Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1875, Page 1

THE HVENING STAR, PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays Excepted, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Avenne, cor. Lith St. ¥ B The Evening Star Ni Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. <a THE EVENING STAR subscribers at TEX CEN’ TR CENTS PER MONTH. Two Certs sacu. By wm Cents a month; six months. $3.00; one year, served by carriers to Fortt Counier PRR WEEK, OR the 'e2 THE WEEKLY STAR—pudlished om Priday— ;——— 02.00 2 yar, postare prepard. BF AL. subscriptions oe sapaper sent lomecr than paid for. OF Ries of ate he - 45—N®. 6,841. anna ———— Che WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1875. tening Stat. TWO CENTS. AMUSEMENTS FORD'S OPERA Howse, FURBIS gs FIFTH AVENUE TP ¢atTeR COMBINATION GRTEICLE® 17 TO NIGHT DIVORCE MATINEE SATURDAY TONY DENT eS PANTOMIME feb2s-2t COMPANY ee JATIONAL THEATER N . UAST NIGHT OF THE STRAKOSCH GRAND ITALIAN OPERA. HIS (FRIDAY) EVENING, FEBRUARY a Teck at MLLE MARES! “MISS CARY, SE CARPI SIG. DEL PLENTE SiG. FLORINT Si) SCOLARA GRAND CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA. Musical Director and Conductor... 51G. KE. MUZLO SATURDAY AFTERNOON, Fet 2 o'clock Doors open at} AND FAMILY MATINEE FAUST. eaerved seats. $1 extra LITERARY SND MUSICAL ENTER- 4 TAINMENT. LINCOLN HALL MONDAY. MARCH 1,50 CLOCK P.M eniie napices of the Grand Division Sons of ; ‘ Pe Hi be presen for the he Temperance Beis . , f at thre F _ 2 AND VOCAL AND INSTRU MEN- TAL CONCERT GLEN IN THE BYTERIAN CHURCH AY RVESING. MARE avion MRS. HO ORDY Provis A KOHR AUSTIN HE GA WHITTARER PEARSON « TIONAL THEATER. NG LATIONS ONE INLY ASTOL REVE NIGHT Belen Ww. st mb SATURDAY € PROF. ARK, ES t Band’ that e, together with a XPOSE NOOLN MALL. WEDNESDAY EVENING. MARCH k READINGS MRS. S¢ oft sippons Seinied by her accom MASTER HAKRY WALKER the brilliant young pianist, aged 12 years Bale of tickets will Bebruary . at Met enue Rees ged seat conte wi LLARDE SPAY EVENING. Mar ICAL ENTE YAND MUS: ME sy. KTAIS MENT OF W. story. I ialeat wilt pa ¥ TUE! LITERAR tm Washingt Paintings. & packed with BARLO e feb24-In Wiser SATURDAY Tem Tx 1 Cotumiy BOMANCE IN REALL in three act<. ‘To conrlade with the Far ul LOVE AND JEALOUSY. by the JOk JEFFER BON CLUB, for the be the Naticual Medteal College Pree Dispenser Sivat Metz end the Hotels. fel AYESCE THEATER, Pa Avenue between Ue amet TD saver! Mana, Guo. W. Baves HEATER Co MONDAY, F. Matinees, Momia Ww ™ I - Aunic Hintle pian comedian, ns mor frieuds and Ladies in genered th@t she the DEPARTMENT all kinds of Hair Work HAIR LD BY THE 61 WORKER: t market price Chudreu’s HALB CUT ia 2 Hair Switched trom 1 ap at CHAS. BAU MOS. 405 7th street, lotelligencer Build: ON EXHIBITION axp SALE } NCE TO HAIB <. New No 439 73a St er66k, a6 dog Owe! big Quciee Oil Paintings, Eagvariugs Chromos, Re. s Hargeee mock of Pi Fe, Haag , Window “Bie cas ke. in the District. = Casi. Please remember Name and Number. jel-ly PERS GLASSEs. i oO VERY Fr TES My ©x perienc Heat bies me to select the bes at fair H.W. HEMPLER, Manors 6 robot ti 453 Pr. ave. corner A FULL ASSORTMENT 4 GERMAN UAL Favons. le “S. BHINE WINE, 9s; Wo EE meee Sean nog Pa jalS-20" _ EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. MRS. Grant will continue her Saturday afternoon recepiions to-morrow. The an- pouncement that she would not was a mis- INTERNAL REVENUE—The receipts from this source to-day were $600,425.52. Customs REvENUE—The reccipts to-day Were $1,024,768.65. Tur CABINET the members pres noon to-day, with all THY SENATE DISTRICT ComMITTEE failed to get a quorum to-day; the only members yresent being Mr. Lewis, chairman, and Mr. | Hamiiton. of Maryland, and consequently | held no meeting. AT THE Waite Hovse.—Senators Allison, Spencer. Jones, Gonton, and Cameron, Com- missioner Douglass, and Representative Nez- | ul audience with the P. ne various merchan ds from the Capitol, mentioned in is ouly intended to ap- WAS Issue and although som up their traps demarred ned to test hi authority in the | ieided and change:t | s from the old hal! to the ridors on either s\ Coup Comrong F Paxk Der posed th tee to the dey to them after e Aid compa THE prnite say even Annie W sualiy attract cured to assis Prof. Anton G lix Benkert will perform i pieces on the ts may be found at the store of jons & Chapman. THE Trvce tN THE HovsE.—The demo- H rats in the morning wa had authority ise of Representatives this lemand, which they he rewling of an agreement having ntered into by which the civil appropriation bill should ivil appropriation bill at five o'eloc ening session will be held at ba past seven o'clock for debate only on the “Force Bill.” and that the previous question on this bill beealled at one o'clock to-mor- row. Should Speaker Blaine decide tadeli his speeen which he has prepared tn opposi ti 1 to it, it Will be made some time to-mor- row morning. Ine KEPORT OF THE VICKSBURG TRov- BLE.—The House committee which visited ssippa lg Uiyestigate qe conditiog of affairs Iu that state will submit two reports, the republicans whiting in a majority report, and the democrats in a iminority report. The ormer was agreed upon yesterday. It gives a statement of facts concerning the troubles arising out of the ejection from office of Peter Crosby, elected sheriff of Warren county, i the November election 1x75 epert concludes by recommending the passage by Congress off the Force bill and doption of a resolution “that the violent «verthrew of law and order in Vicksburg justifies th on of Governor Ames hy on of the President in emi seni to that city sent pinations to the Senate the ye a, Albert J. M. Roper, an, K i. to be consul at Ghent; n. Wm. H. Sutherland E. Fox Schwenk, Wm. C. Hancock, Jacob Medary, Fr B. F. Rinehart, » Albert Mert: Lasher er. to be midshipm n Green, major Ist ¢: wlier general, for goo mpeign, and a number of bre- or gallant services ing operations tzainst hostile Apache as in Arizona. Be respondent yesterv purpose in giving th , but it came a lat its present application from California oul of he recent rise in mining stocks. but it isn’t in there so much as it was. The bottom seem have fallen out, and things are now in & worse condition than before the rise. Accordingly the coming word from th Frank FE. Saw Colonel Je t tar-—Yonr eor- served a very lefinition of the 4 good bove he Lerm got quarter is not bonanza, but its antithesis— Borroxea” meaning storm, tempest. a vio- squall of wind; a m that yields —unprofitable; hazant, danger, ob » Figuratively, ¢, lo be in k. -Borrasea” uth of a just now than be said that A PLFas . NTERTAINMENT. J. W. Wright had Judge 1 decidediy s handsome new residence, 1100 M street. last night, in the shape of a patty complimentary to Sena- tor Pratt. the retiring Senator from Indiar and Senator-eleet Andrew Jonnson, of Ten nessee. The gathering comprise: large yer Of prominent public men, particu from Judge Wright's section of the . umd there was also an interesting nkling of representative red men from ne Indian nation, of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek anc other tribes. Among the latter was Dr. Long, of the Chickasaw tribe, with bis charming Virginia bride. Dr, Long, towering up to nearly seven foot pro- portions. together with Gen. Denver and Senator Pratt, of like altitude, seemed to make a Py, goul showins for western Physiqta. ¥é wéré Niso present many agreeable pe robelhadaegenm rng society. and, with social intercourse, must¢, vocal and in- strumental, and the good cheer abundantly | Pp supplied, the evening sped very rapidly. The genial host. aided by his estimable wife, | muaute everybody feel very much at home. THE LOUISIANA “Last Ditcuers” Nor Yer Hapry—The Louisiana people of | white league tendencies seem greatly exer- cised over the prospect of an amicable settie- ment of their state affairs. Dispatches came pega of fvom the state to-day, ‘tcular- ly rm ew oes, Ro = 4 a fever, politically s] ing. McEnery is ed 0 the nebais bonaprominn. and his PPh sore called the -‘last ditchers,” have called a meeting to be hell to-night to: against the adoption of the Foon ion. The close vole of the conservatives in accepting the compromise has given them a hope of suc- | cess. Their grievance is that they want all the offices and This meeting was called upon a Petition Migued i, a large num- | - | mendation FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS, Farpay, February 26. SENATE.--The Vice President laid before the Senate a communication from the Secre- tary of War endorsing the report of Gen. Custar's expedition to the Black Hillis. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Also from the Secretary of War, a communication endorsing the report of’ the inspector of national cemeteries. Referred to Committee on Military Affairs. OF DISTRICT INTEREST. Mr. Thurman called up bill amending the charter of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company and for other purposes,which Was passed. Also bill extending time tor the Board of Audit of the District of Columbia o receive and audit claims. Passed. Also biti to amend section 2, of the revised status in reference to the stamps on beer barre!s und the cancelling of the same. Passed. Mr. Conkling, from Committee on Judi- Y, reported House biil in reference to reducing the term of confinement of United States convicts. Mr. Morrill of Vt, rom the Committee on ik Without amendment He reported it without recom- the committee was equally He said that he would eail divided upon it. it up to-morrow. Mr. Scott, from Committee on Finance, re- ported adversely on bill introduced Ir. kobertson to reimburse depositors in Freed- men’s bank by the sale of U.S. bonds, and the bill was indefinitely postponed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on the Li- brary, reported back the petition of Chas. Laninan, ed to be discharged from lis fartive ideration. He said the pe- « ttioner asked to be compeusated for alleged infriogement of copyright of ‘his Congre: sional Dietionary by the compiler of theCon- mal Direetory. The petitioner had re- y asked to withdraw his papers. Thé civil rights biil was then proceedet with. HOUST OF read ng 0: first y EPRES he journal and nay vot TATIVES.—The progressed to the on going into Com. | mittee of the Whole on the appropriation was reached Mr. Storm demanded the reading of the names of those voting or abseat. This demand, if insisted upon throughout, would require the consumption of several hours in reading the journal. A TRC Hurlbut (Iil.) the that by unani journal be wa © O'clock be giv on Appropriations for the ¢ sideration of the sundry eivil appropriat Dill, and at that hour the House take ar until half-past s i by Mr. or debate ouly, i for the previous question shall be considered seconded when ordered by the House. After some discussion the proposition was Agreed to. By unanimous consent a number of bills were reported or taken up and passed, among them were the following: Or motion of Mr. Todd (Pa.) the Senate amendments to the bill supplementary tothe several acts prescribing the mode of Collect- ing evidence in contested election cases were cor curred in, On motion of Mr. Townsend (Pa.) a con- ferenee was ordered on the House bill to in- corporate and regulate railroad companies in the territories of the Jnited States, and granting the right of way through the public lands. Mr ‘e submitt La Mr. Phillips (Kansas) reported a bill for the relief of settlers on railroad lands. Passed. Mr. Cessna, from the Judi ‘y Commit- tee, reported a bill for the removal of restric- tions upon the right of members of Congress- elect during the recess of Congress. Passed. ik is bj repeals the clause prohibiting thé clerk from paying Members Waéré noice of a contest is fled.) ita (111.) asked, but failed to ob- ain, consent to offer a bill, and gave notice that he would object to all others. PERSONAL EXPLANATION. Mr. Kasson (Ind.) obtained leave to make @ personal explanation in regard to his vote ou the Pacifie railroad bill, and said, in sub- stance, that he had been reported as voting for the bill, while he had been among its most active opponents. ‘On motion of Mr. Garfield, the House thea went into Commitiee of the Whole on NDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILT.. . Randall (Pa.) made the point of order that the clause requiring the money for the completion of the new jail in the Distriet of 3 ia to be expended under the direction Secretary of the Interior changed ex- isting laws, and that portion of the paragraph was stric! f the meney to be expended as Mr. Randall (Pa.) offered an amendment viding that the work of fencing and in- closing the groands, and the heating appa- ratus for the new ‘Jail shall be » by the lowest responsible ‘bidder, after advertise- ment vided it does not interfere with ex- istix tracts. Adopted. Messrs. Hawley (Conn.) and Batler (Mass.) under pro forma Amendments, condemned the ventilation acousties of the Hall of the House. dect ag it the worst they ever saw, Mr, Piatt (Va.) defended the acoustics of the Hall charged the difficulty in being heard to the general conversation going on among members, in the lobby and in the gal- leries, no attempt being made to lower the voices below the ordinary tone—and said t p that there was no‘difficulty at any time in hearing the voice of tae chaplain in any part of the Hall. Messrs. Coburn (Ind.) and Eldredge (Wis.) condemned the hall 4s unfit for the purpose for which it was used—the latter declarin no fit place for human beings, where Go's sun could not shine upen them. Mr. Butler (Mass.) defended the moiety system, and Mr. Dawes replied. The paragraph in relation to the District of Columbia was amended on motion of Mr. Loughridge so as to read: “To pay on behalf of the United States as a portion of the gene- ral expenses of the District of Columbia to be expended by the Commissioners of said District $1,060,000. With a proviso that sala- ries shall not be changed from the rates now fixed by law.” Mr. Thompson (Pa.) advocated the pay ment of a Just proportion of the taxes by government upon the property owned by it ia the District of Columbia, and denied that it should be made liable for the tmprove- ment of the streets. . Cox offered an amendment to the para- h appropriating $15,000 for the purchase of works of art for ornamenting the Capitol providing for a council on matte t to act with the Jolut Committe I sie brary in selecting works of art. Rulel out on a point of order. eae ee Tue Paciric Matt. STEAMSHIP CQ, {Q- day entered suit against Johy Bor! to re- over S400, NoMINATIONS—The President sent the following nominations to the Senate to-day Jas. N. Tyner, to be Second Assistant Post- master General; Jerome J. Hinds to be U. 8. marshal for southern district of Alabama; J. G, Hamilton, of Obio, to be agent for Indians of Lisseton agency in Dakota; Joseph B. Mc- Dowell, of Nebraska, to be register land of- | fice, Lincoln, Nebraska; Wm. B. Smith, of Iowa, to be receiver public moneys City, Iowa. Also several postmas' THE DIstRicr BOARD OF AvUDIT.—The bill to extend the time within which the board of audit for the District of Columbia may receive, audit and allow certain claims that have never been presented to said board, to July ist next. The 5 board may receive, audit and allow just claims against the Dis- trict of the first and second classes mentioned in the 6th section of the actof June 20, 1874, sewer taxes, not- Sioux and claims for refund ' her of business men and poli’ but this | withstanding the limit of time for ta morning's in Ne ‘leans contain & | tion ‘contained in said act, and in the Joint petition of three hundred persons and firms | ;esolution to continue said board of awit, conservative people ting | approved December #1, 1874. as conservative caucus in Lonisiana is the | sole anthority in deciding it. Pinchhback op- poses the Wheeler compromise, but the eon- | here, and also ONLY Five Days MoRE oF Concress.— Including to-day, but five days of the session remain. During this time the following “TRACY STILL TALKING TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. | WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURF. | | | PEACHMENT OF STATE OFFICERS. DESTRUCTIVE FLOODS) THE NEW YORKCHURCH DISASTER { | by @ broadside from President Scott at Phil- adelphia. THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. THE BEECHER TRIAL, TWENTY-FOUR LIVES LOST AT SEA. THE NEW YORK CHE RCH DE TER. The Killed and Wounded. New York, February 26.—The accident at St. Andrew's Roman Catholle church night, caused the instant death of ave per- | sous—not six, a8 at first reported. Michael Murray, who was reported «lead, was woand- ed, and taken to his home. Mary Jane M tin Patrick Ledell are expected to die. About ten persons are suficring from serious Is, and the rest received contusions, ounds and bruises. Those who were bruised or who fainted from fright numbered more than fifty, and these were assisted to their homes by their friends. Father Curran,-of the chureh, was sitting | almost beneath the gallery; at the first inti- | mation of danger jie arose to ascertain the cause, which saved his life. as his chair was | crushed to pieces. He escaped With a few bruises. IHF FINST INTIMATION of the approaching calamity was the falling of the plastering of the ceiling over the east gallery, the next instant a mass of bric came tumbling through the ceiling, carrying With it beams, roofing, and several hundred square feet of cetling. The bricks fell throagh iu two places their fall completely crushed e nd ruined into of the pews, w ed, from blood Was bespattered on the back, that it nm it ve struck some one, probably inflicting al injury. THE TILTON-BEECHER TRIAL. Tracy's Argument Continued. New Yorx. February 2.—The assemblage of spectators in the Brooklyn city court room jay was not so large ason former occa- y continued his argument. He pro- ceeded to show that by the very punctuation of the so-called letter of contrition it was prepared in a hasty manner, and that Beech- er had never dictated it, as he was careful in his dictations aud "writings. Another point, counsel, come to is e alleged confession of his guilt that the defendant is charged with having made to Moulton and his wife; at the church committee Tilton said that his evidence against Beecher was in writing, and he did not then pretend that he had in his possession any oral confession of Beecher. In Moulton’s statement of August Ist he stated that Mr. Beecher had confessed to him, but that was iven in general terms and not specifically. This was challenged, and it was not untii the second statement that he came out with it boldiy, and they would also remember that on his examination here he clothed his lan- nage in different terms to what he did in ais Second statement. a HIGH WATER. Great Destruction in Tennessec, CINCINNATI, February 26.—A special dis- patch to the Gazette from Knoxville, Tenn. says the most destructive freshet for many years has visited that locality. Tne damag> toall kinds of property throughout East Ten- nessee js very great. The bridge over the Hiawassee river, ou the East Tennessee, Vir- ginia and Georgia railroad, is gone, and no mails were received yesterday. It will prob- ably be a week before trains are rnoning again on that road. The Tennessee river has 3s feet of water, and is still rising. Bridges, mills, barns and houses have been swept away by the flood. The Knoxville gas works are Subinerged, and the city was in darkn last night. “The losses in the eity try are large. WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE. Impeachment of State Officers. CINCINNATI, February A special dis- patch to the Enquirer, from Charleston, West irginia, says the legislature agreed yester- day to adjourn to-day, to meet in Wheeling on the J0th of November next. The house committee of investigation reported that Auditor Bennett and Treasurer Burdett have been guilty of maladministration and and high crimes in office and recom- mend their impeachment. —__e LOST ATSE. ‘Twenty-four Victims. Loxpox, February 2%.—Intelligence has been received here that the steamship Hon Kong. trom this place for Japan, foundere« off the Islands of Abd-el-Curia, in the Indian Ocean. Nineteen persons are reported saved: 6are known to have been drowned, and 18 are missing. . r eight others oni said . Another Steamer Wrecked. New York, February —The steamer Vieksburg, from Port Royal, S.C. tor New York, went ashore last night seven miles east of Fire Island light. She is a total loss. The crew was saved except the cook. who was drowned. Cotton Mill Burned. PHILADELPHIA, February 2 ‘olston’s cotton mill at Cardington’ outside of the city limits, was burned last night. ——_—_—-.ee THE HOVSE TAX BILL was reported with- out amendment by the Senate Finance Com- mittee to-day. Prior to this action a meet- ing of the comsmitice was held, at which the fact was developed that four members of the committee were in favor of amending the House bill, and fouropposed toamendments, mainly because they believed any alieration Would imperil the bil DISTRICT A PPROPRIATIONS.—The House, in Committee of the Whole on the sundry siyl appropriation bill tis afternoon, Adopted the following items: “To pay, the portion of the general expenses of the bjstriet of Columbia due from the United States, to be expecnes by the Commissioners of said District, one million and sixty thousand dol- lars.” Also, “to defray the éxpense of con- —_ sanitary service $26,117.50. Piv- vitrd, That the Commissioners of the District such service to the shall pay concurrently for Board of Health a tke mount out of the «treasury of the District of Columbia, which they are authorized and required to do.” THE NATIONAL Stnpay-ScHoor Unxton. Several members of the executive commit- tee of the national s&ndav-school union met in Baltimore Tuesday for the purpose of per- feeting arrangements for the next meeting of that body, which takes place in Baltimore on the 11th, 12th, and isth of May next. The ¢ of business ado; covers nine sess poe ace Se sans OF = bag da: convention held in Baltimore in May will be international in charac Del will ter. Delegates be different parts of the world. PTeseet from No Cuorcr.—A Salt Lake City Says that Philip Shafer, Van Valkenburg, igo, was gener choice of being dict, Tanged-or gu fltotiuet seelamaal state dispateh no pre-’ ference June 25 ANDREW JOHNSON has informed ocratic state committee of New Tempeh ies that in consequence of the extra session of the senate he wil! be unable to in that state during the it iieat campaiga, ASSEMBLY Anish- werent ie re x president of the assem- THE BATTLE OF THE GIANTS. SCOTT VS. GARRETT. The Great Railroad bey ap ag ofthe Con ly?—The the w Struggle. After months of trove: —Whi Baltim ‘The People Gain ir y the and apparent amity peace between the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore and Obio railroads, the war-cloud has burst. and the old contest been revived. sigral for battle was opened by farrett by a gun from Baltimore telegraph wires. and promptly The reverberations of ain e President firedover answered these dis- charges have been heani all over the land, and as the contest thus fnitiated promises to know It period the cause of the combat. when belligerency was a epidemic throughout the country. and South appealed to arms in IS61 to settle sectional di ferences, and soon after | be interesting, itis well that the public should is an old-time feud, originating at a revailing ‘he North this was done the two great railroad companies be- came mbroiled. The history of t he origin of that difficulty has already been printed. nd as its correctni joned,, The panies origi Was e soures utmos' Baltimore and Ohio Compi railroad line reaching Was! but a being itm misun dangered by the Rebellion, ai f the country were taxed tfor its salvati t = yh ngt single track on this line, of very imperfect © traction equipment, the road was unequal to its de- mands upon it, and after mach trouble ai some strong intimations from those in ¢ has never been ques. y as well be repeated here. jerstanding between these com- ated When tie National Capital nd the re- 1 to their time the the only Havi that an and DY ernment authority, the company owning it Was compelled to improve it a The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad proper Was repeatedly capac! din ity. broken a crease Lis ind inter- rupted, so that it could Kot be relied apon as a channel of communication with the West. an the count) to be opened by which the Capital reached and protected. The Penr Railroad, being the nearest route os ingtou connecting the Western and Norther States, which passed entirel North with lines radiat No sooner wi systen Penns zation of Pennsylvania Railroad power and rolling stock, than the 1 of the Baltimore and Objo commence: y see y looked for some ot throu neet Was called upon t requirement. This uring, and thoroughly rej ern Central Railway, whic its main road and ‘other and thus completed a rail ing throughont all the s this accompli: n made effective | yivania Rail hed, the exertions of mul officers and her route 1zh loyal the indlis- did promptty, h , and the the utili- motive nagers sys- tem of hostility toward it, which has been persisted in with brt little interruption or from an over t col nection to Washington int on the Pennsy! helr forty miles of road From abatement. They refused to sell tiekets over of the Pennsy!vania lines to any station. 'y refused to permit baggage to be checked lvania lines forming the Maine to California protests were heard against their illiberality and selfisiness, but they smiled in derision and pocketed their gains. During the darkest periods of the war fully nine- tenths of the men and material required and received by the Government from the west and north were carried over the lines of the Penns, more, ylvania Railroad pron oe and from that city reached th to Balti- ne Capital over the forty miles of road owned by the Baltimore and Ohio Company; but the lat- ter still domineered with its petty monopoly, and was enriching refused the simplest courtesies to the railroad system which it almost beyond precedent. As an instance of irit animating this gen og A at that le the spi time, itmay be stated that whi all other railroads in the United States accepted the terms proposed by the Government for the transportation of troops , Viz.. two cents per mile, the Baltimore and Ohio Company always insisted upon full — rates of fare between Baltimore and W RELIEF AFFORED THROUGH COMPETITION. This condition of things continued until after the war had ceased. So long as the ex- igencies of the country poured a stream of wealth over the forty-mile monopoly, the men who cont with any connecting com: enterprise took hold ot led it would make my. the Phik no terms ew England adelphin, Wilmington and Baltimore Road, and maie it equal to the de.nands upon itas a national line; but at its southern terminus it was headed off by the mono} ly, justas the Penn. Sylvania lines were. The Northern people, in aud out of Congress, had become thoroughly disgusted with this monopoly, aad now, as the war which had taxed their energies for five years was ended, they began to talk se- riously about securing proper competition to the ca) vania ent mn pital of the nation Reilroad Company ordained to bring and the he need courtesy and common fairy Pennsyl- was the instru- led relief. Failing to secure from the monopoly com- ness, that Company went to work and had built the Baltimore gave i City, the only t most every interest in the L Potomac Railro ndent outlet in W: i it to connect t em of the South. he Baltimore and O1 lo mone ted S and tan indep shington here W . Sav pol tates the new travel from benefitted by the construction of roud. It facilitated the trade of Baltimore City; it relieved Washington delay and annoyan munication between Since the completion of this essentis jon by the equitable business, violat V partion of the country, North wv he North and Pennsylvan: ~a connection that ¥ the Baltimore’ and peated], e gren Oh: y entered into northern lin instance 0 ed these agreements. Somet railroad nd it perfecied com- 1 South. em hes imes this has been done in the most. arbitrary manner by the tyrannical exere command. but general shape intere: this business ne over b duty t ot Mai AL at nothing short of the highest officia. ity and a morbid persona rked the course of the President of that | Company, causing him to attitudin stantly asa local orator and figure-he se of powel it has ass! of discriminations in fi sts and individuals. When d they either excused it on th by high-sounding o the City of Baltimore aud ryland. An insatiable thirst bim with d ams ofambition essity Or atéeinpted to t {nrcming about their t rat their umed the or of certain leteeted in he ~— « the State Oj for vanliy have con. . and stop post. tha tion in the gift of the American people. The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, with its great connecting tunnels under the Monu- mental City, cost nearly $5,000,000, and its constr eral policy of the Bal ne been foreed by m havin 2 itimore and Ut the illib- hio Ratl- road Company, it was imperative that the new and vastly sui City should be used public as well as its owners. The perior line to Washington in the interest of the | Philadei- phia. Wilmington ani Baltimore Railroad Company, owning a very cy the through ronte between d the National Capi the Baltimore and agreed loruB ‘rou, tal Obio monoply in traffic south rtant link in eW York and haying suffered from of Batti: more by way of this tunnel, and arrange- ments to this effect were perfected and put in operation by the companies in interest. The Itimore and Obio maui that their monopoly of Southern business was destro} ments and the Pennsylvania ement then saw Yashington and red, and were to add another to a long ist of arrange- by which they were to be benefitted through the kindness and courtesy 9f 4 rival, managers give them two of the four throu: trains tweeen New York and Washington, extend- trains évery transit and terminal ing lo such tel to be- facility enjoyed by thé trains continued over their oWn roads, on the sole and simple — that the Baltimore and Onio Ties a 5 z fh they proj posed | counpetiti to their rival two that wi indertook deal fairly ive ing Washington trains, the Penns ylvania Railroad Com) 2 | port, at a loss of $140,136.45, and showed a net } falling off from the | Stock and bonds. #245.125.43,and was operated | cy of the autocrat of the Baltimore and Ohio. and President Scott's reply. The issue now being joined and the case stated, the pabli will doubtless await the result of the contest With considerable interest. RESOURCES OF THE PENNSYLVIA RAILROAD The positions and power of the contestants become questions worthy ol consideration and as they may not be correctly understoo. state them. The Penn- yMPARY OWNS, Operates, es of roadway, or about Sy per cent. of the total mileage of railroads inthe United Sta This mileage repre sents a capital 26 65. Th of the company bay Philadelphia, Raltin the east.and Erie, ( Louis, Cincinnati, and Louisville in west. It has paid regular dividends of 10 pe to its stockholders for many years, in cluding the two last vears of general depres- 1, and Was able at the commencement of the present year to anticipate. by thre= months, the paymentat par, principal an! interest, of its second mortgage bonds ma turing in 1875. In addition to its widely ex tended field of operations, hing all the prineipal cities in. the union. its main line vetween New York and Pittsburgh passe: through probably the most profita for railroad t continent struction is second to none f permanency; its equipment is full minal facilities are as p: land prompt trans could w: the ably through ax Sylvania was n empowered to into its condi th Past, present and prospec As the resuit of that investigation ittee reported that the te the Compa el to their b and eapital stock plus to the cre: 10,900, OURCES OF THE RALTIMORE AND OHTO. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad coatrots according to the best information that can be obtaived. 9255 miles of roadw miies are in the inal faciliti: Pittsburgh connecting with the been completed last ular divid of the Company of icago—the 4 city having It pa, and € ast-na Autumn. us amount b improvem ad Con the last report, x rcounts Of the Baltimore ere the same as the N. in a New York pay commenting upon this account, says compared with the 3 York ¢ : ny Other of the great trunk lines, th tion of the stockholdcr of the Baltimor On\o issimply this: that whilea stockho! in the former claims not only dividends upon his original investment. but also on the { vestment of his earnings, the stockholder the latter is content with a good regular di idend. An original stockholder of the New York Central or Pennsylvania Road has re- ceived more money from his investment than an original stockholder in the Balti- more and Ohio.” in farther exemplification of the financial policy of the Baltimore and Obio Railroad Company, and as exhibiting a fitting ¢ trast wiih that of the Pennsylvania Rail road Company in its dealings with its stock- hoiders, the annexed extracts from the last report made by President Thomson have | on significance: “The Baltimore and nio Railroad Company, from the necessity of applying their whole net revenues to the construction of their railway, and not from choice, pursued for many ye: “* * conservative policy. having paid the share- holders of its mainline dividends averaging only three-tenths of one per cent per annum, or in the aggregate only amounting to six per cent for the first 20 years of its ex an amount just equal to the paym this Company in dividends during the first year of its organization. ‘For the following six years the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company paid to shareholders ot its main line diy averaging \ ef one per cent per annum amounting in the aggregate to bat4 per cent for the entire period of six years, while the shareholders of the Pennsylvania Rail road Company received for the same periot 56 per cent from the profits of the line, and ¢ the completion of the railroad to Pittsb: With a single track, there was left from the net profits of the railroad 43141, whic Amount, under the provisions of its charter was credited to the cost of construction, thas reducing to that extent the capital of the npany. From 1&3, when yolr line was | opened i@ Pittsburgh, ap to | years—the dividends of the Railroad Company have averaged nt perannum, the total dividends of th y from January of this year haying been cent.” THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RES! The assets composing the boasted rese fund of the Baltimore and Ohio are not al together of the most substantial and satis factory character. For instance, among th assets are liabilities of the |Parkersb: Branch road, aggregating, according to the | last report of the Company, $7.944,907.01 while the same report shows that the branch was operated, during tie year covered by the re- posi- and asiness of IST3 of $2: Jn these same assets are included stock of the Washington 800, while that branch crease of earnings Irom 173 of = from 187 ‘ y. The b, Washington and Baltimore Rail- which,” “according to Vernon's ‘the Baitimore and Ohio are large- ly interested,” contributes to these assets, in atan annual loss, Juring the last fiscal year | Was ordered to fence with the eol | not have struc cents per ton per mile to one and forty-one hundredths tn 1873.” The most peeuiiar of this contest is the claim made SIR Let by the Baltimore and Ohio they shall be allowed the use. on their own terms, of the line of Pennsy! lroad between Philadelphia and New York. as weil as of the terminal facilities owned and toa * extent created by the Pepn«yivania Retiroad Company. demand that New York shail be os ir road. that city, and never contributed {Rots ape of any mele” protlaed of an; os there. Whey the. Pennsylvania allroad Company found that its taetlities regut outlet at New York. it honestly scared and for it, and tt hax expended millions in if the old IMproving what it first secured. “URAL a was never known to reciprocate a faver except under compulsion, nor extend a courtesy except from necessity THE PUBLIC WHILE THE WAR Is WAGED. In this contest between railroad lines, it ts important for the public to know that, no matter how long tt may continue or how it may be waged, thetr tnterests or eon- ce etnnot suffer. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company is not, at any polnt, de- fendent upon the Baltimore and Onio for facilities or connections. Its lines eonnect, as bas already been shown, with Washing- ton City and al! points in the Sonth, aud th connection Is, in all respects. superior to the route ownel and operated by its rival. Tae; SAF also connect New York, by way of Philadel phia, with every portion of the West, and passenger Nines can reach New Orleans r any other South- Company, t been not mbarrass the traveling legree. while combat- ‘som bad faith of tt« an- have placed on sale. at tern off tickets to the way of Baltitnore and W rown lines, 4 rates, for the a inclination or those eit ail principal West, by ness leads them to visit arrangements for fretght transportation are equally perfect, extend ing to Paltumore, where the Northern Cen- tral Railway is increasing is terminal tacili- tles at heavy cost, thus giving th of that city accommodat' ons largest possible di nds ctr ng a ions, and unnes large’ portion of Maryland from excessive he Baltimore and Ohio, Vania Railroad Company now Freterick, Hagerstown, in Maryland; to Martins- 1g, in West Virginia, and to Pennsylvania —important 4, until recently, have been »( the Baltimore and Obie 1 give to these communities i traiic. If the people of i give this su 2 Ht deserves, rests, Will se an the line of thy { trade from many tionab} th 1 benefiting tram le by t asyl rts wh contr al po under the nopoly will b forever Y corporation, which transporting a bagof coffee or a hog to Prederick Chi rf read of sugar as it trom ago or St. Lawis, will b I justly and fairly with ties over which ror Bailimore Iietiin re to compelied to wany communi- rannized. it ix by tndispatable of the Balti. uch higher than that of situated railroad in of. and considera- 2 consummation at © Will heartily rejoice. then, go on Gntil the people xi Sound common sense pre. vails in the management of all great rail Ways, at the eof which must alwa: be found reasonadie and fair tection Jocal trade.—New York Tribune, Feb. 24, 1875. THE Wax oF Races aT THE NAVAL ACADEMY —( orrespondence of the Baltimore papers from Annapolis says: During this week Mr. Gordon Claude, of Annapolis, a young man of most excellent mind and of fine social standing, nowa cadet en mrt mid- shipman at the Naval Academy, and refas- ing todo so bas been expelled. He was at first requested to resign. He would not do that, though he disliked to obey orders. The dismissal of the two cadet midshipmen, Mel- ton, of South Carolina, and Hood, of Geor- gia, has brought oul two stories of the oceur- rences that led to the expulsions. The first Was, in effect, that a snow ball thrown in @ squad of midshipmen strack the colored cadet, Whereupon he proceeded to curse the whole platoon. The next day he was in an obscure part of the grounds by Mell and Hood and severely beaten. On Sunday evening, when the stadents were going in te are satisied supper. the colored midsh!, was in Mel- tou’s Way, standing in the di Melton told him to get-out of the way, whereupon the other said be was as good as he was, for he (Melton) was appointed by a man, and be was sent there by a white one. To this Melton replied with sundry oaths, and the affair theve for the time ended. The next x 3 boy 5 woceeded Lo lendir ssault and beat him, Hood band, Meiton alleging he would him only he kuew the negro ved. and he Was tobe dismissed x-confede- academy by colored man. and was appointed to th 2ressman Elliott NTFUL Drsasres ATA Powe Killed and Many aycret by the Falling of « Wall—Shorts qther 7 oclock last " er sation of St. Andrew's Street, corner of City Hall were assem al ‘urch was well filled, VEcRcn— z vespers. The the congregation for the most part consisting of women and fren. Ai ‘joining the chareh are the bare walls of Shaw's y which was burnt a few days ago. The ii wind which prevailed with the heavy sole storm red against these unsu, pout o'clock the west wall gave walls Way, and went crashing through the church falling on the rool, over which it topped, east gallery, which at the time was crowded With people, killing some and woundii others. Fortunately the gallery withstoot the shock, otherwise the loss of life would have been much greater. A panic seized the congregation, and a rush was made for the doors. A squad of police and the firemen from the Chambers street station were on the spot quickly. and rendered valuable as- sistance in removing the dead and dying from underneath the tabric. The ambulances: fron the Park hospital and stretchers from of which a return is at hand. of $39,1 ihe north police stations were hurried to the e bod unnecessary an- | scene. and the injured Were taken tothe Park kind to purse yzation of this vaunt h 1 rile the dead were either taken to ed reserve fund any ‘they. Even this hasty | their b sor conveyed to the morgue. The lance is not ealctilated to impress the pu)- ie ver favorably with the financiering poli- and were all the items composing it subjected killed number men —and the X\--Uiree men and three wo- anded thirty or more. A BROOKLYN Baptist to the test of investigation as to basis and | REruses “To TAKE IN Ss "ash value, the resu be | Rev. Dr. S. Hyatt Smith, itor of the Lee &@ reduction in aggregate that would surprise | avenue ist Chureh in lyn, who was many who have been satisfied to accept the | shut ont of the Long Island association for stereotyped rts, which explain nothing, asall-sufficient. So far as local traffic goes, the Baltimore and Obio Railroad Company is far behind its reat competitor. West Camberiand, its three branches—the main stem to Wheeling, the branch to Parkersburg, and the Connells- his belie! in open communion, has worked hard to build up bis chureh, and substantial improvements hehaga ble baptistry. A thi of jicants have come to bim to be baptized. jany of these belong to close communion and uJ churches, Will not join Hyatt Smith's church, — they aesire to be immersed - Al ville line to Pittsburgi—pass through a com- him. paratively wild and unproductive country | latest baptism services he said that hecaate destitute of large towns, limited in ula- | refuse to ize any more, and added: tion, containing few manufacturing indus- | “Where bave come to us in ee tries, and poor in mineral resources. These lines are only single track roads, and cannot | they were truly penitent and desired to in any sense be considered up to the standant | from their past errors, I have recef@ed of first-class American vital a baptized them whether they then the charges persistently made by she | themselves with this church or not. of Baltimore and Ohio mst the