Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1874, Page 1

‘THE EVENING STA PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays Excepted, «x AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, » Pennsylvania Avenne, cor. lth BY THE RYEM\G STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY, » Prev't. TAR sat TEN Ci eats ree M | | 50 Senta. PLANT, Agent. fT EXCURSION <—_ Sm. O2G PEOPLS OF THE BMETAOPOLI TAN PRBSEYIEKIAN ANY WAUGH M. EB. CHUKCH STEAM®E #BONd+y Beat +: *[ BE STEER CoLUM BIA LEAVES MERCE STRKET WHARE, BALTIMORE, FUR WASHINGTON. SAVERY SATC DAY 4 Pp R ING) HERS AT ® P. TURNING. LkAvE rds parties a fine opper- g tered for excursions frem this city en Mondays and ‘Tuesdays of cach week at reatonable rates. _st! STEPHENSON ROTH FO# “MARSHALL nace, GLYMONT, AND DILL’S PAVILION. ‘The fine and commedious Iron Steamer PILOT BOY will leave Gth-street wherf every THURSDAY MOBNING, at § o'clock, on an SXCUBSIUN TRIP for the above 8. Beturning, will leave Dill’s Pavilion at 40’clock m., sud arrive ih Washington at $:% o'clock fame ovening. pcttsio, DANCING and BEFRESHMENTS on are This trip offers to our citizens, and espe: FAMILY JOIAL PABTIES, an ithful recreatien trip out of tho c re to Dill’s Pavilion and ratara. 7 to, WM. H.BY |. feld-teept BOAT FO GREAT FALLS or cther ps Feake aud OnioUatal, capable of cx: a jel-Tn’” Corner K and 25th sin” Bock Oreo. W. 5- coome, 716 Fibreexta Starzt, AGENT FOR “SUMMER EXCURSION TIOK ETS” OF ERIE RAILWAY. These Excursions embrace trips ever every line of ratiroad ard steamboat leading to and from Phii- ades) ud Bew York city, and extend to all East sud North. f plying above. G EORGIANA EXCURSIONS FoR LEONARDTOWS, PINEY POINT, SHALLS AND POINT LOOKOUT. jel8-Im. MABR- ‘These Excursions, sc popntar the past twoseasons, yu.te, cemmed ce SAU RDAY, ene Ist amer Georgian: rest wharf at m. EVERY BDAY ¢ 6 the season, Sod returning leave t Lookout at 6p. m. Sunday, arriving at Wash- at 68. m. Monday. oom ti E. NIGH TENGALE, Agent, 7th street Wharf. _iel-m Fo caanres, ‘The elegsut and commodion: Iron Steamer PILOT BoY. Ny to WM. BH. BYL ts Pies Bch beret Wout Fo CHABTEX, ‘The A. No.1 Steamer 3 PRESS, an be had for excarsious on Thursdays and Fri- ot b x. “Duro * y. a. rITzHUGH, Azeot epieteel 6ch Street Whar!. OB EXCUBEIONS. The Steamer cogumsra Cen be chartered for Excursions every MONDAY sud TUESDAY, st reasonable rates. ‘This Steamer has recently been re je and is the largest on t! Potemse Fiver as fine salvos and and is especially adapte: loon! Apply bs STEPHENSON & may 2-6 Ei 5 Tee Ta aE, cbartere: for Bxcur. sions to CHAIN BRIDGE. oF other pol onthe Potomac, Apply at 949 omenade decks, arate street Wharf. FUBNISHED FOR BALLS, Picuics, Darcing purposes PHIL. FISCHEB. Residence, corner 12h P areets Berth. To those who are not acquainted with m would eay that 1 am able to please all; and if 4 BO pay demanded Prices reasonabi mayl-6m* MITH, erv-ly az! me Wesdicatwn. D. 0. F 4 IBEEGER. 5 Successor citizens. AEMY ane ray MG Hl QUMMER WINKS, SUMMER WINES, » my on emporiation ©) te * des” GE ANTI TAILOR, Brown's,” +» Washington. hs 3 #). St. Julien, aud bigher grad wea Water, Biackbet a Ginger Seltzer and Vichy Water, Blackberry singer Brandy, Sweetland Dry Catawba, Raspberry Syrup, Agent for Gerke California Wines, & ,& z oF National Wine Bitters, yeraly ania Avenue. ENERAL SEWERAGE TAX&s. I persons who have paid Sewerage Tax are en- et to Dave the amount refunded, ard prov! cer the late act ot Congress 10F the wet. aes are interest d should place ia our’ charze immediately. We are bs © form: p' ion, Bucecuafully preveeete ail claine presented DICKSON & FAESERSOR. STOCK BROKERS. REAL KSTATE A, STOCK BOIS GRANCE 46 ENTS Offices: 60S loth street, opposite U. 8. Treasury; Street, FRE! SUPPLIES. GENTLEMEN'S DEESS CASSIMERE HATS. YOKOHAMA HATS, MACKINAW STBAWS. Just received at STINEMETZ’s, 1337 Pennsylvania avenue. INVAL 1D s Melisa es ee ho See Proprietors and ania avenge, . he 0) SAMUEL D. WATERS, 52. V2. 43—N2. 6,634. being Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1874. TWO CENT GARONER-TR: DMPA FIRE EXTINGUISHER. Having sained the sult bronght against us by the Babcock Com, ¥ for alleged infringement, we have commenced the manufacture of the above ma- chine, which ts a VEEY GREAT IMPROVE- MENT onthe “ Gardner,” formerly made by us. Deseriptire circular sent on application. BD. Be WAGGENER, Sec'y, 424 Walnut st., Philadelphia. AMUSEMEN7S. WASHINGTON SCHUETZEN VEREIN, jel5-cost Ninth Grand Annual Festival AT THE PARK, SEVENTH STREET BOAD, June 29, 30, and July 1, 2,3, and 4, SHOOTING. — PRIZE BUWLING, LADIES’ PRIZE SHOOTING. Concert and Dancing Music by the Full — Marine Band. "7 7 TWO PERFORMANCES DAILY BY The Prager Family, he Prevgiy fia Brothers and M'lle Lucia, The Kiralty St ‘ Washington Pantomime Clab, VOCAL MUSIC BY THE SENGEEBBOND AN! ss ARION QUARTETTE Lub 2 Grand Llumination and Pyrotechnics, Admission each day to the ground, 25 cents. Aduission to the pavilion, 2§ cents extra. ss. ion to the gro Jaty 4,50 cents. NO RSTUKN TICKETS, All visiters are requested to leave the grounds at the fring of the signal gun, 123 o'clock midnight. Active and passive members must show their an- Pal cards at the entrance, otherwise they cannot be admitted as such. S.—Carriages willenter the Park at the new entrance, at the corner of the Park and the Lane. Exit for Carriages by the old carriage eutrance, oie ie Bs In connection with the above, aud under the auspices of the Verein, the celebrated MONTANA BOOKCALE (valued at 56,000) will be disposed of Ue drawicg. Tickets 50 cents. The snic of tickets closes on Jaly 4 at 7 p.m. Drawing on Thursday, July 9, 1574, at 5 p.m,, af toe Schuetzen Park. This is to aid a deserving man, (ths builder.) who bee been unfortunate, 028 tf MMEB THEATES. OPEN-AlB ENTERTAINMENT! JCNE 22, EVERY "eEF AND TWO MATI- Our Company this week 1s entirely new and of the very best Talent wm the Variety Profession, For particulars see street and house bills. Performance will conciude each evening with the truly apimating Spcctacuiar Kuropesn Sensation, PABIS BY GASLIGHT BEFO! THE WA Antreducin< the Glorious French Can-can. je22-6t" oO LLERY OF ART, | =— Cannes Pennsylvania aveoue. To partics leaving the city and my customers in seneral. am now seliing my stock at greatly reduced prices, ro as to prepare for the fall trade, CHROMOS st baif the former price, to close that branch cf the business. VELVET FRAMES and PASSK-PARTOUTS re. Gnced 25 per cent. All style of GOLD, BLACK, WALSUT and VELVET FRAMES kept on hand’ @dda izes made to order. jel3-1m be No.)Um Exhibition and nas = so° at Choice oll" Paiatings, Bogravings, Ohtonre, ec. fed, Bara fran Furey et Fat #3, Nails, &c., in the District. F Picase remember Name and Number. jel-1y" AXE, BINDS OF CAasT.OFF WEARING AP- oy the very adi D streets betwoen 6th snd Ties, . now: Notes by mail promptly attended to. Oash paid. M13-tf ————— ee ae tf LADIES’ GOODS. 801 801 35,000 DOLLARS’ WOBTH OF Fancy and Millinery Goods AT COST, FOR CASH. In order to reduce our very large stock of FANCY ABD MILLINEBY GOODS AND BOTIONS, before removing into Now Store, north- east corner &h street and Market Space, we will commence this day to offer our entire stock of FINE LACES, EMBROIDERIES, HAMBURG FLUUNCINGS, EDGINGS AND INSERT- INGS ON JACONBT. NANSOOK AND SWISS MUSLIN, HEMSTITCH, BMBROIDERED AND LACE HANDKERCHIEES, G DOVES, EXTRACTS, SASH AND BONNET RIBBONS, FLOWERS, STRAW GOODS, GUIPURE 4ND SPANISH NE1S AND LACES, BELTS, HELTINGS, BUCKLES, SCARF TIES, FRINGES, GIMPS, BUTTONS, SUN UM- SRELLAS, FANS, FAN-CHAINS, RUP- PLINGS, FLUTINGS, NOTIONS, &€ 5 $c. AT COST, FOR OasH. Call carly and procure bargains. At Davis’, 801 MABKET SPACE, Oorner Sth street. N. B.—All goods charged will be at regular prices, Jete-2w E@Q.D. —— ESD. z JUST RECEIVED, a OF FLOW OB 4 ‘BES AND hich having been ht at a * ing — half price, will be sold MIXED STBAW SAILONS st 63 cents. sagt natn SHADE a 8150. » two-batt in the market, only @2 per pele, > shige pioes MBS. M.J. HUNT, Nos, 621 and 623 D street. yes street, Baltimore. je23-tr AML. P. J! miss mcconmicx, Op 906 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, ‘Seite (Up Stairs.) Political Notes, Hon. Henry L. Dawes declines renomina‘ion for Congress. The Hon. D. W. Voorhees, of Indiana, has anroanced he will not accept a nomination EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. INTERNAL REVENUE.—The receipts from this SO-ece to-day were £438,279.07. StcReeany BaisTow is still besieged daily by THE BEECHER SCANDAL. Theodore Tilton’s Latest Letter. In yesterday's STAR we published an abstract by telegraph of the letter written by Theodore Tilton to Rev. Leonard Bacon, moderator of the Congregational council recently held in Brooklyn, in reply to certain misrepresenta- tions, which he says were intentionally made by the contrary. If the committee had so under- Stood it, they would have readily entertained and fully — them.” The manifest object of the above record is to enable the church to say, @ year or five years hence, that af I ever had any charges to make ainst Mr. Beecher the church had long ven me @D abundant opportunity to 7m. In feply toa letter of April 34, 1874, to Dr. essional republican committee have actively begun organizing the tall can- vass, and will soon issue an address to the country. an imMer oumber of visitors, who throng the | _ The election in Oregon was exceedingly close, | ‘St gentleman on his character in bis Bacon, Mr. Tilton received the following : depeatment iy the opening aatil the ener | and mothiog but the tie eee te ee: explain tha elfen nos eR counell. To * “New Haven, April 10; 1874. haaz, ig uni “O88 | prevented the republicans from gaining a deci- oe at |, “*Thecdore Tilton, Rey.—Dear Sir, Not bel =~ > tive victory. Ladow. democratic candidate for | Pints tn the bein reared ee Mr. Tilton sets | 12, Mr. Beecher's confidence, havo dove Hox. Evozs HaPs of Maine, will accept raps. Fecelved 0,612; Williams. republican, eae _— en eee Bhat Loughe to do with your letter written a the position of Postmastér cers tendered 29 | “46; Davenport, independent, 6,350, AfterI bad been fifteen yearsa member of | Fee was not—and am not—willing to him by the President, and Way enter maar ace |, bolice Commissioners Gardner and Charlick, Piymouth Church, and had become mesnenive | demand of bim that he shall admit me ce ne ot New York, have been found guilty of violat: ing the election laws last November, in remov- ing inspectors of election without giving them notice. Judgment was postponed to allow coun- sel to argue motion for a new trial to-day. The democrats of the 1st Ohio district are Contidence in a matter on which he chooses to be reticent. But as the letter seems to hare been written for him quite as much for me, I have now sent it to him without asking or ex- pecting any reply. © * % With the bees Wishes for your welfare, | am, yours truly. ‘Leonagp Bacoy.” “It is now between two and three mont since I received from you the for ing letter, and asi have not heard that Mr. cher has madea reply. either to you or toms, I am at last forced to the disagreeable neceasity o: rowing a reply in bis own w. @uties of the department July 14, PrRsonat.—Senator Chandler let: for his home at Detroit, Mich., last un, and his house in this city will be closed heey the next session of Congress, in December, Tae Post Orrick DeranrMEnt received a cable dispatch to-day direct from the French government, notifying this government of the ratification of the postal treaty between this country and France. ‘Tne PRESIDENT arrived at Staunton, West Virginia, yesterday afternoon. About two thousand persons were at the depot. The Pres- an intimate friend of the pastor, knowlelge came to me in 1870 that hs committed Against me an offence which [ forbear to name or characterize. Prompted by my selt-respect 1 fmmediately and forever ceased may attend- ance on his ministry. 1 informed Son. ceerenar mousy in favor Of sending the | Getermination es early a Dena nan ee on. Gecrge H. Fendieton to Congress, with a | Dreseuce ef @ mutual frien we Bein the to placing him on the track for the Prest- | Monitor. Theo trans oe Plymouth “Church nomination. The Cleveland Plaindeater | Mé ¥ i tells Bi Stantly that it he wants to be Presi- | *orded me achoice between two methods of Gent ha tna pester hess cee eanta to resis | retirement—one, to ask a formal letter of dis The Ververes erate atone, tion | ™!Ssal; the otner, todismiss myself leas formally met at Mont pan rrr dae quar convention | hy prolonged absence. 1 chose the lation ay ro esterday, and after an inhar- monious session fie. 5 length after many calumnious whisperings, a on. W.H. H. Bing- in’ New York in Noversber, ham, of Strowe, forZated weekly paper 1872, published a wicked and horrible scandal Lynden, for Tientendst"0t; Henry Chase, of Chamberlin, of Pomfret,€orerror; 2nd Otis] —a ‘publication which some persons in the | G00 the city OVne He would have been a better man in my "aor treasurer. The < i circumstances than I have been. [ can ask ident was received by the mayor and cheered | Platform utterly tgnores afit Meare he gg Tea Ee | votbing except that he will remember'all tee by the people. as injations to the cause of teatpibitery law | Viousiy spent ‘many months’ in “sonsiect | other breasts that would ‘ache. I will mor pect “ance, and with among the miners int favors a stringent license Non-Uxion Mingrs Carri Lasso.—The troubl Tne New Curre; Act.—Treasarer Spin- ner has issued a cal! upon national banks other than gold banks, requiring them to deposit tive and ‘unremittin, to suppress it. In August, 1873, Mr. William F. West, a mem- ber of Plymouth church, hitherto a stranger to me, came to my residence accom for myself; I even wish that I were dead. © H.W. Beecues.” The above brief extract from Mr. Boecher's own testimony will be sufficient, without ad- (at his y Hocki ey, Ohio, still continues, but it is ducing the remainder of the document, to show ber cent. of their circulation in United States teeaatenen fre Nelsonville to New Gene Scant) erg bg byt ter, and } thati have just ground to reset the impats aotes, he redemption of their cirenlating | Cnpefetred from Nelsonville to 1 that Wed. | ove me quan the summer vacation was | tion that I are of his magnanimit; ened, Ss BGoontsned Wik Che mew entreney act, bUEr. tree. eee cap- | churke (Mr; West) re Of Chentote ere the | In conclusion, the comes tape ee; ve eaue tone to-day that Mr. Creswell will | tured several men who had agreed to Fosume | ooeace 1 Acclaring im Mr. Carpenter's | Bir Seccher is ne eee, Noanadals against seeianyte.city, but that he will be made | jot: and, piscing ropes sround tho necks of | Prcerees i. Beecher had acted as if the | Meretuicce once as inexplice. president of the Hagerstown National Bank, | tree, compelling them to ducton tee coveose rei at Tomei ieee ae ble, let my sufficient motive be now scen fa the which by act of Congress was authorized to | sation between themselves aud the operators | the —_ to go and become a willing | J28t forbearance which I felt morally bound to change its name and location to Washington.— | under threat of hanging. It is thought it may be erg ae, fest WI peremptorily de- | OW to # man who had sent me » written and Speciai Baltimore Sun. yet be necessary to call out the militia to sup- re ae pth with #@ Proposed investi = a4 the injurious measures aruE New York Herald concludes that it will | Ine charactor.” One of the [oom eee ; gent desire, a Te. Prec snom lodge | mitted his eburch to take agaizet we icant either be Grant or Elihu B. Washburne. But | yille operators is reported to have told the mi. | 8ccept s copy of the ar eg as | Protest on his part—measures leading to the then, lots of things may happen before the po- | ners that he proposed giving employment to | 4 member, on the ground that ‘oars | misrepresentation of my case and character by hhite miners if they would accept a situation at | Previously ceased my oonnection WES! the church to the council, ana by the eouncll td bay the Forae of Wig. As the Tribune woala | Th! conte per tou, aud that saventycuve men | church. Next, growing out of the church’eth® | the generel public_invoiving gross injuries to Maas RON eek —Aering hela | Neca Goucain ee ninety | gular use us case, came the GO | me which Rave heen greatly aggravated’ he colered men have been to work in Hayden’s mines. your writings; all these indictments, conjoini nd, have put me before my connkcyeee egational Council. st PrEraRine to Repvce THE Expenses. — ‘bile the Council was in session in Brooklyn a ee aa the following startling paragraph appeared in character of a base The Secretary of the Treasury has givennotice | Fryax or LiGnTNINO In momo respects, a | the Brooklyn Union of Saturday, March 28, 1574: | not@ Chesneter of foreign: oo may malane el to the different heads ot bureaus in the ‘Treas- | most singular and fatal accident from Nghtning ME. FHRARMAN ON THRE SITUATION. 3 Z ol u?t the accumnl eg! ury department to have prepared, and person | Occurred at Granville, Mass., Tucsday after: “At the close of the services a Union reporter | dium, aumulating weight 18 t ordy bestowed upon me, neith ally present to him, lists giving the names of | neon, Alfred Hodge being instantly killed, and | approached Mr. Beecher for the purpose of get: = = can Stead eek keep the clerks and employes in their respective of- | Clarence Johnson ecriousiy injured, while re- {ng has views as to the Council, but he declined soar fices, the states whence appointed, date of | paitirg a fence. Johnson was in the act of | to beinterviewed. Mr. Shearman, the clerk of BURIAL aT Sza. original entry into the department, and an ce- timate of the eficiency of each individual. This is undcubtedly looking to the reduction of force which must necessarily be made on the Ist roximo. The number of redactions in the ‘reasury department striking a limb from a small tree, when the boit descenaed, and the axe—helve and all—was buried in the earth, nearly out of sight. The appearance of Mr. Hodges showed that a por- tion of the fluid must have entered his eyea and mouth, as it went throngh bim and came out of the church, however, was communicative. He said he had received ‘no intimation as yet what course the Council wonld pursue. In regard to the scandal on Mr. Beecher he said so far as ‘Tilton was concerned he (Tilton) was out of his mind, off bis balance, and did not act reasosa, Moc do Enrope, wrift- H. KR. Eliott, now Palladium, giving the folio the New Haven Occurred on the Ualifornia % incident, which We were in mid-oceing the passage pered about that one of our‘ien it was under the appropriation unattended lady passenger—had «ber—an Dills will reack about 190, The Secretary has | his great toe, making @ hole through his boot uy. As for Mrs. Tilton, sb@ had oecasioned the news spread, as news will, through The made 2 decision that the appropriation bills | about the size of @ pea. Bat the most remark- | whole trouble while ina half-erazed oondition. | SC forecastie, and a hush rested on the vesin must be strictly administered, and that no more than the precise number of clerks of each grade provided for must be retained. PATENT Orrick ConTRACTS AWARDED.— The Comwissioner of Patents has awarded to the American Photolithographic Company the contract for reprinting illustrations of patents issued between July 1, 1369, and January 1, able incident connected with his death is the fact, veritied by several witnesses, that on Mr. Hodge's side is plainly photograpbed tha tree under which he stood at the tiie he was struck. Severe Stonms 1x THe Wxst.—A severe storm of wind and rain passed over Tiffin, Ohie, esterdsy aiterncon, which damaged ‘crops, Biew down fences ahd uuroofed menos. The severest storm ever known in that region visit- She had mediumistic fite,and while under the strange power that possessed her often spoke of the most meredible things, declared things pos- sible that were impossible, and among the rest had slandered Mr. Beecher. Mr. Tilton himself had acknowledged that all other things she had told him in her medivmistic trance were false and imporsible; then why, asked Mr. Shear. man, should the scandal on Mr. Beecher be the which deepened as the hours wore on. The case was peculiarly sad. The lady, though of & temperament which unfitted Her for sea travel, had ventured the alone in order to gratify an aged mother wo wished to sve her daughter betore she died. From the start the lady had been very sick, and thie, combined mith previous serious il! heaith and imprudent seif-Coctoring on the passage, proved too mach only truth in her crazy word" for a delicate organization. The burial, which Oagd0d © Co. or Banco half per page, J. i: | ed McCounelisville, Obio, at about the same | “ah.e ators timc canny which Mr. T.G. | £072 del ‘ Osgood & Go., of Boston, are awarded the con. | time (10) pa) ok noe eer er oot th houses } Shearman retracted is but one Of several sim, | 0X Place om the day following ber decease, tract for supplying by the relief printing pro- cess the illustrations for the Patent Office Oficial Gazette Pogror, baa next fiscal year, at three and four-fifths mills per each sheet printed. Con- tracts are awarded to the Graphic Company, New York, to farnish lithographic copies of Grawings for patents at twelve mills per sheet, and of drawings for the bound volumes at fif: teen mills per page. The style of the Ovicial Gazette will be changed on July 1, £0 that the Kas & strange and impressive oceasion. Rev. Mr. Collins, of Hartford, one of oar number, conducted the services. The engines wore stopped, the vast ship came to a stand still, the sbip’s bell was tolled, and crew and passengers gathered att about the rude coffin heavily load- ed with iron bars, which contained oar unforta nate passenger's remains. After the solemn Episcopal service for burial at sea had been read, a psalm chanted by a male quartette, and & few appropriate remarks by Mr. Collins, tha coffin was slowly lowered to the water's edge, Topes were loosened, and their Darden disap: peared beneath the dull waves.” Locusts im ALGexia.—An Algerian paper, says the London Echo, gives an interesting ac: count of a struggle between the farmers of the were unroofed. ‘Trees, fences, and even houses were prostrated. The roof 'was taken off a foundry aud driven through a brick wall. The market-houre was uproofed. Many business men are heavy losers. No lives were lost. The track of the storm was a mile and a half wide. ‘Telegrams trem various points in Northern In- diana and Southern M higan report serere Storms throughout th: district, resulting in much damage to property. As far as heard trom, three persons were kilied by lightning. Human Testimox ‘Within a few months, says the Boston Traveller, a paper purporting to te a mortgage of personal property was handed a prominent legal gentleman on the witness stand in the supreme court, aud he, under oath, stated that be eaw the person sign Jar falsehoods against my wife and myseif which have been fostered by interested parties to explain the action of Plymouth church; faleehoods which m some instances have been corrected in the same way, and which in others *till await to be corrected either in this way or in @ court of justice. You ask, “When cid Mr. Tilton cease to be responsible to the Plymouth Church?” I an- ewer that I first ceased my responsibility to that church when I terminated my membership four years ago. Latterwards renewed my reaponsi- bility to Plymouth Church. as will appear by the following correspondence: BROOKLYN, May 4. 1874. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Postor of Plymouth Ciurch; Kev. 8. B. Halliday, Associate Pastor, drawing will sppear immediately under the claim. NAVAL OnpeEns. Lieutenant Commander John W. Philip to command the Naval Rendez- vous at Boston, Mass. Lieut. Thos. C. Terrell to the Receiving Ship New Hampshire at Nor- folk, Va. Midshipman John E. Roller, to the tach and Mr. Thomas G. Shearman, Clerk: colony and one of the most tremendous swarms Roaboke. Passed Assistant Surgeon 'M. G. Shoes ta eee “We hy pore GzNTLEMER: { address through you, to the | of locusts that ever descended upon the plains of aia the Narragansett at the Navy Yard | prevsed ny the opposing counsel to carefully ex. | CbUTch Of which you are oficers« the following | Algeria. As soon as the distant cloud of in- Maro island. California. | Detached.—Commo- | amine and see if he did eee the person sign it, | statement, whict you are at liberty to commer | vedcre was perce every effort was made dore Charies H. B. Caldwell from the command ot the Naval Rendezvous, Boston,and placed on beep J orders. Captain Thomas Patterson from the command of the Saranac and ordered to command the Receiving Ship Independence at the Navy Yard at Mare Island. Captain Walter W. Queen, from the command of the nicate to the church through the examining committee, Gr in any other anode, private or public. . ‘The Rev. Lenord Bacon, D. D., LL. D., mod. erator of the recent Congregational Uouncil, has rcen St, since the adjourument of that body to proclaim, publish, aud reiterate with signa. and epecially if his (the witness’) written thereon by bimeelf. He examined and replied to both in the affirmative. It afterwards appeared, in nucontradicted evidence, that the paper submitted was a copy of the original mortgage furnished by the city clerk. by the terrified agriculturists to prevent the descent of the hun, myriads upon their pas tures, while, on the otber ‘band the locusts were equally determined to alight und take retresh ment. In order to keep the insect host in the higher strata ef the atmosphere, where a change of wind might atany moment carry them rs Recet vi hi Scrroeey Svuictpe rrom J#aLovey.—An- emphasis and with the weight ofsomething like | away, the farmers lit fires with damp weeds, cosh dacasen’ Taestocent pisty gust De La Grandier, of 48 Bleecker street, died | oficial authority, @ grave decisration which J | and by Feprepe yg their kitchen utensils, rix bas re) ‘ed his return home, having been | suddenly to-day. Coroner Kessler learned that | here qnote, pamely: ringing all the bells, and shouting at the top of detached mm the North Atlantic Station on 16th instant, and bas been placed on waiting orders. Ensign L. L. omy | has reported his ef the deceased last night visited a countrywoman of his who had rooms at No. 41 inthe same street, were he remained alinight. They quar- “It was for the Plymouth Church,” he says, “*to vindicate its pastor against @ damaging im: putaticn from one of its members. But with their ee. produced such a concert of hideous sounds that for a time the locusts pre- ferred famine to the din, and remained in the 2 i a reled about a ring she wore, and about which at alacrity—the pastor himself consenting— | air; but at length hunger and fatigue over- ‘Worcester 08 toeint ete thas boon placed she retused to give an account, Hi t threw away the opportunity of vindication.” | powered them, and they decided on braving y on waiting orders. Passed Assistant Kngineer, ‘This Cectaration, A. J. Keagen from the Ajax and ordered to re- turn home and report arrival. Passed Aasia- tant Engineer, I. M. L. Macarth, from the Mahopac and ordered to return home and report arrival. Passed Assistant Engincer Absolsm Kirby, from the Manhattan, and ordered to re- turn home and report arrival. Passed Assis tant Engineer, J. P. Kelly from the Canonicus and ordered to return home and report arrival. it Engineer Hiram Parker from and ordered to return home and —+20e- PRICE OF Coat.—At the Scranton coal sale £0 emphatically repeated by the chief mouth-plece of the Council, and pat forth vA him a — ‘an exposition of the council's views, compels me. as the third party to the controversy, to choose between two alternatives. One of these is to remain oon- tentedly in the dishonorable position of a man who denies to his former pastor an ee for the vindication of tbat pastor’s ir an offense the more heinous because an unsul- lied character and reputation are requisite to his sacred office. The other alternative is for me to restore to bis church their lost op his vindication by presenting m voluntarily for the same to which the church would have power to summon meif I werea mom- the worst and falling to the ground, when the green ficiis and trees suddenly turned yellow under the multitudes which instantly covered All through the night was licard one continuous and myriads of invisible j Uon—and next morning the battle recom- ee but the — advices Pa yg meen sging nature, as they report asts are engaged, not only in eating, but in laying eggs. A Bostox Guost.—A large erowd assembled in the vicinity of the Deacon house, corner of stated that they were house this morning at 5o’clock. AtSo’clock he went to bed at No. 46, after] complaining to the landlady of feeling unwell, and an hour later he wae found dead, It is suspected that he took poison. ile was a manufacturer of artificial eyes in Bleecker street, and was 47 years of age—1. Y. Exyreas, 24th. L Brown Down.—Five men perish in Monday evening, an immense stone owned by L’Hommedieu, at “The village fifteen miles trom Mount Sinai, L. I. which for some timej has been con- sidered unsafe, was blown down in a heavy gale ‘The roof was first carried away, and Passed the Saugus, in New York ou Wednesday, only 25,000 tone | fell npona horse and wagon, twenty fest dis. b a edging from an: atified by a sight of the apparition that Fee ce rea the smallest quantity ever put up J tant, with @ tremendous crash. Eleven men | experience) will: ceb)ect ne area e a Bast | aunts that ancient seat. Accorihag teehee were at work in the mill at the time the disas- ter occurred. Immediately after the roof was carried away the massive stone walis caved in, for saleon such an occasion. The entire lot just imputation of reviving a scandal for the was disposed of in about fifteen minntes, and at timony of eye-wituesses,a sudden light ap. peared in the center of the rear room on the floor, and the form of a man, dressed in an advance on the prices obtained at the pre- snd matcel go eh de-ir long sale. | Steamboat was first sold at 4.90, | burying beneath the ruins five of the millers, | alternatives, whichare ali thet the moderator | re ee es apparently engaged in come andthe balance at eisty Grate al weetat ee ee oa eRN, Tour men | leaves tome, nd which are beth equally re. soared, tho latter Deine seis Joceidic rg ya | , and all the stove at ‘or egg there was eecaped ? were | pugnan’ my feelings, duty requires mo h ‘ 4 “3 little. competition. Tne ane eke ates, | badly bruised. Ehoose the seconds =e Trith light whiskers and beard. Afver remain. then rose to 55.15, and fell off to $5.124. Cheat: ing a few moments, he suddenly tarne] and EARTHQUAKE IX UTau—Tho Salt Lake | .,1 authorize you (if such be your pleasure) to | DZ 8. instantly vauished. This house has been but commanded for the largest quantity #1624, ‘edn cite me at any time within the next thirt) dayr & small balance wont at’ g4.314. Comparci | Eqreideays that about m sligand vielen ees to appear at the bar of Plymouth church, for | B0ted, of late, as the sceno of remarkable epir- wi the itualistic ; it fs inhabited, at t ices of last month, the average riso | ceived a slight shaking up, an earthquake be- on the charge heretofore made against or, the nese aes ing the cause. Dishes on the shelves were rat- by on steamboat is 234 Mrs. Baker, the well-known dancing teacher, cents per ton; on grate, me, soumdele derogetorg a Che nea eats | and a apisiinaliot teodinr The hoes ee? 204 Conte; OD egg, 18% cents: on stove, 92 | tied, lamps were shaken about, chairs aut ler. | candals derogatory to the integrity (i the gay forms that on» cents; and on chestnut, 22% cents, ads were made to dance, and movable things —- ataf injunious tothe reputation of the | FTF node silent wad deserted. b: ey ~ sith Ect he Tae WEEKLY Stag, now ready; contains all the news of the week, local and general; Public School examinations; College commencements; clesing proceedings of Congrese; large amountof ms and sket —- were shoved around. People had a big scare, but no one, so far as heard from, was injured, nor was any damage done to propsrty. ‘There were several vibrations, the shock con- tinumg for about ten seconds. The vibrations My only stipulation concerning the trial is that it shall not be held with closed } nor in the absence of the pastor. * * * Truly yours, THEODORE TitTon. ‘To the above communication I received teres olan wire piainly felt at Alta and Granite, whera.a : the | Wood, of Mediord, has tra a part society and fashion notes, Washington mows | Fam poise wad also heard. “The earti | following reply a —_ sre fe the co ‘country with grasshop and aud Kosetp, ae cultural items, household ro- Sees os mer vere known in the valley Dear Sin:—Your of ‘ite $08 ‘inst: nt, n= oe — and destitution -» SC. ee closing a ‘addressed . Beecher, ee SES sarams: One doliar and a half perannum, in | Rovxp ro Go To TaxascA man with af Sicitn 7 hhd myself, was Guly received. ' Sea a while Mis ce: Single copies five cents, in wrappers, | wife and children, who some tline ago left In- | This letter has been read by Mr. Halliday, Gay sdde tens of he ready for mailing 0 Gans for Texas, finding, after reaching Now | with whose concurrence it has been submitted | nerve wre protease ts ecidedly dark for’ tho Mam Gere Ore Hin Ona 1 ‘ax Orleans or some other point in Louisiana, that | to the committee, and we all deem | people of thoee counties. In Windam Prince George’s county, Md., on Wednesday, a | 2@ Could not proceed on account of the ‘over- | its contents to juestion sl are s0 full that one cannot step without cover- flow, turned back and a which be decided LY Bearg ag ittee, and which should Cage, who works at the carpenter's trade. ing crop is wile engaged in hewi: iece of timber the —_ but a axe oli ‘and cut his fog, about midway be- from ——— their depredations,and 3 tween the ankle and knee, almost entirely off, aq snot shivering the bone into small plots, v= E- me ing the lower portion of the limb hanging only by & email portion of the fiesh and muscle. ———— THE RHOps IsLawp LEGISLATURE GIVES IT Rhode 7 Taree Parpor |O8ES.— Ur.—The Inland legislature got tired of its futile for United States Senator pete road ern and adjourned. After 21 ballots the vote stood well, intel; thier- ene oe Sma a ‘and sentenced reepectit nine, Fal Burnside and his competitors will have ad yet ay oe an other tussle. victed allow them in the penitentiary one in Calais, yesterday, the Maine Universalist month. Obtiatian’ miter s-The min- EH i | which I addressed at the time in @ brief note to the be too candidates council. During the ‘council, when there so-The ee would recel condecennnen meray aia Sidtery st tho oommnnsnenant Louisville ee ae i sags hal shipped ‘by the (ony ey a sae was delivered by Miss F. Emma York the re- the sonnel laine with fess words 57-The Taunton Uazette sazs a couple wore late Maine “We hold that our right, and married a few days ago in city, after s for Maine, on daty, to avoid the evile berg Sh _ erms &7-Charies Sumner’s grave Sap Famity Tracepy.—Two unmarked, ‘anf the Boston Mrs. Cook, of Blount who Romans spot show be 3 pade;and they were foun some why so that visitoce wouldhave no trouble te cacaed from her "gy Senbtor Schurz, who bas bean Dereett the same from malanal fever and mh Man amp Wire Ki SSiagag ecororeg he bein a ~~ Briar, White: weeks of Test af "Plars Bey wilt Mev. My. Shr _—— io county, were killed all TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR, —_——— The Tilton Letter. INSINUATIONS AND INPERENORES, nT wo CHARGES. New Yor«, June 36.—The clerk of Piymou o church, in an interview iy with a Pri une re; relative to the Beecher-Tilton atfair, said he did not belveve any meeting of the ex: mining committee of church had been ‘id, nor had he heard the desire expressed by any one for a special | Me bad read the le of Theovors Tilton. There was nothing new in it except the extract from a letter pur- porting to have been written by Beecher. Even m_ that case the ‘was carefully pressed. That Of the published letter was capable two or more constructions. There is no definite charge of any kind. There are insinuations and inferences, but no direct charges. Tilton had been told that if he would bring a direct charge it would be received and investigated, whether made aga‘nst the tor or any member of Plymouth charch. itton had been told this by Mr. Holliday, the assistant pastor and former ‘k of Plymouth charoh, and at least one, and thought two or three Gee by Sho speaker. Th nearly ali the al tions of Tilton was more or less of untrath. WHAT TRE TRINUNR SAYS The Trivune editorially says: “It may now be thought expedient by Beecher and his (riends to make some reply to this sathoritatire and serious attack. If he should simply deny the truth of Tilton’s somewhat vague a! and explain the documents to which h ei, be would find the community, moe whom be has labored with such distinguished aul success, disposed to side with him aga n assailants. Tilton bas much to sa ther cenee he har hitherto observed. 1 be greatly surprised it he does not svon regret that did not observe it longer.” HEC RE! 8 BOTHING TO SAY A Peekskill dispateh ays that Honry Beecher, who is passing ix summer vanation his farm near this place, in quiry as to what course bi gard to the recent statement ton, says he will not break the Litherto observed. A CONSULTATION A copy of Theodore I the Plymouth church scandal, w Henry Ward Beecher yesteriay ty senger. Early yesterday morning Ii. ward Beecher. brother of Henry Ward, sharer with Thomas Kj. Shearusa the t of Plymouth > reference to the scandal. came to this city, and was asked what he thought of the new phase of the scamial. He repliod that be could give no opinions, but supposed Tiiton's letter could be answered satisfactorily if it should be deemed . He went w& the office of Shearman, with whom he bed an several hours long. loterview aif atreeces New York Notes. KILLED BY THE Bi OF AN EMORY WHREt. New York, Ju A lad named MeGee- han, employed in a castor factory in Newark, was kill sterday afternoon by the bursting of an emory wheel. ANOTHER DEATH FROM RYDROVHONIA. Wm. McCormick, a butcher, died vesterday m of hydrophobia. McCormick war slightly bitten by a small dog it & mouth 8go, but the wound soon healed, hethought nothing of it until Monday, when be bo; experience sharp pains in the back. Phy-ictans were called, who prescribed simpie remedies at first, but more powerful ones after ail to no purpose. ony. A thorough scientific examin. be made of the case. THB MOTION IN ARREST OF SUDOMENT Was argued to-day in the cases of missioners Gardner and Charlick, covicted of a misdemeavor. The motion was denied, and they were each fined in the anm of #250. The clerk of the court was instructed to notify the ( of the State of the conviction moners. Bad Weather in New Brauswick. Batavest, N.B, June 26.—The unsettled state of the weather causes great anxiety, as vegetation is seriously retarded, an! farming wereste neglected. Yesterday there was a vio ‘ail storm. TWO LIVES LOST I A GALE. last week resulted in the loss of Four barks » and about destruction of nets byecked. Tue wholesale ous loss, ag salmon are uBetorm will be a seri- large catches were being mally abundaat, and le ow. New Yors, June 26.—A letter fron Caba, Gated the 2th instant, says: Th that general repudiation of the bills onre ‘Spanish bank will take place next week.. Sev eral cigar manufacturers have notified their customers that after next week they will not re- ceive paper money, but will demand gold and silver. If this should really take place and be- comes general, there would be many tailures. The Sioux not Anxious fer a Figh St. Paci, June 2.— From ali information far obtained it does not look as if the Sioux tn Dacota are particularly anxious for « fight with the 7th which they can bave any day. Gen. Custer's expedition to the Black Hil) would have started last Sundsy if there had been any military necessity therefor. Its de- parture is now postponed until the 30th instant, or the Ist proximo. This after- States on unimpeachabie suthor- yearge F. Hoar bas ‘mined eas Of aby Other office next Itisknown that Mr. Hoar strongly de- sired two years ago to return to the practice of his profeseion, but was overruled by his friends. Eight Persoes Strack by btning. Cixcixxati, Juve 2.—During the storia yes- terday afternoon, the lightning struck a man at Circleville, Ohio, a woman at Huntington, W. Va., two young mem at Kalamooza, Mich. the postmaster at Marion, Ind., and turee persous at Fort Wayne, Ind hn Republican Congressmen Revomi- Cricaco, Jane 28.—The republican conven- tion of the fifth wal istrict of lowa yesterday nominated Hon. James Wilson for re- election, and in the eighth district J. W. Dill was nominated. __. New Brunswick Elections. St. Jou: . B., dune 26.—Thirty: bers have been returned favorable to the gov- ernment’s non-sectarian school act, four againa it, and one doubtfal. i Hore Cable Congratalations. Loxpow, June 26.—Queen Victoria and the Emperor cf Brazil bare exchanged cor a upon successiul Lay! FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Wall Street To-dny. New Vort, Jane % —The Post's Sownoisl article faye :—Gold at 11"y, amd hasrinoe soldat Ls@I id loans the rates have been ons for carrying »” and 3 per anpum for uss, In the foreign exchange market commercial are scarce, Lui iittances i small. Nom- inal rates of leading drawers are se. gan. But halle of thie quality can be hed at 47% asT' aud 4G. Money 5 still on call at 2/53, prise mercantile paper moves readily at Sale. —_o—_——— B, June 26.—Virginiasixes, olf RE, Jane B.- ee, old, guint ccosctiiated, ig: Wet Virginians, 1h; Berth lina sixes, old, by; do. mow, JS. do. special tax, 5 bid to-cay, éult low midalingt, toe, iver avis wet archaea. Wheat guiet—wostern spring, 1 8)Gi1.35. others changed Corn steady elite souuern, 83; yellow white, re dull and rpobanged = fa Eee ee en Fefinedy Tig, Wemtern butter seater mad mas— Shots taadi ‘bat firm and Sochenged. inert wt eccount, a BrG@wr; i