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THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays Excepted. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Peumsylvania Avenue, cor. llth St. ir 8. H. KAUFFMANN, ———e —— m Bay STAB ts served by carriers tw § at TEN CENTS PER WEEK, OR Roast c ™ 5 jae & ORTE. Copies af Punter, NTS RACH. By mail postage prepaid——g © month; m7 months, $3.00; one year, 96.00 THE WEEKLY STA ta om Priday— @2.00 a year, posiage prepaid, BT AU subscriptions «avariably im advance, ana =. sent lomaer am paid for. Rates of at vertisine furnished on application. LS AMUSEMENTS. RDS OPERA HOUSE. ONE WEEK ONLY WITA MR. F. S. CHANFRAUL, Who will sppear i) the Great Syutuwestern drama, BIT, THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER. KIT REDDING. native of Prince George's county, Maryland, but now of tne Bed river f euntry st _.... Mir. CHANFRAC ME. HOTTO. MR LANGAN as the and a donble dramatic company, with auxiliary , ani e ising Mra. Germon, Miss Gussie De ie ponnle, Chiford, Litike the. onday next—THE MAJILTONS. marl5 ASHINGTON HEATER COMIQUE. MONDAY MARCH 15. every night and Wed turdavy Matinees. Engagement fo ; sey, in the sensation- urder in the Snow az and wgemet Morton. Engage for one week onl: eclebrated F. dian giant, Col. G and © a out, and 12h streets. Lessee and Manager. Masical Directors, ST appearance of Wm. Gaylord atortios acis and man-m m Josh H nl clog fe theit we Johnany Har he great BE mfdian, in conjanctioa with Chas. T. Ellis, it Delineator of German Characteristics Bie Lou Sanford, the great Serio-comic Singer and Washington Favorite rds. comic Vocalist and matinees on Tuesda: mission to Matinee: Band veenis. De nences wt reopen at 7o clock. Perform In preparatioa—The Grand marl5-6t Manager. UINE COMEDY AND MIRTH ND SATURDAY MATINEE Actor and Popalar Favorite, J. FLOR E, GOMMENCING MONDAY NIGHT, March 1th When will be pre Dickens's Greatest Work, » AND SON. @APTAIN CUT great part) W.J. FLOR Aseriginally per most fashionable and crowded =r tinguished authors and the the metropolis for over 100 Bi very 4 by him im London before itory, inclading hts, supported by a SUPERIOR DRAMATIC COMPANY. To conclude with the mirth provoking comedictta of BRIAN O'LINN. BRIAN 0'L - W. J. FLORENCE. Literal i. 30 Orchestra Orchestra » exira marl3-3t THOMAS ~ TUESDAY EVENING. MARCH 16, WEDNESDAY BVENIN ARCH 17, at 8 o'clock. THEO. THOMAS LAST GRAND CONCERTS (OF THE PRESENT SEASON,) First and only Appearance of the Celebrated ianist, MME MADELINE SCHILLER, Pronounced by the p.blic and the press the greatest ‘Lady Pianist that has ever visited this country MISS EMMA CRANCH, The Young Prima Donna Coutralto, MR. FRANZ REMMERTZ, Bass, together with THEO. THOMAS GRAND ORCHESTRA. And Uther EMINENT SOLOISTS. Admission Tickets—One Dollar. ed seat lion Tickets—Oue Dollar. Reserv. . Family. Feserved se: COLN HALL. of Reserved Seats will commence Borning. March 11. at Metzerott she programme of the concerts can be mway & Son's Pianos re exclusively used The sale on ‘Thursday & o's, N. BARLOW BEGS LEAVE TO CALL + attention of Senators and members of Co his large collection of PAINTINGS, ENGBA GS. &c., which he offers at reduced % ‘This is a fine opportunity to persons leaving the ity, to porchase, as his stock is the largest ever seen one Paintings, &. ‘ked with the oe BARLOW 8 GALL. fe026-Im 1223 Penney Al : ADAM E. PAo TE vimore’, faforms her friends aud Ladies in general that she ‘ st NEW YORE PRICES. - = HAIR SOLD BY THE OUNCE TO HAIR WORK "RES, et the lowest market price. BAIR DRESSING and Children's HAIR CUT- ‘FHFemes Hair Switched trom 91 up at james Hair Swite! a CHAS. BAU MS, 405 Ten street, itest care. YY OF ART. lvania avenue feb19-Im Intelligencer Building. ON EXHIBITION axv SALE\ New No ‘ys Sr. MARKRITER ‘71H St. Be. 439 1th Sted, beaween D ght az above Odd Fellows’ Hail, ac Ohotce Paintings | 3 atte vein the District, remember Name and Number. jel-ly OLY 12 DOLLARS. Somethi gs Entirely New. ONLY $12!! ONLY $12 4 COMPLETE SUIT. GOOD STOCK! GOOD STYLE!! NINE DIFFERENT VARIETIES. $12—A FINE SUIT FOR 812. ENTEEL! DRESSY!! STYLISH!!! GOOD BUSINESS SUITS. 9223 AN ATTRACTIVE SELECTION. A SPECIAL THING. Examine Them. HABLE BROs., MERCHANT TAILORS § FINE CLOTHIERS, CouxER Tru AND D Srazsts. —SSe ay marl Wsraine STYLE DRESS mats. @ = ‘ ow eS ESRES W BES Ta SE=e Ae ee ae STAD WAY 8TT: : ‘toget her with 4 ees eee amy rowenrch,, Py eg iS tend Ba MES Faves cotte Be caac. EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. INTERNAL REVENUE—The receipts from this source to-day were $252 128.25. Customs RECEIPTs.—The receipts from this source to-day were ©464,334. APPOINTED.—George A. Anderson has been appointed internal revenue storekeeper for the Ist district of Tennessee. ALL OF THE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS have received invitations to attend a reception of the Manhattan club, of New York, after the close of the specia ‘ion of the Senate. A DELEGATION from North Carolina had an interview with the President this morn- Ing, urging the removal of ex-Gov. Holden, of N. C., as postmaster at Raleigh. THE STATEMENT of a Washington corre- spondent in regard to the intended marriage of Mr. Rufus Hatch to a young lady of this city is contradicted. A DELEGATION from Baltimore were at the White House this morning, endeavoring to see the President to urge the removal of Collector Booth, of that port. The President being ip consultation with one or two mem- = of his cabinet, he declined to receive em. THE LOUISIANA ARBITRATION ComMIT- TEE was closely engaged upon the business befere it until five o'clock on Saturday after- neon, in New York, all the members hegeat | present. Itis expected that the work wil be closed and the report finished this fore- noon. It 18 NOW ALMOST CERTAIN that the vote on the admission of Pinchback will be taken in the Senate to-morrow. The hour for taking the vote has not been fixed, it being the intention if necessary to prolong the debate until midnight should any Senators desire to speak on the subject. LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR ANTOINE, of Louisiana, Statg Superintendent of Educa- tion Brown, State Senator Burch and Jam >s Lewis, edministrator of public improve- meats in New Orleans, were at the Capitol to«lay in the interests of Pinchback and had interviews with several doubtful Senators. ————— SENATOR JOHNSON, of Tennessee, received information from Greenville this morning siating that his wife’s condition is considera- bly improved. The Senator is not certain that he will speak atall on the Pinchback case. He says the matter has been very fally discussed. and that he will prebably not feel called upen to make any remarks. AS THE NAMES of at least two new Sena- tors, Christianey and Kernan, are frequently mispronounced, it may be well to say that thename of the former is Jomncuneet with the accent on the first syllable, and that it .s @ word of three and not of foursyllables. Mr. Kernan’s name is pronounced With the ac- cent on tue first syllable and not on the second. CONFIRMATIONS.—The Senate in execu- tive session on. Saturday confirmed the fol- lowing nominations: Leander M. Dewey, to be pension agent at Canandai, N. Y., (the nomination of Sidney ‘Mead. wi was sent to the Senate on the 8th instant having been withdrawn.) Robert W. Steele, to be a paval constructor, to fill a vacaney; also, the nominations of several postmasters. THE SENATORIAL EXCURSION TO MEXI- co.—Tne United steamer Dispatch sails to- day from the Washington navy-yard for New Orleans. She will at that city take on beard Senator Cameron and his party for Vera Cruz. The date of the departure of the = from this city has not yet been fixed, but it will be aboGt the last of March, or the first of April. ASSIGNMENT OF ARMY SURGEONS.—On the recommendation of the surgeon general, the following-named officers have been or- dered to report in person: Assistant Surgeon Thos. F. Azpell, to the commanding officer Fort Columbus, New York harbor, for tem- rary duty; Assistant Surgeon G 8. . to the commanding general military ——- of the Atlantic, for assignment to faty. A MATTER oF TastE.—Zditor Star: In Saturday STAR a head-line asks,“ What is t» be done with the captured Indians?” and Secretary Belknap says that the two chiefs who outraged the German girls shall be held hereafter In such place as may be directed. Let them come to the best Washinton the- ater and give a matinee to our ladies and chil- dren. Or is it necessary for them to murder a major eral first? This was required of the Fedpath-Shack-Nasty-Meacham crowd, bnt the —T of the white girls ought to do jast as well. THE UNITED STATES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INTEREST ON THE DISTRICT 3-5 Bonns.—Upon a question raised by the com- missioners of the sinking fund as to the lia- bility of the government for the payment of the annual inte.est on the 3-65 boads, known as the District bonds, the Attorsey General bas decided that not only under the original act changing the form of government in the District is the government liable for the in- terest, but under the subsequent act of the last session of Congress, more explicitly committing the government to Its payment, there can be no doubt that the United States is liable to meet the acerued interest annvally on this class of bonds. A decision to tl is effect was to-day sent to the President and by him communicated to the District Commissidn<rs. N. G. ORDWAY, who was unexpectet!¥ elected to the New Hampshire legislature, is in &@ quandary as to what course he shall pur- sue. The district in which he was elected generally gave a democratic majority of from two to five hundred, and Mr. Ordway Was more surprised than any one else at the result. He aceepted the nomination as a jwere compliment, as he thought. The trou- bie is that there is noone to whom he can turn over the effects of his office as sergeant- at-arms of the House of tatives, there being no provision in law for a deputy. If he resigns, to whom will he re- sign? The body which elected him serze~ ager nig tion, eannot resign to” which has not yet come ‘ _.,, ¢¢,next House may finally eonelue” 0, 340 both horses. B® ~ PERSON *.i,_yfr. Ackland Boyle, of this ¥.#ho%as come into notice lately as a paren writer of promise, is now a lead- ig econtributor to the Dantury News, over the signature of “Von Boyle.” | ---- Speaker Blaine is expected to leave Washington with his family for his home in Augusta, Maine, about the Ist ofnext month. ---- The Wash- ington tof the Cincinnau Ga- cette says: “Mr. Con MeGrew, of Cincinnat is a candidate for Mr. Dennison’: Commissioner of the District.” Hon. yman K. Bass and wife, of Buffalo, have sailed for ~—e in the steamship Weser. “The Marquis De Clermont~' x Gregan bet soe Pint tae , but now Firs : gation at St. Peters! has cross of “Root Hog on DIz.”—A new feature is added to the Indian policy, namely :—In dis- tributing the supplies and annuities the = ps — to juire all oe tenas Tenervation, forthe bench oF themes of the tribe, at a reasonable eaxed by the agent in opi yaiue to the si WA HINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1875. Nominations. —The President seat the | following nominations to the Senate to-da; L. Cass Carpenter, collector of internal rev- enue for the 3d district of South Carolina; W_N. Brewster do_ Ist district of Texas; 8. P. Young, of New York, to be consnl at Mos- cow: T. J. Jeiferds, of Arizona, Indian agent for Chiricabua agency. in Arizona; Wm. B. Truax, of Illinois, do. for the Moquis Pueblo ey, RR ARMY ORDERS.—The leave of absence granted Capt. Gay V. Henry, 3d cavalry, has been extended eleven months, that of Wm. H. MeMinn, 8th infantry, ten months; that of Capt. Alex. Moore. 34 cavalry, one month and twenty days; leave of absence for four- teen days has been — Capt. George T. Beal), medical storekeeper. By direction of the President so muea of special order No. 38, March 5th, 1875, from the War department As announced the retirement from active ser- vice of Major James R. Mears, paymaster U. 8. A., is amended to read in addition “at his own request,” ané todireet him to repair to his home on being relieved from duty. THE INCREASED PosTAGE ON TRANSIENT Matt MATTER—The Postmaster General, after full consultation with the law officers of his department, finds that he has no authority to suspend or temporarily evade the provisions of the new law raising the tage on mail matter of the third class, which includes traosient newspapers. The Postmaster General !s in receiptof intelli- gence trom many of the post offices an- nouncing the delay of lai numbers of newspapers on account of insufficient post- age, tnd proposes to give directions to for- ward such as had accumulated up to the time of the general announcement of the increased rate. The Postmaster General, in explana- tion, states that the mistake arose through a misunderstanding of terms. While the sub- ject was under consideration in Congress, in reply to_a letter srom_ the chairman of the Senate Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads as to whether the transportation of mererandise seriously obstructs the trans- portation of the mails on rai is. the Post- master General replied thaf it does not threaten to do so at present, but that on some of the truak stage routes it now give embarrassment and will lead to extra ex- pense; that he did not favor doing a mer- chandise transportation business at the ame rates for long as short routes. He stated thai, as the law had been In operation for so short atime, he did not feel warranted in recommending any very radical changes, but suggesied that the rate of postage on merchandise be doubled—that is, the rate should be one cent for each ounce or fraction thereof, instead of one cent for each two ounces. In the use of the term merchandise the Postmaster General had no intention to include transient newspapers, but, failing to draw the distinction as it existed in his own mind, the committee of Congress applied the term ‘as employed io the post office enact- ments. The Postmaster General feels the mistake keenly, and if there were any nos- s'ble way of relieving the People without special legislation he would take advantage of it.— Wash. Special Balt. Sun. ——-se: ——— ASSASSINATION OF AN ITALIAN IN St. Lovis.—Francisco Palermo, an Italian leinon-| ler, while along Breadway, St. Louis, Friday morning, was fired on by two men from behind a fence on the opposite side of thestreet. He turned and ran, when two bullets coming from a lumber yard on the same side of the street struck him and he ro} dead. Itaj that Palermocame to St. Louis from New Orleans about a ago; that while in t city he lived with an uncle who was murdered, that five Italian acquaintances were suspected of murder, but it was not ascertained definitely who committed the deed. About three Monthsfago these five acquaintances went to St. Louis, and have since threateved, it is al- leged, to kill Palermo. Three of the men have been arrested and the other two are un- krown to the police. Sap Loss oF LIFE AT A FIRE.—The Davis house, a large three-story wooden building, in Gloucester, Mass., was Sa by fire early Saturday morning. lostof the furniture and the al effects of the be were burned. Sano) Kelley, an em- a 5 Mar- garet Walton, an employe, were found in the ruins yesterday morning. The office of the ‘Western Union Telegraph company was also borned out, the instruments being saved. ‘The total loss i 000. MR. BEF CHER GOING To EvRoPg.—An in- timate friend of Rev. Mr. Beecher said this Morning that as soon as his trial was at an erd it was his intention to seek recreation in a few months’ trav It 1s not his intention to goto gna as he dreads a sea voyaze, but he is thinking of a journey by rail to Ca’ ifornia and Oregon. Intimations of his dc- signs have already been given to the Ply- mouth society. irs. Beecher will accom- pany her husband. ¥. Cor. Phil r SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT. urday aiternoon, shortly after 4 o'clock, the cornice and shedding of the Northeastern market-house, in Reading, Pa., being over- weighed with snow and ice, fell with terrific crash, mortally wounding a little boy named Frank Apffel. seriously wounding another named Andrew H. Smith, a slightly in- uring bis brother, William Smith. A young lady named Taylor was also caught by the falling mass, bat escaped injury PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD DIRECTORS. The committee appointed by the chairman of the last meeting of the stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company met on Friday and decided upon submitting the names of the old bo: of directors to be voted fer at the next annual election, name- ly: Colonel T. A. Scott, Wistar M Alexander Biddle, N. P. Shortridge, Joun Scott, Josiah Bacon, John M. Kennedy, He M. Phillips, Samuel M. Felton, and A. Derbyshire. Png hen genes rig ge Rarenen he appeal brought by Albert Speyers, from “he decision of the judge in chambers, in New York eity, holding that the suit to .ecover commissions for his broker's pur- chases on behalf of Fisk & Gould on “Black Friday” could nor uo maintained against the estate of Fisk, the Sujréme oe goer term, pee rendered a decision jolding that it can. reverses th, ment of the court below. nn Sak A TAX ON BACHELORS.—A hifi has been made the special order 1p. cng state senate of Tennessee, Which con" ins the following sec- Peileee at, bachiorism is hereby declared a rate we ®"aa every male inhabitant of this m'_, -ref thirty years of age, being of sound and evjoying good ily health, re- ing unmarried after the first day of sball pay a fineof ten dollars an. Cal WAGNER AND Rieuts.—The negroes who were refused admittance to Cal Wagner's minstrel formance at Mov gomery, Ala., a swore out new war- rants for Wagner is ticket agent. The former was discharged, and the latter held in $5,000 bonds to appear at the next term of the rt. Several theatrical performers have, in sequence of. this , eanceled their engagements for Montgomery. _ Dr. Ricarpo, of Paterson, N. J., applied to the courts for discharge as an insolvent, his = lication was granted Sat- rd: His led a com- plaint, undertaking to show that he had got rid of his La voy to defraud them. | ge creditor is Walter Schafer, the boy whom a fg © warded $5,000 for alleged malpractice by Ricardo. The defendant was committed to jail. Aw OIL TANK Struck BY LIGHTNING.— Durivg a thunder storm in Pittsburg yester- oe @ ten-thousand-barrel tank of , owned liek, was struck b; tnt burnt, oy lihtaine the Alle. ley railroad containing 500 barrels ‘Loss about $20,000, nearly covered SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE. ———— MonDAy. March 15. Mr. Anthony, from Committee on Print- -Ing, reported resolution to print extra copies of Prof. Baird on jhe fisheries, and of Prof. Eliot on the Alaska seal fishery. Passe:t. Also, from same Committee, resolution to print 2,000 copies of: rt of ‘neers on the reelamation of the allw basin of the Mis- sissippi. Passed. Mr. Ingalls submitted a@ resolution re- eS the President to communicate to t fenate, if nct incompatible with the public interests, any information relative to the proposed emigration to the Black Hill country in the Sioux Indian reservation, and whether said emigration is with theconsent ofthe Indians holding said country under the treaty of February 24, if not, that measures be taken in regard thereto. Mr. Faton suggested that the resolution ‘was not in order. Mr. Ingalls hoped there would_be no objec- tion made to the resolution. He said the Sioux were the most fierce and implacable of all the Indian tribes on the North American continent. They num! about 559,91 40,000 of them had been fed on various gov ernment reservations for the last four years, while 10,000 of them roamed around without any restraint. He read from the treaty of 1867, guaranteeing to these Indians undisturbed possession of the reservation in which the Black Hill country is situated, ii consideration of which they bound them selves to Keep on the reservation, and to ab- stain from any depredations on the white ople. The Sioux were already alarmed and irritated by the military expedition of last year made into their country. If iit was again invaded this year by white men, the Indians would probably consider themselves ab- solved irom their treaty ies, and would, during this summer, precipitate upon the frontier settlements of Kansas and Ne- braska the horrors of another bloody con- flict. Various reportshad been printed as to the numbers of the expedition getting up for this country, some placing it as high as 50,000 and some at 30,000. The indications were that another gold fever was about to break out, equal to that of the disastrous Pike's Peak expedition in 1869. Many of those who were about to émbark in this expedition Were probably not aware of its unlawful character. After some further discussion the resolu- tion was passed. PINCHBACK. The resolution for the admission of Mr. Pinechback was then proceeded with. Mr. Ferry (Conn.), in reply to Mr. Morton’s point that the action of the President in de- ciding who is entitled to recognition as the lawful governor of a state is binding upon Congress, said that this was not only rej he constitution, but was entire! destructive of the independence of the two Houses of Congress. e argument of the Senator was that an act of Congress con- ferred upon the President a power which was given to the Senate and the House by the constitution. If the act of 1795, quoted by the Senator, did this, it was plainly null and void, because it was in violation of the con- stitution. But he (Mr. F.) did not agree with the Senator in putting any such construction upon that law. The constitation conferred no power upon the President to suppress do- mestie violence, ajl the authority he had in that respect being derived from the wer conferred by Congress. He held that the object of the act of 1795 ‘was to enable the President to keep the peace between the rival claimants. He knew the attempt was to be made to prove that the re- rt or the committee of 1573 was false, and hat Kellogg and the republican legislature were really elected. Butit was too late todo that. That report was stronger rather than weaker now than when it was made. The Senate knew that Kellogg, when he si the certificate of Pinchback, was not the lawful governor of Louisiana; yet the Sena- tor from Indiana asked that Pinchback, the rsonification of fraud and violence, should admitted to the Senate wu that certifi. eate. The Senate was told that it could not exercise its constitutional right to determine the eleetion of its own members, because nt, acting under a law shad made a decision wh upon Congress. The Senate ked to assert that the truth was a lie, aad that the falsehood was the truth. Mr. Morton of Ind. said that until the ac tion of the President was reviewed by the concurrent actioa of Congress, the Senate was bound by bis decision between the rival factions in Louisiana. Mr. West of La. repelled the charge of Mr. Fi that the election of Kellogg was a frand and a forgery. The fraud was all on the le of the opposition. He argued at length that the Kellogg state ticket ‘was elected by a lawful majority of the votes cast. An Immense Cirentation and Corres- ponding Influen From the Phir ‘Clty Tem. The Washington S'raR is ably edited and has animmense circulation and corresponding influence, Its average weekly circulation reaches about one hundred thousand. A MURDERER DECLINES A RESPITE. The Manassas Gazette states that Major W. W. Thornton, of Brentsville, Prince William received a letter from Governor ving oa a few days ago, stating that application had been made to him to respite Jesse Fouks, sentenced to be hung next Friday, the i9th instant, for the murder of the Herndon fami- ly, and requesting kim to see the condemned man and ascertain if he could, if such re- =“ would be advisable. Major Thornton visited Fouks and held a conversation with him, in which he feiterated his guilt, and said he thought he ought,to be hang. On be- ing informed thst an effort was being made lo put off his execution for a short time, Fouks said that he “did not desire it to be ~ off, but wished the time was nearer at and.” He prays almost continually in his waking hours, night and day, but still says he has no evidence of forgiveness from God for the crime he has committed. Fouks was visited on Tuesday last by a physician of Fauquier Rage OO tase requested the prisoner to give him his after the execution, to which the condemned man readily sented, stating that (t would be taken’ up by some doctor, anyhow. He said he cared enue for the body so he could save his onl. ove —= Darinec FscaPk FROM Bu ACKWELL'S IsLAND.—Three prisoners effected their es- Po) from Blackwell's Island, New York, on Friday morning. The passengers on the dock of the Harlem and New York N: pir og Sree in the cove at Astoria, noticed a uliar phenonaenon making its way over e Surface of the water from Blackwell's Island to the Ravenswood shore. Three men seated, apparently, om the surface of the wa- ter were slowly ing, with the aid of an old — and & , On See mearee approach of the voyagers they prov. birds” from the island, who had suc- ceeded in forming & raft some five feet square and hazarded the trip to secure their The weight of the several inches below the surface of and it seemed as if they were truly walking the waves. On landing at Ravenswood they made off as fast as ible in the directis of Hunter's Point. far the oners have not FATAL ACCIDENT.— THE AMERICAN CARDINAL.— = of Baltimore deciguaied ty has been te THE RAILROAD WAR. Reduction in Coal Freights. THE RUMORED CABINET CHANGES ANOTHER SPANISH MASSACRE. Twenty-two Young Cubans Shot. A RICHMOND STREET AFFRAY. An Editor Assaulted by a Legisiator. THE LAILROAD WAR. Reduction on Coal Freights. PHILADELPHIA, Maich 1.—The general freight agent of the Pennsylvania railroad bas published a notice to coal shippers, stating that a reduction of 25 cents per 2,000 Founds will be made in the rate on semi- bituminous coal transferred at the govern- ment wharves to sea-going vessels destined to New York or south of the capes. Ne of Peace. There is no prospect of a cessation of hos- lilities between the Pennsylvania and Bal- timore and Ohio railroad companies, the contest on the part of the former being car- ried on vigorously and determinedly. Mean- while the scalpers are said to do 4 thriving business, dispensing tickets purehased by them at reduced rates. At Bessabare the passenger from the west can obtain a ticket to New York for $5.60, saving 60 cents, and several hours in time by not going around by way of Baltimore, from which place to New York the fare is $620. The “sealpers” are on hand at Harrisburg in grevt numbers to pur- chase the unused portion of the through ticket entitling the holder to conyeyance aro n Harrisburg to Baltimore, and as the passenger can realize about three dollars for this portion of his ticket, he pays only $3 from Cincinnati, $5 from Chicago, or $7 from Si. Louis, making the entire cost from St. Louis to New York only £12.60, instead of which is the price of a through ticket by ne trunk line. ——e—_—— AFFAIRS IN VIRGINIA. Richmond Editor Attacked. D, VA., March 15.—A personal rencounter took piace this morning between Mr. James A. Cowardin, editor of the Dis- puch, and Mr. A. Fulkerson, member of the ‘ouse of Delegates from Washington county. It appears that Mr. Cowardin, who, in com- = with two gentlemen, was walking along ain street near the post-office, was accosted Mr. Fulkerson with the remark, r. Cowardin, I believe?” when M: mediately answered, ‘ Yes, sir, and you are the scoundrel Fulkersoa; I know you.” At this remark Mr. Fulkerson either struck at or drew back to strike Mr. C. with a cane, when tbe latter closed with Fulkerson and seized him by the throat. A'short scuffle en- sued, when friends interfered and separated them. | The difficulty originated in remarks made Mr. Fulkerson in the House of Dele- gates some time since in regard to the edito- rial columns of the Dispatch, to which Mr. Cowardin made some severe personal re- foincer. Much contempt was expressed at r. "s conduct, as he is a young and robust man and Mr. Cowardin is over sixty years of and was entirely unpre- pared either with cane or other weapon for che assault. Change of Railroad Gauge. In consequence of the recent decision of Su e Court of North Carolina giving va- lidity to the lease of the North Carolina Railroad to the Richmond and Danville Rail- road company, the latter company have been actively at work night and day chang- ing sauge ¢ road between Greensboro’ and Charlotte, N. C., which will be completed b: to-morrow, when trains will be ran through by air line from Atlanta to Richmond with- out change of cars. RUMORED CABINET CHANGES. Wi News Through New York. New YorK, March 15.—The Tribune's Washington special says:—“There seems to be more fe tion for the reports ae the transfer of Attorney General Williams to the English mission that officer has been willin; wrledge. | \ t bas color report is the Senators have been approached in a semi-official manner and sounded as to the chances of Mr. Willi: 4 e fact that some ol ission, and say: ‘Should he conclude to to England, or should a vacancy occur in the State department from any cause, it is known that Mr. Fish’s position will be ten- dered to either Judge Pierrepoint. of New York, or President Andrew D. White, of Cornell University.” FOREIGN NEWS. Against the Centennia! Lonpon, March _ 15. D ainaped dispatch from Berlin to the London Hour says the pa- pers there publish articles notify inj who intend to send articles to the phia Centennial Exhibition that if it shoulc prove bankrupt their goods will be liable to seizure. Cotton Brokerage in Live: a. LIVERPOOL, March 15.—The Cot! Bro- kers’ Association of this city has ted resolutions declaring that it is advisable to make separate returns of cotton sold here and that forwarned from the ships’ side di- rectly tospinners; that the estimated daily sales of eotton forwarded from the ships’ side be returned in a se] te column, and that no official quotation of arrival business be taken after one o'clock p.m.on Satur- days, and after 4 p.m.on other days. The dai bere willappear smaler under these regulations, ——e—— AFFAIRS IN PHILADELPHIA, Death of a Soldier Bauzer: PHILADELPHIA, March 15. yor John Breitenback, an old and respected citizen of Norristown, died on Saturday last, after an illness ofseveral months. Deceased was ad- mitted tothe Norristown bar pion f 21, where he practiced continuously until the rebellion, when he went to the field witha company of soldiers. He was subsequently promoted from captain to major: and part of the time was in command his iment. He returned home, Fed soon ap- pointed United States revenue collector. PHILADELPHIA, March 15.—A large meet ing of the executive committee of the Amer- can Iron and Steel Associat the top of capacit well is not yet determined. This velops an entirely new belt of oil territory. ——_o——— jon. John Dangerously Wrst ‘TER, Pa, March 15. a. st CHES a Jebn Hickman is tying dan; his residence bere. sa arn ete ——.2e——_____ A Model Ne From the Pittsburg Cntomucte The Washington EVENING Star, the live- lest and by all odds the best newspaper in our National Capital has now an average daily cirenlation of nearly 15,000 copies. It is a model newspaper, and richly deserves its great suceess. We wish it a continued pros- perity proportionate to its enterprise. INHUMAN TREATMENT OF A Curt Frederick King and wife, of Philadeiph were arraigned on Friday, with cruel and inhuman treatment to Annie MeCor- mick, a child aged six years, whom the ac. cused had adopted. It was in evidence that the prisoners frequently beat the little girl with a rawhide whip, sometimes with a clab of wood, and on one occasion Mrs. King struck her with a paddle until the blood ran from the lacerated wounds which were pro- duced by the biows. It was developed that the child had been seen uj the street on the coldest days of last winter with searcely clothes sufficient to cover her body, no cover. ing for her head or stockings for ber feet. The ebild says she bas lived with the Kings six months, who, after they had beaten her with the weapons referred to. placed filthy rags in her mouth to ged her from making an outery, after which they tied her to a bed. stead and again whipped her. The accused ‘were each heid in $1,000 to answer. — ———— THE Twrrp Haweas Corpvs.—tio this case, the features of which have been too fre- quently published to require repetition, the So general term, to which triba- ral the case was carried on appeal, renderet its decision to-day. A very elaborate and exhaustive decision was given by Judge Westbrook. Having thus stated points upon which the defendant rested Judge, West- brook reviews at length the statutes refer ring to habeas corpus, and decides that tnis being a tribunal of competent Jurisdiction there could be no inquiry into the legality of its action on habeas corpus, but that it could only be reviewed on appeal. He goes largely into the question whether more than om distinctive offence coukl be joined, whieh he holds could be done, and that, therefore, the verdict and sentence of the lower court is fully sustained by law.—N. ¥. dowrnal of Gom- merce, 13th. A Lapy’s Tuss.&£ with A THIEF.—A tramp entered the house of George Pier near Hatfield Centre, Mass., on Tuesday and, making his mney f un to a bed. room, there provided himself with an entire new suit, overcoat, coat, ntaloons and vest. Coming out again’ thus laden, Mrs. Pierce espied him and essayed to wrest the booty from him. He struck her in the breast and made his way out, when Mrs. Pierce pluekily followed him, pushed him down in snow, beat him till blood was drawn = she had — = eee wh = la. Fg ey t vest. wring e sta le the Tram drew a knife and slightly stabl ber in left breast. Mrs. Pierce bad driven off the intruder, however, she was too much exhausted to send to he. husband, which gave the man opportunity to escape. MURDER WILL OvT—SoMETIMES.—Effing- ham, I)]., was thrown into a high state of ex- citement on Wed: y, last by the arrest of one of the most prominent and highly-re- spected citizens, John Gammon, Lay co with committing a murder at Rushville, Ill, made 4 the ff of Schuylkill coun: va who @ Warrant for his apprehension. Mr. in large flouring mill of S. W. Little & Co. He has resided at Ei #m some thirteen years, during all of which time his character and s' have been above reproach. It that Gammon shot a man in Rushville irteen then and years 5 committed to jail, and that before his Gammon was a trial he broke jail and fied, since which they have never heard of him until recently. Tue REVIVAL IN Lonpon.—Cable dis itches have been received in this city and Philadelphia from asking for the prayers of all Christians in Americaon to- morrow for the revival work of Moody and , Which was commenced during the inary = xa t visitation, and several large buildings have been erected in addition to those now avail- able. Agricultural Hall, which holds 20,0) persons, Exeter Hall are now occupied and the pera House has beea en- |. Fifty thousand dollars have "4 eng hey to meet expenses.—N. YF. Heraid. A SINGULAR DEMISE or pe Agee Sos- PLE.—Captain Hercules, e apeet | rej @ singnisr death of a man and wife who lived in thé rear of No. 2450 DeKalb street. couple wo"* named Jatob and Anna Gerstel, and were betw.-” Sixty and Aen ae wood age. The wife died on . Thursday from the effects of bronchitis, and on Friday, as the friends came into the house to convey the remains toa burial place, the husband was found sobbing over his loss, and Wishing to die, so that he could be buried With his wife. While some of the friends were trying to console him he dropped dead from the effectsof phthisis. The couple were both buried on Saturday.—S/. Louis Republi- can. ALLEGED DISTILLERY FRAUDS IN Onto Last week United States detectives from Washington arrested the members of the firm of Jacob Laysey & Co., distillers of Cleveland, Ohio, on a cl of di iz the rmment by making false returns. C. F. Shielers, store! , Was also arrested, it bei fall knowledge of the ig peactiond. The jes were be- fore the United States commissioner and held in $15,000 each to appear before the United States district court. Two Bors AND A_PIsto: Usual RESuLT.—In Burliny . J, on oer a oo als aud esley , were playing with a revolver, when the former. not knowing It was loaded. pointing it at the latter, said to him, “Your money or your life,” and dis- charging the weapon, to his astonishment, the ball struck Goodenough in the head, eu- tering above his eye, causing a dangerous we THE LATEST Social Horror.—The town of Rio, Il., is the scene of the The dying in child-bed accused her own the paternity of the child. He is a man 60 years of age, @ member of the st chi and WITH THE i i :) i : (cites: He 5 be Page) would marry i her en~ oft-repeated Prontice, she ylekied to ti prot promise. is pro~ posal; by this she nearly fost ber life, and i neurably injured and a: ¥. @. i MY wealt fon and popular physician font Other defendant im this 4 . affair, against whom the same ue brings another suit for the criminal practioe of Abortion, with avowed Intent to the nent injury of the plaintiff. Dr. Brin has had @ lovg an . und ia sKUL, and DOF ETeAL ex; en of large cultare and reputed honor, has held a high social tion. He had just returned from Chi! ith his new and second bride, when the officer served this dixgracefal writ apon him. States Attorney T. J. Deavitt brought these suits into court in behalf of the state. Col, F. V. Randall and Col. J. D. Livingston are counsel for defense. The case causes con- sternation in the highest circles of society. The state will istently prosecute the case to a thorough trial A New Urorra.—tohn Raskin bas just ven £7.00 to bay a piece of land in Eng- land, to be cultivaied by men of like senu- ments with his own, all of them to work with their own hands, and no machinery to be allowed. This sum is toserve asa nucleus for other gifts, and all of them be called St. George’s fui sential portion of iaskin's programme for the new effort of social reconstruction: “We will try to make some smatl of Engti ground beautiful. peaceful fruitful. We i have no steam engines upon it, and no roads; we will have no an or an= poght-or creatures on it; none wretched but, the sick, none idle but thedead. Wewill have no liberty upon it, but instant obedience to kx rn law and ' appoli need ons; nO equality upon it, but recagnition of ever: betterness that we can fing*and reprobation of every worseness, When we want to go anywhere, will go quietly and safely, not at forty milé® an hour in the risk of our It hen we want to carry anything anywhere, we will carry it either on tbe backs of boasts or on ourown, or in carts or boats; we will have pleaty of flowers and vegetables in our as, plenty of corn and grass in our fields, aad few bricks, We wil! have some muse and poet the children shall learn to dance to itand »s Some of the old people, im so. We will have sone art, | at least try If, like the Greeks, we can’t make Tee Greeks used to pots: we, probably, can not We may put some pictures of insects on thems and reptlics, butterfiles, and frogs, if nothing Little by little some higher art gination may manifest themselves among us. and feeble rays of science may Botany, though too dull to dis= and y—even perh: stence of flor and uncovetous wis “7 jay presenting at such nativity gifts of gold and trankincepse.” DISGRACEFUL PROCEEDINGS IN THE PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.—The Penn~ sylvania house of delegates had an all-night session on Friday night, and come of the pro ceedings were dit eful to a ive body. Early in the evening it was ander- Ts i oa in its al ine a i company, @ 3 it comity. The friends of the bill pressed for a vote, p= 4 = to every species During the contest great disorder the members wai across bill in charge not want it read any louder. At3 a.m. the lights pu ished e lights were a is jus enemies of the boom BUT of to you ie u a ir sR the effect of gans.” rates of boomage on lumber interests, was continued til? 5:30.a. m., when the bill passed a third reading by 113 ayes to 4 noes: THE CUMBERLAND Coat TRA ‘yp ond Cumberland Times of Saturday “avs: Beve- ral days ago we learned "59n “what we deemed good authority the, 7. Gorman had ex) himself @S Jetermined in his sition to aay Tedsction of toll on coal by tye Chesapeak® und Ohto Canal mmaney. We bow havé it in sucha as to render it no longer a matter of doubt that this gentle= man Will use the influence of his position ta prevent a chauge in existing rates. The peo- ble of Allegany, as is well Known, have Belt te o tited with, pag Oe cir interesis may by’ . ignored or ruined, and’ th *¥ i A redress. They cannot remo, ‘the They have no representation in “OS manage ment of the work, alti the » ON Serived: whence nine-tenths of its revenue is is the county of All y. It may be “ay the coal companies will patronize the ca. “*! from motives of charity—coal other cor tions are generally humanitarian impulses—but, wi ted experience of human nature, we doabt it. if Mr. Gorman can keep the trade to the canal in close competition with the Baltl< more and Onio Railroad company he will be entitled to our profoundest thanks. If he Sails, and thereby imperils the business of that work, he will deserve to be hung to first lamp-post. N EXTRAORDINARY ween introduced in, the Fs ol resentatives regul patel between the owners and the coal mines and iron works of the “stad returns of their business to a state and vides for the creation of a tribunal, consist of the secs etary of internal 1 asa two representatives ue resentatives of a _ decide

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