Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1875, Page 1

re eee ce THE EVENING § PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays Excepted. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Feumsylvavia Ayenue, cor. Lith St. BY The Evening Star Newspaper Comps S. HM. KRAUCPFMANN, Pres't. ° THE RVENIN 1 tmeariably in adoanse, ana avd f ot om application nn WASHINGTO Foening D. C., SATURDAY, JAN UARY 23, 1875. ‘Stat. TWO CENTS. AMUSEMENTS. NAL THEATER. EVENING STAR. _ DOUBLE SHEET. Washington News and Gossip. TONIGHT ANTA FAREWELL PER KMANCE ’ miss EME fame § BNGLISH OPERA Br ped Re PIeST TIME IN WASHING Nerve = Beantifal CHILPERT AT SOLDENE :TON siur Opera of Saturdays, commencing at three and lasi- ing until five o'clock p. m. The President's public receptions will oc- cur as follows:—Tuesday evening, Februa- wt Cire x Metgerett < Muv te Store. Pen ry 2d; Tuesday evening, February 2d, and MONDAY NENT The great character . renins is Py RARER G FAEROM te thes sprciait | wiil continue on both evenings from eight to @HRIS snd LENY ten o'clock p.m. State Dinners:—Tuesday, January 26th; Tuesday, February 9th. INTERNAL REVENUE.—The receipts from OTLAS BARD. THE BURNS CLUB wil Dirtbiay of Robert Barns this source to-day were Total AT MASONIC TEMPLE receipts for t 61. ON MONDAY EVENING, JA THE TREASURY now holds $334,456,600 in U Tickets of Admni~ 1 S. bonds to secure national bank circulation, = as and £16.482,200 to secure public deposits. LITERARY AND MUSICAL SUIREE NATIONAL BANK CIRCULATION outstand- ing £347.471,0%6, of which amount $2,270,000 aR Ee gree te Re german af are gold notes. WILLA Ss HOTEL ; TUESDAY RVENIN 2 LYMOUTH arrived y West on the 20th instant from New C5 by Mre. FRANCIS M CARTER ston sisted by MISS GHA D. SPALDING, and — oth Mr. Everrrr J. Datras has been ap- ple en ces pointed ebief of the cead letter office, vice Krowltor Tar Rercarica ATORS met in ei cus at the Capitol at noon to-day, and were still in session promoted chief clerk pes OPERA HOUSE. THE SEA OF ICE THE SEA OF ICE THE SEA OF ICE THE SEA OF ICE, Judge left for elphia last evening, to note progress buildings. THE ORDER issued July 5, 1573, by the Com- missioner of Indian Affairs, prohibiting Douglass H. Cooper and Charles E. Mix from practicing as claim agents before the bu: a. fas been rescinded by order of the Secretary, ab yer tha! Hareatens vt Aud the wicked who k Rvery Mother should see it Every Child should eee itt bonld see it coors of GUSSIE DuFORREST, MILNES HAKBY HOTTU. ONDAY EVENIN 2 5 s POPE ae SAMSON re aneary 25, Me OY Coxvmmations—The Senate, in execu- ree = ————— | tye session, ay confirmed the follow- ee eee dan ae. | tog nominations:—Samuel B. Parrish, Indian tunees. The G: Sinsation of the Ace Engaxe | agent, Metheur agency, Oregon; John M. peut of the Toung America +. Fr Cornyn, Indian agent, Papago agency, Ari- Jones. who will appear in the " sons Ta ¥ Droma, in prebegue and three acts, entitled oe Tre Biack ae A = At THE WHITE Hovsr —Senators Mor- epee Siena cae esses a ee ton, Logan, Ferry, Pat Ozlesby, Ro! ferent in t railroad scene & ertson and Cameron and Representatives Witnessed. h the above, att, Clark. dience with the vious to his ‘arwell and Hurlburt had an- at this morning pre w Philadelphia. Also. Last pt ime, introducing wm | ae BALLS AND PARTIES. juction of the great features. j15-6t" Naval OnveErs tenant Commander F.J. Higginson, detached om the naval rendezvous, Boston, and orlered as e: tive officer on boant the receiving ship Ohio, Boston. Passed Assistant Engineer R. W. Mulligan from the n: yard, Norfolk, aud m Baltime of informing the Ladies of Washi: phe has from this day taken charge of 1 BAIR DEPARTMENT at CHAS. BAUM’, end being €xperienced this business for the Inet tw vars guarantees foll satisfaction In HAIR BE: CHAMPOUING, (and, CUTTING | placal on waiting or DRESSING e epetiaity. ‘Lalice will be athois | CHARLOTTE CusitMAN.— An invitation vpn by raving their ordetsat’ | has been extended to Miss Charlotte Cush- deeissm CHAS: BAUM S Comet Biverest._ | man by a large number of prominent gentle- men here to give another of her readings in is eity before the close of the season. The invitation is signed by General Babcock, Secretary Belknap, General Spinner, G eral Butler, Messrs. Garfield, Dawes, E dredge, Maynard, and others’of the lower House, and Senators Clayton, Cragin, Mitch- ell, Sargent, and others of the Senate. THE PRESIDENT, accompanied by Secre- taries Belknap and Delano, Attorney Gen- eral Williams, Postmaster General Jewell, and General Babcock and George W. Childs, esq., of Philadelphia, left at noon to-day in a special train on the itimore and Potomac railroad for Philadelphia, to be present at a gathering of the distinguished “ Saturday Club” of that city at the residence of Mr. Childs to-night. The party will return to- morrow bight. How. CHARLES FOSTER has replied toa letter of E. R. Hoar, brother of Judge Hoar, in regard to a certain statement in the Wash- ington corres lence of the N. Y. Tribune, that “The leader who, by coaxing and al- Test threatening, moved heaven and earth to make Mr. Foster violate his conscientious convictions of justice and duty was George F. Hoar, of Massachusetts.” Mr. Foster writes: “As to the truthfulness of tbis state ment. [have to say that it ts an entire mis- take from beginning to end. CONTESTED ELE a N c a ——— BCosTUMER, 42 Litu Staxer, Neas E Bew and neatly fitted up Parlors and Show-rooms end a doubly increased steek of MASQUERADE ax THEATRICAL COSTUMES, comprising several hundred new and costly Drewes, together with every variety of Uostume—Ladiea’, and MASQUE BALLS AND PARTIES RIVATE TIRATRICALS, TABLEAUX AND OLD FOLKS CONCERTS P. 8—With a thorongh knowledge of our busi- Bese, we devote ourselves to the wants and wishes of our patrons. and by courteous snd polite attention, feasonable charges, and disposition to sccv Sid piace, we svidom fail to give mtlafaction. “ L MOALEY, a“ COSTUMER, 608 10rn StReEt Noatawest. & large collection of Fine Artistic BALL, TAB LEAU aod THEATBICAL COSTUMES kept on c MASKED BALLS and PARTIES supplied at reasonable rates. PS —Remember Costume, and ail C eetl9 4m Mask is furnished with each umes delivered and called for. 60% loth street. ows.—Mr. Edmunds’ Orp Xe. { ON EXHIBITION axp SALE \Naw No | bill which was introduced erday in the 205 &.§ ARKRITER'S. 71 St. | Senate, to establish a court of contested elec- je. 439 7th Strert. between D and E streets, eught doors above Otd Felion i, Choice Oil Paintings, Engrayi tions, provides fora court of that name, to consist of the Chief Justice and the associate justices of the United States Supreme Cou Aine, largest stock of Paper Hangings, Window | tor the time being, and to be convened on th ee ene Ficrara Corde and Tae’ | for gnet ‘Weed sday of February, 1877, and BF Tenws Cast in the District. “year thereafter, and also in February subsequent to any election held to fill a vacancy in the office of either President_or Viea President of the United States. This cour. is to hear and adju contests concerning the results of such elee- tions, and report its findings to both houses of Congress Tur House Rerv can Cavcus.—The republican members of the House held a cau- eus last night. The eaueus committee on southern afftirs reported a joint resolution endorsing the Prestdent’s course with respe to the Louisiana troubles, and recommended the passage of the bills now before the Ju:li- clary Committee to protect electors and pre- yeni fraud in Congressional elections, and to amend the Enforcement act. No action taken on the resolution, and the caucus journed to meet tonignt The bile ross ; mended for pas: rohibit state legisia- tures from distranchising citizens, without sufficient e#)3e, and impose a fine and pen- aity Of fuprisonment upon persons carrying fire-artas, open or concealed, on election day. The caucus committee have under covsidera- tion 4 proposition to recommen! appropria- tious being made for the army for two years at this session, and the repeal of the law which provides that unexpended balances of appropriations shall be covered into the Trea- sury at the close of the fiscal year. CONGRESSIONAL LAWYERS.—Mr. Bout- Well’s bill to provide for a “barof the two Houses of Congress,” which was offered in nate yesterday, proposes the appoin tat the commencement of each session of Congress ofa committee, to consist of three members of each branch of Congress, who shall have authority to determine what per- sops May appear as attorneys before com- mittees, and to admit, sus; or expel members of the sald bar, to be thus organ- ized: No person shall be admitted to this bar unless he is a member of the bar of the court of final jurisdiction in the state or terri where he resides; and no other person shail be permitted to appear before any committee — in bis own ay ety! a Supe with- to make it a misdemeanor, punisiab le by imprisonment from thirty days ener, for any person togive or receive any valuab! consideration to influences the action of Con: gress except as hereinbefore provided. UNAPPRECIATED INDIGNATION.—When the matter of Irwin's appeal was before the CIGARS AND TOBACCO, Ne. 1233 Pe Wholesale Deu! osylvenia avenue, near Lith street, n Imported and Manufacturer of * Manvla, La Rouse wekton Cigars, rosit Fine Cut direct from the factory at the ‘k and Baltimore prices. tye following hotels will be prom, where persons can alee get their Cigars ght wivance over the whole le prices: vil Metropolitan and Imperial hotels, B. ‘French N. J. Hiliman, 8t. Cloud; Wood 4 Cc, St. George; Jordan & Go: and Agent for the Au Ife trade sepplied pty at asl lard Queen, St. James, c rion, Owen decis-sm_ use ATCHES M. W. GALT, BRO. & Co., Offer all the newest styles of * GENEVA, and AMERICAN LONDON WATCHES, yané-tr EX*4INE THE 95 BEAZILIAN PEBBLES 1 SOW SELL FOR $4. Tbe $2 GLASSES for Que Dollar The Sw G. rame GLASSES for 96. The $2 THERMOMETER for 91 PLER, _sertly HHH 453 Pennsylvania a ‘ = URE PEACH, NCE AN BCTTER a FRUIT JELLIES. COMPRESSED CORNED BEEF, s luxury, con ‘Yenient and econcmical. PREPARED FOOD FOR MOCKING BIRDS (©. Beiche & Bro.,) 38 cents per bux; $4 per dozen. c. WITMER, 1916 Pennsylvania avenne, c™MBER! pent tr L WHITE PINE CCLLS. (best qual bundred feet 258 per WHITE PINE 5-8 SIDING, (dest quality.) 9240 per hundred feet SN?” ® WHITE PINE 5-8 SIDING SELECTS, (dressed,) | Committee of Ways and Means asi $4 per bandred feet. tn view of bis precarious health ‘nono: We keep s full stock of all kinds i prisoament might be changed to quar- gol st the LOWEST MA Mie wn Pe eEE, and ters more comfortable than the common jail, Irwin, to _—— his cause, filed the WILLET «& Li Uficate of Drs. Garnett and Wm. P. 3 Corner 6th at. and New York ave opposite | Ththe jail talght jepandnns toe oaane Bie result fatal to the . ‘The commi panl® im New Northern Liberty Market. cridentiy wanted more ‘Medical ype on int, and request jurgeon a as OT Fey TER. Barnes, of the army, and Surgeon General And Extensive Dealer in WINES and LIQUORS. = of the navy, to make an examination When Drs. Garnett and Johnson heard that All the known brands of CHAMPAGNE always on i the committee had taken this course they C. GAUTIER, N wi NBter me ie fy raturally became it, and wrote a _nobs_1317 tad 1919 Feansytveninavense._| Wetter to the committee, in, which they ex (22 O08 MMPERIAL TEA AT 75 OBNTS per | pressed rather piainly thelr feelings upon the pound, rer tment. | the Washington cor- & MIDD! BROWN me PDLETO sae ent of the Cincinnati r sent @ commanication to that red-hot democratic Cw sok to show its readers that the radicals re SS. BOSTON, PIANIST, Ree} SIC ak the stort potion acome | emenesccie phvnielnns heaping tener C Me lemocrati clans. ine etzerott & Coat the A FARR | or the corse ment when tke Revuirer cams lis Mosic Store. or at Coltman’ toe back with the item headed * Ind! t Pin Fecoive prompt attention. “Musié for dhe German « Pounders." ‘The corrrespondent thinks there wa, D ee, Greet sortheet, | should be ® vacancy in the news editors Ti obs SLACK TEA AT 30 CENTS PER Pound BROWNING & MIDDLETON, Bov2) 610 Pennsylvania avenue. Mrs. GRANT'S RECEPTIONS are bell on | Society, Etc. The beantifal weather of yesterday gave | numerous Friday an added charm to thy ceptions. | — Mrs. Hallet Kilbourn’s was very large and brilliant. She was assisted by Miss Kilbourn, Mrs. Hillyer, and Miss Bruan, late of Boston, but now a resident of Washington. Mr. Bruan has purchased the Cluss house, between Shepherd's and Kilbourn’s, and the mily have taken session. The ladies wore elegant toilettes, that of Mrs. Hillyer was of cherry-colord silk, with low-neck hich bodice of silk, and over- ‘anton crepe.edged with cherry. a diamonds made this a beautiful id becoming toilette. In the dining-room there was a bountifally supplied table which glittered with silver and sevres_chii Among those who called were LeVert, Mrs. Chapman Colem: bum, accompanied by Miss Hanneman Shoemaker, who are visiting Mrs. There were also Mrs. General Ma mes Beek, Miss Bettie Beck, Mr. ey. Mrs. Howe, and — Mrs. General | niece, Miss Bainbridge, | tors. — Mis. Donn Piatt and Mrs. General Ban- had a very large reception. — The western part of the city was thronget all the afternoon, as there were receptions | held in nearly all the handsome residences. ‘The evening was divided by many between 1 by her eived many vil | three large entertainment, while others con- tented themselves with two. ~The german given at Masonie Temple by the Washington Club was a most attractive affair ‘The hall was handsomely decorated army and navy devices and imple- and presented an enchanting appoar- Mrs. and Miss Fish received for the gentlemen, and Mr. Rand led. The music as superb, the selections being from “La fillede Madame Angot.” The young ladies who danced resembled a bouquet of the t flowers, while the matrons on the ack seats were admired as the ing wall flowers. Am Judge Field, Mrs. G General Paul, Madame F Ricketts, Mrs. Admiral Richardson, Mrs. Heap. The young who danced were Miss Lutie Cutts, Miss Isa- belle Richarjson, Miss Victoria Freyre, Miss Wainwright, Miss Wallen, Miss Watmough, the Misses ap. Miss reyre, Mrs. Powell, M Dorsey, Miss’ Bainbridge, Miss Ge Reed, of New York, and many oth — Many left the german at ten o'clock and attended the reeeption of the Attorn: eral and Mrs. Williams. Her spae’ l-arranged house was packed to its ul- most capacity for entertaining a crowd. 1 Was almost impossible to move about or preciate the i ments were admirable for preventing 01 sion in the arrivals aud dk : carriages drove around to the house in arriving, and tl culty in reaching the every one ascended one nded another which brought them to the parlor door, where Judge and Mrs. Williams Stoal receiving. The grand parlor, the hails, and dining-room are so urranged ‘that they appear as one, which was a g: ntage on this oecasion. There was a band of music, but the crowd was too great to permit dancin, until 11 o'clock, when many left to atte . P. Brown’s ball. Miss Bessie Smith received with Mrs. Wiliams, who looked charming in white silk with trimming of 11- lusion and cherry ribbons. One of most elegant tollets was that of Madame Freyre; white silk, with the front entirely cover with embroidery in white bugles and tuits of marabout feathers. Diamonds flashed in her hair and about her neck. But there were hundreds of superb dresses. Among the noted persons present were Mr. Justice Swayne, Judge and Mrs. MacArthur, M Poore, Senators Frelinghuysen, MeCreery, Sherman, Windom, Ferry, Sargent, Gordon, Yashburn, and Allison, Garfield. Stanard, Gunekel, Banning, Major and Mrs. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Charles ©. Leeds of New York, Mrs. Dr. Linderman, who looked very handsome in black velvet and lace, General T. Kilby Smith, ex-Sona- tor Pomeroy, Mrs. Francis M. Carter, Mrs. Walker, Miss Sally Frelinghaysen, General and Mrs. Banning, Miss Judith Coleman, Sir Edward Thornton, Lieut. and Mrs. Mit ler, Miss Morrill, Mr.and Mrs. Carlise Pat- terson, Mrs. Admiral Powell. —The party given last night by Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Brown, at their roomy and d-- lightful country home, “Monnt Pleasan was, as on previous occasions, a very largely Attended and enjoyable aifatr. It would be almost impossible in the throng to designate all the notable people present. Among them were Speaker Blaine, Mrs. Blaine, Miss Dodge, Senator Mortoa, Dr. Welling, Judze Lawrence, Mr. W. H. Stickney, Judge Mac- Arthur i M MacArthur, ex : Pomeroy, Senator Spenesr, Mr. D.C. Senator Boutwell, Prof. Huntington, Mr. Hines and Mrs. Hines, Prof. Frist ete. Mrs. Brown was dressed in an 1 ilk, the waist trimmed with v ch taus lace rission, the trimmed in cardinal red. ings Miss Julia Brown wore an elegant moonlight silk, trimmet with light blue, with lace facings. M Speaker Blaine wore a_ he French gray. richly trimmed with light brown velvet and point lace. Miss Dodge wore a light drab silk, with elaborate trimmings of riei vel- ch. Mrs. Ramsdell wore a rich light cardinal red, with point onds. The costumes of all the “nt were rich and tasteful. Among who were especially noticed were Mrs. ascom, Mrs. Hines, Mrs. Judge MacAr- thur, Miss Thurman, Miss Hunt of New Orleans, (stopping with the family.) Miss Hathorn of Saratoga, Mrs. Cox, Mrs. W. P. Evans and daughte .W. R. Smith, Mrs Mrs. § . Mrs. Clephane, Mrs. Mrs. Senator Morton and Mrs. » Mrs. Conger, Mrs. Fox, Miss Stickney of’ Connecticut, Mrs. J. W. Buker, Mrs. Burleigh, Miss Burleigh, Miss Farwell of Chicago, Miss Standefont of Louisville, Mrs. Morrill, Mrs. General Scho- field and danghters, Mrs. Judge Miller, Mrs. Stocking, Mrs. Kitchen, Miss Woods and a host of others. —The experience of the past few years has forced upon the attention of that part of Washington society who are in the habit of entertaining, and especially in winter, the necessity of some improvement in the qual- ity of the service rendered them on such oc- casions. This species of employment may be said to be monopolized by a class of colored persons who occupation in summer at sea-side hotels, watering places and moun- tain retreats. It proves to be with them, as with monopolists in general; they too often become careless, untrustworthy and unreli- able, and, whenever (mach offers, make exorbitant charges for very light and easy service. Indeed, families who entertain are driven to consider of some means of relief from the annoyances they have to meet in this way. Some revolve the idea of falling back altogether w white helps and wait- ers; others suggest @ resort to Chinese and Japanese, as well for anent as occa- sional service. The next (if not the present) scason may inaugurate more or less exam- ples of these eflorts at improvement. THE TRANSIT OF VENUS commission, re- ceived at 815 this morning, through Prof. Joseph Henry, of the Smithsonian Institu- tion the following telegram from Prof. Airy, of the Grenwich Observatory: ‘Ingress and of Venus well observed from the sta- ton in Rodriques Island, by Neale, Hi and Burton. Nine Janseen ae ed and fifty- eight sun pictures were obt a PAINFUL ACCIDENT TO SECRETARY BRIS- Tow.—In going from the Treasury depart- ment to the Executive Mansion, yesterday, Secretary Bristow sli on the Treasury os. and tn his efforts to save falling, severely bn ver the muscles of his knee joint, from effects of which accident he is to-day to his resid: a THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS of the army have registered at the War department during the week ending to-day :—Lieut. Col. D. Woodruff, retired; t. James A. Bates, retired: 2d Lieut. A. H. Russell, 3d cavalry; 24 Lieut. G. Magnitzky, retired! Capt. Wan. Mills, ‘Bd Infantry; Ist Lieut. Geo. 8 Hoyt, isth infantry; Col. J. A. Hanlle, inspector ist’ Lieut. M. C° Wilkinson, Sd. in- | on Col. J.C. We a ineer corps; Ist Lient. G. C. Doane, 21 cavalry; 2d Lieut. | Geo. F. F. Patterson, 14th infantry; Lieut. Col. E: Upton. ist artillery; Capt: Wm. E. infantry; Lieut. James N. Allison, Post Chaplain John McCarty, a ; Major John Green, ist cavalry. | perhaps; but the first thing its succ UNDERTONES. It is too much to expect of this Congress, should do after it meets is to turn out from the main floor of the capitol all the ba: corridors and lobbies of that noble structure. They are an eyesore and a nuisance to per sons having occasion to visit the building, and are be- where in the at and othe sides an inju city, who have to pay : expenses incident to carrying on business j Washington. It is no excuse for the existing state of things to say that the stands are a convenience to visitors, or that theo: are needy and deserving pe case, all ool purposes will be equally well served by locating them on the basement or ground tloe \s . How= ald be grante-| of all that sort of thing is fo belit tle and degrade the building, and to set up a class of privileged dealers, at the expense of bona fide business mep outside. > . ‘of poverty hold good, Lil perhap: n gourd ane tone of this favored fey pngaged in profitable business in another through w with the special priyi- nted at the capitol, he has succcetel Anothe ible tion to the sy tem is that once the door is opened it is almost impossible to prevent the evil from growing, or to draw the line without injustice nud undae favor toothers. AS Ham teforra it altogether.” a*s Ladies who are accustomed to talk or hear others talk about laces ¢f fabulous valne— even up into the thousands of dollars per yard—will be surprised to hear that Mr. A. tewart, the famous dry goods merchant, testified in ove of the New York courts re- cently that the finest piece of lace he had ‘y seen was in his own store,—a point flounce, se teen or elghte nd worth $250 a show that the ue in existence, but It does es- te y conclusively that there is great deal of humbug :tnd false pretence in- dulged in as to the great. value and rarity of certain styles of lace. ably at <ome best. ndsome fortune. 5 ab he public has been so apt to look upon California place where gold wheat and phrases are produces i quantities to little or nothing in the way of letters, except, perhaps, dialect poo try and strong character sketches, is expected of her. Yet she has recently contributed to the higher Mterature of the day two works that are likely to take a front rank among books of their class,and which, to say the least, would be a credit to a much older and more pretentious civilization than the golden state can boast. The first of these {sa brief but comprehensive “History of Culture,” by Mr. John 8, Hittell, who has heretofore been regarded as the statist and resourcist of Call- fornia, but who in this effort gives evidence of his capacity to discuss a much wider range of topics. The other, by Mr. Hubert Howe Bancroft, entitled “Native Tribes of the Pa- cific States,” ts without doubt the most pro- found aad exhaustive account of the pre-his- toric races inhabiting that part of the conti- nent that has yet been written. It is, indeed, hardly too much tosay for it thatit willleave little, if anything more, to be written on the subject. Some idea of its comprebensive scope and the patient research of the author may be formed when it is understood that the Material in the way of books, pamphlets, manuscripts, maps, ete., gathered together in advance and freely drawn upon fn the preparation of the history amounts to not less than sixteen thousand lots in number, that they were coliected at an expense of be tween $60,000 and $70,000, and that Mr. How? has been engaged upon the work with a large corps of assistants nearly twenty years, a considerable portion of which was spent in ‘urope in consulting archives &c., not otherwise attainable tion is, of course, not intended review, but rather to call attention to the birth-place, so to speak, of the works in question—wuich, whatever their _Intrinsi merits may be, certainly speak well for th» intellectual growth and literary promise o the “queen of the west ih Much has been claimed for the universality of Shakespeare's genius. And with great justice; for it does seem to have com- prehended all things, past, present, and to come. But who would have thought that he could have had the scandalous Pacific Mail subsidy business in his ‘mind’s eye” wl ne wrote the immortal tragedy of Hamlet? Yet he must have had; for in that play, 1st act, i, Say t aud Irwin [orring} spirit lies ‘To his coutines.” If men who attend theaters, operas, and other places of amusement and occupy front seats should undertake to wear their stove pipe bats during the performance they would provoke such a hub-bub as would specdily bring in the police, if it did not break up the | ent mment. Yet fashionably dresee 1 ladies do with impunity, and immunity also, quite as much as inen could do at their very best toshut the stage out from the view of those behind them. Analyse their make up fora moment. There is, in the language of a close obseryer, (1) the natura! hair; (2) the dead hair, the use of which ultimately kills natural hair; (5) a hat, with a high crown, shaped very much like the men’s; (4) a mass of fowers; (5) an artificial insect, bird or beast, sometimes natural and sometimes un- ud: 2) ab amateur Lega at (i) three or athers, the ends of which are left to wave in each passing breeze, or to quiver with each stirring emotion of the gentle heart which beats beneath them. These seven ele- ments being combined in the proper propor- tion, constitute the modish hat of the season, and a pretty contrivance it Is for any one to try to see through or around! But it is use- less to argue With a lady when the dictates of fashion are involved. Theonly hope theater- goers have lies in the probability that these seven story affairs have about run their course, that things will now go to the other extreme. If they do not, and if a man. sani roof, observatory, and flag stafYare yet to be added, then there is no remedy but to put In operation here the custom which pre- vails in Europe, viz: that ladies in attend- ance at the theater and operas shall appear as they do at « full-dress party—withoutihat orbonnet. Theneverybody could see as well as hear. . ate Readers of Mr. Stedman’s paper on tue lat- ter-day British pocts in the current number ot Scribner's Monthly will be very apt to be disappointed that he does not, while tre ing of Mr. Dante Rossetti’s remarkable Pre- Raphaelite poem ‘The Blessed Damaozel,’ tell them what the deuce it is all about. Every ly appreciates ite quaint melody and the weird mystical way through, just as Mr. Stedman does, but few, ifany, understand what it means; and this also ts just what he fails totell them. It is just possible that it is too deep even for the commentator, poet though he be. ate A sybaritic citizen of Newark has just been made to pay the sum of $5,000 to Miss Grace E. Plummer, a belle of that city, for “hagging ber on the parlor steps, kissing her every time they met and parted, and going to sleep on her shoulder,” or rather for not marrying her after doing these thi months. Although experience of a frozen water-; ipe, the possi- bilities of a plumber’s bill. Hat he been he would have kept away from Miss P.as alux- py altogether too high-priced to be enjoya- ie. pare Tir For Tat.—The Spanish squadron in the Bay of Biscay, which has bon to bombard the town of Zarauz in conse- quence of its complication with the outrage u the German ship Gustay, hesitates about carrying measure into effect, as the Carlists threaten to visit it upon the cay = and sailors of the vessel who are still in | v « thy + fit « mendments, and | that one of its dangerous results is an tensive revival of the old hostili- LOUISIANA. cer, Thursda, y had a preliminary meeting yester: and counsel of either site submitted th points of their eases as follows POINTS SUBMITTED BY THE REPUBLICANS. 1. That we propose to show there wereover | ten thousand republican voters intimidated from ¢ thin by depositug | rish ‘officers throughont the state, installing of legal McEnery offi fth, by general proseription and persecuti of republi September i. an organized government Ss; Sixth, by the Th insurrection of that its ¢ structed g f re virtual annul- | against the United States government. 3. That the pretended Wiltz organization of the House of Representatives on January 4 was a revolutionary mob and enti tute of legality, and that it was a c to revolutionize the entire state gove 4. We desire to submit evi expulsion of colored schools by mobs. In answer to thi male by counsel of other side we will show, if allowed, that the intimidation complained of by the United States military was, in fact, only that fear which parties guilty of com: plicity in the massacres of Colfax and Con- shatta, who thought that they were Suspe: ed of such complicity, fellof the servic legal warrants for their arrest, whieh rants could only be served safely parts of the state under the protection of the military forees of the United States. We also Propose to show by extracts from the files of the White League press the boldest and most outspoken advocacy of assassination and murder of republicans, as well as riots, armed revolution and armed resistance in the United States. POINTS SUBMITTED RY THE TIVES, the electio a peaceab n sic I points CONSERVA- 71 was free election on the part that the consery ion, procuring nine in the House, ten § te Treasurer by 4,00 id majority, and at least one member of Congress not returned by the returning board. 2. That the returning board falstfiod th illegal and fraudulent p: ir result by Th tie t the only iniimid teed w the req against col United States troops und the United States Marshal, 02 or about elec- lion day, to intimidate and deter white con- servatives from voting. 4. The al pros: tration of the material interests of the State by bad and corrupt government, and the ex- traondinary depression of property of all kinds throughout the State. t there has been no intimidation or ou! republicans, nor have they been ostracised on any political groand, but only on moral grounds, when they were considered corrupt and immoral by the communities in which they lived. ‘hat when emeutes have oc- curred, they have sprung from local causes, generally from oppression and robbery of the people by corrupt officials, aad were only political’ in the sense that people re- sisted the invasion of their rights, and that in such emuetes the people ‘were first attacked and out . 7. Thi the erimina] statistics of the state w: show more homicides, arson, and oth crimes committed by the colored race than by the white race, and that the larger portion of said crimes are traceable to the maladmin- istration of the government by Governor Kellogg's appointees and the wholesale par- doning of criminals by said Kellogg as gover- nor. & That where’ disturbance occurred, they were local, and without collusion, co- operation or preconcerted action on the part of other portions of the state. 9 That frands were committed by the republican party to SEs the amount of several thousand votes in the | had city of New Orleans and throughout the state by fraudulent registration by supervisors of registration appointed by Kellogg, and that the uid fraudulent papers were voted in the interest of the republican party. 10. That the present Hahn house of representatives is an egal body, organized in violation of law, and has had at no time legal quorum; and ly we deny generally all the allegations of tact and Conelusions entertained in the brief of points submitted by the republican counsel, and especially that there exists in this state any disloyalty to the government of th e Jnited States, atid of this we challenge proof. The committee will meet at ten o'clock to- day to hear evidence touching the proce sof the returning board in relation to the election of 1874. WRITER has recently been amusing himself by a paragraph about Gen. Fremont, in which represents that gentleman as grown old and infirm. The General belies this description. His hair, it is true, isnearly white, but his eye has lost none of its bright- his step is as elastic as when he scaled heights of the Kocky mountains in the character of the “Pathfinter,” and his bear- | ing is as erect and youthful as a man ot | thirty. He is doubtless somewhat older t he was in 1856, when he Buchanan in a race for the W) Tur Hovsr Commitr AND Post Roaps have under investigati the expenditures of the Post Office depart- ment for the printing of the official stamps used by the s executive departments. The Continental Bank Note Company, of New York, now have the contract, and they are before the committee in the nature of de- | fendants, as there has been discovered what seems to be an overpay of betwe 4nd $70,000, the exact arnount not been ascertained. The matter of w! be @ fair price for such printing ferred to experts, who Will report at a subse quent meeting of the committee. PERSONAL.—The following persc would at < been re- | at the Ebbitt House to-day: Hon. C. W. Gilfillan, Pa; Capt. J. W. Carlin, U. S_N. Major J..M. Burnes, U. 8 Potts, Montana: Hon. V York; Governor C. P. Gen. George Crook, Arizona; Tucker, Va., Gen. N. W. Brown, U.S. As Edwin Gerard, London. * Mrs. Lieuten- ant Hooker, nce St t, presented her husband, yesterday, with a fine son. Mr. George Alfred Towsend, who has been ting the graphic descriptive matter of the Beecher trial for the New York Herald, is in town, | to spend Sunday with ‘his family. ****Mr. Hepworth Dixon, the distinguished author, whois in this city, called upon the Secretary of the Interior and the Commis- sioner of Education to-day, THE CASE OF DELEGATE GEORGE Q. CAN- NoN.—Mr. Harrison, of Tennessee, from the — on ogee -_ cette a min re} on case of George Jan ay of Uist and recommends that the com- mittee reyes —— aie — further consid- erat of subject. The paper goes at length Into a statement of the relations of a Delegate to the House, argues that he bas all the rights and privils of a Member. Neither a Member nor a Delegate should be expelled except for cause, and then by a two-thirds v . It is contend- ed that they should not be led for polit- ical reasons, or on account of the exi ce of certain practices in the territory he sents. The Lepr agen Uh fet Cat 2 gent, Femncranit! dats sie was instantly killed, and’a fireman is missing, supposed also to be Killed." A man name unknown, had blown off; several mules were killed, and the boiler-house blown to pieces. &7-Senator-elect Wallace has been official: notified of his election at his residence, in Cheareld, Pa.,and returned thanks in & long IME TILTO)- BEECHER TRIA nie report of the Tilton trial closed Monlton still under cross ex: Evarts desired to put in evi Age publ THE LIPE OF VICTORIA woopmtrnt out but it was ruled by the Cx Fy ant was th <. poem mmatcbeak Musings.” In this view evidence still the tract as the life of Mrs. Woodhull wr by ber husband and revised by an therefore rules at Witness then resumet: I remember what is known as the Iseandal. bat [de not remer late of its publicatic after THe woopurLt artox, Isaw Keceh of the pr we said he had no: got Mr. Evarts m brought in evider leation ofa t te had nail prom evider n the Mr. Beach con yt re sponsible for t Judge N 1 and counse} for the defence wd it Mr. Evarts read from the Woothull & Cla fin publication, on April 2, IX72, and reputy lished in 1873, that portion relating to THE PISTOL SCENE The witness w askel if this was troe ion between tl After discus the vurt. the quest sin this form: men i Th ir j this, and Beeeher's counsel said he proceed to another subject Moulton testified as to Tilton’s income from July 1, 1571, y 1, 14. had also loaned him mo colleet the T would at appliel for md that giving from himself. Tilton was pants if he could; if not them as a gift; when the 5,000 we ed witness stopped the paymen| the money yet been paid back. Gen. Tracy announ Hon of this witness ther day. ‘The ay. THE “LETTER OF Co: The New York corresponae delphia Ledger s “ Mou that the examina r M TRITON.” tof the Phila With defendant at the house of thi the evenings of the ist when th iter to Bow contrition were the suby considera. tion. The memory of the witness with refer- ence to these and other transactions associa- ted with them, seemed to be singularly clear, and in harmony with his heretofore printed Statement, “The great effort of the defence was to show that Moulton himself had forged or tu vented the ‘letter of contrition.’ Mr. Shear- man read the letter exactly as it was written; after which his associate, Gen. Tracy, pro- at toargue that Mr. Beecher cou! ot or, as ‘¥ appeared in the letter. To show that Moulton knew enough of the rules of compo- sition to avoid confusing sentences, he asked him several questions about capitalization and punetation, until Mr. Fullerton rather extinguished the ardor of the inquiry by say- ing: ‘If the counsel asks this for his own in- struction, we have no objection,’ at which there was a laugh. “ Another suggestion by Gen. Tracy was that the letter was written in two different inks. Mr. Morris angrily protested that this dexterous line was false, and showed, in spite of the defence, and with the judge's consent, that the ink was uniform, but that the pen shed it irregularly. This division of the attack was not prolonged. « During Mr. Tracy's analysis of the letter of contrition, Mr. Beecher stopped to talk very earnestly with Shearman. The two Were engaged in rapid and earnest couversa- tion for about ten minutes.” Improvements in Washington City. In the light of modern knowledge, and to comply with the sanitary demands of Am- erican society, it has been necessary for the new government at Washington to correc the hydrography of the place, and give the city for the first time a system of sewerage adequate for the health of Congress and to counteract the floods which continue to visit Baltimore annually. The mouth of the Ti- ber was filled, and a new mouth given it down stream, the whole stream and its three branches were arched over with brick, and the former outlet also sewered. This central system of main sewerage, of which 16,50) feet had been completed in 1573, is nowhere less than nine feet span, and for much of the dis- tance thirty feet. A buggy can be driven through it all, a space of three miles. It empties into a broad canal, which the tide el twice a day, and which will make hereafter the chief port of the city, hav- ing been dredged out to a proper’ ¢ ‘Thus & pestiferous gutter, occasionally @ vor- rent, which, according to a boanl of army engineers appointed in 1868, received annual- ¥ 300,000 cubic feet of vileness, wa fermenting vat Without a current, useless navigation, and deadly, became an arbore and monumental system of sewera: covered with grass, paved streets, and files of houses; while another sewer, tapping the | Tiber as {t emerged from the heights back of the city, led the natural brook and its del- uges off by the rear to the Eastern Branch. The third ercek, which underlies th rt End, or new fashionable part of Washington, has been incased in a sewer of ten feet span. so that there are no longer puddles or ponds | or open sinks In any part of Washington. At the same Ume Georgetown was given a great main sewer, and these four systems com- prise, With their arteries of Scotch pipe and ron sewerage, 123 miles of under-ground work, hidden away so that one must seek it out, and yet a formidable expense to a popu- lation mainly clerical. There are no such sewers in extent or dimensions on the west- ern continen| Before any work could be begun on the sur- face of Washington the sewerage had to be provided for, — and water mains put down. The Washington Aqueduct, which was finished on December 1%, 1863, sufficiently to introduce water into Washington, was connected with the city by two mains oaly designed to supply the pablic buildings. The old ‘Sorporation bad ta these mains, but the - needs of citizens for ablution, comfort, fire, rendered i borough across * —— of SS er erg beers water revious. Another Vast underground system Was thus incumbent uj the authorities, with extensive rami! in almost every sige and service reservoirs proprietors of South ‘Wales es resume work within a —, If the is carried out, it is stated that employ- COUNTERFEIT NoTEs.—Counterfeit dollar United States Treasury notes datet | | TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. SENATORSHIP ELECTIONS. Balloting in West Virginia. The Minnesota Contest. WRECK OF THE MEDIATOR, | The Steamer a Total Loss, ICE JAM IN EAST RIVER. | FIRES AND SAD LOSS OF LIFE, ELEC PONS. FP SENATORSHIP Two Ballots im West Charles nia t ballots ' t U.S. senator. The Jast re . U.S. Walker, 0. IN S. Drier, 16, J. Ree 12 The nad tedious, 1 Vester ’ thy an ounce pt by friends of Ram ot Mr. Inger Ve x ng an ¥ to pur- tent = AMEN THE Damage to Shi New York, Jw yesterday. there and dan: cannot se on the other routes are packed With passengers, and make long trips. Sey- eral vessels have been damaged. The lower bay Is fillcd with foating foe. All buoys arried away’, SC a es at sea. The ic Le Sout ts said to be comparatively THE Ick New Yor East river in @ solid mM lor f nore to shore. Atle @& m. hundreds of m hand boys were crosung between this city and Brooklyn, on the tee The boatson several ferry lines have been compelled to stop running rie se THE WRECK OF THE MEDIATOR. The Steamer a Total Low, New York, January 23.—The s diate nidina, wast Will proba © Me- on Bay- be @ total loss, > gone lo pieces y inteuded for Aw ts Value is roughly ex vessel's value is es. Mass, January 2).—The turing Co burned thi Twe Littie Euizaner J., January 2.—Jotn Glen son's ki se at Crawford. ‘. J. was burned yesterday. and two of his children, a pectively 4 am A Safe P Sr. Lours. 5 imive safe factory rd & Bros. was completely futtal by Gre last night. “The lows is though’ eA. ————__ ++ee- ___ FINANCIAL 4ND COMMERCIAL. Washi Stock Ex Quotations Fernished by Mrddleon $C The following were the prions bid’ ald ackird at the the Washington Stock Machange to-day : U2, bid, Hay ached U.S. BomdenS ae. naked, 6s eked. Bank St A & NT hid, thes ke— Ne | tonal Metropolitan Bank. 405 bid, Citizens’ National Ba: lroade— Metro nk. 1S bid. City Pamenger Politaustock, 19 bid, 2a Sundry Lem— Yiounl Theate J er wont Ty eid id; Washington City Gas stock. "stil, A Fire Insurenece Co 2 bil, Rolitan Fire Ins A, won bid. NY ash. and Georget. stock, 12> bid, 195 eked District Securities District of Colambiak— Washington Co. & 7 153, 92 bad 9 +do., ¥ po, A577. ae Did: ent Improvement 6+ g., J. & J. ivi, 92 bid, ite oe 3 i a bids eames, , Mau, AT bid si we, «J a FRA Dasked. Board of Pabli Uficates Gen Imp. 8, J. & JS asked, do. 157: bid, $8 asked; di W acked, i dy serie, 86 bid. T asked Cort wries, 0 bid. Water corti BS Bid) sacked do. J ee The Markets. BartiMone, January 23 —Virginia sixes, peelers, Bde, commelated, S335, Woot Virginian, 10; North Caroli #, old, 25; do., new, 1°; du.,epe cial tax, 5 bid to-day BaLrimony, January 23.—Cotton easicr—tow mid Flour unchanged—guiet. Wheat un ‘ A) —white southern, Tas], 1 felling 24 to 2 Coflee strong—in good uf ret cargoes, 17% to dull. 2 Sete. Sugar steady New Youx, Jam ney Ze, Gold. Amy Exchange long, 457, short, €¥'s, G ng. Money du » January 23.—Flour quict and un dull, declining. Corn dali, wu Loapox, J i fives, Mads Loxve: @ france Tur S.—A repub- lican caucus of the Wisconsin jegislature was held lust night; fifty-nine me being present. On the first formal vo! penter_ received forty-four, Washburn thir- an . R an Fairchild one. The of Mr. Carpenter was made unanimous. -*--Both houses of the Tennes- see legislature met in Session yesterday, and balloted for Senator without any material change from Thursday. On the 29th and last ballot Johnson nad 33, Stepens 15. Brown 22 Bates 14, Ewing 6, Quarles 8, The high . 34, Brown 24, Bates 20, Ewing 9. The convention @& today. Judge Dundy withdre from the raska Senatorial contest at one o'clock tenday morning, and the opponents of Gen. Tha: then united upon : : i i I i i i i 4] i i : i 4 : | é Ee if i i te rele | : i f ; i is E FF it if BEE i i | | i and 5.054.