Evening Star Newspaper, August 12, 1875, Page 1

redscrsber: ©: ea Onnts PEE MONTE. a month: mz months. THE WEEKLY STAR—puditshed om Friday @2.00 « year, postaze prepaid. All subscriptions tmvartaly im advances, ane sent Longer than paid J ar Kates of atvertioent faraiihes ™ sppivration 7 “%. 46—N°. 6,983. Foening Star. WASHINGTON, BD. C.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1875. TWO CENTS AMUSEMENTS. RAND FANCY MASK BALL ar BERKLEY SPRINGS Four h a Excursion Ticket Tailread. Ther ¥ Mask BALL atthied ripg Place on MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16. A ? in aitendance, and every arrangement compistsd to meke t's the OC BRANOEST AFFAIR OF THE SEASON. Three trains Washington Sprnc Th @ the after the same evenirg tn time to p nea que 32 3” _ Proprietor THE SCHUETZENFEST TO-DAY. avgl-tr OLv No.» Op Exhibition NEw No T. rs . 7TH S manatiy 77a 5. Be. 439 Tih creel. bcween Pe EE stresis, eigas doors above Old Fellowes’ Hall. Cholee Of] Patutings, Engray tage. Chromos. &e. Also, largest stock of Paper angiogs, Window Shades, Pictures, Frames, Picture fords ‘and Tas- eels Rings, Nails, &c., in the District. So Cunke Oaen. BS Please remember Name an Number. jy!-ly S, PICNICS, &e. OUNLIGHT EXCURSION MARY WASHIN SDAY EVENING, A meodions Steamer wili 6 clock » at 6.30 p.m B aud String Baud nus ¥ THE BUBNS CLUB AND ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY rehalt Hall, FRIDAY, Auguet 23, 15 MARY WASHING. © street, at2.3)a. mand 3.80 p 1. p Cisely Tickets. admitting a youth or lady, 50 cents; gen- theman's th Tickets can ibson Bros., 1012 Penn sylvan: Geo. W. Balloch, LeDroit Building; Jobn G. Cowie »nd E. C. Fawcett, Treas ury Deparument. or any of the commitiee. angl0-3t Ceozs's ISLAND. FIFTH GRAND EXCURSION. ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 13rH, 1575, THE STEAMER JANE MOSELEY will make her fourth excursion to Cobb's L-iaod leaving Oth-sreet wharf at 3 p.t.y touching st Point Lookoat, Fort gee ee Mowroe, Vue de L'Kan and Norfolk and reaching her destination Satu: ‘ay noon. Re. turning. will leave the Island on Monday moraing end reach Washington Tur For further information, tic rooms. &c., apply at the Company's Office, National Metro poltan Rank. aug?-4t STEAMER SUB EXCURSIONS. The elegant fron steamer SUE, Csp- tain Janes Harper, is now mikes Seep EXCURSIONS TO POINT LOOKOUT ON EVERY SATURDAY, Stopping at PINEY POINT and MARSHALL'S, got id returning. The steamer loaves Stephen fon's wharf, foot of 7th street. at 7 p.m, arriving et Poiat Lookout earl: turning to Washingtop Sunday morning. and re 6 a.m.on Mouday. Att the eccommolation= are first-class, and are ansnr- Dageed by auy stonmer on the river. or ay state rooms, &c., apply ee ATEPHENSON & BHO, Agent, Stephenson's whart, foot of 7th strect; office, 121% Penta) !vania avenue. 2029 Te PLEASURE SEEKREKS, SUMMER AREANGEMENT STEAMER PILOT BUY, Capt. W. H. Byles. od during the snmmer months the fue tro: Pitot Bor” will feave Wasbingion, from €th soot eee IN Wharl,ever, TUESDA ¥ and SATU ning. a7 o'clock, for principal landings oma, including the farorite Summer Bo- eorts of Colton od Biskiston’s idand. Keturning Will arrive in Washington early on Wednesday and Sanday evening. On Saturday, in addition to the Sdove landings the Pilot Boy will take passengers he Leonsrdtown, srriving there 4 same eve Fs on Sunday morutng for Washington. Yon the Potomac being ansurpassed, lot Boy the sy, Reamer affording aview i ire route by daylight, makes these most picssant and heaithfal trips fanailie tf re, stugle 1 ged aut ee... TR® vest ver. Ho! FoR THs WHITE MOUNTAINS AND MOF 4 NORWICH LI ‘used, sap it rr th-street Wharf. NT DESEaRr, 222 only for Mew i the prin ania and pore railroads, whore bite Mogutatn ¢. tor W leavin, ‘ street a. HOW- P.H TROTH, President. (PBA AND FIELD Glas: } “CASES.” t very foe hand- SIP very low prices, i. H. HEMPLER, OPTICLAN, _™ 453 Pennsylvania avent ‘PRE ONLY PLACER IN THR OC. TYQWITH OUT EXCEPTIU3S, 70 Get IMPORTED WINES. A lares sesortm Made CASES, and t PUBE Is st GEO. M. HENAULT’S, Direct Importer, Jy1S-lm Southeast corne: sth and D ste. now = Se RA BMOVAL. ‘The office of the LYOOMING FIRE INSUB- ‘Le Drott Building, corger of ¥ fd sires ale ccauach od Consens bas Seok ‘Operation oe L BARE. Agect WE LNVITE AN EXAMINATION oF ocR STOCK OF SLATE MANTELS, Having the best selections of colors mod- eae Oa ‘Patimore BITC ‘on after ten years extenat: , is conceded : Shont satisfactory cooking Setule fence’ Se and now hes the the bhae Peceutly Devt greatiy tn water-top sizes. We sell the celebraud Beestow ‘Special Heating wi eine Columbia: Send. Sinerton! og FE Barges; sis, foil line of KITOBEN CTENSILS, TIN WARE, ac We contract for PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING l all thetr employ snd tranch of jused amt long sda SapR ah Init prices. Orders tor jobbing work speci- 31790 HAYWARD & HUTCHINSON, — Street, between Peuss. and D ‘ee CO SSS ce One Handret zines fucedsoe nani se be BaD twenty-five ‘cents, ry inches. 27a €16 Penuay! - EVENING STAR.' Washington News and Gossip. o——_—— TUF EFCFIPTS to-day were, from internal revenue, $3! 59; froma castoms, $55) 580.7". TEE AMOUST of National Bank note cur- reney received at the Treasury to-day for re- demption aggregated $774,331. ComMMIsstonED.—The President has signe | the commission of Adam Badeau to be min- ister resident at Brussels, vice John R. Jones, resigned. APPOINTFD.—The President has appointed R.T. Van Horn, ex-memberof Congress from Missouri, collector of internal revenue for the 6th district of Missouri THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL MOoNv- MENT ASSOCIATION has asked permission to put up contribution boxes in the centen: building. and thetr request will be consid- ered by the centennial commission. A FULL COMPLEMENT of officersthas heen ordered to the new torpedo boat Intrey now at New York. Commander Huntingdon has been designated to command the vessel The vessel will be assigned to duty on un Atlantic coast. Tur District CoMMIssIONrRS drew a to-day. payable to the Treasurer of Sinking Fund Commission, for 25,000, r the redemption of that amount of Emery ) certificates. which were to become due n November next. NAVAL ORDERS.—Commander Joseph S Skerrett, ordered to the nayy-yard, Wash- ington, as aid; Lieut. T. Dix Bolles, to the receiving ship Independence, Ist September next; Master S.L. Graham, detached from the late Saranac and ordered to the Tusca- rora. THAT PORTION of the Texas and Pactfie railroad lying between Marshall ant the boundary line dividing Texas from Lonis. tana, from Marshall to Tex Arkan- sas, ‘and from r town, Texas, bas been accepted by the govern- ment. THE PENSION E AND THE CENTEN- SIAL.—Commissioner Atkinson will go to Philade!pbia some day this week to consult with Geural Hawley as to the representa- tion of Pension Qureau at the Centenni« There are some ifteresting revolutionary records and other documents at the Pension oflice that will probably be extibited. Tha receipts of luring the 35.900,000; ex- penditures, 3. The amount required for the sinking famd was $31,047,000. The sur. plus of receipts over ordinary expenditures : After applylug this amount ¢ fand there remains adeficiency Of 317.400,000. THE PROGRAMME of music by the marine band at the Pres mands next Satur- day afternoon is as tollows: 1. National Air. 2. March. New Wein, Straus. 3. Overture, Sicilian Vespers, Verdi. 4. Duett, Semira ride (trombone and cornet), Rossiat. 5. Waltz, Kilo Bela, Kila Bela. 6. Fantacia. The Prophet, Meyerbeer. 7. Medley, Ringle- ten. & Fantacia, Attila, Verdi. 9. Mag- giara (au L. Schneider), Mazaureck. 10. Na- tonal Air. PERSONAL.—Dr. Gilman and family left the city yesterday for the sea-shore and mountains, between which they will spead the balance of the summer. -*:- Nordhoff has got into hot water in the Yellowstone Val- ley. In other words, he fell into a geyser. -**Seaator Logan has returned from Cali- fornia. Mrs. J. W. Knowiton, wife of Col. J. W. Knowlton, ef clerk of the Post Office department, ‘is still at Newtown, Connecticut, quite feeble but believe! to be slowly couvaiescing. Senator Windom. of Minnesota, is in town as brown asa berry. lie leaves for New York to-night. THE ORIENTAL MAILs—The Governonent Saves Nearly $540,000 Per Aanum—The Post- master General has entered into an agree- ment with the agents of the Occidental and O.jental Steamship Compan? for the trans- portation of the maiis between San Fran- ciscoand China and Japan, the sea postage on the mails to be received as fall compen- sation for the service, which will not exceet five bundred dollars per month, and possiniy not over five thousand dollars per annum The steamer Belgic will sail with the first matlon the 15th instant, and the company Will dispateh a steamer monthly thereafter. This Is the same service for wuich Congress azreed to pay the Pacific Mail Steamship Company $500,000. DEMANDING SATISFACTION OF TRIPOLI A telegram was received at the Navy de- partment this morning from Rear Admiral Worden, commanding the European fleet, announcing that he had directed the U.S. S. Congress, Capt. Earl Englisi commauding, to proceed at once to Tripolt, whieh port she is expected to reach by the 15th inst. The object of the vessel being ordered to this port is to redress if necessary the insult recently oterred by the Tripolian sailors to the American consul and his wife. Tue U.S. 5. Hartford, which was at Port Said on the 14th inst.. where orders were sent to her com- manding officer on that date to proceed at orce to Tripoli on the same mission. She will arrive at herdestination avout the same Une as the Congress. Capt. J. C. P. De Krafft commands the Hartford. Tie Hart- furd is & screw, cart Is guns, and is tons burthen. ‘She was lately the flag 5 of the Asiatie squadron. The Congress ts cw Propeller, carrying 15 guns, and Is ¢ 00 Yous burt GERMAN COURTESIES TO AMERICAN NAVAL OFFICERS.—Advivces bave been re- ceived at the Navy department from Rear Admiral Worden, commanding the Euro- fleet, dated flagship Franklin, Gulf of inland, July 12th. “He refers to his visit to Humborg, Berlin, and Kiel, Germany, where every courtesy Was shown to the @imira! and officers of the fleet accompanying him Tuey, with Hon. J. C. B. Davis, our ainister to Berlin, called upon the German minister of foreign affairs, and afterward upon Prin Von Bismarck, Lieutenant General pe Stosch, minister of state and chief of the im- pertul admiralty, and others. Subsequently Admiral Worden and bis officers were er lertained at dinner by the Crown Prince and Princess at Potsda’n, the Emperor being absent. During the whole time of their stay in Berlin our officers were the recipients of the most civil attention from the German officers, and Were met everywhere with pressions of good feeling towards the service and the country which they representel. After visiting Kiel and exchanging courte- stes with the officers of the German fleet there, the admiral sailed for Stockholm, Sweden, and from there would go to Cron- Staudt, Russia. AN ANTI-VACCINATION MOB.—At Mon- treal a meeting of the city council was held Monday night to consider the new health by- law, which Includes clauses PP railing, vac- cination. A large number of French cs dians opposed to vaccination occupied the galleries apd assembled outside, were so noisy that bo business could be done. Sey- eral volleys of stones were fired, and nearly all the windows were broken, and two of the Aldermen were struck. The council finally Postponed action for six months, and ad- journed in confusion under a volley of stones. BENT UPON SuICIDE.Max Meyer, of 64 Avenue C, has made several at! at sui- cide lately. On Wednesday night his wife snatched a cup of his lips, and Paris in about baif an hour,” he said, confessed that died in Bellevue + Sun, 1th. Kian widow and her daughi family. Recentiy he | | | the Secretary of the Interior and the Indian | Indian service | the Treasur: |i The Alleged Indian Frauds. HON. WM. WELSH AS AN ALLY OF PROF, MARSH. Mr. Wm. Welsh, ex-chairman of the ex- | Indian commission, is out in a letter to | Prof. Marsh, promising the latter aid and | supportin his war on the so-called Indian ring. We print the following extract from the letter In rr forence to the history of the Indian commission, and the difficulties it had to encounter: The Indian commission sprang from @ suggestion made to President Grant twenty days after bis inatfyuration | by a committee of citizens comprising Eli | Ym. Strong, Geo. H. Stuart, Sam- | Shipley, John 8. Hilles and) Wm. chairman. The then Secretary of terior was also present, and the com- mittee sail to him, as appears by their re- | pert: “You must be aware that the Indian department bas been prostituted to the most flagrant abuses to increase political patroo- age. What has been before will be again unless some pian can be devised to protect K. Price W b nel department irom the claims for patronage by polineal leaders, whiea through usance are well nigh irresistible.” The comruittee ad thatan unpaid commission of m had entitied themselves to the cou: tence of the people, should be appointed by » under the anthority of Con- joint control with the Interior ent over the expynditares for the be design was virtually to pe key to, Was to be kept ati dian pPropriations, the other key to be Kept with the laterior Department, that there might be joint control without disar rauging any government machinery. Tis proposal which, if carried out faithfully would have reformed the Indian office, m with favor by the P tary of the” Interfor and’ by Congress. Ap’ Indian commission was apoomted by warrant of law, comprising Joan V. Far- well, George H. Stuart, Robert Campbell, Wm. E. Dodge, B.S. Tobey, Fel R. Bra- not, Henry Lane and Wm. Welsh, who was appointed chairman. Before the com Mission was convened two of its num were reqi 1 is in New York purehased fo vertisement. Messrs. the Presider epart vive these Ind tent, by the Se, service, au ar ant war bouse in whi ine the goods free of i cost to the ment. Wh ne then in New York, heard’ that snpplies for Indians we 2 To pass Lire i such an ocd fe rker, the then un Affairs, by a mirt- ngton, to get to have the g i of the p the Presid mis: nt under oner that here woulit the assur: the delay for xatrminatic be too great. Messrs. Stnart and Dor cor retused te where the goods mi moment. ‘Phe boa t the 26th of May, 186%, but no § part of the’ Indian entrusted to it, d the Presi¢ent of my unw the commission that b suring him of my continued in- Indian eivilization, and of my S& private citizen to render a atmyo I was unw the r f the office buses xt meetiz but terest in readiness tive servi ing to ineur without the indicated in the aet of Congress. I also felt that I could not with propriety hold a free lance as long as I was an goveriument officer. My former colleagues served sev and corrected many abuses. They secured the appointment of Vincent Collyeron the Indian commission, and he acted as its sec retasy and itsexecutiy icer, Mr. Collyer, by familiarity with Indians on their reser- vations, and by residing in Washington, soon ferreted out the frauds that tbe present aul years Secretary of the Interior seemed unwilling He was to cheek. poken that Mr. Delano di noval. and im an vil hour the board consented to it. Mr. K. Cree, the > placed ander the ban, mid but not a with the conn tor ment, became mt Unat tty eventually took and, rejecti of dollars ‘of yor than half a m ¢ iNegal or tainted w beeanse th frand. Secretary lieiano baving paid vouchers, the chairman of the boaal, Fe R. Bronot, sent tt contidentiale Samuel Waiker, to Red Cloud ane ‘Tali agencies to asc frauds had been wiirmed the @ nee been fully of army officers When Mr. be tion, ma an inerlting | flerald of J Gen. Cowen, As terior, in an efort to destroy the force of th truthful testimony by maligning the char acter of this faithful officer of the board of Indian commissioners ntheextent to whieh practiced. His repo.t fu tion of the board, and it ained b: as welt as by Brunot, (see nea united with etary of the I A Letter to Secretary Delano. Toe following letter bas been sultressel te Hon. C. Deiano, Secretary of the Interic O. F. Davis, land commissioner of the U Pacific railroad company IMAHA, August 9. is7: Dear Sir-—1 noticed ou Saturday last a Washington ‘lispatch of the 5th inst. to the Chicago Tritune. whieh appeared in that pa per Of the fin, headed “Tue Interior Depart ment—Young Delano’s Exploits,” and pur- rtain facts concerning n ong as land wzent with the Inte: department, &e. I necd not say to you that the dispatch is from beginning to end false, As far as my knowledge goes, but I will say that my relations with the Interior depart- ment were uniformly courteous, honorable and pleasant, and while ‘here were delay: the patenting of some of our lands, whic were annoying to me,as the fact was use by Mon textent una’ y Lsent the following as a gram to the Ch » Tribune +Joseph Medill, Editor Tribune, Chieugo There is not one word of trath in your Wash- ington dispaten of Ang. Sth relating to laud iy of the Union Pacitie railroad w se With respect, yours tru FD PoriTicaL OTES, county republican con 1, Me., Tuesday, # the first held 1 t state, to prépare for the coming elec- tion. Nomtuations of four senators and coun- ty officers were made. It was harmouious throughout, and ts considered fmportant, as the nominations made are calculated to unite the party vote. Resolutions were adopted indorsing the resolutions of the state conven- tion, and that President Grant deserves the thanks of the republican party and the friends of sound currency for the eminent ability and purity of his administration, and especially for his veto-of the intiation bill of inti, which saved the credit of the nation avd rendered a return to specie payments possible. ----The republican Con sional convention in San Francisco Monday even- ing nominated Ira P. Rankin for Con . «+The republicans of the 4th Maine district have nominated Gen. Plaisted for Congress, to fill the vacancy caused by thedeath of Mr. Hersey. “The latest returns from North Carolina show that the convention will stand 60 democrats, 59 republicans, and 1 5 ‘o- font democrat, 61 being necessary for a ma- rity. BrsHop DE Koven.—In conversation with ‘ter, 8. C. Judd, chancellor of the dio- The Cumberian tion met at Port cese of Illinots, said, with reference to the je action of the diocesan convention which Lemay hy Chi next month og de- cisions Bishop oven matter, that it was intended to to another ballot, by which De Koven would undoubt be protest against and the ther diogese gin refusing vious election. Moreover they are certain blic opinion has suffered such modifica- ion that this time he will be confirmed by @ majority of the dioceses. ig arte yee braska, August 10, says: The United States district at '» according to instructions oa \, has ee Se ged obn P. Baker, formerly ageni bik bondsmen to recover the sum the balance due lop Hh mg tee og ker. The accounts date back to 1862. also begun suit against R. M. Forbes failure to fill @ hay contract. He is prepar- ing to bring suits against seven other cit!- zens of this state, some of whom are said to be prominent politicians. —_————___. az-Sir Charles Adderly’s shipping bill has passed the bouse of lords. — The Flight of Joyce with $100,000. A SMART U. S. MARSHAL. A telegram to THE Star from St. Louis * sage ed stated that Col. Jobn A. Joyce, te internal revenue agent in that city, Against whorn a number of indictments are peuding for complicity in the whisky ring rauds, had absconded. A telegram to the New York Herald says:—Several weeks ago three indictments were found against Joyee, and he gave bonds in the sum of $15,000. A few weeks ago several FRESH INDICTMENTS Were preferred against him. but the United States marshal, supposing Joyce to be a man of large means and ready to furaish addi- tional security when called on, did not de mand it immediately. Joyce was sudden! missing, and it was Announced thet he I gone to Green Bay, Wis., ou a visit. Tel oint state that he has not diseay the $15,000 be PERFECTLY WORTHL He took every erty with him. 00) in Ate n. It is thoucht time Detectives h: cash wit ada the upholsterer Indicted by the Rev. Henry Ward [i time ex per bell, has a man sterday Mr. H Loeder, called ai the otc ney Britton, Vorbach, the} gen into bonds to € nan being «de fenterit lect the rete Loeder, The assisiant district attorr Speil, reesived the parties 3 Mr. Vorbach, who is Worth $46,600, E A Judge to accep there was rot a so thate nse to carry out Less, be A ! be rel hh Will be call T. Jn the court 1th. Yort nen miaie Wo Unfortar atthe t + wh temb ad, uit 2 mid ious.— ——— ASD NoW THE MorHer 3 ster James and Su have re of this ci ‘ae but are sco zabeth Scott dozen ladies of tha’ have mi taughters. A RAILROAD CONSULTATION IN BALTI- MORE.-Some of the high officials of the Ballimore and Oh romis Were in consultation at tation yesterday over what act ould be adopled in view of the ab stern bound treight on the Central aud Ene Compauies into efeet to It was decided to slightly raise the figures from Baltimore to Chicsgo, but_to keep them below the sew rates of the w York roads. stated harmony prevails between nsylvania and the Bayimor Obio, and ‘There are antieipatidns tic four of the trunk lines will shortiy be wo ing smoothly togethe ANOTHER SCA ercay, Judge Jobu B. Maiden, ¢ nd City, was buried. ‘The funeral took p aL S% O'clock a. m., from the Catholic church, bear the jate residence of the deceased. the body was takeu Smith, who styles he Jobn B. Malden, mac Just before from the bouse a Mrs. » her app and proposed LO 1 the 1, to ihe reside: ad With whom the late ju ge resided, that bis family st immediately vacate. One of the pall- plng Polite xline, policeman in cha and the exereixes were not x. ; BITTEN BY A DES: Y. Herald, 11th mith, of Youke sutlerin ite of a amo? rs Lynt, ago M. to a ci it to stop th and sing acked iim nd site, ‘Ty is hou fainily, was obliged & nproar made b ing. MATCH. The pon between ohnson and en fixed for th thinst. The race will be thirteen miles over the same course as before, name! y, from Chester to Gloucester, and for $2,000. ' Bott men #re pow in training at their old qua ters at Gloucester Point, whither crowa flock to see them every day. Jobson y. leday swam from Chester to point near Red Bank, a distance of about nine miles He tried toswim to further, on a wager, bul owing tot being cold failed to accomplish it two niles further than Coyle did ou the before, eee TRAFFIC 1 Sot. and France ha: 2 & long Un Xchange of territ frica, The two great powers have cluded negotiations on the sub- vamce in exchange for Dabon, Great Be sum, Assime and the river Metiacoree. The objectof the exchange is to bring posses- sions of eaca country into closer contiguity with ea other. Tu the treat the r spective rights of British nh sutb- Sects in the territ anteed.” It is either cou gious thus DEPRIVEL HER Harr.—Ti (Conn.) Courant reports that a 1 have been cuar- ined lo what extent n the re 01 literary tastes, who is staylug fora while at a hot fford Springs, awoke onc mornit t week and found her ti ng on the floor and, near by, @ pair of serssors She was very much frightened and she rushed out into the hall screaming. Her friends gathered around her, and on calmness beiog resioved and reason set to work, it was thought she must have got up tm the night in ber sleep and committed to the offense herself. She had long black hair, which was the admiration ot her {rt A TRAMP yesterday entered a house on the principal street of Taomaston, Me., and @ young lady who was present ‘becoming frightened, ran up stairs, followed by the daring scoundrel, who drew a pistol, and after threatening to shoot her if she made any outery, gagged and bound ber. He then proceeded to search the house, and after securing a gold watch and chain and some other valuables, left without being detected. A MURDERER ARRESTED.—It is said that one of the murderers of the notorious Tom McGehan, who was assassinated at Hamil- ton, Ohio, some time since, has been ar- rested at Laporte, Ind., and awaits the re- quisition of the Governor of Ohto. The de- tectives are on the track of the remainder of the murderers, and are said to have a full knowledge of the conspiracy to murder Mc- THE WooDRUFF HABEAS CORPUS CASE came up in San Francisco yesterday, when the court dismissed the writ on ‘egal’ ints. It is said that the railroad company allowed Woodruff to retain sufficient to make him comfortable for life, and that he sailed for China on the 2d inst. . Dion BovcicauLT was arrested yesterday in ‘New York, as he was about to sail for batiny at the instance of Robert Mx who has le Wi instituted suit against him for 111 growing out of the “Shaughraun” contro- ae} was Se , and Mr. Bouci- cauilt departed on voyage. 7 The Rev. E. C. Towne of Easton, Maine, says that Professor Leelye is a ‘masculine impertinence” at the Of & woman’s Saray oa under the civil rights bill @27-The first case in Georgia was commenced yesterday, the prosecutor being a colored employe of the postoftice, DUNCAN, ——— ——e THEY WANT al burean at the Ame Prof. Hayder a. Carro, e makir Av prey ions to in | The Kted grins, is pn betwe Mostar and H. ia suys Tr vi AZA, Augast receaved he i om S ihe PHILADEL Telegraph to, from Wm. ¥ ian commissioners Secretary iker because be exposed it was the duty of the Interi ness. Welsh then charge: making a wilful dent inn subscribe and threat ference to the ery sugves apliy responded to, sav tion” of frauds allowed Springs from a distorted vi tection of General Parker whe: victer missioner of Indian awarded medals of an The Khedive = Another War on avorisk to destroy ident : nus attack of Secre- tary Delano on Walker, ¢ rk of the board of Even this lamentable t & A FIGHT. eee ee FOREIGN NEWS. sraphical the first Washingte rlogist Abyssinian: e has sent reinforcem: | troops on border. Herzezovina Getting Lively. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 12.—The que (newspaper) of this city says lion tn Herzegovina is becom’ Bands of insurgents have deseen “A force of ¢ | 3,000 men, ehiefty Dalmatian Mor vecin dispateh extensive ctory for Herzegovina. nformation cla an open Gran s he bel of the In! the f lor «le rim s Delano e only the i by 1 be Your t, rtu nie sources, thas taken place near the Herzegevinian insur- S, resulting in the rout of Telegrams to The Star. THE “INDIAN RING” ROW, ANOTHER LETTER FROM WELSH. ae res THIS ONE TO PRESIDENT GRANT. co. | THEIR “IRREGULAR TRANSACTIONS.” —o—___ ‘MURDEROUS SIOUX. © are ade the Egyptian which is not sufficientiy guarded gra. ned into the burning and about atene to the Hoots aub. ‘Travel on railways has Anierican Riflemen Coming American Home. LIVERPOOL, August 12.—The riflemen s i from this port for home at +0 o'cloek this evening, in the steamship City of Br THE INDIAN RING,” Leiter from William Welsh to Prest- dent Grant. HIA, August 12.-The Er ” letter nt on feves ed and published hy rior, pproval of Delano. Welsh targes that these attacks were made on ; ads which ent to pa ck. The letter then goes intoa long de- ce of Walker from the charge of drunken- with * false report to the Presi- amount of stock to the Northern Pacific railroad, lish further statements of mabie acts, and concludes: tion I ever made to you was nves- your appoin- lieve pro @ was con- of misfeasance or mag feasance as Com- fairs, and of those who DOW control that office, seems wholly anac- countable, ex in you is blind. 1 I st on the hypothesis that love t may seem strange toothers that I shorld have written this open letter, bu was laid upon me to write, and i could not, with proper respect to myself, ad ss you in any other way, as you have in every instance closed your mind to évi- denee that must have convineed any other man. Yours, very respectfu (Sigued,) aliy, see THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAIL- ROAD. “Ws. WELSH.” Nominal Sale of the Read To-day. New er mpan y, including the corporation, and propert pany, ex: pateried « of the court the custom auction to ds jouse here mt consigting of Messrs. Bi Stark, Mooshead, Hute! Dennison. representing the bond-bolders who have assented 5 ent to the plan of purchase ant There being no competi hereafter reorganization. lion the price realized was $100,000. "The sale results in the company’s property and right to the | dered ed; and the holders to receive pre- the reorganized , pursnant to the terms of the plan re} bond-holters, the bond and can ferred stock to in sented by the purchasing co of the or Li gen nor 1 0: transfer ¢ be surren com mamittee. ——$ DUNCAN, SHERMAN & CO. ANIG. rregalar Tra e Polit New York, Aug @ discovery has been, mat amount of the indebtedness i 12.—The Tr le that of Dunean, York, Angust 12.The Northeru Pa- ilroad, with all the franchises of the franchise io be a com- 1 those lands whieh have been cortified, was sold ander a decree 'y ne Steps of The whole was bid in as an entirety, but the purehas on and me of of al pau her man & Co. held in this city is + accommoda- tion paper.” In the form of them by @ confident accepted by ts lelerk i di sold to various banks drafts thet awn on ritice, through rs. The a cement is also the letters of credit for which the father"of Mr. Dunean has becom responsible, amount only to the sum of about £26,000. Mr. Duncan claims 2 the transactions were legitimaie, wi romi- bent bangers say they are ir They Are Spoiling For a New York, August 2—A Bisma Kota dispatch sags regu otal Sonali, WUBRDEROUS INDIANS, rek within cht. , Da- On Sunday morning Robert Henry was murdered miles of Lincoln and his stock run otf, two On Monday night the Indians appeared again in force in the near neighborneod of the fort and ran in the parties who were catting bay. On Tnesday ni: the Sioux held bt, at Standing Rock agency, & pony dance, in the course of which they rode into the quarters of the milita) and blankets of the cam, Saratoga SARATOGA, August L or Races. The first race to- 'y commander and trampled the tents under their horses’ feet as if to provoke a collisi tec nnn day was for the Kenner stakes for three-year olds, 2100 entrance, half forfeit, with $1,500 added. The second horse to receive $300 out of the stakes, two miles. There were 56 en- tries and six starters. Track was fair. start was very even, Ozark led for a mile: Hf and three quarters, with Milner second. On the last quarter yagi! who had falien to third ition, made a passing Warwick: who and ling wilh Bh ihe falas finish was a closely oe ollared, ner ddsperstely. for the furlong pole to. Ozark und Milner, the horses passing = under the string that | probat Death of Horace Binney. PHILADE rHia, August 12.—Horace R. ney. the oldest member of the Philadelphia bar, died to-day, aged 97. Besides being the oldest member of the Philadelphia bar, t> Which he was admitted In 10, he was the | oldest living graduate of Harvard Univer- sity, baying graduated there in 1 —$————— Nonrination for Congress. m yestent Sam Francis srdent state convention of Oregon met at y and nominated G.M. Whit -20-- Angust _, BURIED INSTEAD OF MARRIED.— Charles i Zimme; garden in Sith st placed in Lu drunk, be bi ter reet ow street jail, ibeen drinking at the time 1g the jail, and remained tn Mis cell | two days. Gn the taird day he was shaking as If in ned of @ stimulant, and one of t PES procored him a glass of whisk liam Maher was then placed in the say Though not f cell with him, but was withdrawnon Zim merman’s being obstreperous. morning low dead, mnierman Was He had baen attacked On the f found by deliriam tremens, and he iin some way got his head we ireums abont £9,000, F merman did not auietly smoking his pipe, ir rde t v. E. led tance lis we attend. ed between two iron slats of bis bed nd been str. Zimmerman was being reported worth eh 3 and Miss Ehlers and a number of frie were on hand for the cere; ng day bad arrt but ‘soon an arbor of his He e retused to be married, and his ming- ¥ stat of the Philadel of yestend *hia conterence Methodist Episcopal church, paster am cireuit, and minister charge Brandywine Summit camp me in progress, has become ro coun- letely deranged that he has been sent tothe f sylum for treatment me two OF three weeks & m hit earmiage, and his head, lay insen sible for Some Wever, recovered seeming S body by th since been & sou! and fri and on Friday, boantiz wits, erties W upri Ipbia f he. Snoort Him © ter Mass of the Fale was compeller fishermen. 2 a little ze, Which were sac ! assanit conduct of Mr to t ree He attended whi Was si st en t, and nferenee nce of his flock to N TUES? nial 2, being ignorant of the bar! 1 to depend upon impressed | One of these, Wm. Babson, girl sor &s to be able to be about, his brain, or mp meet! {ting in one of the to take undue lib. eight or nine tortured into is claimed that Kenney has bee: bo member of the possessed the con- greater degree than »T.—Tne Hon. John J. Babson related the following interesting incident tn his recent orat inzee, com man between fifty and sixty years old, of in- Tt n fim health, was required 9 act as’ pilot. rougbly imbued with the patriotic senti- of bis townsmen, he tried » avoid the hateful task, pleading poor eyesight. ‘Who lives here’ hous asked Linzee, pointing to the eof Solomon Parsons, which stood on rising ground on the west side of the harbor, and was nsed for one of the marks for ran” ning in. The poor fisherman faltered out the name of the owner. ‘Nw,’ said Linzee, I find you can see well en ough, and tf you let this ‘ship strike bottom I will shoot you on the spot.’ Under such General Dix eompul- sion the ship Was brought to @ safe anchor- age” THE c is the name iven to th Side railroad of Long ‘So sland by the people of that Ic the number ¢ count of ality, on ac- fires in the’ woods along the line caused by sparks from pass- ing brought su 10 awarded obiained @ reh way locomotives. aring a Fifty-six farmers against the company for dam- for the burning of their woods, fields, , &c.. and, the suits being assiz intl, the case was sent to a referee, .000 damag ave ned to The railroad 1 put in fresh testi- but again the case went against them, demagcs this time being in of “extra allowance. owing to the frequent rains, the damage ed $1,000 This sum- by wres in the woods along our railways has been scaree! y anythin The fires above ref 1g ied the dry time last spring. D urday SankE ia from Hon. Jobn V. Z0, who is expected to arrive on Na’ in the steamer Spain, in compar. With Mocdy and Sankey, says that the Worth speaking « to occurred dari letter received ‘arweill, don committée, after paying all the bills con nected with the labors of these gentlemen, amounting to $150,000, had a surplus of €5,00 Which was appropriated to maintain ‘the noonday prayer meeting established by the E Al @ breakfast departure of Moody and sted tiat measures should be taken to erection of an Evangeli- jding in the West End. and before M1,000 Was Subserited angelists. 560,000 for cal be leaving the tab th ple iven before ankey, the The Evangelists declined a proposition to give them a testimonial and the copyright of their bymn_ book, the sales of which amounted to 25,60 _— New Y¥ STRIKE —The cutters and leam men in the employ of Weil Brothers, I. Parsons & Sons and J. L. Kalishi, bo: and shoe manufacturers of Warren street, dred an the strik k yesteniay afternoon to the number y-five. * Was that wages had been retuesd ed below living prices; at Kalishi’s Was ehielly because some members i twen’ The tronbie of the Crispin order bad been discharged, and ons’ men objected to the refusa Brm to recognize the behests of the Crisp: couneil. to th FLoops axp Crops.—Tue in the west seem to coi sions reached about flo crops | Applications from otber citie: he cou el sure of success, throug! yers refuse to compromise. — undouble! damaze the standing crops, th as great as wa: by the floods r rotlt which al! deser: ¢ derived from the rai of the have i for hands a thei estruction was not first apprehended. Ag fast be set oi the pLiOnS of root and t ay ~ en- riching of pastures, which promises a fine yield of the products of the dairy, Taal bee ality. as well as cheap and plen- 1ifol this year. “The Indian crop in most see p evidently to be prolific. holding out the p exeellen’ Hows is A WraLTHy Tospec Va . A was before Judge Westt habeas mitted to th tended that und not be sent thitt the tha void.—™. Y. Sun, A CLERICAL WEISS-BEER BREWER—| enberg, the weiss-beer brewer of ‘ork, has received a call Luthern church of that town Charles Me: West New }» MA. pulpit, with the sti decline. versit Surrender his business. Mr. qe ofa and was er ¥. Sun, 100k. A ScHOoL oF Icez: the bark Kate iis 3 i E i i Hi ue uate ly @ popular T.—Patrick ‘rook yesterday o ms. The prisoner ¢ almshouse for three months as @ vagrant, and his counsel, Mr. Price, con- the watuse Vesey could i Whilehe was & gold watch and 8400, and that Mf he eould be legally committed ‘at all it should be te nitentiary as a notorious person, but the present commitment was Wi besides Will be of Vesey been com- i 4 Bade aE an, proprietor of a German beer | } One | Serbin coun | in the same netgt New York aera '¥ morning, a death so terrible as tbat of John Schoven, which took 153 Forsyth street, on Monday He Was a Ge: Man, over seventy years of He bved with his daughter, a young of eighteen, at the address given above. some time hack be had been in feeble heal bis disease being of @ nervous which required The dottie containing it and that which held the creosote were precisely the sume in fora and size and also in general appearance. Neither bottle was labetied 1Le daughter, instead of bringing the « man the narcotic, brought him |! ¢ creosot and he. equally ignorant, powve onful and swallowed it. The mt the old man threw up his hands in terror end consternation, orying, “My God! I bave made a mistake. Pm burn ng ep. sake, help!” Th PreOKOLE AL ONCE lel th situation, and crying and wringing bancs she rushed frantically into the street &nd Rcecsted an olficer, who at once called im the wid of t est physician. Mean- the sufferings of the were ter- It was as If his ¢ at been d with red hot iron, or as if he had A cup of molten lead, His face becam hin eyes see < from te sockets, bis bedy | <pasins muy water . my rt. My very seul shrieked © tortore. The doe netics were given tay Los he was dead A Desperate Duel tu Texas, The Austin (Texas) Statesman of a date gives an account of @ fearial tray Y, in that state. Drs. M Ny Were both practieine phy be and hed ty ome Litt pbet began to talk and Mans ing there for sew fessional 1 years. uusies Sprang in time, about rdoctor in what was reganied as an ur justifiable manner. He ine his remarks alow erofessional capacity 1 nim in @ Wrong s nd had xiso indulg character of a nea ning. OM to gi resulted feht. TH tid it ts wa supon of Man- y called upon Mallett an explanation of his course, whien AL agreement between them y went lo a store, selectel en them @ butcher-knife nseeking an open place, commence! a work of carnag: Knives did their work well, but T Was mortally wou » Maliett tering tn his gore af his former self ring imn nent, ven. ¢ Was mutually vowed upon the spot aithfully Kept, as the sequel shows. The combatants slowly recovered from their wounds. Manning's neck had been almost severed from his body, 9 n his recovery became fearfully deformed, his bead being drawn by the severing of Uv ntirely Out of Its proper posit went to the town of Belton, tn Beti ox 5 va- ng, And romaty Time roiled on, and venge: that the vows made on the day of the fight be fulfi The forces of attraction that were to bring these two meu together in Mortal combat were too great to withstand and Manning found himself a few days ago, Vengeance had reward, and no sooner had Man- rome quiet! lied at bis home the flerce Mullette loaded his gun with deadly missiles and followe4 him to his own door, where he made an attempt to kil! him, Which resulted in the immediate death of sanded Mallette. Manning hw ten the mutual vows of vengeanc Mal- lette made his appearance pre- ared. Malletie fell pterced through the heart With @ bellet, and @ fierce and bloody vow was fulfilled. New Yorks Dry Goons MARKEr.-The trade movement was spasmodic, aud during the earlier partof the week the ket wi depressed by unfavorable reports concern- ing the damage done to the crops in the west by stormy weather. Before the close of the Week confidence had been measurably re- tored. There is every reason to believe that carried-over stocks of winter goods are ex- cepliopably light in the hands of both job- bers and retailers throughout the country, hence a moderately large and entirely healthy autumn trade seems highly proba- ble. re wes in addition to a moderate demand for strictly staple fabries an im- proved movement in nearly all descriptions of autumh goods, and the commission houses efected considerable sale of worsted dress goods, woolen aud worsted shawis, linseys, felt skirts, baisery, shirts and drawers. Car- digan jackets, &c., prices for waich were es- tablished by the leading agents. Prints and ginehams were also in better demand although individual selections were com- paratively small> There has been a little improvement in the tone of the market for woolen fabries during the week, but the sales from the first hands have been chiefly ro- stricted tocurrent trade requirements. . hasnot been the expected improvement in foreign goods which was expected at the opening of the week, and the transactions were moderate in volume and mainly re- stricted lo fabrics of the most staple charac- ter.—V. ¥. Bulletin, Aug. 11 PHILOSOPHIC PETER AND HIS FEMALE Enoch AKDEN.—Peter Kurtz, @ German saloonkeeper in Jersey City, was divorced from his first wife two years ago, and paid her passage bome to Germany. Peter con- soled himself by soon marry ing again, and bas lived with his second on very pleas- ant terms. Monday morning the first wife mace a friendly call at the saloon and found both Deter and her successor. Peter was very gracious, handing her a chair, said she looked prettier than ever, and began a pleas- ant couversation. Mrs. Kurtz No. 2 sat “nt, with lowering clouds upon her brow, + at last, made a rush at the unlucky visi- Ske tore ber bonnet and cress, and dug an lor. her nails Into her face. Her victim escape Wilh an assurance tbat she have b id speed d for assauit. Peter, du against the counte . pockets. On bel ¥y he did not Interfere, be said: Lothings to do of dot, | only looks oa.” —Two peasants, named Re live at Pi ar Part ashen “sis sur a uth i six, lo whom ¢ bratal. P other day the chi 'y of life from being beaten so oft soending ious bulldog animal res- to the court-yard wiere a fore Was chained, he approache th olntely and said: “Tom, do you want to eat —y The dog loox nd crowled, but did not move. “T. i the ttle musi neh; papa beaus nise you fam at. See! I shail not resist,” and he tbrew a pebble at Le dog, who,’ springly flercely at the boy, threw him down and fastened bis teeth in the sboulder. At this instant a neighbor jamped through the win- dow. and, driving ibe bulldog away, saved the child. ee A BREACH of Promise Scir IN Brow LirE.—At Trenton, Albert D. Bann, the ouly Son and her of Mrs. Susan Dodd Bann, who i the clegant mansion and grounds the late Judge Field, at Prince- ton, New Jcrsey, was,on Tuesday, arrested, aud gave bonds in the sum. of 830,600 for biz appearance before the supreme court on the 1Sta instant, to pat in special bail to answer at the suit of Alice Norse, a order to hold to bail was granted by the su- preme court commissioner upon an affidavit of the plaintiff alleging base fraud upon the part of the defendant. CARDINAL MANNING'S Rank AT Court. The English Catholic say that the questiog of Cardinal