Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1875, Page 1

THE EV seen PUBLISHED DAILY, Sanday: Excepted. AT TUE STAR BUILDIN Fenusylvania Avenae, cor. Lith St. The Evening S. H. KAUF BY Newspaper Company, MANN, Pres't. —— THE EVENING STAR és « autser * ‘ ed by carriers ¢ ¥ 15 CENTS IN F_ELLES & €¢ OR D'S OPERA HOUSE. THE CULMINATION OF SPLENDOR Ou MONDAY. tar the WATERS THE S LENTON FAMILY. 4in nomber The BoISSET FAMILY. ¢in namber; GRAND BAL 2 PREMIREIS CUNDOS, T Cocupany SATORDAY. Y NEXT 1 RYPHE Avda Fall Drama MATINEE MOND A @ AL FON = AE MPTY Dt FOR Es OPERA Holst E UNCEMENT. BY THE KEL MEANY mPTy ans KTANT ANN AND MATINEE +LISH OPERA Ot “t te that h NEXT. JANUARY §, AT 2 O'CLOCK asiun V » very euccessful grand ERNANE, te steond porte Mr CARL LS Mr COYLE Pported by tle FULL CHORUS AND GRAND ORCHESTRA ef the Kellogg Opera Company General Admission. 1: Reserved Seat extra, Family Circle. 20 cent SECURE SEATS AT THE OPERA HOUSE. Si and Mir yWecnts ¥ 4. 75, every evening TRDAY MATINEE HeWA RD. word character weeas "i eis 12 abbans TOMS CARIN tab Child Act tp with pew a LUM i appropriate “GRAND MATINEE SATURDAY AT 2. MONDAY. JANUARY 11, OLIVE LOGAN ©. LIFE AT LONG “SURF tof the c wemy Vocalists. Mise HE. West yans-6t* port Ww ILLAKD HAL FRIDAY EVENING. JANUARY 8, 1575, CONCERT. ENCE SCHLIECKER will give at reapectfnily f 4 ec amisted by Misy Jeanne ¢. Mr. Tixmae G. Shater f known merit fs E CONCERT nat the ERTIES MARKET, al Sth ets. t ‘RAND PROMENAD! Will te gis s fis MEN'S CHa! Tae Ww ‘Tue Protestant Ox T Ome, ANNs INFANT AsTLUM AN ASYLUM © Fawity oF Josrrn Metz. ately killed at this Building, and io NUMENT, ttn: who was unf op THUR dects-td Free BALLS AND PARTIES MADAME E. BASTIEN. (From Baltimore.) > aud a this business for the last aranters fall ar AMPOULNG. HATH and, DRESSING a <p: to in their 1 by leaving thei CHAS. BAUM SC _ deelS = TT HARRY DONEHL 40~ “COSTUMER, 425 Livm Starer. Near E New and neatly-fitted up Parlors and Show-rocms and a deutly-inereased stock of MASQUERADE avo THEATRICAL COSTUMES, eral hundred new and costly Dresses, ery variety of Costume—Ladies’, 7" TRICALS, CERTS. E THE LKS CON ge ¥ COSTUMER, 605 OT Stazrr Nortuwest. LEAU sul VHEATHICAL COSTUMES kent te LEAU and ATHICAL Cos 3 Kept on baud -— MASKED FALLS aud PARTIES supplied at reascpatic raice ber, a Mask is furni«h 1 Costuines delivered and called for L. ALEY, 60% Wth street Gt» No.) UN EXHIBITION ayo SALE | New No 456 3 at 439 ru 1 § MARKRITER'S, ‘Tra St Neo. 439 Teh Sr worn Dand E streets, exght 1 we Odd Fellows’ Hall, Chromos, &e fir, tangings, Window Frames, Picture Cords end Tas in the District 1 with exch eet} 4m and Number. LECTURES. jelly AT Ete R SATURDAY EVE su aT GOVERNOR W. FM. ARNY AND NAVAJO INDIANS. inces of the Roeky Mountains, thei Religion, Ac. e., and the or used to Civilize, Chrivtianize, and make eld sustaining the Red Men of the West.’ The dale o Tnlians will alec 6 their o hich will be interpreted." Gabere will be fp attendanes tv seat the audience yan7 St" BY NESS SUITS. PITS for ™ TS for 16 TITS for 10 ITS for. 8 A. STRAUS, 1011 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUB, deel? tr Between 10th and lth streets. Ts wil h and Parties with MUS ES Orders left with Metzerott & Bis Music Store, or at C 's, F st. will Feceive promy. attention. Music for the German a npecialty idence, 1747 S street northwest, asbingion, D.C nov$-3eu Boroens SAUSAGE. DRIED BEEF, “MUKED TONGUES, | LORN SONS., S- ENE GROCERS) [)XAMINE THE §3 BRAZILIAN PEDBLES I AMINE Oe Shut ¥OR 10 Gokd Frame GLASSES for @6. re ERMOMETER for 453 Pennsylvania ave’, cor. 435 st. JOTICE—Gentlemen's end Boys’ Suits — Coat Pants and V jJanétr 1418 Peun. Ave., opp. Willard’s Hotel i for i 1 an iH. HEMPLER, Optician, tx and Veste—will be reasonable bj AGHKUDER, Tailoress, No. 1191 Wth street, ‘Land M bosthwest. aaa? vening Sta tr, "©, 45—N°. 6,799. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1875. TWO CENTS. EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. Mrs. ™m ri Graxt’s RECEPTZONS will com- on the second yarday in January three o'clock p. m., lasting until five o'clock p. m. on each reception day The President's public r 8 Will oc- cur as follows:—Tuesday evening, January 12th; Tuesday evening, February 2d; Tues- day evening, February 2x. State Dinners:—Tuesday, January 26th Tuesday, Pebruary 9th. INTERNAL REVEN this source to-day wer The receipts from THE RECUSANT Wit arrived at the jai but the room was t ly for bir ntlelpation of his being taken there t Lt has been issued for a eancus on night in the House of Representa- | 1 the republican members of Con- for the purpose of discussing southern ~ IT AGAINST tary of the Tr Svee Fort—The Secre- ury has directed suit to be Sugg ‘ort, who, it al- he payment from the govern- ona claim ascertained to have been fraudulent Tux New Disrrict MMISSIONER.— The nomination of Captain Seth Ledyard ner, vice Henry ly placed before triet Committee, this morn- A detail of the THE SENATE GALLERIES Capitol police was placed in the aisles of the gent v's galleries of the Senate, tt omer of the Senate yeste ‘pplause which has ¢ ently during the Louisia a SOUTHERN CLAIMS.—Colonel S. B. Hol bind, who was the chief quartermaster New Orke ar, has been under exam s outhern Claim comimiss: w the past four or five days relstion to th i “many elaims filed by perse that section of the country. Toe RcRxep MAIL —All the mail for the th that accumulated in this eity yester- #8 what came up from the South the t in the accident « ac railroad. The mi: alamity. RFNOMINATION OF SENATOR CHANDLER. republican caucus of the Michigan le- gislature last night, 57 members were present wi Chandler, 52 Judge Gov 1. Mr. 'Chand- unanimous by a reyrson tl th e is little doubt of Mr. Chand- lection. Prrsoxat.—Arrival at Willard’: Hon. T. A. Seott, Pa., Col. Green, S. C.; Hon. A.W. Markley, N. J.; John F. Starr, N. J.; . J. Filbert, Pa.; Albert Crane, Chicag: J... Whitehouse, N.Y. E. Law Hon. Leonard Myers, Paz D. 1 to-da, THE INDIANA SENATORSHIP.—The dem- ocratie caucus of the Indiana legislature for the nomination of a United States Senator eheld to-night. The contest between pminent candidates, the Hon. J. E. ald and the Hon. D. W. Voorhee ues bitter. The result is doubtful, and ram from Indianapolis says the indi- neither can be elected with- id of independent votes, and it is net improbablethat a compromise may be Je between the republicans and independ- <, in which case one from the latter party will be chosen. The independents named in connection with the Senatorship are the Hon James Buchanan of Indianapolis, and the Hon. Harvey D. Scott of Terre Haute. The latter is now state senator, elected two years ago by the republicans. CONFIRMATIONS BY THE SENATE.—The Senate, in executive session, yesterday con- firmed the following nominations:—R. B. Hunt, supervisor of internal revenue, vice Kenneth R. Cobb, resigned; John C. Howell, chief of bureau of yards and docks; A. 4 Austin, John S. Bogg and R. A. Wignhart to be assistant surgeons in the navy; M. T. dicott, Brownell Granger and A. C. Menoc civil engineers in the navy; Commodore Na- poleon Collins to be rear admiral; Captains Pierce Crosby, J. 5. Creighton and John Febiger to_be commodores; Commanders D. L. Braine, R. R. Breese, Lieuts. Kimberly and Bancroft Gherardi to be captains; Lieut. Com- manders Wm. T. a B. Cromwell and Geo. W. Hayward to be commanders, and a number of naval ——— in lower grades, sent to the Senate Dee. 22d. Tuer LOUISIANA AFFAIR BEFORE THE Caprnet.—tThe Cabinet met to-day, with the following members present:—Secretaries Fish. Bristow Robeson and Belknap, Post- master General Jewell and Attorney General Williams. Assistant Secretary Cowan rep- sented the Interior department. Additional tehes from New Orleans were presented peretary of War. ches regarded for the present as confidential matter. and cannot be given to the press. It is understood, however, that they do not con- tain any news which is calculated toincrease the existing ba armies regarding affairs in Louisiana. It is probable that the Presi- dent will, during the day, transmit to Con- gress some documents collated by the War Department and the Department of Justice, relative to affairs in Louisiana, and will ac- company the same with a special message on the subject. THE VoTEIN THE HOUSE ON THE SEN- ATE FINANCE BILL.—As announced in yes- terday’s Stak the Senate financial bill passed the House without amendment or de- bate. Not a democrat voted for the bill. The " nanan es in Re aeeive we Hillard, of Vermont; int tris, Pierce, Gooch, E. R. Hoar, G. F. Hoa Dawes, of Mi nsetts; Hawley, necticut; Scudder, Lawson and Clarke, of ‘w York; Kelley and Townsend, of Penn- lvania; Niles, of Mississippi; Sherw: 78 negatives ing and cu nard, Farwell, Messrs. have voted no. Mr. who would have yoted no, was paired with Mr. Hubbell, of Michigan. AID FOR THE WASHINGTON AND OHIO RarLeoap—Mr. Lewis this morning intro between W: and the Ohio river, a otal distance of not exceeding 350 miles. The bonds to vered company SS Saas eee ea ee tion, a ‘The endorsement shail not be made until the road shall have filed with the Secretary of fault on the part of the com} to the pay- ment of the interest upon ieald guarauvesd Se ae td = Bearin five per cent. interest, porous semi-OnD! ly: w mittee, The Stowell Inquiry. | TESTIMONY FOR THE DEFENCE. At the session of the Naval Committee of the House, last evening, the investigation of the alleged saic of a nayal cadetship by Rep- resentative Stowell was continued. E Governor Wells resumed the cross-examin: tion of Graham. Wells produced five due bills from Graham to Stowell, the first dated M 2, and the last November of the same year, amounting in the aggregate to 00. ‘This’ was a year before the disposal of ip. Counsel produced those due t Graha having paid owed him the 31: which Graham acknowledged to be still due to Stowell . Gooch, a member nd Ohio Railroad punt of the sale of paid $520 By depot to Stowell, the cadetship. seemed from the subsequent testimony the lth of December last Gral from Richmond, sent a nm ning him that he was at the ld be found there be- Subsequently bh ut Sioweil refused on ac hours. owell’s hotel, b vans, colored, was sworn, and testified that he isa member of the Virginia , and secretary of the committee for the 4th Congressional district; the reeom- mendation of the youth § oleraft for a cadetship waas shown to him; it was signed by George Graham, as chairman, and sph P. Evans, as secretary; the witness id he did not sign the pap ned had no knowledge of his) name appearing until Stowell showed him the paper in Riehmond; he did not authorize Graham to siga his name at any time. The committee has postponed the further investigation in the case until next Tuesday. Tae Hovse CommiTrer RAILROADS has oppointed on the subject of relief to the Southern Pacific railroad as asked by Col. Scott and others, consisting of 8 of Louisiana, Wells, of Missouri, and Barnum, of Counecticut. Tue Hovse Jupiciary COMMITTER agreed to make an adverse report upon the bill providing for one additional represent: tive in Congress from the s RosstTer T. RayMonp. who called Moul ton a liar in Plymouth chureh when the lat ter was somewh er the report mo inin: s before the onl PETITION OF THE District Frere In the Senate this morning Mr. Lewis in| duced @ memorial from the members of the District fire department protesting against the reduction of salaries proposed in. the Morrill bill, and asking that they be in creased. The petition sets forth that the pres- ent compensation is barely sufficient to sus- tain life, and that they have to protect @ large amount of goverment property. and are compelled to be at their posts exe a few hours onee in every six days. memorial was referred to the District Com- mittee. OVER HALF MILLION oF DOLLARS (IN PAPER) BuRNED.—The circulars sent out by the controller of the currency calling for an exhibit of the condition of national banks at the close of business on the 3ist_ of December last, were destroyed by the burning of the Postal car on the Baltimore and Potomac ra ast. These calls will be duplicated wai Some four hundred thousand dollars inne’ national bank notes sent from the controll office were also burned. It is possible tha large portion of these notes may be returne | in a charred condition, and may be identified Between two and thiee hundred thousand dollars of legal tenders and fractional reney, which was sent to the assis urerat New York and to the nation deposi- tories in the north and east, were aiso de- stroyed. ABOUT THE Frner PArER— t occurred this morning before the House Committee on Banking and Currency which produced quite a sensation among th members of the cornmittee and the specta- tors. The attorney for one of the New York bank note companies drew attention to a8 +n. lence in the report of the Sceretary of Treasury stating that not a piece of the fiber paper upon which our government issues is printed had ever been lost. As showing that the Secretary's informant had misled him, the attorney threw upon the committee's table a bundle containing one hundred sheets of localized fiber paper that had been manu- factured by the government, and had come into the possession of the bank note compa nies. The attorne: came in ion of this government paper until Mr. MeCartee, superintendent of the En- graving and Printing Bureau, could be present to be interrogated about this singular affair As it is understood generally that the fiber paper is @ protection, and a point having Been made o| this by the department, it would be well to have this branch of the bank not? printing controversy thoroughly investig: ed, as the Secretary and the community m need information on this point. This m: may be explalned satisfactorily, but the pub- lic will demand that there shall be a system adopted that is absolutely safe. The paper account between the department and these New York bank note companies has been closed long since, and yet the above named one hundred sheets of fiber ‘Paper are remain- ing over and unaccounted for. TAXATION OF CHURCH PROPERTY IN THE DisTRict.—The Senate District Committee at its meeting this morning heard Rev. Drs. Sunderland, Addison, Grey and Butler, on the petition of clergymen of the District for the exemption of church property from taxa- tion. These gentlemen urged in a very earnest manner the favorable consideration of their etition on the part of the committee. The law oa it at present stood, they said, placed an embargo upon religion. In some countries where there was a union of church and state, the state provided liberally for the support of the church. Here it was pi toreverse this, and to make the church help to support the state. The law was also discriminative, inasmuch as all charitable and educational institutions were exempt, and under this exemption some religious sects held immense and valuable estates free from taxation, while others who only owned the ground upon which their churches the matter at an early LIBEL Suir Anour a Love Story.— 2 P. Wileox, a that Mi lady were at @ hotel over night tier, last is wife $30,000 rr fered HEAVY SvITs.—Suits were instituted in New York on Wednesday by A. N. Fifer, T. “Bellows, MT. Upton, atid others, against Per aaa s Pee ae ving omer pat totes that ‘the assignment of the claims jaa ee bind- | aid given steamship lines The Pacifie Mail Investigation, EXAMINATION OF MESSRS. PARSONS AND SCHUMAKER. The Committee of Ways and Means this morning resumed the Pacific Mail inquiry. REPRESENTATIVE PARSONS. Mr. Parsons, M. C. from Ohio, at his own request, was Sworn:—He read a wri ment to the effect that when the subsidy was granted by the 42d Congress he was a prac- tising lawyer in the city of Cle id. and marshal of the United Sts ren Court; that three years ago Mr. Stockwel who had long been his client in Cleveland and whom he knew well, asked him at when he was not a member of Con. assist the P fe Mail com subsidy. Thereupon he cc tisties of countries; the relative cost ¢ try and on the béen in favor i Janeiro to reeom- iment the advisa- of giving a Brazilian subs' ean line. After the subsid i is labors in_ its aid had been complete 1, Stockw for his bill. His connection public, and he did not g in practising his profes- sion While hi marshal of the Supreme Court. He was paid by Stockwell and by Irwin $1,000; no other m w. directly “or ‘indirectly paid” him. is amount he paid $1,500 to his brother- | Ww, Who assisted him. He was employed | Stockwell seven months before the subsi- | dy passed. No person was present when Ir- | Win paid money to any person, and had no | knowlaige of ahy money being paid to aay member of Congress. He did uot deliver tie argument he had prepared favoring the sub- | sidy, because it was found that the Sei committee before which he was to have r the argument, wereso unanimous in tavor of the subsidy that it was considered unneces- s . Henever asked any member of Cou- gress to vole for the bill, and never called r ber of Congress in with Irwin upon any m its interest. He never employed anybody to and Irwin never told him who jloyed to assist him. He had had stock speculations with Stoe.<well before the passage of the subsi:ly. and sine; it was his private business; he lost mouey, however, on the outcome. | he was attor- | y, Mr. Sock- a pracising aS not at hat beon wed to the is and went to bank in titcertified. Dit hay It was drawn by Richar B. Irwinand was so lorset as to becom: payable He took it to some bank in New York to get it certified, but does not aber just what bank it was; thought it was the Bank of Comine: Q. Did you receive the check from Irwin? | A. That is something confidential between myself and client. Q. Ifitwas not of that confidential rela- tiols, would you tell? A. I could and would tell. i Q. Did you receive it as compensation for services rendered ? | A. I received it from one of my clients; 7, pe v York city to gel check for $215,000. did no: receive it all as compensation ior services; my share for services amounted in of $10,000. I took the the neighborhood $215.q00 cheek to the Brooklyn Trust com- at the direction of my client, had up into smaller checks; sent the | checks thus broken up to persons as directe | | by my client, reserving 210,000 for myself. | Q. Were the broken checks returne | to the Pacific Mai y? A. Again the question of client and eoun- | sel omes up—if 1 am forced to answer I will | tel Q. Whom did you instruct the Brooklyn ‘Trust company t send these checks to? A. Idon't think I ought to tell that; what passed between me and the Brooklyn Trust company was as between attorney and coun- sel—what I did tygre was in personification of my client; the BMoklyn Trust company in breaking of the $275,000 check passed to my credit £125,000, it was not my instructions to the bank ‘to have this done; it. was a mis- take; they misunderstood me; in breaking up the large check three smaller ones were given in the Marine bank, of New York; I directed the Brooklyn Trust company to pass them to certain clients indicated by me. Q. How was the $125,000 about Which the mistake was made distributed’ A. It was sent to my clients; when I found itout I said this is a mistake; the check, with the exception of $10,000 was then brokeu up and sent to my clien' Mr. Schumaker began an explanation ina very rapid manner, when he was interrupted by r. Dawes, who said: Don’t talk so fast, Mr. Schumaker; you ovewhelm me, A. Well, you are hand to overwhcim. Witness ‘then testified that the broken checks were all sent to one person, in one di- rection, and at one time; some of the broken checks were for amounts aggregating $29,000. Q. Were the broken checks paid to ‘the same person you received the $275,000 check from? A. It would be a fine distinction to say they were not. Q. Would it be a distinction without a dif ferent A. Cobldn’t say that it would. Aftera good deal of questioning the witness stated that the checks were all sent to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company—to Mr. Stockwell. He also said that before he would sacrifice his honor as attorney, by revealing the secrets of his clients (one of whom was now in jail), and without their consent, he would be willing to walk out of Congress; also, thathe had never bribed a member of Congress, in the 42d House or any other. The committee adjourned, subject to the call of the chairman. CONFESSION OF A MAIL-BAG ROBBER— Samuel Woodward, aged 17, the eldest of the three boys committed on pomeey. by Com- missioner Shields for robbing mail-bags,con- fessed subsequently to his commitment that he bad been robbing the mail for about eight months, stealing an average of $30 per day. Only $39 was found in his possession at the time of his arrest, and he said he had spent all the rest of his ill-gotten gains. He had squandered most of the money, and he ex- eS great sorrow for a “young lady” bow on 7th avenue, near 2d street, use a ial Agent Sharretts had taken from her andsome blue silk dress, a stylish opera cloak, and overshoes, presented to her by Woodward, and which he admitted had been purehased by him with stolen money. An effort is — made to recover a pair of bracelets, costing $17, presented by Wood- ward to“a young lady” in a confectionery store in Grand street... ¥. Times, ith. A HUSBAND ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING H1s BRIDE.—Three months of se two ran and were marsied in ladelphia, and the groom was arrested on complaint of the = father, tried, and found guilty of ab- juction, but before sentence was ed fainted. Sympathy was felt for him, and his friends have unceasingly. t last week's court Colonel Cannon hat sentence be son said that the "s father, while not will- | lon of ‘the existence of imagin: } and reborn | $15,000, inclusiy The Louisiana Question. SUMMARY OF LAST NIGHT'S NEWS. Nothing new is ed from New Orleans in military circles. Both houses of the Kel- logg legislature are stil] in session, while the mservatives remain in caucus. Governor Kellog jew that he ld abide by the decision of the Congres- sional committee if they ald arbitrate the €lection cass N, OF GRORGIA, telegran in answer to se sent the following “Governor John Me Enery,- Lieutenant Gover nor Penn, and R. H, Mary: | congratulate you on the forbearance of the people. Still for- bear, Bear every wrong; and if arrests and handeuffs are resorted to still forbear, and your rights will be vindic You cannot Louisiana, of th erty, than by continue even unto Geath. NERAL SHERIDAN’S NOUNCED. The foreign residents of New Orleans held a Mecting at St. Chi 1 yesterday and adopted resolutions to the effect that although t orcigners does net permit pinion as to distarbing the en to nd to the honorable law-abiding whom they are brought in ieneral Sheridan’s dispat nd is caleulatss re and degrade them in the eyes of the community atlarge.as weil as their countrymen at hon ciety in general. Atameeting of Tammany Hall ( committee yestentay resolutions of pro: and denune gainst’ General Sheri- he government action eral pispatch pr- now re the character giv io and t e passed The Catholic bishop of Little Rock and a number of other divines of that city have issued an address to the people of the Unite. States in which they say: “There have been no persecutions, political or otherwise, and as far at we haye been able to learn no white league or any other similar association. As General Sheridan has not been in Arkansas, and could only have formed bis opinion of hearsay. this fact may account for an opin- evils, for which he propose hich of itself would extinguish all law and procure a e dition of atfairs which would be terrorism indeed.”” The Missonri legislature met yesterday a organized 6 ZOVErnOr'S Message W: ceived. 1 hing the Louisiana q' the governor takes strong ground against Kellogg government and federal interk and urges the legislature to adopt reso- * expressive of the indiguation felt: by ole a Tennessee legisiat ature upon the affairs ex congratulates the je i that no such state of nnessee as in Loui: ay 1 ‘nds a solemn and earnest pro- t from. th islature against the govern- t action in Louisiana. Arkansas legislature yesterday res- of protest were «lopted and an ap- peal made to the candid judgment of the peo- ple of these United States to know whether or not the southern states are mere provinces or independent states within and composing @ partof this union, with the constitutional right to govern in their own local affairs. JURY IN THE BeEcuer Tiitox CasE.—In the Brooklyn City court yester Ly the proceedings in the Tilton-Beecher suit was ms incl. Lewis Robinson, the first Juror chosen, was proven to bave’ expressil &n opinion, und was discharged. Witnesses were also produced showing that Mr. Lewis, also selected as a juryman, had expressed an opinion, and he Was excused, leaving only six jurors in the box. Christopher Fitler was chosen as the se nuel Flate as the eighth, A. 5 gist, as the ninth, Edward Whelan, builder, as the tenth, Wm. H. Davis, real estate dealer, as the el-venth, and Edward Blunt, dealer in paints, as the twelfth. The N. Y. Tribune says: More searching in- quiry into the personal character and the | mental condition of jurors was probably never witnessed in any trial, not even for the highest crimes, than is made by thi : tive counsel of Beecher and haseven been had to the unusual process of trying jurors by summoning their acquaint- | 0 their acts. In this way | atices io testify Mr. Beecher’s counse rejecting a juror yesterday sacceedod in rhose principal fault ap- peared to be entire ignorance of the case. Mr. ‘ilton's counsel sought to impeach one of the jurors accepted on Tuesday. All this in- dicates simply the caution with which jurors are selected. Eight have been obtained ti far, but all are subject to peremptory ¢! lenges. It is anticipated, nevertheless, that the impaneling of the jury will be completed to-day. Broc OTHER BiG SCANDAL.—Yes- terday ex-Judge Greenwoo, the referee in the suit instituted against ex-congressman and ex-postmaster of Brooklyn Thomas Kinsella, by Thomas W. Field, superintendent of public schools, for the recovery of damages Sustained in the seduction of the wife of the plaintiff, submitted his report. He finds that the plaintiff was duly married to Emeline Van Sickles, and also that the defendant is guilty of the charges preferred. He also finds that the parties, through their respective at- torneys, had entered into an agreement that if the referee decided that the plaintiff is en- litled to damages, the sum assessed should be of costs and disbursements. The court accepted the findings of the referee and made the necessary onler to enforce it.— N.Y. Herald, ith. It may be stated that Mr. Fields has also hus instituted proceedings for divorce. The de- | fendant Kinsella, it will be remembered, in his paper, the Brooklyn Eagle, warmly es- pouses the cause of Mr. Beecher. Is it a case of “birds ofa feather,” &c. CLASPING HANDS IN THE FLORIDA Le- GISLATURE.—Several ballots were taken in the Florida senate yesterday for president protem. No election. met W. W. Hicks made a short and eloquent speech, counseling harmony and good feel- ing, and wound up Be enrages Tt. Hannah, democrat, of Washington county. Hannah was elected speaker on the first bal. lot, having received twenty-seven conserva- tive and three republican votes. Hannah is the first democrat elected speaker in the house since 1866. Both houses adjourned un til to-morrow at 12 m. tat ig renee STRIKE AT vier IVER.—AS a temporary arrangement the operatives at Fall River, Mass., accept the mill-owners’ terms, but the feeling is so bit~ ter that a strike is imminent. most digeverly oot excited meeting of the operatives Wednesday night, all bet orous for @ strike. The leaders staved off the crisis until Saturday, when, it is believed, the distrust and tent will culminate in @ general cessation of Work. One of the mills, ind in making up tts accounts, failed to pe al operatives Wednesday, and they 8 yestenay, :or Brown, in his message to the | When the assembly | FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. ———_— Fripay, January & SENATE.—Mr. Ingalls, from the Commit tee on Pensions, reported adversely on House bill granting a pension to the widow of Rear Admiral Winslow, and it was iudifinitely postponsd. . from the same committee. bill in re: er to the com e The b th *PRIATION BILL nents, reported by th m »propriation for the naval «00 the appropriation for provisi nand marines: Striking out the proviso that rep: steam boilers and machinery be doc navy yants when practicabl Incr t ropriation for heating and ligh: Jemy and school ships from $10,,000 to £15,000; AY riating $5.00 for transportation of officers traveling without troop: Appropriating 320.000 for the’ ps discharged soldiers for clothing not: The bill was then passed Mr. Lew is itroxtuced bill to aid the Wash- ington and Ohio read in the eons! ion of their road to the Ohio river. Als« t @ memorial of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia. Referred to the Com- mittee on the rict of Columbia. THE MILITARY IN LOUISIANA. Pontinished business, being the resolu- conduet of the mill- ate ux Dis’ tary in Louis Mr Introd: of inquiry addressed to the Pres: the conmluct of Louis 1.8. cavalry. ‘The now, th rk (Mr. Con ling) ving it diseret nt to answer. and with a foll t of Major Merrill been ser to win Lontsiana compared with er since the days + revolut been brought face to face with such grave as those now confronting them. Jt S government is to remain one ual states or whether it is to be merged » military dictator- ship. He si rks of the Senators from i from Vermont (E is aD) Were tel to obseure tt ypeals to divert munds) the the cts. In states lation of nal been tab- Igated within less than a week after the election. In great cities of equal population with that state they had been tabulated and proclaimed within forty eight hours. But in Louisiana the re- turning board was occupied in eanvassing the returns within a fraction of two months and in every case of dispute or doubt they de- cided in favor of the Kellogg party. srocecded to review the cireumstances of Monday last in New Orleans. He claimed ‘vatives had on Monday law ai the legislature, there being quorum present. He would tht as to the swearing in of th But he asked the Se: jean people, w: stitution or the prence of the I with three Louisiana, the elec ulated and prom But of the same sad history of he last twoyears. Mr. B. then quoted from 2 speech of his made on the puisiana bill in 1s73, where he warned the American people that the dangers menacing the liberties of Louisiana menaced at the same time the liberties of all the other states. HOUSE OF RRPRESENTATIVES.—On the Treasury was directed to send wo the House a statement of the receipts from cus- toms revenue for the second quarter of the | fiseal year 1814-75; and also to state whether | his estimate of the receipts for the last two warters of the year has undergon® such a change as would in his opinion require ad ditional taxation. Mr. Gunckel (Ohio) introduced a joint reso- lution in relation to the appointment of m: agers of the asylum for disabled volunteers. Referred. Mr. Hunton (Va.) introduced a bill for the relief of — Williamson, of Fairfax county | Va., late a guide and scout of the U.S. army Referred Mr. Biery (Pa.) introduced a bill providing that no additional tax shall be levied on a Successor or Successors in the dissolution of a partnership. Referred. IRWIN’: DITION. Mr. Dawes (Mu |. a8 & privileged ques- tion, precented @ eertificate signel by Drs y. P. Johnston and A. Y. P. Gurgett, settin, | forth that R. B. Irwin's physical and’ mental | condition was such that his confinement in | jail might be attended with the most serious | ‘consequences. Mr. Dawes moved to refer the certificate to the Ways and Means Comuit- | tee. The professional and social standing of | the physicians signing the certificate entitied | move, in addition, that pending the consider- ation’ of the subject by the committee the Sergeant-at-Arms be directed to hold Irwin in his personal custody. Several members objected to the latter mo- tion, and it was withdrawn. The motion to refer was agreed to, when | Mr. Butler (Mass.) renewed the motion in re- | lation to the custo:ly of the p | the investigation. The motion was rejected by @ yea and nay vote of 36 yeas to 160 nays. THE BURNED MAILS. ker had read a telegram from the jee de} mails for the 1 this city yestenlay were burned last night mac railroad. The mails for the west, north- West, and southwest went by the Baltimore and Ohio road, and are not included in the destruction. The regular order was demanded and com- mittees were called for reports of a private character. The Committee on Claims and on War Claims rey 4 number of bills, COMPLEXION OF THE INDIAN A LEGISLA- bran ind: ° as principal pee eee cwt,; by Penn- br “082 tons 19 ewt. i ; ; e i : : : # i ei I Hi i 4 : people from the trae merits | What He then | motion of Mr. Cox (N. ¥.), the Secretary of | | it to consideration, and he would therefore | Will then be free t by the accident on the Baltimore and Poto- | state Grange, Patrons of Husband which were referred to the private calendar. | night's cauc: ‘TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. SHERIDAN IN LOUISIAN What the New Tork Times ol Herald Say Now. ; THE TILTON-BEECHER SUIT. PROGRESS OF THE TRIAL TO-DAY, THE CRISIS IN FRANCE. President MacMahon’s Tronble | Getting a New Cabinet, ' LOUISTANA. The President's Porthcoming Message ape that i Gene | tohavea mm from one Some of the per st be curi- ously mblic feeling or they wou 1 that mand dis. patel te s much to be de | Sired th: » Ament would a seven with the tone « country. Hf t would have Tiesnage on ire and sald of that, General to Sheridan and the Cabinet ; I She We Lk TORS to himselt r hope it a little reditable Cabinet, his Uhited States. who. appproved of She disgrace bet world.” WHAT Sars. . New Youk nc Hera’d has a doubleleadod calling attention te the call for a me ing and the infix thereto. It says te ignore or un supported President § ACHE Met ght when the best ndemns him pause and roflect, grounds of his un Pre a. The Ppoi u procedented act See that he is nots ofthe © COUrSE a ple as the firing hieat will soon ) the eontiment unparalteled “tons of th oom done since This respectable ought te is sa limi S reg ment can go with impun The people do not forget the sory they do not g as a coms momentous cr bim more than t possess an units { General Grant; idee Lim the fume he has won telr armies in the most It is duc to rman that we led ‘country Tt was his military genius that reaniuel a sundered federation, and the =~ at body of American people are dispes rT et Judg- | Ment upon his occasional mistakes in eiyil | administration. bot they would have bim } remember that their route | constitetional liberty is i | than personal admiration | that no past serv and brilliant. ¢ to the spirit « him from bis « tect and defen: | States. THE NEW CABIVFY Pants, January declared hix | President Mac Mr. Dufoure & atiachment to per sentiment ro softhe United PROJECT & FAILURE. S—Barm LeLacey has y to form a new cabinet, has now applied to thet task. | THE TILTON-BERCHER SUIT. Proceedings To-Day. A CROWDED © UM AGAIN. ja There was as BHice the corridors: of the Brooklyn mevious days, a | forts on the part passageway for u | to the doors | an bour befor police to preserve @ ors through the thi troom. Aboat thrown ¢ ventet their ug, anc other yoation. Thee- inent place in | impatience in | ways, expressive of dore Tilton occupix front of the court room. When the court opened, Judge Wilson, atdressing the eoun- sel, asked them wha! was their farther plea- | eure. F CWAL apt ENGED. ily chatlenged rs in the box, ANOTHER Ex-Judge | Austin Pa eo t | and he was told to r A FULL JURY AGAIN. The work of filling up the jary, again pro- < was then accepted as ajuror. Mr. Beach. of Tiiton’s counsel, said ai that point he woul! not interpose any other challenge. but might do so before the jury were accepte.. $ POLICY. Tiraes special | dispatch from Paris Says: * President Mac- M has deciied to summon Wm. Du- | fan, and La Boulaye. Baron De Lacy, and the Marquis De Cast-liane. to a consultation upon the subject o/ the formation of @ new cabinet and agreement upon a programme of policy. Itis certain thal this attempt to constitate a cabinet from Wednesday's ma- jority in the assemhly will be fruitless, but it is indispensable to’ render the Marshal's situation clear in the © ot Uhe nation and prove the impossi security by the supp. can be depended upon. y of aay government of the minority that Marshal MacMahon choose a cabinet from those whose progres he can accept, and this cabinet will be charged with the conduct of the general election ———— A Missing Steam-Tag. THIRTY PERSONS ON BOARD. New York, J ‘y 8&—The steam-tug Speedwell, reported missing, had on board 30 persons, and was engaged in some govern- ment work connectad with iorpede manufae- turing. As she has not arrived at Ni where she was bound. it is feared she has lost, With all on board. —— The Pennsylyonia Grangers. Puivaprururs, Pa. January 6.— The ry, in ses- sion here all the week, will close their pro- ceedings to-night. About two thousand people are present. Much business was transacted of interest to the farming class, phe seine Senator Chandler's Chances. LANSING, Micii.. January 5.—The nents of Senator Chaticr claim, that last i ng, and the mat- ter is in as gre ¥. It requires 67 votes to elect, a legraphed last night. NN DESTRUCTIVE Fike In Bactiwore Last late sec- | NiGutT.—The disastrous fire which occurred 5 ~ There were 3,000 ho in the building, ali ef which with the Joss on the tobacco is $25, were exception of some 000, yor . He reeommmends the re- | Up an old rusty pick on and Pesto tne prtery liquor in ecause 1 pA yy - scan ean and beneficent for niche tes stands for Kidd, the residents of Jersey City cuacted, aud tint tt hoes sented to, the | @re confident that thisisa aed ES administration of law in the state. re- | tain’s famous property, particularty as commends theenactmentof a law inita stead | men used to frequent the spot when It was ors oe hands, shall sur- | @@ther near the excavation awaiting ‘of the Weasures.—V. Y, Found such with the strongest practica- a long-sought a7-A bank in Maine, re- quire lnm Mimaaee gS het | sete Sneak vanatany Sages as vis, colored, made a attempt to | month over time, in order earn some eee ago ey —— to make & new startin ‘or a a ee i sng enpper, 3s. Bane an ene Toungeet from the leg of 8. which one of her cil- Seheas ae ae Pree a7-The total number of deaths in New at eine the nig Funds, in his observation the of