Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1875, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Avenue, cor. Lith St. BY Evening Star Newspaper Oom = 8. H. KAUFFMANN, a praetor araieml THE EVENING STAB ts servet ty carriers to subscribers ai TEN CENT= PRR WEEK, OR FORTY %y om of MARINE HATS to seven yeara of age. alled to the PRINCESS HHA MRS. 924 sews OFFICE. 924 PENN 1 ring the f Alse the most com im the of barge: { those in search ar2o te PES SELMA RUPPERT. 614 Orn sTaEET, Opporite Patent Office. On 5 MACHINE. 924 LVANIA AVENUE. _ L. DAVIS. Agent. MRS. M. J. HUNT Ku splendid asser TRIMMED BONNETS AND HATS tock «f MILLINERY AND STEAW GOODS te which the af « is pespectially invited. MAS. M. J. HUNT, 621 D street MADAME LARMIER, from Parcs, informs the dad. of Wasnineton that she is ready to re- for DRESSMAKING jn the latest ariS-Im* 1907 PexvevLvA wa Avewe. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. HE NEWEST BOOKS. Safely, Married. by tt th er f SOLOMONS « © Agts. Lawrenc 9 apS-tr L IST OF NEW BOOKS AT 4 SHILLINGTON'S BOOKSTORE, thor of my D ron. udustry for 574, B: Kinglake ic aud privat mi of the f Caste r % By Mrs. Alexander Sat Ralph Wi For » a MOHUN BROTHERS, BOOKSELLEKS AND STATIONERS, apr-tr 1 PENNSTLYANIA AVENUE. NNEW_ BOOKS At BALLANTYNE’S, 4257 = Reply to Tynaalt the Bit By Prof. Dawson. and Lignt Beyond. Rev © Tho By Leche Belief and Life. By marsv-tr street, By Bick ‘tephen. ALB. Peabody. REAL ESTATE AGENTS. ned wishes that he » inform bis = Money Lanes aud Fire companies. LIDGE, Broker, Buildiog. EDUCATIONAL. ERABEAU TEACHES PIANO, BAR ONY and the Cultivation of the Voice. § Hith street northwest. lo. 423 cas st Mrs BEICHENBACH’S Piano Store. docht-1y' EXSHSS FRENCH, AND CLASSIOAL I STITUTE ter young ladies, 915 New York ave- Bue northwest, Mr-. ANGELO JACKSO®, Princt- . Seventh aunual session begins on the lth of ptember aug-ly Altick SMGINARY FOR YOUNG LaDing A. TYSON & SISTER 0. Prince Oeorue Co., MA Address M maria ly Contee's P. MERCHANT TAILORS. Che 2%, 45—NE. 6,880. - — * WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1875. uening Stare. TWO CENTS. DRY GOODS. T° CLOSE BUSINESS. J.C, WISWALL & CO., Having determined to discontinue, at an early d. their present business, offer from this date their tire siock DRY GOODS AT COST, OR AT LESS THAN COST, 30 PER CENT. REDUCTION oN NEW SPRING DRESS GOODS. In order toeficet IMMEDIATE SALES we sball subuut to the folle wing . EAT REDUCTIONS from our teal low prices Bost Pacitjc Percales. 16 2.3 Good Spring Prints, oy conte. . Fine Black Unehmes ; former pries, $1.25. Fine Biack Alpacas, SSc.: former price. ac. Fine Black Mohairr. 4c : former pric Fine Black Grenadines, 10 to 0 centi cents. t FULLY 50 PER CENT. REDUDTION on former pri EVER THING AT A SACRIFICE Te to clove the at quick eal An early examin purchasers. jon will be te the interest of © goods charged at the above quotations ns indebted fo the firm will please settle at €. WISWALL & €O., No. 310 7thst.. near Penn. avenne. P SLAUGHTERING PRICES. aple ln ved 25.000 yards Hamburg Edges and I prices. Napkins at Sc.. worth We. Handkerchiefs. 4 10.48 yard= Cotton, better than Wamentta 3.100 yards K . and —, 1236: worth 25c. 14, long Towels, 12e.. worth 3c lyadlong T + worth Ie. ic , dirt cheap. c-y'dizt cheap. Tic Calicoes, Ie 242 wide Sheeting Cotton, only 12 The grandest opening of Spring Dress Goods ever to the public. Debege Suitin, De able-with Frene! Fine Plaid P. & Hai: only 25 Poplins, 2 tins, onby 2 pling, only 28% Plaids, 3733¢., worth We. THO, Sec, worth We. Mixed Camel's Hair Suitingr, only 37% Bargains in Black Alpacas, splendid color, Black, ie ery Fine, 3le.; A No. | tor 37},¢., worth 6244c. e_are bound to sell cheaper than any house t= the United States. Come to the Cheap Store for bari . We keep open until 9 o’clock for the ac- comuuodation of the public. Saturday night 1 M. TOWSO: c. & co., J. W. McKEE. c. M. TOWSON, st. 636 Pennsylvania avenue aplo-tr ‘South side, near nw ([BE EXCELSIOR ONE PRICE CASH DEY GOODS STORE, No. 1015 axp 1020 Seventu Street N. W. ELEGANT AND CHEAP NEW DRESS GOODS. Camel's Hair Suitings, Plaids. Diagouals, Debeges, langes, Serges, Grenadines, Hernanis, Alpacas.’ Silks.” Cashmercs, Poplins, Piques, Percales, Pongees, &e., &c. BF Au extensive variety, at remarkably low rates. Also, uew styles SILK SUN UMBRELLAS. BOGAN & WYLIE, Spe tr O18 and 1020 7th street northwest. UST RECEIVED, Another lot of those Sine Camel's Hair Cloth in the latest designs. Atse, Another invoice of Black and Colored which I can sl! at lower prices than before Great bargains in Laces, Gimps, and Fringes of E. GUTMAN's, all shades at bb street northwest, Washington, D.C. _ap3.2w Pp®* ATE SALE or CARPETS REGARDLESS OF COST T one week, commencing MONDAY, April 5 we shall close out, FOR CASH, the remainder of our stock BRUSSELS, INGRAINS, and STAIR CARPETS, OILCLOTHS, RU COCOA MATTING, STAIR RODS, &e., &e. diese ost R The last and oni Wor hance. Call early, FORD & SHILLBERG, ap3-Im 427 7th street, bet. Dand Es. Ww. x EXCHANT TAILOR, THEET, OFPosirg Patent OvFice, Washington, 0, 9_ “sis Fs 927-1) *,J-HEIBERGER, aco. « * (Stecemor tc on & C0. CITIZENS. ABMY AND NAV MERCHANT TAILOR letropolitan Hotel, No. 362 Penn's ave., Washington AT STRAUS’, 1@11.. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE EN 1078 ax THE COUNTERS ARE LLED WITH , NEW, CHOICE, ST AND CHEAP SPRING CLO’ NG FOR MEN AND Boys. DKESS SUITS. BUSINE WORKING SUITS, YOUTHS’ suits, CHILDREN SSUITS. SUITS FOR LITTLE CHAPS, SUITS FOR GROWING BOYS, SUITS FOR BiG BOYS, SUITS FORK SCHOOL BOYS, SUITS FOR COLLEGE YOUTHs, SUITS FOR WORKING YOUTHS, SUITS FOR SMALL MEN, SUITS FOR LARGE MEN, SUITS FOR MEN OF MEDIUM SIZB SUITS FOR MEN OF £XTiad SIZE, SUITS FOK THE BIGGEST OF MEN, SUITS FOR EVERY KIND OF MEN. SUITS FOR ALL THE MEN IN TOWN. BUY NOW! BUY NOW! BUY Now! Particular Attention Given to Pleasing, A. STRAUS. 28-te Dares eric Gloag amy patter of GENTLEMEN S DRESS AATS: © Broadway. Youmans. Knox s, and Dunlap’s Fitth Avenue Spring Styles. ry * eiPigial, teutloe lnvited to the $3 and 96 “vl Nutria Felt Hats. = cd inte Spring Styles. mis-tr El = ad for Raues of advertise ETE x LINERY i RS 8. Mee J MER. b 0 5 19 pe ” 5 P r+ Prea 2 t 5 P ? fi Pl ° ; Pi $ Mab ™ B al KE v | | @ GuODSs, SPR £0 pieces DRESS GOODS, at 25, 31, 3734 and 50 cta.; Ml reduced in price. 22 pieces Fast Color CALICOES, at 6%;—reduced from € cente. woo pieces Plain PLAID and Striped NAIN- 8001 & dozen regular made Ladies’ HOSE, at 25 cents per pair. worth 37% cents. 58 dozen real good HOSE, 1234, worth 20 cents. Fall-width SHEETING, 3 and 35 cents. Splendid Shirting COTTON, 125, equal to any in the city. A full stock of CASSIMERES, from 50 cents to $2.50 per yard. a and SUN UMBRELLAS. ant O LOLOTHS. of GOODS over from last season to be sold without regard to cost. Call and see our prices, GEO, J. JOHNSON & CO., _aptr 711 Market Space. AMUSEMENTS. ATIONAL THEATER. ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINAKY” NIGHTS AND SATURDAY MATi German Opera and Dramatic Com FROM BERLIN. This is the mest complete German troupe ever brought to America, and selected from principal theaters of Berlin and Vienna by Director Se eren: Concordia wy at an expense of Sm Coo. BSDAY NIGHT, April 15, 1573, the Lew operatic cc mecty of pert PRINCESS TREBIZONDE: oR. The Magical Bravry, now performing in Ger v H E anl HANNSI UGHS. Liserat Prices —General Admission, Sc ; Ri served Orchestra C Re ! Dress Cire Sie.; Orcheatra ( ery, 2. Box sheet open at Metzerot on Welnesiay for every performance. aphi at AVENUE THEATER, Ish suveet ana Pennsylcania Avenue. A HOST OF 7 NEW FACeS. one of HUBER ant GLIDDEN. nal ts. yeter-can Mokes and Musical 8. Ari Also, first appearance of GEV SaeGuirr a, the well k: Actor ae 3 \° Madew iselic TA Dance lady. Miss MINNIE ‘and dances. beautifal son, AY, the bewitching Dapseuse and Miss LOUISA JOHNSON, the cialty GE s. nown E BAER, in” her Miss MATTIE GR Faire Splihe Second week of the (4) THE: FOUR ir Second PROPHETS (4). La Jarden Matiie, Mumia al Flying Scuds. of Quadrilles, whic cansed fo immense an exestement atrucit production in New York, when presented in the Frene!; Boutly Ospheeaux Enfers, and the glorious Parisian apld-tr CAN-OAN, AD'S OPERA HOUSE. Admission, %c_,75c. and $1. No extra charge for reserved places. Te-Night and Two Matinees, Wednesday and Saturday, TONY PASTOR and his Traveling Company. Tha Garnella Brothers, the champion gymnasta of the vorld; Gus Williams. uneqnaled uni Venns and Adonts, beantiful infant Velocipedists: charming character duettists; d-and Wilson, the funny mus: » Morgan, e beantitul «6 rry Kernel, the mirth: prove! ‘Miss Kila Wesner. the beaniifal men; Frank Girard, the derfal "Uiedast= HEATER COMIQUE.—Monday, April !2, y night and Wednesday and Saturday Mati- ty and Drama. Praduction on Monday, y nights of the great Ir Fair of Mull y gar. and Saturday e thrili drama. in tw The Golden First appe ashingt “ atic Gymnas's. the Snow Brothers; troupe of Performing Dogs First appearai Washington of the dashing Vocalist. Mis Sothern. Last week of the celebrated artiste, Baby Bindley. Miss Blanche Selwyn, Prof, Bindley. ©, &, Durles api? ATIONAL THEATER, KELLOGG ENGLISH OPERA. Mr. ©. D. Hess Director THREE REPEESENTATIONS ONLY MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVE. NINGS, Argil 19, 20 anv 21. The following highly attractive repertoire will be performed MONDAY, \ ERNANI TUESDAY. April 20th, Ambroise Thomas MIGNON. (KELLOGG) WEDNESDAY, April 21st, first time here of Balle's Sthumous Opers, THE TALISMAN. (RELLOGG.) FULL cHORUS AND GRAND ORCHESTRA. Ma. 8. Bennens... SSS Condact ‘ale of ei ces Thurwiay, April 1th, at Metgeyott & Co.“eimanic afore. Hesctveil seats, $4.20 and @2, according to location. api? ti ss JEPFERSON LITERARY AND DE- BATING BOCLETY celebrate their third pieerey by, a LITERARY and MUSICAL TERTAINMENT, at Jefferson School Building, TUESDAY, April 15, at 7-% o'clock. Proceedatu be used for an increase of the library. Admission 25 cents. api? 2 The World’s Great Object-Teacher’s Culminating Triumph. AT WASHINGTON, ON SIXTH STREET LOT, FOR ONE WEEK, Commencing MONDAY, April P. T. BARNUM’S GREAT TRAVELING WORLD'S FAIR. P.T. BARNUWS pril 19th, Verdi's V4N ZANDT) P. T. BARNU: MONSTER MENAGERIE. P. T. BARNUWS STEAM-OPERATED POLYTECH- NIC INSTITUTE. TWENTY GREAT SHOWS IN ONE, INCLUDING is Inter-Continen- tre, WITH DAN CASTELLO'S NATIONAL HU{PPODROME, AND THE TERRIFIC WILD BRAZILIAN BARE- BACK RIDER, Lowarde's Imperial Brazilian Circus. TWO EIGHTH WORLD WONDER EX- HIBITIONS DAILY. A SINGLE TICKET, ONLY 50 CTS Admitting every Department. Chil pars half price. Doors m. Grand Animal and Are ree one hour later. ps-8t ‘RAND FAIR For ST. PATRICK'S Sew ChHuxcii, Ai MASONIC TEMPLE, cor. 9h and F sts. N.W., Commencing TUESDAY, April 6, _ap?-tApri7 Ending SATURDAY, April 17. Lanes SUN UMBRELLAS, PLAID SPRING DRESS GOODS, DESIRABLE SHADES IN PLAIN MATERIALS STRIPED SPRING SILKS, PLAIN SILKS IN SPRING SHADES, BLACK IBON GRENADINES, MOURNING GOODS OF ALL KINDS, FOB SPRING WEAB; LACE POINTS AND JACKETS, IN LLAMA AND THREAD: LINEN LAWNS, ORGANDY LAWNS, FOU- LARDS, &c. Having completed my inventory, I have reduced the prices on all goods where it was ble. . der to insure the sale of the remai ‘St as carly a day as possible. JOHN T. MITCHELL, _BoarSi2m 931 Pennsylvania avenue. Great ATTRACTION. SPECIAL BABGAT! DRY GOODS CHEAP. CARTER'S, 707 Mark “ComenEss 2 “How? Ta$o Fedrect ana 430 Oip No.) ON EXHIBITION axv SALE yaa " . mM. 7 a Ohotes Oi Paintings 1 eer ravings Fe itn re ae iris the Distria. Temember Name and Number. jel-ly BALLS, PARTIES, &e. WENTY-FIFTH DSSIVERSARE BALL NEYMEN BOOK BiNDERS’ SOCL . OUT ODD ERLLOWS BALL a 4 AY. Al 15, 1875. Tickets, $1. admitting « Genfteman ind Lady. Additional Ladies 8, 50 cts. marl3-20,37 ap.3,10,13,14,15 Uap Ieee FTL cents; et 5c. EN. MELED IN WAX, HO COUNTERFEIT. BoP have been ve been perfect. FUNERAL WREATHS, CROSSES, ANCHORS, mar23-Im No. 909 Sth seer, staunch i amseaa ss EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. DURING the summer the President will receive by card between the hours of eleven and two, except on Tuesdays and Fridays, which being Cabinet days, no one will be received except government officials. INTERNAL REVENUE.—The receipts from this source to-day amount to $115,316.67. THE RECEIPTS from customs to-day at the Treasury department were ¢¢ a. THE AMOUNT of national bank notes re ceived at the Treasury department to-day for redemption aggregated £591,000. f clerk of the Coas Office, as resigned, to take effect the Ist proximo. THE U.S.STRAMER LACKAWANNA, © McCauley, commanding sailed from Yoxo- bama March loth for San Francisco. Lirvt. F. M. BARBER, U.S. N.. has been ordered to duty as executive officer of the torpedo boat alarm. PETE MCCARTNEY, the notorious counter feiter, who some days since made his eseape from a United States deputy marshal in Texas, has been recaptured. CONSULS APPOINTED.—The President yes- terday appointed Volney V. Smith, of Ark- ansas, to be United States consul at St. Thomas. West Indies, and Joseph Knotts, of Jowa, to be consul of the United States at Chihuahua, Mexico. THE CouRT oF CLAIMS, had renderet judgment in favor of twenty: cers, from whom ground that they had been ordered ho’ their own request, and were therefore v ally on leave of absence. The clai from 3200 to #1, THE PRESINE; AND TREASURER SPtx- NER.—The President in answer to a letter of General Spinner, has written to tiat retiring offi assuring him of his hig personal re and commending t faithfulness, honesty efficiency with ber yg he has discha: i the duties of his offi Barp still haunts the corri- dors of the Post Office department. He had another interview with the Postmaster Geue- ral to-day. He authorizes an emphatic de- niai of the story that he yesterday tele- graphed one of his political friends in Atian- aying: “ Bust up the Third Term Clab, and sell the pictu f the sold mar WHAT Is A PLOYE ‘The Unit decides thai the term # ker in his busin S$ “CAPITAL Ex- ates Supreme Court capital employed” by s,in the revenue act #f, does not include moneys borrowed by him from time to time, temporarily, in the ordinary course of is business, bui applies only to the property or moneys of the banker set apart from other uses, permane y in- vested in the busines STAMPS ON BANK CHECK3.—The Solicitor of the Treasury department, to whom the subject was referred, has decided that the Commissioner of Internal Revenue has the right to examine the bank checks of any bank to ascertain whether the law is vio- lated respecting the affixing of stamps to such checks. The Solicitor is of the decided pinion that the Commissioner has this ght. The subject was referred for an opin- ion because Controller Knox held that the law did not contemplate any such privilege to the revenue office, but was vested solely in the Controller of the Currency. PERSONAL.—Vice President Wilson left for Philadelphia to-day to preside over the Centennial meeting of the Pennsylvania ab- y, Whiecb meets in that city to- rrow. Ex-Governor McCook, of Col- «lo, has left this city for Denver. +-+-Gen. Hawley. of Connecticut, left here yesterday for that state with his wife, who, being anit valid and unable to ride in the cars, they took passage In the Jane Mosely to Norfolk terday afternoon, going thence to New rk and from there to his home, accom- plishing the whole distance by water trans- portation. ++ ators Cameron, Ch and Anthony, of the late Mou atorial party’ of in ti ‘otel, Jackson ‘enator Morrill, of Maine. view with Secretary Bristow Tar Mari Contract Fraups—Mr. Cuan- nel Surrenders.—This morning Mr. Frank L. Channel, late clerk in the Post Office depart- ment, charged with criminal connection with the mail contract frauds, surrenterod himself to the marshal, who took him before Commissioner Ingersoll, and he gave bond in $5,000 for a hearing, Geo. W. Balloch and J. L. Fyench going on’ his bond. Mr. Channel retained General 8.8. Henkle as his counsel, oe the hearing in his case was sei for Sat- urday a1 an inter his morning. At2% o'clock to-day Mr. C. Ingersoll, U.S. Commissioner, held au e.amination ia the cases of Mr. Hinds and Mr. Van Vleck, in the Criminal Court room. There were present Judge Fisher and .J udge Spence, rep- resenting government, Col. Cook for Hinds, and Mr. Charles Thompson for Van Vieck: Mr. T. D. Anderson acted as clerk. The ease ot Mr. Hinds was first taken up, and Judge Fisher read the warrant. The hearing was 8 progress when our report closed. +e Mr. Beecher’s Defense. HIS CLOSING TESTIMONY YESTERDAY After our telegraphic report of the Tilton- Beecher trial closed, yesterday, Rev. Henr: Ward Beecher was further examined. Toward the close of his testimony he de- clared that in all the matter from December, Isi0, to the time of the outbreak last year, the word “crime” was not employed by, or intimated to him, by either Tilton or Moul- ton. “It Was conveyed to me at Peekskill by Mr. Ri th gu the Isth of June or July, 1 thin’ Wien he saw me. unless it came up in the conversation about thé Bacon letter. This is the first intimation I had from Moulton or Tilton in regard to adaltery with Mrs. Til- * * * Moulton called at my house aad I expressed my {dea that he éould not longer act as a friend of both parties. He brought some documents, which he wished me to sign, stating that I had commiited some offence against Tilton. [Showna docu- ment.) I think this is the card Moniton brought to me. Mr. Moulton said Mr. Tilton had bound himself ti t. and Mr. Moulton said if I did this he would burn ail the documents he had, and if Mr. Tilton made any further movement he would smash him. Mr. Moulton afterward said he haa the id Mr, Tilton wer to to powder. I told ir. Moulton that I never would sign this card after the publication of the Bacon letter with the word ‘offence’ In it.” In an inter- view in July, 1874, Moulton told him that he was to have another ig man in the matter. . Ben Butler—who cou! STRIKE Ni aie peer 12 tmatenin erie in quieting the tur- tive peace led pontine Wwe as commenced sterday, Both sides Tneye solemnly Tesdived to make Ro concessions. pomentateh Be En ENGLAND, PRUSSIA AND BELGIUM.—The Belgium has given rise fo a preaption that independence of Belgium was canes om- | MORE POST OFFICE FRAUDS. A $20,000 Per Annum Leak. Developments in Two Cities. Soon after Gov. Jewell became Postmaster General he had reason to suspect that con- siderable fraud was being perpetrated in the matter of repairing mati bags at the differ- ent mail bag depositories, of which there are fifty in the United States. Every state has at least one, and several have as many as twoor three points designated where matl pouches needing repairs can be sent. New York state, for instance, has three—New York, Albany and Buffalo; Pennsylvania has three—Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburg; the District of Coiumbia has one. Washington, &e. On looking into the m: ter, the Postmaster General found that fora number of years past the repairing of mail bags had cost the zovernment nearly $100,000 annually. Soon after he received an inti- mation that fraudulent transactions were going on at the Indianapolis and St. Louis depositories, and acting on the hint he at once dispatened Special Agent William T. Henderson to those points, with instructions to make a thorough investigation and report. The result has more than condrmed bis sus- Picions, as there can seareely be a doubt that these frandulent operations are not confined to St. Louis and Indianapolis, but are of sufficient extent throughout the country to involve the sum of at least $70,000 annually. In other words, the Post Office department has been ing $100,090 for work which should not have cost at the highest estimate over $25.00 per year. INVESTIGATION OF THE ST. LOUIS DEPOSI TORY. In making his report of his investization of the mail-bag depositories at St. Louis, Special Agent Henderson says of the deposi- tory at the above named point that the hes, &¢., are properly examined at the > when returned by the contractor mak- ing the repairs, and the repairs represented | the tag accompanying each pouch gener- | ally compare with the repairs actually mete. The fraud is perpetrated in this way. | Thomas Morrison, the contractor, directs his men to make the work average $125 to the hundred pouches, and in order to do this they must butcher them and then repair them until the desired amoung ts reached. Per- fect pouches ve been eut and patched in the most ridieu manner. Geod — botton: have bee cut ont; Straps cut off; handles and staples cut offand holes cut into them without limit Mr. Henderson coatinues: ber of bottoms, straps, st alled Mr. Morrison's attention to ct, and he at om neneed an at- tack upon Dhout, who, he said, had beer communication with a certain Woodwar: (Chief of Special Agenis Woodward, Post Office department) at Washington, and with- outhis knowledge or consent had eommencet a few weeks since to do his cutting, &e., and was saving the bottoms, &c., to show to tn special agent when an investigation was or Mr. Henderson says further that was responsible for less than one- third of the wrong. He then required Mor- rison, the contractor, and Dhout, Heary MeFadden and Dominick May, work- men in the office, to make affidavits. The affidavits in the main corroborate Mr. Henderson's statements as to the mutilating the mail bags, but Morrison charges that the whole thing was a job pat up on him by Dhout or Donk, from motives of personal malice, and one man makes an affidavit to the fact that he had beard Donk threaten to have revenge on Morrison use the latter had once reprimanded him. Mr. Henderson says he deems it due to the postmaster and the superintendent to state that they knew nothing of the frard, but were impose! — by the contractor and a porter whom the: had always regarded as entirely trustworthy. This porter, he believes, was in collusion with the contractor from the fact that the one hundred bags per week which Morrison required were always furnished. The bills of Morrison since he has been doing the re- pairing for material were 31,137.27; amor paid for labor, $1,343.29; deduct amount of stock on hand, $170.50, and the grand total is $2,319.02. The total amount paid him by the goverment from May, 1874, to January 1, 1875, 434.05; amount since January last bevt $1,500. The amount charged for re- sairs Was steadily on the inerease, and Mr. Henderson thinks if not checked would have inereased monthly. INVESTIGATION OF THE DEPOSITORY. ‘The substance of Mr. Henderson's report of his investigation ef the mail-bag depository at Indianapolis, Indiana, is as follows: He found the work of repairing being done by one W. C. Mason, formerly a clerk in the In- dianapolis post offiee. The work was given to him on the 6th of May, 1874. Prior to this the government paid for the work in question at the Indiaaapolis depository on an average per mouth, say, about $500, or about 86,00 INDIANAPOLIS per year. While Mason’s predecessor was doing the same work it was customary for Mr. Holloway. superintendent of the oi to supervise the repairs by examiningall the work done, aud by comparing the charges on every pouch repaired with the tag represent- ing What repairs were necessary, the price. &c. This examination took up so much of his time that, on consultation with the t master, it was concluded to transfer this duty to a ter, one Edward Vickers by name. Vickers, it seems, atteaded to these duties during the moath of May and part of June, last year, but no longer; his excuse being that Mason, the contractor, told him | he need not do it; that be, Mason ,would do nothing but what was right. The monthly bills of the contractor immediately began to increase materially, (some- times reaching $2,000 per month.) and [pootpoee A the posmaster at Indianapolis instituted a investigation into e itter Which led tot te investigation by ‘ial Agent Henderson. On eas asked if he did not kne | for, his work, Vickers said he had had rea- | Son to think so, but did not positively know it. On being asked by Special Avent Hen- derson why be did not inform the postmaster of his suspicions, he said he regarded it. as none of his ( Vickers’) business. Mr. Hender- averaged $3.08 per bag, notwithstanding the fact that ip many cases oaly slight repairs, | a few stitches, or & small patch, ¢osiing teu or twenty-five cents, were needed on the pouches. “Sul uently Mr. Hendersoa pro- cured Mason's bills for material, which he forwarded to the Post Omtice department, as proof conclusive of M.’s fraudulent charges. the months of October, November and | December last, Mason charged the depart- ment for 74,361 rivets, for whieh he was paid | by the department sl. The bills show | that since May 6, 1874, Mason has purchased but 51,500 rivets. The cost of these rivets was $33.44. In other words. Mason charged the | government in three months for 25,551 rivets more thaa he had used or purchased in ten months, and had received for material oo ap cost him $33.54 the sum of $748.61! a so in wd to other items. Mason alleges that he pays one of his work- men $200 per month, (rather a fancy price for a cobbler.) his wife $15, and twoof his broth- ers $15 and $25 respectively; his total ex- penses for labor being #375 ner month. To sum EP, the total amount of material pur- chased and labor pal for by him in ten months, from May |, 1874, cost him $4,076, He — the Post Office department with, and ved for the same, #18,143.45, orat the ths: ‘ing for hel; nual of a member of Congress, aud near- ag much &§ a member of the Cabi- after material, &c, of #1437245, times more than the an- ly t ot to ‘ives. Subsequently Mr. Henderson said of the bags i showed no: what- ever. Mr. He Says he cannot believe that Vickers’ received an: for his t ae but recom! |. _In concluding his report, Mr. Henderson a om are innocent of any intertional . A NEW SYSTEM ADOPTED. Mr. Henderson in both cases ordered the contractors for the pouches to sus- his services will assign him to supervise the work of repairing the mail bags under ao entirely new system, and one under which perpetration of fraud wil be almost, if not wholly, impossible. Hereatter there wi!! be but three mail bag depositories instead of » @S at present, one at_Indianapoll ew York. and one at Washington, D.C. On or about the Ist of May Mr. Henderson will be directed to assume sole charge of the matter and employ the necessary numbe workmen at the three points named salaries, to be paid by the Sepertenent. of the workmen at each point will be pl: i in charge, and will be empowered under the direction of Mr. Henderson to purehase the necessary material. The d ment will thi take charge of the matter instead of leaving it at the discretion of postmasters and contractors at the various mail-baz Acpositories as at present. ‘nder the new system the Postma General has reason to believe that ali n sary repairs can be made to mail-bags at a Cost to the government of not more than $20,000 per year. TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. BEECHER'S LONG STORY. CONTINUATION TO-DAY. —.—_—_ ANA COMPROMISE, ——_e—_—_ OPPOSITION TO ADJUSTMENT. THE COLLIERY TROUBLES. THE Lou THE SNOW STORM NORTH. THE TILTON-REECHER TRIAL. . ‘To-day’s Proceedings. New York, April i3.—Despite the snow and sleet which fell this morning numbers of » forced their way through it to be in ance in the Brooklyn elty court room. came into court accompanied by his 1 danghtes roville, and took ral Butler, is a member of family, who belong to my congregation. was obly @ boy, and was sent to me with a message. which hie believed Moulton never told me that Tilion was willing to make statement before the investigating con tee, Which would exclude the charge of adul- tery between me and Mrs. Tilton. Moulton did teli me at an interview that Tilton was incensed because his wife had been before committee. The conversation abont $5,000 [ remember. He asked me if I] had mentioned THE $5,000 to any person. I said I had, and he said that ie should deny it. I told him that I men- tioned it to Olive had been visiting in New York and had ard remarks about my refusing to assist Mr. Tilton. I told him I had done some- i 3 thing about General Tracy having been told oF the $5,000. Witness’ attention was called to THE CARD PUBLISHED IN THE BROOKLYN INION in 18:3, and be was asked how it came to be printed. He said it was printed at the sug- gestion of Mr. Cleveland, on account of the publication in the New York Sua of the visit of Clatt'n and Bowen to Mrs. Woodhul! in search of ‘!ocuments. When I prepared this card I took it to Mr. Moulton and left it with him. He told me there might bea lit- Ue prefa! matter, which he said should be inserted. © suggestion of a card was not from Moulton, but from Cleveland I never asked Moulton if Tilton would pro- duce any document, nor did he sa; not. he would In addition to the three letters I re- i from Mrs. Woodhull I received th enclosing a note from Mrs. Isabella ker. 1 am not able Ww tell the date of that r. It was in reference to the meeting of the New York wing of the woman suffraze movement to be held in Steinway Hall. I never said to Tilton thatthe publication of the true story wou'd kill me. 1 said that I WOULD Nor BEAR IT, and not that I could not bear it. After the publication of the tripartite agreement 1 never said to Moulton that if Tilton pub lished his letter that it would be my death. I said that it was charged that no clergyman could stand up under it, and that I WOULD FIGHT IT OUT TO THE END. Mouiton never said that Tilton was opposed to the publication of the resignation, as he said it would be ex, ing his wife. Nor did he tell me that Mr. Tilton was incensed about it, and threatened to shoot me if it were pub- lished. [Shown a letter.] I think this ts MES. WOODHULL’S FOURTH LETTER To ME Evarts read. It was dated February 7 ager that writer Was endeavoring to ebtain Steinway Hail for thetr- meeting. Witness said I have no recollection of auy other letters of Mrs. Woodhul! sent tome. 7 wrote other letters that these that have been produced to Mr. Tilton. Moulton never told me that he toki Mr. Woodruff and Mr. Rob. -inson of my relations with Elizabeth Tilton THE COLLIERY TROUBLES. What the Miners Agree to Do. . April 13.—A dispateh from Hazleton says: A delegate meeting of miners Was held last night, and the result of the vote taken in both branches was announced. The miners agreed to endorse the action of the committee that met the governor to keep the peace in this region, and to furnish 290 men to help to do it; to allow dead work to be car- rie! on, and are willing to do it themselves, #nd not to interfere with any men that the operators may employ to do it. They also iuade statements to the sheriff admitting that the raids had been made by armed men, and some acts of violence committed. The men declare emphatically that they are not weakening. A Darker View of the Troubles. PHILADELPHIA, April 13.—A special dis- paceh to the Evening Telegraph from Hazle- ton, dated to-day, says: A deep snow fell last night, and it is slill storming quietly Uds morning, which has put a dolefal as- pect cpon military operations here. Sentries m the outposts on the mountains had a rough time of it, but were relieved every two hours. The situation has shown no change. There is but the slightest possibility that the troops will evacuate the county for a week yet, and in fact it wiil be a very perilous experiment if it be attempted. Leading operators are using every eflort to have the wilitia remain, and are backed w best classes of citizens. is, one | THE LOUISIANA COMNPRONISE. Opposition tean New Yorx, April 3.—A @ to Hered from New Orleans Sheridan has been ppg leadir g politicians here of sides and ai factions about the er at a ey ture. Irrecenciliables on both ve tried to make head against the he but the moterate men #0 far contra Amon the conservatives there is no diMea!| opposing the adjustment having Teled. Among the republicans and Ser ator West bave tried to ble, ard are still using their memilers as they arrive to ment. Hahn ix osed to struct the measure. It Marshal Packani is best men of bou parties. imprac men on the conservative side are disgusted, and some talk of uniting with West and Pinehback bheresfter. Lo onard, Sbreve- port, is here and strongly favors the « mise. He says he is for ment. It is believed that the acjastment will be completed without delay on Wednes- day. ——— THE SNOW STORM. Five to Nine Inches Deep. WILKESBARRE, April 13.A farious snow since four o'clock tots Five inches of ground UNK. Pa., April 3. Snow seven nehes deep here this morning and «till full- ing. Scrawrox, Pa April 18.—Snewing very bard all morning; about six inches deep and still falling. PHILADELPHIA, April 1.—Snow and hatl commenced falling carly this morning and still continues. The ground is covered with slush. BALTIMORE Apri prevailed from 6 to he reots of hous *® were A brisk snow storm lock this mornin: overed, bat it dis- the groand heavy easteriy from carly this I - fre Port Jervis, and Wilkesbarre report bea vy snow storms there. aves CHUNK. Pa. April T—At one rk snow still falling and about 9 inches — ee FOREIGN NEWS. A New Russian Loan. , April 1.—The Rothschilds have prospectus of anew Russian loan of 415,000,000, with interest at 45 per cent. per annum. to be issued at 92. Of the total amount £5,000.009 are in London, the balance ts reserved for St. F tersburg. Germany. Brriry, April .—The J nan Ga cele accepts as reassuring the disavowal of warlike intentious by the French press. Tne Berito Post says the draft has been completed of a bill pre ing religious onters tn P sia except those cinployed In nursing the sick Chote Loxpon, April 1.—Dispatehes from Bom- bay aunounce that cholera has appeared ia the province of Oude Paris. ence upon the m a and Measures met here y lay. The cov- nents of Brazil, the United States, Ven zuela, and the Argentine republic are repre- It_was resolved toestablish an in- nd measures, The Panama Survey. New York, April 13.—Advices from Pan- ama by the steamer Acapulco state that tranquility prevailed, though the a) che ing presidencial election is looked forward to with some anxiety. The report that the sur- veying party of Commander Lull bad fin- ished the entire survey across from Panama to Aspinwall, and found it one of the most feasible for @ canal that has been found across the isthmus, gives great satisfaction and the members of the survey are pas: gers by the Acapulco. The Columbian gov- ing appointed a commission of engineers to examine various routes. Accident at Karvam's eye, PHILADELPHIA, April 13. weight of Hip- podrome broke through early this morn! About sory persons were beneath when it ously injured. It was opened last evening for the first time to the people of Panama. Commander Loil ernment is also moving in the matter, ha a show on the canvas roof of Baroum's J, but none are believed to have been t- a THE BOATMEN AND THE CANAL TRADE. The Cumberiand News of yest y Saye: “The Boatmen'’s Union beld a meeting on Saturday evening, and resolutions were passed declaring their willingness to agree to carry coal to Georgetown at $1.25 and to Alexandria for *1.90 for the season of 1875, if the canal company wil! throw off one of the boat tolls of $4.98." A committee (one from each of the six different lines) to to Annapolis at once to formally lay the canal board the proposition above stated, was appointed. here now remains but one obstacle in the way of the accomplishment of “general reduction’—the trip- page question. ft is desired by the boatmen, the canal company, and several coal end with whom our reporter has talked, that this item be reduced $10. One of the boat bulld- ers, we learn. is willing to reduce ——- nd night, but wants $35 from ‘day boats; another builder is willis duce $10 all the way round; one of companies owning boats is willing to reduce tri; from $35 to $30 only. A prominent coal operator stated on Saturday that the business of the canal this season would be the heaviest ever done on that waterway,” AFTER AN ELOPING Husnand.—William Tucker united himself in holy matrimony in England with his deceased wife's sister, a few years and in a brief period became Frese ogy ~ scoreeoramey asto vee hetiases of e tie. le thereupon departed this coun- try with Jessie Strickland, his servant maid, who has since been Itving with him as house— keeper. His wife, hearing of his where. abouts. recentiy followed him with her chil- dren. and commenced sult against him in the Brooklyn city court for adiverece. Mr. Tucker's reply is that the complainant wae the sister of his first wife. now dead, and that 4s the laws of England forbade a marriage with a deceased wife's sister, the marti: was void, and the necessity for a divorce did not exist. INQUEST IN GHE HeMLock Porsoxtxa Cas¥.—The inquest at —— N. ¥., in the case of Professor F. W. ‘aiker, who died from the effects of an excessive dose of conium or extract of hemlock, has resalted in a verdict that he came to his death from medical use of fluid extract of contum, pre- scribed by Doctors Aguew and Webster, and that the medicine acted with extraordi potency. They do not censure either phyel. cians or druggists from whom the hemlock was procured. Two SWALL The republicans elected their candic by a majority of 1.60 election in New Bri entire republican tic was elected by a handsome majority. At the state election on the 5th insiant the democrats carried the town. MEXICAN RAIDERS ARRESTE! party of Gf.een or twenty Mexican raiders crossed into Texas @ few days ago to make a raid on Camargo, but notice of their approach hav- ing been given, eight of them were arrested on their arrival. Their horses had Texas brands and many articles taken from them were identified as the property of citizens. TROTTING.—The proprietors of Mystic Park, Boston, announce a purse of 10,000 for the second annual stallion race, to ail stallions in Canada and the United States. e7-The of has on seceina ante eee eet ag The wunicipal election at Md., yesterda: Shevlin vero fe Sem” Seis knd fr the epic saenee Ri <a bT ie