Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1875, Page 1

. STAR. ys Exeepted. THE EVENING PUBLISHED DAILY, Su AT THE STAR BUILDIN Pennsylvauia Avenue, cor. Ith St. BY The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. STAR as served By carvier: THE EVEN! nam pad for OF Kats of ine furmishet om application | AND 17PALTAN | Washington News and Gossiv. AMUSEMENTS. ATIONAL THEATER, Was > SFRAKOSCH GR OPER <D ONE ington, MATIN aar F ORD Ss OPERA HOUSE. WEEK AND ¢ BALLS AND PARTIES. MADAME EF. BASTIEN, HALR DES 1 be attended DEESSING a to im their own L decd tm costt c TAB PTHEATKICAL COSTUMES kept on MASH reasonable raies D BALLS and PARTIES snpplied at member. ® Mask f furnished with each »and ali Costcmes delivered and eailed for. LL. edaeaws 60% lth street MARKRITER* reneren D ant 5 hee Old Fitiows: Ha Choice Oil Paintings, Engray Chromes. fe. probihi While retur ane f lett arm uening Stat. WASHINGTO D. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1875. EVENING STAR. M&S. GRANT'S RECEPTIONS are held on Saturdays, commencing at turee and last- ing until ive o'ch ‘ock p. m. The President's public reception will oc- cur Tuesday evening, February Zid, and will ntinue from eight to ten o'clock p. m. INTERNAT. REVENUE.—The receipts from SE COMMITTEE ¢ ng agree’ to he purchase of tH AP ppropriate Mrs. I » Capitol. respondence ident and ¢ mmaatic tel to place on ext muse there's m Tue Hovse ThE: ON 16N APFAIES has report a bill prohibit the importation of Chinese the tet Ss ates for imme al purposes; Chinese convi to the Ho» United S JAMES lor ms rom Whiting, « ay. Statin °S8 reporter at a lawyer, and sta trank of his profession in this stat YERNMENT ~T! greed AT THE CENTENNIA ¢ Appropriations Comm ppropriate $500,000 to of the to pate in the international exhibition Also, largest * of Paper Hangings, Window This is to defr: he exper of Shades, Pictures, Frames, Picture Corde and Tax ‘ toe whow cases cneivtea, sok, Sines. Baile, £c., in the District. postage, telegrams, & EP Please remember Name and Number. jel-ly > T mt pent <he wigg nominations to the Senate to-rlay LECTURES. E €. TOW NSEND, THE POPULA RAND VERSATILE READER LYCEUM HALL. E street. between Lith AY EVENING t Selections febIL St land office, Oregon City, ° Fren Vv n, Secretary of Wy ell. col Owen Wae nm ter tor of customs. Detroit + of ©. gister o} O1 RW oe: iver of anc Burk Cabiset members me and Represent: \ had audience with smning previous to the bine inet ad- f-past two o'clock p.m. Dur- AEBRAUAM LINCOLN, » proposition of ney Dit- it of the ‘allroad under au-picrs Tesiilent I yester was dis AT LINCOLN HA! . . Nay A i. S. Matthews . ae order and, Pensacola; Com- FEIDAY EVENING. FEB. 12.1 ned from. “EAST CALL? nis’ Fine Clothing. THINK OF Ir, Per Cent. Reduction. E OVERCOAT S. ES ECONOMY IN IT. 5 Per Cer Reduction. FINE BUSINESS SUITS. COMFORT, ECONOMY, NEATNESS. Save 35 Per Cent. INE DRESS SUITS. An Elegant Selection Still in Stock. CLOSING OUT. CLOSING OUT. ee FINAL OFFER. BUY yow. HABLE BROS., MERCHANT TAILORS § FINE CLOTHIERS, feb2-tr CoRxeR TrH anv D Staeers. QANCY NAMES DONT F SSMS at MAKE GOOD cr- E ever sold im this 'c Bocce Glee oren sae te take chy Der Beever oftered you can, ‘Tobe hed onl 43 febé-ty Sign of the Big EMOVAL—WM_ MUEHLEISEN gpectigily inlorme: the public thas he ere: a the public from So. 627 Mamechugetts avenues to binee 4 *“ 918 FIFTH STREET, NORTHWEST, ¥4 ad the New Northern Liberty Ma: ‘Th street northw importer, juors, re arr ver England erable s ¢oln— oft = ily benutifal simile as a quotation from } Let ns we x Fre the caucuses of presenting # bill authorizing the President to appoint deputy marshals and supervisors of elections in congressional districts, who, in addition to their other powers, can arrest persons who may attempt to intimidate voters or otherwise unlawfully interfere with the conduct of the election. Provision is made for a fair and full voters under made unlawful for any of the reconstructed states to imy require the prepa: for the purrose o criminal and so of violations of other parts states.” his object San Francisco. Commander b. B. Harmowy from the command of the Kear- Asiatic station, on the reporting of his hef, aud ordered to retaru home nal report val. . YSAL CEMETERIES.—A rs, consisting of Major J. F t aijuta weral s, and First Lie if in the ine ent be pointinent afsup orin meéteries. Supe onal ¢ varged the serv! ke effect February 1th Martin at Sarg t. FP. HH. Fisher, 2 i Ass 1to th brought be. "EEK ummary F Sropss.—The gener: for the week endi m the signal offic storm advanced from nor ast to New Foundiand past week, and was lay of the Mosely fol- y an area of high barometer and very eather. A yd depression ps stward along the south and mi: ¢ cousts on Sun tusing »w irom Virginia to New Jersey. 1 is now apparently central ne ron, having moved northeast w: sinee yesterday morning. Very vr has prevailed during the enti sughout the central and northern s of the countr -In THE S I observed the fe f Colfax's rez fon Hay Conelu lecture ched the topmo r Indder of fame, he stepped into & Did (the lecturer make use of that wonder Willis’s poem on the death of President Harrison, written nearly thirty-four years the conclusion of which is as follows? grown suddenly dim. p in our darkness— not Tor hit! rhim who has died fall of ‘hoot end yea or him who, departing. Irayes millions (a t for him who @: fame F the stars on our ba! ner ot ladder so hizh, ¢ top he has stepp'd to the shy! P- CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS ON SOUTHERN AFFAIRS. the round a -A Joint caucus of republican Sen- ators and Representatives was held at the Capitol last ni t. The joint committee of both houses made a report, rescribed regulations, and it is cation for voters at any election at which members of Cc are tobe chosen. The = declares the exhibition or use of deadly ea) on days of registration and election Sot intimidation or violence, a a a by fine and im discretion of the court Representative J. Ambler Si Pin or Vine ots rese ve im a moved tontrike oat the words “réconstri ied Prisonmeat, at tonal refereed so that, ic the tg was to be eae oon Sek eae to PEBBLES 1 Passed, it should be applicable to ‘ail the 2 GLASS: ‘ against further federal Be Pict yreees ola | eg interference in the affairs of the south. The $2 THERMOMETER for 91. resentatives Dawes. of Massachusetts; H. 8. HEMPLER, Optician, of Kansas, and Williams, of Michigan, agreed _ ey 453, avelsooe tet im the main with the gentleman from Vir- rt FULL ASSORTMENT inia, but Lawrence. of Ohio; Albright, of az iranin, and Lyneh, of Mississippi, GE N Fay RS. Pao gree bee insisting there was asx eee the great need for federal interference to protect colored men in the exercise of their , rights. The pote wd was not har- monious, and without action an sanz] lm until to-night took place, . = wi | Soriety, Ete. On Tuesday last match betw toris, Mr. Hay den Commander Pierson. the prize at the Baden Baden and | cold “and the | Somewhat interfered with the sport. this it was the int invited Lvlic rt Last Tu promir ts, er nt which | wards Kille fiv men U proved th The ladies are q interest th sprin | Ww Miss Lida e lette s* Da arrival ¢ or that re 2 to Uraba to te Apailand Ist< sit on her wa to send bud Ser sof Frederic ent. Cr Ce 1 as. G. Eaton, oe. Paty ATE agreed PRESFNTAT! chusetis, umonia at his Wor ery pr posite rece No THE BANK ED IN and € this mornix oversy. Av Louiside ary with the S$ of paper it rooting of rre“l by the Se illed ball Frias to if 50, W isa f nd priv: Tne WEEKLY reports of the E the interesting € te report ton ihe Fruit and lo mS, storie auth ally of Major I by some oped in flames. oped her in # cloa the fire, but not before badly burned, from the effects of wh! i all (Mad.) Tones, Fe MINISTER V fram Pa ceived 10 000 for I dollar in my this or any oth r arrived in France. vised the State de and printed. on the mu iving infor The Jeet, arra: Charleston, 8. C. offices of the body, ofmoney by the free of interest. ington, and E. B. over, making the ton, West Virg the house of had receiv: Baron Bousiere, five bints. esdity Mr. Jesse usiere Killed archery meetings. 3 for the a fit of Sr on Capitol Hill. Among ¥ who will preside at the Misses Wallen Collins’ Darien Expedition uth of th ComMITrer.— of the two impre pr Ones to. This Is to appl K notes, by toe the ¢ or # distin rommitt it now is—divtde Growers’ .of Mount Say amp Wied with the # once thre Mr. Fr: I yesterday ut sadeniai of the story that l Fremont Memphis and El Paso bonds on the Freneh financial mark: ceived a dollar, 2: fe for my placed on the Paris bourse a month before I exposed their fra' t correspondence was called for by Congress ‘ket were furious with me for nation as to their character, and “remont published a pamphlet on the 'sub- igning me for discrediting the great ‘American enterprise. THE NATIONAL Gran granges was so amended as to ma. there was a shooting Mr. Sar- Edwards and Lieatenant- Baron Bwusiere won international shooting at Monaco, killi .g all of the Last Tuesday was very wind was bigh, whic ention of the gentlem to he present. The st Emile track, but hi ‘ounds and tents he et to the rown and genilemen acted as um- all of the edd a Duar ne number sel but two fell ¢ ontof door sports we amt a3 may bear of their orthington. restime ier re a Wild in supper ntion th Liss Liew will r from an officer of rien expedition, dat nd received here this rived hereon t tined, on inof Oar sto; out, watil, the of cert bro graphic sury She will of M y letters nd in list of s’ expedition pltins, hae a PUBLICAN CAUCUS, bold 1 to admit Coloralo as a VE Samurn still lying resid: ER, of seriously Hl of > on H sireet, op- urd his y doubtful. Pr INTING ne € TE Question omumittee urrency, at their meeting bank-note printing ve one itnpress to + Treasury the « w printin: and frac uly, contains isiana affairs; proceeding: of the Po- pre # model family ee vaio; postage its, in Wrapper fun it called gasoline; means took fire on the out- puny m Wil ic, and finally the young | o'clock. —Cranberten telegra, nis Influence [a getting tt cd vas never offered a vitictal influence i These bonds wi matter. In the spring of 139 I dulent character and ad- rtment about them. My parties who put the bonds , in-session at has authorized the execu- tive commiltee to salect a Jocation for the nd to lease the necessary buildings. The action with reference toa loan National Gra to state the loan Two additional members of the executive committee were elected, viz: D. T. Chase, of New Hampshire, and John T. Jones, of Arkansas, for three yearseach. D. W. Aiken, of South, Carolina, was re-elected for three years and Wm. Saunders, of Wasti- Shankland, of fowa, held committee five in all. A REcCUSANT WITNESS IN West Vir- GIxta—The president of a bank in Charles nia, has been sent to = by legates for contempt fr pce Se gp @ bribe in no it to him ether he obtaining the state deposit from the auditor and treasurer. Grea devel ts are gation. Excel! ements highs Coup WEATHER Ix MAINE.—All harbor: in Maine are closed with ice. Penobscot is frozen over with ice from inches in thickness, which has happened once before In over a quarter of aetna: by this investi from Castine, twelve miles Sistane ‘Teams cross from the island to the main land. | Parties came across the i ' BEECHER'S TRIAL. Tilton and Woodhull. After our telegraphic report of the Tilt Beecher case yesterday. cross-examination of the plaintiff was continued. His testimony in reference to THE TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT Was as follows: “The awant given me was Bowen's chee for $7,000. I think I got the *& from 3 »n the night of signing of arbitration t sign the arbitration withoul gett , but obtained it half an hour after was written to it, though Mr. Wil- aid to the contrary before the iavesti- | ing committee. I put in type | THE BOWEN LETTER | with comments about the end of Mare! | 1 showed slips at this time, to Ma her and my counsel: impros { no other person &: wit until art e ‘overt > thi Woodhull pabl covenant, I dot ren to him before arbit I think I showed this letter to e time in Deesmber. Three I think, were printe! of this Le: these went to Wilkeson, and was put into the tripartite agreement; one, I think incom. | plete, was picked up by the printer, and one remains now in our py a. With Mr. Y mndment som: lete slip of my own, b sone I showed Mr. Beecher, which v fourth. [think these Slips were struck off at diffe nt times. | I loaned Mr. John Harmoa one of slips before the Woodhull publication. 1 | never remember saying to Harmon tiat 1 did not care what did with it Tcom. | mitted it to his ton best to bim in his discretion | the Brooklyn E vit Harrison's ha (Harrison) published about fi this in the Eagle. published in the E Went down to the of! Ido not un Harmon is Of this public i that Beecher showed t nent to Mr. Kinsella, w blication in ty mon's sli nrned with four ec s slip le wante: 1 to hin ght. This sli or six imonths rink it was There are ont incomple never passed but ONE NIGHT AT MRS. We house, but . r complete at I know of. I DUCE ined in her i throngh the with her bare er has intane parler was fur told me e had been eatled a house of fire qi she took me through it to show me. empty house; that Ss were pied with my only t her hi ub hr w the circum: was a& trade 3 it was refurnished during t! acquaintance with he Mr. Evarts then read portions of the “PRUE STORY, ed; she "perio of my and asked witness if t membered the parts | read. The reply w: nerally that he did not remember the phraseology, as it was so loug xo, but he w: the opinion that in subst e his statement was the me as ven by the c Mr. ts real an countof the interview between Bowen and the wi in Which the former stated that the latter should demand Beecher’s retire- ment from Plymouth pulpit and. the editor- ship of the Christion Union. Witness replied that he remembered something like this, aud he also recollected ineorporating his de for Beecher's retirement in his © One portion of the sta a letier from Mrs. El toa friend after the Woodhull. publication, deel nat the words put inty her mouth by podhull were ail false. continued :—I never remem! saying that Beecher was responsible for my rrel with Bowen, or that th whole Ply h church people were hy poce hed Teould blow their dl iny wits wa arly and a$ as ary Mr. Sontnwick. T never rem: tobim that I kne' ‘ AS PUTS be knew saying a nounei amine A Card” from Woothull. ‘Vietoria C. Woothull” pubtisne over ber own signature as ab ov hull « © kly, in whie'r t that it st to wait for her justification they sure!y can She then continues: “I decided before the trial began to not interfere in any manner with its progress. If M ilton thinks that with the rendering of the verdict, this case will be concluded he will learn his error pos- sibly too late to avert the doom that he is in- viting upon bis he The infinitely greater and more important part of this ease will be undecided when the trial shall have elo 5 Mt is in the verdict that shall follow t art shall render that lam whe mero present ts nothing ife compared With the infinite futur may struggle now to make the shado t upon my E nd darker; but when he shall st us stand he shall, he will blush his present efforts as he now pre What has passed. After this trial is closed, suall bave a plain, simple statemeat of facts oO mate. in which there is set forth the truth in de ali, about all thi ed sine the sad uay of May rarties to this sea statement will be all that confirm (he truth or expose the y of Mr. Tilton’s testimony regarding his relationship with me. Wait patiently for it asf shall wait to give it. PAYMASTER'S DEFIC o¥.— Benjamin Camp, jr. Was appointed an acting master in the navy, in isél. On the ment of bis accounts in 1 it was alle: that there was a deficiency of $1,685.44, which he was responsible to the government. Suit was instituted against his offic! bond this amount. This case eam? on terday,in the United States urs- triet court, Judge Blatehford, Assistant United States Distriet Attorney Smith ap- ptaring for the government, and ex-District Attorney Garvin and Mr. Rufus F. Andrews for Mr. Camp. Counsel for Mr. Camp asked mony owing F 2 his speee! aminat ry of the witness, however, wae be gun. The defence was that Camp had been robbed of 31,000 from no fault of his own, and that he had been obliged to pay for provisions in gold, being allowed by the government only the face amount thus paid in currency. Mr. Camp took the witness stand and began to testify to these facts, but it took him so long to Say anything, that the progress was slow, and the further hearing was adjourned to this morning. Mr.Camp testified that the 1.000 was stolen from the ship Release, in Boston harbor, by a man who was arrested and who gave the name of “John Smith.”— N.Y. Times, ith. New Hack System tn NEw Yorxk.—One of the new institutions of New York fs the University hack establishment. It has been impossible for a long time to get a ride in a coach in New York without pa; Pariees large price. For a short distance, a medinm ride, 85; to the Park, $10. The new concern that I refer to has a great a gg of cabs as elegant as private turnou! The price is $1 = Groye part babar 2 cniie ee the system 2 what ‘comm ie oy ae cab can be summoned from any I hotel in the city at any hour of day or night. The price is no more at midnight ¢ than it isat noonday; during a violent storm than it is in sanshine. Ifa driver is known to oe more than the regular fare he is instantly dismissed. This is probably the stepping stone to introducing the cheap cab system of London into New Yor! TELEGRAPH WIRES Uxpen Grdvnxn.— ‘The New_York correspondent of the Phila- delphia Record says: Work is to be com- menced here, it is reported, Ie elk complete : Stem of wader- wires, ughout ease” Pp two those i uropean Cay orcel nine inobes in diameter fre to be lai near the tone, three feet pce the surface. ie is are to be laid in alternate streets ie Batter to Harlem. The charter and is not owned by eats ‘elograph company. FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS, Fripay, February 12. SENATE.—The Vice President laid before © Sevate a communication from the Secre- ary of War enclosing the engineer's report in reference to the extension of the Chesa- peake and Chio canal to Pittsburg; whieh was ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Transportation. Mr. Anthony presented credentials of Am- brose 3urnside as Senator from Rhode Island for the term commencing March 4, Is; Which were read and placed on file. Mr. Hamilton presented petition. of eiti- s of the District of Columbia against the <lition of the Washington navy-yard. Naval Atnirs. Ferry (Ct.) presen on counell of Hari taprovement of the Con meret Numerous petitions were pre the renew 1 the duty on tea TAXATION OF CHI Mr. Spencer, from. the Distriet of Columb empt ehureh p lumibia tren * xl memorial of the 1. Ct. in favor c Connecticut river. ented a: nudt co HES. pmmiltee on the reported a Dill to ex the [strict of Co- and asked for its pres- nst etal to its present ¢ aid he had high hex, but agbt they sts like other peo 1- st re- mt SUBSIDY BILE. The cal general orders being pro- ceeced with, Committee on Trovds was called, and,on motion of Mr. Stewart, the 1 ing bills were disposed § r the te bill providing 1 . Dallas and Salt La ap, for t nt service free « tid this was ss Lo waste construction harge. subsidy bill time upon it ale. yell said: the till had been thor considere |. It was. nota. subst ount asked for was only $250,006 which we 09 less nment paid form ition. He thou urtesy on the ] man vo terrupt tt iton the of a bill and move to disclaimed any the had real th scourtesy bull, ar in his motion; it we ment think the fianecs, ver, © fram Or considered, he w the om of Mr. k » th on Railroads’ was exter La helt, and Mr. kk tt at some length in favor of the bill Mr. Mitchell also argued at leng! will. h in favor PRESENTATIVES.—Im- ading of the Jouraal jon of Mr. by » Weat oa ILb, » mC into Committee of the Wt THE TAR ~¥.) was re and said the bi a necessity item was in thi at would not pul morey into the the ves. The of last ed the receipts s bill would m.000, but upon the reduced figures of tit wouk He hai inst an increase of tax last ? but now he felt that things had change { there was a prime ngeessity for an inerease of the revenues. He then proeeeted to con- sider the estimates of the Treasury for the current year, and the receipts a ex diture for the same pe w the necessity now for increased taxation He su fol ig aS the estimates 0,00, internal rey and the estimated expeaditur: leaving a surplus of about sev ihe sinking The receipts migi said, fall the estimat id of the y. would range somewhere from seven to a deficit. There was no government that would endeavor to get along with al balance than the coin balance in the Teoas- ury. He then referred to the remarks of Mr. Wood, yesterday, contending that the pei sion ‘fund and” coin net be counted ury, as urged bj were set-aside ‘for a_ specific Me. Wood id the re- marks of the gentleman wouli be applicable to a review of the action of the government Keferrin g to the allusion made b: to the Pacitic Railroad bonds, hie for the past twedty years, but this Question of present iecessity. As to th chase of bonds a. xorbitant rate, s the bonds bought by the government had all been purchased ai “less than par in gold, the average being 95.19. The falling off in reve nue, he said, was due to catses that aife the whole country. There was Uhrift and economy, but the ‘country could not recover from the panic without thrift and economy Which meant absiaining from the use of i ne ported luxuries, and consequently a de- crease in the ‘revenue iis decrease of business, he said, was not gontined to the United’ States, but to every nation Europe to a greater or less degree There being a necessity for some measi this kind, tue question came up why we these articles selected. It was deemed sary to select atthis stage of the mn Some sinple schedule that would yield a large re enue on asmail number of articles without tnerensing the cost of the collection. Te coffee had been suggested, but the comm tee found that with an anuus! consumption of fifty-five million pounds, there in the country or on the way here fi forty-five to fiity million pounds. A tax on circulation of national banks was propose but the committee had fouad that inaty sable. A tax on incomes was also suggested, but ‘it was found that the expense of collecting would be largely increased, and the revenue derived not available fora year. He combatted the idea that the increased tax on Wh y could not be collected. When the tax of 82 was levied it was in times of great political demoralization, and besides the jaws and the machinery for collection bad been much improved. The next article was tobacco. The tax was paid »y the consum- ees, of which it was estimated there were in the country twelve millions, and prot 9 one consumed more than twelve pounds It was wholly a luxury, and_no con- Sumer ever complained of the tax. The next article was sugar, and an amendment was ropésed by Mr. Kasscn to include molasses. Vice totacen thin eae very generally us ed by all classes, vut it differed from tea and cofice in this respect, that. the —— Jarger quantities that the "The 10 per cent. restoration, he said, would not prevent importation or reduce the reve- nues. The tax on matches was stricken out because, with the tax on the articles enume- rated, it was thought that could be from the treasury, and because of the or nl sion of the House upon the subject, cause of the practical e effect of the Fa small man turers. He then show the necessity of providin; for the sink. ing fund, to maintain the of the gov- ernment’at home and abroad, and in su of the wisdom of the policy of establishing the [sinking fund, he maintained that the effect in the fallin, vets = the been to increase entailed an additional Sos ae uy consumption. He was not will the proposition of Mr. Wood to the and navy or other creditors wait for pay, ‘The republican party could not leave the Treasury empty, and led to the House to maintain the t had so solemnly given. ; irs ese (GA to restore war m the TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR, ANOTHER crisis IN FRANCE. Dissolution of the Assembly Probable SE! ERAL FIRE, ' Conflagration in Hartford, TWO CENTS. | Result ef Frozen Hydrants. WEST VIRGINIA SENATORSHIP, dustrial interest and led capical ment in the cold- bearing bond: country He charged that legislation was now driving the industrial classes to bankrupt nd implored the republican party to stop. They need not wonder that thes were b jen at the last election, or for success if this Policy was produced. He said that the bili Struck at the only interests that were pros- perous, because there Was an export demand his struck down the manafactaries of all alcoholic drugs. of ail perfumery. of qui- | ICE BLOCKADE IN NEW YORK. THE BEECHER TRIAL SUSPENDED. Evarts on the Wrong Side--of the River nine, and every aleobollec manufacture. It Pires OF TRE STORM, F t whisky wasa lL The ice Blockade im New York. no powe s fo] New Yous, February 12.—e a pass sumy tws, ant it iad no right to vers are this mornie put in a taritt bill what it could not do t ice than openly « Mr. Towr asked how he propos to make up this o idea € rey Fraved “Sunpenited.. + ; kK. Pet yu Dawes, that ¥ v ave ds were 3 t. as 4 ¥ rex debt to a er than The commi ver, The West Virginia Senatorsnip manen: CINCINKAT, O. February my lal vote t joint sexs ary People a Wee ve tty, ou 1 | road Travel Buspenaca. OsWwroe, N.Y February Tue recent Bishop Jaggar Accepts. storm has boen of unsual severity, and all PHIL ape cenra, February 12 Rey. Thos ading to this city have Church of the No trains have been mnemneedt hb pate of southern ¢ n the Leth of Jan esecbne acihicles GUES.— A corresy ser, WhO has dl Tome The ralliraads sinc cop to, to w ry < No Midland road and Syracuse bandoned to- eniay Srantsu Inve the Bos udent of ntly w knowing Boart rons in Onwey ts were Ontar Trying to Open One Road. , OSWRGY, Febre Ete being three ‘mont go, that the “east h je to open the Os nd Sy rowad but alt Would be apparent ar arrive after the winter had passed.” took: | ne The « andoned for the $1,600,000 to convert Serrano, and the Queen | present is sad t all abou ei eM ‘The Storm at Boston, To raise bh February 12.—The se every possible expedient was severely felt by martoe Jewels and inces. D where 2 number of fishermen ate also loaned $1,000.00 to Don Carlos, fn hoy »make a harbor during the feree to further the ehtlms of his wife to the throne vie. Four vessels went ashoreat and there is gene feing b al fit thers were frozen in eles that ke has lost it outright. dare drif bout the ba A ster so seeura the t t their ossistance Queen mother, having bribed Don Franeoi rovisions in case @Assisis. her Ox-hush 1 them te vers Abby and Got the reward of a vs t {ashore on ins full of Jol Plerida, for Bos- side of C infamous mes to overthro CHIEF re © council of that | of compatible with the feelings of the survive | ~ F bet 13.—Teatiwa ing members of Mr. Chase's household, his | teavel hat ntirely suspended. ‘Termine reinains be interred in Spring Grov | from the t, due herr yesterday nooa, have t innatl, whe >| not yet arrived, and trains from the west “5 *t tM s reatly behind time The antry reals ay gue hat Mrs. Imort impassalic Lot the coantry. tis her rs father r ins restin his | yy 1 LPnta, Februar; 1 26 : - Pade 'y 12.—fae heavy ferred I that of the city | compar ¥ @ ‘driving wind from’ the Of the state of Ohio, or of horthenst, resulted in clearing a wide cha and state, or in a private fe | oreo ib > nr pnp ang S ne ae hee i, | SCauence is comparatively cas Pet her Wickes ret ae mayor, bat he will | Woke tripe without much eel ——_———_—____ | 4 Kk FE BANERUPTey.— aring in Philadelphia yestenta: t the , before , THE Jay Ce Register Mason, in the matter of Jay Cooke | tan, from Liver- & Co., asking their discharge from all their | Pol pected to reach the city this debts’ provable, the bankrupts were in at. | Yening. jee in the Schuylkill remains fendance, also’a number of the creditors. | broken The register read all the statements filed b; SS RPA the firm and the individual members there. | of, showing in detail with the bals ce Sheets Aledawhat otherwise wo complete | examination in @ ptey proces! After the re concluded the readin CONFLAGRATIONS. A 5250.000 Fire in Hartford. Haxrroxy,cr., February i2.—At3 o'clock this morning was discovered in the base- | ment of the store of W. M. Miller, fancy the bankrupts stated they were ready «| goods Main street. V Tr, Owmg any further examinations. Only one ‘erat. | nts and short supply, was not itor expressed a ¢ Sto continue the exam- | @ re than halfan hour, ant ination, and to > him another meeting | uch bead it could was fixed for next week. PETROLEUM ABroaD.—Ruamors have bn | cirenjated from time to time of iinportant ex of petroleum on the contine est of these ented from spreading southwest Starr's buikling. occupied by Ives, m & Co.'s dry goods store S establishments. yinere than confine It was imporsible the flames to these *burg heath, between Brem >a | buildings, which are totally destroyal. Fall- This heath is accessibl» to | ing walls injured seve "n, but none nd the continent, and ben seriously about ral discovery of petroleum, thre would be | $250.060 ot likely to deprive us of the best whieh ss sin Hartford the Tae ri Pacies, The fire is still barn ever, is Th ikely to spread, The followin the losses pious springs in the Rassian Cv and Insurances. in detail:—Ives, Ingraham Were tu. #n open to private enterpris: sbont $100,0000n theirsteck, which Is. Itis said that anogher season will s lows. Aina, Htartfont, the oil flowing In pipes to the © aspian se f New York. thence to be transported in bu up the Volga, and by rail Europe in steam all over eastern se field: Phoenix, of ntal, Howard, Hano’ American, and THE Wrst Vr SIA SENATORSHIP.— | can, of New York; Imperial and 5 Tae caucus of the West Virginia legislature | London: and the Merchants, of Newark ast nigh: most stormy thus far. All | total, $*5,o). The building. owned by P. B. respondel to a fest | Starr, is a total loss—estimated at $40,000; in- from the caucus to express their views upon | sured’ in the Hartford for $1,000 and in the the financial questions of the day e| 2 Land € i each, all M. Miller loses on his » in the Con in the Hartford, i New York. Alfred ast ballot last night H. G. Walk 3 Votes, lacking four of a nomination. a rule adopted the lowest candidates “w dropped, and all the pre ef Hart n the k ve been dropped and ¢ ¥ owned the building oc: iby Mil- ker will probaly! c which ts totally destro: . iis is to-night. He has led on al:aost every beilot | Insured for $5,000 each in the Me- so far. : riden; Girard, of Philadey nis Capital City, of Albany; and Roger Will Prov R. Gallenstein, fancy ary THE GLADSTONE CONTROVERSY IN r shop Vaughan, of Gladtord, Eng- ered @ lecture last night at St vs chureh, New York city. ¢ contro’ goods « $20,000 01 the same building, loses d, 1 Steph Gilads stone's was in reveng ured for $5,000 cach ord, and North Brit M. Vix, tatlor. loses $4,000; uninsured. A 825.000 Fire. for defeat of his education MEAD ls Pa., Februa 12—A fire at measures by church megnbers of Parliament, | (AEADNILTS, Fa. February 12. ruing, de but the English public would not be led by ee FT or him in the wake of Prince Bismarck. He Pendieton & Sherwood" schanene factory. Loss $25,000; insured. A Railroad Oftice Burned. PHILADELPHIA, February 12 —After one o'clock this morning fire broke oat in the oftice of the Reading railroad at the coal arves in Richmond. The building was de- ea. —o—_—_—- FOREIGN NEW A POINT FOR THE BONAPARTISTS. Loxpon, February 12.—The Paris corres- pondent of the Times says the points of yes- terday’s vote in the Assembly on the amend- ment to the Senate bill providin ner of electing senators are that it breaks up the mi ty of last week, ‘and that it restores to the Bonapartists the ground they had lost. After the vote which makes the senate de- = on universal suffrage the only mod- fication possible is @ restriction in the Uist of citizens eligible to senatorship. This will so obviously lead to the election ot ex-imperial functionaries that it is e: the commit- thought Dr. Newman's reply to Glad unaaswerable. He quoted from the P allocution of 1861 to show that he was not opposed to true civilization or to libe in institutions or government. ne FAILURE OF AN ATTEM©T TO BLACK MatL.—John H. Mellor, late editor of the Lance, Bridgeport, Conn. it is alleged, re- cently wrote a letter to Mr. P. ‘it. Barnum, the showman, threatening to prin‘ a s' ment that Barnum’s second wife war — the wife of Wm. Eagle, of Lancash re, Eng- Jand, and asking $1,000 as the pric? of his silence. A sister of Mrs. Barnum js really the wife of this man, and so Barnum didn't scare at all, but gota warrant for Mellor, who has disappeared. THE SENATORIAL Ficut IN MINNESOTA. Caucusing by the several factions of the Minnesota legislature up to yesterday has less disagreement, ‘The last proposal of oat of tre less e democrats was on the basis of a strong dem- ocratic platform, being the same that Angas | tee of thirty ‘will wr ‘w the bill this Cameron was elected on in Wisconsin. The | ever: ‘he consequence will probably be sixteenth ballot was taken yesterday in the | a qj: ee of the rsa so legislative convention, the result wing Enlarging her nothing approadhing an election. MADEID, February 12.—A decree MEASURING VENUS—Dr. Peters writes | issued calli 70,000 men for sail been anry cor~ me 15,000 of whom are to be sent to en op under this call te Baik of Sy from Queenstown thathis a. Was the only one in New Zealand that successful ob- " inks waned has advanced the government. Alfonso has arrived at Adams of Kentucky, Crittenden of Missouri, and Arderst Marvissd--Bait Sateen”