Evening Star Newspaper, December 30, 1874, Page 1

“A ee ere ee cs ee re | THE EVENING STAR. PEBLISHED DAILY, Sundays Excepted, 4T THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Avenns, cer. Lith St. aY TES BVESING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY, 5. H. MSUPPAANA , Prev’t, —— THE WEEKLY eueod + Pe BF AL © osrripewoms me pare” vent lomect than paid f BS Kates of udvertisina furarshed on application. V2} 44—-N2. 6,791. Fonima Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1874. ° TWO CENTS. __ AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. S OPERA lloUsE. HAPPY NEW YEAR ATINERS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ent for one weem ofthe popnlar DELEHANTY AND BENGLER, Who will present A MOST MIRTHFUL VoRRES She great Hei EVEN assI0N Ss sa } Peis bes. tting pins Sins = £, ANGER, pDSUNKENNESS, CRUBL- ay AES PEIDESIDLENKSS. RN TY The Butive Dramste ees Ce Dences sod Fusny Situations The ssion this week wili be 25,0 ani 75 1 - Mendelssohn -Von Webor Onotr. 7. Organ—Ardante from Symphony iu O...Schubert Mr. 8 B. Whiteley Past il w—“Jesa delcis memoria’ .-Vietta Btetson “St. Pani”—“Bo thon and“ How lovely are the if and Chorus fr. Ithfat unto ceat Memenser Mondelssoha, 3. Bong—"The Palm Tre: Faure p—Belections from Wagner “o Mr_8 B. Waiteloy. Lover of my Boal “ Adapted from Thaiberg Mrs. Stetson, Mz. Simpsou, | ana 7S cen S4 VILLE’'S NATIONAL THEATE! , f the World. Lae! Appa RAUSCHE RS et eaday. December Mth—DEBOBAL, (Lesh 2 ly Janne STUALT, urdey Evening. nler prices 75 cents. $1 women RABE OF ESSEX Prevail. Socnred seats Ouly and $1.25. General simission 2 Places to at the Box Ofis . ben, fc neha jen, for the special ben little folka. wi eo acted ol OE 4ELUA, LITTLE GLASS SLIPPRR—May Gall Ciederetle. ci LPS09L5 wa. ROYAL MAI JOHN EB. McDONOUGH H. A. EARNSHAW _. Rt We have returned with the grandest ENTEGTAINMENT iN TAE WORLD. Last night yverwhelming saeces@. The Original Royal Marioncttes. Thi rgest and valuable exnibi © the public, nethlag like it having before, aud ve safely assert that for ail, gorgeoussess of acenic ant € plendor of wardrobe, perfection of Modeling, faulticss macipulation, igineacy of me- chanism, and general tout ensemble, auch a magni- fooot entertainment has never before Deon ex- ibi sd. Imported from Europe at a cost of $15,009. Three distinct entertalamente CHRISTY MINSIRELS, . ITALIAN FANTOOCINI, And the beantifal Pantomime of - LITTL ED RIDING HOOD, Terminating with the GRAND TRANSFORMATION SCENE. Admission, secared seats,75cts. Geusral admis- sion, cts. To be had at Metzerort’s Matine:s Wednesday, Toursday, Beiday end Sst piday at 2 o'clock; 80 ceate 10 all parts of the “SPECIAL 70 FAMILIES.—On every Matinos each chila will be aud Bred ONETTE Manager, Treasarer seen completeness of st ft ary,” +S fo a Also, @ beautiful Chromo of Little Bet dec S-4f * Buckalew. | © Arthem—Gioria; Mass in G) Vou Weber eec38-1 Choir BALLS, &. BAL thi;d Acnual Bail of the END CATHOLIC BISBRNIAN takes piace on THURSDAY EYED ING( New Year's evs) December Slat, 174, at Uda Feilows’ Hall, 7b strost, tween D and E streets From t! mccess that nes did rralomente, © ‘at his will be one of the jovabie afairs of the season. The efficteut Committee of Arrangements will lew Bpdone to adil to the pleasare of thelr gu : vorably known csterers r, have charge of eS SOCIABLE of the beld on EOOIAL FESTIVAL, For the benefit of Ocrner of %b and F streets, WEDNESPAY EVENISG, December 20 Adrissicn, ‘cents E freshments extra. Music by the Marine Bend. dects-at LECTURES. Lisconn Sate. YMA JAN UAL SCIENTIFIC LECTURE COURSS, ALWAYs Naw anv At wars Goon, PROF. BENKY MORTOR, PRESIDENT OF STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. Janvanys + 1878. Burects With Briiiisnt Liestrations on the Screen and othorwire by aseries of Electric Lights. 7 LOW be Toserv: dec3s-ta LADIES’ GOODS. Ld = COESIN Pe FRR OR ATED Borne GARMENTS, Fox Lap @eci8-3m SPECIAL sotics. Erery BRAID is purchased at MADAM B 7 "B, 61% isth street. One to five CUBLS ‘M. WILLIAN’s. @ays. Just tbe piace to get Holiday Presents Jou bimen HAI BRAIDS, of ail shader frou Fa cents to 20 The Madam has had ve Jase can be broug Bue acd large BAIR ALL FRINGES iN ALL SHADES, at to stock WILLIA! LESEATED J.B f Cons ‘mest popsiar In Pariz, can be obtain ett sa w VORY HAIR BEUcEES, TOL OF BYERY DESOBIPTION. The CLOWN TOOTH BRUSH, made to orde Perfect, For every on’ not perfect given. The same guarsutes © Hair Brosnes ang Co WwW. 6. THO) novie-ly BR ows £4. mecommicx, Q 905 Pennsylvania avemue, (up stairs.) BLEGANT BONNETS AND BUUND HATS, WRENCH FLOWERS, FEATHERS, BIBDS, VELVETS AND SILKS, Which will be sold at very low rates. nov?-tr OLOAKS ana DBSSSES. 2 ootld-Sm T= FINSST HAIR BSAIDS MADE TO order in Paris, at ects WILLIAN'S ys LARGEST AND NEST ASSORT- ment of LADIES’ UNDERGARMENTS can Be found at tx WILLIAN’s, made. PSON, Pharmacist, 703 Fifteenth street Wasnixeton, D. C., December 224, 1374 POBTANT TO TAX-PAYBES saving Dy peying your taxes before the of T op aod after FBIDAY, ovS, = penalty of three per cent, wili to your'tax bil th. Anerr impression obtatns with some that Oovgrees will reduce the some » by refusing to pay: bout Atty 2 oF Fens. bas Deen coltoctes “n° tYs Mt 3 {ar will. be the beat jucement t. Congress cs 01 faxstion for the next levy pee eo iow eects ct “782, 0E PMPEBIAL TRA AT 79 ORNT BROWSISG & MIDDL = 61 Penseyivente ne 2011 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, Betw decl-tr een 1th and 11th streets. ecé-tr DD FELLOWS’ HALL. 1279. ANEW YEAR'S FESTIVAL, 1575. FRIDAY and SATURDAY AFTERNUON and NIGHTS, Return to Washington of the eminont artists ROSH ond HAGKY WATKING, and the wouder ful child sciress and songetrees, LITTLE AMY LSE, io a grand moral draus, ontitied, “KIS WORST ENEMY. on THE ANGEL OHILD,” dediested to the memory of Father Matthews, the great Apostle of Temperarc Tem. plars of America. Tnis powerful play has met wit!, eatraordivary s:ccess throughout the country, ve iy eu ° aspects of our na Noval life, and vividly illustrating the besetting sia ‘ tety. ry >. 0 cents and 25 cents: reserved sea: 7g rev'=—tote bad at Kilis’ Music Btore on after Wednesday morniag. cecd 4! CAscLIns EICHINGS-BSENAED. 15 ABTISTS' COSTUME OONC: MONDAY, TURSDAY end WEDNESDAY NINGS. January 4th, 5th and eth, OONGEEGATIONAL CHU&CH Coures tickets, gxl Monday evening only. & few course tics ets, with reserved seats, for tne nine entertainments, at $3.60, ai Bilis’, Bingle raserved jou at door, 75 ate. aecsy 6 AMIBITION ASD CONCERT willbe held at GRACE M K..HUBCH, Comer ih and 5 sirects northwest. TOESDAY and WEDNESDAY EVENINGS, De- cvmter 29 and 30. commencing at 7% o'clock. Sivgle admission, 38 cents. If you wish to enjoy yourrelf come dec3s ) ASHINGTON THEATR MONDAY, December 23, Extra metin three mat nees. Prodneticn of the gr 6 tied LES COQUET Or, phsdows of Paris end the Keign of Napoleon Tit. hecugagement for six es god three mat! neescfthe celebraie HEBRING, «h Misees Ato ier, Kitty Si Jessie Howard, ‘Th Very best entertainment in Washing on. _dect8-6." ENCOLN HALL. MLL® ALBANL 4 MONDAY EVENING, Jancauy 4,1573, and only appearance of the ret ILLUSTBIVUS AMERIVAN PRIMA DONNA, MLLE. EMMA ALBANL. Mesare, Mex and Maurice Strakosch beg late to spnonuce to the public iv Weebiagton that sile MA ALBAN] wiligive ONE GRAND CONCERT On MORDAY EVENING, Jan. 4, 1575, a¢ 5 o'clock, ted by the following eminent erilste of the <OSCH GKAND OPERA UGMPANY From the New Yerk Academy of Music: MLLE ALICE MABEaI, he fsmous Dramatic Soprano, SIGNOR BENFBATKLLI, rimo Tancro. EIGNOR G. TAGLIAPIETRA, Primo Bariton SIGNOB FICEIN!, 1 From the Ital seus, Paris. rott’s Music Store ROMENADE G oon e CONCEAL wit be given ot the NEW NORTHERN LIBERTIES K St.Ann’e Inpant Asyiom, iT ORPHAN ASYLUM Famity or Joss: taken char; UHa8. BAG business for the ‘last twenty years cnarantees full sacisfaction fn HAI: DRESSING, CHaMPOUING, and OOTCING CHILDREN’S HAI# and BRIDE'S SALh DBESSING a speciality. Lodies will be attended te In their own houses their orders at onan CHAS. M's oe Factory, ec 05 7th street, _4tsews GA4LUBRY or FINS ARTS 12 PENNSYLVANIA AVSNUB. Jost arrived, e splendid collection of ENGRAYV INGS and PORCELAINE PAINTINGS, and fancy gilt and velvet Frames. so, ® fine selection of FRESHCH PHOTO- GRAPES, from modern paintin, French Gitt Chapels, with folding doors, for Por os and fer ny = Feceived ly for the Holidays, of the aud by I Bau ‘T., HARRY DONEHUE, COSTUMER, 495 llva STREET, NEA KE. ew and neatly fitted. Park: iS Eley ssrsa EY of tot Show roome Masquerade and Theatrical Costumes, ral hundred comprising several hundred new and costiy Dremsce, OUR BALLS AND PARtiRs — PRIVATE THEATRIOALS, TABLEAUX AND OLD FOLKS’ CONOBRTS. P.8.—With » thorough know! of oar bast- hess, we devote ourselves to the and wishes.of our patrons, and by courteous and polite attention, Feagunsble charges, and disposition a we seidom fall to give 5 L. MOXLEy, CO8TUMERB, Sof 10th Street Northwest, collection of Fine Artistic BALL, TAB- LBAU und THEATRICAL COSTUMES kapt oo MASKED BALLS snd PARTIES supplied at P. 8. Bemembor s Mask is farnished with each Costame, and ali Uostames dolfvered and called for. Bb MOXLEY, 608 ion A lar; + ‘Tem 8. maki = ee eee ‘the District. Sv Picase remeber Hame and Number. jel-iy* Pn inn tn in a poO-vaY Beceived several EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip, New Year Recertions.—As has been its rule heretofore, Tax Evenrxa Star will con- tainon Thursday next @ list of those persons Proposing to receive on New Year Day who may desire such publication to be made, and who, themeelrcs, or by some one authorizd to act for them, furnish the necessary data for that purpose. Such announcemants, which we will be very glad to receive and publish in brief form, ehould give the names of the ladies, if any, who will assist in receiving, together with the street and number of the residence. They should in each case be accompanied by a responsible signature, as a guarantee of an- thenticlty, and must be sent in before eleven o'clock Thursday morning to secure insertion. INTERNAL Revente.—The receipts from this source to-day were $250,370 78. Tre ALapaMa INvESTIGATION.—The Hayes Congressional Alabama committee is engaged in Opelika, and will not reach Montgomery until next Monday. Tne New Svrsavisixe ARCHITSCT.Wm. A. Potter, of New York, in a letter to Assistant Secretary Conant, formally accepts the position of Supervising Architect of the Treasury, and will take charge of the office on the Ist prox. Tae Christmas Graphic, “with the compile ments of the Graphic company,” comes to hand rather late, through the faults of the mail, per- hape, but it is a superb number. SECRETARY Baistow visited the Chamber of Commerce at Cincinnati yesterday, and a- dressed it in favor of specie payments. The Secretary returned to Washington this after noon, Hon. A. H. StePHENS, of Ga., accompanied by @ few personal friends, had an aadion with the President this morning. The latter Jeft his private office and cams down stairs to meet tbe honorable representative from Gicor gia. ANOTHER CHANG N THE TRBASUR addition to the ‘Treasury changes announced yesterday’s STAR is the following:—Isaac Thorn ton, principal elerk in the currency divisi prowoted to be chief of that division, Captain ©. C. Adams, promoted. rt viz ORDERS were issued yesterday by the Post Office department discontinuing the mail vice on all the lines of steamship—four rontes — supplying mail matter to Key West, Florida also from Baltimore, New York and New Ur- leans. Key Weet will now be supplied froin Cedar Keys, the western terminus of the Florida: railroad, to which point there is an all-rail route, and thence by steamer. Important changes are also to be made in the transports tion of the mails to and trom the United States and Canada. WHISKY AT THE BorTom oF It.—Spocial In- dian Agent Major Thompson, who was di:- patched by the government to investigate the se Of the Indian troubles between the Slour and Utes in the Snake River Valiey, ascertainei that whisky was at the bottom of the affair, and caused the dispensers of that article to tic Indians to be placed under arrest, and warrants i-sued for the arrest ef those not at hand. A messenger was dispatched to invite the [ndlan« to return to the reservation, This will probaly end the trouble. APTBE THE Brack HILLS Gotp Hunrers ‘The Secretary of the interior was yesterday in- formed by the War department that a company of troops had been started by General Ord frou the Spotted Tailagency to overhaul the par of twenty-one miners who stole in from the Missouri river to the Biack Ifills reservation, and who were recently pursued, but not over taken by Indian Agen? Hingham with a smal force of soldiers and Indiaus. General Ord's action was taken in sccordance with Genera Sheridan’s order of last September for the pro- tection of this reservation. A Rumor Anovut Gewerat ScHENcK AND THE SUBSIDY.—It is ramored that among the prominent men implicated In the Pacific Mui subsidy business is General Schenck, our Mint- ter to Engiand. ‘The story goes that his con- nection with the Emma Mine swindle was duo to the hold which Stockwell and other specu. tors gained over him in consequence of his a: tion in regard to the subsidy. Thenames of teveral heads of important House committees are also mentioned as among those who kno« what became of Irwin's #75),00, but it is pros. able that they have covered up their tracks so well that no definite charges can be brougot against them.— Wash. Special N. ¥. Graphic. TRE FOLLOWING CIRCULAR was issued to day by Postmaster General Jewell “On and after the first of January all matter of the second-class destined for Canada will be treated as though it was destined for th- United States. The arrangement with Canad: postal authorities being that it shall be delive: there free of charge. All matter of this cl coming into our offices trom Canada will be de livered by this department tree of charge. Tac same rule also applies to transtent newspapers {postal cards. On and atter February 1 1575, the single ietter rate to Canada will three cents, prepaymont obligatory, and all | ters received from Qansda will be delivered tree of charge.” €8, €8q., representing the various railroads transporting merchandize in bond be- tween the United States and Canada, and e1- Governor Washburn, of Maine, were at th. ‘Treasury department yesterday in ference’ to the proper method to be adopted for the prevention of traud in ths transportation of merchandize over the berder. ‘These gentlemen spent nearly the entire day 10 conversation with Treasury ofiicials on this im portant subject. The result of the discussiva indicates that an agreement can be made be tween the government and the railreads whi-n will give the security desired. it 1 admitted on the part of the railros Busingss Crt Our von Coneruss.—There great deal of business preparing for Con- gress during the recess, and upon the reassem- bling there will be a rush of work a3 well as gteat political activity. The Arkansas investi- gating committee's report will then be forth- coming, to be followed soon by the reports of several celect committees now in various s0c- tions of the south. The civil rights bill mast be acted upon shortly, as it is at the top of the file on the Speaker’s table, and the new fii bill comes up by special order on January 7. The Senate cuucus committee will make their report on the subject of cheap ge oy go and some policy upon this subject will be de- fined. The Committee on Appropriations ex- pect to have the remaining appropriation bills completed by the time of reassembling, and their consideration will be pressed upon the House forthwith. Indeed, all the most impor- tant subjects of legislation, and which involve uestions of public policy of vital moment to He republican party, are in euch shape as to present themselves aimost simultaneo usly for acting therenpon. Postat Dsgvricrexctrs.—Tho Senate Sub- Committee on Post Uffices and Post Roads have been at work on the subject of postal def- clencies, and the cause thereof, and as of interest in connection therewith the encies, they foll ‘Texas, $521,854.01; Califor- Auoart, Utah, Now Mextoo,{ilinots, Neteantes iseourt,Utah, New ) Ne yi all of which Over $250,000, and most of them $300,000. Th: District a of $76,030.62. Total defies 1306 | . Total he President's New Year's Reception. The following is the programme for the Pres- ident’s reception on New Year's day: At 11 o'clock a. m., the President will receive the Cabinet and foreign ministers. At 11.30 a. w. the Judges of the Sopreme Court of the United States, Senators and Representatives in Congress, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the Jadges of Sapreme Court of the District of Columbia and of the Court of Claims will be received. At 12 m., the officers of the Army and Navy will be received, At 1200 the Assistant Secretaries of departments the Assistant Postmasters General, Solicitor Genera! aud Assistant Attorneys G > and the beads of the several bureaus will be re- At 1245p. m.. the associated soldiers of the war of 1512, the associated veterans of 1816, and members of the Oldest Inhabitants’ association of the Dist-ict of Columbia wili be received. The reception of citizens wiil com. mence at 1 o'clock p. m., at which time th gates of the inciosure will be opened, ana will terminate at 2 p.m. Oarziages will ‘spproac! the Executive Mansion by the eastern gate and leave by the western gate. The Cabinet Heceptions. The members of the Cabinet will receive on New Year’s day from one to three o'clock p. m., 88 follows: ‘The Secretary of State, 1500 I street. ‘The Secretary of Treasury, 1523 H street. ‘Phe Secretary of Navy, 1337 K street. Postmaster General, High!and Place, corner of 14th etreetand Massachusetts avenue. Attorney General, 1/19 Khode Island ave- nue. Secretary of the Interior, Wormley’s, 15th and Hi streets. ‘The Secretary of War and Mrs. Belknap will not receive on January Ist. Society, Ete. The Pernyian Minister aud Madame Freyre have issued cards for a reception on Thursday evening, the 3ist, at 10 o'clock. — The Misses Porter give a ball on the even ing of the 1st of January. — Miss Minnie Stuart’s german, last evening, was the second event of the week of importance to the very young fuike. The dressing was very handsome, and the favors quite eqnal to those which ave given by the oluer members of se ciety. — To-day, like yesterday, will be largely do- yoted to returning calis. ‘There are no recep tions to be held until the Ist, when every one will be fully prepared to see their friends, and give them the good wishes of the season. The Sudden Death of Gen. Morgan L Smith. Last evening adispaich was received in this city from New York announcing the sudden death at Taylor’s Hotel, in Jersey City, of Gion Morgan L. Smith, He wes found dead in bis bed at 8 o'clock p.m, ‘The sad news was com municated to Mrs, Smith at Ford's Opera House, she having attended the performance there in company with two lady friends. She was im- mediately conveyed to her hotel, ( Willard’ and was most Kindly cared tor by sympathizing frends. NO INDICATIONS OF SUICIDR. The NewYork Evening Post, of yesterday, bas the follewing: ‘This forenoon @ guest a! Taylor's Hotel, Jersey City, supposed to be Geners] Morgan L. Smith, of Washington, D. C., was found deadin his room. He arrived at the hotel Saturday evening, and registered his bame as M. L. Smith, Washington. Ha re ined in hisroom mest of the time Sunday yesterday, and the chambermaid beiog uu- able to gain admittance, the door was forced te- day, when he was found lying dead in bed, but there was no indications of suicide. Additional private dispatches received to-day, concerning the death of Gen. Smith, by Gov. McCook, of Colorado, are very meagre. One states that the body is on ice; a second that an inquest and post mortem examination will bs had this afternoon; and a third, from Geo. Al- fred Townsend, states that the death resulted from natural causes. ‘The remains will leave New York to-morrow morning, in charge of an undertaker and » delegation of frieuds, who left on to-day’s on o'clock train to escort them here. No arraug» ments have yet been made for the funeral. Dr. J. Harry Thompson, who attended the deceased during his Utetime, is of the opinion that death was caused by apoplexy. MILITARY SERVICBS OF THE DECEASED. Gen. Smith.was born in New England, but went west when quite young. Ho served as a non-commissioned efficer in the Mexican wa: Later he held the position of drill ser, theregulararmy, ut Jefferson Barracks, near St. Louis, and in 18¢1 organtzed the 8th Misson ri volunteeriniantry. He carried the regimen: into service a8 its Colonel, and at Shilon dis- tinguiebed himseif, for which he was promoted to brigadier genera Subsequently he wa- made a Major € ‘al in command of the 21 division of the 15h corps. At Chickasaw bayou, Mise., in the attempt made by Sherman on Vicksburg, !n the winter of 1562, he received 4 severe wound in the groin. He participated in the aseanits of the ivth and 224 of May, 1861, on Vicksburg, and during the remainder of the siege, Pemberton’s army arta | agreed to surrender Vicksburg on July 4, the night be- fore his division left the trenches to join Shei man to move against Joe Johnston, who la’ between the Big Black and Jackson @ par. ticipated in all the conflicts of that cdmpaign, which ended in the assault and capture of the capital of the etate of Miseissipp1. Daring tho past few years he bas been a contractor with the government for carrying the U. 8. mails ou Toutes west, northwest, and south. He was well and favorably snown in Washington, having just completed a magnificent residence on M, = 13th street, whither he was about to move s faint DeaTa LT. Cantar, U.S. N.—The Navy department bas received a dispatch from Kear Admiral Almy, forwarding a communication from Commander Erben, of the Tuscarora, dated st Honolulu, December 3d, announcing the death, on November 30th, of Lieut. O. I Carter, late of the Benicia. Lieut. Uarter was so tll that he could not remain on the Benicia when she left for San Francisco with the King Commander Erben reports that on his arriyei at Honolulu, November 25th, be found Lieut. Carter iu adying condition at the residence of Mr. Cartwright, an American citlzen, attended by physicians on shore and a mariue kindly te dered by Capt. Eaton, of H. B. M. ship Scou Death was caused 7 consumption. Burial tovk apes with military honors, the officers of H. ib. i. ships Scout, Tenedor, and Reindeer, and the Hawaiian authorities participating-with the of- ficers of the Tuscarorain the ceremony. Prorosep InckEasz oF THE U.S. SurzEMe Court.—After the congressional recess, it ix probable that both the Senate and the Horse Committees on the Judiciary will take up for consideration the recommendation of the Presi- dent for an increase in the pumber of United States circuit judges, aud the propriety of an increase in the Supreme Court. The business of the Supreme Court has increased so largely of late years that it is held to be impossible fer the court, with ita present membership and under its present system, to keep up. ‘There sre cases On the docket which have been there for two years. As one means toward lightening the labors of ee Court, it has been proj that the of cases which can be appealed from the state courts shall be nar- rowed down ba | orem 5 lan to expedite the business, which has Cy received wit ith much favor, especially amon; republicans, is to Increase the number of merue bersof the Supreme Court from teen, and to apportion business amo: them. Thus a certain number of justices should sit in patent cases, a certain number in admi- ralty cases and so on, and the whole court ebould sit ether in hearing and conatitationsl questions. . county, Missouri, night before last, an man rode up to th of the windows shot and y apurderer of Col. Morris, and fatal: his accomplice, Dixon, and then escaped. Mew like Robert Dale 0: chievous members of society, a ot ¢ ignoran Pi uarant ey are beyond the comprehension of the instructed pecs —N. ¥. Herald. GrnvEeMann’s Bic Havt.—At Philadelphia yesterday the hearing of the case of oe TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. GEN. MORGAN L. SH Did He Commit Suicide? New Your, December arrived in the early Washington tei morning at Taylor's hotel, Jersay registered as M.L. Smith, Washingt mained in his room nearly all da: to eat bis meals. Sev see him, and left their cards, Mr having instructed to tell all callers that he was not in his room. Yesterday morning be was found dead in his bed. On considering Smith's con duct prior to bis death. it was believed that he committed suicide, aud County Physician Stout examined the body, and he con-iders a postmo-- tem cxamination necessary. Gen. Smith was formerly colonel of the Sth Missouri regiment. and won excellent reputation for bravery dur- ing the war, and in 1861 was in command of the district of North Mississipp) ee The Pacifie fail Investigation. TESTIMONY TO-DA w YORK, December 30.—In the Pacific Mail investigation today John Roundy, ac- countant of the Pacific Mail company, testified that he knew Irwin, and identiied entries of accounts in the ledger of the company entered in witness’ own hand writing; these en when they came te witness to be entered, and were marked A, B,S., to the name of Harriott & Noyes, was entered the sum of $¢W,009. Dbecks were issued under the immediate direc tion of the vice president, but under the su. perior direction of the president. Witness thought the entries in stub and check and cash books were falas. In point of fact the entry of $650,000 to Harriott and Noyes was only made for convenience. Witness thought this was really a fraud, and would be calculated to mislead any stockholder who was endeavor- ing to get at the standing of thecompany. The smountof checks issued to Irwin strack the witness as being very large. Mr. Bellows, the vice president, told witness that it was the in- tention of Stockwell to pay back these moneys at some time. Witness had the impression that these moneys shoull be charged to the person who -gave them The witness was asked to trace the $650.0) entered to Harriott & Noyes throngh the books of the company, which he did up to the closa of the account. ‘Witness was asked with regard to the unexplained account sent from the San Francisco agency in 1872to the company here,ths item of the account being for sundry payments, Washirgton elections, etc , but of this he could furnish no information. Irwin never endorsed ny account to Stockwell. With regsrd to these beet witness identified an entry in the cash tooks in his own handwriting of the K B. Irwin's Washington expenses of £25,000. S far as these entries to Harriott and Noyes were concerned, witness was confident they wer ordinary business loans. Witness then read a number of entries to Eldridge and Irwin, Har- riott and Noyes, and other parties, pe cates eases Central and South America. THE USUAL ONB-HORSE REVOLUTIONS, BTC New Youk, December 30.—Panama to the 20th received. tes Nothing new from the isth- mus. Peruvian dates of the 6th instant state that Plerols d his few adherents still remain in the mountains, sithough an unsuccessfal at- tempt has been made to dislodge them, in which the government troops had 4 killed and 4 wounded. A party of men connected with the mountain robbers made their way into Callao on the 6th and expected to capture one of the castles that command the town and harbor. They were allowed to enter and then the gates were closed. They were all armed, and money was found on them, with which they expected to bribe the soldiers. Later dates state that the rebels in Mount Por- ala were assaulted on the 7th and again on the Sth by the government troops, and were dis- persed in all directions. Pierola, the leader, and bis officers escaped. The battle was fought bring Ba the clouds at an elevation 5,090 feet above the level of the sea. ‘The losses on either sideare net given. Some 3,009 troops were en- gaged in the battle. President manded one party in person. Owing to sum- mary dealings with some of the Costa Ricans who failed in starting a revolution and who fled to Nicauraguan soil, whence they were pur sued, captored and shot, the government of Nicauragus claims that their 601! Las been out od Ww! tion. }- minister, is at Man- Hiow the ice of Coal is to be Kept Up. $5,000 MEN our oo EMPLOYMENT. New York, December 3)—A Puiladet dispatch states that the oper: toreduce the miners’ wages Schuylkill, Lebigh, Upper Lehigh, Wyoming and Lackawanua regions on the firstot Jan uary. As soon asthe new rates are promu/ gated the colliers will strike, and they allege that they are prepared to stand outa year. In other anthracite districts wages will be re duced 10 to 15 per cent., which will also lead to strikes, Ifa strike takes piace, it will add twenty-five thousand miners to sixty thousand that are already out of work New York Notes. CAPTURE OF A CANADIAN BANK BORBRR. New York, December 30.—Robert J. Datla. late cashier of Molson’s Bank of Toronto, wh robbed it of @43,000 recently, was captured last night at Elizabeth, N. J., and brought to thi« city, and $27,000 found on him. He will be held for a requisition from the Canadian authorities THE SPRCIB SHIPMRNTS to Europe to-day amounted to $900,321; which $850,(00 was gold coin. KING KaLaKkava leaves for New Haven and Boston by the mom. ing train to-morro' ee A Pittsburg Iron Firm Bankrupt. PrtTsHvxG, December 30.—Wharton Bros. & Co., iron manufacturers, filed their petition in bankruptcy yesterday. ' The aggregate of the liabilities of the firm 1s #219 551; the assets are stated at £393,547. The low price of :aanufac- tured iron, dullness in trade, and backwardness of customers in paying up, are assigued as the cause of failur The Alabama Inyestigation. MONTGOMERY, ALa., December 30.—Measre. Coburn and Buckner, of the Congressional in- yestigating committee, reached here to-day ‘The remainder of the committee are @til at Opelika, but will reach here to-morrow and re- macn several day Niw Yorr, le: special to the Herald says the situation is grow- g more peaceful under the hope that the con- vention will be able to elect their caudidates on the assembling of the legislature. tes, COUNT VON AKNIM APPRALS. Bertin, December 30—Count Von Arnim appealed yesterday to the Kammergericht from the sentence in his Case. The public prosecutor appealed before the court. +200 Pourticat Norgs.—Yhe Portland (Me.) an- nounces that Judge Peters, of Bangor, has con- sented to the use of his name in connection with the pending United States Senatorship. The pt democratic central commit- tee met in Vicksburg last night =—_ ned the convention called to on ith of January till the of April. at Newburyport, Maas., Paks the choice o! it of The question of the next U. i to overtop all others among the New York po! for the moment. The name of been put forward as a candidate; but, not- wilt the asseverations to the con! bis most friencs declare that he wo. not cocent the etice, oven if elected. ‘That leaves the for the Hon. Francis ee Judge Chareb, and ex-Governor Hoff- GORGEOUS “AMING PALACE, Chamberlin’s New Capitoline tub How at Washi —ithe — penny ng — le = the jome of «The oo Por. Bishing and Viands for n Prince. A Phase of Life at the Capital Dis- cussed, [*« Laertes” in New Fork Graphic.) John F. Chamberiin’s Washington Club- House is now open in the late residence of the British Minister and his legation, on Farragut Square aud Corcoran’s yard, 17th ‘and I tis the most Mr. Morrissey’s Saratoga club is & prim, pisin, business like affair compared With it, although Morrissey’s four large rooms are larger than any of Chamberiin’s, but the interior architecture of the Washington club is more novel and elegant than would appear in any house built especially for gaming purposes It was esteemed fit for a Prince of the Hoase o' Hanover-Bruvewick io make it bis home, and Was erected by one of the most substantia: bankers in the United States fur his durable tamily mansio rented by the British government for $6.000 a year in gold, equal to 12,000 or more in New York city, and has been the ecene of the greatest pardes and reosption« ever given in Washington,viz : Charles Kuapp’s grand tocial party in 1*07 and the state recep- Uon of Prince Arthur in 1870. ITS HISTORY. ‘This bouse was built thirty years or mote ago by Elieha Riggs, brother of George Riggs, the fon of the fcunder of the house of Peabody, Kiggs & Co., afterwards George Peabody & Uo. The Riggs brothers built adjoining each other, George Riggs expending upon his establish. 0 and Elisbas lesssum. Mr. Gerco- associate, afterwards bought nearly &® square of ground between their residences and Lafayette (or the President's) square, and remodeled upon it the old house occupted by Daniel Webster and Joseph Gales successively. There he still resides, aud the corner of his garden wall is right across the street from the Ciub House where Chamberlain presides. With this wall on one side, Facragat square open on suother side, the stablemot the legation—also owned by Chamberlain—in the rear, and shrab bery dividing the Ciub House from Riggs’, this casino is both sequestered and central. The nearest dwellings are those of George Riggs, dames G. Berret, Hamilton G. Fant, Waiter Cox, Anthony Pollock, Ross Ray, Mrs. General Zein, Senator Stockton, General Ed. Beale, and Governor Shepherd. You will perceive that Chamberiain ts in the best of company. ‘When Mr. Knapp received this offer for the legation he waited on George Kizgs and askea if be was willing to pay $90,00) tor the premises, Mr. Riggs sald “No.” Hearing that President Grant also desired to buy the house, it was prof- fered to him with the same refusal.” Having ex- hausted the courtesies of business, he accepted Chamberlin’s offer. it ie understood that Mr Kiges sayg that he does not desire @ better neighbor. ‘This house was built by Elisha Riggs with the design of having # house wholly unique and somewhat in the Elizabethan manor-bouse style. Mf. gn made additions to this to the came etyle, and raised a mansard roof over the whole. "It is a brick house, plastered a pa: yellow stone color, with buttresses, bays, pointed Gothic windows and doors, and a luxarious growth of green creepers covers a part of the end and wall and angle. A bay window at the end is as large aeanordinary room. Tere are two doors trom the street, both in the side oc the Loure, oue leading to the private office and the other to an octagon room at the centre of the house, which rises through three stories, aud is Gothic to the groined arch at the roor the balustrades and rails being all ia Gothic carpentry, to be consistent with the reet of the ceceration. It THE INTERIOR. Entering the main door a negro receives the visitor. Advancing throagh @ carpeted hall, on the right is. reception room, on the left a saloon; beyond the saloon an extension room and the bay aforesaid, aud beyond the exten- sion room, and @ continuation of it, t+ the salv a jouer. The games are roulette, faro, and the other game, whose name I forget, bacharach, or something of that sound. The’ trenie et qua rante table is not yet up. ITS GORGEOUS FITTINGS. An arch out of the gaming-room discloses through the octagon the refectory, a beaatif: apartment with the famons $15,000 Long Braux sideboard in it. The table is elegantiy spreac for supper at midnight. Bebind the refectory & ball intervening, are pautries, and at the eau of the hall is Knapp’s bachelor office, with floors, chambers of ease and bath. Thi become a reading room, letter desk and lounge Over this office on the second floor is the cele brated chamber occupied by Prince Arthur hereatter to be Mr. Chamberlin’s own apart ment. It is oc nal, with & couple of square dressing rooms, bathe, cedar closets five feet deep, and princely accompaniments of al! sort The rosewoo! mirror suspended to the ir something before which Marie Antoinette have been robed. Here, also, the stage, ing case, and bedstead are of solid rosewox little I’ke the flligree furniture of modern ma: utacture. Fiveotber bed-chambers and a sit ting-room are upon the second ficor, and stey ping out of any of them tho round balcony hows over its railings the floor below, while » large chandelier is suspended by a itd about forty feet long from the eye of the Gotuic dome. Three of the eide rooms im this story are for whist and “Boston.” In the thicd story are twelve bed-chambers. THE CUISINE. The basement floor contains a kitchen of ample proportions, in which a new range bas been placed large enough for a hotel. This is the only article required to be added to the es tablishment, Sir Edward Thornton leaving most of Kpapp’s furniture as he found it. The cook, Emeline Jones, is the well-known colossal quadroon woman who has roasted and stewed +o daintily at Long Branch. The steward, Washington Trusty, is also known to men aboat town in New York. There is a dry wine cellar of large s:ze under the corner of the house. ‘The intention of Camberlin and his partuer, Charles Mann, of Philadelphia, is to confine all gaming after this winter to the second floor, and make 8 bachelor’s hotel and restaurant of the firet floor, after the style of the Seratoge Club House. Gaming wiil thus be no more « Visrble feature of the place to @ ton iran! than if he were at Welcker’s, or the Cwen Honse, or the Waehington Club, or any place where poker aud Boston amuse the nights. I do not see, indeed, whenoe the materials are to be found for taro playing in this capital, an- lees the next Congress should bring them in it« wake. Money is scarce here and scheming over. Investigations and buckwheat cakes are the only etaples of the year. There are not li than twenty gaming houses, generally of sm: pattern and in quarters of ambiguous respec: bility, where the Virginians, Marylanders, aut old District roues make their resort, and though: they are perfectiy secure from the la determined effort to break them having sho that the officials were more smirched than the gamesters, yet I could never perceive that any of these people made more than a livelihood But there are men here who play Boston and poker among gentlemen and bave the reputa- tion of being rich. A fair pro} n Of public mon gamble amongst each all the whil when at leisure. It is the babit at the west and routh, and army life taught thousands of young cficers the fascination of the ‘‘draw.” I 3 ‘@ group Of navai officers, Seouasing Commenter Cushing, who died last week, his rash and large wages on shi; , with ® small poker hand, were as characteristic as his cal bravery. But there is no hotel nor Servaut and keep tp the a ct The hotels y have from the combat all night. card-rooms detached the house. It remains to be seen whether a a ae house will woo sporting element from its many sanctums, and realize the ideas of Chamberlin. A club- house is seldom individual property or even a juently of the deal until thi wateber who can under- the sympathetic. Moreover, Se ee pt nap ede nd mi Terpectable sort than andation any . With their occasional dissipations. bh chief are merely hard merchants. with the advantage at every point. They get pawnbrokers’ interest—not — Ber per minute. is a small ee AS know that every man to advised me never to try i : i bi i are guid to be two. This game was introduced in England, some aay dy (reneral Schenck, be tos strong player, @ trifle too obetiz te, abd ttm Simplicity and the powerful grip it has on the encitabilities, as well asthe steadier amt mere unflinching ‘gualities, have greay recom Mendce it to Hritone d THE HOEPITAL'TY OF T In France the empire took site of ours with the deep-seated sion of ing, rigidly suppressing it, but tarn- bg it into revenue throngh various municipal lotteries for useful objects, themselves taxed by the imperial barpy. M. Rinne, the great gam~ dier of Monaco, to whose hereditary prince he PSY £100,000 a yoat for the privilege, is the ‘me whom the Kaiser ropelled from Baden- Baden. John Chamberlin is the first sporting man who bas assumed to ieop aclub house on the scale of such magnificence © istrict, of Columbia. Nothing is more unobdtrasive than this place; nobody loiter aroand it; there 1. po appearance of illegality in clued shutters OF pallid doorkeepers. To oli exterior appear. ance it is still the home of the British minister, with stables, grooms, ccermorics, as be- fore. Entering, a well-dreseed negr way, Mann, in his habitual cloth and rather be meets the | arrivals un Sideboard ie ruggested by the oli Trusty, as a matter worth consultation’ The whole of the lower part of the hous, b: liantly lighted, and room unfolding to ‘room Over @ large ares, rather dagries the eve and Mind with a sense of exter’ is farther borne out by th o rLAcE. ree the beman general of gilt aud kreen—o Rosewood and red fedar are Brusels, worr pictures amonget the ireck tem: pie. Tn the automs of next rear the house will bo tarni-hed. “The following wrtimes of food wrre called © servant the night I teak (sixteen pomnda, Ak), mutton chops, sweet breads, lambs’-triee, brotled ee, chic pige’ feet, snipes, Quek, halibut, ‘emelts, roast tu; Sixteen Persone in all are required to conduct the place as at present, before the hotel feature ts aided. he visible proprietor of this house—Cham- derlin—is @ stout, Itailan-looking man of not more than 83 years of age, and pouthful appearance and dress. He ts ra Diavo than brigand sort of tn the performance, more beau he does not approach the king, and pacifes up and down th gaming rooms like @ sergeant-at-arms whom he barber has greatly exerted himsif upon, The chief performer at the baize was a man of such exceeding baldness he seemed to me to be naked from the waist up, end to have abandoned a Tory Profitable occupation as @ milliner's block. “If it is neosesnry to beas @ little new-born child to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, this man can gratefully sing,"Just ag 1am, without one plea!” This institution wil! suggest the qdestion of what kindof government is to be given to this District, for on that deponds the regulation of subjects like the above, which are lutrenched inmeans and friends, and can be expelled by nothing less thas Fovernment or poverty. By the former, doubtful. F Count Vom ARwim—Repor! of a om Between Vom Arum and President Thiers om the Prospects of Peace.—Among the documents contained in the indictment against Count von Arnim was one from bim to Prince Biemark,dsted February 7, 15T3. In this he reports that President Thiers asked him, on the faith of & gentleman, to state whether it was true that Germany would declare war against France after the payment of the indemnity. President Thiers added that be desiral peace and the country also desired peace, notwith- standing appearances. Count von Arnim states in bis report: *I thought 1 should not be justie fied in declining to answer these questions on the ground that 1 must not allow myself to be pushed into corner between “ia fot dun gentithomme? and ‘les devoirs d'un amiassadeur.” 1 therefore did uot scra- : to tell the President that it was my honest conviction that neither His Majesty, the Emperor, nor his advisers, nor the nation at large at all sought, pi i with Fran: enormous to be eacily P continuance of peace. A new war would entalt freeh sacrifices upon individuals, and at best leave individuals unrequited, be the terms of ce ever 80 advantageous. 'M. Thiers might be convinced ence for all that the Germa\ though warlike, would never be beilicose bors. It was unfortunately different with the French, who were laying up stores of hatred which must explode before long, unless, indeed, it were possible to induce the nation to adopt acaimer attitude. The present flerce dixposi- tion of the French involved a danger respect which M. Thiers would do well not to deceive himeelf. Westwarp Bourp Mammwomites.—On Mon- day afternoon a special train of thirteen cars, containing eeven hundred Russ passed through Harrisburg, Pi southwestern Xansas, where they have pur- chased homes. The Mennonites are # thrifty aud well-to-co class of ummigrants, a valuable acquisition to this country and @ corresponding joes to Kiussia. Their well-known peaceful character, and decided opposition to bearing armr or performing military duty, bas led thou- FAnds O1 these people to expatriate themselves within the past year, frem their native land to feek new bomes tpon the broad and fertile prairies of America. The Rassian government Bad decreed to them the alternative of military duty or expatriation, and they have chosen tue latter. Recently the Czar has modified the ukase, avd if both parties cau come to an un- derstanding thls tide of emigration will prob- ably cease ABgayr Jensey Boy.—0n Suoday last a dozen boys were playing on the ice at Trenton, when a portion suddenly gave way and precipi- tated a large boy, named David Geisueicher, into deep water. He shouted for help, and companion, named Wm. Parks, ander 15 of age, ran to bis assistance, graaping bis hand a8 be was sinking the last time. By great ex- ertion be succeeded at last in dragging him upon firmer ice, where he was sate. His res- cuer, two years ago, caught a little girl, whose foot was fast in a switch, and pulled her loose just in time to eave her from being crushed by 8 locomotive, which ran over o ‘tion of bis cost. Within s month from that time he plunged into the canal and brought the drown- 3 brother of the girl to shore, making three lives he bas been the means of saving, Deata oy Esrartsgo.—a cable telegram reports the death, on the 2ist instant, of Espar- tero, the veteran Spanish statesman and gen- eral. Althongh identified with the roy: % Espartero has managed to keep on terms with the provisional and republican govern- ments that have rison during the latter part of his life. He wasa nativeo! La Mancha, hav- ipg been born at Grantuia in 1792, and was the youngest cf nine children of a cartwrigut. Was originally iuterded for the priesthood. A the expulsion of Isabella, in 1805, be fal cay horted the provisional at onetime proposed by his as King of Spain, but the proposal was not fa- vorably received by the Cortes. Virws or Pascuat Grovesst ix RecarD To Bremargcs’s Dssio: M. P set, the communist, in @ letter to the London ‘Limes, says:—Privce Bismarck has decided on the publication of bis special opinions of three Zears ago, for the very reason that times and events have modified them in a diametrically opposite sense. It suits his policy to leadmen to believe that be sees a beuelit in the consoli- dation of a republic in France, for government by wi herself. Lastly, above these s; aime intention of making France believe that her true interests, at home and abroad, are identt- fied with those of monarchy and Papacy. Monx Sap PaRricvLage or T: killing many of the subseq vent! An j Sccuncbintnitara setae completing the destruction. The eae aes of the vossel is 74. An “InTIutDATION” Case was tried before burg, Ve-von Monday, the Res Wc Gace, of the M.'s. church, being of intimidating who aD dence showed that bed i #8? | i | ir :