Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1875, Page 4

VENING STAR. MONDAY. ..._... Janaary 15, 1875. Weather Probabit Orrice oF Car ies To-ntny. TNAL OFFICER? LOCAL NEWS. Amusements. Ac... ‘To-Nizht. n Henne —The S t draw-way RE be ne they w proiw wor pote Tobe 2 | puta ests tnvolvet Becta tls tinwet 1 every notice. Th Brox. wre selling. ax the br t MUSE be positively sold, paises hacks A Cononen Wom ay Sent About milnight on Fri Bamedt Adeline Merri employed as cook at Marshal. Brown's residence, corner | of Ith a I streels northwest, fell asiees while s the kitchen range, and her elothing catching fire she was seriously burned before assistance arrived. Dr. Soth- Fon Was o2!] and dressed her wounds, as removed to her home, in isth and loth and i. and M —— 1 SUPRERy Stor - Lee. of th ws Revident Saiuntay, bya a ley sideWalk. which resulted im the fracture of lis hip bone. Peter Minor fell heavily on the slippery pavement on Penusytvania avenue. betwoen ist and 2d streets southeast, yesterday, anid broke rg. He was removed to Providence THY ¥PXFRAL of Mrs. 4 Place from the Church terday. Rev. br. Stark of the ehureh, offic Ross. The pail-bearers w ley. Seerctary Helknap, General Chiyawan, Judge Drake, A. Ross Ray. Dr. Turner. U8 N.. and IL A. Golds- borough. The remaine were interred at Oak it Cemetery ey. the former reetor ed. assisted by Rev. Mr. re Adimiral Stan- eneril Babcock, | putting inquiries, an | ac: ‘The Arguments *O-day. Decision of the Con +i a few m or, Mr. Ordw for contemnt by pro e-uted for misde- VeF¥ court, or ay all tribunals here. LEITER FROM “NORTHERN NECK.” greater wealth than the mirés of | ‘pt to a very limited the aborigines, - but to us exer; + 28 useless as to rs were improved relative 4s the waters of the region “wuld be a sine of ¢ 83 aerrespoude Ov weit-informnc — Hse to that ac the House for "be nt the state with an on, notwith tion, having fon Xu House. was panich d ntempt and fe > jurisdictions. seussed in this pa Eprror Srar:— AND PFOPLE. aluation of nearly HUNDRED TH does not exce » © mfinemt; Xtensive works of tne uts, or Others & FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. miployed px th street, pay nittees, andi of punishing a refusal These powers of the House are so. establi=hed now that the learned counsel who has argued this morning ha: impeached them, unless Congress. by the en- at of 18%, has abrogated this almost indispensable power in Comgress. It is to be observed that the statute applies ouly to a particular species of contempt, and that is to witnesses who refuse to answer questions upon subjects of investigation before Con- gress or before itscommitiees. [tis said that inasmuch as Congress has created the act of @ withess refusing to answer a misdemeanor they have abolisl it as to contempt. | cannot so regard it. It appears to ae that the punishment provided in the statute for this as an offence, does not morge the con- tempt, and does not abolish the power of the House. It appears to me that it has not been so understood from the time of the enactment of the statute; aod I believe this is the first time that that aot ‘of the case co lo answei bas ever heen presented for Judicial exami. nation. There is nothing clearer than that the same act may be both a misdemeanor, aud # contempt If one member should strike another while the House was in ses- sion, and in its presence. it would be 4 con- tempt of the House.and & misdemeanor under the laws for which he could be punished. - It would be no answer to the proceedings in the House for coutempt to say that he was | liable under the ger law of the land to be ——— for the misdemeanor. In the cele- rated case of Sam Houston, who was brought before the bar of the House for con- tempt ip striking a member of Congress for we spoken in debate, the power of the House to pry apne gor jo the case was disputed; bat it was held to be within the power of the House, upon the most solemn considerations, Aud, after haying been tried GEORGETOWN ADVER'M EXPORTATION PSENOLD FL tng used has been ma cries of years the wheat, our ship tin AS DOWLING, p2rertant r To owr Freends a a PSUERMAN © 00 i H.W. BARRETT 1. had to out CHOICE PAINTING. ar KRITER'S rss Would not LLL “nav Gg = HOliw.. 0ODS. __ E ‘OR MERRY CHRISTMAS HAPT YN MASSEY S PiiLADELPMIA a CUNCINNATI L i BEE SWEET CATAWBA Wive From SAL ©. PALMER, ne street, G x LPHONZO YOUNGS & Co, ONZO YOUNGS & O0., Grocers, ELPHO? 3.¥F.3 FACEIPAY Couns. | FAMILY SUPPLIES. ARE SELLING GOOD BLAt 2 TEA and OOF FEE will be pleased NV CLUE TEAS ANIC at Siamds Noe. 14S ab) 149 Cente | ere Bas snd 1494 CALL ATC Gauris D' NCAN, SLR MAN & CO. BANKERS, LETTERS ROVE ANI weaad Telegraph jur ase of INCELLANEOUS. RING STYLE CARRIAG Top Bugciee. Soli and t Jutp-srat Cn s W. SCHMIDT 0 2 ar : aud 94 W S, &e. ILDERS, TAKE NO © ST. GE PIFTEEN ined only by 1 OFFER TH ch a market for C W EST & SONS Aladdin Security O11 Warranted 150 Degrees Fire Test. 4 Best Househoi 3 i nm the Hutson and the F SPECIAL BARGAINS THIEUL ICE—We have seen 5 DRESS SUITS. ee of the tanc URANCE COMPANTES ficates trom Pe vting themse wi for the region, 442 sthree hundred haads ANCE CoMPANY oF Barri and the county very prosperous.” Not desp small things, the with Increasing nv some of the largest “establishments” tn che world, and probably the most Large towns have sprung up all over its territory, profitable markets erected and ricuitural changed. from the produc- 4 few staple articles” to contest a sale with the Selliag now at Selling now at Selling now at Selling now at Selling now at GEORGETOWN. THE GREAT Faurs Ici need cutting this 1 Falis to supply their season. They have four houses, with a pacity of 15,000 tons, and 20 men at wor! They are also cutting on the Little River pond. where they have nine houses, wiih a capacity of 30,000 tons, and have 150 meu em ved. With what the three houses in this Y expect to putaway 100.0) THE APPLICATIONS for accommosations average nightly eight whom are strangers. F—An alarm was turned in from box 10 o'clock Saturda: corner of Stoddard and Mont; originating from a defective was extinguished with slight damage, _—_—_—___ ALEXANDRIA. —The ice blockade remains te Those Suits e ‘Those Suits sold at $15. Those Suite sold at ean bows) of ing at the G rade for the comii ANDREW RE e Issuance ¢ i1VOUTH'S SUITS, Those Suits sold Those Suits sold at Those Suits sold at Those § Sows: Gentiemen—L hi mily for neatly fifteen ys lave tested a nmuber of teing anxious to obtain the very best have also given your" Aladdin Securuy Oi! trial by its constant nse sinc can recommend it for ite fur Superior to an during that pe ucts of all the rest of the world. to supplying the demands of a near ‘4s cannot be brougiit from afar, and for whieh the farmer can, toa certain extent, fix his own prices. While wa send to our “factor,” he has been trapsportation agent and merchant, and besites the better price has saved that enor- swe impose on ourselves, “freight charges a ~ cornea pee antthe risks of shipwrecks and “fallyres.” Vesend to our “factor” to sell as best he can, and whether charges are exiortionate or retims vunsatistictory, we are like specia- tors at the show, interested indeed, While they have so assidu- ously built wp their vast manuafactaring interests, the presence of which makes their precipitons acres that have cost enough on their works to grow grass io sell more readily. and, {cr more than our best we have negl the great abundance of water-power by which. our agricuitaral facilities are complemented. which, so cheaply available, should have made us more a manufacturing people than they. You are aware that THE “BLUE STONE” LEDGE which crops out above Georgetown, extends ire will hold, thi market for such thing qi season. other. As regards R OVERCOATS. LNOR, President. NORTE? RED! ON FROM = beast TN a OVEROUAT: at the station-house * oad ON ALL persons. nearly allot . night, for the dis- dence of Mr. R. B c. Nos. 113 and 115) ¥ OUR BLAUK TEA AT 60 CENTS PER Teun. soiree a AsT am determined to reduce Stock. purchasers vania avenue. | will find it to their advautage to give me a call. nothing to say. River News. STRAUS, ost unbroken. 1011 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, Berweew 1Orm avo Litu Staeers, down as Nanjemoy Rea several oyster boats at Piney Point, awatt ‘The Philadelphia steamer Geos teamer George uantico yestentay in the ice at Fort - _— she aes until this ven she was released the Lake and reached here in that steamer. lowed up the cfas ‘and certainty Washington, over which all its large rivers fall almost into tide water, and creating a series gation vi ot thet ad of “of Roanoke at Gescensinn Wels, would of the Lake also ¥ ity, durabili Saiety of util on the continent. Dap after landing the river abont for oyster boats: reported to be she here. Then oe Mary Lewis star’ hoon to-day feteued las a examine thet at - zt3 Th Street, ei Ls. LATR@ARES, FUR. GES GRATES, SS ERIESSN SLATE ™. ANT J Fiawess Housefurmishin ing a specialty ‘west, bear Rhode T OF THE 8% SLUMBL DISTRICT OF SUPREME Cor dn the mor 12 AUGENSTEIN, Bamkrupe You are bere wdas one of the creditors of MORITZ AUGENSTEIN that a second tmecting of his creslitors will be beld at Wachingon, DC * os the office of J. Sayles By ister in Bank Tuptey. on the 2ist day of January. A.D. 1S¢3. at iz @ clock m.. fort ir] famed : tion ‘of the Baukrayt Aes oe Washington. D.C J 9, 1875, Me A SHENGTON Be WILLIAMS, Jand-d Assiguee PES cannraces. ee JOSEPH BECKHAUS, CARRIAGE BUILDER, 1204 Frankford Avenar, Philadelphia, Avove Gimarp Avence.