Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1875, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays Excepted. 4T THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Avenne, cor. Lith St. BY The Evening Oompany, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. oe - THE EVENING STAR ts served by carriers to gubservbers at TKN CENTS PER WEEE, OR FortTY ‘at the Counter. rer — Cee] ENTS RACH. mai!—postase pri Sasa 7 months, $3.00; one year, $6.00 THE WEEKLY STAR—pudlished om Friday— 89.00 & year, posiaze prepaid. BF All sudscriptions tnvcarably im advance, am, azaper sent lonser tham paid for Rates 6 Voz, 45—N®. 6,865. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1875. f cdwertisime furnished om anplicr dom — Sneed — AMUSEMENTS, Fokn's ores HOUSE. DING DON DING D® 4G—DING DONG. THE WORLT-RENOWNED MAJTILTONS! And their Great Grote<jae Company, ia the glori @asly fauny comedy, EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. INTERNAL REVENUE.—The receipts from this source today were $207,892.79. DING DONG; Customs REcEIpTs—The receipts from Or, the Pretty Laundresses ! this source to-day were #1,090,628.20. Inclnding ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAMS decides that Indians charged with murder can’t be tried by military commission. Gro. J. DINKEL has been appointed an internal revenue gauger for the Territory of Mexico. Mr. HENRY M. ATKINSON, the new Com- missioner of Pensions, is now supposed to be SPLENDID DANC STIRRING BRIGHT FUN. MUSIC AND DELIGHTFUL SONGS, od by the screaming Farce of UGHING HYENA. MATINEE SATURDAY fe Seal aii ene Fists | in Texas, and will not probably assume his ntitied “The elt” and | duties nntil the tst of May. General Baker Machine Girl Will remain until he arrives. KING.—Some time next week Gen. Butler and Mr. Riehard Harrington, counsel for Wm. 8. King. of Pacific mail investigation notoriety, will bring his case to the notice of the Criminal Court, Jadge MacArthur, but in what {etm it hasnot yet been determined. SECRETARY BRISTOW was at the Treasury department to-day. Hedenies most empha!- ically that he contemplates resigning. He says he went to New Yori: to consult a pi ening his health and without any n in @ remote degree to his pro- neer aml the greatest entertainn AYEXE THEATER. Pa ter, bestorem Lik amd 12th streets. Gro. Ww Lessee company. in __ mar? 6t* rl, Mi: -autifnl Mite BRITISH COMMISSION NIAL.—The Interior dep ceived offic TO THE CENTEN- rtment to-day re 1 information. through the Duteh and re Gra Wm. Garlert nad Date partment of State, of the appointment by th: ith new scent ts aad gor tritish government of Mr. Phillip Canlifte, director of the South Kinsington mu- € commissioner to the Cen- in 1 NATIONAL THE ATER. THE PARIS AND NEW YORK SUCCESS OF GIROPLE-GIROFLS! v ~ March oh iat exhibit! WE LEARN that Mr. Richard Harrington has not relinquished his law practice in Washington to go to Delaware, as reporte 1. amerous Clients here have been cons: exercised by the report, and it will be & matter of satistaction to them as well as to his farge number of personal friends to know that there is nothing in it. OF THE NEW PAYMASTERS recently con- jor Cox has been assigned to or Willard at Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Major Blaine (brother of Speaker Bla at Helena, Montana. The ‘ties and hh wiil be European sian theater Prima Den i NELLI, aiing MLLE LEOMTINE ML ———— raut, Julien, | thers have been ordered to this city to re MONS. G. DE QUERCY, ceive their instructions, and will then be S aanthe He Op-ra Comiqne; | Signed to stations. The vacant paymast Valter. Genot, Salvator ships have been much sought afier, over 500 Perract GRAND CHORUS and | applications having been filed. ORCTES ¢ fifty perform ee the directit VAN GHELE PrRsONAL.—Mrs. President Grant is con- fined tc her room with a severe cold. ----Judge gibhe wee {eA | Baron, formerly 5th auditor of the Treasury, ty fora few days. -++-Hon Sam 3) cent extra ras in Richmond on Taursday, and jetuerott & " ived with marked honors by the i General Assembly. The Senate ak @ recess for five minutes in order to give him & nandshaking, and the floor privileges of »oth houses were tendered him. EX-SENATOR CHANDLER was met in one of the corridors of the Treasury department this morning by ex-Collector (better known a: Tom) Murphy. of New York ei said Murphy to the ex-Senator, LEAVE TO CALL of PAINTINGS, ENGRA . Which he offers at reduced prices. This ix a fine opportunity to persons leaving the fo purchase, ue his stock is the largest ever seen ashingion Peintiog- & ” BARLOW fru mt greatest care. 5 GALLERY OF ART, 225 Pennsylvania avenne Op No.) ON EXHIBITION axp SALE New No | © »W; what do you pro- « } “ } 439 replied Chandler, “I ‘Ira St MARKRI 7TH Sr. training for the Russian mis- TER Be. 439 Tie Street, -ereen OD an: doers above Odd Fellows’ Hall, Choice Oil Paintings, Epererings. Chromos, &c. Also, largest stock of Paper engings. Window . Pier icture aud Tas , Nails, £c., in the District. tures, Frames, mn, Rings, wy vests, e894 | sion for the past ten days,and I am now so “ar advanced that I can eat blubber.” FREEDMEN’S BUREAU FRAUDS.—The At- torney General has written a letter to United States pmneys having control of suits u jes charged with fraud in eo Rus Cask. remember Name and Namber. jel-17 = ge moar ag the freedman’s requiring them to promptly COMPLETEWVESS! oughly investigate all alleged trate. zal proceedings in all eases © satisfied frauds have been to make early reports to nt of Justice in detail, giving uch case and whatever action n Style and Elegance! has been tak = CAN THE PRESIDENT ArroInt a Svc cCEsSon TO JUDGE DuR The Attorney General bas had under consideration the tion whether the President ean appoint a sor to Judge Durell for the of Louisiana, in view of the fi did not dispose ly of Don omination, but merely laid it on tthe Cabinet meeting this af- the Attorney General will present s on the subject. It is understoot OUR SPRING OPENING OP GENTLEMEN'S FINE GARME: IS FULL AND COMPLETE ALL NEW STYLES AND HANDSOME 1¢ holds that the President can appoint NOW DISPLAYED © PeSEOF, serve nytil the next session of Congress. “To-day’s Cabinet meeting will determine the question. ATOR SPENCE = in & published card referring to the ex THE PAST IS SURPASS *t from the Philadel- , ; annie : : phia 7imes in relation to him, copied in yes- IN THE BEAUTIFUL VARIETY Stan, sare “The Evetse Stam OF OUR PRESE SE ~ e publishes under the head of peneer on the Ragged Edge,’ a sensational _ dspateh to the Philadelphia Times, to the effet uh ta committee of the Alabama legis- " . “i been appointed to investugate LARGER STOCK corruption in my re-election to BETTER STYLES: Ime a connate ese , . of such corruption woul: Pm MORE vanserT: sa ideuriee tas 3 NUS In reply to this Sas % the secession de- THAN EVER BEFOKL I have only to state that it was my have received the unanimous ee 2 of the republican cau posi fe. and a =e repubjiean vote egisiature BOYS CLOT tama. [donot shrink from au} OF ALL STYLES AN DES. and vord! ’ ietive persona Al enemies may desire to make.” NA FOR Mr. DANA, OF THE N. 67 Make An Early Call! % 8 Woated in the Norman Wierd- my Case.—About Lo'clock strict ee Judge € psultati net. While srs. ( jon room at the City HBABLE BROS., nd MacArthur, and LORS AND CLOTHIE E. M. Gibson, Wash- LORS AND CLOTHIER i ¢ Tes pond of the N. Y. Sun, with . = ir. J. J. Jobnson, who is the counsel for Connun Fre axoD Staests. | vir. Tiana, editor of the Swi. there were ———— Jectures among the b: 5 of the City SPRING STYLES > 4 at something wa which Dana ft turned rock SILK UMBRELLAS f $0 np. New York eived a summons to Ladies SUN UMBKELLAS appesr before the grand jury of this District HATS ALTEREVAND REPAIRED a short on Monday next, mt had telegraphed notic : to Judze Cartter and Mr. Gibson for KER & GREEN. rat The subpe issued 1419 Peansy! . case of Frederick Ha So _marl?-2m Above Willard’s Hotel he alleged larceny from * ter written to him by Gen. Schen Pen OVATE. op POWERFUL, 11 is alleged that Dana made an offer of $100 camalah ataanien for this letter. Mr. Dana, it is thought, was suspicious that the subpoena was for the pur- pose of getting him within the jurisdiction of the court, in order to serve him with a [snag and telegraphed as above stated. he judges, it is understood. found no law which would exempt him from sammons, but found jew which would prevent him from being arrested or otherwise deprive him of personal liberty. Judge Fisher was requested to answer Mr. )."s telegram as to the case in poi a: very low prices. srycneuce and knowledge of Optical Lenses Ls ewabice ue to select the ests at prices Fath Aven Suk Hate Fine Soit amt St) Umbreiine Bias Re Spring PATENT Evastic cRUTCH, THE BEST IN USS. Tne WEEKL TAR; now ready, contains reports of the Beeeher trial; closing pro ngs of the Senate; general and local news, poems, stories, and sketches by the best authors, with agricultural matter, household receipts. &e., &c., making a model family paperat a very reasonable price. an assortment of sizes in stuck. Aiso,lower Terns: $2 per annum, in advance; postage | Crucches repaid; sin; wi 4 W.S THOMPSON, prepaid; single coples five cents, in wrappers. | Armacist. 703 ith screet. LA®OR STRIKE: ae Coen ee rene © AND PROVis- | T'" Philadelphia coatinues most persist- N DEALERS. ROv'ts tly. They contend that at the wages offered — ‘apnot earn a subsistence. eight shioring daily t ae 5 sal - = TURNER «co 74 and 76 Light-street Whar! b e manufacturers have closed their es- iments. A large meeting of the stri le upper part of the city resol ycd yes- We are sw BEEVES. Ibs mar 6t y to continue the strike tll their de- Caen ee appar ——- | mands were complied with. A Lon- CORTE nine god CIGARS teers gee | elegram says that the cotton masters selling a of North Laneashire held a meeting yes- Seat reecived. 97.04) exice Sue CONCHA neling'ss | Seay, and resolved on a Lloekk out tow we 92 er ev. seenieé 4 | unless the operatives of Pic! “geo MIN, in | Tad ¥ erect and 450 ~s street northwest. Plackburn, who are now on @ strike, return All brands equatly low. S##*t the Big Geck. | to work uriconditionally. “ ue —L RICE a INDICTING A FIRE DEPARTMENT.—The IN pe cnr bind of Ladee Geeks od Gece | Fravkfort, Ind., t started a grcoS0-Hahb CuOTHIN wis’ | lottery to ket new uniforms. As soon as the sod eamate ceoa ts tickets were sold t to ‘promptly and indicted about 1 toh of the “tlexet holders, | evidence was found to establish thisas a fact. | delphia and Reading railway Coal ape CBSE cquntry is so setite Gam. 8 eonk famine have been the apparent short stook on hand. and have bees increased Stoned acpesk saapal ia: eee pS Reading road. It is said, however, 5 i a A Talk With Treasurer Spinner. Whenever an important position is to be filled in Treasurer Spinner’s office the quid- nunecs at once assume that the General will nominate to the office some person to whom the Secretary will object. Next in order af- ter such an assumption follows one that the Treasurer will resign, on the ground thal he must control the appointments in his owa office, or be will not remain as the custodian of Uncle Sam’s cash. Quite recently Le Roy Tuttle, the A: ant Treasurer of the United States. resi that office, and the former cashier. Mr. Wy- man, was appointed toillit. This lef. tie cashier's desk vacant. It is said that Gea'l Spinner wants Col. Frank Jones elevate to the place, and that Secretary Bristow objecis. GEN. SPINNER SEES THE PRESIDENT. Day before yesterday, in the absence of Mr. Bristow in New York city, Gen. Spinner hat occasion to visit the President. He remaine t with bim some time, and with that fecundity of imagination pecaliar to newspaper mo: this interview afforded them gr sunds for conclusion that there discord between the Secretary and Treasnrer, and that the latter had appealed to the President to sustain him as against his financial adviser. Then fol- lowed the report that Mr. Spinner wo tld re- sign. A TALK WITH THE “WATCH DOG.” Last night a representative of THE STAR called at the Treasury to see General Spin- ner. He was met at the threshold of the lower main entrance by a messenger as dara as the sable shades of night. On a table in front of him were implements ox used in times of great emergencies, a police- man’s whistle and a six shooter of th 1 paval pattern. There was a grail “What you want.” uttered with rather a commar ing tor “Will you please tell General Spinner that there is a man down stairs who desires t+ open the Treasury vai Its with a crowbu At the same time our rep him a card to give to the G. own name and his professi With a wonderful stolidi: actually conveyed the 1 asked, and the old g stair-steps in his slippers as a balloon would d. pproaching rapidly t sentative of THE STAR, he was about tr those pet names for which he is noted, b upon recognition, supplemented such a tisk With the more agreeable shake of the hands. Thea the old general planted himself in th me: ngel air, chatted abot St. Patriek’s day. and the r: jwateh, his eyes. with a merry tw the time denoting that he would hk: “what the devil you came here time of night.” Altersomealiitio conversation, and with one or two “a the representative of THE Star out from the shoulder ard came to busir in this wise: Tue Star.—General, the old, old story that you are going to resign is a Is there any truth in the rumor General S—I never told anyody that was going to resign. You newspaper repor- ters are a strange set of fellows, anyhow. Tue STAR.—Well, the story goes that you Went to see President Grant a day or two ago and complained that you were interfere’ with in the administration of the affuirs of your office. Genera! S.—It's a d—d lie; I went tosee the President on purely private business. I'll tell you wiat it was. Some poor widow in Idaho had been dispossessed of her property by the United States troops, and I went to see the President to have him right her wrongs. THE STAR.—It is said that you have nom- inated Frank Jones to be cashier, and that vs Bristow wou't confirm the nomi- nation. General S.—Well, that’s another lie, for I haven't nominated anybody yet. When [ found out that Mr. Tuttle must leave as As. sistant Treasurer, I indicated to Secretary Bristow certain changes which I thought de- sirable. At that interview he left me witli: impression that they would take plac> Since that time, however, he has been awa and I have not had the opportunity to for.o ally nominate anybody as cashier. THE STAR.—It is understood, General, that you assume the position that the office bein : one for which you «are responsible, yo: Should select the incumbent. General S.—Well, I have to give bail fo the office. Nobody gives any bail but my Even the assistant treasa: But at the e time I dou’ sage as 1 made down vith am bal. Tue Star.—_How would government withont » General 8.— Well, if I had my fix it. Why I would make short work of it D—d it J world killa man who would steal. He opght to be strang right up. The people of tis country eleet men; yes, elect—d cals to office just becal y give bail. 1S @ raseal, t believe in Oh, W he gives s ¥ remedy is the best om Tue Star.—But there has been s the Treasury General S.—Yes, recently there has beer money stolen in the natioual bank redem tion agency. thing about that, t When Graves [Graves is ‘in charge— found out that be had a thief with hi carefully investigated and laid traps to c: him. He came to me one day and said he hat Well, what is itv” Hi id, suspect one or two women.” [ shook my head and said, You are wrong, d—d it A WOMAN WON'T STEAL.” Now. [ know they won't. They have no! the nerve. counters. do steal th jars, iealing in If % woman steals any larg n make ap your mind She has e. and that he is a mi then spoke of th verning the redemption aze and said [t was now impossible for a cant ‘be missed which would not be discoveret in a few hour system now THEODORE AND « VICHEY.” Colored Witnesses Against Tilton. After our report of the Tilton-Beecher trial closed yesterday the colored witness, James B. Woodley, was cross-examined, and tie fied as follows: I stayed with Mr. Beach till fall, and came to Mr. Holmes’ in Brooklyn. Lwas also with James E. Broome, in East 17th street. After that I went to Mrs. Wood- hull’s, where I remained till after the publi- cation of the paper in 1872. This paper con- tairing the seandal was dated November 2, 1st? T learned to read at school in Virginia. I did the marketing for Mrs. Woodhull, and saw Mr. Tilton there for the most time three or four weeks after I came there. It was on the occasion of a lecture of some Kind then, because some ple were assembled. J had not been long” at the time. I had been at the house over two months before I went to the office. This lecture came off before Mrs. Woodhull went to Washington, on a Sunday, and Mr. Tilton was there on that oceasion. When I went down to the office I came to board at 604 Classon avenue, Brook- lyn, but sometimes I would stay at Mrs. Weodhull’s house in 38th street. I saw Til- ton at tne house in after the lecture in the spring of 1871. don't remember seeing him again at the house. I was introduced to him at the office, and this was my first ac- quaintance. I think I saw him again at the Louse in the end of the spring or bezinning of the summer, but of this I am not sure. saw him more often at the office when he used to greet them and they wouid greet him. ‘They usually lunched IN THE UPPER ROOM IN _DELMONICO'S; more than adozen times. Sometimes I was sent to the office for things and then would see them. They were sitting down at a small able in the upper room: this was in 1871 aud The Grst time I saw them lunch there was in the spring of 1871. I do not remember seeing them luneh at Cortis’ restaurant When I went up to betmonico’s, Mrs. Woo! hull, Miss Claflin a Mr. Tilton were there lunching on these oceasions. Mr. Tilton was absent at the time of the Greeley presidential campaign. I could not tell how long bef re 1 was arrested Mr. Tilton was away cam- palgningsit may have been four or five weeks. was laid up about six weeks with pneamo- nia, J think. I wes attended by a doctor. Up to the time of my being ill, I was en- ployed in the office of Woodhull & Clatlin. The entrance to Pelmonico’s 18 on the same side of the street as the Woodhull & Ct: < office. The last time I saw him was at the office they were ABOUT THE BEECHER ARTICS They were in the middle office. Nothing was said about it till he mein. Mr. Til- ton spoke first about publishing the Beecher article He said I could do it directly, but T would crushed. Iama man and aw and they would ernsh was opening exchanges at the time t the counter, and they were all standiy Mr. Tilton said, V if yoa publ thing you will be a 1 we Woodhull then had an intery to publish it. Mr. Tilton asked him wi: would not, as Plymouth church hada rich congregation who would pay $100,000 to have it suppressed. Iwas then opening the ex- changes behind the counter, and I was stand- ing sideways (to them; Imarkea the ypings in the exchanges for Col. Blood to clip out for publication in the paper; after this conver- sation they went into the back office, but I could not hear what was said; shortly after I was called in there; they were still talking about this subject; I heard Tennie Clatiin and MES. WOODHUL URGING COL. BLOOD to publish this arti but he refused to haye anything to do with it; [heard all of them use the phrase, “ the Beecher article,” I do not think they were then talking about the Challis article; when I was called toto the y before I was takea sick; I was boarding in Brooklyn then; I think Mr. Tilton was away before that cc versation on the campaign; this was the first time I had seen him since his return; I heard these parties talk about this matter before this in their office in Broad street; it ney have been about two months; I think it was in the front ofice | heard the con they were speaking about Plymouth ehureh: this Se heard them spea of | Beecher article Monday and Ta shortly before its publication; I was sick shortly after this: I was opening t changes on both days of the co: the conversation was the sum days began in the midd first da MR. ILTON SAID HE HAD AN AR he wanted her to pub! and she went to talk with t it; Leould not understand reading; I was moving avou heard them talking about the cle; do not think Tilton read as load talked; they were proofs that the reading; some of the pa were printed 1 some written; I do not know if Mr. T: brought the e sot something hi ‘oui print it it will be one of the I think she said, i sat down sofa and began talking: I tink Miss t said something, but I do not remember what; they sat on the Sofa about an hour or more; this was on Monday. Tilton then said, «f dare not publish tt, for they would crash me, but you are a woman and ca” ‘to it.” Colonel Biood was then called and they went into the back office, where they remained about an hour; when I went in I heard Coi. Biood say he would have nothing to do with it, anit Tilton said it would be the making of him, as Beecher’s congregation would GIVE $100,000 ‘TO STOP LTS PUBLICATION. On the following day ti 1 occurred in the same place. tion occurred some me before U was published. Inever heart a word about the Beecher story before this. Before May, 1s think 3 potull moved from ty-eighth street. to Twenty-third street. 1 do not remember how loag she remained in THE A Quesrion. — Mr. | Twenty-third street, but she removed from Thu te er x idressed to th there to Irving Place. saw Tilton at Twen- New York Tribune, expres gratification | (y-third street more t! >; about halt-a- al the passa the Penn nia Legisla- | dozen times. Irving Place xtending the right to boys to | house once. s, and reiterating his rd to the depotism of trades ‘lally in reference to the ques- unions, espe Uon of apprenticeships, recently given to the public. He expresses the hope that other States wi'l follow the example of Peunsylya- nia, in which event he says,“we may hope to see a ceneration of boys re 2088 und viee, and after g the ". hatter’, tailors’, tanners’, inetmakers’, masons’, mac: and other Shops and factories, nt alike as representatives aut rulers. Tar Paci MAIL'S New MANAGE- MENT.—The directors of the Pacific M: Steamship company have accepte:t the resig- on of Mr. Rufus Hatch as managing di- or. Mr. G. 8, Scott takes the manage- ut temporarily; but it is understood that Capt. Bradbury. who is on his way from Europe whither he went to arrange ‘certain affairs of the Occidental and Oriental steam- ship compat is soon to become managing i ¥. Sun, 25th. A BAND OF INDIANSCUT TO PIECES.—The San Antonio (Texas) Herald has informe- ton to the effect that the Indians who cap- tured the near Laredo, last Friday, attacked Cachino Poncho, near Corvizel, on the Texas side. They were driven off by rancheros, and were overtaken by Capt. Ben- ovid’s volunteer company. The Indians are almost entirely cut to pieces, MissouRi’s MISSING MILLIONS. — The Missouri Senate committee having in charge the matter of ag org 3 the alleged ab- Straction of state ds the treasury vault now ex, the belief that the bonds legislature, although no LARGE PURCHASE OF VIRGINIA MIN- ERAL LANDS.—It is ramored that the Phi'a- company has just completed another purchase of mineral house before | was tatkea sick, and sometimes ed all night. When | saw him there $. Woodhull and Miss Claflin were there. They were reading proofs gud mqauscrpts, hey w more 8éiious that evening tuan Mrs. Woodliuil introduced .ae at one Mr. Tilton, and T think sbi vas editor or had beea editor of the Broo! Unio I remember tbe meeting. [ ink it was in The year before the conversation In Mrs. Woodhull’s office, Tilton, during his visit to thé office, sat WITH MES. WOODHULL ON THE SOFA apd baving bis arms around her when par- tiles were inginandout. This sofa was in the middie of the office. I was a witness in United States courts, and gave evidence; then Mrs. Woodhull was under arrest for mailing improper matter. Idid not tell them that I knew that Tilton wrote it. I said I believed he wrote it. I said I heard him read it, but not that he wrote it. I did sot tell them that 1 carried the proof-sheets from Mrs. Soe e rR ote ecco peena some time ago atm: ce. not seen Mrs. Woodhull or Miss Clatiin since wedigstlog Twas first talked to about on Monday, at Mr. Hill’s office, in Talso talkedgwith Alderman Wait- about iit. I have done several jobs for nt people since I left Mrs. Woodhull’s employment. 8 finished the cross-examination. Re-direct examination:—I go toschool with Mr. Dorsey, a colored man, who keeps a school for grown-up people. I never work at any carpenteriag business now. The lunch was generally taken at Mrs. Woodhuli’s oflice. On the occasion at the door, bec te oe raitin: Ing anc clos: t. io by Mrs. Woodhu! "td ton. They were in the 1] this Was Mr. Til- habit of calling each other “Vickey” and Theodore. A WASHINGTON COLORED MAN AS A Wrr- ESS. The witness then left the stand, and ax- this city. ne} di; ands in Amherst bg 2 the line of the etna coer was, some om ase Son Midland railroad, Va., the value of which is Wasbin! to New York by Miss Claflin, os = three to five hundred thousand dol- and was employed by them to put on wrap- MILL BURNED.—A special from Ports- mouth, Va., (Mareh 24,) says: “The grist mill of John R. Kilby, esq., at the head of Nansemond river, near Suffolk, was de- stroyed by &n incendiary fire last night. Tne loss falls heavily on the whole community. Property valued at $0,000." KossuTH DEFEATED.—An election for a member of the bees sigue Diet was held in Debreezin Wedni y. The radicals had nominated Kossuth, but Minister Kissza was re-elected by an overwhelming majority, o'clock. fe was. ‘They went out on one occasion, riding in asmall abou! iocis in the evening, but I dot not re- member when they came back. I was ag 3 ent at the Steinway hall meeting in 11. I remember a conuyersation between Mrs. it his rie there two ar ae ee at night, about si u 2 eee Be oe ne EE EE ES eS a eae ei ee ee as Woodbull and Tiiton about Beecher Mrs. Woodhull sald he hat better on. and T: said, “If he’s got to do it, hell do it.” I alway worked in the front room in the office in Broad street. They nad a small back pri- vate office. I remember on one occasion the ae im the room I was in was out, and was lit inthe back . I saw Tilton and Mrs. Woodhull with their arms and heads waving about in a very lover-like manner. I saw them through the glass. I stayed there until they came out. ey used to be in the back room very of frequently I coula bear them conversing. I used to see Tilton in the second floor back room, which is a bed-room. I sometimes went to bed when he was there. and when I got up in the morning he was there. This concluded the direct examina- tion, and Fullerton told the witness he might 0, as he had no questions to ask him. A COLORED WOMA: ANS y testified: I worked as cook in the family of Victoria Wooithull. I saw Mr. Tilton there on the 3d of July, 1871, for the first time. He Was waiting, and stayed there all nizht. He slept in the frout parlor on a soma-lounge which I prepared for him. I waited on the table and saw him at breakfast. He was there all that day and nizht. Colonel Blood slepton the third floor. Isaw him in Mrs Woothull’s bed-room three or four times. He was ofien at the house while I was there, J have carrie! refreshments to Mrs. Wood- huli’s room when Mr. Tilton was there at all hours of the night and morning. When I went in the 4th of July night Mrs. Woothull was in her bed-; n, and Mr. Tilton had off — and v nd was in his stocking- feet. This witness also left ihe stand without being cross-examined, and after the jade had instrucied the jury that. as to-morrow was Gooi Friday, there wor be no court, they Were told fo be present on Monday next, aut the court then adjourned for the day. CONFESSION OF A MURDERER.—Bean. the man arrested on suspicion of the murder of Mr. Wilburn, of Hardy cor » & short time since, has made a full confession since his confinement in the jail at Moorefield. He loaded his rifle and followed the unfortanate men to his place of work, concealed himself behind a tree, and waited until bis vietim had bis back towards him, and then shot him through the head, killing him instantly. Waiting until evening, he then compelled his wife and a hired man by the name of Oats to assist him iu carrying the body toa m tain gorge about two miles from the scene of the murder, where it remained concealed for several weeks. Tie murder was most foul and unprovoked, and has caused a feelix intense indignation throughout. t county. Bean has a notoriously ba: ter, and narrowly eseaped the hitentiary for barn burning a few yea Sencar doah (Va.) D _——e A GREAT Sutp CoMING TO NEw Yorxk.— The City of Berlin, the latest and the largest addition te the Inman fleet of steamships, is expected to arrive in this port soon. said to be the largest mercantile vessel With the exception of the Great Eastern nd, like all the Inman steamships, has all the modera improvements and appliances. Dur- ing her experimental trial over the measured mile in Wemyss Bay reeently she attained an average speed of 14% knots an hour. S measures 483 feet in length between her per- pendiculars 520 feet in length over all; her moulded width is 44 feet, and she is 37 feet indepth to the spardeck, with a depth of 19 feet. to the tonnage deck. ¢ has four decks, viz.. the spar and main decks, the lower deck. and the orlop deck. Her gross measurement is 5,4 tons, 4,631 tons builders’ measurement; register tonnage, 3,139.—. Y. Word, 250 HUNTING THE BLACK HILLS GoLp Hunt- Eks.—Information has been telegraphet to General Ord of several parties of miners leaving different points for the Black Hills. In reply to a telegram from a miner. who ve- cently came out of the hills. whether he would be pesmitted to return with reinforce: ments and provisions, General Ord says:— “Troops from Fort Laramie and hostile in- dians having both gone for your miners. For their sakes I it the troops wiil reach the.a first, as the military orders are simply to bring in the party, confine the leaders, bura the wagons, and destroy their outils.” Gen eral Ord has been authorized to put all his cavalry at once in the Sioux country on which the miners are trespassing. and to em- ploy fifty Indian scouts to advise the eavalry of the advent of miners. A Black Hills trans. portation company, formed at Omaha, pro- hoop leave the railroad at Siduey, raska. ITALIAN BRIGAND IN N Yorx«. ited States Commissioner Kenneth G White yesterday decided to hold Angelo di Giacomo alias C riello. thealleged liatian brigand, for extradition. Giacomo, it will be remembered, is charged with being one of 3 gang of brigands who in August, 1367, eap- tured @ young man named Guiseppe ATig!i- ano, a farmer’s son, near Naples. They offered to deliver him up to his friends on the payment of a ransom of 600 ducats, but as this was not forthcoming they took him into the woods and shot him. The case has for long time been under examination before the commissioners. the Italian government hay- ing asked for Giacomo’s extradition. He was committed to the custody of the marshal. to await the President's warrant.—N. ¥. Wort?, h. A DRUNK CRUSHED ro DEaTH.— | A car conduc’ ithe Third avenue line o: York city, named Richard Lambert killed yesterday by his own drunken | He entered cay 40. of the 13 nme line, ai Sd street to ride dow | had been « e conductor | | | and the driver tried to keep him inside the car, but he insisted upon riding on the front platform. At 45th street he leaned over the | side of the platform to look at a car that had just passed up town, and in doing so slipped | and fe In falling he eaugit hold of the | guards in such a way as lo be dragged across the track. The driver stopper the car almost | instantly. but the front wheel passed over | Lambert's left shoulder and on to his breast where it rested when tae was stopped crushing him to death ‘onnor, jr. useless labor i rigate Cumberland, s the con- | federate ram Merrimac, off Newport News | 2, has tolally abandoned the job and % for $5,000 to Messrs. P. Harrington, Jexeph Sawyer, and other perties from Detroit, Mieh., who are here and are now at work trying toget up the safe. This is said to contain $200,000 in gold, and the first issue of greenback curreney. This is the fourth wrecking firm who have invested in the Mer- rimae speculation. We learn that O'Connor say himself in selling. Portsmouth (Va) | this city a ying to raise Richarp Tuomas, generally | nel Zarvoua, died suddenly last Wednesday night at the residence of his | brother, James Thomas, in St. Mary's con.- ty, Md. Colonel Thomas became very con- spicuous in the early part of the late civil war by the capture of the steamer St. Nicho- las. le took passage in the steamer at Bal- Umore, disguised as a “French lady,” and at night, assisted by a few of his men on board, arrested the captain and officers of the steamer and ran her to Fredericksbu: Va. After the war he resided nen are in Pa.is, but returned to this country about two years ago. SHOCKING CRUELTY TO A LITTLE GIRL. An instance of wantonl, a child is under judicial Danville, I. A ‘girl only five years seems to have been used by her stepfather to vent his spleen u is that he ulled out her hair, bli: i the bottoms of r feet by s! ing them with @ board, spat tobaceo juice in her eyes, and made dance until she felldown exhausted. These ard like inhumanities were coutinued until his arrest a time ago. ——___ STARTLING REPORT OF THE Loss OF A herp anise om Ra poemaneod San Tocomac Wf, that the steamer Raby, i Puget Sound, from Seattle to t Madison, went down with allon boant in « gale. hd Phelps dramatic troupe = tion to-morrow. | the uth reporis that | gone to visit a child supposed to be the ; has returned fro : : | # i 2, 3 THE SUSQUEHANNA GORGES, —— + SURGENT SORTIE IN CUBA. — FIGHT AND RETREAT. —-—-——_ RHODE ISLAND REPUBLICANS —-e NOMINATIONS FOR STATE OFFICERS. ——_e—_—_ THE PACIFIC RAILROADS. THE PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE ——e—__—_. AEW YORK NOTES. They Want to Revive the Oil Ring. New York, March 26.—An effort is be made to reorganize the oil refiners’ associ 3? He 5 i f et matter su] some sbifting make both ends mect, but there famine. Our company has 490,000 stacked and ready for Erte company are sending by way of ton such portions of their product as sent forwanl in that way, and in @ they will be able to use thelr direct of forwanting. There will be no ad taken by the companies to force the nie Prices, as tt Is cons : ii i isk ys i do since, has time last th diminish the sup whole story may is plenty of coal mined, but the evil Hes in me difficulty of transporting it". ¥. fork. A Davonrer Consrrers To Ron Her FaTnER.jehn Youngers, a truck-driver, Was placed on trial yesterlay in te court general sessions, charged with forgery. Tae tion. The trade is in an ansatisfactory con- | facts of thecase.as opel by the evidence dition, and the object, it ts said, is to raise | produced by District Attorney Nolan, areas the price of oil. follows: On the 16th of Jannary Julia Beeh- told, an interesting girl of seventeen, poveeny HI secretary of the German U; town Bank an order for 8200, to Signed hy her father png Bectiotd. Hing S14 east 66th street. Julia, who A John Mitchel Sunday Parade hibited. . Gaal The superintendent of police bas notified the Irish committee that the street parade in memory of John Mitehel, contemplated for next Sunc cannot be allowed, as it would before drawn money for her fatner, re- be in violation of the law which prohibits | eived the sum named to the order, and such demonstrations on the Sabbath. The | Sbortly afterwant it was discovered that the project, therefore, has been abandoned. document was a forgery. The girl was ar- rested on complaint of ber father, and con- fessed that the forged order had written by Jobn Youngers, ber lover, who she said Was the father of her illegitimate child. She Fire. This morning a fire broke out in the four. story brick building No. 86 John street; sec » third. and fourth floors ocenpied by K Eagan & Co., manufacturers of cotton waste pg ty ae my ye pe Age | Carmnnc Si0s0e, tn on: rst | money, and had written out the forged order oor and basement aries B. | which he gave her to present to the banks icker, manufacturer ctors’ taols, ~ ~ ; damage #200. The building was damazed to | 2g Sil was jointly indicted with Youngers for forgery, but in order to establish the case against the male prisoner, District Attorney Nolan entered a nolle prosequi in her case, and used her as state's evidence. tent of $200. Good Frida: Gool Friday ts duly of here in the churches. tinal McCloskey officiated «t | onerdenicd forging the onder, but admitted St. Patrick’s eathedrs having received and spent the money, which —_«+—__. had been given him by Julia to commence THE ICE FLOODS. housekeeping. The jury, after a few mo- Site a te ot . | ments’ deliheration, “found the prisoner = ee guilty,“ ndge, Suiheriand administered ne = oungers'a scathing rebuke oa his uimanly New Yorx, Mar Williamsport, | Youngers a scathing re the ‘ice continues with unabated vigor. A | ina'six mouths in state prison, Julie wen a discharged, and went he father.—N. ¥. Tisnes, 20th. No Reruptation F VIRGINIA.—The ichmond papers are jubilant over the ac- tion of the state senate in striking out of the tax billon Wednerday what was known as the “Fulkerson amendment,” which Is de- hounesd as an pudiation. Th regand to it d in the tax bill, by which the asa patutal consequence the hor and by to-day the Lbe clear water frown Lycoming creek, four miles above the city, to the lumber boom chute. ice, howe . massing at the Suspension wire bridge, aud | the water has already commenced to back up | and flood some of the low lands near the | river. There is no change in the situation at | Re and Lockhaven. At Lockhaven the men engaged in cutting the ice are at work night and day. Railroad Repairs in Tennessee. KNOXVIL N., Mareh 26, 8:48 a. m. The recent damage to ihe southern division | state would have suffered a ‘tion of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor; the market of twenty-five cents on the dol- railroad was repai yesterday, inciuding | l#r, was rejected when it came up for final the bridge over the Hiawassee river, and delayed freights, with through trains, are now rapidly going forward. aa, THE RAILROAD CONFERENCE. | What it was all About. PHILADELPHIA, March 26.—The meeting | at the Centennial hotel, between Jay Gould | and other prominent railroad men, had no copnection whatever With the Tehauntepec | canal or the Senatorial excursion party, as was repoited last night; but was simply fur the purpose of endeavoring to arrange the differences that have existed for some years between the Union Preifie and Kansas Pa- cific companies, about the Colorado business action in the senate by the’ very decisive vote of twenty-four to seven. This is a triumph of right over wrong upon which the people of the state may rightly congratulate them- selves. They have @ great calamity, that of having the state branded abroad with the stigma of repudiation—which would complete ber material ruin, and forever debase her name in the centres of the “he threat bas world. We iearn that been made in the house of ccemnies by Se ene- tax bill obnoxious: mies of the state's credit that shoukl be defeated unless this clause was agreed to by the senate, but, as there are features in the bill which iy improve it over the okl one, we trust the ma~ and to prevent the butiding of parallel roads pee ey ee in that state by the Union . Robt. E “ Carr, president of ‘the Kansas Pacinc | Me elon of the ai prea railroad, is here, and Messrs. Gould, | Tyetas bill ewctt tobe passed, and every mee Dillon, Oodge. and Smith, of the Union | surance given of our honorable Intention th. The meeting was held here so that Mr. Carr might have the benefit of the presence of Mr. Scott, Mr. Baird and other Philadelphia gentlemen who are stock- holders in the Kansas Pacific railroad. — REPUBLIC Hae Ss IN respect to the payment of the Interest on the state debt at the earliest moment practi- cable New YORKERS BUILDING HovsEs IN FLoRipa. rah lw nor egenen poy NO} has made some purchases, and it is RHODE ISLA a he will buy more. It is stated that he will The Prohibitionists Choked Of. ereet twenty cot , which will cost PRovipENCE, March 26.—The republican | #200t $5,000 apiece, and it is state convention was in session all night, Sa ee Le and at 7 o'clock this a.m. nominated Henry | bat Commolore Vanderbilt's son. William, Lippitt for governor by just the requisite |! New York, and others made an offer of number of votes fora choice: Henry T. Sis. | $29.00 for the Burreut y, the hand- v somest site en Bay street, for the purpose of aeeey a ays —— pty J de- elin y the trustees, who at $25.000. Since then, ho nthe proper. ty-bolders in the neighborhood have | to make up the balance. $3,000, on som for lieutenant governor, J. W. Addeman for secretary of state, Willard Sayles for at- | torney general, and Sam’! Clark for general treasurer. The last three being present in- cumbents, the chief reason of the prolonged Struggle was the opposi e te > acini ae Vanderbitt Sri obligate himself to erect The prohibition state convention meets on | P it ret-clase . it is Monday, and the democratic state conven- | Mr. Vanderbilt will accept the conditions. A project to erect a large cotton factory is also spoken of. These ramors, and the ence of the Hon. John Morrissey’s club house, ha me made the . Resaviaiinns quite elated. Jacksonville Cor tt. Sun. aaeeeeeneereererersonemanetis ANOTHER RAILROAD HERO.—There seem: to be something tn the life of locomotive engineers tending to develop the herole ele- ments, and every vear gives one instance or more of the fact. The latest case was in Ten- nessee, where an engineernamed David Hol- loway showed himself worthy of a better fate A a A Sharp Engagement in Cuba. w YORK, Mareh 26,—A Havana letter 01 m the loth of March the insurgents attacked a body of Spanish sol- diers at San Jose De Yinima_ with a convoy. The Spanish commander of the column or- dered a reconnoissance to be made at the place where the rebels appeared, but the rebels, who were in ambush, feil pon tneir enemies and cut of theirretreat. Tae Span- iards, after a desperate io, broke N through the ranks of the rebels (han the one he met. The recent floods had in reaching the fort on th swept away seyeral a Qn tue Georgia there Kept up a stewiy fire against tie ta pron en y-yonead raflroad. At Sweet- penis, whe pally retreated. The Spanish | WSter aor a eo he bridge had been Toss is twelve men wounded and killed crected. but not tested. Halloway had been working along with a Looked Like Charley Ross, reached the bridge in piteh De- Bosteeeoee at ea eation LE ching his eugine from the train he ordered K. Ross, of Philadelphia, arrived here to-day, | #!8 fireman to leave him, adding, in @ voice and in company with several gentlemen ha enongh to risk in testing the stracture. fireman obeyed. toe engine moved off into 1d soon a terrible crashing ioced that a brave man had gone to his final account. Compr. ¥ EPCCATION.—The superin- tendent of traancy of the board of eaueation reports & very satisfactory working of the System in the matter of bringing habitual Charley Ross | the locality where the | chil! was, two miles southeast of Borde: BORDENTOWS 26.—Mr. town. It provesnot lobe Charley. Answe: every description except the eyes. ee truants and ne ttendants inte the schools. The agents find slight! opposition in their hors, and have been in numerous instanoes. assisted by parents, who frequently cail om an army telegrapher during the war, @ e superintendent and inform him of the well known, tact of their childre w at- tend school. Until the com of the laware at ial. census of non-attendants by the police, the NOE Rian taeeton ol ties teawnees "Tp. | @uforcement of the entire system of the com- propriated $10,000 to the Centennial. puluxy 0% Sit seceenesy bs Guey ee stricted. This census, judging from the re gress being made ta its jon, will be completed and in the hai of the truancy agents in about three or four weeks.—N. ¥. Times, A New Law For Consrrucrine STREETS.—The Ohio jegisiature has passed a new law for the street in the cities of that state. law cities are authorized, upon the of three-fourths of the owners of Interest, to construct streets and to the same, the holders to s2ee- REFORMS IN CANADA large body the members of the Canadian house of com mons at & meeting bell last night appointed a confmittee to draw up a programme in fa- vor of the eee of the liquor traffic, and also an ss to the people of Canad: Setting forth the basis of action to be here afterdeterminedupon. A bill is about to be by the Dominion legislature which makes stringent requirements for the pre- vention of cruelty to animals on railway trains. They are not to be confined more than twenty-eight hours without being un- laden for @ Space of six hours for food, rest and water, and for the proper cleaning of the cars, —$—_____—_- INCENDIARISM IN CUBA—A sugar jrande, Cuba, in a communica- ¢ its, under date within the 87-A man Is successful when he makes life give him what he wants. s7-An expedition to the Black Hills is to ft out in Boston. quantities at the Moth tn the White =e R tains: in what is Known @s the“ enim’