A beautiful garden, centaining a foun. tain, is seen from the dining-room windows. This property belonged to the estate of John son Hellen. who left it to bis daughter, Mrs. H G. Fant. It is tobe remodeled this spring and called ‘The Webster Law Building.” Items. Mejor Poore is said to possess a miniature, or silbcuctte, or something reliable of the linea- ments of Pierre L’Enfant, engineer of Wash- ington. H. K. Brown, the sculptor, is stopping with J.C. Maguire. Preston Powers, son of Hiram Powers, has been a guest of Mrs. Hallet Kil- bourn, whom he entertained in Florence. He is said to be modeling astatue of Mr. Chase for the state of Ohio. A writer in the New York Tribune makes the intelligent suggestion to place the new library of Congress in the Mali at the foot of Capito! Hill, where it need not be stunted to give the Capitol itsdue advantage. A Torn Love Letter, Six years, my wife, you have worn my name, And still we are wooers and lovers no leas,— Our feuds and fondnesses just the same; A week of absence is yet distress. And while you are gone in that distant city, My heart has a sweet unquietness. I hear, to-night, through your chamber door, The babe’s complaint that so long you wait, And my little girl who plays on the oor . # M.E. Onvgon | Looks up at bed-time'disconsolate, = OU TH— Appointment, is i ey miss the of their pretty mother, trict, “This conference closed Veg aera | A Teeling wherein tee eey t Staunton, V ‘thursday. The character of I tell them the days will soon by. Rey. W. R. McNeer, who was charged with en the sound of your pont gis oar akenee After many years, this same wanderer was to be led out’ by Lafayette and introduced to the peole of Peris as their citizen-king, and long after that bis grandson and grandnephew were to serve under General McClellan in froat of the city of Washington. Agcrvavs Gapazovr. governor should be selected. THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE. Resolutions were presented in buth branches of the Massachusetts legislature yesterday by General Banks reciting the great loss the sta eer nt in ee ol echomyes Senator, jumner, and paying a 13 tribate to his virtue and learning, ea istic speeches were made in both ron * = AT SPRINGFIELD the church beils will be tolled as the faneral train = through the city. Sumuer (col- ored) Lodge of Masons, of that city, last night night orpetnted & committee to draft resola- tions on the death of Mr. Sumner, and another committee to attend the funeral. MEMORIAL MERTINGS AT OMAHA AND LITTLE land characterized the verdict as one of the mort ou as he bad ever heard. The = left the court-room cheered by their nds. TRE RANK STATEMENT. The following is the weekly bank statement: Loans, decrease, $1,090,100; specie, » £159,500; legal tenders, decrease, $2,500; depos. cate = ‘$900,800; circulation, decrease, Tre Caisrine’ Sreixe 1s New York.—The strike among the boot and shoemakers has been reduced to the employes of four shops out of fourteen. Conflicting statements have been published concerning this last strike. The fact appearsto be that the strike was not for a re- duction of the boars of work, but to raise the seate of prices to the rate established before the financial troubles last fall. About 300 men, chiefly bottom-makers, were on strike, of whom about 60—the employes of the four shops re- ferred to—hold out yet against the refusal ot the employers to grant the increase requtred. The rest havinggbtained the increase demand- ed, bave resumed their work. The av: wages of these men all the year round, it ix — amounts to about $15 per week.—/. ¥. mez a The Prohibition Fever. CLEVELABD CATORES IT. YELAND, 0, March 14.—The women’s temperance movement in this city assumed a more practical phase yesterday morning. A large number ot Indies assembied of ‘one of the principal churches, and, after some time t in ROCK. A large meeting of citizens was held at Oma. ba last night in honor of the memory of the late Senator Sumner. Appropriate resolutions were The colored people of Little Rock, Ark., have resolutions of respect to the memory of Charles Sumner, and have decided to drape their houses in mourning on the day of the fu- neral. meeting with fair success, An attack upon tee saloons will probably be made next week, KILLED EY A CoLLision ON THE B. & O. RaiLnoap.—At Mansfield, Ohie, yesterday, the switch engine of the Baltimore & Ohio raiiroad collided with the locomotive of a eastward it train of the Atlanticand Great way as the latter was entering the bridge, near Main street, thro: the locomo- tive into the creek, yay oye SUMNER RESOLUTIONS TABLED. In the House of the Virginia General Assem- bly yesterday a series of eulogistic resolutions regarding Charles Sumuer were introduced by Mr. Syphax, colored. The assage of the reso lutions was advocated by Syphax and Paige, another colored member. They were, however, tabled. the bridge, AwNoTHEE Story oF T pRICH Mor- some business start, pDER.—Lizzie L. gems Kate Stoddard, now And shout, and laughter, and lullaby of Charice. Gooaiten’ ti March, 1513, publishes ‘Will mingle in tune by your beautiful art. along statement of what she knows about the O think of amano, unretarning, . - She says that onthe it of Good. And litt to the dear God thanks, my heart! q Scan haseeet nae him read- I know of one who will come no more To the children who think, this cold, cold night, How she lies on the 1o1 Schuylkill's In the city of dead that shines on the height; ‘ApG may pect old father waits the . WH He if i z F ; A i i : i H i F a L f F cif i